CNN

A man in the Philippines has died after being forced to do 300 squats for breaching Covid curfews, making him the latest victim of the country’s often brutal approach to enforcing restrictions.

On April 1, Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, left his home in General Trias, a city in Cavite province, which is under lockdown due to rising Covid-19 cases, to buy water, his family said, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines. Continue reading “Philippines man dies after being forced to do 300 squats for breaking Covid-19 curfew”

RT

Flashes and explosions tore up the night sky over the Syrian capital of Damascus as air defenses intercepted the majority of incoming missiles, Syria’s SANA news agency reported, calling the reported attack “Israeli aggression.”

Four Syrian servicemen were injured in the attack, which also inflicted material losses, SANA reported. The missiles reportedly came in from the direction of Lebanon as well as the Golan Heights, a territory occupied by Israel since 1973. Continue reading “4 Syrian soldiers injured in ‘Israeli aggression’ over Damascus, Syrian state media report”

Axios

Former reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is talking with political consultants as she actively explores a run for governor of California, three sources with direct knowledge of her deliberations tell Axios.

Why it matters: Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is facing a recall election. A challenge from Jenner, a high-profile Republican and previous Trump supporter, would draw heightened attention to the race to lead the nation’s most populous state. Continue reading “Caitlyn Jenner explores run for California governor”

Ammoland – by F Riehl

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Outdoor social media platform, GoWild, is issuing a strong warning to firearms consumers regarding Ammo Scammers:

Fake ammunition scammers are posing as online retail storefronts and aiming to steal your cash and personal information with too-good-to-be-true ammo deals and offers.  Continue reading “Ammo Scammers ~ GoWild Warns of Spike in Fake Ammo Sales:”

The Great Recession

Amazon is beating its brick-and-mortar rival, Walmart, for subhuman work conditions. As happened with Walmart, the retail behemoth of virtual space is increasingly developing a monstrous reputation. Walmart had to make major changes as public scorn grew against it. Amazon will, too.

Is it Amazon’s right to be greedy in order to maximize profits for stockholders? Of course it is! It is also everyone else’s right to hate them for it. Increasingly, many do. That’s part of being a world citizen. Plain and simple. Continue reading “Amazon is the New Walmart of the Workplace”

Reclaim the Net – by Didi Rankovic

Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that US voters should be allowed to cast their ballots using their phones, specifically, their iPhones. He revealed this during an interview published by the New York Times.

The comments came on the heels of Cook joining other corporate giants like Delta, Coca-Cola and JPMOrgan Chase, and Democrats, including Joe Biden himself, who are now up in arms against Georgia’s new election security law. Continue reading “Tim Cook dreams of the day Americans vote by iPhone”

Need to Know News

Health Impact News says that he Johnson and Johnson vaccine is an adenovirus vaccine, and there are currently no approved adenovirus vaccines in the market. The news site says that Johnson and Johnson is now testing their experimental vaccine on the public as part of their Phase 3 trials after receiving an emergency use authorization.
Benjamin Goodman, 32, took the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, got a severe headache, and fell asleep.

He was awakened by seizures and died in the early morning, less than 24 hours after taking the jab. He reportedly took the vaccine because he was worried about travel passes/ vaccine passports being used in New York. Desiree Penrod, a 25-year old pre-schoolteacher, took the same Johnson and Johnson vaccine in early March. Continue reading “Two Young Adults Die Following Johnson and Johnson Experimental Vaccinations”

Mass Live

Northeastern University has announced it will require students attending classes on the college’s campuses in the fall to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the first day of classes.

That safety measure, which applies to all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students across Northeastern’s global campuses, will help the university get to a full return to campus activities, according to a message from Ken Henderson, chancellor and senior vice president for learning. Continue reading “Northeastern University will require COVID vaccination for students returning to campus in fall”

Politico – by Anita Kumar

President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a long-awaited package of executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday at the White House, according to four people familiar with the plan.

The announcement comes nearly three months into Biden’s term in office, a delay that had frustrated activists who wanted the president to fulfill a campaign pledge to take action on gun violence on his first day in office. That frustration only grew after a slate of mass shootings in Colorado, Georgia and California. Continue reading “Biden to unveil long-awaited executive action on guns”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

The controversial 1033 program became a source of citizen outrage after images of police armed with military-grade weaponry, including grenade launchers and armored MRAPs, were beamed into people homes across the country during the battlefield-style police response to the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.

As many Americans noted, Ferguson, Missouri looked like a war zone, with police kitted out in Marine-issue camouflage and military-grade body armor, toting short-barreled assault rifles, and rolling around in armored vehicles — virtually indistinguishable from US soldiers. Continue reading “Standing Army: Biden Surpasses Trump on Flow of Military Weapons to Cops”

End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Scientists have begun using the term “megadrought” to describe the multi-year drought that has been plaguing the western half of the country, and now we are being told that it looks like 2021 will be the worst year of this “megadrought” so far by a wide margin.  That is extremely troubling news, because major water reservoirs have already dropped to dangerously low levels, some farmers have been told that they will not be allowed to use any water at all this year, and the dust storms in the western U.S. are becoming so large that they can actually be seen from space.  This is a major national crisis, and it is only going to get worse.  Continue reading “What Will The Western Half Of The United States Look Like During “The Second Dust Bowl”?”

Zero Hedge – by Sovereign Man

What happened:

Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Caniglia v. Strum on whether police can enter a home without a warrant under a “community caretaking” exemption to the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure. The case stems from a 2015 incident in Rhode Island in which police entered an innocent man’s home, without his permission, and confiscated his firearms. Continue reading “Supreme Court Could Greenlight Warrantless Gun Seizures”

Health Impact News – Zero Hedge

Excerpts:

Just days after Australia’s deputy chief medical officer, Michael Kidd, acknowledged that there was likely a connection between rare blood clots and the COVID vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford, officials from the EMA, Europe’s top pharmaceutical regulator, have finally acknowledged the link, even if the agency’s official stance – that there’s no evidence of a link, but no evidence to rule it out – remains unchanged. Continue reading “Confirmed: AstraZeneca Experimental COVID Injection Causes Fatal Blood Clots – Trials with Children Halted”

Gateway Pundit – by Cassandra Fairbanks

The Oregon Department of Education is promoting an online course that claims math is racist because it requires a correct answer.

The class, called “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction,” describes itself as “an integrated approach to mathematics that centers Black, Latinx, and Multilingual students” that provides “opportunities for ongoing self-reflection as they seek to develop an anti-racist math practice.” Continue reading “2+2=5: Oregon Department of Education Pushes Course Claiming Math is Racist Because It Requires a Correct Answer”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) are on a witch hunt against Dr. Joseph Mercola, who was threatened to stop writing about the health benefits of vitamin D in warding off respiratory illnesses like the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).

Last summer, CSPI launched a social media campaign that aimed to put an immediate end to Mercola.com, the longtime health information website of Dr. Mercola. Not long after, the FDA issued Dr. Mercola a warning letter “to stop writing about nutritional products that can lower your risk of respiratory infections such as COVID-19.” Continue reading “FDA orders Dr. Mercola to stop writing about health benefits of vitamin D… because knowledge is the enemy of every totalitarian regime”

Jerusalem Post

Israel notified the US that it is responsible for the Tuesday attack on an Iranian cargo ship affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, an American official told The New York Times.
A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the Saviz was lightly damaged in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday due to an explosion, adding that the cause of the explosion is under investigation.

Continue reading “Israel notifies US it attacked Iranian ship in Red Sea – report”

Phys.org – by University of Massachusetts Amherst

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a new technology they say could have significant implications for the future of renewable energy, climate change and in the future of medicine.

As reported today in Nature, the laboratories of electrical engineer Jun Yao and microbiologist Derek Lovley at UMass Amherst have created a device they call an “Air-gen.” or air-powered generator, with electrically conductive nanowires produced by the microbe Geobacter. The Air-gen connects electrodes to the protein nanowires in such a way that electrical current is generated from the water vapor naturally present in the atmosphere. Continue reading “New green technology generates electricity ‘out of thin air’”

New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch

As many as 246 Michigan residents who were “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 later tested positive for the deadly bug — including three who have died, according to a new report.

The group — whose cases were reported between Jan. 1 and March 31 — tested positive at least two weeks after receiving the last dose of the inoculation, a health official told the Detroit News.  Continue reading “246 ‘fully vaccinated’ Michigan residents get COVID-19, three die: report”

Zero Hedge – by Michael Every of Rabobank

Koestler-Push Inflation

The IMF and World Bank spring meetings are about to kick off, where those who pay no income tax get to talk about tax evasion, tax hikes, inequality, and Building Back Better. US Treasury Secretary Yellen will use the platform to push for a global standardization – upwards – of corporate tax rates. National Security Advisor Sullivan has also tweeted in support: Continue reading “The IMF And World Bank, Who Pay No Taxes, Are About To Talk About Tax Hikes And Inequality”

UPI

April 5 (UPI) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday called for an end to global “tax competition,” which she said distorts the economic playing field and pressures governments to erode their own tax base.

Yellen made the comments in front of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs at a time when the Biden administration is contemplating raising corporate taxes to pay for an ambitious nationwide infrastructure plan. Continue reading “Yellen calls for global corporate tax rate in speech”