Yahoo News

(Bloomberg) — A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.

The river is shut near Memphis while the Tennessee Department of Transportation inspects a large crack found in a highway bridge spanning the waterway, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. Corn futures tumbled by the most allowed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on speculation that exports would be backed up. Continue reading “Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack”

Yahoo News

The closure of vital bridge that runs over the Mississippi River and connects Tennessee and Arkansas is sparking concerns about potential shipping delays across the country.

A large crack on the Interstate 40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge was discovered during a routine inspection on Tuesday, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  Continue reading “Shipping delays feared across US as crack shutters vital Memphis bridge. What to know”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) announced Tuesday that she will not allow Oregonians to get all their freedoms back until 70 percent of the state has taken Big Pharma’s experimental mRNA therapy “vaccines.”

From The Oregonian, “Gov. Kate Brown outlines path to reopening: When 70% of Oregon gets partially vaccinated, she’ll lift most COVID-19 restrictions”:  Continue reading “Oregon Gov Threatens She Won’t Lift Oppressive Lockdown Until 70% of Residents Are Vaxxed”

MSN

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered a Canadian energy company to shut down an oil pipeline long targeted by activists despite fuel shortages brought on by the cyberattack on the nation’s largest pipeline.

“These oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac are a ticking timebomb, and their continued presence violates the public trust and poses a grave threat to Michigan’s environment and economy,” Whitmer’s office said in a statement about the pipeline.  Continue reading “Gretchen Whitmer orders Canadian company to shut down oil pipeline despite widespread fuel shortages”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

We are now living through the initial stages of hyperinflation and the collapse of the debt-based dollar, as prices on nearly everything continue to skyrocket by the day. The massive printing of trillions of dollars by the Federal Reserve — and catapulting of that money into the economy via “stimulus” handouts — is overheating demand for commodities like wood, copper, aluminum and iron. At the same time, the national economic infrastructure that delivers goods is crumbling, due to the free covid stimulus money reward workers for staying home and avoiding productive jobs. Continue reading “Hyperinflation begins in America as gas stations and refineries SHUT DOWN”

MSN

The editor of China’s hawkish Communist Party newspaper has insisted the United States “will be defeated” if it engages in combat with the nation in its adjacent waters.

Hu Xijin, Global Times editor-in-chief, called for more expansion of China’s military in order to counter Washington’s strategy of containment and force a change in attitude among key U.S. partners. Continue reading “China Media Says U.S. ‘Will Be Defeated,’ Boasts Army Can Overwhelm American Troops”

France 24

New Yorkers will receive free train rides if they get vaccinated against Covid-19 in subway stations, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday as part of a move to speed up immunizations.

Big Apple residents will be able to get a shot of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine in one of six stations that have been selected for a pilot program to run from Wednesday to Sunday. Continue reading “New York to drive vaccinations with free subway rides”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Torrington, CT — Sgt. Gerald “Jay” Peters has been a police officer since 1992, serving in East Granby before coming to the Torrington police department. For decades he may have been abusing folks but he was never caught until now. Utterly shocking video shows Peters lose control, pepper spray and then body slam a handcuffed man in a wheelchair who posed no threat whatsoever. Continue reading “Cop Snaps, Pepper Sprays, Body Slams Handcuffed Man in a Wheelchair”

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You don’t get to drop an entire colony on top of an inhabited country, grind those inhabitants into the dirt for generations, and then claim self defense every time they retaliate. That’s not a thing.

The US-centralized power alliance in general is a gargantuan globe-spanning juggernaut that feeds on rivers of human blood and every time its victims try to escape from its fangs it shows up on the news sobbing that it is merely defending itself.  Continue reading “Fifteen Thoughts On Palestine”

MSN

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress on Wednesday that violence incited by white supremacists poses “the most dangerous threat to our democracy.” That assertion reflects near-universal consensus among national security experts, including those who worked for the Trump administration.

Garland’s warning came during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which was conducted by supporters of then-President Donald Trump and incited by white supremacist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Five people died as a result of the attack. Continue reading “White supremacy is top security threat, Garland says”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration dispatched a top State Department diplomat to the Middle East “immediately” to try to de-escalate the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday.

President Joe Biden faces growing pressure to help stem the violence and heightened international alarm over the spiraling death toll. The United Nations’ special coordinator for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, warned on Wednesday that the situation “is escalating toward full scale war.”   Continue reading “Amid warnings of a ‘full scale war,’ Biden administration dispatches envoy to Middle East”

Daily Mail

Farmers overrun by millions of mice have begged the government for help – only to be told there is no money left in the Budget.

Homes and farms across NSW have endured masses of rodents within the past few months leaving the majority of their stocks completely destroyed. Continue reading “It’s raining rodents! Revolting video shows mice pouring from a grain silo as Australia’s worst-ever mouse plague destroys crops and drives farmers insane”

The Guardian

Incentivising the vaccine-hesitant in America has reached the fast food and ride-share industries.

Burger chain McDonald’s has announced it is partnering with the White House to promote vaccination information on its coffee cups.

Separately, Joe Biden announced on Tuesday a new program with Lyft and Uber which will offer free rides to anyone going to a vaccination site to get vaccinated. Continue reading “McDonald’s and Uber to help encourage vaccine-hesitant Americans”

Daily Mail

A group of more than 120 retired military officers have written to President Joe Biden to tell him his election was less than legitimate – while questioning his mental acuity.

The letter echoes former President Donald Trump‘s claims of widespread election fraud – which have not been borne out in the courts – and comes on a day when Rep. Liz Cheney ripped Trump for his claim that the election was ‘stolen.’  Continue reading “More than 120 retired generals and admirals sign open letter questioning Biden’s mental health and backing election fraud claims”

Yahoo News

Five vaccinated Ohioans will win $1 million each through a new lottery announced Wednesday, in one of the largest financial incentives announced by a state to combat declining demand for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Starting May 26, the state will award $1 million each week to an adult who has received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Mike DeWine said. There will be five total drawings. Continue reading “Ohio will give 5 people $1 million each in COVID-19 vaccine lottery”

Yahoo News

Costco (COST) could be on pace to have a big month of sales for May as its members along the East Coast hoard gas following the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline due to a ransomware cyberattack.

The warehouse giant is one of the country’s largest gasoline distributors, often under cutting competing gas stations on price to net a sale from its members (who are the only ones allowed to buy gas at Costco). Yahoo Finance analysis finds that Costco operates gas stations at about 88% of its 559 U.S. warehouses. Our analysis reveals roughly 21% of those gas stations are situated along the East Coast where the gas shortages because of the hacking incident have been the most pronounced.   Continue reading “Why Costco is secretly a winner from Colonial Pipeline shutdown fueled gas lines”