Domestically, the situation has changed significantly from virus to riots/insurrection.
Wuhan Virus -
DoughtyOne post as of yesterday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3854973/posts
Brazil overtakes UK to have second highest Covid-19 death toll in the world
The country’s health ministry recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours, putting the total at 41,828
An official for Beijing’s Fengtai District spoke on the spike in coronavirus cases at a wholesale food market in the Chinese capital. This is a massive wholesale market, reportedly the largest in Asia. It’s not unlike the type of wholesale market you’d see in any country. Xin Fa Di Market is said to supply 80% of Beijing’s vegetables and meat. The official said at a briefing Saturday that the district was now in a “wartime emergency mode” with sports events and inter-provincial tourism suspended. The Associated Press also reported that 11 residential communities near the market had been locked down
Economy -
California Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would allow small businesses — like cafes, restaurants and bars — to renegotiate and modify lease deals if they have been impacted by shelter-in-place orders and economic shutdowns. If an agreement isn’t reached after 30 days of negotiations, the tenant can break the lease with no penalty, effectively starting a revolution in the world of credit by retroactively transforming commercial loans into non-recourse debt.
CW2/Civil Unrest -
What we’re seeing now is not democracy. It’s anarchy.
Minneapolis City Council unanimously passes resolution to replace police department with a “community-led public safety system” - Reuters. The replacement ‘system’ is still amorphous and there is a 1-year transition period planned.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a warning to demonstrators looking to set up an autonomous zone in front of the state Capitol Friday, saying that “lawlessness, autonomous zones, and violence will not be tolerated.” According to a local news outlet, a large group of demonstrators reportedly intended to set up an autonomous zone in front of the Capitol in solidarity with the demonstrations in Seattle. Police in Asheville, North Carolina ripped down barricades of an attempted autonomous zone.
NOTE: I stated earlier that Seattle may be a start of a new phase in protests to resurrect the ‘occupy’ model.
Meanwhile in the people’s republic of chazistan, chaos rules as everyone and no one appears to be in charge there. But a great vacation spot. Follow the link for a good laugh today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaf6bqlgu9I
China -
A Chinese military officer was caught trying to leave California with university research materials this week, after allegedly lying on an application to obtain a visitor visa for a work-study exchange program, the Justice Department announced. Xin Wang, a scientific researcher and officer with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), was arrested at LAX as he was attempting to board his flight to Tianjin, China, according to court documents unsealed this week. He faces visa fraud charges.
West Bank -
The IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Israel Police and civilian security organizations are planning for the worst-case scenarios when July 1 arrives and the expected annexation of parts of the West Bank.
N Korea-
North Korea has deemed its negotiations with the U.S. over the North Korean nuclear program a failure, in a statement marking the second anniversary of President Donald Trump’s meeting with dictator Kim Jong-Un. This level of rhetoric may presuppose that they expect that Trump will not be re-elected.
Lebanon -
Protests continue across the country over the government’s handling of their economic crisis. This needs monitoring in the event Hezbollah finally tries to pull the trigger on Israel in response to West Bank annexations.
Domestically, the situation has changed significantly from virus to riots/insurrection.
Wuhan Virus -
DoughtyOne post as of yesterday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3855284/posts
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday additional lockdowns may be needed if rising infection data doesn’t improve, and some researchers are warning the resurgences in some states isn’t even the “second wave” that many feared — it’s still isn’t the second wave yet.
Economy -
Efforts to stall the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) not only brought the economy to a halt, but they also ended what had been the best African American job market on record. Recent rioting hit numerous black-owned businesses, ensuring that any recovery for the black community would be stymied
CW2/Civil Unrest -
What we’re seeing now is not democracy. It’s anarchy.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she wants to retake the police precinct in the self-declared “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or “CHAZ,” “as soon as possible.” Reports that violent crime in the area has jumped 300% and police are unable to respond.
In North Carolina, activists began to create their own autonomous zone in Asheville, but it didn’t last long on Friday night. Less than two hours after activists starting establishing their autonomous zone, police were tearing it down.
Antifa and BLM this week set up a new “autonomous zone” at Hyde Park inside and around the University of Chicago Police Department. the ones camping “inside” are not being allowed to use the toilet or have food, while those outside are allowed both.
More riots in Atlanta due to the police shooting death of a black man. The chief of police also resigned. Of particular note: A skateboard was used to attack a CNN crew at the Atlanta riots. I noted this to be a common weapon of this riot outbreak. IDK if it was prominent in protests prior to 2020, but it has been a common one in this wave of violence.
The Department of Justice has filed what looks to be the first tranche of charges against violent antifa protesters from coast-to-coast following weeks of rioting following the killing of George Floyd by police. As Antifa itself would say, “it’s going down.” NOTE: these numbers are currently relatively small given the scope of rioting across the nation.
N Korea-
South Korea has convened a National Security Council meeting following threat from North Korea’s Kim Yo-Jong, the sister of Kim Jong-Un . National Security Council meeting was held at midnight on the 14th, and It couldn’t wait until the morning to hold this meeting, shows there’s urgency behind the meeting.
The sister of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un bashed South Korea and has threatened military action after a recent decline in relations. Kim Yo Jong took aim at the inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong, promising a “tragic scene” after she accused Seoul of not doing enough to stop an anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaign, calling the liaison office “useless.” Activists regularly float balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets that criticize the leadership, a move that generally garners a furious response.
“We will soon take a next action. By exercising my power authorized by the Supreme Leader, our Party and the state, I gave an instruction to the arms of the department in charge of the affairs with enemy to decisively carry out the next action”“...the right to taking the next action against the enemy will be entrusted to the General Staff of our army. Our army, too, will determine something for cooling down our people’s resentment and surely carry out it, I believe.
MY OBSERVATIONS: Silence from her brother - the ruler of NK is LOUD. The power structure in NK allowing her to take center stage on announcing potential military action against SK indicates she has nailed the right to succession. Secondly, I don’t doubt for a minute that China has given their consent because of the international push back lead by the US. What better time to launch an international situation, when they are getting hammered by the US and while the US is tied in knots by both the corona virus and rioting.
Bottom line, SK is closely watching NK troop movements. Her warning focuses on Kaesong, so at this time I would think any military operations would be limited to that area, possibly from a pinpoint strike on the building rather than ground troops.
Iraq -
Multiple rockets fell inside Taji base that house US military personnel northern Baghdad. There were no reports of any injuries .