Posted on 06/01/2020 8:50:37 AM PDT by weston
I’ve been watching Northern Exposure, one of my favorite shows back in the day. One episode everyone in town got real sick with a virus. They held a town hall, upset with the doctor because he said there’s no cure. They asked him what virus it was, and he explained to them viruses were named after their place of origin. He mentioned HK flu and Russian flu, then everyone got fuming mad, blaming Russia for purposely sending the virus and accusing the doctor of being in on it.
Meanwhile the doctor’s native assistant rubbed a foul smelling ancient cure on everyone and the got well the next day. The doctor refused to acknowledge that it would help, but in the end he used some of it and it worked.
Too funny.
Q #4444 available
I’m 65.
I never watch any of those shows. If there is something good I’ll catch the video clip.
Thanks!
Harvard Professor Indicted For Lying To Feds About Ties To Wuhan University in China
June 9, 2020
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The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.
Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements and will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a later date. Lieber was arrested on Jan. 28, 2020, and charged by criminal complaint.
According to charging documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, specializing in the area of nanoscience. Lieber’s research at the Lieber Research Group has been funded by more than $15 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). Among other things, these grants required the disclosure of all sources of research support, potential financial conflicts of interest and all foreign collaboration.
It is alleged that, unbeknownst to Harvard University, beginning in 2011, Lieber became a “Strategic Scientist” at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China. He later became contractual participant in China’s Thousand Talents Plan from at least 2012 through 2015. China’s Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese talent recruitment plans designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China’s scientific development, economic prosperity and national security. According to court documents, these talent recruitment plans seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China, and they often reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber’s three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT allegedly paid Lieber a salary of up to $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1 million Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT. In return, Lieber was obligated to work for WUT “not less than nine months a year” by “declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference[s], applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of [WUT].”
Punk Kid!!!!
Congressional Republicans plan wave of new criminal referrals in Russia probe
As many as 10 referrals could target FBI misconduct in Flynn case, false testimony and obstruction.
By John Solomon Last Updated: June 9, 2020 - 11:04pm
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Congressional Republicans are putting the finishing touches on as many as 10 new criminal referrals asking the Justice Department to investigate key figures in the Russia probe for misconduct ranging from perjury to illegal leaking of classified information, officials told Just the News.
The referrals have been spurred by recently declassified evidence that provided explosive new revelations about the conduct of investigators in the now-disproven Russia collusion case, including documents showing FBI agents planned to shut down their investigation of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for lack of evidence in January 2017 before they were overruled by superiors.
Other newly released evidence showed numerous Obama administration officials engaged in unmasking Flynn’s name in secret intelligence intercepts during the transition period after the 2016 election and uncovered conflicts in testimonies previously given by former top FBI and intelligence community officials.
“Congress is days away from making multiple criminal referrals to DOJ related to conspiracies against Michael Flynn, crimes committed during the conduct of Crossfire Hurricane, false testimony to Congress by top Obama officials, and criminal leaks of classified information from the top rung of the IC,” said a source with direct knowledge of the referrals.
The planned referrals come as the Justice Department has expanded its own criminal investigation into the conduct of current and former employees during the Russia probe.
Attorney General William Barr said this week the investigation is looking at why the FBI tried so aggressively to open and sustain an investigation into Trump’s campaign before the 2016 election when it lacked the sort of evidence to justify it, and whether those efforts amounted to conspiracy to defraud the courts or violate the rights of some of the Americans that were targeted.
“I think before the election I think we were concerned about the motive, the force behind the very aggressive investigation that was launched into the Trump Campaign without — you know, with a very thin, slender reed as a basis for it,” Barr told Fox News. “It seemed that the Bureau was sort of spring-loaded at the end of July to drive in there and investigate a campaign. And they — there really wasn’t much there to do that on.”
In a recent interview with Just the News, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said there is growing evidence that the FBI appeared to be sustaining its investigation solely to thwart the success of the young Trump presidency, hinting that some of the criminal referrals might focus on those efforts.
“It was quite literally an effort to have the country believe that he wasn’t legitimately elected,” Gaetz said. “And that has done far more damage to our democracy than anything the left has accused President Trump of doing.”
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Not sure what's going on here. #BlackLivesMatter #DefundingPolicepic.twitter.com/QNgxrFFevd— Yaakov Pollak (@Yanky_Pollak) June 10, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECchjtBm_s
New! Watch Police Union Chief FIRES BACK At BLM during Fiery speech
HBO Max Pulls ‘Gone With the Wind,’ While ‘Cops’ Gets Canceled
Moves come as entertainment companies reassess their content amid nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality
By Joe Flint Updated June 9, 2020 11:18 pm ET
Nation of Islam Provided Security for George Floyd Funeral
EXCERPT:
The Nation of Islam, a radical, racist, antisemitic and homophobic hate group, provided security for the funeral of George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, according to Rev. Remus Wright.Let me, just before I introduce all the pastors and preachers that are here, let me thank Minister Robert Muhammad and the brothers from the Nation of Islam, which did such a wonderful job in our security — Amen — working with the Houston Police Department. We thank God for them
Anyone see the start of Laura?
She was teasing Sean about his pins.
Punisher pin is missing.
Is Durham going to make an appearance soon?
Dang, I sure hope so.
Mayor de Blasio says NYC will rename a street in every borough after prominent black leaders and paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on roads in each of the five ‘crucial locations’ - including one near City Hall
EXCERPT:
* Mayor Bill de Blasio said one of the locations will be near City Hall in Manhattan
* ‘This city must fully fully, deeply feel, and this nation must as well, that black lives matter,’ De Blasio said in a Tuesday briefing
* The idea came from a Sunday meeting with activists – including Gwen Carr – the mother of Eric Garner who was killed when NYPD put him in a choke hold in 2014
* Iesha Sekou, CEO of Street Corner Resources, an anti-violence organization, said: ‘We don’t want to have to name a street, but I’m glad that we are
More protestors here in Vegas tonight.
A lot came armed this time.
I am sure the tourists are liking this crap
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Vegas just opened on the 4th and they are not busy at all.
I did see that. Hopefully Durham come through soon & bigly.
Oh and then they are having another protest tomorrow to defund the cops.
Our cops are getting worn out and REALLY fed up.
YUGELY!!
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