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I believe the evidence suggests that COVID-19 was a very early stage in the development of a chilling new bioweapon known as a targeted pathogen. The concept is to genetically modify a highly-contagious virus so that it is largely asymptomatic for 99.999% of the population, but is highly lethal to individuals that match the specifically encoded genetic target map. As long as you are able to obtain a genetic sample of your target, you can launch an attack against him by releasing a tiny sample of the virus into an urban population anywhere in the world, and within a few...

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LANSING, MI. (WILX) A group of armed individuals stood in front of the Capitol building Wednesday afternoon to make a statement. They told News 10 they are trying to change the narrative, escorting lawmakers like State Representative Sarah Anthony, (D) Lansing, inside of the Capitol. "We're here because we watched our state representatives who've been elected and elevated to the level to make laws for us feel intimidated by the crowds who were out here, the white supremacy that was out here. So we figured we wanted to do something about that to make them feel safe," said Michael Lynn...

The defense of Joe Biden on the allegations that have disrupted his campaign has gone through some fascinating twists and turns. At first, in the wake of Tara Reade’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her in 1993, the reaction in media and political circles was largely silence. Reade seemed to come out of nowhere, so there was little need to acknowledge her story. Many media outlets stuck with silence after the New York Times and Washington Post published their accounts 19 days later. In other outlets, the second reaction was that she was probably not telling the truth -- after...

Airbnb is letting go of a quarter of its workforce, co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky told employees in a memo on Tuesday, as the coronavirus pandemic has decimated demand for his company’s services. The home-sharing platform, which was widely expected to go public this year, becomes the latest sharing economy company to institute or consider instituting significant layoffs. Uber is reportedly considering laying off 20% of its workers while Lyft has already laid off 17% of its employees. "We are collectively living through the most harrowing crisis of our lifetime, and as it began to unfold, global travel came to...

Three marquee San Francisco tech companies — Uber, Airbnb and Lyft — which exemplified a new generation of megabillion-dollar startups, have now slashed staffs in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders. Ride-hailing company Uber, among the city’s largest employers, was the latest to do so, laying off 14% of its workforce, or 3,700 recruiting and customer support employees worldwide, on Wednesday in the biggest round of layoffs to date for a San Francisco tech company during the crisis. Uber’s smaller rival Lyft had 982 layoffs last week, or 17% of its staff, and will implement furloughs and pay...

Mexicans have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in many ways, including beer lovers finding it particularly difficult to quench their thirst as supplies run dry due to reduced production. Fernando Rodriguez wanted to have a beer while taking part in a virtual party, one of the only ways to celebrate under containment measures. After searching several stores in his Mexico City neighborhood, he eventually had to pay almost double. "In one shop... it was hidden away. They told me they could sell it to me at a much higher price. It was among the last supplies," the 33-year-old told...

Small businesses in areas hit hardest by the coronavirus epidemic haven't been able to secure loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to a new study released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The study has actually shown a "negative relationship" between a state's COVID-19 cases per capita and its share of small businesses getting PPP funding. Most PPP loans have gone to central and midwestern states that have reported the fewest number of coronavirus cases. "In New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus in the United States, less than 20 percent of small businesses have...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has pushed back on calls to change a key requirement for small businesses to obtain aid under the government’s Paycheck Protection Program, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounds open to loosening it. Hotel and restaurant groups have criticized a rule that says 75% of the Paycheck Protection Program loan’s proceeds must go toward payroll expenses. Mnuchin on Monday rejected the requests for a change that have come from those groups and other organizations. “This is the way the program was designed by Congress, and we think it has the right intent to get the money to...

A quarter of the British workforce is sitting at home in its pajamas receiving 80% of its pay, up to a maximum of £2,500 ($3,000) a month, guaranteed by the government until the end of June. A similar scheme has been put in place for the self-employed. The prime minister's official spokesman said: "Since the launch, 800,000 employers have used the Job Retention Scheme to furlough 6.3 million jobs. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that the scheme would cost the Treasury a total £39bn." This incredibly over-generous scheme by the British government was grasped at hungrily by big...

Police are searching for three suspects they say were involved in a Miramar home invasion and shooting, which left two people wounded early Wednesday morning and started with an online date. According to Miramar police, the incident occurred at 3:20 a.m. near the 2900 block of SW 120th Terrace. They say one of the victims met one of the suspects, a woman, on a dating app and invited her over. When the woman showed up at the victim’s home, two men who were with her entered the house with weapons, police said. Police say an altercation between the victims and...

As Rodney Butler walks through the dark halls of the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut, he laments that the 4,500 slot machines throughout the establishment that he considers home are turned off. It’s “unbelievable,” Butler said. “They should be clinging and clanging right now.” Foxwoods, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, is one of the largest casinos in the world. It’s owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, for which Butler is the chairman. He says that up until the coronavirus, COVID-19, came to the United States, the casino had never shut its doors. **SNIP** Across the country, from Las...

The U.S. Air Force's experimental unmanned space plane is about to take off again, this time with a new attachment near its tail to hold more payloads. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett announced Wednesday that the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) will take off May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for its sixth mission, which will incorporate tasks for U.S. Space Force and NASA, among other agencies. "This important mission will host more experiments than any prior X-37B flight, including two NASA experiments," she told viewers during a conference hosted by the Space Foundation. One NASA experiment...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's announcement this week that businesses reopening when coronavirus restrictions are eased May 16 will be required to keep track of their customers has prompted questions from businesses and customers alike. How will the new protocol be enforced? How will customers be logged? And most important: Will the businesses and their customers play ball? Cantrell said Tuesday the goal is for companies to help "box in" coronavirus by providing data to health officials, but she offered few details about the plan. And there is little evidence of a similar mandate in the U.S. Efforts closest to...

Bill Gates believes a new disease could kill millions of people within the next decade. "There's one area though where the world isn't making much progress. And that's pandemic preparedness." Bill Gates Gates presented a simulation of a a new flu like the one that killed 50 million in the 1918 pandemic. He said it could kill 30 million within just six months now. "The world needs to prepare for pandemics in the same serious way it prepares for war." Gates said he will donate $12 million in grants for the development of a universal flu vaccine.

Big, bright and beautiful.Take note, supermoon fans. This week marks your last shot to bathe in the glory of a full supermoon in 2020. The morning of Thursday, May 7, marks the peak of the "super flower moon." We've been on a run since February of extra-large full moons known as "supermoons." The term "supermoon" can refer to either a new or a full moon that happens at or near perigee syzygy, a mouthful that means the moon is at the closest point to Earth along its orbit around our planet.

They’re using COVID-19 as an excuse release convicted criminals, and to jail the innocent. This article is called, “So Far, More Than 300 Prisoners Released Due To COVID-19 Under Mass. High Court’s Ruling.”Meanwhile, this other article is called, “Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order.”So they’re using COVID-19 as an excuse to let convicted criminals out of jail.And at the same time, they’re using it as an excuse to put an innocent person in jail.This is some of the worst hypocrisy that I have ever heard of.

A video of a monkey grabbing and dragging a toddler away on a street in Indonesia has gone viral on the internet, leaving netizens reeling in shock at the sight. According to various reports, the incident occurred in Surabaya on May 2. A 15-second-long clip shows the monkey zooming down the street on a toy motorbike, crashing into a group of children seated on a bench. Then it jumped off the vehicle and started dragging a girl away by the arm. Seconds later, the monkey released the child who got back on her feet and tottered back to safety. Although...

...Mark Shaffer’s suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks reimbursement for tuition, room and board, and other fees he paid at GW, where a semester typically costs more than $25,000...The suit said Shaffer’s daughter, and other students affected by the campus closure, have been deprived of in-person office hours with professors, involvement in student clubs and access to laboratory equipment, an experience which they “did not bargain for.” The suit also accuses the university of engaging in breach of contract, unjust enrichment and conversion, or unlawfully keeping tuition, despite the shift to online classes.

State Supreme Court: Victims of Homeless Criminals May Sue Those Who Enable Homelessness By Court House News @ 5:49 PM :: 214 Views :: Homelessness Public Nuisance Court House News, May 6, 2020 HONOLULU — In the case of a bar owner who was assaulted by a homeless man illegally living in a nearby storage unit, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled, May 5, 2020, that plaintiffs can recover damages in public nuisance suits if they have suffered individualized harm. PDF: Hawaii State Supreme Court Ruling (Editor's Note: This may change the financial dynamic of the homelessness industry. Now, instead of...