May, 2020

After months of relative quiet amid the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong, defying the city's ban on gatherings to voice their opposition to a new "national security" law proposed by Beijing which would threaten the city's autonomy and the civil liberties of its residents.

“We’ve never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time,” Dr. Mike deBoisblanc of John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, just outside of Oakland, told ABC7 of the apparent mental health crisis. “I mean, we’ve seen a year’s worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks,” he told the station, which did not give figures to back the claims.

The plastic cash substitute has been the most popular holiday item on shoppers' lists for 13 years in a row. In 2019 alone, U.S. consumers loaded up on gift cards from brands like Starbucks, Amazon and Home Depot to the tune of about $98 billion — a 90% increase from 2005. But a lot of that money is winding up at the bottom of dresser drawers and forgotten in wallets.

“He still wants a relationship with China but the Huawei deal is going to be significantly scaled back. Officials have been instructed to come up with a plan to reduce Huawei’s involvement as quickly as possible,” a government source told The Telegraph.

The Times explained that the list of 1,000 people was designed to remind Americans that there are human faces behind the death toll – but pundits and readers were far from united in their reception of the piece.

Predictably, the front page spread sparked an avalanche of partisan finger-pointing. Some wondered aloud how many of the deceased had perished in nursing homes, and called out New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for sending Covid patients to stay in these high-risk facilities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust is getting under way in Jerusalem District Court on Sunday. He strongly denies all charges.

Prof Levitt told The Telegraph: 'I think lockdown saved no lives. I think it may have cost lives. It will have saved a few road accident lives, things like that, but social damage – domestic abuse, divorces, alcoholism – has been extreme. 'And then you have those who were not treated for other conditions.'

A blow to her head? Body found under his desk? Left Congress suddenly? Big topic of discussion in Florida...and, he’s a Nut Job (with bad ratings). Keep digging, use forensic geniuses! https://t.co/UxbS5gZecd

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2020

It sounds like we need an updated autopsy report. The President knows something that he hasn't revealed yet. He is baiting the media to blow this up. Trump no doubt has been in the presence of a great deal of drunken loose lips on many occasions.

In an exclusive interview set to air Sunday, President Trump tells Sharyl Attkisson that he believes he is making inroads in draining the Washington swamp.
"If it keeps going the way it's going, I have a chance to break the deep state. It's a vicious group of people." - President Trump on "Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson"

Here's a taste of the interview we found:

Sliwa, dressed in a wet suit — and his trademark red Guardian Angels beret — strolled into the surf and swam around for about an hour without consequence, while a crowd of people on a pier near the old Parachute Jump cheered for him. Seven or eight Parks officers tried ordering the Guardian Angels’ founder and mayoral candidate out of the drink at one point, but when he refused, they just stood and stared from the sand.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak set a tentative date of June 4 to reopen casinos statewide following two weeks of continued decrease in both new cases and hospitalizations. Should the decline continue through the weekend, Sisolak will hold a press conference on Tuesday to reveal further rollbacks as part of the next phase to reopen the state.

This is a very intriguing comment.
Watch his interviews on https://t.co/wCpdPu7OP7 PARTS I and II.
Maybe you will pick up a hint or two. https://t.co/n5owufxYr5

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) May 24, 2020

Rudy's Interview with George Part I:

Part II:

As it turns out, deaths from the coronavirus pandemic are inflated in at least two ways...

Daniel Andrews signed Victoria up to controversial Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese scheme gives infrastructure loans and investment as a soft power play U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned it was a security risk for Australia. Australia would be cut off from vital intelligence sharing if it became an issue...

After another weekslong absence from public view, Mr. Kim convened his top military body to promote top aides specializing in nuclear and missile forces.

Retailers and their landlords, hurt by competition from online stores before coronavirus-spurred shutdowns made things worse, are struggling to make rent and mortgage payments. Mall owners reported rock-bottom April rent collections, including about 12% for Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc., roughly 20% for Brookfield Property Partners LP and 26% for Macerich Co.

In a message to Iran, U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship does some target practice in Persian Gulf with the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit pic.twitter.com/jZkMikaCop

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) May 23, 2020