Recent announcement by Chinese judicial officer:
Fail to report recent trip to #Wuhan may be charged
Offender may receive severe punishment, even Death!
Police from Jilin, Shandong, Sichuan have filed criminal charges against such people
#chinazi #coronavirus #ChinaziVirus
https://twitter.com/HimalayaGlobal/status/1225375663663616001
Two Palestinians, including policeman, killed by IDF in Jenin
Yazan Abu Tabikh and Sgt. Tarek Badwan killed during IDF operation to demolish home of Palestinian terrorist.
Two Palestinians, including a policeman, were killed in riots which broke out in the West Bank city of Jenin after IDF troops demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the death of Rabbi Raziel Shevach in September 2018.
According to Palestinian news agency WAFA, 19 year-old Yazan Abu Tabikh was killed after IDF troops opened fire at rioters who had been clashing with troops. The policeman was identified as Sergeant Tarek Badwan.
Seven others were also seriously wounded in the riots which broke out during the military operation to demolish the home had been previously destroyed but had been rebuilt by the family.
The Israeli military said it is investigating the incident.
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/One-youth-killed-as-Palestinians-clash-with-IDF-during-house-demolition-616702
Instagram and Facebook Bans Censored.TV and Everyone Associated With it — Users Can No Longer Link to Their Website
Censored.tv, a network featuring the most censored — and some of the most interesting — people on the internet, has now been banned from Instagram and Facebook.
The network is home to popular and controversial commentators such as Gavin McInnes, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, Joe Biggs and many others.
McInnes, the comedian and political commentator who founded the Proud Boys, said that he is receiving reports that people who simply “liked” or followed the pages have been banned for “supporting a violent organization.” He said that “this could come from the FBI saying ‘white nationalists’ are just as dangerous as ISIS. That must include Proud Boys, which must include me, and anyone remotely associated with me.”
Proud Boys are a diverse right-wing and pro-Trump social club for men, though they have been smeared as “white nationalists” by the left for years.
It is not only the accounts for the network and those who work there that have been censored by the Silicon Valley giants, but also all links to their website from any user, including in direct messages.
“Censored.tv is the new n—-r,” remarked Yiannopoulos, the network’s Friday night host, when asked for a comment about the ban.
“You can’t even say ‘I hate the alcoholic, bed-wetting neo-Nazi warlords at censored.tv in a DM to a friend,” Yiannopoulos added. “What an amazing compliment and admission of fear and respect from Menlo Park.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/instagram-and-facebook-bans-censored-tv-and-everyone-associated-with-it-users-can-no-longer-link-to-their-website/
Facebook Demands Facial Recognition Startup Stop Scraping Images From Platform
Multiple cease-and-desist letters have been issued to Clearview AI over its use of Facebook images to train its facial recognition tech without the social media giant’s permission - not long after Twitter and several other platforms demanded the startup do the same.
A spokesperson for Facebook, which also owns photo- and video-sharing platform Instagram, informed BuzzFeed News on Wednesday that it has taken legal action against Clearview AI for its use of publicly-available images on the tech giant’s social media sites.
“Scraping people’s information violates our policies, which is why we’ve demanded that Clearview stop accessing or using information from Facebook or Instagram," the Facebook representative told the outlet, revealing that numerous cease-and-desist letters have been sent to the facial recognition startup.
News of this move comes shortly after it was reported that Twitter had taken action against the company. According to a January 22 article by the New York Times, the social media platform issued a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, demanding it halt its use of images found on the website “for any reason” and delete images previously used by the facial recognition tech.
Last month, Sputnik reported that the app from Clearview, which is headed by 31-year-old entrepreneur Hoan Ton That, had been marketed to law enforcement and recently became an addition to forces such as the Indiana State Police and Chicago Police Department. While some may have privacy concerns over the company attempting to sell software trained on photos people shared on their personal social media pages, Ton That told CBS News on Wednesday that he is within his constitutional rights.
“There is also a First Amendment right to public information,” Ton That said. “So the way we have built our system is to only take publicly available information and index it that way.”
The company’s ethics have also been brought into question, as Clearview AI has marketed the app to at least 22 countries worldwide, including some with histories of human rights abuses such as the UAE, Qatar and Singapore.
“It’s deeply alarming that they would sell this technology in countries with such a terrible human rights track record, enabling potentially authoritarian behavior by other nations,” Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, told BuzzFeed News.
YouTube and mobile payment transfer application Venmo have also taken legal action against the Clearview AI.
"YouTube's Terms of Service explicitly forbid collecting data that can be used to identify a person. Clearview has publicly admitted to doing exactly that, and in response we sent them a cease and desist letter," YouTube Spokesperson Alex Joseph said in a statement provided to CBS News, while Venmo told that the outlet that Clearview AI had violated its terms of service.
While the company could comply with the media platforms’ legal demands, it's unclear whether doing so would have a substantial impact, as the facial recognition tech’s learning algorithm may have already made use of the images that the companies are calling to be deleted from Clearview AI’s servers.
https://sputniknews.com/science/202002061078248616-facebook-demands-facial-recognition-startup-stop-scraping-images-from-platform-/
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Gaetz files ethics complaint against Pelosi echoing her words “no one is above the law”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced that he is filing an ethics complaint against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for “destroying” a copy of President Trump’s speech after his State of the Union address.
“BREAKING: I’m filing an ethics complaint against @SpeakerPelosi for destroying @realDonaldTrump’s State of the Union speech,” Gaetz tweeted late Wednesday. “Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071).”
“Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable,” he added.
Gaetz also included two screenshots of the complaint he sent to House Ethics Committee Chairman Theodore Deutch (R-Fla.) and Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas), the ranking member on the committee.
In the complaint, Gaetz calls on the committee to open an investigation into what he described as “flagrant violation of decorum” committed by Pelosi when she ripped up a copy of the president’s prepared speech at the end of his third State of the Union address Tuesday night.
“It is hard to overlook the symbolism of such a gesture — the sense that Speaker Pelosi was utterly dismissive of the President’s achievements, and, more importantly, the achievements of the American people,” Gaetz wrote.
Gaetz said Pelosi’s gesture was “deeply” offensive and appeared to violate the House’s Code of Official Conduct. In the complaint, Gaetz requested a criminal referral for the “potential violation” and said the Speaker’s “unseemly behavior certainly warrants censure.”
“The Speaker should not let her personal feelings about the President color her behavior as a leader in the United States Congress,” he also wrote, “but last night, her actions have brought discredit on the entire House.”
“This is a frivolous stunt from a Congressman desperate to get back in the President’s good graces after he voted with Democrats and against the President on Iran,” Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said in a statement to The Hill. “We appreciate the irony of this particular Member making judgments about the ‘dignity of the House.’”
Gaetz was among a handful of House lawmakers who crossed party lines last month on legislation designed to rein in Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran.
Pelosi captured widespread attention earlier this week after she ripped up Trump’s prepared remarks at the end of his State of the Union address.
When explaining the gesture during a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday, sources said Pelosi told lawmakers, “He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech.”
“You are supposed to talk about the State of the Union, not the state of your alleged mind,” she also said then, after calling Trump’s speech “a manifesto of mistruths.”
https://www.thedailysheeple.com/gaetz-files-ethics-complaint-against-pelosi-echoing-her-words-no-one-is-above-the-law/
CLOWNS post gay porn when they get mad.
Anon baker showed us all they have been controlling the kitchen during prime time for at least a few weeks hiding important stuff from notes and protecting the cabal at all costs
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Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Chinese Propaganda Published in NYT, WaPo
DOJ asked to review China Daily ads following Free Beacon report
Lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to launch a "full-fledged investigation" into China Daily after the Washington Free Beacon found that the propaganda outlet ignored federal law.
China Daily has spent millions to publish state-sanctioned propaganda in top American newspapers without complying with disclosure requirements for foreign agents, prompting Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), and 33 other members of Congress to demand a probe into the outlet's activities. On Thursday, the group sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking that the Justice Department "promptly review and produce a report on China Daily’s compliance" with federal disclosure laws.
"Propaganda that seeks to obfuscate communist atrocities deserves to be counteracted," the letter says. "[The Foreign Agents Registration Act] already arms the federal government with tools to fight pernicious foreign influence. The DOJ should use them to clamp down on Chinese propaganda."
The Free Beacon previously found that China Daily ran hundreds of propaganda articles designed to resemble authentic news reports in the pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. The propaganda outlet, which serves as the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, failed to report these ad purchases to the U.S. government for more than 30 years.
Banks compared tensions with China to the Cold War in an email to the Free Beacon. "We convinced the world that democracy was superior to communist authoritarianism. Well, it looks like we have to fight that battle again—this time against a far wealthier and equally determined adversary," he said. "The federal government must use every weapon in its arsenal to ensure the triumph of our values—the consequences of failure are unspeakable."
The letter, signed by eight senators and 27 representatives, is not the first time Congress has pushed the Justice Department to take action against a Chinese state entity for violating FARA requirements. In 2019, the department ordered Chinese propaganda outlets Xinhua News Agency and CGTN America to register as a foreign agent after a bipartisan group of senators demanded an investigation into their activities.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/lawmakers-demand-investigation-into-chinese-propaganda-published-in-nyt-wapo/
Wuhan Institute Of Virology And Chinese Army Submit Patent For Gilead Anti-Ebola Drug To Fight Coronavirus
Amid growing speculation that nCoV-2019, aka novel coronavirus, aka the virus behind the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic, was developed in a lab (and not just any lab, but the BSL-4 rated "biological weapons" grade Wuhan Institute of Virology, located in… well, Wuhan) which was then released accidentally (or not) among the broader population - a thesis which China's official press is scrambling to refute even as more supportive evidence emerges by the day - we would like to point out that earlier this week, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which as Nature in 2017 said studies the "world's most dangerous pathogens", has jointly with the Military Medicine Institute of the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Military Science, i.e. with China's Army, applied to patent the use of Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir to treat the current coronavirus outbreak.
The company has partnered with Chinese health authorities to run a Phase III clinical trial to assess remdesivir for treatment of the virus. The drug was originally developed to treat the Ebola virus, but wasn’t effective. According to preclinical assays the drug might be effective against the coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, as was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The drug was given to a U.S. patient for compassionate use on day seven of the disease and their condition improved on day eight.
The new clinical trial of an anti-Ebola drug to fight Coronavirus, will be conducted at Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. The trial will enroll 270 patients with mild and moderate pneumonia caused by the virus.
“Gilead is working closely with global health authorities to respond to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak through the appropriate experimental use of our investigational compound remdesivir. While there are no antiviral data for remdesivir that show activity against 2019-nCoV at this time, available data in other coronaviruses give us hope,” the company stated.
The Wuhan Institute submitted the patent application jointly with the Military Medicine Institute of the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Military Science. Researchers with both organizations noted in a paper published in Nature’s Cell Research this week that both remdesivir and chloroquine, used to treat malaria, may be effective in stalling the coronavirus.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/wuhan-institute-virology-and-chinese-army-submit-patent-gilead-anti-ebola-drug-fight
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, China’s Alleged Biowarfare Research Under Scrutiny
The source of the novel coronavirus that has 34 Chinese cities under lockdown, and that has now spread to 35 countries outside China, is still unknown.
Initial reports coming out from China claimed the source was a live food market in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, where bats may have been the cause.
Other reports claimed the source may have been the state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology near the market, where the virus may have leaked out from the country’s first top-level “P4” lab for researching the most dangerous types of pathogens.
The original report making the claim about the P4 lab as the source came from Great Game India, a journal on geopolitics and international relations. Other publications, such as The Washington Times, followed up with additional claims based on interviews.
The narrative of the virus coming from the lab has not been debunked, but has been criticized by several news outlets, since some of the connections are still not proven.
Regardless of where the coronavirus came from, the attention on the P4 lab has shown a spotlight onto the Chinese regime’s alleged biological warfare programs and is raising questions about the nature of the P4 lab in Wuhan.
The main case against the idea that the Chinese regime has a biological warfare program is the fact that China became a State Party to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1984, which would forbid it from developing biological weapons.
A brief perusal of official documents and strategies, however, quickly brings doubt onto how closely the Chinese regime has followed the BWC.
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/amid-coronavirus-outbreak-chinas-alleged-biowarfare-research-under-scrutiny_3230089.html
If You Could Power Your Entire Home With 60 Minutes Of Cycling, Would You Do It?
The Facts: Mechanical energy, converted into kinetic energy can provide the energy that we use on a regular basis to power our homes and electronic devices.
Reflect On: Rather than focusing on the current problems in our world it is great to change gears and have a look at all of the solutions that are popping up all over the world.
Imagine if your morning workout could power your home for the entire day, all the way until your next morning workout. Well, you may not have to imagine, as this technology exists now. Manoj Bhargava has invented a new exercise bike that if used for only sixty minutes per day can power your home for 24 hours.
This invention was a part of a new initiative to bring electricity to places that undergo frequent power outages or may only have access to power for a few hours during the day. In our modern age, going without electricity can really separate a person from the rest of the world. Bhargava’s mission is to bridge the gap for those who suffer from poverty and make it easier for them to access the same information as the rest of the world, potentially giving them more opportunities in life.
The Free Electric
The above heading is also the name of this awesome and innovative bike serving as a solution to a pretty significant issue in the underdeveloped nations of the world.
According to Bhargava, the Free Electric is meant to lead to “better health, more leisure time, better access to education and opportunities for entrepreneurship.” He also feels that it could, “literally change the world.”
Power to change the world? Bold statement, but if this is able to be implemented worldwide, I would absolutely have to agree with him. This technology not only has the capacity to assist those in poverty, but can also be used by the rest of the world as well as more and more people around the world who are aiming to reduce their on carbon footprint. I have a feeling that Millennials (such as myself) and younger generations would be all over this! Not only is it a great way to get your cardio in, but it provides FREE electricity that produces ZERO emissions or other pollution.
As mentioned in the video, it is also a great solution in the face of natural, or even man made disasters because this type of electricity would not rely on that generated and sold by power companies. Perhaps even one day a way to stock up and store this energy will be possible — then, the opportunities here will be much more plentiful and could be a huge factor in reducing the amount of pollution our current methods of energy production are creating.
The Future Is Friendly
As much as there is disaster and destruction all around us, there is also innovation and ingenuity. Human beings have tremendous potential. Even though there are many problems that we as a society are facing, solutions are popping up and fast, and in most cases they already exist. Finding solutions doesn’t seem to be the problem, so ask yourself, what is? It’s so great to see ideas such as these being conceptualized and then created and put into use so efficiently, it shows how our species is capable of stopping and potentially reversing some of the destruction that we have caused over the years.
This is absolutely a double win! We are constantly bombarded with news stories and articles that are telling us to be more active, stop sitting so much, and now with the Free Electric, we will have to be active before we can relax and enjoy the use of our precious technology.
https://www.collective-evolution.com/2020/02/06/if-you-could-power-your-entire-home-with-60-minutes-of-cycling-would-you-do-it/