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China’s Economic Collapse In Real Time As January and February Results Show Declines in Major Sectors

As we have been reporting for two years now, China’s economy is falling apart. Economic results from January and February show significant declines in major sectors.

The South China Morning Post reported:

The coronavirus’ impact on the economy was made plain in new numbers released Monday. which showed a dramatic collapse across the board.

Amid a widespread shutdown of manufacturing operations, industrial production – a measure of manufacturing, mining and utilities activity – declined by 13.5 per cent over the first two months of the year, combined data for January and February showed.

This was the first decline on record, although ordinarily the data is released monthly. But the numbers were well below expectations of a 3.0 per cent decline.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/chinas-economic-collapse-real-time-january-february-results-show-declines-major-sectors/

Russian special services behind fake bomb threats sent to schools in 2019:Polish intelligence

The Polish Foreign Intelligence Service (AW) points to the Russian special services being behind a series of fake bomb threat emails which were sent out to nearly 700 schools during the 2019 examination period in Poland.

A precise investigation of the emails’ content directed the Polish experts to servers located in St. Petersburg.

These Russian-based servers had already been used in the past to spread different content meant to instill chaos in different parts of the world, according to Polish intelligence.

The creators of the disinformation campaign were also identified, as they used accounts belonging to the Russian foreign military intelligence agency (GRU).

The whole operation involved false bomb scare emails and messages appearing on the Russian servers first followed by moderators encouraging web users to send these false alarms to schools where final exams were being held.

The actual bomb threat messages were sent by web users who were unaware they were acting in Russia’s interests. Some of these bomb threats were also sent from automated accounts.

Grzegorz Małecki, former head of Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency

Our abilities, reaction procedures, their efficiency and the maturity of our entire system is tested and identified through actions like these.

Former head of the Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW) Grzegorz Małecki explained that such cyberattacks are most likely part of hybrid threats carried out by Russia against Poland. The aim of such operations is to sow disorder in key state institutions.

https://rmx.news/article/article/russian-special-services-behind-fake-bomb-threats-sent-to-schools-in-2019-polish-intelligence

Notorious Soros-Funded Group Pushes for Vote-by-Mail to Become ‘Default Option’

The Center for American Progress, an infamous far-left group that is funded by radical European billionaire George Soros, declared that voting by mail “must become the default option for the vast majority of Americans,” as reported by Breitbart.

The think tank, which is directly connected to Soros’s Open Society Foundation and other similar groups in his vast network, is using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to push for nationwide vote-by-mail. Danielle Root, a spokeswoman for the group, said that “state officials must not delay in implementing vital policies such as vote by mail and extended early voting for upcoming elections.”

A plan to implement nationwide vote-by-mail was included in the most recent coronavirus stimulus bill, written and passed by House Democrats, worth $3 trillion overall. Republicans have expressed fierce opposition to the bill, with many saying that it is dead on arrival in the Senate.

https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/18/notorious-soros-funded-group-pushes-for-vote-by-mail-to-become-default-option/

Elderly couple "executed" at veterans cemetery were visiting son's grave, a daily ritual

Maryland couple Paul Marino, 86, and his wife Lidia, 85, who were "executed" at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, were visiting their son's grave as they did every day, according to one of their surviving sons.

Their son Ray, 60, said:

"It was like a regimen. Mom and Dad visited my brother's grave every single day, without fail, unless there was inclement weather. They usually went there in the morning."

Anthony, their son whose grave they were visiting, died of cerebral palsy in 2017, and since then they have visited his grave "perhaps 1,000 times."

Delaware State Police identified the Marinos' killer as Sheldon C. Francis, 29. He died of a gunshot wound near the scene of the murders after a shootout with police. Authorities have not said if he was killed by police or if he shot himself.

Authorities have also not released a motive for the slaying of the Marinos.

https://disrn.com/news/elderly-couple-executed-at-veterans-cemetery-were-visiting-sons-grave-a-daily-ritual