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‘Jane Doe’ Says She is Willing to Testify Against Epstein Pimp Ghislaine Maxwell
Jeffrey Epstein’s pimp Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday morning by the FBI, and now she faces two counts of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, two counts of conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and two counts of perjury.
Fox News reported Friday morning that a ‘Jane Doe’ is willing to testify against Ghislaine Maxwell.
An anonymous woman told Fox News that she was sexually assaulted dozens of times by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein beginning in 1991 when she was just 14 years old.
The Jane Doe said Maxwell not only facilitated the sexual abuse, she was in the room and took part in it as well.
The anonymous woman said she became pregnant with Jeffrey Epstein’s baby when she was 16 years old and ultimately forced to have an abortion.
“The fact that I had to kill my child really affected me and my family,” said the Jane Doe.
The woman said Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell gang raped her as punishment for getting pregnant and having an abortion.
She was dropped off naked on her grandparents front yard after she was gang raped and was told she would be killed.
The FBI allowed these monsters to roam free for decades knowing they were sexually assaulting young women.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/jane-doe-says-willing-testify-epstein-pimp-ghislaine-maxwell-video/
Roger Stone is Ordered to Report to Prison Where Pedophile Was Recently Released and Sent Home Due to Coronavirus
Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson declined Roger Stone’s plea and ordered him to report to prison on July 14th.
This is the same prison that has a coronavirus outbreak so bad the government just released a pedophile due to the danger.
As we reported earlier this morning, on June 26th Judge Amy Berman Jackson ignored the substance of Stone’s motion to either delay his surrender date or mandate home confinement due to the dangers of Coronavirus and ordered him to report to prison on July 14. In essence, Judge Jackson gave Roger Stone two more weeks to sit at home and wait for his death sentence. He received the following order:
A report at a local television station in in April warned about the prison Roger Stone is assigned to report to on July 14th [emphasis ours]:
JESUP, Ga. (WTOC) – WTOC heard from an employee at the Federal Correctional Institution in Jesup who’s worried about how the federal prison is handling the pandemic.
She believes staff and inmates are at risk.
There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at FCI Jesup. However, WTOC’s Amanda Aguilar spoke to the Union President of the Bureau of Prisons’ local chapter, who said it’s only a matter of time unless the prison’s administration takes better precautions.
There are around 2,000 inmates and almost 500 staff at the federal prison.
Union President Pamela Milwood said employees do not have enough protection.
“If it comes to Jesup, it will be through the staff, and it will be because they did not provide us the equipment to prevent it,” she said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/exclusive-roger-stone-ordered-report-prison-pedophile-recently-released-sent-home-due-coronavirus/
Ukraine Central Bank Chief Cites "Systematic Political Pressure" In Shock Protest Resignation
Ukraine's business community and investors are reeling — not to mention a presidential office eager to present itself as driving a longtime clean-up of the corrupt banking sector — over the Wednesday shock resignation of Ukraine's highly respected central bank chief Yakiv Smolii. His tenure was supposed to go until 2025, but President Zelensky accepted the resignation Thursday.
The timing couldn't be more suspect: the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) governor announced he resigned due to “systematic political pressure” which many believe came directly from Zelensky and his lawmakers, but also oligarchs said to be close to the young 'reformer' president.
It was only last month that Kiev secured a crucial $5 billion eighteen-month loan to help weather the economic slump due to the COVID-19 crisis, $2.9 billion of which has already been distributed.
Smolii's letter of resignation submitted to President Volodymyr Zelensky said as follows: “For a long time, the National Bank of Ukraine has been under systematic political pressure,” the surprise statement catching the entire nation off guard began.
“This makes it impossible for me, as the Governor, to effectively carry out my duties as the head of the National Bank of Ukraine and interact with other government agencies,” according to the statement posted prominently on the NBU's official site.
I’ve submitted my resignation appeal to the President. This decision has been taken as an answer to systematic political pressure that denied fulfillment of my duties as the Governor. Let it be a warning for attempts to undermine institutional independence of the central bank. pic.twitter.com/cFQuAlakrM
— Yakiv Smolii (@YSmolii) July 1, 2020
No doubt this line Smollii posted in a social media statement has raised eyebrows at the IMF:
"Let it be a warning for attempts to undermine institutional independence of the central bank."
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ukraine-central-bank-chief-shock-protest-resignation-citing-systematic-political-pressure
US authorities have not requested to speak to Prince Andrew over friendship with pedophile Epstein, says PM Johnson
Boris Johnson has revealed that US authorities have not made an official approach to the British government seeking permission to talk to Prince Andrew over his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In a radio interview on Friday, the UK Prime Minister said that “everybody’s sympathies” are with Epstein’s victims but he wouldn’t comment on matters relating to the royal family.
When pressed about what the government’s response would be if US officials sought access to Queen Elizabeth’s son for an interview, Johnson stressed that “no such approach has been made. It’s a matter for the royal family.”
“The law must be carried out and the law must be observed,” he added.
Johnson’s comments come after US prosecutors said they would “welcome” Prince Andrew’s testimony after the FBI arrested his friend Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of sex trafficking for Epstein on Thursday.
Prince Andrew had a high-profile friendship with Epstein for many years, even after the financier was accused of a litany of sex crimes involving underage girls in 2005. At the time of his death in prison in August 2019, the disgraced billionaire was awaiting trial for trafficking “dozens” of minors for sex.
The prince has been accused of having sex with a teenage girl provided to him by Epstein. He categorically denies the charge, and still maintains he doesn’t remember meeting the alleged victim. The denials come despite the royal being photographed embracing her in an image that also captured Maxwell in the background.
https://www.rt.com/uk/493663-johnson-denies-prince-andrew-request/
Boeing Executive Resigns Over 1987 Op-Ed Opposing Women in Combat
The head of communications at Boeing has resigned his post after an employee complained about a 33-year-old article he wrote arguing against putting women in combat roles in the military.
Niel Golightly penned the op-ed when he was a 29-year-old lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. It appeared in a magazine published by the U.S. Naval Institute, an outfit which describes itself as “an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
“At issue is not whether women can fire M-60s, dogfight MiGs, or drive tanks. Introducing women into combat would destroy the exclusively male intangibles of war fighting and the feminine images of what men fight for—peace, home, family,” Golightly wrote, according to an excerpt published on the U.S. Naval Institute’s website.
Women were barred from combat roles throughout American history, including the first term of Barack Obama’s presidency, until the policy was changed in 2013. In 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that all combat jobs would open to women and the following year a handful of women passed combat training courses.
Yet Golightly has resigned over advocating the long-running policy back in 1987 and has now apologized.
“My article was a 29-year-old Cold War navy pilot’s misguided contribution to a debate that was live at the time,” Golightly said in a statement included in Boeing’s announcement. “My argument was embarrassingly wrong and offensive. The article is not a reflection of who I am; but nonetheless I have decided that in the interest of the company I will step down.”
“Boeing does not agree with the views expressed in the article, and it does not reflect Niel’s views today,” the company said.
“Niel and I discussed at length the article and its implications for his role as the Company’s lead spokesman,” said David Calhoun, President and CEO. “I want to emphasize our Company’s unrelenting commitment to diversity and inclusion in all its dimensions, and to ensuring that all of our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute and excel.”
What was policy five years ago is now ground for purging.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/07/03/boeing-executive-resigns-over-1987-op-ed-opposing-women-in-combat/
CNN Brazil Reporter Bruna Macedo Robbed At Knifepoint During Live Segment
CNN Brazil reporter Bruna Macedo was robbed at knifepoint Sunday in the middle of a live segment in Sao Paolo, according to reports and video footage of the event.
Macedo was doing a report about the increased water levels at the Bandeiras Bridge, according to Mediaite. A man is seen in the background watching. He eventually approaches her, video footage shows.
The man pulls out a knife just after Macedo greets him, and she is seen backing away and handing over two cell phones. CNN Brazil cut the feed mid-theft, according to the video footage.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/03/cnn-brazil-reporter-bruna-macedo-robbed-knifepoint-live-on-air-segment/
Ann Coulter: Corrupt Democrat Prosecutors Let ‘Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein Rape Girls’
Democrat prosecutors enabled Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein’s sexual predation, determined Ann Coulter, author of Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, offering her remarks on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host John Binder.
Coulter reflected on left-wing news media framing Epstein’s conduct as a failure of federal Republican authorities, contrasting former Florida prosecutor Barry Krischer’s pursuit of charges against Rush Limbaugh — which included a raid on the radio host’s doctors’ offices — with his approach towards Epstein.
“[It] is so outrageous how they just blow off that a Democratic prosecutor spent five years going after Rush Limbaugh for taking back pain pills,” Coulter said. “I‘m also getting a little tired of hearing about, ‘The genius reporting of the Miami Herald. They brought all this forward and, woo, they got people interested.’ I would like someone to present to me what was in the Miami Herald that readers of the Palm Beach Post did not know in 2006 and which I begged the national media to cover.”
Coulter continued, “All of that was delivered on a silver platter to Democratic prosecutor Barry Krischer, but he was busy going after the back pain medication case [with Rush Limbaugh].”
Coulter explained that Krischer opted to present the state’s charges against Epstein to a grand jury instead of directly indicting to a jury.
“The only thing Jeffrey Epstein was indicted for was solicitation of prostitution, for which he got parole,” said Coulter of the Krischer-led prosecution of Epstein. “That was the only reason there even was a federal prosecution.”
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/07/03/ann-coulter-corrupt-democrat-prosecutors-let-jeffrey-epstein-harvey-weinstein-rape-girls/
Migrant Transport NGO Brings More Coronavirus Positive Migrants to Italy
The migrant transport NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans has brought another 43 migrants to Italy from North Africa, and eight have so far tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.
The migrants were brought to the Sicilian town of Augusta by the NGO’s vessel the Ionian Sea. Local authorities tested them for the Chinese virus, and the governor of Sicily Nello Musumeci announced the results on Thursday.
“Of the 43 immigrants landed in Augusta, eight tested positive for coronavirus. They are in Noto and not on a ship in the bay as the Sicilian government had asked; the state says that the ship is too expensive,” Musumeci said, according to Il Giornale.
He went on to add: “Why was the quarantine on the mainland? Why does nobody inform us about the real conditions of the camps in Libya? These are questions that Rome has a duty to answer.”
Mediterranea Saving Humans confirmed the eight cases of coronavirus. They released a statement saying: “The crew of the Ionian Sea ship is now at anchor in the port of Augusta, already in quarantine.”
The incident is the second time a migrant transport NGO has brought migrants infected with the coronavirus to Italy in recent weeks. Last month, the NGO Sea-Watch brought a total of 209 migrants to Italy, 28 of which later tested positive for the virus.
Several migrant transport NGOs have resumed activities in the last few weeks including SOS Mediterranee, a French NGO that is said to have picked up 180 migrants in the last several days and will also be heading to Italy soon.
In April, a doctor working for Sea-Eye made it clear she believed picking up migrants and bringing them to Europe was more important than the risks of coronavirus. She said: “Facing people who run away from torture, coronavirus takes second place. I think we all accepted the risk.”
Italians on the island of Lampedusa, meanwhile, voted to stop migrant landings and want to close a local migrant camp as their island continues to see fresh flows of migrants.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/07/03/migrant-transport-ngos-bring-more-coronavirus-positive-migrants-italy/
Macron Abruptly Fires PM After Getting Crushed By The Far-Left In Last Month's Local Vote
In an unexpected July surprise that comes just days after Macron's "La Repubblique En Marche" party got spanked by the environmentalist left in a series of local elections…
…French President Emmanuel Macron, motivated perhaps by jealousy at the increasing popularity of his prime minister, has abruptly fired PM Edouard Philippe and replaced him with another lowkey center-right "social gaulist" technocrat.
While a sacrifice was probably in order following Macron's latest political failure, French political commentators suggested the decision was a "bid to reinvigorate" Macron's flailing administration two years before he must run to defend his position against an increasingly popular right-wing movement, as well as a reinvigorated left.
Philippe handed in his resignation Friday morning, according to the FT.
His replacement, Jean Castex, was described by the FT as a "a low-key centre-right bureaucrat, as his new prime minister for the last two years of his term. Mr Castex, who was appointed recently by Mr Macron to organise France’s exit from its coronavirus lockdown." Importantly, Castex is "expected to have a lower-profile than his predecessor." Philippe has long been seen as a key player in Macron's government; he helped the president dream up his program of economic "reforms" that was ultimately abandoned in the face of widespread public unrest (remember the gilets jaunes?)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/macron-abruptly-fires-pm-after-getting-crushed-far-left-last-months-local-vote
Jean Castex, who coordinated easing of France’s coronavirus restrictions, named as new prime minister
Jean Castex, a senior official who spearheaded France’s coronavirus reopening strategy, has been named the country’s new prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron.
His appointment was announced just hours after Edouard Philippe, who served as prime minister for three years, tendered his resignation.
In April, Castex was given the responsibility of coordinating France’s easing of Covid-19 restrictions. He is a career public servant who has served in multiple administrations and a member of the conservative party Les Republicains.
The government reshuffling comes days after the Greens scored victories in local elections across France, upsetting Macron’s own centrist Republic on the Move party.
https://www.rt.com/news/493683-jean-castex-new-french-pm/
Great-grandmother of boy, 4, who was 'tortured, raped and killed' by his parents files wrongful death lawsuit against Los Angeles child services accusing agency of failing to act on reports of abuse
Eva Hernandez is suing Los Angeles County child services and a non-profit organization in July 2019 death of Noah Cuatro, 4
Hernandez accuses Department of Children and Family Services of ignoring multiple reports of abuse and failing to remove Noah from his parents' home
Jose Maria Cuatro Jr, 28, and Ursula Elaine Juarez, 25, indicted on one count each of murder and torture
Cuatro is also accused of sexually assaulting his four-year-old son before his death, then lying that he had drowned in a pool
Hernandez said Noah had been in and out of foster care since he was born
Her lawsuit claims
The great-grandmother of a California boy whose parents have been charged with torturing and killing the four-year-old has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accusing Los Angeles County child services and a non-profit organization of ignoring multiple reports of abuse.
Jose Maria Cuatro Jr, 28, and Ursula Elaine Juarez, 25, were indicted in January on one count each of murder and torture in the July 2019 death of their son, Noah.
Cuatro is also accused of sexually assaulting the boy just hours before his death, then falsely claiming that the child had drowned in a community pool.
The great-grandmother of four-year-old Noah Cuatro (left), who was allegedly tortured and killed by his parents, Jose Maria Cuatro Jr, 28, and Ursula Elaine Juarez, 25 (pictured), has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against child services
http://www.mr-mehra.com/2020/07/great-grandmother-of-boy-4-who-was.html
Prince Andrew's lawyers say they've been 'ghosted' by US authorities investigating his paedophile friend Jeffrey Epstein - and insist Duke has offered to help 'on a number of occasions – including in the last ten days
Prince Andrew has seen his legal team 'ghosted' by US prosecutors as they claim to have made repeated offers of help in the Jeffrey Epstein case – including in the last 10 days.
Sources close to the Duke of York's legal team say they have contacted Department of Justice representatives in the US on a number of occasions since they were first contacted at the beginning of the year.
Andrew, 60, whose close friend Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested and accused of assisting Epstein's abuse of minors by helping to recruit and groom underage victims, was described as 'bewildered' by the US prosecutors claims of non co-operation.
The informed source said they had been in touch with the DOJ once Geoffrey Berman was replaced as US attorney for the Southern District of New York by Audrey Strauss.
Ms Strauss was appointed on June 22 after Mr Berman was 'fired' by Donald Trump.
The initial contact was made at the turn of the year when the DOJ confirmed that the Duke of York was being represented by legal firm Blackfords.
Once contact had been established, the Duke's team offered co-operation and asked for a framework as to how the US wished to proceed, but there was no reply. The source said his team feel they have 'effectively been ghosted.'
Another source added today that the prince was still happy to help: 'The Duke remains willing to offer his assistance.'
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http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/07/prince-andrews-lawyers-say-theyve-been.html
275,000 Sign Petition Blasting New Movie Starring Michael Jackson’s Daughter Portraying Jesus As A ‘Lesbian Woman’
The daughter of the late pop singer Michael Jackson stars in a new movie in which she portrays Jesus Christ as “a lesbian woman,” according to a petition opposing the film in which organizers call it “Christianophobic garbage.”
More than 275,000 people have signed a petition to block the distribution of the movie “Habit,” which is set to star Paris Jackson as Jesus, opposite model Bella Thorne and musician Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer of the music group Bush.
“A new blasphemous Hollywood film is predicted to come out soon depicting Jesus as a lesbian woman,” says the petition. “The film ‘Habit’ stars Paris Jackson who plays the role of ‘lesbian Jesus.’ Distributors haven’t picked it up as of yet, so let’s please spread awareness and wake people up to the Christianophobic garbage that is spread nowadays, but is somehow accepted and praised by society.”
But the promotional materials for the movie so far have made no mention of Jackson playing Jesus as a lesbian.
The film has already been shot and has been in post-production since April, producer Donovan Leitch told Fox News. In the film, Jackson as Jesus meets Thorne, “a woman with a Jesus fetish who masquerades as a nun in order to escape a violent drug deal,” Fox said.
The plot synopsis suggests that Thorne plays a “street smart party girl with a Jesus fetish [who] gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a nun,” the Guardian said.
And there’s another petition objecting to the movie, this one from a group called One Million Moms, which says the film “mocks Christianity and ridicules people of faith.” That petition has more than 73,000 signatures.
“Michael Jackson’s 22-year-old daughter, Paris Jackson, will play a gender-bending Jesus Christ in the upcoming movie Habit. She will portray the religious figure wearing a traditional robe, tousled hair including a single accent braid, and a nose ring,” the petition says. “This sacrilegious movie Habit mocks Christianity and ridicules people of faith.”
“Elevated Films represents the US rights to the project. Elevated Films has obviously gone too far. The company would never, in a million years, produce a film that defamed Muhammad in a similar fashion,” says the One Million Moms petition. “One Million Moms needs to make sure this film is not released. 1MM needs your help to convince Elevated Films not to release Habit – not now, not ever.”
Jackson has followed her father into music but has also appeared in some TV shows as an actress, starring in a small role in 2017 as Rachel Wells on the Fox TV series “Star,” in the series “Scream,” and in the film “Gringo.”
Singer Sia defended Jackson.
“Hey. Lay off @ParisJackson you bullies. It’s me that has my opinions as a 44-year-old woman. Let her be a child please — attack me,” Sia wrote on Twitter. “I am more than equipped to deal with us disagreeing on a subject. Let’s not ruin her music release and finding her own voice.”
http://www.cuzzblue.com/2020/07/275000-sign-petition-blasting-new-movie.html
Ben Sasse: Planned Parenthood Just Admitted To Committing ‘Infanticide’
Officials with the abortion provider Planned Parenthood described cases of infanticide occurring at clinics during abortion procedures, according to Republican Sen. Ben Sasse.
Sasse (R-NE) slammed the abortion franchise on Wednesday after the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), an investigative nonprofit that focuses on medical ethics, released edited footage of two top Planned Parenthood officials testifying on practices and incidents inside abortion clinics.
“The truth — as found in these sworn testimonies — is going to catch up to Planned Parenthood and their big business abortion partners. Their admissions have nothing to do with healthcare, but instead are an admission that they’re complicit to the practice of infanticide,” Sasse said in a statement. “This is morally repugnant. It shouldn’t be hard to denounce the practice of infanticide, but Big Abortion practically shouts it from the rooftops. They must held accountable.”
CMP founder David Daleiden released the testimony in question on Tuesday. One clip shows Jon Dunn, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties, testifying that in at least one instance he remembered a fetus born alive during an abortion procedure about two decades ago.
“I know they kept it warm and comfortable for the very brief period that it was alive. I don’t think there was even time to call 911,” Dunn says in the video. “This is something that every obstetrician/gynecologist deals with on rare occasion … It is their medical judgment what to do in that circumstance.”
Dunn’s testimony was taken and unsealed as part of a civil suit filed by Planned Parenthood against CMP over Daleiden’s claim that the abortion network and Advanced Biosciences Resources, which works with Planned Parenthood to procure fetal body parts, profited off infanticide, according to Fox News.
Daleiden released a similar video of testimonies at the end of May, saying at the time, “The time has come for federal consequences for Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood lied to the public and to Congress, but now there is no longer any reasonable doubt that Planned
Parenthood sold fetal body parts, commodifying living children in the womb and treating pregnant women like a cash crop.”
CMP and Planned Parenthood have been engaged in court battles for several years. In 2016, the abortion clinic network sued CMP following the release of a series of videos in which Daleiden went undercover to interview a series of Planned Parenthood officials, uncovering what he said is proof that the abortion provider traffics in fetal body parts and sells them to biomedical research facilities for profit. Planned Parenthood denied the charge.
Last year, a jury rejected Daleiden and CMP’s free speech defense, finding them liable for at least $2.2 million in damages to Planned Parenthood. The jury convicted CMP under a 1970 law meant to target organized crime syndicates such as the mafia.
http://www.domigood.com/2020/07/ben-sasse-planned-parenthood-just.html
VIRAL VIDEO: Rapper Lord Jamar: Black Lives Matter ‘Not Our Movement,’ ‘Given To Us By George Soros’
Rapper Lord Jamar, a member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian, sparked controversy when he rejected the Black Lives Matter organization over its Marxist roots, alleging it was created by far-left philanthropist billionaire George Soros and saying it is robbing Black Americans of their own “organic movement.”
In a video that has quickly gone viral, Lord Jamar (real name Lorenzo Dechalus) said that he is not a “Black Lives Matter” supporter, citing the organization’s radical views that fall outside its original mission statement.
“I’m not a Black Lives Matter supporter,” Jamar said in an interview on SCUM.
“You’re not?” the interviewer asked in surprise.
“No, absolutely not,” responded Jamar. “Because it’s not our movement. This is a movement that was given to us by, you know, George Soros and his fing boys. Because they saw how things were going and they didn’t want to go back to the 60s to where we started having our own organic movements. That was a big fing problem for them. So let’s give the people a movement that we can control. We’ll provide them the leaders and all this type of s**t. That’s what black lives matter is.”
Lord Jamar then directed people to look at the leaders of Black Lives Matter and their allegiance with the LGBTQ movement to illustrate his point. “Look at the leaders of Black Lives Matter,” he said. “These lesbian women who are trying to incorporate, you know, LG whatever the f*** the letters are, incorporate their concerns into black people’s concerns. Go to the website. Look it up.”
http://www.madnesshub.com/2020/07/viral-video-rapper-lord-jamar-black.html
Scheme backed by Dominic Cummings to ‘suck’ excess carbon dioxide from the air and bury it underground gets £100m from the Treasury
The PM's advisor wants to spend £100 million on direct air capture technology
The technology uses chemical filters to capture CO2 from the surrounding air
The greenhouse gas is then stored underground or reused by various industries
But the system is energy-sapping and doesn't encourage a switch to renewables
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Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings is backing a scheme to suck carbon dioxide out of the air using technology first used on World War Two submarines.
The PM's advisor wants to spend £100 million on 'direct air capture' (DAC) machines, which consist of a stack of metal 'air scrubbers' that use a chemical solution to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere.
The CO2-laden solution is then stored underground, reducing the amount of the greenhouse gas that reaches the atmosphere.
The gas can be permanently stored in deep geological formations, or used to make fuels, chemicals, building materials and other products.
The tech could help to offset emissions from energy-intensive sectors that are difficult to decarbonise, such as transport and aviation.
And because the CO2 is being permanently removed from the atmosphere, the technology supports the UK's net zero emissions target for 2050.
However, a roll out of the technology would be expensive and demand massive amounts of energy - which in itself could be a huge source of CO2 emissions.
Experts have warned that these machines could use 'a quarter of global energy supplies' by 2100.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8485601/Dominic-Cummings-authorises-100m-suck-CO2-sky.html
Explosion in Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility Caused by Bomb, Report Claims
An explosion at one of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, Natanz, took place on Thursday, damaging the power plant, but leaving its reactor intact. The cause of the explosion has not been officially confirmed.
An explosion at the Natanz nuclear power plant in Iran's Isfahan was caused by an "explosive device planted inside the facility", The New York Times reported, citing an unnamed Middle East intelligence official.
According to the official cited, the blast destroyed "much of the aboveground parts" of the facility, where cutting-edge centrifuges had been placed before being put into operation.
The early Thursday explosion resulted in a fire and was confirmed by Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, with agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi saying that the plant "is operating as usual", since the reactor was not damaged in the incident and there were no casualties.
Kamalvandi also noted that there has been no pollution at the site, as there was no nuclear material on the plant.
Some reports have suggested that the explosion could have been a result of "sabotage", as the BBC’s Persian service reported that a group naming itself “Homeland Cheetahs” claimed responsibility for the incident.
Natanz is the country's primary uranium processing facility, located 270 km south of the Iranian capital.
Iran stepped away from its nuclear commitments, responding to the Trump administration in 2018 unilaterally withdrawing from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear treaty.
Despite the roll-back of its commitments, Tehran has repeatedly stressed that it has no goal of manufacturing nuclear weapons, intending to develop a peaceful nuclear program. According to Kamalvandi, Iran has "produced materials over 3.67 percent and above 300 kilograms".
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007021079780615-explosion-in-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-by-bomb-report-claims/
Locals Spot Elite ‘Night Stalkers’ Helicopter Unit Practicing Black Ops in Oregon
Locals living on the Oregon coast spotted a group of helicopters running dark late Wednesday night, which turned out to be the “Night Stalkers,” the US Army’s most elite chopper unit, made infamous by the “Black Hawk Down” incident during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
After a local contact reached out to The War Zone journalist Tyler Rogoway for answers about a strange incident late on Wednesday night, the reporter was able to later verify that a group of helicopters from 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) flying out Joint Base Lewis–McChord was responsible for the disturbance.
The testimony passed to Rogoway describes a trio of helicopters flying low enough they could be identified even on a cloudy night - and stir up plenty of hubbub in town the next morning.
“It was between 1:15 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. they came from the south heading north northwest flying super low, like lower than any training exercises I've ever seen maybe 150 ft to 100 ft or less,” the witness told The War Zone.
“It was hard to tell being how late it was and dark with cloud cover. But they were low enough to be able to see the underside of the aircraft with some detail. It was what appeared to be an Osprey with two other helicopters flanking it from the underside… They may have been Apaches or Blackhawks. They were going somewhere in a hurry and flying a tight formation… Only the Osprey had one small red light on its tail on,” they said.
It didn’t take Rogoway long to triangulate the identity of the mystery choppers: one of the Night Stalker battalions is based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, a US Army and Air Force base about 90 miles northeast of where they were spotted.
According to a statement from the base’s public affairs office, the drills involved not only the Night Stalkers, but also US Army Rangers and some exotic equipment such as the Air Force’s CV-22 Osprey, specially designed with terrain-following radar and extra fuel tanks to support special ops.
The Night Stalkers have been part of many of the US Army’s special operations, including the invasion-coups in Grenada in 1983 and Panama in 1989, and an amusing stunt in Chad in 1988 which saw them airlift out of the country a Soviet-made Mi-25 “Hind-D” attack helicopter abandoned by the Libyan Air Force.
However, they are perhaps best known for their involvement in the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3-4, 1993, when two Night Stalker Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in what became known as the “Black Hawk Down” incident. Five of the 18 US soldiers killed in the battle belonged to the squadron.
Some Americans might not have known it, but the Night Stalkers were also behind several terrifying incidents in Los Angeles and New York City, when residents filmed the unit’s choppers zooming down city streets just several dozen feet off the ground.
According to the base, the Night Stalkers and Rangers have been drilling at Satsop Nuclear Power Plant, a semi-abandoned and incomplete power station in Washington state, although Rogoway noted the chopper pilots will often sharpen their skills by practicing complex and challenging maneuvers, as the videos show.
https://sputniknews.com/military/202007021079779324-locals-spot-elite-night-stalkers-helicopter-unit-practicing-black-ops-in-oregon/
In only 7% of covid-19 deaths was covid-19 the sole cause of death (i.e., no co-morbidities).
So, only ~8,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US are solely attributable to COVID-19, i.e. those deaths without co-morbidities.
The other ~100,000 + COVID-19 deaths in the US, there was an average of 2.5 additional co-morbidities.
Really makes you wonder.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/in-only-7-of-covid-19-deaths-was-covid-19-the-sole-cause-of-death-i-e-no-co-morbidities/
France ordered to pay up after epilepsy drug manufactured by coronavirus vaccine firm Sanofi caused birth defects
A French court has ordered the state to compensate three families whose children suffered birth defects due to the anti-epilepsy medication Dépakine. The drugmaker, Sanofi, is currently racing to certify a vaccine for Covid-19.
Dépakine is the brand name for sodium valproate, an ingredient used in the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines. However, it is known to cause severe birth defects if administered to pregnant women, with the drug linked to spina bifida, cleft palate, learning difficulties, and autism. Introduced in 1967, Dépakine is now available in its generic form, and in more than five decades on the market, has been blamed by French researchers for defects in between 2,150 and 4,100 children.
On Tuesday, a court in Paris ordered the state to hand over €200,000 ($225,000), €157,000 ($176,000), and €20,000 ($23,000) respectively to the families of the three victims, now aged between 11 and 35. According to the judgment, French health authorities failed to inform doctors and patients of Dépakine’s link to birth defects.
Sanofi was also blamed for its role in the scandal, with the court deeming the leaflet enclosed with the drug gave insufficient warning of the risks it presented.
The ruling compounds a dismal week for Sanofi, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms by revenue. The company announced last Friday that it would cut 1,680 jobs in Europe, with the firings affecting mainly its blue-collar workers.
However, the company has pressed ahead with its plans to bring to market a vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus. Sanofi said a week earlier that it will pump more than $500 million ($562 million) into a “state of the art” vaccine plant near Lyons, then announced that it expects its coronavirus vaccine, developed with British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, to be approved early next year.
https://www.rt.com/news/493631-france-sanofi-guilty-birth-defects/
Congress revives bid to pull US out of Yemen war
The Democratic-held House is taking another stab at ending US support for the Saudi coalition’s war against Yemen’s Houthis.
The Democratic-held House is taking another stab at ending US support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 31-25 Wednesday to add language to a key defense authorization bill that would ban the Donald Trump administration from using funds to provide the Saudi coalition with logistical support in its war against the Houthis.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced the amendment, which mirrors a provision he introduced last year to pull the United States out of the Yemen war. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was the lone Republican to join Democrats in voting for the amendment.
“Two years ago, a similar amendment to end US refueling of Saudi-led coalition planes only received 19 votes,” said Geo Saba, Khanna’s legislative director. “We will work tirelessly to keep it in the final bill as it moves to conference in an effort to help bring an end to the war.”
Khanna’s legislation — alongside another provision he added to defund any offensive military action against Iran — proved to be a major obstacle in negotiations with the Republican-held Senate to arrive at a compromise defense bill last year. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., ultimately agreed to drop the provision from last year’s bill amid opposition from the White House and Senate Republican leaders.
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/congress-revive-bid-pull-out-yemen-war-khanna.html
Apple Privacy Update Shows TikTok Is Harvesting Sensitive Data From Millions Of Users
The social media platform TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular apps in the world over the past two years, but now security experts are warning that it could be a dangerous security risk. Apple’s new iOS 14 update came with a privacy transparency feature which informed users that the app was secretly reading the contents of their clipboards, something that the company promised it would stop doing last year. In light of these revelations, TikTok has once again promised to remove that function from its app, but privacy experts are skeptical.
According to Ars Technica, this security flaw allows the app to access the most sensitive data on your devices including passwords and cryptocurrency wallets.
Okay so TikTok is grabbing the contents of my clipboard every 1-3 keystrokes. iOS 14 is snitching on it with the new paste notification pic.twitter.com/OSXP43t5SZ
— Jeremy Burge (@jeremyburge) June 24, 2020
The new Apple update also identified a large number of other applications that were doing the same thing, but TikTok is under additional scrutiny because of its apparent ties to the Chinese government.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance claims that TikTok is not available in China and that its data is stored outside of China, but its privacy policy has reserved the right to share any information with Chinese authorities.
The company has responded to the controversy in a statement saying that the security flaw was a part of an unreleased feature designed to prevent spammy behavior.
“Following the beta release of iOS14 on June 22, users saw notifications while using a number of popular apps. For TikTok, this was triggered by a feature designed to identify repetitive, spammy behavior. We have already submitted an updated version of the app to the App Store removing the anti-spam feature to eliminate any potential confusion. TikTok is committed to protecting users’ privacy and being transparent about how our app works. We look forward to welcoming outside experts to our Transparency Center later this year,” the statement read.
Just after the finding was made, India announced that they would be banning the app, as tensions with China continue to rise after recent clashes at the border.
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/07/apple-privacy-update-shows-tiktok-is-harvesting-sensitive-data-from-millions-of-users.html
Boeing's top communications exec resigns over article about women in combat he wrote 33 years ago
The article was written in 1987 for a naval magazine when he was a US Navy lieutenant.
Boeing's senior vice president of communications resigned this week following a complaint about an article that was written 33 years ago. Niel Golightly resigned from the aerospace giant on Thursday after a co-worker resurfaced an article regarding women in combat roles that he wrote in 1987. Golightly has since called the decades-old article "embarrassingly wrong and offensive."
Golightly stepped down because he wrote an article arguing that women shouldn't serve in the military. Golightly served in the U.S. Navy for 14 years, including as a fighter pilot and as a speechwriter to the secretary of the Navy and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was a U.S. Navy lieutenant when he wrote the article titled "No Right to Fight" in the December 1987 issue of Proceedings, a monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute that was founded in 1873.
"At issue is not whether women can fire M-60s, dogfight MiGs, or drive tanks," Golightly wrote in the naval magazine. "Introducing women into combat would destroy the exclusively male intangibles of war fighting and the feminine images of what men fight for — peace, home, family."
Before leaving Boeing, Golightly released a statement on the situation.
"My article was a 29-year-old Cold War navy pilot's misguided contribution to a debate that was live at the time," Golightly said in his apology. "My argument was embarrassingly wrong and offensive."
"The dialogue that followed its publication 33 years ago quickly opened my eyes, indelibly changed my mind, and shaped the principles of fairness, inclusion, respect, and diversity that have guided my professional life since," Golightly added. "The article is not a reflection of who I am, but nonetheless, I have decided that in the interest of the company I will step down."
Golightly stepped down as communications chief for the commercial jetliners manufacturer after talking with top executives, including Boeing President and CEO David Calhoun.
"I greatly respect Niel for stepping down in the interest of the company," Calhoun said in a statement. Calhoun added that Boeing has an "unrelenting commitment to diversity and inclusion in all its dimensions."
Golightly was only with the company six months after he was named to the position of senior vice president of communications in January of this year.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/boeing-niel-golightly-article-women
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