WHO SUSPENDS trials of Trump-chosen hydroxychloroquine drug over SAFETY RISKS for Covid-19 patients
The World Health Organization has paused the clinical trials of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients. It says the drug, notably taken and endorsed by US President Donald Trump, has raised safety concerns. The drug’s safety data is being...
Palestinians start ‘cautiously returning’ to normal life in West Bank
Mosques, churches and businesses in the occupied West Bank will reopen on Tuesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has said. It is time to “cautiously return life to normal” now that infection rates have slowed,...
PM Markovic declares Montenegro first coronavirus-free state in Europe
Prime Minister Dusko Markovic on Monday declared Montenegro a coronavirus-free country, 69 days after it reported its first case and after 20 without a new one. Montenegro has reported 324 confirmed cases of Covid-19 illness and nine deaths, Reuters said. “The battle...
Top 30 tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili faces three years in jail for allegedly assaulting ex-wife
Georgian tennis star Nikoloz Basilashvili is embroiled in a scandal, having been charged with physically assaulting his ex-wife, Neka Dorokashvili. The player faces up to three years in jail, if found guilty. The world number 27 was accused of assaulting his former...
‘Orwellian dictatorship’: Italian government to recruit 60,000 ‘civic assistants’ to snitch on Covid-19 rule-breakers
The Italian government is preparing to recruit unemployed citizens to act as volunteer social-distancing enforcers, who will operate amongst the masses as life returns to a semi-normal state after the Covid-19 lockdown. The government will publish a call this week for...
Ex-Premier League striker Pavel Pogrebnyak hospitalized with coronavirus
Former English Premier League and Russian international striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has been hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia after falling ill with coronavirus over the weekend, his wife has confirmed. The 36-year-old, who currently plays for Russian Premier League...
Russia ramps up gold production, adding to country’s huge bullion reserves
Gold output in Russia continues to grow, increasing by 9.26 percent in 2019 year-on-year, the country’s Ministry of Finance said on Monday. The volume of bullion production reached 343,54 tons compared with 314,42 tons in 2018. Production for the period included over...
‘Bigger and badder’: Donald Cerrone upgrades ‘BMF Ranch’ to include brand new RACE TRACK (VIDEO)
UFC star Donald Cerrone has always led something of a white-knuckle existence and the fighter nicknamed 'Cowboy' has very much kept up that theme by building a race-track on his New Mexico property dubbed the 'BMF Ranch'. Cerrone's famed 40-acre property is located...
Europe mulls slapping US Big Tech with digital tax to help finance economic recovery from Covid-19
Tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon could be forced to pay higher taxes in Europe as governments search for new revenue to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, CNBC has reported, citing its sources. “We see digital goods/services tax conversations advancing most...
‘Treating people like sheep’: Bishops let loose on BoJo in storm of Twitter criticism over Cummings row
Church of England bishops are joining the chorus of criticism directed at Boris Johnson over his handling of top adviser Dominic Cummings’ rule-breaking 260-mile lockdown trip to Durham, with one saying the PM “lacked integrity.” Johnson threw his support behind...
Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Responding to COVID-19 in Vastly Different Ways
Liberals and conservatives are approaching the COVID-19 pandemic through very different moral...
Shocking Video Shows Cop Body Slam, Punch Driver Over Not Using His Turn Signal
A cop with a history of using deadly violence during minor traffic stops was caught on video again, this time, beating a driver for not using his...
WATCH: Cops Say They Smashed Innocent Teen’s Face Into the Concrete to ‘Stand Their Ground’
Officers who unprovokingly attacked an innocent teen, leaving him in a pool of blood and lying about it, say they did so to 'stand their...
It’s Coming: Police Now Pulling Over Drivers In Pilot Program for THC Breathalyzer
A new THC breathalyzer is being tested for potential rollout by police that will undoubtedly lead to unnecessary rights violations and deprivation of...
Deputy Gets Prison for Stealing from Charity That Helped Kids of Fallen Military and Cops
A "hero" cop in Palm Beach has been sentenced to 5 years in prison after stealing from a charity that raised funds for kids of fallen cops and...
FBI Launches Investigation into EMT Killed by Cops, Moments Later Police Chief Quietly Quits
Hours after the FBI launched an investigation into the slaying of Breonna Taylor by the LMPD, Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad suddenly...
Cop Arrested for Terrorizing and Sexually Grooming Little Girl He Stalked on Minecraft
A Texas cop was busted stalking a young girl through the popular Minecraft game, forcing her to send him nude pictures and threatening to harm her if she...
High Ranking Detective Arrested, Jailed for Repeatedly Raping a Little Girl
A retired DC police detective was arrested and charged with repeatedly raping a young girl while he was an active duty police...
After State Killed 275k Jobs Over COVID-19, Sheriff Now Evicting Residents Who Can’t Pay
As state's grapple with unprecedented unemployment — largely caused by their COVID-19 economic shutdowns — police to begin evicting...
WATCH: Cop Tries to Force Man to Lick What He Thinks is Urine, Tasers Him After He Refuses
An innocent man was tasered and mauled by a police K-9 after he refused a cop's unlawful order to lick liquid off the...
William Kristol, the Flaming Neocon, Is Looking To Reinvent Himself as a Dissenter
“A ‘Neocon’ is neither new or conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.” – Edward Abbey Being an unrepentant Neocon, such as William (Bill) Kristol, means never having to say you’re sorry. To qualify, you need to be an ideologue, who also has paid no price...
The Pleasures of Life Are Being Destroyed by the Criminal State and Its Enforcers
“Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in those impractical things that bring delight to the inner person. . . . When we lack proper time for the simple pleasures of life,...
There’s No Longer Any Question: Biden Carried Out a Cover-Up in Ukraine
Trump stands vindicated for accusing Biden of trying to cover up his son’s corruption in Ukraine after one of that country’s lawmakers released audio recordings of the former Vice President’s numerous conversations with former President Poroshenko to that effect,...
The Economic ‘Reopening’ Is a Fake Out
How does one define an economic “reopening”? I think most people would say that a reopening means that everything goes back to the way it was before the crisis; or at least as close as possible. Most people would also say that a reopening is something that will...
Passing Behind Our Backs
I never met the great basketball player, Bob Cousy, the man known as “the Houdini of the Hardwood,” yet he somehow influenced my life in ways I never knew, or to be more accurate, in ways I didn’t reflect upon except in superficial ways. He was the guy who brought...
Great Things Are Happening!
Before I explain how wonderful the COVID-19 era is, and is going to be, for us and for liberty, I must give a nod to the very real concerns about agriculturalization of human beings by the state. The new American project seems to be about converting the amber waves of...
Pandemic, Economic Collapse, and Military Conflict
Dmitry Orlov gives his view on the pandemic and ensuing economic collapse. He looks at the dire situation facing the U.S., its dollar status, and the disintegration of the political system. He talks about his changed view on the climate movement and its liberal dogma....
California Doctors Say Suicide Deaths Exceed Coronavirus Fatalities
A California doctor says he has seen a year’s worth of suicides in the last four weeks of lockdown. More people reportedly died of suicide in one Tennessee county than from coronavirus across the whole state. A spokesperson for the Well Being Trust in Oakland, CA...
America Is Drowning in Problems
Washington is picking yet another fight with China. On top of the trade war we now have the coronavirus war. China is accused of being responsible for the virus by withholding information about it. Some in Washington want to make China pay for the cost of the virus...
Does the Termination of Russian YouTube Channels Mean Impending War?
Recently, I had to change embedded video links in several posts to LewRockwell.com due to the termination of Southfront’s YouTube channel. Southfront, which features regular “Syrian War Reports” and videos that discuss the Russian and American military and hardware,...
Federal Judge: Florida Can’t Block Voting Rights Because of Inability to Pay Court Fines
A federal judge ruled Sunday that Florida can't block former felony offenders from voting because they can't afford to pay court fines and fees. In a 125-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle struck down parts of a law passed by Florida Republicans requiring...
How Many Years of Life Does the Average Covid-19 Victim Lose?
A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on a study suggesting that the average person who dies of Covid-19 loses ten years of life. I looked up the study, and left the following comment on the study's site (which, to the author's credit, they have up to get...
Prosecutors Back Dismissal of 91 More Cases Involving the Houston Cop Who Lied to Justify a Deadly Drug Raid
Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Kim Ogg plans to support the reversal of "at least 91" more convictions in cases involving Gerald Goines, the former Houston narcotics officer whose fraudulent search warrant affidavit led to the January 2019 drug raid that...
It’s Time To Leave Your City. Come to West Virginia With Me.
I am leaving the District of Columbia to work remotely in free, beautiful, inexpensive, friendly, practical West Virginia. I invite you to join me. You can live an urban life in Charleston or, just minutes away, you can surround yourself in natural beauty. You can...
Robert E. Lee Becomes Roberto Eduardo Leon: An Affirmative Action Controversy from 1979
From People Magazine, April 17, 1979: Anyone saddled with a name as fraught with history as Robert E. Lee might be forgiven the impulse to change it. But when retired Navy Captain Robert Earl Lee, 56, recently cast off that load in favor of Roberto Eduardo Leon, the...
Today in Supreme Court History: May 25, 1861
8/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte...
In Praise of Pointy Things
To judge by conversations with friends and acquaintances over the years, my family isn't the only one to treat the gifting of a knife as a rite of passage. It's an acknowledgment that the recipient has passed a milestone, having become sufficiently familiar with...
Brickbat: Burn It Down
The German parliament has voted to make burning the flag of the European Union or of foreign nations a hate crime. It was already illegal to burn the German flag. Those who violate the law face up to three years in prison. "Burning flags publicly has nothing to do...
A Supreme Court Term Without Any Dissents Read From the Bench
The Supreme Court has now experimented with broadcasting oral arguments. It was no longer feasible to hold proceedings in the Court. For at least 10 cases, the Justices allowed advocates and Justices to participate remotely. However, during this tumultuous time, the...
The CDC’s New ‘Best Estimate’ Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3%
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the current "best estimate" for the fatality rate among Americans with COVID-19 symptoms is 0.4 percent. The CDC also estimates that 35 percent of people infected by the COVID-19 virus never develop...
Reforestation Drones Will Plant 40,000 Trees This Month With 1 Billion Goal Set for 2028
As the world continues to witness warming climate conditions, there has been a frightful uptick in massive wildfires from California to the Amazon rainforest and the Australian bush. And as the world’s forests burn to the ground, this creates a dilemma not only for...
Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed as Thousands Fill Streets to Oppose China
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...
Bankruptcy Tsunami Begins: Thousands of Default Notices Are “Flying Out the Door”
Two weeks ago, when showing the uncanny correlation between defaults and the unemployment rates, we predicted that the number of Chapter 11 filings that is about to flood the US will be nothing short of biblical. All that was missing was a catalyst… and according to...
Censorship-Free Social Network “Explodes” After Adding 200,000+ New Users in Just a Few Days
The censorship-free alternative media platform Minds went down temporarily on Thursday, but came back online shortly after. When the site came back online, representatives of Minds say that the outage was a result of over 200,000+ new people signing up for the site...
The Truth About Gold From An Industry Insider
In this interview, industry insider Amir Adnani explains what’s really going on in the gold market and how it relates to debt, money printing and inflation. The post The Truth About Gold From An Industry Insider appeared first on We Are...
Wayback Machine Latest Victim of Big Tech Censorship
In what is turning out to be something of a latter-day dot com bust, many small to medium-sized tech startups are teetering on the edge of oblivion as the deliberate economic shutdown eats away at their capitalization and opens the door for the biggest fish in the...
High Ranking Police Detective Arrested, Jailed for Repeatedly Raping a Little Girl
A highly decorated, high-ranking, and now retired police homicide detective has been arrested and charged with raping an underage girl over a period of two years. District of Columbia retired detective John Pleasant Johnson Jr. was taken into custody and remains in...
These People Need To Be Stopped Immediately And Held Accountable!
This is why you can’t trust the “experts.” The post These People Need To Be Stopped Immediately And Held Accountable! appeared first on We Are...
Controversy Erupts After Biden Tells Black Voters Considering Trump “You Ain’t Black”
Joe Biden just massively insulted black voters – telling a popular black radio host on Friday that he ‘ain’t black’ if he was still weighing whether to support Biden or Trump in the November election. WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP HAD SAID THIS? Will Joe Biden get a pass on...
“Single Dumbest Decision Anyone Could Make”: Cuomo Sent 4,300 COVID-19 Patients to Nursing Homes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing new criticism after the Associated Press reported Friday that a state directive led to over 4,300 still recovering coronavirus patients being sent to New York’s “already vulnerable nursing homes.” “It was a death...