Dec 192020
 
 December 19, 2020  Posted by at 7:35 pm Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,  10 Responses »
Virus 1 - Media 0

Salvador Dalí Mi esposa desnuda 1945     Over the past 5 years I’ve addressed this numerous times, and it just goes on. When the MSM, WaPo, NYT, CNN, MSNBC, started to feel a real threat to their existence and survival from social media, they changed course radically. They no longer attempted to inform people, they began to shape their readers’ and watchers’ opinions. And it worked. That change appears to bear fruit. The WaPo announced the other day they’re

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Dec 192020
 
Debt Rattle December 19 2020

Sergio Larraín Valparaiso Passage Bavestrello 1952   • Facebook Joins Twitter In Reverting To Pre-Election News Feed Algorithms (RT) • Lawmakers Ask Whether Massive Hack Amounted To Act Of War (Hill) • California Reports Record COVID Cases and Deaths—Despite Strict Lockdown (FEE) • Research Suggests COVID19 Enters The Brain, May Be Autoimmune Disease (RT) • Trump Blasts John McCain After New Texts From FBI Lover Peter Strzok (DM) • Steele Dossier Was ‘Intended To Influence’ Media – Strzok (RT) •

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Dec 182020
 
Debt Rattle December 18 2020

Egon Schiele Meadow, Church and Houses 1912   • Twitter To Remove Tweets That Spread Lies About COVID Vaccines (G.) • “Who Wants To Be A Guinea Pig?”: Health Workers Balk At Vaccine (ZH) • How Virtual Learning Has Traumatized Their Children (DC) • WHO -Finally- Admits PCR Tests Create False Positives (OffG) • Joe Biden Calls His Son Hunter ‘The Smartest Man I Know’ (DC) • They Won’t Take “No” For An Answer (Ward) • Georgia Announces Signature Matching

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Dec 172020
 
 December 17, 2020  Posted by at 6:56 pm Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  4 Responses »
Automatic Earth in Athens Christmas 2020

Filothei Skitzi Human puzzle on COVID19 days 2020     I know, I know, I’ve been largely silent about most “usual suspect topics” lately, other than in the Debt Rattles, but I must admit, those topics have been draining me, along with the full lockdown here in Greece. I understand why politicians want to do lockdowns, but I also understand why they shouldn’t. Lockdowns drain life out of societies and communities, and there’s no guarantee that this life will ever

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Dec 172020
 
Debt Rattle December 17 2020

Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait with Straw Hat Aug-Sep 1887   • Assange Spoke to US State Dept to Stop Publication of Unredacted Cables (Sp.) • Julian Assange Has Formally Requested a Pardon From President Donald Trump (GP) • Pfizer To Assess Report About ‘Serious Allergic Reaction’ To Vaccine (RT) • First Glitches Emerge In COVID-Vax Rollout (ZH) • An App Could Catch 98.5% Of All COVID19 Infections. Why Isn’t It Available? (G.) • Grand County Coroner Raises Concern On Deaths

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Dec 162020
 
 December 16, 2020  Posted by at 10:25 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  36 Responses »
Debt Rattle December 16 2020

Henri Cartier-Bresson Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI 1937   • Yes, HCQ Is Scientifically Proven Against COVID-19 (Rafaeli) • Swedish PM: Medical Chiefs Failed Us With Light Touch (Times) • The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War (John Pilger) • COVID19 Relief Draft Provides $100 Billion Double-Dip Tax Deduction (Fang) • Trump Asking About Special Prosecutor For Hunter Biden (AP) • Pennsylvania Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Again Review Election Lawsuit (ET)

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Dec 152020
 
Debt Rattle December 15 2020

William Merritt Chase Back Of A Nude 1888   • Biden Lashes Out At Trump In Post-Electoral College Speech (ZH) • Republican Electors In Five Disputed States Cast Votes For Trump (JTN) • Offstage Noises (Jim Kunstler) • Barr Steps Down As AG, Decries ‘Frenzied And Baseless’ Russia Allegations (JTN) • The Case For Pardoning Edward Snowden By President Trump (Greenwald) • Left and Right Unite in Calls for Snowden Pardon (MPN) • Trump’s Last Chance to Snub the Deep

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Dec 142020
 
Debt Rattle December 14 2020

Adolphe Yvon Genius of America c1870   • Data Shows Ample US Hospital Capacity Nationwide (JTN) • ‘Autoantibodies’ May Be Driving Severe Covid Cases (G.) • ‘Like Nothing Happened’: Sydney Restaurants Are Bustling (AFR) • Ivermectin May Improve the Prognosis of Patients With COVID-19 (Science) • Sen. Manchin: Bipartisan COVID19 Relief Plan To Be Released On Monday (JTN) • Electoral College Voting Is Slated For Monday (JTN) • China’s Global Power Tops The US? New Measures Say No! (Brands) •

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Dec 132020
 
Debt Rattle December 13 2020

Detail of a fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii, 2nd century BC   • Sputnik V Likely Provides COVID Immunity For 2 Years, Pfizer For Months (Sp.) • Russian Cooperation Saves British Vaccine (MoA) • No Need For Vaccine This Year: Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (Yu) • Global Economy To Contract By 5.6% This Year Due To Pandemic – UN (RT) • Millions Of Working-Poor Americans Forced To Turn To Food Banks (ZH) • SCOTUS Had One

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Dec 122020
 
Debt Rattle December 12 2020

Laura Gilpin The Rio Grande Yields Its Surplus to the Sea 1947   • UK Scientists Identify Drugs That May Help Severe COVID Cases (G.) • AstraZeneca To Collaborate With Russia’s Sputnik V On COVID19 Vaccine (RT) • FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use (JTN) • More Than Half Of New York’s Restaurants Are In Danger Of Closing (Eater) • Gov. Cuomo Suspends Indoor Dining In New York City (Fox) • US Supreme Court Rejects Texas Challenge To

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