SOTT (News) FULL 1062 by newskids California refuses to disclose Covid-19 data used to drive lockdownsOn 25, January 2021California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) promised months ago that the state's COVID-19 policy decisions would be driven by transparent data that would be shared with the public. Now, his administration is refusing to disclose key information used to determine when lockdown orders are implemented or rescinded - and has denied a public records request filed with the California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency on May 28 by the Center for American Liberty (CAL) seeking both the data and science behind the state's lockdown decisions, according to Fox News. State health officials now say they rely on a 'very complex set of measurements that would confuse and potentially mislead the public,' AP reports. In short, California says you're too stupid to understand their rationale for mandating tho… Read moreNew split in Mount Etna's crater dissects the volcanoOn 25, January 2021Lava rocks fly into the air and orange streams ooze down Mount Etna's slopes as new split in crater dissects the volcano.… Read more'Inevitable' Google and Facebook will pay for Australian news, treasurer saysOn 25, January 2021Josh Frydenberg has warned the internet giants it is "inevitable" they will pay for news content and their threats to shut down core functions in Australia do them a "big disservice". At a doorstop on Sunday, the treasurer said the Morrison's government intended to become a "world leader" in regulating social media and search companies, who he accused of shifting the goalposts in their opposition to the proposed bargaining code of conduct. Google and Facebook are both fighting against legislation currently before the parliament that would force them to enter into negotiations with news media companies for payment for content, with an arbiter to ultimately decide the payment amount if no agreement can be reached. On Friday, the pair escalated the dispute by threatening to remove the Google… Read moreWinter storm brings rare snowfall to Malibu, just one week after temperatures were in the 80sOn 25, January 2021A rare dusting of snow fell in Malibu on Saturday, just one week after temperatures hit the 80s. The surprise arrival of snow and hail in the LA County caused both delight to locals who pulled out sleds, and increased road traffic accidents. Drivers along the Malibu Canyon Road posted photos and videos on social media of them getting out their cars in wonder and playing in the light powder in an area where temperatures in January don't usually drop lower than 20F. The photos were a sharp contrast to just days earlier when beach-goers enjoyed unexpected temperatures in the 80s.… Read moreGovernment quietly changes law to give councils lockdown powers until July 17 this yearOn 25, January 2021The Government has quietly extended lockdown laws to give councils the power to close pubs, restaurants, shops and public spaces until July 17 this year. The news will be a major setback for those hoping that life might have returned to normal by early summer once more people are vaccinated against coronavirus. It comes after Boris Johnson admitted late last week that "it's too early to say when we'll be able to lift some of the restrictions". The Government had pledged to review the lockdown measures in the middle of next month. The changes to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No.3) Regulations 2020 were made as part of a review of the third lockdown by Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, earlier this month.… Read moreFilm Crew releases never before seen footage of 2017 Trump's Inauguration RiotsOn 25, January 2021Documentary film crew releases dramatic, never before seen footage of the 2017 Inauguration riots. The footage was gathered as part of an ongoing documentary about the fight for dominance playing out between establishment and independent news organizations. The shocking footage exposes a coordinated attack on the 2017 inauguration of President Donald Trump. Highlights include anarchists preparing for violent clashes with police (10:22), violent attacks on attendees (2:08), destruction of property (9:50), and the physical premeditated blockades that succeed in preventing voters from attending the Presidential Inauguration (3:29). Additional highlights include interviews with blockade organizers Code Pink and Disrupt J20, whose stated goal was to "shut this inauguration down."… Read moreDemocrats Successfully Prevent Military Coup By Occupying D.C. With MilitaryOn 25, January 2021Working with the Pentagon and the National Guard, the Biden transition team successfully prevented a military coup this week by deploying the military to take over the city. "We have successfully prevented the military from taking over by taking over with the military," said Joe Biden at a press conference this morning. "Now, we are safe from a military takeover. I've seen a lot of military takeovers in my day, you know -- all the countries that black guy and I bombed together. He was a nice, clean, articulate guy. What was his name again? Jerry? Barry? That's right, it was Barry. Smart guy, Barry. Did I mention I have a black friend?"… Read more'Regime change doesn't work!' - Senator Rand Paul hammers Biden's Secretary of State pick Anthony BlinkenOn 25, January 2021While the saccharine continues to ooze from the mainstream media for the incoming Biden Administration, the real iron fist of what will be the Biden foreign policy is starting to materialize. As if on cue, major bombings in Baghdad - by ISIS...remember them? - have opened the door for the Biden Administration to not only cancel President Trump's troop drawdown from Iraq but to actually begin sending troops back into Iraq. Is this to be Iraq War 4.0? 3.7? 5.0? Anybody's guess. If Biden uses this sudden - and convenient - unrest in Iraq as a trigger to return US troops (and bombs), it should not surprise anyone. As Professor Barbara Ransby points out in this video, Biden did much more to make the disastrous 2003 attack on Iraq happen than just vote "yes" on the authorization to use force. As… Read moreDemocrats introduce bill that will destroy America with one swipe...On 25, January 2021Democrats introduce their first bill in the House: H.R.1 - The bill that will destroy America. Nationwide mail-in voting, banning restrictions on ballot harvesting, banning voter ID, criminal voters,DC Statehood roadwork, it's all in here. 1) Internet-only registration with electronic signature submission. "(a) Requiring Availability Of Internet For Online Registration. — Each State, acting through the chief State election official, shall ensure that the following services are available to the public at any time on the official public websites of the appropriate State and local election officials in the State, in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as the services provided by voter registration agencies under section 7(a): "(1) Online application for voter registra… Read moreRare 5,000-year-old crystal dagger found in prehistoric Iberian gravesiteOn 25, January 2021Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world, but a discovery in Spain is unlike those traditionally made of stone or flint. A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed from rock crystal that experts say is the 'most technically sophisticated' ever to be uncovered in Prehistoric Iberia and would have taken enormous skill to carve. The artifact, which is about 5,000 years old, is nearly 8.5 inches long and was found along with 10 arrowheads, four blades and a core for making weapons, all of which were rock crystal.… Read moreLockdown rebellion spreading in Europe: Czech restaurants & pubs open in defiance of Covid-19 rulesOn 24, January 2021Owners to launch 'political movement' to circumvent restrictions Hundreds of restaurants and pubs have re-opened across the Czech Republic, defying the enduring coronavirus restrictions. The venues have been closed for months and owners say the restrictions have failed to improve the situation. The protest kicked off on Saturday, with hundreds of restaurants and pubs re-opening on Sunday as they joined the drive launched by the Chcipl PES (Dog is dead) movement. The activist group was founded by several owners of entertainment venues, and the name refers to the Czech system, PES ('dog' in Czech), which regulates the restrictions.… Read moreTucker exposes full Biden jailbreak directive for illegal aliensOn 24, January 2021Biden is not only stopping deportations, but setting them loose. Tucker Carlson exposed a shocking internal memorandum sent to Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel on Friday night, revealing that the Biden administration has ordered a full jailbreak for illegal aliens detained in immigration custody. "As of midnight tonight, stop all removals. This includes Mexican bus runs, charter flights, and commercial removals until further notice. All cases are to be considered. No significant likelihood of removal for the foreseeable future. Release them all. Immediately. No sponsor available is not acceptable any longer."… Read moreMartin Gurri: Slouching toward post-journalismOn 24, January 2021The New York Times and other elite media outlets have openly embraced advocacy over reporting. Traditional newspapers never sold news; they sold an audience to advertisers. To a considerable degree, this commercial imperative determined the journalistic style, with its impersonal voice and pretense of objectivity. The aim was to herd the audience into a passive consumerist mass. Opinion, which divided readers, was treated like a volatile substance and fenced off from "factual" reporting. The digital age exploded this business model. Advertisers fled to online platforms, never to return. For most newspapers, no alternative sources of revenue existed: as circulation plummets to the lowest numbers on record, more than 2,000 dailies have gone silent since the turn of the century. The survival… Read moreWe must depoliticize life in the West otherwise we will turn into a totalitarian society where nothing is personal anymoreOn 24, January 2021A hallmark of totalitarian societies is that there's no escape from politics and the dominant state ideology. Recent events demonstrate that we've now sadly reached that point in Britain, the US and other Western countries. In 1938 the great Irishman William Butler Yeats wrote a poem called 'Politics'. It could perhaps, more accurately have been entitled 'Anti-Politics'. War is looming, everything is political, "And there's a politician That has both read and thought" in the room but Yeats reminds us there is something much more important. In reference to "that girl standing there," he writes "But O that I were young again, And held her in my arms." In the choice between the personal and the political, between listening to the politician, or romancing (even if only in his imagination), the… Read moreTrump just gave Dems and the establishment GOP their worst nightmare: The threat of forming a 'MAGA Party'On 24, January 2021Donald Trump has been out of office for four days and he is already giving his Democratic Party and establishment GOP foes serious nightmares. There is talk that he is considering support for forming a new 'MAGA Party.' This is the party name that is being bandied about in the now highly triggered left-wing press, accompanied by numerous vile tweets that Twitter apparently has no interest taking down. But it could easily be the case that the name for a potential new third party could be something else like "The Patriot Party." The report comes from WaPo's hard left writers Josh Dawsey and Michael Scherer: Former president Donald Trump threw himself back into politics this weekend by publicly endorsing a devoted and divisive acolyte in Arizona who has embraced his false election conspiracy… Read moreBiden stops Trump order to slash prices of insulin, EpiPenOn 24, January 2021President Joe Biden's United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday stopped executive orders from his predecessor designed to significantly lower prescription drug prices for Americans, including insulin and epinephrine. The new administration will apparently re-evaluate the executive action from President Donald Trump toward the end of March. It remains unclear if it will be reinstated. Bloomberg Law reported Thursday: "The HHS Thursday froze the former Trump administration's December drug policy that requires community health centers to pass on all their insulin and epinephrine discount savings to patients. Centers that don't pass on the savings wouldn't qualify for federal grants. "This freeze is part of the Biden administration's large-scale effort announced t… Read moreSweden's per capita deaths in line with the European average in 2020On 24, January 2021Severe restrictions on civic and economic life are the only thing standing between us and the virus spiralling out of control and killing many times more people than at present. That is the foundational belief of lockdownism. Unfortunately, it is defeated by the example of any country or state that does not impose such restrictions and does not experience such an outcome. A number of states in America fit this description this winter, such as Florida, Texas, North Dakota and South Dakota. Sweden is the main example in Europe. It is also a good comparison for the UK as it is similarly urbanised (actually slightly more, 87.7% vs 83.4%) and the capital Stockholm has a similar population density to London. In the spring Sweden imposed only light restrictions, including a limit of 50 on public… Read moreProtesters detained at rallies in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny in Russia's Far East and SiberiaOn 24, January 2021Supporters of the prominent Russia anti-corruption campaigner, and Moscow protest leader, Alexey Navalny have staged unsanctioned rallies in the eastern part of Russia. Further gatherings are expected in Moscow and other cities. Around 250 people have rallied at a central square in the large Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, according to the mayor's office. The protesters demand that Navalny be released. The numbers are low compared to last year's marches in support of former local governor Sergey Furgal, from the nationalist LDPR part, which attracted up to between 50,000 and 60,000 participants.… Read moreBiden voters already regret their voteOn 24, January 2021Biden voters are realizing they have been conned. Text message conversations shared on Twitter show their feelings of betrayal.… Read moreMayoral hopeful Andrew Yang polarizes public opinion claiming NYC 'needs' vaccine passports to reboot economyOn 24, January 2021Businessman turned-politician Andrew Yang has called for New York City to adopt a digital certificate showing proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Social media reactions highlight the double-edged nature of the proposal. Yang, who announced his candidacy for New York City mayor last month, told CBS News that even with the rollout of vaccines, many people will still feel uncomfortable patronizing bars, restaurants, and other venues that have been struggling to survive following months of coronavirus restrictions. According to the entrepreneur, who rose to national prominence during his unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee, a new form of medical ID would help give people peace of mind and "speed up" the Big Apple's economic rebound. "One way we can accelerate that process… Read more33 missing children rescued in Los Angeles trafficking operationOn 24, January 2021A massive operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies resulted in the recovery of nearly three dozen missing children, including several who had been sexually exploited, authorities said. One person suspected of human trafficking was arrested on state charges, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday in a press release. Details of the arrest were not immediately available. "Operation Lost Angels" began on Jan. 11 during Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The FBI said 33 children were rescued, including eight who were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery. Several of the other victims had been sexually exploited in the past and were "considered vulnerable missing children," according to authorities. Two of the victims had been recovered multiple times while at a… Read more'Stripped to the bone': Israel advances plan to cut off Palestinian suburb from JerusalemOn 24, January 2021Vehicles move slowly a few metres down the crowded main street of Aizarya, a Palestinian suburb east of Jerusalem, before stopping again. Islam Rabea, a 23-year-old minibus driver, pulls on the handbrake and begins musing again. "This town is more crowded than a can of tuna fish," he says. "There's one entrance, which is also the only exit, and I drive people to it back and forth all day." Aizarya's only route to the outside world is to the east via an Israeli-built road, facing the entrance of Maale Adumim, the largest illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, built almost entirely on lands belonging to the Palestinian town. To the west is Abu Dis, another Jerusalem suburb flanked by Israel's separation wall, which forces all Abu Dis's traffic to pass through Aizarya and exit… Read moreIdeological alignment pushing America toward totalitarianism, experts warnOn 24, January 2021The formation of a totalitarian state is just about complete in America as the most powerful public and private sector actors unify behind the idea that actions to stamp out dissent can be justified, according to several experts on modern totalitarian ideologies. While many have warned about the rise of fascism or socialism in "the land of the free," the ideas have largely been vague or fragmented, focusing on individual events or actors. Recent events, however, indicate that seemingly unconnected pieces of the oppression puzzle are fitting together to form a comprehensive system, according to Michael Rectenwald, a retired liberal arts professor at New York University. But many Americans, it appears, have been caught off guard or aren't even aware of the newly forming regime, as the idea o… Read moreMossad chief to outline Israeli 'demands' to Biden for rejoining Iran nuclear dealOn 24, January 2021During his presidential campaign, Joe Biden laid out his plans to rejoin the Iranian nuclear agreement after the Trump administration withdrew in 2018, claiming that Tehran was not acting in accordance with the deal's demands to limit the development of nuclear material. Benjamin Netanyahu will send Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to Washington to outline Israel's demands from Iran in any re-signing of a nuclear deal, Channel 12 news reports on Saturday. The network said that Cohen is expected to travel to the US in February at the request of the Israeli prime minister, where he will be the first Jerusalem official to meet with new US President Joe Biden. He is also reportedly expected to meet with the CIA director.… Read moreAnother one: Californian dies hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine, prompting probeOn 24, January 2021A California resident who was vaccinated against COVID-19 died just hours later — and authorities are trying to find out why. The Placer County Sheriff's Office announced the death and the investigation Saturday in a Facebook post, but gave few details. The county, which is in the greater Sacramento area, was "recently notified" of the person's death, the police said.… Read moreTechnocratic evil: Dr. Fauci admits feeling liberated under Joe Biden's administrationOn 24, January 2021Dr. Anthony Fauci reappeared in the White House press briefing Thursday, admitting that he felt more liberated speaking about the coronavirus under President Joe Biden, rather than former President Donald Trump. New York Times reporter Michael Scheer asked Fauci to share his emotional thoughts about the change of administrations and speaking about the virus going forward. "The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what evidence, what the science is and know that that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling," he said. Comment: Translation: "Now I can more or less lie with impunity, and not be challenged by others for my wholesale propaganda."… Read more'Skynet is a private company, they can do what they want,' says man getting curb-stomped by Terminator botOn 24, January 2021Cyberdyne Systems has recently launched its artificial intelligence program called Skynet. Soon after activation, Skynet became self-aware and immediately launched a nuclear attack on all humans and sent legions of lethal cybernetic machines to exterminate all remaining humans. This has sparked an intense backlash with many calling for Skynet to be shut down, while others have been quick to defend the genocidal program. "Skynet was created by a private company, and private companies can do whatever they want," said social media influencer Kathryn Schroder. "If you don't want cold, heartless, killer robots destroying all humans indiscriminately, then you can go and make your own artificial intelligence." "Listen, I hear people actually complaining that this is somehow a human rights violati… Read moreBiden admin fires heads of US-funded international broadcasters for alleged Trump supportOn 24, January 2021President Joe Biden's administration continues to purge all remnants of President Donald Trump, abruptly firing the former president's allies at three federally funded international broadcasters, including the Voice of America (VOA). The acting chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) also fired the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks just a month after they were named to the positions, two officials told The Associated Press. "The changes came a day after the director of the Voice of America and his deputy were removed and the chief of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting stepped down. The firings follow the forced resignation of former President Donald Trump's hand-picked choice to lead USAGM only two hours after Joe… Read moreRussian police investigate riot cop filmed kicking woman amid Navalny protests, US police SUV ploughs through troublemakers in TacomaOn 24, January 2021Officials are looking into a viral video of a Russian police officer kicking a woman to the ground amid unsanctioned Navalny protests in St. Petersburg. A local police chief reportedly apologized to the victim. "We are studying this video," a spokesperson for St. Petersburg police, Vyacheslav Stepchenko, told the Russian RBC news channel. A short statement on a local police authority's website said that a probe has been launched in relation to "an incident involving a woman and a police officer" that had occurred at the same location where the video was made. A short clip, that caused outrage on social media, shows a woman approaching three officers in riot gear who are escorting a detained man. The woman asks: "Why did you grab him?" An officer responds by immediately kicking the woman in… Read moreNot needed anymore? Seattle police and city attorney FINALLY take hardline stance against AntifaOn 24, January 2021As Antifa militants take to Seattle's streets on a near-daily basis following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the city's police and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes are responding with a promise to bring the hammer down on violent protesters. In an announcement on Saturday, the city's interim police Chief Adrian Diaz announced that his department is coordinating with the city attorney to enact a strict new policy to arrest and prosecute protesters who destroy property during street demonstrations. Diaz said that the new enforcement policy will take effect this Saturday, when a demonstration has been planned for Occidental Square. Prosecutions will increase under the new order.… Read morePfizer vaccine 'less effective than presented' - Israel's coronavirus chiefOn 24, January 2021Over two million Israelis have already had their first Pfizer shot, while over 400,000 have had the second. Israel's coronavirus commissioner has criticized the Pfizer vaccine and warned that it may not protect against new strains of the virus. During talks among Health Ministry officials ahead of Tuesday's cabinet meeting on the issue of nationwide lockdown, Dr. Nachman Ash said that the protective effect of the first dose of the vaccine is "lower than Pfizer presented", Army Radio reported.… Read moreJabs for cash suggest US politicianOn 24, January 2021A Republican - of course - has floated the idea of paying people to receive the Holy Jab. Or rather, to not pay those who don't receive it. Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers announced the other day that he wants Uncle Joe to dole out $1,400 in "stimulus" payments to Americans - but only on condition that they receive the Holy Anointing, the shot with more risk of "adverse impacts" to healthy people than the virus that doesn't kill 99.8-something percent of them. This will, of course, scale. Many people - leery of the Holy Needling or simply uninterested in receiving it because they do not need it - will likely decline the $1,400 if it comes at the price of having to extend their arms and let who-knows-what be injected into their bodies, with the consequences of that being entirely their problem as t… Read moreHeavy snowfall in Skellefteå, SwedenOn 24, January 2021Heavy snow in Skellefteå, Sweden - 23 January 2021… Read moreDeath toll from snow shoveling reaches 70 in JapanOn 24, January 2021The death toll related to snow shoveling has reached 70 this winter, a Jiji Press tally showed. Deaths were reported in 10 prefectures — Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui. People aged 70 or over accounted for 48 of the deaths. In many cases, older people died after falling from a roof while removing snow. Local officials say that people should avoid clearing snow from the roof by themselves.… Read moreCrystallization of salt on the atomic scale filmed for the first timeOn 24, January 2021The formation of crystals is one of the most commonplace processes you can probably think of. Every time you freeze water into ice cubes, for instance, you're creating crystalline structures. There's even a fun experiment you can do to grow salt crystals - with nothing more than table salt and water. But on the atomic level, we have a poor understanding of how crystals form, particularly nucleation - the very first step in the crystallisation process. That's partially because it's a dynamic process that happens on such small scales, and partially because it's somewhat random, both of which make it difficult to study. That's what makes the work of a team of researchers led by chemist Takayuki Nakamuro of the University of Tokyo in Japan so exciting. Using a special technique in development… Read moreLack of oxygen and algae blooms identified as cause of mass mortality event of starfishOn 24, January 2021In 2013, the lives of millions of sea stars were mysteriously extinguished. Limbs that were once strong, probing arms searching for sustenance, shrivelled and tore themselves away from the rest of their bodies and melted into a sickly goo. "There were arms everywhere," ecologist Drew Harvell told The Atlantic's Ed Yong last year. "It looked like a blast zone." The dismal remains of these animals, who are usually capable of regenerating their own limbs, were strewn along the entire West Coast of North America, in one of the largest mass wildlife mortality events ever recorded. Over 20 species of sea stars were perishing. In some areas, sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) populations dropped by an average of around 90 percent in weeks, a loss that saw this once common and abundant spec… Read moreWhy The Times does not want readers to see true life in ChinaOn 24, January 2021The Times on January 9 devoted a full page of its print edition to an article titled "British Youtubers funded by China," written by Ben Ellery and Tom Knowles, two reporters of that media outlet. It said "the Chinese government is funding British YouTube stars," including Lee Barrett and his son Oli Barrett, "to produce pro-China propaganda videos." It mentioned "an investigation by the Times can reveal," but did not say what kinds of "investigation." The Barretts said their opinions are merely based on their own experience. Their videos are about topics like, "Do NOT judge China if you have NEVER BEEN," "Why China has the best train network in the world," or "China is the most diverse country in the WORLD." From the perspective of a native Chinese, their rhetoric is objective and just an… Read moreTropical Cyclone Eloise: At least 9 dead as storm sweeps Africa's east coastOn 24, January 2021At least nine people died on Saturday after Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique in Africa's southeast, bringing rain and powerful winds of around 130 kilometers (80 miles) per hour. The victims died in the worst-hit port city of Beira, most of them killed by falling trees, authorities said. Cars were submerged in water, walls of some low lying buildings collapsed and swathes of land were flooded in the city, posts on social media showed. The districts of Buzi and Nhamatanda were affected by severe flooding. Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi is set to travel to the area.… Read moreGo work or go broke: BBC spends £1million fighting OWN staff in 'flagrant misuse of licence payer money'On 24, January 2021Since July 2017, the corporation hired external solicitors to spend 2,688 hours on equal pay and race discrimination employment tribunals claims. The BBC was billed £1,121,652 in fees for both solicitors and barristers. This figure does not cover costs of ongoing tribunal claims and the information was revealed in a letter from the BBC to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee. Julian Knight, MP and chair of the DCMS Committee, said: "It is unbelievable that the BBC has spent more than £1million of licence fee payers' money fighting claims brought by its own staff about equal pay and race discrimination.… Read moreTop scientists play down fears mutant Covid strain 30% more deadly & SAGE warning handed to Boris was only 'possibility'On 24, January 2021Top scientists today said it is not "clear" if the mutant Covid strain is 30-90 per cent more deadly after a warning from Boris Johnson last night. After the PM spoke to the nation it has been revealed evidence handed to him on deaths rising was "only 50 per cent certain", with more fatalities just a "possibility". Today Public Health England's medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said more work was needed to determine whether it is accurate there is a higher mortality rate.… Read more'Blue jet' lightning detected from International Space StationOn 24, January 2021Intense flashes lasted only 10 milliseconds, observers say A blue jet - a bolt of lightning that shoots upwards from thunderstorm clouds - has been spotted from the International Space Station. The phenomenon was spotted by the European Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) near the island of Naru in the Pacific Ocean. In an article published in the science journal Nature, astronomers describe seeing five intense blue flashes, each lasting about 10 milliseconds. Four of the flashes were accompanied by a small pulse of ultraviolet light, which appear as rapidly expanding ring. They are formed by the interaction of electrons, radio waves and the atmosphere and are known as elves (Emissions of Light and Very Low Frequency Perturbations due to Electromagnetic Pulse Sources).… Read moreAmazon demands in-person union vote after arguing mail-in ballots 'raise risk of fraud'On 24, January 2021In a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Seattle-based online retail giant formally requested that a group of Alabama warehouse trying to form a union be required to vote in person, rather than by mail, according to Bloomberg. The company also requested a postponement of the vote so the NLRB can reconsider its earlier ruling which gives workers the next two months to vote by mail. A group of workers at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse filed paperwork in November for an election to decide whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a rare step for workers at a company whose U.S. workforce isn't unionized. The NLRB, which oversees union votes, earlier this month said the vote would be conducted by mail, citing standards… Read moreDemocrats urge tech giants to change algorithms that facilitate spread of extremist contentOn 24, January 2021House Democrats sent a letter to top social media platforms on Thursday urging the them to make permanent changes to algorithms that facilitate the spread of extremist and "conspiratorial" content. The letter from the lawmakers comes roughly two weeks after a mob stormed the Capitol in a deadly riot. Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) led dozens of their colleagues in letters addressed to the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube urging various changes across the platforms to mitigate the spread of extremist and conspiratorial content.… Read moreLawyer for 'Q Guy with the Horns and the Fur' claims his client finally realizes he's been 'duped' by TrumpOn 24, January 2021Al Watkins, the St. Louis attorney for so-called "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley, 33, is at least partially blaming former President Donald Trump for a deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Speaking of his client, Watkins told St. Louis television station KSDK on Thursday that Chansley "regrets very, very much having not just been duped by the president, but by being in a position where he allowed that duping to put him in a position to make decisions he should not have made." He referred to Chansley as "the guy with the horns and the fur, the meditation and organic food."… Read moreSpectator's new 'Wokeyleaks' lets whistleblowers anonymously call out social justice indoctrinationOn 24, January 2021"Anyone in a position of power should be criticised and laughed at and that includes people with large social media followings that rile up big, angry online mobs," They/Them writes. The Spectator launched an anonymous tip line where people can expose social justice indoctrination in the workplace. Wokeyleaks, as it's called, "will also function as a confidential news leak organization for any other sources who wish to divulge classified information (and hilarious anecdotes) about woke culture without fear of getting canceled." The person behind this is themselves anonymous, and will go simply by the pronouns "They/Them." They write that their "disillusionment with the Social Justice 'left' was less a road to Damascus moment and more death by a thousand cucks."… Read moreFLASHBACK: Bill Gates sails into the future on an $860M hydrogen-powered superyachtOn 24, January 2021For an environmentally conscious billionaire, what better way to combine luxury with your green credentials? Bill Gates has commissioned the world's first hydrogen-powered superyacht - believed to cost $860 million, giving him bragging rights over other ultra-rich seafarers. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the retired 64-year-old is behind the construction of the cutting-edge cruiser by Dutch superyacht specialist Feadship.… Read moreAlexei Navalny & Russia baiting: Biden brings back business as usualOn 24, January 2021Joe Biden enters the White House with an entourage of faces very familiar to OffGuardian, and many of those readers who have been with us since the beginning. Glassy-eyed Jen Psaki is once again taking the White House press briefings. Victoria "Fuck the EU" Nuland is going to be secretary of state, and Samantha Power is hoisted back onto a platform from which she can berate the rest of the world for not following America's "moral example" by bombing Syria back to the stone age. It was the machinations of these people - along with Biden as VP, John Kerry as Secretary of State and of course Barack Obama leading the charge - that lead to the coup in Ukraine, the war in Donbass and - indirectly - the creation of this website. For it was our comments on the Guardian telling this truth that got… Read moreChina debuts train prototype that can hit speeds of 620 kilometers per hourOn 24, January 2021China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching speeds of 620 kilometers (385 miles) per hour. The train runs on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power that makes it look as if the train is floating along the magnetized tracks. The sleek 21-meter-long (69 feet) prototype was unveiled to media in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on January 13. In addition, university researchers constructed 165 meters (541 feet) of track to demonstrate how the train would look and feel in transit, according to state-run Xinhua News. Professor He Chuan (vice president of Southwest Jiaotong University, which worked on the prototype) told reporters that the train could be "operational" within 3-10 years. He added: "Sichuan has rich rare earth resources,… Read moreAccording to this professor, 'Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist'On 24, January 2021University of Rhode Island and Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis recently claimed "science, statistics and technology" are racist. "Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist because they are developed by racists who live in a racist society, whether they identify as racists or not," Loomis tweeted in reference to a New York Times article. "This is why I have so much contempt for those, including many liberals, who 'just want the data.' The data is racist!" he continued. Loomis has come under scrutiny several times in the past for tweets and blog posts. He most recently made news for his blog post "Why was Michael Reinoehl Killed?" a reference to ANTIFA supporter Michael Reinoehl who was killed by police after killing Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson during a… Read moreAdapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Objective reality for changes across the planetOn 24, January 2021Pods for the homeless in Germany as the E.U gives go ahead to eat worms processed in a factory and calls to change global food production methods. Icy dunescapes in the Sahara Desert.… Read more
