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Like Other Sacrificial Death Cults, Trump’s Herd Immunity Strategy Is About To Sacrifice Americans
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2020
Article By WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. One of the most notorious cases of religious sacrifice was explored by Jon Krakauer in “Under the Banner of Heaven.” In 1984, Ron and his younger brother Dan were charged for the throat-slashing homicides of their sister-in-law Brenda Lafferty and her 18-month old daughter, Erica ... Dr....
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Iran will give 'direct, clear' response to any Israeli threat in Persian Gulf: Defense minister
Press TV 19 Oct 2020
Iran’s defense minister says the Islamic Republic will give a "clear and direct" response to any possible Israeli threat against its interests in the Persian Gulf ... He added, “Any threat posed by the Zionist regime in the Persian Gulf [against Iran’s interests] will be faced with a direct and clear response.” ... ....
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US election: Trump campaign strapped for cash after ‘stupidly burning through $1bn’
The Independent 20 Oct 2020
President Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire. Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn’t yet have a challenger. He tapped his political organization to cover exorbitant legal fees related to his impeachment ... Sign up ... ....
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'A lot of the beach is gone': erosion closes Byron Bay's main beach
The Guardian 20 Oct 2020
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Hundreds of Victoria hotel quarantine guests must be screened for HIV over blood testing contamination fears
The Guardian 20 Oct 2020
More than 200 people who went through hotel quarantine in Victoria must be screened for HIV amid fears of cross-contamination from incorrect usage of blood glucose test devices ... These monitors, which take a small sample of blood from a fingertip, are intended for repeated use by only one person....
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2 Russian MMA Fighters Praise French Teacher’s Decapitation – Reports
Moscow Times 19 Oct 2020photo: Pixabay / Andi Graf
China revamps a law that now bans 'addictive' content online to protect kids
Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2020
To ensure that minors have a safe and controlled experience on the internet, China's top legislature has voted to amend a law recently. The law says that no internet product or service provider will be able to offer children anything that may lead to addiction ... The service providers need to make sure that these updates are in place ... Also See ... ....
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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake near Alaska prompts US tsunami warning
Stuff 20 Oct 2020photo: AP / Matt Dunham, Pool
When Does Incompetence Become a Crime?
CounterPunch 20 Oct 2020
I was in Baghdad in 1998 during US airstrikes, watching missiles explode in great flashes of light as they hit their targets. There was some ineffectual anti-aircraft fire, the only result of which was pieces of shrapnel falling from the sky and making it dangerous to step outside the building we were in ... Naivety and calculation are at work here ... ....
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Rule change: Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be muted for parts of this week's final debate
Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2020
This time, the candidates will get the silent treatment. The microphones of President Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be muted during portions of the final presidential debate Thursday, the organisers said late Monday, in an unusual effort to avoid the unruly spectacle of the candidates' first meeting in Cleveland last month ... Also See ... ....
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India ignores COVID-19 spike, gets back to work
Gulf News 20 Oct 2020
Sinnar, India. India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work - and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season ... Sonali Dange, for instance, has two young daughters and an elderly mother-in-law to look after ... Worst since 1947 ... ....
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Linda Ronstadt: 'I had to sing those songs or I was going to die'
The Guardian 20 Oct 2020
From the start of her career, Linda Ronstadt has talked to the media about her Mexican heritage. “Back in 1967, Tiger Beat magazine asked me what my ambition was for my career,” she recalled....
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IMF: Nearly All Mideast Economies Hit By Pandemic Recession
Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2020
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates. The coronavirus pandemic has pushed nearly all Mideast nations into the throes of an economic recession this year, yet some rebound is expected as all but two Lebanon and Oman are expected to see some level of economic growth next year, according to a report published Monday by the International Monetary Fund ... Disclaimer....
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Philippines President Duterte says he can be held responsible for drug killings
Gulf News 20 Oct 2020
Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the many killings under his anti-drugs crackdown, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity ... “If there's killing there, I'm saying I'm the one ... Fine, I have no problem ... ....
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Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally’s election victory
South China Morning Post 20 Oct 2020
Exiled former president Evo Morales on Monday signalled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist ......
