Sunday, August 09, 2020
Wired: Microsoft’s 'Roots in China' Are Key to Buying TikTok
Wired: Microsoft’s 'Roots in China' Are Key to Buying TikTok:
In a recent article, Wired magazine outlines how U.S. tech giant Microsoft’s business relationships in China have positioned the company to buy the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
Wired magazine recently published an article outlining how U.S. tech giant Microsoft is positioned to purchase TikTok as the Trump administration considers banning the social media site in the U.S due to national security concerns. Wired notes that alumni of Microsoft’s Beijing research lab are now executives at Alibaba, Tencent, SenseTime, and TikTok owner ByteDance.
Wired magazine recently published an article outlining how U.S. tech giant Microsoft is positioned to purchase TikTok as the Trump administration considers banning the social media site in the U.S due to national security concerns. Wired notes that alumni of Microsoft’s Beijing research lab are now executives at Alibaba, Tencent, SenseTime, and TikTok owner ByteDance.
Madness in Melbourne – AIER
Madness in Melbourne – AIER
"...Australia is the only country in the world that has a law that people can’t be mean to each other.
Now it is host to one of the world’s meanest governments.
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"...Australia is the only country in the world that has a law that people can’t be mean to each other.
Now it is host to one of the world’s meanest governments.
The catastrophe began with a spring lockdown before there were any cases of C-19 much less deaths.
...When the virus did arrive, the futility of the suppression strategy was revealed.
...As a result, a nation’s pride in having suppressed the virus turned to panic and full lockdown.
Internal borders are sealed.
And Melbourne has become a living hell, not because of the virus (which is still mild) but because of the unleashing of a hellish police state.
A friend summarized the situation for me:
- Police may now enter anyone’s home without a warrant.
- Curfew 8:00pm.
- $1,652 fine if outside without “a valid reason” – an amount being raised by the day
- Can’t visit any family or friends.
- $200 fine for no mask (mandatory masks at all times)... READ ON, MUCH MORE!!
This is lockdown ideology at work.
It is tyranny without limit, at the expense of all human dignity, decency, and rights. The politicians make a desert and call it health.
...Lockdowns are not science; they are brutality.
I cry for the once-great city of Melbourne this day..."
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Governor Whitmer Bars The Press From Her Press Conference
Governor Whitmer Bars The Press From Her Press Conference
"Can Governor Whitmer get anymore dictatorial than she has been?
The answer is a resounding yes.
You really can not make this stuff up.
...The Detroit News editorial board stated:
“She has manipulated ambiguous state laws regarding gubernatorial emergency powers to claim total control of state government and strip the Legislature of its oversight role...
Will the Michigan Supreme Court save the citizens of Michigan, only time will tell...
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"Can Governor Whitmer get anymore dictatorial than she has been?
The answer is a resounding yes.
- Governor Whitmer has now banned the press from actually attending her PRESS conference.
- It does not end there, she then would only consider taking their questions if they submitted questions electronically.
- It does not even end there, she would then choose just 6 questions she wanted to answer and skip the ones she preferred not to answer.
- It does not even end there, the reporters were given permission by Whitmer to watch her answer those 6 questions via Zoom. The 6 reporters whose questions were chosen by the Governor were not allowed to ask any follow-up questions.
You really can not make this stuff up.
...The Detroit News editorial board stated:
“She has manipulated ambiguous state laws regarding gubernatorial emergency powers to claim total control of state government and strip the Legislature of its oversight role...
Will the Michigan Supreme Court save the citizens of Michigan, only time will tell...
Read all.
World's Top Epidemiologists - Masks Don't Work! | Zero Hedge
World's Top Epidemiologists - Masks Don't Work! | Zero Hedge
"Denmark boasts one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world.
As of August 4, the Danes have suffered 616 COVID-19 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
"Denmark boasts one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world.
As of August 4, the Danes have suffered 616 COVID-19 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
That’s less than one-third of the number of Danes who die from pneumonia or influenza in a given year.
...Danes aren’t wearing face masks, and local authorities for the most part aren’t even recommending them.
They responded by noting there is little conclusive evidence that face masks are an effective way to limit the spread of respiratory viruses.
“All these countries recommending face masks haven’t made their decisions based on new studies,” said Henning Bundgaard, chief physician at Denmark’s Rigshospitale, according to Bloomberg News.
Denmark is not alone.
...Dutch public health officials recently explained why they’re not recommending masks.
...Dutch public health officials recently explained why they’re not recommending masks.
"From a medical point of view, there is no evidence of a medical effect of wearing face masks, so we decided not to impose a national obligation," said Medical Care Minister Tamara van Ark.
Others, echoing statements similar to the US Surgeon General from early March, said masks could make individuals sicker and exacerbate the spread of the virus...
What’s Going on With Masks?
The top immunologists and epidemiologists in the world can’t decide if masks are helpful in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Indeed, we’ve seen organizations like the World Health Organization...
...and the CDC go back and forth in their recommendations...
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Exclusive — Bill Hagerty: ‘I Know How To Hit China Where It Hurts'
Exclusive — Bill Hagerty: ‘I Know How To Hit China Where It Hurts':Bill Hagerty, now the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate here in Tennessee, told Breitbart News in his first exclusive interview after winning the primary election on Thursday night he intends to follow through on his promise to hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic.
Hagerty won a blowout election against Dr. Manny Sethi, defeating his opponent by more than double digits leading to an early call of the race and far exceeding expectations.
WHAT NASA DOES NOW INSTEAD OF BUILDING MOON ROCKETS THAT WORK
Instapundit Blog Archive
"WHAT NASA DOES NOW INSTEAD OF BUILDING MOON ROCKETS THAT WORK: NASA: ‘Certain Cosmic Nicknames’ Are ‘Actively Harmful,’ Will ‘Reexamine’ Their Use.
"WHAT NASA DOES NOW INSTEAD OF BUILDING MOON ROCKETS THAT WORK: NASA: ‘Certain Cosmic Nicknames’ Are ‘Actively Harmful,’ Will ‘Reexamine’ Their Use.
UPDATE (From Ed): America’s Newspaper of Record is already on the case:
I assume it’s only a matter of time before the increasingly “woke” NASA goes full O’Brien, and argues the stars don’t really exist.
(Updated and bumped.)--Posted by
I assume it’s only a matter of time before the increasingly “woke” NASA goes full O’Brien, and argues the stars don’t really exist.
(Updated and bumped.)--Posted by
History for August 9
History for August 9 - On-This-Day.com
Jean Piaget 1896, David Steinberg 1942, Sam Elliott 1944
Melanie Griffith 1957, Whitney Houston 1963, Gillian Anderson 1968
1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
Saturday, August 08, 2020
Trump Signs Executive Order: Payroll Tax Holiday, Extends Unemployment
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a payroll tax holiday at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday.
“The very important thing is that people want it and the people needed, actually,” Trump said, noting that Republicans and Democrats in Congress could not reach a deal.
Cotton Suggests Google Hiding Bad News for Dems Is Election Inference
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested Thursday during an exclusive interview with SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily that Google’s suppression of political news critical of Joe Biden and Democrats on its search engine is election interference.
Asked by host Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow if he believed Google’s suppression amounted to “election interference,” Cotton responded:
It's NOT the Post Office (run by a Trump appointee, get it?). It's morons who filled the form out wrong!!---84,000 mail-in ballots disqualified in NYC primary election
84,000 mail-in ballots disqualified in NYC primary election
"The mail-in ballots of more than 84,000 New York City Democrats who sought to vote in the presidential primary were disqualified, according to new figures released by the Board of Elections.
.....That means 84,108 ballots were not counted or invalidated — 21 percent of the total.
One out of four mail-in ballots were disqualified for arriving late, lacking a postmark or failing to include a voter’s signature, or other defects.
...The high invalidation rate provides more proof that election officials and the Postal Service were woefully underprepared to handle and process the avalanche of mail-in ballots that voters were encouraged to fill out to avoid having to go to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to make it easier to vote by mail-in or absentee ballot.
The state also footed the bill by providing pre-paid envelopes for voters to mail the ballots.
“A 26 percent invalidation rate is astounding. It’s very troubling,” said (DEMOCRAT) Arthur Schwartz, who represented several candidates in a federal lawsuit claiming voters were disenfranchised over the BOE and Postal Service’s handling of ballots...Read all.
"The mail-in ballots of more than 84,000 New York City Democrats who sought to vote in the presidential primary were disqualified, according to new figures released by the Board of Elections.
.....That means 84,108 ballots were not counted or invalidated — 21 percent of the total.
...The high invalidation rate provides more proof that election officials and the Postal Service were woefully underprepared to handle and process the avalanche of mail-in ballots that voters were encouraged to fill out to avoid having to go to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to make it easier to vote by mail-in or absentee ballot.
The state also footed the bill by providing pre-paid envelopes for voters to mail the ballots.
“A 26 percent invalidation rate is astounding. It’s very troubling,” said (DEMOCRAT) Arthur Schwartz, who represented several candidates in a federal lawsuit claiming voters were disenfranchised over the BOE and Postal Service’s handling of ballots...Read all.
Erasing history!-----Licensed Guides at Gettysburg raise alarm of "major threat" to Civil War monuments | WHP
Licensed Guides at Gettysburg raise alarm of "major threat" to Civil War monuments | WHP
"GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Licensed Battlefield Guides at Gettysburg are raising the alarm over a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that would remove Civil War monuments from federal parks nationwide.
The decision by the U.S. House would have all Confederate monuments, statues and "commemorative placards" removed from Gettysburg National Military Park.
...According to Fowler, the legislation in question, HR-7608, would direct the National Park Service to remove all Confederate monuments, memorials, placards and statues at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Antietam, Chickamauga, Manassas, Petersburg, Fredericksburg and 18 other battlefields and historic sites within six months...Read all.
The decision by the U.S. House would have all Confederate monuments, statues and "commemorative placards" removed from Gettysburg National Military Park.
...According to Fowler, the legislation in question, HR-7608, would direct the National Park Service to remove all Confederate monuments, memorials, placards and statues at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Antietam, Chickamauga, Manassas, Petersburg, Fredericksburg and 18 other battlefields and historic sites within six months...Read all.
Trump to Workers: Obama-Biden Were Perfectly Happy to Let China Win
President Donald Trump in Ohio Thursday criticized former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden for abandoning American workers.
“American factory workers received nothing but broken promises and brazen sellouts and lost jobs. The last administration tied America up in one globalist debacle after another,” Trump said.
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