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‘You'll be taken right out of water!’: De Blasio THREAT to send cops if beachgoers break Covid-19 rules provokes DEFIANT response New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has warned that police will enforce social distancing measures on beaches over Memorial Day weekend – and will forcibly remove anyone who dares to take a swim. “Anyone tries to get in the water, they’ll be taken right out of the water,” the mayor said at a press briefing on Monday.  Though beaches in New York City have partially reopened, people are still required to adhere to social distancing guidelines by avoiding gathering in crowds. "Anyone tries to get in the water they’ll be taken right out of the water" @NYCMayor warns about city beaches this summer— Julia Marsh (@juli...

Corona-rage? Nashville man who hacked at random couple with MACHETE told police he was MAD AT COVID-19 lockdown A man supposedly enraged by coronavirus lockdown measures used a machete to attack a random married couple, both of whom are now in critical condition, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says. Kelvin Edwards, 35, is being charged with two counts of attempted murder after a machete attack at a storage facility on Sunday.  The police department called the assault “callous, unprovoked and random” in a public statement and warned that the two victims, Kevin Craft, 55, and Leanne Craft, 50, are currently in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Edwards, who is homeless, told investigators he had a storage bin at th...

Covid-19 pandemic fuels knee-jerk anti-China sentiment just in time for Trump’s reheated trade war Two in five Americans won’t buy products made in China, according to a recent survey, and nearly three-quarters blame Beijing for the Covid-19 pandemic – just in time for the relaunch of President Donald Trump’s trade war! On top of the 40 percent of Americans who said they wouldn’t purchase made-in-China goods under any circumstances, in an FTI Consulting poll published on Sunday, another 34 percent said they’d be reluctant to buy such goods. No other region came close in terms of unpopularity – just 24 percent ruled out goods from Southeast Asia, with even smaller percentages shunning India, Europe and Latin America. Also on...

FBI no longer trusted? ODNI says spies will take over US election security briefings The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has reassigned the job of counter-intelligence briefings to US political campaigns and candidates from the FBI, presumably over the misconduct during the 2016 election. Going forward, all intelligence-based threat briefings to “candidates, campaigns and political organizations” will be provided by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the acting head of ODNI Richard Grenell announced on Friday. The announcement went almost unnoticed in Washington until pointed out by filmmaker Mike Cernovich, who said it amounted to “a polite way of saying that the FBI is no longer trusted.” Donald Trump Juni...

Corona-hounds: UK launches trials for ‘Covid-19 SNIFFER DOGS’ Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be used as a "non-invasive" way to identify people sick with coronavirus. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will carry out the first phase of the trial, working with the charity Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University. It will be funded by money from a £500 million ($605 million) UK government pot set up to assist "innovative schemes" in the fight against Covid-19. //www.youtube.com/embed/uASO5TaDKRA Dogs are famous for their incredible sense of smell and have for year...

As evidence mounts for Covid-19 lockdown causing additional deaths, answers seem no closer Around 8,000 more people than usual have died in the UK in their homes since the beginning of the pandemic and four fifths of them from non-Covid causes. Apparently, coronavirus isn’t the only killer on the loose these days. The Guardian recently conducted their own analysis using data from the Office of National statistics (ONS), the UK government’s statistics department. They found that in total, there have been 8,196 additional deaths above the 5-year average in the UK (not including Northern Ireland, which does not publish their 5-year averages). No fewer than 6,546, or 80 percent, are adjudged to have died of non-Covid conditions. There has, however, been a...

From US to Easter Island ‘everyone is in same situation’: RT Documentary embarks on WORLD TOUR of Covid-19 pandemic As coronavirus paralyzes the planet, RT documentary channel RTD has gone on an online world tour to learn from locals about the common dreads and unique problems caused by the pandemic faced by the world's nations. Documentary filmmaker Natalya Karachkova was just recently tracking polar bears and Siberian tigers with her crew – but now she has found herself stuck in lockdown in her Moscow apartment. Thankfully, the internet allowed her to reach out to faraway countries, connecting with journalists and heroes of RTD's earlier films in order to feel the weakened pulse of the planet, heavily hit by the deadly virus. ...

WATCH F-22 Raptor CRASH & pilot eject near busy Florida highway A US Air Force F-22 Raptor jet has crashed during a training flight in northwest Florida. The pilot survived after ejecting safely. The dramatic moment was captured on video by a motorist from a nearby highway. The crash took place Friday morning local time near the Eglin Air Force Base, east of Pensacola. The video that appeared later in the day shows the moment the yet-unnamed pilot decided to ditch the $143 million jet and parachute to safety. ? | An F-22 jet of the #US Air Force has crashed in Florida during a routine flight.The pilot ejected and was able to land safely.pic.twitter.com/XHy4ZcYpV4— EHA News (@eha_news) May 15, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets....

First child dies in France from rare Kawasaki-like disease unwisely linked to Covid-19  A nine-year-old boy in France has died from the mysterious Kawasaki-like disease, which some medics link to Covid-19. It’s the first such case in that country, but similar child fatalities were earlier recorded in the US and UK.  The cause of the boy’s death was “neurological injury related to a cardiac arrest,” Fabrice Michel, head of the pediatric intensive care unit at La Timone hospital in Marseille, said.  The child was rushed to hospital with heart problems in early May. Doctors have been fighting for his life for a whole week, but the young patient passed away on Saturday.  While in hospital, the boy tested positive for Covid-19, though he didn’t show any sy...