Day: مئی 18, 2020

Rocket blast near US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone in first such incident in WEEKS – reports At least one rocket fell near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other diplomatic compounds in Iraq, according to reports, possibly marking the first attack on the facility in weeks. The explosion set off sirens at the US Embassy compound on Tuesday morning, local media said, noting the rocket may have been fired from Baghdad’s west. No casualties have been reported in the incident. Sounds of explosions heard in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Sirens triggered. #Iraq— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) May 18, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Though the sprawling Green Zone complex and the surrounding...

‘THIS WILL KILL YOU’: Media goes into anti-HCQ panic mode after Trump says he’s taking the drug to fend off Covid-19 Media outlets rushed to denounce hydroxychloroquine after President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it as a prophylactic against the coronavirus. Pundits called the drug dangerous and ineffective based on selected studies. “I've been taking it for about a week and a half now and I'm still here,” Trump said Monday during an event at the White House, adding he had heard good things about the drug from medical professionals. Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto immediately reacted by bringing up one long-documented side effect of the drug, used for decades to treat malaria and lupus. 'I cannot stress this enough, this will kill you...

‘Equipment on its way’: US to send 200 ventilators to Russia after Moscow dispatches a planeload of aid to New York The US has sent 200 ventilators to Russia, where the number of new coronavirus cases continues to ebb. The assistance comes more than a month after Moscow sent medical supplies to America in a similar move. The California-manufactured equipment was donated on orders from President Donald Trump, who was responding to the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a US administration official told TASS. The life-saving equipment is being delivered free of charge, the official added. Although Russia has recently seen a decrease in the number of daily infections - that have dropped below 10,000 for two days in a row, down from around 11,00...

‘Masks are Sharia-lite!’ Explosive conservative host compares Covid-19 orders to ‘ISIS & TALIBAN policies’ on Rush Limbaugh Show Conservative author Mark Steyn has taken criticism of Covid-19 lockdown orders to a new level by comparing the measures to terrorist policies and mask-wearing rules to the Sharia law. Filling in for conservative Rush Limbaugh on his radio show on Monday, Steyn began his lockdown critique by comparing the canceling of live musical performances to performers being killed and banned in the Middle East by none other than Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) terrorists.  “You know the last time I was writing about societies banning music it was ISIS and the Taliban,” Steyn said. “I’m creeped out by the fact that we’re basically adop...