Voices, The Peoples News
April 12, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Famous Egyptologist reports the discovery of a whole ancient settlement https://www.zmescience.com/science/new-settlement-discovered-egypt-246624/
# Border / Immigration
Portland ICE building set on fire during Saturday night protest – reports https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-ice-building-set-on-fire-during-saturday-night-protest
Gov. Ned Lamont moving forward with plans to house migrant youth in former Middletown juvenile prison despite concerns from advocacy groups, local officials https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-lamont-migrant-children-middletown-prison-20210409-nxhywl37vjfx7ayzoxiknigqne-story.html
The Biden administration appears to be spending at least $60 million per week to care for the more than 16,000 migrant teenagers and children in shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. Those costs are expected to rise significantly over the coming months.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/09/immigration-biden-migrants-minors-shelter/
# Children / Youth
A Mysterious Suicide Cluster: Young people in a Missouri college town kept killing themselves. A parent of one victim is convinced that her son’s friend encouraged the deaths. Has a sinister figure been exposed, or is it a case of misplaced blame?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/a-mysterious-suicide-cluster
# CoronaVirus
Georgia site is fourth in US to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine jab after concerns over possible adverse reactions https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/georgia-is-the-fourth-state-to-pause-johnson-johnson-vaccine/
Brooklyn woman gets COVID 3 weeks after Johnson & Johnson vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/brooklyn-woman-gets-covid-3-weeks-after-johnson-johnson-vaccine/
Man in critical condition with COVID-19 after receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/04/11/nj-man-in-hospital-with-covid-after-being-fully-vaccinated/
A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that the two-dose Moderna vaccine leads to more reports of side effects than does the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778441?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=38255
Blockbuster: Bandit Pharm Giant in Payoff Coverup tied to Alleged Germ Warfare Lab in Tbilisi. These bio-agents have the potential to be aerosolized and used as bioweapons. Among them anthrax, tularemia, Brucella, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Hantavirus, Y. pestis (causing the disease plague).
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/11/blockbuster-bandit-pharm-giant-in-payoff-coverup-tied-to-alleged-germ-warfare-lab-in-tbilisi/
It Just Won’t Die: Russian Claim That Virus Began As U.S. Bioweapon.
“The laboratory is studying especially dangerous infectious diseases, but it hides the true motives of its research, which may indicate the possibility of developing biological weapons.”
https://www.polygraph.info/a/it-just-won-t-die-russian-claim-that-virus-began-as-u-s-bioweapon/30523610.html
Former Pfizer Chief Scientific Officer on Experimental COVID Injections:
“I Have Absolutely no Doubt that we are in the Presence of Evil.” I’m determined to point out that those not at risk from this virus should not be exposed to the risk of unwanted effects from these agents.
https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2021/04/01/former-pfizer-chief-scientific-officer-on-experimental-covid-injections-i-have-absolutely-no-doubt-that-we-are-in-the-presence-of-evil
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries. Experts warn this inequity will persist unless rich countries end their obstruction of efforts to suspend drug patents.
https://truthout.org/articles/only-0-2-percent-of-covid-vaccines-have-gone-to-poor-countries/
Former Detroit TV Anchor Karen Hudson-Samuels Dies One Day After Taking COVID Vaccine https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2021/02/16/former-detroit-tv-anchor-dies-one-day-after-taking-covid-vaccine/
# Economy / Trade
Pentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan A $2.3 trillion jobs plan only seems remarkable because the federal government has grown stingy toward real investment.
https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-and-tax-cheats-already-cost-taxpayers-far-more-than-bidens-job-plan/
Manchin’s Objection to Infrastructure Bill May Be Motivated by Corporate Donors.
This is about more than getting along with Republicans.
https://truthout.org/articles/manchins-objection-to-infrastructure-bill-may-be-motivated-by-corporate-donors/
# Education / Schools
Poll: Support for school choice increases after COVID shutdowns. After states shut down schools and forced families into virtual learning, parents and families found new ways to provide K-12 education to their children. While doing so, support for school choice options soared https://tylerpaper.com/news/national/poll-support-for-school-choice-increases-after-covid-shutdowns/article_01939e8c-2081-514d-b2f1-ca70858102a9.html
# Employment / Labor
Union seeks new election after Alabama warehouse organizing drive fails.
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union that led the drive says Amazon illegally interfered in the vote.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/12/rwdsu_alabama_amazon_union_vote
# Environment / Climate / Interior
No community should suffer this’: Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making. A leak at an abandoned fertilizer plant is just the latest development at a site that has polluted the area since it was built https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/11/florida-piney-point-fertilizer-plant-toxic-leak
Scientists Warn 4°C World Would Unleash ‘Unimaginable Amounts of Water’
as Ice Shelves Collapse. “Limiting warming will not just be good for Antarctica—preserving ice shelves means less global sea level rise, and that’s good for us all.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/09/scientists-warn-4degc-world-would-unleash-unimaginable-amounts-water-ice-shelves
Marine life is fleeing the Equator to cooler waters. This could trigger a mass extinction event https://www.ecowatch.com/marine-life-equator-2652490534.html
Pollen allergies are getting worse each year. Climate change and sexism are to blame, you can thank botanical sexism for that.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/pollen-allergies-are-getting-worse-each-year-climate-change-and-sexism-are-to-blame/
Simple seaweed could be used to heal human wounds with bio-ink. Seaweed keeps surprising us with even further virtues https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/seaweed-healing-virtues-10042021/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global La Soufriere volcano on Caribbean St. Vincent island erupts as thousands evacuate St. Vincent volcano last erupted in 1979 https://abc7.com/volcano-in-st-vincent-erupts-as-thousands-evacuate-/10501485/
Only Vaccinated Persons Can Board Evacuation Vessels to Leave Island Volcano – St. Vincent PM https://www.theepochtimes.com/only-vaccinated-persons-can-board-evacuation-vessels-to-leave-island-volcano-says-st-vincent-pm_3770509.html
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Farmers on the Front Line: How They’re Responding to the Global Food Crisis Sparked by COVID-19. With the pandemic affecting food supply, farmers are finding new ways to keep feeding the world.
https://www.motherjones.com/sponsored/farmers-on-the-front-line-how-theyre-responding-to-the-global-food-crisis-sparked-by-covid-19/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-12-2021
# Global Politics and other news
Iran Blames Israel for Explosive Cyberattack at Nuclear Site. U.S.
intelligence sources have speculated the blast could set back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions by nine months.
https://apnews.com/article/world-news-israel-iran-62a7aa3182992ed0f97b5486d71280c2
You cannot claim any more:’ Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic. Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one northern security expert worried
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russia-arctic-ocean-canada-united-nations-continental-shelf-1.5983289
Fearsome Foursome: U.S., Japan, Australia, India Versus China. The Quad, for “quadrilateral security dialog,” is far from a military alliance, but it was formed as a check on China’s growing influence.
https://insidesources.com/fearsome-foursome-u-s-japan-australia-india-versus-china/
# Gov / Political
Endorsed by Trump Allies, Disgraced Former Missouri Governor Will Run for Senate The controversy surrounding former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens may end up costing Republicans a seemingly “safe” seat.
https://truthout.org/articles/endorsed-by-trump-allies-disgraced-former-missouri-governor-will-run-for-senate/
Concerns about voting restrictions: In November, Houston residents — most of them people of color — voted after the usual 7 p.m. cutoff thanks to a 24-hour voting site set up by Harris County officials https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/09/Texas-voting-GOP-suppression/
Democrats’ Next Plan to Get Biden’s Agenda Over the Finish Line: Fire the Scorekeeper. Senate Democrats are mulling a plan to fire the CBO director.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/senate-democrats-fire-cbo-director-phillip-swagel/
Biden faces pressure from Pelosi, Sanders over whether to double down on Obamacare or expand Medicare
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142727578
# Law Enforcement
Protests Rage After Minnesota Cop Shoots and Kills Black Man. The crowd attacked two squad cars after Daunte Wright was shot dead in a Minneapolis suburb, not far from where a cop is on trial for killing George Floyd.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-minnesota-shooting/protests-erupt-after-police-shoot-black-man-in-minneapolis-traffic-stop-idUSKBN2BZ05U
Cop Fired After Blasting Black Army Medic With Pepper-Spray. Video showed two police pulling their guns on Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, immediately after pulling him over at a Virginia gas station.
https://www.axios.com/virginia-governor-investigation-police-army-officer-7636abe1-c065-4e3f-9aa0-066ad0f3061b.html
NYPD Hid Paperwork Foul-Up After Botched Raid: The family was so traumatized by the incident, they have reportedly since moved out of their apartment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nypd-hid-paperwork-foul-up-from-ccrb-after-botched-no-knock-raid-report-says
Body-Cam Vid Shows Horrifying Moment Daunte Wright Was Shot. “Taser, Taser!” the officer yells at the 20-year-old Black man before shooting him with her service weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82r9xfD2fRM
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Court-packing isn’t the right fix for our courts. Ending life tenure is.
https://wapo.st/3uFEhQx
A medical examiner testified that drugs were not the main cause of George Floyd’s death. “We watch those videos, he’s breathing, he’s talking, he’s not snoring, he’s saying, ‘Please get off me, I can’t breathe.’ That is not a fentanyl overdose, that is someone begging to breathe.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/george-floyd-medical-examiner-cause-of-death
# Medical / Health
Personalized cancer vaccine shows efficacy against multiple cancers in early tests https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201110102550.htm
In the middle of an HIV crisis, WVirginia advances new limits to clean needle access. A just-passed GOP bill pushes “decades-old moral panic”
while thwarting proven health measures.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/west-virginia-hiv-needles/
# Military / DOD
US soldiers tired of being Big Pharma’s guinea pigs: Nearly 40% of Marines have rejected coronavirus vaccine as Democrats call on Biden admin to make shots mandatory for troops https://www.rt.com/usa/520655-marines-40-percent-vaccine/amp/
# Social
Tracing a Vast History of White Supremacy: “Exterminate All the Brutes,”
Raoul Peck’s four-hour documentary on HBO Max, reveals the racist underpinnings of American mythology and European society.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/exterminate-all-the-brutes-reviewed-a-vast-agonizing-history-of-white-supremacy
#WhiteLivesMatter Rally Goes Full KKK in California. The rally is one of a number being discussed online by hate groups and far-right extremists, all said to be taking place at 1 p.m. on April 11 in cities and states across the U.S.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-lives-matter-kkk-huntington-beach-rally-1581575
# Technology
# Things that make ya go ‘Hmmmm’
Unbelievable Honey Bee Swarm
https://1funny.com/unbelievable-honey-bee-swarm/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=Unbelievable+Honey+Bee+Swarm&utm_campaign=1Funny.com+Newsletter
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