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Here is today’s NY Times’ update on negotiations between Germany and the US on spying; it appears we have not given Germany much besides a promise to leave Angela’s phone alone… Just as European and American negotiators resumed work on a groundbreaking trade accord meant to tie their two continents closer together, RenĂ© Obermann, the…
While we cannot rely on the Covid statistics that are being provided, still, new numbers for cases and deaths in military servicemembers were released yesterday that are worth a mention. Total cumulative diagnosed cases in active and reserve servicemembers “nears 59,000.” Yet only nine servicemembers have died: 3 National Guard, 5 Reservists and 1 on…
From the Guardian, an article provides new information on how Tony Blair’s administration lied to make the case for war in Iraq. What do you call this crime? Is it treasonous to start a war under false pretenses, costing your country hundreds of lives and billions of dollars? And what was it for, anyway? The…
No Signs of Criminal Misconduct Found Yet in Disappearance of Virus, Official Says This rather inconsequential article (lacking context) says Fort Detrick is still working on its inventory…going on 3 months now? Not surprisingly, the Army hasn’t found anything to be concerned about, according to Fort Detrick’s PR person. The article implies that much of…
In my state of Maine, 61% of deaths occurred in long-term care facilities. In our next-door neighbor New Hampshire, 81% of deaths occurred in these facilities. On April 21, 2020 the United States reached the maximum number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19: 59, 780. Only a tiny number of hospitals were overwhelmed, and by the…
The ABC News blogger Jacob Tapper (“Political Punch“) provides more detail about what the administration is complaining about in the intelligence bill, and its anthrax issue. Yet Tapper points out, In addition, the Intelligence Authorization bill would commission an agency inspector general to investigate the anthrax attacks, which the FBI has concluded were planned and…