Current Events

News and commentary

Is COVID-19 a pandemic?

Many intuit the pandemic, if there ever was one, is over. By request.

ACLU

A nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States" --wikipedia

jailing as a solution to violent crime

"California is releasing 76K inmates early, including violent felons" --ktla.com, Apr 30, 2021

Truthsocial.com

"an announced social media platform to be launched by Trump Media & Technology Group" --wikipedia

Southwest Airlines

was 345 in TvF. In the news for cancelling more than 2,400 flights over the holiday weekend.

California gubernatorial recall election 2021

"The election followed the same pandemic-era format used in the November 2020 general election: in August, county election offices sent an official ballot to the mailing address of every registered voter." --wikipedia

Federal Judiciary's treatment of Jan. 6th detainees

"60 Capitol protesters are now in jail and denied bail. For months, January 6 detainees have suffered under solitary confinement conditions... and have been denied access to lawyers, exercise, personal hygiene, and religious services." (cal. 445) --amgreatness.com

the Aukus alliance

"a new three-way strategic defence alliance between Australia, the UK and US, initially to build a class of nuclear-propelled submarines, but also to work together in the Indo-Pacific region, where the rise of China is seen as an increasing threat, and develop wider technologies." --theguardian.com

T/F: the USA is entering a military dictatorship

by request

WhatsApp privacy, security

"WhatsApp states that it shares phone numbers, transaction data, business interactions, mobile device information, IP addresses and other information with Facebook. It says it does not share personal conversations, location data or call logs." --cnbc.com

San Francisco initiative to pay people not to shoot others

"Dream Keeper Fellowship is set to launch in October and pay 10 individuals $300 each month to not be involved in shootings" --newsweek.com

Alternative to enforcement of vaccination

Calibration of included article, which was provided in the anonymous calibration request.

COVID developed to profit from

by request: more conspiracy theories

Trust of government

August 2021 in Australia, USA, China, worldwide. Also: calibrations of these governments.

Australian lockdown and vaccination push

by request