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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-dia-employee-pleads-guilty-leaking-classified-national-defense-information-journalists An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pleaded guilty today to charges related to his disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019. “Frese violated the trust placed in him by the American people when he disclosed sensitive national security information for personal gain,” said Assistant Attorney … Read more

by Simon Black Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” These days interest rates are near zero. The average savings account currently pays .09% interest per year, according to the FDIC. So over … Read more

This is a direct & dangerous threat to the U.S. Supreme Court by Schumer. If a Republican did this, he or she would be arrested, or impeached. Serious action MUST be taken NOW! https://t.co/WqQUbyzaJU — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020

“Australia’s largest toilet paper manufacturer is moving into 24-hour production as major supermarket chains ramp up supplies of long-life pantry items over growing fears of a coronavirus-induced supply shortage. “Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a rare call to the chief executives of Woolworths and Coles on Tuesday, after community anxiety fuelled reports of panic-buying across … Read more

European Defence Agency CANCELS all meetings as first EU official tests positive for coronavirus in Brussels – reports The first EU official working at the bloc’s Brussels administrative headquarters has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson has confirmed. “We have confirmation of the case,” spokesperson Dana Spinant said, adding that reports about a … Read more

A Russian Woman Working as a College Professor in the US Writes About the Sovietization of Amerika Clarissa is a college professor who emigrated to the US from Russia as a young woman, a few years after the fall of the Soviet Union. She is yet another ex-Soviet bloc person who is extremely anxious about … Read more

A final Syrian showdown looms: Heavily laden #ВМФ Project775 #RussianNavy #ЧФ BlackSea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade’s Ropucha class LSTM (tank carrying landing ship) Tsezar Kunikov 158 transited Bosphorus towards Med en route to #Tartus #Syria 14:00Z A final Syrian showdown looms: Heavily laden #ВМФ Project775 #RussianNavy #ЧФ BlackSea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade’s Ropucha … Read more

Fear Town! I have not personally been downtown for a few days, but this is what’s come of this CoronaVirus. People avoiding public places and crowds. This is what it’s like to live in fear: SEATTLE — It’s not her birthday for another month, but Ruby Francisco has been singing “Happy Birthday” a lot lately. … Read more

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada on Wednesday took a cue from the Federal Reserve and cut its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point in response to mounting worries about the economic toll of the coronavirus epidemic. It also signaled a willingness to ease further to guard against a deteriorating outlook. The central bank said … Read more

Toronto-based research team Citizen Lab made the bombshell claim yesterday Censored content included texts about the virus deemed as ‘rumours’, it is said The app allegedly expanded the scope of censorship as the outbreak escalated It remains unknown if this is an order from the government to media companies The novel coronavirus has killed 3,220 … Read more