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Gus Leonisky's blog¡ OLE !Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from the country.
no one is above the law, no matter how rich or powerful...In September, Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, rattled off terrifying statistics about the warming planet from the storied National Press Club, two blocks from the White House. Then he said he had something exciting to announce.
some of us got lucky. we found love before the big social distancing stick...
thirty-one years later...Several countries, including the US and the UK, have proposed measures to protect Hong Kong residents fleeing potential political persecution from China’s new national-security law. China passed the new legislation this week, which criminalizes what it deems secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with a foreign country. Hong Kong police have already arrested at least ten people suspected of violating the law. Activists have called the enaction of the law the “end of Hong Kong that the world knew before” and “the greatest threat to human rights in the city’s recent history.” Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
as bullshit flies from the western media and political US loonies, russia needs to be ready for more crap...
a trickle ain't a river...“The biggest deficit since World War II” was the important phrase repeatedly linked to Josh Frydenberg’s economic update on Thursday.
kanbra in lock step with washington...Australia has formally rejected China's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, aligning itself more closely with the US as tensions rise.
methane reductions...Edible seaweed has long been a staple in Asian cuisines, but now its target market is shifting to the four-legged consumer.
pompeo would love russia to go in goose-steps with the US against china...Russia has said it is opposed to any alliance against Beijing, which Washington has declared a major threat. The United States still hopes to rely on Moscow to involve China in a new arms control treaty.
Russian diplomacy reacted on July 24 to the very offensive speech by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had called for "a new alliance of democracies" to oppose China the day before. Moscow has made it known that the idea of a common front against Beijing was not an option, stressing that it did not approach international relations in the same way as Washington.
a shocking britain’s vulnerability to hostile internal actors...The “Russia report” is an action plan for the intelligence agencies to hand MI5 direct control over the mechanisms of British democracy, and give the government legal power to control social media.
time flies when you're having fun...Trump’s Warm Words for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I Just Wish Her Well’ The president’s comments about Ms. Maxwell, who is charged with luring girls into Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, drew new attention to Mr. Trump’s friendship with Mr. Epstein. President Trump’s return to the White House podium on Tuesday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic took an unusual detour when he offered warm words for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is facing federal charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom and sexually abuse girls.
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