Saudi confident of ‘friendly’ ties with President-elect Biden, says Foreign Affairs Minister
Saudi observers dismiss the Democrat leader’s campaign speeches about the kingdom as bluster, pointing out that Trump also struck a hostile note in his 2016 campaign before quickly warming up to its rulers.
Trump Unveils Disputed, Long-Shot Drug Rules Upending System
The foreign drug price rule would be implemented over several years through a demonstration model and initially apply to 50 single-source medications that make up a “high percentage of Medicare Part B drug spending.”
How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb
Webb’s troubles began in August 1996, when his employer, the San Jose Mercury News, published a groundbreaking, three-part investigation he had worked on for more than a year. Carrying the full title “Dark Alliance: The Story Behind the Crack Explosion,” Webb’s series reported that in addition to waging a proxy war for the U.S. government against Nicaragua’s revolutionary Sandinista government in the 1980s, elements of the CIA-backed Contra rebels were also involved in trafficking cocaine to the U.S. in order to fund their counter-revolutionary campaign. The secret flow of drugs and money, Webb reported, had a direct link to the subsequent explosion of crack cocaine abuse that had devastated California’s most vulnerable African American neighborhoods.
Related:
The Dark Alliance: Gary Webb’s Incendiary 1996 SJ Mercury News Exposé
[2015] A Day When Journalism Died
Internet Archive (PDF): The Dark Alliance
Foreign investors pile back into booming China
That shift could support China’s longer-term plans to expand domestic consumption and gradually liberalise foreign involvement in its industries even after it has cracked down on some of its biggest conglomerates and the outward capital flows they fuelled over the past decade.
Official data shows that foreign direct investment in China rose in October for the seventh straight month, jumping 18 per cent year on year to Rmb81.9bn ($11.8bn).
Anti-Lockdown Protests All Across Europe
Increasingly draconian lockdown measures, economic destitution, and sweeping police powers are evaporating public trust and eroding public patience.
H/T: STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC
Are Covid Patients Gasping ‘It Isn’t Real’ As They Die?
Perhaps it’s worth considering that Huron Regional Medical Center has seen a total of six Covid-19 deaths to date. Beadle County, where Huron is located, has registered a total of 22 such deaths, 13 of which occurred since August 1. And in Sanborn County, where Doering lives, there’s been one Covid-19 death. It’s certainly possible that the other facilities where Doering works have seen a higher number of fatalities; she may indeed have watched a great many patients die, as so many frontline workers have. But when all we have is one person’s story, it’s hard to know exactly what it means.
German police arrests lockdown critic Dr. Andreas Noack in a shocking video
It is pertinent to note here that Dr. Andreas Noack also happened to be violating guidelines imposed by the government regarding coronavirus. What people do not understand here is that he may not be getting arrested just for his opinions regarding the pandemic, but his prior actions that were violative of government policies. It would be better if the police clarify the matter soon.
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