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-Lurid Crime Tales-
FBI says it has evidence linking anti-feminist lawyer to another murder
[Jpost] The FBI said on Wednesday it had evidence linking Roy Den Hollander, the suspect in the shooting of the son and husband of federal judge Esther Salas in New Jersey, to a separate murder earlier this month in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,.

The FBI said in an emailed statement it was working with the sheriff's office in San Bernardino, California and had evidence linking Hollander to the July 11 death of Marc Angelucci, who like Hollander was a men's rights activist.
The Times of Israel adds,
In both attacks, the suspect appeared to pose as a delivery driver, according to a law enforcement official. The official could not discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Investigators found items in Den Hollander’s possession that prompted concerns about whether he had targeted, or planned to target, other people. The items included a photograph of New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and the address of a state appeals courthouse, a state court spokesperson said.

Den Hollander, 72, described himself as an “anti-feminist” attorney who filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of “ladies night” promotions at bars and nightclubs, sued Columbia University for providing women’s studies classes, and sued news organizations over what he said was biased coverage.

In more than 2,000 pages of often misogynistic, racist writings posted online, Den Hollander sharply criticized Salas and other female judges.

He also wrote about wanting to use the rest of his time on earth to “even the score” with his perceived enemies, using “cowboy justice.”

Both Den Hollander and Angelucci, 52, were involved in lawsuits seeking to force the US government to require all young women to join men in registering for a possible military draft.

Harry Crouch, president of the National Coalition for Men, told The Associated Press that Den Hollander was furious that he had not been involved in Angelucci’s case.

“Roy was just not happy that we did not involve him as a co-counsel. I think unhappy is an understatement,” Crouch said. “He called me up and threatened me.”

Den Hollander’s lawsuit, filed in 2015 on behalf of a woman in New Jersey, was assigned to Salas. He withdrew as the lawyer in the case a year ago after being diagnosed with cancer.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "He also killed Epstein"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/23/2020 7:13 Comments || Top||

#2  "In more than 2,000 pages of often misogynistic, racist writings posted online...."

And those writings didn't get deleted and he didn't have his account whacked? Where was he posting then?
Posted by: Clem || 07/23/2020 7:27 Comments || Top||

#3  It's always interesting how these dead guys turn out to be a one man crime wave, and nobody knew anything.
Kinda like the dude who shot up the country music festival in Vegas. (Who?)
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/23/2020 11:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Kinda like the dude who shot up the country music festival in Vegas. (Who?)

ed, you mean Stephen Paddock, who caused 500-800 casualties on 1. October 2017 including 59 dead, shooting from his room window in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2020 17:00 Comments || Top||

#5  by himself, rriiiigggghht
Posted by: Frank G || 07/23/2020 17:28 Comments || Top||

#6  That was another "thorough, no-stone-unturned investigation", wasn't it?
Posted by: Clem || 07/23/2020 18:33 Comments || Top||


3yo girl shot in Chicago after bloody funeral parlor shootout
[RT] A three-year-old girl was maimed early Wednesday morning in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
, not long after a bloody shootout outside a South Side funeral home left 15 people injured. No arrests have been made in either incident.
The toddler was shot in the head around 12:45am local time on Wednesday morning as her parents drove down East 74th Street, also receiving scratches to the eye — possibly from broken glass caused by the bullets shattering the car window, police told local media.

Two suspects are said to have fired in the direction of the car from the street corner. Their identities remain unknown, and no one has been arrested in connection with the shooting. Additionally, police are unsure of the intended target of the attack.
Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Curbside pick-up from hell: Moment truck plows into outdoor eating area in Brooklyn and sends table of diners flying
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three people have been rushed to hospital after a pick-up truck plowed into an outdoor dining area in Brooklyn.

The 22-year-old driver of the pick-up truck pulled over, stayed at the scene and co-operated with authorities. He returned a negative alcohol reading.

The driver was issued a summons, and police believe it was an accident.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:43 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:



#3  Pizza!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/23/2020 16:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Ruh ruoh, somebody didn't like the Cuomo Chips.

Booy hooy hoo.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 17:07 Comments || Top||


Is this the scariest ride you've seen? World's tallest swing the height of a 30-storey building opens on the edge of a 2,300ft cliff in China
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:37 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Rodeo dive! Daredevil wingsuit pilot rides on her stunt partner's back as they leap from a plane at 13,000ft
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:35 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Space Force unveils delta logo and 'semper supra' motto
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 11:23 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Simper Supra
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 11:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Asinine motto invented by bureaucrats. Compare with the US Coast Guard motto of "Semper Paratus" or the US Marine Corps' "Semper Fidelus"...
Posted by: magpie || 07/23/2020 12:10 Comments || Top||

#3  No "Space Marines Ho!"?
Posted by: 3dc || 07/23/2020 12:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Not "Phasers on Stunning"?
Posted by: Cromoth Sheatch5463 || 07/23/2020 13:21 Comments || Top||

#5  "For the EMPEROR!" - Just to piss of the left.

(Warhammer 40K reference...)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/23/2020 13:32 Comments || Top||

#6  May I suggest
"Suck it, Earth bitches!"
Posted by: SteveS || 07/23/2020 13:43 Comments || Top||

#7  In 1957 Public Law 85-263 directed the Secretary of the Army to furnish heraldic services to all branches of the federal government. Sometime back in the 80s the Institute of Heraldry said no more Latin or French in mottoes, we were big boys now. Guess things change back again.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/23/2020 15:26 Comments || Top||

#8  Not even a one-liner from the Starship Troopers movie?

So many opportunities missed.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 16:07 Comments || Top||

#9  "BUGsss, BUGSSSSSS, aieEEEEEE!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 16:50 Comments || Top||

#10 
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/23/2020 16:54 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Dramatic moment lightning strikes behind Statue of Liberty as New York City is hit by a thunderstorm
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:39 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


6.6 Earthquake in Tibet
[Twitter]

Posted by: 3dc || 07/23/2020 12:04 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  NO, No, No! Three Gorges, dammit!
Posted by: Frank G || 07/23/2020 16:14 Comments || Top||


US is on track to record 1 MILLION new coronavirus cases in just two weeks - as daily death toll rises to highest since May after 1,100 deaths are recorded in a day, Texas sets single-day high for fatalities and California sees record 12,000 cases
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Texas leads!
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Exponential growth in a virgin field.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 13:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Yup, even the "Serious/Critical" cases jumped by 2,500 - a 15% increase in one day.

The number has been rocking along between 18k and 16k for two months, then jumps 15% in one day.

Coincidence?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/23/2020 13:27 Comments || Top||

#4  @2 - Or all them Messicans coming over the border for treatment. Too bad those numbers are not tracked.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/23/2020 13:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Is it true that they included some of the numbers from the previous day? Read something about that somewhere.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/23/2020 13:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Viruses spread in an exponential manner. Of course its going to grow. When a contact tracer calls and says one of your contacts have COVID, unless you take a test, you are reported as positive. Even if your state will not test you because you don't have symptoms. So for every positive, there are 11 reported.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 07/23/2020 15:14 Comments || Top||

#7  ^In USA maybe.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 15:16 Comments || Top||

#8  False positives are the mothers milk of the fake pandemic.
Posted by: Regular joe || 07/23/2020 15:45 Comments || Top||

#9  How many of the "positives" were generated from the "hated the long line and went home before I was ever tested" crowd?
Posted by: Crusader || 07/23/2020 18:30 Comments || Top||

#10  1 MILLION! My gosh!!! Wear your masks or die! #AmericanBurka

Some of the mothers milk going around:

74 Long Islanders receive false COVID-19 positive test results

Testing glitch leads to 90 false-positive COVID-19 tests in Connecticut: 5 details

Health Care Worker Loses Job After False Positive Coronavirus Test
Posted by: mossomo || 07/23/2020 19:47 Comments || Top||

#11  That CHAD is not a graveyard is submitted as evidence.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 20:39 Comments || Top||


Britain
UK details path to citizenship for Hong Kong applicants
[Jpost] Britannia's route to citizenship for almost three million people in Hong Kong will open in January 2021, and applicants will not need a job to come to the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday.
"We are planning to open the Hong Kong BN(O) (British National Overseas) Visa for applications from January 2021," Patel said in a written statement to parliament.

"There will be no skills tests or minimum income requirements, economic needs tests or caps on numbers. I am giving BN(O) citizens the opportunity to acquire full British citizenship.

"They do not need to have a job before coming to the UK — they can look for work once here. They may bring their immediate dependents, including non-BN(O) citizens."
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Caribbean-Latin America
Brazilian President again tests positive for COVID-19
[Arutz 7] - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced Wednesday, according to AFP.

The announcement said Bolsonaro would extend his two-week quarantine and suspend upcoming travel plans.

The President has been in self-isolation in the presidential palace in Brasilia since first testing positive for the virus on July 7.

"President Jair Bolsonaro's health continues to improve, under the treatment of the presidential medical team," his office said in a statement.
Could it be, we finally found one of the theoretical [for covid] asymptomatic carriers?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 01:57 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Could it be, we finally found one of the theoretical [for covid] asymptomatic carriers?

Jair Bolsonaro ---> Typhoid Mary?

The story is kind of murky on facts, testing timelines and testing results.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/23/2020 9:07 Comments || Top||

#2  ^But it's the third time he's testing positive - and - according to him - he eats HCQ like a candy.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 10:19 Comments || Top||

#3  You saying HCQ has him surviving this two times and cruising for the hat trick?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 10:45 Comments || Top||

#4  cruising for the hat trick

????
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 10:56 Comments || Top||

#5  3 goals scored.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 11:01 Comments || Top||

#6  Thanks.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 11:30 Comments || Top||

#7  I bet he smokes 2½ packs a day, too.
Posted by: Clem || 07/23/2020 18:44 Comments || Top||

#8  Specifically, an Ice Hockey term, when an individual player scores three goals. Has been opted by other sports to describe the same accomplishment.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 22:13 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
China says bomb, death threats made against its Washington embassy
[Jpost]
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  'Smears and hatred fanned by the US Government', now that IS a relief. I had begun to imagine it had to do with the Wuhan virus, outright theft and double dealing, fentanyl, crappy products, and taking over vast swaths of the South China Sea.

How's your dam holding up, Emperor Xi?
Posted by: Cesare || 07/23/2020 7:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Embassy's get death threats on a regular basis. This is just a PR attack for closing one of their consulates down for spying.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 07/23/2020 10:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Any more Chicom consulates needing closure?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/23/2020 12:33 Comments || Top||

#4  It's not like one of their Embassies have been bombed before. Big Willy was busy back then.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/23/2020 15:30 Comments || Top||

#5  San Francisco (Silicon Valley) consulate should be next. Diane Feinstein hardest hit.
Posted by: Cromoth Sheatch5463 || 07/23/2020 16:28 Comments || Top||

#6  should close next
Posted by: Cromoth Sheatch5463 || 07/23/2020 16:29 Comments || Top||


Economy
US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses
[France24] Pfizer Inc and German biotech firm BioNTech SE will get $1.95 billion from the U.S. government to produce and deliver 100 million doses of theirCovid-19 vaccine candidate.

The agreement allows the U.S. government to acquire an additional 500 million doses, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense said.

Pfizer will deliver the doses if the product receives Emergency Use Authorization or licensure from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after completing demonstration of safety and efficacy in a large Phase 3 clinical trial.

A vaccine is seen as crucial to tackle the pandemic and governments across the globe have signed deals with drugmakers to secure dosages of their vaccine candidates.

Pfizer and BioNTech are among a handful of companies that are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19, caused by the new coronavirus. Their vaccine candidate has shown promise in early-stage small studies in humans.

Pfizer's shares rose 4%, while BioNTech's U.S.-listed shares were up about 6% before the bell.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/23/2020 02:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A vaccine that skipped most, if not all of the human trials. The irony here is the first 100 million will be the human trial. The second hard issue is that Dr. F went on a political witch hunt against HQC because there were no specific human trials, one he said would take years. Yet his vaccine will get released to the public with limited to no human trials. He has done the same thing to America with COVID that he did with AIDS. Sad day, lets see what the long term effects are.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 07/23/2020 10:45 Comments || Top||


Europe
France to develop a X-37 like space shuttle.
[Twitter]

Posted by: 3dc || 07/23/2020 00:22 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Doesn't sound too eco-friendly to me.
Posted by: Clem || 07/23/2020 7:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Hope the budget includes a cotter pin to keep the propellor, or in this case, a rocket engine, from falling off....
Posted by: USN,Ret. || 07/23/2020 9:25 Comments || Top||

#3  "Look, Pierre, I know you are a hard-core Leftist, but it is still righty-tighty, lefty-loosie."
Posted by: SteveS || 07/23/2020 10:39 Comments || Top||

#4  It only turns to Fornax.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 11:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Europe unveils design of reusable rocket that looks a lot like a Falcon 9(arstechnica.com)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
Posted by: magpie || 07/23/2020 12:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Furthermore, it can deliver with tactical accuracy a quiche lorraine from low earth orbit, or a strategic camembert strike.
This might actually be useful.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/23/2020 15:37 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
At-home COVID-19 test kits accurate, might bolster screening effort, study says
h/t Instapundit
[UPI] - At-home nasal swab-based tests for COVID-19 correctly diagnose 80% of people with the virus and 98% of those who don't have it, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found.
Wikipedia "False positives and false negatives" article explains what it means
The results suggest the self-administered kits are as effective at identifying the virus as testing platforms offered in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices, and could help supplement testing efforts that have seen marked increases in demand in recent weeks, the researchers said.
The at-home part is sample collection. It's still has to go to lab for analysis.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 15:08 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Does it come with a training video, or a depth measurement?

Last December, I had a flu test (and failed) and I never would've shoved that swab up that far up my nose! The nurse had me coming off the chair.

If the sample is not done correctly, the test is useless.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/23/2020 16:40 Comments || Top||

#2  If you you're not 100% quarantined shouldn't you have to test yourself every day? I'm mean you could've been exposed. I see big pro=fits for somebody.
Posted by: jpal || 07/23/2020 17:00 Comments || Top||

#3  All that nose test does is it show maybe that you have some kind of virus in your sinus cavity, not that you actually have/had the COVID-19 virus.

a blood test (pin prick test) would be far more accurate, except i still don't have a satisfactory answer just how they test for COVID-19. It seems if you have any kind of flu virus, or even the common cold, you get tested positive for COVID-19

I'm now beginning to think the entire COVID-19 testing is a scam.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/23/2020 18:13 Comments || Top||


People with psychopathic or narcissistic traits are less likely to follow face mask rules or obey lockdowns because they don't think they work, study finds - and they're MORE likely to hoard toilet paper
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:54 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Here we go. They have to define anyone who doesn't want to do as they're told as mentally ill.
The Soviets were big on that.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/23/2020 13:39 Comments || Top||

#2  "If you don't agree with everything I say then your obviously violently crazy and should never be allowed even in the vicinity of a firearm."
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/23/2020 13:43 Comments || Top||

#3  But ANTIFA all wear masks!
Posted by: Iblis || 07/23/2020 14:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Ah... the good old "If you don't believe the Revolution, you must be insane" tactic that the Soviets used for justification to put people in prison/gulags.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/23/2020 14:30 Comments || Top||

#5  People with psychopathic or narcissistic traits are less likely to follow face mask rules

And the rest of the anti-maskers are just regular a$$holes?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 14:31 Comments || Top||


#7  G(r)om @#5
Furthermore, we're poopyheads.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/23/2020 15:42 Comments || Top||

#8  ^You know best
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 15:57 Comments || Top||

#9  We asked 50 Karens what are the five worst traits of anti-maskers and the results are SHOCKING!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 16:25 Comments || Top||

#10  The studies, which surveyed 1,000 people in Poland, also found psychopathic and narcissistic people were far more likely to hoard essentials during lockdown.

Sick people acting weird. Shocking.

This was because they are typically more greedy and competitive than others and have an inflated sense of entitlement, the researchers say.

Like politicians? Elitists?

Those with narcissistic personalities tend to be greedy and self-centred, and their lack of empathy means they are more likely to exploit other people.

Calling Governor Whitmer.

People with psychopathic tendencies, on the other hand, may be more cruel, deceitful and manipulative while coming across superficially charming.

Could apply to any number of well-known politicians, like Obama, Cuomo, Newsome. Hmmmm...wonder where Hillary fits in?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/23/2020 16:36 Comments || Top||

#11  A theory pulled out of Sir Francis Galton's rotting arse. All psychopaths are narcissists, and their instinct for self-preservation and prolonging their likelihood of survival is more effective than regular people's. Idiots.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/23/2020 16:48 Comments || Top||

#12  I'm sure masks reduce the amount of sputum people shed in the checkout line. And let me also say I don't know anyone who's come down with the Chinese plague so far. How 'bout you?
Posted by: jpal || 07/23/2020 17:53 Comments || Top||

#13  Nope
Posted by: Frank G || 07/23/2020 18:00 Comments || Top||


China rockets to Mars: Tianwen-1 launches on seven-month journey to the Red Planet in space race with US - three days after the UAE's first mission
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2020 12:38 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  The water must be getting higher than been previously reported.
Posted by: Cesare || 07/23/2020 13:51 Comments || Top||

#2  What race? We landed a probe on Mars 44 years and 3 days ago. Since then we've sent multiple rovers, and our next mission has a rover AND a flying drone.

Posted by: Rob Crawford || 07/23/2020 19:57 Comments || Top||

#3  New History™, Rob
Posted by: Frank G || 07/23/2020 19:59 Comments || Top||


Study: Bald Men Are 40% More Likely To End Up In Hospital From COVID
[Hot Air] - Dermatologists uncovered the link between hair loss and coronavirus severity by analysing data from 2,000 British men in hospital.

Results showed a fifth of men with no hair tested positive for the virus in hospital — compared to 15 per cent of those who had a full head of hair.

Because the men tested positive in hospital, it indicates they had a severe form of Covid-19. But patient outcomes were not revealed to confirm the claim.

The study — not the first to stumble across the bizarre link — said other risk factors for Covid-19, such as diabetes and age, did not explain the gap.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 02:55 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Do wigs help?
Posted by: gorb || 07/23/2020 5:03 Comments || Top||

#2  ^You are asking for a friend, right?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 5:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Here's wishing for a return of the mop top.
Posted by: Clem || 07/23/2020 5:52 Comments || Top||

#4  Did that include body hair?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/23/2020 6:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Thought this was the Bee again. But then how serious can we take this finding which was reported in "Hot Air?"

Where do male babies fit into these bizarre research findings? Most of babies are bald. Many men, as they get older and older, get balder and balder. Probably, a lot of other things go south as well.

More research money is called for here. Testosterone link? Age link? Hair hates some men?
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/23/2020 9:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Guessed Bee.
Think Hot Air quoting Daily Mail counts as a wash.

'Men over the age of 70 more likely to be bald.'

And what of bald women?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/23/2020 10:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Also thought it was Bee...(!). Here is another statistic: 100% of CoVid sufferers were recently exposed to diHydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)!!!
Posted by: magpie || 07/23/2020 12:14 Comments || Top||

#8  One could predict this sort of nonsense the moment the university offered Statistics for Social Science Majors.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/23/2020 12:20 Comments || Top||

#9  Ooooh ouch, SteveS. Only think of the ones who didn’t even take that much.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2020 22:12 Comments || Top||


Israel hosts U.S. envoy at biochem lab, seeks FDA nod for vaccine prototype
[YNet] - The U.S. ambassador to Israel visited its bio-chemical defense laboratory and was briefed on a coronavirus vaccine prototype for which it is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

The vaccine being developed at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), in rural Ness Ziona, began animal trials in March.

A source familiar with IIBR activities said human trials were expected before year's end.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/23/2020 02:07 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:



Who's in the News
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8Taliban
8Sublime Porte
7Antifa/BLM
5Commies
3Islamic State
2Muslim Brotherhood
1Govt of Iraq
1Govt of Iran Proxies
1Narcos
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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