[Washington Examiner] The FBI ordered an internal review of the handling of the bureau's investigation of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Don't wanna rush into things, amirite?
FBI Director Christopher Wray made the call as he faces increased pressure from Republicans, who say he has been too resistant to disclosing secrets about the Trump-Russia investigation that they believe unfairly targeted President Trump and the people around him.
The "after-action" investigation, announced on Friday, will be carried out by the bureau’s Inspection Division and will focus on two areas: first, evaluating the FBI’s role in the Flynn investigation and rooting out any misconduct by current FBI employees, and second, evaluating the need to change bureau policies as a result of the Flynn case.
A statement said that the FBI will evaluate whether disciplinary measures will be necessary for any current employees, although the bureau lacks the prosecutorial authority to bring a criminal case. The statement also said the FBI lacks the ability to take any disciplinary action against former employees.
The Justice Department filed earlier this month to dismiss charges against Flynn, who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators after pleading guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The transcripts of the Flynn-Kislyak calls are being declassified by acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.
In moving to drop the charges, the Justice Department said that after reviewing newly disclosed materials, it agreed with Flynn’s attorneys that his interview with the FBI should never have taken place because his conversations with the Russian ambassador were "entirely appropriate." Flynn said he is "innocent" and never lied, and his lawyers claimed their client was set up.
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Did Wray know or did Wray not know that the Flynn 302's had been modified?
I'm sure he knew. Was that knowledge documented in memos and emails? Probably, but most likely all filed in the "double secret probation" break glass and pull pin to erase kind of folder.
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#3 How about replacing 302 with videotaped interviews?
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"...misconduct by current FBI employees, ...." Weasel words as per SOP. All of the bad apples have been purged but the records are sealed per OPM policy.
Howz this sound "The FBI acknowledges previous employees did not meet our high standards. Based on the thorough review conducted by FBI leadership, I'm confident we have the appropriate measures in place to ensure these oversights do not occur again."
Its almost like I've see this movie before.....
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Too busy trying to get Trump to worry about niceties. Now that its failed, its time for CYA.
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Special FBI lawyer babble to follow an extensive look at better off the book record keeping initiatives. This stops when you hook up and perp walk some SES princes.
[Summit News] The culprit behind the horrific beating of an elderly man at a nursing home in Detroit made a YouTube video in which he asserted that "black people are supposed to rule the earth."
Footage emerged yesterday of a man later identified as 20-year-old Jadon Hayden beating up a defenseless elderly white man by repeatedly punching him in the face.
Another clip shows him beating an elderly white woman....
Hayden uploaded the videos to his social media accounts but after the clips started to go viral on Twitter he was quickly arrested by police.
Content Hayden had previously uploaded to his YouTube channel suggested he holds black supremacist beliefs.
"The black race is the chosen race, the black race was supposed to rule the earth, but now...they have to go to the white man for everything and that’s not good," Hayden says in one video.
The culprit behind the horrific beating of an elderly man at a nursing home in Detroit made a YouTube video in which he asserted that "black people are supposed to rule the earth."
Footage emerged yesterday of a man later identified as 20-year-old Jadon Hayden beating up a defenseless elderly white man by repeatedly punching him in the face.
Absolutely shocking footage has emerged from a black male nurse from Detroit (Jadon H.), who filmed himself beating elderly white men into a bloody pulp.
"Get the fuck off my bed, N.," he is heard saying.
Another clip shows him beating an elderly white woman.
I'll never understand why Americans work 40+ hrs a week, pay taxes, fight for their country, just for their children to dump them in care homes in old age and subject them to this kinda treatment.
The relevant authorities have his information so dw and I don't mean the police! pic.twitter.com/0674AypzMJ
— Chakita (@Chakitabelle) May 21, 2020
Hayden uploaded the videos to his social media accounts but after the clips started to go viral on Twitter he was quickly arrested by police.
Content Hayden had previously uploaded to his YouTube channel suggested he holds black supremacist beliefs.
"The black race is the chosen race, the black race was supposed to rule the earth, but now...they have to go to the white man for everything and that’s not good," Hayden says in one video.
"Black people are supposed to rule the earth," he emphasizes.
Hayden also posted a video called "drugging ppl prank" that shows a white man convulsing in what appears to be the same nursing home, suggesting that he may have been responsible for the drugging.
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You have to search far and wide to find any report of this in the major news outlets. It doesn't appear in the standard News Feeds. Nothing in NYT or WaPo. Not covered by the major broadcast networks. Gee, wonder why?
I had to do multiple searches just to stumble on this brief little gem from CNN last night that was dispatched by this stringer who-- surprise, surprise--fails to even mention the perp's bizarre racist beliefs -- it's almost Orwellian in its denial of the obvious:
(CNN) A 20-year-old man is facing assault and battery charges aftera video surfacedof him attacking a 75-year-old man at a nursing home in Detroit, police said.
Yep: some person did something... and voila! a video surfaced. Note the funny use of the passive voice in the next sentence:
Video of the incident shows an elderly resident of Westwood Nursing Homebeing repeatedly punched and covered in blood.
And now the clincher:
It is unclear what preceded the incident or who filmed the incident. The suspect can be heard saying, "Get the f*** off my bed" several times in the video after beating the victim.
Nothing about the uh, er, y'now, (ahem) race of either the suspect or the victim. Nothing to see here. And now we resume our regularly-scheduled 24/7 loop program, Two Minutes Hate.
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And Tucker Carlson did, indeed, start off his show with this disgusting story last night along with some other examples of abusers.
I seem to recall the mass shooting in Virginia in 2019 when it took the media almost a day to finally release a photo and "demographic info" on the killer.
There was also a shooting in Maryland where the killer not only was a person of color but also transgender. That story lasted no more than a day.
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Black hate crimes/racism is far more widespread that the MSM reports and is being purposefully hidden for political motives. Yet another proof that corporate media has an openly political bias.
The Aum Supreme Truth cult was founded by Shoko Asahara in Japan in 1984
The sect purchased the remote Banjawarn Station in Western Australian in 1993
Cult members used the property to test the deadly nerve agent sarin on sheep
In 1995 they released sarin into the Tokyo subway system, killing 12 commuters
The sect planned to stage terrorist attacks its leader believed would start a nuclear war between superpowers, and remote Australia seemed a safe place to seek refuge in the fallout
Judge Coughenour made the ruling in the US District Court in Seattle Monday in favor of Joseph Sam, who was arrested for robbery and assault in May 2019
Coughenour said that looking at an individual's lock screen is classed as a search meaning law enforcement cannot do this without a search warrant
An arresting officer turned on Sam's smartphone and viewed the lock screen
The judge said sometimes police officers can carry out a search without a warrant so this could have been constitutional in some circumstances
But seven months later, an FBI agent turned the suspect's phone on again and took a photo of the lock screen
The judge said this was unconstitutional because the FBI cannot conduct a search without a warrant
FBI evidence gained from the cellphone screen belonging to Joseph Sam - who was arrested for robbery and assault in May 2019 - has now been thrown out
CDC: Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' except for close contact with infected patients
[JustTheNews] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued updated coronavirus guidelines that now downplay the chances of contracting the virus from surfaces, potentially offering relief to millions of Americans who have been concerned they might catch the disease from purchased groceries or delivered packages.
On its website, the CDC says that coronavirus is "thought to spread mainly from person-to-person." Yet "the virus does not spread easily in other ways."
"It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes," the CDC also states on its site. "This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus."
Animal-to-people and people-to-animal transmissions are also unlikely, the agency states.
The new guidelines come after several months of concerns that the virus was spreading quickly and easily through items such as grocery store packaging and delivered packages.
Research announced in late-March determined that the virus could live on some materials for several days, leading to grim warnings that consumers should be wary of shopping carts, glass surfaces and other common objects.
[Jerusalem Post] WASHINGTON — In 1969, Arnold Resnicoff went straight from Dartmouth to the Mekong Delta with the US Navy, and from there to the Jewish Theological Seminary to become a rabbi.
He was among a small group of veterans who advocated for the establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the National Mall here, in part because he wanted to heal the wounds the war opened among Americans. In 1982, in uniform — he had reenlisted as a chaplain — he delivered the closing prayer at the memorial’s dedication.
Now he will deliver the invocation at the memorial’s first-ever virtual Memorial Day commemoration.
Resnicoff, 73, said he will allude to the coronavirus pandemic that is keeping veterans from attending the event in person, as well as the divisions that have stoked tensions among Americans in recent years.
"Almighty God, during this time of sickness, even as we seek a cure for illness that infects our bodies, we must battle hatred and injustice — evils that afflict our souls," Resnicoff will say in a prayer he shared with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
"The Wall has become America’s version of the Kotel: sacred ground; holy space," Resnicoff said in an email. "We leave notes at the Wall like we do in the cracks of the Kotel. So many people leave small memorabilia at the foot of the Wall that the National Park Service uses a warehouse to store them."
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When I first read about the design for the Wall, I thought it would be a disaster. But it's hard to overstate how moving the Wall is when you're actually standing there.
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[PUNCHNG] A court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has stopped an Islamic holy man, Yusuf Lateef, from marrying a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) .
It was gathered that the defendant had approached the girl’s parents to marry their daughter in 2019 when the girl was 15 years old but the girl had refused.
The parents had allegedly forced her to accept the proposal and a day was fixed for the marriage.
The PUNCH learnt that the girl would become Lateef’s ninth wife.
In protest, the teenager reportedly fled her parent’s home in Odigbo Local Government Area on the day fixed for the wedding with support from her brother who lived in Akure.
The teenager was said to have reported the matter at the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development where she was sheltered for some days.
It was thereafter that the matter was charged to the Family Court in Akure where Lateef and the girl’s parents were arraigned for breaching the part three of the 2007 Ondo State Child Rights Law.
After hearing from both the defendants and the plaintiff, the judge, Magistrate Aderemi Adegoroye, ruled that the girl be returned to her parents and Lateef be made to sign an undertaking to stay away from her.
The court also ordered the girl’s family to ensure her proper care and education.
Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Titilola Adeyemi, described the judgment as a victory for children in the state.
"We are excited the matter has gone that way. That will be a warning to everybody that it is ’no’ to child marriage in Ondo State. Child marriage is denying a child her future. We must make sure we work for the child to realise her future," she said.
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Just another instance of the state standing in the way of true love.
[NPR] The sons of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi say they have forgiven their father's killers, paving the way for a legal reprieve for five men sentenced to death for the murder.
"If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah," the writer's eldest son, Saleh, tweeted Thursday. "Therefore, we the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce that we pardon those who killed our father."
Saudi law considers a victim's forgiveness as possible grounds for clemency in a death sentence. It is unclear under what circumstances the pardon was extended. Many of Khashoggi's family, including Saleh, currently live or work in Saudi Arabia, which is known for cracking down on dissidents.
Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, who lives in Turkey, offered her own less forgiving statement that the journalists's " heinous murder" did not have a statute of limitations and that she "and others will not stop until we get #JusticeForJamal."
"The killers came from Saudi with premeditation to lure, ambush & kill him. Nobody has the right to pardon the killers," Cengiz wrote. "We will not pardon the killers nor those who ordered the killing."
[Free Beacon] As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, the Obama administration's ambassador to China has found a second lease on life as a pro-China talking head on regime propaganda outlets.
Former ambassador Max Baucus has given at least four different interviews to Chinese propaganda outlets in the last two weeks, repeatedly comparing the U.S. rhetoric about China to both the McCarthy era and Nazi Germany.
"Joe McCarthy [and] Adolf Hitler ... rallied people up, making people believe things that were really not true," Baucus said during a May 12 interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), a regime mouthpiece. "The White House and some in Congress are making statements against China that are so over the top and so hypercritical, they are based not on the fact, or if they are based on fact, sheer demagoguery, and that's what McCarthy did in the 1950s."
Since his retirement in 2017, Baucus has been a reliable critic of the Trump administration's increasingly confrontational China policy—chiefly the decision to wage a trade war with Beijing. He once warned that the White House's decision to impose additional tariffs was a "slap on the face" to China. But Baucus's recent comments in the pandemic era have been more sympathetic to China—and critical of the United States—than ever before.
His post-retirement public statements praising China have coincided with his burgeoning overseas investments. In 2017, he founded the Baucus Group, a consulting firm that advises both American and Chinese businesses, according to his U.S. Chamber of Commerce biography. He also sits on the board of directors for Ingram Micro, a U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned conglomerate, as well as the board of advisers for Alibaba Group, one of China's largest tech companies.
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[Wiki] Baucus has been criticized for his ties to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and was one of the largest beneficiaries in the Senate of campaign contributions from these industries.
Until he got promoted to China.
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Huh. Did not know Ingram Micro had been bought by CCP related interests. Sounds like a great way to insert hardware and software back doors among other benefits.
NEW: Beijing dropped calls for pursuing peaceful ties or peaceful unification with Taiwan in an annual policy blueprint, breaking with nearly three decades of precedent - WSJ
— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) May 22, 2020
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They only thing they dropped was the peaceful part. The ChiComms are still all in on unification.
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"You know what 2020 was missing? A Chinese invasion of India. Because that’s essentially what this amounts to if accurate. 5000 Chinese forces dug into territory beyond their own LAC claim line. Question is why?Why now? This isn’t a local colonel freelancing. What does China want?" https://mobile.twitter.com/NarangVipin/status/1264030127421349889
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[TheDiplomat] The United States approved a possible sale of heavy weight torpedoes to Taiwan, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in a statement. According to DSCA, the U.S. Department of State approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of 18 MK-48 Mod 6 Advanced Technology Heavy Weight Torpedoes for Taiwan in a deal estimated to cost $180 million. The announcement did not mark the finalization of a sale, but the approval of a potential sale. If finalized, the sale would mark the first U.S. arms sale to Taiwan in 2020.
According to DSCA, the specific components included as part of the sale would be 18 MK-48 Mod 6 AT HWT units, spare parts, support and test equipment, and other assorted materials. "U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics support" are also included as part of the possible package.
"This proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency noted in a statement. "The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region."
Announcement of the possible sale's approval came a day following Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration for a second term in office. At her inauguration, Tsai rejected mainland China's "one country, two systems" formulation, saying that Taiwan would "not accept the Beijing authorities' use of 'one country, two systems' to downgrade Taiwan and undermine the cross-strait status quo."
"Both sides have a duty to find a way to coexist over the long term and prevent the intensification of antagonism and differences," she added. Yeah... that'll really piss the CCP off.
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I wonder if you could hot-glue a Raspberry Pi onto one of those babies and turn it into an autonomous loitering weapon. Just hanging out on the bottom of some strait somewhere, waiting for something interesting to happen...
[The Hill] Hertz filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid rising debt and a sharp drop in demand for rental cars during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company is the latest travel-related business to fall victim to the coronavirus, which has grounded travelers and tourists and led to a sharp drop in revenue.
"The impact of COVID-19 on travel demand was sudden and dramatic, causing an abrupt decline in the Company's revenue and future bookings," the company said in a statement. "Hertz took immediate actions to prioritize the health and safety of employees and customers, eliminate all non-essential spending and preserve liquidity.
"However, uncertainty remains as to when revenue will return and when the used-car market will fully re-open for sales, which necessitated today's action," it continued. "The financial reorganization will provide Hertz a path toward a more robust financial structure that best positions the Company for the future as it navigates what could be a prolonged travel and overall global economic recovery."
The company says it has over $1 billion cash on hand to keep its sites up and running while it undergoes the bankruptcy process.
"Today's action will protect the value of our business, allow us to continue our operations and serve our customers, and provide the time to put in place a new, stronger financial foundation to move successfully through this pandemic and to better position us for the future," said Hertz President and CEO Paul Stone. "Our loyal customers have made us one of the world's most iconic brands, and we look forward to serving them now and on their future journeys."
[Progressive Party USA] Jerry Dickinson U.S. HOUSE — PA-18 - Jerry’s pathway to politics is not typical. Separated at a young age from parents who were far too poor and too sick to care for him, Jerry came up through Allegheny County foster care system.
As a Fulbright Scholar in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jerry mobilized the poorest of the poor whose slums were being gentrified by major corporations and developers. He litigated in South African courts to uphold their constitutional rights to housing and clean water.
When he returned to Pittsburgh, Jerry helped establish the first community land trust in a predominantly African American neighborhood that has been affected by increased investment by corporate developers. He has been on the front lines assisting marginalized groups to preserve affordable housing and mitigate the effects of gentrification. And on, and on. Several more endorsements follow.
The first Progressive Party was Theodore Roosevelt’s vehicle when he parted ways with the Republican Party in 1912. Bernie Sanders was the most recent, in 2016, to revive the name for his presidential aspirations.
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As a Fulbright Scholar in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jerry mobilized the poorest of the poor whose slums were being gentrified by major corporations and developers.
In South Africa it's called economic progress, not gentrification. Plenty of open space for housing. It's the jobs industry and business have brought that are important. Little wonder he's no longer in South Africa. Perhaps he was encouraged to leave following the completion of his studies.
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Community organizer-on-the-make. Now he just needs to get him some freaky-deaky Alinskyite mentors, a ghost writer, and a book contract in which he can trash his 'rents. Snark O'The Day
— Snehesh Alex Philip (@sneheshphilip) May 22, 2020
An absolute catastrophe at Jinnah Garden at #Karachi’s model town where an A320 of PIA bearing flight number PK8303 crashed just ahead of its landing after it developed a technical fault - atleast 4 bodies have been taken out as yet. #piaplanecrashhttps://t.co/FasUt2BH5npic.twitter.com/zY6yUkj7Xt
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16.
LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system demonstrator developed by the Office of Naval Research and installed on Portland for an at-sea demonstration. LWSD's operational employment on a Pacific Fleet ship is the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser. The laser system was developed by Northrup Grumman, with full System and Ship Integration and Testing led by NSWC Dahlgren and Port Hueneme.
"By conducting advanced at sea tests against UAVs and small craft, we will gain valuable information on the capabilities of the Solid State Laser Weapons System Demonstrator against potential threats," said Capt. Karrey Sanders, commanding officer of USS Portland.
The U.S. Navy has been developing directed-energy weapons (DEWs), to include lasers, since the 1960s. DEWs are defined as electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats, or destroys an adversarial capability.
Navy ships face an increasing number of threats in conducting their missions, including UAVs, armed small boats, and adversary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The Navy's development of DEWs like the LWSD, provide immediate warfighter benefits and provide the commander increased decision space and response options.
"The Solid State Laser Weapons System Demonstrator is a unique capability the Portland gets to test and operate for the Navy, while paving the way for future weapons systems, " said Sanders. "With this new advanced capability, we are redefining war at sea for the Navy."
Portland is the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. While it is the third ship to bear the name 'USS Portland,' it is the first ship to be named solely after the largest city in Oregon.
For more information about Portland, visit www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd27 or www.facebook.com/PORTLANDLPD27
[JPost] - Sweden's controversial decision to keep most schools, bars, salons and restaurants open during the COVID-19 crisis while the rest of Europe shut down around could end up taking a much higher toll on the country than expected.
A study carried out by Sweden's Public Health Agency found that despite the country's relaxed distancing measures, only 7.3% of people in Stockholm have developed the antibodies necessary to fight the disease, far below the 70-90% of the population needed to achieve herd immunity. Just a small, order of magnitude, mistake in our model. Because we are real scientists - not bureaucrat fakers like Ferguson and Fauci!
The study drew on some 1,100 tests from across the country, although only figures for Stockholm were released on Wednesday. Results from other regions would be released later, a Public Health Authority spokesperson said. I wonder why? Because outside Stockholm they're worse?
...According to figures collated by the Our World in Data website, Sweden had 6.08 deaths per million inhabitants per day on a rolling seven-day average between May 13 and May 20.
This is the highest in the world, above the UK, Belgium and the US, which have 5.57, 4.28 and 4.11 respectively. Hurrah for London & NY/NJ (Belgians are simply shitheads - see wikipedia)
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Herd immunity is inversely related to R-naught, yes? Measles has a R-naught of 12-18, (super contagious) and needs 92-95% for herd immunity.
COVID-19 R-naught is estimated between 1.4 - 3.9, which suggests 29% to 70% for herd immunity. Wikipedia
I've seen lower R-naught numbers than 1.4, but ain't gonna bother finding that.
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My read, looking at Sweden’s curve, is that though they may not be locked down, they are strongly social distancing. Also, their numbers are distorted by excessive nursing home deaths.
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^(a) R0 estimates for CV19 are based on assumptions and ideological orientation. The biggest of which is that the infection rate is biliniar (R*S*I) the old Voltera-Lotka assumption. Today we know that the true relation is better described by Beddington-DiAngelis.
(b) The concept of herd immunity is strictly theoretical one (sans immunization) - look at your own wiki article which emphasizes "temporary" for the single counter-example.
In empirical terms we know that herd immunity kicks in after we vaccinate 70 - 90 % of the population (At least in some cases the Ro is then derived by using H = 1 - 1/Ro where H fraction of immune sufficient for herd immunity. That is, you don't derive H from Ro but vise versa.)
(c) Nobody has shown yet that there is immune memory for CV19. See also (evolutionary pressure in that wiki article).
The whole story of Herd Immunity for CV19, I commented on it several times - you can find evidence for yourself with a bit of research. The true story that all* first struck countries went with idea of herd immunity (because then you don't have to do anything) and switched after hospital morgues filled up. All countries except, Sweden (who has a low population density with habits close to socially isolation already) as well as stupidity/callousness and habit of preaching ethics from the backseat of civilization.
*The one exception is Japan when their habit of wearing masks in public - no doubt upgraded during the CV19 epidemic conferred phenotypic herd immunity.
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I thought herd immunity was about the rate of spreading not the death rate. You could have herd immunity and contagion slowing down and still have a high death rate if the thing got into a vunerable population.
[MAIL] A San Diego startup has secured $20million in Series A backing to expand its lab-grown seafood business as an ethical and sustainable alternative to commercial fishing.
The funding will help BlueNalu build a production facility and begin a new pilot program that will bring its product one step closer to market.
Unlike other recent meat replacements, like the plant-based Impossible Burger, BlueNalu's seafood products are grown from muscle tissue cells taken from real fish.
If I remember correctly people here were harshly critical of both the captain, for ringing the alarm bell, and the crew for going ashore and being contaminated with the virus in Thailand.
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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Summit News] The culprit behind the horrific beating of an elderly man at a nursing home in Detroit made a YouTube video in which he asserted that "black people are supposed to rule the earth."
[Jerusalem Post] WASHINGTON — In 1969, Arnold Resnicoff went straight from Dartmouth to the Mekong Delta with the US Navy, and from there to the Jewish Theological Seminary to become a rabbi.
[NPR] The sons of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi say they have forgiven their father's killers, paving the way for a legal reprieve for five men sentenced to death for the murder.
[Free Beacon] As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, the Obama administration's ambassador to China has found a second lease on life as a pro-China talking head on regime propaganda outlets.
[TheDiplomat] The United States approved a possible sale of heavy weight torpedoes to Taiwan, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in a statement. According to DSCA, the U.S. Department of State approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of 18 MK-48 Mod 6 Advanced Technology Heavy Weight Torpedoes for Taiwan in a deal estimated to cost $180 million. The announcement did not mark the finalization of a sale, but the approval of a potential sale. If finalized, the sale would mark the first U.S. arms sale to Taiwan in 2020.
[Progressive Party USA] Jerry Dickinson U.S. HOUSE — PA-18 - Jerry’s pathway to politics is not typical. Separated at a young age from parents who were far too poor and too sick to care for him, Jerry came up through Allegheny County foster care system.
'Bird and Star' combination political symbology, always has been a bit off putting. 
