[There's no Pravda in New York Times....]
[TheGrayZone] The New York Times has apparently stolen its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from Russian journalists — the same liberal anti-Putin reporters its correspondents have lionized.
The New York Times has been accused for a second time of stealing major scoops from Russian journalists. One of those stories won the Times a Pulitzer Prize this May.
The journalists who have accused the Times of taking their work without credit also happen to be the same liberal media crusaders against Vladimir Putin that Western correspondents at the Times and other mainstream outlets have cast as persecuted heroes.
The Pulitzer Prize Board is comprised of a who’s who of media aristocrats and Ivy League bigwigs. Given the elite backgrounds of the judges, it is hardly a surprise that they rewarded reporting reinforcing the narrative of the new US Cold War against official enemies like Russia and China.
Stephen Kinzer, a former New York Times correspondent who has since become a critic of US foreign policy, noted that the three finalists in the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting "were one story about how evil Russia is and two about how evil China is. These choices encourage reporters to write stories that reinforce rather than question Washington’s foreign-policy narrative."...
#1
USNS Cesar Chavez, while operated by the U.S. Navy, is not what I'd call a warship. Monty is a LCS - not much better but something. The entire LCS thing has been ....suboptimal to say the least. Give me 2 or 3 CGs and some DDGs. Or just 1 SSN.
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#2
Advice to the Chinese hegemonists - don't mess a US ship named after an Hispanic labor leader and all around civil rights hero. The liberal media thinks a lot of Ceasar, keep your powder dry on this one.
USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the first ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Cesar Chavez (1927–93), labor leader and civil rights activist. Chávez joined the Navy at the age of seventeen in 1944 during World War II, and served for two years.
#3
To the best of my recollection, this is the first actual "mission" that an LCS has undertaken. I hope it makes it back to port under its own power. And out of curiosity, I wonder which "Mission Module" this LCS is currently equipped with -- Surface Warfare?
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#4
Well hopefully not the 'Stoic Activism' module.
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[Healthcare IT] A coronavirus contact-tracing app is being trialled in the Isle of Wight from tomorrow (5 May) and is expected to be rolled out throughout the UK in the coming weeks.
In a press briefing, health secretary Matt Hancock, said the app "will help us deliver test, track and trace on the mass scale that we need across the country."
The app will initially be available to NHS staff and from Thursday the island’s 80,000 households will receive letters asking them to install the app.
Hancock added that it took "full consideration of privacy and security" and had already been tested in closed conditions at an RAF base.
The app uses low energy bluetooth to alert users if they are within 6ft of somebody with the virus for at least 15 minutes.
If a user become unwell with COVID-19 symptoms they inform the NHS via the app and other app users who they have had contact with, will be sent an alert and advice about what to do. It is also planned to include a test ordering function.
"I’m grateful to the huge enthusiasm showed by islanders who know that by participating in this pilot, they are at the forefront of getting Britain back on her feet. Where the Isle of Wight goes, Britain follows," Hancock said.
It was reported in HSJ, that the app had failed NHS clinical safety and cyber security tests that would allow it be included in the NHS app library. However, a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) spokesperson told Healthcare IT News this was "factually untrue"
#4
Someday they may actually seek to determine how many actually died from the virus vs how many die with it or appear to but died from other causes. Nah. Where would the real science be in that? /rhet question
#6
Eleven Secret Service members test positive for COVID-19
Not surprising. They’re out in the world instead of huddling at home, and the thing has been in the U.S. since at least December. The question is only how many got it badly enough to need hospitalization. We should be pleased they are growing the size of the immune herd surrounding the president and VP.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...dressed in custom Bergdorf Goodman uniforms and were 'weapons waiting to be used' on the 75th Anniversary of VE Day
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...and fatally struck a pregnant woman with a car in three separate incidents just hours apart in Indianapolis
Tensions in Indianapolis are high after two separate police shootings of two black men
Dreasjon 'Sean' Reed, 21, filmed himself on Facebook during high-speed chase Wednesday - he was shot by police after getting out of car and fleeing on foot
McHale Rose, 19, was shot and killed by police investigating a possible burglary - police said Rose fired at them with a rifle and they returned fire, killing him
A pregnant white woman, Ashlynn Lisby, 23, was killed by police car Wednesday when she was struck on the ramp to Interstate 465
[gCaptain] Venezuela’s oil exports ticked higher in April after falling in March to their lowest average in seven months, helped by new trading partners that were re-selling cargoes in Asia, according to documents from state-run PDVSA and vessel tracking data.
Venezuela shipped 31 cargoes of crude and refined products last month carrying an average of 848,500 barrels per day (bpd), a small increase from the 814,000 bpd the previous month, the data showed.
This year, the United States sanctioned two units of longtime PDVSA business partner Rosneft over allegations of hiding the country of origin for Venezuelan crude shipments.
President Donald Trump’s administration set a May 20 deadline for the Russian energy giant to wind down purchases of Venezuelan oil and for ultimate customers to buy from Rosneft.
Those measures hit Venezuela’s oil exports in March. Rosneft, which had been re-selling up to two-thirds of the cargoes, and other key customers such as India’s Nayara Energy and Reliance Industries cut purchases from PDVSA.
But others, primarily Mexico-based Libre Abordo and Schlager Business Group, replaced Rosneft as the largest intermediaries of Venezuelan crude under an oil-for-food pact. That agreement is under investigation by U.S. authorities.
China last month was again the largest direct destination for the crude with about a quarter, or 191,000 bpd. Malaysia, an active hub for trans-shipment and blending of Venezuelan oil, received about 290,000 bpd. A large percentage of barrels passing through Malaysia ends up in China as well, Refinitiv Eikon tanker tracking data showed.
India, one of the top three destinations for Venezuelan oil this year, reduced its share of exports to 8% of the total, while Europe took 16%. Maduro’s main political ally, Cuba, received 7% of exports or 58,000 bpd.
PDVSA did not respond to a request for comment.
Rosneft in March sold all its Venezuelan assets to an undisclosed firm owned by the Russian government. U.S. officials have said sanctions on Rosneft’s trading units could be lifted once it is clear they are no longer involved in Venezuela.
With Rosneft’s departure, Libre Abordo and a related firm, Schlager Business Group, were responsible for handling almost 40% of PDVSA’s sales last month, a large increase over volumes received from January through March.
The Mexican firms began lifting Venezuelan oil in late 2019 after signing an agreement with Maduro’s government to exchange Venezuelan oil for corn and water trucks, which started arriving in the crisis-stricken country last month.
The companies largely have replicated Rosneft’s model for marketing Venezuelan oil, covering the same routes, using the same trans-shipment hubs and offering the cargoes mostly to the same customers, according to trading sources.
Libre Abordo and Schlager, which have so far taken over 26 million barrels of Venezuelan oil and fuel, last week said that the oil-for-food pact was signed for humanitarian reasons, after legal revisions to make sure it did not violate U.S. sanctions.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, last week said the State Department, the Treasury and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico are investigating the firms as they believe they are acting as shell companies.
#2
You are being "childish" TW. All that matters is total reported cases, true or not. All deaths are COVID deaths, even car, plane crashes, gun shots and stabbings, drug overdoses and so on. Say different and you are an enemy of the state.
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#3
Might as well say every death that occurred during any war was a attributable to that war.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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Posted by: Bobby ||
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#2
Yeah, I read that as Washington State initially. While I'm sure that Gov. Jay Inslee would love to call himself "Premier", I'm also sure he'd hand over his login info to the CCP directly.
[Zero] Over the last few weeks, we have been keeping a close eye on the growing glut of automobile inventory, exacerbated by demand falling off a cliff, plunging used car prices and rental car companies suffering from an unprecedented collapse in business (or, like Hertz, simply going bankrupt). To wit, just hours ago, we documented how declining fleet sales was having a profoundly negative impact on automakers. Previously, we pointed out how a crash in used car prices could be putting significant pressure on the rental car industry. And most notably, several days ago we also wrote that automakers were having so much trouble finding space for their unsellable inventory that ships bearing auto cargo from overseas were denied entry at US ports and sent back out into the ocean.
Now, we are seeing firsthand what buildups of inventory look like in major cities. Graphic is of the Aloha Stadium located in Halawa, HI.
#2
I hear ya, but I'm not sure about that, Steve. I would hate to see how much credit card debt (at the ridiculously low APR of 18%) Americans have racked up.
#3
People are paying of credit card debt at record levels. Savings rate is up too. Of course, the narrative that we carry too much debt is now "We don't carry enough debt" and the narrative that we don't save enough is now "We save too much." In a couple months. the people who write this stuff should have their fingers cut off and have their tongues removed so they can't verbally dictate their bullshit....
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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#4
Which is one theory on having low or negative interest rates, to stimulate the economy. That has been an utter failure in Europe...Japan, too, I believe. Yes, I'm all for savings rate going up (you're right, I did read that somewhere recently), despite the minuscule interest earned. But no matter. Saving, let alone saving for a rainy day, which Americans are woefully inept at (look at what's going on now) and not buying that 300-inch flat-screen TV, is good. But those credit cards...disgusting...18% or so...what's the Fed's rate nowadays, barely 1%?
#6
Reorg: J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next week with plans to permanently close about a quarter of its roughly 850 stores, becoming the latest major U.S. retailer to succumb to fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, according to people familiar with the matter.
A bankruptcy filing would cap a long decline for the iconic 118-year-old department store chain, which struggled with a nearly $4-billion debt load and competition from e-commerce firms and discount brick-and-mortar retailers even before the pandemic’s onset.
The Plano, Texas-based company, which employs nearly 85,000 people, is in discussions with creditors for a so-called debtor-in-possession loan to bolster its finances while it navigates bankruptcy proceedings, the sources said. The loan could total between $400 million and $500 million, some of the sources said.
The timing of a bankruptcy filing could slip depending on how much time it gets from creditors, the sources said. J.C. Penney skipped a $17 million debt payment Thursday and only has five days to make good on it before defaulting. A 30-day grace period on a $12 million payment the company skipped April 15 ends next Friday.
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#7
With $4 billion in debt, I should think JCP's demise is not all Amazon's or Walmart's fault.
#9
Reference #4: Skid, your comment about malls
making great shooting galleries is hitting a bit too close: couple years ago a guy walked into Cascade Mall looking for his just-broke-up-with-him-ex-girlfriend, armed with a rifle. Couldn't find her so he opened fire anyway, killing several. Now my wife will not go to that mall and she is not alone: it is visibly dying.
#12
Big mall where I used to live just converted to a (non tribe) ca$ino just in time to be closed for COVID.
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#13
The mail order catalog was a source of toilet paper for much of rural America. It was strange how the women's and men's underwear sections were the last to go. I suspect it was a conspiracy by Georgia Pacific that killed off the mail order catalogs to increase their toilet paper use.
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.
'Smell test' has obvious downsides. Technology really is the key. 
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ... in Europe by laying a wreath at national memorial and thanking veterans of the war
[gCaptain] Venezuela’s oil exports ticked higher in April after falling in March to their lowest average in seven months, helped by new trading partners that were re-selling cargoes in Asia, according to documents from state-run PDVSA and vessel tracking data.
[Zero] Over the last few weeks, we have been keeping a close eye on the growing glut of automobile inventory, exacerbated by demand falling off a cliff, plunging used car prices and rental car companies suffering from an unprecedented collapse in business (or, like Hertz, simply going bankrupt). To wit, just hours ago, we documented how declining fleet sales was having a profoundly negative impact on automakers. Previously, we pointed out how a crash in used car prices could be putting significant pressure on the rental car industry. And most notably, several days ago we also wrote that automakers were having so much trouble finding space for their unsellable inventory that ships bearing auto cargo from overseas were denied entry at US ports and sent back out into the ocean. 
