Daily Archives: December 18, 2020

2020-12-18: News Headlines

Global Research News (2020-12-18). Selected Articles: Scary 'R' Us: The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction. globalresearch.ca By We know that the PCR tests being used are not "fit for purpose", that they are for Research Use Only. They are not meant …

Rod Driver (2020-12-18). Scary 'R' Us: The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). globalresearch.ca "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." (H. L. Mencken 1880-1956) | The mainstream media …

John Laforge (2020-12-18). Air Force Veterans of Plutonium Dust Disaster Win Class Action Standing. counterpunch.org Air force veterans exposed to plutonium after a first-ever US nuclear weapons disaster in Spain have won extremely rare recognition as a class in a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. On Jan. 17, 1966, an air force B-52 bomber exploded over the village of Palomares, Spain during a routine airborne refueling. Seven airmen

Editor (2020-12-17). FDR Knew Exactly How to Solve Today's Unemployment Crisis. scheerpost.com Eli Christman / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Millions of Americans have joined the ranks of the unemployed, and government relief checks and savings are running out; meanwhile, the country still needs trillions of dollars in infrastructure. Putting the unemployed to work on those infrastructure projects seems an obvious solution, especially given that the $600 or $700… |

sputniknews (2020-12-17). Pentagon Can Not Track Lost Weapons, Billions in Aid to Afghanistan – SIGAR Report. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Defense Department has lost track of billions of dollars worth of military equipment supplied to the Afghan armed forces, has no effective mechanism for getting it back and expects the losses to continue, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report.