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Everything we know about the pangolin — the scaly mammal that may have spread the coronavirus to humans Business Insider
Global CO2 emissions static for first time in 10 years FT
Vanguard is an anomaly in the investment world. Can it stay that way? The Week (UserFriendly).
Lawyers For Elizabeth Holmes Try To Have Theranos Case Thrown Out, Saying Indictment Too Diluted Gizmodo
Brexit
Exclusive: Treasury to unveil equivalence vision for City in white paper City AM
Brexit: Orwellian inversions EU Referendum
Sinn Fein Pushes for Power as Irish Parties Limber For Talks Bloomberg
What is driving Sinn Féin’s electoral surge in Ireland? FT
Merkel’s job and Germany’s future up for grabs again Politico
After Germany’s far-right scandal, Left party surges as Merkel’s CDU sinks Deutsche Welle
#2019-nCoV
Disinfectant theatre?
Full-front disinfection work has started in #Wuhan, an effort to contain the spread of #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/E3Vg8XcHTP
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) February 10, 2020
I have never seen a study saying that any corona virus can be removed from a surface by spraying it.
Therapeutic options for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Nature. So the globalists can deindustrialize America, industrialize China, create an enormous supply chain to deliver cheap consumer goods to America, but have never prioritized developing treatments for the diseases that inevitably result from the system they built. What’s wrong with this picture?
Emerging novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Current scenario, evolutionary perspective based on genome analysis and recent developments Veterinary Quarterly
2019-nCoV transmission through the ocular surface must not be ignored The Lancet
Cruise Ship Rejected by Four Nations Runs Out of Options Bloomberg. Good premise for a horror movie.
China
China turns up state hero-making machine in bid to shift narrative around coronavirus outbreak Globe and Mail
Coronavirus: Heads roll in Hubei as Beijing axes health officials South China Morning Post
More Wuhan Doctors Say They Faced Official Backlash Over Virus Warnings Caixin
Barren streets but bustling stock markets in virus-stricken China Channel News Asia
BREAKING NEWS: China Releases Twelve Opinions on How Companies Resuming Normal Operations Should Treat Their Employees China Law Blog
Oil Traders Could Lose Big On Coronavirus Panic OilPrice.com (KW).
Coronavirus to decimate server supply chain, analysts claim: Sales to fall 10% as factories stay shut The Register
India
Cow dung, cow urine and yagya to combat coronavirus says Hindutva group chief The Week. Read all the way to the end.
Outcry over reports of mass assault at New Delhi women’s college CNN
US Sanctions Venezuelan State Airline, Threatens Russian Oil Giant Venezuelanalysis
Chile’s copper output down in 2019 on declining grades Mining.com
Chile drought enters critical phase Al Jazeera
Syraqistan
Trump Transition
President Trump releases 2021 budget proposal, calls for cuts to social safety net programs ABC
White House budget doubles down on reorgs and benefit cuts Federal Times
Donald Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy Is a Failure The National Interest (Re Silc).
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC Washington Examiner
U.S. Justice Department files new lawsuits in renewed push to pressure ‘sanctuary cities’ Reuters
2020
Good thing Bloomberg skipped South Carolina:
Audio of @MikeBloomberg‘s 2015 @AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “you can just Xerox (copy)” the description of male, minorities 16-25 and hand to cops.
Bloomberg had video of speech blocked.
Perhaps because of the problematic explanation he gives for #StopAndFrisk pic.twitter.com/Fm0YCi4ZRy
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) February 10, 2020
Makes Buttigieg look weak!
Mike Bloomberg doesn’t want Silicon Valley’s money. He does want its employees. Recode
Pete Buttigieg’s Policy Director Has Been Traveling the Country for Months to Meet With “Investors” in His Campaign The Intercept. Retail politics.
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
U.S. charges four Chinese military hackers in 2017 Equifax breach Reuters
Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Israeli Voters Is Exposed NYT. Thanks, Bibi!
Software error exposes the ID numbers for 1.26 million Danish citizens ZDNet
Police State Watch
Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool? ProPublica
Boeing 737 MAX
Pontifications: A few rays of sunshine emerge in MAX crisis Leeham News and Analysis
Boeing Refuses to Cooperate With New Inquiry Into Deadly Crash NYT. This 737 crash in the Netherlands, in 2009.
Audit Initiated of FAA’s Pilot Training Requirements Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation
Imperial Collapse Watch
World War III’s Newest Battlefield Consortium News
L’Affaire Joffrey Epstein
Former Ohio State wrestlers call for investigation into university’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein NBC
Zeitgeist Watch
Name a cockroach after your ex and watch an animal eat it on Valentine’s Day CNN
Class Warfare
How America’s 1% came to dominate equity ownership FT
“You wouldn’t think you’d go to jail over medical bills”: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt CBS (UserFriendly).
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