From Jenna Orkin
A rural Kansas county enacted a law that sends people to jail if they fail to appear in court over unpaid medical bills. Meg Oliver reports.

Trump’s New Budget Goes After Social Safety Net Programs

In the third week, keeping some of these acute patients alive might require extraordinary intervention. For this group, the death rate seems to be 4 per cent to 5 per cent, Dr Peng said. After working his 12-hour daytime shifts, the doctor spends his evenings researching the disease and has summarised his observations in a thesis.

The doctors and nurses at his hospital are overwhelmed with patients. Once they don protective hazmat suits, they go without food, drink and bathroom breaks for their entire shifts. That's because there aren't enough of the suits for a mid-shift change, he said.

Scientists Discover Mysterious Virus in Brazil With No Known Genes They Can Identify

Heavily-armed police and soldiers enter El Salvador parliament

1. Ford’s Lending Arm Is Generating More Profit Than Ever

   Sardines shrink to half their size in a decade as the seas get warmer

   70% of People in Local Jails Are Not Convicted of Any Crime
   
   

   China announces plans to permanently ban wildlife trade

   Buttigieg’s War and ‘The Shortest Way Home’

2. The Wuhan coronavirus and SARS share 80% of their genetic codes. Here's how the 2 outbreaks compare.

3. A terrifying video shows the moment a passenger jet was forced to abort its landing during Britain's 'storm of the century'

   The number of coronavirus cases on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan nearly doubles as passengers report going 'stir crazy' under quarantine

From Jenna Orkin
New Report Confirming Peak Oil
"Oil, oil everywhere, too costly to drill"
Extreme heat is causing bumblebees to disappear
New Report on 138 Coronavirus Cases Reveals Disturbing Details

Thailand: Hunt continues for soldier who killed 20

Duterte Moves to Cancel U.S. Military Pact, Inquirer Reports

Yesterday’s Gone: Iowa Was Waterloo for Democrats

50,000 New Coronavirus Infections Per Day in China (?)

More Than 3 Dozen Military Hospitals to Stop Treating Retirees, Families, Memo Shows

In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear

Apple's Swift programming language is headed towards 'world domination' — here's why developers at Uber and Airbnb are placing their bets on it

The rise and fall of Macy's, a beloved American retailer that's now closing 125 stores

If the economy is good, why do so many big American companies look so unstable?

Ah, indeed.

From Jenna Orkin

Presumed human-to-human hospital-associated transmission of 2019-nCoV was suspected in 41% of patients.

Netflix Censorship Policy - Nine movies removed at government request

Women of color bolt Warren’s Nevada campaign in frustration

Boy, does this article smell, as does the entire incident. Right above it is the "official Pete Buttigieg Presidential Survey." 

Former Pimco CEO Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison in College Admissions Case

Mexico Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism

Japan to Build 22 Coal-Burning Power Plants

No more Fukushimas!

Republican lawmakers introduce bills to curb protesting in at least 18 states

Pete Buttigieg was targeted by his Democratic rivals in New Hampshire, and they hit him where he's weakest

China GDP will be 0% this quarter as coronavirus rages, says Wall Street chief economist

The new coronavirus may have jumped to people from endangered pangolins, some researchers now suggest

A cruise passenger quarantined on a coronavirus-stricken ship is now wondering if the best way off is just to get sick

Panicked shoppers in Hong Kong snapped up supplies like masks and toilet paper amid coronavirus fears and rumors about shipment cut-offs

From Jenna Orkin

Was U.S. Wrong About Attack That Nearly Started a War With Iran?

Breaking: Guangzhou City (population: 14 M) locked down. All residential blocks be isolated from each other. So far around 400 million people locked down in #China to contain #coronavirus. #coronavirusOutbreak Original Chinese official report: m.xinhuanet.com/gd/2020-02/07/c_1125542462.htm …

5 Theories About Conspiracy Theories

Iraq Is On The Brink Of An Energy Crisis

http://Thermal Drones in China Scan Citizens for Corona Virus

Citizen Journalist Covering Virus Outbreak From Wuhan Goes Missing

Oil companies are investing billions in new plastic plants to double output in next 20 years

Elon Musk wants to connect your BRAIN to a computer this year as ‘awesome’ Neuralink mind-chip prepares to launch

January 2020 hottest on record, EU climate monitoring system says

Solutions Underfoot: How Paul Stamets is Using Mushrooms to Save the Bees

The CEO of Credit Suisse resigned after an executive-level spying scandal engulfed the bank

Trump announces that a US operation has killed the al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting

Thousands of Chinese doctors volunteered for the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak. They are overwhelmed, under-equipped, exhausted, and even dying.

From Jenna Orkin

Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor after confusion in state media

Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion in Accounting Changes in One Year

New ‘Solar Panels’ Harness The Energy Of Deep Space

Scientist Warns Of Mini Ice Age As Sun Hibernates During Solar Minimum

This Cloth Destroys Deadly Nerve Agents in Minutes

JPMorgan’s Metals Desk Was a Criminal Enterprise, U.S. Says

Epstein's Bank Came Alive After His Death

Jeffrey Epstein told police a ninja in the mafia with ties to Gambino crime family was stalking him during house arrest

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills

China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Coronavirus

The 12 countries where poor children are more likely to get rich and actually achieve the American Dream than in the US

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff seeks compassionate release from prison due to terminal kidney failure

A New Space Race? US, China, Russia, & Europe All Plan For Moon Bases

From Jenna Orkin

Here’s the Shadow Inc. App That Failed in Iowa Last Night

The DNC steadfastly refused to offer any transparency. It was hard to know what to expect except the worst,” Gregory Miller, cofounder of the Open Source Election Technology Institute, which publicly warned the IDP against using the app weeks ago, told Motherboard. “I don’t want to say I told you so, but …”

This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses

Gerard Niemira, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, is the head of Shadow. He previously served as chief technology officer and chief operating officer of Acronym, according to his LinkedIn page. In 2019, David Plouffe, one of the chief architects of President Barack Obama’s wins, joined the board of advisers for Acronym. 
In Libya, Toothless U.N. Embargo Lets Foreign States Meddle With Impunity

Pakistan declares national emergency after its worst locust plague in 27 years as video shows millions of the insects sweeping through city in Saudi Arabia

Rapid Permafrost Collapse Is Underway, Disintegrating Landscapes And Our Predictions

World must prepare for biological weapons that target ethnic groups based on genetics, says Cambridge University

AG Barr targets encryption again at human trafficking summit

Federal Reserve Board announces it is permanently barring senior executive at Goldman Sachs from banking industry

Facebook challenger MeWe reveals revenue jumped 800% last year as users become frustrated by 'surveillance capitalism'

Jeff Bezos dumped $1.8 billion in Amazon stock after its share price skyrocketed

Macy's tech chief sheds light on the hundreds of layoffs announced this week in a letter to employees

Walgreens pays $7.5 million to settle lawsuit over past employee charged with pretending to be a pharmacist

From Jenna Orkin


Over 15,000 huge seafloor holes have mysteriously appeared off California coast – and no one knows why

Sanders reportedly finished 1st, Biden 4th in unreleased Iowa poll

Results for Iowa caucuses delayed as state Democratic Party finds 'inconsistencies'

"This is simply a reporting issue. The app did not go down, and this is not a hack or an intrusion," the party said.

Buttigieg campaign paid firm that developed voting app blamed for Iowa caucus delays

Transmission ways of nCoV spark concern

Call for the resignation of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General

Penn student stranded in Wuhan says coronavirus outbreak is 'like a zombie apocalypse'

Wisconsin Loses 818 Dairies in 2019, Largest Decline in State History

Citi suspends senior bond trader over alleged theft from canteen

Pete Buttigieg declares victory in the Iowa caucuses with zero percent of the vote in

In a historic first, mosques are used as caucus sites in Iowa to encourage Muslim voter participation

Separation of church and state? 

Major fast-food chains and retailers in China are shutting their doors as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread. Here's a list of closures.

People could get the novel coronavirus more than once, health experts warn — recovering does not necessarily make you immune

KFC and Pizza Hut have launched a contactless delivery service in China amid coronavirus fears

Kenya is being menaced by swarms of billions of locusts, and only has 5 small planes spraying pesticide to fight back

Hawaii says it only got 'two minutes' notice of the Trump administration's plan to quarantine US citizens in Honolulu

From Jenna Orkin

EXCLUSIVE: WHILE THE PRESS AND PUBLIC FOCUS ON IRAN, US MILITARY PREPARES FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA

Societies Heading for Collapse Says Study

Michael Bloomberg Hits Quarter-Billion Mark in Campaign Spending

Saudis Weigh Large Oil Cuts in Response to Coronavirus

Now is the hysteria making sense?

‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change

New York City thinks it can overtake Silicon Valley and become the leading hub for cybersecurity, beginning with this newly opened Soho center

'It's very sad': A viral video uses slices of pie to show how $98 trillion of American wealth is actually distributed

Thai doctors have been using a cocktail of flu and HIV drugs to treat coronavirus cases

19 times 'The Simpsons' accurately predicted the future

From Jenna Orkin
Japan panel recommends ocean release for contaminated Fukushima water

John Kerry overheard discussing possible 2020 bid amid concern of 'Sanders taking down the Democratic Party'

Trump legal team made donations to impeachment jurors

Fully Armed Rally-Goers Enter Kentucky’s Capitol Building With Zero Resistance

A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted

China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

Coronavirus Lurking in Feces May Reveal Hidden Risk of Spread

Second person linked to butterfly sanctuary found dead 

Health officials say they're testing the first possible 

Wuhan coronavirus case in New York City

Finance blog Zero Hedge was banned from Twitter for Wuhan coronavirus misinformation. It's not the first time the publication has raised eyebrows.

9,000 Hong Kong hospital workers are threatening to strike amid coronavirus outbreak if the government doesn't close its border with mainland China

China says Wuhan coronavirus victims who die should be quickly cremated without funerals as death toll rises

A medical-surveillance system that China implemented after SARS led officials to discover the novel coronavirus within 1 week — here's how it works

A 'highly pathogenic strain' of H5N1 bird flu has been reported in China's Hunan province

From Jenna Orkin

Alleged leader of Iraqi al Qaeda group arrested in Arizona

Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag

Drones Scold Chinese For Not Wearing Masks

A Pro-Trump Blog Doxed A Chinese Scientist It Falsely Accused Of Creating The Coronavirus As A Bioweapon

Convicted of sex crimes as a man, felon no longer deemed threat because of gender change

Revealed: the true identity of the leader of an American neo-Nazi terror group

Australia fires: State of emergency declared for Canberra region

Forgive Them Their Debts - Michael Hudson

Coronavirus – Australia Stops All Entry from China

'Cost of Silence': Film Review | Sundance 2020

Featuring our 9/11 colleagues, EPA Chief Investigator Hugh Kaufman and Congressman Jerry Nadler

The real number of coronavirus cases is more than 75,000, according to a scientific model that says the outbreak will double in size every 6.4 days

Twitter gave a university access to a student's parody account after it complained that he was mocking the school in a chilling precedent

How 2 filmmakers got FBI agents to reveal the details of a $24 million McDonald's Monopoly game fraud scheme run by the Mafia