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The surprising number of Iranian government officials succumbing to COVID-19 offers a hint that the disease is far more widespread than the official statistics indicate.

Kids Spend Less Time Outdoors Than Prisoners.

Vitamin D: Deficiency May Increase Coronavirus Infection Risk

Horrifying Berlin foster experiments saw kids DELIBERATELY given to paedos to see if sex abuse was ‘good for them’

Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars

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South Korea has tested 140,000 people for the coronavirus. That could explain why its death rate is just 0.6% — far lower than in China or the US.

The ‘Million Dollars Per Person’ Affair Is Telling

Why Everyone Is Arguing Over Who Broke the F-35’s Computers

China coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses with 70 people trapped under rubble

Saudia Arabia arrests two princes over coup attempt: reports

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Uyghurs for sale

Third time’s a charm as Netanyahu scores election win and The bitter victory of Israel’s Arab party

I am dubious that polls reflect anything real (I suspect the polls likely over-represent the young and educated) but I throw it out there as an alternative view. By tomorrow we should know how real it is. Bernie Sanders Is Leading Nationally Among Black Voters

Just how bad will the new coronavirus be? I can’t answer that question, but I have observed the debate splitting into two broad camps: Call them the “growthers” and the “base-raters.”

Iran calls on army for help as 23 MPs infected

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2020’s Plague of Locusts: Updates on Africa and Pakistan (and China)
A reminder of what a truly devastating plague looks like.

BIRTH OF A VIRUS …

The vote vindicates the theory of Mats Järlström, who was fined $500 by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying for publicly criticizing traffic light timing without first obtaining a professional engineering license.