Thursday, October 1, 2020

Coronavirus detected in lake water, researchers find. Experts say don't panic.






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Coronavirus detected in lake water, researchers find. Experts say don't panic.

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A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota has found traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in lake water.
The virus was detected by a group led by Richard Melvin, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School, in mid-September. Melvin and his team have been sampling water from various beaches on Lake Superior since July 4 on a weekly basis as a partnership with Minnesota Sea Grant, an organization that works to enhance the state’s coastal environment. The team hadn’t found the virus during weekly tests, but, on Sept. 11, that changed.
The research team detected SARS-CoV-2 at 100 to 1,000 copies per liter, or 10,000 times lower than levels observed in wastewater. “I was surprised and not surprised,” Dr. Richard Melvin, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus, tells Yahoo Life. “We were testing a hypothesis that beachgoers would bring this on their bodies into the water, but when you see it on the machine, there’s this sinking feeling.”
Researchers have been sampling water from various beaches on Lake Superior since July 4 on a weekly basis and detected SARS-CoV-2 at 100 to 1,000 copies per liter, or 10,000 times lower than levels observed in wastewater. (Photo by Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
The source — or sources — of the virus are unknown at this point, Melvin says, but the research team plans to continue to monitor the water, as well as work with local health experts to try to pinpoint the source of the virus in the water.
The news sounds scary, but public health experts say people shouldn’t panic.
Dr. Richard Watkins, an infectious disease physician in Akron, Ohio, and a professor of internal medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, tells Yahoo Life that, while research has shown that SARS-CoV-2 can show up in wastewater, there’s no data to suggest that the virus is actually transmitted through water. “However, there is a lot we don’t know about the virus, so nothing can be definitively ruled out at this point,” he says.
But finding the virus in water “doesn’t mean that they’re infection particles,” Dr. Thomas Russo, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo, tells Yahoo Life. “It’s highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 can survive in a body of water for very long,” he says.
Dr. Valerie Fitzhugh, an associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Pathology at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, agrees. “Lake water should not be a risk,” she tells Yahoo Life. “The bigger issue would be crowds at a beach near the lake than the water itself.”
Even if the virus were infectious in water, it’s likely to be diluted if it shows up in a larger body of water, like a lake, Russo says. “It would probably be so diluted that it wouldn’t be sufficient enough to cause an infection in an individual,” he says.
But how did the virus get there in the first place? There are a few different possibilities, Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, tells Yahoo Life.
“People excrete the virus in their feces, and people deposit fecal matter in lakes,” he says. The virus could be shed into water after someone didn’t wipe well after using the bathroom, or it could actually end up in the water from someone using the area as a toilet. “People go to the bathroom in lakes,” Adalja points out.
There is also a risk of sewage contamination seeping into lakes, Adalja says. And, since SARS-CoV-2 has already been detected in sewage, it could end up in a lake that way. “This is not surprising to me,” Adalja says. Worth noting: Melvin says that the virus is “not likely” to come from local wastewater treatment plants. “They do a perfectly effective job of eliminating the virus,” he says. “However, it could be coming from sewer lines or septic tanks.”
Because of all this, Adalja says, SARS-CoV-2 is likely to also be found in other bodies of water elsewhere.
But, again, people shouldn’t panic. “I don’t think it’s a major mode of transmission,” Adalja says. “SARS-CoV-2 was just found in water — it’s not necessarily living in water. Any virus that gets excreted fecally can be found in water.” Melvin agrees, noting that the virus “rapidly degrades” in water. “In my research, I’ve never found a case of anyone recording an infection due to water,” he says.
Ultimately, Melvin says, his findings are more a signal of what’s happening around the lake. “It’s just an indication that the infection level is high in the city,” he says. “Anytime something like that happens on a high level, it spills into the environment in some way.”

Why does it look like people are being hired because they are black?



Everyone that "I" have talked to said that they  afraid of people boycotting them so they are making sure they have a balance of ethnic workers.

Hope they are the best person possible for the job.

Meg Markle.... please hush up....You and harry said you wanted your private life...... shut up and stay private.




You and harry are an embarrassment to the wonderful people of the U.K





Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Why the hell do any of us pay for health insurance and life insurance if all we need to do is post on go fund me?



I don't call it go fund me...

 I call it "too lazy to support myself and my family".

Always with their hands out but can afford new cars, jewelry, hair and nails.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Crowd shouted 'light them up' as eight police officers doused in petrol after motorbike chase



(and there isn't one single adult to stop them.
 You are all weak a_s holes. 

And the jerk throwing gas is a freaking ANIMAL ! 
 
And if the motorbike was not doing anything wrong, why the hell were they running? They were running for a reason so don't make the excuse that they were scared. Oh bull crap.)





Crowd shouted 'light them up' as eight police officers doused in petrol after motorbike chase



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A crowd shouted “light them up” after eight police officers were doused in petrol following a motorbike chase.
The officers were covered in fuel as they made an arrest on the Ward Close estate in Basildon, Essex, last May.
They recalled the horrifying incident for BBC One documentary Critical Incident, which was broadcast on Monday evening.
Officers had been in pursuit of a motorbike which was being ridden dangerously in nearby Canvey Island.


The moment police officers were doused with petrol in Basildon, Essex, in May last year. (SWNS)
The moment police officers were doused with petrol in Basildon, Essex, in May last year. (SWNS)
After following the rider for eight miles, accompanied by a police helicopter, they attempted to make an arrest in Basildon which attracted a large crowd.
One woman threatened officers with a hammer before a man threw petrol over them.
The officers said they heard people in the crowd shout, “Who’s got matches?” and “light them up”.
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Two of the officers were hospitalised after ingesting fuel in the incident and firefighters had to wash petrol out of their eyes.
A total of 90 officers arrived at the scene to aid their colleagues.
PC Andrew Bird said: “Out of the corner of my eye I saw a gentleman appear from down one of the alleyways. He was just sprinting full speed towards where we were.”


Police with tasers before being doused in petrol during the incident in Basildon, Essex. (SWNS)
Police with tasers before being doused in petrol during the incident in Basildon, Essex. (SWNS)
After intercepting the man, the pair fell to the floor.
"I was pretty much at the bottom of the pile," said PC Bird. "You've got officers trying to get him off of me, he had his arms wrapped round my legs trying to keep hold of me.
"It was as I was trying to control this gentleman who had run out of the middle of nowhere that this other chap has appeared with a watering can.”
PC Matthew Cutts said he didn’t know what was in the watering can but suspected it could be acid.
"I could smell petrol so I sort of fumbled around to get my baton out but once I've got it I've put it behind my head and just struck him in line with my training,” he said.
"It's not a random act of violence, it's a controlled measure that we are taught to use to get people away from us."
PC Cutts said he felt his skin stinging and tingling on the front of his body where he had been doused in petrol.
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Chief Inspector Jonathan Baldwin said: "One match, one lighter, one spark could result in us going up in flames and being disfigured for life or possibly even dead.
"I was hearing them shout 'light them up'.
"I don't know how we didn't just cut and run but then that's not the way we're wired - we all stuck together.


Justin Jackson, 28, from Basildon, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. (PA)
Justin Jackson, 28, from Basildon, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. (PA)
"There's something running in the core of us that says you don't run away from the danger, you run towards it."
Residents helped rinse the petrol off the officers with water until the fire service arrived and hosed them down.
Justin Jackson, 28, from Ward Close, who threw the petrol over the officers, was jailed for three years and nine months.
A 17-year-old from Basildon was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined for driving a motor vehicle dangerously.
Janine Justin, 47, from Basildon, was found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon and sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months.
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What a bunch of ANIMALS !

I hope his family never needs help from 911




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overnight abc news sucks (yes that is my OPINION)



that lady is a loudmouth and she makes the man look like an assistant.

she is so loud and pushy and now the man is hardly ever heard.

Yep time to change the channel, abc is only getting worse.

All of our tvs at  work ( 8) have also been changed. 

We watch the news for the "news" not her personal "slang" opinion on every story.


BYE BYE  Abc !

Monday, September 28, 2020

My God people.... ask for proof




stop beleiving just because the so called "news people" said that it's true...doesn't mean that it is.

Stop being dummies...... 

Research ALL SIDES not just one side.The truth is in the middle.

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Of course the rock would vote for biden





biden has all african americans beleiving his bull.

Biden has never said one word in 'details" how he would help the black community. NOT ONE SINGLE DETAIL. Just the generic comment about "helping". Helping how Biden?

just watch and see












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Harry and Meg just proved that YOU don't have a brain and you're stupid




Celebrity


Meghan and Harry Are Embarrassing Themselves


Madeleine Kearns









I am laughing so hard..... Meg would consider running for president



She has already made a fool out of the the Queen and Charles....

now she wants to make a fool out of the people in the U.S because they would be foolish to vote for her.


First of all... the people that wrote this article seem to be obsessed with their movie stars and anyone popular ONLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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Celebrity

Meghan Markle Reportedly "Would Seriously Consider Running For President” If She Gives Up Her Title


Mehera Bonner

Photo credit: Pool - Getty Images
Photo credit: Pool - Getty Image

  • Meghan Markle would reportedly "seriously consider" running for President in the United States.
  • The royal family typically stay politically neutral, but Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry stepped down as senior royals and are no longer living in England, so....
Looks like Meghan Markle is considering getting involved in politics—and might even consider a future presidential run. According to a "close friend" of Meghan's who spoke to Vanity Fair's royal reporter Katie Nicholl, “One of the reasons she was so keen not to give up her American citizenship was so she had the option to go into politics. I think if Meghan and Harry ever gave up their titles she would seriously consider running for president.”
However, Meghan has no plans to pursue a career in politics at the present moment, and a well-placed source who works with Meghan told Nicholl that “While there’s no denying she is interested and engaged in politics as a topic, she harbors no ambition to enter a career in politics herself."
Meghan recently spoke out about the importance of voting in ABC's TIME 100 special, saying “Every four years, we’re told the same thing, ‘This is the most important election of our lifetime.’ But this one is. When we vote, our values are put into action, and our voices are heard.”
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Royals are expected to stay quiet about politics, but, ahem, Meghan and Harry aren't in England anymore. Using their platform to encourage people to vote only seems like it could be a positive thing, and I, for one, am excited to see Meghan get more involved in politics—presidential run, or not.





















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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Friday, September 25, 2020

You are in charge of your life. If you're not happy.... make yourself happy. Stop blaming others for your life.









Come on people.... stop crying like babies.

YOUR life is YOUR life.









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Breonna taylor's boyfriend SHOT AT POLICE FIRST...they returned fire.









What the hell is wrong with you people? 

The boyfriend started all of it by shooting first and they returned fire.

Shaq even agrees


Are you really that stupid? Do you know ANY details to anything? Or are you just reading on your social media?

Some of you are adults, think about this. 








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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Just because you hate trump.... why are you disrespecting RBG? She was an amazing person, stop being ass holes.



Just proves how you are NOT human. You are making total fools out of yourself.

TRY TO SHOW SOME CLASS



Trump pays respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg

KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thursday morning, just two days before he announces his nominee to replace her on the high court.
The president and first lady Melania Trump — both wearing masks — stood silently at the top of the steps of the court and looked down at Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin, surrounded by white flowers. The death of the liberal-leaning justice has sparked a controversy over the balance of the court just weeks before the November presidential election.

Trump has called Ginsburg an “amazing woman,” but some spectators were not happy that he came. Moments after he arrived, booing could be heard from spectators who then briefly chanted, “Vote him out.”

Peaceful protest huh???? FREAKING NASTY THUGS !




Peaceful protest my a-s


NASTY UGLY THUGS

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

What a bunch of weak a_s people....


How dare you give a job to a person with a certain skin color instead of a person qualified.


Stand up for yourself and explain to others that you only hire those that have applied and were the best candidate.


STOP letting others TELL you the people to hire for YOUR company !!!!

Monday, September 21, 2020

Armed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice



Armed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice

Kurtis Lee
Romeal Taylor, a member of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, at a meet-and-greet event in Minneapolis. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Romeal Taylor, a member of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, at a meet-and-greet event in Minneapolis. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Before he drove to the grocery store parking lot, Romeal Taylor did the same thing he's done every day this summer — he holstered his 9-millimeter handgun to the waistband of his gym shorts until he could feel it hug his right hip.
When he arrived at the store in north Minneapolis he spotted six other Black men, some in tactical gear, armed with Glock 23s and Smith & Wesson M&Ps. One of them beamed when he spotted Taylor and hugged him.
“Bro, good to see you,” Taylor said, muffled through a face mask.
They had come together for a meet-and-greet to introduce themselves to the community, marking one of the first public gatherings of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters.
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The ad hoc group of about two dozen men — including a retired firefighter, a healthcare worker and a veteran — formed in the days after George Floyd’s killing in response to the local NAACP chapter putting out a call for residents in predominantly Black north Minneapolis to protect small businesses from destruction as fires and unrest engulfed the city.
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters pose for a photo with a boy at a community meet-and-greet. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters pose for a photo with a boy at a community meet-and-greet. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Heeding the call, the men — who would meet at a local cafe — stood watch outside small businesses for several nights in late May and early June. More recently, they have patrolled neighborhoods, offering security to protesters, and have been in regular communication with city officials about protests they plan to attend.
"It's important to have men from the community step up for the community," said Sasha Cotton, director of the city's Office of Violence Prevention. "It's their right to be out on the streets and it's commendable. There are Black residents who in the early days of the unrest felt vulnerable ... and still do."
Cotton said the Freedom Fighters have also met with Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, who is Black, and they're in touch with precinct commanders.
A spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department declined repeated requests for comment. At a summer Freedom Fighters event, a patrol officer stopped and posed for selfies with members of the group during a 30-minute visit.
Leslie Redmond, president of the Minneapolis National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, said she is happy the men are armed and wants them to grow as community leaders.
"These brothers were there in the beginning, when threats were being made by white supremacists," she said. "There is no doubt they stepped up for the community."
Taylor and other members view the group as a way to provide safety for peaceful protesters. But they also understand that Black men armed with legally registered guns are viewed differently by many in law enforcement and other parts of society than, say, white militia members who stormed state capitols waving their firearms without repercussions in recent months.
Nonetheless, he said, “We are like any other American.... We have the right to bear arms.”
Romeal Taylor, a member of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, carries a legally registered handgun. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Romeal Taylor, a member of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, carries a legally registered handgun. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Months after Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody, as national unrest over police brutality toward Black people has mixed with partisan politics, deadly incidents have occurred in Kenosha, Wis., and Portland, Ore., involving armed, self-styled civilian security operatives.
In Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, a white Illinois teenager who traveled across state lines with a military-style rifle, is accused of killing two white men who were protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was struck multiple times in the back during an arrest. Rittenhouse was not apprehended by police at the scene but was arrested later on homicide charges; his attorneys argue the 17-year-old was acting in self-defense.
Near Portland, meanwhile, Michael Reinoehl, 48, a white man who had provided armed security to protesters, was killed by federal agents in a hail of gunfire as they sought to arrest him in the shooting death of a member of a far-right group. Before his death, which government agents claim occurred when he pulled out a weapon as they confronted him, Reinoehl had told a reporter that he had acted to protect the life of a companion when the man he shot attempted to attack them.
Members of the Freedom Fighters say their objective is to avoid confrontations by working hand in hand with authorities and making clear that they are prepared to defend their community. They also say they aim to de-escalate situations so that police do not get involved, because calling the police has sometimes led to encounters in which unarmed Black men have been killed.
Because of its cooperation with city officials, the group is not fearful the police will attack them. In their view, they are an added layer of security in the community.
The Freedom Fighters' mission statement reads: “Our objective is not to be the police, but the bridge to link the police and the community together.”
"We are like any other American," Romeal Taylor of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters said. "We have the right to bear arms." <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
"We are like any other American," Romeal Taylor of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters said. "We have the right to bear arms." (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
In addition to marching in the streets of their hometown, some have traveled to Louisville, Ky., in support of protesters demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who was shot to death inside her apartment in March by police carrying out a no-knock warrant.
Amid calls for justice and an end to systemic racism, dozens of armed Black groups have sprung up across the nation. Such groups have marched through city streets in Atlanta and Detroit and have gathered at Stone Mountain in Georgia.
After Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was shot to death after being confronted by white men while out for a jog in a Georgia neighborhood in February, members of a Black militia group called NFAC — the full name of the coalition uses an expletive to explain that they’re not messing around — showed up with long guns and tactical vests in Brunswick, Ga. Weeks later, some 1,500 members went to Stone Mountain, calling for the removal of Confederate monuments there and elsewhere. The group, along with other protesters, engaged in a peaceful march.
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters gather for a community event. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters gather for a community event. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Recently, similar groups have patrolled gatherings in Kenosha, where protesters demand justice for Blake.
While armed Black groups hark back to the 1960s Black Panther movement and its armed citizen patrols, the modern iterations by and large do not share the same policing-the-police viewpoint.
The fate of the Black Panthers serves as a case study for the long-standing risks felt by Black men who legally carry firearms. Local and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, ceaselessly surveilled the group and wound up shooting to death some of its leaders, including Fred Hampton in Chicago.
Outrage by white society to the Panthers carrying weapons, which they had lawfully purchased to conduct armed patrols of predominantly Black Oakland neighborhoods, was such that then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a gun control measure known as the Mulford Act that prohibited Californians from carrying loaded firearms to protests.
At this point, 36% of white people nationwide own a gun, according to the Pew Research Center, compared with 24% of Black people.
Fears concerning Black gun ownership are nonetheless a raw reality for many people in Minneapolis.
In a nearby suburb in 2016, Philando Castile, who had a licensed firearm, was killed by police during a traffic stop after he let an officer know that he had a legal weapon.
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For Romeal Taylor, 28, who works as an overnight security guard at a local hotel, owning a gun has always been about personal protection. For the last six years, he’s carried a firearm with him anytime he goes out in public. He understands he can be viewed as a threat, but he's also a trained and proud gun owner.
"There is a lot going on out here in the world,” he said. “I would rather have a gun and not need it than need it and not have it.”
The Rev. Tim Christopher is one of the armed members of the security team at his Minneapolis church. He supports the mission of the Freedom Fighters. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
The Rev. Tim Christopher is one of the armed members of the security team at his Minneapolis church. He supports the mission of the Freedom Fighters. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Days after Floyd was killed, Taylor said, he heard from neighbors in north Minneapolis about a call to action for licensed gun owners to protect local businesses from vandalism and destruction. The call resonated with him, he said, because he had been frustrated to see people he didn’t recognize from his neighborhood destroying buildings.
“These weren’t Black folks,” he said. “These were outsiders truly intent on destroying this city.”
The group’s headquarters was Sammy’s Avenue Eatery along a bustling thoroughfare.
It’s where Taylor met Randy Chrisman and other local Black gun owners like himself. Chrisman, who lives in the suburbs, read the NAACP call to action on Facebook and showed up at the cafe.
Romeal Taylor holds a photo of fellow Minnesota Freedom Fighters outside Cup Foods, where George Floyd was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer and died. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Romeal Taylor holds a photo of fellow Minnesota Freedom Fighters outside Cup Foods, where George Floyd was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer and died. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
“It’s been a brotherhood ever since,” said Chrisman, who has had his concealed carry permit for nearly a decade and typically carries his handgun with him.
“You just never know when something is going to happen,” he said. “As a Black man, I have the same rights as others to also carry a firearm and I do it.”
In the evenings after Floyd’s death, Chrisman would leave his job at a restaurant in the suburbs and drive into the city. He can still hear the sound of the National Guard Humvees barreling past him and the hum of helicopters overhead as he holstered his Glock. He had to work to steel his nerves during their long nights of patrolling.
The Rev. Tim Christopher holds his pistol, which he always carries, at an event held by the Minnesota Freedom Fighters. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
The Rev. Tim Christopher holds his pistol, which he always carries, at an event held by the Minnesota Freedom Fighters. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
“You have to be prepared to take action if needed,” Chrisman said. “It’s something I’m ready to do. I don’t want to, of course, but I’m ready if needed.”
During the patrols and at backyard barbecues and other events they’ve held together, the men have formed a kinship, giving one another nicknames, such as “Sarge” and “Roach.” They feel lucky to have found one another — a group of like-minded thinkers who value their right to bear arms and support racial equity, but who don’t view the police as the enemy.
“This is about filling the gap we see between police and community.... It’s really about harm reduction,” said Robert Sayers, a fire inspector for the city of Minneapolis and member of the Freedom Fighters.
Sayers got involved after witnessing outside groups — white supremacists, he says — burning properties around the area where Floyd was killed. He wanted to help protect Black-owned businesses.
“We could not and still cannot allow destruction in the city,” the 52-year-old said.
Others in the community see the Freedom Fighters as allies.
The Rev. Tim Christopher, whose church is in north Minneapolis, has a concealed carry permit and packs during church service on Sundays. Christopher, who has testified at the state Capitol in St. Paul in recent years in support of the 2nd Amendment, says he felt comforted the first time he saw members of the Freedom Fighters in his neighborhood.
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters connect with kids who came to their meet-and-greet. <span class="copyright">(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)</span>
Members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters connect with kids who came to their meet-and-greet. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
“It’s been a breath of fresh air,” he said. “Seeing an armed Black man — knowing he is here to take care of the community, nurture the community — is a blessing.”
But Christopher also knows the risks of carrying as a Black man.
When he drives while carrying his handgun, he thinks about Castile and others like him. If he gets stopped by police, he said, he doesn’t tell them he has a firearm until they ask.
“At that point, my hands are on the steering wheel and I say, ‘Yes, officer, I have a firearm and it’s legal,'” he said. “They always back up and place a hand on their gun.… There is a stigma, and they're scared of Black men with guns.”
On a recent afternoon, Christopher stood with the Freedom Fighters in a grocery store parking lot. Some of the guys grilled hot dogs and burgers as R&B played in the background. Kids screamed as they played tag near an inflatable playhouse that was flapping in the afternoon breeze.
“We want to show all the good we can do for and in the community,” Taylor said.
Later, one of the Freedom Fighters handed printouts of group photos the men took in the days after Floyd’s death. They showed the group armed — AR-15s, Glocks, tactical vests, bandannas — near the intersection where Floyd was killed.
A little boy gripped one of the printouts and looked up at Taylor with a pen.
“Oh, he wants your autograph,” said the boy’s mother.
As Taylor leaned over and swiftly signed the back of the photo, he turned to the young child’s mother.
“Be sure to let us know if you all ever needed anything, for real,” he told her.
She nodded and clinched her fist in a salute.

Friday, September 18, 2020

What the hell is "rest in power"? Power for grabbing a gun?



people are getting so stupid and making things up that just don't make sense.

What kind of power does this thug have for grabbing a gun? You are stupid.

Chinese virologist who claimed coronavirus was created in a lab and fled to US has been suspended by Twitter




Chinese virologist who claimed coronavirus was created in a lab and fled to US has been suspended by Twitter

James Crump
Dr Li-Meng Yan speaking to Tucker Carlson on Tuesday ((Fox News))
Dr Li-Meng Yan speaking to Tucker Carlson on Tuesday ((Fox News))
Twitter has suspended the account of a Chinese virologist who claimed that Covid-19 was “man-made” and created in a Wuhan lab.
Dr Li-Meng Yan, who claims to be a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health, had her Twitter account suspended by the social media site earlier this week.
The virologist, who had more than 60,000 followers on Twitter before her account was suspended, made headlines this week when she claimed to have evidence that the Chinese government was involved in creating the virus, which has so far killed more than 936,156 people worldwide. She claims she fled to LA and is now in hiding in the U.S.
Twitter introduced a policy in May to label posts that contain information about Covid-19, which has been disputed or is controversial.
The site said the policy was introduced to “provide additional explanations or clarifications in situations where the risks of harm associated with a tweet are less severe but where people may still be confused or misled by the content.”
Twitter did not appear to label any of Dr Yan’s tweets, but instead suspended her account. A spokesperson told Newsweek that Twitter does not comment on individual accounts.
Dr Yan made the claims about the origins of Covid-19 in a report alongside three other colleagues, which appeared to be affiliated with the Rule of Law Society, a group founded by president Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Steven Bannon, according to Newsweek.
The report, which has not been peer-reviewed, read: “Natural origin theory, although widely accepted, lacks substantial support.
“The alternative theory that the virus may have come from a research laboratory is, however, strictly censored on peer-reviewed scientific journals.”
The researchers claimed to have evidence that showed that Covid-19 was created in a lab, but the report did not appear to shed new information on the virus.
The University of Hong Kong disputed the findings and released a statement to ITV, where they wrote: “Dr Yan's statement does not accord with the key facts as we understand them. They have no scientific basis but resemble hearsay."
Dr Yan also appeared on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight on Tuesday to talk about the report, and was referred to as a “whistleblower.”
She told host Tucker Carlson that the virus is “man-made” and claimed: “I have evidence to show why they can do it, what they have done, how [they did it].”
Dr Yan added: “The scientific world also keeps silent...works together with the Chinese Communist Party, they don't want people to know his truth.
“That's why I get suspended, I get suppressed, I am the target that Chinese Communist Party wants disappeared.”
The interview was uploaded to the Tucker Carlson Tonight Facebook page, but the social media site labelled it, and wrote: “The primary claims in the information are factually inaccurate.”
Facebook linked to three stories from Factcheck.org and USA Today to debunk Dr Yan’s claims that the virus was man-made, according to Newsweek.
Dr Yan’s interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight was still available to watch on YouTube at the time of writing.
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