Monday 16 January 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 16/1/23, Covid is back, The Global Polycrisis,Become a drone pilot, CIA spies on Julian Assange's visitor's

 

Long long covid: Australia’s pandemic performance needs a booster, say experts, as deaths rise

Australia’s performance in fighting Covid has declined as scientists say researchers are set back by inadequate data systems. Deaths are rising more than predicted, strain on hospitals too. Michael Sainsbury reports the latest on a pandemic which just won’t go away, amid heightened concerns over Long Covid, vaccine impact and the threat of new strains.

Source: Michael West Media – investigative journalists – always independent

World leaders are dealing with a host of pressing issues:

the climate emergency

the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID pandemic, by no means over

100 million displaced people

the increasing global population, now over eight billion

the rising cost of living.

All this means 2023 is likely to be another turbulent year.The Conversation

Source: Mad World: Global Flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the Era of ‘Polycrisis’

 

Looking for a side hustle or a fresh career? Then flying drones may be for you, and getting a licence can be easier and quicker than learning to drive.

There are 2479 remotely piloted aircraft operator certificate holders in Australia and 28,162 registered remote pilot licence holders.

Source: How to become a commercial drone pilot – Michael West

 

America the Land exemplifying Freedom has the most incarcerated citizens on the planet. A business you can invest in on the stock exchange

By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges that they were involved in spying against attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador’s London […]

The filed complaint alleged that as visitors Glass, Goetz, Hrbek, and Kunstler were required to “surrender” their electronic devices to employees of a private company called UC Global that was contracted to provide security for the embassy. What they did not know was that UC Global “copied the information stored on the devices” and allegedly shared the information with the CIA, and Pompeo allegedly authorized and approved the action.

Security contractors required the attorneys and journalists to leave their devices with them, which contained “confidential and privileged information about their sources or clients.”

 

Source: CIA Pushes for Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying on Assange Visitors – scheerpost.com

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