2020-03-12: Social Media Postees

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"Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland"
Uhuru Movement | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
In California, the richest state in the US, there are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses. | But right now in St. Louis, the Uhuru Movement is creating the basis for an independent African economy by building the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Find out how you can challenge "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" by coming to the Uhuru House on Thursday, March 12th at 7: 00 pm – 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/10/18831431.php

Turkish FM hits back at Greek counterpart as Ankara & Athens clash over Erdogan's 'Nazi' comments
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Turkey's foreign minister has doubled down on Ankara's claim that Greece is using Nazi-like tactics against migrants, tweeting a widely-cited NY Times article at his Greek counterpart. Athens insists the article is untrue. | Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to be unmoved by Athens' condemnation of remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared Greece's treatment of migrants to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany. | The senior Turkish diplomat tweeted at Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in which he included a New York Times article alleging that Greece abuses migrants. "Have you seen this?
rt.com/news/482896-turkey-greece-nazi-migrant-fight/

Riot police fire "pepper balls" at University of Dayton students ordered to evacuate campus housing within 24 hours
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Students have taken to social media to voice their outrage over the police crackdown after the university ordered an evacuation of student housing due to the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/dayt-m12.html

Italians won't eat 'smooth' pasta. Westerners won't eat Chinese food. Coronavirus panic spreads to culinary preferences
rt.com | 2020-03-12
With global panic buying in full swing, Italians have set up a fanpage to defend the one item still not flying off shelves: 'Smooth' pasta. Meanwhile, panicked Westerners are snubbing Chinese food

Ignorance? UK think tank chair 'thanks God' that coronavirus didn't start in India… where the illness has killed zero people
rt.com | 2020-03-12
The chair of a prestigious UK think tank has caught flak on social media after suggesting that the coronavirus epidemic would be noticeably worse if it had started in India. The numbers seem to work against him, though. | Chatam House chair Jim O'Neill told CNBC that he was impressed by Beijing's swift response to the coronavirus outbreak, which began in Wuhan, China more than two months ago. The British Lord and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury claimed that the situation would be much more dire if the virus had originated in India. | "Thank God this didn't start in somewhere like India, because the…
rt.com/news/482908-india-coronavirus-chatam-china/

Remembering McCoy Tyner, iconic and influential jazz pianist
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-12
McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81. Tyner's family confirmed the death in a statement released on social media on March 6. "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of jazz legend, Alfred McCoy Tyner. McCoy …
peoplesworld.org/article/remembering-mccoy-tyner-iconic-and-influential-jazz-pianist/

Ignorance? UK think tank chair 'thanks God' that coronavirus didn't start in India… where the illness has killed zero people
rt.com | 2020-03-12
The chair of a prestigious UK think tank has caught flak on social media after suggesting that the coronavirus epidemic would be noticeably worse if it had started in India. The numbers seem to work against him, though. | hatam House chair Jim O'Neill told CNBC that he was impressed by Beijing's swift response to the coronavirus outbreak, which began in Wuhan, China more than two months ago. The British Lord and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury claimed that the situation would be much more dire if the virus had originated in India. | "Thank God this didn't start in somewhere like India, because ther…
rt.com/news/482908-india-coronavirus-chatam-china/

'I'm not concerned': Trump brushes off fears he got CORONAVIRUS after Bolsonaro's comms sec he met in Mar-a-Lago tests POSITIVE
rt.com | 2020-03-12
US President Donald Trump is "not concerned" he might have contracted coronavirus from the communications secretary of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was diagnosed with the virus on Thursday. | The president brushed off concerns after Bolsonaro aide Fabio Wajngarten tested positive for the virus on Thursday, a week after he was photographed with Trump at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort. | "Let's put it this way, I'm not concerned," he told reporters on Thursday when he was asked about his contact with the infected Brazilian. | t.co/epiRGdacwP pic.twitter…
rt.com/usa/482968-trump-coronavirus-bolsonaro-official-infected/

A lot more than baby on board: Woman caught trying to sneak insane amount of contraband into Brazilian prison (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Guards at a Brazilian prison were truly baffled when a 'pregnant' woman attempted to visit her husband but when asked several routine questions, revealed she was in fact attempting to smuggle in everything but the kitchen sink. | The 22-year-old woman was visiting her hubby who was banged up in the Nelson Hungria Penitentiary Complex near Belo Horizonte. Guards noticed she was wearing a rather fetching, if oddly-shaped, jumpsuit. | | © Twitter/ Coronel Tadeu | Pregnant women are not normally subjected to body scans when visiting inmates in Brazilian prison but, when officers attempted a pat down, the yo…
rt.com/news/482919-woman-caught-contraband-brazil-prison/

Trump says trade will 'in no way' be affected by Europe travel ban in apparent about-face after markets crash
rt.com | 2020-03-12
US President Donald Trump said that trade in "no way" will be impacted by the 30-day Europe travel ban, despite saying less than an hour earlier the restrictive measures would apply to a "tremendous amount of trade and cargo." | Trump has baffled traders and ordinary netizens after he took to Twitter in the wake of his national address earlier on Wednesday to assure the public that his order to suspend all travel from Europe pertains only to the movement of people, but not goods. | Hoping to get the payroll tax cut approved by both Republicans and Democrats, and please remember, very important for all countrie…
rt.com/usa/482893-coronavirus-europe-ban-trade-markets/

'The Hunt' released Friday the 13th: Must we burn Blumhouse?
HRFMWBB | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-12
On August 9, 2019, the commander-in-tweet attacked "Liberal Hollywood" for having "great Anger and Hate! …The movie coming out [which] is made in order to inflame and cause chaos. They create their own violence and then try to blame others." The movie in question was The Hunt, and the day following Trump's Twitter tantrum Universal …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-hunt-released-friday-the-13th-must-we-burn-blumhouse/

A lot more than baby on board: Woman caught trying to sneak insane amount of contraband into prison (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Guards at a Brazilian prison were truly baffled when a 'pregnant' woman attempted to visit her husband but when asked several routine questions, revealed she was in fact attempting to smuggle in everything but the kitchen sink. | The 22-year-old woman was visiting her hubby who was banged up in the Nelson Hungria Penitentiary Complex near Belo Horizonte. Guards noticed she was wearing a rather fetching, if oddly-shaped, jumpsuit. | | © Twitter/ Coronel Tadeu | Pregnant women are not normally subjected to body scans when visiting inmates in Brazilian prison but, when officers attempted a pat down, the yo…
rt.com/news/482919-woman-caught-contraband-brazil-prison/

Missionary impossible: Pornhub offers free premium access to Italians struggling to get through coronavirus lockdown
rt.com | 2020-03-12
In these dark times, as the coronavirus spreads across the globe, the beacon of all that is good (and bad) in the world, Pornhub, has offered Italians stuck in lockdown free access to its premium service. | The undisputed dominatrix of online porn has graciously offered people with Italian IP addresses a peak at its premium service until April 3 to lend a helping hand to those on nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak. | Also on rt.com | | Coronavirus + PORN?! Game dev hopes to cash in on adult game promotion with viral twist | "Fo…
rt.com/news/482948-pornhub-free-italians-coronavirus/

'Leave me be': Did the Simpsons REALLY predict Tom Hanks would get CORONAVIRUS?
rt.com | 2020-03-12
The news that Tom Hanks has been struck down with coronavirus has shocked fans around the world. The outpouring has even sparked a viral meme claiming that The Simpsons predicted the beloved actor's illness. But is it true? | The iconic cartoon is famous for its uncanny ability to foresee major world events

Turkey 'neutralizes' 8 YPG/PKK terrorists in N. Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-12
The Turkish army "neutralized" 8 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syrian territories, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday."Our heroic commandos neutralized 8 PKK/YPG terrorists, who were found plotting attacks on our troops in the Operation Peace Spring area," the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish authorities generally use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terrorist operations across its border into northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable peaceful settle…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-neutralizes-8-ypg-pkk-terrorists-in-n-syria-3513820

EU to assess Trump's Europe travel ban due to coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-12
The EU will assess the U.S. president's decision to restrict all travel from Europe in a bid to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, the head of the European Council said on Thursday."Economic disruption must be avoided," said Charles Michel on Twitter, adding that EU is taking "all necessary measures" to contain the spread of the coronavirus.Addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, Trump announced that the U.S. will restrict all travel from Europe with the exception of the U.K. starting later this week in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel.The restrictions are similar to those…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-to-assess-trumps-europe-travel-ban-due-to-coronavirus-3513822

'Stop Spreading Misinformation': Netizens Angry After Kim Kardashian Posts Prophecy About COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-12
Since the outbreak of the respiratory illness that has infected more than 100,000 people across the world, there have been a lot of reports saying the disease was predicted by clairvoyants and prophecies. One rabbi even found a warning against the coronavirus in the Torah.
sputniknews.com/viral/202003121078546663-stop-spreading-misinformation-netizens-angry-after-kim-kardashian-posts-prophecy-about-covid-19/

Welcome to the Slaughter: Argentinian City Covered in Blood After Tank Explosion – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-12
The horrific scene in the Argentinian capital was not the result of fighting or a chemical catastrophe, but was actually caused by a seemingly harmless incident.
sputniknews.com/viral/202003121078546770-welcome-to-the-slaughter-argentinian-city-covered-in-blood-after-tank-explosion—video/

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold | commondreams.org | 2020-03-11
The fact that MBS lifted the driving ban and simultaneously put in prison those who had campaigned and suffered for such reforms makes clear his actual motive: to silence dissent and prevent these women's voices from being heard. (Photo: @noconversion/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/letsdrive.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/03/11/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-curtain-crown-prince-mbs?cd-origin=rss

The 2020 Election Is Fragmenting the "Alt-Right"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
The "alt-right" celebrated when audio was released of former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg openly justifying his stop-and-frisk policing policy in starkly racial terms. In the audio, former New York City Mayor Bloomberg says clearly that he flooded Black and Brown neighborhoods with police because "that's where the crime is," playing on white nationalist talking points connecting race and crime. | White supremacist leader Richard Spencer reshared the audio on Twitter and asked why Bloomberg wasn't ru…
truthout.org/articles/the-2020-election-is-fragmenting-the-alt-right/

U.S. Flight Restrictions to Cuba Became Effective on March 10
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Tuesday denounced that the restrictions established by the United States on commercial flights to his country deteriorate the ties of Cuban families with their relatives abroad. | RELATED: | Cuba Has No COVID-19 Cases so Far but Remains Alert | "The ban on charter flights to Cuba… harms Cuban families and their ties. It violates the human rights of Cubans and U.S. citizens' freedom of travel," Rodriguez tweeted. | As a result of this new wave of…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-us-flight-restriction-effective—20200311-0011.html

Colombia: Council of State Returns Angela Robledo to Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Colombia's Council of State Tuesday announced that the Colombia Humana (CH) party's lawmaker Angela Maria Robledo may return to the Lower House after she was charged and dismissed for "double militancy." | RELATED: | Colombia: Ivan Cepeda Accuses Right-Wing Parties of Buying Vote | "The seat restored to me by the 'Council of State' also belongs to the more than 8 million people who voted for the Human Colombia political project," Robledo tweeted.‚Äã&sbq…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-council-of-state-returns-angela-maria-robledo-to-office-20200311-0005.html

Testimony of a surgeon working in Bergamo, in the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on "how to be responsible on social media", with some recommendations that we all can agree on. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/10/testimony-of-a-surgeon-working-in-bergamo-in-the-heart-of-italys-coronavirus-outbreak/

'Double standards!' Trump team rips Twitter after it flags Biden 'endorsement' clip but OKs THREE doctored Trump vids
rt.com | 2020-03-10
The Trump campaign fired off a withering reply to Twitter after the company said the president had shared a "manipulated" video clip, accusing the platform of unfairly enforcing its rules to help Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. | Twitter appended its first ever "manipulated media" disclaimer to a video on Sunday, warning users that a clip re-tweeted by Trump

'Missing the mark': Ex-Warren staffers face outrage over campaign tattoos eerily similar to Holocaust concentration camp numbers
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Former staffers for Elizabeth Warren have been taken to the woodshed over tattoos meant to memorialize her ill-fated campaign

Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination
news.un.org | 2020-03-09
Sudan's Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was "safe and in good shape".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058981

Chernobyl to Katrina: Pundits scramble to compare Trump's handling of coronavirus to previous catastrophes
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Media are comparing US President Donald Trump's (mis)handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic to high-profile historical disasters, from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Hurricane Katrina…and even the fall of Rome. | Pundits eager to see the end of Trump have rushed to compare what they view as his failure to properly deal with the coronavirus outbreak to legendary disasters from recent and ancient history, regardless of how well those disasters reflect current events. | The president himself retweeted a meme that was quickly interpreted as comparing himself to Emperor Nero, who supposedly fiddled whil…
rt.com/usa/482683-trump-katrina-chernobyl-media-coronavirus/

In the Midst of Infighting, Anti-LGBTQ Church Network's Website and Social Media Disappear
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-02-21
The New Independent Fundamental Baptist network, most prominently associated with anti-LGBTQ pastor Steven Anderson, appears to be in turmoil as infighting again erupts, this time between Anderson and fellow pastors in the network.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/02/21/midst-infighting-anti-lgbtq-church-networks-website-and-social-media-disappear

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