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Amoy Gardens, a SARS-associated housing complex was built on the site of the “vegetable packing factory” in the Japanese occupied Hong Kong during WW2. Did this factory in fact house the secret, clandestine human subjects bio research lab and possibly, hypothetically, years later became the source of the virus in the buildings plumbing systems? – M.N. – 4:44 AM 11/22/2020

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From Wikipedia: “The site was purchased by Amoy Canning in the 1920s for use as a factory. Amoy put the site up for auction in March 1977, intending to move their manufacturing operations elsewhere in stages. The auction failed as the reserve price was not reached. Subsequently, Hang Lung Development signed an agreement to purchase the site in April 1977 for about HK$200 million. Under the agreement, Amoy would take a share of the profits from the site’s redevelopment.” 

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Amoy Gardens (Chinese: 淘大花園; Jyutping: tou4 daai6 faa1 jyun4) is a private housing estate in the Jordan Valley area of Kowloon, Hong Kong completed from 1981 to 1987.[1] It was the most seriously affected location during the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), with over 300 people infected there.

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The site was purchased by Amoy Canning in the 1920s for use as a factory.[3] Amoy put the site of approximately 222,560 square feet (20,677 m2) up for auction in March 1977, intending to move their manufacturing operations elsewhere in stages. The auction failed as the reserve price was not reached. Subsequently, Hang Lung Development signed an agreement to purchase the site in April 1977 for about HK$200 million. Under the agreement, Amoy would take a share of the profits from the site’s redevelopment.[4]

The estate was built in four phases. The construction contract for the estate’s first phase, comprising seven residential blocks (blocks A-G) and retail space, was awarded to Hong Kong contractor Shui On Construction on 18 October 1979.[5] The first phase was completed in 1981, while the final phase was completed in 1987.

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Lucille Ball was one of the most beloved stars of her time. And she is still deeply adored today. While Lucy Ricardo got up to all sorts of hi-jinx in I Love Lucy, Ball lived a relatively quiet life. But the actor did raise a few eyebrows in 1953 when she found herself involved in an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee where she admitted that she’d registered to vote as a Communist in 1936.

Why Lucille Ball registered to vote as a Communist
During the 1953 investigation, Ball admitted that she had indeed registered as a Communist in 1936. But she said she only did so to appease her ailing socialist grandfather. She said she was never actually an active member of the party.

The committee forgave her and Ball’s millions of fans, as well as CBS, understood. So everyone moved on. Everyone except J. Edgar Hoover.

The FBI continued to keep an eye on Lucille Ball
According to a 1989 Washington Post article, The FBI director continued to collect evidence about Ball. Though, the FBI claims it never officially investigated her.

The Post obtained the FBI’s secret file on Ball and her then-husband, Desi Arnaz. In the file, there are memos that are marked “confidential” and addressed to Hoover with the memo, “pursuant to your request.”

The FBI’s findings include The Daily Worker, a communist newspaper, alleging in 1951 that Ball was on a list of celebrities that had, at one time, “been vocal in their opposition to [Sen. Joseph] McCarthy but then later kept their mouths shut.”

In 1946, Arnaz performed in a show sponsored by the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, an organization the FBI claimed was a communist front. Information regarding Arnaz’s appearance was included in the file.

Additionally, in 1973, a Hollywood writer said they attended a Communist Party membership meeting at Ball’s house. But Ball wasn’t there.

J. Edgar Hoover called Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz some of his ‘favorite stars’
In Hoover’s requested file on Ball and Arnaz’s possible involvement in the Communist party, he also kept a clipping of an Associated Press article about Arnaz being arrested in 1959 for public drunkenness. The Post notes that “Hoover was notorious for collecting ammunition against his enemies to use for future face-offs.”

It’s no secret that Hoover wasn’t a fan of The Untouchables, a series produced by Ball and Arnaz’s Desilu Studios that praised Treasury agent Eliot Ness for accomplishments achieved by the FBI. The Post reports that Hoover “had his G-men monitor the show for mistakes.”

And yet, in a 1956 interview, Hoover said that Ball and Arnaz made his list of “favorite stars.”

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One of Hoover’s fans didn’t appreciate the FBI director’s interview answer and wrote him a letter telling him so. The letter is included in the file.

“I’m wondering if there is not a mistake or misquote of some kind since it lists Lucy and Desi among your favorite entertainers who you think set a good example for the youth of America,” read the letter.

Of course, today, Ball is not remembered for her involvement in McCarthy’s communist witch hunt, but her contribution to the world of entertainment. She died on April 26, 1989. Her death was felt around the world.

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LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were “highly effective’’ in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured by AstraZeneca. No hospitalizations or severe cases of COVID-19 were reported in those receiving the vaccine, AstraZeneca said. “These findings show that we have an effective vaccine that will save many lives. Excitingly that one of our dosing regimens may be around 90% effective,’’ said Professor Andrew Pollard, the chief investigator for the trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On its way out the door, the Trump administration is enacting new rules, regulations and orders that it hopes will box in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration on numerous foreign policy matters and cement President Donald Trump’s “America First” legacy in international affairs. Yet, the push may not work, as many of these decisions can be withdrawn or significantly amended by the incoming president when he takes office on Jan. 20. In recent weeks, the White House, State Department and other agencies have been working overtime to produce new policy pronouncements on Iran, Israel, China and elsewhere that aim to lock in Trump’s vision for the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning. Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration and has close ties with Biden. If nominated and confirmed, he would be a leading force in the incoming administration’s bid to reframe the U.S. relationship with the rest of the world after four years in which President Donald Trump questioned longtime alliances. In nominating Blinken, Biden would sidestep potentially thorny issues that could have affected Senate confirmation for two other candidates on his short list to be America’s top diplomat: Susan Rice and Sen.

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National security experts call on GOP leaders to rebuke Trumps election claims.
The signers included Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor who served as Homeland Security secretary under President George W. Bush, former CIA Director Michael Hayden and John D. Negroponte, who served as director of national intelligence. The message called on Republican leaders especially those in Congress to publicly demand …

Russia detains police colonel over 2010 Moscow metro bombings Russia said on Monday it had detained a police colonel from the southern region of Dagestan and charged him with offences including terrorism after accusing him of aiding a suicide bomber in a 2010 attack on the Moscow.

AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were highly effective in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K.

Trumpism lives. The election’s over, Joe Biden won decisively, and Republican politicians are starting to accept the inevitable. We’re not two halves of a broken country. This is when we always heal and unify, although this time it’s harder than usual. Chances for a peaceful, productive future depend on the many-faceted ideology.

Hundreds of bodies are still stored in freezer trucks at a disaster morgue set up during New York Citys coronavirus surge in the spring, according to the citys Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Many of the 650 bodies at the disaster morgue on the Brooklyn …

Reports say Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with the Saudi crown prince and US secretary of state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Saudi Crown Prince.

A reported trip by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Saudi Arabia on Sunday showcased the importance of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties in the last months of the Trump administration. This is important for numerous reasons, including regional alliances and security and economic ties that are flowering between Israel the Gulf.

Live Updates: Giuliani says Powell not part of Trumps legal team after election fraud claims

From CBS New York. Violence underground is on a terrifying roll. The latest incident happened at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center subway station in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Police said a 29-year-old man was shoved from behind and fell on the tracks, but, fortunately, was able to lift …

California Attorney General Announces Takedown of the Aryan Brotherhood and Fresnecks Street Gang in Fresno County – Sierra Sun Times.

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Trump, world leaders meet virtually for the G20 Summit

German Greens Aim for Merkels Job With a 500 Billion-Euro Plan.

STUDY: Masks make no significant difference.

Robert de Niro says Rudy Giuliani is representing a mob family.

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner ‘don’t find comfort together’ amid new future plan – Daily Express
Manhattan is ready to shun returning Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner – The Times
Ivanka and Jared unable to find comfort in marriage post election, says expert: ‘They aren’t super-affectionat – MEAWW
‘He’s not Kushner’: Israelis who’ve worked with Blinken welcome his pick as secretary of state – Haaretz
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins Dies at 93
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins Dies at 93 – NBC New York
China halts public transport in city on border with Russia over COVID-19 – TASS
Former Ottoman capital eyes South Korean tourists
German films at Istanbul Modern
Turkey summons EU, Italian, German envoys over search of ship

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Trump Wars II: The Loser Strikes Back

Trump Contrives His Stab-in-the-Back Myth

Covid-19 Data Is a Mess. We Need a Way to Make Sense of It.

David N. Dinkins, New York’s First Black Mayor, Dies at 93

Watching What Goes Down Our Toilets Could Help Keep a Pandemic From Spiraling Out of Control

Last Word: David N. Dinkins

Late Night Won’t Let Trump’s Legal Team Forget Sidney Powell So Easily

How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper

Reaction to David Dinkins’s Death

Pandemic’s Fiscal Toll on New York City: 5 Takeaways

Guess Whose Votes Trump Doesn’t Want Counted

Should Trump Be Prosecuted?

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Latest Updates

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know

As Crisis Deepens, Biden Team to Be Briefed on Disjointed U.S. Response

Want to Inherit the G.O.P.£ Be Prepared to Dance Around the Truth

The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty

A Failed Attempt to Overturn the Election

Open or shut? French businesses await Macron address on easing restrictions

Hotspots: On the Frontline – Inside Venezuela’s prison system and witnessing Idlib’s drone attacks

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Hundreds Of Bodies Of COVID-19 Victims Lying In Freezer Trailers In Brooklyn; City Struggling To Find Next Of Kin CBS New York

 

NYC’s COVID checkpoints are back: Cops will be out ‘in force’ at bridges, crossings and bus stations

 

De Blasio Strips Control of Virus Tracing From Health Department

 

Contact Tracing Is Failing in Many States. Heres Why.

 

Netanyahu trial postponed until February

 

Key Takeaways From An Unprecedented G20 Summit – OpEd

 

Stock futures trim losses on GDP, Durable Goods data

 

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger releases scathing op-ed criticizing President Trump

 

CDC quarantine time; Pfizer 6.4M vaccine doses; US deaths

 

UK announces largest peacetime budget ever

 

Spains PM sides with Germany over importance of US security role EURACTIV.com

 

Biden’s pick for top spy brings experience from CIA and White House

 

Key Democrat warns Biden not to nominate Mike Morell as CIA director

 

6:14 AM 11/25/2020 – James Bond, Sidney Reilly, and Lenin Assassination attempt – Audio Posts

 

The Lockhart Plot · LRB 5 November 2020

 

Book review of Stalin: Passage to Revolution by Ronald Grigor Suny

 

Did the U.S. Try to Assassinate Lenin in 1918? – The New York Times

 

Who Was James Bond Based On? The Real Inspirations For Fleming’s Characters

 

An early coronavirus mutation may have made the pandemic more difficult to stop, new evidence suggests

 

The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty – The New York Times

 

Covid-19 News: Live Updates – The New York Times

 

AstraZenecas Covid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know – The New York Times

 

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Latest Updates – The New York Times

 

Opinion | Should Trump Be Prosecuted?

 

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“Russia influence in Eastern Europe” Google News: The emerging cybersecurity headaches awaiting Biden Axios

 

News: Calling someone king of the jungle is not racist because it can refer to a lion, judge rules

 

US House progressives urge Pompeo to decry Israels razing of Palestinian hamlet – The Times of Israel

 

Palestinian shot, killed after ramming car into Israeli forces, police say – Reuters UK

 

Germany: Angela Merkel agrees to compensate gay soldiers over discrimination – DW (English)

 

“russian consulate nyc death” – Google News: What will progressives do as Bidens cabinet picks appear to be more moderate? – Yahoo News

 

“Russian mafia” – Google News: Iran swaps jailed British-Australian academic with Iranians jailed abroad – report – Yahoo News

 

“war on police” – Google News: Opinion: Wisconsin’s law enforcement officers are leaving in droves. Here’s what we can do to keep communities safe. – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

“cyberattacks” – Google News: Kaspersky sees emergence of new cyberattack strategies in 2021 – BusinessWorld Online

 

“russian consulate nyc death” – Google News: Doctor recreates what COVID patients see in the moments before they die – Yahoo News

 

Potential COVID-19 surge following Thanksgiving could cause ‘humanitarian crisis,’ experts warn

 

How Latinos celebrate Thanksgiving: Turkey optional, gratitude required

 

Puerto Rico to launch COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-December

 

Cuomo Defends Trump against Unprofessional and Really Biased Media

 

Biden says transition team is already talking with Trump administration officials

 

Denmark’s culled minks rise from mass grave

 

Trumpism And Trump trumpismandtrump.com: Donald Trump: Georgias Republican Secretary Of State Says He Was Thrown Under The Bus By Trump

 

Trumpism And Trump trumpismandtrump.com: Manafort Google News: Cy Vance to appeal dismissal of Paul Manaforts state charges Washington Times

 

As COVID-19 cases soar, U.S. families weigh risks of welcoming college kids home – Reuters

 

Another Trump campaign advisor tests positive for coronavirus, as Giuliani heads to Gettysburg – CNBC

 

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The Brooklyn Bridge: Dni.ru: The Kremlin announced the timing of the start of mass vaccination against coronavirus

 

FOX News: Times Person of the Year nominees include politicians, celebrities and medical workers

 

Trump grants pardon to former adviser Flynn Arkansas Online

 

Russia reports record high of 25,487 new Covid-19 cases latest updates – TRT World

 

Nearly 1/4 of hate crimes in Europe in 2019 targeted Jews, report says

 

Young People Are the Big Losers of the Covid-19 Crisis – Bloomberg

 

Why You Should Take a Nap on Thanksgiving

 

Turkish court jails 27 for life over 2016 coup attempt

 

Turkish tourism sector may shrink 70% due to pandemic: Minister

 

Turkey inks contract for 50 million doses of Chinese vaccine

 

Voice of America – English: US Records Highest Coronavirus Toll Since May

 

Window on Eurasia — New Series: Russians Should Be Comparing Their Country with Brazil or Turkey not Germany or the US, Zadornov Says

 

“putin’s face” – Google News: What is Putin’s Endgame With Americans Detained in Russia? – Daily Beast

 

“Russia” – Google News: Russia: COVID-19 cases, deaths keep seeing new records – Anadolu Agency

 

Storms rage across Israel, causing massive floods across the country

 

Netanyahu warns elections could be on the way

 

Supreme Court Blocks New York’s Coronavirus Limits On Houses of Worship : Coronavirus Updates : NPR 

 

French PM: Only 30 people in places of worship for now

 

Trump speaks via iPhone speaker into hearing on baseless fraud claims – Yahoo News

 

Fire danger, possible blackouts in Southern Calif.

 

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Mueller prosecutor says Trump should be investigated and face charges after leaving office – The Independent

The Latest: Germany passes over 15,000 virus deaths – WXOW.com

YouTube Videos: Bitcoin leads cryptocurrency selloff

YouTube Videos: Explainer: What to expect from Biden’s foreign policy

france24english’s YouTube Videos: French PM warns against ‘lowering the guard’ in fight against Covid-19

Marketplace Morning Report: That trade deal with China? No working out so well.

Ethiopia-Tigray conflict: Ethiopian PM rejects international ‘interference’ in crisis

Turkish court jails more than 300 people for life over failed 2016 coup

Academic freed by Iran thanks supporters

Opinions: Horse-race political analysis is important and flawed. We need more moral journalism.

‘Abrahamic Agreement’ supports people’s aspirations to achieve progress: UAE President – Arab News

Russian Phone Pranksters Dupe Trudeau as ‘Greta Thunberg’ – The Moscow Times

More autonomous allies are better allies – DefenseNews.com

British-Australian Academic Accused of Spying by Iran Freed in Reported Prisoner Swap Deal

New York Times: Justice Department probed Georgia Sen. David Perdue’s stock sales at beginning of pandemic

Vitaly Mansky says he wanted to show the human side of a Soviet leader in ‘Gorbachev. Heaven’ – Screen International

Uzbekistan Signs Deal With Maltese Firm To Grow Medical Cannabis

Vladimir Putin allegedly has a secret lovechild with cleaner now worth $100M – New York Post

Russia extends its ban on western food until the end of 2021 – hortidaily.com

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Bombs, bullets, killers on motorbikes: Irans string of slain nuclear scientists

Trump Highly Triggered by Biden in Latest Tweet Rage

Trump fears Giuliani, other lawyers in Biden vote challenge are ‘fools that are making him look bad’ – CNBC

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes flight in virus times – Lock Haven Express

UN chief urges restraint after Iranian scientist assassination
American woman charged with hiding money transfers to Syria-based militants

Acting defense secretary makes surprise trip to Somalia

Merkel says Germans will face restrictions for foreseeable future – Yahoo News

Poland threatens to veto EU budget in call to Merkel – DW (English)

Bitcoin tumbles another 6%, extending biggest slide since COVID-19 struck – Business Insider

Justice Department rushing to expand execution methods like firing squads for federal death row inmates

Twitter Says Republican State Senator Doug Mastriano’s Account Was Suspended In ‘Error’

‘Don’t talk to me that way’: Trump lashes out at reporter over election question

NYPD sergeant charged in Nassau with shooting man he found with his wife

German far-right party member charged with drug smuggling – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Investigation of Donald Trump and Trumpism trumpinvestigation.net: Conspiracy Against US Google News: Fact check: George Soros has not been arrested for election interference Reuters

Investigation of Donald Trump and Trumpism trumpinvestigation.net: 2016 Presidential Election Investigation Google News: Blatter, Platini now suspected of fraud in 5-year FIFA case WTOP

The Brooklyn Bridge: New York Daily News: Trump campaign loses latest appeal challenging Pennsylvania election results

Bidens policies in Israel not expected to surprise – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Inside Donald Trump’s 2020 undoing – POLITICO

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Carter Page on Friday sued the Justice Department, the FBI and former FBI Director James Comey for $75 million, insisting he was unlawfully surveilled as part of the 2017 special counsel investigation into so-called Russian collusion.

The 59-page lawsuit, filed Friday in Washington, DC, the federal court additionally sues former FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe and FBI lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

Also named as plaintiffs are former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who this year pleaded guilty to falsifying an e-mail that was used by the FBI to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to monitor Page.

The surveillance “violated federal statutes enacted to prevent unlawful spying on United States persons, as well as the Constitution,” the lawsuit says.

Page is a former Moscow-based investment banker and was a foreign policy adviser for President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

The FBI had a wiretap on him for a year as a suspected recruitment target of Russian intelligence agents.

The FBI’s suspicions were based in part on allegations contained in the infamous dossier prepared by Christopher Steele and paid for by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

The dossier “falsely alleged unlawful communications and activities involving Dr. Page and two Russians with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin,” the lawsuit says.

In seeking the warrants needed to wiretap Page, the FBI failed to independently investigate Steele’s allegations, the lawsuit complains.

The FBI also failed to disclose to the FISA court that Page had in fact been a CIA informant between 2008 and 2013, helping the agency “in combatting intelligence-related activities pursued by Russia and other foreign countries against the United States’ interests,” the lawsuit says.

“To persuade [the FISA court] that there was probable cause to believe that Dr. Page was a Russian agent, the Defendants provided false or misleading information” to the court, the suit says.

Page was ultimately exonerated by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Mueller’s report found “numerous links” but no criminal conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.

“The investigation did not establish that Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election,” the Mueller report said last year.

A report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz further concluded that the FBI made 17 significant omissions or outright errors in its applications to the FISA court to surveil Page.

The IG said that despite the multiple errors, he found no evidence of political bias by the FBI when it opened the collusion probe.

Earlier this month, McCabe conceded before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he would not have signed off on surveilling Page if he knew in 2017 what he knew now.


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Americans are voting to legalize weed. It’s unlikely the next Congress will do the same. – Politico
On Election Day, two staunchly conservative states legalized recreational marijuana. A third of Americans now live in a state where weed is legal for adult use. Fresh Gallup polling says 68 percent of the country favors having legal access to marijuana.

But the Senate operates under a different reality.

Many of the Senate’s older, conservative members are still resistant to any path to legalization for marijuana. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has mocked the House for action on cannabis and was unmoved even by Republican marijuana champion Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, a member of the chamber’s leadership, who won’t be around next year. Red states including Oklahoma, South Dakota and Mississippi have now legalized some form of pot — but for the foreseeable future, millions of Americans will be consuming a product the federal government still categorizes as a highly dangerous illegal drug with no medical value.

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