BANKMAN-FRIED: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been jailed after a federal judge learned he had attempted to influence witnesses who are poised to testify against him.
CALIFORNICATION: Thugs bum-rushed the Nordstrom store at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Los Angeles, attacking security guards with bear spray and running away with $60K to $100K worth of goods.
CDC: In April, about 1,800 CDC staffers and others attended a COVID-19 conference. The CDC said, “The goals were to learn more about transmission that occurred and add to our understanding as we transition to the next phase of COVID-19 surveillance and response.”
On the last day of the conference, several people notified organizers that they had tested positive for COVID-19. So the CDC and the Georgia Department of Public Health surveyed the attendees. Among the 80% who responded were 183 who said they had tested positive for COVID-19. All of them also said they had been vaccinated.
Of the 1,800 attendees who presumably all had some compelling interest in the coronavirus transmission, surveillance, and respond, 360 did not bother to fill out and return the survey.
Of the 80% who responded to the survey, 601 said that, despite having learned there was an outbreak at the conference, they had not bothered to test themselves for COVID-19. Among these were 34 who reported experiencing COVID-like symptoms.
To add to the idiocy, the survey only asked respondents, “Have you been vaccinated?”, but not when or with which serums.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/most-infected-in-covid-outbreak-at-cdc-were-vaccinated-agency-confirms-5297678
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/exclusive-vaccinated-outbreak-at-cdc-conference-bigger-than-reported-5461213
HAWAII: The wildfires continue to burn on Maui. So far, 93 deaths have been confirmed with hundreds more still missing. The estimate of the property damage is $6 billion, most of it to residential properties.
A number of billionaires own huge estates on Maui. Oprah Winfrey has been handing out pillows and other supplies. And Jeff Bezos has announced that he and his fiancee are setting up a $100 million relief fund. As for the rest, …. ::crickets::
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/up-to-1000-people-missing-on-hawaiis-maui-island-as-fires-continue-to-blaze-5458736
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/death-toll-from-maui-wildfire-reaches-89-making-it-the-deadliest-in-the-us-in-more-than-100-years-5461423
- https://www.newsmax.com/us/lahaina-maui-hawaii/2023/08/13/id/1130558/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/how-the-billionaires-with-homes-on-maui-are-responding-to-the-island-s-wildfires/ar-AA1f9KB6
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2023/08/11/billionaire-jeff-bezos-sanchez-100-million-donation-for-maui-wildfire-relief/?sh=26d389166061
HUNTER: “I was not involved in my son’s business dealings” is the new “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Next up: “It depends on what the meaning of is is.”
TRUMP HISTORY: There is a new Twitter account where somebody has inserted The Donald into numerous historical events. Some of them are really well done.
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