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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Iowa derecho disaster relief: No financial aid for homeowners, farmers

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request for $82.7 million to cover the 8,273 homes that were damaged or destroyed was not approved. Neither were her requests for $3.77 billion for agriculture damage to farm land, grain bins and buildings and $100 million for private utilities repair.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Reynolds said teams are still assessing damage to determine if the state is eligible for more assistance. It could be another week before individual assistance is approved, acting secretary of homeland security, Chad Wolf, said at a roundtable with Trump in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.

 

Source: Iowa derecho disaster relief: No financial aid for homeowners, farmers

Government Wants COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Ready by November : US News : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture (Just say no to politics before safety)

FDA and other top government said only science and data will be taken into account in deciding if a vaccine is accepted.

Peter Marks, the director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said on Thursday that he had faced no political pressure to release a vaccine without sufficient data on its safety and efficacy.

Marks added that he would resign if that happened.

FDA said it might release the first vaccine as an Emergency Use Authorization rather than the full licensing process, adding that if that has enough data on safety and efficacy.

 

Source: Government Wants COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Ready by November : US News : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture

(1) U.K.’s Johnson urges parents to let kids go back-to-school amid coronavirus pandemic – National | Globalnews.ca (self-delusion increases rapidly among leadership)

By contrast, they said studies show that not going to school limits children’s ability to succeed in life and may worsen physical and mental health problems. (If a relative, parent o teacher dies from passed on infection from child – impact on their future and mental health?)

Source: (1) U.K.’s Johnson urges parents to let kids go back-to-school amid coronavirus pandemic – National | Globalnews.ca

Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Police officers remove demonstrators during a protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on August 22, 2020. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

But this Saturday night the situation seemed to spiral out of control. The catalyst? The Jerusalem Police District. Early in the evening, the police refused a request from the protesters to march from the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem to Balfour Street. While several hundred protesters took matters into their own hands and marched – that should not be allowed – the police reacted with extreme force.

One officer, Niso Guetta, was filmed walking over to a protester and simply slamming him to the ground. Guetta then went after another protester, hitting him directly in the face. He then dragged the protester on the street. How do we know this? Because it was all caught on camera.

Source: Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020

Human chain in support of Belarus' protests in Lithuania

Three decades after forming a mass human chain for their own independence, thousands in the Baltic states did it again for Belarus. The protest action took place as tens of thousands demonstrated in Minsk.

Source: Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020