Safety & Security

The ultimate infection and mortality rate from the coronavirus (COVID-19) is unknowable at least for weeks, but the economic fallout is not. We appear headed into a serious recession, if not a depression. Bad economic times also affect public health and, ultimately, we might see more deaths from a deep economic decline than from coronavirus. On Monday, China released its ...

A self-inflated, self-styled bad*ss got himself in a heap of trouble and may well be branded a terrorist after recording himself licking items at a Walmart in Missouri. The man wanted to show how little he cared about legal countermeasures enacted to slow the threat of contracting the Wuhan coronavirus – by spreading his possibly-infected spittle over store products that ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to expand, society’s fears about the virus are being taken advantage of with the spread of myths, hoaxes and scams. Here are some of the worst misinformation and scams about the virus that you should keep an eye out for. Another day, another dig. This time it’s from a prominent Chinese official who is using articles written ...

I just watched a video that’s a real wake-up call about the clear and present dangers of 5G radiation, the darling technology of the major telephony companies that provide telephone and internet services. European opposition to the bandwidth expansion makes a lot more sense now. As the video opens, we see a lush green lawn and a tree further back ...

At a Target store in Michigan, an employee in the electronics department has stopped greeting his favorite customers with handshakes and hugs amid the growing threat of coronavirus, and he’s started to worry about what would happen if he got sick. “You don’t get paid if you call out,” the employee, Robert O’Banner, said in an interview with Business Insider. ...

From the “great white way” of New York City to the fabled “walk of fame” along Hollywood Boulevard, America is on lockdown! The eerie almost surreal images flashing across our TV screens of an almost deserted Times Square – the “city that never sleeps” is a reminder of how quickly our lives have been disrupted, gripping us with fear and ...

The coronavirus has spread to 123 countries, with more than 135,400 confirmed cases and over 5,000 related deaths as of Friday afternoon. Now a pandemic, the virus has become so widespread, not even famous faces are immune to COVID-19, which has forced the closure of Broadway shows, countless TV and movie productions, gatherings and live shows. Celebrity power couple Tom ...

A month ago, I wrote asking if China could have intentionally released the coronavirus with the intention of destroying the world economy. I pointed out that the economic collapse would start with the devastating impact the coronavirus would have with the worldwide tourist industry. This would ripple down to cruise lines and airlines and all of the many industries that ...

When the US Supreme Court removed the moral values of our nation from public schools and government in the mid-1960s, they opened the door to the societal decay we see in America today. There is a law in science that states that a vacuum cannot exist in an open system and that’s true for a country’s moral foundations. When those ...

After sifting through the wreckage of the crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others, investigators revealed the helicopter lacked a safety feature recommended 14 years ago. The aircraft did not have a terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), the National Transportation Safety Board said. It also lacked a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder, an NTSB member ...