January 2021 – Page 86 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

Not even a ‘highly likely’? Cybersecurity group admits SolarWinds hack came FROM WITHIN THE US, but doubles down on blaming Russia

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Internet security firm FireEye has revealed the enormous SolarWinds hack that left upwards of 250 agencies and businesses unprotected for weeks was launched from inside the US – but that hasn’t stopped them from blaming Moscow. … Read More >Not even a ‘highly likely’? Cybersecurity group admits SolarWinds hack came FROM WITHIN THE US, but doubles down on blaming Russia

USA

DC mayor taps NATIONAL GUARD for Trump rally, gets reminded that MAGA crowds ‘aren’t the ones that torch & loot’

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested National Guard troops and urged residents to avoid downtown as Donald Trump supporters plan to descend on the US capital to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. … Read More >DC mayor taps NATIONAL GUARD for Trump rally, gets reminded that MAGA crowds ‘aren’t the ones that torch & loot’

USA

Straw man tactic? Cheney-led ex-Pentagon chiefs admonish Trump not to involve military in election row though NO SUCH REQUEST made

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

All 10 former US defense secretaries who are still living have warned President Donald Trump not to involve the US military in his dispute over 2020 election results – despite Trump not even having hinted at taking such a step. … Read More >Straw man tactic? Cheney-led ex-Pentagon chiefs admonish Trump not to involve military in election row though NO SUCH REQUEST made

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NY gov Cuomo threatens hospitals with FINES if they don’t vaccinate at maximum capacity

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Hospitals that don’t use up their supply of Covid-19 vaccines within a week of receiving them will be punished with hefty fines and barred from receiving further doses, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared. … Read More >NY gov Cuomo threatens hospitals with FINES if they don’t vaccinate at maximum capacity

Middle East

Netanyahu Claims Iran’s Move to Boost Uranium Enrichment Shows Intention to Develop Nuclear Weapons

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Earlier in the day, Tehran said it had started producing 20 percent enriched uranium in Fordow nuclear complex. … Read More >Netanyahu Claims Iran’s Move to Boost Uranium Enrichment Shows Intention to Develop Nuclear Weapons

USA

5 Reasons Why Our F-35s Are Too Dangerous to Fly

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

The F-35 has been around as long as global warming. The aircraft had its origin in the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program started by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy in 1993. The word “Strike” in the designation of this program indicates that it was oriented toward developing a light bomber. … Read More >5 Reasons Why Our F-35s Are Too Dangerous to Fly

Middle East

Israeli Defence Minister Says Tel Aviv Needs One More F-35 Squadron

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz told Ynet news portal that Tel Aviv needs to buy one more squadron of US stealth F-35 fighter jets. … Read More >Israeli Defence Minister Says Tel Aviv Needs One More F-35 Squadron

Latin America

Maduro Says He Asked West to Unfreeze Venezuelan Funds to Purchase Vaccines, Was Refused

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

The EU nations and the United States have reportedly refused Venezuela’s request to unfreeze its assets, so that the sanctions-hit country could purchase a coronavirus vaccine, President Nicolas Maduro has claimed. … Read More >Maduro Says He Asked West to Unfreeze Venezuelan Funds to Purchase Vaccines, Was Refused

Latin America

US Allows Certain Transactions, Activities With Venezuela’s National Assembly, Juan Guaido

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

Washington has been putting pressure on Caracas with hefty economic sanctions for nearly three years in an attempt to force its democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro to resign from his post and hand over his power to the opposition. … Read More >US Allows Certain Transactions, Activities With Venezuela’s National Assembly, Juan Guaido

USA

US Officials Mull Halving Moderna Vaccine Dose to Speed Up Inoculation

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021By Editor

The Moderna vaccine was officially registered in the US in November 2020 alongside a shot from Pfizer. However, the country still fell short of reaching an ambitious goal of inoculating 20 million people by the end of last year having only managed to give the jabs to a little more than 4 million citizens. … Read More >US Officials Mull Halving Moderna Vaccine Dose to Speed Up Inoculation

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