newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Islanders’ Johnny Boychuk will likely be ready to face Capitals

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Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said it’s “highly probable” that defenseman Johnny Boychuk will be ready for Game 1 of the first round series with the Capitals on Wednesday.
However, just because Boychuk is seemingly recovered from the late and high hit he took from Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson during Game 1 of the play-in series, doesn’t necessarily mean Trotz will plug him right back in. Trotz had admitted to wanting to give the “traditional” Islanders the first crack at the play-in series, but Boychuk’s injury forced him to test his team’s depth.
Veteran defenseman Andy Greene stepped up and filled in quite effectively for Boychuk alongside Nick Leddy, which will give Trotz something to consider going into this next series.
“I think all the guys that you have on your lineup night in and night out, we feel like we have really good depth and there’s some really tough decisions,” Trotz said on a Zoom call following Monday’s practice. “It does make it tougher. The good thing about once you start the playoffs, everybody just wants to win. They’re prepared and if you tap them on the shoulder, they’re ready to go. And if you don’t, they’re disappointed but they won’t show it. They prepare and hope that they get the tap the following game.”
The 36-year-old Boychuk has been a staple on the Islanders defense since he was traded from Boston in October 2014. But the Islanders acquired Greene, who notched a secondary assist in his series debut in Game 2 on Matt Martin’s goal, in February to bolster and add more experience to the back end.
“I think since I got here, six years ago now, that’s been one of our biggest strengths is our depth [on defense],” said Leddy, who was paired with both Boychuk and Greene during the Panthers series. “When a guy goes down, we have many guys that step in and take the role. I think that’s what makes our team special, too. We have so much depth and when a guy does go down, it can be a little nerve-racking at the beginning. … When you play with a guy you find tendencies and you know how he plays, but Andy came in and stepped in and we molded pretty well. The biggest thing is communicating.”
Trotz also said that forward Ross Johnston is definitely “in the mix” for cracking the Islanders’ lineup against a physical Capitals team.
“You’re constructing your roster for your opponent,” Trotz said. “Coming into the bubble, Ross has made such great strides as a player the last two years really. He’s in the mix for sure, especially against a big team like Washington. We’ve got lots of size, they have lots of size so it should be a hell of a series.”
Johnston has yet to make his 2020 playoff debut after being a healthy scratch through the play-in series with the Panthers. He registered three goals and one assist during the 2019-20 regular season, his fourth with the team.
The NHL reported no positive COVID-19 test results in its Toronto and Edmonton bubbles for the second week in a row.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Will Hernandez is ready to go from student to Giants teacher

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For two seasons, Will Hernandez lined up and started every game for the Giants at left guard, alongside veteran Nate Solder at left tackle. The two rarely missed a snap along the offensive line.
Solder took his elder-statesman role seriously and worked diligently to help Hernandez’s NFL indoctrination. On July 29, Solder announced he took the opt-out, citing COVID-19 concerns — his 5-year old son is undergoing cancer treatments — and now Hernandez not only loses Solder’s guidance, he also steps into a mentor role for rookie first-round pick Andrew Thomas, the likely replacement at left tackle.
“It really does seem like just yesterday that I was a rookie behind Nate,’’ the 24-year old Hernandez said. “Now, I might have the chance to do the same. All I’m going to say about that is I’m not sure who’s going to land in that position. I’ll leave that up to the coaches. I learned from the best. Nate Solder really taught me a lot on and off the field. But he also taught me unconsciously how to treat a rookie. I felt like I got treated by him with the utmost respect, with the utmost attention to detail, wanting to help me to get better.
“It’s just all those things I picked up from him looking back at it now. It’s the same things that I would instill in anybody who was brand new coming in and playing next to me. I would take a lot of the same things he did with me and add my own personality to it.’’
Hernandez is in the early stages of developing a relationship with Thomas, considered the most NFL-ready left tackle in the draft.
“He’s a really smart guy,’’ Hernandez said. “He gets things right away. He picks up on a lot of the stuff that coach talks to him about. He’s able to absorb it and pick it up right away, which I think is very good. He just has that demeanor. You can see it through his note-taking, through his playing, through his practices, that he wants to get better. He wants to do good. I think he’s going to be just fine. He’s doing great right now.’’
Something else also stood out to Hernandez about the rookie.
“He can sing,’’ Hernandez said. “He can really sing. He has a voice. We made him get up there for the rookie song. I don’t remember the song name right now. All I know is it was good. I was snapping my fingers the entire time.’’


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--New Yorkers keep moving out of the city to suburbs, other states

The move is on — to leave New York City .
The exodus that began at the start of the coronavirus outbreak , with many New Yorkers departing to their beach and country homes , has continued unabated as more leave for good , according to city moving companies overwhelmed by the avalanche of ex-pats .
“ People are fleeing the city in droves , ” says Moon Salahie , owner of Elite Moving & Storing in Yonkers , who has been working nonstop since the city began Phase 1 of its reopening in June .
Salahie said 90 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and mostly families with kids worried about the school year .
He ’ s packed people out of neighborhoods all over Manhattan .
“ The least movement would be the Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue crowds , ” he said .
“ Those people don ’ t have to leave because they have second homes.
” The coronavirus shutdown pushed Fatine and Oussama Fatri out the door of their midtown apartment .
Fatine Fatri described “ being cooped up in the apartment , two kids , my husband having to work from home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out to the park , playground .
Now , that ’ s not even possible , ” said the mother of 4-year-old and 7-month-old daughters .
“ It was a nightmare.
” With the help of Elite Moving the family departed Monday for a three-bedroom home in Scarsdale with a separate office and a nice yard with a play set .
Mark Ehrhardt , owner of Gowanus-based Movers , Not Shakers !
, said his company was busy in downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan .
“ All the kids are leaving , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bedrooms are emptying out like crazy.
” Ehrhardt said he doubted the young people would return .
Noah Simon , 35 , left his one-bedroom in Hell ’ s Kitchen on March 13 and went to stay with his mom in Hastings-on-Hudson .
He moved out for good in May , just before his lease was up , and decided to buy a home in Westchester .
“ To me , it was kind of a no brainer , ” said Simon , a private wealth advisor for UBS .
“ I love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ living there right now doesn ’ t have a whole lot to offer me.
” FlatRate Movers said the 100 moves a day it does in the city are very different from previous years .
“ We used to move a lot of people from Brooklyn to Manhattan or Queens , ” said David Giampietro , the company ’ s chief administrative officer .
“ Now it ’ s the mileage .
We ’ re not going 5 miles anymore .
It ’ s more like 20 , 30 , 40 ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ More than 16,000 New Yorkers changed their address to Connecticut from March through June , the Hartford Courant reported .
United Van Lines and Mayflower movers said it had done 1,000 out-of-state moves from New York City starting in March , with 28 percent to Florida and California , and 16 percent to Texas and North Carolina .

The move is on — to leave New York City.
The exodus that began at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, with many New Yorkers departing to their beach and country homes, has continued unabated as more leave for good, according to city moving companies overwhelmed by the avalanche of would-be expats.
“People are fleeing the city in droves,” says Moon Salahie, owner of Elite Moving & Storing in Yonkers, who has been working nonstop since the city began Phase 1 of its reopening in June.
Salahie said 90 percent of the moves are to the suburbs and mostly families with kids worried about the school year. He’s packed people out of neighborhoods all over Manhattan.
“The least movement would be the Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue crowds,” he said. “Those people don’t have to leave because they have second homes.”
The coronavirus shutdown pushed Fatine and Oussama Fatri out the door of their midtown apartment. Fatine Fatri described “being cooped up in the apartment, two kids, my husband having to work from home.
“Before you can take them out to the park, playground. Now, that’s not even possible,” said the mother of 4-year-old and 7-month-old daughters. “It was a nightmare.”
With the help of Elite Moving, the family departed Monday for a three-bedroom home in Scarsdale with a separate office and a nice yard with a play set.
Mark Ehrhardt, owner of Gowanus-based Movers, Not Shakers!, said his company was busy in downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan.
“All the kids are leaving,” he said. “The studios and one-bedrooms are emptying out like crazy.”
Ehrhardt said he doubted the young people would return.
Noah Simon, 35, left his one-bedroom in Hell’s Kitchen on March 13 and went to stay with his mom in Hastings-on-Hudson. He moved out for good in May, just before his lease was up, and decided to buy a home in Westchester.
“To me, it was kind of a no-brainer,” said Simon, a private wealth adviser for UBS. “I love the city. I also recognize that living there right now doesn’t have a whole lot to offer me.”
FlatRate Movers said the 100 moves a day it does in the city are very different from previous years.
“We used to move a lot of people from Brooklyn to Manhattan or Queens,” said David Giampietro, the company’s chief administrative officer. “Now it’s the mileage. We’re not going 5 miles anymore. It’s more like 20, 30, 40” to New Jersey, Connecticut and upstate.
More than 16,000 New Yorkers changed their address to Connecticut from March through June, the Hartford Courant reported.
United Van Lines and Mayflower movers said it had done 1,000 out-of-state moves from New York City starting in March, with 28 percent to Florida and California, and 16 percent to Texas and North Carolina.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--No one is laughing at the Nets anymore

No one is laughing at the Nets anymore

The Nets ’ rebuild has been all about player development .
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The Nets heard all the jokes and laughter, predictions they’d be among the worst teams in the restart. And they took it to heart.
It just made the chip on their collective shoulders grow bigger and bigger.
“Most definitely. Everybody was laughing at us saying the Nets were going to look like this and seeing things all over the internet saying we weren’t going to do this,” Jeremiah Martin said. “So we just take that every day, every practice, keeping that chip on our shoulder, proving everybody wrong and showing everybody who we are.”
Their latest proof was a 108-96 win over Orlando to improve to 5-2 in the restart.
They got game-highs of 24 points from both Martin and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot to lead a balanced attack with six scorers in double-figures.
Dzanan Musa had 17 points and six assists, both career highs. And Chris Chiozza added five assists, a career-high four steals and no turnovers before leaving with an adductor injury.
The Nets reeled off 16 unanswered points to build a 29-17 lead with 2:52 left in the first quarter. They held the Magic scoreless for 2:44 and 0-for-8 from the floor, while they hit all five of their shots — including 4-for-4 from deep.
Luwawu-Cabarrot had 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting to give the Nets a 34-22 lead after the first.
Martin had 12 points in the second, his pull-up jumper putting Brooklyn ahead 57-36 with 2:18 left in the half. The Nets cruised the rest of the way, the only negatives being Justin Anderson’s shooting (0-for-12 from deep) and Chiozza’s injury.
Chiozza left with 2:31 in the third and Brooklyn up 79-61, giving way to Martin.
“We’ll take a look, adductor, a little tightness, so no reason for us to put him back in the game with Jeremiah’s minutes we had available. So he’ll get looked at, and hopefully all is clear,” interim coach Jacque Vaughn said.
“I’m going to stay positive and say Chiozza will be just fine. But at the same time, Jeremiah is growing confident in himself and definitely with his teammates. We’re playing Caris [LeVert] right now at the one, so there’s some minutes to be had there. But overall we think Chris is going to be OK.”
Martin also downplayed the injury.
“It’d be a great opportunity for me to be able to play, especially in the playoffs. I know [Chiozza] isn’t hurt,” Martin said. “I know he’s going to be able to play.”
The Athletic reiterated Post reports that the Nets will start their coaching search in earnest, and that Vaughn will get a real look for the job.
Tyronn Lue, Jason Kidd and Jeff Van Gundy have all been linked to the job. The Athletic also mentioned 76ers assistant Ime Udoka, an assistant along with Nets general manager Sean Marks on the Spurs’ 2014 title squad.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Lightning outlast Blue Jackets in 5-OT NHL playoff thriller

One game into the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs and already there ’ s an instant classic .
Or make that two , depending on how you count .
The Blue Jackets and Lightning went five overtimes — that ’ s two full games , plus two extra periods for good measure — before they could find a Game 1 winner , as Brayden Point scored on the 151st total shot of the game to give the Lightning a well-deserved 3-2 victory at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto .
Columbus goaltender Joonas Korpisalo broke the previous record for saves in a playoff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , set by the Islanders ’ Kelly Hrudey in a 4-OT , Game 7 win over the Capitals on April 18 , 1987 .
Korpisalo finished the game with 85 saves on 88 shots , while Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 61 saves of his own on 63 shots , combining for 151 shots on goal , another NHL record .
The game , which started at 3 p.m. , went so long it pushed Game 1 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series , originally scheduled for 8 p.m. , to 11 a.m. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 9:20 , nearly four and a half hours after the tying goal was scored.Only five games in playoff history have gone at least five overtimes , with a game between the Mighty Ducks and Stars on April 24 , 2003 , the last to go at least five extra periods.Last season , the Blue Jackets swept the Presidents ’ Trophy-winning Lightning in the first round of the playoffs

One day into the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs and already there’s an instant classic. Or make that two, depending on how you count.
The Blue Jackets and Lightning went five overtimes — that’s two full games, plus two extra periods for good measure — before they could find a Game 1 winner, as Brayden Point scored 10:27 into the fifth overtime on the 151st shot of the game to give the Lightning a 3-2 victory at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Columbus goaltender Joonas Korpisalo set a record with 85 saves in a playoff game, passing the mark of 73, set by the Islanders’ Kelly Hrudey in a 4-OT, Game 7 win over the Capitals on April 18, 1987.
“It’s tiring for sure but then it gets fun at some point,” said Point, who had scored the first goal for the Lightning way back in the first period of the fourth-longest game in NHL history. “I don’t know how many guys played a game like that, that long. It was an exciting one.”
The 151 combined shots are also an NHL record. Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 61 saves on 63 shots. The game, which started at 3:09 p.m., went so long it pushed Game 1 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. on the same ice, to 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The final goal was scored at 9:20 p.m., nearly 4 ¹/₂ hours after the tying goal was scored.
“You just try to go save by save, not thinking too much,” Korpisalo told reporters in Toronto. “I think I felt pretty good. The boys, they were battling hard in front of me.”
Only five games in playoff history have gone at least five overtimes, with a game between the Mighty Ducks and Stars on April 24, 2003, the last to go at least five extra periods.
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the first period on the power play and Oliver Bjorkstrand added a goal late in the second period to give Columbus — the No. 7 seed in the East — a pair of short-lived leads in regulation. Yanni Gourde had the other goal for the second-seeded Lightning, tying things just 23 seconds into the third period.
The teams are meeting in the first round for the second straight year, with the Lightning looking to rebound from being swept 16 months ago by the underdog Blue Jackets, who became the first No. 8 seed to oust the winner of the Presidents’ Trophy in four games.
— With AP


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Chicago court dismisses defamation suit against Rose McGowan

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens @ @ @ @ @ to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Page Six exclusively reported that @ @ @ @ @ defamation earlier this year after she slammed him on Twitter and in comments to the @ @ @ @ @ York Times and CNN , including calling him a “ truly terrible human and a @ @ @ @ @ A Chicago court has dismissed Baez ’ s claim , ruling McGowan ’ s statements @ @ @ @ @ First Amendment .
But Baez ’ s lawyer , Joe Tacopina , said he ’ @ @ @ @ @ to a “ factual error ” in the judge ’ s opinion .

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Rose McGowan beat legal eagle Jose Baez in court last week.
Page Six exclusively reported that Baez sued the actress for defamation earlier this year after she slammed him on Twitter and in comments to the Daily Beast, the New York Times and CNN, including calling him a “truly terrible human and a disgrace of a lawyer.”
A Chicago court has dismissed Baez’s claim, ruling McGowan’s statements were opinion protected by the First Amendment.
McGowan was repped by Baron Harris Healey.
But Baez’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said he’s contemplating an appeal due to a “factual error” in the judge’s opinion.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--US inks $1.5B deal with Moderna for 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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The United States in recent weeks has made deals to acquire hundreds of millions of doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines from several companies as part of its Operation Warp Speed program, which aims to deliver a vaccine in the country by the end of the year.
Moderna’s price per dose comes to around $30.50 per person for a two-dose regimen.
With the exception of its deal with AstraZeneca, which offered a lower price per drug in exchange for upfront research and development costs, all the deals price COVID-19 vaccines between $20 to $42 for a two dose course of treatment.
Moderna’s vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, is one of the few that have already advanced to the final stage of testing and is on track to be completed in September, the company said this month.
Moderna’s deal with the U.S. only pays out in full if the drugmaker hits certain unspecific timing benchmarks for vaccine delivery.
The United States has advanced purchase agreements with Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca Plc, Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, and Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc for their respective vaccine candidates.
The agreements would lock in more than 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for the U.S., assuming that the companies involved receive regulatory approval. Some deals also give the United States an option to purchase additional doses.
The U.S. government previously gave Moderna around $1 billion to fund its research efforts, bringing total U.S. funding to around $2.5 billion.
Other countries, including Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada, have forged similar deals with drugmakers.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Meet Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris

Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his running ...

Kamala Harris made history Tuesday as the first black woman and the first person of Indian descent to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket.
But Harris, 55, has broken many barriers throughout her career, including being the first woman to serve as California’s top law enforcement official.
Born in Oakland, Calif., to a Jamaican father and Indian mother, the first-term senator is one of the Democratic party’s most well-known figures.
Here’s what else you should know about Kamala Harris:
How she got her start:
A graduate of Howard University who went to law school at the University of California, Hastings, Harris began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office before joining the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco’s office.
She served two terms as the district attorney for San Francisco, where she dated former mayor Willie Brown.
Harris became attorney general of California in 2011, the first woman to hold the office. She has described herself as a “progressive prosecutor” and said it’s possible to be tough on crime and also address inequalities in the justice system.
But her approach was heavily criticized by leftists during her failed presidential bid, with some even dubbing her a “cop.”
Progressive activists bashed her record on criminal justice, including for rarely prosecuting police officers who killed civilians when she was California AG.
Her Senate career:
In 2016, she was elected senator for California, succeeding Barbara Boxer. She serves on several high-profile committees, including the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
Harris made a name for herself with viral moments from interrogations of Trump administration officials or nominees, including of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, as well as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein.
Recently, she helped pen a sweeping police reform bill prohibiting the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants in drug cases, and joined a bill with Sen. Bernie Sanders that would give most Americans $2,000 a month during the coronavirus pandemic.
She’s worked on bipartisan bills with Republican co-sponsors, including a bail reform bill with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and a workplace harassment bill with Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Harris announced her White House bid last year before pulling the plug in December when her campaign ran out of cash.
Her family:
Harris’ parents, Shyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris, both immigrant academics who met at U.C. Berkeley, divorced when she was seven and she was mostly raised by her mother.
She has credited her mom, a breast cancer researcher who died of colon cancer in 2009, as one of the most influential figures in her life.
Her dad is a retired Stanford economics professor from Jamaica. He once said that his grandmother was a descendant of Hamilton Brown, an Irishman who owned a slave plantation on the island.
In 2014, Harris married Los Angeles lawyer Douglas Emhoff, with her sister Maya Harris, also an attorney, officiating.
She is stepmom to Emhoff’s two children from his previous marriage, Cole and Ella — who call her “Momala.”
“They are my endless source of love and pure joy,” Harris wrote in a May 2019 essay for “Elle.” “I can say one thing with certainty, my heart wouldn’t be whole, nor my life full, without them.”
Her previous clashes with Biden:
Harris and her running mate tangled during the Democratic primary.
In a now-infamous debate-stage exchange, Harris attacked Biden for working with segregationists to oppose busing in the 1970s.
The showdown was seen as the peak of Harris’ campaign but was considered by some in Biden’s camp as a low blow and the senator was forced to repeatedly defend herself over the confrontation.
A few months earlier, Harris also said she believed the women who have stepped forward to say Biden made them uncomfortable with unwanted touching.
“I believe them, and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it,” she had said.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Yahya Abdul-Mateen II recalls dealing with racism at UC Berkeley

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — a breakout star of DC ’ s “ Aquaman ” and HBO ’ s “ Watchmen ” — is the cover star of the latest Men ’ s Health , and contributed to the mag ’ s special report , “ Race , Racism , and Black Men ’ s Health.
” Oakland , Calif. , native Abdul-Mateen recalls dealing with racism as a freshman at UC Berkeley .
“ I studied architecture , and … it was common to spend the whole night working in the studio , ” he writes .
“ One night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a.m. to go to my dorm and get something to eat , and then I headed back … As I approached the building , there was a woman going inside , just a couple steps ahead of me.
” When he tried to enter the building , the woman told him , “ ‘ Stop , you don ’ t belong here.
’ I said , ‘ What are you talking about ?
I ’ m going to the studio .
I ’ m going to the same place as you.
’ And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You don ’ t belong here.
’ ” He reached for his student ID when the woman told him , “ I ’ m gon na call the police and tell them that you ’ re trying to rape me.
” When he pulled the door open , “ she began running and screaming at the top of her lungs.
” Campus security arrived but after questioning them “ apologized and left.
” Abdul-Mateen writes , “ I remember being so angry that I cried .
It was frustrating .
I deserved to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my reminder that even if I did everything right … some things in life would be unavoidable .
Because I was black .
I was 18 years old .
I did the only thing I knew to do .
I cried , and I swallowed that s - - t .
”

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — a breakout star of DC’s “Aquaman” and HBO’s “Watchmen” — is the cover star of the latest Men’s Health, and contributed to the mag’s special report, “Race, Racism, and Black Men’s Health.”
Oakland, Calif., native Abdul-Mateen recalls dealing with racism as a freshman at UC Berkeley. “I studied architecture, and … it was common to spend the whole night working in the studio,” he writes. “One night, I left the studio around 1:00 a.m. to go to my dorm and get something to eat, and then I headed back … As I approached the building, there was a woman going inside, just a couple steps ahead of me.”
When he tried to enter the building, the woman told him, “ ‘Stop, you don’t belong here.’ I said, ‘What are you talking about? I’m going to the studio. I’m going to the same place as you.’ And she said, ‘Please stop. You don’t belong here.’ ” He reached for his student ID when the woman told him, “I’m gonna call the police and tell them that you’re trying to rape me.”
When he pulled the door open, “she began running and screaming at the top of her lungs.” Campus security arrived but after questioning them “apologized and left.”
Abdul-Mateen writes, “I remember being so angry that I cried. It was frustrating. I deserved to be there. Period. That was my reminder that even if I did everything right … some things in life would be unavoidable. Because I was black. I was 18 years old. I did the only thing I knew to do. I cried, and I swallowed that s - - t.”


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Bill Cosby files new appeal in Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Bill Cosby has filed for an appeal @ @ @ @ @ Pennsylvania .
In court docs filed on Tuesday , his attorney argues that his trial @ @ @ @ @ allowed five accusers to give “ decades-old ” testimony that prejudiced the jury against him @ @ @ @ @ was “ unfair ” to have included a deposition he gave in an old civil @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ] use of quaaludes and his sexual behavior ” because the disgraced comic @ @ @ @ @ immune from prosecution .
He was convicted in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea @ @ @ @ @ he has more than 50 other accusers .
He ’ s served two years of @ @ @ @ @ .

Bill Cosby has filed for an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
In court docs filed on Tuesday, his attorney argues that his trial was not fair because it allowed five accusers to give “decades-old” testimony that prejudiced the jury against him.
They also argue it was “unfair” to have included a deposition he gave in an old civil suit “regarding [Cosby’s] use of quaaludes and his sexual behavior” because the disgraced comic believed the testimony was essentially immune from prosecution.
He was convicted in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004 — and he has more than 50 other accusers. He’s served two years of a three- to 10-year sentence.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Man shot by Secret Service near White House charged with assaulting an officer

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A 51-year-old Maryland man who was shot near the White House by the Secret Service Monday evening has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to the Metropolitan Police Department
Myron Berryman forced President Trump to briefly halt a news conference when the man charged toward a Secret Service agent right outside the White House while claiming to have a weapon, the Secret Service said in a statement.
Berryman remained hospitalized Tuesday with critical injuries after he was shot once in his torso when he “crouched into a shooter’s stance as if about to fire a weapon,” according to the federal agency.
“The suspect approached the officer and told the officer he had a weapon. The suspect then turned around, ran aggressively towards the officer, and in a drawing motion, withdrew an object from his clothing.”
But no weapon was recovered from the scene, officials said.
Law enforcement agents are now trying to assess if Berryman has a history of mental illness as they try to piece together a motive.
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Berryman had been shouting before the shooting that he was going to kill people, two officials familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
As the shooting unfolded, Secret Service agents pulled Trump from the podium in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, where reporters were briefly placed under lockdown as more agents surrounded the West Wing.
Trump soon returned to his briefing, acknowledging the shooting as “unfortunate” while praising his agents.
With Post wires.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Connecticut issues first $1000 fines to residents violating travel advisory

Connecticut on Monday issued its first $ 1,000 fines to two residents who failed to fill out health forms required upon returning home from states with high coronavirus infection rates .
The residents who were fined traveled back to Connecticut from Louisiana and Florida several weeks ago , Gov .
Ned Lamont said Monday .
One of the two also neglected to quarantine for the state ’ s mandated 14 days , landing the unidentified violator an additional $ 1,000 fine .
“ I hate to do it , but we ’ re going to be serious and show people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Lamont said .
“ Overwhelmingly , people are doing the right thing .
For those few of you who aren ’ t , please be on notice.
” One person fined is from Windham County and the other is from Hartford County .
As of Tuesday , 32 states and 2 territories are included on a shared travel advisory list that applies to travelers heading to Connecticut , New York and New Jersey .
State ’ s land on the list with a 10 percent or higher positive coronavirus infection rate over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents .

Connecticut on Monday issued its first $1,000 fines to two residents who failed to fill out health forms required upon returning home from states with high coronavirus infection rates.
The residents who were fined traveled back to Connecticut from Louisiana and Florida several weeks ago, Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday.
One of the two also neglected to quarantine for the state’s mandated 14 days, landing the unidentified violator an additional $1,000 fine.
“I hate to do it, but we’re going to be serious and show people we’re serious about this,” Lamont said.
“Overwhelmingly, people are doing the right thing. For those few of you who aren’t, please be on notice.”
One person fined is from Windham County and the other is from Hartford County.
As of Tuesday, 32 states and two territories are included on a shared travel advisory list that applies to travelers heading to Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
States land on the list if they have a 10 percent or higher positive coronavirus infection rate over a seven-day rolling average, or a new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents.
With Post wires


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Pornhub searches for Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion jump after ‘WAP’ video

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens @ @ @ @ @ to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) As fabulously filthy as Cardi @ @ @ @ @ ’ s “ WAP ” video is , it still isn ’ t enough for @ @ @ @ @ of people , in fact .
Page Six is exclusively told that after the ultra-raunchy @ @ @ @ @ for the stars on Pornhub skyrocketed .
The service tells us that searches for Cardi @ @ @ @ @ 210 percent more people looked up Meg content .

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As fabulously filthy as Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” video is, it still isn’t enough for some people — a lot of people, in fact.
Page Six is exclusively told that after the ultra-raunchy video dropped Friday, searches for the stars on Pornhub skyrocketed.
The service tells us that searches for Cardi surged 235 percent, and 210 percent more people looked up Meg content.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Coronavirus deaths in NY nursing homes higher than state data shows, feds say

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The coronavirus death toll in New York’s nursing homes may be significantly higher than previously documented, according to a new analysis.
Some 323 nursing home residents died between early June and mid-July, according to an Associated Press review of federal data — 65 percent higher than the 195 deaths tallied by the state in that same period.
If that rate is indicative of reporting disparities for the duration of the pandemic, it could account for thousands of additional coronavirus-linked deaths on top of the more than 6,400 the state has already confirmed or presumed in nursing homes.
“It seems like all signs point to an undercount,” state Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) told The Post after reviewing the new data.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have required nursing homes across the nation to report a slew of datasets on a weekly basis since mid-May, including the “total deaths and COVID-19 deaths” among residents and staff.
But the feds’ figures, at least at points, diverge with the state Department of Health’s own accounting.
In at least one case, that includes an individual nursing home reporting a far larger death total to CMS than what’s reflected in the DOH’s own tally.
Manhattan’s Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has reported 95 total COVID-19 resident deaths since the beginning of March, according to the federal data — but the DOH only publicly reported a combined 14 confirmed and probable deaths for the period.
Facility administrator Scott Mair told The Post he’s not sure why there’s a discrepancy between the two figures, but said the CMS questions are “pretty point blank” compared to DOH’s reporting requirements.
With the CMS, facilities have the option to report virus deaths dating back to Jan. 1, or starting on May 24, the first date the feds’ published a report.
The DOH meanwhile asks nursing homes to record all probable and confirmed deaths back to March 1 — but in early May they stopped requiring operators to report deaths that occurred outside facilities, including in hospitals.
Bill Hammond, a health policy expert at the Empire Center for Public Policy, agreed that the federal data is imperfect but argued that the state’s numbers are nevertheless incomplete.
“This highlights the inadequacy of the state’s reporting,” he said. “By leaving out the hospital deaths you’re missing out on a big part of the picture and that is a disservice to the people who lost family members and it gets in the way of figuring out what went wrong so we can prepare for the next pandemic.”
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker have vigorously defended state reporting methods, and noted that New York’s death rate is very low compared to other states.
With bipartisan support, the state Legislature has held two hearings on the topic, with lawmakers grilling Zucker in the first on his agency’s accounting.
The Cuomo administration has also taken heat for a March 25 directive barring nursing homes from turning away patients on the basis of a positive coronavirus test.
“Bottom line is, I think this underscores the importance of why we need a bipartisan, independent commission to overall figure this out,” said Kim, an idea Cuomo has flatly dismissed.
DOH spokeswoman Jill Montag defended the agency, saying that variations from the federal data have been the norm.
“In our experience CMS has undercounted and overcounted fatalities at various times compared to our data, and nursing homes report data directly to CMS using different criteria,” she said. “Throughout this pandemic, we’ve cited nursing homes for undercounting and will continue to investigate every allegation of such.”
The state has conducted 1,300 inspections of the states’ 613 nursing homes, but has not released the results or names of facilities found in violation of health policies.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--TikTok collected Android device identifiers in violation of Google policy

TikTok reportedly collected data that identified millions of individual Andriod devices for at least 15 months — a move that violated Google policy .
The practice allowed the video-sharing platform to track those users online , according to a new Wall Street Journal investigation .
TikTok didn ’ t disclose the monitoring to the users or give them an option to opt-out , the paper found .
TikTok reportedly collected what are called MAC addresses from Androids for more than a year — up until a November 2019 app update .
Both Apple and Google app stores have for years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but TikTok was among 347 companies that found loopholes in the Google Play Store , the Journal reported .
The addresses are typically harvested from gaming apps for targeted advertisements .
The investigation comes as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting pressure regarding its data security and a Sept. 20 deadline via an executive order from President Trump to sell off its US operations to an American company .
Trump and his administration have raised red flags over TikTok ’ s Beijing-based parent company , ByteDance , fearing the app ’ s data could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese government .
TikTok has vowed that it would never turn over user data to the government and has argued that American companies like Facebook and Google collect more personal data from their users .
Companies like Twitter and Microsoft have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring TikTok ’ s US operations , but ByteDance ’ s CEO , Zhang Yiming , has called the forced timeline for a sale “ unreasonable ” as the company threatens legal action against Trump ’ s order .

TikTok reportedly collected data that identified millions of individual Andriod devices for at least 15 months — a move that violated Google policy.
The practice allowed the video-sharing platform to track those users online, according to a new Wall Street Journal investigation. TikTok didn’t disclose the monitoring to the users or give them an option to opt-out, the paper found.
TikTok reportedly collected what are called MAC addresses from Androids for more than a year — up until a November 2019 app update.
Both Apple and Google app stores have for years banned the collection of the addresses, but TikTok was among 347 companies that found loopholes in the Google Play Store, the Journal reported. The addresses are typically harvested from gaming apps for targeted advertisements.
The investigation comes as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting pressure regarding its data security and a Sept. 20 deadline via an executive order from President Trump to sell off its US operations to an American company.
Trump and his administration have raised red flags over TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, fearing the app’s data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.
TikTok has vowed that it would never turn over user data to the government and has argued that American companies like Facebook and Google collect more personal data from their users.
Companies like Twitter and Microsoft have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring TikTok’s US operations, but ByteDance’s CEO, Zhang Yiming, has called the forced timeline for a sale “unreasonable” as the company threatens legal action against Trump’s order.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Gov. Andrew Cuomo is bent on suffocating NYC with his loony rules

If we do n't allow indoor dining in Midtown soon , we ...

Andrew Cuomo is a mendacious, manipulative governor whose imperial ambitions sent Gotham into a death spiral. There’s no other way to reconcile his “plea” to rich friends to return to town with his abuse of power to discourage them from doing so.
What better way to keep away the rich, and immiserate everyone else, than by illogically locking down the restaurants, malls and cultural institutions that form the backbone of the city’s social life?
Restrictions on malls, museums and restaurants were lifted in every other region in New York state months ago. The reopening has generated no viral spikes or even upticks. But Cuomo has his eye on the White House. He’d love to run on a track record of “saving” New York. That depends on wresting $30 billion from the feds, 50 percent more than the city received after 9/11.
He’s counting on a Joe Biden victory in November. But even a Democratic president might balk at such a handout — that is, unless New York’s condition appears so dire that it might jeopardize the national economy. Which it soon will be, unless Cuomo’s ruinous Big Apple lockdowns are reversed.
The crazy-quilt lockdowns, nominally to protect our health, mainly just make the city as unappealing as possible while doing nothing to keep us safer from the coronavirus. The darkened sectors are precisely those most coveted not only by Cuomo’s 1 percent pals, but also by the merely affluent middle class, on whom the city’s daily commerce and vitality depend.
Shuttered restaurants, with no hint as to when they can reopen, are precisely why New Yorkers who skipped to the Hamptons, Connecticut or upstate won’t be rushing back. The indispensable revenue and daily spending they generate will stay behind with them. They’ll keep their distance until they have services and amenities that are part of their normal lives — but that are infuriatingly unavailable only in New York City.
Yes, it’s too soon to reopen live entertainment venues and gyms. Yes, lockdowns of construction, retail stores and those crucially important zoos have been lifted. But restaurants can’t serve indoors, which is the way the city’s 25,000 eateries, which employ 300,000 people, mainly do business.
Cuomo’s glib “We’ll go to dinner” line to his exiled pals was a cruel joke. He’d let the whole industry perish to ensure that his billionaire pals stay in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, where they’ve been happily noshing indoors since July 8.
Museums like the Met, central to our cultural life, can’t open, either. Nor can shopping malls, which are commercial sparkplugs, from Kings Plaza in Brooklyn’s Mill Basin to the Staten Island Mall in New Springville.
Cuomo’s stubbornness hasn’t been adequately explained — because there’s no way to justify it other than to cite COVID-19 spikes in other parts of the country that “reopened too soon.” But after the early bloodbath caused by his equally irrational nursing home orders, our rates of new infections, hospitalizations and deaths are the envy of the rest of the nation. The city’s new-infections rate has been a mere 1 percent or less for five days running.
Consider the contradictions in Cuomo’s screw-the-city straitjacket: If indoor dining at restaurants in Ithaca and Buffalo is safe, then it’s safe in the city as well. If indoor dining in the city is unsafe, then it’s unsafe elsewhere, too. If museums, most of which have vast, little-traversed floor area, might spread the virus, then so could subway stations, which have stayed open. Any busy supermarket or bodega has more human density than the Met’s Ancient Near Eastern Art gallery.
What makes a giant, usually crowded department store — they’re allowed to be open — less risky than a museum, which can more easily limit admissions? The mall restriction is plain looney. Cuomo wants malls to install advanced air-filtration systems. But then why not also everywhere else?
In the Brookfield Place Oculus, the blocks-long public concourse is open but the stores on either side are closed. Why, given that the danger supposedly lies in a mall’s open areas and that stores elsewhere are allowed to be open?
With their wide concourses and walkways, malls make it much easier for people to keep their distance than they can in individual stores, even at jumbos such as reopened Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, which have no such generous strolling grounds. Or does Cuomo think that malls are simply too large? Well, the department stores are much bigger than the Columbus Circle mall, for example. What gives?
The governor’s motives go unaddressed by pundits and media outlets in thrall to his suave style. This can’t last. The clock is ticking.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Nebraska ticked off by Big Ten cancelling fall football season

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Fall will feel empty.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 each announced Tuesday that all fall sports — including football — have been postponed until at least 2021, becoming the first Power Five leagues to make the drastic and potentially financially crippling decision, which could trigger all programs to shutter until at least the spring, when the Big Ten and Pac-12 will attempt to bring football back.
Just six days earlier, the Big Ten released its football schedule. After the Pac-12 followed the lead of the Big Ten, more than 40 percent of the 130 FBS teams had postponed their seasons.
“It became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete this fall,” Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said on the Big Ten Network. “They’re not professionals. These are amateur athletes and they deserve an opportunity to be able to participate in a safe and healthy manner. … I know people may not agree with the decision we made. I understand that. I understand the passion, but we have a responsibility … to create a safe and healthy environment.”
While the Big Ten hasn’t yet made a decision regarding winter sports, the Pac-12 CEO Group unanimously voted to postpone all sports this calendar year, eliminating all non-conference basketball games. Though all scholarships will be honored, it is unclear whether the NCAA will grant players an additional year of eligibility.
“Unlike professional sports, college sports cannot operate in a bubble,” Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said. “Our athletic programs are part of broader campuses in communities where in many cases the prevalence of COVID-19 is significant.”
Difficulties with contact tracing, testing capacity and the turnaround time of test results were factors in the decisions. Another significant concern involving the heart condition myocarditis, which multiple athletes have developed.
“There is new and evolving information regarding potential serious cardiac side effects in elite athletes,” read the Pac-12 medical committee’s recommendation. “We do not have enough information to understand the short- and long-term outcomes regarding these health issues.”
Backlash came from within the Big Ten.
Prior to the announcement, multiple coaches — Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Penn State’s James Franklin and Nebraska’s Scott Frost — voiced support for playing in the fall, saying players are safer under the team’s strict protocols.
After the announcement, Nebraska revealed the Big Ten decision wasn’t unanimous, reiterating Frost’s desire to play elsewhere. Warren wouldn’t comment on whether the Cornhuskers would be prohibited from playing in another league.
“We are very disappointed in the decision by the Big Ten conference to postpone the fall football season, as we have been and continue to be ready to play,” Nebraska’s top administrators said in a joint statement. “We hope it may be possible for our student athletes to have the opportunity to compete.”
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith — whose program was among the favorites to win the national championship — said the school preferred to determine the best option closer to the league’s scheduled kickoff on Sept. 3.
“We’re very aligned in our position that we felt we could make it happen,” Smith said on the Big Ten Network. “We’re disappointed. We really are. We felt we put in outstanding protocols here. … We wish we could’ve had a little more time to evaluate.”
Multiple conferences aren’t ready to take the same step.
AAC commissioner Mike Aresco said his league still plans to play in the fall. Dr. Cameron Wolfe, the chair of the ACC medical advisory group, told Sports Business Daily that he believes the league could safely play now. The SEC appears strongest in its willingness to start its season next month, but commissioner Greg Sankey said the league is unlikely to do it alone.
“I don’t think that’s the right direction, really,” Sankey said on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “Could we? Certainly. There’s a difference between can you do something and should you do something in life. … I’m not sure that’s the wisest direction.
“There is still some time, but we’ve set a start date. I’d be encouraged by that if I’m a college football fan. … The indicators are we can right now do what we’re doing in a healthy way.”
The spring remains a challenging and unappealing fallback for all schools, born of desperation.
In addition to the uncertainty of whether the pandemic will improve, several teams will see NFL prospects opt out — in addition to those sitting out due to health concerns — with the pro combine scheduled for February and NFL draft set for April. Player safety is also a significant issue, with a hypothetical spring season potentially ending just two months before players might report for the 2021 fall campaign.
“We’ll embrace the spring concept,” Smith said. “I know there’s a lot of challenges about it and issues on it, but I’m gonna wake up tomorrow with a new passion and a new vigor to think outside of the box to think about the spring and give them an opportunity to compete.”


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Will Smith exec-producing ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ reboot

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens @ @ @ @ @ to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Will Smith has signed on @ @ @ @ @ dramatic reboot of his ’ 90s sitcom , “ The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air.
@ @ @ @ @ and direct the project , after he created a 2019 trailer for the concept that @ @ @ @ @ ’ s eye .
The show ’ s reportedly being shopped to streaming outfits .

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Will Smith has signed on as executive producer for a dramatic reboot of his ’90s sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air.”
Morgan Cooper will co-write and direct the project, after he created a 2019 trailer for the concept that went viral and caught Smith’s eye.
The show’s reportedly being shopped to streaming outfits.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Perseid meteor shower 2020: How and when to watch it peak overnight

The most popular meteor shower around is coming to the sky for the grandest performance it can muster — for one night only .
Not only will tonight ’ s Perseid meteor shower feature more than 60 meteors per hour — considered to be a large quantity — but it will also include even brighter fireballs .
Both are set to move extremely quickly , making for a jaw-dropping streak across the sky .
What is the Perseid meteor shower ?
The Perseids peak annually in mid-August , and thanks to its high-density , fast-moving meteors and fireballs paired with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ written that Perseid meteors — which consist of debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle — “ are considered the best meteor shower of the year.
” When is the Perseid meteor shower and what time will it peak ?
The Perseid meteors have been streaking across Earth ’ s skies since late July , but they are set to peak in Wednesday ’ s pre-dawn .
Beginning Tuesday at 9 p.m. local time and continuing through the night until the after-midnight peak , a smattering of Perseids will be visible to the naked eye @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finale , NASA recommends curious earthlings look up between 2 a.m. and dawn , whenever that may be where you are .
Unfortunately , this year ’ s shower will be somewhat impeded by the fact that the moon is currently in its last quarter phase .
Its brightness will reduce the number of visible meteors to 15 to 20 per hour , despite the fact that more than 60 will be shooting by .
Only the fireballs and brighter meteors will stand out in the moon ’ s strong glow .
Where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The shower will happen all across the sky and can be seen around the world .
NASA actually recommends against using telescopes or binoculars to try to spot Perseids , as they restrict the field of view .
Instead , the space agency says the best way to spot the intergalactic light show is to hope the night will not be cloudy , find a spot away from bright lights , lie on your back , let your eyes become adjusted to the dark for roughly 30 minutes before ( this includes doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or other glowing technology ) and looking up .

The most popular meteor shower around is coming to the sky for the grandest performance it can muster — for one night only.
Not only will tonight’s Perseid meteor shower feature more than 60 meteors per hour — considered to be a large quantity — but it will also include even brighter fireballs. Both are set to move extremely quickly, making for a jaw-dropping streak across the sky.
What is the Perseid meteor shower?
The Perseids peak annually in mid-August, and thanks to its high-density, fast-moving meteors and fireballs paired with the late summer weather, NASA has written that Perseid meteors — which consist of debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle — “are considered the best meteor shower of the year.”
When is the Perseid meteor shower and what time will it peak?
The Perseid meteors have been streaking across Earth’s skies since late July, but they are set to peak in Wednesday’s pre-dawn. Beginning Tuesday at 9 p.m. local time and continuing through the night until the after-midnight peak, a smattering of Perseids will be visible to the naked eye. For the shower’s grand finale, NASA recommends curious earthlings look up between 2 a.m. and dawn, whenever that may be where you are.
Unfortunately, this year’s shower will be somewhat impeded by the fact that the moon is currently in its last quarter phase. Its brightness will reduce the number of visible meteors to 15 to 20 per hour, despite the fact that more than 60 will be shooting by. Only the fireballs and brighter meteors will stand out in the moon’s strong glow.
Where and how can I watch it?
The shower will happen all across the sky and can be seen around the world. NASA actually recommends against using telescopes or binoculars to try to spot Perseids, as they restrict the field of view.
Instead, the space agency says the best way to spot the intergalactic light show is to hope the night will not be cloudy, find a spot away from bright lights, lie on your back, let your eyes become adjusted to the dark for roughly 30 minutes before (this includes doing your best to not use your phone or other glowing technology) and looking up.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’ on Netflix, the Latest Continuation of Guillermo d

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’ on Netflix, the Latest Continuation of Guillermo del Toro’s Animated Saga

It almost all comes down to this : Wizards : Tales of Arcadia will not quite wrap up Guillermo del Toro ’ s epic animated saga for Netflix .
The ambitious story — set in the suburban American town of Arcadia Oaks , which is kind of a Hellmouthy place of scary monsters and battles between good and evil and all that stuff — began with fantasy series Trollhunters , and its popularity led to 52 episodes and novels and comics and toys and a video game and many awards .
Then came the sci-fi portion of the franchise , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came Wizards , a 10-episode arc that ’ ll lead up to a grandly conclusive fiery cataclysmic big crunch in the form of 2021 movie Trollhunters : Rise of the Titans .
And maybe it ’ ll all be over by then ?
WIZARDS : TALES OF ARCADIA : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT ?
Opening Shot : The flying black cat with glasses from the end of 3Below swoops through the clouds over a medieval city .
Subtitle : LATE 12TH CENTURY CAMELOT .
The Gist : Brief hierarchy inventory : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( voice of Alfred Molina ) , the “ familiar ” ( translation : assistant ) of Douxie ( voice of Colin O ’ Donoghue ) , a wizard-in-training under the tutelage of Merlin ( David Bradley ) , no introduction necessary , in pretty much any context .
He is Merlin ; Merlin is he .
All Douxie does is sweep the floor , and get in trouble when he tries to use magic to sweep the floor .
He whines , Merlin lectures , “ Magic is mastery over life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ live , and then your days of pushing brooms is over.
” Douxie looks hopeful .
UNEXPECTED SUBTITLE : NINE CENTURIES LATER .
A broom in a cafe .
Pan up .
It ’ s Douxie .
He hasn ’ t aged a day , but he ’ s still pushing some serious broom .
His magic has gotten better , though — here in Arcadia Oaks , he and Archie ( who also hasn ’ t aged a day ) hunt down slithery iridescent creatures with more eyes than sense , capturing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Limbo .
Merlin appears , and tasks him with rounding up the Guardians of Arcadia , and please do hurry up because it ’ s urgent .
So he tracks down Tobias ( Charlie Saxton ) , Steve ( Steven Yeun ) and the troll AAARRRGGHH ( Fred Tatasciore ) , all adventurous suburban dudes ( except for the troll ) you know from Trollhunters and 3Below .
They meet up with Merlin at GdT Arcane Books , which surely stands for “ God damn Trouble ” and not “ Guillermo del Toro.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble they find .
A group ( Pack ?
Murder ?
Conglomeration ?
Snack ? )
of the slithery creatures attacks and they whoosh up to Merlin ’ s floating castle in the sky , which is POWERED BY TIME ITSELF , and where the good guy Jim is held in stasis so he won ’ t die , although I ’ m pretty sure it ’ s more complicated than that , but hey , I ’ m not here to give everything away .
Claire ( Lexi Medrano ) from 3Below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great and mighty knight Galahad ( John Rhys-Davies ) .
Something called the Arcane Order is gathering , led by someone who looks like Sauron in his armor before he lost the ring , and it ’ s bad news .
Bad , bad news .
It involves some of the villains from earlier Tales of Arcadia series , all coming together to destroy and/or rule things .
Then guess who shows up in a giant skull to destroy and/or rule things ?
Right : the Not Sauron , but probably just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rip in space-time so they can escape , but Douxie , Steve , Claire and Frozen Jim fall through it , leaving the others behind as the gap closes .
Merlin calls this a “ temporal accident , ” but I ’ d say it ’ s more like “ the beginning of a 10-episode arc.
” Our Take : Wizards is very much the continuation of the Arcadia chronicle , and stands on its own as well as a worm stands on its legs .
Starting here isn ’ t a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t mind being 78 episodes behind .
This is a very plot-dense , action-packed , character-jammed 24 minutes of TV .
It doesn ’ t really let up .
There ’ s a lot to cram in before getting to the meat of the story , which already rolls fast and heavy downhill with the momentum of everything that came before it : classical myths reimagined with modern sensibilities , with vivid animation , crisp comedy and a muscular , but not too heavy , sense of drama .
Del Toro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creative avenues without ever being off the rails ; it ’ s clever enough to entertain adults with a proclivity for fantasy tales , but absolutely aimed at the TV-Y7 audience .
So far , Wizards ropes in some favorite characters from before , shuffles in some new ones , and barrels ahead at full speed .
Douxie , Steve , Claire and Frozen Jim land in medieval Camelot , surrounded by KAAAA-NIG-ITS !
One of them says — as one of them absolutely must say , per the Hallowed and Ancient Edicts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of sorcery is this ?
” Sleeper Star : If you think the flying cat with glasses voiced by Alfred Molina isn ’ t the sleeper star here , you must be one of those DOG PEOPLE .
Most Pilot-y Line : “ The world as you know it is about to end .
Meow.
” — Archie says what I ’ m pretty sure my cat says to me every morning unless I feed him right NOW .
Our Call : STREAM IT .
Troll on .
John Serba is a freelance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rapids , Michigan .
Read more of his work at johnserbaatlarge.com or follow him on Twitter : @ johnserba .

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It almost all comes down to this: Wizards: Tales of Arcadia will not quite wrap up Guillermo del Toro’s epic animated saga for Netflix. The ambitious story — set in the suburban American town of Arcadia Oaks, which is kind of a Hellmouthy place of scary monsters and battles between good and evil and all that stuff — began with fantasy series Trollhunters, and its popularity led to 52 episodes and novels and comics and toys and a video game and many awards. Then came the sci-fi portion of the franchise, 26 episodes of 3Below. And THEN came Wizards, a 10-episode arc that’ll lead up to a grandly conclusive fiery cataclysmic big crunch in the form of 2021 movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. And maybe it’ll all be over by then?
WIZARDS: TALES OF ARCADIA: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: The flying black cat with glasses from the end of 3Below swoops through the clouds over a medieval city. Subtitle: LATE 12TH CENTURY CAMELOT.
The Gist: Brief hierarchy inventory: The flying black cat with glasses is Archie (voice of Alfred Molina), the “familiar” (translation: assistant) of Douxie (voice of Colin O’Donoghue), a wizard-in-training under the tutelage of Merlin (David Bradley), no introduction necessary, in pretty much any context. He is Merlin; Merlin is he. All Douxie does is sweep the floor, and get in trouble when he tries to use magic to sweep the floor. He whines, Merlin lectures, “Magic is mastery over life, so first you must learn how to live, and then your days of pushing brooms is over.” Douxie looks hopeful.
UNEXPECTED SUBTITLE: NINE CENTURIES LATER. A broom in a cafe. Pan up. It’s Douxie. He hasn’t aged a day, but he’s still pushing some serious broom. His magic has gotten better, though — here in Arcadia Oaks, he and Archie (who also hasn’t aged a day) hunt down slithery iridescent creatures with more eyes than sense, capturing them in bubbles and banishing them to Limbo. Merlin appears, and tasks him with rounding up the Guardians of Arcadia, and please do hurry up because it’s urgent. So he tracks down Tobias (Charlie Saxton), Steve (Steven Yeun) and the troll AAARRRGGHH (Fred Tatasciore), all adventurous suburban dudes (except for the troll) you know from Trollhunters and 3Below. They meet up with Merlin at GdT Arcane Books, which surely stands for “God damn Trouble” and not “Guillermo del Toro.”
And yet, it’s trouble they find. A group (Pack? Murder? Conglomeration? Snack?) of the slithery creatures attacks and they whoosh up to Merlin’s floating castle in the sky, which is POWERED BY TIME ITSELF, and where the good guy Jim is held in stasis so he won’t die, although I’m pretty sure it’s more complicated than that, but hey, I’m not here to give everything away. Claire (Lexi Medrano) from 3Below is there, and so is the great and mighty knight Galahad (John Rhys-Davies). Something called the Arcane Order is gathering, led by someone who looks like Sauron in his armor before he lost the ring, and it’s bad news. Bad, bad news. It involves some of the villains from earlier Tales of Arcadia series, all coming together to destroy and/or rule things. Then guess who shows up in a giant skull to destroy and/or rule things? Right: the Not Sauron, but probably just as terrible as Sauron. So Merlin conjures a rip in space-time so they can escape, but Douxie, Steve, Claire and Frozen Jim fall through it, leaving the others behind as the gap closes. Merlin calls this a “temporal accident,” but I’d say it’s more like “the beginning of a 10-episode arc.”
Our Take: Wizards is very much the continuation of the Arcadia chronicle, and stands on its own as well as a worm stands on its legs. Starting here isn’t a big deal, as long as you don’t mind being 78 episodes behind.
This is a very plot-dense, action-packed, character-jammed 24 minutes of TV. It doesn’t really let up. There’s a lot to cram in before getting to the meat of the story, which already rolls fast and heavy downhill with the momentum of everything that came before it: classical myths reimagined with modern sensibilities, with vivid animation, crisp comedy and a muscular, but not too heavy, sense of drama. Del Toro’s hand guides the series into creative avenues without ever being off the rails; it’s clever enough to entertain adults with a proclivity for fantasy tales, but absolutely aimed at the TV-Y7 audience. So far, Wizards ropes in some favorite characters from before, shuffles in some new ones, and barrels ahead at full speed.
Sex and Skin: None.
Parting Shot: Douxie, Steve, Claire and Frozen Jim land in medieval Camelot, surrounded by KAAAA-NIG-ITS! One of them says — as one of them absolutely must say, per the Hallowed and Ancient Edicts of Fantasy Storytelling — “What manner of sorcery is this?”
Sleeper Star: If you think the flying cat with glasses voiced by Alfred Molina isn’t the sleeper star here, you must be one of those DOG PEOPLE.
Most Pilot-y Line: “The world as you know it is about to end. Meow.” — Archie says what I’m pretty sure my cat says to me every morning unless I feed him right NOW.
Our Call: STREAM IT. Troll on.
John Serba is a freelance writer and film critic based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read more of his work at johnserbaatlarge.com or follow him on Twitter: @johnserba.
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newyorkpost--2020-08-11--When Kamala Harris was ‘extraordinarily nasty’ to Brett Kavanaugh

President Trump said Tuesday he was “ surprised ” that Democratic presidential ...

President Trump on Tuesday attacked Kamala Harris for being “extraordinarily nasty” to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings.
Harris, who Joe Biden had earlier announced as his running mate, went viral for aggressively questioning Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct allegations during the justice’s heated 2018 confirmation hearings, where she also touched on abortion laws and Trump’s reaction to the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
“She was extraordinarily nasty to Kavanaugh, Judge Kavanaugh, now Justice Kavanaugh,” Trump said during a Tuesday briefing. “She was nasty to a level that was just a horrible thing the way she was, the way she treated now-Justice Kavanaugh. And I won’t forget that soon.”
Harris, a former prosecutor, expanded her profile back in 2018 with her grilling of Kavanaugh, who was left with a loss of words when Harris referred to abortion regulations.
“Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body?” Harris asked at one point.
The two went back and forth on the question before Kavanaugh eventually concluded, “I’m not aware of any right now, senator.”
The former California attorney general also prodded Kavanaugh as to whether he agreed with Trump’s comments in response to the Charlottesville rally that “both sides” were to blame for the violence that overtook the event.
Kavanaugh managed to dodge Harris on that question. He eventually was successful in being approved to the Supreme Court.
“I am not here to assess comments made in the political arena, because the risk is I’ll be drawn into the political arena,” he responded.


newyorkpost--2020-08-11--Jimmy Lai: The newspaperman China’s tyrants fear

HONG KONG — Last year , hundreds of thousands of people ...

China’s Communist regime is scared — scared of its own people, scared of freedom and democracy, scared of a free press. And the regime is especially scared of the man who exemplifies all of those things: Jimmy Lai.
That’s why on Monday, Hong Kong police once again arrested the outspoken and defiant founder of Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper. This time, authorities arrested him under the new and ridiculously broad national-security law — for suspicion of “foreign collusion.” It’s trumped-up bosh.
Lai was arrested along with nine others, including his two sons, four senior Apple Daily staff and politician Agnes Chow Ting, who played a key role in Hong Kong’s democracy protests. He was released after midnight Tuesday, after 40 hours in detention, to loud chants of “Support Apple! Support till the end!” The others were released gradually, as well.
As for the “collusion,” Lai met last year with US Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and members of Congress; he has long called on the West, and particularly the United States, to support Hong Kong’s embattled democracy.
Just because Lai and the others were released doesn’t mean the drama is over. Lai represents too big of a threat to the Communist regime. Just look at the way he was taken in: When he was arrested at his home in Ho Man Tin around 7 a.m. Monday, he was flanked by a phalanx of cops and handcuffed for hours.
This is a nonviolent, devoutly Catholic 72-year-old man.
He was then trotted around the offices of Apple Daily, where more than 200 police officers conducted a raid that lasted nine hours. The South China Morning Post also reported that he was taken in handcuffs to his moored yacht for a search.
Parading Lai around in handcuffs while conducting the searches was a special play by the police, a clear attempt to humiliate him. Except it didn’t work. Not one bit.
Examine the photos of his arrest or the live feed broadcast to Facebook by Next Digital, Apple Daily’s parent company, and you see a serene and dignified Lai. It’s the face of a man who has stared down Communist tyranny enough times to know that it is ultimately a hollow, morally bankrupt regime. He has been arrested before. He was detained in February for his role in a pro-democracy protest last year.
“I can’t be scared. If I’m scared, what can I do? I cannot say anything, I cannot do anything,” Lai told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation this month. “The most skillful thing that the [Chinese Communist Party] can do is to induce fear in you, to subdue you.”
And so Lai bravely refuses to be intimidated into submission.
Having left China as a 12-year-old and arrived in Hong Kong as a stowaway on a boat, Lai built a media empire before Beijing’s attempt to snuff out the territory’s rule-of-law system forced him to fight back politically.
“I’m prepared for prison,” Lai told the AFP in June, before the national-security law went into effect on June 30. “If it comes, I will have the opportunity to read books I haven’t read. The only thing I can do is be positive.” His faith sustains him, and he doesn’t want the attention to focus on him so much as the well-being of Hong Kong.
“Here’s what Jimmy would want you to focus on,” Mark Simon, Lai’s right-hand man — an American citizen who also reportedly has a warrant out for his arrest in Hong Kong — tells me. “He’d want you to focus on the damage they’re doing to Hong Kong” and how “they’re crushing a free press. They’re not dealing with a guy who is thinking about the implications for himself.”
Rather, Simon says, Lai understands that a free press is what helps keep people safe. Liberty depends on the ability to call out and condemn abuses of power.
With the Communist government silencing dissidents in Hong Kong, it’s incumbent on the free world — you and me — to speak out on their behalf.
Elisha Maldonado is a member of the New York Post editorial board and a senior fellow for the Independent Women’s Forum. Twitter: @ElishaMaldonado


newyorkpost--2020-08-12--Late night hosts crack first jokes about Kamala Harris’ vice presidential bid

Hours after Joe Biden announced that California junior Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election , late night hosts finally shared their opinions on the news .
“ The Late Show ” host Stephen Colbert and “ The Daily Show ‘ s ” Trevor Noah both noted Harris ’ historical nomination , noting that she is the first Black woman to be a vice presidential candidate for either major political party .
“ Congratulations to Kamala Harris she is now the first Black woman on a major party ticket , which is a great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Noah said during his show .
Colbert , while recognizing the importance of the announcement , poked fun at how Trump might be thinking of the news .
“ Trump ’ s gon na have a hard time deciding how exactly to be racist about her , ” Colbert said , referring to Harris ’ mixed black and Southeast Asian heritage .
He quipped that the current president would ask to see “ both of her birth certificates , ” riffing off of Trump ’ s demands to see Barack Obama ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Show ” opening monologue , Jimmy Fallon also discussed the news .
Also noting Harris ’ historical nomination , Fallon discussed the vice presidential candidate ’ s background .
He noted that she ’ s a children of immigrants , grew up in California and went to Howard University .
“ It ’ s an inspiring story , unless you ’ re Trump .
Then it ’ s a Stephen King novel , ” Fallon joked .
While some of the hosts say that Biden choosing Harris as his running mate was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been about what he looks for in a potential veep , they also said they were shocked to hear the two were teaming up following their heated moment during a 2019 debate .
In June 2020 , Harris and Biden feuded on number of issues including bussing and racism .
At the following debate , Biden told Harris to “ go easy ” on him .
Biden ’ s Tuesday announcement , given the context of the June 2019 moment , was not lost upon the late night hosts .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Biden picked Kamala , even after she destroyed him at that debate .
In fact part of me thinks that he picked her so that she can just never dust his ass in public again , ” Noah said .
“ This isn ’ t a VP pick , it ’ s an insurance policy .
”

Hours after Joe Biden announced that California junior Sen. Kamala Harris would be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election, late-night hosts finally shared their opinions on the news.
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” both noted Harris’ historical nomination, saying she is the first black woman to be a vice presidential candidate for either major political party.
“Congratulations to Kamala Harris, she is now the first black woman on a major party ticket, which is a great moment for her and for America,” Noah said during his show.
Colbert, while recognizing the importance of the announcement, poked fun at how President Trump might be thinking of the news. “Trump’s gonna have a hard time deciding how exactly to be racist about her,” Colbert said, referring to Harris’ mixed black and Southeast Asian heritage. He quipped that the current president would ask to see “both of her birth certificates,” riffing off of Trump’s demands to see Barack Obama’s documents.
During his “Tonight Show“ opening monologue, Jimmy Fallon also discussed the news. Also noting Harris’ historical nomination, Fallon discussed the vice presidential candidate’s background. He noted that she’s a child of immigrants, grew up in California and went to Howard University.
“It’s an inspiring story, unless you’re Trump. Then it’s a Stephen King novel,” Fallon joked.
While some of the hosts say Biden choosing Harris as his running mate was not necessarily surprising, considering how vocal he has been about what he looks for in a potential veep, they also said they were shocked to hear the two were teaming up following their heated moment during a 2019 debate.
In June 2020, Harris and Biden feuded on a number of issues including busing and racism. At the following debate, Biden told Harris to “go easy” on him. Biden’s Tuesday announcement, given the context of the June 2019 moment, was not lost upon the late-night hosts.
“I gotta say I’m impressed that Biden picked Kamala, even after she destroyed him at that debate. In fact part of me thinks that he picked her so that she can just never dust his ass in public again,” Noah said. “This isn’t a VP pick, it’s an insurance policy.”
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newyorkpost--2020-08-12--Sarah Palin, ex-VP candidate, warns Kamala Harris to ‘trust no one new’

Sarah Palin warned Sen. Kamala Harris to “ trust no one new ” and “ don ’ t get muzzled ” as Joe Biden ’ s vice presidential pick .
In an Instagram post published Tuesday evening , Palin , the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate , congratulated Harris ( D-Calif. ) on being tapped by presumptive Democratic nominee Biden to join the ticket .
“ Congrats to the democrat [ sic ] VP pick , ” she wrote , “ Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro ’ s and my shoulders , and from the most amazing view in your life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( D-NY ) was the first-ever female VP pick in 1984 , selected by Walter Mondale .
The ticket lost badly .
Palin , who also served as the former governor of Alaska , then offered Harris six pieces of advice .
First and foremost , according to former Sen. John McCain ’ s running mate , “ out of the chute trust no one new.
” “ [ D ] on ’ t get muzzled — connect with media and voters in your own unique way .
Some yahoos running campaigns will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are , ” she wrote , “ So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive “ handlers ” trying to change you ” In 2008 , Palin faced off with Biden in the vice presidential contest .
The two debated once .
During that campaign cycle , Palin and McCain ’ s relationship grew strained as Palin ’ s woeful preparedness for media appearances began to create problems for the ticket .
Before his death , the Arizona Republican wrote in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his running mate over Sen. Joe Lieberman ( I-Conn. ) , a longtime friend and confidante of the staunch moderate .
In her post , Palin went on to coach Harris on some “ fun terms you may learn ” on the campaign trail , despite the senator having campaigned nationally for much of 2019 .
One of them was “ OTR , ” or orchestrated campaign stop , which , according to Palin , is an event that is made to look as if it was casual and unplanned .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoes , they turned it into a whole campaign stop with media detailing my every move trying on shoes , ” she quipped .
Palin went on to advise Harris to not “ forget the women who came before you.
” In a lighthearted moment , Palin also reminded the former prosecutor to enjoy the wild ride of campaigning .
“ [ H ] ave fun !
This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you ’ ll be blessed beyond belief , like I was , with meeting new people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just how great it is !
” she wrote .

Sarah Palin warned Sen. Kamala Harris to “trust no one new” and “don’t get muzzled” as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.
In an Instagram post published Tuesday evening, Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, congratulated Harris (D-Calif.) on being tapped by presumptive Democratic nominee Biden to join the ticket.
“Congrats to the democrat [sic] VP pick,” she wrote. “Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro’s and my shoulders, and from the most amazing view in your life consider lessons we learned.” Rep. Ferraro (D-NY) was the first-ever female VP pick in 1984, selected by Walter Mondale. The ticket lost badly.
Palin, also the former governor of Alaska, then offered Harris six pieces of advice.
First and foremost, according to the late Sen. John McCain’s running mate, “out of the chute trust no one new.”
“[D]on’t get muzzled — connect with media and voters in your own unique way. Some yahoos running campaigns will suffocate you with their own self-centered agenda so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are,” she wrote. “So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive ‘handlers’ trying to change you.”
In 2008, Palin faced off with Biden in the vice presidential contest. The two debated once.
During that campaign cycle, Palin and McCain’s relationship grew strained as Palin’s woeful preparedness for media appearances began to create problems for the ticket.
Before his death, the Arizona Republican wrote in his book that he regretted picking Palin as his running mate over Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a longtime friend and confidante of the staunch moderate.
In her post, Palin went on to coach Harris on some “fun terms you may learn” on the campaign trail, despite the senator having campaigned nationally for much of 2019.
One of them was “OTR,” or orchestrated campaign stop, which, according to Palin, is an event that is made to look as if it was casual and unplanned.
“I’d remembered not packing my running shoes, they turned it into a whole campaign stop with media detailing my every move trying on shoes,” she quipped.
Palin went on to advise Harris to not “forget the women who came before you.”
In a lighthearted moment, Palin also reminded the former prosecutor to enjoy the wild ride of campaigning.
“[H]ave fun! This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you’ll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life and see just how great it is!” she wrote.


newyorkpost--2020-08-12--Dr. Fauci doubts safety, effectiveness of Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine

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Don’t expect Dr. Anthony Fauci to line up for a shot of Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine.
The top US infectious diseases expert threw cold water on Sputnik V, the name Russia gave the vaccine — an homage to the Soviet Union’s first orbital satellite in 1957, when the space race was launched.
In his rush to declare victory in the COVID-19 vaccine race, President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that his country was the first to approve an inoculation.
But it was met with a resounding thud by experts who expressed doubts about its efficacy and safety.
“I hope that the Russians have actually, definitively proven that the vaccine is safe and effective. I seriously doubt that they’ve done that,” Fauci, 79, told Deborah Roberts of ABC News for a National Geographic event to be broadcast Thursday, CNN reported.
Fauci, 79, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said having a vaccine and proving that it is safe and effective are two different things.
“We have half a dozen or more vaccines,” he said. “So if we wanted to take the chance of hurting a lot of people or giving them something that doesn’t work, we could start doing this, you know, next week if we wanted to. But that’s not the way it works.”
Fauci said Americans must keep in mind that the US has safety and efficacy standards in place — while the makers of the Russian vaccine have not yet released any data from human trials.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was looking forward to reviewing details of the Russian trials, adding that it is in touch with Russian scientists and authorities, according to CNN.
There are 28 vaccines in worldwide human trials, according to the WHO.
Meanwhile, other experts were more blunt than Fauci in shooting down Sputnik V.
Dr. Ohid Yaqub, a senior lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex in the UK, told The Sun that Russia’s “half-baked” vaccine could be “little better than water” so Putin could “wave the Russian flag” as Phase 3 trials apparently were skipped.
“I would hope that other countries are not drawn into such pork-barrel vaccine nationalism. The less that vaccine development looks like this, the better,” Yaqub told the outlet.
“Decision making should published, open to scrutiny, and free from flag-waving,” he added. “It’s unprecedented to completely skip a Phase 3 trial like this in modern medicine.
“What you don’t want is any sense that that risk is being taken because someone wants to wave their flag around,” Yaqub continued.
“There are other ways to control this disease without taking that risk. We’re not at the stage where we need to start giving out half-baked vaccines,” he said.
“And on the efficacy side, you’re at the stage where you might be vaccinating people with something that isn’t much better that water.”
Prof. Francois Balloux, a biologist at University College London, also slammed Putin for his “reckless and foolish” move, saying that “vaccination with an improperly tested vaccine is unethical,” the outlet reported.
“Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous both through its negative effects on health, but also because it would further set back the acceptance of vaccines in the population,” Balloux told The Sun.
Added Prof. Keith Neal, an epidemiologist at the University of Nottingham: “It is not possible to know if the Russian vaccine has been shown to be effective without submission of scientific papers for analysis and then there may be problems on data quality.”
Russia pushed back Wednesday on the criticism, calling it “information warfare,” CNBC reported.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko reportedly said allegations that the vaccine was unsafe were groundless and fueled by competition.
“It seems our foreign colleagues are sensing the specific competitive advantages of the Russian drug and are trying to express opinions that in our opinion are completely groundless,” Murashko said, Reuters reported.
He said the vaccine, which was developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, would be administered on a voluntary basis.
“The first packages of the medical vaccine against the coronavirus infection will be received within the next two weeks, primarily for doctors,” he said.
Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF, which is backing Sputnik V, said the American criticism showed bias.
“It (the announcement) really divided the world into those countries that think it’s great news … and some of the US media and some US people that engage in major information warfare on the Russian vaccine,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.”
Putin said the Health Ministry gave the green light to the vaccine after it underwent the necessary tests — and said one of his two adult daughters had been inoculated.
“We should be grateful to those who have taken this first step, which is very important for our country and the whole world,” Putin said.
No proof was provided and scientists in Russia warned that additional testing would be necessary to prove it is safe and effective.
Nevertheless, officials said vaccination of doctors could start as early as this month and mass vaccinations may begin as early as October.
Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Institute, said clinical trials would be published once they have been assessed by Russia’s experts.
With Post wires


newyorkpost--2020-08-12--Meghan Markle reveals why she’s voting in 2020 presidential election

Meghan Markle will vote in the presidential election in November because she knows “ what it ’ s like to feel voiceless.
” The Duchess of Sussex opened up about what ’ s driving her to the polls in a new interview with Marie Claire .
“ I know what it ’ s like to have a voice , and also what it ’ s like to feel voiceless , ” said Markle , 39 .
“ I also know that so many men and women have put their lives on the line for us to be heard .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in our ability to exercise our right to vote and to make all of our voices heard.
” The mom of son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor , 1 , was born in Los Angeles and could cast her vote in California .
Sources told Page Six she and Prince Harry have secretly bought a house in Santa Barbara .
“ One of my favorite quotes , and one that my husband and I have referred to often , is from Kate Sheppard , a leader in the suffragist movement in New Zealand , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single vote does not matter much .
The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops , ' ” Markle added .
“ That is why I vote .
”

Meghan Markle will vote in the presidential election in November because she knows “what it’s like to feel voiceless.”
The Duchess of Sussex opened up about what’s driving her to the polls in a new interview with Marie Claire.
“I know what it’s like to have a voice, and also what it’s like to feel voiceless,” said Markle, 39. “I also know that so many men and women have put their lives on the line for us to be heard. And that opportunity, that fundamental right, is in our ability to exercise our right to vote and to make all of our voices heard.”
The mom of son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, 1, was born in Los Angeles and could cast her vote in California. Sources told Page Six she and Prince Harry have secretly bought a house in Santa Barbara.
“One of my favorite quotes, and one that my husband and I have referred to often, is from Kate Sheppard, a leader in the suffragist movement in New Zealand, who said, ‘Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops,'” Markle added. “That is why I vote.”