The Evening: Covid Death Toll, Beirut Probe, Bigfoot County and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Wednesday, August 5th.
** Deaths Pass 700,000
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The number of virus deaths around the world passed 700,000 today. The virus has sickened more than 18.5 million people, as the
NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** Beirut Explosion
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The death toll from an enormous blast in Lebanon’s capital surged past 100, as public anger over the explosion mounted and Lebanese authorities investigated why thousands of tons of explosives were stored for years in Beirut’s heavily populated city center, as the
WSJ reports ([link removed]) .
** Stimulus Nowhere Close
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Top lawmakers remain nowhere close to an agreement for a new economic rescue package amid the recession, with disputes over funding for the United States Postal Service rising to join expanded unemployment benefits and aid to state and local governments on the list of issues dividing Democratic leaders and the Trump administration, as the
NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** CSIS Executive Education
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** In That Number
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** 10 Million
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About one-third of Afghanistan’s population, or roughly 10 million people, have likely been infected by the coronavirus and recovered.
Source: NYT ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “This thing is going away. It will go away like things go away.”
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— President Donald Trump
** iDeas Lab
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China’s maritime forces deployed around the contested Senkaku Islands have become more capable and more determined. In response, Japan has enhanced its island defense capability ([link removed]) through the deployment of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles throughout the nearby Southwest Islands.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
** Optics
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(Photo credit: AFP via Getty Images.) An aerial view shows the massive damage at Beirut port's grain silos and the area around them one day after a massive explosion hit the heart of the Lebanese capital.
** Recommended Reading
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“Pentagon action to withdraw from Germany benefits our adversaries ([link removed]) ,” by CSIS’s Heather Conley and Kathleen Hicks for The Hill.
** This Town Tomorrow
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Tomorrow, at 2:15 p.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS’s Economics Program will hold the sixth episode in their Economy Disrupted Series, featuring a discussion with Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
And, at 10:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , the Middle East Institute will be host a webinar exploring Iran's strategy in the Middle East after the death of Qassem Soleimani.
Later, at 12:00 p.m. ([link removed]) , the Hudson Institute will hold a panel discussion about India's role in countering China's growing technological ambitions.
** Video
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Part two of a mini documentary series ([link removed]) on climate change adaptation from CSIS's Global Food Security Program and iDeas Lab explores how farmers in El Salvador are planting a diverse array of crops and trees to improve crop yields and restore the health of the soil.
** Podcasts
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Die Welt
On the most recent episode of The Engine Room of Democracy, host John Hamre speaks with Michelle Howard, former vice chief of naval operations, about how U.S. military forces operate in police actions under lawful international authorization.
Listen on Spotify ([link removed]) , Google Play ([link removed]) , & Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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“1930 when the wall caved in, he made his way selling red-eyed gin.”
Some of my favorite Jerry Garcia-Bob Weir-Robert Hunter compositions are songs that are set in another time like “Jack Straw,” or “Brown Eyed Women,” which take place in the Depression era. The Dead had a way of fusing their American roots music with a soul-stirring American prose that is timeless. Maybe that’s why in an admittedly unconventional way, Jerry Garcia and company were/are the ultimate patriots.
“Tumble down shack in Big Foot county.
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in.”
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