shoebat--2020-03-16--“Strategic Culture Foundation” Puts Out Comedy-Level Propaganda Piece

Some articles stand out as propaganda , and some of them are more blatant than others .
Such was a recent one on the Strategic Culture Foundation , claiming Russian “ supremacy ” over the US in the recent economic problems .
All of that in the service of keeping the game alive until you find the perfect moment to punch through and achieve victory .
Having watched Putin play this game for the past eight years , I firmly believe there is no one in a position of power today who has a firmer grasp of this than him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break OPEC+ and then watch Mohammed bin Salman break OPEC was Putin ’ s big judo-style reversal move .
And by doing so in less than a week he has completely shut down the U.S. financial system .
Now Trump is facing a market meltdown well beyond his capacity to fathom or respond to .
While Russia is in the unique position to drive costs down for so many of the people while riding out the shock to the global system with its savings .
Because money flows to where the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gas prices stifle development of other industries .
Lowering the oil price not only deflates all of the U.S. ’ s inflated financial weapons it also deflates some of the power of the petroleum industry domestically .
This gives Putin the opportunity to continue remaking the Russian economy along less focused lines .
Cheap oil and gas means lower return on investment in energy projects which , in turn , opens up available capital to be deployed in other areas of the economy .
Putin just told the world he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gas resources like a cash cow but rather as an important part of a different economic strategy for Russia ’ s development .
( source ) There is a scene in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles With Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in which Little , who has been declared the sheriff of a small western town , assumes his new job but everybody hates him because he is black .
After the whole town points their guns at him , Little proceeds to take himself hostage with his own gun ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The next man makes a move , the nigger gets it.
” ) and then proceeds to go through a whole act until he makes his escape to a nearby building , where he laughs at the situation ( “ Oh , baby , you are so talented- and they are so dumb !
” ) .
The essence captured in this piece from Blazing Saddles- not of a sense of superiority , but rather the ridiculous levels of open deception masquerading as fact in spite of public documentation with a noted consistency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my experiences with the article above , but also with many who support/defend online the Russia-Russian Orthodoxy complex , since the two for many can not be separated .
As I have said before , I rarely read comments because I don ’ t have time to waste .
But after certain comments about my interview with a Russian priest were brought to my attention , I decided to look at them .
They were rather interesting , and reflected the general sense of what I would have expected and even more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ read the article and comments here .
I find the assertion fascinating how one thinks that such an interview was just invented , as though I did not take the time to drive out , meet with this person based on his busy schedule , and did not know him well before I did this interview and was able to verify his story .
Likewise , I also find it interesting how one assumes this priest just ‘ loves American propaganda ’ when as noted , he wants to return to Russia to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not mention this ( because it is not relevant as far as questions are concerned ) , but this same person has refused to pursue American citizenship save for a work visa because of the fact that he does not want to jeopardize his Russian citizenship even in spite of having been given multiple chances to receive it and knowing full well that he could be a target in Russia because his parents , who are American citizens , were anti-communist and as with many people in Russia , were targeted even after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communism ( something more than a few people have shared I knew throughout the years ) .
I do not care what people think about my interview or this person , or the fact that his experiences dovetail very well from the lived experiences of many people of diverse backgrounds I have met over the years who immigrated to the US from Russia or other former Soviet Bloc nations as well as people who still live in many places within Russia .
‘ I mention these comments because they fit well with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among some in Russia , and especially those abroad looking to Russia as a sort of “ Christian savior ” when , in true to Russian style , it is largely a magnificent bluff , as Russia is only at the current time returning to her former Soviet ways as evidenced by many people and the actions of the Russian government .
Ask yourself , why does Putin need to remain in power for the next sixteen years ?
Is it because he wants to make Russia a “ strong ” nation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billions for himself and his criminal friends , he is attempting to seal dictatorial power for himself until he dies and possibly try to pass it on as a sort of new autocracy ?
Likewise , why does Putin openly laud Stalin , or do people close to or know about him either love or say that Putin loves Stalin , in spite of the fact that the man was an evil tyrant who murdered millions , including his own friends and colleagues , for his own power ?
Does one also intend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system , the fact that people who were captured by the German army in World War II or who defected from Germany and other nations to the USSR were after the war still arrested and deported to Siberia or executed ?
What about the fact that Stalin sent millions of Russians not to fight “ for the motherland ” , but to their deaths by refusing to provide proper food , training , or weapons , yet having weapons placed at the backs of their heads and sent veritably charging into the well-armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wehrmacht ?
But forget about Putin for a minute .
Why is it that when the fact of Russia ’ s physical and social infrastructure- the decaying train lines , the failing roads , the lack of efficient accessibility in many places in Russia , the one-million-per-year drop in population and 1.5-and-declining fertility rate that comes at a time of unprecedented migration from all of Central Asia and the Caucasus region , the African-level rates of HIV infection in many places , the rampant alcoholism , the non-existent family structure worsened by institutionalized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hatred of Russian men and family life in favor of a career , some of the lowest salaries in all of Europe , the rampant poverty among the masses , the fact that ( according to the Minzdrav , or the Russian CDC equivalent ) that 30 % of hospitals do not have running water and 40 % do not have centralized air- just to name a few things -do such thing not elicit a discussion about them , but rather a “ Well America is [ insert response here ] ” or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American propaganda.
” Is the Russian CDC lying about their hospital problems ?
Is Rosbizneskonsulting in a conspiracy with the World Health Organization to lie about HIV rates ?
Are the giant migrant communities that grow each year in major Russian cities made up almost wholly of Central Asian or Caucasian peoples just illusions ?
Are such things really signs of a healthy nation ?
Or rather , a nation teetering on the edge of collapse that is trying desperately to hold everything together but can not and if things continue , will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a series of several nations ?
Throughout her history , Russia was traditionally a nation located in Europe west of the Urals .
Modern Russia did not even begin in Russia , but in Ukraine .
The concemporary concept of Russia is not even 500 years old , beginning with Ivan the Terrible ’ s invasions of Tatarstan and the subsequent push eastward towards Alaska .
Another aspect that I have consistently noted is the seeming inability of many ( certainly not all , thought ) self-identified “ Orthodox ” , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to distinguish between “ orthodoxy ” and the support of the Russian government .
This has always been a problem in Russia , and is one of the reasons for the historical toleration of the concept of the “ dvoeverie ” , or the co-existence of paganism alongside “ orthodoxy ” in slavic lands , for while paganism has always been a weed in constant need of being uprooted , there has been a known silence among the orthodox about this because of the equivocation between nationalism and religion , something that while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is as aggressively fought against historically as it is anti-Catholic by the nature of the Church being universal itself , and not tied to any concept of nationhood , as the latter has been asserted by Orthodox patriarchs as I have mentioned in previous articles .
There are also the many scandals in the Orthodox Church that , when brought up in the same spirit as I have with the problems in the Catholic Church , the answer is not one of introspection or discussion , but immediately takes an angry to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking place right now with the Great Schism 2.0 , where the entire Orthodox world is divided over the question of the Ukrainian Patriarchate .
One can read more about this in the Shoebat archives , but I have consistently made the point that this is a very serious event because it has effectively isolated the Russian Orthodox Church from a large part of the Orthodox world , and given the size of the church , has taken anywhere from 20 to 35 % of here claimed adherents , and possibly more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking place now in the Catholic Church can be mentioned and one can have a generally civil discussion ( even in “ trad ” cirles ) , but if the Orthodox are mentioned , the conversation almost immediately takes a hostile tone .
This is true with the LGBT in the Church as well , for while the Catholics have long pointed out the problem with sodomites in the Church , there is a seeming denial or unwillingness to admit that such exists in a similar way in the Orthodox Churches , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Is the Catholic Church , or even another religion such as Islam or Judaism , both of which I have written about critically here , to be held to a different standard of scrutiny ?
Are any of them exempt from the same questions or examination ?
If not , why is there so much seeming anger over asking what are in essence the same critical questions of the Russian Orthodox ?
Returning to the original article , the Strategic Culture Foundation , which is a Russian front group , is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to far as to suggest that Russia was somehow involved in the virus-related panic and is setting herself in opposition to a ‘ decadent ’ West , while completely fawning over Putin even as he is actively making himself dictator-for-life and is reviving the conditions that existed in the USSR and who idolizes Stalin .
Likewise , it suggests that dropping oil prices is “ good ” and rising ones are “ bad ” , when the reality is that Russia needs high oil prices because that is her main export ( other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both said unironically ) she relies on to bolster her economy .
Even China , in spite of all of her problems , delusions , and lies , may be more developed in terms of her infrastructure now than what Russia is .
This is not American-style lying , but Russian bluffing at its finest , and yet , so many are genuinely deceived by the bluffing as to ignore measurable fundamentals in favor of meaningless or questionable platitudes that sound good .
I have said before that I do not want Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want anybody to suffer because one must desire good for all .
I have said that Russia is in bad condition , and that it is likely she will break up into a series of warring states if things continues , because they are not getting better .
I also want the good will for Christians in Russia , but I can not help but admit fundamentals about the state of Russian Christianity , be they good or bad , just as how I recently mentioned the ongoing social collapse of American Evangelicalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is dying , as she is being strangled to death by the tribalistic cabal that has ruled her since 1917 and continues to rule her under the son of Vladmir Spiridonovich Putin and Maria Shelomova and his posse , and all of the troubles that so few want to attempt to address .
Russia is not going to “ save the world from the US ” .
Rather , it is more likely based on the circumstances that Russia will break up into a series of smaller nations east of the Urals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ European and US interests way unless the fundamentals of her problems are dealt with , and that is something that Putin is not doing .
My criticism of the “ Russia defenders ” is also the same as that which I have of the “ American flag wavers ” , since I do not distinguish between the two in terms of essence , as there is an unhealthy overlap of religion and national pride with both that tends to unnaturally color the perception that both have about reality .
Sometimes it is uncomfortable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tendency to simply declare that viewpoints one does not agree with are “ lies ” or a sort of conspiracy against an individual , nation , or whole religion without providing reasonable proof to show otherwise is just a way of attempting to shut down discussion because one does not like what is being said .
People may talk a strong line about Russia , but one does not negate the facts of the situation with one ’ s impressions of how one would like things to be .
Doing that only serves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who , like Cleavon Little ’ s character , will deceive others with blatant trickery , and once behind the scenes will declare “ Oh , baby , you are so talented- and they are so dumb !
” .
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Some articles stand out as propaganda, and some of them are more blatant than others. Such was a recent one on the Strategic Culture Foundation, claiming Russian “supremacy” over the US in the recent economic problems.
All of that in the service of keeping the game alive until you find the perfect moment to punch through and achieve victory. Having watched Putin play this game for the past eight years, I firmly believe there is no one in a position of power today who has a firmer grasp of this than him. And I do believe this move to break OPEC+ and then watch Mohammed bin Salman break OPEC was Putin’s big judo-style reversal move. And by doing so in less than a week he has completely shut down the U.S. financial system. … Now Trump is facing a market meltdown well beyond his capacity to fathom or respond to. While Russia is in the unique position to drive costs down for so many of the people while riding out the shock to the global system with its savings. Because money flows to where the best returns on it come, high oil and gas prices stifle development of other industries. Lowering the oil price not only deflates all of the U.S.’s inflated financial weapons it also deflates some of the power of the petroleum industry domestically. This gives Putin the opportunity to continue remaking the Russian economy along less focused lines. Cheap oil and gas means lower return on investment in energy projects which, in turn, opens up available capital to be deployed in other areas of the economy. Putin just told the world he’s not riding his country’s oil and gas resources like a cash cow but rather as an important part of a different economic strategy for Russia’s development. (source)
There is a scene in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles With Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in which Little, who has been declared the sheriff of a small western town, assumes his new job but everybody hates him because he is black. After the whole town points their guns at him, Little proceeds to take himself hostage with his own gun (starting at 2:55- “Hold it! The next man makes a move, the nigger gets it.”) and then proceeds to go through a whole act until he makes his escape to a nearby building, where he laughs at the situation (“Oh, baby, you are so talented- and they are so dumb!”).
The essence captured in this piece from Blazing Saddles- not of a sense of superiority, but rather the ridiculous levels of open deception masquerading as fact in spite of public documentation with a noted consistency that reports the contrary -reminds me of my experiences with the article above, but also with many who support/defend online the Russia-Russian Orthodoxy complex, since the two for many cannot be separated.
As I have said before, I rarely read comments because I don’t have time to waste. But after certain comments about my interview with a Russian priest were brought to my attention, I decided to look at them. They were rather interesting, and reflected the general sense of what I would have expected and even more. If you want to, you can read the article and comments here.
I find the assertion fascinating how one thinks that such an interview was just invented, as though I did not take the time to drive out, meet with this person based on his busy schedule, and did not know him well before I did this interview and was able to verify his story. Likewise, I also find it interesting how one assumes this priest just ‘loves American propaganda’ when as noted, he wants to return to Russia to continue his work there. I did not mention this (because it is not relevant as far as questions are concerned), but this same person has refused to pursue American citizenship save for a work visa because of the fact that he does not want to jeopardize his Russian citizenship even in spite of having been given multiple chances to receive it and knowing full well that he could be a target in Russia because his parents, who are American citizens, were anti-communist and as with many people in Russia, were targeted even after the fall of the USSR for opposing communism (something more than a few people have shared I knew throughout the years).
I do not care what people think about my interview or this person, or the fact that his experiences dovetail very well from the lived experiences of many people of diverse backgrounds I have met over the years who immigrated to the US from Russia or other former Soviet Bloc nations as well as people who still live in many places within Russia. ‘
I mention these comments because they fit well with the highly propagandized mindset that one can see among some in Russia, and especially those abroad looking to Russia as a sort of “Christian savior” when, in true to Russian style, it is largely a magnificent bluff, as Russia is only at the current time returning to her former Soviet ways as evidenced by many people and the actions of the Russian government.
Ask yourself, why does Putin need to remain in power for the next sixteen years? Is it because he wants to make Russia a “strong” nation, or because having robbed the country of billions for himself and his criminal friends, he is attempting to seal dictatorial power for himself until he dies and possibly try to pass it on as a sort of new autocracy?
Likewise, why does Putin openly laud Stalin, or do people close to or know about him either love or say that Putin loves Stalin, in spite of the fact that the man was an evil tyrant who murdered millions, including his own friends and colleagues, for his own power? Does one also intend to defend the Holodomor, the Gulag system, the fact that people who were captured by the German army in World War II or who defected from Germany and other nations to the USSR were after the war still arrested and deported to Siberia or executed? What about the fact that Stalin sent millions of Russians not to fight “for the motherland”, but to their deaths by refusing to provide proper food, training, or weapons, yet having weapons placed at the backs of their heads and sent veritably charging into the well-armed, well-trained, well-fed, highly organized Wehrmacht?
But forget about Putin for a minute.
Why is it that when the fact of Russia’s physical and social infrastructure- the decaying train lines, the failing roads, the lack of efficient accessibility in many places in Russia, the one-million-per-year drop in population and 1.5-and-declining fertility rate that comes at a time of unprecedented migration from all of Central Asia and the Caucasus region, the African-level rates of HIV infection in many places, the rampant alcoholism, the non-existent family structure worsened by institutionalized feminism and in many places an open hatred of Russian men and family life in favor of a career, some of the lowest salaries in all of Europe, the rampant poverty among the masses, the fact that (according to the Minzdrav, or the Russian CDC equivalent) that 30% of hospitals do not have running water and 40% do not have centralized air- just to name a few things -do such thing not elicit a discussion about them, but rather a “Well America is [insert response here]” or “that is just a lie from American propaganda.”
Is the Russian CDC lying about their hospital problems? Is Rosbizneskonsulting in a conspiracy with the World Health Organization to lie about HIV rates? Are the giant migrant communities that grow each year in major Russian cities made up almost wholly of Central Asian or Caucasian peoples just illusions?
Are such things really signs of a healthy nation? Or rather, a nation teetering on the edge of collapse that is trying desperately to hold everything together but cannot and if things continue, will rip apart at the seams, possibly into a series of several nations?
Throughout her history, Russia was traditionally a nation located in Europe west of the Urals. Modern Russia did not even begin in Russia, but in Ukraine. The concemporary concept of Russia is not even 500 years old, beginning with Ivan the Terrible’s invasions of Tatarstan and the subsequent push eastward towards Alaska.
Another aspect that I have consistently noted is the seeming inability of many (certainly not all, thought) self-identified “Orthodox”, especially those from the US or anglosphere, to distinguish between “orthodoxy” and the support of the Russian government. This has always been a problem in Russia, and is one of the reasons for the historical toleration of the concept of the “dvoeverie”, or the co-existence of paganism alongside “orthodoxy” in slavic lands, for while paganism has always been a weed in constant need of being uprooted, there has been a known silence among the orthodox about this because of the equivocation between nationalism and religion, something that while it has happened in the Catholic Church, is as aggressively fought against historically as it is anti-Catholic by the nature of the Church being universal itself, and not tied to any concept of nationhood, as the latter has been asserted by Orthodox patriarchs as I have mentioned in previous articles.
There are also the many scandals in the Orthodox Church that, when brought up in the same spirit as I have with the problems in the Catholic Church, the answer is not one of introspection or discussion, but immediately takes an angry to accusatory tone. One can see this taking place right now with the Great Schism 2.0, where the entire Orthodox world is divided over the question of the Ukrainian Patriarchate. One can read more about this in the Shoebat archives, but I have consistently made the point that this is a very serious event because it has effectively isolated the Russian Orthodox Church from a large part of the Orthodox world, and given the size of the church, has taken anywhere from 20 to 35% of here claimed adherents, and possibly more. The state of Rome and the conflicts taking place now in the Catholic Church can be mentioned and one can have a generally civil discussion (even in “trad” cirles), but if the Orthodox are mentioned, the conversation almost immediately takes a hostile tone. This is true with the LGBT in the Church as well, for while the Catholics have long pointed out the problem with sodomites in the Church, there is a seeming denial or unwillingness to admit that such exists in a similar way in the Orthodox Churches, one is attacked even when evidence is presented.
Is the Catholic Church, or even another religion such as Islam or Judaism, both of which I have written about critically here, to be held to a different standard of scrutiny? Are any of them exempt from the same questions or examination? If not, why is there so much seeming anger over asking what are in essence the same critical questions of the Russian Orthodox?
Returning to the original article, the Strategic Culture Foundation, which is a Russian front group, is a delusional piece devoid of fact, going to far as to suggest that Russia was somehow involved in the virus-related panic and is setting herself in opposition to a ‘decadent’ West, while completely fawning over Putin even as he is actively making himself dictator-for-life and is reviving the conditions that existed in the USSR and who idolizes Stalin. Likewise, it suggests that dropping oil prices is “good” and rising ones are “bad”, when the reality is that Russia needs high oil prices because that is her main export (other than cheap mass-produced weapons and prostitutes, both said unironically) she relies on to bolster her economy. Even China, in spite of all of her problems, delusions, and lies, may be more developed in terms of her infrastructure now than what Russia is.
This is not American-style lying, but Russian bluffing at its finest, and yet, so many are genuinely deceived by the bluffing as to ignore measurable fundamentals in favor of meaningless or questionable platitudes that sound good.
I have said before that I do not want Russia to suffer, as I do not want anybody to suffer because one must desire good for all. I have said that Russia is in bad condition, and that it is likely she will break up into a series of warring states if things continues, because they are not getting better. I also want the good will for Christians in Russia, but I cannot help but admit fundamentals about the state of Russian Christianity, be they good or bad, just as how I recently mentioned the ongoing social collapse of American Evangelicalism taking place in the US.
Russia is dying, as she is being strangled to death by the tribalistic cabal that has ruled her since 1917 and continues to rule her under the son of Vladmir Spiridonovich Putin and Maria Shelomova and his posse, and all of the troubles that so few want to attempt to address.
Russia is not going to “save the world from the US”. Rather, it is more likely based on the circumstances that Russia will break up into a series of smaller nations east of the Urals and come under varying levels of influences from European and US interests way unless the fundamentals of her problems are dealt with, and that is something that Putin is not doing.
My criticism of the “Russia defenders” is also the same as that which I have of the “American flag wavers”, since I do not distinguish between the two in terms of essence, as there is an unhealthy overlap of religion and national pride with both that tends to unnaturally color the perception that both have about reality. Sometimes it is uncomfortable to discuss certain topics, but the tendency to simply declare that viewpoints one does not agree with are “lies” or a sort of conspiracy against an individual, nation, or whole religion without providing reasonable proof to show otherwise is just a way of attempting to shut down discussion because one does not like what is being said.
People may talk a strong line about Russia, but one does not negate the facts of the situation with one’s impressions of how one would like things to be. Doing that only serves to allow for further manipulation from actors who, like Cleavon Little’s character, will deceive others with blatant trickery, and once behind the scenes will declare “Oh, baby, you are so talented- and they are so dumb!”.
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shoebat--2020-03-16--Americans Are Calling The Police Over A Lack Of Toilet Paper

Americans are known to to silly things in response to small crises .
Whether it is attacking people at McDonalds over chicken McNuggets , violence on Black Friday , or killing members of one ’ s family over sneakers/ding dongs/chicken pot pie or something else , there is a chance it may happen in the US .
Noting this , police in Oregon are asking people now to refrain from calling 911 over a lack of toilet paper as Fox7NY reports .
“ It ’ s hard to believe that we even have to post this , ” police in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper .
You will survive without our assistance.
” The post then pointed out the different methods used throughout history before suggesting other items that could be used in lieu of “ your favorite soft , ultra plush two-ply citrus scented tissue.
” Among their suggestions : grocery store receipts , newspaper , cloth rags , magazine pages , cotton balls and even leaves .
“ Be resourceful .
Be patient .
There is a TP shortage .
This too shall pass .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ We can not bring you toilet paper , ” the post concluded .
( source )

Americans are known to to silly things in response to small crises. Whether it is attacking people at McDonalds over chicken McNuggets, violence on Black Friday, or killing members of one’s family over sneakers/ding dongs/chicken pot pie or something else, there is a chance it may happen in the US. Noting this, police in Oregon are asking people now to refrain from calling 911 over a lack of toilet paper as Fox7NY reports.
“It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this,” police in Newport, Oregon wrote. “Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance.”
The post then pointed out the different methods used throughout history before suggesting other items that could be used in lieu of “your favorite soft, ultra plush two-ply citrus scented tissue.”
Among their suggestions: grocery store receipts, newspaper, cloth rags, magazine pages, cotton balls and even leaves.
“Be resourceful. Be patient. There is a TP shortage. This too shall pass. Just don’t call 9-1-1. We cannot bring you toilet paper,” the post concluded. (source)


shoebat--2020-03-16--Trouble For Trump As Manufacturing Index Hits Record Decline

There may be trouble for Trump in the future as the US manufacturing index has hit a record decline amid the virus chaos according to Marketwatch .
The New York Fed ’ s Empire State business conditions index plunged a record 34.4 points to -21.5 in March , the regional Fed bank said Monday .
Economists had expected a reading of 4.8 , according to a survey by Econoday .
This is the lowest level since the financial crisis in 2009 .
What happened : The new-orders index fell 31.4 points to -9.3 in March .
Shipments fell 20.6 points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The average workweek fell to -10.6 in March from -1 .
The number of employees fell to -1.5 from 6.6 .
Optimism about the six-month outlook dropped to 1.2 from 22.9 .
Big picture : This is one of the first readings of the coronavirus outbreak ’ s impact on the economy and the results are not pretty .
The worst seems yet to come .
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday that he expects negative GDP growth in the second quarter .
What are they saying ?
“ The impact of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time of this survey .
Nonetheless , the early indications suggest that the impact was substantial , ” said T.J. Connelly , head of research at Contingent Macro .
( source ) Trump needs to win the white working classes in critical manufacturing states such as Ohio , Indiana , Wisconsin , and Michigan .
If he loses them , there is a strong chance he may lose the election , even if it is to Biden .
Many of these people are poor and have been affected by the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are strapped with debt , and are in a bad situation all around .
This virus is just making everything worse for their already difficult , on-edge lives Trump ’ s responses in the next several months to this crisis could determine his victory or loss in 2020 .
As I have said before , things for Trump overall have been to his favor , but his response to this virus manufactured crisis could determine if he has a second term or not .
If anything , what appears to be happening is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In other words , people are turning to the government and asking them for a bailout just like what happened with companies in 2007 , but now it is the common man .
We are witnessing a fuller transition of the zeitgeist , which is , how much of the public treasury will be “ given ” to “ the people ?
” No matter who wins the 2020 election , it will likely only be socialism .
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There may be trouble for Trump in the future as the US manufacturing index has hit a record decline amid the virus chaos according to Marketwatch.
The New York Fed’s Empire State business conditions index plunged a record 34.4 points to -21.5 in March, the regional Fed bank said Monday. Economists had expected a reading of 4.8, according to a survey by Econoday. This is the lowest level since the financial crisis in 2009. What happened: The new-orders index fell 31.4 points to -9.3 in March. Shipments fell 20.6 points to -1.7. Labor-market indicators weakened. The average workweek fell to -10.6 in March from -1. The number of employees fell to -1.5 from 6.6. Optimism about the six-month outlook dropped to 1.2 from 22.9. Big picture: This is one of the first readings of the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the economy and the results are not pretty. The worst seems yet to come. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday that he expects negative GDP growth in the second quarter. What are they saying? “The impact of the coronavirus was still in its early stages at the time of this survey. Nonetheless, the early indications suggest that the impact was substantial,” said T.J. Connelly, head of research at Contingent Macro. (source)
Trump needs to win the white working classes in critical manufacturing states such as Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. If he loses them, there is a strong chance he may lose the election, even if it is to Biden.
Many of these people are poor and have been affected by the virus. They are out of work, are strapped with debt, and are in a bad situation all around.
This virus is just making everything worse for their already difficult, on-edge lives
Trump’s responses in the next several months to this crisis could determine his victory or loss in 2020.
As I have said before, things for Trump overall have been to his favor, but his response to this virus manufactured crisis could determine if he has a second term or not.
If anything, what appears to be happening is a transition of the nation to socialism. In other words, people are turning to the government and asking them for a bailout just like what happened with companies in 2007, but now it is the common man.
We are witnessing a fuller transition of the zeitgeist, which is, how much of the public treasury will be “given” to “the people?”
No matter who wins the 2020 election, it will likely only be socialism.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--The Best Thing That Can Come Out Of The Coronavirus

My thoughts on one positive thing that come about from the coronavirus :

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shoebat--2020-03-17--Stock Market Tumbles After Statements From Trump Administration

The stock market took another tumble after announcements from the Trump administration that the virus is not controlled as reported by Zero Hedge .
The State Department ’ s Ambassador Deborah Birx poured some cold-water on Powell & Mnuchin ’ s corporate bailout rally when she told the American public that more must be done to contain this virus : “ If Americans continue going to bars , restaurants , other public places , we will fail in containing this virus.
” The Dow surged above Monday high stops , then tumbled on Birx comments .
( source ) Ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration wants to “ contain ” this virus ?
The circumstances of the entire ordeal are highly suspicious , from it origins to the reactions , which seem to be being made to advance government control over society and get people to accept ideas and concepts or do behaviors that they normally would not have done .
It is known that Trump showing any instability in the markets could cause them to tumble .
It makes no sense that such a statement would be allowed to be made unless the purpose was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The best way that one can explain this is as a takedown of the global economy , beginning with the US , in order to likely adjust manufacturing , economic , and national policies in preparation for a coming war .
If we think what is happening now is bad , imagine when it becomes more serious .
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The stock market took another tumble after announcements from the Trump administration that the virus is not controlled as reported by Zero Hedge.
The State Department’s Ambassador Deborah Birx poured some cold-water on Powell & Mnuchin’s corporate bailout rally when she told the American public that more must be done to contain this virus: “If Americans continue going to bars, restaurants, other public places, we will fail in containing this virus.” The Dow surged above Monday high stops, then tumbled on Birx comments. (source)
Ask yourself, does one believe that the Trump administration wants to “contain” this virus?
The circumstances of the entire ordeal are highly suspicious, from it origins to the reactions, which seem to be being made to advance government control over society and get people to accept ideas and concepts or do behaviors that they normally would not have done.
It is known that Trump showing any instability in the markets could cause them to tumble. It makes no sense that such a statement would be allowed to be made unless the purpose was to cause the markets to tumble.
The best way that one can explain this is as a takedown of the global economy, beginning with the US, in order to likely adjust manufacturing, economic, and national policies in preparation for a coming war.
If we think what is happening now is bad, imagine when it becomes more serious.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--God Bless Obama, He Never Tried To Do TARP-Style Bailouts For The Whole Country Like What Trump Is S

God Bless Obama, He Never Tried To Do TARP-Style Bailouts For The Whole Country Like What Trump Is Suggesting

One can say what he wants about Obama .
Like him or hate him , Obama never suggested giving TARP-style bailouts for the whole country , such as what Trump ’ s administration is suggesting , and according to the words of Steve Mnuchin , directly from Trump himself , a TARP-style bailout for the people .
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that the Trump administration wants to get emergency funds in Americans ’ pockets “ immediately ” amid the coronavirus crisis .
“ Americans need cash now , ” Mnuchin said during a White House press briefing on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combat the disease .
“ I mean now in the next two weeks.
” “ The president has instructed me that we have to do this now , ” Mnuchin added .
The latest daily briefing came as stocks struggled to recover from one of the worst trading sessions ever .
Markets have shed trillions of dollars amid the coronavirus spread , which has crippled major industries and forced governments around the world to take drastic steps to try to slow the spread of the disease .
States and cities have taken sweeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limiting restaurants to delivery and takeout services .
Other businesses have had to lay off and furlough employees .
( source ) IF this actually happens , this is a MAJOR event .
First , it is giving TARP-style bailouts to the common man .
This would be a repeat of 2007 but larger .
Second , it will likely aid in devaluing the dollar more than what it already has been devalued .
One can not print money- which is what this would be -without reducing its value , and drive up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in large increases in the value of hard-commodities traditionally seen as safe-haven assets , such as metals .
Fourth , it would be the open application of socialism in the public .
Fifth , and the largest reason , it that THIS WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT REPUBLICANS SAID OBAMA WOULD DO .
That is right .
Republicans said that OBAMA WAS GOING TO PRINT MONEY because he was a SOCIALIST who wanted to DESTROY AMERICA .
Yet here we have Donald Trump ’ s administration seriously discussing the exact same thing that Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
-People said Obama would ban guns when he gave more gun rights , while Trump took rights away .
-People said Obama was going to start a war around the world , when in reality he made peace with Iran in a deal that was destroyed by Trump .
-People said that Obama was going to do the will of foreign powers , when he did nothing more than other American presidents and even asked Israel to control themselves , but Trump has been spending his time giving Israel whatever she wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing what the Republicans warned against would be socialism .
What is the difference between Trump , Biden , and Bernie now , save for debating who has the better flavor of socialism ?
And we still say the problem is poor , starving brown people from other countries suffering from our policies trying to flee for their lives .
I have only three letters to say .
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One can say what he wants about Obama. Like him or hate him, Obama never suggested giving TARP-style bailouts for the whole country, such as what Trump’s administration is suggesting, and according to the words of Steve Mnuchin, directly from Trump himself, a TARP-style bailout for the people.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that the Trump administration wants to get emergency funds in Americans’ pockets “immediately” amid the coronavirus crisis. “Americans need cash now,” Mnuchin said during a White House press briefing on the administration’s latest efforts to combat the disease. “I mean now in the next two weeks.” “The president has instructed me that we have to do this now,” Mnuchin added. The latest daily briefing came as stocks struggled to recover from one of the worst trading sessions ever. Markets have shed trillions of dollars amid the coronavirus spread, which has crippled major industries and forced governments around the world to take drastic steps to try to slow the spread of the disease. States and cities have taken sweeping measures to reduce social interaction, including limiting restaurants to delivery and takeout services. Other businesses have had to lay off and furlough employees. (source)
IF this actually happens, this is a MAJOR event.
First, it is giving TARP-style bailouts to the common man. This would be a repeat of 2007 but larger.
Second, it will likely aid in devaluing the dollar more than what it already has been devalued. One cannot print money- which is what this would be -without reducing its value, and drive up prices.
Third, it could result in large increases in the value of hard-commodities traditionally seen as safe-haven assets, such as metals.
Fourth, it would be the open application of socialism in the public.
Fifth, and the largest reason, it that THIS WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT REPUBLICANS SAID OBAMA WOULD DO.
That is right.
Republicans said that OBAMA WAS GOING TO PRINT MONEY because he was a SOCIALIST who wanted to DESTROY AMERICA.
Yet here we have Donald Trump’s administration seriously discussing the exact same thing that Republicans cried about during Obama’s time.
Let’s remember that:
-People said Obama would ban guns when he gave more gun rights, while Trump took rights away.
-People said Obama was going to start a war around the world, when in reality he made peace with Iran in a deal that was destroyed by Trump.
-People said that Obama was going to do the will of foreign powers, when he did nothing more than other American presidents and even asked Israel to control themselves, but Trump has been spending his time giving Israel whatever she wants.
Now Trump is seriously looking at doing what the Republicans warned against would be socialism.
What is the difference between Trump, Biden, and Bernie now, save for debating who has the better flavor of socialism?
And we still say the problem is poor, starving brown people from other countries suffering from our policies trying to flee for their lives.
I have only three letters to say.
L. O. L.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--‘Former’ Sodomite Gary Michael Voris Of Church Militant Stands With Soros-Protege Orban, Blames Migr

‘Former’ Sodomite Gary Michael Voris Of Church Militant Stands With Soros-Protege Orban, Blames Migrants For COVID-19 Spread

Shoebat.com has written for a long time about Gary Michael Voris , his history as a ‘ former ’ sodomite , and yet his interview and support of the admitted sodomite pederast Milo Yiannopoulos who lost his social platform because of his public words on sodomite pederasty .
This comes as Voris is the head of a ‘ Catholic ’ network , and while it is also known that according to the John Jay Study , whose results have maintained a remarkable consistency since its original publication in 2004 , that over 80 % of the sexual abuse claims in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior .
Now Church Militant has published and article in support of the Soros-protege Viktor Orban , who we have written about at Shoebat.com , citing a recent interview on Kossuth Radio in Hungary , where Orban declares that the spread of COVID-19 is directly related to migration , and that the virus first showed up among “ Iranians ” .
Commenting on the “ logical connection ” between the spread of coronavirus and migration , the prime minister said that “ We are fighting a two-front war : One front is called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the coronavirus , ” in an interview with Kossuth Rádió on March 13 .
Orbán noted that a lot of foreigners are studying in Hungarian universities and observed that most of Hungary ’ s early cases of the virus were found among Iranian students .
The prime minister said that in Hungary , “ It ’ s no coincidence that the virus first showed up among Iranians , ” during his weekly interview with Kossuth Rádió on March 13 .
Speaking to Church Militant , China expert and president of the Population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logical connection ” Orbán makes between migration and the disease : It goes without saying that viruses can only spread if they have help from their human hosts .
That ’ s how the Chinese coronavirus got from China to Iran in the first place , and probably how it got from Iran to Hungary .
What Orbán is saying is only common sense , which seems to be in increasingly short supply in these days of political correctness run amuck .
( source ) Shoebat.com has made very clear that the problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made in truth or not , but the purpose and context in which that statement is made .
If this virus is truly a global ‘ pandemic ’ , everybody is going to have to deal with it .
It does not matter who one is or where one is .
Migrants and wealthy people alike will contract the virus and suffer .
There should be no question that it was found among migrants .
However , what is the motivation here ?
Orban became famous in 2016 for his strongly-worded statements about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted , his words were just words , not backed by action , and his nation demonstrated strong ties to dangerous nationalist groups .
If anything , Orban was not helping Hungary or a Christian cause , but the rise of racialism , xenophobia , and militaristic-type attitudes to return to Europe .
The kind of militarism that is returning to Europe is the kind of the 20th century of rejecting the foreigner , promoting one ’ s own tribal greatness , and generally mistreating people who are “ outsiders ” with eugenic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inevitably of many lives .
In the words of Pope Pius XI and Servant of God Pope Pius XII , Whoever exalts race , or the people , or the State , or a particular form of State , or the depositories of power , or any other fundamental value of the human community – however necessary and honorable be their function in worldly things – whoever raises these notions above their standard value and divinizes them to an idolatrous level , distorts and perverts an order of the world planned and created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the true faith in God and from the concept of life which that faith upholds .
( source ) Yet these are the people that Orban is fueling by his words , doing what he did four years ago .
This is not Catholic or Christian .
This is helping tribalism , which the Church has always been opposed to .
Ask yourself , why does Voris give this person a platform ?
Why did he do the same for the sodomite pederast Milo Yiannopoulos ?
It seems to be more than just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help support the work of this site .
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Shoebat.com has written for a long time about Gary Michael Voris, his history as a ‘former’ sodomite, and yet his interview and support of the admitted sodomite pederast Milo Yiannopoulos who lost his social platform because of his public words on sodomite pederasty. This comes as Voris is the head of a ‘Catholic’ network, and while it is also known that according to the John Jay Study, whose results have maintained a remarkable consistency since its original publication in 2004, that over 80% of the sexual abuse claims in the Church are directly related to sodomite behavior.
Now Church Militant has published and article in support of the Soros-protege Viktor Orban, who we have written about at Shoebat.com, citing a recent interview on Kossuth Radio in Hungary, where Orban declares that the spread of COVID-19 is directly related to migration, and that the virus first showed up among “Iranians”.
Commenting on the “logical connection” between the spread of coronavirus and migration, the prime minister said that “We are fighting a two-front war: One front is called migration, and the other one belongs to the coronavirus,” in an interview with Kossuth Rádió on March 13. Orbán noted that a lot of foreigners are studying in Hungarian universities and observed that most of Hungary’s early cases of the virus were found among Iranian students. The prime minister said that in Hungary, “It’s no coincidence that the virus first showed up among Iranians,” during his weekly interview with Kossuth Rádió on March 13. … Speaking to Church Militant, China expert and president of the Population Research Institute Steven Mosher corroborated the “logical connection” Orbán makes between migration and the disease: It goes without saying that viruses can only spread if they have help from their human hosts. That’s how the Chinese coronavirus got from China to Iran in the first place, and probably how it got from Iran to Hungary. What Orbán is saying is only common sense, which seems to be in increasingly short supply in these days of political correctness run amuck. (source)
Shoebat.com has made very clear that the problems are not if a statement is necessarily made in truth or not, but the purpose and context in which that statement is made.
If this virus is truly a global ‘pandemic’, everybody is going to have to deal with it. It does not matter who one is or where one is. Migrants and wealthy people alike will contract the virus and suffer. There should be no question that it was found among migrants. However, what is the motivation here?
Orban became famous in 2016 for his strongly-worded statements about the refugee crisis, but as Shoebat.com noted, his words were just words, not backed by action, and his nation demonstrated strong ties to dangerous nationalist groups. If anything, Orban was not helping Hungary or a Christian cause, but the rise of racialism, xenophobia, and militaristic-type attitudes to return to Europe.
The kind of militarism that is returning to Europe is the kind of the 20th century of rejecting the foreigner, promoting one’s own tribal greatness, and generally mistreating people who are “outsiders” with eugenic ideas behind them and at the cost inevitably of many lives. In the words of Pope Pius XI and Servant of God Pope Pius XII,
Whoever exalts race, or the people, or the State, or a particular form of State, or the depositories of power, or any other fundamental value of the human community – however necessary and honorable be their function in worldly things – whoever raises these notions above their standard value and divinizes them to an idolatrous level, distorts and perverts an order of the world planned and created by God; he is far from the true faith in God and from the concept of life which that faith upholds. (source)
Yet these are the people that Orban is fueling by his words, doing what he did four years ago.
This is not Catholic or Christian. This is helping tribalism, which the Church has always been opposed to.
Ask yourself, why does Voris give this person a platform?
Why did he do the same for the sodomite pederast Milo Yiannopoulos?
It seems to be more than just a series of accidents.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--Report Declares That Migrants At US-Mexican Border Have Heightened Risk Of COVID-19 Coronavirus

The idea of “ disease infected migrants ” has become something of a saying promoted by the nationalists in Europe , and to a lesser extent in the US .
However , such language is coming here after a USA Today reported that migrants on the US-Mexican border have an increased chance of the COVID-19 coronavirus .
Thousands of asylum seekers crammed in border towns near the Texas-Mexico border awaiting U.S. immigration hearings are at risk of dying from coronavirus because of poor health access and unsafe conditions , advocates say .
In Matamoros , where around 2,000 migrants live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sleep in tents and share portable bathrooms and sinks , health advocates warned the coronavirus could spread rampantly .
The camp is located across the Rio Grande from Brownsville , Texas .
Last week , Global Response Management , the nonprofit that operates the only health clinic in the camp , launched plans to erect a two-tent , 20-bed field hospital in the camp to house coronavirus patients if and when the virus arrives , said Helen Perry , the group ’ s executive director .
( source ) According to the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are at elevated risk levels for this virus .
However , one must ask why people are continuing to go to bars , restaurants , and other social gathering still without concern for this .
Trump has continued to refer to COVID-19 as a “ Chinese virus ” , and while there is truth that it came from China and there is very strong indications from many independent sources that it is a military weapon , there is a reason for the use of such politicized terms .
They are meant to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ultimately , to continue tossing the “ migration football ” as a political toy like how it has been used in the US and other nations for a long time .
The US is not looking to solve this COVID-19 crisis .
Rather , it is being exploited , from what it appears , to drive down the stock market and force a “ natural ” decline in the global economy in order to possibly blame it on China , institute new domestic and foreign economic and social policies , and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The virus is political before it is a real danger , and the migrants are not the problem .
Rather , it is the same actors as always .
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The idea of “disease infected migrants” has become something of a saying promoted by the nationalists in Europe, and to a lesser extent in the US. However, such language is coming here after a USA Today reported that migrants on the US-Mexican border have an increased chance of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Thousands of asylum seekers crammed in border towns near the Texas-Mexico border awaiting U.S. immigration hearings are at risk of dying from coronavirus because of poor health access and unsafe conditions, advocates say. In Matamoros, where around 2,000 migrants live in a sprawling outdoor camp where they sleep in tents and share portable bathrooms and sinks, health advocates warned the coronavirus could spread rampantly. The camp is located across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Last week, Global Response Management, the nonprofit that operates the only health clinic in the camp, launched plans to erect a two-tent, 20-bed field hospital in the camp to house coronavirus patients if and when the virus arrives, said Helen Perry, the group’s executive director. (source)
According to the government, people gathering into any group of people are at elevated risk levels for this virus.
However, one must ask why people are continuing to go to bars, restaurants, and other social gathering still without concern for this.
Trump has continued to refer to COVID-19 as a “Chinese virus”, and while there is truth that it came from China and there is very strong indications from many independent sources that it is a military weapon, there is a reason for the use of such politicized terms. They are meant to sow division, to anger people, and ultimately, to continue tossing the “migration football” as a political toy like how it has been used in the US and other nations for a long time.
The US is not looking to solve this COVID-19 crisis. Rather, it is being exploited, from what it appears, to drive down the stock market and force a “natural” decline in the global economy in order to possibly blame it on China, institute new domestic and foreign economic and social policies, and to get people to support them without opposition.
The virus is political before it is a real danger, and the migrants are not the problem. Rather, it is the same actors as always.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--North Macedonia To Join NATO

North Macedonia To Join NATO

The country of North Macedonia , formerly called Macedonia or FYROM , now appears to be entering fully into NATO as the European Western Balkans briefing has declared its acceptance will come in a matter of weeks .
ATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Zagreb that North Macedonia would become the 30th member of the North Atlantic Alliance in a few weeks , reports N1 .
“ We welcome the fact that Croatia has been a strong supporter of NATO ’ s open door policy ” , Stoltenberg told reporters in Zagreb after meeting with Croatian President Zoran Milanović @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Stoltenberg about the situation in the world , the region , Syria , migrants problem , but above all about the presence , work and participation of Croatian units in the mission in Afghanistan .
( source ) North Macedonia is a landlocked nation in a critical region of the Balkans , for sitting between Greece , Serbia ( and Kosovo ) , Albania , and Bulgaria , she provides one of two major routes of access from Anatolia through the Balkans into Central Europe .
Right now , there are massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ European and American policy , into Europe .
Will we start to see massive numbers of “ migrants ” flood into North Macedonia now ?
It is possible , as the refugees are extensions of US policy in Europe building up towards a larger war .
What will be interesting to pay attention to is possible refugee relocations to that area , or “ visits ” from German or Turkish authorities .
Turkey right now has over three million migrants , Germany continues to take them in , and North Macedonia is both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still out-of-the-way area in Europe to allow for ease of mass transportation .
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The country of North Macedonia, formerly called Macedonia or FYROM, now appears to be entering fully into NATO as the European Western Balkans briefing has declared its acceptance will come in a matter of weeks.
ATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Zagreb that North Macedonia would become the 30th member of the North Atlantic Alliance in a few weeks, reports N1. “We welcome the fact that Croatia has been a strong supporter of NATO’s open door policy”, Stoltenberg told reporters in Zagreb after meeting with Croatian President Zoran Milanović. Milanović said that he had talked with Stoltenberg about the situation in the world, the region, Syria, migrants problem, but above all about the presence, work and participation of Croatian units in the mission in Afghanistan. (source)
North Macedonia is a landlocked nation in a critical region of the Balkans, for sitting between Greece, Serbia (and Kosovo), Albania, and Bulgaria, she provides one of two major routes of access from Anatolia through the Balkans into Central Europe.
Right now, there are massive refugee migrations taking place, forced by European and American policy, into Europe.
Will we start to see massive numbers of “migrants” flood into North Macedonia now? It is possible, as the refugees are extensions of US policy in Europe building up towards a larger war.
What will be interesting to pay attention to is possible refugee relocations to that area, or “visits” from German or Turkish authorities. Turkey right now has over three million migrants, Germany continues to take them in, and North Macedonia is both a semi-rural as well as strategic but still out-of-the-way area in Europe to allow for ease of mass transportation.
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shoebat--2020-03-17--Study Declares That 86% Of People Infected With COVID-19 Don’t Know It

A report from the New York Post has declared that large numbers of people are walking around infected with COVID-19 and are not aware it , with numbers as high as 86 % .
“ Stealth ” coronavirus cases are fueling the pandemic , with a staggering 86 % of people infected walking around undetected , a new study says .
Six of every seven cases – 86 % — were not reported in China before travel restrictions were implemented , driving the spread of the virus , according to a study Monday in the journal Science .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driving the spread of the outbreak , ” said co-author Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia University Mailman School , according to GeekWire .
Using computer modeling , researchers tracked infections before and after the Chinese city of Wuhan ’ s travel ban .
The findings indicated that these undocumented infections with no or mild symptoms — known as “ stealth ” cases — were behind two-thirds of the reported patients .
( source ) What we are looking at here is flu season .
Almost everybody gets the flu or sick in some fashion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The danger is not the flu itself , but the panic that it is being used to cause in society .
Right now , people should be worried about what it is being used to justify , not what it could do .
9/11 lasted for one day , but its policies and how it changed the culture forever are still in effect , almost two decades after the incident .
This is the real threat .
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A report from the New York Post has declared that large numbers of people are walking around infected with COVID-19 and are not aware it, with numbers as high as 86%.
“Stealth” coronavirus cases are fueling the pandemic, with a staggering 86% of people infected walking around undetected, a new study says. Six of every seven cases – 86% — were not reported in China before travel restrictions were implemented, driving the spread of the virus, according to a study Monday in the journal Science. “It’s the undocumented infections which are driving the spread of the outbreak,” said co-author Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia University Mailman School, according to GeekWire. Using computer modeling, researchers tracked infections before and after the Chinese city of Wuhan’s travel ban. The findings indicated that these undocumented infections with no or mild symptoms — known as “stealth” cases — were behind two-thirds of the reported patients. (source)
What we are looking at here is flu season.
Almost everybody gets the flu or sick in some fashion. However, very few have died.
The danger is not the flu itself, but the panic that it is being used to cause in society.
Right now, people should be worried about what it is being used to justify, not what it could do.
9/11 lasted for one day, but its policies and how it changed the culture forever are still in effect, almost two decades after the incident.
This is the real threat.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--American Man Spends A Quarter Of A Million Dollars Of Stolen Money On “Cam Girls,” Then Murders His

American Man Spends A Quarter Of A Million Dollars Of Stolen Money On “Cam Girls,” Then Murders His Parents And His Brother For Telling Him To Stop Watching Porn

Pornography is a vehicle of social policy , but it is a deadly thing for the body and soul .
One American man has come to discover this by a very unfortunate and hard way after he spent a quarter of a million dollars on “ cam girls ” , and then when his parents and brother told him to stop watching porn , he responded by murdering all of them according to The Straits Times .
But inside the house , Amato was allegedly gobbling up whatever money he could steal .
He lifted US $ 150,000 ( S @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chad and Margaret .
His brother Cody lost US $ 60,000 ; when that was gone , Amato allegedly stole his brother ’ s guns and sold them .
Amato even allegedly took out a US $ 65,000 loan on the house .
His family knew he had stolen the money , and they knew where it was going .
His mum and dad demanded Amato enter rehab for a pornography addiction last December .
Promises were made , a contract signed between parents and son .
The family drama hit such an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girlfriend he was worried his brother “ would kill everybody ” , according to an arrest affidavit filed recently by the Seminole County Sheriff ’ s Office .
The authorities now believe he did .
Last Friday morning ( Jan 25 ) , police discovered inside the family home the bodies of Chad , 59 , Margaret , 61 , and Cody , 31 .
All had been gunned down in what a police affidavit described as an “ execution-style ” shooting .
Amato is now in police custody facing three first-degree murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is from January 2020 , and while I would normally not reprint older news such as this , it is a worthwhile story because it not only shows the dangers that exist around us , but the fact that things such as pornography can compel people to do very evil , dangerous , and disturbed things in pursuit of their lusts .
The wage of sin is death , and one should never forget this , for it is too easy that any man would be sucked into a void of immorality which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from .
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Pornography is a vehicle of social policy, but it is a deadly thing for the body and soul. One American man has come to discover this by a very unfortunate and hard way after he spent a quarter of a million dollars on “cam girls”, and then when his parents and brother told him to stop watching porn, he responded by murdering all of them according to The Straits Times.
But inside the house, Amato was allegedly gobbling up whatever money he could steal. He lifted US$150,000 (S$202,800) from his parents, Chad and Margaret. His brother Cody lost US$60,000; when that was gone, Amato allegedly stole his brother’s guns and sold them. Amato even allegedly took out a US$65,000 loan on the house. … His family knew he had stolen the money, and they knew where it was going. His mum and dad demanded Amato enter rehab for a pornography addiction last December. Promises were made, a contract signed between parents and son. The family drama hit such an intense pitch that Cody confided to his girlfriend he was worried his brother “would kill everybody”, according to an arrest affidavit filed recently by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The authorities now believe he did. Last Friday morning (Jan 25), police discovered inside the family home the bodies of Chad, 59, Margaret, 61, and Cody, 31. All had been gunned down in what a police affidavit described as an “execution-style” shooting.
Amato is now in police custody facing three first-degree murder charges. (source)
This story is from January 2020, and while I would normally not reprint older news such as this, it is a worthwhile story because it not only shows the dangers that exist around us, but the fact that things such as pornography can compel people to do very evil, dangerous, and disturbed things in pursuit of their lusts.
The wage of sin is death, and one should never forget this, for it is too easy that any man would be sucked into a void of immorality which he would find himself unable to escape from.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--Trump Proposes TARP 2.0

Trump Proposes TARP 2.0

Earlier , I posted about Trump putting forth a Tarp 2.0 type plan .
News from the Associated Press has confirmed so far that per Trump , he may go about doing this .
In a massive federal effort Tuesday , President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans , enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary people — particularly socially active millennials — to do their part by staying home to stop the spread of the coronavirus .
His proposed economic package alone could approach $ 1 trillion , a rescue initiative not seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ checks sent to the public within two weeks and is urging Congress to pass the eye-popping stimulus package in a matter of days .
As analysts warn the country is surely entering a recession , the government is grappling with an enormous political undertaking with echoes of the 2008 financial crisis .
( source ) I will be watching this very closely .
All joking aside , if this does happen as it is being proposed , the economic effects would have permanent changes on all society .
We are witnessing the death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Earlier, I posted about Trump putting forth a Tarp 2.0 type plan. News from the Associated Press has confirmed so far that per Trump, he may go about doing this.
In a massive federal effort Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary people — particularly socially active millennials — to do their part by staying home to stop the spread of the coronavirus. His proposed economic package alone could approach $1 trillion, a rescue initiative not seen since the Great Recession. Trump wants checks sent to the public within two weeks and is urging Congress to pass the eye-popping stimulus package in a matter of days. As analysts warn the country is surely entering a recession, the government is grappling with an enormous political undertaking with echoes of the 2008 financial crisis. (source)
I will be watching this very closely. All joking aside, if this does happen as it is being proposed, the economic effects would have permanent changes on all society.
We are witnessing the death of the old order as we speak.
You are living history.
Remember these days.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--The Difference Between How Norwegians And Americans Reacted To Coronavirus

Something we can learn from Norwegians :


shoebat--2020-03-18--The United States Currently Does Not Have Enough Life Saving Ventilators To Handle A Mass Infection

The United States Currently Does Not Have Enough Life Saving Ventilators To Handle A Mass Infection Of Coronavirus

As the United States braces for an onslaught of coronavirus cases , hospitals and governments are confronting a grim reality @ @ @ @ @ enough lifesaving ventilator machines to go around , and there is no way to solve @ @ @ @ @ reaches full throttle .
Desperate hospitals say they can ’ t find anywhere to buy @ @ @ @ @ help patients breathe and can be the difference between life and death for those facing @ @ @ @ @ of the coronavirus .
American and European manufacturers say they can ’ t speed up @ @ @ @ @ demand , at least not anytime soon .
And while the acute shortages are global @ @ @ @ @ United States , some European governments are deploying wartime-mobilization tactics to get factories churning out @ @ @ @ @ stop domestic companies from exporting them .

As the United States braces for an onslaught of coronavirus cases , hospitals and governments are confronting a grim reality: There are not nearly enough lifesaving ventilator machines to go around, and there is no way to solve the problem before the disease reaches full throttle.
Desperate hospitals say they can’t find anywhere to buy the medical devices, which help patients breathe and can be the difference between life and death for those facing the most dire respiratory effects of the coronavirus.
American and European manufacturers say they can’t speed up production enough to meet soaring demand, at least not anytime soon.
And while the acute shortages are global, not just in the United States, some European governments are deploying wartime-mobilization tactics to get factories churning out more ventilators — and to stop domestic companies from exporting them.


shoebat--2020-03-18--The US Was A Lot Slower Than Other Countries In Producing Covid-19 Tests

The US was a lot slower than other countries in producing Covid-19 tests , as we read in a recent @ @ @ @ @ After President Donald Trump declared a national emergency during a press conference on Friday , @ @ @ @ @ for the US ’ s persistent delays in administering tests for COVID-19 , the disease @ @ @ @ @ .
The US was far slower to produce test kits through the Centers for Disease @ @ @ @ @ countries , creating ongoing delays in getting the tests to state-level public-health authorities and healthcare @ @ @ @ @ 1,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US , including 41 deaths .
At the press @ @ @ @ @ 20 states in declaring a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak .
Not only @ @ @ @ @ fewer of its citizens per capita than other developed countries , but doctors and patients @ @ @ @ @ US patients not meeting the CDC guidelines for testing or being able to get a @ @ @ @ @ with COVID-19 .

By Theodore Shoebat
The US was a lot slower than other countries in producing Covid-19 tests, as we read in a recent report from Business Insider:
After President Donald Trump declared a national emergency during a press conference on Friday, he declined to take responsibility for the US’s persistent delays in administering tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
The US was far slower to produce test kits through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than other countries, creating ongoing delays in getting the tests to state-level public-health authorities and healthcare providers.
There are over 1,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US, including 41 deaths. At the press conference, Trump followed nearly 20 states in declaring a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak.
Not only has the US tested far fewer of its citizens per capita than other developed countries, but doctors and patients have also expressed frustration at US patients not meeting the CDC guidelines for testing or being able to get a test despite showing symptoms consistent with COVID-19.