shoebat--2020-10-23--Report: Turkey Violates Ceasefire Agreement Eight Hundred Times

Shoebat.com has been very consistent on the fact that Turkey is trying to revive the Ottoman Empire , and is doing all that she can to realize this .
While there have been two failed ceasefire agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan , with both sides accusing each other of violations , one only needs to look to Turkey , which in a report from Asia News has violated her own ceasefire agreements eight hundred times , many times in situations involving Christians .
In one year , the Turkish army and the Turkish-backed armed militias of the Syrian National Army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 800 attacks in Syria ( and Iraq ) , affecting civilians and displacing tens of thousands of people , a report by the Council on Foreign Relations indicates .
Since Washington and Ankara worked out a truce in October 2019 , an average of 2.3 violations have occurred per day .
This does not include the incidents that have affected Syrian areas occupied by the Turks , such as Afrin , where a soft form of “ ethnic cleansing ” is underway .
A year ago , Turkish President Recep Tayyip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Peace Spring campaign in Syria , following the agreement reached with the Trump administration .
However , the reality on the ground is quite different , as the report by the US foreign policy and international affairs think tank shows .
Most ceasefire violations in Tel Tamer ( about 85 per cent ) involved armed conflict , with events categorised as battles , armed clashes , shelling or artillery fire , and drone strikes .
About 11.5 per cent of ceasefire violations included looting or property destruction , while 2.9 per cent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The overall toll of the attacks tracked by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project ( ACLED ) indicates that the Turkish military and its allies intervened on hundreds of occasions .
These include at least 138 truce violations in Tel Tamer alone , a largely Christian area in Syria with some 30 Assyrian villages .
As the report notes , at the time of the US-brokered truce , the Turkish government had was committed “ to ensure safety and well-being of residents of all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Turkish Forces ( safe zone ) and reiterated that maximum care will be exercised in order not to cause harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure.
” The Ceasefire Agreement further states that Turkey and the United States are “ committed to safeguard religious and ethnic minorities.
” In reality , the evidence suggests that Yazidis , Armenians , Kurds , Assyrian Christians and Arabs continue to be forcibly displaced , attacked and victimised and are effectively prevented from returning home .
Many still live in internally displaced ( IDP ) camps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have contributed to the displacement of the region ’ s indigenous Assyrian community .
At least 137 Christian families were displaced during the invasion of Turkey during the Peace Spring operation .
Even after the ceasefire of October 2019 , Turkish attacks continued , forcing civilians to flee .
Turkey ’ s operation Peace Spring has already changed the demography of some areas , including Ras al-Ayn ( Rish Ayno in Aramaic and as Serêkaniyê in Kurdish ) .
The attack on Tel Tamer could thus be an attempt to alter its demography @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleansing .
( source ) One should remember that it was only a century ago that Turkey annihilated the remaining and ancient Christian population from her nation , and persecuted many others in neighboring countries .
Time change but the nature of man does not .
What is happening right now in Syria , which the world has more or less turned her attention temporarily away from , is very serious .
The Ottoman giant is awaking from her slumber again , and is again turning her anger towards the Christian peoples near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global aspirations once again .
This is not just about the persecution of Christians .
This is about the revival of something very ancient , a philosophy that never died , but just went to sleep while few took notice of it .
Turkey is coming back .
This is a major trend that is going to shake the whole Middle East and world .
Be ready for it , as it will take many by surprise and they will not know what has happened until after it is too late .
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When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
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Shoebat.com has been very consistent on the fact that Turkey is trying to revive the Ottoman Empire, and is doing all that she can to realize this.
While there have been two failed ceasefire agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with both sides accusing each other of violations, one only needs to look to Turkey, which in a report from Asia News has violated her own ceasefire agreements eight hundred times, many times in situations involving Christians.
In one year, the Turkish army and the Turkish-backed armed militias of the Syrian National Army (SNA) have been involved in more than 800 attacks in Syria (and Iraq), affecting civilians and displacing tens of thousands of people, a report by the Council on Foreign Relations indicates. Since Washington and Ankara worked out a truce in October 2019, an average of 2.3 violations have occurred per day. This does not include the incidents that have affected Syrian areas occupied by the Turks, such as Afrin, where a soft form of “ethnic cleansing” is underway. A year ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised to end his country’s Peace Spring campaign in Syria, following the agreement reached with the Trump administration. However, the reality on the ground is quite different, as the report by the US foreign policy and international affairs think tank shows. Most ceasefire violations in Tel Tamer (about 85 per cent) involved armed conflict, with events categorised as battles, armed clashes, shelling or artillery fire, and drone strikes. About 11.5 per cent of ceasefire violations included looting or property destruction, while 2.9 per cent of incidents involved mass displacement of civilians. The overall toll of the attacks tracked by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) indicates that the Turkish military and its allies intervened on hundreds of occasions. These include at least 138 truce violations in Tel Tamer alone, a largely Christian area in Syria with some 30 Assyrian villages. As the report notes, at the time of the US-brokered truce, the Turkish government had was committed “to ensure safety and well-being of residents of all population centers in the safe zone controlled by the Turkish Forces (safe zone) and reiterated that maximum care will be exercised in order not to cause harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure.” The Ceasefire Agreement further states that Turkey and the United States are “committed to safeguard religious and ethnic minorities.” In reality, the evidence suggests that Yazidis, Armenians, Kurds, Assyrian Christians and Arabs continue to be forcibly displaced, attacked and victimised and are effectively prevented from returning home. Many still live in internally displaced (IDP) camps. Turkish attacks, experts explain, have contributed to the displacement of the region’s indigenous Assyrian community. At least 137 Christian families were displaced during the invasion of Turkey during the Peace Spring operation. Even after the ceasefire of October 2019, Turkish attacks continued, forcing civilians to flee. Turkey’s operation Peace Spring has already changed the demography of some areas, including Ras al-Ayn (Rish Ayno in Aramaic and as Serêkaniyê in Kurdish). The attack on Tel Tamer could thus be an attempt to alter its demography, aimed at territorial expansion or ethnic cleansing. (source)
One should remember that it was only a century ago that Turkey annihilated the remaining and ancient Christian population from her nation, and persecuted many others in neighboring countries.
Time change but the nature of man does not. What is happening right now in Syria, which the world has more or less turned her attention temporarily away from, is very serious. The Ottoman giant is awaking from her slumber again, and is again turning her anger towards the Christian peoples near to her as well as alluding to global aspirations once again.
This is not just about the persecution of Christians. This is about the revival of something very ancient, a philosophy that never died, but just went to sleep while few took notice of it.
Turkey is coming back. This is a major trend that is going to shake the whole Middle East and world. Be ready for it, as it will take many by surprise and they will not know what has happened until after it is too late.
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shoebat--2020-10-23--Will The US Be Able To Bring Peace To The Situation In Nagorno-Karabakh?

Twice now there have been failed attempts by Russia to broker a peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia .
Given how both sides have legitimate grievances with each other , how the Azeri side is strongly backed by Turkey , how Azerbaijan is critical to oil trends and politics in the event of a global war , how it could have major consequences for USA/NATO operations involving Russia , the situation is very difficult and there is a lot potentially here that could go wrong .
It is of interest to note then how the AP reports that the US is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between both sides .
The Trump administration waded cautiously into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan , which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 years .
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately on Friday in Washington with the foreign ministers of both countries in a bid to promote a cease-fire in hostilities over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh .
There was no immediate comment from any of the sides about the meetings , which followed failed Russian-led attempts to broker a truce and lower-profile U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting .
U.S. officials , including Pompeo ’ s deputy , Stephen Biegun , have appealed for the countries to return to a dialogue over the territory .
Meanwhile , heavy fighting raged over Nagorno-Karabakh even as the discussions in Washington were taking place .
The two sides traded accusations involving the shelling of residential areas , and authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said the town of Martakert and several villages in the Martuni region were struck by Azerbaijani rockets .
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied the claim and accused Armenian forces of targeting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azerbaijan overnight .
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow ’ s information indicated that the combined death toll from the nearly four weeks of fighting was approaching 5,000 , a significantly higher number than officially reported by the warring parties .
Russia , along with the United States , has co-chaired the so-called Minsk Group set up by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to mediate in the conflict .
Putin said Russia is doing its best to negotiate a lasting truce .
He voiced hope that the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hostilities and mediate a political settlement .
( source )

Twice now there have been failed attempts by Russia to broker a peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Given how both sides have legitimate grievances with each other, how the Azeri side is strongly backed by Turkey, how Azerbaijan is critical to oil trends and politics in the event of a global war, how it could have major consequences for USA/NATO operations involving Russia, the situation is very difficult and there is a lot potentially here that could go wrong. It is of interest to note then how the AP reports that the US is attempting to broker a cessation of hostilities between both sides.
The Trump administration waded cautiously into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 years.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately on Friday in Washington with the foreign ministers of both countries in a bid to promote a cease-fire in hostilities over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
There was no immediate comment from any of the sides about the meetings, which followed failed Russian-led attempts to broker a truce and lower-profile U.S. intervention to promote an end to the fighting. U.S. officials, including Pompeo’s deputy, Stephen Biegun, have appealed for the countries to return to a dialogue over the territory.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting raged over Nagorno-Karabakh even as the discussions in Washington were taking place. The two sides traded accusations involving the shelling of residential areas, and authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said the town of Martakert and several villages in the Martuni region were struck by Azerbaijani rockets.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied the claim and accused Armenian forces of targeting the Terter, Agdam and Agjabedi regions of Azerbaijan overnight.
…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow’s information indicated that the combined death toll from the nearly four weeks of fighting was approaching 5,000, a significantly higher number than officially reported by the warring parties.
Russia, along with the United States, has co-chaired the so-called Minsk Group set up by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to mediate in the conflict.
Putin said Russia is doing its best to negotiate a lasting truce. He voiced hope that the United States would work cooperatively to help end hostilities and mediate a political settlement. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-23--History Is Repeating: 2020 Zoomer Graduates Crushed Like 2008 Millennial Graduates

If you graduated college between 2007 and 2010 , you were most likely a Millennial and found yourself crushed underneath the economic problems due to the TARP bailouts stemming from the chaos in the financial sector .
Many Millennials in this bloc never financially recovered and some continue to suffer to this day in their lives and careers because the transition from ‘ university ’ to the the ‘ work world ’ was severely interrupted .
I have been warning at Shoebat.com that COVID-19 and the existing chaos in the financial sector- which was not healed from that time but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Zoomers graduating in the same period .
Sure enough , in a disturbing repeat of the previous decade , Zoomers graduating today are finding themselves in a similar position , with a mountain of debt and few to no job prosects .
America ’ s youngest workers started the year with a rare opportunity to slingshot their careers in the hottest job market in decades .
They ’ ll end 2020 facing some of the nation ’ s bleakest employment prospects and the most volatile job market ever for recent college graduates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age 20 to 24 was 12.5 % in September , the highest among adults .
Joblessness for them peaked at nearly 26 % at the height of the pandemic in April — quadruple the level two months earlier — a bigger jump than in any previous recession back to the 1940 .
Although the overall U.S. labor market is gradually improving , it remains far below its pre-pandemic health .
Jobless claims fell to 787,000 in the week ended Oct. 17 at the same time that the number of Americans on extended unemployment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data .
Economists say the longer that young people are forced to delay their careers , the worse their prospects will be in the future to hold a job , accumulate wealth , or even get married or start a family .
The labor market of 2020 is a gallery of shattered expectations and the fate of young people like Filipczyk could stifle the long-run potential for the economy , which needs a growing labor force to expand .
“ There is a structure to the labor market — if you miss the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ?
” said Julia Coronado , founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC .
“ If you veer off the career path by necessity , how do you get back into the pipeline ?
” The dramatic swings in unemployment this time around for adults in their early 20s illustrate how volatile the job market is for graduates and non-graduates alike .
For recent college graduates , unemployment during the pandemic peaked at 20 % in June , the highest of any age group with at least a bachelor ’ s degree , Labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 13 % peak in the recovery following the last recession .
To be sure , workers under the age of 20 saw an even bigger spike in unemployment rates and young people typically always get hit hard during a downturn .
Long periods of unemployment , or working part-time gigs or temporarily in jobs outside their desired fields , can jeopardize young professionals ’ future salary increases and opportunities for them to build key relationships .
“ They take jobs that will help them live and pay the bills , and when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over to a preferred career path , ” said Ernie Tedeschi , a policy economist at Evercore ISI .
“ They haven ’ t built the skills and the professional networks and that puts them at a persistent professional disadvantage.
” During prior recessions , recent graduates were able to build connections through coffees and other in-person networking events .
But that ’ s more difficult during a global pandemic .
Otherwise-normal parts of job hunting , like interviewing in person , are also more complicated .
The longer the pandemic drags on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people , according to Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould .
Older workers could take jobs that would typical go to entry-level applicants , Gould said .
‘ Left Out ’ Employers “ don ’ t necessarily even have to pay more to get workers with more experience , ” Gould said .
“ So those young workers may be left out.
” Job seekers who face high unemployment rates at the start of their careers may endure lower salaries during the first decade of their professional lives , said Jesse Rothstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of California at Berkeley who recently wrote a paper about the impact on college graduates in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis .
Employment rates for those who graduated college in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis remained significantly lower over the past decade compared with older workers , Rothstein found .
The last recession also prompted many young people to go back to school , while others changed professions frequently .
( source ) Read all of the above carefully , because this is all true .
There are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the only difference between the horrible situation that many of them endured is only distinguished by period in history but not the essence of what transpired .
The job market is absolutely vicious , merciless , does not care at all for most people approaching it as a common man , and is eviscerating people entirely who are increasingly turning to struggle for basic survival or to engage in debauchery to do it ( such as OnlyFans accounts ) .
The economy resembles more of the former USSR in and economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed to be .
The only advantage that the Millennials have on the Zoomers in this regard is time- more time to pay off debt , and more time to work in an already badly damaged economic system .
They are both on the same continuum , and will both suffer .
However , it is possible that the Zoomers may suffer more than even the Millennials because they are experiencing a trend that began over a decade ago and has just been amplified since as a part of the overall larger trends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chaos resulting from it .
I have continually warned that life is going to get a lot harder in the US .
Be ready , because the current problems with the younger generation will be reflected in the older ones as well , and they will consume the whole nation in their own time .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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If you graduated college between 2007 and 2010, you were most likely a Millennial and found yourself crushed underneath the economic problems due to the TARP bailouts stemming from the chaos in the financial sector. Many Millennials in this bloc never financially recovered and some continue to suffer to this day in their lives and careers because the transition from ‘university’ to the the ‘work world’ was severely interrupted.
I have been warning at Shoebat.com that COVID-19 and the existing chaos in the financial sector- which was not healed from that time but only worsened -could have the same effect on Zoomers graduating in the same period. Sure enough, in a disturbing repeat of the previous decade, Zoomers graduating today are finding themselves in a similar position, with a mountain of debt and few to no job prosects.
America’s youngest workers started the year with a rare opportunity to slingshot their careers in the hottest job market in decades. They’ll end 2020 facing some of the nation’s bleakest employment prospects and the most volatile job market ever for recent college graduates. The unemployment rate for young people age 20 to 24 was 12.5% in September, the highest among adults. Joblessness for them peaked at nearly 26% at the height of the pandemic in April — quadruple the level two months earlier — a bigger jump than in any previous recession back to the 1940. Although the overall U.S. labor market is gradually improving, it remains far below its pre-pandemic health. Jobless claims fell to 787,000 in the week ended Oct. 17 at the same time that the number of Americans on extended unemployment benefits rose, according to Labor Department data. Economists say the longer that young people are forced to delay their careers, the worse their prospects will be in the future to hold a job, accumulate wealth, or even get married or start a family. … The labor market of 2020 is a gallery of shattered expectations and the fate of young people like Filipczyk could stifle the long-run potential for the economy, which needs a growing labor force to expand. “There is a structure to the labor market — if you miss the entrance, how do you get back in?” said Julia Coronado, founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC. “If you veer off the career path by necessity, how do you get back into the pipeline?” The dramatic swings in unemployment this time around for adults in their early 20s illustrate how volatile the job market is for graduates and non-graduates alike. For recent college graduates, unemployment during the pandemic peaked at 20% in June, the highest of any age group with at least a bachelor’s degree, Labor Department data show. That compares with a 13% peak in the recovery following the last recession. To be sure, workers under the age of 20 saw an even bigger spike in unemployment rates and young people typically always get hit hard during a downturn. … Long periods of unemployment, or working part-time gigs or temporarily in jobs outside their desired fields, can jeopardize young professionals’ future salary increases and opportunities for them to build key relationships. “They take jobs that will help them live and pay the bills, and when times get better they try and switch over to a preferred career path,” said Ernie Tedeschi, a policy economist at Evercore ISI. “They haven’t built the skills and the professional networks and that puts them at a persistent professional disadvantage.” During prior recessions, recent graduates were able to build connections through coffees and other in-person networking events. But that’s more difficult during a global pandemic. Otherwise-normal parts of job hunting, like interviewing in person, are also more complicated. The longer the pandemic drags on, the larger the backlog of young people, according to Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould. Older workers could take jobs that would typical go to entry-level applicants, Gould said. ‘Left Out’
Employers “don’t necessarily even have to pay more to get workers with more experience,” Gould said. “So those young workers may be left out.” Job seekers who face high unemployment rates at the start of their careers may endure lower salaries during the first decade of their professional lives, said Jesse Rothstein, an economist and professor at the University of California at Berkeley who recently wrote a paper about the impact on college graduates in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Employment rates for those who graduated college in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis remained significantly lower over the past decade compared with older workers, Rothstein found. The last recession also prompted many young people to go back to school, while others changed professions frequently. (source)
Read all of the above carefully, because this is all true. There are many Millennials who can speak to this, and the only difference between the horrible situation that many of them endured is only distinguished by period in history but not the essence of what transpired. The job market is absolutely vicious, merciless, does not care at all for most people approaching it as a common man, and is eviscerating people entirely who are increasingly turning to struggle for basic survival or to engage in debauchery to do it (such as OnlyFans accounts). The economy resembles more of the former USSR in and economic sense than of what the USA is supposed to be.
The only advantage that the Millennials have on the Zoomers in this regard is time- more time to pay off debt, and more time to work in an already badly damaged economic system. They are both on the same continuum, and will both suffer. However, it is possible that the Zoomers may suffer more than even the Millennials because they are experiencing a trend that began over a decade ago and has just been amplified since as a part of the overall larger trends of debt, economic decline, and chaos resulting from it.
I have continually warned that life is going to get a lot harder in the US. Be ready, because the current problems with the younger generation will be reflected in the older ones as well, and they will consume the whole nation in their own time.
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shoebat--2020-10-23--Satellites Are Using AI To Map EVERY SINGLE TREE On Earth

According to EuroNews , there is a fascinating project being undertaken right now , which is that scientists are using satellites and AI technology to map every single tree on Earth .
Scientists have mapped 1.8 billion individual tree canopies across millions of kilometres of the Sahel and Sahara regions of West Africa .
It is the first time ever that trees have been mapped in detail over such a large area .
So how was it possible ?
Researchers analysed a huge database of satellite images using artificial intelligence .
They employed neural networks which are able to recognise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their shapes and colours .
To train it , the AI system was shown satellite images where trees had been manually traced .
This involved lead author Martin Brandt going through the arduous process of identifying and labelling nearly 90,000 trees himself , beforehand .
From these images , the computer learnt what a tree looked like and could pick out individual canopies from the thousands of images in the database .
Brandt says it would have taken millions of people years to identify the trees without the AI system .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nature , scientists at New Mexico State University wrote that “ it will soon be possible , with certain limitations , to map the location and size of every tree worldwide ” ( source ) This really is a fascinating project , but beyond the scientific aspect is a much more concerning one , which is of power .
Think about it- has there ever been a time in human history when the whole world could be categorized , indexed , and sorted into manageable bits of data , with no place to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in truth , there is no place for anybody to hide , anywhere in any part of the globe .
The term that some use of “ prison planet ” is not a dream , but a reality , and thus the very tools that man used to help bond himself closer than ever to his fellow man are being used to enslave him .
Yet where is he to run to ?
This is not about trees , or even computers , but about a much larger trend , for if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can man possibly attempt to save himself ?
Indeed , if he can not , knowing that God ultimately wins in the end of all , and that God will step in to prevent the destruction of the human race completely , are we seeing as one of many trends a development towards something greater than what anyone has ever seen ?
It is a very deep and amazing thing to ponder .
The best counsel is not to argue over what may be , but to be ready with God for what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support the work of this site .
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According to EuroNews, there is a fascinating project being undertaken right now, which is that scientists are using satellites and AI technology to map every single tree on Earth.
Scientists have mapped 1.8 billion individual tree canopies across millions of kilometres of the Sahel and Sahara regions of West Africa. It is the first time ever that trees have been mapped in detail over such a large area. So how was it possible? Researchers analysed a huge database of satellite images using artificial intelligence. They employed neural networks which are able to recognise objects, like trees, based on their shapes and colours. To train it, the AI system was shown satellite images where trees had been manually traced. This involved lead author Martin Brandt going through the arduous process of identifying and labelling nearly 90,000 trees himself, beforehand. From these images, the computer learnt what a tree looked like and could pick out individual canopies from the thousands of images in the database. Brandt says it would have taken millions of people years to identify the trees without the AI system. In a review of the research, commissioned by Nature, scientists at New Mexico State University wrote that “it will soon be possible, with certain limitations, to map the location and size of every tree worldwide” (source)
This really is a fascinating project, but beyond the scientific aspect is a much more concerning one, which is of power.
Think about it- has there ever been a time in human history when the whole world could be categorized, indexed, and sorted into manageable bits of data, with no place to hide?
If every tree is marked, in truth, there is no place for anybody to hide, anywhere in any part of the globe. The term that some use of “prison planet” is not a dream, but a reality, and thus the very tools that man used to help bond himself closer than ever to his fellow man are being used to enslave him. Yet where is he to run to?
This is not about trees, or even computers, but about a much larger trend, for if no man can escape this, how can man possibly attempt to save himself? Indeed, if he cannot, knowing that God ultimately wins in the end of all, and that God will step in to prevent the destruction of the human race completely, are we seeing as one of many trends a development towards something greater than what anyone has ever seen?
It is a very deep and amazing thing to ponder. The best counsel is not to argue over what may be, but to be ready with God for what may come.
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shoebat--2020-10-25--New Forms Of Micro Nuclear Technology Gain Popularity

One of the trends for the future that I have noted multiple times is going to be the ‘ miniaturization ’ of nuclear technology so that one will be able to generate power cleaner and under potentially more ‘ localized ’ circumstances .
This is of particular interest in that Popular Science notes that new developments in ‘ molten salt reactors ’ that are also much cleaner burning and hold major potential for the future .
A new molten salt reactor design can scale from just 50 Megawatts electric ( MWe ) to 1,200 MWe , its creators say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process .
Energy Daily founder Llewellyn King suggests the large reactor represents a move of public sentiment after public obstacles have continued to push the timeline on popular tiny reactor startup NuScale .
King explains the way light-water reactors—the majority of nuclear plants in the world and all the nuclear plants in the U.S. today—grew to dominate nuclear energy development the way internal combustion engines eclipsed and then crushed the original electric cars over 100 years ago .
That means that while scientists first developed molten salt reactors decades ago , they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , to gain public favor .
The combination of factors is redolent of politics and human whims , seen over and over when major technology is introduced .
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Startup Elysium Technologies is behind the new molten salt design , and it scales from tiny to huge , partly because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plant as an exemplar and pilot project .
Elysium is far from the only molten salt reactor in the game—a 2019 NRC presentation lists Elysium and seven others in the molten salt column of an advanced reactor table .
Where the vogue crop of tiny reactors tout their safety as a major selling point , molten salt reactor concepts also require less safety infrastructure .
They ’ re mostly at ambient pressure instead of the high pressure that has escalated containment structures at traditional light-water nuclear plants .
( source )

One of the trends for the future that I have noted multiple times is going to be the ‘miniaturization’ of nuclear technology so that one will be able to generate power cleaner and under potentially more ‘localized’ circumstances. This is of particular interest in that Popular Science notes that new developments in ‘molten salt reactors’ that are also much cleaner burning and hold major potential for the future.
A new molten salt reactor design can scale from just 50 Megawatts electric (MWe) to 1,200 MWe, its creators say, while burning up nuclear waste in the process.
Energy Daily founder Llewellyn King suggests the large reactor represents a move of public sentiment after public obstacles have continued to push the timeline on popular tiny reactor startup NuScale.
King explains the way light-water reactors—the majority of nuclear plants in the world and all the nuclear plants in the U.S. today—grew to dominate nuclear energy development the way internal combustion engines eclipsed and then crushed the original electric cars over 100 years ago.
That means that while scientists first developed molten salt reactors decades ago, they’ve never had the opportunity, King says, to gain public favor. The combination of factors is redolent of politics and human whims, seen over and over when major technology is introduced.
This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Startup Elysium Technologies is behind the new molten salt design, and it scales from tiny to huge, partly because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will require a very small reactor plant as an exemplar and pilot project. Elysium is far from the only molten salt reactor in the game—a 2019 NRC presentation lists Elysium and seven others in the molten salt column of an advanced reactor table.
Where the vogue crop of tiny reactors tout their safety as a major selling point, molten salt reactor concepts also require less safety infrastructure. They’re mostly at ambient pressure instead of the high pressure that has escalated containment structures at traditional light-water nuclear plants. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-24--Trump Changes Religion To Non-Denominational Christian

Religion and politics is a funny thing , since often times , politicians us religion for extending their own power without any regard to the principles of the religion in question .
Some people love Trump .
Some hate Trump .
Some have other feelings .
I am not going to comment on those feelings .
However , in what may be one of the most obvious examples of religion as a political tool , Trump , who has identified as a “ Presbytarian ” publicly ( but never going to church or showing any serious signs of belief at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a ‘ non-denominational Christian ’ according to Fox News .
President Trump , who has long identified as a Presbyterian , now considers himself a “ nondenominational Christian.
” Trump shared his change in religious identity in a written statement to Religious News Service .
“ Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child , I now consider myself to be a nondenominational Christian , ” Trump wrote , without giving an explanation for the transformation or saying when it occurred .
Trump has a loyal base among white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him to victory .
( source ) “ Non-Denominational ” Christianity is the modern form of Unitarian Universalism for the right wing- you can believe whatever you want as long as the American flag is waving and nationalism is present .
But seriously , this is the essence of the matter .
Trump does not go to church .
He shows no signs of believing in God at all .
He shows no Christian virtues in his behaviors .
I ’ m not saying one can not say there are good things he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man is measured by his actions , and Trump ’ s main principle that he worships is clearly his own ego and image .
Love or hate his leadership , that is not the matter when it comes to morality , for even very evil leaders in the moral sense can be excellent or respected politicians ( such as Emperor Qin ) .
Trump is not a Christian .
He is a politician , and he is using religion to appeal to his dwindling evangelical base , for they are critical in all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donate now to help support the work of this site .
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Religion and politics is a funny thing, since often times, politicians us religion for extending their own power without any regard to the principles of the religion in question.
Some people love Trump. Some hate Trump. Some have other feelings. I am not going to comment on those feelings. However, in what may be one of the most obvious examples of religion as a political tool, Trump, who has identified as a “Presbytarian” publicly (but never going to church or showing any serious signs of belief at all) has now changed his religion to a ‘non-denominational Christian’ according to Fox News.
President Trump, who has long identified as a Presbyterian, now considers himself a “nondenominational Christian.” Trump shared his change in religious identity in a written statement to Religious News Service. “Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a nondenominational Christian,” Trump wrote, without giving an explanation for the transformation or saying when it occurred. Trump has a loyal base among white evangelicals, who in 2016 helped propel him to victory. (source)
“Non-Denominational” Christianity is the modern form of Unitarian Universalism for the right wing- you can believe whatever you want as long as the American flag is waving and nationalism is present.
But seriously, this is the essence of the matter. Trump does not go to church. He shows no signs of believing in God at all. He shows no Christian virtues in his behaviors. I’m not saying one cannot say there are good things he has done- the fact is that a man is measured by his actions, and Trump’s main principle that he worships is clearly his own ego and image. Love or hate his leadership, that is not the matter when it comes to morality, for even very evil leaders in the moral sense can be excellent or respected politicians (such as Emperor Qin).
Trump is not a Christian. He is a politician, and he is using religion to appeal to his dwindling evangelical base, for they are critical in all swing states to securing his re-election.
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shoebat--2020-10-24--Controversial Former Catholic Priest And Public Figure Excommunicated

There are many visions from God which are approved by the Catholic Church .
However , there are a lot more which are not or are condemned because they are either the well-meaning but fanciful projections of human minds onto spiritual matters , scams using religion to get money and power , or preternatural manifestations masquerading as sacred .
In recent times , the Medjugorje apparitions , which have attracted people from around the world , seem to fit into the second above-mentioned category .
The “ vision ” have been condemned by the Vatican , and in another recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saga , the main former priest associated with the apparitions , Tomislav Vlasic , has been excommunicated .
A laicized priest who had been the spiritual director to six people who said they experienced visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bosnian town of Medjugorje has been excommunicated .
Tomislav Vlasic , who had been a Franciscan priest until he was laicized in 2009 , was excommunicated July 15 by a decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican .
The excommunication was announced this week by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the laicized priest lives .
The Brescia diocese said that since his laicization , Vlasic “ has continued to carry out apostolic activities with individuals and groups , through conferences and online ; he has continued to present himself as a religious and priest of the Catholic Church , simulating the celebration of sacraments.
” The diocese said Vlasic has been the source of “ serious scandal to Catholics , ” by disobeying the directives of ecclesiastical authorities .
When he was laicized , Vlasic was forbidden from teaching or engaging in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Medjugorje .
He was in 2009 accused of teaching false doctrine , manipulating consciences , disobeying ecclesiastical authority , and of committing acts of sexual misconduct .
( source ) This act is really the end of a long saga , in a sense , in the Church that has been a source of scandal , but in light of the nature , reflects on the need to be aware of spiritual matters .
We are living in very difficult times , and all of the trends in the world incline towards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not uncommon to believe that spiritual deceptions will appear , and cuase may issues for many people .
Not every mystical experience is good or is from God , and experience does not mean that one is in an appropriate place with God either .
Rather , what matters always is truth , and the willingness to follow it to its natural conclusions .
So be aware , be ready , and remember that as the economic and political situations deteriorate , many will look for spiritual answers , and there will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into following a path that ends but only in misery , ruin , or both .
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There are many visions from God which are approved by the Catholic Church. However, there are a lot more which are not or are condemned because they are either the well-meaning but fanciful projections of human minds onto spiritual matters, scams using religion to get money and power, or preternatural manifestations masquerading as sacred.
In recent times, the Medjugorje apparitions, which have attracted people from around the world, seem to fit into the second above-mentioned category. The “vision” have been condemned by the Vatican, and in another recent update to what has become a decades-long saga, the main former priest associated with the apparitions, Tomislav Vlasic, has been excommunicated.
A laicized priest who had been the spiritual director to six people who said they experienced visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bosnian town of Medjugorje has been excommunicated. Tomislav Vlasic, who had been a Franciscan priest until he was laicized in 2009, was excommunicated July 15 by a decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican. The excommunication was announced this week by the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, where the laicized priest lives. The Brescia diocese said that since his laicization, Vlasic “has continued to carry out apostolic activities with individuals and groups, through conferences and online; he has continued to present himself as a religious and priest of the Catholic Church, simulating the celebration of sacraments.” The diocese said Vlasic has been the source of “serious scandal to Catholics,” by disobeying the directives of ecclesiastical authorities. When he was laicized, Vlasic was forbidden from teaching or engaging in apostolic work, and especially from teaching about Medjugorje. He was in 2009 accused of teaching false doctrine, manipulating consciences, disobeying ecclesiastical authority, and of committing acts of sexual misconduct. (source)
This act is really the end of a long saga, in a sense, in the Church that has been a source of scandal, but in light of the nature, reflects on the need to be aware of spiritual matters.
We are living in very difficult times, and all of the trends in the world incline towards violence and war. Thus it is not uncommon to believe that spiritual deceptions will appear, and cuase may issues for many people.
Not every mystical experience is good or is from God, and experience does not mean that one is in an appropriate place with God either.
Rather, what matters always is truth, and the willingness to follow it to its natural conclusions.
So be aware, be ready, and remember that as the economic and political situations deteriorate, many will look for spiritual answers, and there will be many traps set up to deceive people into following a path that ends but only in misery, ruin, or both.
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shoebat--2020-10-25--Image Of The US Slips In The Eyes Of The World

The US has been the undisputed global superpower for a long time .
However , all things change .
No empire lasts forever , and according to the LA Times reported by Yahoo !
News , the image of the US in the eyes of the world is changing , with people looking away from her .
In the eyes of much of the world the United States is a potent , yet faltering force , a conflicted nation heading into an election that will either redeem it or tug it farther away from the myths and promise that for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Paris and Buenos Aires to Nairobi .
The stature and standing of the U.S. have plummeted in recent years , a number of international polls suggest .
That trend has been exacerbated this year by what is widely perceived to be a disorderly and ineffectual governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic , and now by a chaotic electoral process .
For some , a once-bright beacon of egalitarian values has faded into an aloof , disfigured power .
“ The United States was always a model to follow , ” said Gloria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexico City .
“ Since I was a student , I always viewed the United States with admiration — everything they did there with respect to human rights , the level of education , personal liberties.
” But particularly during the last four years , her view has been soured by what she sees as a pattern of cruelty and callousness emanating from U.S. officialdom , as seen in the mistreatment of migrants and racial injustice laid bare .
“ Honestly , I believe that the United States is not the same as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One sees the news and thinks , ‘ Is this really what the United States has become ?
’ ” In many parts of the world , a broad sense of disillusionment directed at the United States can not be laid solely at the feet of President Trump , who began his term in January 2017 .
Particularly in regions such as Latin America and the Middle East , where the U.S. for decades propped up repressive regimes , historic grievances long predate Trump ’ s headlong America-first presidency .
Still , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Republican , against former Vice President Joe Biden , a Democrat , marks something of a role reversal for a country long accustomed to calling on volatile or repressive states elsewhere in the world to hold free and fair elections .
This time , the International Crisis Group , a nonprofit conflict-resolution organization , suggested Thursday that foreign leaders “ urge respect for democratic norms ” as Americans go to the polls .
( source )

The US has been the undisputed global superpower for a long time. However, all things change. No empire lasts forever, and according to the LA Times reported by Yahoo! News, the image of the US in the eyes of the world is changing, with people looking away from her.
In the eyes of much of the world the United States is a potent, yet faltering force, a conflicted nation heading into an election that will either redeem it or tug it farther away from the myths and promise that for generations defined it in capitals from Singapore to Paris and Buenos Aires to Nairobi.
The stature and standing of the U.S. have plummeted in recent years, a number of international polls suggest. That trend has been exacerbated this year by what is widely perceived to be a disorderly and ineffectual governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now by a chaotic electoral process.
For some, a once-bright beacon of egalitarian values has faded into an aloof, disfigured power.
“The United States was always a model to follow,” said Gloria Jácome Torres, a 41-year-old lawyer in Mexico City. “Since I was a student, I always viewed the United States with admiration — everything they did there with respect to human rights, the level of education, personal liberties.”
But particularly during the last four years, her view has been soured by what she sees as a pattern of cruelty and callousness emanating from U.S. officialdom, as seen in the mistreatment of migrants and racial injustice laid bare.
“Honestly, I believe that the United States is not the same as before,” she said. “One sees the news and thinks, ‘Is this really what the United States has become?’”
In many parts of the world, a broad sense of disillusionment directed at the United States cannot be laid solely at the feet of President Trump, who began his term in January 2017. Particularly in regions such as Latin America and the Middle East, where the U.S. for decades propped up repressive regimes, historic grievances long predate Trump’s headlong America-first presidency.
Still, this year’s presidential campaign pitting Trump, a Republican, against former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, marks something of a role reversal for a country long accustomed to calling on volatile or repressive states elsewhere in the world to hold free and fair elections. This time, the International Crisis Group, a nonprofit conflict-resolution organization, suggested Thursday that foreign leaders “urge respect for democratic norms” as Americans go to the polls. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-25--Biden Makes Major Slip-Up In Interview Over Voter Fraud Comments

Errors of speech are real .
Freudian slips are real as well .
One can decide how one wants to interpret this , but what can not be denied is a recent video from Zero Hedge showing Biden making a very interesting statement about voter fraud .
Former Vice President Joe Biden suffered from either a senior moment or a Freudian slip on Saturday , when he told Pod Save America host Dan Pfeiffer – a longtime Obama aide – that his campaign has assembled the “ most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the folks who have not yet voted or do not yet have a plan to vote .
And part two , for the 50 million Americans who ’ ve already voted , what can they do over the last ten days to help make sure that you ’ re the next President of the United States ?
” Pfeiffer asked Biden .
Biden returned word salad at first , saying “ Well , first of all , you know , uh , what really rankles , uh , my opponent is I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bothers him most is he ’ s not a patch on Barack ’ s jeans .
I mean , you know Barack was one hell of a president , and I tell you what , man , what an honor it was — I think you guys believe it , too — to serve with him .
I mean , incredible honor .
And , uh , I ’ m not being solicitous .
I really mean that .
Um , he had more integrity in his little finger than most people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a backbone like a ramrod .
Has one.
” “ Secondly , we ’ re in a situation where we have put together — and you ’ d [ sic ] guys , did it for our , the president Obama ’ s administration , before this — we have put together , I think , the most extensive and and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics .
What the president is trying to do is discourage people from voting by implying their vote won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counted , we ’ re gon na challenge it , and all these things .
If enough people vote , it ’ s gon na overwhelm the system .
You see what ’ s happening now .
You guys know it as well as I do .
You see the long , long lines in early voting .
You see the millions of people who have already cast a ballot.
” ( source ) Now it is true that one can say , correctly so , the context of his words suggests that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one also knows that in certain situations , there are some words you just don ’ t say .
For example , the word “ bomb ” - even well before 9/11 -is never a word ever to be said in any way at an airport just as if one is vacationing in Thailand , nothing is ever to be said about the Thai king for any reason .
Only trouble can come from it .
The fact that Biden would even mention this phrase falls into this category , since at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vile in tone than ever before , any talk of “ cheating ” from any side is only going to trigger finger-pointing and accusations of cheating .
If anything , Biden ’ s words help Trump , since many would draw on them the suggestion that Biden is cheating or may cheat , and that if Biden does pull ahead in an area , Trump can call out ‘ Cheating Joe ’ ( as one example of a name he might use ) and people may be inclined to believe him .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even if meant well , and given the trends to chaos in a reflection of what may become another Election 2000 , every word will count come Election Day .
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Errors of speech are real. Freudian slips are real as well. One can decide how one wants to interpret this, but what cannot be denied is a recent video from Zero Hedge showing Biden making a very interesting statement about voter fraud.
Former Vice President Joe Biden suffered from either a senior moment or a Freudian slip on Saturday, when he told Pod Save America host Dan Pfeiffer – a longtime Obama aide – that his campaign has assembled the “most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.” “What’s your message to the folks who have not yet voted or do not yet have a plan to vote. And part two, for the 50 million Americans who’ve already voted, what can they do over the last ten days to help make sure that you’re the next President of the United States?” Pfeiffer asked Biden. Biden returned word salad at first, saying “Well, first of all, you know, uh, what really rankles, uh, my opponent is I say that, uh, the thing that bothers him most is he’s not a patch on Barack’s jeans. I mean, you know Barack was one hell of a president, and I tell you what, man, what an honor it was — I think you guys believe it, too — to serve with him. I mean, incredible honor. And, uh, I’m not being solicitous. I really mean that. Um, he had more integrity in his little finger than most people have in their whole body and he had a backbone like a ramrod. Has one.” Then Biden touted his ‘voter fraud’ organization: “Secondly, we’re in a situation where we have put together — and you’d [sic] guys, did it for our, the president Obama’s administration, before this — we have put together, I think, the most extensive and and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics. What the president is trying to do is discourage people from voting by implying their vote won’t be counted, it can’t be counted, we’re gonna challenge it, and all these things. If enough people vote, it’s gonna overwhelm the system. You see what’s happening now. You guys know it as well as I do. You see the long, long lines in early voting. You see the millions of people who have already cast a ballot.” (source)
Note around 19:20
Now it is true that one can say, correctly so, the context of his words suggests that he means something else. However, one also knows that in certain situations, there are some words you just don’t say. For example, the word “bomb”- even well before 9/11 -is never a word ever to be said in any way at an airport just as if one is vacationing in Thailand, nothing is ever to be said about the Thai king for any reason. Only trouble can come from it.
The fact that Biden would even mention this phrase falls into this category, since at a time when the political elections are more vile in tone than ever before, any talk of “cheating” from any side is only going to trigger finger-pointing and accusations of cheating.
If anything, Biden’s words help Trump, since many would draw on them the suggestion that Biden is cheating or may cheat, and that if Biden does pull ahead in an area, Trump can call out ‘Cheating Joe’ (as one example of a name he might use) and people may be inclined to believe him.
There are some things better off not said, even if meant well, and given the trends to chaos in a reflection of what may become another Election 2000, every word will count come Election Day.
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shoebat--2020-10-25--Commercial Real Estate Falls Into Deeper Jeopardy As 76% Of CEOs Plan To Reduce Office Space- Shoeba

Commercial Real Estate Falls Into Deeper Jeopardy As 76% Of CEOs Plan To Reduce Office Space- Shoebat.com Was Warning About This

One of the trends that I have repeatedly noted at Shoebat.com is the jeopardization of the commercial real estate market .
Most of my focus has been on the retail and housing markets , as this is the greatest concern and most easily measurable facets of this which one can trace a trend it , but it is the whole market itself .
Basically , if you are in commercial real estate , now is the time to sell or unload as fast as possible , pay off debts , and run to the hills because the market is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken another fascinating development , and one which I expected to see at some point but did not have enough evidence of to directly corroborate , and that is the reduction of office space as COVID-19 , by making people work from home , have many companies realize that some office space can be reduced .
Zero Hedge reports on this , with 76 % of CEOS saying there will be a small to significant reduction in the future .
The virus pandemic has accelerated more flexible work options for employees , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through 2021 , or in some cases , permanently .
As a result , according to a new survey , CEOs have said they will slash office space , a move that could ripple through commercial real estate markets , all the way down into local economies .
In collaboration with Deloitte , Fortune surveyed 171 CEOs between Sept. 23 to 30 , found 76 % of respondents are expected to reduce office space size in the near term .
About 28 % of them said they would need “ a lot less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an eye-opener for all the empty office buildings in major metro areas as remote work continues to dominate .
The prolonged economic downturn and persistent virus pandemic are whipping up a perfect storm where companies must reduce their corporate footprint .
Remote working , continued virus pandemic , social unrest , and a surge in violent crime have contributed to a mass exodus of city dwellers who have escaped to suburbia .
Among CEOs surveyed , 40 % said remote working has increased productivity .
Inversely , 31 % of CEOs said remote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back on office space will continue to pressure certain CMBS tranches that are heavily weighted with office buildings , suggesting as remote working continues , for at least the next 6 to 12 months , building operators could experience slumping rental income , resulting in missed mortgage payments and could send deliquesces soaring .
( source ) This is not to say that commerical real estate is going to dry up and disappear .
Rather , it is that the nature of the market itself is changing .
and this trend is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but rather the whole restructuring of the financial system itself .
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One of the trends that I have repeatedly noted at Shoebat.com is the jeopardization of the commercial real estate market. Most of my focus has been on the retail and housing markets, as this is the greatest concern and most easily measurable facets of this which one can trace a trend it, but it is the whole market itself. Basically, if you are in commercial real estate, now is the time to sell or unload as fast as possible, pay off debts, and run to the hills because the market is going to burn.
This trend has recently taken another fascinating development, and one which I expected to see at some point but did not have enough evidence of to directly corroborate, and that is the reduction of office space as COVID-19, by making people work from home, have many companies realize that some office space can be reduced. Zero Hedge reports on this, with 76% of CEOS saying there will be a small to significant reduction in the future.
The virus pandemic has accelerated more flexible work options for employees, with many companies instructing employees to work remotely through 2021, or in some cases, permanently. As a result, according to a new survey, CEOs have said they will slash office space, a move that could ripple through commercial real estate markets, all the way down into local economies. In collaboration with Deloitte, Fortune surveyed 171 CEOs between Sept. 23 to 30, found 76% of respondents are expected to reduce office space size in the near term. About 28% of them said they would need “a lot less” corporate space. The survey is an eye-opener for all the empty office buildings in major metro areas as remote work continues to dominate. The prolonged economic downturn and persistent virus pandemic are whipping up a perfect storm where companies must reduce their corporate footprint. Remote working, continued virus pandemic, social unrest, and a surge in violent crime have contributed to a mass exodus of city dwellers who have escaped to suburbia. Among CEOs surveyed, 40% said remote working has increased productivity. Inversely, 31% of CEOs said remote working decreased productivity. Corporate America scaling back on office space will continue to pressure certain CMBS tranches that are heavily weighted with office buildings, suggesting as remote working continues, for at least the next 6 to 12 months, building operators could experience slumping rental income, resulting in missed mortgage payments and could send deliquesces soaring. (source)
This is not to say that commerical real estate is going to dry up and disappear. Rather, it is that the nature of the market itself is changing. and this trend is not going to just extend to business operations, but rather the whole restructuring of the financial system itself.
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shoebat--2020-10-26--European Restaurant Industry Faces Heavy Losses Related To COVID-19

The American restaurant industry has taken significant losses from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic .
The same is the case for Europe .
However , owing to the more localized and less corporatized nature of European versus American restaurants , they are more exposed to losses ( the same has been noted in the US , where mom-and-pop restaurants have struggled while corporate establishments have done well ) .
With another series of lockdowns coming upon the continent , AP News reports that local restaurants are finding themselves at risk of closure , affecting communities and destroying jobs in an already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a resurgence of the virus is dealing a second blow to the continent ’ s restaurants , which already suffered under lockdowns in the spring .
From Northern Ireland and Italy to the Netherlands and France , governments have shuttered eateries or severely curtailed how they operate .
More than just jobs and revenue are at stake — restaurants lie at the heart of European life .
Their closures are threatening the social fabric by shutting the places where neighbors mix , extended families gather and the seeds of new families are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place where very special moments are celebrated , ” said Griet Grassin of the Italian restaurant Tartufo on the outskirts of Brussels .
“ It ’ s not just the food , but it ’ s the well-being.
” The governments of Italy and Spain announced new measures Sunday that are aimed at curbing spiraling infections but also detrimental to dining out .
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announced that restaurants and bars will be required to shut at 6 p.m. daily for at least a month .
Most restaurants in Italy usually don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before 8 p.m. Milan has already seen protests over a local curfew that took effect Thursday .
In Spain , Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared a national curfew from 11 p.m.-6 a.m. and said he would ask lawmakers to keep in place until May .
The curfew starting Sunday night means Spaniards will have to watch the clock if they want to indulge their love for a late , leisurely meal with friends .
The measure could end chances for the recovery of the country ’ s large nightlight industry .
The reduced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are allowed to be out is particularly painful since they might stretch into the Christmas holiday season , nixing everything from pre-holiday office drinks to a special New Year ’ s meal .
When it comes to purely calories and vitamins , “ of course we can live without restaurants , ” said food historian professor Peter Scholliers .
But , he asked : “ We can live without being social ?
No , we can ’ t. ” Successful restaurants have always had to adapt quickly — but never has there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ European Union said the hotel and restaurant industry suffered a jaw-dropping 79.3 % decline in production between February and April .
Try bouncing back from that .
Summer , with its drop in COVID-19 cases and a hesitant return to travel , brought some respite , especially in coastal resorts .
But then came fall .
Any giddiness that the fallout from the pandemic could somehow be contained faced the sobering reality of relentlessly rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations .
Overall , COVID-19 has killed over 250,000 people across Europe , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leaders are now warning that things will get worse before they get better .
But many restaurant owners have bristled at the new restrictions and some are openly challenging them .
In London last week , the preeminent chef Yotam Ottolenghi banged pots on the street to protest restrictions that include earlier closing times .
“ It ’ s really hard , we ’ ve got a great industry with lots of heart , ” Ottolenghi said .
“ And there ’ s so many people who depend on it.
” If the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its stomach , surely France ’ s is .
And it is turning as sour as a rhubarb tartlet .
The streets of Paris , the culinary capital of Lyon and several other French cities were eerily empty at night during the first week of a 9 p.m. curfew scheduled to last for at least a month .
Xavier Denamur , who owns five Parisian cafes and bistros that employ around 70 workers , said the French government is unfairly punishing the industry .
“ It ’ s a catastrophic measure , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be pushed to at least 11 p.m. to allow for a proper dinner service .
Still , highlighting how the world is feeling its way in the near darkness , restaurant and food delivery business owner Matteo Lorenzon argued the opposite .
“ Having a curfew starting at 11 p.m. , it ’ s too late.
” Already in September , more than 400,000 employees of restaurants and cafes in Italy , a nation of 60 million , were unemployed , according to an estimate by Fipe , the restaurant lobby group .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ even more dire : “ Hundreds of thousands of jobs risk being erased definitively.
” ( source )

The American restaurant industry has taken significant losses from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The same is the case for Europe. However, owing to the more localized and less corporatized nature of European versus American restaurants, they are more exposed to losses (the same has been noted in the US, where mom-and-pop restaurants have struggled while corporate establishments have done well). With another series of lockdowns coming upon the continent, AP News reports that local restaurants are finding themselves at risk of closure, affecting communities and destroying jobs in an already economically suffering Europe.
…Europe’s as a resurgence of the virus is dealing a second blow to the continent’s restaurants, which already suffered under lockdowns in the spring. From Northern Ireland and Italy to the Netherlands and France, governments have shuttered eateries or severely curtailed how they operate.
More than just jobs and revenue are at stake — restaurants lie at the heart of European life. Their closures are threatening the social fabric by shutting the places where neighbors mix, extended families gather and the seeds of new families are sown.
A restaurant remains “a place where very special moments are celebrated,” said Griet Grassin of the Italian restaurant Tartufo on the outskirts of Brussels. “It’s not just the food, but it’s the well-being.”
The governments of Italy and Spain announced new measures Sunday that are aimed at curbing spiraling infections but also detrimental to dining out.
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announced that restaurants and bars will be required to shut at 6 p.m. daily for at least a month. Most restaurants in Italy usually don’t even start to serve dinner before 8 p.m. Milan has already seen protests over a local curfew that took effect Thursday.
In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared a national curfew from 11 p.m.-6 a.m. and said he would ask lawmakers to keep in place until May. The curfew starting Sunday night means Spaniards will have to watch the clock if they want to indulge their love for a late, leisurely meal with friends. The measure could end chances for the recovery of the country’s large nightlight industry.
The reduced hours that businesses can stay open and people are allowed to be out is particularly painful since they might stretch into the Christmas holiday season, nixing everything from pre-holiday office drinks to a special New Year’s meal.
When it comes to purely calories and vitamins, “of course we can live without restaurants,” said food historian professor Peter Scholliers.
But, he asked: “We can live without being social? No, we can’t.”
Successful restaurants have always had to adapt quickly — but never has there been a challenge like this.
The European Union said the hotel and restaurant industry suffered a jaw-dropping 79.3% decline in production between February and April. Try bouncing back from that.
Summer, with its drop in COVID-19 cases and a hesitant return to travel, brought some respite, especially in coastal resorts.
But then came fall. Any giddiness that the fallout from the pandemic could somehow be contained faced the sobering reality of relentlessly rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Overall, COVID-19 has killed over 250,000 people across Europe, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Leaders are now warning that things will get worse before they get better.
But many restaurant owners have bristled at the new restrictions and some are openly challenging them.
In London last week, the preeminent chef Yotam Ottolenghi banged pots on the street to protest restrictions that include earlier closing times.
“It’s really hard, we’ve got a great industry with lots of heart,” Ottolenghi said. “And there’s so many people who depend on it.”
If the mood of any nation is set by its stomach, surely France’s is. And it is turning as sour as a rhubarb tartlet. The streets of Paris, the culinary capital of Lyon and several other French cities were eerily empty at night during the first week of a 9 p.m. curfew scheduled to last for at least a month.
Xavier Denamur, who owns five Parisian cafes and bistros that employ around 70 workers, said the French government is unfairly punishing the industry.
“It’s a catastrophic measure,” he said, arguing any curfew should be pushed to at least 11 p.m. to allow for a proper dinner service.
Still, highlighting how the world is feeling its way in the near darkness, restaurant and food delivery business owner Matteo Lorenzon argued the opposite. “Having a curfew starting at 11 p.m., it’s too late.”
Already in September, more than 400,000 employees of restaurants and cafes in Italy, a nation of 60 million, were unemployed, according to an estimate by Fipe, the restaurant lobby group. Its prediction for the coming months was even more dire: “Hundreds of thousands of jobs risk being erased definitively.” (source)


shoebat--2020-10-26--Report: Support For Sodomite Marriage At All-Time High

One of the trends that Shoebat.com has noted is that support for all things sodom is going to continue and increase as the Boomers pass away and the Millennials and Zoomers take power .
Based on current projections , at least 75 % of Millennials support sodomite ‘ marriage ’ , while for a time , the national average stood at about 62 % .
According to a recent study from Pew and reported on by CNBC , support for said marriage is now at an all-time high , reaching 70 % .
Seventy percent of Americans support same-sex marriage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Values Survey , the highest percentage recorded by a major national poll .
The results , released Monday , found just 28 percent of respondents oppose the right of gay couples to wed. Approval crossed the political divide , with majorities of Democrats ( 80 percent ) and independents ( 76 percent ) supporting same-sex marriage , and 50 percent of Republicans , according to the poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute ( PRRI ) in partnership with the Brookings Institution .
Most major religious denominations back marriage equality , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent ) , Hispanic Roman Catholics ( 78 percent ) , religious non-Christians ( 72 percent ) Hispanic Protestants ( 68 percent ) , white Catholics ( 67 percent ) , Black Protestants ( 57 percent ) and other Christian denominations ( 56 percent ) .
Religiously unaffiliated Americans were the most supportive , with 90 percent endorsing same-sex marriage .
White evangelicals stood out as the only denomination where a majority opposed same-sex marriage , 63 percent to 34 percent .
Support decreased among this group , according to PRRI , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gay marriage in a 2019 survey .
( source ) This is not a new trend , but rather the continuation of an older one .
What we are seeing are the effects of things instituted a long time ago come to realization .
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One of the trends that Shoebat.com has noted is that support for all things sodom is going to continue and increase as the Boomers pass away and the Millennials and Zoomers take power. Based on current projections, at least 75% of Millennials support sodomite ‘marriage’, while for a time, the national average stood at about 62%.
According to a recent study from Pew and reported on by CNBC, support for said marriage is now at an all-time high, reaching 70%.
Seventy percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, according to the 11th annual American Values Survey, the highest percentage recorded by a major national poll. The results, released Monday, found just 28 percent of respondents oppose the right of gay couples to wed. Approval crossed the political divide, with majorities of Democrats (80 percent) and independents (76 percent) supporting same-sex marriage, and 50 percent of Republicans, according to the poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) in partnership with the Brookings Institution. Most major religious denominations back marriage equality, too, including white mainline Protestants (79 percent), Hispanic Roman Catholics (78 percent), religious non-Christians (72 percent) Hispanic Protestants (68 percent), white Catholics (67 percent), Black Protestants (57 percent) and other Christian denominations (56 percent). Religiously unaffiliated Americans were the most supportive, with 90 percent endorsing same-sex marriage. White evangelicals stood out as the only denomination where a majority opposed same-sex marriage, 63 percent to 34 percent. Support decreased among this group, according to PRRI, which found 41 percent of white evangelicals supported gay marriage in a 2019 survey. (source)
This is not a new trend, but rather the continuation of an older one. What we are seeing are the effects of things instituted a long time ago come to realization.
Expect that if trends continue at the rate they are, it may become a crime to even express traditional and orthodox Christian views about the matter.
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shoebat--2020-10-26--It’s Official- US Sells Major Weapons Package To Taiwan

American weapons sales to Taiwan in themselves are nothing new , and have been taking place for decades .
However , the increasingly unstable and continually intensifying politication situation in east Asia , with a ( potentially ) rising China and openly hostile rhetoric between her and the US , as well as with additional US arms sales around the world , any sale of weapons intensifies what is an already unstable situation .
Having noted this , it is of interest that the US has just approved another weapons sale to Taiwan .
The State Department has made the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of US approval for up to 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and related weapons equipment to be sold to Taiwan in a deal estimated at $ 2.37 billion .
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the intent to transfer , with the main contractor named as Boeing .
The Boeing-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles will serve as an early reaction coastal defense against enemy inbound cruise missiles as part of ongoing rapid modernization efforts to Taiwan ’ s military as it ’ s increasingly surrounded by threatening Chinese PLA exercises .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boeing ’ s defense unit , Raytheon and ( again ) Lockheed , anticipating the just announced US approval , which is now official .
According to the official US government description the coastal defense systems will include the following : -Up to 400 hundred RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Surface Launched Missiles -4 RTM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Exercise Missiles .
-411 containers -100 Harpoon Coastal Defense System Launcher Transporter Units -25 radar trucks , spare and repair parts , support and test equipment Later in the day the State Department said that if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system will enhance Taiwan ’ s defensive capability ” – this coming since especially last month US officials have been with increasing urgency imploring Taipy ei to iwanramp up its defense spending , which falls woefully short according to their estimates , based on the significant threat level from the mainland .
( source ) Keep in mind that a short while ago , India just signed a military intelligence agreement with the US .
Right now , we are seeing- and this will take some time as it has been going on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of China and her increasing isolation , as at this point the asian billion-strong giant has really few to no allies , and none that could or would seriously help her- she is generally on her own .
Taiwan is a small nation , and in time , China could easily overpower her because of simple logistics .
However , Taiwan could be able to ‘ hold off ’ with US help such as this China enough to cause problems that allow for other nations such as India and Japan to cause serious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donate now to help support the work of this site .
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American weapons sales to Taiwan in themselves are nothing new, and have been taking place for decades. However, the increasingly unstable and continually intensifying politication situation in east Asia, with a (potentially) rising China and openly hostile rhetoric between her and the US, as well as with additional US arms sales around the world, any sale of weapons intensifies what is an already unstable situation. Having noted this, it is of interest that the US has just approved another weapons sale to Taiwan.
The State Department has made the official announcement late in the day Monday of US approval for up to 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and related weapons equipment to be sold to Taiwan in a deal estimated at $2.37 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the intent to transfer, with the main contractor named as Boeing. The Boeing-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles will serve as an early reaction coastal defense against enemy inbound cruise missiles as part of ongoing rapid modernization efforts to Taiwan’s military as it’s increasingly surrounded by threatening Chinese PLA exercises. Earlier Beijing decided to impose sanctions on Boeing’s defense unit, Raytheon and (again) Lockheed, anticipating the just announced US approval, which is now official. According to the official US government description the coastal defense systems will include the following: -Up to 400 hundred RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Surface Launched Missiles
-4 RTM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Exercise Missiles.
-411 containers
-100 Harpoon Coastal Defense System Launcher Transporter Units
-25 radar trucks, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment Later in the day the State Department said that if concluded “the proposed sale of this system will enhance Taiwan’s defensive capability” – this coming since especially last month US officials have been with increasing urgency imploring Taipy ei to iwanramp up its defense spending, which falls woefully short according to their estimates, based on the significant threat level from the mainland. (source)
Keep in mind that a short while ago, India just signed a military intelligence agreement with the US.
Right now, we are seeing- and this will take some time as it has been going on for some time -the “encircling” of China and her increasing isolation, as at this point the asian billion-strong giant has really few to no allies, and none that could or would seriously help her- she is generally on her own.
Taiwan is a small nation, and in time, China could easily overpower her because of simple logistics. However, Taiwan could be able to ‘hold off’ with US help such as this China enough to cause problems that allow for other nations such as India and Japan to cause serious issues that could break her apart.
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shoebat--2020-10-26--Biden Does Not Have The Personality To Win An Election

One thing that all successful presidential campaigns have is a personality that a lot of Americans are attracted to .
@ @ @ @ @ it :

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shoebat--2020-10-26--Japan Wants Nuclear Weapons And Will Eventually Confront The American Empire

Japan refuses to sign a UN treating banning nuclear weapons .
The reason for this is because Japan wants nuclear @ @ @ @ @ revive its position as a global power , but it will not be able to @ @ @ @ @ US controls the seas in East Asia :

By Theodore Shoebat
Japan refuses to sign a UN treating banning nuclear weapons. The reason for this is because Japan wants nuclear weapons. Japan wants to revive its position as a global power, but it will not be able to do this as long the US controls the seas in East Asia:
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shoebat--2020-10-26--US Pledges To Help India In Light Of China Tensions, Give Military Intel To India

The US-Indian alliance is a trend that I have identified at Shoebat.com as being a major matter to watch because it is part of the anti-China stance of the US , which has also been building relations with China ’ s other neighbors in what appears to be an ‘ encirclement ’ strategy , leaving China to fend for herself with no real allies ( Pakistan may be an ally , but she will be of no use to her in a real conflict , as Pakistan will have to fight for her survival against Iran , India , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reason why Christian persecution is growing in India yet the US government will not criticize it there but will in China , for it is sadly used as a tool of political leverage , as criticizing the Hindu nationalist persecution of Christians will hurt US-India relations , but doing so against China only benefits the US using the plight of the Christians as a vehicle for national ends .
In another development in the US-India relationship , in light of the Sino-Hindu tensions in Ladakh , Indian NDTV news reports that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information with India .
India will gain access to precision data and topographical images – on a real time basis – from United States military satellites under an agreement to be signed during the ongoing visit of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper .
The agreement to share this data – BECA ( Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement ) – is the third and final “ foundational ” understanding the US has with close international partners .
The two countries have already signed agreements to exchange military logistics and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released on Monday the government said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart , Mr Esper , expressed satisfaction that BECA would be signed during this visit and also at the close engagements between the armed forces of the two countries .
They also reviewed bilateral defence spanning military-to-military cooperation , secure communications systems and information sharing , and also discussed potential new areas of cooperation .
Rajnath Singh said the talks would add “ new vigour ” to India-US defence relations and cooperation .
Mr Esper also welcomed Australia ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exercise – a series of annual drills that began in 1992 to reinforce cooperation between Indian and American naval forces .
India , with the US , Japan and Australia will hold the high-level Malabar naval exercise next month .
Australia is returning to these exercises for the first time since 2007 when its participation drew criticism from China ( source ) These events , which as noted above also include Australia , are part of the larger trend towards global war and conflict , which will be in Europe and Asia just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Likewise , if one is a Christian , expect to see more Christians mistreated in India and silence from the US .
If you are a Christian in India , you need to consider perhaps leaving India , or making preparations , since the US will prioritize her military relationship with India over the good will of the Christians , and they could find themselves in a similar situation to what the Jews did in Germany under the Reich after World War II began .
The trends speak to the times- be prepared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approaching chaos .
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The US-Indian alliance is a trend that I have identified at Shoebat.com as being a major matter to watch because it is part of the anti-China stance of the US, which has also been building relations with China’s other neighbors in what appears to be an ‘encirclement’ strategy, leaving China to fend for herself with no real allies (Pakistan may be an ally, but she will be of no use to her in a real conflict, as Pakistan will have to fight for her survival against Iran, India, and possibly Turkey). This is also a reason why Christian persecution is growing in India yet the US government will not criticize it there but will in China, for it is sadly used as a tool of political leverage, as criticizing the Hindu nationalist persecution of Christians will hurt US-India relations, but doing so against China only benefits the US using the plight of the Christians as a vehicle for national ends.
In another development in the US-India relationship, in light of the Sino-Hindu tensions in Ladakh, Indian NDTV news reports that the US has agreed to share sensitive military information with India.
India will gain access to precision data and topographical images – on a real time basis – from United States military satellites under an agreement to be signed during the ongoing visit of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper. The agreement to share this data – BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement) – is the third and final “foundational” understanding the US has with close international partners. The two countries have already signed agreements to exchange military logistics and enable secure communications. In a statement released on Monday the government said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart, Mr Esper, expressed satisfaction that BECA would be signed during this visit and also at the close engagements between the armed forces of the two countries. They also reviewed bilateral defence spanning military-to-military cooperation, secure communications systems and information sharing, and also discussed potential new areas of cooperation. Rajnath Singh said the talks would add “new vigour” to India-US defence relations and cooperation. Mr Esper also welcomed Australia’s participation in next month’s Malabar exercise – a series of annual drills that began in 1992 to reinforce cooperation between Indian and American naval forces. India, with the US, Japan and Australia will hold the high-level Malabar naval exercise next month. Australia is returning to these exercises for the first time since 2007 when its participation drew criticism from China (source)
These events, which as noted above also include Australia, are part of the larger trend towards global war and conflict, which will be in Europe and Asia just like in the Second World War.
Likewise, if one is a Christian, expect to see more Christians mistreated in India and silence from the US. If you are a Christian in India, you need to consider perhaps leaving India, or making preparations, since the US will prioritize her military relationship with India over the good will of the Christians, and they could find themselves in a similar situation to what the Jews did in Germany under the Reich after World War II began.
The trends speak to the times- be prepared lest one finds oneself caught in the approaching chaos.
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