shoebat--2020-03-30--IRS Temporarily Shuts Down Due To COVID-19

It is said that “ death and taxes ” are two inevitable things , but extraordinary times sometimes cause extraordinary circumstances , and such was recently reported on by Politico , where the IRS has had to shutter her offices amid the COVID-19 outbreak .
The IRS issued a nearly blanket evacuation order to its workforce beginning today , the latest in a series of steps to shrink the number of on-site employees due to the coronavirus pandemic .
An agency-wide email from IRS Human Capital Officer Robin Bailey on Friday explained that all employees “ including employees who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ portable or can be adapted to work off-site ” must “ evacuate the work site ” and either work from home or an alternate location .
The directions include employees who don ’ t have a telework agreement .
Prior guidance from management had told telework-eligible employees to work remotely .
( source ) While it is true that people are working from home , the fact is that the IRS is shuttering her offices and reducing operations , which is a very rare thing .
This is another testament to the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the effects of this virus will last for many years to come .
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It is said that “death and taxes” are two inevitable things, but extraordinary times sometimes cause extraordinary circumstances, and such was recently reported on by Politico, where the IRS has had to shutter her offices amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The IRS issued a nearly blanket evacuation order to its workforce beginning today, the latest in a series of steps to shrink the number of on-site employees due to the coronavirus pandemic. An agency-wide email from IRS Human Capital Officer Robin Bailey on Friday explained that all employees “including employees who are currently not teleworking but whose work is portable or can be adapted to work off-site” must “evacuate the work site” and either work from home or an alternate location. The directions include employees who don’t have a telework agreement. Prior guidance from management had told telework-eligible employees to work remotely. (source)
While it is true that people are working from home, the fact is that the IRS is shuttering her offices and reducing operations, which is a very rare thing.
This is another testament to the fact that we are living in historic times, and the effects of this virus will last for many years to come.
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shoebat--2020-03-30--Churches Debate Future With The Effects Caused By COVID-19 On Society

A point that I have tried to make explicitly clear is that while it is important to quarantine oneself , one needs to look far beyond the concept of a quarantine to make sense of what is happening right now , which seems to be the global alignment of a new social paradigm in order to manipulate people into accepting very restrictive social conditions for the future and well after the threat of the virus has passed .
This does not mean to not take safety measures now , but that something a lot bigger is coming in the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like how the emergency measures established as a result of the September 11th attacks long outlived the original memory of the act .
As the virus changes how people live Church ‘ leaders ’ are also responding by ‘ preparing for the long term ’ with ideas about permanent ‘ changes ’ to how people worship .
Denominational executives are urging pastors to protect their mental health as well as prepare for a long-term shift in the way the church worships as the world struggles to respond to the new coronavirus pandemic that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came Thursday during a panel discussion hosted by Walter Kim , president of the National Association of Evangelicals at the COVID-19 Church Online Summit .
Doug Clay , general superintendent of the Assemblies of God , said their mental health committee recently polled their pastors on advice for other pastors during the pandemic and they developed a nine-point list of best practices which they are now circulating among leaders .
At the top of the list pastors were asked to be mindful of boundaries .
“ All of us are going to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been stretched before , ” Clay said .
Pastors were also urged to find a trusted friend to help process decisions and leadership ; intentionally manage their input , like taking a break from the news ; take care of themselves by finding good physical and emotional rhythms ; allow themselves a laugh break ; hold to realistic expectations ; have private worship ; control only what they can control and don ’ t get stressed out by what they can ’ t ; and seek to find hope in creative ways .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Christian Reformed Church , said pastors should get used to the idea that there isn ’ t going to be a quick fix for the pandemic .
“ I think the idea that this is really a long term situation that we ’ re dealing with [ is something that we have to get used to ] .
This is not just a short term something [ that ] will be fixed in a few weeks [ and ] we can go back to being the way we used to be , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s recommendations .
“ The idea of we need to establish some practices and rhythms for the long-term is very , very , important , ” he said .
( source ) For a long time now , there have been Catholic as well as other Christians of good will warning about a coming time in the future when religion will be restricted by any number of rules , and to be a Christian will be an act considered just like it was in the days of Diocletian and other great persecutions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the trajectory has persisted for a while , but the restrictions on human social intercourse and commerce that cross into religion give one to think if the world is coming to that point amid a global economic crisis and the formation of the conditions for war .
God called for His people to be in community with each other , and that must mean contact closer than six feet , and certainly a lot more than just talking to each other behind a computer screen .
I am not saying that precautions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessary .
The concern is what comes after these initial steps , and the danger of the virus passes .
Will life return to “ normal , ” or what people would call “ normal ” ?
A few weeks ago , life was “ normal ” , then the whole world changed .
It was like September 11th- there was the world before , and then there was the world after .
Will the churches be able to re-open as normal ?
What impact will this have on the future ?
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the impacts will be .
if one virus can cause so much havoc and political changes , what does this mean for the future ?
We do not know .
What will be interesting to see is the effect this has on church attendance , religious practice , and the relationship of religious groups to society , and in particular as the world continues to turn away from God and His revealed teachings .
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A point that I have tried to make explicitly clear is that while it is important to quarantine oneself, one needs to look far beyond the concept of a quarantine to make sense of what is happening right now, which seems to be the global alignment of a new social paradigm in order to manipulate people into accepting very restrictive social conditions for the future and well after the threat of the virus has passed. This does not mean to not take safety measures now, but that something a lot bigger is coming in the future and with far more serious consequence just like how the emergency measures established as a result of the September 11th attacks long outlived the original memory of the act.
As the virus changes how people live Church ‘leaders’ are also responding by ‘preparing for the long term’ with ideas about permanent ‘changes’ to how people worship.
Denominational executives are urging pastors to protect their mental health as well as prepare for a long-term shift in the way the church worships as the world struggles to respond to the new coronavirus pandemic that currently has no cure. The advice came Thursday during a panel discussion hosted by Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals at the COVID-19 Church Online Summit. Doug Clay, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, said their mental health committee recently polled their pastors on advice for other pastors during the pandemic and they developed a nine-point list of best practices which they are now circulating among leaders. At the top of the list pastors were asked to be mindful of boundaries. “All of us are going to be stretched in ways we haven’t been stretched before,” Clay said. Pastors were also urged to find a trusted friend to help process decisions and leadership; intentionally manage their input, like taking a break from the news; take care of themselves by finding good physical and emotional rhythms; allow themselves a laugh break; hold to realistic expectations; have private worship; control only what they can control and don’t get stressed out by what they can’t; and seek to find hope in creative ways. Colin Watson, acting executive director of the Christian Reformed Church, said pastors should get used to the idea that there isn’t going to be a quick fix for the pandemic. “I think the idea that this is really a long term situation that we’re dealing with [is something that we have to get used to]. This is not just a short term something [that] will be fixed in a few weeks [and] we can go back to being the way we used to be,” he said while praising Clay’s recommendations. “The idea of we need to establish some practices and rhythms for the long-term is very, very, important,” he said. (source)
For a long time now, there have been Catholic as well as other Christians of good will warning about a coming time in the future when religion will be restricted by any number of rules, and to be a Christian will be an act considered just like it was in the days of Diocletian and other great persecutions.
We are returning to that time, for the trajectory has persisted for a while, but the restrictions on human social intercourse and commerce that cross into religion give one to think if the world is coming to that point amid a global economic crisis and the formation of the conditions for war.
God called for His people to be in community with each other, and that must mean contact closer than six feet, and certainly a lot more than just talking to each other behind a computer screen.
I am not saying that precautions, especially right now, are not necessary.
The concern is what comes after these initial steps, and the danger of the virus passes.
Will life return to “normal,” or what people would call “normal”?
A few weeks ago, life was “normal”, then the whole world changed. It was like September 11th- there was the world before, and then there was the world after.
Will the churches be able to re-open as normal? What impact will this have on the future?
The fact is that we do not know what the impacts will be. if one virus can cause so much havoc and political changes, what does this mean for the future?
We do not know. What will be interesting to see is the effect this has on church attendance, religious practice, and the relationship of religious groups to society, and in particular as the world continues to turn away from God and His revealed teachings.
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shoebat--2020-03-30--It’s Not Just One, But Eight Strains Of COVID-19

The entire situation with COVID-19 has been very strange , and it has raised many questions .
Indeed , there is clear evidence the illness is as dangerous as some say , but also with a lot of evidence of people recovering from it .
As such , there is little that we can say conclusively about it , especially since data concerning it is also questionable too .
What we can say is that it is a threat for sure .
Because of the strange nature of the infections , some have speculated , including Shoebat.com , that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus .
However , we must report that we were wrong , for according to the New York Post , it is not two , but eight strains of COVID-19 that appear to be circulating as the UK Daily Mail reports by way of USA Today .
Scientists around the world are tracking at least eight strains of coronavirus around the world , using genetic detective work to show how the virus spreads .
Researchers say the virus appears to mutate very slowly , with only tiny differences between the different strains , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus is more deadly than another .
They also say it does not appear the strains will grow more lethal as they evolve .
‘ The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other , ’ Charles Chiu , a professor of medicine and infectious disease at the University of California , San Francisco School of Medicine , told USA Today .
( source ) Some are saying this is because the disease is mutating , and retroviruses have a history of this .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going on here .
We know this from STDs , something that we have documented extensively at Shoebat.com because of their ties to the sodomite movement .
STDs , including retroviruses such as HIV/AIDS , do mutate , but it usually take time and involves the “ mixing ” of strains .
Sodomites even brag about this , where they intentionally try to “ collect ” different HIV strains and mix them by way of their actions to get more “ powerful ” ones because they view acquiring and even causing the creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eroticism .
However , doing this takes a lot of time .
It does not happen in a matter of a few months , but usually at least six months to a year before anything starts to emerge , and it takes time to spread .
It has been about three months since the COVID-19 situation began , and already there are not two , but eight different variants of the same illness circulating ?
This seems very odd and inconsistent with all past experiences of natural generation .
We have no proof @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are left only to speculation , but one should consider it possible that the ’ emergence ’ of these eight strains was not caused by natural generation , but that they were intentionally released into the public from a military lab or the like for the purpose of making people sick , furthering chaos , and using the chaos to restructure society .
We already have strong evidence indicating that COVID-19 was a US-made bioweapon stolen by Chinese spies and , somehow , was released from its containment facility in Wuhan .
Variants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by individuals in the field of virology , major universities , and even governments .
There is something wrong with this whole COVID-19 situation , and it is not with Chinese lies that the situation is under control .
It goes right to the American and Israeli connections to this virus and access to the Chinese bioweapons program , and how “ suddenly ” the US is the world epicenter of the virus with mysterious strains generating almost instantly with no clear explanation as to how said ‘ mutations ’ are emerging so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mutations are taking place , and this would have to be determined by research .
However , given the already great number of questions that exists about this COVID-19 program , the trade war that the US has been waging against China , the US Dollar that has been propped up for years from suffering from terminal collapse , the preparations taking place for decades on the way to a Third World War , and noted attempts to use a crisis to blame China in order to isolate her , move US manufacturing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationalism and militarization as the post-World War II world is ripped apart , it is the only prudent option to be open to a multiplicity of unique and different possibilities .
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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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The entire situation with COVID-19 has been very strange, and it has raised many questions. Indeed, there is clear evidence the illness is as dangerous as some say, but also with a lot of evidence of people recovering from it. As such, there is little that we can say conclusively about it, especially since data concerning it is also questionable too. What we can say is that it is a threat for sure.
Because of the strange nature of the infections, some have speculated, including Shoebat.com, that there may be at least two strains of virus. However, we must report that we were wrong, for according to the New York Post, it is not two, but eight strains of COVID-19 that appear to be circulating as the UK Daily Mail reports by way of USA Today.
Scientists around the world are tracking at least eight strains of coronavirus around the world, using genetic detective work to show how the virus spreads. Researchers say the virus appears to mutate very slowly, with only tiny differences between the different strains, and that none of the strains of the virus is more deadly than another. They also say it does not appear the strains will grow more lethal as they evolve. ‘The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other,’ Charles Chiu, a professor of medicine and infectious disease at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, told USA Today. (source)
Some are saying this is because the disease is mutating, and retroviruses have a history of this. However, I suspect there is something more going on here.
We know this from STDs, something that we have documented extensively at Shoebat.com because of their ties to the sodomite movement. STDs, including retroviruses such as HIV/AIDS, do mutate, but it usually take time and involves the “mixing” of strains. Sodomites even brag about this, where they intentionally try to “collect” different HIV strains and mix them by way of their actions to get more “powerful” ones because they view acquiring and even causing the creation of deadlier strains as a sort of eroticism.
However, doing this takes a lot of time. It does not happen in a matter of a few months, but usually at least six months to a year before anything starts to emerge, and it takes time to spread.
It has been about three months since the COVID-19 situation began, and already there are not two, but eight different variants of the same illness circulating?
This seems very odd and inconsistent with all past experiences of natural generation.
We have no proof to ascertain this, and so we are left only to speculation, but one should consider it possible that the ’emergence’ of these eight strains was not caused by natural generation, but that they were intentionally released into the public from a military lab or the like for the purpose of making people sick, furthering chaos, and using the chaos to restructure society.
We already have strong evidence indicating that COVID-19 was a US-made bioweapon stolen by Chinese spies and, somehow, was released from its containment facility in Wuhan. Variants of this story have been made consistently by individuals in the field of virology, major universities, and even governments.
There is something wrong with this whole COVID-19 situation, and it is not with Chinese lies that the situation is under control. It goes right to the American and Israeli connections to this virus and access to the Chinese bioweapons program, and how “suddenly” the US is the world epicenter of the virus with mysterious strains generating almost instantly with no clear explanation as to how said ‘mutations’ are emerging so rapidly.
It may be that natural mutations are taking place, and this would have to be determined by research. However, given the already great number of questions that exists about this COVID-19 program, the trade war that the US has been waging against China, the US Dollar that has been propped up for years from suffering from terminal collapse, the preparations taking place for decades on the way to a Third World War, and noted attempts to use a crisis to blame China in order to isolate her, move US manufacturing from her, and to justify more nationalism and militarization as the post-World War II world is ripped apart, it is the only prudent option to be open to a multiplicity of unique and different possibilities.
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shoebat--2020-03-30--COVID-19 Spreads To Belarus With Announcement Of First Cases

For decades , Belarus has been ruled by the iron fist of Aleksandr Lukashenko , making him one of the world ’ s last absolute dictators .
However , not even Lukashenko could stop the arrival of COVID-19 , of which Belarus has just reported her first case according to Tut.By out of Belarus : The Yakub Kolas Drama Theater in Vitebsk canceled performances until April 18 .
One of the actors is in intensive care with pneumonia – and he has a positive test for coronavirus .
However , there is no quarantine in the theater , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that the auditorium is almost empty .
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For decades, Belarus has been ruled by the iron fist of Aleksandr Lukashenko, making him one of the world’s last absolute dictators. However, not even Lukashenko could stop the arrival of COVID-19, of which Belarus has just reported her first case according to Tut.By out of Belarus:
The Yakub Kolas Drama Theater in Vitebsk canceled performances until April 18. One of the actors is in intensive care with pneumonia – and he has a positive test for coronavirus. However, there is no quarantine in the theater, and the management explains the cancellation of performances by the fact that the auditorium is almost empty. (source)
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shoebat--2020-03-30--Americans Hoard Cash At Record Levels

Americans Hoard Cash At Record Levels

As the chaos from the COVID-19 coronavirus goes around America and people are out of work , the Wall Street Journal reports that Americans are hoarding cash at record rates .
I would like to make an observation with this .
Outside of necessary expenses , it is probably a very , very bad idea to hoard cash right now .
To the contrary , now is the time to strategically invest cash out of the US dollar or to spend it .
The reasoning for this is simple .
As I have been explaining for the past week since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known as the coronavirus relief bill signed by President Trump , became popular , while it sounds like a great idea to give people “ free money ” , the printing of money devalues the currency .
This has been a problem for years , for as the government continues to print money through the private bank that is the Federal Reserve and which has dictated monetary policy for the last century , the value of the money declines to the point where it is worth nothing .
The current bill consumes 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They may do a second package this year as well .
The result of this will be dramatic inflation and the serious devaluing of money- there is no point in saving money that will become seriously devalued because it is better to spend it now on either things that one needs , or to transfer it to a stable asset ( traditional examples include gold and silver ) that will preserve value in troubled financial times or situations .
It is true that it is almost always better to save money , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and will be for the next two years , and likely will not end , the wiser choice is , after covering for major bills , to invest what one has into assets or spend it on something to help one in the future , for summer may be coming , but the economic winter later this year and next year might spell the destruction of many who are caught unprepared .
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As the chaos from the COVID-19 coronavirus goes around America and people are out of work, the Wall Street Journal reports that Americans are hoarding cash at record rates.
Americans have been hoarding cash at the fastest pace since the Y2K jitters two decades ago…US business loan balances jumped by the highest percentage on record as companies rushed to tap their credit lines. (source)
I would like to make an observation with this. Outside of necessary expenses, it is probably a very, very bad idea to hoard cash right now.
To the contrary, now is the time to strategically invest cash out of the US dollar or to spend it.
The reasoning for this is simple. As I have been explaining for the past week since the “Trump Stacks”, also known as the coronavirus relief bill signed by President Trump, became popular, while it sounds like a great idea to give people “free money”, the printing of money devalues the currency.
This has been a problem for years, for as the government continues to print money through the private bank that is the Federal Reserve and which has dictated monetary policy for the last century, the value of the money declines to the point where it is worth nothing.
The current bill consumes 40% of GDP in one year. They may do a second package this year as well.
The result of this will be dramatic inflation and the serious devaluing of money- there is no point in saving money that will become seriously devalued because it is better to spend it now on either things that one needs, or to transfer it to a stable asset (traditional examples include gold and silver) that will preserve value in troubled financial times or situations.
It is true that it is almost always better to save money, but since the trend is clearly towards devalutation and will be for the next two years, and likely will not end, the wiser choice is, after covering for major bills, to invest what one has into assets or spend it on something to help one in the future, for summer may be coming, but the economic winter later this year and next year might spell the destruction of many who are caught unprepared.
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shoebat--2020-03-30--Hungarian President Viktor Orban Gives Himself Dictatorial Powers To ‘Fight The Virus’

Governments around the world are using the COVID-19 coronavirus situation to give themselves unlimited powers to do whatever they want even at the expense of the rights of the people they are charged to care for .
One of those rulers is President Viktor Orban of Hungary , who has been profiled before on Shoebat.com for his extensive use of nationalist rhetoric and simultaneous highly questionable ties to George Soros as well as National Socialist figures .
The Hungarian President has declared that in order to ‘ fight COVID-19 ’ , he has advanced and had passed a new bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ability to jail people for years who spread ‘ false information ’ as well as the ability to indefinitely rule by decree according to AFP reported by Yahoo !
News .
Hungary ’ s parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic .
Critics at home and abroad have condemned the “ anti-coronavirus defence law ” , saying it gives Orban unnecessary and unlimited power in a ruse to cement his leadership rather than battle the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emergency on March 11 , the new bill will give Orban the power to largely rule by decree indefinitely until the government decides the pandemic crisis is over .
The bill removes the current requirement for MPs to approve any extension to time limits on the decrees .
It also introduces jail terms of up to five years for anyone spreading “ falsehoods ” about the virus or the measures against it , stoking new worries for press freedom .
It was passed by 137 votes to 53 by parliament ’ s lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party has a two-thirds majority .
( source )

Governments around the world are using the COVID-19 coronavirus situation to give themselves unlimited powers to do whatever they want even at the expense of the rights of the people they are charged to care for. One of those rulers is President Viktor Orban of Hungary, who has been profiled before on Shoebat.com for his extensive use of nationalist rhetoric and simultaneous highly questionable ties to George Soros as well as National Socialist figures. The Hungarian President has declared that in order to ‘fight COVID-19’, he has advanced and had passed a new bill that gives him dictatorial-like powers, including the ability to jail people for years who spread ‘false information’ as well as the ability to indefinitely rule by decree according to AFP reported by Yahoo! News.
Hungary’s parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.
Critics at home and abroad have condemned the “anti-coronavirus defence law”, saying it gives Orban unnecessary and unlimited power in a ruse to cement his leadership rather than battle the virus.
After declaring a state of emergency on March 11, the new bill will give Orban the power to largely rule by decree indefinitely until the government decides the pandemic crisis is over.
The bill removes the current requirement for MPs to approve any extension to time limits on the decrees.
It also introduces jail terms of up to five years for anyone spreading “falsehoods” about the virus or the measures against it, stoking new worries for press freedom.
It was passed by 137 votes to 53 by parliament’s lower chamber, where Orban’s Fidesz party has a two-thirds majority. (source)


shoebat--2020-03-29--Major Italian Virologist Warns: The Situation With Coronavirus Is Still So Serious That To Tell Peop

Major Italian Virologist Warns: The Situation With Coronavirus Is Still So Serious That To Tell People To Leave Their Homes Is Unrealistic

A major Italian virologist , Roberto Burioni , has warned that the situation with Coronavirus is still so serious that @ @ @ @ @ their homes would be unrealistic .
As we read in a report from Il Tiempo @ @ @ @ @ Facebook page : “ We must start thinking about a recovery of our lives : @ @ @ @ @ stay at home in order to stay at home forever .
But we must also @ @ @ @ @ the situation is still so serious as to make any reopening project shortly unrealistic .
@ @ @ @ @ understanding the written text , I am clearer .
At the moment you have to @ @ @ @ @ , otherwise the sacrifices that we have made up to now are frustrated , period.
@ @ @ @ @ stay at home .

By Theodore Shoebat
A major Italian virologist, Roberto Burioni, has warned that the situation with Coronavirus is still so serious that to tell people to leave their homes would be unrealistic. As we read in a report from Il Tiempo, Burioni wrote on his Facebook page:
“We must start thinking about a recovery of our lives: we cannot continue to stay at home in order to stay at home forever. But we must also know that at this moment the situation is still so serious as to make any reopening project shortly unrealistic. And since someone has difficulty understanding the written text, I am clearer. At the moment you have to be plugged in the house, otherwise the sacrifices that we have made up to now are frustrated, period.”
In other words, stay at home.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--COVID-19, The Next Financial Crises And The Next Political Revolution

According to a recent report from Euractiv , the European Union is “ facing the prospect of slipping into recession by the end of the year.
” This recession will be merely a continuation and exasperation of what the 2008 financial crises triggered .
As former Greek finance minster Yanis Varoufakis warned : “ Undoubtedly , the coronavirus is going to accelerate the post-2008 crises .
Now , don ’ t let anyone tell you that that crises ended and now we have a new one .
The 2008 crises never ended.
” Varoufakis also pointed out in an article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already in progress following the lockdown of much of Europe ’ s society.
” These loans are described by Varoufakis as “ a drop in the ocean.
” Another recession will further reveal the class and nationalist divides within Europe .
Varoufakis warned about the rise of racial and class tensions in the midst of the coronavirus crises , and referred to “ the nationalist , the ones who want to build taller walls between our countries , and the ones who are benefiting politically by turning one proud against another , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the working class against another member of the working class ” Even when the coronavirus ’ lifespan ends , many businesses and jobs will be lost , and Europeans will not earn enough money to pay back that they owe on taxes which have been postponed during quarantine policy and new taxes .
“ Europeans needed a tax haircut .
Instead they got a deferment , ” explains Varoufakis , “ a kind of state loan by which to repay their taxes later .
Yet more spectacular proof that the Eurogroup has not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis : Loans to the bankrupt do not help !
” In an article published on Project Syndicate , Varoufakis reported that finance ministers in the Eurogroup could not agree on a serious fiscal response “ to the enormous recessionary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
” To demonstrate that Europe is not coming up with a significant reply , he points to German government ’ s financial aid package to the private sector , touted by the media as a 550 billion euros ( $ 600 billion ) solution , but which Varoufakis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pistol.
” The European Investment Bank will offer 8 billion euros to 100,000 European firms , and wants to increase this to 20 billion euros .
This solution may keep things afloat , but it will be temporary .
Within the German government there has been serious talk about the country heading towards a recession if the quarantine rule continues to be applied .
According to the best-case scenario , if the lock on the market lasts five weeks , there could be a recovery within three weeks .
Germany ’ s GDP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next year it will grow by 3.7 % .
If the market stays closed for seven weeks , the recovery will take five weeks respectively and GDP fall to 5.4 % .
According to the most pessimistic scenario , GDP will fall by 4.5 % and by 2021 will achieve a very slow recovery , with only 1 % .
Merkel ’ s financial advisors are predicting the worst recession since 2008 .
The economy to shrink by 2.8 % in 2020 , according to the German Council of Economic Experts .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the spread of the coronavirus abruptly ends the emerging economic recovery , so that a recession in Germany in the first half of 2020 will be unavoidable.
” Currently restrictions on shopping and business are to continue until April 20th , but if they get extended by a longer period , the economy may experience a recession of 5.4 % .
In both cases this will be the worst decline since 2008 .
Economic consultants within the German government reported : “ The outbreak of coronavirus has halted the initial recovery .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ” .
The head of the European branch of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , Paul Thomsen , estimates that the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Europe will be particularly significant .
According to Thomsen , the pandemic hit Europe with incredible savagery , and he wrote : “ We may not know how long the crisis will last , we know the economic impact will be severe , ” Thomsen stresses .
Greece will be hit the hardest out of the European countries , since it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which it was in the worst position of the Euro Bloc .
Indicative of this is the fact that the Greek government has allowed for employers to reduce salaries by 50 % .
The opposition party within the Greek government said : The economic situation will be a catalyst for several things : one , it will bring society to an awareness of how much we rely on the working class , the blue collar worker ; it will be said that during this crises , what kept nations alive were those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have been deemed as “ low skill laborers , ” and that such a view needs to change from one of low esteem to one of praise and appreciation .
This view , while good and necessary , will also be used by socialists as a way to foment class tensions between the workers and the elites , the landlords and the employers .
This is what took place in England in the late 1300s , when the plague killed so many peasants and the working class ( people who labored for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus realized their necessity , sparking an anti-elite sentiment that imploded as the Peasant Revolt of 1381 .
If 2008 and 2010 saw the rise in class anger and nationalism , then another recession due to the virus will only exasperate what is already there .
We are already seeing class anger in France with the Yellow Vesters and other class struggle activists .
In an article published by L ’ Opinion , it reads that quarantine lockdown measures have given the Yellow Vest movement “ a new field of expression for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018.
” This entails the defense of one ’ e living conditions , and at the same time , a vitriolic distrust against those who are seen as “ privileged ” .
If a diesel tax triggered the Yellow Vest movement which lasted from 2018 to 2020 , then imagine what another great recession will cause .
And the economic impacts of this recession could be worse than 2008 ; for at least with that crises , the Federal Reserve flooded European banks with American dollars , thus allowing some form of normality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if Europe has another great recession , will the US bail out the Europeans ?
Germany is planning on increasing its budget by 750 billion euros to boost up the economy , while Italy only wants to increase its national budget by 25 billion euros – even though the Italians were hit much harder .
What is being promoted is the idea of “ corona bonds , ” or the issuing of debt by the European Central Bank to European banks so that loans can be given to businesses and the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 19 countries in the Euro Zone , including Italy and France , are exhorting for the issuing of corona bonds .
The nine countries issued a statement saying : But Germany , Austria and the Netherlands — all surplus nations of the EU — are opposing corona bonds since they don ’ t want to underwrite spending by poorer countries .
“ We made clear from the German side , but also others did as well , that this is not the opinion of all states , ” Merkel said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the surplus countries are flirting with the idea of using the European Stability Mechanism ( ESM ) to support individual countries .
The ESM was founded in 2012 during the euro crisis , and 410 billion euros would currently be available there .
A result of the ESM plan would be more polarization between the surplus countries and poor countries , since it would disintegrate the Euro Zone into supposedly “ good ” and “ bad ” countries , with Germany being the top country and Italy and Greece being , in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the official scum.
” The Taz report concludes : “ The EU can not survive if it is not even possible to act in solidarity in an emergency.
” The coronavirus crises is already causing polarization within the EU and weakening to integration of the Bloc .
This is due to the indifference of the EU towards the country most devastated by coronavirus , Italy .
When Italy appealed for help through the Emergency Response Coordination Centre , help did not come .
“ We asked for supplies of medical equipment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the member states , ” Italy ’ s permanent representative to the EU , Maurizio Massari , told Foreign Policy .
“ But it didn ’ t work.
” On March 14th , 2020 , Foreign Policy reported : “ So far , not a single EU member state has sent Italy the needed supplies.
” So from all of this , we can see a number of things happening : growing tensions between the poor and the rich — class struggle ; and secondly , an increase in nationalism and anti-globalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will ask the question : ‘ What is the point of the EU when they did not help us in this terrible crises ?
’ The the weakening of the EU will put Germany in a position to increase power for herself , since she is the biggest economy and controls the EU bank , she thus has the leverage to bolster herself .
Moreover , if Germany goes through a recession , nationalism will as well increase in her country .
In April of 2017 , the son of a major Nazi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Frank , told BBC that Germans are only clam when their economy is good , and that once the economy goes down , people will become vicious : Economic turmoil brings about class struggle , and when the workers get angry they are easily taken like a fish in the net by charismatic ideologues who convince them of their ideologies , be it National Socialism or Left-wing socialism .
The workers will think that they are combating “ the elite , ” when the reality is that they will be controlled by some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( think Brexit ) .
Class tension leads to a situation easily controlled by despots ( think Lenin ’ s Marxist revolution , backed by Germany ) ; class tension leads to nationalism , and nationalism , if left unchecked , will lead to global combat .
In class struggle , it is the employee versus the employer , but this struggle manifests due to an imbalance in the relationship between worker and employer .
“ Slaves , obey your earthly masters with respect and fear ” ( Ephesians 6:5 ) , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Masters , do the same things unto them , forbearing threatening ” ( Ephesians 6:9 ) , the rejection of this , is tyranny over the poor .
The rejection of both of these teachings means the beginning of class struggle , and thus a Marxist Fascist war .

By Theodore Shoebat
According to a recent report from Euractiv, the European Union is “facing the prospect of slipping into recession by the end of the year.” This recession will be merely a continuation and exasperation of what the 2008 financial crises triggered. As former Greek finance minster Yanis Varoufakis warned: “Undoubtedly, the coronavirus is going to accelerate the post-2008 crises. Now, don’t let anyone tell you that that crises ended and now we have a new one. The 2008 crises never ended.” Varoufakis also pointed out in an article that there is a “massive recession already in progress following the lockdown of much of Europe’s society.” These loans are described by Varoufakis as “a drop in the ocean.” Another recession will further reveal the class and nationalist divides within Europe. Varoufakis warned about the rise of racial and class tensions in the midst of the coronavirus crises, and referred to “the nationalist, the ones who want to build taller walls between our countries, and the ones who are benefiting politically by turning one proud against another, one person against another, one member of the working class against another member of the working class”
Even when the coronavirus’ lifespan ends, many businesses and jobs will be lost, and Europeans will not earn enough money to pay back that they owe on taxes which have been postponed during quarantine policy and new taxes. “Europeans needed a tax haircut. Instead they got a deferment,” explains Varoufakis, “a kind of state loan by which to repay their taxes later. Yet more spectacular proof that the Eurogroup has not learned its lesson from the 2010 euro crisis: Loans to the bankrupt do not help!” In an article published on Project Syndicate, Varoufakis reported that finance ministers in the Eurogroup could not agree on a serious fiscal response “to the enormous recessionary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” To demonstrate that Europe is not coming up with a significant reply, he points to German government’s financial aid package to the private sector, touted by the media as a 550 billion euros ($600 billion) solution, but which Varoufakis calls “no more than a water pistol.”
The European Investment Bank will offer 8 billion euros to 100,000 European firms, and wants to increase this to 20 billion euros. This solution may keep things afloat, but it will be temporary. Within the German government there has been serious talk about the country heading towards a recession if the quarantine rule continues to be applied. According to the best-case scenario, if the lock on the market lasts five weeks, there could be a recovery within three weeks. Germany’s GDP will shrink by 2.8%, while next year it will grow by 3.7%. If the market stays closed for seven weeks, the recovery will take five weeks respectively and GDP fall to 5.4%. According to the most pessimistic scenario, GDP will fall by 4.5% and by 2021 will achieve a very slow recovery, with only 1%. Merkel’s financial advisors are predicting the worst recession since 2008. The economy to shrink by 2.8% in 2020, according to the German Council of Economic Experts. They concluded: “In all three scenarios, the spread of the coronavirus abruptly ends the emerging economic recovery, so that a recession in Germany in the first half of 2020 will be unavoidable.”
Currently restrictions on shopping and business are to continue until April 20th, but if they get extended by a longer period, the economy may experience a recession of 5.4%. In both cases this will be the worst decline since 2008. Economic consultants within the German government reported: “The outbreak of coronavirus has halted the initial recovery. The German economy will shrink significantly in 2020”.
The head of the European branch of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Paul Thomsen, estimates that the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Europe will be particularly significant. According to Thomsen, the pandemic hit Europe with incredible savagery, and he wrote: “We may not know how long the crisis will last, we know the economic impact will be severe,” Thomsen stresses.
Greece will be hit the hardest out of the European countries, since it has never fully recovered from the 2010 crash in which it was in the worst position of the Euro Bloc. Indicative of this is the fact that the Greek government has allowed for employers to reduce salaries by 50%. The opposition party within the Greek government said:
“Greece is the only country in Europe that, instead of the government supporting workers and businesses, leads thousands of workers to layoffs and salary reductions of up to 50% indefinitely, creating a new generation of unemployed and poor.”
The economic situation will be a catalyst for several things: one, it will bring society to an awareness of how much we rely on the working class, the blue collar worker; it will be said that during this crises, what kept nations alive were those who, for such a long time, have been deemed as “low skill laborers,” and that such a view needs to change from one of low esteem to one of praise and appreciation. This view, while good and necessary, will also be used by socialists as a way to foment class tensions between the workers and the elites, the landlords and the employers. This is what took place in England in the late 1300s, when the plague killed so many peasants and the working class (people who labored for the land owners) was limited and thus realized their necessity, sparking an anti-elite sentiment that imploded as the Peasant Revolt of 1381.
If 2008 and 2010 saw the rise in class anger and nationalism, then another recession due to the virus will only exasperate what is already there. We are already seeing class anger in France with the Yellow Vesters and other class struggle activists. In an article published by L’Opinion, it reads that quarantine lockdown measures have given the Yellow Vest movement “a new field of expression for the slogans they wore in the winter of 2018.” This entails the defense of one’e living conditions, and at the same time, a vitriolic distrust against those who are seen as “privileged”. If a diesel tax triggered the Yellow Vest movement which lasted from 2018 to 2020, then imagine what another great recession will cause. And the economic impacts of this recession could be worse than 2008; for at least with that crises, the Federal Reserve flooded European banks with American dollars, thus allowing some form of normality in the economy. The question is, if Europe has another great recession, will the US bail out the Europeans?
Germany is planning on increasing its budget by 750 billion euros to boost up the economy, while Italy only wants to increase its national budget by 25 billion euros – even though the Italians were hit much harder. What is being promoted is the idea of “corona bonds,” or the issuing of debt by the European Central Bank to European banks so that loans can be given to businesses and the economy can be brought to stability.
Nine of the 19 countries in the Euro Zone, including Italy and France, are exhorting for the issuing of corona bonds. The nine countries issued a statement saying:
“The case for such a common instrument is strong, since we are all facing a symmetric external shock, for which no country bears responsibility, but whose negative consequences are endured by all”.
But Germany, Austria and the Netherlands — all surplus nations of the EU — are opposing corona bonds since they don’t want to underwrite spending by poorer countries. “We made clear from the German side, but also others did as well, that this is not the opinion of all states,” Merkel said in regards to corona bonds.
Instead, the surplus countries are flirting with the idea of using the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to support individual countries. The ESM was founded in 2012 during the euro crisis, and 410 billion euros would currently be available there. A result of the ESM plan would be more polarization between the surplus countries and poor countries, since it would disintegrate the Euro Zone into supposedly “good” and “bad” countries, with Germany being the top country and Italy and Greece being, in the words of a report from Taz, “the official scum.” The Taz report concludes: “The EU cannot survive if it is not even possible to act in solidarity in an emergency.”
The coronavirus crises is already causing polarization within the EU and weakening to integration of the Bloc. This is due to the indifference of the EU towards the country most devastated by coronavirus, Italy. When Italy appealed for help through the Emergency Response Coordination Centre, help did not come. “We asked for supplies of medical equipment, and the European Commission forwarded the appeal to the member states,” Italy’s permanent representative to the EU, Maurizio Massari, told Foreign Policy. “But it didn’t work.” On March 14th, 2020, Foreign Policy reported: “So far, not a single EU member state has sent Italy the needed supplies.”
So from all of this, we can see a number of things happening: growing tensions between the poor and the rich — class struggle; and secondly, an increase in nationalism and anti-globalist and anti-EU fury, to where people will ask the question: ‘What is the point of the EU when they did not help us in this terrible crises?’ The the weakening of the EU will put Germany in a position to increase power for herself, since she is the biggest economy and controls the EU bank, she thus has the leverage to bolster herself. Moreover, if Germany goes through a recession, nationalism will as well increase in her country. In April of 2017, the son of a major Nazi leader in the Third Reich, Hans Frank, told BBC that Germans are only clam when their economy is good, and that once the economy goes down, people will become vicious:
Economic turmoil brings about class struggle, and when the workers get angry they are easily taken like a fish in the net by charismatic ideologues who convince them of their ideologies, be it National Socialism or Left-wing socialism. The workers will think that they are combating “the elite,” when the reality is that they will be controlled by some elite who will back their ideological movement (think Brexit). Class tension leads to a situation easily controlled by despots (think Lenin’s Marxist revolution, backed by Germany); class tension leads to nationalism, and nationalism, if left unchecked, will lead to global combat.
In class struggle, it is the employee versus the employer, but this struggle manifests due to an imbalance in the relationship between worker and employer.
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear” (Ephesians 6:5), the rejection of this, is revolt. “Masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening” (Ephesians 6:9), the rejection of this, is tyranny over the poor. The rejection of both of these teachings means the beginning of class struggle, and thus a Marxist Fascist war.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--Catholic Bishop Attempts To Suspend The Sacrament Of Anointing Of The Sick

I am not a Canon Lawyer , but the Catholic Church makes very clear under Church ( Canon ) Law that ” The Christian faithful have the right to receive assistance from the sacred pastors out of the spiritual goods of the Church , especially the word of God and the sacraments.
” ( source ) .
In essence , while it is true that there can be special precautions taken , the concept of suspending the Sacraments , which are the formal means by which the grace of God is communicated to the faithful , can not be denied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is with great interest that the Bishop of Springfield , MA has according to CNA News suspended the administering of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick .
After rescinding a controversial policy concerning sacramental anointing of the sick , the bishop of Springfield , Massachusetts told priests Friday afternoon that anointing of the sick is “ suspended ” within the Diocese of Springfield .
Earlier this week , Bishop Mitchell Rozanski authorized a change to norms for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick , permitting a nurse , rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physical anointing , which is an essential part of the sacrament .
“ I am allowing the assigned Catholic hospital chaplains , standing outside a patient ’ s room or away from their bedside , to dab a cotton swab with Holy Oil and then allow a nurse to enter the patient ’ s room and administer the oil , ” Rozanski told priests in an email March 25 .
On Friday afternoon the diocese told CNA it had rescinded that policy .
In fact , Rozanski emailed Springfield priests Friday afternoon explaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I am rescinding my previous directive and temporarily suspending the Anointing of the Sick in all instances.
” The sacramental anointing of the sick is conferred upon those Catholics who are in danger of death .
“ The first grace of this sacrament is one of strengthening , peace and courage to overcome the difficulties that go with the condition of serious illness or the frailty of old age .
This grace is a gift of the Holy Spirit , who renews trust and faith in God and strengthens against the temptations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to discouragement and anguish in the face of death , ” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church .
“ This assistance from the Lord by the power of his Spirit is meant to lead the sick person to healing of the soul , but also of the body if such is God ’ s will .
Furthermore , ‘ if he has committed sins , he will be forgiven , ’ ” the catechism adds .
( source ) It is true that one must be safe and take precautions when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it can not come at the expense of the Faith itself and especially giving grace to people who are most in need of it .
It is understandable that bishops find themselves in a difficult place , attempting to balance the needs of the faithful with a desire for public safety and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Church .
However , decisions such as this do not help the Church , but tend to do more long-term damage because they establish precedents and ideas that are not only questionable , but can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Faith .
The Church is in a difficult position already in society , and it is not going to become easier as Christianity becomes less popular and more hated .
It is well-meaning to restrict certain things , but too much can give the impression that the Church will simply bend over for whatever government policy exists without asserting herself in society .
Too much of this can result in any pushback being seen as an anti-social act and thus be used to drive persecution against her .
Indeed , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the authorities for being open during the epidemic , and while one does not want to promote irresponsible behavior , one must also not deny people the ability to worship God or restrict it to the point of not being able to do so .
There has always been a fine line between the government and society that the Church has had to walk to both partake of , bind to , and separate the two groups from each other .
the increasingly globalized world with more technology and the ability to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made it more difficult , and now with the added changes to religious belief will likely be part of a larger pattern towards a rise of anti-Christian behavior eventually culminating in a new persecution .
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I am not a Canon Lawyer, but the Catholic Church makes very clear under Church (Canon) Law that ” The Christian faithful have the right to receive assistance from the sacred pastors out of the spiritual goods of the Church, especially the word of God and the sacraments.” (source). In essence, while it is true that there can be special precautions taken, the concept of suspending the Sacraments, which are the formal means by which the grace of God is communicated to the faithful, cannot be denied to the faithful.
Thus, it is with great interest that the Bishop of Springfield, MA has according to CNA News suspended the administering of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
After rescinding a controversial policy concerning sacramental anointing of the sick, the bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts told priests Friday afternoon that anointing of the sick is “suspended” within the Diocese of Springfield. Earlier this week, Bishop Mitchell Rozanski authorized a change to norms for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, permitting a nurse, rather than a priest, to conduct the physical anointing, which is an essential part of the sacrament. “I am allowing the assigned Catholic hospital chaplains, standing outside a patient’s room or away from their bedside, to dab a cotton swab with Holy Oil and then allow a nurse to enter the patient’s room and administer the oil,” Rozanski told priests in an email March 25. On Friday afternoon the diocese told CNA it had rescinded that policy. In fact, Rozanski emailed Springfield priests Friday afternoon explaining that “After further discussion and review, I am rescinding my previous directive and temporarily suspending the Anointing of the Sick in all instances.” The sacramental anointing of the sick is conferred upon those Catholics who are in danger of death. “The first grace of this sacrament is one of strengthening, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties that go with the condition of serious illness or the frailty of old age. This grace is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who renews trust and faith in God and strengthens against the temptations of the evil one, the temptation to discouragement and anguish in the face of death,” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. “This assistance from the Lord by the power of his Spirit is meant to lead the sick person to healing of the soul, but also of the body if such is God’s will. Furthermore, ‘if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven,’” the catechism adds. (source)
It is true that one must be safe and take precautions when working with the public. However, it cannot come at the expense of the Faith itself and especially giving grace to people who are most in need of it.
It is understandable that bishops find themselves in a difficult place, attempting to balance the needs of the faithful with a desire for public safety and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Church. However, decisions such as this do not help the Church, but tend to do more long-term damage because they establish precedents and ideas that are not only questionable, but can be used to lead to greater suppression of the Faith.
The Church is in a difficult position already in society, and it is not going to become easier as Christianity becomes less popular and more hated. It is well-meaning to restrict certain things, but too much can give the impression that the Church will simply bend over for whatever government policy exists without asserting herself in society. Too much of this can result in any pushback being seen as an anti-social act and thus be used to drive persecution against her. Indeed, there are already some Protestant Churches facing pushback from the authorities for being open during the epidemic, and while one does not want to promote irresponsible behavior, one must also not deny people the ability to worship God or restrict it to the point of not being able to do so.
There has always been a fine line between the government and society that the Church has had to walk to both partake of, bind to, and separate the two groups from each other. the increasingly globalized world with more technology and the ability to make major decisions with long-term consequences quickly has made it more difficult, and now with the added changes to religious belief will likely be part of a larger pattern towards a rise of anti-Christian behavior eventually culminating in a new persecution.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--US Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Stuck At Sea With One Hundred COVID-19 Infected Sailors

In some horror movies , there is the concept of being ‘ stuck ’ in a place with a horrifying adversary that one can do nothing about .
Such is what has come to pass on a recent US aircraft carrier , which according to the San Francisco Chronicle is begging for help after being stuck at sea with one hundred sailors infected with COVID-19 .
The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly deteriorating .
The unusual plea from Capt .
Brett Crozier , a Santa Rosa native , came in a letter obtained exclusively by The Chronicle and confirmed by a senior officer on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt , which has been docked in Guam following a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew of more than 4,000 less than a week ago .
“ This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do , ” Crozier wrote .
“ We are not at war .
Sailors do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not act now , we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.
” In the four-page letter to senior military officials , Crozier said only a small contingent of infected sailors have been off-boarded .
Most of the crew remain aboard the ship , where following official guidelines for 14-day quarantines and social distancing is impossible .
“ Due to a warship ’ s inherent limitations of space , we are not doing this , ” Crozier wrote .
“ The spread of the disease is @ @ @ @ @ @ @

In some horror movies, there is the concept of being ‘stuck’ in a place with a horrifying adversary that one can do nothing about. Such is what has come to pass on a recent US aircraft carrier, which according to the San Francisco Chronicle is begging for help after being stuck at sea with one hundred sailors infected with COVID-19.
The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible deaths in a situation he described as quickly deteriorating.
The unusual plea from Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, came in a letter obtained exclusively by The Chronicle and confirmed by a senior officer on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam following a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew of more than 4,000 less than a week ago.
“This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do,” Crozier wrote. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.”
In the four-page letter to senior military officials, Crozier said only a small contingent of infected sailors have been off-boarded. Most of the crew remain aboard the ship, where following official guidelines for 14-day quarantines and social distancing is impossible.
“Due to a warship’s inherent limitations of space, we are not doing this,” Crozier wrote. “The spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating.” (source)


shoebat--2020-03-31--“#Guillotine2020” Is A Hashtag Trending On Twitter Right Now

A quote attributed to both St. John Chrysostome and St. Gennadius of Constantinople goes along some variant of “ The rich exist for the sake of the poor , and the poor exist for the salvation of the rich.
” These words are as true as when they were first said in the fifth century and are as relevant for our times today , for while there have always been rich and poor , the two form a circle that is supposed to be mutually beneficial .
Wealth is a gift from God , and one is expected to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a gift of faith and love for other men , especially the wealthy , which Christ warns that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into Heaven .
These are very troubling words for so many , and understandably so , for God is powerful , He is merciful and He is just , and He is the standard of all and to who all will return .
One can not support the death of the rich as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death of the poor , for the two are different but necessary and must be respected .
It is not one who favors another of the groups , but finding balance between them that benefits both groups .
This is part of conflict throughout history , which can be written as the struggle between the powerless and the powerful to find a just balance in a world that is afflicted by original sin .
One of the great tragedies of man is that when imbalances to this struggle happen which are very severe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the rich against the poor , or the poor against the rich , but it does not matter how it happens .
The fact is that one tries to overtake the other and instead of harmony , death is the end .
This is why the Catholic Church is so emphatic about the concept of the “ three estates ” of society- the rulers , the ruled , and the Church acting as the binding and separating agent between the two that partakes of both but is bound intrinsically to neither .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church tends to eschew nationalism , because while supporting a nation is good , it can put a disproportionate emphasis on the rulers instead of the ruled .
In the same way , it is also why the Church tends also historically to opposed a ‘ populist church ’ , because this has the same effect but with the reverse emphasis .
During the French Revolution , which was a populist uprising backed by very wealthy interests , the French countrymen thought they were ‘ rebelling ’ against ‘ the elites ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beheaded them , but also proceeded to attack and behead many members of the Church and in destroying the Church and current ruling class , only established a new and more abusive class of rulers over the French people in the form of a banking and industrial oligarchy accountable to no one who could rule by political funding instead of direct accountability as with the previous king .
Their “ guillotining ” of the rich did nothing other than get rid of one group of questionable rich people and replace them with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since this is a pattern throughout history , and times change but the nature of man does not , it is with great interest that I have noted that the conditions of the laboring man , who has been reduced to the state of a modern-day slave , is starting to talk in light of this virus and the financial havoc it has brought to him with language similar to that used in the French Revolution .
If one goes to Twitter , the hashtag # guillotine2020 has become very popular , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rich .
One only needs to put the hashtag in to see it .
Likewise , there are also calls for general violence against rich and powerful people , from celebrities to politicians , that seem to be embraced by both sides of the political spectrum .
This is part of what I have described as the “ gift that keeps on giving ” with the virus , which is that a workers ’ rebellion is beginning to form as angry people are demanding radical solutions to the problems of society all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the previous order .
However , since times change but the nature of man does not , this is not only not the answer , but will result in what happened with the French Revolution , which is the perpetuation of the previous system of abuse but with different faces , and with a very strong chance that the abuse will be even worse than before yet will be presented as something good while the people will continue to suffer .
It must be made very clear that in a situation such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not only NOT A SOLUTION but it is probably the most effective way to extend for an indefinite time period the same problems of the past with much more severe repercussions .
The best way to deal with the current problems is to support peace on both sides , and to not participate in what is taking place .
People are likely going to fight , and while there will be calls to “ take a side ” , there is no side to take because there is no “ winning ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the best thing would be the natural , slow , and measured passing of the previous order to a new order , as with the cycle of life in every generation that allows for an organic transition instead of a sharp one .
Remember the lesson of the movie Wargames from 1983 about “ geothermal nuclear war ” , which the lesson is ‘ the only way to win is not to play.
’ This is the lesson for today .
There is no winner in a contest between two evil positions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to flee from both .
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A quote attributed to both St. John Chrysostome and St. Gennadius of Constantinople goes along some variant of “The rich exist for the sake of the poor, and the poor exist for the salvation of the rich.” These words are as true as when they were first said in the fifth century and are as relevant for our times today, for while there have always been rich and poor, the two form a circle that is supposed to be mutually beneficial. Wealth is a gift from God, and one is expected to use it wisely. Likewise, the impoverished have a gift of faith and love for other men, especially the wealthy, which Christ warns that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into Heaven. These are very troubling words for so many, and understandably so, for God is powerful, He is merciful and He is just, and He is the standard of all and to who all will return.
One cannot support the death of the rich as much as one cannot support the death of the poor, for the two are different but necessary and must be respected. It is not one who favors another of the groups, but finding balance between them that benefits both groups. This is part of conflict throughout history, which can be written as the struggle between the powerless and the powerful to find a just balance in a world that is afflicted by original sin.
One of the great tragedies of man is that when imbalances to this struggle happen which are very severe, violence often results. It can be the rich against the poor, or the poor against the rich, but it does not matter how it happens. The fact is that one tries to overtake the other and instead of harmony, death is the end. This is why the Catholic Church is so emphatic about the concept of the “three estates” of society- the rulers, the ruled, and the Church acting as the binding and separating agent between the two that partakes of both but is bound intrinsically to neither. This is also the reason why the Church tends to eschew nationalism, because while supporting a nation is good, it can put a disproportionate emphasis on the rulers instead of the ruled. In the same way, it is also why the Church tends also historically to opposed a ‘populist church’, because this has the same effect but with the reverse emphasis.
During the French Revolution, which was a populist uprising backed by very wealthy interests, the French countrymen thought they were ‘rebelling’ against ‘the elites’, which was the French aristocracy. They beheaded them, but also proceeded to attack and behead many members of the Church and in destroying the Church and current ruling class, only established a new and more abusive class of rulers over the French people in the form of a banking and industrial oligarchy accountable to no one who could rule by political funding instead of direct accountability as with the previous king. Their “guillotining” of the rich did nothing other than get rid of one group of questionable rich people and replace them with a group of just bad rich people.
Since this is a pattern throughout history, and times change but the nature of man does not, it is with great interest that I have noted that the conditions of the laboring man, who has been reduced to the state of a modern-day slave, is starting to talk in light of this virus and the financial havoc it has brought to him with language similar to that used in the French Revolution.
If one goes to Twitter, the hashtag #guillotine2020 has become very popular, with people clamoring for the execution of the rich.
One only needs to put the hashtag in to see it.
Likewise, there are also calls for general violence against rich and powerful people, from celebrities to politicians, that seem to be embraced by both sides of the political spectrum.
This is part of what I have described as the “gift that keeps on giving” with the virus, which is that a workers’ rebellion is beginning to form as angry people are demanding radical solutions to the problems of society all of which have the basic premise of overthrowing the previous order. However, since times change but the nature of man does not, this is not only not the answer, but will result in what happened with the French Revolution, which is the perpetuation of the previous system of abuse but with different faces, and with a very strong chance that the abuse will be even worse than before yet will be presented as something good while the people will continue to suffer.
It must be made very clear that in a situation such as what is happening right now, violence is not only NOT A SOLUTION but it is probably the most effective way to extend for an indefinite time period the same problems of the past with much more severe repercussions.
The best way to deal with the current problems is to support peace on both sides, and to not participate in what is taking place. People are likely going to fight, and while there will be calls to “take a side”, there is no side to take because there is no “winning” side in this fight. If anything, the best thing would be the natural, slow, and measured passing of the previous order to a new order, as with the cycle of life in every generation that allows for an organic transition instead of a sharp one.
Remember the lesson of the movie Wargames from 1983 about “geothermal nuclear war”, which the lesson is ‘the only way to win is not to play.’
This is the lesson for today. There is no winner in a contest between two evil positions. The way to succeed truly is to flee from both.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--Last Call For Restaurants As Virus Strips $25 Billion In Profits From the Industry

The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece about the state of the economy , which has already been in very poor shape , and coming changes being forced by the spread of the COVID-19 virus .
One of the major shakeups that is coming will be the destruction of the restaurant industry , which citing data from the National Restaurant Industry shows that in one month alone , restaurants have lost $ 25 billion dollars and is threatening trillions in real estate mortgages and commercial property .
The U.S. restaurant industry has lost $ 25 billion in sales since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 5,000 owners by the National Restaurant Association .
Nearly 50,000 stores of major U.S. retail chains have closed , according to the companies .
An estimated $ 20 billion in monthly retail real estate loans are due as early as this week , according to Marcus & Millichap , a commercial real-estate services and consulting firm .
Many retailers and restaurants have said they are not going to pay their April rents , which in turn poses a threat to the $ 3 trillion commercial mortgage market .
( source ) Remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buy is when there is blood in the streets .
If one has considered going into the restaurant business , now is not a good time , but right after this virus mania passes may be a good time to invest and pick up assets at cheap prices .
Likewise , one may also see a reshaping of the restaurant industry itself , for as people are seeking to distance themselves from others , the ‘ social ’ concept of a restaurant may be return to it historical paradigm of being restricted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that cost a lot of money .
In that sense , one may see something of a return to a historical mean for what restaurants and the food industry used to be .
There still will be coffee houses and other such places , but just smaller and more distributed as opposed to as concentrated as they are now .
The restaurant industry exploded over the last decade as the only major bastion left of a profitable “ industry ” , but now that it is closing down because of the current changes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of people out of work with nowhere to go or pay their bills .
This will perpetuate the cycle of frustration afflicting the country , driving the current situation further down the path which it is already headed towards social division , and eventually having the potential to culminate in a rebellion against the current political order .
This is more than restaurants closing .
This is about major profit losses , a lot of people out of work , some new business opportunities , and a major step in forcing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now to help support the work of this site .
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The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece about the state of the economy, which has already been in very poor shape, and coming changes being forced by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. One of the major shakeups that is coming will be the destruction of the restaurant industry, which citing data from the National Restaurant Industry shows that in one month alone, restaurants have lost $25 billion dollars and is threatening trillions in real estate mortgages and commercial property.
The U.S. restaurant industry has lost $25 billion in sales since March 1, according to a survey of 5,000 owners by the National Restaurant Association. Nearly 50,000 stores of major U.S. retail chains have closed, according to the companies. An estimated $20 billion in monthly retail real estate loans are due as early as this week, according to Marcus & Millichap, a commercial real-estate services and consulting firm. Many retailers and restaurants have said they are not going to pay their April rents, which in turn poses a threat to the $3 trillion commercial mortgage market. (source)
Remember the adage that the best time to buy is when there is blood in the streets.
If one has considered going into the restaurant business, now is not a good time, but right after this virus mania passes may be a good time to invest and pick up assets at cheap prices.
Likewise, one may also see a reshaping of the restaurant industry itself, for as people are seeking to distance themselves from others, the ‘social’ concept of a restaurant may be return to it historical paradigm of being restricted to special events or very fancy once-a-year dinners that cost a lot of money. In that sense, one may see something of a return to a historical mean for what restaurants and the food industry used to be. There still will be coffee houses and other such places, but just smaller and more distributed as opposed to as concentrated as they are now.
The restaurant industry exploded over the last decade as the only major bastion left of a profitable “industry”, but now that it is closing down because of the current changes, it is going to put a lot of people out of work with nowhere to go or pay their bills. This will perpetuate the cycle of frustration afflicting the country, driving the current situation further down the path which it is already headed towards social division, and eventually having the potential to culminate in a rebellion against the current political order.
This is more than restaurants closing. This is about major profit losses, a lot of people out of work, some new business opportunities, and a major step in forcing a political earthquake in the future.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--Federal Reserve Declares That Official Unemployment Rate Could Hit 32%

Shoebat.com reported on the words of Steve Mnuchin that official unemployment rates could be 20 % to 25 % .
However , even Mnuchin may have underestimated the seriousness of the current crisis .
According to a report by CNBC , numbers released from the Federal Reserve Bank declare that 32 % of the USA could be unemployed due to the virus .
Millions of Americans already have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis and the worst of the damage is yet to come , according to a Federal Reserve estimate .
Economists at the Fed ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 47 million , which would translate to a 32.1 % unemployment rate , according to a recent analysis of how bad things could get .
The projections are even worse than St. Louis Fed President James Bullard ’ s much-publicized estimate of 30 % .
They reflect the high nature of at-risk jobs that ultimately could be lost to a government-induced economic freeze aimed at halting the coronavirus spread .
( source ) This is a national catastrophe , because if official unemployment rates are at 32 % , they are likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are unemployed but not receiving checks .
It is not an underestimate to say that half of the country could potentially be put out of work .
How will people eat ?
How will they pay their bills ?
When things like this happen , they tend to lead to social revolts and even open rebellion .
People want to care for their basic needs , and if they believe they are being deprived of doing this , and people continue to try to trouble them over bills , it feeds anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , frustrated , impoverished people do not make good citizens .
Watch carefully , as this could cause a shakeup to the political order in the future .
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Shoebat.com reported on the words of Steve Mnuchin that official unemployment rates could be 20% to 25%. However, even Mnuchin may have underestimated the seriousness of the current crisis. According to a report by CNBC, numbers released from the Federal Reserve Bank declare that 32% of the USA could be unemployed due to the virus.
Millions of Americans already have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis and the worst of the damage is yet to come, according to a Federal Reserve estimate. Economists at the Fed’s St. Louis district project total employment reductions of 47 million, which would translate to a 32.1% unemployment rate, according to a recent analysis of how bad things could get. The projections are even worse than St. Louis Fed President James Bullard’s much-publicized estimate of 30%. They reflect the high nature of at-risk jobs that ultimately could be lost to a government-induced economic freeze aimed at halting the coronavirus spread. (source)
This is a national catastrophe, because if official unemployment rates are at 32%, they are likely about 40% higher due to those who are unemployed but not receiving checks.
It is not an underestimate to say that half of the country could potentially be put out of work.
How will people eat? How will they pay their bills?
When things like this happen, they tend to lead to social revolts and even open rebellion.
People want to care for their basic needs, and if they believe they are being deprived of doing this, and people continue to try to trouble them over bills, it feeds anger and hatred.
A mass of angry, frustrated, impoverished people do not make good citizens.
Watch carefully, as this could cause a shakeup to the political order in the future.
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shoebat--2020-03-31--Workers Rebel Over Abusive Conditions As Modern-Day Slavers Force Them To Be Exposed To Dangerous Co

Workers Rebel Over Abusive Conditions As Modern-Day Slavers Force Them To Be Exposed To Dangerous Conditions Amid The Virus

The COVID-19 coronavirus is so dangerous that societies all around the world have been shutting down .
However , while this has been going on , Amazon.com magnate Jeff Bezos , a billionaire many times over who made his money defrauding the working man of his justly earned wages ( a sin that according to the Bible is in the same category as the willful murder of the innocent and sodomy ) , is having Amazon employees not only work in their jobs , but without any protections or regard for their safety .
However , thankfully , some working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be doormats .
According to Whole Foods employees ( the company is owned entirely by Amazon ) , some workers are organizing a strike over conditions today .
On March 31 , Whole Foods employees will call in sick to demand paid leave for all workers who stay home or self-quarantine during the crisis , free coronavirus testing for all employees , and hazard pay of double the current hourly wage for employees who show up to work during the pandemic .
“ COVID-19 is a very real threat to the safety of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Worker , the national worker group that is organizing the “ sick out ” wrote in a statement .
“ We can not wait for politicians , institutions , or our own management to step in to protect us.
” The sick-out follows reports that Whole Foods workers at numerous stores across the country , including locations in New York City , Chicago , Louisiana , and California have tested positive for Covid-19 .
In each of these locations , the stores have remained open , leading some employees to charge that Whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a period of record sales for the company .
( source ) In addition , workers at Amazon have been organizing worker strikes , to which Amazon responded by directly violating Federal Law and fired the organizer of the strike .
Chris Smalls , an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center employee , said the company fired him after he led a strike at a warehouse in Staten Island , New York , over coronavirus safety conditions .
“ Taking action cost me my job , ” Smalls said Monday in a Bloomberg TV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand up for something that ’ s right , the company decided to retaliate against me.
” A group of workers at the Staten Island fulfillment center walked off the job Monday to demand Amazon close the facility for extended cleaning , the latest in a wave of virus-related protests .
They say a number of their colleagues there were diagnosed with Covid-19 .
Organizers say more than 60 workers participated in the protest .
In a statement Monday night , New York State Attorney General Letitia James called Smalls ’ firing “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Labor Relations Board to investigate the incident and said her office “ is considering all legal options ” as well .
( source ) Now I want to be very clear , that one should not look to support a “ workers ’ rebellion ” as a proxy for advancing socialism , which would be something that many wealthy would support in order to later concentrate more power among themselves .
What needs to be remembered is that workers are human beings , and that corporate America , while professing a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a long history of supporting eugenic policies and has aggressively sought to undermine the dignity and safety of the working many by a series of “ loopholes ” built into the laws .
It is arguable that the current conditions caused by the virus “ broke the camel ’ s back ” in that people , who are tired , impoverished , frustrated , and now being forced to work in unsafe conditions , are starting to rebel .
Amazon does provide an essential service , given her link to the modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , one can not provide services at the expense of one ’ s employees ’ health , safety , and general welfare , which also includes sanity .
The pursuit of order and the corporation taken too far leads to fascism .
The pursuit of the worker and his rights taken too far leads to socialism .
Both lead to destruction .
While there is no perfect situation , the idea is to strive for as much balance as possible , knowing things will never be perfect in this world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ lobby for extreme positions , attempting to manipulate one side as far as possible not for the benefit of the people they claim to help , but so to manipulate the system that they can take it for all it has to offer and then abandon it .
The corporation has a place , and that place has been lauded for a long time .
However , the worker also has a place .
He is a human being , and he has been forgotten in the corporate pursuit of profit by any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this that he is now frustrated , and given the conditions , one can only imagine where this could lead to .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
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The COVID-19 coronavirus is so dangerous that societies all around the world have been shutting down. However, while this has been going on, Amazon.com magnate Jeff Bezos, a billionaire many times over who made his money defrauding the working man of his justly earned wages (a sin that according to the Bible is in the same category as the willful murder of the innocent and sodomy), is having Amazon employees not only work in their jobs, but without any protections or regard for their safety.
However, thankfully, some working men are refusing to allow themselves to be doormats. According to Whole Foods employees (the company is owned entirely by Amazon), some workers are organizing a strike over conditions today.
On March 31, Whole Foods employees will call in sick to demand paid leave for all workers who stay home or self-quarantine during the crisis, free coronavirus testing for all employees, and hazard pay of double the current hourly wage for employees who show up to work during the pandemic. “COVID-19 is a very real threat to the safety of our workforce and customers,” Whole Worker, the national worker group that is organizing the “sick out” wrote in a statement. “We cannot wait for politicians, institutions, or our own management to step in to protect us.” The sick-out follows reports that Whole Foods workers at numerous stores across the country, including locations in New York City, Chicago, Louisiana, and California have tested positive for Covid-19. In each of these locations, the stores have remained open, leading some employees to charge that Whole Foods has failed to prioritize their safety during a period of record sales for the company. (source)
In addition, workers at Amazon have been organizing worker strikes, to which Amazon responded by directly violating Federal Law and fired the organizer of the strike.
Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center employee, said the company fired him after he led a strike at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, over coronavirus safety conditions. “Taking action cost me my job,” Smalls said Monday in a Bloomberg TV interview. “Because I tried to stand up for something that’s right, the company decided to retaliate against me.” A group of workers at the Staten Island fulfillment center walked off the job Monday to demand Amazon close the facility for extended cleaning, the latest in a wave of virus-related protests. They say a number of their colleagues there were diagnosed with Covid-19. Organizers say more than 60 workers participated in the protest. In a statement Monday night, New York State Attorney General Letitia James called Smalls’ firing “immoral and inhumane.” James urged the National Labor Relations Board to investigate the incident and said her office “is considering all legal options” as well. (source)
Now I want to be very clear, that one should not look to support a “workers’ rebellion” as a proxy for advancing socialism, which would be something that many wealthy would support in order to later concentrate more power among themselves.
What needs to be remembered is that workers are human beings, and that corporate America, while professing a “love” of the working man, has a long history of supporting eugenic policies and has aggressively sought to undermine the dignity and safety of the working many by a series of “loopholes” built into the laws.
It is arguable that the current conditions caused by the virus “broke the camel’s back” in that people, who are tired, impoverished, frustrated, and now being forced to work in unsafe conditions, are starting to rebel.
Amazon does provide an essential service, given her link to the modern economy and the things which she provides. However, one cannot provide services at the expense of one’s employees’ health, safety, and general welfare, which also includes sanity.
The pursuit of order and the corporation taken too far leads to fascism. The pursuit of the worker and his rights taken too far leads to socialism. Both lead to destruction.
While there is no perfect situation, the idea is to strive for as much balance as possible, knowing things will never be perfect in this world. The danger is when individuals and groups lobby for extreme positions, attempting to manipulate one side as far as possible not for the benefit of the people they claim to help, but so to manipulate the system that they can take it for all it has to offer and then abandon it.
The corporation has a place, and that place has been lauded for a long time. However, the worker also has a place. He is a human being, and he has been forgotten in the corporate pursuit of profit by any possible means. It is because of this that he is now frustrated, and given the conditions, one can only imagine where this could lead to.
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shoebat--2020-04-01--Baking Bread In A Fireplace

Baking Bread In A Fireplace

In this video we show you how we make bread in a fireplace .
You can do this , especially @ @ @ @ @ :

In this video we show you how we make bread in a fireplace. You can do this, especially in this time of quarantine:
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