shoebat--2020-07-17--If You Believe That Parler Is An Actual “Free Speech” Alternative Social Media Platform, Not Only Ar

If You Believe That Parler Is An Actual “Free Speech” Alternative Social Media Platform, Not Only Are You Deceived, You Just May Find Yourself In Legal Trouble

There is a lot of complaining from right-wing online media about ‘ bias ’ in social media , and while this is true , there are few real alternatives .
However , some people believe they have found a new social media savior in the Parler platform , which Zero Hedge by way of Alt-Market reports is a ‘ conservative-friendly ’ free speech platform .
Most major tech conglomerates , like Google and Facebook , receive billions of dollars in state and federal government subsidies and taxpayer dollars .
As far as I can tell from my research Parler does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax break for eight years worth over $ 70 million for being based in San Francisco as part of a program called “ the Twitter tax break ” .
In return for giving welfare and special treatment to silicone valley , Californians in SF now enjoy a historic bubble in real estate and rental prices , along with a spike in poverty and homelessness as well endless traffic .
Many of the people that work at these companies can ’ t even afford to live in the same city as them .
Major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are receiving an unfair advantage over other competing companies and should therefore be held accountable as public services , not private businesses .
If a corporation like Google wants to give up taxpayer cash and pay full price for all that bandwidth it uses , then sure , they should be allowed to censor whoever they want .
But until then , these companies are subject to oversight , just as any corporate monopoly would be .
The fact that Parler is encouraging political free speech is what matters here .
And so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the site are those that deliberately go there to try to burn it down .
Is it perfect ?
No , nothing is .
But Twitter and others have a proven prejudice against conservative voices and even liberal voices that go against the accepted script .
Why stay on Twitter when there are other options that are more free ?
I suspect SJWs despise Parler because it represents a focal point for conservative organization , and they think they own the organizational wheelhouse .
I ’ m promoting Parler in this article because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ve seen to grow a conservative friendly social media outlet .
They don ’ t pay me , I don ’ t know the people that run the company , and I don ’ t have any stake in Parler ’ s success or failure .
… My hope is that the site will become an internet safe haven for conservatives during these troubled times .
I feel it can be used as a tool for us to join forces and prepare .
Conservative ideals and principles of limited government , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must endure for the sake of future generations .
We have to start building our citadels , and Parler could be a good place to start .
( source ) But is Parler really all it seems to be ?
I looked into it , and I found some things that were very disturbing .
Specifically , it is a matter of legal concern to anybody who thinks that Parler is an actual “ alternative ” that will enable “ free speech ” more than Twitter or Facebook , and it is regardless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are .
Yes , the article is from the Huffington Post , and before one says that it is just “ liberal propaganda ” , consider that the article makes an excellent point , which is that in Parler ’ s Terms of Service , the company says that if they are sued as a result of a post that one of their users makes , then it is not Parler , but the USER who agrees to pay all of Parler ’ s legal costs and for which the same user agrees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Parler ’ s user agreement and community guidelines ban several forms of speech protected under the First Amendment .
And it reserves the right to “ remove any content and terminate your access ” to the platform “ at any time and for any reason or no reason.
” Unlike Twitter or Facebook , Parler requires users to “ agree to defend and indemnify Parler , as well as any of its officers , directors , employees , and agents , from and against any and all claims , actions , damages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ costs or debt , and expenses ( including but not limited to all attorneys fees ) arising from or relating to your access to and use of the Services.
” In order to use Parler , individuals must also forfeit their right to sue Parler in court or join a class-action claim and instead must settle disputes in arbitration , a secretive process that typically favors businesses over individuals bringing complaints .
( Neither Twitter nor Facebook requires arbitration in their terms of service . )
If enforced as written , the platform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastating for the average American .
Although Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act largely protects social media companies from legal responsibility for what people say and do on their platform , the companies can still be sued and it costs money to successfully fight cases in court .
Twitter , for example , spent more than a year defending itself in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Nunes over parody Twitter accounts that made fun of him before a judge ruled that the company was protected by Section 230 .
( The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter to “ SAY NO TO SOCIALISM ” and join him on Parler . )
If Nunes decided to sue Parler for letting people make fun of him on its platform , Parler would probably win in court , just like Twitter did .
But under its user agreement , the company could try to force the user who mocked the congressman to pay its legal fees .
“ Parler gives users a false sense of safety that they can be controversial and less moderated than other platforms , but Parler in reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ onto the speakers , ” Carrie Goldberg , a New York-based lawyer with expertise in online harassment , told HuffPost .
If Parler gets sued by someone outside the U.S. , in a country without a law similar to Section 230 , there ’ s a higher risk the company would lose the case and face a costly judgment — which it could try to pass on to the user whose post prompted litigation .
( source ) With Facebook and Twitter , while they are imperfect and have their problems , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for things that you post on them .
With Parler , not only are you able to be censored in the same way that Facebook and Twitter do , but you also are now legally liable and have no means of protecting yourself .
Is this a real alternative for people who care about “ free speech ” ?
Who can afford to pay possibly millions in legal costs depending upon who sues ?
Certainly not most people , and Parler ’ s actions are even more criminal than those of Facebook or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individual people to risk having their lives destroyed over having an opinion .
I am not saying that Facebook and Twitter are perfect .
I am saying that both platforms , while they have their problems , have set a certain standard of behavior , and while there is much that needs to be improved , Parler ’ s actions are deceptive and dangerously threatening the current status quo for “ free speech ” in social media .
New things are not necessarily better than old things , and while some things are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be far worse than what one could imagine .
There is no such thing as a perfectly “ free speech ” platform , because in such an environment , it would permit all things , and that is to say that there are no rules , and in any state where anarchy exists , eventually it will take only one person to start saying things that are dangerous , crazy , or incendiary , and soon controversy will explode , and rules will be necessary in order to keep control before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means limiting some forms of speech , and people will not agree about this , and then complain that “ freedom of speech ” is being “ attacked ” , when the reality is that the people who run the platform are trying to keep control over a lot of issues lest they lose control of the thing they created and have to face serious social or legal confrontations .
It makes Facebook and Twitter , along with Instagram and SnapChat not seem too problematic .
As for Parler , it seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one wants to make a chance at running up a large amount of legal bills , to give a pass to Parler , for the risk is not worth the reward , and I am far less concerned about online anger and having a post banned because “ SJWs are mad at conservative ideas ” than I am about facing the possibility of life-crippling , unrecoverable financial ruin because somebody in another country backed by his government filed a vengeance lawsuit over a post it did not like .
On on a final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grounded in nothing other than personal observation -doesn ’ t it seem strange that Parler is being pushed to the political right in the US , with all of the criticism of the right and potential lawsuits either being lobbied at them or that could be ?
Does it not seem that , possibly , this may be a trap to get people on the “ right ” to sign up for this platform and then have their posts legally challenged and the same people bankrupted in court for spite or political vengeance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this , but given the craziness of the current political paradigm and the levels that some will go to in order to entrap another for the most debased reasons , truly it should be a reminder that anything is possible .
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There is a lot of complaining from right-wing online media about ‘bias’ in social media, and while this is true, there are few real alternatives. However, some people believe they have found a new social media savior in the Parler platform, which Zero Hedge by way of Alt-Market reports is a ‘conservative-friendly’ free speech platform.
Most major tech conglomerates, like Google and Facebook, receive billions of dollars in state and federal government subsidies and taxpayer dollars. As far as I can tell from my research Parler does not. Twitter even received an extensive tax break for eight years worth over $70 million for being based in San Francisco as part of a program called “the Twitter tax break”. In return for giving welfare and special treatment to silicone valley, Californians in SF now enjoy a historic bubble in real estate and rental prices, along with a spike in poverty and homelessness as well endless traffic. Many of the people that work at these companies can’t even afford to live in the same city as them. Major social media platforms that accept government funds are receiving an unfair advantage over other competing companies and should therefore be held accountable as public services, not private businesses. If a corporation like Google wants to give up taxpayer cash and pay full price for all that bandwidth it uses, then sure, they should be allowed to censor whoever they want. But until then, these companies are subject to oversight, just as any corporate monopoly would be. The fact that Parler is encouraging political free speech is what matters here. And so far the only leftists being kicked off the site are those that deliberately go there to try to burn it down. Is it perfect? No, nothing is. But Twitter and others have a proven prejudice against conservative voices and even liberal voices that go against the accepted script. Why stay on Twitter when there are other options that are more free? I suspect SJWs despise Parler because it represents a focal point for conservative organization, and they think they own the organizational wheelhouse. … I’m promoting Parler in this article because it’s the first major attempt I’ve seen to grow a conservative friendly social media outlet. They don’t pay me, I don’t know the people that run the company, and I don’t have any stake in Parler’s success or failure. … My hope is that the site will become an internet safe haven for conservatives during these troubled times. I feel it can be used as a tool for us to join forces and prepare. Conservative ideals and principles of limited government, civil liberties, free markets and individualism must endure for the sake of future generations. We have to start building our citadels, and Parler could be a good place to start. (source)
But is Parler really all it seems to be?
I looked into it, and I found some things that were very disturbing. Specifically, it is a matter of legal concern to anybody who thinks that Parler is an actual “alternative” that will enable “free speech” more than Twitter or Facebook, and it is regardless of what one’s political views are.
Yes, the article is from the Huffington Post, and before one says that it is just “liberal propaganda”, consider that the article makes an excellent point, which is that in Parler’s Terms of Service, the company says that if they are sued as a result of a post that one of their users makes, then it is not Parler, but the USER who agrees to pay all of Parler’s legal costs and for which the same user agrees not to sue Parler.
In fact, Parler’s user agreement and community guidelines ban several forms of speech protected under the First Amendment. And it reserves the right to “remove any content and terminate your access” to the platform “at any time and for any reason or no reason.” Unlike Twitter or Facebook, Parler requires users to “agree to defend and indemnify Parler, as well as any of its officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to all attorneys fees) arising from or relating to your access to and use of the Services.” In order to use Parler, individuals must also forfeit their right to sue Parler in court or join a class-action claim and instead must settle disputes in arbitration, a secretive process that typically favors businesses over individuals bringing complaints. (Neither Twitter nor Facebook requires arbitration in their terms of service.) … If enforced as written, the platform’s indemnity clause could be financially devastating for the average American. Although Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act largely protects social media companies from legal responsibility for what people say and do on their platform, the companies can still be sued and it costs money to successfully fight cases in court. Twitter, for example, spent more than a year defending itself in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Nunes over parody Twitter accounts that made fun of him before a judge ruled that the company was protected by Section 230. (The California lawmaker has urged his followers on Twitter to “SAY NO TO SOCIALISM” and join him on Parler.) If Nunes decided to sue Parler for letting people make fun of him on its platform, Parler would probably win in court, just like Twitter did. But under its user agreement, the company could try to force the user who mocked the congressman to pay its legal fees. “Parler gives users a false sense of safety that they can be controversial and less moderated than other platforms, but Parler in reality passes all costs of this unfettered speech onto the speakers,” Carrie Goldberg, a New York-based lawyer with expertise in online harassment, told HuffPost. If Parler gets sued by someone outside the U.S., in a country without a law similar to Section 230, there’s a higher risk the company would lose the case and face a costly judgment — which it could try to pass on to the user whose post prompted litigation. (source)
With Facebook and Twitter, while they are imperfect and have their problems, you as a user cannot be sued for things that you post on them. With Parler, not only are you able to be censored in the same way that Facebook and Twitter do, but you also are now legally liable and have no means of protecting yourself.
Is this a real alternative for people who care about “free speech”? Who can afford to pay possibly millions in legal costs depending upon who sues? Certainly not most people, and Parler’s actions are even more criminal than those of Facebook or Twitter, because they are now forcing individual people to risk having their lives destroyed over having an opinion.
I am not saying that Facebook and Twitter are perfect. I am saying that both platforms, while they have their problems, have set a certain standard of behavior, and while there is much that needs to be improved, Parler’s actions are deceptive and dangerously threatening the current status quo for “free speech” in social media.
New things are not necessarily better than old things, and while some things are not perfect, the alternative to them can be far worse than what one could imagine.
There is no such thing as a perfectly “free speech” platform, because in such an environment, it would permit all things, and that is to say that there are no rules, and in any state where anarchy exists, eventually it will take only one person to start saying things that are dangerous, crazy, or incendiary, and soon controversy will explode, and rules will be necessary in order to keep control before the problems overwhelm the system. This necessarily means limiting some forms of speech, and people will not agree about this, and then complain that “freedom of speech” is being “attacked”, when the reality is that the people who run the platform are trying to keep control over a lot of issues lest they lose control of the thing they created and have to face serious social or legal confrontations.
It makes Facebook and Twitter, along with Instagram and SnapChat not seem too problematic.
As for Parler, it seems to be the only prudent option, unless one wants to make a chance at running up a large amount of legal bills, to give a pass to Parler, for the risk is not worth the reward, and I am far less concerned about online anger and having a post banned because “SJWs are mad at conservative ideas” than I am about facing the possibility of life-crippling, unrecoverable financial ruin because somebody in another country backed by his government filed a vengeance lawsuit over a post it did not like.
On on a final note- and just out of pure speculation grounded in nothing other than personal observation -doesn’t it seem strange that Parler is being pushed to the political right in the US, with all of the criticism of the right and potential lawsuits either being lobbied at them or that could be? Does it not seem that, possibly, this may be a trap to get people on the “right” to sign up for this platform and then have their posts legally challenged and the same people bankrupted in court for spite or political vengeance?
Again, I have no proof of this, but given the craziness of the current political paradigm and the levels that some will go to in order to entrap another for the most debased reasons, truly it should be a reminder that anything is possible.
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shoebat--2020-07-17--BLM, White Supremacists, And A Troll Between Them: A Case Study In The Strategy Of Tension

It is rare to find a very clear case of explicit behavior illustrating the dichotomy between the false left-right paradigm and how it is used as a strategy of tension because those who put together such operations invest considerable amounts of time and resources into making sure as best as possible that the general public remains unaware as to what is happening , and even with a lot of detective work , one still is not always able to get a fully clear picture as to all details .
Likewise , the ability to even spot such a strategy requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ability to cross-reference past events with current ones and to understand how future outcomes would be affected .
Thus when an example is found of such a nature , matching all the aforementioned criteria , it is an excellent example for a case study .
Fortunately , we at Shoebat.com have just discovered one to share with you .
In February 2020 , I wrote an article entitled “ Who is Keegan Godsey ?
” , and before continuing , I recommend you click here and read this article as it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its totality the current situation .
To summarize , Godsey is a 23-year-old man who makes videos of himself doing outrageous public things to get attention .
This February , he attracted media attention after setting up a camera outside of his apartment window of an alley filled with mostly black homeless people and had people pay him anywhere between one and five dollars to play racist music or say racist things to them .
He was profiled on local news , and eventually Godsey ’ s Youtube channel , called “ Keegle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to the last available information , was evicted from his apartment .
Prior to this , Godsey crashed a DJ Khaled concert , walking up on stage and joining DJ Khaled that resulted in him getting an invitation to the Jimmy Kimmel Show .
A compilation of clips from the channels when it was operating .
One can note at 5:45 , for example , references to 4Chan ( /pol/ ) , as Godsey seems to have been posting on 4Chan to encourage the open racists there to harass the black people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s most interesting act , and which may land him in prison on felony charges , happened this June 2020 , where he was arrested for participating the the Black Lives Matter demonstration where he actively vandalized part of the Texas State capitol as it has been reported by the Texas Department of Public Safety .
On Tuesday , June 23 , the Texas Department of Public Safety ( DPS ) arrested a suspect in connection with the vandalism and damage caused to the Texas State Capitol during a protest on Saturday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of protestors intentionally damaged the historic Texas State Capitol building , monuments and fixtures , as well as DPS patrol vehicles .
Several DPS Troopers were also injured during the riot .
DPS Special Agents initiated an investigation , and over the last several weeks , they reviewed hundreds of hours of videos from various media platforms , surveillance camera footage , law enforcement databases and open source information .
As a result of this investigation , DPS Special Agents obtained an arrest warrant for Keegan Dalton Godsey , 23 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrested without incident for felony criminal mischief , riot and interference with public duties , and was booked into the Travis Co .
Jail on Tuesday .
( source ) Godsey ’ s arrest was also reported by the AP and local news .
In February 2020 , Godsey was encouraging white people- specifically by advertising his channel on 4Chan -to encourage hatred and violence against blacks .
Now three months later , in June 2020 , Godsey is marching with black people and encouraging them to engage in violence against whites .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ given his photos and his profile , is potentially a sodomite .
Godsey does not care about white or black , he does not care how his actiosn affect other people .
The only thing that he cares about is getting attention by doing outrageous things .
Keegan Godsey is the perfect definition of a troll or agent provocateur .
It is not that he has principles that one does not like , but that he has no principles at all , and he changes his views and actions to whatever gets him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is arguable that he believes in nothing , feels nothing for anybody else , cares for nothing , and values nothing .
Now while there could be more details , barring further ones , this is likely the most sensible explanation for why he would stand with white supremacists encouraging violence against blacks and then just as easily switch to stand with black supremacists encouraging violence against whites .
Men such as he are the reason why one must be incredibly skeptical of people who take extreme positions in any argument , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radical ” often gets the most attention , often times it is used just to grab power , and the same individuals can swing to the opposite position with ease or support opposite positions using their current position as a cover .
Meanwhile the groups that have been placed against each other and encouraged to fight- the strategy of tension -are too busy consumed with each other to see that it is men such as Godsey who are manipulating both at the same time .
This is the reason why trolling can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a vehicle by which to destabilize an otherwise peaceful or revive a conflict that is currently at rest .
Some people will say that to do such things is “ freedom of speech ” , but such is just an excuse to encourage revolutionary , destructive , and ultimately abusive behavior .
Godsey is a very obvious example , as most trolling is far more subtle and well-planned , but his case is a lesson to all that most trolls do not act on the basis of principle , but power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ except themselves and realizing their objective , and will quickly “ bite the hand that feeds them ” if they believe it suits their interest to do so .
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It is rare to find a very clear case of explicit behavior illustrating the dichotomy between the false left-right paradigm and how it is used as a strategy of tension because those who put together such operations invest considerable amounts of time and resources into making sure as best as possible that the general public remains unaware as to what is happening, and even with a lot of detective work, one still is not always able to get a fully clear picture as to all details. Likewise, the ability to even spot such a strategy requires a lot of attention to news and the ability to cross-reference past events with current ones and to understand how future outcomes would be affected. Thus when an example is found of such a nature, matching all the aforementioned criteria, it is an excellent example for a case study.
Fortunately, we at Shoebat.com have just discovered one to share with you.
In February 2020, I wrote an article entitled “Who is Keegan Godsey?”, and before continuing, I recommend you click here and read this article as it will provide the details needed to understand in its totality the current situation. To summarize, Godsey is a 23-year-old man who makes videos of himself doing outrageous public things to get attention. This February, he attracted media attention after setting up a camera outside of his apartment window of an alley filled with mostly black homeless people and had people pay him anywhere between one and five dollars to play racist music or say racist things to them. He was profiled on local news, and eventually Godsey’s Youtube channel, called “Keegle Weegle”, was shut down and according to the last available information, was evicted from his apartment. Prior to this, Godsey crashed a DJ Khaled concert, walking up on stage and joining DJ Khaled that resulted in him getting an invitation to the Jimmy Kimmel Show.
A compilation of clips from the channels when it was operating. One can note at 5:45, for example, references to 4Chan (/pol/), as Godsey seems to have been posting on 4Chan to encourage the open racists there to harass the black people in the alleyway.
But Godsey’s most interesting act, and which may land him in prison on felony charges, happened this June 2020, where he was arrested for participating the the Black Lives Matter demonstration where he actively vandalized part of the Texas State capitol as it has been reported by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
On Tuesday, June 23, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a suspect in connection with the vandalism and damage caused to the Texas State Capitol during a protest on Saturday, May 30. During the incident, a number of protestors intentionally damaged the historic Texas State Capitol building, monuments and fixtures, as well as DPS patrol vehicles. Several DPS Troopers were also injured during the riot. DPS Special Agents initiated an investigation, and over the last several weeks, they reviewed hundreds of hours of videos from various media platforms, surveillance camera footage, law enforcement databases and open source information. As a result of this investigation, DPS Special Agents obtained an arrest warrant for Keegan Dalton Godsey, 23, of Austin, Texas. Godsey was arrested without incident for felony criminal mischief, riot and interference with public duties, and was booked into the Travis Co. Jail on Tuesday. (source)
Godsey’s arrest was also reported by the AP and local news.
In February 2020, Godsey was encouraging white people- specifically by advertising his channel on 4Chan -to encourage hatred and violence against blacks.
Now three months later, in June 2020, Godsey is marching with black people and encouraging them to engage in violence against whites.
Now Godsey is white himself, and given his photos and his profile, is potentially a sodomite. Godsey does not care about white or black, he does not care how his actiosn affect other people. The only thing that he cares about is getting attention by doing outrageous things.
Keegan Godsey is the perfect definition of a troll or agent provocateur. It is not that he has principles that one does not like, but that he has no principles at all, and he changes his views and actions to whatever gets him the most attention and influence. It is arguable that he believes in nothing, feels nothing for anybody else, cares for nothing, and values nothing. Now while there could be more details, barring further ones, this is likely the most sensible explanation for why he would stand with white supremacists encouraging violence against blacks and then just as easily switch to stand with black supremacists encouraging violence against whites.
Men such as he are the reason why one must be incredibly skeptical of people who take extreme positions in any argument, for while it is true that the “radical” often gets the most attention, often times it is used just to grab power, and the same individuals can swing to the opposite position with ease or support opposite positions using their current position as a cover. Meanwhile the groups that have been placed against each other and encouraged to fight- the strategy of tension -are too busy consumed with each other to see that it is men such as Godsey who are manipulating both at the same time.
This is the reason why trolling can be a very dangerous thing, because it is a vehicle by which to destabilize an otherwise peaceful or revive a conflict that is currently at rest. Some people will say that to do such things is “freedom of speech”, but such is just an excuse to encourage revolutionary, destructive, and ultimately abusive behavior. Godsey is a very obvious example, as most trolling is far more subtle and well-planned, but his case is a lesson to all that most trolls do not act on the basis of principle, but power, and that they care about no one except themselves and realizing their objective, and will quickly “bite the hand that feeds them” if they believe it suits their interest to do so.
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shoebat--2020-07-18--The Government Of Turkey Transfers 2500 ISIS Terrorists From Syria Into Libya

Turkey has transferre 2500 ISIS terrorists from Syria into Libya , according to a recent report from AlalamTV : The opposition Syrian Observatory said that over the past few months , Turkish intelligence transferred 2,500 members of the Wahhabi “ ISIS ” group who hold Tunisian nationality and transferred them from Syrian soil to Libyan territory .
The opposition observatory claimed that Turkish intelligence intentionally , with orders from its government , to transfer terrorist groups and elements of “ ISIS ” from foreign nationalities from Syrian territory to Libyan territory over the past few months , and according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkish intelligence transferred more than 2,500 of these The terrorist group is of Tunisian nationality towards Libya , among the thousands of people who come from Tunisia and who are with “ ISIS ” within the Syrian territories .
The Syrian Observatory had published a few days ago , that a new batch of militants had been sent by the Turkish government to Libya , to participate in military operations alongside the “ Government of National Accord ” against the “ national army ” led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar .
Turkey is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkey is moving ISIS fighters into Libya where both the Turks and Americans are backing the Government of National Accord , then it would not be surprising if the US is also behind this transfer of terrorists .
In fact , Trump and Erdogan just recently had a phone conversation agreeing on American-Turkish cooperation in Libya , as we read in Reuters : Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work more closely in Libya to ensure lasting stability in the country , the Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the internationally recognised Government of National Accord in Libya , which is fighting against the eastern-based Libyan National Army , backed by the United Arab Emirates , Egypt and Russia .
Ankara has previously said the United States needs to play a more active role in Libya .
What is also interesting to point out is a recent report from RT about how the areas of Syria where ISIS active are in areas controlled by the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces : Islamic State managed to regain access to Syrian oil fields and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new UN report reveals .
While the UN did not point fingers , the IS reemergence seems to occur in areas held by the US-backed forces .
“ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [ IS , formerly ISIL/ISIS ] , having been defeated militarily in Iraq and most of the Syrian Arab Republic during 2017 , rallied in early 2018 .
This was the result of a loss of momentum by forces fighting it in the east of the Syrian Arab Republic , ” the recent report from the UN Security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The document is dated July 27 , but was only released to the public this week .
The slow-down gave IS “ breathing space to prepare for the next phase of its evolution into a global covert network.
” As of June 2018 , the terrorist group has been controlling “ small pockets of territory in the Syrian Arab Republic on the Iraqi border , ” effectively carrying on with its quasi-state ways .
“ [ IS ] was able to extract and sell some oil , and to mount attacks , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the report stated , adding that the terrorist group regained “ access to some oil fields in northeastern ” Syria .
While the report did not specify which forces exactly were having troubles with “ momentum , ” northeastern Syria is located on the left bank of the Euphrates river , controlled by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces ( SDF ) militia backed by the US-led coalition .
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By Theodore Shoebat
Turkey has transferre 2500 ISIS terrorists from Syria into Libya, according to a recent report from AlalamTV:
The opposition Syrian Observatory said that over the past few months, Turkish intelligence transferred 2,500 members of the Wahhabi “ISIS” group who hold Tunisian nationality and transferred them from Syrian soil to Libyan territory. The opposition observatory claimed that Turkish intelligence intentionally, with orders from its government, to transfer terrorist groups and elements of “ISIS” from foreign nationalities from Syrian territory to Libyan territory over the past few months, and according to the statistics of the Syrian Observatory, Turkish intelligence transferred more than 2,500 of these The terrorist group is of Tunisian nationality towards Libya, among the thousands of people who come from Tunisia and who are with “ISIS” within the Syrian territories. The Syrian Observatory had published a few days ago, that a new batch of militants had been sent by the Turkish government to Libya, to participate in military operations alongside the “Government of National Accord” against the “national army” led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Turkey is a major US ally, and if Turkey is moving ISIS fighters into Libya where both the Turks and Americans are backing the Government of National Accord, then it would not be surprising if the US is also behind this transfer of terrorists. In fact, Trump and Erdogan just recently had a phone conversation agreeing on American-Turkish cooperation in Libya, as we read in Reuters:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work more closely in Libya to ensure lasting stability in the country, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. Turkey supports the internationally recognised Government of National Accord in Libya, which is fighting against the eastern-based Libyan National Army, backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia. Ankara has previously said the United States needs to play a more active role in Libya.
What is also interesting to point out is a recent report from RT about how the areas of Syria where ISIS active are in areas controlled by the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces:
Islamic State managed to regain access to Syrian oil fields and make profits from selling oil, a new UN report reveals. While the UN did not point fingers, the IS reemergence seems to occur in areas held by the US-backed forces.
“Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS], having been defeated militarily in Iraq and most of the Syrian Arab Republic during 2017, rallied in early 2018. This was the result of a loss of momentum by forces fighting it in the east of the Syrian Arab Republic,” the recent report from the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Team reads. The document is dated July 27, but was only released to the public this week. The slow-down gave IS “breathing space to prepare for the next phase of its evolution into a global covert network.” As of June 2018, the terrorist group has been controlling “small pockets of territory in the Syrian Arab Republic on the Iraqi border,” effectively carrying on with its quasi-state ways. “[IS] was able to extract and sell some oil, and to mount attacks, including across the border into Iraq,” the report stated, adding that the terrorist group regained “access to some oil fields in northeastern” Syria. While the report did not specify which forces exactly were having troubles with “momentum,” northeastern Syria is located on the left bank of the Euphrates river, controlled by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia backed by the US-led coalition. Donate now to help support the work of this site. When you donate, you are not donating to just any commentary group, but one that is endlessly observing the news, reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality. In shoebat.com, we are working every day, tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future.
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shoebat--2020-07-18--Iran Reports 25 Million Infected With COVID-19

In an amazing report from Reuters by way of The Straits Times coming from Iran ’ s { resident Rouhani , he declared that 25 million , or over a third , of Iran ’ s population is infected with COVID-19 .
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday ( July 18 ) that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus , as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere .
The figure , from a report Rouhani cited in a televised speech , was far higher than Saturday ’ s official figure for infections of 271,606 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per cent of Iran ’ s 80 million population .
Rouhani ’ s office said the number of infections was based on an “ estimated scenario ” from a health ministry research report .
Iran has been the Middle East country hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic , with infections and deaths rising sharply since restrictions were eased , beginning in mid-April .
“ Our estimate is that so far 25 million Iranians have been infected with this virus and about 14,000 have lost their lives , ” Rouhani said .
He added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between 30 and 35 million more people will be at risk ” , but did not elaborate on what he meant .
More than 200,000 people have been hospitalised , he said , adding the ministry expected that another 200,000 might need hospital treatment in the coming months .
( source )

In an amazing report from Reuters by way of The Straits Times coming from Iran’s {resident Rouhani, he declared that 25 million, or over a third, of Iran’s population is infected with COVID-19.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday (July 18) that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus, as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere.
The figure, from a report Rouhani cited in a televised speech, was far higher than Saturday’s official figure for infections of 271,606, and corresponds to more than 30 per cent of Iran’s 80 million population.
Rouhani’s office said the number of infections was based on an “estimated scenario” from a health ministry research report.
Iran has been the Middle East country hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with infections and deaths rising sharply since restrictions were eased, beginning in mid-April.
“Our estimate is that so far 25 million Iranians have been infected with this virus and about 14,000 have lost their lives,” Rouhani said.
He added that “there is the possibility that between 30 and 35 million more people will be at risk”, but did not elaborate on what he meant.
More than 200,000 people have been hospitalised, he said, adding the ministry expected that another 200,000 might need hospital treatment in the coming months. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-18--Major Cathedral In France Burns In Possible Arson

The BBC reports there has been a massive fire at the Nantes Cathedral in France , which is being investigated as a possible arson .
A fire at the cathedral in the French city of Nantes is believed to have been started deliberately , prosecutors say .
Three fires were started at the site and an investigation into suspected arson is under way , Prosecutor Pierre Sennes said .
The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral , which dates from the 15th Century .
It comes a year after the devastating fire at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local fire chief said the fire in Nantes had been contained and was “ not a Notre-Dame scenario ” .
“ The damage is concentrated on the organ , which appears to be completely destroyed .
The platform it is situated on is very unstable and risks collapsing , ” Laurent Ferlay told reporters .
The cathedral roof had not been touched by the blaze , he said .
President Emmanuel Macron has reacted , tweeting : “ After Notre-Dame , the St Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is in flames .
Support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the risks to save the Gothic jewel.
” The French fire service tweeted footage of the blaze .
The fire began in the early morning , with massive flames visible from outside the building .
More than 100 firefighters brought it under control after several hours .
Mr Sennes said the national police would be involved in the investigation and a fire expert was travelling to Nantes “ When we arrive at a place where a fire has taken place , when you see three separate fire outbreaks , it ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an investigation , ” he said .
Newsagent Jean-Yves Burban said he heard a bang at about 07:30 local time ( 05:30 GMT ) and saw flames when he went out to see what was happening .
“ I am shook up because I ’ ve been here eight years and I see the cathedral every morning and evening .
It ’ s our cathedral and I ’ ve got tears in my eyes , ” he told Reuters .
This is not the first fire at the cathedral .
It was damaged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World War Two , and then in 1972 its roof was largely destroyed .
It was rebuilt 13 years later with a concrete structure replacing the wooden roof .
( source ) It does not surprise me that this happened .
In fact , I would say it was long in coming , and not because of the current political situation .
The Church has always had a challenging relationship with the French , for while the Franks were referred to as the “ eldest daughter of the church ” and have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a long history of revolution against her in various forms , for even during the height of Christian civilization in the Middle Ages , there was a lot of controversy , such as the infamous Avignon Papacy and the subsequent Western Schism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries .
Ever since the French Revolution of the eighteenth century , there has been a open war on the Church and religion in general by the French government and society .
The Church exists , but is in a very tense place with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christians , nationalism and religious practice have an unhealthy relationship .
If she has been in decline since then , World War II was the major death blow to religion in France , as the numbers who identify and practice as Catholics have been in continual decline , with most of the numbers favoring the old over the young .
It is true that Islam has grown in France a lot , but even there , a question remains as to how serious the practice of Islam will be , since many younger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any religion .
With the Church essentially as a monument to a historical past that many people in France- French people , not French citizens of a non-ethnic French background -do not care about or really like , is it a surprise then that with all of the push for “ revolution ” around the world to tear down statues and destroy the past that a major Church like this would be burned ?
I am not saying this is good- far from it , for it is a horrible thing .
Rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not have any care or respect for the religion , regardless of how long it has been with them , it is only a matter of time that in the current climate someone would try to destroy it .
It is a reflection of the French state , who does not believe that God is necessary , and if that is what one believes , then by the same logic there would be no need for a house dedicated to Him , and to destroy it would be a protest ( very foolishly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Revolutionaries did in eighteenth century France .
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The BBC reports there has been a massive fire at the Nantes Cathedral in France, which is being investigated as a possible arson.
A fire at the cathedral in the French city of Nantes is believed to have been started deliberately, prosecutors say. Three fires were started at the site and an investigation into suspected arson is under way, Prosecutor Pierre Sennes said. The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral, which dates from the 15th Century. It comes a year after the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. But the local fire chief said the fire in Nantes had been contained and was “not a Notre-Dame scenario”. “The damage is concentrated on the organ, which appears to be completely destroyed. The platform it is situated on is very unstable and risks collapsing,” Laurent Ferlay told reporters. The cathedral roof had not been touched by the blaze, he said. President Emmanuel Macron has reacted, tweeting: “After Notre-Dame, the St Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is in flames. Support to the firefighters who are taking all the risks to save the Gothic jewel.” The French fire service tweeted footage of the blaze. The fire began in the early morning, with massive flames visible from outside the building. More than 100 firefighters brought it under control after several hours. Mr Sennes said the national police would be involved in the investigation and a fire expert was travelling to Nantes “When we arrive at a place where a fire has taken place, when you see three separate fire outbreaks, it’s a question of common sense, you open an investigation,” he said. Newsagent Jean-Yves Burban said he heard a bang at about 07:30 local time (05:30 GMT) and saw flames when he went out to see what was happening. “I am shook up because I’ve been here eight years and I see the cathedral every morning and evening. It’s our cathedral and I’ve got tears in my eyes,” he told Reuters. This is not the first fire at the cathedral. It was damaged by Allied bombing in 1944, during World War Two, and then in 1972 its roof was largely destroyed. It was rebuilt 13 years later with a concrete structure replacing the wooden roof. (source)
It does not surprise me that this happened. In fact, I would say it was long in coming, and not because of the current political situation.
The Church has always had a challenging relationship with the French, for while the Franks were referred to as the “eldest daughter of the church” and have a long history with her, they also have a long history of revolution against her in various forms, for even during the height of Christian civilization in the Middle Ages, there was a lot of controversy, such as the infamous Avignon Papacy and the subsequent Western Schism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Ever since the French Revolution of the eighteenth century, there has been a open war on the Church and religion in general by the French government and society. The Church exists, but is in a very tense place with the government, and for far too many Christians, nationalism and religious practice have an unhealthy relationship. If she has been in decline since then, World War II was the major death blow to religion in France, as the numbers who identify and practice as Catholics have been in continual decline, with most of the numbers favoring the old over the young. It is true that Islam has grown in France a lot, but even there, a question remains as to how serious the practice of Islam will be, since many younger Muslims are secularizing and refusing to practice any religion.
With the Church essentially as a monument to a historical past that many people in France- French people, not French citizens of a non-ethnic French background -do not care about or really like, is it a surprise then that with all of the push for “revolution” around the world to tear down statues and destroy the past that a major Church like this would be burned? I am not saying this is good- far from it, for it is a horrible thing. Rather, it is that if people do not have any care or respect for the religion, regardless of how long it has been with them, it is only a matter of time that in the current climate someone would try to destroy it. It is a reflection of the French state, who does not believe that God is necessary, and if that is what one believes, then by the same logic there would be no need for a house dedicated to Him, and to destroy it would be a protest (very foolishly) against Him just as what the Revolutionaries did in eighteenth century France.
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shoebat--2020-07-18--Chinese Communist Party Orders Poor Christians On Welfare To Stop Worshiping Jesus, Start Worshiping

Chinese Communist Party Orders Poor Christians On Welfare To Stop Worshiping Jesus, Start Worshiping President Xi And The Communist Party

According to a report from the Christian Post , in parts of China , Communist Party officials are demanding that Christians on welfare stop worshipping Jesus and start worshiping President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party as God or they will lose their benefits .
Amid the coronavirus outbreak , poor Christian villagers in China have been ordered to renounce their faith and replace displays of Jesus with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing their welfare benefits .
Religious liberty magazine Bitter Winter reports that in April , officials with China ’ s Communist Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prefecture-level city in the northern province of Shanxi .
While there , they ordered residents who receive social welfare payments from the government to replace crosses , religious symbols , and images in their homes with portraits of China ’ s communist leaders .
“ All impoverished households in the town were told to display Mao Zedong images , ” a local pastor told Bitter Winter .
“ The government is trying to eliminate our belief and wants to become God instead of Jesus.
” A member of a state-sponsored Three-Self church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local officials tore down all religious images and a calendar with an image of Jesus in his home and posted a portrait of Mao Zedong instead .
“ Impoverished religious households can ’ t receive money from the state for nothing — they must obey the Communist Party for the money they receive , ” the believer quoted an official as stating .
In May , an official in the eastern province of Shandong stormed into the home of a local Christian .
While inside the Christian ’ s home , the official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jinping and reportedly said , “ These are the greatest gods .
If you want to worship somebody , they are the ones.
” In April , the government of Xinyu city in the southeastern province of Jiangxi canceled a disabled Christian ’ s minimum living subsidy and a monthly disability allowance of 100 RMB ( about $ 14 ) because the believer continued to attend worship services despite government orders .
Similarly , in Jiangxi ’ s Poyang county , a Christian woman in her 80s was removed from the government ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thank God ” after receiving her monthly 200 RMB ( about $ 28 ) subsidy in mid-January .
“ The more I learned about science , the more—not less—evidence that I saw of God ’ s creation and design.
” – Dr. Ming Wang “ They expected me to praise the kindness of the Communist Party instead , ” she said .
Another elderly Christian woman from Henan ’ s Shangqiu city had her minimum living allowance canceled after government officials found a cross image posted on the door of her home .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said .
“ Afterward , both my minimum living allowance and poverty alleviation subsidy were canceled .
I am being driven to a dead end .
I have diabetes and need injections regularly.
” The Communist Party previously targeted images and photos of Jesus as part of its campaign to “ transform believers in religion into believers in the party.
” In 2017 , The South China Morning Post reported that CCP officials removed more than 600 Christian symbols from the living rooms of believers in Yugan county of Jiangxi province @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist dictator .
SCMP , a newspaper that kowtows to the communist regime , claimed the move was part of a state-sponsored campaign to alleviate poverty in the region since some CCP members believe families ’ faith is to blame for poverty .
“ Many poor households have plunged into poverty because of illness in the family .
Some resorted to believing in Jesus to cure their illnesses , ” the head of the government campaign told SCMP .
“ But we tried to tell them that getting ill is a physical thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really help them are the Communist Party and General Secretary Xi.
” The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom , rights groups , and the U.S. State Department have condemned China ’ s continued crackdown on religion and religious minorities .
In its 2020 Annual Report , USCIRF called upon the Trump administration to impose targeted sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for severe religious freedom violations .
It noted that Chinese authorities not only removed crosses from churches across the nation but also banned youth age 18 and younger from participating in religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man was arrested and at least two women were injured in China ’ s Henan province after 200 communist officials stormed into Sunzhuang Church and demolished the structure using cranes and heavy-duty machinery .
On Open Doors USA ’ s World Watch List , China is ranked No .
23 on its list of countries known for persecuting Christians .
The organization notes that all churches are perceived as a threat if they become too large , too political , or invite foreign guests .
( source )

According to a report from the Christian Post, in parts of China, Communist Party officials are demanding that Christians on welfare stop worshipping Jesus and start worshiping President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party as God or they will lose their benefits.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, poor Christian villagers in China have been ordered to renounce their faith and replace displays of Jesus with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing their welfare benefits.
Religious liberty magazine Bitter Winter reports that in April, officials with China’s Communist Party visited believers’ homes in Linfen, a prefecture-level city in the northern province of Shanxi. While there, they ordered residents who receive social welfare payments from the government to replace crosses, religious symbols, and images in their homes with portraits of China’s communist leaders.
“All impoverished households in the town were told to display Mao Zedong images,” a local pastor told Bitter Winter. “The government is trying to eliminate our belief and wants to become God instead of Jesus.”
A member of a state-sponsored Three-Self church in one of the villages recounted how local officials tore down all religious images and a calendar with an image of Jesus in his home and posted a portrait of Mao Zedong instead.
“Impoverished religious households can’t receive money from the state for nothing — they must obey the Communist Party for the money they receive,” the believer quoted an official as stating.
In May, an official in the eastern province of Shandong stormed into the home of a local Christian. While inside the Christian’s home, the official posted portraits of Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping and reportedly said, “These are the greatest gods. If you want to worship somebody, they are the ones.”
In April, the government of Xinyu city in the southeastern province of Jiangxi canceled a disabled Christian’s minimum living subsidy and a monthly disability allowance of 100 RMB (about $14) because the believer continued to attend worship services despite government orders.
Similarly, in Jiangxi’s Poyang county, a Christian woman in her 80s was removed from the government’s aid list because she said “Thank God” after receiving her monthly 200 RMB (about $28) subsidy in mid-January.
“The more I learned about science, the more—not less—evidence that I saw of God’s creation and design.” – Dr. Ming Wang
“They expected me to praise the kindness of the Communist Party instead,” she said.
Another elderly Christian woman from Henan’s Shangqiu city had her minimum living allowance canceled after government officials found a cross image posted on the door of her home.
“They tore it down immediately,” she said. “Afterward, both my minimum living allowance and poverty alleviation subsidy were canceled. I am being driven to a dead end. I have diabetes and need injections regularly.”
The Communist Party previously targeted images and photos of Jesus as part of its campaign to “transform believers in religion into believers in the party.”
In 2017, The South China Morning Post reported that CCP officials removed more than 600 Christian symbols from the living rooms of believers in Yugan county of Jiangxi province, and 453 hung portraits of the communist dictator.
SCMP, a newspaper that kowtows to the communist regime, claimed the move was part of a state-sponsored campaign to alleviate poverty in the region since some CCP members believe families’ faith is to blame for poverty.
“Many poor households have plunged into poverty because of illness in the family. Some resorted to believing in Jesus to cure their illnesses,” the head of the government campaign told SCMP. “But we tried to tell them that getting ill is a physical thing, and that the people who can really help them are the Communist Party and General Secretary Xi.”
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, rights groups, and the U.S. State Department have condemned China’s continued crackdown on religion and religious minorities.
In its 2020 Annual Report, USCIRF called upon the Trump administration to impose targeted sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for severe religious freedom violations. It noted that Chinese authorities not only removed crosses from churches across the nation but also banned youth age 18 and younger from participating in religious services.
In June, a Christian man was arrested and at least two women were injured in China’s Henan province after 200 communist officials stormed into Sunzhuang Church and demolished the structure using cranes and heavy-duty machinery.
On Open Doors USA’s World Watch List, China is ranked No. 23 on its list of countries known for persecuting Christians. The organization notes that all churches are perceived as a threat if they become too large, too political, or invite foreign guests. (source)