shoebat--2020-04-18--Anti-Christian Attacks Continue To Rise In India

Christians continue to be a severely persecuted minority in India that suffers daily .
According to the International Christian Concern by way of the United Christian Forum , attacks on Christians in India have continued to rise for 2020 .
According to a recent release by the United Christian Forum ( UCF ) in India , attacks on Christians and their places of worship continued to escalate in both number and severity in 2020 .
In just the month of March , 27 violent attacks were reported from 11 different states in India .
UCF , a Christian organization that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , set up a helpline in 2015 to record the number of attacks on India ’ s Christians .
From January 1 to March 31 , UCF documented 56 threats against Christians as well as 26 physical assaults .
This totaled 82 documented incidents .
According to UCF ’ s release , these attacks were primarily perpetrated by mobs and took place in Uttar Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Tamil Nadu , Odisha , Bihar , Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Telangana , and Goa .
In most incidents , mobs attacked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ holding worship services .
For example , on March 12 , a mob attacked a pastor and his six-year-old son because they were running a house church .
The pastor ’ s eight-year-old daughter was also forced to strip by the mob .
They told the girl she would be beaten to death if she did not comply .
( source )

Christians continue to be a severely persecuted minority in India that suffers daily. According to the International Christian Concern by way of the United Christian Forum, attacks on Christians in India have continued to rise for 2020.
According to a recent release by the United Christian Forum (UCF) in India, attacks on Christians and their places of worship continued to escalate in both number and severity in 2020. In just the month of March, 27 violent attacks were reported from 11 different states in India.
UCF, a Christian organization that advocates on behalf of Christians in India, set up a helpline in 2015 to record the number of attacks on India’s Christians. From January 1 to March 31, UCF documented 56 threats against Christians as well as 26 physical assaults. This totaled 82 documented incidents.
According to UCF’s release, these attacks were primarily perpetrated by mobs and took place in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Goa. In most incidents, mobs attacked the Christians because they objected to Christians holding worship services.
For example, on March 12, a mob attacked a pastor and his six-year-old son because they were running a house church. The pastor’s eight-year-old daughter was also forced to strip by the mob. They told the girl she would be beaten to death if she did not comply. (source)


shoebat--2020-04-20--Is The Counter Jihad Movement Now Promoting Paganism As A Solution To Islam?

Shoebat.com began her life as a site exposing the evils of Islam because Islam is just that- objectively evil and the answer to Islam is found in the Gospels and in the Magesterium of the Church founded by Christ .
The position of Shoebat.com in this way has not changed , for just as Christ is the same yesterday and today , Islam is also equally evil .
As Shoebat.com boldly declared in 2017 , she broke ties openly with many past associations with the counter-jihad movement , for while having disagreements with the movement for years on many issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support of nationalists and even national socialism that the movement was willingly associating itself with .
This was explored in a series of articles about the movement .
One of our criticism was with the major counter-jihad website Jihad Watch , for it has openly shown support of individuals and groups with links to said groups or who support openly anti-Christian positions .
Now the website has put out another interesting piece about the rise of Zoroastrianism in Iran with the decline of Islam taking place also : Zoroastrianism has therefore contributed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign origins in the context of indigenous Iranian culture , an “ identity crisis ” described to Rajvi by one Iranian-American .
Iranians are “ conflicted between these two identities , ” as “ being Zoroastrian is like being Iranian….Being Muslim is not really being Iranian , ” he said .
“ ‘ Converting back ’ to Zoroastrianism , as many refer to the process of rediscovering their roots , has encouraged a view of Islam as an alien Arab faith that was imposed on unwilling Persians , ” Rajvi summarized .
Zoroastrianism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s many failures have jeopardized the regime goal of global Islamic revolution in Iran and beyond .
Many Iranians disillusioned by the Islamic Republic have instead have abandoned Islam in favor of belief alternatives , such as Iran ’ s growing underground Christian communities .
As with Cyrus and his historic cylinder , Zoroastrianism shows that nothing threatens the Islamic Republic in the present like the Iranian popular imagination of a national past .
As a future article will examine , some Kurds find the Zoroastrian past equally compelling .
( source @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say here ?
Now one can not find the site saying that she directly supports Zoroastrianism , but the fact is that such articles , and given the site ’ s history of supporting Hindu nationalists while attacking Islam at the same time , leads one to wonder- is Jihad Watch supporting paganism now ?
I say this unironically .
The nationalist groups and their causes are directly linked to paganism and the advancement of pagan ideologies .
Opposing Islam is good , but never at the cost of supporting another evil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fought in all forms , not just one that is socially acceptable to allow another in , and one that is likely worse .
Islam is evil , but paganism is a major scourge in Europe , enough to incite a war on the continent .
It would be foolish for the common man and outright evil for those with more knowledge to support the rise of paganism knowing this history .
This is the reason why there can be no opposition to anything- not even Islam -unless the movement is rooted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a thing from its place necessarily creates a vacuum that must be filled by something else .
In the case of Islam , the spiritual vacuum created must be filled by something .
Shoebat.com always emphasized and continues to declare that the only way to fill that hole created is with Christian truth , which is the objective truth of the matter .
No political or economic solution can ever work because they can not answer questions about the transcendent , and God can not be replaced by a part of His creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the LGBT movement , from being about “ love ” to supporting the legalization of pedophilia , in a few years .
The anti-Islam movement seems to be undergoing its own changes , from being about stopping Islam and including Christianity , to eventually taking nationalistic overtones and driving out most religion save for that which support nationalism , and proposing politics rooted in identity and culture as the answer to a religious matter , which leads one to think that the entire movement was fraudulent from the beginning and designed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This does not mean that Islam is good or should not be opposed .
It just means that the current movement was more than what it seemed to be , and it appears this continues to be revealed in further totality with the passing of time .
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Shoebat.com began her life as a site exposing the evils of Islam because Islam is just that- objectively evil and the answer to Islam is found in the Gospels and in the Magesterium of the Church founded by Christ. The position of Shoebat.com in this way has not changed, for just as Christ is the same yesterday and today, Islam is also equally evil.
As Shoebat.com boldly declared in 2017, she broke ties openly with many past associations with the counter-jihad movement, for while having disagreements with the movement for years on many issues, the last straw was the open support of nationalists and even national socialism that the movement was willingly associating itself with. This was explored in a series of articles about the movement. One of our criticism was with the major counter-jihad website Jihad Watch, for it has openly shown support of individuals and groups with links to said groups or who support openly anti-Christian positions.
Now the website has put out another interesting piece about the rise of Zoroastrianism in Iran with the decline of Islam taking place also:
Zoroastrianism has therefore contributed to growing Iranian evaluation of Islam’s foreign origins in the context of indigenous Iranian culture, an “identity crisis” described to Rajvi by one Iranian-American. Iranians are “conflicted between these two identities,” as “being Zoroastrian is like being Iranian….Being Muslim is not really being Iranian,” he said. “‘Converting back’ to Zoroastrianism, as many refer to the process of rediscovering their roots, has encouraged a view of Islam as an alien Arab faith that was imposed on unwilling Persians,” Rajvi summarized. Zoroastrianism indicates once more that the Islamic Republic’s many failures have jeopardized the regime goal of global Islamic revolution in Iran and beyond. Many Iranians disillusioned by the Islamic Republic have instead have abandoned Islam in favor of belief alternatives, such as Iran’s growing underground Christian communities. As with Cyrus and his historic cylinder, Zoroastrianism shows that nothing threatens the Islamic Republic in the present like the Iranian popular imagination of a national past. As a future article will examine, some Kurds find the Zoroastrian past equally compelling. (source)
What exactly is Jihad Watch trying to say here?
Now one cannot find the site saying that she directly supports Zoroastrianism, but the fact is that such articles, and given the site’s history of supporting Hindu nationalists while attacking Islam at the same time, leads one to wonder- is Jihad Watch supporting paganism now?
I say this unironically. The nationalist groups and their causes are directly linked to paganism and the advancement of pagan ideologies.
Opposing Islam is good, but never at the cost of supporting another evil in its place. Evil must be fought in all forms, not just one that is socially acceptable to allow another in, and one that is likely worse.
Islam is evil, but paganism is a major scourge in Europe, enough to incite a war on the continent.
It would be foolish for the common man and outright evil for those with more knowledge to support the rise of paganism knowing this history.
This is the reason why there can be no opposition to anything- not even Islam -unless the movement is rooted in the right support, for to dislodge a thing from its place necessarily creates a vacuum that must be filled by something else. In the case of Islam, the spiritual vacuum created must be filled by something. Shoebat.com always emphasized and continues to declare that the only way to fill that hole created is with Christian truth, which is the objective truth of the matter. No political or economic solution can ever work because they cannot answer questions about the transcendent, and God cannot be replaced by a part of His creation.
One has already seen the metamorphosis of the LGBT movement, from being about “love” to supporting the legalization of pedophilia, in a few years. The anti-Islam movement seems to be undergoing its own changes, from being about stopping Islam and including Christianity, to eventually taking nationalistic overtones and driving out most religion save for that which support nationalism, and proposing politics rooted in identity and culture as the answer to a religious matter, which leads one to think that the entire movement was fraudulent from the beginning and designed with the intention of moving this route.
This does not mean that Islam is good or should not be opposed. It just means that the current movement was more than what it seemed to be, and it appears this continues to be revealed in further totality with the passing of time.
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shoebat--2020-04-19--Major Investing Group Morgan Stanley Advises That Rushing Any Economic “Re-Opening” Is A Bad Idea

American businesses are notorious for being long-term foolish and solely focused on short-term profit in spite of talk to the contrary .
Zero Hedge reports by way of Morgan Stanley that the investing giant is declaring that rushing any “ re-opening ” of the economy in hopes that COVID-19 has passed would be a major mistake .
However disrupted things may seem at the moment , they pale in comparison to what those in medicine , services and other fields at the front line of the response to the coronavirus are going through .
So , this seems like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our view : What ’ s best for fighting the pandemic , the health of the economy , and the market may be the same thing – making sure the reopening of the economy is done right .
As long as investors are confident that the next quarter is a little better , and the path from there is improving , we think markets will be more forgiving of poor data .
But this thinking is predicated on April and May being the low for US and global activity .
Trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prerequisites are in place would inject significantly more uncertainty over whether the worst for the economy is behind us by the end of 2Q .
Such a scenario would pose a clear risk to our positive bias towards current markets .
In short , we don ’ t see a trade-off between what ’ s required to control coronavirus cases and a better long-run impact for markets and the economy .
Fascinatingly , over 100 years ago , the same appeared to be true .
In an article for Liberty Street Economics , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Lessons from the 1918 Flu , March 27 , 2020 , Sergio Correia , Stephan Luck and Emil Verner from the New York Federal Reserve looked at the response of different cities to the 1918 pandemic .
The whole article is great and well worth a read , but the conclusion is striking : Cities that implemented stronger social distancing measures ultimately saw higher levels of industrial production .
Fighting the pandemic and protecting the economy were one and the same ( in 1918 , the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a very prudent measure to wait until any threats from COVID-19 pass before resuming major economic transactions and life .
The country and world was shut down for a reason .
Yes , there was political manipulation , and also exploitation , but there is more at work than just this .
Objectively speaking , one does not know what one is really dealing with , a point that I have repeatedly stated throughout my articles .
If the country is reopened quickly , the consequences will likely be a decline in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them several months later .
This is what major medical experts have warned about around the world , and they have noted it would likely begin in September .
This is no joking matter as it concerns one ’ s health .
For the next eighteen months , until this virus passes ( as all illnesses eventually do ) , people need to pay close attention to their health .
It is a precious thing to have good health , and it is not worth losing over a virus that can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good sanitary and social practices .
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American businesses are notorious for being long-term foolish and solely focused on short-term profit in spite of talk to the contrary. Zero Hedge reports by way of Morgan Stanley that the investing giant is declaring that rushing any “re-opening” of the economy in hopes that COVID-19 has passed would be a major mistake.
However disrupted things may seem at the moment, they pale in comparison to what those in medicine, services and other fields at the front line of the response to the coronavirus are going through. So, this seems like a good time to emphasize a key part of our view: What’s best for fighting the pandemic, the health of the economy, and the market may be the same thing – making sure the reopening of the economy is done right. … As long as investors are confident that the next quarter is a little better, and the path from there is improving, we think markets will be more forgiving of poor data. But this thinking is predicated on April and May being the low for US and global activity. Trying to reopen the economy before the four key prerequisites are in place would inject significantly more uncertainty over whether the worst for the economy is behind us by the end of 2Q. Such a scenario would pose a clear risk to our positive bias towards current markets. In short, we don’t see a trade-off between what’s required to control coronavirus cases and a better long-run impact for markets and the economy. Fascinatingly, over 100 years ago, the same appeared to be true. In an article for Liberty Street Economics, Fight the Pandemic, Save the Economy: Lessons from the 1918 Flu, March 27, 2020, Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck and Emil Verner from the New York Federal Reserve looked at the response of different cities to the 1918 pandemic. The whole article is great and well worth a read, but the conclusion is striking: Cities that implemented stronger social distancing measures ultimately saw higher levels of industrial production. Fighting the pandemic and protecting the economy were one and the same (in 1918, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10%). (source)
It is a very prudent measure to wait until any threats from COVID-19 pass before resuming major economic transactions and life.
The country and world was shut down for a reason. Yes, there was political manipulation, and also exploitation, but there is more at work than just this. Objectively speaking, one does not know what one is really dealing with, a point that I have repeatedly stated throughout my articles.
If the country is reopened quickly, the consequences will likely be a decline in virus cases followed by a mass explosion of them several months later. This is what major medical experts have warned about around the world, and they have noted it would likely begin in September.
This is no joking matter as it concerns one’s health.
For the next eighteen months, until this virus passes (as all illnesses eventually do), people need to pay close attention to their health. It is a precious thing to have good health, and it is not worth losing over a virus that can be for the most part easily avoided with good sanitary and social practices.
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shoebat--2020-04-19--Germany Begins To Re-Open Stores “Post-Virus”

According to Bloomberg and reported by MSN News , Germany is now planning to re-open stores in a “ post-virus ” world , declaring the effects of COVID-19 to be minimal .
Philipp Frese can ’ t wait to unlock the doors of his bed and mattress store in southern Germany on Monday , ending a month-long coronavirus lockdown that ’ s all but destroyed his hopes for a profit this year .
The restrictions have been “ a threat to our existence as a business , ” said Frese , whose sales slumped by 90 % in March while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ You need to meet customers face to face to sell them pillows and mattresses.
” Frese can get back to business as Chancellor Angela Merkel ’ s government allows smaller stores to reopen after a shutdown that deprived German retailers of 30 billion euros ( $ 33 billion ) in sales and pushed many shops to the brink of bankruptcy .
Germany is among the first nations in Europe taking cautious steps toward normalcy as the pandemic continues to shutter factories , restaurants and shops from Madrid to Prague .
Merkel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even as the economy plunged into a deeper recession than during the financial crisis a decade ago .
After imposing social distancing measures on March 22 , her government fast-tracked more than 1 trillion euros in aid to companies and workers to avoid bankruptcies and mass layoffs .
What ’ s happening now in Europe ’ s biggest economy is likely to be watched by other countries from Italy and Spain to the U.S. and beyond .
Retail spaces of less than 800 square meters ( 8,611 square feet ) — like Frese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near the French border — will be reopening , along with car dealerships , bike shops and book stores .
Bars , restaurants , gyms and larger stores will have to remain closed .
The government is “ urgently ” recommending that everyone wear face masks .
Germany ’ s comprehensive testing and relative progress in protecting vulnerable people have led to a lower fatality rate than European partners such as Italy , Spain and the U.K .
The country has gotten through the “ first wave ” in good shape thanks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday .
That creates an opening for Germany as governments across Europe seek to limit the economic damage while avoiding a second wave of infections from the virus , which has killed more than 50,000 people in the region .
( source ) This is something that people should pay attention to not because it is good that things are going to ‘ re-open ’ , but that it is allowing for a potential second outbreak of the virus to happen .
It does not matter at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is good or bad , harmless or harmful .
The fact is there are eight strains of it , some are killing people and others aren ’ t , and until it is brought under control , which usually happens by the passage of time , it must be considered a threat .
The reason for the desire to restart the global economy so fast is because it was already in very bad shape due to decades of mismanagement , abuse , and exploitation .
The virus just killed what was already almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It has the potential as many doctors have noted to cause a second and more serious outbreak later this year that could result in a lot of people suffering and dying , perhaps even more than before , and forcing a second economic shutdown around the world with even worse effects .
Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world , and as Shoebat.com has noted , it will only take five to ten years of serious economic problems for nationalism to revive in Germany so much that the Reich could return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US has been working with Germany to foment those conditions for profit .
A second return of COVID-19 could push Germany , and the US too , along that path even further , and if the countries are allowed to return to work , then come fall when it has been warned another outbreak could happen , it would be a resurgence with such a force as to give a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity that will without question be exploited .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
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According to Bloomberg and reported by MSN News, Germany is now planning to re-open stores in a “post-virus” world, declaring the effects of COVID-19 to be minimal.
Philipp Frese can’t wait to unlock the doors of his bed and mattress store in southern Germany on Monday, ending a month-long coronavirus lockdown that’s all but destroyed his hopes for a profit this year. The restrictions have been “a threat to our existence as a business,” said Frese, whose sales slumped by 90% in March while costs only went down by a third. “You need to meet customers face to face to sell them pillows and mattresses.” Frese can get back to business as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government allows smaller stores to reopen after a shutdown that deprived German retailers of 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in sales and pushed many shops to the brink of bankruptcy. Germany is among the first nations in Europe taking cautious steps toward normalcy as the pandemic continues to shutter factories, restaurants and shops from Madrid to Prague. Merkel has won plaudits for her crisis response even as the economy plunged into a deeper recession than during the financial crisis a decade ago. After imposing social distancing measures on March 22, her government fast-tracked more than 1 trillion euros in aid to companies and workers to avoid bankruptcies and mass layoffs. What’s happening now in Europe’s biggest economy is likely to be watched by other countries from Italy and Spain to the U.S. and beyond. Retail spaces of less than 800 square meters (8,611 square feet) — like Frese’s in the city of Freiburg near the French border — will be reopening, along with car dealerships, bike shops and book stores. Bars, restaurants, gyms and larger stores will have to remain closed. The government is “urgently” recommending that everyone wear face masks. Germany’s comprehensive testing and relative progress in protecting vulnerable people have led to a lower fatality rate than European partners such as Italy, Spain and the U.K. The country has gotten through the “first wave” in good shape thanks to citizens’ adhering to strict contact curbs, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday. That creates an opening for Germany as governments across Europe seek to limit the economic damage while avoiding a second wave of infections from the virus, which has killed more than 50,000 people in the region. (source)
This is something that people should pay attention to not because it is good that things are going to ‘re-open’, but that it is allowing for a potential second outbreak of the virus to happen.
It does not matter at this point if one thinks this virus is good or bad, harmless or harmful. The fact is there are eight strains of it, some are killing people and others aren’t, and until it is brought under control, which usually happens by the passage of time, it must be considered a threat. The reason for the desire to restart the global economy so fast is because it was already in very bad shape due to decades of mismanagement, abuse, and exploitation. The virus just killed what was already almost dead.
But re-starting right now? It has the potential as many doctors have noted to cause a second and more serious outbreak later this year that could result in a lot of people suffering and dying, perhaps even more than before, and forcing a second economic shutdown around the world with even worse effects.
Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world, and as Shoebat.com has noted, it will only take five to ten years of serious economic problems for nationalism to revive in Germany so much that the Reich could return, and we have noted how the US has been working with Germany to foment those conditions for profit.
A second return of COVID-19 could push Germany, and the US too, along that path even further, and if the countries are allowed to return to work, then come fall when it has been warned another outbreak could happen, it would be a resurgence with such a force as to give a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity that will without question be exploited.
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shoebat--2020-04-19--US Begins Full-Scale Investigation Into Origins Of COVID-19

According to FOX News , the US Government has announced she is going to perform a full-scale investigations into the origins of COVID-19 and its connections to China .
The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus , which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees , escaped from a lab in Wuhan , China , Fox News has learned .
Intelligence operatives are said to be gathering information about the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the virus .
Intelligence analysts are piecing together a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ creating an accurate picture of what happened , ” the sources said .
Once that investigation is complete — something that is expected to happen in the near-term — the findings will be presented to the Trump administration .
At that point White House policymakers and President Trump will use the findings to determine how to hold the country accountable for the pandemic .
( source ) It is clear there is a connection to the lab in Wuhan- it is almost impossible to deny it at this point .
Back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soviet theft of American technology had been massive , and many people tied to doing such were identified .
But rather than arrest everyone they could to try to close the operation down and halt further espionage attempts , then CIA director William Casey and National Security Council staffer Gus Weiss decided to concentrate on hacking the parts which Soviet spies were stealing and turn them against the Soviets themselves .
In this case , it was microchips used to control oil pipelines .
The trap was set .
Soviet spies stole chips @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not knowing that they had a few lines of software added that constituted a Trojan horse and ran just fine for a few months .
But the Trojan horse was programmed to let it run for four or five months and then the pumps and compressors are told to run a pressure test at some significantly increased pressure .
When the day came for the event , it blew apart all the welds in the lines .
One has to wonder if what happened at Wuhan was not such a variant of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus in an open area , knowing the Chinese would try to steal it , and then allowing it ( by way of mistakes on China ’ s part which they have a history of ) or having a spy ‘ assist ’ the release of the virus .
It is unlikely that the public will ever know what really happened with the virus .
However , truth is always stranger than fiction , and history has a tendency to repeat itself .
Donate now to help support the work of this site @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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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According to FOX News, the US Government has announced she is going to perform a full-scale investigations into the origins of COVID-19 and its connections to China.
The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus, which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees, escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, Fox News has learned. Intelligence operatives are said to be gathering information about the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the virus. Intelligence analysts are piecing together a timeline of what the government knew and “creating an accurate picture of what happened,” the sources said. Once that investigation is complete — something that is expected to happen in the near-term — the findings will be presented to the Trump administration. At that point White House policymakers and President Trump will use the findings to determine how to hold the country accountable for the pandemic. (source)
It is clear there is a connection to the lab in Wuhan- it is almost impossible to deny it at this point.
Back in 1981, the Reagan administration discovered that Soviet theft of American technology had been massive, and many people tied to doing such were identified. But rather than arrest everyone they could to try to close the operation down and halt further espionage attempts, then CIA director William Casey and National Security Council staffer Gus Weiss decided to concentrate on hacking the parts which Soviet spies were stealing and turn them against the Soviets themselves. In this case, it was microchips used to control oil pipelines.
The trap was set. Soviet spies stole chips and software needed to operate the pipeline, not knowing that they had a few lines of software added that constituted a Trojan horse and ran just fine for a few months. But the Trojan horse was programmed to let it run for four or five months and then the pumps and compressors are told to run a pressure test at some significantly increased pressure. When the day came for the event, it blew apart all the welds in the lines.
One has to wonder if what happened at Wuhan was not such a variant of this- leaving a dangerous, highly contagious virus in an open area, knowing the Chinese would try to steal it, and then allowing it (by way of mistakes on China’s part which they have a history of) or having a spy ‘assist’ the release of the virus.
It is unlikely that the public will ever know what really happened with the virus. However, truth is always stranger than fiction, and history has a tendency to repeat itself.
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shoebat--2020-04-19--Islamic Terrorists Launch Multiple Attacks In Nigeria

Islamic terrorists have launched a series of attacks in Nigeria , killing scores of people and wounding more according to a report .
Fulani militants have continued killings in Nigeria over the last few days .
There were at least three attacks in which people were killed .
In the first attack on Sunday night , militants attacked a farmer in Maiduna village of Plateau ’ s Daffo district .
This attack is said to have been conducted by four men wielding machetes and guns .
They broke down the farmer ’ s door before killing him on the spot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday in Agatu district of Benue State .
During this attack , militants attacked two young men who had been visiting family in another village .
They were on their way back to their home when they were ambushed by the militants .
The final attack took place on Tuesday night when nine people were killed in an attack on Hura Village of Plateau State .
The attackers had entered the village , which was still on lockdown due to coronavirus and razed at least 22 houses .
They also destroyed several vehicles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ )

Islamic terrorists have launched a series of attacks in Nigeria, killing scores of people and wounding more according to a report.
Fulani militants have continued killings in Nigeria over the last few days. There were at least three attacks in which people were killed. In the first attack on Sunday night, militants attacked a farmer in Maiduna village of Plateau’s Daffo district. This attack is said to have been conducted by four men wielding machetes and guns. They broke down the farmer’s door before killing him on the spot.
The second attack took place on Monday in Agatu district of Benue State. During this attack, militants attacked two young men who had been visiting family in another village. They were on their way back to their home when they were ambushed by the militants.
The final attack took place on Tuesday night when nine people were killed in an attack on Hura Village of Plateau State. The attackers had entered the village, which was still on lockdown due to coronavirus and razed at least 22 houses. They also destroyed several vehicles and stole some supplies. (source)


shoebat--2020-04-20--While People Are Talking About Coronavirus Leaking Out Of A Lab In China, The United States Is Right

While People Are Talking About Coronavirus Leaking Out Of A Lab In China, The United States Is Right Now Holding A Virus That Can Kill Over A Billion People

While there has been lots of talk about how coronavirus somehow seeped out of a lab in China , we should also be mindful that the United States is harboring a virus — a genetically engineered stand of H5N1 — that has a death rate of roughly 60 % and , if it gets out , could kill over a billion people .
The virus was engineered by two scientists , Ron Fouchier and Yoshihiro Kawaoka , and their work is backed by the United States government .
There is currently lots of talk of the possibility of covid-19 leaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China .
And recently , the Washington Post put out a report about how the US embassy in Beijing , back in 2018 , sent a cable to Washington warning about how “ the lab ’ s work on bat coronaviruses and their potential human transmission represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic.
” The Chinese scientists , led by Shi Zhengli , were researching coronavirus supposedly for the purpose of preventing the next SARS-like pandemic .
But this did not mean that their research was not a safety hazard .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley : The researchers in Wuhan were receiving assistance from the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch and other U.S. organizations , but the Chinese were asking for additional help from the US .
This help was not given even though it was asked for by the US embassy in its cables to Washington .
The cables warned of the safety risks from the research on coronavirus .
“ The cable was a warning shot , ” one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begging people to pay attention to what was going on.
” There are officials within the Trump administration who are suggesting that the cables are evidence that covid-19 leaked out of the Wuhan lab .
As one administration official said : “ The idea that it was just a totally natural occurrence is circumstantial .
The evidence it leaked from the lab is circumstantial .
Right now , the ledger on the side of it leaking from the lab is packed with bullet points and there ’ s almost nothing on the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Wuhan scientists was risky and called into question whether or not it was even necessary to dabble with such destructive viruses .
In fact , in October , 2014 , the US government imposed a moratorium on funding for any research that makes a virus more deadly or contagious , known as “ gain-of-function ” experiments .
The US government put a moratorium in 2012 on another research project on a strain of H5N1 virus far more dangerous than the coronavirus from Wuhan .
On January 20th , 2012 , thirty-nine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a letter announcing a moratorium on a experiment that would make a highly contagious strand of H5N1 .
H5N1 is known to mainly infect birds and rarely humans .
But , when it does infect humans it has a very high death rate ( 60 % ) while being very low in contagiousness .
Therefore , virologist have feared for years about the presence of an H5N1 virus that is very contagious since it would be so deadly and so devastating to humanity .
The moratorium was initially suppose to last for just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued .
And then , in late 2012 , many of the researchers who supported the moratorium then began pushing for its end .
Safety guidelines were established and the research was considered to be no longer a major risk .
In December of 2012 , after a 2-day international conference on the issue hosted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health , key researchers and government officials said that they expected the moratorium to end soon .
The moratorium ended in January of 2013 .
But , on October 17th of 2014 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Technology Policy announced that it was commencing a moratorium on such virus projects in order to do a detailed review into so-called gain-of-function research .
The moratorium was done on research “ that may be reasonably anticipated to confer attributes to influenza , MERS , or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity and/or transmissibility in mammals via the respiratory route ” .
The National Institute of Health ’ s director , Francis Collins , while stating that such projects are beneficial for better understanding pathogens , pointed out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risks , which need to be understood better.
” The fear of these lab viruses leaking out or actually infecting people is very justifiable .
The second moratorium was announced after as many as 75 scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) were exposed to anthrax .
Also in 2014 , US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) employees found 16 forgotten vials of smallpox in storage .
The chance of viruses leaking out of labs is actually quite possible since it has happened numerous times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2004 and 2010 there were more than 700 incidents of either the loss or release of “ select agents and toxins ” from U.S. labs , and in eleven situations lab workers contracted bacterial or fungal infections .
Interestingly , in November of 2014 , the US government released new regulations for dual-use research , but omitted regulations for gain-of-function research .
In February of 2019 , the the US government approved of the research on the H5N1 influenza virus , thus lifting the suspension that had lasted for four years .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the National Institute of Health already began funding the H5N1 project in January of 2019 .
The approval was done after the government reviewed the research , but this review was not presented to the public .
Marc Lipsitch , a Harvard University epidemiologist , criticized the government for not allowing the review for public eyes , stating : Now , lets talk about the researchers of this virus project .
It has been led by two scientists : Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam , the Netherlands , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wisconsin in Madison and the University of Tokyo .
What Fouchier ’ s team did was facilitate the adaptation of H5N1so that it could be highly contagious .
“ They put the mutated H5N1 into the nose of one ferret , ” writes Katherine Harmon for Scientific American , “ then took a sample of nasal fluid from that ferret and put it in the nose of another .
After 10 ferrets , the virus began spreading from ferret to ferret via the air just about as easily as a seasonal flu virus.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the virus gained five new genetic substitutions and was able to go airborne .
The tenth set of ferrets got infected with an H5N1 strain that was able to spread to ferrets in separate cages without sneezes – and it killed them .
That this strain of H5N1 got these new mutations was , in the words of Fouchier , “ very bad news … indeed ” .
Fouchier declined to detail the exact locations of these mutations but said that they “ suggest that as few as five are required to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the mutations necessary to make the virus go airborne have already been found in nature , but for these mutations to be found in a single virus has not been found , “ just yet , ” Fouchier added .
In 2011 , while in his Rotterdam office , Fouchier affirmed that his team created , in his words , “ probably one of the most dangerous viruses you can make ” .
Paul Keim , a microbial geneticist who heavily reviewed Fouchier ’ s virus , said : “ I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is as scary as this one … I don ’ t think anthrax is scary at all compared to this.
” This project to create a Frankenstein of a virus is so dangerous that Richard Ebright , a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway , New Jersey , warned that “ This work should never have been done ” .
Fouchier ’ s virus is far worse than normal H5N1 which has a high death rate but a low rate of contagiousness .
This lab engineered virus has both a high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The virus is transmitted as efficiently as seasonal flu , ” said Fouchier .
Peter Doherty , a 1996 Nobel prizewinner for work in viral immunology , stated that Fouchier ’ s work “ shows clearly that H5 can change in a way that allows transmission and still cause severe disease in humans .
It ’ s scary ” .
Just to give you some perspective , there was an outbreak of H5N1 in 2004 in which 565 people are known to have gotten infected with it .
Of this number , 331 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not spread significantly amongst humans , but when it does it has a killing rate of 50-60 % which is astronomically worse than the 1918 strand of H1N1 which had a death rate of between 10-20 % .
In the words of Fouchier : “ This is a very dangerous virus … Should these experiments be done ?
…yes .
…It ’ s important that we keep working with these viruses ” .
He believes that the research can effectively “ send out the message that H5N1 could become airborne ” .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk ?
In the words of Lipsitch : “ Is the science so compelling and so important to do that it justifies this kind of risk ?
… The answer is no.
” In 2014 , Lipsitchand Tom Inglesby of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , did a study in order to demonstrate the dangers of such research and presented the chances of a viral outbreak happening due to a virus leaking out of a lab .
Their study showed that with each year of experimenting with the hybrid flue there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chance that there will be a pandemic .
A low number , yes .
But , what would happen if Fouchier ’ s and Kawaoka ’ s virus — or something like it — got out ?
In the words of Bryan Walsh , who studies pandemics : So , while it is possible that coronavirus did leak out of a lab in Wuhan , we should be mindful of the fact that the US is harboring a virus far more dangerous than covid-19 , and thus we have to at least be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a virus ever became a pandemic .
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By Theodore Shoebat
While there has been lots of talk about how coronavirus somehow seeped out of a lab in China, we should also be mindful that the United States is harboring a virus — a genetically engineered stand of H5N1 — that has a death rate of roughly 60% and, if it gets out, could kill over a billion people. The virus was engineered by two scientists, Ron Fouchier and Yoshihiro Kawaoka, and their work is backed by the United States government.
There is currently lots of talk of the possibility of covid-19 leaking out of a lab in Wuhan, China. And recently, the Washington Post put out a report about how the US embassy in Beijing, back in 2018, sent a cable to Washington warning about how “the lab’s work on bat coronaviruses and their potential human transmission represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic.” The Chinese scientists, led by Shi Zhengli, were researching coronavirus supposedly for the purpose of preventing the next SARS-like pandemic. But this did not mean that their research was not a safety hazard. According to Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley:
“The cable tells us that there have long been concerns about the possibility of the threat to public health that came from this lab’s research, if it was not being adequately conducted and protected”
The researchers in Wuhan were receiving assistance from the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch and other U.S. organizations, but the Chinese were asking for additional help from the US. This help was not given even though it was asked for by the US embassy in its cables to Washington. The cables warned of the safety risks from the research on coronavirus. “The cable was a warning shot,” one U.S. official said. “They were begging people to pay attention to what was going on.”
There are officials within the Trump administration who are suggesting that the cables are evidence that covid-19 leaked out of the Wuhan lab. As one administration official said: “The idea that it was just a totally natural occurrence is circumstantial. The evidence it leaked from the lab is circumstantial. Right now, the ledger on the side of it leaking from the lab is packed with bullet points and there’s almost nothing on the other side”.
The research on coronavirus by the Wuhan scientists was risky and called into question whether or not it was even necessary to dabble with such destructive viruses. In fact, in October, 2014, the US government imposed a moratorium on funding for any research that makes a virus more deadly or contagious, known as “gain-of-function” experiments. The US government put a moratorium in 2012 on another research project on a strain of H5N1 virus far more dangerous than the coronavirus from Wuhan.
On January 20th, 2012, thirty-nine leading specialists on the H5N1 virus signed a letter announcing a moratorium on a experiment that would make a highly contagious strand of H5N1. H5N1 is known to mainly infect poultry and rarely humans. But, when it does infect humans it has a very high death rate (60%) while being very low in contagiousness. Therefore, virologist have feared for years about the presence of an H5N1 virus that is very contagious since it would be so deadly and so devastating to humanity.
The moratorium was initially suppose to last for just 60 days, but researchers had it continued. And then, in late 2012, many of the researchers who supported the moratorium then began pushing for its end. Safety guidelines were established and the research was considered to be no longer a major risk. In December of 2012, after a 2-day international conference on the issue hosted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, key researchers and government officials said that they expected the moratorium to end soon . The moratorium ended in January of 2013.
But, on October 17th of 2014, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that it was commencing a moratorium on such virus projects in order to do a detailed review into so-called gain-of-function research. The moratorium was done on research “that may be reasonably anticipated to confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity and/or transmissibility in mammals via the respiratory route”. The National Institute of Health’s director, Francis Collins, while stating that such projects are beneficial for better understanding pathogens, pointed out that they “entail biosafety and biosecurity risks, which need to be understood better.”
The fear of these lab viruses leaking out or actually infecting people is very justifiable. The second moratorium was announced after as many as 75 scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were exposed to anthrax. Also in 2014, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employees found 16 forgotten vials of smallpox in storage. The chance of viruses leaking out of labs is actually quite possible since it has happened numerous times. According to government statistics, between 2004 and 2010 there were more than 700 incidents of either the loss or release of “select agents and toxins” from U.S. labs, and in eleven situations lab workers contracted bacterial or fungal infections. Interestingly, in November of 2014, the US government released new regulations for dual-use research, but omitted regulations for gain-of-function research.
In February of 2019, the the US government approved of the research on the H5N1 influenza virus, thus lifting the suspension that had lasted for four years. Even before the lifting of the suspension, the National Institute of Health already began funding the H5N1 project in January of 2019. The approval was done after the government reviewed the research, but this review was not presented to the public. Marc Lipsitch, a Harvard University epidemiologist, criticized the government for not allowing the review for public eyes, stating:
“After a deliberative process that cost $1 million for [a consultant’s] external study and consumed countless weeks and months of time for many scientists, we are now being asked to trust a completely opaque process where the outcome is to permit the continuation of dangerous experiments”
Now, lets talk about the researchers of this virus project. It has been led by two scientists: Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the University of Tokyo. What Fouchier’s team did was facilitate the adaptation of H5N1so that it could be highly contagious. “They put the mutated H5N1 into the nose of one ferret,” writes Katherine Harmon for Scientific American, “then took a sample of nasal fluid from that ferret and put it in the nose of another. After 10 ferrets, the virus began spreading from ferret to ferret via the air just about as easily as a seasonal flu virus.”
Being moved from ferret to ferret, the virus gained five new genetic substitutions and was able to go airborne. The tenth set of ferrets got infected with an H5N1 strain that was able to spread to ferrets in separate cages without sneezes – and it killed them.
That this strain of H5N1 got these new mutations was, in the words of Fouchier, “very bad news … indeed”. Fouchier declined to detail the exact locations of these mutations but said that they “suggest that as few as five are required to make the virus airborne”.
All of the mutations necessary to make the virus go airborne have already been found in nature, but for these mutations to be found in a single virus has not been found, “just yet,” Fouchier added. In 2011, while in his Rotterdam office, Fouchier affirmed that his team created, in his words, “probably one of the most dangerous viruses you can make”. Paul Keim, a microbial geneticist who heavily reviewed Fouchier’s virus, said: “I can’t think of another pathogenic organism that is as scary as this one … I don’t think anthrax is scary at all compared to this.”
This project to create a Frankenstein of a virus is so dangerous that Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, warned that “This work should never have been done”. Fouchier’s virus is far worse than normal H5N1 which has a high death rate but a low rate of contagiousness. This lab engineered virus has both a high death rate and high contagiousness. “The virus is transmitted as efficiently as seasonal flu,” said Fouchier. Peter Doherty, a 1996 Nobel prizewinner for work in viral immunology, stated that Fouchier’s work “shows clearly that H5 can change in a way that allows transmission and still cause severe disease in humans. It’s scary”.
Just to give you some perspective, there was an outbreak of H5N1 in 2004 in which 565 people are known to have gotten infected with it. Of this number, 331 died.
The H5N1 infects poultry and does not spread significantly amongst humans, but when it does it has a killing rate of 50-60% which is astronomically worse than the 1918 strand of H1N1 which had a death rate of between 10-20%. In the words of Fouchier: “This is a very dangerous virus … Should these experiments be done? …yes. …It’s important that we keep working with these viruses”. He believes that the research can effectively “send out the message that H5N1 could become airborne”. But, is the science worth the risk? In the words of Lipsitch: “Is the science so compelling and so important to do that it justifies this kind of risk? … The answer is no.”
In 2014, Lipsitchand Tom Inglesby of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, did a study in order to demonstrate the dangers of such research and presented the chances of a viral outbreak happening due to a virus leaking out of a lab. Their study showed that with each year of experimenting with the hybrid flue there is a 0.01% to 0.1% chance that there will be a pandemic. A low number, yes. But, what would happen if Fouchier’s and Kawaoka’s virus — or something like it — got out? In the words of Bryan Walsh, who studies pandemics:
“While it’s impossible to know what the fatality rate would be in a hybrid flu pandemic, let’s assume that the modified H5N1, like its wild cousin, would kill 3 out of every 5 people sickened. If about one-third of the global population were infected by the new, far more transmissible virus—not unreasonable, since no one would have immunity—the result could be a death toll as high as 1.4 billion people.”
So, while it is possible that coronavirus did leak out of a lab in Wuhan, we should be mindful of the fact that the US is harboring a virus far more dangerous than covid-19, and thus we have to at least be prepared for a situation in which such a virus ever became a pandemic.
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shoebat--2020-04-20--Iowa Send National Guard To Meat Packing Plants

The military trains a lot of truck drivers , and the reason is not because she has so much to drive .
Rather , it is because in the event of a major crisis that shut down the trucking industry , for whatever reason , the military would step in and do the job .
The purpose would be to maintain national stability .
A similar event is taking place right now as in Iowa amid the spread of COVID-19 , the National Guard has been sent to meat packing plants amid their shutdown as Yahoo !
Finance reports by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply .
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said 250 National Guard members have been moved to full-time federal duty status and could help with testing and contact tracing for workers at plants operated by Tyson Foods Inc. and National Beef Packing Co. Activating guard soldiers is the latest attempt to contain the disease , which has forced a growing number of slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants to slow or halt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for eventual fresh-meat shortages in grocery stores as well leaving some farmers without a market for their animals .
That ’ s pushing down prices for hogs and cattle , while making meat more expensive .
Wholesale pork posted its biggest three-day gain in six years .
“ At some point we ’ re going to have to be talking about euthanizing hogs , and we ’ re not that far from it , ” Reynolds told reporters .
“ And that would be devastating , not only for the food supply but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $ 19 billion bailout to help farmers hurt by the coronavirus outbreak , including $ 3 billion in purchases of meat and dairy products .
On Monday , JBS SA said it was closing a pork plant in Minnesota .
Governor Tim Walz had raised the possibility that some workers there may have fallen ill from another outbreak at a Smithfield Foods Inc. pork plant in South Dakota .
( source ) The US is a major producer of pork , and since Iowa produces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this objectively poses a potential national security hazard by not being able to provide enough food ( pork ) to the US population .
If this is considered to be a threat , imagine how it must be for China , which relies on pork imports as a major of sustenance and has been squeezed by the US over it , let alone soy .
Food is a vital element of public policy for any nation .
The fact that the US is doing this right now means more than just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the situation with the virus is more serious than it seems , and Americans would not only be wise to pay attention , but also to stockpile food in preparation for harder coming times .
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The military trains a lot of truck drivers, and the reason is not because she has so much to drive. Rather, it is because in the event of a major crisis that shut down the trucking industry, for whatever reason, the military would step in and do the job. The purpose would be to maintain national stability.
A similar event is taking place right now as in Iowa amid the spread of COVID-19, the National Guard has been sent to meat packing plants amid their shutdown as Yahoo! Finance reports by way of Bloomberg.
Hundreds of National Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said 250 National Guard members have been moved to full-time federal duty status and could help with testing and contact tracing for workers at plants operated by Tyson Foods Inc. and National Beef Packing Co. Activating guard soldiers is the latest attempt to contain the disease, which has forced a growing number of slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants to slow or halt operations. The disruptions are stoking concerns for eventual fresh-meat shortages in grocery stores as well leaving some farmers without a market for their animals. That’s pushing down prices for hogs and cattle, while making meat more expensive. Wholesale pork posted its biggest three-day gain in six years. “At some point we’re going to have to be talking about euthanizing hogs, and we’re not that far from it,” Reynolds told reporters. “And that would be devastating, not only for the food supply but for the cost of food going forward.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $19 billion bailout to help farmers hurt by the coronavirus outbreak, including $3 billion in purchases of meat and dairy products. On Monday, JBS SA said it was closing a pork plant in Minnesota. Governor Tim Walz had raised the possibility that some workers there may have fallen ill from another outbreak at a Smithfield Foods Inc. pork plant in South Dakota. (source)
The US is a major producer of pork, and since Iowa produces one-third of the nation’s pork, this objectively poses a potential national security hazard by not being able to provide enough food (pork) to the US population.
If this is considered to be a threat, imagine how it must be for China, which relies on pork imports as a major of sustenance and has been squeezed by the US over it, let alone soy.
Food is a vital element of public policy for any nation. The fact that the US is doing this right now means more than just a threat from a virus- it is that the situation with the virus is more serious than it seems, and Americans would not only be wise to pay attention, but also to stockpile food in preparation for harder coming times.
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shoebat--2020-04-20--Burkinabe Security Forces Shoot Thirty-One Unarmed People

Islamic terrorism has troubled Burkina Faso , the landlocked West African nation once touted as a model for the future of West Africa , for years now .
Many people have been killed and more displaced .
However , AP News reports that in a recent incident Burkinabe security forces have killed at least thirty-one unarmed people .
Burkina Faso ’ s security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country ’ s north earlier this month , according to a report on Monday by Human Rights Watch .
The killings occurred on April 9 , hours after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operation in the town of Djibo in the Sahel region , the report said .
The West African nation continues to be wracked by violence linked to Islamic extremists and local defense militias , which has displaced nearly 840,000 people within Burkina Faso .
The country ’ s ill-equipped military has been previously accused by rights groups of committing human rights atrocities in an attempt to combat the violence .
Since 2017 , Human Rights Watch has documented the killing of several hundred men by government security forces for their alleged support of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an isolated incident .
The Burkinabe security forces face a real and serious threat as armed Islamists murder civilians and terrorize the population , ” Corinne Dufka , West Africa director for Human Rights Watch told the AP .
“ But committing atrocities in the name of security is both unlawful and deeply counterproductive , for it only pushes more and more people seeking revenge into the ranks of the armed Islamists.
” ( source ) Shoebat.com has said that Burkina Faso , because of her location and the number and seriousness of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be watched as a potential source for another major migration of people out of West Africa and into Europe .
This would follow the current migration wave taking place from the Middle East through Turkey and into the Balkan Peninsula , likewise coming after the 2016 crisis that was a crucial factor in reviving nationalism throughout Europe and especially in the Germanic lands .
There is a horrendous humanitarian crisis taking place right now , and if it is not dealt with effectively and another wave comes to Europe , it could push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calls for militarism that could be used to lead to war .
The COVID-19 virus incident is very serious , but viruses eventually go away .
If a mass movement of people takes place , the effects will not go away , and the problem will not be the Burkinabe people , but those who seek to use their plight for promoting nationalist causes that lead to war and likely not only the death of those people , but millions more in another global conflict .
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Islamic terrorism has troubled Burkina Faso, the landlocked West African nation once touted as a model for the future of West Africa, for years now. Many people have been killed and more displaced. However, AP News reports that in a recent incident Burkinabe security forces have killed at least thirty-one unarmed people.
Burkina Faso’s security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country’s north earlier this month, according to a report on Monday by Human Rights Watch. The killings occurred on April 9, hours after the men were detained during a government counterterrorism operation in the town of Djibo in the Sahel region, the report said. The West African nation continues to be wracked by violence linked to Islamic extremists and local defense militias, which has displaced nearly 840,000 people within Burkina Faso. The country’s ill-equipped military has been previously accused by rights groups of committing human rights atrocities in an attempt to combat the violence. Since 2017, Human Rights Watch has documented the killing of several hundred men by government security forces for their alleged support of extremist groups. “This is hardly an isolated incident. The Burkinabe security forces face a real and serious threat as armed Islamists murder civilians and terrorize the population,” Corinne Dufka, West Africa director for Human Rights Watch told the AP. “But committing atrocities in the name of security is both unlawful and deeply counterproductive, for it only pushes more and more people seeking revenge into the ranks of the armed Islamists.” (source)
Shoebat.com has said that Burkina Faso, because of her location and the number and seriousness of crises taking place there, needs to be watched as a potential source for another major migration of people out of West Africa and into Europe. This would follow the current migration wave taking place from the Middle East through Turkey and into the Balkan Peninsula, likewise coming after the 2016 crisis that was a crucial factor in reviving nationalism throughout Europe and especially in the Germanic lands.
There is a horrendous humanitarian crisis taking place right now, and if it is not dealt with effectively and another wave comes to Europe, it could push not only more nationalism, but drive calls for militarism that could be used to lead to war.
The COVID-19 virus incident is very serious, but viruses eventually go away. If a mass movement of people takes place, the effects will not go away, and the problem will not be the Burkinabe people, but those who seek to use their plight for promoting nationalist causes that lead to war and likely not only the death of those people, but millions more in another global conflict.
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shoebat--2020-04-20--Oil Drops Below $5 A Barrel

Oil Drops Below $5 A Barrel

In a shock to the petroleum markets , oil has now dropped to below $ 5 per barrel as Bloomberg reports .
Oil plunged below $ 5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies , threatening to erase an entire decade of demand growth , slashing thousands of jobs and wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars from company valuations .
Industrial and economic activity is grinding to a halt as governments around the globe extend shutdowns due to the swift spread of the coronavirus .
Oil has faced its own knock-on effects with a market massively oversupplied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crude .
An unprecedented output deal by OPEC and allied members a week ago to curb supply is proving too little too late in the face a one-third collapse in global demand .
“ There is little to prevent the physical market from the further acute downside path over the near term , ” said Michael Tran , managing director of global energy strategy at RBC Capital Markets .
“ Refiners are rejecting barrels at a historic pace and with U.S. storage levels sprinting to the brim , market forces will inflict further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or COVID clears , whichever comes first , but it looks like the former.
” ( source ) For the common man , this means low oil and gas prices , something that his helpful to everyone ’ s wallets .
However , it is highly destructive .
People talk in terms of an economic and social war being waged by China with the spread of COVID-19 .
However , this act is one of war by the US against Russia .
Russia is a nation without an economy , as their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mostly oil , to foreign countries , and second is making cheap weapons for third-world dictators .
Russia needs high oil prices to survive , and the US has been working to suppress them for a long time , even with this virus .
The economic halt caused by the virus has just added to the situation , driving them below market value to such a point that it costs Russia more to pump and transport oil than it does to sell it , therefore making it not worth the effort to extract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shape right now .
She is collapsing from within , and it is possible that in the next decade or two , she could break up into a series of warring states , the reasons of which you can read in detail in the Shoebat archives .
This virus is , from the perspective of a policy maker , a ‘ gift that keeps on giving ’ because it is being used to realize many things very fast , one of which is the speeding up of the US war with Russia to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help support the work of this site .
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In a shock to the petroleum markets, oil has now dropped to below $5 per barrel as Bloomberg reports.
Oil plunged below $5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies, threatening to erase an entire decade of demand growth, slashing thousands of jobs and wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars from company valuations. Industrial and economic activity is grinding to a halt as governments around the globe extend shutdowns due to the swift spread of the coronavirus. Oil has faced its own knock-on effects with a market massively oversupplied and nowhere to put physical barrels of crude. An unprecedented output deal by OPEC and allied members a week ago to curb supply is proving too little too late in the face a one-third collapse in global demand. … “There is little to prevent the physical market from the further acute downside path over the near term,” said Michael Tran, managing director of global energy strategy at RBC Capital Markets. “Refiners are rejecting barrels at a historic pace and with U.S. storage levels sprinting to the brim, market forces will inflict further pain until either we hit rock bottom, or COVID clears, whichever comes first, but it looks like the former.” (source)
For the common man, this means low oil and gas prices, something that his helpful to everyone’s wallets. However, it is highly destructive. People talk in terms of an economic and social war being waged by China with the spread of COVID-19. However, this act is one of war by the US against Russia.
Russia is a nation without an economy, as their economic base is selling raw materials, mostly oil, to foreign countries, and second is making cheap weapons for third-world dictators. Russia needs high oil prices to survive, and the US has been working to suppress them for a long time, even with this virus. The economic halt caused by the virus has just added to the situation, driving them below market value to such a point that it costs Russia more to pump and transport oil than it does to sell it, therefore making it not worth the effort to extract.
Russia is in very bad economic shape right now. She is collapsing from within, and it is possible that in the next decade or two, she could break up into a series of warring states, the reasons of which you can read in detail in the Shoebat archives.
This virus is, from the perspective of a policy maker, a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ because it is being used to realize many things very fast, one of which is the speeding up of the US war with Russia to it natural end.
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shoebat--2020-04-20--Putin Gets Desperate, Appears To Seriously Threaten The Country Of Finland And US Aircraft In The Me

Putin Gets Desperate, Appears To Seriously Threaten The Country Of Finland And US Aircraft In The Mediterranean

Two things are very constant throughout Russian history : -When Russia feels threatened , she becomes blatantly aggressive -Russia absolutely can not lie without looking like a fool America is very good at being both “ passive aggressive ” as well as being able to lie .
Russia is a master of bluffing , but not at lying , and her ham-handed approach to conflicts , while it can be effective in certain ways , also is known to hurt her long-term because she makes enemies with her neighbors who do not easily forgive her .
It is to Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to hold herself together for a long time in spite of the US prodding her internationally .
However , it appears that the recent COVID-19 economic crisis is pushing Russia over her edge to start doing her traditional behaviors .
Two examples recently illustrate this .
The first example is when Russia attempted to intercept a US Naval Aircraft flying over the Mediterranean Sea , coming withing 25 feet of the aircraft , something which is ( in itself ) an extremely dangerous and irresponsible act no matter who does it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was ‘ safe ’ and defended her actions as US News reports .
RUSSIA ON MONDAY defended its intercept of an American spy plane over the Mediterranean near Syria that the Navy described as “ unsafe ” and “ unprofessional.
” The Navy ’ s 6th Fleet , which oversees operations in the region , released video on Sunday of a Russian air force SU-35 Flanker coming dangerously close to a Navy P-8A surveillance aircraft , the second of two intercepts during the encounter .
“ The first intercept was deemed safe and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be unsafe and unprofessional due to the SU-35 conducting high-speed , high-powered maneuver that decreased aircraft separation to within 25 feet , directly in front of the P-8A , exposing the U.S. aircraft to wake turbulence and jet exhaust , ” according to a Navy statement .
Both countries say the incident took place in international airspace .
The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday said the encounter was “ in strict accordance with the international rules for the use of airspace over international waters.
” Russian forces operating in Syria identified the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a course toward Russian bases there .
( source ) The second act is something that is being less reported on in American media , which is that Russia appears to be encouraging in state media the idea that Finland committed ‘ genocide ’ against Russians , and is saying that there ‘ is no time limit/statute of limitations ’ and seems to be wanting some form of ‘ justice ’ now , decades later , from the small northern European nation .
I ’ m not going to say that crimes did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it was the case throughout Europe .
There is no nation that did not have some crime arise in her during the Second World War , which truly was a tragedy for all .
However , there is a great irony in this coming from Russia , a nation who has never apologized for : -Attempts at ethnically cleansing Caucasus mountain peoples ( Chechens , Dagestanis , Ingushetians ) during the Stalin era -Collectivizing agriculture and the mass-execution of Ukrainian farmers which lead to the Holodomor in which ten million Ukrainian people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which fourteen million people were exiled and at least 1.7 million were worked or tortured to death in camps throughout Siberia -The destruction of the Catholic Church and the forcible persecution of her presence and people throughout Russia that continues even unto today -The massive environmental damage wreaked all throughout the USSR and her terrotiries ( including but not limited to the Kyshtym Incident of 1958 leading the the pollution of Lake Karachay , the poisoning of the water supplies at Norilsk that continues to this day , the destruction of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ecological disasters in history , the gas explosion in Turkmenistan that created a burning pit of fire that has been continually in flames at Darvaza since 1971 , the mass pollution of East Germany , and the infamous nuclear explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 ) .
-Centuries of invading and carving up Poland and Ukraine with Germany , without their consent , in the name of nationalism before invading and destroying their peoples The irony level of Russia behaving in this way would be for the US to accuse Mexico of “ encroaching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her possession of the state of Texas in the 1840s ( when it was a historical fact that Texas then legitimately belonged to the Spanish Crown ) , and to use the Alamo massacre as a pretext to invade Mexico today .
The US has told a lot of lies and there is still much information that is hidden , but the US has also been much more open about her history for the good and bad .
Russia it is not so , and not only do almost all files at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for public viewing ( unlike the CIA archives , which allows some research ) , but Russia has a history of attempting to destroy or hide her past to cover up her crimes .
What Russia is doing right now , with flying planes so close to US aircraft in the Mediterranean ( which is not even near Russia , proportionately speaking ) and making what appears to be threats against Finland is sabre-rattling because she feels threatened and is trying to “ show off ” because as I have said before , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weak and teetering on the edge of collapse .
Russia is attempting to be a global player , but this is mostly a LARP .
Her nation is large but her population is sick and dying , and she has no economy- she does not even fall on the top ten largest economies .
Brazil is by both population and economy a much stronger nation than Russia is .
Russia may want to engage in militarism , and she is trying to , but it will be very difficult for her to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
The COVID-19 induced economic crisis is showing the weakness of the world ’ s economies .
The US may be weak , but Russia is even weaker , and is already falling apart .
With gas dropping in price and nobody to sell it to , Russia is practically about to fall apart completely .
Where will this saga go ?
One can only guess .
But the US would likely not have a problem at all if Russia did something that could be used to justify a conflict , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would fight hard , any excuse to further her already deleterious conditions towards a collapse would be welcomed by military experts so to break her up and likely , all in time , to exploit her resources in Siberia , as that is where most of Russia ’ s power comes out of .
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Two things are very constant throughout Russian history:
-When Russia feels threatened, she becomes blatantly aggressive
-Russia absolutely cannot lie without looking like a fool
America is very good at being both “passive aggressive” as well as being able to lie. Russia is a master of bluffing, but not at lying, and her ham-handed approach to conflicts, while it can be effective in certain ways, also is known to hurt her long-term because she makes enemies with her neighbors who do not easily forgive her.
It is to Russia’s credit that she has been able to hold herself together for a long time in spite of the US prodding her internationally. However, it appears that the recent COVID-19 economic crisis is pushing Russia over her edge to start doing her traditional behaviors. Two examples recently illustrate this.
The first example is when Russia attempted to intercept a US Naval Aircraft flying over the Mediterranean Sea, coming withing 25 feet of the aircraft, something which is (in itself) an extremely dangerous and irresponsible act no matter who does it. Russia has responded by saying that it was ‘safe’ and defended her actions as US News reports.
RUSSIA ON MONDAY defended its intercept of an American spy plane over the Mediterranean near Syria that the Navy described as “unsafe” and “unprofessional.” The Navy’s 6th Fleet, which oversees operations in the region, released video on Sunday of a Russian air force SU-35 Flanker coming dangerously close to a Navy P-8A surveillance aircraft, the second of two intercepts during the encounter. “The first intercept was deemed safe and professional. The second intercept was determined to be unsafe and unprofessional due to the SU-35 conducting high-speed, high-powered maneuver that decreased aircraft separation to within 25 feet, directly in front of the P-8A, exposing the U.S. aircraft to wake turbulence and jet exhaust,” according to a Navy statement. Both countries say the incident took place in international airspace. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday said the encounter was “in strict accordance with the international rules for the use of airspace over international waters.” Russian forces operating in Syria identified the Navy flight and claimed it was on a course toward Russian bases there. (source)
The second act is something that is being less reported on in American media, which is that Russia appears to be encouraging in state media the idea that Finland committed ‘genocide’ against Russians, and is saying that there ‘is no time limit/statute of limitations’ and seems to be wanting some form of ‘justice’ now, decades later, from the small northern European nation.
“All this is nothing more than a manifestation of deliberate genocide against the civilian population. Moreover, it was a question of the implementation by the Finnish command of a racial policy aimed at destroying precisely the Russians.” The non-national ”population in droves, sent entire families, including young children, to labor camps, which for many turned out to be death camps. This is eloquently confirmed by personal data contained in archival documents, “the Dean of the Faculty of Archival History and Archival Studies explains to RIA Novosti. Institute of Russian State Humanitarian University , Candidate of Historical Sciences, expert of the project “Without a Statute of Limitations” Elena Malysheva. (source)
I’m not going to say that crimes did not happen. They clearly did, as it was the case throughout Europe. There is no nation that did not have some crime arise in her during the Second World War, which truly was a tragedy for all.
However, there is a great irony in this coming from Russia, a nation who has never apologized for:
-Attempts at ethnically cleansing Caucasus mountain peoples (Chechens, Dagestanis, Ingushetians) during the Stalin era
-Collectivizing agriculture and the mass-execution of Ukrainian farmers which lead to the Holodomor in which ten million Ukrainian people died of starvation
-Creating the GULAG system in which fourteen million people were exiled and at least 1.7 million were worked or tortured to death in camps throughout Siberia
-The destruction of the Catholic Church and the forcible persecution of her presence and people throughout Russia that continues even unto today
-The massive environmental damage wreaked all throughout the USSR and her terrotiries (including but not limited to the Kyshtym Incident of 1958 leading the the pollution of Lake Karachay, the poisoning of the water supplies at Norilsk that continues to this day, the destruction of the Aral Sea in one of the worst ecological disasters in history, the gas explosion in Turkmenistan that created a burning pit of fire that has been continually in flames at Darvaza since 1971, the mass pollution of East Germany, and the infamous nuclear explosion at Chernobyl in 1986).
-Centuries of invading and carving up Poland and Ukraine with Germany, without their consent, in the name of nationalism before invading and destroying their peoples
The irony level of Russia behaving in this way would be for the US to accuse Mexico of “encroaching on her sovereign territory” based on her possession of the state of Texas in the 1840s (when it was a historical fact that Texas then legitimately belonged to the Spanish Crown), and to use the Alamo massacre as a pretext to invade Mexico today.
The US has told a lot of lies and there is still much information that is hidden, but the US has also been much more open about her history for the good and bad. Russia it is not so, and not only do almost all files at the Lubyanka (the KGB) remain closed for public viewing (unlike the CIA archives, which allows some research), but Russia has a history of attempting to destroy or hide her past to cover up her crimes.
What Russia is doing right now, with flying planes so close to US aircraft in the Mediterranean (which is not even near Russia, proportionately speaking) and making what appears to be threats against Finland is sabre-rattling because she feels threatened and is trying to “show off” because as I have said before, the truth is the Russia is extremely weak and teetering on the edge of collapse.
Russia is attempting to be a global player, but this is mostly a LARP. Her nation is large but her population is sick and dying, and she has no economy- she does not even fall on the top ten largest economies. Brazil is by both population and economy a much stronger nation than Russia is. Russia may want to engage in militarism, and she is trying to, but it will be very difficult for her to do this and be able to maintain her country.
The COVID-19 induced economic crisis is showing the weakness of the world’s economies. The US may be weak, but Russia is even weaker, and is already falling apart. With gas dropping in price and nobody to sell it to, Russia is practically about to fall apart completely.
Where will this saga go? One can only guess. But the US would likely not have a problem at all if Russia did something that could be used to justify a conflict, for Russia is so weak that while she would fight hard, any excuse to further her already deleterious conditions towards a collapse would be welcomed by military experts so to break her up and likely, all in time, to exploit her resources in Siberia, as that is where most of Russia’s power comes out of.
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shoebat--2020-04-20--Two-Thousand-A-Month And A Year Of Cancelled Rent Or Mortgage Payments

Most people would jump at the opportunity to get two-thousand dollars a month plus a year of rent and mortgage payments free .
However , this may become a reality , as Forbes Magazine reports the Democrat plan for more social welfare benefits continues to get richer .
Representatives Ro Khanna ( D-CA ) and Tim Ryan ( D-OH ) introduced the Emergency Money for the People Act .
This Act , if passed , would provide additional cash payments to Americans who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Emergency Money for the People Act would provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ qualifying American over the age of 16 for up to 12 months .
Representative Ilhan Omar ( D-MN ) introduced the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act .
This Act , if approved , would call for a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic , or up to one year .
( source ) I have explained before in the Shoebat archives this would not actually work .
In fact , it would lead to a complete devaluation of the currency and the destruction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help to bring about the conditions for hyperinflation by printing money to the point of worthlessness .
However , this is not how most people think about money .
Rather , they think that it is ‘ stuff ’ that makes a man wealthy without considering how this is realized , which is that money is a means of communicating value and that while it can store value , it is not necessarily a store unto itself .
People can print as much money as they want- it does not meant that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillion dollar bills , but they were only enough to buy a loaf or two of bread .
Value comes from things that are intrinsic , and while fiat currency has a place , if its value can not be relied upon because the social contract that supported it has broken , it is as worthless as the paper it is printed on .
The US dollar has been dying for a long time , being manipulated to support unnatural gains for the benefit of a few at the loss of the many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good , the only thing it will do is to expedite the already declining dollar to its inevitable end , and while this is not good overall , it is also not good to allow for the currency to keep being manipulated in a deflationary depression that is manipulating prices and preventing a real economic recovery from taking place .
There is no good answer .
At this point , what matters most is the long-term help to the American people , who knowingly or not have suffered and continue to be abused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose end is long overdue .
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Most people would jump at the opportunity to get two-thousand dollars a month plus a year of rent and mortgage payments free. However, this may become a reality, as Forbes Magazine reports the Democrat plan for more social welfare benefits continues to get richer.
Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) introduced the Emergency Money for the People Act. This Act, if passed, would provide additional cash payments to Americans who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Money for the People Act would provide a $2,000 monthly payment to every qualifying American over the age of 16 for up to 12 months. … Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act. This Act, if approved, would call for a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, or up to one year. (source)
I have explained before in the Shoebat archives this would not actually work. In fact, it would lead to a complete devaluation of the currency and the destruction of the value of labor. It would help to bring about the conditions for hyperinflation by printing money to the point of worthlessness.
However, this is not how most people think about money. Rather, they think that it is ‘stuff’ that makes a man wealthy without considering how this is realized, which is that money is a means of communicating value and that while it can store value, it is not necessarily a store unto itself.
People can print as much money as they want- it does not meant that it will have value. Zimbabwe printed hundred trillion dollar bills, but they were only enough to buy a loaf or two of bread.
Value comes from things that are intrinsic, and while fiat currency has a place, if its value cannot be relied upon because the social contract that supported it has broken, it is as worthless as the paper it is printed on.
The US dollar has been dying for a long time, being manipulated to support unnatural gains for the benefit of a few at the loss of the many. While this plan overall is not good, the only thing it will do is to expedite the already declining dollar to its inevitable end, and while this is not good overall, it is also not good to allow for the currency to keep being manipulated in a deflationary depression that is manipulating prices and preventing a real economic recovery from taking place.
There is no good answer. At this point, what matters most is the long-term help to the American people, who knowingly or not have suffered and continue to be abused under the yoke of horrendous monetary policies whose end is long overdue.
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