shoebat--2020-03-18--How The Trump Administration Hindered The Creation Of Efficient Testing For Covid-19

In January of 2020 , officials in the Chinese government revealed that the reason why there was a boom in cases of pneumonia in Wuhan was because of a novel coronavirus , now known as sars-CoV-2 .
On January 10th , a team of Chinese scientists uploaded a copy of the virus ’ s genome to an online collection of documents for virologists around the world to observe in order to develop tests to find out who is infected with the disease .
On January 21st , a German scientist named Christian Drosten ( who was amongst the scientists to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , put out a paper giving the details on a protocol for testing for sars-CoV-2 .
This protocol would provide the foundation for the test given early on by the World Health Organization .
Also on January 21st , Nancy Messonnier , the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases , announced that the CDC had completed the creation of its own test which would be used to discover the US ’ first case of covid-19 on February 5th , 2020 .
The day before this , February 4th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health and Human Services , declared a public-health emergency .
This triggered a policy of regulation in which the FDA would have full authorization to the CDC and that any lab that wanted to create its own tests for the new coronavirus would first have to get something called an Emergency Use Authorization ( EUA ) from the FDA .
The purpose of this , according to Joshua Sharfstein , a former principal deputy commissioner of the F.D.A.
, was to prevent confusion .
In his words : “ You certainly wouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lab can advertise a coronavirus test.
’ Because then it ’ s going to be chaos .
There are a lot of people who will sell things that may or may not work.
” Sharfstein signed the first EUA during the H1N1-flue epidemic in 2009 .
He recounted in an interview with the New Yorker how : But , Keith Jerome , the director of the University of Washington Virology Lab in Seattle , has a different perspective on the regulation policy triggered by Azar : it hindered the making of an efficient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the testing of patience .
It also slowed things down by requiring that researchers mail a physical copy detailing their work directly to the FDA : “ Here we are in this sars-CoV-2 crisis , and you have to send them something through the United States Postal Service .
It ’ s just shocking.
” Because of this hinderance , the FDA has since dropped the requirement of sending a CD-rom or USB drive with a copy of the application .
The F.D.A.
’ s exclusive authorization to the C.D.C .
to conduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the words of Jerome , “ what you ’ d think of as an agriculture monoculture .
If something went wrong , it was going to shut everything down , and that ’ s what happened.
” The Seattle lab began testing 300 people for coronavirus , and found two people who tested positive .
“ We didn ’ t find anything on those three hundred until , I believe it was , February 29th , ” said Jerome .
“ And then we got a specimen from one of the people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” But the EUA regulation triggered by Azar did something shocking , as was reported by the New Yorker : Labs like Jerome were trying to create an efficient test in a time when the CDC did not have one for the coronavirus .
The first case of coronavirus was discovered on February 5th , 2020 .
The man was a Seattle resident who had visited Wuhan , China , to see relatives .
After his diagnosis , the Center for Disease Control started testing people for coronavirus .
Out of 500 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
The CDC in Atlanta started sending diagnostic tests to a network of about a hundred public health laboratories in various cities and counties , so that people could be tested without having to get screened by the CDC .
Testing kits then arrived on February 7th at more than fifty state and local public health labs .
These testing kits were made to screen fifty thousand patients .
But there was a problem , in order for a state or local laboratory to actually run the CDC tests , they needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same way that they did in Atlanta .
Only about six to eight labs that received the testing kits reported that they had worked the way they were suppose to .
But about thirty-six labs , including in New York City and New York State , reported problems with two kits .
On February 8th , the CDC received several reports from labs on problems with the testing kits .
Messonnier stated : “ we hoped that everything would go smoothly as we rushed through this , ” and said that verification problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Until a consistent testing system was established , all coronavirus testing needed to be done at CDCs .
This caused a three week delay in distributing a viable testing kit .
What made the situation unstable was the fact that the CDC was , in the words of Robert P. Baird , “ never intended to provide widespread testing in the event of a pandemic.
” There was no point in conducting the procedures that are to be done during the early stages of an outbreak — contact tracing , isolation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means of testing .
The hurdle and delay that was caused by the CDC made it impossible to get a clear picture as to how fast the virus was spreading .
In fact , this is what allowed COVID-19 to spread undetected for several weeks in Seattle which became a hotspot for coronavirus in the country .
Alberto Gutierrez , the former head of the F.D.A .
Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health , said : “ The problem was that containment was not done very well .
At this point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth , and we need to figure out how to meet an exponential demand.
” The COVID-19 tests use a highly sensitive chemical system that reacts very quickly to contamination .
Consistency for the reagent is thus requisite for a viable test .
In the words of Baird : During the weeks long void made by the CDC , laboratories like the one in Seattle were trying to come up with a test were hindered by EUA regulation triggered by Azar .
The hindering of the creation of tests was also seen by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Association of Public Health Laboratories ( APHL ) , a nonprofit organization that represents and coördinates a hundred and fifty state , county , and city public-health laboratories .
When the CDC were dealing with the problems of their testing kits , the CDC told labs to not do any tests until new kits could be made .
But , the CDC also refused to specify when those kits would be ready .
“ You ’ re just thinking , any day it ’ s going to show up , ” Becker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enormous pressure to begin testing any way we could .
… Not only pressure , but responsibility.
” On February 26th , The FDA told Becker that they were willing to consider an E.U.A .
that would allow all of the labs in the APHL ’ s network to begin testing .
This was after Becker and the APHL ’ s president , Grace Kubin , sent a letter on February 24th to the FDA requesting that with “ the gravity of the current COVID-19 situation across the globe , ” that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s member laboratories to “ create and implement a laboratory developed test ( LDT ) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 ( COVID-19 ) .
” The letter went on : “ While we appreciate the many efforts underway at CDC .
.
.
we are now many weeks into the response with still no diagnostic or surveillance tests available outside of CDC for the vast majority of our member laboratories.
” The FDA told the APHL that they were considering to “ streamline the process to facilitate the protocol that you propose.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wadsworth Center , the state public-health laboratory , had created its own working covid-19 test based on the C.D.C .
protocol , filed an E.U.A .
application on Friday , February 28th .
The next day , the F.D.A .
approved the test for use by both New York City and State .
As the New Yorker reports : “ A week and a half later , at the request of New York State , the F.D.A .
expanded the E.U.A .
to allow the Wadsworth Center to do its own authorizations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test.
” On February 29th , the same day that the F.D.A .
permitted New York tests , the agency also put out a new policy that gave permission to any facility that had been certified to deal with so-called high-complexity testing to conduct its own covid-19 tests .
According to Becker , about five thousand virology labs in the country , including the one at the University of Washington , met the standard .
Back in Seattle , Keith Jerome and his team at the Virology Lab in the University of Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since February 4th , conduct clinical covid-19 tests .
“ That changed everything , ” Jerome said .
“ We didn ’ t have to wait to get the forms in and then wait for the response.
” On March 13th of 2020 , Trump gave a Rose Garden press conference where he announced that commercial firms were finally ready to commence testing for covid-19 .
When Trump was asked by a reporter if he felt any responsibility for the delay in producing proper testing , the president replied : Trump was also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 , an Obama era National Security Council directorate made for pandemic and bioterrorism planning , established after the Ebola epidemic four years earlier .
“ I just think it ’ s a nasty question , ” the President replied .
“ I don ’ t know anything about it.
” On the same day Trump took to Twitter to bash the CDC and blame Obama : Alberto Gutierrez , the former F.D.A .
official , replied to the president : “ That ’ s not fair … If a general who ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t take responsibility because the army that was built for me was an army for a different area ’ ?
No .
It is part of the obligation of the government to figure out what is needed , and what ’ s changing , and how to change to meet those demands.
” What we do know is the CDC delayed the creation of an adequate testing system for three week , and that the EUA regulations triggered by Azar prohibited virologists from reporting the results to the doctors who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

By Theodore Shoebat
In January of 2020, officials in the Chinese government revealed that the reason why there was a boom in cases of pneumonia in Wuhan was because of a novel coronavirus, now known as sars-CoV-2. On January 10th, a team of Chinese scientists uploaded a copy of the virus’s genome to an online collection of documents for virologists around the world to observe in order to develop tests to find out who is infected with the disease. On January 21st, a German scientist named Christian Drosten (who was amongst the scientists to have discovered the sars virus in 2003), put out a paper giving the details on a protocol for testing for sars-CoV-2. This protocol would provide the foundation for the test given early on by the World Health Organization. Also on January 21st, Nancy Messonnier, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, announced that the CDC had completed the creation of its own test which would be used to discover the US’ first case of covid-19 on February 5th, 2020.
The day before this, February 4th, Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, declared a public-health emergency. This triggered a policy of regulation in which the FDA would have full authorization to the CDC and that any lab that wanted to create its own tests for the new coronavirus would first have to get something called an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA. The purpose of this, according to Joshua Sharfstein, a former principal deputy commissioner of the F.D.A., was to prevent confusion. In his words: “You certainly wouldn’t want to say, ‘Any lab can advertise a coronavirus test.’ Because then it’s going to be chaos. There are a lot of people who will sell things that may or may not work.” Sharfstein signed the first EUA during the H1N1-flue epidemic in 2009. He recounted in an interview with the New Yorker how:
“I met with the lawyers to explain to me the E.U.A. process, and they basically said, ‘It’s whatever we think it is. We can make it up to fit the time.’ If you tell me I’ve got twelve hours, I could get some very smart people on the phone to do our best to figure out something that’s going to work. The E.U.A. process is supremely flexible.”
But, Keith Jerome, the director of the University of Washington Virology Lab in Seattle, has a different perspective on the regulation policy triggered by Azar: it hindered the making of an efficient testing system by prohibiting the reporting on the testing of patience. It also slowed things down by requiring that researchers mail a physical copy detailing their work directly to the FDA: “Here we are in this sars-CoV-2 crisis, and you have to send them something through the United States Postal Service. It’s just shocking.” Because of this hinderance, the FDA has since dropped the requirement of sending a CD-rom or USB drive with a copy of the application. The F.D.A.’s exclusive authorization to the C.D.C. to conduct covid-19 tests ended up starting, in the words of Jerome, “what you’d think of as an agriculture monoculture. If something went wrong, it was going to shut everything down, and that’s what happened.”
The Seattle lab began testing 300 people for coronavirus, and found two people who tested positive. “We didn’t find anything on those three hundred until, I believe it was, February 29th,” said Jerome. “And then we got a specimen from one of the people who were the two original cases in Washington.” But the EUA regulation triggered by Azar did something shocking, as was reported by the New Yorker:
The E.U.A. regulations, however, prohibited the lab from reporting the results to the doctors who had ordered the tests for their patients. To work around the prohibition, Jerome’s lab called officials at the state lab and told them, “You’ve got to get this patient and test.” (As it happened, the patient’s specimen was already being studied for covid-19.) In effect, Jerome said, the lab was able to perform at least some surveillance of the outbreak, despite the lack of tests from the C.D.C. “If we’d been able to test a thousand people or two thousand people, maybe we would have found something sooner,” he told me. “But it does show that it wasn’t like everyone had it through those last two weeks of February.”
Labs like Jerome were trying to create an efficient test in a time when the CDC did not have one for the coronavirus. The first case of coronavirus was discovered on February 5th, 2020. The man was a Seattle resident who had visited Wuhan, China, to see relatives. After his diagnosis, the Center for Disease Control started testing people for coronavirus. Out of 500 people tested at various CDCs in Atlanta,12 had coronavirus. The CDC in Atlanta started sending diagnostic tests to a network of about a hundred public health laboratories in various cities and counties, so that people could be tested without having to get screened by the CDC.
Testing kits then arrived on February 7th at more than fifty state and local public health labs. These testing kits were made to screen fifty thousand patients. But there was a problem, in order for a state or local laboratory to actually run the CDC tests, they needed to verify that they would work the same way that they did in Atlanta. Only about six to eight labs that received the testing kits reported that they had worked the way they were suppose to. But about thirty-six labs, including in New York City and New York State, reported problems with two kits. On February 8th, the CDC received several reports from labs on problems with the testing kits.
Messonnier stated: “we hoped that everything would go smoothly as we rushed through this,” and said that verification problems were “part of the normal procedures.” Until a consistent testing system was established, all coronavirus testing needed to be done at CDCs. This caused a three week delay in distributing a viable testing kit.
What made the situation unstable was the fact that the CDC was, in the words of Robert P. Baird, “never intended to provide widespread testing in the event of a pandemic.” There was no point in conducting the procedures that are to be done during the early stages of an outbreak — contact tracing, isolation, and individual quarantines — without an efficient means of testing. The hurdle and delay that was caused by the CDC made it impossible to get a clear picture as to how fast the virus was spreading. In fact, this is what allowed COVID-19 to spread undetected for several weeks in Seattle which became a hotspot for coronavirus in the country. Alberto Gutierrez, the former head of the F.D.A. Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, said: “The problem was that containment was not done very well. At this point, we’re looking at exponential growth, and we need to figure out how to meet an exponential demand.” The COVID-19 tests use a highly sensitive chemical system that reacts very quickly to contamination. Consistency for the reagent is thus requisite for a viable test. In the words of Baird:
“The covid-19 tests use polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, a technology for whose invention the biochemist Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize, in 1993. PCR is highly sensitive to contamination and other faults, which is why the verification step is necessary to insure accurate results. And yet while the reagent problems were, in their way, a fairly ordinary technical hiccup—Messonnier, at the C.D.C., was not spinning the situation—the cascading effects that they’ve had on the country’s covid-19 preparations suggest a much larger problem with the way the United States has structured its pandemic response.”
During the weeks long void made by the CDC, laboratories like the one in Seattle were trying to come up with a test were hindered by EUA regulation triggered by Azar.
The hindering of the creation of tests was also seen by Scott Becker, the C.E.O. of the Association of Public Health Laboratories ( APHL), a nonprofit organization that represents and coördinates a hundred and fifty state, county, and city public-health laboratories.
When the CDC were dealing with the problems of their testing kits, the CDC told labs to not do any tests until new kits could be made. But, the CDC also refused to specify when those kits would be ready. “You’re just thinking, any day it’s going to show up,” Becker said. “We really felt this enormous pressure to begin testing any way we could. … Not only pressure, but responsibility.”
On February 26th, The FDA told Becker that they were willing to consider an E.U.A. that would allow all of the labs in the APHL’s network to begin testing. This was after Becker and the APHL’s president, Grace Kubin, sent a letter on February 24th to the FDA requesting that with “the gravity of the current COVID-19 situation across the globe,” that the F.D.A. commissioner allow the A.P.H.L.’s member laboratories to “create and implement a laboratory developed test (LDT) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).” The letter went on: “While we appreciate the many efforts underway at CDC . . . we are now many weeks into the response with still no diagnostic or surveillance tests available outside of CDC for the vast majority of our member laboratories.” The FDA told the APHL that they were considering to “streamline the process to facilitate the protocol that you propose.”
The state of New York, where the Wadsworth Center, the state public-health laboratory, had created its own working covid-19 test based on the C.D.C. protocol, filed an E.U.A. application on Friday, February 28th. The next day, the F.D.A. approved the test for use by both New York City and State. As the New Yorker reports: “A week and a half later, at the request of New York State, the F.D.A. expanded the E.U.A. to allow the Wadsworth Center to do its own authorizations of laboratories that sought to use its test.”
On February 29th, the same day that the F.D.A. permitted New York tests, the agency also put out a new policy that gave permission to any facility that had been certified to deal with so-called high-complexity testing to conduct its own covid-19 tests. According to Becker, about five thousand virology labs in the country, including the one at the University of Washington, met the standard. Back in Seattle, Keith Jerome and his team at the Virology Lab in the University of Washington, could now for the first time since February 4th, conduct clinical covid-19 tests. “That changed everything,” Jerome said. “We didn’t have to wait to get the forms in and then wait for the response.”
On March 13th of 2020, Trump gave a Rose Garden press conference where he announced that commercial firms were finally ready to commence testing for covid-19. When Trump was asked by a reporter if he felt any responsibility for the delay in producing proper testing, the president replied:
“Yeah, no, I don’t take responsibility at all … We were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time. It wasn’t meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that we’re talking about.”
Trump was also asked about his administration dismantling, in 2018, an Obama era National Security Council directorate made for pandemic and bioterrorism planning, established after the Ebola epidemic four years earlier. “I just think it’s a nasty question,” the President replied. “I don’t know anything about it.”
On the same day Trump took to Twitter to bash the CDC and blame Obama:
“For decades the @CDCgov looked at, and studied its testing system, but did nothing about it. It would always be inadequate and slow for a large scale pandemic, but a pandemic would never happen, they hoped. President Obama made changes that only complicated things further.”
Alberto Gutierrez, the former F.D.A. official, replied to the president: “That’s not fair … If a general who’s lost a war says, ‘I don’t take responsibility because the army that was built for me was an army for a different area’? No. It is part of the obligation of the government to figure out what is needed, and what’s changing, and how to change to meet those demands.”
What we do know is the CDC delayed the creation of an adequate testing system for three week, and that the EUA regulations triggered by Azar prohibited virologists from reporting the results to the doctors who had ordered the tests for their patients.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--Supermarkets Begin Adding Item Caps On Purchases

With the rash of buying that has taken place , some stories are putting caps on how many items one can purchase at once , especially those pertaining to groceries or cleaning supplies according to Zero Hedge .
Aldi CEO Jason Hart announced over the weekend that limits would be placed on certain products across the US .
Hart said stores would see a reduction of operating hours “ to accommodate restocking and cleaning.
” Costco has placed two purchase limits on toilet paper , reported AdAge .
We ’ ve noted this on several occasions as social media users @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Target announced last week that certain products would be limited per person though the limit could vary depending on the store .
Walgreens recently said that purchase limits had been enforced at all stores on certain products to “ improve inventory and to help ensure products can be more widely available.
” ( source ) If you are able to , it would probably be a good idea to keep buying grocery supplies because one can not be assured when one will be able to get supplies in the future .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pain in the coming year , and food security is very important .
If you have not stocked up , it would probably be good to stock up .
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With the rash of buying that has taken place, some stories are putting caps on how many items one can purchase at once, especially those pertaining to groceries or cleaning supplies according to Zero Hedge.
Aldi CEO Jason Hart announced over the weekend that limits would be placed on certain products across the US. Hart said stores would see a reduction of operating hours “to accommodate restocking and cleaning.” Costco has placed two purchase limits on toilet paper, reported AdAge. We’ve noted this on several occasions as social media users have posted pictures of the limitations. Target announced last week that certain products would be limited per person though the limit could vary depending on the store. Walgreens recently said that purchase limits had been enforced at all stores on certain products to “improve inventory and to help ensure products can be more widely available.” (source)
If you are able to, it would probably be a good idea to keep buying grocery supplies because one cannot be assured when one will be able to get supplies in the future.
There is going to be a lot of economic pain in the coming year, and food security is very important.
If you have not stocked up, it would probably be good to stock up.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--Merkel Declares That Coronavirus Is The “Greatest Challenge” Since World War II

According to TheHill.com , Merkel has called the COVID-19 Coronavirus the “ greatest challenge ” since World War II .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said that the coronavirus posed the greatest threat to the nation since the end of World War II in a video statement Wednesday .
“ I truly believe that we will succeed in the task before us , so long as all the citizens of this country understand that it is also their task , ” Merkel said , according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle .
“ So let me say this : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seriously .
Since German unification , indeed since the Second World War , there has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action.
” “ Millions of you can not work , can not take your children to schools or kindergartens .
Theaters , cinemas and stores are closed .
And perhaps most difficult of all — we can not have the contacts to one another that we otherwise take for granted , ” she added .
“ It ’ s natural that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us has many questions and concerns about how things will continue.
” ( source ) This is not good , and not Merkel ’ s claims , but the fact that she is invoking the Second World War .
Shoebat.com has been warning that Germany is going to rise again , and that as Bernard Connolly said in 2009 , world crises would be used to justify a return of global European power .
This virus is the perfect cover for all of this , for while not to say that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowing for governments to act with unchecked power to do what they want .
The challenge is not the virus- it is what people are doing in the name of or due to the virus as a justification that makes it so dangerous .
If Trump will seriously talk of printing money in never-before-seen quantities , one can only imagine what Germany has planned , given her long and violent history .
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According to TheHill.com, Merkel has called the COVID-19 Coronavirus the “greatest challenge” since World War II.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said that the coronavirus posed the greatest threat to the nation since the end of World War II in a video statement Wednesday. “I truly believe that we will succeed in the task before us, so long as all the citizens of this country understand that it is also their task,” Merkel said, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. “So let me say this: The situation is serious. Please take it seriously. Since German unification, indeed since the Second World War, there has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action.” “Millions of you cannot work, cannot take your children to schools or kindergartens. Theaters, cinemas and stores are closed. And perhaps most difficult of all — we cannot have the contacts to one another that we otherwise take for granted,” she added. “It’s natural that in a situation such as this, all of us has many questions and concerns about how things will continue.” (source)
This is not good, and not Merkel’s claims, but the fact that she is invoking the Second World War.
Shoebat.com has been warning that Germany is going to rise again, and that as Bernard Connolly said in 2009, world crises would be used to justify a return of global European power.
This virus is the perfect cover for all of this, for while not to say that it is not a threat, it is allowing for governments to act with unchecked power to do what they want.
The challenge is not the virus- it is what people are doing in the name of or due to the virus as a justification that makes it so dangerous.
If Trump will seriously talk of printing money in never-before-seen quantities, one can only imagine what Germany has planned, given her long and violent history.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--Move Over “Obama Phone”, It’s Now The “Trump Stack” As Trump Raises The Stakes From $1000 To $2000 P

Move Over “Obama Phone”, It’s Now The “Trump Stack” As Trump Raises The Stakes From $1000 To $2000 Per American

Forget about Andrew Yang ’ s “ $ 1000 ” for Americans , or those “ Obama phones ” that people complained about .
It ’ s now the dawning of the “ Trump Stack ” as Trump is proposing now $ 2000 per American due to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic as reported from TheHour.com by way of the Washington Post .
White House officials are working with congressional Republicans on an emergency stimulus package that could send two $ 1,000 checks to many Americans and also devote $ 300 billion towards helping small businesses avoid mass layoffs , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ final decisions have been made and talks with Republican leaders remain fluid , but the growing scale of the $ 1 trillion rescue plan is coming into sharper focus .
The White House will still need backing from Democrats before any plan can be pushed into law , but many Democrats have said they would support sending cash payments to Americans who are struggling to pay bills because of the virus ’ s economic impact .
Still , multiple levels of negotiations remain .
( source ) If this happens- and it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive money printing , perhaps the largest in history .
Forget about “ Obama ” and socialism , Trump ’ s actions would result in his biggest bankruptcy yet- the bankruptcy of a whole nation , because money printing results in devaluation of a currency , and the more money printed , the less valuable it becomes .
The thing is , all of this talking about money printing is putting Trump into a corner .
If he doesn ’ t give the checks , he could lose the election because people will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done .
They will only say “ Where is my check [ insert string of expletives here ] ?
” .
The average voter does not care or understand economics .
They want instant relief , even if he does not understand that it may hurt him .
If the average man is promised money , he wants it .
He will not forget if he was told he would get “ free money ” and then it is denied him .
I ’ m not saying this is good or bad .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality that is common to all cultures and men across time and history , and the results are the same .
I said that Trump could still win based on his current position .
That has now changed because the fundamentals themselves have changed as we speak .
I say that if he does not print the money , he may lose the election .
That is how serious this is .
And we are witnesses to it .
What amazing time to be alive .
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Forget about Andrew Yang’s “$1000” for Americans, or those “Obama phones” that people complained about. It’s now the dawning of the “Trump Stack” as Trump is proposing now $2000 per American due to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic as reported from TheHour.com by way of the Washington Post.
White House officials are working with congressional Republicans on an emergency stimulus package that could send two $1,000 checks to many Americans and also devote $300 billion towards helping small businesses avoid mass layoffs, according to two senior administration officials. No final decisions have been made and talks with Republican leaders remain fluid, but the growing scale of the $1 trillion rescue plan is coming into sharper focus. The White House will still need backing from Democrats before any plan can be pushed into law, but many Democrats have said they would support sending cash payments to Americans who are struggling to pay bills because of the virus’s economic impact. Still, multiple levels of negotiations remain. (source)
If this happens- and it is not confirmed yet -it would be a massive money printing, perhaps the largest in history.
Forget about Zimbabwe.
Forget about “Obama” and socialism, Trump’s actions would result in his biggest bankruptcy yet- the bankruptcy of a whole nation, because money printing results in devaluation of a currency, and the more money printed, the less valuable it becomes.
The thing is, all of this talking about money printing is putting Trump into a corner.
If he doesn’t give the checks, he could lose the election because people will not care about the good he has done. They will only say “Where is my check [insert string of expletives here]?”.
The average voter does not care or understand economics. They want instant relief, even if he does not understand that it may hurt him.
If the average man is promised money, he wants it.
He will not forget if he was told he would get “free money” and then it is denied him.
I’m not saying this is good or bad. I’m saying it is a reality that is common to all cultures and men across time and history, and the results are the same.
I said that Trump could still win based on his current position. That has now changed because the fundamentals themselves have changed as we speak.
I say that if he does not print the money, he may lose the election. That is how serious this is.
And we are witnesses to it.
What amazing time to be alive.
.
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shoebat--2020-03-18--McDonalds Orders Restaurants To Stop Locking Doors Even With People Stealing Toilet Paper

Whether it is attacking people over Chicken McNuggets , fries , burgers , or something wrong that is wholly unclear , McDonalds often demonstrates highly degenerate American behavior by way of her clientele for the world to see .
According to Business Insider , McDonalds corporate has been ordering restaurants to unlock bathroom doors in spite of the fact that clientele are stealing toilet paper rolls from the stalls because of the American desire to hoard the product .
McDonald ’ s leadership warned franchisees against closing bathrooms due to toilet paper theft amid the coronavirus outbreak .
In an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Monday , McDonald ’ s chief supply chain officer Marion Gross said that some McDonald ’ s locations had locked their bathrooms after people were stealing toilet paper .
On the call , a recording of which was obtained by Business Insider , Gross reminded franchisees that most restaurants are required to keep their bathroom open by law .
Further , she said , McDonald ’ s has sufficient supplies of toilet paper .
Stores have been facing toilet paper shortages amid the coronavirus outbreak .
Retailers such as Walmart have started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toilet paper that can be purchased at some physical locations .
While McDonald ’ s is not limiting customers ’ access to toilet paper , the fast-food giant is controlling the allocation of antibacterial hand soap , hand sanitizer and dispensers , and other cleaning products , Gross said on Monday .
( source ) Toilet paper is the wrong thing to buy up right now .
Think food , or tools .
Simple things like aluminum foil , duct tape , vaseline , and peroxide are good things too .
People have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toilet paper for thousands of years .
Running out of Charmin , Quilted Northern , or the generic store brand paper is not an emergency .
But food and medicine or major repairs is .
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Whether it is attacking people over Chicken McNuggets, fries, burgers, or something wrong that is wholly unclear, McDonalds often demonstrates highly degenerate American behavior by way of her clientele for the world to see. According to Business Insider, McDonalds corporate has been ordering restaurants to unlock bathroom doors in spite of the fact that clientele are stealing toilet paper rolls from the stalls because of the American desire to hoard the product.
McDonald’s leadership warned franchisees against closing bathrooms due to toilet paper theft amid the coronavirus outbreak. In an internal US systemwide call regarding the coronavirus on Monday, McDonald’s chief supply chain officer Marion Gross said that some McDonald’s locations had locked their bathrooms after people were stealing toilet paper. On the call, a recording of which was obtained by Business Insider, Gross reminded franchisees that most restaurants are required to keep their bathroom open by law. Further, she said, McDonald’s has sufficient supplies of toilet paper. Stores have been facing toilet paper shortages amid the coronavirus outbreak. Retailers such as Walmart have started limiting the number of high-demand items like toilet paper that can be purchased at some physical locations. While McDonald’s is not limiting customers’ access to toilet paper, the fast-food giant is controlling the allocation of antibacterial hand soap, hand sanitizer and dispensers, and other cleaning products, Gross said on Monday. (source)
Toilet paper is the wrong thing to buy up right now.
Think food, or tools. Simple things like aluminum foil, duct tape, vaseline, and peroxide are good things too.
People have wiped their bottoms with things other than toilet paper for thousands of years.
Running out of Charmin, Quilted Northern, or the generic store brand paper is not an emergency.
But food and medicine or major repairs is.
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shoebat--2020-03-19--Kenya Economy Grinds To A Halt Due To COVID-19

Economies around the world are being seriously affected by the spread of COVID-19 .
The east African nation of Kenya @ @ @ @ @ , as market closures have seriously impacted her agricultural sector , which she relies on @ @ @ @ @ Business Daily .
The coronavirus outbreak has brought Kenya ’ s horticulture sector to a @ @ @ @ @ orders , subjecting one of the country ’ s major sources of foreign earners to @ @ @ @ @ of Horticulture says flower exports are the worst hit , with almost 100 percent of @ @ @ @ @ .
Benjamin Tito , the head of the directorate , termed the situation severe , @ @ @ @ @ Naivasha have had to shut their operations .
“ Flower have been negatively impacted with @ @ @ @ @ that had been placed having been cancelled so far , ” said Mr Tito .
@ @ @ @ @ by the closure of the world ’ s largest flower auction in Amsterdam and suspension @ @ @ @ @ Kenya ’ s produce can not access the world market .
( source )

Economies around the world are being seriously affected by the spread of COVID-19. The east African nation of Kenya is one of those suffering, as market closures have seriously impacted her agricultural sector, which she relies on for her economy according to Business Daily.
The coronavirus outbreak has brought Kenya’s horticulture sector to a standstill following cancellation of overseas orders, subjecting one of the country’s major sources of foreign earners to huge losses.
The Directorate of Horticulture says flower exports are the worst hit, with almost 100 percent of the orders having been cancelled.
Benjamin Tito, the head of the directorate, termed the situation severe, saying some flower farms in Naivasha have had to shut their operations.
“Flower have been negatively impacted with nearly all of the orders that had been placed having been cancelled so far,” said Mr Tito.
The situation has been worsened by the closure of the world’s largest flower auction in Amsterdam and suspension of flights, meaning that Kenya’s produce cannot access the world market. (source)


shoebat--2020-03-19--Ten Thousand Sodomites Potentially Exposed To COVID-19 Coronavirus At Massive Pride Party

A sodomite pride parade ended in a flaming disaster after it was discovered that ten thousand people may have been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus at it .
The Winter Party Festival , an annual , weeklong LGBTQ event held in Miami , drew thousands from across the country when it kicked off earlier this month .
But though it ended March 10 , in the week following the event several attendees have tested positive for the coronavirus , according to festival organizers .
“ We know there are many places people could have been exposed before and after Winter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but we wanted to make this information public as soon as possible , ” Rea Carey , executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force , which organized the festival , said in a statement Monday .
“ The health and safety of anyone who participates in any Task Force event is of great importance to us.
” The festival , which began March 4 and drew 10,000 attendees throughout the week , predates the current wave of event cancellations that have swept through the nation and ranged from sporting leagues to tech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasized that event organizers “ made the most informed decision at the time , following all official guidance available at the time.
” ( source ) What is supposed to be said about this ?
The warning have been around for years .
Masturbating into another man ’ s anus is morally wrong and medically unhealthy .
Those who criticized this have been called “ bigots ” , “ racists ” , and have been socially ostracized .
Now thousands of medically-weakened ( generally speaking based on statistics ) people have been exposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more seriously affect those with pre-existing conditions .
Were there not people to warn about this ?
Or were they just dismissed ?
Remember in the Bible that the citizens of the cities on the plains knew their evils , yet did not care , and continued in them and even tried to rape the angels who came to see Lot and his family .
Even after Lot ’ s pleading , not enough good men could be found in that city .
We know what happened to the plains of Middle Ghor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a nation who revels in forcing homosexuality on the world and its people do not repent ?
Does God change with the times ?
Is morality a novel trends of the cultural spirit of the age ?
Or does what mattered long ago still matter ?
In the words of the Prophet Micah , “ O my people , what have I done to you ?
In what have I wearied you ?
Answer me !
” , ( 6:3 ) “ With what shall I come before the Lord , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shall I come before him with burnt offerings , with calves a year old ?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams , with ten thousands of rivers of oil ?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression , the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?
” He has told you , O mortal , what is good ; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice , and to love kindness , and to walk humbly with your God ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked , and the scant measure that is accursed ?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights ?
Your wealthy are full of violence ; your inhabitants speak lies , with tongues of deceit in their mouths .
( 6:10-13 ) The sin of Sodom is one that “ cries out to Heaven for vengeance.
” It is in a special class alongside only three others- the willful murder of the innocent , the oppression of the poor , widow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the working man of his justly earned wages .
What do the people of the US have to say in response to the support of sodomite behavior and sodomite marriage , the former which seems to be over 90 % , and the latter at a national average of 62 % and over 75 % if those under 40 are counted ?
It was inevitable that something like this would happen , until , to use the example of a “ thief in the night ” , it passes .
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A sodomite pride parade ended in a flaming disaster after it was discovered that ten thousand people may have been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus at it.
The Winter Party Festival, an annual, weeklong LGBTQ event held in Miami, drew thousands from across the country when it kicked off earlier this month. But though it ended March 10, in the week following the event several attendees have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to festival organizers. “We know there are many places people could have been exposed before and after Winter Party as this virus has developed, but we wanted to make this information public as soon as possible,” Rea Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, which organized the festival, said in a statement Monday. “The health and safety of anyone who participates in any Task Force event is of great importance to us.” The festival, which began March 4 and drew 10,000 attendees throughout the week, predates the current wave of event cancellations that have swept through the nation and ranged from sporting leagues to tech conferences. In her statement, Carey emphasized that event organizers “made the most informed decision at the time, following all official guidance available at the time.” (source)
What is supposed to be said about this?
The warning have been around for years. Masturbating into another man’s anus is morally wrong and medically unhealthy. Those who criticized this have been called “bigots”, “racists”, and have been socially ostracized.
Now thousands of medically-weakened (generally speaking based on statistics) people have been exposed to a serious disease which seems to more seriously affect those with pre-existing conditions.
Were there not people to warn about this? Or were they just dismissed?
Remember in the Bible that the citizens of the cities on the plains knew their evils, yet did not care, and continued in them and even tried to rape the angels who came to see Lot and his family. Even after Lot’s pleading, not enough good men could be found in that city.
We know what happened to the plains of Middle Ghor.
So what is to be said of a nation who revels in forcing homosexuality on the world and its people do not repent?
Does God change with the times? Is morality a novel trends of the cultural spirit of the age? Or does what mattered long ago still matter?
In the words of the Prophet Micah,
“O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!”, (6:3) “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (6:6-8) “Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed? Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights? Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, with tongues of deceit in their mouths. (6:10-13)
The sin of Sodom is one that “cries out to Heaven for vengeance.” It is in a special class alongside only three others- the willful murder of the innocent, the oppression of the poor, widow, and orphan, and the deprivation of the working man of his justly earned wages.
What do the people of the US have to say in response to the support of sodomite behavior and sodomite marriage, the former which seems to be over 90%, and the latter at a national average of 62% and over 75% if those under 40 are counted?
It was inevitable that something like this would happen, until, to use the example of a “thief in the night”, it passes.
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shoebat--2020-03-19--Nigel Farage Declares The “West” Needs To “Rethink” Her Relationship With China

The British politician and provocateur Nigel Farage has declared in an article in Newsweek that the “ West ” needs to “ rethink ” its relationship with China after the COVID-19 epidemic .
The West ’ s supply chains have become too dependent on China.To see China now exploiting a crisis that they have caused to spread their influence further and deeper into Europe should send a chill down our spines .
If nothing else , Boris Johnson must see that his decision to invite the Chinese firm Huawei to build Britain ’ s 5G network is the wrong one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many members of our big business class , of the civil service , and indeed of our political class are increasingly in the pay of China .
They ought to take their noses out of the trough and have a think .
Their financial wellbeing is not above the good of our nation .
The political correctness which their business deals engender means we are not able to speak the truth openly about a crisis like this one .
This is highly corrosive .
I have no ill-will against the Chinese people whatsoever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic in Wuhan , nor against Chinese scientists working shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues around the world to break the code of the disease .
But the fact remains that China is an ideological state with its own long-term purpose in mind , and President Xi—now in a totally commanding position in Chinese society—is not our friend .
( source ) Shoebat.com warned about this , saying that the virus may be used as an excuse to pull manufacturing from China , blame a major economic crisis on the Chinese , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war .
Why else did Trump meet immediately with Modi in India as soon as this crisis started ?
It was not an accident , but preparations for business , as India is China ’ s largest competitor .
China is trying to give the impression of this being under control , and the US does not want it under control because China wants to prevent a revolution , and the US is trying to stir one up even if it means hurting her own people .
It is not irrational to suspect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffering of her own people for the fact that she wants to use them as political fodder to justify anti-Chinese sentiment for the purpose of war and with that , raising the specter of nationalism again .
All things that Mr. Faraj Farage has supported , while working with the new nationalists in Europe and America , supporting them the whole time .
I am not saying that China is good .
I am saying that eugenics and politically-motivated murders are evil , no matter who does it because human life has value @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus seems a lot more than accidental , and a highly political thing for the purpose of raising the specter of nationalism again .
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The British politician and provocateur Nigel Farage has declared in an article in Newsweek that the “West” needs to “rethink” its relationship with China after the COVID-19 epidemic.
The West’s supply chains have become too dependent on China.To see China now exploiting a crisis that they have caused to spread their influence further and deeper into Europe should send a chill down our spines. If nothing else, Boris Johnson must see that his decision to invite the Chinese firm Huawei to build Britain’s 5G network is the wrong one. I have pointed out before that many members of our big business class, of the civil service, and indeed of our political class are increasingly in the pay of China. They ought to take their noses out of the trough and have a think. Their financial wellbeing is not above the good of our nation. The political correctness which their business deals engender means we are not able to speak the truth openly about a crisis like this one. This is highly corrosive. I have no ill-will against the Chinese people whatsoever; nor against Chinese doctors battling the pandemic in Wuhan, nor against Chinese scientists working shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues around the world to break the code of the disease. But the fact remains that China is an ideological state with its own long-term purpose in mind, and President Xi—now in a totally commanding position in Chinese society—is not our friend. (source)
Shoebat.com warned about this, saying that the virus may be used as an excuse to pull manufacturing from China, blame a major economic crisis on the Chinese, and isolate China in preparation for a major war.
Why else did Trump meet immediately with Modi in India as soon as this crisis started? It was not an accident, but preparations for business, as India is China’s largest competitor.
China is trying to give the impression of this being under control, and the US does not want it under control because China wants to prevent a revolution, and the US is trying to stir one up even if it means hurting her own people.
It is not irrational to suspect that the US is actively aiding the suffering of her own people for the fact that she wants to use them as political fodder to justify anti-Chinese sentiment for the purpose of war and with that, raising the specter of nationalism again.
All things that Mr. Faraj Farage has supported, while working with the new nationalists in Europe and America, supporting them the whole time.
I am not saying that China is good. I am saying that eugenics and politically-motivated murders are evil, no matter who does it because human life has value, and that the anti-China push with the virus seems a lot more than accidental, and a highly political thing for the purpose of raising the specter of nationalism again.
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shoebat--2020-03-19--Jobless Claims Have One-Third Increase To 281,000 In One Week

The current epidemic of COVID-19 has caused a significant rise in jobless claims , rising in one week from 211,000 to 281,000 , or a one-third increase in a week according to CNBC .
Jobless claims rose to 281,000 last week , reflecting only the first indications of the impact the coronavirus will have on the U.S. employment picture .
That number reflected a significant rise from last week ’ s 211,000 , which was unrevised from the initial estimate , according to the Labor Department .
It was the highest number since Sept. 2 , 2017 .
The department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to impacts from the COVID-19 virus .
( source ) I warned before that work was going to become scarce .
All of these people , while collecting unemployment checks , do not count the total number of unemployed , which is going to be much higher .
Work is going to be hard to find because of the same fundamentals before now aggravated by the situation , which is a shrinking pool of work and too many people available than there is work .
This will exacerbate poverty and have ongoing consequences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work , start looking now because it may not be available for long , and what is there will be taken quickly .
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The current epidemic of COVID-19 has caused a significant rise in jobless claims, rising in one week from 211,000 to 281,000, or a one-third increase in a week according to CNBC.
Jobless claims rose to 281,000 last week, reflecting only the first indications of the impact the coronavirus will have on the U.S. employment picture. That number reflected a significant rise from last week’s 211,000, which was unrevised from the initial estimate, according to the Labor Department. It was the highest number since Sept. 2, 2017. The department said the numbers were “clearly attributable to impacts from the COVID-19 virus. (source)
I warned before that work was going to become scarce.
All of these people, while collecting unemployment checks, do not count the total number of unemployed, which is going to be much higher.
Work is going to be hard to find because of the same fundamentals before now aggravated by the situation, which is a shrinking pool of work and too many people available than there is work.
This will exacerbate poverty and have ongoing consequences for the country.
If you want work, start looking now because it may not be available for long, and what is there will be taken quickly.
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shoebat--2020-03-19--Will Trucking Come To A Major Slowdown Because Of COVID-19?

The current epidemic with COVID-19 has caused many challenges , but according to the Wall Street Journal , one of the biggest challenges yet may transpire , which is that it is threatening disruptions to the trucking industry in the supply chain .
Truckers are trying to navigate growing challenges on highways and at loading docks as they seek to keep supply chains running to meet surging coronavirus-driven demand for consumer staples and medical equipment .
Truck-stop restaurants in some states have shut dining rooms and switched to takeout service to comply with health orders aimed at controlling the spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pennsylvania closed its state-run rest stops , cutting back significant parking space along key logistics corridors .
Some customers are asking drivers to stay in their trucks or switch from paper to electronic methods to document pickups and deliveries , trucking companies and freight brokers said .
Additionally , some trucking companies said their drivers are facing new restrictions at receiving docks if they have been in states considered coronavirus hot zones .
“ Some of the shippers and receivers are asking drivers to sign affidavits that they are not sick , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trucking , a trucking company based in Spring Hill , Fla. , that hauls refrigerated loads .
“ They are not allowed to use the restroom , not allowed to use the building , ” Ms. Allen said .
“ They don ’ t want drivers in the facilities.
” The American Trucking Associations industry group has asked the Trump administration to exempt truckers delivering essential goods from travel and other restrictions aimed at containing the pandemic .
( source ) Trucking is a critical industry because it is what keeps the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were to stop rolling , for whatever reason , the United States would cease to function in three days because she could not get the products she needs to critical locations .
There will never be a trucker “ strike ” in the US because if there was , the Army would step in and take over .
That is why so many men in the Army are trained to be truck drivers , as it is emergency planning preparation in case of this situation .
We are looking at a similar situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and if truckers are unable to make deliveries because of it , the government may mobilize the Army to do it .
If this happens , the nation is objectively in serious trouble .
As it concerns the truckers , many of them are very brave people who are working through this situation , as they are vulnerable to the disease because of the nature of their work .
It is men such as they who are true social heroes , as they are the gears keeping the social machine turning .
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The current epidemic with COVID-19 has caused many challenges, but according to the Wall Street Journal, one of the biggest challenges yet may transpire, which is that it is threatening disruptions to the trucking industry in the supply chain.
Truckers are trying to navigate growing challenges on highways and at loading docks as they seek to keep supply chains running to meet surging coronavirus-driven demand for consumer staples and medical equipment. Truck-stop restaurants in some states have shut dining rooms and switched to takeout service to comply with health orders aimed at controlling the spread of the virus. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania closed its state-run rest stops, cutting back significant parking space along key logistics corridors. Some customers are asking drivers to stay in their trucks or switch from paper to electronic methods to document pickups and deliveries, trucking companies and freight brokers said. Additionally, some trucking companies said their drivers are facing new restrictions at receiving docks if they have been in states considered coronavirus hot zones. “Some of the shippers and receivers are asking drivers to sign affidavits that they are not sick,” said Linda Allen, owner of Hardcore Trucking, a trucking company based in Spring Hill, Fla., that hauls refrigerated loads. “They are not allowed to use the restroom, not allowed to use the building,” Ms. Allen said. “They don’t want drivers in the facilities.” The American Trucking Associations industry group has asked the Trump administration to exempt truckers delivering essential goods from travel and other restrictions aimed at containing the pandemic. (source)
Trucking is a critical industry because it is what keeps the country unified and functioning. If the trucks were to stop rolling, for whatever reason, the United States would cease to function in three days because she could not get the products she needs to critical locations.
There will never be a trucker “strike” in the US because if there was, the Army would step in and take over. That is why so many men in the Army are trained to be truck drivers, as it is emergency planning preparation in case of this situation.
We are looking at a similar situation right now as the COVID-19 epidemic spreads, and if truckers are unable to make deliveries because of it, the government may mobilize the Army to do it. If this happens, the nation is objectively in serious trouble.
As it concerns the truckers, many of them are very brave people who are working through this situation, as they are vulnerable to the disease because of the nature of their work. It is men such as they who are true social heroes, as they are the gears keeping the social machine turning.
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shoebat--2020-03-19--Lets Talk About The Possibility Of 5 Million Americans Dying From Coronavirus

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shoebat--2020-03-20--Will The Military Be Used For Law Enforcement In The US?

According to the Army Times , the situation of the COVID-19 virus has seen deployments of the national guard , prompting concern that they may be called up to police the streets .
The National Guard is expecting a rapid increase in unit activations over the next few weeks , leaders said at the Pentagon Thursday , filling roles like coronavirus testing and potentially law enforcement .
Governors in 27 states have already activated elements of their National Guard forces , but everywhere in the country , state leaders have declared states of emergency , said Air Force Gen. Joseph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guard Bureau .
“ With COVID-19 , it ’ s like we have 54 separate hurricanes in every state , territory and the District of Columbia , ” Lengyel said .
“ Unlike a hurricane , we don ’ t know when this will dissipate or head out to sea .
But a historic event requires a historic response.
” More than 2,000 Guard personnel have been activated in total so far .
“ We anticipate that number going up relatively quickly , in fact , doubling by this weekend , ” Lengyel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tens of thousands to be used inside the states as this grows .
… This could quickly blossom in the next couple weeks.
” “ That would not make sense in this situation , ” said Lengyel , adding that it ’ s better to leave Guard units under the command and control of each governor .
“ Every state has a different way to deal with disasters .
… If you were to federalize them , you ’ d lose some of those abilities.
” One capability that would be lost if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capacity to operate as law enforcement to assist state officials , Lengyel said , as that would violate the Posse Comitatus Act .
That law prevents the Department of Defense from interfering in domestic policing .
In many disasters and responses , when there ’ s overwhelming pressure on local and state police , Guard personnel are sometimes called upon to assist .
“ I don ’ t see any demand signal that ’ s demanding we use the national guard in that scenario — but governors could , ” said Lengyel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advised against federalizing the Guard .
( source )

According to the Army Times, the situation of the COVID-19 virus has seen deployments of the national guard, prompting concern that they may be called up to police the streets.
The National Guard is expecting a rapid increase in unit activations over the next few weeks, leaders said at the Pentagon Thursday, filling roles like coronavirus testing and potentially law enforcement.
Governors in 27 states have already activated elements of their National Guard forces, but everywhere in the country, state leaders have declared states of emergency, said Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
“With COVID-19, it’s like we have 54 separate hurricanes in every state, territory and the District of Columbia,” Lengyel said. “Unlike a hurricane, we don’t know when this will dissipate or head out to sea. But a historic event requires a historic response.”
More than 2,000 Guard personnel have been activated in total so far.
“We anticipate that number going up relatively quickly, in fact, doubling by this weekend,” Lengyel added. “I’m expecting tens of thousands to be used inside the states as this grows. … This could quickly blossom in the next couple weeks.”
…
“That would not make sense in this situation,” said Lengyel, adding that it’s better to leave Guard units under the command and control of each governor. “Every state has a different way to deal with disasters. … If you were to federalize them, you’d lose some of those abilities.”
One capability that would be lost if the the Guard is federalized is their capacity to operate as law enforcement to assist state officials, Lengyel said, as that would violate the Posse Comitatus Act. That law prevents the Department of Defense from interfering in domestic policing.
In many disasters and responses, when there’s overwhelming pressure on local and state police, Guard personnel are sometimes called upon to assist.
“I don’t see any demand signal that’s demanding we use the national guard in that scenario — but governors could,” said Lengyel, which is one of the reasons he advised against federalizing the Guard.(source)


shoebat--2020-03-20--China Reports No New COVID-19 Cases

China Reports No New COVID-19 Cases

In a story coming out of NBC News , China has reported no new COVID-19 deaths .
For the first time since the outbreak began , China ’ s National Health Commission on Thursday morning reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 .
The numbers from Wednesday on mainland China include 34 new confirmed cases , but the health commission lists those as “ newly diagnosed imported cases.
” Those were mainly in Beijing , but also in Guangdong , Shanghai , Heilongjiang and Zhejiang .
Deaths continued to rise in mainland China , but at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported , all of which occurred in Hubei province , which is includes the city of Wuhan and where the outbreak began .
( source ) It is possible this is true .
However , I am weary to trust the Chinese , as they are not known for telling the truth .
I rather expect in a few months , there may be an “ explosion ” of stories showing that there were a lot more people with the illness .
But the point here is not just to say if China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note that the virus is , as it has been expected , producing serious anti-China sentiment in the US and that is being fanned by the political class .
Be very wary of this , as remember , the end purpose is war , and one with China .
Do not fall for the temptation of “ pro-China ” or “ anti-China ” rhetoric .
This is about sowing tension in society to put people into groups and start conflict .
There is nothing good that can come from this .
Communist China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national socialism or other of such causes .
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In a story coming out of NBC News, China has reported no new COVID-19 deaths.
For the first time since the outbreak began, China’s National Health Commission on Thursday morning reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19. The numbers from Wednesday on mainland China include 34 new confirmed cases, but the health commission lists those as “newly diagnosed imported cases.” Those were mainly in Beijing, but also in Guangdong, Shanghai, Heilongjiang and Zhejiang. Deaths continued to rise in mainland China, but at a low rate. Only eight deaths were reported, all of which occurred in Hubei province, which is includes the city of Wuhan and where the outbreak began. (source)
It is possible this is true. However, I am weary to trust the Chinese, as they are not known for telling the truth. I rather expect in a few months, there may be an “explosion” of stories showing that there were a lot more people with the illness.
But the point here is not just to say if China is lying or not, but to note that the virus is, as it has been expected, producing serious anti-China sentiment in the US and that is being fanned by the political class.
Be very wary of this, as remember, the end purpose is war, and one with China.
Do not fall for the temptation of “pro-China” or “anti-China” rhetoric. This is about sowing tension in society to put people into groups and start conflict.
There is nothing good that can come from this. Communist China is evil, but so is supporting national socialism or other of such causes.
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shoebat--2020-03-20--Climate Change Is Real

Climate Change Is Real


shoebat--2020-03-20--Putin One-Ups The “Trump Stack”, Promises Yang-Style “Putin Payouts” To Russian Children Aged Three

Putin One-Ups The “Trump Stack”, Promises Yang-Style “Putin Payouts” To Russian Children Aged Three To Seven

The “ Trump Stack , ” or the potential payouts of $ 1,200 USD per person who earns less that $ 75,000 per year may be Trumped by Russian President Vladimir Putin ’ s “ Putin Payouts ” , a series of Andrew Yang style payments for children aged three to seven that come monthly equivalent to fifty percent of a month ’ s wage as the Russian news agency TASS reports .
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on monthly payments for children aged 3 to 7 years .
According to a document published on the official portal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amount of 50 % of the regional living wage for a child can be received by families in which the average per capita income does not exceed the living wage per capita established in the region .
“ To establish from January 1 , 2020 , a monthly cash payment for a child aged three to seven years inclusive , ” the decree says .
The document also notes that this payment is provided if the average per capita income of the family does not exceed the subsistence level per capita established in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the document , “ the amount of the monthly payment is 50 % of the cost of living for children , established in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation for the second quarter of the year preceding the year of applying for the appointment of the monthly payment.
” ( source ) Putin is a socialist , and he wants Russia to return to her Soviet days .
He has made this very clear by his actions as well as from his critics .
To Putin , Russia ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and as he deeply reveres Stalin , he is seemingly modeling himself after Stalin ’ s actions , save ( for now ) of the mass deportations and deaths ( that is , unless one does not count the fact that Russia ’ s population continues to fall by one million per year in spite of mass migration from Central Asia ) .
Trump has claimed to be against socialism , but his actions show that he is not , especially if he is considering mass government payouts to arguably most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insult to Putin or Trump .
It is an observation for both , and would apply to anybody else .
Putin is doing this to try to encourage families in Russia , because the Russian people- the ethnic Russians -are not reproducing .
This is a sad fact that I have written about a lot .
To the contrary , Central Asian people are having two to three children on average .
Objectively speaking , and not without trying imply any sort of racial animosity , they are actively replacing the Russians .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and get the Russians to have children , but none have worked so far and this is evidenced by the fertility numbers .
This is clearly a noble attempt to inspire people to have children , but what may happen in reality is that the Central Asian peoples will continue to have- and may have more -children , but the Russians will likely stay on their current trajectory because the problem is one from within , as most Russians do not believe in God , the family unit is in very serious trouble @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this way , there is a similarity in the state of the Russian family with the US economy , for no matter what one does , the economy has fundamental problems that will likely not improve unless drastic changes happen .
Russia is returning to the same sort of socialist society of the 20th century that nearly destroyed Russia completely , and the US is following down her path , for while she has for a long time , she is only making this more obvious , and both are being done by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” who are trying to make their nations “ great ” again .
So , who wants to still complain about those “ Obama phones ” ?
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The “Trump Stack,” or the potential payouts of $1,200 USD per person who earns less that $75,000 per year may be Trumped by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Putin Payouts”, a series of Andrew Yang style payments for children aged three to seven that come monthly equivalent to fifty percent of a month’s wage as the Russian news agency TASS reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on monthly payments for children aged 3 to 7 years. According to a document published on the official portal of legal information, payments in the amount of 50% of the regional living wage for a child can be received by families in which the average per capita income does not exceed the living wage per capita established in the region. “To establish from January 1, 2020, a monthly cash payment for a child aged three to seven years inclusive,” the decree says. The document also notes that this payment is provided if the average per capita income of the family does not exceed the subsistence level per capita established in the subject of the Russian Federation. According to the document, “the amount of the monthly payment is 50% of the cost of living for children, established in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation for the second quarter of the year preceding the year of applying for the appointment of the monthly payment.” (source)
Putin is a socialist, and he wants Russia to return to her Soviet days. He has made this very clear by his actions as well as from his critics. To Putin, Russia’s greatness is equivalent to her Soviet days, and as he deeply reveres Stalin, he is seemingly modeling himself after Stalin’s actions, save (for now) of the mass deportations and deaths (that is, unless one does not count the fact that Russia’s population continues to fall by one million per year in spite of mass migration from Central Asia).
Trump has claimed to be against socialism, but his actions show that he is not, especially if he is considering mass government payouts to arguably most of the population.
This is not an insult to Putin or Trump. It is an observation for both, and would apply to anybody else.
Putin is doing this to try to encourage families in Russia, because the Russian people- the ethnic Russians -are not reproducing. This is a sad fact that I have written about a lot. To the contrary, Central Asian people are having two to three children on average. Objectively speaking, and not without trying imply any sort of racial animosity, they are actively replacing the Russians.
Putin has tried many ideas to try and get the Russians to have children, but none have worked so far and this is evidenced by the fertility numbers. This is clearly a noble attempt to inspire people to have children, but what may happen in reality is that the Central Asian peoples will continue to have- and may have more -children, but the Russians will likely stay on their current trajectory because the problem is one from within, as most Russians do not believe in God, the family unit is in very serious trouble, and degeneracy is rampant. In this way, there is a similarity in the state of the Russian family with the US economy, for no matter what one does, the economy has fundamental problems that will likely not improve unless drastic changes happen.
Russia is returning to the same sort of socialist society of the 20th century that nearly destroyed Russia completely, and the US is following down her path, for while she has for a long time, she is only making this more obvious, and both are being done by Presidents viewed by many as “patriots” who are trying to make their nations “great” again.
So, who wants to still complain about those “Obama phones”?
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shoebat--2020-03-20--Prepare For A Housing Market Crash

Prepare For A Housing Market Crash

As the COVID-19 coronavirus has provided a political lever to for all purposes stop the economy , there will be an ongoing impact with many other industries .
Since a recession has started , I warned that housing would be hit very hard , with results as potentially bad or worse than what happened in 2007 and 2008 .
Now GeekWire reports that major real estate companies are refusing to buy more houses , out of fear of an impending crash in housing value .
Seattle-based real estate company Redfin announced Wednesday that RedfinNow , an arm of its business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resells them to homebuyers , will temporarily pause making offers on homes .
The move comes as the coronavirus outbreak and social distancing have severely cut into home-buying demand across the United States .
Redfin ’ s announcement showed up in a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission .
CEO Glenn Kelman also published a blog post on Wednesday in which he said the housing market had taken a “ turn for the worse.
” Kelman said that home-buying demand took a significant hit over the past seven days as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gathering .
The Northwest Multiple Listing Service , based in the Seattle area , also suspended in-person public and broker open houses until March 31 .
( source ) This is not limited to any kind of housing , but the market as a whole .
The last eleven years were a “ bull market ” , bolstered only by the constant money printing from the Federal Reserve under various names ( quantitative easing , Operation Twist , etc. )
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However , the effect has always been the same- either to manipulate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give the illusion of prosperity and increase credit access so more spending could happen .
However , the “ gains ” made were not real .
Basically , the government gave a lot of money at low or non-existent interest rates to rally stock prices and increase confidence without actually solving the problem , which is debt levels .
If debt is too large , one will default .
It is a constant of history regardless of the country , and the US is the most debt-laden society in history , no exaggeration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have to be ( a ) a major economic crash and ( b ) a currency reset because the dollar is only as good as the government ’ s ability to service her debts , and if she can ’ t service her debts , who will buy the dollars ?
This has happened before in other nations , and is not a new thing .
However , when it happens in the US , it is going to destroy a lot of wealth and cause a lot of chaos .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US would try at some point to crash her own economy before it naturally would and then to blame it on China .
You can read this in the Shoebat archives .
I said this because the US does not want to lose her position as the world ’ s reserve currency , and she will go to the point of nuclear war if need be to preserve it .
China is in a losing position because no matter what she does , she is going to be blamed and will likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for herself with no real help from her allies .
If you are a common man , now is the time to work , and historically is a time to preserve one ’ s assets through transferring wealth into things that preserve value ( such a gold , silver , other metals , or minerals ) .
It is also a time to pay attention to the markets , and to be wary of false hope of “ recovery ” , which may happen .
What is of concern here are fundamentals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ only be fixed by a reset , it is completely natural , and it is going to happen .
What matters is not how to “ stop ” them , but how to deal with the inevitable .
The housing market is falling apart , which may mean an increase in defaults .
But the people who are rentors ( not rentees ) will likely fare well , as people will need sources of quick , clean , affordable housing , and those who are able to provide such for the masses will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having people seek them out for accommodations .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
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As the COVID-19 coronavirus has provided a political lever to for all purposes stop the economy, there will be an ongoing impact with many other industries.
Since a recession has started, I warned that housing would be hit very hard, with results as potentially bad or worse than what happened in 2007 and 2008. Now GeekWire reports that major real estate companies are refusing to buy more houses, out of fear of an impending crash in housing value.
Seattle-based real estate company Redfin announced Wednesday that RedfinNow, an arm of its business that buys homes directly from homeowners and resells them to homebuyers, will temporarily pause making offers on homes. The move comes as the coronavirus outbreak and social distancing have severely cut into home-buying demand across the United States. Redfin’s announcement showed up in a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CEO Glenn Kelman also published a blog post on Wednesday in which he said the housing market had taken a “turn for the worse.” Kelman said that home-buying demand took a significant hit over the past seven days as cities instituted more stringent guidelines around social gathering. The Northwest Multiple Listing Service, based in the Seattle area, also suspended in-person public and broker open houses until March 31. (source)
This is not limited to any kind of housing, but the market as a whole.
The last eleven years were a “bull market”, bolstered only by the constant money printing from the Federal Reserve under various names (quantitative easing, Operation Twist, etc.). However, the effect has always been the same- either to manipulate purchasing or outright print money so to give the illusion of prosperity and increase credit access so more spending could happen.
However, the “gains” made were not real. Basically, the government gave a lot of money at low or non-existent interest rates to rally stock prices and increase confidence without actually solving the problem, which is debt levels. If debt is too large, one will default. It is a constant of history regardless of the country, and the US is the most debt-laden society in history, no exaggeration intended.
Inevitably, there is going to have to be (a) a major economic crash and (b) a currency reset because the dollar is only as good as the government’s ability to service her debts, and if she can’t service her debts, who will buy the dollars? This has happened before in other nations, and is not a new thing. However, when it happens in the US, it is going to destroy a lot of wealth and cause a lot of chaos.
I suspected and wrote that it is possible the US would try at some point to crash her own economy before it naturally would and then to blame it on China. You can read this in the Shoebat archives. I said this because the US does not want to lose her position as the world’s reserve currency, and she will go to the point of nuclear war if need be to preserve it. China is in a losing position because no matter what she does, she is going to be blamed and will likely find herself isolated and left to fend for herself with no real help from her allies.
If you are a common man, now is the time to work, and historically is a time to preserve one’s assets through transferring wealth into things that preserve value (such a gold, silver, other metals, or minerals). It is also a time to pay attention to the markets, and to be wary of false hope of “recovery”, which may happen.
What is of concern here are fundamentals. The economy has fundamental problems that can only be fixed by a reset, it is completely natural, and it is going to happen. What matters is not how to “stop” them, but how to deal with the inevitable.
The housing market is falling apart, which may mean an increase in defaults. But the people who are rentors (not rentees) will likely fare well, as people will need sources of quick, clean, affordable housing, and those who are able to provide such for the masses will find themselves not seeking people, but having people seek them out for accommodations.
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shoebat--2020-03-20--New York State Shuts Down As Governor Orders All Non-Essential Business Closed, Veritable Public Shu

New York State Shuts Down As Governor Orders All Non-Essential Business Closed, Veritable Public Shut Down

New York State Governor Cuomo has ordered all non-essential business to close completely , and while saying that he is not enforcing a “ quarantine in place ” regulation , he is ordering people to keep away from each other in a veritable self-quaranting according to CNBC .
New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ordered non-essential businesses to keep 100 % of their workforce at home and put in place stringent new restrictions on New Yorkers as coronavirus the state grapples with the worst outbreak in the U.S. “ When I talk about the most drastic action we can take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can take , ” Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany on Friday .
Cases across the state surged by 2,950 overnight to 7,102 , he said .
“ This is not life as usual .
Accept it .
Realize it and deal with it , ” he said .
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been pushing Cuomo to issue a shelter-in-place order for New York City , where cases skyrocketed by more than 1,000 over a matter of hours on Thursday and the state has the worst outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which are concentrated in New York City .
“ These actions will cause disruption , they will cause businesses to close … I understand that , ” Cuomo said .
“ We ’ re all in quarantine now .
We ’ re all in various levels of quarantine and it ’ s hard.
” Cuomo didn ’ t call the new restrictions a “ shelter-in-place ” order , although many of them mirror what ’ s in place in other parts of the country where officials have put such an order in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shelter in place order , ” Cuomo said , adding that he doesn ’ t want to scare residents .
“ Shelter in place is used currently for an active shooter or a school shooter .
( source At this point , New York State is for all purposes fully shut down .
It is not “ officially ” shut down , but as a matter of fact it is .
If this is what something such as this virus can cause , can one imagine what would happen if there was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would virtually shut down the whole nation and place her into lockdown .
Perhaps this is not about a virus , but about conditioning people to accept the previously unthinkable or unacceptable , so that it is no longer considered to be abnormal , but a new way of life completely obliterating that which came before .
Maybe revolutions do not start with a shout or with weapons , but with a sneeze .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
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New York State Governor Cuomo has ordered all non-essential business to close completely, and while saying that he is not enforcing a “quarantine in place” regulation, he is ordering people to keep away from each other in a veritable self-quaranting according to CNBC.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered non-essential businesses to keep 100% of their workforce at home and put in place stringent new restrictions on New Yorkers as coronavirus the state grapples with the worst outbreak in the U.S. “When I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take,” Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany on Friday. Cases across the state surged by 2,950 overnight to 7,102, he said. “This is not life as usual. Accept it. Realize it and deal with it,” he said. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been pushing Cuomo to issue a shelter-in-place order for New York City, where cases skyrocketed by more than 1,000 over a matter of hours on Thursday and the state has the worst outbreak in the U.S. — more than half of which are concentrated in New York City. “These actions will cause disruption, they will cause businesses to close … I understand that,” Cuomo said. “We’re all in quarantine now. We’re all in various levels of quarantine and it’s hard.” Cuomo didn’t call the new restrictions a “shelter-in-place” order, although many of them mirror what’s in place in other parts of the country where officials have put such an order in place. “It is not a shelter in place order,” Cuomo said, adding that he doesn’t want to scare residents. “Shelter in place is used currently for an active shooter or a school shooter. (source
At this point, New York State is for all purposes fully shut down. It is not “officially” shut down, but as a matter of fact it is.
If this is what something such as this virus can cause, can one imagine what would happen if there was a more serious crisis that happened? It would virtually shut down the whole nation and place her into lockdown.
Perhaps this is not about a virus, but about conditioning people to accept the previously unthinkable or unacceptable, so that it is no longer considered to be abnormal, but a new way of life completely obliterating that which came before.
Maybe revolutions do not start with a shout or with weapons, but with a sneeze.
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