shoebat--2020-10-30--The US And Russia Fight To Court The German Shepherd, But Neither Wants To Be Bitten

Russia recently declared that Germany , along with China , is going to become a superpower .
The story , which you can read here and was reported on by Reuters , puts forth an interesting proposition- what is the future of the world power balance ?
We know that “ nothing lasts forever ” in this world , for good or for bad .
Empires come and go , and there is no exception to this rule , as empires are made of people and as people change , the natures of said ruling structures also change .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I shall not consider the massive migration shifts from Central America to the US , and Africa or Central Asia to Europe that are fundamentally redefining and reshaping life in those areas .
Indeed , this is a subject of discussion into itself for another time .
Rather , I want to take the simpler approach of asking what is the nature of alliances ?
The US and Russian positions vis-a-vis each other are explicitly clear .
The two nations do not like each other , have never really liked each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as mutual competitors on a global scale .
This is nothing new and has been going on for centuries , as the US is just the extension of the British Empire and Russia today and during the Soviet years- something which Putin has openly lauded and is in no uncertain terms trying to revive -was extensions of Russia during the Tsarist times .
There have been no changes in this sense , with the most serious being the damage caused to Russia by the Bolsheviks , which enervated the nation and in spite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times to fix them , has not been able to undo the systemic economic and social problems cause and which largely define Russian life and in spite of the constant positive language , trolling as an advertising campaign , and outright lies by the “ Vatnik ” -inclined , the practical fact is that Russia endures the continual decline of her people and will for the future .
This is where Russia ’ s attempts to assert herself in the world are so important , and also so dangerous , because like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injuries , she is lashing out and fighting as hard as she can to survive .
Make no mistake , Russia is a strong nation and has survived much , but at a great cost that is still being paid .
I do not wish to get into the specifics that I have alluded to above ( you can read more in the Shoebat archives ) , but rather all factors point to that Russia is about to undergo a major change , much more so than the US .
While people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial ” makeup through demographic shifts that is leading to major political and cultural changes , Russia is having the same issue , except that in the US , it is not threatening the physical continuity of the nation , while in the case of Russia , demographic migrations combined with historical trends of regional nationalism and economic chaos could realistically cleave parts of Russia from the larger national body , and potentially relegate her to an impotent power west of the Urals while her power base , which lies in the heart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified in his geopolitical theory , could break away into a series of separate nations .
Russia is in big trouble , and in true Russian style , she feigns strength while knowing but never admitting her complete weakness , similar to a bodybuilder with giant muscles who looks tough but can not stand up to a small man who is also strong but well trained yet will talk tough in public .
What Russia needs desperately are allies , and for practical purposes she does not have any because after a century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was near or under the Soviet bloc of influence wants anything to do with her because of the open , unrepentant , and cruel abuse those people were forced to endure for reasons of power .
If Russia treated the Baltic nations , Poland , Ukraine , the Caucasus nations , and many other places in eastern Europe well , why would they want so much to ally with NATO instead of Russia ?
It is not because of just “ hatred ” , but lived experience and a fear to subject themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who does Russia turn to ?
Surrounded by Germany in the west , Japan in the east ( who conquered and held half of Russia until 1920 under military occupation following the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 ) , a ravenous , resource-hungry China in the southeast coupled with a historical enemy and Germanic ally in Turkey in the southwest , things don ’ t look good for her .
She is surrounded respectively by the tenth , sixth , third , and ninth most powerful militaries in the world , and with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nominal alliance she holds with the Chinese ) , when one adds in the US , Russia has a problem .
So what does Russia do ?
Historically she retreats into herself with an autarchal approach as well as attempts to use the cold Russian weather to her advantage , but with modern technology , these approaches do not work as well as they traditionally do , and she knows they may not work this time .
This fear was confirmed at Stalingrad in 1942 , when Russia won an almost pyrrhic victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army came within sixty miles of Moscow .
She can not risk a situation like this again .
What Russia has to do is to try to “ pry off ” one or more of these enemies , and while she is at it , this can also include China , for Russia and China are nominal allies but not in a practical sense , since Russia fears a Chinese population move into Siberia and thus annex it by presence without her being able to effectively respond , and the size of China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without starting a major war , of which the US would obviously use to her advantage .
Enter Germany into this situation , because while Russia fights with Germany in a historical sense , she also has a history of friendship with her , and peace with Germany means likely a tenuous peace with Turkey , thus taking out two possible problems at one time , and helps her to concentrate on other matters .
In order to facilitate this , Russia is , quite reasonably , using her massive gas supply lines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation to offer cheap gas to Germany .
She does this currently with China , but from a strategic perspective , Germany is the more valuable asset because of the danger .
Japan , while a threat , is not as much of an immediate issue since in the event of the outbreak of a global conflict and amid concern over a rising China , Russia could simply claim self-defense measures as a reason to cut the gas lines to China and then renegotiate transfer of cheap gas to Japan .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support herself desperately because she has no real gas fields , especially to run a military empire .
This is also why Germany in both world wars headed straight for the Caucasus region , to seize the oil sands of Baku in Azerbaijan , and was also why the worst battle of the Second World War and the place where the conflict was decided was at Stalingrad , since that conflict awarded Soviet control of the oil sands to the USSR and thus forcing Germany to shut down her war machine by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run it .
This is why the Nord Stream 2 pipeline running from Vyborg to Greifswald is such an issue of contention with the US and Germany , and why the US has violently threatened sanctions against Germany over it .
That pipeline is not a sign of “ Russian goodwill ” as much as the American concern over it is not of “ American goodwill ” .
It is a fight for power over who asserts influence- not control , since Germany wants to ‘ rise ’ again as a world power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the stakes are high for both the US and Russia .
The former means that she maintains what has been almost a century of work in securing an alliance with the nation she defeated in the Second World War and with that the arguable continuity of American power in the world and over her spheres of influence , that even if it is reduced , will remain generally constant with few disruptions , as well as potentially forcing Russia into a state of terminal decline and eventually her breakup as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a revived “ Molotov-Ribbentrop ” type of arrangement will not defeat the US , but will prevent the US from taking any serious role in a European conflict and make her largely sit out , for whoever gets Germany also gets Turkey .
But make no mistake , Russia is also scared of Germany in spite of their proclamations of support for her economic needs .
She has a very long history with Germany , and while Russia is nominally stronger than Germany in terms of military power and population , Germany is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms of her economy and ability to translate power into action , as Germany- with only 83 million people -is the fourth strongest economy in the world while Russia is the eleventh strongest .
Plus , Germany is overall much cleaner , healthier , better managed , freer , and liveable than Russia .
People seek to come to Germany from all over the world , while save for the miserable dictatorships that are in Central Asia where poverty is at sub-Saharan Africa tier levels and anything is an improvement , many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not return , and it is not because they “ hate Russia ” , but just like in many poor , rural areas in the American south and west , there is not much future for a man with care and ambition .
In the film The Godfather , the famous Corleone family hitman Luca Brazi is portrayed as one of the Don ’ s most loyal soldiers .
This is also true in the novel , but the novel portrays a much more disturbing character , as in the written story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his own infant son conceived through a prostitute by throwing the newborn alive into a furnace .
The Don is actually scared of Luca in the story , but he keeps him because Luca is on ‘ his side ’ and is very loyal to him .
A similar analogy- with much less loyalty attributed -can be made with the Russia-Germany relationship , as Russia wants Germany on ‘ her side ’ but knows her tendencies , history , and abilities , and wants to keep her as a close friend but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wants to remilitarize .
The Asia Times did an excellent story about this , and points out that : To illustrate the change sweeping over the German ideology , in an interview with the weekly magazine Die Zeit in July , German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer ( who is also the acting chairwoman of the ruling Christian Democratic Union party ) stressed that it was “ high time ” to discuss “ how Germany must position itself in the world in the future.
” She said Germany is “ expected to show leadership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” but it also concerns “ collective defense , it concerns international missions , it concerns a strategic view of the world , and ultimately it concerns the question of whether we want to actively shape the global order.
” Plainly put , the German voice is no longer the voice of pacifism .
Kramp-Karrenbauer said “ the claim of the current Russian leadership ” to advocate their interests “ very aggressively ” must be “ confronted with a clear position : We are well fortified and in case of doubt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what Russia is doing and we will not let the Russian leadership get away with it.… If you look at who is within range of Russian missiles in Europe , then it ’ s just the Central and Eastern European states and us.
” ( source ) If this is not a threat from Germany , then what is ?
Likewise , one may remember that while Russia at least presents an image of supporting Germany ( and also too one may remember that Russia is a master of bluffing ) , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remembers that it was the US who not only rebuilt West Germany and West Berlin while the USSR allowed East Germany and East Berlin to languish in absolute misery , but that it was the US who supported German unification while Russia was against it .
Now the choice of whether or not Germany wants to back the US or Russia is ultimately their decision .
However , since the US is physically distant from Germany in her own sphere and has been a major driving force in recreating Germany as national entity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and given how Russia is forced into the proximity of Germany by her geographic position as well as has openly mistreated Germanic lands ( something that is considered very precious to many Germans ) and then opposed the German reunification process , and knowing that Germany also has a very long memory too , this does not bode well for Russia .
Germany is ultimately going to act in her interests , and the US will likely lose influence in Europe , but from the US perspective , it is a matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead of lost .
Germany has a historic tendency to rise , which the US surely knows .
Rather , from the US view , it is more strategic to allow a natural rise with a natural US reshifting of power in so far as the two can remain allies and even some friendship with in general what are mostly shared business and political interests united against Russia in the east as opposed to losing influence to a recreation of a German-Russian alliance which , historically speaking , results in the domination and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other Slavic peoples before Germany and Russia start fighting with each other and break their alliance .
The American play in this “ game ” of geopolitical cards is the most historically significant factor , and all of the Eastern European nations know this .
It is why Poland has taken so much US support , not because Poland loves the US , but because the US is a wedge against Russia that historically she is attempting to use to her advantage .
But even America knows that she has to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US has ‘ free reign ’ in what she can and can ’ t do because while past relations are the best indicator of future trends , it is not a guarantee of anything , for ‘ all is fair in love and war.
’ Hence the “ US withdrawal ” strategy from Europe and allowing Germany to take more control over European affairs , not just for Germany , but because the American Empire is crumbling and needs repair .
The question of whether or not the future of the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question .
Rather , the question is how to best maintain it in the cyclical structure of historical patterns .
With Germany wanting to rise and seeking those who support her , the US is , from a strictly strategic point of view , giving her ‘ free space ’ and hoping that with select pressure in key areas that are meticulously chosen- such as against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline -the US can keep Germany in good graces and thus against Russia .
Defense News alludes to this in a recent piece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from an editorial in Bloomberg , which states that Germany is seeking a new version of “ Ostpolitik ” , except perhaps this time with more anti-Russian and less anti-American attitudes while carefully balancing relationships between the two positions , arguing that the concept of ‘ western values ’ is an old Cold War adage that has run its historical course and is going to be supplanted by a new paradigm .
Who else will stand up for Western values if the U.S. , Germany and their friends won ’ t ?
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be more interested in the Pacific than the Atlantic .
She even nods to the genuine , bipartisan American criticism of Germany for shirking its duty to build a strong army .
So here ’ s her deal : Once the silly season in the U.S. is over , let ’ s push the reset button .
Instead of threatening each other with tariffs , let ’ s talk again about a free-trade area for the whole West .
In return , Kramp-Karrenbauer promises that Germany will invest in its military and , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintain order in its neighborhood — from the Baltic to the Balkans , from the North Sea to the Mediterranean .
This she calls “ a new German realism.
” In effect , she ’ s saying Germany could relieve the U.S. of the burdens of being regional cop , so America can better allocate its power and effort globally .
Such a proposal , coming from a German , is remarkable .
It represents a clear rejection of the vision peddled by the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron , who see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers and striving only to become geopolitically “ autonomous ” and “ sovereign.
” Second , she also spurns the remnants of Ostpolitik and what she calls its “ romantic fixation on Russia , ” which is often combined with a large helping of anti-Americanism .
The allusion to an “ emphasis on the pacific ” is interesting as well since the Pacific is also the domain of Japan , another major competitor to the US that while the US is building her up again , may again turn against her .
Likewise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more ‘ free room ’ to rebuild , and seems to be taking this as a gift to the revival of the GErmanic conception of power and its projection across the continent .
For years , Russia has spoken of a “ multipolar world ” , but this is been presented in the concept of “ other than America ” .
A popular example of this was the BRICS , saying that Brazil , Russia , India , China , and South Africa could replace the US in the world balance of power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happening right now instead ?
The article mentioned above openly mentions China as “ dangerous ” , and while China has many weaknesses , the Chinese have openly expressed a violent authoritarianism with no regard at all for human life that has shocked the world .
One does not need to humiliate China , for she does that well enough on her own by her disregard for human kindness shown in too many examples not just in major examples such as the genocide taking place against the Uyghurs , the abuse of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but just in how people are treated in daily life , where no one cares for others publicly suffering and instead pass by as though things are completely normal .
It is not just the US , Russia , Germany , or Japan disgusted by this , but all of Asia , who sees China as a madman aspiring to power but without the will or desire to control themselves , similar to a monkey holding a loaded gun and hopping about the streets , firing at will .
But what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is indeed a major power aspiring to revive herself , but from the way things look , their attempts to “ lock ” the US down by the concept of a ‘ multipolar ’ world may be coming back on them , with instead Russia being progressively locked out and desperately trying to prevent this from happening .
It is why Russia has so aggressively promoted the “ Belt-and-Road ” initiative , because the reality is that the US and Europe have been building massive railways all throughout the Middle East and central-south @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out a new Silk Road along the ancient lanes used centuries ago .
This has the effect of not just increasing economic gain , but also isolating Russia further than what she already is , thus rendering moot her traditional autarchic approach to self-preservation by withering away what economic pull she has left , for even the sale of raw materials can only pull a nation so far in her economy , and especially on ehte size of Russia .
So what does the future hold , especially for the US ?
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ control ” Germany , this is a classic American ‘ error ’ endemic to the society that she makes over and over again .
One can recall when Commodore Perry went to Japan and forcibly opened her up and allied the US to her , and proceeded to turn Japan from the isolated island nation back into a major power that she could ‘ control ’ her , but sure enough , the Japanese Shih-Tsu turned out to become a Godzilla that the US could not control and had to go to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bears close with GErmany , for remember , it has not even been a hundred years since the last major war between her and the US .
This is a very short time in historical memory , and for the Germans , the American memory being even shorter , it serves to benefit the revival of a new reich , for indeed , there is a strong possibility that the ‘ perfect ally ’ created by the US might be what the US thinks is an obedient Germany Shepherd who turns around to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What all can say from this is that Germany is both the wild card and the wild dog in this game of geopolitics , and unfortunately , while all sides will try to make use of her for their own benefit , ultimately there is no winner , as it is more likely that the three will eventually be forced into conflict with each other that results it the consumption of all by the fires of war .
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Russia recently declared that Germany, along with China, is going to become a superpower. The story, which you can read here and was reported on by Reuters, puts forth an interesting proposition- what is the future of the world power balance?
We know that “nothing lasts forever” in this world, for good or for bad. Empires come and go, and there is no exception to this rule, as empires are made of people and as people change, the natures of said ruling structures also change. In the case of the US and Europe, I shall not consider the massive migration shifts from Central America to the US, and Africa or Central Asia to Europe that are fundamentally redefining and reshaping life in those areas. Indeed, this is a subject of discussion into itself for another time. Rather, I want to take the simpler approach of asking what is the nature of alliances?
The US and Russian positions vis-a-vis each other are explicitly clear. The two nations do not like each other, have never really liked each other, and have correctly seen each other as mutual competitors on a global scale. This is nothing new and has been going on for centuries, as the US is just the extension of the British Empire and Russia today and during the Soviet years- something which Putin has openly lauded and is in no uncertain terms trying to revive -was extensions of Russia during the Tsarist times. There have been no changes in this sense, with the most serious being the damage caused to Russia by the Bolsheviks, which enervated the nation and in spite of efforts by Russia in the current times to fix them, has not been able to undo the systemic economic and social problems cause and which largely define Russian life and in spite of the constant positive language, trolling as an advertising campaign, and outright lies by the “Vatnik”-inclined, the practical fact is that Russia endures the continual decline of her people and will for the future.
This is where Russia’s attempts to assert herself in the world are so important, and also so dangerous, because like a cornered and wounded animal dying of her injuries, she is lashing out and fighting as hard as she can to survive. Make no mistake, Russia is a strong nation and has survived much, but at a great cost that is still being paid. I do not wish to get into the specifics that I have alluded to above (you can read more in the Shoebat archives), but rather all factors point to that Russia is about to undergo a major change, much more so than the US. While people in the US speak of the changing “racial” makeup through demographic shifts that is leading to major political and cultural changes, Russia is having the same issue, except that in the US, it is not threatening the physical continuity of the nation, while in the case of Russia, demographic migrations combined with historical trends of regional nationalism and economic chaos could realistically cleave parts of Russia from the larger national body, and potentially relegate her to an impotent power west of the Urals while her power base, which lies in the heart of Siberia and Central Asia that Mackinder identified in his geopolitical theory, could break away into a series of separate nations.
Russia is in big trouble, and in true Russian style, she feigns strength while knowing but never admitting her complete weakness, similar to a bodybuilder with giant muscles who looks tough but cannot stand up to a small man who is also strong but well trained yet will talk tough in public.
What Russia needs desperately are allies, and for practical purposes she does not have any because after a century of Communism, scarcely a nation that was near or under the Soviet bloc of influence wants anything to do with her because of the open, unrepentant, and cruel abuse those people were forced to endure for reasons of power. If Russia treated the Baltic nations, Poland, Ukraine, the Caucasus nations, and many other places in eastern Europe well, why would they want so much to ally with NATO instead of Russia? It is not because of just “hatred”, but lived experience and a fear to subject themselves to the same mistreatment again.
So who does Russia turn to? Surrounded by Germany in the west, Japan in the east (who conquered and held half of Russia until 1920 under military occupation following the Russo-Japanese war of 1905), a ravenous, resource-hungry China in the southeast coupled with a historical enemy and Germanic ally in Turkey in the southwest, things don’t look good for her. She is surrounded respectively by the tenth, sixth, third, and ninth most powerful militaries in the world, and with the exception of China (due to the nominal alliance she holds with the Chinese), when one adds in the US, Russia has a problem.
So what does Russia do? Historically she retreats into herself with an autarchal approach as well as attempts to use the cold Russian weather to her advantage, but with modern technology, these approaches do not work as well as they traditionally do, and she knows they may not work this time. This fear was confirmed at Stalingrad in 1942, when Russia won an almost pyrrhic victory over Germany and noting that the Germany army came within sixty miles of Moscow. She cannot risk a situation like this again. What Russia has to do is to try to “pry off” one or more of these enemies, and while she is at it, this can also include China, for Russia and China are nominal allies but not in a practical sense, since Russia fears a Chinese population move into Siberia and thus annex it by presence without her being able to effectively respond, and the size of China makes her from a manpower viewpoint unstoppable without starting a major war, of which the US would obviously use to her advantage.
Enter Germany into this situation, because while Russia fights with Germany in a historical sense, she also has a history of friendship with her, and peace with Germany means likely a tenuous peace with Turkey, thus taking out two possible problems at one time, and helps her to concentrate on other matters. In order to facilitate this, Russia is, quite reasonably, using her massive gas supply lines in Siberia and other parts of the nation to offer cheap gas to Germany. She does this currently with China, but from a strategic perspective, Germany is the more valuable asset because of the danger. Japan, while a threat, is not as much of an immediate issue since in the event of the outbreak of a global conflict and amid concern over a rising China, Russia could simply claim self-defense measures as a reason to cut the gas lines to China and then renegotiate transfer of cheap gas to Japan. In a European context, Germany needs gas lines to support herself desperately because she has no real gas fields, especially to run a military empire. This is also why Germany in both world wars headed straight for the Caucasus region, to seize the oil sands of Baku in Azerbaijan, and was also why the worst battle of the Second World War and the place where the conflict was decided was at Stalingrad, since that conflict awarded Soviet control of the oil sands to the USSR and thus forcing Germany to shut down her war machine by way of lacking the necessary oil to run it.
This is why the Nord Stream 2 pipeline running from Vyborg to Greifswald is such an issue of contention with the US and Germany, and why the US has violently threatened sanctions against Germany over it. That pipeline is not a sign of “Russian goodwill” as much as the American concern over it is not of “American goodwill”. It is a fight for power over who asserts influence- not control, since Germany wants to ‘rise’ again as a world power -over the future of the Germanic lands, and the stakes are high for both the US and Russia. The former means that she maintains what has been almost a century of work in securing an alliance with the nation she defeated in the Second World War and with that the arguable continuity of American power in the world and over her spheres of influence, that even if it is reduced, will remain generally constant with few disruptions, as well as potentially forcing Russia into a state of terminal decline and eventually her breakup as a nation. From the Russian viewpoint, a revived “Molotov-Ribbentrop” type of arrangement will not defeat the US, but will prevent the US from taking any serious role in a European conflict and make her largely sit out, for whoever gets Germany also gets Turkey.
But make no mistake, Russia is also scared of Germany in spite of their proclamations of support for her economic needs. She has a very long history with Germany, and while Russia is nominally stronger than Germany in terms of military power and population, Germany is overall a lot stronger than Russia in terms of her economy and ability to translate power into action, as Germany- with only 83 million people -is the fourth strongest economy in the world while Russia is the eleventh strongest. Plus, Germany is overall much cleaner, healthier, better managed, freer, and liveable than Russia. People seek to come to Germany from all over the world, while save for the miserable dictatorships that are in Central Asia where poverty is at sub-Saharan Africa tier levels and anything is an improvement, many people who live in Russia seek to leave and not return, and it is not because they “hate Russia”, but just like in many poor, rural areas in the American south and west, there is not much future for a man with care and ambition.
In the film The Godfather, the famous Corleone family hitman Luca Brazi is portrayed as one of the Don’s most loyal soldiers. This is also true in the novel, but the novel portrays a much more disturbing character, as in the written story Luca had a violent temper who murdered his own infant son conceived through a prostitute by throwing the newborn alive into a furnace. The Don is actually scared of Luca in the story, but he keeps him because Luca is on ‘his side’ and is very loyal to him. A similar analogy- with much less loyalty attributed -can be made with the Russia-Germany relationship, as Russia wants Germany on ‘her side’ but knows her tendencies, history, and abilities, and wants to keep her as a close friend but also at a distance as well.
Germany wants to remilitarize. The Asia Times did an excellent story about this, and points out that:
To illustrate the change sweeping over the German ideology, in an interview with the weekly magazine Die Zeit in July, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (who is also the acting chairwoman of the ruling Christian Democratic Union party) stressed that it was “high time” to discuss “how Germany must position itself in the world in the future.”
She said Germany is “expected to show leadership, not only as an economic power,” but it also concerns “collective defense, it concerns international missions, it concerns a strategic view of the world, and ultimately it concerns the question of whether we want to actively shape the global order.” Plainly put, the German voice is no longer the voice of pacifism.
Kramp-Karrenbauer said “the claim of the current Russian leadership” to advocate their interests “very aggressively” must be “confronted with a clear position: We are well fortified and in case of doubt, ready to defend ourselves. We see what Russia is doing and we will not let the Russian leadership get away with it.… If you look at who is within range of Russian missiles in Europe, then it’s just the Central and Eastern European states and us.” (source)
If this is not a threat from Germany, then what is? Likewise, one may remember that while Russia at least presents an image of supporting Germany (and also too one may remember that Russia is a master of bluffing), and Germany may support her, Germany also remembers that it was the US who not only rebuilt West Germany and West Berlin while the USSR allowed East Germany and East Berlin to languish in absolute misery, but that it was the US who supported German unification while Russia was against it.
Now the choice of whether or not Germany wants to back the US or Russia is ultimately their decision. However, since the US is physically distant from Germany in her own sphere and has been a major driving force in recreating Germany as national entity since the end of the previous war, and given how Russia is forced into the proximity of Germany by her geographic position as well as has openly mistreated Germanic lands (something that is considered very precious to many Germans) and then opposed the German reunification process, and knowing that Germany also has a very long memory too, this does not bode well for Russia.
Germany is ultimately going to act in her interests, and the US will likely lose influence in Europe, but from the US perspective, it is a matter of how the influence can be distributed instead of lost. Germany has a historic tendency to rise, which the US surely knows. Rather, from the US view, it is more strategic to allow a natural rise with a natural US reshifting of power in so far as the two can remain allies and even some friendship with in general what are mostly shared business and political interests united against Russia in the east as opposed to losing influence to a recreation of a German-Russian alliance which, historically speaking, results in the domination and rape (culturally and physically) of the other Slavic peoples before Germany and Russia start fighting with each other and break their alliance.
The American play in this “game” of geopolitical cards is the most historically significant factor, and all of the Eastern European nations know this. It is why Poland has taken so much US support, not because Poland loves the US, but because the US is a wedge against Russia that historically she is attempting to use to her advantage.
But even America knows that she has to be careful. It is not as though the US has ‘free reign’ in what she can and can’t do because while past relations are the best indicator of future trends, it is not a guarantee of anything, for ‘all is fair in love and war.’ Hence the “US withdrawal” strategy from Europe and allowing Germany to take more control over European affairs, not just for Germany, but because the American Empire is crumbling and needs repair.
The question of whether or not the future of the American empire will be maintained is not a question. Rather, the question is how to best maintain it in the cyclical structure of historical patterns. With Germany wanting to rise and seeking those who support her, the US is, from a strictly strategic point of view, giving her ‘free space’ and hoping that with select pressure in key areas that are meticulously chosen- such as against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline -the US can keep Germany in good graces and thus against Russia. Defense News alludes to this in a recent piece, but perhaps the best articulation comes from an editorial in Bloomberg, which states that Germany is seeking a new version of “Ostpolitik”, except perhaps this time with more anti-Russian and less anti-American attitudes while carefully balancing relationships between the two positions, arguing that the concept of ‘western values’ is an old Cold War adage that has run its historical course and is going to be supplanted by a new paradigm.
Who else will stand up for Western values if the U.S., Germany and their friends won’t?
She freely acknowledges that the U.S. will henceforth be more interested in the Pacific than the Atlantic. She even nods to the genuine, bipartisan American criticism of Germany for shirking its duty to build a strong army.
So here’s her deal: Once the silly season in the U.S. is over, let’s push the reset button. Instead of threatening each other with tariffs, let’s talk again about a free-trade area for the whole West. In return, Kramp-Karrenbauer promises that Germany will invest in its military and, when diplomacy fails, use it to maintain order in its neighborhood — from the Baltic to the Balkans, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.
This she calls “a new German realism.” In effect, she’s saying Germany could relieve the U.S. of the burdens of being regional cop, so America can better allocate its power and effort globally.
Such a proposal, coming from a German, is remarkable. It represents a clear rejection of the vision peddled by the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron, who see Europe as agnostic about the major world powers and striving only to become geopolitically “autonomous” and “sovereign.” Second, she also spurns the remnants of Ostpolitik and what she calls its “romantic fixation on Russia,” which is often combined with a large helping of anti-Americanism.
The allusion to an “emphasis on the pacific” is interesting as well since the Pacific is also the domain of Japan, another major competitor to the US that while the US is building her up again, may again turn against her. Likewise, she accepts the US giving her more ‘free room’ to rebuild, and seems to be taking this as a gift to the revival of the GErmanic conception of power and its projection across the continent.
For years, Russia has spoken of a “multipolar world”, but this is been presented in the concept of “other than America”. A popular example of this was the BRICS, saying that Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa could replace the US in the world balance of power.
However, could the opposite be happening right now instead?
The article mentioned above openly mentions China as “dangerous”, and while China has many weaknesses, the Chinese have openly expressed a violent authoritarianism with no regard at all for human life that has shocked the world. One does not need to humiliate China, for she does that well enough on her own by her disregard for human kindness shown in too many examples not just in major examples such as the genocide taking place against the Uyghurs, the abuse of “social credit” for her own people, but just in how people are treated in daily life, where no one cares for others publicly suffering and instead pass by as though things are completely normal. It is not just the US, Russia, Germany, or Japan disgusted by this, but all of Asia, who sees China as a madman aspiring to power but without the will or desire to control themselves, similar to a monkey holding a loaded gun and hopping about the streets, firing at will.
But what is one to say of Russia? Russia is indeed a major power aspiring to revive herself, but from the way things look, their attempts to “lock” the US down by the concept of a ‘multipolar’ world may be coming back on them, with instead Russia being progressively locked out and desperately trying to prevent this from happening. It is why Russia has so aggressively promoted the “Belt-and-Road” initiative, because the reality is that the US and Europe have been building massive railways all throughout the Middle East and central-south Asia, physically circumventing Russia and carving out a new Silk Road along the ancient lanes used centuries ago. This has the effect of not just increasing economic gain, but also isolating Russia further than what she already is, thus rendering moot her traditional autarchic approach to self-preservation by withering away what economic pull she has left, for even the sale of raw materials can only pull a nation so far in her economy, and especially on ehte size of Russia.
So what does the future hold, especially for the US? While the US may think that she can “control” Germany, this is a classic American ‘error’ endemic to the society that she makes over and over again. One can recall when Commodore Perry went to Japan and forcibly opened her up and allied the US to her, and proceeded to turn Japan from the isolated island nation back into a major power that she could ‘control’ her, but sure enough, the Japanese Shih-Tsu turned out to become a Godzilla that the US could not control and had to go to war against her.
The same warning bears close with GErmany, for remember, it has not even been a hundred years since the last major war between her and the US. This is a very short time in historical memory, and for the Germans, the American memory being even shorter, it serves to benefit the revival of a new reich, for indeed, there is a strong possibility that the ‘perfect ally’ created by the US might be what the US thinks is an obedient Germany Shepherd who turns around to bite the master who trained her.
What all can say from this is that Germany is both the wild card and the wild dog in this game of geopolitics, and unfortunately, while all sides will try to make use of her for their own benefit, ultimately there is no winner, as it is more likely that the three will eventually be forced into conflict with each other that results it the consumption of all by the fires of war.
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shoebat--2020-10-31--MIchael Moore Warns Again- Trump Is Ahead

If one paid attention to the media blitz in the final countdown to the election , one would think that Biden was ahead .
But not so fast , for as Shoebat.com has pointed out , this is likely not true , but a deception based on manipulated poll numbers and perceptions .
Michael Moore , the famed liberal filmmaker and Democrat activist also echoes this sentiment , saying that people who believe that Trump is behind are deceiving themselves .
Filmmaker and political pundit Michael Moore – who correctly called Trump ’ s win in 2016 ( and accidentally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – is warning Democrats not to believe polls suggesting Biden has a giant lead .
In fact , it may be within the margin of error .
“ I need to remind people that the poll back in July said at that point that Biden was ahead in Michigan by 16 points .
Trump has cut that in half .
Trump has tightened virtually every one of these swing states… ” Moore told The Hill – noting what we ’ ve been highlighting for months – namely that many Trump supporters are unwilling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Don ’ t believe these polls , first of all .
And second of all , the Trump vote has always been under-counted , ” said Moore .
“ Pollsters , when they actually call a real Trump voter , the Trump voter is very suspicious of the deep-state calling them and asking them who they ’ re voting for… …It is not an accurate count .
I think the safe thing to do… whatever they ’ re saying the Biden lead is , cut it in half – and now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of error .
That ’ s how close this is.
” Moore also noted that Trump has been strategically campaigning in 2016 Hillary territory in Michigan : “ 10 days ago when Trump had the big rally in Muskegon , Michigan – Muskegon County , over on the west side of the state on Lake Michigan – only two counties voted for Hillary on the west side of Michigan in 2016 , ” said Moore .
“ Muskegon County was one of them .
Trump chose not to go to a Trump county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he went to a Hillary county and had thousands of people there.
” ( source )

If one paid attention to the media blitz in the final countdown to the election, one would think that Biden was ahead. But not so fast, for as Shoebat.com has pointed out, this is likely not true, but a deception based on manipulated poll numbers and perceptions. Michael Moore, the famed liberal filmmaker and Democrat activist also echoes this sentiment, saying that people who believe that Trump is behind are deceiving themselves.
Filmmaker and political pundit Michael Moore – who correctly called Trump’s win in 2016 (and accidentally made a bitchin’ Trump ad) – is warning Democrats not to believe polls suggesting Biden has a giant lead. In fact, it may be within the margin of error.
“I need to remind people that the poll back in July said at that point that Biden was ahead in Michigan by 16 points. Trump has cut that in half. Trump has tightened virtually every one of these swing states…” Moore told The Hill – noting what we’ve been highlighting for months – namely that many Trump supporters are unwilling to tell pollsters their true political affiliation.
“Don’t believe these polls, first of all. And second of all, the Trump vote has always been under-counted,” said Moore. “Pollsters, when they actually call a real Trump voter, the Trump voter is very suspicious of the deep-state calling them and asking them who they’re voting for…
…It is not an accurate count. I think the safe thing to do… whatever they’re saying the Biden lead is, cut it in half – and now you’re within the 4-point margin of error. That’s how close this is.”
Moore also noted that Trump has been strategically campaigning in 2016 Hillary territory in Michigan: “10 days ago when Trump had the big rally in Muskegon, Michigan – Muskegon County, over on the west side of the state on Lake Michigan – only two counties voted for Hillary on the west side of Michigan in 2016,” said Moore. “Muskegon County was one of them. Trump chose not to go to a Trump county, because he won the state, he went to a Hillary county and had thousands of people there.” (source)


shoebat--2020-10-30--The Bidens Are In Serious Trouble

The Bidens Are In Serious Trouble

This past October has yielded quite the number of surprises .
Robert Hunter Biden , son of Joe Biden , has found himself in a lot of trouble following an incident with a laptop in which confirmed evidence , unconfirmed evidence , and unconfirmed statements made by various anonymous sources have created a picture of a man that is quite revealing , in all senses of the word .
But of all that which has been exposed , and indeed , much has been , the most interesting is a series of email detaling what seem to be openly illegal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign governments with Hunter as the intermediary on behalf of his father .
The story , which first broke on the NY Post , attracted national attention and according to the Daily Caller , another development in the stpry has emerged as the findings seem to have been confirmed by forensic evidence .
An email Hunter Biden received in April 2015 from a Burisma executive discussing an introduction to then-Vice President Joe Biden , which lies at the heart of a New York Post investigation , is unquestionably authentic , a cybersecurity expert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
The DCNF obtained a full copy of Hunter Biden ’ s alleged laptop from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday .
The DCNF provided Robert Graham , the founder of the cybersecurity firm Errata Security , with a copy of the email and its metadata for forensic analysis .
Graham , who has been cited as a cybersecurity expert in The Washington Post , the Associated Press , Wired , Engadget and other news and technology outlets , told the DCNF that he used a cryptographic signature found in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Vadym Pozharsky , an advisor to Burisma ’ s board of directors , emailed Hunter Biden on April 17 , 2015 .
In the email , Pozharsky thanked Hunter Biden for “ inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [ sic ] some time together.
” The New York Post first reported the email in October , describing it as a “ smoking-gun ” showing that Hunter Biden had introduced his father to the Burisma executive in 2015 .
The email was sent less than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire a prosecutor who was reportedly investigating the gas company in return for a $ 1 billion loan guarantee .
Graham previously told the DCNF that emails sent from Gmail , such as Pozharski ’ s message to Hunter Biden , can be “ absolutely verified beyond a shadow of a doubt ” by testing its contents against the unique DKIM signature found in its metadata .
Graham used the DKIM signature within the email to verify with a private key on Google ’ s servers that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and body of the message that the DCNF obtained from Giuliani were unchanged from when the email was originally sent in April 2015 .
( RELATED : Hunter Biden Emails Could Be ‘ Absolutely Verified ’ If Rudy Giuliani Released The Metadata , Expert Says ) Graham said the only way the email could have been faked is if someone hacked into Google ’ s servers , found the private key and used it to reverse engineer the email ’ s DKIM signature .
Email metadata on its own does not provide any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the email ’ s release , Graham noted .
“ Of course , committing criminal hacking doesn ’ t make true information any less true , so no matter how illegitimately they gathered emails , the contents are provably legitimate , ” Graham said .
( source ) It is so serious that U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has put out an official report on the matter .
This email may serve to be a death sentence for the Biden campaign , not just for voter interest ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favor in spite of the media clamoring ) , but that it may result in criminal charges being put against Hunter or Joe himself .
What happens from now until election day is going to be very interesting and important to watch , for even Trump ’ s reality TV show series at its height could not reach the levels of interest and intrigue that this current election year has been able to accomplish .
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This past October has yielded quite the number of surprises. Robert Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden, has found himself in a lot of trouble following an incident with a laptop in which confirmed evidence, unconfirmed evidence, and unconfirmed statements made by various anonymous sources have created a picture of a man that is quite revealing, in all senses of the word. But of all that which has been exposed, and indeed, much has been, the most interesting is a series of email detaling what seem to be openly illegal business transactions between the elder Biden and foreign governments with Hunter as the intermediary on behalf of his father.
The story, which first broke on the NY Post, attracted national attention and according to the Daily Caller, another development in the stpry has emerged as the findings seem to have been confirmed by forensic evidence.
An email Hunter Biden received in April 2015 from a Burisma executive discussing an introduction to then-Vice President Joe Biden, which lies at the heart of a New York Post investigation, is unquestionably authentic, a cybersecurity expert told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday. The DCNF obtained a full copy of Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday. The DCNF provided Robert Graham, the founder of the cybersecurity firm Errata Security, with a copy of the email and its metadata for forensic analysis. Graham, who has been cited as a cybersecurity expert in The Washington Post, the Associated Press, Wired, Engadget and other news and technology outlets, told the DCNF that he used a cryptographic signature found in the email’s metadata to validate that Vadym Pozharsky, an advisor to Burisma’s board of directors, emailed Hunter Biden on April 17, 2015. In the email, Pozharsky thanked Hunter Biden for “inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together.” The New York Post first reported the email in October, describing it as a “smoking-gun” showing that Hunter Biden had introduced his father to the Burisma executive in 2015. The email was sent less than a year before Joe Biden pressured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire a prosecutor who was reportedly investigating the gas company in return for a $1 billion loan guarantee. Graham previously told the DCNF that emails sent from Gmail, such as Pozharski’s message to Hunter Biden, can be “absolutely verified beyond a shadow of a doubt” by testing its contents against the unique DKIM signature found in its metadata. Graham used the DKIM signature within the email to verify with a private key on Google’s servers that the sender, recipient, subject, date and body of the message that the DCNF obtained from Giuliani were unchanged from when the email was originally sent in April 2015. (RELATED: Hunter Biden Emails Could Be ‘Absolutely Verified’ If Rudy Giuliani Released The Metadata, Expert Says) Graham said the only way the email could have been faked is if someone hacked into Google’s servers, found the private key and used it to reverse engineer the email’s DKIM signature. Email metadata on its own does not provide any indication of whether hacking had anything to with the email’s release, Graham noted. “Of course, committing criminal hacking doesn’t make true information any less true, so no matter how illegitimately they gathered emails, the contents are provably legitimate,” Graham said. (source)
It is so serious that U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has put out an official report on the matter.
This email may serve to be a death sentence for the Biden campaign, not just for voter interest (which is still to Trump’s favor in spite of the media clamoring), but that it may result in criminal charges being put against Hunter or Joe himself.
What happens from now until election day is going to be very interesting and important to watch, for even Trump’s reality TV show series at its height could not reach the levels of interest and intrigue that this current election year has been able to accomplish.
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shoebat--2020-10-30--Azeri Troops Close In On Major Armenian Position In Nagorno-Karabakh

The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh seems to be reaching a crucial point as according to TRT News , Azeri troops are closing in on a major Armenian position .
Azerbaijani troops appear a few kilometres away from the strategic town of Shusha in occupied Karabakh region .
In a statement , the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence said the clashes took place mostly in Aghdara , Khojavand and Gubadli areas .
It added that Azerbaijani troops had neutralised many Armenian forces , as well as two SU-25 ground attack aircraft , three T-72 tanks , an armoured infantry vehicle , two Smerch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 10 different types of artillery , a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer , an OSA anti-aircraft missile system , and a P-18 radar system .
“ The front is under Azerbaijaini army ’ s control , ” it added .
The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday Azerbaijani forces were closing in on the town of Shusha , whose capture would mark a turning point after a month of fighting .
In a video recorded outside the town ’ s famed cathedral , separatist president Arayik Harutyunyan warned that advancing Azerbaijani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most ” from the town .
“ The enemy ’ s main goal is to capture Shushi … whoever controls Shushi controls Artsakh , ” he said , using the Armenian names for the town and Nagorno-Karabakh .
He called on Armenians to come to the defence of the strategically important town , the second-largest in Karabakh after the main city Stepanakert .
Gaining control of Shusha would be a major victory for Azerbaijani forces , who have been making gains against Armenian separatist fighters since new fighting erupted over Nagorno-Karabakh a month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategic heights over Stepanakert and on the road linking the city with Armenian territory .
The two sides have three times agreed to ceasefires – the latest in a US-brokered deal at the weekend – but the truces have all quickly fallen apart .
The fighting has intensified in recent days , including with renewed shelling and rocket attacks on civilian areas .
Karabakh ’ s rights ombudsman Artak Beglaryan told AFP earlier on Thursday that Azerbaijan had launched some of its heaviest strikes yet .
“ Azerbaijan struck Stepanakert for several hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said .
The strikes came after Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of killing 21 people and wounding dozens in a missile strike on the town of Barda on Wednesday .
More than 1,200 people from both sides have been reported dead since the fighting began , including over 130 civilians , and thousands forced from their homes .
( source )

The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh seems to be reaching a crucial point as according to TRT News, Azeri troops are closing in on a major Armenian position.
Azerbaijani troops appear a few kilometres away from the strategic town of Shusha in occupied Karabakh region.
In a statement, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence said the clashes took place mostly in Aghdara, Khojavand and Gubadli areas.
It added that Azerbaijani troops had neutralised many Armenian forces, as well as two SU-25 ground attack aircraft, three T-72 tanks, an armoured infantry vehicle, two Smerch and one Grad Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, 10 different types of artillery, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, an OSA anti-aircraft missile system, and a P-18 radar system.
“The front is under Azerbaijaini army’s control,” it added.
The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday Azerbaijani forces were closing in on the town of Shusha, whose capture would mark a turning point after a month of fighting.
In a video recorded outside the town’s famed cathedral, separatist president Arayik Harutyunyan warned that advancing Azerbaijani forces were “five kilometres at the most” from the town.
“The enemy’s main goal is to capture Shushi … whoever controls Shushi controls Artsakh,” he said, using the Armenian names for the town and Nagorno-Karabakh.
He called on Armenians to come to the defence of the strategically important town, the second-largest in Karabakh after the main city Stepanakert.
Gaining control of Shusha would be a major victory for Azerbaijani forces, who have been making gains against Armenian separatist fighters since new fighting erupted over Nagorno-Karabakh a month ago.
The town is located on strategic heights over Stepanakert and on the road linking the city with Armenian territory.
The two sides have three times agreed to ceasefires – the latest in a US-brokered deal at the weekend – but the truces have all quickly fallen apart.
The fighting has intensified in recent days, including with renewed shelling and rocket attacks on civilian areas.
Karabakh’s rights ombudsman Artak Beglaryan told AFP earlier on Thursday that Azerbaijan had launched some of its heaviest strikes yet.
“Azerbaijan struck Stepanakert for several hours, tens of missiles hit the city,” he said.
The strikes came after Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of killing 21 people and wounding dozens in a missile strike on the town of Barda on Wednesday.
More than 1,200 people from both sides have been reported dead since the fighting began, including over 130 civilians, and thousands forced from their homes. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-30--Scientists Admit That CRISPR Genetic Editing May Cause Horrible Accidents

There was an old computer game I played as a child called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis .
In the game , Indiana Jones confronts his age-old enemy , the National Socialists , in the quest to find Atlantis and uncover its secrets .
At the end of the game , you are faced with a final challenge to save yourself and destroy the remnants of Atlantis after finding that the reason for the interest in the place was because the city was attempting to use a machine to turn people into “ gods ” , which always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which point they want to experiment on your character .
Shoebat.com has closely followed the ‘ new eugenics ’ taking place , and one of these trends is genetic editing .
However , the Wall Street Journal reports that major scientists are expressing concern about the practice , saying that ‘ accidents ’ of a horrible nature can happen .
Scientists using the Crispr gene-editing technology in human embryos to try to repair a gene that causes hereditary blindness found it made unintended and unwanted changes , frequently eliminating an entire chromosome or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published Thursday in the journal Cell comes as the international scientific community continues to grapple with the potential use of Crispr for editing human embryos that would be intended for creating a pregnancy and birth .
In September , an international commission sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine , U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the U.K. ’ s Royal Society issued a report stating that the gene-editing technology isn ’ t ready for such a use because scientists don ’ t understand how to make precise fixes without also introducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assistant professor of developmental cell biology at Columbia University and the study ’ s senior author , said , “ This study is not going to stop the field .
But we have to ask what to do with these powerful tools , and in which context they are safe and efficacious.
” Scientists can use the gene-editing technology called Crispr-Cas9 to correct disease-causing mutations .
Two separate papers published earlier this month indicate that the ethical debate continues over whether and under what circumstances creating genetically modified children could be permissible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you play you chances well , both scientists use the machine on themselves and they are destroyed .
The difference is that is just a game , whereas this story is reality , and is a warning for the growing trend as man tries to replace God with his own desires .
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There was an old computer game I played as a child called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. In the game, Indiana Jones confronts his age-old enemy, the National Socialists, in the quest to find Atlantis and uncover its secrets. At the end of the game, you are faced with a final challenge to save yourself and destroy the remnants of Atlantis after finding that the reason for the interest in the place was because the city was attempting to use a machine to turn people into “gods”, which always resulted in creating monsters, and at which point they want to experiment on your character.
Shoebat.com has closely followed the ‘new eugenics’ taking place, and one of these trends is genetic editing. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that major scientists are expressing concern about the practice, saying that ‘accidents’ of a horrible nature can happen.
Scientists using the Crispr gene-editing technology in human embryos to try to repair a gene that causes hereditary blindness found it made unintended and unwanted changes, frequently eliminating an entire chromosome or large sections of it. The study published Thursday in the journal Cell comes as the international scientific community continues to grapple with the potential use of Crispr for editing human embryos that would be intended for creating a pregnancy and birth. In September, an international commission sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the U.K.’s Royal Society issued a report stating that the gene-editing technology isn’t ready for such a use because scientists don’t understand how to make precise fixes without also introducing potentially dangerous changes. Dieter Egli, assistant professor of developmental cell biology at Columbia University and the study’s senior author, said, “This study is not going to stop the field. But we have to ask what to do with these powerful tools, and in which context they are safe and efficacious.” Scientists can use the gene-editing technology called Crispr-Cas9 to correct disease-causing mutations. Two separate papers published earlier this month indicate that the ethical debate continues over whether and under what circumstances creating genetically modified children could be permissible. (source)
In the game, if you play you chances well, both scientists use the machine on themselves and they are destroyed.
The difference is that is just a game, whereas this story is reality, and is a warning for the growing trend as man tries to replace God with his own desires.
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shoebat--2020-10-31--Trump Gets Crowds, While Biden Cannot Mobilize The Left

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shoebat--2020-10-31--THIRD TIME IN MONTH: Greek Orthodox Priest Shot In France

For the third time in the month , and now reported on by AFP via Yahoo !
News , another priest , this time a Greek Orthodox priest , was shot at a church in Lyon , France by an assailant who is yet to be identified .
An Orthodox priest was shot and injured on Saturday at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled , a police source said .
The priest was fired on twice at around 4 p.m. ( 1400 GMT ) as he was closing the church , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injuries , the source said .
The incident came two days after a man shouting “ Allahu Akbar !
” ( God is Greatest ) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice , and two weeks after a schoolteacher in a Paris suburb was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen , apparently incensed by the teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in class .
Ministers had warned that other Islamist militant attacks could take place .
President Emmanuel Macron has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools .
( source )

For the third time in the month, and now reported on by AFP via Yahoo! News, another priest, this time a Greek Orthodox priest, was shot at a church in Lyon, France by an assailant who is yet to be identified.
An Orthodox priest was shot and injured on Saturday at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, a police source said.
The priest was fired on twice at around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) as he was closing the church, and was being treated on site for life-threatening injuries, the source said.
The incident came two days after a man shouting “Allahu Akbar!” (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice, and two weeks after a schoolteacher in a Paris suburb was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen, apparently incensed by the teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in class.
Ministers had warned that other Islamist militant attacks could take place. President Emmanuel Macron has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites such as places of worship and schools. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-31--Biden’s Black And Hispanic Blocs Are Slipping Away

The Black and Hispanic bloc have consistently polled out in Democrat favor at 95/5 and 70/30 for decades .
However , this election , this base seems to be slipping as amid widespread conversation on the Internet about Biden ’ s past as well as his current statements , Bloomberg reports there is very low turnout among the two blocs as well as rumors of increasing numbers among the blocs voting for Trump .
Senior officials on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s campaign are increasingly worried about insufficient Black and Latino voter turnout in key states like Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election , according to people familiar with the matter .
Despite record early-vote turnout around the country , there are warning signs for Biden .
In Arizona , two-thirds of Latino registered voters have not yet cast a ballot .
In Florida , half of Latino and Black registered voters have not yet voted but more than half of White voters have cast ballots , according to data from Catalist , a Democratic data firm .
In Pennsylvania , nearly 75 % of registered Black voters have not yet voted , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analysis of early vote numbers also show a surge of non-college educated White voters , who largely back President Donald Trump , compared to voters of color , who overwhelmingly support Biden .
The situation is particularly stark in Florida where Republicans currently have a 9.4 % turnout advantage in Miami-Dade County , a place where analysts say Biden will need a significant margin of victory to carry the state .
More from Election “ I would like to see turnout increase – and yes , we need improvement , ” Steve Schale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a pro-Biden super PAC , wrote in a blog post on Tuesday about Miami-Dade County early vote numbers .
Top campaign leaders have expressed confidence that Black and Latino voters will show up on Election Day – and historical trends suggest these groups often do prefer to vote in person .
But some Biden advisers have expressed concerns about a lack of investment and are urging the campaign , so far unsuccessfully , to spend even more money to target these voters in the final stretch , especially given the campaign ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign disputed that these voter turnout efforts are being short-changed .
( source )

The Black and Hispanic bloc have consistently polled out in Democrat favor at 95/5 and 70/30 for decades. However, this election, this base seems to be slipping as amid widespread conversation on the Internet about Biden’s past as well as his current statements, Bloomberg reports there is very low turnout among the two blocs as well as rumors of increasing numbers among the blocs voting for Trump.
Senior officials on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign are increasingly worried about insufficient Black and Latino voter turnout in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania with only four days until the election, according to people familiar with the matter.
Despite record early-vote turnout around the country, there are warning signs for Biden. In Arizona, two-thirds of Latino registered voters have not yet cast a ballot. In Florida, half of Latino and Black registered voters have not yet voted but more than half of White voters have cast ballots, according to data from Catalist, a Democratic data firm. In Pennsylvania, nearly 75% of registered Black voters have not yet voted, the data shows.
The firm’s analysis of early vote numbers also show a surge of non-college educated White voters, who largely back President Donald Trump, compared to voters of color, who overwhelmingly support Biden.
The situation is particularly stark in Florida where Republicans currently have a 9.4% turnout advantage in Miami-Dade County, a place where analysts say Biden will need a significant margin of victory to carry the state.
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“I would like to see turnout increase – and yes, we need improvement,” Steve Schale, the president of Unite the Country, a pro-Biden super PAC, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday about Miami-Dade County early vote numbers.
Top campaign leaders have expressed confidence that Black and Latino voters will show up on Election Day – and historical trends suggest these groups often do prefer to vote in person. But some Biden advisers have expressed concerns about a lack of investment and are urging the campaign, so far unsuccessfully, to spend even more money to target these voters in the final stretch, especially given the campaign’s record-shattering fundraising.
Biden’s campaign disputed that these voter turnout efforts are being short-changed. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-31--Oregon May Decriminalize ‘Hard Drugs’

Oregon May Decriminalize ‘Hard Drugs’

The decriminalization of drugs is a major long-term trend in the US that will have a great impact on many people and society .
Oregon recently made an interesting move that could set a trend for other states as according to the AP , they may move to legalize hard drugs .
In what would be a first in the U.S. , possession of small amounts of heroin , cocaine , LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on in Tuesday ’ s election .
Measure 110 is one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it would drastically change how the state ’ s justice system treats people caught with amounts for their personal use .
Instead of being arrested , going to trial and facing possible jail time , the users would have the option of paying $ 100 fines or attending new , free addiction recovery centers .
The centers would be funded by tax revenue from retail marijuana sales in the state that was the country ’ s first to decriminalize marijuana possession .
It may sound like a radical concept even in one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but countries including Portugal , the Netherlands and Switzerland have already decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs , according to the United Nations .
Portugal ’ s 2000 decriminalization brought no surge in drug use .
Drug deaths fell while the number of people treated for drug addiction in the country rose 20 % from 2001 to 2008 and then stabilized , Portuguese officials have said .
The U.N. Chief Executives Board for Coordination , chaired by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres , is also advocating a different approach .
In a 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ promote alternatives to conviction and punishment in appropriate cases , including the decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.
” Doing so would also “ address prison overcrowding and overincarceration by people accused of drug crimes , ” said the board , which is made up of the leaders of all U.N. agencies , funds and other bodies .
Oregon ’ s measure is backed by the Oregon Nurses Association , the Oregon chapter of the American College of Physicians and the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians .
“ Punishing people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hasn ’ t worked .
More drug treatment , not punishment , is a better approach , ” the groups said in a statement .
Opponents include two dozen district attorneys who urged a no vote , saying the measure “ recklessly decriminalizes possession of the most dangerous types of drugs ( and ) will lead to an increase in acceptability of dangerous drugs.
” Three other district attorneys back the measure , including the top prosecutor in Oregon ’ s most populous county , which includes Portland , the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws have created deep disparities in the justice system , ” said Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt .
“ Arresting people with addictions is a cruel punishment because it slaps them with a lifelong criminal record that can ruin lives.
” ( source )

The decriminalization of drugs is a major long-term trend in the US that will have a great impact on many people and society. Oregon recently made an interesting move that could set a trend for other states as according to the AP, they may move to legalize hard drugs.
In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on in Tuesday’s election.
Measure 110 is one of the most watched initiatives in Oregon because it would drastically change how the state’s justice system treats people caught with amounts for their personal use.
Instead of being arrested, going to trial and facing possible jail time, the users would have the option of paying $100 fines or attending new, free addiction recovery centers.
The centers would be funded by tax revenue from retail marijuana sales in the state that was the country’s first to decriminalize marijuana possession.
It may sound like a radical concept even in one of the most progressive U.S. states — but countries including Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland have already decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs, according to the United Nations.
Portugal’s 2000 decriminalization brought no surge in drug use. Drug deaths fell while the number of people treated for drug addiction in the country rose 20% from 2001 to 2008 and then stabilized, Portuguese officials have said.
The U.N. Chief Executives Board for Coordination, chaired by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, is also advocating a different approach.
In a 2019 report, the board announced its commitment to “promote alternatives to conviction and punishment in appropriate cases, including the decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.”
Doing so would also “address prison overcrowding and overincarceration by people accused of drug crimes,” said the board, which is made up of the leaders of all U.N. agencies, funds and other bodies.
Oregon’s measure is backed by the Oregon Nurses Association, the Oregon chapter of the American College of Physicians and the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians.
“Punishing people for drug use and addiction is costly and hasn’t worked. More drug treatment, not punishment, is a better approach,” the groups said in a statement.
Opponents include two dozen district attorneys who urged a no vote, saying the measure “recklessly decriminalizes possession of the most dangerous types of drugs (and) will lead to an increase in acceptability of dangerous drugs.”
Three other district attorneys back the measure, including the top prosecutor in Oregon’s most populous county, which includes Portland, the state’s largest city.
“Misguided drug laws have created deep disparities in the justice system,” said Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. “Arresting people with addictions is a cruel punishment because it slaps them with a lifelong criminal record that can ruin lives.” (source)


shoebat--2020-11-01--We Are Currently Transitioning Towards A Global Conflict

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shoebat--2020-11-02--Caravan Of Pro-Trump Cars Shuts Down Highway In New Jersey

According to a story from Zero Hedge , a line of cars of Trump supporters shut down the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey .
Days after a vehicle convoy of President Trump ’ s supporters escorted the Biden-Harris Bus down a Texas highway , another caravan of Trump supporters shut down a stretch of New Jersey roadway on Sunday .
Videos surfaced on Twitter Sunday afternoon of what appears to be hundreds of vehicles , could be a lot more , of Trump supporters shutting down a stretch of Garden State Parkway in New Jersey .
One Trump supporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shut it down.
” ( source ) As one who is familar with the Parkway , this is quite the accomplishment .
Ask yourself , where are the lines of this for Biden ?
They are not to be found because Biden ’ s campaign is like him- lose , age-wearied , and on its way out .
It will likely be close for Trump , but he still holds the advantage .
The fire may be the last burst from the Boomers , but it is still there , and will burn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it goes out .
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According to a story from Zero Hedge, a line of cars of Trump supporters shut down the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
Days after a vehicle convoy of President Trump’s supporters escorted the Biden-Harris Bus down a Texas highway, another caravan of Trump supporters shut down a stretch of New Jersey roadway on Sunday. Videos surfaced on Twitter Sunday afternoon of what appears to be hundreds of vehicles, could be a lot more, of Trump supporters shutting down a stretch of Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. One Trump supporter could be heard saying: “We shut it down.” (source)
NJ: Trump vehicle convoy shuts down the Garden State Parkway. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/djgi96aZFk — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 1, 2020
As one who is familar with the Parkway, this is quite the accomplishment.
Ask yourself, where are the lines of this for Biden? They are not to be found because Biden’s campaign is like him- lose, age-wearied, and on its way out.
It will likely be close for Trump, but he still holds the advantage. The fire may be the last burst from the Boomers, but it is still there, and will burn for at least one last time before it goes out.
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shoebat--2020-11-01--The Republican Party Is Not Going Back To Normal, But Into Eclipse

A lot has changed politically speaking , and according to the conservative publication The Federalist , the Republican party of the past is no more .
In 2016 , Trump hijacked the Republican Party .
Although he was billed as Republican , the support propelling him to victory was a new configuration of the electorate .
Many mainstream Republicans still don ’ t understand this , but no other GOP candidate was going to win in 2016 .
Trump won because he was not actually a Republican .
Both the Republican and the Democratic parties are in the midst of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wing of the Democratic Party is hurtling toward socialism and the destruction not only of statues but of American values and the fundamental principles of this country .
Indeed , the escalating rhetoric currently employed by the left historically does not just silence dissent , it eventually seeks to eliminate the dissenters .
America is in a struggle not only for its identity , but for its life .
While the left remakes itself , Republicans are engaged in their own struggle .
When Trump won the White House , many of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a dime .
For most , it wasn ’ t a unity move , but a power play for survival .
Trump won , so the GOP decided to ride that wave .
They stacked the White House with their people , promoted mainstream Republicans toward presidential appointments , and benefited as best they could from the electoral upset , but they never coalesced behind Trump or his new party ’ s plan for American renewal .
Four years ago , Trump understood something had to change in America , and now it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a battle than we ever imagined .
The unfolding facts of the elite bureaucracy ’ s attempted coup and the radical resolve of the far-left to destroy our institutions , our history , and perhaps us , too , requires a new kind of Republican .
Politicians today must be fighters .
Although Trump is unique in his style , every politician who successfully follows after him in this new party will need to show Americans that he or she is willing to fight for the good of the nation with the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can take on our new party ’ s platform will be winners in America .
The old Republican Party is dead .
Trump supporters have witnessed the corruption at home and understand the threats we face from abroad , and we see that politics has changed .
We can not go back to “ normal ” if we want to turn this ship around .
Trump ’ s new party is composed of people who still believe in the American dream for themselves and for each other .
This new party is ready @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peacefully but decisively , and without apology or compromise , return this country to its founding principles .
( source )

A lot has changed politically speaking, and according to the conservative publication The Federalist, the Republican party of the past is no more.
In 2016, Trump hijacked the Republican Party. Although he was billed as Republican, the support propelling him to victory was a new configuration of the electorate. Many mainstream Republicans still don’t understand this, but no other GOP candidate was going to win in 2016. Trump won because he was not actually a Republican.
Both the Republican and the Democratic parties are in the midst of internal civil wars. The extreme left wing of the Democratic Party is hurtling toward socialism and the destruction not only of statues but of American values and the fundamental principles of this country. Indeed, the escalating rhetoric currently employed by the left historically does not just silence dissent, it eventually seeks to eliminate the dissenters. America is in a struggle not only for its identity, but for its life.
While the left remakes itself, Republicans are engaged in their own struggle. When Trump won the White House, many of the anti-Trumpers of the Republican Party pivoted on a dime. For most, it wasn’t a unity move, but a power play for survival. Trump won, so the GOP decided to ride that wave. They stacked the White House with their people, promoted mainstream Republicans toward presidential appointments, and benefited as best they could from the electoral upset, but they never coalesced behind Trump or his new party’s plan for American renewal.
…
Four years ago, Trump understood something had to change in America, and now it is clear we are in more of a battle than we ever imagined. The unfolding facts of the elite bureaucracy’s attempted coup and the radical resolve of the far-left to destroy our institutions, our history, and perhaps us, too, requires a new kind of Republican.
Politicians today must be fighters. Although Trump is unique in his style, every politician who successfully follows after him in this new party will need to show Americans that he or she is willing to fight for the good of the nation with the same uncompromising and aggressive resolve. Politicians who can take on our new party’s platform will be winners in America.
The old Republican Party is dead. Trump supporters have witnessed the corruption at home and understand the threats we face from abroad, and we see that politics has changed. We cannot go back to “normal” if we want to turn this ship around. Trump’s new party is composed of people who still believe in the American dream for themselves and for each other. This new party is ready to do the difficult work necessary to peacefully but decisively, and without apology or compromise, return this country to its founding principles. (source)


shoebat--2020-11-02--Terror Attack Hits Vienna, One Reported Dead and Seven Injured

One person is so far pronounced dead and seven are injured in what CNN and other news outlets are reporting is a terrorist attack that took place in the city of Vienna .
At least one person has been killed and several injured in a suspected “ terror attack ” involving multiple attackers in central Vienna , say Austrian police .
One of the suspected attackers was also shot and killed , police added .
Austria ’ s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer has described the incident as a “ terror attack , ” and urged members of the public to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find the attackers .
Gunfire erupted in the Austrian capital on Monday night , just hours before the start of a nationwide lockdown to combat a resurgence of Covid-19 .
In a statement , police said there were several suspects “ armed with rifles ” and six different shooting locations .
Multiple people have been injured in the city center .
“ All possible forces ” are responding to the incident , according to police , who are urging people to avoid the area and not to share photos or videos on social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inner City district – there are persons injured – KEEP AWAY from all public places or public Transport – don ’ t share any Videos or Fotos !
” Austrian police said on Twitter .
( source )

One person is so far pronounced dead and seven are injured in what CNN and other news outlets are reporting is a terrorist attack that took place in the city of Vienna.
At least one person has been killed and several injured in a suspected “terror attack” involving multiple attackers in central Vienna, say Austrian police.
One of the suspected attackers was also shot and killed, police added.
Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer has described the incident as a “terror attack,” and urged members of the public to stay indoors, as police try to find the attackers.
Gunfire erupted in the Austrian capital on Monday night, just hours before the start of a nationwide lockdown to combat a resurgence of Covid-19.
In a statement, police said there were several suspects “armed with rifles” and six different shooting locations. Multiple people have been injured in the city center.
“All possible forces” are responding to the incident, according to police, who are urging people to avoid the area and not to share photos or videos on social media.
“Shots fired in the Inner City district – there are persons injured – KEEP AWAY from all public places or public Transport – don’t share any Videos or Fotos!” Austrian police said on Twitter. (source)


shoebat--2020-11-02--Get Out The Popcorn, Because The Courts Are Already In The Show

I have noted repeatedly at Shoebat.com that the 2020 election is going to be a virtual comedy show , and that one of the trends to watch for is going to be the involvement of the Supreme Court in the matter .
Sure enough , the Texas Tribute reports that the Texas Supreme Court has had to get involved in a ballot dispute with the Republican Party .
A legal cloud hanging over nearly 127,000 votes already cast in Harris County was at least temporarily lifted Sunday when the Texas Supreme Court rejected a request by several conservative Republican activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ balloting from drive-thru polling sites in the state ’ s most populous , and largely Democratic , county .
The all-Republican court denied the request without an order or opinion , as justices did last month in a similar lawsuit brought by some of the same plaintiffs .
The Republican plaintiffs , however , are pursuing a similar lawsuit in federal court , hoping to get the votes thrown out by arguing that drive-thru voting violates the U.S. constitution .
A hearing in that case is set for Monday morning in a Houston-based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Election Day .
A rejection of the votes would constitute a monumental disenfranchisement of voters — drive-thru ballots account for about 10 % of all in-person ballots cast during early voting in Harris County .
After testing the approach during the July primary runoff with little controversy , Harris County , home to Houston , set up 10 drive-thru centers for the fall election to make early voting easier for people concerned about entering polling places during the pandemic .
Voters pull up in their cars , and after their registrations and identifications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handed an electronic tablet through their car windows to cast ballots .
In a last-minute filing to the Supreme Court , litigious conservative Steven Hotze and Harris County Republicans state Rep. Steve Toth , congressional candidate Wendell Champion and judicial candidate Sharon Hemphill sought to have the votes declared illegal .
They argued that the drive-thru program was an expansion of curbside voting , and under state election law should only be available for voters with disabilities .
The same argument had been made in an unsuccessful previous legal challenge from Hotze and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican Party — filed at the state Supreme Court hours before early voting began .
( source )

I have noted repeatedly at Shoebat.com that the 2020 election is going to be a virtual comedy show, and that one of the trends to watch for is going to be the involvement of the Supreme Court in the matter. Sure enough, the Texas Tribute reports that the Texas Supreme Court has had to get involved in a ballot dispute with the Republican Party.
A legal cloud hanging over nearly 127,000 votes already cast in Harris County was at least temporarily lifted Sunday when the Texas Supreme Court rejected a request by several conservative Republican activists and candidates to preemptively throw out early balloting from drive-thru polling sites in the state’s most populous, and largely Democratic, county.
The all-Republican court denied the request without an order or opinion, as justices did last month in a similar lawsuit brought by some of the same plaintiffs.
The Republican plaintiffs, however, are pursuing a similar lawsuit in federal court, hoping to get the votes thrown out by arguing that drive-thru voting violates the U.S. constitution. A hearing in that case is set for Monday morning in a Houston-based federal district court, one day before Election Day. A rejection of the votes would constitute a monumental disenfranchisement of voters — drive-thru ballots account for about 10% of all in-person ballots cast during early voting in Harris County.
After testing the approach during the July primary runoff with little controversy, Harris County, home to Houston, set up 10 drive-thru centers for the fall election to make early voting easier for people concerned about entering polling places during the pandemic. Voters pull up in their cars, and after their registrations and identifications have been confirmed by poll workers are handed an electronic tablet through their car windows to cast ballots.
In a last-minute filing to the Supreme Court, litigious conservative Steven Hotze and Harris County Republicans state Rep. Steve Toth, congressional candidate Wendell Champion and judicial candidate Sharon Hemphill sought to have the votes declared illegal. They argued that the drive-thru program was an expansion of curbside voting, and under state election law should only be available for voters with disabilities. The same argument had been made in an unsuccessful previous legal challenge from Hotze and Hemphill — along with the Harris County Republican Party — filed at the state Supreme Court hours before early voting began. (source)


shoebat--2020-11-02--The Democrats Know How To Lose, And Trump Is Acting As If He Has Already Won

If there is one thing that we can tell from this election , its that the Democrats know how to @ @ @ @ @ as if he has already won :

By Theodore Shoebat
If there is one thing that we can tell from this election, its that the Democrats know how to lose and Trump is acting as if he has already won:
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