shoebat--2020-06-12--Germany Moves For Join Cooperation With France To Do ‘Stabilization’ Operations In Mali

While the world is focused on COVID-19 and people rioting in the streets over a drug-addicted felon and porn whore who points guns at pregnant women , Germany and France have been taking care of more important matters , such as where the German news outlet Deutsche Welle reports that Germany and France have agreed to cooperate of ‘ stabilization ’ operations in Mali .
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for an international effort to stabilize the Sahel region in Africa .
The area has seen escalating regional violence and terrorism in recent years .
Maas pledged that Germany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the United Nations ’ MINUSMA peacekeeping missions in the West African nation of Mali .
“ We are calling on other UN member states to participate in the MINUSMA , ” Maas told an online meeting of the UN ’ s Security Council .
The situation in Mali “ continues to pose a threat to world peace and international security , ” he said .
France and Germany are currently working on a joint initiative in the area .
“ Germany and France have launched a partnership for security and stability in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will play a leading role .
Together , our two countries work hand in hand for peace and security , ” he wrote on Twitter after the meeting .
The German parliament in May voted to extend participation in the MINUSMA mission , considered one of the most dangerous peacekeeping operations in the world .
It was set up in 2013 and comprises 12,000 soldiers and 1,700 police officers .
The US withdrew troops from the mission early in the year .
Terrorists groups regularly attack civilians and security forces , Maas said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries in the area but also to Europe .
“ However , our international efforts will only succeed if all Malian actors also work together for a better future of their people , ” Maas added .
( source ) Mali is in a nation that we have followed at Shoebat.com for some time .
It is a part of the Sahel region and is a “ former ” territory of France , with “ former ” in quotes because while Mali is in a technical sense a “ free ” nation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which due to its being issued by the Bank of France , is still directly controlled by France by way of currency manipulation .
Indeed , the notorious quote attibuted to Meyer Amschel von Rothschild that ‘ give me control of a nation ’ s currency and I care not who makes the laws ’ is absolutely relevant since power over the means of exchange gives complete economic control and is the basis of political control .
Mali , like Nigeria and Togo ( Dahomey ) is s regional power in Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the Sahel , sub-saharan Africa , and the Atlantic as well as points north through the Sahara toward Europe .
She is also a very resource rich area as is indicated by her name , for “ Mali ” in Arabic means “ wealth ” and is comparable to “ Puerto Rico ” or “ Costa Rica ” in the Spanish American context .
Germany already extended her stay with the Bundeswehr in Mali until 2021 in the name of fighting terrorism earlier this year ( source ) after discussions from 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” presence in the country in order to maintain stability ( source ) .
Interestingly , about two weeks before France and Germany announced their joint cooperation , the US advocated at the UN for a drawdown of MINUSMA , the UN peacekeeping agreement between the US and Europeans for Mali , which France and Russia both angrily rejected .
Cherith Norman Chalet , the US deputy ambassador to the UN Security Council , said it was “ time for this Council to begin developing an alternative approach to address growing instability in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peacekeeping missions are not the answer to growing terrorist threats in Mali , ” she said .
Washington , which is considering reducing its own military presence in Africa , has been regularly questioning the usefulness of the UN peacekeeping mission to Mali , known as Minusma , since 2018 .
The 15,000 Blue Helmets have an annual budget of a billion dollars and have been deployed in Mali since 2013 .
Wednesday ’ s declaration sharpened the US position , with the envoy saying Minusma should stop trying to enforce the implementation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus instead on “ the mission on protecting civilians.
” She called on the Security Council to “ develop a new approach that disrupts the status quo ” by June , when the peacekeeping mission ’ s mandate comes up for renewal .
Chalet also demanded sanctions against “ individuals and entities on all sides of the conflict , including government officials and armed group members ” who have violated the peace deal .
The French ambassador to the UN , Nicolas de Riviere , told the Security Council that “ Minusma remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We will continue to need and to support Minusma.
” ( source ) Why would the US care about scaling down operations , and the French and Russians react so angrily in the name of “ stopping terrorism ” when all of them- France , Russia , and the US -are known to use terrorism as a tool of public policy ?
France and Russia are historical allies and occasional enemies .
One may point to Napoleon and his failed invasion of Russia , but France and Russia often culturally influence each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep German nationalist ambitions in check .
Likewise , Germany often allies with France during her periods of expansion .
this results eventually in a fight between Germany and Russia , and a split within France with half supporting Germany and half opposing her .
In other words , what happened during the Second World War .
France needs West and Central Africa to remain relevant in the world .
She knows this because she has nothing else to offer and without Africa she has no resources to draw from is at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany is going more into Africa because she will do what she is efficient at , which is taking resources to militarize herself and do nothing from the people , and she is allying with her “ frenemy ” the French to do this .
Likewise , Russia supports the French position but is silent on the German one because she wants to keep France close to her while hoping to work with Germany so as to hopefully delay or mitigate a conflict with her such as she has endured for centuries of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense the “ best hand ” in the game because she is not bound by landscape and can retreat as she pleases , but is only hoping to look out for herself , as it was she who rebuilt Germany after World War II and wants to control her , and since she knows that Germany is a real threat , does not want to fight her again nor does she want to risk Germany attacking her a-la the line of “ dirty bomb ” or some other strategic form of terrorism , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany to do this and she possesses the hatred of the US and the intellectual capacity and resources to successfully perform such a task .
What we are seeing right now is another “ scramble for Africa ” but in modern times .
The US , France , Germany , and other nations are not looking to help Africa or Africans , but to take what they can from Africa because they are building themselves up and setting up for a conflict .
There is too much evidence to deny that such is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a race to get what they can before the guns come out and war starts anew but with modern technologies .
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While the world is focused on COVID-19 and people rioting in the streets over a drug-addicted felon and porn whore who points guns at pregnant women, Germany and France have been taking care of more important matters, such as where the German news outlet Deutsche Welle reports that Germany and France have agreed to cooperate of ‘stabilization’ operations in Mali.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for an international effort to stabilize the Sahel region in Africa. The area has seen escalating regional violence and terrorism in recent years. Maas pledged that Germany would continue and expand in its commitment to the United Nations’ MINUSMA peacekeeping missions in the West African nation of Mali. “We are calling on other UN member states to participate in the MINUSMA,” Maas told an online meeting of the UN’s Security Council. The situation in Mali “continues to pose a threat to world peace and international security,” he said. France and Germany are currently working on a joint initiative in the area. “Germany and France have launched a partnership for security and stability in the Sahel, in which the EU will play a leading role. Together, our two countries work hand in hand for peace and security,” he wrote on Twitter after the meeting. Danger extends to Europe The German parliament in May voted to extend participation in the MINUSMA mission, considered one of the most dangerous peacekeeping operations in the world. It was set up in 2013 and comprises 12,000 soldiers and 1,700 police officers. The US withdrew troops from the mission early in the year. Terrorists groups regularly attack civilians and security forces, Maas said, emphasizing the risk not only to countries in the area but also to Europe. “However, our international efforts will only succeed if all Malian actors also work together for a better future of their people,” Maas added. (source)
Mali is in a nation that we have followed at Shoebat.com for some time. It is a part of the Sahel region and is a “former” territory of France, with “former” in quotes because while Mali is in a technical sense a “free” nation, her currency is the West African Franc, which due to its being issued by the Bank of France, is still directly controlled by France by way of currency manipulation. Indeed, the notorious quote attibuted to Meyer Amschel von Rothschild that ‘give me control of a nation’s currency and I care not who makes the laws’ is absolutely relevant since power over the means of exchange gives complete economic control and is the basis of political control.
Mali, like Nigeria and Togo (Dahomey) is s regional power in Africa due to her location as a crossroads between the Sahel, sub-saharan Africa, and the Atlantic as well as points north through the Sahara toward Europe. She is also a very resource rich area as is indicated by her name, for “Mali” in Arabic means “wealth” and is comparable to “Puerto Rico” or “Costa Rica” in the Spanish American context.
Germany already extended her stay with the Bundeswehr in Mali until 2021 in the name of fighting terrorism earlier this year (source) after discussions from 2019 about talk of establishing a “long-term” presence in the country in order to maintain stability (source). Interestingly, about two weeks before France and Germany announced their joint cooperation, the US advocated at the UN for a drawdown of MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping agreement between the US and Europeans for Mali, which France and Russia both angrily rejected.
Cherith Norman Chalet, the US deputy ambassador to the UN Security Council, said it was “time for this Council to begin developing an alternative approach to address growing instability in Mali.” “We must recognize that peacekeeping missions are not the answer to growing terrorist threats in Mali,” she said. Washington, which is considering reducing its own military presence in Africa, has been regularly questioning the usefulness of the UN peacekeeping mission to Mali, known as Minusma, since 2018. The 15,000 Blue Helmets have an annual budget of a billion dollars and have been deployed in Mali since 2013. Wednesday’s declaration sharpened the US position, with the envoy saying Minusma should stop trying to enforce the implementation of a much-violated 2015 peace accord and focus instead on “the mission on protecting civilians.” She called on the Security Council to “develop a new approach that disrupts the status quo” by June, when the peacekeeping mission’s mandate comes up for renewal. Chalet also demanded sanctions against “individuals and entities on all sides of the conflict, including government officials and armed group members” who have violated the peace deal. The French ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere, told the Security Council that “Minusma remains a very important tool for us. We will continue to need and to support Minusma.” (source)
Why would the US care about scaling down operations, and the French and Russians react so angrily in the name of “stopping terrorism” when all of them- France, Russia, and the US -are known to use terrorism as a tool of public policy?
France and Russia are historical allies and occasional enemies. One may point to Napoleon and his failed invasion of Russia, but France and Russia often culturally influence each other, and they use each other to keep German nationalist ambitions in check. Likewise, Germany often allies with France during her periods of expansion. this results eventually in a fight between Germany and Russia, and a split within France with half supporting Germany and half opposing her. In other words, what happened during the Second World War.
France needs West and Central Africa to remain relevant in the world. She knows this because she has nothing else to offer and without Africa she has no resources to draw from is at the mercy of the UK and Germany. Germany is going more into Africa because she will do what she is efficient at, which is taking resources to militarize herself and do nothing from the people, and she is allying with her “frenemy” the French to do this. Likewise, Russia supports the French position but is silent on the German one because she wants to keep France close to her while hoping to work with Germany so as to hopefully delay or mitigate a conflict with her such as she has endured for centuries of history.
The US holds in a sense the “best hand” in the game because she is not bound by landscape and can retreat as she pleases, but is only hoping to look out for herself, as it was she who rebuilt Germany after World War II and wants to control her, and since she knows that Germany is a real threat, does not want to fight her again nor does she want to risk Germany attacking her a-la the line of “dirty bomb” or some other strategic form of terrorism, for it would not be uncharacteristic of Germany to do this and she possesses the hatred of the US and the intellectual capacity and resources to successfully perform such a task.
What we are seeing right now is another “scramble for Africa” but in modern times. The US, France, Germany, and other nations are not looking to help Africa or Africans, but to take what they can from Africa because they are building themselves up and setting up for a conflict. There is too much evidence to deny that such is taking place, and right now it is a race to get what they can before the guns come out and war starts anew but with modern technologies.
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shoebat--2020-06-12--Hindu Nationalist Terrorists Take Christian Teen, Crush His Skull With A Rock, Then Hack Him To Piec

Hindu Nationalist Terrorists Take Christian Teen, Crush His Skull With A Rock, Then Hack Him To Pieces With Machetes For Being A Christian

For almost three years now , India has earned herself a place on the top ten most dangerous places for Christians in the world and she continues to cement her place on that list with continued attacked against Christians coming frequently at the hands of Hindu terrorists , which Shoebat.com has followed for years and has noted that these “ saffron terrorists ” want to create a “ pure Hindu ethno state ” and want to realize this by wiping out Christians from India in mass genocide inspired by nothing less than the National Socialist movement from Europe last century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history .
According to the Christian Post , a Christian teen in India has his skull crushed with a rock and then was hacked to pieces with machetes by Hindu terrorists for being a Christian .
A Christian convert teenager in the Odisha state of India was killed last Thursday by a group of religious fanatics in the Hindu-majority country , who reportedly cut up his body into pieces , according to the interdenominational ministry Persecution Relief .
Pastor Bijay from the Malkangiri district told the nonprofit serving persecuted churches in India about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( some of whom did not live in the village ) ganged up last Thursday to kidnap Christians in the remote Kenduguda village .
As a result , seventh-grader Samaru Madkami was killed by the perpetrators , who were said to have cut his neck and crushed his head with a rock .
The suspects are also alleged to have cut the teenager ’ s body into pieces and buried him in a pit .
Madkami ’ s father , Unga Madkami , is a member of Bijay ’ s Bethel house church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the congregation , according to Persecution Relief .
He is a widower who lost his wife a few years back and was raising his children on his own .
Bijay explained that he reported to local police last Friday that the teen went missing after he was taken from the home the night prior .
Madkami ’ s kidnapping came after a series of attacks on Christians in the area .
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For almost three years now, India has earned herself a place on the top ten most dangerous places for Christians in the world and she continues to cement her place on that list with continued attacked against Christians coming frequently at the hands of Hindu terrorists, which Shoebat.com has followed for years and has noted that these “saffron terrorists” want to create a “pure Hindu ethno state” and want to realize this by wiping out Christians from India in mass genocide inspired by nothing less than the National Socialist movement from Europe last century as well as ideas about her own history.
According to the Christian Post, a Christian teen in India has his skull crushed with a rock and then was hacked to pieces with machetes by Hindu terrorists for being a Christian.
A Christian convert teenager in the Odisha state of India was killed last Thursday by a group of religious fanatics in the Hindu-majority country, who reportedly cut up his body into pieces, according to the interdenominational ministry Persecution Relief. Pastor Bijay from the Malkangiri district told the nonprofit serving persecuted churches in India about how a group of suspected Hindu radicals (some of whom did not live in the village) ganged up last Thursday to kidnap Christians in the remote Kenduguda village. As a result, seventh-grader Samaru Madkami was killed by the perpetrators, who were said to have cut his neck and crushed his head with a rock. The suspects are also alleged to have cut the teenager’s body into pieces and buried him in a pit. Madkami’s father, Unga Madkami, is a member of Bijay’s Bethel house church who also serves as an elder in the congregation, according to Persecution Relief. He is a widower who lost his wife a few years back and was raising his children on his own. Bijay explained that he reported to local police last Friday that the teen went missing after he was taken from the home the night prior. Madkami’s kidnapping came after a series of attacks on Christians in the area. (source)
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shoebat--2020-06-12--State Governors Declare They Will Not Subscribe To A Second Quarantine

There is a saying that once the “ cat is out of the bag ” it is hard to get back in .
This often pertains to things that are said , but it can also be applied to describe things that are done .
Such an example of this is the recent COVID-19 “ reopening ” following the “ lockdown ” , to which Politico reports that Governors are refusing to even consider the concept of a second lockdown .
The coronavirus is spiking in more than a dozen states and intensive care beds are filling again , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shutdown measures or pause reopenings , a sign that the political will to take drastic measures has dissipated even as the virus is still raging .
In Texas , where total cases have shot up by one-third in the last two weeks , Republican Gov .
Greg Abbott is moving ahead with plans to let virtually all businesses keep expanding capacity by the end of this week .
The governors ’ attitudes mark a shift in the national view of the best way to respond to the virus that is still infecting more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
State officials hesitant to pause gradually reawakening economies contend they are better equipped to identify and stamp out outbreaks than when Covid-19 emerged just a few months ago .
They point out they ’ ve been stocking up on protective gear for health care workers , expanding the capacity to test for and track the virus , and monitoring outbreaks in meatpacking plants , nursing homes , prisons and other facilities that have been hot spots .
They also bluntly acknowledge that the public has quarantine fatigue .
“ I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appetite for massive shutdowns again , ” said Lisa Piercey , health secretary of Tennessee , which is among the states seeing reported cases and hospitalizations spike in the past two weeks .
Should the state ultimately decide to reimpose restrictions , they would likely have “ a more laser focus , ” she said .
Without the political desire or public pressure to reimpose shutdown measures , public health experts worry these recent spikes could signal a steady burn of coronavirus infections through the summer , even as previously hard-hit areas like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their outbreaks under control .
They warn states could ultimately be forced to impose even harsher mitigation measures — like delaying school reopenings or implementing broader shutdowns — should infections spiral out of control .
( source ) Politically speaking , this is about the upcoming elections for 2020 .
It does not really matter if a lockdown would work or not .
That is not what is the concern .
Rather , it is the political viability of a candidate or party in a given district .
The fact is that statistics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people oppose them for any number of reasons , and because of this and the economic/financial impact it is having on people ’ s lives and that people are going to vote in five months , to support a lockdown now would be to cost them the election later , and they know it .
Hence here is an excellent example of the “ madness of crowds ” and the danger of political religion , as it tends to replace reason with emotion and good decision making with instant gratification for a particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spike in COVID-19 cases that is likely going to continue , and possibly to dangerous levels more than what it is already at .
If people will not submit to another lockdown , there is going to be an increase in the number of cases because the disease spreads by public contact- this is a reality that none can mistake .
Ultimately , the people are going to do what they want to do , and whatever is viewed as the strategy that secures the most votes regardless of its effects on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is going to prevail and be advertised as the “ solution ” .
Instead , this is not the time to follow political provocateurs , abut rather to continue the practices instituted before as recommended by the CDC , to use good judgment , and not to rush into any “ reopening ” scenario that could jeopardize one ’ s health in the name of economics .
Will there be forced quarantines again ?
It is very possible , but at this point , unless something major happens that is very serious , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be the second week of November and not a day earlier .
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There is a saying that once the “cat is out of the bag” it is hard to get back in. This often pertains to things that are said, but it can also be applied to describe things that are done. Such an example of this is the recent COVID-19 “reopening” following the “lockdown”, to which Politico reports that Governors are refusing to even consider the concept of a second lockdown.
The coronavirus is spiking in more than a dozen states and intensive care beds are filling again, but several governors have no plans to reimpose shutdown measures or pause reopenings, a sign that the political will to take drastic measures has dissipated even as the virus is still raging. In Texas, where total cases have shot up by one-third in the last two weeks, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is moving ahead with plans to let virtually all businesses keep expanding capacity by the end of this week. … The governors’ attitudes mark a shift in the national view of the best way to respond to the virus that is still infecting more than 20,000 people in the U.S every day. State officials hesitant to pause gradually reawakening economies contend they are better equipped to identify and stamp out outbreaks than when Covid-19 emerged just a few months ago. They point out they’ve been stocking up on protective gear for health care workers, expanding the capacity to test for and track the virus, and monitoring outbreaks in meatpacking plants, nursing homes, prisons and other facilities that have been hot spots. They also bluntly acknowledge that the public has quarantine fatigue. “I don’t know that anyone has the appetite for massive shutdowns again,” said Lisa Piercey, health secretary of Tennessee, which is among the states seeing reported cases and hospitalizations spike in the past two weeks. Should the state ultimately decide to reimpose restrictions, they would likely have “a more laser focus,” she said. Without the political desire or public pressure to reimpose shutdown measures, public health experts worry these recent spikes could signal a steady burn of coronavirus infections through the summer, even as previously hard-hit areas like New York and New Jersey have gotten their outbreaks under control. They warn states could ultimately be forced to impose even harsher mitigation measures — like delaying school reopenings or implementing broader shutdowns — should infections spiral out of control. (source)
Politically speaking, this is about the upcoming elections for 2020.
It does not really matter if a lockdown would work or not. That is not what is the concern. Rather, it is the political viability of a candidate or party in a given district. The fact is that statistics have consistently shown that a lot of people oppose them for any number of reasons, and because of this and the economic/financial impact it is having on people’s lives and that people are going to vote in five months, to support a lockdown now would be to cost them the election later, and they know it.
Hence here is an excellent example of the “madness of crowds” and the danger of political religion, as it tends to replace reason with emotion and good decision making with instant gratification for a particular end.
One is already seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases that is likely going to continue, and possibly to dangerous levels more than what it is already at. If people will not submit to another lockdown, there is going to be an increase in the number of cases because the disease spreads by public contact- this is a reality that none can mistake.
Ultimately, the people are going to do what they want to do, and whatever is viewed as the strategy that secures the most votes regardless of its effects on the health or well being of the public is going to prevail and be advertised as the “solution”. Instead, this is not the time to follow political provocateurs, abut rather to continue the practices instituted before as recommended by the CDC, to use good judgment, and not to rush into any “reopening” scenario that could jeopardize one’s health in the name of economics.
Will there be forced quarantines again? It is very possible, but at this point, unless something major happens that is very serious, the most likely and earliest predicted date would be the second week of November and not a day earlier.
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shoebat--2020-06-13--Scientists Declare That The Second Wave Of COVID-19 Has Not Hit Yet

There are two camps of discussion about COVID-19 .
One says that a second wave will not come .
The other says that the second wave has already come or is in progress .
However , there is a less discussed third wave , mostly among researchers , that a third wave will happen at some point , but not yet .
This is the position that I have advocated here at Shoebat.com , for based on the models , it seems that another wave is inevitable , just later in the year , and due to the connection between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a relationship between sun exposure and the decline of the disease ) .
Basically , the warning is to enjoy the summer right now , because when the cold hits , it may also include a bout of COVID-19 .
According to CNBC , this third and less discussed position seems to be what is happening , as scientists are declaring that a second wave has not hit yet but will in the future .
The rise in coronavirus cases seen in about half a dozen states across the U.S. isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — it ’ s still the first , scientists and infectious disease specialists say .
To be defined as a second wave the virus would need to retreat and reappear , or a new variant would have to emerge , said Ian Lipkin , a professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University .
“ The recent increase in cases does not reflect either.
” Covid-19 has sickened more than 2 million Americans and killed at least 113,820 since the first confirmed U.S. case less than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compiled by Johns Hopkins University .
While new cases are on the decline in early hot spots such as New York state , cases are on the rise in places such as Texas , Florida and Arizona , with the U.S. still seeing roughly 20,000 new Covid-19 cases a day , Hopkins data shows .
A handful of states including New York , New Jersey and Massachusetts have experienced “ clear first-wave outbreaks , ” said Nicholas Reich , a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts , Amherst .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more of a first-wave plateau , without a clear decline for many weeks.
” Whether the coronavirus is in a first wave or a second wave , the point is that cases are growing , Isaac Bogoch , an infectious disease specialist and professor at the University of Toronto said .
Public health specialists warn that a slow burn of infection through the summer could lead to a massive resurgence this fall .
( source ) As I have continually emphasized , and I will continue to emphasize , the fact remains that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is a pandemic .
Please make preparations now because the future trends indicate that not only another wave of this disease is likely in order , but with it a strong possibility of another shutdown and the ensuing disorder that happened the last time this took place .
The virus is a threat as much as it is also a political tool that can be used to influence people and manipulate them to accept ideas , beliefs , or conclusions that they normally would not have done were it not so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ lull ” right now amid the protests taking place is like the “ eye ” of a hurricane , as the peace is a false one while the storm swirls around one continually and still destroying all things in its path , and will hurt anybody who fails to realize what is happening .
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There are two camps of discussion about COVID-19. One says that a second wave will not come. The other says that the second wave has already come or is in progress. However, there is a less discussed third wave, mostly among researchers, that a third wave will happen at some point, but not yet. This is the position that I have advocated here at Shoebat.com, for based on the models, it seems that another wave is inevitable, just later in the year, and due to the connection between COVID-19 and sunlight (there seems to be a relationship between sun exposure and the decline of the disease). Basically, the warning is to enjoy the summer right now, because when the cold hits, it may also include a bout of COVID-19.
According to CNBC, this third and less discussed position seems to be what is happening, as scientists are declaring that a second wave has not hit yet but will in the future.
The rise in coronavirus cases seen in about half a dozen states across the U.S. isn’t the feared “second wave” — it’s still the first, scientists and infectious disease specialists say. To be defined as a second wave the virus would need to retreat and reappear, or a new variant would have to emerge, said Ian Lipkin, a professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. “The recent increase in cases does not reflect either.” Covid-19 has sickened more than 2 million Americans and killed at least 113,820 since the first confirmed U.S. case less than five months ago, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. While new cases are on the decline in early hot spots such as New York state, cases are on the rise in places such as Texas, Florida and Arizona, with the U.S. still seeing roughly 20,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, Hopkins data shows. A handful of states including New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts have experienced “clear first-wave outbreaks,” said Nicholas Reich, a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “However, many states have had more of a first-wave plateau, without a clear decline for many weeks.” … Whether the coronavirus is in a first wave or a second wave, the point is that cases are growing, Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the University of Toronto said. Public health specialists warn that a slow burn of infection through the summer could lead to a massive resurgence this fall. (source)
As I have continually emphasized, and I will continue to emphasize, the fact remains that people are getting sick from this because it is a pandemic.
Please make preparations now because the future trends indicate that not only another wave of this disease is likely in order, but with it a strong possibility of another shutdown and the ensuing disorder that happened the last time this took place.
The virus is a threat as much as it is also a political tool that can be used to influence people and manipulate them to accept ideas, beliefs, or conclusions that they normally would not have done were it not so.
Keep this in mind because the current “lull” right now amid the protests taking place is like the “eye” of a hurricane, as the peace is a false one while the storm swirls around one continually and still destroying all things in its path, and will hurt anybody who fails to realize what is happening.
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shoebat--2020-06-13--Major Post-Vatican II Composer Accused Of Sexual Assault

There are a lot of criticisms levied by people in the Church about the “ traditional versus novus ordo ” against each other .
Some of these complaints are legitimate , and others are questionable .
However , one of things that is very well-known is that following Vatican II , there were a lot of changes to the music played in churches .
There were many composers involved , but two of the big ones were Marty Haugen and David Haas .
Their music tends to invoke one of two extreme reactions , either one of complete love ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the spirit of Vatican II ” ) , or one of complete disgust ( as expressed by “ traditionalists ” ) .
In an interesting report from SNAP and seemingly backed by GIA Publications , the music company for which Haas has worked for a long time and is heavily involved in the Catholic music industry , Haas has been accused of sexual assault .
According to the leaders of Into Account and industry whistle-blowers who have also contacted SNAP to share their information , there are allegations of sexually predatory and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ named David Haas .
Into Account has also heard from alleged victims of Haas who have described incidents of predatory and abusive behavior over the course of at least thirty years .
In an open letter , Into Account wrote that : “ The allegations we ’ ve received also contain a disturbing component of spiritual manipulation .
Haas reportedly focuses attention on women with past histories of abuse , then uses the vulnerabilities created by trauma to create intimacy .
Multiple women have reported to us that Haas is skilled at making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and loved , with a keen understanding of how that spiritual intimacy can then be exploited sexually .
Some women have described romantic relationships with Haas that felt consensual in the beginning , but were then marked by sudden , overwhelming sexual aggression from Haas , in which any resistance was met with extreme anger .
Other women have described incidents that we would interpret as outright sexual battery , involving groping , forcible kissing , and aggressive , lewd propositions .
The youngest victim reported to us was nineteen years old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ battery , while Haas was over fifty.
” While we are not aware of any arrests or lawsuits related to these allegations , Into Account has learned that Haas was subject to a “ disciplinary process ” from the Archdiocese of Minneapolis – St. Paul regarding similar allegations .
( source ) The specific details of the charges are yet to be clarified , and while it is true that many dioceses tend to “ overreact ” when it comes to some accusations , the fact that there seems to have been knowledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him for this said issue .
If Haas is formally charged and convicted , it would not be huge news in terms of the greater problem of sexual abuse in society , but for the Church it would be a huge issue because it would be the fall of one of the most influential musicians in the Church in the last sixty years .
It will be interesting to follow this case and to see where it goes and what the consequences of it are .
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There are a lot of criticisms levied by people in the Church about the “traditional versus novus ordo” against each other. Some of these complaints are legitimate, and others are questionable. However, one of things that is very well-known is that following Vatican II, there were a lot of changes to the music played in churches. There were many composers involved, but two of the big ones were Marty Haugen and David Haas. Their music tends to invoke one of two extreme reactions, either one of complete love (as expressed by many aggressive advocates of “the spirit of Vatican II”), or one of complete disgust (as expressed by “traditionalists”).
In an interesting report from SNAP and seemingly backed by GIA Publications, the music company for which Haas has worked for a long time and is heavily involved in the Catholic music industry, Haas has been accused of sexual assault.
According to the leaders of Into Account and industry whistle-blowers who have also contacted SNAP to share their information, there are allegations of sexually predatory and abusive behavior by a Catholic music minister named David Haas. Into Account has also heard from alleged victims of Haas who have described incidents of predatory and abusive behavior over the course of at least thirty years. In an open letter, Into Account wrote that: “The allegations we’ve received also contain a disturbing component of spiritual manipulation. Haas reportedly focuses attention on women with past histories of abuse, then uses the vulnerabilities created by trauma to create intimacy. Multiple women have reported to us that Haas is skilled at making his targets feel spiritually affirmed, seen, and loved, with a keen understanding of how that spiritual intimacy can then be exploited sexually. Some women have described romantic relationships with Haas that felt consensual in the beginning, but were then marked by sudden, overwhelming sexual aggression from Haas, in which any resistance was met with extreme anger. Other women have described incidents that we would interpret as outright sexual battery, involving groping, forcible kissing, and aggressive, lewd propositions. The youngest victim reported to us was nineteen years old at the time of the alleged sexual battery, while Haas was over fifty.” While we are not aware of any arrests or lawsuits related to these allegations, Into Account has learned that Haas was subject to a “disciplinary process” from the Archdiocese of Minneapolis – St. Paul regarding similar allegations. (source)
The specific details of the charges are yet to be clarified, and while it is true that many dioceses tend to “overreact” when it comes to some accusations, the fact that there seems to have been knowledge of this and a consideration of investigating him for this said issue.
If Haas is formally charged and convicted, it would not be huge news in terms of the greater problem of sexual abuse in society, but for the Church it would be a huge issue because it would be the fall of one of the most influential musicians in the Church in the last sixty years.
It will be interesting to follow this case and to see where it goes and what the consequences of it are.
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shoebat--2020-06-14--Anti-Police Gangs Are Setting Atlanta On Fire Over The Death Of Rayshard Brooks, As The United State

Anti-Police Gangs Are Setting Atlanta On Fire Over The Death Of Rayshard Brooks, As The United States Is Becoming A Country Of Mob Violence

Anti-police gangs are setting Atlanta on fire as they are enraged about Rayshard Brooks getting shot because he tried to @ @ @ @ @ officer .
What this shows is that the United States is getting more entrenched into @ @ @

By Theodore Shoebat
Anti-police gangs are setting Atlanta on fire as they are enraged about Rayshard Brooks getting shot because he tried to use a taser against an officer. What this shows is that the United States is getting more entrenched into mob violence:
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shoebat--2020-06-14--While Mexico Is Actively Trying To Stop Americans Spreading COVID-19, Trump Now Blames Mexico For Sp

While Mexico Is Actively Trying To Stop Americans Spreading COVID-19, Trump Now Blames Mexico For Spreading COVID-19

Ted , Walid , and I have noted that US migration policy is not “ solved ” because it is a political football used by the government and both parties for their ends , specifically to advance certain social and economic objectives , without any regard to the good will of those either in the US or Mexico .
The problem is not so much of ‘ illegal immigration ’ , but about the politicization of the issue and the abuse of people in the name of power which has persisted for decades without end .
On May 26th , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about how Mexican people were putting up checkpoints and border guards to slow the flow of Americans going to Mexico and to check for the spread of COVID-19 by American travelers .
Now in a very ironic twist on and follow up to this story , the White House is now blaming Mexico for spreading COVID-19 to Americans .
The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections , rather than states ’ efforts to reopen their economies .
The notion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meeting of the administration ’ s coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room Thursday that focused , in part , on identifying commonalities between new outbreaks , according to two administration officials familiar with the discussions .
The U.S. and Mexico entered into a joint agreement in March to restrict non-essential travel along the countries ’ border to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus , though American citizens and many others are still allowed entry to the U.S. , including those conducting commercial traffic and agricultural workers .
Still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the U.S. State Department continues to urge Americans to avoid all international travel due to the pandemic .
Trump has long tried to used Mexico as a scapegoat , painting the country as a source of crime and disease in the U.S. And he has used the pandemic crisis to push forward some of his most hard-line stalled immigration proposals , including blocking asylum cases and placing new limits on green cards .
( source ) Now it is important to make sure before drawing any conclusions to have as many details @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , from what it appears to be initially , it looks as though Mexico has been on top of her end , at least in some capacity , for attempting to ensure that COVID-19 is kept under control .
It is known that the Trump administration uses racial animosity to divide people for policy reasons , and appears to thus far have been the most effective administration in American history yet at doing this .
However , given the current conditions , one does not ( and should not ever have began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need more of this .
The animosity needs to stop .
Mexico is the the cause of COVID-19 spreading .
The only virus more dangerous right now that COVID-19 is the virus of racialism , which is poisoning all people against each other and only making society sicker than it already is .
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Ted, Walid, and I have noted that US migration policy is not “solved” because it is a political football used by the government and both parties for their ends, specifically to advance certain social and economic objectives, without any regard to the good will of those either in the US or Mexico. The problem is not so much of ‘illegal immigration’, but about the politicization of the issue and the abuse of people in the name of power which has persisted for decades without end.
On May 26th, 2020, I put up a piece about how Mexican people were putting up checkpoints and border guards to slow the flow of Americans going to Mexico and to check for the spread of COVID-19 by American travelers. Now in a very ironic twist on and follow up to this story, the White House is now blaming Mexico for spreading COVID-19 to Americans.
The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states’ efforts to reopen their economies. The notion was discussed at some length during a meeting of the administration’s coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room Thursday that focused, in part, on identifying commonalities between new outbreaks, according to two administration officials familiar with the discussions. … The U.S. and Mexico entered into a joint agreement in March to restrict non-essential travel along the countries’ border to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, though American citizens and many others are still allowed entry to the U.S., including those conducting commercial traffic and agricultural workers. Still, cross-border travel is down substantially, and the U.S. State Department continues to urge Americans to avoid all international travel due to the pandemic. Trump has long tried to used Mexico as a scapegoat, painting the country as a source of crime and disease in the U.S. And he has used the pandemic crisis to push forward some of his most hard-line stalled immigration proposals, including blocking asylum cases and placing new limits on green cards. (source)
Now it is important to make sure before drawing any conclusions to have as many details as possible about the current situation. However, from what it appears to be initially, it looks as though Mexico has been on top of her end, at least in some capacity, for attempting to ensure that COVID-19 is kept under control.
It is known that the Trump administration uses racial animosity to divide people for policy reasons, and appears to thus far have been the most effective administration in American history yet at doing this. However, given the current conditions, one does not (and should not ever have began in the first place at all) need more of this.
The animosity needs to stop. Mexico is the the cause of COVID-19 spreading. The only virus more dangerous right now that COVID-19 is the virus of racialism, which is poisoning all people against each other and only making society sicker than it already is.
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shoebat--2020-06-15--Race Had Nothing To Do With The Rayshard Brooks Shooting, His Own Criminal Behavior Destroyed Him

First it was the incident with George Floyd .
Now scarcely two weeks after that incident , from which followed countless international protests , riots , fires , and all sorts of activity around the world- some of it understandable and a lot of it unbalanced -there is another potentially incendiary event that has taken place in Atlanta , the capitol of Georgia in the US .
This incident had the death of a black man at the hands of a police officer that was caught of Police bodycam as well as security cameras at a local Wendys .
Following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Atlanta descended upon the Wendy ’ s restaurant where it took place and set the restaurant on fire before rioting throughout the city , including walking onto and shutting down highway I-75 that runs through the city .
Now many times I have written about police abuse as it is a major trend in the US that has been growing since the Patriot Act was passed in 2001 , and while one can argue that it was growing before that point , it was following this incident nearly two decades ago that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point ” on a graph by which changes already in place that concerned civil liberties advocates can say took on a sharp increase that has continued unabated since then .
This phenomenon is the militarization of the police and a change in policing philosophy from one of “ peace keepers ” to “ law enforcement officers ” , the former being one of emphasizng public order , and the latter being the “ enforcement ” of laws , sometimes to the point of abuse .
While there are many abuses that police in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but the US is a special case because not only it the phenomenon widespread , but there is a lack of balance many times in how police work is applied- innocent people are harshly treated even to the point of death , and at times in the face of blatant evidence showing abuse , crimes for which the average man would be severely prosecuted and potentially sentenced to life-long sentences in jail for are given a free pass by the court system because the person who did the crime was an officer .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it is not to say that “ the police ” are “ the problem ” .
As noted , the main issue is a lack of balance in the application .
It is not , as some have done using similar arguments or observations , to suggest that police are not necessary , or that one needs to “ abolish the police ” , or that to elect a quasi-anarchic form of government would work .
The reason for the existence of the police is the same reason that the so-called “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not result in successful nations forming , but rather dictatorships where tribes rule by force and fight each other in violent wars .
If this philosophy were true , then Somalia should be a bright example for the world to follow , but instead , the society is a complete dump .
This is not because of “ low iqs ” or anything to do with race- remember that Somalia was inhabited by the Cushite Empire as well as the ancient civilizations at Hadramout in Yemen , and both were very powerful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Hamito-Semitic peoples .
Rather , the reason why Somalia is a dump , among many other reasons , is because she has no organization , and one of the ways to organize people in a society so they cooperate and do not engage in violent , selfish , or disordered behavior is to have an agency of enforcement , of which the police is the basic unit no matter where one goes to in the world .
Police have always been with the human race , and will always be until the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that comes from a “ natural state ” and the need to restore order by an agency whose purpose is to bring force is the admission of the existence of Original Sin , for if there was no Original Sin , then man would only need to “ evolve ” himself by actions and thoughts to a place where he would cease to do crime , but this is not so .
Such a thing has never existed because of Original Sin , and while there are corrupt police , the police exists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the effects of Original Sin from destroying the ability of different peoples to relate in a civil manner with each other .
Returning to the video in question , I watched both the Police Bodycam and the security camera footage from Wendys .
The evidence in the video was abundantly clear- the man who was killed by the police officer was not murdered , and the officer did nothing wrong .
Rather , the guy who was killed was the aggressor , and his situation was completely avoidable but culminated in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced the cop to shoot him .
To the credit of the cop , Officer Garrett Rolfe , he showed considerable restraint in the face of a very difficult situation , and gave the man , Rayshard Brooks , more chances than would have been afforded to most in the same situation to stop acting in a dangerous way before using deadly force .
Let ’ s take a look at this video and see what we can see .
The first video is about 7 minutes long .
The action doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give a back story , Rayshard found himself confronted with police after falling asleep in his van at the Wendy ’ s drive-thru and thus blocking up traffic .
The employees called the police , and not surprisingly ( as with many of such cases involving odd driving behaviors ) , Brooks was found to be clearly intoxicated .
This first part of the video shows Brooks attempting to talk his way out of his situation , but officer Rolfe is not believing him , and says he can smell the alcohol on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drinking “ one and a half margaritas ” .
Officer Rolfe then administers a breathalyzer test , and not surprisingly , without admitting the number on camera , says that Brooks is intoxicated and he is under arrest for DUI .
So far , there is nothing out of the ordinary here from any encounter with a drunk driver and police .
At 5:20 , Officer Rolfe proceeds to put Brooks under arrest , and Brooks hits the officer and starts trying to run .
Officer Rolfe is trying to keep control over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taze him ( 5:29 ) .
Instead of being a civil human beings and stopping , Brooks grabs Rolfe ’ s tazer and tries to run away with it .
You can her Rolfe yelling “ Hands off the tazer ” ( 5:39 ) as Brooks is trying to grab it .
At 5:51 , Rolfe is still trying to stop Brooks , and yells at him to “ stop fighting ” and at 5:53 , “ he ’ s got my fucking tazer ” .
Things become really intense then , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sound , Brooks fires the tazer twice at Officer Rolfe , first at 5:57 , and then four seconds later at 6:01 .
A second later at 6:02 , Officer Rolfe fires his gun three times at Brooks , killing him .
One can see an alternative view of the incident here from Wendy ’ s Security camera .
Now what happened here ?
-Officer Rolfe approaches Brooks in a direct and friendly manner about a call he received concerning his behavior that was causing a public disruption .
There is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
-Brooks takes the breathalyzer test and fails , the officer proceeds to arrest him in a non-violent , non-threatening manner .
-Brooks attacks the officer unprovoked and tries to escape- two crimes in one .
-Brooks refuses to stop after Officer Rolfe threatens to taze him- note that Officer Rolfe DID NOT just taze him , but gave Brooks the courtesy of issuing him a warning EVEN AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED -Brooks does not listen , and he then commits another crime- he steal the tazer from the officer .
-Officer Rolfe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stole Officer Rolfe ’ s tazer , he DID NOT just take his gun and shoot him on the spot , but still told him to stop .
-Brooks them turns around and attacks Officer Rolfe TWICE USING HIS OWN TAZER , at which point Officer Rolfe shoots Brooks .
I have often criticized the police and said there needs to be police reform in the US .
This is a serious issue .
However , I do this out of a desire for mercy and justice on behalf of all people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most balanced approach to a situation without resorting to the danger of supporting extreme approaches to problems that do not require such .
That said , there is absolutely nothing wrong that this officer did in this encounter .
To the contrary , Officer Rolfe exhibited extreme self-restraint , patience , and a desire to resolve the situation without deadly force but was left without a choice FOR THE PROTECTION OF HIS OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF THE PUBLIC .
Rayshard Brooks acted like a thug and he died like a thug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blame but himself .
Officer Rolfe acted heroically and should receive an award for his conduct because he did NOT have to give Brooks as many chances as he did to cease his behavior .
He was fully in his legal rights as an officer to use deadly force much faster than what happened , but he CHOSE not to .
This is not the sign of a “ bad cop ” that I often criticize , but of a good cop who like many takes his job seriously and is trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which his own safety is in danger .
Yet what has been the response ?
Officer Rolfe was fired less than 24 hours after the incident is potentially facing prosecution with potential felony murder charges from the Fulton County DA .
If there is anybody who should have faced charges it would have been Rayshard Brooks , for what could have ended as a simple DUI that results in a “ hiccup ” in one ’ s life that while not small certainly can be surmounted and moved on from in time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his own personal free will resulted in his death after committing a series of additional , severe crimes in an approximately 45 second period .
Likewise , what are people in Atlanta doing ?
Instead of condemning Brooks ’ criminal behavior , a clearly notable segment of the Afro-American community along with additional persons has chosen to stand behind the criminal Brooks and responded to his actions by burning down the Wendy ’ s restaurant where Brooks died .
Ask yourself , what does Wendy ’ s have to do with this ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ work now and potentially could have been killed , but they have committed an absolute crime of arson .
Officer Rolfe did NOT commit a crime- he was doing his work in his official capacity to the specifications of the law as well as exceedingly good conduct in moral standards , and now he is facing the ruination of his entire life for choosing to do what is right in a difficult situation to protect his own safety .
Another major issue that I have not heard discussed in the context of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I have not written about tazers before at Shoebat.com , but for many years I have always been cautious about the use of tazers by police because unlike what many lobbying groups for police or the military-industrial complex have said , tazers are not “ non-lethal ” weapons , but rather “ less-than-lethal ” .
While it is uncommon , a tazer can kill a man , and many of such cases have been noted over the years , as they can send a person , even with one shock , into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent damage .
They are less likely to kill a man , but they are still potentially lethal and need to be treated as such .
This is a point that many lobbying groups such as the ACLU and groups that represent the welfare of poor persons , especially in urban areas , have noted as a major criticism of tazers .
Therefore , it is fascinating to hear lawyers from Brooks ’ family saying that the tazer that Brooks shot at Officer Rolfe was “ nonlethal ” .
This statement is race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is police departments for years who said “ nonlethal ” , and it was ACLU and many “ pro-black ” groups saying that tazers are indeed “ lethal ” - of which I agree with the latter as “ less-than-lethaL ” which I noted above .
Now that the situation is where Brooks shot a tazer- seemingly twice at Officer Rolfe , his attorney is saying that the police and military-industrial lobbies are correct to call it “ nonlethal ” , and the only reason he is doing this is so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach to the matter , with Brooks ’ own family members saying that Atlanta is a “ black city ” and , no joke , calling it “ Wakanda ” ( 0:10 ) .
Look at the video of the shooting again .
What else was Officer Rolfe supposed to do ?
Say “ Pretty please stop firing my own tazer , which could kill or seriously incapacitate me , so I can arrest you ?
” Tazers are made to incapacitate a person so they can ’ t move and can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If Officer Rolfe was hit with his own tazer , given the behavior of Brooks towards him , is it not unreasonable for him to believe that his own life could be in danger ?
If Brooks is such a man as to attack a cop while running away , steal one of his weapons , and attempt to use it on him , then he is very likely that he could take Officer Rolfe ’ s gun and use it to murder him .
What was Officer Rolfe supposed to do ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ drunk man trying to flee from justice brought about by his own self-inflicted actions ?
Officer Rolfe did nothing wrong .
Instead , he is being “ thrown to the wolves ” as the Atlanta Chief of Police has resigned , the DA is talking about prosecuting Rolfe , and people are protesting and making racialist remarks about Brooks ’ death because Rolfe was white and making demands while completely ignoring Brooks ’ blatant and dangerous criminal behavior and Rolfe ’ s attempts to resolve the situation calmly but had to respond for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason why “ third-world ” countries are called “ third-world ” is because of their behavior which is based on a certain mentality in the people .
Part of this is a tribalistic mindset in which a person will be defended no matter what his actions are and without respect to justice because “ he is one of us ” rather than looking at the whole situation .
This is not to say that there are not problems and miscarriages of justice that take place , but rather that when a real crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a reasonable person could deny that one man was clearly in the wrong and another not , to defend the one in the wrong by saying “ he is our kind and therefore we must protect him and advocate for his behavior because he is one of us and it does not matter what happened to the other person because he is not one of us , but because our man was hurt we have license to act in a disordered way without regard to the situation.
” This mindset is toxic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any “ third-world dump ” no matter what the race of the people who inhabit it or where the place is , because the issue is not and never was race , but always was behavior .
This is also a way to cause an increase in racism and tribalism , because in the case of Brooks , many people will look at this situation and believe that there is no way that “ black people ” can be reasoned with , and therefore will be more likely to take not only a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against situations of conflict that involve others , but will also use it as a way to justify racialist ideas and even eugenics .
In other words , the response of many to the Brooks ’ case is the best recruiting tool for many of the racialist groups that have been discussed here at Shoebat.com , because all they have to do is point to situations such as the Brooks incident and say “ this is what happens when you try to reason with blacks.
” Shoebat.com has worked very hard to try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between all the sons of Ham , Shem , and Japheth because all men are made in the image and likeness of God .
We have written constantly about the need to address even small examplse of racialism to prevent them from becoming larger issues , and noted that the Bible contains in the story of Ham , Shem , and Japeth the answer to all of the racialism in the past and today .
It is incredibly frustrating to have to revisit the same issues continually not because of the need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ is divided ] against nation ” , what are , objectively speaking , clear matters of right and wrong are politicized and charged with racialist language to fit a particular narrative and used to justify supremacist ideas or violence in the name of gain and power , and simple things become potential bombs when there is no need for such to ever be .
What happened with this Rayshard Brooks shooting was not a matter of race .
It was a criminal who attacked a patient cop and refused to stop , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damage on the cop , to which the cop was forced to respond with deadly force .
Race had nothing to do with this , but only the disposition of the man whose choices lead to his own self-inflicted demise .
What is disgusting and disturbing is that so many people would attempt to make this into a race issue for arguably nothing less than the expansion of their own power and the ability to indulge their own personal racism while accusing others of being “ racist ” .
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First it was the incident with George Floyd. Now scarcely two weeks after that incident, from which followed countless international protests, riots, fires, and all sorts of activity around the world- some of it understandable and a lot of it unbalanced -there is another potentially incendiary event that has taken place in Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia in the US. This incident had the death of a black man at the hands of a police officer that was caught on Police bodycam as well as security cameras at a local Wendys. Following the incident, a mob of people in Atlanta descended upon the Wendy’s restaurant where it took place and set the restaurant on fire before rioting throughout the city, including walking onto and shutting down highway I-75 that runs through the city.
Now many times I have written about police abuse as it is a major trend in the US that has been growing since the Patriot Act was passed in 2001, and while one can argue that it was growing before that point, it was following this incident nearly two decades ago that one can mark a veritable “inflexion point” on a graph by which changes already in place that concerned civil liberties advocates can say took on a sharp increase that has continued unabated since then. This phenomenon is the militarization of the police and a change in policing philosophy from one of “peace keepers” to “law enforcement officers”, the former being one of emphasizing public order, and the latter being the “enforcement” of laws, sometimes to the point of abuse. While there are many abuses that police in any country can be criticized for, but the US is a special case because not only it the phenomenon widespread, but there is a lack of balance many times in how police work is applied- innocent people are harshly treated even to the point of death, and at times in the face of blatant evidence showing abuse, crimes for which the average man would be severely prosecuted and potentially sentenced to life-long sentences in jail for are given a free pass by the court system because the person who did the crime was an officer.
This observation is a major trend, but it is not to say that “the police” are “the problem”. As noted, the main issue is a lack of balance in the application. It is not, as some have done using similar arguments or observations, to suggest that police are not necessary, or that one needs to “abolish the police”, or that to elect a quasi-anarchic form of government would work. The reason for the existence of the police is the same reason that the so-called “lawless” societies where police are non-existent do not result in successful nations forming, but rather dictatorships where tribes rule by force and fight each other in violent wars. If this philosophy were true, then Somalia should be a bright example for the world to follow, but instead, the society is a complete dump. This is not because of “low iqs” or anything to do with race- remember that Somalia was inhabited by the Cushite Empire as well as the ancient civilizations at Hadramout in Yemen, and both were very powerful nations that were run by a Hamitic and Hamito-Semitic peoples. Rather, the reason why Somalia is a dump, among many other reasons, is because she has no organization, and one of the ways to organize people in a society so they cooperate and do not engage in violent, selfish, or disordered behavior is to have an agency of enforcement, of which the police is the basic unit no matter where one goes to in the world.
Police have always been with the human race, and will always be until the return of Christ because the inherent disorder that comes from a “natural state” and the need to restore order by an agency whose purpose is to bring force is the admission of the existence of Original Sin, for if there was no Original Sin, then man would only need to “evolve” himself by actions and thoughts to a place where he would cease to do crime, but this is not so. Such a thing has never existed because of Original Sin, and while there are corrupt police, the police exists to try to keep the corrosive forces of the effects of Original Sin from destroying the ability of different peoples to relate in a civil manner with each other.
Returning to the video in question, I watched both the Police Bodycam and the security camera footage from Wendys. The evidence in the video was abundantly clear- the man who was killed by the police officer was not murdered, and the officer did nothing wrong. Rather, the guy who was killed was the aggressor, and his situation was completely avoidable but culminated in his own demise because he did things that forced the cop to shoot him. To the credit of the cop, Officer Garrett Rolfe, he showed considerable restraint in the face of a very difficult situation, and gave the man, Rayshard Brooks, more chances than would have been afforded to most in the same situation to stop acting in a dangerous way before using deadly force.
Let’s take a look at this video and see what we can see.
The first video is about 7 minutes long. The action doesn’t start until 5:20, but to give a back story, Rayshard found himself confronted with police after falling asleep in his van at the Wendy’s drive-thru and thus blocking up traffic. The employees called the police, and not surprisingly (as with many of such cases involving odd driving behaviors), Brooks was found to be clearly intoxicated. This first part of the video shows Brooks attempting to talk his way out of his situation, but officer Rolfe is not believing him, and says he can smell the alcohol on his breath, and Brooks admits to drinking “one and a half margaritas”. Officer Rolfe then administers a breathalyzer test, and not surprisingly, without admitting the number on camera, says that Brooks is intoxicated and he is under arrest for DUI. So far, there is nothing out of the ordinary here from any encounter with a drunk driver and police.
At 5:20, Officer Rolfe proceeds to put Brooks under arrest, and Brooks hits the officer and starts trying to run. Officer Rolfe is trying to keep control over Brooks- another standard procedure -and threatens to taze him (5:29). Instead of being a civil human beings and stopping, Brooks grabs Rolfe’s tazer and tries to run away with it. You can her Rolfe yelling “Hands off the tazer” (5:39) as Brooks is trying to grab it. At 5:51, Rolfe is still trying to stop Brooks, and yells at him to “stop fighting” and at 5:53, “he’s got my fucking tazer”.
Things become really intense then, because Brooks refuses to stop fighting. From the sound, Brooks fires the tazer twice at Officer Rolfe, first at 5:57, and then four seconds later at 6:01. A second later at 6:02, Officer Rolfe fires his gun three times at Brooks, killing him.
One can see an alternative view of the incident here from Wendy’s Security camera.
Now what happened here?
-Officer Rolfe approaches Brooks in a direct and friendly manner about a call he received concerning his behavior that was causing a public disruption. There is no racial animosity as the video clearly shows.
-Brooks takes the breathalyzer test and fails, the officer proceeds to arrest him in a non-violent, non-threatening manner.
-Brooks attacks the officer unprovoked and tries to escape- two crimes in one.
-Brooks refuses to stop after Officer Rolfe threatens to taze him- note that Officer Rolfe DID NOT just taze him, but gave Brooks the courtesy of issuing him a warning EVEN AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED
-Brooks does not listen, and he then commits another crime- he steal the tazer from the officer.
-Officer Rolfe chases Brooks- note that even after Brooks stole Officer Rolfe’s tazer, he DID NOT just take his gun and shoot him on the spot, but still told him to stop.
-Brooks them turns around and attacks Officer Rolfe TWICE USING HIS OWN TAZER, at which point Officer Rolfe shoots Brooks.
I have often criticized the police and said there needs to be police reform in the US. This is a serious issue. However, I do this out of a desire for mercy and justice on behalf of all people, so that society may attempt to have the most balanced approach to a situation without resorting to the danger of supporting extreme approaches to problems that do not require such.
That said, there is absolutely nothing wrong that this officer did in this encounter. To the contrary, Officer Rolfe exhibited extreme self-restraint, patience, and a desire to resolve the situation without deadly force but was left without a choice FOR THE PROTECTION OF HIS OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF THE PUBLIC.
Rayshard Brooks acted like a thug and he died like a thug, and he has no one to blame but himself. Officer Rolfe acted heroically and should receive an award for his conduct because he did NOT have to give Brooks as many chances as he did to cease his behavior. He was fully in his legal rights as an officer to use deadly force much faster than what happened, but he CHOSE not to. This is not the sign of a “bad cop” that I often criticize, but of a good cop who like many takes his job seriously and is trying to make the best of a difficult situation in which his own safety is in danger.
Yet what has been the response? Officer Rolfe was fired less than 24 hours after the incident is potentially facing prosecution with potential felony murder charges from the Fulton County DA.
Murder or felony murder. Those are the two charges Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said could fit former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe for the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks Friday night. “There are really three charges that are relevant: one would be the murder charge in the state of Georgia. That charge is a charge that is directly related to an intent to kill,” Howard told CNN’s Frederica Whitfield Sunday afternoon. “The second charge is felony murder and that is a charge that involves a death that comes as a result of the commission of an underlying felony. In this case, that underlying felony would be aggravated assault.” Howard continued, “The only other charge that might make any sense at all would be some voluntary manslaughter charge. But I believe in this instance, what we have to choose between, if there’s a choice to be made, is between murder and felony murder.” (source)
If there is anybody who should have faced charges it would have been Rayshard Brooks, for what could have ended as a simple DUI that results in a “hiccup” in one’s life that while not small certainly can be surmounted and moved on from in time, his actions that he did of his own personal free will resulted in his death after committing a series of additional, severe crimes in an approximately 45 second period.
Likewise, what are people in Atlanta doing? Instead of condemning Brooks’ criminal behavior, a clearly notable segment of the Afro-American community along with additional persons has chosen to stand behind the criminal Brooks and responded to his actions by burning down the Wendy’s restaurant where Brooks died.
Protesters have burned down the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a black man was shot by police as he tried to escape arrest, and blocked a major highway in the city. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead on Friday night after police were called to the restaurant over reports that he had fallen asleep in the drive-through line. (source)
Ask yourself, what does Wendy’s have to do with this? Not only are many employees out of work now and potentially could have been killed, but they have committed an absolute crime of arson. Officer Rolfe did NOT commit a crime- he was doing his work in his official capacity to the specifications of the law as well as exceedingly good conduct in moral standards, and now he is facing the ruination of his entire life for choosing to do what is right in a difficult situation to protect his own safety.
Another major issue that I have not heard discussed in the context of this case is the use of the tazer.
I have not written about tazers before at Shoebat.com, but for many years I have always been cautious about the use of tazers by police because unlike what many lobbying groups for police or the military-industrial complex have said, tazers are not “non-lethal” weapons, but rather “less-than-lethal”. While it is uncommon, a tazer can kill a man, and many of such cases have been noted over the years, as they can send a person, even with one shock, into cardiac arrest or cause other forms of permanent damage. They are less likely to kill a man, but they are still potentially lethal and need to be treated as such. This is a point that many lobbying groups such as the ACLU and groups that represent the welfare of poor persons, especially in urban areas, have noted as a major criticism of tazers.
Therefore, it is fascinating to hear lawyers from Brooks’ family saying that the tazer that Brooks shot at Officer Rolfe was “nonlethal”.
L. Chris Stewart, an attorney for Brooks’ family, said the officer who shot him should be charged for “an unjustified use of deadly force, which equals murder.” “You can’t have it both ways in law enforcement,” Stewart said. “You can’t say a Taser is a nonlethal weapon … but when an African American grabs it and runs with it, now it’s some kind of deadly, lethal weapon that calls for you to unload on somebody.” (source)
This statement is race bating of some of the worst kinds.
It is police departments for years who said “nonlethal”, and it was ACLU and many “pro-black” groups saying that tazers are indeed “lethal”- of which I agree with the latter as “less-than-lethaL” which I noted above. Now that the situation is where Brooks shot a tazer- seemingly twice at Officer Rolfe, his attorney is saying that the police and military-industrial lobbies are correct to call it “nonlethal”, and the only reason he is doing this is so he can try to justify a racialist approach to the matter, with Brooks’ own family members saying that Atlanta is a “black city” and, no joke, calling it “Wakanda” (0:10).
Look at the video of the shooting again. What else was Officer Rolfe supposed to do? Say “Pretty please stop firing my own tazer, which could kill or seriously incapacitate me, so I can arrest you?”
Tazers are made to incapacitate a person so they can’t move and can be arrested easier in a hostile situation. If Officer Rolfe was hit with his own tazer, given the behavior of Brooks towards him, is it not unreasonable for him to believe that his own life could be in danger? If Brooks is such a man as to attack a cop while running away, steal one of his weapons, and attempt to use it on him, then he is very likely that he could take Officer Rolfe’s gun and use it to murder him.
What was Officer Rolfe supposed to do? Let himself potentially be murdered by a drunk man trying to flee from justice brought about by his own self-inflicted actions?
Officer Rolfe did nothing wrong. Instead, he is being “thrown to the wolves” as the Atlanta Chief of Police has resigned, the DA is talking about prosecuting Rolfe, and people are protesting and making racialist remarks about Brooks’ death because Rolfe was white and making demands while completely ignoring Brooks’ blatant and dangerous criminal behavior and Rolfe’s attempts to resolve the situation calmly but had to respond for his own safety.
One of the reason why “third-world” countries are called “third-world” is because of their behavior which is based on a certain mentality in the people. Part of this is a tribalistic mindset in which a person will be defended no matter what his actions are and without respect to justice because “he is one of us” rather than looking at the whole situation. This is not to say that there are not problems and miscarriages of justice that take place, but rather that when a real crime happens of which there is no way that a reasonable person could deny that one man was clearly in the wrong and another not, to defend the one in the wrong by saying “he is our kind and therefore we must protect him and advocate for his behavior because he is one of us and it does not matter what happened to the other person because he is not one of us, but because our man was hurt we have license to act in a disordered way without regard to the situation.”
This mindset is toxic to civilization and is a hallmark of any “third-world dump” no matter what the race of the people who inhabit it or where the place is, because the issue is not and never was race, but always was behavior. This is also a way to cause an increase in racism and tribalism, because in the case of Brooks, many people will look at this situation and believe that there is no way that “black people” can be reasoned with, and therefore will be more likely to take not only a biased view of “their own” against situations of conflict that involve others, but will also use it as a way to justify racialist ideas and even eugenics.
In other words, the response of many to the Brooks’ case is the best recruiting tool for many of the racialist groups that have been discussed here at Shoebat.com, because all they have to do is point to situations such as the Brooks incident and say “this is what happens when you try to reason with blacks.”
Shoebat.com has worked very hard to try and dispel racialist narratives and bring reconciliation between all the sons of Ham, Shem, and Japheth because all men are made in the image and likeness of God. We have written constantly about the need to address even small examples of racialism to prevent them from becoming larger issues, and noted that the Bible contains in the story of Ham, Shem, and Japeth the answer to all of the racialism in the past and today. It is incredibly frustrating to have to revisit the same issues continually not because of the need to teach, but because as “nation [is divided] against nation”, what are, objectively speaking, clear matters of right and wrong are politicized and charged with racialist language to fit a particular narrative and used to justify supremacist ideas or violence in the name of gain and power, and simple things become potential bombs when there is no need for such to ever be.
What happened with this Rayshard Brooks shooting was not a matter of race. It was a criminal who attacked a patient cop and refused to stop, and then tried to inflict potentially lethal damage on the cop, to which the cop was forced to respond with deadly force. Race had nothing to do with this, but only the disposition of the man whose choices lead to his own self-inflicted demise.
What is disgusting and disturbing is that so many people would attempt to make this into a race issue for arguably nothing less than the expansion of their own power and the ability to indulge their own personal racism while accusing others of being “racist”.
That is a formula for social destruction.
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shoebat--2020-06-15--Report: Millennials Still Have Not Recovered From The 2007/2008 Recession

Millennials seem in many ways to be a “ hard luck generation ” because just when things seem to improve , they become worse than before .
This recent recession is the latest blow , for as a new study reveals , almost half of Millennials declare they have never recovered and are still suffering from the effects of the 2007/2008 recession .
Millennials are still feeling the burn of the 2008 financial crisis a dozen years later .
Nearly half ( 46 % ) of millennials said they ’ re still financially recovering from the Great Recession in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survey polled over 1,000 adults ages 24 and older with at least $ 10,000 in investable assets .
Millennials were more likely to say they ’ re still grappling with the financial fallout of the recession than both Gen X ( 43 % ) and boomers ( 41 % ) .
The feeling underscores previous research that has found millennials are worse off than previous generations .
Millennials born in the 1980s are at the greatest risk of becoming a “ lost generation ” for wealth accumulation , a 2018 report by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As of 2016 , people born in this decade had wealth levels 34 % below where they would most likely have been if the financial crisis hadn ’ t occurred , the report found .
They ’ re the slowest cohort to recover from the Great Recession .
These older millennials went through the eye of the Great Recession and its uneven recovery , graduating into a tough job market and wage stagnation .
Coupled with soaring living costs and record-high student debt , this has made it more difficult for them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 2019 Deloitte study found that millennials have an average net worth of less than $ 8,000 .
Per the study , Business Insider ’ s Kate Taylor reported , the net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has decreased by 34 % since 1996 , making them “ dramatically financially worse off ” than older generations .
And a 2019 paper by the Brookings Institution found that millennials are less wealthy than previous generations were at their age at any point between 1989 and 2007 .
Median household wealth was roughly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 35 in 2016 than it was for the same age group in 2007 .
“ Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young , with lower earnings , fewer assets , and less wealth , ” a 2018 Federal Reserve study stated .
( source ) There are many people who are going to say that the Millennials are to blame for their situation , and without ignoring the role that personal responsibility plays in any situation , it must be stated that there are a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not including student loan debt ) a lot of bad financial decisions .
This has directly contributed to their situation .
However , as I have consistently pointed out , it is extremely irresponsible to simply attribute the Millennial plight to their own actions .
It was a toxic combination of absent leadership and assistance from their parents , financially destructive teachings instilled in them since the time they were children in combination with not just one , but now two major recessions caused by excessive financial spending from the Boomer generation that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while future generations , starting with the Millennials , would be forced to bear the financial and social cost of their actions .
The Millennials got a very bad deal through no fault of their own as far as this is concerned .
One could not have been in a worse place at a worse time in history , as far as finances , political ambitions , and public attitudes are concerned .
They were promised the world but received a bill for other people ’ s expenses , and without the economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such being forced into a life of practical debt servitude .
People are talking a lot about “ black anger ” because of the Floyd and now Brooks incident , but what is being ignored and still is there is the entire “ Millennial rage ” .
There are 42 million people in the US who identify as “ black ” or “ biracial ” , but 83 million millennials .
While certainly the rage at either the situation in black communities or millennial problems is not strictly limited to just those particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial and generation blocs , the fact that the millennial bloc is double the size but with a comparable amount of rage- and one that because it is financial therefore transcends racial , cultural , and ethnic boundaries -has the potential to be even more explosive than what is happening right now .
If Millennials were to start protesting seriously about the debt issues and their economic plight , it would likely dwarf the current “ Black lives matter ” and related protests , and as such represent a proportionately greater threat to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , either by their nature or that they have been allowed by government officials , have been able to cause so much havoc , one can only imagine what a practical army of Millennials of all backgrounds with their accompanying supporters marching about their inability to get jobs or pay their debts would look like and the effects that it would have .
The 2020s are a very dangerous time right now .
We are entering into an age of radicalism , of division , of chaos and people seeking answers to problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of in understandable or at least not without something of a reasonable cause or complaint , are willing to go to unreasonable and destructive or dangerous ends to realize solutions , and without a serious consideration of what future consequences could look like .
Remember these times , and while one documents what happens around him , make preparations now for the future because things are going to get much harder as businesses close , poverty increased , defaults become more frequent , and the common man is disenfranchised from what little he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and anger , he looks to revolutionary ideas as his answer and embraces the voice of radicals as perspectives of reason when in previous times he would not have been inclined to do such .
The nation is not on a path to peace .
It is on a path to war on a global scale that will consume all .
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Millennials seem in many ways to be a “hard luck generation” because just when things seem to improve, they become worse than before. This recent recession is the latest blow, for as a new study reveals, almost half of Millennials declare they have never recovered and are still suffering from the effects of the 2007/2008 recession.
Millennials are still feeling the burn of the 2008 financial crisis a dozen years later. Nearly half (46%) of millennials said they’re still financially recovering from the Great Recession in a recent survey by TD Ameritrade. The survey polled over 1,000 adults ages 24 and older with at least $10,000 in investable assets. Millennials were more likely to say they’re still grappling with the financial fallout of the recession than both Gen X (43%) and boomers (41%). The feeling underscores previous research that has found millennials are worse off than previous generations. Millennials born in the 1980s are at the greatest risk of becoming a “lost generation” for wealth accumulation, a 2018 report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis revealed. As of 2016, people born in this decade had wealth levels 34% below where they would most likely have been if the financial crisis hadn’t occurred, the report found. They’re the slowest cohort to recover from the Great Recession. These older millennials went through the eye of the Great Recession and its uneven recovery, graduating into a tough job market and wage stagnation. Coupled with soaring living costs and record-high student debt, this has made it more difficult for them to save. It might explain why a 2019 Deloitte study found that millennials have an average net worth of less than $8,000. Per the study, Business Insider’s Kate Taylor reported, the net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has decreased by 34% since 1996, making them “dramatically financially worse off” than older generations. And a 2019 paper by the Brookings Institution found that millennials are less wealthy than previous generations were at their age at any point between 1989 and 2007. Median household wealth was roughly 25% lower for those ages 20 to 35 in 2016 than it was for the same age group in 2007. “Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young, with lower earnings, fewer assets, and less wealth,” a 2018 Federal Reserve study stated. (source)
There are many people who are going to say that the Millennials are to blame for their situation, and without ignoring the role that personal responsibility plays in any situation, it must be stated that there are a lot of Millennials who have made (not including student loan debt) a lot of bad financial decisions. This has directly contributed to their situation.
However, as I have consistently pointed out, it is extremely irresponsible to simply attribute the Millennial plight to their own actions. It was a toxic combination of absent leadership and assistance from their parents, financially destructive teachings instilled in them since the time they were children in combination with not just one, but now two major recessions caused by excessive financial spending from the Boomer generation that dumped debt-upon-debt so they could live well while future generations, starting with the Millennials, would be forced to bear the financial and social cost of their actions.
The Millennials got a very bad deal through no fault of their own as far as this is concerned. One could not have been in a worse place at a worse time in history, as far as finances, political ambitions, and public attitudes are concerned. They were promised the world but received a bill for other people’s expenses, and without the economic backing to serviced the debts and as such being forced into a life of practical debt servitude.
People are talking a lot about “black anger” because of the Floyd and now Brooks incident, but what is being ignored and still is there is the entire “Millennial rage”. There are 42 million people in the US who identify as “black” or “biracial”, but 83 million millennials. While certainly the rage at either the situation in black communities or millennial problems is not strictly limited to just those particular blocs and does include people of other racial and generation blocs, the fact that the millennial bloc is double the size but with a comparable amount of rage- and one that because it is financial therefore transcends racial, cultural, and ethnic boundaries -has the potential to be even more explosive than what is happening right now.
If Millennials were to start protesting seriously about the debt issues and their economic plight, it would likely dwarf the current “Black lives matter” and related protests, and as such represent a proportionately greater threat to social order.
If the current protests, either by their nature or that they have been allowed by government officials, have been able to cause so much havoc, one can only imagine what a practical army of Millennials of all backgrounds with their accompanying supporters marching about their inability to get jobs or pay their debts would look like and the effects that it would have.
The 2020s are a very dangerous time right now. We are entering into an age of radicalism, of division, of chaos and people seeking answers to problems and because of their desperation, much of in understandable or at least not without something of a reasonable cause or complaint, are willing to go to unreasonable and destructive or dangerous ends to realize solutions, and without a serious consideration of what future consequences could look like.
Remember these times, and while one documents what happens around him, make preparations now for the future because things are going to get much harder as businesses close, poverty increased, defaults become more frequent, and the common man is disenfranchised from what little he has left and sensing desperation, frustration, and anger, he looks to revolutionary ideas as his answer and embraces the voice of radicals as perspectives of reason when in previous times he would not have been inclined to do such.
The nation is not on a path to peace. It is on a path to war on a global scale that will consume all.
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