shoebat--2020-10-10--Russian-Brokered Peace Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Falling Apart Almost Instantly After Agreement

Peace agreements are known to fall short in conflict situations , but according to Al-Jazeera , the current Russian-brokered peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan has scarcely been in effect for hours and already is in danger of falling apart .
Azerbaijan and Armenia have accused each other of swiftly violating the terms of a ceasefire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region , raising questions about how meaningful the truce , brokered by Russia , would turn out to be .
The ceasefire , clinched after marathon talks in Moscow advocated by President Vladimir Putin , was meant to halt fighting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azeri forces to swap prisoners and war dead .
But within minutes of the truce taking effect from midday on Saturday ( 08:00 GMT ) , both sides accused each other of breaking it .
The Armenian defence ministry accused Azerbaijan of shelling a settlement inside Armenia , while ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh alleged that Azeri forces had launched a new offensive five minutes after the truce took hold .
Azerbaijan said enemy forces in the disputed region were shelling Azeri territory .
Both sides have consistently denied each others ’ assertions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law , Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised as part of Azerbaijan .
But ethnic Armenians , who make up the vast majority of the population , reject the Azerbaijani rule and have been running their own affairs with Armenia ’ s support since a devastating war in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union .
Earlier on Saturday , Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , who helped mediate the marathon ceasefire talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow , said in a statement the truce had been agreed on humanitarian grounds .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help make the truce work , he said .
“ The specific terms of the ceasefire still need to be agreed , ” said Lavrov , who said the two rivals had also agreed to enter into what he called substantive peace talks to be held under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ’ s ( OSCE ) Minsk Group .
But Al Jazeera ’ s Bernard Smith , reporting from Stepanakart in Nagorno-Karabakh region , said the ceasefire has been breached .
“ To what level or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said .
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Peace agreements are known to fall short in conflict situations, but according to Al-Jazeera, the current Russian-brokered peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan has scarcely been in effect for hours and already is in danger of falling apart.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have accused each other of swiftly violating the terms of a ceasefire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, raising questions about how meaningful the truce, brokered by Russia, would turn out to be.
The ceasefire, clinched after marathon talks in Moscow advocated by President Vladimir Putin, was meant to halt fighting to allow ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azeri forces to swap prisoners and war dead.
But within minutes of the truce taking effect from midday on Saturday (08:00 GMT), both sides accused each other of breaking it.
The Armenian defence ministry accused Azerbaijan of shelling a settlement inside Armenia, while ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh alleged that Azeri forces had launched a new offensive five minutes after the truce took hold.
Azerbaijan said enemy forces in the disputed region were shelling Azeri territory. Both sides have consistently denied each others’ assertions about military activity.
Under the international law, Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
But ethnic Armenians, who make up the vast majority of the population, reject the Azerbaijani rule and have been running their own affairs with Armenia’s support since a devastating war in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Earlier on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who helped mediate the marathon ceasefire talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, said in a statement the truce had been agreed on humanitarian grounds.
The International Committee of the Red Cross would help make the truce work, he said.
“The specific terms of the ceasefire still need to be agreed,” said Lavrov, who said the two rivals had also agreed to enter into what he called substantive peace talks to be held under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group.
But Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Stepanakart in Nagorno-Karabakh region, said the ceasefire has been breached. “To what level or extent is not immediately clear,” he said. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-10--Controversy Erupts With The Expanding Use Of ‘Keyword Warrants’

It has been a long running trend that privacy is disappearing , but many have warned along with us here at Shoebat.com that a trend for the future will be the aggregation of data into a network that creates a Chinese-like surveillance state except by consent instead of by force at gunpoint .
CNET News delves more into this trend , building upon the warnings about collusion between law enforcement and tech corporations that ‘ sweep ’ data outside of search warrants of many people not connected to crimes but indirectly made ‘ suspects by association ’ , through a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scrutiny for demanding data based on all search engine queries at a given time .
There are few things as revealing as a person ’ s search history , and police typically need a warrant on a known suspect to demand that sensitive information .
But a recently unsealed court document found that investigators can request such data in reverse order by asking Google to disclose everyone who searched a keyword rather than for information on a known suspect .
In August , police arrested Michael Williams , an associate of singer and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegedly setting fire to a witness ’ car in Florida .
Investigators linked Williams to the arson , as well as witness tampering , after sending a search warrant to Google that requested information on “ users who had searched the address of the residence close in time to the arson.
” The July court filing was unsealed on Tuesday .
Detroit News reporter Robert Snell tweeted about the filing after it was unsealed .
Court documents showed that Google provided the IP addresses of people who searched for the arson victim ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a phone number belonging to Williams .
Police then used the phone number records to pinpoint the location of Williams ’ device near the arson , according to court documents .
Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address .
The original warrant sent to Google is still sealed , but the report provides another example of a growing trend of data requests to the search engine giant in which investigators demand data on a large group of users rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This ‘ keyword warrant ’ evades the Fourth Amendment checks on police surveillance , ” said Albert Fox Cahn , the executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project .
“ When a court authorizes a data dump of every person who searched for a specific term or address , it ’ s likely unconstitutional.
” The keyword warrants are similar to geofence warrants , in which police make requests to Google for data on all devices logged in at a specific area and time .
Google received 15 times more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 , and five times more in 2019 than 2018 .
The rise in reverse requests from police have troubled Google staffers , according to internal emails .
Google said Thursday that it works to protect the privacy of its users while also supporting law enforcement .
“ We require a warrant and push to narrow the scope of these particular demands when overly broad , including by objecting in court when appropriate , ” Google ’ s director of law enforcement and information security , Richard Salgado , said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 1 % of total warrants and a small fraction of the overall legal demands for user data that we currently receive.
” The company declined to disclose how many keyword warrants it ’ s received in the last three years .
( source ) It is true that as technology and crime trends change , so will the needs of police .
However , in all cases , there is a larger principle , which is that if one is going to assert that there are legal protections against unreasonable search , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As useful as any tool may be for solving a problem , the use of a tool can not come at the sacrifice of principle , because while the use may be good now , the very tool may , as human history demonstrates , come to be used against the same people for evil ends but because a new standard of acceptable behavior has been established , will be justified on the same logic that the previous action was .
It is similar to the tension between Trump with the Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take cases directly to the Supreme Court but the latter said that Trump had to follow the procedures of the courts , lest the integrity of the justice system is threatened .
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It has been a long running trend that privacy is disappearing, but many have warned along with us here at Shoebat.com that a trend for the future will be the aggregation of data into a network that creates a Chinese-like surveillance state except by consent instead of by force at gunpoint. CNET News delves more into this trend, building upon the warnings about collusion between law enforcement and tech corporations that ‘sweep’ data outside of search warrants of many people not connected to crimes but indirectly made ‘suspects by association’, through a recent story where police have come under scrutiny for demanding data based on all search engine queries at a given time.
There are few things as revealing as a person’s search history, and police typically need a warrant on a known suspect to demand that sensitive information. But a recently unsealed court document found that investigators can request such data in reverse order by asking Google to disclose everyone who searched a keyword rather than for information on a known suspect. In August, police arrested Michael Williams, an associate of singer and accused sex offender R. Kelly, for allegedly setting fire to a witness’ car in Florida. Investigators linked Williams to the arson, as well as witness tampering, after sending a search warrant to Google that requested information on “users who had searched the address of the residence close in time to the arson.” The July court filing was unsealed on Tuesday. Detroit News reporter Robert Snell tweeted about the filing after it was unsealed. Court documents showed that Google provided the IP addresses of people who searched for the arson victim’s address, which investigators tied to a phone number belonging to Williams. Police then used the phone number records to pinpoint the location of Williams’ device near the arson, according to court documents. Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address. The original warrant sent to Google is still sealed, but the report provides another example of a growing trend of data requests to the search engine giant in which investigators demand data on a large group of users rather than a specific request on a single suspect. “This ‘keyword warrant’ evades the Fourth Amendment checks on police surveillance,” said Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. “When a court authorizes a data dump of every person who searched for a specific term or address, it’s likely unconstitutional.” The keyword warrants are similar to geofence warrants, in which police make requests to Google for data on all devices logged in at a specific area and time. Google received 15 times more geofence warrant requests in 2018 compared with 2017, and five times more in 2019 than 2018. The rise in reverse requests from police have troubled Google staffers, according to internal emails. Google said Thursday that it works to protect the privacy of its users while also supporting law enforcement.
“We require a warrant and push to narrow the scope of these particular demands when overly broad, including by objecting in court when appropriate,” Google’s director of law enforcement and information security, Richard Salgado, said in a statement. “These data demands represent less than 1% of total warrants and a small fraction of the overall legal demands for user data that we currently receive.” The company declined to disclose how many keyword warrants it’s received in the last three years. (source)
It is true that as technology and crime trends change, so will the needs of police. However, in all cases, there is a larger principle, which is that if one is going to assert that there are legal protections against unreasonable search, they need to be respected and clarified.
As useful as any tool may be for solving a problem, the use of a tool cannot come at the sacrifice of principle, because while the use may be good now, the very tool may, as human history demonstrates, come to be used against the same people for evil ends but because a new standard of acceptable behavior has been established, will be justified on the same logic that the previous action was.
It is similar to the tension between Trump with the Supreme Court, when the former wanted to take cases directly to the Supreme Court but the latter said that Trump had to follow the procedures of the courts, lest the integrity of the justice system is threatened.
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shoebat--2020-10-10--JPMorgan Extends Tens Of Billions In Loans In The Name Of ‘Fighting Racism’

Racism can come in many forms .
The obvious one that many people think of is the man who makes statements such as “ [ Group here ] are [ insult here ] ” .
However , there are other forms of racism that are more insidious , such as the ‘ racism of lower standards ’ and the racism of , in the name of ‘ fighting racism ’ , to use race as a reason to enslave people by other means .
The latter is most commonly found in many ‘ fair housing ’ laws , which while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ curious effect of enslaving people of all races in the lower economic classes under crushing home debts that further the cycle of poverty in the name of stopping racism .
This is not to encourage discrimination , but rather to note the insidious trap of ‘ fighting discrimination ’ that is used to oppress people of all races , including those who are are the claimed beneficiary of such laws .
Another case of this seems to be happening now as JPMorgan , the infamous bank with a long history of questionable lending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billions in loans to black and hispanic individuals and businesses in the name of ‘ fighting racism ’ .
JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “ systemic racism ” in the country ’ s economic system .
The New York bank said it is committing $ 30 billion over the next five years toward programs that include earmarking more money for getting Black and Latino families into homeownership and providing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ units .
“ Systemic racism is a tragic part of America ’ s history , ” said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in a statement .
“ We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality.
” In the immediate aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd , JPMorgan announced a commitment of $ 1.75 billion toward programs they said would help address racial inequalities .
But since then , as protests have remained constant in some urban centers , there has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
Citigroup announced last month it is committing $ 1 billion toward closing “ the racial wealth gap ” in the United States , including $ 550 million toward homeownership programs for racial minorities .
JPMorgan , which has $ 3.2 trillion in assets , said it expects the $ 30 billion to help finance 40,000 additional mortgages for Black and Latino households , another 20,000 loans that will refinance mortgages and help construct 100,000 affordable rental units .
Additional funds will go to finance 15,000 small business loans to Black and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ programs to place 1 million customers in low-cost checking and savings accounts , partly by opening new branches in minority-majority neighborhoods .
Black households are several times more likely to be what is known as unbanked , meaning they do not have a primary checking account with a traditional bank , or underbanked , where households still rely on high-cost financial services like check cashing , pawn shops and payday loans .
American banking still has a long way to go to fix the problems of the past .
Banks large and small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including allegations of “ redlining ” Black homebuyers .
Redlining is a practice in which banks deny or avoid providing credit services to consumers because of racial demographics or the neighborhood where they live .
( source ) This isn ’ t a racism issue .
This is an issue of income .
It ’ s pretty simple- if you don ’ t make enough money , no matter what race you are , you don ’ t qualify .
This is for the protection of the lendee and the lender .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ attribute -to remove protections on lending practices is very often a bad thing for everybody because it allows lenders to make dangerous loans to financially unqualified persons , thus prompting the Biblical warning that the ‘ borrower is the slave to the lender ’ ( Proverbs 22:7 ) .
It would be of interest to note what role the government has in potentially underwriting any losses on these loans that JPMorgan is extending , for the bank hardly ( as with any bank ) gives loans out of the goodness of charity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ much the same as before , which is the continued impoverishment of poorer people of all races , except this time with even more debt that will be more difficult to pay than in the past .
It is another reason why one must be wary of loans and things done in the public name of ‘ charity ’ , as those are too often used for insidious purposes .
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Racism can come in many forms. The obvious one that many people think of is the man who makes statements such as “[Group here] are [insult here]”. However, there are other forms of racism that are more insidious, such as the ‘racism of lower standards’ and the racism of, in the name of ‘fighting racism’, to use race as a reason to enslave people by other means. The latter is most commonly found in many ‘fair housing’ laws, which while made with good intentions, have the curious effect of enslaving people of all races in the lower economic classes under crushing home debts that further the cycle of poverty in the name of stopping racism. This is not to encourage discrimination, but rather to note the insidious trap of ‘fighting discrimination’ that is used to oppress people of all races, including those who are are the claimed beneficiary of such laws.
Another case of this seems to be happening now as JPMorgan, the infamous bank with a long history of questionable lending practices, has declared she will extend billions in loans to black and hispanic individuals and businesses in the name of ‘fighting racism’.
JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “systemic racism” in the country’s economic system. The New York bank said it is committing $30 billion over the next five years toward programs that include earmarking more money for getting Black and Latino families into homeownership and providing additional financing to build affordable rental housing units. “Systemic racism is a tragic part of America’s history,” said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in a statement. “We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality.” In the immediate aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, JPMorgan announced a commitment of $1.75 billion toward programs they said would help address racial inequalities. But since then, as protests have remained constant in some urban centers, there has been a push for banks to do more. Citigroup announced last month it is committing $1 billion toward closing “the racial wealth gap” in the United States, including $550 million toward homeownership programs for racial minorities. JPMorgan, which has $3.2 trillion in assets, said it expects the $30 billion to help finance 40,000 additional mortgages for Black and Latino households, another 20,000 loans that will refinance mortgages and help construct 100,000 affordable rental units. Additional funds will go to finance 15,000 small business loans to Black and Latino-owned businesses. There will also be programs to place 1 million customers in low-cost checking and savings accounts, partly by opening new branches in minority-majority neighborhoods. Black households are several times more likely to be what is known as unbanked, meaning they do not have a primary checking account with a traditional bank, or underbanked, where households still rely on high-cost financial services like check cashing, pawn shops and payday loans. American banking still has a long way to go to fix the problems of the past. Banks large and small are still regularly cited for discriminatory practices, including allegations of “redlining” Black homebuyers. Redlining is a practice in which banks deny or avoid providing credit services to consumers because of racial demographics or the neighborhood where they live. (source)
This isn’t a racism issue. This is an issue of income. It’s pretty simple- if you don’t make enough money, no matter what race you are, you don’t qualify. This is for the protection of the lendee and the lender. Rather, using anything- race or another attribute -to remove protections on lending practices is very often a bad thing for everybody because it allows lenders to make dangerous loans to financially unqualified persons, thus prompting the Biblical warning that the ‘borrower is the slave to the lender’ (Proverbs 22:7).
It would be of interest to note what role the government has in potentially underwriting any losses on these loans that JPMorgan is extending, for the bank hardly (as with any bank) gives loans out of the goodness of charity.
But the overall trend from this is much the same as before, which is the continued impoverishment of poorer people of all races, except this time with even more debt that will be more difficult to pay than in the past.
It is another reason why one must be wary of loans and things done in the public name of ‘charity’, as those are too often used for insidious purposes.
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shoebat--2020-10-12--Trump Never Got Covid. It Was A Scheme To Help Him Get Elected

Did Trump really get Covid , or was it part of a scheme to help him get elected ?
A @ @ @ @ @ has concluded , after a thorough investigation , that Trump lied about getting Covid :

By Theodore Shoebat
Did Trump really get Covid, or was it part of a scheme to help him get elected? A Russian whistleblower named Alexander Ivanov has concluded, after a thorough investigation, that Trump lied about getting Covid:
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shoebat--2020-10-11--Will The Zoomers Show Up For Election 2020?

There are a lot of demographic changes happening right now within the country that will cause major changes for the nation .
However , for now , the favor still restes with the Boomers for the election cycle .
While Millennial are adults and well on their adult lives , Zoomers , or Gen Z , is another key bloc that may influence the election .
However , as reported on by RealClearPolitics and Zero Hedge , the Zoomers may not show up .
First , the fall youth poll from Harvard ’ s Institute of Politics finds a significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of America ’ s 18-to-29-year-old likely voters who support Trump are “ very enthusiastic ” about voting for him .
This stands in stark contrast to just 35 % of likely voters who back Biden .
Those in Gen Z are generally not excited about the Democratic nominee and tell me that they were deflated when more progressive candidates dropped out of the race .
Such low levels of enthusiasm may not translate to actually casting a ballot .
Second , as the American Enterprise Institute ’ s new “ Socially Distant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our Politics ” survey reveals , just 7 % of Gen Zers have a very favorable view of Biden while another 40 % have a favorable view – making for a 47 % overall favorability rating .
While this is appreciably higher than Trump ’ s 20 % favorability rating , it is anything but a landslide of support from younger Americans for Biden .
My students regularly share the fact that they have trouble getting behind Biden given his history of inappropriately touching women and his less than consistent left-of-center positions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ enthusiasm data , again suggests that the drive to vote for Biden may indeed be lower than many narratives assert ; candidates need to inspire voters to drive turnout .
Relatedly , the survey asks if it has been easy or hard to make a decision about who to vote for this year ( 2020 ) .
Given the polarized climate and the overall disdain for the Trump administration among young people , one would think that making a decision about voting in a few weeks should be fairly easy .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state that their decision was hard – this is significantly higher than their parents ( 21 % ) and grandparents ( 14 % for Boomers and 10 % of Silents ) – and again provides a hint of evidence that Gen Zers may opt out of voting entirely .
Going further , when asked who they ’ d vote for if the election were held today , Gen Z is not uniformly in support of Biden : 57 % would vote for Biden and 18 % for Trump .
But 6 % state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they will sit this election out .
And compared to the older cohorts , this intention to sit out is very different : Just 8 % of Gen Xers and 5 % of Boomers do not intend to vote .
Moreover , when asked about how certain they are about their choice , those in Gen Z are less certain compared to older cohorts .
Just 51 % of those in Gen Z state that they are absolutely certain that they will vote in the 2020 election ; this shows that Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not assured .
In contrast , 71 % of those in Gen X and 80 % of the Boomers state that they are absolutely certain that they will vote .
Finally , the survey data makes it clear that those in Gen Z are politically engaged , but not necessarily with the election .
Two-thirds ( 67 % ) have been following the election fairly or very closely , notably lower than the 88 % who have been paying attention to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 80 % who are following the BLM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current events , but they may be increasingly disinterested in the election itself .
( source )

There are a lot of demographic changes happening right now within the country that will cause major changes for the nation. However, for now, the favor still restes with the Boomers for the election cycle. While Millennial are adults and well on their adult lives, Zoomers, or Gen Z, is another key bloc that may influence the election. However, as reported on by RealClearPolitics and Zero Hedge, the Zoomers may not show up.
First, the fall youth poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics finds a significant enthusiasm gap between the candidates: 56% of America’s 18-to-29-year-old likely voters who support Trump are “very enthusiastic” about voting for him. This stands in stark contrast to just 35% of likely voters who back Biden. Those in Gen Z are generally not excited about the Democratic nominee and tell me that they were deflated when more progressive candidates dropped out of the race. Such low levels of enthusiasm may not translate to actually casting a ballot.
Second, as the American Enterprise Institute’s new “Socially Distant: How Our Divided Social Networks Explain Our Politics” survey reveals, just 7% of Gen Zers have a very favorable view of Biden while another 40% have a favorable view – making for a 47% overall favorability rating. While this is appreciably higher than Trump’s 20% favorability rating, it is anything but a landslide of support from younger Americans for Biden. My students regularly share the fact that they have trouble getting behind Biden given his history of inappropriately touching women and his less than consistent left-of-center positions. This fact, along with the Harvard enthusiasm data, again suggests that the drive to vote for Biden may indeed be lower than many narratives assert; candidates need to inspire voters to drive turnout.
Relatedly, the survey asks if it has been easy or hard to make a decision about who to vote for this year (2020). Given the polarized climate and the overall disdain for the Trump administration among young people, one would think that making a decision about voting in a few weeks should be fairly easy. However, 30% of Gen Zers and Millennials state that their decision was hard – this is significantly higher than their parents (21%) and grandparents (14% for Boomers and 10% of Silents) – and again provides a hint of evidence that Gen Zers may opt out of voting entirely.
Going further, when asked who they’d vote for if the election were held today, Gen Z is not uniformly in support of Biden: 57% would vote for Biden and 18% for Trump. But 6% state someone else and another 19% say that they will sit this election out. And compared to the older cohorts, this intention to sit out is very different: Just 8% of Gen Xers and 5% of Boomers do not intend to vote.
Moreover, when asked about how certain they are about their choice, those in Gen Z are less certain compared to older cohorts. Just 51% of those in Gen Z state that they are absolutely certain that they will vote in the 2020 election; this shows that Biden’s support in large numbers is not assured. In contrast, 71% of those in Gen X and 80% of the Boomers state that they are absolutely certain that they will vote.
Finally, the survey data makes it clear that those in Gen Z are politically engaged, but not necessarily with the election. Two-thirds (67%) have been following the election fairly or very closely, notably lower than the 88% who have been paying attention to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 80% who are following the BLM protests. Gen Zers are not ignoring current events, but they may be increasingly disinterested in the election itself.
(source)


shoebat--2020-10-11--Mexican President Wants Catholic Church To Apologize For Stopping What The Drug Cartels Are Reviving

Slavery .
Cannibalism .
Human sacrifice .
Organ harvesting .
Murder of children .
Openly blaspheming and worshipping devils .
This was Mexico not today , but on the eve of the arrival of the Spanish to Mexico , where thanks to a combination of the Church and the Spanish Empire wiped out the infamos paganism and Christianized the natives .
However , this is changing in recent times with the decline in religion ( including the American Protestant sects ) and the rise of the drug cartels who are again actively taking part in all those above mentioned terrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covered in extensive detail including in Ted ’ s 2016 film “ Hell across the Border ” .
Now the current President of Mexico wants the Catholic Church to ‘ apologize ’ on behalf of ‘ abusing ’ the ‘ native culure ’ according to the AP .
Mexico ’ s president published an open letter to Pope Francis Saturday calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s .
In the letter , President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also asks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexican or colonial-era documents .
“ The Catholic Church , the Spanish monarchy and the Mexican government should make a public apology for the offensive atrocities that Indigenous people suffered , ” the letter states .
López Obrador asked the pope to make a statement in favor of Miguel Hidalgo , Mexico ’ s 19th-century independence leader who was once believed to have been excommunicated by the church for his involvement in the uprising .
However , researchers later said it appeared that Hidalgo had confessed his sins before he was executed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : “ I think it would be an act of humility and at the same time greatness ” for the church to reconcile posthumously with Hidalgo .
The letter comes as Mexico struggles with how to mark the 500th anniversary of the 1519-1521 conquest , which resulted in the death of a large part of the country ’ s pre-Hispanic population .
In 2019 , López Obrador asked Spain for an apology for the conquest , in which millions of Indigenous people died from violence and disease .
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ will not issue these apologies that have been requested.
” ( source ) Hell Across the Border , from 2016 .
Abuses did happen , and they are not good , and this is admitted by all .
But wiping out paganism , cannibailsm , human trafficking and sacrifice , and other sick things is nothing to apologize for .
Instead of trying to attack the Church for political gain , he would be better of trying to deal with the cartels that have turned Mexico into one of the most violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help support the work of this site .
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Slavery. Cannibalism. Human sacrifice. Organ harvesting. Murder of children. Openly blaspheming and worshipping devils. This was Mexico not today, but on the eve of the arrival of the Spanish to Mexico, where thanks to a combination of the Church and the Spanish Empire wiped out the infamos paganism and Christianized the natives. However, this is changing in recent times with the decline in religion (including the American Protestant sects) and the rise of the drug cartels who are again actively taking part in all those above mentioned terrible practices today, and which Shoebat.com has covered in extensive detail including in Ted’s 2016 film “Hell across the Border”.
Now the current President of Mexico wants the Catholic Church to ‘apologize’ on behalf of ‘abusing’ the ‘native culure’ according to the AP.
Mexico’s president published an open letter to Pope Francis Saturday calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s. In the letter, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also asks the pope to lend Mexico ancient pre-Hispanic Mexican or colonial-era documents. “The Catholic Church, the Spanish monarchy and the Mexican government should make a public apology for the offensive atrocities that Indigenous people suffered,” the letter states. López Obrador asked the pope to make a statement in favor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico’s 19th-century independence leader who was once believed to have been excommunicated by the church for his involvement in the uprising. However, researchers later said it appeared that Hidalgo had confessed his sins before he was executed and thus was not excommunicated. López Obrador said: “I think it would be an act of humility and at the same time greatness” for the church to reconcile posthumously with Hidalgo. The letter comes as Mexico struggles with how to mark the 500th anniversary of the 1519-1521 conquest, which resulted in the death of a large part of the country’s pre-Hispanic population. In 2019, López Obrador asked Spain for an apology for the conquest, in which millions of Indigenous people died from violence and disease. Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said at the time that Spain “will not issue these apologies that have been requested.” (source)
Hell Across the Border, from 2016.
Abuses did happen, and they are not good, and this is admitted by all. But wiping out paganism, cannibailsm, human trafficking and sacrifice, and other sick things is nothing to apologize for. Instead of trying to attack the Church for political gain, he would be better of trying to deal with the cartels that have turned Mexico into one of the most violent places on Earth.
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shoebat--2020-10-11--The Denver Shooting Was Likely An Act Of Self Defense

Looking at what we currently know about the Denver shooting , it appears that it was an act of self-defense @

Pakistani Government Signs Law That Would Put People In Prison For Life For "Blaspheming" Muhammad The government of Pakistan just signed a law that could...


shoebat--2020-10-12--(Slavery Never Ended!) Militia Group Kidnaps 350 Migrants And Are Currently Hold 60 Of Them In Horre

(Slavery Never Ended!) Militia Group Kidnaps 350 Migrants And Are Currently Hold 60 Of Them In Horrendous Condition

Slavery never ended , as human trafficking continues on .
A recent example of this is what has been occurring in North Africa .
In Libya , a militia kidnapped 350 migrants .
While most of them managed to escape , the militia still has 60 migrants held in captivity .
As we read in a report from AP : A Libyan armed group is holding hostage at least 60 migrants , including two dozen children , in “ appalling ” conditions after abducting them almost two weeks ago , an aid group said on Saturday .
Masked militiamen abducted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ town of al-Ajaylat , around 80 kilometers west of the capital , Tripoli , according to Medecins Sans Frontieres .
The statement said that the armed group initially took hostage around 350 migrants , mainly from West Africa , but that most of the migrants managed to escape while some others were released .
The aid group said that it had notified the Libyan government ’ s agency for combatting illegal migration two days after the abduction , and later visited the warehouse where the migrants were held .
“ We found over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sleeping on the ground in appalling living conditions without access to water , showers , or toilets , ” said Guillaume Baret , MSF ’ s head of mission in Libya .
The militia stole valuable items and identification documents from the migrants , before taking them to a warehouse guarded by armed men in the nearby coastal city of Sabratha , the biggest launching point for the mainly African migrants who make the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea , the group said .

By Theodore Shoebat
Slavery never ended, as human trafficking continues on. A recent example of this is what has been occurring in North Africa. In Libya, a militia kidnapped 350 migrants. While most of them managed to escape, the militia still has 60 migrants held in captivity. As we read in a report from AP:
A Libyan armed group is holding hostage at least 60 migrants, including two dozen children, in “appalling” conditions after abducting them almost two weeks ago, an aid group said on Saturday.
Masked militiamen abducted the migrants on Sept. 28 from the town of al-Ajaylat, around 80 kilometers west of the capital, Tripoli, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres. The statement said that the armed group initially took hostage around 350 migrants, mainly from West Africa, but that most of the migrants managed to escape while some others were released.
The aid group said that it had notified the Libyan government’s agency for combatting illegal migration two days after the abduction, and later visited the warehouse where the migrants were held.
“We found over 350 women, children, and men sleeping on the ground in appalling living conditions without access to water, showers, or toilets,” said Guillaume Baret, MSF’s head of mission in Libya.
The militia stole valuable items and identification documents from the migrants, before taking them to a warehouse guarded by armed men in the nearby coastal city of Sabratha, the biggest launching point for the mainly African migrants who make the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, the group said.


shoebat--2020-10-12--Up To 100,000 People Gather Together In Los Angeles To Protest Turkey’s War Against Armenia

Up to 100,000 people gathered together in Los Angeles to protest Turkey ’ s war against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh .
As we read in a report from KCAL9 : A Pro-Armenia rally held on Sunday afternoon in response to the ongoing Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict , drew up to 100,000 attendees , the LAPD estimated .
The “ Artsakh Under Attack : March for Victory ” was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at Pan Pacific Park and conclude at the Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills .
“ We stand with our brothers and sisters in Armenia and Artsakh and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said .
“ We welcome the ceasefire and it must be respected .
We need our national leadership to step up and help bring peace to the region .
Turkey must disengage.
” Los Angeles County is home to the nation ’ s largest Armenian diaspora , and the reported cease-fire agreement came after days of protests and demonstrations throughout the L.A. area to bring attention to the ongoing conflict in the region .
Armenia leaders have accused Azerbaijan of breaking the cease-fire , while Azerbaijani leaders are alleging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Minutes after the truce reportedly took effect , the Armenian military accused Azerbaijan of shelling a settlement inside Armenia .

By Theodore Shoebat
Up to 100,000 people gathered together in Los Angeles to protest Turkey’s war against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. As we read in a report from KCAL9:
A Pro-Armenia rally held on Sunday afternoon in response to the ongoing Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict, drew up to 100,000 attendees, the LAPD estimated.
The “Artsakh Under Attack: March for Victory” was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at Pan Pacific Park and conclude at the Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills.
“We stand with our brothers and sisters in Armenia and Artsakh and the diaspora in L.A.,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “We welcome the ceasefire and it must be respected. We need our national leadership to step up and help bring peace to the region. Turkey must disengage.”
Los Angeles County is home to the nation’s largest Armenian diaspora, and the reported cease-fire agreement came after days of protests and demonstrations throughout the L.A. area to bring attention to the ongoing conflict in the region.
Armenia leaders have accused Azerbaijan of breaking the cease-fire, while Azerbaijani leaders are alleging it is Armenia that was in breach.
Minutes after the truce reportedly took effect, the Armenian military accused Azerbaijan of shelling a settlement inside Armenia.


shoebat--2020-10-12--Burkina Faso Called An ‘Epicenter’ Of Major Crises

About two years ago , Shoebat.com started to note a rising trend of attacks in the tiny landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso .
We warned that amid increaseing persecution , violence , and social chaos , the small nation could become a catalyst for tipping off greater regional wars in West Africa as well as potentially causing a migration crisis as people try to flee .
Now according to the Christian Post , the small nation has been called an ‘ epicenter ’ of major crises .
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released a report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and religious leaders in Burkina Faso less than two months before the upcoming presidential election in the West African country .
Once viewed as a bastion of religious tolerance and interfaith harmony in west Africa , Burkina Faso “ has suddenly found itself at the epicenter of several global crises , which have contributed to the devolution of religious freedom conditions in the country , ” says the independent , bipartisan federal panel in its report .
“ Attacks on both Muslim and Christian houses of worship and religious leaders have spiked as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area of influence throughout the country , ” it points out .
“ The government is struggling to rein in the violence , and poor performance and misconduct by government-affiliated forces are exacerbating the situation.
” Burkina Faso , one of the most impoverished countries in the world , has been fighting armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State for more than four years .
USCIRF notes that the U.S. State Department ’ s International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 recorded that both Muslim and Christian communities in the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence , including the targeting and killing of at least 38 people based on their religious identity .
Last May , heavily armed individuals killed four people in an attack on a Catholic church in Toulfe during Mass .
Last August , militants attacked a Catholic and a Protestant church , killing three people .
In December , 14 people were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a church near the border with Niger .
In February , 24 more were killed , including a priest , when armed men attacked a church in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the kidnapping of a Catholic catechist and his wife in Arbinda in May 2018 by individuals that identified as extremist fighters , the report says .
In June that year , armed fighters abducted an Assembly of God pastor and three members of his family in Soum Province .
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About two years ago, Shoebat.com started to note a rising trend of attacks in the tiny landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso. We warned that amid increaseing persecution, violence, and social chaos, the small nation could become a catalyst for tipping off greater regional wars in West Africa as well as potentially causing a migration crisis as people try to flee. Now according to the Christian Post, the small nation has been called an ‘epicenter’ of major crises.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released a report highlighting rising attacks against houses of worship and religious leaders in Burkina Faso less than two months before the upcoming presidential election in the West African country.
Once viewed as a bastion of religious tolerance and interfaith harmony in west Africa, Burkina Faso “has suddenly found itself at the epicenter of several global crises, which have contributed to the devolution of religious freedom conditions in the country,” says the independent, bipartisan federal panel in its report.
“Attacks on both Muslim and Christian houses of worship and religious leaders have spiked as jihadist and other militia groups expand their area of influence throughout the country,” it points out. “The government is struggling to rein in the violence, and poor performance and misconduct by government-affiliated forces are exacerbating the situation.”
Burkina Faso, one of the most impoverished countries in the world, has been fighting armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State for more than four years.
USCIRF notes that the U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 recorded that both Muslim and Christian communities in the country had experienced “unprecedented levels” of violence, including the targeting and killing of at least 38 people based on their religious identity.
Last May, heavily armed individuals killed four people in an attack on a Catholic church in Toulfe during Mass. Last August, militants attacked a Catholic and a Protestant church, killing three people. In December, 14 people were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a church near the border with Niger. In February, 24 more were killed, including a priest, when armed men attacked a church in Pansi.
Attacks on Christian leaders include the kidnapping of a Catholic catechist and his wife in Arbinda in May 2018 by individuals that identified as extremist fighters, the report says. In June that year, armed fighters abducted an Assembly of God pastor and three members of his family in Soum Province. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-12--Russia Asks For Peace in The Arctic While She Proceeds To Militarize It

Shoebat.com has noted that a trend to watch for within the larger context of a coming global war will be militarization of the Arctic and the fights for the war being taken to the North Pole regions .
The reason for this is largely because of Russia , since due to geopolitical and historical reasons , Russia knows that she is likely going to get hurt badly in a major war and so is anticipating major possible losses of people and territory in her southern regions .
Since she can not afford another “ Battle of Stalingrad ” type scenario @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Soviet military but a miracle of a very cold winter that gave victory to them , and that there are large oil reserves in the Arctic that could mitigate losses in the Caspian Sea region , the Russians have been actively militarizing the Arctic , to which the Americans have responded by making war preparations aggressively in that region .
However , according to an article from the Russian-backed Strategic Culture Foundation , it says that it is the Americans who are making a mistake responding to Russian militarization and need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent DOD Arctic Strategy Report which has shaped this suicidal battle plan , Russia and China are defined as nothing but existential threats to the world order which must he stopped at all costs with the report ’ s authors stating : “ In different ways , Russia and China are challenging the rules-based order in the Arctic .
U.S. interests include limiting the ability of China and Russia to leverage the region as a corridor for competition that advances their strategic objectives through malign or coercive behavior.
” Describing this aggressive display @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack faced by dangerous NATO maneuvers across Europe in recent months , Russian Major General Vladimir Popov told Sputnik News : “ Alaska is remote from the U.S. mainland , but is an outpost in relation to Russia—we are separated only by a strait , and the border is literally within the line of sight .
This is a strategic region for the U.S .
Adding 150 more fighters would at least double the combat potential of the existing forces there.
” In the updated March 2020 Continuity of Government protocols , General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both NORAD and NORTHCOM ) would take the “ temporary ” reins of the presidency under crisis conditions of ungovernability which are not too difficult to imagine amidst the storms currently sweeping America .
Military staff who would take up a parallel chain of command continue to be stationed 650 meters below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado where they have been deployed since March 2020 following Mark Espers ’ orders to NORTHCOM to “ prepare to deploy ” .
O ’ Shawnessy has repeatedly echoed the views of the Washington/NATO establishment that the greatest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and China directly referencing their supposedly nefarious intentions in the Arctic .
Rather than bring the forces of war to the Arctic , Russia and China have together been demonstrating a far more efficient and moral approach which certain patriotic forces within North America tend to be in alignment with , including the current President .
Since January 2018 , the Arctic has increasingly become dominated by the positive extension of the New Silk Road northward in the form of the maritime and land based “ Polar Silk Road ” which has united @ @ @ @ @ @ @ East development program .
This program aims to increase arctic shipping five fold by 2024 and begin a bold program of infrastructure , rail , road , pipeline , mining and port building in order to begin accessing the vital raw materials desperately needed for the coming centuries of multipolar development .
On September 26 , President Trump working alongside political allies in Alaska , Alberta and the private sector alike streamlined a project which taps into this spirit of genuine economic cooperation and long term thinking unseen in decades in the form @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the business models guiding this emerging project , it is important to note that the destructive thinking of globalization and zero sum logic are not to be found at all as the entire program is vectored on tying North America economic interests into China ’ s Belt and Road and growing Asian markets .
As I wrote in my recent report Trump ’ s A Revival of the Wallace Doctrine for the Post-War World , the last serious pro-development strategy to arise from a leading American politician took the form of President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Henry Wallace , who spent years with his Russian counterparts during WWII arranging the conditions of mutual development of both nations during the post-War age with a strong focus on the long awaited Bering Strait Rail connection and obvious Alaska-Canada transport corridors .
In his Two Peoples One Friendship , Wallace described his discussions with Foreign Minister Molotov in 1942 saying : “ Of all nations , Russia has the most powerful combination of a rapidly increasing population , great natural resources and immediate expansion in technological skills .
Siberia and China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When Molotov [ Russia ’ s Foreign Minister ] was in Washington in the spring of 1942 I spoke to him about the combined highway and airway which I hope someday will link Chicago and Moscow via Canada , Alaska and Siberia .
Molotov , after observing that no one nation could do this job by itself , said that he and I would live to see the day of its accomplishment .
It would mean much to the peace of the future if there could be some tangible link of this sort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.
” ( source ) I ’ m not trying to play the “ who is better ” game for countries here .
Rather , I am pointing out that not only is this a major trend , but that this article admits the trend while also serving as a poor attempt to gaslight the readers as to the reality of what is happening .
It is rather obvious that it is the Russians who started militarizing the Arctic in a serious way .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just as there is nothing wrong with admitting how it was the Americans who destabilized the Middle East .
This does not speak to what one thinks about them or the objective morality of a situation , but that of rather what happened .
However , it is a major trend to be aware of , as it will have potentially serious geopolitical impacts for the future .
America does not want “ friendship ” , but neither does Russia .
This is not a case of ‘ good versus evil ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Game ’ of the 19th century , and right now , Russia is losing badly and it could lead , as the Jamestown Institute has noted , to a breakup of Russia and her isolation as a nation to the lands that are west of the Urals .
There is plenty of occultism and unnatural behavior on both sides , and what one emphasizes publicly , the other does so in private or permits privately for the exact same ends .
Russia is only talking about the US involvement as “ suicidal ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the fact that between well-below replacement fertility rates , mass migration , a population that drops by an average of a million people per year even after factoring in an average migration rate from Central Asia of a half-a-million per year , increasing HIV/AIDS rates , crumbling infrastructure , rising nationalism in her Siberian regions , expanding poverty , religion as a cover for nationalism , and general unhappiness with most of the people who want rather to leave than stay , Russia is going aggressively into the Arctic as a last-attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be left alone so she can try to rebuild what she has left from what she has wasted after a century of Bolshevism .
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Shoebat.com has noted that a trend to watch for within the larger context of a coming global war will be militarization of the Arctic and the fights for the war being taken to the North Pole regions. The reason for this is largely because of Russia, since due to geopolitical and historical reasons, Russia knows that she is likely going to get hurt badly in a major war and so is anticipating major possible losses of people and territory in her southern regions. Since she cannot afford another “Battle of Stalingrad” type scenario, as it was not the superiority of the Soviet military but a miracle of a very cold winter that gave victory to them, and that there are large oil reserves in the Arctic that could mitigate losses in the Caspian Sea region, the Russians have been actively militarizing the Arctic, to which the Americans have responded by making war preparations aggressively in that region.
However, according to an article from the Russian-backed Strategic Culture Foundation, it says that it is the Americans who are making a mistake responding to Russian militarization and need to step back.
In the most recent DOD Arctic Strategy Report which has shaped this suicidal battle plan, Russia and China are defined as nothing but existential threats to the world order which must he stopped at all costs with the report’s authors stating: “In different ways, Russia and China are challenging the rules-based order in the Arctic. U.S. interests include limiting the ability of China and Russia to leverage the region as a corridor for competition that advances their strategic objectives through malign or coercive behavior.” Describing this aggressive display that folds into the renewed threats of attack faced by dangerous NATO maneuvers across Europe in recent months, Russian Major General Vladimir Popov told Sputnik News: “Alaska is remote from the U.S. mainland, but is an outpost in relation to Russia—we are separated only by a strait, and the border is literally within the line of sight. This is a strategic region for the U.S. Adding 150 more fighters would at least double the combat potential of the existing forces there.” … In the updated March 2020 Continuity of Government protocols, General Terrance O’Shaunessy (head of both NORAD and NORTHCOM) would take the “temporary” reins of the presidency under crisis conditions of ungovernability which are not too difficult to imagine amidst the storms currently sweeping America. Military staff who would take up a parallel chain of command continue to be stationed 650 meters below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado where they have been deployed since March 2020 following Mark Espers’ orders to NORTHCOM to “prepare to deploy”. O’Shawnessy has repeatedly echoed the views of the Washington/NATO establishment that the greatest threats to the world stem from Russia and China directly referencing their supposedly nefarious intentions in the Arctic. Rather than bring the forces of war to the Arctic, Russia and China have together been demonstrating a far more efficient and moral approach which certain patriotic forces within North America tend to be in alignment with, including the current President. Since January 2018, the Arctic has increasingly become dominated by the positive extension of the New Silk Road northward in the form of the maritime and land based “Polar Silk Road” which has united brilliantly with President Putin’s Far East development program. This program aims to increase arctic shipping five fold by 2024 and begin a bold program of infrastructure, rail, road, pipeline, mining and port building in order to begin accessing the vital raw materials desperately needed for the coming centuries of multipolar development. On September 26, President Trump working alongside political allies in Alaska, Alberta and the private sector alike streamlined a project which taps into this spirit of genuine economic cooperation and long term thinking unseen in decades in the form of the Alaska-Canada Rail connection. Looking at the business models guiding this emerging project, it is important to note that the destructive thinking of globalization and zero sum logic are not to be found at all as the entire program is vectored on tying North America economic interests into China’s Belt and Road and growing Asian markets. As I wrote in my recent report Trump’s A Revival of the Wallace Doctrine for the Post-War World, the last serious pro-development strategy to arise from a leading American politician took the form of President Franklin Roosevelt’s ardent anti-imperial Vice President Henry Wallace, who spent years with his Russian counterparts during WWII arranging the conditions of mutual development of both nations during the post-War age with a strong focus on the long awaited Bering Strait Rail connection and obvious Alaska-Canada transport corridors. In his Two Peoples One Friendship, Wallace described his discussions with Foreign Minister Molotov in 1942 saying: “Of all nations, Russia has the most powerful combination of a rapidly increasing population, great natural resources and immediate expansion in technological skills. Siberia and China will furnish the greatest frontier of tomorrow… When Molotov [Russia’s Foreign Minister] was in Washington in the spring of 1942 I spoke to him about the combined highway and airway which I hope someday will link Chicago and Moscow via Canada, Alaska and Siberia. Molotov, after observing that no one nation could do this job by itself, said that he and I would live to see the day of its accomplishment. It would mean much to the peace of the future if there could be some tangible link of this sort between the pioneer spirit of our own West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.” (source)
I’m not trying to play the “who is better” game for countries here. Rather, I am pointing out that not only is this a major trend, but that this article admits the trend while also serving as a poor attempt to gaslight the readers as to the reality of what is happening.
It is rather obvious that it is the Russians who started militarizing the Arctic in a serious way. There is nothing wrong with admitting this, just as there is nothing wrong with admitting how it was the Americans who destabilized the Middle East. This does not speak to what one thinks about them or the objective morality of a situation, but that of rather what happened. However, it is a major trend to be aware of, as it will have potentially serious geopolitical impacts for the future.
America does not want “friendship”, but neither does Russia. This is not a case of ‘good versus evil’, but the continuation of the ‘Great Game’ of the 19th century, and right now, Russia is losing badly and it could lead, as the Jamestown Institute has noted, to a breakup of Russia and her isolation as a nation to the lands that are west of the Urals. There is plenty of occultism and unnatural behavior on both sides, and what one emphasizes publicly, the other does so in private or permits privately for the exact same ends.
Russia is only talking about the US involvement as “suicidal” because it is an attempt to divert from the fact that between well-below replacement fertility rates, mass migration, a population that drops by an average of a million people per year even after factoring in an average migration rate from Central Asia of a half-a-million per year, increasing HIV/AIDS rates, crumbling infrastructure, rising nationalism in her Siberian regions, expanding poverty, religion as a cover for nationalism, and general unhappiness with most of the people who want rather to leave than stay, Russia is going aggressively into the Arctic as a last-attempt to save herself and she wants to be left alone so she can try to rebuild what she has left from what she has wasted after a century of Bolshevism.
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shoebat--2020-10-12--Why Was A Greek Orthodox Metropolitan In The US Suddenly Censured By The Patriarch?

There is a well-known and problematic trend of persons attracted to both the same gender and small children entering into the priesthood and then using their positions to abuse children .
However , this is not limited just to Catholics , for as I have pointed out , there is also the same problem in the Orthodox Churches , but the difference seems to be generally that the Catholic Church ’ s scandals have been more open in spite of attempts to hide them , while the Orthodox have been more closed and successful at repressing attempts to reveal such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and thankfully , such abuse does come out , as it always should no matter who is in question because these things need to be exposed so they can be fixed .
When they do come out , they often can come out in interesting ways .
Now one can not say this is what happened , but according to the Greek Reporter , the Ecumenical Patriarch has suspended for the purpose of “ penance ” the faculties of the Metropolitan of Boston for “ falling into canonical transgressions ” .
Ecumenical Patriarch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greek Orthodox faithful in the world , on Thursday placed the Metropolitan of Boston , Methodios , on “ a penance of suspension ” until Christmas for what he called “ falling into canonical transgressions.
” The shocking news came in an announcement sent out on Thursday afternoon after the Holy and Sacred Synod had examined reports from Archbishop Elpidophoros , the head of all the Greek Orthodox in the Americas .
Methodios ’ diocese includes the state of New Hampshire , where a controversy had flared recently regarding the giving of Communion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stipulating that local churches should abide by local coronavirus rules .
The Attorney General had warned the New Hampshire church , St. Nicholas in Portsmouth , that it should stop using a communal chalice and spoon after three parishioners had tested positive for the coronavirus .
It has been disclosed since that time that none of the infected parishioners had in fact received Communion .
Today ’ s statement , issued by the Chief Secretariat of the Synod , also said that it had “ placed into abeyance the force of the Charter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the objective of constituting a joint Committee of representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Archdiocese for the composition of a new Charter.
” The Holy and Sacred Synod also stated that it had transferred His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey to the Holy Metropolis of Sardes and appointed Archbishop Elpidophoros of America as Patriarchal Vicar in the vacant Eparchy of New Jersey .
( source ) This is very interesting .
One can not say for sure what happened , but given the description that was provided , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watched , as one can only wonder what was the “ transgression ” that prompted this suspension for the purposes of “ penance ” .
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There is a well-known and problematic trend of persons attracted to both the same gender and small children entering into the priesthood and then using their positions to abuse children. However, this is not limited just to Catholics, for as I have pointed out, there is also the same problem in the Orthodox Churches, but the difference seems to be generally that the Catholic Church’s scandals have been more open in spite of attempts to hide them, while the Orthodox have been more closed and successful at repressing attempts to reveal such abuse in their ranks.
However, and thankfully, such abuse does come out, as it always should no matter who is in question because these things need to be exposed so they can be fixed. When they do come out, they often can come out in interesting ways.
Now one cannot say this is what happened, but according to the Greek Reporter, the Ecumenical Patriarch has suspended for the purpose of “penance” the faculties of the Metropolitan of Boston for “falling into canonical transgressions”.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of all the Greek Orthodox faithful in the world, on Thursday placed the Metropolitan of Boston, Methodios, on “a penance of suspension” until Christmas for what he called “falling into canonical transgressions.” The shocking news came in an announcement sent out on Thursday afternoon after the Holy and Sacred Synod had examined reports from Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of all the Greek Orthodox in the Americas. Methodios’ diocese includes the state of New Hampshire, where a controversy had flared recently regarding the giving of Communion using a communal spoon despite the Patriarchate stipulating that local churches should abide by local coronavirus rules. The Attorney General had warned the New Hampshire church, St. Nicholas in Portsmouth, that it should stop using a communal chalice and spoon after three parishioners had tested positive for the coronavirus. It has been disclosed since that time that none of the infected parishioners had in fact received Communion. Today’s statement, issued by the Chief Secretariat of the Synod, also said that it had “placed into abeyance the force of the Charter of the Holy Archdiocese of America, with the objective of constituting a joint Committee of representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Archdiocese for the composition of a new Charter.” The Holy and Sacred Synod also stated that it had transferred His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey to the Holy Metropolis of Sardes and appointed Archbishop Elpidophoros of America as Patriarchal Vicar in the vacant Eparchy of New Jersey. (source)
This is very interesting. One cannot say for sure what happened, but given the description that was provided, it is a story that needs to be closely watched, as one can only wonder what was the “transgression” that prompted this suspension for the purposes of “penance”.
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shoebat--2020-10-12--Will Pennsylvania Become What Florida Was In Election 2000?

For those who remember , election 2000 was a nightmare in the state of Florida , where after much wrangling and talk of “ dimpled chads ” , “ pregnant chads ” , “ tri-chads ” , “ hanging chads ” , ballot recounts , and more legal wrangling , eventually was decided in favor of George W. Bush .
There is an almost curious consistency to such thing that one might call it a ‘ trend ’ when considering the potentials for certain election cycles .
Two decades later , there are fears that the same may happen again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the new possible battleground according to The Hour .
Both parties are increasingly focused on the pivotal – and potentially messy – role that Pennsylvania could play in deciding the outcome of the presidential race .
President Donald Trump ’ s campaign in recent days has redirected ad spending there from other northern battlegrounds , while Joe Biden ’ s campaign and supportive groups are increasing their spending in the state , which between its rolling rural expanses and major metropolitan hubs is seen as a classic political bellwether .
Both sides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college votes , as a must-win prize on the path to the 270 needed to win the White House , according to Democratic and Republican strategists .
They also increasingly view the battle for those votes as one that could well continue beyond Election Day – with a growing list of balloting disputes and lawsuits setting the stage , if the race is close , for a contested election reminiscent of the Florida drama that transfixed the nation after the 2000 election .
Not only is Pennsylvania allowing anyone to vote by mail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , but all the state ’ s polling places also have new voting machines , and the rules that govern the vote have been shifting in recent weeks , as the two parties in a state with divided government battle in the courts on multiple fronts .
“ It ’ s pretty clear 25 days out that Pennsylvania will be the tipping point state , ” said Bradley Beychok , president of American Bridge , a pro-Democratic group that has spent millions to help Biden and is reallocating from Michigan and Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our budget into Pennsylvania.
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For those who remember, election 2000 was a nightmare in the state of Florida, where after much wrangling and talk of “dimpled chads”, “pregnant chads”, “tri-chads”, “hanging chads”, ballot recounts, and more legal wrangling, eventually was decided in favor of George W. Bush. There is an almost curious consistency to such thing that one might call it a ‘trend’ when considering the potentials for certain election cycles.
Two decades later, there are fears that the same may happen again, except this time with Pennsylvania emerging as the new possible battleground according to The Hour.
Both parties are increasingly focused on the pivotal – and potentially messy – role that Pennsylvania could play in deciding the outcome of the presidential race. President Donald Trump’s campaign in recent days has redirected ad spending there from other northern battlegrounds, while Joe Biden’s campaign and supportive groups are increasing their spending in the state, which between its rolling rural expanses and major metropolitan hubs is seen as a classic political bellwether. Both sides now see Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral college votes, as a must-win prize on the path to the 270 needed to win the White House, according to Democratic and Republican strategists. They also increasingly view the battle for those votes as one that could well continue beyond Election Day – with a growing list of balloting disputes and lawsuits setting the stage, if the race is close, for a contested election reminiscent of the Florida drama that transfixed the nation after the 2000 election. Not only is Pennsylvania allowing anyone to vote by mail in a general election for the first time, but all the state’s polling places also have new voting machines, and the rules that govern the vote have been shifting in recent weeks, as the two parties in a state with divided government battle in the courts on multiple fronts. “It’s pretty clear 25 days out that Pennsylvania will be the tipping point state,” said Bradley Beychok, president of American Bridge, a pro-Democratic group that has spent millions to help Biden and is reallocating from Michigan and Wisconsin. “We have moved most of our budget into Pennsylvania.” (source)
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shoebat--2020-10-13--The Government Of Turkey Sends This Message To Armenia: ‘You Will Pay’

The government of Turkey recently made the message to Armenia , that the Armenians will pay for striking the Azerbaijani city of Ganja , as we read in a report from Anadolu Press : Armenia will pay for its terrible attacks on civilians in neighboring Azerbaijan , Turkey ’ s defense chief said on Monday .
“ Sadly , they have attacked the city of Ganja and many other residential areas .
This is a clear violation of the cease-fire , ” said Defense Minister Hulusi Akar , attending the opening ceremony for the school year at the National Defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the cease-fire .
However , they carry on their attacks undeterred .
One day they will be held responsible before history and international law for all this , ” said Akar in the capital Ankara alongside the top brass of the Turkish Armed Forces .
The opening speech of the ceremony had been delivered by Azerbaijan ’ s ambassador to Turkey , Khazar Ibrahim , in what Akar said symbolized the nature and extent of brotherly relations between the two countries .
Given that Turkey is pursuing empire and working to control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and given that Turkey has conspired in the past to exasperate tensions ( such as with Syria ) , it is obvious that Turkey does not want this conflict to end , for as long as it continues , Turkey has a reason to intervene and thus deepen its geopolitical leverage in the region .
While Armenia did strike Ganja , it is also true that Azerbaijan numerous times bombed civilian areas in Stepanakurt in Nagorno-Karabakh .
Azerbaijan will argue that since Nagorno-Karabakh is part of its country , that it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but since the region is mainly inhabited by Armenians who consider themselves as part of Armenia , Yerevan is most definitely laying claim to the position of protector of Armenians .
In the end , this is a war that benefits Turkey and Russia as both can capitalize on the conflict to impose their own interests on their satellite countries , with Russia pressuring Armenia to side closer to the Russian zone of influence and Turkey embedding Azerbaijan into the Turkish hegemony .

By Theodore Shoebat
The government of Turkey recently made the message to Armenia, that the Armenians will pay for striking the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, as we read in a report from Anadolu Press:
Armenia will pay for its terrible attacks on civilians in neighboring Azerbaijan, Turkey’s defense chief said on Monday. “Sadly, they have attacked the city of Ganja and many other residential areas. This is a clear violation of the cease-fire,” said Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, attending the opening ceremony for the school year at the National Defense University. “This constitutes a violation of the cease-fire. However, they carry on their attacks undeterred. One day they will be held responsible before history and international law for all this,” said Akar in the capital Ankara alongside the top brass of the Turkish Armed Forces. The opening speech of the ceremony had been delivered by Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Turkey, Khazar Ibrahim, in what Akar said symbolized the nature and extent of brotherly relations between the two countries.
Given that Turkey is pursuing empire and working to control its former territory in the South Caucasus, and given that Turkey has conspired in the past to exasperate tensions (such as with Syria), it is obvious that Turkey does not want this conflict to end, for as long as it continues, Turkey has a reason to intervene and thus deepen its geopolitical leverage in the region. While Armenia did strike Ganja, it is also true that Azerbaijan numerous times bombed civilian areas in Stepanakurt in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan will argue that since Nagorno-Karabakh is part of its country, that it has a right to bomb that area, but since the region is mainly inhabited by Armenians who consider themselves as part of Armenia, Yerevan is most definitely laying claim to the position of protector of Armenians.
In the end, this is a war that benefits Turkey and Russia as both can capitalize on the conflict to impose their own interests on their satellite countries, with Russia pressuring Armenia to side closer to the Russian zone of influence and Turkey embedding Azerbaijan into the Turkish hegemony.
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shoebat--2020-10-13--Russia Reports Record High COVID-19 Cases

With talk of infections for COVID-19 all around the world rising as a trend , the New York Post reports that Russia is experiencing record COVID-19 cases in spite of claims that the numbers have stabilized and may be in decline .
Russia on Tuesday reported record high daily coronavirus cases and deaths , pushing total infections to 1,326,178 , but authorities said they do not plan to impose lockdowns across the vast country .
Anna Popova , head of the consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor , said on Tuesday Russia saw no need to impose restrictions on economic activity in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Despite a growing number of cases , today in Russia we are not talking about blocking the economy , suspending some business activities , some sectors of the economy , because we see no reason to do this , ” Popova said in comments carried by Russian news agencies .
Her comments come a day after the Kremlin said Russia could afford to be more flexible in its response to COVID-19 than earlier this year when it imposed a lockdown .
Speaking to reporters on Monday , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier in the pandemic because of better treatment , more hospital beds and a tried and tested system to tackle the virus .
Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev said on Tuesday that nearly 90 percent of the hospital beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients were currently occupied , TASS news agency reported .
He added , however , that 20 percent of the patients hospitalized had light symptoms and could be sent home .
Alexander Gorelov , deputy director of a research institute at Rospotrebnadzor , said he expected the number of coronavirus infections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the RIA news agency reported .
Moscow , the capital , has been the hardest hit by COVID-19 .
The city of nearly 13 million , which recorded 4,618 new cases on Tuesday , has opened two temporary hospitals and ordered businesses to have at least 30 percent of staff working remotely .
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With talk of infections for COVID-19 all around the world rising as a trend, the New York Post reports that Russia is experiencing record COVID-19 cases in spite of claims that the numbers have stabilized and may be in decline.
Russia on Tuesday reported record high daily coronavirus cases and deaths, pushing total infections to 1,326,178, but authorities said they do not plan to impose lockdowns across the vast country.
Anna Popova, head of the consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday Russia saw no need to impose restrictions on economic activity in response to the spike in cases.
“Despite a growing number of cases, today in Russia we are not talking about blocking the economy, suspending some business activities, some sectors of the economy, because we see no reason to do this,” Popova said in comments carried by Russian news agencies.
Her comments come a day after the Kremlin said Russia could afford to be more flexible in its response to COVID-19 than earlier this year when it imposed a lockdown.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had more room for maneuver than earlier in the pandemic because of better treatment, more hospital beds and a tried and tested system to tackle the virus.
Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev said on Tuesday that nearly 90 percent of the hospital beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients were currently occupied, TASS news agency reported. He added, however, that 20 percent of the patients hospitalized had light symptoms and could be sent home.
Alexander Gorelov, deputy director of a research institute at Rospotrebnadzor, said he expected the number of coronavirus infections to increase for about another 20 days, the RIA news agency reported.
Moscow, the capital, has been the hardest hit by COVID-19. The city of nearly 13 million, which recorded 4,618 new cases on Tuesday, has opened two temporary hospitals and ordered businesses to have at least 30 percent of staff working remotely. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-13--Landlords Are Suffering Because Of The Effects Of COVID-19

I have noted here at Shoebat.com that it is not just the tenants , but also landlords who are being financially squeezed by the effects of COVID-19 .
In short , if tenants can ’ t pay the rent , landlords can ’ t pay the loans that most hold to banks , and they can lose their property intersts .
The result is the placing in jeopardy of the entire real estate market , both the domestic and commerical markets .
The AP News reports that this trend we reported on at Shoebat.com and warned about is now rearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the future .
The stakes are particularly high for small landlords , whether they own commercial properties , such as storefronts , or residential properties such as apartments .
Many are borrowing money from relatives or dipping into their personal savings to meet their mortgage payments .
The big residential and commercial landlords have more options .
For instance , the nation ’ s biggest mall owner , Simon Property Group , is in talks to buy J.C. Penney , a move that would prevent the department store chain from going under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its biggest tenants .
At the same time , Simon is suing the Gap for $ 107 million in back rent .
Michael Hamilton , a Los Angeles-based real estate partner at the law firm O ’ Melveny & Myers , said he expects to see more retail and other commercial landlords going to court to collect back rent as they get squeezed between lenders and tenants .
Residential landlords are also fighting back against a Trump administration eviction moratorium that protects certain tenants through the end of 2020 .
At least 26 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the country in places such as Tennessee , Georgia and Ohio , many of them claiming the moratorium unfairly strains landlords ’ finances and violates their rights .
Apartment dwellers and other residential tenants in the U.S. owe roughly $ 25 billion in back rent , and that will reach nearly $ 70 billion by year ’ s end , according to an estimate in August by Moody ’ s Analytics .
An estimated 30 million to 40 million people in the U.S. could be at risk of eviction in the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report by the Aspen Institute , a nonprofit organization .
Jessica Elizabeth Michelle , 37 , a single mother with a 7-month-old baby , represents a growing number of renters who are afraid of being homeless once the moratorium on evictions ends .
The San Francisco resident saw her income of $ 6,000 a month as an event planner evaporate when COVID-19 hit .
Supplemental aid from the federal government and the city helped her pay her monthly rent of $ 2,400 through September .
But all that has dried up , except @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than $ 2,000 a month .
For her October rent , she handed $ 1,000 to her landlord .
She said her landlord has been supportive but has made it clear he has bills to pay , too .
“ I never had an issue of paying rent up until now .
I cry all night long .
It ’ s terrifying , ” Michelle said .
“ I don ’ t know what to do .
My career was ripped out from under me .
It ’ s gotten to the point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Am I going to be homeless ?
’ I have no idea.
’ ” Some landlords are trying to work with their commercial or residential tenants , giving them a break on the rent or more flexible lease terms .
But the crisis is costing them .
Analytics firm Trepp , which tracks a type of real estate loan taken out by owners of commercial properties such as offices , apartments , hotels and shopping centers , found that hotels have a nearly 23 % rate of delinquency , or 30 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the retail industry has a 14.9 % delinquency rate as of August .
The apartment rental market has so far navigated the crisis well , with a delinquency rate of 3 % , according to Trepp .
That ’ s in part because of the eviction moratorium , along with extra unemployment benefits from Washington that have since expired .
“ There are bad actors , but the majority of landlords are struggling and are trying to work with a bad situation , ” said Andreanecia M. Morris , executive director of HousingNOLA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more affordable housing in the New Orleans area .
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I have noted here at Shoebat.com that it is not just the tenants, but also landlords who are being financially squeezed by the effects of COVID-19. In short, if tenants can’t pay the rent, landlords can’t pay the loans that most hold to banks, and they can lose their property intersts. The result is the placing in jeopardy of the entire real estate market, both the domestic and commerical markets.
The AP News reports that this trend we reported on at Shoebat.com and warned about is now rearing its head and with major economic consequences for the future.
The stakes are particularly high for small landlords, whether they own commercial properties, such as storefronts, or residential properties such as apartments. Many are borrowing money from relatives or dipping into their personal savings to meet their mortgage payments.
The big residential and commercial landlords have more options. For instance, the nation’s biggest mall owner, Simon Property Group, is in talks to buy J.C. Penney, a move that would prevent the department store chain from going under and causing Simon to lose one of its biggest tenants. At the same time, Simon is suing the Gap for $107 million in back rent.
Michael Hamilton, a Los Angeles-based real estate partner at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, said he expects to see more retail and other commercial landlords going to court to collect back rent as they get squeezed between lenders and tenants.
Residential landlords are also fighting back against a Trump administration eviction moratorium that protects certain tenants through the end of 2020. At least 26 lawsuits have been filed by property owners around the country in places such as Tennessee, Georgia and Ohio, many of them claiming the moratorium unfairly strains landlords’ finances and violates their rights.
Apartment dwellers and other residential tenants in the U.S. owe roughly $25 billion in back rent, and that will reach nearly $70 billion by year’s end, according to an estimate in August by Moody’s Analytics.
An estimated 30 million to 40 million people in the U.S. could be at risk of eviction in the next several months, according to an August report by the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization.
Jessica Elizabeth Michelle, 37, a single mother with a 7-month-old baby, represents a growing number of renters who are afraid of being homeless once the moratorium on evictions ends.
The San Francisco resident saw her income of $6,000 a month as an event planner evaporate when COVID-19 hit. Supplemental aid from the federal government and the city helped her pay her monthly rent of $2,400 through September. But all that has dried up, except for the unemployment checks that total less than $2,000 a month.
For her October rent, she handed $1,000 to her landlord. She said her landlord has been supportive but has made it clear he has bills to pay, too.
“I never had an issue of paying rent up until now. I cry all night long. It’s terrifying,” Michelle said. “I don’t know what to do. My career was ripped out from under me. It’s gotten to the point of where it’s like, ‘Am I going to be homeless?’ I have no idea.’”
Some landlords are trying to work with their commercial or residential tenants, giving them a break on the rent or more flexible lease terms. But the crisis is costing them.
Analytics firm Trepp, which tracks a type of real estate loan taken out by owners of commercial properties such as offices, apartments, hotels and shopping centers, found that hotels have a nearly 23% rate of delinquency, or 30 days overdue, on their loans, while the retail industry has a 14.9% delinquency rate as of August.
The apartment rental market has so far navigated the crisis well, with a delinquency rate of 3%, according to Trepp. That’s in part because of the eviction moratorium, along with extra unemployment benefits from Washington that have since expired.
“There are bad actors, but the majority of landlords are struggling and are trying to work with a bad situation,” said Andreanecia M. Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA, a public-private partnership that pushes for more affordable housing in the New Orleans area. (source)