shoebat--2020-08-30--Japan’s Military Independence Is Inevitable

Shinzo Abe just recently resigned from his position as prime minister .
Abe just affirmed that his successor will likely tackle Japan ’ s pacifist constitution which forbids Japan from going to war .
As we read in a recent report from US News : Changing the pacifist nature of the constitution has been a goal of Japan ’ s nationalist faction going all the way back to when Shinzo Abe ’ s fascist grandfather , Nobusuke Kishe , was the prime minister of Japan .
Perhaps Abe ’ s resignation has some kind of connection to a wider conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ militarism .
Let us look into some of the political machinations of Japan and the US after the Second World War , and we shall find that Japan ’ s road to militarism is inevitable .
Let us begin with Nobusuke Kishe , Shinzo Abe ’ s grandfather .
He was an economic planner for the Japanese empire , and he was inspired by Stalin ’ s Soviet Russia , although he was a committed fascist .
He served as the deputy minister for industrial development in the Japanese territory of Manchukuo , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mongolia .
Kishe would form Manchukuo into an economic powerhouse of industry , founded on slavery , the black market and opium selling .
Kishe was essentially a cartel leader for the Japanese government , funneling opium abroad thanks to his connections with organized crime .
In 1940 , Kishe moved back to Japan where he would be a signatory to the declaration of war against the United States in 1941 .
During the war , Kishe acted as a slave master , using slaves from China and Korea to do labor for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Kishe : “ As minister of Commerce and Industry and later head of the Munitions Ministry , he had overseen the forced conscription of hundreds of thousands of Korean and Chinese laborers and been responsible for military production.
” After the war , Kishe found himself in prison waiting to be tried as a Class A war criminal .
But , the Americans came to his aid in 1948 , getting him out of jail and putting him back into politics so that he could combat the rising Left-wing in Japan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ called “ America ’ s favorite war criminal ” .
From being a war criminal , he was now a favored politician of the Americans , Kishe , in 1957 , visited the United States , where he addressed both Houses of Congress , thrown out the first pitch at a New York Yankees baseball game , and joined Eisenhower in a game of golf .
The Gladio policy of helping fascists after the Second World War in order to weaponize them against the Soviets was at work here .
The United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Japan and providing reparations to the victims of Japanese aggressions , to making Japan into the main American satellite to control China and ceasing reparations .
This policy was advocated for by American diplomat George Kennan who argued that Japan must be redeveloped as the “ cornerstone of a Pacific Security system.
” The “ radically changed world situation , ” Kennan determined in 1947 , “ required that Japan be made internally stable , amenable to American leadership , and industrially revived as a producer .
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of consumer goods and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been for General Douglas MacArthur , the Truman administration would have “ reversed course ” in Japan by the end of 1947 , as it did in Germany .
Rather , it wasn ’ t until the middle of 1948 , after MacArthur ’ s campaign failures , that such a shift in policy was done .
Once MacArthur was out of the way , Truman moved quickly to carry out the Japanese policy exhorted by Kennan .
By the end of 1948 , the US ceased its war crimes trials and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wartime victims .
The US also executed a policy to intensely reinvigorate Japan ’ s economy .
As Michael Schaller explains : The term used to label this sudden shift was “ the Reverse Course policy.
” Playing a key role behind the Reverse Course policy was a cabal of influential Americans who identified Kishi as being one of the best officials to lead Japan .
This group consisted of people like Newsweek foreign affairs editor Harry Kern , Newsweek Tokyo bureau chief Compton Packenham , corporate lawyer James L. Kauffman , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C. Grew , and Eugene Dooman , a retired diplomat who served under Grew in Tokyo .
These men created the ” American Council on Japan ” ( ACJ ) with the aim of changing occupation policy .
This circle of influencers had close ties to numerous leading Japanese businessmen and political leaders and acted as mediators between them and the US government .
These American and Japanese schemers were adamantly against Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru for his resistance to rearmament and military cooperation with the US .
From 1947 to 1952 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kauffman , and Packenham held a frequent flow of influence towards the policy views of Kennan and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles , and coordinating meetings in Tokyo between the visiting American envoys and their Japanese connections , amongst whom were even members of the emperor ’ s household , former military officers , purged Japanese business leaders and politicians .
In order to clean up Kishi ’ s image in the early 1950s , Packenham taught Kishi English and Kern worked as his public relations consultant , planning trips for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 1953 , Kishi was a member of the Liberal Party , but in 1954 he led 200 members of this party to join the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , the very party of Japan ’ s just resigned prime minister , Shinzo Abe ( Kishi ’ s grandson ) .
In 1955 , the LDP came to power , and to this day ( with the exception of a handful of years ) it remains the dominating political power of the country .
There is a reason for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helped put the LDP in power .
Also in the campaign of Kishi , we see the dark circle of industry and politics .
Kishi ’ s political career was getting financed by two major Japanese industrialists , Fujiyama Aiichiro and Kodama Yoshio , who served in the Sugamo prison after the war and amassed a tremendous amount of wealth in Japanese occupied China , but began working with American intelligence during the Korean War when he smuggled tungsten out of China .
Several events took place before the ascension of Kishi ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the economic downturn that took place in the end of 1954 due to the Korean War .
Secondly , the Americans were getting agitated with the Yoshida administration ’ s reluctance towards Japanese rearmament .
When Yoshida began losing support from his base , he was forced to resign from the government .
The US Ambassador to Japan , John Allison , pressured Japan ’ s conservative parties to back Kishi as the next prime minister .
Kishi collaborated with Allison by combining their efforts to unify the conservative parties , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Kishi also assured Allison that “ for the next twenty five years it would be in Japan ’ s best interests to cooperate closely with the United States.
” Although the Americans were pressuring the Japanese to appoint Kishi , someone else , Hatoyama Ichiro , was elected prime minister .
Ichiro exasperated America ’ s frustrations by also resisting pressure to rearm Japan and to amend the “ no war ” clause in the Japanese constitution .
Ichiro also did not mind expanding trade deals with the Chinese , which also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to negotiate a peace treaty with the Soviet Union , which angered Dulles .
When it looked like a peace negotiation between the Japanese and Russians was coming to a close , Dulles quickly thwarted it by threatening Japan with permanent US occupation of Okinawa .
Ichiro ’ s support for Japanese companies to widen commerce with China angered the US Treasury Secretary George Humphrey so much that he said : “ we could not hope to keep Japan as a loyal ally .
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if it became dependent economically on Communist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese Communists a terrible club to hold over Japan.
” The averseness towards Japanese-Chinese cooperation was more about protecting American sales .
Dulles expressed concern that American consumers would reject Japanese products as merely “ cheap imitations of our own.
” The only “ solution ” for Japan , Dulles stated , was to sell goods to and get raw materials from “ presently underdeveloped areas such as Southeast Asia.
” There was also another thing that really terrified the Americans : the rise of the Japanese Left-wing .
There was a rising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that was gaining popularity for its calls for economic reform , being more open to dealing with China , and ending Japan ’ s military partnership with the US .
American political analysts predicted that the Japan Socialist Party could win just as many seats as the US backed LDP .
This projection was to the consternation of the Americans , and they knew that they needed to support a nationalist — truly , a fascist — as a bulwark against the Left .
The US ambassador to Tokyo , Douglas MacArthur II @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , affirmed that Kishi was their only hope to fight the Left .
MacArthur told Dulles that Kishi needed to be made prime minister , but this was only going to happen if the Americans shifted their position on Japanese security , thus allowing Japan to be militarily independent .
MacArthur warned in 1957 that Japan faced a “ turning point.
” If Japan did not have a nationalist like Kishi for its prime minister , and if Japan did not shift towards having a military , then her relations with the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acrimony and mounting hostility.
” Japan would become overly neutral — and that would mean deepening relations with China and Russia .
Dulles was convinced that the US had to contrive a new treaty with Japan and to back the LDP .
For him , Kishi was “ the “ only bet we had left in Japan.
” Dulles and Eisenhower resolved that “ the time had come to take the initiative in proposing a readjustment ” to the security treaty and to support Kishi .
In 1957 , Kishi visited the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After his visit , Eisenhower was convinced that the CIA needed to begin influencing Japanese politics .
The CIA got “ private ” Americans as conduits by which to finance Kishi ’ s political circle within the LDP .
The purpose of getting money through third party donors was so that Kishi and his gang could deny ever getting financial help from the US government .
It has even been reported that some of these American funds went into helping the Japan Socialist Party .
This was not to help the Leftists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence about them , and secondly , to subvert and divide the entire party .
According to a 2006 report from the Japan Times : The CIA secretly sent money to the Liberal Democratic Party in the 1950s and 1960s to help stabilize the LDP-led government and prevent a leftist administration from emerging , according to a U.S. document released Tuesday .
The document , titled “ Foreign Relations of the United States , Vol .
XXIX , Part 2 , ” also suggests that some of the CIA money went to moderate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the LDP ’ s rival at the time , apparently to help them form a moderate breakaway .
It is the first time the U.S. government has formally admitted having a covert financial program for Japanese politicians , a State Department official involved in compiling the document said .
Additional money reportedly went to so-called moderate elements within the JSP , with the aim of securing political intelligence , boosting their numbers , and encouraging ideological warfare within the party .
While the exact amount of secret funding remains uncertain , sums @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been spent annually between 1958 and 1960 .
The document did not go into details about the recipients but apparently referred to LDP bigwigs who had gained a grip on power under Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi , who took office in 1957 , and Hayato Ikeda , who succeeded Kishi in 1960 .
“ The recipient Japanese candidates were told only that they were getting support from American businessmen , ” the document said .
Washington was then “ concerned that potential electoral success by leftist political forces would strengthen Japanese neutralism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leftist government in Japan , ” it said .
“ Another U.S. covert action in Japan sought to reduce the chances that extreme leftwing politicians would be elected , ” it said .
Eisenhower ’ s administration authorized a similar financial program during 1959 “ to try to split off the moderate wing of the leftist opposition in the hope that a more pro-American and ‘ responsible ’ opposition party would emerge.
” The document suggested the amount of secret money for the moderate group in the JSP came to $ 75,000 in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Socialist Party was formed as a moderate JSP breakaway .
“ It ( the aid ) continued basically at that level through the early 1960s , ” the document said.
” A man who declared war on the United States was now getting support… from the United States .
Such a dark reality should make us rethink the common narrative of “ fighting for our freedoms , ” when it appears that soldiers are sent out to die not for the cause of liberty , but for the maintenance of the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Kishi because they wanted the fascists and nationalists to be in power in order to prevent Japan from being influenced by the Soviet Union .
This meant putting “ Japan , Germany and other affiliates of the Axis back to work.
” America ’ s investment was successful .
The LDP kept almost all of its seats in the Diet ’ s lower house in the 1958 election , while the Left-wing socialists were lost in complaining and would eventually fragment .
For the next 18 months , Kishi worked closely with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treaty , making it allow for Japan to have air , naval , repair and logistic facilities .
The changes even allowed for nuclear weapons to move through Japan .
Kishi ’ s Manchukuo contacts were now back in Japan and they helped him merge together a strong network between the government and the captains of postwar Japanese industry .
These captains were pejoratively referred to as Kishi no chokinbako ( the Kishi Savings Bank ) .
There were also rumors that Kishi ’ s government was financed by the “ M-Fund ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Japanese empire only to be taken by the Americans who used it to fund anti-communist operations .
It has been said that Kishi convinced president Nixon to sign over control of the M-Fund to him in 1957 , and have the money to himself and into Japan ’ s reindustrialization .
The system of merging industry and government was accelerated by Kishi .
In the words of Jonathan Clements : “ It was often said that Japan ’ s postwar growth had been managed by an ‘ iron triangle ’ of interests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , compromising the corporations , the bureaucracy , and the ministries that offered support.
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10 , p. 243 ) So in Japan we can see several things that Westerners are not too familiar with : the government and industry and dangerously united ; the United States wanted Japan to become more militarily independent , the current ruling party in Japan ( the Liberal Democratic Party or LDP ) , is backed by the United States because of its nationalist and militarist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA as a way to make sure that Japan could be used as a US satellite against China and Russia .
With this , we can have an awareness as to the current situation in East Asia : the Americans need Japan to scare China and Russia , but this is impossible unless the US allows Japan to become militarily capable ; the Japanese want to become militarily independent , and if the US gives her an inch of freedom , she will take a mile .
Japanese military independence is going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it has been expanding over the decades and enabled by the US .
If you don ’ t believe us , Japan ’ s was once forbidden from having a military , now they have one of the largest militaries on earth .

By Theodore Shoebat
Shinzo Abe just recently resigned from his position as prime minister. Abe just affirmed that his successor will likely tackle Japan’s pacifist constitution which forbids Japan from going to war. As we read in a recent report from US News:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believes that whoever succeeds him is likely to tackle the issue of reforming the pacifist constitution, he said on Friday, referring to an issue that eluded him during his years in office.
Abe, Japan’s longest serving premier, made the comment at a news conference where he announced his resignation.
Changing the pacifist nature of the constitution has been a goal of Japan’s nationalist faction going all the way back to when Shinzo Abe’s fascist grandfather, Nobusuke Kishe, was the prime minister of Japan. Perhaps Abe’s resignation has some kind of connection to a wider conspiracy towards bringing Japan closer and closer to militarism. Let us look into some of the political machinations of Japan and the US after the Second World War, and we shall find that Japan’s road to militarism is inevitable.
Let us begin with Nobusuke Kishe, Shinzo Abe’s grandfather. He was an economic planner for the Japanese empire, and he was inspired by Stalin’s Soviet Russia, although he was a committed fascist. He served as the deputy minister for industrial development in the Japanese territory of Manchukuo, which consisted of Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. Kishe would form Manchukuo into an economic powerhouse of industry, founded on slavery, the black market and opium selling. Kishe was essentially a cartel leader for the Japanese government, funneling opium abroad thanks to his connections with organized crime. In 1940, Kishe moved back to Japan where he would be a signatory to the declaration of war against the United States in 1941. During the war, Kishe acted as a slave master, using slaves from China and Korea to do labor for the empire. As Michael Schaller writes about Kishe: “As minister of Commerce and Industry and later head of the Munitions Ministry, he had overseen the forced conscription of hundreds of thousands of Korean and Chinese laborers and been responsible for military production.”
After the war, Kishe found himself in prison waiting to be tried as a Class A war criminal. But, the Americans came to his aid in 1948, getting him out of jail and putting him back into politics so that he could combat the rising Left-wing in Japan. It is no wonder that Kishe was called “America’s favorite war criminal”. From being a war criminal, he was now a favored politician of the Americans, Kishe, in 1957, visited the United States, where he addressed both Houses of Congress, thrown out the first pitch at a New York Yankees baseball game, and joined Eisenhower in a game of golf. The Gladio policy of helping fascists after the Second World War in order to weaponize them against the Soviets was at work here.
The United States shifted its policy from one of containing Japan and providing reparations to the victims of Japanese aggressions, to making Japan into the main American satellite to control China and ceasing reparations. This policy was advocated for by American diplomat George Kennan who argued that Japan must be redeveloped as the “cornerstone of a Pacific Security system.” The “radically changed world situation,” Kennan determined in 1947, “required that Japan be made internally stable, amenable to American leadership, and industrially revived as a producer . . . of consumer goods and secondarily of capital goods.” Had it not been for General Douglas MacArthur, the Truman administration would have “reversed course” in Japan by the end of 1947, as it did in Germany. Rather, it wasn’t until the middle of 1948, after MacArthur’s campaign failures, that such a shift in policy was done. Once MacArthur was out of the way, Truman moved quickly to carry out the Japanese policy exhorted by Kennan. By the end of 1948, the US ceased its war crimes trials and cut off reparations to Japan’s wartime victims. The US also executed a policy to intensely reinvigorate Japan’s economy. As Michael Schaller explains:
“Washington encouraged the Japanese government to rein in organized labor and named Detroit banker Joseph Dodge “economic czar” to “crank up” Japan’s economy by imposing central planning designed to maximize export production at the expense of domestic consumption. Dodge encouraged the creation of powerful government planning and trade ministries, such as MITI, to promote export production by large, integrated firms. These new priorities, resembling many of Kishi’s wartime economic control measures, led directly to Kishi’s release from prison and his return to politics by the time the Occupation ended.”
The term used to label this sudden shift was “the Reverse Course policy.” Playing a key role behind the Reverse Course policy was a cabal of influential Americans who identified Kishi as being one of the best officials to lead Japan. This group consisted of people like Newsweek foreign affairs editor Harry Kern, Newsweek Tokyo bureau chief Compton Packenham, corporate lawyer James L. Kauffman, the retired diplomat and ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew, and Eugene Dooman, a retired diplomat who served under Grew in Tokyo. These men created the ”American Council on Japan” (ACJ) with the aim of changing occupation policy.
This circle of influencers had close ties to numerous leading Japanese businessmen and political leaders and acted as mediators between them and the US government. These American and Japanese schemers were adamantly against Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru for his resistance to rearmament and military cooperation with the US.
From 1947 to 1952, ACJ members such as Kern, Dooman, Kauffman, and Packenham held a frequent flow of influence towards the policy views of Kennan and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and coordinating meetings in Tokyo between the visiting American envoys and their Japanese connections, amongst whom were even members of the emperor’s household, former military officers, purged Japanese business leaders and politicians. In order to clean up Kishi’s image in the early 1950s, Packenham taught Kishi English and Kern worked as his public relations consultant, planning trips for Kishi to Europe and the United States.
In 1953, Kishi was a member of the Liberal Party, but in 1954 he led 200 members of this party to join the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the very party of Japan’s just resigned prime minister, Shinzo Abe (Kishi’s grandson). In 1955, the LDP came to power, and to this day (with the exception of a handful of years) it remains the dominating political power of the country. There is a reason for this: the Americans were the ones who helped put the LDP in power.
Also in the campaign of Kishi, we see the dark circle of industry and politics. Kishi’s political career was getting financed by two major Japanese industrialists, Fujiyama Aiichiro and Kodama Yoshio, who served in the Sugamo prison after the war and amassed a tremendous amount of wealth in Japanese occupied China, but began working with American intelligence during the Korean War when he smuggled tungsten out of China.
Several events took place before the ascension of Kishi’s administration. For one, there was the economic downturn that took place in the end of 1954 due to the Korean War. Secondly, the Americans were getting agitated with the Yoshida administration’s reluctance towards Japanese rearmament. When Yoshida began losing support from his base, he was forced to resign from the government. The US Ambassador to Japan, John Allison, pressured Japan’s conservative parties to back Kishi as the next prime minister. Kishi collaborated with Allison by combining their efforts to unify the conservative parties, and this unity was eventually achieved in 1955. Kishi also assured Allison that “for the next twenty five years it would be in Japan’s best interests to cooperate closely with the United States.” Although the Americans were pressuring the Japanese to appoint Kishi, someone else, Hatoyama Ichiro, was elected prime minister.
Ichiro exasperated America’s frustrations by also resisting pressure to rearm Japan and to amend the “no war” clause in the Japanese constitution. Ichiro also did not mind expanding trade deals with the Chinese, which also enraged the Americans. Ichiro also worked to negotiate a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, which angered Dulles. When it looked like a peace negotiation between the Japanese and Russians was coming to a close, Dulles quickly thwarted it by threatening Japan with permanent US occupation of Okinawa. Ichiro’s support for Japanese companies to widen commerce with China angered the US Treasury Secretary George Humphrey so much that he said: “we could not hope to keep Japan as a loyal ally. . . if it became dependent economically on Communist China.”
Trade would hand the “Chinese Communists a terrible club to hold over Japan.” The averseness towards Japanese-Chinese cooperation was more about protecting American sales. Dulles expressed concern that American consumers would reject Japanese products as merely “cheap imitations of our own.” The only “solution” for Japan, Dulles stated, was to sell goods to and get raw materials from “presently underdeveloped areas such as Southeast Asia.”
There was also another thing that really terrified the Americans: the rise of the Japanese Left-wing. There was a rising party, the Japan Socialist Party, that was gaining popularity for its calls for economic reform, being more open to dealing with China, and ending Japan’s military partnership with the US. American political analysts predicted that the Japan Socialist Party could win just as many seats as the US backed LDP. This projection was to the consternation of the Americans, and they knew that they needed to support a nationalist — truly, a fascist — as a bulwark against the Left.
The US ambassador to Tokyo, Douglas MacArthur II (nephew of the famous general), affirmed that Kishi was their only hope to fight the Left. MacArthur told Dulles that Kishi needed to be made prime minister, but this was only going to happen if the Americans shifted their position on Japanese security, thus allowing Japan to be militarily independent. MacArthur warned in 1957 that Japan faced a “turning point.” If Japan did not have a nationalist like Kishi for its prime minister, and if Japan did not shift towards having a military, then her relations with the US would degrade “in an atmosphere of acrimony and mounting hostility.” Japan would become overly neutral — and that would mean deepening relations with China and Russia.
Dulles was convinced that the US had to contrive a new treaty with Japan and to back the LDP. For him, Kishi was “the “only bet we had left in Japan.” Dulles and Eisenhower resolved that “the time had come to take the initiative in proposing a readjustment” to the security treaty and to support Kishi. In 1957, Kishi visited the US where he was given a hospitable welcome. After his visit, Eisenhower was convinced that the CIA needed to begin influencing Japanese politics. The CIA got “private” Americans as conduits by which to finance Kishi’s political circle within the LDP. The purpose of getting money through third party donors was so that Kishi and his gang could deny ever getting financial help from the US government. It has even been reported that some of these American funds went into helping the Japan Socialist Party. This was not to help the Leftists, but to, firstly, gain intelligence about them, and secondly, to subvert and divide the entire party. According to a 2006 report from the Japan Times:
The CIA secretly sent money to the Liberal Democratic Party in the 1950s and 1960s to help stabilize the LDP-led government and prevent a leftist administration from emerging, according to a U.S. document released Tuesday. The document, titled “Foreign Relations of the United States, Vol. XXIX, Part 2,” also suggests that some of the CIA money went to moderate members of the now-defunct Japan Socialist Party, the LDP’s rival at the time, apparently to help them form a moderate breakaway. It is the first time the U.S. government has formally admitted having a covert financial program for Japanese politicians, a State Department official involved in compiling the document said. Additional money reportedly went to so-called moderate elements within the JSP, with the aim of securing political intelligence, boosting their numbers, and encouraging ideological warfare within the party. While the exact amount of secret funding remains uncertain, sums as high as $10 million may have been spent annually between 1958 and 1960. … The document did not go into details about the recipients but apparently referred to LDP bigwigs who had gained a grip on power under Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, who took office in 1957, and Hayato Ikeda, who succeeded Kishi in 1960. “The recipient Japanese candidates were told only that they were getting support from American businessmen,” the document said. Washington was then “concerned that potential electoral success by leftist political forces would strengthen Japanese neutralism and eventually pave the way to a leftist government in Japan,” it said. “Another U.S. covert action in Japan sought to reduce the chances that extreme leftwing politicians would be elected,” it said. Eisenhower’s administration authorized a similar financial program during 1959 “to try to split off the moderate wing of the leftist opposition in the hope that a more pro-American and ‘responsible’ opposition party would emerge.” The document suggested the amount of secret money for the moderate group in the JSP came to $75,000 in 1960, when a predecessor of the Democratic Socialist Party was formed as a moderate JSP breakaway. “It (the aid) continued basically at that level through the early 1960s,” the document said.”
According to Michael Schaller:
“Evidence in a variety of open and still classified U.S. government documents strongly indicates that early in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, making what he and his aides earlier called a “big bet,” authorized the CIA to provide secret campaign funds to Japanese Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke–formerly an accused war criminal–and selected members of the Liberal Democratic Party.”
A man who declared war on the United States was now getting support… from the United States. Such a dark reality should make us rethink the common narrative of “fighting for our freedoms,” when it appears that soldiers are sent out to die not for the cause of liberty, but for the maintenance of the American empire. The United States backed men like Kishi because they wanted the fascists and nationalists to be in power in order to prevent Japan from being influenced by the Soviet Union. This meant putting “Japan, Germany and other affiliates of the Axis back to work.” Just as the CIA backed the Mujahideen (which eventually led to the 9/11 attacks), so the CIA backed Japan which the US is eventually going to have to deal with.
America’s investment was successful. The LDP kept almost all of its seats in the Diet’s lower house in the 1958 election, while the Left-wing socialists were lost in complaining and would eventually fragment. For the next 18 months, Kishi worked closely with Ambassador MacArthur to changing the 1951 security treaty, making it allow for Japan to have air, naval, repair and logistic facilities. The changes even allowed for nuclear weapons to move through Japan.
Kishi’s Manchukuo contacts were now back in Japan and they helped him merge together a strong network between the government and the captains of postwar Japanese industry. These captains were pejoratively referred to as Kishi no chokinbako (the Kishi Savings Bank). There were also rumors that Kishi’s government was financed by the “M-Fund”, or gold that was hoarded by the Japanese empire only to be taken by the Americans who used it to fund anti-communist operations. It has been said that Kishi convinced president Nixon to sign over control of the M-Fund to him in 1957, and have the money to himself and into Japan’s reindustrialization. The system of merging industry and government was accelerated by Kishi. In the words of Jonathan Clements: “It was often said that Japan’s postwar growth had been managed by an ‘iron triangle’ of interests ever since the days of Kishi Nobusuke, compromising the corporations, the bureaucracy, and the ministries that offered support.” (Clements, A Brief History of Japan, ch. 10, p. 243)
So in Japan we can see several things that Westerners are not too familiar with: the government and industry and dangerously united; the United States wanted Japan to become more militarily independent, the current ruling party in Japan (the Liberal Democratic Party or LDP), is backed by the United States because of its nationalist and militarist ideology, and was funded by the CIA as a way to make sure that Japan could be used as a US satellite against China and Russia. With this, we can have an awareness as to the current situation in East Asia: the Americans need Japan to scare China and Russia, but this is impossible unless the US allows Japan to become militarily capable; the Japanese want to become militarily independent, and if the US gives her an inch of freedom, she will take a mile. Japanese military independence is going to be a reality in the future, as it has been expanding over the decades and enabled by the US. If you don’t believe us, Japan’s was once forbidden from having a military, now they have one of the largest militaries on earth.
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shoebat--2020-08-29--Nevada Man The First Ever Confirmed To Have COVID-19 Twice

It is common knowledge that for many viruses or other illnesses , once someone has a particular strain , he can not get it again .
However , according to the New York Post , a curious case with COVID-19 has emerged , for amid many alleged cases of ‘ reinfection ’ , a twenty-five-year-old Nevada man is the first confirmed case in the US and the third in the world , with Hong Kong and the Netherlands in order having the other two , of a re-infection with COVID-19 .
A Nevada resident is thought to be the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected twice by the coronavirus , according to findings released this week .
The 25-year-old man , of Reno , experienced a sore throat , cough , headache , nausea and diarrhea — and first tested positive for the COVID-19 on April 18 , according to a study published to the website SSRN Thursday , which has yet to be peer-reviewed .
His symptoms had resolved by April 27 , and he tested negative for the virus twice in May , the study says .
Then on May 31 , he sought treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition to a fever and dizziness , according to the study .
The patient was hospitalized five days later as his symptoms worsened to include muscle aches , a cough and shortness of breath .
He then tested positive for the coronavirus a second time .
Another test revealed he had antibodies against the infection .
Dr. Mark Pandori , director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory , said in a statement that the fact that a person was reinfected “ on such a short timeline ” indicates “ there may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fight the disease , ” as well as for herd immunity .
However , he said it ’ s “ important to note that this is a singular finding.
” “ It does not provide any information to us with regard to the generalizability of this phenomenon , ” Pandori added .
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It is common knowledge that for many viruses or other illnesses, once someone has a particular strain, he cannot get it again. However, according to the New York Post, a curious case with COVID-19 has emerged, for amid many alleged cases of ‘reinfection’, a twenty-five-year-old Nevada man is the first confirmed case in the US and the third in the world, with Hong Kong and the Netherlands in order having the other two, of a re-infection with COVID-19.
A Nevada resident is thought to be the first person in the United States to be infected twice by the coronavirus, according to findings released this week.
The 25-year-old man, of Reno, experienced a sore throat, cough, headache, nausea and diarrhea — and first tested positive for the COVID-19 on April 18, according to a study published to the website SSRN Thursday, which has yet to be peer-reviewed.
His symptoms had resolved by April 27, and he tested negative for the virus twice in May, the study says.
Then on May 31, he sought treatment again for the same symptoms, in addition to a fever and dizziness, according to the study.
The patient was hospitalized five days later as his symptoms worsened to include muscle aches, a cough and shortness of breath.
He then tested positive for the coronavirus a second time. Another test revealed he had antibodies against the infection.
Dr. Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, said in a statement that the fact that a person was reinfected “on such a short timeline” indicates “there may be implications for the efficacy of vaccines developed to fight the disease,” as well as for herd immunity.
However, he said it’s “important to note that this is a singular finding.”
“It does not provide any information to us with regard to the generalizability of this phenomenon,” Pandori added. (source)


shoebat--2020-08-29--Explosion In Divorce Rates Attributed To COVID-19

Some say that the ‘ home is where the heart is ’ , but for many married couples or those in live-in relationships , being forced to stay together at home has been very destructive , to the point that comedians have made statements about it .
But according to the website Legal Templates , this is no laughing matter , as COVID-19 is being attributed as a source of many relationships falling apart .
According to a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on relationships , 31 % of couples say the quarantine has been damaging .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the US are predicting record numbers of divorce filings once quarantine restrictions are lifted , as seen in China .
Many couples are spending 24/7 together and confronting major COVID-19 related stressors that are spilling over into their marriages , such as quarantine conditions , unemployment , financial strain , death of loved ones , illness , homeschooling children , mental illnesses , and more .
With growing tensions between couples , we ’ ve seen a 34 % increase in sales of our divorce agreement compared to the same period in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 crisis is ripping apart marriages across the US .
Interest in separation during quarantine peaked on April 13 — a 57 % increase compared to Feb 13 , 2020 .
That ’ s just 15-20 days into when the vast majority of states began official quarantines .
It ’ s possible that divorces spiked as people entered what mental health and human service professionals refer to as the “ disillusionment phase ” of the Phases of Disaster — the time when optimism turns to discouragement , stress heightens , and negative reactions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the “ reality hits ” phase in a study tracking moods in the UK during the pandemic .
Our data reveals that 58 % of users pursuing a divorce during the COVID-19 pandemic were married within the last five years — a 16 % increase from 2019 .
This indicates that recently married couples were less equipped to deal with the stressors of the COVID-19 virus than mature couples .
However , it was extremely recently married couples ( five months or less ) that experienced the most devastation .
In 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ married for five months or less before purchasing a divorce agreement .
During the same time period in 2020 , in the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine , that number nearly doubled to 20 % , meaning that a significant number of couples got married between January and March and pursued a divorce in the quarantine period between April and June .
Quarantine clearly wasn ’ t the honeymoon newlyweds in 2020 were hoping for .
Our data shows the number of couples filing for divorce during the pandemic steadily decreasing with each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decrease from 2020 , of couples filing for divorce : 20 % were married in 2020 9 % were married in 2019 9 % were married in 2018 7 % were married in 2017 7 % were married in 2016 6 % were married in 2015 ( source ) The state of marriage in America has been in bad shape for a long time .
This is due to many reasons , but can be summarized as : -People are overstressed with commitments in work and personal life -An inability to pay bills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the burden of debt forced on people to live a ‘ normal life ’ -An unreasonable attitude towards lowering standards , especially among women , to meet needs in family life -Increased isolation from people -Legal burdens associated with signing papers for marriage COVID-19 did not affect marriages .
The situation was already bad .
Rather , like the rest of the economy , it just exposed what was already there and helped more of the obvious to come out .
For a long-term trend , expect marriage to continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to a point where marriage is in such decline , the tax laws may be updated to reflect this over the next two decades .
COVID-19 is not the main cause of this , but simply the changing values in society over time .
While it is not funny , this is a case when Puddle of Mudd ’ s “ She Hates Me ” is all too appropriate given the seriousness of the situation .
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Some say that the ‘home is where the heart is’, but for many married couples or those in live-in relationships, being forced to stay together at home has been very destructive, to the point that comedians have made statements about it.
But according to the website Legal Templates, this is no laughing matter, as COVID-19 is being attributed as a source of many relationships falling apart.
According to a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on relationships, 31% of couples say the quarantine has been damaging. With so many couples struggling, lawyers across the US are predicting record numbers of divorce filings once quarantine restrictions are lifted, as seen in China. Many couples are spending 24/7 together and confronting major COVID-19 related stressors that are spilling over into their marriages, such as quarantine conditions, unemployment, financial strain, death of loved ones, illness, homeschooling children, mental illnesses, and more. With growing tensions between couples, we’ve seen a 34% increase in sales of our divorce agreement compared to the same period in 2019. … Here’s how the COVID-19 crisis is ripping apart marriages across the US. COVID-19 quarantine destroyed marriages within three weeks Interest in separation during quarantine peaked on April 13 — a 57% increase compared to Feb 13, 2020. That’s just 15-20 days into when the vast majority of states began official quarantines. It’s possible that divorces spiked as people entered what mental health and human service professionals refer to as the “disillusionment phase” of the Phases of Disaster — the time when optimism turns to discouragement, stress heightens, and negative reactions often occur. This is referred to as the “reality hits” phase in a study tracking moods in the UK during the pandemic. Newlyweds were hit hardest Our data reveals that 58% of users pursuing a divorce during the COVID-19 pandemic were married within the last five years — a 16% increase from 2019. This indicates that recently married couples were less equipped to deal with the stressors of the COVID-19 virus than mature couples. However, it was extremely recently married couples (five months or less) that experienced the most devastation. In 2019, only 11% of users were married for five months or less before purchasing a divorce agreement. During the same time period in 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine, that number nearly doubled to 20%, meaning that a significant number of couples got married between January and March and pursued a divorce in the quarantine period between April and June. Quarantine clearly wasn’t the honeymoon newlyweds in 2020 were hoping for.
Our data shows the number of couples filing for divorce during the pandemic steadily decreasing with each year of marriage. After a massive decrease from 2020, of couples filing for divorce: 20% were married in 2020
9% were married in 2019
9% were married in 2018
7% were married in 2017
7% were married in 2016
6% were married in 2015
(source)
The state of marriage in America has been in bad shape for a long time. This is due to many reasons, but can be summarized as:
-People are overstressed with commitments in work and personal life
-An inability to pay bills because of declining incomes, increased expenses, and the burden of debt forced on people to live a ‘normal life’
-An unreasonable attitude towards lowering standards, especially among women, to meet needs in family life
-Increased isolation from people
-Legal burdens associated with signing papers for marriage
COVID-19 did not affect marriages. The situation was already bad. Rather, like the rest of the economy, it just exposed what was already there and helped more of the obvious to come out.
For a long-term trend, expect marriage to continue to decline. In fact, it may come to a point where marriage is in such decline, the tax laws may be updated to reflect this over the next two decades. COVID-19 is not the main cause of this, but simply the changing values in society over time.
While it is not funny, this is a case when Puddle of Mudd’s “She Hates Me” is all too appropriate given the seriousness of the situation.
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shoebat--2020-08-29--High-Ranking CIA Employee Commits Suicide Under Curious Circumstances

In the world of spies , where cloak-and-dagger abounds , the ways of deceit are the name of the profession , and truth is what is useful in the moment , and nobody knows what is true except that nobody can be trusted .
In an interesting story reported on by the UK Daily Mail , a top-ranking American intelligence officer committed suicide under questionable circumstances .
A high-ranking U.S. intelligence official who died in June killed himself in his own front yard in front of his terrified new wife , it has been revealed .
Anthony Ming Schinella , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arlington , Virginia , but his death had not been widely reported until this week , when The Intercept revealed a medical examiner ’ s report listed his cause of death as suicide from a gunshot wound to the head .
Schinella was just weeks away from retirement as National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues following a long CIA career , and had newly married wife Sara Cocoran , a journalist , a few weeks prior to his death .
Corcoran said that she was in her car in the driveway of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schinella , when she witnessed his suicide , according to The Intercept .
The widow did not reveal further details about the events leading up to Schinella ’ s death .
Corcoran said that after Schinella ’ s death , she discovered a large collection of bondage and S & M gear that had been hidden in his house .
She also discovered 24 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition .
Corcoran said that the CIA has completed an investigation into Schinella ’ s death , but that the agency didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schinella was the highest-ranking military affairs analyst in the U.S. intelligence community , and was also a member of the powerful National Intelligence Council .
He was an expert on the Taliban ’ s military capabilities , and his death came shortly before the New York Times reported on June 26 that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan .
( source ) If we take the testimony from his wife as true- which there is no reason at the moment to question -this guy really did kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why did he choose this path ?
There are a lot of things that we don ’ t know .
In fact , the story is filled with more holes than a slice of swiss cheese .
However , there are a few points to note .
First , it is that this guy knew a LOT , so he was likely targeted by a lot of foreign intelligence agencies for info , and given the rank , it is possible that he may have been recruited by a foreign intelligence agency .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cold War and still do .
Second , what is the situation with the bondage gear ?
We really don ’ t know , since it could be real , or a plant , but it is point of interest .
Third , it is interesting that it happened a week before the Russian expose from the Time was published .
Could he have become another Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames ?
We don ’ t know .
We really know very little , worsened by the fact that one is dealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it often comes to that nobody knows anything anymore because all truths are lies , all lies are truths , and they are so jumbled up they are as or more difficult to separate than who-owns-what derivative in the financial market crash of 2007-2008 .
What we can say is , that given the increased open tensions between the US and Russia , something is likely up , and something went wrong , and that is why he died .
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In the world of spies, where cloak-and-dagger abounds, the ways of deceit are the name of the profession, and truth is what is useful in the moment, and nobody knows what is true except that nobody can be trusted.
In an interesting story reported on by the UK Daily Mail, a top-ranking American intelligence officer committed suicide under questionable circumstances.
A high-ranking U.S. intelligence official who died in June killed himself in his own front yard in front of his terrified new wife, it has been revealed. Anthony Ming Schinella, 52, died on June 14 in Arlington, Virginia, but his death had not been widely reported until this week, when The Intercept revealed a medical examiner’s report listed his cause of death as suicide from a gunshot wound to the head. Schinella was just weeks away from retirement as National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues following a long CIA career, and had newly married wife Sara Cocoran, a journalist, a few weeks prior to his death. Corcoran said that she was in her car in the driveway of their home, trying to get away from Schinella, when she witnessed his suicide, according to The Intercept. The widow did not reveal further details about the events leading up to Schinella’s death. Corcoran said that after Schinella’s death, she discovered a large collection of bondage and S&M gear that had been hidden in his house. She also discovered 24 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Corcoran said that the CIA has completed an investigation into Schinella’s death, but that the agency didn’t provide her with any details. Schinella was the highest-ranking military affairs analyst in the U.S. intelligence community, and was also a member of the powerful National Intelligence Council. He was an expert on the Taliban’s military capabilities, and his death came shortly before the New York Times reported on June 26 that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. (source)
If we take the testimony from his wife as true- which there is no reason at the moment to question -this guy really did kill himself.
But the question is, why did he choose this path?
There are a lot of things that we don’t know. In fact, the story is filled with more holes than a slice of swiss cheese. However, there are a few points to note.
First, it is that this guy knew a LOT, so he was likely targeted by a lot of foreign intelligence agencies for info, and given the rank, it is possible that he may have been recruited by a foreign intelligence agency. Such things happened all the time during the Cold War and still do.
Second, what is the situation with the bondage gear? We really don’t know, since it could be real, or a plant, but it is point of interest.
Third, it is interesting that it happened a week before the Russian expose from the Time was published. Could he have become another Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames?
We don’t know. We really know very little, worsened by the fact that one is dealing with intelligence agencies, at which point it often comes to that nobody knows anything anymore because all truths are lies, all lies are truths, and they are so jumbled up they are as or more difficult to separate than who-owns-what derivative in the financial market crash of 2007-2008.
What we can say is, that given the increased open tensions between the US and Russia, something is likely up, and something went wrong, and that is why he died.
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shoebat--2020-08-30--Abortion Rate Rises Significantly In Scotland

In what is being called the second-highest abortion rate on record for the nation , Scotland is reporting by way of CNA record high numbers of women who are murdering their unborn children .
Public Health Scotland announced Aug. 25 that 13,583 abortions were performed in 2019 , with a termination rate of 13.2 per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44 .
Catherine Robinson , spokesperson for Right To Life UK , said : “ Every one of these 13,583 abortions is a tragic loss of life.
” Last year ’ s figure is the highest since 2008 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when there were 13,286 abortions .
More than half of women undergoing abortions in 2019 were in their 20s .
Abortion rates in the 40-plus age group have risen steadily from 256 in 1985 to 581 terminations in 2019 — the highest ever level .
Almost half of medical abortions in 2019 involved the self-administration of the drug misoprostol at home .
Robinson said that Scotland ’ s abortion figure was likely to be even higher in 2020 .
“ A change of guidelines in 2018 , which allows women to take the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a medical abortion out of clinical settings accounted for nearly 50 % of medical abortions in 2019 .
This is up from nearly 30 % in 2018 , but is likely to further increase next year when 2020 statistics are published due to a change in guidance allowing ‘ DIY ’ home abortions in response to the coronavirus pandemic , ” she said .
“ Additionally , abortion activists continue to push for the removal of all safeguards in abortion law and want to see abortion available on demand , right up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annual report , Public Health Scotland said that there continued to be a “ strong association ” between deprivation and abortion rates in Scotland , which has a population of around 5.5 million .
Michael Robinson , director of communications at the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) , said : “ Women from Scotland ’ s most deprived areas are over two times more likely to undergo an abortion compared to women from Scotland ’ s least deprived areas.
” “ This is a shocking symbol of inequality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society .
So often , women are pushed and pressured towards making a choice for a number of societal reasons such as finances , unstable relationships or employment.
” Right To Life UK ’ s spokesperson said : “ Polling shows large majorities of women in the UK support changes to our abortion laws that would have a positive impact on lowering the number of abortions .
Seventy percent of women want the current time limit on abortion to be lowered and 91 % of women want a ban on sex-selective abortion.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government to urgently bring forward sensible new restrictions and increased support for women with unplanned pregnancies .
This would ensure we were working together as a society to reduce the tragic number of abortions that happen each year.
” ( source ) These numbers are sad enough simply for loss of innocent children .
However , what I would like to see further are the demographics of those receiving abortions .
I do not know , but I am going to surmise , based on patterns of past experiences , that the majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and percentage , and also I will likely say disproportionately so to population numbers , are of “ native ” Scottish women murdering their own children , while the “ immigrant ” communities of Pakistani , Arab , India , Polish , and Lithuanian people are all likely much lower .
I do not say this as a fact , but as an estimate based on observations of past behavioral trends .
There are a lot of people in all of the Western world who talk about “ immigrants invading ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , migration is actually not a problem in itself , and if it is a problem , it is a secondary problem caused by domestic issues that one does not want to resolve , which is the refusal to reproduce .
There are no Pakistani , Arab , Indian , Polish , or Lithuanian armies invading Scotland .
All of those people are there by invitation and choice , and many of them work in low-end jobs or have worked their way , after generations sometimes , into higher-paying work .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and wanted money , and because the native Scottish did not reproduce enough to fill the jobs in society that are low-paying , and in combination with a likely desire to have a higher quality of life- things that are a recurring pattern throughout many societies in history going back to the ancient world -they imported labor instead of providing for it .
What I am saying is that the actions were not those of a conqueror , but made by free consent for certain reasons .
However , all actions have consequences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scottish are likely continuing to abort or refuse to have children , when no one is stopping them .
However , migrants tend to have children .
Therefore , who is replacing who ?
Is it the “ migrants ” replacing the Scots , or the Scots abolishing themselves and creating a vacuum that is naturally being filled by other people who want their children to live ?
This is not an attack on anybody , but an acknowledgement that demographics is not a game , but a reality and a reflection of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often just die , but destroy themselves by their own hands , and that blaming other people does not make problems better , but prevents them from being effectively dealt with , and murdering innocent people- be it of a migrant or of one ’ s own children -is never the answer to one ’ s problems .
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In what is being called the second-highest abortion rate on record for the nation, Scotland is reporting by way of CNA record high numbers of women who are murdering their unborn children.
Public Health Scotland announced Aug. 25 that 13,583 abortions were performed in 2019, with a termination rate of 13.2 per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44. Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for Right To Life UK, said: “Every one of these 13,583 abortions is a tragic loss of life.” Last year’s figure is the highest since 2008 and represents an increase of 297 from 2018 when there were 13,286 abortions. More than half of women undergoing abortions in 2019 were in their 20s. Abortion rates in the 40-plus age group have risen steadily from 256 in 1985 to 581 terminations in 2019 — the highest ever level. Almost half of medical abortions in 2019 involved the self-administration of the drug misoprostol at home. Robinson said that Scotland’s abortion figure was likely to be even higher in 2020. “A change of guidelines in 2018, which allows women to take the second set of abortion pills involved in a medical abortion out of clinical settings accounted for nearly 50% of medical abortions in 2019. This is up from nearly 30% in 2018, but is likely to further increase next year when 2020 statistics are published due to a change in guidance allowing ‘DIY’ home abortions in response to the coronavirus pandemic,” she said. “Additionally, abortion activists continue to push for the removal of all safeguards in abortion law and want to see abortion available on demand, right up to the point of birth.” In its annual report, Public Health Scotland said that there continued to be a “strong association” between deprivation and abortion rates in Scotland, which has a population of around 5.5 million. Michael Robinson, director of communications at the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), said: “Women from Scotland’s most deprived areas are over two times more likely to undergo an abortion compared to women from Scotland’s least deprived areas.” “This is a shocking symbol of inequality which is totally unacceptable in a 21st-century society. So often, women are pushed and pressured towards making a choice for a number of societal reasons such as finances, unstable relationships or employment.” Right To Life UK’s spokesperson said: “Polling shows large majorities of women in the UK support changes to our abortion laws that would have a positive impact on lowering the number of abortions. Seventy percent of women want the current time limit on abortion to be lowered and 91% of women want a ban on sex-selective abortion.” “We are calling on the Scottish Government to urgently bring forward sensible new restrictions and increased support for women with unplanned pregnancies. This would ensure we were working together as a society to reduce the tragic number of abortions that happen each year.” (source)
These numbers are sad enough simply for loss of innocent children. However, what I would like to see further are the demographics of those receiving abortions.
I do not know, but I am going to surmise, based on patterns of past experiences, that the majority of abortions, both by the numbers and percentage, and also I will likely say disproportionately so to population numbers, are of “native” Scottish women murdering their own children, while the “immigrant” communities of Pakistani, Arab, India, Polish, and Lithuanian people are all likely much lower. I do not say this as a fact, but as an estimate based on observations of past behavioral trends.
There are a lot of people in all of the Western world who talk about “immigrants invading” and “migration” as the main problem. However, migration is actually not a problem in itself, and if it is a problem, it is a secondary problem caused by domestic issues that one does not want to resolve, which is the refusal to reproduce.
There are no Pakistani, Arab, Indian, Polish, or Lithuanian armies invading Scotland. All of those people are there by invitation and choice, and many of them work in low-end jobs or have worked their way, after generations sometimes, into higher-paying work. The reason they came is they were poor and wanted money, and because the native Scottish did not reproduce enough to fill the jobs in society that are low-paying, and in combination with a likely desire to have a higher quality of life- things that are a recurring pattern throughout many societies in history going back to the ancient world -they imported labor instead of providing for it.
What I am saying is that the actions were not those of a conqueror, but made by free consent for certain reasons. However, all actions have consequences, like them or not.
The Scottish are likely continuing to abort or refuse to have children, when no one is stopping them. However, migrants tend to have children.
Therefore, who is replacing who? Is it the “migrants” replacing the Scots, or the Scots abolishing themselves and creating a vacuum that is naturally being filled by other people who want their children to live?
This is not an attack on anybody, but an acknowledgement that demographics is not a game, but a reality and a reflection of family life, and societies do not often just die, but destroy themselves by their own hands, and that blaming other people does not make problems better, but prevents them from being effectively dealt with, and murdering innocent people- be it of a migrant or of one’s own children -is never the answer to one’s problems.
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shoebat--2020-08-31--Study: 30% Of Evangelicals Are Arians

Study: 30% Of Evangelicals Are Arians

Arian Christians , that is , following in the errors of the heretic Arius , who said that Jesus is a special person but he is not God , as the Christian Post reports in a shocking study .
More than half of American adults , including 30 % of evangelicals , say Jesus isn ’ t God but most agree He was a great teacher , according to results from the 2020 State of Theology survey .
Even though the Bible and traditional teachings of the Christian Church hold that Jesus truly existed as both man and God , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State of Theology survey from Ligonier Ministries conducted with LifeWay Research , is that 52 % of American adults believe that Jesus was a great teacher and nothing more .
And nearly a third of evangelicals also support that view , a preliminary release on the findings of the study said Thursday .
The complete report on the survey , conducted March 10 to 18 among 3,002 U.S. adults including 630 professing evangelicals , is expected to be released on Sept. 8 .
“ Statistics like these from the State of Theology survey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they also shed light on the concerns that many American Christians and churches have expressed for decades .
As the culture around us increasingly abandons its moral compass , professing evangelicals are sadly drifting away from God ’ s absolute standard in Scripture , ” Stephen Nichols , chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries and president of Reformation Bible College , said in a statement .
“ It ’ s clear that the church does not have the luxury of idly standing by .
This is a time for Christians to study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our culture , and witness fearlessly to the identity and saving work of Jesus Christ in the Gospel.
” For the study , evangelicals were defined as people who strongly agreed with the following four statements : the Bible is the highest authority for what I believe ; it is very important for me personally to encourage non-Christians to trust Jesus Christ as their Savior ; Jesus Christ ’ s death on the cross is the only sacrifice that could remove the penalty of my sin ; and only those who trust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receive God ’ s free gift of eternal salvation .
Some 65 % of evangelicals in the study were also found to agree with the statement , “ Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God , ” which theology experts say suggest a dire need for Christians to be taught Christology — the doctrine of the person and work of Jesus Christ .
Findings of an earlier Barna study this year also showed that only 51 % of Americans consider God to be “ all-powerful , all-knowing , perfect and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rules the world today.
” In 1991 , 73 % of Americans believed that to be true .
Some 44 % respondents in this survey agreed that since Jesus was both man and God when He walked the earth , He committed sins like any other person .
Only 41 % held the biblical perspective that Jesus was both man and God and remained sinless .
“ The spiritual noise in our culture over the last few decades has confused and misled hundreds of millions of people , ” Barna said at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Christian leaders , and Christian educators is clear : we can no longer assume that people have a solid grasp of even the most basic biblical principles.
” ( source )

Arian Christians, that is, following in the errors of the heretic Arius, who said that Jesus is a special person but he is not God, as the Christian Post reports in a shocking study.
More than half of American adults, including 30% of evangelicals, say Jesus isn’t God but most agree He was a great teacher, according to results from the 2020 State of Theology survey.
Even though the Bible and traditional teachings of the Christian Church hold that Jesus truly existed as both man and God, among the key findings of the biennial State of Theology survey from Ligonier Ministries conducted with LifeWay Research, is that 52% of American adults believe that Jesus was a great teacher and nothing more.
And nearly a third of evangelicals also support that view, a preliminary release on the findings of the study said Thursday. The complete report on the survey, conducted March 10 to 18 among 3,002 U.S. adults including 630 professing evangelicals, is expected to be released on Sept. 8.
“Statistics like these from the State of Theology survey can give us quite a shock, but they also shed light on the concerns that many American Christians and churches have expressed for decades. As the culture around us increasingly abandons its moral compass, professing evangelicals are sadly drifting away from God’s absolute standard in Scripture,” Stephen Nichols, chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries and president of Reformation Bible College, said in a statement.
“It’s clear that the church does not have the luxury of idly standing by. This is a time for Christians to study Scripture diligently, engage confidently with people in our culture, and witness fearlessly to the identity and saving work of Jesus Christ in the Gospel.”
For the study, evangelicals were defined as people who strongly agreed with the following four statements: the Bible is the highest authority for what I believe; it is very important for me personally to encourage non-Christians to trust Jesus Christ as their Savior; Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is the only sacrifice that could remove the penalty of my sin; and only those who trust in Jesus Christ alone as their Savior receive God’s free gift of eternal salvation.
Some 65% of evangelicals in the study were also found to agree with the statement, “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God,” which theology experts say suggest a dire need for Christians to be taught Christology — the doctrine of the person and work of Jesus Christ.
Findings of an earlier Barna study this year also showed that only 51% of Americans consider God to be “all-powerful, all-knowing, perfect and just creator of the universe who still rules the world today.” In 1991, 73% of Americans believed that to be true.
Some 44% respondents in this survey agreed that since Jesus was both man and God when He walked the earth, He committed sins like any other person. Only 41% held the biblical perspective that Jesus was both man and God and remained sinless.
“The spiritual noise in our culture over the last few decades has confused and misled hundreds of millions of people,” Barna said at the time. “The message to churches, Christian leaders, and Christian educators is clear: we can no longer assume that people have a solid grasp of even the most basic biblical principles.” (source)


shoebat--2020-08-30--While Billions Suffer Economic Fallout From COVID-19, A Few Billionaires Get Filthier Rich

Right now , billions of people are suffering from the fallout of COVID-19 , not so much from the illness , but rather from economic effects tied to the illness .
According to a recent report by Bloomberg , the biggest “ winners ” have been billionaires , who have seen record profits this year from the same illness .
It ’ s been one of the most lucrative weeks in history for some of the world ’ s wealthiest people .
The net worth of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos topped the once-unfathomable amount of $ 200 billion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ added the title of centibillionaire when his fortune soared past $ 100 billion fueled by Tesla Inc. ’ s ceaseless rally .
And by Friday , the world ’ s 500 wealthiest people were $ 209 billion richer than a week ago .
Musk ’ s surging wealth expanded the rarefied club of centibillionaires to four members .
Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg , the world ’ s third-richest person , joined Bezos and Bill Gates among the ranks of those possessing 12-figure fortunes earlier this month .
Together , their wealth totals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bloomberg Billionaires Index .
This week marked just the latest boon for the personal fortunes of the richest of the rich , whose red-hot growth has been largely driven by surging markets , particularly for tech shares .
U.S. stocks reached fresh highs on Friday as investors took confidence in the Federal Reserve ’ s new inflation approach .
The heady pace of wealth accumulation is in stark contrast to the state of the global economy .
Growth has slumped sharply since the pandemic began with companies laying off millions of workers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic pain has been borne by young and lower-wage workers , whose jobs are typically more vulnerable to Covid-related layoffs .
“ There is little doubt that the pandemic will exacerbate inequality in incomes and wealth , both in the short term and in the longer term , ” said Miles Corak , an economics professor who studies income inequality at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York .
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Right now, billions of people are suffering from the fallout of COVID-19, not so much from the illness, but rather from economic effects tied to the illness. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, the biggest “winners” have been billionaires, who have seen record profits this year from the same illness.
It’s been one of the most lucrative weeks in history for some of the world’s wealthiest people.
The net worth of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos topped the once-unfathomable amount of $200 billion. Entrepreneur, inventor, provocateur Elon Musk added the title of centibillionaire when his fortune soared past $100 billion fueled by Tesla Inc.’s ceaseless rally. And by Friday, the world’s 500 wealthiest people were $209 billion richer than a week ago.
Musk’s surging wealth expanded the rarefied club of centibillionaires to four members. Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s third-richest person, joined Bezos and Bill Gates among the ranks of those possessing 12-figure fortunes earlier this month. Together, their wealth totals $540 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
This week marked just the latest boon for the personal fortunes of the richest of the rich, whose red-hot growth has been largely driven by surging markets, particularly for tech shares. U.S. stocks reached fresh highs on Friday as investors took confidence in the Federal Reserve’s new inflation approach.
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The heady pace of wealth accumulation is in stark contrast to the state of the global economy. Growth has slumped sharply since the pandemic began with companies laying off millions of workers and consumer demand cratering.
The brunt of economic pain has been borne by young and lower-wage workers, whose jobs are typically more vulnerable to Covid-related layoffs.
“There is little doubt that the pandemic will exacerbate inequality in incomes and wealth, both in the short term and in the longer term,” said Miles Corak, an economics professor who studies income inequality at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. (source)


shoebat--2020-08-30--This Action That Protesters Did Was Actually Terrorism

There has been a lot of talk about the fighting between right and left wing protesters .
However , according to Fox 5 San Diego , it appears that some of the left-wing protesters engaged in actual terrorism .
A group took to the streets in Santee Saturday calling for justice for women of color .
The protest , Justice for Black and Brown Women led by Women of Color from Santee , started at 3:30 p.m. with dozens of protesters marching through the streets .
The flyer called for justice in the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department stormed her home while executing a drug warrant in search of a man who didn ’ t live in her apartment complex .
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Vanessa Guillen , a 20-year-old Texas soldier who disappeared in April , were found in a wooded area several miles from Fort Hood in July .
At one point during Saturday ’ s rally , the group blocked the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Cuyamaca Street while protest leaders called for a series of changes within the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Santee protest came the night after officers appeared to pepper spray a small group of protesters in downtown San Diego .
At least nine people were arrested Friday during a demonstration against police brutality and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
The San Diego Police Department said two people were arrested for shining lasers at their officers and police helicopter .
At least four other people were arrested when police said someone sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of officers .
Officers were also kicked and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source ) I highlighted the incident in bold .
Specifically , it was shining a laser beam at a police helicopter .
I want to focus just on this incident because of the serious nature of it , as outside of an actual highjacking or an attack on an airplane , this is considered the most serious violation of airspace safety that can be committed .
“ Laser incidents ” as they are called are so dangerous because not only are lasers used in weapons , but they can damage airplane equipment or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a result , it can cause a plane crash .
When a laser incident happens , air traffic controllers have to call : -Local police -State Police -The FAA main emergency office in Washington , DC -The FBI -The state National Guard of where the incident happened -NORAD -His direct supervisor for the night -The facility manager for the tower -The regional manager for the tower Laser incidents , in the words of a family member who worked for almost three decades for the FAA and has dealt with many laser incidents , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the a** ” because when these incidents happen , they disrupt the entire workflow and cause a huge number of problems for many people , as well as consume time and resources , since a full investigation with lots of paperwork has to follow and legal testimony .
It might sound small , but shining a laser at an aircraft is not just a joke .
It is treated as an act of terrorism because if the skies are not safe , it shuts down the communication and most importantly , economic/logistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services , which if fully stopped would cause serious damage to the US economy and threaten her political stability .
It is the same reason why crimes against truck drivers are prosecuted as federal crimes , and why truck drivers operate under federal regulations as opposed to solely state ones ( i.e .
they are bound by the laws of the states they enter , but in the event of a problem , jurisdiction rests with the federal government and if they want to , they can seize it from the state at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roads what airplanes are to the sky .
The fact that it appears that protesters , most likely from the political left , pointed a laser at a police helicopter is a serious act of terrorism , even more than burning and looting buildings , as it threatens the integrity of safe transportation , and unlike political rhetoriticians , this is treated as an act of terrorism by the government and legitimately can be called as such .
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There has been a lot of talk about the fighting between right and left wing protesters. However, according to Fox 5 San Diego, it appears that some of the left-wing protesters engaged in actual terrorism.
A group took to the streets in Santee Saturday calling for justice for women of color. The protest, Justice for Black and Brown Women led by Women of Color from Santee, started at 3:30 p.m. with dozens of protesters marching through the streets. The flyer called for justice in the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillen. Taylor was killed in March when officers from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department stormed her home while executing a drug warrant in search of a man who didn’t live in her apartment complex. The remains of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old Texas soldier who disappeared in April, were found in a wooded area several miles from Fort Hood in July. At one point during Saturday’s rally, the group blocked the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Cuyamaca Street while protest leaders called for a series of changes within the city. The march remained peaceful. The Santee protest came the night after officers appeared to pepper spray a small group of protesters in downtown San Diego. At least nine people were arrested Friday during a demonstration against police brutality and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The San Diego Police Department said two people were arrested for shining lasers at their officers and police helicopter. At least four other people were arrested when police said someone sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of officers. Officers were also kicked and punched, according to police. (source)
I highlighted the incident in bold. Specifically, it was shining a laser beam at a police helicopter.
I want to focus just on this incident because of the serious nature of it, as outside of an actual highjacking or an attack on an airplane, this is considered the most serious violation of airspace safety that can be committed.
“Laser incidents” as they are called are so dangerous because not only are lasers used in weapons, but they can damage airplane equipment or physically blind the pilot, and as a result, it can cause a plane crash.
When a laser incident happens, air traffic controllers have to call:
-Local police
-State Police
-The FAA main emergency office in Washington, DC
-The FBI
-The state National Guard of where the incident happened
-NORAD
-His direct supervisor for the night
-The facility manager for the tower
-The regional manager for the tower
Laser incidents, in the words of a family member who worked for almost three decades for the FAA and has dealt with many laser incidents, describes them as a “major pain in the a**” because when these incidents happen, they disrupt the entire workflow and cause a huge number of problems for many people, as well as consume time and resources, since a full investigation with lots of paperwork has to follow and legal testimony.
It might sound small, but shining a laser at an aircraft is not just a joke. It is treated as an act of terrorism because if the skies are not safe, it shuts down the communication and most importantly, economic/logistic lines for the movement of goods and services, which if fully stopped would cause serious damage to the US economy and threaten her political stability. It is the same reason why crimes against truck drivers are prosecuted as federal crimes, and why truck drivers operate under federal regulations as opposed to solely state ones (i.e. they are bound by the laws of the states they enter, but in the event of a problem, jurisdiction rests with the federal government and if they want to, they can seize it from the state at will), because truck are to roads what airplanes are to the sky.
The fact that it appears that protesters, most likely from the political left, pointed a laser at a police helicopter is a serious act of terrorism, even more than burning and looting buildings, as it threatens the integrity of safe transportation, and unlike political rhetoriticians, this is treated as an act of terrorism by the government and legitimately can be called as such.
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shoebat--2020-08-30--The Rioters Are Helping Trump Get Elected

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shoebat--2020-09-01--Indian Economy Contracts By 24%, The Worst Yet In Almost Three Decades

There is no nation in the world has has escaped the ravaging effects of COVID-19 .
India , a major up-and-coming power , has been gravely affected by the virus , as AP News reports a 24 % contraction to her economy , making it the worst in almost three decades .
India ’ s economy contracted by 23.9 % in the April-June quarter , its worst performance in at least 24 years , the government announced Monday , as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged what was once the world ’ s fastest growing major economy .
The contraction followed tepid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which was the worst performance in at least eight years , the National Statistical Office said .
India has been publishing quarterly gross domestic product figures since 1996 .
The pandemic has caused economies around the world to contract , but India ’ s growth had slowed even before the pandemic struck .
Many economists believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s demonetization of currency in 2016 and a hasty rollout of a goods and services tax inflicted blows to manufacturing .
Hoping to avoid more serious economic damage , Modi ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 266 billion stimulus package , but consumer demand and manufacturing are yet to recover .
Many economists say the distress caused by the contraction could be much worse within the informal sector , the backbone of India ’ s economy , which was hit far harder than the organized sector during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown during much of the April-June quarter .
There are hopes for a tentative recovery in the next quarter as tens of thousands of migrant workers who returned to their villages after losing jobs during the lockdown slowly return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But the picture remains grim for many of the jobless .
About 19 million salaried people have lost their jobs since the 68-day lockdown began in late March , according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy , an independent think tank .
Although many coronavirus restrictions have been gradually lifted , the strain on the economy is expected to continue .
Areas most affected by the virus remain under lockdown .
In June , a report by the International Monetary Fund projected an economic contraction of 4.5 % for India for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 3.6 million cases of coronavirus and over 64,000 deaths .
The South Asian country has the third-highest confirmed caseload after the United States and Brazil .
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There is no nation in the world has has escaped the ravaging effects of COVID-19. India, a major up-and-coming power, has been gravely affected by the virus, as AP News reports a 24% contraction to her economy, making it the worst in almost three decades.
India’s economy contracted by 23.9% in the April-June quarter, its worst performance in at least 24 years, the government announced Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged what was once the world’s fastest growing major economy. The contraction followed tepid 3.1% growth in the previous quarter, which was the worst performance in at least eight years, the National Statistical Office said. India has been publishing quarterly gross domestic product figures since 1996. The pandemic has caused economies around the world to contract, but India’s growth had slowed even before the pandemic struck. Many economists believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization of currency in 2016 and a hasty rollout of a goods and services tax inflicted blows to manufacturing. Hoping to avoid more serious economic damage, Modi’s government in May announced a $266 billion stimulus package, but consumer demand and manufacturing are yet to recover. Many economists say the distress caused by the contraction could be much worse within the informal sector, the backbone of India’s economy, which was hit far harder than the organized sector during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown during much of the April-June quarter. There are hopes for a tentative recovery in the next quarter as tens of thousands of migrant workers who returned to their villages after losing jobs during the lockdown slowly return to cities as more workplaces open up. But the picture remains grim for many of the jobless. About 19 million salaried people have lost their jobs since the 68-day lockdown began in late March, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, an independent think tank. Although many coronavirus restrictions have been gradually lifted, the strain on the economy is expected to continue. Areas most affected by the virus remain under lockdown. In June, a report by the International Monetary Fund projected an economic contraction of 4.5% for India for the year 2020. India has reported over 3.6 million cases of coronavirus and over 64,000 deaths. The South Asian country has the third-highest confirmed caseload after the United States and Brazil. (source)
Times change but the nature of man and his responses do not. Just as nationalism has been fueled by anti-immigration politics and economic contraction in Germany, so it will also do the same in India, where instead of migrants the ‘culprits’ are Christians and Muslims, and instead of the German economy, it is the Indian economy.
COVID-19 is bad and has hurt a lot of people, but what is going to be a lot more dangerous are the effects of COVID-19 on how people relate to each other. Historical patterns suggest that economic destabilization caused by pandemics is often a precursor to major wars or other conflicts, and with a global pandemic taking place, as Shoebat.com has warned for a while, it is yet another historical indicator that the world is on the path to war.
Whereas in the past India tended to be spared war, this time she will not be spared. It is likely that she will be fighting against China in the north and Pakistan in the West (from her geographical orientation), and based on the results from the recent skirmish between them, India holds the upper ground.
With tensions rising, the BJP will likely seek to emulate the Trump model as well as the German models for political gain. This likely means more persecutions of Christians and violence against churches.
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shoebat--2020-08-31--Rioters Attack Family’s Car Dealership And Set The Whole Place To Flames

An Indian-origin family ’ s car dealership was set ablaze by rioters in the protest-hit US city of Kenosha , @ @ @ @ @ and causing damages worth $ 2.5 million , according to family members .
“ Everybody @ @ @ @ @ .
Nobody did nothing about it , nothing , ” Kenosha News on Saturday quoted @ @ @ @ @ saying .
The newspaper said that he estimated the losses after the first attack on @ @ @ @ @ 1.5 million and after a second the following day at $ 2.5 million .
Josie @ @ @ @ @ to the destroyed car dealership , told Kenosha News that when she phoned the police @ @ @ @ @ the operators told her it was not safe for firefighters to respond to the scene @ @ @ @ @ Protests erupted in Kenosha following the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake , a @ @ @ @

An Indian-origin family’s car dealership was set ablaze by rioters in the protest-hit US city of Kenosha, Wisconsin destroying nearly 100 vehicles and causing damages worth $2.5 million, according to family members.
“Everybody watched it burn to ashes. Nobody did nothing about it, nothing,” Kenosha News on Saturday quoted family member Anmol Khindri as saying.
The newspaper said that he estimated the losses after the first attack on August 23 at about $1.5 million and after a second the following day at $2.5 million.
Josie Rodriguez, who lived next to the destroyed car dealership, told Kenosha News that when she phoned the police and fire emergency number, the operators told her it was not safe for firefighters to respond to the scene and did not respond.
Protests erupted in Kenosha following the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 27-year-old Africa-American man.