lifesitenews--2020-05-04--Intelligence agencies in 5 countries find evidence China lied to world about coronavirus

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May 4 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — China deliberately lied about the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and allowed it to spread across the globe to the “ endangerment of other countries , ” resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people , a leaked “ Five Eyes ” intelligence alliance dossier confirmed .
Obtained by the Australian Daily Telegraph , the 15-page report by the intelligence agencies of the United States , Canada , United Kingdom , Australia and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Communist government of an “ assault on international transparency.
’ ’ The dossier documented that China had “ evidence of human-human transmission from early December ” but continued to deny this until January 20 , the Daily Telegraph reported .
The report detailed how Xi ’ s regime downplayed the threat of the virus to the world while attempting to eradicate all evidence of the virus at home by censoring news and social media beginning in late December ; silencing whistle-blower doctors and journalists or making them disappear ; destroying evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stalls ; suppressing growing evidence of asymptomatic or ‘ silent carriers ’ of the virus ; and refusing to share samples of the virus with nations working on a vaccine .
The intelligence dossier also blasted the World Health Organization ( WHO ) for uncritically repeating Beijing ’ s claims and denying human-to-human transmission of the virus , despite the fact that “ officials in Taiwan raised concerns as early as December 31 , as did experts in Hong Kong on January 4 , ” according to FoxNews .
The dossier is vindication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has long contended China is to blame for the pandemic and has been critical of the WHO , which he blasted April 29 as “ literally a pipe organ for China.
” But the document also reveals disagreement among the Five Eyes nations on the genesis of the virus , according to the Daily Telegraph .
The contention that the coronavirus originated in and escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been downplayed as a conspiracy theory in the face of Beijing ’ s insistence that it originated in local wet markets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only a five percent chance the virus originated in a Wuhan lab , but at the same time , the “ Australian government trained and funded a team of Chinese scientists who belong to a laboratory which went on to genetically modify deadly coronaviruses that could be transmitted from bats to humans and had no cure , and is now the subject of a probe into the origins of COVID-19 , ” noted the Telegraph .
Moreover , the intelligence report cited several studies led by scientist Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shi and her team “ have conducted research in the lab into deadly bat-derived coronaviruses , with at least one of the virus samples being a 96 percent genetic match for COVID-19 , ” according to the UK 's Daily Mail .
Shi ’ s protégé , Peng Zhou , “ now the head of the Bat Virus Infection and Immunity Project at the Wuhan Institute of Virology — spent three years at the biocontainment facility Australian Animal Health Laboratory between 2011 and 2014 .
He was sent by China to complete his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ) from 2009-2010 , ” reported the Telegraph .
China expert Steve Mosher , who has been writing extensively on the coronavirus pandemic , lauded the Five Eyes report for condemning China for “ everything that happens after the pandemic began ” and for “ suggesting it leaked from the lab.
” However , he faulted Australian intelligence for putting such low odds on the virus leaking from a lab , noting that this “ is a reflection ” of its connection with the Wuhan Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virologists — and there aren ’ t that many of them — would very much prefer this not to be a leak from a Wuhan lab for personal and professional reasons , ” he told LifeSiteNews .
“ It clearly did leak from a lab.
” Moreover , the intelligence dossier is “ much too definitive ” in “ rejecting out of hand ” the possibility that the virus was created in Dr. Shi ’ s lab using recombinant technology to “ join together parts and pieces of two different coronaviruses to enhance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more lethal , ” he said .
“ I view this as a defensive kind of report , and in a sense , it ’ s a propaganda coup for the Chinese Communist Party , ” said Mosher , who outlined the case for the virus being created in the Wuhan lab in an article published Monday by LifeSiteNews .
The Five Eyes dossier did note a study published February 6 by South China University of Technology researchers that concluded “ the killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan ” based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Telegraph reported .
“ The paper is soon withdrawn because it ‘ was not supported by direct proofs , ’ according to author Botao Xiano , ” stated the dossier , adding , ‘ “ No scientists have confirmed or refuted the paper ’ s findings , ’ scholar Yanzhong Huang wrote on March 5.
” However , acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell stated in an April 30 press release that the Intelligence Community “ concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not man made or genetically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all crises , the Community ’ s experts respond by surging resources and producing critical intelligence on issues vital to U.S. national security .
The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan , ” Grenell stated .
Other details from the Five Eyes intelligence dossier as reported in the Daily Telegraph include : • From December 31 , China began censoring news of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deleting terms such as “ SARS variation , ” “ Wuhan Seafood market ” and “ Wuhan Unknown Pneumonia.
” • On January 1 , eight Wuhan doctors who raised alarms about the virus “ are detained and condemned.
” • On January 3 , China ’ s National Health Commission issued a “ no-publication order ” about the virus and ordered samples destroyed .
The wet market was bleached as part of a mass “ suppression and destruction of evidence.
” • China quarantined Wuhan 's 11 million citizens at the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travel ban .
“ Millions of people leave Wuhan after the outbreak and before Beijing locks down the city on January 23 , ” the dossier states .
“ Thousands fly overseas .
Throughout February , Beijing presses the US , Italy , India , Australia , Southeast Asian neighbors and others not to protect themselves via travel restrictions , even as the PRC ( People ’ s Republic of China ) imposes severe restrictions at home.
” • Huang Yan Ling , the researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology believed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has disappeared and her biography was deleted from the lab ’ s website .
“ On February 16 , the institute denied she was patient zero and said she was alive and well , but there has been no proof of life since then , fanning speculation.
” • Citizen-journalist businessman Fang Bin , lawyer Chen Qiushi and former state TV reporter Li Zehua “ are reportedly being held in extrajudicial detention centers for speaking out about China 's response to the pandemic .
”

Agencies from the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand have documented evidence that the Communists knew about the outbreak in early December but tried to hide it.
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May 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — China deliberately lied about the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and allowed it to spread across the globe to the “endangerment of other countries,” resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people, a leaked “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance dossier confirmed.
Obtained by the Australian Daily Telegraph, the 15-page report by the intelligence agencies of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand accuses President Xi Jinping’s Communist government of an “assault on international transparency.’’
The dossier documented that China had “evidence of human-human transmission from early December” but continued to deny this until January 20, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The report detailed how Xi’s regime downplayed the threat of the virus to the world while attempting to eradicate all evidence of the virus at home by censoring news and social media beginning in late December; silencing whistle-blower doctors and journalists or making them disappear; destroying evidence of the virus in laboratories and bleaching wet-market stalls; suppressing growing evidence of asymptomatic or ‘silent carriers’ of the virus; and refusing to share samples of the virus with nations working on a vaccine.
The intelligence dossier also blasted the World Health Organization (WHO) for uncritically repeating Beijing’s claims and denying human-to-human transmission of the virus, despite the fact that “officials in Taiwan raised concerns as early as December 31, as did experts in Hong Kong on January 4,” according to FoxNews.
The dossier is vindication for U.S. President Donald Trump, who has long contended China is to blame for the pandemic and has been critical of the WHO, which he blasted April 29 as “literally a pipe organ for China.”
But the document also reveals disagreement among the Five Eyes nations on the genesis of the virus, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The contention that the coronavirus originated in and escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been downplayed as a conspiracy theory in the face of Beijing’s insistence that it originated in local wet markets.
Australian intelligence claims there’s only a five percent chance the virus originated in a Wuhan lab, but at the same time, the “Australian government trained and funded a team of Chinese scientists who belong to a laboratory which went on to genetically modify deadly coronaviruses that could be transmitted from bats to humans and had no cure, and is now the subject of a probe into the origins of COVID-19,” noted the Telegraph.
Moreover, the intelligence report cited several studies led by scientist Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a concern. Shi and her team “have conducted research in the lab into deadly bat-derived coronaviruses, with at least one of the virus samples being a 96 percent genetic match for COVID-19,” according to the UK's Daily Mail.
Shi’s protégé, Peng Zhou, “now the head of the Bat Virus Infection and Immunity Project at the Wuhan Institute of Virology — spent three years at the biocontainment facility Australian Animal Health Laboratory between 2011 and 2014. He was sent by China to complete his doctorate at the CSIRO (Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) from 2009-2010,” reported the Telegraph.
China expert Steve Mosher, who has been writing extensively on the coronavirus pandemic, lauded the Five Eyes report for condemning China for “everything that happens after the pandemic began” and for “suggesting it leaked from the lab.”
However, he faulted Australian intelligence for putting such low odds on the virus leaking from a lab, noting that this “is a reflection” of its connection with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“I think Australian virologists — and there aren’t that many of them — would very much prefer this not to be a leak from a Wuhan lab for personal and professional reasons,” he told LifeSiteNews. “It clearly did leak from a lab.”
Moreover, the intelligence dossier is “much too definitive” in “rejecting out of hand” the possibility that the virus was created in Dr. Shi’s lab using recombinant technology to “join together parts and pieces of two different coronaviruses to enhance them to make them more infectious and more lethal,” he said.
“I view this as a defensive kind of report, and in a sense, it’s a propaganda coup for the Chinese Communist Party,” said Mosher, who outlined the case for the virus being created in the Wuhan lab in an article published Monday by LifeSiteNews.
The Five Eyes dossier did note a study published February 6 by South China University of Technology researchers that concluded “the killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan” based on its genome sequence, the Daily Telegraph reported.
“The paper is soon withdrawn because it ‘was not supported by direct proofs,’ according to author Botao Xiano,” stated the dossier, adding, ‘“No scientists have confirmed or refuted the paper’s findings,’ scholar Yanzhong Huang wrote on March 5.”
However, acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell stated in an April 30 press release that the Intelligence Community “concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not man made or genetically modified.”
“As we do in all crises, the Community’s experts respond by surging resources and producing critical intelligence on issues vital to U.S. national security. The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan,” Grenell stated.
Other details from the Five Eyes intelligence dossier as reported in the Daily Telegraph include:
From December 31, China began censoring news of the virus on search engines, deleting terms such as “SARS variation,” “Wuhan Seafood market” and “Wuhan Unknown Pneumonia.”
On January 1, eight Wuhan doctors who raised alarms about the virus “are detained and condemned.”
On January 3, China’s National Health Commission issued a “no-publication order” about the virus and ordered samples destroyed. The wet market was bleached as part of a mass “suppression and destruction of evidence.”
China quarantined Wuhan's 11 million citizens at the same time it downplayed the need for a travel ban. “Millions of people leave Wuhan after the outbreak and before Beijing locks down the city on January 23,” the dossier states. “Thousands fly overseas. Throughout February, Beijing presses the US, Italy, India, Australia, Southeast Asian neighbors and others not to protect themselves via travel restrictions, even as the PRC (People’s Republic of China) imposes severe restrictions at home.”
Huang Yan Ling, the researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology believed to be patient zero for the global pandemic, has disappeared and her biography was deleted from the lab’s website. “On February 16, the institute denied she was patient zero and said she was alive and well, but there has been no proof of life since then, fanning speculation.”
Citizen-journalist businessman Fang Bin, lawyer Chen Qiushi and former state TV reporter Li Zehua “are reportedly being held in extrajudicial detention centers for speaking out about China's response to the pandemic.”
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lifesitenews--2020-05-04--I’ve studied China for decades. Here’s how I know the virus was engineered in a Wuhan lab

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May 4 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Dr. Shi Zhengli , known as China ’ s batwoman , was in the business of creating new and deadly coronaviruses .
Some of her work she published in scholarly journals , such as her 2008 article in the Journal of Virology .
There she described how she and her team were taking harmless coronaviruses from horseshoe bats and then genetically engineering them to be able to infect human beings just like the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her research in her lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology she kept secret .
By 2013 she had isolated the bat coronavirus now known as RaTG-13 and was using it for Gain-of-Function research .
The results of this research were not published , although Communist leaders , like Maj. Gen. Chen Wei , were undoubtedly briefed on it .
We may never know how many times , or how many ways , she tried to “ enhance ” it to make it even more infectious and deadly than it was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of the day , she managed to create , in her lab , a dangerously infectious pathogen .
Using her secret bat coronavirus as the “ backbone , ” she had inserted a receptor binding domain ( RBD ) from another coronavirus to make it more infectious .
It was another Chinese virologist , Dr. Yong-Zhen Zhang , who first pointed out that this RBD was an exact genetic match with the RBD from another known Pangolin ( anteater ) coronavirus .
( The Chinese government has since imposed strict controls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The scientific name of the resulting chimera coronavirus is SARS-CoV-2 , but it is known to the world—correctly–as the China Virus .
The worst fear of many scientists , that Gain-of-Function research would create a “ Pathogen of Pandemic Potential , ” or PPP , had been realized .
But because Dr. Shi had kept her reckless lab experiments secret , the world had no idea that such a dangerous man-made virus even existed .
A virus as infectious as SARS-CoV-2 would have required the strict adherence to the rigorous safety protocols of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stay contained .
But so lax was the training and the practices of the WIV that even the World Health Organization ( ! )
refused to grant it certification .
The lab was an accident waiting to happen .
Sometime in the fall of 2019 , it did .
A lab worker became infected , either from handling an infected animal or from handling the coronavirus isolate directly .
From there the China Virus spread like wildfire through the densely populated city of Wuhan .
By late December 2019 , the Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cover up its complicity .
They had never divulged the genome of the original 2013 bat coronavirus to the National Center for Biotechnology Information ( NCBI ) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health , the customary repository for such information .
What if it were traced back to their lab ?
What were they to do ?
They finally decided they had no choice but to register their virus with the NCBI under the name of RaTG-13 , but to add a few intentional mis-codings .
That way they could plausibly deny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus .
The registration took place on January 27 , 2020 , seven years after they had first isolated it .
By then the epidemic in China had been spread to the rest of the world .
By now the original samples of RaTG-13 , along with the original research records , have been destroyed .
Dr. Shi Zhengli has assured the world that she has carefully checked all of the genomic sequences in her lab and not a single one of them matched the new SARS-CoV-2 .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do with the origins of the coronavirus pandemic .
The truth is that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had everything to do with it .
So did the Chinese Communist Party , which was undoubtedly directing and funding Dr. Shi ’ s research the entire time , and is now desperate to cover up its culpability from an angry world .

Not only was the pandemic 'Made in China,' the coronavirus was too. Here’s how.
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May 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Dr. Shi Zhengli, known as China’s batwoman, was in the business of creating new and deadly coronaviruses.
Some of her work she published in scholarly journals, such as her 2008 article in the Journal of Virology. There she described how she and her team were taking harmless coronaviruses from horseshoe bats and then genetically engineering them to be able to infect human beings just like the original SARS virus does.
But some of her research in her lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology she kept secret.
By 2013 she had isolated the bat coronavirus now known as RaTG-13 and was using it for Gain-of-Function research. The results of this research were not published, although Communist leaders, like Maj. Gen. Chen Wei, were undoubtedly briefed on it. We may never know how many times, or how many ways, she tried to “enhance” it to make it even more infectious and deadly than it was in its natural state. But, at the end of the day, she managed to create, in her lab, a dangerously infectious pathogen.
Using her secret bat coronavirus as the “backbone,” she had inserted a receptor binding domain (RBD) from another coronavirus to make it more infectious. It was another Chinese virologist, Dr. Yong-Zhen Zhang, who first pointed out that this RBD was an exact genetic match with the RBD from another known Pangolin (anteater) coronavirus. (The Chinese government has since imposed strict controls on what can be published.)
The scientific name of the resulting chimera coronavirus is SARS-CoV-2, but it is known to the world—correctly–as the China Virus.
The worst fear of many scientists, that Gain-of-Function research would create a “Pathogen of Pandemic Potential,” or PPP, had been realized. But because Dr. Shi had kept her reckless lab experiments secret, the world had no idea that such a dangerous man-made virus even existed.
A virus as infectious as SARS-CoV-2 would have required the strict adherence to the rigorous safety protocols of a BSL-4 “high containment” lab to stay contained. But so lax was the training and the practices of the WIV that even the World Health Organization (!) refused to grant it certification. The lab was an accident waiting to happen. Sometime in the fall of 2019, it did. A lab worker became infected, either from handling an infected animal or from handling the coronavirus isolate directly.
From there the China Virus spread like wildfire through the densely populated city of Wuhan. By late December 2019, the Wuhan Institute of Virology was growing desperate to cover up its complicity. They had never divulged the genome of the original 2013 bat coronavirus to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the customary repository for such information. What if it were traced back to their lab? What were they to do?
They finally decided they had no choice but to register their virus with the NCBI under the name of RaTG-13, but to add a few intentional mis-codings. That way they could plausibly deny that their virus was the “backbone” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The registration took place on January 27, 2020, seven years after they had first isolated it. By then the epidemic in China had been spread to the rest of the world.
By now the original samples of RaTG-13, along with the original research records, have been destroyed. Dr. Shi Zhengli has assured the world that she has carefully checked all of the genomic sequences in her lab and not a single one of them matched the new SARS-CoV-2. She insists that her lab had nothing to do with the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
The truth is that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had everything to do with it.
So did the Chinese Communist Party, which was undoubtedly directing and funding Dr. Shi’s research the entire time, and is now desperate to cover up its culpability from an angry world.
Steven W. Mosher (@StevenWMosher) is the President of the Population Research Institute and the author of Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order.
Follow Steven Steven Mosher is an internationally recognised authority on China and population issues as well as an acclaimed author and speaker and founder and head of the Population Research Institute. He was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China in 1979 where he witnessed women being forced to have abortion under the new “one-child-policy” which he then exposed to the world. Mr. Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions and to eventually become a practicing, pro-life Roman Catholic. Mosher has appeared numerous times before the US Congress as an expert in world population, China and human Rights abuses. He has also made TV appearances on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, 20/20, FOX and CNN news, as well as being a regular guest on talk radio shows across the nation. He is the author of the best-selling A Mother’s Ordeal: One woman’s Fight Against China’s One-Child-Policy. His latest book is Bully of Asia, exposing the threat of China to the entire world at this time. Articles by Steve have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, The New Republic, The Washington Post, National Review, Reason, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Freedom Review, Linacre Quarterly, Catholic World Report, Human Life Review, First Things, and numerous other publications. Steven Mosher lives in Virginia with his wife, Vera, and their nine children.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-04--The story of the Rag Man

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lifesitenews--2020-05-06--Euthanasia lobby using COVID-19 to pressure faith-based hospitals to kill patients

May 5 , 2020 ( Euthanasia Prevention Coalition ) — A lobby document by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers ( CAMAP ) uses the Covid-19 crisis to force faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia .
According to CAMAP , hospitals are refusing to transfer patients during the Covid-19 crisis .
Concerning MAiD at faith based health care facilities , the document states : • Many faith-based facilities prohibit the provision of MAiD .
• The transfer of patients from some or all long-term care ( LTC ) facilities to acute care hospitals has been prohibited in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spreading COVID-19 infection .
CAMAP recognizes that this is an established means of preventing the spread of disease .
• A significant number of LTC facilities and many acute care hospitals are faith based and prohibit MAiD .
Patients resident in these facilities have previously been transferred to other institutions that do not prohibit MAiD .
When the institutions to which these faith-based facilities previously transferred patients prohibit transfer for reasons of public health these faith-based institutions should now allow MAiD provisions on-site .
CAMAP believes that if necessary provincial governments should issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to allow MAiD when the transfer of patients has been prohibited for reasons of public health .
CAMAP claims to only be pressuring governments to force faith based institutions to kill their patients during the Covid-19 crisis , but clearly , once the killing begins it will continue .
This is not the first time that the euthanasia lobby has pressured Canadian governments to force faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia .
Last year , the euthanasia lobby pressured the Nova Scotia government to order St Martha 's Hospital , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide euthanasia .
The Nova Scotia government succumbed to the pressure and ordered St Martha 's hospital , to provide euthanasia .
In response , the Antigonish Health and Wellness Centre , which is not owned by St Martha 's hospital , agreed to do euthanasia ( death by lethal injection ) .
I stated that the euthanasia lobby failed to accomplish their goal , but they will continue to pressure faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia on their premises .
Faith based medical institutions must continue to say no .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to approve euthanasia assessments and approvals by telehealth/telemedicine .
The document states : The American assisted suicide lobby claims that the recent changes to telehealth provisions in the US permit assisted suicide assessments and approvals by telehealth .
Approving euthanasia or assisted suicide by telehealth/telemedicine means that a person with difficult health issues who feels like a burden on others , or is experiencing depression or existential distress , could be assessed , approved and prescribed a lethal drug cocktail for assisted suicide by telehealth without being examined by a physician .
*Sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permit assisted suicide approvals by telehealth ( Link ) .
Published with permission from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition .

The Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers claims that the killing of patients should last only through the coronavirus panic, but its reassurance rings hollow.
May 5, 2020 (Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) — A lobby document by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) uses the Covid-19 crisis to force faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia.
According to CAMAP, hospitals are refusing to transfer patients during the Covid-19 crisis. Concerning MAiD at faith based health care facilities, the document states:
Many faith-based facilities prohibit the provision of MAiD.
The transfer of patients from some or all long-term care (LTC) facilities to acute care hospitals has been prohibited in some jurisdictions due to the risk of spreading COVID-19 infection. CAMAP recognizes that this is an established means of preventing the spread of disease.
A significant number of LTC facilities and many acute care hospitals are faith based and prohibit MAiD. Patients resident in these facilities have previously been transferred to other institutions that do not prohibit MAiD. When the institutions to which these faith-based facilities previously transferred patients prohibit transfer for reasons of public health these faith-based institutions should now allow MAiD provisions on-site. CAMAP believes that if necessary provincial governments should issue directives to all faith-based institutions requiring them to allow MAiD when the transfer of patients has been prohibited for reasons of public health.
CAMAP claims to only be pressuring governments to force faith based institutions to kill their patients during the Covid-19 crisis, but clearly, once the killing begins it will continue.
This is not the first time that the euthanasia lobby has pressured Canadian governments to force faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia.
Last year, the euthanasia lobby pressured the Nova Scotia government to order St Martha's Hospital, which is the only hospital in Antigonish NS to provide euthanasia. The Nova Scotia government succumbed to the pressure and ordered St Martha's hospital, to provide euthanasia. In response, the Antigonish Health and Wellness Centre, which is not owned by St Martha's hospital, agreed to do euthanasia (death by lethal injection).
I stated that the euthanasia lobby failed to accomplish their goal, but they will continue to pressure faith based healthcare institutions to provide euthanasia on their premises. Faith based medical institutions must continue to say no.
The CAMAP lobby document also pressures Provincial governments to approve euthanasia assessments and approvals by telehealth/telemedicine. The document states:
All provinces should follow the example of British Columbia and some other provinces and alter the requirements for the assessment of MAiD so that: both assessments may be provided using telemedicine; if there is a provincial requirement to have a professional witness during a telemedicine assessment, this should be removed;
The American assisted suicide lobby claims that the recent changes to telehealth provisions in the US permit assisted suicide assessments and approvals by telehealth.
Approving euthanasia or assisted suicide by telehealth/telemedicine means that a person with difficult health issues who feels like a burden on others, or is experiencing depression or existential distress, could be assessed, approved and prescribed a lethal drug cocktail for assisted suicide by telehealth without being examined by a physician.
*Sign the petition: Healthcare regulations must not permit assisted suicide approvals by telehealth (Link).
Published with permission from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-06--Ellen DeGeneres: Parents who oppose kids’ sex ‘transition’ don’t love unconditionally

May 5 , 2020 ( NewsBusters ) — On Ellen DeGeneres ’ s daytime talk show Monday , the liberal comedian brought on celebrity couple , actress Gabrielle Union and retired NBA star Dwyane Wade , to praise them for their “ supportive ” decision to “ transition ” their pre-teen son into a girl .
Along the way , the host and actress had some harsh words for parents who don ’ t share their same trendy views on parenting .
Although Wade appeared later in the show , Union began the interview talking with Ellen .
While lavishing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to let their 12-year-old change genders , DeGeneres encouraged the actress to bash less woke parents as heartless monsters who don ’ t really love their kids .
“ I know this is silly to say because , you know , who doesn ’ t love their children unconditionally , but I guess a lot of people don ’ t .
But it ’ s so amazing how supportive you ’ ve both been , ” DeGeneres gushed .
That was all Union needed to humble-brag about how she was only doing what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaving enormous literally life-altering decisions up to their young children to decide .
Union also attacked anyone who didn ’ t agree as wanting to “ dispose ” of their children .
Quite ironic considering the actress has been an activist for Planned Parenthood in recent years : Yeah , I mean , to us , it ’ s a little odd to get any kind of recognition for doing what , you know , you are supposed to do , which is love and accept and embrace your kids .
So it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .
But unfortunately there are so many people who just don ’ t .
They just don ’ t .
And so many people who really truly feel like their kids are disposable .
If they ’ re not perfect images of them , they aren ’ t interested .
And it ’ s heartbreaking .
So for us , we are just doing what ’ s natural to us and loving her .
DeGeneres celebrated how “ very very lucky ” their child Zaya was to have them as parents , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t agree : Zaya is very , very lucky to have both of you as parents and it is unfortunate that a lot of people have children thinking they can mold them and make them who they want them to be and have a certain idea of what they are supposed to turn out like .
But they all turn out different .
This isn ’ t the first time Ellen , or the media have celebrated this couple as superior parents over their controversial decision .
Back in February , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to celebrate their son “ becoming ” a girl .
The media treated the celebrity couple as heroes when they brought Zaya to an LGBT awards show .
ABC ’ s morning show Good Morning America also cheered them on , calling the pre-teen ’ s decision to change genders , “ courageous ” and “ wise.
” ELLEN DEGENERES : He was on the show recently and talking about your daughter , Zaya , and her transition .
And it ’ s like , I know this is silly to say because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ love their children unconditionally , but I guess a lot of people do n't .
But it 's so amazing how supportive you 've both been .
GABRIELLE UNION : Yeah , I mean , to us , it 's a little odd to get any kind of recognition for doing what , you know , you are supposed to do , which is love and accept and embrace your kids .
So it 's odd to get recognition for that .
But unfortunately there are so many people who just do n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so many people who really truly feel like their kids are disposable .
If they ’ re not perfect images of them , they are n't interested .
And it 's heartbreaking .
So for us , we are just doing what 's natural to us and loving her .
There she is !
There is our girl .
Yeah , we just want happy , healthy , you know , compassionate kids .
ELLEN : Zaya is very , very lucky to have both of you as parents and it is unfortunate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinking they can mold them and make them who they want them to be and have a certain idea of what they are supposed to turn out like .
But they all turn out different .

The talk show host made her remark during an interview with celebrity couple Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, who are publicly pretending their pre-teen son is a girl.
May 5, 2020 (NewsBusters) — On Ellen DeGeneres’s daytime talk show Monday, the liberal comedian brought on celebrity couple, actress Gabrielle Union and retired NBA star Dwyane Wade, to praise them for their “supportive” decision to “transition” their pre-teen son into a girl. Along the way, the host and actress had some harsh words for parents who don’t share their same trendy views on parenting.
Although Wade appeared later in the show, Union began the interview talking with Ellen. While lavishing praise on the couple’s decision to let their 12-year-old change genders, DeGeneres encouraged the actress to bash less woke parents as heartless monsters who don’t really love their kids.
“I know this is silly to say because, you know, who doesn’t love their children unconditionally, but I guess a lot of people don’t. But it’s so amazing how supportive you’ve both been,” DeGeneres gushed.
That was all Union needed to humble-brag about how she was only doing what every parent should be doing, in leaving enormous literally life-altering decisions up to their young children to decide. Union also attacked anyone who didn’t agree as wanting to “dispose” of their children. Quite ironic considering the actress has been an activist for Planned Parenthood in recent years:
Yeah, I mean, to us, it’s a little odd to get any kind of recognition for doing what, you know, you are supposed to do, which is love and accept and embrace your kids. So it’s odd to get recognition for that. But unfortunately there are so many people who just don’t. They just don’t. And so many people who really truly feel like their kids are disposable. If they’re not perfect images of them, they aren’t interested. And it’s heartbreaking. So for us, we are just doing what’s natural to us and loving her.
DeGeneres celebrated how “very very lucky” their child Zaya was to have them as parents, taking another moment to attack parents who don’t agree:
Zaya is very, very lucky to have both of you as parents and it is unfortunate that a lot of people have children thinking they can mold them and make them who they want them to be and have a certain idea of what they are supposed to turn out like. But they all turn out different.
This isn’t the first time Ellen, or the media have celebrated this couple as superior parents over their controversial decision. Back in February, the talk show host had Wade on to celebrate their son “becoming” a girl. The media treated the celebrity couple as heroes when they brought Zaya to an LGBT awards show. ABC’s morning show Good Morning America also cheered them on, calling the pre-teen’s decision to change genders, “courageous” and “wise.”
Read a transcript below:
The Ellen Degeneres Show
5/4/20
3:40:28 – 3:41:57 p.m. Eastern
ELLEN DEGENERES: He was on the show recently and talking about your daughter, Zaya, and her transition. And it’s like, I know this is silly to say because, you know, who doesn't love their children unconditionally, but I guess a lot of people don't. But it's so amazing how supportive you've both been.
GABRIELLE UNION: Yeah, I mean, to us, it's a little odd to get any kind of recognition for doing what, you know, you are supposed to do, which is love and accept and embrace your kids. So it's odd to get recognition for that. But unfortunately there are so many people who just don't. They just don't. And so many people who really truly feel like their kids are disposable. If they’re not perfect images of them, they aren't interested. And it's heartbreaking. So for us, we are just doing what's natural to us and loving her. There she is! There is our girl. Yeah, we just want happy, healthy, you know, compassionate kids.
ELLEN: Zaya is very, very lucky to have both of you as parents and it is unfortunate that a lot of people have children thinking they can mold them and make them who they want them to be and have a certain idea of what they are supposed to turn out like. But they all turn out different.
Published with permission from NewsBusters.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-06--Christian church to sue Ontario govt after police threaten attendees at drive-in service

AYLMER , Ontario , May 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A Christian church in Ontario filing a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge against the Ontario provincial government after police showed up at a drive-in service and threatened to hold those present “ accountable.
” The Church of God in Aylmer , Ontario says police , acting on the Ontario provincial government ’ s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , are infringing on their “ freedom of peaceful assembly.
” The legal challenge from The Church of God comes with the support of the Alberta-based Justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who is expected to file the case soon .
Last week , Aylmer police said that the Church of God congregants who took part in a Sunday drive-in service on April 26 would “ be held accountable ” for allegedly breaking coronavirus social distancing rules .
Police said they would use video evidence they recorded of the event to back any fines issued as a result .
Lisa D.S .
Bildy , a lawyer for the JCCF , said Saturday ’ s notice of a court challenge on behalf of The Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s premier , Doug Ford , is being done in the name of ensuring that their congregants ' constitutional rights are respected .
“ For many religious communities , coming together to worship is an important part of their faith , and while not perfect , solutions such as drive-in services allow them to exercise their fundamental freedoms of peaceful assembly and religion while still respecting the government ’ s orders to protect public health , ” said Bildy in the JCCF release news release about the court challenge .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspend the exercise of the Charter .
The restriction on religious gatherings , in which people exclusively occupy their personal vehicles on a parking lot while worshipping , is irrational , unnecessary , and not a minimal impairment of Charter rights.
” Ontario ’ s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act says that it is against the law for more than five people to get together to conduct a religious service .
The pastor of The Church of God , Henry Hildebrandt , feels this a direct violation of religious freedom as protected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedoms .
LifeSiteNews contacted Premier Ford ’ s office for comment about his government 's position on the forthcoming court challenge .
In an emailed response , Ivana Yelich , director of media relations and press secretary for Premier Ford , said the provincial government does not inform the police what to do .
“ The government does not direct the police , and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment on police operations , ” said Yelich to LifeSiteNews .
“ Further , as this may become subject to litigation , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not publicly stating his opinion on the Aylmer situation , Premier Ford was vocal about new drive-by parade restrictions issued by the city of Burlington last week .
`` Let 's be a little lenient on stuff like that .
I ’ d understand if there were groups of people marching down the street side-by-side chanting , but that ’ s not the case .
They ’ re in individual cars , driving by .
What does it last , a few minutes ?
” said Ford .
Premier Ford ’ s post-coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April does not specifically mention when religious services will be allowed to resume .
LifeSiteNews asked the premier ’ s press secretary about this but as of press time has not received a response .
LifeSiteNews contacted the Archdiocese of Toronto to see if it would be willing to respond with a comment about its position on the JCCF court challenge against the Ford government .
The archdiocese was also asked what lobbying efforts it is doing to get the Ford government to reopen religious services in Ontario .
A spokesperson for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If there is any public comment on this story , a member of our team will be in touch with you.
” As of press time , LifeSiteNews has not heard from the archdiocese since .
In an email sent out on May 3 , pro-life Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Derek Sloan said Ontario needs to allow for drive-in church services as other provinces have .
“ Premier Doug Ford must act — now — to ensure that people in Ontario are able to exercise their constitutional right to religious worship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every public official in Canada who claims to respect religious liberty must speak out.
” Sloan sparked a media frenzy over a week ago for saying in a letter and video that Canada ’ s chief medical officer , Dr. Theresa Tam , should be fired for her coronavirus response .
In a statement , Sloan clarified his remarks but refused to offer an apology to charges that he was “ racist.
” Campaign Life Coalition ( CLC ) , Canada ’ s top pro-life and pro-family organization , said that should the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his comments , it could destroy the party .
The Church of God had twice previously held a drive-in-style Sunday service without any issues and with the full approval and permission of the local police , said Hildebrandt .
Aylmer police chief Zvonko Horvat instructed his officers to begin to lay charges under the Ontario Emergency Measures and Civil Protections Act against any “ faith-based organizations that break the order banning gatherings of more than five people.
” However , despite the earlier warning and saying they have reasonable grounds to lay charges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the noncompliant citizens “ accountable ” for attending the drive-in Sunday service .
The JCCF sent a letter dated April 24 to the Aylmer police asking them to rescind their decision to promise to ticket church members .
This same letter was copied to Premier Ford .
This past Sunday , The Church of God held its fourth drive-in Sunday service .
Although police were not visibly on site filming the service , it was reported by Rebel News that on site was at least one unmarked police car .
On Monday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four complaints with regard to the fourth Sunday service .
Horvat was quoted as saying he is “ speaking to the investigator this week ” to look at “ all the evidence and statements from people who called in , and we ’ ll take action from there.
” Recently , the JCCF served a legal warning to the Saskatchewan Health Authority , saying it violated the rights and freedoms of worshipers from the Nipawin Apostolic Church by banning their drive-in Easter Sunday .
The government of Saskatchewan later reversed the decision by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognize the right of churches to hold such services as long as safety precautions are heeded .

AYLMER, Ontario, May 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Christian church in Ontario filing a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge against the Ontario provincial government after police showed up at a drive-in service and threatened to hold those present “accountable.”
The Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario says police, acting on the Ontario provincial government’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, are infringing on their “freedom of peaceful assembly.”
The legal challenge from The Church of God comes with the support of the Alberta-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), who is expected to file the case soon.
Last week, Aylmer police said that the Church of God congregants who took part in a Sunday drive-in service on April 26 would “be held accountable” for allegedly breaking coronavirus social distancing rules. Police said they would use video evidence they recorded of the event to back any fines issued as a result.
Lisa D.S. Bildy, a lawyer for the JCCF, said Saturday’s notice of a court challenge on behalf of The Church of God against the government of Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, is being done in the name of ensuring that their congregants' constitutional rights are respected.
“For many religious communities, coming together to worship is an important part of their faith, and while not perfect, solutions such as drive-in services allow them to exercise their fundamental freedoms of peaceful assembly and religion while still respecting the government’s orders to protect public health,” said Bildy in the JCCF release news release about the court challenge.
“The Covid-19 outbreak, however, does not suspend the exercise of the Charter. The restriction on religious gatherings, in which people exclusively occupy their personal vehicles on a parking lot while worshipping, is irrational, unnecessary, and not a minimal impairment of Charter rights.”
Ontario’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act says that it is against the law for more than five people to get together to conduct a religious service. The pastor of The Church of God, Henry Hildebrandt, feels this a direct violation of religious freedom as protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
LifeSiteNews contacted Premier Ford’s office for comment about his government's position on the forthcoming court challenge.
In an emailed response, Ivana Yelich, director of media relations and press secretary for Premier Ford, said the provincial government does not inform the police what to do.
“The government does not direct the police, and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment on police operations,” said Yelich to LifeSiteNews. “Further, as this may become subject to litigation, it would be inappropriate to comment.”
Despite not publicly stating his opinion on the Aylmer situation, Premier Ford was vocal about new drive-by parade restrictions issued by the city of Burlington last week.
“Let's be a little lenient on stuff like that. I’d understand if there were groups of people marching down the street side-by-side chanting, but that’s not the case. They’re in individual cars, driving by. What does it last, a few minutes?” said Ford.
Premier Ford’s post-coronavirus relaunch plan announced at the end of April does not specifically mention when religious services will be allowed to resume. LifeSiteNews asked the premier’s press secretary about this but as of press time has not received a response.
LifeSiteNews contacted the Archdiocese of Toronto to see if it would be willing to respond with a comment about its position on the JCCF court challenge against the Ford government. The archdiocese was also asked what lobbying efforts it is doing to get the Ford government to reopen religious services in Ontario.
A spokesperson for the archdiocese responded to LifeSiteNews saying, “If there is any public comment on this story, a member of our team will be in touch with you.” As of press time, LifeSiteNews has not heard from the archdiocese since.
In an email sent out on May 3, pro-life Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Derek Sloan said Ontario needs to allow for drive-in church services as other provinces have.
“Premier Doug Ford must act — now — to ensure that people in Ontario are able to exercise their constitutional right to religious worship,” said Sloan. “And every public official in Canada who claims to respect religious liberty must speak out.”
Sloan sparked a media frenzy over a week ago for saying in a letter and video that Canada’s chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, should be fired for her coronavirus response.
In a statement, Sloan clarified his remarks but refused to offer an apology to charges that he was “racist.” Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), Canada’s top pro-life and pro-family organization, said that should the Conservative Party of Canada oust Sloan for his comments, it could destroy the party.
The Church of God had twice previously held a drive-in-style Sunday service without any issues and with the full approval and permission of the local police, said Hildebrandt.
Aylmer police chief Zvonko Horvat instructed his officers to begin to lay charges under the Ontario Emergency Measures and Civil Protections Act against any “faith-based organizations that break the order banning gatherings of more than five people.”
However, despite the earlier warning and saying they have reasonable grounds to lay charges, Aylmer police backed off on holding the noncompliant citizens “accountable” for attending the drive-in Sunday service.
The JCCF sent a letter dated April 24 to the Aylmer police asking them to rescind their decision to promise to ticket church members. This same letter was copied to Premier Ford.
This past Sunday, The Church of God held its fourth drive-in Sunday service. Although police were not visibly on site filming the service, it was reported by Rebel News that on site was at least one unmarked police car.
On Monday, it was reported that Aylmer police received four complaints with regard to the fourth Sunday service. Horvat was quoted as saying he is “speaking to the investigator this week” to look at “all the evidence and statements from people who called in, and we’ll take action from there.”
Recently, the JCCF served a legal warning to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, saying it violated the rights and freedoms of worshipers from the Nipawin Apostolic Church by banning their drive-in Easter Sunday.
The government of Saskatchewan later reversed the decision by its health authority and issued guidelines that recognize the right of churches to hold such services as long as safety precautions are heeded.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-06--Microsoft deletes ad for new ‘mixed reality’ headset featuring alleged satanist

May 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Microsoft has deleted a video ad that it had launched on Good Friday promoting a new virtual reality product featuring a controversial performance artist whose public work has for decades presented many of the hallmarks of satanism .
The tech giant took down the online commercial for its new Hololens 2 headsets after experiencing a huge backlash — over 24,000 “ dislikes ” versus fewer than 700 “ likes ” — due to its decision to partner with Marina Abramović , who has devoted her career to being an artist provocateur , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ satanic symbols into her very public live art displays .
The video ad was removed from YouTube two days after Easter .
Over the years Abramović has famously written billboard-sized messages in pig 's blood , etched pentagrams into her stomach with razor blades , put devilish horns on her head , and hosted dinners meant to realistically imitate cannibalism .
Performance art “ is a form of art where the medium is the body .
In the case of Marina , she uses the body to make statements and sometimes be quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” explained art critic Arthur Danto in a 2012 video about the installation of her artwork — featuring herself — at New York City ’ s Museum of Modern Art .
Now , at age 73 , Abramović has entered into a new phase of her career , seeking to immortalize her work via Microsoft ’ s Hololens 2 , a headset similar to virtual reality goggles but that allows users to view digital imagery while still viewing the actual space around them , so the subject appears to be occupying the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offers a different type of experience from traditional virtual reality systems , where the real world around the viewer is completely shut out .
This new technology has been dubbed “ mixed reality.
” “ I believe that art of the future is art without objects , ” said Abramović in the now deleted video ad .
“ This is just pure transmission of energy between the viewer and the artist.
” In 2013 , Abramović , whose fame had previously been limited to avant-garde art circles , leapt into popular culture after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retreat with her .
“ Fourteen-year-olds who never heard of performance art are now interested in my work because of Lady Gaga , ” said Abramović at the time .
“ That ’ s how I emerged into the mass culture.
” During the retreat , Abramović had Lady Gaga do a range of exercises , including having the singer strip naked , and then left her alone in the middle of the woods to find her own way back .
In a video of Lady Gaga practicing the “ Abramović Method , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a single note — a primal , mind-emptying mantra — in a variety of circumstances : Lying alone on a wooden floor ; standing in the middle of a stream , with a horn affixed over both eyes ; sitting back to back with Abramović in the stream ; wandering naked through a field , blindfolded ; hunched over in a forest , wearing nothing but boots ; and finally posing nude with a giant crystal , and then lying down , her body covered with smaller crystals , her lifeless eyes looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She is a limitless human being , ” said Lady Gaga of Abramović afterwards .
“ She is so boundless.
” Abramović found herself at the center of a media storm just before the November 2016 presidential election when her name showed up in emails released by WikiLeaks , hacked from the account of John Podesta , chairman of Hillary Clinton ’ s 2016 presidential campaign , and his art-collector brother , Tony .
One of the hacked emails was an invitation from Abramović to both Podesta brothers asking them to join her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ residence in New York .
A 1997 “ Spirit Cooking ” performance recorded on video included the artist using pig ’ s blood to write “ recipes ” on walls .
The only ingredients called for are bodily fluids : “ Mix fresh breast milk with fresh sperm milk ” and “ fresh morning urine sprinkled over nightmare dreams ” and “ with a sharp knife cut deeply into the middle finger of your left hand and eat the pain.
” “ The act of spirit cooking involves Abramović using pig ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spiritual world , to cook up thoughts rather than food , ” according to a 2016 report in the Guardian .
“ We know that Marina Abramović is a satanist , ” asserted Liz Crokin in another video , “ Out of Shadows , ” which coincidentally was also released on Good Friday and which at last count has racked up over 11 million views .
“ Google Marina Abramović ’ s name and ‘ Spirit Cooking ’ and you will find hundreds of pictures of Marina Abramović ’ s events where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cake that looks like a human being and they ’ ll depict human cannibalism , ” continued Crokin .
“ You will find A-list actors and famous politicians ” at her events , voiced Crokin over a picture of John Podesta taking a sip of some of Abramović ’ s “ Spirit Cooking.
” Abramović has been called the “ grandmother of performance art.
” “ My work is really more about spirituality and not anything else , ” Abramović told ARTnews in 2016 after the Podesta emails were revealed .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for so long , and this is a misunderstanding .
It ’ s absolutely outrageous and ridiculous [ . ]
...
I mean , this world is really turning to hell .
I am completely amazed , something is taken out of context for the purpose of winning .
We are living in such a strange world.
” “ We had lots of fun , ” Abramović recently told The New York Times concerning that particular “ Spirit Cooking ” event .
“ There was no human blood , or baby serving , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times , “ when the conspiracy theories started popping up , Ms. Abramovic said , she thought it was ‘ just insane.
’ ” “ I am an artist , not a Satanist !
” she declared , but five decades of her artwork display all the trappings of a life obsessed with satanism .

May 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Microsoft has deleted a video ad that it had launched on Good Friday promoting a new virtual reality product featuring a controversial performance artist whose public work has for decades presented many of the hallmarks of satanism.
The tech giant took down the online commercial for its new Hololens 2 headsets after experiencing a huge backlash — over 24,000 “dislikes” versus fewer than 700 “likes” — due to its decision to partner with Marina Abramović, who has devoted her career to being an artist provocateur, frequently incorporating nudity, violence, and satanic symbols into her very public live art displays.
The video ad was removed from YouTube two days after Easter.
Reddit capture of Microsoft’s now-deleted Youtube ad.
Over the years Abramović has famously written billboard-sized messages in pig's blood, etched pentagrams into her stomach with razor blades, put devilish horns on her head, and hosted dinners meant to realistically imitate cannibalism.
Performance art “is a form of art where the medium is the body. In the case of Marina, she uses the body to make statements and sometimes be quite violent, and sometimes be provocative,” explained art critic Arthur Danto in a 2012 video about the installation of her artwork — featuring herself — at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art.
Now, at age 73, Abramović has entered into a new phase of her career, seeking to immortalize her work via Microsoft’s Hololens 2, a headset similar to virtual reality goggles but that allows users to view digital imagery while still viewing the actual space around them, so the subject appears to be occupying the same space as the viewers. Hololens 2 offers a different type of experience from traditional virtual reality systems, where the real world around the viewer is completely shut out.
This new technology has been dubbed “mixed reality.”
“I believe that art of the future is art without objects,” said Abramović in the now-deleted video ad. “This is just pure transmission of energy between the viewer and the artist.”
In 2013, Abramović, whose fame had previously been limited to avant-garde art circles, leapt into popular culture after Lady Gaga went on a three-day private retreat with her.
“Fourteen-year-olds who never heard of performance art are now interested in my work because of Lady Gaga,” said Abramović at the time. “That’s how I emerged into the mass culture.”
During the retreat, Abramović had Lady Gaga do a range of exercises, including having the singer strip naked, and then left her alone in the middle of the woods to find her own way back.
In a video of Lady Gaga practicing the “Abramović Method,” the singer is seen singing out a single note — a primal, mind-emptying mantra — in a variety of circumstances: Lying alone on a wooden floor; standing in the middle of a stream, with a horn affixed over both eyes; sitting back to back with Abramović in the stream; wandering naked through a field, blindfolded; hunched over in a forest, wearing nothing but boots; and finally posing nude with a giant crystal, and then lying down, her body covered with smaller crystals, her lifeless eyes looking upward, focused on nothing.
“She is a limitless human being,” said Lady Gaga of Abramović afterwards. “She is so boundless.”
Abramović found herself at the center of a media storm just before the November 2016 presidential election when her name showed up in emails released by WikiLeaks, hacked from the account of John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, and his art-collector brother, Tony.
One of the hacked emails was an invitation from Abramović to both Podesta brothers asking them to join her for “Spirit Cooking” at her residence in New York.
A 1997 “Spirit Cooking” performance recorded on video included the artist using pig’s blood to write “recipes” on walls. The only ingredients called for are bodily fluids: “Mix fresh breast milk with fresh sperm milk” and “fresh morning urine sprinkled over nightmare dreams” and “with a sharp knife cut deeply into the middle finger of your left hand and eat the pain.”
“The act of spirit cooking involves Abramović using pig’s blood as a way of connecting with the spiritual world, to cook up thoughts rather than food,” according to a 2016 report in the Guardian.
“We know that Marina Abramović is a satanist,” asserted Liz Crokin in another video, “Out of Shadows,” which coincidentally was also released on Good Friday and which at last count has racked up over 11 million views.
“Google Marina Abramović’s name and ‘Spirit Cooking’ and you will find hundreds of pictures of Marina Abramović’s events where they will have, for example, a cake that looks like a human being and they’ll depict human cannibalism,” continued Crokin.
“You will find A-list actors and famous politicians” at her events, voiced Crokin over a picture of John Podesta taking a sip of some of Abramović’s “Spirit Cooking.”
Abramović has been called the “grandmother of performance art.”
“My work is really more about spirituality and not anything else,” Abramović told ARTnews in 2016 after the Podesta emails were revealed. “I’ve been doing my work for so long, and this is a misunderstanding. It’s absolutely outrageous and ridiculous[.] … I mean, this world is really turning to hell. I am completely amazed, something is taken out of context for the purpose of winning. We are living in such a strange world.”
“We had lots of fun,” Abramović recently told The New York Times concerning that particular “Spirit Cooking” event. “There was no human blood, or baby serving, or sex orgies.”
According to the Times, “when the conspiracy theories started popping up, Ms. Abramovic said, she thought it was ‘just insane.’”
“I am an artist, not a Satanist!” she declared, but five decades of her artwork display all the trappings of a life obsessed with satanism.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-07--3 Russian doctors, one with virus, ‘fall out’ of hospital windows in 2 weeks: Live corona updates

LifeSite ’ s previous ( and future ) live updates on the coronavirus crisis and how it relates to issues our readers care about can be viewed HERE .
Three doctors “ have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks , ” CNN reports , and only one is still alive .
The physicians are Alexander Shulepov , an ambulance doctor in Voronezh and the only one to survive the fall ; Elena Nepomnyashchaya , acting head doctor of a hospital in Krasnoyarsk , Siberia ; and Natalya Lebedeva , head of the emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN notes is “ the main training base for Russia 's cosmonauts.
” Dr. Shulepov tested positive for the coronavirus and said in a now-retracted video that he was being forced to continue working anyway .
CNN noted that a Siberian TV station reported Dr. Nepomnyashchaya , who is now dead , “ allegedly fell out of a window during a meeting with regional health officials , during which they discussed turning the clinic into a coronavirus facility ” ( emphasis added ) .
May 6 , 2020 , 8:08 p.m. EST : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas , has called for “ immediate release ” of the salon owner jailed for keeping her business open .
Maryland Gov .
Larry Hogan , whose lockdown order bans Catholic priests from going within six feet of parishioners and thus makes it impossible to administer the sacraments , suggested that soon , the “ state may begin to relax some restrictions due to a decrease in coronavirus cases and prepare for reopening , ” FOX News reported ( emphasis added ) .
In a stinging rebuke of Catholic bishops in most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , has said no bishop has the right to ban public Masses .
It is one thing to take precautionary measures to minimise the risks of contagion , it ’ s another to ban the liturgy .
The Church is not a client of the state , and no bishop has the right to ban the Eucharist in this way .
Moreover , we have witnessed priests being punished by their bishops for celebrating mass for only a few persons , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But our supreme pastor is Jesus Christ , not Giuseppe Conte or any other head of state .
The state has its task , but the church has its own .
The White House coronavirus task force will begin winding down , Vice President Mike Pence said .
The Chinese Communist government , under worldwide scrutiny for its mishandling and apparent cover-up of the pandemic , called Hong Kong freedom protestors a “ virus ” that “ must be eliminated.
” Neil Ferguson is the British academic who created the infamous Imperial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , without an immediate lockdown , the coronavirus would cause 500,000 deaths and swamp the National Health Service .
Johnson ’ s government promptly abandoned its Sweden-like “ social distancing ” approach , and Ferguson ’ s model also influenced the U.S. to make lockdown moves with its shocking prediction of over two million Americans dead .
Johan Giesecke , the former chief scientist for the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention , has called Ferguson ’ s model “ the most influential scientific paper ” in memory .
He also says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the most wrong.
” With all of his influence , it ’ s not surprising British media are making a great deal about Ferguson being forced to resign from the government ’ s virus advisory board yesterday after revelations he had violated lockdown rules he had championed in order to conduct an affair with a married woman .
A May 4 report says Ferguson was bankrolled by “ Big Pharma , ” noting his connections to vaccine manufacturers .
• New York police union : Enforcing social distancing causing city to ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gates Foundation and NY Gov .
Cuomo joining forces to ‘ reimagine ’ a ‘ new normal ’ for education • Chicago churches to re-open regardless of ‘ unconstitutional restrictions , ’ willing to go to fed .
court May 6 , 2020 , 9:47 a.m. EST : A Dallas , Texas salon owner will spend a week in jail and be fined $ 7,000 for keeping her business open .
“ I couldn ’ t feed my family , and my stylists couldn ’ t feed their families , ” she explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shelley Luther , the salon owner , will go have the coronavirus .
Bishop Robert Baker of the Diocese of Birmingham , Alabama , has permitted his priests to begin offering outdoor Masses and Communion services in accordance with tight government regulations .
Baker previously encouraged his priests to distribute Holy Communion to the faithful on Holy Thursday , and then reversed after being criticized .
May 5 , 2020 , 4:26 p.m. EST : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended fining Canadians $ 5.8 million over alleged violations of so-called social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important that Canadians continue to behave as we have , largely , in social distancing and staying home in keeping ourselves ... safe from rapid spread of COVID-19 , ” said Trudeau .
The pastors of Romanian-American churches in Chicago sent a letter to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker advising him that “ beginning on May 10 , 2020 , our congregations will resume in-person church gatherings , and we will no longer adhere to the 10-person limit or the other unconstitutional restrictions comprised within your orders.
” You “ unlawfully required that our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , irrespective of any social distancing and health precautions that we are willing and able to implement , while allowing many other non-religious businesses and organization to remain open , ” they wrote .
The pastors outlined a long list of health precautions their congregations will be taking when they re-open on May 10 .
“ We respectfully ask you to reverse the orders that discriminate against our churches and trample on our constitutional freedoms , ” they concluded .
“ In the meantime , and until you reverse course , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your unconstitutional orders in federal court ” ( emphasis in original ) .
Liberty Counsel represents the six pastors , who lead Romanian Baptist , Romanian Pentecostal , and Romanian Church of God churches .
May 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Coronavirus numbers are rising in Russia and the United Kingdom , the Associated Press reported .
A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans doubt official coronavirus death counts , with Republicans “ lead [ ing ] the pack among those who instead think the deaths are being over-reported.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ around half of independents and one in four Republicans say they think virus-related deaths are being undercounted.
” France apparently had a coronavirus patient on December 27 , 2019 .
The Guardian reports , “ A French hospital that retested old samples from pneumonia patients has discovered that it treated a man with the coronavirus as early as 27 December , nearly a month before the French government confirmed its first cases.
” At The Federalist , Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins has written an article on how “ this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Economic considerations are often replacing the goal of life-affirming care.
” Hawkins has two children with cystic fibrosis .
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Three doctors “have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks,” CNN reports, and only one is still alive. The physicians are Alexander Shulepov, an ambulance doctor in Voronezh and the only one to survive the fall; Elena Nepomnyashchaya, acting head doctor of a hospital in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia; and Natalya Lebedeva, head of the emergency medical service at Star City, which CNN notes is “the main training base for Russia's cosmonauts.”
Dr. Shulepov tested positive for the coronavirus and said in a now-retracted video that he was being forced to continue working anyway.
CNN noted that a Siberian TV station reported Dr. Nepomnyashchaya, who is now dead, “allegedly fell out of a window during a meeting with regional health officials, during which they discussed turning the clinic into a coronavirus facility” (emphasis added).
May 6, 2020, 8:08 p.m. EST: Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, has called for “immediate release” of the salon owner jailed for keeping her business open.
Paxton said:
“I find it outrageous and out of touch that during this national pandemic, a judge, in a county that actually released hardened criminals for fear of contracting COVID-19, would jail a mother for operating her hair salon in an attempt to put food on her family’s table. The trial judge did not need to lock up Shelley Luther. His order is a shameful abuse of judicial discretion, which seems like another political stunt in Dallas. He should release Ms. Luther immediately.”
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, whose lockdown order bans Catholic priests from going within six feet of parishioners and thus makes it impossible to administer the sacraments, suggested that soon, the “state may begin to relax some restrictions due to a decrease in coronavirus cases and prepare for reopening,” FOX News reported (emphasis added).
In a stinging rebuke of Catholic bishops in most of the world, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has said no bishop has the right to ban public Masses.
He said:
It is one thing to take precautionary measures to minimise the risks of contagion, it’s another to ban the liturgy. The Church is not a client of the state, and no bishop has the right to ban the Eucharist in this way. Moreover, we have witnessed priests being punished by their bishops for celebrating mass for only a few persons, this means they conceive themselves as state officials. But our supreme pastor is Jesus Christ, not Giuseppe Conte or any other head of state. The state has its task, but the church has its own.
The White House coronavirus task force will begin winding down, Vice President Mike Pence said.
The Chinese Communist government, under worldwide scrutiny for its mishandling and apparent cover-up of the pandemic, called Hong Kong freedom protestors a “virus” that “must be eliminated.”
Breitbart reports:
The UK scientist whose doomsday predictions triggered a massive lockdown on both sides of the Atlantic has resigned his government advisory position, amid claims he broke the strict lockdown rules he pushed to meet his married lover.
National Review explained:
Neil Ferguson is the British academic who created the infamous Imperial College model that warned Boris Johnson that, without an immediate lockdown, the coronavirus would cause 500,000 deaths and swamp the National Health Service. Johnson’s government promptly abandoned its Sweden-like “social distancing” approach, and Ferguson’s model also influenced the U.S. to make lockdown moves with its shocking prediction of over two million Americans dead. Johan Giesecke, the former chief scientist for the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has called Ferguson’s model “the most influential scientific paper” in memory. He also says it was, sadly, “one of the most wrong.” With all of his influence, it’s not surprising British media are making a great deal about Ferguson being forced to resign from the government’s virus advisory board yesterday after revelations he had violated lockdown rules he had championed in order to conduct an affair with a married woman.
A May 4 report says Ferguson was bankrolled by “Big Pharma,” noting his connections to vaccine manufacturers.
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May 6, 2020, 9:47 a.m. EST: A Dallas, Texas salon owner will spend a week in jail and be fined $7,000 for keeping her business open.
“I couldn’t feed my family, and my stylists couldn’t feed their families,” she explained. 248 inmates at the jail where Shelley Luther, the salon owner, will go have the coronavirus.
Bishop Robert Baker of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, has permitted his priests to begin offering outdoor Masses and Communion services in accordance with tight government regulations. Baker previously encouraged his priests to distribute Holy Communion to the faithful on Holy Thursday, and then reversed after being criticized.
May 5, 2020, 4:26 p.m. EST: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended fining Canadians $5.8 million over alleged violations of so-called social distancing.
“It’s extremely important that Canadians continue to behave as we have, largely, in social distancing and staying home in keeping ourselves… safe from rapid spread of COVID-19,” said Trudeau.
The pastors of Romanian-American churches in Chicago sent a letter to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker advising him that “beginning on May 10, 2020, our congregations will resume in-person church gatherings, and we will no longer adhere to the 10-person limit or the other unconstitutional restrictions comprised within your orders.”
You “unlawfully required that our churches shut their doors to our congregants, irrespective of any social distancing and health precautions that we are willing and able to implement, while allowing many other non-religious businesses and organization to remain open,” they wrote. The pastors outlined a long list of health precautions their congregations will be taking when they re-open on May 10.
“We respectfully ask you to reverse the orders that discriminate against our churches and trample on our constitutional freedoms,” they concluded. “In the meantime, and until you reverse course, we have authorized our legal counsel to immediately challenge your unconstitutional orders in federal court” (emphasis in original). Liberty Counsel represents the six pastors, who lead Romanian Baptist, Romanian Pentecostal, and Romanian Church of God churches.
May 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Coronavirus numbers are rising in Russia and the United Kingdom, the Associated Press reported.
A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans doubt official coronavirus death counts, with Republicans “lead[ing] the pack among those who instead think the deaths are being over-reported.”
“A majority of Democrats, around half of independents and one in four Republicans say they think virus-related deaths are being undercounted.”
France apparently had a coronavirus patient on December 27, 2019. The Guardian reports, “A French hospital that retested old samples from pneumonia patients has discovered that it treated a man with the coronavirus as early as 27 December, nearly a month before the French government confirmed its first cases.”
At The Federalist, Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins has written an article on how “this crisis has uncovered problems with rationing policies: Economic considerations are often replacing the goal of life-affirming care.” Hawkins has two children with cystic fibrosis.
“It started out as a social distancing enforcement.” – NYC Police Commissioner Dermot Shea I honestly can't believe the things I'm seeing happen in America.pic.twitter.com/0mFquAm4Iz — Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) May 4, 2020
After a news conference decrying house parties and telling people to stay home, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot crossed the street to tell youth outside a school to go home. One young man responded: “Y’all need to find a cure, you’re talking about go home. You go home.” pic.twitter.com/uZHhNbcS0U — Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) May 2, 2020
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