newswars--2020-09-01--Why the State Seeks to Abolish Both Tradition and History

In the opening monologue of the much-beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof , Tevye the milkman compares life for the Jewish inhabitants of the village Anatevka to the balancing act required of a fiddler scratching out a tune on a rooftop .
According to Tevya ’ s famous allegory , the people of Anatevka are able to keep their balance thanks to their traditions .
Yet as the story progresses , we see that even with tradition in place , keeping that balance is no easy task—especially when faced with rapid and unprecedented change .
Over the past century , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its fade from our collective consciousness .
It ’ s no longer viewed as a useful tool to help keep one ’ s balance on the roof of life , but rather is seen as a roadblock that must be removed from the path to progress .
Thanks to a highly rationalist strain of Enlightenment thought beginning with thinkers such as Hobbes and Descartes , who held that all knowledge should be discovered by conscious reasoning , and culminating with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the French Revolution , the importance of tradition has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the antitraditionalist creed quite nicely when he declared that “ we have it in our power to begin the world over again.
” Guided by the power of reason , and liberated from the chains of the past , these Enlightenment rationalists promised progress and increased human happiness .
Yet , discarding tradition has not led us to the realm of happiness , as promised by the prophets of progress .
Between 1999 and 2014 , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports , the suicide rate in the US increased 24 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the highest suicide rate in fifty years .
Such tragic numbers are the exact opposite of what progressives , radical feminists , and neoconservatives , all the latter-day children of the Enlightenment rationalists , led us to believe would happen if only we cast off the binds of backwards tradition and were made free to pursue our individual self-actualization .
By its very nature , tradition is extremely difficult to fully erase in practice , but there is no doubt that its decline has coincided with a decline in the conceptual understanding of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ progress.
” It is no coincidence that the weakening of the mediating institutions of civil society , the transformation of the family , an acceptance of divorce and promiscuity , all have come about during a period in which tradition and custom have come to be viewed as useless chains from the past .
Understanding the role of tradition in human life may help to explain why its decline has led to so much human alienation and suffering .
Before we truly may evaluate tradition , we must first rightly define it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with backwardness or an inability to embrace change .
This view is rooted in the heavy societal influence of French Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau , who held that society and its institutions perverted man ’ s natural goodness .
Only through liberation from these institutions could man ’ s innate goodness be emancipated .
Yet a proper understanding of tradition is quite different .
Tradition , rightly understood , isn ’ t an effort to freeze the world in place .
Indeed , Edmund Burke , the eighteenth-century British statesman and political thinker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even said that “ a state without the means of some change , is without the means of its own conservation.
” Similarly , Oxford philologist and traditionalist author J.R.R .
Tolkien attacked this static view of the world in Lord of the Rings in the form of his character Denethor .
When asked in the midst of a crisis what he wants , Denethor replies , “ I would have things as they were in all the days of my life…as in the days of my longfathers before me….But if doom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have naught : neither life diminished , nor love halved , nor honour abated.
” In the end , Denethor burns himself alive rather than accepting change—hardly a ringing endorsement of the static mentality so often ascribed to tradition .
Professor Claes Ryn at the Catholic University of America continues the Burkean tradition , warning of the danger posed by stagnant , unchanging tradition that turns into “ a kind of fetish , which has little relevance to a world that will not conform and will not stand still.
” Rather , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be the mere imitation or repetition of old patterns .
It must be a fresh , vital force in the present.
” So if tradition is not merely a blind clinging to the past in an attempt to stop the future , what is it ?
A respect for tradition , properly understood , is simply an acknowledgment of the fact , as explained by conservative author Russell Kirk , “ that modern people are dwarves on the shoulders of giants , able to see farther than their ancestors only because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preceded us in time.
” In other words , tradition recognizes that knowledge and wisdom are accumulated through time , and not—in contrast to popular belief—able to be purely rationally derived and developed by one person or generation in time .
Society itself , in all its complexity , is the result of this historical process , not the result of a single generation constructing itself on a blank slate .
The best way to think about tradition is to view it like capital accumulation in economics .
The contemporary world enjoys unprecedented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our ancestors chose to accumulate capital—or goods used to produce other goods .
As the capital stock has grown , so too has the productive capacity of our economy .
Similarly , knowledge and wisdom are accumulated through countless centuries of trial and error .
Rejecting the wisdom of the past is just as foolish as each new generation seeking to start industrial society over again from scratch .
This analogy is not original , but comes straight from Burke himself , who wrote that “ we are afraid to put men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own private stock of reason ; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small , and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.
” Friedrich Hayek argued that there are two views about the nature of society .
There are the rationalist constructivists , who contend “ that all the useful human institutions were , and ought to be , deliberate creations of conscious reason.
” To them , tradition is irrelevant , since man is capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experience and wisdom .
Every generation , then , is capable of formulating and acting on all knowledge independently .
In contrast , there are those nonconstructivist rationalists , whom Hayek identifies as “ more modest and less ambitious.
” This school , in the words of Professor Paul Cliteur at Leiden University , “ assumes that , in all our thinking , we are guided by rules of which we are not aware , and that , therefore , our conscious reason can always take account of only some of the circumstances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power of human understanding is limited , it is impossible for us to account for all of the relevant knowledge when making a decision .
However , Hayek points out that we are not left to wallow completely in ignorance .
Rather , our ancestors have passed down abstract rules and guides that “ embody the experience of many more trials and errors than any individual mind could acquire.
” Hayek , drawing upon Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume , speaks of the benefit derived from a social order in which members obey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significance.
” This is in contrast to one in which such rules that represent the accumulated experience of the past are discarded in favor of seeking to base conduct on the information only immediately available to a single person or even a group .
It is quite easy to see that—for at least the past century—the rationalist constructivists , or the New Jacobins , as Claes Ryn calls them ( after the original Jacobins in the French Revolution , who attempted to replace traditional institutions with their rationally planned society ) , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if it is considered at all , is often viewed as anachronistic and unenlightened , as something to be forgotten or even purged .
But the negative consequences of this Jacobin mentality range from the merely inconvenient to the disastrous .
As Tevye wisely said in Fiddler on the Roof , tradition is a tool that helps people maintain their balance in life .
By trying to rely solely on a constructivist form of reason , individuals have abandoned and weakened many traditional institutions , such as family , religion , and community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stable and happy life .
In his work The Quest for Community , sociologist Robert Nisbet chronicled the decline of community and the resulting alienation and decay of the social fabric .
He directly attributes this loss to the rationalist constructivist perspective .
In Nisbet ’ s words , “ the modern release of the individual from traditional ties of class , religion , and kinship has made him free ; but on the testimony of innumerable works in our age , this freedom is accompanied not by the sense of creative release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alienation.
” The facts validate this claim .
A Heritage Foundation report that compiled data from dozens of studies correlated religious practice with numerous positive outcomes .
Religious practitioners experienced greater marital and familial stability , a lower risk of suicide , less likelihood of committing crimes , and longer life expectancy .
Similarly , as Professor Lauren Hall at the Rochester Institute of Technology documents in her book Family and the Politics of Moderation , the family unit plays an important balancing role in society .
It does this by restraining and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by integrating the individual into a community .
According to Hall , “ a family consisting of a monogamous couple and two or more children ” is best able to carry out the social functions of the family that promote both the well-being of the individual and the broader community .
However , the Pew Research Center shockingly reports that “ if current trends continue , 25 percent of young adults in the most recent cohort ( ages 25 to 34 in 2010 ) will have never married by 2030 .
That would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” On a larger scale , a respect for tradition and the limits of human reason precludes attempts at “ wiping the slate clean ” and building the perfect planned society from scratch .
One need only look at the horrifying results of Nazi Germany , the Soviet Union , and Mao ’ s Great Leap Forward to see what can happen when tradition and humble rationalism are abandoned .
Even if some libertarians are skeptical of the benefits of tradition on a personal level , they should be greatly concerned with its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutions that provide existential meaning are undermined , such as the family , atomized individuals often turn to the state and totalizing political movements for meaning .
Similarly , the extermination of tradition is necessary for the triumph of totalitarian regimes .
As Michael Federici of Middle Tennessee State University has argued concerning George Orwell ’ s 1984 , “ Oceania is a society governed by a totalitarian authority that aims to create complete obedience to the state .
To accomplish this objective , it is necessary to destroy historical consciousness and old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oceania has lost memory of historical life.
” Winston Smith is able to recognize and resist the tyrannical regime , because he still maintains a shred of historical memory , and with that connection is able to see through the lies and propaganda .
“ He remembers a time when life was different , when social life was not controlled by the state.
” Today our society is wracked by germinal totalitarians eager to destroy history .
Ostensibly this is in the name of justice , but this destruction and historical desecration are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power for themselves .
America is supposedly infected on the genetic level with unforgivable sins of racism and oppression and those seeking to destroy history conveniently have the solution : hand over power to them to facilitate our collective reeducation and penance .
By failing to recognize the important role that tradition serves by preserving historical consciousness we aid and abet the rise of the forces currently seeking the complete overthrow of our society and the complete annihilation of our traditional rights and liberties .
Again , tradition is not mere stasis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us is not fixed for all times and all places .
Like all of society , it adapts and changes over time .
According to Ryn , “ tradition has to come alive in the here and now through the creativity of individuals who recognize both humanity ’ s dependence on the best of the past and the needs and opportunities offered by changed circumstances.
” Our task going forward is to both revitalize the decaying and forgotten stock of reason that has been passed down to us , and to forge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by no means a perfect tool , and understanding and adapting it is no easy task , but properly understood , it is the best tool we have to face and weather the constantly changing circumstances of life and to preserve our hard-won liberties .

In the opening monologue of the much-beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye the milkman compares life for the Jewish inhabitants of the village Anatevka to the balancing act required of a fiddler scratching out a tune on a rooftop.
According to Tevya’s famous allegory, the people of Anatevka are able to keep their balance thanks to their traditions. Yet as the story progresses, we see that even with tradition in place, keeping that balance is no easy task—especially when faced with rapid and unprecedented change.
Over the past century, tradition’s imperfections have led to its fade from our collective consciousness. It’s no longer viewed as a useful tool to help keep one’s balance on the roof of life, but rather is seen as a roadblock that must be removed from the path to progress. Thanks to a highly rationalist strain of Enlightenment thought beginning with thinkers such as Hobbes and Descartes, who held that all knowledge should be discovered by conscious reasoning, and culminating with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the French Revolution, the importance of tradition has been greatly undermined. Thomas Paine summed up the antitraditionalist creed quite nicely when he declared that “we have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Guided by the power of reason, and liberated from the chains of the past, these Enlightenment rationalists promised progress and increased human happiness.
Yet, discarding tradition has not led us to the realm of happiness, as promised by the prophets of progress. Between 1999 and 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, the suicide rate in the US increased 24 percent. In 2017 the US saw the highest suicide rate in fifty years. Such tragic numbers are the exact opposite of what progressives, radical feminists, and neoconservatives, all the latter-day children of the Enlightenment rationalists, led us to believe would happen if only we cast off the binds of backwards tradition and were made free to pursue our individual self-actualization. By its very nature, tradition is extremely difficult to fully erase in practice, but there is no doubt that its decline has coincided with a decline in the conceptual understanding of tradition in favor of a belief in “progress.” It is no coincidence that the weakening of the mediating institutions of civil society, the transformation of the family, an acceptance of divorce and promiscuity, all have come about during a period in which tradition and custom have come to be viewed as useless chains from the past. Understanding the role of tradition in human life may help to explain why its decline has led to so much human alienation and suffering.
Before we truly may evaluate tradition, we must first rightly define it. To many, tradition is synonymous with backwardness or an inability to embrace change. This view is rooted in the heavy societal influence of French Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who held that society and its institutions perverted man’s natural goodness. Only through liberation from these institutions could man’s innate goodness be emancipated. Yet a proper understanding of tradition is quite different.
Tradition, rightly understood, isn’t an effort to freeze the world in place. Indeed, Edmund Burke, the eighteenth-century British statesman and political thinker widely considered the father of Anglo conservatism, even said that “a state without the means of some change, is without the means of its own conservation.” Similarly, Oxford philologist and traditionalist author J.R.R. Tolkien attacked this static view of the world in Lord of the Rings in the form of his character Denethor. When asked in the midst of a crisis what he wants, Denethor replies, “I would have things as they were in all the days of my life…as in the days of my longfathers before me….But if doom denies this to me, then I will have naught: neither life diminished, nor love halved, nor honour abated.” In the end, Denethor burns himself alive rather than accepting change—hardly a ringing endorsement of the static mentality so often ascribed to tradition. Professor Claes Ryn at the Catholic University of America continues the Burkean tradition, warning of the danger posed by stagnant, unchanging tradition that turns into “a kind of fetish, which has little relevance to a world that will not conform and will not stand still.” Rather, Ryn says, continuing tradition “cannot be the mere imitation or repetition of old patterns. It must be a fresh, vital force in the present.”
So if tradition is not merely a blind clinging to the past in an attempt to stop the future, what is it? A respect for tradition, properly understood, is simply an acknowledgment of the fact, as explained by conservative author Russell Kirk, “that modern people are dwarves on the shoulders of giants, able to see farther than their ancestors only because of the great stature of those who have preceded us in time.” In other words, tradition recognizes that knowledge and wisdom are accumulated through time, and not—in contrast to popular belief—able to be purely rationally derived and developed by one person or generation in time. Society itself, in all its complexity, is the result of this historical process, not the result of a single generation constructing itself on a blank slate.
The best way to think about tradition is to view it like capital accumulation in economics. The contemporary world enjoys unprecedented wealth, because, in the past, our ancestors chose to accumulate capital—or goods used to produce other goods. As the capital stock has grown, so too has the productive capacity of our economy.
Similarly, knowledge and wisdom are accumulated through countless centuries of trial and error. Rejecting the wisdom of the past is just as foolish as each new generation seeking to start industrial society over again from scratch. This analogy is not original, but comes straight from Burke himself, who wrote that “we are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.”
Friedrich Hayek argued that there are two views about the nature of society. There are the rationalist constructivists, who contend “that all the useful human institutions were, and ought to be, deliberate creations of conscious reason.” To them, tradition is irrelevant, since man is capable of structuring all of life without past experience and wisdom. Every generation, then, is capable of formulating and acting on all knowledge independently. In contrast, there are those nonconstructivist rationalists, whom Hayek identifies as “more modest and less ambitious.” This school, in the words of Professor Paul Cliteur at Leiden University, “assumes that, in all our thinking, we are guided by rules of which we are not aware, and that, therefore, our conscious reason can always take account of only some of the circumstances which determine our actions.” Because the power of human understanding is limited, it is impossible for us to account for all of the relevant knowledge when making a decision.
However, Hayek points out that we are not left to wallow completely in ignorance. Rather, our ancestors have passed down abstract rules and guides that “embody the experience of many more trials and errors than any individual mind could acquire.” Hayek, drawing upon Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, speaks of the benefit derived from a social order in which members obey abstract rules “even without understanding their significance.” This is in contrast to one in which such rules that represent the accumulated experience of the past are discarded in favor of seeking to base conduct on the information only immediately available to a single person or even a group.
It is quite easy to see that—for at least the past century—the rationalist constructivists, or the New Jacobins, as Claes Ryn calls them (after the original Jacobins in the French Revolution, who attempted to replace traditional institutions with their rationally planned society), have been culturally ascendant. The past, if it is considered at all, is often viewed as anachronistic and unenlightened, as something to be forgotten or even purged. But the negative consequences of this Jacobin mentality range from the merely inconvenient to the disastrous.
As Tevye wisely said in Fiddler on the Roof, tradition is a tool that helps people maintain their balance in life. By trying to rely solely on a constructivist form of reason, individuals have abandoned and weakened many traditional institutions, such as family, religion, and community that are an important ingredient to a stable and happy life. In his work The Quest for Community, sociologist Robert Nisbet chronicled the decline of community and the resulting alienation and decay of the social fabric. He directly attributes this loss to the rationalist constructivist perspective. In Nisbet’s words, “the modern release of the individual from traditional ties of class, religion, and kinship has made him free; but on the testimony of innumerable works in our age, this freedom is accompanied not by the sense of creative release but by the sense of disenchantment and alienation.”
The facts validate this claim. A Heritage Foundation report that compiled data from dozens of studies correlated religious practice with numerous positive outcomes. Religious practitioners experienced greater marital and familial stability, a lower risk of suicide, less likelihood of committing crimes, and longer life expectancy. Similarly, as Professor Lauren Hall at the Rochester Institute of Technology documents in her book Family and the Politics of Moderation, the family unit plays an important balancing role in society. It does this by restraining and moderating extreme collectivism and individualism, and by integrating the individual into a community. According to Hall, “a family consisting of a monogamous couple and two or more children” is best able to carry out the social functions of the family that promote both the well-being of the individual and the broader community. However, the Pew Research Center shockingly reports that “if current trends continue, 25 percent of young adults in the most recent cohort (ages 25 to 34 in 2010) will have never married by 2030. That would be the highest share in modern history.”
On a larger scale, a respect for tradition and the limits of human reason precludes attempts at “wiping the slate clean” and building the perfect planned society from scratch. One need only look at the horrifying results of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Mao’s Great Leap Forward to see what can happen when tradition and humble rationalism are abandoned.
Even if some libertarians are skeptical of the benefits of tradition on a personal level, they should be greatly concerned with its consequences on a societal level. When institutions that provide existential meaning are undermined, such as the family, atomized individuals often turn to the state and totalizing political movements for meaning. Similarly, the extermination of tradition is necessary for the triumph of totalitarian regimes. As Michael Federici of Middle Tennessee State University has argued concerning George Orwell’s 1984, “Oceania is a society governed by a totalitarian authority that aims to create complete obedience to the state. To accomplish this objective, it is necessary to destroy historical consciousness and old ways of life. Most everyone in Oceania has lost memory of historical life.” Winston Smith is able to recognize and resist the tyrannical regime, because he still maintains a shred of historical memory, and with that connection is able to see through the lies and propaganda. “He remembers a time when life was different, when social life was not controlled by the state.”
Today our society is wracked by germinal totalitarians eager to destroy history. Ostensibly this is in the name of justice, but this destruction and historical desecration are little more than a tactic for securing power for themselves. America is supposedly infected on the genetic level with unforgivable sins of racism and oppression and those seeking to destroy history conveniently have the solution: hand over power to them to facilitate our collective reeducation and penance. By failing to recognize the important role that tradition serves by preserving historical consciousness we aid and abet the rise of the forces currently seeking the complete overthrow of our society and the complete annihilation of our traditional rights and liberties.
Again, tradition is not mere stasis. The wisdom and knowledge it hands down to us is not fixed for all times and all places. Like all of society, it adapts and changes over time. According to Ryn, “tradition has to come alive in the here and now through the creativity of individuals who recognize both humanity’s dependence on the best of the past and the needs and opportunities offered by changed circumstances.”
Our task going forward is to both revitalize the decaying and forgotten stock of reason that has been passed down to us, and to forge ahead into the future. Tradition is by no means a perfect tool, and understanding and adapting it is no easy task, but properly understood, it is the best tool we have to face and weather the constantly changing circumstances of life and to preserve our hard-won liberties.


newswars--2020-09-01--Turkey, Greece Feud Over Resource Exploration in Contested Mediterranean Waters

Ankara said it is ready to engage in dialogue with Athens , which is fuming over Turkey ’ s natural resource exploration mission in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea , contested by the two NATO allies .
Speaking during a news conference on Tuesday , Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara has always been ready for negotiations and blamed Athens for the lack of any meaningful talks between the two countries .
“ If you are open to solving our existing issues through dialogue , we have always been open [ to it ] , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our calls have not been heeded… we took the necessary steps in the field and at the table.
” The already cold relations between the two old rivals – and NATO allies – have rapidly deteriorated over the course of the past few weeks after Ankara began maritime exploration of oil and gas in the contested eastern Mediterranean .
Turkey ’ s claims have been bolstered by an agreement it reached with Libya ’ s UN-backed government last year , yet the maritime deal has been rejected by Greece and other nations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its Oruc Reis survey vessel , which is currently in the disputed waters between Crete and Cyprus .
The extension of the mission caused an angry reaction in Athens , which earlier in the day condemned Ankara ’ s activities .
Greece accused Turkey of not willing to engage in dialogue as well , urging it to “ desist from its daily rants ” and “ work for security and stability ” in the region instead .
“ Turkey continues to faithfully fulfill the role of troublemaker and destabilizing factor in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ministry said , threatening Turkey with far-reaching consequences .
“ [ Turkey ] continues to mire itself in the impasses of its own choices and to undermine security and stability in the region , compelling the international community to take measures.
” Indeed , apart from angering Greece , Turkey ’ s exploration mission has definitely ruffled some feathers on the international stage .
Another NATO ally , France , has expressed its support for Greece and even dispatched a military flotilla to the region to reinforce its statement .
On Monday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Heiko Maas , French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned Turkey ’ s actions as “ completely unacceptable , ” and called on the EU to produce a strong coordinated response to them .
“ The EU is ready for dialogue .
If strong condemnation and sanctions are necessary , the EU would use them… The EU mobilized all diplomatic efforts to prepare for a constructive dialogue with Ankara .
Germany and France have agreement on this issue , ” Le Drian warned .
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Ankara said it is ready to engage in dialogue with Athens, which is fuming over Turkey’s natural resource exploration mission in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, contested by the two NATO allies.
Speaking during a news conference on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara has always been ready for negotiations and blamed Athens for the lack of any meaningful talks between the two countries.
“If you are open to solving our existing issues through dialogue, we have always been open [to it],” Cavusoglu stated. “Unfortunately, because our calls have not been heeded… we took the necessary steps in the field and at the table.”
The already cold relations between the two old rivals – and NATO allies – have rapidly deteriorated over the course of the past few weeks after Ankara began maritime exploration of oil and gas in the contested eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s claims have been bolstered by an agreement it reached with Libya’s UN-backed government last year, yet the maritime deal has been rejected by Greece and other nations.
On Monday, Ankara prolonged the mission of its Oruc Reis survey vessel, which is currently in the disputed waters between Crete and Cyprus.
The extension of the mission caused an angry reaction in Athens, which earlier in the day condemned Ankara’s activities. Greece accused Turkey of not willing to engage in dialogue as well, urging it to “desist from its daily rants” and “work for security and stability” in the region instead.
“Turkey continues to faithfully fulfill the role of troublemaker and destabilizing factor in the region,” Greece’s Foreign Ministry said, threatening Turkey with far-reaching consequences.
“[Turkey] continues to mire itself in the impasses of its own choices and to undermine security and stability in the region, compelling the international community to take measures.”
Indeed, apart from angering Greece, Turkey’s exploration mission has definitely ruffled some feathers on the international stage. Another NATO ally, France, has expressed its support for Greece and even dispatched a military flotilla to the region to reinforce its statement.
On Monday, following a meeting with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned Turkey’s actions as “completely unacceptable,” and called on the EU to produce a strong coordinated response to them.
“The EU is ready for dialogue. If strong condemnation and sanctions are necessary, the EU would use them… The EU mobilized all diplomatic efforts to prepare for a constructive dialogue with Ankara. Germany and France have agreement on this issue,” Le Drian warned.
Facebook is censoring official CDC data that reveals COVID-19 is not nearly as deadly as first projected by the W.H.O. and Dr. Fauci.


newswars--2020-09-01--Macron Threatens Lebanon With Sanctions Unless Beirut Brings About ‘Real Change’ in Three Months

Paris will slap Lebanese elites with sanctions and could even withhold crucial financial aid if Beirut fails to implement reforms , the French president has warned .
The upcoming months would be “ fundamental ” for what he described as “ real change , ” Macron told Politico as he was heading to Beirut for a second visit in a month .
Should he be not satisfied with the reforms made within the set period of time , punitive measures will follow , he added .
The list of such measures ranges from personal sanctions against members of the Lebanese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial bailout – vital for a country gripped by a prolonged economic and political crisis , and struggling with the aftermath of the recent major explosion in the capital .
During Macron ’ s previous visit in early August in the wake of the devastating blast which killed almost 200 people , the French president called for a new , interim government , as well as for an audit of the nation ’ s central bank and parliamentary elections within a year .
Now , he says he wants “ credible commitments ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will stick to the plan – including a timetable for holding the legislative vote within “ six to 12 months.
” The horrific blast aggravated existing problems and provoked violent anti-government demonstrations , forcing Prime Minister Hassan Diab to dissolve the cabinet in early August .
A new government has however been slow to emerge , prompting President Macron to intrude on the affairs of the former French protectorate .
Macron stated he is not known for being soft and is not going to back down in Lebanon but is still wary of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full force and locking horns with Hezbollah .
The French president meanwhile blamed Lebanese protesters for the failure to produce a leader powerful enough to bring the country ’ s political elites under control .
“ A name works if the street knows how to produce a leader who leads the revolution , and breaks the system .
It didn ’ t work , at least not today , maybe tomorrow or after tomorrow it will , ” he said , commenting on public discontent over the choice of a new prime minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new head of the government just hours before Macron ’ s arrival in Beirut .
However , his candidacy apparently did not sit well with at least some members of the public and Macron was at some point met by a crowd chanting “ Adib won ’ t do !
” and “ We want Nawaf Salam !
” Salam – a judge with the International Court of Justice – lacks support among the political elites of Lebanon and would hardly be able to fulfil his role as a head of government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was not him , who chose Adib and it was not his job “ to interfere or approve.
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and Dr. Fauci .

Paris will slap Lebanese elites with sanctions and could even withhold crucial financial aid if Beirut fails to implement reforms, the French president has warned.
The upcoming months would be “fundamental” for what he described as “real change,” Macron told Politico as he was heading to Beirut for a second visit in a month. Should he be not satisfied with the reforms made within the set period of time, punitive measures will follow, he added.
The list of such measures ranges from personal sanctions against members of the Lebanese political elite, to blocking an international financial bailout – vital for a country gripped by a prolonged economic and political crisis, and struggling with the aftermath of the recent major explosion in the capital.
During Macron’s previous visit in early August in the wake of the devastating blast which killed almost 200 people, the French president called for a new, interim government, as well as for an audit of the nation’s central bank and parliamentary elections within a year. Now, he says he wants “credible commitments” from the Lebanese political parties that they will stick to the plan – including a timetable for holding the legislative vote within “six to 12 months.”
The horrific blast aggravated existing problems and provoked violent anti-government demonstrations, forcing Prime Minister Hassan Diab to dissolve the cabinet in early August. A new government has however been slow to emerge, prompting President Macron to intrude on the affairs of the former French protectorate.
Macron stated he is not known for being soft and is not going to back down in Lebanon but is still wary of using what he calls France’s full force and locking horns with Hezbollah. The French president meanwhile blamed Lebanese protesters for the failure to produce a leader powerful enough to bring the country’s political elites under control.
“A name works if the street knows how to produce a leader who leads the revolution, and breaks the system. It didn’t work, at least not today, maybe tomorrow or after tomorrow it will,” he said, commenting on public discontent over the choice of a new prime minister.
Diplomat Mustapha Adib was agreed as the new head of the government just hours before Macron’s arrival in Beirut. However, his candidacy apparently did not sit well with at least some members of the public and Macron was at some point met by a crowd chanting “Adib won’t do!” and “We want Nawaf Salam!”
Salam – a judge with the International Court of Justice – lacks support among the political elites of Lebanon and would hardly be able to fulfil his role as a head of government, Macron said while also explaining that it was not him, who chose Adib and it was not his job “to interfere or approve.”
Facebook is censoring official CDC data that reveals COVID-19 is not nearly as deadly as first projected by the W.H.O. and Dr. Fauci.


newswars--2020-09-01--It’s Time for a Geopolitical Reset

It’s Time for a Geopolitical Reset

Foreign policy seems to have been placed on the back burner in the Trump era .
Domestic issues , generic outrage politics , and the present covid-19 pandemic have sucked the oxygen out of American political discourse .
The fact that the media opts to cover more sensationalist material does not make foreign policy a trivial matter .
If anything , the lack of foreign policy coverage reveals the dilapidated state of contemporary political debate .
When the Fourth Estate does bother to broach foreign policy it does so for the most hysterical reasons .
The ongoing Russian hysteria is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infantile coverage of foreign policy .
Although the Cold War has been over for decades , pundits on both the left and right remain convinced that Russia—a country of nearly 145 million and with an economic output smaller than Canada ’ s—is hell-bent on reenacting its past Cold War aspirations .
Iran has always been on neoconservatives ’ minds as well .
Suffering from the trauma of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis , neoconservatives and their establishment liberal counterparts have spent decades slapping on sanctions and trying to push for regime change in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neoconservative bloodthirst was partially quenched after the US government assassinated Major General Qasem Soleimani at the Baghdad Airport .
In a surprising display of restraint , the Trump administration has not escalated any further in Iran and potentially thrust America into another disastrous intervention .
Had Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush been at the helm , God knows where the US would find itself .
The global crusading has been cranked up to another level by provoking the Chinese government in the South China Sea and prodding into China ’ s internal affairs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Xinjiang region to its steps to consolidate power over Hong Kong , China ’ s internal affairs have been subject to scrutiny from the West .
Reasonable people can recognize that China , despite making some pragmatic reforms in the 1980s , is still a repressive regime .
But does this merit a potential escalation in the South China Sea or worse yet , a full-blown kinetic conflict ?
Based on the fact that both China and the US are nuclear powers , cooler heads will likely prevail .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of risking a catastrophic conflict shows that politicians ’ thirst for war and regime change destabilization has not gone away .
Such delusions are the province of an empire in an inebriated state that prevents it from making rational judgments .
Why American Foreign Policy Is Due for a Correction Frankly , it ’ s time to start talking about a geopolitical reset .
A reorientation of American foreign policy priorities is long overdue .
There are approximately two hundred thousand American troops in close to eight hundred bases in seventy countries stationed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor David Vine , it costs taxpayers $ 85–100 billion per year to operate overseas military bases .
Meanwhile , the decades-long war on terror has cost Americans $ 5.9 trillion and has led to the deaths of 6,951 American troops and at least 244,000–266,000 civilians in the Middle East .
As of 2020 , US defense spending stands at more than $ 732 billion—a figure higher than the next ten countries ’ military budgets put together .
Thanks to the US ’ s location and vast nuclear arsenal , it is relatively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fearmongering coming from the interventionist crowd .
It ’ s becoming clear that the missionary model of exporting democracy abroad is a failure .
Nonetheless , foreign policy hawks have remained adamant about pursuing regime change in Iran through stiff sanctions , saber rattling , and drawing first blood .
We shouldn ’ t forget that US government meddling in the region goes deep .
This all started when the CIA and British intelligence launched a successful coup against the populist leader Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 , resulting in the installation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shah ’ s deposition in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 , the US has seen Iran as one of its primary foes .
Increased sanctions starting in the 1980s , combined with additional sanctions imposed in each decade , have only increased tensions .
Not to mention the heightened military presence that encircles the country , which has compelled Iran to get crafty in its opposition to US foreign policy .
Iran has responded to US regime change attempts not only by filling in the power vacuum that the US left behind after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expanding its operations in Latin America through the establishment of clandestine networks in the region .
Though none of the networks pose existential threats to the US , they show the lengths Iran will go to counter US encroachments in its backyard .
It is the height of imperial hubris to think that countries will just stand down and let the US steamroll them .
Additionally , increased US hawkishness toward Iran has created the conditions for it to forge alliances with Russia and China—two countries that have also been hit with sanctions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past decade .
These ties have only strengthened amid the current covid-19 pandemic .
Undoubtedly , Iran won ’ t go down easily and will seek alliances with countries such as China and Russia , who share similar grievances with the zealous nature of American foreign policy .
It ’ s a New World out There The world ’ s emerging multipolarity allows for countries to band together against a common antagonistic hegemon like the US .
As the unipolar era of yore becomes a distant memory , the US can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without repercussions .
Regime change operations in Syria demonstrated that countries such as Iran and Russia are willing to step in to defend their interests regardless of what DC foreign policy wonks think .
Similarly , subtle machinations in Venezuela have seen countries like China , Iran , Russia , and Turkey respond by propping up the regime of the embattled strongman Nicolás Maduro .
Any of the US ’ s attempts to try to topple governments it doesn ’ t like will be met with significant pushback .
Regime change fanatics in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it ’ s part of the global realignment unfolding before our eyes .
It is amazing what governments can get away with when they have a printing press at their disposal .
We are not getting rid of central banking any time soon , but the US ’ s deluded foreign policy ambitions can still be restrained .
At the end of the day , it ’ s a matter of political will .
Policymakers should actually consider the costs of their foreign policy adventures before sending young people off to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taxpayers—present and future—on the hook for such excursions .
A geopolitical reset that involves scaling back US interventions and its military presence abroad will foster pragmatic foreign policy decisions and the prioritization of actual defense policies .
Whether or not American foreign policy leaders will abandon their imperial hubris is another matter .

Foreign policy seems to have been placed on the back burner in the Trump era. Domestic issues, generic outrage politics, and the present covid-19 pandemic have sucked the oxygen out of American political discourse.
The fact that the media opts to cover more sensationalist material does not make foreign policy a trivial matter. If anything, the lack of foreign policy coverage reveals the dilapidated state of contemporary political debate. When the Fourth Estate does bother to broach foreign policy it does so for the most hysterical reasons.
The ongoing Russian hysteria is the embodiment of the media’s infantile coverage of foreign policy. Although the Cold War has been over for decades, pundits on both the left and right remain convinced that Russia—a country of nearly 145 million and with an economic output smaller than Canada’s—is hell-bent on reenacting its past Cold War aspirations.
Iran has always been on neoconservatives’ minds as well. Suffering from the trauma of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, neoconservatives and their establishment liberal counterparts have spent decades slapping on sanctions and trying to push for regime change in Iran. Earlier this year, the neoconservative bloodthirst was partially quenched after the US government assassinated Major General Qasem Soleimani at the Baghdad Airport. In a surprising display of restraint, the Trump administration has not escalated any further in Iran and potentially thrust America into another disastrous intervention. Had Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush been at the helm, God knows where the US would find itself.
The global crusading has been cranked up to another level by provoking the Chinese government in the South China Sea and prodding into China’s internal affairs. From its repression of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region to its steps to consolidate power over Hong Kong, China’s internal affairs have been subject to scrutiny from the West. Reasonable people can recognize that China, despite making some pragmatic reforms in the 1980s, is still a repressive regime. But does this merit a potential escalation in the South China Sea or worse yet, a full-blown kinetic conflict?
Based on the fact that both China and the US are nuclear powers, cooler heads will likely prevail. But the fact that policymakers are entertaining the idea of risking a catastrophic conflict shows that politicians’ thirst for war and regime change destabilization has not gone away. Such delusions are the province of an empire in an inebriated state that prevents it from making rational judgments.
Why American Foreign Policy Is Due for a Correction
Frankly, it’s time to start talking about a geopolitical reset. A reorientation of American foreign policy priorities is long overdue. There are approximately two hundred thousand American troops in close to eight hundred bases in seventy countries stationed abroad.
According to American University anthropology professor David Vine, it costs taxpayers $85–100 billion per year to operate overseas military bases. Meanwhile, the decades-long war on terror has cost Americans $5.9 trillion and has led to the deaths of 6,951 American troops and at least 244,000–266,000 civilians in the Middle East. As of 2020, US defense spending stands at more than $732 billion—a figure higher than the next ten countries’ military budgets put together.
The Unipolar Moment Is Dead
Thanks to the US’s location and vast nuclear arsenal, it is relatively safe from external threats despite all the fearmongering coming from the interventionist crowd. It’s becoming clear that the missionary model of exporting democracy abroad is a failure.
Nonetheless, foreign policy hawks have remained adamant about pursuing regime change in Iran through stiff sanctions, saber rattling, and drawing first blood. We shouldn’t forget that US government meddling in the region goes deep. This all started when the CIA and British intelligence launched a successful coup against the populist leader Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, resulting in the installation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Following the shah’s deposition in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the US has seen Iran as one of its primary foes. Increased sanctions starting in the 1980s, combined with additional sanctions imposed in each decade, have only increased tensions. Not to mention the heightened military presence that encircles the country, which has compelled Iran to get crafty in its opposition to US foreign policy. Iran has responded to US regime change attempts not only by filling in the power vacuum that the US left behind after completely decimating Iraq, but also by expanding its operations in Latin America through the establishment of clandestine networks in the region. Though none of the networks pose existential threats to the US, they show the lengths Iran will go to counter US encroachments in its backyard. It is the height of imperial hubris to think that countries will just stand down and let the US steamroll them.
Additionally, increased US hawkishness toward Iran has created the conditions for it to forge alliances with Russia and China—two countries that have also been hit with sanctions and subject to US bullying in the past decade. These ties have only strengthened amid the current covid-19 pandemic. Undoubtedly, Iran won’t go down easily and will seek alliances with countries such as China and Russia, who share similar grievances with the zealous nature of American foreign policy.
It’s a New World out There
The world’s emerging multipolarity allows for countries to band together against a common antagonistic hegemon like the US. As the unipolar era of yore becomes a distant memory, the US can’t go throwing its weight around the world without repercussions. Regime change operations in Syria demonstrated that countries such as Iran and Russia are willing to step in to defend their interests regardless of what DC foreign policy wonks think.
Similarly, subtle machinations in Venezuela have seen countries like China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey respond by propping up the regime of the embattled strongman Nicolás Maduro. Any of the US’s attempts to try to topple governments it doesn’t like will be met with significant pushback. Regime change fanatics in DC can deny this all they want, but it’s part of the global realignment unfolding before our eyes.
It is amazing what governments can get away with when they have a printing press at their disposal. We are not getting rid of central banking any time soon, but the US’s deluded foreign policy ambitions can still be restrained. At the end of the day, it’s a matter of political will.
Policymakers should actually consider the costs of their foreign policy adventures before sending young people off to die in some ill-fated campaign and putting taxpayers—present and future—on the hook for such excursions.
A geopolitical reset that involves scaling back US interventions and its military presence abroad will foster pragmatic foreign policy decisions and the prioritization of actual defense policies. Whether or not American foreign policy leaders will abandon their imperial hubris is another matter.


newswars--2020-09-01--Study: Life Can Evolve, Thrive Within Stars

The hypothetical lifeforms in question may , in theory , develop intelligence and even find a way to explore the cosmos , one of the study authors suggested .
While scientists continue to ponder whether life exists on distant planets , a new research makes a surprising suggestion about where some lifeforms may thrive , Science Alert reports .
According to the media outlet , physicists Luis Anchordoqui and Eugene Chudnovsky of The City University of New York postulate that certain species can potentially evolve and replicate within stars themselves .
“ Information stored in the RNA ( or DNA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Chudnovsky said .
“ Its emergence must have been preceded by the massive formation of random RNA sequences until a sequence was formed capable of self-replication .
We believe that a similar process would occur with necklaces in a star , leading to a stationary process of self-replication.
” The researchers argue that one-dimensional linear objects known as cosmic strings and elementary particles with only one magnetic pole known as monopoles may combine to form stable “ one- , two- , and even three-dimensional structures ” , as the media outlet puts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being potentially capable of carrying information and replicating , “ feeding off the fusion energy generated by the star ” .
“ Compared to the lifetime of a star , its lifetime is an instantaneous spark of light in the dark .
What is important is that such a spark manages to produce more sparks before it fades away , thus providing a long lifespan of the species , ” the scientists state .
“ The complexity evolving through mutations and natural selection increases with the number of generations passed .
Consequently , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as short as lifetimes of many unstable composite nuclear objects are , they can quickly evolve toward enormous complexity.
” Chudnovsky also suggested that these hypothetical lifeforms might also develop intelligence , adding that “ since they would be evolving very fast , they could find a way to explore the cosmos beyond their star ” , and that “ maybe we should look for their presence in space.
” “ It is a fascinating thought that the Universe may be packed with intelligent life that is so different from ours that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he remarked .
NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership .

The hypothetical lifeforms in question may, in theory, develop intelligence and even find a way to explore the cosmos, one of the study authors suggested.
While scientists continue to ponder whether life exists on distant planets, a new research makes a surprising suggestion about where some lifeforms may thrive, Science Alert reports.
According to the media outlet, physicists Luis Anchordoqui and Eugene Chudnovsky of The City University of New York postulate that certain species can potentially evolve and replicate within stars themselves.
“Information stored in the RNA (or DNA) encodes the mechanism of self-replication,” Chudnovsky said. “Its emergence must have been preceded by the massive formation of random RNA sequences until a sequence was formed capable of self-replication. We believe that a similar process would occur with necklaces in a star, leading to a stationary process of self-replication.”
The researchers argue that one-dimensional linear objects known as cosmic strings and elementary particles with only one magnetic pole known as monopoles may combine to form stable “one-, two-, and even three-dimensional structures”, as the media outlet puts it, with their more complex varieties being potentially capable of carrying information and replicating, “feeding off the fusion energy generated by the star”.
“Compared to the lifetime of a star, its lifetime is an instantaneous spark of light in the dark. What is important is that such a spark manages to produce more sparks before it fades away, thus providing a long lifespan of the species,” the scientists state. “The complexity evolving through mutations and natural selection increases with the number of generations passed. Consequently, if lifetimes of self-replicating nuclear species are as short as lifetimes of many unstable composite nuclear objects are, they can quickly evolve toward enormous complexity.”
Chudnovsky also suggested that these hypothetical lifeforms might also develop intelligence, adding that “since they would be evolving very fast, they could find a way to explore the cosmos beyond their star”, and that “maybe we should look for their presence in space.”
“It is a fascinating thought that the Universe may be packed with intelligent life that is so different from ours that we failed to recognize its existence,” he remarked.
NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership.


newswars--2020-09-01--Russian Fighter Intercepts German Air Force Plane Over Baltic Sea

Earlier in the day , Russian MiG-31 plane was scrambled to intercept a Norwegian military plane over the Barents sea @ @ @ @ @ .
Russia ’ s Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted a German Air Force plane over @ @ @ @ @ national defense control center said .
The flight of the Russian fighter took place in @ @ @ @ @ for the use of airspace , it added .
This has been the second foreign @ @ @ @ @ close to the Russian borders .
Earlier , the national defense control center reported that @ @ @ @ @ scrambled to intercept a Norwegian military aircraft over the Barents sea .
NYC is now @ @ @ @ @ .

Earlier in the day, Russian MiG-31 plane was scrambled to intercept a Norwegian military plane over the Barents sea close to the Russian border.
Russia’s Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted a German Air Force plane over the Baltic Sea, the national defense control center said.
The flight of the Russian fighter took place in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace, it added.
This has been the second foreign aircraft intercepted on 1 September close to the Russian borders.
Earlier, the national defense control center reported that a MiG-31 supersonic plane was scrambled to intercept a Norwegian military aircraft over the Barents sea.
NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership.


newswars--2020-09-01--Trump Chides Media For Misreporting Murder of Aaron Danielson

President Donald Trump accused the media of misreporting the murder of Aaron J. Danielson in Portland and failing completely to highlight how Antifa leftists celebrated his killing .
Trump made the comments before boarding Air Force One on the way to visit Kenosha , Georgia , which saw massive Black Lives Matter riots last week .
Danielson was targeted and gunned down in cold blood on Saturday by a suspect who is still at large and proclaimed on his Instagram page that he was “ 100 % Antifa.
” Videos that emerged in the aftermath of the murder showed BLM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Danielson ’ s death and celebrating how they had taken out the “ trash.
” Trump brought up last night ’ s unrest in Portland , during which leftists targeted the home of Mayor Ted Wheeler .
“ When I watched that scene last night with all of those really horrible people outside of the White House , I also saw the way they shot the young gentleman in the street , ” said Trump .
“ He was targeted , they targeted him , they shot him in the street , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died , you don ’ t mention that , you mention somebody sprayed paint at somebody from the other side , ” he added .
“ They shot a man in the street , they executed a man in the street , a religious man in the street and you don ’ t mention it , it ’ s not even a story , ” said Trump .
The President then told the media they should be “ ashamed of themselves ” and accused them of fueling the unrest across America , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press is really fueling this and they ’ re fueling it horribly and you ’ re doing a great disservice to your country , ” Trump concluded .
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President Donald Trump accused the media of misreporting the murder of Aaron J. Danielson in Portland and failing completely to highlight how Antifa leftists celebrated his killing.
Trump made the comments before boarding Air Force One on the way to visit Kenosha, Georgia, which saw massive Black Lives Matter riots last week.
Danielson was targeted and gunned down in cold blood on Saturday by a suspect who is still at large and proclaimed on his Instagram page that he was “100% Antifa.”
Videos that emerged in the aftermath of the murder showed BLM and Antifa supporters cheering upon learning of Danielson’s death and celebrating how they had taken out the “trash.”
Trump brought up last night’s unrest in Portland, during which leftists targeted the home of Mayor Ted Wheeler.
🔥🔥🔥🔥Yes! Trump hits hard at the FAKE NEWS for ignoring the MAGA assassination in Portland! “You are doing a disservice to your country” pic.twitter.com/duLqgdCVjk — the conservador (@theconservador) September 1, 2020
“When I watched that scene last night with all of those really horrible people outside of the White House, I also saw the way they shot the young gentleman in the street,” said Trump.
“He was targeted, they targeted him, they shot him in the street, and then they were so happy that he died, you don’t mention that, you mention somebody sprayed paint at somebody from the other side,” he added.
“They shot a man in the street, they executed a man in the street, a religious man in the street and you don’t mention it, it’s not even a story,” said Trump.
The President then told the media they should be “ashamed of themselves” and accused them of fueling the unrest across America, “more so than Biden.
“The press is really fueling this and they’re fueling it horribly and you’re doing a great disservice to your country,” Trump concluded.
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newswars--2020-09-01--Joe Rogan Exclusive: Spotify Is Not Censoring Me

Alex Jones , lays out the truth behind the internet claiming Joe Rogan is being censored by Spotify .

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newswars--2020-09-01--Venezuela Turns to Gold Mining to Escape Economic Ruin

Is gold money ?
Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro sure seems to think so .
Having exhausted all other options and having run out of space on its paper currency to print more zeros , Venezuela has grasped on to the idea that gold mining is likely going to be its answer to get itself out of economic ruin .
As a result , the country is now pushing into some protected areas of the Amazon to expand its gold mining .
In fact , the amount of land used for mining has “ more than tripled ” since March of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In April of this year , more new lots for mining were authorized , foreshadowing further geographic expansion into the back half of 2021 .
The broke Venezuela government is be trying to formalize and coalesce around a gold industry that has been mostly illegal and is best known for destroying natural resources throughout the country .
In a move that will send the blood pressure of ESG advocates around the world soaring , authorities are now supplying equipment and offering help in hopes that new gold will be sold to the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country ’ s number of mines has declined , it is due to operations merging with one another .
The scope of mining is now about 116,655 hectares , up from 33,926 hectares a year ago .
State gold purchases have grown by 15x to 9.7 tons from 2016 to 2018 .
Venezuela remains crippled by U.S. sanctions and reduced oil output , which has made gold an easy resource for President Nicolas Maduro to focus on .
Maduro has already sold reserves to allies like Iran while fighting to have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be repatriated .
By mining new gold , he is now looking to “ tap surging prices of the metal ” , according to Bloomberg .
Mining is now starting to infringe upon national parks and protected areas .
Tina Oliveira , Amazon director of Wataniba , said : “ Mining areas in the Venezuelan Amazon have grown chaotically , even in areas surrounding towns and cities.
” Mining Minister Gilberto Pinto , said : “ Our policies are focused on the use of new technology as to reduce irreversible environmental modification .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ very strict.
” Opposition lawmaker Olivia Lozano said : “ The regime handed out lots of mining areas to its allies , who mine gold and split it with the government , then ship it abroad.
” The mining region of Piar is being sent machinery and office trailers by the government to help with the efforts .
Materials are then being processed at the “ Manuel Piar complex in Ciudad Guayana , run by state-owned Corporacion Venezolana de Mineria , and guarded by intelligence police and the military.
” It sure is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ pet rock ” … NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership .

Is gold money? Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro sure seems to think so.
Having exhausted all other options and having run out of space on its paper currency to print more zeros, Venezuela has grasped on to the idea that gold mining is likely going to be its answer to get itself out of economic ruin.
As a result, the country is now pushing into some protected areas of the Amazon to expand its gold mining. In fact, the amount of land used for mining has “more than tripled” since March of last year, according to Bloomberg.
In April of this year, more new lots for mining were authorized, foreshadowing further geographic expansion into the back half of 2021.
The broke Venezuela government is be trying to formalize and coalesce around a gold industry that has been mostly illegal and is best known for destroying natural resources throughout the country.
In a move that will send the blood pressure of ESG advocates around the world soaring, authorities are now supplying equipment and offering help in hopes that new gold will be sold to the government no matter the environmental consequences.
While the country’s number of mines has declined, it is due to operations merging with one another. The scope of mining is now about 116,655 hectares, up from 33,926 hectares a year ago. State gold purchases have grown by 15x to 9.7 tons from 2016 to 2018.
Venezuela remains crippled by U.S. sanctions and reduced oil output, which has made gold an easy resource for President Nicolas Maduro to focus on. Maduro has already sold reserves to allies like Iran while fighting to have the country’s bullion held abroad to be repatriated. By mining new gold, he is now looking to “tap surging prices of the metal”, according to Bloomberg.
Mining is now starting to infringe upon national parks and protected areas.
Tina Oliveira, Amazon director of Wataniba, said: “Mining areas in the Venezuelan Amazon have grown chaotically, even in areas surrounding towns and cities.”
Mining Minister Gilberto Pinto, said: “Our policies are focused on the use of new technology as to reduce irreversible environmental modification. Remediation clauses in our joint-venture contracts are very strict.”
Opposition lawmaker Olivia Lozano said: “The regime handed out lots of mining areas to its allies, who mine gold and split it with the government, then ship it abroad.”
The mining region of Piar is being sent machinery and office trailers by the government to help with the efforts. Materials are then being processed at the “Manuel Piar complex in Ciudad Guayana, run by state-owned Corporacion Venezolana de Mineria, and guarded by intelligence police and the military.”
It sure is a lot of fuss, all for a “pet rock”…
NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership.


newswars--2020-09-01--Target Employee Fired for Pouring Bleach into Starbucks “Blue Lives Matter” Drink

An employee at a Target in Indiana has been fired after filming a TikTok video in which he poured bleach into a drink meant for a cop .
In the TikTok video filmed in a Starbucks inside an Indianapolis Target , the employee brags about concocting the toxic “ Blue Lives Matter ” drink , though it ’ s unclear if it ’ s actually served to anyone .
“ Hi guys , I updated my recipe for the Blue Lives Matter drinks , ” the barista says , as the song , “ All I want for Christmas is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the background .
“ First we ’ re gon na start with bleach , ” the barista says , pouring more than a half cup “ All the way to the third line.
” “ Then we ’ re gon na add ice because , you know , cops love ice.
” In a separate pitcher he adds “ more bleach , ” and “ a little blood of innocent black men , ” he says , pouring an unidentified red ingredient into the mixture and finishing off the drink with a blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ d fired the employee , who was evidently worked for Target and not Starbucks .
Target also denounced the employee ’ s actions in a statement , “ This video is appalling and unacceptable , ” said a Target spokesperson .
“ We don ’ t tolerate this behavior at Target , want all guests to be treated with respect and are terminating the team member who is responsible.
” “ We also have rigorous food safety procedures in place , which this team member egregiously violated with this behavior .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ disturbing video , which TikTok has removed based on the platform ’ s guidelines.
” The added the employee had not used actual bleach , and the drink was likely not served .
“ We don ’ t believe this was served to a guest , ” the Target spokesperson said .
“ After talking to the team member involved , we don ’ t believe actual bleach was used , only milk and water .
”

An employee at a Target in Indiana has been fired after filming a TikTok video in which he poured bleach into a drink meant for a cop.
In the TikTok video filmed in a Starbucks inside an Indianapolis Target, the employee brags about concocting the toxic “Blue Lives Matter” drink, though it’s unclear if it’s actually served to anyone.
“Hi guys, I updated my recipe for the Blue Lives Matter drinks,” the barista says, as the song, “All I want for Christmas is more dead cops,” plays in the background.
@Starbucks Is this acceptable to be poisoning people or even joking about poisoning people? Please take appropriate action and fire this gentleman! pic.twitter.com/spyzKVfsYW — Stacy Kitts (@Skitts01) August 31, 2020
“First we’re gonna start with bleach,” the barista says, pouring more than a half cup “All the way to the third line.”
“Then we’re gonna add ice because, you know, cops love ice.”
In a separate pitcher he adds “more bleach,” and “a little blood of innocent black men,” he says, pouring an unidentified red ingredient into the mixture and finishing off the drink with a blue powder.
On Monday, Target announced they’d fired the employee, who was evidently worked for Target and not Starbucks.
Target also denounced the employee’s actions in a statement,
“This video is appalling and unacceptable,” said a Target spokesperson. “We don’t tolerate this behavior at Target, want all guests to be treated with respect and are terminating the team member who is responsible.”
“We also have rigorous food safety procedures in place, which this team member egregiously violated with this behavior. We’re deeply sorry for this disturbing video, which TikTok has removed based on the platform’s guidelines.”
The added the employee had not used actual bleach, and the drink was likely not served.
“We don’t believe this was served to a guest,” the Target spokesperson said. “After talking to the team member involved, we don’t believe actual bleach was used, only milk and water.”
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newswars--2020-09-01--New National Poll: Trump Surges to 28% Support Amongst Black Americans

The results of a new national poll reveal that a stunning 28 per cent of black Americans plan on voting for President Donald Trump .
The Atlas Intel poll finds that Biden leads Trump nationally by just three points .
But the real story lies in the percentage of Hispanic and black voters who told the pollsters that they will vote for Trump .
According to the survey , 28 per cent of African-Americans say they plan to vote for Trump , a stunning figure .
29 per cent of black Americans also approve of the job Donald Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump attracted 8 per cent of the black vote while Hillary Clinton captured 89 per cent .
Joe Biden is down to 66 per cent of the black vote , according to the poll .
Amongst Hispanics , Trump is up 13 points on the 2016 ( 41 % ) , while Biden is down 10 per cent ( 56 % ) .
The reason behind the surge in black support for Trump could be the fact that the Black Lives Matter movement seems to be backfiring after 3 straight months of violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier , a separate poll found that Trump ’ s support amongst African-Americans has doubled since 2016 , although the results of the Atlas Intel poll blows even that figure out of the water .
Activist Candace Owens , who has led the ‘ Blexit ’ campaign to convince black Americans to get off the Democratic reservation , appears to have achieved a stunning success .
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The results of a new national poll reveal that a stunning 28 per cent of black Americans plan on voting for President Donald Trump.
The Atlas Intel poll finds that Biden leads Trump nationally by just three points.
But the real story lies in the percentage of Hispanic and black voters who told the pollsters that they will vote for Trump.
According to the survey, 28 per cent of African-Americans say they plan to vote for Trump, a stunning figure.
Among Black Voters:
Biden 66% (-23 vs 2016 results)
Trump 28% (+20) Among Hispanic Voters:
Biden 56% (-10)
Trump 41% (+13) https://t.co/4JdE2Sp3GY — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) September 1, 2020
29 per cent of black Americans also approve of the job Donald Trump is doing.
This compares to 2016 when Trump attracted 8 per cent of the black vote while Hillary Clinton captured 89 per cent. Joe Biden is down to 66 per cent of the black vote, according to the poll.
Amongst Hispanics, Trump is up 13 points on the 2016 (41%), while Biden is down 10 per cent (56%).
The reason behind the surge in black support for Trump could be the fact that the Black Lives Matter movement seems to be backfiring after 3 straight months of violent riots and unrest.
As we highlighted earlier, a separate poll found that Trump’s support amongst African-Americans has doubled since 2016, although the results of the Atlas Intel poll blows even that figure out of the water.
Activist Candace Owens, who has led the ‘Blexit’ campaign to convince black Americans to get off the Democratic reservation, appears to have achieved a stunning success.
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newswars--2020-09-01--“Dark Art Operatives” Trying to Steal Election From Trump, Nigel Farage Warns

“ Dark art operatives ” working for Democrats want to steal the 2020 presidential election by abusing mail-in ballots , Nigel Farage warned .
Farage ’ s warning comes as a pro-Biden firm stated frankly that President Trump would win in a landslide on election night , only to “ lose ” later on as millions of mail-in ballots are “ counted.
” “ On the day , he ’ ll win the vote .
My worry , and you just touched on it , is this early mail-in voting , ” Farage said .
“ I ’ ve seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , abused wholesale in the United Kingdom to the advantage of the left.
” “ The worst scenario of all is on the morning of the fourth of November , Trump looks like the winner , and then over the course of the next ten days , all these mail-in votes are counted and the result gets reversed.
” The Brexit architect called the prospect of mail-in voting “ a dark cloud on the horizon ” because its easier for “ dark art operatives in the Democrats ” to fraudulently add in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right to raise a flag and to say this is not how elections should be conducted because they ’ re open to abuse , ” he added .
To illustrate , last month it was reported that a dead cat had received a voter registration form in the mail .
Additionally , a citizen journalist reported that Democrats were harvesting mail-in ballots from nursing homes in Texas by fraudulently submitting ballot applications in bulk .
The journalist said that at least 32 applications supposedly from elderly voters were all submitted with the exact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using the same pre-printed envelope with the same-style stamp .
Farage ’ s warning isn ’ t all that surprising considering that Joe Biden can ’ t count on voter enthusiasm to win the election : Now Facebook is willing to censor official data from a government agency !

“Dark art operatives” working for Democrats want to steal the 2020 presidential election by abusing mail-in ballots, Nigel Farage warned.
Farage’s warning comes as a pro-Biden firm stated frankly that President Trump would win in a landslide on election night, only to “lose” later on as millions of mail-in ballots are “counted.”
“On the day, he’ll win the vote. My worry, and you just touched on it, is this early mail-in voting,” Farage said.
“I’ve seen postal voting, the British equivalent of this, abused wholesale in the United Kingdom to the advantage of the left.”
.@Nigel_Farage: President @realDonaldTrump‘s base is still very highly motivated. I think he will win in November, but the early mail-in voting is potentially a dark cloud on the horizon pic.twitter.com/uW3kSEUIjq — The National Pulse 🚨 (@TheNatPulse) August 21, 2020
“The worst scenario of all is on the morning of the fourth of November, Trump looks like the winner, and then over the course of the next ten days, all these mail-in votes are counted and the result gets reversed.”
The Brexit architect called the prospect of mail-in voting “a dark cloud on the horizon” because its easier for “dark art operatives in the Democrats” to fraudulently add in fake ballots.
“Trump is quite right to raise a flag and to say this is not how elections should be conducted because they’re open to abuse,” he added.
To illustrate, last month it was reported that a dead cat had received a voter registration form in the mail.
Additionally, a citizen journalist reported that Democrats were harvesting mail-in ballots from nursing homes in Texas by fraudulently submitting ballot applications in bulk.
The journalist said that at least 32 applications supposedly from elderly voters were all submitted with the exact same handwriting, and were all submitted using the same pre-printed envelope with the same-style stamp.
Farage’s warning isn’t all that surprising considering that Joe Biden can’t count on voter enthusiasm to win the election:
Here are the people who showed up for Biden’s big speech in Pittsburgh today pic.twitter.com/Oegbts8avA — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 31, 2020
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newswars--2020-09-01--Mainstream Now Bearish on Dollar

Mainstream Now Bearish on Dollar

Peter Schiff has been warning about a dollar collapse for years .
Now we ’ re starting to see some mainstream bearishness on the greenback .
The dollar hit a more than 2-year low on Monday and closed out August with its fourth straight monthly loss .
It was the worst August in five years for the dollar and the longest run of monthly losses since the summer of 2017 .
The dollar is down about 11 % from its 2020 peak .
In response to the economic shutdowns imposed by governments to deal with the coronavirus pandemic , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and beyond .
On top of that , it has shifted its inflation targeting to allow inflation to run hot meaning there is no end in sight to the currency debasement .
The announced change in inflation targeting last week pushed the dollar still lower .
A Commerzbank analyst told Reuters this is “ not good news for the dollar.
” “ If one expects the domestic purchasing power of the dollar to be eroded more quickly ( as that is what inflation is ) it is difficult to assume that it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market in the long run.
” During his speech at the Money Show last month , Peter Schiff said the government is trying to replace the economy with a money printing press and he warned that a dollar crisis is looming .
“ The dollar is going to fall through the floor and inflation is going to ravish the United States .
What ’ s about to happen is that the world is going to go off the dollar standard and go back to the gold standard .
That is where we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of warning from the mainstream , but we are beginning to see some significant bearish sentiment about the dollar ’ s future .
Ulf Lindahl serves as chief investment officer of currency manager A.G. Bisset .
He told Reuters he believes the dollar will plunge 36 % against the euro in the next year .
He said recent dollar weakness “ is the beginning of a very large move ” that could hurt the droves of investors exposed to it through their holdings in US stocks and bonds .
Meanwhile , hedge fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highest level in a decade , according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission .
And a recent Bank of America Global Research survey found that 36 % of fund managers said shorting the dollar was their top currency trade for the second half of 2020 .
According to Reuters , “ most bearish investors expect the dollar to depreciate on the back of stronger economic growth prospects outside the United States , rock-bottom US interest rates , and concerns that programs to allay the coronavirus pandemic ’ s economic fallout are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will change anytime soon .
With the Fed ’ s pivot to “ average inflation ” targeting , interest rates will almost certainly stay at zero for years .
Meanwhile , the US government continues to borrow and spend at a torrid pace .
Other big mainstream players are also bearish on the dollar .
Goldman Sachs says an improving global economy and negative real interest rates in the US are a “ sustained recipe for dollar weakness.
” TD Securities said the Federal Reserve ’ s revamped policy approach to inflation will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dollar is about 10 % overvalued even in its weakened state .
There is even some speculation that the dollar ’ s status as a reserve currency could be in jeopardy .
Goldman Sachs warned about this possibility last month and Wells Fargo said the big gold bull run reveals a “ lack of trust ” in the monetary system .
Michael Gayed , portfolio manager at Toroso Investments/ATAC Rotation Fund told Reuters , “ There ’ s a lot of speculation these days that the dollar will crash and lose its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On a podcast last month , Peter Schiff noted that the US dollar has lost better than 99 % of its original value since the founding of the country , mostly thanks to the Federal Reserve .
The price of gold in dollars was relatively stable before the central bank came along .
“ It ’ s been collapsing more recently , particularly ever since we went off the gold standard in 1971 , and I think it ’ s about to collapse completely in the coming years , if we even have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I mean , who knows at this point ?
I think we literally are living on borrowed time .
This is a game of musical chairs and the music could stop at any minute .
And if you are not in a chair , meaning out of US dollars , then you are out of this game for good.
” NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership .

Peter Schiff has been warning about a dollar collapse for years. Now we’re starting to see some mainstream bearishness on the greenback.
The dollar hit a more than 2-year low on Monday and closed out August with its fourth straight monthly loss. It was the worst August in five years for the dollar and the longest run of monthly losses since the summer of 2017. The dollar is down about 11% from its 2020 peak.
In response to the economic shutdowns imposed by governments to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve is printing money to infinity and beyond. On top of that, it has shifted its inflation targeting to allow inflation to run hot meaning there is no end in sight to the currency debasement. The announced change in inflation targeting last week pushed the dollar still lower.
A Commerzbank analyst told Reuters this is “not good news for the dollar.”
“If one expects the domestic purchasing power of the dollar to be eroded more quickly (as that is what inflation is) it is difficult to assume that it will maintain its purchasing power on the FX market in the long run.”
During his speech at the Money Show last month, Peter Schiff said the government is trying to replace the economy with a money printing press and he warned that a dollar crisis is looming.
“The dollar is going to fall through the floor and inflation is going to ravish the United States. What’s about to happen is that the world is going to go off the dollar standard and go back to the gold standard. That is where we are headed.”
You seldom hear that kind of warning from the mainstream, but we are beginning to see some significant bearish sentiment about the dollar’s future.
Ulf Lindahl serves as chief investment officer of currency manager A.G. Bisset. He told Reuters he believes the dollar will plunge 36% against the euro in the next year. He said recent dollar weakness “is the beginning of a very large move” that could hurt the droves of investors exposed to it through their holdings in US stocks and bonds.
Meanwhile, hedge fund bets against the greenback are at the highest level in a decade, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. And a recent Bank of America Global Research survey found that 36% of fund managers said shorting the dollar was their top currency trade for the second half of 2020.
According to Reuters, “most bearish investors expect the dollar to depreciate on the back of stronger economic growth prospects outside the United States, rock-bottom US interest rates, and concerns that programs to allay the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout are inflating fiscal deficits.”
None of this will change anytime soon. With the Fed’s pivot to “average inflation” targeting, interest rates will almost certainly stay at zero for years. Meanwhile, the US government continues to borrow and spend at a torrid pace.
Other big mainstream players are also bearish on the dollar. Goldman Sachs says an improving global economy and negative real interest rates in the US are a “sustained recipe for dollar weakness.” TD Securities said the Federal Reserve’s revamped policy approach to inflation will keep the dollar under pressure and estimated the dollar is about 10% overvalued even in its weakened state.
There is even some speculation that the dollar’s status as a reserve currency could be in jeopardy. Goldman Sachs warned about this possibility last month and Wells Fargo said the big gold bull run reveals a “lack of trust” in the monetary system. Michael Gayed, portfolio manager at Toroso Investments/ATAC Rotation Fund told Reuters, “There’s a lot of speculation these days that the dollar will crash and lose its prominence as the global reserve currency.”
On a podcast last month, Peter Schiff noted that the US dollar has lost better than 99% of its original value since the founding of the country, mostly thanks to the Federal Reserve. The price of gold in dollars was relatively stable before the central bank came along.
“It’s been collapsing more recently, particularly ever since we went off the gold standard in 1971, and I think it’s about to collapse completely in the coming years, if we even have years. It may even be months. I mean, who knows at this point? I think we literally are living on borrowed time. This is a game of musical chairs and the music could stop at any minute. And if you are not in a chair, meaning out of US dollars, then you are out of this game for good.”
NYC is now falling apart under poor leadership.


newswars--2020-09-01--NYT Report Claims 90% of COVID-Positive Americans Not Contagious

A NYT investigation based on data from three states concluded 90 % of COVID-positive people don ’ t carry a large enough viral load to be considered contagious .
“ In three sets of testing data that include cycle thresholds , compiled by officials in Massachusetts , New York and Nevada , up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus , ” the Times reported on Saturday .
Essentially , while millions of Americans are living in a “ lockdown ” society full of social distancing , mask mandates and plastic barriers , the majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of spreading it in the first place .
If the data from the three states were applied nationwide , it would mean only 4,500 Americans are capable of spreading COVID-19 to others .
As of now , the most commonly used test in the U.S. is a PCR , which only confirms the virus ’ genetic material and doesn ’ t report the amount .
The Times explained , “ ‘ Tests with thresholds so high may detect not just live virus but also genetic fragments , leftovers from infection that pose no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hair in a room long after a person has left , ’ Dr. Mina said.
” Harvard T.H .
Chan School of Public Health epidemiologist Dr. Michael Mina says these tests have too sensitive of a threshold .
A virologist at the University of California , Riverside named Juliet Morrison said , “ I ’ m shocked that people would think that 40 ( cycles ) could represent a positive.
” Mina and Morrison agreed on a lower threshold of at least 30 , which would mean a person being tested for coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of genetic material currently needed to confirm a “ positive ” test result .
Yesterday , the CDC revealed new data showing only 6 % of America ’ s COVID deaths were solely attributed to the virus .
This means 94 % of the country ’ s alleged 183K coronavirus deaths died because COVID-19 added to their pre-existing diseases or comorbidities .
With these two revelations being publicly announced , it ’ s more clear than ever that America needs to open back up and return to normal .
The CDC has finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less than 10,000 deaths , have been directly attributed to COVID-19 since the start of this pandemic .
But college campuses are now under prison-like conditions and the average American still isn ’ t free .

A NYT investigation based on data from three states concluded 90% of COVID-positive people don’t carry a large enough viral load to be considered contagious.
“In three sets of testing data that include cycle thresholds, compiled by officials in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada, up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus,” the Times reported on Saturday.
Essentially, while millions of Americans are living in a “lockdown” society full of social distancing, mask mandates and plastic barriers, the majority of those infected by the virus are incapable of spreading it in the first place.
If the data from the three states were applied nationwide, it would mean only 4,500 Americans are capable of spreading COVID-19 to others.
As of now, the most commonly used test in the U.S. is a PCR, which only confirms the virus’ genetic material and doesn’t report the amount.
The Times explained, “‘Tests with thresholds so high may detect not just live virus but also genetic fragments, leftovers from infection that pose no particular risk — akin to finding a hair in a room long after a person has left,’ Dr. Mina said.”
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health epidemiologist Dr. Michael Mina says these tests have too sensitive of a threshold.
A virologist at the University of California, Riverside named Juliet Morrison said, “I’m shocked that people would think that 40 (cycles) could represent a positive.”
Mina and Morrison agreed on a lower threshold of at least 30, which would mean a person being tested for coronavirus would need up to 1,000-fold the amount of genetic material currently needed to confirm a “positive” test result.
Yesterday, the CDC revealed new data showing only 6% of America’s COVID deaths were solely attributed to the virus.
This means 94% of the country’s alleged 183K coronavirus deaths died because COVID-19 added to their pre-existing diseases or comorbidities.
With these two revelations being publicly announced, it’s more clear than ever that America needs to open back up and return to normal.
The CDC has finally admitted that only 6 percent, or less than 10,000 deaths, have been directly attributed to COVID-19 since the start of this pandemic. But college campuses are now under prison-like conditions and the average American still isn’t free.


newswars--2020-09-01--Trump: ‘Stupid Rich People In The Dark Shadows’ Flew In ‘Thugs’ To Disrupt RNC

President Trump suggested that anti-American elites bankrolled a plane full of Antifa “ thugs ” to DC to disrupt the final night of the Republican National Convention .
Fox News host Laura Ingraham interviewed Trump on Monday , asking him who he thought was “ pulling Biden ’ s strings.
” “ People you ’ ve never heard of .
People who are in the dark shadows , ” Trump replied .
“ Now , what does that mean ?
That sounds like a conspiracy theory , dark shadows , ” Ingraham asked .
“ No , they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of , ” Trump said .
“ They ’ re people on the streets .
They ’ re people that are controlling the streets .
We had someone get on a plane from a certain city this weekend .
And in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms , black uniforms , with gear and this and that .
They ’ re on a plane.
” “ I ’ ll tell you sometime , ” Trump responded .
“ It ’ s under investigation right now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and this person was coming to the Republican National Convention .
And there were like seven people on the plane like this person .
And then a lot of people were on the plane to do big damage.
” Ingraham asked exactly who was financing this terrorist effort to disrupt the RNC .
“ The money is coming from some very stupid rich people who have no idea if the thing ever succeeded , which it won ’ t .
They will be thrown to the wolves , ” he added .
Following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the White House on the last night of the RNC last Thursday , Antifa and Black Lives Matter militants descended into DC and attacked RNC attendees , including Sen. Rand Paul ( R-Ky. ) and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino .
Owen Shroyer guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to expose the leftist violence in the streets following the RNC .

President Trump suggested that anti-American elites bankrolled a plane full of Antifa “thugs” to DC to disrupt the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham interviewed Trump on Monday, asking him who he thought was “pulling Biden’s strings.”
“People you’ve never heard of. People who are in the dark shadows,” Trump replied.
Trump suggests there was some sort of thwarted terror plot against the RNC involving “thugs” in a plane, but refuses to divulge details pic.twitter.com/PQdQLcNSr4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
“Now, what does that mean? That sounds like a conspiracy theory, dark shadows,” Ingraham asked.
“No, they’re people that you haven’t heard of,” Trump said. “They’re people on the streets. They’re people that are controlling the streets. We had someone get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that. They’re on a plane.”
“Where was this?” Ingraham asked.
“I’ll tell you sometime,” Trump responded. “It’s under investigation right now. And they came from a certain city and this person was coming to the Republican National Convention. And there were like seven people on the plane like this person. And then a lot of people were on the plane to do big damage.”
Ingraham asked exactly who was financing this terrorist effort to disrupt the RNC.
“The money is coming from some very stupid rich people who have no idea if the thing ever succeeded, which it won’t. They will be thrown to the wolves,” he added.
Following Trump’s acceptance speech in front of the White House on the last night of the RNC last Thursday, Antifa and Black Lives Matter militants descended into DC and attacked RNC attendees, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino.
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Owen Shroyer guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to expose the leftist violence in the streets following the RNC.


newswars--2020-09-01--Facebook Censors CDC Data Showing Low COVID-19 Death Rate

Facebook is censoring official CDC data that reveals COVID-19 is not nearly as deadly as first projected by the W.H.O @ @ @ @ @ A Facebook user tried to share a Gateway Pundit article breaking down the low COVID @ @ @ @ @ device and got the “ False Information ” message you see below instead .
This @ @ @ @ @ regurgitating official government statistics .
Now Facebook is willing to censor whole branches of the @ @ @ @ @ falling apart under poor leadership .

Facebook is censoring official CDC data that reveals COVID-19 is not nearly as deadly as first projected by the W.H.O. and Dr. Fauci.
A Facebook user tried to share a Gateway Pundit article breaking down the low COVID death rates on his personal device and got the “False Information” message you see below instead.
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