newswars--2020-04-20--5G Singes The Tree Of Liberty

5G Singes The Tree Of Liberty

She openly brags about it , and while Americans perish due to the Chinese coronavirus , she and her cohorts @ @ @ @ @ and untold brainwashing .
The 5G cherished by the Chinese Communist Party is slowly growing @ @ @ @ @ , charring trees and causing nature to react in ways never before witnessed in the @ @ @ @ @ The Hell-storm is upon us and your tax dollars and politicians aren ’ t doing @ @ @ @

Hillary Clinton’s Bible is George Orwell’s 1984.
She openly brags about it, and while Americans perish due to the Chinese coronavirus, she and her cohorts promulgated through government paid propaganda and untold brainwashing.
The 5G cherished by the Chinese Communist Party is slowly growing like a tumor within America, charring trees and causing nature to react in ways never before witnessed in the face of emerging technology.
The Hell-storm is upon us and your tax dollars and politicians aren’t doing anything about it.


newswars--2020-04-20--The Experts Have No Idea How Many COVID-19 Cases There Are

In the early days of the COVID-19 panic—about three weeks ago—it was common to hear both of these phrases often repeated : • “ The fatality rate of this virus is very high !
” • “ There are far more cases of this out there than we know about !
” The strategy of insisting that both these statements are true at the same time has been used by politicians to implement “ lockdowns ” that have forced business to close and millions to lose their jobs .
For instance , on March 12 , Ohio Department of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100,000 ” people are “ carrying this virus in Ohio today.
” The state began to implement “ stay-at-home ” lockdown orders that day .
At the time , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , the media , and others were reporting that 2 to 4 percent of people with COVID-19 would die .
Taking the low-end 2 percent number , and allowing for an incubation period , this would mean that two weeks after Acton ’ s announcement—assuming that the lockdown was 100 percent effective and not a single additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely be dead of COVID-19 .
But as of April 17 , more than a month later , and after a month of the disease spreading through grocery stores and other “ essential ” areas of commerce , about 418 Ohioans have died of COVID-19 .
Clearly , something doesn ’ t add up .
At the time , Acton was lampooned by some for presumably inflating the number of infections in the state .
Indeed , the very next day she backpedaled , saying she was only guessing .
As more research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be that Acton wasn ’ t wildly inaccurate in her “ guesstimate ” after all .
Medical researchers and epidemiologists are increasingly claiming that the COVID-19 virus has spread much more quickly and is much more prevalent than has long been assumed .
And if that is true , then the percentage of people COVID-19 cases that result in death are far lower than is assumed .
If so , Acton was still wrong , but she was more wrong in her assumptions about fatality rates than about total cases .
When people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatality rate ” they generally mean “ case fatality rate ” ( CFR ) .
This is simply the number of people who die from a disease divided by the number of cases .
If there are 10,000 cases and 100 people die from the disease , the CFR is 1 percent .
( This is not to be confused with “ mortality rate , ” which is the number of deaths divided by the entire population . )
To calculate the CFR accurately we have to know what the total number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people have died from the disease .
If the total number of cases is bigger than we think , then the fatality rate is smaller than we think .
How Death Rates Are Affected by Government Data Collection Methods Counting the number of deaths has been far easier than counting total cases .
Due to “ severity bias , ” people who have presented severe symptoms or have died have been far more likely to be tested for COVID-19 than have people with few symptoms who never required medical attention .
As one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted : Some deaths of course are missed , especially among those who die at home .
But as the Times article concludes : Put another way , the case totals often cited by politicians are nothing more than wild guesses .
Indeed , many researchers and other observers have claimed that total cases numbers were considerably higher than was known from testing .
“ Vermont could have 16 times more infections than officially reported , ” one March 18 headline reads .
But this estimate doesn ’ t apply just to Vermont @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimate of cases from Stanford epidemiologist Steve Goodman : Similarly , in the Wall Street Journal on March 23 , Stanford researchers Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya suggested the known cases were a tiny fraction of the actual number .
According to a study by Bendavid and Bhattacharya , On Friday , the San Francisco Chronicle reported on a new study of Santa Clara County in California , which suggests that “ cases are being underreported by a factor of 50 to 85 ” : That US case fatality rate of 2 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media outlets is looking less likely every day .
What Does This Mean for Policy ?
If the Santa Clara study or the estimates of Bendavid and Bhattacharya apply to the nation overall , then the current count of 710,000 COVID-19 cases in the US is only a small fraction of the total number of people with the disease .
The true number of cases could number from 35 million to 60 million .
In a nation with such a large number of infected , efforts to forcibly shutter businesses and put millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no new cases , no deaths “ —as suggested by federal health bureaucrat Anthony Fauci—are absurd .
This goal is likely unattainable without completely ending interstate travel and destroying the US economy over a period of many months , or possibly years .
Moreover , some epidemiological models models being used by politicians to justify harsh lockdowns , like the IMHE model , assume fatality rates based only on “ cases reported ” to calculate the CFR .
This highlights the highly questionable practice of basing draconian public policy measures on woefully incomplete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , neither the WHO nor national governments have ever had a handle on how many cases there are , what the case fatality rate is , or by what means—or how quickly—the disease spreads .
One need not know anything about viruses to know from the beginning of the panic that the process of collecting data for government policymakers tends to be a biased and makeshift undertaking .
This is true of all sorts of data , and in this case policymakers have never known how many cases there are ( or were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suited their political purposes .
Meanwhile , government officials have been encouraging doctors and hospital administrators to maximize the number of reported deaths due to COVID-19 .
Worst of all , this make-things-up-as-you-go attitude toward COVID-19 numbers is being draped in the mantle of “ science ” by bureaucrats and elected officials who seek to pander to frightened voters .
But somewhere along the line , the United States became a nation where knowing next to nothing about a disease ’ s true fatality rate or prevalence is sufficient to justify abolishing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throughout the nation .
But it ’ s fine , apparently , because this is what the “ experts ” say we should do .
Over the weekend , several new articles have been published noting increased prevalence of COVID-19 than previously known ( or admitted ) .
The AP reports today : In more than ten states , the proportion of tests that are positive is nearly 20 percent or more .
But even this may be too low since tests may return false negatives nearly one-third of the time .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one-third of people randomly tested on the street tested positive for COVID-19 .

In the early days of the COVID-19 panic—about three weeks ago—it was common to hear both of these phrases often repeated:
“The fatality rate of this virus is very high!”
“There are far more cases of this out there than we know about!”
The strategy of insisting that both these statements are true at the same time has been used by politicians to implement “lockdowns” that have forced business to close and millions to lose their jobs. For instance, on March 12, Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton insisted that “over 100,000” people are “carrying this virus in Ohio today.” The state began to implement “stay-at-home” lockdown orders that day.
At the time, the World Health Organization (WHO), the media, and others were reporting that 2 to 4 percent of people with COVID-19 would die. Taking the low-end 2 percent number, and allowing for an incubation period, this would mean that two weeks after Acton’s announcement—assuming that the lockdown was 100 percent effective and not a single additional person caught the disease—two thousand Ohioans would likely be dead of COVID-19. But as of April 17, more than a month later, and after a month of the disease spreading through grocery stores and other “essential” areas of commerce, about 418 Ohioans have died of COVID-19.
Clearly, something doesn’t add up.
At the time, Acton was lampooned by some for presumably inflating the number of infections in the state. Indeed, the very next day she backpedaled, saying she was only guessing.
As more research comes in, however, it may be that Acton wasn’t wildly inaccurate in her “guesstimate” after all. Medical researchers and epidemiologists are increasingly claiming that the COVID-19 virus has spread much more quickly and is much more prevalent than has long been assumed. And if that is true, then the percentage of people COVID-19 cases that result in death are far lower than is assumed. If so, Acton was still wrong, but she was more wrong in her assumptions about fatality rates than about total cases.
Here’s why:
When people say “death rate” or “fatality rate” they generally mean “case fatality rate” (CFR). This is simply the number of people who die from a disease divided by the number of cases. If there are 10,000 cases and 100 people die from the disease, the CFR is 1 percent. (This is not to be confused with “mortality rate,” which is the number of deaths divided by the entire population.)
To calculate the CFR accurately we have to know what the total number of cases is and also know how many people have died from the disease. If the total number of cases is bigger than we think, then the fatality rate is smaller than we think.
How Death Rates Are Affected by Government Data Collection Methods
Counting the number of deaths has been far easier than counting total cases. Due to “severity bias,” people who have presented severe symptoms or have died have been far more likely to be tested for COVID-19 than have people with few symptoms who never required medical attention. As one epidemiologist quoted by the New York Times noted:
“To know the fatality rate you need to know how many people are infected and how many people died from the disease,” said Ali H. Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. “We know how many people are dying, but we don’t know how many people are infected.”
Some deaths of course are missed, especially among those who die at home. But as the Times article concludes:
the missing data on deaths in the deaths-to-infections ratio is still almost certain to be dwarfed by the expected increase in the denominator when the total number of infections is better understood, epidemiologists say. The statistic typically cited by mayors and governors at Covid-19 news conferences relies on a data set that includes mostly people whose symptoms were severe enough to be tested.
Put another way, the case totals often cited by politicians are nothing more than wild guesses.
Indeed, many researchers and other observers have claimed that total cases numbers were considerably higher than was known from testing.
“Vermont could have 16 times more infections than officially reported,” one March 18 headline reads. But this estimate doesn’t apply just to Vermont. The headline comes from a nationwide estimate of cases from Stanford epidemiologist Steve Goodman:
Goodman says the 16 times multiplier is a rough, back-of-the-envelope hypothetical based on current knowledge of how the virus is spreading in other places. It assumes that one in four people who have COVID-19 are symptomatic enough to be tested….Another researcher, Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University professor who specializes in infectious disease modeling, told the Globe that the U.S. has identified only between 1 of every 10 cases and 1 in 30 cases.
Similarly, in the Wall Street Journal on March 23, Stanford researchers Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya suggested the known cases were a tiny fraction of the actual number. According to a study by Bendavid and Bhattacharya,
we get at least 990,000 infections in the U.S. The number of cases reported on March 19 in the U.S. was 13,677, more than 72-fold lower. These numbers imply a fatality rate from Covid-19 orders of magnitude smaller than it appears….If our surmise of six million cases is accurate, that’s a mortality rate of 0.01%, assuming a two week lag between infection and death. This is one-tenth of the flu mortality rate of 0.1%.
On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on a new study of Santa Clara County in California, which suggests that “cases are being underreported by a factor of 50 to 85”:
If the study’s numbers are accurate, the true mortality and hospitalization rates of COVID-19 are both substantially lower than current estimates, and due to lag between infection and death, researchers project a true mortality rate between .12 and .20.
That US case fatality rate of 2 to 4 percent commonly reported by politicians and media outlets is looking less likely every day.
What Does This Mean for Policy?
If the Santa Clara study or the estimates of Bendavid and Bhattacharya apply to the nation overall, then the current count of 710,000 COVID-19 cases in the US is only a small fraction of the total number of people with the disease. The true number of cases could number from 35 million to 60 million.
In a nation with such a large number of infected, efforts to forcibly shutter businesses and put millions out of work until there are “no new cases, no deaths“—as suggested by federal health bureaucrat Anthony Fauci—are absurd. This goal is likely unattainable without completely ending interstate travel and destroying the US economy over a period of many months, or possibly years.
Moreover, some epidemiological models models being used by politicians to justify harsh lockdowns, like the IMHE model, assume fatality rates based only on “cases reported” to calculate the CFR. This highlights the highly questionable practice of basing draconian public policy measures on woefully incomplete government-collected data. From the very beginning, neither the WHO nor national governments have ever had a handle on how many cases there are, what the case fatality rate is, or by what means—or how quickly—the disease spreads.
One need not know anything about viruses to know from the beginning of the panic that the process of collecting data for government policymakers tends to be a biased and makeshift undertaking. This is true of all sorts of data, and in this case policymakers have never known how many cases there are (or were) but have nonetheless quoted numbers that suited their political purposes. Meanwhile, government officials have been encouraging doctors and hospital administrators to maximize the number of reported deaths due to COVID-19.
Worst of all, this make-things-up-as-you-go attitude toward COVID-19 numbers is being draped in the mantle of “science” by bureaucrats and elected officials who seek to pander to frightened voters. But somewhere along the line, the United States became a nation where knowing next to nothing about a disease’s true fatality rate or prevalence is sufficient to justify abolishing the Bill of Rights and millions of jobs throughout the nation. But it’s fine, apparently, because this is what the “experts” say we should do.
UPDATE: April 20
Over the weekend, several new articles have been published noting increased prevalence of COVID-19 than previously known (or admitted). The AP reports today :
A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. While that’s clearly good news, it also means it’s impossible to know who around you may be contagious. That complicates decisions about returning to work, school and normal life. In the last week, reports of silent infections have come from a homeless shelter in Boston, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, pregnant women at a New York hospital, several European countries and California.
In more than ten states, the proportion of tests that are positive is nearly 20 percent or more.
But even this may be too low since tests may return false negatives nearly one-third of the time .
Meanwhile, one new study in Massachusetts found one-third of people randomly tested on the street tested positive for COVID-19.


newswars--2020-04-20--Exactly How Many Deaths Are Needed to Justify Giving Governments Control of Everything?

The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died from the flu during the 2017–18 flu season ( with a range of 46,000 to 95,000 deaths ) .
Few of us even remember that event .
Stores stayed open , folks met and worked , and everyone lived as normal .
Taking sixty-one thousand deaths as our baseline , how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general ?
Half as deadly ?
No that wouldn ’ t make sense .
But neither would “ as deadly , ” either .
Would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
But that would be just twice something we didn ’ t notice while it was happening .
So maybe even double is not enough .
No one is ever safe , ever .
But we all lived lives in a world of uncertainty .
That is , until many panicked and allowed governments to drive us into our own caves , so to speak .
But who incited panic ?
Media and social media initially sounded the alarm , sparking fear .
However , it was government that provided justification for that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veneer of supposed science and truth .
Soon the panic threshold was breached .
While the various media live off provocative headlines , government lives off fear .
So we end up with this strange symbiotic relationship : with the aid of a friendly media , government justifies the fears it propagandizes ; constituents panic and turn to both government for help and the media for information .
Certainly , it has to be this way .
Why ?
Because government rules through the consent of the governed .
Only a group that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governed can establish a lasting regime .
Whoever wants to see the world governed according to his own ideas must strive for domination over men ’ s minds .
It is impossible , in the long run , to subject men against their will to a regime that they reject .
So , a government looking to extend its powers , to assume additional rights from its citizens , will need to manufacture consent , else rebellion with ensue .
And there is no better opportunity to manufacture consent than during an existential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massed at the gate or ones concealed within .
Obviously , if those enemies do not exist , they have to be invented .
As Schumpeter stated : There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack .
If the interests were not Roman , they were those of Rome ’ s allies ; and if Rome had no allies , then allies would be invented .
When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest—why , then it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insulted .
The fight was always invested with an aura of legality .
Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors , always fighting for a breathing space .
The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies , and it was manifestly Rome ’ s duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs .
They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people .
Not too long ago , the devised enemy was ISIL—haunting the Levant in Toyota trucks .
We were told daily that ISIL was readying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundred miles away .
Plausible ?
Hardly .
However , the propaganda machine was able to create some angst , for some time , anyway .
Today the enemy is through the gate unseen , infiltrating bodies and minds .
COVID-19 is a government ’ s dream .
Folks who just yesterday , or so it seems , said certain acts of government , such as closing churches , would ignite rebellion , gladly consent to authoritarian edicts .
But why ?
There is the manufactured fear , the product of the propaganda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely death counts , surrounded by somber officials , all standing near a dais backed by the richly colored , acronymed logo of some official sounding agency .
Great video , great propaganda .
But there is more .
Government is blaming the virus , not itself .
That serves several purposes .
It allows government to employ a misdirect , pilfering the public purse and annulling rights while the masses concern themselves with social distancing .
It also provides personal cover to minor agents of the bureaucracy , who do not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role in the destruction of our economy .
Hannah Arendt wrote about the Eichmann trial and tried to answer the conscience question : The trick used by Himmler…was very simple and probably very effective ; it consisted in turning these instincts around , as it were , in directing them toward the self .
So that instead of saying : What horrible things I did to people !
, the murderers would be able to say : What horrible things I had to watch in the pursuance of my duties , how heavily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Hannah Arendt , Eichmann in Jerusalem ) So you hear statements that twist reality in this manner : “ The virus will let us know when we can reopen the country.
” As if the virus is dictating policy .
We are told that government officials are only reacting as the virus commands .
And the enforcement agents spreading tickets and handcuffs are simply shouldering the horrible tasks that must be pursued .
Is this how we , the people , choose to live ?
In a world where government foments fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back , blaming its actions on an enemy of its own creation ?
Once more , how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general ?
Twice the usual ?
Three times ?
I can ’ t decide the issue for all .
I simply ask you to consider first what we are allowing ( crashed economy , record unemployment growth , exploding government debt , unconstitutional government edicts , well , you get the picture ) .
And I ask you to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are benefiting .
It is true that some cui bono ( to whom it is a benefit ) arguments are fallacious , but not all .
However , consider this : besides a shift of rights and power from the people to the state , there is that matter of trillions moving from our wallets to those of the friends and families of the politically connected .
As I wrote above , no one is ever safe , ever .
But until a month ago , we all accepted a world of uncertainty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was true then is true today—to be free is not to be safe .
However , to live free is to live .
Period .

The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died from the flu during the 2017–18 flu season (with a range of 46,000 to 95,000 deaths). Few of us even remember that event. Stores stayed open, folks met and worked, and everyone lived as normal.
Taking sixty-one thousand deaths as our baseline, how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general?
Half as deadly? No that wouldn’t make sense. But neither would “as deadly,” either.
Would twice as deadly cross the panic threshold? But that would be just twice something we didn’t notice while it was happening. So maybe even double is not enough.
No one is ever safe, ever. But we all lived lives in a world of uncertainty. That is, until many panicked and allowed governments to drive us into our own caves, so to speak.
But who incited panic? Media and social media initially sounded the alarm, sparking fear. However, it was government that provided justification for that fear, wrapping dour pronouncements in a veneer of supposed science and truth. Soon the panic threshold was breached. While the various media live off provocative headlines, government lives off fear.
So we end up with this strange symbiotic relationship: with the aid of a friendly media, government justifies the fears it propagandizes; constituents panic and turn to both government for help and the media for information. Certainly, it has to be this way. Why? Because government rules through the consent of the governed.
As Mises noted:
Only a group that can count on the consent of the governed can establish a lasting regime. Whoever wants to see the world governed according to his own ideas must strive for domination over men’s minds. It is impossible, in the long run, to subject men against their will to a regime that they reject.
So, a government looking to extend its powers, to assume additional rights from its citizens, will need to manufacture consent, else rebellion with ensue. And there is no better opportunity to manufacture consent than during an existential crisis, whether it’s enemies massed at the gate or ones concealed within.
Obviously, if those enemies do not exist, they have to be invented. As Schumpeter stated:
There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome’s allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest—why, then it was the national honor that had been insulted. The fight was always invested with an aura of legality. Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors, always fighting for a breathing space. The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies, and it was manifestly Rome’s duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs. They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people.
Not too long ago, the devised enemy was ISIL—haunting the Levant in Toyota trucks. We were told daily that ISIL was readying a strike against the US some fifty-five hundred miles away. Plausible? Hardly. However, the propaganda machine was able to create some angst, for some time, anyway.
Today the enemy is through the gate unseen, infiltrating bodies and minds. COVID-19 is a government’s dream. Folks who just yesterday, or so it seems, said certain acts of government, such as closing churches, would ignite rebellion, gladly consent to authoritarian edicts. But why?
There is the manufactured fear, the product of the propaganda machine—the good doctors making dire predictions about likely death counts, surrounded by somber officials, all standing near a dais backed by the richly colored, acronymed logo of some official sounding agency. Great video, great propaganda.
But there is more. Government is blaming the virus, not itself. That serves several purposes. It allows government to employ a misdirect, pilfering the public purse and annulling rights while the masses concern themselves with social distancing.
It also provides personal cover to minor agents of the bureaucracy, who do not have to spend sleepless nights fretting about their role in the destruction of our economy.
Hannah Arendt wrote about the Eichmann trial and tried to answer the conscience question:
The trick used by Himmler…was very simple and probably very effective; it consisted in turning these instincts around, as it were, in directing them toward the self. So that instead of saying: What horrible things I did to people!, the murderers would be able to say: What horrible things I had to watch in the pursuance of my duties, how heavily the task weighed upon my shoulders! (Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem)
So you hear statements that twist reality in this manner: “The virus will let us know when we can reopen the country.” As if the virus is dictating policy.
We are told that government officials are only reacting as the virus commands. And the enforcement agents spreading tickets and handcuffs are simply shouldering the horrible tasks that must be pursued.
Is this how we, the people, choose to live? In a world where government foments fear for its own purposes and then stands back, blaming its actions on an enemy of its own creation?
Once more, how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general? Twice the usual? Three times? I can’t decide the issue for all. I simply ask you to consider first what we are allowing (crashed economy, record unemployment growth, exploding government debt, unconstitutional government edicts, well, you get the picture).
And I ask you to consider who, or what entities, are benefiting. It is true that some cui bono (to whom it is a benefit) arguments are fallacious, but not all. However, consider this: besides a shift of rights and power from the people to the state, there is that matter of trillions moving from our wallets to those of the friends and families of the politically connected.
As I wrote above, no one is ever safe, ever. But until a month ago, we all accepted a world of uncertainty and didn’t panic. What was true then is true today—to be free is not to be safe. However, to live free is to live. Period.


newswars--2020-04-20--Nobel Prize Winner Says Coronavirus Had To Come From A Lab

How much evidence will it take for the coronavirus narrative to reveal the horrible truth ?
In fact , the @ @ @ @ @ most of America can swallow .
Recently , a French virologist & Nobel prize winner @ @ @ @ @ in a lab .
The research was based on the fact that COVID-19 ’ s @ @ @ @ @ & Malaria , a genome that the French virologist is an expert on .
Professor @ @ @ @ @ research papers are being suppressed .
Not only is the coronavirus engineered by biowarfare technicians @ @ @ @ @ Obama Administration , but that evidence is currently being intensely covered up .

How much evidence will it take for the coronavirus narrative to reveal the horrible truth?
The Coronavirus is engineered.
In fact, the truth is far direr than most of America can swallow.
Recently, a French virologist & Nobel prize winner claimed that the Coronavirus originated in a lab.
The research was based on the fact that COVID-19’s genome has elements of HIV & Malaria, a genome that the French virologist is an expert on.
Professor Luc Montagnier also says that research papers are being suppressed.
Not only is the coronavirus engineered by biowarfare technicians reportedly paid for by the Obama Administration, but that evidence is currently being intensely covered up.


newswars--2020-04-20--Harvard Law Prof Gets Roasted After Pushing Ban on Homeschooling

A Harvard Law professor is facing near-universal condemnation after pushing for a total ban on homeschooling , especially when public schools are locked down due to the coronavirus .
The latest edition of Harvard Magazine interviewed the professor who is demanding a “ presumptive ban on the practice ” and claims homeschooling “ violates children ’ s right to a ‘ meaningful education ’ ” and keeps them from “ contributing positively to a democratic society.
” “ The issue is , do we think that parents should have 24/7 , essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s dangerous , ” she says .
“ I think it ’ s always dangerous to put powerful people in charge of the powerless , and to give the powerful ones total authority.
” But that tends to be the trajectory of government itself once it starts taking away more and more power from the people .
The article also suggested that homeschoolers are driven “ by conservative Christian beliefs , ” which led to a strong rebuke by the top commenter of the comment section .
“ This article is sad in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of homeschoolers are not conservative Christian .
I have homeschooled for eight years and we are atheists , ” the read .
“ In my state of North Carolina only 60 % of homeschoolers are Christian and only a small percentage are conservative fundamental Christian homeschoolers.
” “ The reason they do not have lots of regulations on them is because homeschoolers have proven over and over again that the majority are above in academics , social skills and life skills of public schooled children.
” It ’ s a little unusual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in its comment section – with the top commenters getting 200 to 300 upvotes for rebuking the article – but that ’ s exactly what happened in this case , with the resistance to mandatory public schooling being fueled , in part , by the ongoing public school lockdowns , which is forcing normal , everyday Americans to reanalyze aspects of society they once took for granted without question .
The Harvard article was also blasted by PJ Media ’ s Paula Bolyard , who wrote an extensive response in defense of homeschooling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires a child to receive a ‘ meaningful ’ education ( because there is no such law in the U.S. ) but defines it thusly : ‘ But it ’ s also important that children grow up exposed to community values , social values , democratic values , ideas about nondiscrimination and tolerance of other people ’ s viewpoints.
’ ( Nothing about reading , writing , and ‘ rithmetic in her formula , it ought to be noted , ) ” she wrote .
“ In other words , she knows that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for themselves , and she won ’ t stand for it .
”

A Harvard Law professor is facing near-universal condemnation after pushing for a total ban on homeschooling, especially when public schools are locked down due to the coronavirus.
The latest edition of Harvard Magazine interviewed the professor who is demanding a “presumptive ban on the practice” and claims homeschooling “violates children’s right to a ‘meaningful education’” and keeps them from “contributing positively to a democratic society.”
“The issue is, do we think that parents should have 24/7, essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero to 18? I think that’s dangerous,” she says. “I think it’s always dangerous to put powerful people in charge of the powerless, and to give the powerful ones total authority.”
But that tends to be the trajectory of government itself once it starts taking away more and more power from the people.
The article also suggested that homeschoolers are driven “by conservative Christian beliefs,” which led to a strong rebuke by the top commenter of the comment section.
“This article is sad in its total inaccuracy. First off 90% of homeschoolers are not conservative Christian. I have homeschooled for eight years and we are atheists,” the read. “In my state of North Carolina only 60% of homeschoolers are Christian and only a small percentage are conservative fundamental Christian homeschoolers.”
“The reason they do not have lots of regulations on them is because homeschoolers have proven over and over again that the majority are above in academics, social skills and life skills of public schooled children.”
It’s a little unusual for an article to be universally condemned in its comment section – with the top commenters getting 200 to 300 upvotes for rebuking the article – but that’s exactly what happened in this case, with the resistance to mandatory public schooling being fueled, in part, by the ongoing public school lockdowns, which is forcing normal, everyday Americans to reanalyze aspects of society they once took for granted without question.
The Harvard article was also blasted by PJ Media’s Paula Bolyard, who wrote an extensive response in defense of homeschooling.
“She cites no law that requires a child to receive a ‘meaningful’ education (because there is no such law in the U.S.) but defines it thusly: ‘But it’s also important that children grow up exposed to community values, social values, democratic values, ideas about nondiscrimination and tolerance of other people’s viewpoints.’ (Nothing about reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic in her formula, it ought to be noted,)” she wrote.
“In other words, she knows that homeschooled children are being taught to think for themselves, and she won’t stand for it.”


newswars--2020-04-20--China Strengthens Nukes While The World Dies

As the world is distracted by the Chinese Coronavirus , China is utilizing order out of chaos to strengthen their @ @ @ @ @ the NY Post reported China is denying US claims that they are testing nuclear weapons @ @ @ @ @ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said , ‘ The US neglects all the facts @ @ @ @ @ China .
This is irresponsible and ill-intentioned.
’ ” Zhao went on to call the @ @ @ @ @ of the facts.
” But according to an arms control report from the State Department @ @ @ @ @ Street Journal , “ The Chinese Communist Party may be conducting tests within the northwest @ @ @ @ @ low explosive power.
” The Economic Times reported , “ Indeed , China fired more @ @ @ @ @ testing and exercises in 2019 , according to sources close to the US military .
@ @ @ @ @ what the USA and Russia launched , and it illustrates that China is not decelerating @ @ @ @ @ of missiles for the PLA Rocket Force ( PLARF ) .
”

As the world is distracted by the Chinese Coronavirus, China is utilizing order out of chaos to strengthen their global position.
Recently, the NY Post reported China is denying US claims that they are testing nuclear weapons outside of international law….. “Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, ‘The US neglects all the facts and makes wanton accusations against China. This is irresponsible and ill-intentioned.’”
Zhao went on to call the claim “a complete distortion of the facts.”
But according to an arms control report from the State Department, obtained by the Wall Street Journal, “The Chinese Communist Party may be conducting tests within the northwest region of the country using low explosive power.”
The Economic Times reported, “Indeed, China fired more than 100 ballistic missiles during testing and exercises in 2019, according to sources close to the US military. Such a figure greatly exceeded what the USA and Russia launched, and it illustrates that China is not decelerating in any way its development of missiles for the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF).”


newswars--2020-04-20--Trump Blasts Obama/Biden Alliance With Devastating Meme

President Trump on Monday brutally mocked Obama ’ s endorsement of Joe Biden with a hilarious meme , making it apparent he ’ s still got his eye on 2020 .
The video , shared by the president on Twitter , is a meme rendition of an AllState insurance ad in which four black men are seated in a living room watching TV when an ad comes on – but in this instance Obama ’ s face is placed over one of the men as a video of awkward Joe Biden quotes plays .
“ Not another commercial , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden video from 2017 starts playing , where he states , “ Kids used to rub my legs down , I love kids jumping on my lap.
” “ What ?
” an uncomfortable Obama asks as the other men slowly turn to look at him .
The meme arrives days after President Obama finally endorsed Biden after months of speculation as to whether he would do so .
The twitter account @ ThugLifeNewShit took credit for the meme on Monday , begging AllState not to put a copyright strike on the video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the midst of Joe ’ s victory celebrations , Hunter is scheduled for a deposition this week regarding a simple child custody case that could open up a can of worms…

President Trump on Monday brutally mocked Obama’s endorsement of Joe Biden with a hilarious meme, making it apparent he’s still got his eye on 2020.
The video, shared by the president on Twitter, is a meme rendition of an AllState insurance ad in which four black men are seated in a living room watching TV when an ad comes on – but in this instance Obama’s face is placed over one of the men as a video of awkward Joe Biden quotes plays.
Here’s a higher quality version of the meme.
“Not another commercial,” the men say.
Meanwhile, a Biden video from 2017 starts playing, where he states, “Kids used to rub my legs down, I love kids jumping on my lap.”
“What?” an uncomfortable Obama asks as the other men slowly turn to look at him.
The meme arrives days after President Obama finally endorsed Biden after months of speculation as to whether he would do so.
The twitter account @ThugLifeNewShit took credit for the meme on Monday, begging AllState not to put a copyright strike on the video and thanking the president for his promotion.
In the midst of Joe’s victory celebrations, Hunter is scheduled for a deposition this week regarding a simple child custody case that could open up a can of worms…


newswars--2020-04-20--YouTube CEO: ‘Anything That Goes Against W.H.O. Is A Violation of YouTube Policies’

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says that any videos that go against the almighty wisdom of the pro-China World Health Organization violates YouTube ’ s policies and is subject to deletion .
In her first interview since the U.S. coronavirus lockdown began , Wojcicki discussed how the platform has responded to the pandemic by removing thousands of videos and redirecting over 10 billion views to corporate media outlets .
“ We really focus on authoritative information for our users , and making sure we can raise that , ” Wojcicki said Friday on CNN ’ s Reliable Sources podcast .
Wojcicki @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of YouTube , describing how the platform removes content it deems “ misinformation , ” especially if it contradicts the World Health Organization .
“ We also talk about removing information that is problematic , ” Wojcicki continued .
“ We ’ ve had to update our policy numerous times associated with COVID-19.
” “ So of course , anything that is medically unsubstantiated , so people saying like , ‘ take vitamin C , take turmeric , like those are/or will cure you.
’ Those are the examples of things that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Anything that would go against World Health Organization [ WHO ] recommendations would be a violation of our policy , ” Wojcicki added .
“ And so remove is another really important part of our policy , and making sure we don ’ t have information that ’ s false on our platform for our users.
” Remember , this is the same globalist organization that criticized President Trump for rightly banning travel to and from China in January , refused to acknowledge Taiwan ’ s existence at China ’ s behest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda lying about the severity of the coronavirus and calling Trump racist for branding the disease as the “ Chinese virus.
” As a result , Trump halted U.S. funding for WHO – between $ 400-500 million annually – last week over its poor response to the coronavirus pandemic and its new role as China ’ s de facto public relations arm .
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says that any videos that go against the almighty wisdom of the pro-China World Health Organization violates YouTube’s policies and is subject to deletion.
In her first interview since the U.S. coronavirus lockdown began, Wojcicki discussed how the platform has responded to the pandemic by removing thousands of videos and redirecting over 10 billion views to corporate media outlets.
“We really focus on authoritative information for our users, and making sure we can raise that,” Wojcicki said Friday on CNN’s Reliable Sources podcast.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcocki says users are using the platform during the coronavirus crisis. It started with basic information but now users “want to know about life under quarantine… like exercise at home. How do I fix my freezer? How do I give myself a haircut.” pic.twitter.com/p8jxTUBRte — Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) April 19, 2020
Wojcicki explained how censorship is a core focus of YouTube, describing how the platform removes content it deems “misinformation,” especially if it contradicts the World Health Organization.
“We also talk about removing information that is problematic,” Wojcicki continued. “We’ve had to update our policy numerous times associated with COVID-19.”
“So of course, anything that is medically unsubstantiated, so people saying like, ‘take vitamin C, take turmeric, like those are/or will cure you.’ Those are the examples of things that would be a violation of our policy.”
“Anything that would go against World Health Organization [WHO] recommendations would be a violation of our policy,” Wojcicki added. “And so remove is another really important part of our policy, and making sure we don’t have information that’s false on our platform for our users.”
Remember, this is the same globalist organization that criticized President Trump for rightly banning travel to and from China in January, refused to acknowledge Taiwan’s existence at China’s behest, and actively disseminated Chinese Communist Party propaganda lying about the severity of the coronavirus and calling Trump racist for branding the disease as the “Chinese virus.”
As a result, Trump halted U.S. funding for WHO – between $400-500 million annually – last week over its poor response to the coronavirus pandemic and its new role as China’s de facto public relations arm.
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newswars--2020-04-20--Study Reveals How Wind Turbine Noise Impacts Sleep

Wind turbine noise ( WTN ) influences people ’ s perception of the restorative effects of sleep , and also has a small but significant effect on dream sleep , otherwise known as REM ( rapid eye movement ) sleep , a study at the University of Gothenburg , Sweden , shows .
A night of WTN resulted in delayed and shortened REM sleep .
Knowledge of how sleep is affected by WTN has been limited to date .
Research involving physiological study of its impact using polysomnography , the top-ranking method of sleep recording , is lacking .
Studies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Gothenburg are adding new knowledge in the field .
Polysomnography involves using electrodes attached to the head and chest to record brain activity , eye movement , heart rate , etc .
during sleep .
Of the 50 participants in the new study , 24 had been living within one kilometer of one or more wind turbines for at least one year .
The other 26 , the reference group , did not live near wind turbines .
Kerstin Persson Waye , Professor of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Gothenburg , is the corresponding author in the study , published in the journal Sleep .
“ We wanted to find out whether people exposed to noise from wind turbines over time become more sensitive or more habituated to WTN , so that their sleep may be affected differently than someone who doesn ’ t live near any turbines , ” she says .
The participants spent three nights in the Sound Environment Laboratory , one for acclimatization and then , in a random order , one quiet night and one with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sounds that were used were modeled based on outdoor measurements from several wind turbines , and was filtered to correspond with the sound insulation of a typical Swedish wooden house .
Exposure was further modeled , to correspond to sleeping with a closed window and window ajar respectively .
The sounds were chosen to represent relatively unfavorable conditions , with a slightly higher average outdoor noise level than is currently permitted in Sweden .
This level corresponded , however , with a low indoor noise level — below the levels at which sleep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by , for example , traffic noise .
During the night with WTN , according to the physiological measures , the participants spent an average of 11.1 minutes less in REM sleep , which they entered 16.8 minutes later , than during the quiet night .
The proportion of time they spent in REM sleep was 18.8 % for the night with WTN , compared with 20.6 % for the quiet night — a small but statistically significant difference that , moreover , was independent from habituation to WTN .
There were no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as number of awakenings , total sleep time , time in deeper ( non-REM ) sleep stages or fragmentation of deep sleep , and heart rate .
However , rhythmic sound variations appeared to disturb sleep , especially with closed windows .
Besides the physiologically based measurements , participants filled out a questionnaire on their sleep quality and how tired or rested they felt .
Both groups reported that they slept worse during nights with WTN .
The study gave no indication of the habituation effect or increased sensitivity in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home environment .
However , the group that lived close to wind turbines reported worse sleep overall , even during the quiet night .
“ Sleep disturbance , a negative health effect according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , can in itself contribute to chronic diseases .
However , we can ’ t draw conclusions from this study on long-term health impact .
Further studies should , if possible , investigate sleep in people ’ s home environments and include longer exposure time , ” Kerstin Persson Waye concludes .

Wind turbine noise (WTN) influences people’s perception of the restorative effects of sleep, and also has a small but significant effect on dream sleep, otherwise known as REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, a study at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows. A night of WTN resulted in delayed and shortened REM sleep.
Knowledge of how sleep is affected by WTN has been limited to date. Research involving physiological study of its impact using polysomnography, the top-ranking method of sleep recording, is lacking.
Studies carried out in the Sound Environment Laboratory at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Gothenburg are adding new knowledge in the field. Polysomnography involves using electrodes attached to the head and chest to record brain activity, eye movement, heart rate, etc. during sleep.
Of the 50 participants in the new study, 24 had been living within one kilometer of one or more wind turbines for at least one year. The other 26, the reference group, did not live near wind turbines.
Kerstin Persson Waye, Professor of Environmental Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, is the corresponding author in the study, published in the journal Sleep.
“We wanted to find out whether people exposed to noise from wind turbines over time become more sensitive or more habituated to WTN, so that their sleep may be affected differently than someone who doesn’t live near any turbines,” she says.
The participants spent three nights in the Sound Environment Laboratory, one for acclimatization and then, in a random order, one quiet night and one with four separate periods of WTN. The sounds that were used were modeled based on outdoor measurements from several wind turbines, and was filtered to correspond with the sound insulation of a typical Swedish wooden house. Exposure was further modeled, to correspond to sleeping with a closed window and window ajar respectively.
The sounds were chosen to represent relatively unfavorable conditions, with a slightly higher average outdoor noise level than is currently permitted in Sweden. This level corresponded, however, with a low indoor noise level — below the levels at which sleep had previously been found to be affected by, for example, traffic noise.
During the night with WTN, according to the physiological measures, the participants spent an average of 11.1 minutes less in REM sleep, which they entered 16.8 minutes later, than during the quiet night. The proportion of time they spent in REM sleep was 18.8% for the night with WTN, compared with 20.6% for the quiet night — a small but statistically significant difference that, moreover, was independent from habituation to WTN.
There were no statistically significant differences in other sleep parameters, such as number of awakenings, total sleep time, time in deeper (non-REM) sleep stages or fragmentation of deep sleep, and heart rate. However, rhythmic sound variations appeared to disturb sleep, especially with closed windows.
Besides the physiologically based measurements, participants filled out a questionnaire on their sleep quality and how tired or rested they felt. Both groups reported that they slept worse during nights with WTN.
The study gave no indication of the habituation effect or increased sensitivity in the participants exposed to wind turbines in their home environment. However, the group that lived close to wind turbines reported worse sleep overall, even during the quiet night.
“Sleep disturbance, a negative health effect according to the World Health Organization (WHO), can in itself contribute to chronic diseases. However, we can’t draw conclusions from this study on long-term health impact. Further studies should, if possible, investigate sleep in people’s home environments and include longer exposure time,” Kerstin Persson Waye concludes.
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newswars--2020-04-20--You Can’t Close America Rally 2 Announced – Saturday, Texas Capitol

The American people are fed up with politicians forcing them to stay home and shut up .
As local governments test the limits of consumers and small business owners , state and federal leaders like Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump have signaled their willingness to get Americans back to work and the economy up and running .
This past weekend , Texans of all stripes assembled outside the capitol building in Austin , Texas , to protest the authoritarian lockdown orders being imposed by petty tyrants at the local level .
Now , Infowars is calling for another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to exercise our rights until these draconian orders are lifted .
Watch highlights from the first You Can ’ t Close America Rally below : Share this link to spread the word : infowars.com/cantcloseamerica Join Infowars this Saturday , April 25th , 2020 from 12PM-2PM Central , for an assembly outside the capitol building petitioning lawmakers to reopen businesses in the Lone Star State and to reverse unconstitutional mandatory face mask decrees .
Show the globalists , including eugenicist Bill Gates , the World Health Organization and the CDC , that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a mere whim , and that they can ’ t force us to wear face masks like the people in Communist China , from whence the Wuhan coronavirus originated .
We look forward to seeing you out there !
Remember , as goes Texas , so goes the nation :

The American people are fed up with politicians forcing them to stay home and shut up.
As local governments test the limits of consumers and small business owners, state and federal leaders like Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump have signaled their willingness to get Americans back to work and the economy up and running.
This past weekend, Texans of all stripes assembled outside the capitol building in Austin, Texas, to protest the authoritarian lockdown orders being imposed by petty tyrants at the local level.
Now, Infowars is calling for another rally to show the establishment we will continue to exercise our rights until these draconian orders are lifted.
Watch highlights from the first You Can’t Close America Rally below:
Share this link to spread the word: infowars.com/cantcloseamerica
Join Infowars this Saturday, April 25th, 2020 from 12PM-2PM Central, for an assembly outside the capitol building petitioning lawmakers to reopen businesses in the Lone Star State and to reverse unconstitutional mandatory face mask decrees.
Show the globalists, including eugenicist Bill Gates, the World Health Organization and the CDC, that they can’t suspend freedom in America at a mere whim, and that they can’t force us to wear face masks like the people in Communist China, from whence the Wuhan coronavirus originated.
We look forward to seeing you out there!
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newswars--2020-04-20--NHS Nurses’ Haka Dance Blasted as “Cultural Appropriation”

A now deleted viral video in which NHS workers in the UK performed a modified version of the haka , a ceremonial dance in Maori culture , has been condemned as “ cultural appropriation.
” The video received over 600,000 views on Twitter before it was removed , presumably in response to claims that it was racist .
In the clip , nurses from the Tavistock Day Case Theatre in England performed the iconic dance while wearing white headbands and black face paint .
At the end of the video , one of the nurses screams , “ This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ll never beat us we hate you , you germ .
Together we ’ ll triumph with the strength from within .
Mankind will destroy you , mankind will win.
” However , despite following a trend of other dancing videos by health professionals which have been labeled both “ cringe ” and “ courageous ” by viewers , the haka version was deemed to have crossed the line of political correctness .
Maori cultural advisor Karaitiana Taiuru said the video was “ absolutely offensive and degrading ” and that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ painting black streaks on their faces .
“ What appears to be headbands is reminiscent of the culturally appropriated Maori dolls and a cultural stereotype that all Maori wear headbands and have facial tattoo , ” said Taiuru .
“ There is no reasonable excuse why any semi-educated person with access to the internet , from anywhere in the world , to not know that mocking another person ’ s culture is offensive , ” he added , arguing that the video was “ blatant cultural abuse that is verging on being racist.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be a violation of the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act of 2014 .
“ There appears to be a fixation with many people in the UK with Maori culture and what appears to be an inherited colonial perceived right to appropriate Maori culture with marketing of food and beverages and more so in particular to mocking the Haka , ” complained Taiuru .
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A now deleted viral video in which NHS workers in the UK performed a modified version of the haka, a ceremonial dance in Maori culture, has been condemned as “cultural appropriation.”
The video received over 600,000 views on Twitter before it was removed, presumably in response to claims that it was racist.
In the clip, nurses from the Tavistock Day Case Theatre in England performed the iconic dance while wearing white headbands and black face paint.
At the end of the video, one of the nurses screams, “This is the message we wish to affirm, you’ll never beat us we hate you, you germ. Together we’ll triumph with the strength from within. Mankind will destroy you, mankind will win.”
However, despite following a trend of other dancing videos by health professionals which have been labeled both “cringe” and “courageous” by viewers, the haka version was deemed to have crossed the line of political correctness.
Maori cultural advisor Karaitiana Taiuru said the video was “absolutely offensive and degrading” and that the nurses were “re-enacting blackface” by painting black streaks on their faces.
“What appears to be headbands is reminiscent of the culturally appropriated Maori dolls and a cultural stereotype that all Maori wear headbands and have facial tattoo,” said Taiuru.
“There is no reasonable excuse why any semi-educated person with access to the internet, from anywhere in the world, to not know that mocking another person’s culture is offensive,” he added, arguing that the video was “blatant cultural abuse that is verging on being racist.”
Taiuru also suggested that the performance may be a violation of the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act of 2014.
“There appears to be a fixation with many people in the UK with Maori culture and what appears to be an inherited colonial perceived right to appropriate Maori culture with marketing of food and beverages and more so in particular to mocking the Haka,” complained Taiuru.
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newswars--2020-04-20--U.S. Oil Prices Fall To $11 Per Barrel In Historic Crash

The front-month WTI crude contract crashed by 37 percent early on Monday as the May contract expires on Tuesday and the market fears there is not much storage left in the United States amid collapsing demand in the coronavirus pandemic .
At 8:54 a.m. EDT on Monday , the front-month WTI Crude price was plummeting by 37.22 percent at $ 11.47 .
The Brent Crude front-month contract was also under pressure , trading down 6.02 percent at $ 26.39 .
The U.S. oil prices are now at their lowest levels since early 1999 .
Analysts warn that investors and speculators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the May contract expiring on Tuesday , but they are also cautioning that the weakness in the May contract is indicative of the shrinking storage across the U.S. threatening to be filled up within weeks .
“ The expiring contract is now mostly in the hands of physical oil traders and the behavior of the contract confirms what we already feared : That the U.S. is running out of storage at Cushing , Oklahoma , the delivery hub for WTI crude oil futures traded in New York , ” said Ole Hansen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bank .
“ Speculators having bought the June contract now risks that it could get pulled lower over the coming weeks towards where the May is currently trading .
Only a major change in the fundamental outlook through lower production , due to producers being forced out of business or leave wells idle , or improved demand for fuel can prevent , ” Hansen noted .
The new OPEC+ production cut deal is not expected to alleviate the glut in the coming weeks , as global demand is falling by 30 million bpd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consumption of oil in the world .
Storage , therefore , is filling fast everywhere around the world .
In the United States , the prices of some grades in Texas were nearing negative territory as early as last week , with customers bidding to pay only $ 2 per barrel for South Texas Sour and $ 4.12 a barrel Upper Texas Gulf Coast last week , Bloomberg reported , citing pricing bulletins .
Saudi Arabia is looking to slash prices on oil to usurp market share , but in doing so may @ @ @ @

The front-month WTI crude contract crashed by 37 percent early on Monday as the May contract expires on Tuesday and the market fears there is not much storage left in the United States amid collapsing demand in the coronavirus pandemic.
At 8:54 a.m. EDT on Monday, the front-month WTI Crude price was plummeting by 37.22 percent at $11.47. The Brent Crude front-month contract was also under pressure, trading down 6.02 percent at $26.39.
The U.S. oil prices are now at their lowest levels since early 1999. Analysts warn that investors and speculators have already moved to the June contract with the May contract expiring on Tuesday, but they are also cautioning that the weakness in the May contract is indicative of the shrinking storage across the U.S. threatening to be filled up within weeks.
“The expiring contract is now mostly in the hands of physical oil traders and the behavior of the contract confirms what we already feared: That the U.S. is running out of storage at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery hub for WTI crude oil futures traded in New York,” said Ole Hansen, Head of Commodity Strategy at Saxo Bank.
“Speculators having bought the June contract now risks that it could get pulled lower over the coming weeks towards where the May is currently trading. Only a major change in the fundamental outlook through lower production, due to producers being forced out of business or leave wells idle, or improved demand for fuel can prevent,” Hansen noted.
The new OPEC+ production cut deal is not expected to alleviate the glut in the coming weeks, as global demand is falling by 30 million bpd these days—down 30 percent from the typical consumption of oil in the world.
Storage, therefore, is filling fast everywhere around the world. In the United States, the prices of some grades in Texas were nearing negative territory as early as last week, with customers bidding to pay only $2 per barrel for South Texas Sour and $4.12 a barrel Upper Texas Gulf Coast last week, Bloomberg reported, citing pricing bulletins.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
Saudi Arabia is looking to slash prices on oil to usurp market share, but in doing so may behead the petro-dollar.


newswars--2020-04-20--Ron Paul: What If the Lockdown Was All A Big Mistake?

From California to New Jersey , Americans are protesting in the streets .
They are demanding an end to house arrest orders given by government officials over a virus outbreak that even according to the latest US government numbers will claim fewer lives than the seasonal flu outbreak of 2017-2018 .
Across the US , millions of businesses have been shut down by “ executive order ” and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed to levels not seen since the Great Depression .
Americans , who have seen their real wages decline thanks to Federal Reserve monetary malpractice , are finding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breadlines .
It is like a horror movie , but it ’ s real .
Last week the UN Secretary General warned that a global recession resulting from the worldwide coronavirus lockdown could cause “ hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths per year.
” As of this writing , less than 170,000 have been reported to have died from the coronavirus worldwide .
Many Americans have also died this past month because they were not able to get the medical care they needed .
Cancer treatments have been indefinitely postponed .
Life-saving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ room for coronavirus cases .
Meanwhile hospitals are laying off thousands because the expected coronavirus cases have not come and the hospitals are partially empty .
What if the “ cure ” is worse than the disease ?
Countries like Sweden that did not lock down their economy and place the population under house arrest are faring no worse than countries that did .
Sweden ’ s deaths-per-million from coronavirus is lower than in many lockdown countries .
Likewise , US states that did not arrest citizens for merely walking on the beach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did .
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem said last week , “ we ’ ve been able to keep our businesses open and allow people to take on some personal responsibility.
” South Dakota has recorded a total of seven coronavirus deaths .
Kentucky , a strict lockdown state , is five times more populated than South Dakota , yet it has some 20 times more coronavirus deaths .
If lockdown and house arrest are the answer , shouldn ’ t those numbers be reversed , with South Dakota seeing mass death while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Fauci first warned that two million would die , there was a race among federal , state , and local officials to see who could rip up the Constitution fastest .
Then Fauci told us if we do what he says only a quarter of a million would die .
They locked America down even harder .
Then , with little more than a shrug of the shoulders , they announced that a maximum of 60,000 would die , but maybe less .
That is certainly terrible , but it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we had used even a fraction of the resources spent to lock down the entire population and focused on providing assistance and protection to the most vulnerable – the elderly and those with serious medical conditions .
We could have protected these people and still had an economy to go back to when the virus had run its course .
And it wouldn ’ t have cost us six trillion dollars either .
Governments have no right or authority to tell us what business or other activity is “ essential.
” Only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this authority .
We should encourage all those who are standing up peacefully and demanding an accounting from their elected leaders .
They should not be able to get away with this .
This article first appeared at RonPaulInstitute.org .

From California to New Jersey, Americans are protesting in the streets. They are demanding an end to house arrest orders given by government officials over a virus outbreak that even according to the latest US government numbers will claim fewer lives than the seasonal flu outbreak of 2017-2018.
Across the US, millions of businesses have been shut down by “executive order” and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed to levels not seen since the Great Depression. Americans, who have seen their real wages decline thanks to Federal Reserve monetary malpractice, are finding themselves thrust into poverty and standing in breadlines. It is like a horror movie, but it’s real.
Last week the UN Secretary General warned that a global recession resulting from the worldwide coronavirus lockdown could cause “hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths per year.” As of this writing, less than 170,000 have been reported to have died from the coronavirus worldwide.
Many Americans have also died this past month because they were not able to get the medical care they needed. Cancer treatments have been indefinitely postponed. Life-saving surgeries have been put off to make room for coronavirus cases. Meanwhile hospitals are laying off thousands because the expected coronavirus cases have not come and the hospitals are partially empty.
What if the “cure” is worse than the disease?
Countries like Sweden that did not lock down their economy and place the population under house arrest are faring no worse than countries that did. Sweden’s deaths-per-million from coronavirus is lower than in many lockdown countries.
Likewise, US states that did not arrest citizens for merely walking on the beach are not doing worse than those that did. South Dakota governor Kristi Noem said last week, “we’ve been able to keep our businesses open and allow people to take on some personal responsibility.” South Dakota has recorded a total of seven coronavirus deaths.
Kentucky, a strict lockdown state, is five times more populated than South Dakota, yet it has some 20 times more coronavirus deaths. If lockdown and house arrest are the answer, shouldn’t those numbers be reversed, with South Dakota seeing mass death while Kentucky dodges the coronavirus bullet?
When Anthony Fauci first warned that two million would die, there was a race among federal, state, and local officials to see who could rip up the Constitution fastest. Then Fauci told us if we do what he says only a quarter of a million would die. They locked America down even harder. Then, with little more than a shrug of the shoulders, they announced that a maximum of 60,000 would die, but maybe less. That is certainly terrible, but it’s just a high-average flu season.
Imagine if we had used even a fraction of the resources spent to lock down the entire population and focused on providing assistance and protection to the most vulnerable – the elderly and those with serious medical conditions. We could have protected these people and still had an economy to go back to when the virus had run its course. And it wouldn’t have cost us six trillion dollars either.
Governments have no right or authority to tell us what business or other activity is “essential.” Only in totalitarian states does the government claim this authority. We should encourage all those who are standing up peacefully and demanding an accounting from their elected leaders. They should not be able to get away with this.
This article first appeared at RonPaulInstitute.org.
Constitutional attorney Robert Barnes discusses his lawsuit against unconstitutional lockdown orders.


newswars--2020-04-21--Watch: Trump Campaign Ad Blasts Pelosi For Eating Ice Cream While Economy Collapses

A new campaign ad from President Trump ’ s team shows Nancy Pelosi boasting about her extensive ice cream collection , after Democrats blocked legislation to help Americans financially to the tune of $ 250 billion during the coronavirus shutdown .
The ad is titled “ Let them eat ice cream ” – Nancy Antoinette , a reference to the infamous “ let them eat cake ” jibe commonly attributed to French queen Marie Antoinette in 1789 upon learning that peasants had no bread .
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted the video out Monday with the comment “ Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rocked the economy .
Nancy Pelosi blocks funding for people to keep getting paychecks .
But she ’ s got a $ 24K fridge full of ice cream , so she ’ s cool.
” The footage of Pelosi showing off her luxurious kitchen originates from an appearance on “ The Late Late Show ” with James Corden , which started with her slamming President Trump ’ s coronavirus response , and ended with her shoving the ice cream down her throat .
Corden himself was extensively criticised for complaining about being quarantined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ square feet $ 10 million dollar L.A. mansion which is located on a 20,000 square foot estate with a massive garden and swimming pool .
In response to Pelosi ’ s ice cream fetish , GOP Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted a video last week saying he would give her all the ice cream he has at home if she would just agree to help crippled small businesses in America .

A new campaign ad from President Trump’s team shows Nancy Pelosi boasting about her extensive ice cream collection, after Democrats blocked legislation to help Americans financially to the tune of $250 billion during the coronavirus shutdown.
The ad is titled “Let them eat ice cream” – Nancy Antoinette, a reference to the infamous “let them eat cake” jibe commonly attributed to French queen Marie Antoinette in 1789 upon learning that peasants had no bread.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted the video out Monday with the comment “Americans are losing their jobs since the virus rocked the economy. Nancy Pelosi blocks funding for people to keep getting paychecks. But she’s got a $24K fridge full of ice cream, so she’s cool.”
Americans are losing their jobs since the virus rocked the economy. Nancy Pelosi blocks funding for people to keep getting paychecks. But she’s got a $24K fridge full of ice cream, so she’s cool. “𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎.”
– 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 pic.twitter.com/6KDurMFJDD — Brad Parscale – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@parscale) April 20, 2020
The footage of Pelosi showing off her luxurious kitchen originates from an appearance on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden, which started with her slamming President Trump’s coronavirus response, and ended with her shoving the ice cream down her throat.

Corden himself was extensively criticised for complaining about being quarantined at home, when he has 8,609 square feet $10 million dollar L.A. mansion which is located on a 20,000 square foot estate with a massive garden and swimming pool.
In response to Pelosi’s ice cream fetish, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted a video last week saying he would give her all the ice cream he has at home if she would just agree to help crippled small businesses in America.


newswars--2020-04-21--Video: Trump Owns PBS Reporter With Ridiculous Questions About Him ‘Causing Sickness’ And ‘Not Takin

Video: Trump Owns PBS Reporter With Ridiculous Questions About Him ‘Causing Sickness’ And ‘Not Taking Virus Seriously’

In what has become a daily occurrence at the White House press briefings , President Trump had to fend off baseless accusations from a left wing reporter .
This time that he hasn ’ t taken the coronavirus outbreak seriously , causing families to become sick .
PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor told Trump that she knew people who became infected with the virus because they saw the President didn ’ t “ have a mask on , ” so they didn ’ t take precautions .
“ They went to a funeral in mid-March and they said mainly because the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he said if the president had a mask on , if he was saying we should stay home , that I would have stayed home , ” Alcindor claimed , adding “ family members were sick because they were listening to you .
Are you concerned that downplaying the virus may be got people sick ?
” Trump fired back with examples of exactly who and who wasn ’ t taking the outbreak seriously : “ We put on a ban of China where China can ’ t come in and before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe where Europe can ’ t come in , ” Trump urged .
“ How can you say I wasn ’ t taking it seriously ?
I put a ban on China before anybody in this country died .
I put on a ban .
You tell me.
” the President continued .
“ Nancy Pelosi , she wanted to have a street party in Chinatown in San Francisco and the end of February , ” Trump added , referring to Pelosi ’ s call to ‘ end discrimination ’ against Asian Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a month later at the end of February .
And they tell me it ’ s only a political talking point .
… At the end of January , I put on a ban .
People in that room will tell you , I think there were 21 people and I was the only one that wanted to do it .
Fortunately , I was the one that counted for that purpose.
” Trump asserted .
Every day now , while he ’ s supposed to be managing a pandemic , the President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partisan “ journalists ” , who are still intent on attacking him personally .

In what has become a daily occurrence at the White House press briefings, President Trump had to fend off baseless accusations from a left wing reporter. This time that he hasn’t taken the coronavirus outbreak seriously, causing families to become sick.
PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor told Trump that she knew people who became infected with the virus because they saw the President didn’t “have a mask on,” so they didn’t take precautions.
“They went to a funeral in mid-March and they said mainly because the president wasn’t taking it seriously, he said if the president had a mask on, if he was saying we should stay home, that I would have stayed home,” Alcindor claimed, adding “family members were sick because they were listening to you. Are you concerned that downplaying the virus may be got people sick?”
Trump fired back with examples of exactly who and who wasn’t taking the outbreak seriously:
Here are the ridiculously loaded questions that partisan left-wing reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked President Trump during the Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. https://t.co/BEBjHvrvrG pic.twitter.com/umHnbYU8gO — (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) April 20, 2020
“We put on a ban of China where China can’t come in and before March we put on a ban on Europe where Europe can’t come in,” Trump urged.
“How can you say I wasn’t taking it seriously? I put a ban on China before anybody in this country died. I put on a ban. You tell me.” the President continued.
“Nancy Pelosi, she wanted to have a street party in Chinatown in San Francisco and the end of February,” Trump added, referring to Pelosi’s call to ‘end discrimination’ against Asian Americans by congregating.
“That’s a month later at the end of February. And they tell me it’s only a political talking point. … At the end of January, I put on a ban. People in that room will tell you, I think there were 21 people and I was the only one that wanted to do it. Fortunately, I was the one that counted for that purpose.” Trump asserted.
Every day now, while he’s supposed to be managing a pandemic, the President has to fend off childish outbursts from partisan “journalists”, who are still intent on attacking him personally.


newswars--2020-04-21--State Governors Say Facebook CONTACTED THEM About ‘Reopen America’ Events

State governors have denied asking Facebook to remove ‘ Reopen America ’ event pages , saying that it was the social network that contacted them over the matter , not the other way around as initially reported .
Fake news CNN reporter Oliver Darcy tweeted Monday that Facebook had taken down pages proving lockdown protests , pointing to California , New Jersey , and Nebraska , and saying that the action was taken “ on the instruction of governments in those three states ” : Fellow fake news CNN reporter Donie O ’ Sullivan noted that Facebook had taken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , again making it appear that the governors had demanded Facebook take down the pages .
However , they all got it wrong , again .
In addition , New Jersey ’ s governor also denied mandating Facebook take action , saying ” The governor ’ s office did not ask Facebook to remove pages or posts for events promoting lifting the provisions of the governor ’ s stay-at-home order.
” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on ABC ’ s Good Morning America Monday and announced that Facebook would ban the event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook took that decision on its own , without any instruction from State governors .
However , it now appears that the company may be doing an about turn on the matter .
Breitbart reports that a Facebook spokesperson told them that “ Unless government prohibits the event during this time , we allow it to be organized on Facebook.
” “ For this same reason , events that defy government ’ s guidance on social distancing aren ’ t allowed on Facebook.
” the statement also noted .
Americans across the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that have gripped their towns and cities and halted the economy .
Protests have been organised nationwide in defiance of the stay-at-home orders .

State governors have denied asking Facebook to remove ‘Reopen America’ event pages, saying that it was the social network that contacted them over the matter, not the other way around as initially reported.
Fake news CNN reporter Oliver Darcy tweeted Monday that Facebook had taken down pages proving lockdown protests, pointing to California, New Jersey, and Nebraska, and saying that the action was taken “on the instruction of governments in those three states”:
Anti-quarantine protests being organized through Facebook in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska, are being removed from the platform on the instruction of governments in those three states because it violates stay-at-home orders, Facebook spokesperson @andymstone tells @donie. — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 20, 2020
Fellow fake news CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan noted that Facebook had taken the action after “consultation with state governments”, again making it appear that the governors had demanded Facebook take down the pages.
Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine events in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska after consultation with state governments — Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) April 20, 2020
Politico reported: “Facebook shuts down anti-quarantine protests at states’ request.”
However, they all got it wrong, again.
The Nebraska governor’s office told Breitbart News Tuesday:
The Governor’s Office is not aware of any Facebook events regarding COVID-19 protests, and has not requested Facebook to pull any events down. Facebook reached out last week to learn more about Nebraska’s social distancing restrictions, and the Governor’s staff provided already publicly available information about Nebraska’s ten-person limit and Directed Health Measures.
In addition, New Jersey’s governor also denied mandating Facebook take action, saying ”The governor’s office did not ask Facebook to remove pages or posts for events promoting lifting the provisions of the governor’s stay-at-home order.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America Monday and announced that Facebook would ban the event pages as “misinformation.”
So, Facebook took that decision on its own, without any instruction from State governors. However, it now appears that the company may be doing an about turn on the matter.
Breitbart reports that a Facebook spokesperson told them that “Unless government prohibits the event during this time, we allow it to be organized on Facebook.”
“For this same reason, events that defy government’s guidance on social distancing aren’t allowed on Facebook.” the statement also noted.
Americans across the country are becoming impatient with the prolonged lockdowns that have gripped their towns and cities and halted the economy.
Protests have been organised nationwide in defiance of the stay-at-home orders.


newswars--2020-04-21--MSNBC Panel: ‘Overwhelmingly White’ ReOpen Protesters Are ‘Nazis’ And ‘Racists’ Who ‘Want More Black

MSNBC Panel: ‘Overwhelmingly White’ ReOpen Protesters Are ‘Nazis’ And ‘Racists’ Who ‘Want More Black And Brown People to Die’

The protesters calling for America to reopen are “ overwhelmingly white ” and “ want more black and brown people to die , ” according to MSNBC ’ s crazed analysts .
“ One thing I think is really interesting is how these protests have started after all the headlines last week or so about the disproportionate effect the virus is having in communities of color , ” Boston Globe opinion writer Renee Graham said Sunday on Joy Reid ’ s AM Joy .
“ And so when I look at these protests what I see are a bunch of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s affecting those people , so why do I have to change my life for them.
’ ” As Townhall.com reported , The Root ’ s Michael Harriot said the protesters are saying “ quite clearly ” that they “ want more black and brown people to die.
” “ If you want the government to open up , then you want more black and brown people to die , ” Harriot said .
Right before this hysterical segment , The Nation ’ s “ political sportswriter ” Dave Zirin said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fox News , Nazi , confederate death cult of the Republican Party ” and their actions were a “ slap in the face ” to “ black and brown people.
” Reid responded by saying it was a “ good point .
”

The protesters calling for America to reopen are “overwhelmingly white” and “want more black and brown people to die,” according to MSNBC’s crazed analysts.
“One thing I think is really interesting is how these protests have started after all the headlines last week or so about the disproportionate effect the virus is having in communities of color,” Boston Globe opinion writer Renee Graham said Sunday on Joy Reid’s AM Joy. “And so when I look at these protests what I see are a bunch of white people essentially saying ‘oh, it’s affecting those people, so why do I have to change my life for them.’”
As Townhall.com reported, The Root’s Michael Harriot said the protesters are saying “quite clearly” that they “want more black and brown people to die.”
“If you want the government to open up, then you want more black and brown people to die,” Harriot said.
.@michaelharriot adds: “What they’re saying, quite clearly [is], ‘I want more black and brown people to die.’” pic.twitter.com/SgE5I54GwV — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 19, 2020
Right before this hysterical segment, The Nation’s “political sportswriter” Dave Zirin said the protesters were part of a “Fox News, Nazi, confederate death cult of the Republican Party” and their actions were a “slap in the face” to “black and brown people.”
MSNBC guest Dave Zirin (@edgeofsports) on protests calling for reopening the economy: “They’ve gone from all lives matter to no lives matter. These folks are — let’s be honest of what they are. They are the Fox News, Nazi, confederate death cult of the Republican Party.” pic.twitter.com/IviYiqdXmY — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 19, 2020
Reid responded by saying it was a “good point.”


newswars--2020-04-21--The Twisted Political Considerations That Are Going To Extend The Lockdowns And Deepen This Economic

The Twisted Political Considerations That Are Going To Extend The Lockdowns And Deepen This Economic Depression

For better or worse , COVID-19 has become the most important political issue of the 2020 election .
And it is very unfortunate that this pandemic has erupted in an election year , because for many of our politicians finger pointing has become much more important than finding solutions .
In particular , Democrats seem quite eager to exploit any stumbles by President Trump , and many on the left are absolutely thrilled that Joe Biden ’ s poll numbers have improved over the past couple of weeks .
But if this pandemic rapidly subsides over the next few months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that could potentially be enough to put Trump over the top .
The stakes are incredibly high for both sides , many regard this upcoming election as the most important in modern American history , and no quarter will be given as operatives from both parties seek any advantage that they can possibly get .
From the very beginning of his presidency , top Democrats , the mainstream media and activists on the left have usually responded to any stance that Trump has taken by immediately taking the exact opposite position .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of strong rhetoric in political revolutions If Trump said the sky was blue , they would say it was red .
And if Trump said that the sky was red , they would say that it was blue .
This coronavirus pandemic has given us quite a few examples of this phenomenon .
When Trump decided that this pandemic was serious enough that travel with China should be shut down , they immediately slammed him for being “ racist ” and they insisted that he was overreacting .
And when Trump started touting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediately started coming up with all sorts of reasons why people should not be taking it .
Whatever Trump does or says , the left instinctively has a negative reaction to it .
In recent days , Trump has encouraged states all over the country to start reopening their economies , and anti-lockdown protests all over America have become very pro-Trump in nature… Meanwhile , those on the left have been loudly denouncing the anti-lockdown protests , they have been arguing that it would be “ dangerous ” to end the lockdowns too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coasts are telling us that the lockdowns in their states could last for several more months at least .
And on Monday , a group of 45 “ leading thinkers ” on the left released a report which warned that reopening the country too soon could cause “ a resurgence of COVID-19 that would cost the US economy trillions of dollars ” … So how long do these “ leading thinkers ” believe that we should extend the lockdowns for ?
Well , their report suggests that we will need to be cranking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will be safe to reopen the entire country… It is difficult to believe that the authors of that report were serious when they put that in there .
I don ’ t think that we will ever get to the point where 20 million Americans are being tested per day , and that is certainly not going to happen in 2020 .
Needless to say , there is a perverse incentive for those on the left to drag out these lockdowns for as long as possible , because the worse the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be for Trump to win in November .
So whether they are doing it consciously or unconsciously , there seems to be a desire on the left to squeeze as much drama out of this pandemic as they possibly can and to blame Trump for everything that has gone wrong .
I think that one nominee for the biggest drama queen during this crisis so far should be CNN host Brian Stelter .
Just check out what he tweeted on Saturday… Yes , this pandemic has been a great tragedy , but as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t the end of the world .
Life will go on , and as long as our hospitals are not being overwhelmed , we need to let people get back to work .
But most Democratic governors are not willing to even consider such a move yet , because ending the lockdowns now would be seen as an admission that Trump and the anti-lockdown protesters were right .
Plus , many of them realize that ending the lockdowns “ too quickly ” could give Trump a boost in November .
So even though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving very quickly to lift their “ shelter-in-place ” orders , many liberal states are going to drag their lockdowns out for as long as they think they can .
All of this is extremely unfortunate , because our approach to this pandemic should have nothing to do with political considerations .
But these days virtually everything in America has taken on a political tone , and that is only going to intensify the closer we get to election day .

For better or worse, COVID-19 has become the most important political issue of the 2020 election.
And it is very unfortunate that this pandemic has erupted in an election year, because for many of our politicians finger pointing has become much more important than finding solutions.
In particular, Democrats seem quite eager to exploit any stumbles by President Trump, and many on the left are absolutely thrilled that Joe Biden’s poll numbers have improved over the past couple of weeks.
But if this pandemic rapidly subsides over the next few months and the economy dramatically improves by November, that could potentially be enough to put Trump over the top.
The stakes are incredibly high for both sides, many regard this upcoming election as the most important in modern American history, and no quarter will be given as operatives from both parties seek any advantage that they can possibly get.
From the very beginning of his presidency, top Democrats, the mainstream media and activists on the left have usually responded to any stance that Trump has taken by immediately taking the exact opposite position.
Adam from Georgia speaks of the impotance of strong rhetoric in political revolutions
If Trump said the sky was blue, they would say it was red. And if Trump said that the sky was red, they would say that it was blue.
This coronavirus pandemic has given us quite a few examples of this phenomenon. When Trump decided that this pandemic was serious enough that travel with China should be shut down, they immediately slammed him for being “racist” and they insisted that he was overreacting.
And when Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment, they immediately started coming up with all sorts of reasons why people should not be taking it.
Whatever Trump does or says, the left instinctively has a negative reaction to it.
In recent days, Trump has encouraged states all over the country to start reopening their economies, and anti-lockdown protests all over America have become very pro-Trump in nature…
Anti-lockdown protests continued to gather momentum across the United States Monday as armed demonstrators waving Trump 2020 flags and ignoring social distancing rules called for America to reopen immediately. Crowds gathered close to one another in North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California, calling for their ‘liberty’. Armed militia groups protested alongside young families and Americans out of work, all calling for businesses to be reopened.
Meanwhile, those on the left have been loudly denouncing the anti-lockdown protests, they have been arguing that it would be “dangerous” to end the lockdowns too soon, and top Democrats on both coasts are telling us that the lockdowns in their states could last for several more months at least.
And on Monday, a group of 45 “leading thinkers” on the left released a report which warned that reopening the country too soon could cause “a resurgence of COVID-19 that would cost the US economy trillions of dollars”…
In a report titled ‘Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience’ released Monday, more than 45 leading economists, social scientists, lawyers and ethicists warned that sending Americans back to work too quickly will likely cause a resurgence of COVID-19 that would cost the US economy trillions of dollars. The experts labeled COVID-19 ‘a profound threat to our democracy, comparable to the Great Depression and World War II’ as they outlined the three main components to safely ending quarantine: testing, tracing and supported isolation – a combination known by the acronym TTSI.
So how long do these “leading thinkers” believe that we should extend the lockdowns for?
Well, their report suggests that we will need to be cranking out 20 million tests a day before it will be safe to reopen the entire country…
Test producers will need to deliver 5 million tests per day by early June to safely open parts of the economy by late July, according to the report. To “fully re-mobilize the economy,” the country will need to see testing grow to 20 million a day, the report suggests. “We acknowledge that even this number may not be high enough,” according to the report.
It is difficult to believe that the authors of that report were serious when they put that in there.
I don’t think that we will ever get to the point where 20 million Americans are being tested per day, and that is certainly not going to happen in 2020.
Needless to say, there is a perverse incentive for those on the left to drag out these lockdowns for as long as possible, because the worse the economy does the harder it is going to be for Trump to win in November.
So whether they are doing it consciously or unconsciously, there seems to be a desire on the left to squeeze as much drama out of this pandemic as they possibly can and to blame Trump for everything that has gone wrong.
I think that one nominee for the biggest drama queen during this crisis so far should be CNN host Brian Stelter. Just check out what he tweeted on Saturday…
“Last night, I hit a wall,” Stelter tweeted on Saturday. “Gutted by the death toll. Disturbed by the govt’s shortcomings. Dismayed by political rhetoric that bears no resemblance to reality. Worried about friends who are losing jobs; kids who are missing school; and senior citizens who are living in fear.” “I crawled in bed and cried for our pre-pandemic lives,” he said. “Tears that had been waiting a month to escape. I wanted to share because it feels freeing to do so. Now is not a time for faux-invincibility. Journos are living this, hating this, like everyone else. ”
Yes, this pandemic has been a great tragedy, but as I pointed out yesterday it isn’t the end of the world.
Life will go on, and as long as our hospitals are not being overwhelmed, we need to let people get back to work.
But most Democratic governors are not willing to even consider such a move yet, because ending the lockdowns now would be seen as an admission that Trump and the anti-lockdown protesters were right.
Plus, many of them realize that ending the lockdowns “too quickly” could give Trump a boost in November.
So even though some conservative states such as Georgia are moving very quickly to lift their “shelter-in-place” orders, many liberal states are going to drag their lockdowns out for as long as they think they can.
All of this is extremely unfortunate, because our approach to this pandemic should have nothing to do with political considerations.
But these days virtually everything in America has taken on a political tone, and that is only going to intensify the closer we get to election day.