newswars--2020-05-21--China Becomes Key Owner of Norway’s Largest Airline

The Chinese government has become one of largest shareholders in deeply troubled Norwegian Air following a debt-to-equity plan .
The aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation , which is headquartered in Singapore , is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and can be linked to the Chinese state via a long chain of ownership , now holds nearly 13 percent of all Norwegian ’ s shares .
Via a series of firms and banks , BOC Aviation is controlled by China Investment Corp , which is wholly owned by the People ’ s Republic of China , the press-release said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leasing companies and lenders have taken over control of the company by exchanging liabilities for shares , has allowed struggling Norwegian Air , the country ’ s largest airline , to stay afloat and qualify for state loans .
The settlement , designed to save Norwegian from bankruptcy , was based on the plan that those who lease the aircraft in effect take over the company .
BOC Aviation , which is currently the world ’ s ninth largest airline leasing company , owns over 360 aircraft from various manufacturers .
Five of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aircraft were delivered by BOC Aviation .
The Irish-registered leasing company Aercap Holdings emerged as the largest single shareholder in Norwegian , holding a 15.9 percent stake .
The major sell-out greatly relieved Norwegian ’ s bosses , as as the airline had already been struggling with heavy debt and nearly all flights are grounded due to the novel coronavirus .
Wholly 92 percent of the company ’ s market capitalisation has been erased since the beginning of the year .
With the Chinese state as a major owner , the map of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , especially in regard to traffic between Northern Europe and China , experts have warned .
Fredrik Sjöholm , a professor of international economics at Lund University , stressed that Chinese companies buying companies across the globe has been a familiar sight over the past decade .
“ The problem with Chinese corporate acquisitions is that they have very strong ties to the Chinese state .
And so there is no symmetrical game plan , ” Sjöholm told Swedish broadcaster SVT .
However , the debt restructuring , completed this week , has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troubled airline , which was a prerequisite for NOK 3 billion ( $ 300 million ) in loan guarantees from the Norwegian state .
Trade Minister Iselin Nybø confirmed that the state ’ s requirements had been met .
“ Norwegian has done an impressive job in getting lenders and creditors to increase their capital , ” Nybø said , as quoted by national broadcaster NRK .
She admitted that Norwegian Air , together with other airlines , is still facing “ demanding times ” , but the government hopes “ a stronger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good airline services , even after the COVID-19 outbreak .
Founded in 1993 , low-cost Norwegian Air is Norway ’ s largest airline and Europe ’ s fourth-largest .
Despite being almost inactive at the moment , more commercial flights are due to take off as soon as the containment measures are relieved , at least within Norway ’ s borders .
Paul Joseph Watson joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the dubious numbers being used to lock down society and cause more deaths than the coronavirus .

The Chinese government has become one of largest shareholders in deeply troubled Norwegian Air following a debt-to-equity plan.
The aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation, which is headquartered in Singapore, is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and can be linked to the Chinese state via a long chain of ownership, now holds nearly 13 percent of all Norwegian’s shares. Via a series of firms and banks, BOC Aviation is controlled by China Investment Corp, which is wholly owned by the People’s Republic of China, the press-release said.
A dramatic debt restructuring, where leasing companies and lenders have taken over control of the company by exchanging liabilities for shares, has allowed struggling Norwegian Air, the country’s largest airline, to stay afloat and qualify for state loans.
The settlement, designed to save Norwegian from bankruptcy, was based on the plan that those who lease the aircraft in effect take over the company. BOC Aviation, which is currently the world’s ninth largest airline leasing company, owns over 360 aircraft from various manufacturers. Five of Norwegian’s latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft were delivered by BOC Aviation.
The Irish-registered leasing company Aercap Holdings emerged as the largest single shareholder in Norwegian, holding a 15.9 percent stake.
The major sell-out greatly relieved Norwegian’s bosses, as as the airline had already been struggling with heavy debt and nearly all flights are grounded due to the novel coronavirus. Wholly 92 percent of the company’s market capitalisation has been erased since the beginning of the year.
With the Chinese state as a major owner, the map of the Nordic aviation industry may be redrawn, especially in regard to traffic between Northern Europe and China, experts have warned.
Fredrik Sjöholm, a professor of international economics at Lund University, stressed that Chinese companies buying companies across the globe has been a familiar sight over the past decade.
“The problem with Chinese corporate acquisitions is that they have very strong ties to the Chinese state. And so there is no symmetrical game plan,” Sjöholm told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
However, the debt restructuring, completed this week, has pushed down the loan-to-value ratio of the troubled airline, which was a prerequisite for NOK 3 billion ($300 million) in loan guarantees from the Norwegian state.
Trade Minister Iselin Nybø confirmed that the state’s requirements had been met. “Norwegian has done an impressive job in getting lenders and creditors to increase their capital,” Nybø said, as quoted by national broadcaster NRK. She admitted that Norwegian Air, together with other airlines, is still facing “demanding times”, but the government hopes “a stronger Norwegian” will be able to deliver good airline services, even after the COVID-19 outbreak.
Founded in 1993, low-cost Norwegian Air is Norway’s largest airline and Europe’s fourth-largest. Despite being almost inactive at the moment, more commercial flights are due to take off as soon as the containment measures are relieved, at least within Norway’s borders.
Paul Joseph Watson joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the dubious numbers being used to lock down society and cause more deaths than the coronavirus.


newswars--2020-05-22--Poll: A Quarter Of Americans Are Not Interested In Coronavirus Vaccine

A Reuters/Ipsos poll published Thursday has revealed that a quarter of Americans are not interested in taking a coronavirus vaccine .
The poll founds that 14 % were not interested at all , and 10 % were not very interested in the vaccine .
However , while that 24 % dismissed the idea , two thirds , 66 % , said they are either “ very ” or “ somewhat ” interested in taking a vaccine when it is produced .
Dr. William Schaffner , an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville , said “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought it would be with all the attention to COVID-19 , ” adding “ I would have expected somewhere around 75 percent.
” The Reuters report notes that health experts believe “ at least 70 % of Americans would need to be immune through a vaccine or prior infection to achieve what is known as “ herd immunity , ” when enough people are resistant to an infectious disease to prevent its spread.
” Peter Hotez , dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine noted that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percentage of Americans are not going to take the vaccine because of the terrible messaging we ’ ve had , the absence of a communication plan around the vaccine and this very aggressive anti-vaccine movement.
” The poll also found that 36 % of respondents would be less willing to take a vaccine if President Trump said it was safe , with just 14 % said they would be interested .
A week ago , Trump announced “ Operation Warp Speed , ” to fast-track the development and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resources in science , medicine , the military , and the private sector .
Trump has suggested that the military will be deployed to distribute the vaccine , but has suggested that it will remain voluntary , noting that it will be for those “ who want to get it , ” and “ Not everyone is going to want to get it .
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll published Thursday has revealed that a quarter of Americans are not interested in taking a coronavirus vaccine.
The poll founds that 14% were not interested at all, and 10% were not very interested in the vaccine.
However, while that 24% dismissed the idea, two thirds, 66%, said they are either “very” or “somewhat” interested in taking a vaccine when it is produced.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, said “It’s a little lower than I thought it would be with all the attention to COVID-19,” adding “I would have expected somewhere around 75 percent.”
The Reuters report notes that health experts believe “at least 70% of Americans would need to be immune through a vaccine or prior infection to achieve what is known as “herd immunity,” when enough people are resistant to an infectious disease to prevent its spread.”
Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine noted that “It’s not surprising a significant percentage of Americans are not going to take the vaccine because of the terrible messaging we’ve had, the absence of a communication plan around the vaccine and this very aggressive anti-vaccine movement.”
The poll also found that 36% of respondents would be less willing to take a vaccine if President Trump said it was safe, with just 14% said they would be interested.
A week ago, Trump announced “Operation Warp Speed,” to fast-track the development and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine by January 2021, tapping experts and resources in science, medicine, the military, and the private sector.
Trump has suggested that the military will be deployed to distribute the vaccine, but has suggested that it will remain voluntary, noting that it will be for those “who want to get it,” and “Not everyone is going to want to get it.”


newswars--2020-05-22--Nursing Home Abuser Made Video Asserting “Black People are Supposed to Rule the Earth”

The culprit behind the horrific beating of an elderly man at a nursing home in Detroit made a YouTube video in which he asserted that “ black people are supposed to rule the earth.
” Footage emerged yesterday of a man later identified as 20-year-old Jadon Hayden beating up a defenseless elderly white man by repeatedly punching him in the face .
Another clip shows him beating an elderly white woman .
Hayden uploaded the videos to his social media accounts but after the clips started to go viral on Twitter he was quickly arrested by police .
Content Hayden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggested he holds black supremacist beliefs .
“ The black race is the chosen race , the black race was supposed to rule the earth , but now…they have to go to the white man for everything and that ’ s not good , ” Hayden says in one video .
“ Black people are supposed to rule the earth , ” he emphasizes .
Hayden also posted a video called “ drugging ppl prank ” that shows a white man convulsing in what appears to be the same nursing home , suggesting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the drugging .
Many have questioned why the story isn ’ t being covered by major news networks like CNN , arguing that if the roles were reversed and the culprit was white , there ’ d be a mass uproar .
President Trump has tweeted about the issue and Tucker Carlson vowed last night to cover it fully on his show tonight .
Hayden was a patient in the nursing home , which as Chris Menahan documents , has a very shady recent history .
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The culprit behind the horrific beating of an elderly man at a nursing home in Detroit made a YouTube video in which he asserted that “black people are supposed to rule the earth.”
Footage emerged yesterday of a man later identified as 20-year-old Jadon Hayden beating up a defenseless elderly white man by repeatedly punching him in the face.
Absolutely shocking footage has emerged from a black male nurse from Detroit (Jadon H.), who filmed himself beating elderly white men into a bloody pulp. “Get the fuck off my bed, N.,” he is heard saying. Viewer discretion advised. pic.twitter.com/NPtCFA8YIs — Mathijs Koenraadt (@mknrdt) May 21, 2020
Another clip shows him beating an elderly white woman.
I’ll never understand why Americans work 40+ hrs a week, pay taxes, fight for their country, just for their children to dump them in care homes in old age and subject them to this kinda treatment. The relevant authorities have his information so dw and I don’t mean the police! pic.twitter.com/0674AypzMJ — Chakita (@Chakitabelle) May 21, 2020
Hayden uploaded the videos to his social media accounts but after the clips started to go viral on Twitter he was quickly arrested by police.
Content Hayden had previously uploaded to his YouTube channel suggested he holds black supremacist beliefs.
“The black race is the chosen race, the black race was supposed to rule the earth, but now…they have to go to the white man for everything and that’s not good,” Hayden says in one video.
“Black people are supposed to rule the earth,” he emphasizes.
Hayden also posted a video called “drugging ppl prank” that shows a white man convulsing in what appears to be the same nursing home, suggesting that he may have been responsible for the drugging.
Many have questioned why the story isn’t being covered by major news networks like CNN, arguing that if the roles were reversed and the culprit was white, there’d be a mass uproar.
Is this even possible to believe? Can this be for real? Where is this nursing home, how is the victim doing? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
President Trump has tweeted about the issue and Tucker Carlson vowed last night to cover it fully on his show tonight.
UPDATE: The heroic @TuckerCarlson aired a screenshot from the Detroit nursing home attack and said he would cover the “horrifying” story tomorrow night! “We’re going to have a lot more on that story tomorrow and the tape.” pic.twitter.com/eBMfxW4kl7 — Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) May 22, 2020
Hayden was a patient in the nursing home, which as Chris Menahan documents, has a very shady recent history.
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newswars--2020-05-22--British Health Officials Suggest Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be MANDATORY

The British health secretary Matt Hancock said during a briefing that he hopes ‘ everybody would have the vaccine ’ , if and when a coronavirus shot is rolled out , and did not rule out making it mandatory for every citizen .
Hancock was asked directly by a reporter if getting the vaccine could be made compulsory , and replied that the question is “ not one that we have addressed yet ” .
“ I would hope given the scale of this crisis and given the overwhelming need for us to get through this and to get the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very positive impact that a vaccine would have that everybody would have the vaccine.
” Hancock said .
Professor John Newton , who is overseeing Britain ’ s coronavirus testing , then confirmed that mandating vaccinations is on the table .
“ Clearly mandation is there , it can be used in some instances.
” Newton said , admitting however that “ most successful vaccine programmes tend to be by consent.
” “ Although some countries have adopted mandatory programmes , the most successful programmes tend to be done on the basis of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mechanisms.
” Newton said .
Hancock has previously strenuously criticised anti-vaccination campaigners .
Last year he announced that the UK Government was “ looking very seriously ” at instituting compulsory vaccinations for state school pupils .
In the US , calls have been made to make any vaccination mandatory with the likes of the New York Times expressing concern that half of Americans would refuse to take it .
In Canada , a poll recently revealed that 60 per cent think that when a vaccine for coronavirus becomes available it should be made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s current Chief Public Health Officer appeared in a recently resurfaced 2010 documentary in which she advocated using mandatory “ tracking bracelets ” for people who refuse to take a vaccine after a virus outbreak .
Many experts have suggested that a vaccine may not even be successful due to the nature of the coronavirus family and the fact that it can mutate .
In the UK , Scientists have expressed doubts over the effectiveness of a vaccine that has been rushed to human trials , after all of the monkeys used in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , greater breakthroughs have been made in anti-body studies , with researchers from Seattle successfully neutralizing the spike proteins of the virus , and researchers in California claiming to have discovered anti-bodies that can completely block COVID-19 .

The British health secretary Matt Hancock said during a briefing that he hopes ‘everybody would have the vaccine’, if and when a coronavirus shot is rolled out, and did not rule out making it mandatory for every citizen.
Hancock was asked directly by a reporter if getting the vaccine could be made compulsory, and replied that the question is “not one that we have addressed yet”.
“I would hope given the scale of this crisis and given the overwhelming need for us to get through this and to get the country back on its feet and the very positive impact that a vaccine would have that everybody would have the vaccine.” Hancock said.
Professor John Newton, who is overseeing Britain’s coronavirus testing, then confirmed that mandating vaccinations is on the table.
“Clearly mandation is there, it can be used in some instances.” Newton said, admitting however that “most successful vaccine programmes tend to be by consent.”
“Although some countries have adopted mandatory programmes, the most successful programmes tend to be done on the basis of consent, good information and good delivery mechanisms.” Newton said.
Hancock has previously strenuously criticised anti-vaccination campaigners. Last year he announced that the UK Government was “looking very seriously” at instituting compulsory vaccinations for state school pupils.
In the US, calls have been made to make any vaccination mandatory with the likes of the New York Times expressing concern that half of Americans would refuse to take it.
In Canada, a poll recently revealed that 60 per cent think that when a vaccine for coronavirus becomes available it should be made mandatory.
In addition, Canada’s current Chief Public Health Officer appeared in a recently resurfaced 2010 documentary in which she advocated using mandatory “tracking bracelets” for people who refuse to take a vaccine after a virus outbreak.
Many experts have suggested that a vaccine may not even be successful due to the nature of the coronavirus family and the fact that it can mutate.
In the UK, Scientists have expressed doubts over the effectiveness of a vaccine that has been rushed to human trials, after all of the monkeys used in initial testing later contracted coronavirus.
Meanwhile, greater breakthroughs have been made in anti-body studies, with researchers from Seattle successfully neutralizing the spike proteins of the virus, and researchers in California claiming to have discovered anti-bodies that can completely block COVID-19.


newswars--2020-05-22--Expert: ‘Chinese Regime Is Deeply Racist… This Is Something We Haven’t Seen Since The Third Reich’

Several universities in the U.S. are refusing to cooperate with federal investigations into alleged infiltration by the Chinese government through bribes and financial kickbacks , according to reports .
College Fix reports that multiple institutions being scrutinised by the Department of Education are refusing to provide internal documents that are thought to contain evidence of undisclosed financial grants from the Chinese government .
The legal representatives of the universities are arguing that they do not have to provide information because of “ Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges , ” according to correspondence from the Department of Education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that have refused to comply .
Department of Education General Counsel Reed Rubinstein noted that “ the evidence suggests massive investments of foreign money have bred dependency and distorted the decision making , mission , and values of too many institutions.
” Rubinstein admitted that the government will not be able to fully release information it does receive from the universities .
“ Inappropriate disclosure of confidential information could lead to separation of powers concerns and will certainly impair the factfinding and enforcement work Congress has authorized us to do , ” Rubinstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many universities throughout America are still allowing what have been described as Chinese propaganda centers to operate on their campuses , despite warnings from intelligence officials that the communist state is using them to infiltrate US society and indoctrinate Americans .
US intelligence agencies have previously labeled the Confucius Institutes as a national security threat , and several universities have since trashed the programs .
In congressional testimony in 2018 , FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that “ The level of naïveté on the part of the academic sector about this creates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exploiting the very open research and development environment that we have , which we all revere .
But they ’ re taking advantage of it.
” In January , the Department of Justice also arrested a professor at Harvard , as well as two Chinese nationals for reportedly acting as foreign agents .
An engineering professor at the University of Arkansas was also arrested by the FBI and faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly hiding funding that he received from the communist Chinese government .
Congressional Republicans have also expressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US coronavirus research through such infiltration of US universities .
Last week , the FBI issued a PSA warning of the Chinese government ’ s intention to steal American medical research in its quest to find a cure for COVID-19 .
Speaking to Campus Reform , Gordon Chang , an expert on United States-China relations , and author of The Coming China Collapse , noted that “ estimates put the annual theft of American intellectual property at somewhere between $ 150-600 billion a year.
” “ Some of that actually takes place on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of college professors , a number of them have been fingered by the FBI and they ’ re pending investigations , and Chinese students have been engaged in activities…for instance , downloading entire databases for China.
” Chang added .
Referring to the Confuscious Institutes , Change said that they “ report in reality to the Communist Party ’ s United Front Work Department .
That means these are attempts to subvert other countries.
“ “ The U.S. is not permitted to have institutes like this in China .
You don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Roosevelt Institute… we know that propaganda is absolutely critical to totalitarian regimes.
” Change urged .
“ They want to put forth narratives and restrict what is said about China on American campuses.
” Chang asserted , adding that “ You ’ ve got to remember that the Chinese regime is deeply racist with its Han nationalist ideology .
This is something we haven ’ t quite seen since The Third Reich.
” Last year President Donald Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which proposed an ultimatum to universities receiving financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese propaganda center on campus or lose funding .
Since that time , at least 49 schools have closed their Confucius Institute , according to Human Rights Watch .
The problem extends beyond the US , with European officials also expressing concerns that China is using the programs to infiltrate and spy on other countries .
Some nations have outright banned the Chinese from setting up the institutes at their universities .

Several universities in the U.S. are refusing to cooperate with federal investigations into alleged infiltration by the Chinese government through bribes and financial kickbacks, according to reports.
College Fix reports that multiple institutions being scrutinised by the Department of Education are refusing to provide internal documents that are thought to contain evidence of undisclosed financial grants from the Chinese government.
The legal representatives of the universities are arguing that they do not have to provide information because of “Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges,” according to correspondence from the Department of Education, which did not name the institutions that have refused to comply.
Department of Education General Counsel Reed Rubinstein noted that “the evidence suggests massive investments of foreign money have bred dependency and distorted the decision making, mission, and values of too many institutions.”
Rubinstein admitted that the government will not be able to fully release information it does receive from the universities.
“Inappropriate disclosure of confidential information could lead to separation of powers concerns and will certainly impair the factfinding and enforcement work Congress has authorized us to do,” Rubinstein stated.
As we have recently highlighted, many universities throughout America are still allowing what have been described as Chinese propaganda centers to operate on their campuses, despite warnings from intelligence officials that the communist state is using them to infiltrate US society and indoctrinate Americans.
US intelligence agencies have previously labeled the Confucius Institutes as a national security threat, and several universities have since trashed the programs.
In congressional testimony in 2018, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that “The level of naïveté on the part of the academic sector about this creates its own issues. They’re exploiting the very open research and development environment that we have, which we all revere. But they’re taking advantage of it.”
In January, the Department of Justice also arrested a professor at Harvard, as well as two Chinese nationals for reportedly acting as foreign agents.
An engineering professor at the University of Arkansas was also arrested by the FBI and faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly hiding funding that he received from the communist Chinese government.
Congressional Republicans have also expressed concerns that China is attempting to hinder US coronavirus research through such infiltration of US universities.
Last week, the FBI issued a PSA warning of the Chinese government’s intention to steal American medical research in its quest to find a cure for COVID-19.
Speaking to Campus Reform, Gordon Chang, an expert on United States-China relations, and author of The Coming China Collapse, noted that “estimates put the annual theft of American intellectual property at somewhere between $150-600 billion a year.”

“Some of that actually takes place on American college campuses. China has bought a number of college professors, a number of them have been fingered by the FBI and they’re pending investigations, and Chinese students have been engaged in activities…for instance, downloading entire databases for China.” Chang added.
Referring to the Confuscious Institutes, Change said that they “report in reality to the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department. That means these are attempts to subvert other countries.“
“The U.S. is not permitted to have institutes like this in China. You don’t have a Lincoln Center or Roosevelt Institute… we know that propaganda is absolutely critical to totalitarian regimes.” Change urged.
“They want to put forth narratives and restrict what is said about China on American campuses.” Chang asserted, adding that “You’ve got to remember that the Chinese regime is deeply racist with its Han nationalist ideology. This is something we haven’t quite seen since The Third Reich.”
Last year President Donald Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which proposed an ultimatum to universities receiving financial assistance from the Pentagon: close the Chinese propaganda center on campus or lose funding. Since that time, at least 49 schools have closed their Confucius Institute, according to Human Rights Watch.
The problem extends beyond the US, with European officials also expressing concerns that China is using the programs to infiltrate and spy on other countries. Some nations have outright banned the Chinese from setting up the institutes at their universities.


newswars--2020-05-22--French Police Raid Alleged Far-Left Antifa Bomb Factory HQ

French police in the Paris suburb of Bagnolet have arrested four people after discovering the alleged headquarters of the city @ @ @ @ @ movement , where it is claimed explosives were being manufactured .
The raid of the @ @ @ @ @ with officers discovering dozens of Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices .
The building , @ @ @ @ @ members of the far-left extremist movement , featured various radical slogans including : “ A @ @ @ @ @ social justice.
” The building also featured graffiti stating “ Welcome to our Paris HQ @ @ @ @ @ that the squat was the headquarters of the Paris chapter of the extremist group , @ @ @ @ @ .

French police in the Paris suburb of Bagnolet have arrested four people after discovering the alleged headquarters of the city’s far-left extremist Antifa movement, where it is claimed explosives were being manufactured.
The raid of the building took place on Sunday with officers discovering dozens of Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices.
The building, which has been occupied by members of the far-left extremist movement, featured various radical slogans including: “A cop, a bullet, social justice.”
The building also featured graffiti stating “Welcome to our Paris HQ Antifa75”, fueling speculation that the squat was the headquarters of the Paris chapter of the extremist group, Le Point reported on Wednesday.
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Ritual public humiliation.


newswars--2020-05-22--McConnell on Senate ‘Obamagate’ Inquiry: After Impeachment, Pelosi Is Not in a Position to Lecture U

McConnell on Senate ‘Obamagate’ Inquiry: After Impeachment, Pelosi Is Not in a Position to Lecture Us on ‘Appropriate Use of Time’

Thursday on Fox News Channel ’ s “ The Story , ” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) @ @ @ @ @ House of Representatives counterpart Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding the House Homeland Security Committee ’ s @ @ @ @ @ the lead-up to the 2017 investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election @ @ @ @ @ s comments given the length of time the House spent on impeachment under her leadership @ @ @ @ @ War Room and invites congressional candidate Chief Jarome Bell to break down the dangers of @ @ @ @ @ mean for President Trump .

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) responded to criticism from his House of Representatives counterpart Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding the House Homeland Security Committee’s use of subpoena power in the lead-up to the 2017 investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
McConnell dismissed Pelosi’s comments given the length of time the House spent on impeachment under her leadership.
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Tom Pappert hosts the War Room and invites congressional candidate Chief Jarome Bell to break down the dangers of mail-in-ballots and what that could mean for President Trump.


newswars--2020-05-22--The Worst Unemployment Spike In U.S. History – 1 Out Of Every 4 Workers Has Filed For Unemployment B

The Worst Unemployment Spike In U.S. History – 1 Out Of Every 4 Workers Has Filed For Unemployment Benefits In 2020

Even though most U.S. states have begun the process of “ reopening ” their economies , the unprecedented tsunami of job losses that we have been experiencing just continues to roll on .
On Thursday , we learned that another 2.4 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits during the previous week , and that brings the grand total for this pandemic to a whopping 38.6 million .
To get an idea of just how badly this swamps what we witnessed during the last recession , take a look at this chart .
This is the biggest spike in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a very wide margin , and analysts are expecting another huge number once again next week .
After my father got out of the U.S. Navy , he worked as a math teacher for many years , and throughout my life I have always had a deep appreciation for numbers .
And in this case , the numbers are telling us that we are facing something truly horrific .
During the month of February , the number of Americans that were currently employed peaked at 152,463,000 .
If you take the 38.6 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during this crisis and divide it by 152,463,000 , you will find that it gives you a figure of more than 25 percent .
In other words , more than one out of every four jobs in the United States is already gone , and more job losses will be coming week after week .
And of course not everyone that loses a job actually files a claim for unemployment benefits .
So the true percentage of Americans that have lost a job would be even higher .
It had been hoped that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once states began “ reopening ” their economies , but so far that is not really materializing .
For example , Georgia was one of the first states to begin lifting restrictions , but that state also “ now leads the country in terms of the proportion of its workforce applying for unemployment assistance ” … Our politicians really didn ’ t understand what they were doing when they started locking down state after state .
Coming into 2020 , the U.S. economy was in an extremely fragile state and was already moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear of COVID-19 has burst all of our economic bubbles .
The U.S. economy is now in a death spiral , and a survey that was just conducted by the Census Bureau came up with some numbers that are simply eye-popping… Already , we are beginning to see mortgage delinquencies rise to very alarming levels .
In fact , in April we witnessed the largest single month jump that has ever been recorded… Sadly , the truth is that this is only going to get worse .
The “ enhanced unemployment benefits ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many unemployed Americans to pay their mortgages , but now it appears that President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell do not intend to extend those benefits past the July deadline .
They are concerned that those benefits have been so generous that they have been discouraging many Americans from going back to work , and they are quite right about that .
Unfortunately , it isn ’ t just homeowners that have been missing payments .
At this point , the entire commercial real estate industry is on the precipice of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ payments are being “ skipped ” all over the nation on a widespread basis .
On Thursday , we learned that even the owners of The Mall of America have been skipping their mortgage payments… Unless Congress steps in and showers the entire commercial real estate industry with giant mountains of cash , I don ’ t see how an unprecedented meltdown can be averted .
It is going to be horrifying to watch , and it is going to absolutely dwarf anything that we witnessed in 2008 .
Of course similar things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a whole .
At this point , Bank of America is projecting that U.S. GDP will fall 40 percent on an annualized basis during the second quarter of this year… When Bank of America starts sounding like The Economic Collapse Blog , that is a clear sign that things are really starting to fall apart in a major way .
Now that restrictions are being lifted all over the nation , the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is starting to rise again , and fear of this virus is going to paralyze economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what most Americans still don ’ t understand is that what we have experienced so far is just the beginning…

Even though most U.S. states have begun the process of “reopening” their economies, the unprecedented tsunami of job losses that we have been experiencing just continues to roll on.
On Thursday, we learned that another 2.4 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits during the previous week, and that brings the grand total for this pandemic to a whopping 38.6 million.
To get an idea of just how badly this swamps what we witnessed during the last recession, take a look at this chart.
This is the biggest spike in unemployment in all of U.S. history by a very wide margin, and analysts are expecting another huge number once again next week.
After my father got out of the U.S. Navy, he worked as a math teacher for many years, and throughout my life I have always had a deep appreciation for numbers.
And in this case, the numbers are telling us that we are facing something truly horrific.
During the month of February, the number of Americans that were currently employed peaked at 152,463,000.
If you take the 38.6 million workers that have filed for unemployment benefits during this crisis and divide it by 152,463,000, you will find that it gives you a figure of more than 25 percent.
In other words, more than one out of every four jobs in the United States is already gone, and more job losses will be coming week after week.
And of course not everyone that loses a job actually files a claim for unemployment benefits. So the true percentage of Americans that have lost a job would be even higher.
It had been hoped that the unemployment numbers would begin to normalize once states began “reopening” their economies, but so far that is not really materializing.
For example, Georgia was one of the first states to begin lifting restrictions, but that state also “now leads the country in terms of the proportion of its workforce applying for unemployment assistance”…
Georgia’s early move to start easing stay-at-home restrictions nearly a month ago has done little to stem the state’s flood of unemployment claims — illustrating how hard it is to bring jobs back while consumers are still afraid to go outside. Weekly applications for jobless benefits have remained so elevated that Georgia now leads the country in terms of the proportion of its workforce applying for unemployment assistance. A staggering 40.3 percent of the state’s workers — two out of every five — has filed for unemployment insurance payments since the coronavirus pandemic led to widespread shutdowns in mid-March, a POLITICO review of Labor Department data shows.
Our politicians really didn’t understand what they were doing when they started locking down state after state. Coming into 2020, the U.S. economy was in an extremely fragile state and was already moving rapidly toward recession territory, and now fear of COVID-19 has burst all of our economic bubbles.
The U.S. economy is now in a death spiral, and a survey that was just conducted by the Census Bureau came up with some numbers that are simply eye-popping…
Nearly half of Americans say that either their incomes have declined or they live with another adult who has lost pay through a job loss or reduced hours, the Census Bureau said in survey data released Wednesday. More than one-fifth of Americans said they had little or no confidence in their ability to pay the next month´s rent or mortgage on time, the survey found.
Already, we are beginning to see mortgage delinquencies rise to very alarming levels.
In fact, in April we witnessed the largest single month jump that has ever been recorded…
Mortgage delinquencies surged by 1.6 million in April, the largest single-month jump in history, according to a report from Black Knight, a mortgage technology and data provider. The data includes both homeowners past due on mortgage payments who aren’t in forbearance, along with those in forbearance plans and who didn’t make a mortgage payment in April. At 6.45%, the national delinquency rate nearly doubled from 3.06% in March, the largest single-month increase recorded, and nearly three times the prior record for a single month during the height of the financial crisis in late 2008, Black Knight said.
Sadly, the truth is that this is only going to get worse.
The “enhanced unemployment benefits” that Congress recently passed have been helping many unemployed Americans to pay their mortgages, but now it appears that President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell do not intend to extend those benefits past the July deadline. They are concerned that those benefits have been so generous that they have been discouraging many Americans from going back to work, and they are quite right about that.
Unfortunately, it isn’t just homeowners that have been missing payments.
At this point, the entire commercial real estate industry is on the precipice of a meltdown as rent payments and mortgage payments are being “skipped” all over the nation on a widespread basis. On Thursday, we learned that even the owners of The Mall of America have been skipping their mortgage payments…
The biggest shopping center in the country, The Mall of America, has missed two months of payments on its $1.4 billion mortgage, a sign of just how much retail real estate owners are reeling during the coronavirus pandemic. The mall, operated by private developers Triple Five Group, skipped mortgage payments in April and May, according to Trepp, a New York-based research firm that tracks the commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, market.
Unless Congress steps in and showers the entire commercial real estate industry with giant mountains of cash, I don’t see how an unprecedented meltdown can be averted.
It is going to be horrifying to watch, and it is going to absolutely dwarf anything that we witnessed in 2008.
Of course similar things can be said about the economy as a whole. At this point, Bank of America is projecting that U.S. GDP will fall 40 percent on an annualized basis during the second quarter of this year…
Now that banks have had a chance to evaluate the collapse in the economy in the post-covid world, a new round of GDP forecast revisions is coming, and it’s a doozy, with Bank of America spearheading the latest effort by slashing its Q2 GDP forecast from -30% to -40%. Not without a trace of irony, BofA’s chief economist Michelle Meyer writes that “words cannot describe” the loss in economic output, which is “unlike anything we have seen in modern history.”
When Bank of America starts sounding like The Economic Collapse Blog, that is a clear sign that things are really starting to fall apart in a major way.
Now that restrictions are being lifted all over the nation, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is starting to rise again, and fear of this virus is going to paralyze economic activity for the foreseeable future.
And what most Americans still don’t understand is that what we have experienced so far is just the beginning…


newswars--2020-05-22--“Social Distancing Walls” – Gym Reveals Future Layout In Post-Corona World

With all 50 states taking the first steps into a post-corona world by reopening crashed economies — Connecticut will join the reopening party by Wednesday — fitness centers will have to restore customer trust with social distancing in mind .
Many gyms , health clubs , and yoga studios are still closed , but the ones that are reopening have adopted strict social distancing rules and new sanitation protocols .
The pandemic has led to wild consumer shifts , essentially transferring the whole workout experience from a retail setting to at-home , forcing some gyms during lockdowns to file for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay rent in their large retail locations .
• Muscle ’ d Out : Gold ’ s Gym Files For Chapter 11 Due To Government Lockdowns A major problem with fitness centers has developed , they must restore confidence among customers because , in a post-corona world , at-home workouts , such as Peloton has dominated the scene — and will like continue to be the preferred workout of choice for the remainder of the year , or at least until there ’ s a proven vaccine .
Patrick Howley breaks down the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to target conservatives during the coronavirus pandemic response .
To get a glimpse of how gyms in the US could restore confidence among customers — Twitter handle Ben Lucas tweets a picture of how his gym in Hong Kong has installed social distancing walls around exercise machines .
According to CNBC , who dug deeper into the story , they said the Hong Kong gym is at Pure Fitness in Quarry Bay .
A representative of the gym said , “ dividers help to stop the spread of the virus when 1.5-meter distance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s suggestion , can not be easily maintained.
” Here ’ s another view of Pure Fitness ’ social distancing walls , this time around treadmills .
Back to the US , the White House Guidelines for Opening Up America indicates that gyms are in the first phase of reopening “ can open if they adhere to strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols.
” CNBC says gyms in Georgia , Iowa , Tennessee and Oklahoma , have already opened .
Kevin Heffernan , professor of human performance at Syracuse University , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a close space .
“ They ’ re not ideally designed for social distancing , ” he said .
To get a view of how a sneeze travels in an indoor space – watch how a single cough disperses across several supermarket aisles in this simulation .
Now just imagine if that was in a gym… Gyms have an uphill battle in winning the support of customers — social distancing walls around exercise machines are likely coming to America .
At the moment , who in their right mind would step foot into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Peloton class in the comfort of their own home and not worry about COVID-19 carriers…

With all 50 states taking the first steps into a post-corona world by reopening crashed economies — Connecticut will join the reopening party by Wednesday — fitness centers will have to restore customer trust with social distancing in mind.
Many gyms, health clubs, and yoga studios are still closed, but the ones that are reopening have adopted strict social distancing rules and new sanitation protocols. The pandemic has led to wild consumer shifts, essentially transferring the whole workout experience from a retail setting to at-home, forcing some gyms during lockdowns to file for bankruptcy as operators were left struggling to pay rent in their large retail locations.
Latest gym bankruptcies:
A major problem with fitness centers has developed, they must restore confidence among customers because, in a post-corona world, at-home workouts, such as Peloton has dominated the scene — and will like continue to be the preferred workout of choice for the remainder of the year, or at least until there’s a proven vaccine.
Patrick Howley breaks down the leftest plot to use SJW contact tracers to target conservatives during the coronavirus pandemic response.
To get a glimpse of how gyms in the US could restore confidence among customers — Twitter handle Ben Lucas tweets a picture of how his gym in Hong Kong has installed social distancing walls around exercise machines.
According to CNBC, who dug deeper into the story, they said the Hong Kong gym is at Pure Fitness in Quarry Bay. A representative of the gym said, “dividers help to stop the spread of the virus when 1.5-meter distance, in line with Hong Kong government’s suggestion, cannot be easily maintained.”
Here’s another view of Pure Fitness’ social distancing walls, this time around treadmills.
Back to the US, the White House Guidelines for Opening Up America indicates that gyms are in the first phase of reopening “can open if they adhere to strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols.” CNBC says gyms in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Oklahoma, have already opened.
Kevin Heffernan, professor of human performance at Syracuse University, said gyms have stacked exercise machines tightly into a close space. “They’re not ideally designed for social distancing,” he said.
“You generate a lot of sweat, and people are breathing really hard,” Heffernan said, which could lead to a transmission of the virus.
To get a view of how a sneeze travels in an indoor space – watch how a single cough disperses across several supermarket aisles in this simulation. Now just imagine if that was in a gym…
Gyms have an uphill battle in winning the support of customers — social distancing walls around exercise machines are likely coming to America. At the moment, who in their right mind would step foot into a gym when they can easily take a Peloton class in the comfort of their own home and not worry about COVID-19 carriers…


newswars--2020-05-22--VIDEO: CDC Goes Door to Door Conducting Questionnaires, Virus Antibody Testing

The Center for Disease Control instituted a program in Georgia this April which constituted of officials wearing facemasks and holding CDC-branded clipboards going house to house and knocking on doors to conduct questionnaires and virus antibody testing .
The methods have drawn controversy from citizens worried about exposure to the virus , and the legal precedent of door-to-door government testing , whether such testing is voluntary or not .
In this case , the antibody testing was non-compulsory , as homeowners could refuse to answer the door if they so chose .
CBS 46 Atlanta recorded video of the CDC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One clip shows a CDC officials explaining to a resident , “ We ’ re working with the Georgia Department of Public Health , and the DeKalb Department of Public Health to do a zero-prevalence survey around the community in DeKalb County to determine the community transmission for coronavirus.
” The video footage can be seen below .
In other CDC-related news , National File broke the news that the agency listed job postings for the position of Quarantine Advisor in November 2019 : The Center for Disease Control posted a job listing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Quarantine Program in all major U.S. cities in November of 2019 , at least a month before the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak .
The job listing is for positions in Dallas , El Paso , Houston , Seattle , Anchorage , Los Angeles , San Diego , San Francisco , Miami , Atlanta , Honolulu , Chicago , Boston , Detroit , Minneapolis , Newark , New York , Philadelphia , and San Juan .
Guest host Jason Jones is joined by Taylor Marshall on The Alex Jones Show to break down whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mark of the beast .
The job description reads , “ Serves as a project representative for a program responsible for preventing the importation and spread of communicable diseases.
” All cities currently dealing with coronavirus fears in the U.S. are listed on the job application .
Job ID HHS-CDC-D3-20-10640010 Location Dallas , Texas , El Paso , Texas , Houston , Texas , Seattle , Washington , Anchorage , Alaska , Los Angeles , California , San Diego , California , San Francisco , California , Miami , Florida , Atlanta , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Illinois , Boston , Massachusetts , Detroit , Michigan , Minneapolis , Minnesota , Newark , New Jersey , New York , New York , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , San Juan Department : Department of Health And Human Services Agency : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Job Announcement Number : HHS-CDC-D3-20-10640010 SALARY RANGE : $ 51440.0 to $ 93077.0/Per Year OPEN PERIOD : 2019-11-15 to 2020-05-15 SERIES & GRADE : GS–9/11 The government response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been met with a highly polarized response by American citizens .

The Center for Disease Control instituted a program in Georgia this April which constituted of officials wearing facemasks and holding CDC-branded clipboards going house to house and knocking on doors to conduct questionnaires and virus antibody testing.
The methods have drawn controversy from citizens worried about exposure to the virus, and the legal precedent of door-to-door government testing, whether such testing is voluntary or not.
In this case, the antibody testing was non-compulsory, as homeowners could refuse to answer the door if they so chose.
CBS 46 Atlanta recorded video of the CDC officials going to door to door. One clip shows a CDC officials explaining to a resident, “We’re working with the Georgia Department of Public Health, and the DeKalb Department of Public Health to do a zero-prevalence survey around the community in DeKalb County to determine the community transmission for coronavirus.”
The video footage can be seen below.
In other CDC-related news, National File broke the news that the agency listed job postings for the position of Quarantine Advisor in November 2019:
The Center for Disease Control posted a job listing for a Public Health Advisor in the Quarantine Program in all major U.S. cities in November of 2019, at least a month before the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The job listing is for positions in Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Seattle, Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Honolulu, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, and San Juan.
Guest host Jason Jones is joined by Taylor Marshall on The Alex Jones Show to break down whether or not people have inadvertently taken the mark of the beast. The job description reads, “Serves as a project representative for a program responsible for preventing the importation and spread of communicable diseases.” All cities currently dealing with coronavirus fears in the U.S. are listed on the job application. Via cdc.gov: Public Health Advisor (Quarantine Program) Job ID HHS-CDC-D3-20-10640010 Location Dallas, Texas, El Paso, Texas, Houston, Texas, Seattle, Washington, Anchorage, Alaska, Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Francisco, California, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Honolulu, Hawaii, Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, Detroit, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Newark, New Jersey, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Juan Department: Department of Health And Human Services
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Job Announcement Number: HHS-CDC-D3-20-10640010
SALARY RANGE: $51440.0 to $93077.0/Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: 2019-11-15 to 2020-05-15
SERIES & GRADE: GS–9/11
The government response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been met with a highly polarized response by American citizens.


newswars--2020-05-22--Westgate Mass Shooting Memory-Holed After Gunman ID’ed As Armando Hernandez

A live-streamed mass shooting at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale , Arizona on Wednesday night was swiftly thrown down the memory hole by the media after the shooter was identified as 20-year-old Armando Hernandez .
Hernandez ’ s mugshot was nowhere to be found on the homepages of the top 40 or so news websites by Thursday afternoon ( screenshot here ) .
On Thursday morning , I only saw headline coverage featuring pictures from Hernandez ’ s snapchatted mass shooting ( warning : disturbing video ) on the top of the New York Post and the UK paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York Post , “ Suspected gunman Armando Hernandez filmed Arizona mall attack on Snapchat ” : The man who allegedly shot at least three people at an Arizona shopping complex Wednesday night captured the attack in chilling video posted on Snapchat , where he holds up a can of beer and declares what he is about to carry out , according to reports .
How are you liking your free trial of centrally planned austerity ?
Some do .
Andrew Yang brags “ 10 years of change in 10 weeks ” as Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States of Venezuela .
The suspect , whom police have not named , has been identified by his mother as 20-year-old Armando Hernandez , according to 12News .
“ Hello , my name is Armando Junior Hernandez and I ’ m gon na be the shooter of Westgate 2020 , ” the man says as he flashes the beer can and shows guns in his back seat , the Sun reported .
“ Let ’ s get this done , ” he adds in the disturbing video .
While it ’ s no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all mass shootings which run contrary to their narrative , it ’ s rather remarkable how shameless they are about it .

A live-streamed mass shooting at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Arizona on Wednesday night was swiftly thrown down the memory hole by the media after the shooter was identified as 20-year-old Armando Hernandez.
Hernandez’s mugshot was nowhere to be found on the homepages of the top 40 or so news websites by Thursday afternoon (screenshot here).
On Thursday morning, I only saw headline coverage featuring pictures from Hernandez’s snapchatted mass shooting (warning: disturbing video) on the top of the New York Post and the UK paper The Daily Mail.
From The New York Post, “Suspected gunman Armando Hernandez filmed Arizona mall attack on Snapchat”:
The man who allegedly shot at least three people at an Arizona shopping complex Wednesday night captured the attack in chilling video posted on Snapchat, where he holds up a can of beer and declares what he is about to carry out, according to reports.
How are you liking your free trial of centrally planned austerity? Some do. Andrew Yang brags “10 years of change in 10 weeks” as Americans become government dependents in the new United States of Venezuela. The suspect, whom police have not named, has been identified by his mother as 20-year-old Armando Hernandez, according to 12News. “Hello, my name is Armando Junior Hernandez and I’m gonna be the shooter of Westgate 2020,” the man says as he flashes the beer can and shows guns in his back seat, the Sun reported. “Let’s get this done,” he adds in the disturbing video.
While it’s no longer surprising that the media systematically memory-holes all mass shootings which run contrary to their narrative, it’s rather remarkable how shameless they are about it.


newswars--2020-05-22--Watch: Racist Joe Biden Makes Black YouTuber “Cry All Night”

A YouTube channel called Kevin ’ s Corner that “ tries to make sense out of nonsense ” released a @ @ @ @ @ much emotional damage Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden caused black Americans after saying they ’ @ @ @ @ @ they don ’ t support him .
Psych !
Kevin ’ s fake tears were @ @ @ @ @ Biden for the ridiculous “ you ain ’ t black ” comment .

A YouTube channel called Kevin’s Corner that “tries to make sense out of nonsense” released a video on Friday showing how much emotional damage Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden caused black Americans after saying they’re not truly black if they don’t support him.
Psych! Kevin’s fake tears were meant to mock Creepy Joe Biden for the ridiculous “you ain’t black” comment.


newswars--2020-05-22--Will the Political Class Be Held Liable For What They’ve Done?

Politically-dictated lockdowns and prohibitions have recently destroyed tens of millions of American jobs .
Politicians have effectively claimed a right to inflict unlimited economic damage in pursuit of zero COVID-19 contagion .
The perverse incentives driving the policy have multiplied the harm far beyond the original peril .
Almost 40 % of households earning less than $ 40,000 per year have someone who lost their job in recent months , according to the Federal Reserve .
The Disaster Distress Helpline , a federal crisis hotline , received almost 900 % more phone calls in March compared to a year ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that stay-at-home orders and rising unemployment are a “ perfect storm ” for higher suicide rates .
A California health organization recently estimated that up to 75,000 Americans could die from “ despair ” as a result of the pandemic , unemployment , and government restrictions .
In the name of saving lives , politicians have entitled themselves to destroy an unlimited number of livelihoods .
Politicians in many states responded to COVID-19 by dropping the equivalent of a Reverse Neutron Bomb – something which destroys the economy while supposedly leaving human beings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assume people were uninjured is to believe their existence is totally detached from their jobs , bank accounts , and mortgage and rent payments .
Politicians have vaccinated themselves against any blame for the economic carnage by touting experts who said it was all necessary .
Over the past 90 days , government bureaucrats have become a new priesthood that can sanctify unlimited sacrifices in the name of the public health .
COVID policymakers have written themselves the same letter that Cardinal Richelieu , the 17th century French statesman , purportedly gave to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This Letter Has Acted Under My Orders and for the Good of the State.
” This carte blanche was sufficient to place murders and other crimes above the law and beyond reproach in France .
In contemporary America , the same exoneration is achieved by invoking “ science ” and “ data.
” Oregon Governor Kate Brown banned residents from leaving their homes except for essential work , buying food , and other narrow exemptions , and also banned all recreational travel .
Six Oregon counties have only one confirmed COVID case , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infections .
But schools , businesses , and other activities were slammed shut by government command .
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed some of the most severe restrictions , prohibiting anyone from leaving their home to visit family or friends .
COVID infections were concentrated in the Detroit metropolitan area , but Whitmer shut down the entire state – including northern counties with near-zero infections and zero fatalities , boosting unemployment to 24 % statewide .
Her repression provoked fierce protests , and Whitmer responded by claiming that her dictates saved 3,500 lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ formula that was painfully ethereal compared to the stark physical devastation in Michigan .
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear ’ s shutdown order resulted in the highest rate of unemployment in the nation – 33 % .
But according to Sen. Rand Paul , COVID ’ s impact in Kentucky “ has not been worse than an average flu season.
” But that did not stop Beshear from banning people from attending church services and sending Kentucky State Police to attach notices to car windshields ordering church attendees to self-quarantine for 14 days and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shutting down entire states , including vast uninfected rural swaths , is the economic equivalent of burning witches or sacrificing virgins to appease angry viral gods .
Because politicians have no liability for the economic damage they inflict , they have no incentive to minimize the disruptions they decree .
Trillions of dollars of new deficit spending will be vexing American workers for many years .
The state of Missouri has sued the government of China , claiming it is liable for the losses inflicted by the virus that apparently originated in Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit will go nowhere .
But , thanks to sovereign immunity , it would be even more hopeless for American citizens to sue American politicians for the damage that their shutdown orders have inflicted on their businesses , paychecks , and lives .
Sovereign immunity creates a two-tiered society : those above the law and those below it ; those whom the law fails to bind and those whom the law fails to protect .
This legal doctrine almost guarantees that no politician will face any personal liability for their shutdown dictates .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who callously compelled nursing homes to accept COVID patients , will have no legal culpability for a policy that contributed to more than 5,000 nursing home deaths in his state .
Pennsylvania Health Czar Rachel Levine issued a similar order , contributing to thousands of nursing home deaths , and then removed her own 95-year-old mother from a nursing home to keep her safe .
Politicians presume they are blameless for destroying jobs as long as the victims receive temporary unemployment compensation .
Actually , it is worse than that : politicians claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the paychecks of people still working to recompense people whose jobs they destroyed .
Would a private corporation be able to escape punishment for breaking people ’ s legs by giving free crutches to its victims ?
“ Better safe than sorry ” is damned risky when politicians have no liability for what they ravage .
There is no way that politicians can compensate American citizens for all the damage they have inflicted in this pandemic .
This COVID shutdown catastrophe should be a permanent black mark against the political class and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Alex Jones covers what is on the horizon with COVID-19 , the lockdown , the vaccine , and how Big Tech wants to run your life .

Politically-dictated lockdowns and prohibitions have recently destroyed tens of millions of American jobs.
Politicians have effectively claimed a right to inflict unlimited economic damage in pursuit of zero COVID-19 contagion.
The perverse incentives driving the policy have multiplied the harm far beyond the original peril.
Almost 40% of households earning less than $40,000 per year have someone who lost their job in recent months, according to the Federal Reserve. The Disaster Distress Helpline, a federal crisis hotline, received almost 900% more phone calls in March compared to a year ago. A recent JAMA Psychiatry analysis warned that stay-at-home orders and rising unemployment are a “perfect storm” for higher suicide rates. A California health organization recently estimated that up to 75,000 Americans could die from “despair” as a result of the pandemic, unemployment, and government restrictions.
In the name of saving lives, politicians have entitled themselves to destroy an unlimited number of livelihoods. Politicians in many states responded to COVID-19 by dropping the equivalent of a Reverse Neutron Bomb – something which destroys the economy while supposedly leaving human beings unharmed. But the only way to assume people were uninjured is to believe their existence is totally detached from their jobs, bank accounts, and mortgage and rent payments.
Politicians have vaccinated themselves against any blame for the economic carnage by touting experts who said it was all necessary. Over the past 90 days, government bureaucrats have become a new priesthood that can sanctify unlimited sacrifices in the name of the public health.
COVID policymakers have written themselves the same letter that Cardinal Richelieu, the 17th century French statesman, purportedly gave to his agents: “The Bearer of This Letter Has Acted Under My Orders and for the Good of the State.” This carte blanche was sufficient to place murders and other crimes above the law and beyond reproach in France. In contemporary America, the same exoneration is achieved by invoking “science” and “data.” Oregon Governor Kate Brown banned residents from leaving their homes except for essential work, buying food, and other narrow exemptions, and also banned all recreational travel. Six Oregon counties have only one confirmed COVID case, and most of the state has minimal infections. But schools, businesses, and other activities were slammed shut by government command.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed some of the most severe restrictions, prohibiting anyone from leaving their home to visit family or friends. COVID infections were concentrated in the Detroit metropolitan area, but Whitmer shut down the entire state – including northern counties with near-zero infections and zero fatalities, boosting unemployment to 24% statewide. Her repression provoked fierce protests, and Whitmer responded by claiming that her dictates saved 3,500 lives. Whitmer exonerated herself with a statistical formula that was painfully ethereal compared to the stark physical devastation in Michigan.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s shutdown order resulted in the highest rate of unemployment in the nation – 33%. But according to Sen. Rand Paul, COVID’s impact in Kentucky “has not been worse than an average flu season.” But that did not stop Beshear from banning people from attending church services and sending Kentucky State Police to attach notices to car windshields ordering church attendees to self-quarantine for 14 days and reporting them to local health departments.
Shutting down entire states, including vast uninfected rural swaths, is the economic equivalent of burning witches or sacrificing virgins to appease angry viral gods. Because politicians have no liability for the economic damage they inflict, they have no incentive to minimize the disruptions they decree. Trillions of dollars of new deficit spending will be vexing American workers for many years.
The state of Missouri has sued the government of China, claiming it is liable for the losses inflicted by the virus that apparently originated in Wuhan, China. Most observers predict that lawsuit will go nowhere. But, thanks to sovereign immunity, it would be even more hopeless for American citizens to sue American politicians for the damage that their shutdown orders have inflicted on their businesses, paychecks, and lives.
Sovereign immunity creates a two-tiered society: those above the law and those below it; those whom the law fails to bind and those whom the law fails to protect. This legal doctrine almost guarantees that no politician will face any personal liability for their shutdown dictates.
Even New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who callously compelled nursing homes to accept COVID patients, will have no legal culpability for a policy that contributed to more than 5,000 nursing home deaths in his state. Pennsylvania Health Czar Rachel Levine issued a similar order, contributing to thousands of nursing home deaths, and then removed her own 95-year-old mother from a nursing home to keep her safe.
Politicians presume they are blameless for destroying jobs as long as the victims receive temporary unemployment compensation. Actually, it is worse than that: politicians claim a right to seize a slice of the paychecks of people still working to recompense people whose jobs they destroyed. Would a private corporation be able to escape punishment for breaking people’s legs by giving free crutches to its victims?
“Better safe than sorry” is damned risky when politicians have no liability for what they ravage. There is no way that politicians can compensate American citizens for all the damage they have inflicted in this pandemic. This COVID shutdown catastrophe should be a permanent black mark against the political class and the experts who sanctified each and every sacrifice.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Alex Jones covers what is on the horizon with COVID-19, the lockdown, the vaccine, and how Big Tech wants to run your life.


newswars--2020-05-22--Hawaii Telescope Discovers First-Of-Its-Kind Asteroid

We often think of asteroids and comets as distinct types of small bodies , but astronomers have discovered an increasing number of “ crossovers.
” These objects initially appear to be asteroids , and later develop activity , such as tails , that are typical of comets .
Now , the University of Hawai ’ i Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ( ATLAS ) has discovered the first known Jupiter Trojan asteroid to have sprouted a comet-like tail .
ATLAS is a NASA-funded project using wide-field telescopes to rapidly scan the sky for asteroids that might pose an impact threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the sky every two nights , ATLAS often finds other kinds of objects — objects that aren ’ t dangerous , but are very interesting .
Early in June 2019 , ATLAS reported what seemed to be a faint asteroid near the orbit of Jupiter .
The Minor Planet Center designated the new discovery as 2019 LD2 .
Inspection of ATLAS images taken on June 10 by collaborators Alan Fitzsimmons and David Young at Queen ’ s University Belfast revealed its probable cometary nature .
Follow-up observations by UH astronomer J.D .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ June 11 and 13 using the Las Cumbres Observatory ( LCO ) global telescope network confirmed the cometary nature of this body .
Later , in July 2019 , new ATLAS images caught 2019 LD2 again — now truly looking like a comet , with a faint tail made of dust or gas .
The asteroid passed behind the Sun and was not observable from the Earth in late 2019 and early 2020 , but upon its reappearance in the night sky in April of 2020 , routine ATLAS observations confirmed that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ observations showed that 2019 LD2 has probably been continuously active for almost a year .
While ATLAS has discovered more than 40 comets , what makes this object extraordinary is its orbit .
The early indication that it was an asteroid near Jupiter ’ s orbit have now been confirmed through precise measurements from many different observatories .
In fact , 2019 LD2 is a special kind of asteroid called a Jupiter Trojan — and no object of this type has ever before been seen to spew out dust and gas like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orbit as a planet , but stay either around 60 degrees ahead or 60 degrees behind along the orbit .
Earth has at least one Trojan asteroid , and Neptune has dozens .
Jupiter has hundreds of thousands .
The Jupiter Trojan asteroids orbit the Sun in two huge swarms , one swarm orbiting ahead of the planet ( where 2019 LD2 was found ) and one swarm orbiting behind it .
The Trojan asteroids have been captured into these orbits by Jupiter ’ s strong gravity .
What makes 2019 LD2 so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trojans were captured billions of years ago .
Any surface ice that could vaporize to spew out gas and dust should have done so long ago , leaving the objects quietly orbiting as asteroids — not behaving like comets .
“ We have believed for decades that Trojan asteroids should have large amounts of ice beneath their surfaces , but never had any evidence until now .
ATLAS has shown that the predictions of their icy nature may well be correct ” said Fitzsimmons .
What could have made 2019 LD2 suddenly show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only recently from a more distant orbit where surface ice could still survive .
Maybe it recently suffered a landslide or an impact from another asteroid , exposing ice that used to be buried under layers of protective rock .
New observations to find out are being acquired and evaluated .
What ’ s certain is that the Universe is full of surprises — and surveys to guard the Earth from dangerous asteroids often make unexpected discoveries of harmless but fascinating objects that can reveal more about our Solar System ’ s history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is designed to search for dangerous asteroids , ATLAS sees other rare phenomena in our solar system and beyond while scanning the sky , ” said ATLAS project principal investigator Larry Denneau .
“ It ’ s a real bonus for ATLAS to make these kinds of discoveries.
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We often think of asteroids and comets as distinct types of small bodies, but astronomers have discovered an increasing number of “crossovers.” These objects initially appear to be asteroids, and later develop activity, such as tails, that are typical of comets.
Now, the University of Hawai’i Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has discovered the first known Jupiter Trojan asteroid to have sprouted a comet-like tail. ATLAS is a NASA-funded project using wide-field telescopes to rapidly scan the sky for asteroids that might pose an impact threat to Earth. But by searching most of the sky every two nights, ATLAS often finds other kinds of objects — objects that aren’t dangerous, but are very interesting.
Early in June 2019, ATLAS reported what seemed to be a faint asteroid near the orbit of Jupiter. The Minor Planet Center designated the new discovery as 2019 LD2. Inspection of ATLAS images taken on June 10 by collaborators Alan Fitzsimmons and David Young at Queen’s University Belfast revealed its probable cometary nature. Follow-up observations by UH astronomer J.D. Armstrong and his student Sidney Moss on June 11 and 13 using the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global telescope network confirmed the cometary nature of this body.
Later, in July 2019, new ATLAS images caught 2019 LD2 again — now truly looking like a comet, with a faint tail made of dust or gas. The asteroid passed behind the Sun and was not observable from the Earth in late 2019 and early 2020, but upon its reappearance in the night sky in April of 2020, routine ATLAS observations confirmed that it still looks like a comet. These observations showed that 2019 LD2 has probably been continuously active for almost a year.
While ATLAS has discovered more than 40 comets, what makes this object extraordinary is its orbit. The early indication that it was an asteroid near Jupiter’s orbit have now been confirmed through precise measurements from many different observatories. In fact, 2019 LD2 is a special kind of asteroid called a Jupiter Trojan — and no object of this type has ever before been seen to spew out dust and gas like a comet.
Trojan asteroids follow the same orbit as a planet, but stay either around 60 degrees ahead or 60 degrees behind along the orbit. Earth has at least one Trojan asteroid, and Neptune has dozens. Jupiter has hundreds of thousands. The Jupiter Trojan asteroids orbit the Sun in two huge swarms, one swarm orbiting ahead of the planet (where 2019 LD2 was found) and one swarm orbiting behind it. The Trojan asteroids have been captured into these orbits by Jupiter’s strong gravity. What makes 2019 LD2 so interesting is that we think most Jupiter Trojans were captured billions of years ago. Any surface ice that could vaporize to spew out gas and dust should have done so long ago, leaving the objects quietly orbiting as asteroids — not behaving like comets.
“We have believed for decades that Trojan asteroids should have large amounts of ice beneath their surfaces, but never had any evidence until now. ATLAS has shown that the predictions of their icy nature may well be correct” said Fitzsimmons.
What could have made 2019 LD2 suddenly show cometary behavior? Maybe Jupiter captured it only recently from a more distant orbit where surface ice could still survive. Maybe it recently suffered a landslide or an impact from another asteroid, exposing ice that used to be buried under layers of protective rock. New observations to find out are being acquired and evaluated. What’s certain is that the Universe is full of surprises — and surveys to guard the Earth from dangerous asteroids often make unexpected discoveries of harmless but fascinating objects that can reveal more about our Solar System’s history.
“Even though the ATLAS system is designed to search for dangerous asteroids, ATLAS sees other rare phenomena in our solar system and beyond while scanning the sky,” said ATLAS project principal investigator Larry Denneau. “It’s a real bonus for ATLAS to make these kinds of discoveries.”
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newswars--2020-05-22--Turkey Accused of Sending Arms, Militants to Libya

Turkey has been violating the UN embargo by sending arms and militants from Syria to Libya , a spokesman for Khalifa Haftar ’ s Libyan National Army ( LNA ) claimed as he showed videos that allegedly proved Ankara ’ s violations .
Turkey “ continues its aggression against our country ” by supporting the rivaling Tripoli-based Government of National Accord ( GNA ) , Major General Ahmed al-Mesmari , the LNA ’ s official spokesman , said during a press-conference .
Once prosperous , Libya remains divided since 2011 when NATO led a bombing campaign to overthrow the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The fighting between the LNA and Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj ’ s GNA intensified last year , with international efforts to bring peace to the country , including those by Russia , so far being in vain .
Haftar ’ s forces have been advancing on Tripoli for months , but the tide has changed recently , with the UN-recognized GNA now being on a counteroffensive .
Turkey ’ s interference is to blame for the failure of all initiatives aimed at settling the crisis , al-Mesmari insisted .
“ Until this hostile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the radical elements will keep sowing discord and bloodshed.
” Ankara has been violating the UN arms embargo and supplying the GNA with hundreds of armored vehicles , artillery pieces , UAVs , heavy machine guns , other offensive weapons and loads of ammunition , he claimed .
Haftar ’ s spokesman then showed a video , which according to him , was captured by a dash cam from a Turkish-made APC that was seized by the LNA fighters .
The recording showed the vehicle ’ s journey from a production facility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hands of rivaling forces inside Libya .
But the spokesman claimed that Ankara ’ s involvement wasn ’ t limited to illegal arms supplies as the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was also actively deploying manpower to the war-torn country .
There were around 1,500 Turkish army servicemen and private security firm contractors in Libya .
The LNA was also aware of some 2,500 Turkish commandos being all set to move into the country , al-Mesmari said .
“ Neglecting all its obligations in fighting against terrorism , the Turkish government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were defeated in Syria , to the Libyan territory , ” he said , claiming Ankara has already deployed 7,000 militants from Syria to the country .
Al-Mesmari ’ s press conference was accompanied by videos that he claimed showed the captured militants , photos of their IDs and other materials .

Turkey has been violating the UN embargo by sending arms and militants from Syria to Libya, a spokesman for Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed as he showed videos that allegedly proved Ankara’s violations.
Turkey “continues its aggression against our country” by supporting the rivaling Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Major General Ahmed al-Mesmari, the LNA’s official spokesman, said during a press-conference.
Once prosperous, Libya remains divided since 2011 when NATO led a bombing campaign to overthrow the country’s longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. The fighting between the LNA and Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s GNA intensified last year, with international efforts to bring peace to the country, including those by Russia, so far being in vain. Haftar’s forces have been advancing on Tripoli for months, but the tide has changed recently, with the UN-recognized GNA now being on a counteroffensive.
Turkey’s interference is to blame for the failure of all initiatives aimed at settling the crisis, al-Mesmari insisted. “Until this hostile force is removed from the Libyan land, the radical elements will keep sowing discord and bloodshed.”
Ankara has been violating the UN arms embargo and supplying the GNA with hundreds of armored vehicles, artillery pieces, UAVs, heavy machine guns, other offensive weapons and loads of ammunition, he claimed.
Haftar’s spokesman then showed a video, which according to him, was captured by a dash cam from a Turkish-made APC that was seized by the LNA fighters. The recording showed the vehicle’s journey from a production facility in Turkey’s Izmir to the hands of rivaling forces inside Libya.
But the spokesman claimed that Ankara’s involvement wasn’t limited to illegal arms supplies as the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was also actively deploying manpower to the war-torn country.
There were around 1,500 Turkish army servicemen and private security firm contractors in Libya. The LNA was also aware of some 2,500 Turkish commandos being all set to move into the country, al-Mesmari said.
“Neglecting all its obligations in fighting against terrorism, the Turkish government has organized transfer of extremists, who were defeated in Syria, to the Libyan territory,” he said, claiming Ankara has already deployed 7,000 militants from Syria to the country.
Al-Mesmari’s press conference was accompanied by videos that he claimed showed the captured militants, photos of their IDs and other materials.


newswars--2020-05-22--China Launches Major Power Grab on Hong Kong

The Chinese National People ’ s Congress is set to pass a new law designed to force Hong Kong into submission .
The move clearly shows the world that Beijing intends to have the last word , says DW editor Dang Yuan .
As 2,897 representatives from across China gathered in the Great Hall of the People for the annual Chinese National People ’ s Congress on Friday , the first point of order was not the seemingly all-consuming topic of the coronavirus pandemic .
Instead , it was a domestic policy issue to address “ national security risks in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for China ’ s pretend parliament , one that clearly showed the world that Beijing has no intention of loosening its grip on Hong Kong .
Hong Kong ’ s Basic Law , a type of constitution , grants the city the right to autonomy for at least 50 years under the “ one country , two systems ” model , put into place when the former British colony was returned to China in July 1997 .
The Basic Law envisions an autonomous Hong Kong with independent , Western-style democracy based on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself has weaknesses : for example , it doesn ’ t set any specific deadlines for the introduction of direct elections for city administrators or parliamentarians .
Article 23 of the document deals with the issue of national security , and it , too , has problems .
The controversial legislation requires Hong Kong administrators to use local laws to arrest and prosecute individuals for “ any act of treason , secession , sedition , subversion against the Central People ’ s Government.
” Ties with foreign political organizations and bodies are also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2003 but it has never been implemented , with each new revision accompanied by public outcry .
Hong Kong residents fear Beijing is undermining the “ one country , two systems ” promise .
They are deeply suspicious of the Chinese Communist Party , and feel leaders in Beijing are intent on blocking direct elections .
That is exactly why democracy advocates have singled out Article 23 as a rallying cry for their demands for more democracy , more civil rights and less influence from Beijing .
But this latest message from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s central government is losing its patience .
The Communist Party is flexing its muscle and is intent on forcing Hong Kong ’ s 7.5 million residents to accept Beijing ’ s national security law .
Beijing has the legal right to introduce such measures on Hong Kong ’ s behalf through the use of Appendix III of the Basic Law , with the People ’ s Congress maintaining the ultimate decision-making authority over the laws .
The “ one country , two systems ” principle , a balancing act between two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entirely different views of the world , is a farce .
There is no true balance in the compromise , and Beijing clearly has far more leverage than those in favor of democracy .
Friday ’ s announcement unmistakably illustrates what a powerful authoritarian system is capable of : Beijing can and will continue to interfere with Hong Kong ’ s basic democratic order , establishing a new communist order in its place while quietly snuffing out critics ’ voices .
Beijing also intends to set up offices for its security agencies in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That shows Beijing has learned from the chaos and anarchy that quickly spread across the city in 2019 as a reaction to the introduction of an unpopular extradition law .
This time , Beijing is making its intentions clear : Should Hong Kong , stuck in a political stalemate , fail to pass the laws backed by leaders in Beijing , then the People ’ s Congress will use its absolute power to pass national laws that apply solely to Hong Kong .
“ No ” votes to the proposed law are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kong did send 36 representatives to the National People ’ s Congress , but most are wealthy businessmen operating with the blessing of Communist Party leaders .
Meanwhile , Hong Kong ’ s opposition leaders won ’ t be represented in the Great People ’ s Hall , where pseudo parliamentarians view them as “ separatists ” and “ agitators , ” and clearly not as true Chinese .
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The Chinese National People’s Congress is set to pass a new law designed to force Hong Kong into submission.
The move clearly shows the world that Beijing intends to have the last word, says DW editor Dang Yuan.
As 2,897 representatives from across China gathered in the Great Hall of the People for the annual Chinese National People’s Congress on Friday, the first point of order was not the seemingly all-consuming topic of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it was a domestic policy issue to address “national security risks in Hong Kong” — an unprecedented move for China’s pretend parliament , one that clearly showed the world that Beijing has no intention of loosening its grip on Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s Basic Law, a type of constitution, grants the city the right to autonomy for at least 50 years under the “one country, two systems” model, put into place when the former British colony was returned to China in July 1997. The Basic Law envisions an autonomous Hong Kong with independent, Western-style democracy based on the rule of law. But the document itself has weaknesses: for example, it doesn’t set any specific deadlines for the introduction of direct elections for city administrators or parliamentarians.
Push to punish traitors
Article 23 of the document deals with the issue of national security, and it, too, has problems. The controversial legislation requires Hong Kong administrators to use local laws to arrest and prosecute individuals for “any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People’s Government.” Ties with foreign political organizations and bodies are also prohibited.
Read more: Joshua Wong: Proposed national security law is ‘evil’
The legislation was initially tabled in 2003 but it has never been implemented, with each new revision accompanied by public outcry. Hong Kong residents fear Beijing is undermining the “one country, two systems” promise. They are deeply suspicious of the Chinese Communist Party, and feel leaders in Beijing are intent on blocking direct elections. That is exactly why democracy advocates have singled out Article 23 as a rallying cry for their demands for more democracy, more civil rights and less influence from Beijing.
Beijing using its leverage
But this latest message from Beijing could not be clearer: China’s central government is losing its patience. The Communist Party is flexing its muscle and is intent on forcing Hong Kong’s 7.5 million residents to accept Beijing’s national security law. Beijing has the legal right to introduce such measures on Hong Kong’s behalf through the use of Appendix III of the Basic Law, with the People’s Congress maintaining the ultimate decision-making authority over the laws.
The “one country, two systems” principle, a balancing act between two fundamentally different forms of government and two entirely different views of the world, is a farce. There is no true balance in the compromise, and Beijing clearly has far more leverage than those in favor of democracy. Friday’s announcement unmistakably illustrates what a powerful authoritarian system is capable of: Beijing can and will continue to interfere with Hong Kong’s basic democratic order, establishing a new communist order in its place while quietly snuffing out critics’ voices.
No opposition expected
Beijing also intends to set up offices for its security agencies in Hong Kong in the near future. That shows Beijing has learned from the chaos and anarchy that quickly spread across the city in 2019 as a reaction to the introduction of an unpopular extradition law. This time, Beijing is making its intentions clear: Should Hong Kong, stuck in a political stalemate, fail to pass the laws backed by leaders in Beijing, then the People’s Congress will use its absolute power to pass national laws that apply solely to Hong Kong.
“No” votes to the proposed law are not to be expected. True, Hong Kong did send 36 representatives to the National People’s Congress, but most are wealthy businessmen operating with the blessing of Communist Party leaders. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s opposition leaders won’t be represented in the Great People’s Hall, where pseudo parliamentarians view them as “separatists” and “agitators,” and clearly not as true Chinese.
Alex Jones covers what is on the horizon with COVID-19, the lockdown, the vaccine, and how Big Tech wants to run your life.


newswars--2020-05-22--White House Press Secretary Stuns Journos With Interactive ‘Obamagate’ Presentation On How To Do The

White House Press Secretary Stuns Journos With Interactive ‘Obamagate’ Presentation On How To Do Their Jobs

Shortly before wrapping up an impromptu press conference in which President Trump declared places of worship essential during the pandemic , White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany delivered a scorching presentation to the White House Press Corps on Friday – after accusing them of failing to do their jobs regarding ‘ Obamagate.
’ “ Did anyone take it upon themselves to pose any questions about Michael Flynn and unmasking to President Obama ’ s spokesperson ?
” she asked .
One journalist stammers , “ but buh but Flynn ’ s name wasn ’ t mas– ” To which McEnany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I would like to lay out a series of questions and perhaps , if I write them out in a slide format – maybe we ’ re visual learners and you guys will follow up with journalistic curiosity.
” She then played four slides with questions to ask : “ Why did the Obama Admin use opposition research , funded by a political organization and filled with foreign dirt to SPY ON MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ?
” “ Why was Lt. Gen. Micahel Flynn UNMASKED by Obama ’ s Chief of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and others ?
” “ Why was Flynn ’ s identity leaked – A CRIMINAL ACT – to the press ?
” “ Why did the DOJ learn about the FBI ’ s interest in Flynn ’ s conversations with the Russian Amb .
from a CONVERSATION WITH OBAMA in the Oval Office ?
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Shortly before wrapping up an impromptu press conference in which President Trump declared places of worship essential during the pandemic, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany delivered a scorching presentation to the White House Press Corps on Friday – after accusing them of failing to do their jobs regarding ‘Obamagate.’
“Did anyone take it upon themselves to pose any questions about Michael Flynn and unmasking to President Obama’s spokesperson?” she asked.
One journalist stammers, “but buh but Flynn’s name wasn’t mas–”
To which McEnany cut back in, continuing “So I would like to lay out a series of questions and perhaps, if I write them out in a slide format – maybe we’re visual learners and you guys will follow up with journalistic curiosity.”
She then played four slides with questions to ask:
“Why did the Obama Admin use opposition research, funded by a political organization and filled with foreign dirt to SPY ON MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN?”
“Why was Lt. Gen. Micahel Flynn UNMASKED by Obama’s Chief of Staff, Joe Biden, Susan Rice, and others?”
“Why was Flynn’s identity leaked – A CRIMINAL ACT – to the press?”
“Why did the DOJ learn about the FBI’s interest in Flynn’s conversations with the Russian Amb. from a CONVERSATION WITH OBAMA in the Oval Office?”
Watch:
.@PressSec @kayleighmcenany brought visual aids today to assist the White House Press corps in what questions they should be asking Barack Obama about why General Flynn was unmasked. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/FQ475dZOJt — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 22, 2020