newswars--2020-07-22--Taiwan Official Says Chinese Aircraft Flies Near Island ‘Virtually’ Everyday

In recent comments to the press , Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island ’ s areas of control is “ virtually a daily occurrence.
” However , he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis .
“ What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem , ” Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy , AP reported .
He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society does not give China a sufficiently clear signal , I believe China will take it that international society will not impede it in doing other things , ” Wu continued .
“ This is what we are extremely worried about.
” Indeed , that is exactly what many Taiwanese and American strategists are afraid will be the case .
Su Chi , president of the Taipei Forum think tank and former secretary general of Taiwan ’ s National Security Council , told the South China Morning Post last month that a potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) offensive to seize Taiwan could be over so quickly , it may be little more than “ wishful thinking ” to hope the US would be able to halt the attack , much less that it would be willing to jump into a full-scale war with the People ’ s Republic of China at that point .
“ Given the military imbalance between Taiwan and the mainland , the absence of cross-strait dialogue and no [ efficient communication ] mechanism in place between the US and the mainland , I am worried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Su told the publication .
On Tuesday , US Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke to the need for better communication with Beijing , telling a virtual audience in a talk hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies ( IISS ) think tank that he hoped to travel to China before the end of the year “ in order to enhance cooperation on areas of common interest , establish the systems necessary for crisis communications , and reinforce our intentions to openly compete in the international system in which we all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ China ] build up their military , we ’ ve seen them be more assertive , they got hundreds , if not over a thousand , missiles aimed at Taiwan .
And we ’ ve seen President [ Xi Jinping ] and his party really take this to a new level , ” Esper said .
“ So we remain committed to regional peace and security .
We will live up to our commitments to Taiwan , which is all in the interest of a secure and stable region , if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the Republic of China , reflecting its holdover status from the 1911-12 revolution that ended the Chinese monarchy .
However , when the communist Red Army won the Chinese Civil War in 1949 , the only part of China that remained under RoC control was the island of Taiwan .
Accordingly , Beijing regards Taiwan as a rebellious province , and both governments regard themselves as the sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people .
Wu ’ s comments are a bit one-sided , though .
While there have been numerous incidents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taiwan ’ s Air Defense Identification Zone ( ADIZ ) , there have also been daily patrols by US spy planes and maritime patrol aircraft over the waters off Guangdong Province .
In some cases these spy planes have flown just a few dozen kilometers from the Guangdong coast , as when on July 12 an E-8 Joint STARS aircraft was spotted 67.5 nautical miles from the Chinese coast – a comparable distance to that at which Chinese aircraft have been intercepted and warned off by Taiwanese jets .
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In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis.
“What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem,” Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy, AP reported. He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported in the media.
“If international society does not give China a sufficiently clear signal, I believe China will take it that international society will not impede it in doing other things,” Wu continued. “This is what we are extremely worried about.”
Indeed, that is exactly what many Taiwanese and American strategists are afraid will be the case.
Su Chi, president of the Taipei Forum think tank and former secretary general of Taiwan’s National Security Council, told the South China Morning Post last month that a potential People’s Liberation Army (PLA) offensive to seize Taiwan could be over so quickly, it may be little more than “wishful thinking” to hope the US would be able to halt the attack, much less that it would be willing to jump into a full-scale war with the People’s Republic of China at that point.
“Given the military imbalance between Taiwan and the mainland, the absence of cross-strait dialogue and no [efficient communication] mechanism in place between the US and the mainland, I am worried about the situation because anything could happen,” Su told the publication.
On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke to the need for better communication with Beijing, telling a virtual audience in a talk hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank that he hoped to travel to China before the end of the year “in order to enhance cooperation on areas of common interest, establish the systems necessary for crisis communications, and reinforce our intentions to openly compete in the international system in which we all belong.”
“We’ve seen [China] build up their military, we’ve seen them be more assertive, they got hundreds, if not over a thousand, missiles aimed at Taiwan. And we’ve seen President [Xi Jinping] and his party really take this to a new level,” Esper said. “So we remain committed to regional peace and security. We will live up to our commitments to Taiwan, which is all in the interest of a secure and stable region, if you will.”
Taiwan’s formal name is the Republic of China, reflecting its holdover status from the 1911-12 revolution that ended the Chinese monarchy. However, when the communist Red Army won the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the only part of China that remained under RoC control was the island of Taiwan. Accordingly, Beijing regards Taiwan as a rebellious province, and both governments regard themselves as the sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people.
Wu’s comments are a bit one-sided, though. While there have been numerous incidents recently involving Chinese aircraft flying close to Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), there have also been daily patrols by US spy planes and maritime patrol aircraft over the waters off Guangdong Province.
#BREAKING: USAF E-8C Joint STARS, an airborne battle management and command & control platform that conducts ground surveillance, just flew past #Taiwan, and now heading to Guangdong as Taiwan’s largest military exercise “Hanguang” kicks off today. pic.twitter.com/qGcpodX8pb — SCS Probing Initiative (@SCS_PI) July 13, 2020
In some cases these spy planes have flown just a few dozen kilometers from the Guangdong coast, as when on July 12 an E-8 Joint STARS aircraft was spotted 67.5 nautical miles from the Chinese coast – a comparable distance to that at which Chinese aircraft have been intercepted and warned off by Taiwanese jets.
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newswars--2020-07-22--Connecticut State Lab Finds 90 False Positives Out Of 144 Coronavirus Tests Administered In Mid-June

90 people in the state of Connecticut were found to actually have been negative for coronavirus after receiving positive tests , MSN reported on Tuesday .
The state ’ s Department of Public Health said that its state laboratory found a “ flaw ” in one of its testing systems and that 90 of 144 people who were tested for the virus between June 15 and June 17 received false positive tests .
161 specimens were collected and a total of 91 of those showed false positives .
Many of those who received the false tests were nursing home residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the flaw to the test manufacturer and the FDA .
It has taken “ immediate steps ” to make sure patients have been notified – hopefully more than just forwarding them a copy of this article .
Even more alarming , the State Department of Health said the flawed numbers came “ from a widely-used laboratory testing platform that the state laboratory started using on June 15.
” Acting Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford said : “ We have notified the healthcare facilities for everyone who received a false positive test result from our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the novel coronavirus is one of the pillars supporting effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
” Adjustments have been made to ensure the accuracy of future tests , she said .
Additionally , she said all positive tests will be further reviewed by “ multiple laboratory scientists ” and retested using another method .
We wonder how many other states are administering tests from the same “ widely-used ” platform…

90 people in the state of Connecticut were found to actually have been negative for coronavirus after receiving positive tests, MSN reported on Tuesday.
The state’s Department of Public Health said that its state laboratory found a “flaw” in one of its testing systems and that 90 of 144 people who were tested for the virus between June 15 and June 17 received false positive tests. 161 specimens were collected and a total of 91 of those showed false positives.
Many of those who received the false tests were nursing home residents.
The state said that it reported the flaw to the test manufacturer and the FDA. It has taken “immediate steps” to make sure patients have been notified – hopefully more than just forwarding them a copy of this article.
Even more alarming, the State Department of Health said the flawed numbers came “from a widely-used laboratory testing platform that the state laboratory started using on June 15.”
Acting Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford said: “We have notified the healthcare facilities for everyone who received a false positive test result from our state laboratory. Accurate and timely testing for the novel coronavirus is one of the pillars supporting effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Adjustments have been made to ensure the accuracy of future tests, she said. Additionally, she said all positive tests will be further reviewed by “multiple laboratory scientists” and retested using another method.
We wonder how many other states are administering tests from the same “widely-used” platform…


newswars--2020-07-22--Trump Must Go Beyond ChiComs & Hold Fauci/Gates Accountable for Pandemic Hoax

Alex Jones breaks down how President Trump needs to hold Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci responsible for the damage @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic hoax .
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newswars--2020-07-22--St. Louis Prosecutor’s Office Busted Altering Evidence; Reassembled Non-Operable McCloskey Pistol To

St. Louis Prosecutor’s Office Busted Altering Evidence; Reassembled Non-Operable McCloskey Pistol To Classify As Lethal

The pistol Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters who broke down a gate to trespass on their private street was a non-operable ‘ prop ’ used during a lawsuit they were involved in , so a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner ’ s staff ordered the crime lab to disassemble and reassemble the gun – allowing them to classify it as “ capable of lethal use ” in charging documents filed Monday , according to KSDK5 .
In Missouri , police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “ readily ” capable of lethal use when it is used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the McCloskeys have been charged .
Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley ordered crime lab staff members to field strip the handgun and found it had been assembled incorrectly .
Specifically , the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin , which was backward , and made the gun incapable of firing , according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side .
Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it , finding that it worked , according to the documents .
–KSDK5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers photographed the disassembly and reassembly of the pistol .
The McCloskeys attorney , Joel Schwartz , told KSDK that the St. Louis couple intentionally misplaced the firing pin on the gun , rendering it inoperable .
They turned the pistol in to their former attorney Al Watkins following the incident last month .
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“ It ’ s disheartening to learn that a law enforcement agency altered evidence in order to prosecute an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Schwartz .

The pistol Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters who broke down a gate to trespass on their private street was a non-operable ‘prop’ used during a lawsuit they were involved in, so a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s staff ordered the crime lab to disassemble and reassemble the gun – allowing them to classify it as “capable of lethal use” in charging documents filed Monday, according to KSDK5.
In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged.
Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley ordered crime lab staff members to field strip the handgun and found it had been assembled incorrectly. Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side.


newswars--2020-07-22--Joe Biden Now a Suspect in Ukraine Corruption Scandal

Alex Jones breaks down the latest developments in the Joe/Hunter Biden Ukraine corruption scandal that is set to disrupt Joe @ @ @ @ @ Former Vice President Joe Biden is now a criminal suspect in Ukraine in a case @ @ @ @ @ Burisma Holdings , a major Ukrainian natural gas producer .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( @ @ @ @ @ will be leaving the White House “ whether he knows it yet , or not @ @

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newswars--2020-07-22--Antifa Likely Permanently Blinded Federal Officers With Lasers, Officials Say

Several federal officers deployed to Portland ’ s courthouse this week may not be able to see again after being assaulted with lasers by Antifa and BLM rioters , according to officials .
Federal Protective Service ( FPS ) Deputy Director of Operations Richard Cline said at a press conference on Tuesday that over 1,000 rioters surrounded and tried to storm and set fire to the Hatfield Federal Courthouse on Monday night .
“ Several hard objects , including canned food and glass bottles were thrown at our officers who were out to move them , ” Cline told reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the officers , again , throwing water bottles and other hard objects , fireworks , and using lasers.
” Cline went on to detail how the rioters used green lasers against the federal agents , some of whom may have been permanently blinded .
“ When officers responded to put out these fires , glass bottles were thrown and lasers – which can cause permanent blindness – were shined in their eyes , ” Cline said .
“ We have three officers who currently have eye injuries and they may not recover sight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ We have purchased ‘ anti-laser glasses ’ , if you will , these are the glasses that the officers are wearing now to prevent those eye injuries.
” The mainstream media has gone to great lengths to characterize the violent behavior of the rioters as “ mostly peaceful protesters.
” But that hasn ’ t stopped President Trump from launching a new program Wednesday called “ Operation Legend , ” where federal action against the left-wing violence will be expanded from Portland to other cities with massive unrest like Chicago and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down police in their own communities has led to a shocking explosion of shootings , killing , violence , murders , ” Trump said .
“ This rampage of violence shocks the conscience of our nation and we will not stand by and watch it happen.
” Harrison exposes the MSM cover-up of footage that shows the true agenda of the left .

Several federal officers deployed to Portland’s courthouse this week may not be able to see again after being assaulted with lasers by Antifa and BLM rioters, according to officials.
Federal Protective Service (FPS) Deputy Director of Operations Richard Cline said at a press conference on Tuesday that over 1,000 rioters surrounded and tried to storm and set fire to the Hatfield Federal Courthouse on Monday night.
“Several hard objects, including canned food and glass bottles were thrown at our officers who were out to move them,” Cline told reporters. “Protesters advanced towards and engaged the officers, again, throwing water bottles and other hard objects, fireworks, and using lasers.”
Cline went on to detail how the rioters used green lasers against the federal agents, some of whom may have been permanently blinded.
“When officers responded to put out these fires, glass bottles were thrown and lasers – which can cause permanent blindness – were shined in their eyes,” Cline said. “We have three officers who currently have eye injuries and they may not recover sight in those eyes from those laser attacks.”
“We have purchased ‘anti-laser glasses’, if you will, these are the glasses that the officers are wearing now to prevent those eye injuries.”
The mainstream media has gone to great lengths to characterize the violent behavior of the rioters as “mostly peaceful protesters.”
But that hasn’t stopped President Trump from launching a new program Wednesday called “Operation Legend,” where federal action against the left-wing violence will be expanded from Portland to other cities with massive unrest like Chicago and Albequerque.
“The effort to shut down police in their own communities has led to a shocking explosion of shootings, killing, violence, murders,” Trump said. “This rampage of violence shocks the conscience of our nation and we will not stand by and watch it happen.”
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newswars--2020-07-22--First image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star

The European Southern Observatory ’ s Very Large Telescope ( ESO ’ s VLT ) has taken the first ever image of a young , sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets .
Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare , and—until now—astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the sun .
The observations can help astronomers understand how planets formed and evolved around our own sun .
Just a few weeks ago , ESO revealed a planetary system being born in a new , stunning VLT image ( www.eso.org/public/news/eso2008 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using the same instrument ( www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … vlt/vlt-instr/sphere ) , has taken the first direct image of a planetary system around a star like our sun , located about 300 light-years away and known as TYC 8998-760-1 .
“ This discovery is a snapshot of an environment that is very similar to our solar system , but at a much earlier stage of its evolution , ” says Alexander Bohn , a Ph.D. student at Leiden University in the Netherlands , who led the new research published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ detected thousands of planets in our galaxy , only a tiny fraction of these exoplanets have been directly imaged , ” says co-author Matthew Kenworthy , Associate Professor at Leiden University , adding that “ direct observations are important in the search for environments that can support life.
” The direct imaging of two or more exoplanets around the same star is even more rare ; only two such systems have been directly observed so far , both around stars markedly different from our sun .
The new ESO ’ s VLT ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first direct image of more than one exoplanet around a sun-like star .
ESO ’ s VLT was also the first telescope to directly image an exoplanet , back in 2004 , when it captured a speck of light around a brown dwarf , a type of ‘ failed ’ star .
“ Our team has now been able to take the first image of two gas giant companions that are orbiting a young , solar analogue , ” says Maddalena Reggiani , a postdoctoral researcher from KU Leuven , Belgium , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two planets can be seen in the new image as two bright points of light distant from their parent star , which is located in the upper left of the frame .
By taking different images at different times , the team were able to distinguish these planets from the background stars .
The two gas giants orbit their host star at distances of 160 and about 320 times the Earth-sun distance .
This places these planets much further away from their star than Jupiter or Saturn , also two gas giants , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at only five and 10 times the Earth-sun distance , respectively .
The team also found the two exoplanets are much heavier than the ones in our solar system , the inner planet having 14 times Jupiter ’ s mass and the outer one six times .
Bohn ’ s team imaged this system during their search for young , giant planets around stars like our sun but far younger .
The star TYC 8998-760-1 is just 17 million years old and located in the southern constellation of Musca ( The Fly ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very young version of our own sun.
” These images were possible thanks to the high performance of the SPHERE ( www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … vlt/vlt-instr/sphere ) instrument on ESO ’ s VLT in the Chilean Atacama desert .
SPHERE blocks the bright light from the star using a device called coronagraph ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronagraph ) , allowing the much fainter planets to be seen .
While older planets , such as those in our solar system , are too cool to be found with this technique , young planets are hotter , and so glow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several images over the past year , as well as using older data going back to 2017 , the research team have confirmed that the two planets are part of the star ’ s system .
Further observations of this system , including with the future ESO Extremely Large Telescope ( ELT ) , will enable astronomers to test whether these planets formed at their current location distant from the star or migrated from elsewhere .
ESO ’ s ELT will also help probe the interaction between two young planets in the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibility that future instruments , such as those available on the ELT , will be able to detect even lower-mass planets around this star marks an important milestone in understanding multi-planet systems , with potential implications for the history of our own solar system .
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The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.
Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and—until now—astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the sun. The observations can help astronomers understand how planets formed and evolved around our own sun.
Just a few weeks ago, ESO revealed a planetary system being born in a new, stunning VLT image (www.eso.org/public/news/eso2008). Now, the same telescope, using the same instrument (www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … vlt/vlt-instr/sphere), has taken the first direct image of a planetary system around a star like our sun, located about 300 light-years away and known as TYC 8998-760-1.
“This discovery is a snapshot of an environment that is very similar to our solar system, but at a much earlier stage of its evolution,” says Alexander Bohn, a Ph.D. student at Leiden University in the Netherlands, who led the new research published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
“Even though astronomers have indirectly detected thousands of planets in our galaxy, only a tiny fraction of these exoplanets have been directly imaged,” says co-author Matthew Kenworthy, Associate Professor at Leiden University, adding that “direct observations are important in the search for environments that can support life.” The direct imaging of two or more exoplanets around the same star is even more rare; only two such systems have been directly observed so far, both around stars markedly different from our sun. The new ESO’s VLT (www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … anal-observatory/vlt) image is the first direct image of more than one exoplanet around a sun-like star. ESO’s VLT was also the first telescope to directly image an exoplanet, back in 2004, when it captured a speck of light around a brown dwarf, a type of ‘failed’ star.
First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star. Credit: European Southern Observatory
“Our team has now been able to take the first image of two gas giant companions that are orbiting a young, solar analogue,” says Maddalena Reggiani, a postdoctoral researcher from KU Leuven, Belgium, who also participated in the study. The two planets can be seen in the new image as two bright points of light distant from their parent star, which is located in the upper left of the frame. By taking different images at different times, the team were able to distinguish these planets from the background stars.
The two gas giants orbit their host star at distances of 160 and about 320 times the Earth-sun distance. This places these planets much further away from their star than Jupiter or Saturn, also two gas giants, are from the sun; they lie at only five and 10 times the Earth-sun distance, respectively. The team also found the two exoplanets are much heavier than the ones in our solar system, the inner planet having 14 times Jupiter’s mass and the outer one six times.
Bohn’s team imaged this system during their search for young, giant planets around stars like our sun but far younger. The star TYC 8998-760-1 is just 17 million years old and located in the southern constellation of Musca (The Fly). Bohn describes it as a “very young version of our own sun.”
This image, captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets, TYC 8998-760-1b and TYC 8998-760-1c. This is the first time astronomers have directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the sun. The two planets are visible as two bright dots in the centre (TYC 8998-760-1b) and bottom right (TYC 8998-760-1c) of the frame, noted by arrows. Other bright dots, which are background stars, are visible in the image as well. By taking different images at different times, the team were able to distinguish the planets from the background stars. The image was captured by blocking the light from the young, sun-like star (top-left of centre) using a coronagraph, which allows for the fainter planets to be detected. The bright and dark rings we see on the star’s image are optical artefacts. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al.
These images were possible thanks to the high performance of the SPHERE (www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … vlt/vlt-instr/sphere) instrument on ESO’s VLT in the Chilean Atacama desert. SPHERE blocks the bright light from the star using a device called coronagraph (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronagraph), allowing the much fainter planets to be seen. While older planets, such as those in our solar system, are too cool to be found with this technique, young planets are hotter, and so glow brighter in infrared light. By taking several images over the past year, as well as using older data going back to 2017, the research team have confirmed that the two planets are part of the star’s system.
Further observations of this system, including with the future ESO Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will enable astronomers to test whether these planets formed at their current location distant from the star or migrated from elsewhere. ESO’s ELT will also help probe the interaction between two young planets in the same system. Bohn concludes: “The possibility that future instruments, such as those available on the ELT, will be able to detect even lower-mass planets around this star marks an important milestone in understanding multi-planet systems, with potential implications for the history of our own solar system.”


newswars--2020-07-22--Study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

When telescopes became powerful enough to find planets orbiting distant stars , scientists were surprised to see that a lot of them didn ’ t have atmospheres like Earth ’ s .
Instead , they appear to have thick blankets of hydrogen .
In a new study , two University of Chicago scientists investigated how those planets ’ atmospheres evolve , and the likelihood of such planets ever acquiring an atmosphere more like ours .
By modeling thousands of simulated planets , they estimated that it would be very rare for a planet that started with a hydrogen atmosphere to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that such planets often wind up losing their atmospheres entirely .
Published July 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , the results deepen our understanding of how planetary atmospheres form and grow , and can help astronomers narrow down the best places to search for planets with Earth-like atmospheres .
“ The habitable zone for planets is on a line—a cosmic shoreline between too much and too little atmosphere , ” said Asst .
Prof. Edwin Kite , first author of the study and an expert on the history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worlds .
“ Are there lots of planets sitting along that shoreline , or are they rare ?
This is a big question in planetary science right now.
” “ We know very little about the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets , ” said Megan Barnett , a graduate student and second author of the paper .
“ The planets we ’ re looking at in this study are too close to their stars to host life , but studying them helps us understand the overall processes that make or destroy atmospheres.
” For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planets form with hydrogen atmospheres , but what happens after that initial formation is much less clear .
Do they keep that atmosphere , transition to another kind of atmosphere , or lose it entirely ?
Kite and Barnett took the information we do know , and fed it into a program to run simulations with planets of different sizes and with different kinds of atmospheres .
Then they posed different scenarios and observed what would happen to the atmospheres if , say , the nearby star ’ s brightness changes , changing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet ; or the star dims and the rock of the planet cools down ; or volcanoes erupt on the surface .
Their results suggested that if a planet starts out with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere , there are very few combinations of conditions under which it could eventually transition into an Earth-like atmosphere .
“ That really just doesn ’ t happen in our model , ” said Kite .
“ By far the most common outcome is that it loses its atmosphere and stays a bare rock forever.
” In a handful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a little larger than Earth ’ s size managed to acquire and keep an Earth-like atmosphere by having a lot of volcanic eruptions that pour out gases .
Kite and Barnett also found that a planet that started out with an initial Earth-like atmosphere was more likely to keep it .
The results , the scientists said , will help guide searches for habitable planets by new telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope , scheduled to launch next year .
“ From our findings , it looks like if we want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we should target worlds that started out without hydrogen atmospheres , that orbit less active stars , or are unusually large , ” said Kite .

When telescopes became powerful enough to find planets orbiting distant stars, scientists were surprised to see that a lot of them didn’t have atmospheres like Earth’s. Instead, they appear to have thick blankets of hydrogen.
In a new study, two University of Chicago scientists investigated how those planets’ atmospheres evolve, and the likelihood of such planets ever acquiring an atmosphere more like ours. By modeling thousands of simulated planets, they estimated that it would be very rare for a planet that started with a hydrogen atmosphere to evolve into one like Earth’s—and that such planets often wind up losing their atmospheres entirely.
Published July 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the results deepen our understanding of how planetary atmospheres form and grow, and can help astronomers narrow down the best places to search for planets with Earth-like atmospheres.
“The habitable zone for planets is on a line—a cosmic shoreline between too much and too little atmosphere,” said Asst. Prof. Edwin Kite, first author of the study and an expert on the history of Mars and the climates of other worlds. “Are there lots of planets sitting along that shoreline, or are they rare? This is a big question in planetary science right now.”
“We know very little about the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets,” said Megan Barnett, a graduate student and second author of the paper. “The planets we’re looking at in this study are too close to their stars to host life, but studying them helps us understand the overall processes that make or destroy atmospheres.”
For example, scientists know that many rocky planets form with hydrogen atmospheres, but what happens after that initial formation is much less clear. Do they keep that atmosphere, transition to another kind of atmosphere, or lose it entirely?
Kite and Barnett took the information we do know, and fed it into a program to run simulations with planets of different sizes and with different kinds of atmospheres. Then they posed different scenarios and observed what would happen to the atmospheres if, say, the nearby star’s brightness changes, changing the amount of radiation received by the planet; or the star dims and the rock of the planet cools down; or volcanoes erupt on the surface.
Their results suggested that if a planet starts out with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, there are very few combinations of conditions under which it could eventually transition into an Earth-like atmosphere. “That really just doesn’t happen in our model,” said Kite. “By far the most common outcome is that it loses its atmosphere and stays a bare rock forever.”
In a handful of cases, however, a planet a little larger than Earth’s size managed to acquire and keep an Earth-like atmosphere by having a lot of volcanic eruptions that pour out gases.
Kite and Barnett also found that a planet that started out with an initial Earth-like atmosphere was more likely to keep it.
The results, the scientists said, will help guide searches for habitable planets by new telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch next year.
“From our findings, it looks like if we want to find warm exoplanets with Earth-like atmospheres, we should target worlds that started out without hydrogen atmospheres, that orbit less active stars, or are unusually large,” said Kite.


newswars--2020-07-22--Communist Chinese Propaganda Video Claims Covid Was Weaponized To Beat Trump

The Chinese state-run news outlet , China Global Television Network ( CGTN ) , has released a propaganda video claiming COVID-19 is a test populist leaders like President Trump failed .
The video , titled Can COVID-19 Beat Populism ?
, was released on Tuesday .
The communist-produced piece claims Trump ’ s handling of the virus is yet “ another straw on the camel ’ s back to expose [ Trump ’ s ] hollow politics.
” Since the focus of the video is populism , Brazil ’ s Jair Bolsonaro and Britain ’ s Boris Johnson were also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Trump , Bolsonaro and Johnson , “ are experts at manipulating people ’ s feelings , ” but that “ they are incompetent at solving real threats and problems.
” “ The current once-in-a-century pandemic is a test and most of the populist leaders have failed it , ” the narrator states .
Next , the video claims President Trump chooses to “ ignore ” and “ deny ” scientific recommendations before showing a clip of Dr. Fauci disagreeing with the president .
That ’ s right , China ’ s communist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

The Chinese state-run news outlet, China Global Television Network (CGTN), has released a propaganda video claiming COVID-19 is a test populist leaders like President Trump failed.
The video, titled Can COVID-19 Beat Populism?, was released on Tuesday.
The communist-produced piece claims Trump’s handling of the virus is yet “another straw on the camel’s back to expose [Trump’s] hollow politics.”
Since the focus of the video is populism, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Britain’s Boris Johnson were also targeted.
The state-sponsored film claims leaders like Trump, Bolsonaro and Johnson, “are experts at manipulating people’s feelings,” but that “they are incompetent at solving real threats and problems.”
“The current once-in-a-century pandemic is a test and most of the populist leaders have failed it,” the narrator states.
Next, the video claims President Trump chooses to “ignore” and “deny” scientific recommendations before showing a clip of Dr. Fauci disagreeing with the president.
That’s right, China’s communist government is citing Fauci to attack POTUS.


newswars--2020-07-22--NBA Reveals Court Emblazoned With ‘Black Lives Matter’ Logo

The phrase ‘ Black Lives Matter ’ has been painted on the main court at the NBA ’ s new ‘ bubble ’ facility in Orlando , Florida .
All games will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort for the restart of the season , which was interrupted in March by the coronavirus crisis .
League officials had vowed the BLM movement would be prominently represented when the season recommenced , and that promise appears to have been fulfilled .
“ The NBA season resumes on July 30 in Orlando @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday , along with a video clip .
“ Here is a closer look at the court , which features the phrase ‘ Black Lives Matter ’ on it.
” Additionally , ‘ Black Lives Matter ’ flags reportedly decorate the driveway leading up to the sports complex .
Players have been given the option to replace their names on jerseys with ‘ social justice messages.
’ A total of 29 messages were approved for use , including “ Say Their Names , ” “ I Can ’ t Breathe , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” and “ Sí Se Puede.
” Rep. Mark Meadows says it ’ s time for people to go to jail for the Russia hoax .

The phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ has been painted on the main court at the NBA’s new ‘bubble’ facility in Orlando, Florida.
All games will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort for the restart of the season, which was interrupted in March by the coronavirus crisis.
League officials had vowed the BLM movement would be prominently represented when the season recommenced, and that promise appears to have been fulfilled.
“The NBA season resumes on July 30 in Orlando,” the NBA on ESPN tweeted on Tuesday, along with a video clip. “Here is a closer look at the court, which features the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ on it.”
Here is the NBA restart court in Orlando: the spaced out chairs are the socially distanced bench, Black Lives Matter is written on the court. pic.twitter.com/XGJu1w4QLC — Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) July 21, 2020
Additionally, ‘Black Lives Matter’ flags reportedly decorate the driveway leading up to the sports complex.
The driveway leading to the arena in Orlando is dotted with flags of team logos and “Black Lives Matter” flags. pic.twitter.com/TgE2QcfDrx — Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) July 20, 2020
Players have been given the option to replace their names on jerseys with ‘social justice messages.’
Congrats to everyone who bravely displays an NBA Approved message on the back of their jersey this season, such as "Group Economics" pic.twitter.com/yIB2igoyae — Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 4, 2020
A total of 29 messages were approved for use, including “Say Their Names,” “I Can’t Breathe,” “Anti-Racist,” “Group Economics,” and “Sí Se Puede.”
Rep. Mark Meadows says it’s time for people to go to jail for the Russia hoax.
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newswars--2020-07-22--Trump Orders DOJ to “Immediately” Deploy Federal Agents to Chicago

President Trump has ordered the DOJ to deploy a “ surge ” of federal agents to Chicago to combat the rising lawlessness .
The deployment is part of “ Operation Legend , ” a newly-created DOJ initiative designed to enable federal law enforcement agencies to help local law enforcement officials fight violent crime .
“ The operation in Chicago will be done as part of Operation Legend , which was recently launched in Kansas City…it was named after a four-year-old , Legend Ruggiero , who was shot and killed while he slept , ” said Trump Wednesday from the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump slammed local elected leaders for “ abdicating their duty ” in recent weeks by undermining law enforcement and incentivizing police to pull back , reports Zero Hedge .
“ The effort to shut down police in their own communities has led to a shocking explosion of shootings , killing , violence , murders , ” said Trump “ This rampage of violence shocks the conscience of our nation and we will not stand by and watch it happen.
” Trump ’ s order comes on the heels of Chicago Mayor Lori @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump ’ s troops ” are not allowed to come to the city to “ terrorize our residents.
” Alex Jones breaks down how Democrats are making their move to overthrow the will of the American people with a coup that has already been set in motion .

President Trump has ordered the DOJ to deploy a “surge” of federal agents to Chicago to combat the rising lawlessness.
The deployment is part of “Operation Legend,” a newly-created DOJ initiative designed to enable federal law enforcement agencies to help local law enforcement officials fight violent crime.
“The operation in Chicago will be done as part of Operation Legend, which was recently launched in Kansas City…it was named after a four-year-old, Legend Ruggiero, who was shot and killed while he slept,” said Trump Wednesday from the White House East Room.
During his speech, Trump slammed local elected leaders for “abdicating their duty” in recent weeks by undermining law enforcement and incentivizing police to pull back, reports Zero Hedge.
“The effort to shut down police in their own communities has led to a shocking explosion of shootings, killing, violence, murders,” said Trump “This rampage of violence shocks the conscience of our nation and we will not stand by and watch it happen.”
Trump’s order comes on the heels of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Tuesday statement saying “Donald Trump’s troops” are not allowed to come to the city to “terrorize our residents.”
Alex Jones breaks down how Democrats are making their move to overthrow the will of the American people with a coup that has already been set in motion.


newswars--2020-07-22--Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins Promotes Infowars Report on COVID Testing Scandal

Motivational speaker and self-help guru Tony Robbins shared an Infowars report Tuesday breaking down a coronavirus testing scandal in Florida .
On Tuesday , Robbins tweeted to his over 3.1 million followers a July 14 article covering questionable numbers being reported by hundreds of labs in Florida – all reporting 100 percent of people tested were positive for COVID-19 .
The viral report , with over 8K shares across various social media platforms , discussed how over 300 labs were reporting 100 percent positivity rates , possibly contributing to the spike in case counts , as first brought to light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Robbins had also previously shared the same report last Friday as a “ reply ” to another article he posted from Russian news outlet RT , which reported on the UK health minister calling for an “ urgent review ” of the COVID death toll after scientists claimed to have found exaggerated numbers .
Of course , the life coach directing folks to the forbidden Infowars website was not without its share of criticism .
Robbins has also been using his podcast to confront the COVID-19 hysteria being leveraged to impose global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus lowers the human immune system leaving the body vulnerable to illness .
It ’ s clear Robbins , who has also called out abuse of the # MeToo movement in 2018 and urges people to “ unleash the power within , ” is a free-thinker who does his own research and doesn ’ t conform to peer pressure .
Richard Proctor , BathroomEconomics.com , how COVID test results are multiplied with multiple counting and color of law and corporate enforcement of government mandates

Motivational speaker and self-help guru Tony Robbins shared an Infowars report Tuesday breaking down a coronavirus testing scandal in Florida.
On Tuesday, Robbins tweeted to his over 3.1 million followers a July 14 article covering questionable numbers being reported by hundreds of labs in Florida – all reporting 100 percent of people tested were positive for COVID-19.
The viral report, with over 8K shares across various social media platforms, discussed how over 300 labs were reporting 100 percent positivity rates, possibly contributing to the spike in case counts, as first brought to light by Florida Atlantic University professor Rebel Cole.
Robbins had also previously shared the same report last Friday as a “reply” to another article he posted from Russian news outlet RT, which reported on the UK health minister calling for an “urgent review” of the COVID death toll after scientists claimed to have found exaggerated numbers.
Of course, the life coach directing folks to the forbidden Infowars website was not without its share of criticism.
Robbins has also been using his podcast to confront the COVID-19 hysteria being leveraged to impose global lockdowns, proposing that fear of the virus lowers the human immune system leaving the body vulnerable to illness.
It’s clear Robbins, who has also called out abuse of the #MeToo movement in 2018 and urges people to “unleash the power within,” is a free-thinker who does his own research and doesn’t conform to peer pressure.
Richard Proctor, BathroomEconomics.com, how COVID test results are multiplied with multiple counting and color of law and corporate enforcement of government mandates


newswars--2020-07-22--Real Stable Genius! Mr. Mask-In-The-Car Wearer

In the latest rendition of Infowars ’ Real Stable Genius , we salute Mr. mask-in-the-car wearer .

Net Zero Bombshell: The World Does Not Have Enough Lithium and Cobalt to Replace All Batteries Every 10 Years – Finnish Government Report


newswars--2020-07-22--5G Induces Coronavirus: Shocking Scientific Study – Watch Live!

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newswars--2020-07-22--Eric Holder Says Trump Will Use ‘Paramilitary Forces’ To Steal 2020 Election

Editor ’ s Note from Alex Jones : As we ’ ve been warning for months , the entire corporate establishment media keeps pumping the idea that Trump is going to challenge the election and is a dictator so he must be overthrown , when they are the ones that have already challenged the 2016 are now challenging this new election before it even takes place .
They said they ’ re going to challenge the election and that if Trump counter-challenges , he should be removed by the military .
This is true preparation for an actual coup outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicts that President Trump would deploy “ paramilitary forces ” across the nation on Election Day to steal the presidency .
During an interview Tuesday on MSNBC ’ s “ The ReidOut ” , host Joy Reid asked Holder if Trump will use “ paramilitary forces ” to “ suppress the vote.
” “ Are you concerned about that , that these paramilitary forces will be used to suppress the vote ?
” Reid asked .
“ If you asked me about any other president , I would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a script from a very bad movie , ” Holder replied .
“ This president has demonstrated that they have a capacity to go lower than we can impossibly imagine.
” Alex Jones issues emergency message to the public that a coup is in motion and the Dems are making their move to overthrow Trump ahead of the election .
Holder then suggested that Trump won ’ t will use force to keep himself in power should Biden win the election .
“ If he loses and I expect that he will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for what he is going to do in the immediate aftermath of such a loss , ” Holder continued , “ and what he ’ ll do between the election and the inauguration of the next president.
” “ We have to be prepared for things that this nation has never faced before .
And unfortunately , that could involve the use of these forces…who knows what he will do and the people who are in , as part of his administration , will support him in doing ?
” he added .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as far as to “ cancel the election ” in order to remain in power .
“ Yeah , I mean , there are these nightmare scenarios and we can wind them out , ” Holder replied .
“ But I don ’ t think that should take us away from what our focus has to be .
He ’ s got to be beat , he has to be beaten badly.
” Holder ’ s remarks come as the Democrats renew a conspiracy theory that President Trump won ’ t accept the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Ironically , Hillary Clinton , who still hasn ’ t accepted her loss in 2016 , claimed last week that Trump would “ not go quietly ” if he lost .
“ I think it ’ s a fair point to raise as to whether or not if he loses he ’ s going to go quietly or not , and we have to be ready for that , ” Clinton said .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-Calif. ) echoed a similar talking point on Monday , claiming Trump will leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it yet or not , ” incorrectly adding that she ’ s “ second in line ” to the presidency and that she attended several Continuity of Government briefings .
“ Whether he knows it yet , or not , he will be leaving , ” said Pelosi told MSNBC .
“ Just because he might not want to move out of the White House doesn ’ t mean we won ’ t have an inauguration ceremony to inaugurate a duly elected president of the United States .
”

Editor’s Note from Alex Jones:
As we’ve been warning for months, the entire corporate establishment media keeps pumping the idea that Trump is going to challenge the election and is a dictator so he must be overthrown, when they are the ones that have already challenged the 2016 are now challenging this new election before it even takes place. They said they’re going to challenge the election and that if Trump counter-challenges, he should be removed by the military. This is true preparation for an actual coup outside of the 25th Amendment and impeachment.
Original story below:
Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicts that President Trump would deploy “paramilitary forces” across the nation on Election Day to steal the presidency.
During an interview Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut”, host Joy Reid asked Holder if Trump will use “paramilitary forces” to “suppress the vote.”
“Are you concerned about that, that these paramilitary forces will be used to suppress the vote?” Reid asked.
If cable news actually cared about calling out conspiracies, Joy Reid wouldn't be anything close to a gainfully employed host. Tonight, she and former AG Eric Holder predicted Trump and @TeamTrump will use "paramilitary forces" to rig the vote and steal the election from Biden pic.twitter.com/o3JdEP5Qhs — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 21, 2020
“If you asked me about any other president, I would say of course not, that’s a script from a very bad movie,” Holder replied. “This president has demonstrated that they have a capacity to go lower than we can impossibly imagine.”
Alex Jones issues emergency message to the public that a coup is in motion and the Dems are making their move to overthrow Trump ahead of the election.
Holder then suggested that Trump won’t will use force to keep himself in power should Biden win the election.
“If he loses and I expect that he will, then we have to be prepared for what he is going to do in the immediate aftermath of such a loss,” Holder continued, “and what he’ll do between the election and the inauguration of the next president.”
“We have to be prepared for things that this nation has never faced before. And unfortunately, that could involve the use of these forces…who knows what he will do and the people who are in, as part of his administration, will support him in doing?” he added.
Reid pressed Holder if Trump would go as far as to “cancel the election” in order to remain in power.
“Yeah, I mean, there are these nightmare scenarios and we can wind them out,” Holder replied. “But I don’t think that should take us away from what our focus has to be. He’s got to be beat, he has to be beaten badly.”
On whether Trump will try and stay in office if he loses in the election, Fmr. AG Eric Holder tells @JoyAnnReid, “There are these nightmare scenarios and we can wind them out … But he’s got to be beat, he has to be beaten badly.” Watch more: https://t.co/ARcde1ZaeX pic.twitter.com/5XV3xPlZ8U — The ReidOut (@thereidout) July 22, 2020
Holder’s remarks come as the Democrats renew a conspiracy theory that President Trump won’t accept the results of the election if he loses.
Ironically, Hillary Clinton, who still hasn’t accepted her loss in 2016, claimed last week that Trump would “not go quietly” if he lost.
“I think it’s a fair point to raise as to whether or not if he loses he’s going to go quietly or not, and we have to be ready for that,” Clinton said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) echoed a similar talking point on Monday, claiming Trump will leave the White House “whether he knows it yet or not,” incorrectly adding that she’s “second in line” to the presidency and that she attended several Continuity of Government briefings.
“Whether he knows it yet, or not, he will be leaving,” said Pelosi told MSNBC. “Just because he might not want to move out of the White House doesn’t mean we won’t have an inauguration ceremony to inaugurate a duly elected president of the United States.”
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newswars--2020-07-22--Retired Officer Educates “Defund The Police” Supporters

Will Witt of PragerU teamed up with former police officer Brandon Tatum to hit the streets of Los Angeles , @ @ @ @ @ The Police ” supporters .
After being presented with facts the mainstream media refuses to @ @ @ @ @ the American public , the interviewees were left with a new perspective on racism and @ @

Will Witt of PragerU teamed up with former police officer Brandon Tatum to hit the streets of Los Angeles, California and educate “Defund The Police” supporters.
After being presented with facts the mainstream media refuses to bring to the attention of the American public, the interviewees were left with a new perspective on racism and policing.


newswars--2020-07-22--Could the Economy Survive a W-Shaped Recovery?

In the weeks following the United States shutting down over what has turned out to be mainly a nursing home epidemic , the economic geniuses on CNBC and Bloomberg discussed the various letter recoveries .
The consensus had been that the US would experience a V-shaped recovery over the next several months .
While the early indicators lent credence to this analysis , a resurgence in coronavirus cases and health authorities talking about a return to lockdown measures have resulted in the possibility of the country witnessing a W-shaped recovery .
It is not surprising that 2020 would produce a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all that is missing is the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series and flying spaghetti monsters invading the planet .
With all this talk of L-shaped or U-shaped recoveries , you can feel like a kindergartner struggling to recite the alphabet in front of your classroom .
So , what do these letters even mean ?
Here is a quick cheat sheet you can refer to the next time you watch CNBC : • W-shaped : a steep decline , followed by a sharp rise , followed by another significant drop , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also known as a double-dip recession ) .
• L-shaped : a massive collapse in the economy without a considerable recovery .
• U-shaped : a recession without an immediate rebound , taking twelve to twenty-four months to bounce back again .
• V-shaped : a historic crash followed by a quick and robust recovery .
There are a couple of other letters , but these are the main ones that could affect the current US economy .
In recent weeks , there has been an enormous influx of data suggesting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ V-shaped recovery .
The US economy has created 7.5 million new jobs in two months , retail sales are soaring at a record pace , manufacturing production and industrial output are rebounding , and the US stock market is reclaiming its dominance in the world .
But it might be too good to be true .
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exploded in the United States , bringing the total to nearly 3 million and a mortality rate of 0.0465 percent .
Due to the spike in cases in more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US is embarking upon a second wave , which might be hard to fathom since it is unclear if the US ever finished its first wave .
If the situation does not improve , does this mean Americans will be forced to retreat to their homes and participate in another destructive lockdown ?
President Donald Trump and his administration have dismissed the speculation of another nationwide shutdown .
In May , the president said in a statement during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan that “ we are not closing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to put out the fires .
We ’ re not going to close the country , ” Trump said .
“ We can put out the fires .
Whether it is an ember or a flame , we are going to put it out .
But we are not closing our country.
” When you watch coverage of the pandemic , the consensus is that a lockdown sequel is inconceivable due to the harmful economic and cultural effects of the first one .
At the same time , many medical officials have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not taking a summer vacation ” and “ it ’ s actually having new opportunities to spread.
” Elected officials will be required to balance the economy with public health .
Perhaps a national one-size-fits-all stay-at-home order would not occur , but the states facing a severe outbreak could go this route .
For businesses operating in those places , the adverse economic effects on the marketplace would be unimaginable .
Thousands of companies are already finding it tough to survive , even with economies in the early stages of reopening .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this would send shockwaves throughout the economy—again .
Remember , the US economy is two-thirds driven by consumption .
If millions of Americans were again quarantined or ordered to stay home , this would tank the economy until the virus subsides—and it is deja vu all over again .
Amazon and Clorox would stand tall , of course .
If President Trump loses in November and there is a massive increase of infections in the winter , there is a real possibility that a Joe Biden administration would impose strict measures that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The US has experienced a W-shaped recovery before .
The nation suffered a recession in the first half of 1980 .
It then recovered for nearly an entire year , but then the economy slipped into a second recession from 1981 to 1982 .
From there , economic growth exploded .
Across the pond , the PIIGS ( Portugal , Italy , Ireland , Greece , and Spain ) of Europe endured a W-shaped slowdown between 2009 and 2013 .
The United Kingdom also suffered a W-shaped recession in 2011 and 2012 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a double-dip recession would devastate millions of businesses and households under today ’ s conditions .
But the real damage could be the government and the Federal Reserve ’ s response .
Both institutions have engaged in unprecedented and historic interventionism , burdening the next generation with astronomical amounts of debt and inflation that will unlikely ever be repaid or subdued .
It is bad enough that the Republicans failed to manage Uncle Sam ’ s public purse responsibly during the prepandemic days .
Democrats and their multitrillion-dollar spendthrift ways in the postcoronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collapse .
And there may be no going back unless policymakers summon the spirits of conservative and libertarian economists who can somehow manage to put Humpty Dumpty back together .

In the weeks following the United States shutting down over what has turned out to be mainly a nursing home epidemic, the economic geniuses on CNBC and Bloomberg discussed the various letter recoveries.
The consensus had been that the US would experience a V-shaped recovery over the next several months. While the early indicators lent credence to this analysis, a resurgence in coronavirus cases and health authorities talking about a return to lockdown measures have resulted in the possibility of the country witnessing a W-shaped recovery. It is not surprising that 2020 would produce a down-up-down-up recovery. At this point, all that is missing is the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series and flying spaghetti monsters invading the planet.
Alphabet Soup
With all this talk of L-shaped or U-shaped recoveries, you can feel like a kindergartner struggling to recite the alphabet in front of your classroom. So, what do these letters even mean? Here is a quick cheat sheet you can refer to the next time you watch CNBC:
W-shaped : a steep decline, followed by a sharp rise, followed by another significant drop, and then ending with a spike (this is also known as a double-dip recession).
: a steep decline, followed by a sharp rise, followed by another significant drop, and then ending with a spike (this is also known as a double-dip recession). L-shaped : a massive collapse in the economy without a considerable recovery.
: a massive collapse in the economy without a considerable recovery. U-shaped : a recession without an immediate rebound, taking twelve to twenty-four months to bounce back again.
: a recession without an immediate rebound, taking twelve to twenty-four months to bounce back again. V-shaped: a historic crash followed by a quick and robust recovery.
There are a couple of other letters, but these are the main ones that could affect the current US economy.
Take the W
In recent weeks, there has been an enormous influx of data suggesting that the US is in store for a V-shaped recovery. The US economy has created 7.5 million new jobs in two months, retail sales are soaring at a record pace, manufacturing production and industrial output are rebounding, and the US stock market is reclaiming its dominance in the world. But it might be too good to be true.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exploded in the United States, bringing the total to nearly 3 million and a mortality rate of 0.0465 percent. Due to the spike in cases in more than a dozen states, many assume that the US is embarking upon a second wave, which might be hard to fathom since it is unclear if the US ever finished its first wave.
If the situation does not improve, does this mean Americans will be forced to retreat to their homes and participate in another destructive lockdown? President Donald Trump and his administration have dismissed the speculation of another nationwide shutdown. In May, the president said in a statement during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan that “we are not closing our country.”
“We are going to put out the fires. We’re not going to close the country,” Trump said. “We can put out the fires. Whether it is an ember or a flame, we are going to put it out. But we are not closing our country.”
When you watch coverage of the pandemic, the consensus is that a lockdown sequel is inconceivable due to the harmful economic and cultural effects of the first one. At the same time, many medical officials have been telling the press that COVID-19 “is not taking a summer vacation” and “it’s actually having new opportunities to spread.” Elected officials will be required to balance the economy with public health.
Perhaps a national one-size-fits-all stay-at-home order would not occur, but the states facing a severe outbreak could go this route. For businesses operating in those places, the adverse economic effects on the marketplace would be unimaginable. Thousands of companies are already finding it tough to survive, even with economies in the early stages of reopening. If they were forced to shutter their establishments, this would send shockwaves throughout the economy—again.
Remember, the US economy is two-thirds driven by consumption. If millions of Americans were again quarantined or ordered to stay home, this would tank the economy until the virus subsides—and it is deja vu all over again. Amazon and Clorox would stand tall, of course.
If President Trump loses in November and there is a massive increase of infections in the winter, there is a real possibility that a Joe Biden administration would impose strict measures that go beyond wearing a face mask.
The Shape of W
The US has experienced a W-shaped recovery before. The nation suffered a recession in the first half of 1980. It then recovered for nearly an entire year, but then the economy slipped into a second recession from 1981 to 1982. From there, economic growth exploded. Across the pond, the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) of Europe endured a W-shaped slowdown between 2009 and 2013. The United Kingdom also suffered a W-shaped recession in 2011 and 2012.
Uncle Sam’s Crisis
The financial crisis that would transpire in a double-dip recession would devastate millions of businesses and households under today’s conditions. But the real damage could be the government and the Federal Reserve’s response. Both institutions have engaged in unprecedented and historic interventionism, burdening the next generation with astronomical amounts of debt and inflation that will unlikely ever be repaid or subdued. It is bad enough that the Republicans failed to manage Uncle Sam’s public purse responsibly during the prepandemic days. Democrats and their multitrillion-dollar spendthrift ways in the postcoronavirus economy could potentially trigger the next economic collapse. And there may be no going back unless policymakers summon the spirits of conservative and libertarian economists who can somehow manage to put Humpty Dumpty back together.


newswars--2020-07-22--Demolishing the Lincoln Myth, Yet Again

Demolishing the Lincoln Myth, Yet Again

The Problem with Lincoln is the culmination of Tom DiLorenzo ’ s many years of research on Abraham Lincoln .
It is a masterly summing-up and extension of his earlier classics The Real Lincoln ( 2002 ) and Lincoln Unmasked ( 2006 ) .
DiLorenzo is both a historian and an economist with an expert knowledge of Austrian economics and also of the public choice school .
This background enables him to grasp what most other historians of the Civil War period miss , the centralizing economic plan behind Lincoln ’ s policies .
DiLorenzo calls attention to a vital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln ’ s primary motive for opposing secession in 1861 was his distaste for slavery .
Precisely the opposite is true .
It is well known that , in an effort to promote compromise , a constitutional amendment was proposed in Congress that forever forbade interference with slavery in states where it already existed .
Lincoln referred to the proposal , the Corwin Amendment , in his first inaugural , stating that he was not opposed to the amendment , since it merely made explicit the existing constitutional arrangement regarding slavery .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth ; nothing in the Constitution prior to the Corwin Amendment prohibited amendments to end slavery , so this new proposal did not just make the existing constitutional arrangement explicit .
Readers can judge the Corwin Amendment for themselves , in a helpful set of original documents that our author includes in the book .
( The Corwin Amendment is on p .
217 . )
So much is well established , but DiLorenzo adds a surprising touch .
Far from viewing the Corwin Amendment with grudging consent , Lincoln was in fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself who had instructed his soon-to-be secretary of state William Seward to suggest three resolutions , the import of the first of which was identical with that of the Corwin Amendment , to the ‘ Committee of Thirteen ’ in the U.S. Senate “ without indicating they issued from Springfield ” —that is , from Lincoln himself .
( p. 28 , quoting Doris Kearns Goodwin , Team of Rivals ) Extension of slavery in the territories was for Lincoln an entirely different matter , and on this issue he refused all compromise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If Lincoln thought it more important to preserve the Union than to oppose slavery , why was he unwilling to compromise over slavery in the territories ?
If he thought slavery ’ s extension was too high a price to pay to preserve the Union , why was he willing permanently to entrench slavery wherever it already existed ?
It is hard to detect a moral difference between slavery in the states and the territories .
DiLorenzo readily resolves the paradox .
Lincoln opposed extension of slavery , because this would interfere with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , following his mentor Henry Clay , favored a nationalist economic program of which high tariffs , a national bank , and governmentally financed “ internal improvements ” were key elements .
This program , he thought , would promote not only the interests of the wealthy industrial and financial powers that he always faithfully served but would benefit white labor as well .
Blacks , in his opinion , would be better off outside the United States , and throughout his life Lincoln supported schemes for repatriation of blacks to Africa and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they could not compete with whites , the primary objects of Lincoln ’ s concern .
( Lincoln , by the way , did not see this program as in any way in contradiction to his professed belief that all men are created equal .
Blacks , he thought , had human rights but not political rights . )
In order to finance his economic program , high tariffs were essential .
In his first inaugural address , Lincoln threw down the gauntlet of war over tax collection….He reassured the country that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or violence ; and there shall be none , unless it be forced upon the national authority.
” ( p. 30 ) The myth of the sacred Union bound together by “ the mystic cords of memory ” was invented to provide cover for Lincoln ’ s coldhearted willingness to wage total war on his own country for tax revenue….There was no talk of “ force ” of any kind when the subject was slavery—except for forcing runaway slaves back into slavery by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act ; tax collection , on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of total war on the entire population of the South , threats that were carried out a few months later , leading to as many as 750,000 American deaths .
( p. 31 ) DiLorenzo is fully prepared for the objection that even if the Southern states had ample reason to oppose Lincoln ’ s economic plans , they had no legal right to secede .
In this view , Lincoln had a constitutional duty to preserve the Union by any means necessary .
The historian Allan Guelzo claims that Southern secessionists were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave the Union .
In what to my mind is the highlight of the book , DiLorenzo turns the tables on those who charge the Southern states with treason .
The United States was a compact of sovereign states , and a state that no longer wished to remain part of the Union was free to leave .
This view of the matter was not dreamed up by Southern firebrands in 1860 ; it had behind it the weighty authority of Thomas Jefferson .
In an August 12 , 1803 , letter to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had inquired about the secession movement that was gaining prominence in New England at that time , Jefferson wrote that if there is to be a “ separation ” then “ God bless them both [ that is , both regions of the union that were at odds ] , & keep them in the union if it be for their good , but separate them if it be better.
” ( p. 22 , brackets in original ) If one accepts Jefferson ’ s approach , Lincoln ’ s nationalist understanding of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rothbard would say , “ monstrous.
” As DiLorenzo writes , Lincoln justified the military invasion of his own country and the mass killing of fellow American citizens by the hundreds of thousands with a theory that the people of the “ free and independent states , ” as they are called in the Declaration of Independence , were not sovereign , that the Union—which is to say , the federal government—was the real sovereign ; that the federal government was therefore supreme ; that the Union was not voluntary ; and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from it…the theory that the union of the states is older than the states themselves makes about as much sense as the theory that a marital union can be older than either spouse—in which case they would have been married before they were born….No state would ever have ratified the Constitution if this—Lincoln ’ s theory of the “ more perfect Union ” —was what the founding generation thought the document said .
( pp .
109–11 ) With a brilliant stroke , DiLorenzo reverses the verdict that leaving the Union was treason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln ’ s invasion of the Southern states was the very definition of treason in Article 3 , Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution , which defines treason as “ only in levying war upon them , or in adhering to their enemies , giving them aid and comfort.
” The “ them ” and “ their ” in this definition of treason refer to “ the United States , ” which are always in the plural in the founding documents , denoting that the individual , free , and independent states were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not irrevocably surrendering their sovereignty and their very existence in favor of a sacred , perpetual , inescapable Union .
( pp .
77–78 ) Once Lincoln invaded the South , he and his henchmen carried on the war with great brutality .
Murray Rothbard says that the Union conduct of the war broke the 19th century rules of war by specifically plundering and slaughtering civilians , by destroying civilian life and institutions so as to reduce the South to submission .
Sherman ’ s infamous March through Georgia was one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humanity , of the past century-and-a-half .
Because by targeting and butchering civilians , Lincoln and Grant and Sherman paved the way for all the genocidal horrors of the monstrous 20th century .
( quoted on p. 44 ) DiLorenzo confronts an important objection to his main argument .
Even if Lincoln didn ’ t start the war to free the slaves but rather to create a powerful central state , wasn ’ t war still necessary to end slavery ?
This seems unlikely .
In an appearance on Bill Maher ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ to Maher ] by pointing out that all other countries in the world that ended slavery in the nineteenth century did so peacefully , without a civil war , specifically citing how the British used tax dollars to buy the freedom of the slaves and then ended slavery legally throughout the British Empire ” ( p. 71 ) .
DiLorenzo ’ s forthright analysis of Lincoln stands in marked contrast to a leading member of what our author , following the usage of Lerone Bennett Jr. , calls the Logos school , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as gospel truth .
An example of this would be a statement by Lincoln scholar Harry Jaffa when I [ DiLorenzo ] debated him at the Independent Institute in Oakland , California , in 2003 .
During the question-and-answer session , an audience member—apparently a Jaffa protégé—asked Jaffa if he thought Lincoln ’ s speeches were the words of God .
Jaffa responded that yes , he thought they were.
” ( pp .
139–40 ) Readers of The Problem with Lincoln will be forever immune to this idolatrous nonsense .

The Problem with Lincoln is the culmination of Tom DiLorenzo’s many years of research on Abraham Lincoln. It is a masterly summing-up and extension of his earlier classics The Real Lincoln (2002) and Lincoln Unmasked (2006).
DiLorenzo is both a historian and an economist with an expert knowledge of Austrian economics and also of the public choice school. This background enables him to grasp what most other historians of the Civil War period miss, the centralizing economic plan behind Lincoln’s policies.
DiLorenzo calls attention to a vital fact that demolishes the mythological view that Lincoln’s primary motive for opposing secession in 1861 was his distaste for slavery. Precisely the opposite is true. It is well known that, in an effort to promote compromise, a constitutional amendment was proposed in Congress that forever forbade interference with slavery in states where it already existed. Lincoln referred to the proposal, the Corwin Amendment, in his first inaugural, stating that he was not opposed to the amendment, since it merely made explicit the existing constitutional arrangement regarding slavery. Of course, Lincoln was not telling the truth; nothing in the Constitution prior to the Corwin Amendment prohibited amendments to end slavery, so this new proposal did not just make the existing constitutional arrangement explicit. Readers can judge the Corwin Amendment for themselves, in a helpful set of original documents that our author includes in the book. (The Corwin Amendment is on p. 217.)
So much is well established, but DiLorenzo adds a surprising touch. Far from viewing the Corwin Amendment with grudging consent, Lincoln was in fact its behind-the-scenes promoter.
It was Lincoln himself who had instructed his soon-to-be secretary of state William Seward to suggest three resolutions, the import of the first of which was identical with that of the Corwin Amendment, to the ‘Committee of Thirteen’ in the U.S. Senate “without indicating they issued from Springfield”—that is, from Lincoln himself. (p. 28, quoting Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals)
Extension of slavery in the territories was for Lincoln an entirely different matter, and on this issue he refused all compromise. Here we confront a paradox. If Lincoln thought it more important to preserve the Union than to oppose slavery, why was he unwilling to compromise over slavery in the territories? If he thought slavery’s extension was too high a price to pay to preserve the Union, why was he willing permanently to entrench slavery wherever it already existed? It is hard to detect a moral difference between slavery in the states and the territories.
DiLorenzo readily resolves the paradox. Lincoln opposed extension of slavery, because this would interfere with the prospects of white workers. Lincoln, following his mentor Henry Clay, favored a nationalist economic program of which high tariffs, a national bank, and governmentally financed “internal improvements” were key elements. This program, he thought, would promote not only the interests of the wealthy industrial and financial powers that he always faithfully served but would benefit white labor as well. Blacks, in his opinion, would be better off outside the United States, and throughout his life Lincoln supported schemes for repatriation of blacks to Africa and elsewhere. If blacks left the country, they could not compete with whites, the primary objects of Lincoln’s concern. (Lincoln, by the way, did not see this program as in any way in contradiction to his professed belief that all men are created equal. Blacks, he thought, had human rights but not political rights.)
In order to finance his economic program, high tariffs were essential.
In his first inaugural address, Lincoln threw down the gauntlet of war over tax collection….He reassured the country that “there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority.” (p. 30)
DiLorenzo is appropriately scathing about Lincoln’s remarks.
The myth of the sacred Union bound together by “the mystic cords of memory” was invented to provide cover for Lincoln’s coldhearted willingness to wage total war on his own country for tax revenue….There was no talk of “force” of any kind when the subject was slavery—except for forcing runaway slaves back into slavery by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act; tax collection, on the other hand, called forth threats of total war on the entire population of the South, threats that were carried out a few months later, leading to as many as 750,000 American deaths. (p. 31)
DiLorenzo is fully prepared for the objection that even if the Southern states had ample reason to oppose Lincoln’s economic plans, they had no legal right to secede. In this view, Lincoln had a constitutional duty to preserve the Union by any means necessary. The historian Allan Guelzo claims that Southern secessionists were guilty of treason by their efforts to leave the Union. In what to my mind is the highlight of the book, DiLorenzo turns the tables on those who charge the Southern states with treason. The United States was a compact of sovereign states, and a state that no longer wished to remain part of the Union was free to leave.
This view of the matter was not dreamed up by Southern firebrands in 1860; it had behind it the weighty authority of Thomas Jefferson.
In an August 12, 1803, letter to John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, who had inquired about the secession movement that was gaining prominence in New England at that time, Jefferson wrote that if there is to be a “separation” then “God bless them both [that is, both regions of the union that were at odds], & keep them in the union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better.” (p. 22, brackets in original)
If one accepts Jefferson’s approach, Lincoln’s nationalist understanding of the United States was, as Murray Rothbard would say, “monstrous.” As DiLorenzo writes,
Lincoln justified the military invasion of his own country and the mass killing of fellow American citizens by the hundreds of thousands with a theory that the people of the “free and independent states,” as they are called in the Declaration of Independence, were not sovereign, that the Union—which is to say, the federal government—was the real sovereign; that the federal government was therefore supreme; that the Union was not voluntary; and that no state had a right to secede from it…the theory that the union of the states is older than the states themselves makes about as much sense as the theory that a marital union can be older than either spouse—in which case they would have been married before they were born….No state would ever have ratified the Constitution if this—Lincoln’s theory of the “more perfect Union”—was what the founding generation thought the document said. (pp. 109–11)
With a brilliant stroke, DiLorenzo reverses the verdict that leaving the Union was treason. Lincoln was the real traitor:
Lincoln’s invasion of the Southern states was the very definition of treason in Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which defines treason as “only in levying war upon them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” The “them” and “their” in this definition of treason refer to “the United States,” which are always in the plural in the founding documents, denoting that the individual, free, and independent states were uniting by a compact among them, not irrevocably surrendering their sovereignty and their very existence in favor of a sacred, perpetual, inescapable Union. (pp. 77–78)
Once Lincoln invaded the South, he and his henchmen carried on the war with great brutality. Murray Rothbard says that the Union conduct of the war
broke the 19th century rules of war by specifically plundering and slaughtering civilians, by destroying civilian life and institutions so as to reduce the South to submission. Sherman’s infamous March through Georgia was one of the great war crimes, and crimes against humanity, of the past century-and-a-half. Because by targeting and butchering civilians, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman paved the way for all the genocidal horrors of the monstrous 20th century. (quoted on p. 44)
DiLorenzo confronts an important objection to his main argument. Even if Lincoln didn’t start the war to free the slaves but rather to create a powerful central state, wasn’t war still necessary to end slavery? This seems unlikely. In an appearance on Bill Maher’s television program, Ron Paul “responded [to Maher] by pointing out that all other countries in the world that ended slavery in the nineteenth century did so peacefully, without a civil war, specifically citing how the British used tax dollars to buy the freedom of the slaves and then ended slavery legally throughout the British Empire” (p. 71).
DiLorenzo’s forthright analysis of Lincoln stands in marked contrast to a leading member of what our author, following the usage of Lerone Bennett Jr., calls the Logos school, “which treats Lincoln’s words as gospel truth. An example of this would be a statement by Lincoln scholar Harry Jaffa when I [DiLorenzo] debated him at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, in 2003. During the question-and-answer session, an audience member—apparently a Jaffa protégé—asked Jaffa if he thought Lincoln’s speeches were the words of God. Jaffa responded that yes, he thought they were.” (pp. 139–40)
Readers of The Problem with Lincoln will be forever immune to this idolatrous nonsense.