newswars--2020-08-21--Facebook Holds Daily Meetings For Contingency Plans After Deep State Steals Election From Trump

Facebook insiders told the New York Times the social media company , led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg , is holding daily meetings to lay out contingency plans and post-election strategies .
Mostly , as the Times subheadline reads , “ The world ’ s biggest social network is working out what steps to take should President Trump use its platform to dispute the vote.
” Mainstream media has been promoting a theory that President Trump will not accept the results of the election , most likely because they intend on stealing it from him .
Due to this fear of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over , ” Zuckerberg and some of his lieutenants have begun daily meetings to examine all of the possible scenarios .
NYT reports , “ Employees at the Silicon Valley company are laying out contingency plans and walking through postelection scenarios that include attempts by Mr. Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize the results , people with knowledge of Facebook ’ s plans said.
” One of the newspaper ’ s sources said , “ Facebook is preparing steps to take should Mr. Trump wrongly claim on the site @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They continued to explain , “ Facebook is also working through how it might act if Mr. Trump tries to invalidate the results by declaring that the Postal Service lost mail-in ballots or that other groups meddled with the vote.
” But , what if President Trump does “ win another four-year term , ” or if the Postal Service does “ lose mail-in ballots , ” or if groups do “ meddle with the vote ?
” Don ’ t count on Facebook to allow a fair debate should any of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specifically looking into ways to minimize “ how the platform can be used to dispute the election.
” One idea is a “ kill switch ” used to shut off political ads immediately after election day so they ’ re not “ used to spread misinformation.
” Facebook isn ’ t the only Big Tech platform looking to assist the Deep State in an election heist .
Because Facebook owns Instagram , it can be assumed Zuckerberg has a post-election plan for the image-sharing platform as well .
Meanwhile , Twitter and Google-owned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and political researchers , ” on how to best prepare for a complicated post-election process .
A former Facebook executive who is now the Director of Stanford University ’ s Internet Observatory named Alex Stamos said , “ Facebook , Twitter and YouTube faced a singular situation where they ‘ have to potentially treat the president as a bad actor ’ who could undermine the democratic process.
” Essentially , the same tech companies who have been complaining about the small-time “ Russian interference ” on their platforms during the 2016 election are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own election meddling .
At the same time , these platforms are purging pro-Trump users and censoring conservative videos and posts .
The main concern by the media right now is the mail-in ballot controversy , which is more prevalent than ever due to COVID-19 .
President Trump is against mass mail-in voting due to the high likeliness of errors and room for ballot tampering .
Because of this stance , the left is claiming he ’ s trying to stop Americans from voting , but in reality , mail-in voting is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The media is engaged in a major psyop against the American people where they frame President Trump as a “ sore loser ” before openly stealing the election from him .
In June , Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden told “ The Daily Show ” host Trevor Noah his “ single greatest concern ” is that President Donald Trump will “ try to steal this election.
” He even said if Trump doesn ’ t accept the results , military personnel will be called to “ escort him out of The White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rank and file military personnel saying , ‘ well , we ’ re not a military state , this is not who we are.
’ I promise you , I ’ m absolutely convinced , they will escort him from the White House in a dispatch , ” Biden told Noah .
If the election is stolen from Trump , he will not be allowed to counter or question the results on the internet and , according to Joe Biden , he may be whisked away physically and not allowed to respond at @ @

Facebook insiders told the New York Times the social media company, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is holding daily meetings to lay out contingency plans and post-election strategies.
Mostly, as the Times subheadline reads, “The world’s biggest social network is working out what steps to take should President Trump use its platform to dispute the vote.”
Mainstream media has been promoting a theory that President Trump will not accept the results of the election, most likely because they intend on stealing it from him.
Due to this fear of POTUS “interfering once the vote is over,” Zuckerberg and some of his lieutenants have begun daily meetings to examine all of the possible scenarios.
NYT reports, “Employees at the Silicon Valley company are laying out contingency plans and walking through postelection scenarios that include attempts by Mr. Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize the results, people with knowledge of Facebook’s plans said.”
One of the newspaper’s sources said, “Facebook is preparing steps to take should Mr. Trump wrongly claim on the site that he won another four-year term.”
They continued to explain, “Facebook is also working through how it might act if Mr. Trump tries to invalidate the results by declaring that the Postal Service lost mail-in ballots or that other groups meddled with the vote.”
But, what if President Trump does “win another four-year term,” or if the Postal Service does “lose mail-in ballots,” or if groups do “meddle with the vote?”
Don’t count on Facebook to allow a fair debate should any of these possibilities take place.
The company is specifically looking into ways to minimize “how the platform can be used to dispute the election.”
One idea is a “kill switch” used to shut off political ads immediately after election day so they’re not “used to spread misinformation.”
Facebook isn’t the only Big Tech platform looking to assist the Deep State in an election heist.
Because Facebook owns Instagram, it can be assumed Zuckerberg has a post-election plan for the image-sharing platform as well.
Meanwhile, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube are being advised by “disinformation and political researchers,” on how to best prepare for a complicated post-election process.
A former Facebook executive who is now the Director of Stanford University’s Internet Observatory named Alex Stamos said, “Facebook, Twitter and YouTube faced a singular situation where they ‘have to potentially treat the president as a bad actor’ who could undermine the democratic process.”
Essentially, the same tech companies who have been complaining about the small-time “Russian interference” on their platforms during the 2016 election are set to assist the Democratic Party in their own election meddling.
At the same time, these platforms are purging pro-Trump users and censoring conservative videos and posts.
The main concern by the media right now is the mail-in ballot controversy, which is more prevalent than ever due to COVID-19.
President Trump is against mass mail-in voting due to the high likeliness of errors and room for ballot tampering.
Because of this stance, the left is claiming he’s trying to stop Americans from voting, but in reality, mail-in voting is the Democrats’ best chance at cheating.
The media is engaged in a major psyop against the American people where they frame President Trump as a “sore loser” before openly stealing the election from him.
In June, Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden told “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah his “single greatest concern” is that President Donald Trump will “try to steal this election.”
He even said if Trump doesn’t accept the results, military personnel will be called to “escort him out of The White House.
“You have so many rank and file military personnel saying, ‘well, we’re not a military state, this is not who we are.’ I promise you, I’m absolutely convinced, they will escort him from the White House in a dispatch,” Biden told Noah.
If the election is stolen from Trump, he will not be allowed to counter or question the results on the internet and, according to Joe Biden, he may be whisked away physically and not allowed to respond at all.


newswars--2020-08-21--Watch: President Trump Delivers Remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting

President Trump gave a fiery , comical speech to the Council for National Policy in Arlington , Virginia , Friday @

Watch: President Trump Delivers Remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting President gives one of the best speeches of his presidency yet


newswars--2020-08-21--W.H.O. Chief ‘Hopes’ Coronavirus Pandemic Ends in Under Two Years

The Covid-19 crisis is unlikely to be over any time soon , the head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has indicated , in a not very optimistic prognosis , saying he “ hopes ” it ’ ll be over in less than two years .
Given the developments of modern technology , the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to end faster than the deadly 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu , WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference in Geneva on Friday .
However , the world has become significantly more global since then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chance of spreading , ” he noted .
“ At the same time , we also have the technology to stop it and the knowledge to stop it .
We have the disadvantage of globalization , closeness , and connectedness but the advantage of better technology .
So , we hope to finish this pandemic in less than two years.
” Ghebreyesus also condemned the “ corruption ” around the production and distribution of crucial personal protective equipment , primarily face masks .
Any irregularities involving such equipment that deprive health workers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder , ” he stressed .
The rather grim prognosis comes after the virus has already plagued the globe for over six months .
According to the latest figures by Johns Hopkins University in the US , the total number of cases around the world is hovering at just below the 23 million mark .
Nearly 800,000 people have died worldwide as a result of Covid-19 .
The US , Brazil , and India remain the worst-affected nations , accounting for roughly a half of the detected cases to date .
The lockdowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business owners to commit suicide .

The Covid-19 crisis is unlikely to be over any time soon, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated, in a not very optimistic prognosis, saying he “hopes” it’ll be over in less than two years.
Given the developments of modern technology, the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to end faster than the deadly 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference in Geneva on Friday.
However, the world has become significantly more global since then, which gives the coronavirus “a better chance of spreading,” he noted.
“At the same time, we also have the technology to stop it and the knowledge to stop it. We have the disadvantage of globalization, closeness, and connectedness but the advantage of better technology. So, we hope to finish this pandemic in less than two years.”
Ghebreyesus also condemned the “corruption” around the production and distribution of crucial personal protective equipment, primarily face masks. Any irregularities involving such equipment that deprive health workers of safe gear are effectively equal to “murder,” he stressed.
The rather grim prognosis comes after the virus has already plagued the globe for over six months. According to the latest figures by Johns Hopkins University in the US, the total number of cases around the world is hovering at just below the 23 million mark. Nearly 800,000 people have died worldwide as a result of Covid-19.
The US, Brazil, and India remain the worst-affected nations, accounting for roughly a half of the detected cases to date.
The lockdowns are destroying the economy and bringing small business owners to commit suicide.


newswars--2020-08-21--Video: Liberals Triggered over Engagement Proposal With Special MAGA Twist

Liberals are fuming over a viral video showing a man propose to his girlfriend with a “ Trump 2020 ” @ @ @ @ @ shot earlier this week by pro-Trump Tik Tok user @ MegaAmerican , starts with the @ @ @ @ @ with no umbrella looking at a small gazebo , before the man gets on one @ @ @ @ @ .
After about 30 seconds of the 40-second video , viewers learn the engagement ring @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ” with an American flag backdrop .
Needless to say , liberals on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ surprise MAGA twist .
The couple made the troll even greater with another ring featuring @ @ @ @ @ , which liberals also hated .
Alex Jones breaks down President Trump ’ s statements @ @ @ @ @ the last time he is seen for a while , and what Americans must do @ @ @ @ @ destiny .

Liberals are fuming over a viral video showing a man propose to his girlfriend with a “Trump 2020” ring.
The video, shot earlier this week by pro-Trump Tik Tok user @MegaAmerican, starts with the couple standing in the rain with no umbrella looking at a small gazebo, before the man gets on one knee to make the proposal.
Watch all the way to end pic.twitter.com/Ibjnfu7xk7 — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 21, 2020
After about 30 seconds of the 40-second video, viewers learn the engagement ring features the slogan “Trump 2020” with an American flag backdrop.
Needless to say, liberals on Twitter were not happy with the surprise MAGA twist.
Idk what’s worse:
– being in the rain with no shoes on
– being in public with no mask
– being proposed to with a Tr*mp themed engagement ring pic.twitter.com/X19GIlM0cJ — Will-👁-Am (@atb__william) August 20, 2020
the way my face went from smiling to pissed in under a second — pants pooper (@mauuuuurrr) August 20, 2020
this was literally my face pic.twitter.com/YV96VQLks3 — willa🌿hates🌸cops🌞 (@heyitsbruv) August 20, 2020
Me watching the entire video .. chile what were they thinking pic.twitter.com/XPBJuI2rpn — stephanie (@trixoland) August 21, 2020
White ppl just nasty why they outside with no shoes on. — MauriTania West ™ (@Tdotnia) August 20, 2020
I am repulsed that I thought this was gonna be a cute lil proposal video. pic.twitter.com/SRoUxzjA8p — student✨ (@NaiaMeyers) August 21, 2020
Literally my face at the end pic.twitter.com/DCzuMQ937J — prettyputa♡ (@DiosaGalore_) August 20, 2020
The couple made the troll even greater with another ring featuring the face of President Trump, which liberals also hated.
i didn’t know it could get worse but look at his ring… these people are obsessed with him omg pic.twitter.com/R3ypAPJGwc — hales (@haleymeneses) August 21, 2020
Alex Jones breaks down President Trump’s statements in Ohio about possibly being the last time he is seen for a while, and what Americans must do in order to reclaim their destiny.


newswars--2020-08-21--How Bailouts and Stimulus Pave the Way for a Lot More Spending on Everything

At this point in American history , it is now safe to say that the idea of “ fiscal restraint ” has become a quaint relic of the past .
The prevailing gospel in Washington , DC , is now to simply spend taxpayer money ( and the money of future generations in the case of deficit spending ) virtually without limit while insisting everything will be fine .
Consequently , the claim that “ we can ’ t afford it ” has ceased to really have much meaning anymore .
Recent experience now suggests Congress can “ afford ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to rack up another 2 or 3 trillion in debt .
Not surprisingly , then , all those groups that have for years been told that their policies can ’ t be adopted because they ’ re “ too expensive ” will come out of the woodwork to demand some of the loot .
Now that we live in a world where $ 500 billion is seemingly no big deal , surely “ we ” can afford to pay for whatever trillion-dollar plan various interest groups have been pushing for years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a universal basic income ( UBI ) .
Witnessing the profligacy of recent months , UBI advocates now want to make permanent the current “ temporary ” practice of sending out 150 million unconditional “ stimulus ” checks to Americans .
A second example is the reparations for slavery movement , now riding high on the popularity of Black Lives Matter .
In the minds of some reparations advocates , now that political and legal limits on government spending are all but abandoned , it ’ s less and less convincing when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t afford it.
” Earlier this month , for example , the proreparations Southern Christian Leadership Conference claimed that the latest round of bailouts and stimulus packages shows it is quite possible for the US government “ to permanently extend monthly payments to the poor and to pay reparations for descendants of slaves.
” The SCLC ’ s president , Charles Steele , has called the current round of stimulus a “ start ” but insists current levels of spending must be continued to address the needs of the nation ’ s poor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media are now along the lines of sentiments expressed by one poster , who asked , “ USA throwing 1.5 trillion at the banks but can ’ t pay black folks our reparations ?
” Demands for reparations can range from a few hundred billion to trillions of dollars .
But in light of today ’ s feverish spend-now-worry-later ethic , a trillion dollars might strike many as reasonable .
It ’ s easy to see why more and more people today are left wondering why they can ’ t get a bigger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pie .
But once upon a time , a request for even $ 100 billion would have been considered outlandish .
Back in 1995 , for example , the US government put together a $ 50 billion bailout for investors affected by the 1994 peso crisis .
At the time , this was considered an enormous amount of money .
This was so much the case , in fact , that bailout architect Larry Summers later claimed that others assumed he meant “ millions ” when he said “ billions.
” Nowadays , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50 billion appears incredibly small and quaint .
The Mexican bailout was just a small indication of what was to come years later .
In 2008 , the US government and the US ’ s central bank , the Federal Reserve , poured more than $ 700 billion into failing investment firms and other financial sector firms .
Although these bailouts were cynically sold to the voting public as “ loans , ” the fact was that the bailouts were enormous wealth transfers that worked to preserve the wealth and power of government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This all came at the expense of smaller competitors and those who haven ’ t benefited from the incessant asset price inflation that resulted from the bailouts and previous rounds of easy money .
This sort of thing did not go totally unnoticed by the general public .
It was becoming increasingly clear that the US government had no problem with unprecedented levels of money supply inflation , deficit spending , and government spending when done to support politically powerful firms and other political favorites .
In 2020 , the bailout machine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics .
The US central bank , the Federal Reserve is now engaged in nonstop de facto bailouts through its asset purchases , funded by newly created money , to the tune of more than $ 7 trillion .
Eventually , it becomes politically necessary to start sending out checks directly to residents .
The Role of the Central Bank and Deficit Spending This has all been made possible by the fact that the central bank has essentially allowed the decoupling of government spending from the real economy .
In a sustainable economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax revenue .
Deficit spending is limited by the fact that interest rates paid on government debt rise as more debt is issued .
For the most part , if governments wish to spend more , they need to tax more .
This , in turn puts political limits on spending , because taxpayers generally don ’ t like their taxes to go up .
As Ludwig von Mises noted in Omnipotent Government : The government has but one source of revenue—taxes .
No taxation is legal without parliamentary consent .
But if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it can free itself from this control .
But the government now does have other sources of revenue .
This revenue is indirectly provided by the central bank .
While it is true the Fed does not directly provide funding to the US government , it does make large amounts of deficit spending far more feasible and sustainable than would be the case without the Fed .
It does this by buying up US debt and other assets so as to keep interest rates low .
And as long as the Fed can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government can keep on issuing ever larger mountains of debt without the budget becoming overwhelmed by the need to pay immense amounts of interest on that debt .
The Fed largely does this by simply creating new money “ out of thin air.
” And as long as that continues , the US government can essentially increase spending without limit and without the need to increase the nominal tax rate .
Yes , the public eventually pays for this money supply inflation in terms of both consumer price inflation and asset price inflation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largely out of the public eye , and few make a connection between deficit spending and , say , the fact that first-time homebuyers can ’ t afford to buy a home .
But as long as this mechanism appears to be working , much of the public will view another round of “ stimulus , ” or a slavery reparations program , as essentially costless .
Need another $ 2 trillion for reparations ?
Just add it to the national debt .
This means programs like UBI and slavery reparations will begin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillion spent on yet another bailout or stimulus program .

At this point in American history, it is now safe to say that the idea of “fiscal restraint” has become a quaint relic of the past.
The prevailing gospel in Washington, DC, is now to simply spend taxpayer money (and the money of future generations in the case of deficit spending) virtually without limit while insisting everything will be fine.
Consequently, the claim that “we can’t afford it” has ceased to really have much meaning anymore. Recent experience now suggests Congress can “afford” whatever it wants. All that is needed to rack up another 2 or 3 trillion in debt.
Not surprisingly, then, all those groups that have for years been told that their policies can’t be adopted because they’re “too expensive” will come out of the woodwork to demand some of the loot. Now that we live in a world where $500 billion is seemingly no big deal, surely “we” can afford to pay for whatever trillion-dollar plan various interest groups have been pushing for years.
One example of this is the movement for a universal basic income (UBI). Witnessing the profligacy of recent months, UBI advocates now want to make permanent the current “temporary” practice of sending out 150 million unconditional “stimulus” checks to Americans.
A second example is the reparations for slavery movement, now riding high on the popularity of Black Lives Matter. In the minds of some reparations advocates, now that political and legal limits on government spending are all but abandoned, it’s less and less convincing when reparations opponents claim “we can’t afford it.”
Earlier this month, for example, the proreparations Southern Christian Leadership Conference claimed that the latest round of bailouts and stimulus packages shows it is quite possible for the US government “to permanently extend monthly payments to the poor and to pay reparations for descendants of slaves.” The SCLC’s president, Charles Steele, has called the current round of stimulus a “start” but insists current levels of spending must be continued to address the needs of the nation’s poor. A multitude of posts on social media are now along the lines of sentiments expressed by one poster, who asked, “USA throwing 1.5 trillion at the banks but can’t pay black folks our reparations?”
Demands for reparations can range from a few hundred billion to trillions of dollars. But in light of today’s feverish spend-now-worry-later ethic, a trillion dollars might strike many as reasonable.
A History of Bigger and Bigger Bailouts
It’s easy to see why more and more people today are left wondering why they can’t get a bigger piece of the ever growing government bailout pie. But once upon a time, a request for even $100 billion would have been considered outlandish.
Back in 1995, for example, the US government put together a $50 billion bailout for investors affected by the 1994 peso crisis. At the time, this was considered an enormous amount of money. This was so much the case, in fact, that bailout architect Larry Summers later claimed that others assumed he meant “millions” when he said “billions.”
Nowadays, of course, a sum like $50 billion appears incredibly small and quaint. The Mexican bailout was just a small indication of what was to come years later. In 2008, the US government and the US’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, poured more than $700 billion into failing investment firms and other financial sector firms. Although these bailouts were cynically sold to the voting public as “loans,” the fact was that the bailouts were enormous wealth transfers that worked to preserve the wealth and power of government officials, billionaires, and investment bankers. This all came at the expense of smaller competitors and those who haven’t benefited from the incessant asset price inflation that resulted from the bailouts and previous rounds of easy money.
This sort of thing did not go totally unnoticed by the general public. It was becoming increasingly clear that the US government had no problem with unprecedented levels of money supply inflation, deficit spending, and government spending when done to support politically powerful firms and other political favorites.
In 2020, the bailout machine is now a permanent fixture of American politics. The US central bank, the Federal Reserve is now engaged in nonstop de facto bailouts through its asset purchases, funded by newly created money, to the tune of more than $7 trillion. Eventually, it becomes politically necessary to start sending out checks directly to residents.
The Role of the Central Bank and Deficit Spending
This has all been made possible by the fact that the central bank has essentially allowed the decoupling of government spending from the real economy. In a sustainable economy, government spending is directly tied to tax revenue. Deficit spending is limited by the fact that interest rates paid on government debt rise as more debt is issued. For the most part, if governments wish to spend more, they need to tax more. This, in turn puts political limits on spending, because taxpayers generally don’t like their taxes to go up. As Ludwig von Mises noted in Omnipotent Government:
The government has but one source of revenue—taxes. No taxation is legal without parliamentary consent. But if the government has other sources of income it can free itself from this control.
But the government now does have other sources of revenue. This revenue is indirectly provided by the central bank. While it is true the Fed does not directly provide funding to the US government, it does make large amounts of deficit spending far more feasible and sustainable than would be the case without the Fed. It does this by buying up US debt and other assets so as to keep interest rates low. And as long as the Fed can keep interest rates low, the US government can keep on issuing ever larger mountains of debt without the budget becoming overwhelmed by the need to pay immense amounts of interest on that debt.
The Fed largely does this by simply creating new money “out of thin air.” And as long as that continues, the US government can essentially increase spending without limit and without the need to increase the nominal tax rate. Yes, the public eventually pays for this money supply inflation in terms of both consumer price inflation and asset price inflation. But this mechanism works itself out largely out of the public eye, and few make a connection between deficit spending and, say, the fact that first-time homebuyers can’t afford to buy a home.
But as long as this mechanism appears to be working, much of the public will view another round of “stimulus,” or a slavery reparations program, as essentially costless. Need another $2 trillion for reparations? Just add it to the national debt.
This means programs like UBI and slavery reparations will begin to look increasingly feasible with every new trillion spent on yet another bailout or stimulus program.


newswars--2020-08-21--The DNC Is On A Highway To Hell

The DNC Is On A Highway To Hell

The DNC ’ s main speakers ruthlessly lie to the American voter while pushing a slanderous overview of the current @ @ @ @ @ virtual celebration of senile creepy Joe has an end .
The Democrats ’ latest event @ @ @ @ @ Globalist Marxist Anti-Nationalism Convention .
People who wear masks , even while walking in 100-degree @ @ @ @ @ will refuse to stop wearing masks until there is a vaccine .
Or maybe never @

The DNC’s main speakers ruthlessly lie to the American voter while pushing a slanderous overview of the current administration. Fortunately, the virtual celebration of senile creepy Joe has an end.
The Democrats’ latest event should have been called the Globalist Marxist Anti-Nationalism Convention.
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newswars--2020-08-21--Study: Visceral Reaction to Disease Linked to Preventative Behavior

Creeped out by cooties ?
Grossed out by germs ?
Squeamish about sickness ?
If so , then you might also find yourself engaging in more preventative health behaviors , like frequent handwashing and disinfecting your living environment , during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic .
More than other factors , strong feelings of germ aversion and pathogen disgust are significantly associated with concern about COVID-19 and preventative behavior , according to findings from UConn School of Nursing researchers published in the journal PLOS ONE .
The findings are part of a year-long examination of how behavior and social attitudes change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when people in the United States are faced with the threat of widespread disease .
Supported by a National Science Foundation grant , the study is tracking the well-being , feelings , and behavioral practices of about 1,000 individuals across the country , and more than 18 surveys of the participants have already been conducted since kicking off in March .
“ When we feel disgust toward something , our behavioral response is to avoid it and get away from it , but people vary in their experience of disgust , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social psychologist , associate professor , and principal investigator for the study .
“ In thinking about these psychological processes , what we ’ re interested in is whether people who are already more sensitive to potential disease threats are then more inclined to follow prescribed preventative health behaviors.
” Shook and her team asked study participants about their overall concerns about COVID-19 and about how often they engaged in preventative health behaviors like physical distancing , frequent hand washing , avoiding touching their face , wearing a facemask , and cleaning and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of demographic and social questions , including their age , political and religious values , and socioeconomic status , as well as questions designed to gauge risk factors for the disease – whether they had an underlying health condition that might predispose them to severe illness , whether a family member might be at greater perceived risk , or whether they recently had or believed that they had been ill with COVID-19 .
“ What we found in our data set was that the most consistent predictors of concern about COVID and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those psychological disease avoidance factors , ” says Shook .
More than factors like age , perceived risk , or political stance , individuals who indicated strong feelings of germ aversion and pathogen disgust also reported greater concern for COVID-19 and increased participation in preventative behaviors .
The researchers also found that the people most likely to be impacted by the virus are not necessarily those most likely to be engaging in preventative behaviors .
“ Older participants reported more concern about COVID , which makes sense – they ’ re at higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But when we looked at preventative health behaviors , we weren ’ t necessarily seeing that older adults were engaging more in preventative health behaviors .
So , where there was the concern , that wasn ’ t necessarily translating into the behaviors that could protect them.
” Individuals with higher incomes were associated with more engagement in physical distancing and cleaning behaviors , but they would also have greater access to resources – like cleaning supplies – and the potential to work from home because of their socioeconomic status , Shook says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were also linked with many preventative health behaviors , though the individual reasons could vary , from motivations to prevent others from becoming ill to greater awareness due to recent illness .
Shook and her team say their findings identify a variety of characteristics that may place individuals at risk for contracting and spreading disease during a pandemic .
“ We took a really broad approach to looking at the different factors that are related to different preventative health behaviors , ” says Shook .
“ The fact we are seeing psychological disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – which conceptually was not surprising , that ’ s what they should be doing , but that we ’ re seeing those above and beyond traditional personality traits and demographics – I think might speak to something we could potentially tap into.
” Shook and her team hope to release additional findings related to initial survey data – including findings on mental health , job security and financial concerns , and vaccination related to COVID-19 – to be released in the coming weeks and months as their year-long examination continues .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small business owners to commit suicide .

Creeped out by cooties? Grossed out by germs? Squeamish about sickness?
If so, then you might also find yourself engaging in more preventative health behaviors, like frequent handwashing and disinfecting your living environment, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
More than other factors, strong feelings of germ aversion and pathogen disgust are significantly associated with concern about COVID-19 and preventative behavior, according to findings from UConn School of Nursing researchers published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The findings are part of a year-long examination of how behavior and social attitudes change, and what factors influence those changes, when people in the United States are faced with the threat of widespread disease. Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, the study is tracking the well-being, feelings, and behavioral practices of about 1,000 individuals across the country, and more than 18 surveys of the participants have already been conducted since kicking off in March.
“When we feel disgust toward something, our behavioral response is to avoid it and get away from it, but people vary in their experience of disgust,” says Natalie J. Shook, a social psychologist, associate professor, and principal investigator for the study. “In thinking about these psychological processes, what we’re interested in is whether people who are already more sensitive to potential disease threats are then more inclined to follow prescribed preventative health behaviors.”
Shook and her team asked study participants about their overall concerns about COVID-19 and about how often they engaged in preventative health behaviors like physical distancing, frequent hand washing, avoiding touching their face, wearing a facemask, and cleaning and disinfecting.
Participants also answered a series of demographic and social questions, including their age, political and religious values, and socioeconomic status, as well as questions designed to gauge risk factors for the disease – whether they had an underlying health condition that might predispose them to severe illness, whether a family member might be at greater perceived risk, or whether they recently had or believed that they had been ill with COVID-19.
“What we found in our data set was that the most consistent predictors of concern about COVID and then engagement in preventative health behaviors are actually those psychological disease avoidance factors,” says Shook.
More than factors like age, perceived risk, or political stance, individuals who indicated strong feelings of germ aversion and pathogen disgust also reported greater concern for COVID-19 and increased participation in preventative behaviors. The researchers also found that the people most likely to be impacted by the virus are not necessarily those most likely to be engaging in preventative behaviors.
“Older participants reported more concern about COVID, which makes sense – they’re at higher risk,” Shook says. “But when we looked at preventative health behaviors, we weren’t necessarily seeing that older adults were engaging more in preventative health behaviors. So, where there was the concern, that wasn’t necessarily translating into the behaviors that could protect them.”
Individuals with higher incomes were associated with more engagement in physical distancing and cleaning behaviors, but they would also have greater access to resources – like cleaning supplies – and the potential to work from home because of their socioeconomic status, Shook says. Recent illness and general perceived health were also linked with many preventative health behaviors, though the individual reasons could vary, from motivations to prevent others from becoming ill to greater awareness due to recent illness.
Shook and her team say their findings identify a variety of characteristics that may place individuals at risk for contracting and spreading disease during a pandemic.
“We took a really broad approach to looking at the different factors that are related to different preventative health behaviors,” says Shook. “The fact we are seeing psychological disease avoidance variables as coming out more consistently – which conceptually was not surprising, that’s what they should be doing, but that we’re seeing those above and beyond traditional personality traits and demographics – I think might speak to something we could potentially tap into.”
Shook and her team hope to release additional findings related to initial survey data – including findings on mental health, job security and financial concerns, and vaccination related to COVID-19 – to be released in the coming weeks and months as their year-long examination continues.
The lockdowns are destroying the economy and bringing small business owners to commit suicide.


newswars--2020-08-21--Study Links Baby’s Ability to Recall to Their Mood

If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood : what they ’ ve learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they ’ re acitive and vice versa .
This was shown in a study conducted by developmental psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum ( RUB ) with 96 children aged nine months .
They published their report in the journal Child Development from 19 .
August 2020 .
The mood of infants is unpredictable : they may be playing happily one moment and be completely inconsolable the next .
“ Surprisingly , it hadn ’ t yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affect learning and memory in babies , ” says Professor Sabine Seehagen , Head of the Developmental Psychology research group at RUB .
Studies with adults have shown that moods affect thinking .
We remember experiences that we had in a certain mood , especially when we are in the same mood again .
In order to find out whether this phenomenon , which is known as state-dependent memory , also exists in babies , the researchers studied 96 children aged nine months .
In the first step , the babies either performed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as looking at picture books , or they went wild by hopping around ; then , they watched an experimenter performing actions with a hand puppet , thus learning how to do this .
“ The aspect that interested us was whether or not the children were able to imitate the observed actions a quarter of an hour later , ” as Sabine Seehagen outlines the experiment .
Just before the test started , some of the babies were put into the same state as when they were learning , while others were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opposite games .
The infants who had been in a different mood when learning than when recalling what they ’ d learned could not imitate the actions with the puppet : the memory performance was two and a half times higher if they were in the same mood when learning and when recalling what they ’ d learned .
“ This shows that fluctuations in internal state at this age can prevent access to memory content , ” points out Seehagen .
The researchers assume that this may be an explanation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember any experiences of their early childhood .
And parents may thus understand why their children can remember some things and can ’ t remember others : some things that a child learned in a quiet mood may no longer be accessible when the child is upset .
“ In this study we only looked at one age group , ” says Sabine Seehagen .
“ Further research will be necessary to explore how the relation between mood and memory develops with increasing age.
” People who wear masks , even while walking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will refuse to stop wearing masks until there is a vaccine .
Or maybe never !

If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they’ve learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they’re acitive and vice versa.
This was shown in a study conducted by developmental psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) with 96 children aged nine months. They published their report in the journal Child Development from 19. August 2020.
One minute happy, next minute sad
The mood of infants is unpredictable: they may be playing happily one moment and be completely inconsolable the next. “Surprisingly, it hadn’t yet been understood whether these changes in mood affect learning and memory in babies,” says Professor Sabine Seehagen, Head of the Developmental Psychology research group at RUB. Studies with adults have shown that moods affect thinking. We remember experiences that we had in a certain mood, especially when we are in the same mood again.
In order to find out whether this phenomenon, which is known as state-dependent memory, also exists in babies, the researchers studied 96 children aged nine months. In the first step, the babies either performed quiet activities with their parent, such as looking at picture books, or they went wild by hopping around; then, they watched an experimenter performing actions with a hand puppet, thus learning how to do this. “The aspect that interested us was whether or not the children were able to imitate the observed actions a quarter of an hour later,” as Sabine Seehagen outlines the experiment. Just before the test started, some of the babies were put into the same state as when they were learning, while others were put into a different mood by playing the opposite games.
Access to memory content blocked
The infants who had been in a different mood when learning than when recalling what they’d learned could not imitate the actions with the puppet: the memory performance was two and a half times higher if they were in the same mood when learning and when recalling what they’d learned. “This shows that fluctuations in internal state at this age can prevent access to memory content,” points out Seehagen.
The researchers assume that this may be an explanation for the fact that adults can’t remember any experiences of their early childhood. And parents may thus understand why their children can remember some things and can’t remember others: some things that a child learned in a quiet mood may no longer be accessible when the child is upset. “In this study we only looked at one age group,” says Sabine Seehagen. “Further research will be necessary to explore how the relation between mood and memory develops with increasing age.”
People who wear masks, even while walking in 100-degree heat, reveal how they will refuse to stop wearing masks until there is a vaccine. Or maybe never!


newswars--2020-08-21--How Slavery Reparations Turn Into Just Another Welfare Program

The idea that former slaves and their descendants ought to receive reparations for the wrongs committed against them is not new .
Having grasped the fact that slavery is nothing less than kidnapping and theft committed against the enslaved , abolitionists long advocated for some form of redress for freed slaves .
The most famous early attempt to create a reparation program of sorts is likely General Sherman ’ s Field Order # 15 .
Issued as a wartime measure , Sherman ’ s order—which never became widespread policy—divided plantations along the Atlantic Coast into forty-acre parcels to be distributed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s motivation was likely military expediency rather than an attempt to compensate victims .
Nonetheless , the idea that former slaves would receive “ forty acres and a mule ” became a symbol of an unfulfilled promise to provide compensation for lives of forced servitude .
This variety of reparations , of course—as noted by Murray Rothbard—is morally and legally desirable : On the libertarian homesteading principle , the plantations should have reverted to the ownership of the slaves , those who were forced to work them , and not have remained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That is the fourth alternative .
But there is a fifth alternative that is even more just : the punishment of the criminal masters for the benefit of their former slaves—in short , the imposition of reparations or damages upon the former criminal class , for the benefit of their victims .
All this recalls the excellent statement of the Manchester Liberal , Benjamin Pearson , who , when he heard the argument that the masters should be compensated replied that “ he had thought it was the slaves who should have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ style of reparations—to be paid to specific victims by specific perpetrators—continued for a time .
During Reconstruction , efforts to distribute former plantations lands to victims were proposed by the Freedmen ’ s Bureau but quashed by President Andrew Johnson .
The first organization devoted specifically to reparations was formed in 1896 , when Callie House and Isaiah Dickerson founded the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief , Bounty and Pension Association .
Other early efforts include a plan from Henry McNeal Turner , a prominent African Methodist Episcopal ( AME ) bishop , calling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As time went on , however , it became increasingly clear that this was not going to happen soon enough for the former slaves themselves to enjoy any sort of compensation for labor and freedoms previously stolen .
Attempts to recover reparations became more geared toward general taxpayer-funded efforts and less reliant on one-time payments as a form of restitution .
For example , beginning during the 1940s , the Nation of Islam urged reparations for slavery and “ called on the federal government to cede several southern states to become the territory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biondi , p. 7 ) .
More elaborate plans followed .
In 1969 , James Forman presented his Black Manifesto to the National Black Economic Development Conference , in which he demanded $ 500 million in reparations , which would be used to finance the institutional and infrastructural elaboration of a “ Black Socialist State ” : Foremost among the proposals of the Manifesto was the use of $ 200,000,000 to fund the creation of a “ Southern land bank ” to protect tenant farmers evicted from their homes in retaliation for political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those wishing to establish cooperative farms .
There were proposals for the establishment of publishing houses , television stations , and “ a Black University in the South.
” By 1969 , more than a century since emancipation , the idea of compensating specific former slaves ( or their heirs ) had clearly given way to what was to resemble what the National Urban League would call a domestic “ Marshall plan for Negro Citizens ” as early as 1963 .
In 1990 , for instance , the Urban League again called for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of the Cold War , arguing that the end of the Soviet threat had freed the US up to engage in “ rebuilding ” its urban centers .
In 2018 , the the Congressional Black Caucus introduced new legislation deemed a “ Marshall Plan for Black America.
” Today , the idea of reparations is geared toward the sorts of policy options that are now quite familiar : more spending on programs that resemble traditional welfare programs of recent decades .
Kamala Harris , for example , supports more spending on health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for slavery.
” This April 2020 report from the Brookings Institution suggests that reparations take the form of student loan forgiveness , free college tuition , and down payment grants for potential homeowners .
This has now become the standard policy formula for reparations .
It ’ s not about payments to specific victims .
It ’ s about increasing funding for the usual package of social programs around housing , cash transfers , and healthcare .
In other words , in its form and administration , the “ reparations state ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” But this doesn ’ t mean the idea of cash payments to specific descendants of slaves has been completely abandoned .
The idea has been revived in recent decades by new legal and legislative developments .
This includes 1988 legislation adopted by Congress in which victims of Japanese internment during World War II received $ 20,000 each .
And in 1994 , the State of Florida agreed to pay reparations to the survivors of the 1923 Rosewood massacre .
These events revived interest in the old idea of direct reparation , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ payments to victims of internment and the Rosewood massacre were to specific individuals .
Moreover , their numbers were far smaller than the millions of descendants of formers slaves currently residing in the US today .
Nonetheless , the Brookings report implies that a grant of more than $ 100,000 to each household would be necessary to close the “ wealth gap ” between whites and blacks .
Economist William Darity suggests that closing this wealth gap requires transfers of up to $ 12 trillion .
Other proposals claim totals in excess of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the size of the entire US gross domestic product .
Needless to say , a reparations program of this magnitude is exceedingly unlikely to happen .
Even in our current era of trillion-dollar bailouts , handing over $ 10 trillion dollars to satisfy a single interest group is unlikely .
Not even New York bankers have managed that feat .
However , the reparations issue is unlikely to disappear any time soon , because it will remain useful to the debate over taxpayer funding of the welfare state .
As such , calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for demanding that ever greater sums be poured into social programs .
That ’ s an important tool that no savvy fundraiser , politician , or lobbyist is likely to give up .

The idea that former slaves and their descendants ought to receive reparations for the wrongs committed against them is not new.
Having grasped the fact that slavery is nothing less than kidnapping and theft committed against the enslaved, abolitionists long advocated for some form of redress for freed slaves.
The most famous early attempt to create a reparation program of sorts is likely General Sherman’s Field Order #15. Issued as a wartime measure, Sherman’s order—which never became widespread policy—divided plantations along the Atlantic Coast into forty-acre parcels to be distributed to forty thousand emancipated workers. Sherman’s motivation was likely military expediency rather than an attempt to compensate victims. Nonetheless, the idea that former slaves would receive “forty acres and a mule” became a symbol of an unfulfilled promise to provide compensation for lives of forced servitude. This variety of reparations, of course—as noted by Murray Rothbard—is morally and legally desirable:
On the libertarian homesteading principle, the plantations should have reverted to the ownership of the slaves, those who were forced to work them, and not have remained in the hands of their criminal masters. That is the fourth alternative. But there is a fifth alternative that is even more just: the punishment of the criminal masters for the benefit of their former slaves—in short, the imposition of reparations or damages upon the former criminal class, for the benefit of their victims. All this recalls the excellent statement of the Manchester Liberal, Benjamin Pearson, who, when he heard the argument that the masters should be compensated replied that “he had thought it was the slaves who should have been compensated.”
Demands for this this style of reparations—to be paid to specific victims by specific perpetrators—continued for a time. During Reconstruction, efforts to distribute former plantations lands to victims were proposed by the Freedmen’s Bureau but quashed by President Andrew Johnson. The first organization devoted specifically to reparations was formed in 1896, when Callie House and Isaiah Dickerson founded the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association. Other early efforts include a plan from Henry McNeal Turner, a prominent African Methodist Episcopal (AME) bishop, calling for $40 billion in reparations.
As time went on, however, it became increasingly clear that this was not going to happen soon enough for the former slaves themselves to enjoy any sort of compensation for labor and freedoms previously stolen.
Attempts to recover reparations became more geared toward general taxpayer-funded efforts and less reliant on one-time payments as a form of restitution.
For example, beginning during the 1940s, the Nation of Islam urged reparations for slavery and “called on the federal government to cede several southern states to become the territory of an African American nation” (Biondi, p. 7).
More elaborate plans followed. In 1969, James Forman presented his Black Manifesto to the National Black Economic Development Conference, in which he demanded $500 million in reparations, which would be used to finance the institutional and infrastructural elaboration of a “Black Socialist State”:
Foremost among the proposals of the Manifesto was the use of $200,000,000 to fund the creation of a “Southern land bank” to protect tenant farmers evicted from their homes in retaliation for political activism and to support the efforts of those wishing to establish cooperative farms. There were proposals for the establishment of publishing houses, television stations, and “a Black University in the South.”
By 1969, more than a century since emancipation, the idea of compensating specific former slaves (or their heirs) had clearly given way to what was to resemble what the National Urban League would call a domestic “Marshall plan for Negro Citizens” as early as 1963. In 1990, for instance, the Urban League again called for this “Marshall Plan” at the end of the Cold War, arguing that the end of the Soviet threat had freed the US up to engage in “rebuilding” its urban centers. In 2018, the the Congressional Black Caucus introduced new legislation deemed a “Marshall Plan for Black America.”
Today, the idea of reparations is geared toward the sorts of policy options that are now quite familiar: more spending on programs that resemble traditional welfare programs of recent decades. Kamala Harris, for example, supports more spending on health programs “as a form of reparations for slavery.”
This April 2020 report from the Brookings Institution suggests that reparations take the form of student loan forgiveness, free college tuition, and down payment grants for potential homeowners.
This has now become the standard policy formula for reparations. It’s not about payments to specific victims. It’s about increasing funding for the usual package of social programs around housing, cash transfers, and healthcare. In other words, in its form and administration, the “reparations state” is now indistinguishable from the “welfare state.”
But this doesn’t mean the idea of cash payments to specific descendants of slaves has been completely abandoned.
The idea has been revived in recent decades by new legal and legislative developments. This includes 1988 legislation adopted by Congress in which victims of Japanese internment during World War II received $20,000 each. And in 1994, the State of Florida agreed to pay reparations to the survivors of the 1923 Rosewood massacre.
These events revived interest in the old idea of direct reparation, but naturally complications were immediately apparent. The payments to victims of internment and the Rosewood massacre were to specific individuals. Moreover, their numbers were far smaller than the millions of descendants of formers slaves currently residing in the US today.
Nonetheless, the Brookings report implies that a grant of more than $100,000 to each household would be necessary to close the “wealth gap” between whites and blacks. Economist William Darity suggests that closing this wealth gap requires transfers of up to $12 trillion. Other proposals claim totals in excess of $16 trillion, a sum approaching the size of the entire US gross domestic product.
Needless to say, a reparations program of this magnitude is exceedingly unlikely to happen. Even in our current era of trillion-dollar bailouts, handing over $10 trillion dollars to satisfy a single interest group is unlikely. Not even New York bankers have managed that feat.
However, the reparations issue is unlikely to disappear any time soon, because it will remain useful to the debate over taxpayer funding of the welfare state. As such, calls for reparations remain part of a toolbox for demanding that ever greater sums be poured into social programs. That’s an important tool that no savvy fundraiser, politician, or lobbyist is likely to give up.


newswars--2020-08-21--Rogue planets could outnumber the stars

Rogue planets could outnumber the stars

An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets—planets that float in space without orbiting a sun—than there are stars in the Milky Way , a new study theorizes .
“ This gives us a window into these worlds that we would otherwise not have , ” said Samson Johnson , an astronomy graduate student at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study .
“ Imagine our little rocky planet just floating freely in space—that ’ s what this mission will help us find.
” The study was published today in he Astronomical Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find hundreds of rogue planets in the Milky Way .
Identifying those planets , Johnson said , will help scientists infer the total number of rogue planets in our galaxy .
Rogue , or free-floating , planets are isolated objects that have masses similar to that of planets .
The origin of such objects is unknown , but one possibility is they were previously bound to a host star .
“ The universe could be teeming with rogue planets and we wouldn ’ t even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a professor of astronomy and distinguished university scholar at Ohio State and a co-author of the paper .
“ We would never find out without undertaking a thorough , space-based microlensing survey like Roman is going to do.
” The Roman telescope , named for NASA ’ s first chief astronomer who was also known as the “ mother ” of the Hubble telescope , will attempt to build the first census of rogue planets , which could , Johnson said , help scientists understand how those planets form .
Roman will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for planets that do orbit stars in our galaxy .
That process is not well-understood , though astronomers know that it is messy .
Rogue planets could form in the gaseous disks around young stars , similar to those planets still bound to their host stars .
After formation , they could later be ejected through interactions with other planets in the system , or even fly-by events by other stars .
Or they could form when dust and gas swirl together , similar to the way stars form .
The Roman telescope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only to locate free-floating planets in the Milky Way , but to test the theories and models that predict how these planets formed .
Johnson ’ s study found that this mission is likely to be 10 times more sensitive to these objects than existing efforts , which for now are based on telescopes tethered to the Earth ’ s surface .
It will focus on planets in the Milky Way , between our sun and the center of our galaxy , covering some 24,000 light years .
“ There have been several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a complete picture , our best bet is something like Roman , ” he said .
“ This is a totally new frontier.
” Rogue planets have historically been difficult to detect .
Astronomers discovered planets outside Earth ’ s solar system in the 1990s .
Those planets , called exoplanets , range from extremely hot balls of gas to rocky , dusty worlds .
Many of them circle their own stars , the way Earth circles the sun .
But it is likely that a number of them do not .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rogue planets form , no mission has studied those worlds in the detail that Roman will .
The mission , which is scheduled to launch in the next five years , will search for rogue planets using a technique called gravitational microlensing .
That technique relies on the gravity of stars and planets to bend and magnify the light coming from stars that pass behind them from the telescope ’ s viewpoint .
This microlensing effect is connected to Albert Einstein ’ s Theory of General Relativity and allows a telescope to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farther than other planet-detecting techniques .
But because microlensing works only when the gravity of a planet or star bends and magnifies the light from another star , the effect from any given planet or star is only visible for a short time once every few million years .
And because rogue planets are situated in space on their own , without a nearby star , the telescope must be highly sensitive in order to detect that magnification .
The study published today estimates that this mission will be able to identify rogue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or larger .
Mars is the second-smallest planet in our solar system and is just a little bigger than half the size of Earth .
Johnson said these planets are not likely to support life .
“ They would probably be extremely cold , because they have no star , ” he said .
( Other research missions involving Ohio State astronomers will search for exoplanets that could host life . )
But studying them will help scientists understand more about how all planets form , he said .
“ If we find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ll know that as stars form planets , they ’ re probably ejecting a bunch of other stuff out into the galaxy , ” he said .
“ This helps us get a handle on the formation pathway of planets in general .
”

An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets—planets that float in space without orbiting a sun—than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes.
“This gives us a window into these worlds that we would otherwise not have,” said Samson Johnson, an astronomy graduate student at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study. “Imagine our little rocky planet just floating freely in space—that’s what this mission will help us find.”
The study was published today in he Astronomical Journal.
The study calculated that NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find hundreds of rogue planets in the Milky Way. Identifying those planets, Johnson said, will help scientists infer the total number of rogue planets in our galaxy. Rogue, or free-floating, planets are isolated objects that have masses similar to that of planets. The origin of such objects is unknown, but one possibility is they were previously bound to a host star.
“The universe could be teeming with rogue planets and we wouldn’t even know it,” said Scott Gaudi, a professor of astronomy and distinguished university scholar at Ohio State and a co-author of the paper. “We would never find out without undertaking a thorough, space-based microlensing survey like Roman is going to do.”
The Roman telescope, named for NASA’s first chief astronomer who was also known as the “mother” of the Hubble telescope, will attempt to build the first census of rogue planets, which could, Johnson said, help scientists understand how those planets form. Roman will also have other objectives, including searching for planets that do orbit stars in our galaxy.
That process is not well-understood, though astronomers know that it is messy. Rogue planets could form in the gaseous disks around young stars, similar to those planets still bound to their host stars. After formation, they could later be ejected through interactions with other planets in the system, or even fly-by events by other stars.
Or they could form when dust and gas swirl together, similar to the way stars form.
The Roman telescope, Johnson said, is designed not only to locate free-floating planets in the Milky Way, but to test the theories and models that predict how these planets formed.
Johnson’s study found that this mission is likely to be 10 times more sensitive to these objects than existing efforts, which for now are based on telescopes tethered to the Earth’s surface. It will focus on planets in the Milky Way, between our sun and the center of our galaxy, covering some 24,000 light years.
“There have been several rogue planets discovered, but to actually get a complete picture, our best bet is something like Roman,” he said. “This is a totally new frontier.”
Rogue planets have historically been difficult to detect. Astronomers discovered planets outside Earth’s solar system in the 1990s. Those planets, called exoplanets, range from extremely hot balls of gas to rocky, dusty worlds. Many of them circle their own stars, the way Earth circles the sun.
But it is likely that a number of them do not. And though astronomers have theories about how rogue planets form, no mission has studied those worlds in the detail that Roman will.
The mission, which is scheduled to launch in the next five years, will search for rogue planets using a technique called gravitational microlensing. That technique relies on the gravity of stars and planets to bend and magnify the light coming from stars that pass behind them from the telescope’s viewpoint.
This microlensing effect is connected to Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity and allows a telescope to find planets thousands of light-years away from Earth—much farther than other planet-detecting techniques.
But because microlensing works only when the gravity of a planet or star bends and magnifies the light from another star, the effect from any given planet or star is only visible for a short time once every few million years. And because rogue planets are situated in space on their own, without a nearby star, the telescope must be highly sensitive in order to detect that magnification.
The study published today estimates that this mission will be able to identify rogue planets that are the mass of Mars or larger. Mars is the second-smallest planet in our solar system and is just a little bigger than half the size of Earth.
Johnson said these planets are not likely to support life. “They would probably be extremely cold, because they have no star,” he said. (Other research missions involving Ohio State astronomers will search for exoplanets that could host life.)
But studying them will help scientists understand more about how all planets form, he said.
“If we find a lot of low-mass rogue planets, we’ll know that as stars form planets, they’re probably ejecting a bunch of other stuff out into the galaxy,” he said. “This helps us get a handle on the formation pathway of planets in general.”


newswars--2020-08-21--Must Watch Friday Live! Millions of Americans Switching to Trump After Failed Democratic National Co

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newswars--2020-08-21--‘You are frauds. You are the lie’: Rose McGowan Torches the DNC, Calls Biden a Rapist, Inciting a Ho

‘You are frauds. You are the lie’: Rose McGowan Torches the DNC, Calls Biden a Rapist, Inciting a Horde of Party Defenders

Actress Rose McGowan drew fire from Democratic partisans on Twitter , after seemingly continuing her no-compromises approach to public discourse by accusing the US liberals of uselessness , and Joe Biden of being a rapist .
“ You are the season of darkness , ” the MeToo firebrand tweeted on Thursday , referring to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party .
“ You are monsters , ” she added .
“ You are frauds .
You are the lie.
” At that point , the rant was far from being over .
“ What have the Democrats done to solve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the party of not helping the poor , racial minorities , single mothers and children .
“ [ The Democrats ] have achieved nothing , ” the actress concluded , saying that she believes this to be the reason Republican Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 .
For hours McGowan was the target of criticism by Democratic sympathizers on Twitter , which got her name trending in the US by Friday .
Largely , her responders were not happy with McGowan not being “ on board with Biden.
” Twitter users said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mind ” and “ should delete her account.
” Many of these netizens alleged that any attacks on the Democrats are going to “ give Trump the election.
” The star of Charmed did have some defenders , who agreed with her by saying that “ the DNC has been proven to be liars and hypocrites ” and that the party “ deserves criticism ” .
McGowan herself did not shy away from engaging her detractors .
She addressed the idea that not voting for Biden is akin to “ knowingly helping Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t vote for rapists.
” McGowan was referring to accusations of sexual assault that ex-staffer Tara Reade levied against the former vice president earlier this year .
The incident proved controversial , as it was largely perceived to have been ignored by DNC officials , despite their public support for the anti-harassment MeToo movement .

Actress Rose McGowan drew fire from Democratic partisans on Twitter, after seemingly continuing her no-compromises approach to public discourse by accusing the US liberals of uselessness, and Joe Biden of being a rapist.
“You are the season of darkness,” the MeToo firebrand tweeted on Thursday, referring to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. “You are monsters,” she added. “You are frauds. You are the lie.”
You are the season of darkness. @JoeBiden @dnc You are monsters. You are frauds. You are the lie. — Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) August 21, 2020
At that point, the rant was far from being over. “What have the Democrats done to solve anything?” McGowan lamented, accusing the party of not helping the poor, racial minorities, single mothers and children. “[The Democrats] have achieved nothing,” the actress concluded, saying that she believes this to be the reason Republican Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016.
What have the Democrats done to solve ANYTHING? Help the poor? No. Help black & brown people? No. Stop police brutality? No. Help single mothers? No. Help children? No. You have achieved nothing. NOTHING. Why did people vote Trump? Because of you motherfuckers. — Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) August 21, 2020
For hours McGowan was the target of criticism by Democratic sympathizers on Twitter, which got her name trending in the US by Friday.
Largely, her responders were not happy with McGowan not being “on board with Biden.” Twitter users said that the actress “has lost her mind” and “should delete her account.”
I don’t vote for rapists, unlike you. https://t.co/kREJv2jhAm — Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) August 21, 2020
Well, it appears Rose McGowan has lost her mind. — M. R. Sellars (@mrsellars) August 21, 2020
Rose McGowan delete your fucking account. — Not You (@StayTheEffHome) August 21, 2020
Many of these netizens alleged that any attacks on the Democrats are going to “give Trump the election.”
While I respect Rose McGowan for her courage in confronting sexual assault in the industry, giving Democrats a bunch of shit is like giving Trump the election. Which is straight-up insane. At least Democrats have tried. It’s not their fault Mitch McConnell and the Republicans.. — Notorious d.e.b. (@debihope) August 21, 2020
The star of Charmed did have some defenders, who agreed with her by saying that “the DNC has been proven to be liars and hypocrites” and that the party “deserves criticism”.
I’m very liberal minded, but I have to say Rose McGowan is RIGHT. The DNC has been proven to be liars and hypocrites — EarthSong (@Chanharp) August 21, 2020
McGowan herself did not shy away from engaging her detractors. She addressed the idea that not voting for Biden is akin to “knowingly helping Trump” by saying that she “doesn’t vote for rapists.”
McGowan was referring to accusations of sexual assault that ex-staffer Tara Reade levied against the former vice president earlier this year. The incident proved controversial, as it was largely perceived to have been ignored by DNC officials, despite their public support for the anti-harassment MeToo movement.


newswars--2020-08-21--Hundreds of Millions of GMO Mosquitoes to be Released in Texas, Florida

Beginning next year , millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys and in Houston , Texas in an attempt to battle insect-born diseases such as Zika and Dengue Fever .
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) plans on starting the project on World Mosquito Day , which is Thursday , August 20 .
The EPA approved a British biotechnology company that develops GMO insects to assist in insect control called Oxitec to run the project .
The concept is that the all-male genetically modified mosquitoes , named OX5034 , carry a special gene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the GMO insects .
Because female mosquitoes are the only ones who bite humans for blood , this would hypothetically limit the threat they pose to public health .
However , not everyone sees the experiment as a safe and effective way to try and limit the transmission of two viruses that pose a minimal threat to Americans in the first place .
International Center for Technology Assessment and Center for Food Safety Policy Director Jaydee Hanson compared the trial to the film “ Jurassic Park.
” “ With all the urgent crises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Florida — the Covid-19 pandemic , racial injustice , climate change — the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment , ” he stated .
“ Now the Monroe County Mosquito Control District has given the final permission needed .
What could possibly go wrong ?
We don ’ t know , because EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyze environmental risks , now without further review of the risks , the experiment can proceed.
” “ The release of genetically engineered mosquitoes will needlessly put Floridians , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the midst of a pandemic , ” said Dana Perls , food and technology Program Manager at Friends of the Earth .
“ This approval is about maximizing Oxitec ’ s profits , not about the pressing need to address mosquito-borne diseases.
” An Oxitec scientist talking with AP countered by saying , “ We have released over a billion of our mosquitoes over the years .
There is no potential for risk to the environment or humans.
” Whether they are harmful or not , the insects will be released in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an area just outside Houston , Texas .

Beginning next year, millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys and in Houston, Texas in an attempt to battle insect-born diseases such as Zika and Dengue Fever.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans on starting the project on World Mosquito Day, which is Thursday, August 20.
The EPA approved a British biotechnology company that develops GMO insects to assist in insect control called Oxitec to run the project.
The concept is that the all-male genetically modified mosquitoes, named OX5034, carry a special gene that kills any female offspring produced by the GMO insects.
Because female mosquitoes are the only ones who bite humans for blood, this would hypothetically limit the threat they pose to public health.
However, not everyone sees the experiment as a safe and effective way to try and limit the transmission of two viruses that pose a minimal threat to Americans in the first place.
International Center for Technology Assessment and Center for Food Safety Policy Director Jaydee Hanson compared the trial to the film “Jurassic Park.”
“With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida — the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change — the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment,” he stated. “Now the Monroe County Mosquito Control District has given the final permission needed. What could possibly go wrong? We don’t know, because EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyze environmental risks, now without further review of the risks, the experiment can proceed.”
“The release of genetically engineered mosquitoes will needlessly put Floridians, the environment and endangered species at risk in the midst of a pandemic,” said Dana Perls, food and technology Program Manager at Friends of the Earth. “This approval is about maximizing Oxitec’s profits, not about the pressing need to address mosquito-borne diseases.”
An Oxitec scientist talking with AP countered by saying, “We have released over a billion of our mosquitoes over the years. There is no potential for risk to the environment or humans.”
Whether they are harmful or not, the insects will be released in 2021 in the Florida Keys islands and an area just outside Houston, Texas.


newswars--2020-08-21--Frontline Doctor Silenced By YouTube and Facebook Speaks Out About Hydroxychloroquine

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newswars--2020-08-21--Swimming With Alex Jones 2.0 Barton Springs Edition

Join Alex Jones , Infowars crew members and other like-minded patriots this Saturday at high noon for another day of @ @ @ @ @ we show the city of Austin their COVID-19 fear-mongering won ’ t keep citizens out @ @ @ @ @ This weekend ’ s location is the “ free side ” of Barton Springs and @ @ @ @ @ SHOW UP HYDRATED , BRING WATER AND REMAIN HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT , because it @ @ @ @ @ outside .
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Join Alex Jones, Infowars crew members and other like-minded patriots this Saturday at high noon for another day of fun in the sun as we show the city of Austin their COVID-19 fear-mongering won’t keep citizens out of our publicly-funded parks.
This weekend’s location is the “free side” of Barton Springs and we must remind attendees to SHOW UP HYDRATED, BRING WATER AND REMAIN HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, because it will be nearly 100 degrees outside.
See the image below for a visual of where Barton Springs’ “free side” is located:


newswars--2020-08-21--#NetflixPedofilia Trends on Social Media

A hashtag associating Netflix with pedophilia trended on Twitter after the streaming giant revealed its plan to add Cuties , a French movie featuring a twerking preteen dance troupe , to its service in September .
While the movie itself contains sexually inappropriate themes , pre-pubescent girls undertaking in sexually suggestive dance routines as a hobby , and is rated for mature audiences as a result , some say there was a deeper sociocultural meaning to the plot , which was ignored by the trailer and synopsis offered by Netflix .
Netflix initially offered a trailer primarily featuring the preteens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the 11-year-olds were part of a dance troupe that was not necessarily met with acceptance from their more traditional families , who apparently did not want their 11-year-olds to perform sexualized dance moves in revealing clothing .
The mature audience rating and graphic content of the film led users to began using the hashtag # NetflixPedofilia while lambasting the film and streaming company .
“ Keep in mind , boys , you need to be over 16 years of age in order to watch sexualized 11-year-olds twerk .
# NetflixPedofilia , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # netflix changed the photo from # cuties .
And REWROTE the description .
How the F*** did they think the first one was okay in the first place ?
I ’ m the not the SOCIAL JUST cancel type but SOMEONE in Netflix HIGHER UPS approved of the image and description… ” commented another .
Prompting the above tweet , at the onset of the backlash , Netflix quietly changed the synopsis of the upcoming movie on their website from “ Amy , 11 , becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starts to explore her femininity , defying her family ’ s traditions , ” to “ Eleven-year-old Amy starts to rebel against her conservative family ’ s traditions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew.
” Netflix also appeared to artificially increase their like to dislike ratio on YouTube .
At one point , there were more than double the likes to dislikes .
Following the scandal , there are roughly 12 dislikes to each like–including the originally inflated number of likes to skew the narrative .
Others took to Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than Netflix .
“ When 4chan ( one of the most disgusting places on the internet ) has higher moral standards than # NetflixPedofilia # Cuties… ” an internet sleuth remarked .
Some criticized the movie ’ s negative depiction of the girl ’ s Islamic faith and the sexualization of a girl of color , while others picked apart the movie ’ s content from a colorblind perspective .
Even some Epstein jokes were thrown into Twitter to drive home a comedic angle out of the scandal .
The mainstream media just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saving the world from a satanic cult pedophile ring .

A hashtag associating Netflix with pedophilia trended on Twitter after the streaming giant revealed its plan to add Cuties, a French movie featuring a twerking preteen dance troupe, to its service in September.
While the movie itself contains sexually inappropriate themes, pre-pubescent girls undertaking in sexually suggestive dance routines as a hobby, and is rated for mature audiences as a result, some say there was a deeper sociocultural meaning to the plot, which was ignored by the trailer and synopsis offered by Netflix.
Netflix initially offered a trailer primarily featuring the preteens twerking, and a brief synopsis explaining that the 11-year-olds were part of a dance troupe that was not necessarily met with acceptance from their more traditional families, who apparently did not want their 11-year-olds to perform sexualized dance moves in revealing clothing.
The mature audience rating and graphic content of the film led users to began using the hashtag #NetflixPedofilia while lambasting the film and streaming company.
“Keep in mind, boys, you need to be over 16 years of age in order to watch sexualized 11-year-olds twerk. #NetflixPedofilia,” one person wrote.
Keep in mind, boys, you need to be over 16 years of age in order to watch sexualized 11 year olds twerk. #NetflixPedofilia pic.twitter.com/O0h6vvwicv — D (@open_wave) August 20, 2020
“#NetflixPedofilia #netflix changed the photo from #cuties. And REWROTE the description. How the F*** did they think the first one was okay in the first place? I’m the not the SOCIAL JUST cancel type but SOMEONE in Netflix HIGHER UPS approved of the image and description…” commented another.
#NetflixPedofilia #netflix changed the photo from #cuties. And REWROTE the description. How the FUCK did they think the first one was okay in the first place? I’m the not the SOCIAL JUST cancel type but SOMEONE in Netflix HIGHER UPS approved of the image and description… pic.twitter.com/FWv8wfOFaH — Lost Chaos💎 (@LostChaosTv) August 20, 2020
Prompting the above tweet, at the onset of the backlash, Netflix quietly changed the synopsis of the upcoming movie on their website from “Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s traditions,” to “Eleven-year-old Amy starts to rebel against her conservative family’s traditions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew.”
Netflix also appeared to artificially increase their like to dislike ratio on YouTube. At one point, there were more than double the likes to dislikes. Following the scandal, there are roughly 12 dislikes to each like–including the originally inflated number of likes to skew the narrative.
Others took to Twitter to credit 4Chan for greater moral clarity than Netflix. “When 4chan ( one of the most disgusting places on the internet) has higher moral standards than #NetflixPedofilia #Cuties…” an internet sleuth remarked.
When 4chan ( one of the most disgusting places on the internet) has higher moral standards than #NetflixPedofilia #Cuties… pic.twitter.com/uovZP62o4l — Dont just Tweet about it BE about it!! (@Profound_Lives) August 20, 2020
Some criticized the movie’s negative depiction of the girl’s Islamic faith and the sexualization of a girl of color, while others picked apart the movie’s content from a colorblind perspective. Even some Epstein jokes were thrown into Twitter to drive home a comedic angle out of the scandal.
The mainstream media just asked President Trump if he is secretly saving the world from a satanic cult pedophile ring.