newswars--2020-05-12--India, US Discuss Moving Industrial Supply Chain From China

US-China ties , which are already suffering from a trade-war , have come under immense strain against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic , and the United States has reportedly been exploring alternatives to doing business with Beijing .
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar Monday about the possibility of moving supply chains away from China .
In the hour-long video conference titled ‘ experimental online diplomacy ’ , Pompeo discussed the fallout of the pandemic on the US economy and its dependency on “ one country ” .
Industry sources told Sputnik @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in direct touch with the Indian government over plans to move their bases away from China .
“ These companies include Cisco , FedEx , Adobe and even Apple for that matter , ” the source said .
The Indian states that interest the American companies include Uttar Pradesh , Gujarat and Karnataka .
Pompeo told journalists in April that India and the US “ want to mesh the supply chains … that are important for our national security.
” Despite the trade war , US is China ’ s largest trade partner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the China with around 16.8 percent of its total exports .
Less US_China trade could mean some opportunities for India to fill the gap .
India ’ s Minister of Medium and Small Scale Enterprises and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari urged industries to engage with US and UK firms which currently operate in China .
He even claimed that India ’ s manufacturing sector is likely to witness investment of over $ 300 billion .
United States President Donald Trump has been unequivocal in his scathing criticism of China ; alleging that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With elections approaching , the US President has already initiated attacks on Democratic candidate Joe Biden through a targeted ad that says “ Biden stands with China ” .
India has also tweaked its Foreign Direct Investment policies to deter Chinese investment .
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US-China ties, which are already suffering from a trade-war, have come under immense strain against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the United States has reportedly been exploring alternatives to doing business with Beijing.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar Monday about the possibility of moving supply chains away from China.
In the hour-long video conference titled ‘experimental online diplomacy’, Pompeo discussed the fallout of the pandemic on the US economy and its dependency on “one country”.
Industry sources told Sputnik that over 100 US firms are currently in direct touch with the Indian government over plans to move their bases away from China. “These companies include Cisco, FedEx, Adobe and even Apple for that matter,” the source said. The Indian states that interest the American companies include Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka.
Pompeo told journalists in April that India and the US “want to mesh the supply chains … that are important for our national security.”
Despite the trade war, US is China’s largest trade partner and remains the largest export market for the China with around 16.8 percent of its total exports. Less US_China trade could mean some opportunities for India to fill the gap.
India’s Minister of Medium and Small Scale Enterprises and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari urged industries to engage with US and UK firms which currently operate in China. He even claimed that India’s manufacturing sector is likely to witness investment of over $300 billion.
United States President Donald Trump has been unequivocal in his scathing criticism of China; alleging that the coronavirus originated a lab in Wuhan. With elections approaching, the US President has already initiated attacks on Democratic candidate Joe Biden through a targeted ad that says “Biden stands with China”.
India has also tweaked its Foreign Direct Investment policies to deter Chinese investment.
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newswars--2020-05-12--College forced to apologize after trying to CENSOR professor over ‘offensive’ questions about ‘Islam

College forced to apologize after trying to CENSOR professor over ‘offensive’ questions about ‘Islamic terrorism’

A public college in Arizona has been forced to backtrack on plans to censor a professor ’ s quiz content on ‘ Islamic terrorism ’ which had “ offended ” students , after a legal warning was sent by an academic freedom organization .
The uproar began when Professor Nicholas Damask , who chairs the political science department at Scottsdale Community College ( SCC ) and teaches a module called ‘ Islamic Terrorism ’ , included questions on a quiz about how terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic faith – and about where in Islamic doctrine and law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quiz prompted a complaint from one student , who felt the questions were “ in distaste of Islam ” and who was unconvinced by Damask ’ s explanation that they were relevant “ to the study of the religious justifications of terrorists.
” Other offended students soon aired their own complaints online .
The college immediately sided with the students , with President Chris Haines declaring in an Instagram post that the questions were “ inappropriate ” and not reflective of the “ inclusive nature ” of the institution .
Haines even promised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to offended individuals , and said the questions would be “ permanently removed ” from future quizzes .
The knee-jerk reaction to censor “ insensitivities ” in political content didn ’ t go exactly as planned , however , and Damask did not apologize .
Instead , the college was sent a legal warning by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ( FIRE ) , cautioning that its actions were “ flatly inconsistent ” with its First Amendment obligations .
Damask was also warned that “ a leader in the Islamic faith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ content in future to ensure that it was “ appropriate , ” FIRE program officer Katlyn Patton said in the letter , adding that he came away from phone calls with college higher-ups “ feeling that his job security was in jeopardy.
” Censoring Damask , removing his content and forcing him into an apology would have “ an impermissible chilling effect on faculty expression and teaching , ” the organization said , noting that the principle of free speech “ does not exist to protect only non-controversial expression.
” FIRE ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the First Amendment but also Arizona state law , which protects the faculty against compelled public expression of “ a particular view.
” The fact that students “ may experience discomfort ” in the course of their studies “ should have no bearing on a professor ’ s right ” to select relevant materials as they see fit , Patton wrote .
FIRE ’ s later had the desired effect and SCC interim Chancellor Steven Gonzales issued an apology on Monday for its “ uneven ” handling of the matter , and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Damask ’ s rights .
Gonzales also promised an “ immediate independent investigation ” into its handling of the incident and the creation of a new “ Committee on Academic Freedom.
” The happy ending for Damask is in stark contrast to the outcomes for many other professors who have had their academic freedom curtailed to spare the feelings of offended students and over-reactive college administrations in recent years .
Last year , a professor was fired by the University of Louisville for expressing the view that young children may not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transgender , while in 2015 a University of Illinois professor got the sack for posting angry anti-Israel tweets during the summer assault in Gaza .

A public college in Arizona has been forced to backtrack on plans to censor a professor’s quiz content on ‘Islamic terrorism’ which had “offended” students, after a legal warning was sent by an academic freedom organization.
The uproar began when Professor Nicholas Damask, who chairs the political science department at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) and teaches a module called ‘Islamic Terrorism’, included questions on a quiz about how terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic faith – and about where in Islamic doctrine and law they take these justifications from. The quiz prompted a complaint from one student, who felt the questions were “in distaste of Islam” and who was unconvinced by Damask’s explanation that they were relevant “to the study of the religious justifications of terrorists.” Other offended students soon aired their own complaints online. The college immediately sided with the students, with President Chris Haines declaring in an Instagram post that the questions were “inappropriate” and not reflective of the “inclusive nature” of the institution. Haines even promised that Damask “will be apologizing” to offended individuals, and said the questions would be “permanently removed” from future quizzes.
The knee-jerk reaction to censor “insensitivities” in political content didn’t go exactly as planned, however, and Damask did not apologize. Instead, the college was sent a legal warning by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), cautioning that its actions were “flatly inconsistent” with its First Amendment obligations.
Damask was also warned that “a leader in the Islamic faith” would need to vet his course content in future to ensure that it was “appropriate,” FIRE program officer Katlyn Patton said in the letter, adding that he came away from phone calls with college higher-ups “feeling that his job security was in jeopardy.”
Censoring Damask, removing his content and forcing him into an apology would have “an impermissible chilling effect on faculty expression and teaching,” the organization said, noting that the principle of free speech “does not exist to protect only non-controversial expression.”
FIRE’s letter warned that SCC not only violated the First Amendment but also Arizona state law, which protects the faculty against compelled public expression of “a particular view.”
The fact that students “may experience discomfort” in the course of their studies “should have no bearing on a professor’s right” to select relevant materials as they see fit, Patton wrote.
FIRE’s later had the desired effect and SCC interim Chancellor Steven Gonzales issued an apology on Monday for its “uneven” handling of the matter, and for a “lack of full consideration” of Damask’s rights. Gonzales also promised an “immediate independent investigation” into its handling of the incident and the creation of a new “Committee on Academic Freedom.”
The happy ending for Damask is in stark contrast to the outcomes for many other professors who have had their academic freedom curtailed to spare the feelings of offended students and over-reactive college administrations in recent years.
Last year, a professor was fired by the University of Louisville for expressing the view that young children may not be old enough to be sure they are transgender, while in 2015 a University of Illinois professor got the sack for posting angry anti-Israel tweets during the summer assault in Gaza.


newswars--2020-05-12--UK Lecturer Says Colleagues Want Lockdown to Continue so “Racist Brexit” Will be Cancelled

A senior lecturer at a university in the United Kingdom says that his leftist colleagues want the coronavirus lockdown to continue indefinitely so that “ racist Brexit ” will be cancelled .
The lecturer ’ s comments were posted on Toby Young ’ s LockDownSceptics.org website .
He wanted to remain anonymous for obvious reasons .
“ I ’ m a Senior Lecturer at a UK higher education institution currently stuck doing remote working amongst a group of typical identitarian , fair-trade , falafel-munching academics .
It probably won ’ t surprise you to learn that my colleagues really don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end .
They chirrup along quite happily to each other on Microsoft Teams about how it might bring down the “ Tory Scum ” Government and thus also cancel “ racist Brexit ” .
Part of the ongoing appeal of the lockdown for them is the opportunity to spend all day safe at home baking Nordic-inspired loaf cakes , knocking out virtue signalling blogs about sustainable living ( whilst simultaneously planning their next foreign holiday , of course ) and angrily taking to social media to demand more white deaths from COVID-19 as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Okay , I might have made that last one up , but you get the idea .
This has become a middle-class wet dream of what the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism would look like.
” Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an “ easing ” of the UK ’ s lockdown on Sunday , although this amounted to very little in material changes and the wider economy is not expected to be opened until mid or even late summer .
The lecturer ’ s comments once again emphasize how the debate over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the left who purport to only care about ‘ saving lives ’ and who viciously attack anyone who advocates for an end to lockdown are only in fact doing so to exploit the crisis for power .
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A senior lecturer at a university in the United Kingdom says that his leftist colleagues want the coronavirus lockdown to continue indefinitely so that “racist Brexit” will be cancelled.
The lecturer’s comments were posted on Toby Young’s LockDownSceptics.org website. He wanted to remain anonymous for obvious reasons.
“I’m a Senior Lecturer at a UK higher education institution currently stuck doing remote working amongst a group of typical identitarian, fair-trade, falafel-munching academics. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that my colleagues really don’t want this magic-money-tree-fuelled piss-about to end. They chirrup along quite happily to each other on Microsoft Teams about how it might bring down the “Tory Scum” Government and thus also cancel “racist Brexit”. Part of the ongoing appeal of the lockdown for them is the opportunity to spend all day safe at home baking Nordic-inspired loaf cakes, knocking out virtue signalling blogs about sustainable living (whilst simultaneously planning their next foreign holiday, of course) and angrily taking to social media to demand more white deaths from COVID-19 as a form of reparation for colonial injustices. Okay, I might have made that last one up, but you get the idea. This has become a middle-class wet dream of what the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism would look like.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an “easing” of the UK’s lockdown on Sunday, although this amounted to very little in material changes and the wider economy is not expected to be opened until mid or even late summer.
The lecturer’s comments once again emphasize how the debate over the lockdown has been completely politicized.
Many on the left who purport to only care about ‘saving lives’ and who viciously attack anyone who advocates for an end to lockdown are only in fact doing so to exploit the crisis for power.
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newswars--2020-05-12--Study: One Meal High in Saturated Fat Impacts Ability to Focus

Fatty food may feel like a friend during these troubled times , but new research suggests that eating just one meal high in saturated fat can hinder our ability to concentrate – not great news for people whose diets have gone south while they ’ re working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic .
The study compared how 51 women performed on a test of their attention after they ate either a meal high in saturated fat or the same meal made with sunflower oil , which is high in unsaturated fat .
Their performance on the test was worse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ate the meal containing a healthier fat , signaling a link between that fatty food and the brain .
Researchers were also looking at whether a condition called leaky gut , which allows intestinal bacteria to enter the bloodstream , had any effect on concentration .
Participants with leakier guts performed worse on the attention assessment no matter which meal they had eaten .
The loss of focus after a single meal was eye-opening for the researchers .
“ Most prior work looking at the causative effect of the diet has looked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this was just one meal – it ’ s pretty remarkable that we saw a difference , ” said Annelise Madison , lead author of the study and a graduate student in clinical psychology at The Ohio State University .
Madison also noted that the meal made with sunflower oil , while low in saturated fat , still contained a lot of dietary fat .
“ Because both meals were high-fat and potentially problematic , the high-saturated-fat meal ’ s cognitive effect could be even greater if it were compared to a lower-fat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition .
Madison works in the lab of Janice Kiecolt-Glaser , professor of psychiatry and psychology and director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State .
For this work , Madison conducted a secondary analysis of data from Kiecolt-Glaser ’ s study assessing whether high-fat meals increased fatigue and inflammation among cancer survivors .
Women in the study completed a baseline assessment of their attention during a morning visit to the lab .
The tool , called a continuous performance test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , concentration and reaction time based on 10 minutes of computer-based activities .
The high-fat meal followed : eggs , biscuits , turkey sausage and gravy containing 60 grams of fat , either a palmitic acid-based oil high in saturated fat or the lower-saturated-fat sunflower oil .
Both meals totaled 930 calories and were designed to mimic the contents of various fast-food meals such as a Burger King double whopper with cheese or a McDonald ’ s Big Mac and medium fries .
Five hours later , the women took the continuous performance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks later , they repeated these steps , eating the opposite meal of what they had eaten on the first visit .
Researchers also analyzed participants ’ fasting baseline blood samples to determine whether they contained an inflammatory molecule that signals the presence of endotoxemia – the toxin that escapes from the intestines and enters the bloodstream when the gut barrier is compromised .
After eating the meal high in saturated fat , all of the participating women were , on average , 11 percent less able to detect target stimuli in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparent in the women with signs of leaky gut : Their response times were more erratic and they were less able to sustain their attention during the 10-minute test .
“ If the women had high levels of endotoxemia , it also wiped out the between-meal differences .
They were performing poorly no matter what type of fat they ate , ” Madison said .
Though the study didn ’ t determine what was going on in the brain , Madison said previous research has suggested that food high in saturated fat can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and possibly the brain .
Fatty acids also can cross the blood-brain barrier .
“ It could be that fatty acids are interacting with the brain directly .
What it does show is the power of gut-related dysregulation , ” she said .
The statistical analysis accounted for other potential influences on cognition , including depressive symptoms and the participants ’ average dietary saturated fat consumption .
The women in the study ate three standardized meals and fasted for 12 hours before each lab visit to reduce diet variations that could affect their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The findings suggest concentration could be even more impaired in people stressed by the pandemic who are turning to fatty foods for comfort , Kiecolt-Glaser said .
“ What we know is that when people are more anxious , a good subset of us will find high-saturated-fat food more enticing than broccoli , ” she said .
“ We know from other research that depression and anxiety can interfere with concentration and attention as well .
When we add that on top of the high-fat meal , we could expect the real-world effects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discusses the dismemberment of the coronavirus task force & Fauci ’ s fraud !

Fatty food may feel like a friend during these troubled times, but new research suggests that eating just one meal high in saturated fat can hinder our ability to concentrate – not great news for people whose diets have gone south while they’re working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study compared how 51 women performed on a test of their attention after they ate either a meal high in saturated fat or the same meal made with sunflower oil, which is high in unsaturated fat.
Their performance on the test was worse after eating the high-saturated-fat meal than after they ate the meal containing a healthier fat, signaling a link between that fatty food and the brain.
Researchers were also looking at whether a condition called leaky gut, which allows intestinal bacteria to enter the bloodstream, had any effect on concentration. Participants with leakier guts performed worse on the attention assessment no matter which meal they had eaten.
The loss of focus after a single meal was eye-opening for the researchers.
“Most prior work looking at the causative effect of the diet has looked over a period of time. And this was just one meal – it’s pretty remarkable that we saw a difference,” said Annelise Madison, lead author of the study and a graduate student in clinical psychology at The Ohio State University.
Madison also noted that the meal made with sunflower oil, while low in saturated fat, still contained a lot of dietary fat.
“Because both meals were high-fat and potentially problematic, the high-saturated-fat meal’s cognitive effect could be even greater if it were compared to a lower-fat meal,” she said.
The study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Madison works in the lab of Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, professor of psychiatry and psychology and director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State. For this work, Madison conducted a secondary analysis of data from Kiecolt-Glaser’s study assessing whether high-fat meals increased fatigue and inflammation among cancer survivors.
Women in the study completed a baseline assessment of their attention during a morning visit to the lab. The tool, called a continuous performance test, is a measure of sustained attention, concentration and reaction time based on 10 minutes of computer-based activities.
The high-fat meal followed: eggs, biscuits, turkey sausage and gravy containing 60 grams of fat, either a palmitic acid-based oil high in saturated fat or the lower-saturated-fat sunflower oil. Both meals totaled 930 calories and were designed to mimic the contents of various fast-food meals such as a Burger King double whopper with cheese or a McDonald’s Big Mac and medium fries.
Five hours later, the women took the continuous performance test again. Between one and four weeks later, they repeated these steps, eating the opposite meal of what they had eaten on the first visit.
Researchers also analyzed participants’ fasting baseline blood samples to determine whether they contained an inflammatory molecule that signals the presence of endotoxemia – the toxin that escapes from the intestines and enters the bloodstream when the gut barrier is compromised.
After eating the meal high in saturated fat, all of the participating women were, on average, 11 percent less able to detect target stimuli in the attention assessment. Concentration lapses were also apparent in the women with signs of leaky gut: Their response times were more erratic and they were less able to sustain their attention during the 10-minute test.
“If the women had high levels of endotoxemia, it also wiped out the between-meal differences. They were performing poorly no matter what type of fat they ate,” Madison said.
Though the study didn’t determine what was going on in the brain, Madison said previous research has suggested that food high in saturated fat can drive up inflammation throughout the body, and possibly the brain. Fatty acids also can cross the blood-brain barrier.
“It could be that fatty acids are interacting with the brain directly. What it does show is the power of gut-related dysregulation,” she said.
The statistical analysis accounted for other potential influences on cognition, including depressive symptoms and the participants’ average dietary saturated fat consumption. The women in the study ate three standardized meals and fasted for 12 hours before each lab visit to reduce diet variations that could affect their physiological response to the high-fat meals.
The findings suggest concentration could be even more impaired in people stressed by the pandemic who are turning to fatty foods for comfort, Kiecolt-Glaser said.
“What we know is that when people are more anxious, a good subset of us will find high-saturated-fat food more enticing than broccoli,” she said. “We know from other research that depression and anxiety can interfere with concentration and attention as well. When we add that on top of the high-fat meal, we could expect the real-world effects to be even larger.”
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newswars--2020-05-12--Three Reasons Why the Eurozone Recovery Will Be Poor

The eurozone economy is expected to collapse in 2020 .
In countries such as Spain and Italy , the decline , more than 9 percent , will likely be much larger than in emerging market economies .
However , the key is to understand how and when the eurozone economies will recover .
There are three reasons why we should be concerned : • The eurozone was already in a severe slowdown in 2019 .
Despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus , negative rates , and the European Central Bank ’ s ( ECB ) balance sheet above 40 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stagnation in the fourth quarter and Germany narrowly escaped recession .
The eurozone weakness had already started in 2017 , and disappointing economic figures continued throughout the next years .
Many governments blamed the weakness on Brexit and trade war , but it was significantly more structural .
The eurozone abandoned all structural reforms in 2014 , when the ECB started its quantitative easing program ( QE ) and expanded its balance sheet to record levels .
Manufacturing PMIs were already in contraction , government spending remained too high , and the elevated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2019 , almost 22 percent of the gross value added ( GVA ) to the eurozone GDP came from travel and leisure , a sector that unlikely to come back any time soon , while the exporting sector is also likely to suffer a prolonged weakness .
• The banking sector is still weak .
In the eurozone , 80 percent of the real economy is financed via the banking channel ( compared to less than 15 percent in the United States ) .
Eurozone banks still have more than €600 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of total assets vs. 1 percent in the US ) , an almost unprofitable business with a poor return on tangible assets ( ROTA ) due to negative rates .
This is a significant challenge ahead , as most of the growth investments may reduce capital strength significantly in the next months ( this is true of Latin America in particular ) .
Most of the eurozone governments are relying on leveraging the banks ’ balance sheets in their “ recovery plans.
” A massive increase in loans , even with some form @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause significant strains on lending capacity and solvency in the next years , even with massive targeted longer-term refinancing operations ( TLTROs ) and capital requirement reductions .
• Most of the recovery plans go to government current spending , and tax increases will surely impact growth and jobs .
The eurozone tax wedge on jobs and investment is already very high .
According to the Paying Taxes 2019 report , the majority of eurozone economies show highly uncompetitive taxation levels .
As most governments massively increase deficits to combat the COVID-19 crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of massive tax increases that will make it more difficult to attract investment and jobs .
Most of the recovery plans are also aimed at bailing out the past and letting the future die .
There are massive bailout packages for traditional conglomerates and industries , but investment in technology and R & D ( research and development ) continues to have high burdens and no support .
Considering that the eurozone was already in contraction in the middle of the massive Juncker plan ( which mobilized more than €400 billion in investments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is safe to say that relying on a Green Deal is unlikely to boost growth or reduce debt .
The main problem of these large investment plans is that they are politically directed and as such have a large tendency to fail , as we saw with the Jobs and Growth Plan of 2009 .
Almost 30 percent of the eurozone labor force is expected to be under some form of unemployment scheme , be it temporary , permanent , or self-employed cessation of activity .
After a decade of recovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still had almost double the unemployment rate of its large peers , the US , and China .
Germany may recover jobs fast , but France , Spain , and Italy , with important rigidities and tax burdens on job creation , may suffer high unemployment levels for longer .
The eurozone also faces important challenges in a recovery .
The reality of having more flexible job markets and higher support for entrepreneurial activity in the form of attractive taxation will help China and the US recover faster .
Considering the severity of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to need at least 10 percent of its GDP to rebuild the economy , but that figure is almost completely absorbed by the traditional sectors ( airlines , autos , agriculture , tourism ) .
Furthermore , the Green Deal initiative includes severe restrictions on travel and energy-intensive industries that may act as a brake on future growth .
The ECB policy of the past years was already unnecessarily expansionary , and now it has run out of tools to address the unprecedented challenge of recovery post-COVID-19 .
With negative rates , targeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and public debt , and a balance sheet that exceeds 42 percent of the eurozone ’ s GDP , the best it can do is disguise some of the risk , not eliminate it .
We should also warn against adding massive monetary imbalances when demand for euros globally is acceptable but shrinking according to the Bank of International Settlements and the risk of redenomination remains in a politically unstable eurozone .
Our estimates show that , even with large fiscal and monetary stimulus , the eurozone economy will not recover its output @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to record highs as well as monetary imbalances due to a massive supply of euros in a diminishing demand environment may also cause significant problems for the stability of the eurozone .
The eurozone needs to understand that if it decides to increase taxes to address the rising debt due to the COVID-19 response , its ability to recover will be irreparably damaged .

The eurozone economy is expected to collapse in 2020. In countries such as Spain and Italy, the decline, more than 9 percent, will likely be much larger than in emerging market economies. However, the key is to understand how and when the eurozone economies will recover.
There are three reasons why we should be concerned:
The eurozone was already in a severe slowdown in 2019. Despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, negative rates, and the European Central Bank’s (ECB) balance sheet above 40 percent of GDP, France and Italy showed stagnation in the fourth quarter and Germany narrowly escaped recession. The eurozone weakness had already started in 2017, and disappointing economic figures continued throughout the next years. Many governments blamed the weakness on Brexit and trade war, but it was significantly more structural. The eurozone abandoned all structural reforms in 2014, when the ECB started its quantitative easing program (QE) and expanded its balance sheet to record levels. Manufacturing PMIs were already in contraction, government spending remained too high, and the elevated tax wedge weighed on growth and jobs. In 2019, almost 22 percent of the gross value added (GVA) to the eurozone GDP came from travel and leisure, a sector that unlikely to come back any time soon, while the exporting sector is also likely to suffer a prolonged weakness. The banking sector is still weak. In the eurozone, 80 percent of the real economy is financed via the banking channel (compared to less than 15 percent in the United States). Eurozone banks still have more than €600 billion in nonperforming loans (3.3 percent of total assets vs. 1 percent in the US), an almost unprofitable business with a poor return on tangible assets (ROTA) due to negative rates. This is a significant challenge ahead, as most of the growth investments may reduce capital strength significantly in the next months (this is true of Latin America in particular). Most of the eurozone governments are relying on leveraging the banks’ balance sheets in their “recovery plans.” A massive increase in loans, even with some form of state guarantee, is likely to cause significant strains on lending capacity and solvency in the next years, even with massive targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) and capital requirement reductions. Most of the recovery plans go to government current spending, and tax increases will surely impact growth and jobs. The eurozone tax wedge on jobs and investment is already very high. According to the Paying Taxes 2019 report, the majority of eurozone economies show highly uncompetitive taxation levels. As most governments massively increase deficits to combat the COVID-19 crisis, there will be a high likelihood of massive tax increases that will make it more difficult to attract investment and jobs. Most of the recovery plans are also aimed at bailing out the past and letting the future die. There are massive bailout packages for traditional conglomerates and industries, but investment in technology and R&D (research and development) continues to have high burdens and no support. Considering that the eurozone was already in contraction in the middle of the massive Juncker plan (which mobilized more than €400 billion in investments) and the large green policies implemented, it is safe to say that relying on a Green Deal is unlikely to boost growth or reduce debt. The main problem of these large investment plans is that they are politically directed and as such have a large tendency to fail, as we saw with the Jobs and Growth Plan of 2009.
Almost 30 percent of the eurozone labor force is expected to be under some form of unemployment scheme, be it temporary, permanent, or self-employed cessation of activity. After a decade of recovery from the past crisis, the eurozone still had almost double the unemployment rate of its large peers, the US, and China. Germany may recover jobs fast, but France, Spain, and Italy, with important rigidities and tax burdens on job creation, may suffer high unemployment levels for longer.
The eurozone also faces important challenges in a recovery. The reality of having more flexible job markets and higher support for entrepreneurial activity in the form of attractive taxation will help China and the US recover faster. Considering the severity of the crisis, the eurozone is likely to need at least 10 percent of its GDP to rebuild the economy, but that figure is almost completely absorbed by the traditional sectors (airlines, autos, agriculture, tourism). Furthermore, the Green Deal initiative includes severe restrictions on travel and energy-intensive industries that may act as a brake on future growth.
The ECB policy of the past years was already unnecessarily expansionary, and now it has run out of tools to address the unprecedented challenge of recovery post-COVID-19. With negative rates, targeted liquidity programs, asset purchases of private and public debt, and a balance sheet that exceeds 42 percent of the eurozone’s GDP, the best it can do is disguise some of the risk, not eliminate it. We should also warn against adding massive monetary imbalances when demand for euros globally is acceptable but shrinking according to the Bank of International Settlements and the risk of redenomination remains in a politically unstable eurozone.
Our estimates show that, even with large fiscal and monetary stimulus, the eurozone economy will not recover its output and jobs until 2023. Debt rising to record highs as well as monetary imbalances due to a massive supply of euros in a diminishing demand environment may also cause significant problems for the stability of the eurozone.
The eurozone needs to understand that if it decides to increase taxes to address the rising debt due to the COVID-19 response, its ability to recover will be irreparably damaged.


newswars--2020-05-12--Viruses vs Lockdowns: It’s Not About Tradeoffs

It is tempting to oppose the harmful effects of COVID-related lockdowns with arguments couched in terms of tradeoffs .
We may contend that when public authorities promote the benefits of “ flattening the curve , ” they fail to properly take into account the actual costs of imposing business closures and of forced social distancing : the coming economic depression will lead to mass unemployment , rising poverty , suicides , domestic abuse , alcoholism , and myriad other potential causes of death and suffering which could be considerably worse than the harms of the pandemic itself , especially if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ normally apply under the circumstances .
While I have no doubt that lockdown policies can and will have serious deleterious consequences , I believe that the emphasis on tradeoffs is misguided and counterproductive .
It immediately invites a utilitarian calculus : How many deaths and how much suffering will be caused by lockdowns ?
How many deaths and how much suffering would occur without the lockdowns ?
How exactly are we to measure the total harm ?
What time frame should we consider when we ponder the costs of one option versus the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see that no one can have any firm answers to those questions .
No one can convincingly make the case that one policy is better than the other on utilitarian grounds , which is what tradeoff language encourages us to do .
That is especially true if we consider that lockdown policies are invariably modified in response to changing circumstances and aim toward ever shifting goalposts .
This goes to the heart of Ludwig von Mises ’ s criticism of the empiricists and behaviorists of his day : they could only conceive of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see that human action makes the planning of human affairs irreducible to predictive calculus .
Things have not changed .
Ludicrous presumptions hide behind mathematical wizardry and statistical modeling continues to rule .
IT ’ S ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY On what grounds , then , should we oppose lockdowns if not by calling attention to the great harms that will ensue ?
It seems to me that lockdowns should be opposed not by arguing in terms of “ quantity of harm , ” but by pointing out that the only role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually to promote the economy .
But we need to understand what the economy is to begin with .
In its broader , original meaning , the economy is not simply a sum total of exchanges of material goods and services among consumers , businesses , and governments , to be measured as a “ GDP.
” That is the concept that the utilitarians are accustomed to , and it ’ s how mainstream political philosophy conceives of the economy .
Originally , however , the Greek term Oîkonomia meant “ household affairs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extension , to the entire life of the community as such .
The reason to consider the life of the community as such is that the human being is , by nature , a social animal who depends essentially on the division of labor that takes place within an integrated and wholly interconnected society .
We depend on the division of labor from the moment we are born : we need parents who can feed us , and our parents themselves need the specialized work of others to survive—specialized work that invariably crosses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forms a more or less tight-knit “ political ” community that promotes and defends the interests of its own members .
That community may be a small primitive tribe or a huge nation-state , it is nevertheless one community engaged in the division of labor in its own unique way .
The division of labor , then , is not a matter of personal choice .
Being connected to a community is not an option that one can choose to either engage in or refrain from .
No one can live as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others , and therefore on society .
True ostracism is a death sentence , and involuntary partial ostracism ( imprisonment ) is a most severe punishment .
The economy is as necessary to human life as oxygen or water are .
For that reason , the famous evolutionary sociobiologist E.O .
Wilson has changed his perspective on the human race .
He has taken the position that human beings are a “ eusocial species , ” whose members are totally dependent on a complex , intergenerational division of labor in much the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bees .
Man is indeed a very social animal .
The broad division of labor on which we all essentially depend amounts to far more than the accounting transactions that occupy the attention of professional econometricians .
It includes the myriad ways in which we depend on others , ways which may be at once measurable yet uncountable , self-interested yet gratuitous .
Understood properly , the economy points to the true common good , the good that unites us as the eusocial animals that we are .
That true common good does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ nonessential ” worker or activity .
That understanding of the common good is a far cry from the perverted notion of it that dominates modern political thought : a stock of material goods or services to be taken from some and redistributed to others by the government according to “ shared interests ” and “ rights.
” We should be especially fearful of that notion given that the same government determines what those shared interests and rights are based on mechanistic , utilitarian norms—norms that invariably garner votes .
If the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true common good , then it should do so primarily by safeguarding the integrity of the society , in which the division of labor naturally takes place .
Government acts properly when that integrity is threatened , either from within ( by criminal activity ) or from without ( by outside invaders or aggressors ) .
Its role is to deter or defend from those threats when private efforts can not prevail .
The role of government is not to defend or promote the particular goods of certain individuals .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not for the government to “ save , ” because efforts by the government to save the lives of some invariably infringe on the goods and sometimes on the lives of others .
The saving of individual lives can not possibly be a promotion of the true common good .
But does not the saving of lives help safeguard the integrity of society ?
Not really .
To see this we must distinguish secondary effects from primary ones .
For example , imagine that the police successfully intervene to stop Smith from murdering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police has a mission to save Jones ’ s life ?
No .
The primary effect of the police action is to protect the integrity of the community by putting Smith and his sociopathic behavior out of commission .
It is not , per se , to save Jones ’ life—even if he should be so lucky .
Likewise , when soldiers are deployed against an invading army , the primary aim is to defend the integrity of society .
Military defense is not carried out primarily to save individual lives or reduce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be lost and more individual suffering occasioned in the process of defending the country than if the country were to capitulate and allow the invader to take over .
Might one argue that a pandemic threatens the integrity of society precisely as a foreign invader would ?
Doesn ’ t the COVID-19 , then , warrant government action for that very reason ?
I don ’ t believe so .
Such an argument falls into the metaphorical trap of considering the COVID-19 virus in martial terms .
The virus is not an invader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or taking over society .
In fact , as Jörg Guido Hüllsman recently pointed out , it has no intention whatsoever .
It is not even alive !
To be sure , SARS-CoV-2 is a very dangerous and transmissible pollutant that can cause much harm and many deaths .
But it is not , as such , a threat to the integrity of society .
It is the true economy and the integrity of society that the government should protect or promote .
Lockdowns do the exact opposite .
They fracture us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If maintained long enough , they will disintegrate us .
In the meantime , they undoubtedly obstruct our efforts to find the best way to respond to pandemics .
They should be opposed—not because of tradeoffs—but because they are antithetical to the economy , that is , to the good of society .

It is tempting to oppose the harmful effects of COVID-related lockdowns with arguments couched in terms of tradeoffs.
We may contend that when public authorities promote the benefits of “flattening the curve,” they fail to properly take into account the actual costs of imposing business closures and of forced social distancing: the coming economic depression will lead to mass unemployment, rising poverty, suicides, domestic abuse, alcoholism, and myriad other potential causes of death and suffering which could be considerably worse than the harms of the pandemic itself, especially if we consider the spontaneous mitigation that people normally apply under the circumstances.
While I have no doubt that lockdown policies can and will have serious deleterious consequences, I believe that the emphasis on tradeoffs is misguided and counterproductive. It immediately invites a utilitarian calculus: How many deaths and how much suffering will be caused by lockdowns? How many deaths and how much suffering would occur without the lockdowns? How exactly are we to measure the total harm? What time frame should we consider when we ponder the costs of one option versus the other?
It’s easy to see that no one can have any firm answers to those questions. No one can convincingly make the case that one policy is better than the other on utilitarian grounds, which is what tradeoff language encourages us to do. That is especially true if we consider that lockdown policies are invariably modified in response to changing circumstances and aim toward ever shifting goalposts.
This goes to the heart of Ludwig von Mises’s criticism of the empiricists and behaviorists of his day: they could only conceive of social phenomena in mechanical terms and failed to see that human action makes the planning of human affairs irreducible to predictive calculus. Things have not changed. Ludicrous presumptions hide behind mathematical wizardry and statistical modeling continues to rule.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY
On what grounds, then, should we oppose lockdowns if not by calling attention to the great harms that will ensue?
It seems to me that lockdowns should be opposed not by arguing in terms of “quantity of harm,” but by pointing out that the only role for government—whether in pandemic times or not—is actually to promote the economy.
But we need to understand what the economy is to begin with.
In its broader, original meaning, the economy is not simply a sum total of exchanges of material goods and services among consumers, businesses, and governments, to be measured as a “GDP.” That is the concept that the utilitarians are accustomed to, and it’s how mainstream political philosophy conceives of the economy. Originally, however, the Greek term Oîkonomia meant “household affairs” and came to refer, by extension, to the entire life of the community as such.
The reason to consider the life of the community as such is that the human being is, by nature, a social animal who depends essentially on the division of labor that takes place within an integrated and wholly interconnected society. We depend on the division of labor from the moment we are born: we need parents who can feed us, and our parents themselves need the specialized work of others to survive—specialized work that invariably crosses different generations. The division of labor forms a more or less tight-knit “political” community that promotes and defends the interests of its own members. That community may be a small primitive tribe or a huge nation-state, it is nevertheless one community engaged in the division of labor in its own unique way.
The division of labor, then, is not a matter of personal choice. Being connected to a community is not an option that one can choose to either engage in or refrain from. No one can live as an outcast. Even the hermit depends on others, and therefore on society. True ostracism is a death sentence, and involuntary partial ostracism (imprisonment) is a most severe punishment. The economy is as necessary to human life as oxygen or water are.
For that reason, the famous evolutionary sociobiologist E.O. Wilson has changed his perspective on the human race. He has taken the position that human beings are a “eusocial species,” whose members are totally dependent on a complex, intergenerational division of labor in much the same way that bees are dependent on other bees. Man is indeed a very social animal.
THE TRUE COMMON GOOD
The broad division of labor on which we all essentially depend amounts to far more than the accounting transactions that occupy the attention of professional econometricians. It includes the myriad ways in which we depend on others, ways which may be at once measurable yet uncountable, self-interested yet gratuitous. Understood properly, the economy points to the true common good, the good that unites us as the eusocial animals that we are. That true common good does not distinguish between “essential” and “nonessential” worker or activity.
That understanding of the common good is a far cry from the perverted notion of it that dominates modern political thought: a stock of material goods or services to be taken from some and redistributed to others by the government according to “shared interests” and “rights.” We should be especially fearful of that notion given that the same government determines what those shared interests and rights are based on mechanistic, utilitarian norms—norms that invariably garner votes.
If the government’s role is to safeguard the true common good, then it should do so primarily by safeguarding the integrity of the society, in which the division of labor naturally takes place. Government acts properly when that integrity is threatened, either from within (by criminal activity) or from without (by outside invaders or aggressors). Its role is to deter or defend from those threats when private efforts cannot prevail. The role of government is not to defend or promote the particular goods of certain individuals. That’s an abomination!
Even individual lives are not for the government to “save,” because efforts by the government to save the lives of some invariably infringe on the goods and sometimes on the lives of others. The saving of individual lives cannot possibly be a promotion of the true common good.
But does not the saving of lives help safeguard the integrity of society?
Not really. To see this we must distinguish secondary effects from primary ones. For example, imagine that the police successfully intervene to stop Smith from murdering Jones. Did they act because the police has a mission to save Jones’s life? No. The primary effect of the police action is to protect the integrity of the community by putting Smith and his sociopathic behavior out of commission. It is not, per se, to save Jones’ life—even if he should be so lucky.
Likewise, when soldiers are deployed against an invading army, the primary aim is to defend the integrity of society. Military defense is not carried out primarily to save individual lives or reduce individual suffering: more lives might conceivably be lost and more individual suffering occasioned in the process of defending the country than if the country were to capitulate and allow the invader to take over.
BEWARE OF METAPHORS
Might one argue that a pandemic threatens the integrity of society precisely as a foreign invader would? Doesn’t the COVID-19, then, warrant government action for that very reason?
I don’t believe so. Such an argument falls into the metaphorical trap of considering the COVID-19 virus in martial terms. The virus is not an invader. It has no intention of destroying or taking over society. In fact, as Jörg Guido Hüllsman recently pointed out, it has no intention whatsoever. It is not even alive! To be sure, SARS-CoV-2 is a very dangerous and transmissible pollutant that can cause much harm and many deaths. But it is not, as such, a threat to the integrity of society.
It is the true economy and the integrity of society that the government should protect or promote. Lockdowns do the exact opposite. They fracture us, harm us, and weaken us all. If maintained long enough, they will disintegrate us. In the meantime, they undoubtedly obstruct our efforts to find the best way to respond to pandemics. They should be opposed—not because of tradeoffs—but because they are antithetical to the economy, that is, to the good of society.


newswars--2020-05-12--McDonald’s Reveals Future Layout of Restaurants In Post-Corona World

In Arnhem , Netherlands , McDonald ’ s has opened a prototype restaurant outfitted with social distancing in mind .
The move is to test new safety measures for guests and employees that will limit the spread of the virus once lockdowns are relaxed , reported Reuters .
“ We have tried to figure out how to keep our customers and employees safe , while maintaining a restaurant atmosphere , ” McDonald ’ s Netherlands spokeswoman Eunice Koekkoek told Reuters .
“ These are drastic changes , but we hope to make them in a way that customers don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Koekkoek .
The restaurant ’ s layout still resembles a shop in the pre-corona world .
However , there are noticeable differences in a post-virus world , such as social distancing lines before entering the establishment .
Once in , each guest is required to spend 20 seconds at a handwashing station to maximize cleanliness .
The prototype restaurant has removed cashiers , and all guests will order from interactive kiosk machines .
Once the order is completed , guests will choose a seat with one-directional seating .
An employee delivers their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a traditional restaurant .
It begs the question , will people have to start tipping ?
Restaurants and bars have been closed in the country since March 15 .
The government is set to relax some restrictions on May 19 .
McDonald ’ s expects the prototype restaurant could soon be rolled out across the country at 180 out of its 252 franchises .
Koekkoek does not expect to reopen until June .
This will give the fast-food chain enough time to adjust restaurant layouts for social distancing .
As of last week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of its 39,000 restaurants worldwide in operation , including most of its US shops .
If McDonald ’ s restructured the layout of its US restaurant for social distancing , there would be an uproar — but as the world is constantly evolving , it appears that could be next .
Last week , we informed everyone how air travel will never be the same… Are you ready to fly in cocoon seats ?

In Arnhem, Netherlands, McDonald’s has opened a prototype restaurant outfitted with social distancing in mind. The move is to test new safety measures for guests and employees that will limit the spread of the virus once lockdowns are relaxed, reported Reuters.
“We have tried to figure out how to keep our customers and employees safe, while maintaining a restaurant atmosphere,” McDonald’s Netherlands spokeswoman Eunice Koekkoek told Reuters.
“These are drastic changes, but we hope to make them in a way that customers don’t notice them too much,” said Koekkoek.
The restaurant’s layout still resembles a shop in the pre-corona world. However, there are noticeable differences in a post-virus world, such as social distancing lines before entering the establishment. Once in, each guest is required to spend 20 seconds at a handwashing station to maximize cleanliness.
The prototype restaurant has removed cashiers, and all guests will order from interactive kiosk machines. Once the order is completed, guests will choose a seat with one-directional seating. An employee delivers their order on a cart, almost like a traditional restaurant. It begs the question, will people have to start tipping?
Restaurants and bars have been closed in the country since March 15. The government is set to relax some restrictions on May 19.
McDonald’s expects the prototype restaurant could soon be rolled out across the country at 180 out of its 252 franchises.
Koekkoek does not expect to reopen until June. This will give the fast-food chain enough time to adjust restaurant layouts for social distancing.
As of last week, McDonald’s had around 75% of its 39,000 restaurants worldwide in operation, including most of its US shops.
If McDonald’s restructured the layout of its US restaurant for social distancing, there would be an uproar — but as the world is constantly evolving, it appears that could be next.
Last week, we informed everyone how air travel will never be the same… Are you ready to fly in cocoon seats?


newswars--2020-05-12--TX Salon Owner Shelley Luther Squares Off With The View in Hostile Interview

The harpies at ABC ’ s The View confronted Dallas Salon owner Shelley Luther , blaming her for possibly contributing to a rise in coronavirus cases because she opened her business in defiance of lockdown orders .
During the show Monday , co-host Sunny Hostin took a swing at Luther , insinuating she ’ s putting employees and customers in danger for breaking the arbitrary rules and thereby contributing to an uptick in coronavirus cases .
“ Shelley , coronavirus cases are already rising in Texas and across the country where restrictions have been lifted , and you ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Hostin told Luther .
“ I mean , I would assume you ’ re worried about your staff and your customers getting sick , since there ’ s now an uptick because of people not following the rules like yourself.
” Luther defended herself saying she believed the rise in COVID-19 cases was due to more people being tested .
“ Well I think there ’ s a rise in the COVID cases because there ’ s more testing available .
And that ’ s been discussed before , so we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she answered .
The owner of “ Salon A la Mode ” furthermore added the lockdown orders were necessary to keep hospital beds empty for corona patients , and that seems to have been accomplished as many hospitals are now laying off workers .
“ What we need to look at is the number of deaths , if that is plateauing at all , and to make sure that we have room in our hospital beds , ” Luther responded .
“ And Texas has plenty of room in their beds and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that need to come in at this time.
” “ As a matter of fact , there ’ s doctors and nurses getting furloughed because there ’ s not enough work , ” she added .
Luther made headlines in April after she was thrown in jail for defying lockdown orders and opening her salon to the public , arguing she and her employees needed to feed their children .
After Governor Abbott and other state lawmakers got involved and rescinded Luther ’ s sentence , freeing her from jail , Texas Sen. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a haircut .
Action 7 captures the moment that Shelley Luther , the Dallas salon owner who was arrested and sentenced to 7 days in jail for reopening her business was released .

The harpies at ABC’s The View confronted Dallas Salon owner Shelley Luther, blaming her for possibly contributing to a rise in coronavirus cases because she opened her business in defiance of lockdown orders.
During the show Monday, co-host Sunny Hostin took a swing at Luther, insinuating she’s putting employees and customers in danger for breaking the arbitrary rules and thereby contributing to an uptick in coronavirus cases.
“Shelley, coronavirus cases are already rising in Texas and across the country where restrictions have been lifted, and you’re worried about your staff and your customers,” Hostin told Luther. “I mean, I would assume you’re worried about your staff and your customers getting sick, since there’s now an uptick because of people not following the rules like yourself.”
Luther defended herself saying she believed the rise in COVID-19 cases was due to more people being tested.
“Well I think there’s a rise in the COVID cases because there’s more testing available. And that’s been discussed before, so we expected a rise in the cases,” she answered.
The owner of “Salon A la Mode” furthermore added the lockdown orders were necessary to keep hospital beds empty for corona patients, and that seems to have been accomplished as many hospitals are now laying off workers.
“What we need to look at is the number of deaths, if that is plateauing at all, and to make sure that we have room in our hospital beds,” Luther responded. “And Texas has plenty of room in their beds and are able to care for the people that need to come in at this time.”
“As a matter of fact, there’s doctors and nurses getting furloughed because there’s not enough work,” she added.
Luther made headlines in April after she was thrown in jail for defying lockdown orders and opening her salon to the public, arguing she and her employees needed to feed their children.
After Governor Abbott and other state lawmakers got involved and rescinded Luther’s sentence, freeing her from jail, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz visited the salon and received a haircut.
.@SenTedCruz got his first haircut in months today at the Far North Dallas hair salon of Shelley Luther, the owner who defied local and court orders to keep business closed during COVID-19 outbreak. https://t.co/v72J2CYDfY pic.twitter.com/iq66jv9qjG — Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) May 8, 2020
Action 7 captures the moment that Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who was arrested and sentenced to 7 days in jail for reopening her business was released.


newswars--2020-05-12--Leaked Study From Inside German Government Warns Lockdown Will Kill More People Than Coronavirus

A leaked study from inside the German Ministry of the Interior has found that the impact of the country ’ s lockdown could end up killing more people than the coronavirus due to victims of other serious illnesses not receiving treatment .
Tichys Einblick , a magazine in Germany , issued a press release about the impact assessment which has been translated into English by Toby Young of LockdownSceptics.org .
“ The lockdown and the measures taken by the German federal and central governments to contain the coronavirus apparently cost more lives , for example of cancer patients , than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is the result of an internal analysis by the Protection of Critical Infrastructures ” unit in the Federal Ministry of the Interior , which has been made available to members of the Ministry ’ s crisis team and leaked to Tichys Einblick magazine .
The 86-page paper with its critical evaluations for example of the data submitted by the Robert Koch Institute , has in the meantime already been dismissed by the Ministry as the expression of an “ isolated individual opinion ” .
According to information from Tichy ’ s Einblick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a senior official at the Ministry , has by now been suspended.
” According to the German-speaking reader who supplied Young with the translation , the German media reacted by immediately denouncing the author of “ having massively overstepped his brief ” and asserting that his findings didn ’ t represent the German government ’ s official position .
“ I don ’ t think there can be any doubt that the report is genuine , and the real issue is how damning it is , and the obviously pretty cack-handed cover up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reader .
As we have previously highlighted , in the UK there have already been up to 10,000 excess deaths as a result of seriously ill people avoiding hospitals due to COVID-19 or not having their hospital treatments cancelled .
Professor Richard Sullivan also warned that there will be more excess cancer deaths in the UK than total coronavirus deaths due to people ’ s access to screenings and treatment being restricted as a result of the lockdown .
His comments were echoed by Peter Nilsson , a Swedish professor of internal medicine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , “ It ’ s so important to understand that the deaths of COVID-19 will be far less than the deaths caused by societal lockdown when the economy is ruined.
” According to Professor Karol Sikora , an NHS consultant oncologist , there could be 50,000 excess deaths from cancer as a result of routine screenings being suspended during the lockdown in the UK .
Experts have also warned that there will be 1.4 million deaths globally from untreated TB infections due to the lockdown .
As we previously highlighted , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the economic consequences of the country ’ s lockdown will lead to 29 times more people dying than the coronavirus itself .
Despite citizens across the world being told to observe the lockdown to “ save lives , ” numerous experts who are now warning that the lockdown could end up costing more lives are being ignored or smeared by the media .
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A leaked study from inside the German Ministry of the Interior has found that the impact of the country’s lockdown could end up killing more people than the coronavirus due to victims of other serious illnesses not receiving treatment.
Tichys Einblick, a magazine in Germany, issued a press release about the impact assessment which has been translated into English by Toby Young of LockdownSceptics.org.
“The lockdown and the measures taken by the German federal and central governments to contain the coronavirus apparently cost more lives, for example of cancer patients, than of those actually killed by it. This is the result of an internal analysis by the Protection of Critical Infrastructures”unit in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, which has been made available to members of the Ministry’s crisis team and leaked to Tichys Einblick magazine. The 86-page paper with its critical evaluations for example of the data submitted by the Robert Koch Institute, has in the meantime already been dismissed by the Ministry as the expression of an “isolated individual opinion”. According to information from Tichy’s Einblick, the paper’s author, a senior official at the Ministry, has by now been suspended.”
According to the German-speaking reader who supplied Young with the translation, the German media reacted by immediately denouncing the author of “having massively overstepped his brief” and asserting that his findings didn’t represent the German government’s official position.
“I don’t think there can be any doubt that the report is genuine, and the real issue is how damning it is, and the obviously pretty cack-handed cover up that is underway,” commented the reader.
As we have previously highlighted, in the UK there have already been up to 10,000 excess deaths as a result of seriously ill people avoiding hospitals due to COVID-19 or not having their hospital treatments cancelled.
Professor Richard Sullivan also warned that there will be more excess cancer deaths in the UK than total coronavirus deaths due to people’s access to screenings and treatment being restricted as a result of the lockdown.
His comments were echoed by Peter Nilsson, a Swedish professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at Lund University, who said, “It’s so important to understand that the deaths of COVID-19 will be far less than the deaths caused by societal lockdown when the economy is ruined.”
According to Professor Karol Sikora, an NHS consultant oncologist, there could be 50,000 excess deaths from cancer as a result of routine screenings being suspended during the lockdown in the UK.
Experts have also warned that there will be 1.4 million deaths globally from untreated TB infections due to the lockdown.
As we previously highlighted, a data analyst consortium in South Africa found that the economic consequences of the country’s lockdown will lead to 29 times more people dying than the coronavirus itself.
Despite citizens across the world being told to observe the lockdown to “save lives,” numerous experts who are now warning that the lockdown could end up costing more lives are being ignored or smeared by the media.
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newswars--2020-05-12--Washington State to Require Restaurants to Collect Personal Info of Diners For ‘Contact Tracing’

The state of Washington is requiring restaurants to collect personal information from diners for its “ contact tracing ” surveillance program .
As part of its Phase 2 Covid-19 Reopening Requirements , state officials want restaurants to keep a “ daily log ” of diners with all their contact information that will be kept by each restaurant for at least 30 days .
According to the requirement : “ If the establishment offers table service , create a daily log of all customers and maintain that daily log for 30 days , including telephone/email contact information , and time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that might need to occur.
” It ’ s currently unknown if restaurant owners will be required to submit this daily log to the state , but it ’ s certainly plausible that ’ s the ultimate goal .
Naturally this creates major privacy concerns as government officials are typically hesitant to give up “ emergency powers ” after a crisis has subsided , especially if the population has been conditioned to just give in to the “ new normal ” of mass surveillance resulting from exploited hysteria .
It also creates a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restauranteurs could resell the data or use it for marketing purposes .
And it really a good idea to give your home address to a restaurant employee , a total stranger ?
This is the world that results in too many followers who lack self-respect and aren ’ t willing to question authority .
As Infowars previously reported , three US universities are using “ contact tracing ” surveillance to create a Chinese-style ‘ social credit score ’ system which will ‘ score ’ people based on their exposure to the virus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ been the goal , and the coronavirus presented a unique opportunity to usher in an era of worldwide surveillance .

The state of Washington is requiring restaurants to collect personal information from diners for its “contact tracing” surveillance program.
As part of its Phase 2 Covid-19 Reopening Requirements, state officials want restaurants to keep a “daily log” of diners with all their contact information that will be kept by each restaurant for at least 30 days.
According to the requirement:
“If the establishment offers table service, create a daily log of all customers and maintain that daily log for 30 days, including telephone/email contact information, and time in. This will facilitate any contact tracing that might need to occur.”
It’s currently unknown if restaurant owners will be required to submit this daily log to the state, but it’s certainly plausible that’s the ultimate goal.
Naturally this creates major privacy concerns as government officials are typically hesitant to give up “emergency powers” after a crisis has subsided, especially if the population has been conditioned to just give in to the “new normal” of mass surveillance resulting from exploited hysteria.
It also creates a system ripe for abuse, as unethical restauranteurs could resell the data or use it for marketing purposes.
And it really a good idea to give your home address to a restaurant employee, a total stranger?
This is the world that results in too many followers who lack self-respect and aren’t willing to question authority.
As Infowars previously reported, three US universities are using “contact tracing” surveillance to create a Chinese-style ‘social credit score’ system which will ‘score’ people based on their exposure to the virus.
Government tracking of the population has always been the goal, and the coronavirus presented a unique opportunity to usher in an era of worldwide surveillance.


newswars--2020-05-12--Fauci Claims Number of US Coronavirus Deaths Actually Higher Than Official Toll

The number of novel coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) deaths in the United States may be higher than the current official @ @ @ @ @ National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said during a Senate hearing @ @ @ @ @ of us feel that the number of deaths are likely higher than that [ official @ @ @ @ @ t know exactly what percent higher , but almost certainly it ’ s higher , @ @ @ @ @ has been remotely testifying to the US Senate Health , Education , Labour and Pensions @ @ @ @ @ Last week , Fauci announced that he would start a “ modified quarantine ” after @ @ @ @ @ ” contact with a White House staffer who had tested positive for COVID-19 .
As @ @ @ @ @ total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US stands at 1,351,200 , with 80,897 @ @ @ @ @ Hopkins University .
Alex Jones discusses the dismemberment of the coronavirus task force & Fauci @ @ @ @

The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in the United States may be higher than the current official death toll count given, National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
“Most of us feel that the number of deaths are likely higher than that [official] number… I don’t know exactly what percent higher, but almost certainly it’s higher,” Fauci said.
He has been remotely testifying to the US Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Last week, Fauci announced that he would start a “modified quarantine” after having a “low risk” contact with a White House staffer who had tested positive for COVID-19.
As of 12 May, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US stands at 1,351,200, with 80,897 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Alex Jones discusses the dismemberment of the coronavirus task force & Fauci’s fraud!


newswars--2020-05-12--Rand Paul Blasts Lockdown, Tells Fauci ‘You’re Not The End-All’

Senator Rand Paul ( R-Ky. ) roasted leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on Monday over his recommendation to keep America in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus .
Fauci declared that schools nationwide would not reopen in the fall , Paul took him to task during the virtual Senate hearing .
“ I don ’ t think any of us are certain when we do these modelings , there have been more people wrong with modelings than right , ” Paul told him .
“ We ’ re opening up a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I hope that people who are predicting ‘ doom and gloom ’ and saying ‘ oh we can ’ t do this , there ’ s going to be a surge ’ , will admit that they are wrong if there isn ’ t a surge , because I think that ’ s what ’ s going to happen.
” “ In rural states , we never really reached any sort of pandemic levels in Kentucky and other states .
We have less deaths in Kentucky than we have in an average flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say this isn ’ t deadly , but really outside of New England , we ’ ve had a relatively benign course for this virus nationwide , and I think the one-size-fits-all that we ’ re going to have a national strategy and nobody ’ s going to go to school is kind of ridiculous.
” “ We really ought to be able to do it school district by school district , ” Paul continued , “ and the power needs to be dispersed because people make wrong predictions , and really the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be of wrong prediction after wrong prediction after wrong prediction starting with Ferguson in England .
So I think we oughta have a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what ’ s best for the economy.
” “ And as much as I respect you , Dr. Fauci , I don ’ t think you ’ re the end-all , I don ’ t think you ’ re the one person who gets to make a decision .
We can listen to your advice , but there are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not going to be a surge and we can safely open the economy , and the facts will bear this out , ” Paul said .
“ But if we keep kids out of school for another year , what ’ s going to happen is , the poor and underprivileged kids who don ’ t have a parent that ’ s able to teach them at home are not going to learn for a full year , and I think we ought to look at the Swedish model and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school – I think it would be a huge mistake not to open the schools in the fall , ” he added .
Fauci pushed back against Paul ’ s remarks , saying he ’ s a “ scientist ” who gives advice “ based on the best scientific evidence.
” “ I have never made myself to be the ‘ end-all ’ and only voice in this , ” Fauci said .
“ I ’ m a scientist , a physician and a public health official .
I give advice according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of other people who come into that , and give advice that are more related to the things you spoke about , about the need to getthe country back open again , and economically.
” “ I don ’ t give advice about economic things , I don ’ t give advice about anything other than public health , ” he added .
Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , predicted the number of deaths in the U.S. would reach over 2 million , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He also recommended Americans should stop shaking hands forever , and that the country shouldn ’ t open back up until a vaccine is available , which experts say could take a year .
Different answers each time with the SAME data ?
The unbelievable “ Heisenbug ” software behind the garbage model Fauci used to sell the lockdown to Trump .
Heisenberg is Breaking Bad .

Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) roasted leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on Monday over his recommendation to keep America in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Fauci declared that schools nationwide would not reopen in the fall, Paul took him to task during the virtual Senate hearing.
“I don’t think any of us are certain when we do these modelings, there have been more people wrong with modelings than right,” Paul told him. “We’re opening up a lot of economies around the U.S., and I hope that people who are predicting ‘doom and gloom’ and saying ‘oh we can’t do this, there’s going to be a surge’, will admit that they are wrong if there isn’t a surge, because I think that’s what’s going to happen.”
“In rural states, we never really reached any sort of pandemic levels in Kentucky and other states. We have less deaths in Kentucky than we have in an average flu season. It’s not to say this isn’t deadly, but really outside of New England, we’ve had a relatively benign course for this virus nationwide, and I think the one-size-fits-all that we’re going to have a national strategy and nobody’s going to go to school is kind of ridiculous.”
“We really ought to be able to do it school district by school district,” Paul continued, “and the power needs to be dispersed because people make wrong predictions, and really the history of this when we look back will be of wrong prediction after wrong prediction after wrong prediction starting with Ferguson in England. So I think we oughta have a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what’s best for the economy.”
“And as much as I respect you, Dr. Fauci, I don’t think you’re the end-all, I don’t think you’re the one person who gets to make a decision. We can listen to your advice, but there are people on the other side saying there’s not going to be a surge and we can safely open the economy, and the facts will bear this out,” Paul said.
“But if we keep kids out of school for another year, what’s going to happen is, the poor and underprivileged kids who don’t have a parent that’s able to teach them at home are not going to learn for a full year, and I think we ought to look at the Swedish model and I think letting our kids get back to school – I think it would be a huge mistake not to open the schools in the fall,” he added.
Fauci pushed back against Paul’s remarks, saying he’s a “scientist” who gives advice “based on the best scientific evidence.”
“I have never made myself to be the ‘end-all’ and only voice in this,” Fauci said. “I’m a scientist, a physician and a public health official. I give advice according to the best scientific evidence. There are a number of other people who come into that, and give advice that are more related to the things you spoke about, about the need to getthe country back open again, and economically.”
“I don’t give advice about economic things, I don’t give advice about anything other than public health,” he added.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted the number of deaths in the U.S. would reach over 2 million, but the actual number is approximately 80,000. He also recommended Americans should stop shaking hands forever, and that the country shouldn’t open back up until a vaccine is available, which experts say could take a year.
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Different answers each time with the SAME data? The unbelievable “Heisenbug” software behind the garbage model Fauci used to sell the lockdown to Trump. Heisenberg is Breaking Bad.


newswars--2020-05-12--Household Debt Was $1.6 Trillion Higher Than ’08 Peak Before COVID-19

Total household debt was over $ 1.6 trillion higher than the previous peak in 2008 even before the full force of the coronavirus pandemic government shutdowns hit the economy .
Household debt increased by $ 155 billion ( 1.1 % ) in Q1 to a total of $ 14.3 trillion , according to the latest data released by the New York Fed .
The previous peak was $ 12.68 trillion in the third quarter of ’ 08 in the early days of the financial crisis .
Mortgage balances make up the largest component of household debt .
Mortgage debt rose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarter to $ 9.71 trillion .
Non-housing debt was relatively flat through the first three months of the year .
Student loan balances rose by another $ 27 billion to $ 1.54 trillion and auto loan debt increased by $ 15 billion .
But credit card balances declined by $ 39 billion in Q1 , driven by a steep $ 338 billion drop in March .
This likely reflects the precipitous plunge in consumer spending as governments began to lock down their economies in the last two weeks of that month .
New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s too early to tell if the steep drop in credit card balances was a result of the pandemic .
“ It is critical to note that the latest report reflects a time when many of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were only starting to be felt .
We do see a larger-than-expected decline in credit card balances based on past seasonal patterns , but it is too soon to confidently assess its connection to the pandemic.
” The drop in credit card borrowing in Q1 could also reflect the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out their plastic before the pandemic .
At the end of February , Americans owed nearly $ 1.1 trillion in credit card debt alone , but analysts had noted credit card borrowing seemed to be trending slightly lower through the waning months of 2019 .
Americans were driving the economy with borrowed money before coronavirus .
At the end of 2019 , total consumer debt stood at 19.3 % of nominal GDP .
This was the highest level ever .
Even before coronavirus , we were asking how long the borrowing could keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , economic growth would likely stop along with it .
Now the powers-that-be are depending on more borrowing to save the economy .
People can only borrow so much .
Credit cards have a limit .
And even if those limits get raised to deal with the crisis , the money all has to be paid back .
If we ’ re borrowing trillions now , what does that mean for future economic growth as we try to pay the trillions back ?
We ’ re counting on consumers to fire up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lift .
But will that be possible with Americans already swimming in a pool of debt ?
And that brings us to the final big problem .
How will the Federal Reserve ever exit from the extraordinary monetary policy when everybody is buried in debt ?
I ’ ve already asked : what ’ s the exit strategy ?
The obvious answer is there isn ’ t one .
Building an economy on debt isn ’ t sustainable .
As Peter Schiff put it in an interview last month , the economy was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Nobody had saved anything for a rainy day .
Well , take a look outside .
It ’ s not only raining ; it is pouring .
And we ’ ve got nothing.
” During an appearance on RT Boom Bust last December , Peter was already painting a pretty gloomy picture of the American consumer .
“ The consumer is completely levered up .
He has record amounts of debt .
And the only reason he can spend is because the Fed is keeping rates low enough so that credit continues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ savings to finance it .
So , this whole house of cards is going to come tumbling down and the consumer is going to be right in the center of that.
” Now the coronavirus has made things even worse .
And the plan for cleaning up the mess seems to be piling more debt on top of a giant pile of debt .
Alex Jones discusses the dismemberment of the coronavirus task force & Fauci ’ s fraud !

Total household debt was over $1.6 trillion higher than the previous peak in 2008 even before the full force of the coronavirus pandemic government shutdowns hit the economy.
Household debt increased by $155 billion (1.1%) in Q1 to a total of $14.3 trillion, according to the latest data released by the New York Fed. The previous peak was $12.68 trillion in the third quarter of ’08 in the early days of the financial crisis.
Mortgage balances make up the largest component of household debt. Mortgage debt rose by $156 billion in the first quarter to $9.71 trillion.
Non-housing debt was relatively flat through the first three months of the year. Student loan balances rose by another $27 billion to $1.54 trillion and auto loan debt increased by $15 billion. But credit card balances declined by $39 billion in Q1, driven by a steep $338 billion drop in March. This likely reflects the precipitous plunge in consumer spending as governments began to lock down their economies in the last two weeks of that month.
New York Fed VP Andrew Haughwout said it’s too early to tell if the steep drop in credit card balances was a result of the pandemic.
“It is critical to note that the latest report reflects a time when many of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were only starting to be felt. We do see a larger-than-expected decline in credit card balances based on past seasonal patterns, but it is too soon to confidently assess its connection to the pandemic.”
The drop in credit card borrowing in Q1 could also reflect the fact the Americans were close to maxing out their plastic before the pandemic. At the end of February, Americans owed nearly $1.1 trillion in credit card debt alone, but analysts had noted credit card borrowing seemed to be trending slightly lower through the waning months of 2019.
Americans were driving the economy with borrowed money before coronavirus. At the end of 2019, total consumer debt stood at 19.3% of nominal GDP. This was the highest level ever. Even before coronavirus, we were asking how long the borrowing could keep going and warning that when it stopped, economic growth would likely stop along with it. Now the powers-that-be are depending on more borrowing to save the economy. People can only borrow so much. Credit cards have a limit.
And even if those limits get raised to deal with the crisis, the money all has to be paid back. If we’re borrowing trillions now, what does that mean for future economic growth as we try to pay the trillions back? We’re counting on consumers to fire up the spending machine again once the coronavirus lockdowns lift. But will that be possible with Americans already swimming in a pool of debt?
And that brings us to the final big problem. How will the Federal Reserve ever exit from the extraordinary monetary policy when everybody is buried in debt? I’ve already asked: what’s the exit strategy? The obvious answer is there isn’t one.
Building an economy on debt isn’t sustainable. As Peter Schiff put it in an interview last month, the economy was already a wreck before the pandemic.
“Nobody had saved anything for a rainy day. Well, take a look outside. It’s not only raining; it is pouring. And we’ve got nothing.”
During an appearance on RT Boom Bust last December, Peter was already painting a pretty gloomy picture of the American consumer.
“The consumer is completely levered up. He has record amounts of debt. And the only reason he can spend is because the Fed is keeping rates low enough so that credit continues to flow despite the lack of legitimate savings to finance it. So, this whole house of cards is going to come tumbling down and the consumer is going to be right in the center of that.”
Now the coronavirus has made things even worse. And the plan for cleaning up the mess seems to be piling more debt on top of a giant pile of debt.
Alex Jones discusses the dismemberment of the coronavirus task force & Fauci’s fraud!


newswars--2020-05-12--Former Lawmaker: “Eric Holder Either Incompetent Or Untruthful About Gun Running”

The GOP lawmaker who spearheaded the investigation into former Attorney General Eric Holder ’ s “ Fast and Furious ” gun-running scandal says he must be held accountable for those crimes .
Sandy Adams , a former undercover law enforcement officer , pointed out Holder ’ s culpability in the 2009-2011 gun-running operation into Mexico which put those weapons into cartel members who eventually murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry , after Mexico signaled that America can still apologize for the corrupt gun-running sting .
“ As a former law enforcement officer , I can tell you that it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to walk across the Southern border without approval from the Attorney General , ” Adams told The Gateway Pundit on Monday .
“ The fact that Attorney General Holder claimed he had now knowledge of this operation until after Agent Terry was murdered means he was incompetent or untruthful.
” Adams grilled Holder on Capitol Hill over his role in the botched operation in 2011 , which led to Holder ’ s infamous “ don ’ t dictate to me ” line .
More mass violence in Mexico & how the DEA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in just one incident

The GOP lawmaker who spearheaded the investigation into former Attorney General Eric Holder’s “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal says he must be held accountable for those crimes.
Sandy Adams, a former undercover law enforcement officer, pointed out Holder’s culpability in the 2009-2011 gun-running operation into Mexico which put those weapons into cartel members who eventually murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, after Mexico signaled that America can still apologize for the corrupt gun-running sting.
“As a former law enforcement officer, I can tell you that it is highly unlikely that guns would have been able to walk across the Southern border without approval from the Attorney General,” Adams told The Gateway Pundit on Monday.
“The fact that Attorney General Holder claimed he had now knowledge of this operation until after Agent Terry was murdered means he was incompetent or untruthful.”
Adams grilled Holder on Capitol Hill over his role in the botched operation in 2011, which led to Holder’s infamous “don’t dictate to me” line.
More mass violence in Mexico & how the DEA caused the death of 100’s in just one incident