newswars--2020-07-28--COVID-19 Shows America Is Vulnerable To Biological Terror, And Weaponized Viruses Are Surprisingly E

COVID-19 Shows America Is Vulnerable To Biological Terror, And Weaponized Viruses Are Surprisingly Easy To Make

In this article , I want to talk about something that has been on my heart for quite a while .
Over the last several months , we have all seen the chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused all over the globe .
Overall , more than 16 million confirmed cases have been reported worldwide , and more than 650,000 people have died .
But of course those raw numbers do not tell the entire story .
This virus has struck fear into the hearts of billions of people all over the world and has thrown the entire global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is being censored all over YOUTUBE After watching what COVID-19 has done to us , it is inevitable that many of those that wish to do us harm will be inspired to look into the feasibility of purposely releasing viruses that are even deadlier than COVID-19 inside the United States .
Thanks to dramatic leaps in technology over the last couple of decades , it has become very easy to create and weaponize viruses , and once such a biological weapon is released we may never even know who attacked us .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking about this , and so I did a search for articles on biological terror , and I found an NBC News piece that was published back in May… In this instance , NBC News is right on the money .
I can just imagine a bunch of terrorists sitting around watching a news report about how COVID-19 is crippling the United States and seeing their eyes light up when they suddenly realize the possibilities .
And when I use the term “ terrorists ” in this article , I am using it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tend to think of terrorists as bearded men from the Middle East that like to run around shooting people and blowing things up , but the truth is that a “ terrorist ” can be anyone that seeks to use violence to advance an insidious agenda .
There are certainly quite a few foreign organizations and foreign governments that would love to see the United States collapse , and it has become clear that there are actually millions of people inside the United States that hate America and would love to see it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all that , there are countless people around the world that have been taught that our planet is massively overpopulated and that the human population is a “ plague ” that needs to be controlled before it destroys the world .
Someone with that twisted worldview may actually believe that they are “ saving the globe ” by releasing a deadly pathogen that kills billions of people .
I could go on all day , but I think that you get the point .
There are many different reasons why someone may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and COVID-19 has shown everyone how incredibly vulnerable we are .
For a long time , we have been concerned that terrorists may eventually get their hands on nuclear weapons and use them against us , and that may still happen someday .
But it is exceedingly difficult to create a nuclear weapon , it is not easy to store a nuclear weapon , and transporting a nuclear weapon a long distance to the location that you want to attack without being detected is highly problematic .
On the other hand , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Scientists all over the globe have been monkeying around with viruses for decades , and much of that research is freely available online .
And if you want to create your own virus , you can actually do it very easily and at a very small fraction of the cost that it would take to construct a nuclear weapon .
This wasn ’ t always the case , but advances in technology have completely changed the rules of the game .
Here is more from NBC News… Please read that last sentence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the core to hear that “ eager amateurs ” are easily able to “ tweak and reconstitute viruses at a microscopic level ” .
Any such research should have always been protected under national security laws , but instead so much of this research is just sitting on the Internet for anyone to take .
To me , this is one of the greatest national security threats that we are potentially facing .
Someone could suddenly release a virus in a very crowded location in one of our major cities , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And by the time the virus had spread widely and people were dropping dead in the streets , the person that originally released it may have permanently disappeared .
COVID-19 is the worst public health crisis that we have seen in decades , but it is not even worth comparing to a truly deadly virus that has been weaponized .
In my brand new book I talk about the next pandemic that is coming , and that next pandemic could potentially be caused by a virus that is intentionally released .
America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both inside and outside the country , and there are so many hate-filled people that would love to bring us down .
And now COVID-19 has shown all of those hate-filled individuals a very easy way to do just that .
I know that hardly anyone else has been talking about this , but this is something that has been very heavy on my heart .
We are so exceedingly vulnerable , and one day disaster will strike without any warning .

In this article, I want to talk about something that has been on my heart for quite a while.
Over the last several months, we have all seen the chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused all over the globe.
Overall, more than 16 million confirmed cases have been reported worldwide, and more than 650,000 people have died.
But of course those raw numbers do not tell the entire story.
This virus has struck fear into the hearts of billions of people all over the world and has thrown the entire global economy into a devastating economic depression.
This is being censored all over YOUTUBE
After watching what COVID-19 has done to us, it is inevitable that many of those that wish to do us harm will be inspired to look into the feasibility of purposely releasing viruses that are even deadlier than COVID-19 inside the United States.
Thanks to dramatic leaps in technology over the last couple of decades, it has become very easy to create and weaponize viruses, and once such a biological weapon is released we may never even know who attacked us.
I wanted to know who else was talking about this, and so I did a search for articles on biological terror, and I found an NBC News piece that was published back in May…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a structural vulnerability to biological attacks in the U.S. and Europe that requires urgent government action, multiple current and former national security and public health officials told NBC News. Former officials in the U.S. and the U.K. warn that the devastating impact of the coronavirus on health care infrastructures and economies may act as a “neon light” for terrorist groups looking to unleash pathogens on Western nations.
In this instance, NBC News is right on the money.
I can just imagine a bunch of terrorists sitting around watching a news report about how COVID-19 is crippling the United States and seeing their eyes light up when they suddenly realize the possibilities.
And when I use the term “terrorists” in this article, I am using it in a very broad sense. We tend to think of terrorists as bearded men from the Middle East that like to run around shooting people and blowing things up, but the truth is that a “terrorist” can be anyone that seeks to use violence to advance an insidious agenda. There are certainly quite a few foreign organizations and foreign governments that would love to see the United States collapse, and it has become clear that there are actually millions of people inside the United States that hate America and would love to see it come to an end.
On top of all that, there are countless people around the world that have been taught that our planet is massively overpopulated and that the human population is a “plague” that needs to be controlled before it destroys the world. Someone with that twisted worldview may actually believe that they are “saving the globe” by releasing a deadly pathogen that kills billions of people.
I could go on all day, but I think that you get the point. There are many different reasons why someone may want to release a deadly virus, and COVID-19 has shown everyone how incredibly vulnerable we are.
For a long time, we have been concerned that terrorists may eventually get their hands on nuclear weapons and use them against us, and that may still happen someday. But it is exceedingly difficult to create a nuclear weapon, it is not easy to store a nuclear weapon, and transporting a nuclear weapon a long distance to the location that you want to attack without being detected is highly problematic.
On the other hand, a biological weapon is relatively easy to create. Scientists all over the globe have been monkeying around with viruses for decades, and much of that research is freely available online. And if you want to create your own virus, you can actually do it very easily and at a very small fraction of the cost that it would take to construct a nuclear weapon. This wasn’t always the case, but advances in technology have completely changed the rules of the game. Here is more from NBC News…
Multiple public health and security experts have expressed fears about new forms of biotechnology that allow a bacterium or a virus to be genetically sequenced, altered or weaponized more affordably and more rapidly. Cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, which allow scientists and eager amateurs alike to tweak and reconstitute viruses at a microscopic level, have become widespread in recent years, and the industry remains poorly regulated in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Please read that last sentence very carefully.
It should chill you to the core to hear that “eager amateurs” are easily able to “tweak and reconstitute viruses at a microscopic level”. Any such research should have always been protected under national security laws, but instead so much of this research is just sitting on the Internet for anyone to take.
To me, this is one of the greatest national security threats that we are potentially facing. Someone could suddenly release a virus in a very crowded location in one of our major cities, and nobody would even realize what was happening. And by the time the virus had spread widely and people were dropping dead in the streets, the person that originally released it may have permanently disappeared.
COVID-19 is the worst public health crisis that we have seen in decades, but it is not even worth comparing to a truly deadly virus that has been weaponized. In my brand new book I talk about the next pandemic that is coming, and that next pandemic could potentially be caused by a virus that is intentionally released.
America is facing a plethora of threats from both inside and outside the country, and there are so many hate-filled people that would love to bring us down.
And now COVID-19 has shown all of those hate-filled individuals a very easy way to do just that.
I know that hardly anyone else has been talking about this, but this is something that has been very heavy on my heart.
We are so exceedingly vulnerable, and one day disaster will strike without any warning.


newswars--2020-07-28--RED ALERT! Fast-Tracked COVID-19 Vaccine Could Lead To Massive Death Rate of 80%

The Highwire host Del BigTree meets with Valuetainment to discuss the numerous COVID-19 vaccines currently in production , and the @ @ @ @ @ trails skipping the crucial animal testing step .

The Highwire host Del BigTree meets with Valuetainment to discuss the numerous COVID-19 vaccines currently in production, and the fallout from all these vaccines trails skipping the crucial animal testing step.


newswars--2020-07-28--VIDEO: Alex Jones Battles Dangerous Reptile

Alex Jones encounters a dangerous lizard lurking in his garage , resulting in an epic struggle of wills and brawn @

‘We’re Just Following His Recommendation’: Musk May Stop Paying for Starlink After Being Told to ‘F–k Off’ by Ukrainian Diplomat


newswars--2020-07-28--Civil War November 2020

Civil War November 2020

The Deep State Democrats accuse Trump of planning a Civil War to retain power after his projected defeat in the @ @ @ @

The Deep State Democrats accuse Trump of planning a Civil War to retain power after his projected defeat in the upcoming November election.


newswars--2020-07-28--There Is No Return To The “Old Normal”: Welcome to 1984

The old normal is a distant memory .
The new life we lead is permanent , and will only get @ @ @ @ @ .

There Is No Return To The “Old Normal”: Welcome to 1984 Globalists will keep piling on the restrictions and lockdowns until they break the will of the American people


newswars--2020-07-28--Austin, Texas Mayor Calls For Taking “Guns Off The Street”

Second Amendment activist Colion Noir slammed Austin , Texas Mayor Steve Adler in an Instagram video released Tuesday .
Following the fatal shooting of a BLM activist last weekend , the mayor was asked to comment on the tragic incident .
“ We have too many guns .
We have to do better , I think just generally speaking as a society , in taking guns off the streets , ” the Democrat mayor told a local reporter .
“ We have too many guns on our streets and we have to do something about that , ” he continued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s comments , explaining , “ This is a mayor of a city in one of the most pro-gun states in the country and he ’ s basically saying we need to take peoples guns .
We ’ re not even talking about criminals here.
” “ Yet and still , the anti-gun mayor of Austin Texas didn ’ t say we need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals .
He didn ’ t say , ‘ let ’ s all try to be responsible gun owners , ’ he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need to get them off the street , ” Noir continued .
Adler ’ s reactionary response to the shooting is stereotypical among Democrats who frequently use tragedies to push their anti-gun agenda .

Second Amendment activist Colion Noir slammed Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler in an Instagram video released Tuesday.
Following the fatal shooting of a BLM activist last weekend, the mayor was asked to comment on the tragic incident.
“We have too many guns. We have to do better, I think just generally speaking as a society, in taking guns off the streets,” the Democrat mayor told a local reporter.
“We have too many guns on our streets and we have to do something about that,” he continued.
Noir responded to the mayor’s comments, explaining, “This is a mayor of a city in one of the most pro-gun states in the country and he’s basically saying we need to take peoples guns. We’re not even talking about criminals here.”
“Yet and still, the anti-gun mayor of Austin Texas didn’t say we need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. He didn’t say, ‘let’s all try to be responsible gun owners,’ he said there are too many guns and we need to get them off the street,” Noir continued.
Adler’s reactionary response to the shooting is stereotypical among Democrats who frequently use tragedies to push their anti-gun agenda.


newswars--2020-07-28--Social Media Questions Tom Hanks’ New Citizenship in Greece – Where Pedophilia a “Disability”

Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced Sunday they ’ re officially citizens of Greece , prompting a whirlwind of internet rumors claiming the couple ’ s move was due to pedophilia being classified as a “ disability ” in the Mediterranean country .
Hanks and Wilson were featured in a photo shared on Instagram by Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis , who stated the couple were now “ proud Greek citizens !
” It didn ’ t take long , however , before conspiracy-minded netizens claimed to have honed in on a possible motive for the move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been at the center of conspiracy theories asserting he ’ s a Jeffrey Epstein-esque billionaire pedophile .
Social media users also cited an article from the Associated Press in 2012 reporting “ Furor in Greece Over Pedophilia as a Disability.
” Offering a more rational explanation for Hanks ’ and Wilson ’ s move , Fox News points out the couple was offered citizenship after “ raising funds for the victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018 , ” not to mention Wilson ’ s Greek ancestry .
“ Wilson , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Bulgarian ancestry and was raised Greek Orthodox .
Hanks converted to Greek Orthodoxy when he married Wilson .
And the couple frequently vacations on the Greek island Antiparos , where they have a home , ” reports Fox News .
The pedophilia of Hollywierd continues to leak out to the world .

Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced Sunday they’re officially citizens of Greece, prompting a whirlwind of internet rumors claiming the couple’s move was due to pedophilia being classified as a “disability” in the Mediterranean country.
Hanks and Wilson were featured in a photo shared on Instagram by Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who stated the couple were now “proud Greek citizens!”
Starting 2020 as an Honorary citizen of all of Greece! Kronia pola! ( more or less, “happy year!”). Hanx pic.twitter.com/b8fmrgjvYP — Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) January 2, 2020
It didn’t take long, however, before conspiracy-minded netizens claimed to have honed in on a possible motive for the move by Hanks, who’s long been at the center of conspiracy theories asserting he’s a Jeffrey Epstein-esque billionaire pedophile.
In Greece, pedophilia is classified a ‘disability’ that qualifies for government entitlements. 🤬 — Aubrey Huff (@aubrey_huff) July 28, 2020
Now we know why Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson became “citizens.” He can molest as many as he wants, draw a check, and get a handicap sticker for his car. — 🇺🇸 JOJO 🇺🇸 (@JoRainbowangus2) July 28, 2020
I wonder why Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are moving to Greece… pic.twitter.com/2fj06jmBjm — Red (@redpillpirate) July 27, 2020
Prime minister of Greece posted a photo of Tom Hanks and his wife as new Greek citizens…Oprah announced today she’s stopping publication of
O magazine after 20 years…Chrissy Tiegen blocked a million people and deleted 60,000 emails….. I am just happy no one is nervous😬 — Nikki Haughey (@HaugheyNikki) July 27, 2020
Social media users also cited an article from the Associated Press in 2012 reporting “Furor in Greece Over Pedophilia as a Disability.”
Offering a more rational explanation for Hanks’ and Wilson’s move, Fox News points out the couple was offered citizenship after “raising funds for the victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018,” not to mention Wilson’s Greek ancestry.
“Wilson, an actress and producer, has Greek and Bulgarian ancestry and was raised Greek Orthodox. Hanks converted to Greek Orthodoxy when he married Wilson. And the couple frequently vacations on the Greek island Antiparos, where they have a home,” reports Fox News.
The pedophilia of Hollywierd continues to leak out to the world.


newswars--2020-07-28--Attorney General Barr Clashes With Hysterical Democrats

The Attorney General and Judiciary Committee Democrats fight over Trump ’ s response to the Portland riots .
This video @ @ @ @ @ the Tuesday testimony .

The Attorney General and Judiciary Committee Democrats fight over Trump’s response to the Portland riots.
This video compilation shows the highlights from the Tuesday testimony.


newswars--2020-07-28--Frontline Doctors Double Down On Hydroxychloroquine In Defiance of Big Tech Censorship

America ’ s Frontline Doctors held another White Coat Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday after Monday ’ s gathering made national headlines and was censored by Big Tech .
Monday ’ s press conference was seen over 17 million times before Facebook , Twitter and Google started to delete uploads of the event .
President Trump and his son Donald Jr. both tweeted the video and Twitter deleted the president ’ s post and suspended Don Jr. ’ s account .
Showing social media companies they won ’ t be silenced , the group spoke on the front steps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One of the doctors even had her personal Facebook page shut down and the website AmericasFrontlineDoctors.com was removed by website host SquareSpace .
The Twitter account for conservative news outlet Breitbart was also locked , meaning they can no longer send out tweets .
Dr. Stella Immanuel talked with a TMZ reporter after the conference , telling him Big Pharma is against using Hydroxychloroquine because , “ Nobody makes money off a cheap , generic drug like HCQ.
” As the social media giants work overtime to try and remove every upload @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday , Banned.video has preserved the bombshell footage for your viewing pleasure .
Infowars covered the conference during a Tuesday segment of The David Knight Show .

America’s Frontline Doctors held another White Coat Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday after Monday’s gathering made national headlines and was censored by Big Tech.
Monday’s press conference was seen over 17 million times before Facebook, Twitter and Google started to delete uploads of the event.
President Trump and his son Donald Jr. both tweeted the video and Twitter deleted the president’s post and suspended Don Jr.’s account.
Showing social media companies they won’t be silenced, the group spoke on the front steps of the Supreme Court again on Tuesday.
One of the doctors even had her personal Facebook page shut down and the website AmericasFrontlineDoctors.com was removed by website host SquareSpace.
My friend and physician colleague @stella_immanuel has had her Fakebook page shut down! Censorship of YOUR doctors alive and well in Cuba, ooops I mean America. — Rupali Chadha, M.D. (@RupaliChadhaMD) July 28, 2020
Wow. It appears Squarespace took down our website today https://t.co/I6T8VoAoCr. We are reaching new levels of censorship. Do people agree with this? pic.twitter.com/K7e5kKZrZd — James Todaro, MD (@JamesTodaroMD) July 28, 2020
The Twitter account for conservative news outlet Breitbart was also locked, meaning they can no longer send out tweets.
Dr. Stella Immanuel talked with a TMZ reporter after the conference, telling him Big Pharma is against using Hydroxychloroquine because, “Nobody makes money off a cheap, generic drug like HCQ.”
“Nobody makes money off a cheap, generic drug like HCQ” @stella_immanuel (The COVID Doctor) Big Pharma & Dr. Fauci do NOT want you to see this video. Download, SHARE & spread this everywhere before they take it down. #HCQWorks #COVIDCure pic.twitter.com/Be4xnYSk3P — Colton Duncan (@duncan_colton) July 28, 2020
As the social media giants work overtime to try and remove every upload of Dr. Immanuel’s testimony from Monday, Banned.video has preserved the bombshell footage for your viewing pleasure.
Infowars covered the conference during a Tuesday segment of The David Knight Show.


newswars--2020-07-28--Ergonomics Expert Helps Americans Work Smarter at Home

Taking a few minutes to get that periodic cup of joe might not be such a bad idea .
When working at home , it ’ s good to have a break , possibly every 30 minutes , to stay healthy and minimize injury to your back , shoulders and arms , says Kermit Davis , PhD , an expert in office ergonomics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine .
“ The body doesn ’ t like static postures continually , ” says Davis , a professor in the UC Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ do all sitting or all standing all the time .
You want to alter your position and change it up throughout the day.
” Workers across the nation have converted their basements , spare rooms , dining room tables or bedrooms into makeshift offices in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic .
But few have much guidance when it comes to making these new spaces ergonomically safe , says Davis , who runs both UC ’ s graduate industrial hygiene and occupational ergonomics programs .
“ You can go home but you aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , chair and most office equipment , ” explains Davis .
“ You can use your laptop from home , but it is designed to be a short-term option .
It should be used for a few hours while traveling .
It is not meant to be used for eight or nine hours each day.
” The screen and keyboard on laptops are smaller than a standard office computer , says Davis .
As a result the user oftentimes looks downward since the smaller screen is well below eye height .
Davis conducted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Cincinnati sending out an email survey to 4,500 faculty and staff after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the university to join many other employers across the nation in sending workers home to continue operations .
The survey had 843 people complete it .
As part of the study , 41 employees sent Davis photos of workers at home workstations for ergonomic review .
This subset showed some trends and offered a glimpse into what many who work from home are encountering .
The survey ’ s findings were recently published in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says the ergonomic evaluations of the home workstations identified many issues that could be adversely affecting the workers .
Many chairs were the wrong height with about 41 % too low and 2 % too high .
Fifty-three percent of workers had armrests on their chairs , but 32 % did not use them and for 18 % of workers the armrests were improperly adjusted , the study found .
Davis says not using the armrests causes contact stress on forearms when rested on the hard front edge of work surfaces and strain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need support .
Also , support of the back of the chair was not used by 69 % and often without any lumbar support for 73 % of survey participants .
That meant many individuals did not have proper support of their lower back , maintaining the lumbar curvature .
The position of a computer monitor was often too low or off to the side .
Three quarters of monitors were laptops , which were too low relative to the workers ’ eye height , the study found .
External monitors were also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of participants or too high in 4 % .
Another common issue with the monitors was the lack of the primary screens centered in front of the workers occurring in 31 % of workers and resulting in twisting of the neck and/or back to view the monitor , according to the study .
Davis says not everyone can spend hundreds of dollars on a new chair or other equipment when working from home .
He says there are some cheap and easy fixes that will go a long way in improving the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are a few tips that might be helpful for the homebound office worker : • Place a pillow on your seat to elevate the seat height .
• Place a pillow or rolled up towel behind your back to provide lumbar and back support .
• Wrap armrests when they are low and not adjustable .
• Move your chair closer to the desk or table to encourage having the back against the back of the seat .
• If a laptop is too low , place a lap desk or large pillow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when using it on the lap .
• Use an external keyboard and mouse , along with raising the laptop monitor by placing a stack of books or a box under the laptop when using a laptop on a desk .
• An appropriate standing workstation should have the top of the monitor at eye height and directly in front , keyboard at a height so that forearms are parallel to the ground ( approximately 90° elbow angle ) , and a soft or rounded front edge to the working surface .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an appropriate sitting workstation at home is not possible , rotating between a poor sitting workstation and a standing workstation would be the next best practice .
There are many simple , makeshift standing workstations available in the home , including implementing the use of an ironing board , a kitchen counter , the top of a piano , a clothes basket placed upside down on a table or desk or a large box under the laptop .
Davis says he worries that workers ’ discomfort levels are increasing after more than five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not just ergonomics changing but also other factors : isolation , teamwork changes and work-life balance is distorted and changes in the stress level that people have , ” he says .
The Highwire host Del BigTree meets with Valuetainment to discuss the numerous COVID-19 vaccines already in production .

Taking a few minutes to get that periodic cup of joe might not be such a bad idea.
When working at home, it’s good to have a break, possibly every 30 minutes, to stay healthy and minimize injury to your back, shoulders and arms, says Kermit Davis, PhD, an expert in office ergonomics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
“The body doesn’t like static postures continually,” says Davis, a professor in the UC Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences. “You don’t want to do all sitting or all standing all the time. You want to alter your position and change it up throughout the day.”
Workers across the nation have converted their basements, spare rooms, dining room tables or bedrooms into makeshift offices in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But few have much guidance when it comes to making these new spaces ergonomically safe, says Davis, who runs both UC’s graduate industrial hygiene and occupational ergonomics programs.
“You can go home but you aren’t allowed to take the monitor, chair and most office equipment,” explains Davis. “You can use your laptop from home, but it is designed to be a short-term option. It should be used for a few hours while traveling. It is not meant to be used for eight or nine hours each day.”
The screen and keyboard on laptops are smaller than a standard office computer, says Davis. As a result the user oftentimes looks downward since the smaller screen is well below eye height.
Davis conducted an ergonomic assessment of employees at the University of Cincinnati sending out an email survey to 4,500 faculty and staff after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the university to join many other employers across the nation in sending workers home to continue operations. The survey had 843 people complete it. As part of the study, 41 employees sent Davis photos of workers at home workstations for ergonomic review. This subset showed some trends and offered a glimpse into what many who work from home are encountering.
The survey’s findings were recently published in the scholarly journal Ergonomics in Design.
Davis says the ergonomic evaluations of the home workstations identified many issues that could be adversely affecting the workers. Many chairs were the wrong height with about 41% too low and 2% too high. Fifty-three percent of workers had armrests on their chairs, but 32% did not use them and for 18% of workers the armrests were improperly adjusted, the study found.
Davis says not using the armrests causes contact stress on forearms when rested on the hard front edge of work surfaces and strain across the upper back as the arms need support. Also, support of the back of the chair was not used by 69% and often without any lumbar support for 73% of survey participants. That meant many individuals did not have proper support of their lower back, maintaining the lumbar curvature.
The position of a computer monitor was often too low or off to the side. Three quarters of monitors were laptops, which were too low relative to the workers’ eye height, the study found.
External monitors were also routinely set up too low in 52% of participants or too high in 4%. Another common issue with the monitors was the lack of the primary screens centered in front of the workers occurring in 31% of workers and resulting in twisting of the neck and/or back to view the monitor, according to the study.
Davis says not everyone can spend hundreds of dollars on a new chair or other equipment when working from home. He says there are some cheap and easy fixes that will go a long way in improving the ergonomic well-being of office workers.
Here are a few tips that might be helpful for the homebound office worker:
Place a pillow on your seat to elevate the seat height.
Place a pillow or rolled up towel behind your back to provide lumbar and back support.
Wrap armrests when they are low and not adjustable.
Move your chair closer to the desk or table to encourage having the back against the back of the seat.
If a laptop is too low, place a lap desk or large pillow under the laptop to raise the monitor when using it on the lap.
Use an external keyboard and mouse, along with raising the laptop monitor by placing a stack of books or a box under the laptop when using a laptop on a desk.
An appropriate standing workstation should have the top of the monitor at eye height and directly in front, keyboard at a height so that forearms are parallel to the ground (approximately 90° elbow angle), and a soft or rounded front edge to the working surface.
If obtaining a new chair or identifying an appropriate sitting workstation at home is not possible, rotating between a poor sitting workstation and a standing workstation would be the next best practice. There are many simple, makeshift standing workstations available in the home, including implementing the use of an ironing board, a kitchen counter, the top of a piano, a clothes basket placed upside down on a table or desk or a large box under the laptop.
Davis says he worries that workers’ discomfort levels are increasing after more than five months of working remotely. “It’s not just ergonomics changing but also other factors: isolation, teamwork changes and work-life balance is distorted and changes in the stress level that people have,” he says.
The Highwire host Del BigTree meets with Valuetainment to discuss the numerous COVID-19 vaccines already in production.


newswars--2020-07-28--Researchers Using AI to Smell

Researchers Using AI to Smell

A pair of researchers at the University of California , Riverside , has used machine learning to understand what a chemical smells like — a research breakthrough with potential applications in the food flavor and fragrance industries .
“ We now can use artificial intelligence to predict how any chemical is going to smell to humans , ” said Anandasankar Ray , a professor of molecular , cell and systems biology , and the senior author of the study that appears in iScience .
“ Chemicals that are toxic or harsh in , say , flavors , cosmetics , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , softer , and safer chemicals.
” Humans sense odors when some of their nearly 400 odorant receptors , or ORs , are activated in the nose .
Each OR is activated by a unique set of chemicals ; together , the large OR family can detect a vast chemical space .
A key question in olfaction is how the receptors contribute to different perceptual qualities or percepts .
“ We tried to model human olfactory percepts using chemical informatics and machine learning , ” Ray said .
“ The power of machine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evaluate a large number of chemical features and learn what makes a chemical smell like , say , a lemon or a rose or something else .
The machine learning algorithm can eventually predict how a new chemical will smell even though we may initially not know if it smells like a lemon or a rose.
” According to Ray , digitizing predictions of how chemicals smell creates a new way of scientifically prioritizing what chemicals can be used in the food , flavor , and fragrance industries .
“ It allows us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ novel combination of smells , ” he said .
“ The technology can help us discover new chemicals that could replace existing ones that are becoming rare , for example , or which are very expensive .
It gives us a vast palette of compounds that we can mix and match for any olfactory application .
For example , you can now make a mosquito repellent that works on mosquitoes but is pleasant smelling to humans.
” The researchers first developed a method for a computer to learn chemical features that activate known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roughly half a million compounds for new ligands — molecules that bind to receptors — for 34 odorant receptors .
Next , they focused on whether the algorithm that could estimate odorant receptor activity could also predict diverse perceptual qualities of odorants .
“ Computers might help us better understand human perceptual coding , which appears , in part , to be based on combinations of differently activated ORs , ” said Joel Kowalewski , a student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program working with Ray and the first author of the research paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that human volunteers previously evaluated , selected ORs that best predicted percepts on a portion of chemicals , and tested that these ORs were also predictive of new chemicals.
” Ray and Kowalewski showed the activity of ORs successfully predicted 146 different percepts of chemicals .
To their surprise , few rather than all ORs were needed to predict some of these percepts .
Since they could not record activity from sensory neurons in humans , they tested this further in the fruit fly ( Drosophila melanogaster ) and observed a similar result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or aversion to different odorants .
“ If predictions are successful with less information , the task of decoding odor perception would then become easier for a computer , ” Kowalewski said .
Ray explained that many items available to consumers use volatile chemicals to make themselves appealing .
About 80 % of what is considered flavor in food actually stems from the odors that affect smell .
Fragrances for perfuming cosmetics , cleaning products , and other household goods play an important role in consumer behavior .
“ Our digital approach using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the food , flavor , and fragrance industries , ” he said .
“ We now have an unprecedented ability to find ligands and new flavors and fragrances .
Using our computational approach , we can intelligently design volatile chemicals that smell desirable for use and also predict ligands for the 34 human ORs.
” Alex Jones breaks down why people are receiving a positive COVID-19 diagnosis without being tested .

A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has used machine learning to understand what a chemical smells like — a research breakthrough with potential applications in the food flavor and fragrance industries.
“We now can use artificial intelligence to predict how any chemical is going to smell to humans,” said Anandasankar Ray, a professor of molecular, cell and systems biology, and the senior author of the study that appears in iScience. “Chemicals that are toxic or harsh in, say, flavors, cosmetics, or household products can be replaced with natural, softer, and safer chemicals.”
Humans sense odors when some of their nearly 400 odorant receptors, or ORs, are activated in the nose. Each OR is activated by a unique set of chemicals; together, the large OR family can detect a vast chemical space. A key question in olfaction is how the receptors contribute to different perceptual qualities or percepts.
“We tried to model human olfactory percepts using chemical informatics and machine learning,” Ray said. “The power of machine learning is that it is able to evaluate a large number of chemical features and learn what makes a chemical smell like, say, a lemon or a rose or something else. The machine learning algorithm can eventually predict how a new chemical will smell even though we may initially not know if it smells like a lemon or a rose.”
According to Ray, digitizing predictions of how chemicals smell creates a new way of scientifically prioritizing what chemicals can be used in the food, flavor, and fragrance industries.
“It allows us to rapidly find chemicals that have a novel combination of smells,” he said. “The technology can help us discover new chemicals that could replace existing ones that are becoming rare, for example, or which are very expensive. It gives us a vast palette of compounds that we can mix and match for any olfactory application. For example, you can now make a mosquito repellent that works on mosquitoes but is pleasant smelling to humans.”
The researchers first developed a method for a computer to learn chemical features that activate known human odorant receptors. They then screened roughly half a million compounds for new ligands — molecules that bind to receptors — for 34 odorant receptors. Next, they focused on whether the algorithm that could estimate odorant receptor activity could also predict diverse perceptual qualities of odorants.
“Computers might help us better understand human perceptual coding, which appears, in part, to be based on combinations of differently activated ORs,” said Joel Kowalewski, a student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program working with Ray and the first author of the research paper. “We used hundreds of chemicals that human volunteers previously evaluated, selected ORs that best predicted percepts on a portion of chemicals, and tested that these ORs were also predictive of new chemicals.”
Ray and Kowalewski showed the activity of ORs successfully predicted 146 different percepts of chemicals. To their surprise, few rather than all ORs were needed to predict some of these percepts. Since they could not record activity from sensory neurons in humans, they tested this further in the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and observed a similar result when predicting the fly’s attraction or aversion to different odorants.
“If predictions are successful with less information, the task of decoding odor perception would then become easier for a computer,” Kowalewski said.
Ray explained that many items available to consumers use volatile chemicals to make themselves appealing. About 80% of what is considered flavor in food actually stems from the odors that affect smell. Fragrances for perfuming cosmetics, cleaning products, and other household goods play an important role in consumer behavior.
“Our digital approach using machine learning could open up many opportunities in the food, flavor, and fragrance industries,” he said. “We now have an unprecedented ability to find ligands and new flavors and fragrances. Using our computational approach, we can intelligently design volatile chemicals that smell desirable for use and also predict ligands for the 34 human ORs.”
Alex Jones breaks down why people are receiving a positive COVID-19 diagnosis without being tested.


newswars--2020-07-28--The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism

The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism

The nearly universal opinion expressed these days is that the economic crisis of recent years marks the end of capitalism .
Capitalism allegedly has failed , has proven itself incapable of solving economic problems , and so mankind has no alternative , if it is to survive , than to make the transition to a planned economy , to socialism .
This is hardly a new idea .
The socialists have always maintained that economic crises are the inevitable result of the capitalistic method of production and that there is no other means of eliminating economic crises than the transition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expressed more forcefully these days and evoke greater public response , it is not because the present crisis is greater or longer than its predecessors , but rather primarily because today public opinion is much more strongly influenced by socialist views than it was in previous decades .
When there was no economic theory , the belief was that whoever had power and was determined to use it could accomplish anything .
In the interest of their spiritual welfare and with a view toward their reward in Heaven , rulers were admonished by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use of power .
Also , it was not a question of what limits the inherent conditions of human life and production set for this power , but rather that they were considered boundless and omnipotent in the sphere of social affairs .
The foundation of social sciences , the work of a large number of great intellects , of whom David Hume and Adam Smith are most outstanding , has destroyed this conception .
One discovered that social power was a spiritual one and not ( as was supposed ) a material @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the word , a real one .
And there was the recognition of a necessary coherence within market phenomena which power is unable to destroy .
There was also a realization that something was operative in social affairs that the powerful could not influence and to which they had to accommodate themselves , just as they had to adjust to the laws of nature .
In the history of human thought and science there is no greater discovery .
If one proceeds from this recognition of the laws of the market , economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arises from the interference of force and power in market processes .
The isolated intervention can not reach the end the authorities strive for in enacting it and must result in consequences which are undesirable from the standpoint of the authorities .
Even from the point of view of the authorities themselves the intervention is pointless and harmful .
Proceeding from this perception , if one wants to arrange market activity according to the conclusions of scientific thought—and we give thought to these matters not only because we are seeking knowledge for its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to arrange our actions such that we can reach the goals we aspire to—one then comes unavoidably to a rejection of such interventions as superfluous , unnecessary , and harmful , a notion which characterizes the liberal teaching .
It is not that liberalism wants to carry standards of value over into science ; it wants to take from science a compass for market actions .
Liberalism uses the results of scientific research in order to construct society in such a way that it will be able to realize as effectively as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realize .
The politico-economic parties do not differ on the end result for which they strive but on the means they should employ to achieve their common goal .
The liberals are of the opinion that private property in the means of production is the only way to create wealth for everyone , because they consider socialism impractical and because they believe that the system of interventionism ( which according to the view of its advocates is between capitalism and socialism ) can not achieve its proponents ’ goals .
The liberal view @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opponents of liberalism have not been successful in undermining its basic theory nor the practical application of this theory .
They have not sought to defend themselves against the crushing criticism which the liberals have leveled against their plans by logical refutation ; instead they have used evasions .
The socialists considered themselves removed from this criticism , because Marxism has declared inquiry about the establishment and the efficacy of a socialist commonwealth heretical ; they continued to cherish the socialist state of the future as heaven on earth , but refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their plan .
The interventionists chose another path .
They argued , on insufficient grounds , against the universal validity of economic theory .
Not in a position to dispute economic theory logically , they could refer to nothing other than some “ moral pathos , ” of which they spoke in the invitation to the founding meeting of the Vereins für Sozialpolitik [ Association for Social Policy ] in Eisenach .
Against logic they set moralism , against theory emotional prejudice , against argument the reference to the will of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of interventionism and state and municipal socialism exactly as they happened .
All the warnings were ignored .
For fifty or sixty years the politics of European countries has been anticapitalist and antiliberal .
More than forty years ago Sidney Webb ( Lord Passfield ) wrote : “ it can now fairly be claimed that the socialist philosophy of to-day is but the conscious and explicit assertion of principles of social organization which have been already in great part unconsciously adopted .
The economic history of the century is an almost continuous record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was at the beginning of this development and it was in England where liberalism was able for the longest time to hold off the anticapitalistic economic policies .
Since then interventionist policies have made great strides .
In general the view today is that we live in an age in which the “ hampered economy ” reigns—as the forerunner of the blessed socialist collective consciousness to come .
Now , because indeed that which economic theory predicted has happened , because the fruits of the anticapitalistic economic policies have come to light , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : this is the decline of capitalism , the capitalistic system has failed !
Liberalism can not be deemed responsible for any of the institutions which give today ’ s economic policies their character .
It was against the nationalization and the bringing under municipal control of projects which now show themselves to be catastrophes for the public sector and a source of filthy corruption ; it was against the denial of protection for those willing to work and against placing state power at the disposal of the trade unions , against unemployment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent and universal phenomenon , against social insurance , which has made those insured into grumblers , malingers , and neurasthenics , against tariffs ( and thereby implicitly against cartels ) , against the limitation of freedom to live , to travel , or study where one likes , against excessive taxation and against inflation , against armaments , against colonial acquisitions , against the oppression of minorities , against imperialism and against war .
It put up stubborn resistance against the politics of capital consumption .
And liberalism did not create the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the convenient opportunity to start a civil war .
The line of argument that leads to blaming capitalism for at least some of these things is based on the notion that entrepreneurs and capitalists are no longer liberal but interventionist and statist .
The fact is correct , but the conclusions people want to draw from it are wrong-headed .
These deductions stem from the entirely untenable Marxist view that entrepreneurs and capitalists protected their special class interests through liberalism during the time when capitalism flourished but now , in the late @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them through interventionism .
This is supposed to be proof that the “ hampered economy ” of interventionism is the historically necessary economics of the phase of capitalism in which we find ourselves today .
But the concept of classical political economy and of liberalism as the ideology ( in the Marxist sense of the word ) of the bourgeoisie is one of the many distorted techniques of Marxism .
If entrepreneurs and capitalists were liberal thinkers around 1800 in England and interventionist , statist , and socialist thinkers around 1930 in Germany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capitalists were also captivated by the prevailing ideas of the times .
In 1800 no less than in 1930 entrepreneurs had special interests which were protected by interventionism and hurt by liberalism .
Today the great entrepreneurs are often cited as “ economic leaders.
” Capitalistic society knows no “ economic leaders.
” Therein lies the characteristic difference between socialist economies on the one hand and capitalist economies on the other hand : in the latter , the entrepreneurs and the owners of the means of production follow no leadership save that of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiators of great enterprises as economic leaders already gives some indication that these days it is not usually the case that one reaches these positions by economic successes but rather by other means .
In the interventionist state it is no longer of crucial importance for the success of an enterprise that operations be run in such a way that the needs of the consumer are satisfied in the best and least expensive way ; it is much more important that one has “ good relations ” with the controlling political factions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not the disadvantage of the enterprise .
A few more Marks ’ worth of tariff-protection for the output of the enterprise , a few Marks less tariff-protection for the inputs in the manufacturing process can help the enterprise more than the greatest prudence in the conduct of operations .
An enterprise may be well run , but it will go under if it does not know how to protect its interests in the arrangement of tariff rates , in the wage negotiations before arbitration boards , and in governing bodies of cartels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have “ connections ” than to produce well and cheaply .
Consequently the men who reach the top of such enterprises are not those who know how to organize operations and give production a direction which the market situation demands , but rather men who are in good standing both “ above ” and “ below , ” men who know how to get along with the press and with all political parties , especially with the radicals , such that their dealings cause no offense .
This is that class of general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and party leaders than with those from whom they buy or to whom they sell .
Because many ventures depend on political favors , those who undertake such ventures must repay the politicians with favors .
There has been no big venture in recent years which has not had to expend considerable sums for transactions which from the outset were clearly unprofitable but which , despite expected losses , had to be concluded for political reasons .
This is not to mention contributions to non-business concerns—election funds , public welfare institutions and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the directors of the large banks , industrial concerns , and joint-stock companies from the stockholders are asserting themselves more strongly .
This politically expedited “ tendency for big businesses to socialize themselves , ” that is , for letting interests other than the regard “ for the highest possible yield for the stockholders ” determine the management of the ventures , has been greeted by statist writers as a sign that we have already vanquished capitalism .
In the course of the reform of German stock rights , even legal efforts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest and well-being of the entrepreneur , namely “ his economic , legal , and social self-worth and lasting value and his independence from the changing majority of changing stockholders , ” above those of the shareholder .
With the influence of the state behind them and supported by a thoroughly interventionist public opinion , the leaders of big enterprises today feel so strong in relation to the stockholders that they believe they need not take their interests into account .
In their conduct of the businesses of society in those countries in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rule—for example in the successor states of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire—they are as unconcerned about profitability as the directors of public utilities .
The result is ruin .
The theory which has been advanced says that these ventures are too large to be run simply with a view toward profit .
This concept is extraordinarily opportune whenever the result of conducting business while fundamentally renouncing profitability is the bankruptcy of the enterprise .
It is opportune , because at this moment the same theory demands the intervention of the state for support of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowed to fail .
It is true that socialism and interventionism have not yet succeeded in completely eliminating capitalism .
If they had , we Europeans , after centuries of prosperity , would rediscover the meaning of hunger on a massive scale .
Capitalism is still prominent enough that new industries are coming into existence , and those already established are improving and expanding their equipment and operations .
All the economic advances which have been and will be made stem from the persistant remnant of capitalism in our society .
But capitalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government and must pay as taxes a considerable part of its profits in order to defray the inferior productivity of public enterprise .
The crisis under which the world is presently suffering is the crisis of interventionism and of state and municipal socialism , in short the crisis of anticapitalist policies .
Capitalist society is guided by the play of the market mechanism .
On that issue there is no difference of opinion .
The market prices bring supply and demand into congruence and determine the direction and extent of production .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ capitalist economy receives its sense .
If the function of the market as regulator of production is always thwarted by economic policies in so far as the latter try to determine prices , wages , and interest rates instead of letting the market determine them , then a crisis will surely develop .
Bastiat has not failed , but rather Marx and Schmoller .

The nearly universal opinion expressed these days is that the economic crisis of recent years marks the end of capitalism.
Capitalism allegedly has failed, has proven itself incapable of solving economic problems, and so mankind has no alternative, if it is to survive, than to make the transition to a planned economy, to socialism.
This is hardly a new idea. The socialists have always maintained that economic crises are the inevitable result of the capitalistic method of production and that there is no other means of eliminating economic crises than the transition to socialism. If these assertions are expressed more forcefully these days and evoke greater public response, it is not because the present crisis is greater or longer than its predecessors, but rather primarily because today public opinion is much more strongly influenced by socialist views than it was in previous decades.
I
When there was no economic theory, the belief was that whoever had power and was determined to use it could accomplish anything. In the interest of their spiritual welfare and with a view toward their reward in Heaven, rulers were admonished by their priests to exercise moderation in their use of power. Also, it was not a question of what limits the inherent conditions of human life and production set for this power, but rather that they were considered boundless and omnipotent in the sphere of social affairs.
The foundation of social sciences, the work of a large number of great intellects, of whom David Hume and Adam Smith are most outstanding, has destroyed this conception. One discovered that social power was a spiritual one and not (as was supposed) a material and, in the rough sense of the word, a real one. And there was the recognition of a necessary coherence within market phenomena which power is unable to destroy. There was also a realization that something was operative in social affairs that the powerful could not influence and to which they had to accommodate themselves, just as they had to adjust to the laws of nature. In the history of human thought and science there is no greater discovery.
If one proceeds from this recognition of the laws of the market, economic theory shows just what kind of situation arises from the interference of force and power in market processes. The isolated intervention cannot reach the end the authorities strive for in enacting it and must result in consequences which are undesirable from the standpoint of the authorities. Even from the point of view of the authorities themselves the intervention is pointless and harmful. Proceeding from this perception, if one wants to arrange market activity according to the conclusions of scientific thought—and we give thought to these matters not only because we are seeking knowledge for its own sake, but also because we want to arrange our actions such that we can reach the goals we aspire to—one then comes unavoidably to a rejection of such interventions as superfluous, unnecessary, and harmful, a notion which characterizes the liberal teaching. It is not that liberalism wants to carry standards of value over into science; it wants to take from science a compass for market actions. Liberalism uses the results of scientific research in order to construct society in such a way that it will be able to realize as effectively as possible the purposes it is intended to realize. The politico-economic parties do not differ on the end result for which they strive but on the means they should employ to achieve their common goal. The liberals are of the opinion that private property in the means of production is the only way to create wealth for everyone, because they consider socialism impractical and because they believe that the system of interventionism (which according to the view of its advocates is between capitalism and socialism) cannot achieve its proponents’ goals.
The liberal view has found bitter opposition. But the opponents of liberalism have not been successful in undermining its basic theory nor the practical application of this theory. They have not sought to defend themselves against the crushing criticism which the liberals have leveled against their plans by logical refutation; instead they have used evasions. The socialists considered themselves removed from this criticism, because Marxism has declared inquiry about the establishment and the efficacy of a socialist commonwealth heretical; they continued to cherish the socialist state of the future as heaven on earth, but refused to engage in a discussion of the details of their plan. The interventionists chose another path. They argued, on insufficient grounds, against the universal validity of economic theory. Not in a position to dispute economic theory logically, they could refer to nothing other than some “moral pathos,” of which they spoke in the invitation to the founding meeting of the Vereins für Sozialpolitik [Association for Social Policy] in Eisenach. Against logic they set moralism, against theory emotional prejudice, against argument the reference to the will of the state.
Economic theory predicted the effects of interventionism and state and municipal socialism exactly as they happened. All the warnings were ignored. For fifty or sixty years the politics of European countries has been anticapitalist and antiliberal. More than forty years ago Sidney Webb (Lord Passfield) wrote: “it can now fairly be claimed that the socialist philosophy of to-day is but the conscious and explicit assertion of principles of social organization which have been already in great part unconsciously adopted. The economic history of the century is an almost continuous record of the progress of Socialism.” That was at the beginning of this development and it was in England where liberalism was able for the longest time to hold off the anticapitalistic economic policies. Since then interventionist policies have made great strides. In general the view today is that we live in an age in which the “hampered economy” reigns—as the forerunner of the blessed socialist collective consciousness to come.
Now, because indeed that which economic theory predicted has happened, because the fruits of the anticapitalistic economic policies have come to light, a cry is heard from all sides: this is the decline of capitalism, the capitalistic system has failed!
Liberalism cannot be deemed responsible for any of the institutions which give today’s economic policies their character. It was against the nationalization and the bringing under municipal control of projects which now show themselves to be catastrophes for the public sector and a source of filthy corruption; it was against the denial of protection for those willing to work and against placing state power at the disposal of the trade unions, against unemployment compensation, which has made unemployment a permanent and universal phenomenon, against social insurance, which has made those insured into grumblers, malingers, and neurasthenics, against tariffs (and thereby implicitly against cartels), against the limitation of freedom to live, to travel, or study where one likes, against excessive taxation and against inflation, against armaments, against colonial acquisitions, against the oppression of minorities, against imperialism and against war. It put up stubborn resistance against the politics of capital consumption. And liberalism did not create the armed party troops who are just waiting for the convenient opportunity to start a civil war.
II
The line of argument that leads to blaming capitalism for at least some of these things is based on the notion that entrepreneurs and capitalists are no longer liberal but interventionist and statist. The fact is correct, but the conclusions people want to draw from it are wrong-headed. These deductions stem from the entirely untenable Marxist view that entrepreneurs and capitalists protected their special class interests through liberalism during the time when capitalism flourished but now, in the late and declining period of capitalism, protect them through interventionism. This is supposed to be proof that the “hampered economy” of interventionism is the historically necessary economics of the phase of capitalism in which we find ourselves today. But the concept of classical political economy and of liberalism as the ideology (in the Marxist sense of the word) of the bourgeoisie is one of the many distorted techniques of Marxism. If entrepreneurs and capitalists were liberal thinkers around 1800 in England and interventionist, statist, and socialist thinkers around 1930 in Germany, the reason is that entrepreneurs and capitalists were also captivated by the prevailing ideas of the times. In 1800 no less than in 1930 entrepreneurs had special interests which were protected by interventionism and hurt by liberalism.
Today the great entrepreneurs are often cited as “economic leaders.” Capitalistic society knows no “economic leaders.” Therein lies the characteristic difference between socialist economies on the one hand and capitalist economies on the other hand: in the latter, the entrepreneurs and the owners of the means of production follow no leadership save that of the market. The custom of citing initiators of great enterprises as economic leaders already gives some indication that these days it is not usually the case that one reaches these positions by economic successes but rather by other means.
In the interventionist state it is no longer of crucial importance for the success of an enterprise that operations be run in such a way that the needs of the consumer are satisfied in the best and least expensive way; it is much more important that one has “good relations” with the controlling political factions, that the interventions redound to the advantage and not the disadvantage of the enterprise. A few more Marks’ worth of tariff-protection for the output of the enterprise, a few Marks less tariff-protection for the inputs in the manufacturing process can help the enterprise more than the greatest prudence in the conduct of operations. An enterprise may be well run, but it will go under if it does not know how to protect its interests in the arrangement of tariff rates, in the wage negotiations before arbitration boards, and in governing bodies of cartels. It is much more important to have “connections” than to produce well and cheaply. Consequently the men who reach the top of such enterprises are not those who know how to organize operations and give production a direction which the market situation demands, but rather men who are in good standing both “above” and “below,” men who know how to get along with the press and with all political parties, especially with the radicals, such that their dealings cause no offense. This is that class of general directors who deal more with federal dignitaries and party leaders than with those from whom they buy or to whom they sell.
Because many ventures depend on political favors, those who undertake such ventures must repay the politicians with favors. There has been no big venture in recent years which has not had to expend considerable sums for transactions which from the outset were clearly unprofitable but which, despite expected losses, had to be concluded for political reasons. This is not to mention contributions to non-business concerns—election funds, public welfare institutions and the like.
Powers working toward the independence of the directors of the large banks, industrial concerns, and joint-stock companies from the stockholders are asserting themselves more strongly. This politically expedited “tendency for big businesses to socialize themselves,” that is, for letting interests other than the regard “for the highest possible yield for the stockholders” determine the management of the ventures, has been greeted by statist writers as a sign that we have already vanquished capitalism. In the course of the reform of German stock rights, even legal efforts have already been made to put the interest and well-being of the entrepreneur, namely “his economic, legal, and social self-worth and lasting value and his independence from the changing majority of changing stockholders,” above those of the shareholder.
With the influence of the state behind them and supported by a thoroughly interventionist public opinion, the leaders of big enterprises today feel so strong in relation to the stockholders that they believe they need not take their interests into account. In their conduct of the businesses of society in those countries in which statism has most strongly come to rule—for example in the successor states of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire—they are as unconcerned about profitability as the directors of public utilities. The result is ruin. The theory which has been advanced says that these ventures are too large to be run simply with a view toward profit. This concept is extraordinarily opportune whenever the result of conducting business while fundamentally renouncing profitability is the bankruptcy of the enterprise. It is opportune, because at this moment the same theory demands the intervention of the state for support of enterprises which are too big to be allowed to fail.
III
It is true that socialism and interventionism have not yet succeeded in completely eliminating capitalism. If they had, we Europeans, after centuries of prosperity, would rediscover the meaning of hunger on a massive scale. Capitalism is still prominent enough that new industries are coming into existence, and those already established are improving and expanding their equipment and operations. All the economic advances which have been and will be made stem from the persistant remnant of capitalism in our society. But capitalism is always harrassed by the intervention of the government and must pay as taxes a considerable part of its profits in order to defray the inferior productivity of public enterprise.
The crisis under which the world is presently suffering is the crisis of interventionism and of state and municipal socialism, in short the crisis of anticapitalist policies. Capitalist society is guided by the play of the market mechanism. On that issue there is no difference of opinion. The market prices bring supply and demand into congruence and determine the direction and extent of production. It is from the market that the capitalist economy receives its sense. If the function of the market as regulator of production is always thwarted by economic policies in so far as the latter try to determine prices, wages, and interest rates instead of letting the market determine them, then a crisis will surely develop.
Bastiat has not failed, but rather Marx and Schmoller.


newswars--2020-07-28--Petty: Nadler Refuses To Allow AG Bill Barr 5-Minute Break After 3+ Hours Of Testimony

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler ( D-N.Y. ) refused to grant Attorney General Bill Barr ’ s request for a 5-minute break after hours of questioning during the train wreck hearing on Tuesday .
After several hours of intense questioning , Barr asked Nadler , “ Mr .
Chairman , could we take a five-minute break ?
Could we take a five-minute break , Mr. Chairman ?
” Rep. Mike Johnson reminded Nadler that allowing a short break is a “ common courtesy of every witness.
” Barr also reminded Nadler that he had waited for the hearing to start @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve waited 45 minutes , I ’ ve waited an hour for you this morning , ” Barr told Nadler .
“ I haven ’ t had lunch .
I would like to take a five-minute break.
” “ Mr .
Attorney General , we are almost finished .
We are going to be finished in a few minutes .
We can certainly take a break but - ” Nadler insisted he could take a break after taking a few more questions from Democrats .
Rep. Jim Jordan ( R-Ohio ) cut in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a break now .
You just showed rudeness , which is now on display .
Let ’ s let the Attorney General have a break.
” Nadler finally relented when it was clear he was losing ground , prompting Barr to respond loudly , “ Thank you , Mr. Chairman.
” Nadler was hostile and petty during nearly the entire hearing .
In the beginning , he admonished Republicans for not wearing masks , and even charged that they weren ’ t allowed to drink water or coffee during the hearing .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barr for refusing to say Trump is using military to steal upcoming election .

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) refused to grant Attorney General Bill Barr’s request for a 5-minute break after hours of questioning during the train wreck hearing on Tuesday.
After several hours of intense questioning, Barr asked Nadler, “Mr. Chairman, could we take a five-minute break? Could we take a five-minute break, Mr. Chairman?”
Nadler replied: “No!”
AG Barr to Rep. Nadler: “You’re a real class act.” pic.twitter.com/HMY7TSF0EY — The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2020
Rep. Mike Johnson reminded Nadler that allowing a short break is a “common courtesy of every witness.”
Barr also reminded Nadler that he had waited for the hearing to start for an hour.
“I’ve waited 45 minutes, I’ve waited an hour for you this morning,” Barr told Nadler. “I haven’t had lunch. I would like to take a five-minute break.”
Nadler still refused.
“Mr. Attorney General, we are almost finished. We are going to be finished in a few minutes. We can certainly take a break but -”
Barr then laughed at Nadler’s naked pettiness.
“You’re a class act. You’re a real class act,” Barr said.
Nadler insisted he could take a break after taking a few more questions from Democrats.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) cut in, telling Nadler, “He wants a break now. You just showed rudeness, which is now on display. Let’s let the Attorney General have a break.”
Nadler finally relented when it was clear he was losing ground, prompting Barr to respond loudly, “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”
Nadler was hostile and petty during nearly the entire hearing.
In the beginning, he admonished Republicans for not wearing masks, and even charged that they weren’t allowed to drink water or coffee during the hearing.
.@RepJerryNadler scolds Republican members of the committee for not wearing their masks “Is it permissible to drink?” NADLER: “It is not permissible!” pic.twitter.com/fLrDDiEFfX — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 28, 2020
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newswars--2020-07-28--Watch: White Protester Tells Dr. Stella Immanuel “I’m More Black Than You”

A video uploaded to Twitter shows a Black Lives Matter protester arguing with Dr. Stella Immanuel during Tuesday ’ s White Coat Conference in Washington D.C. Dr. Immanuel went viral online after a video of Monday ’ s White Coat Conference was tweeted by Donald Trump Jr. and the president himself .
In response , Twitter suspended Don Jr. ’ s account and deleted President Trump ’ s tweet , bringing even more attention to the viral video .
Stella ’ s personal Facebook page was also shut down after her speech was censored .
Now , unhinged liberal protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Supreme Court .
“ You ’ re not black on the inside , I ’ m more black than you on the inside ” A # BLM Activist says to first gen African-American immigrant Doctor @ stella_immanuel As he attempts to disrupt the White Coat Confernce about HCQ in DC Shows you just how insane the resistance has become pic.twitter.com/1Ps6MRzJ4D “ You ’ re not black on the inside !
I ’ m more black than you on the inside , ” the man yelled .
“ There were people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slavers .
You ’ re on the wrong side , I promise you.
” In another video from Tuesday ’ s conference , a female protester asks for doctors to show their credentials after she failed to correctly pronounce hydroxychloroquine .
As the social media giants work overtime to try and remove every upload of Dr. Immanuel ’ s testimony from Monday , Banned.video has preserved the bombshell footage for your viewing pleasure .

A video uploaded to Twitter shows a Black Lives Matter protester arguing with Dr. Stella Immanuel during Tuesday’s White Coat Conference in Washington D.C.
Dr. Immanuel went viral online after a video of Monday’s White Coat Conference was tweeted by Donald Trump Jr. and the president himself.
In response, Twitter suspended Don Jr.’s account and deleted President Trump’s tweet, bringing even more attention to the viral video.
Stella’s personal Facebook page was also shut down after her speech was censored.
Now, unhinged liberal protesters are confronting Dr. Immanuel on the steps of the Supreme Court.
“You’re betraying Black Lives Matter,” a white man screamed at the doctor.
“I’m black,” she responded, adding, “You’re white!”
“You’re not black on the inside, I’m more black than you on the inside” A #BLM Activist says to first gen African-American immigrant Doctor @stella_immanuel As he attempts to disrupt the White Coat Confernce about HCQ in DC Shows you just how insane the resistance has become pic.twitter.com/1Ps6MRzJ4D — ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) July 28, 2020
“You’re not black on the inside! I’m more black than you on the inside,” the man yelled. “There were people in the times of slavery who enabled the slavers. You’re on the wrong side, I promise you.”
In another video from Tuesday’s conference, a female protester asks for doctors to show their credentials after she failed to correctly pronounce hydroxychloroquine.
At the COVID-19 White Coat Summit A disrupter demands doctors show their licenses to prove they’re certified Speaker, Dr. Gold, asks the heckler trying to discredit them what the name of the COVID treatment dug is She responds: “hydroxyquine” NOTE: it’s hydroxychloroquine pic.twitter.com/Ir7lfhBKUH — ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) July 28, 2020
As the social media giants work overtime to try and remove every upload of Dr. Immanuel’s testimony from Monday, Banned.video has preserved the bombshell footage for your viewing pleasure.


newswars--2020-07-28--China’s New Assault Carrier May Launch Drones From Electromagnetic Catapult

New details have emerged in Chinese media about the proposed Type 076 landing helicopter dock ( LHD ) , a unique variant of that type of warship that would combine a helicopter carrier , a catapult aircraft launching system and a docking area for amphibious landing craft .
Sputnik was among the first to report on the new warship .
On Thursday , Sputnik reported on the leaking of documents online pointing to a new type of warship , which military observers had begun calling the Type 076 LHD .
A request for proposals ( RFP ) dated July 19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an electromagnetic launch system ( EMALS ) , advanced arresting wires , massive electrical power generation from a gas turbine engine and capacity to fly unmanned aerial vehicles ( UAVs ) .
According to the Beijing-based Global Times , the requests came from the 708 Institute , a design bureau for China State Shipbuilding Corporation ( CSSC ) , but the design work has not yet been approved by People ’ s Liberation Army ( PLA ) leadership .
No formal statement about the Type 076 has been made .
The Hong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) reported on Monday the Type 076 would likely measure 40,000 tons ’ displacement , making it slightly bigger than the Type 075 LHD the PLA Navy has already built two of , and on which the Type 076 will likely be based .
This would also make it slightly smaller than the US Navy ’ s LHAs ( its designation for LHDs ) of the Wasp-class and America-class , which weigh in at 45,000 tons each .
The Type 076 would likely carry at least 30 helicopters , alongside hovercraft and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds of marines , the SCMP said , meaning its primary role would still be that of an LHD , with its fixed-wing aircraft serving in a supplemental role .
Based on some of these new descriptions , some better mockup graphics have appeared on Sina Weibo .
Earlier attempts showed an angled landing area that didn ’ t interfere with the EMALS path , but now they are shown in a linear arrangement .
Moreover , now the mockup is situated next to the Type 075 , showing the similarities and differences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SCMP that rather than preparing for a potential marine assault on Taiwan , the Type 076 would likely “ focus on the high seas when China is facing territorial challenges from rival claimants in the region , ” with an example being the slew of islands that sit just off the coast over which China has contested sovereignty with several other nations , but especially in the South China Sea .
This would fit with previous speculation from The Drive that even if they ’ re unarmed , carrier-based stealth UAVs could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effectiveness of China ’ s long-range missile arsenal .
With a catapult , though , an armed drone also becomes a viable option .
However , Li cautioned that the key feature of the Type 076 , its EMALS catapult , can really only begin its full development once it becomes a “ mature technology ” through the construction and testing of the Type 002 aircraft carrier ’ s Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery ( CATOBAR ) system , which features three EMALS catapults .
The new design , China ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system instead of having a bow ramp , is expected to be launched next year .
Sputnik reported recently that the first two ships of the class have begun their final assembly process in Shanghai .
Beijing-based military analyst Zhou Chenming told the SCMP the Type 076 faced special challenges because of the wide array of responsibilities it could be asked to fill on the battlefield .
“ Unlike aircraft carriers that can focus on sea and air defense and combats , the amphibious ships also need to take care of battles on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How to operate the electromagnetic catapult technology , as well as the need for combat on sea , air and land , makes this a complicated and challenging job.
” The US Navy ’ s Ford-class carriers are currently the only ships to operate an EMALS system , and have done so with considerable difficulty .
The electromagnetic system for launching aircraft off the front of the ship and into the sky replaced an older , more proven , steam-based system , but when operating correctly , EMALS can launch aircraft much faster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Valuetainment to discuss the numerous COVID-19 vaccines already in production .

New details have emerged in Chinese media about the proposed Type 076 landing helicopter dock (LHD), a unique variant of that type of warship that would combine a helicopter carrier, a catapult aircraft launching system and a docking area for amphibious landing craft.
Sputnik was among the first to report on the new warship.
On Thursday, Sputnik reported on the leaking of documents online pointing to a new type of warship, which military observers had begun calling the Type 076 LHD.
A request for proposals (RFP) dated July 19 sought ideas for an amphibious assault ship with an electromagnetic launch system (EMALS), advanced arresting wires, massive electrical power generation from a gas turbine engine and capacity to fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
According to the Beijing-based Global Times, the requests came from the 708 Institute, a design bureau for China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), but the design work has not yet been approved by People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leadership. No formal statement about the Type 076 has been made.
The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday the Type 076 would likely measure 40,000 tons’ displacement, making it slightly bigger than the Type 075 LHD the PLA Navy has already built two of, and on which the Type 076 will likely be based. This would also make it slightly smaller than the US Navy’s LHAs (its designation for LHDs) of the Wasp-class and America-class, which weigh in at 45,000 tons each.
The Type 076 would likely carry at least 30 helicopters, alongside hovercraft and the land equipment needed by its contingent of hundreds of marines, the SCMP said, meaning its primary role would still be that of an LHD, with its fixed-wing aircraft serving in a supplemental role.
Based on some of these new descriptions, some better mockup graphics have appeared on Sina Weibo. Earlier attempts showed an angled landing area that didn’t interfere with the EMALS path, but now they are shown in a linear arrangement. Moreover, now the mockup is situated next to the Type 075, showing the similarities and differences.
A most intersting side by side comparison of both the Type 075 LHD with the still speculative Type 076 LHD/LHA UCAV carrier. (Images via LKJ6/PDF) pic.twitter.com/cMnCGCny7E — @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) July 28, 2020
Naval commentator Li Jie told the SCMP that rather than preparing for a potential marine assault on Taiwan, the Type 076 would likely “focus on the high seas when China is facing territorial challenges from rival claimants in the region,” with an example being the slew of islands that sit just off the coast over which China has contested sovereignty with several other nations, but especially in the South China Sea.
This would fit with previous speculation from The Drive that even if they’re unarmed, carrier-based stealth UAVs could be used to dramatically extend and amplify the effectiveness of China’s long-range missile arsenal. With a catapult, though, an armed drone also becomes a viable option.
However, Li cautioned that the key feature of the Type 076, its EMALS catapult, can really only begin its full development once it becomes a “mature technology” through the construction and testing of the Type 002 aircraft carrier’s Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) system, which features three EMALS catapults. The new design, China’s first carrier class to use the CATOBAR system instead of having a bow ramp, is expected to be launched next year. Sputnik reported recently that the first two ships of the class have begun their final assembly process in Shanghai.
Beijing-based military analyst Zhou Chenming told the SCMP the Type 076 faced special challenges because of the wide array of responsibilities it could be asked to fill on the battlefield.
“Unlike aircraft carriers that can focus on sea and air defense and combats, the amphibious ships also need to take care of battles on land,” Zhou said. “How to operate the electromagnetic catapult technology, as well as the need for combat on sea, air and land, makes this a complicated and challenging job.”
The US Navy’s Ford-class carriers are currently the only ships to operate an EMALS system, and have done so with considerable difficulty. The electromagnetic system for launching aircraft off the front of the ship and into the sky replaced an older, more proven, steam-based system, but when operating correctly, EMALS can launch aircraft much faster.
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