thelibertybeacon--2020-06-04--Mothers of Vaccine-Injured Children: Modern Day Cassandras

Contributed to TLB by : The Children ’ s Health Defense Team Some days I feel like Cassandra , the Greek woman who could see the future , but not articulate it in a way that gave her credibility .
In the tragedy Agamemnon , Apollo promised Cassandra the gift of prophecy if she would be his lover .
She accepted the gift , then rebuffed Apollo when he desired sexual favors .
Apollo got revenge by ordaining her predictions would be rejected .
She predicted the Trojan horse battle and Agamemnon ’ s bloody death , but no one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complex chronic illness must also feel like Cassandras .
Hundreds of times I have taken detailed histories from parents in which seemingly healthy children deteriorated or regressed within 24-48 hours of a vaccine , often ending up in the Emergency Department , only to be told that it was a “ coincidence ” and that the vaccine could not be the cause .
This seems to be in direct opposition to the usual course of events when a clinician is presented with a new symptom and we are taught to ask about any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiences .
Concerns raised by intelligent parents that their child is getting too many vaccines at once are typically dismissed .
The bar to get compensation in Vaccine Court is incredibly high , with restrictions based on original “ vaccine injury tables ” despite a significant expansion of the number and types of vaccines introduced since the 1986 National Vaccine Compensation Program legislation .
The injuries are often lifelong and change the trajectory of family life completely .
In 1997 , my experience with a patient I vaccinated opened my eyes to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant harm to at least a subset of children who received them .
Five years later , I took my concerns to the University that trained me , where I was taught basic rules of pediatrics : 1 ) first do no harm 2 ) listen to the mama 3 ) look at the child .
I delivered Pediatric Grand Rounds , sharing my concerns about the exponentially increasing rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders , the gastrointestinal symptoms of my patients with autism including digestion , dysbiosis and digestive enzyme problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I hypothesized that the rapidly expanding vaccine schedule might be related .
It was a message the audience of pediatric faculty and residents did not want to hear .
Ironically , the problems with digestive enzymes I discussed have now been confirmed by Buie and Kushak at Harvard in multiple peer reviewed published studies .
The role of gastrointestinal problems in autism and understanding the gut brain connection now form the backbone of functional medicine and offer a pathway to improving the lives of chronically ill children and their families .
Articles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and endocrine systems populate highly respected medical journals .
Sadly , the rates of autism reported as 34 per 10,000 in 2002 and dismissed as due to better recognition and diagnosis ( another speculation not borne out by the data ) have continued to rise exponentially at 6-15 % per year to the current rates of 1 in 54 children ( 185 per 10,000 ) who have autism and one in six who have other developmental or behavioral problems .
It is crucial to remember that the analysis published in March 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Age of COVID ) was based on a birth cohort from 2008 ( 8-year-old children were studied in 2016 for the statistics published 4 years later ) .
This week , Hooker and Miller published data from three geographically distinct pediatric practices .
The real-life data , collected over 10 years , examined the relationship between the number and timing of vaccines and presence of chronic illnesses , including neurodevelopmental problems , asthma , gastrointestinal problems and ear infections .
Younger ages at vaccination and increasing number of vaccines were associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ear infections .
In fact , for ear infections subdivided by quartile of number of vaccines , there was a linear relationship between more vaccines and more ear infections .
I predict the mainstream media and the American Academy of Pediatrics will try to cast doubt on the findings in this study .
Yes , there are limitations to retrospective practice-based research , which Hooker articulates quite well .
I would argue that , if the AAP or CDC or NIH had agreed to the comparison studies of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been asking for since the dawn of the current century , we would have prospective , controlled studies by now .
The burden would not have fallen upon clinicians busy taking care of complex chronic illness to be unfunded clinical researchers .
What makes this data compelling is the wealth of scientific information that has accumulated in the past two decades about mechanisms involved in neurodevelopmental disorders , immune dysregulation , mitochondrial dysfunction , environmental toxicity and metabolic derangements .
Such research includes but is not limited to : • None Jill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of published science about methylation biochemistry : how it is disrupted by environmental triggers , how it influences gene expression and how often it is abnormal in children with chronic illness .
• None Chris Shaw and colleagues ’ body of published science about the effects of aluminum on human tissue and its presence in the brains of people with neurodegenerative diseases .
• None Bob Naviaux ’ s highly ranked published science about the crucial role of the mitochondria and the downstream effects on health when mitochondria change from making energy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cell danger response .
• None Chauhan , McGinnis and multiple other scientists ’ published papers delineating the biochemistry and cellular effects of prolonged oxidative stress on tissues and human illness .
• None Jim Adams and colleagues on deficient nutritional status and potential value of fecal microbial transplants in children with autism .
• None Van de Water and Ashwood ’ s body of published work on Maternal Immune Activation and increased inflammatory cytokines in intestinal biopsies of children with autism vs. controls .
• None MacFabe ’ s studies about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disorders .
• None Rossignol and Frye ’ s published work on folate receptor antibodies and mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodevelopmental problems .
Many people assume that vaccine safety trials must be exceptionally well designed and executed , since they are given to populations at large .
They are shocked to find out that Hepatitis B vaccine studies tracked side effects for four or five days before the decision was made to vaccinate every newborn in the US .
After concerns about the role of MMR and inflammatory bowel disease , 23 different post-licensing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patient was followed for more than 42 days post-vaccination .
You can not find what you do not look for .
The Institute of Medicine , trusted to make evidence-based recommendations , examined the current scientific literature , and found inadequate evidence to accept or reject a causal relationship between 135 of 158 relationships between vaccines and adverse events .
Among the remaining 23 adverse events , 18 were found to be associated with vaccination and five were not .
Hooker ’ s analysis used a cohort study design with strata for medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
DTaP and MMR were counted as a single vaccine even though each contained 3 vaccines in one injection .
In the Hooker publication , it should be noted that a patient receiving even just one vaccine in the first 380 days of life would fall into the “ vaccinated ” category .
“ Unvaccinated ” patients had no vaccine doses on record prior to their first birthday plus 15 days .
In my view , this design makes the data even more compelling .
The data showed that children were more likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asthma and ear infections if they received a higher number of vaccines versus fewer immunizations .
As a pediatrician who was taught little about mechanisms of vaccine efficacy or adverse events in medical school or residency , I was expected to follow the CDC/AAP revisions to the schedule without questioning .
Recent legislative action removing medical or religious exemptions are taking away the physician ’ s ability to consider vaccine administration in the context of the individual patient .
It is ironic that , during this age of personalized , integrative and functional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collect precise individualized data , we seem to be doubling down on a “ one size fits all ” vaccine policy .
In the Cassandra analogy , mainstream medicine and university pediatric curriculums are the Apollos to which I should owe my allegiance .
However , I would argue that my allegiance is to my patients .
I would argue that the purpose of rigorous medical school and residency training is not to teach us a bunch of facts ( which we know will change as science evolves ) but to teach us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argue that my parents , college professors and debate team coach instilled in me important critical thinking skills that are fundamental to my ability to make informed decisions in partnership with the parents who trust me with their children .
If all I need to do when ordering a vaccine is to follow a published schedule , I could delegate all immunization decisions to my medical assistant .
To question medical dogma does not end well for many of us , until we find meaning in the search for truth , which should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Mothers of Vaccine-Injured Children: Modern Day Cassandras
Contributed to TLB by: The Children’s Health Defense Team
By: Elizabeth Mumper, M.D., FAAP, The Rimland Center
Some days I feel like Cassandra, the Greek woman who could see the future, but not articulate it in a way that gave her credibility. In the tragedy Agamemnon, Apollo promised Cassandra the gift of prophecy if she would be his lover. She accepted the gift, then rebuffed Apollo when he desired sexual favors. Apollo got revenge by ordaining her predictions would be rejected. She predicted the Trojan horse battle and Agamemnon’s bloody death, but no one believed her.
Parents of children with complex chronic illness must also feel like Cassandras. Hundreds of times I have taken detailed histories from parents in which seemingly healthy children deteriorated or regressed within 24-48 hours of a vaccine, often ending up in the Emergency Department, only to be told that it was a “coincidence” and that the vaccine could not be the cause. This seems to be in direct opposition to the usual course of events when a clinician is presented with a new symptom and we are taught to ask about any new or different events, exposures or experiences. Concerns raised by intelligent parents that their child is getting too many vaccines at once are typically dismissed. The bar to get compensation in Vaccine Court is incredibly high, with restrictions based on original “vaccine injury tables” despite a significant expansion of the number and types of vaccines introduced since the 1986 National Vaccine Compensation Program legislation. The injuries are often lifelong and change the trajectory of family life completely.
In 1997, my experience with a patient I vaccinated opened my eyes to the possibility that CDC recommended vaccines were causing significant harm to at least a subset of children who received them. Five years later, I took my concerns to the University that trained me, where I was taught basic rules of pediatrics: 1) first do no harm 2) listen to the mama 3) look at the child. I delivered Pediatric Grand Rounds, sharing my concerns about the exponentially increasing rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, the gastrointestinal symptoms of my patients with autism including digestion, dysbiosis and digestive enzyme problems, and emerging data implicating gut-brain interactions. I hypothesized that the rapidly expanding vaccine schedule might be related. It was a message the audience of pediatric faculty and residents did not want to hear.
Ironically, the problems with digestive enzymes I discussed have now been confirmed by Buie and Kushak at Harvard in multiple peer reviewed published studies. The role of gastrointestinal problems in autism and understanding the gut brain connection now form the backbone of functional medicine and offer a pathway to improving the lives of chronically ill children and their families. Articles on the communication between gut, brain, and endocrine systems populate highly respected medical journals.
Sadly, the rates of autism reported as 34 per 10,000 in 2002 and dismissed as due to better recognition and diagnosis (another speculation not borne out by the data) have continued to rise exponentially at 6-15% per year to the current rates of 1 in 54 children (185 per 10,000) who have autism and one in six who have other developmental or behavioral problems. It is crucial to remember that the analysis published in March 2020 (and largely overlooked by the media in the Age of COVID) was based on a birth cohort from 2008 (8-year-old children were studied in 2016 for the statistics published 4 years later).
This week, Hooker and Miller published data from three geographically distinct pediatric practices. The real-life data, collected over 10 years, examined the relationship between the number and timing of vaccines and presence of chronic illnesses, including neurodevelopmental problems, asthma, gastrointestinal problems and ear infections. Younger ages at vaccination and increasing number of vaccines were associated with more developmental delays, asthma and ear infections. In fact, for ear infections subdivided by quartile of number of vaccines, there was a linear relationship between more vaccines and more ear infections.
I predict the mainstream media and the American Academy of Pediatrics will try to cast doubt on the findings in this study. Yes, there are limitations to retrospective practice-based research, which Hooker articulates quite well. I would argue that, if the AAP or CDC or NIH had agreed to the comparison studies of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children that the parents of children with chronic disease have been asking for since the dawn of the current century, we would have prospective, controlled studies by now. The burden would not have fallen upon clinicians busy taking care of complex chronic illness to be unfunded clinical researchers.
What makes this data compelling is the wealth of scientific information that has accumulated in the past two decades about mechanisms involved in neurodevelopmental disorders, immune dysregulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, environmental toxicity and metabolic derangements. Such research includes but is not limited to:
Many people assume that vaccine safety trials must be exceptionally well designed and executed, since they are given to populations at large. They are shocked to find out that Hepatitis B vaccine studies tracked side effects for four or five days before the decision was made to vaccinate every newborn in the US. After concerns about the role of MMR and inflammatory bowel disease, 23 different post-licensing trials were conducted on the MMR-II vaccine—no patient was followed for more than 42 days post-vaccination. You cannot find what you do not look for.
The Institute of Medicine, trusted to make evidence-based recommendations, examined the current scientific literature, and found inadequate evidence to accept or reject a causal relationship between 135 of 158 relationships between vaccines and adverse events. Among the remaining 23 adverse events, 18 were found to be associated with vaccination and five were not.
Hooker’s analysis used a cohort study design with strata for medical practice, year of birth and gender. DTaP and MMR were counted as a single vaccine even though each contained 3 vaccines in one injection.
In the Hooker publication, it should be noted that a patient receiving even just one vaccine in the first 380 days of life would fall into the “vaccinated” category. “Unvaccinated” patients had no vaccine doses on record prior to their first birthday plus 15 days. In my view, this design makes the data even more compelling. The data showed that children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental delays, asthma and ear infections if they received a higher number of vaccines versus fewer immunizations.
As a pediatrician who was taught little about mechanisms of vaccine efficacy or adverse events in medical school or residency, I was expected to follow the CDC/AAP revisions to the schedule without questioning. Recent legislative action removing medical or religious exemptions are taking away the physician’s ability to consider vaccine administration in the context of the individual patient. It is ironic that, during this age of personalized, integrative and functional medicine in which people wear devices to collect precise individualized data, we seem to be doubling down on a “one size fits all” vaccine policy.
In the Cassandra analogy, mainstream medicine and university pediatric curriculums are the Apollos to which I should owe my allegiance. However, I would argue that my allegiance is to my patients. I would argue that the purpose of rigorous medical school and residency training is not to teach us a bunch of facts (which we know will change as science evolves) but to teach us to be analytic thinkers. I would argue that my parents, college professors and debate team coach instilled in me important critical thinking skills that are fundamental to my ability to make informed decisions in partnership with the parents who trust me with their children. If all I need to do when ordering a vaccine is to follow a published schedule, I could delegate all immunization decisions to my medical assistant.
To question medical dogma does not end well for many of us, until we find meaning in the search for truth, which should be the essence of every scientific endeavor.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-05--Italy: Useless ‘Expert’ COVID Predictions Generating Lawsuit in Damaged Tourism Sector

ER Editor : It ’ s another case of those top-tier health experts telling the rest of us what to do and getting it hopelessly wrong .
We ’ re not sure how the ‘ National Health Observatory ’ mentioned below translates into Italian , but one Dr. Walter Ricciardi is mentioned as being part of this group .
He ’ s another one of those ’ eminent ’ WHO characters .
This link to the WHO site for the European side gives his curriculum vitae .
Here we have an example of how their lousy modelling and forecasting is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time in the critical Italian tourist sector for the coastal region of Pesaro ( see map below ) , by turning the tourists away in advance .
The hoteliers association is now demanding state reparations or a lawsuit against Dr. Ricciardi & Co. And it ’ s no wonder .
See these two related articles , citing the plainspoken ICU head in Milan , Dr. Alberto Zangrillo : Coronavirus in Italy : “ Covid no longer exists , someone is terrorizing the country ” – ICU doctor ; Italy : The Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s a ‘ Different Disease ’ And on the new Orange Vest movement , who are calling time on the whole virus charade , Italy ’ s Orange Vests : Enraged Italians Abandon Masks , Denounce Pandemic As Scam , Want Govt Out .
Coronavirus and forecasts , the hoteliers of Pesaro against the Health Observatory With the forecast of zero contagion at the end of June , hotel owners are now threatening legal action Pesaro , 3 June 2020 – “ Now pay the damages .
You have destroyed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tourists flee ” .
Fabrizio Oliva , provincial president of hoteliers , has a grudge against the National Health Observatory , which predicted zero infections and zero deaths for the Marche region at the end of June .
Instead that result came at the end of May : “ Today we have 90 % of the hotels closed .
Today we have the idea that Pesaro ( see map ) is a city strongly affected by the virus and not safe because of the National Observatory on Health , coordinated by Dr. Walter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on 20 April declared that “ the end of covid 19 in Italy could have different timing in the regions depending on the territories more or less exposed to the epidemic .
Then they drew up a classification , again declaring through their scientific director Dr. Solipaca , “ In Lombardy ( ER : north of the red dot on the map ) , where the first contagion occurred , it is not legitimate to expect the zeroing of new cases before June 28th , in the Marche region ( ER : around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After the protest of the Marche region through the governor and councillor for tourism – writes Oliva – a few days later , they adjusted their prediction from 27 June to 23 June , as if these gentlemen had in their pockets an instrument that could certainly re-determine the date .
The moral is that these declarations have done our city a lot of harm by giving an image where the covid risk would have remained well throughout the summer .
This has led to a gradual cancellation of all reservations in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I wonder why these gentlemen today , where things have changed and have blown up badly , do not make themselves heard ?
Now we ask that for our territory , the State intervenes with additional non-refundable sums for the sectors most affected as it is doing for red areas .
Otherwise , we ask the Mayor of the municipality of Pesaro , Matteo Ricci , and the Governor of Marche Luca Ceriscioli to support the categories of tourism in a legal action against this body and its managers for a claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the future of the country in terms of health investments and economic recovery [ sic ] .
It is time for a pause for reflection , otherwise every day that passes we will leave thousands of unemployed people in the field and send thousands of vat matches to death [ sic ] .
With regard to the article that appeared yesterday , I would like to point out that the estimated turnover was referred to in an optimistic way for the months of July , August and September , while if we want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the season , I believe that hotels will be around 40/50 percent of revenues for the 2019 season “ .
In the meantime , some readers have reported that along the Levante beach ( ER : in the Pesaro city area ) , there are no lifeguard turrets , and in some bathing establishments even the flybridge for the rescue .
The Harbour Master ’ s Office explains : “ Until the first Sunday in June , it is not mandatory to guarantee the rescue service .
So there are still a few @ @ @ @ @ @

ER Editor: It’s another case of those top-tier health experts telling the rest of us what to do and getting it hopelessly wrong. We’re not sure how the ‘National Health Observatory’ mentioned below translates into Italian, but one Dr. Walter Ricciardi is mentioned as being part of this group. He’s another one of those ’eminent’ WHO characters. This link to the WHO site for the European side gives his curriculum vitae.
Here we have an example of how their lousy modelling and forecasting is once again creating local economic destruction, this time in the critical Italian tourist sector for the coastal region of Pesaro (see map below), by turning the tourists away in advance. The hoteliers association is now demanding state reparations or a lawsuit against Dr. Ricciardi &Co.
And it’s no wonder. See these two related articles, citing the plainspoken ICU head in Milan, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo:
Coronavirus in Italy: “Covid no longer exists, someone is terrorizing the country” – ICU doctor;
Italy: The Coronavirus is Far Less Capable of Replication – It’s a ‘Different Disease’
And on the new Orange Vest movement, who are calling time on the whole virus charade, Italy’s Orange Vests: Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam, Want Govt Out.
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Coronavirus and forecasts, the hoteliers of Pesaro against the Health Observatory
With the forecast of zero contagion at the end of June, hotel owners are now threatening legal action
IL RESTO DEL CARLINO
Pesaro, 3 June 2020 – “Now pay the damages. You have destroyed the season with your fake predictions by making tourists flee”. Fabrizio Oliva, provincial president of hoteliers, has a grudge against the National Health Observatory, which predicted zero infections and zero deaths for the Marche region at the end of June.
Instead that result came at the end of May:
“Today we have 90% of the hotels closed. Today we have the idea that Pesaro (see map) is a city strongly affected by the virus and not safe because of the National Observatory on Health, coordinated by Dr. Walter Ricciardi and Dr. Alessandro Solipaca, who on 20 April declared that “the end of covid 19 in Italy could have different timing in the regions depending on the territories more or less exposed to the epidemic. Then they drew up a classification, again declaring through their scientific director Dr. Solipaca, “In Lombardy (ER: north of the red dot on the map), where the first contagion occurred, it is not legitimate to expect the zeroing of new cases before June 28th, in the Marche region (ER: around Pesaro) not before June 27th“.
After the protest of the Marche region through the governor and councillor for tourism – writes Oliva – a few days later, they adjusted their prediction from 27 June to 23 June, as if these gentlemen had in their pockets an instrument that could certainly re-determine the date.
The moral is that these declarations have done our city a lot of harm by giving an image where the covid risk would have remained well throughout the summer. This has led to a gradual cancellation of all reservations in our hotels for the month of June. I wonder why these gentlemen today, where things have changed and have blown up badly, do not make themselves heard?
Now we ask that for our territory, the State intervenes with additional non-refundable sums for the sectors most affected as it is doing for red areas. Otherwise, we ask the Mayor of the municipality of Pesaro, Matteo Ricci, and the Governor of Marche Luca Ceriscioli to support the categories of tourism in a legal action against this body and its managers for a claim for damages. Here we play on the future of the country in terms of health investments and economic recovery [sic]. It is time for a pause for reflection, otherwise every day that passes we will leave thousands of unemployed people in the field and send thousands of vat matches to death [sic]. With regard to the article that appeared yesterday, I would like to point out that the estimated turnover was referred to in an optimistic way for the months of July, August and September, while if we want to make a more realistic estimate of the season, I believe that hotels will be around 40/50 percent of revenues for the 2019 season“.
In the meantime, some readers have reported that along the Levante beach (ER: in the Pesaro city area), there are no lifeguard turrets, and in some bathing establishments even the flybridge for the rescue. The Harbour Master’s Office explains: “Until the first Sunday in June, it is not mandatory to guarantee the rescue service. So there are still a few more days to comply”.
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Coronavirus e previsioni, gli albergatori di Pesaro contro l’Osservatorio sulla Salute
Nel mirino la previsione del contagio zero a fine giugno, ora i proprietari degli hotel minacciano l’azione legale


thelibertybeacon--2020-06-05--Don’t French Lives Matter? Forgetting Massive Police Brutality [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Fraser Myers of Spiked Online put out a great little opinion piece on June 2 , titled ‘ Do French Lives Matter ?
Where was the outrage when police were maiming protesters in France ?
’ Watching the mass protests for France ’ s equivalent of George Floyd – Adama Traoré , 24 years of age and black , dead in 2016 after spending time in policy custody following two prior escapes to avoid questioning , invoked some disgust .
From November 17 , 2018 , for the next 72 Saturdays until the Virus Plandemic and lockdown took hold in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gilets Jaunes ( Yellow Vests ) had been protesting against the economic desperation and precarity of their lives .
The videos and photos from that period , showing police repression of the average ordinary citizen up and down the country , of any age , skin color , background and profession – including members of the medical profession ( see below ) , irony of ironies – was shocking .
Here is Myers : What is striking in this sudden outpouring of protest is how much it contrasts with the total indifference to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long ago , on display week in , week out practically on our doorstep .
I ’ m talking , of course , about the yellow-vest protests in France .
The gilets jaunes revolt was the most significant and sustained period of unrest in France since 1968 .
But the protests themselves garnered disproportionately little media attention .
And the many acts of police violence against the protesters raised barely any comment or condemnation whatsoever .
The perception of a media blackout was so strong that fake-news stories spread online saying that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from covering the gilets jaunes .
( ER : these stories may not have been fake .
We wouldn ’ t trust fullfact.org charity to set us straight on this . )
The scale of police violence was astonishing and stomach-churning .
Between November 2018 and June 2019 , according to figures compiled by Médiapart , 860 protesters were injured by the police – 315 suffered head injuries ; 24 lost the use of an eye ; and five had hands torn off .
In December 2018 , an elderly woman who had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when police threw a grenade into her flat .
( ER : There were a handful of other deaths , too . )
Among these victims are not only protesters but also journalists and medics .
Police have been filmed beating elderly and disabled people , as well as using tear gas , water cannons and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters .
The main source of injuries was ‘ Flashball ’ rubber bullets ( see image ) – a non-lethal weapon that has been banned in every EU country except France .
More @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the first three months of the protests .
Another extreme weapon used by police was the GLI-F4 – a teargas grenade which contains explosives that maimed numerous protesters .
The grenade was eventually banned by the French government in early 2020 .
Myers notes that the UN called for an investigation , while the EU wanted a complete halt to the use of the rubber bullet weapon ; Amnesty denounced what it called disproportionate police methods .
‘ Eventually , even the French government acknowledged it had a problem with police violence.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ piece here .
It has to be said that the Yellow Vests have publicly protested in support of alleged police violence against Traoré .
But watching a protest exclusively for this long-dead young man without including the many thousands of Yellow Vests – in other words , weaponizing the racial element – is laughable .
Among those many , consecutive weeks of police brutality , four things stuck out in my mind that weren ’ t on the level of dangerous weaponry and maiming , but yet were totally gratuitous acts of violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way posing a physical threat .
All were captured on video and distributed on social media at the time : • A 30-something woman was walking non-threateningly towards an officer to clear the public street area , as instructed .
He took the initiative , approached her very suddenly and karate-kicked her in the stomach , sending her crashing to the floor .
• Same event , a frail old man was walking slowly , holding onto a railing , because he ’ d been told to evacuate the area and was slowly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hair , pulled back his head and sprayed souped-up toxic pepper spray into his eyes .
He couldn ’ t comply without help because he could no longer walk independently .
• A 70-something woman was calmly protesting on a local residential street with a group of others , doing not very much in the way of physical action .
Three fit young policemen wrestled her to the ground in seconds , pinning her down .
She was shouting and screaming , likely shocked that in her own country such a thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standing against the wall of a bank when a police officer , who later turned out to have a history of violence , grabbed him and started repeatedly punching him in the head .
He had only been guilty of standing against a wall .
The man was black , but given the massive scope of police violence against so many members of the general population , skin color was clearly irrelevant .
A 25-second video showing how a group of police deal with a single man : https : //www.facebook.com/davidfonseca2007/videos/10214858170260209/ A 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of small altercations where people are getting pushed and hit by individual police officers : https : //www.facebook.com/Cedricecile/videos/10213372174918712/ And saving the best for last , here ’ s a sample of police treatment of doctors and nurses when they held their own protest during June , 2019 : Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
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Fraser Myers of Spiked Online put out a great little opinion piece on June 2, titled ‘Do French Lives Matter? Where was the outrage when police were maiming protesters in France?’
Watching the mass protests for France’s equivalent of George Floyd – Adama Traoré, 24 years of age and black, dead in 2016 after spending time in policy custody following two prior escapes to avoid questioning, invoked some disgust in me.
From November 17, 2018, for the next 72 Saturdays until the Virus Plandemic and lockdown took hold in March, 2020, France’s Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) had been protesting against the economic desperation and precarity of their lives. The videos and photos from that period, showing police repression of the average ordinary citizen up and down the country, of any age, skin color, background and profession – including members of the medical profession (see below), irony of ironies – were shocking. Here is Myers:
What is striking in this sudden outpouring of protest is how much it contrasts with the total indifference to the police violence which was, not long ago, on display week in, week out practically on our doorstep. I’m talking, of course, about the yellow-vest protests in France. The gilets jaunes revolt was the most significant and sustained period of unrest in France since 1968. But the protests themselves garnered disproportionately little media attention. And the many acts of police violence against the protesters raised barely any comment or condemnation whatsoever. The perception of a media blackout was so strong that fake-news stories spread online saying that the British government had actually banned our press from covering the gilets jaunes. (ER: these stories may not have been fake. We wouldn’t trust fullfact.org charity to set us straight on this.) The scale of police violence was astonishing and stomach-churning. Between November 2018 and June 2019, according to figures compiled by Médiapart, 860 protesters were injured by the police – 315 suffered head injuries; 24 lost the use of an eye; and five had hands torn off. In December 2018, an elderly woman who had no involvement in the protests was killed when police threw a grenade into her flat. (ER: There were a handful of other deaths, too.) Among these victims are not only protesters but also journalists and medics. Police have been filmed beating elderly and disabled people, as well as using tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters. The main source of injuries was ‘Flashball’ rubber bullets (see image) – a non-lethal weapon that has been banned in every EU country except France. More than 13,000 of these bullets were fired in the first three months of the protests. Another extreme weapon used by police was the GLI-F4 – a teargas grenade which contains explosives that maimed numerous protesters. The grenade was eventually banned by the French government in early 2020.
Myers notes that the UN called for an investigation, while the EU wanted a complete halt to the use of the rubber bullet weapon; Amnesty denounced what it called disproportionate police methods. ‘Eventually, even the French government acknowledged it had a problem with police violence.’ Check out Myer’s short piece here.
Weaponizing Race
It has to be said that the Yellow Vests have publicly protested in support of alleged police violence against Traoré. But watching a protest exclusively for this long-dead young man without including the many thousands of Yellow Vests – in other words, weaponizing the racial element – is laughable.
Among those many, consecutive weeks of police brutality, four things stuck out in my mind that weren’t on the level of dangerous weaponry and maiming, but yet were totally gratuitous acts of violence against vulnerable people who were in no way posing a physical threat. All were captured on video and distributed on social media at the time:
A 30-something woman was walking non-threateningly towards an officer to clear the public street area, as instructed. He took the initiative, approached her very suddenly and karate-kicked her in the stomach , sending her crashing to the floor.
, sending her crashing to the floor. Same event, a frail old man was walking slowly, holding onto a railing, because he’d been told to evacuate the area and was slowly complying. A policeman took him by the hair, pulled back his head and sprayed souped-up toxic pepper spray into his eyes. He couldn’t comply without help because he could no longer walk independently.
He couldn’t comply without help because he could no longer walk independently. A 70-something woman was calmly protesting on a local residential street with a group of others, doing not very much in the way of physical action. Three fit young policemen wrestled her to the ground in seconds, pinning her down. She was shouting and screaming, likely shocked that in her own country such a thing could happen.
She was shouting and screaming, likely shocked that in her own country such a thing could happen. A man was standing against the wall of a bank when a police officer, who later turned out to have a history of violence, grabbed him and started repeatedly punching him in the head. He had only been guilty of standing against a wall. The man was black, but given the massive scope of police violence against so many members of the general population, skin color was clearly irrelevant.
VIDEOS & PHOTOS
A 25-second video showing how a group of police deal with a single man: https://www.facebook.com/davidfonseca2007/videos/10214858170260209/
A 1 minute 40 second video showing a series of small altercations where people are getting pushed and hit by individual police officers: https://www.facebook.com/Cedricecile/videos/10213372174918712/
And saving the best for last, here’s a sample of police treatment of doctors and nurses when they held their own protest during June, 2019:
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-06--The drug testing scam explained

The drug testing scam explained

When a new drug gets tested , the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world — except much of the time , negative or inconclusive findings go unreported , leaving doctors and researchers in the dark .
In this impassioned talk , Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous .
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Ben Michael Goldacre MBE is a British physician, academic, and science writer. As of March 2015, he is a senior clinical research fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, part of the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Wikipedia
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-05--NOW “THIS” IS AMERICA … !!!

NOW “THIS” IS AMERICA … !!!

• None This is Not a new Crisis .
• None This does not have to take long .
• None This does not need to be detailed .
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• None This is not a lambasting of any one person .
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But I promise this WILL make you Smile ( or your soul is dead ) : So … enough said !
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NOW “THIS” IS AMERICA … !!!
… a few quick points:
This is Not a new Crisis.
This does not have to take long.
This does not need to be detailed.
This is in no way a political message.
This is not a lambasting of any one person.
This is a message all true Americans NEED to see.
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NOW “THIS” IS AMERICA … !!!
So … enough said !!
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-05--“Useful Idiots”, ‘White Privilege’, & Silicon Valley’s “Ministry Of Truth”

When Gil Scott-Heron released the iconic song it was a cry for racial justice .
But it was far deeper than that .
Because Scott-Heron spoke the truth that media was subordinate to power .
That ’ s why he knew the revolution he spoke of would never be on television , the most powerful form of media in the world at the time .
Controlled by very few because technology had not transformed communication , corporate media crafted whatever narratives it and those it was subordinate to wanted .
And those narratives are always sick , divisive and foremost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed to act as democratized distribution platforms for images , thoughts , and information from one end of the world to the other .
And those in power now realize just how hard it is to maintain narratives in a world where they can be debunked in real time by millions of people .
They lost major battles like Brexit , the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and others and have retrenched in the most predictable way all tyrants do , they censor , stop , remove , and bury anything that challenges what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ ve gone much farther than that .
And after decades of honing narratives about uprisings against foreign leaders whose main crime was to defy the U.S. and/or European halls of power centered around fake money , fake wealth and , most importantly , fake news , they ’ ve turned that expertise on us in ways that are truly terrifying .
We live in a world today so suffused with fake news , misinformation , disinformation and purposeful confusion it ’ s worse than being in The Matrix .
There , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good and the women were hot .
He went back to sleep .
For us : The difference is we aren ’ t asleep .
This isn ’ t The Matrix anymore .
We jacked out of that nightmare to find a world even worse than we thought and now we ’ re crazy from being sleep deprived .
So now we ’ re a nation of noradrenaline-addicted , cortizol-drenched doom porn addicts as we realize there ’ s no one competent in charge and our neighbors are a bunch of whiny Karens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wholly incompetent .
What ’ s clear to me watching the riots spring up all around America over the dreadful murder of George Floyd is that hijacking this event is the distraction .
Turning it into a racial issue with agent provocateurs starting trouble and creating images they want us to see and keep us fighting amongst ourselves is the goal .
Where is any of the looting , the brick-throwing , the arson , the mayhem intended to go but to destabilize and unmoor an already angry , anxiety-ridden , soon-to-be-desperate American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tribal behavior .
You know the violence and the rioting is the goal because the real revolution , the one where Black Lives Matters organizers tell Antifa , with police at their backs , to go home and stay out of their communities .
That ’ s the revolution the U.S. needs , the one where we see red and blue , black and white , left and right , masked and unmasked stop talking at each other and talking to each other .
Because when we do that , we break through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every day .
The fake world fades when communication is achieved .
Every peaceful gathering of people grieving an unfair and undeserved death should be celebrated one hundred times more than the any scene of looting , rioting and beating .
It ’ s too bad that everyone involved at a leadership level these riots actually want the chaos , so therefore , the only response from civil society is a civil war .
Sad to say , but President Trump ’ s threat to shut down Twitter would almost be welcome at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ primary function is for people to engage in the lowest form of communication .
It just allows people to hive themselves off in their echo chambers and their Ivory Tower of virtue signaling and moral superiority without real consequence .
But I know that ’ s the wrong response because like it or not Twitter , Facebook and the rest of the new Tyrants of Silicon Valley ’ s Ministry of Truth still can ’ t control everything .
Real truth seeps out and eventually people will simply tune out , turn on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s death is a result of the U.S. turning slowly into a police state governed by nihilism and adrift spiritually and emotionally .
That ’ s the story no one is covering .
That ’ s the conversation we ’ re not having in America right now .
And before we can have that conversation an entire generation of kids fed a toxic brew of warmed-over communism with its inherent envy at those who have earned and an unearned sense of entitlement will have to learn the hard way that they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of power .
Because if they win this war against ‘ white privilege ’ and ‘ racial inequity ’ and ‘ property ’ they are the useful idiots of the same people they think they are fighting against .
Like Dr. King I have a dream where people actually have that conversation about race , wealth and power .
Because if we did , we just might focus all that anger and frustration where it needs to go .
That ’ s the source of the real revolution that not only needs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scott-Heron wrong .
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“Useful Idiots”, ‘White Privilege’, & Silicon Valley’s “Ministry Of Truth”
Tom LUONGO
When Gil Scott-Heron released the iconic song it was a cry for racial justice. But it was far deeper than that. Because Scott-Heron spoke the truth that media was subordinate to power.
That’s why he knew the revolution he spoke of would never be on television, the most powerful form of media in the world at the time. Controlled by very few because technology had not transformed communication, corporate media crafted whatever narratives it and those it was subordinate to wanted.
And those narratives are always sick, divisive and foremost fake.
Today social media companies are supposed to act as democratized distribution platforms for images, thoughts, and information from one end of the world to the other. And those in power now realize just how hard it is to maintain narratives in a world where they can be debunked in real time by millions of people.
They lost major battles like Brexit, the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and others and have retrenched in the most predictable way all tyrants do, they censor, stop, remove, and bury anything that challenges what they want you to know.
But they’ve gone much farther than that. And after decades of honing narratives about uprisings against foreign leaders whose main crime was to defy the U.S. and/or European halls of power centered around fake money, fake wealth and, most importantly, fake news, they’ve turned that expertise on us in ways that are truly terrifying.
We live in a world today so suffused with fake news, misinformation, disinformation and purposeful confusion it’s worse than being in The Matrix. There, Cypher reminded us, the steak tasted good and the women were hot. He went back to sleep. For us:
The difference is we aren’t asleep. This isn’t The Matrix anymore. We jacked out of that nightmare to find a world even worse than we thought and now we’re crazy from being sleep deprived.
So now we’re a nation of noradrenaline-addicted, cortizol-drenched doom porn addicts as we realize there’s no one competent in charge and our neighbors are a bunch of whiny Karens.
Except that they aren’t wholly incompetent. What’s clear to me watching the riots spring up all around America over the dreadful murder of George Floyd is that hijacking this event is the distraction. Turning it into a racial issue with agent provocateurs starting trouble and creating images they want us to see and keep us fighting amongst ourselves is the goal.
Where is any of the looting, the brick-throwing, the arson, the mayhem intended to go but to destabilize and unmoor an already angry, anxiety-ridden, soon-to-be-desperate American lower and middle classes into even greater tribal behavior.
You know the violence and the rioting is the goal because the real revolution, the one where Black Lives Matters organizers tell Antifa, with police at their backs, to go home and stay out of their communities.
That’s the revolution the U.S. needs, the one where we see red and blue, black and white, left and right, masked and unmasked stop talking at each other and talking to each other.
Because when we do that, we break through the façade we see on our screens every day. The fake world fades when communication is achieved. Every peaceful gathering of people grieving an unfair and undeserved death should be celebrated one hundred times more than the any scene of looting, rioting and beating.
It’s too bad that everyone involved at a leadership level these riots actually want the chaos, so therefore, the only response from civil society is a civil war.
Sad to say, but President Trump’s threat to shut down Twitter would almost be welcome at this point.
Because Twitter’s primary function is for people to engage in the lowest form of communication. It just allows people to hive themselves off in their echo chambers and their Ivory Tower of virtue signaling and moral superiority without real consequence.
But I know that’s the wrong response because like it or not Twitter, Facebook and the rest of the new Tyrants of Silicon Valley’s Ministry of Truth still can’t control everything. Real truth seeps out and eventually people will simply tune out, turn on or drop the connection.
George Floyd’s death is a result of the U.S. turning slowly into a police state governed by nihilism and adrift spiritually and emotionally. That’s the story no one is covering. That’s the conversation we’re not having in America right now.
And before we can have that conversation an entire generation of kids fed a toxic brew of warmed-over communism with its inherent envy at those who have earned and an unearned sense of entitlement will have to learn the hard way that they are just pawns in an even bigger game of power.
Because if they win this war against ‘white privilege’ and ‘racial inequity’ and ‘property’ they are the useful idiots of the same people they think they are fighting against.
Like Dr. King I have a dream where people actually have that conversation about race, wealth and power. Because if we did, we just might focus all that anger and frustration where it needs to go.
That’s the source of the real revolution that not only needs to happen but without a doubt prove Gil Scott-Heron wrong.
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(TLB) published this article by Tom Luongo via The Strategic Culture Foundation with permission and our gratitude for this perspective.
See other timely articles at www.strategic-culture.org
Tom LUONGO Tom Luongo is an independent political and economic analyst based in North Florida, USA Other articles by Tom Luongo .
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-05--Job Report Shock: May Payrolls Soars By 2.5 Million, Unemployment Rate Drops

… the BLS shocked markets when it reported that , contrary to week after week of millions in initial jobless claims , and in line with the much more optimistic ADP report , not only did May payrolls not drop by the 7.5 million expected drop , but actually SOARED by 2.5 million , crushing expectations , and indicating that already in May when the country was under widespread lockdowns , jobs came soaring back .
Just as shocking is that the unemployment rate which was expected to surge to a record 19.1 % in May from 14.7 % in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 13.3 % ( although Black unemployment did rise modestly ) .
And in continuing the bizarro world of now completely meaningless data , the average hourly earnings dropped from last month ’ s revised 8.0 % actually dropped to 6.7 % , also mocking expectations of an increase to 8.5 % .
How “ political ” was today ’ s report ?
We will leave it to readers to decide especially when moments after the report Trump , who knew the numbers yesterday , boomed on his twitter account that “ THESE NUMBERS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by industry • Employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 1.2 million , following losses of 7.5 million in April and 743,000 in March .
Over the month , employment in food services and drinking places rose by 1.4 million , accounting for about half of the gain in total nonfarm employment .
May ’ s gain in food services and drinking places followed steep declines in April and March ( -6.1 million combined ) .
In contrast , employment in the accommodation industry fell in May ( -148,000 ) and has declined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Construction employment increased by 464,000 in May , gaining back almost half of April ’ s decline ( -995,000 ) .
Much of the gain occurred in specialty trade contractors ( +325,000 ) , with growth about equally split between the residential and nonresidential components .
Job gains also occurred in construction of buildings ( +105,000 ) , largely in residential building .
• Employment increased by 424,000 in education and health services in May , after a decrease of 2.6 million in April .
Health care employment increased by 312,000 over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dentists ( +245,000 ) , offices of other health practitioners ( +73,000 ) , and offices of physicians ( +51,000 ) .
Elsewhere in health care , job losses continued in nursing and residential care facilities ( -37,000 ) and hospitals ( -27,000 ) .
Employment increased in the social assistance industry ( +78,000 ) , reflecting increases in child day care services ( +44,000 ) and individual and family services ( +29,000 ) .
Employment in private education rose by 33,000 over the month .
• Employment in retail trade rose by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million in April .
Over-the-month job gains occurred in clothing and clothing accessories stores ( +95,000 ) , automobile dealers ( +85,000 ) , and general merchandise stores ( +84,000 ) .
By contrast , job losses continued in electronics and appliance stores ( -95,000 ) and in auto parts , accessories , and tire stores ( -36,000 ) .
• Employment increased in the other services industry in May ( +272,000 ) , following a decline of 1.3 million in April .
About two-thirds of the May increase occurred in personal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manufacturing employment rose by 225,000 , with gains about evenly split between the durable and nondurable goods components .
In April , manufacturing employment declined by 1.3 million , with about two-thirds of the loss occurring in the durable goods component .
Within durable goods , employment gains in May were led by motor vehicles and parts ( +28,000 ) , fabricated metal products ( +25,000 ) , and machinery ( +23,000 ) .
Within nondurable goods , job gains occurred in plastics and rubber products ( +30,000 ) and food manufacturing ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services added 127,000 jobs in May , after shedding 2.2 million jobs in April .
Over the month , employment rose in services to buildings and dwellings ( +68,000 ) and temporary help services ( +39,000 ) , while employment declined in management of companies and enterprises ( -22,000 ) .
• Financial activities added 33,000 jobs over the month , following a loss of 264,000 jobs in April .
In May , employment gains occurred in real estate and rental and leasing ( +24,000 ) and in credit intermediation and related activities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employment was up by 21,000 in May , largely reflecting job gains in its nondurable goods component ( +13,000 ) .
In April , wholesale trade employment declined by 383,000 .
• ( -585,000 ) , following a drop of 963,000 in April .
Employment in local government was down by 487,000 in May .
Local government education accounted for almost two-thirds of the decrease ( -310,000 ) , reflecting school closures .
Employment also continued to decline in state government ( -84,000 ) , particularly in state education ( -63,000 ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in May , following a decline of 272,000 in April .
• Mining continued to lose jobs in May ( -20,000 ) , with most of the decline occurring in support activities for mining ( -16,000 ) .
Mining employment has declined by 77,000 over the past 3 months .
• Transportation and warehousing jobs decreased in May ( -19,000 ) , after an April decline of 553,000 .
Air transportation lost 50,000 jobs over the month , following a loss of 79,000 jobs in April .
In May , employment rose by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in transit and ground passenger transportation .
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Job Report Shock: May Payrolls Soars By 2.5 Million, Unemployment Rate Drops, Crushing Bearish Expectations
“THESE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE” Trump Booms
(ZeroHedge)
… the BLS shocked markets when it reported that, contrary to week after week of millions in initial jobless claims, and in line with the much more optimistic ADP report, not only did May payrolls not drop by the 7.5 million expected drop, but actually SOARED by 2.5 million, crushing expectations, and indicating that already in May when the country was under widespread lockdowns, jobs came soaring back.
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Just as shocking is that the unemployment rate which was expected to surge to a record 19.1% in May from 14.7% in April, actually declined in May to 13.3% (although Black unemployment did rise modestly).
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And in continuing the bizarro world of now completely meaningless data, the average hourly earnings dropped from last month’s revised 8.0% actually dropped to 6.7%, also mocking expectations of an increase to 8.5%.
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How “political” was today’s report? We will leave it to readers to decide especially when moments after the report Trump, who knew the numbers yesterday, boomed on his twitter account that “THESE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE”
THESE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE! @MariaBartiromo — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2020
I am so stunned. I’ve never seen numbers like this and I’ve been doing this for 30 years! Steve M. @MariaBartiromo — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2020
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Looking at a breakdown by industry
Employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 1.2 million, following losses of 7.5 million in April and 743,000 in March. Over the month, employment in food services and drinking places rose by 1.4 million, accounting for about half of the gain in total nonfarm employment. May’s gain in food services and drinking places followed steep declines in April and March (-6.1 million combined). In contrast, employment in the accommodation industry fell in May (-148,000) and has declined by 1.1 million since February.
by 1.2 million, following losses of 7.5 million in April and 743,000 in March. Over the month, employment in food services and drinking places rose by 1.4 million, accounting for about half of the gain in total nonfarm employment. May’s gain in food services and drinking places followed steep declines in April and March (-6.1 million combined). In contrast, employment in the accommodation industry fell in May (-148,000) and has declined by 1.1 million since February. Construction employment increased by 464,000 in May, gaining back almost half of April’s decline (-995,000). Much of the gain occurred in specialty trade contractors (+325,000), with growth about equally split between the residential and nonresidential components. Job gains also occurred in construction of buildings (+105,000), largely in residential building.
by 464,000 in May, gaining back almost half of April’s decline (-995,000). Much of the gain occurred in specialty trade contractors (+325,000), with growth about equally split between the residential and nonresidential components. Job gains also occurred in construction of buildings (+105,000), largely in residential building. Employment increased by 424,000 in education and health services in May, after a decrease of 2.6 million in April. Health care employment increased by 312,000 over the month, with gains in offices of dentists (+245,000), offices of other health practitioners (+73,000), and offices of physicians (+51,000). Elsewhere in health care, job losses continued in nursing and residential care facilities (-37,000) and hospitals (-27,000). Employment increased in the social assistance industry (+78,000), reflecting increases in child day care services (+44,000) and individual and family services (+29,000). Employment in private education rose by 33,000 over the month.
in May, after a decrease of 2.6 million in April. Health care employment increased by 312,000 over the month, with gains in offices of dentists (+245,000), offices of other health practitioners (+73,000), and offices of physicians (+51,000). Elsewhere in health care, job losses continued in nursing and residential care facilities (-37,000) and hospitals (-27,000). Employment increased in the social assistance industry (+78,000), reflecting increases in child day care services (+44,000) and individual and family services (+29,000). Employment in private education rose by 33,000 over the month. Employment in retail trade rose by 368,000, after a loss of 2.3 million in April. Over-the-month job gains occurred in clothing and clothing accessories stores (+95,000), automobile dealers (+85,000), and general merchandise stores (+84,000). By contrast, job losses continued in electronics and appliance stores (-95,000) and in auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (-36,000).
by 368,000, after a loss of 2.3 million in April. Over-the-month job gains occurred in clothing and clothing accessories stores (+95,000), automobile dealers (+85,000), and general merchandise stores (+84,000). By contrast, job losses continued in electronics and appliance stores (-95,000) and in auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (-36,000). Employment increased in the other services industry in May (+272,000), following a decline of 1.3 million in April. About two-thirds of the May increase occurred in personal and laundry services (+182,000).
in May (+272,000), following a decline of 1.3 million in April. About two-thirds of the May increase occurred in personal and laundry services (+182,000). Manufacturing employment rose by 225,000, with gains about evenly split between the durable and nondurable goods components. In April, manufacturing employment declined by 1.3 million, with about two-thirds of the loss occurring in the durable goods component. Within durable goods, employment gains in May were led by motor vehicles and parts (+28,000), fabricated metal products (+25,000), and machinery (+23,000). Within nondurable goods, job gains occurred in plastics and rubber products (+30,000) and food manufacturing (+25,000).
by 225,000, with gains about evenly split between the durable and nondurable goods components. In April, manufacturing employment declined by 1.3 million, with about two-thirds of the loss occurring in the durable goods component. Within durable goods, employment gains in May were led by motor vehicles and parts (+28,000), fabricated metal products (+25,000), and machinery (+23,000). Within nondurable goods, job gains occurred in plastics and rubber products (+30,000) and food manufacturing (+25,000). Professional and business services added 127,000 jobs in May, after shedding 2.2 million jobs in April. Over the month, employment rose in services to buildings and dwellings (+68,000) and temporary help services (+39,000), while employment declined in management of companies and enterprises (-22,000).
in May, after shedding 2.2 million jobs in April. Over the month, employment rose in services to buildings and dwellings (+68,000) and temporary help services (+39,000), while employment declined in management of companies and enterprises (-22,000). Financial activities added 33,000 jobs over the month, following a loss of 264,000 jobs in April. In May, employment gains occurred in real estate and rental and leasing (+24,000) and in credit intermediation and related activities (+7,000).
over the month, following a loss of 264,000 jobs in April. In May, employment gains occurred in real estate and rental and leasing (+24,000) and in credit intermediation and related activities (+7,000). Wholesale trade employment was up by 21,000 in May, largely reflecting job gains in its nondurable goods component (+13,000). In April, wholesale trade employment declined by 383,000.
in May, largely reflecting job gains in its nondurable goods component (+13,000). In April, wholesale trade employment declined by 383,000. Employment continued to decline in government (-585,000), following a drop of 963,000 in April. Employment in local government was down by 487,000 in May. Local government education accounted for almost two-thirds of the decrease (-310,000), reflecting school closures. Employment also continued to decline in state government (-84,000), particularly in state education (-63,000).
(-585,000), following a drop of 963,000 in April. Employment in local government was down by 487,000 in May. Local government education accounted for almost two-thirds of the decrease (-310,000), reflecting school closures. Employment also continued to decline in state government (-84,000), particularly in state education (-63,000). Employment in information fell by 38,000 in May, following a decline of 272,000 in April.
in May, following a decline of 272,000 in April. Mining continued to lose jobs in May (-20,000) , with most of the decline occurring in support activities for mining (-16,000). Mining employment has declined by 77,000 over the past 3 months.
, with most of the decline occurring in support activities for mining (-16,000). Mining employment has declined by 77,000 over the past 3 months. Transportation and warehousing jobs decreased in May (-19,000), after an April decline of 553,000. Air transportation lost 50,000 jobs over the month, following a loss of 79,000 jobs in April. In May, employment rose by 12,000 in couriers and messengers and 10,000 in transit and ground passenger transportation.
So does this fantastic jobs report mean the Fed has to hike soon?
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