thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--‘White Privilege’? Working-Class White Kids Most Disadvantaged in UK Schools as System Prioritises M

‘White Privilege’? Working-Class White Kids Most Disadvantaged in UK Schools as System Prioritises Minorities

The research revealed that working-class white students are 50 per cent less likely than their minority counterparts to score strong passes in the eight General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) exams used by colleges and universities to determine an individual ’ s academic level .
( ER : These are taken at the age of 16 . )
White working-class children have been systematically disadvantaged in the United Kingdom as educational institutions prioritise children from minority backgrounds , a report submitted to the House of Commons Education Select Committee found .
In 2019 , the progress score in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while almost every minority group improved .
A don at Oxford University , Professor Peter Edwards , told the Mail on Sunday that the reason for the discrepancy was that issues facing white working-class students are seen as “ unfashionable ” and “ not worthy ” .
He went on to suggest that amongst academics , just discussing the issues is seen as “ taboo ” because educators link it with “ hard-Right political thinking ” .
He went on to say that “ the plight of white young disadvantaged children is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact of them having white skin leads many to think they have “ inherent advantage or privilege ” and as a result are often not seen as a priority in education .
Professor Edwards said that there will be “ grave socio-economic and socio-political consequences if this large cohort of young people in the United Kingdom see that they are not afforded the sort of ‘ positive actions ’ and obvious advantages that other groups have in the name of inclusion , diversity and equality.
” ( ER : how sadly ironic !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ disturbing narrative and a vicious spiral downwards .
I believe this is an utterly critical point ; not only to utilise the huge untapped potential there surely must be , but also the real threat of the destabilisation of the very fabric of the country , ” he warned .
The research found that working-class white students are more likely to attend a failing school , and often live in economically deprived communities in the North and Midlands .
In the United Kingdom , Black and Minority Ethnic ( BAME ) youngsters are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internships ” from which white applicants , or sometimes just straight white males , banned from applying for , in order to boost diversity in business and public institutions .
Under Britain ’ s equality legislation , whites can also be rejected for jobs if a minority candidate is seen as having equal merit , which has been abused by at least one police force to reject highly-qualified white applicants .
Researchers at Plymouth University said that the government ’ s tuition scheme that targets large cities with large populations of ethnic minorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percentage of the money be directed to minority communities , may be a contributing factor in the discrepancy .
They argued that the programmes directed money away from white communities , particularly poorer coastal towns .
The parliamentary committee was set up earlier this year by Conservative MP Robert Halfon to look into the “ worrying trend of white pupils from poorer backgrounds underperforming compared with their peers.
” Following the announcement of the committee , Halfon reported that he was accused of being racist by people on the left , for endeavouring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boys are falling behind other groups .
“ I have been accused of racism , which I find really hard to fathom .
Other ethnic groups are outperforming whites , so I can ’ t see why this is racist , ” he said in April .
In an interview with Breitbart London , mixed race educator and political and social commentator Calvin Robinson said : “ I saw first hand that black children of African descent excel throughout their time in school , and are far more likely to go to university.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that coin , working-class white boys are the most disadvantaged and very few people seem brave enough to address the problem .
The evidence suggests that if the UK is racist , it ’ s not in the way the hard-left would accept , ” he added .
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The research revealed that working-class white students are 50 per cent less likely than their minority counterparts to score strong passes in the eight General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams used by colleges and universities to determine an individual’s academic level. (ER: These are taken at the age of 16.)
White working-class children have been systematically disadvantaged in the United Kingdom as educational institutions prioritise children from minority backgrounds , a report submitted to the House of Commons Education Select Committee found.
In 2019, the progress score in the GCSEs for white pupils fell, while almost every minority group improved.
A don at Oxford University, Professor Peter Edwards, told the Mail on Sunday that the reason for the discrepancy was that issues facing white working-class students are seen as “unfashionable” and “not worthy”. He went on to suggest that amongst academics, just discussing the issues is seen as “taboo” because educators link it with “hard-Right political thinking”.
He went on to say that “the plight of white young disadvantaged children is being largely ignored” and that the mere fact of them having white skin leads many to think they have “inherent advantage or privilege” and as a result are often not seen as a priority in education.
Professor Edwards said that there will be “grave socio-economic and socio-political consequences if this large cohort of young people in the United Kingdom see that they are not afforded the sort of ‘positive actions’ and obvious advantages that other groups have in the name of inclusion, diversity and equality.” (ER: how sadly ironic!)
“This will lead to a disturbing narrative and a vicious spiral downwards. I believe this is an utterly critical point; not only to utilise the huge untapped potential there surely must be, but also the real threat of the destabilisation of the very fabric of the country,” he warned.
The research found that working-class white students are more likely to attend a failing school, and often live in economically deprived communities in the North and Midlands.
In the United Kingdom, Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) youngsters are much more likely to receive paid “internships” from which white applicants, or sometimes just straight white males, banned from applying for, in order to boost diversity in business and public institutions.
Under Britain’s equality legislation, whites can also be rejected for jobs if a minority candidate is seen as having equal merit, which has been abused by at least one police force to reject highly-qualified white applicants.
Researchers at Plymouth University said that the government’s tuition scheme that targets large cities with large populations of ethnic minorities, and charity rules that require a percentage of the money be directed to minority communities, may be a contributing factor in the discrepancy.
They argued that the programmes directed money away from white communities, particularly poorer coastal towns.
The parliamentary committee was set up earlier this year by Conservative MP Robert Halfon to look into the “worrying trend of white pupils from poorer backgrounds underperforming compared with their peers.”
Following the announcement of the committee, Halfon reported that he was accused of being racist by people on the left, for endeavouring to research the reasons why working-class white boys are falling behind other groups.
“I have been accused of racism, which I find really hard to fathom. Other ethnic groups are outperforming whites, so I can’t see why this is racist,” he said in April.
In an interview with Breitbart London, mixed race educator and political and social commentator Calvin Robinson said: “I saw first hand that black children of African descent excel throughout their time in school, and are far more likely to go to university.”
“On the flip side of that coin, working-class white boys are the most disadvantaged and very few people seem brave enough to address the problem. The evidence suggests that if the UK is racist, it’s not in the way the hard-left would accept,” he added.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Natural law: a trade deal is worth nothing if you’ve nothing to trade

The PM is making a big hullabaloo over the “ success ” of the trade deal with Japan and the importance of a trade deal with our friends in Europe .
These boasts and posturing are probably an effort to salvage some of his wrecked PR as millions of his citizens have begun to question whether he is one space bar short of a full keyboard so nutty has his government ’ s behaviour been .
And I don ’ t mean nutty in a cute , lovable British-eccentric way , I mean nutty in a totally-divorced- from-reality , what-planet-are-they-living-on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ busy wreaking havoc upon the British economy with their purported efforts to “ deal with ” the smoke-and-mirrors , hyped up fake pandemic they have spent months fabricating .
I don ’ t recall ever seeing a British ( hah ! )
government inflict so much damage upon the British economy is so short a space of time – or any space of time for that matter .
And I ’ ve had the misfortune to witness in my time some governments that have tried pretty damn hard to bring the country to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warfare assault upon the nation with which this Gang of Loons have collaborated and the resultant damage to the economy and our way of life would have been construed an act of war had their source been a foreign power rather than an enemy operating within our borders – indeed , within our very corridors of power .
This is probably a good point to remind the Prime Muppet and his crew of basic economics , to wit : This is a brutal fact of the real world the rest of us ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tory party backers excluded ) are living in .
The effort , therefore , to shut down or cripple the economy and the wafer-thin excuses to perpetuate the COVID 19 scam and thus keep it shut down or crippled , undermines any deal we might be able to strike with other nations .
And he , of course , knows it , so his hysterically chirpy utterances are cynically disingenuous to say the least .
The basic inviolable principle is this : So any national leader who is not one pallet short of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off production and quit sabotaging the efforts of the nation ’ s producers to produce FAST .
It ’ s really that freaking simple .
Even a politician can understand it .
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The PM is making a big hullabaloo over the “success” of the trade deal with Japan and the importance of a trade deal with our friends in Europe.
These boasts and posturing are probably an effort to salvage some of his wrecked PR as millions of his citizens have begun to question whether he is one space bar short of a full keyboard so nutty has his government’s behaviour been. And I don’t mean nutty in a cute, lovable British-eccentric way, I mean nutty in a totally-divorced- from-reality, what-planet-are-they-living-on way.
Meanwhile, his team are busy wreaking havoc upon the British economy with their purported efforts to “deal with” the smoke-and-mirrors, hyped up fake pandemic they have spent months fabricating.
I don’t recall ever seeing a British (hah!) government inflict so much damage upon the British economy is so short a space of time – or any space of time for that matter. And I’ve had the misfortune to witness in my time some governments that have tried pretty damn hard to bring the country to its knees.
Indeed, the psychological warfare assault upon the nation with which this Gang of Loons have collaborated and the resultant damage to the economy and our way of life would have been construed an act of war had their source been a foreign power rather than an enemy operating within our borders – indeed, within our very corridors of power.
This is probably a good point to remind the Prime Muppet and his crew of basic economics, to wit:
It doesn’t matter how great your trade deal is, it presupposes you are as a country producing goods and ruddy services to trade! If you produce little or nothing to trade, you are screwed, unless you can find a way to survive on charity or theft.
This is a brutal fact of the real world the rest of us (nobs, toffs, crims and other Tory party backers excluded) are living in.
The effort, therefore, to shut down or cripple the economy and the wafer-thin excuses to perpetuate the COVID 19 scam and thus keep it shut down or crippled, undermines any deal we might be able to strike with other nations. And he, of course, knows it, so his hysterically chirpy utterances are cynically disingenuous to say the least.
The basic inviolable principle is this:
A nation survives and prospers to the degree that it produces goods and services (a) for its own consumption and (b) in sufficient surplus to trade with other nations for those things the home nation does not or cannot produce.
So any national leader who is not one pallet short of a full truckload would get the stops off production and quit sabotaging the efforts of the nation’s producers to produce FAST.
It’s really that freaking simple. Even a politician can understand it.
One can go even further and conclude that
no matter what a national leader SAYS, if he insists on finding an endless stream of ways to cripple, inhibit or slow production or punish people for doing it, he is WORKING AGAINST THE SURVIVAL OF THAT NATION.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-20--Covid-19 is an AMAZING Virus…

Covid-19 is an AMAZING Virus…

The key features of this truly phenomenal virus are as follows : Influenza , measles , heart disease , cancers and most other diseases are all abolished in the Covid era as is ‘ death from natural causes ’ … COVID-19 is the cause of every death in 2020 and beyond… It ’ s a smart virus , highly virulent in parks , gyms , churches , schools , and on beaches… It has no effect on the thousands of employees who work at Walmart , Kmart , Home Depot , Lowe ’ s , Target , Sears , Macy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who work in liquor stores… The virus seems to target mostly Mom and Pop businesses and barber shops , who have far fewer customers walk through their doors… The virus also targets our food chain , since it managed to close meat-packing companies and forced farmers to discard their harvest in record time… In the USA , construction and supermarket workers , and especially Amazon employees and their vehicles , somehow have a natural immunity but will obviously still need to be vaccinated… Also , police uniforms hold the cure for the virus… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are needed , as long as you wear a police uniform… It doesn ’ t affect children , except for a few who got it… same with animals… It also does not affect anti-American rioters , looters , arsonists , murderers and terrorists who work for George Soros and the DNC… BLM , AntiFa and SUNRISE anarchists are particularly immune to this crafty virus .
However , anyone who goes to a Trump Rally , or who is a not a registered Democrat , is quite likely to be a super-carrier of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be quarantined indefinitely !
That virus is the most feared of the contagious strains lest it infect the rest of the brain-dead American population .
Yes , the so-called super-spreaders must be segregated from society practically forever… The virus is also imposing mandatory face masks on everyone to prevent too much oxygen from getting into people ’ s brains… Spraying beaches and streets with bleach , as well as spraying chemical airborne disinfectants from airplanes over densely populated areas , have been known to do miracles for people ’ s lungs affected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need millions of ventilators… unless we suddenly won ’ t need any ventilators… And we need to commandeer all private hospitals to keep them open solely for the avalanche of virus victims , and the avalanche of TikTok videos by overworked heroic doctors and nurses…who have time to dance and sing on their ICU units… Categorized as an ‘ invisible enemy ’ , and one that can never be definitively beaten… and always lurking in the shadows , much like the utterly fake War on Terror… It really loves New York , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place because it ’ s a really cosmopolitan virus… There ’ s a Celebrity Strain , and a highly Deadly Strain of the virus… Even more amazing , in Sweden you can hug your grandkids , yet the UK strain forbids that… In India alone , the killer virus managed to lock up 1.3 billion people in their homes indefinitely , after decimating 1000 of them within just a few short months… Every loss of life from this virus is tragic… however , pushing 150-500 million people into starvation worldwide is a necessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this seasonal virus could easily be defeated by forever abolishing families , individual privacy , untraceable cash money , and all small independent farms and businesses… We all may have it by now , yet although asymptomatic , we can still infect people and test negative… or test positive… and our antibodies may or may not give immunity…WOW !
Only a heavily government-funded , hastily-tested mandatory vaccine can save us by injecting it in 7.8 billion people , each and every year to neutralize the constantly mutating virus… since the original strain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , be careful not to spread fake news or dangerous misinformation online about this virus… make sure you leave that to the professionals over at the CDC , NIH , FDA and the WHO , which are then reflexively parroted by MSNBC , CNN , BBC , CBC , CTV and the rest of the reliable “ wink wink “ mainstream media journalists around the world .
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Covid-19 is an AMAZING Virus
The key features of this truly phenomenal virus are as follows:
Influenza, measles, heart disease, cancers and most other diseases are all abolished in the Covid era as is ‘death from natural causes’… COVID-19 is the cause of every death in 2020 and beyond…
It’s a smart virus, highly virulent in parks, gyms, churches, schools, and on beaches…
It has no effect on the thousands of employees who work at Walmart, Kmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target, Sears, Macy’s …. and especially those who work in liquor stores…
The virus seems to target mostly Mom and Pop businesses and barber shops, who have far fewer customers walk through their doors…
The virus also targets our food chain, since it managed to close meat-packing companies and forced farmers to discard their harvest in record time…
In the USA, construction and supermarket workers, and especially Amazon employees and their vehicles, somehow have a natural immunity but will obviously still need to be vaccinated…
Also, police uniforms hold the cure for the virus… no social distancing, not even masks are needed, as long as you wear a police uniform…
It doesn’t affect children, except for a few who got it… same with animals…
It also does not affect anti-American rioters, looters, arsonists, murderers and terrorists who work for George Soros and the DNC… BLM, AntiFa and SUNRISE anarchists are particularly immune to this crafty virus.
However, anyone who goes to a Trump Rally, or who is a not a registered Democrat, is quite likely to be a super-carrier of a ‘Conservative Covid strain’! They should be quarantined indefinitely! That virus is the most feared of the contagious strains lest it infect the rest of the brain-dead American population. Yes, the so-called super-spreaders must be segregated from society practically forever…
The virus is also imposing mandatory face masks on everyone to prevent too much oxygen from getting into people’s brains…
Spraying beaches and streets with bleach, as well as spraying chemical airborne disinfectants from airplanes over densely populated areas, have been known to do miracles for people’s lungs affected by this very strange virus…
We would need millions of ventilators… unless we suddenly won’t need any ventilators…
And we need to commandeer all private hospitals to keep them open solely for the avalanche of virus victims, and the avalanche of TikTok videos by overworked heroic doctors and nurses…who have time to dance and sing on their ICU units…
Categorized as an ‘invisible enemy’, and one that can never be definitively beaten… and always lurking in the shadows, much like the utterly fake War on Terror…
It really loves New York, too. New York City is its favorite place because it’s a really cosmopolitan virus…
There’s a Celebrity Strain, and a highly Deadly Strain of the virus…
Even more amazing, in Sweden you can hug your grandkids, yet the UK strain forbids that…
In India alone, the killer virus managed to lock up 1.3 billion people in their homes indefinitely, after decimating 1000 of them within just a few short months…
Every loss of life from this virus is tragic… however, pushing 150-500 million people into starvation worldwide is a necessary price to pay…
Experts have pointed out that this seasonal virus could easily be defeated by forever abolishing families, individual privacy, untraceable cash money, and all small independent farms and businesses…
We all may have it by now, yet although asymptomatic, we can still infect people and test negative… or test positive… and our antibodies may or may not give immunity…WOW!
Only a heavily government-funded, hastily-tested mandatory vaccine can save us by injecting it in 7.8 billion people, each and every year to neutralize the constantly mutating virus… since the original strain of COVID-19 has long been history…
Also, be careful not to spread fake news or dangerous misinformation online about this virus… make sure you leave that to the professionals over at the CDC, NIH, FDA and the WHO, which are then reflexively parroted by MSNBC, CNN, BBC, CBC, CTV and the rest of the reliable “wink wink “ mainstream media journalists around the world.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-22--The Prelude to World War II: The Spanish Civil War & Today’s America

The Prelude to World War II : The Spanish Civil War and Today ’ s America America is definitely not Europe , but we can find a number of parallels between European history and contemporary America .
For example , we ’ ve previously written about the Italian Years of Lead as a possible template for urban unrest and low-level inter-tribal warfare in the United States .
Another example of how things might play out in the United States is the Spanish Civil War .
The Spanish Civil War is known to historians , amateur and professional alike , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World War.
” It is so termed because it pitted one side – which was equipped , armed and funded by Europe ’ s fascist regimes ( Germany and Italy ) – against a government largely funded and propped up by the Soviet Union .
However , it is worth noting that General Francisco Franco ’ s nationalist forces were not themselves fascist ( though there were fascists within their ranks ) and that Spain remained neutral during the Second World War , later becoming a close ally of the United States in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are few perfect analogs to be found anywhere in world history , there are parallels between the contemporary domestic political situation in the United States and the period immediately before and during the Spanish Civil War .
And while the situation in the United States might play out in a much similar way to the Spanish Civil War , it is worth noting that our previous Civil War was the bloodiest in human history .
There is little doubt that a Second American Civil War would not be significantly more destructive .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Civil War As we talk about the leadup to the Spanish Civil War , the situation will begin very much unlike modern-day America , however , it will become more like the contemporary domestic situation as time goes on .
The main difference , of course , is that Spain was a monarchy for almost all of its existence until 1931 .
A republic was briefly declared during the years 1873 and 1874 , but it didn ’ t have much staying power and ultimately was not a transformative government in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the corrupt central government of Spain became increasingly unpopular and a military dictatorship , that of Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja , 2nd Marquess of Estella , 22nd Count of Sobremonte , arose .
This fell in 1930 , along with the abdication of the deeply unpopular King Alfonso XIII .
This led to the creation of the Second Spanish Republic and a new constitution in 1931 .
It was a radically leftist constitution in a largely conservative and Catholic country .
Women ’ s suffrage , civil marriage , compulsory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church properties , the prohibition of Catholic religious orders from teaching in schools ( and the Jesuit order entirely ) , as well as a provision allowing for the nationalization of any property that was for the “ public good ” were all components of the new Spanish constitution .
In many ways it resembled the constitution of Weimar Germany , in that it was an attempt by the left to radically remake a country through constitutional means .
The first election saw leftist elements firmly in the saddle , but the second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victory for forces of the right .
However , because the conservative party had won a plurality in the parliament , and not a majority , the left-wing president of Spain invited the centrist party to form a government .
Meanwhile the socialist government alleged electoral fraud , which caused them to become further radicalized .
On the ground , a radical working-class movement became hostile toward the ostensibly left-wing government after the movement was suppressed violently by the military .
Monarchist forces , with the explicit backing of Benito Mussolini and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as ideologically fascist forces led by José Antonio Primo de Rivera , began military drills , preparing for war .
The streets of Spain became battlegrounds , with 330 assassinations , 213 failed assassination attempts and 160 religious buildings destroyed , with arson being the primary means of their destruction .
The Spanish Socialist Workers ’ Party , formerly a fairly standard European social democratic party , began to cleave between forces who favored moderation and those who sought a more explicitly Bolshevik party .
Much as the War Between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sumter , so did the Spanish Civil War begin with the Coup d ’ Etat of July 1936 .
This was effectively an uprising by all forces of the Spanish right , which included two different factions of monarchists , nationalists , fascists ( known in Spain as Falangists ) and conservatives .
The igniting event was the election of 1936 .
This saw a very , very slim ( less than 1 percent of the vote ) victory of the Spanish left ( socialists , Communists and anarchists ) over the Spanish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stopped planning to take over the Spanish Republic and instead decided that they were going to overthrow it .
The central republican government of Spain was very weak and had been making attempts to purge suspect right-wing generals from its ranks .
To that end , General Francisco Franco , who ended up becoming dictator of Spain until 1976 , was removed from his office as chief of staff and put out to pasture in the Canary Islands .
When the uprising began , the nationalist rebels had the unanimous support of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that boasted some of the hardest core soldiers Spain had to offer .
Many of these troops were Muslims from Morocco , who had been told that the republic planned to outlaw worship of Allah .
Indeed , Spanish Morocco was the base of operations for the rebels , with Generals Franco and Goded taking control of the Canary and the Balearic Islands , respectively .
Any opposition in the Spanish colonial empire was quickly crushed with leading trade unionists and leftists simply executed by the rebel forces .
The two trade union @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the uprising , but were told that there was nothing to worry about as the uprising was confined to Morocco and other overseas possessions .
The coup was less than a rousing success for the nationalist rebels , who invaded from their overseas bases .
They failed to capture any major cities , which remained significant bases of support for the republican government .
The republican government remained in possession of the lion ’ s share of Spanish territory .
However , the republican government was at a disadvantage for two reasons : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ territory of peninsular Spain in half , dividing the country between republicans in the north and south while they controlled the middle .
Second , the republican government responded to the crisis by effectively mobilizing the far left in Spain as shock troops to terrorize the population into submission .
Communists in particular were unleashed to execute and torture anyone even suspected of being a nationalist sympathizer .
It didn ’ t help that the clergy bore the brunt of this , with nuns gang raped before being summarily executed .
The republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bodies of dead religious figures and desecrate their corpses .
The Spanish Civil War continues to have a sort of romantic quality among the left , many of whom see the Civil War-era republican government as an example of “ real ” socialism in action or , at the very least , something close to it .
However , the Spanish republican left were less bloody than their more famous Communist counterparts in Russia , China and the Eastern Bloc only due to a lack of scale and a limited time frame on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Spain predates the nationalist rebellion and was , indeed , one of the primary motivations for the uprising .
It is generally agreed that the Spanish Red Terror began during an Asturian miners ’ strike in 1934 .
Priests and the religious were targeted in what was not simply a strike , but a rebellion against the government .
Supporters of the rebellion targeted clergy and religious figures , resulting in the destruction of 58 churches and convents during a period of a little more than two weeks .
Ironically , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Franco at the behest of the republican government .
Once the rebellion began , the Catholic Church – its clergy , its religious orders and its lay faithful – were largely seen as fair game by supporters of the republic .
The comparison between the Church in Spain 1936 and white Americans in 2020 isn ’ t much of a stretch .
Much of the violence directed against the Church was predicated on the basis that they “ deserved ” this as payback for historical crimes .
All told , 3,400 priests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first two months of the Spanish Civil War .
Indeed , most of the deaths during the early months of the Civil War were not because of deaths on the battlefield , but rather because of targeted executions against enemies of the Spanish Republic .
In addition to the atrocity against nuns , there were a number of horrific incidents mostly involving clergy .
The parish priest of Navalmoral was forced to undergo a parody of the Passion of Christ , ending with a vigorous debate about whether or not to actually crucify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ mercifully ” decided to just shoot the man .
The priest of Ciempozuelos was thrown to fighting bulls and had his ear cut off at the end of the spectacle .
In Ciudad Real , a priest was castrated and had his penis and testicles put in his mouth .
People were forced at gunpoint to swallow their own rosaries .
Others were thrown down mine shafts or forced to dig their own graves prior to summary execution .
A Madrid nun was executed for the crime of refusing a marriage proposal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sacking of her convent .
All told , the republicans destroyed over 20,000 churches and other religious sites during the war .
Unsurprisingly , Spanish Catholics overwhelmingly supported the nationalist effort during the Civil War .
Even among conservative allies of the republic ( for example , conservative Catalan nationalists ) , support for the republican cause was lukewarm at best , thanks to the Spanish Red Terror .
The Red Terror ’ s victims are not limited to Catholics or nationalists .
As the war progressed and the Communists came to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for example , when they were given the Interior Ministry and when the militias were put under centralized control ) , they also turned their fire on anarchists , socialists and Trotskyists .
This move against the non-Communist elements of the Spanish left is detailed in later chapters of George Orwell ’ s memoir , An Homage to Catalonia .
Some attempts have been made to create an equivalence between the Red Terror in Spain and the Francoist repression at the end of the war .
There certainly were atrocities committed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war .
Indeed , it would be a bit strange if there weren ’ t , as such atrocities are a hallmark of modern warfare .
Specifically , the Francoist forces engaged in war rape and frequently confiscated babies from republican women prior to their execution .
These babies were then placed with Francoist families .
However , there are also some important differences between the terror engaged in by the Francoist forces and their republican adversaries .
The Francoist repression wasn ’ t indiscriminately targeted at the friends , family and acquaintances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ side .
It was directed squarely at people who had committed atrocities in the name of the republican regime .
The large numbers run up by the Francoist forces aren ’ t a function of the bloodthirsty nature of the victorious nationalist forces – on the contrary , they were quite conciliatory and looking to get the country moving again after a highly destructive war .
Rather , it ’ s because the atrocities committed by the republican forces during the Civil War were so widespread .
Those executed generally received trials unlike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forced labor was employed for projects such as draining swamps , digging canals and building national railway systems .
But again , it is worth noting that the people who were being conscripted for labor were considered criminals by the new regime .
Indeed , any participation in the Popular Front government of the republic was criminalized by the Law of Political Responsibility , enacted two months after the end of the war .
What ’ s more , this forced labor is not comparable to gulag labor where the intent was to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with any fight against Communist forces , it is worth asking a simple question : What would Spain have looked like if the Communists had won ?
We have ample examples of what Communist regimes look like – in Eastern Europe , in Asia and in Latin America .
There is little reason to believe that a Communist regime in Spain would not have been as bloodthirsty and ruthless as other Communist regimes .
Indeed , the experience of the Civil War shows that a Spanish Communist regime would have been quite destructive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , vindictive in its victory .
The Course of the War Without getting too bogged down into the details of the war , the Civil War is largely the story of the nationalist forces winning victory after victory until the end of the war .
This is largely because the republican military wasn ’ t centralized .
Instead , most of the military decisions were delegated to individual autonomous militias who elected their own officers and operated on a democratic basis .
Nationalist forces were unified under Franco very quickly , with everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced to play nice in service of the nationalist cause .
Such centralization did not come for the republicans until the very end of the war , and by then it was too little , too late – and also largely a power play by Moscow ’ s forces in the Communist Party .
The only major republican victory during the war was the Battle of Guadalajara .
This was not a successful republican offensive , however – it was a successful repulsion of a nationalist attack .
What ’ s more , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Spanish military force .
They were fighting instead primarily volunteers from fascist Italy .
The main impact of this loss was that the nationalists stopped trying to end the war with one big battle and instead focused on chipping away at vulnerable parts of republican Spain .
In 1939 , Catalonia , the strongest base of republican support , fell to the nationalists and it was mostly all over but for the shouting .
While there were major cities still under the control of the republicans ( such as the capital , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out was largely a mop-up operation for the nationalists .
The republican government was in total disarray and attempted to negotiate a peace settlement with Franco , but the Generalissimo would only accept an unconditional surrender from the republicans .
Franco declared victory in a radio address on April 1 , 1939 .
Over 500,000 republicans fled to France , where they were largely held in squalid internment camps .
Some stragglers continued to fight guerilla warfare against the Francoist government even into the 1950s , but there was no significant impact .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been fighting with the French Resistance attempted to invade Catalonia from France , but the attack was repelled within 10 days .
The Relevance of the Spanish Civil War Today So what does a European civil war that ended 70 years ago have to do with anything going on in America today ?
A lot , actually .
First , there is the intense political polarization of the United States .
A significant portion of the country champions changing the United States into a radical liberal nation with greater centralized control and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice causes .
Another significant portion of the country is opposed to any further changes to the United States Constitution and is openly hostile toward leftist egalitarian principles .
What ’ s more , we are already beginning to see street battles not dissimilar to those that happened in Spain in the lead up to the Civil War .
It is also worth noting that the anarcho-communist ideology , which held great sway among the partisans of the Second Spanish Republic , likewise informs the insurrectionary elements of the American left that began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the summer of 2020 .
As we prepare for the 2020 Presidential election , it is clear that whoever loses will not only be unhappy with the results , but will probably consider them to be illegitimate .
On the left , there is the Russiagate hoax , the leftist conspiracy theory that alleges that the Russian intelligence services “ stole ” the election for President Donald Trump in 2016 .
On the right , there is the very reasonable fear that there will be a variety of electoral chicanery , including mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , voting by pets , voting by dead pets and outright fabrication of ballots from largely Democratic-controlled urban areas in swing states .
Indeed , a Bloomberg article seems to be preparing the American public for a stolen election , stating that while it might “ appear ” that Donald Trump will win reelection in a landslide the night of the election , that further months and weeks will reveal that he did not , in fact , win as the aforementioned mail-in ballots come in .
An article from the Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ landslide will result in massive violence and civil unrest .
While Jeff Bezos ’ vanity blog certainly has their reasons for promoting this notion , it ’ s not entirely without merit .
If the president is reelected , no matter how big the margin , there will likely be another wave of urban unrest that will dwarf the events of the summer of 2020 .
If Biden wins by a slim margin , there will be accusations of fraud and likely more confrontations in the streets , albeit more two-sided .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be accepted as “ legitimate , ” particularly by the press and the American left , is one where Biden wins dramatically .
It is worth briefly considering the other side of the equation .
The American Conservative ran a column in July 2020 discussing the very real phenomenon of the American right ’ s increasing impatience not with democracy , but with liberalism .
This is a phenomenon known as “ illiberal democracy , ” where the forms of democracy persist , but are used for anti-liberal means .
Put in simple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right – even the mainstream American right – would be terribly bothered by the president taking extreme action against an insurrectionary left ?
No one has a crystal ball to see the future .
However , it is not a wild assertion to suggest that the real violence in America is coming after the election .

The Prelude to World War II: The Spanish Civil War and Today’s America
By: Sam Jacobs
America is definitely not Europe, but we can find a number of parallels between European history and contemporary America. For example, we’ve previously written about the Italian Years of Lead as a possible template for urban unrest and low-level inter-tribal warfare in the United States. Another example of how things might play out in the United States is the Spanish Civil War.
The Spanish Civil War is known to historians, amateur and professional alike, as the “dress rehearsal for the Second World War.” It is so termed because it pitted one side – which was equipped, armed and funded by Europe’s fascist regimes (Germany and Italy) – against a government largely funded and propped up by the Soviet Union. However, it is worth noting that General Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces were not themselves fascist (though there were fascists within their ranks) and that Spain remained neutral during the Second World War, later becoming a close ally of the United States in the fight against Communism internationally.
While there are few perfect analogs to be found anywhere in world history, there are parallels between the contemporary domestic political situation in the United States and the period immediately before and during the Spanish Civil War. And while the situation in the United States might play out in a much similar way to the Spanish Civil War, it is worth noting that our previous Civil War was the bloodiest in human history. There is little doubt that a Second American Civil War would not be significantly more destructive.
Prologue: The Situation in Spain Prior to the Civil War
As we talk about the leadup to the Spanish Civil War, the situation will begin very much unlike modern-day America, however, it will become more like the contemporary domestic situation as time goes on.
The main difference, of course, is that Spain was a monarchy for almost all of its existence until 1931. A republic was briefly declared during the years 1873 and 1874, but it didn’t have much staying power and ultimately was not a transformative government in Spain. Following the First World War, the corrupt central government of Spain became increasingly unpopular and a military dictatorship, that of Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquess of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, arose. This fell in 1930, along with the abdication of the deeply unpopular King Alfonso XIII.
This led to the creation of the Second Spanish Republic and a new constitution in 1931. It was a radically leftist constitution in a largely conservative and Catholic country. Women’s suffrage, civil marriage, compulsory universal education, the nationalization of Catholic Church properties, the prohibition of Catholic religious orders from teaching in schools (and the Jesuit order entirely), as well as a provision allowing for the nationalization of any property that was for the “public good” were all components of the new Spanish constitution. In many ways it resembled the constitution of Weimar Germany, in that it was an attempt by the left to radically remake a country through constitutional means.
The first election saw leftist elements firmly in the saddle, but the second, in 1933, was a major victory for forces of the right. However, because the conservative party had won a plurality in the parliament, and not a majority, the left-wing president of Spain invited the centrist party to form a government. Meanwhile the socialist government alleged electoral fraud, which caused them to become further radicalized. On the ground, a radical working-class movement became hostile toward the ostensibly left-wing government after the movement was suppressed violently by the military.
Monarchist forces, with the explicit backing of Benito Mussolini and the implicit backing of King Alfonso XIII, as well as ideologically fascist forces led by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, began military drills, preparing for war. The streets of Spain became battlegrounds, with 330 assassinations, 213 failed assassination attempts and 160 religious buildings destroyed, with arson being the primary means of their destruction. The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, formerly a fairly standard European social democratic party, began to cleave between forces who favored moderation and those who sought a more explicitly Bolshevik party.
The Coup d’Etat of July 1936
Much as the War Between the States began with the attack on Fort Sumter, so did the Spanish Civil War begin with the Coup d’Etat of July 1936. This was effectively an uprising by all forces of the Spanish right, which included two different factions of monarchists, nationalists, fascists (known in Spain as Falangists) and conservatives.
The igniting event was the election of 1936. This saw a very, very slim (less than 1 percent of the vote) victory of the Spanish left (socialists, Communists and anarchists) over the Spanish right. The right wing in Spain stopped planning to take over the Spanish Republic and instead decided that they were going to overthrow it.
The central republican government of Spain was very weak and had been making attempts to purge suspect right-wing generals from its ranks. To that end, General Francisco Franco, who ended up becoming dictator of Spain until 1976, was removed from his office as chief of staff and put out to pasture in the Canary Islands. When the uprising began, the nationalist rebels had the unanimous support of the Army of Africa, a 30,000-strong force that boasted some of the hardest core soldiers Spain had to offer. Many of these troops were Muslims from Morocco, who had been told that the republic planned to outlaw worship of Allah.
Indeed, Spanish Morocco was the base of operations for the rebels, with Generals Franco and Goded taking control of the Canary and the Balearic Islands, respectively. Any opposition in the Spanish colonial empire was quickly crushed with leading trade unionists and leftists simply executed by the rebel forces. The two trade union federations in Spain offered to help crush the uprising, but were told that there was nothing to worry about as the uprising was confined to Morocco and other overseas possessions.
The coup was less than a rousing success for the nationalist rebels, who invaded from their overseas bases. They failed to capture any major cities, which remained significant bases of support for the republican government. The republican government remained in possession of the lion’s share of Spanish territory. However, the republican government was at a disadvantage for two reasons: First, the nationalists had split the territory of peninsular Spain in half, dividing the country between republicans in the north and south while they controlled the middle.
Second, the republican government responded to the crisis by effectively mobilizing the far left in Spain as shock troops to terrorize the population into submission. Communists in particular were unleashed to execute and torture anyone even suspected of being a nationalist sympathizer. It didn’t help that the clergy bore the brunt of this, with nuns gang raped before being summarily executed. The republicans went so far as to exhume the bodies of dead religious figures and desecrate their corpses.
The Spanish Red Terror
The Spanish Civil War continues to have a sort of romantic quality among the left, many of whom see the Civil War-era republican government as an example of “real” socialism in action or, at the very least, something close to it. However, the Spanish republican left were less bloody than their more famous Communist counterparts in Russia, China and the Eastern Bloc only due to a lack of scale and a limited time frame on which they operated.
The Red Terror in Spain predates the nationalist rebellion and was, indeed, one of the primary motivations for the uprising. It is generally agreed that the Spanish Red Terror began during an Asturian miners’ strike in 1934. Priests and the religious were targeted in what was not simply a strike, but a rebellion against the government. Supporters of the rebellion targeted clergy and religious figures, resulting in the destruction of 58 churches and convents during a period of a little more than two weeks. Ironically, the rebellion was put down by Goded and Franco at the behest of the republican government.
Once the rebellion began, the Catholic Church – its clergy, its religious orders and its lay faithful – were largely seen as fair game by supporters of the republic. The comparison between the Church in Spain 1936 and white Americans in 2020 isn’t much of a stretch. Much of the violence directed against the Church was predicated on the basis that they “deserved” this as payback for historical crimes. All told, 3,400 priests, monks and nuns were murdered during the first two months of the Spanish Civil War. Indeed, most of the deaths during the early months of the Civil War were not because of deaths on the battlefield, but rather because of targeted executions against enemies of the Spanish Republic.
In addition to the atrocity against nuns, there were a number of horrific incidents mostly involving clergy. The parish priest of Navalmoral was forced to undergo a parody of the Passion of Christ, ending with a vigorous debate about whether or not to actually crucify the priest at the end. They “mercifully” decided to just shoot the man. The priest of Ciempozuelos was thrown to fighting bulls and had his ear cut off at the end of the spectacle. In Ciudad Real, a priest was castrated and had his penis and testicles put in his mouth. People were forced at gunpoint to swallow their own rosaries. Others were thrown down mine shafts or forced to dig their own graves prior to summary execution. A Madrid nun was executed for the crime of refusing a marriage proposal from a militiaman who had participated in the sacking of her convent.
All told, the republicans destroyed over 20,000 churches and other religious sites during the war. Unsurprisingly, Spanish Catholics overwhelmingly supported the nationalist effort during the Civil War. Even among conservative allies of the republic (for example, conservative Catalan nationalists), support for the republican cause was lukewarm at best, thanks to the Spanish Red Terror.
The Red Terror’s victims are not limited to Catholics or nationalists. As the war progressed and the Communists came to have greater power in the republic (for example, when they were given the Interior Ministry and when the militias were put under centralized control), they also turned their fire on anarchists, socialists and Trotskyists. This move against the non-Communist elements of the Spanish left is detailed in later chapters of George Orwell’s memoir, An Homage to Catalonia.
A Spanish White Terror?
Some attempts have been made to create an equivalence between the Red Terror in Spain and the Francoist repression at the end of the war. There certainly were atrocities committed by the Francoist forces during the course of the war. Indeed, it would be a bit strange if there weren’t, as such atrocities are a hallmark of modern warfare. Specifically, the Francoist forces engaged in war rape and frequently confiscated babies from republican women prior to their execution. These babies were then placed with Francoist families.
However, there are also some important differences between the terror engaged in by the Francoist forces and their republican adversaries. The Francoist repression wasn’t indiscriminately targeted at the friends, family and acquaintances of anyone who fought on the republican side. It was directed squarely at people who had committed atrocities in the name of the republican regime. The large numbers run up by the Francoist forces aren’t a function of the bloodthirsty nature of the victorious nationalist forces – on the contrary, they were quite conciliatory and looking to get the country moving again after a highly destructive war. Rather, it’s because the atrocities committed by the republican forces during the Civil War were so widespread. Those executed generally received trials unlike those summarily executed by the republicans.
Forced labor was employed for projects such as draining swamps, digging canals and building national railway systems. But again, it is worth noting that the people who were being conscripted for labor were considered criminals by the new regime. Indeed, any participation in the Popular Front government of the republic was criminalized by the Law of Political Responsibility, enacted two months after the end of the war. What’s more, this forced labor is not comparable to gulag labor where the intent was to work the victims to death.
As with any fight against Communist forces, it is worth asking a simple question: What would Spain have looked like if the Communists had won? We have ample examples of what Communist regimes look like – in Eastern Europe, in Asia and in Latin America. There is little reason to believe that a Communist regime in Spain would not have been as bloodthirsty and ruthless as other Communist regimes. Indeed, the experience of the Civil War shows that a Spanish Communist regime would have been quite destructive and, it is fair to say, vindictive in its victory.
The Course of the War
Without getting too bogged down into the details of the war, the Civil War is largely the story of the nationalist forces winning victory after victory until the end of the war. This is largely because the republican military wasn’t centralized. Instead, most of the military decisions were delegated to individual autonomous militias who elected their own officers and operated on a democratic basis. Nationalist forces were unified under Franco very quickly, with everyone from conservatives to monarchists to fascists all forced to play nice in service of the nationalist cause. Such centralization did not come for the republicans until the very end of the war, and by then it was too little, too late – and also largely a power play by Moscow’s forces in the Communist Party.
The only major republican victory during the war was the Battle of Guadalajara. This was not a successful republican offensive, however – it was a successful repulsion of a nationalist attack. What’s more, the republicans didn’t even defeat a Spanish military force. They were fighting instead primarily volunteers from fascist Italy. The main impact of this loss was that the nationalists stopped trying to end the war with one big battle and instead focused on chipping away at vulnerable parts of republican Spain.
In 1939, Catalonia, the strongest base of republican support, fell to the nationalists and it was mostly all over but for the shouting. While there were major cities still under the control of the republicans (such as the capital, Madrid), everything from here on out was largely a mop-up operation for the nationalists. The republican government was in total disarray and attempted to negotiate a peace settlement with Franco, but the Generalissimo would only accept an unconditional surrender from the republicans.
Franco declared victory in a radio address on April 1, 1939. Over 500,000 republicans fled to France, where they were largely held in squalid internment camps. Some stragglers continued to fight guerilla warfare against the Francoist government even into the 1950s, but there was no significant impact. In 1944, some republican veterans who had been fighting with the French Resistance attempted to invade Catalonia from France, but the attack was repelled within 10 days.
The Relevance of the Spanish Civil War Today
So what does a European civil war that ended 70 years ago have to do with anything going on in America today? A lot, actually.
First, there is the intense political polarization of the United States. A significant portion of the country champions changing the United States into a radical liberal nation with greater centralized control and a firm Constitutional commitment to leftist social justice causes. Another significant portion of the country is opposed to any further changes to the United States Constitution and is openly hostile toward leftist egalitarian principles.
What’s more, we are already beginning to see street battles not dissimilar to those that happened in Spain in the lead up to the Civil War. It is also worth noting that the anarcho-communist ideology, which held great sway among the partisans of the Second Spanish Republic, likewise informs the insurrectionary elements of the American left that began rioting and burning down American cities in the summer of 2020.
As we prepare for the 2020 Presidential election, it is clear that whoever loses will not only be unhappy with the results, but will probably consider them to be illegitimate. On the left, there is the Russiagate hoax, the leftist conspiracy theory that alleges that the Russian intelligence services “stole” the election for President Donald Trump in 2016. On the right, there is the very reasonable fear that there will be a variety of electoral chicanery, including mass mail-in balloting, voting by dead people, voting by pets, voting by dead pets and outright fabrication of ballots from largely Democratic-controlled urban areas in swing states. Indeed, a Bloomberg article seems to be preparing the American public for a stolen election, stating that while it might “appear” that Donald Trump will win reelection in a landslide the night of the election, that further months and weeks will reveal that he did not, in fact, win as the aforementioned mail-in ballots come in.
An article from the Washington Post states that any outcome but a Biden landslide will result in massive violence and civil unrest. While Jeff Bezos’ vanity blog certainly has their reasons for promoting this notion, it’s not entirely without merit. If the president is reelected, no matter how big the margin, there will likely be another wave of urban unrest that will dwarf the events of the summer of 2020. If Biden wins by a slim margin, there will be accusations of fraud and likely more confrontations in the streets, albeit more two-sided. It seems that the only result that would be accepted as “legitimate,” particularly by the press and the American left, is one where Biden wins dramatically.
It is worth briefly considering the other side of the equation. The American Conservative ran a column in July 2020 discussing the very real phenomenon of the American right’s increasing impatience not with democracy, but with liberalism. This is a phenomenon known as “illiberal democracy,” where the forms of democracy persist, but are used for anti-liberal means. Put in simple terms: How many on the American right – even the mainstream American right – would be terribly bothered by the president taking extreme action against an insurrectionary left?
No one has a crystal ball to see the future. However, it is not a wild assertion to suggest that the real violence in America is coming after the election.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-22--United Health Professionals Get Their Own Youtube Channel

ER Editor : We remind readers of the important message issued by United Health Professionals .
See “ STOP the Manipulation , Masks , Lies , Fear… ” - international collective of healthcare professionals .
They now have their own Youtube channel in addition to a Facebook page .
Their first video can be found below .
Mentioned below , French psychiatrist and , more recently , a politician , Dr. Martine Wonner ( pictured ) became a deputy for Macron ’ s LREM party , but was excluded from the party ’ s parliamentary group in May by being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lockdown policy .
It ’ s no surprise , also , that she supports the early use of hydroxychloroquine .
The collective at the origin of the “ International Alert Message ” now has nearly 1,000 signatories and has launched its YouTube channel The “ United Health Professionals ” collective of healthcare personnel , whose “ International Alert Message ” we relayed ( ER : our link to that is above ) , now has nearly 1,000 signatories and has just launched its own YouTube channel , which should soon publish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from different countries will give their expertise and opinions on issues related to COVID-19 ” .
Below is the first video of the collective .
It should also be noted that the collective has been joined by French deputy Dr. Martine Wonner and Professor Jan Zaloudik ( ER : a cancer specialist ) , senator in the Czech Republic .
You can download the entire letter with the list of its signatories ( updated every week ) here in French , or here in English .
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
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Nothing is too small .
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ER Editor: We remind readers of the important message issued by United Health Professionals. See “STOP the Manipulation, Masks, Lies, Fear…”- international collective of healthcare professionals. They now have their own Youtube channel in addition to a Facebook page.
Their first video can be found below.
Mentioned below, French psychiatrist and, more recently, a politician, Dr. Martine Wonner (pictured) became a deputy for Macron’s LREM party, but was excluded from the party’s parliamentary group in May by being the only member to oppose the government’s lockdown policy. It’s no surprise, also, that she supports the early use of hydroxychloroquine.
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The collective at the origin of the “International Alert Message” now has nearly 1,000 signatories and has launched its YouTube channel
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The “United Health Professionals” collective of healthcare personnel, whose “International Alert Message” we relayed (ER: our link to that is above), now has nearly 1,000 signatories and has just launched its own YouTube channel, which should soon publish videos “where members of the collective from different countries will give their expertise and opinions on issues related to COVID-19”. Below is the first video of the collective.
It should also be noted that the collective has been joined by French deputy Dr. Martine Wonner and Professor Jan Zaloudik (ER: a cancer specialist), senator in the Czech Republic. You can download the entire letter with the list of its signatories (updated every week) here in French, or here in English.
September 16, 2020
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-22--A Daily Scare COVID health tip to help you stay well

I am now enthusiastically hoovering our entire apartment every single day !
It has become part of our daily decontamination regimen alongside burning the bedding and keeping the windows shut so the virus can ’ t get in .
This is because scientists have discovered that whilst Coronaviruses lurk and breed in fitted carpets , the average vaccuum cleaner does a really really good job of sucking the bastards up .
I was alerted to this by my French wife who found an article on the internet which is , sadly , highly technical and in French so she had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paraphrase it in simple layman ’ s terms because not only is my French really bad , I ’ m not all that good at English either .
Since then the hoover , once a stranger , has become my best friend , although admittedly it took me a while to get the hang of how to use it .
I discovered for instance that starting it does not require yanking on the recoiling power cable like a chain saw or outboard motor .
Men should first watch the instruction video below that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wife has seemed a lot happier lately thanks to the reassurance of knowing her hubby is pulling out all the stops to protect her from the evil virus that has killed small businesses across the planet .
For those of you who are technically-minded and bilingual , the article that inspired this domestic and health revolution appeared in Le Monde .
It is entitled “ Ta bière est tiède et ton fromage est nul , huards anglais !
” This article first appeared in The Daily Scare and was featured on before turning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a while The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB ) Comment Policy : As a privately owned web site , we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam , advertising , vulgarity , threats of violence , racism , or personal/abusive attacks on other users .
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by Daily Scare Health correspondent
Steve Cook
Our Man in a Face Diaper
I am now enthusiastically hoovering our entire apartment every single day!
It has become part of our daily decontamination regimen alongside burning the bedding and keeping the windows shut so the virus can’t get in.
This is because scientists have discovered that whilst Coronaviruses lurk and breed in fitted carpets, the average vaccuum cleaner does a really really good job of sucking the bastards up.
I was alerted to this by my French wife who found an article on the internet which is, sadly, highly technical and in French so she had to translate it for me, then paraphrase it in simple layman’s terms because not only is my French really bad, I’m not all that good at English either.
Since then the hoover, once a stranger, has become my best friend, although admittedly it took me a while to get the hang of how to use it. I discovered for instance that starting it does not require yanking on the recoiling power cable like a chain saw or outboard motor. Men should first watch the instruction video below that shows what NOT to do.
The wife has seemed a lot happier lately thanks to the reassurance of knowing her hubby is pulling out all the stops to protect her from the evil virus that has killed small businesses across the planet.
For those of you who are technically-minded and bilingual, the article that inspired this domestic and health revolution appeared in Le Monde. It is entitled “Ta bière est tiède et ton fromage est nul, huards anglais!”
Thanks Dominique!
This article first appeared in The Daily Scare and was featured on
UK Reloaded
before turning up here after being on the run for a while
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