offguardian--2020-07-08--Has Turkey Colonized Libya?

Has Turkey Colonized Libya?

During his visit to Tripoli July 4th Turkey ’ s defense minister Hulusi Akar signed an agreement on military cooperation with the representatives of the Government of National Accord ( GNA ) .
The signature was held behind the closed doors , but the few details that were leaked to the media are enough to conclude that the GNA has effectively traded its ostensible sovereignty for the Turkish support in the stand-off against the Libyan National Army and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives .
The agreement between Turkey and Tripoli authorities stipulates that the GNA is a guarantor of Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind that is that the government led by Fayez al-Sarraj officially put the Turkish interests before the national concerns of Libya .
The GNA also gave Turkey official permission to establish military bases on the Libyan territory .
These concessions are no doubt important , but perhaps the most brazing innovation introduced in the agreement is that all Turkish servicemen are given diplomatic immunity .
This effectively means that the representatives of the Turkish metropole walking the Libyan soil are automatically granted a number of important privileges , granting them a legal advantage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the diplomatic immunity unlocks new possibilities for the transfer of foreign militants and supplies of arms , including internationally banned munitions , in violation of the arms embargo .
Since the beginning of the year Turkey has flown over 15,000 Syrian mercenaries into Libya , including child soldiers , who were recruited in the Syrian province of Idlib and received military training under the supervision of the Turkish advisers there .
In addition to that , it has been recently discovered that the Turkish campaign to recruit fighters is not limited to Syria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new agreement further facilitates the transfer of foreign fighters into Libya .
The GNA has officially given up its right to at least formally check Turkish ships and planes and allowed Ankara to create military bases that are out of Libyan jurisdiction .
Under these conditions , the Turks will be able to send in as many mercenaries , including former members of terror groups , as they see fit without any restrictions or knowledge of the outside world .
In truth , Turkey ’ s behavior in Libya is already that of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Tripolitanian Wilayet , a former colony of the Ottoman Empire .
Human rights watchdogs report that the next day after the agreement was signed a number of Turkish planes with members of radical groups on board landed in Tripoli .
By signing the new agreement Fayez al-Sarraj and his government pledged allegiance to Turkey and cast away any pretence of being a leader of Libya .
Turkey , in turn , is reluctant to declare Tripoli its colony , but this thin varnish will not hide the ugly reality behind .

Hassan Mansour
During his visit to Tripoli July 4th Turkey’s defense minister Hulusi Akar signed an agreement on military cooperation with the representatives of the Government of National Accord (GNA). The signature was held behind the closed doors, but the few details that were leaked to the media are enough to conclude that the GNA has effectively traded its ostensible sovereignty for the Turkish support in the stand-off against the Libyan National Army and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives.
The agreement between Turkey and Tripoli authorities stipulates that the GNA is a guarantor of Turkish interests in Libya. The real meaning behind that is that the government led by Fayez al-Sarraj officially put the Turkish interests before the national concerns of Libya. The GNA also gave Turkey official permission to establish military bases on the Libyan territory.
These concessions are no doubt important, but perhaps the most brazing innovation introduced in the agreement is that all Turkish servicemen are given diplomatic immunity. This effectively means that the representatives of the Turkish metropole walking the Libyan soil are automatically granted a number of important privileges, granting them a legal advantage over the indigenous population.
Furthermore, the diplomatic immunity unlocks new possibilities for the transfer of foreign militants and supplies of arms, including internationally banned munitions, in violation of the arms embargo.
Since the beginning of the year Turkey has flown over 15,000 Syrian mercenaries into Libya, including child soldiers, who were recruited in the Syrian province of Idlib and received military training under the supervision of the Turkish advisers there. In addition to that, it has been recently discovered that the Turkish campaign to recruit fighters is not limited to Syria, but also includes Yemen.
The new agreement further facilitates the transfer of foreign fighters into Libya. The GNA has officially given up its right to at least formally check Turkish ships and planes and allowed Ankara to create military bases that are out of Libyan jurisdiction.
Under these conditions, the Turks will be able to send in as many mercenaries, including former members of terror groups, as they see fit without any restrictions or knowledge of the outside world.
In truth, Turkey’s behavior in Libya is already that of a colonial power in the new incarnation of the Tripolitanian Wilayet, a former colony of the Ottoman Empire. Human rights watchdogs report that the next day after the agreement was signed a number of Turkish planes with members of radical groups on board landed in Tripoli.
By signing the new agreement Fayez al-Sarraj and his government pledged allegiance to Turkey and cast away any pretence of being a leader of Libya. Turkey, in turn, is reluctant to declare Tripoli its colony, but this thin varnish will not hide the ugly reality behind.


offguardian--2020-07-08--WATCH: Just a Little Prick – Part 1

WATCH: Just a Little Prick – Part 1

International best-selling author , Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA , looks at how Bill Gates now influences every @ @ @ @ @ explains how Gates has used his vast wealth to give him extraordinary power over public @ @ @ @ @ unbiased information about other important issues , please visit his website .
The transcripts of @ @ @ @ @ are also on the website ( click on the ‘ Health ’ button then go @ @ @ @ @ page ) .

International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, looks at how Bill Gates now influences every aspect of our lives and explains how Gates has used his vast wealth to give him extraordinary power over public health policies.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit his website. The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website (click on the ‘Health’ button then go to the top of the page).


Leicester Lockdown Mystery

The people of Leicester are confused .
Relieved business owners have been given virtually no notice at all that they need to shut down again , plunging them back into stress and anxiety ; sports events that were set to go ahead have been postponed and people who were looking forward to restarting some form of restricted , if highly monitored and controlled , social life have had the chance to meet friends snatched away .
Leicester Council officials all say they understand the need to do this .
Yet no one really knows what the reasons are , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdown by government decree and nothing more .
Consequently , while the rest of the country is set to further ease lockdown restrictions , the people of Leicester are the first to have a local lockdown .
They won ’ t be the last .
More Cases .
So what ?
The government state that more people have tested positive in Leicester and they are calling this a “ spike ” in cases .
Even though there own data evidences no such spike .
The justification for the lockdown is a complete mystery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propagandists have reported the numbers without bothering to analyse any of them .
The intention is to make sure people remain fearful as instructed by Spi-B , the UK government ’ s behavioural change guru ’ s .
The lack of scrutiny of the data is perfectly understandable .
It either makes no sense at all or reveals yet more statistical chicanery from the UK government .
Something the mainstream media ( MSM ) clearly aren ’ t allowed to report .
Speaking on the 29th June , the Health Secretary Matt Hancock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to be banged up again : Following discussions with the government , Leicester City Council reported nearly 944 “ new cases ” in the last couple of weeks and said that 3,216 people had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the outbreak .
The BBC reported that 866 of those reported cases occurred in the two week period leading up to the 23rd of June .
This represents 4.6 % of reported cases ( according to official government statistics . )
However , on the 3rd of June , 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2,226 lab confirmed cases , meaning 990 new cases over the last month .
This represents less than 3 % of new cases .
Still pretty high for just over 0.5 % of the British population .
Especially when you realise that , thus far , we are talking about a pandemic that has supposedly infected approximately 0.45 % , allegedly killing 0.065 % , of the populace .
It is not clear how Matt Hancock came up with the 10 % figure to rationalise the Leicester lockdown .
Given the apparently high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may seem like a pedantic point .
However , if the UK ’ s Health Secretary announces what appears to be an arbitrarily inflated figure to justify the house arrest of hundreds of thousands of British citizens , we need to question that claimed rationale .
The MSM won ’ t .
In truth , the number of positive cases doesn ’ t mean much .
According to the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) influenza causes 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and , in a bad season can kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
We generally don ’ t worry too much about this .
It ’ s the flu .
Again , according to the WHO , SARS-CoV-2 has apparently infected just over 10 million people .
Up to 80 % of these people will be asymptomatic , oblivious that they even have the virus .
The WHO claim that it has killed nearly 510,000 people .
Though given that Italy ’ s National Institute of Health ( ISS ) found that only 12 % of reported COVID 19 deaths were actually attributable to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should also be treated with some scepticism .
While flu is an annual occurrence that can kill more people than COVID 19 , we are told the only possible solution to COVID 19 is to lock everyone up ( now on a sporadic ad-hoc basis in the UK ) , transform the global economy , wipe out every small to medium size business , destroy high streets , eviscerate the productive economy , enforce the wearing of masks ( for no apparent reason ) and vaccinate everyone on Earth .
This has never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vital for COVID 19 because reasons .
The number of new cases has far more to do with the extent of The UK ’ s testing program than it does with the actual spread of the virus .
The virus will do it ’ s thing regardless of the number of people tested or any government interventions .
Testing simply gives you a glimpse into the overall number of people infected .
It doesn ’ t tell you how many people have been infected , only how many have been tested .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spike in SARS-CoV-2 cases in Leicester ?
The UK government last updated their Scaling Up Our Testing Program document on April 6th .
They split their testing regime into “ pillars.
” Pillar 1 focused upon swab testing ( RT-PCR ) the most vulnerable , the seriously ill and front line key-workers .
Pillar 2 expanded the testing to include essential workers in social care and other sectors , and established wider community testing .
In Leicester this took the form of booked appointments at various mobile testing units ( MTU ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collection was plagued with problems .
For example , people who had taken multiple tests were counted as separate individuals , tests were prematurely counted as complete before the results were available and a positive nose swab and throat swab from one individual could be counted as two confirmed cases .
While the data has been used to place the people of Leicester under house arrest , within a couple of days the UK government announced that they had simply wiped off 30,302 reported cases due to methodological errors .
They then stated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reasons they have given for placing Leicester into extended lockdown .
The MSM hasn ’ t bothered to report it .
The ongoing methodological problems had previously resulted in the government suspending all reporting of Pillar 2 test results on the 23rd May .
So Boris Johnson ’ s recent response to Keir Starmer that councils had access to this data requires further explanation before anyone can be dumb enough to believe him .
The chair of the UK Statistics Authority David Norgrove wrote to the Health Secretary on 3rd June .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ both incomplete and incomprehensible , he suggested that testing should serve two purposes .
Firstly to increase understanding of the scale and characteristics of the pandemic and secondly to inform testing programs to make them a useful early warning tool .
He wrote : Pillar 2 testing is a public private partnership .
Companies like Amazon and Boots Pharmacies , along with universities and research institutes , were invited to participate with the government to roll out testing across the country .
Obviously home delivery services and pharmacists have a conflict of financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government took account of this .
Despite all the problems , frequent retractions and meaningless results , forcing the governments suspension of the reporting of Pillar 2 results , and the widespread criticisms from statisticians and researchers , we are now told that Pillar 2 data is sufficiently reliable to lock up 350,000 people in the Leicester region .
Oxford University statistician Jason Oke , speaking of the prerequisites for identifying “ spikes ” in cases , said : There is no reason to think these problems with Pillar 2 testing have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is capable of identifying “ spikes ” anywhere .
This appears to be born out by the Pillar 2 data for Leicester .
There is no identifiable spike , just a consistently upwards trend .
The Pillar 2 results are analysed at the so called Lighthouse Labs established in Milton Keynes , Alderley Park ( Cheshire ) , Glasgow and Cambridge .
If there is a potential conflict of financial interest in the collection of Pillar 2 data , analysis of submitted tests is more or less defined by it .
The Lighthouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resources are provided by Astrazeneca and GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) .
Astrazeneca are partnered with Oxford University to develop a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and GSK are partnered in numerous vaccine research projects around the world .
Perhaps most notably with the French vaccine giant Sanofi .
GSK are the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world and Sanofi are the third .
Whether their collaboration will be temporary or more enduring , their collaboration has , temporarily at least , formed a vaccine giant capable of dominating the global market .
With a significant role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neither GSK nor Astrazeneca would be very keen to see the threat of COVID 19 diminish .
They have a very clear motivation to potentially make sure that doesn ’ t happen .
Again there is no evidence at all that the UK government has done anything to address this enormous conflict of financial interest at the heart of their Pillar 2 data .
Leicester ’ s first Pillar 2 testing centre opened on May 4th , in Birstall Park , and was only for front line and essential key workers .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based researchers had already noted the unusual early end of the flu season in Leicester .
For some reason it concluded in February , making it far more likely that any respiratory illness would be attributed to COVID 19 .
They noted that the high number of positive test cases in Leicester , and surrounding areas , was primarily a consequence of government testing efforts , not the actual spread of the virus : In the two week period of June 13-16 Leicester City Council announced 80 new positive tests .
Not so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were actually 944 .
Nearly 12 times more than you thought .
You just didn ’ t count the Pillar 2 figures .
The people of Manchester were similarly misled .
They have 6 times as many positive cases as they thought and York has twice the number of people infected .
Or so the government claim .
While the government were collecting Pillar 2 data they weren ’ t sharing it with any local authorities .
Perhaps this is because the government had to stop sharing it due to its appalling inaccuracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leicester , Manchester , York nor any of the other cities and regions the government can ’ t communicate with .
While the nation were being told by the government that COVID 19 had eased sufficiently to generally ease the lockdown regime , it seems the politicians knew differently all along .
It turns out , despite reducing cases and mortality , it is actually increasing in some places .
We know this thanks to the hitherto secret Pillar 2 data from Amazon , Astrazeneca and GlaxoSmithKline .
Now that the government have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effectively sat on for more than two months , we can see that SARS-CoV-2 is still getting worse .
More and more people are becoming infected in the UK .
It is orders of magnitude worse than we could have ever possibly imagined .
Depending where you live .
According to the government and their corporate partners .
The government chose not to disclose any of this during the daily COVID19 briefings to the nation , which ended on June 23rd .
Why they didn ’ t mention this far higher infection rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ briefings have ceased , the government have decided it is time mention it .
The sudden twelve fold increase in new cases compelled Leicester NHS trust , which oversees the running of three hospitals in Leicester , to go into “ red alert.
” They have reportedly only seen “ a slight increase ” in cases over recent days .
Though the additional 864 cases must surely overrun them soon .
Odd that the surge hasn ’ t materialised yet .
The WHO state that the incubation period between contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5-6 days and most of these people were supposedly identified at least two weeks ago .
So their absence from hospital merely adds to the mystery .
It is also strange that mortality , allegedly from COVID 19 , has been steadily declining in Leicester , just as it has everywhere else in the UK .
Local coronavirus data in Leicester is inline with the rest of the country according to local media reports .
Fortunately the breakthrough drug Dexamethasone , announced with great fanfare by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Leicester , from June 17th onward .
Perhaps this accounts for the incongruent figures ?
How can infection rates have been continually escalating in Leicester , since the beginning of March , while mortality has peaked and declined ?
If the government ’ s Pillar 2 data is credible , then Leicester ’ s infection rates do not correspond to its mortality rates .
They do however correspond precisely with testing rates .
Writing anonymously , for good reason , a self proclaimed doctor from University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust wrote about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nowhere near as many cases as anticipated , no sign of any notable risk to staff or really anyone under the age of 65 , no perceivable health risk to children or essential workers they wrote about the shared sense of anger building within the medical profession in the area .
Noting that 95 % of the Pillar 2 data related to under 65 ’ s the doctor could identify no rationale for the Leicester lockdown .
They concluded : We are now living in a country where anywhere , any city , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down because the government simply releases more test data .
In and of itself this means absolutely nothing , but the State can claim it means “ danger.
” The UK is becoming a federation of city states which the government can shutdown whenever it likes for any reason it chooses .
Just as long as you believe their claims .
The only thing Pillar 2 data tells us is that more people have been tested .
It tells us virtually nothing at all about the associated health risks .
Though more cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus is even less dangerous than we have been led to believe .
We commonly have trillions of viruses inhabiting our microbiomes .
If infection isn ’ t unusually hazardous to health , infection rate alone doesn ’ t describe the risk .
There doesn ’ t appear to be any perceivable public health benefit for the government ’ s draconian lockdown of the people in Leicester .
Quite the opposite .
Lockdowns do present a risk to health .
So maybe Leicester ’ s hospitals will see the anticipated surge after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also be evident because the government ’ s Pillar 2 data is junk .
Regardless , whether plausible or not , there is nothing in it to justify the government ’ s further destruction of Leicester .
You can read more of Iain Davis ’ work at his blog In This Together

Iain Davis
The people of Leicester are confused.
Relieved business owners have been given virtually no notice at all that they need to shut down again, plunging them back into stress and anxiety; sports events that were set to go ahead have been postponed and people who were looking forward to restarting some form of restricted, if highly monitored and controlled, social life have had the chance to meet friends snatched away.
Leicester Council officials all say they understand the need to do this. Yet no one really knows what the reasons are, because none have questioned it. It is lockdown by government decree and nothing more.
Consequently, while the rest of the country is set to further ease lockdown restrictions, the people of Leicester are the first to have a local lockdown. They won’t be the last.
More Cases. So what?
The government state that more people have tested positive in Leicester and they are calling this a “spike” in cases. Even though there own data evidences no such spike. The justification for the lockdown is a complete mystery.
The unquestioning, parrot mainstream media propagandists have reported the numbers without bothering to analyse any of them. The intention is to make sure people remain fearful as instructed by Spi-B, the UK government’s behavioural change guru’s.
The lack of scrutiny of the data is perfectly understandable. It either makes no sense at all or reveals yet more statistical chicanery from the UK government. Something the mainstream media (MSM) clearly aren’t allowed to report.
Speaking on the 29th June, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the people of Leicester why they need to be banged up again:
The seven-day infection rate in Leicester is 135 cases per 100,000 people which is three times higher than the next highest city. Leicester accounts for around 10 per cent of all positive cases in the country over the past week. And admissions to hospital are between six and 10 per day rather than around one a day at other Trusts.”
Following discussions with the government, Leicester City Council reported nearly 944 “new cases” in the last couple of weeks and said that 3,216 people had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the outbreak. The BBC reported that 866 of those reported cases occurred in the two week period leading up to the 23rd of June. This represents 4.6% of reported cases (according to official government statistics.)
However, on the 3rd of June, 4 weeks ago, Leicester city council reported 2,226 lab confirmed cases, meaning 990 new cases over the last month. This represents less than 3% of new cases. Still pretty high for just over 0.5% of the British population. Especially when you realise that, thus far, we are talking about a pandemic that has supposedly infected approximately 0.45%, allegedly killing 0.065%, of the populace.
It is not clear how Matt Hancock came up with the 10% figure to rationalise the Leicester lockdown. Given the apparently high case rate in Leicester anyway, this may seem like a pedantic point. However, if the UK’s Health Secretary announces what appears to be an arbitrarily inflated figure to justify the house arrest of hundreds of thousands of British citizens, we need to question that claimed rationale. The MSM won’t.
In truth, the number of positive cases doesn’t mean much. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) influenza causes 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and, in a bad season can kill up to 650,000 people in a single year. We generally don’t worry too much about this. It’s the flu.
Again, according to the WHO, SARS-CoV-2 has apparently infected just over 10 million people. Up to 80% of these people will be asymptomatic, oblivious that they even have the virus.
The WHO claim that it has killed nearly 510,000 people. Though given that Italy’s National Institute of Health (ISS) found that only 12% of reported COVID 19 deaths were actually attributable to the COVID 19 syndrome, this claim should also be treated with some scepticism.
While flu is an annual occurrence that can kill more people than COVID 19, we are told the only possible solution to COVID 19 is to lock everyone up (now on a sporadic ad-hoc basis in the UK), transform the global economy, wipe out every small to medium size business, destroy high streets, eviscerate the productive economy, enforce the wearing of masks (for no apparent reason) and vaccinate everyone on Earth.
This has never been required for the flu but is vital for COVID 19 because reasons.
The number of new cases has far more to do with the extent of The UK’s testing program than it does with the actual spread of the virus. The virus will do it’s thing regardless of the number of people tested or any government interventions.
Testing simply gives you a glimpse into the overall number of people infected. It doesn’t tell you how many people have been infected, only how many have been tested. So what could possibly account for this alleged spike in SARS-CoV-2 cases in Leicester?
Testing Our Patience
The UK government last updated their Scaling Up Our Testing Program document on April 6th. They split their testing regime into “pillars.”
Pillar 1 focused upon swab testing (RT-PCR) the most vulnerable, the seriously ill and front line key-workers. Pillar 2 expanded the testing to include essential workers in social care and other sectors, and established wider community testing. In Leicester this took the form of booked appointments at various mobile testing units (MTU’s).
From the outset this data collection was plagued with problems.
For example, people who had taken multiple tests were counted as separate individuals, tests were prematurely counted as complete before the results were available and a positive nose swab and throat swab from one individual could be counted as two confirmed cases. While the data has been used to place the people of Leicester under house arrest, within a couple of days the UK government announced that they had simply wiped off 30,302 reported cases due to methodological errors. They then stated:
Due to this change many cases previously not attributed to any area are now included in area totals. This is not a recent surge in cases – the cases now being reported occurred from April onwards.”
This would seem to directly contradict the reasons they have given for placing Leicester into extended lockdown. The MSM hasn’t bothered to report it.
The ongoing methodological problems had previously resulted in the government suspending all reporting of Pillar 2 test results on the 23rd May. So Boris Johnson’s recent response to Keir Starmer that councils had access to this data requires further explanation before anyone can be dumb enough to believe him.
The chair of the UK Statistics Authority David Norgrove wrote to the Health Secretary on 3rd June. Pointing out that the governments figures were both incomplete and incomprehensible, he suggested that testing should serve two purposes.
Firstly to increase understanding of the scale and characteristics of the pandemic and secondly to inform testing programs to make them a useful early warning tool. He wrote:
The way the data are analysed and presented currently gives them limited value for the first purpose. The aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests, even at the expense of understanding. It is also hard to believe the statistics work to support the testing programme itself. The statistics and analysis serve neither purpose well.”
Pillar 2 testing is a public private partnership. Companies like Amazon and Boots Pharmacies, along with universities and research institutes, were invited to participate with the government to roll out testing across the country. Obviously home delivery services and pharmacists have a conflict of financial interest. There is no evidence that the government took account of this.
Despite all the problems, frequent retractions and meaningless results, forcing the governments suspension of the reporting of Pillar 2 results, and the widespread criticisms from statisticians and researchers, we are now told that Pillar 2 data is sufficiently reliable to lock up 350,000 people in the Leicester region. Oxford University statistician Jason Oke, speaking of the prerequisites for identifying “spikes” in cases, said:
We can only do that if we have clear data on who’s getting tested and how many people are getting tested, not just total numbers of tests.”
There is no reason to think these problems with Pillar 2 testing have been eliminated. Nor any that it is capable of identifying “spikes” anywhere. This appears to be born out by the Pillar 2 data for Leicester. There is no identifiable spike, just a consistently upwards trend.
The Pillar 2 results are analysed at the so called Lighthouse Labs established in Milton Keynes, Alderley Park (Cheshire), Glasgow and Cambridge. If there is a potential conflict of financial interest in the collection of Pillar 2 data, analysis of submitted tests is more or less defined by it. The Lighthouse public private partnership’s data and resources are provided by Astrazeneca and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
Astrazeneca are partnered with Oxford University to develop a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and GSK are partnered in numerous vaccine research projects around the world. Perhaps most notably with the French vaccine giant Sanofi. GSK are the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world and Sanofi are the third. Whether their collaboration will be temporary or more enduring, their collaboration has, temporarily at least, formed a vaccine giant capable of dominating the global market.
With a significant role in producing the Pillar 2 data, neither GSK nor Astrazeneca would be very keen to see the threat of COVID 19 diminish. They have a very clear motivation to potentially make sure that doesn’t happen. Again there is no evidence at all that the UK government has done anything to address this enormous conflict of financial interest at the heart of their Pillar 2 data.
Pillars Of Salt
Leicester’s first Pillar 2 testing centre opened on May 4th, in Birstall Park, and was only for front line and essential key workers. It was reportedly “tightly controlled.”
Leicester based researchers had already noted the unusual early end of the flu season in Leicester. For some reason it concluded in February, making it far more likely that any respiratory illness would be attributed to COVID 19. They noted that the high number of positive test cases in Leicester, and surrounding areas, was primarily a consequence of government testing efforts, not the actual spread of the virus:
“The high positivity rate in our community patients is likely a result of a very targeted local COVID-19 testing program led by the NHS 111 and East Midlands PHE teams, where the COVID-19 case definition became relatively more sensitive and specific outside of our normal seasonal influenza period.”
In the two week period of June 13-16 Leicester City Council announced 80 new positive tests. Not so, say the UK government. There were actually 944. Nearly 12 times more than you thought. You just didn’t count the Pillar 2 figures.
The people of Manchester were similarly misled. They have 6 times as many positive cases as they thought and York has twice the number of people infected. Or so the government claim.
While the government were collecting Pillar 2 data they weren’t sharing it with any local authorities. Perhaps this is because the government had to stop sharing it due to its appalling inaccuracy. Maybe there is no internet in Leicester, Manchester, York nor any of the other cities and regions the government can’t communicate with.
While the nation were being told by the government that COVID 19 had eased sufficiently to generally ease the lockdown regime, it seems the politicians knew differently all along. It turns out, despite reducing cases and mortality, it is actually increasing in some places. We know this thanks to the hitherto secret Pillar 2 data from Amazon, Astrazeneca and GlaxoSmithKline.
Now that the government have decided to share the corporate data they effectively sat on for more than two months, we can see that SARS-CoV-2 is still getting worse. More and more people are becoming infected in the UK. It is orders of magnitude worse than we could have ever possibly imagined. Depending where you live. According to the government and their corporate partners.
The government chose not to disclose any of this during the daily COVID19 briefings to the nation, which ended on June 23rd. Why they didn’t mention this far higher infection rate is inexplicable. Now that the daily briefings have ceased, the government have decided it is time mention it.
The sudden twelve fold increase in new cases compelled Leicester NHS trust, which oversees the running of three hospitals in Leicester, to go into “red alert.” They have reportedly only seen “a slight increase” in cases over recent days. Though the additional 864 cases must surely overrun them soon.
Odd that the surge hasn’t materialised yet. The WHO state that the incubation period between contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the onset of symptoms is between 5-6 days and most of these people were supposedly identified at least two weeks ago. So their absence from hospital merely adds to the mystery.
It is also strange that mortality, allegedly from COVID 19, has been steadily declining in Leicester, just as it has everywhere else in the UK. Local coronavirus data in Leicester is inline with the rest of the country according to local media reports. Fortunately the breakthrough drug Dexamethasone, announced with great fanfare by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was first used to treat COVID 19 patients in Leicester, from June 17th onward. Perhaps this accounts for the incongruent figures?
How can infection rates have been continually escalating in Leicester, since the beginning of March, while mortality has peaked and declined? If the government’s Pillar 2 data is credible, then Leicester’s infection rates do not correspond to its mortality rates. They do however correspond precisely with testing rates.
Writing anonymously, for good reason, a self proclaimed doctor from University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust wrote about the situation in Leicester hospitals. With nowhere near as many cases as anticipated, no sign of any notable risk to staff or really anyone under the age of 65, no perceivable health risk to children or essential workers they wrote about the shared sense of anger building within the medical profession in the area. Noting that 95% of the Pillar 2 data related to under 65’s the doctor could identify no rationale for the Leicester lockdown. They concluded:
Local Lockdown in Leicester is purely a tool of control. It’s a threat to make us behave……Be warned. Given our cases have already started falling, they will be able to call this a success in two weeks. By then it might be your turn.”
We are now living in a country where anywhere, any city, county or region, can be locked down because the government simply releases more test data. In and of itself this means absolutely nothing, but the State can claim it means “danger.”
The UK is becoming a federation of city states which the government can shutdown whenever it likes for any reason it chooses. Just as long as you believe their claims.
The only thing Pillar 2 data tells us is that more people have been tested. It tells us virtually nothing at all about the associated health risks. Though more cases, without corresponding mortality, would suggest the virus is even less dangerous than we have been led to believe.
We commonly have trillions of viruses inhabiting our microbiomes. If infection isn’t unusually hazardous to health, infection rate alone doesn’t describe the risk.
There doesn’t appear to be any perceivable public health benefit for the government’s draconian lockdown of the people in Leicester. Quite the opposite. Lockdowns do present a risk to health. So maybe Leicester’s hospitals will see the anticipated surge after all.
However, the disparity may also be evident because the government’s Pillar 2 data is junk. Regardless, whether plausible or not, there is nothing in it to justify the government’s further destruction of Leicester.
You can read more of Iain Davis’ work at his blog In This Together


offguardian--2020-07-10--CIA Info War Succeeds: Afghanistan Occupation Forced To Continue

The neocon dogma pushed onto liberals by never-Trump Republicans did its job .
Partisan liberals are parroting the line of the CIA .
The attempt to sabotage talks with the Taliban and prevent troop withdrawals from Afghanistan worked .
“ The Resistance ” just helped push the continued occupation of Afghanistan to score cheap political points .
The CIA thanks them for their “ patriotism.
” On July 1st the House Armed Services Committee voted to hinder Donald Trump ’ s ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan .
House Democrats on the committee teamed up with Republicans , including Liz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act “ that prohibits Congress from spending money to pull US troops out of Afghanistan without first meeting a series of vague conditions that critics said appeared to prevent withdrawal.
” Without any public debate , the US will now continue its occupation after the CIA claimed that Russia payed Taliban-linked groups to kill American soldiers .
What ’ s the evidence ?
General John Nicholson speculated that Russia was arming the Taliban in 2017 .
In April 2019 , three marines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taliban claimed responsibility for .
Unnamed intelligence officials believed that the Russians may have payed militants to attack US troops .
In March 2020 , the CIA concluded that the Russians were paying the bounties .
They cited testimony from captured militants and pointed to a Seal Team Six raid of a Taliban outpost that resulted in the recovery of a half a million in cash .
That ’ s it .
That ’ s all the information that the American public is allowed to know .
It ’ s hardly even mentioned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s assessment , stating : Furthermore , the Department of Defense ( DOD ) claimed that “ to date , DOD has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations found in open-source reports.
” Americans are taking the CIA ’ s word as gospel .
How exactly did the CIA conclude that the half a million in cash came from Russia and not from Taliban opium-trafficking operations ?
The US military claimed that 60 % of the Taliban ’ s funding comes from the opium trade .
Is $ 500,000 in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Who are these captured militants that claimed that Russia payed bounties for dead American soldiers ?
Were these militants tortured by the CIA ?
The CIA has the largest torture program in the world .
Is the information reliable or was the information obtained under dubious circumstances ?
How do we even know these militants actually made these claims ?
The foundation of the assertions is also questionable .
Americans are supposed to believe that the Taliban had to be prompted to attack American soldiers .
The US has been occupying Afghanistan for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Afghanistan has resulted in over 2,400 dead American soldiers and over 38,500 dead civilians .
US soldiers have been targeted by the Taliban and an assortment of other militant groups over the past 19 years .
That ’ s the cost of occupation .
If over 38,500 civilians have been killed , then there are a lot of angry Afghans that lost family members .
Russia does not need to pay the Taliban or any militant group to attack US soldiers .
This should not need explanation .
The rush to accuse Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical thinking skills .
More partisan liberals are upset about Trump ’ s inaction over unproven allegations of Russian bounties then they are by Trump ’ s record-setting bombing campaign in Afghanistan : These bombings led to a massive surge in civilian casualties .
In one case , at least 30 pine nut farmers were killed in a drone strike that resulted in zero militants being killed .
Where is the outrage over this ?
How many more Afghans are going to die if Trump is pressed to be even more unhinged to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The end game is more death and more occupation .
This new scandal being pushed by the CIA also conveniently deflects from Trump ’ s real scandals in Afghanistan .
In June , Trump signed an executive order “ imposing sanctions on several individuals associated with the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) .
” The ICC is investigating war crimes in Afghanistan .
Their investigations include potential American war crimes .
They may even involve Secretary of State Mike Pompeo : The Trump administration is claiming that because the US has not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ICC has no legal basis to prosecute American war crimes .
This is incorrect .
The Rome Statute allows the ICC to prosecute non-party countries if war crimes are committed by that party in a country that has ratified the Rome Statute .
Afghanistan has ratified the Rome Statue .
That puts the US on the hook for potential war crimes committed in that region .
Needless to say , never-Trump neocons have been silent about Trump ’ s targeting of the ICC .
Likewise , partisan liberals have not gone after Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are obvious .
The Barack Obama and George W. Bush administrations are culpable in war crimes in Afghanistan as well .
The nearly two-decades long war is a bipartisan project .
Furthermore , self-professed left-wingers and liberals are taking their cues from Bush-era neocons like David Frum , Bill Kristol , and an assortment of pro-war goons from the Lincoln Project Political Action Committee .
Russiagate broke partisan liberals ’ brains .
They are now calling for Trump to ramp up escalation in Afghanistan .
They actually believe the absurd over-the-top ads put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ramped up the war in Afghanistan in 2017 when he did a 3,500-troop surge from 10,500 to 14,000 troops .
Trump then increased bombing campaigns throughout his term and set records for bombings in 2019 .
Civilians casualties spiked .
In June 2020 , he targeted the ICC for having the audacity to look into US war crimes .
None of this barbarism earned Trump the ire of prominent neoconservatives and liberals .
Trump is being vilified for having talks with the Taliban and taking steps towards scaling down US troop presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the only explanation for Trump ’ s actions is capitulation to Russia .
Afghan civilians be damned , Trump needs to ramp up again in Afghanistan to stop Putin or he ’ s a traitor !
The neocon dogma pushed onto liberals by never-Trump Republicans did its job .
Partisan liberals are parroting the line of the CIA .
The attempt to sabotage talks with the Taliban and prevent troop withdrawals from Afghanistan worked .
“ The Resistance ” just helped push the continued occupation of Afghanistan to score cheap political points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ patriotism .
”

The neocon dogma pushed onto liberals by never-Trump Republicans did its job. Partisan liberals are parroting the line of the CIA. The attempt to sabotage talks with the Taliban and prevent troop withdrawals from Afghanistan worked. “The Resistance” just helped push the continued occupation of Afghanistan to score cheap political points. The CIA thanks them for their “patriotism.”
On July 1st the House Armed Services Committee voted to hinder Donald Trump’s ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. House Democrats on the committee teamed up with Republicans, including Liz Cheney (daughter of war-architect Dick Cheney), to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act “that prohibits Congress from spending money to pull US troops out of Afghanistan without first meeting a series of vague conditions that critics said appeared to prevent withdrawal.” Without any public debate, the US will now continue its occupation after the CIA claimed that Russia payed Taliban-linked groups to kill American soldiers.
What’s the evidence? General John Nicholson speculated that Russia was arming the Taliban in 2017. In April 2019, three marines were killed in an attack that the Taliban claimed responsibility for. Unnamed intelligence officials believed that the Russians may have payed militants to attack US troops.
In March 2020, the CIA concluded that the Russians were paying the bounties. They cited testimony from captured militants and pointed to a Seal Team Six raid of a Taliban outpost that resulted in the recovery of a half a million in cash.
That’s it. That’s all the information that the American public is allowed to know.
It’s hardly even mentioned that the NSA disagreed with the CIA’s assessment, stating:
the information wasn’t verified and that intelligence officials didn’t agree on it.”
Furthermore, the Department of Defense (DOD) claimed that “to date, DOD has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations found in open-source reports.” Americans are taking the CIA’s word as gospel.
How exactly did the CIA conclude that the half a million in cash came from Russia and not from Taliban opium-trafficking operations? The US military claimed that 60% of the Taliban’s funding comes from the opium trade.
Is $500,000 in cash unheard of in opium sales? Who are these captured militants that claimed that Russia payed bounties for dead American soldiers? Were these militants tortured by the CIA? The CIA has the largest torture program in the world. Is the information reliable or was the information obtained under dubious circumstances? How do we even know these militants actually made these claims?
The foundation of the assertions is also questionable. Americans are supposed to believe that the Taliban had to be prompted to attack American soldiers. The US has been occupying Afghanistan for nearly 20 years. The war in Afghanistan has resulted in over 2,400 dead American soldiers and over 38,500 dead civilians. US soldiers have been targeted by the Taliban and an assortment of other militant groups over the past 19 years. That’s the cost of occupation.
If over 38,500 civilians have been killed, then there are a lot of angry Afghans that lost family members. Russia does not need to pay the Taliban or any militant group to attack US soldiers. This should not need explanation. The rush to accuse Trump of treason has made Americans lose their critical thinking skills.
More partisan liberals are upset about Trump’s inaction over unproven allegations of Russian bounties then they are by Trump’s record-setting bombing campaign in Afghanistan:
In 2019, according to figures released by Air Force Central Command, the United States ‘dropped more munitions on Afghanistan than in any other year over the past decade.’ More bombs were dropped in most months of 2019 than in any previous months since records were first made publicly available in 2009.”
These bombings led to a massive surge in civilian casualties. In one case, at least 30 pine nut farmers were killed in a drone strike that resulted in zero militants being killed. Where is the outrage over this? How many more Afghans are going to die if Trump is pressed to be even more unhinged to prove he is not a traitor? The end game is more death and more occupation.
This new scandal being pushed by the CIA also conveniently deflects from Trump’s real scandals in Afghanistan. In June, Trump signed an executive order “imposing sanctions on several individuals associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC).”
The ICC is investigating war crimes in Afghanistan. Their investigations include potential American war crimes.
They may even involve Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:
Pompeo may be personally at risk for wrongdoing that the Court could uncover of CIA activities when he was the director of the agency.”
The Trump administration is claiming that because the US has not ratified the Rome Statute, that the ICC has no legal basis to prosecute American war crimes. This is incorrect. The Rome Statute allows the ICC to prosecute non-party countries if war crimes are committed by that party in a country that has ratified the Rome Statute. Afghanistan has ratified the Rome Statue. That puts the US on the hook for potential war crimes committed in that region.
Needless to say, never-Trump neocons have been silent about Trump’s targeting of the ICC. Likewise, partisan liberals have not gone after Trump on this front either. The reasons are obvious. The Barack Obama and George W. Bush administrations are culpable in war crimes in Afghanistan as well. The nearly two-decades long war is a bipartisan project. Furthermore, self-professed left-wingers and liberals are taking their cues from Bush-era neocons like David Frum, Bill Kristol, and an assortment of pro-war goons from the Lincoln Project Political Action Committee.
Russiagate broke partisan liberals’ brains. They are now calling for Trump to ramp up escalation in Afghanistan. They actually believe the absurd over-the-top ads put out by the Lincoln Project. Donald Trump ramped up the war in Afghanistan in 2017 when he did a 3,500-troop surge from 10,500 to 14,000 troops. Trump then increased bombing campaigns throughout his term and set records for bombings in 2019. Civilians casualties spiked. In June 2020, he targeted the ICC for having the audacity to look into US war crimes.
None of this barbarism earned Trump the ire of prominent neoconservatives and liberals. Trump is being vilified for having talks with the Taliban and taking steps towards scaling down US troop presence. After four years of Russiagate hysteria, the only explanation for Trump’s actions is capitulation to Russia. Afghan civilians be damned, Trump needs to ramp up again in Afghanistan to stop Putin or he’s a traitor!
The neocon dogma pushed onto liberals by never-Trump Republicans did its job. Partisan liberals are parroting the line of the CIA. The attempt to sabotage talks with the Taliban and prevent troop withdrawals from Afghanistan worked.
“The Resistance” just helped push the continued occupation of Afghanistan to score cheap political points. The CIA thanks them for their “patriotism.”
Originally published by One World Press


offguardian--2020-07-10--What is the real purpose of the Lockdowns?

From masks to lockdowns to “ social distancing ” , do these anti-Covid measures serve another purpose ?
If given the choice between maintaining a toxic world of fear , pollution and violence controlled by the State or a society of prosperity and compassion based on freedom and individual rights , there is little doubt that the majority of Americans would want the old paradigm of synthetic events to take a hike ; except that choice has been distorted under the guise of what the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has mislabeled the most deadly virus in history .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with little time to analyze exactly WTF was going on .
Americans struggled to process what is real , trustworthy and authentic as the unraveling of deep political decay revealed a behind-the-scenes subterranean power struggle that has surfaced with the intent on disintegration of American Society .
While the country is fast approaching an existential crisis on steroids , millions experienced an inner knowing that some indefinable thing was not right with recognition that the early explanations were hogwash while others , addicted to mainstream/social media who still believed in the illusion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ litany of spin from the medical and political establishment .
While the Lockdown could have been a wake up call for humanity to change its consciousness with a paradigm shift – whether it be a spiritual awakening , a political realignment or re-evaluating one ’ s own personal health choices , since , after all , humanity was locked in a major health crisis .
And most importantly , it was an opportunity to acknowledge that the planet itself is ailing from abuse and neglect with CV as a metaphor urging a personal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Neil Ferguson of the UK ’ s Imperial College used a scare tactic to predict that 80 % of Americans would be infected and that there would be 2.2 million American deaths – neither of which materialized .
Yet Ferguson ’ s extremism accomplished its intended purpose in establishing the basis for draconian Lockdown requirements .
Ferguson later retracted his earlier prediction down to 20,000 fatalities .
With current infection fatality rate at 0.20 % , Lockdowns have been devoid of science and are based on arbitrary , contradictory and inconsistent requirements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mind , such as liquor stores and big chains are considered ‘ essential ’ and remain open but stand-alone , independent , mom ‘ n pops are not .
Barbers may be open but hair salons may not .
While it is advised to get tested for Covid19 , a colonoscopy or other elective surgery are not allowed .
While vitamins C and D and Sunshine strengthen the immune system , all outdoor sport programs have been canceled .
In an unexpected development , a recent JP Morgan study asserted that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the pandemic ” as it “ destroyed millions of livelihoods ” and that as infection rates ‘ unrelated to often inconsistent lockdown ’ measures decreased , fewer outbreaks were reported as the quarantines were lifted .
As the official narrative of the Covid19 as an existential threat has collapsed , it is interesting to follow how ‘ hot spots ’ occur just as a particular State , like Florida , announces re-opening .
Those new hot spots encourage a reinvigorated debate over mandatory face masks and social distancing with its success depending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a naive public still believing Covid19 to be more dangerous than seasonal flu .
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove , technical lead of WHO ’ s COVID19 Task Force threw a monkey wrench in the works recently by stating : Dr. Van Kerkhove then explained that transmission of the virus from asymptomatic patients appears to be very rare : The next day , there was panic at the WHO but Dr. Van Kerkhove ’ s uncensored comments were very clear as they validated questioning the purpose of the entire Lockdown process .
If an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but might publicly increase herd immunity , then why wear a face mask or be quarantined ?
House Speaker Pelosi called for a national mask mandate as HHS Secretary Azar reported that Pence and Trump are tested daily and are asymptomatic ; therefore not required to wear a mask .
To date , there is no standard for what constitutes a ‘ safe ’ face mask or instructions for disposal considering that a used face mask will be a contaminated bio-hazard material ; ergo a face mask is more of a device to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Adding a partisan narrative to the crisis , the most expansive lockdown restrictions ( some with criminal penalties ) came from predominantly Democratic Governors and Mayors who offered no science or forensic data to prove that either mandatory face masks or home sequestration have failed to prevent a spread of the virus .
During a House Oversight committee meeting , the mask debate broke down along party lines with Dems dutifully covered while strenuously objecting to their mask-free peers .
While OSHA ’ s ( Occupational Safety and Health Agency ) responsibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of every American worker as each workplace is expected to comply with OSHA standards , its website regarding COVID19 states that cloth-based face masks OSHA goes on to inform that a safe level of oxygen must be maintained as an oxygen deficient atmosphere ( defined as below 19.5 % by volume ) creates a respiratory risk .
While there is no sound science or evidence to prove the benefits of mandatory usage , the NE Journal of Medicine reported that : More recently , NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci declared masks as largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an example for what other people should be doing .
There ’ s also a “ Risk of Hypoxia to All Mask Wearers ” according to Drs .
Russell Blaylock and Zach Bush .
With not a whit of science in support , Social Distancing which is a mutually exclusive phrase since there is nothing social about enforced distancing from other humans , has been attributed to a CIA protocol in use since the 1950 ’ s to break a prisoner ’ s resistance or a teenage science project .
In any case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to erode an individual ’ s normal need for social contact , to effectively starve the brain function of human interaction and comparable to other emotionally unhealthy deprivations .
As former Vietnam POW John McCain related “ It crushes your spirit more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.
” Rules 3 and 44 of the Nelson Mandela Rules warn of being cut off from the outside world and prohibits more than two weeks of isolation as cruel and inhumane treatment .
While the manufactured COVID 19 health crisis opened the door for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to activate One World Government , millions of Americans continue to play the cognitive dissonance game with little awareness they are witnessing a government takeover with increased surveillance and censorship .
As coordinated violent protests in Seattle and DC spread a thinly veiled political coup , all accomplished more easily while the American public were in Lockdown .
Renee Parsons has been a lifelong registered Democrat .
She has also been member of the ACLU ’ s Florida State Board of Directors and President of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter .
She has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an environmental lobbyist with Friends of the Earth and staff member in the US House of Representatives in Washington , DC .
She may be reached at .

From masks to lockdowns to “social distancing”, do these anti-Covid measures serve another purpose?
Renée Parsons
If given the choice between maintaining a toxic world of fear, pollution and violence controlled by the State or a society of prosperity and compassion based on freedom and individual rights, there is little doubt that the majority of Americans would want the old paradigm of synthetic events to take a hike; except that choice has been distorted under the guise of what the World Health Organization (WHO) has mislabeled the most deadly virus in history.
The coronavirus crisis arrived in a flash with little time to analyze exactly WTF was going on. Americans struggled to process what is real, trustworthy and authentic as the unraveling of deep political decay revealed a behind-the-scenes subterranean power struggle that has surfaced with the intent on disintegration of American Society.
While the country is fast approaching an existential crisis on steroids, millions experienced an inner knowing that some indefinable thing was not right with recognition that the early explanations were hogwash while others, addicted to mainstream/social media who still believed in the illusion of democracy, were on board with the litany of spin from the medical and political establishment.
While the Lockdown could have been a wake up call for humanity to change its consciousness with a paradigm shift – whether it be a spiritual awakening, a political realignment or re-evaluating one’s own personal health choices, since, after all, humanity was locked in a major health crisis. And most importantly, it was an opportunity to acknowledge that the planet itself is ailing from abuse and neglect with CV as a metaphor urging a personal reconnection with Nature.
In early 2020, Neil Ferguson of the UK’s Imperial College used a scare tactic to predict that 80% of Americans would be infected and that there would be 2.2 million American deaths – neither of which materialized. Yet Ferguson’s extremism accomplished its intended purpose in establishing the basis for draconian Lockdown requirements. Ferguson later retracted his earlier prediction down to 20,000 fatalities.
With current infection fatality rate at 0.20%, Lockdowns have been devoid of science and are based on arbitrary, contradictory and inconsistent requirements.
Nancy
Just a few examples come to mind, such as liquor stores and big chains are considered ‘essential’ and remain open but stand-alone, independent, mom ‘n pops are not. Barbers may be open but hair salons may not. While it is advised to get tested for Covid19, a colonoscopy or other elective surgery are not allowed. While vitamins C and D and Sunshine strengthen the immune system, all outdoor sport programs have been canceled.
In an unexpected development, a recent JP Morgan study asserted that the Lockdowns failed to “alter the course of the pandemic” as it “destroyed millions of livelihoods” and that as infection rates ‘unrelated to often inconsistent lockdown’ measures decreased, fewer outbreaks were reported as the quarantines were lifted.
As the official narrative of the Covid19 as an existential threat has collapsed, it is interesting to follow how ‘hot spots’ occur just as a particular State, like Florida, announces re-opening.
Those new hot spots encourage a reinvigorated debate over mandatory face masks and social distancing with its success depending on a duplicitous media instilling panic and a naive public still believing Covid19 to be more dangerous than seasonal flu.
Why Lockdown Asymptomatic Citizens?
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of WHO’s COVID19 Task Force threw a monkey wrench in the works recently by stating:
what we really want to focus on.. if we followed all the symptomatic cases, isolate those cases, follow those contacts and quarantine those contacts, we would drastically reduce..transmission. We would do very, very well…”
Dr. Van Kerkhove then explained that transmission of the virus from asymptomatic patients appears to be very rare:
It still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual.”
The next day, there was panic at the WHO but Dr. Van Kerkhove’s uncensored comments were very clear as they validated questioning the purpose of the entire Lockdown process. If an asymptomatic person is not spreading the disease but might publicly increase herd immunity, then why wear a face mask or be quarantined?
House Speaker Pelosi called for a national mask mandate as HHS Secretary Azar reported that Pence and Trump are tested daily and are asymptomatic; therefore not required to wear a mask.
Why Face Masks?
To date, there is no standard for what constitutes a ‘safe’ face mask or instructions for disposal considering that a used face mask will be a contaminated bio-hazard material; ergo a face mask is more of a device to require citizen compliance than a safety precaution.
Adding a partisan narrative to the crisis, the most expansive lockdown restrictions (some with criminal penalties) came from predominantly Democratic Governors and Mayors who offered no science or forensic data to prove that either mandatory face masks or home sequestration have failed to prevent a spread of the virus.
During a House Oversight committee meeting, the mask debate broke down along party lines with Dems dutifully covered while strenuously objecting to their mask-free peers.
A riveting June 23rd Palm Beach County Commission public hearing on a proposed Mandatory Face Mask ordinance drew overwhelming opposition.
While OSHA’s (Occupational Safety and Health Agency) responsibility is to oversee the health and safety of every American worker as each workplace is expected to comply with OSHA standards, its website regarding COVID19 states that cloth-based face masks
will not protect the wearer against airborne transmissible infectious agents due to loose fit and lack of seal or inadequate filtration.“
OSHA goes on to inform that a safe level of oxygen must be maintained as an oxygen deficient atmosphere (defined as below 19.5% by volume) creates a respiratory risk.
While there is no sound science or evidence to prove the benefits of mandatory usage, the NE Journal of Medicine reported that:
We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection […] The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.”
More recently, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci declared masks as largely ‘symbolic’ as he was setting an example for what other people should be doing.
There’s also a “Risk of Hypoxia to All Mask Wearers” according to Drs. Russell Blaylock and Zach Bush.
Social Distancing aka Quarantine
With not a whit of science in support, Social Distancing which is a mutually exclusive phrase since there is nothing social about enforced distancing from other humans, has been attributed to a CIA protocol in use since the 1950’s to break a prisoner’s resistance or a teenage science project.
In any case, SD has proven a great way to erode an individual’s normal need for social contact, to effectively starve the brain function of human interaction and comparable to other emotionally unhealthy deprivations. As former Vietnam POW John McCain related “It crushes your spirit more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.”
Rules 3 and 44 of the Nelson Mandela Rules warn of being cut off from the outside world and prohibits more than two weeks of isolation as cruel and inhumane treatment.
*
While the manufactured COVID 19 health crisis opened the door for the World Economic Forum and its friends to activate One World Government, millions of Americans continue to play the cognitive dissonance game with little awareness they are witnessing a government takeover with increased surveillance and censorship. As coordinated violent protests in Seattle and DC spread a thinly veiled political coup, all accomplished more easily while the American public were in Lockdown.
Renee Parsons has been a lifelong registered Democrat. She has also been member of the ACLU’s Florida State Board of Directors and President of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, an environmental lobbyist with Friends of the Earth and staff member in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC. She may be reached at [email protected] .


offguardian--2020-07-11--US Gov’t stealing a significant part of its own “aid” to Afghanistan

Despite the statements of the US President D. Trump on the need for an early withdrawal of the US military from Afghanistan , the interest of the Pentagon , the CIA , and the industrial complex in maintaining a military presence in this country is obvious .
We are talking about the use of American financial aid flows to Afghanistan for selfish purposes .
For almost two decades of the Afghan campaign and the presence of the NATO and US contingent , Washington formally allocated large-scale funds not only for security assistance , but also for the civil reconstruction and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , approximately $ 130 billion was sent to Afghanistan .
However , not all the money reached the country in need .
A significant part of the “ aid ” remained in the United States in the form of kickbacks , as evidenced , in particular , by the numerous reports of the US Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan , J.Sopko .
This is also confirmed by an article about US corruption in Afghanistan on the Turkish “ Aydinlik ” .
As a result , corruption schemes for appropriating funds allocated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worsened the already difficult economic situation in the country , which is trying to recover from military and political turmoil .
The question arises as to how those involved in the contract manage to retain a significant share of all tranches .
The fact is that for the distribution of financial assistance to Afghanistan , there is a multi-level system of contracts , with the participation of American contractors and subcontractors .
To assign financial aid to Afghanistan , first of all , USAID is used , through which corrupt officials take about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , in the case of the program for the advancement of women in Badakhshan and Khost provinces , the share of appropriated funds reached 90-95 % .
As a standard scheme , USAID transfers funds for the project to an Afghan agency that justifies its deliberately inflated cost to the local Ministry of Finance .
After the contract is cashed out , half of this amount is given to USAID-related individuals .
Grants from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are probably used in the same way , but in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of witnesses in international organizations .
The very scale of American financial assistance , the feasibility of which is ambiguously assessed within the United States , also raises questions .
In a report to the US Congress in February 2020 , the above-mentioned J.Sopko noted that the amount of aid allocated significantly exceeds the capabilities of the Afghan economy .
According to the Inspector General , the amount of funds should be from 15 to 45 % of the country ’ s GDP , while in 2007 and 2010 , US grants to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Afghanistan ’ s GDP .
Obviously , such spending is not effective , but creates opportunities for plunder .
At the same time , attempts by American politicians to reduce spending on Afghanistan are met with resistance from the military , who are interested in maintaining a significant source of income , as well as contractors involved in this area .
On March 23 , 2020 , U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a $ 1 billion reduction in aid to Kabul due to the inability of two presidential contenders ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agree on power-sharing over highly questionable election dates .
However , there is no confirmation that Washington is fulfilling the promises of the head of the Department of State .
Recently , Democrat Senators even asked US Secretary of Defense M. Esper to report on cost reduction .
However , the report was not provided .
Apparently , the Pentagon leaves this issue open , and the military clearly does not want to cut aid by reducing its articles .
The American defense industry has a special interest in the funds allocated to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to US and NATO contingents , as well as to Afghan security forces , are often carried out without regard to economic expediency and at inflated prices that are favorable to American manufacturers .
So , instead of building a factory in Afghanistan that would produce cartridges for M-4 and M-16 rifles at 12 cents apiece , Washington continues to buy cartridges from its suppliers for the needs of the Afghan security forces at the price of 57 cents apiece .
In addition , the US military refused Russian kerosene at 94 cents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at $ 1.4 per litre .
In order to maintain control , the United States provides financial assistance to the Afghan security forces through its own fund , not international structures .
American contractors on civil projects use the same principle with overstating the real cost of goods and services , including those supplied through USAID .
For example , recently , not without their participation , the Ministry of Health of Afghanistan sold about 10,000 tests for coronavirus at a price of $ 48 each when their real cost is no more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tasty ” contracts are the supply of oil products and the supply of the Afghan army and the NATO contingent with weapons , military equipment and uniforms , which are lobbied by American congressmen whose wives get good positions on the boards of directors of the respective companies .
At the same time , the real recipients of kickbacks are engaged in dirty work and are not “ advertised ” .
It is not surprising that American aid to Afghanistan , despite its astronomical size ( the amount of aid exceeded the funds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reconstruction of post-war Europe ) , only allows the American military and contractors involved in its distribution to enrich themselves , while in Afghanistan the result of such assistance is not felt and its effectiveness , in general , is almost zero .
Recently , the media reported on the attempt of the top leadership of Afghanistan to redirect the flow of foreign financial assistance to themselves .
In April 2020 , President Ghani bypassed the Parliament and announced the reform of the Ministry of Finance and the re-subordination of a number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state duties , and customs duties to the presidential administration .
However , the Department of State criticized Ghani ’ s decision as “ corrupt ” .
It is noteworthy that immediately after such comments , the Afghan President withdrew his initiative .
The political dependence of Kabul on Washington plays into the hands of US corruption schemes .
The Americans clearly do not want to lose control over external financial flows to Afghanistan and do not allow even their wards to distribute them .

Despite the statements of the US President D. Trump on the need for an early withdrawal of the US military from Afghanistan, the interest of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the industrial complex in maintaining a military presence in this country is obvious. We are talking about the use of American financial aid flows to Afghanistan for selfish purposes.
For almost two decades of the Afghan campaign and the presence of the NATO and US contingent, Washington formally allocated large-scale funds not only for security assistance, but also for the civil reconstruction and development of this country.
Since 2001, approximately $130 billion was sent to Afghanistan. However, not all the money reached the country in need.
A significant part of the “aid” remained in the United States in the form of kickbacks, as evidenced, in particular, by the numerous reports of the US Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan, J.Sopko. This is also confirmed by an article about US corruption in Afghanistan on the Turkish “Aydinlik”.
As a result, corruption schemes for appropriating funds allocated to Afghanistan by the Americans themselves only worsened the already difficult economic situation in the country, which is trying to recover from military and political turmoil.
The question arises as to how those involved in the contract manage to retain a significant share of all tranches. The fact is that for the distribution of financial assistance to Afghanistan, there is a multi-level system of contracts, with the participation of American contractors and subcontractors.
To assign financial aid to Afghanistan, first of all, USAID is used, through which corrupt officials take about 50% of financial flows. For example, in the case of the program for the advancement of women in Badakhshan and Khost provinces, the share of appropriated funds reached 90-95%.
As a standard scheme, USAID transfers funds for the project to an Afghan agency that justifies its deliberately inflated cost to the local Ministry of Finance. After the contract is cashed out, half of this amount is given to USAID-related individuals. Grants from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are probably used in the same way, but in smaller amounts due to the greater number of witnesses in international organizations.
The very scale of American financial assistance, the feasibility of which is ambiguously assessed within the United States, also raises questions. In a report to the US Congress in February 2020, the above-mentioned J.Sopko noted that the amount of aid allocated significantly exceeds the capabilities of the Afghan economy.
According to the Inspector General, the amount of funds should be from 15 to 45% of the country’s GDP, while in 2007 and 2010, US grants to Afghanistan amounted to more than 100% of Afghanistan’s GDP. Obviously, such spending is not effective, but creates opportunities for plunder. At the same time, attempts by American politicians to reduce spending on Afghanistan are met with resistance from the military, who are interested in maintaining a significant source of income, as well as contractors involved in this area.
On March 23, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a $1 billion reduction in aid to Kabul due to the inability of two presidential contenders (A. Ghani and A. Abdul) to agree on power-sharing over highly questionable election dates. However, there is no confirmation that Washington is fulfilling the promises of the head of the Department of State. Recently, Democrat Senators even asked US Secretary of Defense M. Esper to report on cost reduction.
However, the report was not provided. Apparently, the Pentagon leaves this issue open, and the military clearly does not want to cut aid by reducing its articles.
The American defense industry has a special interest in the funds allocated to Afghanistan. Purchases and deliveries of goods to US and NATO contingents, as well as to Afghan security forces, are often carried out without regard to economic expediency and at inflated prices that are favorable to American manufacturers.
So, instead of building a factory in Afghanistan that would produce cartridges for M-4 and M-16 rifles at 12 cents apiece, Washington continues to buy cartridges from its suppliers for the needs of the Afghan security forces at the price of 57 cents apiece. In addition, the US military refused Russian kerosene at 94 cents per litre, buying it in Greece at $1.4 per litre. In order to maintain control, the United States provides financial assistance to the Afghan security forces through its own fund, not international structures.
American contractors on civil projects use the same principle with overstating the real cost of goods and services, including those supplied through USAID. For example, recently, not without their participation, the Ministry of Health of Afghanistan sold about 10,000 tests for coronavirus at a price of $48 each when their real cost is no more than $5.
The most “tasty” contracts are the supply of oil products and the supply of the Afghan army and the NATO contingent with weapons, military equipment and uniforms, which are lobbied by American congressmen whose wives get good positions on the boards of directors of the respective companies. At the same time, the real recipients of kickbacks are engaged in dirty work and are not “advertised”.
It is not surprising that American aid to Afghanistan, despite its astronomical size (the amount of aid exceeded the funds allocated under the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of post-war Europe), only allows the American military and contractors involved in its distribution to enrich themselves, while in Afghanistan the result of such assistance is not felt and its effectiveness, in general, is almost zero.
Recently, the media reported on the attempt of the top leadership of Afghanistan to redirect the flow of foreign financial assistance to themselves.
In April 2020, President Ghani bypassed the Parliament and announced the reform of the Ministry of Finance and the re-subordination of a number of its departments responsible for budget issues, state duties, and customs duties to the presidential administration.
However, the Department of State criticized Ghani’s decision as “corrupt”. It is noteworthy that immediately after such comments, the Afghan President withdrew his initiative. The political dependence of Kabul on Washington plays into the hands of US corruption schemes. The Americans clearly do not want to lose control over external financial flows to Afghanistan and do not allow even their wards to distribute them.
Originally published by One World Press