theduran--2020-04-17--From COP-21 to COVID-19: The Collapse of ‘Predictive Models’ and the Return to Actual Thinking

American Surgeon General Jerome Powell ’ s recent announcement that America would begin using real data and real trends instead of the World Health Organization-Bill Gates driven ‘ predictive models ’ came as a breath of fresh air for many who were beginning to lose hope that reason had been banished from world policy .
When compared with reality , the WHO/Gates-funded narrative justifying the total shutdown of global economies falls apart like a house of cards as outlined perfectly by the Swiss Propaganda Research Institute ’ s Facts of COVID-19 .
Powell ’ s announcement opens up a larger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mind , and how the the oligarchy has managed to subvert nation states over the past 50 years using a simple technique that replaces actual creative thinking for mind-less computer modelling .
The Global Coup : Predictive Models Take Over Actual Thinking The age of “ predictive doomsday models ” in many ways grew out of the 1972 Limits to Growth study funded by the Club of Rome which popularized the technique of tying temperature increases to carbon dioxide and projecting economic variables like population , resource losses , and “ pollution growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scare the hell out of their incredulous victims and intimidate nations to drastically modify their collective behavior .
This use of skewed , under-defined statistics , projected into the future in order to “ act preventatively on future crises ” became a hegemonic practice for the next 40 years and has been used by neo-Malthusians consistently to justify the increased rates of war , poverty and disease across the world .
Paul Ehrlich ’ s influential 1968 book the Population Bomb used similar models to cast trends of geometric population growth into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis of unimaginable proportions as oil would dry up , arable lands dry away and resources disappear by the year 2000 .
In 1968 his book , Ehrlich stated his misanthropic view in the following words : “ A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells ; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people .
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We must shift our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to the cutting out of the cancer .
The operation will demand many apparently brutal and heartless decisions.
” Ehrlich ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the shutdown of NASA ` s manned space systems and fusion program as Obama ` s science Czar went further when he wrote on p.942 in his 1977 book Ecoscience : “ Perhaps those agencies , combined with UNEP and the United Nations population agencies , might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime- sort of an international superagency for population , resources , and environment .
Such a comprehensive Planetary Regime could control the development , administration , conservation , and distribution of all natural resources , renewable or nonrenewable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Thus the Regime could have the power to control pollution not only in the atmosphere and oceans , but also in such freshwater bodies as rivers and lakes that cross international boundaries or that discharge into the oceans .
The Regime might also be a logical central agency for regulating all international trade , perhaps including assistance from DCs to LDCs , and including all food on the international market .
The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regional limits .
Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each government , but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed limits.
” Under this heartless logic , nation states simply had to be converted into tools for imposing depopulation programs rather than naively endeavoring to end colonialism , poverty and war as foolish statesmen like John Kennedy , Bobby Kennedy , Enrico Mattei or Martin Luther King attempted .
Kissinger ’ s National Security Study Memorandum 200 ( 1974 ) outlined this new objective for America stating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give emphasis to the largest and fastest growing developing countries where there is a special US and strategic interest ” .
Among those developing nations targetted for population reduction , NSSM-200 listed birth control and the withholding of food as primary tools .
Kissinger coldly wrote : “ is the US prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can ’ t/won ’ t control their population growth ?
” Throughout the 1970s , the Trilateral Commission/Council on Foreign Relations cabal under the direction of Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski completely took over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic program which Trilateral Commission member Paul Volcker called “ the controlled disintegration of the economy ” .
Upon attaining chairmanship of the Federal Reserve in 1979 , Volcker put this policy to work by raising interest rates to 20 % and kept them there for another two years- destroying America ’ s small and medium agro industries while leaving only a highly cartelized corporate behemoth capable of surviving such draconian rates .
Real growth plummeted , long term planning was forgotten and deregulation ushered in vast speculation which replaced the formerly dirigistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All investments into scientific and technological progress were shut down .
Fusion energy research was systematically destroyed as fast as the space program .
Infrastructure investments dried up and America ’ s age of nuclear power construction was shut down .
In true Pygmalion fashion , the oligarchy was able to “ scientifically justify ” their misanthropic view of global governance by first breaking humanity ’ s knee caps and then arguing that we were never meant to run .
In today ’ s language , this practice of ‘ predictive modelling ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priest Mark Carney ’ s calls for a new financial system to promote a decarbonized society by 2050 since ‘ predictive models ’ state that the world will heat 1.5 degrees according to a presumed connection to carbon dioxide emissions which can only be corrected if we monetize carbon and put a profit on shutting down human industrial activity .
As it turns out , when compared to the real data , not only does one quickly find that the post 1977 warming trend ended in 1999 , but the actual temperature falls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the IPCC ( which is to environmental policy what the WHO is to health policy ) .
This hysterical prediction is also seen in Prince Charles ’ recent warning that the world has 18 months to save itself before ‘ predictive modelling ’ says that global warming becomes unstoppable and the earth burns in a dystopic inferno !
Charles is the son of the same Prince Philip who infamously gushed over his wish to be reincarnated as a deadly virus “ in order to solve overpopulation ” making it more than a bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 on March 25 .
In a 1988 interview with Deutsche Press Agentur , Prince Philip said : One should not make the mistake of separating Philip ’ s misanthropic statements with his active role in co-founding the global ecology movement alongside Bilderberg group founder Prince Bernhardt of the Netherlands .
This includes their joint role as co-founders of the World Wildlife Club in 1961 , their founding of the 1001 Nature Trust in 1970 or their joint management and funding of global climate science throughout the 20th century .
As I outlined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this organization that was caught red handed organizing the murder and coverup of John F. Kennedy .
Prince Bernhard and Philip ’ s powerful lackey Maurice Strong ( who served as WWF vice-president under Philip from 1976-78 ) , let the cat out of the bag in a 1990 interview saying : This is exactly what Carney and his fellow central banking ideologues are talking about when they speak of “ Green New Deals “ .
The Failure of the Collective Green Suicide Pact After five decades of tireless panic and propaganda , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this whole plan hasn ’ t really worked out too well .
Many nations were more than a little reticent to shut down the basis of their existence just because some Malthusian technocrats said their computer models required it to be so .
Many inquiring minds noticed that those same computer models never proved in the first place that carbon dioxide actually causes temperature changes and others noticed that in longer waves of history , carbon dioxide actually follows temperature changes… implying that the true causes of climate change has less to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ astrophysical effects like the sun and cosmic radiation ( which recent studies by Professor Svensmark have proved seeds clouds and plays a much more direct role in shaping climate change than statisticians wish to admit ) .
Others were bothered by the fact that linear computer projections fail to take into account such non-linear processes as human creative reason and morality which allows mankind the freedom to leap beyond our “ limits to growth ” through the discovery of new principles in the universe and the application of those discoveries to the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific and technological progress .
Try as they might , linear models can not map non-linearity ( except in the form of logarithms that seek chaotic randomness in the form of a Jackson Pollack painting ) , but not real creative DIRECTED progress .
What made this “ Controlled disintegration agenda ” additionally frustrating was the rise of China ’ s Belt and Road Initiative which demonstrated what REAL nation states can accomplish when they want to get rid of pollution , raise their populations out of poverty and “ go green ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In total opposition to the doomsday ‘ predictive models ’ , China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty by forcing the monetary system to obey human needs rather than conforming to the statistical models used by the World Bank or IMF .
China , Russia and other nations working within the BRI Framework have transformed the definition of “ green ” in recent years by investing massively into carbon free energy like 3rd and 4th generation nuclear power , fusion research , hydroelectricity and greening deserts .
On this last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 % increase of global biomass due entirely to China and India ’ s development strategies which not only bring water into deserts , but also produce carbon dioxide which plants and trees actually treat as… FOOD !
Then Trump got elected and the Malthusian de-carbonization goals collapsed even further as an America long held under the control of a deep state changed its character and in so doing , revived both a lost sense of nationalism while also rejecting green suicide under a technocratic global dictatorship .
So something new had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenarios are not hard to come by for British intelligence assets working through London ’ s Imperial College and Bank of England who settled on a new strategy… if only a virus could be blown into global pandemic proportions through a systemic skewing of data and centralized control of data management through the Michael Bloomberg School of Public Policy at Johns Hopkin and World Health Organization… then perhaps nations will finally learn how to shut down their economies .
After COVID-19 was announced as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Imperial College wasted no time in using the same predictive modelling techniques that failed so miserably on climate catastrophe projections to begin forecasting end times scenarios for the coronavirus outbreak .
March 17 models projected over 500 000 UK deaths and 2.2 million American deaths over the coming months .
These numbers were quickly taken up by the WHO and spread across international media to justify the study ’ s “ remedy ” of a full “ shut down of major aspects of society for over a year.
” Despite the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only 20 000 UK deaths and 100 000 US deaths a week later , the calls to keep the world economy shut down for 12-18 months continued by Dr. Cauci , Gates , Soros and leading experts from the WHO , some of whom were caught on camera advocating breaking into homes to separate family members who have COVID .
For those paying attention , Michael Bloomberg isn ’ t only a famous billionaire corporatist who paid $ 500 million to get his ass kicked on public television , but is also Mark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acted as United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2018-2019 until Carney took over the position .
Bloomberg also chairs Carney ’ s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures which is a keystone piece of the new green cathedral of anti-growth economics which will punish all “ climate offending ” companies by cutting them from credit while rewarding “ green zero carbon ” companies which accelerate human population collapse .
Bloomberg ’ s School of Public Health just so happened to co-sponsor the October 19 , 2019 Global Pandemic Exercise Event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gates Foundation , and World Economic Forum which ran computer simulations under the theme of a novel coronavirus pandemic killing 60 million people .
Over the years while taking over economic , foreign policy and environmental policies of formerly industrial advanced nations of the western alliance , the neo-Malthusian movement also took over medical research through a gradual co-opting of funding of the World Health Organization by private foundations which have increasingly replaced the role of nation over the past 4 decades .
Today the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has become the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the top spot with Trump ’ s recent announcement of America ’ s exit from it ’ s supporting role ) .
With their interests so intertwined with Big Pharma , and the Five Eyes intelligence agencies , medical practice and medical policy has been put firmly under the control of an elite cadre of “ scientific experts ” who play god with the human race in ivory towers “ untouched by politics ” beholden only to the cold hard numbers of ‘ predictive models ’ .
Both Gates and Bloomberg are among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Giving Pledge ” – which is a foundation made up of “ good ” plutocrats who pledged to donate half their wealth to charities .
What are billions after all , when you know the system you parasitically exploited is designed to collapse ?
As Carney stated last year , those “ that anticipate these developments will be rewarded handsomely ; those that fail to adapt will cease to exist.
” Those industrial interests whom Carney threatened in his speech include those “ dirty ” ( see “ productive ” ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the idea of being sacrificed on the alter of Gaia and would rather join China ’ s multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative , as the crisis continues to move closer to the inevitable collapse of the $ 1.2 quadrillion bubble economy .
As this future collapse point accelerates towards the present , the oligarchy knows that nations enmeshed in the west ’ s monetarist net will gladly jump into the Multipolar Alliance as an alternative to their total destruction if for no other reason .
The Multi-Polar Alliance Re-asserts the Hegemony of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beauty of the new Multipolar Alliance guided by the associated Belt and Road Initiative Framework is this new system ’ s reliance upon the non-linearity of human creative thought .
By defining future states of humanity not as a crisis caused by human cancer cells killing Gaia , the new system approaches the future from the standpoint of creative change .
By investing in space exploration , asteroid defense , lunar mining , fusion and fission development and large scale infrastructure the Multipolar Alliance is bringing mankind back into harmony with the demands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creation .
Speaking to the CPC central committee in 2016 , President Xi said : In an earlier speech , Xi developed this concept even further : In a 2019 speech calling for Russia ’ s prioritization of fusion power as a replacement to the fossil fuel economy , President Putin expressed similar insights saying : So when Putin or Xi come out calling for a new economic order to replace the currently collapsing one , this is the spirit of the system he is talking about .
They are talking about a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using linear equations in favor of the REALITY of human creative mentation as a non-linear YET intelligible geological force of change bringing humanity into ever greater harmony with the laws of creation .
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , a BRI Expert on Tactical talk , and has authored 3 volumes of ‘ Untold History of Canada ’ book series .
In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation and can be reached at [ email protected ]

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American Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ recent announcement that America would begin using real data and real trends instead of the World Health Organization-Bill Gates driven ‘predictive models’ came as a breath of fresh air for many who were beginning to lose hope that reason had been banished from world policy. When compared with reality, the WHO/Gates-funded narrative justifying the total shutdown of global economies falls apart like a house of cards as outlined perfectly by the Swiss Propaganda Research Institute’s Facts of COVID-19.
Powell’s announcement opens up a larger discussion on the nature of the human mind, and how the the oligarchy has managed to subvert nation states over the past 50 years using a simple technique that replaces actual creative thinking for mind-less computer modelling.
The Global Coup: Predictive Models Take Over Actual Thinking
The age of “predictive doomsday models” in many ways grew out of the 1972 Limits to Growth study funded by the Club of Rome which popularized the technique of tying temperature increases to carbon dioxide and projecting economic variables like population, resource losses, and “pollution growth” into the future in order to scare the hell out of their incredulous victims and intimidate nations to drastically modify their collective behavior.
This use of skewed, under-defined statistics, projected into the future in order to “act preventatively on future crises” became a hegemonic practice for the next 40 years and has been used by neo-Malthusians consistently to justify the increased rates of war, poverty and disease across the world. Paul Ehrlich’s influential 1968 book the Population Bomb used similar models to cast trends of geometric population growth into the future which would result in a global crisis of unimaginable proportions as oil would dry up, arable lands dry away and resources disappear by the year 2000.
In 1968 his book, Ehrlich stated his misanthropic view in the following words:
“A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people. . . . We must shift our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to the cutting out of the cancer. The operation will demand many apparently brutal and heartless decisions.”
Ehrlich’s protégé John Holdren, who led in the shutdown of NASA`s manned space systems and fusion program as Obama`s science Czar went further when he wrote on p.942 in his 1977 book Ecoscience:
“Perhaps those agencies, combined with UNEP and the United Nations population agencies, might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime- sort of an international superagency for population, resources, and environment. Such a comprehensive Planetary Regime could control the development, administration, conservation, and distribution of all natural resources, renewable or nonrenewable, at least insofar as international implications exist. Thus the Regime could have the power to control pollution not only in the atmosphere and oceans, but also in such freshwater bodies as rivers and lakes that cross international boundaries or that discharge into the oceans. The Regime might also be a logical central agency for regulating all international trade, perhaps including assistance from DCs to LDCs, and including all food on the international market. The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countries’ shares within their regional limits. Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each government, but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed limits.”
Under this heartless logic, nation states simply had to be converted into tools for imposing depopulation programs rather than naively endeavoring to end colonialism, poverty and war as foolish statesmen like John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Enrico Mattei or Martin Luther King attempted.
Kissinger’s National Security Study Memorandum 200 (1974) outlined this new objective for America stating: “Assistance for population moderation should give emphasis to the largest and fastest growing developing countries where there is a special US and strategic interest”. Among those developing nations targetted for population reduction, NSSM-200 listed birth control and the withholding of food as primary tools. Kissinger coldly wrote: “is the US prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can’t/won’t control their population growth?”
Throughout the 1970s, the Trilateral Commission/Council on Foreign Relations cabal under the direction of Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski completely took over American foreign policy and launched a new economic program which Trilateral Commission member Paul Volcker called “the controlled disintegration of the economy”. Upon attaining chairmanship of the Federal Reserve in 1979, Volcker put this policy to work by raising interest rates to 20% and kept them there for another two years- destroying America’s small and medium agro industries while leaving only a highly cartelized corporate behemoth capable of surviving such draconian rates. Real growth plummeted, long term planning was forgotten and deregulation ushered in vast speculation which replaced the formerly dirigistic capitalism that made the west great. All investments into scientific and technological progress were shut down. Fusion energy research was systematically destroyed as fast as the space program. Infrastructure investments dried up and America’s age of nuclear power construction was shut down.
In true Pygmalion fashion, the oligarchy was able to “scientifically justify” their misanthropic view of global governance by first breaking humanity’s knee caps and then arguing that we were never meant to run.
In today’s language, this practice of ‘predictive modelling’ is reflected in the central banking high priest Mark Carney’s calls for a new financial system to promote a decarbonized society by 2050 since ‘predictive models’ state that the world will heat 1.5 degrees according to a presumed connection to carbon dioxide emissions which can only be corrected if we monetize carbon and put a profit on shutting down human industrial activity. As it turns out, when compared to the real data, not only does one quickly find that the post 1977 warming trend ended in 1999, but the actual temperature falls well below all computer projections produced by the IPCC (which is to environmental policy what the WHO is to health policy).
This hysterical prediction is also seen in Prince Charles’ recent warning that the world has 18 months to save itself before ‘predictive modelling’ says that global warming becomes unstoppable and the earth burns in a dystopic inferno!
Charles is the son of the same Prince Philip who infamously gushed over his wish to be reincarnated as a deadly virus “in order to solve overpopulation” making it more than a bit ironic that Charles announced his contraction of COVID-19 on March 25. In a 1988 interview with Deutsche Press Agentur, Prince Philip said:
“The more people there are, the more resources they’ll consume, the more pollution they’ll create, the more fighting they will do. We have no option. If it isn’t controlled voluntarily, it will be controlled involuntarily by an increase in disease, starvation and war. …In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.”
One should not make the mistake of separating Philip’s misanthropic statements with his active role in co-founding the global ecology movement alongside Bilderberg group founder Prince Bernhardt of the Netherlands. This includes their joint role as co-founders of the World Wildlife Club in 1961, their founding of the 1001 Nature Trust in 1970 or their joint management and funding of global climate science throughout the 20th century. As I outlined in my 2019 lecture, it was this organization that was caught red handed organizing the murder and coverup of John F. Kennedy.
Prince Bernhard and Philip’s powerful lackey Maurice Strong (who served as WWF vice-president under Philip from 1976-78), let the cat out of the bag in a 1990 interview saying:
“What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? And if the world is to survive, those rich countries would have to sign an agreement reducing their impact on the environment. Will they do it? The group’s conclusion is ‘no’. The rich countries won’t do it. They won’t change. So, in order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?” [1]
This is exactly what Carney and his fellow central banking ideologues are talking about when they speak of “Green New Deals“.
The Failure of the Collective Green Suicide Pact
After five decades of tireless panic and propaganda, the oligarchy has had to conclude that this whole plan hasn’t really worked out too well. Many nations were more than a little reticent to shut down the basis of their existence just because some Malthusian technocrats said their computer models required it to be so.
Many inquiring minds noticed that those same computer models never proved in the first place that carbon dioxide actually causes temperature changes and others noticed that in longer waves of history, carbon dioxide actually follows temperature changes… implying that the true causes of climate change has less to do with CO2 and more to do with astrophysical effects like the sun and cosmic radiation (which recent studies by Professor Svensmark have proved seeds clouds and plays a much more direct role in shaping climate change than statisticians wish to admit).
Others were bothered by the fact that linear computer projections fail to take into account such non-linear processes as human creative reason and morality which allows mankind the freedom to leap beyond our “limits to growth” through the discovery of new principles in the universe and the application of those discoveries to the economy in the form of constant leaps in scientific and technological progress. Try as they might, linear models cannot map non-linearity (except in the form of logarithms that seek chaotic randomness in the form of a Jackson Pollack painting), but not real creative DIRECTED progress.
What made this “Controlled disintegration agenda” additionally frustrating was the rise of China’s Belt and Road Initiative which demonstrated what REAL nation states can accomplish when they want to get rid of pollution, raise their populations out of poverty and “go green” at the same time [1].
In total opposition to the doomsday ‘predictive models’, China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty by forcing the monetary system to obey human needs rather than conforming to the statistical models used by the World Bank or IMF. China, Russia and other nations working within the BRI Framework have transformed the definition of “green” in recent years by investing massively into carbon free energy like 3rd and 4th generation nuclear power, fusion research, hydroelectricity and greening deserts. On this last point, NASA recently announced a surprising 10% increase of global biomass due entirely to China and India’s development strategies which not only bring water into deserts, but also produce carbon dioxide which plants and trees actually treat as… FOOD!
Then Trump got elected and the Malthusian de-carbonization goals collapsed even further as an America long held under the control of a deep state changed its character and in so doing, revived both a lost sense of nationalism while also rejecting green suicide under a technocratic global dictatorship.
So something new had to happen.
New Lipstick. Same Pig.
Luckily, computer modelling doomsday scenarios are not hard to come by for British intelligence assets working through London’s Imperial College and Bank of England who settled on a new strategy… if only a virus could be blown into global pandemic proportions through a systemic skewing of data and centralized control of data management through the Michael Bloomberg School of Public Policy at Johns Hopkin and World Health Organization… then perhaps nations will finally learn how to shut down their economies.
After COVID-19 was announced as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 Response Team at London’s Imperial College wasted no time in using the same predictive modelling techniques that failed so miserably on climate catastrophe projections to begin forecasting end times scenarios for the coronavirus outbreak. March 17 models projected over 500 000 UK deaths and 2.2 million American deaths over the coming months. These numbers were quickly taken up by the WHO and spread across international media to justify the study’s “remedy” of a full “shut down of major aspects of society for over a year.” Despite the fact that these models were adjusted to predict only 20 000 UK deaths and 100 000 US deaths a week later, the calls to keep the world economy shut down for 12-18 months continued by Dr. Fauci, Gates, Soros and leading experts from the WHO, some of whom were caught on camera advocating breaking into homes to separate family members who have COVID.
For those paying attention, Michael Bloomberg isn’t only a famous billionaire corporatist who paid $500 million to get his ass kicked on public television, but is also Mark Carney’s green bosom buddy who acted as United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2018-2019 until Carney took over the position. Bloomberg also chairs Carney’s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures which is a keystone piece of the new green cathedral of anti-growth economics which will punish all “climate offending” companies by cutting them from credit while rewarding “green zero carbon” companies which accelerate human population collapse.
Bloomberg’s School of Public Health just so happened to co-sponsor the October 19, 2019 Global Pandemic Exercise Event 201 alongside the Bill Gates & Melinda Gates Foundation, and World Economic Forum which ran computer simulations under the theme of a novel coronavirus pandemic killing 60 million people. Over the years while taking over economic, foreign policy and environmental policies of formerly industrial advanced nations of the western alliance, the neo-Malthusian movement also took over medical research through a gradual co-opting of funding of the World Health Organization by private foundations which have increasingly replaced the role of nation over the past 4 decades.
Today the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has become the primary financier of the WTO (taking the top spot with Trump’s recent announcement of America’s exit from it’s supporting role). With their interests so intertwined with Big Pharma, and the Five Eyes intelligence agencies, medical practice and medical policy has been put firmly under the control of an elite cadre of “scientific experts” who play god with the human race in ivory towers “untouched by politics” beholden only to the cold hard numbers of ‘predictive models’.
Both Gates and Bloomberg are among the top five world billionaires who run “The Giving Pledge”– which is a foundation made up of “good” plutocrats who pledged to donate half their wealth to charities. What are billions after all, when you know the system you parasitically exploited is designed to collapse? As Carney stated last year, those “that anticipate these developments will be rewarded handsomely; those that fail to adapt will cease to exist.”
Those industrial interests whom Carney threatened in his speech include those “dirty” (see “productive”) agro-industrial interests who are generally unhappy about the idea of being sacrificed on the alter of Gaia and would rather join China’s multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative, as the crisis continues to move closer to the inevitable collapse of the $1.2 quadrillion bubble economy. As this future collapse point accelerates towards the present, the oligarchy knows that nations enmeshed in the west’s monetarist net will gladly jump into the Multipolar Alliance as an alternative to their total destruction if for no other reason.
The Multi-Polar Alliance Re-asserts the Hegemony of the Human Mind over Computer Modelling
The beauty of the new Multipolar Alliance guided by the associated Belt and Road Initiative Framework is this new system’s reliance upon the non-linearity of human creative thought. By defining future states of humanity not as a crisis caused by human cancer cells killing Gaia, the new system approaches the future from the standpoint of creative change. By investing in space exploration, asteroid defense, lunar mining, fusion and fission development and large scale infrastructure the Multipolar Alliance is bringing mankind back into harmony with the demands for boundless scientific and technological progress within creation.
Speaking to the CPC central committee in 2016, President Xi said:
“Coordinated development is the unity of balanced development and imbalanced development. The process from balance to imbalance and then to rebalance is the basic law of development. Balance is relative while imbalance is absolute. Emphasizing coordinated development is not pursuing equalitarianism, but giving more importance to equal opportunities and balanced resource allocation.”
In an earlier speech, Xi developed this concept even further:
“We must consider innovation as the primary driving force of growth and the core in this whole undertaking, and human resources as the primary source to support development. We should promote innovation in theory, systems, science and technology, and culture, and make innovation the dominant theme in the work of the Party, and government, and everyday activity in society… In the 16th century, human society entered an unprecedented period of active innovation. Achievements in scientific innovation over the past five centuries have exceeded the sum total of several previous millennia. . . . Each and every scientific and industrial revolution has profoundly changed the outlook and pattern of world development. . . . Since the second Industrial Revolution, the U.S. has maintained global hegemony because it has always been the leader and the largest beneficiary of scientific and industrial progress.”
In a 2019 speech calling for Russia’s prioritization of fusion power as a replacement to the fossil fuel economy, President Putin expressed similar insights saying:
“It may seem strange at first, but fusion energy, which in fact is similar to how heat and light are produced in our star, in the Sun, is an example of such nature-like technologies. “Potentially we can harness a colossal, inexhaustible and safe source of energy. However, we will only succeed in fusion energy and in solving other fundamental tasks if we establish broad international cooperation and interaction between government and business, and join the efforts of researchers representing different scientific schools and areas. If technological development becomes truly global, it will not be split up or reined in by attempts to monopolize progress, limit access to education and put up new obstacles to the free exchange of knowledge and ideas.. With their help, scientists will be able to literally see nature’s creation processes.”
So when Putin or Xi come out calling for a new economic order to replace the currently collapsing one, this is the spirit of the system he is talking about. They are talking about a system that rejects ‘predictive modelling’ using linear equations in favor of the REALITY of human creative mentation as a non-linear YET intelligible geological force of change bringing humanity into ever greater harmony with the laws of creation.
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , a BRI Expert on Tactical talk, and has authored 3 volumes of ‘Untold History of Canada’ book series. In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation and can be reached at matt.ehret@tutamail.com
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theduran--2020-04-18--Brazil’s squabble with China brings unexpected results which annoy US

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Lucas Leiroz , research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro… The verbal attacks by members of the Brazilian government on China have been costly , not only to Brazil , but also to Jair Bolsonaro ’ s biggest international ally , the United States .
The offensive words to China recently spoken by Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro , education minister Abraham Weintraub and foreign affairs minister Ernesto Araújo created a situation of gigantic diplomatic tension between Brazil and China .
Beijing is well aware of how to manipulate this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Brazil ’ s biggest trade partner , the Asian country is demanding certain benefits in its negotiations , which are quickly being granted .
Cornered and pressured in the face of the irresponsibility of his son and other members of his government , Jair Bolsonaro recently contacted Chinese President Xi Jinping apologizing for what had happened and trying to return to closer ties between the both countries .
Xi , in all his political expertise , was not proud and welcomed Bolsonaro ’ s lamentations , but apparently demanded certain concessions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the heads of State , Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão announced that Huawei , a Chinese multinational in the technology and telecommunications industry , will be able to participate in the 5G technology infrastructure in Brazil .
The announcement of Huawei ’ s participation is the result of a true lesson of international relations expertise by the Chinese president .
During the controversy involving the Brazilian government and its offenses against Beijing , several media agencies gave enormous coverage to the case , overestimating an alleged threat to the supply of masks and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new coronavirus in Brazil .
The attention of Brazilians was focused on monitoring whether China would retaliate against Brazil by abandoning it to its own fate in the fight against the infection .
In fact , this shows how far political analysts , the media and Brazilian public opinion in general are lagging behind in knowing how to do business on the international arena .
China has absolutely nothing to gain by blocking the supply of medical and sanitary equipment to Brazil or any other country .
This international cooperation campaign is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign policy today .
These acts of humanitarian diplomacy allow Beijing to strengthen relations with several countries , undermining influences from other powers and raising its international image .
Still , the Chinese government is fully aware that in bilateral relations between Brazil and China , Brazilians are the most fragile part , with various sectors of the Brazilian economy dependent on the Chinese market , such as agribusiness .
It is obvious that China would use this whole scenario as a backdrop to try to improve some specific points in the relations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions such as imposing international sanctions , cutting mask supplies or banning the purchase of Brazilian soy .
Unlike Bolsonaro , Xi Jinping demonstrates great skill and decorum in his relations with other statesmen .
The Brazilian president ’ s apology was a beautiful opportunity to gently “ suggest ” the Chinese company ’ s insertion on the big 5G technology auction in Brazil .
Interestingly , the biggest loser in this agreement was precisely the nation that Brazil currently supports and swears loyalty – the US .
As it is well known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 5G technology is between Washington and Beijing .
Until then , the Brazilian government kept China out of the infrastructure projects in 5G platforms in the country , precisely because of its total alignment with the US , which is a central feature of Bolsonaro ’ s foreign policy .
Now , this small “ exchange of favors ” between Brazil and China calls into question all the cooperation between Brasília and Washington in recent years .
Attacking China , Brazil has hit the United States , its biggest international “ ally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more vulnerable to the overwhelming advance of Chinese interests .
Gradually , over the past few decades , China has undeniably made its technological production a strong soft power mechanism .
However , some geopolitical opponents of China have gone far beyond the concrete data in their speculations about China ’ s technological strategy .
It was Donald Trump ’ s unfounded conspiracies about an alleged use of Huawei ’ s 5G technology for espionage purposes that served as the basis for international pressure to abolish Chinese participation on the 5G structure in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Brazil considers itself .
It was precisely this conspiracy speech that the Brazilian government maintained to keep China away from the 5G network in Brazil , but that all changed with Bolsonaro ’ s call to apologize for his son ’ s words .
Now , what will become of the speech on Chinese espionage through Huawei ?
And what Bolsonaro will answer to Donald Trump ?
More importantly , what will be the Trump ’ s reaction to Bolsonaro ’ s betrayal ?
Considering the great strategic value of 5G @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brazil will lose its total alignment with the USA forever and be forced to further strengthen ties with China .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro…
The verbal attacks by members of the Brazilian government on China have been costly, not only to Brazil, but also to Jair Bolsonaro’s biggest international ally, the United States. The offensive words to China recently spoken by Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, education minister Abraham Weintraub and foreign affairs minister Ernesto Araújo created a situation of gigantic diplomatic tension between Brazil and China. Beijing is well aware of how to manipulate this tension in its favor. As China is Brazil’s biggest trade partner, the Asian country is demanding certain benefits in its negotiations, which are quickly being granted.
Cornered and pressured in the face of the irresponsibility of his son and other members of his government, Jair Bolsonaro recently contacted Chinese President Xi Jinping apologizing for what had happened and trying to return to closer ties between the both countries. Xi, in all his political expertise, was not proud and welcomed Bolsonaro’s lamentations, but apparently demanded certain concessions. Just three days after telephone contact between the heads of State, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão announced that Huawei, a Chinese multinational in the technology and telecommunications industry, will be able to participate in the 5G technology infrastructure in Brazil.
The announcement of Huawei’s participation is the result of a true lesson of international relations expertise by the Chinese president. During the controversy involving the Brazilian government and its offenses against Beijing, several media agencies gave enormous coverage to the case, overestimating an alleged threat to the supply of masks and sanitary equipment to combat the pandemic of the new coronavirus in Brazil. The attention of Brazilians was focused on monitoring whether China would retaliate against Brazil by abandoning it to its own fate in the fight against the infection. In fact, this shows how far political analysts, the media and Brazilian public opinion in general are lagging behind in knowing how to do business on the international arena.
China has absolutely nothing to gain by blocking the supply of medical and sanitary equipment to Brazil or any other country. This international cooperation campaign is one of the great tools of Chinese foreign policy today. These acts of humanitarian diplomacy allow Beijing to strengthen relations with several countries, undermining influences from other powers and raising its international image. Still, the Chinese government is fully aware that in bilateral relations between Brazil and China, Brazilians are the most fragile part, with various sectors of the Brazilian economy dependent on the Chinese market, such as agribusiness. It is obvious that China would use this whole scenario as a backdrop to try to improve some specific points in the relations with Brazil instead of simply making silly decisions such as imposing international sanctions, cutting mask supplies or banning the purchase of Brazilian soy.
Unlike Bolsonaro, Xi Jinping demonstrates great skill and decorum in his relations with other statesmen. The Brazilian president’s apology was a beautiful opportunity to gently “suggest” the Chinese company’s insertion on the big 5G technology auction in Brazil. Interestingly, the biggest loser in this agreement was precisely the nation that Brazil currently supports and swears loyalty – the US. As it is well known, the great international dispute over control of 5G technology is between Washington and Beijing. Until then, the Brazilian government kept China out of the infrastructure projects in 5G platforms in the country, precisely because of its total alignment with the US, which is a central feature of Bolsonaro’s foreign policy. Now, this small “exchange of favors” between Brazil and China calls into question all the cooperation between Brasília and Washington in recent years. Attacking China, Brazil has hit the United States, its biggest international “ally”, and will now be even more vulnerable to the overwhelming advance of Chinese interests.
Gradually, over the past few decades, China has undeniably made its technological production a strong soft power mechanism. However, some geopolitical opponents of China have gone far beyond the concrete data in their speculations about China’s technological strategy. It was Donald Trump’s unfounded conspiracies about an alleged use of Huawei’s 5G technology for espionage purposes that served as the basis for international pressure to abolish Chinese participation on the 5G structure in all Washington allied countries – like Bolsonaro’s Brazil considers itself.
It was precisely this conspiracy speech that the Brazilian government maintained to keep China away from the 5G network in Brazil, but that all changed with Bolsonaro’s call to apologize for his son’s words. Now, what will become of the speech on Chinese espionage through Huawei? And what Bolsonaro will answer to Donald Trump? More importantly, what will be the Trump’s reaction to Bolsonaro’s betrayal? Considering the great strategic value of 5G technology, it is still possible that Brazil will lose its total alignment with the USA forever and be forced to further strengthen ties with China.
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theduran--2020-04-18--Acoustic Music From The Metal Age For The Lockdown

A Jack Russell is a small , annoying breed of dog , and a great white is a shark .
What do you get when you put them together ?
A legendary American rock band .
Actually , there is a bit more to it than that .
Great White were formed in 1981 , although their origins date to 1977 .
They were active until 2001 , during which time they were fronted by Jack Russell .
After that , things get a bit complicated as they tend to with time-serving rock bands .
For example : Wishbone Ash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are two different bands .
Leaving aside any legal complications , in February 2003 , while touring as Jack Russell ’ s Great White , a fire broke out at the Station nightclub , Rhode Island during a concert .
This left a hundred people dead including guitarist Ty Longley .
A tragedy of this scale would have finished a lot of bands , but not Jack Russell , who has also struggled with other problems including a serious back injury .
The band known as Great White can be found here .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ next month , but of course nothing is certain as things stand .
Jack Russell ’ s Great White can be found here , and again nothing is certain regarding tour dates .
Great White ’ s peak was probably 1987 till about 1992 .
I actually saw the band in 1991 , and here ’ s the proof .
They were supported by Kiss Of The Gypsy .
Their biggest hits were Once Bitten , Twice Shy and House Of Broken Love .
Once Bitten , Twice Shy was actually written by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single after splitting with Mott The Hoople in 1975 .
House Of Broken Love is strictly personal .
Curiously , in spite of its title , Once Bitten , Twice Shy does not appear on the current offering , neither does House Of Broken Love , but you can hear both along with the show opener Move It on this live recording I taped back in the day .
Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes is available pre-order from Cleopatra Records .
It begins with Lady Redlight – you know who she is – and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ na Leave You , a cover of a 1950s folk song that was recorded by Led Zepellin in 1969 .
Gon na Getcha , Rock Me and All Over Now will be well known to Great White fans .
Song number eight Living On The Edge could be the soundtrack to Russell ’ s life .
He will be sixty in December this year , although one senses he will be around for a good few years yet .
And hopefully recording new material .

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A Jack Russell is a small, annoying breed of dog, and a great white is a shark. What do you get when you put them together? A legendary American rock band. Actually, there is a bit more to it than that. Great White were formed in 1981, although their origins date to 1977. They were active until 2001, during which time they were fronted by Jack Russell. After that, things get a bit complicated as they tend to with time-serving rock bands. For example: Wishbone Ash and Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash are two different bands.
Leaving aside any legal complications, in February 2003, while touring as Jack Russell’s Great White, a fire broke out at the Station nightclub, Rhode Island during a concert. This left a hundred people dead including guitarist Ty Longley. A tragedy of this scale would have finished a lot of bands, but not Jack Russell, who has also struggled with other problems including a serious back injury.
The band known as Great White can be found here. They have tour dates lined up from next month, but of course nothing is certain as things stand. Jack Russell’s Great White can be found here, and again nothing is certain regarding tour dates.
Great White’s peak was probably 1987 till about 1992. I actually saw the band in 1991, and here’s the proof. They were supported by Kiss Of The Gypsy. Their biggest hits were Once Bitten, Twice Shy and House Of Broken Love.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy was actually written by Ian Hunter; it was his first single after splitting with Mott The Hoople in 1975. House Of Broken Love is strictly personal. Curiously, in spite of its title, Once Bitten, Twice Shy does not appear on the current offering, neither does House Of Broken Love, but you can hear both along with the show opener Move It on this live recording I taped back in the day.
Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes is available pre-order from Cleopatra Records. It begins with Lady Redlight – you know who she is – and ends with Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, a cover of a 1950s folk song that was recorded by Led Zepellin in 1969. Gonna Getcha, Rock Me and All Over Now will be well known to Great White fans. Song number eight Living On The Edge could be the soundtrack to Russell’s life. He will be sixty in December this year, although one senses he will be around for a good few years yet. And hopefully recording new material.
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theduran--2020-04-18--Putin puts Russia on lockdown, May 9 Victory Day postponed (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at Russia ’ s lockdown in an effort to deal with the five day rise in Covid-19 cases , leading to the postponement of the May 9 Victory Day parade .
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Holding planned commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Soviet Russia ’ s World War Two victory over Nazi Germany , across the country , would be too risky with Covid-19 spreading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As a result , he has postponed the events until after the current coronavirus crisis has eased .
The celebrations on May 9 were expected to be a major date in Russia , with military parades and other public gatherings planned throughout the country , and world leaders set to descend on Moscow .
However , proceeding under the cloud of coronavirus would be too great a risk to public health , Putin acknowledged on Thursday .
“ The coronavirus-related risks do not give me the right to be preparing for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , at the beginning of the Russian Security Council meeting .
He added that he ’ s instructing the Defense Minister and local authorities to “ postpone preparations for the military parade on Red Square and regional parades.
” While giving no new date for V-Day celebrations , the president gave an assurance that they will take place this year .
Putin ’ s move came the day after veterans ’ groups asked for the Moscow parade to rescheduled .
All of Russia ’ s surviving WW2 heroes are now over 90-years-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Covid-19 .

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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at Russia’s lockdown in an effort to deal with the five day rise in Covid-19 cases, leading to the postponement of the May 9 Victory Day parade.
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Holding planned commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Soviet Russia’s World War Two victory over Nazi Germany, across the country, would be too risky with Covid-19 spreading nationwide, President Vladimir Putin has said.
As a result, he has postponed the events until after the current coronavirus crisis has eased. The celebrations on May 9 were expected to be a major date in Russia, with military parades and other public gatherings planned throughout the country, and world leaders set to descend on Moscow.
However, proceeding under the cloud of coronavirus would be too great a risk to public health, Putin acknowledged on Thursday.
“The coronavirus-related risks do not give me the right to be preparing for the [V-Day] celebrations,” Putin said, at the beginning of the Russian Security Council meeting.
He added that he’s instructing the Defense Minister and local authorities to “postpone preparations for the military parade on Red Square and regional parades.”
While giving no new date for V-Day celebrations, the president gave an assurance that they will take place this year.
We will certainly hold all the events planned for May 9 during 2020… There will be the main parade on Moscow’s Red Square and the Immortal Regiment march. They will certainly happen.
Putin’s move came the day after veterans’ groups asked for the Moscow parade to rescheduled. All of Russia’s surviving WW2 heroes are now over 90-years-old, and in the demographic most vulnerable to Covid-19.
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theduran--2020-04-18--The End of COVID-19 is Near

The End of COVID-19 is Near

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theduran--2020-04-18--Too little too late for EU to offer apologies to Italy for lack of coronavirus support

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Paul Antonopoulos , Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies… Italy has been affected by the coronavirus more than any other European country , with over 168,000 confirmed cases and 22,000 deaths .
Europe is mobilizing to help Italy but this has not always been the case , and rather was a reaction to the Russian , Chinese and Turkish assistance given to the Mediterranean country .
In the early days of the crisis , in the face of a need for a common European response as would be expected from the European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , thought only of their own problems , making a mockery of Western liberalism .
The self-serving interests were harmful and could have avoided thousands of deaths in Italy .
Social distancing is a must between individuals to prevent the spread of the virus and fundamental for our safety , but the distance between European nations , on the contrary , puts everyone in danger and is exactly what happened when coronavirus began to devastate Italy .
From the beginning of the pandemic , the European Union refused to coordinate to deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ European Union ’ s lacklustre response to the crisis saw Professor Mauro Ferrari quit his position as President of the European Research Council when he became frustrated with the bloc ’ s inaction to create a dedicated research programme into coronavirus .
“ I arrived at the European Research Council a fervent supporter of the European Union [ but ] the Covid-19 crisis completely changed my views , though the ideals of international collaboration I continue to support with enthusiasm , ” he told the Financial Times .
The ERC however hit back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in office , Professor Ferrari displayed a complete lack of appreciation for the raison-d ’ être of the ERC to support excellent frontier science , designed and implemented by the best researchers in Europe.
” Rather than assisting Italy , Brussels was too busy engaging in a war of words with a renowned professor who was frustrated as he was restricted from dealing with the coronavirus in an effective manner .
Instead Italy had to rely on assistance from Cuba , Albania , Turkey , China and Russia among others to deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused the European Union to have a change in pace and now millions of masks have been delivered to Italy .
The mobilization of aid from non-European Union countries to Italy significantly embarrassed the bloc , forced it into action , and has even humbled it now .
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen extended a “ heartfelt apology ” to Italy on behalf of Europe , admitting that it had not been by its side since the beginning of the crisis .
“ It ’ s right that Europe offers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when speaking at a debate in the European Parliament on Thursday .
She added that “ too many were not there on time when Italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning.
” However , she went on to claim that “ Europe has now become the world ’ s beating heart of solidarity.
” She of course did not mention that Russia was one of the very few countries to help the Mediterranean country , resulting in an increase of Russophilia and anti-European Union sentiment among the local people .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good enough and it is inexcusable that the European Union was not there for them in their hour of need .
Many in Italy will not forget that and it will certainly become a major talking point in future Italian elections and in debates on Rome ’ s relations with Moscow in the post-coronavirus world .
Although der Leyen claims that Europe is the “ beating heart of solidarity , ” it is Turkey that has provided aid to 24 different countries from North America to South America , Africa to Asia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engaging on this mission of good will to improve its reputation after it received international condemnation because of their attempt to asymmetrically invade Greece with illegal immigrants , it has proven to be more of a “ beating heart of solidarity ” than the European Union has .
Last week during a meeting of European Union finance ministers discussing a financial rescue package , a clear division was seen between northern European countries and the Mediterranean European countries .
Led by the Netherlands , the wealthier northern European countries refused to back a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blow the coronavirus pandemic has caused to southern European countries .
While der Leyen makes apologies and propagandizes that the European Union is the “ world ’ s beating heart of solidarity , ” the facts are proven on the ground – while northern Europe contracted to protect state interests , it was non-European Union members who mobilized to assist Italy .
This will prove to be a decisive soft power victory for Russia , China and Turkey and will have great geopolitical ramifications in the post-coronavirus world .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies…
Italy has been affected by the coronavirus more than any other European country, with over 168,000 confirmed cases and 22,000 deaths. Europe is mobilizing to help Italy but this has not always been the case, and rather was a reaction to the Russian, Chinese and Turkish assistance given to the Mediterranean country. In the early days of the crisis, in the face of a need for a common European response as would be expected from the European Union, too many, especially Germany, thought only of their own problems, making a mockery of Western liberalism.
The self-serving interests were harmful and could have avoided thousands of deaths in Italy. Social distancing is a must between individuals to prevent the spread of the virus and fundamental for our safety, but the distance between European nations, on the contrary, puts everyone in danger and is exactly what happened when coronavirus began to devastate Italy. From the beginning of the pandemic, the European Union refused to coordinate to deal with the enormity of the crisis.
The European Union’s lacklustre response to the crisis saw Professor Mauro Ferrari quit his position as President of the European Research Council when he became frustrated with the bloc’s inaction to create a dedicated research programme into coronavirus.
“I arrived at the European Research Council a fervent supporter of the European Union [but] the Covid-19 crisis completely changed my views, though the ideals of international collaboration I continue to support with enthusiasm,” he told the Financial Times.
The ERC however hit back, saying “During his three-month term in office, Professor Ferrari displayed a complete lack of appreciation for the raison-d’être of the ERC to support excellent frontier science, designed and implemented by the best researchers in Europe.”
Rather than assisting Italy, Brussels was too busy engaging in a war of words with a renowned professor who was frustrated as he was restricted from dealing with the coronavirus in an effective manner. Instead Italy had to rely on assistance from Cuba, Albania, Turkey, China and Russia among others to deal with the public health emergency.
This has caused the European Union to have a change in pace and now millions of masks have been delivered to Italy. The mobilization of aid from non-European Union countries to Italy significantly embarrassed the bloc, forced it into action, and has even humbled it now.
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen extended a “heartfelt apology” to Italy on behalf of Europe, admitting that it had not been by its side since the beginning of the crisis.
“It’s right that Europe offers its heartfelt apology,” she said when speaking at a debate in the European Parliament on Thursday. She added that “too many were not there on time when Italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning.”
However, she went on to claim that “Europe has now become the world’s beating heart of solidarity.” She of course did not mention that Russia was one of the very few countries to help the Mediterranean country, resulting in an increase of Russophilia and anti-European Union sentiment among the local people .
For many Italians, the apology is not good enough and it is inexcusable that the European Union was not there for them in their hour of need. Many in Italy will not forget that and it will certainly become a major talking point in future Italian elections and in debates on Rome’s relations with Moscow in the post-coronavirus world.
Although der Leyen claims that Europe is the “beating heart of solidarity,” it is Turkey that has provided aid to 24 different countries from North America to South America, Africa to Asia, and across Europe. Although Turkey is engaging on this mission of good will to improve its reputation after it received international condemnation because of their attempt to asymmetrically invade Greece with illegal immigrants, it has proven to be more of a “beating heart of solidarity” than the European Union has.
Last week during a meeting of European Union finance ministers discussing a financial rescue package, a clear division was seen between northern European countries and the Mediterranean European countries. Led by the Netherlands, the wealthier northern European countries refused to back a rescue package that would soften the economic blow the coronavirus pandemic has caused to southern European countries.
While der Leyen makes apologies and propagandizes that the European Union is the “world’s beating heart of solidarity,” the facts are proven on the ground – while northern Europe contracted to protect state interests, it was non-European Union members who mobilized to assist Italy. This will prove to be a decisive soft power victory for Russia, China and Turkey and will have great geopolitical ramifications in the post-coronavirus world.
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theduran--2020-04-18--A line in the sand is drawn: the US military must leave Iraq

The chaos that Iraq is experiencing today has roots in the 2003 US invasion , which set-up sectarian divisions that have been used to keep the country in turmoil .
The US foreign policy is based on creating chaos in Afghanistan , Iraq , Yemen , Libya , Syria , and Lebanon to further the US agenda .
Iraq today stands on the edge of breaking free of the shackles of US domination .
On April 19 , the President of Iraq named former spy-chief Mustafa Kadhimi as Prime Minister-designate .
Kadhimi announced on April 14 that he had selected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be approved by Parliament before to April 23 , when the Holy month of Ramadan begins .
On April 13 , the US stated support for the new government , but not without mentioning Shia and Sunni differences .
In a statement to the media , Kadhimi said , “ We have no choice but to work on a comprehensive Iraqi national project , which transcends sub-identities , whether ethnic or sectarian.
” He added that a top priority was to negotiate with the US concerning their military presence , stressing that ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scores ’ .
Kadhemi faces serious challenges concerning the COVID-19 crisis , and the economic crisis following it , as well as record-low oil prices .
As of April 14 , the country has registered 1,400 COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths , according to the health ministry .
The shah of Iran was a close US ally and many would classify him as the definition of an “ American Puppet ” .
However , the Iranian grass-roots revolution in 1979 saw the US-backed regime toppled .
While the Shah was on his peacock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sunni-Shia differences .
Iraq is a Shia majority , and neighbor of Iran , with shared historical , geographical and religious experiences .
The Sunni-Shia divide didn ’ t exist in Iran , or Iraq , or Syria before the US state department , and their co-workers in the CIA developing the hatred to be used as their tool .
The US used Arab media to replace ‘ Israel ’ with Iran as the ‘ enemy ’ , thus pushing the occupation of Palestine into the oblivion .
The US invasion of Iraq @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 19 , 2003 , the United States of America attacked and invaded Iraq .
The US destroyed most of the Iraqi infrastructure and occupied the country for eight years , withdrawing troops in 2011 , after having spent nearly $ 2 trillion in war-related costs .
The Bush administration had been high-jacked by a group of extremists , including Richard T. Perle , who had worked for Israeli PM Netanyahu in 1996 .
The group controlling the White House in 2003 had wanted to create a ‘ New Middle East ’ .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the early stages , which fueled sectarian violence and the rise of religious militants .
The Iraqi people have suffered almost two decades of violence and chaos which was the aftermath of the invasion , and the failures of the US occupation .
Paul Bremer , the American installed dictator of the occupation , caused Iraq to be divided along sectarian lines .
In 2014 the US troops arrived again in Iraq , but this time to fight ISIS , which was defeated in 2017 .
On January 3 , President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the head of Iran ’ s elite Quds Force .
Also killed was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , who founded Iraq ’ s Kataib Hezbollah unit after the 2003 US invasion .
The killing was a breach of the 2014 agreement between the Iraqi government and the US , concerning the re-entering Iraq to fight ISIS .
The Iraqi government , military and resistance groups all were shocked at the magnitude of the drone strike .
Sayyed Ali Khamenei of Iran said , “ The price of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West Asia.
” This marked a line being drawn in the sand : the US must be forced to leave Iraq , regardless of the cost .
Two days after the Trump ordered assassination ; the Iraqi Parliament met and passed a resolution demanding the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq .
Driving the US out of Iraq is their goal .
PM Abdul-Mahdi asked parliament to take “ urgent measures ” to ensure the removal of foreign forces from the country , and he later met with US Ambassador Matthew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two countries “ to work together to execute the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq , ” and added the situation in Iraq was “ critical ” .
Iraqi soldiers attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 31 , 2019 , in retaliation for US attacks on Iraqi military bases which resulted in the deaths of dozens of soldiers .
These soldiers had been US allies in Iraq during the fight to defeat ISIS .
In January more attacks took place on the Embassy , and in February attacks continued , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March , resulting in the US State Department ordering some Embassy employees to leave the country .
By early April , David Schenker , assistant secretary of Near Eastern Affairs , stated that Iraqi military groups have been regularly shelling bases in Iraq which house US troops , as well as the US Embassy area , and this poses a significant threat to US forces in Iraq .
Schenker voiced the US disappointment in the Iraqi military for not being able to protect the US military in Iraq .
Recently , three rockets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US oil service company Halliburton , which was brought into Iraq by VP Dick Cheney in 2003 , in the looting of oil resources of Iraq made possible by the unprovoked invasion .
New videos have emerged on the internet from organizations determined to drive the US troops out of Iraq .
The videos employ drone footage of the various bases the US troops are stationed at , and the message is clear : the unwelcome foreign Army is not secure as long as they remain in Iraq .
An Iraqi member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media that US troops have begun to consolidate their presence in two large Iraqi bases : one in Erbil in the North and the other in Ain- al-Assad airbase .
Al-Ghanimi reported the US troops previously had been scattered among 15 military bases , and he saw the consolidation of troops as a sign of beginning an ultimate total withdrawal .
US Ambassador Matthew Tueller met with caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to discuss the issues surrounding the US military presence in Iraq , and the need for discussions between both countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has proposed a large meeting in June to agree upon the mechanism of withdrawal of troops .
Some Iraqi military units have promised to not attack US troops while the US exhibits sincere efforts to leave Iraq .

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Submitted by Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator…
The chaos that Iraq is experiencing today has roots in the 2003 US invasion, which set-up sectarian divisions that have been used to keep the country in turmoil. The US foreign policy is based on creating chaos in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, and Lebanon to further the US agenda. Iraq today stands on the edge of breaking free of the shackles of US domination.
Iraq has a new Prime Minister
On April 19, the President of Iraq named former spy-chief Mustafa Kadhimi as Prime Minister-designate. Kadhimi announced on April 14 that he had selected a cabinet. He is expected to be approved by Parliament before to April 23, when the Holy month of Ramadan begins. On April 13, the US stated support for the new government, but not without mentioning Shia and Sunni differences.
In a statement to the media, Kadhimi said, “We have no choice but to work on a comprehensive Iraqi national project, which transcends sub-identities, whether ethnic or sectarian.” He added that a top priority was to negotiate with the US concerning their military presence, stressing that ‘Iraq is not an arena for settling scores’.
Kadhemi faces serious challenges concerning the COVID-19 crisis, and the economic crisis following it, as well as record-low oil prices. As of April 14, the country has registered 1,400 COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths, according to the health ministry.
The Sunni-Shia divide
The shah of Iran was a close US ally and many would classify him as the definition of an “American Puppet”. However, the Iranian grass-roots revolution in 1979 saw the US-backed regime toppled. While the Shah was on his peacock throne, the US had never discussed Sunni-Shia differences. Iraq is a Shia majority, and neighbor of Iran, with shared historical, geographical and religious experiences. The Sunni-Shia divide didn’t exist in Iran, or Iraq, or Syria before the US state department, and their co-workers in the CIA developing the hatred to be used as their tool. The US used Arab media to replace ‘Israel’ with Iran as the ‘enemy’, thus pushing the occupation of Palestine into the oblivion.
The US invasion of Iraq 2003
Seventeen years ago, on March 19, 2003, the United States of America attacked and invaded Iraq. The US destroyed most of the Iraqi infrastructure and occupied the country for eight years, withdrawing troops in 2011, after having spent nearly $2 trillion in war-related costs. The Bush administration had been high-jacked by a group of extremists, including Richard T. Perle, who had worked for Israeli PM Netanyahu in 1996. The group controlling the White House in 2003 had wanted to create a ‘New Middle East’.
The US killed an estimated 600,000 Iraqi civilians during the early stages, which fueled sectarian violence and the rise of religious militants. The Iraqi people have suffered almost two decades of violence and chaos which was the aftermath of the invasion, and the failures of the US occupation. Paul Bremer, the American installed dictator of the occupation, caused Iraq to be divided along sectarian lines.
In 2014 the US troops arrived again in Iraq, but this time to fight ISIS, which was defeated in 2017.
Trump assassinated Soleimani
On January 3, President Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Also killed was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who founded Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah unit after the 2003 US invasion. The killing was a breach of the 2014 agreement between the Iraqi government and the US, concerning the re-entering Iraq to fight ISIS. The Iraqi government, military and resistance groups all were shocked at the magnitude of the drone strike. Sayyed Ali Khamenei of Iran said, “The price of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis is the US departure from West Asia.” This marked a line being drawn in the sand: the US must be forced to leave Iraq, regardless of the cost.
Iraqi Parliament orders US troops out
Two days after the Trump ordered assassination; the Iraqi Parliament met and passed a resolution demanding the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq. Driving the US out of Iraq is their goal.
PM Abdul-Mahdi asked parliament to take “urgent measures” to ensure the removal of foreign forces from the country, and he later met with US Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller and stressed the need for the two countries “to work together to execute the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq,” and added the situation in Iraq was “critical”.
US Embassy and bases attacked
Iraqi soldiers attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 31, 2019, in retaliation for US attacks on Iraqi military bases which resulted in the deaths of dozens of soldiers. These soldiers had been US allies in Iraq during the fight to defeat ISIS. In January more attacks took place on the Embassy, and in February attacks continued, with the latest attacks occurring in late March, resulting in the US State Department ordering some Embassy employees to leave the country.
By early April, David Schenker, assistant secretary of Near Eastern Affairs, stated that Iraqi military groups have been regularly shelling bases in Iraq which house US troops, as well as the US Embassy area, and this poses a significant threat to US forces in Iraq. Schenker voiced the US disappointment in the Iraqi military for not being able to protect the US military in Iraq.
Recently, three rockets landed near an area housing workers of the US oil service company Halliburton, which was brought into Iraq by VP Dick Cheney in 2003, in the looting of oil resources of Iraq made possible by the unprovoked invasion.
New videos have emerged on the internet from organizations determined to drive the US troops out of Iraq. The videos employ drone footage of the various bases the US troops are stationed at, and the message is clear: the unwelcome foreign Army is not secure as long as they remain in Iraq.
The US withdrawal begins
An Iraqi member of Parliament, Ali al-Ghanimi, told the media that US troops have begun to consolidate their presence in two large Iraqi bases: one in Erbil in the North and the other in Ain- al-Assad airbase. Al-Ghanimi reported the US troops previously had been scattered among 15 military bases, and he saw the consolidation of troops as a sign of beginning an ultimate total withdrawal.
June meeting planned to discuss withdrawal
US Ambassador Matthew Tueller met with caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to discuss the issues surrounding the US military presence in Iraq, and the need for discussions between both countries. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has proposed a large meeting in June to agree upon the mechanism of withdrawal of troops. Some Iraqi military units have promised to not attack US troops while the US exhibits sincere efforts to leave Iraq.
Steven Sahiounie is a Syrian-American award-winning journalist
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theduran--2020-04-18--Washington DC Under Martial Law.

Washington DC Under Martial Law.

FEMA is NOT taking over the USA .
It is another arm of The Executive Government .
What the FEMA Act actually does is give the President the following powers .
Trump has made it VERY clear that for the 1st time in US History , all 50 States and Territories have declared a State of Emergency and therefore , Under the Constitution & the National Emergencies Act , the President has total authority over the States .
Hamilton ’ s Federalist Paper # 23 addressed to the citizens of NY from 1787 that explains why a President needs total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , national security demanded that the central government have the power to regulate the state militias and command their services in times of invasion or insurrection .
Uniformity in the organization and discipline of the militias would greatly increase their proficiency on the field of battle .
The states would appoint the officers of their militias and have the authority of training such forces “ according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
” There was no danger to be apprehended to the political rights and civil liberties of the American people by such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ militias .
The Deep State are dying and they are throwing everything they can .
Everyone needs to get out of the 3D spell you are under , The World is about to change .
This is why we are indoors .
Things like Vaccines and Chips – Not Happening .
The W.H.O have been defunded .
Gates , Soros , Fauci , Birx etc are being removed from existence .
You know Barron Trump was effected by a Vaccine .
POTUS is dead against them so is Putin and Xi .
Once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using this version .
And the FEMA crap being spun .
We have the 3 World Powers .
These leaders right now are all allied against the NWO Deep State .
President Xi of China has been fighting the Deep State in China also especially in Wuhan .
Don ’ t be scared of what is happening , It is all part of NESAR/GESARA Trump Orders Martial Law Readiness For US Capitol After China Suffers Worse Economic Collapse In 44 Years

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Washington DC Under Martial Law.
FEMA is NOT taking over the USA.
It is another arm of The Executive Government.
What the FEMA Act actually does is give the President the following powers.
Trump has made it VERY clear that for the 1st time in US History, all 50 States and Territories have declared a State of Emergency and therefore,
Under the Constitution & the National Emergencies Act, the President has total authority over the States. Hamilton’s Federalist Paper #23 addressed to the citizens of NY from 1787 that explains why a President needs total power during emergencies.
In Chapter 29, national security demanded that the central government have the power to regulate the state militias and command their services in times of invasion or insurrection.
Uniformity in the organization and discipline of the militias would greatly increase their proficiency on the field of battle.
The states would appoint the officers of their militias and have the authority of training such forces “according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.” There was no danger to be apprehended to the political rights and civil liberties of the American people by such federal “general superintendence” of the militias.
The Deep State are dying and they are throwing everything they can.
Everyone needs to get out of the 3D spell you are under, The World is about to change.
This is why we are indoors.
Things like Vaccines and Chips – Not Happening. The W.H.O have been defunded. Gates, Soros, Fauci, Birx etc are being removed from existence. You know Barron Trump was effected by a Vaccine.
POTUS is dead against them so is Putin and Xi.
There’s is 2 versions of 5G,
Chinese Huawei 5G is poisonous.
US version adopts TESLA technology CovFefe Magnets.
Once GESARA activates, the World will be using this version.
And the FEMA crap being spun.
We have the 3 World Powers.
These leaders right now are all allied against the NWO Deep State.
Also Kim Jong Un and Abe.
President Xi of China has been fighting the Deep State in China also especially in Wuhan.
Don’t be scared of what is happening,
It is all part of NESAR/GESARA
https://www.facebook.com/Q-John-John-and-the-time-travelers
More Info:
Trump Orders Martial Law Readiness For US Capitol After China Suffers Worse Economic Collapse In 44 Years
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theduran--2020-04-20--Trump’s Zealots: White Supremacists and Evangelicals Gearing up for a New Civil War?

Let us not be naive .
If President Trump recently called on his adoring followers to “ liberate ” states like Michigan , Virginia , Maryland and Minnesota , which all happen to have Democrat governors , this is not about freeing people from the supposed tyranny of lockdown and social distancing measures .
What the gun toting , Trump 2020 and Confederate-flag waving Trump storm-troopers have been organized and likely paid to do , is to make sure the United States goes back to work as soon as possible .
Naturally , this is despite the fact that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50 states , at various levels , with no end in sight .
The rush to “ open America back for business ” is an imperative dictated by Wall Street corporations large and small and , last but not least , Trump ’ s desperate attempt to be reelected in November .
For Trump , it is likely to be a futile effort to find a way out of the massive global economic crisis .
This is , of course , a symptom of capitalism ‘ s borderline criminal logic that the survival @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should matter more than human life .
Capitalism is a ruthlessly blind killer that has always favored , in times of war or peace , profit over people .
Technically the American Civil War ended on April 9 , 1865 .
But after 155 years , the war between the Confederate states and the North lives in the American psyche .
The dark stain of the racism that embraced slavery and an inherent superiority of white men has faded somewhat but is still there .
The election of Donald Trump in 2016 made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown again without any of the shame of appearing politically incorrect .
Trumpistan is more or less the rebirth of the old Confederacy .
It is anchored in geography but is mostly a state of mind .
Trumpistan is America ’ s barely told heart of darkness from another era , which pillared the gun and the Bible .
It is a state of mind so schizophrenic that the sanctity of the life of the unborn does not contradict the near worship for the US military war machine .
Trumpistan is where Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is planning to do it again in November 2020 regardless of his poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis , and the economic crash .
Trump is a political animal concerned only with his own survival .
One can expect from him and his sycophants an absolute ruthlessness in the coming months .
Trump and the money and media apparatus that supports him are counting on and investing in two different segments connected to reliable voting blocks : first , the fascist “ rebel flag ” nostalgic heirs of the Confederacy ; second the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Michigan against the lockdown and stay-home state policies , one protester ’ s sign read : “ Social Distancing = Communism.
” This is the ideological angle of Trump ’ s most belligerent storm-troopers .
It is about galvanizing the conservatism electorate into believing that run-of-the-mill mainstream corporate Democrats are the fifth column of socialism ’ s radical left .
The fallacy is enormous , but through history , propaganda 101 ’ s rule of thumb has always been that the bigger the lie , the more likely gullible people will swallow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Who exactly is behind the supposed grassroots protests by the so-called patriots ?
In the forefront of it — and he was omnipresent with bullhorn in hands in Austin , Texas , on April 17 — is Trump ’ s underground propagandist , InfoWars ’ Alex Jones .
Alex Jones was more instrumental than anyone would like to admit in Trump ’ s 2016 election win .
While InfoWars and other more obscure far-right websites have been activated , one can only speculate about the deep pockets behind what appears to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat-controlled states .
Mercer ’ s hedge fund , the financial entity behind Breitbart has been mentioned , as well as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who is a billionaire , a creationist like Vice President Pence and , last but not least , the sister of Blackwater founder Erik Prince .
DeVos and Mercer can only be called alleged sponsors of the “ reopen America patriots , ” because so far no tangible money trails have materialized , and it is likely to remain that way .
Regardless of the ideological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ desperate effort to jolt a moribund economy .
The pragmatics in Trump ’ s inner circle know that it ’ s the economy , stupid !
and that , with 30 to 40 million people unemployed , Trump will not win his reelection bid .
The Evangelical Christian component of Trump ’ s core support might not be as monolithic as the above group and like it was a few years ago .
Quite a few sincere Evangelicals have seen the light shining on Trump ’ s hypocrisy , lies , and misdeeds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it has become hard to forgive the president for his questionable character and the callousness of his behavior , not to mention a vacillating competence and unstable temperament .
In this period of fear , where death seems to lurk from everywhere , even believers can appreciate a steady hand guiding the ship .
While they are convinced Jesus will save them , their inherent human fiber might make them want to delay their ultimate journey .
Elections in the Times of COVID-19 Everything should be at stake in the upcoming post-COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very little will be .
Here and elsewhere democracy has been dead so long it has become the shadow of a ghost .
Without real alternative visions and new societal options , it will be yet another lesser-of-two-evils scenario .
The main precept will be the safekeeping of the global corporate empire enforced by NATO and the US military .
It will be another imperial election from which the outcome will be either our modern day Caligula ’ s second term or Barack Obama ‘ s third term .
While this mindless charade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives worldwide will be sacrificed on the altar of global capitalism to try to prevent its imminent collapse .
Editor ’ s Notes : Gilbert Mercier is the author of The Orwellian Empire .
All photographs by Gilbert Mercier .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Authored by Gilbert Mercier, via News Junkie Post…
Let us not be naive. If President Trump recently called on his adoring followers to “liberate” states like Michigan, Virginia, Maryland and Minnesota, which all happen to have Democrat governors, this is not about freeing people from the supposed tyranny of lockdown and social distancing measures. What the gun toting, Trump 2020 and Confederate-flag waving Trump storm-troopers have been organized and likely paid to do, is to make sure the United States goes back to work as soon as possible. Naturally, this is despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging in all 50 states, at various levels, with no end in sight.
The rush to “open America back for business” is an imperative dictated by Wall Street corporations large and small and, last but not least, Trump’s desperate attempt to be reelected in November. For Trump, it is likely to be a futile effort to find a way out of the massive global economic crisis. This is, of course, a symptom of capitalism‘s borderline criminal logic that the survival of the economy and the financial markets should matter more than human life. Capitalism is a ruthlessly blind killer that has always favored, in times of war or peace, profit over people.
Civil War Redux: The United States of Trumpistan?
Technically the American Civil War ended on April 9, 1865. But after 155 years, the war between the Confederate states and the North lives in the American psyche. The dark stain of the racism that embraced slavery and an inherent superiority of white men has faded somewhat but is still there. The election of Donald Trump in 2016 made it okay for it to be openly shown again without any of the shame of appearing politically incorrect. Trumpistan is more or less the rebirth of the old Confederacy. It is anchored in geography but is mostly a state of mind.
Trumpistan is America’s barely told heart of darkness from another era, which pillared the gun and the Bible. It is a state of mind so schizophrenic that the sanctity of the life of the unborn does not contradict the near worship for the US military war machine. Trumpistan is where Donald Trump won the 2016 election. He is planning to do it again in November 2020 regardless of his poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis, and the economic crash. Trump is a political animal concerned only with his own survival. One can expect from him and his sycophants an absolute ruthlessness in the coming months. Trump and the money and media apparatus that supports him are counting on and investing in two different segments connected to reliable voting blocks: first, the fascist “rebel flag” nostalgic heirs of the Confederacy; second the Evangelical Christians.
Fascist White Supremacists: Capitalism‘s Foot Soldiers
During the recent protests in Michigan against the lockdown and stay-home state policies, one protester’s sign read: “Social Distancing = Communism.” This is the ideological angle of Trump’s most belligerent storm-troopers. It is about galvanizing the conservatism electorate into believing that run-of-the-mill mainstream corporate Democrats are the fifth column of socialism’s radical left. The fallacy is enormous, but through history, propaganda 101’s rule of thumb has always been that the bigger the lie, the more likely gullible people will swallow it whole, no questions asked. Who exactly is behind the supposed grassroots protests by the so-called patriots? In the forefront of it — and he was omnipresent with bullhorn in hands in Austin, Texas, on April 17 — is Trump’s underground propagandist, InfoWars’ Alex Jones. Alex Jones was more instrumental than anyone would like to admit in Trump’s 2016 election win.
While InfoWars and other more obscure far-right websites have been activated, one can only speculate about the deep pockets behind what appears to be a rather complex and concerted strategy to undermine Democrat-controlled states. Mercer’s hedge fund, the financial entity behind Breitbart has been mentioned, as well as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who is a billionaire, a creationist like Vice President Pence and, last but not least, the sister of Blackwater founder Erik Prince. DeVos and Mercer can only be called alleged sponsors of the “reopen America patriots,” because so far no tangible money trails have materialized, and it is likely to remain that way. Regardless of the ideological smoke screen, the action is a desperate effort to jolt a moribund economy. The pragmatics in Trump’s inner circle know that it’s the economy, stupid! and that, with 30 to 40 million people unemployed, Trump will not win his reelection bid.
Evangelical Christians
The Evangelical Christian component of Trump’s core support might not be as monolithic as the above group and like it was a few years ago. Quite a few sincere Evangelicals have seen the light shining on Trump’s hypocrisy, lies, and misdeeds. Also, regardless of religious beliefs, it has become hard to forgive the president for his questionable character and the callousness of his behavior, not to mention a vacillating competence and unstable temperament. In this period of fear, where death seems to lurk from everywhere, even believers can appreciate a steady hand guiding the ship. While they are convinced Jesus will save them, their inherent human fiber might make them want to delay their ultimate journey.
Elections in the Times of COVID-19
Everything should be at stake in the upcoming post-COVID-19 US elections in November 2020, but very little will be. Here and elsewhere democracy has been dead so long it has become the shadow of a ghost. Without real alternative visions and new societal options, it will be yet another lesser-of-two-evils scenario. The main precept will be the safekeeping of the global corporate empire enforced by NATO and the US military. It will be another imperial election from which the outcome will be either our modern day Caligula’s second term or Barack Obama‘s third term. While this mindless charade takes place, many thousands of human lives worldwide will be sacrificed on the altar of global capitalism to try to prevent its imminent collapse.
Editor’s Notes: Gilbert Mercier is the author of The Orwellian Empire. All photographs by Gilbert Mercier.
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