theduran--2020-03-26--Coronavirus: China seems to have won, Europe has not yet managed. Why?

Coronavirus can ’ t be stopped by interstate borders .
It is already noted in 196 states .
And two months ago it was only in one .
The rate of infection is more than sufficient reason to take comprehensive measures .
In China , the virus has declined .
The epidemiological situation in the country is normalizing .
This suggests that the measures taken by the state are effective .
The question arises .
What have the Chinese done that Europeans can ’ t repeat to stop the coronavirus ?
The most effective method , oddly enough , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese doctors .
Academician Zhong Nanshan , head of the Supreme Expert Commission of the State Committee of the People ’ s Republic of China for Health , expressed confidence that the most effective way is to identify the infected and timely isolation of all who contacted them .
A feature of coronavirus infection is a complication of pneumonia .
However , an infected person can infect other people before the first symptoms appear .
Currently , most countries have adopted the wrong approach to the prevention of the virus .
Tests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus , cases of passive infection can be skipped .
Zhong Nanshan said that nucleic acid tests should be done to everyone arriving from abroad .
And take them not from the nasopharynx , but from the nose .
The Chinese academic also expressed confidence that it is important to develop a vaccine to prevent the possibility of re-infection .
It is currently unknown whether survivors receive lifelong immunity from infection .
The experience of China shows that non-drug measures are no less important than drug treatment .
These are isolation , medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of personal protective equipment .
These measures helped to reverse the increase in morbidity and stop the spread of infection .
It has helped in China , and will help in other countries .
In addition , it is necessary to take measures to regulate the passenger flow in public transport , strictly regulate visits to public places , carrying out activities for the recycling and sorting of garbage and household waste .
All these measures , the Chinese strictly systematized .
Three forms of social organization were introduced .
At the enterprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of employees is monitored .
At the level of the areas of residence , measures to rally society are regularly held and information is provided on measures of individual and collective protection .
And the last is self-organization .
Compliance with public discipline .
The last point is the most important .
The Chinese are probably the most disciplined nation .
And this is what we Europeans should learn from the eastern nation .

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.
Coronavirus can’t be stopped by interstate borders. It is already noted in 196 states. And two months ago it was only in one. The rate of infection is more than sufficient reason to take comprehensive measures.
In China, the virus has declined. The epidemiological situation in the country is normalizing. This suggests that the measures taken by the state are effective.
The question arises. What have the Chinese done that Europeans can’t repeat to stop the coronavirus?
The most effective method, oddly enough, is the simplest. Prevention. So say the Chinese doctors. Academician Zhong Nanshan, head of the Supreme Expert Commission of the State Committee of the People’s Republic of China for Health, expressed confidence that the most effective way is to identify the infected and timely isolation of all who contacted them. A feature of coronavirus infection is a complication of pneumonia. However, an infected person can infect other people before the first symptoms appear.
Currently, most countries have adopted the wrong approach to the prevention of the virus. Tests are taken only from patients. And thus, cases of passive infection can be skipped. Zhong Nanshan said that nucleic acid tests should be done to everyone arriving from abroad. And take them not from the nasopharynx, but from the nose.
The Chinese academic also expressed confidence that it is important to develop a vaccine to prevent the possibility of re-infection. It is currently unknown whether survivors receive lifelong immunity from infection.
The experience of China shows that non-drug measures are no less important than drug treatment. These are isolation, medical supervision, contact restriction and the use of personal protective equipment. These measures helped to reverse the increase in morbidity and stop the spread of infection. It has helped in China, and will help in other countries.
In addition, it is necessary to take measures to regulate the passenger flow in public transport, strictly regulate visits to public places, carrying out activities for the recycling and sorting of garbage and household waste.
All these measures, the Chinese strictly systematized. Three forms of social organization were introduced.
At the enterprise level, the movement and health status of employees is monitored. At the level of the areas of residence, measures to rally society are regularly held and information is provided on measures of individual and collective protection. And the last is self-organization. Compliance with public discipline.
The last point is the most important. The Chinese are probably the most disciplined nation. And this is what we Europeans should learn from the eastern nation.
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theduran--2020-04-16--Might the Russia-China-USA Alliance for Space Exploration Re-Define the New ‘New World Order’?

Whatever forces are behind the current spread of the coronavirus justifying the shutdown of major nations across the globe , one thing is increasingly certain : a new system will absolutely emerge from the currently collapsing one .
What remains to be seen is whether this new system will be shaped by those fascist crisis-loving technocrats pushing for a unipolar world order , or whether it will be organized by sovereign nation states working together under a multi -polar community of principle .
Amidst the confusion and fear driven by the global pandemic , President Trump passed a fascinating Executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mining of asteroids and the Moon which may serve as the gateway to shaping a new system of economic relations , rules and values around a shared future for humankind .
Trump ’ s Executive Order states in part that “ successful long term exploration and scientific discoveries of the Moon , Mars and other celestial bodies will require partnerships with commercial entities to recover and use resources , including water and certain minerals in outer space.
” In stark opposition to those cynics who wish to analyse every event from the lens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goes onto reject unilateralism in space ( promoted by the Space Force ideologues seeking to extend militarisation beyond earth ) and rather calls for cooperation , stating that the USA “ shall seek to negotiate joint statements , and bilateral and multilateral arrangements with foreign states regarding safe and sustainable operations for the public and private recovery and use of space resources.
” This potential for a shared future for global ( and celestial ) development stands in stark opposition to certain forces who would rather use the two-fold crisis of economic collapse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new age of fascism and world government under a Global Green New Deal .
As I wrote in an earlier paper , this clash is exemplified by the closed system thinking of Malthusians and neocons vs. the open system thinking of genuine patriots and world citizens .
How the Dream of Open System Economics Was Lost It was once believed in the west that the future would be beautiful , just , and as plentiful as it was peaceful .
Under John F. Kennedy ’ s bold leadership the idea of space exploration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race ” or plopping a human being on the moon “ within the decade and returning him safely back home ” .
Far from this narrow view , JFK and many leading American scientists saw this goal as a springboard to a new age of creative growth for all humanity both on the Moon and beyond .
These stirring forecasts of an age of reason can still be heard in recordings of Kennedy ’ s Rice University address of September 12 , 1962 .
Unbeknownst to many , JFK also called for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defuse the Cold War formula of MAD and had this plan not been derailed , the world would have found itself on a much different trajectory .
Unfortunately , history unfolded on a different course .
After JFK ’ s murder ( weeks after the above speech ) , his program to remove troops from Vietnam was reversed and the USA was plunged into the disastrous Vietnam war for over a decade .
As the war grew , federal funds needed for science and exploration were increasingly absorbed by the military industrial complex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mission on the Moon took place and by 1976 , Russia ’ s last lunar project also occurred with Luna 6 .
Although small efforts to keep the dream alive continued in piecemeal form over the years , Apollo was scrapped and national support for long-term objectives slowly decayed and a generation of space scientists and engineers found themselves disillusioned by decades of broken promises and a lost dream .
Russian scientists suffering the debilitating effects of Perestroika shared in this dismal experience and found themselves unemployed throughout the 1990s and in many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ skills in the financial services sector of London in order to make ends meet ( giving rise to the age of quants and speculative high frequency derivatives trading ) .
During this period of disenchantment , China arose silently under the radar patiently building its capacities from scratch .
Although its first satellite launch took place during the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1970 , the Chinese space program grew much more slowly than its counterparts in Russia or the USA .
Patiently learning from the best engineering feats of the west @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xiaoping , China finally became the third nation to successfully send a human into orbit in 2003 and one decade later , became the first nation in 37 years to return to the Moon with the successful landing of the Chang ’ e-3 rover in December 2013 .
Lieutenant General Zhang Yulin called this program “ the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation ” and the world came to soon see what incredible plans were yet in store for China ’ s goals in space .
Soon China had launched the Tiangong 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ space stations in preparation for the 2021 launching of the Large Modular Space Station named Tianhe ( “ Harmony of the Heavens ” ) which will be a vital platform for the earth-lunar economy for decades .
On January 3 , 2019 , China set a world milestone by becoming the first nation to successfully land a rover on the far side of the moon with Chang ’ e 4 , which has begun topographical , resource and geological mappings of the lunar surface .
Change ’ e 5 , 6 , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the feature of returning samples to the earth and preparing the groundwork for a permanent lunar base by 2030 .
Chang ’ e-8 will be especially important as it will print the first ever 3D structures on the Moon by 2028 .
Unfortunately , due to the Obama-era “ Wolf Act ” of 2011 , American scientists could not participate in these achievements and had to watch from afar as China swiftly leapt to the forefront of space science dethroning America from the unchallenged stature she once enjoyed .
Earlier in 2013 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moon , another humbling event took place and served as a sort of divine slap in the face for many .
This wake up call took the form of a 9000 ton asteroid which exploded 22 km over Chelyabinsk , Russia sending shock waves that shattered windows and injured over 2000 citizens .
The Chelyabinsk incident served as a timely reminder that the universe offers enough existential challenges for humanity without the additional man-made calamities of regime change wars and fighting over diminishing returns of resources .
From this Russian incident , NASA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ created to begin to establish a plan for asteroid threats from space alongside similar departments in Roscosmos , and the European and Chinese Space Agencies .
Ouyang Ziyan ( the father of China ’ s lunar program ) stated that asteroid defense “ is worth attention while we are devoted to building a community with a shared future for humanity… Scientists around the world should cooperate to monitor near-Earth asteroids.
” In November 2019 , Roscosmos Director of Science and Long Term Programs ( Alexander Bloshenko ) stated that Russia ’ s lunar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the underside of the Moon within a decade were intertwined with asteroid defense stating : By Summer 2019 , NASA ’ s administrator Jim Bridenstine also announced his intention for USA-Russian cooperation on asteroid defense- joining the earlier call made by Roscosmos ’ head Dimitri Rogozin for a “ Strategic Defense of Earth ” which Rogozin described as a way to redirect nuclear weapons towards a common threat in space rather than towards each other .
This call for cooperation dovetails the two-fold space strategy unveiled by President Trump in December 2017 with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Human Space Exploration Program , where he called for 1 ) The creation of the Lunar Gateway space station to orbit the Moon and 2 ) the launching of the Artemis Project that will “ lead the return of humans to the Moon for long term exploration and utilisation , followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.
” These developments were punctuated by Trump who took the time from his impeachment fiasco to call for an alliance that too many analysts have chosen to ignore saying on April 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down has done major damage to the schedule for the Orion capsule and space launch system mega rocket needed to carry out the Artemis Project , the scheduled 2024 landing of a man and woman onto the moon ’ s surface is still on course .
But it doesn ’ t end there .
Leading officials among all three Russian , Chinese and American space agencies have called for going beyond asteroid defense , and colonization with the call for lunar , mars and asteroid resource development strategies .
These strategies require that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” as it has hitherto been known for thousands of years , but also re-define what a “ resource ” is , what “ energy ” is and what are the limits ( if any ) to human growth ?
A helpful tool to conceptualize this revolution in thinking can be found in the 10 minute video All the World ’ s A Mine made in 2013 : In carefully mapping the lunar terrain with a focus on the far side of the moon , China wishes to come to a better understanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Titanium , Iron , silicon , aluminium , water , oxygen and hydrogen and especially Helium-3 which are abundant on the Lunar regolith .
Helium-3 , long called the “ Philosophers ’ Stone ” of energy is the most efficient fuel source for fusion power when fused with deuterium or tritium in a plasma and though it is nearly non-existent on the earth exists in vast quantities on the moon due to the absence of a geomagnetic field .
As the Moon ’ s far side never faces the earth or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are far more abundant volumes of solar-produced Helium-3 that have accumulated there over millennia .
Ouyang Ziyuan stated clearly that Helium-3 could “ solve humanity ’ s energy demand for 10 000 years at least ” since “ each year , three space shuttle missions could bring enough fuel for all human beings across the world.
” In 2013 , Ziyuan stated “ The Moon is full of resources- mainly rare Earth elements , titanium and uranium which the Earth is really short of , and these resources can be used without limitation… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s beautiful- so we hope we can fully utilize the Moon to support sustainable development for humans and society.
” China ’ s Premier Li Keqiang added his voice to the mix stating : “ China ’ s manned space and lunar probe missions have a twofold purpose : first , to explore the origin of the universe and mystery of human life ; and second , to make peaceful use of outer space… Peaceful use of outer space is conducive to China ’ s development .
China ’ s manned space @ @ @ @ @ @ @ building a space station and will move forward step by step.
” In September 2019 , Russia and China signed a historical agreement to jointly collaborate on lunar development uniting the Chang ’ e-7 plans with Russia ’ s Lunar 26 Orbiter and lunar base development which both nations have on the agenda for 2030-2035 .
A Word on the Moon Treaty of 1979 Donald Trump ’ s explicit rejection of the Moon Treaty of 1979 in his recent executive order , has garnered many angry criticisms which on closer inspection are completely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all commercial activities in space must be defined by an international framework appears on the surface to be quite sensible .
So is Trump ’ s rejection of any obedience to an “ international framework ” at this moment in history evidence of his selfish-nationalistic impulses to impose gangster capitalism onto the whole universe ?
Not at all .
As stated at the beginning of this report , President Trump ’ s order calls explicitly for “ encouraging international support for the recovery and use of space resources ” which is in no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationalism ” or “ unilateral militarism ” extolled by the many neocon ideologues struggling to take control of U.S. Space policy .
Also when one considers that only 4 nations ratified that 1979 treaty ( France , Guatemala , India and Romania ) , Trump ’ s refusal to obey it is not nearly as renegade and selfish as those critics make it appear .
Finally , when one considers who would define that “ international framework ” and considers the zero-growth paradigm currently dominant across the UN and European Union technocracy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Green New Deal agenda for shutting down industrial civilization is totally incompatible with the pro-growth , pro-space mining orientation of Russia , China and Trump ’ s USA alike .
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 ]

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.
Originally featured on the Strategic Culture Foundation
Whatever forces are behind the current spread of the coronavirus justifying the shutdown of major nations across the globe, one thing is increasingly certain: a new system will absolutely emerge from the currently collapsing one. What remains to be seen is whether this new system will be shaped by those fascist crisis-loving technocrats pushing for a unipolar world order, or whether it will be organized by sovereign nation states working together under a multi -polar community of principle.
Amidst the confusion and fear driven by the global pandemic, President Trump passed a fascinating Executive Order on April 6 calling for the mining of asteroids and the Moon which may serve as the gateway to shaping a new system of economic relations, rules and values around a shared future for humankind. Trump’s Executive Order states in part that “successful long term exploration and scientific discoveries of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies will require partnerships with commercial entities to recover and use resources, including water and certain minerals in outer space.”
In stark opposition to those cynics who wish to analyse every event from the lens of simple geopolitics, the executive order goes onto reject unilateralism in space (promoted by the Space Force ideologues seeking to extend militarisation beyond earth) and rather calls for cooperation, stating that the USA “shall seek to negotiate joint statements, and bilateral and multilateral arrangements with foreign states regarding safe and sustainable operations for the public and private recovery and use of space resources.”
This potential for a shared future for global (and celestial) development stands in stark opposition to certain forces who would rather use the two-fold crisis of economic collapse and viral pandemics to usher in a new age of fascism and world government under a Global Green New Deal. As I wrote in an earlier paper, this clash is exemplified by the closed system thinking of Malthusians and neocons vs. the open system thinking of genuine patriots and world citizens.
How the Dream of Open System Economics Was Lost
It was once believed in the west that the future would be beautiful, just, and as plentiful as it was peaceful. Under John F. Kennedy’s bold leadership the idea of space exploration was more than a simple “space race” or plopping a human being on the moon “within the decade and returning him safely back home”. Far from this narrow view, JFK and many leading American scientists saw this goal as a springboard to a new age of creative growth for all humanity both on the Moon and beyond. These stirring forecasts of an age of reason can still be heard in recordings of Kennedy’s Rice University address of September 12, 1962.
Unbeknownst to many, JFK also called for a USA-Russia joint Moon landing in order to defuse the Cold War formula of MAD and had this plan not been derailed, the world would have found itself on a much different trajectory.
Unfortunately, history unfolded on a different course. After JFK’s murder (weeks after the above speech), his program to remove troops from Vietnam was reversed and the USA was plunged into the disastrous Vietnam war for over a decade. As the war grew, federal funds needed for science and exploration were increasingly absorbed by the military industrial complex.
By 1972, the last human mission on the Moon took place and by 1976, Russia’s last lunar project also occurred with Luna 6. Although small efforts to keep the dream alive continued in piecemeal form over the years, Apollo was scrapped and national support for long-term objectives slowly decayed and a generation of space scientists and engineers found themselves disillusioned by decades of broken promises and a lost dream. Russian scientists suffering the debilitating effects of Perestroika shared in this dismal experience and found themselves unemployed throughout the 1990s and in many cases forced to use their powerful mathematical skills in the financial services sector of London in order to make ends meet (giving rise to the age of quants and speculative high frequency derivatives trading).
During this period of disenchantment, China arose silently under the radar patiently building its capacities from scratch.
The Rise of China’s Space Program
Although its first satellite launch took place during the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1970, the Chinese space program grew much more slowly than its counterparts in Russia or the USA. Patiently learning from the best engineering feats of the west, under the wise guidance of Deng Xiaoping, China finally became the third nation to successfully send a human into orbit in 2003 and one decade later, became the first nation in 37 years to return to the Moon with the successful landing of the Chang’e-3 rover in December 2013. Lieutenant General Zhang Yulin called this program “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” and the world came to soon see what incredible plans were yet in store for China’s goals in space.
Soon China had launched the Tiangong 1 and 2 (Heavenly Palace) test space stations in preparation for the 2021 launching of the Large Modular Space Station named Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”) which will be a vital platform for the earth-lunar economy for decades.
On January 3, 2019, China set a world milestone by becoming the first nation to successfully land a rover on the far side of the moon with Chang’e 4, which has begun topographical, resource and geological mappings of the lunar surface. Change’e 5, 6, and 7 will continue these explorations while adding the feature of returning samples to the earth and preparing the groundwork for a permanent lunar base by 2030. Chang’e-8 will be especially important as it will print the first ever 3D structures on the Moon by 2028.
Unfortunately, due to the Obama-era “Wolf Act” of 2011, American scientists could not participate in these achievements and had to watch from afar as China swiftly leapt to the forefront of space science dethroning America from the unchallenged stature she once enjoyed.
Asteroid Threats
Earlier in 2013, before Chang’e-3 landed on the Moon, another humbling event took place and served as a sort of divine slap in the face for many. This wake up call took the form of a 9000 ton asteroid which exploded 22 km over Chelyabinsk, Russia sending shock waves that shattered windows and injured over 2000 citizens. The Chelyabinsk incident served as a timely reminder that the universe offers enough existential challenges for humanity without the additional man-made calamities of regime change wars and fighting over diminishing returns of resources.
From this Russian incident, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office was created to begin to establish a plan for asteroid threats from space alongside similar departments in Roscosmos, and the European and Chinese Space Agencies. Ouyang Ziyan (the father of China’s lunar program) stated that asteroid defense “is worth attention while we are devoted to building a community with a shared future for humanity… Scientists around the world should cooperate to monitor near-Earth asteroids.”
In November 2019, Roscosmos Director of Science and Long Term Programs (Alexander Bloshenko) stated that Russia’s lunar development goals which included a base on the underside of the Moon within a decade were intertwined with asteroid defense stating:
“There are plans to install equipment on this [lunar] base to study deep space and special telescopes to track asteroids and comets that pose a danger with their collision with earth.”
By Summer 2019, NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine also announced his intention for USA-Russian cooperation on asteroid defense- joining the earlier call made by Roscosmos’ head Dimitri Rogozin for a “Strategic Defense of Earth” which Rogozin described as a way to redirect nuclear weapons towards a common threat in space rather than towards each other. This call for cooperation dovetails the two-fold space strategy unveiled by President Trump in December 2017 with Space Policy Directive 1: Reinvigorating America’s Human Space Exploration Program, where he called for 1) The creation of the Lunar Gateway space station to orbit the Moon and 2) the launching of the Artemis Project that will “lead the return of humans to the Moon for long term exploration and utilisation, followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.”
These developments were punctuated by Trump who took the time from his impeachment fiasco to call for an alliance that too many analysts have chosen to ignore saying on April 4, 2019:
“Between Russia, China and us, we’re all making hundreds of billions of dollars worth of weapons, including nuclear, which is ridiculous… I think it’s much better if we all got together and didn’t make these weapons… those three countries I think can come together and stop the spending and spend on things that are more productive toward long term peace.”
Although the COVID-19 lock down has done major damage to the schedule for the Orion capsule and space launch system mega rocket needed to carry out the Artemis Project, the scheduled 2024 landing of a man and woman onto the moon’s surface is still on course.
A Revolution in Mining: Redefining “Resources”
But it doesn’t end there. Leading officials among all three Russian, Chinese and American space agencies have called for going beyond asteroid defense, and colonization with the call for lunar, mars and asteroid resource development strategies. These strategies require that humanity redefine the practice of “mining” as it has hitherto been known for thousands of years, but also re-define what a “resource” is, what “energy” is and what are the limits (if any) to human growth?
A helpful tool to conceptualize this revolution in thinking can be found in the 10 minute video All the World’s A Mine made in 2013:
In carefully mapping the lunar terrain with a focus on the far side of the moon, China wishes to come to a better understanding of the mineral distribution of vital resources like Titanium, Iron, silicon, aluminium, water, oxygen and hydrogen and especially Helium-3 which are abundant on the Lunar regolith. Helium-3, long called the “Philosophers’ Stone” of energy is the most efficient fuel source for fusion power when fused with deuterium or tritium in a plasma and though it is nearly non-existent on the earth exists in vast quantities on the moon due to the absence of a geomagnetic field. As the Moon’s far side never faces the earth or the earth’s magnetic field, there are far more abundant volumes of solar-produced Helium-3 that have accumulated there over millennia.
Ouyang Ziyuan stated clearly that Helium-3 could “solve humanity’s energy demand for 10 000 years at least” since “each year, three space shuttle missions could bring enough fuel for all human beings across the world.”
In 2013, Ziyuan stated “The Moon is full of resources- mainly rare Earth elements, titanium and uranium which the Earth is really short of, and these resources can be used without limitation… There are so many potential developments- it’s beautiful- so we hope we can fully utilize the Moon to support sustainable development for humans and society.”
China’s Premier Li Keqiang added his voice to the mix stating: “China’s manned space and lunar probe missions have a twofold purpose: first, to explore the origin of the universe and mystery of human life; and second, to make peaceful use of outer space… Peaceful use of outer space is conducive to China’s development. China’s manned space program has proceeded to the stage of building a space station and will move forward step by step.”
In September 2019, Russia and China signed a historical agreement to jointly collaborate on lunar development uniting the Chang’e-7 plans with Russia’s Lunar 26 Orbiter and lunar base development which both nations have on the agenda for 2030-2035.
A Word on the Moon Treaty of 1979
Donald Trump’s explicit rejection of the Moon Treaty of 1979 in his recent executive order, has garnered many angry criticisms which on closer inspection are completely unfounded. The 1979 Treaty requiring that all commercial activities in space must be defined by an international framework appears on the surface to be quite sensible. So is Trump’s rejection of any obedience to an “international framework” at this moment in history evidence of his selfish-nationalistic impulses to impose gangster capitalism onto the whole universe? Not at all.
As stated at the beginning of this report, President Trump’s order calls explicitly for “encouraging international support for the recovery and use of space resources” which is in no way characteristic of “narrow minded selfish nationalism” or “unilateral militarism” extolled by the many neocon ideologues struggling to take control of U.S. Space policy. Also when one considers that only 4 nations ratified that 1979 treaty (France, Guatemala, India and Romania), Trump’s refusal to obey it is not nearly as renegade and selfish as those critics make it appear.
Finally, when one considers who would define that “international framework” and considers the zero-growth paradigm currently dominant across the UN and European Union technocracy, then it quickly becomes clear that the Green New Deal agenda for shutting down industrial civilization is totally incompatible with the pro-growth, pro-space mining orientation of Russia, China and Trump’s USA alike.
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--2020-04-16--IMF Predicts China to Surge, Yet Again, Next Year

The IMF now predicts that China next year will have the highest rate of economic growth since 2011 , which was the last time when China ’ s GDP growth-rate exceeded 9 % ( at 9.6 % ) .
China ’ s growth-rate had averaged around 9 % between 1978 and 2011 , then slid to around 6.5 % .
If the IMF is correct , then 2021 will be the first time in a decade that the country ’ s GDP growth-rate is restored to its former long-time norm .
On April 14th , the IMF ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated that , “ the global economy is projected to contract sharply by -3 percent in 2020 , much worse than during the 2008-09 financial crisis.
” The “ Executive Summary ” makes no mention , however , of either “ recession ” or “ depression.
” This is because the IMF predicts that the coronavirus-19 economic impact will end this year .
Their projections call for the best performance being in “ Emerging Market and Developing Economies ” ( the group that includes China ) which grew at +3.7 % in 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , and at +6.6 % in 2021 .
Among Advanced Economies , ” the U.S. , which grew at +2.3 % in 2019 , is projected to grow at -5.9 % this year , and +4.7 % in 2021 .
The Euro Area , which grew at +1.2 % in 2019 , is projected to grow at -7.5 % this year , and +4.7 % in 2021 .
Each of the two countries , UK and Canada , grew at around +1.5 % in 2019 and is projected to grow at around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % in 2021 .
Japan grew -0.7 % in 2019 and is projected at -5.2 % now , and +3.0 % in 2021 .
China is projected at : +6.1 % , +1.2 % , and +9.2 % .
Other main “ Emerging Market and Developing Economies ” are : India , at +4.2 % , +1.9 % , and +7.4 % .
’ and Russia , at +1.3 % , -5.5 % , and +3.5 % .
Also on April 14th , I headlined “ Why at Least America Will Be in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : On April 13th was the announcement that “ Morgan Stanley warns that a potential second wave of infections could strike around November/December ” .
The firm said “ We believe the path to re-opening the economy is going to be long .
It will require turning on and off various forms of social distancing and will only come to an end when vaccines are available , in the spring of 2021 at the earliest.
” How will it then be possible to avoid a Second Great Depression ?
Will the Fed be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Would an immense financial crash be avoided even if it can ?
The realistic outlook now appears to be super-grim .
Perhaps sooner than anyone now expects , every investor will start selling into paper investment-markets that suddenly have no buyers at anything like today ’ s prices .
If that does turn out to be the case , then America ’ s crash would negatively impact other nations ’ economies , and therefore even China won ’ t be likely to grow at anything like +9.2 % in 2021 .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s “ World Economic Outlook ” is predicting that the growth-rate , which was +2.9 % in 2019 , will be -3.0 % this year , and +5.8 % in 2021 .
So , according to the IMF , the rate of growth globally will be twice as high in 2021 as it was in 2019 ; and , supposedly , the coronavirus impact on the global economy is just a one-year blip , instead of likely to affect the global economy over a longer term .
The IMF paints an optimistic picture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t think that this is realistic .
Of course , only time will tell whether the IMF ’ s predictions were based on sound assumptions , or whether ( as I believe ) the global impact of the coronavirus-19 plague will be long-lasting , instead of merely a one-year blip ( as they think ) .
Above all , I believe that the impacts which this plague will have on global supply-chains , and on the distribution of wealth ( concentrating wealth even more amongst the billionaires , as is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be enormous and fundamental , producing major changes for perhaps a decade to come , and perhaps affecting also the balance of power amongst the world ’ s nations .
But , of course , only time will be able to tell .
If the IMF ’ s latest forecasts turn out to be as inaccurate as I expect , then existing economic theory is ( and finally ought to be generally recognized to be ) trash .
Economists ’ forecasts have in the past turned out to be no better than the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic theory itself will therefore need to be rejected and fundamentally replaced if this phenomenon occurs yet again after the coronavirus plague .
A consistent bad record of prediction can not characterize any authentic science .
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author , most recently , of They ’ re Not Even Close : The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records , 1910-2010 , and of CHRIST ’ S VENTRILOQUISTS : The Event that Created Christianity .

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The IMF now predicts that China next year will have the highest rate of economic growth since 2011, which was the last time when China’s GDP growth-rate exceeded 9% (at 9.6%). China’s growth-rate had averaged around 9% between 1978 and 2011, then slid to around 6.5%. If the IMF is correct, then 2021 will be the first time in a decade that the country’s GDP growth-rate is restored to its former long-time norm.
On April 14th, the IMF’s “World Economic Outlook, April 2020” stated that, “the global economy is projected to contract sharply by -3 percent in 2020, much worse than during the 2008-09 financial crisis.” The “Executive Summary” makes no mention, however, of either “recession” or “depression.” This is because the IMF predicts that the coronavirus-19 economic impact will end this year. Their projections call for the best performance being in “Emerging Market and Developing Economies” (the group that includes China) which grew at +3.7% in 2019, to grow at -1% this year, and at +6.6% in 2021. Among Advanced Economies,” the U.S., which grew at +2.3% in 2019, is projected to grow at -5.9% this year, and +4.7% in 2021. The Euro Area, which grew at +1.2% in 2019, is projected to grow at -7.5% this year, and +4.7% in 2021. Each of the two countries, UK and Canada, grew at around +1.5% in 2019 and is projected to grow at around -6.3% this year, and +4.1% in 2021. Japan grew -0.7% in 2019 and is projected at -5.2% now, and +3.0% in 2021. China is projected at: +6.1%, +1.2%, and +9.2%. Other main “Emerging Market and Developing Economies” are: India, at +4.2%, +1.9%, and +7.4%.’ and Russia, at +1.3%, -5.5%, and +3.5%.
Also on April 14th, I headlined “Why at Least America Will Be in Another Great Depression”, and closed:
On April 13th was the announcement that “Morgan Stanley warns that a potential second wave of infections could strike around November/December”. The firm said “We believe the path to re-opening the economy is going to be long. It will require turning on and off various forms of social distancing and will only come to an end when vaccines are available, in the spring of 2021 at the earliest.” How will it then be possible to avoid a Second Great Depression? Will the Fed be able to continue printing money without limit? Would an immense financial crash be avoided even if it can? The realistic outlook now appears to be super-grim. Perhaps sooner than anyone now expects, every investor will start selling into paper investment-markets that suddenly have no buyers at anything like today’s prices.
If that does turn out to be the case, then America’s crash would negatively impact other nations’ economies, and therefore even China won’t be likely to grow at anything like +9.2% in 2021. For the entire globe, the IMF’s “World Economic Outlook” is predicting that the growth-rate, which was +2.9% in 2019, will be -3.0% this year, and +5.8% in 2021. So, according to the IMF, the rate of growth globally will be twice as high in 2021 as it was in 2019; and, supposedly, the coronavirus impact on the global economy is just a one-year blip, instead of likely to affect the global economy over a longer term.
(For comparison: America’s total economic contraction during the first three years of the First Great Depression, 1929-31, was from a GDP of 103.6, down to 76.5, or -26%, and that was only the start, the nadir being -46% in 1933.)
The IMF paints an optimistic picture of what’s now happening. I don’t think that this is realistic. Of course, only time will tell whether the IMF’s predictions were based on sound assumptions, or whether (as I believe) the global impact of the coronavirus-19 plague will be long-lasting, instead of merely a one-year blip (as they think).
Above all, I believe that the impacts which this plague will have on global supply-chains, and on the distribution of wealth (concentrating wealth even more amongst the billionaires, as is especially likely in the U.S.) will be enormous and fundamental, producing major changes for perhaps a decade to come, and perhaps affecting also the balance of power amongst the world’s nations. But, of course, only time will be able to tell. If the IMF’s latest forecasts turn out to be as inaccurate as I expect, then existing economic theory is (and finally ought to be generally recognized to be) trash. Economists’ forecasts have in the past turned out to be no better than the mere guesses of non-economists, and existing economic theory itself will therefore need to be rejected and fundamentally replaced if this phenomenon occurs yet again after the coronavirus plague. A consistent bad record of prediction cannot characterize any authentic science.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.
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theduran--2020-04-16--Ukraine to build military base in the Sea of Azov

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Lucas Leiroz , research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro… Ukraine recently announced that it will start building a military base in the Sea of Azov , just 67 km away from the Russian coast .
The news was confirmed on the last visit of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to Berdiansk , where the naval base will be installed .
According to official sources , it aims to protect commercial vessels transiting the region .
The local commercial port will have its infrastructure transferred to the Ukrainian Navy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be carried out , with the arrival of new ships , the repair of administrative buildings and the construction of residential buildings for people involved in the activities of the base .
It is estimated that the works will cost around 20 million dollars .
As an auxiliary project for the installation of the base , there is a plan to create a military teaching department at the State Pedagogical University of Berdiansk , which will be ready in a few years and will train the officers who will work at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of President Volodimir Zelenski : “ It is very important to have ships in this place .
After all , this way we will protect our ports , our trade .
This is a direct aid to the economy ” .
It has been reported that the resources of the Vostok naval base , currently located in Nikolaev , will be deployed at the Berdiansk base .
This is , in fact , an old Ukrainian project , which integrates a wide range of aggressive policies on the part of Kiev in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in building a base in the region for the first time in 2017 .
In 2018 , part of the Black Sea fleet was transferred to Azov .
At the end of last year , Zelenski , continuing the policies of his predecessor , Petro Poroshenko , announced the creation of a ship division for the Azov , with a base to be installed between Berdiansk and Mariupol .
Now , finally , Azov ’ s militarization projects seem to be materialized .
“ The main objective of the base should be to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the region .
However , the military base will not interfere with the commercial port and will not reduce its capacity , ” said the statement from the port administration .
The Ukrainian reason for ratifying these projects is an alleged Russian threat to the country ’ s maritime trade route .
However , it is public knowledge that these acts constitute nothing more than the simple continuation of the conflicts that started in 2014 , as a result of the total alignment with Washington and the European Union by the new Ukrainian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Euromaidan .
The myth of Russia as an enemy of Ukraine has become increasingly widespread in the country , causing regrettable episodes such as the persecution of Russian and pro-Russian minorities within Ukrainian national territory .
The greatest example of this is the civil war in the Donbass region , which has lasted for more than six years , having been interrupted indefinitely by the Minsk Protocol , which imposed an immediate ceasefire .
Ukraine has interrupted the ceasefire on several occasions , sometimes openly violating it through military attacks , sometimes sneakily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks .
In recent times , sneak attacks have become increasingly frequent .
On April 9 , a young 25 years-old woman was brutally murdered by Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitaries .
Miroslava Voronkova died in a terrorist attack with bombs , where Mikhail A. , 59 years-old , was also wounded .
The unfounded fear of a Russian threat in Azov becomes even less credible when we look at data such as this from the terrorist attacks perpetrated by pro-Kiev paramilitary groups .
The existence of a Navy of the Donetsk People ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons why Ukraine is so afraid for the security of the region .
But it is neither Moscow nor Donetsk who are committing crimes and attacks in Donbass .
Kiev seems to be clear in its political and geopolitical praxis : it causes tensions with clandestine activities , from which it awaits answers ( which often do not appear ) to respond with the recrudescence of its defense policies under the pretext of having a certain “ threat ” .
Last year , Ukraine called on several countries to debate on the imposition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its policy on the Sea of Azov .
The reason for such Ukrainian indisposition in relation to Russian naval policy was the fact that Russia vetoed the entry of NATO ships into the Azov and seized Ukrainian ships that crossed the Russian maritime border .
In fact , these acts only have to strengthen a policy of good neighborliness in the region , maintaining the dominance of the sea between the both States , under strict respect for territorial limits , and canceling out the interference of foreign nations .
But , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good relations with Moscow and insists on further militarizing the region .
Certainly , Kiev will take advantage of the construction of the naval base to try again to deploy NATO vessels in the Sea of Azov , in clear affront to Russia .
It will also take the opportunity to impose reprisals on the Donbass people ’ s republics .
The commercial port protection speech is just a facade , a lie told as an official version .
The most curious thing is that Kiev is so concerned with such policies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we are currently experiencing , where concerns about the new coronavirus are taking place over the world .
Now , if NATO cancelled its biggest military exercises in 30 years ( the Defender Europe 2020 project ) due to the pandemic , would the Western military alliance be really interested in subsidizing a project as bold and unnecessary as the creation of a naval base in the Azov at a time like this ?
Kiev is betting on its ties to the West and appears to be making a big mistake .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro…
Ukraine recently announced that it will start building a military base in the Sea of Azov, just 67 km away from the Russian coast. The news was confirmed on the last visit of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to Berdiansk, where the naval base will be installed. According to official sources, it aims to protect commercial vessels transiting the region. The local commercial port will have its infrastructure transferred to the Ukrainian Navy later this year. In 2021 reforms will be carried out, with the arrival of new ships, the repair of administrative buildings and the construction of residential buildings for people involved in the activities of the base. It is estimated that the works will cost around 20 million dollars.
As an auxiliary project for the installation of the base, there is a plan to create a military teaching department at the State Pedagogical University of Berdiansk, which will be ready in a few years and will train the officers who will work at the new base. These are the words of President Volodimir Zelenski: “It is very important to have ships in this place. After all, this way we will protect our ports, our trade. This is a direct aid to the economy”.
It has been reported that the resources of the Vostok naval base, currently located in Nikolaev, will be deployed at the Berdiansk base. This is, in fact, an old Ukrainian project, which integrates a wide range of aggressive policies on the part of Kiev in the Azov Sea region. Kiev showed interest in building a base in the region for the first time in 2017. In 2018, part of the Black Sea fleet was transferred to Azov. At the end of last year, Zelenski, continuing the policies of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, announced the creation of a ship division for the Azov, with a base to be installed between Berdiansk and Mariupol. Now, finally, Azov’s militarization projects seem to be materialized.
“The main objective of the base should be to guarantee the security of the city and the region. However, the military base will not interfere with the commercial port and will not reduce its capacity,” said the statement from the port administration. The Ukrainian reason for ratifying these projects is an alleged Russian threat to the country’s maritime trade route. However, it is public knowledge that these acts constitute nothing more than the simple continuation of the conflicts that started in 2014, as a result of the total alignment with Washington and the European Union by the new Ukrainian political elite, which rose with the Euromaidan.
The myth of Russia as an enemy of Ukraine has become increasingly widespread in the country, causing regrettable episodes such as the persecution of Russian and pro-Russian minorities within Ukrainian national territory. The greatest example of this is the civil war in the Donbass region, which has lasted for more than six years, having been interrupted indefinitely by the Minsk Protocol, which imposed an immediate ceasefire.
Ukraine has interrupted the ceasefire on several occasions, sometimes openly violating it through military attacks, sometimes sneakily sabotaging it through illegal arrests and terrorist attacks. In recent times, sneak attacks have become increasingly frequent. On April 9, a young 25 years-old woman was brutally murdered by Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitaries. Miroslava Voronkova died in a terrorist attack with bombs, where Mikhail A., 59 years-old, was also wounded.
The unfounded fear of a Russian threat in Azov becomes even less credible when we look at data such as this from the terrorist attacks perpetrated by pro-Kiev paramilitary groups. The existence of a Navy of the Donetsk People’s Republic is also supposedly one of the reasons why Ukraine is so afraid for the security of the region. But it is neither Moscow nor Donetsk who are committing crimes and attacks in Donbass. Kiev seems to be clear in its political and geopolitical praxis: it causes tensions with clandestine activities, from which it awaits answers (which often do not appear) to respond with the recrudescence of its defense policies under the pretext of having a certain “threat”.
Last year, Ukraine called on several countries to debate on the imposition of international sanctions against Russia due to its policy on the Sea of Azov. The reason for such Ukrainian indisposition in relation to Russian naval policy was the fact that Russia vetoed the entry of NATO ships into the Azov and seized Ukrainian ships that crossed the Russian maritime border. In fact, these acts only have to strengthen a policy of good neighborliness in the region, maintaining the dominance of the sea between the both States, under strict respect for territorial limits, and canceling out the interference of foreign nations. But, it seems Ukraine is not interested in maintaining good relations with Moscow and insists on further militarizing the region.
Certainly, Kiev will take advantage of the construction of the naval base to try again to deploy NATO vessels in the Sea of Azov, in clear affront to Russia. It will also take the opportunity to impose reprisals on the Donbass people’s republics. The commercial port protection speech is just a facade, a lie told as an official version. The most curious thing is that Kiev is so concerned with such policies of hostility against Russia at a time as what we are currently experiencing, where concerns about the new coronavirus are taking place over the world. Now, if NATO cancelled its biggest military exercises in 30 years (the Defender Europe 2020 project) due to the pandemic, would the Western military alliance be really interested in subsidizing a project as bold and unnecessary as the creation of a naval base in the Azov at a time like this? Kiev is betting on its ties to the West and appears to be making a big mistake.
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theduran--2020-04-16--Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shown That Mediterranean Europe Does Not Need EU

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Paul Antonopoulos , Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies… Germany ’ s long history of wanting to rule the entirety of Europe extends back to both World Wars in the 20th Century , and perhaps even earlier .
The German political structures believed that through war and conquest it could dominate the continent – this of course lacked any realism .
Even with Germany ’ s defeat in World War II , it still did not abandon this ambition , albeit , it was not possible for many decades because of U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterweight .
However , Germany played the long game and with the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union , Berlin signed the “ 4 + 2 Treaty ” on October 3 , 1990 to unify capitalist West Germany with communist East Germany .
With unification achieved , then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl made the next steps for Germany to dominate Europe , the signing of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty that brought to life the European Union and opened the path for the Euro Dollar .
Eight years later , then-German Foreign Minister Joska Fischer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Berlin said that German and European unification were two sides of the same coin , openly admitting that the European Union is inseparable to Germany .
With more than a quarter of the Eurozone ’ s wealth in German hands , there is little doubt that Berlin ’ s quest to dominate Europe is finding more success through the Western liberal model of open borders and a “ shared ” market rather than through military might and conquest .
It is now appearing though that Germany is beginning to lose control of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continent though .
France , Italy and Britain served as balance to West Germany , but that balance was tilted towards Germany after unification , and especially now since Brexit .
Britain of course first comes to mind when we think of the dissolvement of the European Union .
Although Britain is a wealthy and powerful country to lose , and there is no doubt it caused a major blow to the pan-European project , Britain maintained some semblance of sovereignty by maintaining the Pound and not adopting the neo-Mark , the Euro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also correlates with its political strength , which one of its main drivers is the Euro Dollar .
The countries touted as potentials to follow Britain are the three Mediterranean countries of Spain , Portugal and Greece .
This is of no surprise as these are the three countries most affected by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009 and onwards .
Although they are economically and politically weaker than Germany , ironically enough they are the only countries capable of serving as a potential counterweight to German dominance of the European Union .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or another are directly tied to Germany , while the Mediterranean countries have a separation in geography , culture and history .
Although French initiatives to contain German dominance in the European Union led to the European Central Bank and the Common Agricultural Policy , it has not only failed , but allowed Germany to control these institutions as well .
France is limited in its capabilities as it is the only major power to border Germany and has a history of direct conflict when German nationalism became out of control and extremified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can pose the biggest challenge to German hegemony in Europe .
Of course , there is the challenge that the interests of Spain , Portugal and Greece are not identical , but each have suffered immensely by German-imposed austerity and economic policy .
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that Germany is not willing to assist European Union member countries in times of crisis and that rather it serves its own interest first and foremost , just as it always has under the illusions of European unity .
Powerbrokers in Lisbon , Madrid and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best to achieve their own sovereignty to serve their own state interests instead of being under the domination of Berlin ’ s interests .
The Mediterranean connects Europe , Asia and Africa together , meaning it occupies an extremely strategic space – far more strategic states than those who border Germany such as the Czech Republic or the Netherlands for example .
By cooperating to achieve sovereignty , Mediterranean Europe will have far more leverage against Germany as it serves as a gateway to two other continents .
The coronavirus pandemic has shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the interest of Mediterranean Europe and has highlighted two facts ; Spain was ignored and abandoned by Germany when the pandemic began , while Greece which was crippled by German and IMF-imposed austerity in the previous decade has shown that it can overcome challenges without European Union assistance with its impressive handling of the coronavirus .
Although Italy is a Mediterranean country , it is unlikely they will want to abandon the European Union project as it has the ambition to become “ the Germany of the Mediterranean.
” Portugal itself is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ present and future is always tied with that of Spain .
Greece ’ s confidence in how it handled the pandemic and Spain ’ s disappointment with the German response for assistance should make these Mediterranean countries seriously consider their future in the European Union and whether a Mediterranean cooperation would better serve their interests .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies…
Germany’s long history of wanting to rule the entirety of Europe extends back to both World Wars in the 20th Century, and perhaps even earlier. The German political structures believed that through war and conquest it could dominate the continent – this of course lacked any realism. Even with Germany’s defeat in World War II, it still did not abandon this ambition, albeit, it was not possible for many decades because of U.S. dominance on the continent and the Soviet counterweight.
However, Germany played the long game and with the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union, Berlin signed the “4 + 2 Treaty” on October 3, 1990 to unify capitalist West Germany with communist East Germany. With unification achieved, then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl made the next steps for Germany to dominate Europe, the signing of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty that brought to life the European Union and opened the path for the Euro Dollar.
Eight years later, then-German Foreign Minister Joska Fischer during a speech at the Humboldt University in Berlin said that German and European unification were two sides of the same coin, openly admitting that the European Union is inseparable to Germany. With more than a quarter of the Eurozone’s wealth in German hands, there is little doubt that Berlin’s quest to dominate Europe is finding more success through the Western liberal model of open borders and a “shared” market rather than through military might and conquest. It is now appearing though that Germany is beginning to lose control of the dominance it once had over the continent though. France, Italy and Britain served as balance to West Germany, but that balance was tilted towards Germany after unification, and especially now since Brexit.
Britain of course first comes to mind when we think of the dissolvement of the European Union. Although Britain is a wealthy and powerful country to lose, and there is no doubt it caused a major blow to the pan-European project, Britain maintained some semblance of sovereignty by maintaining the Pound and not adopting the neo-Mark, the Euro Dollar. Germany’s economic power also correlates with its political strength, which one of its main drivers is the Euro Dollar.
The countries touted as potentials to follow Britain are the three Mediterranean countries of Spain, Portugal and Greece. This is of no surprise as these are the three countries most affected by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009 and onwards. Although they are economically and politically weaker than Germany, ironically enough they are the only countries capable of serving as a potential counterweight to German dominance of the European Union.
Northern and central Europe in one way or another are directly tied to Germany, while the Mediterranean countries have a separation in geography, culture and history. Although French initiatives to contain German dominance in the European Union led to the European Central Bank and the Common Agricultural Policy, it has not only failed, but allowed Germany to control these institutions as well. France is limited in its capabilities as it is the only major power to border Germany and has a history of direct conflict when German nationalism became out of control and extremified.
Therefore, cooperation between Mediterranean Europe can pose the biggest challenge to German hegemony in Europe. Of course, there is the challenge that the interests of Spain, Portugal and Greece are not identical, but each have suffered immensely by German-imposed austerity and economic policy. The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that Germany is not willing to assist European Union member countries in times of crisis and that rather it serves its own interest first and foremost, just as it always has under the illusions of European unity.
Powerbrokers in Lisbon, Madrid and Athens must seriously consider methods on how best to achieve their own sovereignty to serve their own state interests instead of being under the domination of Berlin’s interests. The Mediterranean connects Europe, Asia and Africa together, meaning it occupies an extremely strategic space – far more strategic states than those who border Germany such as the Czech Republic or the Netherlands for example. By cooperating to achieve sovereignty, Mediterranean Europe will have far more leverage against Germany as it serves as a gateway to two other continents.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that a divorce from Germany best serves the interest of Mediterranean Europe and has highlighted two facts; Spain was ignored and abandoned by Germany when the pandemic began, while Greece which was crippled by German and IMF-imposed austerity in the previous decade has shown that it can overcome challenges without European Union assistance with its impressive handling of the coronavirus.
Although Italy is a Mediterranean country, it is unlikely they will want to abandon the European Union project as it has the ambition to become “the Germany of the Mediterranean.” Portugal itself is also being devastated by the coronavirus but its present and future is always tied with that of Spain. Greece’s confidence in how it handled the pandemic and Spain’s disappointment with the German response for assistance should make these Mediterranean countries seriously consider their future in the European Union and whether a Mediterranean cooperation would better serve their interests.
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theduran--2020-04-16--Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes Gates plan to control global health policy (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at a recent article from the Chairman of Children Health Defense , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , who exposes oligarch Microsoft founder Bill Gates ’ plan to take over global health policy , and institute mandatory vaccinations , married with enterprise ID surveillance .
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Vaccines , for Bill Gates , are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses ( including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global vaccination ID enterprise ) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy .
Gates ’ obsession with vaccines seems to be fueled by a conviction to save the world with technology .
Promising his share of $ 450 million of $ 1.2 billion to eradicate Polio , Gates took control of India ’ s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization ( NTAGI ) which mandated up to 50 doses ( Table 1 ) of polio vaccines through overlapping immunization programs to children before the age of five .
Indian doctors blame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acute flaccid paralysis ( NPAFP ) epidemic that paralyzed 490,000 children beyond expected rates between 2000 and 2017 .
In 2017 , the Indian government dialed back Gates ’ vaccine regimen and asked Gates and his vaccine policies to leave India .
NPAFP rates dropped precipitously .
In 2017 , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) reluctantly admitted that the global explosion in polio is predominantly vaccine strain .
The most frightening epidemics in Congo , Afghanistan , and the Philippines , are all linked to vaccines .
In fact , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases were vaccine strain .
In 2014 , the Gates Foundation funded tests of experimental HPV vaccines , developed by Glaxo Smith Kline ( GSK ) and Merck , on 23,000 young girls in remote Indian provinces .
Approximately 1,200 suffered severe side effects , including autoimmune and fertility disorders .
Seven died .
Indian government investigations charged that Gates-funded researchers committed pervasive ethical violations : pressuring vulnerable village girls into the trial , bullying parents , forging consent forms , and refusing medical care to the injured girls .
The case is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court .
In 2010 , the Gates Foundation funded a phase 3 trial of GSK ’ s experimental malaria vaccine , killing 151 African infants and causing serious adverse effects including paralysis , seizure , and febrile convulsions to 1,048 of the 5,949 children .
During Gates ’ 2002 MenAfriVac campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa , Gates ’ operatives forcibly vaccinated thousands of African children against meningitis .
Approximately 50 of the 500 children vaccinated developed paralysis .
South African newspapers complained , “ We are guinea pigs for the drug makers.
” Nelson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Professor Patrick Bond , describes Gates ’ philanthropic practices as “ ruthless and immoral.
” In 2010 , Gates committed $ 10 billion to the WHO saying , “ We must make this the decade of vaccines.
” A month later , Gates said in a Ted Talk that new vaccines “ could reduce population ” .
In 2014 , Kenya ’ s Catholic Doctors Association accused the WHO of chemically sterilizing millions of unwilling Kenyan women with a “ tetanus ” vaccine campaign .
Independent labs found a sterility formula in every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , WHO finally admitted it had been developing the sterility vaccines for over a decade .
Similar accusations came from Tanzania , Nicaragua , Mexico , and the Philippines .
A 2017 study ( Morgenson et .
al .
2017 ) showed that WHO ’ s popular DTP vaccine is killing more African children than the diseases it prevents .
DTP-vaccinated girls suffered 10x the death rate of children who had not yet received the vaccine .
WHO has refused to recall the lethal vaccine which it forces upon tens of millions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advocates around the world accuse Gates of steering WHO ’ s agenda away from the projects that are proven to curb infectious diseases : clean water , hygiene , nutrition , and economic development .
The Gates Foundation only spends about $ 650 million of its $ 5 billion dollar budget on these areas .
They say he has diverted agency resources to serve his personal philosophy that good health only comes in a syringe .
In addition to using his philanthropy to control WHO , UNICEF , GAVI , and PATH , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufactures vaccines , and additionally is donating $ 50 million to 12 pharmaceutical companies to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine .
In his recent media appearances , Gates appears confident that the Covid-19 crisis will now give him the opportunity to force his dictatorial vaccine programs on American children .

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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at a recent article from the Chairman of Children Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who exposes oligarch Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ plan to take over global health policy, and institute mandatory vaccinations, married with enterprise ID surveillance.
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Authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense:
Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft’s ambition to control a global vaccination ID enterprise) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy.
Gates’ obsession with vaccines seems to be fueled by a conviction to save the world with technology.
Promising his share of $450 million of $1.2 billion to eradicate Polio, Gates took control of India’s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) which mandated up to 50 doses (Table 1) of polio vaccines through overlapping immunization programs to children before the age of five. Indian doctors blame the Gates campaign for a devastating non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (NPAFP) epidemic that paralyzed 490,000 children beyond expected rates between 2000 and 2017. In 2017, the Indian government dialed back Gates’ vaccine regimen and asked Gates and his vaccine policies to leave India. NPAFP rates dropped precipitously.
In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) reluctantly admitted that the global explosion in polio is predominantly vaccine strain. The most frightening epidemics in Congo, Afghanistan, and the Philippines, are all linked to vaccines. In fact, by 2018, 70% of global polio cases were vaccine strain.
In 2014, the Gates Foundation funded tests of experimental HPV vaccines, developed by Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) and Merck, on 23,000 young girls in remote Indian provinces. Approximately 1,200 suffered severe side effects, including autoimmune and fertility disorders. Seven died. Indian government investigations charged that Gates-funded researchers committed pervasive ethical violations: pressuring vulnerable village girls into the trial, bullying parents, forging consent forms, and refusing medical care to the injured girls. The case is now in the country’s Supreme Court.
In 2010, the Gates Foundation funded a phase 3 trial of GSK’s experimental malaria vaccine, killing 151 African infants and causing serious adverse effects including paralysis, seizure, and febrile convulsions to 1,048 of the 5,949 children.
During Gates’ 2002 MenAfriVac campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa, Gates’ operatives forcibly vaccinated thousands of African children against meningitis. Approximately 50 of the 500 children vaccinated developed paralysis. South African newspapers complained, “We are guinea pigs for the drug makers.” Nelson Mandela’s former Senior Economist, Professor Patrick Bond, describes Gates’ philanthropic practices as “ruthless and immoral.”
In 2010, Gates committed $10 billion to the WHO saying, “We must make this the decade of vaccines.” A month later, Gates said in a Ted Talk that new vaccines “could reduce population”. In 2014, Kenya’s Catholic Doctors Association accused the WHO of chemically sterilizing millions of unwilling Kenyan women with a “tetanus” vaccine campaign. Independent labs found a sterility formula in every vaccine tested. After denying the charges, WHO finally admitted it had been developing the sterility vaccines for over a decade. Similar accusations came from Tanzania, Nicaragua, Mexico, and the Philippines.
A 2017 study (Morgenson et. al. 2017) showed that WHO’s popular DTP vaccine is killing more African children than the diseases it prevents. DTP-vaccinated girls suffered 10x the death rate of children who had not yet received the vaccine. WHO has refused to recall the lethal vaccine which it forces upon tens of millions of African children annually.
Global public health advocates around the world accuse Gates of steering WHO’s agenda away from the projects that are proven to curb infectious diseases: clean water, hygiene, nutrition, and economic development. The Gates Foundation only spends about $650 million of its $5 billion dollar budget on these areas. They say he has diverted agency resources to serve his personal philosophy that good health only comes in a syringe.
In addition to using his philanthropy to control WHO, UNICEF, GAVI, and PATH, Gates funds a private pharmaceutical company that manufactures vaccines, and additionally is donating $50 million to 12 pharmaceutical companies to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine. In his recent media appearances, Gates appears confident that the Covid-19 crisis will now give him the opportunity to force his dictatorial vaccine programs on American children.
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theduran--2020-04-17--Boris is back as the Blame Game Begins in Britain

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Johanna Ross , journalist based in Edinburgh , Scotland… A humble Boris Johnson addressed the nation last weekend after his release from hospital .
The British Prime Minister had been admitted the week before after succumbing to coronavirus .
In his emotional address , he spoke of the ‘ love ’ which he had received from the care workers – several of whom he named – that had enabled him to recover from his period in intensive care .
He described that two nurses were at his bedside night and day , monitoring him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very much touch and go .
This dramatic episode may have boosted Boris Johnson ’ s popularity , as the nation for a brief time stood shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister , but it hasn ’ t prevented growing criticism of the government ’ s handling of the coronavirus epidemic to date .
Indeed the very fact that the Prime Minister and his team have not been adequately protected from the virus has caused widespread concern .
And the situation at the top pretty much reflects that across society , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front line public service workers have not been given the necessary Personal Protective Equipment ( PPE ) to shield them from the virus .
Like lambs to the slaughter , these essential workers have soldiered on , some tragically falling victim to Covid-19 .
Britain ’ s renowned Royal College of Nursing has said that staff may have to refuse to treat patients if they are not given adequate PPE .
The pressure is mounting on the Health Secretary , Matt Hancock , to deliver , and deliver fast .
The initial surge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when lockdown began is starting to wane .
People are getting tired of the restrictions , questioning more and more when it will end as the novelty of staying at home is beginning to wear off .
Initially the restrictions were to be for a period of three weeks – that time is now up and no more has been said as to when it could end .
With signs that the ‘ curve ’ of the epidemic in the UK is beginning to ‘ flatten ’ , opposition leader Keir Starmer is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s exit strategy i.e .
how can we end the lockdown without triggering another rise in cases ?
It is expected that on Thursday Dominic Raab will announce a further three weeks of lockdown .
But more problematic for the government is , that as time goes on , it is becoming increasingly apparent that the country was completely unprepared for a pandemic and that when the first warning signs of such a public health crisis appeared , they were not heeded .
Further still , some argue that there are matters that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue of care homes , for example .
Patients moving from hospitals into care homes are still not being tested for coronavirus ; an extraordinary situation when this is one of the main ways in which the disease enters the home .
I myself know of a particular case where a patient was admitted to hospital from a care home , contracted the virus undetected , before returning to the home where she passed the virus on to a number of patients and staff .
In England we do not in fact know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from coronavirus – it is not included in the daily death toll announcements .
But Scotland has released its figures , showing that a quarter of its total deaths were elderly people in care homes – 237 to date .
As a result , First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that every patient now returning from a hospital into a care home would be tested .
This of course does not completely exclude the possibility of an individual carrying the virus from spreading it in the home , as the test only identifies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it is a start .
The Health Secretary will now be under increased pressure to follow suit , despite confirming on Wednesday that patients would continue to be transferred from hospital to care home without testing .
Charities and local authorities have said the policy is ‘ madness ’ and that it is effectively ‘ importing death into care homes ’ as one care home owner in Devon put it .
The issue of testing is one of the main points of contention in the coronavirus debate .
Early on the WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test , test , test ’ but the UK government initially took a different stance .
According to Richard Horton , editor in chief of the Lancet medical journal , the government ignored the basic public health interventions needed at the time – testing , isolation and quarantine – which were so effectively implemented by China .
Boris Johnson then downplayed the necessity of testing , arguing that Covid-19 could be spread by asymptomatic carriers and not all tests could be relied upon .
Indeed , back in early March Boris Johnson himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mild to moderate illness ’ for the vast majority , whose spread could be prevented by simply washing your hands .
He then prided himself in continuing to shake hands with people .
One month later the Prime Minister was in intensive care , fighting for his life .
Now the UK is having to play catch-up by trying to obtain coronavirus tests at a time when they are most sought after .
It is struggling to meet 25,000 tests a day for hospital staff and patients and far off the target of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boris Johnson .
The curve may be beginning to flatten , but Britain is certainly not out of the woods yet .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland…
A humble Boris Johnson addressed the nation last weekend after his release from hospital. The British Prime Minister had been admitted the week before after succumbing to coronavirus. In his emotional address, he spoke of the ‘love’ which he had received from the care workers – several of whom he named – that had enabled him to recover from his period in intensive care. He described that two nurses were at his bedside night and day, monitoring him every minute in a situation which was very much touch and go.
This dramatic episode may have boosted Boris Johnson’s popularity, as the nation for a brief time stood shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister, but it hasn’t prevented growing criticism of the government’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic to date. Indeed the very fact that the Prime Minister and his team have not been adequately protected from the virus has caused widespread concern. And the situation at the top pretty much reflects that across society, as hospital staff, care workers and other front line public service workers have not been given the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to shield them from the virus. Like lambs to the slaughter, these essential workers have soldiered on, some tragically falling victim to Covid-19. Britain’s renowned Royal College of Nursing has said that staff may have to refuse to treat patients if they are not given adequate PPE. The pressure is mounting on the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, to deliver, and deliver fast.
The initial surge of patriotism and unity felt across Britain when lockdown began is starting to wane. People are getting tired of the restrictions, questioning more and more when it will end as the novelty of staying at home is beginning to wear off. Initially the restrictions were to be for a period of three weeks – that time is now up and no more has been said as to when it could end. With signs that the ‘curve’ of the epidemic in the UK is beginning to ‘flatten’, opposition leader Keir Starmer is demanding the publication of the government’s exit strategy i.e. how can we end the lockdown without triggering another rise in cases? It is expected that on Thursday Dominic Raab will announce a further three weeks of lockdown.
But more problematic for the government is, that as time goes on, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the country was completely unprepared for a pandemic and that when the first warning signs of such a public health crisis appeared, they were not heeded. Further still, some argue that there are matters that are still being mismanaged. Take the issue of care homes, for example. Patients moving from hospitals into care homes are still not being tested for coronavirus; an extraordinary situation when this is one of the main ways in which the disease enters the home. I myself know of a particular case where a patient was admitted to hospital from a care home, contracted the virus undetected, before returning to the home where she passed the virus on to a number of patients and staff. In England we do not in fact know the number of elderly who have died from coronavirus – it is not included in the daily death toll announcements. But Scotland has released its figures, showing that a quarter of its total deaths were elderly people in care homes – 237 to date. As a result, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that every patient now returning from a hospital into a care home would be tested. This of course does not completely exclude the possibility of an individual carrying the virus from spreading it in the home, as the test only identifies Covid-19 if someone is exhibiting symptoms, but it is a start. The Health Secretary will now be under increased pressure to follow suit, despite confirming on Wednesday that patients would continue to be transferred from hospital to care home without testing. Charities and local authorities have said the policy is ‘madness’ and that it is effectively ‘importing death into care homes’ as one care home owner in Devon put it.
The issue of testing is one of the main points of contention in the coronavirus debate. Early on the WHO issued advice to all countries to ‘test, test, test’ but the UK government initially took a different stance. According to Richard Horton, editor in chief of the Lancet medical journal, the government ignored the basic public health interventions needed at the time – testing, isolation and quarantine – which were so effectively implemented by China. Boris Johnson then downplayed the necessity of testing, arguing that Covid-19 could be spread by asymptomatic carriers and not all tests could be relied upon. Indeed, back in early March Boris Johnson himself had said that coronavirus was a ‘mild to moderate illness’ for the vast majority, whose spread could be prevented by simply washing your hands. He then prided himself in continuing to shake hands with people. One month later the Prime Minister was in intensive care, fighting for his life.
Now the UK is having to play catch-up by trying to obtain coronavirus tests at a time when they are most sought after. It is struggling to meet 25,000 tests a day for hospital staff and patients and far off the target of 100,000 tests a day previously announced by Boris Johnson. The curve may be beginning to flatten, but Britain is certainly not out of the woods yet.
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theduran--2020-04-17--Timeline of coronavirus responses show infantile Democrat reaction to Trump

Even though the US president is often seen to pivot in opinions about given points , the sum total of his maneuvering seems to work for the nation as a whole .
The coronavirus pandemic is no different .
However , it does have to be acknowleged that the President has done what amounts to a complete 180-degree turn on his policy positions about the Wuhan coronavirus since the time it first made headlines back in December and January .
He went from “ it is not a problem ” to “ there is going to be a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But at the same time , his opposers did not show a consistent point of view either .
In fact , the cardinal rule of the first term of the Trump Presidency is as simple as whatever Trump supports , we oppose .
This is honestly four-year-old-level politics , being executed by adults who are well into middle-age , if not senior citizens , like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer , for example .
It would have been one thing if there had been anyone in the US policy field that studied the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistent position about the virus with regard to its actual actions and threat level .
To some extent , this appears to have been confounded by the running narrative promoted by the Chinese government and echoed by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , but when the virus began taking lives in the US , the politicizing continued , with the Democrat candidates and media syncophants continuing to neatly hold views diametrically opposite to the President , and to even try to launch new “ impeachment-aligned ” investigations against him , all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ holding American citizens hostage to their own political agendae , at least for as long as they could before beaten into submission by people with more common sense .
This is a marked departure from the last true crisis the nation faced .
After the September 11th , 2001 attacks , the country briefly came together as one behind the President , George W. Bush at the time , and there was a shared cameraderie among almost the whole population , who for a brief and joyous time , were simply “ Americans.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sweep aside reality in favor of political opportunism is hand-in-hand with another change – the almost constant attacks against Christian believers in the US .
Granted , as one can read in my series about Orthodox Christianity and the coronavirus pandemic , on a worldwide scale we can see that all religious activities across the big four religions stands paused or stopped , most notably , that of the Muslims , with their holiest city , Mecca , closed to tourists , and the Kaabah standing forlorn , bereft of pilgrims .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time we do not see the virulent attacks by people against any Muslim , Jewish or Buddhist or Hindu attempt to hold services of any kind during this period .
Surely there are some of these adherents who want not to stop practicing their religion .
But in the US , the rhetoric is absolutely vile against Christian believers , many of whom can not get past the notion that there is something really out of place to close churches in the face of a pandemic , when this does not have clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was founded as a nation understanding that liberty only comes from God .
It makes sense that with the rejection of this definition of liberty , the new definition , being “ Liberty is me doing whatever I want to do , and you can not stop me ( because I am an American ) ” is without reverence or reference to God , and it is no coincidence that the rhetoric has found a new low .
It is also the same denial of reality that makes it expeditious for Trump-opposers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no matter what , even when his policies are developed as an attempt to help the nation through a problem it has never experienced before .
This leads to the difference between what President Trump is doing and what his opposition peanut gallery are doing : The President is trying to find a way to get his nation through what has turned out to be an extremely perilous time .
His ability to change position as new information comes out is vital , for the name of this game is to deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so must one ’ s actions .
Mr. Trump is doing a superb job at showing this level of nimble and adaptive action .
He does it because he cares about his nation and his people , including his detractors .
And what are the detractors doing their thing for ?
Certainly not out of care or concern for the American people .
For them , there is only one problem : a guy named Donald J. Trump , who they can not get rid of , and who is the occupant in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Past that there is no purpose to their plan .
Which kind of people would you want to trust with the leadership of the nation ?
Any nation ?
We present the following timeline , lifted from a Fox News piece entitled “ Coronavirus timeline shows politicians ’ , media ’ s changing rhetoric on risk of pandemic.
” It is a bit long but extremely honest , and informative .
Gregg Re , the writer and compiler of this timeline , deserves a great deal of credit for his sleuthing @ @

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.
Even though the US president is often seen to pivot in opinions about given points, the sum total of his maneuvering seems to work for the nation as a whole. The coronavirus pandemic is no different.
However, it does have to be acknowleged that the President has done what amounts to a complete 180-degree turn on his policy positions about the Wuhan coronavirus since the time it first made headlines back in December and January. He went from “it is not a problem” to “there is going to be a lot of death” over the three-month period.
But at the same time, his opposers did not show a consistent point of view either. In fact, the cardinal rule of the first term of the Trump Presidency is as simple as whatever Trump supports, we oppose.
This is honestly four-year-old-level politics, being executed by adults who are well into middle-age, if not senior citizens, like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, for example.
It would have been one thing if there had been anyone in the US policy field that studied the situation and held a more or less consistent position about the virus with regard to its actual actions and threat level. To some extent, this appears to have been confounded by the running narrative promoted by the Chinese government and echoed by the World Health Organization (WHO), but when the virus began taking lives in the US, the politicizing continued, with the Democrat candidates and media syncophants continuing to neatly hold views diametrically opposite to the President, and to even try to launch new “impeachment-aligned” investigations against him, all the while opposing his relief plans, holding American citizens hostage to their own political agendae, at least for as long as they could before beaten into submission by people with more common sense.
This is a marked departure from the last true crisis the nation faced. After the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the country briefly came together as one behind the President, George W. Bush at the time, and there was a shared cameraderie among almost the whole population, who for a brief and joyous time, were simply “Americans.”
For me, the willingness to sweep aside reality in favor of political opportunism is hand-in-hand with another change – the almost constant attacks against Christian believers in the US. Granted, as one can read in my series about Orthodox Christianity and the coronavirus pandemic, on a worldwide scale we can see that all religious activities across the big four religions stands paused or stopped, most notably, that of the Muslims, with their holiest city, Mecca, closed to tourists, and the Kaabah standing forlorn, bereft of pilgrims. That is news. But at the same time we do not see the virulent attacks by people against any Muslim, Jewish or Buddhist or Hindu attempt to hold services of any kind during this period. Surely there are some of these adherents who want not to stop practicing their religion. But in the US, the rhetoric is absolutely vile against Christian believers, many of whom cannot get past the notion that there is something really out of place to close churches in the face of a pandemic, when this does not have clear precedence in history.
The United States was founded as a nation understanding that liberty only comes from God. It makes sense that with the rejection of this definition of liberty, the new definition, being “Liberty is me doing whatever I want to do, and you cannot stop me (because I am an American)” is without reverence or reference to God, and it is no coincidence that the rhetoric has found a new low. It is also the same denial of reality that makes it expeditious for Trump-opposers and Trump-haters to try to block the man no matter what, even when his policies are developed as an attempt to help the nation through a problem it has never experienced before.
This leads to the difference between what President Trump is doing and what his opposition peanut gallery are doing: The President is trying to find a way to get his nation through what has turned out to be an extremely perilous time. His ability to change position as new information comes out is vital, for the name of this game is to deal with reality. As reality becomes clear, so must one’s actions. Mr. Trump is doing a superb job at showing this level of nimble and adaptive action. He does it because he cares about his nation and his people, including his detractors.
And what are the detractors doing their thing for? Certainly not out of care or concern for the American people. For them, there is only one problem: a guy named Donald J. Trump, who they cannot get rid of, and who is the occupant in the White house instead of one of them. Past that there is no purpose to their plan.
Which kind of people would you want to trust with the leadership of the nation? Any nation?
We present the following timeline, lifted from a Fox News piece entitled “Coronavirus timeline shows politicians’, media’s changing rhetoric on risk of pandemic.” It is a bit long but extremely honest, and informative. Gregg Re, the writer and compiler of this timeline, deserves a great deal of credit for his sleuthing here.


Engineered plandemic

I believe the evil Gates has funded this global disaster .
Knowing his family eugenics background and after seeing this @ @ @ @ @ convinced .
The attached video reveals the Virus is a Bio-weapon developed with a plan @ @ @ @ @ purchased by China .
Follow the thread to the countries involved , the Chinese scientists @ @ @ @ @ P4 labs .
Now B .
Gates wont shut up about his vaccine plan .
@ @ @ @ @ will benefit the most .
JFK jr is on his case like NEVER BEFORE .
@ @ @ @ @ on their own .

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I believe the evil Gates has funded this global disaster. Knowing his family eugenics background and after seeing this amazing video I’m convinced. The attached video reveals the Virus is a Bio-weapon developed with a plan in mind and its been purchased by China. Follow the thread to the countries involved, the Chinese scientists and locations of the P3 P4 labs. Now B. Gates wont shut up about his vaccine plan. It’s he who will benefit the most. JFK jr is on his case like NEVER BEFORE.
The dots are coming together on their own.
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