theduran--2020-03-24--China spin machine uses US liberal media in its whitewash [Video]

Recently , we put forth the notion that China is in trouble and that they know it .
This speculation has borne itself out over the last week quite strongly , as multiple sources in China spin the story to try to tell about how well Chinese authorities handled the coronavirus outbreak in-country , while subtly , and sometimes not so subtly , blaming the virus ’ appearance in China on American visitors carrying the virus into China thinking they had only the regular influenza .
Like this : Mr. Zhao also tried to spin an American article in USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus the “ Wuhan coronavirus ” , the American President was spinning up anti-Chinese xenophobia .
And in a most recent example , caught by Dr Steven Turley , the Chinese government ported MSNBC ’ s Rachel Maddow , a steadfastly ardent anti-Trumper ( but also quite a consummate liar , just remember the three years of ‘ Russiagate ’ ) , to show how awful and evil President Trump is being towards the Chinese : This video is a superb report on the story itself and is an absolutely must-watch .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ astounding analysis .
Still we wish to emphasize a two main points about this .
Fodder for continued efforts by Trump-hating globalists in the US This propaganda attack has little fertile ground to grow except in those in the United States who are already insane with their opposition to Trump .
These people certainly include the newly emboldened Democrat / socialist / globalist crowd , like Nancy “ the Ripper ” Pelosi and Chuck “ I am never happy about anything ” Schumer , who on Monday were trying to introduce all sorts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relief bill , which was openly and honestly ridiculed by a very amused Mitch McConnell .
Ever see someone smile when they are angry ?
Look here : The “ Turtle ” is slow , but he is rock steady .
Schumer is just… lying .
And Nancy Pelosi seems to be channeling the spirit of some LSD-stoned loon down on Haight-Asbury in San Francisco with her request for the President to drop his lawsuit against Obamacare .
For these folks , who are already clearly delusional , the Chinese propaganda mill probably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maybe now the evil , dastardly President Donald Trump will be taken out of the picture .
Reality ?
Most likely not .
It would seem that the reactions from folks over the Chinese games is pretty consistent : No , we are not prejudiced against Chinese people , but their government is spinning this story .
The response to the Twitter posts above is amusing and anyone who wants to waste a little time can do so on this fine quarantine Tuesday if they choose to .
One has to give the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to push their narrative .
This is far from idle chatter , it is purposeful and it does play on the thoughts of some nutters and conspiracy theorists for whom American must always be wrong .
This is the tragic part of this story .
America sometimes is wrong in her decisions both at home , and for the last thirty to fifty years , in many , many foreign policy matters .
Look around here on The Duran and you can read all about it , sometimes even in pieces I authored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people as the victims But an honest look at this situation reveals that the biggest problem now is a real one – the mitigation of the virus , trying to guide and control its spread ( as there really it not a way of stopping it that is definitive yet ) , and the fact that this week , the US is going to get walloped by the explosion of cases of COVID-19 .
At the time of this writing ( 13:14 UTC , 1:14pm Greenwich Mean Time ) , the Johns Hopkins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 593 .
It was five hundred last night .
The total US case number stands now at 46,481 .
It would be easy to see both these numbers increase by a factor of between three and five between now and this time next week .
New York City alone reports 13,119 cases at this time .
This is not to incite panic , but it is to note reality .
The problem is bigger than partisanship .
Perhaps , honestly , these people who think they have enough power to use the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of leftism are forgetting that they themselves may come down with the disease .
It doesn ’ t care what party you are .
And politicizing this matter within the US borders is self-destructive nonsense , and a terrible waste of the American people ’ s time , not only in terms of wasted time listening to political garbage , but in delaying the implementation of actions that might save lives .
China does not care if a huge disaster happens to the United States .
The number of cases in the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported 81,600 , probably within about two days .
The same is true for Italy and probably Spain in the next four or five days .
We still do not know the effect that will be borne on Russia or other nations in Europe .
We are honestly glad that the Chinese run of this pandemic appears to be stopping .
That gives the rest of us cause to hope that perhaps some unrealized mechanism in the virus – or even the combination of quarantine and restriction of movements and medicine that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We hope the same for every place where the virus sprang up .
But the fact that this virus is a pandemic largely springs from the effort of that selfsame Chinese government to conceal it .
While China lost several thousand people , tragically so , their refusal to honestly act as responsible citizens of Planet Earth ( a real way in which globalism does hold true – we are all residents on the same world ) , their secrecy has contributed to the loss of many more lives than they themselves lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China is spending a lot of time and energy trying to deflect responsibility for the outbreak .
Why ?
If the disease was one of these occasional natural crossovers that happen , why is China trying to spin blame and conspiracy ?
And further , what if the disease was more known about than its described humble origins in a filthy market in Wuhan ?
Often the hand that points the fingers of blame does so – to distract attention from itself .

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.
Recently, we put forth the notion that China is in trouble and that they know it. This speculation has borne itself out over the last week quite strongly, as multiple sources in China spin the story to try to tell about how well Chinese authorities handled the coronavirus outbreak in-country, while subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, blaming the virus’ appearance in China on American visitors carrying the virus into China thinking they had only the regular influenza. Like this:
US CDC admitted some #COVID19 patients were misdiagnosed as flu during 2019 flu season. 34 million infected & 20000 died. If #COVID19 began last September, & US has been lack of testing ability, how many would have been infected? US should find out when patient zero appeared. — Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) March 22, 2020
Mr. Zhao also tried to spin an American article in USA Today that suggested that by calling the virus the “Wuhan coronavirus”, the American President was spinning up anti-Chinese xenophobia.
Race and global health experts argue describing COVID-19 as a "Chinese" virus exacerbates xenophobia amid the rapidly unfolding outbreak while Chinese officials remain rankled by President Trump's repeated use of the phrase. https://t.co/vUb8H1GVhD — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 21, 2020
And in a most recent example, caught by Dr Steven Turley, the Chinese government ported MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, a steadfastly ardent anti-Trumper (but also quite a consummate liar, just remember the three years of ‘Russiagate’), to show how awful and evil President Trump is being towards the Chinese:
This video is a superb report on the story itself and is an absolutely must-watch. We are indebted to Dr. Steve for his astounding analysis.
Still we wish to emphasize two main points about this.
Fodder for continued efforts by Trump-hating globalists in the US
This propaganda attack has little fertile ground to grow except in those in the United States who are already insane with their opposition to Trump. These people certainly include the newly emboldened Democrat / socialist / globalist crowd, like Nancy “the Ripper” Pelosi and Chuck “I am never happy about anything” Schumer, who on Monday were trying to introduce all sorts of left-wing riders into a very-much-needed coronavirus relief bill, which was openly and honestly ridiculed by a very amused Mitch McConnell. Ever see someone smile when they are angry? Look here:
The “Turtle” is slow, but he is rock steady. Schumer is just… lying. And Nancy Pelosi seems to be channeling the spirit of some LSD-stoned loon down on Haight-Asbury in San Francisco with her request for the President to drop his lawsuit against Obamacare.
For these folks, who are already clearly delusional, the Chinese propaganda mill probably looks like a sign of hope that maybe now the evil, dastardly President Donald Trump will be taken out of the picture.
Reality? Most likely not. It would seem that the reactions from folks over the Chinese games are pretty consistent: No, we are not prejudiced against Chinese people, but their government is spinning this story.
The response to the Twitter posts above is amusing and anyone who wants to waste a little time can do so on this fine quarantine Tuesday if they choose to. One has to give the Chinese credit: they are really trying to push their narrative. This is far from idle chatter, it is purposeful and it does play on the thoughts of some nutters and conspiracy theorists for whom America must always be wrong.
This is the tragic part of this story. America sometimes is wrong in her decisions both at home, and for the last thirty to fifty years, in many, many foreign policy matters. Look around here on The Duran and you can read all about it, sometimes even in pieces I authored.
A deadly game, with American people as the victims
But an honest look at this situation reveals that the biggest problem now is a real one – the mitigation of the virus, trying to guide and control its spread (as there really it not a way of stopping it that is definitive yet), and the fact that this week, the US is going to get walloped by the explosion of cases of COVID-19.
At the time of this writing (13:14 UTC, 1:14pm Greenwich Mean Time), the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map puts the US death toll at 593. It was five hundred last night. The total US case number stands now at 46,481. It would be easy to see both these numbers increase by a factor of between three and five between now and this time next week. New York City alone reports 13,119 cases at this time.
This is not to incite panic, but it is to note reality. The problem is bigger than partisanship. Perhaps, honestly, these people who think they have enough power to use the virus to push Americans into the mire of leftism are forgetting that they themselves may come down with the disease. It doesn’t care what party you are. And politicizing this matter within the US borders is self-destructive nonsense, and a terrible waste of the American people’s time, not only in terms of wasted time listening to political garbage, but in delaying the implementation of actions that might save lives.
China does not care if a huge disaster happens to the United States. The number of cases in the US will easily exceed China’s presently reported 81,600, probably within about two days. The same is true for Italy and probably Spain in the next four or five days. We still do not know the effect that will be borne on Russia or other nations in Europe.
We are honestly glad that the Chinese run of this pandemic appears to be stopping. That gives the rest of us cause to hope that perhaps some unrealized mechanism in the virus – or even the combination of quarantine and restriction of movements and medicine that the Chinese government eventually implemented, helped. We hope the same for every place where the virus springs up.
But the fact remains that this virus is a pandemic that largely sprang from the effort of that selfsame Chinese government to conceal it. While China lost several thousand people, tragically so, their refusal to honestly act as responsible citizens of Planet Earth (a real way in which globalism does hold true – we are all residents on the same world), their secrecy has contributed to the loss of many more lives than they themselves lost.
Here is the final thought: China is spending a lot of time and energy trying to deflect responsibility for the outbreak. Why? If the disease was one of these occasional natural crossovers that happen, why is China trying to spin blame and conspiracy? And further, what if the disease was more known about than its described humble origins in a filthy market in Wuhan?
Often the hand that points the fingers of blame does so – to distract attention from itself.
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theduran--2020-03-25--Why are Western Politicians Destroying the Economy?

An economic cataclysm has been unleashed upon the world by Western politicians and bureaucrats .
Unbelievably , economic activity in the West has slowed to a creep , as entire populations have been confined to their homes for weeks , if not months .
As a result , millions have had their lives turned upside down .
Most entrepreneurs and self-employed have had their livelihoods jeopardized .
The EU economy may shrink by 5 % according to the ECB , and similar figures are forecast for the US .
The economic devastation wrecked upon Western economies by governments will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It will inevitably lower the quality of life of European and US citizens for a long time , impacting their health as well .
It is important to understand that this disaster is not the result of the Coronavirus pandemic , which is a public health problem , but of overzealous government officials reacting to the pandemic .
The Coronavirus pandemic itself seems just slightly more severe than the seasonal flu , which kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year globally , without any particular political reaction .
As with influenza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close to zero in children and very low in healthy adults .
And as with the flu , Covid-19 has a non negligible death rate for the elderly and those with a history of illness , as the case of Italy clearly shows .
The pandemic in itself does not thus warrant anything close to the unprecedented authoritarian measures that have taken by most Western governments .
The question then begs : why the hysterical reactions to the Coronavirus from Western politicians , bringing the entire economy to its knees and severely curtailing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens ?
Of course , there is the usual incompetence and herd behavior in the political leadership of many countries to be reckoned with .
But other reasons exist for this disastrous and irresponsible behavior .
Here is a list of probable ones .
Firstly , politicians have generally little understanding of the free market .
Steeped in administrative and policy thinking , most politicians have never worked in the private sector , nor studied market economics .
They do not understand nor appreciate the possibilities of the unhampered market economy , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its myriad commercial relations and its never-ending adaptation to surrounding conditions .
Further , in their political power logic , it is counter-intuitive for politicians to rely on Adam Smith ’ s “ invisible hand ” for solutions .
This is not new ; it has always been a typical trait of politicians and bureaucrats .
The political reactions to the Coronavirus pandemic has just dramatically confirmed this truth yet again .
Politicians also , naturally , make political calculations ; having reelection constantly in mind , they do not want to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In a crisis , they always prefer to act than not to act ; all else being equal , to show that they tried something .
At least then they can not be accused of idleness , negligence , shortsightedness , or callousness .
However deleterious their actions , politicians generally are not held accountable and can present themselves as heroically standing firm in dangerous times , acting forcefully and with determination .
An example of this was President Roosevelt ’ s harmful economic policies during the Great Depression and WWII .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on scientists , who generally have no training in social matters at all .
Even more so than politicians , scientists often have great difficulty in grasping the concept of spontaneous order of the market ; not surprisingly so , being followers of the rigorous scientific process .
Albert Einstein ’ s frankly embarrassing economic proposals is a famous example of that .
But where the politician is at least fully aware of the subtle grey shades of policy making and the fine balancing act of satisfying various stakeholders , the scientist generally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black and white .
Thus , if a scientist is asked how to stop the spread of a pandemic , he or she would probably answer that the best and most efficient way is to order the strict confinement of the entire population to their homes for weeks .
This is what the France ’ s influential “ Conseil Scientifique ” has recommended , and it may well be true , from a purely scientific point of view ( although that is open to debate now ) .
The problem arises when politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the light of their political and economic consequences .
The first two reasons mentioned above may explain why politicians tend to place too much trust in scientists : firstly , politicians are not familiar enough with market economics to fully grasp the consequences of acting on such scientific advice , and secondly , it may be in their interest to act on such advice since to do something – anything – is key .
A fourth reason why politicians have acted so recklessly to counter the Coronavirus pandemic is certainly the pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ( perceived ) crisis , they are looked up to for guidance , if not for orders to follow , by an unwitting and politically uneducated electorate .
But the pressure comes not only from the people , which should perhaps be normal in a democracy , but also from foreign politicians .
No leader wants to be outdone by his foreign colleagues and be left with the weakest plan to address the crisis .
In this case , the UK ‘ s Boris Johnson and Sweden ‘ s Stefan Löfvén have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pressure to act .
But the strongest pressure on governments probably comes from the media , in particular in the current times of pervasive internet and social media .
Politicians are now constantly scrutinized and held responsible in a way that they were not just a generation ago .
Further , mass media is prone to dramatize and exaggerate events , as this things makes for better ratings , but also because journalists are not virologists .
Mainstream media often tends to misinterpret and simplify the facts , inadvertently or not .
An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Covid-19 , which is constantly reported to be much higher than it is , because only declared cases are used ( CFR ) .
More generally , the prevailing attitude from the media is that everything must be done to save a small minority of the entire population today , even if that comes at the price of future economic pain for tens of millions of people .
This is the classic socialist and interventionist dilemma : where does it stop ?
In a world of scarce resources , how much taxpayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to save one life ?
As a final reason , it is necessary to entertain a darker and more cynical explanation for the political reaction to the pandemic : power in a time of crisis .
The State never misses a chance to increase its power .
Crises are considered great political opportunities , and have thus been used countless times in History by rulers .
This was the case during and after WWI , WWII , as well as after 9/11 with the passage in Congress of the Patriot Act .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like the current Coronavirus pandemic .
The economic stimulus packages that are now being proposed will again benefit corporatist bankers , like it did during the financial crisis .
This is why the big banks have been the first calling for and cheering more “ economic stimulus ” , since they stand to immediately benefit from such “ government aid ” .
That most Western governments have now managed to emulate the Chinese dictatorship in imposing a severe lockdown of society , should be a wake-up call for those innocent souls who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Julian Assange , that the West still protects individual freedom .
A dangerous and frightening political evolution is on the way in an already fragile political and economic system .
The political consequences of the generalized confinement of millions of people in Europe will have long-lasting consequence to the balance of power between State and society .
Though the Western “ Liberal Democratic ” order was never really one except in name , it is clear that a decisive step has now been taken .
This politically triggered economic crisis could then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clearer understanding among the population , that constitutional changes are due in many countries , in order to limit the powers of executive branches everywhere .
Let us hope that will be the lesson learned by the millions confined to their homes by the arbitrary will of the State .

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.
Submitted by Finn Andreen…
An economic cataclysm has been unleashed upon the world by Western politicians and bureaucrats. Unbelievably, economic activity in the West has slowed to a creep, as entire populations have been confined to their homes for weeks, if not months. As a result, millions have had their lives turned upside down. Most entrepreneurs and self-employed have had their livelihoods jeopardized.
The EU economy may shrink by 5% according to the ECB, and similar figures are forecast for the US. The economic devastation wrecked upon Western economies by governments will have consequences for many years to come. It will inevitably lower the quality of life of European and US citizens for a long time, impacting their health as well.
It is important to understand that this disaster is not the result of the Coronavirus pandemic, which is a public health problem, but of overzealous government officials reacting to the pandemic. The Coronavirus pandemic itself seems just slightly more severe than the seasonal flu, which kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year globally, without any particular political reaction. As with influenza, the mortality rate of Covid-19 is close to zero in children and very low in healthy adults. And as with the flu, Covid-19 has a non negligible death rate for the elderly and those with a history of illness, as the case of Italy clearly shows. The pandemic in itself does not thus warrant anything close to the unprecedented authoritarian measures that have taken by most Western governments.
The question then begs : why the hysterical reactions to the Coronavirus from Western politicians, bringing the entire economy to its knees and severely curtailing the fundamental individual freedoms of millions of citizens? Of course, there is the usual incompetence and herd behavior in the political leadership of many countries to be reckoned with. But other reasons exist for this disastrous and irresponsible behavior. Here is a list of probable ones.
Firstly, politicians have generally little understanding of the free market. Steeped in administrative and policy thinking, most politicians have never worked in the private sector, nor studied market economics. They do not understand nor appreciate the possibilities of the unhampered market economy, with its unfathomable amount of daily exchanges, its myriad commercial relations and its never-ending adaptation to surrounding conditions. Further, in their political power logic, it is counter-intuitive for politicians to rely on Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” for solutions. This is not new; it has always been a typical trait of politicians and bureaucrats. The political reactions to the Coronavirus pandemic has just dramatically confirmed this truth yet again.
Politicians also, naturally, make political calculations; having reelection constantly in mind, they do not want to be held responsible for anything that goes wrong. In a crisis, they always prefer to act than not to act; all else being equal, to show that they tried something. At least then they cannot be accused of idleness, negligence, shortsightedness, or callousness. However deleterious their actions, politicians generally are not held accountable and can present themselves as heroically standing firm in dangerous times, acting forcefully and with determination. An example of this was President Roosevelt’s harmful economic policies during the Great Depression and WWII.
Thirdly, politicians sometimes rely too much on scientists, who generally have no training in social matters at all. Even more so than politicians, scientists often have great difficulty in grasping the concept of spontaneous order of the market; not surprisingly so, being followers of the rigorous scientific process. Albert Einstein’s frankly embarrassing economic proposals is a famous example of that. But where the politician is at least fully aware of the subtle grey shades of policy making and the fine balancing act of satisfying various stakeholders, the scientist generally means well but sees the world in black and white.
Thus, if a scientist is asked how to stop the spread of a pandemic, he or she would probably answer that the best and most efficient way is to order the strict confinement of the entire population to their homes for weeks. This is what the France’s influential “Conseil Scientifique” has recommended, and it may well be true, from a purely scientific point of view (although that is open to debate now). The problem arises when politicians enthusiastically follow such opinions without considering them in the light of their political and economic consequences. The first two reasons mentioned above may explain why politicians tend to place too much trust in scientists: firstly, politicians are not familiar enough with market economics to fully grasp the consequences of acting on such scientific advice, and secondly, it may be in their interest to act on such advice since to do something – anything – is key.
A fourth reason why politicians have acted so recklessly to counter the Coronavirus pandemic is certainly the pressure that they are under. In times of (perceived) crisis, they are looked up to for guidance, if not for orders to follow, by an unwitting and politically uneducated electorate. But the pressure comes not only from the people, which should perhaps be normal in a democracy, but also from foreign politicians. No leader wants to be outdone by his foreign colleagues and be left with the weakest plan to address the crisis. In this case, the UK‘s Boris Johnson and Sweden‘s Stefan Löfvén have been slowly bowing to precisely this external pressure to act.
But the strongest pressure on governments probably comes from the media, in particular in the current times of pervasive internet and social media. Politicians are now constantly scrutinized and held responsible in a way that they were not just a generation ago. Further, mass media is prone to dramatize and exaggerate events, as this things makes for better ratings, but also because journalists are not virologists. Mainstream media often tends to misinterpret and simplify the facts, inadvertently or not. An example of this is the mortality rate of Covid-19, which is constantly reported to be much higher than it is, because only declared cases are used (CFR). More generally, the prevailing attitude from the media is that everything must be done to save a small minority of the entire population today, even if that comes at the price of future economic pain for tens of millions of people. This is the classic socialist and interventionist dilemma: where does it stop? In a world of scarce resources, how much taxpayer money should be spent by the State to save one life?
As a final reason, it is necessary to entertain a darker and more cynical explanation for the political reaction to the pandemic: power in a time of crisis. The State never misses a chance to increase its power. Crises are considered great political opportunities, and have thus been used countless times in History by rulers. This was the case during and after WWI, WWII, as well as after 9/11 with the passage in Congress of the Patriot Act. But this is also true of smaller crises, like the current Coronavirus pandemic. The economic stimulus packages that are now being proposed will again benefit corporatist bankers, like it did during the financial crisis. This is why the big banks have been the first calling for and cheering more “economic stimulus”, since they stand to immediately benefit from such “government aid”.
That most Western governments have now managed to emulate the Chinese dictatorship in imposing a severe lockdown of society, should be a wake-up call for those innocent souls who still think, even with the showtrial of Julian Assange, that the West still protects individual freedom. A dangerous and frightening political evolution is on the way in an already fragile political and economic system. The political consequences of the generalized confinement of millions of people in Europe will have long-lasting consequence to the balance of power between State and society. Though the Western “Liberal Democratic” order was never really one except in name, it is clear that a decisive step has now been taken.
This politically triggered economic crisis could then also lead, hopefully, to a clearer understanding among the population, that constitutional changes are due in many countries, in order to limit the powers of executive branches everywhere. Let us hope that will be the lesson learned by the millions confined to their homes by the arbitrary will of the State.
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theduran--2020-03-25--Coronavirus: Why Russians Are Lucky to Be Led by Putin

On Tuesday , March 24th , the following happened : U.S.A. had the world ’ s largest number of new coronavirus-19 cases : 10,168 .
The prior day , there were 33,546 cases ; so , this 10,168 new cases were a 30 % increase from the day before .
Russia had 71 new cases , up 19 % from the prior day ’ s 367 .
Reuters bannered “ U.S .
has potential of becoming coronavirus epicenter , says WHO ” and reported that , The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was seeing a “ very large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States which had the potential of becoming the new epicenter .
Over the past 24 hours , 85 percent of new cases were from Europe and the United States , WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters .
Of those , 40 percent were from the United States .
Asked whether the United States could become the new epicentre , Harris said : “ We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the U.S .
So it does have that potential .
Right now , on Wednesday the 25th , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s largest number of new cases reported , 11,074 .
That ’ s a 25 % increase added to the 43,734 cases total on March 24th .
And , within just three more days , America will have the world ’ s largest total number of cases , if Italy won ’ t .
And after yet another day , the U.S. will almost certainly have the world ’ s largest total number of cases , because Italy has been adding only around half as many new cases per day as the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now is higher than America ’ s , and is actually the second largest total after only China ’ s .
China will have the world ’ s third-largest total number of cases by this weekend , the 28th or 29th , and America will be # 1 then , not only on the number of new cases , but on the total number of cases , of this infection .
That quickly , then , China will become no longer the # 1 coronavirus-19 nation , but , instead , # 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the # 2 Italy .
America has been in political chaos because each of its two houses of Congress , and both Parties , and the President , have been blocked from agreeing on what to do — all of them were ignoring that this is an existential emergency and thus dealt with it as if it were instead just another way for each to increase its chances of re-election at the expense of the others .
Both political Parties , Republicans and Democrats , and Congress and the President , agreed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for corporations ” to reduce the negative impact on billionaires ’ wealth , but Democrats demanded that limits be placed on executives ’ pay , and “ included reducing student debt and boosting food stability programs .
Some of the ideas would be major sticking points with Republicans : The bill , for example , would invest money ‘ to eliminate high-polluting aircraft ’ and ‘ research into sustainable aviation fuels.
’ ” Democrats also wanted , but Republicans refused , some costly measures to continue workers ’ incomes during their plague-induced period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only on the billionaire-bailouts — protections especially of stock-values .
This is the way America ’ s ‘ democracy ’ works .
Rule by the billionaires is considered to be ‘ democracy ’ .
Luxuries are treated as being more important than necessities are .
( Billionaires are thought to be superior people , who must be served before anyone else . )
Dollars rule , people don ’ t .
And this chaos is the result of that .
On March 23rd , the prominent progressive economist James K. Galbraith headlined “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and described in detail what a governmental policy-response would be that would subsidize the public to deal with this crisis , but not subsidize the billionaires ( who already have way too much and can well afford to become merely millionaires while not actually suffering at all ) , and that would be of maximum benefit to the total economy by protecting the assets of the most-vulnerable ( who could then continue to shop and work ) , but his common-sense proposal wasn ’ t even being considered by the legislators , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few countries had a faster rate of increase in cases than the U.S. did on March 24th , but all of them had far fewer cases : Portugal , South Africa , Burkina Faso , Nigeria , Rwanda and Uganda .
For example , Rwanda had the world ’ s highest percentage-increase from the day before , almost a doubling , but that was 17 new cases , up from a total of 19 on the day before .
So , America ’ s 30 % increase was clearly the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Russia ’ s performance is perhaps the world ’ s best .
On March 22nd , CNN headlined “ Why does Russia , population 146 million , have fewer coronavirus cases than Luxembourg ?
” ( that ’ s a country of 628,000 people ) and reported that Russia ’ s early response measures — such as shutting down its 2,600-mile border with China as early as January 30 , and setting up quarantine zones — may have contributed to the delay of a full-blown outbreak , some experts say .
Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the number of recorded cases .
“ The director-general of WHO said ‘ test , test , test , ’ ” Dr. Melita Vujnovic , the World Health Organization ’ s representative in Russia , told CNN Thursday .
“ Well , Russia started that literally at the end of January.
” Vujnovic said Russia also took a broader set of measures in addition to testing .
“ Testing and identification of cases , tracing contacts , isolation , these are all measures that WHO proposes and recommends , and they were in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ And the social distancing is the second component that really also started relatively early.
” Rospotrebnadzor , Russia ’ s state consumer watchdog , said Saturday that it had run more than 156,000 coronavirus tests in total .
By comparison , according to CDC figures , the United States only picked up the pace in testing at the beginning of March .
On March 20th , the permanently anti-Russian U.S. organization , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ( whose “ Orwellian ” name was perhaps one of the inspirations for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1984 ) headlined “ Confronting the Challenges of Coronavirus , Russia Sees Its Worldview Vindicated ” , and tried to put as bad a face on Russia ’ s coronavirus performance as they could , such as by alleging that ( alleged ) dictatorships were performing no worse than ‘ democracies ’ at controlling the coronavirus threat : The state has reasserted itself as the prime actor on the global scene .
International institutions like the World Health Organization have become mere statisticians , and even the EU has taken a back seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The world ’ s democracies are not faring better in the crisis than nondemocracies .
However , back on 27 July 2015 , that organization had bannered “ How Authentic is Putin ’ s Approval Rating ?
” and reviewed more than 15 years of Putin ’ s approval ratings from the Russian public , and reluctantly concluded that it was and had always been “ Authentic , ” and almost always high .
Internationally , too , Putin ’ s leadership of Russia is more highly regarded than is the current U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Back in 2017 , the British firm of WIN/Gallup International issued “ Gallup International ’ s 41st Annual Global End of Year Survey Opinion Poll in 55 Countries Across the Globe ” , which sampled 1,000 persons in each country in order to determine in each one the percentage of the public who rated “ Favorable ” and who rated “ Unfavorable ” each of the following 12 national heads-of-state ( listed here in descending order of their net favorability , or “ favorable ” minus “ unfavorable ” ) : Merkel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Putin , Saud , Netanyahu , Rouhani , Erdogan , and Trump .
( Merkel globally scored highest , Trump lowest . )
Amongst Russians , the score for Putin was 79 % Favorable , 11 % Unfavorable , for a net score of +68 % .
Though Germany ’ s Merkel had the highest score worldwide , her score in Germany was only 54 % Favorable and 44 % Unfavorable , for a net of +10 .
Trump ’ s in U.S. was -23 % ( 35 % -58 % ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following leaders weren ’ t surveyed in their own countries : Xi , Netanyahu , and Saud .
So : Putin ’ s net +68 % score amongst his own country ’ s population was second ony to Modi ’ s — and , whereas Modi had been in office for only 3 years and had not yet begun his controversial actively anti-Muslim campaign , Putin had led Russia for 17 years , and was a very firmly established high performer in these figures .
Here are some of the reasons for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

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.
Eric Zuesse
On Tuesday, March 24th, the following happened:
U.S.A. had the world’s largest number of new coronavirus-19 cases: 10,168. The prior day, there were 33,546 cases; so, this 10,168 new cases were a 30% increase from the day before.
Russia had 71 new cases, up 19% from the prior day’s 367.
Reuters bannered “U.S. has potential of becoming coronavirus epicenter, says WHO” and reported that,
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was seeing a “very large acceleration” in coronavirus infections in the United States which had the potential of becoming the new epicenter.
Over the past 24 hours, 85 percent of new cases were from Europe and the United States, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters. Of those, 40 percent were from the United States.
Asked whether the United States could become the new epicentre, Harris said: “We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the U.S. So it does have that potential.
Right now, on Wednesday the 25th, the U.S. again has the world’s largest number of new cases reported, 11,074. That’s a 25% increase added to the 43,734 cases total on March 24th. And, within just three more days, America will have the world’s largest total number of cases, if Italy won’t. And after yet another day, the U.S. will almost certainly have the world’s largest total number of cases, because Italy has been adding only around half as many new cases per day as the U.S., though Italy’s total right now is higher than America’s, and is actually the second largest total after only China’s. China will have the world’s third-largest total number of cases by this weekend, the 28th or 29th, and America will be #1 then, not only on the number of new cases, but on the total number of cases, of this infection. That quickly, then, China will become no longer the #1 coronavirus-19 nation, but, instead, #3, behind the #1 U.S., and the #2 Italy.
America has been in political chaos because each of its two houses of Congress, and both Parties, and the President, have been blocked from agreeing on what to do — all of them were ignoring that this is an existential emergency and thus dealt with it as if it were instead just another way for each to increase its chances of re-election at the expense of the others. Both political Parties, Republicans and Democrats, and Congress and the President, agreed on a “$500 billion fund for corporations” to reduce the negative impact on billionaires’ wealth, but Democrats demanded that limits be placed on executives’ pay, and “included reducing student debt and boosting food stability programs. Some of the ideas would be major sticking points with Republicans: The bill, for example, would invest money ‘to eliminate high-polluting aircraft’ and ‘research into sustainable aviation fuels.’” Democrats also wanted, but Republicans refused, some costly measures to continue workers’ incomes during their plague-induced period of unemployment. Agreement had been reached only on the billionaire-bailouts — protections especially of stock-values. This is the way America’s ‘democracy’ works. Rule by the billionaires is considered to be ‘democracy’. Luxuries are treated as being more important than necessities are. (Billionaires are thought to be superior people, who must be served before anyone else.) Dollars rule, people don’t. And this chaos is the result of that.
On March 23rd, the prominent progressive economist James K. Galbraith headlined “What the Government Needs to Do Next” and described in detail what a governmental policy-response would be that would subsidize the public to deal with this crisis, but not subsidize the billionaires (who already have way too much and can well afford to become merely millionaires while not actually suffering at all), and that would be of maximum benefit to the total economy by protecting the assets of the most-vulnerable (who could then continue to shop and work), but his common-sense proposal wasn’t even being considered by the legislators, nor by the President.
Only a few countries had a faster rate of increase in cases than the U.S. did on March 24th, but all of them had far fewer cases: Portugal, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda. For example, Rwanda had the world’s highest percentage-increase from the day before, almost a doubling, but that was 17 new cases, up from a total of 19 on the day before. So, America’s 30% increase was clearly the world’s worst performance, on that single day.
Russia’s performance is perhaps the world’s best.
On March 22nd, CNN headlined “Why does Russia, population 146 million, have fewer coronavirus cases than Luxembourg?” (that’s a country of 628,000 people) and reported that
Russia’s early response measures — such as shutting down its 2,600-mile border with China as early as January 30, and setting up quarantine zones — may have contributed to the delay of a full-blown outbreak, some experts say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to criticism over the number of recorded cases.
A strong record on testing
“The director-general of WHO said ‘test, test, test,’” Dr. Melita Vujnovic, the World Health Organization’s representative in Russia, told CNN Thursday. “Well, Russia started that literally at the end of January.”
Vujnovic said Russia also took a broader set of measures in addition to testing.
“Testing and identification of cases, tracing contacts, isolation, these are all measures that WHO proposes and recommends, and they were in place all the time,” she said. “And the social distancing is the second component that really also started relatively early.”
Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s state consumer watchdog, said Saturday that it had run more than 156,000 coronavirus tests in total. By comparison, according to CDC figures, the United States only picked up the pace in testing at the beginning of March.
On March 20th, the permanently anti-Russian U.S. organization, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (whose “Orwellian” name was perhaps one of the inspirations for George Orwell’s permanent-warfare novel, 1984) headlined “Confronting the Challenges of Coronavirus, Russia Sees Its Worldview Vindicated”, and tried to put as bad a face on Russia’s coronavirus performance as they could, such as by alleging that (alleged) dictatorships were performing no worse than ‘democracies’ at controlling the coronavirus threat:
The state has reasserted itself as the prime actor on the global scene. International institutions like the World Health Organization have become mere statisticians, and even the EU has taken a back seat to the governments of member states.
The world’s democracies are not faring better in the crisis than nondemocracies.
However, back on 27 July 2015, that organization had bannered “How Authentic is Putin’s Approval Rating?” and reviewed more than 15 years of Putin’s approval ratings from the Russian public, and reluctantly concluded that it was and had always been “Authentic,” and almost always high.
Internationally, too, Putin’s leadership of Russia is more highly regarded than is the current U.S. President’s leadership of America.
Back in 2017, the British firm of WIN/Gallup International issued “Gallup International’s 41st Annual Global End of Year Survey Opinion Poll in 55 Countries Across the Globe”, which sampled 1,000 persons in each country in order to determine in each one the percentage of the public who rated “Favorable” and who rated “Unfavorable” each of the following 12 national heads-of-state (listed here in descending order of their net favorability, or “favorable” minus “unfavorable”): Merkel, Macron, Modi, May, Xi, Putin, Saud, Netanyahu, Rouhani, Erdogan, and Trump. (Merkel globally scored highest, Trump lowest.)
Amongst Russians, the score for Putin was 79% Favorable, 11% Unfavorable, for a net score of +68%.
Though Germany’s Merkel had the highest score worldwide, her score in Germany was only 54% Favorable and 44% Unfavorable, for a net of +10.
Macron’s net score in France was -1%.
May’s net in UK was -18%
Rouhani’s in Iran was +37%
Erdogan’s in Turkey was +22%
Modi’s in India was +72% (that’s 84%-12%)
Trump’s in U.S. was -23% (35%-58%) — the worst of all.
The following leaders weren’t surveyed in their own countries: Xi, Netanyahu, and Saud.
So: Putin’s net +68% score amongst his own country’s population was second ony to Modi’s — and, whereas Modi had been in office for only 3 years and had not yet begun his controversial actively anti-Muslim campaign, Putin had led Russia for 17 years, and was a very firmly established high performer in these figures. Here are some of the reasons for this.
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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--2020-03-25--Can Bernie Break From His Hamlet Complex?

The fact that America needs a major change in healthcare is indisputable , and Bernie Sanders has made a career promoting the idea that socialism may not be antagonistic to the American way of life in the modern era .
As the fear of a new pandemic spreads through the global psyche , serious discussion is now occurring about what role government must play in dealing with this crisis .
The deep state tied to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Michael Bloomberg School for Public Health at John Hopkins , CIA and World Economic Forum obviously would like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impose a world government and finally rid the world of “ outdated nation states ” .
These four organizations co-sponsored the “ Global pandemic ” exercise called Event 201 on October 19 , 2019 to deal with the “ hypothetical ” global spread of the coronavirus .
Others would prefer nation states take the reins in defense of their own citizens without a world government running the show from above .
I think that Bernie Sanders would generally be placed in this category .
One thing is certain : The current American healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handle any outbreak and desperately needs to be reformed .
Universal healthcare is thus a no-brainer and the current crisis may force that “ socialist ” reality onto America .
Observing Bernie ’ s behavior over the past years , I am having a very hard time believing that he has the capacity to really carry out those noble goals he has tirelessly promoted for decades for the simple fact that he suffers from a very serious Hamlet complex .
In Shakespeare ’ s Tragedy of Hamlet , the young prince has good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father ( the king of Denmark ) has been murdered by his Uncle- who also just so happens to have married the Queen ( Hamlet ’ s mother ) before his father ’ s body was cold .
Hanging above the entire play like a sword of Damocles is an invasion planned by Norway , which is preparing to take over the kingdom .
As the play unfolds , the young prince battles with himself .
As a man loved by the people with a strong moral instinct and heir to the throne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibility to be Denmark ’ s leader and raise a resistance to the coming onslaught .
His elderly uncle will not live much longer and real political power is at his fingertips .
On the other hand , his burning passion to revenge his murdered father is all-consuming and blinds him to his higher moral duties both to himself and the people .
This schism between two opposing worlds is displayed perfectly in the famous soliloquy where the young prince asks whether he will choose “ to be ” or “ not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the young Prince is incapable of breaking from his fears of potency and actually being a historic man .
The soliloquy ends with Hamlet saying : “ Thus conscience does make cowards of us all , And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o ’ er with the pale cast of thought , And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.
” The prince gives into his impotent fears and chooses instead “ not to be ” , giving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he knows will lead to his own destruction .
After this soliloquy , Hamlet ’ s fate ( and that of Denmark ’ s ) is sealed and the tragedy runs its course .
Unlike most figures campaigning for political office with noble intentions , Bernie has been granted several chances to wrestle with his own fears of success and take a leading role in American politics , but up until now he has chosen “ not to be ” each time .
The first chance arrived famously in 2016 , just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire deep state apparatus controlling the DNC had conspired blatantly to crush his chances of gaining the party nomination to run in the elections .
With the righteous indignation of a disenchanted democratic voter base behind him Bernie knew that he had a peoples ’ army on his side , as well as irrefutable evidence of conspiracy to destroy his candidacy in favor of Hillary .
Had Bernie chosen “ to be ” , then he would have easily swept the elections .
But that required intention and courage , two qualities the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by pitifully endorsing the murderous Hillary Clinton .
By some miracle , Bernie again found himself placed in front of another deep state tool four years later as the democratic primaries had narrowed the playing field down to just two individuals : Creepy Joe Biden and Bernie .
Suddenly , as if through divine intervention , Bernie was given a second chance to retake his failed moral test of 2016 and make amends with the conscience that earlier made a total coward of him .
This divine intervention took the form of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Tulsi ’ s right to speak in the March 15 debate with a last minute change in the rules forcing any eligible candidate to have over 20 % of the delegate votes .
Here it was .
Bernie had the chance to stand for justice by defending Tulsi ’ s right to speak and expose the evil agenda of the deep state that had unjustly conspired to destroy his own campaign in 2016 .
Doing this would have moralized the democratic base profoundly and given the people something to actually believe in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had the moral capacity to withstand the slings and arrows of the outrageous fortunes of the deep state and carry out the type of reform he had spent a lifetime campaigning for .
But instead , Bernie chose the easy path of not being once again and rendered himself impotent and obsolete by stroking Biden and letting Tulsi hang in the wind .
Perhaps fate will give Bernie yet another chance to redeem himself .
Perhaps this path is still available to the old socialist campaigner who might still take a lesson from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Deep State .
Perhaps this new potent Bernie will take the strength he gains from this crisis and turn the laws of the nation against the Wall Street/City of London shadow government and in defense of the people the way Franklin Roosevelt had done with the crisis of the great depression and rise of fascism in his day .
Or perhaps the old socialist has become too encrusted in the identity of a lifelong “ campaigner against injustice ” but fearful of actually winning .
Perhaps years of studies of Marx ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ broken the old socialist ’ s belief in America ’ s constitutional form of government in ways too grave to heal .
Of course his stated ideals assert his belief in this republican system but his cynical inner beliefs that presuppose constant revolution and resistance against the bourgeoisie forbid a faith that one man can actually use the system to win real power and defeat the evil he knows exists within America ’ s structures of power .
One thing is certain : A new collapse is coming on and the coronavirus ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to trigger that collapse .
Within the battle that is now emerging between genuinely non-tragic leaders of nation states like Vladimir Putin , Xi Jinping and a growing array of others , no Hamlet can be expected to steer America through the oncoming storm and into safety .
Act 3 , Scene 1 Soliloquy To be , or not to be , that is the question : Whether ’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , Or to take arms against a sea of troubles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die—to sleep , No more ; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to : ’ tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish ’ d .
To die , to sleep ; To sleep , perchance to dream—ay , there ’ s the rub : For in that sleep of death what dreams may come , When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause—there ’ s the respect That makes calamity of so long life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ scorns of time , Th ’ oppressor ’ s wrong , the proud man ’ s contumely , The pangs of dispriz ’ d love , the law ’ s delay , The insolence of office , and the spurns That patient merit of th ’ unworthy takes , When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ?
Who would fardels bear , To grunt and sweat under a weary life , But that the dread of something after death , The undiscovere ’ d country , from whose bourn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all , And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o ’ er with the pale cast of thought , And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action .
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , a BRI Expert on Tactical talk , and has authored 3 volumes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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.
From the Strategic Culture Foundation
The fact that America needs a major change in healthcare is indisputable, and Bernie Sanders has made a career promoting the idea that socialism may not be antagonistic to the American way of life in the modern era. As the fear of a new pandemic spreads through the global psyche, serious discussion is now occurring about what role government must play in dealing with this crisis.
The deep state tied to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Michael Bloomberg School for Public Health at John Hopkins, CIA and World Economic Forum obviously would like nothing more than use this crisis to impose a world government and finally rid the world of “outdated nation states”. These four organizations co-sponsored the “Global pandemic” exercise called Event 201 on October 19, 2019 to deal with the “hypothetical” global spread of the coronavirus.
Others would prefer nation states take the reins in defense of their own citizens without a world government running the show from above. I think that Bernie Sanders would generally be placed in this category.
One thing is certain: The current American healthcare system and de-industrialized economic sector cannot handle any outbreak and desperately needs to be reformed. Universal healthcare is thus a no-brainer and the current crisis may force that “socialist” reality onto America.
Observing Bernie’s behavior over the past years, I am having a very hard time believing that he has the capacity to really carry out those noble goals he has tirelessly promoted for decades for the simple fact that he suffers from a very serious Hamlet complex.
Let me explain.
Hamlet in Brief
In Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet, the young prince has good reason to believe that his newly deceased father (the king of Denmark) has been murdered by his Uncle- who also just so happens to have married the Queen (Hamlet’s mother) before his father’s body was cold. Hanging above the entire play like a sword of Damocles is an invasion planned by Norway, which is preparing to take over the kingdom.
As the play unfolds, the young prince battles with himself. As a man loved by the people with a strong moral instinct and heir to the throne, he has a great power and responsibility to be Denmark’s leader and raise a resistance to the coming onslaught. His elderly uncle will not live much longer and real political power is at his fingertips.
On the other hand, his burning passion to revenge his murdered father is all-consuming and blinds him to his higher moral duties both to himself and the people.
This schism between two opposing worlds is displayed perfectly in the famous soliloquy where the young prince asks whether he will choose “to be” or “not to be”.
In the end, the young Prince is incapable of breaking from his fears of potency and actually being a historic man. The soliloquy ends with Hamlet saying:
“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.”
The prince gives into his impotent fears and chooses instead “not to be”, giving into his base impulses for revenge which he knows will lead to his own destruction. After this soliloquy, Hamlet’s fate (and that of Denmark’s) is sealed and the tragedy runs its course.
Bernie’s Hamlet Complex
Unlike most figures campaigning for political office with noble intentions, Bernie has been granted several chances to wrestle with his own fears of success and take a leading role in American politics, but up until now he has chosen “not to be” each time.
The first chance arrived famously in 2016, just as WikiLeaks exposed the sickening reality that the entire deep state apparatus controlling the DNC had conspired blatantly to crush his chances of gaining the party nomination to run in the elections. With the righteous indignation of a disenchanted democratic voter base behind him Bernie knew that he had a peoples’ army on his side, as well as irrefutable evidence of conspiracy to destroy his candidacy in favor of Hillary.
Had Bernie chosen “to be”, then he would have easily swept the elections. But that required intention and courage, two qualities the 2016 Bernie lacked and he demonstrated that by pitifully endorsing the murderous Hillary Clinton.
By some miracle, Bernie again found himself placed in front of another deep state tool four years later as the democratic primaries had narrowed the playing field down to just two individuals: Creepy Joe Biden and Bernie.
Suddenly, as if through divine intervention, Bernie was given a second chance to retake his failed moral test of 2016 and make amends with the conscience that earlier made a total coward of him.
This divine intervention took the form of the Democratic National Committee’s blatant blocking of Tulsi’s right to speak in the March 15 debate with a last minute change in the rules forcing any eligible candidate to have over 20% of the delegate votes.
Here it was.
Bernie had the chance to stand for justice by defending Tulsi’s right to speak and expose the evil agenda of the deep state that had unjustly conspired to destroy his own campaign in 2016. Doing this would have moralized the democratic base profoundly and given the people something to actually believe in. This would have demonstrated that Bernie had the moral capacity to withstand the slings and arrows of the outrageous fortunes of the deep state and carry out the type of reform he had spent a lifetime campaigning for.
But instead, Bernie chose the easy path of not being once again and rendered himself impotent and obsolete by stroking Biden and letting Tulsi hang in the wind.
Perhaps fate will give Bernie yet another chance to redeem himself. Perhaps this path is still available to the old socialist campaigner who might still take a lesson from Trump and go on the offensive against the Deep State. Perhaps this new potent Bernie will take the strength he gains from this crisis and turn the laws of the nation against the Wall Street/City of London shadow government and in defense of the people the way Franklin Roosevelt had done with the crisis of the great depression and rise of fascism in his day.
Or perhaps the old socialist has become too encrusted in the identity of a lifelong “campaigner against injustice” but fearful of actually winning. Perhaps years of studies of Marx’s cynical theory of class struggle have broken the old socialist’s belief in America’s constitutional form of government in ways too grave to heal. Of course his stated ideals assert his belief in this republican system but his cynical inner beliefs that presuppose constant revolution and resistance against the bourgeoisie forbid a faith that one man can actually use the system to win real power and defeat the evil he knows exists within America’s structures of power.
One thing is certain: A new collapse is coming on and the coronavirus (whatever its origins) is being used to trigger that collapse. Within the battle that is now emerging between genuinely non-tragic leaders of nation states like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and a growing array of others, no Hamlet can be expected to steer America through the oncoming storm and into safety.
Appendix: Hamlet
Act 3, Scene 1 Soliloquy
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th’oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th’unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovere’d country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
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--2020-03-25--Numbers behind Ukraine’s corona crisis look grim (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the numbers behind the coronavirus spread in Ukraine , which hides a serious health and economic crisis that is set to explode in the next 2 weeks .
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“ Ukraine is a Corona Hotspot , ” authored by Anatoly Karlin , via UNZ Report… Russia ’ s still quite low , though now rapidly expanding , number of cases has predictably provoked the Western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how the Putler regime is supposedly suppressing information on what must , by now , be a raging epidemic : • Russia Says It Has Very Few Coronavirus Cases .
The Numbers Don ’ t Tell the Full Story .
However , as of today ( March 19 ) – with 199 confirmed cases , and one death , a 79 year old woman with a host of chronic ailments who died in the past 24 hours – Russia ’ s low death/case ratio thus far parallels that of the more functional countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early stages and/or have contained the epidemic .
Russia has performed 122,854 tests as of March 18 – in per capita terms , that ’ s about as much as Taiwan , France , or Canada , not to mention three times as much as the US , where the epidemic is an order of magnitude more advanced .
Consequently , despite having its share of issues – e.g .
the first generation of COVID-19 tests developed by the Vector Research Center had low sensitivity relative to international analogues – we may still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is relatively wide-coverage and conveys an accurate sense of what is happening .
Compare and contrast this is what is happening in the Ukraine .
On March 16 , a 33 year old woman from Chernivtsi Oblast , Ukraine died from COVID-19 complications , nine days after the appearance of symptoms .
This was the second official death in that country following the death of a 44 year old man who had been abroad in Kiev oblast .
According to various reports , the Ukraine has only performed 640 tests , putting it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Philippines in per capita terms .
Needless to say , it is very hard to contain an epidemic with Corona ’ s high r0 and capability for symptomsless spread without extensive testing .
Of these , 16 people were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive .
That ’ s a death/case ratio of 12.5 % – amongst countries with early stage epidemics , figures of over 5 % are only observed in Sudan , Guyana , Guatemala , Algeria , Cuba , Indonesia , the Philippines , Iraq , Jamaica , Domina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the median age of a COVID-19 casualty hovers around 80 years ; a person in their 30s or 40s “ only ” faces a ~0.2-0.4 % risk of death , relative to 10 % + amongst people in their 70s and older .
For both of Ukraine ’ s official deaths to have been in these age groups either implies a most remarkable coincidence – or that there have already been dozens of undiagnosed deaths amongst the elderly .
Another comparison we can make is with Belarus .
As a functional country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of which 51 have come in positive .
There are only 9.5 million Belorussians , relative to an estimated 37.5 million Ukrainians , which translates to a fourfold difference .
There are millions of Ukrainian Gastarbeiters on temporary work contracts in the EU , including 70,000 in Lombardy , Ground Zero for Corona in Europe .
Although it is true that large numbers of Belorussians have started going for guest work in the EU in recent years , it ’ s still on a much smaller scale than Ukraine , where this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
a recent government estimate found that there were almost 30 % fewer people than expected in Ternopil oblast relative to official Ukrstat projections ) .
If Belarus , which tests widely , has four times fewer people in total , and perhaps 20 times fewer people working in the EU , but has nonetheless registered 51 cases , then the numbers for the Ukraine should be at no less than a thousand .
All of this suggests that Corona is already rapidly burning through the Ukrainian undergrowth and will explode imminently .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ worse from here : ( 1 ) Unlike the Third World polities mentioned above , the Ukraine has a median age of 40.6 years , and 17 % of the population is over 65 years old .
This is well in line with the European standard .
Its African-tier dysfunction isn ’ t going to be canceled out a Sub-Saharan African age pyramid , where the median age is 18 years and only 3 % of the population is over 65 years old .
Moreover , as in Russia , the “ effective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher , since they suffer from a much higher incidence of risk factors , such as high smoking rates and poor cardiovascular health ( the result of decades of alcohol abuse ) , relative to the developed OECD countries .
( 2 ) Although Ukraine closed its borders on March 16 , in the wake of most of the EU , it ’ s worth noting that – as anywhere else – it doesn ’ t apply to its own citizens .
As the EU goes into an economic stall over the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be losing their jobs and flooding back into the Ukraine , strengthening an already raging epidemic .
( 3 ) The Ukrainian healthcare system is perhaps the most dilapidated bar none in all of Europe .
Though one can cite many figures , consider that regional Russian cities of 0.5-1 million people , such as Perm ( 520 units ) and Irkutsk ( 633 units ) , have as many ventilators as all of the 450-480 units in the Ukraine .
Now in fairness , another source claims that there are 3,500 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s still less than the 5,000 units in the city of Moscow in absolute terms , and more than ten times less than the 40,000 units in all of Russia .
International comparisons : Belarus – 2,000 ; UK – 5,000 ; Germany – 25,000 ; USA – 160,000 .
Sophisticated ECMO machines are used in the most extreme cases of viral pneumonia to provide direct oxygenation to the blood supply .
There are just 5 ECMO machines in all of Ukraine .
This is equal to the ECMO machine stock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which have been reported to typically have 50-60 ventilators and 5 ECMO machines each .
For comparison , Russia has 124 ECMO machines .
The US has 264 facilities that offer ECMO services .
( 4 ) The human capital in Ukrainian hospitals may well be even more woeful than its lack of hardware .
Would you want to be treated by “ doctors ” and “ nurses ” who burst out singing “ Ukraine Is Not Yet Dead ” when they find out they wouldn ’ t have to host Corona infectees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pundits have taken to pushing the idea of “ flattening the curve ” – that is , drawing out the epidemic over time in such a manner that everyone gets access to hospital treatment , thus lowering mortality rates from ~4 % to ~1 % .
But the extent to which this will work is questionable even in countries with functional , well-stocked healthcare systems , since a true “ surge ” that sees a sizable percentage of the population infected over a few months could see even very good healthcare systems with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany ’ s , overwhelmed by the sheer press of bodies .
In Ukraine , the difference between the laissez-faire approach and “ flattening the curve ” may well be quite minor , given the very low capacity of their healthcare system in the first place .
Their only hope , more so even than in the West , is to “ crush the curve ” outright , and yet thanks to the peculiarities of its economic model – sending millions of their youth to the EU , who in turn feed local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that into an even more challenging undertaking for what is already one of Europe ’ s weakest states .
Consequently , there is a high chance that within the next few weeks , the Ukraine will emerge as one of Europe ’ s worst Corona hotspots .
Needless to say , I take no pleasure in reporting these unhappy statistics and conclusions .
The Ukrainians have been duped into tying their fate to the goodwill of Americans and Europeans who never cared for their well-being beyond their role as cannon fodder against their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recent days have taken up a stance of “ sauve qui peut ” even in relation to fellow Westerners .
Ukrainians do not deserve to have their already collapsing demographics further ravaged on that account , and it is perhaps especially unfair that the brunt of the Corona death toll is likely to fall on the older , more urbanized , and more pro-Russian East and South .
It is not going to be good for Russia either , which shares a “ turnstile ” with the Ukraine in the form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cross the border to collect their Ukrainian pensions while well more than 200,000 locals have obtained Russian citizenships .
While Moscow is currently in the most immediate danger , I would not be surprised if the focal point of the crisis shifts over to the Kuban over the next few months

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“Ukraine is a Corona Hotspot,” authored by Anatoly Karlin, via UNZ Report…
Russia’s still quite low, though now rapidly expanding, number of cases has predictably provoked the Western media into a slew of headlines about how the Putler regime is supposedly suppressing information on what must, by now, be a raging epidemic:
However, as of today (March 19) – with 199 confirmed cases, and one death, a 79 year old woman with a host of chronic ailments who died in the past 24 hours – Russia’s low death/case ratio thus far parallels that of the more functional countries that are as of yet in the early stages and/or have contained the epidemic. Russia has performed 122,854 tests as of March 18 – in per capita terms, that’s about as much as Taiwan, France, or Canada, not to mention three times as much as the US, where the epidemic is an order of magnitude more advanced. Consequently, despite having its share of issues – e.g. the first generation of COVID-19 tests developed by the Vector Research Center had low sensitivity relative to international analogues – we may still be reasonably sure that testing in Russia is relatively wide-coverage and conveys an accurate sense of what is happening.
Compare and contrast this is what is happening in the Ukraine. On March 16, a 33 year old woman from Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine died from COVID-19 complications, nine days after the appearance of symptoms. This was the second official death in that country following the death of a 44 year old man who had been abroad in Kiev oblast. According to various reports, the Ukraine has only performed 640 tests, putting it amongst Third World nations such as India and the Philippines in per capita terms. Needless to say, it is very hard to contain an epidemic with Corona’s high r0 and capability for symptomsless spread without extensive testing. Of these, 16 people were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive. That’s a death/case ratio of 12.5% – amongst countries with early stage epidemics, figures of over 5% are only observed in Sudan, Guyana, Guatemala, Algeria, Cuba, Indonesia, the Philippines, Iraq, Jamaica, Domina, and Bangladesh. More importantly, the median age of a COVID-19 casualty hovers around 80 years; a person in their 30s or 40s “only” faces a ~0.2-0.4% risk of death, relative to 10%+ amongst people in their 70s and older. For both of Ukraine’s official deaths to have been in these age groups either implies a most remarkable coincidence – or that there have already been dozens of undiagnosed deaths amongst the elderly.
Another comparison we can make is with Belarus. As a functional country, it has managed to perform 16,000 tests, of which 51 have come in positive. There are only 9.5 million Belorussians, relative to an estimated 37.5 million Ukrainians, which translates to a fourfold difference. There are millions of Ukrainian Gastarbeiters on temporary work contracts in the EU, including 70,000 in Lombardy, Ground Zero for Corona in Europe. Although it is true that large numbers of Belorussians have started going for guest work in the EU in recent years, it’s still on a much smaller scale than Ukraine, where this phenomenon has depopulated entire regions (e.g. a recent government estimate found that there were almost 30% fewer people than expected in Ternopil oblast relative to official Ukrstat projections). If Belarus, which tests widely, has four times fewer people in total, and perhaps 20 times fewer people working in the EU, but has nonetheless registered 51 cases, then the numbers for the Ukraine should be at no less than a thousand.
All of this suggests that Corona is already rapidly burning through the Ukrainian undergrowth and will explode imminently.
Unfortunately, I only see things getting worse from here:
(1) Unlike the Third World polities mentioned above, the Ukraine has a median age of 40.6 years, and 17% of the population is over 65 years old. This is well in line with the European standard. Its African-tier dysfunction isn’t going to be canceled out a Sub-Saharan African age pyramid, where the median age is 18 years and only 3% of the population is over 65 years old. Moreover, as in Russia, the “effective age” of Ukrainians will be even higher, since they suffer from a much higher incidence of risk factors, such as high smoking rates and poor cardiovascular health (the result of decades of alcohol abuse), relative to the developed OECD countries.
(2) Although Ukraine closed its borders on March 16, in the wake of most of the EU, it’s worth noting that – as anywhere else – it doesn’t apply to its own citizens. As the EU goes into an economic stall over the next few weeks, Ukrainian Gastarbeiters are going to be losing their jobs and flooding back into the Ukraine, strengthening an already raging epidemic.
(3) The Ukrainian healthcare system is perhaps the most dilapidated bar none in all of Europe. Though one can cite many figures, consider that regional Russian cities of 0.5-1 million people, such as Perm (520 units) and Irkutsk (633 units), have as many ventilators as all of the 450-480 units in the Ukraine. Now in fairness, another source claims that there are 3,500 ventilators in Ukraine. Even so, that’s still less than the 5,000 units in the city of Moscow in absolute terms, and more than ten times less than the 40,000 units in all of Russia. International comparisons: Belarus – 2,000; UK – 5,000; Germany – 25,000; USA – 160,000.
Sophisticated ECMO machines are used in the most extreme cases of viral pneumonia to provide direct oxygenation to the blood supply. There are just 5 ECMO machines in all of Ukraine. This is equal to the ECMO machine stock of a single standard Chinese hospital, which have been reported to typically have 50-60 ventilators and 5 ECMO machines each. For comparison, Russia has 124 ECMO machines. The US has 264 facilities that offer ECMO services.
(4) The human capital in Ukrainian hospitals may well be even more woeful than its lack of hardware. Would you want to be treated by “doctors” and “nurses” who burst out singing “Ukraine Is Not Yet Dead” when they find out they wouldn’t have to host Corona infectees?
In recent days, journalists and pundits have taken to pushing the idea of “flattening the curve” – that is, drawing out the epidemic over time in such a manner that everyone gets access to hospital treatment, thus lowering mortality rates from ~4% to ~1%. But the extent to which this will work is questionable even in countries with functional, well-stocked healthcare systems, since a true “surge” that sees a sizable percentage of the population infected over a few months could see even very good healthcare systems with plenty of spare capacity, such as Germany’s, overwhelmed by the sheer press of bodies. In Ukraine, the difference between the laissez-faire approach and “flattening the curve” may well be quite minor, given the very low capacity of their healthcare system in the first place. Their only hope, more so even than in the West, is to “crush the curve” outright, and yet thanks to the peculiarities of its economic model – sending millions of their youth to the EU, who in turn feed local purchasing power with their remittances – make that into an even more challenging undertaking for what is already one of Europe’s weakest states.
Consequently, there is a high chance that within the next few weeks, the Ukraine will emerge as one of Europe’s worst Corona hotspots.
Needless to say, I take no pleasure in reporting these unhappy statistics and conclusions. The Ukrainians have been duped into tying their fate to the goodwill of Americans and Europeans who never cared for their well-being beyond their role as cannon fodder against their Russian kinfolk, and who have themselves in recent days have taken up a stance of “sauve qui peut” even in relation to fellow Westerners. Ukrainians do not deserve to have their already collapsing demographics further ravaged on that account, and it is perhaps especially unfair that the brunt of the Corona death toll is likely to fall on the older, more urbanized, and more pro-Russian East and South.
It is not going to be good for Russia either, which shares a “turnstile” with the Ukraine in the form of the LDNR, where the elderly still cross the border to collect their Ukrainian pensions while well more than 200,000 locals have obtained Russian citizenships. While Moscow is currently in the most immediate danger, I would not be surprised if the focal point of the crisis shifts over to the Kuban over the next few months
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2020 Covert World War 3

As the editor of www.RealNewsUK.com , I have been analysing the Western Media & politics for twenty years .
During this time , News Events have changed from factual , provable to downright lies .
During this time our government has changed from right vs left ideologies to Globalist vs Nationalist .
Also The Corporate State was ushered in by The David Cameron Government in 2015 .
The United Nations , who have always been revered as the World ’ s independent arbiter , has also been taken over & all of its many cohorts corrupted .
The United Nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they should form a Global New World Order , a Global Government .
This ideology aligned The Corporations & The Bankers who ran the world economy with the United Nations world wide trade organisation .
Insidiously , the Local Government Civil Servants in Western Countries were taken over by United Nations/EU Sanctuary Cities .
The ideology propagated was covertly , Socialism but actually Fascist Tyranny .
They planned Agenda 21 to take over the west with Martial Law & force the population to accept The Globalist New World Order .
They asset stripped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financially dependent on them .
They pretended they were destroying the western economies to equalise them Globally with the poor nations .
This was progressing well until The Western Royal Families who traditionally owned most of the western assets , found their countries & population being subverted into United Nations ’ slavehood .
This situation became even more dangerous when the United Nations outed themselves as a Satanic organisation demanding the WW3 destruction of 90 % of the World population to “ save the planet.
” Also during the last 50 years The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though blatant fraud & corruption to demanding control of the Taxpayers Purse .
While corruption in the west has always been rife , now we were experiencing such fraud in the Western world economy that the commodities , currencies & resources had no fixed value .
Most Capitalist systems can survive 5 or 10 % fraud , now it was hitting 50 % & possibly 90 % .
The west maintained its growth by “ Liberalisation.
” This was taking over other countries , their corporations , their resources , their properties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against them , they would manipulate a coupe & put in a puppet administration .
A Deep State .
If this didn ’ t work , they would isolate & bankrupt the country .
If that didn ’ t work they would finance terrorists & label them “ freedom fighters ” to destroy the administration .
If that didn ’ t work , then they would create a fabrication to malign the Ruler & invade the country .
And then there was Russia .
Russia had already been taken over by the western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out & rebuild their economy .
They were not going to make that mistake again .
It was alleged that the first thing that Hillary Clinton would do when she won the US presidential election was to declare war on Russia & start WW3 ’ But then Donald Trump won the US presidential Election & stopped # DeepState in its tracks .
Now we are faced with a battle for control of the planet between The Globalist Socialist Bankers with The Corporations against The Nationalist countries .
This might seem like a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ formed & they have a consensus on future planning .
The planning involves cleaning up the Western corrupt administrations , The World Economy & the Bankers .
The Bankers are a dangerous elite who have had control of the world economy for over a thousand years .
Their progress through the centuries shows them destroying the opposition with ; blackmail , war & fraud , paedophilia , murder , poisoning , genocide , & now Bio Warfare .
So when you look at the stupidity of the Coronavirus pandemic , please be aware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of targeted attacks , nuclear war , EMP attack , 5G Radiation weapons etc .
The Bankers will not give up their control without a fight .
But it is a war that we must win for the future & our children .

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.
2020 Covert World War 3 25th March 2020
As the editor of www.RealNewsUK.com, I have been analysing the Western Media & politics for twenty years. During this time, News Events have changed from factual, provable to downright lies.
During this time our government has changed from right vs left ideologies to Globalist vs Nationalist.
Also The Corporate State was ushered in by The David Cameron Government in 2015.
The United Nations, who have always been revered as the World’s independent arbiter, has also been taken over & all of its many cohorts corrupted.
The United Nations aligned with an old Nazi ideology that they should form a Global New World Order, a Global Government.
This ideology aligned The Corporations & The Bankers who ran the world economy with the United Nations world wide trade organisation.
Insidiously, the Local Government Civil Servants in Western Countries were taken over by United Nations/EU Sanctuary Cities.
The ideology propagated was covertly, Socialism but actually Fascist Tyranny.
They planned Agenda 21 to take over the west with Martial Law & force the population to accept The Globalist New World Order.
They asset stripped the west to make them weak & financially dependent on them.
They pretended they were destroying the western economies to equalise them Globally with the poor nations.
This was progressing well until The Western Royal Families who traditionally owned most of the western assets, found their countries & population being subverted into United Nations’ slavehood.
This situation became even more dangerous when the United Nations outed themselves as a Satanic organisation demanding the WW3 destruction of 90% of the World population to “save the planet.”
Also during the last 50 years The Corporations had evolved from a benign servant, though blatant fraud & corruption to demanding control of the Taxpayers Purse.
While corruption in the west has always been rife, now we were experiencing such fraud in the Western world economy that the commodities, currencies & resources had no fixed value.
Most Capitalist systems can survive 5 or 10% fraud, now it was hitting 50% & possibly 90%.
The west maintained its growth by “Liberalisation.” This was taking over other countries, their corporations, their resources, their properties & government.
If a government stood against them, they would manipulate a coupe & put in a puppet administration. A Deep State.
If this didn’t work, they would isolate & bankrupt the country.
If that didn’t work they would finance terrorists & label them “freedom fighters” to destroy the administration.
If that didn’t work, then they would create a fabrication to malign the Ruler & invade the country.
And then there was Russia.
Russia had already been taken over by the western bankers & had managed to kick them out & rebuild their economy.
They were not going to make that mistake again.
It was alleged that the first thing that Hillary Clinton would do when she won the US presidential election was to declare war on Russia & start WW3’
But then Donald Trump won the US presidential Election & stopped #DeepState in its tracks.
Now we are faced with a battle for control of the planet between The Globalist Socialist Bankers with The Corporations against The Nationalist countries.
This might seem like a very unbalanced fight but an Alliance has been formed & they have a consensus on future planning.
The planning involves cleaning up the Western corrupt administrations, The World Economy & the Bankers.
The Bankers are a dangerous elite who have had control of the world economy for over a thousand years.
Their progress through the centuries shows them destroying the opposition with; blackmail, war & fraud, paedophilia, murder, poisoning, genocide, & now Bio Warfare.
So when you look at the stupidity of the Coronavirus pandemic, please be aware that underneath this virus is the threat of targeted attacks, nuclear war, EMP attack, 5G Radiation weapons etc.
The Bankers will not give up their control without a fight.
But it is a war that we must win for the future & our children.
Max Wolfe
www.RealNewsUK.com
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