prisonplanet--2020-04-10--The Elites Are Already Prepared For The Coming Collapse Of The Dollar Bubble

The Elites Are Already Prepared For The Coming Collapse Of The Dollar Bubble Today , stock market investors are hoping desperately for Weimar-style hyperinflation to boost equities prices to dizzying heights in what some call a “ crack-up boom ” .
In terms of money creation , we are not there yet , but such levels of fiat printing could happen within the next year .
Unfortunately for investors , this “ boom ” in stocks may not happen again .
In fact , it already happened over the course of the past several years , and now the party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months , the U.S. dollar has entered a massive liquidity crisis , and despite all expectations , the Fed ’ s attempts to compensate with stimulus measures have done little to boost markets back to their previous glory .
In Weimar Germany , stocks did get an epic rally , until it all came crashing down in 1924 and then again in 1927 .
The notion of the endless fiat-driven bull market is a lie perpetuated by central bankers and their cheerleaders .
[ ZH : And then there ’ s the more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well their economy must be doing for stocks to be soaring so high… ] As I warned in past articles , when the Fed finally decided to step in to “ stall the crash ” , it was after it was far too late .
The Fed has no intention of stopping the crash , they WANT a crash ; they created all the conditions necessary for the collapse of the Everything Bubble to happen .
Their goal now is only to make it appear as though they “ did everything they could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the collapse of the final bubble : the U.S. dollar and its global reserve currency status .
The problem for markets is not just the coronavirus pandemic , but I ’ ll get to that .
The real issue is that the primary support pillar for equities has disappeared ; namely corporate stock buybacks .
The new bailouts might actually create a ban on the practice in the future , which guarantees declining market values unless the central banks step in to purchase stocks directly .
Even then , asset values will probably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a slower pace .
Keep in mind that the trillions of dollars in loans that have been feeding corporate share prices through buybacks over the past few years just went up in smoke due to the downturn .
Companies have been using central bank repo loans to juice stocks beyond all reason .
In the past three years , the valuations have been ridiculous compared to the dismal earnings of the same businesses .
All that cash was wasted , and these corporations remain in debt up to their eyeballs .
But perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m sure many CEOs understand that while their companies might flounder in the midst of a pandemic crisis and economic crash , they as individuals will be well taken care of .
No banker , no CEO , no high-level politician is going to be punished for the financial calamity that is on our doorstep .
Just as in the 2008 crash , they will all be given a seat at the table and their sabotage of the economy will be ignored .
The only consequences they might face will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the torches and pitchforks are finally brought out .
For now , the populace is absorbed in the drama of the viral outbreak , and I don ’ t think economic concerns have quite struck the majority yet .
They will soon , though , as people begin to realize this event is going to last a lot longer than they have been told .
Even if the infection numbers diminish over the course of this month , as many assume , the greater threat at hand is that governments will assert that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
If the lockdowns “ work ” , then the lockdowns will continue .
Using the wave model of conditioning , governments will allow the public brief moments of breathing room in which lockdowns are lifted for a short time ; maybe a month or less , followed by a resurgence of infections and then hard lockdowns return for another couple of months .
This process is not going away anytime soon .
Understand that there are over seven billion people on the planet , and we have a long way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has either recovered from the virus or died from it .
This means endless cycles of suppressed business activity , supply chain breakdowns , business closures and job losses .
The central banks and governments have created an environment in which the ONLY source of relief is monetary policy and Universal Basic Income ( UBI ) .
Ultimately , nationalization of most “ essential businesses ” will have to occur under this model .
Eventually the Defense Production Act will be fully implemented .
This means that dollar devaluation will accelerate beyond anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago , as governments bond completely with corporations to form a megalith of socialist production control .
To summarize : The Fed will have to finance corporations directly through stock purchases , or the government will have to take control of them outright , and the Fed will have to finance government to an unprecedented level of debt creation .
Foreign central banks are dumping U.S. Treasuries on a large scale right now , partially because the liquidity crisis has forced them to sell assets to accumulate dollars , but also because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be an infinite stimulus model , U.S. Treasuries are no longer a viable means to protect wealth or make a profit .
This means the only buyer left to fund the U.S. government will be the central bank .
In 2008 , this process took place , but never on a scale that is needed today .
With so many small businesses closing shop , corporations drowning in historic levels of debt , and the average consumer losing their jobs and their income , the establishment is about to become the sugar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The level of dollar creation that will be needed just to keep the system running for the next six months will be staggering ; I am talking tens of trillions of dollars .
Will the dollar as we know it survive this ?
No , not a chance .
The dollar will continue to lose value , causing painful price inflation , and eventually its global reserve status will be destroyed .
But the elites already have all this figured out .
Indeed , they actually benefit from it .
First , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all assets absorbed into the banks and major corporations .
Small business loans under the new government bailout will in most cases only cover payroll for employees for a short time during the lockdowns and will not necessarily ensure business survival .
Just as in the Great Depression , when thousands of small private banks defaulted and were devoured by JP Morgan , trade and production during Great Depression II will be gobbled up and centralized into very few hands .
Get ready for the big box stores like Walmart and Costco to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Second , the crash will allow the establishment to test out their “ Modern Monetary Theory ” model and entice the public into accepting the idea of monthly UBI .
This money will not be enough to keep many people afloat for very long without reversion to third world standards , but if the economic situation becomes desperate enough , large portions of the public might see it as “ better than the alternative ” , which would be starvation on the level of a refugee camp .
Third , the collapse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opens the door to implementation of a cashless society , a goal long desired by the elites .
Even now , there are bills being presented in the Senate which call for a digital dollar and digital wallet policy to be instituted in the U.S. , the Fed is considering the prospect on their own , and other central banks around the world are increasing their pace of cash removal in the name of “ preventing the spread of the virus ” .
With the amount of fiat creation that is necessary to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy for the next several months , I suspect the dollar ’ s global reserve status will come under question before the end of the year .
In the meantime , the establishment will attempt to force the idea of a digital currency system into daily public discussion .
With a dollar collapse , the populace will have little choice but to either bow down to the new digital system or go rogue and start building their own systems using their own production , barter , local scrip , and gold and silver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heading into , make no mistake .
Be ready for it .
This article was posted : Friday , April 10 , 2020 at 4:51 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-10--Bill Gates: USA Not Back to Normal Unless Vaccine or ‘Miracle Therapeutic’ Gets Broad Usage

Bill Gates : USA Not Back to Normal Unless Vaccine or ‘ Miracle Therapeutic ’ Gets Broad Usage Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates stated in a recent interview that he thinks schools in the United States will be able to reopen in the fall but that the U.S. economy won ’ t magically return to how it was before the coronavirus pandemic .
CNBC reports that Bill Gates stated during a recent interview that he believes that schools in the United States may be able to resume in the fall but that the economy will not recover as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
“ I do think school will be able to resume in the fall , ” Gates said .
“ But I don ’ t think this school year there ’ s going to be any significant attendance .
You know , maybe in the summer , people will do something special .
But that would be very hard to do.
” Many schools have allowed students to take classes remotely via the internet but Gates noted that many students don ’ have the computers or internet connections necessary for remote learning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , April 10 , 2020 at 4:48 am

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prisonplanet--2020-04-10--Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected

Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected Coronavirus was detected in Massachusetts sewage at higher levels than expected , suggesting there are many more undiagnosed patients than previously known , according to a new study .
Researchers from biotech startup Biobot Analytics collected samples from a wastewater facility for an unnamed metropolitan area in late March , according to a report Tuesday on medRxiv .
Eric Alm , one of the authors of the study , which has not yet been peer reviewed , stressed that the public is not at risk of contracting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they may have the potential to indicate how widespread the virus has become , Newsweek reported .
“ Even if those viral particles are no longer active or capable of infecting humans , they may still carry genetic material that can be detected using an approach called PCR ( polymerase chain reaction , ) which amplifies the genetic signal many orders of magnitude creating billions of copies of the genome for each starting virus , ” Alm told the outlet .
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prisonplanet--2020-04-10--UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Leaves Intensive Care

Though he remains hospitalized , UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left intensive care , Downing Street said Thursday afternoon @ @ @ @ @ as great relief to Britons who rallied around the PM this week as his condition @ @ @ @ @ to his intubation .
Fortunately , he was able to avoid that – though he @ @ @ @ @ .
It remains unclear when Johnson will return to leading Britain .
Dominic Raab said @ @ @ @ @ t spoken with Johnson directly in days , but assured the public that an update @ @ @ @ @ .
The PM has reportedly been moved back to the ward in the unnamed UK @ @ @ @ @ treatment .
His office said that he remains in “ good spirits ” .
All @ @ @ @ @ nights in the ICU .
Given his speedy improvement , we can ’ t help @ @ @ @ @ given the ‘ quine .
This article was posted : Friday , April 10 , @ @ @ @


prisonplanet--2020-04-10--Wimbledon Just Got Paid $141 Million On “Pandemic Insurance” They’ve Been Paying For The Last 17 Yea

Wimbledon Just Got Paid $141 Million On “Pandemic Insurance” They’ve Been Paying For The Last 17 Years

Wimbledon Just Got Paid $ 141 Million On “ Pandemic Insurance ” They ’ ve Been Paying For The Last 17 Years Somebody at Wimbledon is definitely earning their keep .
As the pandemic hit this year , the tournament was far more prepared than most organizations .
For the last 17 years , Wimbledon has paid $ 2 million per year in “ pandemic insurance ” to prevent against exactly the type of scenario that prevented the tournament from happening this year .
We ’ re not sure what type of meetings and pitches needed to happen to convince @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shell out $ 2 million per year in insurance for a possible catastrophe that most people would have bet would have never happened in their lifetimes .
The insurance was first highlighted by The Times back in late March .
But it probably wasn ’ t always easy to part with the $ 2 million each year .
Over almost two decades , while most public companies looked for ways to stay unhedged , lever their cash flow streams , buy back at much stock as possible and cut their budgets , Wimbledon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid into the insurance for 17 years , netting a total spend of $ 34 million .
For 2020 , that hedge returned $ 141 million , according to the Boston Globe .
German Tennis Federation Vice President Dick Horsdorff , told Sky Sports at the end of March : “ Wimbledon was probably – as the only Grand Slam tournament many years ago predictive enough to insure itself against a worldwide pandemic , so that the financial damage should be minimized there.
” The organization ’ s foresight and preparedness will help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the tournament will suffer this year .
The event was set to run from June 29 to July 12 this year .
It is the first time Wimbledon has been cancelled since World War II .
This article was posted : Friday , April 10 , 2020 at 4:43 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--UK Police Force Threatens to Search Shopping Baskets to Catch ‘Lockdown’ Violators

A police force in the UK threatened to start searching people ’ s shopping baskets in order to catch coronavirus lockdown violators , but later had to backtrack following a public backlash .
Northamptonshire Police chief constable Nick Adderley prompted outrage after he appeared in a video to warn people who were buying unessential items at grocery stores that their purchases may be scrutinized by the authorities .
“ We will not at this stage be starting to marshal supermarkets and checking the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it ’ s a legitimate , necessary item but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people do not heed the warnings and the pleas that I ’ m making today , we will start to do that , ” said Adderley .
Adderley also said police checkpoints would be set up if people didn ’ t properly adhere to quarantine rules , warning that a “ three-week grace period ” in his county was over .
“ If things don ’ t improve , and we don ’ t get the compliance we would expect , then the next stage will be road blocks and it will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going , where they ’ re going , ” he said .
The police force later had to backtrack from Adderley ’ s comments , tweeting , “ To clarify some suggestions made in the media , we absolutely will NOT be searching people ’ s shopping trolleys in Northamptonshire.
” UK Home Secretary Priti Patel also told a radio station that such measures were “ not appropriate.
” “ This is not about heavy-handed law enforcement .
I think I really must emphasize that .
There ’ s a balance to this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be completely disproportionate for police to start investigating shopping baskets or stopping every car at road checks , and there ’ s no legal basis for them to do so , ” she remarked .
This is by no means the first time a UK police force has faced heat for using draconian measures to impose the COVID-19 lockdown .
Derbyshire Police were ridiculed after they used a surveillance drone to spy on dog walkers in remote countryside and then publicly shamed them online by posting the video .
The same police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to deter people from gathering there .
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prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Biden: ‘Coronavirus Is Helping My Numbers’

Imagine if Trump said this Presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that the coronavirus has ‘ helped ’ his campaign .
When asked if the virus spread had hurt his campaign , Biden said “ Based on the polling data , it ’ s helped me.
” He took a swipe at President Trump , adding “ The more he speaks , the more my numbers go up.
” Imagine the meltdown that would ensue if Trump said this .
In the rest of the spluttering segment , Biden had to literally pause for a second to recall the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the number 3 .
He also mixed up ABC News with ‘ Face The Nation ’ , a show on CBS News .
Let it sink in , the man who is the only Democratic candidate left in the race literally can not recall two digit numbers without wracking his brain .
And he wants to be President ?
It ’ s repeated odd comments and scatterbrained performances like this that has led normally left leaning Americans to conclude that if the option is Biden or Trump , they ’ ll go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 6:03 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Disgusting WHO Chief tells Trump To Be Quiet ”If You Don’t Want Many More Body Bags”

Disgusting WHO Chief tells Trump To Be Quiet ” If You Don ’ t Want Many More Body Bags ” “ We will have many body bags in front of us if we don ’ t behave ” The head of the World Health Organisation issued a tacit threat to President Trump Wednesday , after the latter threatened to withhold funding for the organisation owing to its slow response to the coronavirus spread , and what Trump described as a ‘ China-centric ’ outlook .
Trump tweeted Tuesday that the WHO ‘ really blew it ’ when it came to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ briefing , Trump followed up , stating ‘ The WHO got it wrong , they got up very wrong .
In many ways they were wrong .
They also minimized the threat very strongly , ” Trump pointed to the WHO ’ s January announcement that there was no human-to-human transmission of the deadly disease : He also blasted WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu , calling him one of China ’ s ‘ proxies ’ .
Adhanom hit back at Trump , saying “ At the end of the day , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The focus of all political parties should be to save their people , please do not politicize this virus.
” “ If you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags , then you do it .
If you don ’ t want many more body bags , then you refrain from politicizing it.
” Adhanom added , much to the disgust of many on a day when almost 2000 Americans died from the virus .
“ My short message is please quarantine politicizing COVID – the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important to defeat this dangerous virus .
Without unity we assure you even any country that may have a better system will be in more trouble .
That ’ s our message , ” the WHO chief continued .
He repeated the body bag threat , stating “ We will have many body bags in front of us if we don ’ t behave , ” adding , “ When there are cracks at [ the ] national level and global level , that is when the virus succeeds.
” Tump responded , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s politicizing , and he shouldn ’ t be.
” “ I can ’ t believe he ’ s talking about politics when look at the relationship they have to China , ” Trump added .
As we have previously highlighted , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has repeatedly parroted Chinese Communist Party talking points , constantly heaping praise on Beijing ’ s response to coronavirus , despite the fact that China hid the truth about its spread and viciously silenced scientists and doctors who tried to warn the world .
Adhanom is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist party in Ethiopia that denied emergency medical treatment to an ethnic group and he is accused of personally overseeing the extradition of dissidents who were later imprisoned and tortured .
As Tucker Carlson highlighted earlier this week , Adhanom “ got his job with Chinese support after he covered up cholera outbreaks in his home country ” of Egypt .
Adhanom has denied the allegation , which centered around claims he had downplayed cholera epidemics in Ethiopia in 2006 , 2009 and 2011 by passing them off as “ acute watery diarrhea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 6:02 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Labour Regional Mayor: Boris Johnson ‘Completely Deserves’ Coronavirus

A Labour Party mayor has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson “ completely deserves ” to be admitted to intensive @ @ @ @ @ and deadly Chinese coronavirus .
Mayor of Heanor in Derbyshire and Labour district councillor Sheila @ @ @ @ @ Facebook post in a party group asking people to say a “ little prayer ” @ @ @ @ @ was admitted to the intensive care unit of St Thomas ’ hospital in London on @ @ @ @ @ worsened .
Miss Oakes had written on the social media platform : “ Sorry , @ @ @ @ @ and he is one of the worst PMs we ’ ve ever had.
” After @ @ @ @ @ the Amber Valley Labour Group withdrew the party whip from Oakes , and she is @ @ @ @ @ .
The group ’ s leader , Chris Emmas-Williams , said that there would be @ @ @ @ @ mayor ’ s conduct .
On Tuesday , Miss Oakes “ apologised for upsetting people @ @ @ @ @ This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 6:01 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Dozens of Bernie Supporters Tweet That They’re ‘Crying’ Over Campaign Suspension

Dozens of Bernie Supporters Tweet That They ’ re ‘ Crying ’ Over Campaign Suspension Dozens of Sen. Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ been reduced to tears after the Vermont Senator announced he would be suspending his presidential @ @ @ @ @ memes and armchair pundit predictions foresaw the democratic socialist ’ s early exit–in a scene @ @ @ @ @ ’ s supposed betrayal at the hands of the DNC .
Social media was flooded @ @ @ @ @ losing their preferred candidate , and given an ostensible choice between Joe Biden and incumbent @ @ @ @ @ was awash with several accounts dumping their emotions onto social media .
Several other users @ @ @ @ @ vent their frustrations over the prospect of potentially casting a vote for Joe Biden .
@ @ @ @ @ Reddit also suffered a meltdownover Sanders ’ announcement to suspend his campaign .
Myriad Bernie @ @ @ @ @ their emotions onto the message board at the news .
This article was posted : @ @ @ @ @ 2020 at 5:52 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Pentagon Denies ABC News Report Military Intelligence Knew About Coronavirus in November

The Pentagon late on Wednesday said an ABC News report that said a military intelligence unit wrote a report on the coronavirus in November is not accurate .
Col ( Dr. ) R. Shane Day , the director of the National Center for Medical Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency , said in a statement that as a matter of practice , the NCMI does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters .
He said ” However , in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis , we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct .
No such NCMI product exists .
A defense official added on background that the NCMI and the DIA spent considerable time over the last 24 hours examining every possible product that could have been identified as related to this topic and have found no such product .
The exclusive ABC News report , published Wednesday morning , said the NCMI warned the military and the White House about the spread of the virus in China as far back as late November : As far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China ’ s Wuhan region , changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population , according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 5:46 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Bill Gates Crosses The Digital Rubicon, Says “Mass Gatherings” May Not Return Without Global Vaccine

Bill Gates Crosses The Digital Rubicon , Says “ Mass Gatherings ” May Not Return Without Global Vaccine A recurring theme among conspiracy theorists is that the elite are just waiting for the right moment to roll out their ‘ mark of the beast ’ technology to remotely identify and control every single human being on the planet , thus sealing their plans for a one world government .
And with many people willing to do just about anything to get back to some sense of normalcy , those fears appear more justified with each passing day .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a passage that has attracted the imagination of believers and disbelievers throughout the ages , and perhaps never more so than right now : “ And he causeth all , both small and great , rich and poor , free and bond , to receive a mark in their right hand , or in their foreheads : And that no man might buy or sell , save he that had the mark… ” Was John of Patmos history ’ s first conspiracy theorist , or are we merely indulging ourselves today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Whatever the case may be , many people would probably have serious reservations about being branded with an ID code even if it had never been mentioned in Holy Scripture .
But that certainly has not stopped Microsoft founder Bill Gates , who has been warning about a global pandemic for years , from pushing such controversial technologies on all of us .
In September 2019 , just three months before the coronavirus first appeared in China , ID2020 , a San Francisco-based biometric company that counts Microsoft as one of its founding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new project that involves the “ exploration of multiple biometric identification technologies for infants ” that is based on “ infant immunization ” and only uses the “ most successful approaches ” .
For anyone who may be wondering what one of those “ most successful approaches ” might look like , consider the following top contender for the contract .
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) have developed what is essentially a hi-tech ‘ tattoo ’ that stores data in invisible dye under the skin .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a vaccine , most likely administered by Gavi , the global vaccine agency that also falls under the umbrella of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .
And if the reader scrolls to the very bottom of the article , he will find that this study was funded first and foremost by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
Today , with the global service economy shut down to prevent large groups of infectious humans from assembling , it is easier to imagine a day when people are required to have their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to be granted access to any number of public venues .
And from there , it requires little stretch of the imagination to see this same tracking nanotechnology being applied broadly across the global economy , where it could be used to eliminate the use of dirty money .
After all , if reusable bags are being outlawed over the coronavirus panic-demic , why should reusable cash get special treatment ?
Writing earlier this month in these pages , geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar provided a compelling argument that the coronavirus , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Depression , is “ being used as cover for the advent of a new , digital financial system , complete with a forced vaccine cum nanochip creating a full , individual , digital identity .
As one possible future scenario , Escobar imagined “ clusters of smart cities linked by AI , with people monitored full time and duly micro-chipped doing what they need with a unified digital currency… ” Those fears took on greater significance when Bill Gates sat down over the weekend for a breathtaking interview with CBS This Morning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass gatherings might have to be prohibited in the age of coronavirus unless and until a wide scale vaccination program is enacted .
[ The interview can be watched in its entirety here ] .
According to Gates , anything that could be defined as a “ mass gathering ” – from spectators packed into a stadium for a sporting event , to protesters out on the street in demonstration – would be considered an act of civil disobedience without a vaccine .
Little surprise that Gates chose the concept of “ mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for what is modern democratic society if not one big mass event after another ?
Indeed , since nobody will want to miss the next big happening , like the Super Bowl , or Comic-Con , or , heaven forbid , Eurovision , millions of people would predictably line up for miles to get their Microsoft-supported inoculation , even if it contains tracking technologies .
All of this seems like sheer madness when it is remembered that there are other options for defeating the coronavirus than a mandatory global vaccine regime .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director , told a Senate Subcommittee that over 80 percent of the people who get infected by the coronavirus “ spontaneously recover ” without any medical intervention .
This makes one wonder why the global lockdown was designed for everyone instead of just the sick and elderly .
Meanwhile , the drug hydroxychloroquine , which has been downplayed in the media despite being named as the most effective coronavirus treatment among physicians in a major survey , is starting to get a fresh look .
Just this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Michigan just reversed course and is now the second democratic state to request the anti-malarial drug from the Trump administration .
So now it looks as though we are off to the races to see what will become the approved method of fighting the global pandemic – a hastily developed vaccine that may actually worsen the effects of the disease in those who contract it , or the already proven inexpensive drug hydroxychloroquine .
If the winner turns out to be a global vaccine , possibly one that carries ID nanotechnology , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be lining up with their kids to be the first to get it .
In 2015 , The American Journal of Public Heath surveyed some 6,200 schools in California – the epicenter of biometric ID research – and found vaccine exemptions were twice as common among kindergartners enrolled in private institutions .
It seems that the elite are betting heavily on the development of an ID-tracking vaccine that would bring all races and institutions together under one big happy roof , but clearly they will continue living in their own fenced-off neighborhood in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not they will get a ‘ special pass ’ from receiving the new-age mark is another question .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 5:42 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Military Surplus Store Donates $300k PPE At Cost to Hospitals, VICE News Asks If They’re Neo-Nazis

Military Surplus Store Donates $ 300k PPE At Cost to Hospitals , VICE News Asks If They ’ re Neo-Nazis @ @ @ @ @ !
Kommando Store military surplus in Saint Paul , Minnesota announced last week they were @ @ @ @ @ personal protective equipment at cost to hospitals and emergency medical services .
Journo Ben Makuch @ @ @ @ @ “ help ” them out by contacting them to ask them “ why ” they @ @ @ @ @ military patches.
” “ Are you aware of their association with neo-Nazis and white supremacists @ @ @ @ @ “ We would like to publicly thank @ vicenews for offering to report on our @ @ @ @ @ other PPE supplies to hospitals and emergency services , ” Kommando Store responded .
“ @ @ @ @ @ the media plays an important role.
” How could America survive without our heroic journos @ @ @ @ @ was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 5:38 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Reddit Melts Down Over Bernie Sanders’ Withdrawal From Presidential Race

Reddit Melts Down Over Bernie Sanders ’ Withdrawal From Presidential Race The social media platform Reddit is having a hard @ @ @ @ @ Vermont senator Bernie Sanders ’ announcement on Wednesday that he is dropping out of the @ @ @ @ @ 78 , has a larger support base on Reddit than any other candidate who ran @ @ @ @ @ .
Today , people who don ’ t normally frequent Reddit checked out the site @ @ @ @ @ how Sanders supporters were taking the news , and the results were pretty much as @ @ @ @ @ posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 3:11 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--How sickening that China will now exploit the fallout of coronavirus after giving it to the world

How sickening that China will now exploit the fallout of coronavirus after giving it to the world There is scant comfort for Britain and other Western democracies in seeing China – the source of the deadly Covid-19 virus – emerging so rapidly and strongly from the crisis .
The Chinese economy is already up and running again even as the US , the UK and other nations are battling to hold back the tide of illness , death and economic destruction plunging them into a recession ‘ worse than the global financial crisis ’ , according to the International Monetary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that by ramping up production and driving recovery , China could be the big winner from the global downturn – and that is an alarming prospect .
The ability of its leader , Xi Jinping , to invoke the ruthless powers of the state to combat coronavirus and to make sure dissenting voices were silenced gave the Chinese a huge advantage .
This week , Beijing proudly announced it had no new coronavirus deaths .
Furthermore , any new cases are the result of Chinese citizens infected abroad returning home .
So China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but be in no doubt it is also set to exploit the paralysis that has enveloped Western economies to its own ends , in terms of finance , and greater global power .
Yet this is the nation that failed to alert the world at the earliest opportunity to this new strain thought to have evolved in its unsanitary live animal markets ; allowed the virus to incubate and spread for vital weeks before conceding it was a major public health issue ; and which has by common consent been less than honest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 3:08 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--U. of Wisconsin Prof: It’s ‘Fatphobic’ to Say Gaining Weight Is ‘Dangerous’ During Chinese Virus Pan

U. of Wisconsin Prof: It’s ‘Fatphobic’ to Say Gaining Weight Is ‘Dangerous’ During Chinese Virus Pandemic

U. of Wisconsin Prof : It ’ s ‘ Fatphobic ’ to Say Gaining Weight Is ‘ Dangerous ’ During Chinese Virus Pandemic A professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse argued in a blog post this week that it is “ fatphobic ” to encourage people to eat healthy foods and avoid weight gain during the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic .
According to a report by the College Fix , a professor published a blog post on the “ Two Fat Professors ” site this week about “ fatphobic ” attitudes towards gaining weight and diet culture during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looks to have been authored by Professor Darci Thorne , makes the case that it is toxic for Americans to be concerned about gaining while they are quarantined in their homes .
Professors Darci Thorne and Laurie Cooper Stoll of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse run a blog called “ Two Fat Professors ” on which they discuss “ fatphobia ” and other issues pertaining to body image in American society .
Breitbart News reported on the “ Two Fat Professors ” blog in December , highlighting a post in which Stoll wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her life .
Now , Thorne is arguing in a blog post entitled “ Diet Culture at the End of the World ” that it is problematic for people to joke about putting on weight while they are stuck in their homes .
Unsurprisingly , other thoughtful folx are beginning to see the same patterns that we are about how unhelpful and unhealthy it is to continue to traumatize people who are already being traumatized with “ advice ” about how to avoid weight gain during a global public health disaster .
De @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The most obvious problem with jokes about the ‘ quarantine 15 ’ or ‘ the COVID 19 ’ is that gaining weight is framed as an inherently bad thing–an idea that ’ s steeped in fatphobia.
” And , she ’ s absolutely right .
Thorne goes as far as to argue that it is “ fatphobic ” to argue that it is “ dangerous ” to gain weight .
Instead , Thorne says that Americans should be focused on approaching each other with “ love , empathy , and understanding.
” This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9 , 2020 at 3:06 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--FDA Fast-Tracks Promising COVID-19 Treatment From Johns Hopkins

While the use of hydroxychloroquine ( and zinc ) to treat COVID-19 has dominated headlines for weeks , a new method of treatment developed by Johns Hopkins Hospital has just been given special approval by the FDA to be fast-tracked .
Known as convalescent serum therapy , the antibody-rich blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors is drawn , bagged , and given to critically ill patients .
While the FDA began allowing limited use of the therapy on March 24 for hospitals in Houston and New York City ( with an “ expanded access program ” pending ) , Johns Hopkins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal of preventing otherwise healthy front-line medical staff from getting sick .
The university is awaiting FDA approval for a second clinical trial on patients who are slightly to moderately ill to see if it can reduce or eliminate COVID-19 .
Under the leadership of immunologist Arturo Casadevall , the Johns Hopkins team is collaborating with physicians and scientists around the country to establish a network of at least 40 hospitals and blood banks in 20 states for the collection , isolation , and processing of blood plasma .
More via Johns Hopkins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recover from an infection develop antibodies that circulate in the blood and can neutralize the pathogen .
Researchers hope to use the technique to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients and boost the immune systems of health care providers and first responders .
Currently there are no proven drug therapies or effective vaccines for treating the novel coronavirus .
“ At the end of January , I knew this disease was going to get out of China , and I knew there was a huge history of the use of plasma and serum in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of molecular microbiology and immunology and infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine .
“ This [ medical effort ] has become a juggernaut… We ’ re racing to deploy this.
” Thousands of survivors might soon line up to donate their antibody-rich plasma , according to physicians .
But that ’ s only if early promising studies on the therapy done in China are confirmed by U.S. trials that show “ dramatic effects and improvements ” in patients , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the therapy will do just that .
“ I absolutely think this could be the best treatment we have for the next few months.
” This passive-antibody therapy has been used since the 1890s to combat diseases as wide-ranging as measles , SARS , Ebola , H1N1 flu , and polio—and holds the promise of keeping the virus at bay until a vaccine can be developed .
( Current estimates are that a vaccine for emergency use could be available by early 2021 . )
During the SARS outbreak in 2002–2003 , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kong found that people treated with it within two weeks of showing symptoms had a higher chance of being discharged from hospital than did those who weren ’ t treated .
The beauty of the therapy , says Casadevall , is that it involves the well-established—and safe—method of blood donation .
Except in this case , survivors ’ plasma ( or serum ) , which contains the antibody to COVID-19 , is separated from red blood cells and transfused into the three categories of recipients : the critically ill as a last-stop “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are slightly or moderately ill to keep them out of ICUs and off scarce ventilators , and front-line medical workers to prevent them from getting sick .
Nearly a cup of the serum ( 200 milliliters , or one unit ) would be administered to each recipient , according to Tobian , with each donor providing enough serum for up to four patients .
( Each donor , depending on body size , can provide two to four units . )
Casadevall had the vision for this treatment .
He also had the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doctors , whom he set free to create their own fast-flowing mini-teams .
Together , they united with peers around the world in a marathon of selfless , round-the-clock work toward an urgent common goal—to overwhelm and crush the COVID-19 virus .
“ Looking forward to another day of working with an incredible set of colleagues , ” tweeted Casadevall in late March .
“ Day began at 4 a.m. and will go to near midnight.
” In this process , doctors , researchers , and regulators from as far away as Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create treatment protocols , open labs , win regulatory and institutional approvals , identify donors , compile data , and organize and share vital information .
The research effort received a welcome boost in late March with a gift of $ 3 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $ 1 million in funding from the state of Maryland .
“ We usually spend a year preparing for the next flu season , ” says Andy Pekosz , vice chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a year , we ’ re trying to do in a month for COVID-19 .
Our window of acting is a small one.
” The fast-spreading coronavirus has already killed at least 70,000 people around the world , with nearly 1,300,000 total confirmed cases .
Numbers that continue to grow .
From the beginning , Casadevall knew he faced more than a medical problem .
Plasma therapy ’ s history was unknown to most people , so he needed to draw public attention to his cause .
Realizing a medical journal commentary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shopped around an editorial that urged the use of convalescent serum .
The essay , published in the Feb. 27 edition of The Wall Street Journal , told the story of an ingenious Pottstown , Pennsylvania , doctor who in 1934 arrested a measles outbreak at a boys boarding school by using serum therapy .
“ A remarkable victory against a highly contagious disease , ” Casadevall wrote .
Casadevall fired off the essay to dozens of colleagues who encouraged him in his plan to also publish a scholarly paper that conveyed sufficient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community he had done his homework .
In four days , he and long-time collaborator Liise-anne Pirofski , head of the infectious diseases department at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City , wrote what Casadevall calls “ maybe the most important paper in my life ” — ’ The Convalescent Sera Option for Containing COVID-19 , ’ which appeared in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on March 13 .
Written in the cool , precise language of clinical experts , the paper concluded , “ We recommend that institutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and begin preparations as soon as possible.
” But its final sentence carried a sharp and decidedly unscholarly sounding warning— ” Time is of the essence.
” The result ?
“ Everything took off , ” says Casadevall .
“ Its publication coincided with the major increase in cases in the United States .
The media jumped on it.
” Had it not been for a tropical pet bird whose guano infected its owner in 1995 , Casadevall ’ s path might never have crossed with that of infectious disease specialist Shmuel Shoham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the School of Medicine .
“ That was how we bonded , ” recalls Shoham , who hammered out the first protocol for the treatment of potential COVID-19 patients .
Back then Casadevall was at Albert Einstein in the Bronx while Shoham was at Boston University , but thanks to a mutual friend , they co-authored a ground-breaking paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine that was picked up by The New York Times .
Their research proved the hitherto unknown link between human fungal illness and “ cockatoo poo , ” as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , their careers took them to different cities and in separate directions , but when Casadevall arrived at Hopkins five years ago , they renewed their friendship and became key collaborators again .
In mid-February , when Italy reported mounting cases , Shoham began thinking : “ If there ’ s a hole in the boat , it doesn ’ t matter if it ’ s on my side or your side , we ’ re all going down .
If this is happening in Italy , there is absolutely no reason why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then he saw a tweet from Casadevall : “ Plasma is going to be the solution.
” At first , Shoham pushed back , saying the therapy hadn ’ t worked on influenza patients .
But those patients were too ill , Casadevall replied , and in a flurry of back-and-forth tweets , he won over his colleague to his point of view .
With the virus beginning to rage in the U.S. , Casadevall convened a 7:30 a.m. conference call on March 4 , five days after his WSJ op-ed appeared , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Infectious Diseases .
Shoham hopped on the call while driving to work .
“ I told them we had to do [ something ] , ” Casadevall recalls .
“ This was something that was just not on the radar screen .
There was silence , and I said , ‘ We ’ re going to need a protocol . '
” Shoham volunteered to write it .
Although he typically spends two-thirds of his time with patients , by fortunate happenstance he had few patients on his calendar , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
By the next day he had pounded out the bare bones of a protocol to prevent infection by administering the plasma to those who had been exposed .
“ It was sort of a really messy protocol with highlights like a ‘ This Space Left Intentionally Blank ’ place holder , ” Shoham says .
He finished a more detailed , but still rudimentary , draft in time for Casadevall ’ s next conference call a few days later .
Casadevall fired off the protocol to a Mayo Clinic colleague , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of early-to-moderate disease , which Hopkins doctors further refined and revised in collaboration with Mayo doctors .
This pattern of rapid , long-distance collaboration would be repeated endlessly among other doctors for other needs in the days to come .
“ All of a sudden , centers all over the country were saying , ‘ Oh , my God , this is something we can do.
‘ So , then we had big conference calls with dozens of centers , ” says Shoham , who is now the FDA ’ s principal investigator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him responsible for all execution and oversight of clinical research on that protocol .
The team had to know how to collect donor serum and how to transfuse it .
So , pathologist Tobian and his colleague Evan Bloch , an associate professor of medicine , came aboard .
Today , Tobian and Bloch help lead the transfusion group .
“ We get emails every single day from other hospitals on how we start collection , how we work on the regulatory aspects , ” Tobian says .
“ And we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nation numerous times a day.
” The pace has been “ crazy , ” adds Bloch , a specialist in neglected infectious diseases .
In a sign of these high-tech times , Casadevall has never met either man .
“ I don ’ t even know what Evan Bloch looks like , ” he says , “ and I talk to him all the time .
These men are magnificent .
They rise to the occasion.
” In-person meetings happen but are mostly regarded as “ a luxury ” they can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at risk , says Shoham .
To analyze the serum , Casadevall called in Pekosz .
Until March , Pekosz , a basic researcher , had not thought he would be so directly involved in such an effort .
But after Casadevall shared his plans , Pekosz realized some of his work could support the need to measure antibodies in the blood before transfusions were done .
“ It became a whirlwind , a tornado we got swept up in , part of a massive effort to treat patients and make a direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pekosz .
In late March , Casadevall emailed Pekosz to say Vice Provost for Research Denis Wirtz had provided $ 250,000 in funding to launch a new lab to assess COVID-19 antibody responses in serum earmarked for the hospital ’ s patients .
“ Arturo said I needed to set up a lab to do this because this may be a really daunting task in terms of the number of patients we want to treat , ” Pekosz recalls .
“ At that point , I really understood , ‘ Wow , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself . '
” A big piece of Pekosz ’ s job—besides supervising six new lab employees , a staff that may soon double—entails advising other hospitals on how to proceed .
“ I can ’ t even remember the number of institutions that have contacted me who want to do the same thing .
We ’ re trying to work with them to be as close to each other ’ s test results as possible , so we can have consistency across sites.
” After Casadevall ’ s initial burst of enthusiasm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a moment when things seemed dark .
“ You realize the magnitude of what you ’ re trying to do , and , in particular , you realize there could be huge regulatory issues , ” he says .
He reminded himself that projects like this had been done by prior generations and in other countries , and with determination , he says , “ I never for a minute doubted we could pull it off.
” The FDA ’ s approval process is a two-edged sword , according to Shoham , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the regulatory environment .
Seemingly antiquated FDA requirements have sometimes left doctors shaking their heads .
A submission of an IND ( the application for an investigational new drug ) is not official unless it is physically mailed with numerous copies of paperwork .
“ We could have sent an email [ with PDF attachments ] , ” says Tobian , referring to an IND that Hopkins prepared .
“ Instead we [ were ] trying to find who can make all these photocopies and send a FedEx package , and everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be working from home.
” Nonetheless , neither he nor Casadevall believes the old-fashioned delivery system slowed the FDA ’ s decisions or their work .
“ The FDA has an impossible job , ” Casadevall says .
“ I would never criticize them .
They are working really hard .
Their job is safety , and our job is to get this done.
” Lysander , the Spartan admiral who conquered Athens in 405 B.C.
, is Casadevall ’ s hero .
“ He did something that was unheard of at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ He spared the city , and by sparing the city , he preserved Athens .
“ To me , my heroes are always humanists—people who do their job , but there is a humane aspect to how they do it , ” he says .
“ The greatest thing about being human is the capacity for empathy , the ability to care for others and be optimistic in the worst of times.
” Casadevall ’ s team lavishes praise on his leadership .
“ He is a force of nature , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enthusiastic , and generous is how Bloch describes him .
“ Arturo pulled off what few people could do , ” Pekosz adds .
“ He got multiple institutions across the nation to pull together in this project to create the momentum that led the FDA to say , ‘ We have to do this , because people are moving forward.
’ There was such a groundswell of enthusiasm for this approach , the FDA had to pay attention to us.
” For most of the team , there ’ s been little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much sleep he ’ s been getting , Bloch replies , “ Last night wasn ’ t bad—about four to five hours .
It ’ s just continuous work through weekends , through nights.
” What drives him is partly the worst-case scenario forecasts he reads which he says are “ frightening .
… You ’ re thinking about the people in the background—the health , social , and economic impacts .
Having insight into what is going on can be a little bit stressful.
” “ There isn ’ t going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many months , ” Casadevall says .
People in medicine often think about delayed gratification , according to Shoham , because they never know whether some bit of knowledge they possess today might be needed tomorrow for an unforeseen reason .
“ We ’ re not thinking about the next thing , ” he says .
“ This is it .
This is the one.
” Results from the trials in the two New York City hospitals are expected around the end of April .
How widely serum therapy is used after that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We want now to get the clinical trials done , ” Casadevall insists .
“ Compassionate use is going to be available [ in the trials ] .
Convalescent sera is going to be used in the country , there ’ s no question about that .
It ’ s already been deployed in Europe .
I think the next task is to learn if , when , and how to use it , and for that , we have to do clinical trials.
” The Red Cross is seeking people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able to donate plasma to help current patients with serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections , or those judged by a health care provider to be at high risk of progression to severe or life-threatening disease .
For more information , visit the website of the American Red Cross .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 3:05 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--COVID-19 To “Shock” US Economy Into Deep Recession, 13% Unemployment By June, WSJ Survey Says

COVID-19 To “ Shock ” US Economy Into Deep Recession , 13 % Unemployment By June , WSJ Survey Says The Wall Street Journal published a new monthly survey that outlines the severe economic impact of shutting down cities across America to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic .
The survey of 57 economists from April 3-7 includes 14.4 million job losses and a surge in unemployment through spring , with the possibility of a recovery in the second half of the year .
Economists told The WSJ that the U.S. labor market is in free fall , could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 13 % in June , and roughly 10 % by December .
As of March , the jobless rate was elevated at 4.4 % .
The outcome of the virus pandemic spreading across the country with 399,929 confirmed cases and 12,911 deaths , has turned into an economic and social crisis .
A depression will unfold in the second quarter , and the survey expects GDP to contract by at least 25 % on an annual rate .
Most of the economists , or at least 85 % that were surveyed , believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second half of the year .
Their estimates are between annualized growth rates of 6.2 % and 6.6 % in the third and fourth quarters , respectively .
Here ’ s what they believe growth will be on the full year : Many of the economists that were surveyed were split among the shape of the recovery in the second half .
The economists also said the Federal Reserve would hold interest rates on the zero lower bound through 2021 .
The average forecast in rate policy was a 25bps increase by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survey showed 100 % of economists thought the virus would be a “ significant drag ” on full-year economic growth in 2020 , ” up from 75 % a month earlier .
When it comes to corporate profits , economists expected earnings across companies in the S & P 500 to plunge 36 % in the second quarter versus the same period last year .
On an annualized basis , economists believed earnings would decline by at least 19 % .
The WSJ notes , “ One thing economists don ’ t see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets.
” Economists are making a bold statement in calling a possible bottom in markets as the economy plunges into depression .
Odd that almost every economist surveyed expects a recovery in the second half .
What if that is not the case ?
Maybe these economists need to read the latest WTO and OECD reports listed below .
It would undoubtedly change their minds about recovery this year… • “ These Numbers Are Ugly ” – WTO Forecasts Collapse In World Trade , Recovery For 2021 And a kindly reminder from Sven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survey : 100 % expect no recession in 2020.
” It appears these so-called experts are blinder than bats… This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 3:03 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--Pelosi Warns Next Small Business Stimulus Spending Bill Would Not Pass House If Democrats Don’t Get

Pelosi Warns Next Small Business Stimulus Spending Bill Would Not Pass House If Democrats Don’t Get What They Want

Pelosi Warns Next Small Business Stimulus Spending Bill Would Not Pass House If Democrats Don ’ t Get What They Want Unlike the Phase 3 of the fiscal stimulus , which represented $ 2.2 trillion in bailout aid for America ’ s small and medium business , and which passed through Congress without a glitch if with some delays , the next – Phase 4 – stimulus sought by Republicans may face far greater hurdles .
According to Reuters , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that $ 250 billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on its own under current procedures , which require a unanimous vote of those present while most of Congress is out of town .
The reason why the aid would not get unanimous Democratic support is because Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are demanding that more aid for hospitals , local governments and food assistance be added to the small business aid proposal that the Trump administration and Republicans want passed this week .
Pelosi was speaking in an interview with National Public Radio .
Asked if there are limits on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ No , we have to spend what we need.
” Which leaves republicans with two options : delay the passage of the next stimulus indefinitely , even though according to many the current $ 350 billion allocated to the PPP small business rescue program will be insufficient , or concede to Democrats and add far more pork to the bill .
Considering that according to Goldman , the US deficit will soar to 18 % of GDP in 2020… This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 3:02 @


prisonplanet--2020-04-09--States Use “Purge” Sirens, Fines, And Arrests To Force People To Comply With Stay-At-Home Order

States Use “ Purge ” Sirens , Fines , And Arrests To Force People To Comply With Stay-At-Home Order Historically speaking , it is hard for Americans to see how their liberties have been taken away .
With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the country , hopefully that will no longer be the case .
In Crowley , Louisiana police are using “ Purge ” sirens to warn people to stay indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic .
In an effort to alert residents to the parish-wide curfew in Acadia Parish , Crowley Police rode around town broadcasting an alarm signal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not what anyone expected .
In a video provided to KATC , the audible alarm from Crowley Police is actually the alarm sound from the successful film franchise The Purge .
Crowley Police will ticket people for going outside without documentation .
In Louisville , Kentucky a judge has ordered that people who ignore stay-at-home orders to wear GPS ankle bracelets .
In Vermont , the Attorney General ’ s Office ordered police to stop setting up checkpoints and roadblocks to detain motorists who do not comply with stay-at-home orders .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ said they will not arrest motorists who do not comply with stay-at-home orders , “ this is not Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia where you are asked for your papers.
” In Massachusetts and Alabama the government is giving law enforcement the names of anyone suspected of having COVID-19 .
In Rhode Island , the state police are stopping people with New York state license plates and the National Guard is going door-to-door looking for New York state residents .
In New York City the mayor has authorized the NYPD to fine people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In New Jersey , the Bergen County DA ’ s Office ordered police to stop requiring suspected COVID-19 patients to post signs on their homes .
Police in Pennsylvania fined a woman $ 200.00 for taking a drive , and in Baltimore , Maryland the National Guard is being used to enforce COVID-19 curfews .
In Florida , Delaware , and Texas police are authorized to stop and question out-of state motorists .
In Chicago , the mayor has threatened to arrest people for violating stay-at-home orders .
Police in Rio Grande @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patrols to fine people for ignoring stay-at-home orders , while police in Detroit use video surveillance planes to fine people $ 1,000 and up to six months in jail for not observing social distancing .
( To find out about Baltimore police surveillance airplanes , click here . )
In Brighton , Colorado a father was arrested for playing T-ball in a park with his 6-year-old daughter and wife because he did not observe social-distancing .
As AP News warned , governors are using COVID-19 to further their political ambitions and help them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been finding a way to introduce themselves , both politically and personally .
Society won ’ t be the same for a long time after this , and that includes our politics , ” Republican strategist John Weaver said .
“ I think you ’ ll see a rise of governors at the top of everyone ’ s mind when we get to that point in four years , there ’ s no doubt about it.
” If ever there was a reason to question political motives during COVID-19 , I give you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ famous for people being afraid of a headless horseman are now petrified of leaf blowers .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 9 , 2020 at 2:59 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-08--Bernie’s Press Secretary: ‘Now I Can Drop ‘Democratic’ From ‘Democratic Socialism’

It was authoritarianism all along .
After he announced he was suspending his presidential campaign , Bernie Sanders ’ press secretary expressed relief that she could finally drop the word “ democratic ” from the term “ democratic socialism.
” The mask comes off .
Sanders announced he was bowing out of the race earlier today telling his supporters during a live stream that the decision was “ very difficult and painful ” while acknowledging there was no feasible path to the nomination .
Briahna Joy Gray , Bernie ’ s press secretary had a very revealing response , tweeting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can drop the “ Democratic ” from my tweets about why Socialism is good.
” The term “ democratic socialism ” has long been used by Bernie ’ s campaign as a thin veil to disguise the fact that he is a command and control socialist and his policies have more in common with dictatorial socialist countries than anything America has ever seen .
“ Democratic socialism ” was originally coined by social democrats in the 20th century who wanted to emphasize that they saw a path to socialism through peaceful reform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia .
By eschewing the term “ democratic , ” Gray is basically admitting that the impetus behind Bernie ’ s campaign was authoritarian from the very beginning .
This correlates with frightening statements made by Bernie ’ s hardcore supporters and his own campaign staff .
A series of videos released by Project Veritas earlier this year featured Bernie staffers confirming with their own words just how “ democratic ” they envisioned their brand of socialism to be .
“ I ’ m ready to start tearing bricks up and start fighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bro , ” said South Carolina field organizer Martin Weissgerber in one oft he videos .
“ I ’ ll straight up get armed , I want to learn how to shoot and go train .
I ’ m ready for the f**ing revolution , bro.
” “ I ’ m telling you .
Guillotine the rich , ” he added .
Another campaign organizer named Kyle Jurek was captured on camera advocating re-education camps for Trump supporters while vowing that that “ Milwaukee will burn ” if Sanders didn ’ t get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ silenced by free speech-hating Silicon Valley behemoths who want me disappeared forever .
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prisonplanet--2020-04-08--Glenwood Springs Public Health Order Mandates Citizens Wear Face Masks or Receive up to a Year in Ja

Glenwood Springs Public Health Order Mandates Citizens Wear Face Masks or Receive up to a Year in Jail Masks must be worn where people can not maintain safe social distancing .
A new public health order voted on by council officials in Glenwood Springs , Colorado mandates citizens wear a face mask when they enter a shop , with the punishment being up to a year in jail .
The city ’ s public health order , which passed by a 6-1 council vote , requires people to wear the masks “ when entering and while inside of a place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ for all essential activities outside of their home.
” The punishment for not wearing a mask is a fine of up to $ 1,000 or 364 days in jail .
City attorney Karl Hanlon explained that the order does not mandate residents wear masks when they leave their homes , but as soon as they encounter a situation in a public place where people can not maintain safe social distancing , the masks become mandatory .
Face coverings such as bandanas and scarves can be used in place of medical masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials don ’ t want residents to put a strain on supply .
Councilor Tony Hershey , who voted against the law , said it went too far .
“ As a more conservative person , I can ’ t support micromanaging people ’ s lives , ” Hershey told the Aspen Times .
“ To some extent we have to legislate… but this is a city council , we should do it in cooperation with the county government and with the state government and , yes , with the federal government.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Insane , ” remarked Robby Starbuck .
“ I support using masks to limit the spread but throwing a person in jail for a year over not wearing one is a gigantic overreach of power that tramples on the core values of America , ” he added .
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prisonplanet--2020-04-08--Sen. Ted Cruz Rips NBC News For Parroting Chinese Communist Propaganda

Cruz says every broadcast should be closed with ‘ this message was paid for by the Communist Party of China ’ Several prominent political figures , including Ted Cruz have slammed NBC News for consistently repeating Communist Chinese government talking points in their output .
The Texas Senator linked to an NBC News article which read “ U.S .
reports 1,264 coronavirus deaths in over 24 hours .
Meanwhile in China , where the pandemic broke out , not a single new coronavirus death was reported.
” Cruz tweeted , “ Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act , 22 USC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty sure NBC is now legally obligated to close every broadcast with—and append to every tweet— ’ this message paid for by the Communist Party of China.
’ ” Joining the Senator in bashing the network was GOP Congressman Doug Collins , who linked to the same piece and wrote “ Strange that the media is so skeptical about hydroxychloroquine , yet so willing to believe propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party.
” “ They hate @ realdonaldtrump more than they love America.
” Collins added .
The Representative from Georgia fired off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s numbers are clearly fake , yet NBC is repeating them in order to “ undercut ” President Trump .
Joining Cruz and Collins was former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley .
The former U.S .
Ambassador to the United Nations tweeted “ Come on @ NBCNews .
This is embarrassing .
You discredit yourself when you tout China ’ s propaganda .
# KnowYourSource ” It is widely accepted now that China is lying about the true scale of the outbreak within its borders .
The country is also engaging in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it has emerged that a Chinese Communist mouthpiece who was able to ask President Trump questions at the White House earlier this week is a member of the White House Correspondents Association .
“ As a result , she became a member of the White House Foreign Press Group because she not only is a member of the WHCA , but also has a ‘ hard pass ’ to be in the White House Briefing Room that was granted to her by the current administration , ” said White House Foreign Press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This reporter is therefore part of our regular rotation of members who have access to our seat during press briefings in the White House , ” he told The Daily Caller .
Senator Cruz pointed to the exchange between the reporter and Trump , labelling it “ disgraceful and reckless ” that Phoenix TV is allowed into the press briefings .
This article was posted : Wednesday , April 8 , 2020 at 6:50 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-08--Registered Nurse Threatens to Deny Trump Supporter Coronavirus Treatment

“ We have to decide who gets the vent.
” A self-proclaimed registered nurse took to Twitter to suggest that she would not give someone emergency medical treatment for coronavirus if he was a Trump supporter .
The nurse was responding to a man called George S. Martan who posted a photo of himself wearing a face mask with ‘ Trump 2020 ’ embroidered onto it .
“ My wife sewed this face mask today to protect me from the Wuhan Virus and show support for President Trump , ” commented the man .
“ I ’ ll see you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so when we have to decide who gets the vent , it ’ ll be easier .
Thanks , ” responded Erika Waters , who describes herself as a registered nurse practitioner in her bio .
Waters has several anti-Trump hashtags in her bio , including # Resist , # GunReform and # BLM ( Black Lives Matter ) .
She immediately faced the wrath of other Twitter users , including one who pointed out , “ Medical homicide via negligence is the third leading cause of death in the United States.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an attempt to alert health authorities to the threat , with one tweeting , “ Hope your medical malpractice carrier doesn ’ t see this.
” Waters later claimed that people were targeting the wrong nurse with the same name , remarking , “ Your conduct is just as horrid as mine while you are doxxing every nurse named Erika Waters.
” She also subsequently apologized to Martan , tweeting , “ I was not thinking , obviously , when I suggested you wear your mask into the ER where I work .
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prisonplanet--2020-04-16--UK Police Accuse Journalist of “Killing People” For Filming Them in a Park

UK Police Accuse Journalist of “ Killing People ” For Filming Them in a Park While spitting in his face .
A video clip shows police officers in London accusing a journalist of “ killing people ” for filming them in a park .
The incident began when journalist Michael Segalov witnessed an encounter between a woman and police during which the officers appeared to be harassing her .
He began recording the confrontation on his phone but was soon surrounded by several officers , one of whom told him , “ You ’ re killing people .
Go home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social distancing rules mandate .
According to a letter of complaint filed by solicitors at ITN , the news channel Segalov works for , the journalist actually felt the spittle of one of the officers land on his face during the exchange .
One of the officers , Sergeant Brown , repeatedly provides his name and number to stress that he is proud of what he is doing .
It subsequently emerged that the officers were hassling the woman because they thought she was “ clearly not exercising ” and told her to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an officer invading someone ’ s personal space to enforce social distancing rules which require a 2 meter gap and then accusing the other person of “ killing people ” can not be overemphasized .
Segalov is now demanding an investigation of the officers involved and a public apology .
“ This is absolutely shameful policing .
The officers should be investigated and @ MikeSegalov must get the apology he deserves , ” said Big Brother Watch in response to the incident .
As we previously highlighted , there have been innumerable examples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their powers during the lockdown , from a female officer who told a family their kids couldn ’ t play on their own front garden , to a man who received a police visit for cutting his disabled neighbor ’ s grass .
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This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 6:00 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Memos Leaked To AP Show China Knew COVID-19 Was ‘Likely Severe Pandemic’ While WHO Said It Wasn’t

Memos Leaked To AP Show China Knew COVID-19 Was ‘ Likely Severe Pandemic ’ While Telling W.H.O It Wasn ’ t The documents clearly state that the true scale of the virus outbreak was “ not to be publicly disclosed ” Internal Chinese government documents obtained by the Associated Press prove that Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping knew for sure that the outbreak of coronavirus in China was an “ epidemic ” and was highly contagious between humans in mid January , yet simultaneously China told the World Health Organization ( WHO ) that there was no “ evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xi knew that the “ risk of transmission and spread ” was “ high ” yet the Chinese government sat on the information for almost a whole week .
The AP notes that the memos “ show that the head of China ’ s National Health Commission , Ma Xiaowei , laid out a grim assessment of the situation on Jan. 14 in a confidential teleconference with provincial health officials.
” The memo quotes Ma as warning that “ The epidemic situation is still severe and complex , the most severe challenge since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to develop into a major public health event.
” In one part of the memo , entitled “ sober understanding of the situation , ” it is acknowledged that “ clustered cases suggest that human-to-human transmission is possible.
” “ With the coming of the Spring Festival , many people will be traveling , and the risk of transmission and spread is high , ” the memo reads , adding “ All localities must prepare for and respond to a pandemic.
” The information proves that the Chinese government lied to the WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about no human to human transmission on the same date , January 14 , referenced in the Chinese documents : The documents clearly state that the true scale of the virus outbreak was “ not to be publicly disclosed.
” The AP report notes that “ In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus , the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people ; millions began traveling through for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day , Jan. 20 .
But by that time , more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public silence , ” the report continues .
“ This is tremendous , ” said Zuo-Feng Zhang , an epidemiologist at the University of California , Los Angeles .
“ If they took action six days earlier , there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been sufficient .
We might have avoided the collapse of Wuhan ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous studies that found the global pandemic could have been completely avoided , had China been up front with the true scale of the health crisis .
It has become clear that the first cases of the Chinese virus were reported in mid-late November and early December , with scientists even estimating that the first jump of the virus from animals to humans probably occurred in October in the city of Wuhan .
Instead of acting immediately , the Chinese government waited until January 23rd before issuing quarantine orders to the 11 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xi Jinping , also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission , talks with experts during his visit to the School of Medicine at Tsinghua University in Beijing , capital of China , March 2 , 2020 .
( photo by Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty ) The communist state was also actively working to suppress and punish doctors and scientists who tried to get warnings out .
The US intelligence agencies have known about China ’ s subterfuge for some time now , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ submitted to the White House in late March , concluding that China under reported the amount of coronavirus cases and deaths within its borders , and actively worked to conceal the severity of the outbreak .
Bloomberg News cited three officials familiar with the report , noting that “ The officials asked not to be identified because the report is secret and declined to detail its contents .
But the thrust , they said , is that China ’ s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete .
Two of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s numbers are fake.
” Indeed , it seems that China is STILL lying about the outbreak , with a new wave of the virus having hit the country .
As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak without triggering a new Great Depression , China is withholding vital information that would save lives and significantly alleviate the economic catastrophe that now threatens to immiserate hundreds of millions of people around the world .
This isn ’ t the old coverup , when Communist Party bumbling and deceit allowed a local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disaster in decades .
The new coverup is even more brazen .
China continues to falsify vital information about the epidemic on a massive scale .
The evidence comes from many sources .
In a classified report to the White House , the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that China underreports both deaths and the total number of cases .
The Economist magazine compared China ’ s reported statistics with those from other countries and found that numbers changed dramatically in response to political events , such as the firing and replacement of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear since January that China is lying about the virus , the western media , as well as the World Health Organisation continued to parrot Chinese government and state media talking points .
The media in the US said it was a ‘ conspiracy theory ’ that China was downplaying the outbreak , and that the WHO was parroting that notion .
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has continually blasted China ’ s “ intentional disinformation campaign , ” and the British government ’ s scientific advisors have estimated that things could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the communist state admits .
“ There is a disgusting disinformation campaign going on and it is unacceptable , ” an anonymous government source told The Daily Mail lin early April .
“ They [ the Chinese government ] know they have got this badly wrong and rather than owning it they are spreading lies.
” the source added .
The former head of the US FDA declared earlier this week that China ’ s misinformation over the spread of the coronavirus needs to be investigated , while also noting that the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which ultimately doomed the globe into a pandemic .
The American Enterprise Institute ( AEI ) reported last week that a “ conservative estimation ” suggests there are 2.9 million coronavirus cases in China and up to 136,000 deaths .
Yet according to official government figures , only 83,000 cases and 3,300 deaths have been reported .
While President Trump has halted funding for the WHO , a number of GOP senators have announced that they are investigating the organization ’ s involvement with China ’ s coverup of the true scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the attempted cover up by China appears to be because the virus was leaked from the bio-lab in Wuhan .
Numerous virologists and experts have stated that the possibility needs to be investigated , with intelligence and government officials going on record as saying that they are investigating the matter .
On Wednesday night , Fox News revealed that numerous sources confirmed that coronavirus was leaked from the Wuhan lab and that the World Health Organization was “ complicit ” in helping China to cover up the truth .
Fox reporter John Roberts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with a tight lipped Trump responding that it is being looked into .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 5:42 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Nigel Farage Will Campaign to Quickly Retire ‘Police State’ Coronavirus Powers

Nigel Farage Will Campaign to Quickly Retire ‘ Police State ’ Coronavirus Powers While the new coronavirus police powers are meant to be temporary , it would be easy for senior officers to make the argument to keep them indefinitely , Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned , revealing he will campaign for Britons to regain their liberties as soon as possible .
Writing that he ’ d “ found my next campaign ” , Mr Farage — who has a strong track record of fighting long-term attritional campaigns against vested interests , as in the case of building support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Union from a niche movement in the early 1990s to a nationwide referendum victory by 2016 — said some police officers were behaving in an “ appalling ” way .
Noting the hypocrisy of officers chasing Britons off their own beaches , even when well isolated from other leisure-makers , while the government brings hundreds of illegal boat migrants ashore off Kent during the coronavirus pandemic , Mr Farage asked : “ How can such a glaring inconsistency exist when the Government expects to secure continued public support for the lockdown – particularly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so heavy-handed ?
Frankly , I am beginning to wonder if some officers are actively enjoying wielding their newly minted powers.
” The Brexit leader wrote in his in a Daily Telegraph column : Yes , I do want to fight this horrible disease .
Indeed , I was one of the first people to condemn publicly the Government ’ s herd immunity strategy .
But I do not want to live under a house detention regime or for this country to be remoulded into a police state .
Boris Johnson has now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brightened up Easter .
When he is fully recovered , I expect to see a gradual easing of the lockdown .
I fear , however , that the arbitrary powers now given to the police may remain in place for a long time to come .
Why ?
Because I can envisage the argument being advanced by the police that many of their powers must be retained in case another pandemic strikes .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 5:19 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Lockdown-Backlash Begins: Angry Crowd Surrounds Capitol, Demands Michigan Governor Reopen Economy

As we have noted , the evolution of the virus pandemic is not just a public health crisis nor a financial meltdown but could transform into a social unraveling .
And , oh boy , it appears we could be right .
But before we cover today ’ s events .
Several weeks ago , what piqued our interest was a warning from the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of how “ a social bomb ” was ready to explode over major Western cities “ in a few weeks.
” And it appears , those few weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : On Wednesday afternoon , massive crowds , organized by a conservative group , have surrounded Michigan ’ s state Capitol building .
Protestors are angry at Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s ( D ) stay-at-home public health order during the pandemic .
Supporters of the Michigan Conservative Coalition have requested Whitmer to reopen the economy on May 1 and ease restrictions to return life to normal .
WWJ Newsradio 950 ’ s Charlie Langton said organizers are calling the movement “ Operation Gridlock.
” Langton tweeted a video of a traffic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miles outside Lansing , ” waiting to get to the Capitol .
WOOD-TV ’ s Heather Walker provides coverage from within Operation Gridlock as people use their cars to lockdown streets around the Capitol building .
Walker interviewed several Michiganders , who are fed up with the public health order and want the economy to reopen .
Many said they could make their own health decisions and don ’ t need the government to tell them what to do .
Some protestors were dressed in body armor , wielding AR-15s .
In what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were riding horses .
More views of people with body armor and weapons at the steps of the Capitol .
WOOD-TV ’ s Blake Harms shows a traffic map of how Operation Gridlock has caused severe traffic jams in Lansing .
After a month of lockdowns , slamming the local economy into depression , with hundreds of thousands of job losses , people are starting to get angry and are now locking down roadways around the Lansing Capitol building demanding the governor reverse the public health order .
How long until Operation Gridlock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 5:12 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Trump says US conducting ‘very thorough’ probe into Covid-19 origins, refuses to dismiss ‘sources’ p

Trump says US conducting ‘very thorough’ probe into Covid-19 origins, refuses to dismiss ‘sources’ pushing Chinese lab narrative

Trump says US conducting ‘ very thorough ’ probe into Covid-19 origins , refuses to dismiss ‘ sources ’ pushing Chinese lab narrative US President Donald Trump hinted that a probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic hasn ’ t ruled out that it may have started in a lab in China , fanning the flames of a conspiracy theory that ’ s turning increasingly mainstream .
Asked to comment on reports stating the US government had “ high confidence ” the Covid-19 outbreak “ emanated ” from a virology lab in the city of Wuhan at Wednesday ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remained somewhat tight-lipped , but said just enough to lend credence to the increasingly popular claim .
“ Well , I don ’ t want to say that… but I will tell you , more and more we ’ re hearing the story , and we ’ ll see , ” he said .
“ We are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation.
” A Washington Post report on Tuesday said American officials had visited the lab – the Wuhan Institute of Virology – in 2018 and later warned of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says has now “ fueled discussions inside the US government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the virus.
” The report acknowledged that any “ conclusive proof ” for the idea had yet to emerge , however .
Pressed further at the news briefing , Trump refused to elaborate on whether he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping about the alleged security issues at the lab in Wuhan , saying only “ I don ’ t want to discuss what I talked to him about the laboratory ; I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , it ’ s inappropriate right now.
” One day after the Post report , Fox News ran a story blaring from its headline that “ sources believe ” the lethal pathogen originated in the Wuhan lab “ as part of China ’ s efforts to compete ” with the United States .
But US officials ’ supposed “ increasing confidence ” about the theory is only vouched for by unnamed interviewees , with a number of named sources voicing far less certainty on the issue .
“ I would just say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inconclusive , although the weight of evidence seems to indicate [ the virus is ] natural , but we don ’ t know for certain , ” said General Mark Milley , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .
Defense Secretary Mark Esper , meanwhile , was quoted as saying “ Most people believe it began naturally – it was organic , if you will.
” The theory is gaining prominence as the White House steps up a rhetorical assault on Beijing , increasingly blaming the Chinese government for a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by most accounts began in a wildlife market in Wuhan .
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has also been caught in the fray , with Washington cutting the agency ’ s funding , alleging it abetted the Chinese effort to conceal information about the virus in the early stages of the pandemic .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 5:04 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--California Announces Stimulus Checks for Illegal Aliens

In an effort to alleviate the economic burden of the COVID-19 outbreak , President Donald J. Trump and Congress agreed to give up to $ 2400 to American families in the form of stimulus checks .
Now , the state of California has announced that it will do the same — for illegal aliens .
“ NEW : California Governor Newsom announced today that part of the state ’ s # COVID19 assistance will include giving $ 500 each to 150,000 undocumented immigrants in the state .
Adds up to $ 75 million , ” Fox Los Angeles ’ Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first state to give taxpayer cash to illegal aliens , but it might not be the last .
During negotiations for the CARES Act , the federal bill which provided the stimulus checks to American citizens , Democrat members of the U.S. House and Senate pushed for illegal aliens to receive a cash bailout , despite the fact that illegal aliens are a net drain on the American taxpayer .
Earlier this week the Associate Press lamented the fact that illegal aliens , which they call “ immigrants who do not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would not be receiving stimulus checks .
For many illegal aliens , the state of California has stepped in to remedy that .
This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 4:46 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--‘A very scary idea’: How Google and Apple’s COVID-19 tracing could turn sick people into pariahs

‘ A very scary idea ’ : How Google and Apple ’ s COVID-19 tracing could turn sick people into pariahs Apple and Alphabet ’ s Google say privacy and security are top of mind for their collaboration to enable “ contact tracing ” apps to function across iOS and Android mobile devices to contain the novel coronavirus .
However , telecom and cybersecurity experts say the technology may not fully protect users , raising scenarios that expose the identities of infected individuals .
The planned technology is slated to use low-power Bluetooth functionality standard on iPhone and Android mobile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as long as a mobile phone ’ s Bluetooth remains turned on and enabled , a “ beacon ” can exchange information about COVID-positive disease status between phones within 10 to 15 feet of each other .
The privacy questions lie in the difficulty of setting an effective tracking distance , and time frame between when a device detects close proximity with an infected user ’ s device , and when the receiving device is notified of the proximity event , according to Ben Levitan , a veteran telecommunications engineer .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come up with a notification area that ’ s fairly large , ” Levitan said , explaining the so-called fix could render the tracking ineffective .
“ If you give me notifications that someone is within 10 feet , they have The Scarlet Letter .
They may have lost their privacy , but it ’ s very valuable to me .
Though if you set the parameter to a mile , it ’ s kind of useless to everybody.
” This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 4:38 @


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Mike Pompeo demands truth from Beijing as US investigates if COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab during

Mike Pompeo demands truth from Beijing as US investigates if COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab during experiments and China covered it up by blaming ‘wet’ food markets

Mike Pompeo demands truth from Beijing as US investigates if COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab during experiments and China covered it up by blaming ‘ wet ’ food markets Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded that China ‘ come clean ’ following reports that coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory , not as a bioweapon , but as part of bungling experiments to prove that Chinese scientists were superior to Americans in identifying emerging virus threats .
It comes after President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. is trying to determine whether the coronavirus first crossed to humans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab .
After word of the outbreak finally became public , Chinese leaders were quick to blame Wuhan ’ s ‘ wet market ’ where wild animals — though not bats — are sold for consumption , leading one source to tell Fox News the debacle is the ‘ costliest government coverup of all time.
’ ‘ Patient zero ’ worked at the Wuhan lab , and spread the virus into the local population after leaving work , sources who had been briefed on intelligence told the outlet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ know that this virus originated in Wuhan , China , ’ Pompeo told Fox News on Wednesday evening .
‘ We know there is the Wuhan Institute of Virology just a handful of miles away from where the wet market was .
There is still lots to learn .
The United States government is working diligently to figure it out.
’ Asked about the new allegations at a White House press conference on Wednesday , Trump replied cryptically : ‘ More and more , we ’ re hearing the story.
’ This article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 at 4:35 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--No human-to-human transmission, no travel bans, but plenty of praise for Beijing: How WHO parroted C

No human-to-human transmission, no travel bans, but plenty of praise for Beijing: How WHO parroted Chinese lies as coronavirus pandemic unfolded

No human-to-human transmission , no travel bans , but plenty of praise for Beijing : How WHO parroted Chinese lies as coronavirus pandemic unfolded The World Heath Organisation has found itself with serious questions to answer after President Trump accused the UN agency of ‘ severely mismanaging ’ its response to the coronavirus pandemic and withheld $ 500million in funding .
The WHO has been spearheading global efforts to fight the virus , but has come under attack for playing along with China as the country sought to minimise its initial outbreak and the threat the disease posed .
Critics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government data , early claims that the disease was not spreading person-to-person , and praise for the country ’ s leaders as evidence that it was not fulfilling its role .
Trump – who is facing heavy criticism for his own response – has blasted the WHO for advising against travel bans , which he claims ‘ accelerated the pandemic all around the world ’ , and called for an investigation .
Here , the Mail Online has tracked key WHO statements about coronavirus – from the first cases , through China ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reveal what the world ’ s largest health body said and when as the disease spread… December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘ a cluster of pneumonia cases ’ in Wuhan with no deaths , saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘ pneumonia of unknown cause ’ , saying there are a total of 44 patients and 11 in severe condition .
The main symptom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few patients having difficulty breathing ’ The WHO says there is ‘ no evidence of human-to-human transmission ’ and that ‘ no health care worker infections have been reported ’ January 7 – China says it has identified the cause of the pneumonia as a ‘ novel coronavirus ’ , initially named 2019-nCoV by the WHO This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 4:33 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Coronavirus Relief: Proposed Bill Would Give Americans $2,000 A Month During Pandemic

Two House Democrats have introduced legislation that would give millions of Americans $ 2,000 per month during the coronavirus pandemic .
The new bill is called the Emergency Money for the People Act .
It was introduced by Rep. Tim Ryan , D-Ohio , and Rep. Ro Khanna , D-Calif. “ The economic impact of this virus is unprecedented for our country .
As millions of Americans file for unemployment week over week , we have to work quickly to patch the dam – and that means putting cash in the hands of hard-working families.
” The act would expand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 2,000 monthly payment to every qualifying American over the age of 16 until employment returns to pre-COVID-19 levels .
“ A one-time , twelve hundred dollar check isn ’ t going to cut it , ” said Rep. Ro Khanna in a press release .
“ Americans need sustained cash infusions for the duration of this crisis in order to come out on the other side alive , healthy , and ready to get back to work .
Members on both sides of the aisle are finally coming together around the idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rep. Ryan and I are urging leadership to include this bill in the fourth COVID relief package to truly support the American working class.
” This article was posted : Thursday , April 16 , 2020 at 4:31 am