revolutionradio--2020-05-20--The Case of General Michael Flynn:  The Use of Law as a Political Weapon

The audacious corruption of the FBI and the US Department of Justice ( sic ) is demonstrated by their frame-up of the three-star general , former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency , and National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump .
US Department of Justice ( DOJ ) documents that the department was forced to turn over to General Michael Flynn ’ s attorney reveal that the FBI found no wrongdoing by Flynn in its investigation of him and recommended the investigation be closed .
Corrupt FBI official Peter Strzok , a leader of the anti-Trump cabal in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official managing the investigation not to close the case as it was the wishes of the “ 7th floor ” ( top FBI officials ) to keep the case open .
In the absence of evidence against Flynn , released FBI documents prove that the FBI leadership decided to frame General Flynn .
The documents reveal that the FBI ’ s plan is “ to get him ( Flynn ) to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired .
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we should try to frame them in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced to incriminate himself with a guilty plea .
Otherwise , the corrupt DOJ prosecutors threatened to indict Flynn ’ s son .
When this proof of egregious government misconduct came to light , the DOJ had no choice but to drop the case against General Flynn .
Otherwise it would be clear that law in the US is a weapon in the hands of government .
This would mean that control of government would be a life and death matter for the two political parties as it is in Ecuador and Bolivia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrest outgoing presidents .
But we didn ’ t hear a word about the frame-up of General Flynn from the corrupt presstitutes .
On May 7 the editorial board of the New York Times published the largest and most egregious collection of lies in the entire history of the disreputable organization .
The editorial— “ Don ’ t Forget , Michael Flynn Pleaded Guillty .
Twice.
” —claimed the lies coerced from Flynn proved Flynn ’ s guilt , and that Attorney General William Barr is a “ personal fixer for the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to protect friends and to go after political enemies .
The New York Times has it backwards .
Going after political enemies is precisely what the Obama Regime ’ s concocted case against General Flynn ( and Trump ) was all about .
Remember , it was General Flynn who said on television that it was a “ willful decision ” of the Obama Regime to send the mercenary jihadists to attack Syria , a decision Obama made in the face of contrary advice by General Flynn , Director of the Defense Intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it blew up the fake news story spread by the Obama Regime and the presstitutes that the Obama-supported invasion of Syria by CIA mercenaries was an uprising by Syrian moderates fighting for democracy .
Flynn ’ s blood is blood that the corrupt Obama Regime wanted very badly .
This entry was posted on Wednesday , May 20th , 2020 at 2:02 pm and is filed under Conspiracy , Corruption , Government Evil , New World Order .
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Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
May 20, 2020
The audacious corruption of the FBI and the US Department of Justice (sic) is demonstrated by their frame-up of the three-star general, former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump.
US Department of Justice (DOJ) documents that the department was forced to turn over to General Michael Flynn’s attorney reveal that the FBI found no wrongdoing by Flynn in its investigation of him and recommended the investigation be closed. Corrupt FBI official Peter Strzok, a leader of the anti-Trump cabal in the FBI, intervened. Strzok convinced the official managing the investigation not to close the case as it was the wishes of the “7th floor” (top FBI officials) to keep the case open. In the absence of evidence against Flynn, released FBI documents prove that the FBI leadership decided to frame General Flynn. The documents reveal that the FBI’s plan is “to get him (Flynn) to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired. . . . we should try to frame them in a way we want.” General Flynn was forced to incriminate himself with a guilty plea. Otherwise, the corrupt DOJ prosecutors threatened to indict Flynn’s son.
When this proof of egregious government misconduct came to light, the DOJ had no choice but to drop the case against General Flynn. Otherwise it would be clear that law in the US is a weapon in the hands of government. This would mean that control of government would be a life and death matter for the two political parties as it is in Ecuador and Bolivia where incoming presidents arrest or attempt to arrest outgoing presidents.
But we didn’t hear a word about the frame-up of General Flynn from the corrupt presstitutes. On May 7 the editorial board of the New York Times published the largest and most egregious collection of lies in the entire history of the disreputable organization. The editorial— “Don’t Forget, Michael Flynn Pleaded Guillty. Twice.” —claimed the lies coerced from Flynn proved Flynn’s guilt, and that Attorney General William Barr is a “personal fixer for the president” and used the Department of Justice to protect friends and to go after political enemies.
The New York Times has it backwards. Going after political enemies is precisely what the Obama Regime’s concocted case against General Flynn (and Trump) was all about. Remember, it was General Flynn who said on television that it was a “willful decision” of the Obama Regime to send the mercenary jihadists to attack Syria, a decision Obama made in the face of contrary advice by General Flynn, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. When Flynn revealed this, it blew up the fake news story spread by the Obama Regime and the presstitutes that the Obama-supported invasion of Syria by CIA mercenaries was an uprising by Syrian moderates fighting for democracy. Flynn’s blood is blood that the corrupt Obama Regime wanted very badly.
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revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Did The Lockdown Save Lives?

Did The Lockdown Save Lives?

by Jeffrey Tucker via The American Institute for Economic Research ZeroHedge.com Thu , 05/21/2020 For two to three months , Americans have suffered the loss of liberty , security , and prosperity in the name of virus control .
The psychological impact has been beyond description .
We thought we could count on basic rights and freedoms .
Then over a few days in March , it all ended in ways hardly anyone could believe possible .
The manner in which governments dealt with foundational principles of modernity has been shocking .
They put half the country under house arrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Bill of Rights and all legal precedent , to say nothing of the Constitution .
It felt like a coercive unraveling of civilization itself .
It ’ s like we are all waking up from a bad dream only to look around and see the wreckage that proves it was all real .
So how can we deal with this terror that befell us ?
One way is to figure out some aspect in which our sacrifice has been worth it , maybe not on net given the consequences , but surely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If my email and feeds are correct , this is how many people have been justifying this .
The psychology here is rooted in the sunk-cost fallacy : when you commit resources to something , even when it is a proven error , you tend to find justifications by doubling down rather than just admitting the mistake .
Thus have many people written me to say that whether you agree or disagree with the lockdown , we have to admit that it has saved millions of lives .
I always write back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They send me a link to a projection – those very projections that presume all kinds of things about cause and effect that we can not know and which have proven wrong time and again throughout this crisis .
So let ’ s just grant that it is possible that lockdowns can be credited with slowing the spread of the virus , and perhaps preserving hospital capacity ( which turned out to be unnecessary ) .
Still , the virus doesn ’ t then get bored and move by to Wuhan or to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so at best , these measures only “ prolong the pain , ” in the words of Knut Wittkowski .
So even if lockdowns slow the spread in the short run , it ’ s not clear that they have saved lives from the coronavirus , even if it results in more death overall from deferred surgeries and diagnostics , suicides , drug overdoses , and depression .
The trouble here is that certain features of this experience stand out to contradict the idea that lockdowns are saving lives over the longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thirds of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were in fact sheltering in place during the lockdown , essentially living in forced isolation .
The lockdown didn ’ t help them ; it might have contributed to making matters worse .
Meanwhile , despite the media hate poured out against Florida ’ s youthful spring break revelers , where hundreds of thousands declined to socially distance at the height of the virus risk , I ’ ve yet to find a credible report of fatalities beyond two that were probably unpreventable .
This is because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ negligible , as we ’ ve known for a long time now .
In many countries , 30 % to 60 % of excess deaths trace to nursing homes .
These environments are neither locked down nor open ; the virus spread among the most vulnerable population after even just one exposure due to possible negligence and distraction by mass frenzy .
In the midst of locking down the whole world , and our politicians were consumed with the desire to enforce stay-at-home orders and forced separation , the population that needed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in New York , California , and New Jersey , nursing homes were forced to take in COVID-19 patients .
One way we might discern whether and to what extent lockdowns have had any effect on infection and death is to examine the empirical case .
Writing in the Wall Street Journal , T.J Rogers examined all the existing studies : Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19 ?
Joe Malchow , Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out .
We set out to quantify how many deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a state-by-state basis .
To normalize for an unambiguous comparison of deaths between states at the midpoint of an epidemic , we counted deaths per million population for a fixed 21-day period , measured from when the death rate first hit 1 per million—e.g.
, ‒three deaths in Iowa or 19 in New York state .
A state ’ s “ days to shutdown ” was the time after a state crossed the 1 per million threshold until it ordered businesses shut down .
We ran a simple one-variable correlation of deaths per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ranged from minus-10 days ( some states shut down before any sign of Covid-19 ) to 35 days for South Dakota , one of seven states with limited or no shutdown .
The correlation coefficient was 5.5 % —so low that the engineers I used to employ would have summarized it as “ no correlation ” and moved on to find the real cause of the problem .
( The trendline sloped downward—states that delayed more tended to have lower death rates—but that ’ s also a meaningless result due to the low @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be drawn about the states that sheltered quickly , because their death rates ran the full gamut , from 20 per million in Oregon to 360 in New York .
This wide variation means that other variables—like population density or subway use—were more important .
Our correlation coefficient for per-capita death rates vs. the population density was 44 % .
That suggests New York City might have benefited from its shutdown—but blindly copying New York ’ s policies in places with low Covid-19 death rates , such as my native Wisconsin , doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the international front , consider the work of Isaac Ben-Israel , head of the Security Studies program in Tel Aviv University and the chairman of the National Council for Research and Development .
His detailed study from around the world compares locked down countries with those that stayed open .
The Times of Israel summarizes his findings as follows .
A prominent Israeli mathematician , analyst and former general claims simple statistical analysis demonstrates that the spread of COVID-19 peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it .
Even a casual look at the open societies of Sweden and Korea – despite going too far in interventions – demonstrate that they experienced lower rates of death than Europe and the U.K .
Even the World Health Organization has praised Sweden ’ s response .
And a very careful empirical study of counterfactuals in Sweden concluded : On the basis of the available data , we find that a lockdown in Sweden would not have limited the number of infections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Theory suggests that this may be the result of people maintaining a larger social distance even in the absence of a lockdown—there could be , in other words , voluntary social restraint .
Krueger et al .
( 2020 ) , in particular , show this in the context of a formal model and suggest that this may be the relevant case for Sweden Finally , we have a decisive study from Bloomberg that carefully charts lockdowns and death , concluding : There ’ s little correlation between the severity of a nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to curb excess fatalities — a measure that looks at the overall number of deaths compared with normal trends .
Cause and effect are notoriously difficult to discern in human affairs on a macroscale .
Even if it connects somehow to intuition that locking down keeps the virus away , they do not deal with the reality that the virus is still there , even if temporarily contained ( which itself is arguable ) .
Quarantines , lockdowns , shelter-in-place orders and so on reflect a premodern bias and an unscientific impulse to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used from the ancient world through selective quarantines in some cities in 1918 .
Then we got smart , developed a modern theory of viruses ( well explained here ) , and eschewed them in every pandemic since World War II .
Then , somehow , and mysteriously , one century flipped to the next and we got dumb again and here we are .
Did the lockdown save lives ?
It ’ s possible but not yet proven , and the evidence so far points to a negative answer .
No matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our heads , no matter how much we want to believe that something good has come out of this catastrophe , we are all going to have someday to deal with the terrible but likely reality that it was all for naught .
I conclude with the words of the great physician who is credited with smallpox eradication , Donald A. Henderson ( 1928-2016 ) .
The interest in quarantine reflects the views and conditions prevalent more than 50 years ago , when much less was known about the epidemiology of infectious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ international and domestic travel in a less densely populated world .
It is difficult to identify circumstances in the past half-century when large-scale quarantine has been effectively used in the control of any disease .
The negative consequences of large-scale quarantine are so extreme ( forced confinement of sick people with the well ; complete restriction of movement of large populations ; difficulty in getting critical supplies , medicines , and food to people inside the quarantine zone ) that this mitigation measure should be eliminated from serious consideration .
This entry was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 at 6:16 am and is filed under Government Evil , Health .
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by Jeffrey Tucker via The American Institute for Economic Research
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 05/21/2020
For two to three months, Americans have suffered the loss of liberty, security, and prosperity in the name of virus control. The psychological impact has been beyond description. We thought we could count on basic rights and freedoms. Then over a few days in March, it all ended in ways hardly anyone could believe possible.
The manner in which governments dealt with foundational principles of modernity has been shocking. They put half the country under house arrest and managed every movement in disregard for the Bill of Rights and all legal precedent, to say nothing of the Constitution. It felt like a coercive unraveling of civilization itself. It’s like we are all waking up from a bad dream only to look around and see the wreckage that proves it was all real.
So how can we deal with this terror that befell us? One way is to figure out some aspect in which our sacrifice has been worth it, maybe not on net given the consequences, but surely some good has come out of this. If my email and feeds are correct, this is how many people have been justifying this. The psychology here is rooted in the sunk-cost fallacy: when you commit resources to something, even when it is a proven error, you tend to find justifications by doubling down rather than just admitting the mistake.
Thus have many people written me to say that whether you agree or disagree with the lockdown, we have to admit that it has saved millions of lives. I always write back and ask how they know that. They send me a link to a projection – those very projections that presume all kinds of things about cause and effect that we cannot know and which have proven wrong time and again throughout this crisis.
So let’s just grant that it is possible that lockdowns can be credited with slowing the spread of the virus, and perhaps preserving hospital capacity (which turned out to be unnecessary). Still, the virus doesn’t then get bored and move by to Wuhan or to another planet. It still sticks around, so at best, these measures only “prolong the pain,” in the words of Knut Wittkowski.
So even if lockdowns slow the spread in the short run, it’s not clear that they have saved lives from the coronavirus, even if it results in more death overall from deferred surgeries and diagnostics, suicides, drug overdoses, and depression.
The trouble here is that certain features of this experience stand out to contradict the idea that lockdowns are saving lives over the longer term. In New York, two thirds of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were in fact sheltering in place during the lockdown, essentially living in forced isolation. The lockdown didn’t help them; it might have contributed to making matters worse.
Meanwhile, despite the media hate poured out against Florida’s youthful spring break revelers, where hundreds of thousands declined to socially distance at the height of the virus risk, I’ve yet to find a credible report of fatalities beyond two that were probably unpreventable. This is because the risks to the younger population are negligible, as we’ve known for a long time now.
In many countries, 30% to 60% of excess deaths trace to nursing homes. These environments are neither locked down nor open; the virus spread among the most vulnerable population after even just one exposure due to possible negligence and distraction by mass frenzy. In the midst of locking down the whole world, and our politicians were consumed with the desire to enforce stay-at-home orders and forced separation, the population that needed the most care was neglected. Even worse, in New York, California, and New Jersey, nursing homes were forced to take in COVID-19 patients.
One way we might discern whether and to what extent lockdowns have had any effect on infection and death is to examine the empirical case. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, T.J Rogers examined all the existing studies:
Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19? Joe Malchow, Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out. We set out to quantify how many deaths were caused by delayed shutdown orders on a state-by-state basis.
To normalize for an unambiguous comparison of deaths between states at the midpoint of an epidemic, we counted deaths per million population for a fixed 21-day period, measured from when the death rate first hit 1 per million—e.g.,‒three deaths in Iowa or 19 in New York state. A state’s “days to shutdown” was the time after a state crossed the 1 per million threshold until it ordered businesses shut down.
We ran a simple one-variable correlation of deaths per million and days to shutdown, which ranged from minus-10 days (some states shut down before any sign of Covid-19) to 35 days for South Dakota, one of seven states with limited or no shutdown. The correlation coefficient was 5.5%—so low that the engineers I used to employ would have summarized it as “no correlation” and moved on to find the real cause of the problem. (The trendline sloped downward—states that delayed more tended to have lower death rates—but that’s also a meaningless result due to the low correlation coefficient.)
No conclusions can be drawn about the states that sheltered quickly, because their death rates ran the full gamut, from 20 per million in Oregon to 360 in New York. This wide variation means that other variables—like population density or subway use—were more important. Our correlation coefficient for per-capita death rates vs. the population density was 44%. That suggests New York City might have benefited from its shutdown—but blindly copying New York’s policies in places with low Covid-19 death rates, such as my native Wisconsin, doesn’t make sense.
Turning to the international front, consider the work of Isaac Ben-Israel, head of the Security Studies program in Tel Aviv University and the chairman of the National Council for Research and Development. His detailed study from around the world compares locked down countries with those that stayed open. The Times of Israel summarizes his findings as follows.
A prominent Israeli mathematician, analyst and former general claims simple statistical analysis demonstrates that the spread of COVID-19 peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes, and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it.
Even a casual look at the open societies of Sweden and Korea – despite going too far in interventions – demonstrate that they experienced lower rates of death than Europe and the U.K. Even the World Health Organization has praised Sweden’s response.
And a very careful empirical study of counterfactuals in Sweden concluded:
On the basis of the available data, we find that a lockdown in Sweden would not have limited the number of infections or the number of COVID-19 deaths. Theory suggests that this may be the result of people maintaining a larger social distance even in the absence of a lockdown—there could be, in other words, voluntary social restraint. Krueger et al. (2020), in particular, show this in the context of a formal model and suggest that this may be the relevant case for Sweden
Finally, we have a decisive study from Bloomberg that carefully charts lockdowns and death, concluding:
There’s little correlation between the severity of a nation’s restrictions and whether it managed to curb excess fatalities — a measure that looks at the overall number of deaths compared with normal trends.
Cause and effect are notoriously difficult to discern in human affairs on a macroscale. Even if it connects somehow to intuition that locking down keeps the virus away, they do not deal with the reality that the virus is still there, even if temporarily contained (which itself is arguable).
Quarantines, lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders and so on reflect a premodern bias and an unscientific impulse to run away and hide, a method used from the ancient world through selective quarantines in some cities in 1918. Then we got smart, developed a modern theory of viruses (well explained here), and eschewed them in every pandemic since World War II. Then, somehow, and mysteriously, one century flipped to the next and we got dumb again and here we are.
Did the lockdown save lives? It’s possible but not yet proven, and the evidence so far points to a negative answer. No matter how much we try to spin this in our heads, no matter how much we want to believe that something good has come out of this catastrophe, we are all going to have someday to deal with the terrible but likely reality that it was all for naught.
I conclude with the words of the great physician who is credited with smallpox eradication, Donald A. Henderson (1928-2016).
The interest in quarantine reflects the views and conditions prevalent more than 50 years ago, when much less was known about the epidemiology of infectious diseases and when there was far less international and domestic travel in a less densely populated world. It is difficult to identify circumstances in the past half-century when large-scale quarantine has been effectively used in the control of any disease. The negative consequences of large-scale quarantine are so extreme (forced confinement of sick people with the well; complete restriction of movement of large populations; difficulty in getting critical supplies, medicines, and food to people inside the quarantine zone) that this mitigation measure should be eliminated from serious consideration.


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--The Collapse Will Be Visible: “For Lease” And “Space Available” Signs Are Starting To Go Up All Over

The Collapse Will Be Visible: “For Lease” And “Space Available” Signs Are Starting To Go Up All Over America

Initially , we were told that the coronavirus lockdowns would just “ temporarily ” disrupt the U.S. economy , but now it is becoming clear that a lot of the damage will be permanent .
We are starting to see businesses go belly up all over the country , and this includes some of the most iconic names in the retail world .
When J.C. Penney announced that it would be declaring bankruptcy and closing hundreds of stores , I warned that would just be the tip of the iceberg , and that has definitely turned out to be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many analysts were absolutely shocked when news broke that Victoria ’ s Secret has decided to shut down about 250 stores… Victoria ’ s Secret plans to permanently close approximately 250 stores in the U.S. and Canada in 2020 , its parent company L Brands announced Wednesday .
L Brands also plans to permanently close 50 Bath & Body Works stores in the U.S. and one in Canada , according to information the company posted online as part of its quarterly earnings .
If this pandemic had passed quickly , perhaps those stores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shut down .
But at this point it has become obvious that this virus is going to be with us for a long time to come .
In fact , the WHO just announced that on a global basis we just witnessed the largest number of newly confirmed cases on a single day so far .
Another major retailer that is closing down stores is Pier 1 Imports .
In fact , it is being reported that not a single one of their locations will survive… Pier 1 Imports , which previously said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of stores , now plans to close all of its locations .
The retailer , based in Fort Worth , Texas , announced in a news release Tuesday that it was seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin an “ orderly wind-down ” when stores are able to reopen “ following the government-mandated closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
” I was never a huge fan of Pier 1 Imports , but my wife liked to visit and see what they had , but now we will never be able to do that again .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of course it isn ’ t just retailers that are collapsing .
Car rental giant Hertz “ is on the verge of bankrutpcy ” , and things are not looking good at all… Hertz is on the verge of bankruptcy .
At the end of April , it disclosed it had missed a large amount of lease payments on its rental cars .
Since then , it has entered into forbearance and waiver agreements with these lenders that give it until May 22 to come up with the money and a plan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ parking lots around the country , are collateral for this debt .
Some of you old timers might remember the old Hertz commercials featuring O.J .
Simpson .
Those were much simpler times , and to be honest I really miss them .
Unfortunately , times have really changed , and I seriously doubt that Hertz will be able to survive much longer in this very harsh economic environment .
Needless to say , a lot of businesses are going to die in the weeks and months ahead of us .
As I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now being projected that approximately one out of every four restaurants in the United States will be closing down permanently .
Can you imagine what this is going to look like ?
We are going to have abandoned buildings all over the place , and this will especially be true in our more impoverished communities .
The only chance we have of pulling out of this economic death spiral is if there is a full scale return to normal economic activity all across America , but that isn ’ t going to happen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is going to paralyze small and big businesses alike for the foreseeable future , and every new outbreak is going to spark more overreactions .
For instance , Ford just shut down two major production facilities just a few days after “ reopening ” them… Just days after reopening its American assembly plants , Ford temporarily shut down two separate factories because employees tested positive for Covid-19 .
One plant in Chicago that builds the Ford Explorer , the Lincoln Aviator and the Ford Interceptor police car stopped operations Tuesday afternoon after two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Ford ’ s plant in Dearborn Michigan that makes its bestselling F-150 pickup , shut down Wednesday .
If we keep shutting things down every time someone gets sick , our economic problems are just going to get worse and worse .
Look , the truth is that lots more people are going to get sick and lots more people are going to die .
In fact , one new study has concluded that the U.S. death toll will more than triple by the end of 2020 “ even if current social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” … A new study suggests the number of Americans who will die after contracting the novel coronavirus is likely to more than triple by the end of the year , even if current social distancing habits continue for months on end .
The study , conducted by the Comparative Health Outcomes , Policy and Economics Institute at the University of Washington ’ s School of Pharmacy , found that 1.3 percent of those who show symptoms of COVID-19 die , an infection fatality rate that is 13 times higher than a bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t help that we continue to allow people from other countries where COVID-19 is raging to fly into the U.S. without any special screening whatsoever… A glamorous Russian blogger says she has proved that the US is open for foreign tourism again , despite the pandemic , according to video obtained by DailyMail.com .
Sofia Semyonova , 33 , a fitness model , told how she traveled on a crammed Aeroflot flight with 500-plus passengers with ‘ no social distancing ’ from Moscow to New York City .
She used her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia ’ s coronavirus epicentre ‘ in 30 seconds without any extra questions ’ .
I don ’ t know how this could possibly be happening , but apparently it is .
Eventually , COVID-19 will literally be just about everywhere , and almost everyone in the entire country will be exposed to it .
And fear of this virus will paralyze our economy for the foreseeable future .
So the truth is that the “ for lease ” and “ space available ” signs that you are now seeing are just the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it is going to be a very dark chapter for our nation .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 3:43 am and is filed under Economics , God Help Us .
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by Michael Snyder
TheEconomicCollpesBlog.com
May 20, 2020
Initially, we were told that the coronavirus lockdowns would just “temporarily” disrupt the U.S. economy, but now it is becoming clear that a lot of the damage will be permanent. We are starting to see businesses go belly up all over the country, and this includes some of the most iconic names in the retail world. When J.C. Penney announced that it would be declaring bankruptcy and closing hundreds of stores, I warned that would just be the tip of the iceberg, and that has definitely turned out to be the case. In fact, on Wednesday many analysts were absolutely shocked when news broke that Victoria’s Secret has decided to shut down about 250 stores…
Victoria’s Secret plans to permanently close approximately 250 stores in the U.S. and Canada in 2020, its parent company L Brands announced Wednesday.
L Brands also plans to permanently close 50 Bath & Body Works stores in the U.S. and one in Canada, according to information the company posted online as part of its quarterly earnings.
If this pandemic had passed quickly, perhaps those stores wouldn’t have needed to be shut down. But at this point it has become obvious that this virus is going to be with us for a long time to come. In fact, the WHO just announced that on a global basis we just witnessed the largest number of newly confirmed cases on a single day so far.
Another major retailer that is closing down stores is Pier 1 Imports. In fact, it is being reported that not a single one of their locations will survive…
Pier 1 Imports, which previously said it would close half of its fleet of stores, now plans to close all of its locations.
The retailer, based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced in a news release Tuesday that it was seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin an “orderly wind-down” when stores are able to reopen “following the government-mandated closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
I was never a huge fan of Pier 1 Imports, but my wife liked to visit and see what they had, but now we will never be able to do that again.
Something about that really saddens me.
Of course it isn’t just retailers that are collapsing. Car rental giant Hertz “is on the verge of bankrutpcy”, and things are not looking good at all…
Hertz is on the verge of bankruptcy. At the end of April, it disclosed it had missed a large amount of lease payments on its rental cars. Since then, it has entered into forbearance and waiver agreements with these lenders that give it until May 22 to come up with the money and a plan. Its cars, now parked at various parking lots around the country, are collateral for this debt.
Some of you old timers might remember the old Hertz commercials featuring O.J. Simpson. Those were much simpler times, and to be honest I really miss them.
Unfortunately, times have really changed, and I seriously doubt that Hertz will be able to survive much longer in this very harsh economic environment.
Needless to say, a lot of businesses are going to die in the weeks and months ahead of us. As I discussed the other day, it is now being projected that approximately one out of every four restaurants in the United States will be closing down permanently.
Can you imagine what this is going to look like?
We are going to have abandoned buildings all over the place, and this will especially be true in our more impoverished communities.
The only chance we have of pulling out of this economic death spiral is if there is a full scale return to normal economic activity all across America, but that isn’t going to happen any time soon.
Fear of COVID-19 is going to paralyze small and big businesses alike for the foreseeable future, and every new outbreak is going to spark more overreactions.
For instance, Ford just shut down two major production facilities just a few days after “reopening” them…
Just days after reopening its American assembly plants, Ford temporarily shut down two separate factories because employees tested positive for Covid-19.
One plant in Chicago that builds the Ford Explorer, the Lincoln Aviator and the Ford Interceptor police car stopped operations Tuesday afternoon after two employees tested positive for Covid-19. Then, Ford’s plant in Dearborn Michigan that makes its bestselling F-150 pickup, shut down Wednesday.
If we keep shutting things down every time someone gets sick, our economic problems are just going to get worse and worse.
Look, the truth is that lots more people are going to get sick and lots more people are going to die. In fact, one new study has concluded that the U.S. death toll will more than triple by the end of 2020 “even if current social distancing habits continue for months on end”…
A new study suggests the number of Americans who will die after contracting the novel coronavirus is likely to more than triple by the end of the year, even if current social distancing habits continue for months on end.
The study, conducted by the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics Institute at the University of Washington’s School of Pharmacy, found that 1.3 percent of those who show symptoms of COVID-19 die, an infection fatality rate that is 13 times higher than a bad influenza season.
Of course it certainly doesn’t help that we continue to allow people from other countries where COVID-19 is raging to fly into the U.S. without any special screening whatsoever…
A glamorous Russian blogger says she has proved that the US is open for foreign tourism again, despite the pandemic, according to video obtained by DailyMail.com.
Sofia Semyonova, 33, a fitness model, told how she traveled on a crammed Aeroflot flight with 500-plus passengers with ‘no social distancing’ from Moscow to New York City.
She used her B2 tourist visa to enter America from Russia’s coronavirus epicentre ‘in 30 seconds without any extra questions’.
I don’t know how this could possibly be happening, but apparently it is.
Eventually, COVID-19 will literally be just about everywhere, and almost everyone in the entire country will be exposed to it.
And fear of this virus will paralyze our economy for the foreseeable future.
So the truth is that the “for lease” and “space available” signs that you are now seeing are just the start.
A lot more are coming, and it is going to be a very dark chapter for our nation.


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--CONFIRMED: Governor Whitmer Begs Michiganders Not to Travel to their Summer Home — Then Her Cars Are

CONFIRMED: Governor Whitmer Begs Michiganders Not to Travel to their Summer Home — Then Her Cars Are Seen Parked Outside of HER SUMMER HOME!

Tyrannical Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order that banned regular Michiganders from traveling between residences in the state .
Whitmer banned travel to summer homes .
Whitmer extended the ban on traveling to summer homes thru April 30th .
The ban was lifted but Governor Whitmer begged Michiganders not to travel up north .
Joe Biden is looking at Gretchen Whitmer as his possible running mate !
Evidently the rules does not apply to the elites like Gretchen Whitmer or her family .
Radio host Randy Bishop posted a photo today of several vehicles at Governor Whitmer ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lake , Michigan .
Tonight we researched the license plate on the Tahoe in Gretchen ’ s summer home driveway .
The vehicle belongs to a Marc Mallory from Lansing , Michigan .
Gretchen and Marc were at their summer home today .
Gretchen doesn ’ t want you to visit your summer home but she will .
She must love her new power .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 3:32 am and is filed under Government Evil .
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By Jim Hoft
TheGateWayPundit.com
May 20, 2020
Tyrannical Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order that banned regular Michiganders from traveling between residences in the state. Whitmer banned travel to summer homes.
Whitmer extended the ban on traveling to summer homes thru April 30th. The ban was lifted but Governor Whitmer begged Michiganders not to travel up north.
Joe Biden is looking at Gretchen Whitmer as his possible running mate!
Evidently the rules does not apply to the elites like Gretchen Whitmer or her family.
Radio host Randy Bishop posted a photo today of several vehicles at Governor Whitmer’s summer home in or near Birch Lake, Michigan.
Evidently Gov. Whitmer's "Stay Home, Stay Safe" executive orders DON'T apply to HER family!!! Two (2) vehicles at her… Posted by Randy Bishop on Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Tonight we researched the license plate on the Tahoe in Gretchen’s summer home driveway.
Guess what we found?
The vehicle belongs to a Marc Mallory from Lansing, Michigan.
Guess who Marc Mallory is married to?
That’s correct Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Gretchen and Marc were at their summer home today.
Gretchen doesn’t want you to visit your summer home but she will.
She must love her new power.


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--DNC Chair Perez: Trump’s Vote-by-Mail Opposition a ‘Desperate Effort to Steal an Election’

Wednesday on MSNBC , Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “ steal the election ” by opposing vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic .
Host Chris Hayes said , “ For more on the president ’ s efforts to subvert the democratic process , I ’ m joined by the chair of the Democratic National Committee .
I ’ m always conflicted about , you know , stories of the variety the president tweeted .
He tweets a lot of things and most of it is nonsense or lies or liable or slander or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absentee voting today struck me as genuinely dangerous and genuinely sort of threatening to democracy .
How high on the priority list is it for you to do what you can to the safeguard administration of free and fair elections this fall ?
” Perez said , “ It ’ s the highest priority , Chris because we know that you ’ re going to see voter suppression on steroids in the months ahead .
We had a conversation I know about the election in Wisconsin recently where they tried to weaponize the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state supreme court race .
It failed miserably .
That ’ s what you ’ re going to see.
” Hayes said , “ I want to play for you something the president just said about voting , which struck me as deeply pernicious , this sort of voting is an honor and going off about how he doesn ’ t want people mail-in voting .
Take a listen.
” In a clip , Trump said , “ Common sense would tell you it ’ s massive manipulation can take place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —you have cases of fraudulent ballots where they actually print them and give them to people to sign , maybe the same person signs them with different writing , different pens .
I don ’ t know .
A lot of things can happen .
If you can , you should go and vote .
Voting is an honor .
It shouldn ’ t be something where they send you a pile of stuff , and you send it back.
” Perez said , “ Voting isn ’ t simply an honor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
People pay the ultimate price to exercise the right to vote .
And in a pandemic , the notion that you have a president going after Republican and Democratic secretaries of state in the middle of a pandemic , Secretary Benson is trying to make it easier for eligible people to exercise their right to vote .
She ’ s trying to allow them to exercise the choice that the Michigan Constitution provides them.
” He added , “ What we have to do between now and November is make sure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a choice .
The choice to vote on election day .
So the choice to early vote , the more days of early voting , the more social distancing you do and the right to vote absentee with no excuse , the right to vote by mail .
Republicans and Democrats agree on that .
This president , in a desperate effort to steal an election , is going to stop at nothing.
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by PAM KEY
BREITBART.COM
20 May 2020
Wednesday on MSNBC, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “steal the election” by opposing vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
Host Chris Hayes said, “For more on the president’s efforts to subvert the democratic process, I’m joined by the chair of the Democratic National Committee. I’m always conflicted about, you know, stories of the variety the president tweeted. He tweets a lot of things and most of it is nonsense or lies or liable or slander or whatever. But the way he attacked absentee voting today struck me as genuinely dangerous and genuinely sort of threatening to democracy. How high on the priority list is it for you to do what you can to the safeguard administration of free and fair elections this fall?”
Perez said, “It’s the highest priority, Chris because we know that you’re going to see voter suppression on steroids in the months ahead. We had a conversation I know about the election in Wisconsin recently where they tried to weaponize the pandemic to suppress the vote and steal the state supreme court race. It failed miserably. That’s what you’re going to see.”
Hayes said, “I want to play for you something the president just said about voting, which struck me as deeply pernicious, this sort of voting is an honor and going off about how he doesn’t want people mail-in voting. Take a listen.”
In a clip, Trump said, “Common sense would tell you it’s massive manipulation can take place, massive. They — and you do —you have cases of fraudulent ballots where they actually print them and give them to people to sign, maybe the same person signs them with different writing, different pens. I don’t know. A lot of things can happen. If you can, you should go and vote. Voting is an honor. It shouldn’t be something where they send you a pile of stuff, and you send it back.”
Perez said, “Voting isn’t simply an honor, Chris, voting is a fundamental right. People pay the ultimate price to exercise the right to vote. And in a pandemic, the notion that you have a president going after Republican and Democratic secretaries of state in the middle of a pandemic, Secretary Benson is trying to make it easier for eligible people to exercise their right to vote. She’s trying to allow them to exercise the choice that the Michigan Constitution provides them.”
He added, “What we have to do between now and November is make sure that every single voter in every single state has a choice. The choice to vote on election day. So the choice to early vote, the more days of early voting, the more social distancing you do and the right to vote absentee with no excuse, the right to vote by mail. Republicans and Democrats agree on that. This president, in a desperate effort to steal an election, is going to stop at nothing.”


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Gavin Newsom says federal government has “moral” and “ethical” obligation to bail out socialist stat

Gavin Newsom says federal government has “moral” and “ethical” obligation to bail out socialist states that have racked up insurmountable debt

After suffering years of financial mismanagement at the hands of Gavin Newsom , and before him , Jerry Brown , California is now in some deep fiscal trouble .
But rather than own up to his mistakes and take responsibility for them , Newsom is instead blaming the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) for his poor leadership while demanding that the federal government rescue his state from financial ruin .
During a recent appearance on CNN ‘ s “ State of the Union , ” Newsom basically told Jake Tapper that California would be doing just fine if it were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , denying all allegations that his shutdown of the state economy and corresponding lockdowns had anything to do with it .
Instead , it is all Trump ’ s fault , which means that California deserves a massive stimulus injection , according to Newsom .
But California will not be receiving federal bailout funds anytime soon because President Trump has indicated that handing out money to states is premature .
Newsom disagrees , however , and insists that it is Trump ’ s “ ethical ” and “ moral ” responsibility to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has been veering towards for many years .
“ I mean , a year ago , Jake , we were running a $ 21.5 billion surplus , ” Newsom stated .
“ And here we are at $ 54.3 billion budget deficit that is directly COVID-induced .
“ We have been managing our budget effectively , efficiently , paying down our long-term pension obligations .
We have a bond rating that went up twice last year , the highest in decades .
So , we ’ re not looking for charity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s social responsibility , at a time when states , not just California , large and small , all across this country , cities , and counties , large and small , all across this country are facing unprecedented budgetary stress .
It is incumbent upon the federal government to help support these states through this difficult time.
” Listen below to The Health Ranger Report as Mike Adams , the Health Ranger , talks about how lockdowns of the sort that have been implemented throughout California are being used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Newsom to enslave humanity : Newsom blames Trump for first responders , police officers that will be laid off under Newsom ’ s watch While the Democrat-led House tried to put forth a second stimulus bill that would have bailed out California and other struggling states , the Republican-led Senate indicated that it would not pass it .
Consequently , California will have to clean up its own mess , which Newsom is of course blaming on Trump .
“ The next time they want to salute and celebrate our heroes , our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and firefighters , consider the fact that they are the first ones that will be laid off by cities and counties , ” Newsom stated , implying that he is in no way responsible for these layoffs .
“ The folks that are out there , the true heroes of this pandemic are health care workers and nurses .
Those county health systems have been ravaged .
Their budgets have been devastated and depleted .
Their budget counts depleted since this pandemic .
They ’ re the first ones to be laid off.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Tapper did Newsom even suggest that his continued forced lockdowns , contingent upon a future vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) , might be playing any role in his state ’ s struggling economy and inability to continue paying “ essential ” workers .
Instead , he diverted all of the blame towards Republicans who refuse to hand him free cash .
“ Twenty percent of Americans are unemployed , ” Newsom went on to state .
“ These are Depression-era unemployment numbers , and we have to own up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You need to own up to that .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 3:19 am and is filed under Communists , Conspiracy , Corruption , Economics , Government Evil .
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by: Ethan Huff
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
After suffering years of financial mismanagement at the hands of Gavin Newsom, and before him, Jerry Brown, California is now in some deep fiscal trouble. But rather than own up to his mistakes and take responsibility for them, Newsom is instead blaming the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) for his poor leadership while demanding that the federal government rescue his state from financial ruin.
During a recent appearance on CNN‘s “State of the Union,” Newsom basically told Jake Tapper that California would be doing just fine if it were not for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), denying all allegations that his shutdown of the state economy and corresponding lockdowns had anything to do with it. Instead, it is all Trump’s fault, which means that California deserves a massive stimulus injection, according to Newsom.
But California will not be receiving federal bailout funds anytime soon because President Trump has indicated that handing out money to states is premature. Newsom disagrees, however, and insists that it is Trump’s “ethical” and “moral” responsibility to bring California back from the brink that it has been veering towards for many years.
“I mean, a year ago, Jake, we were running a $21.5 billion surplus,” Newsom stated. “And here we are at $54.3 billion budget deficit that is directly COVID-induced.
“We have been managing our budget effectively, efficiently, paying down our long-term pension obligations. We have a bond rating that went up twice last year, the highest in decades. So, we’re not looking for charity. We’re not looking for handouts. It’s social responsibility, at a time when states, not just California, large and small, all across this country, cities, and counties, large and small, all across this country are facing unprecedented budgetary stress. It is incumbent upon the federal government to help support these states through this difficult time.”
Listen below to The Health Ranger Report as Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, talks about how lockdowns of the sort that have been implemented throughout California are being used as a weapon by politicians like Gavin Newsom to enslave humanity:
Newsom blames Trump for first responders, police officers that will be laid off under Newsom’s watch
While the Democrat-led House tried to put forth a second stimulus bill that would have bailed out California and other struggling states, the Republican-led Senate indicated that it would not pass it. Consequently, California will have to clean up its own mess, which Newsom is of course blaming on Trump.
“The next time they want to salute and celebrate our heroes, our first responders, our police officers, and firefighters, consider the fact that they are the first ones that will be laid off by cities and counties,” Newsom stated, implying that he is in no way responsible for these layoffs.
“The folks that are out there, the true heroes of this pandemic are health care workers and nurses. Those county health systems have been ravaged. Their budgets have been devastated and depleted. Their budget counts depleted since this pandemic. They’re the first ones to be laid off.”
At no point during his interview with Tapper did Newsom even suggest that his continued forced lockdowns, contingent upon a future vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), might be playing any role in his state’s struggling economy and inability to continue paying “essential” workers. Instead, he diverted all of the blame towards Republicans who refuse to hand him free cash.
“Twenty percent of Americans are unemployed,” Newsom went on to state. “These are Depression-era unemployment numbers, and we have to own up to that.”
No, Newsom: You need to own up to that.


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Deep State Sources Can’t Believe That Americans Complied Without a Real Struggle!

Deep State Sources Can ’ t Believe That Americans Complied Without a Real Struggle !
This entry was posted on @ @ @ @ @ 2020 at 7:24 pm and is filed under Land Of The Sheep .
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by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Deep State Sources Can’t Believe That Americans Complied Without a Real Struggle!


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Obama Staffer, Bill Gates, Soros Behind the Group Pushing a Celebrity Global Response to Chinese Cor

Obama Staffer, Bill Gates, Soros Behind the Group Pushing a Celebrity Global Response to Chinese Coronavirus

The celebrity campaign # PasstheMic is enlisting Julia Roberts , Hugh Jackman , and other A-list Hollywood stars to hand over their social media accounts to the likes of Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts to promote a “ global response ” to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
Who ’ s behind the push ?
The roster of donors and leaders reads like a who ’ s-who of left-wing globalists — U2 frontman Bono , George Soros , and Bill Gates .
At the head of the organization is Gayle Smith , a former special assistant to President Barack Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who has publicly denounced President Donald Trump ’ s immigration policies and handling of the coronavirus crisis , while praising the World Health Organization , which downplayed the gravity of the outbreak in its early weeks .
In a video interview with Julia Roberts on Thursday , Dr. Fauci urged people to pay more attention to how the coronavirus is impacting poorer countries .
“ We have , really , a moral responsibility for people throughout the world , ” he said .
Fauci also warned Americans not to re-open the economy too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to tempt fate and pull back completely , ” he said .
“ There is a golden mean there.
” ONE Campaign was co-founded by Bono as an advocacy group to combat poverty and illness , especially in Africa .
The group is closely aligned with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , which has donated millions of dollars and holds a seat on its board of directors .
The Gates Foundation — the wealthiest philanthropic group in the world — has come under fire for the way its leaders have slammed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill Gates recently praised China ’ s handling of the outbreak , saying that “ China did a lot of things right at the beginning.
” His remarks were promoted on social media by Chinese state media .
Meanwhile , his wife , Melinda Gates , recently gave President Trump a “ D- “ for his response to the outbreak , saying that “ we need leadership.
” The Gates Foundation is also a major donor to the World Health Organization , the embattled United Nations agency whose botched handling of the Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Communist regime have prompted President Trump to suspend funding .
ONE Campaign also receives money from the Open Society Policy Center , the Soros lobbying group that opposes the Trump agenda and promotes open borders and other left-wing political issues .
Gayle Smith , who currently serves as president and CEO of ONE Campaign , previously worked as a special assistant to President Obama , who later appointed her to head USAID .
“ None of us are safe until all of us are safe , ” Smith tweeted this week to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticized President Trump ’ s decision to suspend funding to the WHO .
“ A cut in funding would mean a reduction in funding possibly for the fight against polio where we ’ re near successful , ” Smith said in an interview with CBS ’ Face the Nation .
Future guests in # PasstheMic include Dr. Tsion Firew , a New York-based emergency doctor .
Firew has publicly denounced President Trump ’ s border wall while praising Obama .
She has also denounced President Trump ’ s decision to suspend WHO funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what America stands for !
” she tweeted this week .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 7:08 pm and is filed under Media Lies , New World Order .
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by DAVID NG
BREITBART.COM
21 May 2020
The celebrity campaign #PasstheMic is enlisting Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, and other A-list Hollywood stars to hand over their social media accounts to the likes of Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts to promote a “global response” to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Who’s behind the push? The roster of donors and leaders reads like a who’s-who of left-wing globalists — U2 frontman Bono, George Soros, and Bill Gates. At the head of the organization is Gayle Smith, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama.
The guest line-up features another physician who has publicly denounced President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and handling of the coronavirus crisis, while praising the World Health Organization, which downplayed the gravity of the outbreak in its early weeks.
In a video interview with Julia Roberts on Thursday, Dr. Fauci urged people to pay more attention to how the coronavirus is impacting poorer countries. “We have, really, a moral responsibility for people throughout the world,” he said.
Fauci also warned Americans not to re-open the economy too quickly. “Now is not the time to tempt fate and pull back completely,” he said. “There is a golden mean there.”
https://twitter.com/ONECampaign/status/1263462734005403649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1263462734005403649%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2020%2F05%2F21%2Fobama-staffer-bill-gates-soros-behind-the-group-pushing-a-celebrity-global-response-to-chinese-coronavirus%2F
ONE Campaign was co-founded by Bono as an advocacy group to combat poverty and illness, especially in Africa. The group is closely aligned with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has donated millions of dollars and holds a seat on its board of directors.
The Gates Foundation — the wealthiest philanthropic group in the world — has come under fire for the way its leaders have slammed President Donald Trump while praising China. Bill Gates recently praised China’s handling of the outbreak, saying that “China did a lot of things right at the beginning.” His remarks were promoted on social media by Chinese state media.
Meanwhile, his wife, Melinda Gates, recently gave President Trump a “D-“ for his response to the outbreak, saying that “we need leadership.”
The Gates Foundation is also a major donor to the World Health Organization, the embattled United Nations agency whose botched handling of the Wuhan virus and close ties to China’s Communist regime have prompted President Trump to suspend funding.
ONE Campaign also receives money from the Open Society Policy Center, the Soros lobbying group that opposes the Trump agenda and promotes open borders and other left-wing political issues.
Gayle Smith, who currently serves as president and CEO of ONE Campaign, previously worked as a special assistant to President Obama, who later appointed her to head USAID.
“None of us are safe until all of us are safe,” Smith tweeted this week to promote #PasstheMic.
None of us are safe until all of us are safe. Check out ONE’s new #PassTheMic campaign to push for a global COVID-19 response. https://t.co/lQaojxdJsh — Gayle Smith (@GayleSmith) May 21, 2020
Smith has publicly criticized President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the WHO. “A cut in funding would mean a reduction in funding possibly for the fight against polio where we’re near successful,” Smith said in an interview with CBS’ Face the Nation.
Future guests in #PasstheMic include Dr. Tsion Firew, a New York-based emergency doctor. Firew has publicly denounced President Trump’s border wall while praising Obama. She has also denounced President Trump’s decision to suspend WHO funding.
“He doesn’t represent what America stands for!” she tweeted this week.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--UPDATE: Black Man Caught on Video Beating Elderly White Nursing Home Patients ARRESTED After Hero To

UPDATE: Black Man Caught on Video Beating Elderly White Nursing Home Patients ARRESTED After Hero Tom Fitton from Judicial Watch Alerts Authorities

Numerous disturbing videos were circulating social media showing a black Michigan man beating elderly white men and women in nursing @ @ @ @ @ reportedly from Westland , Michigan and beat elderly white nursing home patients for sport .
@ @ @ @ @ now on Bitchute showing the man beating white people .
The man is filming himself @ @ @ @ @ beds until they are bleeding .
Judicial Watch boss Tom Fitton said the watchdog group @ @ @ @ @ alerted to the disturbing videos .
“ This was also posted on my Twitter feed @ @ @ @ @ who then , in response to our concern , arrested this person .
Thanks to @ @ @ @ @ this done.
” Tom Fitton said .
Tom Fitton said according to his sources , @ @ @ @ @ This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:50 pm and @ @ @ @ @ .
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By Cristina Laila
TheGatewayPundit.com
May 21, 2020
Numerous disturbing videos were circulating social media showing a black Michigan man beating elderly white men and women in nursing homes.
Jaydon Hayden is reportedly from Westland, Michigan and beat elderly white nursing home patients for sport.
There are three videos right now on Bitchute showing the man beating white people.
The man is filming himself beating the seniors in their beds until they are bleeding.
Absolutely shocking footage has emerged from a black male nurse from Detroit (Jadon H.), who filmed himself beating elderly white men into a bloody pulp. "Get the fuck off my bed, N.," he is heard saying. Viewer discretion advised. pic.twitter.com/NPtCFA8YIs — Mathijs Koenraadt (@mknrdt) May 21, 2020
Judicial Watch boss Tom Fitton said the watchdog group contacted authorities after he was alerted to the disturbing videos.
“This was also posted on my Twitter feed and Judicial Watch contacted authorities who then, in response to our concern, arrested this person. Thanks to those who helped us get this done.” Tom Fitton said.
This was also posted on my @Twitter feed and @JudicialWatch contacted authorities who then, in response to our concern, arrested this person. Thanks to those who helped us get this done. https://t.co/zER9GCWVK4 — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 21, 2020
Tom Fitton said according to his sources, the man was arrested.
Thank you alerting me to this. @JudicialWatch alerted authorities and this person, according to our sources, is now in police custody. https://t.co/UMGe2IHD8F — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 21, 2020


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--“Unlike Anything We Have Seen In History”: The Coronacrisis Will Wipe Out Over 4 Years Of GDP Growth

Now that banks have had a chance to evaluate the collapse in the economy in the post-covid world , a new round of GDP forecast revisions is coming , and it ’ s a doozy , with Bank of America spearheading the latest effort by slashing its Q2 GDP forecast from -30 % to -40 % .
Not without a trace of irony , BofA ’ s chief economist Michelle Meyer writes that “ words can not describe ” the loss in economic output , which is “ unlike anything we have seen in modern history .
Back in early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we penciled in a stunning 10 % cumulative drop in output from the peak with the pain concentrated in 2Q with a 30 % qoq saar decline.
” But it seems that it was not extreme enough , and according to data released since then , the drop will be more severe , with BofA now looking for a 40 % Q/Q saar decline in 2Q , translating to a cumulative loss of 13 % .
To put this into perspective , in the Great Recession of ’ 08-09 , the economy declined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be much deeper .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:42 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Economics , God Help Us , Government Evil , Health , New World Order , Pandemic .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 05/21/2020
Now that banks have had a chance to evaluate the collapse in the economy in the post-covid world, a new round of GDP forecast revisions is coming, and it’s a doozy, with Bank of America spearheading the latest effort by slashing its Q2 GDP forecast from -30% to -40%.
Not without a trace of irony, BofA’s chief economist Michelle Meyer writes that “words cannot describe” the loss in economic output, which is “unlike anything we have seen in modern history. Back in early April when we introduced our forecasts, we penciled in a stunning 10% cumulative drop in output from the peak with the pain concentrated in 2Q with a 30% qoq saar decline.”
But it seems that it was not extreme enough, and according to data released since then, the drop will be more severe, with BofA now looking for a 40% Q/Q saar decline in 2Q, translating to a cumulative loss of 13%. To put this into perspective, in the Great Recession of ’08-09, the economy declined 4%. This recession would clearly be much deeper.
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The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--“Revolutions And Wars”: What According To Ray Dalio Comes After “Printing Money

Having seemingly conquered the world of finance , Ray Dalio and Howard Marks have been competing who can be a more productive writer in recent weeks , and just two weeks after writing a lengthy thesis on the rise and fall of fiat currencies ( which had no less than 43 mentions of gold for obvious reasons ) , Dalio is back to discussing one of his favorite topics , namely the rise and fall of empires , among which the US and China , over the last 500 years .
The third chapter of his “ Changing World Order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Big Picture in a Tiny Nutshell ” , and Chapter 2 , “ The Big Cycle of Money , Credit , Debt , and Economic Activity ” and its appendix “ The Changing Value of Money ” ) , takes a closer look at the rise and fall of the Dutch , British , and American empires and their reserve currencies and , in what will spark howls of outrage from both sides of the discussion , touches on the rise of the Chinese empire , which Dalio views as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to the present.
” Dalio ’ s latest 10,000-word essay ( a 50 minute read according to LinkedIn ) concludes that empires – just like humans – have a typical life cycle that ultimately come to an end .
And while we will focus on the specific case of the US vs China in a subsequent post , we wanted to highlight the big picture , or what Dalio deems the key events in the “ Big Cycle ” behind empires ’ rise and fall , for one specific reason : we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ printing money and credit ” – which according to Dalio is immediately preceding the far more troubling phase of “ revolutions and wars.
” This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:36 pm and is filed under Conspiracy , Corruption , Economics , Government Evil , New World Order , War Without End .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 05/21/2020
Having seemingly conquered the world of finance, Ray Dalio and Howard Marks have been competing who can be a more productive writer in recent weeks, and just two weeks after writing a lengthy thesis on the rise and fall of fiat currencies (which had no less than 43 mentions of gold for obvious reasons), Dalio is back to discussing one of his favorite topics, namely the rise and fall of empires, among which the US and China, over the last 500 years.
The third chapter of his “Changing World Order” series (preceded by Chapter 1 “The Big Picture in a Tiny Nutshell”, and Chapter 2, “The Big Cycle of Money, Credit, Debt, and Economic Activity” and its appendix “The Changing Value of Money”), takes a closer look at the rise and fall of the Dutch, British, and American empires and their reserve currencies and, in what will spark howls of outrage from both sides of the discussion, touches on the rise of the Chinese empire, which Dalio views as the next ascendent superpower “to bring us up to the present.”
In this latest release of my series The Changing World Order, I will review the rises and declines of the Dutch, British, and American empires and their reserve currencies and will touch on the rise of the Chinese empire to bring us up to the present… https://t.co/Mg9bKHDtRC — Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) May 21, 2020
Dalio’s latest 10,000-word essay (a 50 minute read according to LinkedIn) concludes that empires – just like humans – have a typical life cycle that ultimately come to an end.
And while we will focus on the specific case of the US vs China in a subsequent post, we wanted to highlight the big picture, or what Dalio deems the key events in the “Big Cycle” behind empires’ rise and fall, for one specific reason: we find ourselves in the phase – namely “printing money and credit” – which according to Dalio is immediately preceding the far more troubling phase of “revolutions and wars.”
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revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Brainwashing and the New Vocabulary: 12 Words and Phrases I Never Want to Hear Again

Remember how after September 11th happened , there was that nasty bill that formed the TSA and authorized all sorts of surveillance against the American people and they called it , ironically , The Patriot Act ?
Of course , we knew then that the bill was anything but patriotic , however , that didn ’ t stop it from being passed and trampling all over the Constitution .
The word “ patriot ” was perverted by those in power who wanted everyone to fall into lockstep with the unconstitutional searches at airports and many other invasions into our privacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that doesn ’ t mean what people think it means – it was all done in the name of “ security.
” If you ’ ve been watching any type of media coverage or reading articles , you ’ ve probably seen or heard a plethora of words and phrases which are currently being perverted due to the coronavirus pandemic .
I don ’ t know about you , but if I never heard “ safe ” or “ new normal ” again , I ’ d be a much happier person .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ brainwashed through repetition , that ’ s because they are .
Quite simply , these buzzwords and several others we ’ ll discuss are being used to indoctrinate the public .
As Joseph Goebbels , the Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany , wrote : “ If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it , people will eventually come to believe it .
The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political , economic and/or military consequences of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent , for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie , and thus by extension , the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
” ( source ) This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:23 pm and is filed under Government Evil .
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by Daisy Luther
TheOrganicPrepper.com
May 21, 2020
Remember how after September 11th happened, there was that nasty bill that formed the TSA and authorized all sorts of surveillance against the American people and they called it, ironically, The Patriot Act?
Of course, we knew then that the bill was anything but patriotic, however, that didn’t stop it from being passed and trampling all over the Constitution. The word “patriot” was perverted by those in power who wanted everyone to fall into lockstep with the unconstitutional searches at airports and many other invasions into our privacy.
Which brings us to another word that doesn’t mean what people think it means – it was all done in the name of “security.”
If you’ve been watching any type of media coverage or reading articles, you’ve probably seen or heard a plethora of words and phrases which are currently being perverted due to the coronavirus pandemic. I don’t know about you, but if I never heard “safe” or “new normal” again, I’d be a much happier person.
If you feel like people are being brainwashed through repetition, that’s because they are. Quite simply, these buzzwords and several others we’ll discuss are being used to indoctrinate the public. As Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany, wrote:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” (source)
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--More signs point to coronavirus being engineered in Wuhan lab

Last month , a Pew Research Center survey found that three in ten Americans believe the new coronavirus was most likely created in a lab .
For some , it may just be a hunch , but the evidence is quickly piling up to support this theory .
Although we may never be able to know for certain given that modern genetic engineering enables such viruses to be created without any sign of human manipulation , some experts insist it ’ s a very good possibility .
The fact that those who are privy to classified information about the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be our first clue .
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC This Week there was “ enormous evidence ” the outbreak started in a Chinese lab , although he didn ’ t share any of it .
When asked if he had seen anything that made him think the Wuhan lab was the source of the outbreak , President Trump said : “ Yes , I have .
Yes , I have.
” And although Chinese authorities insist the virus didn ’ t escape from a lab , they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experts to look into it , nor have they been willing to share any samples taken from the animals at the Wuhan wet market where they maintain the outbreak originated .
So let ’ s get this straight : The Chinese authorities want us to take them at their word when they say this virus didn ’ t come from one of their labs , and they won ’ t let investigators in to verify what they ’ re claiming .
That doesn ’ t sound the slightest bit suspicious , does it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starting this deadly pandemic and you knew you were innocent , wouldn ’ t you be gathering all the evidence you could and shouting it from the rooftops ?
Wouldn ’ t you invite everyone into your lab to see for themselves that you had no part in this ?
It ’ s pretty clear they have something to hide .
he lab at the center of this controversy is the Wuhan Institute of Virology , which is an affiliate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is run by the country ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a BSL-4 lab , which means it ’ s designed to study the most dangerous pathogens in the world .
It was set up in the wake of the SARS epidemic to help prepare the country for future outbreaks of infectious disease , and it ’ s used to research and develop antiviral vaccines and drugs for new pathogens .
It ’ s just eight miles away from the wet market where the outbreak was supposedly started .
The lab has been carrying out gain-of-function research for several years .
This is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and determine how they could be modified to make them more deadly or more easily transmissible .
This , in theory , could enable scientists to come up with countermeasures for the viruses that could pose the biggest threats to humanity .
It ’ s a highly controversial type of research that was banned in the U.S. during the Obama administration after a series of safety incidents showed just how dangerous it can be .
Pathogens have escaped from labs before , with hundreds of incidents involving unintended exposure to controlled biological agents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:17 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , China , Conspiracy , Corruption , God Help Us , Government Evil .
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by: Isabelle Z.
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Last month, a Pew Research Center survey found that three in ten Americans believe the new coronavirus was most likely created in a lab. For some, it may just be a hunch, but the evidence is quickly piling up to support this theory. Although we may never be able to know for certain given that modern genetic engineering enables such viruses to be created without any sign of human manipulation, some experts insist it’s a very good possibility.
The fact that those who are privy to classified information about the virus believe it was made in the lab should be our first clue. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC This Week there was “enormous evidence” the outbreak started in a Chinese lab, although he didn’t share any of it.
When asked if he had seen anything that made him think the Wuhan lab was the source of the outbreak, President Trump said: “Yes, I have. Yes, I have.”
And although Chinese authorities insist the virus didn’t escape from a lab, they have not permitted WHO investigators or other foreign experts to look into it, nor have they been willing to share any samples taken from the animals at the Wuhan wet market where they maintain the outbreak originated.
So let’s get this straight: The Chinese authorities want us to take them at their word when they say this virus didn’t come from one of their labs, and they won’t let investigators in to verify what they’re claiming. That doesn’t sound the slightest bit suspicious, does it?
If you were being accused of starting this deadly pandemic and you knew you were innocent, wouldn’t you be gathering all the evidence you could and shouting it from the rooftops? Wouldn’t you invite everyone into your lab to see for themselves that you had no part in this?
It’s pretty clear they have something to hide.
Wuhan Institute of Virology carries out risky gain-of-function research
he lab at the center of this controversy is the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is an affiliate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is run by the country’s central government. It’s a BSL-4 lab, which means it’s designed to study the most dangerous pathogens in the world.
It was set up in the wake of the SARS epidemic to help prepare the country for future outbreaks of infectious disease, and it’s used to research and develop antiviral vaccines and drugs for new pathogens. It’s just eight miles away from the wet market where the outbreak was supposedly started.
The lab has been carrying out gain-of-function research for several years. This is a type of research wherein scientists study viruses and determine how they could be modified to make them more deadly or more easily transmissible. This, in theory, could enable scientists to come up with countermeasures for the viruses that could pose the biggest threats to humanity.
It’s a highly controversial type of research that was banned in the U.S. during the Obama administration after a series of safety incidents showed just how dangerous it can be. Pathogens have escaped from labs before, with hundreds of incidents involving unintended exposure to controlled biological agents occurring each year.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Top US scientist questions Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine claims

On Wednesday , one of America ’ s top scientists said that the government shouldn ’ t count on a successful vaccine against the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) being developed anytime soon when making a decision on easing restrictions .
The statements by Dr. William Haseltine come after Moderna claimed to have made great strides in developing a vaccine against COVID-19 .
Dr. Haseltine , a former professor at the Harvard Medical School , renowned for his groundbreaking work on HIV and the human genome , stated that the better approach to the pandemic would be to manage the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isolation measures when it starts spreading .
While a COVID-19 vaccine could eventually be developed , Haseltine said , “ I wouldn ’ t count on it.
” Haseltine ’ s statements come after Moderna announced Monday that their COVID-19 candidate — the frontrunner in the U.S. market — seemed to be generating favorable immune responses in Phase 1 trial subjects .
The seemingly positive news caused the company ’ s stock valuation to surge , hitting $ 29 billion .
This is an astonishing feat for a company that currently has no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moderna ’ s announcement presented little in the way of actual data .
Even what figures the company did release didn ’ t mean much on their own as other bits of critical information necessary for interpreting this data was withheld .
Moderna ’ s statement led with the fact that all 45 test subjects who received doses of 35 micrograms , 100 micrograms or 250 micrograms of the vaccine candidate developed binding antibodies .
However , their statement later indicated that only eight volunteers — four who received 25 micrograms and four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibodies .
The data lacks information on the results from the other 37 volunteers .
Neutralizing antibodies are the ones that scientists are hoping to see in these tests — they ’ re the ones that indicate a subject may be developing immunity .
However , testing for these is more time-consuming and needs to be done in specialized laboratories .
In addition , while the report did state that the volunteers were between 18 and 55 years old , it did not state the exact ages of the volunteers who developed neutralizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind words to share when reflecting on the data , or lack of it , in Moderna ’ s press release when talking to CNBC Wednesday .
“ If a CFO had tried to get away with such an opaque and data-less statement it would have bee treated with derision and possibly an investigation , ” he stated .
“ We all know it ’ s an emergency , and in an emergency it ’ s even more important to be clear on what you know and what you do not know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ importance of having exact information at this time .
In addition , Haseltine also expressed disappointment at Dr. Anthony Fauci , head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , calling the results “ encouraging.
” “ Whether [ Fauci ] shaded what should have been done , I think is an important question , ” he said .
“ He ’ s obviously under enormous pressure for positive results but it was not the right thing to do if you can ’ t see the data.
” Other scientists have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t the only scientist who has raised questions about Moderna ’ s vaccine , or COVID-19 vaccines in general .
In a recent article , STAT talked to a number of scientists who also called elements of Moderna ’ s report into question .
Anna Durbin , a vaccine researcher at Johns Hopkins University , questioned the durability of the neutralizing antibodies detected in the subjects .
She pointed out that the blood samples from the volunteers had been taken only two weeks after they received their second dose of the vaccine candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We don ’ t know if those antibodies are durable , ” stated Durbin .
Others have questioned whether the amount of antibodies produced is actually enough to stave off the coronavirus .
Moderna claims that the antibody levels they saw were on par or greater than those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19 .
However , studies have shown that antibody levels in people who have recovered from the disease can vary greatly .
Yale University researcher John “ Jack ” Rose pointed to a study from China that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients , 10 had no detectable neutralizing antibodies .
Meanwhile , others on the opposite end had really high antibody levels .
Though Moderna claims that the antibody levels produced by their vaccine candidate were as high as those produced by the infection , there ’ s no real way to know what exactly that comparison means .
When questioned about their information by STAT , Moderna claimed that they would release the full data in the future in an eventual journal article from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more questions .
“ My guess is that their numbers are marginal or they would say more , ” said Rose .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:13 pm and is filed under Health , New World Order .
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by: Franz Walker
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, May 21, 2020
On Wednesday, one of America’s top scientists said that the government shouldn’t count on a successful vaccine against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) being developed anytime soon when making a decision on easing restrictions. The statements by Dr. William Haseltine come after Moderna claimed to have made great strides in developing a vaccine against COVID-19.
Dr. Haseltine, a former professor at the Harvard Medical School, renowned for his groundbreaking work on HIV and the human genome, stated that the better approach to the pandemic would be to manage the disease through careful contact tracing and strict isolation measures when it starts spreading.
While a COVID-19 vaccine could eventually be developed, Haseltine said, “I wouldn’t count on it.”
Moderna claims progress on its vaccine candidate
Haseltine’s statements come after Moderna announced Monday that their COVID-19 candidate — the frontrunner in the U.S. market — seemed to be generating favorable immune responses in Phase 1 trial subjects.
The seemingly positive news caused the company’s stock valuation to surge, hitting $29 billion. This is an astonishing feat for a company that currently has no products on the market.
However, Moderna’s announcement presented little in the way of actual data. Even what figures the company did release didn’t mean much on their own as other bits of critical information necessary for interpreting this data was withheld.
Moderna’s statement led with the fact that all 45 test subjects who received doses of 35 micrograms, 100 micrograms or 250 micrograms of the vaccine candidate developed binding antibodies. However, their statement later indicated that only eight volunteers — four who received 25 micrograms and four who received 100 micrograms — developed neutralizing antibodies. The data lacks information on the results from the other 37 volunteers.
Neutralizing antibodies are the ones that scientists are hoping to see in these tests — they’re the ones that indicate a subject may be developing immunity. However, testing for these is more time-consuming and needs to be done in specialized laboratories.
In addition, while the report did state that the volunteers were between 18 and 55 years old, it did not state the exact ages of the volunteers who developed neutralizing antibodies.
Haseltine questions Moderna’s announcement
Haseltine had some less than kind words to share when reflecting on the data, or lack of it, in Moderna’s press release when talking to CNBC Wednesday.
“If a CFO had tried to get away with such an opaque and data-less statement it would have bee treated with derision and possibly an investigation,” he stated.
“We all know it’s an emergency, and in an emergency it’s even more important to be clear on what you know and what you do not know,” he added, pointing out the importance of having exact information at this time.
In addition, Haseltine also expressed disappointment at Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, calling the results “encouraging.”
“Whether [Fauci] shaded what should have been done, I think is an important question,” he said. “He’s obviously under enormous pressure for positive results but it was not the right thing to do if you can’t see the data.”
Other scientists have raised questions as well
Haseltine isn’t the only scientist who has raised questions about Moderna’s vaccine, or COVID-19 vaccines in general. In a recent article, STAT talked to a number of scientists who also called elements of Moderna’s report into question.
Anna Durbin, a vaccine researcher at Johns Hopkins University, questioned the durability of the neutralizing antibodies detected in the subjects. She pointed out that the blood samples from the volunteers had been taken only two weeks after they received their second dose of the vaccine candidate.
“That’s very early. We don’t know if those antibodies are durable,” stated Durbin.
Others have questioned whether the amount of antibodies produced is actually enough to stave off the coronavirus. Moderna claims that the antibody levels they saw were on par or greater than those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19.
However, studies have shown that antibody levels in people who have recovered from the disease can vary greatly. Yale University researcher John “Jack” Rose pointed to a study from China that shows that, among 175 recovered COVID-19 patients, 10 had no detectable neutralizing antibodies. Meanwhile, others on the opposite end had really high antibody levels.
Though Moderna claims that the antibody levels produced by their vaccine candidate were as high as those produced by the infection, there’s no real way to know what exactly that comparison means.
When questioned about their information by STAT, Moderna claimed that they would release the full data in the future in an eventual journal article from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. However, this reply seemed to raise more questions.
“My guess is that their numbers are marginal or they would say more,” said Rose.


revolutionradio--2020-05-21--Quarter Of Americans Have No Interest In Taking COVID Vaccine

President Trump ’ s “ Operation Warp Speed , ” a public-private partnership to develop a vaccine and ready it for mass production by early 2021 , has generated anti-vaccine concerns among some Americans , a new survey finds .
The survey , published via Reuters/Ipsos on Thursday , found 25 % of Americans have no interest in taking a coronavirus vaccine .
About 36 % of respondents said they would be less willing to take a vaccine if President Trump said it was safe .
Only 14 % said they would be interested .
Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 4,428 Americans between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review additional research on the vaccine to determine if it was safe .
A little less than 66 % were “ very ” or “ somewhat ” interested in a vaccine if made readily available .
Dr. William Schaffner , an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville , told Reuters , considering there are 92,000 virus-related deaths , he thought there would be a much higher amount of people that would want the vaccine .
“ It ’ s a little lower than I thought it would be with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Schaffner .
“ I would have expected somewhere around 75 percent.
” The survey found 14 % were not interested at all , 10 % were not very interested , and 11 % were unsure about subjecting themselves to a vaccine .
Health experts tell Reuters that , “ at least 70 % of Americans would need to be immune through a vaccine or prior infection to achieve what is known as “ herd immunity , ” when enough people are resistant to an infectious disease to prevent its spread.
” President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aims to produce 300 million doses of a vaccine by January , a goal that we ’ ve said is widely unrealistic .
The president ’ s constant hype of vaccines has led some people to believe many of the drugs in development are being rushed and could have dangerous side effects .
Ron Paul recently warned “ rushed-into-production ” vaccines for other viruses have had disastrous health consequences for some people .
Nearly 84 % of respondents said vaccines for measles are safe , suggesting that people are doubtful about a rushed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who were “ not very ” interested in taking the vaccine , 29 % of them said they would reassess their thoughts once the FDA approved it .
Peter Hotez , dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine , where his staff is currently developing a vaccine , said : “ It ’ s not surprising a significant percentage of Americans are not going to take the vaccine because of the terrible messaging we ’ ve had , the absence of a communication plan around the vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The poll underlines how political divides among Democrats and Republicans predate the pandemic , but lockdowns have since catalyzed new divides and exacerbating old ones .
That being , nearly 20 % of Republicans said they had no interest in a vaccine , which was more than double the proportion of Democrats who said the same .
With creepy billionaire Bill Gates and big government rushing vaccines into development and for possible mass production next year — the anti-vaccine movement in America continues to grow .
Read “ Anti-Lockdown Protests Accelerate Across Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” which explains anti-vaccine movements flourishing across the Western world .
This entry was posted on Thursday , May 21st , 2020 at 6:08 pm and is filed under Civil Unrest , Health .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 05/21/2020
President Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed,” a public-private partnership to develop a vaccine and ready it for mass production by early 2021, has generated anti-vaccine concerns among some Americans, a new survey finds.
The survey, published via Reuters/Ipsos on Thursday, found 25% of Americans have no interest in taking a coronavirus vaccine.
About 36% of respondents said they would be less willing to take a vaccine if President Trump said it was safe. Only 14% said they would be interested.
Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 4,428 Americans between May 13-19 said they would need to review additional research on the vaccine to determine if it was safe.
A little less than 66% were “very” or “somewhat” interested in a vaccine if made readily available.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, told Reuters, considering there are 92,000 virus-related deaths, he thought there would be a much higher amount of people that would want the vaccine.
“It’s a little lower than I thought it would be with all the attention to COVID-19,” said Schaffner. “I would have expected somewhere around 75 percent.”
The survey found 14% were not interested at all, 10% were not very interested, and 11% were unsure about subjecting themselves to a vaccine.
Health experts tell Reuters that, “at least 70% of Americans would need to be immune through a vaccine or prior infection to achieve what is known as “herd immunity,” when enough people are resistant to an infectious disease to prevent its spread.”
President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed program aims to produce 300 million doses of a vaccine by January, a goal that we’ve said is widely unrealistic.
The president’s constant hype of vaccines has led some people to believe many of the drugs in development are being rushed and could have dangerous side effects. Ron Paul recently warned “rushed-into-production” vaccines for other viruses have had disastrous health consequences for some people.
Nearly 84% of respondents said vaccines for measles are safe, suggesting that people are doubtful about a rushed vaccine for COVID-19. Of the folks who were “not very” interested in taking the vaccine, 29% of them said they would reassess their thoughts once the FDA approved it.
Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where his staff is currently developing a vaccine, said:
“It’s not surprising a significant percentage of Americans are not going to take the vaccine because of the terrible messaging we’ve had, the absence of a communication plan around the vaccine and this very aggressive anti-vaccine movement.”
The poll underlines how political divides among Democrats and Republicans predate the pandemic, but lockdowns have since catalyzed new divides and exacerbating old ones. That being, nearly 20% of Republicans said they had no interest in a vaccine, which was more than double the proportion of Democrats who said the same.
With creepy billionaire Bill Gates and big government rushing vaccines into development and for possible mass production next year — the anti-vaccine movement in America continues to grow.
Read “Anti-Lockdown Protests Accelerate Across Europe As Second COVID-19 Wave Threat Emerges,” which explains anti-vaccine movements flourishing across the Western world.