weareanonymous--2020-03-24--Amazon Owner, World’s Richest Man, Wants Your Donations To Help Amazon Employees

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , the world ’ s first centibillionaire , a man who vies with Bill Gates for the title of the planet ’ s richest individual , is asking the public for donations to provide basic support to his 800,000 employees who are suffering in poverty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Bezos announced : “ We are establishing the Amazon Relief Fund with a $ 25 million initial contribution focused on supporting our independent delivery service partners and their drivers , Amazon Flex participants , and seasonal employees under financial distress during this challenging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both employees and contractors around the world that face economic hardship due to natural disasters or unforeseen personal circumstances .
Those who qualify can apply for a grant of up to $ 5,000 .
“ I ’ ve never been more proud of our teams around the world .
People are supporting one another , taking care of themselves and others while also doing what we do best , which is serving customers , ” said Beth Galetti , Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Amazon .
A man worth over $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average , $ 230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many .
Amazon itself is worth over $ 1 trillion , and some felt Bezos himself was in a better position than others , especially members of the public also economically hit by the COVID-19 pandemic , to help his own staff .
Furthermore , the company is notorious as a bad employer .
Forced to forego bathroom breaks , many company warehouse workers are effectively compelled to wear diapers during their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unsafe environments and being punished for injuries sustained on the job .
The company also does not provide its employees with regular access to clean water .
Amazon workers are poor .
Really poor .
In Arizona , for example , the company ’ s own data suggests that one in three employees depend upon food stamps to put food on the table .
It is the twenty-eighth largest employer in the state .
However , it ranked fifth on the list for most employees enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is a similar story .
In Pennsylvania , for instance , Amazon is the nineteenth largest employer but is in fifth place on the SNAP employees list of corporations .
And amidst the deadly COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe , the job is one of the more dangerous around , as workers are constantly on the move , handling a great number of packages and in close proximity to others .
Despite its poor pay , the job is considered essential to the upkeep of society .
Bezos ’ charitable donations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media .
His donation of one million Australian dollars to aid the bushfires in January generated headlines proclaiming his generosity .
But as MintPress reported , that was equivalent to just three minutes ’ income , as generous as a person making $ 20,000 per year donating a dime .
Linsey McGoey , Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex , UK , told MintPress that , “ philanthropy can and is being used deliberately to divert attention away from different forms of economic exploitation that underpin global inequality today.
” In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced yesterday that , through collective action , they had forced the company to agree to paid time off for all U.S. warehouse workers , something that will be especially useful in the current circumstances .
“ Almost a year ago , in the summer of 2019 , a small crew of us got fed up with Amazon ’ s bullshit and met up outside of work because we felt we had to do something , ” they said , proclaiming victory .
In the U.S. , the company is currently increasing recruitment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sales .
On the other hand , the government of France has suspended all non-essential Amazon deliveries in a bid to cut down on contagion rates .
The company has also been forced to halt price gouging on its website of key products like hand sanitizer .
While Bezos asks for donations , he appears to genuinely not have considered using his own wealth to help those in need .
In 2018 he lamented that “ the only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is basically it.
” His employees might have other ideas about how he could use his fortune .

Jeff Bezos is asking the public for donations to provide basic support to his 800,000 employees who are suffering in poverty in the wake of the pandemic.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s first centibillionaire, a man who vies with Bill Gates for the title of the planet’s richest individual, is asking the public for donations to provide basic support to his 800,000 employees who are suffering in poverty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bezos announced:
“We are establishing the Amazon Relief Fund with a $25 million initial contribution focused on supporting our independent delivery service partners and their drivers, Amazon Flex participants, and seasonal employees under financial distress during this challenging time.”
The fund will also support both employees and contractors around the world that face economic hardship due to natural disasters or unforeseen personal circumstances. Those who qualify can apply for a grant of up to $5,000.
“I’ve never been more proud of our teams around the world. People are supporting one another, taking care of themselves and others while also doing what we do best, which is serving customers,” said Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Amazon.
Amazon set up a relief fund for its employees and is asking us to donate. Amazon is worth nearly $1 trillion. Amazon paid a negative federal income tax rate in 2018. They paid nothing but got millions in government subsidies. How is this real. https://t.co/MiLArAnTdA — Rob Hart (@robwhart) March 21, 2020
A man worth over $100 billion, who makes, on average, $230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many. Amazon itself is worth over $1 trillion, and some felt Bezos himself was in a better position than others, especially members of the public also economically hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, to help his own staff.
Furthermore, the company is notorious as a bad employer. Forced to forego bathroom breaks, many company warehouse workers are effectively compelled to wear diapers during their shifts. Other employees report working in unsafe environments and being punished for injuries sustained on the job. The company also does not provide its employees with regular access to clean water.
Amazon workers are poor. Really poor. In Arizona, for example, the company’s own data suggests that one in three employees depend upon food stamps to put food on the table. It is the twenty-eighth largest employer in the state. However, it ranked fifth on the list for most employees enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Across the United States, it is a similar story.
In Pennsylvania, for instance, Amazon is the nineteenth largest employer but is in fifth place on the SNAP employees list of corporations. And amidst the deadly COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, the job is one of the more dangerous around, as workers are constantly on the move, handling a great number of packages and in close proximity to others. Despite its poor pay, the job is considered essential to the upkeep of society.
I can’t even process this… Amazon — you know, the one run by the richest man, the one whose sales have shot up during a pandemic — is doing an online fundraiser. Asking all of us to donate to support its warehouse temps & flex drivers hit by Covid.
https://t.co/QWd851eXBk — Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) March 20, 2020
Bezos’ charitable donations often garner him considerable praise in the media. His donation of one million Australian dollars to aid the bushfires in January generated headlines proclaiming his generosity. But as MintPress reported, that was equivalent to just three minutes’ income, as generous as a person making $20,000 per year donating a dime. Linsey McGoey, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, told MintPress that, “philanthropy can and is being used deliberately to divert attention away from different forms of economic exploitation that underpin global inequality today.”
In other news, Amazon employees in Chicago announced yesterday that, through collective action, they had forced the company to agree to paid time off for all U.S. warehouse workers, something that will be especially useful in the current circumstances. “Almost a year ago, in the summer of 2019, a small crew of us got fed up with Amazon’s bullshit and met up outside of work because we felt we had to do something,” they said, proclaiming victory.
In the U.S., the company is currently increasing recruitment to deal with a sharp surge in sales. On the other hand, the government of France has suspended all non-essential Amazon deliveries in a bid to cut down on contagion rates. The company has also been forced to halt price gouging on its website of key products like hand sanitizer.
While Bezos asks for donations, he appears to genuinely not have considered using his own wealth to help those in need. In 2018 he lamented that “the only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel. That is basically it.” His employees might have other ideas about how he could use his fortune.
Alan MacLeod / Mint Press News / Creative Commons


weareanonymous--2020-03-25--CIA Frontgroup Predicted US + Europe Would Lose Large Part Of Their Population by 2025

By 2025 , populations around the world were forecast to decrease by a staggering 8 million people or more , according to Deagel publications .
Deagel.com : This inconspicuous website is largely unknown , even on social media , and is often assumed to have no official existence at all .
According to its own website , Deagel provides news and information about international military aviation and pioneering technologies .
The website has articles dating back to 2003 , but little is known about the real operators .
Many online researchers have mistakenly mistaken this page for “ deagle.com ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2016 , scientists at the British University of Oxford have also published a report and forecast that a 10 percent loss in the world ’ s population would go hand in hand with a catastrophic disaster .
The numbers were estimated in a scientifically based special report known as global disaster risk .
The report , created by Oxford University ’ s Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Priorities Project , assessed the greatest threats to human population in the coming years , including a global pandemic , climate change and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report , beseeching world governments to prepare .
“ There are some things that are on the horizon , things that probably won ’ t happen in any one year but could happen , which could completely reshape our world and do so in a really devastating and disastrous way .
History teaches us that many of these things are more likely than we intuitively think .
Many of these risks are changing and growing as technologies change and grow and reshape our world .
But there are also things we can do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Farquhar , director at the Global Priorities Project to Associated Press at the time .
Currently , the human population faces multiple high-risk situations , including climate change , the evolving coronavirus pandemic that has seen a virus spread from China at alarming rates across the world , and economic collapse as a result of the CCP ’ s initial concealment of the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) .
Current world figures anticipate millions in population growth lost and a sharp decline in Gross Domestic Product .
The world population that currently sits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drop to 6.9 billion in just 5 short years in 2025 .
Ironically , the nation where the origins of the virus first appeared , China , is set to remain the same in population growth , while nations like Italy , Australia , and the US will see significant drops and potential economic devastation .
India and Russia will also fare reasonable stability .
As a front group for the CIA , Deagel predicts that we ’ re only a few years away from a hellish nightmare .
This highly respected intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States for the coming years , including a 78 % population decline .
In fact , it predicts a similar , catastrophic fate for the United Kingdom , Australia , Germany , Japan , and Denmark , and other allied countries ( or see for yourself at http : //www.deagel.com/country/forecast.aspx ) : The figures are particularly alarming for the USA and Germany , where it is forecast that just under 1/3 of the population will be alive .
According to Deagel.com , Italy and France will also be severely affected by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is assumed that 2/3 of the population will still be alive .
China and Russia are forecast to be hardly affected , and for Interestingly , the CIA front group even expects India , Pakistan , Mexico , Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines to have a population increase .
In terms of military budgets , Russia ’ s growth will increase from $ 79 billion to $ 186 billion , while the United States will have problems , most likely due to future inflation , with the budget falling from $ 637 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are forecast for the United Kingdom : a population decline of 7 million people and a decrease in the military budget from $ 56 billion to only $ 1.4 billion .
For comparison , the following are forecast numbers ( screenshots from June 19 , 2015 ) from 2015 , which were somewhat more moderate and positive compared to today ’ s figures , but are almost unchanged for i.e .
Germany with a forecast population decline of 48 million people ( 2/3 of it ’ s population ) : Population decline by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the organization expects a massive population decline in the typical G7 countries , the European Union and others .
If you include all of the different scenarios that could involve this type of population decline : major physical / geographic events , diseases , etc.… .
well , okay , maybe this could happen .
BUT… Then take a look at the BRIC countries , i.e .
Brazil , Russia , India and China : If you look at the list of countries , Africa , South America and most of Asia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have very little decline in their populations ( with the exception of Japan ! )
, And most Caribbean countries have no entries for 2025 .
On the other hand , they have NATO countries all saw significant declines – with the exception of Turkey .
Very small declines are predicted for the Middle East , except for Israel , which is expected to experience a BIG decline .
Who is behind DEAGEL.com ?
Of course , the question arises whether this information is trustworthy ?
Who or what is Deagel ?
Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official institution ?
Deagel ’ s reports , particularly investigations into North Korea , were also made available to the US President for daily information and briefings .
In this way , Deagel provides information that is subsequently used by global intelligence agencies and governments .
Although its importance is downplayed heavily , WikiLeaks documents have shown that it was used as official reference material in a Stratfor report ( Stratfor is one of the most important military-strategy think tanks-of the U.S. ) about the technological capabilities of the People ’ s Republic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wikileaks .org / gifiles / docs / 26 / 2655808_dprk-marko-p-.html Deagel is a group that gets their hands dirty and plays on both sides of the fence .
Please note the publicly accessible list of Deagel partners below .
Here is an incomplete list of well-known Deagel partners and customers , according to its own website : • OSCE – Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe They do business with the Russian defense procurement agency , but are largely an American contractor with ties to the U.S. Navy , the NSA and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – The association you ’ ve probably never heard of The power and influence of this association are simply breathtaking .
It ’ s like the modern edition of Zapata Oil , a CIA front company led by George H.W .
Bush , which in turn enabled much of the Air America ‘ drugs for guns ’ program in Latin America in the 1980s would have .
There is evidence that Deagel is pretty much the same type of organization as Zapata Oil at the time .
Deagel initially did arms deals through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but had started supplying al-Qaida in Libya and Syria at the time of his murder .
Deagel was closely involved in the Benghazi attack in several ways , which will be dealt with in detail in a later article .
Deagel also has close ties to the so-called “ Open Source Intelligence ” business , which involves gathering information from publicly available sources for intelligence purposes .
This means that Deagel and its partners ( the connections listed ) act as marketing companies for the CIA and sell news information to the highest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distance the CIA from nefarious operations that could be dangerous to the US government , and particularly the CIA .

By 2025, populations around the world were forecast to decrease by a staggering 800 million people or more, according to Deagel publications.
Deagel.com: This inconspicuous website is largely unknown, even on social media, and is often assumed to have no official existence at all.
According to its own website, Deagel provides news and information about international military aviation and pioneering technologies. The website has articles dating back to 2003, but little is known about the real operators. Many online researchers have mistakenly mistaken this page for “deagle.com”, which is owned by Edwin Deagle.
In 2016, scientists at the British University of Oxford have also published a report and forecast that a 10 percent loss in the world’s population would go hand in hand with a catastrophic disaster. The numbers were estimated in a scientifically based special report known as global disaster risk.
The report, created by Oxford University’s Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Priorities Project, assessed the greatest threats to human population in the coming years, including a global pandemic, climate change and natural disasters. The team compiled the report, beseeching world governments to prepare.
“There are some things that are on the horizon, things that probably won’t happen in any one year but could happen, which could completely reshape our world and do so in a really devastating and disastrous way. History teaches us that many of these things are more likely than we intuitively think. Many of these risks are changing and growing as technologies change and grow and reshape our world. But there are also things we can do about the risks,” stated Sebastian Farquhar, director at the Global Priorities Project to Associated Press at the time.
Currently, the human population faces multiple high-risk situations, including climate change, the evolving coronavirus pandemic that has seen a virus spread from China at alarming rates across the world, and economic collapse as a result of the CCP’s initial concealment of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).
Current world figures anticipate millions in population growth lost and a sharp decline in Gross Domestic Product. The world population that currently sits at around 7.4 billion is set to drop to 6.9 billion in just 5 short years in 2025.
Ironically, the nation where the origins of the virus first appeared, China, is set to remain the same in population growth, while nations like Italy, Australia, and the US will see significant drops and potential economic devastation. India and Russia will also fare reasonable stability.
CIA front group DEAGEL predicts large global population declines by 2025
As a front group for the CIA, Deagel predicts that we’re only a few years away from a hellish nightmare.
This highly respected intelligence agency is giving a bleak outlook on the United States for the coming years, including a 78% population decline. In fact, it predicts a similar, catastrophic fate for the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Japan, and Denmark, and other allied countries (or see for yourself at http://www.deagel.com/country/forecast.aspx):
The figures are particularly alarming for the USA and Germany, where it is forecast that just under 1/3 of the population will be alive. According to Deagel.com, Italy and France will also be severely affected by a population decline, but here it is assumed that 2/3 of the population will still be alive. China and Russia are forecast to be hardly affected, and for Interestingly, the CIA front group even expects India, Pakistan, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines to have a population increase.
Global military spending will drop by 90-95%
In terms of military budgets, Russia’s growth will increase from $ 79 billion to $ 186 billion, while the United States will have problems, most likely due to future inflation, with the budget falling from $ 637 billion to $ 32 billion. Similar results are forecast for the United Kingdom: a population decline of 7 million people and a decrease in the military budget from $ 56 billion to only $ 1.4 billion.
For comparison, the following are forecast numbers (screenshots from June 19, 2015) from 2015, which were somewhat more moderate and positive compared to today’s figures, but are almost unchanged for i.e. Germany with a forecast population decline of 48 million people (2/3 of it’s population):
Population decline by how much?
According to these figures, the organization expects a massive population decline in the typical G7 countries, the European Union and others.
If you include all of the different scenarios that could involve this type of population decline: major physical / geographic events, diseases, etc.…. well, okay, maybe this could happen. BUT…
Then take a look at the BRIC countries, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India and China:
If you look at the list of countries, Africa, South America and most of Asia are apparently untouched or are said to have very little decline in their populations (with the exception of Japan!), And most Caribbean countries have no entries for 2025. On the other hand, they have NATO countries all saw significant declines – with the exception of Turkey. Very small declines are predicted for the Middle East, except for Israel, which is expected to experience a BIG decline.
Who is behind DEAGEL.com?
Of course, the question arises whether this information is trustworthy? Who or what is Deagel? Who is behind it? Is it an official institution?
Deagel’s reports, particularly investigations into North Korea, were also made available to the US President for daily information and briefings. In this way, Deagel provides information that is subsequently used by global intelligence agencies and governments.
Although its importance is downplayed heavily, WikiLeaks documents have shown that it was used as official reference material in a Stratfor report (Stratfor is one of the most important military-strategy think tanks-of the U.S.) about the technological capabilities of the People’s Republic of North Korea: https: // wikileaks .org / gifiles / docs / 26 / 2655808_dprk-marko-p-.html
Deagel is a group that gets their hands dirty and plays on both sides of the fence. Please note the publicly accessible list of Deagel partners below.
Here is an incomplete list of well-known Deagel partners and customers, according to its own website:
NSA – US National Security Agency
NATO (literally translated: Organization of the North Atlantic Pact) – North Atlantic Defense Alliance
OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSCE – Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Russian Defense Equipment Procurement Agency
Stratfor (American geopolitical news platform and publisher / “think tank”)
World Bank (“World Bank”)
United Nations
They do business with the Russian defense procurement agency, but are largely an American contractor with ties to the U.S. Navy, the NSA and the CIA, through Stratfor.
Deagel – The association you’ve probably never heard of
The power and influence of this association are simply breathtaking. It’s like the modern edition of Zapata Oil, a CIA front company led by George H.W. Bush, which in turn enabled much of the Air America ‘drugs for guns’ program in Latin America in the 1980s would have.
There is evidence that Deagel is pretty much the same type of organization as Zapata Oil at the time. Deagel initially did arms deals through US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya, but had started supplying al-Qaida in Libya and Syria at the time of his murder. Deagel was closely involved in the Benghazi attack in several ways, which will be dealt with in detail in a later article.
Deagel also has close ties to the so-called “Open Source Intelligence” business, which involves gathering information from publicly available sources for intelligence purposes. This means that Deagel and its partners (the connections listed) act as marketing companies for the CIA and sell news information to the highest bidder. Stratfor and Deagel at least distance the CIA from nefarious operations that could be dangerous to the US government, and particularly the CIA.
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weareanonymous--2020-04-16--Man Waiting for $1,700 Stimulus Check Finds $8.2 Million in Bank Account Instead

With some 80 million people expecting stimulus money to hit their bank accounts starting Wednesday in the biggest and unprecedented instance of the government passing helicopter money directly to Americans ’ pockets in history , there are bound to be mistakes and errors .
A volunteer firefighter in New Chicago , Indiana was awaiting a $ 1700 stimulus payment but upon withdrawing a mere $ 200 from his dwindling available balance at an ATM last Friday was shocked to find his remaining balance $ 8.2 million .
Apparently , the US Treasury — or possibly the bank itself , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ huge mistake in making Charles Calvin an overnight millionaire .
The story originated in WGN9 Chicago and quickly went viral : “ I went to the ATM at the Family Express and once I withdrew $ 200 out of my account I looked at the available balance still left in my account , ” he said .
He said his account had $ 8.2 million in it .
He was only supposed to receive $ 1,700 .
Not believing what he was seeing , he ran his card again but it said the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stayed in his account over the weekend before it appears someone on the other end realized the massive error .
Calvin says he notified his bank upon opening in order to investigate the funds ’ origins .
In disbelief he had gotten both a friend and store clerk to verify that what he was looking at was real .
He went to the clerk at the gas station where the ATM was to ask if there was something wrong with the machine , but no issues had been reported , he recalled .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ she looks at the receipt , she looks at me , looks back at the receipt , ” he told NBC Chicago in a separate interview .
“ She said , ‘ You have this much money in your account ?
’ I said , ‘ No , I am poor .
I ’ m over here trying to get money out so I can pay my rent ’ .
” — CNBC By Monday the bank said they didn ’ t see that balance in his account anymore , but did verify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later reported the bank thinks it was actually an ATM error .
“ It kind of sucks , ” Calvin told WGN9 .
“ You go from being a millionaire one second then back to being broke again .
But hey , once you ’ re poor you don ’ t have anywhere else to go but up.
” It ’ s still unclear exactly what happened , but its entirely possible that with Washington passing around trillions – it could very well happen again .
“ Calvin still isn ’ t sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the federal government , his bank or the particular ATM he used , but he said he ’ s just glad he did end up with the amount he was entitled to , ” WGN9 wrote .

The clerk said, "You have this much money in your account?!" I said, "No, I am poor."
With some 80 million people expecting stimulus money to hit their bank accounts starting Wednesday in the biggest and unprecedented instance of the government passing helicopter money directly to Americans’ pockets in history, there are bound to be mistakes and errors.
A volunteer firefighter in New Chicago, Indiana was awaiting a $1700 stimulus payment but upon withdrawing a mere $200 from his dwindling available balance at an ATM last Friday was shocked to find his remaining balance $8.2 million.
Apparently, the US Treasury — or possibly the bank itself, it’s unclear which — made a huge mistake in making Charles Calvin an overnight millionaire.
The story originated in WGN9 Chicago and quickly went viral:
“I went to the ATM at the Family Express and once I withdrew $200 out of my account I looked at the available balance still left in my account,” he said.
He said his account had $8.2 million in it. He was only supposed to receive $1,700.
Not believing what he was seeing, he ran his card again but it said the same thing.
The millions may have stayed in his account over the weekend before it appears someone on the other end realized the massive error. Calvin says he notified his bank upon opening in order to investigate the funds’ origins.
In disbelief he had gotten both a friend and store clerk to verify that what he was looking at was real.
He went to the clerk at the gas station where the ATM was to ask if there was something wrong with the machine, but no issues had been reported, he recalled.
“I showed her the receipt and she looks at the receipt, she looks at me, looks back at the receipt,” he told NBC Chicago in a separate interview. “She said, ‘You have this much money in your account?’ I said, ‘No, I am poor. I’m over here trying to get money out so I can pay my rent’.” — CNBC
By Monday the bank said they didn’t see that balance in his account anymore, but did verify his stimulus money was sent. CNBC later reported the bank thinks it was actually an ATM error.
“It kind of sucks,” Calvin told WGN9. “You go from being a millionaire one second then back to being broke again. But hey, once you’re poor you don’t have anywhere else to go but up.”
It’s still unclear exactly what happened, but its entirely possible that with Washington passing around trillions – it could very well happen again.
“Calvin still isn’t sure if this was an error on behalf of the federal government, his bank or the particular ATM he used, but he said he’s just glad he did end up with the amount he was entitled to,” WGN9 wrote.
By Tyler Durden | ZeroHedge.com | Republished with permission


weareanonymous--2020-04-17--Scientists Discover Aggressive Coronavirus Mutation That Will Probably Render Vaccines Useless

The prospect that SARS-CoV-2 , the “ novel ” coronavirus responsible for causing the illness COVID-19 , might be mutating and evolving as it spreads across the globe has been such a terrifying prospect for the scientific community , that medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci seem to avoid even engaging on the topic .
Asked about the possibility of viral mutation during one of the White House ’ s inaugural task force press briefings , Dr. Fauci assured the public that scientists have found “ no evidence ” of any concerning mutations , though the prospect that a mutated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next year ’ s flu season has kept some virologists up at night with nightmares about needing to start the vaccine clock from zero .
The problem is that vaccines often aren ’ t as effective against viruses that mutate , like the flu does every season ( that ’ s why you need to keep getting that flu shot year after year ) .
And now , a new scientific paper that – like most of the coronavirus research being cited in the press – has yet to be peer reviewed claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sample of the virus collected in India that could create serious problems for researchers working on a vaccine .
Monitoring the mutation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for the development of effective approaches to contain the 21 pathogen .
By analyzing 106 SARS-CoV-2 and 39 SARS genome sequences , we provided direct genetic evidence that 22 SARS-CoV-2 has a much lower mutation rate than SARS .
Minimum Evolution phylogeny analysis revealed the putative original status of SARS-CoV-2 and the early-stage spread history .
The discrepant phylogenies for the spike protein and it receptor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rearrangement prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 .
Despite that , we found the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is particularly more conserved , we identified a mutation that leads to weaker receptor binding capability , which concerns a SARS-CoV-2 sample collected on 27th January 2020 from India .
This represents the first report of a significant SARS-CoV-2 mutant , and raises the alarm that the ongoing vaccine development may become futile in future epidemic if more mutations were identified.
” The ominous discovery underscores how the virus ’ s destructive potential will likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evolution .
Fortunately , the team appeared to confirm an earlier finding by a team of researchers in Italy that the virus “ has a much lower mutation rate and genetic diversity ” than SARS , which means that a vaccine will likely be able to treat wide swaths of people before becoming ineffective as the virus changes and evolves .
However , this new finding shows that it ’ s not just the speed of the mutation that matters , but the specific nature of the mutations , when scientists are developing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine could take up to two years to develop , and some city officials have warned that life likely won ’ t return completely back to normal until a vaccine is ready for mass production .
But a mutation could throw a wrench in this process , transforming the process of developing a workable vaccine into a “ cat and mouse ” game – or at the very least lengthen the time it takes for the initial vaccine to be developed .
Amazon Bans Sale Of N95 And Surgical Masks To General Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now ?
Amazon has banned the sale of N95 and surgical masks to the general public , claiming it would restrict sales to hospitals and government organizations dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic .
The ban took effect April 1 , according to Recode , after the company said in a forum for Amazon sellers that the ban includes “ facial shields , surgical gowns , surgical gloves , and large-volume sanitizers.
” Ok , but where can I Buy N95 masks now ?
With Pharmacies , Walmart and nearly all other physical stores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the game and ebay selling mostly gas masks from China , there ’ s not much place left to buy N95 masks to protect yourself in th Covid-19 crisis and even if they claim to sell N95 masks , it ’ s mostly cheap fake masks that won ’ t offer any protection at all : As you may already know , the Darknet is selling pretty much everything that is hard to get by in stores or completely illegal .
So even if you come by to find a shady shop or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know if they really are what they are advertised ( N95 standard ) and work and you also never know if they will ever arrive .
However , there are still some online shops that are selling the very last N95 masks , one of them being a small company called Amazyble.com .
Should I Wear Face Masks in Public ?
Here ’ s What Science Says With the coronavirus pandemic quickly spreading , U.S. health officials have changed their advice on face masks and now recommend people wear cloth masks in public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as grocery stores .
Research on SARS , another coronavirus , found that N95 masks were highly effective at blocking transmission of that virus .
Even ill-fitting medical face masks have been found to interrupt airborne particles and viruses , keeping them from reaching as far when someone sneezes .
The universal use of mouth and nose covering with masks is a low-risk intervention that can only assist in reducing the spread of this terrible illness .
If everyone wears a mask , individuals protect one another , reducing overall community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to touch their faces after touching potentially contaminated surfaces .

The prospect that SARS-CoV-2, the “novel” coronavirus responsible for causing the illness COVID-19, might be mutating and evolving as it spreads across the globe has been such a terrifying prospect for the scientific community, that medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci seem to avoid even engaging on the topic.
Asked about the possibility of viral mutation during one of the White House’s inaugural task force press briefings, Dr. Fauci assured the public that scientists have found “no evidence” of any concerning mutations, though the prospect that a mutated version of the virus might return during next year’s flu season has kept some virologists up at night with nightmares about needing to start the vaccine clock from zero.
The problem is that vaccines often aren’t as effective against viruses that mutate, like the flu does every season (that’s why you need to keep getting that flu shot year after year). And now, a new scientific paper that – like most of the coronavirus research being cited in the press – has yet to be peer reviewed claims to have identified a mutation in a sample of the virus collected in India that could create serious problems for researchers working on a vaccine.
Monitoring the mutation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for the development of effective approaches to contain the 21 pathogen. By analyzing 106 SARS-CoV-2 and 39 SARS genome sequences, we provided direct genetic evidence that 22 SARS-CoV-2 has a much lower mutation rate than SARS. Minimum Evolution phylogeny analysis revealed the putative original status of SARS-CoV-2 and the early-stage spread history. The discrepant phylogenies for the spike protein and it receptor binding domain proved a previously reported structural rearrangement prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Despite that, we found the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is particularly more conserved, we identified a mutation that leads to weaker receptor binding capability, which concerns a SARS-CoV-2 sample collected on 27th January 2020 from India. This represents the first report of a significant SARS-CoV-2 mutant, and raises the alarm that the ongoing vaccine development may become futile in future epidemic if more mutations were identified.”
The ominous discovery underscores how the virus’s destructive potential will likely be tied to the vagaries of viral evolution.
Fortunately, the team appeared to confirm an earlier finding by a team of researchers in Italy that the virus “has a much lower mutation rate and genetic diversity” than SARS, which means that a vaccine will likely be able to treat wide swaths of people before becoming ineffective as the virus changes and evolves.
However, this new finding shows that it’s not just the speed of the mutation that matters, but the specific nature of the mutations, when scientists are developing a vaccine.
Experts say that a vaccine could take up to two years to develop, and some city officials have warned that life likely won’t return completely back to normal until a vaccine is ready for mass production. But a mutation could throw a wrench in this process, transforming the process of developing a workable vaccine into a “cat and mouse” game – or at the very least lengthen the time it takes for the initial vaccine to be developed.


weareanonymous--2020-04-19--R. Kennedy Jr. Exposes Bill Gates’ Injectable Microchip / Covid-19 Agenda

Bill Gates appears to be the embodiment of the American dream , a self-made man who pulled himself up by the bootstraps .
However , since the revelations of Snowden and Julian Assange , many reputable experts have questioned that American big tech companies like Microsoft are truly independent from the government , and in particular , the deep state and military industrial complex .
For instance , according to Edward Snowden , Microsoft allowed the NSA to collect communications data for analysis .
The connections run deep .
However , Gates ’ ties with the US military are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also on genetics .
As the NGO Friends of the Earth noted in 2017 “ Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the US military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “ gene drives ” pumping $ 100 million into the field .
The trove of emails , obtained through open records requests , also shed light on a $ 1.6 million dollar UN gene drive advocacy operation paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
” Jim Thomas of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for example genetically modified mosquitoes ) may be used as potential biological weapons .
On a seperate but not exactly unrelate note , the ties between Gates and prominent sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein , who mysteriously died in New York prison , are a testament to this “ philanthropist ’ s ” morality .
Jeffrey Epstein isn ’ t the only person connected to Bill Gates who died under mysterious circumstances .
The grand-daughter of Robert Kennedy ( nephew of former president John F. Kennedy and famous critic of Bill Gates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dead .
The details surrounding their deaths are anything but straightforward .
While there is no direct evidence to connect Gates to the coronavirus epidemic or prove he has any long-term nefarious goals , his actions and statements in light of the outbreak have given the world cause for concern .
Take , for example , the recent performance of the scandalous artist Marina Abramovich ( google her earlier work such as her “ spiritual cooking ” ) .
She was featured in Microsoft ’ s new ad for a mixed reality headset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of dislikes , Microsoft was forced to remove the video from its channel on Youtube .
In one of his latest posts , Robert Kennedy Jr. , who is the son of Robert Kennedy and the nephew of the former U.S. president John F. Kennedy , makes clear , why he is no friend of Bill Gates : A New York Times reporter asked me yesterday about the “ conspiracy theory ” that # BillGates is developing injectable chip to store vaccine records .
Here are the facts : The Bill and Melinda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million to perfect a “ microneedle technology ” that embeds , under the skin , a vaccination record visible by infrared light that can be read by a “ minimally-adopted smartphone technology.
” The technology will allow health officials to scan U.S. citizens to detect their vaccination compliance .
A study funded by the Bill and Melinda # Gates Foundation and published in December 2019 by researchers from MIT , the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , and the Gates-funded Intellectual Ventures Laboratory in Bellevue , WA , describes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be implanted under the skin along with a vaccine to encode information for “ decentralized data storage and bio-sensing.
” Gates ’ technology uses a tattoo-like mechanism to inject invisible nanoparticles subcutaneously .
Gates ’ researchers are now testing the implant with a vaccine against the # COVID-19 virus .
The Gates-funded report boasts that the chip system will allow “ house-to-house ” compliance searches to be conducted by government enforcement teams with “ minimal training , ” and will “ open up new avenues for decentralized data storage and biosensing.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near-infrared quantum dots delivered to the skin by microneedle patches to record vaccination.
” Gates began funding implantable tracking chips and ratio biotechnology in 2011 with a grant to TransDerm Inc. Gates is currently making multiple investments to develop different versions , including grants to Vaxxas Pty Ltd , Micron Biomedical Inc , Georgia Institute of Technology , and Vaxess Technologies Inc .
I urge you to contact Bill Gates on his social media .
Gently explain that tagging and tracking humans may appeal to his government cronies in totalitarian China , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and traditions .
The people of the world have every reason not to trust Bill Gates : a globalist , a crypto-Mathusian , a predatory capitalist .
Given what we know about his life , ideology and interests , we should be more suspicious of the idea that he is simply altruistically interested in the betterment of mankind .
It is indicative that since the founding of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Gates ’ fortune has only grown .
The coronavirus pandemic is a major chance for him and others like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines and medicines while expanding their power and control .
Given what we know about Bill Gates ’ , do we really believe he will not take full advantage of this opportunity if he is able to ?

Bill Gates appears to be the embodiment of the American dream, a self-made man who pulled himself up by the bootstraps. However, since the revelations of Snowden and Julian Assange, many reputable experts have questioned that American big tech companies like Microsoft are truly independent from the government, and in particular, the deep state and military industrial complex.
Bill Gates appears to be the embodiment of the American dream, a self-made man who pulled himself up by the bootstraps. However, since the revelations of Snowden and Julian Assange, many reputable experts have questioned that American big tech companies like Microsoft are truly independent from the government, and in particular, the deep state and military industrial complex.
For instance, according to Edward Snowden, Microsoft allowed the NSA to collect communications data for analysis. The connections run deep.
Hi @BillGates, you know CIA coders are working at @Microsoft and that Windows is effectively CIA spyware. That's how you thank ur customers? — Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) March 8, 2017
However, Gates’ ties with the US military are not only based around computer technology, but also on genetics. As the NGO Friends of the Earth noted in 2017 “Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the US military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “gene drives” pumping $100 million into the field. The trove of emails, obtained through open records requests, also shed light on a $1.6 million dollar UN gene drive advocacy operation paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.” Jim Thomas of the ETC Group says that technology (for example genetically modified mosquitoes) may be used as potential biological weapons.
On a seperate but not exactly unrelate note, the ties between Gates and prominent sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who mysteriously died in New York prison, are a testament to this “philanthropist’s” morality.
Now Trump says “chinese virus” in a speech? What about Bill Gates, “Event 201” and deep state connection? We are going to ignore those now? I really hope this is the “Art of the Deal” and not a preclude for war. Cause it’s starting to look like the latter. — Zach Vorhies (@Perpetualmaniac) March 18, 2020
Jeffrey Epstein isn’t the only person connected to Bill Gates who died under mysterious circumstances. The grand-daughter of Robert Kennedy (nephew of former president John F. Kennedy and famous critic of Bill Gates) and her son were recently found dead. The details surrounding their deaths are anything but straightforward.
Public health advocates around the world accuse Gates of steering WHO’s agenda away from projects proven to curb infectious diseases: clean water, hygiene, nutrition + economic development + serves Gates philosophy that good health only comes in a syringe.https://t.co/3OxY68nax2 — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) April 10, 2020
While there is no direct evidence to connect Gates to the coronavirus epidemic or prove he has any long-term nefarious goals, his actions and statements in light of the outbreak have given the world cause for concern. Take, for example, the recent performance of the scandalous artist Marina Abramovich (google her earlier work such as her “spiritual cooking”). She was featured in Microsoft’s new ad for a mixed reality headset, the HoloLens 2. After thousands of dislikes, Microsoft was forced to remove the video from its channel on Youtube.
Robert Kennedy Jr. about Bill Gates’ Vaccine Agenda
In one of his latest posts, Robert Kennedy Jr., who is the son of Robert Kennedy and the nephew of the former U.S. president John F. Kennedy, makes clear, why he is no friend of Bill Gates:
A New York Times reporter asked me yesterday about the “conspiracy theory” that #BillGates is developing injectable chip to store vaccine records. Here are the facts:
The Bill and Melinda #GatesFoundation invested more than $21 million to perfect a “microneedle technology” that embeds, under the skin, a vaccination record visible by infrared light that can be read by a “minimally-adopted smartphone technology.” The technology will allow health officials to scan U.S. citizens to detect their vaccination compliance.
A study funded by the Bill and Melinda #Gates Foundation and published in December 2019 by researchers from MIT, the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Gates-funded Intellectual Ventures Laboratory in Bellevue, WA, describes how “near-infrared quantum dots” will be implanted under the skin along with a vaccine to encode information for “decentralized data storage and bio-sensing.” Gates’ technology uses a tattoo-like mechanism to inject invisible nanoparticles subcutaneously. Gates’ researchers are now testing the implant with a vaccine against the #COVID-19 virus.
The Gates-funded report boasts that the chip system will allow “house-to-house” compliance searches to be conducted by government enforcement teams with “minimal training,” and will “open up new avenues for decentralized data storage and biosensing.” The #MIT paper is titled “Biocompatible near-infrared quantum dots delivered to the skin by microneedle patches to record vaccination.” Gates began funding implantable tracking chips and ratio biotechnology in 2011 with a grant to TransDerm Inc. Gates is currently making multiple investments to develop different versions, including grants to Vaxxas Pty Ltd, Micron Biomedical Inc, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Vaxess Technologies Inc.
I urge you to contact Bill Gates on his social media. Gently explain that tagging and tracking humans may appeal to his government cronies in totalitarian China, but those activities are inconsistent with American values and traditions.
The people of the world have every reason not to trust Bill Gates: a globalist, a crypto-Mathusian, a predatory capitalist. Given what we know about his life, ideology and interests, we should be more suspicious of the idea that he is simply altruistically interested in the betterment of mankind.
It is indicative that since the founding of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates’ fortune has only grown. The coronavirus pandemic is a major chance for him and others like him to make an incredible money from vaccines and medicines while expanding their power and control. Given what we know about Bill Gates’, do we really believe he will not take full advantage of this opportunity if he is able to?


weareanonymous--2020-04-19--Attorney General Barr Blocks Release of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises to Victims’ Families

On Monday , U.S. Attorney General William Barr , acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell , and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks .
The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security .
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks .
The families filed a lawsuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government .
What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials .
As Pro Public reported , at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial , U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11 .
He made similar promises while he was campaigning for president .
“ He looked us in the eye on 9/11 , he shook our hands in the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m going to help you—it ’ s done ’ , ” Brett Eagleson , a banker whose father was killed in the World Trade Center , told Pro Publica .
“ I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing .
He ’ s too beholden to the Saudis.
” The Trump Administration stated that the national security threat was so great that even sharing the reasoning behind the request for secrecy could cause harm .
According to Pro Publica @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public discussion of the issue “ would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent.
” Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public .
Another five statements from FBI , Justice Department , and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families ’ lawyers .
Steven Pounian , a lawyer for the families also suggested that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dark secret that they ’ re still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year , ” and that it “ might be a Saudi government secret.
” “ But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time ?
” — Steven Pounian , attorney for the 9/11 victims families The call for secrecy was questioned by three Senators who asked the Justice Department ’ s inspector general to investigate why the FBI has refused to release information about Saudi connections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of a subpoena filed by the 9/11 families in 2018 .
Senators Charles Grassley of Iowa , Charles Schumer of New York , and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut questioned the FBI ’ s decision to keep the files classified .
“ The September 11 attacks represent a singular and defining tragedy in the history of our Nation .
Nearly 20 years later , the 9/11 families and the American public still have not received the full and transparent accounting of the potential sources of support for those attacks to which they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz .
Barr stated that Justice Department guidelines set down by the Obama administration in 2009 prevented the government from asserting a state secrets claim as a method of concealing illegal behavior or embarrassing actions .
Barr told the judge that he believed these guidelines had been met .
Unfortunately , in the absence of any further information the American public is resigned to trusting Barr , Trump , and anonymous FBI and CIA agents .
Unfortunately , William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government .
The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department ’ s Office of Legal Counsel ( OLC ) .
Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion .
In the weeks after 9/11 , when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens , spy on Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions : “ Now the Bush administration and Congress seemed primed to do just about anything to foil future attacks .
Justice Department lawyers have been told to take a fresh look at “ everything , ” one official said .
Perhaps the most startling idea under examination would be a new presidential order authorizing secret military tribunals to try accused terrorists .
The idea first occurred to former attorney general William Barr after the bombing of Pan Am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1988 .
Barr , at the time chief of the Justice Department ’ s Office of Legal Counsel , got the idea after learning that his office was used during World War II to try—in secret—German saboteurs who were later hanged .
The idea was rejected , but it ’ s being revived on the theory that terrorists are de facto military “ combatants ” who don ’ t deserve the full run of constitutional rights.
” More recently , Barr has been involved in perpetuating the myth that encryption is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use and launching an “ orwellian pre-crime program.
” In October 2019 , MintPress News reported that Barr had recently laid the groundwork for this new program : “ Indeed , since becoming Attorney General under President Trump , Barr has spearheaded numerous efforts to this end , including pushing for a government backdoor into consumer apps or devices that utilize encryption and for a dramatic increase of long-standing yet controversial warrantless electronic surveillance programs .
On July 23rd , Barr gave the keynote address at the 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the need for consumer electronic products and applications that use encryption to offer a “ backdoor ” for the government , specifically law enforcement , in order to obtain access to encrypted communications as a matter of public safety.
” Barr would go on to issue a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys , law enforcement agencies , and high level Justice Department officials calling for the implementation of a new “ national disruption and early engagement program ” aimed at detecting potential mass shooters before they commit any crime .
This memo called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refine our ability to identify , assess and engage potential mass shooters before they strike.
” Barr called for the pre-crime program to be implemented in early 2020 .
The blocking of state secrets related to the September 11 attacks is just the latest in a long line of cover ups and corrupt practices by Attorney General William Barr .

On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.
The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11. He made similar promises while he was campaigning for president.
“He looked us in the eye on 9/11, he shook our hands in the White House and said, ‘I’m going to help you—it’s done’,” Brett Eagleson, a banker whose father was killed in the World Trade Center, told Pro Publica. “I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing. He’s too beholden to the Saudis.”
The Trump Administration stated that the national security threat was so great that even sharing the reasoning behind the request for secrecy could cause harm. According to Pro Publica, AG Barr told the court that public discussion of the issue “would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent.”
Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families’ lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that “there must be some deep, dark secret that they’re still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year,” and that it “might be a Saudi government secret.”
“But how can these be secrets that still need to be kept from the American people after all this time?” — Steven Pounian, attorney for the 9/11 victims families
The call for secrecy was questioned by three Senators who asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate why the FBI has refused to release information about Saudi connections. The information is being sought as part of a subpoena filed by the 9/11 families in 2018. Senators Charles Grassley of Iowa, Charles Schumer of New York, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut questioned the FBI’s decision to keep the files classified.
“The September 11 attacks represent a singular and defining tragedy in the history of our Nation. Nearly 20 years later, the 9/11 families and the American public still have not received the full and transparent accounting of the potential sources of support for those attacks to which they are entitled,” the senators wrote to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.
Barr stated that Justice Department guidelines set down by the Obama administration in 2009 prevented the government from asserting a state secrets claim as a method of concealing illegal behavior or embarrassing actions. Barr told the judge that he believed these guidelines had been met. Unfortunately, in the absence of any further information the American public is resigned to trusting Barr, Trump, and anonymous FBI and CIA agents.
Unfortunately, William Barr does not have a record of trustworthy actions. As far back as 1989 Barr discussed his belief that the FBI could legally abduct people in foreign countries without the consent of the foreign government. The opinion was revealed in a leaked legal memo authored by Barr while he was serving as the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Barr chose to withhold the full memo and asked the public to trust his conclusion.
In the weeks after 9/11, when the U.S. government began to seize powers to roundup foreign citizens, spy on Americans, and torture anyone accused of terrorism, Newsweek noted that Barr had played a role in paving the way for such actions:


weareanonymous--2020-04-20--History In The Making: Oil Prices Plunge to NEGATIVE $37 a Barrel

In a historic first , U.S. oil prices plummeted Monday into the negative , marking just the latest grim moment in the massive disruption of global markets caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus .
The collapse in crude oil prices and frenzied last-minute selling comes as demand has completely evaporated due to a freeze in hard-hit economies across the world , creating a massive glut in global supplies and casting doubt on whether fuel consumption will recover to pre-crisis levels any time soon .
The May contract for West Texas intermediate ( WTI ) crude oil plunged by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40.32 a barrel , marking the lowest price ever recorded since the New York Mercantile Exchange ( NYMEX ) began oil futures trading in 1983 .
The day ended with the price settling at minus $ 37.63 per barrel .
In the meantime , Brent Crude oil has also slumped by 9 percent to $ 25.57 per barrel—nowhere near as precipitous a fall as that experienced by the May U.S. WTI contract set to expire Tuesday .
Phil Flynn , an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago told Reuters : “ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buy this contract , and the refiners are running at low levels because we haven ’ t lifted stay-at-home orders in most states .
“ There ’ s not a lot of hope that things are going to change in 24 hours.
” And with U.S. oil prices having settled in negative territory , sellers are in the ruinous position for the first time ever of having to pay buyers to take oil futures .
Whether this translates to lower oil prices at the gas pump for consumers remains an open question .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ now be cheaper for some operators , instead of paying tens of dollars to get rid of what they produce.
” The drastic fall in prices comes after prices already reached an 18-year low last week as markets realized that the landmark deal agreed to by OPEC , Russia , Mexico and other producers to secure a 9.7 million barrel per day cut in production was far from enough to offset the crushing fall in demand .
However , with global oil capacity reaching its ceiling , the U.S. Department of Energy is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to leave the oil in the ground in order to prevent the further depression of crude prices .
The collapse in oil markets comes as the world experiences an epic , spiraling economic downtown due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which some economists fear could be the deepest crisis experienced by the global economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
Last Tuesday , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) released an analysis by the Washington-based organization ’ s Chief Economist Gita Gopinath that christened the current crisis as a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magnitude and speed of collapse in activity that has followed [ the panemic ] is unlike anything experienced in our lifetimes , ” Gopinath added : “ Many countries now face multiple crises—a health crisis , a financial crisis , and a collapse in commodity prices , which interact in complex ways .
Policymakers are providing unprecedented support to households , firms , and financial markets , and , while this is crucial for a strong recovery , there is considerable uncertainty about what the economic landscape will look like when we emerge @ @ @ @ @

In a historic first, U.S. oil prices plummeted Monday into the negative, marking just the latest grim moment in the massive disruption of global markets caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The collapse in crude oil prices and frenzied last-minute selling comes as demand has completely evaporated due to a freeze in hard-hit economies across the world, creating a massive glut in global supplies and casting doubt on whether fuel consumption will recover to pre-crisis levels any time soon.
The May contract for West Texas intermediate (WTI) crude oil plunged by a massive 321 percent to -$40.32 a barrel, marking the lowest price ever recorded since the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) began oil futures trading in 1983. The day ended with the price settling at minus $37.63 per barrel.
BREAKING: May contract for WTI crude oil settles at negative $37.63/barrel, down 305% https://t.co/HlsH3slbGO pic.twitter.com/6Zf848zhNP — CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) April 20, 2020
In the meantime, Brent Crude oil has also slumped by 9 percent to $25.57 per barrel—nowhere near as precipitous a fall as that experienced by the May U.S. WTI contract set to expire Tuesday.
Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago told Reuters:
“The storage is too full for speculators to buy this contract, and the refiners are running at low levels because we haven’t lifted stay-at-home orders in most states.
“There’s not a lot of hope that things are going to change in 24 hours.”
And with U.S. oil prices having settled in negative territory, sellers are in the ruinous position for the first time ever of having to pay buyers to take oil futures. Whether this translates to lower oil prices at the gas pump for consumers remains an open question.
BREAKING: WTI crude oil futures trade at negative price for first time https://t.co/pOSyH6AVtP pic.twitter.com/XsoH1jG8WH — Bloomberg (@business) April 20, 2020
Louise Dickson, oil markets analyst at Rystad Energy, said:
“Pricey shut-ins or even bankruptcies could now be cheaper for some operators, instead of paying tens of dollars to get rid of what they produce.”
The drastic fall in prices comes after prices already reached an 18-year low last week as markets realized that the landmark deal agreed to by OPEC, Russia, Mexico and other producers to secure a 9.7 million barrel per day cut in production was far from enough to offset the crushing fall in demand.
However, with global oil capacity reaching its ceiling, the U.S. Department of Energy is mulling the idea of paying domestic producers to leave the oil in the ground in order to prevent the further depression of crude prices.
Stephen Schork, founder of The Schork Report energy newsletter, told NBC News:
“Even if we get the COVID-19 shelter-in-place protocols lifted by April 30, and we start to see some pop in demand, you are going to have so much oil sitting in tanks that, regardless of production cuts, you are still looking at a massive glut of oil going into the third quarter,”
The collapse in oil markets comes as the world experiences an epic, spiraling economic downtown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which some economists fear could be the deepest crisis experienced by the global economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Last Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released an analysis by the Washington-based organization’s Chief Economist Gita Gopinath that christened the current crisis as a “Great Lockdown.” Noting that “the magnitude and speed of collapse in activity that has followed [the panemic] is unlike anything experienced in our lifetimes,” Gopinath added:
“Many countries now face multiple crises—a health crisis, a financial crisis, and a collapse in commodity prices, which interact in complex ways. Policymakers are providing unprecedented support to households, firms, and financial markets, and, while this is crucial for a strong recovery, there is considerable uncertainty about what the economic landscape will look like when we emerge from this lockdown.”
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


weareanonymous--2020-04-20--Why Do So Many More Men Die From Coronavirus Than Women?

Written by Jenny Graves , Professor of Genetics at La Trobe University .
All over the world – in China , Italy , the United States and Australia – many more men than women are dying from COVID-19 .
Why ?
Is it genes , hormones , the immune system – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the disease ?
I see it as an interaction of all of these factors and it isn ’ t unique to the SARS-Cov-2 virus – the different response of men and women is typical of many diseases in many mammals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men are more than double those of women .
In New York city men constitute about 61 % of patients who die .
Australia is shaping up to have similar results , though here it ’ s mostly in the 70-79 and 80-89 age groups .
One major variable in severity of COVID-19 is age .
But this can ’ t explain the sex bias seen globally because the increased male fatality rate is the same in each age group from 30 to 90+ .
Women also live on average six years longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elderly women than men in the vulnerable population .
The other major factor is the presence of chronic diseases , particularly heart disease , diabetes and cancer .
These are all more common in men than women , which might account for some of the bias .
But then we must ask why men are more vulnerable to the diseases that put them at greater risk of COVID-19 .
Men and Women Are Biologically Different Men and women differ in their sex chromosomes and the genes that lie on them .
Women have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called the X ) .
Men have only a single X chromosome and a small Y chromosome that contains few genes .
One of these Y genes ( SRY ) directs the embryo to become male by kick-starting the development of testes in an XY embryo .
The testes make male hormones and the hormones make the baby develop as a boy .
In the absence of SRY an ovary forms and makes female hormones .
It ’ s the hormones that control most of the obvious visible differences between men and women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ body type – and have a large influence on behaviour .
The Y chromosome contains hardly any genes other than SRY but it is full of repetitive sequences ( “ junk DNA ” ) .
Perhaps a “ toxic Y ” could lose its regulation during ageing .
This might hasten ageing in men and render them more susceptible to the virus .
But a bigger problem for men is the male hormones unleashed by SRY action .
Testosterone levels are implicated in many diseases , particularly heart disease , and may affect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their low levels of estrogen , which protects women from many diseases , including heart disease .
Male hormones also influence behaviour .
Testosterone levels have been credited with major differences between men and women in risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking too much alcohol , as well as reluctance to heed health advice and to seek medical help .
The extreme differences in smoking rate between men and women in China ( almost half the men smoke and only 2 % of women ) may help to account for their very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than double female ) .
Not only is smoking a severe risk factor for any respiratory disease , but it also causes lung cancer , a further risk factor .
Smoking rates are lower and not as sex-biased in many other countries , so risky behaviour can ’ t by itself explain the sex difference in COVID-19 deaths .
Maybe sex chromosomes have other effects .
Two X Chromosomes Are Better Than One The X chromosome bears more than 1,000 genes with functions in all sorts of things including routine metabolism , blood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of two X chromosomes in XX females provides a buffer if a gene on one X is mutated .
XY males lack this X chromosome backup .
That ’ s why boys suffer from many sex-linked diseases such as haemophilia ( poor blood clotting ) .
The number of X chromosomes also has big effects on many metabolic characters that are separable from sex hormone effects , as studies of mice reveal .
Females not only have a double dose of many X genes , but they may also have the benefit of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This X effect goes far to explain why males die at a higher rate than females at every age from birth .
And another man problem is the immune system .
We ’ ve known for a long time that women have a stronger immune system than men .
This is not all good , because it makes women more susceptible to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and multiple sclerosis .
But it gives women an advantage when it comes to susceptibility to viruses , as many studies in mice and humans show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are more susceptible to many viruses , including SARS and MERS .
There are at least 60 immune response genes on the X chromosome , and it seems that a higher dose and having two different versions of these gives women a broader spectrum of defences .
Sex differences in the frequency , severity and treatment efficacy for many diseases were pointed out long ago .
COVID-19 is part of a larger pattern in which males lose out – at every age .
This isn ’ t just humans – it is true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in disease susceptibility simply the by-catch of genetic and hormone differences ?
Or were they , like many other traits , selected differently in males and females because of differences in life strategy ?
It ’ s suggested that male mammals spread their genes by winning competitions for mates , hence hormone control of risky behaviour is a plus for men .
It ’ s also suggested female mammals are selected for traits that enhance their ability to care for young , hence their stronger immune system .
This made sense for most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sex bias in COVID-19 deaths is part of a much larger picture – and a very much older picture – of sex differences in genes , chromosomes and hormones that lead to very different responses to all sorts of disease , including COVID-19 .

Written by Jenny Graves, Professor of Genetics at La Trobe University.
All over the world – in China, Italy, the United States and Australia – many more men than women are dying from COVID-19.
Why? Is it genes, hormones, the immune system – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the disease?
I see it as an interaction of all of these factors and it isn’t unique to the SARS-Cov-2 virus – the different response of men and women is typical of many diseases in many mammals.
The Grim Figures
In Italy and China deaths of men are more than double those of women. In New York city men constitute about 61% of patients who die. Australia is shaping up to have similar results, though here it’s mostly in the 70-79 and 80-89 age groups.
One major variable in severity of COVID-19 is age. But this can’t explain the sex bias seen globally because the increased male fatality rate is the same in each age group from 30 to 90+. Women also live on average six years longer than men, so there are more elderly women than men in the vulnerable population.
The other major factor is the presence of chronic diseases, particularly heart disease, diabetes and cancer. These are all more common in men than women, which might account for some of the bias.
But then we must ask why men are more vulnerable to the diseases that put them at greater risk of COVID-19.
Men and Women Are Biologically Different
Men and women differ in their sex chromosomes and the genes that lie on them. Women have two copies of a mid-sized chromosome (called the X). Men have only a single X chromosome and a small Y chromosome that contains few genes.
One of these Y genes (SRY) directs the embryo to become male by kick-starting the development of testes in an XY embryo. The testes make male hormones and the hormones make the baby develop as a boy.
In the absence of SRY an ovary forms and makes female hormones.
It’s the hormones that control most of the obvious visible differences between men and women – genitals and breasts, hair and body type – and have a large influence on behaviour.
The Y Chromosome and Hormones
The Y chromosome contains hardly any genes other than SRY but it is full of repetitive sequences (“junk DNA”).
Perhaps a “toxic Y” could lose its regulation during ageing. This might hasten ageing in men and render them more susceptible to the virus.
But a bigger problem for men is the male hormones unleashed by SRY action. Testosterone levels are implicated in many diseases, particularly heart disease, and may affect lifespan.
Men are also disadvantaged by their low levels of estrogen, which protects women from many diseases, including heart disease.
Male hormones also influence behaviour. Testosterone levels have been credited with major differences between men and women in risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking too much alcohol, as well as reluctance to heed health advice and to seek medical help.
The extreme differences in smoking rate between men and women in China (almost half the men smoke and only 2% of women) may help to account for their very high ratio of male deaths (more than double female). Not only is smoking a severe risk factor for any respiratory disease, but it also causes lung cancer, a further risk factor.
Smoking rates are lower and not as sex-biased in many other countries, so risky behaviour can’t by itself explain the sex difference in COVID-19 deaths. Maybe sex chromosomes have other effects.
Two X Chromosomes Are Better Than One
The X chromosome bears more than 1,000 genes with functions in all sorts of things including routine metabolism, blood clotting and brain development.
The presence of two X chromosomes in XX females provides a buffer if a gene on one X is mutated.
XY males lack this X chromosome backup. That’s why boys suffer from many sex-linked diseases such as haemophilia (poor blood clotting).
The number of X chromosomes also has big effects on many metabolic characters that are separable from sex hormone effects, as studies of mice reveal.
Females not only have a double dose of many X genes, but they may also have the benefit of two different versions of each gene.
This X effect goes far to explain why males die at a higher rate than females at every age from birth.
And another man problem is the immune system.
We’ve known for a long time that women have a stronger immune system than men. This is not all good, because it makes women more susceptible to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and multiple sclerosis.
But it gives women an advantage when it comes to susceptibility to viruses, as many studies in mice and humans show. This helps to explain why men are more susceptible to many viruses, including SARS and MERS.
There are at least 60 immune response genes on the X chromosome, and it seems that a higher dose and having two different versions of these gives women a broader spectrum of defences.
Sex Differences in Diseases – the Big Picture
Sex differences in the frequency, severity and treatment efficacy for many diseases were pointed out long ago. COVID-19 is part of a larger pattern in which males lose out – at every age.
This isn’t just humans – it is true of most mammals.
Are sex differences in disease susceptibility simply the by-catch of genetic and hormone differences? Or were they, like many other traits, selected differently in males and females because of differences in life strategy?
It’s suggested that male mammals spread their genes by winning competitions for mates, hence hormone control of risky behaviour is a plus for men.
It’s also suggested female mammals are selected for traits that enhance their ability to care for young, hence their stronger immune system. This made sense for most mammals through the ages.
So the sex bias in COVID-19 deaths is part of a much larger picture – and a very much older picture – of sex differences in genes, chromosomes and hormones that lead to very different responses to all sorts of disease, including COVID-19.
The Conversation / Creative Commons


weareanonymous--2020-04-22--‘Pedophile Hunter’ Catches Police Chief Trying to Have Seχ With 14-Year-Old Boy

A police chief in Stow , Massachusetts has been pulled from his job as the city ’ s top cop after video by a self-declared pedophile hunter was posted online .
The video allegedly shows the cop attempt to meet a boy—who the chief knew was only 14—for sex .
Instead of meeting the boy , however , the chief was confronted by Predator Poachers Massachusetts .
Stow Police Chief Ralph Marino has been relieved of his duties after a meeting with state police over the weekend , according to authorities .
As NBC10 Boston reports , Marino met with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stow police department , the town said .
After the meeting he put himself on indefinite administrative leave and named Sgt .
Darren Thraen as acting chief .
In a statement , the town said it would cooperate fully in “ any investigation of Chief Marino or any other matters .
“ There is no reason to believe that the activities being investigated involve or concern the operations of the Stow Police Department , ” the statement said .
As the video shows , the ‘ Catch a Predator ’ style format of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a local establishment .
The chief had allegedly been exchanging text messages with the undercover vigilantes in the Predator Poachers group , who he thought was a 14-year-old boy .
The chief ’ s messages were gruesome in nature and illustrated his level of depravity .
The chief knew that the person he was communicating with was a child .
Despite the fact that he knew the person on the other end of the text was a child , the chief described his sexual desires to him , asked the child about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arranged to meet the child in a place “ out of the way.
” The video starts when the chief is waiting to meet the boy , ‘ somewhere out of the way.
’ In the video , the man confronts Marino and attempts to identify him as ‘ Mark.
” Marino looks shocked and the man filming accuses the chief of trying to meet a 14-year-old boy for sex .
Predator Poachers knew that Marino was their man , as he had asked the chief to send a picture of himself to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complied .
The chief appears to be frantically scrolling through his phone in an apparent attempt to delete the conversation with the pretend boy .
However , as he reportedly attempts to delete the texts , the man filming tells him that he has them all in screen shots already .
The chief then walks away and gets into what appears to be a police-issued vehicle before driving off in shame .
The entire time , the man filming is calling him out in front of everyone .
It is important to note @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t immediately identify the man in their video as the police chief .
However , after the chief appeared on local news when a 2-year-old girl went missing , they pegged him .
About 25 minutes before the chief went on the air to announce that a 2-year-old girl had gone missing , the chief was trying to lure a child for sex .
As TB Daily News points out : “ The messages continue on April 13 at 10:05 AM , when the Chief attempts to bring the child into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is significant because according to WCVB a two year old girl in Stow went missing at 10:30 AM , and was found at 12:30 PM.
” Below is the disturbing video of a police chief attempting to lure a child for sex .
Had the boy been an actual real child , there is no telling what the chief might have done .
Warning , the text messages in the video below are disturbing .
These vigilantes out their catching alleged pedophiles provides an a much-needed service to humanity .
There are groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through their actions , they serve to deter pedophiles going online for fear of being outed .
Sadly , however , despite the high chances of the person on the other end of the text message being a cop or predator hunter , these sickos are unable to control their urges and continue to get busted .
This is overtly apparent in the alleged actions of this police chief .
He is a cop .
He knows what happens to pedophiles in jail , knows that there are stings all the time to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actively sought out sex with a child online .
Shameful indeed .
Perhaps that is one of the reasons cops have arrested these pedophile hunters .

A police chief in Stow, Massachusetts has been pulled from his job as the city’s top cop after video by a self-declared pedophile hunter was posted online. The video allegedly shows the cop attempt to meet a boy—who the chief knew was only 14—for sex. Instead of meeting the boy, however, the chief was confronted by Predator Poachers Massachusetts.
Stow Police Chief Ralph Marino has been relieved of his duties after a meeting with state police over the weekend, according to authorities. As NBC10 Boston reports, Marino met with Massachusetts State Police representatives Saturday at the Stow police department, the town said. After the meeting he put himself on indefinite administrative leave and named Sgt. Darren Thraen as acting chief.
In a statement, the town said it would cooperate fully in “any investigation of Chief Marino or any other matters.
“There is no reason to believe that the activities being investigated involve or concern the operations of the Stow Police Department,” the statement said.
As the video shows, the ‘Catch a Predator’ style format of the group found the chief waiting outside of a local establishment. The chief had allegedly been exchanging text messages with the undercover vigilantes in the Predator Poachers group, who he thought was a 14-year-old boy.
The chief’s messages were gruesome in nature and illustrated his level of depravity. The chief knew that the person he was communicating with was a child. Despite the fact that he knew the person on the other end of the text was a child, the chief described his sexual desires to him, asked the child about the size of his genitals, and arranged to meet the child in a place “out of the way.”
The video starts when the chief is waiting to meet the boy, ‘somewhere out of the way.’ In the video, the man confronts Marino and attempts to identify him as ‘Mark.” Marino looks shocked and the man filming accuses the chief of trying to meet a 14-year-old boy for sex.
Predator Poachers knew that Marino was their man, as he had asked the chief to send a picture of himself to the 14-year-old boy, and the chief complied.
The chief appears to be frantically scrolling through his phone in an apparent attempt to delete the conversation with the pretend boy. However, as he reportedly attempts to delete the texts, the man filming tells him that he has them all in screen shots already.
The chief then walks away and gets into what appears to be a police-issued vehicle before driving off in shame. The entire time, the man filming is calling him out in front of everyone.
It is important to note that the folks at Predator Poachers didn’t immediately identify the man in their video as the police chief. However, after the chief appeared on local news when a 2-year-old girl went missing, they pegged him.
About 25 minutes before the chief went on the air to announce that a 2-year-old girl had gone missing, the chief was trying to lure a child for sex. As TB Daily News points out:
“The messages continue on April 13 at 10:05 AM, when the Chief attempts to bring the child into the woods, presumably for sex. This is significant because according to WCVB a two year old girl in Stow went missing at 10:30 AM, and was found at 12:30 PM.”
Below is the disturbing video of a police chief attempting to lure a child for sex. Had the boy been an actual real child, there is no telling what the chief might have done. Warning, the text messages in the video below are disturbing.
These vigilantes out their catching alleged pedophiles provides an a much-needed service to humanity. There are groups like this all over the country and through their actions, they serve to deter pedophiles going online for fear of being outed.
Sadly, however, despite the high chances of the person on the other end of the text message being a cop or predator hunter, these sickos are unable to control their urges and continue to get busted. This is overtly apparent in the alleged actions of this police chief. He is a cop. He knows what happens to pedophiles in jail, knows that there are stings all the time to take them down, yet he still actively sought out sex with a child online. Shameful indeed.
Perhaps that is one of the reasons cops have arrested these pedophile hunters.
By Matt Agorist | TheFreeThoughtProject.com | Republished with permission