veteranstoday--2020-07-09--Intel Drop: What we know, what you could know but maybe shouldn’t

By Gordon Duff with Mehran T. Keshe and highest level sources We are going to discuss the current pandemic .
All information here will be 100 % reliable within parameters of weasel words .
We are 100 % certain COVID 19 is lab created .
We are 80 % certain that up to 23 strains , each separately lab created , are out there and were lab engineered through gene splicing .
We are 70 % certain this is no accident .
Our sources are impeccable .
• Current infection rates on COVID 19 testing are much lower than real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % false negative and 0 % false positive .
( this is 100 % accurate ) As to what that means to you ?
Your test may have missed an earlier infection because antibodies are not retained .
Your test is also likely wrong and if you think you have it and they told you you don ’ t , they not only lied to you but did so simply to get rid of you .
• Skepticism on vaccines , based not on general problems with vaccines but rather Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the election , even if it kills , is justified .
Other reasons , too many strains , probable low efficacy , are other reasons .
VT will recommend a vaccine if , and only if , we believe and we aren ’ t trusting people .
Watch this space .
• Iran has offered a cure for CV 19 that is 95 % effective .
Keshe is 100 % behind this and Duff less , but Duff is chronically paranoid , diagnosed such long ago .
This is science , GANS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it has been seen to be capable of miracles .
• Trump has been offered the Iran cure , backchannel 10 days ago , and has not responded backchannel as expected , an offer from a head of state .
Color us deeply suspicious .
• Current death rates for CV 19 are 9 % of those who test positive , on a sliding scale that began April 1 at 17 % .
Those who give lower figures are liars and criminals .
It will go down further , maybe much further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current debacle stays with your people only .
• Whether we stop ( Nov. 1 ) at around 210,000 dead , go lower from lockdown to 155,000 or soar depends on things not known : • If we are going through a hyper-spread with young idiots , will they infect their families and will the dynamic in White families of minimal contact with parents/grandparents keep numbers low for this group ?
• We are likely to lose between 12,000 and 18,000 young people before Christmas based on anecdotal information we are getting direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treating serious cases in 20-somethings .
• We are likely to suffer a shortage of ECMO machines , which are used on young rather than old as part of the Trump ‘ Death Panel ’ response to COVID which is a HUGE secret by the CDC .
Ventilators kill 40 % of those put on them and should NEVER have been used in the first place .
• Standards of COVID care , sometimes based on race or socio-economic standing , are getting out of hand .
Going to the wrong hospital can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best in your region and do what you can to make sure those around you know you want to be there .
This is life and death .
• While nurses , doctors and first responders are going through unimaginable suffering , do remember that hospitals ‘ turfed ’ COVID patients without decent insurance to nursing homes which led to the death of 50,000 Americans .
State governors like Ms. Whitmer could have stopped this but didn ’ t .
People need to go to prison over this and many other things as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handing out billions to fake churches , country clubs , yacht basins , casinos and hedge funds that should have gone to save mom and pop businesses which are being shuttered across America .
Trump belongs in prison for this , he is a thief and con man .
• There is clear evidence of broad collusion between the media and those of the Trump regime we believe unleashed the virus .
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By Gordon Duff with Mehran T. Keshe and highest level sources
We are going to discuss the current pandemic. All information here will be 100% reliable within parameters of weasel words.
We are 100% certain COVID 19 is lab created. We are 80% certain that up to 23 strains, each separately lab created, are out there and were lab engineered through gene splicing.
We are 70% certain this is no accident. Our sources are impeccable.
Current infection rates on COVID 19 testing are much lower than real. Tests are giving up to 50% false negative and 0% false positive. (this is 100% accurate) As to what that means to you? Your test may have missed an earlier infection because antibodies are not retained. Your test is also likely wrong and if you think you have it and they told you you don’t, they not only lied to you but did so simply to get rid of you.
Skepticism on vaccines, based not on general problems with vaccines but rather Trump’s need to come up with a vaccine before the election, even if it kills, is justified. Other reasons, too many strains, probable low efficacy, are other reasons. VT will recommend a vaccine if, and only if, we believe and we aren’t trusting people. Watch this space.
Iran has offered a cure for CV 19 that is 95% effective. Keshe is 100% behind this and Duff less, but Duff is chronically paranoid, diagnosed such long ago. This is science, GANS (look it up yourself), and it has been seen to be capable of miracles.
Trump has been offered the Iran cure, backchannel 10 days ago, and has not responded backchannel as expected, an offer from a head of state. Color us deeply suspicious.
Current death rates for CV 19 are 9% of those who test positive, on a sliding scale that began April 1 at 17%. Those who give lower figures are liars and criminals. It will go down further, maybe much further, perhaps to 4% if the current debacle stays with your people only.
Whether we stop (Nov. 1) at around 210,000 dead, go lower from lockdown to 155,000 or soar depends on things not known:
If we are going through a hyper-spread with young idiots, will they infect their families and will the dynamic in White families of minimal contact with parents/grandparents keep numbers low for this group?
We are likely to lose between 12,000 and 18,000 young people before Christmas based on anecdotal information we are getting direct from front line medics who are now treating serious cases in 20-somethings.
We are likely to suffer a shortage of ECMO machines, which are used on young rather than old as part of the Trump ‘Death Panel’ response to COVID which is a HUGE secret by the CDC. Ventilators kill 40% of those put on them and should NEVER have been used in the first place.
Standards of COVID care, sometimes based on race or socio-economic standing, are getting out of hand. Going to the wrong hospital can kill you. Find which hospital is best in your region and do what you can to make sure those around you know you want to be there. This is life and death.
While nurses, doctors and first responders are going through unimaginable suffering, do remember that hospitals ‘turfed’ COVID patients without decent insurance to nursing homes which led to the death of 50,000 Americans. State governors like Ms. Whitmer could have stopped this but didn’t. People need to go to prison over this and many other things as well.
The Trump regime is handing out billions to fake churches, country clubs, yacht basins, casinos and hedge funds that should have gone to save mom and pop businesses which are being shuttered across America. Trump belongs in prison for this, he is a thief and con man.
There is clear evidence of broad collusion between the media and those of the Trump regime we believe unleashed the virus. Testing failures are unreported…the false negative scandal…who really dies…failures in care…the trillions stolen…Trump family profiteering on every cent spent…so much more…
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology. Gordon’s Archives: 2008-2015
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veteranstoday--2020-07-09--Hey Trump: Mexico Says, ‘No More COVID-19 Spreading Americans’

As he campaigned for the presidency , Donald Trump promised to build a “ big beautiful wall ” along the US-Mexico border , claiming it would keep migrants out of the country and stop everything from drugs to disease .
But with Covid-19 cases surging on both sides of the frontier , towns in northern Mexico are pleading to restrict cross-border movement – this time to stop tourists and travellers bringing in coronavirus from the US .
Over the weekend , townspeople in Sonoyta on the Arizona border used their own vehicles to block the road leading to Puerto Peñasco @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Cortés popular with US tourists – and they plan to repeat the process this week .
“ We invite US tourists not to visit Mexico , ” Sonoyta ’ s mayor , José Ramos Arzate , said in a statement .
“ We agreed on this to safeguard the health of our community in the face of an accelerated rate of Covid-19 contagion in the neighboring state of Arizona.
” Coronavirus cases have mushroomed in several US border states , including Arizona and Texas , which both botched attempts at reopening .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in case figures in the US , Trump has reportedly sought to blame Mexico for the crisis and erroneously claimed Tijuana was “ heavily infected with covid ” .
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Mexico border towns try to stop Americans crossing amid Covid-19 fears
David Agren in Mexico City/The Guardian
As he campaigned for the presidency, Donald Trump promised to build a “big beautiful wall” along the US-Mexico border, claiming it would keep migrants out of the country and stop everything from drugs to disease.
But with Covid-19 cases surging on both sides of the frontier, towns in northern Mexico are pleading to restrict cross-border movement – this time to stop tourists and travellers bringing in coronavirus from the US.
Over the weekend, townspeople in Sonoyta on the Arizona border used their own vehicles to block the road leading to Puerto Peñasco, a beach town on the Sea of Cortés popular with US tourists – and they plan to repeat the process this week.
“We invite US tourists not to visit Mexico,” Sonoyta’s mayor, José Ramos Arzate, said in a statement. “We agreed on this to safeguard the health of our community in the face of an accelerated rate of Covid-19 contagion in the neighboring state of Arizona.”
Coronavirus cases have mushroomed in several US border states, including Arizona and Texas, which both botched attempts at reopening. Despite the data showing a runaway growth in case figures in the US, Trump has reportedly sought to blame Mexico for the crisis and erroneously claimed Tijuana was “heavily infected with covid”.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-09--Trump’s MMS (Fake COVID-19 Cure) Scammers Charged in Miami Federal Court (Trump an accessory)

Father and Sons Charged in Miami Federal Court with Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “ Miracle ” Cure for Covid-19 and Violating Court Orders It was an email to Trump from Grenon that sent Trump on his bleach sucking breakdown .
Ariana Fajardo Orshan , U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida , and Catherine Hermsen , Assistant Commissioner of the FDA ’ s Office of Criminal Investigations , made the announcement .
According to the criminal complaint affidavit , Mark Grenon , 62 , and his sons , Jonathan Grenon , 34 , Jordan Grenon , 26 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Bradenton , Florida , manufacture , promote , and sell Miracle Mineral Solution ( “ MMS ” ) , a chemical solution containing sodium chlorite and water .
The Grenons allegedly directed their customers to ingest MMS orally , which causes the solution to become chlorine dioxide , a powerful bleach , typically used for industrial water treatment or bleaching textiles , pulp , and paper .
FDA has received reports of people requiring hospitalizations , developing life-threatening conditions , and dying after drinking MMS .
According to the affidavit , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent , and cure COVID-19 .
The FDA , however , has not approved MMS for treatment of COVID-19 , or for any other use .
Rather , in prior official warning statements , the FDA has strongly urged consumers not to purchase or use MMS , explaining that drinking MMS is the same as drinking bleach and can cause dangerous side effects , including severe vomiting , diarrhea , and life-threatening low blood pressure .
See .
The affidavit also alleges that , before marketing MMS as a cure for COVID-19 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cure-all for dozens of other serious diseases and disorders , including cancer , Alzheimer ’ s , autism , multiple sclerosis , and HIV/AIDS , even though the FDA had not approved MMS for any use .
The Grenons allegedly sold tens of thousands of bottles of MMS nationwide , including to consumers throughout South Florida .
They sold this dangerous product under the guise of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing ( “ Genesis ” ) , an entity they allegedly created in an attempt to avoid government regulation of MMS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Genesis ’ own websites describe Genesis as a “ non-religious church , ” and Defendant Mark Grenon , the co-founder of Genesis , has repeatedly acknowledged that Genesis “ has nothing to do with religion , ” and that he founded Genesis to “ legalize the use of MMS ” and avoid “ going [ ] to jail.
” In addition to charging these defendants with federal conspiracy , the complaint also charges the Grenons with criminal contempt .
The United States previously filed a civil case against the defendants and Genesis II @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States v. Genesis II Church of Health and Healing , et al.
, Case No .
20-21601-CV-WILLIAMS .
In that civil case , the United States obtained court orders halting the Grenons ’ distribution of MMS .
The criminal charges against the Grenons allege that they willfully violated these court orders .
According to the complaint affidavit , the Grenons sent letters to the judge presiding over the civil case saying that they would not comply with the Court ’ s orders .
The Grenons also threatened violence in the letters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ letters .
“ We continue to protect the public from criminal conduct that takes advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic , ” said Ariana Fajardo Orshan , U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida .
“ Not only is this MMS product toxic , but its distribution and use may prevent those who are sick from receiving the legitimate healthcare they need .
A United States District Court already has ordered the defendants to stop distributing this product ; we will not sit idly by as individuals purposefully violate Court orders and put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims that unproven drugs , especially potentially dangerous and unapproved chlorine dioxide products , can cure or prevent COVID-19 or any other disease is unacceptable .
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has actively and deliberately placed consumers at risk with their fraudulent Miracle Mineral Solution and Americans expect and deserve medical treatments that have been scientifically proven to be safe and effective , ” said Catherine Hermsen , Assistant Commissioner of the FDA ’ s Office of Criminal Investigations .
“ We commend the efforts of our law enforcement partners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FDA will continue our efforts to make sure these and other like-minded sellers do not jeopardize the health of Americans during this pandemic and in the future.
” U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the efforts of the FDA ’ s Office of Criminal Investigations , particularly its Miami Field Office .
Assistant United States Attorneys Michael B. Homer and John Shipley are prosecuting this case .
A criminal complaint is a charging instrument containing allegations .
A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law .
Related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at or at , under case number 20-MJ-03050 .

Father and Sons Charged in Miami Federal Court with Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Violating Court Orders
It was an email to Trump from Grenon that sent Trump on his bleach sucking breakdown.
United States Attorney’s Office/Southern District of Florida
Miami, Fl. – Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged four Florida residents who allegedly marketed “Miracle Mineral Solution,” a toxic bleach, as a cure for COVID-19, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and criminal contempt.
Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Catherine Hermsen, Assistant Commissioner of the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, made the announcement.
According to the criminal complaint affidavit, Mark Grenon, 62, and his sons, Jonathan Grenon, 34, Jordan Grenon, 26, and Joseph Grenon, 32, all of Bradenton, Florida, manufacture, promote, and sell Miracle Mineral Solution (“MMS”), a chemical solution containing sodium chlorite and water. The Grenons allegedly directed their customers to ingest MMS orally, which causes the solution to become chlorine dioxide, a powerful bleach, typically used for industrial water treatment or bleaching textiles, pulp, and paper. FDA has received reports of people requiring hospitalizations, developing life-threatening conditions, and dying after drinking MMS.
According to the affidavit, the Grenons claim that MMS can treat, prevent, and cure COVID-19. The FDA, however, has not approved MMS for treatment of COVID-19, or for any other use. Rather, in prior official warning statements, the FDA has strongly urged consumers not to purchase or use MMS, explaining that drinking MMS is the same as drinking bleach and can cause dangerous side effects, including severe vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure. See https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/danger-dont-drink-miracle-mineral-solution-or-similar-products .
The affidavit also alleges that, before marketing MMS as a cure for COVID-19, the Grenons marketed MMS as a miracle cure-all for dozens of other serious diseases and disorders, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, autism, multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS, even though the FDA had not approved MMS for any use. The Grenons allegedly sold tens of thousands of bottles of MMS nationwide, including to consumers throughout South Florida. They sold this dangerous product under the guise of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing (“Genesis”), an entity they allegedly created in an attempt to avoid government regulation of MMS. According to the charging documents, Genesis’ own websites describe Genesis as a “non-religious church,” and Defendant Mark Grenon, the co-founder of Genesis, has repeatedly acknowledged that Genesis “has nothing to do with religion,” and that he founded Genesis to “legalize the use of MMS” and avoid “going [ ] to jail.”
In addition to charging these defendants with federal conspiracy, the complaint also charges the Grenons with criminal contempt. The United States previously filed a civil case against the defendants and Genesis II Church of Health and Healing. See United States v. Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, et al., Case No. 20-21601-CV-WILLIAMS. In that civil case, the United States obtained court orders halting the Grenons’ distribution of MMS. The criminal charges against the Grenons allege that they willfully violated these court orders. According to the complaint affidavit, the Grenons sent letters to the judge presiding over the civil case saying that they would not comply with the Court’s orders. The Grenons also threatened violence in the letters. The criminal complaint affidavit quotes from these letters.
“We continue to protect the public from criminal conduct that takes advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. “Not only is this MMS product toxic, but its distribution and use may prevent those who are sick from receiving the legitimate healthcare they need. A United States District Court already has ordered the defendants to stop distributing this product; we will not sit idly by as individuals purposefully violate Court orders and put the public in danger.”
“Making claims that unproven drugs, especially potentially dangerous and unapproved chlorine dioxide products, can cure or prevent COVID-19 or any other disease is unacceptable. The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has actively and deliberately placed consumers at risk with their fraudulent Miracle Mineral Solution and Americans expect and deserve medical treatments that have been scientifically proven to be safe and effective,” said Catherine Hermsen, Assistant Commissioner of the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations. “We commend the efforts of our law enforcement partners for vigorously investigating this matter. The FDA will continue our efforts to make sure these and other like-minded sellers do not jeopardize the health of Americans during this pandemic and in the future.”
U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the efforts of the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, particularly its Miami Field Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael B. Homer and John Shipley are prosecuting this case.
A criminal complaint is a charging instrument containing allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.


veteranstoday--2020-07-09--After November, Trump Goes to Prison: NY Prosecutors to see Trump’s Twisted Taxes, Russian Money Lau

After November, Trump Goes to Prison: NY Prosecutors to see Trump’s Twisted Taxes, Russian Money Laundering, Pedo-payoffs

President Donald Trump must release his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan district attorney , the Supreme Court has ordered .
In a 7-2 vote , the court sided with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance who requested eight years ’ worth of Trump ’ s business and personal tax records to help investigate whether Trump and his company violated state laws in connection with hush-money payments to several women that allegedly had affairs with the president .
In Trump v. Mazars , a case consolidated with Trump v. Deutsche Bank , three House committees argued it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a subpoena to obtain several years worth of personal financial documents and records from his accounting firm Mazars .
The committees , including the Committee on Oversight and Reform that issued the subpoena in mid-2019 to Mazars , argued the documents were part of an investigation into government ethics and conflicts of interest in the executive branch .
Part of the investigation , the committee argued , included “ the accuracy of statements made by the President on various financial discloses.
” In the Deutsche Bank case , the House Committee on Financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Intelligence issued subpoenas to the bank and Capital One for records into Trump , his family , and the Trump Organization as part of an ongoing investigation into any links or coordination between the Russian government , or any other foreign actors , that may have influenced the 2016 U.S. elections .
The investigations by the two committees also focused on Russian money laundering .
read more…

President Donald Trump must release his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan district attorney, the Supreme Court has ordered.
Donald Trump is a liar and a con artist. Always has been. Always will be. pic.twitter.com/jRHPPVu5bC
After promising to release his tax returns like every other modern president, Trump wasted millions of American taxpayer dollars fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court just to hide them.
. @SpeakerPelosi : "The Supreme Court, including the president's appointees, have declared that he is not above the law. … It's not good news for the president of the United States." #TrumpTaxes pic.twitter.com/RNxt1ar1i1
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1281233508963401728?s=20
In a 7-2 vote, the court sided with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance who requested eight years’ worth of Trump’s business and personal tax records to help investigate whether Trump and his company violated state laws in connection with hush-money payments to several women that allegedly had affairs with the president.
Breaking: Supreme Court says prosecutors get Trump's tax returns. They now go to grand jury. Will the public ever see them? Probably. Before the election? Probably not. — Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2020
In Trump v. Mazars, a case consolidated with Trump v. Deutsche Bank, three House committees argued it was within their constitutional authority to issue Trump a subpoena to obtain several years worth of personal financial documents and records from his accounting firm Mazars.
Trump has been lying about releasing his tax returns for 8 years — but now the Supreme Court has ruled that he must turn over his financial records to the NY District Attorney for a criminal investigation into his alleged hush-money deals pic.twitter.com/P8ydWEli1p — NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 9, 2020
The committees, including the Committee on Oversight and Reform that issued the subpoena in mid-2019 to Mazars, argued the documents were part of an investigation into government ethics and conflicts of interest in the executive branch. Part of the investigation, the committee argued, included “the accuracy of statements made by the President on various financial discloses.”
Today’s decisions are a win for the rule of law: Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Block Release of Financial Records #TrumpTaxes https://t.co/UuaCsBetPR — Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 9, 2020
In the Deutsche Bank case, the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued subpoenas to the bank and Capital One for records into Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization as part of an ongoing investigation into any links or coordination between the Russian government, or any other foreign actors, that may have influenced the 2016 U.S. elections. The investigations by the two committees also focused on Russian money laundering. read more…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-orders-trump-to-release-tax-returns-once-and-for-all?ref=home


veteranstoday--2020-07-10--Research Confirms: Cold Temperatures in Winter Will Increase Spread of COVID-19

_________ FARS Research Confirms : Cold Temperatures in Winter Will Increase Spread of COVID-19 TEHRAN ( FNA ) - The colder temperatures coming in winter will lead to an increase in the spread of COVID-19 , scientists have confirmed .
Researchers from India explored the relationship between a country ’ s average temperature and the number of COVID-19 cases .
They found a significant association between countries that have been experiencing colder environmental temperatures and larger-scale outbreaks .
The findings could indicate trouble is on the horizon for northern hemisphere nations as they move into winter later this year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ may provide the best window in which to fight back against the virus .
In their study , biochemist Chandi Mandal of the Central University of Rajasthan and Mahaveer Singh Panwar of Banaras Hindu University collated the average temperatures and the number of active COVID-19 cases for different countries .
Data was collected from late March to mid-April .
The duo found that countries in higher latitudes/colder climates were significantly more likely to have higher numbers of coronavirus cases .
In contrast , fewer cases tended to occur in warmer and lower latitude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that low temperature might be a risk factor for COVID-19 cases , ’ the researchers wrote .
‘ However , at this time , this study is unable to explain how some cold countries have relatively higher coronavirus infected cases , ’ they added .
‘ Is it just the cold or are there additional factors ?
’ Future work , they added , should consider comorbidity factors like each country ’ s relative number of cases of cancer , diabetes , hyper-tension and obesity .
Previously , experts suggested that summer should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the benefits of additional vitamin D production from sunlight to help immune responses , along with increased UV rays that can slow respiratory disease spread .
‘ The transmission of many virus types depends on air temperature and humidity , ’ said Professor Mandal .
‘ While more analysis is needed , if low temperature is a risk factor for COVID-19 , then summer could reduce the transmission and infection rate.
’ The full findings of the study were published in the journal Public Health .

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FARS
Research Confirms: Cold Temperatures in Winter Will Increase Spread of COVID-19
TEHRAN (FNA)- The colder temperatures coming in winter will lead to an increase in the spread of COVID-19, scientists have confirmed.
Researchers from India explored the relationship between a country’s average temperature and the number of COVID-19 cases.
They found a significant association between countries that have been experiencing colder environmental temperatures and larger-scale outbreaks.
The findings could indicate trouble is on the horizon for northern hemisphere nations as they move into winter later this year.
Accordingly, the researchers said, summertime may provide the best window in which to fight back against the virus.
In their study, biochemist Chandi Mandal of the Central University of Rajasthan and Mahaveer Singh Panwar of Banaras Hindu University collated the average temperatures and the number of active COVID-19 cases for different countries.
Data was collected from late March to mid-April.
The duo found that countries in higher latitudes/colder climates were significantly more likely to have higher numbers of coronavirus cases.
In contrast, fewer cases tended to occur in warmer and lower latitude climates.
‘All these observations suggest that low temperature might be a risk factor for COVID-19 cases,’ the researchers wrote.
‘However, at this time, this study is unable to explain how some cold countries have relatively higher coronavirus infected cases,’ they added.
‘Is it just the cold or are there additional factors?’
Future work, they added, should consider comorbidity factors like each country’s relative number of cases of cancer, diabetes, hyper-tension and obesity.
Previously, experts suggested that summer should slow the spread of coronavirus — citing the benefits of additional vitamin D production from sunlight to help immune responses, along with increased UV rays that can slow respiratory disease spread.
‘The transmission of many virus types depends on air temperature and humidity,’ said Professor Mandal.
‘While more analysis is needed, if low temperature is a risk factor for COVID-19, then summer could reduce the transmission and infection rate.’
The full findings of the study were published in the journal Public Health.


veteranstoday--2020-07-10--Iran Passes Laboratorial Phase of Coronavirus Vaccine

TEHRAN ( FNA ) - A senior Iranian medical official said that the country is through with the laboratorial phase of coronavirus vaccine .
Chancellor of Iran University of Medical Sciences Jalil Kouhpayeh Zadeh said that the initial laboratory phase of the coronavirus vaccine has been performed and its human test and injection will be performed within the next 2 months .
He added that many researches have been done on the coronavirus vaccine internationally , saying that more than 10 groups are researching the production of coronavirus vaccine in Iran .
Kouhpayeh-Zadeh said that two research groups at Iran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus vaccine production .
If these steps are successful , the vaccine will be mass-produced , he added .
In relevant remarks late last month , Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced that that the country ’ s researchers have tested the home-made anti-COVID-19 virus vaccine on animals with successful results .
“ We have taken effective steps in producing vaccine and many Iranian scientists have taken rapid steps in developing COVID-19 vaccine and the Iranian coronavirus vaccine test samples on animals have proved successful , ” Namaki said .
He , meantime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cooperation in the production of vaccines and medicine in campaign against the novel coronavirus .
Also in June , Iran ’ s health ministry announced that it is seeking to produce homemade vaccine for the deadly coronavirus disease before the end of the current Iranian year ( will end on March 20 , 2021 ) .
“ A number of knowledge-based Iranian companies are trying to produce coronavirus vaccine and one of these companies will offer its achievements by the yearend , ” Director-General of Research and Technology Development Office of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vatanpour said .
He further pointed out that Iranian HPV and seasonal influenza vaccines will be produced and hit the market by the end of the current year .
The environment of producing vaccine and ensuring its effectiveness are of the two important issues , Vatanpour said , adding , “ The vaccine production environment should be isolated which is underway for producing coronavirus vaccine .
”

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FARS
Iran Passes Laboratorial Phase of Coronavirus Vaccine
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian medical official said that the country is through with the laboratorial phase of coronavirus vaccine.
Chancellor of Iran University of Medical Sciences Jalil Kouhpayeh Zadeh said that the initial laboratory phase of the coronavirus vaccine has been performed and its human test and injection will be performed within the next 2 months.
He added that many researches have been done on the coronavirus vaccine internationally, saying that more than 10 groups are researching the production of coronavirus vaccine in Iran.
Kouhpayeh-Zadeh said that two research groups at Iran University of Medical Sciences are working on coronavirus vaccine production.
If these steps are successful, the vaccine will be mass-produced, he added.
In relevant remarks late last month, Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced that that the country’s researchers have tested the home-made anti-COVID-19 virus vaccine on animals with successful results.
“We have taken effective steps in producing vaccine and many Iranian scientists have taken rapid steps in developing COVID-19 vaccine and the Iranian coronavirus vaccine test samples on animals have proved successful,” Namaki said.
He, meantime, underlined the need for global unity and cooperation in the production of vaccines and medicine in campaign against the novel coronavirus.
Also in June, Iran’s health ministry announced that it is seeking to produce homemade vaccine for the deadly coronavirus disease before the end of the current Iranian year (will end on March 20, 2021).
“A number of knowledge-based Iranian companies are trying to produce coronavirus vaccine and one of these companies will offer its achievements by the yearend,” Director-General of Research and Technology Development Office of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Hosein Vatanpour said.
He further pointed out that Iranian HPV and seasonal influenza vaccines will be produced and hit the market by the end of the current year.
The environment of producing vaccine and ensuring its effectiveness are of the two important issues, Vatanpour said, adding, “The vaccine production environment should be isolated which is underway for producing coronavirus vaccine.”


veteranstoday--2020-07-10--The new dirty water rule

The new dirty water rule

[ Editor ’ s note : In the New Mexico rancher piece below , it is their opinion that Trump ’ s EPA didn ’ t go far enough .
However , attorneys general from 18 states and New York City wrote in their Complaint , “ the 2020 Rule is arbitrary and capricious and not in accordance with law.
” “ The 2020 Rule harms the States and Cities by limiting the waters subject to the Act ’ s protections , thereby exposing the States ’ and Cities ’ waters to pollution entering from jurisdictions that are less protective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Cities at a competitive disadvantage by incentivizing industry to relocate to upstream states with less stringent water quality protections.
” This relaxation of EPA regulations affects everyone and may have irreversible consequences . ]
Navajo Nation and Environmentalists Fight Rollback of U.S. Water Rule The nation ’ s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams , creeks and wetlands across the U.S .
The rule , which took effect June 22 , narrows the types @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the half-century-old Clean Water Act .
As a result , critics say the number of waterways across the Navajo Nation and other arid states in the West that were previously protected under the act have been drastically reduced .
Public health advocates , environmentalists and some Western states , among other opponents , had promised court fights once the rule was imposed , saying the rollback will leave many of the nation ’ s millions of miles of waterways more vulnerable to pollution .
The Navajo tribe filed its claim June 22 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Amigos Bravos , the New Mexico Acequia Association and the Gila Resources Information Project followed with their own appeal June 23 and the Environmental Integrity Project filed a separate claim in Washington , D.C. on behalf of four other environmental groups .
The cases name the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers , the federal agencies in charge of administering aspects of the rule .
In adopting the change , federal officials have argued that the previous Obama-era rule imposed unnecessary burdens on property owners and businesses and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for farmers , homebuilders and landowners… Rachel Conn with Amigos Bravos said the rule protects the interests of polluters .
“ The Trump administration has opened the pollution floodgates , ” she said .
Under the new regulation , permits are no longer necessary for discharging pollution into many rivers , lakes and streams… New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney warned that the rule would leave nearly 90 percent of New Mexico ’ s rivers and streams and about 40 percent of its wetlands without federal protection .
He predicted that would “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limited water resources.
” New York Attorney General James Sues Trump ’ s EPA Over Replacement of Clean Water Rule Coalition of Attorneys General Argue Trump ’ s “ Dirty Water Rule ” Ignores Science and the Law , and Strips Our Nation ’ s Waters of Basic Protections May 1 , 2020 New York – Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general and the City of New York in suing Trump ’ s Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) over its new “ Dirty Water Rule , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ streams and wetlands across the country .
The Trump Administration ’ s new rule replaces the 2015 Clean Water Rule , a science-based Obama-era federal regulation that ensured the nation ’ s bodies of water received proper protection under the Clean Water Act ( CWA ) .
“ Trump ’ s ‘ Dirty Water Rule ’ is a reckless rollback of clean water protections , ” said Attorney General James .
“ EPA ’ s new rule ignores science and the law by stripping our waters of basic protections under the Clean Water @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wildlife at risk .
My office will work with attorneys general from across the nation to challenge this illegal and harmful regulation and continue the fight for our environment.
” The New Mexico Cattlemen ’ s Association is suing the Trump administration over rolling back an Obama-era water rule , saying it still remains too strict .
The lawsuit claims the administration ’ s Navigable Waters Protection rule “ does not define ‘ navigable ' ” and leaves it unclear if it is up to the Environmental Protection Agency , or the Army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to regulate bodies of water , reports The Hill .
The rule also does not provide guidance or criteria to the agencies to determine who oversees what and violates the Constitution , Clean Water Act , and Supreme Court , the lawsuit claims .
[ See also , The WOTUS Wars , Vermont Journal of Environmental Law ] Environmental groups , however , complain the new rule reverts the level of protection to far-too-low levels .
But farmers also said President Barack Obama ’ s Waters of the U.S. ( WOTUS ) rules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump promised during his 2016 campaign to repeal it .
“ As long as I ’ m president , the government will never micromanage America ’ s farmers , ” Trump told the audience at the American Farm Bureau Federation .
How will the [ 2015 ] Gold King Mine spill on the Animas River shape the EPA ’ s response to future pollution from abandoned mines ?
… [ B ] oth sides of the political spectrum are readying to use it to their advantage .
This spill represents a bigger issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mines remain in the West , an unwanted legacy of the 1872 General Mining Law .
The response to this spill will shape how the Environmental Protection Agency will proceed in addressing potential toxic pollution from hundreds of abandoned mines on public lands for years to come .
Going forward everyone seeks to use this crisis to further their own agenda… Conservative politicians use the mine failure as part of a larger agenda to bash the EPA .
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia has proposed a resolution to remove EPA exemptions from liability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tom Cotton of Arkansas has proposed a similar bill for the Senate .
If these were to pass , the EPA potentially would be liable to those harmed by the leak .
These charges obfuscate the underlying problems of both the 1872 law and the widespread toxic legacy that remains unaddressed .
Such EPA bashing likely will make the agency more risk averse , as officials would not wish to place an already stretched budget under the weight of greater litigation .

[ Editor’s note: New Yorkers are calling it the 2020 Dirty Water Rule, and attorneys general from 18 states and New York City wrote in their recent Complaint, “the 2020 Rule is arbitrary and capricious and not in accordance with law.”
“The 2020 Rule harms the States and Cities by limiting the waters subject to the Act’s protections, thereby exposing the States’ and Cities’ waters to pollution entering from jurisdictions that are less protective of their waters;
putting the States and Cities at a competitive disadvantage by incentivizing industry to relocate to upstream states with less stringent water quality protections.”
This relaxation of EPA regulations affects everyone and may have irreversible consequences. A huge thank you to these media outlets for running articles about it. ]
Navajo Nation and Environmentalists Fight Rollback of U.S. Water Rule
Amigos Bravos advisory council
Originally published July 7, 2020, Navajo-Hopi Observer
Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press, Albuquerque, N.M. (AP)
The nation’s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams, creeks and wetlands across the U.S.
The rule, which took effect June 22, narrows the types of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the half-century-old Clean Water Act. As a result, critics say the number of waterways across the Navajo Nation and other arid states in the West that were previously protected under the act have been drastically reduced.
Public health advocates, environmentalists and some Western states, among other opponents, had promised court fights once the rule was imposed, saying the rollback will leave many of the nation’s millions of miles of waterways more vulnerable to pollution.
The Navajo tribe filed its claim June 22 in U.S. District Court in New Mexico.
Acequia Association means ditch association. Ditches funnel water to crops.
Amigos Bravos, the New Mexico Acequia Association and the Gila Resources Information Project followed with their own appeal June 23 and the Environmental Integrity Project filed a separate claim in Washington, D.C. on behalf of four other environmental groups.
The cases name the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agencies in charge of administering aspects of the rule.
In adopting the change, federal officials have argued that the previous Obama-era rule imposed unnecessary burdens on property owners and businesses and that the change will bring regulatory certainty for farmers, homebuilders and landowners…
Rachel Conn with Amigos Bravos said the rule protects the interests of polluters. “The Trump administration has opened the pollution floodgates,” she said.
Under the new regulation, permits are no longer necessary for discharging pollution into many rivers, lakes and streams…
New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney warned that the rule would leave nearly 90 percent of New Mexico’s rivers and streams and about 40 percent of its wetlands without federal protection.
He predicted that would “devastate New Mexico’s scarce and limited water resources.”
Grand Falls is located on the Navajo Nation and is part of the Little Colorado River. (Adobe Photo)
Read more
New York Attorney General James Sues Trump’s EPA Over Replacement of Clean Water Rule
Coalition of Attorneys General Argue Trump’s “Dirty Water Rule” Ignores
Science and the Law, and Strips Our Nation’s Waters of Basic Protections
May 1, 2020
New York – Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general and the City of New York in suing Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new “Dirty Water Rule,” which eliminates legal protections for countless streams and wetlands across the country.
Read complaint here.
The Trump Administration’s new rule replaces the 2015 Clean Water Rule, a science-based Obama-era federal regulation that ensured the nation’s bodies of water received proper protection under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
“Trump’s ‘Dirty Water Rule’ is a reckless rollback of clean water protections,” said Attorney General James. “EPA’s new rule ignores science and the law by stripping our waters of basic protections under the Clean Water Act, putting our communities and our wildlife at risk. My office will work with attorneys general from across the nation to challenge this illegal and harmful regulation and continue the fight for our environment.”
Read more…
New Mexico ranchers sue over Obama water rule rollback
First published April 27, 2020
The New Mexico Cattlemen’s Association is suing the Trump administration over rolling back an Obama-era water rule, saying it still remains too strict.
The lawsuit claims the administration’s Navigable Waters Protection rule “does not define ‘navigable'” and leaves it unclear if it is up to the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Army Corps of Engineers, or the state to regulate bodies of water, reports The Hill.
The rule also does not provide guidance or criteria to the agencies to determine who oversees what and violates the Constitution, Clean Water Act, and Supreme Court, the lawsuit claims. [See also, The WOTUS Wars, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law]
Environmental groups, however, complain the new rule reverts the level of protection to far-too-low levels.
“This is not just undoing the clean water rule promulgated by the Obama administration,” Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, said. “This is going back to the lowest level of protection we’ve seen in the last 50 years.”
But farmers also said President Barack Obama’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rules were too far-reaching, and President Donald Trump promised during his 2016 campaign to repeal it.
“As long as I’m president, the government will never micromanage America’s farmers,” Trump told the audience at the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Vermont Law Top 10 Environmental Watchlist (Number 7)
Gold King Mine Spill on Animas River
By Patrick Kenney and Professor Jack Tuholske
Summary: How will the [2015] Gold King Mine spill on the Animas River shape the EPA’s response to future pollution from abandoned mines?
…[B]oth sides of the political spectrum are readying to use it to their advantage.
This spill represents a bigger issue though, because hundreds of other abandoned mines remain in the West, an unwanted legacy of the 1872 General Mining Law. The response to this spill will shape how the Environmental Protection Agency will proceed in addressing potential toxic pollution from hundreds of abandoned mines on public lands for years to come.
Going forward everyone seeks to use this crisis to further their own agenda…
Conservative politicians use the mine failure as part of a larger agenda to bash the EPA… EPA bashing likely will make the agency more risk averse, as officials would not wish to place an already stretched budget under the weight of greater litigation.
Read more
What can happen in industrial mining spills. In 2015 the Gold King Mine blew out, releasing more than 3 million gallons of orange toxic wastewater into the Animas River in southern Colorado. Years later, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the wastewater outside Silverton, Colorado. This is now a superfund site. (Photo, August 2015)
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veteranstoday--2020-07-10--EUROPOL Alert on Left-Wing Terrorists: 111 Arrests in 2019, Most in Italy

« In September-October we will see the results of this period of serious economic crisis .
We see closed shops , citizens who do not even have the opportunity to provide for their daily needs .
The government has put in place all the necessary initiatives to meet these needs , the risk is real and I see an attitude of violence against the police force absolutely to be condemned » .
The worst Minister of the Interior in the history of Italy from the Savoy Kingdom onwards , the ex-left prefect Luciana Lamorgese during an intervention on the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TV Rai 3 sounded the alarm .
Disturbing words that seem those written in George Orwell ’ s 1984 book on the planetary social disaster and the inevitable need for curfew and the police state for the rise of a New World Order .
The latter operation seems to be facilitated by the pandemic ( and by the infodemic of ignorance of those who do not want to know the facts ) caused by a CoronaVirus that scientists and counterespionage experts such as the former British intelligence director MI6 believe built in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Wuhan , where the first dangerous experiments with SARS virus infected with HIV ( the AIDS pathogen ) were financed by the European Commission of the future leader PD Romano Prodi , as revealed in preview by Gospa News .
The same NWO was hoped to counter a pandemic that still does not exist , in 2018 , by the former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the presidency of Barack Obama , exponent of Democrats such as those of the Italian government who appointed Dr. Lamorgese in a strategic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Republic Sergio Mattarella , also confirmed by Dem with a past as Minister of Defense reformer of secret services and mafia shadows in the family closets .
What the Interior Minister does not reveal is the nature of the danger which is well illustrated by Europol ’ s Te Sat 2020 annual report : it is called left-wing terrorism .
It is the threat looming over Italy that seems to have been announced by Dr. Lamorgese in her statements .
It is obviously difficult and perhaps impossible for a government official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the street demonstrations , often aggressive against the rallies of the leaders of the moderate-right like Matteo Salvini , secretary of the League , to admit that the problem lies precisely in the red rooms , still smeared by the demonic ghosts of communism which killed more than 90 million on the planet .
In fact , it seems difficult to think that the Minister of the Interior of the Italian Republic is so incompetent as to ignore the Europol dossier published at the end of June which shows the gravity of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ memory of the armed one , in the massacre on years 70 to the 90s , of the Red Brigades who killed politicians , magistrates , carabinieri and policemen throughout Italy .
To then become free commentators and even infamous disparaging law enforcement officials .
« EU Member States reported 26 attacks perpetrated by left-wing and anarchist terrorist groups or individuals in 2019 .
All but one were completed .
The total number of attacks increased in 2019 compared to 2018 ( 19 completed , failed and foiled attacks ) and increased slightly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed and foiled attacks ) .
The number of arrests increased significantly compared to previous years ( 34 in 2018 , 36 in 2017 ) reaching 111 , with the majority ( 71 ) related to terrorism offences occurred during violent demonstrations , clashes with the police and other similar circumstances in Italy » reported Europol in Te Sat dossier .
These figures are reported by Europol which in numbers denies the urban legend of an alarm for the spread of far-right terrorism .
Even if , for a singular circumstance , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( from pages 57 to 62 ) to the far left terrorists while he reserves 15 pages for the far right one ( from page 63 to 78 ) including the extra EU attacks like the massacre of the Christchurch mosques in New Zealand carried out by Brenton Tarrant , suspected of being a military mercenary trained by ISIS and Mossad , as reported in detail by Gospa News , and therefore animated by motives far more complex than those of the so-called Suprematism White .
RAIN OF ARRESTS JUST IN ITALY But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And therefore Europol itself is forced to highlight not only the emergence of the post-communist red terrorism but above all its radicalization in Italy where the left-wing parliamentarians themselves sometimes absolve , sometimes even justify the aggressions of violent fringes against the forces of order : as in the cases of the No Tav demonstrations against the High Speed railway link project in Piedmont .
« As was the case in previous years , all attacks and almost all arrests were reported by Greece ( 4 ) , Italy ( 98 ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU Member States continued to be those reporting most of the left-wing and anarchist terrorist activity in the EU .
In addition , one suspected DHKP-C member was arrested in Austria .
In most cases , left-wing and anarchist terrorist and extremist organisations claimed responsibility for the attacks that they perpetrated by publishing proclamations in their native language on like-minded public online platforms ( websites or weblogs ) in their respective countries .
In addition , a version in English was on occasion published on websites or weblogs to reach an international audience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and individuals belonging to the insurrectional anarchist milieu represented the most significant threat in the left-wing and anarchist terrorist scene .
The anarchist terrorist organisation Federazione Anarchica Informale/ Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale ( FAI/FRI , ‘ Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front ’ ) continued to present itself as a widespread and horizontal network , consisting of individuals and groups/cells that apparently act in autonomy , operating in Italy and abroad .
In the past , the group had a preference for ‘ direct action ’ by sending letter bombs .
The Italian militants detained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reference by foreign members , who join the International Revolutionary Front ( IRF ) based mainly in Chile , Spain and Greece » .
This can also be read in the Europol report which then goes into even more detail : « A total of 22 terrorist attacks ( 21 completed and 1 foiled ) in Italy were attributed to left-wing and anarchist groups in 2019 .
Although the number of attacks has more than doubled compared to 2018 ( 10 completed , failed or foiled attacks ) , the groups or individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ » .
« In Italy , the preferred modus operandi was arson ( 16 out of 22 ) .
The most frequently selected targets were vehicles belonging to private and public companies or government agencies .
Telecommunication and television repeaters were also targeted , as well as cable pits for train signalling and a courthouse .
An IED explosion caused minor damages to a building housing a temporary employment agency in Rovereto .
Offices of a right-wing political partyin Rome were targeted by unknown perpetrators who threw an IID ( Improvised Incendiary Device @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vandalised and , in one incident , an envelope containing a threatening letter and a bullet was addressed to a prosecutor .
The narratives behind the attacks , frequently expressed on the roundrobin.info website , included expressions of solidarity with imprisoned anarchists internationally , support to refugees , rejection of large-scale infrastructure projects and opposition to war in general » .
MORE ATTACKS BY THE LEFT THAN JIHADISTS « In addition to the 22 attacks classified as left-wing and anarchist terrorism in Italy , four attacks ( two foiled and two failed ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The four attacks occurred in April and May 2019 and consisted of parcel bombs sent to offices of Turin municipality .
The arrests carried out by Italian authorities showed a remarkable increase in 2019 , reaching the number of 98 individuals ( compared to 8 arrests reported for 2018 ) .
The vast majority of the arrests ( 71 ) were related to terrorism offences perpetrated during violent demonstrations , clashes with the police and other similar circumstances .
For example , 17 individuals were arrested in July for violence against police officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Device ) the 2017 G7 summit in Taormina ( Sicily ) .
In September , 14 individuals were arrested on suspicion of violent acts during protests in Turin ( Piedmont ) in February ; and another 14 people were seized in December for riots during an event in Val di Susa ( Piedmont ) in late July » .
« Anti-fascism , anti-racism and perceived state repression remained the primary topics of importance .
Left-wing and anarchist extremists engaged in violent confrontations with far-right sympathisers and , to a lesser extent , targeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Anti-globalisation and anti-capitalism were also on their agenda , with banks , national and multinational companies and private property targeted during violent protests » .
The Te Sat dossier obviously does not analyze the matrices of such violent movements .
Therefore unfortunately it does not point out that the so-called international left-wing Antifa movement is financed by historical supporters of Democrats such as George Soros and also closely related to terrorist organizations of radical Sunni Islam such as ISIS and Al Qaeda , as discovered by the FBI of the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous Gospa News investigation into the Black Lives Matter .
Instead it reports the numbers related to far-right terrorism : 6 attacks in 2019 and a total of 21 arrests .
Nothing compared to the 111 arrests of the far left who in Italy are even more afraid of Islamic jihadism .
In fact , only 18 Muslim terrorists were arrested in Italy out of 436 in the entire European Union where the threat predominates in France with 202 suspected jihadists who ended up in handcuffs .
Obviously in the Europol report , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no mention of the 14 thousand jihadists brought from Turkey as mercenaries to Libya a few hundred miles from Europe … But the attacks by Islamic terrorists on the Old Continent in 2019 were only 21 , 3 less than in 2018 but , above all , 5 less than those perpetrated by left-wing extremists .
The Minister of Interior Lamorgese began to talk about serious and detailed things .
Or resign … Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio © COPYRIGHT GOSPA NEWS for VETERANS TODAY only no reproduction without authorization – italian original version

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
Versione originale in Italiano
«In September-October we will see the results of this period of serious economic crisis. We see closed shops, citizens who do not even have the opportunity to provide for their daily needs. The government has put in place all the necessary initiatives to meet these needs, the risk is real and I see an attitude of violence against the police force absolutely to be condemned».
The worst Minister of the Interior in the history of Italy from the Savoy Kingdom onwards, the ex-left prefect Luciana Lamorgese during an intervention on the “Agorà Estate” broadcast on the national TV Rai 3 sounded the alarm.
Disturbing words that seem those written in George Orwell’s 1984 book on the planetary social disaster and the inevitable need for curfew and the police state for the rise of a New World Order.
The latter operation seems to be facilitated by the pandemic (and by the infodemic of ignorance of those who do not want to know the facts) caused by a CoronaVirus that scientists and counterespionage experts such as the former British intelligence director MI6 believe built in a laboratory in China, according to some in Wuhan, where the first dangerous experiments with SARS virus infected with HIV (the AIDS pathogen) were financed by the European Commission of the future leader PD Romano Prodi, as revealed in preview by Gospa News.
The same NWO was hoped to counter a pandemic that still does not exist, in 2018, by the former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the presidency of Barack Obama, exponent of Democrats such as those of the Italian government who appointed Dr. Lamorgese in a strategic government role for will by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, also confirmed by Dem with a past as Minister of Defense reformer of secret services and mafia shadows in the family closets.
EUROPOL ALARM FOR LEFT TERRORISM
What the Interior Minister does not reveal is the nature of the danger which is well illustrated by Europol’s Te Sat 2020 annual report: it is called left-wing terrorism. It is the threat looming over Italy that seems to have been announced by Dr. Lamorgese in her statements.
It is obviously difficult and perhaps impossible for a government official supported by that Democratic Party to praise the street demonstrations, often aggressive against the rallies of the leaders of the moderate-right like Matteo Salvini, secretary of the League, to admit that the problem lies precisely in the red rooms, still smeared by the demonic ghosts of communism which killed more than 90 million on the planet.
In fact, it seems difficult to think that the Minister of the Interior of the Italian Republic is so incompetent as to ignore the Europol dossier published at the end of June which shows the gravity of the resurgence of left-wing terrorism which recalls the memory of the armed one, in the massacre on years 70 to the 90s, of the Red Brigades who killed politicians, magistrates, carabinieri and policemen throughout Italy. To then become free commentators and even infamous disparaging law enforcement officials.
«EU Member States reported 26 attacks perpetrated by left-wing and anarchist terrorist groups or individuals in 2019. All but one were completed. The total number of attacks increased in 2019 compared to 2018 (19 completed, failed and foiled attacks) and increased slightly compared to 2017 (24 completed, failed and foiled attacks). The number of arrests increased significantly compared to previous years (34 in 2018, 36 in 2017) reaching 111, with the majority (71) related to terrorism offences occurred during violent demonstrations, clashes with the police and other similar circumstances in Italy» reported Europol in Te Sat dossier.
The cover of the Te Sat dossier just published – click on the image to read the report in English
These figures are reported by Europol which in numbers denies the urban legend of an alarm for the spread of far-right terrorism. Even if, for a singular circumstance, he dedicates only 5 pages of the dossier (from pages 57 to 62) to the far left terrorists while he reserves 15 pages for the far right one (from page 63 to 78) including the extra EU attacks like the massacre of the Christchurch mosques in New Zealand carried out by Brenton Tarrant, suspected of being a military mercenary trained by ISIS and Mossad, as reported in detail by Gospa News, and therefore animated by motives far more complex than those of the so-called Suprematism White.
RAIN OF ARRESTS JUST IN ITALY
But the numbers don’t lie. And therefore Europol itself is forced to highlight not only the emergence of the post-communist red terrorism but above all its radicalization in Italy where the left-wing parliamentarians themselves sometimes absolve, sometimes even justify the aggressions of violent fringes against the forces of order: as in the cases of the No Tav demonstrations against the High Speed railway link project in Piedmont.
«As was the case in previous years, all attacks and almost all arrests were reported by Greece (4), Italy (98) and Spain (8). The three EU Member States continued to be those reporting most of the left-wing and anarchist terrorist activity in the EU. In addition, one suspected DHKP-C member was arrested in Austria. In most cases, left-wing and anarchist terrorist and extremist organisations claimed responsibility for the attacks that they perpetrated by publishing proclamations in their native language on like-minded public online platforms (websites or weblogs) in their respective countries. In addition, a version in English was on occasion published on websites or weblogs to reach an international audience».
«In Italy, groups and individuals belonging to the insurrectional anarchist milieu represented the most significant threat in the left-wing and anarchist terrorist scene. The anarchist terrorist organisation Federazione Anarchica Informale/ Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (FAI/FRI, ‘Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front’) continued to present itself as a widespread and horizontal network, consisting of individuals and groups/cells that apparently act in autonomy, operating in Italy and abroad. In the past, the group had a preference for ‘direct action’ by sending letter bombs. The Italian militants detained are still considered as a point of reference by foreign members, who join the International Revolutionary Front (IRF) based mainly in Chile, Spain and Greece».
This can also be read in the Europol report which then goes into even more detail: «A total of 22 terrorist attacks (21 completed and 1 foiled) in Italy were attributed to left-wing and anarchist groups in 2019. Although the number of attacks has more than doubled compared to 2018 (10 completed, failed or foiled attacks), the groups or individuals who perpetrated them demonstrated low-level operational capabilities».
The number of arrests in 2019 between left and right-wing terrorists according to Europol Te Sat data
«In Italy, the preferred modus operandi was arson (16 out of 22). The most frequently selected targets were vehicles belonging to private and public companies or government agencies. Telecommunication and television repeaters were also targeted, as well as cable pits for train signalling and a courthouse. An IED explosion caused minor damages to a building housing a temporary employment agency in Rovereto. Offices of a right-wing political partyin Rome were targeted by unknown perpetrators who threw an IID (Improvised Incendiary Device) against them. One vehicle was vandalised and, in one incident, an envelope containing a threatening letter and a bullet was addressed to a prosecutor. The narratives behind the attacks, frequently expressed on the roundrobin.info website, included expressions of solidarity with imprisoned anarchists internationally, support to refugees, rejection of large-scale infrastructure projects and opposition to war in general».
MORE ATTACKS BY THE LEFT THAN JIHADISTS
«In addition to the 22 attacks classified as left-wing and anarchist terrorism in Italy, four attacks (two foiled and two failed) were reported. These remained unclaimed. The four attacks occurred in April and May 2019 and consisted of parcel bombs sent to offices of Turin municipality. The arrests carried out by Italian authorities showed a remarkable increase in 2019, reaching the number of 98 individuals (compared to 8 arrests reported for 2018). The vast majority of the arrests (71) were related to terrorism offences perpetrated during violent demonstrations, clashes with the police and other similar circumstances. For example, 17 individuals were arrested in July for violence against police officers and detonation of IEDs (Improvised Esplosive Device) the 2017 G7 summit in Taormina (Sicily). In September, 14 individuals were arrested on suspicion of violent acts during protests in Turin (Piedmont) in February; and another 14 people were seized in December for riots during an event in Val di Susa (Piedmont) in late July».
«Anti-fascism, anti-racism and perceived state repression remained the primary topics of importance. Left-wing and anarchist extremists engaged in violent confrontations with far-right sympathisers and, to a lesser extent, targeted representatives and premises of right-wing political parties. Anti-globalisation and anti-capitalism were also on their agenda, with banks, national and multinational companies and private property targeted during violent protests».
The Te Sat dossier obviously does not analyze the matrices of such violent movements. Therefore unfortunately it does not point out that the so-called international left-wing Antifa movement is financed by historical supporters of Democrats such as George Soros and also closely related to terrorist organizations of radical Sunni Islam such as ISIS and Al Qaeda, as discovered by the FBI of the United States of America. and reported in a previous Gospa News investigation into the Black Lives Matter.
Instead it reports the numbers related to far-right terrorism: 6 attacks in 2019 and a total of 21 arrests. Nothing compared to the 111 arrests of the far left who in Italy are even more afraid of Islamic jihadism. In fact, only 18 Muslim terrorists were arrested in Italy out of 436 in the entire European Union where the threat predominates in France with 202 suspected jihadists who ended up in handcuffs. Obviously in the Europol report, operating in NATO countries, there is no mention of the 14 thousand jihadists brought from Turkey as mercenaries to Libya a few hundred miles from Europe …
But the attacks by Islamic terrorists on the Old Continent in 2019 were only 21, 3 less than in 2018 but, above all, 5 less than those perpetrated by left-wing extremists. The Minister of Interior Lamorgese began to talk about serious and detailed things. Or resign …
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
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veteranstoday--2020-07-11--India shows it is not a US puppet on Venezuela

India to buy Venezuela oil under swap deal amid US sanctions [ Editor ’ s Note : India has been the next country to challenge US unilateral sanctions on Venezuela .
As a major arms dealer with the US , it has some leverage with the US that others do not .
But we shall wait and see if Trump twitters a response .
And mind you that India is doing this with its relations with China on a rollercoaster , and maintaining close ties with Russia despite Trump ’ s bitter disappointment with India ’ s buying state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the US .
Such barter deals circumvent the stranglehold the US has through its control of the SWIFT international payment system .
India seems to be joining Iran now to demonstrate that it also has a huge number of barter trade options , due to its diversified economy .
Modi is also winning domestic political points that he can protect Indians from political blackmail when many others can not .
Modi is way up in the polls , while Trump is way down , so one might expect Modi has decided that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The bad news for Maduro this week was that Britain has legalized with a court ruling that it did not steal Venezuela ’ s gold .
It just gave it to Juan Guaido via the convenient claim that he was president and the legal owner .
Gosh , why did not Britain want a Venezuela referendum to let the people decide who got their money ?
So here we have ex-colonial master Britain still wanting to play the old role as a world power when it is not , and not even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Venezuela people suffer because they do not want to be ruled by a US puppet , something that would be a UN Charter violation anyway , right ?
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Click to donate > > India has decided to receive a cargo of Venezuelan crude under a swap deal in the face of a US sanctions regime which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throes of a fuel crisis .
Mumbai-based Reliance Industries Limited ( RIL ) announced its plan to load its first cargo of Venezuelan crude after a three-month recess due to lower demands .
The Indian multinational conglomerate company is scheduled this week to receive a 1.9-million barrel cargo of crude at Venezuela ’ s main oil port of Jose , a Reuters report said .
Reliance said in exchange for the Venezuelan crude oil , it will deliver diesel fuel to the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company , PDVSA .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuel-for-crude swap deal with PDVSA will continue despite crippling economic sanctions imposed in 2019 by the United States on Caracas in an effort to drive down oil revenue to the government of President Nicolas Maduro .
Washington has imposed several rounds of paralyzing economic sanctions against the oil-rich South American country , aiming to oust Maduro and replace him with US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido .
Maduro has denounced the US government for its continuous “ criminal sanctions ” against the suffering Latin American nation amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic .
Caracas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal action against Washington at the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) over the sanctions imposed on the nation .
Venezuela has a similar fuel-for-crude swap deal with Italy ’ s Eni and Spain ’ s Repsol , who take Venezuelan crude in exchange for diesel supplied as part of debt repayment deals .
Iran has sent five tankers since April to Venezuela , breaching a de facto American blockade .
Last month , the United States imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela .
US prosecutors have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aboard four tankers that are currently heading to Venezuela , the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on Caracas .

India to buy Venezuela oil under swap deal amid US sanctions
[ Editor’s Note: India has been the next country to challenge US unilateral sanctions on Venezuela. As a major arms dealer with the US, it has some leverage with the US that others do not. But we shall wait and see if Trump twitters a response.
And mind you that India is doing this with its relations with China on a rollercoaster, and maintaining close ties with Russia despite Trump’s bitter disappointment with India’s buying state of the art weapons systems from Russia rather than the US.
Such barter deals circumvent the stranglehold the US has through its control of the SWIFT international payment system. India seems to be joining Iran now to demonstrate that it also has a huge number of barter trade options, due to its diversified economy.
Modi is also winning domestic political points that he can protect Indians from political blackmail when many others cannot. Modi is way up in the polls, while Trump is way down, so one might expect Modi has decided that Trump will not be around much longer.
The bad news for Maduro this week was that Britain has legalized with a court ruling that it did not steal Venezuela’s gold. It just gave it to Juan Guaido via the convenient claim that he was president and the legal owner.
Gosh, why did not Britain want a Venezuela referendum to let the people decide who got their money? So here we have ex-colonial master Britain still wanting to play the old role as a world power when it is not, and not even a good pretender at that.
Meanwhile the Venezuela people suffer because they do not want to be ruled by a US puppet, something that would be a UN Charter violation anyway, right?… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 10, 2020 –
India has decided to receive a cargo of Venezuelan crude under a swap deal in the face of a US sanctions regime which has put the Latin American country in throes of a fuel crisis.
Mumbai-based Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced its plan to load its first cargo of Venezuelan crude after a three-month recess due to lower demands.
The Indian multinational conglomerate company is scheduled this week to receive a 1.9-million barrel cargo of crude at Venezuela’s main oil port of Jose, a Reuters report said.
Reliance said in exchange for the Venezuelan crude oil, it will deliver diesel fuel to the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company, PDVSA.
The Indian firm has previously stated that a fuel-for-crude swap deal with PDVSA will continue despite crippling economic sanctions imposed in 2019 by the United States on Caracas in an effort to drive down oil revenue to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Washington has imposed several rounds of paralyzing economic sanctions against the oil-rich South American country, aiming to oust Maduro and replace him with US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Maduro has denounced the US government for its continuous “criminal sanctions” against the suffering Latin American nation amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Caracas, in response, has vowed to take legal action against Washington at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the sanctions imposed on the nation.
Venezuela has a similar fuel-for-crude swap deal with Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol, who take Venezuelan crude in exchange for diesel supplied as part of debt repayment deals.
Iran has sent five tankers since April to Venezuela, breaching a de facto American blockade. Last month, the United States imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela.
US prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that are currently heading to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on Caracas.


veteranstoday--2020-07-10--Breaking: Trump Has Michael Cohen Locked Up to Silence Him, We expect another murder…

They ’ ve got Ghislaine Maxwell in the same place .
Is Barr going to tell us they ‘ shanked ’ each other ?
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Cohen was asked by press to verify what Mary Trump wrote about her sicko uncle and Cohen agreed to oblige .
We expect the same Israeli paid assassins that really killed Jeff Epstein to take out Cohen as well and do it very quickly .
We think we all deserve to hear what Cohen has before Trump has him murdered as he has with so many others , including 135,000 Americans .
Both the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daily Beast are putting out fake stories .
Daily Beast : President Trump ’ s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen is back in custody less than two months after being released from federal prison to serve the rest of his three-year sentence from home over concerns he could contract the coronavirus while behind bars .
Cohen ’ s attorney told MSNBC that he was remanded back into custody for violating his home confinement agreement and taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center after a Thursday hearing .
A person familiar with the situation told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court to get fitted for his ankle bracelet and sign papers for home confinement and was not expecting to be taken back into custody .
This comes days after he visited a New York City restaurant , which landed him on the cover of the New York Post .
Cohen was convicted for his role in hush-money payments to women who said they ’ d had affairs with Trump .
Was 13 only , like in lawsuit : New Epstein accusers partially confirm accusations against Trump , rape and murder ( update ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why the Public Only Got “ the Sideshow ” Judge Uphold Lawsuit Charging Donald Trump with 1st Degree Forcible Rape ( why no jail ? )
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This has Trump's and Barr's fingerprints all over it. https://t.co/VvIt5rPInL
Michael Cohen questioned the legitimacy of a gag order as a term of home confinement, and was immediately re-incarcerated.
SCOOP from @dfriedman33 : The actual gag order prohibiting @MichaelCohen212 from writing a book. He refused to sign it, and after that apparently he was carted back to federal prison today. We don't know if that was the only reason for his return to prison. https://t.co/UextwwpF18
Both the Murdoch owned NY Post and Israeli owned Daily Beast are putting out fake stories.
Cohen might be heading back to prison. https://t.co/0dVG7fpFgr — David Wedding (@hdwrench51) July 9, 2020
Daily Beast: President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen is back in custody less than two months after being released from federal prison to serve the rest of his three-year sentence from home over concerns he could contract the coronavirus while behind bars. Cohen’s attorney told MSNBC that he was remanded back into custody for violating his home confinement agreement and taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center after a Thursday hearing.
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen behind bars again after dispute over gag order: Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, was taken to a federal jail on Thursday after refusing to agree to a gag order as a condition… https://t.co/XcSHvok010 — Japan Today News (@JapanToday) July 9, 2020
A person familiar with the situation told The Daily Beast Cohen had gone to court to get fitted for his ankle bracelet and sign papers for home confinement and was not expecting to be taken back into custody. This comes days after he visited a New York City restaurant, which landed him on the cover of the New York Post.
Michael Cohen back in federal custody after he balks at gag order https://t.co/wY3H76RfIU — MSN Canada (@MSNca) July 9, 2020
Cohen was convicted for his role in hush-money payments to women who said they’d had affairs with Trump.
“Levine said Cohen had objected to an effective gag order the Bureau of Prisons wanted to impose” Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen taken back into federal custody https://t.co/pp2febTTwG via @abc7 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 9, 2020
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veteranstoday--2020-07-10--Just How Old Is England’s Cerne Abbas Giant?

The earliest recorded mention of the Cerne Abbas Giant , a 180-foot-tall chalk drawing of a nude man wielding a club , dates to 1694 .
But archaeologists and locals alike have long speculated that the towering figure in Dorset , England , is much older—perhaps even a relic of the prehistoric period .
Now , reports BBC News , an analysis of snail shells found at the site suggests the artwork actually dates to the medieval era .
Mollusk shells may seem like an odd way of homing in on a giant ’ s age , but as Tom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ species of snail found in soil samples coinciding with the chalk outline ’ s creation only arrived in England during the 13th and 14th centuries .
Environmental archaeologist Mike Allen tells BBC News that the tiny snails were introduced to England “ accidentally , probably in straw and hay used as packing for goods from the continent.
” Allen adds , “ Sadly , this shows the giant is unlikely to be prehistoric or Roman , and more likely dates to medieval times or later.
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Snail Shells Date England’s Cerne Abbas Giant to Medieval, Not Prehistoric, Era
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
The earliest recorded mention of the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180-foot-tall chalk drawing of a nude man wielding a club, dates to 1694. But archaeologists and locals alike have long speculated that the towering figure in Dorset, England, is much older—perhaps even a relic of the prehistoric period.
Now, reports BBC News, an analysis of snail shells found at the site suggests the artwork actually dates to the medieval era.
Mollusk shells may seem like an odd way of homing in on a giant’s age, but as Tom Fish writes for Express, the particular species of snail found in soil samples coinciding with the chalk outline’s creation only arrived in England during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Environmental archaeologist Mike Allen tells BBC News that the tiny snails were introduced to England “accidentally, probably in straw and hay used as packing for goods from the continent.”
Allen adds, “Sadly, this shows the giant is unlikely to be prehistoric or Roman, and more likely dates to medieval times or later.”
In March, the United Kingdom’s National Trust—which has owned the heritage site since its donation to the country in 1920, according to artnet News’ Sarah Cascone—announced plans ...read more:


Hummingbirds Understand Sequencing

Hummingbirds Learn to Count to Find Their Favorite Flowers New research suggests that wild hummingbirds can keep count as they forage and use their counts to keep track of the sweetest flowers .
The new paper , published on July 8 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B , found that male rufous hummingbirds can learn which fake flower in a sequence holds a nectar-like syrup .
Only one flower in ten held syrup .
But even when the researchers moved the location of the artificial flowers and the distances between them , scientists observed the birds returning to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never lose their car in the car park , ” says biologist Susan Healy of the University of St. Andrews to Cathleen O ’ Grady at Science magazine .
Hummingbirds join a growing club of animals that can understand sequences , which includes rats , guppies and monkeys .
Last year , researchers showed that Emory University showed that dogs use a brain region for number processing that ’ s analogous to the region used by humans , Katherine Wu wrote for Smithsonian last December .
The new research is unique because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rather than in a lab .
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Hummingbirds Learn to Count to Find Their Favorite Flowers
By Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
New research suggests that wild hummingbirds can keep count as they forage and use their counts to keep track of the sweetest flowers.
The new paper, published on July 8 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that male rufous hummingbirds can learn which fake flower in a sequence holds a nectar-like syrup. Only one flower in ten held syrup. But even when the researchers moved the location of the artificial flowers and the distances between them, scientists observed the birds returning to the syrup-filled flower.
“They would never lose their car in the car park,” says biologist Susan Healy of the University of St. Andrews to Cathleen O’Grady at Science magazine.
Hummingbirds join a growing club of animals that can understand sequences, which includes rats, guppies and monkeys. Last year, researchers showed that Emory University showed that dogs use a brain region for number processing that’s analogous to the region used by humans, Katherine Wu wrote for Smithsonian last December.
The new research is unique because it focuses on counting ability in the wild, rather than in a lab.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-10--Will the mafia and gangsters assassinate Ghislaine Maxwell?

We are told that Ghislaine Maxwell , the British socialite who recruited underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein and oligarchs like Prince Andrew , “ has copies of everything Epstein had , ” including “ has secret stash of pedophile ’ s sex tapes ” [ 1 ] that could easily implicate people like Alan Dershowitz , Donald Trump , etc .
One unnamed friend of Maxwell reported : “ Ghislaine has always been as cunning as they come .
She wasn ’ t going to be with Epstein all those years and not have some insurance .
The secret stash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ squirreled away could end up being her get out of jail card if the authorities are willing to trade .
She has copies of everything Epstein had .
They could implicate some twisted movers and shakers .
“ If Ghislaine goes down , she ’ s going to take the whole damn lot of them with her .
Not only did Epstein like to capture himself with underage girls on camera – he wanted to make sure he had something to hold over the rich and powerful men who took advantage of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bet anything that once it comes out that Ghislaine has those tapes these men will be quaking in their Italian leather boots .
‘ Ghislaine made sure that she socked away thumb drives of it all .
She knows where all the bodies are buried and she ’ ll use whatever she had to save her own ass.
” [ 2 ] Obviously the oligarchs , the elite , the gangsters and mafia who obviously assassinated Epstein will attempt to assassinate Maxwell as well .
They don ’ t want to go down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respected and revered .
We are told that Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch .
It seems like we are repeating history here .
If they can not assassinate Maxwell , then people like Prince Andrew are in deep dodo .
[ 1 ] “ EXCLUSIVE : ‘ She has copies of everything Epstein had.
’ Ghislaine Maxwell ‘ has secret stash of pedophile ’ s sex tapes ’ that could implicate world ’ s most powerful and ‘ will try to use them to save herself , ’ ” Daily Mail @ @ @ @ @ @

We are told that Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who recruited underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein and oligarchs like Prince Andrew, “has copies of everything Epstein had,” including “has secret stash of pedophile’s sex tapes”[1] that could easily implicate people like Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump, etc. One unnamed friend of Maxwell reported:
“Ghislaine has always been as cunning as they come. She wasn’t going to be with Epstein all those years and not have some insurance. The secret stash of sex tapes I believe Ghislaine has squirreled away could end up being her get out of jail card if the authorities are willing to trade. She has copies of everything Epstein had. They could implicate some twisted movers and shakers.
“If Ghislaine goes down, she’s going to take the whole damn lot of them with her. Not only did Epstein like to capture himself with underage girls on camera – he wanted to make sure he had something to hold over the rich and powerful men who took advantage of his sick largesse. “I’ll bet anything that once it comes out that Ghislaine has those tapes these men will be quaking in their Italian leather boots. ‘Ghislaine made sure that she socked away thumb drives of it all. She knows where all the bodies are buried and she’ll use whatever she had to save her own ass.”[2]
Obviously the oligarchs, the elite, the gangsters and mafia who obviously assassinated Epstein will attempt to assassinate Maxwell as well. They don’t want to go down as pedophiles. They want to be respected and revered. We are told that Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch. It seems like we are repeating history here. If they cannot assassinate Maxwell, then people like Prince Andrew are in deep dodo. [1] “EXCLUSIVE: ‘She has copies of everything Epstein had.’ Ghislaine Maxwell ‘has secret stash of pedophile’s sex tapes’ that could implicate world’s most powerful and ‘will try to use them to save herself,’” Daily Mail, July 6, 2020. [2] Ibid.