veteranstoday--2020-09-17--Migratory birds dropping dead in large numbers

ALBUQUERQUE – Huge numbers of migratory birds are dropping dead around New Mexico as scientists scramble to determine what is triggering one of the Southwest ’ s largest bird die-offs in recent memory .
After people began finding the dead birds in recent days in locations ranging from hiking trails to suburban driveways and golf courses , the mystery of what is causing the die-off has intensified .
Biologists are examining whether the wildfires on the West Coast may be a factor in the deaths , with smoke plumes potentially altering migration routes or increasing the toxins inhaled by birds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other parts of the country are also looking at other possible factors , such as a recent cold snap in the Mountain West or the drought in the Southwest that has depleted the insect populations that are a source of food for many migratory birds .
“ I ’ ve never seen anything like this in New Mexico in recent times , ” said Martha Desmond , a professor in New Mexico State University ’ s department of fish , wildlife and conservation ecology .
One of the first alerts about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a report described a sharp increase in dead birds found at the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico , Dr. Desmond said .
Since then , Dr. Desmond and other researchers have fielded reports of dead migratory birds found in many parts of New Mexico , as well as in parts of Southern Colorado and West Texas .
Dr. Desmond said the numbers of dead birds in the region could easily number in the hundreds of thousands .
Trish Cutler , a wildlife biologist at the White Sands Missile Range , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the weekend that fewer than half a dozen dead migratory birds are reported dead at the weapons testing site in a normal week .
“ This last week we ’ ve had a couple of hundred , so that really got our attention , ” Ms. Cutler said .
Residents of different parts of New Mexico increasingly began to post similar reports in recent days .
In one post over the weekend on Twitter , Austin Fisher , an independent journalist in northern New Mexico , recorded video of dead birds he came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trip down the Rio Grande .
“ I thought to myself , ‘ Wait , I ’ ve never seen this many dead animals in one place in my life , ' ” Mr. Fisher said .
Two doctoral ornithology students from the University of New Mexico , Jenna McCullough and Nicholas Vinciguerra , later surveyed the area and collected 305 total birds , including 258 violet-green swallows .
“ Many of them have little to no fat , many are underweight , and there ’ s not a lot of external signs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of smoke , ” Ms. McCullough said .
Andrew Farnsworth , a senior research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , noted that the die-off began before the sharp drop in temperatures in New Mexico last week .
He added that the deaths amounted to “ clearly a major , major event ” in the broader problem of migratory birds being killed .
“ It ’ s different this year than other years , ” Dr. Farnsworth said , adding that he believed that the wildfires could be a potential trigger for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve had plenty of hot summers but very few that have had these huge-scale fires combined with heat combined with drought.
” Dr. Farnsworth said the particulate matter or toxic compounds from smoke could be a prime factor .
Pointing to migration patterns , he said that researchers could find similar reports of dead birds even into northern Mexico and “ all the way up the Rockies.
” Many different types of birds have been found dead in New Mexico in recent weeks , including warblers , swallows and flycatchers .
Tristanna Bickford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department of Game and Fish , said it would take some time before biologists could conclusively determine what was causing the die-off .
Ms. Bickford said New Mexico officials had provided specimens of the dead birds to the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin for examination .
She said it could potentially take months to diagnose the cause if a significant amount of testing was needed .
“ This is definitely not a normal thing.
” From the Emergency and Disaster Information Service

Emergency Disaster Information Service : 16 September 2020
ALBUQUERQUE – Huge numbers of migratory birds are dropping dead around New Mexico as scientists scramble to determine what is triggering one of the Southwest’s largest bird die-offs in recent memory.
After people began finding the dead birds in recent days in locations ranging from hiking trails to suburban driveways and golf courses, the mystery of what is causing the die-off has intensified.
Biologists are examining whether the wildfires on the West Coast may be a factor in the deaths, with smoke plumes potentially altering migration routes or increasing the toxins inhaled by birds. Researchers at universities in New Mexico and other parts of the country are also looking at other possible factors, such as a recent cold snap in the Mountain West or the drought in the Southwest that has depleted the insect populations that are a source of food for many migratory birds.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in New Mexico in recent times,” said Martha Desmond, a professor in New Mexico State University’s department of fish, wildlife and conservation ecology.
One of the first alerts about the die-offs came on August 20, when a report described a sharp increase in dead birds found at the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, Dr. Desmond said.
Since then, Dr. Desmond and other researchers have fielded reports of dead migratory birds found in many parts of New Mexico, as well as in parts of Southern Colorado and West Texas. Dr. Desmond said the numbers of dead birds in the region could easily number in the hundreds of thousands.
Trish Cutler, a wildlife biologist at the White Sands Missile Range, told the Albuquerque television station KOB over the weekend that fewer than half a dozen dead migratory birds are reported dead at the weapons testing site in a normal week.
“This last week we’ve had a couple of hundred, so that really got our attention,” Ms. Cutler said. Residents of different parts of New Mexico increasingly began to post similar reports in recent days. In one post over the weekend on Twitter, Austin Fisher, an independent journalist in northern New Mexico, recorded video of dead birds he came across in Velarde while on a tubing trip down the Rio Grande. “I thought to myself, ‘Wait, I’ve never seen this many dead animals in one place in my life,'” Mr. Fisher said.
I just recorded this up in Velarde, N.M. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’m told of other dead migratory birds found in Hernandez, Ojo Sarco and El Valle de Arroyo Seco. https://t.co/GpeFZbyuW7 pic.twitter.com/XXVM4AZrDu — objectivity haver (@austieJFish) September 14, 2020
Two doctoral ornithology students from the University of New Mexico, Jenna McCullough and Nicholas Vinciguerra, later surveyed the area and collected 305 total birds, including 258 violet-green swallows.
“Many of them have little to no fat, many are underweight, and there’s not a lot of external signs that they have been inhaling a lot of smoke,” Ms. McCullough said.
Andrew Farnsworth, a senior research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, noted that the die-off began before the sharp drop in temperatures in New Mexico last week. He added that the deaths amounted to “clearly a major, major event” in the broader problem of migratory birds being killed.
“It’s different this year than other years,” Dr. Farnsworth said, adding that he believed that the wildfires could be a potential trigger for the bird deaths. “We’ve had plenty of hot summers but very few that have had these huge-scale fires combined with heat combined with drought.” Dr. Farnsworth said the particulate matter or toxic compounds from smoke could be a prime factor.
Pointing to migration patterns, he said that researchers could find similar reports of dead birds even into northern Mexico and “all the way up the Rockies.” Many different types of birds have been found dead in New Mexico in recent weeks, including warblers, swallows and flycatchers.
Another handful spotted during my ride up at Valles Caldera on Monday and another out near Golden Open Space yesterday. pic.twitter.com/7KZEZi3809 — Susan M. Bryan (@susanmbryanNM) September 16, 2020
Running on the trail by Bosque prep the other day a little bird just kept hopping and low flying in front of me rather than moving to a new bush. Did it about 4 times before I stopped. Didn’t look injured, just like lethargic — Jesse (@JesseDHale1) September 14, 2020
Tristanna Bickford, a spokeswoman for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, said it would take some time before biologists could conclusively determine what was causing the die-off. Ms. Bickford said New Mexico officials had provided specimens of the dead birds to the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin for examination. She said it could potentially take months to diagnose the cause if a significant amount of testing was needed. “This is definitely not a normal thing.”
From the Emergency and Disaster Information Service
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More Avian News,
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a petition that sought to end federal protections for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. https://t.co/YVXmfiNzOw — KOB 4 (@KOB4) September 17, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a petition that sought to end federal protections for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. The agency issued its finding this week, saying taking the songbird off the threatened and endangered species list isn’t an option at this time.


veteranstoday--2020-09-17--NEO – On the trade and military agreement between Iran and China

…by Vladimir Terehov , with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Mr. Terehov takes on quite a challenge in giving an overview of the complex negotiations between China and Iran for a long term bilateral agreement , whose major anchor would be China ’ s commitment for $ 400 billion on infrastructure investments inside of Iran .
What does Iran have to give in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appear to be a simple process of being part of the New Silk road and China ’ s obvious interest to have it anchored in the sweet spot of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea .
Pay close attention to Vladimir ’ s mentioning of the ‘ dual use ’ language of the ports , for trade and military purposes .
I have been writing for several years now that , as China rolls forward with a New Silk Road , so will its ability to defend it from unipolar interests .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are layers of geopolitical concerns here , starting with the up in the air situation with the US and China , not only with the stalled trade talks , but Trump ’ s military deployment around China ’ s back door as part of putting his ‘ strong man leadership ’ on display in the runup to the election .
No president has used the military as political prop as crudely as Trump , whose record was one of bragging about what a great general Jim Mattis was until he left , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one.
” General Mattis got his licks in when he went public on Trump being unfit , where he was speaking for many of the military and intel command who are not in a position to go public .
Mattis had Watergate author Bob Woodward publicly agree with that this week , a major blow to Trump ’ s make believe image .
All major US related international agreement negotiations are on ice until the election is over , since the foreign parties have to know who they are going to be dealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deconstruct Obama ’ s work , anything new he announces before the election is nothing more than an air deal .
Sure , the future of the country is obviously at stake with every November 3rd election , but this time we have a case where the sitting president is under attack by a large number of well respected Americans for being unfit for the job to the point of being a national security risk , which is the opinion of most of us here at VT , but now Mr. Steele… Jim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > In the last two or three months , leading media around the world have been paying attention to the “ imminent ” signing of a bilateral document , described as a Trade and Military Partnership , between China and Iran .
The New York Times claims to obtain “ an 18-page proposed agreement ” .
This may well be the case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been discussed in several recent meetings between the Foreign Ministers of China and Iran , both in person and via video conference .
The website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry describes the main content of one of those video conferences between the two foreign ministers , Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi , held on June 24 .
Their conversation appears to have focused on the harmonization of various elements of the future document .
In early July , Zarif said that its development is “ nearing completion.
” It should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the talks held in January 2016 between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Iranian counterpart in Tehran , Hassan Rouhani .
The full text of the “ Joint Statement ” which was adopted during those talks can be found here .
We need to stress the great importance of the ( potential ) signing of the Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran , especially in the Greater Middle East region .
After all , everything that happens in the GME is part of a broader political puzzle which is being put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( and in the global arena was a whole ) before our eyes .
NEO has focused on this process before in connection with the discussion of the motives for the murder of General Kassem Suleimani in January this year .
The central element of this process is the relations between the United States and China , taken as a whole , which are becoming increasingly confrontational .
The presence of other major global players , especially Russia , India , Japan , and the EU , is also very noticeable in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of course , the situation in this region is also influenced by important local powers such as Israel , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Pakistan , and Turkey .
For a relatively casual observer of events in the GME , the overall picture of what is happening here looks like complete chaos .
One thing is certain : it is inevitable that , gradually , order will come to the region , primarily as a result of the growing importance of the factor mentioned above – namely the worsening relations between the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by that confrontation are already transforming the situation in the GME , which is moving away from chaos and towards order .
That said , the local people ( and they are “ fully independent members of the global community ” ) have had their fre edom of travel considerably restricted .
They will have to go where they are sent .
One reason for this is the evident decline in the importance of the role of various international bodies representing native populations .
This trend , incidentally , is already evident in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is against that background that the ongoing development of the Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran , which began several years ago , needs to be considered .
Although Iran , as a regional power , retains a certain amount of freedom to maneuver , this freedom has sharply reduced as a result of both the factor mentioned above and Washington ’ s extremely hostile behavior towards Tehran .
It should be noted that although Tehran is moving rapidly closer to Beijing , Washington ’ s main competitor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself from Moscow , its most powerful supporter in the international community .
That is entirely consistent with the logic of the strategic partnership between Russia and China and Washington ’ s designation of that same trio – Beijing , Moscow , and Tehran – as its primary opponents ( or even enemies ) .
In fact , commentators tend to see the main principles in a proposed Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran in the context of the political relations between China , Iran , USA and Russia .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above ( which itself cites “ two people who have been briefed on the deal ” ) “ the Chinese investments in Iran would total $ 400 billion over 25 years.
” The investments will be made primarily in Iran ’ s transport and communication infrastructure ( seaports , airports , railways and modern communications lines ) and the energy sector .
China ’ s presence in Iran ’ s financial and banking system will also increase dramatically .
If that information is correct , it will mean that Iran is intended to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s global Belt and Road Initiative .
So far , this role has been claimed by Pakistan , which is now de facto a critical military and political ally of China in the region .
Readers may remember that during the Chinese leader ’ s visit to Pakistan in April 2015 , an agreement was reached to set up a so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor ( CPEC ) .
About 3000 km long , this corridor link western China ’ s provinces with the Arabian seaports of Karachi and Gwadar .
China is “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in reality , the port is being totally rebuilt ) – a project that has been under way since the late 1990s .
At the time of the Pakistan visit , the total amount of Chinese investment in all CPEC projects was estimated at $ 46 billion .
You only have to look at the figures in the New York Times article for the document that Iran and China are said to be negotiating in order to “ taste the difference ” as they say .
Regarding the document ’ s “ military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself to vague statements .
Among other things , it says that Iran ( allegedly ) agreed to allow China to build “ dual-use ” seaports , which will become an essential model for several similar structures in other countries , such as Pakistan and the Republic of Sri Lanka… Together , these facilities are designed to provide the Chinese Navy with the capability to safely operate a crucial trade route between the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa .
At first , India reacted rather nervously to the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China and Iran .
Several aspects of the document gave India cause for concern that its ( “ historically close ” ) relations with Iran might be damaged .
Of these , its main fear is associated with the prospect of the two countries ending in “ different camps ” that may form in the GME .
One specific result of that development would be the termination of India ’ s participation in the comprehensive modernization of the Iranian port of Chabahar , a project which is very important for India ( from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military reasons ) and the construction of a railway that will link it to Afghanistan .
That in its turn will dramatically reduce India ’ s capacities in the upcoming confrontation with Pakistan for the Afghanistan ’ s future after the ( Inevitable ) US withdrawal .
But shortly afterwards , there were reports of a meeting in Tehran between the Indian Ambassador and the Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways .
At the end of the meeting , the participants expressed satisfaction regarding India ’ s participation in the construction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ East and from South to North.
” On the subject of Iran and India , it should be noted that , even more than Iran , India retains ( some ) freedom of maneuver within the “ force field ” of the tensions between the two leading world powers .
But it is unable to avoid the US ’ s influence altogether , as is clear from the unmistakable “ pro-American ” trend in its recent foreign policy .
In strategic terms , the significance of the “ information leaks ” about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather unclear .
It is possible that certain factors which were overlooked during the Iran-China summit of 2016 but which became evident during the implementation of the summit ’ s main achievement have delayed the entire negotiation process .
The statements made by Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan about the possibility of building “ the Golden ring ” , including China , Iran , Pakistan , Russia , and Turkey – but with no mention of India – but with no mention of India – therefore seem premature .
Commentators also note the presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the format and scope of the agreement that Iran is discussing with China .
Those elements include the former President , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , and , supporting him , the son of the former Shah of Iran , now living in the United States .
The latter ’ s stance caused considerable surprise , since the heir to the Iranian throne does not recognize the ruling “ clerical regime.
” In the present case , these two “ antagonists ” were united by their rejection of the potential agreement that would ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran ’ s autonomy .
It should be added that similar concerns are – no doubt – also felt in the country where the son of the former Iranian monarch now resides .
All we can do is wait and watch the development of the diplomatic imbroglio sparked off by a far-from-typical American newspaper ’ s report claiming that China and Iran have negotiated the terms of the agreement on “ Trade and Military Partnership ” .
Vladimir Terehov , expert on the issues of the Asia-Pacific region , exclusively for the online @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Pay close attention to Vladimir’s mentioning of the ‘dual use’ language of the ports, for trade and military purposes. I have been writing for several years now that, as China rolls forward with a New Silk Road, so will its ability to defend it from unipolar interests.
But as Terehov delves into below, there are layers of geopolitical concerns here, starting with the up in the air situation with the US and China, not only with the stalled trade talks, but Trump’s military deployment around China’s back door as part of putting his ‘strong man leadership’ on display in the runup to the election.
No president has used the military as political prop as crudely as Trump, whose record was one of bragging about what a great general Jim Mattis was until he left, when he instantly became a “dumb one.”
General Mattis got his licks in when he went public on Trump being unfit, where he was speaking for many of the military and intel command who are not in a position to go public. Mattis had Watergate author Bob Woodward publicly agree with that this week, a major blow to Trump’s make believe image.
All major US related international agreement negotiations are on ice until the election is over, since the foreign parties have to know who they are going to be dealing with. After what Trump did to deconstruct Obama’s work, anything new he announces before the election is nothing more than an air deal.
Sure, the future of the country is obviously at stake with every November 3rd election, but this time we have a case where the sitting president is under attack by a large number of well respected Americans for being unfit for the job to the point of being a national security risk, which is the opinion of most of us here at VT, but now Mr. Steele… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … September 14, 2020 –
In the last two or three months, leading media around the world have been paying attention to the “imminent” signing of a bilateral document, described as a Trade and Military Partnership, between China and Iran.
The New York Times claims to obtain “an 18-page proposed agreement”. This may well be the case, as the subject-matter of the partnership has been discussed in several recent meetings between the Foreign Ministers of China and Iran, both in person and via video conference.
The website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry describes the main content of one of those video conferences between the two foreign ministers, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi, held on June 24. Their conversation appears to have focused on the harmonization of various elements of the future document. In early July, Zarif said that its development is “nearing completion.”
It should be noted that this process was initiated during the talks held in January 2016 between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Iranian counterpart in Tehran, Hassan Rouhani. The full text of the “Joint Statement” which was adopted during those talks can be found here.
We need to stress the great importance of the (potential) signing of the Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran, especially in the Greater Middle East region.
After all, everything that happens in the GME is part of a broader political puzzle which is being put together in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (and in the global arena was a whole) before our eyes. NEO has focused on this process before in connection with the discussion of the motives for the murder of General Kassem Suleimani in January this year.
The central element of this process is the relations between the United States and China, taken as a whole, which are becoming increasingly confrontational.
The presence of other major global players, especially Russia, India, Japan, and the EU, is also very noticeable in the Greater Mid East (GME). Of course, the situation in this region is also influenced by important local powers such as Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey.
For a relatively casual observer of events in the GME, the overall picture of what is happening here looks like complete chaos. One thing is certain: it is inevitable that, gradually, order will come to the region, primarily as a result of the growing importance of the factor mentioned above – namely the worsening relations between the two leading world powers.
The tensions caused by that confrontation are already transforming the situation in the GME, which is moving away from chaos and towards order. That said, the local people (and they are “fully independent members of the global community”) have had their fre edom of travel considerably restricted.
They will have to go where they are sent. One reason for this is the evident decline in the importance of the role of various international bodies representing native populations. This trend, incidentally, is already evident in recent developments relating to the Kashmir conflict.
It is against that background that the ongoing development of the Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran, which began several years ago, needs to be considered.
Although Iran, as a regional power, retains a certain amount of freedom to maneuver, this freedom has sharply reduced as a result of both the factor mentioned above and Washington’s extremely hostile behavior towards Tehran.
It should be noted that although Tehran is moving rapidly closer to Beijing, Washington’s main competitor, it clearly has no intention of distancing itself from Moscow, its most powerful supporter in the international community.
That is entirely consistent with the logic of the strategic partnership between Russia and China and Washington’s designation of that same trio – Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran – as its primary opponents (or even enemies). In fact, commentators tend to see the main principles in a proposed Trade and Military Partnership between China and Iran in the context of the political relations between China, Iran, USA and Russia.
According to the New York Times article cited above (which itself cites “two people who have been briefed on the deal”) “the Chinese investments in Iran would total $400 billion over 25 years.”
The investments will be made primarily in Iran’s transport and communication infrastructure (seaports, airports, railways and modern communications lines) and the energy sector. China’s presence in Iran’s financial and banking system will also increase dramatically.
If that information is correct, it will mean that Iran is intended to be a central element in China’s global Belt and Road Initiative. So far, this role has been claimed by Pakistan, which is now de facto a critical military and political ally of China in the region. Readers may remember that during the Chinese leader’s visit to Pakistan in April 2015, an agreement was reached to set up a so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
About 3000 km long, this corridor link western China’s provinces with the Arabian seaports of Karachi and Gwadar. China is “modernizing” the latter port, (in reality, the port is being totally rebuilt) – a project that has been under way since the late 1990s.
At the time of the Pakistan visit, the total amount of Chinese investment in all CPEC projects was estimated at $46 billion. You only have to look at the figures in the New York Times article for the document that Iran and China are said to be negotiating in order to “taste the difference” as they say.
Regarding the document’s “military” component, the same newspaper restricts itself to vague statements. Among other things, it says that Iran (allegedly) agreed to allow China to build “dual-use” seaports, which will become an essential model for several similar structures in other countries, such as Pakistan and the Republic of Sri Lanka… Together, these facilities are designed to provide the Chinese Navy with the capability to safely operate a crucial trade route between the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa.
At first, India reacted rather nervously to the New York Times report on the upcoming agreement between China and Iran. Several aspects of the document gave India cause for concern that its (“historically close”) relations with Iran might be damaged. Of these, its main fear is associated with the prospect of the two countries ending in “different camps” that may form in the GME.
One specific result of that development would be the termination of India’s participation in the comprehensive modernization of the Iranian port of Chabahar, a project which is very important for India (from all points of view, including for military reasons) and the construction of a railway that will link it to Afghanistan. That in its turn will dramatically reduce India’s capacities in the upcoming confrontation with Pakistan for the Afghanistan’s future after the (Inevitable) US withdrawal.
But shortly afterwards, there were reports of a meeting in Tehran between the Indian Ambassador and the Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways. At the end of the meeting, the participants expressed satisfaction regarding India’s participation in the construction of Iranian railways “from West to East and from South to North.”
On the subject of Iran and India, it should be noted that, even more than Iran, India retains (some) freedom of maneuver within the “force field” of the tensions between the two leading world powers. But it is unable to avoid the US’s influence altogether, as is clear from the unmistakable “pro-American” trend in its recent foreign policy.
In strategic terms, the significance of the “information leaks” about the proposed agreement between Iran and China remains rather unclear. It is possible that certain factors which were overlooked during the Iran-China summit of 2016 but which became evident during the implementation of the summit’s main achievement have delayed the entire negotiation process.
The statements made by Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan about the possibility of building “the Golden ring”, including China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey – but with no mention of India – but with no mention of India – therefore seem premature.
Commentators also note the presence of certain elements within Iran that disagree with the format and scope of the agreement that Iran is discussing with China. Those elements include the former President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and, supporting him, the son of the former Shah of Iran, now living in the United States.
The latter’s stance caused considerable surprise, since the heir to the Iranian throne does not recognize the ruling “clerical regime.” In the present case, these two “antagonists” were united by their rejection of the potential agreement that would (they claim) cause significant damage to Iran’s autonomy.
It should be added that similar concerns are – no doubt – also felt in the country where the son of the former Iranian monarch now resides.
All we can do is wait and watch the development of the diplomatic imbroglio sparked off by a far-from-typical American newspaper’s report claiming that China and Iran have negotiated the terms of the agreement on “Trade and Military Partnership”.
Vladimir Terehov, expert on the issues of the Asia-Pacific region, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-09-17--Breaking: Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris

Amy Dorris alleges Trump forced his tongue down her throat and groped her at US Open ‘ It felt like tentacles ’ : the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct .
A former model has come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her at the US Open tennis tournament more than two decades ago , in an alleged incident that left her feeling “ sick ” and “ violated ” .
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian , Amy Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the tournament in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dorris , who was 24 at the time , accuses Trump of forcing his tongue down her throat , assaulting her all over her body and holding her in a grip she was unable to escape from .
“ He just shoved his tongue down my throat and I was pushing him off .
And then that ’ s when his grip became tighter and his hands were very gropey and all over my butt , my breasts , my back , everything .
“ I was in his grip , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” she said , adding : “ I don ’ t know what you call that when you ’ re sticking your tongue just down someone ’ s throat .
But I pushed it out with my teeth .
I was pushing it .
And I think I might have hurt his tongue.
” Her account was also corroborated by several people she confided in about the incident .
They include a friend in New York and Dorris ’ s mother , both of whom she called immediately after the alleged incident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friends she spoke to in the years since .
All said Dorris had shared with them details of the alleged incident that matched what she later told the Guardian .

A former model has come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her at the US Open tennis tournament more than two decades ago, in an alleged incident that left her feeling “sick” and “violated”.
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Amy Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the tournament in New York on 5 September 1997.
Amy Dorris has come forward with a new sexual assault allegation against Donald Trump https://t.co/U6eKVr7fSW — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2020
Dorris, who was 24 at the time, accuses Trump of forcing his tongue down her throat, assaulting her all over her body and holding her in a grip she was unable to escape from.
BREAKING: Amy Dorris says Trump sexually assaulted her in 1997. Dorris has photographic proof they were together and has multiple witnesses who she told right when it happened. At least 26 women have credibly accused Trump of sexual misconduct over decades. Absolutely disgusting. — Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 17, 2020
“He just shoved his tongue down my throat and I was pushing him off. And then that’s when his grip became tighter and his hands were very gropey and all over my butt, my breasts, my back, everything.
Ex-model Amy Dorris claims Trump “shoved his tongue down my throat” at 1997 U.S. Open. She alleged she told Trump “No, please stop” but “he didn’t care.” https://t.co/nsdpMnLx8m — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 17, 2020
“I was in his grip, and I couldn’t get out of it,” she said, adding: “I don’t know what you call that when you’re sticking your tongue just down someone’s throat. But I pushed it out with my teeth. I was pushing it. And I think I might have hurt his tongue.”
Former model Amy Dorris has alleged in a new interview that Trump sexually assaulted her at the U.S. Open in 1997 by forcing his tongue down her throat and groping her body. https://t.co/5t4rzL9U3G — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 17, 2020
Her account was also corroborated by several people she confided in about the incident. They include a friend in New York and Dorris’s mother, both of whom she called immediately after the alleged incident, as well as a therapist and friends she spoke to in the years since. All said Dorris had shared with them details of the alleged incident that matched what she later told the Guardian.


veteranstoday--2020-09-17--Syria and the Caesar Act, Why Americans Should Care

Syrians are starving , their wheat crop this year was burned by US Army Rangers on illegal orders .
Their drinking water supplies were cut off by Turkey and , in Damascus , over and over , Israeli missile attacks on the local water purification and pumping system , deemed a military target by Israel .
The real damage is done by the Caesar Act , which keeps Syria from buying food , medicine and fuel .
The issue , of course , is the brutal regime .
Here is how it is seen , the regime rules by calling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ terrorists , ” subjecting them to gas attacks and broad use of the military and rigged courts .
There is endless evidence of systematic police murders , of sterilization of minorities and immigrants and the mass deployment of biological weapons against its own people .
Now we look at Syria .
The Syrian people have , now for 9 years , fought a cabal made up of Israel , America , Saudia , UAE , Qatar , Turkey , Georgia , Romania , Bulgaria , Ukraine and Poland , aided by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , poison gas , 150,000 car and truck bombs , starvation , disease and random wanton murder are the tools deployed .
Syria has oil , much more than anyone guessed .
Syria is coveted by Israel who wants to divide the nation between Kurds and Saudi run puppets with Damascus and Aleppo as a triumvirate of capitols , as Israel restores the Temple of Solomon to bring on the End Times .
Toward that end , Israel needs Baalbek in Lebanon and Palmyra .
Back in 2007 when the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran would have been impossible .
The choice ?
Burn down the US economy , leave it in a shambles for the Democrats to clean up and return to try a new tack , building a fake NATO out of the brutal Gulf State/Saudi regimes , while unleashing a new Erdogan driven Ottoman Empire on the region .
Chaos theory tells us that he who plays chess while others play checkers wins ; and every Israeli has a “ Noble Prize ” in chess .

The Senior Editor
Syrians are starving, their wheat crop this year was burned by US Army Rangers on illegal orders. Their drinking water supplies were cut off by Turkey and, in Damascus, over and over, Israeli missile attacks on the local water purification and pumping system, deemed a military target by Israel.
The real damage is done by the Caesar Act, which keeps Syria from buying food, medicine and fuel. The issue, of course, is the brutal regime.
Here is how it is seen, the regime rules by calling freedom fighters and opposition to dictatorial rule “terrorists,” subjecting them to gas attacks and broad use of the military and rigged courts.
There is endless evidence of systematic police murders, of sterilization of minorities and immigrants and the mass deployment of biological weapons against its own people.
Now we look at Syria.
The Syrian people have, now for 9 years, fought a cabal made up of Israel, America, Saudia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Poland, aided by a dozen intelligence agencies.
Tactical nuclear weapons, poison gas, 150,000 car and truck bombs, starvation, disease and random wanton murder are the tools deployed.
Why?
Syria has oil, much more than anyone guessed.
Syria is coveted by Israel who wants to divide the nation between Kurds and Saudi run puppets with Damascus and Aleppo as a triumvirate of capitols, as Israel restores the Temple of Solomon to bring on the End Times.
Toward that end, Israel needs Baalbek in Lebanon and Palmyra.
Back in 2007 when the end of the Bush regime was near, taking down Iran would have been impossible. The choice? Burn down the US economy, leave it in a shambles for the Democrats to clean up and return to try a new tack, building a fake NATO out of the brutal Gulf State/Saudi regimes, while unleashing a new Erdogan driven Ottoman Empire on the region.
Chaos theory tells us that he who plays chess while others play checkers wins; and every Israeli has a “Noble Prize” in chess.


veteranstoday--2020-09-17--Ordered censored by Trump: Leaked FEMA memo reveals 17 percent jump in US COVID deaths last week

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Meanwhile , 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded during that same period , a 16.6 % increase compared with the seven days prior , according to the FEMA memo .
Daily Beast : A leaked internal memo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reportedly revealed a near-17 percent spike in coronavirus-related deaths inside the United States last week .
ABC News obtained the memo that showed the trend in new deaths has shot way up since the start of September .
It said that 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded in the U.S. from Sept. 9-15 , which represents a 16.6 percent increase compared with the seven days prior .
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VT: While in other nations, like the UK, second wave deaths are down to nothing, in the US they are climbing and these are younger and healthier victims.
CHILD QUARANTINE CAMPS: CDC opens up FEMA camps to hold children who might have been exposed to COVID-19 https://t.co/beqTrCtZ0Q — The D.C. Clothesline (@DCClothesline) September 10, 2020
ABC News: There were 261,204 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States during the period of Sept. 9-15, a 0.7% decrease from the previous week. Meanwhile, 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded during that same period, a 16.6% increase compared with the seven days prior, according to the FEMA memo.
https://twitter.com/MaxBoot/status/1303488623090819072?s=20
Daily Beast: A leaked internal memo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has reportedly revealed a near-17 percent spike in coronavirus-related deaths inside the United States last week. ABC News obtained the memo that showed the trend in new deaths has shot way up since the start of September. A leaked FEMA memo obtained by ABC News shows a 17% spike in COVID deaths last week https://t.co/HyQ8HphrzS — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 17, 2020 It said that 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded in the U.S. from Sept. 9-15, which represents a 16.6 percent increase compared with the seven days prior. That figure comes despite 261,204 new cases of COVID-19 being confirmed in the same period, which is a 0.7 percent decrease from the previous week.


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Belarus president shuts western borders, puts army on alert

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced plans to put the nation ’ s military on high alert as well as close its borders with Poland and Lithuania amid rising hostility from the US and its European Union allies .
“ We are forced to withdraw troops from the streets , put the army on high alert and close the state border on the west , primarily with Lithuania and Poland , ” Lukashenko declared Thursday during a women ’ s forum .
“ I don ’ t want my country to be at war .
Moreover , I don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to turn into a theater of military operations where our issues will not be resolved , ” he further emphasized .
“ Therefore , today in front of this hall of the most beautiful , advanced , patriotic people I want to appeal to the peoples of Lithuania , Poland and Ukraine — stop your crazy politicians , don ’ t let war break out !
” The Belarusian president pointed out that the country ’ s border with Ukraine would be strengthened as well .
The US and the EU been contemplating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote-rigging and their response to violent riots following an election in which he defeated his rivals by 80 percent of the vote .
The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution discarding the official election results and proclaiming that it would not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president once his current term expires November 5 .

First published 18 September 2020 on PressTV, Tehran
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced plans to put the nation’s military on high alert as well as close its borders with Poland and Lithuania amid rising hostility from the US and its European Union allies.
“We are forced to withdraw troops from the streets, put the army on high alert and close the state border on the west, primarily with Lithuania and Poland,” Lukashenko declared Thursday during a women’s forum.
“I don’t want my country to be at war. Moreover, I don’t want Belarus and Poland, Lithuania to turn into a theater of military operations where our issues will not be resolved,” he further emphasized.
“Therefore, today in front of this hall of the most beautiful, advanced, patriotic people I want to appeal to the peoples of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine — stop your crazy politicians, don’t let war break out!”
The Belarusian president pointed out that the country’s border with Ukraine would be strengthened as well.
The US and the EU been contemplating imposing sanctions against Belarusian officials for alleged vote-rigging and their response to violent riots following an election in which he defeated his rivals by 80 percent of the vote.
The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution discarding the official election results and proclaiming that it would not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president once his current term expires November 5.


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Living coffin or a burial suit of mushrooms

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A Dutch start-up has created the world’s first “living coffin” made from mushrooms at the Delft University of Technology, an invention that its founder Bob Hendrikx says will help decompose the body faster and enrich nature instead of polluting it.
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veteranstoday--2020-09-19--Yes, Israel should suffer a major defeat

If there is one country in the entire world that does not want to follow any international law with respect to invading another country , bombing places it does not like , and making fun of foreign policy , is Israel .
Israel , as Benjamin Netanyahu told us years ago , acts upon the basis of the Talmud .
Netanyahu unequivocally said in 2014 : “ We will legally define the Talmud as the basis of the Israeli legal system.
” [ 1 ] The central question is simply this : what does the Talmud book say about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serve Jews ; they are animals , and their only purpose is to make people like Netanyahu happy .
[ 2 ] If the Goyim can not do that , then they must be exterminated .
If you think that Netanyahu has not been able to do exactly that in the political sphere , then I ’ ve got some lands to sell you in Florida .
Netanyahu was largely responsible for the debacle we saw in Iraq in 2003 , he was largely responsible for the debacle we saw in Syria , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explosion in Iran which happened about two months ago .
Here ’ s the Jerusalem Post : “ The purpose of the attack was to send an unambiguous deterrent message that progress toward a nuclear weapon beyond certain redlines would not be tolerated…the explosion was caused by physical sabotage as opposed to exclusively cyberwarfare.
” [ 3 ] As we have documented in the past , Netanyahu has been concocting false claims about Iran since the beginning of time .
He wrote an entire book perpetuating hoaxes , lies , and complete fabrications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this claim , then you should be encouraged to pick up Netanyahu ’ s Fighting Terrorism : How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists , in which you will find this : “ The best estimate at this time place Iran between three and five years away from possessing the prerequisites required for the independent production of nuclear weapons .
After this time , the Iranian Islamic republic will have the ability to construct atomic weapons without the importation of materials or technology from abroad.
” [ 4 ] Obviously this predication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it ’ s been more than twenty years , and Iran still doesn ’ t have the so-called bomb .
But the fact is that politicians in America—and Donald Trump in particular—has been prostrating before this man .
In fact , Donald Trump has recent admitted that America is in the Middle East for Israel .
Listen to Trump very carefully here : “ The fact is , we don ’ t have to be in the Middle East , other than we want to protect Israel .
We ’ ve been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , we don ’ t have to be in the Middle East .
You know there was a time we needed desperately oil , we don ’ t need that anymore.
” [ 5 ] Did you catch that ?
America is in the Middle because Israel tells America to be there .
How much money will the war in Iraq cost again ?
Six trillion dollars !
[ 6 ] And we are not counting the wars in Libya , Afghanistan , Yemen , and Syria .
Ladies and gentlemen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillion dollars .
At we write , the United States is planning to send more troops to Syria .
[ 7 ] Shouldn ’ t Israel suffer a major defeat ?
You see , even Israel ’ s finest puppet in America , Donald Trump , is not exempt from Israel ’ s diabolical enterprise .
As Bob Woodward has pointed out in his recent book , and as pointed out by Haaretz , “ at a time when Trump was wondering if Israel was the obstacle to peace with the Palestinians , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steer him away from pro-Palestinian sentiments.
” [ 8 ] This is classic : “ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a doctored video which showed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calling for the murder of children , former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Bob Woodward in his new book Rage .
“ The incident occurred on May 22 , 2017 , at a time when Trump was beginning to have doubts about Netanyahu and wondering aloud if the Israeli prime minister might be the real obstacle to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day after watching the ‘ spliced-together ’ video intended to ‘ counter any pro-Palestinian sentiments that were surfacing , ’ Trump confronted Abbas , calling him a ‘ murderer ’ and ‘ liar , ’ and shortly after ordered the closure of the Palestinian representative office in Washington and cut nearly all U.S. aid to the West Bank , Gaza and Palestinian refugees.
” [ 9 ] Now do you see again why Israel needs to suffer a major defeat ?
Or do you see why America needs to break this unconditional alliance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 ] Marissa Newman , “ Netanyahu reported to say legal system based on Talmud , ” Times of Israel , May 8 , 2014 .
• [ 2 ] For a scholarly study on this , see for example Peter Schaefer , Jesus in the Talmud ( Princeton : Princeton University Press , 2007 ) ; for similar studies , see Israel Jacob Yuval , Two Nations in Your Womb : Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 2006 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence ( Princeton : Princeton University Press , 2006 ) ; Ruth Langer , Cursing the Christians ?
: A History of the Birkat HaMinim ( New York : Oxford University Press , 2012 ) .
• [ 3 ] “ Goal of Natanz explosion was to send ‘ clear ’ message to Iran – EXCLUSIVE , ” Jerusalem Post , September 17 , 2020 .
• [ 4 ] Benjamin Netanyahu , Fighting Terrorism : How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists ( New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 1995 ) , 121 .
• [ 5 ] Philip Weiss , “ U.S .
is in Middle East ‘ to protect Israel ’ not for oil , Trump says , ” Mondoweiss.com , September 12 , 2020 .
• [ 6 ] David Lazarus , “ Iraq war cost : $ 6 trillion .
What else could have been done ?
, ” LA Times , March 18 , 2013 ; Ernesto Londono , “ Study : Iraq , Afghan war costs to top $ 4 trillion , ” Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B. Kelley , “ The Iraq War Could Cost More Than $ 6 Trillion , ” Business Insider , March 14 , 2013 .
• [ 7 ] “ The US Is Deploying More Troops to Syria , ” Antiwar.com , September 18 , 2020 .
• [ 8 ] “ Netanyahu used doctored video of Abbas to influence Trump ’ s policy , Woodward reveals , ” Haaretz , September 13 , 2020 .

If there is one country in the entire world that does not want to follow any international law with respect to invading another country, bombing places it does not like, and making fun of foreign policy, is Israel.
Israel, as Benjamin Netanyahu told us years ago, acts upon the basis of the Talmud. Netanyahu unequivocally said in 2014: “We will legally define the Talmud as the basis of the Israeli legal system.”[1]
The central question is simply this: what does the Talmud book say about the Goyim? Well, they meant to serve Jews; they are animals, and their only purpose is to make people like Netanyahu happy.[2] If the Goyim cannot do that, then they must be exterminated.
If you think that Netanyahu has not been able to do exactly that in the political sphere, then I’ve got some lands to sell you in Florida.
Netanyahu was largely responsible for the debacle we saw in Iraq in 2003, he was largely responsible for the debacle we saw in Syria, and he was largely responsible for the explosion in Iran which happened about two months ago. Here’s the Jerusalem Post:
“The purpose of the attack was to send an unambiguous deterrent message that progress toward a nuclear weapon beyond certain redlines would not be tolerated…the explosion was caused by physical sabotage as opposed to exclusively cyberwarfare.”[3]
As we have documented in the past, Netanyahu has been concocting false claims about Iran since the beginning of time. He wrote an entire book perpetuating hoaxes, lies, and complete fabrications about Iran.
If you seriously doubt this claim, then you should be encouraged to pick up Netanyahu’s Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists, in which you will find this:
“The best estimate at this time place Iran between three and five years away from possessing the prerequisites required for the independent production of nuclear weapons. After this time, the Iranian Islamic republic will have the ability to construct atomic weapons without the importation of materials or technology from abroad.”[4]
Obviously this predication was from a mentally deranged person, because it’s been more than twenty years, and Iran still doesn’t have the so-called bomb. But the fact is that politicians in America—and Donald Trump in particular—has been prostrating before this man.
In fact, Donald Trump has recent admitted that America is in the Middle East for Israel. Listen to Trump very carefully here:
“The fact is, we don’t have to be in the Middle East, other than we want to protect Israel. We’ve been very good to Israel. Other than that, we don’t have to be in the Middle East. You know there was a time we needed desperately oil, we don’t need that anymore.”[5]
Did you catch that? America is in the Middle because Israel tells America to be there. How much money will the war in Iraq cost again? Six trillion dollars![6] And we are not counting the wars in Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. Ladies and gentlemen, you can essentially rebuild America with six trillion dollars. At we write, the United States is planning to send more troops to Syria.[7]
Shouldn’t Israel suffer a major defeat? You see, even Israel’s finest puppet in America, Donald Trump, is not exempt from Israel’s diabolical enterprise. As Bob Woodward has pointed out in his recent book, and as pointed out by Haaretz, “at a time when Trump was wondering if Israel was the obstacle to peace with the Palestinians, Netanyahu showed him a fake video to steer him away from pro-Palestinian sentiments.”[8] This is classic:
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a doctored video which showed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calling for the murder of children, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Bob Woodward in his new book Rage.
“The incident occurred on May 22, 2017, at a time when Trump was beginning to have doubts about Netanyahu and wondering aloud if the Israeli prime minister might be the real obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
“A day after watching the ‘spliced-together’ video intended to ‘counter any pro-Palestinian sentiments that were surfacing,’ Trump confronted Abbas, calling him a ‘murderer’ and ‘liar,’ and shortly after ordered the closure of the Palestinian representative office in Washington and cut nearly all U.S. aid to the West Bank, Gaza and Palestinian refugees.”[9]
Now do you see again why Israel needs to suffer a major defeat? Or do you see why America needs to break this unconditional alliance with the terrorist state?


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Vikings Had Large Amount of Genetic Diversity

Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus , Ohio and received her diploma as a registered @ @ @ @ @ Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature @ @ @ @ @ of Toledo , College of Nursing , and received a Master ’ s of Nursing @ @ @ @ @ has traveled extensively , is a photographer , and writes on medical issues .
Carol @ @ @ @ @ Katherine , and Stephen – two daughters-in-law ; Suzy and Katie – two granddaughters ; @ @ @ @ @ – and one grandson , Alexander Paul .
She also shares her life with husband @ @ @ @ @ , and two rescue pups .

Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Well-Preserved Ice-Age Cave Bear Discovered in Russia


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Scott Ritter on Iranian Disarmament and the Election

#Iran has time and again stressed that its missile program is not negotiable. Would anyone in their right mind compromise on deterrence & defensive capabilities? Interview with @RealScottRitter , Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq #JCPOA #IranDeal #IranNuclearDeal pic.twitter.com/hpwrcE73ar
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veteranstoday--2020-09-18--IHRC: Call for the Arrest of Donald Trump for Conspiracy to Murder

The Commissioner of the Middle East for the International Commission for Human Rights and the envoy of the International Council to Geneva , Ambassador Dr. Haitham Abu Said announced that the statement of US President Donald Trump regarding the intention to kill the Syrian President Dr. Bashar al-Assad falls within the framework of organized crime and persecution , which falls under the elements of crimes of the International Criminal Court , which was adopted by the Association States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at its first session , held in New York from 3 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added that Article 7 ( 1 ) ( h ) : persecution that constitutes a crime against humanity .
The pillars of the first paragraph ( 1 ) through the sixth ( 7 ) of them affirm the prohibition of crime and targeting a person or persons for political or other reasons , regardless of their gender .
The national , ethnic , cultural , or religious behavior , or the behavior used to carry out a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population or communities , or to be part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ambassador Abu Saeed concluded that President Trump ’ s dangerous speech in content and form places the diplomatic and political work in an unprecedented context , and puts it in the category of bearing the crimes that occurred and claimed innocent victims of children , women and the elderly , and it is incumbent upon the Syrian authorities represented in this case at the Ministry of Justice to initiate a lawsuit .
Includes what has been mentioned implicitly including incitement to murder , and this is contradicted by international laws and norms .

The Commissioner of the Middle East for the International Commission for Human Rights and the envoy of the International Council to Geneva, Ambassador Dr. Haitham Abu Said announced that the statement of US President Donald Trump regarding the intention to kill the Syrian President Dr. Bashar al-Assad falls within the framework of organized crime and persecution, which falls under the elements of crimes of the International Criminal Court, which was adopted by the Association States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at its first session, held in New York from 3 to 10 September 2002.
Ambassador Abu Saeed added that Article 7 (1) (h): persecution that constitutes a crime against humanity. The pillars of the first paragraph (1) through the sixth (7) of them affirm the prohibition of crime and targeting a person or persons for political or other reasons, regardless of their gender.
The national, ethnic, cultural, or religious behavior, or the behavior used to carry out a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population or communities, or to be part of this offensive and hostile behavior.
Ambassador Abu Saeed concluded that President Trump’s dangerous speech in content and form places the diplomatic and political work in an unprecedented context, and puts it in the category of bearing the crimes that occurred and claimed innocent victims of children, women and the elderly, and it is incumbent upon the Syrian authorities represented in this case at the Ministry of Justice to initiate a lawsuit. Includes what has been mentioned implicitly including incitement to murder, and this is contradicted by international laws and norms.


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--FBI Director to Congress: Most domestic terror cases are driven by ‘white supremacist violence’ (Tru

FBI Director to Congress: Most domestic terror cases are driven by ‘white supremacist violence’ (Trump?)

Despite Trump ’ s denials , FBI Director Christopher Wray says right-wing racist terrorism is a major threat and Antifa is not FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday that the agency has seen an increase in the number of domestic terror arrests this fiscal year , a majority of which have been motivated by white supremacy .
Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI has recorded about 100 domestic terrorism arrests in the last nine months .
“ A majority of the domestic terrorism cases we ’ ve investigated are motivated by some version of what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he told the panel.Wray said the number of the domestic terrorism arrests has increased and is now close to the number of international terrorism arrests the bureau has made .
Wray ’ s testimony followed a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in May , where FBI counterterrorism chief Michael McGarrity testified that the bureau was investigating 850 potential domestic terrorism cases .
McGarrity said that nearly half of the cases involved racially motivated extremists , most of whom were white supremacists .
During Tuesday ’ s hearing , Sen. Dick Durbin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bureau was not prioritizing white supremacist domestic terrorism under President Trump .
Trump has previously said there were “ fine people ” marching with neo-Nazis during the Charlottesville violence of 2017 and denied that white nationalism was on the rise after a deadly attack at two New Zealand mosques killed 51 people .
“ There is a concern that this is not being taken as seriously as it should be as one of the real threats in our country , ” Durbin told Wray .
“ We take domestic terrorism or hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seriously , I can assure you , and we are aggressively pursuing it using both counterterrorism resources and criminal investigative resources and partnering closely with our state and local partners , ” Wray replied .
Durbin questioned whether the bureau was treating homegrown terror threats as seriously as it treated international terrorism .
“ What you have just said is significant , if the number of people arrested this calendar year when it comes to this extremist conduct , is about equal between those who were inspired by foreign actors , ISIS , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and those who were inspired by white supremacy or at least some version of race , ” Durbin said , before asking Wray if he considered them equal threats .
Wray said he did not , explaining that he believes homegrown violent terrorism was the single biggest threat to the country .
Read more… A short list of some White Supremacist terror killings in the US : Oct. 9 , 1995 .
An Amtrak employee is killed when a train derails near Hyder , Arizona because the track it ’ s traveling on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never found , but anti-law enforcement propaganda messages from the “ Sons of Gestapo ” are found near the scene .
April 12 , 1996 .
A neo-Nazi named Larry Wayne Shoemake , who is found to have owned at least 22 firearms and an estimated 20,000 rounds of ammunition , kills a black man in a random Jackson , Mississippi attack .
July 27 , 1996 .
A bomb set by Eric Robert Rudolph , who is affiliated with the “ Christian Identity ” fundamentalist movement , kills one person at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Another bomb set by Rudolph kills a man at a Birmingham abortion clinic .
May 29 , 1998 .
Three militia sympathizers named Alan Pilon , Robert Mason and Jason McVean fire 29 shots at a Cortez , Colorado police officer who is trying to apprehend them because they ’ ve stolen a water truck , killing him .
The three evade capture but are believed to ultimately have died in the desert wilderness surrounding the crime scene .
July 4 , 1998 .
Several neo-Nazis murdered anti-racism activists Lin Newborn and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Las Vegas area .
Oct. 23 , 1998 .
With his wife and children nearby , an abortion provider in Amherst , New York is shot and killed through the window of his home by James Charles Kopp .
July 1 , 1999 .
Brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams , who also have connections to the “ Christian Identity ” movement , kill a gay couple in Redding , California .
July 2–July 5 1999 .
Neo-Nazi Benjamin Nathaniel Smith kills black basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong and and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-white victims in a three-day shooting spree .
April 28 , 2000 .
An unemployed immigration attorney named Richard Baumhammers who believes “ non-white immigration ” should be banned shoots and kills five people in the Pittsburgh area .
Sept. 15–Oct .
4 , 2001 .
Mark Stroman , a lifelong criminal with connections to the Aryan Brotherhood , shoots three South Asian men in the Dallas area—killing two—in what he describes as revenge for 9/11 .
Dec. 8 , 2003 .
Steven Bixby kills two police officers in Abbeville , South Carolina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s decision to use a 20-foot strip of the Bixbys ’ land to widen a highway .
May 24 , 2004 .
Wade and Christopher Lay , a father-son pair obsessed with the 1993 government siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco , Texas , kill a bank security guard in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
July 27 , 2008 .
Jim David Adkisson shoots and kills two people during a childrens ’ performance of a musical at a Unitarian Univeralist church in Knoxville , Tennessee , telling police that he intended to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Democrats .
Jan. 21 , 2009 .
Neo-Nazi Keith Luke rapes and kills an immigrant from Cape Verde in Brockton , Massachusetts , then kills a 72-year-old homeless immigrant .
April 4 , 2009 .
Richard Andrew Poplawski , a frequent poster on the white supremacist Stormfront website who apparently believes a national “ gun ban ” is imminent , kills three Pittsburgh police officers .
April 25 , 2009 .
Joshua Cartwright kills two Okaloosa County , Florida sheriff ’ s deputies .
Per a police report , Cartwright ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. government and “ extremely disturbed ” by Barack Obama ’ s election .
May 30 , 2009 .
Shawna Forde , Albert Gaxiola , and Jason Bush kill a Latino man and his nine-year-old daughter in Arivaca , Arizona during a robbery intended to raise funds for the “ Minutemen American Defense ” group .
May 31 , 2009 .
Scott Roeder kills Dr. George Tiller , an abortion provider , in the Wichita , Kansas Lutheran church where Tiller serves as an usher .
June 10 , 2009 .
An 89-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. from point-blank range .
Feb. 18 , 2010 .
Joseph Andrew Stack flies a plane into an Austin , Texas IRS office , killing one person .
May 20 , 2010 .
A father-son pair named Jerry and Joseph Kane ( who conduct “ seminars ” about how “ sovereign citizens ” can evade debt ) kill two West Memphis , Arkansas police officers .
Sept. 26–Oct .
3 , 2011 .
Avowed white supremacists David Joseph Pedersen and Holly Ann Grigsby kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington , a man they believe is Jewish in Oregon , and a black man in California .
* Aug. 5 , 2012 .
A white supremacist named Wade Michael Page kills six people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek , Wisconsin .
Aug. 16 , 2012 .
“ Sovereign citizen ” -movement adherents Brian Smith and Kyle Joekel , who are now awaiting trial , allegedly kill two Louisiana sheriff ’ s deputies in a trailer-park ambush .
Sept. 4 , 2012 .
Christopher Lacy , a software engineer who lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the “ sovereign citizen ” movement , shoots a California Highway Patrol officer who dies the next day .
April 13 , 2014 .
Frazier Glenn Miller , a 73-year-old with a long history of KKK activity , kills three people in the area of a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement community in Overland Park , Kansas .
June 8 , 2014 .
Jerad and Amanda Miller kill two police officers in a random attack at a pizza restaurant in Las Vegas , then kill a customer at a Walmart .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rancher Cliven Bundy ’ s property during protests related to Bundy ’ s dispute with the federal government Sept. 12 , 2014 .
Eric Frein allegedly shoots and kills a Pennsylvania state trooper ; he ’ s caught 48 days later after hiding from authorities in “ survivalist ” fashion in a rural area .
June 17 , 2015 .
Dylann Roof murders nine people at a historic black church in Charleston , South Carolina .
July 24 , 2015 .
John Russell Houser , a 59-year-old man with a history of expressing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women at a screening of the Amy Schumer comedy Trainwreck in Lafayette , Louisiana .
Nov. 27 , 2015 .
A 57-year-old religious fanatic named Robert Lewis Dear shoots and kills three people , including a police officer , at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs .
Aug. 10 , 2016 .
A 38-year-old Oregon man with connections to a white supremacist prison gang drove over and killed a 19-year-old black man after a sidewalk altercation in what authorities are prosecuting as a hate crime .
May 26 , 2017 .
Two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light-rail train in Portland , Oregon by a “ known local white supremacist ” named Jeremy Joseph Christian .
Aug. 12 , 2017 .
A white supremacist named James Fields Jr. attending the “ Unite the Right ” rally in Charlottesville , Virginia , allegedly runs over and kills an anti-racism protester .
*Correction , Feb. 15 , 2017 : This post originally misstated that David Joseph Pedersen and Holly Ann Grigsby had killed Grigby ’ s father and stepmother .
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FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday that the agency has seen an increase in the number of domestic terror arrests this fiscal year, a majority of which have been motivated by white supremacy.
Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI has recorded about 100 domestic terrorism arrests in the last nine months. “A majority of the domestic terrorism cases we’ve investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence,” he told the panel.Wray said the number of the domestic terrorism arrests has increased and is now close to the number of international terrorism arrests the bureau has made.
Wray’s testimony followed a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in May, where FBI counterterrorism chief Michael McGarrity testified that the bureau was investigating 850 potential domestic terrorism cases. McGarrity said that nearly half of the cases involved racially motivated extremists, most of whom were white supremacists.
According to FBI Director Christopher Wray violent white supremacists are a domestic terrorist threat https://t.co/MVLt6hxCXt — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 17, 2020
During Tuesday’s hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pressed Wray on concerns that the bureau was not prioritizing white supremacist domestic terrorism under President Trump. Trump has previously said there were “fine people” marching with neo-Nazis during the Charlottesville violence of 2017 and denied that white nationalism was on the rise after a deadly attack at two New Zealand mosques killed 51 people.
While testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers that white supremacists are the largest group of racially motivated domestic terrorists. https://t.co/m7CLY3uNyq pic.twitter.com/yKUz2ny2kp — CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) September 18, 2020
“There is a concern that this is not being taken as seriously as it should be as one of the real threats in our country,” Durbin told Wray.
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned a House committee yesterday about the growing threat of racially-motivated violent extremism—stating that white supremacists make up a majority of domestic terror threats. https://t.co/Oo0rycmvl6 @nytimes — Integrity First for America (@IntegrityforUSA) September 18, 2020
“We take domestic terrorism or hate crime — regardless of ideology — extremely seriously, I can assure you, and we are aggressively pursuing it using both counterterrorism resources and criminal investigative resources and partnering closely with our state and local partners,” Wray replied.
Durbin questioned whether the bureau was treating homegrown terror threats as seriously as it treated international terrorism.
“What you have just said is significant, if the number of people arrested this calendar year when it comes to this extremist conduct, is about equal between those who were inspired by foreign actors, ISIS, al-Qaida, whatever it might be, and those who were inspired by white supremacy or at least some version of race,” Durbin said, before asking Wray if he considered them equal threats.
Wray said he did not, explaining that he believes homegrown violent terrorism was the single biggest threat to the country. Read more…
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/24/fbi-director-to-congress-most-domestic-terror-cases-are-driven-by-white-supremacist-violence/
A short list of some White Supremacist terror killings in the US:
Oct. 9, 1995. An Amtrak employee is killed when a train derails near Hyder, Arizona because the track it’s traveling on has been sabotaged. The perpetrators are never found, but anti-law enforcement propaganda messages from the “Sons of Gestapo” are found near the scene.
April 12, 1996. A neo-Nazi named Larry Wayne Shoemake, who is found to have owned at least 22 firearms and an estimated 20,000 rounds of ammunition, kills a black man in a random Jackson, Mississippi attack.
July 27, 1996. A bomb set by Eric Robert Rudolph, who is affiliated with the “Christian Identity” fundamentalist movement, kills one person at the Atlanta Olympics.
Jan. 29, 1998. Another bomb set by Rudolph kills a man at a Birmingham abortion clinic.
May 29, 1998. Three militia sympathizers named Alan Pilon, Robert Mason and Jason McVean fire 29 shots at a Cortez, Colorado police officer who is trying to apprehend them because they’ve stolen a water truck, killing him. The three evade capture but are believed to ultimately have died in the desert wilderness surrounding the crime scene.
July 4, 1998. Several neo-Nazis murdered anti-racism activists Lin Newborn and Daniel Shersty in an ambush attack in the Las Vegas area.
Oct. 23, 1998. With his wife and children nearby, an abortion provider in Amherst, New York is shot and killed through the window of his home by James Charles Kopp.
July 1, 1999. Brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams, who also have connections to the “Christian Identity” movement, kill a gay couple in Redding, California.
July 2–July 5 1999. Neo-Nazi Benjamin Nathaniel Smith kills black basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong and and a Korean graduate student and wounds nine other non-white victims in a three-day shooting spree.
Aug. 10, 1999. Neo-Nazi Buford Furrow kills a Filipino immigrant after firing 70 shots inside a Jewish community center near Los Angeles.
April 28, 2000. An unemployed immigration attorney named Richard Baumhammers who believes “non-white immigration” should be banned shoots and kills five people in the Pittsburgh area.
Sept. 15–Oct. 4, 2001. Mark Stroman, a lifelong criminal with connections to the Aryan Brotherhood, shoots three South Asian men in the Dallas area—killing two—in what he describes as revenge for 9/11.
Dec. 8, 2003. Steven Bixby kills two police officers in Abbeville, South Carolina during a dispute over the state’s decision to use a 20-foot strip of the Bixbys’ land to widen a highway.
May 24, 2004. Wade and Christopher Lay, a father-son pair obsessed with the 1993 government siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, kill a bank security guard in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
July 27, 2008. Jim David Adkisson shoots and kills two people during a childrens’ performance of a musical at a Unitarian Univeralist church in Knoxville, Tennessee, telling police that he intended to target individuals who had voted for liberals and Democrats.
Jan. 21, 2009. Neo-Nazi Keith Luke rapes and kills an immigrant from Cape Verde in Brockton, Massachusetts, then kills a 72-year-old homeless immigrant.
April 4, 2009. Richard Andrew Poplawski, a frequent poster on the white supremacist Stormfront website who apparently believes a national “gun ban” is imminent, kills three Pittsburgh police officers.
April 25, 2009. Joshua Cartwright kills two Okaloosa County, Florida sheriff’s deputies. Per a police report, Cartwright’s wife says he was paranoid about the U.S. government and “extremely disturbed” by Barack Obama’s election.
May 30, 2009. Shawna Forde, Albert Gaxiola, and Jason Bush kill a Latino man and his nine-year-old daughter in Arivaca, Arizona during a robbery intended to raise funds for the “Minutemen American Defense” group.
May 31, 2009. Scott Roeder kills Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, in the Wichita, Kansas Lutheran church where Tiller serves as an usher.
June 10, 2009. An 89-year-old white supremacist named James von Brunn kills a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. from point-blank range.
Feb. 18, 2010. Joseph Andrew Stack flies a plane into an Austin, Texas IRS office, killing one person.
May 20, 2010. A father-son pair named Jerry and Joseph Kane (who conduct “seminars” about how “sovereign citizens” can evade debt) kill two West Memphis, Arkansas police officers.
Sept. 26–Oct. 3, 2011. Avowed white supremacists David Joseph Pedersen and Holly Ann Grigsby kill Pedersen’s father and stepmother in Washington, a man they believe is Jewish in Oregon, and a black man in California.*
Aug. 5, 2012. A white supremacist named Wade Michael Page kills six people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
Aug. 16, 2012. “Sovereign citizen”-movement adherents Brian Smith and Kyle Joekel, who are now awaiting trial, allegedly kill two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies in a trailer-park ambush.
Sept. 4, 2012. Christopher Lacy, a software engineer who lives in a rural trailer and apparently sympathizes with the “sovereign citizen” movement, shoots a California Highway Patrol officer who dies the next day.
April 13, 2014. Frazier Glenn Miller, a 73-year-old with a long history of KKK activity, kills three people in the area of a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement community in Overland Park, Kansas.
June 8, 2014. Jerad and Amanda Miller kill two police officers in a random attack at a pizza restaurant in Las Vegas, then kill a customer at a Walmart. The Millers had spent time on Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s property during protests related to Bundy’s dispute with the federal government
Sept. 12, 2014. Eric Frein allegedly shoots and kills a Pennsylvania state trooper; he’s caught 48 days later after hiding from authorities in “survivalist” fashion in a rural area.
June 17, 2015. Dylann Roof murders nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
July 24, 2015. John Russell Houser, a 59-year-old man with a history of expressing extremist and anti-feminist beliefs, kills two women at a screening of the Amy Schumer comedy Trainwreck in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Nov. 27, 2015. A 57-year-old religious fanatic named Robert Lewis Dear shoots and kills three people, including a police officer, at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.
Aug. 10, 2016. A 38-year-old Oregon man with connections to a white supremacist prison gang drove over and killed a 19-year-old black man after a sidewalk altercation in what authorities are prosecuting as a hate crime.
March 20, 2017. A 28-year-old white supremacist named James Harris Jackson stabs a 66-year-old black stranger to death in midtown Manhattan.
May 26, 2017. Two men are stabbed to death on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon by a “known local white supremacist” named Jeremy Joseph Christian.
Aug. 12, 2017. A white supremacist named James Fields Jr. attending the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, allegedly runs over and kills an anti-racism protester.
*Correction, Feb. 15, 2017: This post originally misstated that David Joseph Pedersen and Holly Ann Grigsby had killed Grigby’s father and stepmother.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/white-extremist-murders-killed-at-least-70-in-u-s-since-1995.html


veteranstoday--2020-09-18--Donald Trump’s ‘Supervillain’ ABC town hall made Joe Biden appear almost superhuman

Trump can ’ t afford to talk about the country ’ s biggest problems because he is primarily responsible for them .
USA Today : Like most Americans , I didn ’ t watch President Trump ’ s town hall on Tuesday night .
I was too busy doing anything else .
Two days later , I capitulated and watched it on demand .
Five minutes later , Joe Biden ’ s town hall began .
The contrast was startling .
Unlike Trump — who sat during his town hall — Biden stood during his , as if the national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sounded confused .
Biden looked spirited and sounded human .
He was lucid , informed and affable — almost superhuman .
As Rick Wilson pointed out , Trump makes Biden seem like Demosthenes .
Indeed , Biden uttered more complete sentences in one night than Trump has in his entire presidency .
When Trump talks about vaccines , he sounds like an infomercial host peddling miraculous crystals that cure depression and hair loss .
When Biden talks about vaccines , he sounds like someone who has studied them .
This is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got some facts wrong — Trump didn ’ t hold a Bible upside down at Lafayette Square — but he got the tone right .
Trump , who claims to speak for “ real Americans , ” was visibly uncomfortable speaking with real Americans .
These were undecided voters , not sycophants or Fox News hosts , and persuading undecided voters to support Trump at this point — amid a pandemic and a recession — is harder than selling asbestos to them .
Former Vice President Joe Biden has increased his lead over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Demagogues become popular because they talk about things that matter to people .
In 2016 , Trump talked about immigration , the opioid crisis and political correctness — things that no one else was talking about .
This year , he ’ s talking about things that no one cares about : Confederate flags , Goodyear tires and his Twitter account .
He ’ s a demagogue increasingly disconnected from the demos .
Unlike in 2016 , Trump can ’ t afford to talk about the country ’ s biggest problems because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When he talks about problems , he denies they ’ re problems .
He tells sick people they ’ re healthy and unemployed people that the economy is booming .
To appeal to voters , he has to lie to them , and on Tuesday he lied to their masked faces .

USA Today: Like most Americans, I didn’t watch President Trump’s town hall on Tuesday night. I was too busy doing anything else.
#Trump can't afford to talk about the country's biggest problems because he is primarily responsible for them. #Election2020 https://t.co/eaBl9jJLK6
Two days later, I capitulated and watched it on demand. Five minutes later, Joe Biden’s town hall began. The contrast was startling.
If we want to end Covid, we must end the Trump presidency. https://t.co/WxRgIDMzI7 — stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 18, 2020
Unlike Trump — who sat during his town hall — Biden stood during his, as if the national anthem were playing. Trump looked lumpish and sounded confused. Biden looked spirited and sounded human. He was lucid, informed and affable — almost superhuman.
Mike Pence is about to speak with Veterans — will he answer any of these questions? pic.twitter.com/i7V3PRzrYO — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 18, 2020
As Rick Wilson pointed out, Trump makes Biden seem like Demosthenes. Indeed, Biden uttered more complete sentences in one night than Trump has in his entire presidency.
Dolores is a registered nurse from Arizona. She knows Trump will never follow the advice of medical experts — that's why she’s a #LincolnVoter. pic.twitter.com/lBfzjeKbYx — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 17, 2020
When Trump talks about vaccines, he sounds like an infomercial host peddling miraculous crystals that cure depression and hair loss. When Biden talks about vaccines, he sounds like someone who has studied them. This is not to say he was flawless. He got some facts wrong — Trump didn’t hold a Bible upside down at Lafayette Square — but he got the tone right.
Presidents should be good. pic.twitter.com/fheTSNG3dR — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 18, 2020
Trump’s biggest problem — himself
Trump, who claims to speak for “real Americans,” was visibly uncomfortable speaking with real Americans. These were undecided voters, not sycophants or Fox News hosts, and persuading undecided voters to support Trump at this point — amid a pandemic and a recession — is harder than selling asbestos to them.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in a new poll.
Demagogues become popular because they talk about things that matter to people. In 2016, Trump talked about immigration, the opioid crisis and political correctness — things that no one else was talking about. This year, he’s talking about things that no one cares about: Confederate flags, Goodyear tires and his Twitter account. He’s a demagogue increasingly disconnected from the demos.
Unlike in 2016, Trump can’t afford to talk about the country’s biggest problems because he’s primarily responsible for them. When he talks about problems, he denies they’re problems. He tells sick people they’re healthy and unemployed people that the economy is booming. To appeal to voters, he has to lie to them, and on Tuesday he lied to their masked faces.