veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Blockbuster: COVID the War Crime

Blockbuster: COVID the War Crime

By Gordon Duff for Veterans Today and New Eastern Outlook , of the Russian Academy of Science ( Est : 1816 ) As May 2020 comes to an end and Americans demand “ freedom ” from an ineffective lockdown policy that was enacted with no national testing regime to back it up , news in America is race riots , fake scandals and , as usual , everything but reporting the reality of America at war with the world , a war without reason or purpose , on the surface at least .
Even if one were to accept the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the endless blunders by the US to be simple incompetence , it takes very little to conclude that COVID 19 is “ big business.
” 43,000 British died in the Blitz during World War 2 , an unimaginably high number .
The then stature and flowery pronouncements of Winston Churchill made their suffering indelible then as it is now .
Jewish suffering during that war is similarly remembered while the greatest deaths , those of uncounted millions of Russians , is erased , stifled , censored .
The same is going on in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have died of COVID 19 than the Germans killed of all British civilians during World War 2 , the most brutal civilian bombing campaign until Vietnam .
Less than 25 % of Americans know someone thus far that has died of COVID 19 though higher numbers apply for the Hispanic and African American communities , a nagging question behind a question that will never be asked nor answered .
But then there is so much more that will never be answered .
Stated simply , and based in fact , not conjecture , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the biggest fake of all is the two-level deception about where the disease came from .
If you say “ a lab did it , ” you are censored unless , of course , you pick the right lab , a Chinese one .
If you follow the science , right to USAID-FDA-CIA and their publicly funded experiments , you are “ iced out ” as though some Soviet style bureaucracy made you a “ non-person.
” The games are there to be seen , a market crash and trillion dollar bail out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one party , the GOP , who had exclusive access to policy making .
It was advance notice given to powerful GOP contributors that created record profits for Trump-Mnuchin insiders .
Then the White House backed fake cures , Hydroxychloroquine , banned by the WHO , banned by France , Italy and Belgium and secretly banned by the FDA in early May 2020 as well , though Trump-Kushner insiders garnered positions in world stocks while US policy allowed for a poisonous and otherwise useless drug which was pushed on powerless nations , almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” cures , such as drinking bleach or colloidal silver , both potentially deadly and both backed by Trump publicly , have enriched frauds and charlatans , mostly fake religious leaders who regularly visit the Trump White House , have killed some and enriched insider criminal elements .
Still more are collecting donations promising to cure or prevent COVID 19 on a “ paid prayer ” basis that reminds one of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages and the selling of indulgences .
As deaths in the US mounted , currently as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dead with under reported New York deaths alone adding as many as 10,000 to the queue .
Behind that , half a million hospitalized .
US COVID deaths are currently at a level of 17 % of those who test positive with 581,219 total cases “ concluded ” and only 480,365 having recovered .
Public estimates for this ratio that sits on a curve starting with 36 % and seems to head to a low of 12 % a year from now , is deeply censored and generally given at .7 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ available statistics are 25 times higher than those backed by the White House and entire press corps , and of course , no one is asking anything about it .
Then we are faced with daily anomalies regarding the disease itself .
Deaths of African Americans is at a level 240 % higher than Whites .
The aged are dying at a frightening rate among Americans over 60 years of age onward having a very low survival rate .
Then we have the odd issue of dementia patients and a very strange characteristic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and attacks those who have a genetic vulnerability to dementia .
Were one to accept the possibility COVID 19 was lab created , just for the sake of conjecture , then one might also note the Hitleresque aspect of its curious targeting of the agent , of dementia suffers and of racial minorities .
The word we would start looking at is Eugenics and the long history of prominent American families in creating policies for the US that were later adopted by Hitler ’ s Germany .
The names that come to mind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a world of questions come to mind as the roots of America ’ s right , financing Hitler , backing the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and later warring on trade unions and environmentalists and eventually starting an endless war that still rages to this day .
Is COVID 19 a cog in that wheel ?
As COVID spreads through “ red state ” rural America , states with previously low numbers , exhausted from months of seemingly useless lockdown , a disinformation and propaganda game grows every stronger .
The deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been banned from visiting parents and relatives for months now .
There aren ’ t even funerals , they aren ’ t allowed and in many states deaths aren ’ t counted as an autopsy for a potential COVID death requires Level 4 containment due to risk from an airborne pathogen .
Thus , the dead simply fade away , too many already forgotten as is the way in America ’ s “ throw away ” culture .
No Bread but Lots of Circuses Fueling this is that other aspect of American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or deflection , the blaming of others , like China or “ old people who were going to die anyway.
” For the more advanced , perhaps guilt drives denial but one thing is for certain , America is drowning in a sea of denial , of propaganda and or moral failure .
Two waves or more of COVID 19 might well reduce America ’ s most vulnerable population , that of the aged in need of and of course deserving care , by up to 25 % .
Rather than “ herd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with COVID , we have a “ herd culling , ” which is conservative politics at its purist , the elimination of “ high priced useless eaters.
” With them go the curiously vulnerable African Americans and Hispanics who care for America ’ s aged population , cross infecting the aged and infecting minority community as well , a “ double win ” for those positioned to benefit .
The biggest boon of all is the inability of tens of millions to vote and a war by Deep State operatives to make sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting , which is the only way Donald Trump has ever voted .
Low voter turnout always favors the “ big business ” favored candidate and voter suppression programs run by organizations such as the Deep State funded Federalist Society have managed to keep control of much of the US in the hands of powerful public utilities and corporations whose operations profit from pollution , fraud or defective products .
Without control of the apparatus for nominating and approving judiciary appointees with extreme bias toward Wall Street and the police state , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the framework installed after 9/11 to control American society .
The big game , one moving toward armed internal conflict , is pushing for race war to deflect blame from President Trump .
When 100 % White neo-Nazis armed with assault weapons seized the Michigan capitol building , police did nothing .
Only a few short weeks later , after 4 Minneapolis police officers murdered a suspect on camera , audiences see police tear gassing unarmed demonstrators , who are of course African American .
This level of public injustice , clearly flaunting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purpose .
This came a day after the Amy Cooper video on Twitter .
Here , an isolated incident of a confrontation in New York ’ s Central Park put a flame under racial tensions stoked to an extreme by the Arbery Klan murder in Brunswick , Georgia and the coverup there by police and officials .
Amy Cooper may have been having a bad day during her tirade on camera but the real “ bad day ” was for America .
Each incident , anti-lockdown mobs with Confederate flags and Trump banners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” all the while White House lies drive public suspicions wild , and the spiral begins .
The spiral is driven by strong ties in largely rural and backward states between White Supremacist extremist groups and not just law enforcement but the courts .
Making it worse , where police in rural America run virtual “ death squads , ” the metropolitan departments are often worse , and they are armed with military weapons , armed drones , tracked vehicles and trained by organizations under investigations for war crimes by the ICC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Zealand died of COVID 19 .
4600 Chinese died .
Over 100,000 Americans have died and several hundred thousand now infected are slated to die as well and , were one to read newspapers , no one cares .
There is currently no end in sight and some scenarios involving reinfection are grim .
One hypothesis stands out above all others , one where Occam ’ s razor applies .
• There is a long and visible history of American financed labs studying the weaponization of the Wuhan Horseshoe Bat virus and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a significant role whatsoever .
• The Trump government has never instituted testing , waited nearly two months to lock down and has backed fake cures , junk science and made so many blunders that it is impossible for them to be considered either accidental or coincidental .
• Trillions have been made by Trump political insiders engaged in short-selling equities , massive no bid contracts for COVID supplies or simply profiting on insider trading knowledge openly .
• All normal government oversight , from financial fraud to bad science has been dismembered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next big figure “ one million dead , ” blaming the victims , blaming the Chinese , blaming the Democrats and seizing full dictatorial power in the process is fully underway .
COVID 19 may well be a naturally occurring disease but , upon closer examination , it is really a criminal enterprise with considerable evidence of planning and preparation .
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the board of Veterans Today , especially for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook .
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By Gordon Duff for VT and New Eastern Outlook, of the Russian Academy of Science (Est: 1816)
As May 2020 comes to an end and Americans demand “freedom” from an ineffective lockdown policy that was enacted with no national testing regime to back it up, news in America is race riots, fake scandals and, as usual, everything but reporting the reality of America at war with the world, a war without reason or purpose, on the surface at least.
Even if one were to accept the Pandemic of 2020 as naturally occurring and the endless blunders by the US to be simple incompetence, it takes very little to conclude that COVID 19 is “big business.”
Background
43,000 British died in the Blitz during World War 2, an unimaginably high number. The then stature and flowery pronouncements of Winston Churchill made their suffering indelible then as it is now. Jewish suffering during that war is similarly remembered while the greatest deaths, those of uncounted millions of Russians, is erased, stifled, censored.
The same is going on in America where twice as many aged Americans have died of COVID 19 than the Germans killed of all British civilians during World War 2, the most brutal civilian bombing campaign until Vietnam.
Less than 25% of Americans know someone thus far that has died of COVID 19 though higher numbers apply for the Hispanic and African American communities, a nagging question behind a question that will never be asked nor answered.
But then there is so much more that will never be answered.
Stated simply, and based in fact, not conjecture, everything about the pandemic is fake and the biggest fake of all is the two-level deception about where the disease came from. If you say “a lab did it,” you are censored unless, of course, you pick the right lab, a Chinese one.
If you follow the science, right to USAID-FDA-CIA and their publicly funded experiments, you are “iced out” as though some Soviet style bureaucracy made you a “non-person.”
Profiting on Death
The games are there to be seen, a market crash and trillion dollar bail out where key players got advance notice from one party, the GOP, who had exclusive access to policy making. It was advance notice given to powerful GOP contributors that created record profits for Trump-Mnuchin insiders.
Then the White House backed fake cures, Hydroxychloroquine, banned by the WHO, banned by France, Italy and Belgium and secretly banned by the FDA in early May 2020 as well, though Trump-Kushner insiders garnered positions in world stocks while US policy allowed for a poisonous and otherwise useless drug which was pushed on powerless nations, almost at gunpoint.
Other “snake oil” cures, such as drinking bleach or colloidal silver, both potentially deadly and both backed by Trump publicly, have enriched frauds and charlatans, mostly fake religious leaders who regularly visit the Trump White House, have killed some and enriched insider criminal elements.
Still more are collecting donations promising to cure or prevent COVID 19 on a “paid prayer” basis that reminds one of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages and the selling of indulgences.
Secret but in Plain Sight
As deaths in the US mounted, currently as of late May 2020, 100,854 officially dead with under reported New York deaths alone adding as many as 10,000 to the queue. Behind that, half a million hospitalized. US COVID deaths are currently at a level of 17% of those who test positive with 581,219 total cases “concluded” and only 480,365 having recovered.
Public estimates for this ratio that sits on a curve starting with 36% and seems to head to a low of 12% a year from now, is deeply censored and generally given at .7%. For those who understand arithmetic, publicly available statistics are 25 times higher than those backed by the White House and entire press corps, and of course, no one is asking anything about it.
Then we are faced with daily anomalies regarding the disease itself. Deaths of African Americans is at a level 240% higher than Whites. The aged are dying at a frightening rate among Americans over 60 years of age onward having a very low survival rate.
Then we have the odd issue of dementia patients and a very strange characteristic of SARS COV 2 that singles out and attacks those who have a genetic vulnerability to dementia. Were one to accept the possibility COVID 19 was lab created, just for the sake of conjecture, then one might also note the Hitleresque aspect of its curious targeting of the aged, of dementia suffers and of racial minorities.
Is COVID a Deep State Eugenics “Cleanse?”
The word we would start looking at is Eugenics and the long history of prominent American families in creating policies for the US that were later adopted by Hitler’s Germany. The names that come to mind are Harriman, Bush, Dulles and a world of questions come to mind as the roots of America’s right, financing Hitler, backing the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and later warring on trade unions and environmentalists and eventually starting an endless war that still rages to this day.
Is COVID 19 a cog in that wheel?
As COVID spreads through “red state” rural America, states with previously low numbers, exhausted from months of seemingly useless lockdown, a disinformation and propaganda game grows ever stronger.
The deaths always start in nursing homes where families have been banned from visiting parents and relatives for months now. There aren’t even funerals, they aren’t allowed and in many states deaths aren’t counted as an autopsy for a potential COVID death requires Level 4 containment due to risk from an airborne pathogen.
Thus, the dead simply fade away, too many already forgotten as is the way in America’s “throw away” culture.
No Bread but Lots of Circuses
Fueling this is that other aspect of American culture, dealing with problems through denial or deflection, the blaming of others, like China or “old people who were going to die anyway.” For the more advanced, perhaps guilt drives denial but one thing is for certain, America is drowning in a sea of denial, of propaganda and or moral failure.
Two waves or more of COVID 19 might well reduce America’s most vulnerable population, that of the aged in need of and of course deserving care, by up to 25%. Rather than “herd immunity,” a seemingly dead issue with COVID, we have a “herd culling,” which is conservative politics at its purist, the elimination of “high priced useless eaters.”
With them go the curiously vulnerable African Americans and Hispanics who care for America’s aged population, cross infecting the aged and infecting minority community as well, a “double win” for those positioned to benefit.
Election Rigging 201
The biggest boon of all is the inability of tens of millions to vote and a war by Deep State operatives to make sure states don’t allow mail in voting, which is the only way Donald Trump has ever voted.
Low voter turnout always favors the “big business” favored candidate and voter suppression programs run by organizations such as the Deep State funded Federalist Society have managed to keep control of much of the US in the hands of powerful public utilities and corporations whose operations profit from pollution, fraud or defective products.
Without control of the apparatus for nominating and approving judiciary appointees with extreme bias toward Wall Street and the police state, “re-democratization” moves might break out challenging the framework installed after 9/11 to control American society.
The Race Card
The big game, one moving toward armed internal conflict, is pushing for race war to deflect blame from President Trump. When 100% White neo-Nazis armed with assault weapons seized the Michigan capitol building, police did nothing. Only a few short weeks later, after 4 Minneapolis police officers murdered a suspect on camera, audiences see police tear gassing unarmed demonstrators, who are of course African American.
This level of public injustice, clearly flaunting governmental racism, isn’t without purpose.
This came a day after the Amy Cooper video on Twitter. Here, an isolated incident of a confrontation in New York’s Central Park put a flame under racial tensions stoked to an extreme by the Arbery Klan murder in Brunswick, Georgia and the coverup there by police and officials.
Amy Cooper may have been having a bad day during her tirade on camera but the real “bad day” was for America. Each incident, anti-lockdown mobs with Confederate flags and Trump banners seems to coincide with another “lynching,” all the while White House lies drive public suspicions wild, and the spiral begins.
The spiral is driven by strong ties in largely rural and backward states between White Supremacist extremist groups and not just law enforcement but the courts. Making it worse, where police in rural America run virtual “death squads,” the metropolitan departments are often worse, and they are armed with military weapons, armed drones, tracked vehicles and trained by organizations under investigations for war crimes by the ICC at The Hague.
Conclusion
21 citizens of New Zealand died of COVID 19. 4600 Chinese died. Over 100,000 Americans have died and several hundred thousand now infected are slated to die as well and, were one to read newspapers, no one cares.
There is currently no end in sight and some scenarios involving reinfection are grim.
One hypothesis stands out above all others, one where Occam’s razor applies.
There is a long and visible history of American financed labs studying the weaponization of the Wuhan Horseshoe Bat virus and little or no history of China having a significant role whatsoever.
The Trump government has never instituted testing, waited nearly two months to lock down and has backed fake cures, junk science and made so many blunders that it is impossible for them to be considered either accidental or coincidental.
Trillions have been made by Trump political insiders engaged in short-selling equities, massive no bid contracts for COVID supplies or simply profiting on insider trading knowledge openly.
All normal government oversight, from financial fraud to bad science has been dismembered through firing every watchdog.
With the next big figure “one million dead,” blaming the victims, blaming the Chinese, blaming the Democrats and seizing full dictatorial power in the process is fully underway.
COVID 19 may well be a naturally occurring disease but, upon closer examination, it is really a criminal enterprise with considerable evidence of planning and preparation.
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues. He’s a senior editor and chairman of the board of VT, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”


veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Important To Get Clear About Source Of Coronavirus

Recent Shanghai-based research targeting local confirmed cases of coronavirus once again proved that the attacks on a seafood market in Wuhan for originating the virus is nonsense , official media reported .
As China battled to deflect the criticism over the origin of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan , Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that it was important to get a clear idea of the source of the deadly virus and backed efforts to find it on the basis of science .
After staunchly denying the US allegations of coronavirus originating from a bio-lab in its first epicentre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widely reported view that the deadly virus emanated from a wet market in the city selling live animals .
Recent Shanghai-based research targeting local confirmed cases of coronavirus once again proved that the attacks on a seafood market in Wuhan for originating the virus is nonsense , official media reported .
The results of the study , being published on the website of top academic journal Nature on May 20 , implied the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei ” s capital Wuhan may not be the birthplace of COVID-19 , although the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ link to contacts with the market , state-run Global Times reported .
Asked about the controversy related to the virus and the recent resolution passed by the World Health Assembly to conduct comprehensive study of the virus , Li in his annual press conference here said tha the virus caught everyone by surprise as it is a new disease .
Li headed the leading group of officials in China which dealt with the coronavirus with the lockdown of Wuhan from January 23 .
“ China and many other countries believe it is important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source of the new coronavirus , ” Li said .
China is one of the co-sponsors of the resolution at the WHA , he said , adding that “ we believe that getting clear of the source of virus on the basis of science will help us to contain the spread of COVID-19.
” Avoiding to dwell into the controversy over its origin , Li said China will continue to adopt a science-based open and transparent approach in dealing with COVID-19 .
China is open to international cooperation on the research and development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for COVID-19 , and is willing to share the deliverables with the world , Li added .
He said although China successfully brought the coronavirus under control , the country has “ not yet come to complete end of it yet .
There are still sporadic cases in China .
Scientists have cautioned us to stay on high alert to prevent a resurgence of the disease ” .
“ We must continue to adopt a science-based open and transparent approach in dealing with COVID-19 , ” he said .
“ Any infection must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be allowed.
” “ Many people say COVID-19 may not end soon and we may have to live with it for quite some time to come .
All countries are confronted with dual challenges .
It is like doing double exams .
We have to contain the spread of the virus and do our best to get life and work back to normal , ” he said .
“ I am afraid there is a certain level of conflict of interest between the two goals .
We need to do our utmost to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explore our way forward .
In this process , international cooperation is vitally important , ” he added .
Globally , there have been 5.6 million people recorded as infected and 354,983 deaths since the virus emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year

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Press Trust of India
Important To Get Clear About Source Of Coronavirus: Chinese Premier
Recent Shanghai-based research targeting local confirmed cases of coronavirus once again proved that the attacks on a seafood market in Wuhan for originating the virus is nonsense, official media reported.
As China battled to deflect the criticism over the origin of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that it was important to get a clear idea of the source of the deadly virus and backed efforts to find it on the basis of science.
After staunchly denying the US allegations of coronavirus originating from a bio-lab in its first epicentre Wuhan, Chinese researchers on Wednesday debunked widely reported view that the deadly virus emanated from a wet market in the city selling live animals.
Recent Shanghai-based research targeting local confirmed cases of coronavirus once again proved that the attacks on a seafood market in Wuhan for originating the virus is nonsense, official media reported.
The results of the study, being published on the website of top academic journal Nature on May 20, implied the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei”s capital Wuhan may not be the birthplace of COVID-19, although the virus outbreak emerged in Wuhan had a strong link to contacts with the market, state-run Global Times reported.
Asked about the controversy related to the virus and the recent resolution passed by the World Health Assembly to conduct comprehensive study of the virus, Li in his annual press conference here said tha the virus caught everyone by surprise as it is a new disease.
Li headed the leading group of officials in China which dealt with the coronavirus with the lockdown of Wuhan from January 23.
“China and many other countries believe it is important to get a clear idea of the source of the new coronavirus,” Li said.
China is one of the co-sponsors of the resolution at the WHA, he said, adding that “we believe that getting clear of the source of virus on the basis of science will help us to contain the spread of COVID-19.”
Avoiding to dwell into the controversy over its origin, Li said China will continue to adopt a science-based open and transparent approach in dealing with COVID-19.
China is open to international cooperation on the research and development of vaccines, medicines and testing reagents for COVID-19, and is willing to share the deliverables with the world, Li added.
He said although China successfully brought the coronavirus under control, the country has “not yet come to complete end of it yet.
There are still sporadic cases in China. Scientists have cautioned us to stay on high alert to prevent a resurgence of the disease”.
“We must continue to adopt a science-based open and transparent approach in dealing with COVID-19,” he said. “Any infection must be promptly handled and no cover-up will be allowed.”
“Many people say COVID-19 may not end soon and we may have to live with it for quite some time to come. All countries are confronted with dual challenges. It is like doing double exams. We have to contain the spread of the virus and do our best to get life and work back to normal,” he said.
“I am afraid there is a certain level of conflict of interest between the two goals. We need to do our utmost to strike a delicate balance and continue to explore our way forward. In this process, international cooperation is vitally important,” he added.
Globally, there have been 5.6 million people recorded as infected and 354,983 deaths since the virus emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year


veteranstoday--2020-05-30--Trump Locked in White House, Under Siege by Demonstrators (What a Great Country!)

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veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Palestine: International Protection and Trusteeship

Special Introduction .
Mahmoud Abbas , the head of the PLO , Fatah , and PA , announced the suspension of all contacts with Israel , an empty statement since it was not accompanied by the formal diplomatic protocol as required by international laws .
The PLO leadership failed miserably in the armed revolution and failed in the never-ending “ peace process ” .
If I know how the PLO operate for sure , they did not think of all the consequences that have to do with transport , electricity , the water supply of materials and consumer good .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ means the disbanding of the Palestinian Authority , the effective management of the Israeli Occupation .
Here is the problem .
Not so sure how these international forces will work and whether the US on orders from Israel will veto such a proposal and whether the UN Security Council at the mercy of the US veto will ever be able to carry on such demand , let alone a resolution .
More importantly , how this will fit with the PLO and Mahmoud Abbas 80,000 Palestinian security forces , which eats more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) of the PA annual budget and which in 25 years failed to provide any safety or security for the Palestinians .
The PA/PLO Was unable to prevent one single attack by illegal settlers , failed to stop one Israeli targeted killings , failed to prevent one house demolition , failed to prevent the forced entry of Israel security forces into a village , or even a house .
Worst was unable to prevent the burning or uprooting of one single olive tree or prevent a separate attack on a mosque or a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demanding international protections when the PLO and Fatah security forces failed to provide such protection .
Of course , we all need to understand that the Palestinian Security Forces , as agreed to in Oslo was to provide protection for and assist the Israeli Occupation with its mission in the Occupied Territories , providing auxiliary security for the IDF and armed Israeli settlers .
One can understand the need for such a force in Gaza , which may require the disarming of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad , provided these international security forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people of Gaza from Israeli jets , tanks , and drones and end the siege of Gaza .
And whether such security forces will have the necessary military gears to withstand an Israeli assault .
This means the opening of the port and airport and all international access for the people of Gaza .
It is best to make access through the ports and airports without having to worry about Egypt closing its borders .
However , all this will make sense only if the UN Security Council with no veto from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ international trusteeship ’ to take charge of both the security of the Occupied Territories ( Gaza and West Bank ) and also the administrations of the civil affairs of the Palestinians under Occupation .
This , of course , means the end of the PLO and Fatah as managers of the Israeli Occupation and the loss of very lucrative contracts that made all leaders of these organizations multi-millionaires , and it also means that Hamas must give up both the security and administrations of Gaza .
Already Israeli agents within the US governments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK with seats in the UNSC will become very active , making sure that such things never happen .
Giving excuses that Israel by killing , murdering hundreds and wounding thousands of unarmed civil demonstrators is defending itself with the similar editorial in both the New York Times and the Washington Post standing up for Israel ’ s right to kill and murder innocent and unarmed civilians who were , by the way , demonstrating within their own besieged Gaza and never close enough to cause worry for the massive Israeli snipers deployed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fatah decide it is time to end this tragedy , conspiracy , and perpetual fraud on the Palestinians and the world for the last 60 years , give up its financial interests in the continued occupation , no hope for such things to take place .
For sure , the PLO will stand in the way as the sole and legitimate representative of the Israeli Occupation .
The international trusteeship will guarantee Israeli will evacuate the Occupied Territories , toss to the garbage can Oslo Accord , disarm all Israeli settlers and trespassers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Security Forces .
For an interim period of 5-7 years during which the hope for the new Palestinian leadership to emerge to replace this corrupt , incompetent and illegitimate leadership that hijacked the Palestinian cause for the last 60 years .
The new leadership should work with those Israelis who are willing to give up their Zionist apartheid racists state for the OneState www.1not2.org for All of its people .
It will happen as this is the only solution forward .

Special Introduction. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the PLO, Fatah, and PA, announced the suspension of all contacts with Israel, an empty statement since it was not accompanied by the formal diplomatic protocol as required by international laws. The PLO leadership failed miserably in the armed revolution and failed in the never-ending “ peace process”. If I know how the PLO operate for sure, they did not think of all the consequences that have to do with transport, electricity, the water supply of materials and consumer good. Formally revoking all agreements with Israel also means the disbanding of the Palestinian Authority, the effective management of the Israeli Occupation.
Here is the problem. Not so sure how these international forces will work and whether the US on orders from Israel will veto such a proposal and whether the UN Security Council at the mercy of the US veto will ever be able to carry on such demand, let alone a resolution.
More importantly, how this will fit with the PLO and Mahmoud Abbas 80,000 Palestinian security forces, which eats more than 60% ($1.3 billion annually) of the PA annual budget and which in 25 years failed to provide any safety or security for the Palestinians. The PA/PLO Was unable to prevent one single attack by illegal settlers, failed to stop one Israeli targeted killings, failed to prevent one house demolition, failed to prevent the forced entry of Israel security forces into a village, or even a house. Worst was unable to prevent the burning or uprooting of one single olive tree or prevent a separate attack on a mosque or a church.
How can anyone make sense demanding international protections when the PLO and Fatah security forces failed to provide such protection. Of course, we all need to understand that the Palestinian Security Forces, as agreed to in Oslo was to provide protection for and assist the Israeli Occupation with its mission in the Occupied Territories, providing auxiliary security for the IDF and armed Israeli settlers.
One can understand the need for such a force in Gaza, which may require the disarming of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad, provided these international security forces can prevent Israeli attacks and can defend the people of Gaza from Israeli jets, tanks, and drones and end the siege of Gaza.
And whether such security forces will have the necessary military gears to withstand an Israeli assault. This means the opening of the port and airport and all international access for the people of Gaza. It is best to make access through the ports and airports without having to worry about Egypt closing its borders.
However, all this will make sense only if the UN Security Council with no veto from the US push through for an “international trusteeship’ to take charge of both the security of the Occupied Territories (Gaza and West Bank) and also the administrations of the civil affairs of the Palestinians under Occupation.
This, of course, means the end of the PLO and Fatah as managers of the Israeli Occupation and the loss of very lucrative contracts that made all leaders of these organizations multi-millionaires, and it also means that Hamas must give up both the security and administrations of Gaza.
Already Israeli agents within the US governments and in other countries like France and UK with seats in the UNSC will become very active, making sure that such things never happen. Giving excuses that Israel by killing, murdering hundreds and wounding thousands of unarmed civil demonstrators is defending itself with the similar editorial in both the New York Times and the Washington Post standing up for Israel’s right to kill and murder innocent and unarmed civilians who were, by the way, demonstrating within their own besieged Gaza and never close enough to cause worry for the massive Israeli snipers deployed.
Until such time the PLO and Fatah decide it is time to end this tragedy, conspiracy, and perpetual fraud on the Palestinians and the world for the last 60 years, give up its financial interests in the continued occupation, no hope for such things to take place. For sure, the PLO will stand in the way as the sole and legitimate representative of the Israeli Occupation.
The international trusteeship will guarantee Israeli will evacuate the Occupied Territories, toss to the garbage can Oslo Accord, disarm all Israeli settlers and trespassers, disarm all Palestinians factions including PLO Security Forces. For an interim period of 5-7 years during which the hope for the new Palestinian leadership to emerge to replace this corrupt, incompetent and illegitimate leadership that hijacked the Palestinian cause for the last 60 years.
The new leadership should work with those Israelis who are willing to give up their Zionist apartheid racists state for the OneState www.1not2.org for All of its people. It will happen as this is the only solution forward.
Sami Jamil Jadallah is a US Army Veteran (66-68) is a graduate of Indiana University and holder of a BA, MPA ( School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Jurist Doctor and is an international legal and business professional with more than 40 years in the construction business (KSA), Management Consulting and Business Development (Swiss), Hospitality, Aviation and Conservation (Morocco). Was the first to establish an internationally recognized conservation (Houbara) foundation in Morocco and North Africa. Currently Sami is managing a conservation and wildlife foundation with 100 employees in Morocco. Sami is a recipient of the “Leadership Award” from the US Sixth Army NCO Academy and recognized student leadership while at Indiana University. Sami was a co-founder of the United Palestinian Appeal and served on its board for over 12 years. He lives in Fairfax, VA. Sami is an advocate of the OneState for All of its People as a solution to the Israeli/Zionist conflict with the Palestinians. Sami has 4 bothers who served in the US military 2 Marines and 2 Army.
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veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Blockbuster: Krazed Killer Kop Derek Chauvin Faces Execution in Brutal Murder in Minneapolis

Two officers who “ hands on ” aided in killing yet to be charge while “ lookout ” faces probable @ @ @ @ @ well .
VT : Chauvin has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter , @ @ @ @ @ , Mike Freeman , as seen in the above video .
Chauvin in now in @ @ @ @ @ , commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety , after having been perp-walked by @ @ @ @ @ Apprehension .
President Trump has already asked for a legal opinion as to whether he @ @ @ @ @ Chauvin and is awaiting a response from Attorney General William Barr .
Trump is considering @ @ @ @ @ allow a president to issue pardons for state crimes , which would permanently alter the @ @ @ @ @ said he plans to send National Guard troops under his own command to Minneapolis to @ @ @ @ @ that would require operating outside of constitutional law and , in particular , the Insurrection @ @ @ @ @ by Congress in 2008 .

They just found out that Derek Chauvin was arrested. This is their response:
Black leaders in Minnesota and friends of George Floyd are at a press conference at Minneapolis City Hall.
The police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd's neck was involved in 18 complaints prior to being fired, according to records released by the city. https://t.co/2gTmbizdAD
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1266427013604278272?s=20
Protesters sit together in front of the police line blocking off the street to Chauvins home to protest the death of George Floyd. pic.twitter.com/HClvTnqBG7 — jtoledo (@jtoledo11) May 29, 2020
VT: Chauvin has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter, according to Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman, as seen in the above video.
NEW: The wife of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was once charged with writing a bad check for $42, according to reports https://t.co/7moKIE1hrj — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 29, 2020
George Floyd pleaded for his life, but police officer Derek Chauvin took it away and it is right that he has been arrested for this murder. Justice for George and his loved ones can be served with this first step and the steps that follow to hold those responsible accountable. — Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) May 29, 2020
BREAKING: Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested days after George Floyd’s fatal arrest that sparked protests and outcry across the city and nation. | https://t.co/mC3AhNT2OW pic.twitter.com/22qe8cmibY — WCCO – CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) May 29, 2020
Chauvin in now in jail according to John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, after having been perp-walked by teh Minnesota Department of Criminal Apprehension.
Derek Chauvin, the cop who killed George Floyd with his knee, has been ARRESTED https://t.co/RWJcnpmgjw — TMZ (@TMZ) May 29, 2020
President Trump has already asked for a legal opinion as to whether he can issue a pardon to Chauvin and is awaiting a response from Attorney General William Barr. Trump is considering an executive order which would allow a president to issue pardons for state crimes, which would permanently alter the constitution.
BREAKING: Derek Chauvin, the police officer who was filmed kneeling on #GeorgeFloyd's neck while he pleaded for air, has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/TRJzHcaRGK — AJ+ (@ajplus) May 29, 2020
Trump has also said he plans to send National Guard troops under his own command to Minneapolis to kill civilians, another act that would require operating outside of constitutional law and, in particular, the Insurrection Act of 1807 as reaffirmed by Congress in 2008.


veteranstoday--2020-05-29--State-Level Stay-At-Home Orders Make a Positive Difference

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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--2020-05-29--Boston Marathon Will Be a Virtual Event for 2020

Boston Marathon Canceled , Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus The 124th annual Boston Marathon has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic .
The Boston Athletic Association announced the move in a statement on Thursday , saying that the marathon will instead be held as a virtual event .
All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to Sept. 14 will be offered a full refund of their entry fee and have the opportunity to participate in the alternative .
This is the first time the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race ’ s inception in 1897 , according to ESPN .
According to the statement , participants will be required to complete the full 26.2 miles in six continuous hours or less with proof of timing .
The distance can be run any time between Sept. 7 and Sept. 14 .
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Boston Marathon Canceled, Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus
by Austin Horn/NPR
The 124th annual Boston Marathon has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Boston Athletic Association announced the move in a statement on Thursday, saying that the marathon will instead be held as a virtual event.
All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to Sept. 14 will be offered a full refund of their entry fee and have the opportunity to participate in the alternative.
This is the first time the in-person event has been canceled since the race’s inception in 1897, according to ESPN.
According to the statement, participants will be required to complete the full 26.2 miles in six continuous hours or less with proof of timing. The distance can be run any time between Sept. 7 and Sept. 14.
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veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Israelgate, Trump, and Russia

Israelgate, Trump, and Russia

If you don ’ t think that Israelgate is real , then think again .
The Times of Israel declared last month that “ Roger Stone , a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump who was convicted last year in Robert Mueller ’ s investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign , was in contact with one or more apparently well-connected Israelis at the height of the 2016 US presidential campaign , one of whom warned Stone that Trump was ‘ going to be defeated unless we intervene ” and promised “ we have critical intell [ sic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The exchange between Stone and Israeli officials actually appeared in an FBI document .
Listen to this : “ The FBI material , which is heavily redacted , includes one explicit reference to Israel and one to Jerusalem , and a series of references to a minister , a cabinet minister , a ‘ minister without portfolio in the cabinet dealing with issues concerning defense and foreign affairs , ’ the PM , and the Prime Minister .
In all these references the names and countries of the minister and prime minister are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are seeing here is that politicians and naïve people made a huge mistake going after Russia when in fact they should have gone after the real elephant in the room : Israel , the actual enemy of the United States and much of the world .
We have repeatedly argued that Russia isn ’ t an enemy of the West or even the United States .
The New World Order hates Russia and its leader because Russia has progressively morphed into a thriving and productive country over the last twenty years or so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and after almost eighteen years , what has he produced ?
Listen to this : “ Before Putin ’ s election , Russia had a $ 9,889 GDP per capita by Purchasing Power Parity ( PPP ) .
The figure had almost tripled by 2017 , and has now reached $ 27,900 .
Russia has the highest GDP per capita among its fellow BRICS countries , with the next-highest , China , having just $ 16,624 .
“ The PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standards in different nations .
The average nominal monthly wage has grown almost 11-fold from $ 61 to $ 652 .
Unemployment has contracted from 13 percent to 5.2 percent .
Pensions have grown over 1,000 percent in the same period from $ 20 to $ 221 .
“ Russia is the sixth-largest economy in the world by PPP , with a $ 4-trillion GDP .
PwC has predicted that , by 2050 , the country will become the largest economy in Europe by this measure , leaving behind Germany and the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Russian economy by PPP was worth only $ 620 billion .
So , in the last 18 years , Russian economic output in these terms has increased by 600 percent .
“ Inflation rates have decreased from 36.5 percent to 2.5 percent by the end of 2017 .
The total value of assets of the Russian banking system has risen 24-fold to $ 1.43 trillion .
Capitalization of the Russian Stock Market has grown more than 15-fold to $ 621 billion .
“ When Putin was elected in 2000 , Russia had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accompanied by a public debt , which was almost equal to the country ’ s economic output at 92.1 percent .
Things have changed markedly in 18 years , as Russia ’ s public debt has now shrunk to 17.4 percent of GDP and reserves have increased to $ 356 billion .
“ Low debt and growing reserves helped the country to live through the economic crisis of 2008 and the recession of 2014-2016 , caused by a fall in oil prices and Western sanctions.
” [ 3 ] In short , Vladimir @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and even agricultural landscape of Russia .
Of course , he does have his shortcomings , as all human beings do .
But one has to give credit where credit is due .
Whatever you may want to say about Vladimir Putin and Russia , the Russian president has generally been hated by New World Order agents .
He has also done a fairly decent job in putting Russia back to its moral , economic , and political place .
Obviously NWO agents do not like that enterprise because Russia , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very existence .
UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has indirectly proved this point by advancing a really incoherent or crazy idea about Russia .
He said : “ What they [ Russia ] are looking at doing is they are going to be thinking ‘ How can we just cause so much pain to Britain ?
’ Damage its economy , rip its infrastructure apart , actually cause thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths , but actually have an element of creating total chaos within the country.
” [ 4 ] Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chaos within the country ” ?
How stupid can that be ?
And where is the evidence for this crazy assertion ?
Furthermore , if New World Order agents were really interested about serious democracy , then they would have realized that Putin has a stamp of approval among the vast majority of Russians .
Many of the major Zionist media outlets agree that Putin ’ s approval rating is astronomically high .
[ 5 ] “ Almost nine out of 10 Russians approve of their president , ” reported the Guardian in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s approval rating was again quite high at the end of 2016 .
[ 7 ] But some media outlets prefaced their remarks by saying , “ Putin ’ s Approval Rating Rises to 86 % Despite Slumping Economy.
” [ 8 ] The implication is that Russians are really stupid and don ’ t know whether they are living under a “ new Hitler.
” The Washington Post published an article in 2014 titled : “ Sorry , Putin .
Russia ’ s economy is doomed.
” [ 9 ] In other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the assumption that Russia ’ s economy was doomed to fail and then tried to find some crazy and incoherent statements to support the vacuous assumption .
It is really a perverse way of formulating a serious argument .
In any event , Russia again is not the enemy of the West .
Israel is .
That ’ s why Israeli officials always want to hack US elections .
That ’ s why Trump is one of their finest puppets .
• [ 1 ] “ Redacted FBI document hints at Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Times of Israel , April 29 , 2020 .
• [ 5 ] “ Poll : Putin ’ s Approval Rating Is at All-Time High in Russia , ” NBC News , July 21 , 2014 .
• [ 8 ] Noah Rayman , “ Putin ’ s Approval Rating Rises to 86 % Despite Slumping Economy , ” Time , February 26 , 2015 ; Sergey Aleksashenko , “ Putin threatened by slumping economy , grumbling Russians , ” Newsweek , February 10 , 2016 ; Leonid Bershidsky , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Grip , ” Bloomberg , September 26 , 2016 .

If you don’t think that Israelgate is real, then think again. The Times of Israel declared last month that
“Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump who was convicted last year in Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, was in contact with one or more apparently well-connected Israelis at the height of the 2016 US presidential campaign, one of whom warned Stone that Trump was ‘going to be defeated unless we intervene” and promised “we have critical intell[sic].’”[1]
The exchange between Stone and Israeli officials actually appeared in an FBI document. Listen to this: “The FBI material, which is heavily redacted, includes one explicit reference to Israel and one to Jerusalem, and a series of references to a minister, a cabinet minister, a ‘minister without portfolio in the cabinet dealing with issues concerning defense and foreign affairs,’ the PM, and the Prime Minister. In all these references the names and countries of the minister and prime minister are redacted.”[2]
What we are seeing here is that politicians and naïve people made a huge mistake going after Russia when in fact they should have gone after the real elephant in the room: Israel, the actual enemy of the United States and much of the world.
We have repeatedly argued that Russia isn’t an enemy of the West or even the United States. The New World Order hates Russia and its leader because Russia has progressively morphed into a thriving and productive country over the last twenty years or so.
Vladimir Putin got elected in 2000, and after almost eighteen years, what has he produced? Listen to this:
“Before Putin’s election, Russia had a $9,889 GDP per capita by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). The figure had almost tripled by 2017, and has now reached $27,900. Russia has the highest GDP per capita among its fellow BRICS countries, with the next-highest, China, having just $16,624.
“The PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of countries in order to compare living standards in different nations. The average nominal monthly wage has grown almost 11-fold from $61 to $652. Unemployment has contracted from 13 percent to 5.2 percent. Pensions have grown over 1,000 percent in the same period from $20 to $221.
“Russia is the sixth-largest economy in the world by PPP, with a $4-trillion GDP. PwC has predicted that, by 2050, the country will become the largest economy in Europe by this measure, leaving behind Germany and the United Kingdom.
“Back in 1999, the Russian economy by PPP was worth only $620 billion. So, in the last 18 years, Russian economic output in these terms has increased by 600 percent.
“Inflation rates have decreased from 36.5 percent to 2.5 percent by the end of 2017. The total value of assets of the Russian banking system has risen 24-fold to $1.43 trillion. Capitalization of the Russian Stock Market has grown more than 15-fold to $621 billion.
“When Putin was elected in 2000, Russia had just $12 billion in reserves, accompanied by a public debt, which was almost equal to the country’s economic output at 92.1 percent. Things have changed markedly in 18 years, as Russia’s public debt has now shrunk to 17.4 percent of GDP and reserves have increased to $356 billion.
“Low debt and growing reserves helped the country to live through the economic crisis of 2008 and the recession of 2014-2016, caused by a fall in oil prices and Western sanctions.”[3]
In short, Vladimir Putin has changed the political, economic, and even agricultural landscape of Russia. Of course, he does have his shortcomings, as all human beings do.
But one has to give credit where credit is due. Whatever you may want to say about Vladimir Putin and Russia, the Russian president has generally been hated by New World Order agents. He has also done a fairly decent job in putting Russia back to its moral, economic, and political place.
Obviously NWO agents do not like that enterprise because Russia, in their view, seems to threaten their very existence. UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has indirectly proved this point by advancing a really incoherent or crazy idea about Russia. He said:
“What they [Russia] are looking at doing is they are going to be thinking ‘How can we just cause so much pain to Britain?’ Damage its economy, rip its infrastructure apart, actually cause thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths, but actually have an element of creating total chaos within the country.”[4]
Russia has the power to create “total chaos within the country”? How stupid can that be? And where is the evidence for this crazy assertion?
Furthermore, if New World Order agents were really interested about serious democracy, then they would have realized that Putin has a stamp of approval among the vast majority of Russians. Many of the major Zionist media outlets agree that Putin’s approval rating is astronomically high.[5] “Almost nine out of 10 Russians approve of their president,” reported the Guardian in 2015.[6] Putin’s approval rating was again quite high at the end of 2016.[7]
But some media outlets prefaced their remarks by saying, “Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 86% Despite Slumping Economy.”[8] The implication is that Russians are really stupid and don’t know whether they are living under a “new Hitler.” The Washington Post published an article in 2014 titled: “Sorry, Putin. Russia’s economy is doomed.”[9]
In other words, the Washington Post already started with the assumption that Russia’s economy was doomed to fail and then tried to find some crazy and incoherent statements to support the vacuous assumption. It is really a perverse way of formulating a serious argument.
In any event, Russia again is not the enemy of the West. Israel is. That’s why Israeli officials always want to hack US elections. That’s why Trump is one of their finest puppets.


veteranstoday--2020-05-29--VoteVets: Statement on Trump’s Tweet Encouraging a New Kent State Murder Spree (By Cowardly National

VoteVets: Statement on Trump’s Tweet Encouraging a New Kent State Murder Spree (By Cowardly National Guard)

WASHINGTON , DC — The following is the statement of Jon Soltz , Iraq War Veteran and Chairman of VoteVets @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump , encouraging the National Guard to fire on American protesters in Minneapolis : @ @ @ @ @ dead because of his bungled coronavirus response is not enough , now Donald Trump , @ @ @ @ @ is encouraging more body bags by sending the message to National Guardsmen that they should @ @ @ @ @ thing is that , earlier this year , Republicans in the United States Senate had @ @ @ @ @ for the rule of law and American values by removing a president who stands against @ @ @ @ @ did not remove him .
In fact , they emboldened him .
So now , @ @ @ @ @ to use the ballot box , while we still have one .
We must remove @ @ @ @ @ one of his enablers in the House and the Senate , who have brought us @ @ @ @ @ an American president is encouraging the military to murder their fellow countrymen .
”

The sad thing is that, earlier this year, Republicans in the United States Senate had an opportunity to stand up for the rule of law and American values by removing a president who stands against those things. And they did not remove him. In fact, they emboldened him.
So now, it is up to us to use the ballot box, while we still have one. We must remove Donald Trump and every single one of his enablers in the House and the Senate, who have brought us to this place, where an American president is encouraging the military to murder their fellow countrymen.”
Founded in 2006, the mission of VoteVets.org Political Action Committee is to elect Veterans to public office, and hold public officials accountable for their words and actions that impact America’s 21st century troops and veterans. Though VoteVets.org PAC is non-partisan, candidates it backs must support VoteVets.org‘s core mission and beliefs.


veteranstoday--2020-05-29--Israeli specialist: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective treatment for COVID-19

A top Israeli infectious disease specialist has said that she believes that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective in treating COVID-19 .
The drug has been under investigation worldwide , including in the United States , after US President Donald Trump called it a “ game changer ” in the fight against coronavirus .
Galia Rahav , head of the Infectious Disease Unit and Laboratories at Sheba Medical Center , Tel Hashomer , told The Jerusalem Post that at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic , her team treated some patients with hydroxychloroquine and enrolled others in a clinical trial that involved the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the treatment of autoimmune diseases worldwide , such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis , and has been used for years to treat malaria .
However , Rahav said that “ summarizing the data , we don ’ t think it works [ for COVID-19 ] and we are not using it.
” Rahav was reacting to a question regarding the decision this week by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) to pause recruitment for the hydroxychloroquine arm of its Solidarity Trial while it evaluates the safety data .
The Solidarity Trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find an effective treatment for COVID-19 , which was launched by WHO and its partners .
To date , nearly 3,500 patients have been enrolled from 17 countries in four parallel laboratory and clinical studies : Remdesivir , Lopinavir/Ritonavir , Lopinavir/Ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a and hydroxychloroquine .
Only the hydroxychloroquine study was paused .
Recently , several studies have been published that showed dangerous effects of the drug .
On May 22 , an observational study published in the British journal The Lancet found that among 100,000 patients from multiple countries randomized to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mortality rate and an increased frequency of irregular heartbeats for those who received the drug .
An earlier study by a research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( BIDMC ) in Boston likewise found that the drug was linked with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia in COVID-19 patients .
“ The accumulating evidence is that there is limited data to suggest efficacy and there ’ s growing evidence that suggests toxicity , ” Dr. Howard Gold , infectious disease doctor at BIDMC , said of the drug hydroxychloroquine in an interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BIDMC study evaluated 90 adults infected with the novel virus , each of whom received at least one day ’ s treatment of hydroxychloroquine , which can stay in the body for up to three weeks , according to Gold .
IN AN EVENING briefing on Tuesday , WHO promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine , probably by mid-June .
“ A final decision on the harm , benefit or lack of benefit of hydroxychloroquine will be made once the evidence has been reviewed by the Data Safety Monitoring Board , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It is expected by mid-June.
” Nonetheless , on Wednesday , the French government cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19 .
Rahav told the Post that she does not believe the side-effects of the drug are a significant danger .
“ We have not seen any scary side effects , ” she said , noting that this is true even among those patients who have received high doses of the drug for long periods of time .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrhythmia and rashes , but that these were not consistent or common symptoms .
“ I don ’ t think the side effects are a big deal , but I also think it does not do anything.
” The Swiss drug maker Novartis said that it would not stop its 440-patient US study .
Novartis said the Lancet study , while covering 100,000 people , was only “ observational ” and not capable of demonstrating a causal link between hydroxychloroquine and side effects .
Also , the Italian Medicines Agency ( AIFA ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regulation in Italy , has an approved trial of hydroxychloroquine on 2,500 patients , which will start in early July and focus on the use of hydroxychloroquine in prophylaxis , Italian pharmacology scholar Annalisa Chiusolo told the Post .
The study , for which preliminary data would be ready within 16 weeks , will look at whether the preventive intake of the drug decreases the probability of contracting COVID-19 when one comes directly into contact with a positive patient .
In her research , Chiusolo found that hydroxychloroquine could act as a prophylactic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the disease while waiting for the formulation of the vaccine that specifically stimulates the antibody response of the body .
She said it could make the patient immune to COVID-19 and/or limit its side effects .
Rahav said her team is exploring the benefits of other drugs , including Remdesivir , an antiviral medication developed by the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences .
In addition , they are testing using plasma as a passive vaccine , based on the assumption that those who have recovered from COVID-19 have developed special antivirus proteins or antibodies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help sick patients cope with the disease .
Rahav said she believes anticoagulant treatments could also decrease mortality in severe coronavirus cases .

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Jerusalem Post
Israeli specialist: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective treatment for COVID-19
Learn more about the Sheba Medical Center here
A top Israeli infectious disease specialist has said that she believes that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective in treating COVID-19. The drug has been under investigation worldwide, including in the United States, after US President Donald Trump called it a “game changer” in the fight against coronavirus.
Galia Rahav, head of the Infectious Disease Unit and Laboratories at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, told The Jerusalem Post that at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, her team treated some patients with hydroxychloroquine and enrolled others in a clinical trial that involved the drug.
Hydroxychloroquine is currently in use for the treatment of autoimmune diseases worldwide, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and has been used for years to treat malaria. However, Rahav said that “summarizing the data, we don’t think it works [for COVID-19] and we are not using it.”
Rahav was reacting to a question regarding the decision this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) to pause recruitment for the hydroxychloroquine arm of its Solidarity
Trial while it evaluates the safety data.
The Solidarity Trial is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, which was launched by WHO and its partners. To date, nearly 3,500 patients have been enrolled from 17 countries in four parallel laboratory and clinical studies: Remdesivir, Lopinavir/Ritonavir, Lopinavir/Ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a and hydroxychloroquine.
Only the hydroxychloroquine study was paused.
Recently, several studies have been published that showed dangerous effects of the drug. On May 22, an observational study published in the British journal The Lancet found that among 100,000 patients from multiple countries randomized to receive hydroxychloroquine, there was a higher mortality rate and an increased frequency of irregular heartbeats for those who received the drug.
An earlier study by a research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston likewise found that the drug was linked with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia in COVID-19 patients.
“The accumulating evidence is that there is limited data to suggest efficacy and there’s growing evidence that suggests toxicity,” Dr. Howard Gold, infectious disease doctor at BIDMC, said of the drug hydroxychloroquine in an interview published by the Boston Herald.
The BIDMC study evaluated 90 adults infected with the novel virus, each of whom received at least one day’s treatment of hydroxychloroquine, which can stay in the body for up to three weeks, according to Gold.
IN AN EVENING briefing on Tuesday, WHO promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine, probably by mid-June.
“A final decision on the harm, benefit or lack of benefit of hydroxychloroquine will be made once the evidence has been reviewed by the Data Safety Monitoring Board,” the body said in a statement. “It is expected by mid-June.”
Nonetheless, on Wednesday, the French government cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19.
Rahav told the Post that she does not believe the side-effects of the drug are a significant danger.
“We have not seen any scary side effects,” she said, noting that this is true even among those patients who have received high doses of the drug for long periods of time. She said there have been isolated cases of arrhythmia and rashes, but that these were not consistent or common symptoms. “I don’t think the side effects are a big deal, but I also think it does not do anything.”
The Swiss drug maker Novartis said that it would not stop its 440-patient US study. Novartis said the Lancet study, while covering 100,000 people, was only “observational” and not capable of demonstrating a causal link between hydroxychloroquine and side effects.
Also, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), the national authority responsible for drug regulation in Italy, has an approved trial of hydroxychloroquine on 2,500 patients, which will start in early July and focus on the use of hydroxychloroquine in prophylaxis, Italian pharmacology scholar Annalisa Chiusolo told the Post. The study, for which preliminary data would be ready within 16 weeks, will look at whether the preventive intake of the drug decreases the probability of contracting COVID-19 when one comes directly into contact with a positive patient.
In her research, Chiusolo found that hydroxychloroquine could act as a prophylactic, preventing or limiting the symptoms of the disease while waiting for the formulation of the vaccine that specifically stimulates the antibody response of the body. She said it could make the patient immune to COVID-19 and/or limit its side effects.
Rahav said her team is exploring the benefits of other drugs, including Remdesivir, an antiviral medication developed by the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
In addition, they are testing using plasma as a passive vaccine, based on the assumption that those who have recovered from COVID-19 have developed special antivirus proteins or antibodies in their plasma, which could therefore help sick patients cope with the disease. Rahav said she believes anticoagulant treatments could also decrease mortality in severe coronavirus cases.


veteranstoday--2020-05-29--New Study: Orthodox Church of Ukraine Divided Orthodoxy

In early May , the Swiss Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich published its new report on Constantinople ’ s invasion to the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church and its impact on the religious life in the country and the situation in world Orthodoxy .
According to the study by Nikolay Mitrokhin , a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for East European Studies ( Forschungsstelle Osteuropa ) at the University of Bremen , the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to directly interfere in the Ukrainian church situation caused a serious crisis in Orthodoxy .
The Phanar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ division between the “ Greek ” and Moscow-based coalitions .
“ On the one hand , the churches dominated by the Greek diaspora — Ecumenical Patriarchate , Hellenic , Alexandria and Cyprus — and on the other hand , the churches ideologically and organizationally connected with Moscow — the ROC , Antioch ( Syria ) , Bulgarian , Georgian , Serbian , and Polish Orthodox churches , as well as the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia , ” the author writes .
Moreover , some Local Churches ’ efforts to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meeting of Orthodox Churches in Amman organized by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem ) were strongly opposed by Constantinople .
The same thought is expressed by Alexander Ponomariov in his analysis “ International Implications of Ukrainian Autocephaly ( 2019–2020 ) ” ( p. 10 of the Digest ) .
He claims that the Orthodox commonwealth is facing an “ imminent danger of schism ” while “ Greek ” Churches react to their indisputable neo-post-Byzantine leader , the Ecumenical Patriarchate ” , and against the background of the COVID-19 outbreak .
The Ecumenical Patriarchate ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standoff between it and the Russian Orthodox Church .
Mitrokhin claims that in order to repulse the Phanar ’ s attacks , the ROC revoked the traditional system of “ friendship , hostility , or seeking a balance of interests with national Orthodox Churches ” and turned to a “ hybrid ” network of friendship and business relations .
In 2019 , when Constantinople granted the Tomos of autocephaly ( independence ) to the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( OCU ) , the Moscow Patriarchate break off contact with it but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognized the OCU , the Russian Orthodox Church decided to cut ties only with those clergymen of these Churches who approved of the recognition .
Another step of Moscow was the creation of two new exarchates – West European and South East Asian , which became a “ punch in the nose ” for the Ecumenical Patriarchate .
“ The first included European countries west of Germany , the second to the south and east of mainland China .
Of course , the ROC already had parishes and dioceses in these regions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ROC has not had them outside the former USSR for a long time ) means a new level of symbolic claims .
Previously , in the system of “ world Orthodoxy , ” the Ecumenical Patriarchate was given the role of coordinator of Orthodox life outside the territories controlled by national churches and traditional patriarchates .
[ … ] The ROC exarchates are a clear effort to change this status , ” the study says .
Even more dramatic was the impact of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the Ukrainian Orthodoxy .
The creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflicts during forced transition of parishes supported by former president Poroshenko and right-wing radical parties .
According to the author ’ s data , based on conversations with high-ranking church officials and activists both in Kyiv and in the most affected dioceses , the UOC has hopelessly lost at least 200 communities ( and about 150 priests ) , some 250 communities have split up and it is impossible to serve in their churches ( but the priests have remained in the UOC ) ; another 100 communities serve in the same churches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the OCU .
“ Approximately 200 communities joined the OCU voluntarily or fearful of closure , [ … ] in the vast majority of other cases , however , decisions to “ transfer a community ” to the OCU were not made by the community itself at the parish assembly , but by the territorial ( rural ) community.
” Such transitions were impossible before the amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience , very vague in terms of the norms for deciding on the transition , were introduced by Poroshenko @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the first months of 2019 in hundreds of villages in six of the seven regions of Western Ukraine ( except the Transcarpathian region ) , as well as in Khmelnytsky , Vinnytsky , Zhytomyr regions there were fierce skirmishes between OCU supporters who tried to seize churches and UOC supporters who tried to keep them .
UOC activists , lacking any help from Kyiv , have to set up networks of mutual support to protect themselves .
The way the UOC can defend its parishes from seizures is to legally confront its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuits against various regional administrations for illegal re-registration of parishes .
Courts mostly support the UOC and confirm that parishes ’ transitions were illegal .
Instead of uniting the Ukrainian faithful , the OCU divided them .
Conflicts ( including the ones between the former church organizations which are now part of the OCU ) across the whole country continue .
Up to this moment , approximately 350 communities that the OCU already considers its own haven ’ t completed the process of transition yet .
It ’ s still unknown how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to various estimates , it has from 3,500 to 7,000 parishes ) .
Besides , according to Nikolay Mitrokhin ’ s another study ( “ Atheisten des Kiewer Patriarchats ’ .
Die Kirchenfrage in der Ukraine nach dem Tomos ” ) the OCU attendance is relatively low especially compared to those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church .
The key factor affecting the attendance is that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church succeeded in preserving its unity despite all efforts of the previous authorities .
For the OCU , unity is still unreachable and unfortunately now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religious situation in Ukraine will last for decades .

By Nadia Bazuk for VT Ukraine
In early May, the Swiss Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich published its new report on Constantinople’s invasion to the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church and its impact on the religious life in the country and the situation in world Orthodoxy.
According to the study by Nikolay Mitrokhin, a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa) at the University of Bremen, the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to directly interfere in the Ukrainian church situation caused a serious crisis in Orthodoxy. The Phanar’s actions led to a deeper division between the “Greek” and Moscow-based coalitions. “On the one hand, the churches dominated by the Greek diaspora — Ecumenical Patriarchate, Hellenic, Alexandria and Cyprus — and on the other hand, the churches ideologically and organizationally connected with Moscow — the ROC, Antioch (Syria), Bulgarian, Georgian, Serbian, and Polish Orthodox churches, as well as the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia,” the author writes. Moreover, some Local Churches’ efforts to resolve the conflict (e.g. the meeting of Orthodox Churches in Amman organized by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem) were strongly opposed by Constantinople.
The same thought is expressed by Alexander Ponomariov in his analysis “International Implications of Ukrainian Autocephaly (2019–2020)” (p. 10 of the Digest). He claims that the Orthodox commonwealth is facing an “imminent danger of schism” while “Greek” Churches react to their indisputable neo-post-Byzantine leader, the Ecumenical Patriarchate”, and against the background of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s strategy concerning Ukraine caused an open standoff between it and the Russian Orthodox Church. Mitrokhin claims that in order to repulse the Phanar’s attacks, the ROC revoked the traditional system of “friendship, hostility, or seeking a balance of interests with national Orthodox Churches” and turned to a “hybrid” network of friendship and business relations. In 2019, when Constantinople granted the Tomos of autocephaly (independence) to the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), the Moscow Patriarchate break off contact with it but when the Churches of Greece and Alexandria recognized the OCU, the Russian Orthodox Church decided to cut ties only with those clergymen of these Churches who approved of the recognition.
Another step of Moscow was the creation of two new exarchates – West European and South East Asian, which became a “punch in the nose” for the Ecumenical Patriarchate. “The first included European countries west of Germany, the second to the south and east of mainland China. Of course, the ROC already had parishes and dioceses in these regions, but the creation of exarchates (the ROC has not had them outside the former USSR for a long time) means a new level of symbolic claims. Previously, in the system of “world Orthodoxy,” the Ecumenical Patriarchate was given the role of coordinator of Orthodox life outside the territories controlled by national churches and traditional patriarchates. […] The ROC exarchates are a clear effort to change this status,” the study says.
Even more dramatic was the impact of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the Ukrainian Orthodoxy. The creation of the OCU led to numerous local conflicts during forced transition of parishes supported by former president Poroshenko and right-wing radical parties.
According to the author’s data, based on conversations with high-ranking church officials and activists both in Kyiv and in the most affected dioceses, the UOC has hopelessly lost at least 200 communities (and about 150 priests), some 250 communities have split up and it is impossible to serve in their churches (but the priests have remained in the UOC); another 100 communities serve in the same churches as before, but are formally transferred to the OCU.
“Approximately 200 communities joined the OCU voluntarily or fearful of closure, […] in the vast majority of other cases, however, decisions to “transfer a community” to the OCU were not made by the community itself at the parish assembly, but by the territorial (rural) community.” Such transitions were impossible before the amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience, very vague in terms of the norms for deciding on the transition, were introduced by Poroshenko’s government in January 2019.
In the first months of 2019 in hundreds of villages in six of the seven regions of Western Ukraine (except the Transcarpathian region), as well as in Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsky, Zhytomyr regions there were fierce skirmishes between OCU supporters who tried to seize churches and UOC supporters who tried to keep them. UOC activists, lacking any help from Kyiv, have to set up networks of mutual support to protect themselves.
The way the UOC can defend its parishes from seizures is to legally confront its opponents. Currently, there are 60 lawsuits against various regional administrations for illegal re-registration of parishes. Courts mostly support the UOC and confirm that parishes’ transitions were illegal.
Instead of uniting the Ukrainian faithful, the OCU divided them. Conflicts (including the ones between the former church organizations which are now part of the OCU) across the whole country continue. Up to this moment, approximately 350 communities that the OCU already considers its own haven’t completed the process of transition yet. It’s still unknown how many parishes belong to the OCU (according to various estimates, it has from 3,500 to 7,000 parishes).
Besides, according to Nikolay Mitrokhin’s another study (“Atheisten des Kiewer Patriarchats’. Die Kirchenfrage in der Ukraine nach dem Tomos”) the OCU attendance is relatively low especially compared to those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The key factor affecting the attendance is that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church succeeded in preserving its unity despite all efforts of the previous authorities. For the OCU, unity is still unreachable and unfortunately now it looks like the normalization of the religious situation in Ukraine will last for decades.


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veteranstoday--2020-05-30--SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of 2 Astronauts From US Soil

________ Reuters SpaceX , NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of 2 Astronauts From US Soil Elon Musk ’ s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years .
The mission ’ s first launch try on Wednesday was called off with less than 17 minutes remaining on the countdown clock due to stormy weather around the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral .
The forecast for Saturday was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make an earlier decision on weather hazards in a bid to avoid unnecessarily wearing out the crew with another suit-up and full day of launch preparations .
‘ No Decision ’ on Next Launch Attempt for Historic SpaceX-NASA Mission Barring weather or other unforeseen problems , the 24-story-tall SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift off at 3:22pm EDT ( 12:52am IST on Sunday ) , propelling astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aloft on a 19-hour ride to the International Space Station .
They will be carried there inside the newly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first flight into orbit with humans aboard .
The launch pad is the same one used by NASA ’ s final space shuttle flight , piloted by Hurley , in 2011 .
Since then , NASA astronauts have had to hitch rides into orbit aboard Russia ’ s Soyuz spacecraft .
Bridenstine has said that resuming launches of American astronauts on American-made rockets from US soil is the space agency ’ s top priority .
For Musk , the launch represents another milestone for the reusable rockets his company pioneered to make spaceflight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would mark the first time that commercially developed space vehicles – owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA – have carried Americans into orbit .
The last time NASA launched astronauts into space aboard a brand new vehicle was 40 years ago at the start of the shuttle program .
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center three days ago for the first launch attempt .
Trump said he plans to return for Saturday ’ s retry .
If the mission is scrubbed again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sunday afternoon , with weather forecasts appearing somewhat more favorable for that day .
Musk , the South African-born high-tech entrepreneur who made his fortune in Silicon Valley , is also the CEO of electric carmaker and battery manufacturer Tesla Inc .
He founded Hawthorne , California-based SpaceX , formally known as Space Exploration Technologies , in 2002 .
Hurley , 53 , and Behnken , 49 , NASA employees under contract to fly with SpaceX , are expected to remain at the space station for several weeks , assisting a short-handed crew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boeing , producing its own launch system in competition with SpaceX , is expected to fly its CST-100 Starliner vehicle with astronauts aboard for the first time next year .
NASA has awarded nearly $ 8 billion to SpaceX and Boeing combined for development of their rival rockets .

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SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of 2 Astronauts From US Soil
Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.
The mission’s first launch try on Wednesday was called off with less than 17 minutes remaining on the countdown clock due to stormy weather around the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
The forecast for Saturday was likewise precarious. Mission managers plan to make an earlier decision on weather hazards in a bid to avoid unnecessarily wearing out the crew with another suit-up and full day of launch preparations.
‘No Decision’ on Next Launch Attempt for Historic SpaceX-NASA Mission
“Back-to-back wet dress rehearsals” disrupt the astronauts’ sleep cycles, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told a Friday news conference.
Barring weather or other unforeseen problems, the 24-story-tall SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift off at 3:22pm EDT (12:52am IST on Sunday), propelling astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aloft on a 19-hour ride to the International Space Station.
They will be carried there inside the newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, making its first flight into orbit with humans aboard.
The launch pad is the same one used by NASA’s final space shuttle flight, piloted by Hurley, in 2011. Since then, NASA astronauts have had to hitch rides into orbit aboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.
Bridenstine has said that resuming launches of American astronauts on American-made rockets from US soil is the space agency’s top priority.
For Musk, the launch represents another milestone for the reusable rockets his company pioneered to make spaceflight less costly and frequent. And it would mark the first time that commercially developed space vehicles – owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA – have carried Americans into orbit.
NASA Hasn’t Found a Parallel Universe Where Time Runs Backwards
The last time NASA launched astronauts into space aboard a brand new vehicle was 40 years ago at the start of the shuttle program.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center three days ago for the first launch attempt. Trump said he plans to return for Saturday’s retry.
If the mission is scrubbed again, the next launch window would be Sunday afternoon, with weather forecasts appearing somewhat more favorable for that day.
Boeing Hit With 61 Safety Fixes for Starliner Astronaut Capsule
Musk, the South African-born high-tech entrepreneur who made his fortune in Silicon Valley, is also the CEO of electric carmaker and battery manufacturer Tesla Inc. He founded Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies, in 2002.
Hurley, 53, and Behnken, 49, NASA employees under contract to fly with SpaceX, are expected to remain at the space station for several weeks, assisting a short-handed crew aboard the orbital laboratory.
Aerospace giant Boeing, producing its own launch system in competition with SpaceX, is expected to fly its CST-100 Starliner vehicle with astronauts aboard for the first time next year. NASA has awarded nearly $8 billion to SpaceX and Boeing combined for development of their rival rockets.