veteranstoday--2020-06-16--Jack Heart: Manufacturing Dissent with Video

Frankly , I do not believe George Floyd is even dead .
The photo of the cop kneeling on his neck has obviously been staged .
The cop ’ s sunglasses are up over his head like a Hollywood starlet posing for a photo-opp , his hand is in his pocket and his badge is strategically crooked as if to say “ I ’ m a crooked cop.
” One look at that picture and I don ’ t even need to know the cop and Floyd knew each other well , that Floyd was a porn star and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in drag… Last night we had another shooting in the practically all Black mega city of Atlanta .
In the middle of the worst race riots America has seen in decades , and certainly the most widespread ever , two cops decided it would be a good idea to roust a frail looking Black guy sleeping one off in the parking lot of Wendy ’ s .
Of course they decided to arrest him for drunk driving even though he was sleeping in the car when they got there .
He resisted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man got the better of two burly cops , managing to rest the cops taser from him .
As he ran away firing the taser wildly in the air the White cop ran after him firing three times point blank center mass in the back , killing him .
There just happened to have been a mysterious “ masked White girl ” in the vicinity carrying what looks by the aftermath to have been a thermite bomb .
There is nothing left of Wendy ’ s but a few burnt bricks… There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is .
There is also a reason why the top brass of the military has recently distanced itself from Trump .
This is a military intelligence operation , the end game is to declare Marshall Law , unseat Trump and arrest the Senate and the Congress .
Personally , I wish them luck and gods speed… George Floyd was allegedly murdered while I was in Mississippi .
Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) , and the rest of television lands pseudo revolutionary groups were just getting started when I left for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Crossville serves a good part of Tennessee ’ s veteran community and seems to have been targeted early on for just those reasons in the medias ongoing efforts to make the Floyd “ killing ” into their next COVID pandemic .
Crossville is either a very small city or a very large town centered around its numerous Veterans memorials and a municipal building that services those veterans .
Minneapolis and New York were already aflame by the time BLM , replete with military intelligence styled agitators as assessed by their own , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier than me , focusing their demonstration of course on the building .
There are almost no Blacks living in Crossville which serves as a marketplace for the some forty miles of rural farms that surround it .
The farmers with the blessing of their sheriff , fearing the building would be burned , organized to meet the BLM invasion .
A thousand armed men kept order and not even the most insignificant monument was damaged .
After some incoherent shouting , the largely female demonstrators , with their twenty something male organizers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been seen having an animated phone conversation during the demonstration , left town the next day .
They were gone by the time I got there .
Vandalism , even at the twenty-five dollar an hour rate some say the agitators are being paid , is just not worth it when you are in the sights of a rooftop sniper .
A couple of days later , on Sunday June 7 BLM brought its travelling circus of disaffected housewives , fat hateful lesbians , street thugs and would be ( if they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smithtown New York .
Smithtown is a Middle Class community whose surrounding enclaves like Nissequogue and Fort Salonga are quite well to do .
Residents had been speculating that the working class neighboring town of Kings Park between Fort Salonga and Smithtown had been on Al Sharpton ’ s radar since the 2000 New York City shooting of Amadou Diallo by a police officer who lived there .
Like Crossville the racial demographics of Smithtown and its surrounding areas are almost entirely White .
An eclectic assortment of off duty cops , business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early Sunday to meet BLM in Smithtown , along with about thirty to forty members of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang .
My cousin , who lives in Fort Salonga was there along with his friend and sidekick a ranking Nassau County cop .
They estimated the original greeting committee to be about three to four hundred , in two distinct and uncoordinated groups .
Like many others they left by four because only about a hundred disaffected housewives and fat hateful lesbians had showed up and there was minimal danger to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or as directed by some unseen and highly efficient coordinator , an estimated thousand thugs arrived in a caravan of cars at five and it immediately got ugly .
Chants of “ White privilege ” were answered with chants of “ nigger ” which in turn were answered with chants of “ suck my dick.
” Sporadic skirmishes broke out as police struggled to hold the thin blue line between White and Black .
One of the BLM protesters/thugs was beaten with Nun chucks , a martial arts weapon and the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ White Supremacist.
” Elements professing to represent BLM swore vengeance on twitter threatening to burn Smithtown to the ground when they returned ten thousand strong on Tuesday .
When they did comeback at 6 PM Tuesday police sealed Smithtown off to prevent opposition protests and BLM had to content itself with marching up and down rural residential streets in the dark chanting “ White privilege.
” Which they did with gusto until a massive police response , involving both Nassau and Suffolk Counties drove them out at eleven .
Most insidiously , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few miles away Robert Roden , 33 , showed up in the emergency room of Stoney Brook University Hospital wearing a tactical vest from the hospital ’ s emergency department .
The ammo clips protruding from his pockets gave him away and the police were called .
When he was searched the cops found a BB gun and three explosive devices .
Later it was found the bombs were not built properly and could not have detonated .
I ’ ve been back in the Smithtown area for a few days now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many ways , the Roden display would not be the last word on this .
Three days later and about ten miles to the southwest of Smithtown , in the sprawling Black ghetto of Wyandanch , seven Blacks were shot and one stabbed at a house party…

Of course they decided to arrest him for drunk driving even though he was sleeping in the car when they got there. He resisted, and this small and slightly built Black man got the better of two burly cops, managing to rest the cop’s taser from him. As he ran away firing the taser wildly in the air, the White cop ran after him firing three times point blank center mass in the back, killing him.
There just happened to have been a mysterious “masked White girl” in the vicinity carrying what looks by the aftermath to have been a thermite bomb. There is nothing left of Wendy’s but a few burnt bricks…
There is a reason why this all looks scripted, it is. There is also a reason why the top brass of the military has recently distanced itself from Trump. This is a military intelligence operation, the end game is to declare Martial Law, unseat Trump and arrest the Senate and the Congress. Personally, I wish them luck and godspeed…
George Floyd was allegedly murdered while I was in Mississippi. Black Lives Matter (BLM), and the rest of televisionland’s pseudo revolutionary groups were just getting started when I left for Crossville Tennessee, over five hundred miles north. Crossville serves a good part of Tennessee’s veteran community and seems to have been targeted early on for just those reasons in the media’s ongoing efforts to make the Floyd “killing” into their next COVID pandemic. Crossville is either a small city or a very large town centered around its numerous Veterans memorials and a municipal building that services those veterans.
Minneapolis and New York were already aflame by the time BLM, replete with military intelligence styled agitators as assessed by their own, had showed up a couple of days earlier than me, focusing their demonstration of course on the building. There are almost no Blacks living in Crossville, which serves as a marketplace for the some forty miles of rural farms that surround it. The farmers, with the blessing of their sheriff, fearing the building would be burned, organized to meet the BLM invasion.
A thousand armed men kept order and not even the most insignificant monument was damaged.
After some incoherent shouting, the largely female demonstrators, with their twenty something male organizers, one Black, one White who had been seen having an animated phone conversation during the demonstration, left town the next day. They were gone by the time I got there. Vandalism, even at the twenty-five dollar an hour rate some say the agitators are being paid, is just not worth it when you are in the sights of a rooftop sniper.
A couple of days later, on Sunday June 7 BLM brought its travelling circus of disaffected housewives, fat hateful lesbians, street thugs and would be (if they were not illiterate) Martin Luther Kings to Smithtown, New York. Smithtown is a Middle Class community whose surrounding enclaves like Nissequogue and Fort Salonga are quite well to do.
Residents had been speculating that the working class neighboring town of Kings Park between Fort Salonga and Smithtown had been on Al Sharpton’s radar since the 2000 New York City shooting of Amadou Diallo by a police officer who lived there. Like Crossville the racial demographics of Smithtown and its surrounding areas are almost entirely White.
An eclectic assortment of off duty cops, business owners and their sons all showed up early Sunday to meet BLM in Smithtown, along with about thirty to forty members of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang. My cousin, who lives in Fort Salonga was there along with his friend and sidekick, a ranking Nassau County cop.
They estimated the original greeting committee to be about three to four hundred, in two distinct and uncoordinated groups. Like many others they left by four because only about a hundred disaffected housewives and fat hateful lesbians had showed up and there was minimal danger to the local businesses.
As if on cue, or as directed by some unseen and highly efficient coordinator, an estimated thousand thugs arrived in a caravan of cars at five and it immediately got ugly. Chants of “White privilege” were answered with chants of “nigger” which in turn were answered with chants of “suck my dick.”
Sporadic skirmishes broke out as police struggled to hold the thin blue line between White and Black. One of the BLM protesters/thugs was beaten with Nun chucks, a martial arts weapon and the media immediately broke into their own chant of “White Supremacist.”
Elements professing to represent BLM swore vengeance on twitter threatening to burn Smithtown to the ground when they returned ten thousand strong on Tuesday. When they did comeback at 6 PM Tuesday, police sealed Smithtown off to prevent opposition protests and BLM had to content itself with marching up and down rural residential streets in the dark chanting “White privilege,” which they did with gusto until a massive police response, involving both Nassau and Suffolk Counties drove them out at eleven.
Most insidiously, as BLM howled in the streets, a few miles away Robert Roden, 33, showed up in the emergency room of Stoney Brook University Hospital wearing a tactical vest from the hospital’s emergency department. The ammo clips protruding from his pockets gave him away and the police were called. When he was searched, the cops found a BB gun and three explosive devices. Later it was found the bombs were not built properly and could not have detonated.
I’ve been back in the Smithtown area for a few days now but Ironically enough, in oh so many ways, the Roden display would not be the last word on this. Three days later and about ten miles to the southwest of Smithtown, in the sprawling Black ghetto of Wyandanch, seven Blacks were shot and one stabbed at a house party…


veteranstoday--2020-06-15--Yes, Why Did People Hoard Toilet Paper?

Yes, Why Did People Hoard Toilet Paper?

Study : People who hoard toilet paper are just looking for a symbol of safety Back in March , we reported on the strange phenomenon of people scrambling to stockpile toilet paper as the coronavirus pandemic led to widespread adoption of shelter-in-place and social-distancing policies .
Now German scientists have pinpointed a couple of key personality traits that appear to be linked to this kind of hoarding behavior , per a new paper in the journal PLOS ONE .
Consumer behavior researcher Kit Yarrow told Ars in March that toilet paper hoarding is at least partly an attempt to gain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feels uncertain and dangerous .
“ When we feel anxious , which I think all of us do right now—it would be sort of abnormal to not feel a little anxious—the antidote to anxiety is always control , ” she said .
“ And since we can ’ t really control the track of this disease , we turn to what we can control , and that ’ s why people are shopping .
It ’ s like , ‘ Well , I feel like I ’ m doing something , I feel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel like I ’ m taking control of the thing I can control , which is stocking up . '
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Study: People who hoard toilet paper are just looking for a symbol of safety
by Jennifer Ouellette/arsTechnica
Back in March, we reported on the strange phenomenon of people scrambling to stockpile toilet paper as the coronavirus pandemic led to widespread adoption of shelter-in-place and social-distancing policies. Now German scientists have pinpointed a couple of key personality traits that appear to be linked to this kind of hoarding behavior, per a new paper in the journal PLOS ONE.
Consumer behavior researcher Kit Yarrow told Ars in March that toilet paper hoarding is at least partly an attempt to gain a sense of control when the world feels uncertain and dangerous. “When we feel anxious, which I think all of us do right now—it would be sort of abnormal to not feel a little anxious—the antidote to anxiety is always control,” she said. “And since we can’t really control the track of this disease, we turn to what we can control, and that’s why people are shopping. It’s like, ‘Well, I feel like I’m doing something, I feel like I’m preparing. I feel like I’m taking control of the thing I can control, which is stocking up.'”
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veteranstoday--2020-06-15--Harbaugh Says NFL COVID-19 Health Protocols: ‘Humanly Impossible’ to Follow

BALTIMORE ( WJZ ) — NFL teams are getting closer to a full reopening of their facilities and in preparation , the league has sent out guidelines and protocols to attempt to ensure the health and safety of players and coaches while the coronavirus pandemic continues to loom .
While coaches understand that the protocols are necessary , Ravens head coach John Harbaugh says that some of them are “ humanly impossible ” to follow .
Speaking in a radio interview on Thursday , Harbaugh said that though he considers the protocols to be difficult to follow , the team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
“ I ’ ve seen all the memos on that , and to be quite honest with you , it ’ s impossible what they ’ re asking us to do .
Humanly impossible , ” Harbaugh said in an interview with 105.7 The Fan .
“ So , we ’ re going to do everything we can do .
We ’ re going to space , we ’ re going to have masks .
But , you know , it ’ s a communication sport .
We have to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person .
We have to practice.
” Part of the protocols requires physical distancing to be followed in the cafeteria , locker rooms , weight rooms and meeting rooms .
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Health Editor’s Note: Harbaugh has very valid points….Carol
Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh Says NFL Health Protocols ‘Humanly Impossible’ To Follow
CBS Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — NFL teams are getting closer to a full reopening of their facilities and in preparation, the league has sent out guidelines and protocols to attempt to ensure the health and safety of players and coaches while the coronavirus pandemic continues to loom. While coaches understand that the protocols are necessary, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh says that some of them are “humanly impossible” to follow.
Speaking in a radio interview on Thursday, Harbaugh said that though he considers the protocols to be difficult to follow, the team will do its best to comply with them.
“I’ve seen all the memos on that, and to be quite honest with you, it’s impossible what they’re asking us to do. Humanly impossible,” Harbaugh said in an interview with 105.7 The Fan. “So, we’re going to do everything we can do. We’re going to space, we’re going to have masks. But, you know, it’s a communication sport. We have to be able to communicate with each other in person. We have to practice.”
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veteranstoday--2020-06-15--COVID-19 Treatment Cost Seattle Man $1.1 Million

After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah , Wash. , Michael Flor , 70 , says that he knew his stay would be pricey .
He ’ d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit , including weeks in an induced coma , and come so close to death that his family had called to say goodbye .
But he says it was still “ heart-stopping ” to read the hospital ’ s bill — for $ 1.1 million .
“ I had to look at it a number of times… to see if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flor , a Seattle resident , tells TIME .
The 181-page bill included almost 3,000 itemized charges , the Seattle Times reported .
His room in the intensive care unit alone had cost about $ 9,700 a day , Flor says .
Flor says the total cost of his treatment will likely be higher , because the bill does not include multiple items , including fees for his skilled nursing facility , dialysis and the doctors who treated him .
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A Seattle Man Received a $1.1 Million Bill for His COVID-19 Treatment
Time
BY MADELEINE CARLISLE AND TARA LAW
After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, Wash., Michael Flor, 70, says that he knew his stay would be pricey. He’d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit, including weeks in an induced coma, and come so close to death that his family had called to say goodbye. But he says it was still “heart-stopping” to read the hospital’s bill — for $1.1 million.
“I had to look at it a number of times… to see if I was seeing it right,” Flor, a Seattle resident, tells TIME.
The 181-page bill included almost 3,000 itemized charges, the Seattle Times reported. His room in the intensive care unit alone had cost about $9,700 a day, Flor says.
Flor says the total cost of his treatment will likely be higher, because the bill does not include multiple items, including fees for his skilled nursing facility, dialysis and the doctors who treated him.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-15--Racist Virginia Sheriff ‘Apologizes’ to Black Pastor Wrongfully Arrested During MAGA Hate Crime (wit

Racist Virginia Sheriff ‘Apologizes’ to Black Pastor Wrongfully Arrested During MAGA Hate Crime (with Twitter storm fun!)

More cops for jail but this time they didn ’ t murder anyone…this time but they were , as predictable , Israeli trained : Below , the best of the best of Trump ’ s ‘ base ’ … WOODSTOCK , Va.AP .
— A sheriff has apologized to a black pastor who described being arrested when he called 911 on a group of white people who threatened to kill him after trying to dump a refrigerator on his property in Virginia .
Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy Carter made the apology to Leon K. McCray Sr. of Woodstock Friday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the five people involved and saying a weapons charge against the pastor would be dropped .
He said he was visiting an apartment he owns in Edinburg on June 1 when he noticed a man and a woman dragging a refrigerator from another property into his dumpster , and they became irate when he asked them to leave .
McCray said they threatened him and returned with three more people , attacking him physically , saying “ they don ’ t give a darn ” about “ my black life and the Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him they would “ kill ” him .
McCray said they backed up when he drew his legal concealed weapon to “ save ” his life , giving him enough time to call 911 .
Arriving deputies then took his gun while talking with the five , who continued threatening him and yelling racist epithets at him .
McCray said the deputies rushed to judgment , “ disarming a black male brandishing a gun against five white individuals ” despite his “ second Amendment right to defend myself against five attackers that tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ would not be tolerated if I was white , ” he added .

The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office staff and Sheriff Timothy Carter are proud to announce the graduation of Sgt Whitney Mauck and Sgt Chris James from the National Criminal Justice Command College. pic.twitter.com/kjP9f2ndz6
Looks as though they are meth heads as well. Two supervisors of Sheriff Timothy Carter’s staff are on unpaid admin leave. The officers who arrested Pastor Leon McCray, probably knew the troublemakers/criminals yet still believed drug addled white people rather the pastor.
https://twitter.com/RepGoodlatte/status/775354469026557952?s=20
Below, the best of the best of Trump’s ‘base’…
Donnie Salyers, Dennis Salyers, Farrah Salyers, Christopher Sharp and Amanda Salyers
WOODSTOCK, Va.AP. — A sheriff has apologized to a black pastor who described being arrested when he called 911 on a group of white people who threatened to kill him after trying to dump a refrigerator on his property in Virginia.
Good that Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy Carter apologized, but really f*cked up that he arrested the pastor who he knew for 20 years. — President Biden’s Aviators (@DLBaldwin7) June 14, 2020
Sheriff Timothy Carter announces he will seek re-election for Shenandoah County seat http://t.co/I4pPXaeHfP #WHSV pic.twitter.com/zjsAjV5UxR — WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) January 5, 2015
A black pastor in Virginia called 911 after being attacked by a white family. They arrested him instead. He said he "was handcuffed in front of my assaulters," and "they waved at me as I go down the road… . Do you know how disturbing that is?" https://t.co/Fs6TQrizQt — chris evans (@notcapnamerica) June 14, 2020
Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy Carter made the apology to Leon K. McCray Sr. of Woodstock Friday, announcing hate crime and assault charges against the five people involved and saying a weapons charge against the pastor would be dropped.
Five arrested in for hate crime charges https://t.co/67yEI7DR2I Five people were arrested Thursday night on charges of assault by mob and assault-hate crime, Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy Carter said on Friday. Four of the five were also charged with felony abduction. — Seaġhán Labhrás Ó Fidhne (@OFidhne) June 15, 2020
McCray described the events leading to his arrest in a sermon to parishioners at Lighthouse Church & Marketplace Ministries International.
He said he was visiting an apartment he owns in Edinburg on June 1 when he noticed a man and a woman dragging a refrigerator from another property into his dumpster, and they became irate when he asked them to leave.
McCray said they threatened him and returned with three more people, attacking him physically, saying “they don’t give a darn” about “my black life and the Black Lives Matter stuff,” and telling him they would “kill” him.
McCray said they backed up when he drew his legal concealed weapon to “save” his life, giving him enough time to call 911. Arriving deputies then took his gun while talking with the five, who continued threatening him and yelling racist epithets at him.
McCray said the deputies rushed to judgment, “disarming a black male brandishing a gun against five white individuals” despite his “second Amendment right to defend myself against five attackers that tried to take my life.” The arrest “would not be tolerated if I was white,” he added.
https://www.air1.com/news/u-s-world/sheriff-apologizes-to-black-pastor-after-arrest-13550


veteranstoday--2020-06-15--New Ebola Outbreak in Congo

New Ebola Outbreak in Congo

Up to 17 infected , 11 dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo Reporting by Hereward Holland ; Editing by Juliette Jabkhiro and Timothy Heritage/Reuters KINSHASA ( Reuters ) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded up to 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur , and 11 of those infected have died , medical authorities said on Monday .
The authorities had reported 12 infections last week in the central African country , whose dilapidated health system is also combating a measles epidemic that has killed over 6,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 4,800 and killed 112 .
The National Institute of Biomedical Research said in its daily report that there had now been 14 confirmed Ebola cases and three probable cases since a cluster of infections were confirmed in the city of Mbandaka on June 1 .
The Ebola cases have been confirmed in seven health zones across Equateur , including two cases in Bolomba , 300 km ( 186 miles ) northeast of Mbandaka , the World Health Organization said in an update .
The WHO said more than 2,500 people have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ control an Ebola outbreak 1,000 km away in the east of the country which has killed more than 2,200 since 2018 .
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Up to 17 infected, 11 dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo
Reporting by Hereward Holland; Editing by Juliette Jabkhiro and Timothy Heritage/Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded up to 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur, and 11 of those infected have died, medical authorities said on Monday.
The authorities had reported 12 infections last week in the central African country, whose dilapidated health system is also combating a measles epidemic that has killed over 6,000 people and COVID-19, which has infected over 4,800 and killed 112.
The National Institute of Biomedical Research said in its daily report that there had now been 14 confirmed Ebola cases and three probable cases since a cluster of infections were confirmed in the city of Mbandaka on June 1.
The Ebola cases have been confirmed in seven health zones across Equateur, including two cases in Bolomba, 300 km (186 miles) northeast of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization said in an update.
The WHO said more than 2,500 people have been vaccinated across the province. Vaccination helped control an Ebola outbreak 1,000 km away in the east of the country which has killed more than 2,200 since 2018.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-16--New China Covid outbreak triggers instant lockdown in Beijing

China locks down TEN more Beijing neighborhoods over new Covid-19 outbreak at wholesale market [ Editor ’ s Note : China will now “ show its stuff ” to the rest of the world and set the benchmark on how to deal with new outbreaks of Covid with quick lockdowns to prevent the clusters from growing .
By just the second day it had tested over 40,000 citizens , that included all f the market employees .
Expect to see contact tracing to be just as quick was will be the testing of those people .
Could a US major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially if it had Black Lives Matter protests going on .
If an outbreak occurs at the Republican convention it will get spread on the planes home to other passengers and on to all of their families and coworkers over the next week where there will be a 1000 hot spots and the US will be off to the races once again chasing its behind .
Would Trump then claim it was a new China virus attack on the US ?
You-bet-cha !
That ’ s how he rolls .
China once again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The rest of the country has zero infections so it can now focus all needed resources to nip this in the bud .
And you can bet that markets all over China now are going to be doing rolling spot testing to make sure they catch any new Covid surge quickly , to lockdown the neigborhoods and contain it with minimal economic damage .
Maybe we will see China running online real time briefings of how they are exactly containing this new outbreak so others countries have no excuse to claim they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The US was in the position after the incoming Trump team viewing the Obama ’ s teams attempts to get them up to speed on disaster response as wasting their important time , with the trade secretary falling asleep during the meetings… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ 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 response to the new coronavirus outbreak connected to Xinfadi wholesale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ introduced strict quarantine measures in 10 neighborhoods in Haidian District .
For the second day in a row , after months of almost no new Covid-19 cases , China has reported dozens of new locally-transmitted infections – including 36 in Beijing , where a new cluster was discovered several days ago .
The new outbreak in the capital was linked to a large food market , Xinfadi , which was promptly shut down on Saturday , along with several other markets in the area , as well as schools and kindergartens .
Mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with more than 41,510 people tested as of Monday morning , including all workers and traders at the market – around 10,000 people .
The virus , however , managed to spread to another market , Yuquangodn , in Beijing ’ s Haidian District , where several employees tested positive for Covid-19 , and all had ties to Xinfadi .
As result , 10 neighborhoods were closed off in the area on Monday .
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan warned of “ high risk ” of the coronavirus spreading further in Beijing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigation to determine the source of the new hotspot .
In the meantime , several senior officials in the capital ’ s Fengtai District , where Xinfadi is located , were fired for failing to properly carry out disease prevention measures .
Ten communities around Yuquandong market in Beijing ’ s Haidian District were shut down after some market staffers tested positive for # coronavirus , with all of them having links to Xinfadi wholesale market that is at the center of new cases , local official told a briefing Monday .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ December in the city of Wuhan , in China ’ s central Hubei Province , where the outbreak was quickly linked to a local wet market .
Through strict lockdowns and mandatory quarantines , mass testing , and rigorous contact-tracing , China eventually managed to largely bring the disease under control , with the number of newly-recorded locally-transmitted infections decreasing to almost zero – until last week .

China locks down TEN more Beijing neighborhoods over new Covid-19 outbreak at wholesale market
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: China will now “show its stuff” to the rest of the world and set the benchmark on how to deal with new outbreaks of Covid by ordering quick lockdowns to prevent the clusters from growing.
By just the second day, it had tested over 40,000 citizens, and that included all of the market employees. Expect to see contact tracing to be just as quick, as will the testing of the contacts. Could a major US city move this fast? Hardly, especially if it had Black Lives Matter protests going on.
If an outbreak occurs at the Republican convention, it will get spread on the planes home to other passengers and on to all their families and coworkers over the next week, creating a thousand hot spots, and the US will be off to the races chasing its behind once again.
Would Trump claim it was a new China virus attack on the US? You betcha! That’s how he rolls. China once again is starting from the best possible point. The rest of the country has zero infections, so it can now focus all needed resources to nip this in the bud.
You can bet that markets all over China are going to be doing rolling spot testing to make sure they catch any new Covid surge quickly, to lockdown the neigborhoods and contain it with minimal economic damage.
Maybe we will see China running online real time briefings on how exactly they are containing this new outbreak so other countries have no excuse to claim they did not know to do it.
The US used to be in a better position, before the incoming Trump team dismantled the health disaster response unit, as they viewed the Obama administration’s attempts to get them up to speed on disaster response as wasting their important time, with the Trade Secretary falling asleep during the meetings… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … June 15, 2020 –
In response to the new coronavirus outbreak connected to Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, the city has introduced strict quarantine measures in 10 neighborhoods in Haidian District.


veteranstoday--2020-06-16--Did threats of Saudis cutting off UN funding get them off blacklist?

Removing Saudi-led coalition off childkillers list shows ‘ powerful actors can get away with murder ’ [ Editor ’ s Note : Yes , the UN got the Saudis to cut back on their bombing , but got nothing to help the maimed children they created with their ‘ bomb first and ask questions later ’ bombing methods .
Yemen has a huge rehabilitation bill for seriously injured children who will be invalids possibly all their lives .
I have not had medical training , but I know that starving young kids stunts their brains forever .
Maybe that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have all this walking or crawling around examples of Saudi power .
“ Mess with us and we will kill your kids , and get off the bad guy list simply by reducing the body count.
” Land strapped UAE has been in the Yemen mess up to its eyeballs , a colonizer in its own right .
Yemen might prefer to have the 1800s version without all the modern weapons .
That said , the Crown Prince has been staying out of the press for some time now .
I Googled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see published even quoting him after March .
Something is going on there , and more ominous , no media seem to be asking… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ 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 > > The United Nations has removed the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist for killing and injuring children in Yemen , a move that has drawn widespread drawn condemnation and criticism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday removed the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from a United Nations blacklist , several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen .
Guterres said the coalition would “ be delisted for the violation of killing and maiming , following a sustained significant decrease in killing and maiming due to air strikes ” and the implementation of measures aimed at protecting children , adding that the coalition would be subjected to one year of monitoring and “ any failure ” to further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being listed again next year .
“ The Secretary-General is adding a new level of shame to his ‘ list of shame ’ by removing the Saudi-led coalition and ignoring the UN ’ s own evidence of continued grave violations against children , ” said Jo Becker , children ’ s rights advocacy director for Human Rights Watch , said in a statement .
Adrianne Lapar , director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict , an international advocacy group , said that by removing the Saudi-led coalition , which also includes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sends the message that powerful actors can get away with killing children .
“ She called for an independent and transparent assessment of the process of delisting the coalition , “ to ensure that all violators are held to the same standard , no matter who they or their friends are.
” Gamba replied in response to a question on whether Saudi Arabia offered the UN any incentives to get off the list , “ absolutely not.
” Supported militarily by the United States , Britain , and other Western countries , Saudi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allies launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in order to bring former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement .
The invaders have also enforced an all-out aerial , naval , and land blockade on the impoverished country .
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project ( ACLED ) , a nonprofit conflict-research organization , estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past five years .
More than half of Yemen ’ s hospitals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a time when Yemenis are in desperate need of medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic .

Removing Saudi-led coalition off childkillers list shows ‘powerful actors can get away with murder’
…from Press TV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: Yes, the UN got the Saudis to cut back on their bombing, but got nothing to help the maimed children they created with their ‘bomb first and ask questions later’ bombing methods.
Yemen has a huge rehabilitation bill for seriously injured children who will be invalids possibly all their lives. I have not had medical training, but I know that starving young kids stunts their brains forever.
Maybe that’s what the Saudis really wanted, to have all this walking or crawling around examples of Saudi power. “Mess with us and we will kill your kids, and get off the bad guy list simply by reducing the body count.”
Land strapped UAE has been in the Yemen mess up to its eyeballs, a colonizer in its own right. Yemen might prefer to have the 1800s version without all the modern weapons.
That said, the Crown Prince has been staying out of the press for some time now. I Googled him, and there is nothing I see published even quoting him after March. Something is going on there, and more ominous, no media seem to be asking… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … June 15, 2020 –
The United Nations has removed the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist for killing and injuring children in Yemen, a move that has drawn widespread drawn condemnation and criticism from several human rights organizations.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday removed the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from a United Nations blacklist, several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen.
Guterres said the coalition would “be delisted for the violation of killing and maiming, following a sustained significant decrease in killing and maiming due to air strikes” and the implementation of measures aimed at protecting children, adding that the coalition would be subjected to one year of monitoring and “any failure” to further decrease child casualties would result in it being listed again next year.
“The Secretary-General is adding a new level of shame to his ‘list of shame’ by removing the Saudi-led coalition and ignoring the UN’s own evidence of continued grave violations against children,” said Jo Becker, children’s rights advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
Adrianne Lapar, director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, an international advocacy group, said that by removing the Saudi-led coalition, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, “the Secretary-General sends the message that powerful actors can get away with killing children. “She called for an independent and transparent assessment of the process of delisting the coalition, “to ensure that all violators are held to the same standard, no matter who they or their friends are.”
Gamba replied in response to a question on whether Saudi Arabia offered the UN any incentives to get off the list, “absolutely not.”
Supported militarily by the United States, Britain, and other Western countries, Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in order to bring former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The invaders have also enforced an all-out aerial, naval, and land blockade on the impoverished country.
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past five years.
More than half of Yemen’s hospitals and clinics have been destroyed or closed at a time when Yemenis are in desperate need of medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--US bankers stole $7 trillion during COVID-19 lockdown, destroyed small businesses

Donald Trump has a way of saying a lot of crazy and incoherent things .
And he ’ s such a ‘ genius ’ at it that people ( like comedian Sarah Cooper ) can parody him pretty much by just playing a tape of what he says .
And recently , the most recent example of this is his quite amazing statement that the concept of chokeholds sounds ‘ so innocent , so perfect.
’ That is a very strange statement .
It sounds like something that an insane murderer would say after he ’ s been arrested for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They finally got the serial killer and he was a complete madman .
And as he was being arrested he raved : ‘ The concept of chokehold sounds so innocent , so perfect !
’ And , you know , it ’ s something right out of Silence of the Lambs .
It ’ s some kind of horror movie .
But Trump keeps putting his foot in his mouth because he has supreme confidence in himself , and yet he is not a rigorous and systematic thinker by any means .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of sort of an average person , but his ad-libs as he makes up his speeches as he goes along , they fly all over the map , and then he ends up saying these bizarre things that can be highlighted by the media , which of course , for the most part , doesn ’ t like him too much .
So , if we were to unpack this whole issue of Trump and Black Lives Matter , and the choking death of George Floyd and its implications , I think there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be said here .
Trump is trying to position himself as the law and order candidate to get the key voters in the swing states on his side again in the next elections .
He ’ s currently trailing by Joe Biden by 10 points .
Anybody trailing Joe Biden by 10 points is not doing very well .
And Trump or his advisors think that if the chaos in the United States continues to accelerate it might reach a point where a law and order candidate would actually get those swing voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political method behind Trump ’ s apparent madness .
But at a deeper level ( consider ) this whole media hoopla around George Floyd and the police killings of black people which have been going on for years and years and years with varying amounts of mainstream coverage .
It seems that the mainstream gets most excited when a relatively unsavory individual is killed .
There ’ ve been some very much more saintly people who ’ ve been murdered by police to virtually no mainstream coverage .
It ’ s very strange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the biggest heist in history The mainstream media seems to be part of a propaganda operation that is trying to change the conversation right now from what really matters , which is that the most powerful banking cabal in the world — the people who essentially own and operate the government of the United States , the West and much of the world — just stole at least $ 7 trillion , primarily from poor people , in the COVID lockdown which destroyed small businesses all over the world , which is starving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and which led to the printing of unlimited money for the world ’ s biggest and wealthiest bankers .
It bailed them out of their debt crisis and gave them the right to give themselves and their friends as much money as they want by printing it out of thin air , and they are doing that even as we speak .
There was a corporate bailout at the level of trillions for the friends of Steven Mnuchin .
He and his Zionist buddies have an unlimited credit line .
They never have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s basically just a bailout slush fund .
So this is the biggest robbery in the history of the world , and ordinary people are suffering horribly .
They were locked down and they felt like they couldn ’ t breathe .
Their economic lives have been destroyed and they felt like they couldn ’ t breathe .
And so then suddenly , just at the moment when they should have risen up and revolt and stormed Wall Street , stormed Washington DC and overthrown these thieves who just conducted the biggest robbery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suddenly the conversation changes to race , and the ordinary working white people and black people are being turned against each other , talking about race , rather than this robbery , conducted under the premeditated pretext of a COVID pandemic which was almost certainly manufactured in a biological warfare lab , under the direction of the very bankers who have stolen six , seven or more trillion dollars based on this pandemic which they obviously plotted out in great detail ahead of time , as part of an effort for them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rise of China by blowing up the globalized world with the economy that is the engine of China ’ s rise , and to allow them to impose a top-down police state on the people of the West so they cancontinue to centralize and strengthen their control of the West and the world .
That ’ s what COVID really was .
And they ’ ve changed the conversation to race so we don ’ t notice it .
Kevin Barrett is an American author , journalist and radio host with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He has been studying the events of 9/11 since late 2003 .
He recorded this article for Press TV website .

By Kevin Barrett, VT Editor for Press TV
Donald Trump has a way of saying a lot of crazy and incoherent things. And he’s such a ‘genius’ at it that people (like comedian Sarah Cooper) can parody him pretty much by just playing a tape of what he says. And recently, the most recent example of this is his quite amazing statement that the concept of chokeholds sounds ‘so innocent, so perfect.’
That is a very strange statement. It sounds like something that an insane murderer would say after he’s been arrested for choking hundreds of people to death. They finally got the serial killer and he was a complete madman. And as he was being arrested he raved: ‘The concept of chokehold sounds so innocent, so perfect!’ And, you know, it’s something right out of Silence of the Lambs. It’s some kind of horror movie.
But Trump keeps putting his foot in his mouth because he has supreme confidence in himself, and yet he is not a rigorous and systematic thinker by any means. He can ad-lib reasonably well by the standards of sort of an average person, but his ad-libs as he makes up his speeches as he goes along, they fly all over the map, and then he ends up saying these bizarre things that can be highlighted by the media, which of course, for the most part, doesn’t like him too much.
US President Donald Trump has described the concept of chokeholds as “so innocent” and said the controversial method used by police may be needed in dangerous situations.
So, if we were to unpack this whole issue of Trump and Black Lives Matter, and the choking death of George Floyd and its implications, I think there’s a whole lot that can be said here. Trump is trying to position himself as the law and order candidate to get the key voters in the swing states on his side again in the next elections.
He’s currently trailing by Joe Biden by 10 points. Anybody trailing Joe Biden by 10 points is not doing very well. And Trump or his advisors think that if the chaos in the United States continues to accelerate it might reach a point where a law and order candidate would actually get those swing voters. So maybe that’s the political method behind Trump’s apparent madness.
But at a deeper level (consider) this whole media hoopla around George Floyd and the police killings of black people which have been going on for years and years and years with varying amounts of mainstream coverage. It seems that the mainstream gets most excited when a relatively unsavory individual is killed. There’ve been some very much more saintly people who’ve been murdered by police to virtually no mainstream coverage. It’s very strange how that works.
US bankers conducted the biggest heist in history
The mainstream media seems to be part of a propaganda operation that is trying to change the conversation right now from what really matters, which is that the most powerful banking cabal in the world — the people who essentially own and operate the government of the United States, the West and much of the world — just stole at least $7 trillion, primarily from poor people, in the COVID lockdown which destroyed small businesses all over the world, which is starving poor people all over the world, and which led to the printing of unlimited money for the world’s biggest and wealthiest bankers. It bailed them out of their debt crisis and gave them the right to give themselves and their friends as much money as they want by printing it out of thin air, and they are doing that even as we speak.
There was a corporate bailout at the level of trillions for the friends of Steven Mnuchin. He and his Zionist buddies have an unlimited credit line. They never have to pay it back. It’s basically just a bailout slush fund.
So this is the biggest robbery in the history of the world and ordinary people are suffering horribly. They were locked down and they felt like they couldn’t breathe. Their economic lives have been destroyed and they felt like they couldn’t breathe.
And so then suddenly, just at the moment when they should have risen up and revolt and stormed Wall Street, stormed Washington DC and overthrown these thieves who just conducted the biggest robbery in the history of the world, suddenly the conversation changes to race, and the ordinary working white people and black people are being turned against each other, talking about race, rather than this robbery, conducted under the premeditated pretext of a COVID pandemic which was almost certainly manufactured in a biological warfare lab, under the direction of the very bankers who have stolen six, seven or more trillion dollars based on this pandemic which they obviously plotted out in great detail ahead of time, as part of an effort for them to centralize their wealth and power to stop the rise of China by blowing up the globalized world with the economy that is the engine of China’s rise, and to allow them to impose a top-down police state on the people of the West so they can continue to centralize and strengthen their control of the West and the world. That’s what COVID really was. And they’ve changed the conversation to race so we don’t notice it.
“The US desperately needs to stop the rise of China to number one world power status,” says Dr. Kevin Barrett.


veteranstoday--2020-06-16--FDA Approves Therapeutic Game-Based Digital Device for Children With ADHD

FDA Permits Marketing of First Game-Based Digital Therapeutic to Improve Attention Function in Children with ADHD Today , ( yesterday ) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital therapeutic device to improve attention function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) .
The prescription-only game-based device , called EndeavorRx , is indicated for pediatric patients ages 8 to12 years old with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD who have demonstrated an attention issue .
EndeavorRx is indicated to improve attention function as measured by computer-based testing and is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with ADHD , as well as the first game-based therapeutic granted marketing authorization by the FDA for any type of condition .
The device is intended for use as part of a therapeutic program that may include clinician-directed therapy , medication , and/or educational programs , which further address symptoms of the disorder .
“ The EndeavorRx device offers a non-drug option for improving symptoms associated with ADHD in children and is an important example of the growing field of digital therapy and digital therapeutics , ” said Jeffrey Shuren , M.D.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Center for Devices and Radiological Health .
“ The FDA is committed to providing regulatory pathways that enable patients timely access to safe and effective innovative digital therapeutics.
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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.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-16--WaPo: Jon Stewart Calls for 10% Tax on War Profiteers, other vet news

Submitted to VT by the Washington Post This morning in a Washington Post Live event focused on health conditions for veterans , comedian and longtime veterans advocate Jon Stewart said he believes war profiteers should have to pay 10 % contingency for those who suffer from the effects of war similar to how oil and gas companies pay after spills .
Sen. Thom Tillis ( R-N.C. ) supported Gen. Mark Milley saying involvement of the military and the expulsion of protestors by police in Lafayette Square was inappropriate saying , “ The Insurrection Act is there for a reason…We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guard , they do a great job…I did not want to see the situation escalate .
I didn ’ t want the yelling to drown out the legitimate grievances.
” VIEW CLIP Sen. Tillis commented on calls to rename Fort Bragg saying he opposed Sen. Warren ’ s proposed amendment because , “ I ’ d just like to see a policy where it is forcing a discussion…A mandate to rename every camp , firing range…Without a dialogue , I don ’ t think it ’ s well-structured.
” VIEW CLIP McClatchy reporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karshi-Khanabad , known as K2 , can not register on the VA ’ s burn pit registry : “ Basically , they are invisible.
” VIEW CLIP Copp also discussed the possibility that military pilots may have increased cancer risk due to exposure in the cockpit saying , “ For pilots , they think it is possibly the radars and the different types of radiation that they were exposed to that was emitted from these radars.
” VIEW CLIP Rep. Raul Ruiz ( D-Calif. ) discussed legislation he is working on to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions the care they need and said the Pentagon is , “ very slow in realizing [ the seriousness ] .
The VA keeps saying they need more proof.
” VIEW CLIP

Submitted to VT by the Washington Post
This morning in a Washington Post Live event focused on health conditions for veterans, comedian and longtime veterans advocate Jon Stewart said he believes war profiteers should have to pay 10% contingency for those who suffer from the effects of war similar to how oil and gas companies pay after spills.
Jon Stewart: "I would like to see the people who profit off of war have to kick in for the people who suffer from the effects of it…I think war profiteers should kick in a 10% contingency plan…" https://t.co/awTMIhZSrw pic.twitter.com/hDnfYjtmZd
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) supported Gen. Mark Milley saying involvement of the military and the expulsion of protestors by police in Lafayette Square was inappropriate saying, “The Insurrection Act is there for a reason…We have to use that judiciously…We have a National Guard, they do a great job…I did not want to see the situation escalate. I didn’t want the yelling to drown out the legitimate grievances.” VIEW CLIP
Sen. Tillis commented on calls to rename Fort Bragg saying he opposed Sen. Warren’s proposed amendment because, “I’d just like to see a policy where it is forcing a discussion…A mandate to rename every camp, firing range…Without a dialogue, I don’t think it’s well-structured.” VIEW CLIP
McClatchy reporter Tara Copp said veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, cannot register on the VA’s burn pit registry: “Basically, they are invisible.” VIEW CLIP
Copp also discussed the possibility that military pilots may have increased cancer risk due to exposure in the cockpit saying, “For pilots, they think it is possibly the radars and the different types of radiation that they were exposed to that was emitted from these radars.” VIEW CLIP
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) discussed legislation he is working on to get veterans who have been exposed to toxic conditions the care they need and said the Pentagon is, “very slow in realizing [the seriousness]. The VA keeps saying they need more proof.” VIEW CLIP


veteranstoday--2020-06-16--Ann Arbor: Armed Police to be “Phased Down”

ANN ARBOR , MI — Amid national protests against police brutality and calls to defund police by Black Lives Matter supporters , some Ann Arbor officials say they want to radically rethink the city ’ s approach to policing .
That could mean a shift in city resources to have unarmed crisis intervenors and social workers augment the city ’ s police force , so not every person in a mental health crisis , for example , needs to be confronted by an armed officer .
“ It ’ s an important and in-depth thing that we need to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having the city ’ s police oversight commission lead a review of the Ann Arbor Police Department , its practices and its budget of over $ 30 million and make recommendations to council .
“ We need to understand how we ’ re effecting public safety , what we ’ ve been doing , ” Taylor said .
“ And if it doesn ’ t meet people ’ s needs , if there are opportunities for social workers on staff , if there are opportunities for trained crisis intervenors on staff or unarmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking advantage of it , because that ’ s what the community is requesting.
” Taylor ’ s resolution to ask the city ’ s Independent Community Police Oversight Commission to lead an 18-month review drew some criticism at the council meeting Monday night , June 15 .
It was debated into the early morning hours Tuesday .
As the debate went past 2 a.m. , Council Member Chip Smith , D-5th Ward , reminded his colleagues of the many residents who ’ ve reached out to them .
read more…

ANN ARBOR, MI — Amid national protests against police brutality and calls to defund police by Black Lives Matter supporters, some Ann Arbor officials say they want to radically rethink the city’s approach to policing.
That could mean a shift in city resources to have unarmed crisis intervenors and social workers augment the city’s police force, so not every person in a mental health crisis, for example, needs to be confronted by an armed officer.
“It’s an important and in-depth thing that we need to do,” Mayor Christopher Taylor said of having the city’s police oversight commission lead a review of the Ann Arbor Police Department, its practices and its budget of over $30 million and make recommendations to council.
“We need to understand how we’re effecting public safety, what we’ve been doing,” Taylor said.
“And if it doesn’t meet people’s needs, if there are opportunities for social workers on staff, if there are opportunities for trained crisis intervenors on staff or unarmed personnel on staff, we should be taking advantage of it, because that’s what the community is requesting.” Taylor’s resolution to ask the city’s Independent Community Police Oversight Commission to lead an 18-month review drew some criticism at the council meeting Monday night, June 15. It was debated into the early morning hours Tuesday. As the debate went past 2 a.m., Council Member Chip Smith, D-5th Ward, reminded his colleagues of the many residents who’ve reached out to them. read more… https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/06/ann-arbor-officials-want-to-radically-rethink-policing-consider-alternatives-to-armed-officers.html


veteranstoday--2020-06-16--Bolton’s Book Blocked, Cites Trump’s Daily Impeachable Crimes, Insanity

Deep State attempts to hide the fact that Trump and Barr are criminally insane .
Good luck with that one .
( CNN ) The Trump administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to order former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming book on his White House tenure , arguing in a lawsuit that Bolton had breached a contract and was risking the exposure of classified information .
The suit , filed in Washington , DC , federal court , alleges that Bolton ’ s 500-plus page manuscript was “ rife with classified information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backed out of an ongoing White House vetting process for the book that he ’ d been obligated to do as a result of agreements he ’ d signed .
“ ( Bolton ) struck a bargain with the United States as a condition of his employment in one of the most sensitive and important national security positions in the United States Government and now wants to renege on that bargain by unilaterally deciding that the prepublication review process is complete and deciding for himself whether classified information should be made public , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latest White House effort against Bolton after months of back-and-forth between the National Security Council and Bolton ’ s representatives over whether the book contains classified information .
Simon & Schuster previously announced that Bolton ’ s book , “ In the Room Where It Happened : A White House Memoir , ” would be released on June 23 .
The Atlantic : According to his publisher , the memoir will be the “ most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration , ” a chronicle of a “ President addicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and spurned our friends , and was deeply suspicious of his own government.
” Bolton will apparently argue that Donald Trump committed not one but many impeachable offenses .
As Mike Allen and Jonathan Swan report at Axios , Bolton “ will go beyond Ukraine ” and make the case that Trump engaged in similar wrongdoing across the scope of his foreign policy .
The book , slated for publication on June 23 , will come out to a hostile audience—or , perhaps we should say , several hostile audiences .
The White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contains classified information and needs to be revised—and this after the book ’ s publication date had already been pushed back twice because of government review .
Bolton ’ s lawyer responded in a Wall Street Journal op-ed , arguing that the administration is turning the review process into “ a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton.
” And Bolton doesn ’ t have many friends outside the White House , either .
He seems to be doing his best to present himself as a principled whistleblower going head-to-head with a White House trampling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-Trump circles has been decidedly frosty .
Democratic Representative Mike Quigley , who serves on the House Intelligence Committee , suggested to Politico that anyone who wants to see what Bolton has to say should borrow his book from the library , rather than give the former national security adviser any money .
Clicking on any of # JohnBolton ’ s recent tweets , meanwhile , reveals a cascade of replies calling him a coward and accusing him of selling out his country for book profits .

(CNN)The Trump administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to order former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming book on his White House tenure, arguing in a lawsuit that Bolton had breached a contract and was risking the exposure of classified information.
And there it is: Trump's Department of Justice is suing to stop John Bolton from publishing his book on Trump. The lawsuit references possible "criminal penalties" for any "unauthorized disclosure of classified information." pic.twitter.com/3glJ9SiYKT
The suit, filed in Washington, DC, federal court, alleges that Bolton’s 500-plus page manuscript was “rife with classified information,” and prosecutors say that Bolton backed out of an ongoing White House vetting process for the book that he’d been obligated to do as a result of agreements he’d signed.
Now that we have your attention @AmbJohnBolton, please also see the ACLU statement on your atrocious human rights record. https://t.co/GWZNZCj9Lz — ACLU (@ACLU) June 16, 2020
“(Bolton) struck a bargain with the United States as a condition of his employment in one of the most sensitive and important national security positions in the United States Government and now wants to renege on that bargain by unilaterally deciding that the prepublication review process is complete and deciding for himself whether classified information should be made public,” prosecutors write.
The lawsuit marks the latest White House effort against Bolton after months of back-and-forth between the National Security Council and Bolton’s representatives over whether the book contains classified information. Simon & Schuster previously announced that Bolton’s book, “In the Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” would be released on June 23.
The Atlantic: According to his publisher, the memoir will be the “most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration,” a chronicle of a “President addicted to chaos, who embraced our enemies and spurned our friends, and was deeply suspicious of his own government.” Bolton will apparently argue that Donald Trump committed not one but many impeachable offenses. As Mike Allen and Jonathan Swan report at Axios, Bolton “will go beyond Ukraine” and make the case that Trump engaged in similar wrongdoing across the scope of his foreign policy.
The book, slated for publication on June 23, will come out to a hostile audience—or, perhaps we should say, several hostile audiences. The White House announced it believes that the manuscript contains classified information and needs to be revised—and this after the book’s publication date had already been pushed back twice because of government review. Bolton’s lawyer responded in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, arguing that the administration is turning the review process into “a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton.”
And Bolton doesn’t have many friends outside the White House, either. He seems to be doing his best to present himself as a principled whistleblower going head-to-head with a White House trampling his rights. But his welcome within anti-Trump circles has been decidedly frosty. Democratic Representative Mike Quigley, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, suggested to Politico that anyone who wants to see what Bolton has to say should borrow his book from the library, rather than give the former national security adviser any money. Clicking on any of #JohnBolton’s recent tweets, meanwhile, reveals a cascade of replies calling him a coward and accusing him of selling out his country for book profits.


veteranstoday--2020-06-16--Europe places first vaccine order for 400 million doses

Italy , Germany , France & Netherlands sign deal for up to 400 million Oxford Covid-19 vaccines – Italian health minister [ : The Covid vaccine sweepstakes has begun .
The Oxford entry is by no means the only one in progress , but it has the biggest orders .
Many countries will want to create their own so the sales can support their own pandemic infrastructures , and even export if possible .
British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca could be considered the EU entry , but with a special twist , in that they are offering their product at cost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , Russia , and even Israel have their own vaccines in progress .
But note that AstraZeneca has already chosen a US manufacturing partner .
This should benefit us all , as one vaccine might end up being the most effective , or be better for their ethnic blend .
But there is another long term benefit for us , in that the pharmaceutical companies are going to have their Covid oars in the water .
They will be doing things like working closely with the WHO and national governments to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They should even be using AI to create predictions on how likely it is to mutate , so preliminary vaccine planing can be ongoing to shorten the response time for the next one .
The public will expect governments to stay ahead of the curve after having been caught unprepared for Covid-19 .
More organization and planning will be expected for future pandemics , or a political price may be paid for mistakes at election time .
The US could possibly be the first to put that on display in November , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a big hoax ” faces the voters .
After Trump ’ s early flop on Covid , he made his second big mistake by hogging the microphone as the Great Savior for the country via his daily micromanaging coronavirus conferences .
But he got crazier and crazier as time went on , seeing the shocked facial expressions of his team ( minus VP Pence ) to prove it .
Comedian Sarah Cooper parodies Trump on Twitter with her creative impersonations of his worst gaffes , her work a legend now .
We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it is only fair that he and his enablers do , also .
China is now , once again , running circles around the US , showing how quickly it is moving to contain the new Covid infections in Beijing .
Under the agreement , British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will produce up to 400 million doses of the vaccine , which is enough for “ the whole population of Europe , ” Roberto Speranza wrote on Facebook .
We have reached an agreement with the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s potential # COVID19 vaccine to Europe at no profit https : //t.co/eVXJs66S3b pic.twitter.com/yBRr5GRC56 The minister said that trials for the vaccine , which was developed by Oxford University , are set to be completed this fall , and the first doses will be available by the end of the year .
“ The vaccine is the only definitive solution to Covid-19 , ” he wrote .
AstraZeneca has a deal with the US government to supply the country with 300 million doses of the vaccine .
Earlier this week , the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BioSolutions to be its manufacturing partner in the US .
Various nations and companies have been racing to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus , which has infected more than 7.6 million people globally , and killed over 426,000 , according to Johns Hopkins University .

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Under the agreement, British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will produce up to 400 million doses of the vaccine, which is enough for “the whole population of Europe,” Roberto Speranza wrote on Facebook.
We have reached an agreement with the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of @UniofOxford’s potential #COVID19 vaccine to Europe at no profit https://t.co/eVXJs66S3b pic.twitter.com/yBRr5GRC56 — AstraZeneca (@AstraZeneca) June 13, 2020
The minister said that trials for the vaccine, which was developed by Oxford University, are set to be completed this fall, and the first doses will be available by the end of the year. “The vaccine is the only definitive solution to Covid-19,” he wrote.
AstraZeneca has a deal with the US government to supply the country with 300 million doses of the vaccine. Earlier this week, the company signed an agreement with American firm Emergent BioSolutions to be its manufacturing partner in the US.
Various nations and companies have been racing to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 7.6 million people globally, and killed over 426,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.