veteranstoday--2020-10-12--#UNRIG Video (24:08) Joanne Roland Energy Healing, Voice Analysis, Weight Loss, Healing and Wellness

Joanne Roland has worked and studied for the last 25 years in the field of Alternative Medicine .
She has earned degrees and certifications in a multitude of natural health modalities and is forever participating in Continuing Education and Research to further her understanding of optimal form and function of the human body .
She is always searching for the cutting edge discoveries , information and techniques that will benefit her clients .
Certified Natural Health Practitioner ( CNHP ) , Certified Nutritional Consultant ( CNC ) , Emotion Code practitioner , Matrix Energetics and B.S .
in Natural Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for her to develop a protocol that addresses the person as a whole being , “ MIND , BODY , and SPIRIT ” .
The main pillar of this protocol .
uses your voice to determine the root cause of your issue : Bio-Acoustic Analysis .
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Joanne worked in the medical field as a Nuclear Medicine Technician and could see the form and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , traditional and alternative .
She developed health issues in her late thirties and the traditional protocols were unreasonable and would forever change her life .
She turned to alternative modalities to find the solutions .
Thru research and education , she turned her health in a direction of healing with great success .
So began the journey .
Joanne ’ s goal is to educate and counsel others to find their path to wellness .

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Certified Natural Health Practitioner (CNHP), Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC), Emotion Code practitioner, Matrix Energetics and B.S. in Natural Health. These designations have paved the way for her to develop a protocol that addresses the person as a whole being, “MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT”. The main pillar of this protocol. uses your voice to determine the root cause of your issue: Bio-Acoustic Analysis. Once the root cause is found then an individualized pathway is utilized to facilitate the body to return to harmony and self-healing of the Mind, Body, Spirit.
Joanne worked in the medical field as a Nuclear Medicine Technician and could see the form and function of the body from both perspectives, traditional and alternative. She developed health issues in her late thirties and the traditional protocols were unreasonable and would forever change her life. She turned to alternative modalities to find the solutions. Thru research and education, she turned her health in a direction of healing with great success. So began the journey.
Joanne’s goal is to educate and counsel others to find their path to wellness.
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veteranstoday--2020-10-12--So Who Tried To Assassinate The President?

I ’ m back on the grid after my legal tussle with the Solicitors Regulation Authority .
Mr. Justice Murray , the nice , only American-born High Court judge , has reserved his decision , after a hard-fought day in court .
Unlike the US presidential election I won ’ t be predicting the result , as a courtesy to the learned judge .
So far as the election is concerned I ’ m joining that nice man Dick Morris in predicting a landslide win for the President , and yes , I know that Dick made a similar prediction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
The big question this week is just exactly who tried to whack the President last week .
Intelligence analysts and commentators hate coincidences .
In the space of just over six months both the British Prime Minister and the American President have been infected with the Chinese Covid-19 bioweapon .
That ’ s not a coincidence – that ’ s enemy action .
There ’ s no doubt that Prime Minister Johnson was infected deliberately , by Germany ’ s GO2 , with a view to extending the transition period with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany ’ s plan , backed by the Cabinet Office , was to whack poor old Boris and install the half-crazed Euronutter , no offense intended , Sir Keir ‘ von ’ Starmer , in Downing St , supported by treacherous Tory Remainers .
Starmer would then have cut a deal with Brussels which favored the Evil Empire .
I am not saying that Sir Keir , named for the German agent Keir Hardie , knew what was going on .
He ’ s a Labour leader after all , so ignorance may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He was obviously party to the secret discussions with the Tory rebels , but I seriously doubt that he was in the loop on the plan to assassinate the Prime Minister in the way that say the German agent Harold ‘ von ’ Wilson was in on the GO2 operation to assassinate his nice predecessor , Hugh Gaitskell .
It ’ s no great surprise that the attempt to assassinate the President came after his crushing victory against Joe Biden in the first , and so far only , presidential debate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Whilst it was a scrappy affair the plan to have Democrat Chris Wallace skew the debate in Biden ’ s favour backfired .
As the President rightly surmised , with respect , the Commission on Presidential Debates is backing Biden .
I was initially puzzled at Biden ’ s performance , since he showed little obvious sign of mental deterioration , even though he ’ s a Democrat .
Then the news broke that he was wearing a wire , something which the moderator ought to have picked up , frankly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed to it in advance .
There is some dispute about it , but on balance I agree that Biden was wearing a wire .
It ’ s not just a question of the equipment having been spotted by experts , who know far about the subject than I do , but of Biden ’ s body language .
Then we have the Chinese floaters in San Diego Harbor .
Since the containment breach in Wuhan last October the Chinese have followed a strategy of deliberately spreading the virus , in particular in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each of which benefits from sound conservative leadership .
We know that the commies favor assassination as a weapon – hell , they even tried to have me whacked 21 years ago .
( Yes , Peter Fong , I know all about it ! )
Having a couple of Chinese floaters in San Diego , recently arrived from Cleveland , just after the President , the best-protected man in the world , mysteriously caught Covid-19 in Cleveland just as he was pulling ahead in the presidential race was interesting .
I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese who tried to kill the President and that the floaters were involved .
Why the floaters were floating where they were is a mystery we have yet to resolve .
Who killed them , or did they die accidentally during an exfiltration attempt ?
Was there a Chinese ship , a container ship maybe , in San Diego at the time ?
Container ships are great for exfiltrations – you can hide bunk beds , air-con , a TV , a cooker and a fridge in a rusty old container and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the floaters were bumped off it sounds like a hastily arranged job – you ’ re supposed to weight bodies down before you chuck ‘ em in a harbor !
( A nice friend of mine , who helped bump off a slightly dodgy earl , no offense intended , taught me that trick years ago , not that as a barrister I needed to dump bodies at sea all that often ! )
( The earl had been doing a spot of gun-running for the IRA to pay off his gambling debts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his excuse that he thought that he was murdering his wife going only to mitigation . )
Of course the media are obsessing on those members of the President ’ s entourage with Covid-19 , but it ’ s not just a question of having Covid – it ’ s a question of which strain and what viral load .
Since the ChiComs are backing Biden assassinating the President would make no sense if the polls are to be believed .
The same goes for TIPWNOI , who ’ s busily organising a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a coup which would only be necessary if the President were winning .
It seems that neither Peking nor their allies in the Democratic Party are buying the polls .
They ’ re right – the polls are seriously misleading .
I suspect that the Democrats ’ internal polling data is showing the President with a commanding lead in the key swing states .
Published polling data is adjusted data , not raw .
Pollsters are not objective .
Most have a left-liberal bias and have been incredibly slow to respond to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The polls failed to predict Brexit in Britain and President Trump ’ s historic victory over Senator ‘ let ’ s throw a TV set at the wall ’ Clinton in 2016 .
They also failed to predict Scott Morrison ’ s win in the last Australian federal election .
My rule of thumb is to add 5 % to the conservative ’ s figure .
The stakes this time are high .
President Trump ’ s re-election could derail China ’ s march towards domination of the Asia-Pacific region .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court , since the next president could get to nominate at least one more justice .
They are also worried about immigration , which President Trump could fix in a second term .
I suspect that some pollsters have moved beyond predicting the outcome to influencing it .
At the end of the day , the only poll which matters is that on November 3rd , although of course many Americans will have mailed their ballots in before then .
Mail-in ballot fraud could still affect the result , but I sense that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election is putting voters off .
Once an electorate gets a sniff of electoral fraud they tend to push back .
Shortly before the last election ABC aired an exciting new political drama series , Designated Survivor .
Critically acclaimed , with Kiefer Sutherland , son of the great Canadian actor Donald , playing the leading role of President Tom Kirkman , it revolved around a good man suddenly finding himself president .
Although written from a left of center perspective , it was well-made , eventually being taken over by Netflix .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ aired for the first time , an outsider and a good man with America ’ s best interests at heart , did enter the White House .
His name was Donald Trump .
He deserves a second term .
The inability of the left and the MSM to grasp that Covid-19 is a Chinese bioweapon continues to astonish .
Even now they ’ re still calling it a disease , as though it was some naturally occurring thing .
They ’ re also still trying to scare everybody to death .
Panicking governments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ managed to inflict huge , unnecessary economic loss , when all along there has been a cure – several in fact – and a vaccine is just around the corner .
As more people are tested more people are discovered to have Covid .
It doesn ’ t necessarily mean that the bioweapon is spreading .
A kind reader has sent me a report of an interesting statement by the WHO ’ s Head of Emergencies , Dr Michael Ryan , to the WHO ’ s executive board last Monday .
Dr Ryan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 % of the world ’ s population has been infected .
That ’ s about 780 million people .
It ’ s a scary statistic , until you think about it , that is .
It suggests an infection fatality rate of only 0.14 % , and that ’ s assuming that the fatality figures are real .
As we know , they ’ re not – they simply record those who have died with Covid , not of it .
The true infection fatality rate could be less than 0.05 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send me stuff with their consent , by the way .
Most people don ’ t want to be named , and I don ’ t blame them .
Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on his magnificent achievement yesterday in equalling the late Michael Schumacher ’ s record of 91 Grand Prix victories .
It ’ s a greater achievement than his fans realise .
The DVD have had a strategy of murdering non-German Formula 1 drivers for decades .
As I explain in Spyhunter they murdered Mike Hawthorn in 1959 ( staged road @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( racing car sabotage ) and Graham Hill in 1975 ( altimeter sabotage on an aircraft , coupled with bad faith air traffic control directions steering Hill ’ s aircraft over high ground ) .
Dark suspicions remain about the death of the brilliant Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna in 1994 .
He was Michael Schumacher ’ s greatest rival .
Lewis has also had to battle with biased stewards , software sabotage and a hostile FI administration .
In a way my exposure of the FI murders has probably helped him , making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valtteri Bottas , the latest ‘ Flying Finn ’ , from yesterday ’ s race , means that Lewis has a 69 point lead in the Championship .
Schumacher ’ s other world record – seven World Championships – is now within his reach .
Lewis Hamilton is not just a winner , he ’ s a true sportsman and a gentleman on and off the track .
HELEN REDDY : This fine Aussie singer , sadly , has passed since my last column .
Her most famous recording was the feminist anthem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( I may not be a feminist , but I can still enjoy wonderful feminist music ! )
Although she moved to LA I suspect that she always remained an Aussie at heart .
Her mother , Stella Campbell , appeared in the 60s on the Aussie police drama Homicide , which I remember even if most of you don ’ t !
( It wasn ’ t bad . )
I Am Woman was not Helen ’ s only song of course .
She enjoyed a lengthy career , both as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reddy was a wonderful talent and the world is a poorer place without her .

I’m back on the grid after my legal tussle with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Mr. Justice Murray, the nice, only American-born High Court judge, has reserved his decision, after a hard-fought day in court. Unlike the US presidential election I won’t be predicting the result, as a courtesy to the learned judge. So far as the election is concerned I’m joining that nice man Dick Morris in predicting a landslide win for the President, and yes, I know that Dick made a similar prediction as regards Mitt ‘von’ Romney! The big question this week is just exactly who tried to whack the President last week.
Intelligence analysts and commentators hate coincidences. In the space of just over six months both the British Prime Minister and the American President have been infected with the Chinese Covid-19 bioweapon. That’s not a coincidence – that’s enemy action.
There’s no doubt that Prime Minister Johnson was infected deliberately, by Germany’s GO2, with a view to extending the transition period with the EU for a further two years. Germany’s plan, backed by the Cabinet Office, was to whack poor old Boris and install the half-crazed Euronutter, no offense intended, Sir Keir ‘von’ Starmer, in Downing St, supported by treacherous Tory Remainers. Starmer would then have cut a deal with Brussels which favored the Evil Empire.
I am not saying that Sir Keir, named for the German agent Keir Hardie, knew what was going on. He’s a Labour leader after all, so ignorance may safely be presumed, no offense intended. He was obviously party to the secret discussions with the Tory rebels, but I seriously doubt that he was in the loop on the plan to assassinate the Prime Minister in the way that say the German agent Harold ‘von’ Wilson was in on the GO2 operation to assassinate his nice predecessor, Hugh Gaitskell.
The Debate
It’s no great surprise that the attempt to assassinate the President came after his crushing victory against Joe Biden in the first, and so far only, presidential debate, although it was obviously planned weeks before. Whilst it was a scrappy affair the plan to have Democrat Chris Wallace skew the debate in Biden’s favour backfired. As the President rightly surmised, with respect, the Commission on Presidential Debates is backing Biden.
I was initially puzzled at Biden’s performance, since he showed little obvious sign of mental deterioration, even though he’s a Democrat. Then the news broke that he was wearing a wire, something which the moderator ought to have picked up, frankly, always assuming that Wallace hadn’t agreed to it in advance. There is some dispute about it, but on balance I agree that Biden was wearing a wire. It’s not just a question of the equipment having been spotted by experts, who know far about the subject than I do, but of Biden’s body language.
Then we have the Chinese floaters in San Diego Harbor. Since the containment breach in Wuhan last October the Chinese have followed a strategy of deliberately spreading the virus, in particular in the US, Britain and Brazil, each of which benefits from sound conservative leadership. We know that the commies favor assassination as a weapon – hell, they even tried to have me whacked 21 years ago. (Yes, Peter Fong, I know all about it!)
Having a couple of Chinese floaters in San Diego, recently arrived from Cleveland, just after the President, the best-protected man in the world, mysteriously caught Covid-19 in Cleveland just as he was pulling ahead in the presidential race was interesting. I think it’s clear that it was the Chinese who tried to kill the President and that the floaters were involved.
Why the floaters were floating where they were is a mystery we have yet to resolve. Who killed them, or did they die accidentally during an exfiltration attempt? Was there a Chinese ship, a container ship maybe, in San Diego at the time? Container ships are great for exfiltrations – you can hide bunk beds, air-con, a TV, a cooker and a fridge in a rusty old container and no one would look twice.
If the floaters were bumped off it sounds like a hastily arranged job – you’re supposed to weight bodies down before you chuck ‘em in a harbor! (A nice friend of mine, who helped bump off a slightly dodgy earl, no offense intended, taught me that trick years ago, not that as a barrister I needed to dump bodies at sea all that often!)(The earl had been doing a spot of gun-running for the IRA to pay off his gambling debts, then bumped off his nanny, his excuse that he thought that he was murdering his wife going only to mitigation.) Of course the media are obsessing on those members of the President’s entourage with Covid-19, but it’s not just a question of having Covid – it’s a question of which strain and what viral load.
The polls
Since the ChiComs are backing Biden assassinating the President would make no sense if the polls are to be believed. The same goes for TIPWNOI, who’s busily organising a commission on the president’s capacity, a coup which would only be necessary if the President were winning.
It seems that neither Peking nor their allies in the Democratic Party are buying the polls. They’re right – the polls are seriously misleading. I suspect that the Democrats’ internal polling data is showing the President with a commanding lead in the key swing states.
Published polling data is adjusted data, not raw. Pollsters are not objective. Most have a left-liberal bias and have been incredibly slow to respond to past failures to accurately predict conservative victories. The polls failed to predict Brexit in Britain and President Trump’s historic victory over Senator ‘let’s throw a TV set at the wall’ Clinton in 2016. They also failed to predict Scott Morrison’s win in the last Australian federal election. My rule of thumb is to add 5% to the conservative’s figure.
The stakes this time are high. President Trump’s re-election could derail China’s march towards domination of the Asia-Pacific region. The Democrats are seriously worried about the Supreme Court, since the next president could get to nominate at least one more justice. They are also worried about immigration, which President Trump could fix in a second term.
I suspect that some pollsters have moved beyond predicting the outcome to influencing it. At the end of the day, the only poll which matters is that on November 3rd, although of course many Americans will have mailed their ballots in before then.
Mail-in ballot fraud could still affect the result, but I sense that the Democrats’ plan to rig the election is putting voters off. Once an electorate gets a sniff of electoral fraud they tend to push back.
Shortly before the last election ABC aired an exciting new political drama series, Designated Survivor. Critically acclaimed, with Kiefer Sutherland, son of the great Canadian actor Donald, playing the leading role of President Tom Kirkman, it revolved around a good man suddenly finding himself president. Although written from a left of center perspective, it was well-made, eventually being taken over by Netflix.
The irony is that shortly after it aired for the first time, an outsider and a good man with America’s best interests at heart, did enter the White House. His name was Donald Trump. He deserves a second term.
Coronavirus
The inability of the left and the MSM to grasp that Covid-19 is a Chinese bioweapon continues to astonish. Even now they’re still calling it a disease, as though it was some naturally occurring thing. They’re also still trying to scare everybody to death.
Panicking governments and malicious civil servants between them have managed to inflict huge, unnecessary economic loss, when all along there has been a cure – several in fact – and a vaccine is just around the corner. As more people are tested more people are discovered to have Covid. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the bioweapon is spreading.
A kind reader has sent me a report of an interesting statement by the WHO’s Head of Emergencies, Dr Michael Ryan, to the WHO’s executive board last Monday. Dr Ryan is reported to have claimed that about 10% of the world’s population has been infected. That’s about 780 million people.
It’s a scary statistic, until you think about it, that is. It suggests an infection fatality rate of only 0.14%, and that’s assuming that the fatality figures are real. As we know, they’re not – they simply record those who have died with Covid, not of it. The true infection fatality rate could be less than 0.05%.
I only name kind readers who send me stuff with their consent, by the way. Most people don’t want to be named, and I don’t blame them.
Lewis Hamilton
Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on his magnificent achievement yesterday in equalling the late Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix victories. It’s a greater achievement than his fans realise.
The DVD have had a strategy of murdering non-German Formula 1 drivers for decades. As I explain in Spyhunter they murdered Mike Hawthorn in 1959 (staged road crash), Jim Clark in 1968 (racing car sabotage) and Graham Hill in 1975 (altimeter sabotage on an aircraft, coupled with bad faith air traffic control directions steering Hill’s aircraft over high ground). Dark suspicions remain about the death of the brilliant Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna in 1994. He was Michael Schumacher’s greatest rival.
Graham Hill, murdered by the DVD in 1975
Lewis has also had to battle with biased stewards, software sabotage and a hostile FI administration. In a way my exposure of the FI murders has probably helped him, making sabotage more difficult.
The withdrawal of Valtteri Bottas, the latest ‘Flying Finn’, from yesterday’s race, means that Lewis has a 69 point lead in the Championship. Schumacher’s other world record – seven World Championships – is now within his reach. Lewis Hamilton is not just a winner, he’s a true sportsman and a gentleman on and off the track.
Helen Reddy (1941 – 2020)
HELEN REDDY: This fine Aussie singer, sadly, has passed since my last column. Her most famous recording was the feminist anthem I Am Woman, a wonderful song. (I may not be a feminist, but I can still enjoy wonderful feminist music!)
Although she moved to LA I suspect that she always remained an Aussie at heart. Her mother, Stella Campbell, appeared in the 60s on the Aussie police drama Homicide, which I remember even if most of you don’t! (It wasn’t bad.)
I Am Woman was not Helen’s only song of course. She enjoyed a lengthy career, both as a singer and TV host. Helen Reddy was a wonderful talent and the world is a poorer place without her.
Soruce


veteranstoday--2020-10-12--Fauci’s anger at Trump more damning than first appeared

In a way , it ’ s the final insult to the American electorate .
President Trump is badly distorting Anthony S. Fauci ’ s words into praise of his handling of coronavirus — at exactly the moment when Trump himself is emerging as a potential superspreader in his own right , in defiance of the spirit of everything Fauci has represented throughout this crisis .
Trump is set to hold a rally in Florida on Monday night , marking his official return to the campaign trail after becoming infected .
But the Associated Press reports this remarkable tidbit : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not indicated that any additional safety measures will be taken to prevent the transmission of the virus among those traveling on Air Force One , at the event site or at rallies scheduled for Pennsylvania and Iowa later in the week .
It ’ s in this context that we should view the current clash between Trump and Fauci , his top infectious-disease expert , over a new Trump campaign ad that has provoked Fauci ’ s ire .
The ad proclaims that the country is “ recovering ” from coronavirus , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as leaders should.
” To buttress this laughable lie , the ad quotes Fauci saying : “ I can ’ t imagine that anybody could be doing more.
” But that Fauci footage is ripped out of context to make it appear as if he were referring to Trump .
As Post-fact-checker Glenn Kessler shows , it actually comes from an interview in which Fauci praised the dedication of the coronavirus task force , not Trump .
In fact , Fauci was talking about the around-the-clock schedule of the task force more than @ @ @

…from the Washington Post
– First published … October 12, 2020 –
In a way, it’s the final insult to the American electorate. President Trump is badly distorting Anthony S. Fauci’s words into praise of his handling of coronavirus — at exactly the moment when Trump himself is emerging as a potential superspreader in his own right, in defiance of the spirit of everything Fauci has represented throughout this crisis.
Trump is set to hold a rally in Florida on Monday night, marking his official return to the campaign trail after becoming infected. But the Associated Press reports this remarkable tidbit:
The Trump campaign and White House has not indicated that any additional safety measures will be taken to prevent the transmission of the virus among those traveling on Air Force One, at the event site or at rallies scheduled for Pennsylvania and Iowa later in the week. It’s in this context that we should view the current clash between Trump and Fauci, his top infectious-disease expert, over a new Trump campaign ad that has provoked Fauci’s ire. The ad proclaims that the country is “recovering” from coronavirus, after Trump “tackled the virus head-on, as leaders should.” To buttress this laughable lie, the ad quotes Fauci saying: “I can’t imagine that anybody could be doing more.” But that Fauci footage is ripped out of context to make it appear as if he were referring to Trump. As Post-fact-checker Glenn Kessler shows, it actually comes from an interview in which Fauci praised the dedication of the coronavirus task force, not Trump. In fact, Fauci was talking about the around-the-clock schedule of the task force more than anything else. Read the full article at WashingtonPost.com


veteranstoday--2020-10-12--NEO – Erdogan continues to pursue an old, failed course

by Viktor Mikhin , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Viktor gives an analysis of Erdogan ’ s expansionist policies and the destabilization that it is causing .
He weaves in the drama Erdogan ’ s policy has on an already depressed Turkish economy and its exchange rate .
Failed foreign aggressions have taken a lot of historical leaders down , and maybe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s name will join that list .
He is juggling the US , Russia , the EU , Syria , Ukraine , Libya , Iraq , Greece , the Eastern Mediterranean , and now Azerbaijan .
What does he have to show for it ?
So far he has been maintaining military support by being careful to keep them out of combat as much as possible , via the heavy use of Muslim jihadis and forlorn refugees in the camps willing to take any risk to get a few dollars in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Libya .
Viktor points out below that Erdogan has also been cracking down on the press to keep public opposition to a minimum , primarily via the harrassment and prosecution of journalists for releasing state secrets .
These are not good days to be a war correspondent , brave enough to report what is really going on , and why .
VT has a list of bans and blocks and delinkings to show the press bullying machine has become a well oiled machine .
But where Erdo may feel he has some power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about to his machinations , the rest of the world is more fortunate .
VT has covered him extensively over the years and intends to keep doing so , as he is the Neo-tyrant gift that keeps on giving .
We heard tonight that the Armenians are back in talks with the EU over a more formal ‘ association ’ .
That would be a slap in the face of Mr. Erdogan , as he has gotten the stiff arm from the EU for his ‘ refugee terror war ’ threats after Turkey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a free trade deal .
But Erdogan has no one to blame but himself… Jim W. Dean ] Turkey ’ s great , imperial past , and the ideas associated with neo-Ottomanism , are quite popular and widespread in various strata of Turkish society .
This all forces its political elites , and the country ’ s leadership , to proceed from the point of this sociopolitical dream , and act more decisively to try to revive this project of neo-imperialism .
This course , as politicians see it , start to encompass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ottoman legacy ” , gradually expanding Ankara ’ s sphere of influence and strengthening Turkey ’ s position as a powerful regional leader .
It is enough to just take a look at the latest world news to immediately stumble upon the active , aggressive actions taken by Ankara in Libya , Syria , Northern Iraq , Greece , Cyprus , and in the Mediterranean region .
They are now being augmented by Erdogan ’ s completely irrational policy in the crisis surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh ; Turkey is also expected to ramp up its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready to support Azerbaijan in negotiations and on battlefield , Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated .
Turkey has transferred 1,500 militants from Syria to Azerbaijan , who are already taking part in the armed conflict with Armenia , reports the Telegram channel WarGonzo .
This means fighters from the Idlib pro-Turkish groups , and , in particular , the Sultan Murad Division .
It is reported that these militants “ proved themselves ” after shelling Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo , and participating in war crimes .
Syrian intelligence services are convinced that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syrians could have fallen victim to the Sultan Murad Division .
Also , fighters from this formation took part in the war against Kurdish groups .
“ To put it simply , Erdogan sent experienced thugs to the Armenian-Azerbaijani front , ” WarGonzo affirms .
Along with that , Turkish authorities are blocking citizens ’ access to truthful information about the president ’ s expansionist course , and the gross errors he is committing in pursuing this foreign policy course .
For example , the government is censoring local publications that broadcast stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arab media outlet Libya24 reported .
Access to the Yeni Yaşam newspaper was cut off without any official explanation .
The publication believes that the decision is associated with high-profile news items about the death of a member of the Turkish intelligence services who died in the North African country .
It ’ s worth noting that a number of journalists who have reported on Ankara ’ s operations in Libya have been convicted of “ disclosing classified information ” .
Those include Mehmet Ferhat Çelik , the editor-in-chief of Yeni Yaşam , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ channel OdaTV , which was the first one to disseminate information on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan being complicit in the crisis in Libya .
Quite a few world media outlets have already reported on representatives from the Turkish press being put on trial , and facing prison sentences ranging from 8 to 17 years .
However , in September this year these journalists were acquitted , and then released from custody .
But due to their criticism of Erdogan ’ s policies , yet another 80 people could wind up in prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unreasonable , reckless policy would be negatively reflected in Turkey ’ s daily newspapers , especially those that oppose the ruling Justice and Development Party ( AKP ) , which is led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan .
That is not surprising , given how painfully aware critics are of the fact that the problems that plague their ailing economy are no longer purely structural , but are increasingly rooted in a doomed foreign policy of aggression .
It is this course initiated by the government that even Turkey ’ s NATO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have come to see as the driving force behind the current Turkish president pursuing an expansionist program .
Meanwhile , the Turkish government ’ s fiscal policy has sparked growing concern from international financial institutions and economic experts ; they fear that the Turkish economy will decline even more if politicians do not make some courageous decisions .
Under these circumstances , Turkey ’ s Central Bank both flabbergasted and encouraged investors by raising its key rate for the first time in two years .
Economists say that the weekly hike in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8.25 % to 10.25 % has also helped the bank to restore some of the boundaries for its financial policy .
The bank tried to use discrete measures involving hard currency support like changing the overnight borrowing rate to avoid an official increase in the base interest rate .
But this kind of approach did not stop the lira from losing 22 % of its value against the dollar this year , and becoming one of the worst emerging market players in the world .
“ Massive surprise , and positive , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The last time Turkey raised its key interest rate , in September 2018 , was amid a currency crisis instigated by a sharp deterioration in relations with the United States .
Economists attribute the current recession to Turkey ’ s foreign policy failures , the coronavirus pandemic , and a sharp drop in Turkey ’ s foreign exchange reserves .
The ratings agency Moody ’ s figured that the Turkish Central Bank ’ s attempts to bolster the lira have caused Turkey ’ s dollar and euro reserves to fall to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the agency further downgraded Ankara ’ s sovereign credit rating to the junk-level rating of B2 .
The government has nearly depleted the reserves that would have allowed it to avert a potential balance-of-payments crisis , Moody ’ s warned .
The Central Bank stated that it “ decided to increase the policy rate by 200 basis points to restore the disinflation process and support price stability.
” Incidentally , inflation rose to 11.77 % in August , and has remained above 10 % over the past few years .
This means that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over time as inflation exceeds the base interest rate .
The Central Bank linked its decision to concerns about inflation , Capital Economics analyst Jason Tuvey wrote in a research note .
But any shift in monetary policy has always depended on fluctuations in the exchange rate for the lira .
The analyst noted that increasing the rate could help push the average financing cost toward 12 % in the coming months , which is just above inflation , and perhaps enough to save the lira from a further decline .
The apparent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sobered the view held by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , who called for the Eastern Mediterranean to become a “ pool of peace ” again on September 28th , and said he believed that the stakeholders involved could figure out a formula that was mutually beneficial .
That is all fine , but these are just ordinary words designed to camouflage the expansionist , aggressive policy of Tayyip Erdogan .
His latest actions and words concerning the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh quite clearly demonstrate that the Turkish President continues to handle his blunders , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keeping with an old pattern : from a position of strength and foolhardiness .
Viktor Mikhin , corresponding member of RANS , exclusively for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook “ .

by Viktor Mikhin, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: Viktor gives an analysis of Erdogan’s expansionist policies and the destabilization that it is causing. He weaves in the drama Erdogan’s policy has on an already depressed Turkish economy and its exchange rate.
Failed foreign aggressions have taken a lot of historical leaders down, and maybe with a bit of luck, Erdogan’s name will join that list. He is juggling the US, Russia, the EU, Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Iraq, Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean, and now Azerbaijan.
What does he have to show for it? So far he has been maintaining military support by being careful to keep them out of combat as much as possible, via the heavy use of Muslim jihadis and forlorn refugees in the camps willing to take any risk to get a few dollars in their pockets. Many have already died in Libya.
Viktor points out below that Erdogan has also been cracking down on the press to keep public opposition to a minimum, primarily via the harrassment and prosecution of journalists for releasing state secrets.
These are not good days to be a war correspondent, brave enough to report what is really going on, and why.
VT has a list of bans and blocks and delinkings to show the press bullying machine has become a well oiled machine. But where Erdo may feel he has some power to keep Turkish citizens in the dark about to his machinations, the rest of the world is more fortunate.
VT has covered him extensively over the years and intends to keep doing so, as he is the Neo-tyrant gift that keeps on giving. We heard tonight that the Armenians are back in talks with the EU over a more formal ‘association’.
That would be a slap in the face of Mr. Erdogan, as he has gotten the stiff arm from the EU for his ‘refugee terror war’ threats after Turkey was not allowed into the EU with a free trade deal. But Erdogan has no one to blame but himself… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … October 09, 2020 –
Turkey’s great, imperial past, and the ideas associated with neo-Ottomanism, are quite popular and widespread in various strata of Turkish society. This all forces its political elites, and the country’s leadership, to proceed from the point of this sociopolitical dream, and act more decisively to try to revive this project of neo-imperialism.
This course, as politicians see it, start to encompass a greater portion of the provisional “Ottoman legacy”, gradually expanding Ankara’s sphere of influence and strengthening Turkey’s position as a powerful regional leader.
It is enough to just take a look at the latest world news to immediately stumble upon the active, aggressive actions taken by Ankara in Libya, Syria, Northern Iraq, Greece, Cyprus, and in the Mediterranean region. They are now being augmented by Erdogan’s completely irrational policy in the crisis surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh; Turkey is also expected to ramp up its activity in Moldova and Ukraine.
Turkey ready to support Azerbaijan in negotiations and on battlefield, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated. Turkey has transferred 1,500 militants from Syria to Azerbaijan, who are already taking part in the armed conflict with Armenia, reports the Telegram channel WarGonzo. This means fighters from the Idlib pro-Turkish groups, and, in particular, the Sultan Murad Division.
It is reported that these militants “proved themselves” after shelling Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo, and participating in war crimes. Syrian intelligence services are convinced that from 2015 to 2016 several thousand peaceful Syrians could have fallen victim to the Sultan Murad Division. Also, fighters from this formation took part in the war against Kurdish groups.
“To put it simply, Erdogan sent experienced thugs to the Armenian-Azerbaijani front,” WarGonzo affirms.
Along with that, Turkish authorities are blocking citizens’ access to truthful information about the president’s expansionist course, and the gross errors he is committing in pursuing this foreign policy course. For example, the government is censoring local publications that broadcast stories about the expansion in Libya, the Arab media outlet Libya24 reported.
Access to the Yeni Yaşam newspaper was cut off without any official explanation. The publication believes that the decision is associated with high-profile news items about the death of a member of the Turkish intelligence services who died in the North African country.
It’s worth noting that a number of journalists who have reported on Ankara’s operations in Libya have been convicted of “disclosing classified information”.
Those include Mehmet Ferhat Çelik, the editor-in-chief of Yeni Yaşam, and staff members at the Turkish TV channel OdaTV, which was the first one to disseminate information on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan being complicit in the crisis in Libya.
Quite a few world media outlets have already reported on representatives from the Turkish press being put on trial, and facing prison sentences ranging from 8 to 17 years. However, in September this year these journalists were acquitted, and then released from custody. But due to their criticism of Erdogan’s policies, yet another 80 people could wind up in prison.
It is only natural that such an unreasonable, reckless policy would be negatively reflected in Turkey’s daily newspapers, especially those that oppose the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which is led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
That is not surprising, given how painfully aware critics are of the fact that the problems that plague their ailing economy are no longer purely structural, but are increasingly rooted in a doomed foreign policy of aggression. It is this course initiated by the government that even Turkey’s NATO allies, and former regional partners, have come to see as the driving force behind the current Turkish president pursuing an expansionist program.
Meanwhile, the Turkish government’s fiscal policy has sparked growing concern from international financial institutions and economic experts; they fear that the Turkish economy will decline even more if politicians do not make some courageous decisions. Under these circumstances, Turkey’s Central Bank both flabbergasted and encouraged investors by raising its key rate for the first time in two years.
Economists say that the weekly hike in the repurchase agreement (repo) rate from 8.25% to 10.25% has also helped the bank to restore some of the boundaries for its financial policy. The bank tried to use discrete measures involving hard currency support like changing the overnight borrowing rate to avoid an official increase in the base interest rate.
But this kind of approach did not stop the lira from losing 22% of its value against the dollar this year, and becoming one of the worst emerging market players in the world.
“Massive surprise, and positive,” said BlueBay Asset Management analyst Timothy Ash. The last time Turkey raised its key interest rate, in September 2018, was amid a currency crisis instigated by a sharp deterioration in relations with the United States. Economists attribute the current recession to Turkey’s foreign policy failures, the coronavirus pandemic, and a sharp drop in Turkey’s foreign exchange reserves.
The ratings agency Moody’s figured that the Turkish Central Bank’s attempts to bolster the lira have caused Turkey’s dollar and euro reserves to fall to a 20-year low. Owing to this, the agency further downgraded Ankara’s sovereign credit rating to the junk-level rating of B2. The government has nearly depleted the reserves that would have allowed it to avert a potential balance-of-payments crisis, Moody’s warned.
The Central Bank stated that it “decided to increase the policy rate by 200 basis points to restore the disinflation process and support price stability.” Incidentally, inflation rose to 11.77% in August, and has remained above 10% over the past few years. This means that Turkish bank deposits and bonds are depreciating over time as inflation exceeds the base interest rate.
The Central Bank linked its decision to concerns about inflation, Capital Economics analyst Jason Tuvey wrote in a research note. But any shift in monetary policy has always depended on fluctuations in the exchange rate for the lira.
The analyst noted that increasing the rate could help push the average financing cost toward 12% in the coming months, which is just above inflation, and perhaps enough to save the lira from a further decline.
The apparent setbacks in foreign and financial policy somewhat sobered the view held by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who called for the Eastern Mediterranean to become a “pool of peace” again on September 28th, and said he believed that the stakeholders involved could figure out a formula that was mutually beneficial.
That is all fine, but these are just ordinary words designed to camouflage the expansionist, aggressive policy of Tayyip Erdogan. His latest actions and words concerning the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh quite clearly demonstrate that the Turkish President continues to handle his blunders, and Turkey’s problems, in keeping with an old pattern: from a position of strength and foolhardiness.
Viktor Mikhin, corresponding member of RANS, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook“.


veteranstoday--2020-10-12--Armenian War, Twitter Storm

Armenian War, Twitter Storm

[ Editor ’ s Note : We are still checking on this .
It seems strange that the most produced biplane for its record of being powerful and versatile , would be in use at the front in the current Azeri-Armenia war , but the video shows the pilot getting to ride his burning plane straight into the ground due to its big , heavy engine .
From Wikipedia : Antonov An-2 …Utility transport biplane , longest-produced biplane in the world , most produced biplane since World War I The Antonov An-2 is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bureau beginning in 1946 .
Its remarkable durability , high lifting power , and ability to take off and land from poor runways have given it a long service life .
The An-2 was produced up to 2001 and remains in service with military and civilian operators around the world .
My goodness , is Azerbaijan running out of surveillance drones ?
Color me surprised .
Cross your fingers that the EU makes a move to step in here , as that would get Putin off the dime on flying some needed armaments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia should not be allowing the Azeris to strike targets inside Armenia when it is a Russian client ‘ buffer ’ state , and will look bad if it does… 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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[ Editor’s Note: We are still checking on this. It seems strange that the most produced biplane for its record of being powerful and versatile, would be in use at the front in the current Azeri-Armenia war, but the video shows the pilot getting to ride his burning plane straight into the ground due to its big, heavy engine.
From Wikipedia: Antonov An-2 …Utility transport biplane, longest-produced biplane in the world, most produced biplane since World War I
The Antonov An-2 is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1946. Its remarkable durability, high lifting power, and ability to take off and land from poor runways have given it a long service life. The An-2 was produced up to 2001 and remains in service with military and civilian operators around the world. My goodness, is Azerbaijan running out of surveillance drones? Color me surprised. Cross your fingers that the EU makes a move to step in here, as that would get Putin off the dime on flying some needed armaments into the Russia base in Armenian.
Russia should not be allowing the Azeris to strike targets inside Armenia when it is a Russian client ‘buffer’ state, and will look bad if it does… Jim W. Dean ] Jim's Editor’s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal
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veteranstoday--2020-10-14--Russia’s Latest Ecological Disaster

Russia’s Latest Ecological Disaster

Hundreds of Dead Sea Creatures Wash Ashore in the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia Health Editor ’ s Note : Hundreds of sea creatures were washed ashore on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia after a yellow- gray , putrid smelling sludge was found floating on the surface of the ocean .
Surfers were affected with nausea , fever , stinging eyes before the sludge appeared .
Varying explanations have been offered for this great killing off of sea life .
One is that old rocket fuel , stored on a nearby military base , leaked and rain washed toxins into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad or an oil tanker leaked , or a toxic waste dump .
There is really quite horrible !
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veteranstoday--2020-10-14--Did Asteroids Bring Ingredients for Life to Earth?

Health Editor ’ s Note : Asteroids do not change with wind and water which makes them primitive and closer to when the Solar System formed .
Asteroid Bennu was chosen to be studied since it is rich in carbon-containing molecules and also because it formed early in the history of the solar system and it is fairly close to Earth .
Could asteroids that struck the Earth ’ s surface have brought organic molecules to Earth ?
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veteranstoday--2020-10-14--Saqqara Necropolis Yields 59 Sarcophagi

Saqqara Necropolis Yields 59 Sarcophagi

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veteranstoday--2020-10-14--Guardian: Biden over Trump by 17, leads in every category (only the Mossad can save Trump…again)

• Biden leads on healthcare , the economy and race relations Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s lead over Donald Trump has surged to a record 17 points as the US election enters its final sprint , an Opinium Research and Guardian opinion poll shows .
Some 57 % of likely voters intend to vote for Biden , while just 40 % say they will vote for the incumbent president , the survey shows .
The 17-point gap is even bigger than than 57 % -41 % margin found by CNN earlier this month .
It is just short @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Ronald Reagan enjoyed in his second landslide victory in 1984 .
With election day just three weeks away and millions of votes already cast , some Republicans fear a rout in the races for the presidency , Senate and House of Representatives .
Ed Rollins , who advises a pro-Trump super political action committee , told the New York Times : “ The president ’ s political environment is terrible .
It ’ s an uphill battle.
” Asked by the Times if Trump can still turn things around , Rollins replied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Opinium ’ s findings for the Guardian suggest that a hectic month that saw the death of the supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Trump ’ s disastrous debate performance and a White House outbreak of coronavirus that infected the president himself swung the pendulum decisively in Democrats ’ favour .
Biden has gained five percentage points among undecided voters since September .
Democrats also injected momentum into existing supporters , with voters for Biden now more likely to turn out , up from 75 % in September to 82 % this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on healthcare , race relations , jobs and even the economy ( 45 % to 43 % ) , usually seen as Trump ’ s signature issue .
His reputation as a successful businessman took a hit from a New York Times investigation into his tax affairs .

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump has surged to a record 17 points as the US election enters its final sprint, an Opinium Research and Guardian opinion poll shows.
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1316117064764055557?s=20
Some 57% of likely voters intend to vote for Biden, while just 40% say they will vote for the incumbent president, the survey shows.
#Latest @TheEconomist Forecast: Chance of winning the electoral college:
Biden 91%
Trump 9% Chance of winning the most votes:
Biden 99%
Trump 1% Estimated electoral college votes:
Biden 347
Trump 191https://t.co/6Ei5T5ogc2 — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 12, 2020
Even if Biden wins by the margins suggested by the polls, future generations are going to find it absolutely disgusting that Trump was even remotely competitive at this stage in his presidency. The stain will be that 40 to 45% of Americans approved of his despicable conduct. — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 12, 2020
The 17-point gap is even bigger than than 57%-41% margin found by CNN earlier this month. It is just short of the lead in the popular vote that Ronald Reagan enjoyed in his second landslide victory in 1984.
Joe Biden leads in Wisconsin and Michigan by a significant margin, according to new Times/Siena polls.
Biden leads Trump by 10 in Wisconsin, 51 to 41 percent.
Biden leads by 8 in Michigan, 48 to 40https://t.co/olAsCQgqYp — Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) October 12, 2020
With election day just three weeks away and millions of votes already cast, some Republicans fear a rout in the races for the presidency, Senate and House of Representatives. Ed Rollins, who advises a pro-Trump super political action committee, told the New York Times: “The president’s political environment is terrible. It’s an uphill battle.”
Asked by the Times if Trump can still turn things around, Rollins replied: “It’s cooked.”
Opinium’s findings for the Guardian suggest that a hectic month that saw the death of the supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump’s disastrous debate performance and a White House outbreak of coronavirus that infected the president himself swung the pendulum decisively in Democrats’ favour.
Play Video 1:22 Joe Biden in Ohio: Trump ‘turned his back on you’ – video
Biden has gained five percentage points among undecided voters since September. Democrats also injected momentum into existing supporters, with voters for Biden now more likely to turn out, up from 75% in September to 82% this month.
The former vice-president now leads on healthcare, race relations, jobs and even the economy (45% to 43%), usually seen as Trump’s signature issue. His reputation as a successful businessman took a hit from a New York Times investigation into his tax affairs.


veteranstoday--2020-10-13--Christopher Columbus: A Trump Supporter?

Happy Columbus Day America !
Are you celebrating yet ?
Do you think Columbus is a great man or a mythological creation of history to support conquest ?
I mean , if Columbus was alive today , would he be a Trump Supporter ?
I say let ’ s take a serious real historic look at the man and NOT the myth .
And then we can decide if he would be a Trumpster .
First , Christopher Columbus never landed in the USA .
That ’ s right , he never stepped foot on the land we know as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in what is now known as the Bahamas .
He called it San Salvador ( meaning “ Holy Savior ” ) ; the natives called it Guanahani .
The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain : in 1492 , 1493 , 1498 and 1502 .
He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia , but he never did .
Instead , he stumbled upon the Americas .
Though he did not really “ discover ” the New World—millions of people already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centuries of exploration and colonization of North and South America .
Did you know ?
Christopher Columbus was not the first person to propose that a person could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe .
In fact , scholars argue that the idea is almost as old as the idea that the Earth is round .
( That is , it dates back to early Rome . )
Columbus wanted fame and fortune .
Very Trump-esque indeed .
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella wanted the same , along with the opportunity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Columbus , a devout Catholic , was equally enthusiastic about this possibility . )
Columbus ’ s contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found , along with a noble title and the governorship of any lands he should encounter .
So a religious nut and profiteer .
Sounds like America ’ s evangelical right-wing Christians to me .
For months , Columbus sailed from island to island in what we now know as the Caribbean , looking for the “ pearls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , spices , and other objects and merchandise whatsoever ” that he had promised to his Spanish patrons , but he did not find much .
In January 1493 , leaving several dozen men behind in a makeshift settlement on Hispaniola ( present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) , he left for Spain .
The settlement was called Isabella .
When he returned on his 2nd voyage , all the men were gone , dead .
Anyways , Columbus kept a detailed diary during his first voyage .
Christopher Columbus ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1492 , and November 6 , 1492 , and mentions everything from the wildlife he encountered , like dolphins and birds , to the weather to the moods of his crew .
More troublingly , it also recorded his initial impressions of the local people and his argument for why they should be enslaved .
“ They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things , which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks ’ bells , ” he wrote .
“ They willingly traded everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with good bodies and handsome features …They do not bear arms , and do not know them , for I showed them a sword , they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance .
They have no iron …They would make fine servants … With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.
” Columbus gifted the journal to Isabella upon his return .
He was basically a slave creator , a slave master , a pro-slavery conqueror .
Trump ?
Yes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clearly a white supremacist and Aryan believer .
His support for white supremacy is well documented and noted .
So he would love Christopher Columbus ; would probably say there are great people on both sides and award Mr. Columbus with a lovely supportive tweet .
Columbus was such a horrible person that when he was made Governor of Santo Domingo ( Dominican Republic ) by the King and Queen , he not only murdered the indigenous people who did NOT abide by his directives , he did the same for his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they put his sorry nutjob ass in jail .
Yep , they jailed him .
Eventually , he was sent back to Spain .
The King and Queen eventually forgave Columbus and awarded him a 4th and final voyage to which he completely failed .
During the voyage , a hurricane was on the horizon .
He asked the Governor of Santo Domingo for help so he can land and be safe but was told no .
Imagine , he was so hated that they decided to let him die in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are millions of Americans and people around the world who would NEVER lift a finger for Donald Trump .
If he was dying on the street , they would probably kick him too .
Sounds more and more like Trump/Columbus would be a great ticket for the Trump Party .
Columbus eventually survived the hurricane stranded on what is now Jamaica .
He was saved a year later after a heroic young shipmate took a lifeboat to get help .
But it took over 1 year .
When Columbus eventually went back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He was persona non-grata .
In fact , for over 300 years his name was nowhere .
This is why America is NOT named Columbus .
Instead , it ’ s named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci .
Columbus ’ name was garbage !
Sounds more and more like Trump eh ?
The myth of Columbus was resurrected in the 18th century .
In fact , The American Revolution created Columbus most of us over the age of 30 learned in grade school .
Prior to the late 18th century , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the 13 colonies .
An Italian , he sailed under a Spanish flag and landed in no part of the modern-day mainland United States .
Yet when the need to develop a national history with no discernible connection to Britain arose during the Revolution , early Americans seized upon him .
He was a blank slate on whom post-Revolution Americans could project the virtues they wanted to see in their new nation .
Then , as now , the process of writing Columbus was one of defining what it means to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 14-year-old free African-American girl , wrote a poem to George Washington that so moved the general that he distributed it widely .
In it “ Columbia ” was used as an allegorical representation of the American nation , no doubt a riff on the female figure of Britannia .
Though written examples of “ Columbia ” as old as 1761 exist , young Wheatley ’ s correspondence with the most popular man in the colonies made it , in today ’ s parlance , go viral .
Soon Columbia and Columbus were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essays in newspapers around the colonies .
Historian Claudia Bushman cataloged nearly 100 of the surviving odes , most of which are awful .
Columbus went from a minor figure in the history of European exploration to an American hero almost overnight .
Why ?
Even then , people knew that Europeans , including Vikings and Portuguese fishing fleets , had visited or sighted North America before Columbus .
And other explorers of Columbus ’ s era have better claims to “ discovery ” of the land that we now call the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Revolution disqualified the other contenders .
Henry Hudson was British .
Giovanni Caboto ( anglicized as “ John Cabot ” ) sailed for Britain .
Juan Ponce de Leon was already in use as a hero in Spain .
Giovanni da Verrazzano met an end unbefitting any proper national hero , having been eaten by Carib Indians in 1526 .
Columbus had flaws as well .
Until his death , he publicly insisted that he had in fact landed in East Asia as he originally intended .
He was neither an especially talented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colony in the New World .
Other than to allow him to begin bouncing around the Caribbean doing capricious and cruel things to its inhabitants , his famous voyage accomplished little .
Yet almost nothing was known about Columbus in the American colonies at the dawn of the Revolution , and this worked in his favor .
The few written records of his voyages , including a biography by his son Ferdinand and a 16th-century history by Bartolome de Las Casas , were unavailable in the New World and were not translated into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ detailed history of Columbus and his voyages widely available in colonial libraries was written by a Scotsman , William Robertson , in 1777 .
The author took a racist , ethnocentric tone , depicting Columbus as an explorer of noble intent bringing civilization to the savages .
Importantly , Robertson also historicized Columbus as a man stifled by the rigid ways of the Old World and yearning to set his own course .
The metaphor was not subtle , and revolutionary America embraced it .
Columbus-mania swept the nation beginning with the war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help of Robertson ’ s history and the flood of epic poems and odes to him , a symbol for the go-it-alone , trailblazing spirit of the American people .
Adopting “ Columbia ” as an informal name for the budding nation implied that , like Columbus , the colonies were shedding the yoke of the Old World .
Historical accuracy was irrelevant .
Towns and streets beyond counting , including state capitals in South Carolina ( 1786 ) and Ohio ( 1812 ) , were named for him .
In 1784 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ City restyled itself Columbia University .
Many publications—Columbian Magazine ( 1786 ) , Columbian Museum ( 1791 ) , the Columbian Register , the Columbian Weekly Register—appropriated his name .
The political organization that eventually became the powerful Tammany Hall political machine in New York was founded in 1786 as the Columbian Order .
In 1791 , the Territory ( later District ) of Columbia was established as the national capital .
A year later , Robert Gray , sailing the Columbia , scouted the Pacific Northwest , christened the Columbia River , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which survives north of the border today as British Columbia ) .
And in 1798 , Joseph Hopkinson wrote the original national anthem , “ Hail Columbia.
” So here we are with Columbus ; a myth created to justify our brutal profiteering settling of North America .
What would Donald Trump say about Columbus ?
Would Columbus support a man like Trump ?
Given all the details above about murder , lying , religious nutjobs , and profiteering , I would say they would absolutely love one another .
I think Columbus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wing at the White House .
What say you ?

Happy Columbus Day America! Are you celebrating yet? Do you think Columbus is a great man or a mythological creation of history to support conquest?
I mean, if Columbus was alive today, would he be a Trump Supporter? I say let’s take a serious real historic look at the man and NOT the myth. And then we can decide if he would be a Trumpster.
First, Christopher Columbus never landed in the USA. That’s right, he never stepped foot on the land we know as the USA.
He actually likely landed in what is now known as the Bahamas. He called it San Salvador (meaning “Holy Savior”); the natives called it Guanahani.
The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas. Though he did not really “discover” the New World—millions of people already lived there—his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of exploration and colonization of North and South America.
Did you know? Christopher Columbus was not the first person to propose that a person could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. In fact, scholars argue that the idea is almost as old as the idea that the Earth is round. (That is, it dates back to early Rome.)
Columbus wanted fame and fortune. Very Trump-esque indeed. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella wanted the same, along with the opportunity to export Catholicism to lands across the globe. (Columbus, a devout Catholic, was equally enthusiastic about this possibility.)
Columbus’s contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble title and the governorship of any lands he should encounter. So a religious nut and profiteer. Sounds like America’s evangelical right-wing Christians to me.
For months, Columbus sailed from island to island in what we now know as the Caribbean, looking for the “pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and other objects and merchandise whatsoever” that he had promised to his Spanish patrons, but he did not find much. In January 1493, leaving several dozen men behind in a makeshift settlement on Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he left for Spain.
The settlement was called Isabella. When he returned on his 2nd voyage, all the men were gone, dead.
Anyways, Columbus kept a detailed diary during his first voyage. Christopher Columbus’s journal was written between August 3, 1492, and November 6, 1492, and mentions everything from the wildlife he encountered, like dolphins and birds, to the weather to the moods of his crew. More troublingly, it also recorded his initial impressions of the local people and his argument for why they should be enslaved.
“They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells,” he wrote. “They willingly traded everything they owned … They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features …They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron …They would make fine servants … With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
Columbus gifted the journal to Isabella upon his return.
He was basically a slave creator, a slave master, a pro-slavery conqueror. Trump? Yes, I think Trump would approve. Trump is clearly a white supremacist and Aryan believer. His support for white supremacy is well documented and noted. So he would love Christopher Columbus; would probably say there are great people on both sides and award Mr. Columbus with a lovely supportive tweet.
But wait, there’s more…
Columbus was such a horrible person that when he was made Governor of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) by the King and Queen, he not only murdered the indigenous people who did NOT abide by his directives, he did the same for his own peoples. They were so pissed that they put his sorry nutjob ass in jail. Yep, they jailed him. Eventually, he was sent back to Spain. The King and Queen eventually forgave Columbus and awarded him a 4th and final voyage to which he completely failed.
During the voyage, a hurricane was on the horizon. He asked the Governor of Santo Domingo for help so he can land and be safe but was told no. Imagine, he was so hated that they decided to let him die in a hurricane. Hated? Very Trump-like. There are millions of Americans and people around the world who would NEVER lift a finger for Donald Trump. If he was dying on the street, they would probably kick him too. Sounds more and more like Trump/Columbus would be a great ticket for the Trump Party.
Columbus eventually survived the hurricane stranded on what is now Jamaica. He was saved a year later after a heroic young shipmate took a lifeboat to get help. But it took over 1 year.
When Columbus eventually went back to Spain, his voyages were forgotten. He was persona non-grata. In fact, for over 300 years his name was nowhere. This is why America is NOT named Columbus. Instead, it’s named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Columbus’ name was garbage! Sounds more and more like Trump eh?
The myth of Columbus was resurrected in the 18th century. In fact, The American Revolution created Columbus most of us over the age of 30 learned in grade school. Prior to the late 18th century, he was a historical footnote with no connection to the 13 colonies. An Italian, he sailed under a Spanish flag and landed in no part of the modern-day mainland United States. Yet when the need to develop a national history with no discernible connection to Britain arose during the Revolution, early Americans seized upon him. He was a blank slate on whom post-Revolution Americans could project the virtues they wanted to see in their new nation. Then, as now, the process of writing Columbus was one of defining what it means to be American.
In 1775 Phillis Wheatley, a 14-year-old free African-American girl, wrote a poem to George Washington that so moved the general that he distributed it widely. In it “Columbia” was used as an allegorical representation of the American nation, no doubt a riff on the female figure of Britannia. Though written examples of “Columbia” as old as 1761 exist, young Wheatley’s correspondence with the most popular man in the colonies made it, in today’s parlance, go viral.
Soon Columbia and Columbus were appearing in songs, poems, and essays in newspapers around the colonies. Historian Claudia Bushman cataloged nearly 100 of the surviving odes, most of which are awful. Columbus went from a minor figure in the history of European exploration to an American hero almost overnight.
Why? Even then, people knew that Europeans, including Vikings and Portuguese fishing fleets, had visited or sighted North America before Columbus. And other explorers of Columbus’s era have better claims to “discovery” of the land that we now call the United States. But the politics of the Revolution disqualified the other contenders. Henry Hudson was British. Giovanni Caboto (anglicized as “John Cabot”) sailed for Britain. Juan Ponce de Leon was already in use as a hero in Spain. Giovanni da Verrazzano met an end unbefitting any proper national hero, having been eaten by Carib Indians in 1526.
Columbus had flaws as well. Until his death, he publicly insisted that he had in fact landed in East Asia as he originally intended. He was neither an especially talented mariner nor a success at founding a colony in the New World. Other than to allow him to begin bouncing around the Caribbean doing capricious and cruel things to its inhabitants, his famous voyage accomplished little.
Yet almost nothing was known about Columbus in the American colonies at the dawn of the Revolution, and this worked in his favor. The few written records of his voyages, including a biography by his son Ferdinand and a 16th-century history by Bartolome de Las Casas, were unavailable in the New World and were not translated into English until much later. The only detailed history of Columbus and his voyages widely available in colonial libraries was written by a Scotsman, William Robertson, in 1777. The author took a racist, ethnocentric tone, depicting Columbus as an explorer of noble intent bringing civilization to the savages. Importantly, Robertson also historicized Columbus as a man stifled by the rigid ways of the Old World and yearning to set his own course. The metaphor was not subtle, and revolutionary America embraced it.
Columbus-mania swept the nation beginning with the war, because he became, with the help of Robertson’s history and the flood of epic poems and odes to him, a symbol for the go-it-alone, trailblazing spirit of the American people. Adopting “Columbia” as an informal name for the budding nation implied that, like Columbus, the colonies were shedding the yoke of the Old World. Historical accuracy was irrelevant.
Towns and streets beyond counting, including state capitals in South Carolina (1786) and Ohio (1812), were named for him. In 1784, King’s College in New York City restyled itself Columbia University. Many publications—Columbian Magazine (1786), Columbian Museum (1791), the Columbian Register, the Columbian Weekly Register—appropriated his name. The political organization that eventually became the powerful Tammany Hall political machine in New York was founded in 1786 as the Columbian Order. In 1791, the Territory (later District) of Columbia was established as the national capital. A year later, Robert Gray, sailing the Columbia, scouted the Pacific Northwest, christened the Columbia River, and named the entire region Columbia (which survives north of the border today as British Columbia). And in 1798, Joseph Hopkinson wrote the original national anthem, “Hail Columbia.”
So here we are with Columbus; a myth created to justify our brutal profiteering settling of North America. What would Donald Trump say about Columbus? Would Columbus support a man like Trump? Given all the details above about murder, lying, religious nutjobs, and profiteering, I would say they would absolutely love one another. I think Columbus was be doubled honored and given a wing at the White House.
What say you?
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veteranstoday--2020-10-13--Syrian jihadis and White Helmets planning new Idlib gas attack

[ Editor ’ s Note : Here we go again with another White Helmets attempted chlorine attack to stir things up against the Assad regime .
One would think that with their track record they would stay away from the staged gas attacks .
But then on the other hand , when you have built in support from the US , Turkey , and maybe NATO , what ’ s to lose ?
The jihadis have never been punished for the one in the past , which VT has chronicled over the years .
And god help us if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is brought in , given their horrible record going along with whatever Western intel wants to pull their strings .
Could this be Israelis pulling a string to do a favor by giving Trump one more shot at bombing Syria before the election to show what a tough guy he is ?
It would not be the first time .
But General Miley might not go along with a pre-election charade .
I feared that with much of Idlib remaining in Jihadi and Turkey ’ s hands it would become the festering wound @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get into a major military move at this time .
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Click to donate > > On Tuesday , Rear Adm. Alexander Grinkevich , deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry ’ s Center for Syrian Reconciliation , reported in a daily briefing that the center had evidence Islamist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provocation using chlorine in Sfuhon , a village in southern Idlib Governorate .
“ The Russian Reconciliation Center has received information about the preparation by militants of illegal armed groups of another attempt to organize a provocation using poisonous substances in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone to accuse the Syrian government forces of using chemical weapons against civilians , ” Grinkevich said .
He added that the White Helmets , a group with known links to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government , had also arrived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is just the latest incident of rebels in Idlib attempting to stage such an incident .
Supposed use of chemical weapons in the civil war by Damascus has repeatedly been used by Western powers as an excuse to attack the Syrian government , either through international pressure or airstrikes .

Syrian Militants delivered Chlorine Barrels to stage provocation in Idlib – Russian Military
…from Sputnik News, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: Here we go again with another White Helmets attempted chlorine attack to stir things up against the Assad regime. One would think that with their track record they would stay away from the staged gas attacks.
But then on the other hand, when you have built in support from the US, Turkey, and maybe NATO, what’s to lose? The jihadis have never been punished for the one in the past, which VT has chronicled over the years.
And god help us if the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons is brought in, given their horrible record going along with whatever Western intel wants to pull their strings.
Could this be Israelis pulling a string to do a favor by giving Trump one more shot at bombing Syria before the election to show what a tough guy he is?
It would not be the first time. But General Miley might not go along with a pre-election charade.
I feared that with much of Idlib remaining in Jihadi and Turkey’s hands it would become the festering wound it has, with Russia not wanting to get into a major military move at this time. Hence the militants are wanting to get the spotlight… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … October 13, 2020 –
According to Russian military officials in Syria, Islamic militants in Idlib Governorate have delivered several barrels of chlorine to the White Helmets in preparation for a new provocation.