veteranstoday--2020-07-22--Phil Giraldi – A Nation falling apart

Phil Giraldi – A Nation falling apart

[ Editor ’ s Note : Phil shares with us today his recent experience in joining the large number of Americans concerned about home safety quickly learning that others have cleared the shelves out .
The surge in buying has of course been a major contributor but the parts supply chains for manufacturers have been disrupted .
Phil also demonstrates the multi-gun purchase demand the is evolving in the husband and wife category .
The cries of defunding police has been a promotional gun buying catalyst in states where such is allowed .
My Massachusetts home state has always banned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is cumbersome .
If your deer hunting rifle jams up on you when a bear surprises you from behind with a snort , there is no pulling your .45 out as a last defense .
I had my first surprise black bear encounter in 2017 while painting my mother ’ s house .
While squatting on a stool while doing some low work on the back of a one car garage between its two windows .
I got an eerie filling out of the blue that raised the hair on my neck , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brain did not recognize and I started to tense up involuntarily which caused to look to my left .
There at the corner of the garage was a big black bear looking at me , and I went into full freeze mode , attempting my best impersonation of and over-sized lawn jockey .
My brain stated to compute and reminded me that bears were most dangerous with cubs , so I slowly shifted my eyes to the left and found nothing , and when I looked back the bear was gone .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should allow before peeking around the corner , and when I did the bear was waddling done the front side yard to the road when it politely stopped , waiting for the cars to stop in both directions before waddling across and up into the woods on the other side .
Thus ends my missive about what an empty feeling it is to not have a gun when you really might need one , and going hand to hand is not an option .
It makes you feel…helpless …Jim W. Dean ] Jim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > VT : I only got through a couple of lines with Phil telling us change is used at a “ coffee shop.
” Phil , they don ’ t exist anymore .
I pick up a drive through double espresso und ein bagel mit schmear…11.50 , credit card please… Then there ’ s Phil ’ s gun range story .
I use a Glock 30/36 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own , or a Ruger .357 .
If Phil wants one , VT will send it out of inventory , and we have lots of inventory .
If he wants an AR 15 , we have shelves of those too , ship it tomorrow .
If I want to shoot , I go to the gun store with indoor range and pay a few bucks to shoot , no .357 indoor or go to the end of my property .
Do we live in such different worlds ?
First they came for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they came for flour and now they are taking your coins .
Yes , the American public sitting out the COVID-19 virus is now having to deal with what is referred as a “ small change shortage.
” caused apparently by hoarding .
Coffee shops and other retail outlets that deal in cash have been hit hard by the shortage , finding themselves unable to make change .
Apparently , people have decided spontaneously and in large numbers that nickels , dimes and quarters , as they have value as being made of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better than the pieces of paper being printed in Washington .
The government has acted decisively to meet the threat by having the Federal Reserve convene a 22 strong U.S .
Coin Task Force to “ mitigate the effects of low coin inventories caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
” Ironically , of course , the Fed is the source of America ’ s long suffering backed-by-nothing currency .
As several of the major private banks , including JP Morgan and Bank of America , are represented on the Task Force as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can assume that nothing will happen except possibly a decision to change the design of the coins to eliminate Washington , Jefferson and Lincoln .
Sacagawea can stay on the funny looking dollar coin , which no one has actually seen in years as she represents an approved ethnic minority .
There are a lot of indications that the American stratocruiser is about to crash .
My wife and I went to a local gun range last week for a refresher course .
I knew how to shoot from my time in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fired a weapon since 1978 and my wife learned how to use a handgun about fifteen years ago when we made the decision to have one available in the house “ just in case.
” To be sure , the current situation with deranged radical groups unrestrained by feckless politicians and a complicit media , our decision to re-arm as it were was based on the assumption that we can no longer rely on a demoralized and passive police force to protect either us or our property , particularly if there are any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to whom .
So , we might have to be prepared to defend ourselves .
The first thing we learned was that it was hard to get an appointment with a trainer at a licensed range .
It took us weeks to make an appointment and we only got one when there was a cancellation .
It seems large numbers of ordinary Americans are looking to defend themselves because they , like us , are shocked when they see politicians ignore looting , beatings and arson even as they kneel before thugs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , also throwing in a blanket condemnation of the white race , which suggests that there is nothing good that will come out the other end of what it taking place .
We did our shooting training but the next hurdle was upgrading our weapons .
We had a venerable 9mm automatic and an even older 38 caliber revolver .
Modern handguns have better safety features and their mechanisms work more smoothly for ageing hands .
We were looking for a new 9mm automatic and an AR-15 so-called assault rifle for greater reach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man at the sales desk shook his head and said “ No , everything is back ordered for six months or more .
Everyone is buying new weapons .
Give me a deposit and I will call you when something comes available.
” So “ everyone ” is training to shoot and buying new weapons , and it is even being reported that break-ins to steal guns from sporting goods shops are increasing dramatically .
Weapons are a hot commodity , which just might mean that the confidence among people that the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vanishing point .
Even the mainstream media has noticed the spike in gun sales , but they predictably use that fact to explain the surge in gun homicides across the country in the past several months .
More weapons , per The Washington Post , means more armed racist white people are out on the streets raising hell , but it ignores the fact that the gun deaths have been overwhelmingly black-on-black , as has always been the case .
I would also suggest that at least part of the explanation lies elsewhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figured out that they have no one on their side and are best served by doing as little as possible when the shooting starts .
Policemen have , in fact , been on the receiving end of much of the recent violence .
Instead of seeking help from a cop , violent crime victims should call 911 and ask the operator to have Mayor Bill de Blasio send out a social worker whenever they get attacked by irate gang bangers .
The NYPD cops are apparently too busy in any event as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covering Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower .
Another thing one is now having difficulty in buying is alcohol .
People are depressed and are drinking a hell of a lot more than normal , which can , of course , result in impulsive behavior .
I live in Virginia and our state store is constantly running out of everything .
A cashier told me that they are selling 300 % more booze than normal for this time of year .
Last week I went into a large and well-known liquor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last few bottles of our favorite scotch The Famous Grouse .
They had run out and didn ’ t know when they would get more .
My wife and I are anticipating a Famous Grouse crisis and we have discussed setting up a still in the basement .
Finally , a family member owns a construction company .
He recently said that business is unexpectedly booming , in part because people are building panic rooms , safe havens and even 1960s style fallout shelters in and behind their houses .
But unlike the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the current fear is that with the wreckers being given a free hand by the authorities , organized home invasions penetrating prosperous neighborhoods can not be that far away .
Most of the construction work is being done as unobtrusively as possible because the clients don ’ t want their neighbors to know how scared they are .
So , there we are .
The United States is troubled by a pandemic that the government seems unable to respond to which has produced record unemployment and bankruptcies .
Meanwhile , guns and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while frightened citizens are building home defenses .
And much of the government at all levels acts like it is either on the side of or afraid of the destroyers .
America certainly has always had flaws but it was once a land of opportunity where people could prosper and enjoy more freedom than nearly anywhere else .
Those days are gone so just relax and turn on the evening news .
Watch a once proud country with a resilient and hard-working people come apart before your very eyes .
Philip M. Giraldi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Council for the National Interest , a 501 ( c ) 3 tax deductible educational foundation ( Federal ID Number # 52-1739023 ) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East .
Website is https : //councilforthenationalinterest.org , address is P.O .
Box 2157 , Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is [ email protected ] .

…by Phil Giraldi, …with The Unz Review
[ Editor’s Note: Phil shares with us today his recent experience in joining the large number of Americans concerned about home safety, quickly learning that others have cleared the shelves out.
The surge in buying has been a major contributor, but the parts supply chains for manufacturers have been disrupted. Phil also demonstrates the multi gun purchase demand that is evolving in the husband and wife category.
The push to defund police has been a promotional gun buying catalyst in states where such is allowed. My Massachusetts home state has always banned pistols, and even getting a special permit is cumbersome. If your deer hunting rifle jams up on you when a bear surprises you from behind with a snort, there is no pulling your .45 out as a last defense.
I had my first surprise black bear encounter in 2017 while painting my mother’s house, while squatting on a stool, doing some low work on the back of her garage.
I got an eerie feeling that raised the hair on my neck, and then a faint odor that my brain did not recognize, and I started to tense up involuntarily which caused me to look to my left.
Being really close to a bear that has tiptoed up on you is memorable
There at the corner of the garage was a big black bear looking at me, and I went into full freeze mode, attempting my best impersonation of an over-sized lawn jockey.
My brain stated to compute and reminded me that bears were most dangerous with cubs, so I slowly shifted my eyes to the left and found nothing, and when I looked back the bear was gone.
I pondered how much time I should allow before peeking around the corner, and when I did, the bear was waddling down the front yard to the road where it politely stopped, waiting for the cars to stop in both directions before waddling across and up into the woods on the other side.
Thus ends my missive about what an empty feeling it is to not have a gun when you really might need one, and going hand to hand is not an option. It makes you feel…helpless … Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 22, 2020 –
VT: I only got through a couple of lines with Phil telling us change is used at a “coffee shop.” Phil, they don’t exist anymore. I pick up a drive through double espresso und ein bagel mit schmear…11.50, credit card please…
Then there’s Phil’s gun range story. I use a Glock 30/36 of the 100 or so pistols I own, or a Ruger .357. If Phil wants one, VT will send it out of inventory, and we have lots of inventory.
If he wants an AR 15, we have shelves of those too, ship it tomorrow. If I want to shoot, I go to the gun store with indoor range and pay a few bucks to shoot, no .357 indoor or go to the end of my property.
Do we live in such different worlds?
First they came for the toilet paper and kitchen towels, then they came for flour and now they are taking your coins. Yes, the American public sitting out the COVID-19 virus is now having to deal with what is referred as a “small change shortage.”caused apparently by hoarding.
Phil Giraldi
Coffee shops and other retail outlets that deal in cash have been hit hard by the shortage, finding themselves unable to make change.
Apparently, people have decided spontaneously and in large numbers that nickels, dimes and quarters, as they have value as being made of metal, will somehow maintain their worth better than the pieces of paper being printed in Washington.
The government has acted decisively to meet the threat by having the Federal Reserve convene a 22 strong U.S. Coin Task Force to “mitigate the effects of low coin inventories caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Ironically, of course, the Fed is the source of America’s long suffering backed-by-nothing currency.
As several of the major private banks, including JP Morgan and Bank of America, are represented on the Task Force as well as a swarm of government bureaucrats, one can assume that nothing will happen except possibly a decision to change the design of the coins to eliminate Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. Sacagawea can stay on the funny looking dollar coin, which no one has actually seen in years as she represents an approved ethnic minority.
There are a lot of indications that the American stratocruiser is about to crash. My wife and I went to a local gun range last week for a refresher course. I knew how to shoot from my time in the Army and CIA but have not actually fired a weapon since 1978 and my wife learned how to use a handgun about fifteen years ago when we made the decision to have one available in the house “just in case.”
To be sure, the current situation with deranged radical groups unrestrained by feckless politicians and a complicit media, our decision to re-arm as it were was based on the assumption that we can no longer rely on a demoralized and passive police force to protect either us or our property, particularly if there are any racial overtones to who is doing what to whom. So, we might have to be prepared to defend ourselves.
The first thing we learned was that it was hard to get an appointment with a trainer at a licensed range. It took us weeks to make an appointment, and we only got one when there was a cancelation. It seems large numbers of ordinary Americans are looking to defend themselves because they, like us, are shocked when they see politicians ignore looting, beatings and arson even as they kneel before thugs.
Meanwhile, the media endorses the process, also throwing in a blanket condemnation of the white race, which suggests that there is nothing good that will come out the other end of what is taking place.
We did our shooting training, but the next hurdle was upgrading our weapons. We had a venerable 9mm automatic, and an even older 38 caliber revolver. Modern handguns have better safety features, and their mechanisms work more smoothly for aging hands.
We were looking for a new 9mm automatic and an AR-15 so-called assault rifle for greater reach if that should become necessary, but the man at the sales desk shook his head and said, “No, everything is back ordered for six months or more. Everyone is buying new weapons. Give me a deposit and I will call you when something comes available.”
So “everyone” is training to shoot and buying new weapons, and it is even being reported that break-ins to steal guns from sporting goods shops are increasing dramatically. Weapons are a hot commodity, which just might mean that the confidence among people that the state will keep them safe is at the vanishing point.
Even the mainstream media has noticed the spike in gun sales, but they predictably use that fact to explain the surge in gun homicides across the country in the past several months. More weapons, per The Washington Post, means more armed racist white people are out on the streets raising hell, but it ignores the fact that the gun deaths have been overwhelmingly black-on-black, as has always been the case.
I would also suggest that at least part of the explanation lies elsewhere, in less policing, as cops have figured out that they have no one on their side and are best served by doing as little as possible when the shooting starts.
Policemen have, in fact, been on the receiving end of much of the recent violence. Instead of seeking help from a cop, violent crime victims should call 911 and ask the operator to have Mayor Bill de Blasio send out a social worker whenever they get attacked by irate gang bangers. The NYPD cops are apparently too busy in any event, as they are guarding the black lives matter paintwork covering Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower.
Another thing one is now having difficulty in buying is alcohol. People are depressed and are drinking a hell of a lot more than normal, which can, of course, result in impulsive behavior. I live in Virginia, and our state store is constantly running out of everything. A cashier told me that they are selling 300% more booze than normal for this time of year.
Last week I went into a large and well-known liquor store in Washington D.C. and bought the last few bottles of our favorite scotch The Famous Grouse. They had run out and didn’t know when they would get more. My wife and I are anticipating a Famous Grouse crisis, and we have discussed setting up a still in the basement.
Finally, a family member owns a construction company. He recently said that business is unexpectedly booming, in part because people are building panic rooms, safe havens and even 1960s style fallout shelters in and behind their houses.
But unlike the threat of nuclear war in the sixties, the current fear is that with the wreckers being given a free hand by the authorities, organized home invasions penetrating prosperous neighborhoods cannot be that far away. Most of the construction work is being done as unobtrusively as possible because the clients don’t want their neighbors to know how scared they are.
So, there we are. The United States is troubled by a pandemic that the government seems unable to respond to, which has produced record unemployment and bankruptcies. Meanwhile, guns and liquor and even coins are in demand, while frightened citizens are building home defenses.
Much of the government at all levels acts like it is either on the side of, or afraid of, the destroyers. America certainly has always had flaws, but it was once a land of opportunity where people could prosper and enjoy more freedom than nearly anywhere else.
Those days are gone, so just relax and turn on the evening news. Watch a once proud country with a resilient and hard-working people come apart before your very eyes.
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is https://councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform@cnionline.org.


veteranstoday--2020-07-22--Mild Infections of COVID-19 May Not Offer Lasting Immunity

Health Editor ’ s Note : Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 may not be long lasting in people who have a mild illness .
The majority of those who have coronavirus fall into that category .
We can get the common cold , which is a coronavirus , over and over again , because we do not develop a lasting immunity .
Generally , if we contract ( or are vaccinated for ) the viruses of measles , mumps , rubella , chicken pox , we will develop a life-long immunity to those viruses .
What is revealed in this study is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the blood , decrease at a fairly rapid rate after the initial infection .
Since this study has only gone on for 90 days it is unsure if the decrease in antibodies will continue or if some antibodies will remain for long term and if they will be strong enough ( longer lived ) to fight further COVID-19 infections….Carol Rapid Decay of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Persons with Mild Covid-19 A recent article suggested the rapid decay of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG in early infection,1 but the rate was not described in detail .
We evaluated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referred themselves to our institution for observational research .
Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants , with approval by the institutional review board .
Blood samples were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) to detect anti–SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain IgG.2 The ELISA was further modified to precisely quantify serum anti–receptor-binding domain activity in terms of equivalence to the concentration of a control anti–receptor-binding domain monoclonal IgG ( CR3022 , Creative Biolabs ) .
Infection had been confirmed by polymerase-chain-reaction assay in 30 of the 34 participants .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Covid-19 and had cohabitated with persons who were known to have Covid-19 but were not tested because of mild illness and the limited availability of testing .
Most of the participants had mild illness ; 2 received low-flow supplemental oxygen and leronlimab ( a CCR5 antagonist ) , but they did not receive remdesivir .
There were 20 women and 14 men .
The mean age was 43 years ( range , 21 to 68 ) .

Health Editor’s Note: Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 may not be long lasting in people who have a mild illness. The majority of those who have coronavirus fall into that category. We can get the common cold, which is a coronavirus, over and over again, because we do not develop a lasting immunity. Generally, if we contract (or are vaccinated for) the viruses of measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, we will develop a life-long immunity to those viruses.
What is revealed in this study is that the immunity levels, measured in the blood, decrease at a fairly rapid rate after the initial infection. Since this study has only gone on for 90 days it is unsure if the decrease in antibodies will continue or if some antibodies will remain for long term and if they will be strong enough (longer lived) to fight further COVID-19 infections….Carol
Rapid Decay of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Persons with Mild Covid-19
New England Journal of Medicine
July 21, 2020
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2025179
Metrics A recent article suggested the rapid decay of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG in early infection,1 but the rate was not described in detail. We evaluated persons who had recovered from Covid-19 and referred themselves to our institution for observational research. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants, with approval by the institutional review board. Blood samples were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect anti–SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain IgG.2 The ELISA was further modified to precisely quantify serum anti–receptor-binding domain activity in terms of equivalence to the concentration of a control anti–receptor-binding domain monoclonal IgG (CR3022, Creative Biolabs). Infection had been confirmed by polymerase-chain-reaction assay in 30 of the 34 participants. The other 4 participants had had symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and had cohabitated with persons who were known to have Covid-19 but were not tested because of mild illness and the limited availability of testing. Most of the participants had mild illness; 2 received low-flow supplemental oxygen and leronlimab (a CCR5 antagonist), but they did not receive remdesivir. There were 20 women and 14 men. The mean age was 43 years (range, 21 to 68). Read More:
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013


veteranstoday--2020-07-22--Iran’s Rouhani spills the real Covid beans numbers

25 million Iranians have ALREADY caught Covid-19 & figure may go way higher [ Editor ’ s Note : This was a shocker , with the writer telling us that the official virus count is vastly below the number of those who have had it .
For a couple months , I have been watching the reported infections that kept to a 2500 per day range , with the dead in the 200s per day , despite all their efforts .
But now we see what can only be called real numbers , perhaps previously hidden , and I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land Keshe ’ s GANS water treatment , which has been shown to test with positive results .
This could mean either Iranian medicine has developed a high survival rate , or the Iranians have a stronger immune system than most .
On the bright side , if these numbers are correct , then Iran ’ s death percentages are tiny .
Why did he not say so earlier ?
To what does he attribute that low death rate ?
We have the tedious situation where a story raises more questions than it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numbers plunge on his coronavirus non-leadership , he has begun backing off acting like he is in control of situation , admitting now that “ it will get worse before it gets better ” .
His political advisers certainly suggested the shift , as the poll numbers with red state governors are dropping and more than a few red state Republicans are hiring political consultants to save them from going down with Trump in November .
More poll returns are showing a growth in the number of previous supporters who only consider themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include the independents , who could play a key role in closely contested states… 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 > > Iran ’ s coronavirus count stands at roughly 269,000 but the actual number of Covid-positive persons is nearly 90 times higher , President Hassan Rouhani suggested .
Critically , millions more are at risk of catching the contagion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and about 14,000 people have lost their lives , ” Rouhani declared , while addressing a national Covid-19 task force , official news agency IRNA reported Saturday .
Rouhani ’ s estimates mean that in Iran , home to over 80 million , almost every third citizen has tested positive for coronavirus .
Invoking health ministry data , the President said 500 out of 1,000 Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic , which only aggravates the risk of transmitting the deadly disease .
Furthermore , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be exposed to the disease in the coming months , ” the president suggested , urging compatriots to follow strict distancing and hygiene rules in order to break the transmission chain .
Rouhani ’ s gruesome prediction eclipses figures published by authoritative international sources .
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center currently puts the number of Iranian cases at over 269,400 and the number of deaths at over 13,700 .
In late-April and mid-May , Iran relaxed some of its lockdown measures , reopening mosques , bazaars , public parks and restaurants .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mortality rate went up , prompting health officials to increase testing and to warn citizens against neglecting distancing rules .
The Islamic Republic was , and still is , the hardest-hit nation in the Middle East .
Saudi Arabia and Qatar – who reported 245,851 and 105,898 cases respectively – are trailing behind Iran in a regional rating .

25 million Iranians have ALREADY caught Covid-19 & figure may go way higher
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: This was a shocker, with the writer telling us that the official virus count is vastly below the number of those who have had it.
For a couple months, I have been watching the reported infections that kept to a 2500 per day range, with the dead in the 200s per day, despite all their efforts. But now we see what can only be called real numbers, perhaps previously hidden, and I have to ask why.
This is the land Keshe’s GANS water treatment, which has been shown to test with positive results. This could mean either Iranian medicine has developed a high survival rate, or the Iranians have a stronger immune system than most.
On the bright side, if these numbers are correct, then Iran’s death percentages are tiny. Why did he not say so earlier? To what does he attribute that low death rate? We have the tedious situation where a story raises more questions than it answers.
As Trump’s poll numbers plunge on his coronavirus non-leadership, he has begun backing off acting like he is in control of situation, admitting now that “it will get worse before it gets better”.
His political advisers certainly suggested the shift, as the poll numbers with red state governors are dropping and more than a few red state Republicans are hiring political consultants to save them from going down with Trump in November.
More poll returns are showing a growth in the number of previous supporters who only consider themselves “Republican leaning”, which would include the independents, who could play a key role in closely contested states… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 07, 2020 –
Iran’s coronavirus count stands at roughly 269,000 but the actual number of Covid-positive persons is nearly 90 times higher, President Hassan Rouhani suggested. Critically, millions more are at risk of catching the contagion.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Vital: Where COVID is Putting People in Hospitals (NY Times)

Closures and mask mandates have been lowering rates , we hope , in Phoenix and a few other places though the lower rates may be tied to the fact that many cities in ‘ red states ’ aren ’ t reporting hospitalizations to the CDC…meaning they aren ’ t on the John ’ s Hopkins numbers .
Phoenix , for instance , has a COVID hospitalization rate 6 times higher than Detroit , which was the 2nd epicenter of the plague , and may be underreporting .
New York Times : At overflowing hospitals in South Texas , patients wait @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beds set up in hallways .
The number of patients intubated in hospital beds in Tampa , Fla. , is growing by the day .
In Corpus Christi , Texas , a mobile morgue has arrived .
About as many people are now known to be hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States as during any other time in the pandemic , matching the previous peak in April .
Public health experts say detailed local data on where people are hospitalized — a real-time measure that does not depend on levels of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemic , but federal officials have not made this data public .
The New York Times gathered data for nearly 50 metropolitan areas , including 15 of the 20 largest cities in the country , from state and local health departments to provide the first detailed national look at where people are falling seriously ill .
The data , as well as interviews across the country , show a far-reaching crisis .
The worst-hit areas in Texas and Florida have approached the peak rates of hospitalization that New York , New Orleans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spring .
A wide and growing expanse of hot spots around the country — including Las Vegas , Nashville and Tulsa , Okla. — have worsened over the past two weeks .
Not every hospital system is overwhelmed , and new treatments have improved the chances of survival for seriously ill people .
But experts say a small but significant proportion of those currently hospitalized will die , and those who survive may face serious long-term health issues .
Months ago , the endless wail of ambulances in New York City conveyed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concentrated area .
Now , the scale of the crisis is dispersed and harder to grasp .
Read more..no pay wall :

VT: Closures and mask mandates have been lowering rates, we hope, in Phoenix and a few other places though the lower rates may be tied to the fact that many cities in ‘red states’ aren’t reporting hospitalizations to the CDC…meaning they aren’t on the Johns Hopkins’ numbers. See how the ‘real Donald Trump’ deals with masks and law, from yesterday:
Just hours after tweeting that wearing masks was "patriotic," Trump was captured on video in his own DC hotel greeting supporters without wearing a face mask.
But then there is another problem, the more we hear fringe reports of fake numbers, high numbers, the more real facts, not alternative facts, come in showing us how states like Florida and Arizona are withholding numbers on hospitalizations and deaths, cutting numbers by, in Florida’s case, as much as 70%. From Cher:
https://twitter.com/cher/status/1283492590289973248?s=20
Texas Stores Bodies In Refrigerated Trucks While Setting COVID-19 Death Record Texas set a one-day record for increases in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the state, reporting 197 deaths and 10,893 hospitalizations. https://t.co/hkue7KtOMZ — Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 23, 2020
Phoenix, for instance, has a COVID hospitalization rate 6 times higher than Detroit, which was the 2nd epicenter of the plague, and may be underreporting.
1)Lol @RandPaul I’m a New Yorker and let me tell u what Gov Cuomo did for us here is a F’ ing miracle. We went from being the ground zero of US covid to the state with a 1% infection rate. We are now the st with the lowest number of daily deaths infections and hospitalizations… — Tweet Gal (@TweetGal1) July 22, 2020
New York Times: At overflowing hospitals in South Texas, patients wait hours in sweltering ambulances and on recliner beds set up in hallways. The number of patients intubated in hospital beds in Tampa, Fla., is growing by the day. In Corpus Christi, Texas, a mobile morgue has arrived.
NEW: NPR's @Pien_Huang talked to a CDC scientist about the change in hospital COVID reporting. He tells her the new reporting system ignores the agency's expertise and disrupts CDC's decades-long relationships with hospitals.https://t.co/bjMhQ1pxBE — Selena Simmons-Duffin (@selenasd) July 15, 2020
About as many people are now known to be hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States as during any other time in the pandemic, matching the previous peak in April.
"Alabama reports record COVID hospitalizations for five straight days"https://t.co/fnYBlU1haH — Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 21, 2020
Public health experts say detailed local data on where people are hospitalized — a real-time measure that does not depend on levels of testing — is crucial to understanding the epidemic, but federal officials have not made this data public. The New York Times gathered data for nearly 50 metropolitan areas, including 15 of the 20 largest cities in the country, from state and local health departments to provide the first detailed national look at where people are falling seriously ill.
In Week 192, as the coronavirus raged out of control in some states, Trump launched a campaign to discredit Fauci. In fresh signs of authoritarianism, Trump sought to hide date on Covid hospitalizations, and sent federal law enforcement to Portland. https://t.co/ywzpV2FejU — Amy Siskind 🏳🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 19, 2020
The data, as well as interviews across the country, show a far-reaching crisis. The worst-hit areas in Texas and Florida have approached the peak rates of hospitalization that New York, New Orleans, Chicago and other cities hit in the spring. A wide and growing expanse of hot spots around the country — including Las Vegas, Nashville and Tulsa, Okla. — have worsened over the past two weeks.
Not every hospital system is overwhelmed, and new treatments have improved the chances of survival for seriously ill people. But experts say a small but significant proportion of those currently hospitalized will die, and those who survive may face serious long-term health issues.
Months ago, the endless wail of ambulances in New York City conveyed the urgency of the virus outbreak in a concentrated area. Now, the scale of the crisis is dispersed and harder to grasp. Read more..no pay wall:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/us/coronavirus-hospitalizations-us.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Iran, Russia to devise long-term strategic cooperation agreement

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran and Moscow have agreed to devise and conclude a long-term strategic cooperation agreement .
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday , Zarif said the agreement was made during his Tuesday visit to Moscow , where he met with his Russian counterpart , Sergei Lavrov , and talked with President Vladimir Putin on the phone for one hour due to the coronavirus pandemic .
Describing his talks with Russian officials as fruitful , Zarif said he held intensive negotiations with the authorities in Moscow for four and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement .
He pointed to a 10-year agreement initially inked between Tehran and Moscow two decades ago , which has been extended twice for five years each time and is due to expire in eight months .
Zarif traveled to Moscow to hold talks with senior Russian officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance and to convey President Hassan Rouhani ’ s “ important ” message to Putin .
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also accompanied Zarif in his third visit to Russia in the past six months .
US concerned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elsewhere in his remarks , the top Iranian diplomat commented on a recent article by US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook , in which the American official expressed skepticism at a recent strategic partnership announced by Iran and China .
In a joint opinion article published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday , Hook and the US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth , Energy , and the Environment Keith J. Krach took aim at a 25-year strategic partnership recently announced between China and Iran .
They noted in the article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and China that they claimed could cause their alliance more harm than good and praised companies and countries that have sought to cut business ties with Iran and China .
In response to the article , Zarif described Hook as the “ architect of the maximum pressure ” campaign against Iran .
He has definitely never been benevolent towards the Iranian people or he would not have imposed economic terrorism against them under conditions that the people are grappling with the novel coronavirus pandemic , the minister said .
He dismissed rumors about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is making hue and cry as it is concerned about the emergence of new powers like Iran , China and India .
Due to COVID-19 , face-to-face negotiations have not yet taken place , so no document is currently valid , Zarif said , but stressed that so far , all the steps taken have been transparently announced .
Zarif said earlier the agreement is at the “ negotiation ” stage , noting that the Foreign Ministry has obtained the required permission from the government to engage in the relevant talks .
Speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parliament ’ s news outlet , last Thursday , he dismissed rumors and anti-Iran reports that the 25-year agreement with Beijing entails cession of some parts of the Iranian territory to Chinese contractors .
“ These allegations are not true .
There is not even a particle of truth to these allegations , which have been put forth , ” he added .

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran and Moscow have agreed to devise and conclude a long-term strategic cooperation agreement.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Zarif said the agreement was made during his Tuesday visit to Moscow, where he met with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and talked with President Vladimir Putin on the phone for one hour due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Describing his talks with Russian officials as fruitful, Zarif said he held intensive negotiations with the authorities in Moscow for four and a half hours that resulted in the agreement.
He pointed to a 10-year agreement initially inked between Tehran and Moscow two decades ago, which has been extended twice for five years each time and is due to expire in eight months.
“If no one has any objection, the agreement will be extended automatically for another five years, but we decided it would be better to devise a long-term comprehensive strategic treaty and update it,” he added, noting the agreement will be sent to Iran’s Parliament for approval.
Zarif traveled to Moscow to hold talks with senior Russian officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance and to convey President Hassan Rouhani’s “important” message to Putin.
Zarif says delivered ‘important’ message to Putin, agreed on strategic cooperation deal Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has delivered an “important” message from Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, adding that Tehran and Moscow agreed to finalize a long-term comprehensive deal on strategic cooperation.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also accompanied Zarif in his third visit to Russia in the past six months.
US concerned about emergence of new powers like Iran
Elsewhere in his remarks, the top Iranian diplomat commented on a recent article by US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, in which the American official expressed skepticism at a recent strategic partnership announced by Iran and China.
In a joint opinion article published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Hook and the US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Keith J. Krach took aim at a 25-year strategic partnership recently announced between China and Iran.
They noted in the article other parts of the partnership between Iran and China that they claimed could cause their alliance more harm than good and praised companies and countries that have sought to cut business ties with Iran and China.
In response to the article, Zarif described Hook as the “architect of the maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.
He has definitely never been benevolent towards the Iranian people or he would not have imposed economic terrorism against them under conditions that the people are grappling with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the minister said.
“The 25-year cooperation agreement between Iran and China is completely transparent. Nothing has been finalized yet, but we are very close to an agreement,” Zarif said.
He dismissed rumors about the agreement and noted that the US is making hue and cry as it is concerned about the emergence of new powers like Iran, China and India.
Due to COVID-19, face-to-face negotiations have not yet taken place, so no document is currently valid, Zarif said, but stressed that so far, all the steps taken have been transparently announced.
“There are no hidden points in the Iran-China cooperation document,” he concluded.
Zarif said earlier the agreement is at the “negotiation” stage, noting that the Foreign Ministry has obtained the required permission from the government to engage in the relevant talks.
Iran will not give ‘even a handspan’ of its soil to China, any other country: Zarif Zarif dismisses rumors that a 25-year agreement between Iran and China entails cession of some parts of the Iranian territory to Chinese contractors.
Speaking to ICANA News Agency, the Iranian Parliament’s news outlet, last Thursday, he dismissed rumors and anti-Iran reports that the 25-year agreement with Beijing entails cession of some parts of the Iranian territory to Chinese contractors.
“These allegations are not true. There is not even a particle of truth to these allegations, which have been put forth,” he added.


veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Turkish Intel transferred 2,500 Tunisian ISIS Jihadists to Libya. Egypt approves Army Deployement ag

Turkish Intel transferred 2,500 Tunisian ISIS Jihadists to Libya. Egypt approves Army Deployement against

Great operations are underway in Libya both to show muscle in view of an ever more difficult diplomatic negotiation , and to prepare a strategic plan for the possible great battle in Sirte for the possible huge battle in Sirte in the possibility of an attack by the troops of the Government of National Agreement ( GNA ) by President Fayez Al Serray , supported by the UN and the European Union with the only exception of France which remains “ loyal ” ally of its opponent general Khalifa Haftar .
The latter , commander of the Libyan National Army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tobruk government and the leaders of the local tribes and is supported by Russia with a view to contrasting the expansionist aims of the Turkish sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan , eager for reconstruction of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East .
Reliable sources report the umpteenth military cargo sent from Turkey to Misurata airport , in support of the Tripoli GNA , in support of its military ( a few ) and the now 16,000 jihadist mercenaries recruited by Turkish intelligence in Syria among the factions of Sunni Islamists Turkish National Syrian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of former ISIS and Al Qaeda commanders as demonstrated in multiple reports , used for the war against the Kurds in Rojava started with the Peace Spring operation of 9 October 2019 .
Meanwhile SOHR ( Syrian Observatori for Human Rights ) announces the arrival of 2500 ISIS militiamen from Tunisia to strengthen the military contingent deployed by the Turkish intelligence MIT ( as explained in the article below ) and the Egyptian Parliament has given green light to President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to prepare the army for an entry into Libya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week .
If on the one hand international diplomacy is trying in every way to prevent a civil war that began in 2014 from becoming an international conflict , on the other hand the interests of the Weapons Lobby of various countries in business with each other and with the Muslim Brotherhood ( Turkey , Qatar , Italy and the United Kingdom ) blows on fire as evidenced by the hidden direction of Deep State NATO and the intervention of a powerful American lobbying company such as Mercury in the service of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Turkish invasion of Libya with fierce jihadists was admitted a few weeks ago by italian ambassador in Tripoli , as highlighted in previous report .
Egypt ’ s parliament authorised the deployment of troops outside the country on Monday after the president threatened military action against Turkish-backed forces in neighbouring Libya , according to the Qatar media Al Jazeera .
The parliament unanimously approved “ the deployment of members of the Egyptian armed forces on combat missions outside Egypt ’ s borders to defend Egyptian national security … against criminal armed militias @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in a statement .
The deployment would be made on a “ western front ” – a likely reference to western neighbour Libya .
The move could bring Egypt and Turkey – which support rival sides in Libya ’ s chaotic proxy war – into direct confrontation .
Egypt , alongside the United Arab Emirates and Russia , backs eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar , who abandoned an offensive on the capital last month after Turkey , and above all its mercenaries ISIS – AL QAEDA , stepped up support for Tripoli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members to Libya in a few months At Turkish government ’ s orders , Turkish intelligence have transferred Jihadi groups and ISIS members of different foreign nationalities , from Syria to Libya in the past few months .
According to SOHR statistics , the Turkish intelligence transferred over 2,500 Tunisian ISIS members to Libya , out of thousands of other ISIS Tunisians operating in Syria .
SOHR sources reported a few days ago that Syrian activists reported that Turkish authorities sent a new batch of jihaid fighters to Libya , in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the “ Government of National Accord ” and the “ Libyan National Army ” led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar .
According to SOHR statistics , the number of recruits who arrived in Libya rose to 16,100 Syrian mercenaries , including 340 children under the age of 18 , of whom 5,600 returned to Syria after passing the duration of their contracts and getting their dues .
Meanwhile , Turkey keeps recruiting more mercenaries bringing them to Turkish territory to undergo military training .
According to SOHR sources , the Turkish-backed factions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recruits , as the commanders of “ Suleiman Shah ” ( Al-Amshat ) pay 8,000 Turkish liras ( around $ 1.200 ) every month for each fighter , while the commanders of “ Sultan Murad ” pay 11,000 Turkish liras ( around $ 1.650 ) for each fighter .
It is worth noting that the monthly salaries allocated for the Syrian mercenaries who are now in Turkish territories are larger than what these mercenaries get .
Meanwhile , the number of Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries who were killed in military operations in Libya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 33 children under the age of eighteen , as well as some group commanders .

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean
Great operations are underway in Libya both to show muscle in view of an ever more difficult diplomatic negotiation, and to prepare a strategic plan for the possible great battle in Sirte for the possible huge battle in Sirte in the possibility of an attack by the troops of the Government of National Agreement (GNA) by President Fayez Al Serray, supported by the UN and the European Union with the only exception of France which remains “loyal” ally of its opponent general Khalifa Haftar.
The latter, commander of the Libyan National Army, controls Cyrenaica in agreement with the Tobruk government and the leaders of the local tribes and is supported by Russia with a view to contrasting the expansionist aims of the Turkish sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan, eager for reconstruction of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.
https://www.gospanews.net/en/2020/01/01/libya-after-jihadists-turkey-sends-weapons-suspect-flights-from-belgium-for-moldovian-arab-cargo-and-us-one-too/
Reliable sources report the umpteenth military cargo sent from Turkey to Misurata airport, in support of the Tripoli GNA, in support of its military (a few) and the now 16,000 jihadist mercenaries recruited by Turkish intelligence in Syria among the factions of Sunni Islamists Turkish National Syrian Army (TNSA) radicals, composed of former ISIS and Al Qaeda commanders as demonstrated in multiple reports, used for the war against the Kurds in Rojava started with the Peace Spring operation of 9 October 2019.
Meanwhile SOHR (Syrian Observatori for Human Rights) announces the arrival of 2500 ISIS militiamen from Tunisia to strengthen the military contingent deployed by the Turkish intelligence MIT (as explained in the article below) and the Egyptian Parliament has given green light to President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to prepare the army for an entry into Libya as requested by the Tobruk government last week.
If on the one hand international diplomacy is trying in every way to prevent a civil war that began in 2014 from becoming an international conflict, on the other hand the interests of the Weapons Lobby of various countries in business with each other and with the Muslim Brotherhood (Turkey, Qatar , Italy and the United Kingdom) blows on fire as evidenced by the hidden direction of Deep State NATO and the intervention of a powerful American lobbying company such as Mercury in the service of the Tripoli government.
The concealed NATO direction in Turkish invasion of Libya with fierce jihadists was admitted a few weeks ago by italian ambassador in Tripoli, as highlighted in previous report.
Egypt’s parliament authorised the deployment of troops outside the country on Monday after the president threatened military action against Turkish-backed forces in neighbouring Libya, according to the Qatar media Al Jazeera.
The parliament unanimously approved “the deployment of members of the Egyptian armed forces on combat missions outside Egypt’s borders to defend Egyptian national security … against criminal armed militias and foreign terrorist elements”, it said in a statement.
The deployment would be made on a “western front” – a likely reference to western neighbour Libya. The move could bring Egypt and Turkey – which support rival sides in Libya’s chaotic proxy war – into direct confrontation.
Egypt, alongside the United Arab Emirates and Russia, backs eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar, who abandoned an offensive on the capital last month after Turkey, and above all its mercenaries ISIS – AL QAEDA, stepped up support for Tripoli.
Turkish intelligence transfers 2,500 Tunisian ISIS members to Libya in a few months
by SOHR reveals On Jul 17, 2020
At Turkish government’s orders, Turkish intelligence have transferred Jihadi groups and ISIS members of different foreign nationalities, from Syria to Libya in the past few months. According to SOHR statistics, the Turkish intelligence transferred over 2,500 Tunisian ISIS members to Libya, out of thousands of other ISIS Tunisians operating in Syria.
SOHR sources reported a few days ago that Syrian activists reported that Turkish authorities sent a new batch of jihaid fighters to Libya, in order to join the military operations on the side of the “Government of National Accord” and the “Libyan National Army” led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of recruits who arrived in Libya rose to 16,100 Syrian mercenaries, including 340 children under the age of 18, of whom 5,600 returned to Syria after passing the duration of their contracts and getting their dues. Meanwhile, Turkey keeps recruiting more mercenaries bringing them to Turkish territory to undergo military training.
According to SOHR sources, the Turkish-backed factions’ commanders embezzle financial dues allocated to the recruits, as the commanders of “Suleiman Shah” (Al-Amshat) pay 8,000 Turkish liras (around $ 1.200) every month for each fighter, while the commanders of “Sultan Murad” pay 11,000 Turkish liras (around $ 1.650) for each fighter. It is worth noting that the monthly salaries allocated for the Syrian mercenaries who are now in Turkish territories are larger than what these mercenaries get.
Meanwhile, the number of Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries who were killed in military operations in Libya has risen to nearly 470, including 33 children under the age of eighteen, as well as some group commanders.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/175342/


veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Mattingly: Bibi, Trump, Assad, Saddam & Fink’s Bar (the shocking truth behind COVID 19)

VT : We have been reminded that this piece from Thomas Mattingly points the finger at Israel for the current state of affairs in the US , near civil war , armed gangs of fake prison guards waiting to be deployed to block an election and a suicidal civil insurrection by MKUltra zombie Trumptards .
Read why… Why the U.S. did not remove Saddam Hussein from Iraq during the First Gulf War has affected all U.S.-Mideast policy since 1990 .
U.S. President GHW Bush brought a broad coalition of Muslim/Mideast , European and other militaries to Iraq – the largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – to oust Saddam .
Why did the U.S. succeed ?
Syria ’ s Assad supported President Bush , as per Bush ’ s request .
Syrian head of state Hafez al-Assad , father of 2014-elected Syrian president Bashar al-Assad , supported the U.S. by sending armored divisions to Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein .
However , after the largest bombing campaign since Vietnam , Saddam Hussein survived in Iraq .
Why ?
Who wanted Saddam in Iraq ?
The answers are complex ; but for now , we can say this : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Netanyahu and his loyalists – as a balance to Iran .
In U.S. President Bill Clinton ’ s later years ( 1997+ ) , ‘ Clean Break ’ project experts at Project for a New American Century revisited the Saddam/Iraq issue and sought amends .
After U.S. and others destroyed Iraq with Gulf War 1 and US/UN-Iraq sanctions ( while leaving Saddam in place ) , Bibi and his loyalists ( NeoCons+ ) needed a reason for U.S. to remain in Mideast , since Iraq was no longer a threat to Iran .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Recently and now , Bibi/Israel , GW Bush , Obama , Hillary , Trump and Putin need Russia and U.S. to remain in Iraq and/or Syria .
If not , then ‘ raison d ’ être ’ … Since 1997+ , the U.S. has needed permanent war to justify its existence in the Mideast .
Prior to and after October 2015 , both Russia and the U.S. needed IS/Daesh .
Otherwise , their presence in Mideast would be unnecessary .
Other Mideast terrorists were a bonus .
As constitutional and national security crises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 9/11 history and Mideast+ conflicts again rear their ugly heads .
To know “ What ’ s Next ?
” and to avoid World War 3 , President Donald Trump and others may need to know how the U.S. arrived at today .
Otherwise , Trump and others will repeat the history that they do not know .
In two Gulf wars and otherwise , current Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ( “ Bibi ” ) Netanyahu and others played a significant role in this history .
Let us return now to Bibi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1990 , after returning to Israel and after being Israel ’ s UN ambassador in New York , and before the First Gulf War , Bibi Netanyahu was in Jerusalem at Fink ’ s Bar – dining and drinking with high level U.S. Embassy staff and others .
Bibi and his loyalist group at a Fink ’ s Bar private table in Jerusalem had just stolen five ( 5 ) NSA-developed KG-84A cryptographic devices in Golan Heights ( with help from Canadians serving with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ) , giving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to U.S. State Department , U.S. Navy and NATO communications .
This is what Bibi Netanyahu said while sitting at the head of that private table in Fink ’ s Bar ( transcribed from a secretly recorded audio of Netanyahu at that meeting – words that few Americans , Israelis or others have seen or heard until today ) : “ If we get caught , they will just replace us with persons of the same cloth .
So , it does not matter what you do .
America is a golden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dry , chop it up , and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the world ’ s biggest welfare state that we will create and control .
Why ?
Because it is the will of God , and America is big enough to take the hit ; so , we can do it again and again and again .
This is what we do to countries that we hate .
We destroy them very slowly and make them suffer for refusing to be our slaves.
” [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a debriefing . ]
During Bibi ’ s pre-1988 time in the U.S. as Israel ’ s UN ambassador , Bibi was also Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard ’ s “ handler ” for others in Israel , as per VT staff who worked closely with President GHW Bush and his National Security Council .
Then and afterwards , Bibi was also a spy for USSR and Russia , as per VT sources .
Thanks to Bibi , U.S. intel stolen by Pollard also went to Russia .
That ’ s what U.S. intel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TS+ ) .
In 1984 , during the Iran/Iraq War , Israel bombed Iraq ’ s nuclear facilities at Osirak – supposedly to protect Israel from a nuclear attack by Iraq .
However , during the war , if Saddam had a nuclear weapon , Iraq ’ s first target would have been Iran – not Israel .
So , Israel may have protected Iran ( for which some Iranians are begrudgingly grateful ) .
During the Iran/Iraq War ( 1980-88 ) , some/many Israelis , Americans and others were saying , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But before , during and after the war , Bibi ’ s loyalists needed a strong Saddam in Iraq as a continuing enemy of Iran , which was and is Israel ’ s most powerful economic and geopolitical rival in the Mideast .
So , Bibi and his ‘ visionary ’ loyalists did not want Saddam to be removed during the 1991 First Gulf War .
President George H.W .
Bush learned of the Israeli espionage and theft of NSA KG-84A encryption devices during the First Gulf War , noting that America would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war .
As Bibi and his Israeli/Russian/U.S .
loyalists wished , the U.S. then pulled out of Iraq earlier than planned — leaving Saddam in place ( 1991+ ) .
During the First Gulf War ( +/-96 hours ) , an implicit/explicit risk was this : Had Saddam been removed , with subsequent U.S. occupation of Iraq , the occupation would be a foundation for orchestrating geopolitical confrontations that would escalate into WW3 ( nuclear+ ) – with careful ‘ guidance ’ in Washington and Moscow to ensure the result .
Above is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not remove Saddam during the First Gulf War .
The above events influenced all subsequent history in the Mideast .
President Donald J. Trump , former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Trump ’ s continuing military and foreign policy advisers may or may not know this history .
The above vulnerabilities , combined with spying by Hansen and Pollard ( both working for Israel+ ) and by others more successfully protected by AIPAC , made 9/11 possible – by ensuring that America ’ s enemies had daily access to decryption keys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others now know the source of the U.S. nuke weapon launch codes openly conveyed to White House switchboard operators on September 11 , 2001 .
By 2001 , one of the above espionage suspects would assume a U.S. cabinet post ; one would become the president ’ s chief counter-terrorism advisor ; and another would be special envoy to Afghanistan during the initial stages of the US-Afghan War .
Their close cohorts continue to control the New York field office of the FBI until this very day ( including 2016 U.S. elections ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security .
We call them “ the usual suspects.
” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ( “ Bibi ” ) Netanyahu will visit President Donald J. Trump and the White House on February 15 ( today ) .
Trump ’ s son-in-law and special advisor Jared Kushner has played and will play a role in Trump ’ s relations with Bibi and Israel – as will Trump ’ s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon , who has an office near Bibi in Israel .
In VT ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bannon and Kushner as follows : “ We are going to take things on with a rough attempt at stating their importance , the biggest disaster is Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner ; Kushner is a pig-skinned little toad with an Israeli passport who served in the IDF .
He is one of the most unremarkable people on earth , the talent and intellect Uber missed his pickup spot .
He is the primary advisor to the President of the United States in areas of national security , behind him is Benjamin Netanyahu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Netanyahu both despises the United States and is utterly insane is not paying attention .
“ Then we have Steve Bannon , a failed blogger and a real Jew hater who sees himself as the ultimate American tough guy ; no military experience , a potty mouth and a long history of screaming at people in line at Starbucks .
Like Kushner , Bannon has spent his life as a toad and ass kisser.
” On Trump ’ s National Security Council , Bannon displaced Trump ’ s Joint Chiefs of Staff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Intelligence , who are now “ optional.
” Bannon and Kushner were two of a small number involved in decision-making processes on Trump ’ s failed Yemen raid ( which killed one or more U.S. special forces soldiers and an indeterminate number of Yemeni women and children ) – with questionable results , at best .
A slightly more sane National Security Adviser to Trump ( retired Marine Corps General Michael Flynn ) will no longer be present as Trump ’ s counter-insanity adviser .
Given the truth of the above claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VT ’ s “ Intel Drop ” may have sardonically engaged in significant understatement .
Too harsh by half ?
After 9/11 , Netanyahu told Israeli media outlets that the events of 9/11 had helped Israel to get U.S. President George W. Bush , the U.S. military and others to ‘ wake up to what Israelis face every day.
’ As usual , mainstream media ignored Bibi ’ s 9/11 cheerleading .
As per firsthand knowledge and investigations by VT authors , staff and sources , Bibi and Bibi ’ s Israeli/U.S./other loyalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 9/11 .
Bibi ’ s Israeli intel boys and girls were also present in New York and New Jersey on 9/11/01 – openly filming and celebrating 9/11 events .
Bibi now returns to celebrate… 9/11 was intended to lead to the U.S. bombing , invasion and occupation of Iraq , Syria and Iran — and the takeovers of several other countries , as per U.S. General and NATO commander Wesley Clark ( retired ) .
Bibi , U.S. and others installed Morsi as Egyptian president to order the Egyptian military to join @ @ @ @ @ @ @ al-Assad .
Not !
When the Egyptian people and military ousted Morsi , then Russia , China & Mideast nations rushed to fill the void .
Such conflicts were designed to escalate into a nuclear World War 3 with Russia and others – in which the U.S. would .
This is what Trump , others and we confront today – with Flynn no longer present and Netanyahu in town to persuade Trump & Co. During the presidency of George W. Bush , I was involved in activities related to Iran .
See my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Butt-head ‘ Do ’ Iran – and World War 3.
” In the 2000s , Bibi & GW Bush ‘ Did ’ Iran .
In 2017+ , will Bibi & Trump reprise the roles ?
Former directors of Israeli military and intelligence groups know the above that Bibi is not good for Israel or Israelis ( or for America ) .
So , they openly opposed Bibi during the last Knesset elections .
Regardless , Bibi is Israeli PM ; and Bibi controls Israel .
In the fairly near future , Israel will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will probably lose .
VT ’ s recent “ Intel Drop ” and other VT articles on U.S. elections indicate that U.S. election skewing and rigging were done by Bibi , Bibi loyalists , an international criminal cabal , and U.S. intel and law enforcement agencies in which Bibi and loyalists have much influence .
Democrats say ‘ Putin and Russians did it !
’ Such BS .
However : … If or since a small group of Israeli/Russian/U.S .
oligarchs and mafia types may now control Bibi , Putin and Trump ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assertions may be true .
Completing the Criminal Takeover of the United States The World If Gore Had Won

VT: We have been reminded that this piece from Thomas Mattingly points the finger at Israel for the current state of affairs in the US, near civil war, armed gangs of fake prison guards waiting to be deployed to block an election and a suicidal civil insurrection by MKUltra zombie Trumptards. Read why…
By Thomas J. Mattingly – 15 February 2017
Why the U.S. did not remove Saddam Hussein from Iraq during the First Gulf War has affected all U.S.-Mideast policy since 1990. U.S. President GHW Bush brought a broad coalition of Muslim/Mideast, European and other militaries to Iraq – the largest in history assembled for a single purpose – to oust Saddam. Why did the U.S. not succeed?
Syria’s Assad supported President Bush, as per Bush’s request. Syrian head of state Hafez al-Assad, father of 2014-elected Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, supported the U.S. by sending armored divisions to Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein. However, after the largest bombing campaign since Vietnam, Saddam Hussein survived in Iraq. Why?
Who wanted Saddam in Iraq? The answers are complex; but for now, we can say this: Saddam in Iraq was vital to Bibi Netanyahu and his loyalists – as a balance to Iran.
In U.S. President Bill Clinton’s later years (1997+), ‘Clean Break’ project experts at Project for a New American Century revisited the Saddam/Iraq issue and sought amends.
After U.S. and others destroyed Iraq with Gulf War 1 and US/UN-Iraq sanctions (while leaving Saddam in place), Bibi and his loyalists (NeoCons+) needed a reason for U.S. to remain in Mideast, since Iraq was no longer a threat to Iran. ISIS/ISIL (IS/Daesh) to the rescue… Recently and now, Bibi/Israel, GW Bush, Obama, Hillary, Trump and Putin all need Russia and U.S. to remain in Iraq and/or Syria. If not, then NO ‘raison d’être’ …
Since 1997+, the U.S. has needed permanent war to justify its existence in the Mideast. Prior to and after October 2015, both Russia and the U.S. needed IS/Daesh. Otherwise, their presence in Mideast would be unnecessary. Other Mideast terrorists were a bonus.
As constitutional and national security crises loom in U.S. and around the world, 9/11 history and Mideast+ conflicts again rear their ugly heads.
To know “What’s Next?” and to avoid World War 3, President Donald Trump and others may need to know how the U.S. arrived at today. Otherwise, Trump and others will repeat the history that they do not know. In two Gulf wars and otherwise, current Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu and others played a significant role in this history. Let us return now to Bibi and the thrilling days of yesteryear…
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Bibi and Fink’s Bar (1990)
In 1990, after returning to Israel and after being Israel’s UN ambassador in New York, and before the First Gulf War, Bibi Netanyahu was in Jerusalem at Fink’s Bar – dining and drinking with high level U.S. Embassy staff and others.
Bibi and his loyalist group at a Fink’s Bar private table in Jerusalem had just stolen five (5) NSA-developed KG-84A cryptographic devices in Golan Heights (with help from Canadians serving with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization), giving Bibi, his loyalists and others real-time access to all U.S. State Department, U.S. Navy and NATO communications.
This is what Bibi Netanyahu said while sitting at the head of that private table in Fink’s Bar (transcribed from a secretly recorded audio of Netanyahu at that meeting – words that few Americans, Israelis or others have seen or heard until today):
“If we get caught, they will just replace us with persons of the same cloth. So, it does not matter what you do. America is a golden calf; and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the world’s biggest welfare state that we will create and control. Why? Because it is the will of God, and America is big enough to take the hit; so, we can do it again and again and again. This is what we do to countries that we hate. We destroy them very slowly and make them suffer for refusing to be our slaves.” [Confirmed by an “attendee” during a debriefing.]
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Bibi Netanyahu Is a Russian Spy
During Bibi’s pre-1988 time in the U.S. as Israel’s UN ambassador, Bibi was also Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard’s “handler” for others in Israel, as per VT staff who worked closely with President GHW Bush and his National Security Council. Then and afterwards, Bibi was also a spy for USSR and Russia, as per VT sources. Thanks to Bibi, U.S. intel stolen by Pollard also went to Russia. That’s what U.S. intel has not yet said (i.e., TS+).
In 1984, during the Iran/Iraq War, Israel bombed Iraq’s nuclear facilities at Osirak – supposedly to protect Israel from a nuclear attack by Iraq. However, during the war, if Saddam had a nuclear weapon, Iraq’s first target would have been Iran – not Israel. So, Israel may have protected Iran (for which some Iranians are begrudgingly grateful).
During the Iran/Iraq War (1980-88), some/many Israelis, Americans and others were saying, ‘Let the Muslims kill each other.’ But before, during and after the war, Bibi’s loyalists needed a strong Saddam in Iraq as a continuing enemy of Iran, which was and is Israel’s most powerful economic and geopolitical rival in the Mideast. So, Bibi and his ‘visionary’ loyalists did not want Saddam to be removed during the 1991 First Gulf War.
President George H.W. Bush learned of the Israeli espionage and theft of NSA KG-84A encryption devices during the First Gulf War, noting that America would be defenseless against Russia in a nuclear war.
As Bibi and his Israeli/Russian/U.S. loyalists wished, the U.S. then pulled out of Iraq earlier than planned — leaving Saddam in place (1991+).
During the First Gulf War (+/-96 hours), an implicit/explicit risk was this: Had Saddam been removed, with subsequent U.S. occupation of Iraq, the occupation would be a foundation for orchestrating geopolitical confrontations that would escalate into WW3 (nuclear+) – with careful ‘guidance’ in Washington and Moscow to ensure the result.
Above is the little-known history of why the U.S. did not remove Saddam during the First Gulf War. The above events influenced all subsequent history in the Mideast. President Donald J. Trump, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Trump’s continuing military and foreign policy advisers may or may not know this history.
The above vulnerabilities, combined with spying by Hansen and Pollard (both working for Israel+) and by others more successfully protected by AIPAC, made 9/11 possible – by ensuring that America’s enemies had daily access to decryption keys and intel. You and a few others now know the source of the U.S. nuke weapon launch codes openly conveyed to White House switchboard operators on September 11, 2001.
By 2001, one of the above espionage suspects would assume a U.S. cabinet post; one would become the president’s chief counter-terrorism advisor; and another would be special envoy to Afghanistan during the initial stages of the US-Afghan War. Their close cohorts continue to control the New York field office of the FBI until this very day (including 2016 U.S. elections); and others continue to control the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. We call them “the usual suspects.”
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Bibi ‘Trumps’ America!
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu will visit President Donald J. Trump and the White House on February 15 (today). Trump’s son-in-law and special advisor Jared Kushner has played and will play a role in Trump’s relations with Bibi and Israel – as will Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who has an office near Bibi in Israel.
In VT’s recent Intel Drop, VT authors disparaged Bannon and Kushner as follows:
“We are going to take things on with a rough attempt at stating their importance, the biggest disaster is Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner; Kushner is a pig-skinned little toad with an Israeli passport who served in the IDF. He is one of the most unremarkable people on earth, the talent and intellect Uber missed his pickup spot. He is the primary advisor to the President of the United States in areas of national security, behind him is Benjamin Netanyahu and anyone who doesn’t know that Netanyahu both despises the United States and is utterly insane is not paying attention.
“Then we have Steve Bannon, a failed blogger and a real Jew hater who sees himself as the ultimate American tough guy; no military experience, a potty mouth and a long history of screaming at people in line at Starbucks. Like Kushner, Bannon has spent his life as a toad and ass kisser.”
On Trump’s National Security Council, Bannon displaced Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair and Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, who are now “optional.” Bannon and Kushner were two of a small number involved in decision-making processes on Trump’s failed Yemen raid (which killed one or more U.S. special forces soldiers and an indeterminate number of Yemeni women and children) – with questionable results, at best.
A slightly more sane National Security Adviser to Trump (retired Marine Corps General Michael Flynn) will no longer be present as Trump’s counter-insanity adviser.
Given the truth of the above claims about Bibi, Bannon and Kushner, VT’s “Intel Drop” may have sardonically engaged in significant understatement. Too harsh by half?
Postscript
After 9/11, Netanyahu told Israeli media outlets that the events of 9/11 had helped Israel to get U.S. President George W. Bush, the U.S. military and others to ‘wake up to what Israelis face every day.’ As usual, mainstream media ignored Bibi’s 9/11 cheerleading.
As per firsthand knowledge and investigations by VT authors, staff and sources, Bibi and Bibi’s Israeli/U.S./other loyalists were involved in the planning and execution of 9/11. Bibi’s Israeli intel boys and girls were also present in New York and New Jersey on 9/11/01 – openly filming and celebrating 9/11 events. Bibi now returns to celebrate…
9/11 was intended to lead to the U.S. bombing, invasion and occupation of Iraq, Syria and Iran — and the takeovers of several other countries, as per U.S. General and NATO commander Wesley Clark (retired).
Bibi, U.S. and others installed Morsi as Egyptian president to order the Egyptian military to join the invasion of Syria to oust Bashar al-Assad. Not! When the Egyptian people and military ousted Morsi, then Russia, China & Mideast nations rushed to fill the void.
Such conflicts were designed to escalate into a nuclear World War 3 with Russia and others – in which the U.S. would lose . This is what Trump, others and we confront today – with Flynn no longer present and Netanyahu in town to persuade Trump & Co.
During the presidency of George W. Bush, I was involved in activities related to Iran. See my VT article, “Beavis & Butt-head ‘Do’ Iran – and World War 3.”
In the 2000s, Bibi & GW Bush ‘Did’ Iran. In 2017+, will Bibi & Trump reprise the roles?
Former directors of Israeli military and intelligence groups know the above and that Bibi is not good for Israel or Israelis (or for America). So, they openly opposed Bibi during the last Knesset elections. Regardless, Bibi is Israeli PM; and Bibi controls Israel. In the fairly near future, Israel will probably hold new elections, which Bibi will probably lose.
VT’s recent “Intel Drop” and other VT articles on U.S. elections indicate that U.S. election skewing and rigging were done by Bibi, Bibi loyalists, an international criminal cabal, and U.S. intel and law enforcement agencies in which Bibi and loyalists have much influence. Democrats say ‘Putin and Russians did it!’ Such BS. However: …
If or since a small group of Israeli/Russian/U.S. oligarchs and mafia types may now control Bibi, Putin and Trump (before and after elections), both assertions may be true.
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Related Articles:
Beavis & Butt-head ‘Do’ Iran – and World War 3
Intel Drop: Amateur Hour Has Begun
Completing the Criminal Takeover of the United States
The World If Gore Had Won
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veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Speaking Truth To Empire:  War in Yemen and 15 Million of its People Starving to Death

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veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Book Review: What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler

What Really Happened : The Death of Hitler by Robert Hutchinson is available August 4 , 2020 , in hardcover ( 256 pp , $ 27.99 , 978-1621578888 ) from Regnery History , www.regneryhistory.com .
So , what really happened ?
Popular history writer Robert J. Hutchinson , author of What Really Happened : The Lincoln Assassination , takes a fresh look at the evidence and discovers , once and for all , the truth about Hitler ’ s last week in Berlin .
Among the questions the book explores are… Washington , D.C.—Did Hitler die in his bunker…or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of Americans polled said they didn ’ t believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945 , as captured Nazi officials claimed .
Instead , they believed the dictator faked his death and escaped , perhaps to Argentina .
This was not a wild opinion : For instance , Stalin told Allied leaders that Soviet forces had never discovered Hitler ’ s body and that he believed Hitler had escaped .
At least two German submarines crossed the Atlantic and landed on the coast of Argentina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nazi officials had formed a large German colony .
According to official accounts and numerous eyewitnesses , the dictator of the Third Reich shot himself , loyal Nazis burned his body , and the bones were removed by the Russians .
The mystery surrounding Hitler ’ s final days only deepened in 2009 when a U.S. forensic team announced that a piece of his skull held in Soviet archives was not actually Hitler ’ s .
So , what really happened ?
Hutchinson sifts through the mountains of primary resources and debunks urban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s last week in Berlin .
What Really Happened : The Death of Hitler answers these questions : • Why did the Western Allies never find Hitler ’ s body ?
• What about Hitler ’ s proven use of body doubles ?
Could Hitler have used one in the bunker while he and Eva Braun escaped ?
• What happened to last minute plans to fly Hitler and Eva Braun out of Berlin ?
• Why did the FBI continue to investigate reports of Hitler ’ s survival for more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were only declassified in 2014 ?
• Why were forensic tests on crucial physical evidence only conducted in 2008 and 2017 ?
Hitler myths are complicated by long scholarly disputes , burdensome details , and worst of all , unproven conjectures presented as facts .
What Really Happened : The Death of Hitler takes all of these and clearly separates truth from fiction .
It is an important book to read if you want to know “ what really happened.
” About the author : Robert Hutchinson is an award-winning writer , speaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ popular history , including What Happened : The Lincoln Assassination , when in Rome , and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible .
The general author of the What Really Happened Series , he gives talks on historical topics to groups throughout the U.S , and Europe .
He blogs at www.RobertHutchinson.com .

What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler by Robert Hutchinson is available August 4, 2020, in hardcover (256 pp, $27.99, 978-1621578888) from Regnery History, www.regneryhistory.com.
So, what really happened?
Popular history writer Robert J. Hutchinson, author of What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination, takes a fresh look at the evidence and discovers, once and for all, the truth about Hitler’s last week in Berlin. Among the questions the book explores are…
Washington, D.C.—Did Hitler die in his bunker…or not?
After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn’t believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed. Instead, they believed the dictator faked his death and escaped, perhaps to Argentina. This was not a wild opinion: For instance, Stalin told Allied leaders that Soviet forces had never discovered Hitler’s body and that he believed Hitler had escaped. At least two German submarines crossed the Atlantic and landed on the coast of Argentina in July,1945. It was reported that Nazi officials had formed a large German colony. According to official accounts and numerous eyewitnesses, the dictator of the Third Reich shot himself, loyal Nazis burned his body, and the bones were removed by the Russians. The mystery surrounding Hitler’s final days only deepened in 2009 when a U.S. forensic team announced that a piece of his skull held in Soviet archives was not actually Hitler’s. So, what really happened? Hutchinson sifts through the mountains of primary resources and debunks urban legends to uncover the truth about Hitler’s last week in Berlin. What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler answers these questions: Why did the Western Allies never find Hitler’s body?
What about Hitler’s proven use of body doubles? Could Hitler have used one in the bunker while he and Eva Braun escaped?
What happened to last minute plans to fly Hitler and Eva Braun out of Berlin?
Why did the FBI continue to investigate reports of Hitler’s survival for more than a decade after WWII — reports that were only declassified in 2014?
Why were forensic tests on crucial physical evidence only conducted in 2008 and 2017? Hitler myths are complicated by long scholarly disputes, burdensome details, and worst of all, unproven conjectures presented as facts. What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler takes all of these and clearly separates truth from fiction. It is an important book to read if you want to know “what really happened.” About the author: Robert Hutchinson is an award-winning writer, speaker, and author of numerous books of popular history, including What Happened: The Lincoln Assassination, when in Rome, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible. The general author of the What Really Happened Series, he gives talks on historical topics to groups throughout the U.S, and Europe. He blogs at www.RobertHutchinson.com.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Pedo Yoho?? AOC Crushes Scumbag

Pedo Yoho?? AOC Crushes Scumbag

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veteranstoday--2020-07-23--DOJ to investigate Trump’s fake police for Portland violence and excessive force

In response to Congressional requests , complaints received by the OIG , and a referral from the U.S. Attorney in Oregon , the DOJ Office of the Inspector General ( OIG ) has opened an investigation into use of force allegations involving DOJ law enforcement personnel in Portland , Oregon in July 2020 .
The DOJ OIG will coordinate our investigation with the Department of Homeland Security OIG .
In addition , in response to requests from Members of Congress and members of the public , the DOJ OIG is initiating a review to examine the DOJ ’ s and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibilities in responding to protest activity and civil unrest in Washington , DC , and in Portland , Oregon over the prior two months .
The review will include examining the training and instruction that was provided to the DOJ law enforcement personnel ; compliance with applicable identification requirements , rules of engagement , and legal authorities ; and adherence to DOJ policies regarding the use of less-lethal munitions , chemical agents , and other uses of force .
With regard to events in Lafayette Square on June 1 , 2020 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Department of Interior OIG , which recently announced its review of those events .
If circumstances warrant , the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review .

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that:
In response to Congressional requests, complaints received by the OIG, and a referral from the U.S. Attorney in Oregon, the DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has opened an investigation into use of force allegations involving DOJ law enforcement personnel in Portland, Oregon in July 2020. The DOJ OIG will coordinate our investigation with the Department of Homeland Security OIG.
In addition, in response to requests from Members of Congress and members of the public, the DOJ OIG is initiating a review to examine the DOJ’s and its law enforcement components’ roles and responsibilities in responding to protest activity and civil unrest in Washington, DC, and in Portland, Oregon over the prior two months.
The review will include examining the training and instruction that was provided to the DOJ law enforcement personnel; compliance with applicable identification requirements, rules of engagement, and legal authorities; and adherence to DOJ policies regarding the use of less-lethal munitions, chemical agents, and other uses of force.
With regard to events in Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, the DOJ OIG will coordinate our review with the Department of Interior OIG, which recently announced its review of those events. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review.


veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Blockbuster: Trump Fucked, Judge rules Michael Cohen was retaliated against, Silenced over Trump-Ped

Blockbuster: Trump Fucked, Judge rules Michael Cohen was retaliated against, Silenced over Trump-Pedo problem, sends him home (Pedo-Jane Doe 13 year old rape/murder by Trump)

VT : Cohen has the real facts behind dozens of rape accusations against Trump including several child rape and one child murder charge…that crooked courts handled as ‘ civil cases.
’ Daily Beast : A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed Michael Cohen to be released from prison this week after finding that authorities “ retaliated ” against the former Trump lawyer for his plans to publish a tell-all book about the president .
“ I can not believe fairly that there was not a purpose to stop the exercise of First Amendment rights , ” U.S. District Judge Alvin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is retaliatory because of his efforts to exercise his First Amendment rights.
” On July 9 , he was ordered back to prison .
His legal team alleged he questioned an agreement that barred him from publishing the book—prompting Cohen to sue Attorney General William Barr and the Bureau of Prisons director last week .
During a virtual hearing , Hellerstein ruled that Cohen could return to home confinement without restrictions based on his First Amendment rights .
Agreeing with Cohen ’ s legal team that the former Trump lawyer was sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ retaliation ” over his upcoming book , Hellerstein ’ s decision on Thursday means that Cohen is free to write his tell-all .
Hellerstein stated that Cohen will be released to home confinement at 2 p.m. on Friday .

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen argued he was unjustly tossed back in prison to prevent him from finishing a tell-all about President Trump
VT: Cohen has the real facts behind dozens of rape accusations against Trump including several child rape and one child murder charge…that crooked courts handled as ‘civil cases.’
Daily Beast: A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed Michael Cohen to be released from prison this week after finding that authorities “retaliated” against the former Trump lawyer for his plans to publish a tell-all book about the president.
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1286326545573969921?s=20 Breaking via CNBC: A federal judge has ordered Michael Cohen released from prison by Friday afternoon. The judge found that Cohen was sent back to prison in retaliation for not agreeing to not to publish a book about Trump while on furlough from prison.https://t.co/AwxhBLJiOR — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2020
“I cannot believe fairly that there was not a purpose to stop the exercise of First Amendment rights,” U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein stated Thursday, adding “it is retaliatory because of his efforts to exercise his First Amendment rights.” Cohen, who was sentenced in 2018 to three years in prison after pleading guilty to several crimes stemming from his involvement in efforts to build a Trump Tower Moscow during the last presidential election, was sent home in May due to concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On July 9, he was ordered back to prison. His legal team alleged he questioned an agreement that barred him from publishing the book—prompting Cohen to sue Attorney General William Barr and the Bureau of Prisons director last week. During a virtual hearing, Hellerstein ruled that Cohen could return to home confinement without restrictions based on his First Amendment rights. Agreeing with Cohen’s legal team that the former Trump lawyer was sent back to prison in an act of “retaliation” over his upcoming book, Hellerstein’s decision on Thursday means that Cohen is free to write his tell-all. Hellerstein stated that Cohen will be released to home confinement at 2 p.m. on Friday.


veteranstoday--2020-07-23--Cridland: 48 States in 80 Days

Cridland: 48 States in 80 Days

and his Annie Lennox interview..
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