veteranstoday--2020-07-03--Trump’s Attorney General Embraces Large Gatherings During Pandemic

Health Editor ’ s Note : Why does the Trump administration and Trump for that matter , continue to ignore causes of the intense and increasing spread of coronavirus ?
Lack of physical distancing , masks not required , are two of the methods approved by the current administration .
Ask yourself why ?
It would seem that Trump does not care about the health and well being of the American public .
His surgeon general echoes Trump ’ s insane belief that this coronavirus pandemic , which is again ramping up in the U.S. , is of no great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and for that matter damn the American people .
Trump , shame on you for being so blatant in your medical ignorance……Carol The surgeon general refused to give a yes or no answer when asked if he would advise people to attend large gatherings for the 4th of July Jerome Adams , the United States surgeon general , refused to give a yes or no answer when asked if he would advise people to attend large gatherings over the 4th of July weekend .
Adams appeared on the “ Today ” show with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety of attending Independence Day celebrations .
At the beginning of the segment , Melvin pointed out that President Donald Trump is hosting and appearing at two large events in honor of the 4th of July : a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on Friday and a gathering at the National Mall where he will give a speech on Saturday .
Masks will not be required at either event , and social distancing won ’ t be enforced at the gathering at Mount Rushmore .
During the interview , Melvin asked Adams , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , Dr. Adams , and asked , ‘ Should I go to those events , ’ what would you advise ?
” Rather than answering the question directly , Adams instead listed risk factors for the coronavirus , such as pre-existing conditions or advanced age .
Melvin then interrupted Adams , urging him to directly answer whether or not he would advise someone to go to a large gathering or not .

Health Editor’s Note: Why does the Trump administration and Trump for that matter, continue to ignore causes of the intense and increasing spread of coronavirus? Lack of physical distancing, masks not required, are two of the methods approved by the current administration. Ask yourself why? It would seem that Trump does not care about the health and well being of the American public. His surgeon general echoes Trump’s insane belief that this coronavirus pandemic, which is again ramping up in the U.S., is of no great concern….politics as usual and damn the pandemic and for that matter damn the American people. Trump, shame on you for being so blatant in your medical ignorance……Carol
The surgeon general refused to give a yes or no answer when asked if he would advise people to attend large gatherings for the 4th of July
by Samantha Grindell/Insider
Jerome Adams, the United States surgeon general, refused to give a yes or no answer when asked if he would advise people to attend large gatherings over the 4th of July weekend.
Adams appeared on the “Today” show with Craig Melvin on Friday to discuss the safety of attending Independence Day celebrations. At the beginning of the segment, Melvin pointed out that President Donald Trump is hosting and appearing at two large events in honor of the 4th of July: a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on Friday and a gathering at the National Mall where he will give a speech on Saturday. Masks will not be required at either event, and social distancing won’t be enforced at the gathering at Mount Rushmore. During the interview, Melvin asked Adams, “If a loved one came to you, Dr. Adams, and asked, ‘Should I go to those events,’ what would you advise?” Rather than answering the question directly, Adams instead listed risk factors for the coronavirus, such as pre-existing conditions or advanced age. Melvin then interrupted Adams, urging him to directly answer whether or not he would advise someone to go to a large gathering or not. 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--2020-07-03--Only two percent of Europeans see US as useful ally

[ Note : This 2 % figure was a hell of a shock to me , one who is rarely shocked by anything anymore .
This adds to the growing proof of the Trump led isolation of the US in response to his unipolar jihad blowing up in his face .
I am not using that term to hype the issue .
The US is at its lowest point in terms of being respected , not because of anything the American people did other than not be able to control a gangster regime being installed to run the country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
VT editorialized early on that Trump WAS the swamp .
We knew just about everything about him , having direct access to his old Mafia buddies he worked closely with during the days when they shared Roy Cohn as their ‘ fixer ’ attorney .
The mob guys were actually strong family men and abhorred Trump ’ s womanizing , which included when at their gatherings , once he got drunk , squeezing the butts and the boobs of their wives .
There were even discussions about doing away with him , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the pain .
They dealt with him by always having enough bodyguards at events to form a three man wall between Trump and any of the ladies .
This week we even had Jean-Claude Junker , past President of the European Commission say that he was praying that Biden would win in November .
Never has an American president been so universally disapproved of , not only for his policies but personally…JD ]

by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, … with PressTV, Tehran
[ Note: This 2% figure was a hell of a shock to me, one who is rarely shocked by anything anymore. This adds to the growing proof of the Trump led isolation of the US in response to his unipolar jihad blowing up in his face.
I am not using that term to hype the issue. The US is at its lowest point in terms of being respected, not because of anything the American people did other than not be able to control a gangster regime being installed to run the country when Trump ran on draining the swamp.
VT editorialized early on that Trump WAS the swamp. We knew just about everything about him, having direct access to his old Mafia buddies he worked closely with during the days when they shared Roy Cohn as their ‘fixer’ attorney.
The mob guys were actually strong family men and abhorred Trump’s womanizing, which included when at their gatherings, once he got drunk, squeezing the butts and the boobs of their wives. There were even discussions about doing away with him, but that cure was deemed potentially worse than the pain. They dealt with him by always having enough bodyguards at events to form a three-man wall between Trump and any of the ladies. This week we even had Jean-Claude Junker, past President of the European Commission say that he was praying that Biden would win in November. Never has an American president been so universally disapproved of, not only for his policies but personally…JD ] – First published … June 29, 2020 –
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veteranstoday--2020-07-03--Trump’s Mt. Rushmore Crowd Will Not Be Physical Distancing

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

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


veteranstoday--2020-07-03--Anosomia (Lost Sense of Smell) is Specific to COVID-19 Infection

Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases .
Experts say smell tests might help Workplaces do it .
Newly reopened public libraries do it .
LAX does it .
Some restaurants , bars , and retail stores started doing it when governors let them serve customers again : Use temperature checks — almost always with “ non-contact infrared thermometers ” — to identify people who might have , and therefore spread , the infectious disease .
Unfortunately , temperature checks could well join the long list of fumbled responses to the pandemic , from the testing debacle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Because many contagious people have no symptoms , using temperature checks to catch them is like trying to catch tennis balls in a soccer net : way too many can get through .
On Tuesday , the head of the Transportation Security Administration told reporters , “ I know in talking to our medical professionals and talking to the Centers for Disease Control … that temperature checks are not a guarantee that passengers who don ’ t have an elevated temperature also don ’ t have Covid-19.
” The reverse is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 .
In this case , however , a growing body of science suggests a simple fix : make smell tests another part of routine screenings .
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Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases. Experts say smell tests might help
by Sharon Begley/STATnews
Workplaces do it. Newly reopened public libraries do it. LAX does it. Some restaurants, bars, and retail stores started doing it when governors let them serve customers again: Use temperature checks — almost always with “non-contact infrared thermometers” — to identify people who might have, and therefore spread, the infectious disease.
Unfortunately, temperature checks could well join the long list of fumbled responses to the pandemic, from the testing debacle to federal officials’ about-face on masks.
Because many contagious people have no symptoms, using temperature checks to catch them is like trying to catch tennis balls in a soccer net: way too many can get through. On Tuesday, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told reporters, “I know in talking to our medical professionals and talking to the Centers for Disease Control … that temperature checks are not a guarantee that passengers who don’t have an elevated temperature also don’t have Covid-19.” The reverse is also true: Feverish travelers might not have Covid-19. In this case, however, a growing body of science suggests a simple fix: make smell tests another part of routine screenings. 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--2020-07-05--Sputnik: Dershowitz Reveals Maxwell Was Epstein’s Co-Conspirator (What does it say about Dersho?)

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has urged “ everyone ” to “ keep an open mind ” about deceased billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein ’ s long-term partner and alleged procurer of underage girls Ghislaine Maxwell , after she was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2nd July .
Writing in The Spectator , Dershowitz – who represented Epstein , and played a decisive role in negotiating and securing the sex abuser ’ s extremely soft and highly controversial “ sweetheart ” plea deal in June 2008 – recalls how he and his wife were introduced to Maxwell by Sir Evelyn and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ met her on several occasions– “ generally in the presence of prominent people such as Bill and Hillary Clinton , Nobel Prize-winning scientists , presidents of universities , and prominent academic and business people , ” he ’ s curiously keen to stress – and on all those occasions “ never saw her do anything inappropriate ” .
The question of what Dershowitz witnessed Maxwell get up when not hobnobbing with “ prominent people ” is left unanswered , but he goes on to say that “ like every other arrested person ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , and ruing how “ many in the public ” will presume her guilty , in part due to how she was portrayed in Netflix ’ s ‘ Filthy Rich ’ series , which delved into Epstein ’ s innumerable crimes against humanity in some detail .
He suggests “ no one should believe anything they saw in that series ” , as it was “ based largely on the accounts of two women with histories of making dubious accusations ” .
One of the women to which he refers is Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action against Maxwell in 2015 , alleging she and Epstein had groomed her for sex , and prostituted her – while underage – to a number of Epstein ’ s ‘ clients ’ , including Prince Andrew .
While Maxwell denied the allegations , the case was settled May 2017 in her favour – details of the settlement haven ’ t been made public , but Maxwell reportedly paid out millions to Epstein ’ s victim , and a photo of Andrew and Giuffre , his arm furled round her waist , proves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capacity .
After lambasting Netflix for not rubbishing his accusers ’ reputations in the docuseries , Dershowitz goes on to implore readers to “ keep an open mind about Maxwell ” , just as they should “ about others who have been accused by Epstein ’ s alleged victims ” .
“ The truth-testing mechanisms of cross-examination and confrontation must be employed against these witnesses , as they are against other accusers .
Only after a full trial , in which both sides are presented should reasonable people come to conclusions about Ghislaine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concludes the article on a jolly note , suggesting Maxwell ’ s lawyers may argue the Statute of Limitations has expired on these 20-plus year allegations , and Maxwell is protected by Epstein ’ s original plea deal , which “ expressly included Maxwell as someone who received immunity ” – so even if his good friend is indeed guilty of heinous crimes , she could cheerfully still get off scott free on a technicality or two .
Dershowitz is well-placed to know the extraordinary terms of Epstein ’ s original plea deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ played in securing it – and in a perversely ironic twist , by acknowledging Maxwell was “ expressly included ” as receiving immunity therein , the attorney inadvertently confirms she was one of the known co-conspirators in Epstein ’ s international sexual trafficking and abuse intrigue , which has never hitherto been disclosed .
Under the terms of the deal , Epstein was granted immunity from all federal criminal charges , as were four named co-conspirators – of which Dershowitz has now blunderingly revealed Maxwell to be one – and any unnamed “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such sweeping , blanket insulation from justice to anyone , let alone an infinite number of people , is entirely unprecedented in the annals of American jurisprudence – just as shockingly though , in return for this unparalleled leniency , Epstein agreed to plead guilty in Florida state court to two felony prostitution charges , register as a sex offender , pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI , and serve just 13 months in a ‘ luxury ’ Palm Beach jail , with practically daily work release .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palm Beach Police and FBI probes into the scale of Epstein ’ s crimes , meaning the true number of underage girls sexually abused , and identities of other power individuals involved in Epstein ’ s conspiracy in any way , will likely never be known – and moreover , then-Florida District Attorney Alexander Acosta agreed the deal ’ s terms would be kept secret from Epstein ’ s victims , despite federal laws to the contrary .
A federal judge later ruled prosecutors violated victims ’ rights by doing so – in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed to the lenient plea deal because he was told Epstein “ belonged to intelligence ” , was “ above his pay grade ” , and he needed to “ leave it alone ” as a result .
Acosta also described what he called a “ year-long assault ’ ’ on prosecutors by Epstein ’ s “ army of legal superstars ’ ’ – presumably including Dershowitz – who he claimed investigated individual prosecutors and their families , looking for “ personal peccadilloes ’ ’ to disqualify them from the case .
Dershowitz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t end there – Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter and Detective Joseph Recarey , who launched the original investigation into his activities in March 2005 , have since claimed he helped wreck authorities ’ appetite for properly prosecuting his client .
Between the probe opening and October 2005 , when police executed a search warrant at Epstein ’ s home , Recarey had identified 21 possible victims , and by the time police had enough evidence to finally arrest Epstein on sex abuse charges , they ’ d identified 35 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process of tracking down at least a dozen more .
“ I was surprised at how quickly it snowballed .
I thought at some point there would be a last interview , but the next victim would supply me with three or four more names and the next one had three or four names and it just kept getting bigger and bigger , ’ ’ Recarey told The Miami Herald in 2018 .
Before he was arrested , Epstein learned some of the underage girls he ’ d abused had spoken to police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him .
Epstein also at this time hired private investigators attempted to conduct interviews while posing as cops ; picked through Reiter ’ s trash in search of dirt to discredit him ; and followed his accusers and their families .
In one instance , the father of one girl was run off the road by one of Epstein ’ s PIs .
Several victims said they were intimidated and frightened by Epstein and Sarah Kellen , his assistant and alleged scheduler of massages , who warned them not to talk to police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meet privately with then-Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer , which led to “ shenanigans ” Recarey had “ never seen or heard of before ” .
He and Reiter claim Dershowitz went on to convince Krischer Epstein ’ s accusers wouldn ’ t be credible on the witness stand , providing the State Attorney with extensive dossiers on the girls in an effort to show they had troubled pasts .
Recarey was present at some of the meetings , and recalls Dershowit showing him one of the victims ’ MySpace profile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a beer , while underage .
“ Well , tell me what teenager doesn ’ t ?
Does that mean she isn ’ t a victim because she drank a beer ?
Basically , what you ’ re telling me is the only victim of a sexual battery could be a nun , ” Recarey recalled .
These advances were nonetheless effective in respect of Krischer , and shortly thereafter “ it became clear things had changed , from Krischer saying , ‘ we ’ ll put this guy away for life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons why we aren ’ t going to prosecute this , ’ ” Reiter alleges .
Epstein may well never have been subject to a second investigation were it not for the groundbreaking reporting of investigative journalist Julie K. Brown , who wrote a series of articles documenting just some of the unspeakable acts he committed , and how US authorities seemingly did their absolute level best to ensure he went unpunished .
Unsurprisingly , Dershowitz attempted both publicly and privately to discredit and intimidate Brown , for instance writing an open letter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them not to award her for work .
“ When you go after powerful people , you know that they are going to try to find a way to mess with you .
[ Dershowitz ] must have said a million times , ‘ I know you ’ re not going to tell the truth because you ’ re just aiming for a Pulitzer ’ .
When I do this kind of work , it ’ s the farthest thing from my mind .
I never thought this Epstein story would be as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be .
Never .
The thing that drives me is finding justice and telling a story people can relate to , because there are tons of vulnerable women who have gone through something like this .
I think that ’ s another reason why intimidation doesn ’ t work .
I ’ m not doing it so everybody loves me .
I ’ m doing it because it ’ s an important story , and it needs to be told , ” she explained .

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has urged “everyone” to “keep an open mind” about deceased billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s long-term partner and alleged procurer of underage girls Ghislaine Maxwell, after she was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2nd July.
Writing in The Spectator, Dershowitz – who represented Epstein, and played a decisive role in negotiating and securing the sex abuser’s extremely soft and highly controversial “sweetheart” plea deal in June 2008 – recalls how he and his wife were introduced to Maxwell by Sir Evelyn and Lady Lynne de Rothschild.
They subsequently met her on several occasions– “generally in the presence of prominent people such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, presidents of universities, and prominent academic and business people,” he’s curiously keen to stress – and on all those occasions “never saw her do anything inappropriate”.
Presumed Innocent
The question of what Dershowitz witnessed Maxwell get up when not hobnobbing with “prominent people” is left unanswered, but he goes on to say that “like every other arrested person”, Maxwell “must be presumed innocent”, and ruing how “many in the public” will presume her guilty, in part due to how she was portrayed in Netflix’s ‘Filthy Rich’ series, which delved into Epstein’s innumerable crimes against humanity in some detail. He suggests “no one should believe anything they saw in that series”, as it was “based largely on the accounts of two women with histories of making dubious accusations”.
Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) who has been accused of child rape and still given a platform by U.S. media outlets, and Harvard to speak or appear on panels as an expert, is now openly defending Ghislaine Maxwell, previously helped Epstein avoid prison. #OpDeathEaters pic.twitter.com/8GEWrqY8FF — Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) July 3, 2020
One of the women to which he refers is Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who brought a civil action against Maxwell in 2015, alleging she and Epstein had groomed her for sex, and prostituted her – while underage – to a number of Epstein’s ‘clients’, including Prince Andrew. While Maxwell denied the allegations, the case was settled May 2017 in her favour – details of the settlement haven’t been made public, but Maxwell reportedly paid out millions to Epstein’s victim, and a photo of Andrew and Giuffre, his arm furled round her waist, proves they did meet in at least some capacity.
After lambasting Netflix for not rubbishing his accusers’ reputations in the docuseries, Dershowitz goes on to implore readers to “keep an open mind about Maxwell”, just as they should “about others who have been accused by Epstein’s alleged victims”.
“The truth-testing mechanisms of cross-examination and confrontation must be employed against these witnesses, as they are against other accusers. Only after a full trial, in which both sides are presented should reasonable people come to conclusions about Ghislaine Maxwell,” he continues.
Dershowitz concludes the article on a jolly note, suggesting Maxwell’s lawyers may argue the Statute of Limitations has expired on these 20-plus year allegations, and Maxwell is protected by Epstein’s original plea deal, which “expressly included Maxwell as someone who received immunity” – so even if his good friend is indeed guilty of heinous crimes, she could cheerfully still get off scott free on a technicality or two.
Deal Breaker
Dershowitz is well-placed to know the extraordinary terms of Epstein’s original plea deal, due to the pivotal part he played in securing it – and in a perversely ironic twist, by acknowledging Maxwell was “expressly included” as receiving immunity therein, the attorney inadvertently confirms she was one of the known co-conspirators in Epstein’s international sexual trafficking and abuse intrigue, which has never hitherto been disclosed.
Alan Dershowitz is a man who destroyed his own life *first and finally* with his own asinine unwillingness to keep his professional and personal lives separate, a *cardinal sin* for a criminal defense attorney Dershowitz should have recognized many years ago is *wholly his fault* https://t.co/4d7KklWIHJ — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 3, 2020
Under the terms of the deal, Epstein was granted immunity from all federal criminal charges, as were four named co-conspirators – of which Dershowitz has now blunderingly revealed Maxwell to be one – and any unnamed “potential co-conspirators”. The affording of such sweeping, blanket insulation from justice to anyone, let alone an infinite number of people, is entirely unprecedented in the annals of American jurisprudence – just as shockingly though, in return for this unparalleled leniency, Epstein agreed to plead guilty in Florida state court to two felony prostitution charges, register as a sex offender, pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI, and serve just 13 months in a ‘luxury’ Palm Beach jail, with practically daily work release.
The agreement also served to shut down both Palm Beach Police and FBI probes into the scale of Epstein’s crimes, meaning the true number of underage girls sexually abused, and identities of other power individuals involved in Epstein’s conspiracy in any way, will likely never be known – and moreover, then-Florida District Attorney Alexander Acosta agreed the deal’s terms would be kept secret from Epstein’s victims, despite federal laws to the contrary.
Best ad so far and I can’t post on FB. (30 days in the hole) Appealing to friends. 😭 https://t.co/9phNlHLKPU — Fat Frances (@fatfrances) July 3, 2020
A federal judge later ruled prosecutors violated victims’ rights by doing so – in defending his actions, Acosta said he agreed to the lenient plea deal because he was told Epstein “belonged to intelligence”, was “above his pay grade”, and he needed to “leave it alone” as a result.
Acosta also described what he called a “year-long assault’’ on prosecutors by Epstein’s “army of legal superstars’’ – presumably including Dershowitz – who he claimed investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for “personal peccadilloes’’ to disqualify them from the case.
Threats and Intimidation
Dershowitz’ role in the initial Epstein case didn’t end there – Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter and Detective Joseph Recarey, who launched the original investigation into his activities in March 2005, have since claimed he helped wreck authorities’ appetite for properly prosecuting his client.
Between the probe opening and October 2005, when police executed a search warrant at Epstein’s home, Recarey had identified 21 possible victims, and by the time police had enough evidence to finally arrest Epstein on sex abuse charges, they’d identified 35 potential underage victims and were in the process of tracking down at least a dozen more.
“I was surprised at how quickly it snowballed. I thought at some point there would be a last interview, but the next victim would supply me with three or four more names and the next one had three or four names and it just kept getting bigger and bigger,’’ Recarey told The Miami Herald in 2018.
Before he was arrested, Epstein learned some of the underage girls he’d abused had spoken to police, and immediately hired Dershowitz to represent him. Epstein also at this time hired private investigators attempted to conduct interviews while posing as cops; picked through Reiter’s trash in search of dirt to discredit him; and followed his accusers and their families. In one instance, the father of one girl was run off the road by one of Epstein’s PIs.
Several victims said they were intimidated and frightened by Epstein and Sarah Kellen, his assistant and alleged scheduler of massages, who warned them not to talk to police.
Dershowitz flew down to Florida to meet privately with then-Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer, which led to “shenanigans” Recarey had “never seen or heard of before”. He and Reiter claim Dershowitz went on to convince Krischer Epstein’s accusers wouldn’t be credible on the witness stand, providing the State Attorney with extensive dossiers on the girls in an effort to show they had troubled pasts.
#Breaking Alan Dershowitz, the man who represented #BenedictDonald, spent this #July4thWeekend writing an article defending Ghislaine Maxwell. Since when do we celebrate our nation's independence by defending sex traffickers? pic.twitter.com/HZ7SQUIwd9 — Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) July 3, 2020
Recarey was present at some of the meetings, and recalls Dershowit showing him one of the victims’ MySpace profile, which featured a photo of her drinking a beer, while underage.
“Well, tell me what teenager doesn’t? Does that mean she isn’t a victim because she drank a beer? Basically, what you’re telling me is the only victim of a sexual battery could be a nun,” Recarey recalled.
These advances were nonetheless effective in respect of Krischer, and shortly thereafter “it became clear things had changed, from Krischer saying, ‘we’ll put this guy away for life,’ to ‘these are all the reasons why we aren’t going to prosecute this,’” Reiter alleges.
since alan dershowitz is trending, here's a thread of him getting absolutely demolished by norman finkelstein. he was humiliated so badly that afterwards he went out of his way to get finkelstein denied tenure and fired pic.twitter.com/La24HadKJc — ☀👀 (@zei_squirrel) July 3, 2020
Epstein may well never have been subject to a second investigation were it not for the groundbreaking reporting of investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, who wrote a series of articles documenting just some of the unspeakable acts he committed, and how US authorities seemingly did their absolute level best to ensure he went unpunished.
Unsurprisingly, Dershowitz attempted both publicly and privately to discredit and intimidate Brown, for instance writing an open letter to the Pulitzer Prize committee, urging them not to award her for work.
“When you go after powerful people, you know that they are going to try to find a way to mess with you. [Dershowitz] must have said a million times, ‘I know you’re not going to tell the truth because you’re just aiming for a Pulitzer’. When I do this kind of work, it’s the farthest thing from my mind. I never thought this Epstein story would be as big as it’s turned out to be. Never. The thing that drives me is finding justice and telling a story people can relate to, because there are tons of vulnerable women who have gone through something like this. I think that’s another reason why intimidation doesn’t work. I’m not doing it so everybody loves me. I’m doing it because it’s an important story, and it needs to be told,” she explained.


veteranstoday--2020-07-04--Association for defending of victims of terrorism

[ Editor ’ s Note : VT has supported the ADVT in its honoring Iran ’ s terror victims since we first learned that it had suffered five times the KIAs than the US did on 9-11 .
But the worst part of it was that 12,000 of the 16,000 total were killed by the US and Israeli supported MEK .
Terrorism was a staple tool used by the West throughout the Cold War , and then after , with Western media never daring to write about it , whereas the ADVT has gotten basically zero coverage .
From a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an outrage because it sends a signal , for example , to all those working as uniformed and contractors in the US proxy terror wars that they will never have to justify what they did , despite its being viewed as a crime against humanity by the ICC .
I saved running this for the 4th of July , as it is a stain that needs to be dealt with on America ’ s honor .
As we wanted to be free from the horror of a 3 % sales tax on tea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem circumventing , so does Iran want to be free from living under the shadow of US and Israeli attack .
The Hafte Tir bombing was a decapitation strike of 73 of the top leaders of the Islamic Republic .
Foreign terror forces penetrated security using the meeting ’ s audio engineer , who put explosives in all the speakers set up around the large meeting room .
During the meeting , he set the timer and then left for lunch , never to return .
A Western intelligence magic carpet then scooted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was given a new name and lived his life in Belgium until the Iranians tracked him down and avenged the death of his victims .
Iran went on to suffer attacks and death of its Vice President , and then an attack on its Parliament .
Americans can not even image such events happening here , not to mention what revenge we would take for such , and yet Iranians continue to live under a threat of US and Israeli attack as normal part of their lives .
This includes all the families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plane shot down by mistake by an overzealous US destroyer captain , who was decorated for the action of defending his ship , which was a way to cover it up .
I suspect the Iranians would want to celebrate the day , like we do our 4th of July , when they can live without fear of aggression from the US .
I heard the stories of people when I was in Iran , about going to the bomb shelters during the Iran-Iraq war , when US-provided chemical weapons rained down on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ met had relatives killed during that long and bloody war .
Here we are on the 4th of July , with US forces pushing forward during peace time against former Cold War opponents who represent no offensive military threat to the US whatsoever .
We are told that if they have the ability to resist US military aggression , then they are a threat to us .
Frankly , that is quite a stretch .
It is a page borrowed form the Zionist book .
The IDF has openly stated in the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the region that it deemed a potential threat to gain military parity with Israel , but that it would attack them before that happened .
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Click to donate > > The Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism , in collaboration with the Tehran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who is Ali Motamed ?
” and ” the memorial of the companions ” to commemorate the human rights of the martyrs of the Hafte Tir bombing terrorist bombing and explaining the terrorist abuse of the asylum system .
The anniversary of that great tragedy was celebrated in the presence of the families of the martyrs , as well as cultural , political , human rights and judicial officials , near the graves of those martyrs .
“ Who is Ali Motamed ?
” ‘ s exhibition is a story about a terrorist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Netherlands .
Mohammad Reza Kolahi Samadi , the perpetrator of the June 28 bombing , has been living in the Netherlands under the pseudonym of Ali Motamed .
A banner entitled “ The Netherlands in Shame ” , which analyzes the story of crime , escape and concealment under a false name in the Netherlands , was also installed on the south side of the Martyrs ’ Mausoleum .
Mr. Ejei , the first deputy head of the judiciary , spoke about the tragedy of June 28 and the memories of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beheshti that he was not afraid of any scolding in doing his duties .
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition , Mr. Eslami , the son of one of the martyrs of the 7th of Tir , read out a statement entitled “ The Right to Truth ” addressed to the Minister of Justice and the Dutch Prosecutor .
The statement said , “ People who had been martyred in that heinous crime were all elites and unique scientific and political figures who , through the Islamic Revolution and the fall of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first steps in doing democracy and wanted to find solutions to the problems of the society , and they had no other desire but to elevate their destroyed country for centuries , and they were rightly the model of people who are in service of their country .
In another part of the statement , it is stated that directorate and planners of that crime escaped to France , on July 28th , one month after the day of the incident , by hijacking a military aircraft with a disguised face and clothes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and conspiring against Iranian people in the guise of asylum seeking , went to Iraq at the official invitation of the region ’ s criminal , and with the complicity of this former Iraqi dictator , they planned and directed other crimes against the Iranian people .
In another part of the statement , we read : Mohammad Reza Kolahi Samadi , the main perpetrator of the terrorist act who left the party office hours before the explosion , fled to Iraq after a few months of secret life and also worked for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karim .
He continued to work in the Arefi section ( relations with the Iraqi government ) under the same pseudonym Karim .
Until the early 1970s , apparently due to mental health problems and frustration , he first moved to Germany and then the Netherlands and lived in the Netherlands with the fake name of Ali Motamed and his second wife .
In 2015 , two Dutch criminals killed him .
“ The evidence shows that this is not a simple murder , but a complex international terrorist case , all aspects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the statement said .
It continued : ” The most important aspect of it is the organizational background of the victim .
That may be the reason for the murder .
One of the main culprits in the murder of this terrorist attack is the survivors of the June 28 tragedy , who must be identified as soon as possible by the relevant court and given the opportunity to participate in the trial ” .
At the end of the statement , the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism called on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Justice and the Dutch Prosecutor , to give an opportunity to survivors of the 28 June tragedy as a part of case , and by identifying other accomplices of this criminal , the right to the truth and access to justice be provided for these survivors .
At the end of the ceremony , the families of the martyrs paid respects to the tomb of the great martyrs on June 28th .
The exhibitions of “ Who is Ali Motamed ?
” And “ the memorial of the companions ” will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ memorial of seventy-two martyrs in Behesht Zahra .
The Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism is also holding a competition about “ Ali Motamed ” ‘ s grave in Al-Mere Cemetery in the Netherlands .
The competition is about this question : “ who is Ali Motamed ?
” .
Responses should be sent to association ’ s email [ email protected ] or its account in social media , in the form of text , photo or video .
There will be prizes for best answers .

[ Editor’s Note: VT has supported the ADVT in its honoring Iran’s terror victims since we first learned that it had suffered five times the KIAs than the US did on 9-11. But the worst part of it was that 12,000 of the 16,000 total were killed by the US and Israeli supported MEK.
Terrorism was a staple tool used by the West throughout the Cold War, and then after, with Western media never daring to write about it, whereas the ADVT has gotten basically zero coverage.
From a humanitarian perspective, VT feels this is an outrage because it sends a signal, for example, to all those working as uniformed and contractors in the US proxy terror wars that they will never have to justify what they did, despite its being viewed as a crime against humanity by the ICC.
I saved running this for the 4th of July, as it is a stain that needs to be dealt with on America’s honor. As we wanted to be free from the horror of a 3% sales tax on tea, which skilled US smugglers had no problem circumventing, so does Iran want to be free from living under the shadow of US and Israeli attack.
The Hafte Tir bombing was a decapitation strike of 73 of the top leaders of the Islamic Republic. Foreign terror forces penetrated security using the meeting’s audio engineer, who put explosives in all the speakers set up around the large meeting room. During the meeting, he set the timer and then left for lunch, never to return.
A Western intelligence magic carpet then scooted him off to Europe, where he was given a new name and lived his life in Belgium until the Iranians tracked him down and avenged the death of his victims.
Iran went on to suffer attacks and death of its Vice President, and then an attack on its Parliament. Americans cannot even image such events happening here, not to mention what revenge we would take for such, and yet Iranians continue to live under a threat of US and Israeli attack as normal part of their lives.
This includes all the families who lost loved ones on the civilian plane shot down by mistake by an overzealous US destroyer captain, who was decorated for the action of defending his ship, which was a way to cover it up. I suspect the Iranians would want to celebrate the day, like we do our 4th of July, when they can live without fear of aggression from the US.
I heard the stories of people when I was in Iran, about going to the bomb shelters during the Iran-Iraq war, when US-provided chemical weapons rained down on Iran’s cities. Everyone I met had relatives killed during that long and bloody war.
Here we are on the 4th of July, with US forces pushing forward during peace time against former Cold War opponents who represent no offensive military threat to the US whatsoever.
We are told that if they have the ability to resist US military aggression, then they are a threat to us. Frankly, that is quite a stretch. It is a page borrowed from the Zionist book.
The IDF has openly stated in the past that it would never wait for anyone in the region that it deemed a potential threat to gain military parity with Israel, but that it would attack them before that happened. US taxpayers financially support this, having no choice because their representatives are compromised… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 04, 2020 –
The Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, in collaboration with the Tehran Municipality, organized an exhibition entitled “who is Ali Motamed?” and ” the memorial of the companions” to commemorate the human rights of the martyrs of the Hafte Tir bombing terrorist bombing and explaining the terrorist abuse of the asylum system.
The anniversary of that great tragedy was celebrated in the presence of the families of the martyrs, as well as cultural, political, human rights and judicial officials, near the graves of those martyrs.
“Who is Ali Motamed?”‘s exhibition is a story about a terrorist’s use of asylum system in the Netherlands. Mohammad Reza Kolahi Samadi, the perpetrator of the June 28 bombing, has been living in the Netherlands under the pseudonym of Ali Motamed.
A banner entitled “The Netherlands in Shame”, which analyzes the story of crime, escape and concealment under a false name in the Netherlands, was also installed on the south side of the Martyrs’ Mausoleum.
Mr. Ejei, the first deputy head of the judiciary, spoke about the tragedy of June 28 and the memories of those precious martyrs, and said about Martyr Beheshti that he was not afraid of any scolding in doing his duties.
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Mr. Eslami, the son of one of the martyrs of the 7th of Tir, read out a statement entitled “The Right to Truth” addressed to the Minister of Justice and the Dutch Prosecutor.
The statement said, “People who had been martyred in that heinous crime were all elites and unique scientific and political figures who, through the Islamic Revolution and the fall of the 2,500-year-old dynasty system, took the first steps in doing democracy and wanted to find solutions to the problems of the society, and they had no other desire but to elevate their destroyed country for centuries, and they were rightly the model of people who are in service of their country.
In another part of the statement, it is stated that directorate and planners of that crime escaped to France, on July 28th, one month after the day of the incident, by hijacking a military aircraft with a disguised face and clothes and after years of planning terrorist acts and conspiring against Iranian people in the guise of asylum seeking, went to Iraq at the official invitation of the region’s criminal, and with the complicity of this former Iraqi dictator, they planned and directed other crimes against the Iranian people.
In another part of the statement, we read: Mohammad Reza Kolahi Samadi, the main perpetrator of the terrorist act who left the party office hours before the explosion, fled to Iraq after a few months of secret life and also worked for them on Radio Mojahedin under the pseudonym Karim.
He continued to work in the Arefi section (relations with the Iraqi government) under the same pseudonym Karim. Until the early 1970s, apparently due to mental health problems and frustration, he first moved to Germany and then the Netherlands and lived in the Netherlands with the fake name of Ali Motamed and his second wife. In 2015, two Dutch criminals killed him.
“The evidence shows that this is not a simple murder, but a complex international terrorist case, all aspects of which need to be carefully investigated,” the statement said. It continued:” The most important aspect of it is the organizational background of the victim.
That may be the reason for the murder. One of the main culprits in the murder of this terrorist attack is the survivors of the June 28 tragedy, who must be identified as soon as possible by the relevant court and given the opportunity to participate in the trial”.
At the end of the statement, the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism called on the judiciary officials, especially the Minister of Justice and the Dutch Prosecutor, to give an opportunity to survivors of the 28 June tragedy as a part of case, and by identifying other accomplices of this criminal, the right to the truth and access to justice be provided for these survivors.
At the end of the ceremony, the families of the martyrs paid respects to the tomb of the great martyrs on June 28th.
The exhibitions of “Who is Ali Motamed?” And “the memorial of the companions” will be held until three days, at the memorial of seventy-two martyrs in Behesht Zahra.
The Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism is also holding a competition about “Ali Motamed”‘s grave in Al-Mere Cemetery in the Netherlands. The competition is about this question: “who is Ali Motamed?”. Responses should be sent to association’s email info@advtngo.org or its account in social media, in the form of text, photo or video. There will be prizes for best answers.


veteranstoday--2020-07-04--Book Review, Secret space program and the hidden war, Kerry Cassidy

In 1979 , I was invited to apply for a special US government program related to UFO research .
I believed I was applying to join Project Blue Book , a USAF effort to debunk using childish stories and denialism , observations and experiences of those who encountered real extra-terrestrial life .
I had just spent 2 weeks sitting in my office , playing with my inbox and outbox and looking for cockroaches with my new nightvision googles .
I was going stir crazy and looked forward to bullying farmers and padding travel expenses driving around Iowa and dumbfuck Oklahoma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t Project Blue Book at all… In the few times I have spoken openly , once on Coast to Coast with George Noory , I seem to have broken a vow of some kind as though I were a Trump relative .
What is the truth ?
I know what I have seen .
I know what I have been told .
I am not one to believe , I don ’ t do ‘ belief.
’ What might one reasonably surmise ?
What is kept from us is incomprehensible .
[ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kerry Cassidy wrote on her website that Gordon Duff had written about mysterious events in the Pacific ocean off the coast of California .
Before that , I had not heard of Veterans Today and reading Kerry ’ s comment was a stroke of luck that led me to discover VT , as I view VT as being one of the last pillars of classical journalism .
In another stroke of serendipity , I emailed editor Jim Dean who lived in Atlanta and three years later , after much talking and social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and we had a small group of MOWW friends over for our wedding on the 4th of July .
This is our 5th anniversary .
In some small way , I thank Kerry for starting a chain of events .
Rebel Gene reflects Kerry ’ s solidly optimistic outlook about humanity ’ s future and is a fast and entertaining read .
I found myself reading a chapter and musing about it for days as it brought to mind the many Project Camelot interviews , then going back for another page turner feast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mrs. JD ] This book is the story of my journey down the rabbit hole to discover the truth behind the Secret Space Program , ETs , UFOs and conspiracies of all kinds .
To research this book , I interviewed about 1000 individuals worldwide from high level military ( both retired and current ) , intelligence agents from the United States and other countries , law enforcement , physicists , scientists of many kinds , former employees of NSA , NASA , CIA , NRO , and aerospace corporations , abductees , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physically and/or mentally and psychically ) , and the list goes on .
Some have gone on the record and been filmed in person and via Youtube and others have stayed in deep black and are known as secret sources .
This book is a distillation of the information provided in those interviews combined with my own experiences and investigations as an investigative journalist and interviewer .
It is an exploration into the nature of consciousness and the future of humanity .
“ William Tompkins : Design of bases undersea and underground , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ witnessed Battle of Los Angeles firsthand .
Testified that we bult spaceships kilometers long that could travel four times speed of light .
Worked for Hughes Aircraft Company , NASA , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Caltech , RAND Corporation , Douglas Aircraft Company , Lockheed Martin Skunk Works , Northrup , and TRW Inc .
Claimed among other things that various alien species have been dominating our planet and fighting wars over control of our planet for millennia .
Reptilians and Nordics have been fighting for control over our Secret Space Program since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Alien and Human DUMBs .
“ Solar Warden patrols the solar system and we monitor incoming craft , likely including asteroids , planetoids and Dyson spheres.
” UFO War : Chinese and US Navy off San Francisco , Joint Fleets Fend off UFO Threat

Note and update:
I don’t know Stephen Greer but I am familiar with MJ efforts to separate goat and sheep and to who has alien contact and who hasn’t. They are tasked with controlling or reining in.
Some are so convincing, or so I am told, that they can’t figure it out. The fear, or so I am told, is that the wrong humans will influence the wrong aliens to fuck us all in the ass.
Introduction by the Senior Editor
In 1979, I was invited to apply for a special US government program related to UFO research. I believed I was applying to join Project Blue Book, a USAF effort to debunk using childish stories and denialism, observations and experiences of those who encountered real extra-terrestrial life.
I had just spent 2 weeks sitting in my office, playing with my inbox and outbox and looking for cockroaches with my new nightvision googles. I was going stir crazy and looked forward to bullying farmers and padding travel expenses driving around Iowa and dumbfuck Oklahoma. I was wrong, it wasn’t Project Blue Book at all…In the few times I have spoken openly, once on Coast to Coast with George Noory, I seem to have broken a vow of some kind as though I were a Trump relative. What is the truth? I know what I have seen. I know what I have been told. I am not one to believe, I don’t do ‘belief.’ What might one reasonably surmise? What is kept from us is incomprehensible. ~ Rebel Gene, Secret Space Program and the Hidden War [ Editor’s note: In 2012, Kerry Cassidy wrote on her website that Gordon Duff had written about mysterious events in the Pacific ocean off the coast of California. Before that, I had not heard of VT and reading Kerry’s comment was a stroke of luck that led me to discover VT, as I view VT as being one of the last pillars of classical journalism. In another stroke of serendipity, I emailed editor Jim Dean who lived in Atlanta and three years later, after much talking and social meeting, I moved from New Mexico and we had a small group of MOWW friends over for our wedding on the 4th of July. This is our 5th anniversary. In some small way, I thank Kerry for starting a chain of events. Rebel Gene reflects Kerry’s solidly optimistic outlook about humanity’s future and is a fast and entertaining read. I found myself reading a chapter and musing about it for days as it brought to mind the many Project Camelot interviews, then going back for another page turner feast after a period… Erica P. Wissinger, Mrs. JD ] Rebel Gene Kerry Cassidy wrote, This book is the story of my journey down the rabbit hole to discover the truth behind the Secret Space Program, ETs, UFOs and conspiracies of all kinds. To research this book, I interviewed about 1000 individuals worldwide from high level military (both retired and current), intelligence agents from the United States and other countries, law enforcement, physicists, scientists of many kinds, former employees of NSA, NASA, CIA, NRO, and aerospace corporations, abductees, contactees, self-proclaimed super soldiers (enhanced physically and/or mentally and psychically), and the list goes on. Some have gone on the record and been filmed in person and via Youtube and others have stayed in deep black and are known as secret sources. This book is a distillation of the information provided in those interviews combined with my own experiences and investigations as an investigative journalist and interviewer. It is an exploration into the nature of consciousness and the future of humanity. Excerpt, page 340, “William Tompkins: Design of bases undersea and underground, command-and-control centers, spacecraft and motherships, witnessed Battle of Los Angeles firsthand. Testified that we bult spaceships kilometers long that could travel four times speed of light. Worked for Hughes Aircraft Company, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, RAND Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Company, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Northrup, and TRW Inc. Claimed among other things that various alien species have been dominating our planet and fighting wars over control of our planet for millennia. Reptilians and Nordics have been fighting for control over our Secret Space Program since the beginning and assisting us as well. Alien and Human DUMBs. “Solar Warden patrols the solar system and we monitor incoming craft, likely including asteroids, planetoids and Dyson spheres.” See also UFO War: Chinese and US Navy off San Francisco, Joint Fleets Fend off UFO Threat


veteranstoday--2020-07-04--Dawit Kelete, suspected CIA-USAID, ‘Playboy Assassin’ in Seattle high speed ramming (His social medi

Dawit Kelete, suspected CIA-USAID, ‘Playboy Assassin’ in Seattle high speed ramming (His social media)

The CIA has flooded American campuses with the sons of Somali pirates , warlords and high ranking al Qaeda operatives .
Sometimes it backfires just as with the Saudi pilots who started murdering US Naval Aviators .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Our hit and run boy is a multi-cultural guy , and likes to spread it around .
We suspect he will have quite a background .
Here is a working link of the strike , the girls in a bad spot and reacting too late .
Fifteen seconds was plenty of time to get out of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video , their first reaction might be to get some video .
In her live stream video below , she appears not to , as the camera does not turn toward the oncoming car .
I looked around to find photos of the victims whose lives are now changed forever .
This should be a lesson for all those out protesting , that they have to not forget about security in such situations , and not let the fun part of it lull them asleep .
That said , they need to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work than closing down a freeway for 13 days .
If they don ’ t give a crap about other people , why should anyone care about them .
They are lacking ‘ style ’ .
We will try to follow up on their condition .
And here is Diaz Love .
Their names seem to be street names , breaking away from their birth names , which people do for a variety of reasons .
SEATTLE ( AP ) — A 27-year-old man drove a white Jaguar onto a closed freeway in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ panicked crowd of protesters , critically injuring two women , officials said .
Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking Interstate 5 and sped into the crowd at about 1:40 a.m. , according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol .
Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “ Car !
Car !
” before fleeing the roadway .
Summer Taylor , 24 , of Seattle and Diaz Love , 32 , of Bellingham were in critical condition with multiple injuries , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gregg .
Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “ Black Femme March takes I-5 ” when the video ended abruptly ; with about 15 seconds left , shouts of “ Car !
” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard .
The driver , who was alone in the Jaguar , fled the scene after hitting the protesters , Trooper Chase Van Cleave told The Associated Press .
One of the protesters got in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mile .
He was able to stop him by pulling his car in front of the Jaguar , Van Cleave said .
Troopers arrived and the driver was put in custody , Washington State Patrol Capt .
Ron Mead said .
Kelete was booked into the King County Correctional Facility at 7:24 a.m. Saturday on two counts of vehicular assault .
Bail was denied .
It was not immediately clear if Kelete had an attorney who could speak on his behalf .
Officials were trying to determine the motive as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which had been closed by the state patrol for more than an hour before the women were hit .
Mead said they suspect Kelete drove the wrong way on a ramp .
Trooper Rick Johnson said the driver went through a barrier that closed the freeway before striking the women .
Troopers did not know whether it was a targeted attack , but impairment was not considered a factor , Mead said .
Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people were arrested this past week in connection with protests as demonstrations continue after authorities cleared the “ Capitol Hill Occupied Protest ” zone Wednesday morning .
Protesters had shut down the interstate for 19 days in a row , Mead said at a press conference .
The State Patrol responded by closing sections of the interstate to keep drivers and protesters safe .
“ In a time that requires care and flexibility , we are exercising the safest means possible to avoid injuries or worse to motorists , protesters , WSDOT personnel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and separating protesters from vehicular traffic , ” Chief John Batiste said in a statement on June 27 , responding to complaints about the road closures .

Update July 05, 10:18 am – A 24-year-old Seattle protester died Saturday night after the protester and another person were hit by a car that drove onto a closed interstate where demonstrators were gathered to denounce police brutality and racism.
Summer Taylor was struck by the vehicle and hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to Washington State Patrol Captain Ron Mead. Taylor later died from the injuries. Diaz Love, 32, from Bellingham, remained in serious condition in intensive care.
More: All his social media photos below? They are all gone, cleaned. And what do we have about brother Dawit Kelete today?…college degree, two sports, software engineer. Family? Zippo. Friends or co-worker interviews…zippo. How he got into the US? … zippo.
This is a profile of a CIA guy coverup, and I am waiting for the story to blow over during these turbulent times, which it probably will. I am still waiting to read why Seattle authorities let this group block a freeway for 13 days, and am curious as to why the Feds would sit quietly while an interstate freeway is blocked for this long, holding interstate commerce hostage. Apparently truck drivers’ lives don’t matter.
We will do what we always do, a dual track A, B, C analysis of what is in front of us as evidence, and then what so many miss…which is what should be in front of us but is not, a strong hint that someone does not want that string pulled… Jim W. Dean
~
The CIA has flooded American campuses with the sons of Somali pirates, warlords and high ranking al Qaeda operatives. Sometimes it backfires just as with the Saudi pilots who started murdering US Naval Aviators.
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With hundreds, perhaps thousands of children in cages, each one with stronger immigration status than this…
[ Editor’s Note: Our hit and run boy is a multi-cultural guy, and likes to spread it around. We suspect he will have quite a background. Here is a working link of the strike, the girls in a bad spot and reacting too late.
–
Fifteen seconds was plenty of time to get out of the way, but for someone doing a video, their first reaction might be to get some video. In her live stream video below, she appears not to, as the camera does not turn toward the oncoming car.
Diaz Love, struck by hit and run driver on I-5 in Seattle, WA. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested. #seattleprotests pic.twitter.com/bMMa68m0jt — J4ke (@J4k3_C4mpb3ll) July 4, 2020
I looked around to find photos of the victims whose lives are now changed forever. This should be a lesson for all those out protesting, that they have to not forget about security in such situations, and not let the fun part of it lull them asleep.
That said, they need to find a more productive way to do their work than closing down a freeway for 13 days. If they don’t give a crap about other people, why should anyone care about them. They are lacking ‘style’. We will try to follow up on their condition.
Here is Summer Taylor.
And here is Diaz Love. Their names seem to be street names, breaking away from their birth names, which people do for a variety of reasons.
~
SEATTLE (AP) — A 27-year-old man drove a white Jaguar onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women, officials said.
Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking Interstate 5 and sped into the crowd at about 1:40 a.m., according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol. Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “Car! Car!” before fleeing the roadway.
Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle and Diaz Love, 32, of Bellingham were in critical condition with multiple injuries, according to Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg.
Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5” when the video ended abruptly; with about 15 seconds left, shouts of “Car!” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard.
The driver, who was alone in the Jaguar, fled the scene after hitting the protesters, Trooper Chase Van Cleave told The Associated Press. One of the protesters got in a car and chased the driver for about a mile. He was able to stop him by pulling his car in front of the Jaguar, Van Cleave said.
Troopers arrived and the driver was put in custody, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said.
Kelete was booked into the King County Correctional Facility at 7:24 a.m. Saturday on two counts of vehicular assault. Bail was denied. It was not immediately clear if Kelete had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Officials were trying to determine the motive as well as where he got onto the interstate, which had been closed by the state patrol for more than an hour before the women were hit. Mead said they suspect Kelete drove the wrong way on a ramp. Trooper Rick Johnson said the driver went through a barrier that closed the freeway before striking the women.
Troopers did not know whether it was a targeted attack, but impairment was not considered a factor, Mead said.
Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests. Dozens of people were arrested this past week in connection with protests as demonstrations continue after authorities cleared the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone Wednesday morning.
Protesters had shut down the interstate for 19 days in a row, Mead said at a press conference.
The State Patrol responded by closing sections of the interstate to keep drivers and protesters safe.
“In a time that requires care and flexibility, we are exercising the safest means possible to avoid injuries or worse to motorists, protesters, WSDOT personnel and our troopers by closing the roadway and separating protesters from vehicular traffic,” Chief John Batiste said in a statement on June 27, responding to complaints about the road closures.


veteranstoday--2020-07-04--Der Kabinettratsfuhrer Ist Kaput!

Der Kabinettratsfuhrer Ist Kaput!

Der Kabinettratsführer ist kaput !
The joyful news first broke last Sunday in the Sunday Telegraph , not long after my last column was published .
Confirmation came on Monday , a great day for Britain and the West .
‘ Ritter ’ Mark ‘ von ’ Sedwill will go in September .
A non-job is being arranged for him , and he will get a small peerage .
‘ Frosty ’ , a.k.a .
the brilliant chief British negotiator with the EU , will take over as National Security Adviser .
The name of the new Cabinet Secretary has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4th everybody !
To no one ’ s great surprise , save the MSM ’ s , the way was suddenly cleared for the police to arrest the top tier of organised crime .
There ’ s even a whisper that the covert listening post in London run by a German electronics company has been shut down .
The breakthrough with organised crime came when the police were able to decrypt sophisticated cell-phones .
I wonder if there might be a connection ?
It ’ s not clear if the new Cabinet Secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s role as Head of the Civil Service .
( It ’ s not difficult to see why he was known as the ‘ man with too many jobs ’ ) .
Manifestly the roles should be split .
Concentration of power in the hands of an unelected official is not good .
Unlike say President Putin , Sir Mark was not elected .
Confirmation that the PM had done the right thing came on Wednesday when Sir Mark ’ s firing was bitterly criticised by Boris ’ s with respect disastrous predecessor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re being criticised by Theresa May you know you ’ ve done the right thing !
I am not of course implicating Sir Mark in anything improper , such as conspiracy to murder , but it may not be wholly a coincidence that the change at the Cabinet Office comes just a few weeks after confirmation that there was an attempt in March to assassinate Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings using Covid-19 .
At the same time there were talks between Tory Remainer rebels and Sir Keir ‘ von ’ Starmer , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cabinet Office .
The idea , as announced first in this column , was to install Starmer as PM , with the backing of the Cabinet Office , and apply to the EU for a two-year extension to the transitional period .
No doubt Labour were going to offer the Scotch Nats an ‘ independence ’ referendum in exchange for their support .
It ’ s all come to naught , thankfully .
The deadline for extending the transitional period ended at midnight on Tuesday .
The SNP are being particularly grumpy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threatened to walk out of the Westminster Parliament and have tried to scupper Boris ’ s deal allowing UK holidaymakers to avoid self-isolation on return .
Looks like you can only go on vacation abroad if you ’ re English .
If you ’ re a Scot you ’ ll have to settle for Dundee , where at least they do decent cake .
The Cabinet Office has held Britain in its death grip ever since it was set up by German intelligence in 1916 .
The Hun ’ s cunning plan was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blackmail material on key judges , MPs , senior military officers and peers from the powerful German station in London .
The Cabinet Office would then run interference on other government departments .
The idea was to run Britain as stupidly and as inefficiently as possible .
It worked , sadly .
The first priority of course was to make sure that the Good Guys , that ’ s you guys and us , lost World War I. Maurice Hankey , a.k.a .
‘ Hankey Pankey ’ , the first Cabinet Secretary , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the tank , for example .
Security became a joke – as secretary to the War Cabinet Hankey saw just about everything .
Whilst he wasn ’ t able to help his side win the war , Hankey certainly made sure that they won the peace .
Germany ’ s strategy of undermining the economies , and hence their ability to wage war , of Britain , the Dominions and America by starting a depression , would not have been possible without key assets in London and Washington such as Hankey .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ war as far back as 1929 , four years before our community partner Adolf Hitler came to power .
The scheme was for the Cabinet Office to be a self-perpetuating oligarchy .
As each Cabinet Secretary approached retirement he would nominate another German agent to succeed him .
Thus in 1938 Hankey nominated the German agent Edward Bridges to succeed him .
Bridges in turn nominated Norman Brook and so on .
John Hunt , Cabinet Secretary when we entered the EEC , was a notorious pedophile , who was supplied with young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Hunt in turn covered for Savile and ensured that he was given official access to places he should not have been allowed anywhere near .
It was Hunt who ordered the then Director-General of Intelligence , my old friend Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly , off an investigation into the Bilderberg Group which might have exposed the DVD , who set it up .
GO2 , the German operation in London , were probably a bit nervous when I went down to Cornwall to see Sir Louis !
Of course not every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ German agent .
I wouldn ’ t dream of casting aspersions on Sir Mark Sedwill , for example , nor Lord Butler , whose very able barrister son was in chambers with me at one point .
The last known German agent to have been Cabinet Secretary was Lord Heywood , who was very properly executed in 2018 for his role in the 2012 Olympic nuclear bomb plot .
The notorious Lord Armstrong – the man who came up with the phrase “ economical with the truth ” – died in April .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the German plan , developed on his watch , to blow up the Piper Alpha oil and gas rig in the North Sea .
( The Germans and Armstrong were very nervous about North Sea oil and were worried about its positive impact on the UK ’ s balance of payments . )
The solution to the problem is obvious – break up the office , make sure that Cabinet Secretaries don ’ t get to nominate their successor , either directly or indirectly , shut down GO2 and , if it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the German listening post .
Do that and the UK can once again become a functioning democracy .
The hypocrisy of those in Britain complaining about the US buying up stocks of Remdesivir knows no bounds .
The NHS has had plenty of opportunity to build up stocks .
In any event Gilead have signified a willingness to license manufacture abroad – they ’ re not a Chinese company .
They ’ re also entitled to make a reasonable profit , having taken the risk of developing the drug .
The shake-up at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way for a further NHS Hydroxychloriquine trial .
The attacks on Hydroxychloriquine have been extraordinary .
Today is “ independence day ” in England – after three frustrating months the lockdown has largely been lifted .
Pubs are open again and are doing a roaring trade , especially near the Welsh and Scottish borders .
Some maniac in Wales has been warning drinkers not to cross the border – what are the Welsh executive going to do ?
Imitate East Germany and shoot people as they walk across the border ?
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fences between England and Wales .
The biggest difference is that England has the benefit of sensible Tory government , whilst Wales is run by a bunch of left-wing loonies , no offense intended , who actually believe in the EU .
To the frustration of Peking and the WHO , both the British Prime Minister and the American President have grasped that Covid-19 is aimed at target countries ’ economies , not their populations .
President Trump has shrugged off the silly story in the New York Times about the GRU allegedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for killing Coalition troops and rightly so .
It belongs more to the plot of a Homeland episode than the pages of a serious newspaper , even the Times , which has plenty of form for making up stories .
The allegation smacks of COREA/Correa Group mischief making .
There is no reason to attach credence to media briefings from the British agencies , which report to the Cabinet Office and tend to politicise their intelligence .
It ’ s clearly a made-up piece of nonsense designed to embarrass Russia and President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with respect , President Putin , on winning the referendum in Russia .
Why shouldn ’ t he run for office again ?
Another great elected leader of a democracy , Franklin Delano Roosevelt , was elected no fewer than four times .
There are no term limits at all in Westminster style democracies .
My old friend Margaret Thatcher was in power for 11 years before being removed in a violent GO2-backed coup , which saw her key adviser , Ian Gow MP , murdered by the IRA .
It shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , but notwithstanding anti-Russian paranoia in the MSM , modern Russia is a democracy and Vladimir Putin is her elected president .
The fact that he wins most elections by a landslide is neither her not there – it ’ s not his fault if his opponents are unelectable idiots .
It won ’ t be President Trump ’ s fault if , as I predict , he wins by a landslide in November .
Bobby Storey , the IRA ’ s head of intelligence , has died .
Amongst the many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the chief intended victim of which was Margaret Thatcher .
Someone I know left the bar in the Grand Hotel not long before the bomb went off .
I know Norman Tebbit , who was wounded in the attack , and once met his charming wife Margaret , a former nurse , who was paralysed .
Storey ’ s role in the bombing was well known to the Cabinet Secretary of the day , Sir Robert Armstrong , as he then was , who backed the coup and made sure that Storey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Armstrong and Storey both worked for Germany , of course .
I ’ m sure that the IRA will not mind if I do not pay Bobby Storey a glowing tribute .
I am however prepared to acknowledge his abilities as an intelligence officer .
He was the best they had over many years .
Slightly surprisingly , he appears to have died of natural causes .
This week has sadly seen the passing of the great West Indian batsman Sir Everton Weekes .
Along with Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Three Ws ’ , who dominated the West Indies middle order in the late 40s and 50s .
I entirely associate myself with the generous tribute paid to Sir Everton by the Secretary of MCC .
Everton Weekes was one of the hardest-hitting batsmen the game has ever known .
He was never a slogger , however – he only hit one six ( a hit over the boundary ) in his entire Test career .
He played proper cricket shots and liked to keep the ball on the ground .
One of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit against England in the Fourth Test at Sabina Park , Kingston , in 1948 .
As well being a wonderful batsman he was a wonderful human being , with a wicked sense of humor .
He graced life as well as the game of cricket and will be remembered for centuries to come .
This fine actor sadly died yesterday .
His most notable appearance was probably in Pool of London , a famous crime drama , which for the first time in a British movie featured a relationship between a black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was rarely out of work thereafter and appeared as Pinder in Thunderball .
I ’ m not sure that Pool of London , recently shown in Britain on Talking Pictures , created that much of a fuss at the time .
The relationship comes across as quite natural .
Earl ’ s character was sympathetic and his own decency shone through .
Few actors make it past 100 and it was sad to see him go .
The book features a fine collection of Comet photographs but it is disappointing that Colin Higgs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to date with the literature .
Four years after Spyhunter was published he is still trotting out nonsense about the Comet 1 fuselage being weak and planes crashing due to metal fatigue .
He bangs on about square windows when they weren ’ t actually square and there is no evidence of any window failing on a Comet .
The book is worth reading for the photos alone , but it lacks penetrating insight into the tragedy of the Comet – a great aircraft , designed by an outstanding team from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poor counter-intelligence .

Der Kabinettratsführer ist kaput! The joyful news first broke last Sunday in the Sunday Telegraph, not long after my last column was published. Confirmation came on Monday, a great day for Britain and the West. ‘Ritter’ Mark ‘von’ Sedwill will go in September. A non-job is being arranged for him, and he will get a small peerage. ‘Frosty’, a.k.a. the brilliant chief British negotiator with the EU, will take over as National Security Adviser. The name of the new Cabinet Secretary has yet to be announced. Happy July 4th everybody!
To no one’s great surprise, save the MSM’s, the way was suddenly cleared for the police to arrest the top tier of organised crime. There’s even a whisper that the covert listening post in London run by a German electronics company has been shut down. The breakthrough with organised crime came when the police were able to decrypt sophisticated cell-phones. I wonder if there might be a connection?
It’s not clear if the new Cabinet Secretary will also take over Sir Mark’s role as Head of the Civil Service. (It’s not difficult to see why he was known as the ‘man with too many jobs’). Manifestly the roles should be split. Concentration of power in the hands of an unelected official is not good. Unlike say President Putin, Sir Mark was not elected.
Confirmation that the PM had done the right thing came on Wednesday when Sir Mark’s firing was bitterly criticised by Boris’s with respect disastrous predecessor, Theresa May. If you’re being criticised by Theresa May you know you’ve done the right thing!
I am not of course implicating Sir Mark in anything improper, such as conspiracy to murder, but it may not be wholly a coincidence that the change at the Cabinet Office comes just a few weeks after confirmation that there was an attempt in March to assassinate Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings using Covid-19. At the same time there were talks between Tory Remainer rebels and Sir Keir ‘von’ Starmer, the fanatically pro-EU Labour leader, brokered by the Cabinet Office.
The idea, as announced first in this column, was to install Starmer as PM, with the backing of the Cabinet Office, and apply to the EU for a two-year extension to the transitional period. No doubt Labour were going to offer the Scotch Nats an ‘independence’ referendum in exchange for their support. It’s all come to naught, thankfully. The deadline for extending the transitional period ended at midnight on Tuesday.
The SNP are being particularly grumpy at the moment. They’ve threatened to walk out of the Westminster Parliament and have tried to scupper Boris’s deal allowing UK holidaymakers to avoid self-isolation on return. Looks like you can only go on vacation abroad if you’re English. If you’re a Scot you’ll have to settle for Dundee, where at least they do decent cake.
The Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office has held Britain in its death grip ever since it was set up by German intelligence in 1916. The Hun’s cunning plan was to centralize power in Whitehall, supplying blackmail material on key judges, MPs, senior military officers and peers from the powerful German station in London. The Cabinet Office would then run interference on other government departments. The idea was to run Britain as stupidly and as inefficiently as possible. It worked, sadly.
The first priority of course was to make sure that the Good Guys, that’s you guys and us, lost World War I. Maurice Hankey, a.k.a. ‘Hankey Pankey’, the first Cabinet Secretary, did his best, telling the Germans about the tank, for example. Security became a joke – as secretary to the War Cabinet Hankey saw just about everything.
Whilst he wasn’t able to help his side win the war, Hankey certainly made sure that they won the peace. Germany’s strategy of undermining the economies, and hence their ability to wage war, of Britain, the Dominions and America by starting a depression, would not have been possible without key assets in London and Washington such as Hankey. Note that German intelligence were planning a war as far back as 1929, four years before our community partner Adolf Hitler came to power.
The scheme was for the Cabinet Office to be a self-perpetuating oligarchy. As each Cabinet Secretary approached retirement he would nominate another German agent to succeed him. Thus in 1938 Hankey nominated the German agent Edward Bridges to succeed him. Bridges in turn nominated Norman Brook and so on. John Hunt, Cabinet Secretary when we entered the EEC, was a notorious pedophile, who was supplied with young boys by the late Sir Jimmy Savile. Hunt in turn covered for Savile and ensured that he was given official access to places he should not have been allowed anywhere near.
It was Hunt who ordered the then Director-General of Intelligence, my old friend Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly, off an investigation into the Bilderberg Group which might have exposed the DVD, who set it up. GO2, the German operation in London, were probably a bit nervous when I went down to Cornwall to see Sir Louis!
Of course not every Cabinet Secretary since 1916 has been a German agent. I wouldn’t dream of casting aspersions on Sir Mark Sedwill, for example, nor Lord Butler, whose very able barrister son was in chambers with me at one point. The last known German agent to have been Cabinet Secretary was Lord Heywood, who was very properly executed in 2018 for his role in the 2012 Olympic nuclear bomb plot. The notorious Lord Armstrong – the man who came up with the phrase “economical with the truth” – died in April. He was certainly economical with the truth about the German plan, developed on his watch, to blow up the Piper Alpha oil and gas rig in the North Sea. (The Germans and Armstrong were very nervous about North Sea oil and were worried about its positive impact on the UK’s balance of payments.)
The solution to the problem is obvious – break up the office, make sure that Cabinet Secretaries don’t get to nominate their successor, either directly or indirectly, shut down GO2 and, if it hasn’t already been done, the German listening post. Do that and the UK can once again become a functioning democracy.
Coronavirus update
The hypocrisy of those in Britain complaining about the US buying up stocks of Remdesivir knows no bounds. The NHS has had plenty of opportunity to build up stocks. In any event Gilead have signified a willingness to license manufacture abroad – they’re not a Chinese company. They’re also entitled to make a reasonable profit, having taken the risk of developing the drug.
The shake-up at the Cabinet Office seems to have cleared the way for a further NHS Hydroxychloriquine trial. The attacks on Hydroxychloriquine have been extraordinary.
Today is “independence day” in England – after three frustrating months the lockdown has largely been lifted. Pubs are open again and are doing a roaring trade, especially near the Welsh and Scottish borders. Some maniac in Wales has been warning drinkers not to cross the border – what are the Welsh executive going to do? Imitate East Germany and shoot people as they walk across the border?
There are in fact no border walls or fences between England and Wales. The biggest difference is that England has the benefit of sensible Tory government, whilst Wales is run by a bunch of left-wing loonies, no offense intended, who actually believe in the EU. To the frustration of Peking and the WHO, both the British Prime Minister and the American President have grasped that Covid-19 is aimed at target countries’ economies, not their populations.
The latest Russia hoax
President Trump has shrugged off the silly story in the New York Times about the GRU allegedly paying bounties to Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan for killing Coalition troops and rightly so. It belongs more to the plot of a Homeland episode than the pages of a serious newspaper, even the Times, which has plenty of form for making up stories.
The allegation smacks of COREA/Correa Group mischief making. There is no reason to attach credence to media briefings from the British agencies, which report to the Cabinet Office and tend to politicise their intelligence. It’s clearly a made-up piece of nonsense designed to embarrass Russia and President Trump.
The Russian referendum
Congratulations to that nice man, with respect, President Putin, on winning the referendum in Russia. Why shouldn’t he run for office again? Another great elected leader of a democracy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was elected no fewer than four times. There are no term limits at all in Westminster style democracies. My old friend Margaret Thatcher was in power for 11 years before being removed in a violent GO2-backed coup, which saw her key adviser, Ian Gow MP, murdered by the IRA.
It shouldn’t be necessary to have to say it, but notwithstanding anti-Russian paranoia in the MSM, modern Russia is a democracy and Vladimir Putin is her elected president. The fact that he wins most elections by a landslide is neither her not there – it’s not his fault if his opponents are unelectable idiots. It won’t be President Trump’s fault if, as I predict, he wins by a landslide in November.
Bobby Storey (1956 – 2020)
Bobby Storey, the IRA’s head of intelligence, has died. Amongst the many atrocities he planned was the Brighton bombing, the chief intended victim of which was Margaret Thatcher. Someone I know left the bar in the Grand Hotel not long before the bomb went off. I know Norman Tebbit, who was wounded in the attack, and once met his charming wife Margaret, a former nurse, who was paralysed.
Storey’s role in the bombing was well known to the Cabinet Secretary of the day, Sir Robert Armstrong, as he then was, who backed the coup and made sure that Storey had all the information he needed. Armstrong and Storey both worked for Germany, of course. I’m sure that the IRA will not mind if I do not pay Bobby Storey a glowing tribute. I am however prepared to acknowledge his abilities as an intelligence officer. He was the best they had over many years. Slightly surprisingly, he appears to have died of natural causes.
Sir Everton Weekes KCMG GCM OBE (1925 – 2020)
This week has sadly seen the passing of the great West Indian batsman Sir Everton Weekes. Along with Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell he was one of the famous ‘Three Ws’, who dominated the West Indies middle order in the late 40s and 50s.
I entirely associate myself with the generous tribute paid to Sir Everton by the Secretary of MCC. Everton Weekes was one of the hardest-hitting batsmen the game has ever known. He was never a slogger, however – he only hit one six (a hit over the boundary) in his entire Test career. He played proper cricket shots and liked to keep the ball on the ground. One of his finest innings was the 141 he hit against England in the Fourth Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, in 1948.
As well being a wonderful batsman he was a wonderful human being, with a wicked sense of humor. He graced life as well as the game of cricket and will be remembered for centuries to come.
Earl Cameron CBE (1917 – 2020)
This fine actor sadly died yesterday. His most notable appearance was probably in Pool of London, a famous crime drama, which for the first time in a British movie featured a relationship between a black man and a white woman. He was rarely out of work thereafter and appeared as Pinder in Thunderball.
I’m not sure that Pool of London, recently shown in Britain on Talking Pictures, created that much of a fuss at the time. The relationship comes across as quite natural. Earl’s character was sympathetic and his own decency shone through.
Few actors make it past 100 and it was sad to see him go.
Recent reading: De Havilland Comet by Colin Higgs (Air World, 2018)
The book features a fine collection of Comet photographs but it is disappointing that Colin Higgs, with respect, has not kept up to date with the literature. Four years after Spyhunter was published he is still trotting out nonsense about the Comet 1 fuselage being weak and planes crashing due to metal fatigue.
He bangs on about square windows when they weren’t actually square and there is no evidence of any window failing on a Comet. The book is worth reading for the photos alone, but it lacks penetrating insight into the tragedy of the Comet – a great aircraft, designed by an outstanding team from a great company, let down by exceedingly poor counter-intelligence.


veteranstoday--2020-07-04--Mattis and 6000 Vets Run Full Page Ad Denouncing Trump

POliticsUSA : Grassroots groups will be running a full-page ad in Pennsylvania featuring 6,000 vets agreeing with Gen. Mattis and denouncing Trump .
According to a statement from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee provided to PoliticusUSA : This Fourth of July weekend , grassroots groups will run a full-page ad featuring 6,000 veterans who agree with former Trump Defense Secretary James Mattis that we must “ hold accountable ” President Donald Trump for making “ a mockery of our Constitution.
” The ad , run by veterans organization Common Defense and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee , will run first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state where American democracy was born and the first Constitutional Convention was held .
“ Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people , ” said Mattis , a 4-star Marine general who Trump appointed to lead America ’ s military .
“ We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership…We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.
” “ I voted for Donald Trump in 2016 , but he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against our fellow citizens , and it isn ’ t right .
It ’ s unpatriotic , ” said David Michael Weissman , an Army veteran from Florida who co-signed Mattis ’ s statement and is quoted in the ad .
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POliticsUSA: Grassroots groups will be running a full-page ad in Pennsylvania featuring 6,000 vets agreeing with Gen. Mattis and denouncing Trump.
According to a statement from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee provided to PoliticusUSA:
This Fourth of July weekend, grassroots groups will run a full-page ad featuring 6,000 veterans who agree with former Trump Defense Secretary James Mattis that we must “hold accountable” President Donald Trump for making “a mockery of our Constitution.”
The ad, run by veterans organization Common Defense and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, will run first in the Harrisburg Patriot-News in Pennsylvania — the state where American democracy was born and the first Constitutional Convention was held.
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people,” said Mattis, a 4-star Marine general who Trump appointed to lead America’s military. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership…We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”
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“I voted for Donald Trump in 2016, but he is using the uniform we served in against our fellow citizens, and it isn’t right. It’s unpatriotic,” said David Michael Weissman, an Army veteran from Florida who co-signed Mattis’s statement and is quoted in the ad.