veteranstoday--2020-06-02--Virginia Roberts accepts Alan Dershowitz’s challenge

Alan Dershowitz was asking for trouble when he asked Virginia Roberts to “ look in the camera ” and declare that she did have sex with him .
Dershowitz was not joking : “ I challenge Virginia Roberts to come on your show , look in the camera and say the following words : ‘ I accuse Alan Dershowitz of having had sex with me on six or seven occasions .
She has never been willing to accuse me in public , so please accuse me on this show .
I challenge you.
” [ 1 ] Roberts seemed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mantra over and over .
She accepted the challenge by saying : “ I was with Alan Dershowitz multiple times .
At least six that I can remember .
I was trafficked to Alan Dershowitz from Epstein.
” Epstein , she said , “ forced me to have sex ” with Dershowitz .
[ 2 ] Roberts moved on to say : “ He ’ s denied being with me .
Is one of us telling the truth ?
Yes .
Is that person me ?
Yes.
” [ 3 ] This wouldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dershowitz turned out to be a pathological liar .
One can say that his history of lying started when he squared off with Norman Finkelstein in the early 2000s , when Finkelstein methodically exposed him as a charlatan and a fraud .
Shortly after the debate , Finkelstein signed a contract with the University of California to expand on some of the issues he mentioned during the debate .
Dershowitz , the guy who is now pretentiously postulating that criminalizing political differences is dangerous to democracy , went berserk .
Finkelstein had taught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of New York , Rutgers University , and New York University , but when it was time for him to gain tenure at DePaul University , Dershowitz went on a campaign to force the university to deny Finkelstein tenure , even sending “ a dossier of Norman Finkelstein ’ s most egregious academic sins.
” [ 4 ] The university eventually succumbed to the campaign against Finkelstein , though it admitted in an official statement that Finkelstein is “ a prolific scholar and outstanding teacher.
” [ 5 ] So if Finkelstein ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is an outstanding teacher , what caused the university to essentially fire him ?
The simple answer is that thought-police Dershowitz played a major role .
An article in the Harvard Crimson declared , “ Dershowitz confirmed that he had sent a letter last September to DePaul faculty members lobbying against Finkelstein ’ s tenure .
The letter , which Dershowitz said contained ‘ self-proving information , ’ referenced dozens of alleged instances in which Finkelstein had made up quotations of Dershowitz , the Israeli Supreme Court , and others.
” [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he “ asked California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to intervene in order to prevent the University of California Press from publishing the book [ Beyond Chutzpah ] .
Schwarzenegger ’ s legal advisor responded , however , that the governor would not intervene in issues of academic freedom.
” Later , DePaul University declared that Finkelstein did not get tenure because of his lack of scholarship , but because of his demeaning attacks on important public figures like Dershowitz and author Elie Wiesel .
Dershowitz argues in another publication that people like T. S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Henry Ford , Tacitus , and Cicero were also anti-Semites .
[ 7 ] Hopefully he won ’ t accused Virginia Roberts of being one .
One more thing about Dershowitz .
He thinks that pornography is not harmful .
[ 8 ] When the pornographic movie Deep Throat came out in 1972 , Dershowitz was on the front lines in defending Jewish actor Harry Reems for his role in the movie .
From 1977 to 1988 , Dershowitz was a staunch defender of pornography , titling one of his essays “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Junk Science , Which Doesn ’ t Belong in Courts.
” [ 9 ] This particular essay was published by Penthouse , a pornographic magazine , for which Dershowitz wrote about seventy-five articles , the majority of which were published during the latter half of the 1980s .
• [ 1 ] Lee Brown , “ Virginia Roberts accepts Alan Dershowitz ’ s dare , tells doc they had sex , ” NY Post , May 28 , 2020 .
• [ 4 ] “ Harvard Law Professor Works to Disrupt Tenure Bid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Chronicle of Higher Education , April 5 , 2007 .
• [ 5 ] “ Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution , ” DePaul University , September 5 , 2007 .

Alan Dershowitz was asking for trouble when he asked Virginia Roberts to “look in the camera” and declare that she did have sex with him. Dershowitz was not joking: “I challenge Virginia Roberts to come on your show, look in the camera and say the following words: ‘I accuse Alan Dershowitz of having had sex with me on six or seven occasions. She has never been willing to accuse me in public, so please accuse me on this show. I challenge you.”[1]
Roberts seemed to have been tired of Dershowitz repeating the mantra over and over. She accepted the challenge by saying: “I was with Alan Dershowitz multiple times. At least six that I can remember. I was trafficked to Alan Dershowitz from Epstein.” Epstein, she said, “forced me to have sex” with Dershowitz.[2] Roberts moved on to say: “He’s denied being with me. Is one of us telling the truth? Yes. Is that person me? Yes.”[3]
This wouldn’t be the first time that Dershowitz turned out to be a pathological liar. One can say that his history of lying started when he squared off with Norman Finkelstein in the early 2000s, when Finkelstein methodically exposed him as a charlatan and a fraud. Shortly after the debate, Finkelstein signed a contract with the University of California to expand on some of the issues he mentioned during the debate. Dershowitz, the guy who is now pretentiously postulating that criminalizing political differences is dangerous to democracy, went berserk.
Finkelstein had taught at prestigious universities such as State University of New York, Rutgers University, and New York University, but when it was time for him to gain tenure at DePaul University, Dershowitz went on a campaign to force the university to deny Finkelstein tenure, even sending “a dossier of Norman Finkelstein’s most egregious academic sins.”[4] The university eventually succumbed to the campaign against Finkelstein, though it admitted in an official statement that Finkelstein is “a prolific scholar and outstanding teacher.”[5] So if Finkelstein’s academic studies are impeccable, if he is an outstanding teacher, what caused the university to essentially fire him? The simple answer is that thought-police Dershowitz played a major role. An article in the Harvard Crimson declared, “Dershowitz confirmed that he had sent a letter last September to DePaul faculty members lobbying against Finkelstein’s tenure. The letter, which Dershowitz said contained ‘self-proving information,’ referenced dozens of alleged instances in which Finkelstein had made up quotations of Dershowitz, the Israeli Supreme Court, and others.”[6] Dershowitz was so crazy that he “asked California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to intervene in order to prevent the University of California Press from publishing the book [Beyond Chutzpah]. Schwarzenegger’s legal advisor responded, however, that the governor would not intervene in issues of academic freedom.” Later, DePaul University declared that Finkelstein did not get tenure because of his lack of scholarship, but because of his demeaning attacks on important public figures like Dershowitz and author Elie Wiesel. Dershowitz argues in another publication that people like T. S. Eliot, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Tacitus, and Cicero were also anti-Semites.[7] Hopefully he won’t accused Virginia Roberts of being one. One more thing about Dershowitz. He thinks that pornography is not harmful.[8] When the pornographic movie Deep Throat came out in 1972, Dershowitz was on the front lines in defending Jewish actor Harry Reems for his role in the movie. From 1977 to 1988, Dershowitz was a staunch defender of pornography, titling one of his essays “Justice: Connecting Pornography with Violence is Junk Science, Which Doesn’t Belong in Courts.”[9] This particular essay was published by Penthouse, a pornographic magazine, for which Dershowitz wrote about seventy-five articles, the majority of which were published during the latter half of the 1980s. [1] Lee Brown, “Virginia Roberts accepts Alan Dershowitz’s dare, tells doc they had sex,” NY Post, May 28, 2020.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] “Harvard Law Professor Works to Disrupt Tenure Bid of Longtime Nemesis at DePaul U.,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 5, 2007.
[5] “Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution,” DePaul University, September 5, 2007.
[6] Kevin Zhou, “Feud Weakens Prof ’s Tenure Bid,” Harvard Crimson, April 4, 2007.
[7] Alan M. Dershowitz, Chutzpah (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 113.
[8] Charles McGrath, “An X-Rated Phenomenon Revisited,” NY Times, Feb. 9, 2005.
[9] Joseph W. Slade, Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001), 3:978.


veteranstoday--2020-06-03--ITALY JUSTICE-LEAKS – 1. Corruptions & Dirty Political Plots inside Judiciary’s Superior Council

“ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice because they will be satisfied “ Jesus Christ – Matthew ’ s Gospel 5,6 Finally , after decades of vague or difficult to document accusations , the conspiracies of the notorious “ Red Togas ” ( left-wing magistrates ) come to the surface to quench that thirst for justice that burns in the throats craving for truth even more than in those hungry for political revenge .
That ’ s why with this report we open a new cycle of investigations on the PalamaraGate scandal that is causing the Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a history of infamous sidetracks even on the massacres of some judges such as Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino ( less distant than how it may seem from the current scandals as we will soon see … ) .
A dripping of wiretapping has opened Pandora ’ s box of judicial corruption and shady plots such as to overwhelm and inflict terrible suspicions even on the Superior Council of Judiciary ( CSM ) , the governing and surveillance body of those judges and prosecutors who , as recalled in the other article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the past 20 years .
The invitations to dissolve this institution launched by the opposition parties to the Head of State , Sergio Mattarella , CSM president by right , have issued an ambiguous statement in which he actually spreads his arms in a gesture of acclaimed impotence that appears even worse than his already long and embarrassing silence .
Today , 2 June 2020 , instead of the feast , the death of the Italian Republic , already born under the bad stars of alleged electoral fraud in the referendum for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unification of Italy pepretrated through the “ Expedition of the Thousand ” warps by British Freemasonry ( see article on Garibaldi ) .
In fact , we can not speak only of “ conspiracies ” between members of the Democratic Party ( PD ) and magistrates in relation to the latest revelations of a project to discredit Matteo Salvini , leader of the League , on the thorny and delicate issue of the ship Diciotti , a symbolic epiphenomenon of that Mediterranean Sea ’ s migrant emergency now epidemic for years for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since Salvini was Minister of the Interior when he was targeted through a judicial investigation that forced him to resort to parliamentary immunity provoked by a political attack even planned by the former vice-president of the CSM Giovanni Legnini , already under-secretary in two PD governments , the technical name of that plan is a “ conspiracy ” as the Treccani encyclopedia clearly points out : “ Secret pact , and mostly confirmed by oath , between people who agree to overturn the order of a state and who represents it.
” A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magistrates , intercepted by the Guardia di Finanza in investigations for corruption in judicial acts against the substitute Roman prosecutor Luca Palamara , gave birth to a position taken by the CSM against Salvini for his decision to delay the landing of the boat with illegal immigrants following which the investigation into kidnapping of the former Minister was triggered .
He saved himself from the trial thanks to parliamentary immunity but thus ended up under “ political blackmail ” of the government allies of the 5 Star Movement enough to induce him a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of no confidence against the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte .
After the crisis , Conte returned to the government , on behalf of President Mattarella , thanks to the same 5-Star MPs who allied themselves with the Democrats of the PD who had publicly criminalized the Minister of the Interior for the management of migration policies .
All this would be only normal political conflict if it had not been triggered by a member of the CSM as Legnini , who would have had the task of supervising the impartial behavior of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the conductor of a band of “ Red Togas ” , despite his role .
In fact , as vice president , he is delegated to lead the Superior Council of the Judiciary by the Head of State who is the president by right .
It is even more disturbing to remember ( as prophetically mentioned in the previous article before these shocking new revelations ) that the name of the former vice-president of the governing body of the judiciary emerged in the context of another investigation that culminated even with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a close collaborator of Palamara enough to choose him as a travel companion for an official mission in Argentina … THE PALAMARA-GATE IN BRIEF In May 2019 , the scandal that we renamed PalamaraGate broke out .
Luca Palamara , former president of the National Magistrates Association ( trade union ) thanks to the votes of his current UNICOST , a former member of the CSM , was investigated for corruption in judicial documents because he was suspected by the Prosecutor of Perugia of having received money and gifts to cover up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story here ) .
But in the context of the wiretapping initiated by the military of the GICO ( Investigation Group Organized Crime ) of Finance by inoculating a trojan in Palamara ’ s phone , even more serious things are discovered .
The magistrate , then investigated and suspended from duties without pay , made private meetings with other colleagues and representatives of the Democratic Party in which he discussed how to pilot the appointments in some strategic Prosecutors such as Perugia ( holder of the investigation over himself ) and Rome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aiding and disclosure of official secrecy on the ex minister Luca Lotti , right arm of the former PM and PD secretary Matteo Renzi , in relation to some tip-offs on a maxi-investigation for bribes in CONSIP , the government company which manages the public administration ’ s billionaire contracts .
Lotti is among the protagonists of those meetings in a Roman hotel which was also attended by Cosimo Maria Ferri , a judge on leave , a former undersecretary with the PD and today a deputy in this same party .
Palamara @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get an anticipation on the contents of the investigations against him and would receive some “ spying ” from authoritative colleagues of the Superior Council of Judiciary such as the then Attorney General of the Cassation Riccardo Fuzio and the councilor Luigi Spina , both investigated and induced to resign as three other members of the body of magistrates ( Fuzio actually asked for early retirement ) .
A wave of mud swept the Palazzo dei Marescialli , headquarters of the CSM , last May despite President Mattarella ’ s attempt to praise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the scandal .
The story was also fading because the Court of Cassation ruled on wiretapping with the Trojan , considering them usable towards Palamara but not towards the co-suspects for the disclosure of office secrets for the usual Italian legal quibbles .
After 12 months , however , on April 22 last , the Prosecutor of Perugia filed the documents against the main accused for the notification of the closure of the investigations and , within them , wiretappings of hundreds Chat messages among togas , revealed in preview from the newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones on Legnini ’ s political-judiciary plot .
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“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice because they will be satisfied”
Jesus Christ – Matthew’s Gospel 5,6
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
VERSIONE COMPLETA ORIGINALE IN ITALIANO
Finally, after decades of vague or difficult to document accusations, the conspiracies of the notorious “Red Togas” (left-wing magistrates) come to the surface to quench that thirst for justice that burns in the throats craving for truth even more than in those hungry for political revenge.
That’s why with this report we open a new cycle of investigations on the PalamaraGate scandal that is causing the Italian judiciary to lose its credibility, raped by a history of infamous sidetracks even on the massacres of some judges such as Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino (less distant than how it may seem from the current scandals as we will soon see …).
A dripping of wiretapping has opened Pandora’s box of judicial corruption and shady plots such as to overwhelm and inflict terrible suspicions even on the Superior Council of Judiciary (CSM), the governing and surveillance body of those judges and prosecutors who, as recalled in the other article, they have marked Italian political history in the past 20 years.
The invitations to dissolve this institution launched by the opposition parties to the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, CSM president by right, have issued an ambiguous statement in which he actually spreads his arms in a gesture of acclaimed impotence that appears even worse than his already long and embarrassing silence.
Today, 2 June 2020, instead of the feast, the death of the Italian Republic, already born under the bad stars of alleged electoral fraud in the referendum for the repeal of the 1946 monarchy and the unification of Italy pepretrated through the “Expedition of the Thousand” warps by British Freemasonry (see article on Garibaldi).
In fact, we cannot speak only of “conspiracies” between members of the Democratic Party (PD) and magistrates in relation to the latest revelations of a project to discredit Matteo Salvini, leader of the League, on the thorny and delicate issue of the ship Diciotti, a symbolic epiphenomenon of that Mediterranean Sea’s migrant emergency now epidemic for years for the coasts of the Italian peninsula.
Since Salvini was Minister of the Interior when he was targeted through a judicial investigation that forced him to resort to parliamentary immunity provoked by a political attack even planned by the former vice-president of the CSM Giovanni Legnini, already under-secretary in two PD governments, the technical name of that plan is a “conspiracy” as the Treccani encyclopedia clearly points out: “Secret pact, and mostly confirmed by oath, between people who agree to overturn the order of a state and who represents it.”
A tangle of private messages between politicians and magistrates, intercepted by the Guardia di Finanza in investigations for corruption in judicial acts against the substitute Roman prosecutor Luca Palamara, gave birth to a position taken by the CSM against Salvini for his decision to delay the landing of the boat with illegal immigrants following which the investigation into kidnapping of the former Minister was triggered.
He saved himself from the trial thanks to parliamentary immunity but thus ended up under “political blackmail” of the government allies of the 5 Star Movement enough to induce him a few months later to present a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. After the crisis, Conte returned to the government, on behalf of President Mattarella, thanks to the same 5-Star MPs who allied themselves with the Democrats of the PD who had publicly criminalized the Minister of the Interior for the management of migration policies.
All this would be only normal political conflict if it had not been triggered by a member of the CSM as Legnini, who would have had the task of supervising the impartial behavior of the magistrates and instead seems to have behaved like the conductor of a band of “Red Togas”, despite his role.
In fact, as vice president, he is delegated to lead the Superior Council of the Judiciary by the Head of State who is the president by right.
It is even more disturbing to remember (as prophetically mentioned in the previous article before these shocking new revelations) that the name of the former vice-president of the governing body of the judiciary emerged in the context of another investigation that culminated even with the arrest of two magistrates and who was a close collaborator of Palamara enough to choose him as a travel companion for an official mission in Argentina …
THE PALAMARA-GATE IN BRIEF
In May 2019, the scandal that we renamed PalamaraGate broke out. Luca Palamara, former president of the National Magistrates Association (trade union) thanks to the votes of his current UNICOST, a former member of the CSM, was investigated for corruption in judicial documents because he was suspected by the Prosecutor of Perugia of having received money and gifts to cover up the investigation into a friendly entrepreneur (full story here).
But in the context of the wiretapping initiated by the military of the GICO (Investigation Group Organized Crime) of Finance by inoculating a trojan in Palamara’s phone, even more serious things are discovered.
The magistrate, then investigated and suspended from duties without pay, made private meetings with other colleagues and representatives of the Democratic Party in which he discussed how to pilot the appointments in some strategic Prosecutors such as Perugia (holder of the investigation over himself) and Rome, where an investigation is pending for aiding and disclosure of official secrecy on the ex minister Luca Lotti, right arm of the former PM and PD secretary Matteo Renzi, in relation to some tip-offs on a maxi-investigation for bribes in CONSIP, the government company which manages the public administration’s billionaire contracts.
Lotti is among the protagonists of those meetings in a Roman hotel which was also attended by Cosimo Maria Ferri, a judge on leave, a former undersecretary with the PD and today a deputy in this same party.
Palamara panicked and tried in every way to get an anticipation on the contents of the investigations against him and would receive some “spying” from authoritative colleagues of the Superior Council of Judiciary such as the then Attorney General of the Cassation Riccardo Fuzio and the councilor Luigi Spina, both investigated and induced to resign as three other members of the body of magistrates (Fuzio actually asked for early retirement).
A wave of mud swept the Palazzo dei Marescialli, headquarters of the CSM, last May despite President Mattarella’s attempt to praise PG Fuzio for mitigating the scale of the scandal. The story was also fading because the Court of Cassation ruled on wiretapping with the Trojan, considering them usable towards Palamara but not towards the co-suspects for the disclosure of office secrets for the usual Italian legal quibbles.
After 12 months, however, on April 22 last, the Prosecutor of Perugia filed the documents against the main accused for the notification of the closure of the investigations and, within them, wiretappings of hundreds Chat messages among togas, revealed in preview from the newspaper La Verità. Among them the disconcerting ones on Legnini’s political-judiciary plot.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-03--Six cops go nuts in Atlanta, fired in 24 hours, all under arrest

Charges filed against 6 APD officers after college students tased , pulled from car during Atlanta protests [ Editor ’ s Note : I spent a lot of years in Atlanta a city in which police had a generally good reputation , vs like a Philadelphia cop who once shared with me his amended version of reading a suspect his rights , “ You have the right to remain silent as long as you can withstand the pain ” .
This is a May 30th incident .
The action part start at two minutes .
This group of cops is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bored .
The Milwaukee incident seems to not have made a behavioral impression on these cops , and they wanted to search the car for something to do .
The driver was trying to pick up a friend , who the other cops where rousting on the sidewalk , and the driver ’ s side cops told the driver to go or get arrested , so he slowly drives off .
It seems the cops told him to do so they could claim he was evading , and hence their running down to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the night .
Here is a short clip after the event and the doo doo hit the fan in Atlanta , where the female victim states the cop ( a black cop mind you ) says he was going to shoot them : But no drugs and no gun were found in the car ( and the cops did not plant any ) killed their case , and in all the excitement the main perp cop forgot to erase his bodycam footage .
Here is what I though was the bombshell from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement , the DA said “ the information is before us to draw the conclusions of probable cause…that is different from a lot of our cases where there is no bodycam footage , no dashcam footage .
We don ’ t have witnesses as in those cases as our witnesses are already deceased .
And in most of our cases the police officers refuse to accept interviews with the DA ’ s office .
I never thought I would ever hear a DA say anything like that .
Color me surprised.
” These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tricks of the trade on how to roust some young kids where if they found nothing they could be covered by saying they acted suspiciously or “ I saw what appeared to be his hiding something under the seat.
” And wait for it , wait for it , two of them had been fired before , which will entail another investigation as how they schmoozed their way back in .
These two young people will probably have a civil action against them for monetary damages .
The DA will now have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases of these cops to see if there is a pattern of busts like this .
One of the kids of from Spellman College , and the other from Morehouse , the two top black schools and the schools are mad as hell … Jim W. Dean ]

[ Editor’s Note: I spent a lot of years in Atlanta a city in which police had a generally good reputation, vs like a Philadelphia cop who once shared with me his amended version of reading a suspect his rights, “You have the right to remain silent as long as you can withstand the pain”.
This is a May 30th incident. The action part starts at two minutes. This group of cops is away from the protest and frankly looks bored. The Milwaukee incident seems to not have made a behavioral impression on these cops, and they wanted to search the car for something to do.
The driver was trying to pick up a friend, who the other cops were rousting on the sidewalk, and the driver’s side cops told the driver to go or get arrested, so he slowly drives off. It seems the cops told him to do so they could claim he was evading, and hence their running down to catch him and do their big bust for the night.
Here is a short clip after the event and the doo-doo hit the fan in Atlanta, where the female victim states the cop (a black cop mind you) says he was going to shoot them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or-IU8Fje2g But no drugs and no gun were found in the car (and the cops did not plant any) killed their case, and in all the excitement the main perp cop forgot to erase his bodycam footage. Here is what I thought was the bombshell from the DA presentation, a mind-blowing statement, the DA said “the information is before us to draw the conclusions of probable cause…that is different from a lot of our cases where there is no bodycam footage, no dashcam footage. We don’t have witnesses as in those cases as our witnesses are already deceased. And in most of our cases, the police officers refuse to accept interviews with the DA’s office. I never thought I would ever hear a DA say anything like that. Color me surprised.” These guys looked like a team who knew the tricks of the trade on how to roust some young kids where if they found nothing they could be covered by saying they acted suspiciously or “I saw what appeared to be his hiding something under the seat.” And wait for it, wait for it, two of them had been fired before, which will entail another investigation as how they schmoozed their way back in. These two young people will probably have a civil action against them for monetary damages. The DA will now have to look back on the older arrest cases of these cops to see if there is a pattern of busts like this. One of the kids of from Spellman College, and the other from Morehouse, the two top black schools and the schools are mad as hell … Jim W. Dean ] Charges filed against 6 APD officers after college students tased, pulled from car during Atlanta protests – First published … June 06, 2020 – ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said charges are being filed against six Atlanta Police officers involved in the incident where two college students, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, were pulled from their car and tased. Two Atlanta Police officers were previously fired and three others are on desk duty after videos showed the concerning arrests of the two college students amidst protests in Atlanta on Saturday night. “Based upon our consideration of the facts, we have this morning, presented to one of our superior court judges six arrest warrants,” Howard said. The officers charged are Ivory Streeter, Mark Gardner, Lonnie Hood, Willie Sauls, Armon Jones and Roland Claud. Charges range from aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and pointing a gun. Bodycam video shows Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young riding in a car near the downtown Ferris wheel. It shows police on foot chasing the car, breaking a window, and tasing the two occupants before pulling them from the car. Howard described it as a “vicious act.” RELATED: Warrants outline charges for Atlanta officers after Spelman, Morehouse students pulled from car, tased “I feel a little safer now that these monsters are off of the street, and no longer able to terrorize anyone else,” said Young Tuesday. “It was just ridiculous. I’m happy they’re being held accountable,” said Pilgrim. “I hope every police officer that thinks it’s OK to just drag someone, beat someone, do all this stuff — because they’re cops? I hope they’re all going to be held accountable as well.” Howard said he has asked that they have a $10,000 signature bond due to the fact that they are officers and the current situation with COVID-19. He has given the officers until Friday to turn themselves in. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Police Chief Erika Shields announced on Sunday that investigators Streeter and Gardner were both terminated from the department following the incident, which has drawn national attention.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-04--Remdesivir Benefits Hospitalized Severe COVID-19 Patients

• Early results showed that remdesivir benefited hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 who required supplemental oxygen .
• While the findings support remdesivir as a standard therapy for such patients , they suggest more research is needed to improve outcomes for people with COVID-19 .
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold .
SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) , is the third novel coronavirus to emerge over the past two decades .
Since first appearing in China , COVID-19 has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can cause mild to extremely severe respiratory illness .
Symptoms commonly include fever , cough , and shortness of breath .
By looking at studies on the previous two coronavirus outbreaks , which caused severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) and Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS ) , researchers quickly identified potential treatments that might help reduce the severity of COVID-19 .
Remdesivir is one such investigational broad-spectrum antiviral treatment .
It was previously tested in humans with Ebola virus disease and has shown promise in animal models for treating MERS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could help treat patients with COVID-19 , a team of researchers carried out a randomized , controlled clinical trial called the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial ( ACTT ) …… Read More : ATTENTION READERS Due to the nature of independent content , VT can not guarantee content validity .
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Early results showed that remdesivir benefited hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 who required supplemental oxygen.
While the findings support remdesivir as a standard therapy for such patients, they suggest more research is needed to improve outcomes for people with COVID-19.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is the third novel coronavirus to emerge over the past two decades. Since first appearing in China, COVID-19 has become an ongoing global pandemic. Infections can cause mild to extremely severe respiratory illness. Symptoms commonly include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-03--VoteVets Demands Esper’s Resignation for Backing Down on Illegal Use of Military Against the America

VoteVets Demands Esper’s Resignation for Backing Down on Illegal Use of Military Against the American people

WASHINGTON , DC — The following is the statement of Will Goodwin , Director of Government Relations for VoteVets : “ Secretary Esper must resign .
From the start of his tenure , it was clear that he was chosen to be the anti-Mattis – a person who would be a weak yes man to Donald Trump .
Today ’ s decision to buckle to Trump ’ s pressure , and reverse the decision to send troops home from Washington , DC , shows that he does not have the mettle nor the moral bearing to head the department .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Time and again , Esper has shown himself all too willing to enable every worst instinct of Donald Trump .
“ In a replacement , we will vigorously oppose any nominee who is just as weak , or worse , wants to encourage Donald Trump to politicize the military even more .
We will not sit idly by and watch the institution we love , and the men and women who serve in it , continue to be turned into politicized force for a wannabe tinpot dictator.
” Founded in 2006 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mission of VoteVets.org is to use public issue campaigns and direct outreach to lawmakers to ensure that troops abroad have what they need to complete their missions , and receive the care they deserve when they get home .
VoteVets.org also recognizes veterans as a vital part of the fabric of our country and will work to protect veterans ’ interests in their day-to-day lives .
VoteVets.org is committed to the destruction of terror networks around the world – with force when necessary – to protect America .
While non-partisan , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veterans in America .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 3, 2020
VoteVets Calls for Esper Resignation
WASHINGTON, DC — The following is the statement of Will Goodwin, Director of Government Relations for VoteVets:
“Secretary Esper must resign. From the start of his tenure, it was clear that he was chosen to be the anti-Mattis – a person who would be a weak yes man to Donald Trump. Today’s decision to buckle to Trump’s pressure, and reverse the decision to send troops home from Washington, DC, shows that he does not have the mettle nor the moral bearing to head the department. But today is merely the final straw. Time and again, Esper has shown himself all too willing to enable every worst instinct of Donald Trump. “In a replacement, we will vigorously oppose any nominee who is just as weak, or worse, wants to encourage Donald Trump to politicize the military even more. We will not sit idly by and watch the institution we love, and the men and women who serve in it, continue to be turned into politicized force for a wannabe tinpot dictator.”
Founded in 2006, and backed by over 700,000 supporters, the mission of VoteVets.org is to use public issue campaigns and direct outreach to lawmakers to ensure that troops abroad have what they need to complete their missions, and receive the care they deserve when they get home. VoteVets.org also recognizes veterans as a vital part of the fabric of our country and will work to protect veterans’ interests in their day-to-day lives. VoteVets.org is committed to the destruction of terror networks around the world – with force when necessary – to protect America. While non-partisan, the group is the largest progressive organization of veterans in America.


veteranstoday--2020-06-03--Today’s Multi Polar Potential and the Missed Chance of 1867

In a recent paper entitled ‘ Tomorrow ’ s Arctic : Theatre of War or Cooperation ?
’ I introduced readers to the US-Russian grand design which shaped not only the sale of Alaska in March 1870 to the USA for $ 7.5 million , but also Russia ’ s involvement in the American Civil War as Czar Alexander II arranged the deployment of Russian military fleets to San Francisco and New York .
Even though President Lincoln and Czar Alexander II were both known as great reformers and emancipators for their common commitment to free slaves and serfs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visions could come to fruition .
In this article , I would like to present another chapter of this forgotten history : The creation of modern Canada in as a confederation designed explicitly to prevent the inevitable construction of a Russian-American rail connection through the Bering Strait in the wake of the Civil War .
The Strategic Value of the Bering Strait Tunnel in History For those who are not aware , the Bering Strait Rail tunnel project is a 150 year idea which was formulated by allies of Lincoln and Alexander II @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The original grand design was driven by a plan to connect telegraph lines between continents , followed soon thereafter by a connection of the Trans-Siberian Railway and America ’ s Trans Continental Railways through British Columbia , Alaska and into Eurasia , as laid out spectacularly by former Colorado Governor William Gilpin in his 1890 book the Cosmopolitan Railway .
Echoing today ’ s Belt and Road Initiative which is quickly growing to become a world land bridge , Gilpin described what this new paradigm of human civilization was destined to look like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are hurled away ; the sanguinary passions find a check , a majority of the human family is found to accept the essential teachings of Christianity IN PRACTICE… Room is discovered for industrial virtue and industrial power .
The civilized masses of the world meet ; they are mutually enlightened , and fraternize to reconstitute human relations in harmony with nature and with God .
The world ceases to be a military camp , incubated only by the military principles of arbitrary force and abject submission .
A new and grand order in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immense concurrent discoveries and events ” [ Cosmopolitan Railway p. 213 ] The idea of the Bering Strait tunnel was supported by Czar Nicholas II who , in 1906 hired a team of American engineers to conduct feasibility studies on the initiative which then had an estimated cost of $ 350 million .
Sadly a couple of World Wars and disastrous revolution kept this project from blossoming as it was intended .
This idea was revived again by FDR ’ s great Vice President Henry Wallace who discussed the project at length with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1942 .
In this meeting Wallace declared that “ It would mean much to the peace of the future if there could be some tangible link of this sort between the pioneer spirit of our own West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.
” Again , the Cold War derailed this project and it was only in 2007 that the Russian Government revived it once again with Putin even offering to pay 2/3rd of the $ 65 billion estimated cost to construct the 100 km tunnel across the Bering Strait .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more loudly in 2011 and in May 2014 , China unofficially gave their backing to the initiative .
Sadly , unipolar technocrats and neocons controlling NATO foreign policy had not the eyes to see what benefits such projects offered those who joined in its construction , and instead continued onto their zero-sum game plan for full spectrum dominance .
With the 2018 unveiling of the Polar Silk Road extending the east-west development corridors into the Arctic , which have merged increasingly with Russia ’ s Eurasian Economic Union and Putin ’ s Northern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again been given new life .
If nations of the west find the courage to let go of the Titanic before the hellish chaos of the oncoming financial meltdown erupts , then the projects animating the new multi polar paradigm will undoubtedly look a lot like the World Land bridge concept illustrated by the Schiller Institute below .
Arctic development remains one of the best strategic points of alliance and cooperation needed to re-organize the collapsing world economic order around firm principles of multipolar cooperation and value and as such is not too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Lincoln took office in 1860 .
The 19th century Clash of Two Systems Lincoln ’ s economic advisor and leader of the international export of the American System of Political economy , Henry C. Carey , described this clash between two systems in his 1851 Harmony of Interests : “ Two systems are before the world ; the one looks to increasing the proportion of persons and of capital engaged in trade and transportation , and therefore to diminishing the proportion engaged in producing commodities with which to trade , with necessarily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; while the other looks to increasing the proportion engaged in the work of production , and diminishing that engaged in trade and transportation , with increased return to all , giving to the laborer good wages , and to the owner of capital good profits… One looks to pauperism , ignorance , depopulation , and barbarism ; the other in increasing wealth , comfort , intelligence , combination of action , and civilization .
One looks towards universal war ; the other towards universal peace .
One is the English system ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call the American system , for it is the only one ever devised the tendency of which was that of elevating while equalizing the condition of man throughout the world.
” Carey , just like the British Empire ’ s Lord Palmerston , clearly recognized that America had not completed “ the mission of 1776 ” since not one but TWO Americas existed within Washington : One positive America representing the anti-slavery/anti-colonial principles of the 1789 constitution vs. another hypocritical slave power that never believed that “ all men were created equal ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within America , so too did two opposing views of “ Manifest Destiny ” co-evolve since 1776 : One hellish version driven by the ‘ principle ’ of spreading slavery and suppressing the weak while the other more noble impulse was represented by the spirits of Lincoln , Carey and Gilpin illustrated above .
This fatal contradiction within the republic was exploited fervently by Anglo-American intelligence for 80 years before the inevitable civil war finally broke out in 1861 .
President Lincoln defined the terms of this contradiction and immanent war in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s champion Stephen Douglas saying : “ That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent .
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles – right and wrong – throughout the world .
They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time , and will ever continue to struggle .
The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings.
” This quote is important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognized correctly the inextricable connection between the institution of slavery ( even when it masqueraded under a republican veneer ) and monarchical principles of colonialism which saw mankind ’ s right to rule defined not by morality , or merit but rather by “ principles ” of hereditary right .
The Stage is Set for a Forgotten Battle By now most informed people are aware of Russia ’ s 1863 intervention into the Civil War as a turning point that blocked British and French imperialist forces from entering the war militarily on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not so well established is how Russian and American grand strategy to connect the continents by rail did not occur as it was intended after the sale of Alaska .
There are several convergent factors at play during the 1865-1867 period which presented a major challenge to the weakening British Empire strategists : 1- The need to confederate British territories in North America as possession of the Empire instead of allowing them to either become independent nations or annexing to Lincoln ’ s republic .
2- If this first task could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political power and killing Lincoln , then the next task involved transferring the vast private territories owned by the Hudson Bay Company separating eastern colonies from the lone western outpost of British Columbia on the Pacific .
The majority of Canada during this pre-1867 period was private Hudson Bay land as it had been since it was chartered in 1670 by Prince Rupert .
3- If this transfer of Hudson Bay possessions into federal hands could be affected , then it would still be necessary to somehow persuade the fiercely independent British Columbian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a simple task as the vast majority were in favor of annexing to the USA due to the economic despair of their colony caused by the collapse of the Gold rush bubbles in 1858 and total isolation from the other British American colonies .
On July 1 , 1867 , the British North America Act was enacted consolidating Britain ’ s “ other ” anti-American confederacy operation under a new constitution dedicating the new federation ’ s existence to be conducive “ to the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the interests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be kept in mind that the project to confederate actually began during the Civil War in the form of a week-long booze-soaked orgy of the Charlottetown convention of 1864 which hammered out the resolutions later put into law in 1867 .
Some have wondered why just days before the July 1 , 1867 enactment , would-be confederate President Jefferson Davis gave a speech to cheering crowds in Lennoxville Quebec stating : “ I hope that you will hold fast to [ your ] British principles and that you may ever strive to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mother country ” .
This pro-British gushing from a confederate traitor in Quebec shouldn ’ t be surprising at all if we take into account the fact that Montreal and Toronto served as Southern confederacy bases of operations used with the full support of the British Empire to run terrorist operations , raids , espionage and financing of the war against Lincoln ’ s forces from the North ( while Canada “ officially ” maintained an air of neutrality ) .
Even Lincoln ’ s assassin , John Wilkes Boothe was discovered to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln , with union officers discovering a $ 500 cheque amidst his possessions signed directly by none other than Ontario Bank President Henry Starnes ( who would later become Mayor of Montreal ) .
As Barry Sheehy pointed out in Montreal : City of Secrets , during the Civil War , “ the largest Confederate Secret Service base outside Richmond was located in Montreal ” under the direct control of confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin- himself an asset of British Intelligence .
Much like the exiled Russian and Hong Kong oligarchs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Davis , Judah Benjamin and many other confederate rebels lived out their days in comfort in both Canada and Britain ( Benjamin becoming an English Barrister in London from 1865 until his death in 1884 ) .
The Sale of Alaska and the Rush for British Columbia On March 30 , 1867 , the British Empire was caught off guard with the news that Russia ’ s Alaskan possessions had been sold to America for $ 7.2 million in a secretive diplomatic maneuver which Secretary of State William Seward described as the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sale had suddenly made the isolated colony of British Columbia very hot real estate .
During this 1867 purchase , Lincoln ’ s Trans Continental Railway , begun in 1863 at the height of the Civil War was a mere two years from completion , linking the Pacific to Atlantic for the first time in history and thus destroying the British monopoly over maritime shipping routes .
With students of Lincoln ’ s program to be found among the intelligentsia of Russia , led by Count Sergei Witte and Dimitri Mendeleyev , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trans-Siberian Railway ’ s construction was not far away , and the linking of rail across the two continents was discussed as a real possibility by republican visionaries the world over .
The chances that British Columbia would join confederation were minute at this time as the broken colony had no ties of commerce to Britain or the east coast confederacy 3500 km away .
In fact , on July 2 , 1867 the first of several petitions was sent to Queen Victoria requesting that either the colony ’ s debt burdens and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country or that the queen grant them permission to annex to the USA !
At this time , American consul to Victoria Allen Francis , wrote a letter to the president stating : “ Even the colonists claiming most loyalty to the queen , are now urging with great unanimity annexation to the United States as their only salvation- as the only means of retrieving the colonies from their present embarrassment and decline.
” BC ’ s Colonialist Newspaper described the situation in the following terms : “ Since no change would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Columbians ) would welcome annexation to the United States to continuing in a state of poverty and wretchedness .
In writing this we know we speak the mind of 9 out of every 10 men in the colony… the sentiment is heard at every gathering street corner- at social gatherings , in business circles- in all places ” On July 18 , 1868 the Hudson Bay territories ( aka : Rupert ’ s Land ) were sold to Ottawa under an operation led by Sir Georges Etienne Cartier who stated “ in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of government in which the monarchical spirit will be found.
” Cartier ’ s monarchical spirit was reflected in Canada ’ s leading fathers of confederation such as Sir John A. Macdonald who famously stated “ a Britisher I was born and a Britisher I will die ” and who looked to the vast wilderness west of Toronto saying in 1867 : “ I would be quite willing , personally to leave the whole country a wilderness for the next half century , but I fear if Englishmen do not go there the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1867 , Father of Confederation Sir Alexander Galt stated British policy for western expansion ( to block the connection between Russia and the USA ) saying : “ If the United States desire to outflank us on the west , we must accept the situation and lay our hand on British Columbia and the Pacific Ocean .
This country can not be surrounded by the Unites States- We are gone if we allow it… ‘ From the Atlantic to the Pacific ’ must be the cry in British America as much as it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The last serious effort by British Columbians to join America was made with the Annexation petition of 1869 listing BC ’ s desperate grievances with the empire and appealing to President Grant : “ The only remedy for the evils which beset us , we believe to be in a close union with the adjoining States and Territories , we are already bound to them by a unity of object and interest ; nearly all our commercial relations are with them ; They furnish the Chief Markets we have for the products @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; They supply the Colony with most of the necessities of life ; They furnish us the only means of communication with the outer world… For these reasons we earnestly desire the ACQUISITION of this Colony by the United States.
” The last great hope for extending Lincoln ’ s rail through BC into Alaska at this time arose amidst the 1869-1871 Alabama Claims affair which saw the world ’ s first international trial in Geneva address the matter of Britain ’ s military support for the confederacy during the Civil War ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent covert support for Syrian rebels ) .
Britain ’ s air of neutrality was betrayed by her construction of Confederate war ships that unleashed havoc on Lincoln ’ s Navy .
The court ruled in favor of America and soon Britain came close to loosing it ’ s Canadian possessions as payment for their sin ( Senator Charles Sumner and Secretary Seward both advocated this course ) , although weaker figures in America ended up agreeing to a measly $ 15 million settlement in 1872 while all wrongs were forgotten .
With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the effort to assimilate BC into London ’ s northern confederacy was accelerated .
Ottawa negotiations began on June 7 , 1870 and within weeks nearly all resolutions and clauses were agreed upon .
The two biggest impediments to B.C.
’ s entry into the Confederacy were dealt with by the payment of all of the colony ’ s debts by Ottawa and the promise made by Sir Macdonald to construct a rail line linking the new province with Montreal and Quebec “ within ten years ” .
This promised rail line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intention of the American Manifest Destiny policy .
With these arrangements agreed upon ( paralleling similar arrangements in the former Red River Settlement in today ’ s Manitoba ) , British Columbia was admitted into Confederation as the 6th Canadian Province .
Within the coming decades , as Canada was opened up to form a British-controlled Northern Confederacy blockade against the civilizing progress of the sovereign nation state intention of the United States , Saskatchewan and Alberta were formed as provinces where there had formerly been only Hudson ’ s Bay land .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s rail by 1878 had resulted in renewed disenchantment on the part of British Columbians who demanded once more for annexation into the USA resulting in Sir John A. Macdonald ’ s “ National Policy of 1878-1885 ” which forced the construction of Canada ’ s own trans continental rail ( with the inaugural train cars arriving in BC ’ s Port Moody from Montreal on the 4th of July , 1885 ) .
By the time of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia , the American System of Political Economy had resulted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States and became a model for the whole civilized world seeking to break free of British colonial hegemony .
Converts to the American System were made by all lovers of progress from around the world who came to the Convention .
Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck vigorously applied American System practices of high protective tariffs and vast internal improvements under his Zollverein .
Czars Alexander II and III and their close circle of Russian advisors applied the American model for the vast modernization of Russia vectored around the Trans-Siberian Rail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ applied the American model to escape feudalism and enter the modern age .
Sadly , an age of London-financed revolutions , assassinations and wars mis-shaped the 1880s , 1890s , and 20th century , preventing this system of win-win cooperation from evolving as it was destined .
Today the world is again pulled by two opposing systems represented by Lincoln ’ s international allies on the one hand and British Intelligence on the other… although today ’ s champions of the multi polar world of cooperation have names like Xi Jinping and Putin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new system of credit , diplomacy , security , economic and science policy governed by the best principles displayed by the American System of the 19th century and occasionally revived albeit only briefly under such 20th century leaders like Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy .
Whether the western nations have the moral fitness to recover their lost traditions and join in this new paradigm or not yet remains to be seen… The author delivered a lecture on this topic which can be viewed here :

In a recent paper entitled ‘Tomorrow’s Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation?’ I introduced readers to the US-Russian grand design which shaped not only the sale of Alaska in March 1870 to the USA for $7.5 million, but also Russia’s involvement in the American Civil War as Czar Alexander II arranged the deployment of Russian military fleets to San Francisco and New York.
Even though President Lincoln and Czar Alexander II were both known as great reformers and emancipators for their common commitment to free slaves and serfs, both leaders were assassinated before their grand visions could come to fruition.
In this article, I would like to present another chapter of this forgotten history: The creation of modern Canada in as a confederation designed explicitly to prevent the inevitable construction of a Russian-American rail connection through the Bering Strait in the wake of the Civil War.
The Strategic Value of the Bering Strait Tunnel in History
For those who are not aware, the Bering Strait Rail tunnel project is a 150 year idea which was formulated by allies of Lincoln and Alexander II after America’s Civil War. The original grand design was driven by a plan to connect telegraph lines between continents, followed soon thereafter by a connection of the Trans-Siberian Railway and America’s Trans Continental Railways through British Columbia, Alaska and into Eurasia, as laid out spectacularly by former Colorado Governor William Gilpin in his 1890 book the Cosmopolitan Railway.
Echoing today’s Belt and Road Initiative which is quickly growing to become a world land bridge, Gilpin described what this new paradigm of human civilization was destined to look like:
“The weapons of mutual slaughter are hurled away; the sanguinary passions find a check, a majority of the human family is found to accept the essential teachings of Christianity IN PRACTICE… Room is discovered for industrial virtue and industrial power. The civilized masses of the world meet; they are mutually enlightened, and fraternize to reconstitute human relations in harmony with nature and with God. The world ceases to be a military camp, incubated only by the military principles of arbitrary force and abject submission. A new and grand order in human affairs inaugurates itself out of these immense concurrent discoveries and events” [Cosmopolitan Railway p. 213]
The idea of the Bering Strait tunnel was supported by Czar Nicholas II who, in 1906 hired a team of American engineers to conduct feasibility studies on the initiative which then had an estimated cost of $350 million.
Sadly a couple of World Wars and disastrous revolution kept this project from blossoming as it was intended.
This idea was revived again by FDR’s great Vice President Henry Wallace who discussed the project at length with Russia’s Foreign Minister Molotov in 1942. In this meeting Wallace declared that “It would mean much to the peace of the future if there could be some tangible link of this sort between the pioneer spirit of our own West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.”
Again, the Cold War derailed this project and it was only in 2007 that the Russian Government revived it once again with Putin even offering to pay 2/3rd of the $65 billion estimated cost to construct the 100 km tunnel across the Bering Strait. This project was offered to the west more loudly in 2011 and in May 2014, China unofficially gave their backing to the initiative. Sadly, unipolar technocrats and neocons controlling NATO foreign policy had not the eyes to see what benefits such projects offered those who joined in its construction, and instead continued onto their zero-sum game plan for full spectrum dominance.
With the 2018 unveiling of the Polar Silk Road extending the east-west development corridors into the Arctic, which have merged increasingly with Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union and Putin’s Northern Vision, the Bering Strait connection has again been given new life. If nations of the west find the courage to let go of the Titanic before the hellish chaos of the oncoming financial meltdown erupts, then the projects animating the new multi polar paradigm will undoubtedly look a lot like the World Land bridge concept illustrated by the Schiller Institute below.
Arctic development remains one of the best strategic points of alliance and cooperation needed to re-organize the collapsing world economic order around firm principles of multipolar cooperation and value and as such is not too different from the dynamic shaping the world when Lincoln took office in 1860.
The 19th century Clash of Two Systems
Lincoln’s economic advisor and leader of the international export of the American System of Political economy, Henry C. Carey, described this clash between two systems in his 1851 Harmony of Interests:
“Two systems are before the world; the one looks to increasing the proportion of persons and of capital engaged in trade and transportation, and therefore to diminishing the proportion engaged in producing commodities with which to trade, with necessarily diminished return to the labor of all; while the other looks to increasing the proportion engaged in the work of production, and diminishing that engaged in trade and transportation, with increased return to all, giving to the laborer good wages, and to the owner of capital good profits… One looks to pauperism, ignorance, depopulation, and barbarism; the other in increasing wealth, comfort, intelligence, combination of action, and civilization. One looks towards universal war; the other towards universal peace. One is the English system; the other we may be proud to call the American system, for it is the only one ever devised the tendency of which was that of elevating while equalizing the condition of man throughout the world.”
Carey, just like the British Empire’s Lord Palmerston, clearly recognized that America had not completed “the mission of 1776” since not one but TWO Americas existed within Washington: One positive America representing the anti-slavery/anti-colonial principles of the 1789 constitution vs. another hypocritical slave power that never believed that “all men were created equal”. Just as two antithetical impulses existed within America, so too did two opposing views of “Manifest Destiny” co-evolve since 1776: One hellish version driven by the ‘principle’ of spreading slavery and suppressing the weak while the other more noble impulse was represented by the spirits of Lincoln, Carey and Gilpin illustrated above.
This fatal contradiction within the republic was exploited fervently by Anglo-American intelligence for 80 years before the inevitable civil war finally broke out in 1861.
President Lincoln defined the terms of this contradiction and immanent war in an 1858 debate with the Slave Power’s champion Stephen Douglas saying:
“That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles – right and wrong – throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings.”
This quote is important as it addresses the fact that Lincoln recognized correctly the inextricable connection between the institution of slavery (even when it masqueraded under a republican veneer) and monarchical principles of colonialism which saw mankind’s right to rule defined not by morality, or merit but rather by “principles” of hereditary right.
The Stage is Set for a Forgotten Battle
By now most informed people are aware of Russia’s 1863 intervention into the Civil War as a turning point that blocked British and French imperialist forces from entering the war militarily on the side of the Southern rebels. What is not so well established is how Russian and American grand strategy to connect the continents by rail did not occur as it was intended after the sale of Alaska.
There are several convergent factors at play during the 1865-1867 period which presented a major challenge to the weakening British Empire strategists:
1- The need to confederate British territories in North America as possession of the Empire instead of allowing them to either become independent nations or annexing to Lincoln’s republic.
2- If this first task could be done by ousting pro-Lincoln forces in Canadian political power and killing Lincoln, then the next task involved transferring the vast private territories owned by the Hudson Bay Company separating eastern colonies from the lone western outpost of British Columbia on the Pacific. The majority of Canada during this pre-1867 period was private Hudson Bay land as it had been since it was chartered in 1670 by Prince Rupert.
3- If this transfer of Hudson Bay possessions into federal hands could be affected, then it would still be necessary to somehow persuade the fiercely independent British Columbian subjects to join Confederation. This was not a simple task as the vast majority were in favor of annexing to the USA due to the economic despair of their colony caused by the collapse of the Gold rush bubbles in 1858 and total isolation from the other British American colonies.
The Anti-Union Confederacy That Succeeded
On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act was enacted consolidating Britain’s “other” anti-American confederacy operation under a new constitution dedicating the new federation’s existence to be conducive “to the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the interests of the British Empire”.
It should be kept in mind that the project to confederate actually began during the Civil War in the form of a week-long booze-soaked orgy of the Charlottetown convention of 1864 which hammered out the resolutions later put into law in 1867.
Some have wondered why just days before the July 1, 1867 enactment, would-be confederate President Jefferson Davis gave a speech to cheering crowds in Lennoxville Quebec stating: “I hope that you will hold fast to [your] British principles and that you may ever strive to cultivate close and affectionate connections with the mother country”.
This pro-British gushing from a confederate traitor in Quebec shouldn’t be surprising at all if we take into account the fact that Montreal and Toronto served as Southern confederacy bases of operations used with the full support of the British Empire to run terrorist operations, raids, espionage and financing of the war against Lincoln’s forces from the North (while Canada “officially” maintained an air of neutrality). Even Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Boothe was discovered to have been deployed from Montreal to kill Lincoln, with union officers discovering a $500 cheque amidst his possessions signed directly by none other than Ontario Bank President Henry Starnes (who would later become Mayor of Montreal).
As Barry Sheehy pointed out in Montreal: City of Secrets, during the Civil War, “the largest Confederate Secret Service base outside Richmond was located in Montreal” under the direct control of confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin- himself an asset of British Intelligence.
Much like the exiled Russian and Hong Kong oligarchs and traitors of the modern day, Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and many other confederate rebels lived out their days in comfort in both Canada and Britain (Benjamin becoming an English Barrister in London from 1865 until his death in 1884).
The Sale of Alaska and the Rush for British Columbia
On March 30, 1867, the British Empire was caught off guard with the news that Russia’s Alaskan possessions had been sold to America for $7.2 million in a secretive diplomatic maneuver which Secretary of State William Seward described as the most important deal of his life.
The sale had suddenly made the isolated colony of British Columbia very hot real estate. During this 1867 purchase, Lincoln’s Trans Continental Railway, begun in 1863 at the height of the Civil War was a mere two years from completion, linking the Pacific to Atlantic for the first time in history and thus destroying the British monopoly over maritime shipping routes.
With students of Lincoln’s program to be found among the intelligentsia of Russia, led by Count Sergei Witte and Dimitri Mendeleyev, the American modeled (and largely American-built) Trans-Siberian Railway’s construction was not far away, and the linking of rail across the two continents was discussed as a real possibility by republican visionaries the world over.
The chances that British Columbia would join confederation were minute at this time as the broken colony had no ties of commerce to Britain or the east coast confederacy 3500 km away. In fact, on July 2, 1867 the first of several petitions was sent to Queen Victoria requesting that either the colony’s debt burdens and economic woes be alleviated by the Mother country or that the queen grant them permission to annex to the USA!
At this time, American consul to Victoria Allen Francis, wrote a letter to the president stating:
“Even the colonists claiming most loyalty to the queen, are now urging with great unanimity annexation to the United States as their only salvation- as the only means of retrieving the colonies from their present embarrassment and decline.”
BC’s Colonialist Newspaper described the situation in the following terms:
“Since no change would be for the worse, they (British Columbians) would welcome annexation to the United States to continuing in a state of poverty and wretchedness. In writing this we know we speak the mind of 9 out of every 10 men in the colony… the sentiment is heard at every gathering street corner- at social gatherings, in business circles- in all places”
On July 18, 1868 the Hudson Bay territories (aka: Rupert’s Land) were sold to Ottawa under an operation led by Sir Georges Etienne Cartier who stated “in this country we must have a distinct form of government in which the monarchical spirit will be found.”
Cartier’s monarchical spirit was reflected in Canada’s leading fathers of confederation such as Sir John A. Macdonald who famously stated “a Britisher I was born and a Britisher I will die” and who looked to the vast wilderness west of Toronto saying in 1867: “I would be quite willing, personally to leave the whole country a wilderness for the next half century, but I fear if Englishmen do not go there the Yankees will.”
On May 22, 1867, Father of Confederation Sir Alexander Galt stated British policy for western expansion (to block the connection between Russia and the USA) saying: “If the United States desire to outflank us on the west, we must accept the situation and lay our hand on British Columbia and the Pacific Ocean. This country cannot be surrounded by the Unites States- We are gone if we allow it… ‘From the Atlantic to the Pacific’ must be the cry in British America as much as it has ever been in the United States”
The last serious effort by British Columbians to join America was made with the Annexation petition of 1869 listing BC’s desperate grievances with the empire and appealing to President Grant:
“The only remedy for the evils which beset us, we believe to be in a close union with the adjoining States and Territories, we are already bound to them by a unity of object and interest; nearly all our commercial relations are with them; They furnish the Chief Markets we have for the products of our mines, lands and waters; They supply the Colony with most of the necessities of life; They furnish us the only means of communication with the outer world… For these reasons we earnestly desire the ACQUISITION of this Colony by the United States.”
The Alabama Claims
The last great hope for extending Lincoln’s rail through BC into Alaska at this time arose amidst the 1869-1871 Alabama Claims affair which saw the world’s first international trial in Geneva address the matter of Britain’s military support for the confederacy during the Civil War (reflecting the irony of America’s recent covert support for Syrian rebels). Britain’s air of neutrality was betrayed by her construction of Confederate war ships that unleashed havoc on Lincoln’s Navy. The court ruled in favor of America and soon Britain came close to loosing it’s Canadian possessions as payment for their sin (Senator Charles Sumner and Secretary Seward both advocated this course), although weaker figures in America ended up agreeing to a measly $15 million settlement in 1872 while all wrongs were forgotten.
With these failures to capture the pregnant moment, the effort to assimilate BC into London’s northern confederacy was accelerated.
Ottawa negotiations began on June 7, 1870 and within weeks nearly all resolutions and clauses were agreed upon. The two biggest impediments to B.C.’s entry into the Confederacy were dealt with by the payment of all of the colony’s debts by Ottawa and the promise made by Sir Macdonald to construct a rail line linking the new province with Montreal and Quebec “within ten years”. This promised rail line was necessary in order to sabotage the intention of the American Manifest Destiny policy.
The Empire Strikes Back
With these arrangements agreed upon (paralleling similar arrangements in the former Red River Settlement in today’s Manitoba), British Columbia was admitted into Confederation as the 6th Canadian Province. Within the coming decades, as Canada was opened up to form a British-controlled Northern Confederacy blockade against the civilizing progress of the sovereign nation state intention of the United States, Saskatchewan and Alberta were formed as provinces where there had formerly been only Hudson’s Bay land. The lack of progress on Canada’s rail by 1878 had resulted in renewed disenchantment on the part of British Columbians who demanded once more for annexation into the USA resulting in Sir John A. Macdonald’s “National Policy of 1878-1885” which forced the construction of Canada’s own trans continental rail (with the inaugural train cars arriving in BC’s Port Moody from Montreal on the 4th of July, 1885).
By the time of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the American System of Political Economy had resulted in the greatest explosion of wealth in the United States and became a model for the whole civilized world seeking to break free of British colonial hegemony.
Converts to the American System were made by all lovers of progress from around the world who came to the Convention. Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck vigorously applied American System practices of high protective tariffs and vast internal improvements under his Zollverein. Czars Alexander II and III and their close circle of Russian advisors applied the American model for the vast modernization of Russia vectored around the Trans-Siberian Rail. Even Japan under the Meiji Restoration applied the American model to escape feudalism and enter the modern age.
Sadly, an age of London-financed revolutions, assassinations and wars mis-shaped the 1880s, 1890s, and 20th century, preventing this system of win-win cooperation from evolving as it was destined.
Today the world is again pulled by two opposing systems represented by Lincoln’s international allies on the one hand and British Intelligence on the other… although today’s champions of the multi polar world of cooperation have names like Xi Jinping and Putin. These Eurasian statesmen have ushered in a new system of credit, diplomacy, security, economic and science policy governed by the best principles displayed by the American System of the 19th century and occasionally revived albeit only briefly under such 20th century leaders like Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
Whether the western nations have the moral fitness to recover their lost traditions and join in this new paradigm or not yet remains to be seen…
The author delivered a lecture on this topic which can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/8fCp1-tS45g


veteranstoday--2020-06-03--Trump Caught in Florida Vote Fraud, Gave Fake Address (White House)

Guardian : Donald Trump has been railing against vote by mail for the past few months – falsely citing the potential for voter fraud , which is extremely rare .
As it turns out , the president himself bungled the system .
Trump registered to vote in Florida last September under his White House address – 1600 Pennsylvania Ave , according to the Washington Post .
But Florida does not allow people to register to vote without an in-state address , and one month later , Trump resubmitted his application with a Florida address .
On his registration form , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in Washington DC but on another day also said he was a “ bona fide resident ” of Palm Beach , Florida , home to his Mar-a-Lago Club , according to the public records reviewed by the Post .
Other Florida voters have faced significant consequences for the same mistake .
A city manager in Florida paid $ 5,000 in fines for putting the wrong address on her registration , as did a restaurateur in Palm Beach county .
Florida Republicans also challenged state Democrats in 2018 in a vote-by-mail investigation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud .
Florida also tossed out thousands of mail-in ballots for supposedly having signatures that did not match original registration forms .
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Records reviewed by the Post found the president had to resubmit his application, despite railing against the vote by mail process
Guardian: Donald Trump has been railing against vote by mail for the past few months – falsely citing the potential for voter fraud, which is extremely rare. As it turns out, the president himself bungled the system.
Trump registered to vote in Florida last September under his White House address – 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, according to the Washington Post. But Florida does not allow people to register to vote without an in-state address, and one month later, Trump resubmitted his application with a Florida address.
On his registration form, Trump told Florida officials his legal residence was in Washington DC but on another day also said he was a “bona fide resident” of Palm Beach, Florida, home to his Mar-a-Lago Club, according to the public records reviewed by the Post.
Other Florida voters have faced significant consequences for the same mistake.
A city manager in Florida paid $5,000 in fines for putting the wrong address on her registration, as did a restaurateur in Palm Beach county. Florida Republicans also challenged state Democrats in 2018 in a vote-by-mail investigation, but the state found there was no fraud. Florida also tossed out thousands of mail-in ballots for supposedly having signatures that did not match original registration forms.
read more… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/donald-trump-vote-by-mail-fraud-florida


veteranstoday--2020-06-03--Breaking: Russia Warns of Impending Attack by US as Trump Regime Descends into Anarchy

Russia is warning the US and NATO that the dramatic increase in US provactions , buzzing Russia ’ s borders with nuclear armed bombers , planning landings in Estonia and Latvia and more , will lead to nuclear war unless something is done .
What is not reported , US moves to place short range nuclear missiles in Belarus , the millions spent there in bribes and blackmail , and increasing efforts by Rudy Giuliani to stage terror attacks against Crimea .
For the past 2 years , Steve Bannon , assisted by Israel ’ s military intelligence , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elements across Central and Eastern Europe .
These ultra-nationalists have now joined with Kosovan and Albanian criminal groups that have long threatened Italy and France and , with the backing of Giuliani , they are also working with the MEK , an Iranian ex-pat terror cult funded by the CIA .
We first noted their efforts through Russia Today and Sputnik , state run news outlets in Russia who have , for many months now , taken on a surprisingly right wing and even fascist message .
Why Russia is powerless to rein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strong the power of Kosher Nostra organized crime is inside Russia .
In both Belarus and Ukraine , Jewish “ service organizations ” that promote links to Israel have been recruiting extremist elements such as the Kolomosisky Brigades in Ukraine believed to have organized the shootdown of MH 17 .
The real threat to Russia comes as a result of the virtual US occupation of that nation under Yeltsin where the “ best and brightest ” were picked by US intelligence agencies who had billions in “ reptile funds ” to spend .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ target .
Moves , as outlined , against Russia are a precursor not only toward destroying Russia from within but that same war is being waged against the United States from inside the Trump White House with men like Secretary of Defense Mike Esper , surprisingly , breaking with Trump over the deployment of military against the civilian population .
Despite Esper ’ s pronouncement , Attorney General Barr has personally “ ordered ” some military units to deploy already in a move against congress and a clear move to interfere with this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nagging issue of COVID 19 , and efforts to contain the worst kept secret of all time , that the US military developed , not only the diseases , but , as we now learn , a vaccine , which is being “ dosed out ” to key elites as a way of consolidating power .

…by Gordon Duff and Nahed al Husaini
Russia is warning the US and NATO that the dramatic increase in US provactions, buzzing Russia’s borders with nuclear armed bombers, planning landings in Estonia and Latvia and more, will lead to nuclear war unless something is done.
What is not reported, US moves to place short range nuclear missiles in Belarus, the millions spent there in bribes and blackmail, and increasing efforts by Rudy Giuliani to stage terror attacks against Crimea.
For the past 2 years, Steve Bannon, assisted by Israel’s military intelligence, the Shin Bet, has been organizing neo-Nazi elements across Central and Eastern Europe. These ultra-nationalists have now joined with Kosovan and Albanian criminal groups that have long threatened Italy and France and, with the backing of Giuliani, they are also working with the MEK, an Iranian ex-pat terror cult funded by the CIA.
We first noted their efforts through Russia Today and Sputnik, state run news outlets in Russia who have, for many months now, taken on a surprisingly right wing and even fascist message. Why Russia is powerless to rein them in, tells us of how strong the power of Kosher Nostra organized crime is inside Russia. In both Belarus and Ukraine, Jewish “service organizations” that promote links to Israel have been recruiting extremist elements such as the Kolomosisky Brigades in Ukraine believed to have organized the shootdown of MH 17. The real threat to Russia comes as a result of the virtual US occupation of that nation under Yeltsin where the “best and brightest” were picked by US intelligence agencies who had billions in “reptile funds” to spend. But Russia isn’t the only target. Moves, as outlined, against Russia are a precursor not only toward destroying Russia from within but that same war is being waged against the United States from inside the Trump White House with men like Secretary of Defense Mike Esper, surprisingly, breaking with Trump over the deployment of military against the civilian population. Despite Esper’s pronouncement, Attorney General Barr has personally “ordered” some military units to deploy already in a move against congress and a clear move to interfere with this years general elections. Past that is the nagging issue of COVID 19, and efforts to contain the worst kept secret of all time, that the US military developed, not only the diseases, but, as we now learn, a vaccine, which is being “dosed out” to key elites as a way of consolidating power.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology. Gordon’s Archives: 2008-2015
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veteranstoday--2020-06-03--Coronavirus Vaccine by the End of the 2020?

U.S. Army says reasonable to expect some sort of coronavirus vaccine by year-end A senior U.S. Army vaccine researcher said on Tuesday it was reasonable to expect that some sort of coronavirus vaccine could be available to part of the U.S. population by the end of the year .
Defense Secretary Mark Esper vowed on May 15 that the U.S. military and other parts of the government would , in collaboration with the private sector , produce a vaccine at scale to treat the American people and partners abroad by year-end .
Colonel Wendy Sammons-Jackson , director of the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Pentagon news briefing it was “ reasonable to expect that there will be some form of a vaccine that could be available at some level , to a certain population , by the end of the year.
” Another Army researcher , Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad , said researchers were learning about the science of the new virus “ faster than we have about any other virus before.
” “ So , going to a vaccine in a matter of months , from concept all the way to Phase Three clinical trials and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this case I think very much is possible .
”

U.S. Army says reasonable to expect some sort of coronavirus vaccine by year-end
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters)
A senior U.S. Army vaccine researcher said on Tuesday it was reasonable to expect that some sort of coronavirus vaccine could be available to part of the U.S. population by the end of the year.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper vowed on May 15 that the U.S. military and other parts of the government would, in collaboration with the private sector, produce a vaccine at scale to treat the American people and partners abroad by year-end.
Colonel Wendy Sammons-Jackson, director of the U.S. Military Infectious Disease Research Program, told a Pentagon news briefing it was “reasonable to expect that there will be some form of a vaccine that could be available at some level, to a certain population, by the end of the year.” Another Army researcher, Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, said researchers were learning about the science of the new virus “faster than we have about any other virus before.” “So, going to a vaccine in a matter of months, from concept all the way to Phase Three clinical trials and potentially licensure is unprecedented. But in this case I think very much is possible.” Army researchers told the briefing…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--2020-06-03--ICUs Are ‘Delirium Factories’ for COVID-19 Patients

Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from Covid-19 , but also to protect patients ’ brains .
Although Covid-19 is best known for damaging the lungs , it also increases the risk of life-threatening brain injuries — from mental confusion to hallucinations , seizures , coma , stroke and paralysis .
The virus may invade the brain , and it can starve the brain of oxygen by damaging the lungs .
To fight the infection , the immune system sometimes overreacts , battering the brain and other organs it normally protects .
Yet the pandemic has severely limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent and treat neurological complications .
The severity of the disease and the heightened risk of infection have forced medical teams to abandon many of the practices that help them protect patients from delirium , a common side effect of mechanical ventilators and intensive care .
And while Covid-19 increases the risk of strokes , the pandemic has made it harder to diagnose them .
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ICUs become a ‘delirium factory’ for Covid-19 patients
By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
(CNN) Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from Covid-19, but also to protect patients’ brains.
Although Covid-19 is best known for damaging the lungs, it also increases the risk of life-threatening brain injuries — from mental confusion to hallucinations, seizures, coma, stroke and paralysis. The virus may invade the brain, and it can starve the brain of oxygen by damaging the lungs. To fight the infection, the immune system sometimes overreacts, battering the brain and other organs it normally protects.
Yet the pandemic has severely limited the ability of doctors and nurses to prevent and treat neurological complications. The severity of the disease and the heightened risk of infection have forced medical teams to abandon many of the practices that help them protect patients from delirium, a common side effect of mechanical ventilators and intensive care.
And while Covid-19 increases the risk of strokes, the pandemic has made it harder to diagnose them.


veteranstoday--2020-06-04--NEJM: Hydroxychlorquine no better than placibo-study

Guardian : Taking hydroxychloroquine does not protect people who have been close to someone with coronavirus from becoming infected , a study suggests .
Donald Trump told the world he was taking one pill a day to safeguard himself against the coronavirus , on the advice of his doctor .
However , a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests the drug is no more effective in protecting people exposed to the virus than a placebo .
The trial , which was carried out in the USand Canada , recruited people who were at moderate to high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them were deemed at high risk because they had been closer than 2 metres from somebody with the virus for more than 10 minutes without wearing any personal protective equipment .
The hope was that the drug could be used to protect people where somebody in their family was infected .
This was a randomised , controlled trial – the so-called “ gold standard ” – and was set up to compare what happened in people given hydroxychloroquine within four days of exposure and those given dummy pills instead .
The researchers enrolled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an average age of 40 who had no symptoms at the time .
Within four days of exposure , each received a delivery from a courier of a package containing either placebo or hydroxychloroquine .
The pills were to be taken over five days , starting with a stronger dose on day one .
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Guardian: Taking hydroxychloroquine does not protect people who have been close to someone with coronavirus from becoming infected, a study suggests.
Donald Trump told the world he was taking one pill a day to safeguard himself against the coronavirus, on the advice of his doctor. However, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests the drug is no more effective in protecting people exposed to the virus than a placebo.
The trial, which was carried out in the USand Canada, recruited people who were at moderate to high risk of contracting Covid-19. Most of them were deemed at high risk because they had been closer than 2 metres from somebody with the virus for more than 10 minutes without wearing any personal protective equipment. The hope was that the drug could be used to protect people where somebody in their family was infected.
This was a randomised, controlled trial – the so-called “gold standard” – and was set up to compare what happened in people given hydroxychloroquine within four days of exposure and those given dummy pills instead.
The researchers enrolled 821 mostly younger and healthy adults with an average age of 40 who had no symptoms at the time. Within four days of exposure, each received a delivery from a courier of a package containing either placebo or hydroxychloroquine. The pills were to be taken over five days, starting with a stronger dose on day one. read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/hydroxychloroquine-no-better-than-placebo-study-finds