veteranstoday--2020-03-30--Choir Practice Turns Deadly

Choir Practice Turns Deadly

The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area , about an hour ’ s drive to the south @ @ @ @ @ ’ t reported any cases , schools and businesses remained open , and prohibitions on @ @ @ @ @ be announced .
On March 6 , Adam Burdick , the choir ’ s conductor @ @ @ @ @ in an email that amid the “ stress and strain of concerns about the virus @ @ @ @ @ as scheduled at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church .
“ I ’ m planning on being @ @ @ @ @ , and hoping many of you will be , too , ” he wrote .

The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area, about an hour’s drive to the south.
But Skagit County hadn’t reported any cases, schools and businesses remained open, and prohibitions on large gatherings had yet to be announced.
On March 6, Adam Burdick, the choir’s conductor, informed the 121 members in an email that amid the “stress and strain of concerns about the virus,” practice would proceed as scheduled at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church.
“I’m planning on being there this Tuesday March 10, and hoping many of you will be, too,” he wrote.


veteranstoday--2020-03-30--Pakistan: CV19 produced in US lab as bioweapon

A Pakistani scientist specializing in organic chemistry has said that the highly contagious novel coronavirus did not necessarily emerge naturally through mutation but rather may have been produced in a laboratory in the United States as a bioweapon .
Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman , who has a Ph.D and Sc.D .
in organic chemistry from King ’ s College , Cambridge , made the remarks in an interview on Sunday when asked about the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed about 35,000 people and infected more than 737,000 across the world .
When asked whether the novel coronavirus is a bio-weapon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible that an existing virus has been syntactically modified and developed into a bio-weapon.
” “ There is some evidence that the United States was working on a bio-weapon in a laboratory .
The laboratory was closed following a leakage .
It was a military laboratory , ” added Rahman , who is also the chairman of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ’ s National Task Force on Science and Technology .
“ There is also evidence that it did not start from Wuhan , China , but that it was developed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lab in the UK and USA .
These labs were involved in the bio-weapon program , ” he revealed .
Quoting Pakistan ’ s former ambassador to the United Nations , Abdullah Hussain Haroon , the scientist said all this was done in order to beat China , and this is a vicious plot .
He added this can not be covered up for long and the people behind it would be exposed .
Earlier this month , a former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA has said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a laboratory , possibly as a biological warfare agent.
” “ Several reports suggest that there are components of the virus that are related to HIV that could not have occurred naturally .
If it is correct that the virus had either been developed or even produced to be weaponized it would further suggest that its escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and into the animal and human population could have been accidental .
Technicians who work in such environments are aware that ‘ leaks ’ from laboratories occur frequently , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published by the Strategic Culture Foundation on March 5 .
Since the outbreak of the epidemic , the origin of the novel coronavirus has been widely discussed online , with the US media insisting that the disease started from a market a seafood market in central China ’ s Wuhan City , in December last year .
But now even American health experts acknowledge that he novel coronavirus did not originate from seafood market .
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility that the United States was to blame for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The ministry has even suggested that the US military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan in October last year when 300 US troops participated to join international war games held there

A Pakistani scientist specializing in organic chemistry has said that the highly contagious novel coronavirus did not necessarily emerge naturally through mutation but rather may have been produced in a laboratory in the United States as a bioweapon.
Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, who has a Ph.D and Sc.D. in organic chemistry from King’s College, Cambridge, made the remarks in an interview on Sunday when asked about the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed about 35,000 people and infected more than 737,000 across the world.
When asked whether the novel coronavirus is a bio-weapon, Dr. Rahman said, “It is possible that an existing virus has been syntactically modified and developed into a bio-weapon.”
“There is some evidence that the United States was working on a bio-weapon in a laboratory. The laboratory was closed following a leakage. It was a military laboratory,” added Rahman, who is also the chairman of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s National Task Force on Science and Technology.
Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman
“There is also evidence that it did not start from Wuhan, China, but that it was developed in certain laboratories in the West, including a lab in the UK and USA. These labs were involved in the bio-weapon program,” he revealed.
Quoting Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, the scientist said all this was done in order to beat China, and this is a vicious plot.
Posted by Abdullah Hussain Haroon on Friday, March 27, 2020
He added this cannot be covered up for long and the people behind it would be exposed.
Earlier this month, a former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA has said that the coronavirus “was produced in a laboratory, possibly as a biological warfare agent.”
“Several reports suggest that there are components of the virus that are related to HIV that could not have occurred naturally. If it is correct that the virus had either been developed or even produced to be weaponized it would further suggest that its escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and into the animal and human population could have been accidental. Technicians who work in such environments are aware that ‘leaks’ from laboratories occur frequently,” Philip Giraldi wrote in an article published by the Strategic Culture Foundation on March 5.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the origin of the novel coronavirus has been widely discussed online, with the US media insisting that the disease started from a market a seafood market in central China’s Wuhan City, in December last year.
But now even American health experts acknowledge that he novel coronavirus did not originate from seafood market.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility that the United States was to blame for the spread of the coronavirus in China.
The ministry has even suggested that the US military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan in October last year when 300 US troops participated to join international war games held there


veteranstoday--2020-03-30--2020: Elimination of the State of Israel

In 2020 , the state of Israel will cease to exist .
At the end of 2018 , in search of a place to evacuate , Netanyahu flew to Brazil .
Even then , he knew something very important .
Recently , a prophecy of a famous Jewish rabbi about the end of the state of Israel in 2020 appeared on one of the sites .
The prophecy was said in 1976 .
“ I heard it almost personally .
I don ’ t hint at anything , don ’ t call for anything , I simply retell it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories about the Rebbe that for some reason did not become known ( or unreliable , God forbid ) .
With some effort , there is everything you need to reach the participant in the events .
Mid-May 2019 , Bat Yam , Shabbat farbrengen after morning prayer at the Chabad synagogue .
A trustworthy parishioner says : his father has a habit of performing Mivtsu tefillin in the center for people who need constant supervision and help .
And the last ( before that Shabbat ) time , he imposed tefillin to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticed signs of a habadnik on it – a flag of Moshiach , etc.
, was encouraged – “ Oh , you are a habadnik !
Now I ’ ll tell you this , I haven ’ t told anyone yet , there ’ s nobody here .
” Here is his story : – I was one of the accompanying officers at that very famous meeting of the “ IDF honors pupils ” with the Rebbe in New York in 1976 .
We were admirably received and we even had the honor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Rebbe was very friendly and answered our questions .
When I had the opportunity , I asked what worried me : “ What will happen to the state of Israel ?
” – After all , the tense situation after the Yom Kippur war evoked gloomy thoughts .
The Rebbe looked at me and said the following words : “ Two zero two zero zero – it will end ” .
( שתים אפס שתים אפס זה נגמר ) .
The end of the text .
Other events and symbols also indicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2020 .
A meteorite damaged many houses and structures , caused an earthquake and created a huge funnel in the ground .
All indications are that the coronavirus epidemic , the deployment of troops in different countries and this meteorite are only the beginning of the tremendous upheavals that humanity is expecting in 2020 .
On April 29 , 2020 , asteroid 52768 ( 1998 OR2 ) will fly close to Earth .
There is a high probability that the asteroid will change its route and hit the Earth .
April 29 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the Jewish calendar , this date corresponds to 5 .
Iyar , 5780 Day May 14 , 1948 , the date of creation of the state of Israel , corresponds to 5 .
Iyar , 5708 Here the same numbers and the difference between the dates of 72 years .
The number 72 is 27 on the contrary .
27 is the three numbers 9 ( 9 + 9 + 9 ) , which is the inverted three sixes 666 .
In the list of words of the Bible ( “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at number 72 there is a “ help stone ” .
Eben Haezer : “ stone of the help , ” a place of unc .
location , also a commemorative stone Definition : “ stone of the help ” , a place of unc .
location , also a commemorative stone The approaching asteroid is a “ help stone ” from God to destroy the existing world order and the state of Israel , as one of its pillars .
April 29 will be 40 days from the start of the blocking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ present in the prophecy of the prophet Jonah about the death of Nineveh : And Jonah began to walk around the city , how much you can go on one day , and preached , saying : another forty days – and Nineveh will be destroyed !
April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar .
In leap years , this is the 120th day .
2020 is a leap year , it is the 120th day .
The number 120 is the limit of the life of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : It is not eternal for My Spirit to be neglected by men , because they are flesh ; may their days be one hundred and twenty years . )
, made as if on behalf of a NASA insider .
According to his information , in the region on April 2 , 2020 , NASA expects a hit on the planet of a colossal asteroid .
The era of humanity that began after the Flood is ending .
The previous civilization of the Atlanteans was destroyed by the Flood .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of present-day humanity and the speedy return of the Atlanteans .

By Bohdan Lysystsia for VT
In 2020, the state of Israel will cease to exist. At the end of 2018, in search of a place to evacuate, Netanyahu flew to Brazil. Even then, he knew something very important.
What Did Netanyahu Do In Brazil for Five Days
Recently, a prophecy of a famous Jewish rabbi about the end of the state of Israel in 2020 appeared on one of the sites. The prophecy was said in 1976.
Text:
“I heard it almost personally. I don’t hint at anything, don’t call for anything, I simply retell it, because this is from a series of stories about the Rebbe that for some reason did not become known (or unreliable, God forbid). With some effort, there is everything you need to reach the participant in the events.
Mid-May 2019, Bat Yam, Shabbat farbrengen after morning prayer at the Chabad synagogue. A trustworthy parishioner says: his father has a habit of performing Mivtsu tefillin in the center for people who need constant supervision and help. And the last (before that Shabbat) time, he imposed tefillin to one elderly gentleman. He, having noticed signs of a habadnik on it – a flag of Moshiach, etc., was encouraged – “Oh, you are a habadnik! Now I’ll tell you this, I haven’t told anyone yet, there’s nobody here. ”
Here is his story:
– I was one of the accompanying officers at that very famous meeting of the “IDF honors pupils” with the Rebbe in New York in 1976. We were admirably received and we even had the honor to talk to the Rebbe separately. The Rebbe was very friendly and answered our questions. When I had the opportunity, I asked what worried me: “What will happen to the state of Israel?” – After all, the tense situation after the Yom Kippur war evoked gloomy thoughts. The Rebbe looked at me and said the following words: “Two zero two zero – it will end”. (שתים אפס שתים אפס זה נגמר).
Source: https://www.moshiach.ru/view/actualia/16399.html
The end of the text.
Other events and symbols also indicate the liquidation of the state of Israel in 2020.
March 28, a huge meteorite fell on Nigeria.
A meteorite damaged many houses and structures, caused an earthquake and created a huge funnel in the ground. All indications are that the coronavirus epidemic, the deployment of troops in different countries and this meteorite are only the beginning of the tremendous upheavals that humanity is expecting in 2020.
On April 29, 2020, asteroid 52768 (1998 OR2) will fly close to Earth.
There is a high probability that the asteroid will change its route and hit the Earth.
April 29, 2020 is a very unusual day. In the Jewish calendar, this date corresponds to 5. Iyar, 5780
Day May 14, 1948, the date of creation of the state of Israel, corresponds to 5. Iyar, 5708
Wednesday, 29. April, 2020 = 5. Iyar, 5780
Friday, 14. May, 1948 = 5. Iyar, 5708
Iyar, 5708 – 5. Iyar, 5780
Here the same numbers and the difference between the dates of 72 years.
The number 72 is 27 on the contrary. 27 is the three numbers 9 (9 + 9 + 9), which is the inverted three sixes 666.
In the list of words of the Bible (“Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance”) at number 72 there is a “help stone”.
◄ 72. Eben Haezer ►
Strong’s Concordance
Eben Haezer: “stone of the help,” a place of unc. location, also a commemorative stone
Original Word: אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: Eben Haezer
Phonetic Spelling: (eh’-ben haw-e’-zer)
Definition: “stone of the help”, a place of unc. location, also a commemorative stone
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/72.htm
The approaching asteroid is a “help stone” from God to destroy the existing world order and the state of Israel, as one of its pillars.
April 29 will be 40 days from the start of the blocking of countries.
The number 40 is present in the prophecy of the prophet Jonah about the death of Nineveh:
And Jonah began to walk around the city, how much you can go on one day, and preached, saying: another forty days – and Nineveh will be destroyed!
(Jonah 3: 4)
April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In leap years, this is the 120th day. 2020 is a leap year, it is the 120th day. The number 120 is the limit of the life of the present person.
And the Lord said: It is not eternal for My Spirit to be neglected by men, because they are flesh; may their days be one hundred and twenty years.
(Genesis 6: 3)
On March 28, 2020, a message appeared on godlikeproductions.com (https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message4329134/pg1
), made as if on behalf of a NASA insider. According to his information, in the region on April 2, 2020, NASA expects a hit on the planet of a colossal asteroid.
https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message4329134/pg1
The era of humanity that began after the Flood is ending. The previous civilization of the Atlanteans was destroyed by the Flood. The rapidly approaching comet Atlas portends the demise of present-day humanity and the speedy return of the Atlanteans.
Sourse: http://yahovor.arbat.name/


veteranstoday--2020-03-31--Trumpster Fake Preacher Arrested for Trying to Infect Entire Congregation

RT/Moscow : Tampa Bay pastor Rodney Howard-Browne , a religious confidante of President Donald Trump , has been arrested for refusing to obey social distancing orders at his church services .
Last month , he vowed to cure coronavirus nationwide .
Howard-Browne turned himself in on Monday to Hillsborough County Sheriff ’ s deputies , who charged him with unlawful assembly and violating public health rules for continuing to hold his theatrical church services in violation of coronavirus-related ordnances .
The pastor , who personally “ laid hands ” on Trump at the White House in 2017 and who vowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open during the epidemic “ because we ’ re raising up revivalists , not pansies , ” posted $ 500 bail half an hour after he was arrested .
Despite being warned by authorities at least once that he would face consequences for flouting the suddenly-ubiquitous new rules , the pastor held not one but two massive services at his The River at Tampa Bay megachurch on Sunday .
He even provided bus transportation to the massive facility , where he holds court over the 4,000-odd members of his congregation .
The county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adopted on Friday , forbids gatherings larger than 10 people and requires individuals to maintain six feet of social distancing at all times .
Howard-Browne defended his church as “ not a non-essential service ” in a Facebook post titled “ End of Days Part III , ” insisting he was not some kind of coronavirus-denier .
“ I ’ m not again negating that people are dying from the coronavirus .
We ’ re not saying that just saying that the thing is blown totally way out of proportion , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so goes America , ” he continued .
“ And don ’ t tell me they ’ re just going to put us all online .
if you think we ’ re just going to go online or whatever , you ’ re smoking crack .
That ’ s not how this thing works.
” However , the Hillsborough County sheriff took a dim view of the revivalist ’ s pious disobedience .
“ We would never impede someone ’ s ability to lean on their religious beliefs as a means of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be done safely , ” Sheriff Chad Chronister told a press conference on Monday , slamming the pastor ’ s “ reckless disregard for human life.
” Last month , Howard-Browne bragged about having “ cursed ” the mosquito-borne Zika virus out of Florida and promised to “ do the same thing with the coronavirus , ” acknowledging at the same time that his powers had limits : “ I can ’ t be responsible for every city , or whatever.
” Howard-Browne has already told his parishioners he ’ s in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a sermon earlier this month that he is “ not stopping anything .
I ’ ve got news for you , this church will never close.
” The only time the church will close is when the Rapture is taking place .
The county ’ s “ safer-at-home ” order requires residents to remain at home unless they are buying groceries , medications , or gas or seeking medical treatment , or unless they work in some “ essential ” business .
Violators can be punished with a $ 500 fine or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or both .

RT/Moscow: Tampa Bay pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, a religious confidante of President Donald Trump, has been arrested for refusing to obey social distancing orders at his church services. Last month, he vowed to cure coronavirus nationwide.
Howard-Browne turned himself in on Monday to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies, who charged him with unlawful assembly and violating public health rules for continuing to hold his theatrical church services in violation of coronavirus-related ordnances.
The pastor, who personally “laid hands” on Trump at the White House in 2017 and who vowed earlier this month to keep his church open during the epidemic “because we’re raising up revivalists, not pansies,” posted $500 bail half an hour after he was arrested.
Despite being warned by authorities at least once that he would face consequences for flouting the suddenly-ubiquitous new rules, the pastor held not one but two massive services at his The River at Tampa Bay megachurch on Sunday. He even provided bus transportation to the massive facility, where he holds court over the 4,000-odd members of his congregation.
The county’s “safer-at-home” order, adopted on Friday, forbids gatherings larger than 10 people and requires individuals to maintain six feet of social distancing at all times.
Howard-Browne defended his church as “not a non-essential service” in a Facebook post titled “End of Days Part III,” insisting he was not some kind of coronavirus-denier.

“I’m not again negating that people are dying from the coronavirus. We’re not saying that just saying that the thing is blown totally way out of proportion,” he said.
“As the church goes, so goes America,” he continued. “And don’t tell me they’re just going to put us all online. if you think we’re just going to go online or whatever, you’re smoking crack. That’s not how this thing works.”
However, the Hillsborough County sheriff took a dim view of the revivalist’s pious disobedience.
“We would never impede someone’s ability to lean on their religious beliefs as a means of comfort, but practicing those beliefs has to be done safely,” Sheriff Chad Chronister told a press conference on Monday, slamming the pastor’s “reckless disregard for human life.”
Last month, Howard-Browne bragged about having “cursed” the mosquito-borne Zika virus out of Florida and promised to “do the same thing with the coronavirus,” acknowledging at the same time that his powers had limits: “I can’t be responsible for every city, or whatever.”
Howard-Browne has already told his parishioners he’s in it for the long haul, declaring during a sermon earlier this month that he is “not stopping anything. I’ve got news for you, this church will never close.”
The only time the church will close is when the Rapture is taking place.
The county’s “safer-at-home” order requires residents to remain at home unless they are buying groceries, medications, or gas or seeking medical treatment, or unless they work in some “essential” business. Violators can be punished with a $500 fine or up to 60 days in jail, or both.


veteranstoday--2020-03-31--Exclusive: The US Army Brought COVID 19 to China with Fake ‘Military Games’ Team (March 12 story)

VT ’ s overall poor relationship with the Trump presidency has moved up a notch .
The report Trump is referencing went , not unnoticed , but rather totally censored in the Western press , as has so much else , until VT sought out the facts and published them .
Now , for second time , Trump has made sad and silly denials , this one filled with hyperbole and grandiose behavior , typical of a spectrum sociopath .
March 12 , 2020 : In October 2019 , the US brought 172 ( really 369 ) military athletes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Despite having the largest military in the world , tenfold , the US came in 35th behind nations like Iran , Finland and Slovenia .
No video or photos exist of the US team , no records were kept , a huge team but a pitiful performance for the best military in the world .
The US team did so badly that they were called “ Soy Sauce Soldiers ” by the Chinese .
In fact , many never participated in any event and stayed near the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only days after the US left the area .
The US team went home on October 28 , 2019 , and within 2 weeks , the first human contact cases of COVID 19 were seen in Wuhan .
The Chinese have not been able to find “ patient zero ” and believe he was a member of the US team .
They also have sources that say the US had misrepresented influenza that Trump claims have killed thousands , influenza carried to China by the US team , influenza that was really COVID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military bio-warfare facility in the state of Washington , now “ ground zero ” in the US for COVID 19 .
The Chinese claim , something censored in the US , that the inattentive attitude and disproportionately below average results of American athletes in the game indicates they might have been in for other purposes and they might actually be bio-warfare operatives , and that their place of residence during their stay in Wuhan was also close to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market , where the first known cluster of cases occurred .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The US army might have brought the novel coronavirus disease ( COVID-19 ) to China ’ s Wuhan , the city where the virus was first detected in the country , Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday .
“ When did patient zero begin in the US ?
How many people are infected ?
What are the names of the hospitals ?
It might be the US army that brought the epidemic to Wuhan .
Be transparent !
Make public your data !
The US owes us an explanation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao has demanded US authorities reveal what they ’ re hiding about the origins of Covid-19 , going as far as to suggest the coronavirus may have been brought to China by the US military .
Pointing to a video of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) director Robert Redfield apparently admitting the US had several deaths from Covid-19 before they were able to test for it , Zhao called on the American watchdog to come clean in a tweet posted on Thursday .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemic to Wuhan , ” Zhao suggested , calling for the CDC – and the US in general – to “ be transparent ” and share what they know about where and when “ Patient Zero ” was first diagnosed .
In the video , Redfield acknowledged that some cases of coronavirus were misclassified as influenza as the medics did not have an accurate test for the new epidemic at the time .
He did not elaborate on when these misdiagnosed cases first appeared – saying only that “ some cases have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of any patients ’ details or chronology of deaths , speculation has swirled .
Zhao ’ s “ theory ” in particular focused on the military delegation that traveled to Wuhan in October for the Military World Games , weeks before the city confirmed the outbreak in December .
The delegation was part of the 300-member group of American athletes taking part in the multi-sport event held every four years .
Zhao is not the only high-profile political figure to voice suspicions about the timing of the Games and the introduction of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matthias Chang offered similar speculation back in January , zeroing in on the event as the launch point for what he deemed a biological war waged by the US against China .
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) states that what is now the Covid-19 pandemic was first reported as a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan , China , on 31 December 2019 .
The search for the deadly disease ’ s origin has been ongoing , with conflicting versions blaming the Wuhan food market and bats – a local delicacy – sold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans might have gotten the virus from pangolins , an endangered scaly mammal .
Less orthodox theories suggest malicious intent , with the head of Iran ’ s elite Revolutionary Guards sensationally claiming last week that Covid-19 could possibly be “ a product of a biological attack by America which initially spread to China and then to Iran and the rest of the world.
” So far , the problem with all of those theories , blaming both animals and humans , is that no direct causal proof has been established , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patient zero ” also remains unclear .
And it ’ s not China alone : in Washington state – which seemingly identified and successfully isolated its first infected traveler , with dozens of contacts identified and monitored – the virus somehow began spreading anyway .
Even Steve Wozniak , Apple ’ s co-founder , at one point claimed he and his wife may have been the US ’ “ patient zero ” after developing a bad cough on return from China .
It has since emerged his wife ’ s diagnosis was “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why does the plague in Wuhan depend on the PLA ?
From October 18 to October 27 , 2019 , the World Military Games was held in Wuhan , and the United States sent 369 soy sauce soldiers to participate .
Why is it soy sauce soldiers ?
Because in the 10-day game , the performance of the American soy sauce soldiers was so disappointing that even Bahrain was unnecessarily disappointed , the gold medal was even missing , and the overall score was left far behind by North Korea , which once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to counterattack the continental United States .
However , the poor performance in the game did not affect the mood of the soy sauce soldiers playing in Wuhan .
They teamed up in groups of two , and played around the streets of Wuhan , leaving many romantic accidents .
It should be pointed out that the location of the US guest house of the Military Games is not far from South China Seafood City .
At the end of the military games , just when people were wondering , how could these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to build muscles on their faces suddenly get fired up ?
Did the American soldiers ’ food only be grappled ?
Or did they forget to eat it during the game ?
Snickers ?
Note : Para Athletics , Para Archery , Gymnastics , Tennis and 3 Senior Triathlon events not counted in the medal table .

https://twitter.com/WEIWEIDAI4/status/1408274396792324096
VT’s overall poor relationship with the Trump presidency has moved up a notch. The report Trump is referencing went, not unnoticed, but rather totally censored in the Western press, as has so much else until VT sought out the facts and published them.
https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/1407741751603957768
US Congress is seeking a probe into the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, as alleged COVID-19 'super-spreader'.#VoiceOfNations pic.twitter.com/51mYGS4aDJ — Voice of Nations (@VoiceOfNations7) June 24, 2021
If America proves that the Wuhan Games were a super spreader event – Trudeau and Xi Jinping are in some serious shit. https://t.co/8Nt21XnwPv — Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) June 24, 2021
Now, for the second time, Trump has made sad and silly denials, this one filled with hyperbole and grandiose behavior, typical of a spectrum sociopath.
March 12, 2020: In October 2019, the US brought 172 (really 369) military athletes to Wuhan for the World Military Games. Despite having the largest military in the world, tenfold, the US came in 35th behind nations like Iran, Finland and Slovenia. No video or photos exist of the US team, no records were kept, a huge team but a pitiful performance for the best military in the world.
The US team did so badly that they were called “Soy Sauce Soldiers” by the Chinese. In fact, many never participated in any event and stayed near the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the disease is said to have originated only days after the US left the area.
“You look at how the US team performed in the 2019 Military Games, and you think about the overall economic situation in America, and you wonder how long the US can continue on its current path when the economies debt is at an unprecedented rate”, stated Ben Tejes, Co-Founder and CEO of Ascend Finance, which created a Chapter 7 means test calculator to help people understand their debt relief options such as bankruptcy.
The US team went home on October 28, 2019, and within 2 weeks, the first human contact cases of COVID 19 were seen in Wuhan. The Chinese have not been able to find “patient zero” and believe he was a member of the US team.
They also have sources that say the US had misrepresented influenza that Trump claims have killed thousands, influenza carried to China by the US team, influenza that was really COVID 19, a disease developed in a military bio-warfare facility in the state of Washington, now “ground zero” in the US for COVID 19.
The Chinese claim, something censored in the US, that the inattentive attitude and disproportionately below average results of American athletes in the game indicates they might have been in for other purposes and they might actually be bio-warfare operatives, and that their place of residence during their stay in Wuhan was also close to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the first known cluster of cases occurred.[28][29]
RT/Moscow: The US army might have brought the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to China’s Wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected in the country, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday.
“When did patient zero begin in the US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be the US army that brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! The US owes us an explanation!” Zhao tweeted.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao has demanded US authorities reveal what they’re hiding about the origins of Covid-19, going as far as to suggest the coronavirus may have been brought to China by the US military.
Pointing to a video of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield apparently admitting the US had several deaths from Covid-19 before they were able to test for it, Zhao called on the American watchdog to come clean in a tweet posted on Thursday.
2/2 CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation! pic.twitter.com/vYNZRFPWo3 — Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) March 12, 2020
“It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” Zhao suggested, calling for the CDC – and the US in general – to “be transparent” and share what they know about where and when “Patient Zero” was first diagnosed.
https://twitter.com/twainus/status/1238131011503951872
In the video, Redfield acknowledged that some cases of coronavirus were misclassified as influenza as the medics did not have an accurate test for the new epidemic at the time. He did not elaborate on when these misdiagnosed cases first appeared – saying only that “some cases have been diagnosed that way.”
CDC director openly admitting that some #covid deaths have been misdiagnosed as influenza in the US. The question is when are those deaths. This supports the claims made by Japanese scientists that the virus originated from the US but was covered up.#COVID19 #Corona pic.twitter.com/AwdXAKz6Ao — Taro (@taro_taylor) March 12, 2020
In the absence of any patients’ details or chronology of deaths, speculation has swirled. Zhao’s “theory” in particular focused on the military delegation that traveled to Wuhan in October for the Military World Games, weeks before the city confirmed the outbreak in December. The delegation was part of the 300-member group of American athletes taking part in the multi-sport event held every four years.
The #Bahrain Interior Minister accused Iran of spreading #COVID19 & biological warfare. I respond to him that the #USA with its 5th fleet governing Bahrain is the main factor behind #BiologicalWarfare and even initial hiding #CoronavirusOutbreak in America. pic.twitter.com/f7TqbqFoOA — H.Amirabdollahian امیرعبداللهیان (@Amirabdolahian) March 12, 2020
Zhao is not the only high-profile political figure to voice suspicions about the timing of the Games and the introduction of the coronavirus in Wuhan. Former Malaysian PM Matthias Chang offered similar speculation back in January, zeroing in on the event as the launch point for what he deemed a biological war waged by the US against China.
We are still figuring out where the virus originated. And chances are high that the virus was brought to China by the US army team who visited Wuhan in October. Anyway, no human deserves COVID-19. The world should fight against the disease together. No time for blame. — Chris Jiang (@crs_1222) February 27, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that what is now the Covid-19 pandemic was first reported as a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. The search for the deadly disease’s origin has been ongoing, with conflicting versions blaming the Wuhan food market and bats – a local delicacy – sold there in particular, while others opined humans might have gotten the virus from pangolins, an endangered scaly mammal.
Less orthodox theories suggest malicious intent, with the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards sensationally claiming last week that Covid-19 could possibly be “a product of a biological attack by America which initially spread to China and then to Iran and the rest of the world.”
So far, the problem with all of those theories, blaming both animals and humans, is that no direct causal proof has been established, while the identity of China’s “patient zero” also remains unclear. And it’s not China alone: in Washington state – which seemingly identified and successfully isolated its first infected traveler, with dozens of contacts identified and monitored – the virus somehow began spreading anyway. Even Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder, at one point claimed he and his wife may have been the US’ “patient zero” after developing a bad cough on return from China. It has since emerged his wife’s diagnosis was “a sinus infection,” however.
Why does the plague in Wuhan depend on the PLA?
2020-01-30 17:01:10 Source: school coffee house Author: fish off the deep
Views: 37708 Comments: 24 (view) From October 18 to October 27, 2019, the World Military Games was held in Wuhan, and the United States sent 369 soy sauce soldiers to participate. Why is it soy sauce soldiers? Because in the 10-day game, the performance of the American soy sauce soldiers was so disappointing that even Bahrain was unnecessarily disappointed, the gold medal was even missing, and the overall score was left far behind by North Korea, which once gave Mexico a chance. The urge to counterattack the continental United States. However, the poor performance in the game did not affect the mood of the soy sauce soldiers playing in Wuhan. They teamed up in groups of two, and played around the streets of Wuhan, leaving many romantic accidents. It should be pointed out that the location of the US guest house of the Military Games is not far from South China Seafood City. At the end of the military games, just when people were wondering, how could these gangsters who can’t wait to build muscles on their faces suddenly get fired up? Did the American soldiers ’food only be grappled? Or did they forget to eat it during the game? Snickers? * Host nation (China) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China (CHN)* 133 64 42 239 2 Russia (RUS) 51 53 57 161 3 Brazil (BRA) 21 31 36 88 4 France (FRA) 13 20 24 57 5 Poland (POL) 11 15 34 60 6 Germany (GER) 10 15 20 45 7 North Korea (PRK) 9 8 15 32 8 Bahrain (BHR) 9 1 7 17 9 Uzbekistan (UZB) 8 7 5 20 10 Ukraine (UKR) 5 13 15 33 11 Italy (ITA) 4 12 12 28 12 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 4 3 5 12 13 Belarus (BLR) 4 2 8 14 14 Iran (IRI) 4 2 5 11 15 Switzerland (SUI) 4 1 8 13 16 South Korea (KOR) 3 10 11 24 17 Norway (NOR) 2 4 2 8 Slovenia (SLO) 2 4 2 8 19 Egypt (EGY) 2 2 5 9 20 Kenya (KEN) 2 1 2 5 Morocco (MAR) 2 1 2 5 22 Turkey (TUR) 2 0 3 5 23 Romania (ROU) 1 4 3 8 24 Mongolia (MGL) 1 3 5 9 25 Hungary (HUN) 1 3 1 5 26 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 2 5 8 27 India (IND) 1 1 2 4 28 Belgium (BEL) 1 1 1 3 29 Latvia (LAT) 1 1 0 2 30 Lithuania (LTU) 1 0 1 2 31 Bulgaria (BUL) 1 0 0 1 Namibia (NAM) 1 0 0 1 Tunisia (TUN) 1 0 0 1 34 Finland (FIN) 0 4 2 6 35 United States (USA) 0 3 5 8 36 Austria (AUT) 0 3 1 4 37 Algeria (ALG) 0 2 5 7 38 Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 2 4 6 39 Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 2 3 5 40 Slovakia (SVK) 0 2 1 3 41 Qatar (QAT) 0 2 0 2 42 Thailand (THA) 0 1 5 6 43 Canada (CAN) 0 1 2 3 Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 1 2 3 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 2 3 46 Oman (OMA) 0 1 1 2 Syria (SYR) 0 1 1 2 Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 1 2 49 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1 Ecuador (ECU) 0 1 0 1 Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1 Saudi Arabia (KSA) 0 1 0 1 Tanzania (TAN) 0 1 0 1 54 Serbia (SRB) 0 0 3 3 55 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 2 2 56 Albania (ALB) 0 0 1 1 Armenia (ARM) 0 0 1 1 Barbados (BAR) 0 0 1 1 Greece (GRE) 0 0 1 1 Indonesia (INA) 0 0 1 1 Ireland (IRL) 0 0 1 1 Kuwait (KUW) 0 0 1 1 Luxembourg (LUX) 0 0 1 1 Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 1 1 Rwanda (RWA) 0 0 1 1 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1 Totals (66 nations) 316 316 389 1021 Source:[33] Note: Para Athletics, Para Archery, Gymnastics, Tennis and 3 Senior Triathlon events not counted in the medal table.
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NEO – The Nasty Truth About Covid 19

by Gordon Duff , VT Sr. Editor , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
During the last half of March , a dozen or more massive Russian air transports have landed in Italy in order to save that nation from a very real devastating pandemic .
We note also that the aircraft had to be routed an extra 2500 miles because of a NATO/Poland block on the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behalf of a fellow NATO member .
Let us begin with hard truths .
COVID 19 is endlessly worse than seasonal influenza despite fake reports to the contrary out of the controlled media .
Those claiming otherwise , and many are , do so out of ignorance or are being paid to lie to the public .
This is a very serious disease that has been misreported and lied about from day one .
We will be addressing those lies , so many of them , and how they threaten us all .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ early on , the only solution to those really manipulating crises is punishment , prison certainly , but perhaps things even more creative .
We begin with the lies .
Thus far the origin of COVID 19 seems to be the United States .
The proof is tangential but significant and comes in two forms .
• China claims a US Army military team brought the disease to Wuhan in late October 2019 .
The timing is right and is backed up by Russian high-level sources that can not , however , be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research into modifications of SARS/COVID in 2006 which culminated in the much-referenced paper that supposedly ties China to the creation of COVID 19 , titled : Why is this paper so vital ?
The reasons are many but , first of all , it is the source for Donald Trump ’ s claims , publicly , that the disease originated in China and for his private claims that the disease was created at : Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety , Wuhan Institute of Virology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shi The truth is far different .
The real work on designing COVID 19 , as described below , was done at the University of North Carolina , Harvard University and the FDC .
From the Abstract : “ Here we examine the disease potential of a SARS-like virus , SHC014-CoV , which is currently circulating in Chinese horseshoe bat populations1 .
Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system , we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone.
” In order to perform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed .
Most funding , however , came from a secret source , USAID , the CIA linked funder of bio-weapons research facilities around the world .
The CIA doesn ’ t fund disease prevention and is certainly not an NGO .
The CIA wages clandestine warfare .
When the scholars who published the story realized that this source of funding was omitted , they had corrections made as expressed here : In the version of this article initially published online , the authors omitted to acknowledge a funding source , USAID-EPT-PREDICT funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The error has been corrected for the print , PDF and HTML versions of this article.
” The Chinese involvement , as touted by Trump , was in supplying an available SARS-like virus to the US facilities , in this case , a virus from the Wuhan horseshoe bat population on the pretext of university research .
The entirety of this research , of course , was done in the US , primarily at the University of North Carolina where , as the excerpt from the abstract states , a “ chimeric virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chimeric ” they are saying that they made it themselves , something that did not occur naturally in nature .
When researching the history of all scholars involved , it becomes clear that there was significant interest , including backing/financing , by the US defense establishment , in years of work that , though it is ostensibly “ cure ” oriented , the capability of creating and weaponizing chimera coronaviruses was developed as well .
You see , back in the post-9/11 period , then Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons , SARS-like viruses and poison gas such as sarin and VX .
Parallel programs to investigate the capabilities for deploying this form of weapon covertly against America ’ s enemies were a primary focus for not just defense agencies but American universities as well , always “ on the make ” for government funding no matter how dirty the source .
There is no evidence that the last stages needed , creating weapons or producing methods of pandemic enablement , were in any part of this study .
However , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steps toward that purpose and that facilities under the Department of Defense , including but not limited to Fort Detrick , Maryland , exist and have this capability .
Thus , we can make a strong case for COVID 19 as a weapon but also demonstrate with even more clarity that accusations of Chinese involvement in the creation of a chimera virus are utterly unfounded .
It is also clear that those who accessed this study and purposefully misconstrued China ’ s role did so with an intent to blame China for something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us with a need to consider renaming COVID 19 as “ COVID North Carolina.
” Again , we return to Italy where the Russian airlift continues , much akin to the Berlin airlift of the Stalin era but this time dodging NATO defenses and their attempts to interfere with a humanitarian effort on behalf of a beleaguered population .
Whoever is to blame , and conclusive proof in the face of government back disinformation operations makes finding out impossible , there are other impediments to containing the pandemic .
Worst among these is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Donald Trump and people like Sean Hannity at Fox News along with many American religious leaders .
Trump and his advisor , Sean Hannity , a conspiracy theorist with no formal education , have commonly referred to COVID 19 as a hoax .
Moreover , Trump ’ s close relationship with America ’ s lunatic fringe religious right has muddied the issue even more with pro-Trump religious leaders offering fake cures , making outrageous claims of divine intervention , always for a large financial payment , or simply denialism as with Jerry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a huge “ pray and pay ” for healing revivalist church with a following in the millions .
He says COVID simply doesn ’ t exist and is reopening churches and schools despite bans by legal authorities , and he is doing this with Donald Trump standing at his side , also defying legal authorities as well .
Currently , America has tens of millions of citizens who are being told to ignore quarantine procedures , a message they are receiving with the tacit approval of the President of the United States .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial .
In this case , Trump is far behind in the presidential polls for the 2020 election with Joe Biden clearly the favorite .
Trump feels this is due to the collapse in the economy and massive unemployment due to America ’ s unpreparedness and Trump ’ s massive personal blunders in dealing with the global pandemic .
However , when one looks at the quick fix proposals Trump and his political backers are making , printing endless supplies of worthless cash to be given away to Trump ’ s corporate backers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy with more debt seems unsound .
This has led to political controversy over corporate bailouts and a secondary issue , that many seeking COVID 19 bailout were insolvent as early as September 2019 .
Similarly , the idea of controlling a pandemic by ignoring it , demeaning science and , worse still , failing to support efforts to stem the disease out of more denialism , much more incompetence and a wealth of political game-playing will be hard to hide from the electorate already soured on “ Trumpisms.
” Early on , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic a hoax .
Then Trump put his son in law , Jared Kushner , a New Jersey slumlord , in charge of White House efforts .
Kushner has yet to be heard from as the pandemic spirals on .
Despite soaring rates of infections and deaths in the US , Trump is still pushing more denialism , advocating reopening businesses while millions are actively shedding virus .
Then , of course , that problem exists because the US , out of Trump ’ s political beliefs and gamesmanship , isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rich or ruling officials have been tested .
In fact , most hospitals closely ration test kits or have run out some time ago , and American test kits take days , the Chinese kits which are available in the tens of millions test in 10 minutes and cost nothing but can ’ t be used in the US .
If an American wants to be tested for COVID 19 , even a medical professional who has been exposed , there are no tests available at any cost .
You see , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community in the US , preventing it from sourcing test kits , masks , gowns , ventilators and other equipment normally purchased from China , equipment generally not made in the US at all , for political reasons .
He is now , however , being forced to rethink this , practically “ at gunpoint ” and certainly far too late to prevent the epidemic that testing would have curtailed as it has in Africa .
Worse still , with Russia providing leadership , along with China of course , for much of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump has just renewed a ban on any Russian aid to the US .
The heart of the problem is criminal level dishonesty and profiteering .
In one email from InfoWars alone , and we won ’ t discuss the recent Federal Trade Commission ban on InfoWars sales of “ magic toothpaste ” to cure COVID 19 , we ran into the following : Watch and share this Tuesday edition of the most banned broadcast in the world !
Don ’ t miss today ’ s LIVE BROADCAST where I explain how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus shut down America ’ s economic might !
We can ’ t let people become unemployed and homeless .
• Texas Lt. Gov : “ Lots of Grandparents ” Willing to Risk Dying of Coronavirus to Save Economy • Watch As FOX News Conditions Citizens To Be Obedient Happy Prisoners During Lockdown • 21 MILLION CHINESE CELLPHONE USERS DISAPPEAR IN THREE MONTHS OF PANDEMIC “ Lacking data , the real death toll in China is a mystery.
” • WE ’ RE LEARNING WHY GOVERNMENTS CAN ’ T BE TRUSTED WITH HEALTH @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list is most telling , certainly the most ironic .
Of course , you shouldn ’ t trust the government with this health crisis , after all , it is run by Donald Trump , an InfoWars follower .
These bizarre claims were in a single email and Americans receive dozens of these a day , some far worse .
The message is always the same , advocating behaviors that will spread the disease and asking for cash .
The game in Washington is “ blame ” and the big issue will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ventilators , much less the ECMO blood oxygenators that the Chinese used to save so many .
They haven ’ t even discussed another coverup .
“ Washington ( CNN ) President Donald Trump faced new and troubling questions Thursday about his response to the coronavirus pandemic , as it became clear that there is a nationwide shortage of ventilators , masks , and other crucial medical equipment .
During a White House news conference , Trump was asked about the shortages and responded by falsely suggesting that the problem was unforeseen .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis and encouraged states to find their own resources .
“ Where you have a problem with ventilators — we ’ re working very hard trying to find ( ventilators ) , ” the President said .
“ Nobody in their wildest dreams would have ever thought that we ’ d need tens of thousands of ventilators .
This is something very unique to this , to what happened.
” Facts First : Trump is wrong .
Medical experts and public health officials have said for years that the US would face a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pandemic like COVID-19 .
Even during Trump ’ s presidency , there were warnings that hospitals would run out of lifesaving equipment and resources would be strained because the US wasn ’ t prepared for a pandemic .
Since the beginning of the crisis earlier this year , Trump and his team have responded with dozens of dishonest and misleading claims .
And the President ’ s comments about the ventilator shortages fit into his pattern of trying to avoid responsibility by falsely claiming that nobody ever predicted a pandemic like this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even after it ’ s been widely debunked.
” Trump ’ s answer to this is to ask the State Department to open a “ dark program ” to access “ off the books ” medical equipment to cover the massive shortfall in the US .
“ The United States has launched a desperate diplomatic campaign to fill major shortcomings in the country ’ s medical system amid a rising death toll from the coronavirus .
The State Department instructed its top diplomats to urge Eastern Europe and Eurasia ’ s governments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment to the United States in order to fill the shortcomings as the corona crisis is deepening .
Trump ’ s undersecretary of state for political affairs , David Hale asked all officials at embassies across Europe and Eurasia to report on what foreign countries would be able to sell ‘ critical medical supplies and equipment ’ to the United States , Foreign Policy said .
‘ Depending on critical needs , the United States could seek to purchase many of these items in the hundreds of millions with purchases of higher-end equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands , ’ David Hale said in an email .
He said the request applies to host countries ‘ minus Moscow.
’ The email came from an official at the Office of US Assistance to Europe , Eurasia , and Central Asia—an office that under normal circumstances coordinates delivering US aid and assistance to countries in Eurasia and Europe .
The request undercut claims by President Donald Trump , who has repeatedly insisted that the United States can handle demands for tests and medical equipment on its own , FP noted .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many products—every product that you mentioned , plus ventilators and everything else .
We have car companies—without having to use the act ( Defense Production Act to ) .
If I don ’ t have to use—specifically , we have the act to use , in case we need it .
But we have so many things being made right now by so many—they ’ ve just stepped up , ’ Trump said on March 21.
” The result of “ government by amateurs ” in Washington , unexpected by many , has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fake outsiders like Bolton , who had spent decades as an insider , joined the Trump administration , killing off America ’ s pandemic response capability was top of the list .
In one agency or department after another , scientists and experts were replaced by publicists and hack lawyers .
There will be no American planes landing in Italy , not right away .
When they do come , it will be to buy used medical equipment for the US , with the Russian labels covered up .

by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
– First published … March 25, 2020 –
During the last half of March, a dozen or more massive Russian air transports have landed in Italy in order to save that nation from a very real devastating pandemic. We note also that the aircraft had to be routed an extra 2500 miles because of a NATO/Poland block on the use of airspace even for a humanitarian mission on behalf of a fellow NATO member.
Let us begin with hard truths. COVID 19 is endlessly worse than seasonal influenza despite fake reports to the contrary out of the controlled media. Those claiming otherwise, and many are, do so out of ignorance or are being paid to lie to the public.
This is a very serious disease that has been misreported and lied about from day one. We will be addressing those lies, so many of them, and how they threaten us all. We might as well get it out early on, the only solution to those really manipulating crises is punishment, prison certainly, but perhaps things even more creative.
We begin with the lies.
Thus far the origin of COVID 19 seems to be the United States. The proof is tangential but significant and comes in two forms.
China claims a US Army military team brought the disease to Wuhan in late October 2019. The timing is right and is backed up by Russian high-level sources that cannot, however, be considered unbiased.
The US began research into modifications of SARS/COVID in 2006 which culminated in the much-referenced paper that supposedly ties China to the creation of COVID 19, titled:
“A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence”
Why is this paper so vital? The reasons are many but, first of all, it is the source for Donald Trump’s claims, publicly, that the disease originated in China and for his private claims that the disease was created at:
Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China by Xing-Yi Ge and Zhengli-Li Shi
The truth is far different. The real work on designing COVID 19, as described below, was done at the University of North Carolina, Harvard University and the FDC. From the Abstract:
“Here we examine the disease potential of a SARS-like virus, SHC014-CoV, which is currently circulating in Chinese horseshoe bat populations1. Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system, we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone.”
In order to perform this controversial 2015 study, funding was needed. Most funding, however, came from a secret source, USAID, the CIA linked funder of bio-weapons research facilities around the world.
The CIA doesn’t fund disease prevention and is certainly not an NGO. The CIA wages clandestine warfare.
When the scholars who published the story realized that this source of funding was omitted, they had corrections made as expressed here:
“Change history
20 November 2015
In the version of this article initially published online, the authors omitted to acknowledge a funding source, USAID-EPT-PREDICT funding from EcoHealth Alliance, to Z.-L.S. The error has been corrected for the print, PDF and HTML versions of this article.”
The Chinese involvement, as touted by Trump, was in supplying an available SARS-like virus to the US facilities, in this case, a virus from the Wuhan horseshoe bat population on the pretext of university research.
The entirety of this research, of course, was done in the US, primarily at the University of North Carolina where, as the excerpt from the abstract states, a “chimeric virus” was “generated.”
By “chimeric” they are saying that they made it themselves, something that did not occur naturally in nature.
When researching the history of all scholars involved, it becomes clear that there was significant interest, including backing/financing, by the US defense establishment, in years of work that, though it is ostensibly “cure” oriented, the capability of creating and weaponizing chimera coronaviruses was developed as well.
You see, back in the post-9/11 period, then Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld promoted extensive research in biological and chemical weapons, SARS-like viruses and poison gas such as sarin and VX.
Parallel programs to investigate the capabilities for deploying this form of weapon covertly against America’s enemies were a primary focus for not just defense agencies but American universities as well, always “on the make” for government funding no matter how dirty the source.
There is no evidence that the last stages needed, creating weapons or producing methods of pandemic enablement, were in any part of this study.
However, it is also clear that this study provided needed steps toward that purpose and that facilities under the Department of Defense, including but not limited to Fort Detrick, Maryland, exist and have this capability.
Thus, we can make a strong case for COVID 19 as a weapon but also demonstrate with even more clarity that accusations of Chinese involvement in the creation of a chimera virus are utterly unfounded.
It is also clear that those who accessed this study and purposefully misconstrued China’s role did so with an intent to blame China for something the US had done. This leaves us with a need to consider renaming COVID 19 as “COVID North Carolina.”
Again, we return to Italy where the Russian airlift continues, much akin to the Berlin airlift of the Stalin era but this time dodging NATO defenses and their attempts to interfere with a humanitarian effort on behalf of a beleaguered population.
Whoever is to blame, and conclusive proof in the face of government back disinformation operations makes finding out impossible, there are other impediments to containing the pandemic.
Worst among these is a secondary disinformation campaign, largely orchestrated by Donald Trump and people like Sean Hannity at Fox News along with many American religious leaders. Trump and his advisor, Sean Hannity, a conspiracy theorist with no formal education, have commonly referred to COVID 19 as a hoax.
Moreover, Trump’s close relationship with America’s lunatic fringe religious right has muddied the issue even more with pro-Trump religious leaders offering fake cures, making outrageous claims of divine intervention, always for a large financial payment, or simply denialism as with Jerry Falwell Jr.
Falwell heads liberty university and a huge “pray and pay” for healing revivalist church with a following in the millions. He says COVID simply doesn’t exist and is reopening churches and schools despite bans by legal authorities, and he is doing this with Donald Trump standing at his side, also defying legal authorities as well.
Currently, America has tens of millions of citizens who are being told to ignore quarantine procedures, a message they are receiving with the tacit approval of the President of the United States.
Trump’s personal issues are always financial. In this case, Trump is far behind in the presidential polls for the 2020 election with Joe Biden clearly the favorite. Trump feels this is due to the collapse in the economy and massive unemployment due to America’s unpreparedness and Trump’s massive personal blunders in dealing with the global pandemic.
However, when one looks at the quick fix proposals Trump and his political backers are making, printing endless supplies of worthless cash to be given away to Trump’s corporate backers, the concept if correcting a debt-ridden economy with more debt seems unsound.
This has led to political controversy over corporate bailouts and a secondary issue, that many seeking COVID 19 bailout were insolvent as early as September 2019.
Similarly, the idea of controlling a pandemic by ignoring it, demeaning science and, worse still, failing to support efforts to stem the disease out of more denialism, much more incompetence and a wealth of political game-playing will be hard to hide from the electorate already soured on “Trumpisms.”
Early on, we began with denialism, calling the pandemic a hoax. Then Trump put his son in law, Jared Kushner, a New Jersey slumlord, in charge of White House efforts.
Kushner has yet to be heard from as the pandemic spirals on.
Despite soaring rates of infections and deaths in the US, Trump is still pushing more denialism, advocating reopening businesses while millions are actively shedding virus.
Then, of course, that problem exists because the US, out of Trump’s political beliefs and gamesmanship, isn’t testing. Very few Americans except for the rich or ruling officials have been tested.
In fact, most hospitals closely ration test kits or have run out some time ago, and American test kits take days, the Chinese kits which are available in the tens of millions test in 10 minutes and cost nothing but can’t be used in the US.
If an American wants to be tested for COVID 19, even a medical professional who has been exposed, there are no tests available at any cost.
You see, Trump has placed sanctions against the medical community in the US, preventing it from sourcing test kits, masks, gowns, ventilators and other equipment normally purchased from China, equipment generally not made in the US at all, for political reasons.
He is now, however, being forced to rethink this, practically “at gunpoint” and certainly far too late to prevent the epidemic that testing would have curtailed as it has in Africa.
Worse still, with Russia providing leadership, along with China of course, for much of the world in dealing with this pandemic, Trump has just renewed a ban on any Russian aid to the US.
The heart of the problem is criminal level dishonesty and profiteering. In one email from InfoWars alone, and we won’t discuss the recent Federal Trade Commission ban on InfoWars sales of “magic toothpaste” to cure COVID 19, we ran into the following:
Watch and share this Tuesday edition of the most banned broadcast in the world! Don’t miss today’s LIVE BROADCAST where I explain how we can’t let the Chinese virus shut down America’s economic might! We can’t let people become unemployed and homeless.
Texas Lt. Gov: “Lots of Grandparents” Willing to Risk Dying of Coronavirus to Save Economy
Watch As FOX News Conditions Citizens To Be Obedient Happy Prisoners During Lockdown
21 MILLION CHINESE CELLPHONE USERS DISAPPEAR IN THREE MONTHS OF PANDEMIC“Lacking data, the real death toll in China is a mystery.”
WE’RE LEARNING WHY GOVERNMENTS CAN’T BE TRUSTED WITH HEALTH CRISES
The last article in the InfoWars list is most telling, certainly the most ironic. Of course, you shouldn’t trust the government with this health crisis, after all, it is run by Donald Trump, an InfoWars follower.
These bizarre claims were in a single email and Americans receive dozens of these a day, some far worse. The message is always the same, advocating behaviors that will spread the disease and asking for cash.
The game in Washington is “blame” and the big issue will be deaths because America doesn’t have ventilators, much less the ECMO blood oxygenators that the Chinese used to save so many. They haven’t even discussed another coverup.
From CNN:
“Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump faced new and troubling questions Thursday about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, as it became clear that there is a nationwide shortage of ventilators, masks, and other crucial medical equipment.
During a White House news conference, Trump was asked about the shortages and responded by falsely suggesting that the problem was unforeseen. He also shrugged off responsibility for the crisis and encouraged states to find their own resources.
“Where you have a problem with ventilators — we’re working very hard trying to find (ventilators),” the President said. “Nobody in their wildest dreams would have ever thought that we’d need tens of thousands of ventilators. This is something very unique to this, to what happened.”
Facts First: Trump is wrong. Medical experts and public health officials have said for years that the US would face a shortage of ventilators if there were ever a pandemic like COVID-19. Even during Trump’s presidency, there were warnings that hospitals would run out of lifesaving equipment and resources would be strained because the US wasn’t prepared for a pandemic.
Since the beginning of the crisis earlier this year, Trump and his team have responded with dozens of dishonest and misleading claims. And the President’s comments about the ventilator shortages fit into his pattern of trying to avoid responsibility by falsely claiming that nobody ever predicted a pandemic like this, which he has said many times, even after it’s been widely debunked.”
Trump’s answer to this is to ask the State Department to open a “dark program” to access “off the books” medical equipment to cover the massive shortfall in the US.
From Press TV:
“The United States has launched a desperate diplomatic campaign to fill major shortcomings in the country’s medical system amid a rising death toll from the coronavirus.
The State Department instructed its top diplomats to urge Eastern Europe and Eurasia’s governments to ramp up exports of life-saving medical equipment to the United States in order to fill the shortcomings as the corona crisis is deepening.
Trump’s undersecretary of state for political affairs, David Hale asked all officials at embassies across Europe and Eurasia to report on what foreign countries would be able to sell ‘critical medical supplies and equipment’ to the United States, Foreign Policy said.
‘Depending on critical needs, the United States could seek to purchase many of these items in the hundreds of millions with purchases of higher-end equipment such as ventilators in the hundreds of thousands,’ David Hale said in an email. He said the request applies to host countries ‘minus Moscow.’
The email came from an official at the Office of US Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia—an office that under normal circumstances coordinates delivering US aid and assistance to countries in Eurasia and Europe.
The request undercut claims by President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly insisted that the United States can handle demands for tests and medical equipment on its own, FP noted.
‘We have so many companies making so many products—every product that you mentioned, plus ventilators and everything else. We have car companies—without having to use the act (Defense Production Act to). If I don’t have to use—specifically, we have the act to use, in case we need it. But we have so many things being made right now by so many—they’ve just stepped up,’ Trump said on March 21.”
The result of “government by amateurs” in Washington, unexpected by many, has been an utter disaster. When the fake outsiders like Bolton, who had spent decades as an insider, joined the Trump administration, killing off America’s pandemic response capability was top of the list.
In one agency or department after another, scientists and experts were replaced by publicists and hack lawyers.
There will be no American planes landing in Italy, not right away. When they do come, it will be to buy used medical equipment for the US, with the Russian labels covered up.


veteranstoday--2020-03-31--Brightest Supermoon of 2020: Coming April 7th

April ’ s Super ‘ Pink ’ Moon Will Be the Brightest Full Moon of 2020 Avid stargazers and newcomers to the nighttime hobby can look forward to a lunar event next month : A super “ pink ” moon will rise into the night sky on April 7th , the brightest supermoon of 2020 .
A supermoon occurs when a full moon happens on the same night the moon reaches perigee , or the closest point to Earth in its orbit .
( Apogee is its furthest point from Earth in its orbit . )
In April , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Though the moon is called a “ pink ” moon , its color won ’ t be any different than normal .
It will be golden orange when low in the sky , and brighten to white as it rises .
The name comes from pink wildflowers called creeping phlox that bloom in early spring , under April ’ s full moon , per Catherine Boeckmann at the Old Farmer ’ s Almanac .
Supermoons are only about seven percent bigger and 15 percent brighter than the average full moon , so the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slight change in size happens because the moon follows an eccentric orbit around Earth that isn ’ t perfectly circular .
On March 24 , for example , Earth ’ s lunar companion reached its furthest apogee of the year , about 252,707 miles away .
….read more :

April’s Super ‘Pink’ Moon Will Be the Brightest Full Moon of 2020
by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
Avid stargazers and newcomers to the nighttime hobby can look forward to a lunar event next month: A super “pink” moon will rise into the night sky on April 7th, the brightest supermoon of 2020.
A supermoon occurs when a full moon happens on the same night the moon reaches perigee, or the closest point to Earth in its orbit. (Apogee is its furthest point from Earth in its orbit.) In April, the full moon peaks at 10:35 EDT. Though the moon is called a “pink” moon, its color won’t be any different than normal. It will be golden orange when low in the sky, and brighten to white as it rises. The name comes from pink wildflowers called creeping phlox that bloom in early spring, under April’s full moon, per Catherine Boeckmann at the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Supermoons are only about seven percent bigger and 15 percent brighter than the average full moon, so the difference may not be obvious. The slight change in size happens because the moon follows an eccentric orbit around Earth that isn’t perfectly circular. On March 24, for example, Earth’s lunar companion reached its furthest apogee of the year, about 252,707 miles away. ….read more:


veteranstoday--2020-03-31--Closed Museums’ Artwork: Shared on Social Media

Shuttered Museums Use Social Media to Share Bouquets of Floral Artwork Around the world , museums filled with artworks that @ @ @ @ @ and serenity now sit empty , shuttered as part of global efforts to stymie COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ in person , many cultural institutions have begun sharing snapshots of works on social media @ @ @ @ @ engage with their collections through virtual tours , audio guides and other digital offerings .
@ @ @ @ @ showing love to one another by posting photos of floral artwork labeled with the hashtag @ @ @ @ @ Brara for artnet News .
The New-York Historical Society and the Smithsonian Institution ’ s @ @ @ @ @ kicked off the trend by sending digital bouquets to other art institutions .
The former @ @ @ @ @ cluster of apple blossoms painted by American artist Martin Johnson Heade—with the Smithsonian American Art @ @ @ @ @ sent Tate Britain “ a little cheer ” in the form of an Andy Warhol @ @

Shuttered Museums Use Social Media to Share Bouquets of Floral Artwork
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
Around the world, museums filled with artworks that offer millions of people inspiration and serenity now sit empty, shuttered as part of global efforts to stymie COVID-19. Unable to welcome visitors in person, many cultural institutions have begun sharing snapshots of works on social media, encouraging art lovers to engage with their collections through virtual tours, audio guides and other digital offerings.
Last week, museums started showing love to one another by posting photos of floral artwork labeled with the hashtag #MuseumBouquet, reports Noor Brara for artnet News.
The New-York Historical Society and the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden kicked off the trend by sending digital bouquets to other art institutions. The former shared its first petaled missive—a cluster of apple blossoms painted by American artist Martin Johnson Heade—with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, while the latter sent Tate Britain “a little cheer” in the form of an Andy Warhol bouquet.
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veteranstoday--2020-03-31--Free Audio Tours of World-Class Museums

Free Audio Tours of World-Class Museums

Hundreds of cultural institutions around the world—including the Smithsonian Institution ’ s 19 museums , galleries , gardens and National @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
But thanks to a growing array of digital offerings , museum lovers have @ @ @ @ @ world-class institutions from home .
( See Smithsonian magazine ’ s roundups of museums you @ @ @ @ @ available for perusal online and ways to virtually explore the Smithsonian for additional inspiration .
@ @ @ @ @ of 2020 , reports Mark Brown for the Guardian , the app—home to a database @ @ @ @ @ from more than 120 venues—has made all of its audio tours available free of charge @ @ @ @ @ unable to open due to museum and gallery closures ( including the Watts Gallery Artists @ @ @ @ @ Ruskin retrospective ) will launch on the app instead .
Launched in 2017 with a @ @ @ @ @ according to Smithsonian ’ s Ben Panko , Smartify models itself on Shazam , a @ @ @ @ @ based on snippets of audio….read more :

Explore World-Class Museums From Home With Smartify’s Free Audio Tours
by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
Hundreds of cultural institutions around the world—including the Smithsonian Institution’s 19 museums, galleries, gardens and National Zoo—have closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But thanks to a growing array of digital offerings, museum lovers have plenty of options for experiencing world-class institutions from home. (See Smithsonian magazine’s roundups of museums you can remotely visit, collections available for perusal online and ways to virtually explore the Smithsonian for additional inspiration.)
The Smartify mobile app, popularly dubbed “ Shazam for the art world ,” is the latest luminary to join the growing wave of readily accessible, digital-first museum content.
Now through the end of 2020, reports Mark Brown for the Guardian, the app—home to a database of some two million artworks from more than 120 venues—has made all of its audio tours available free of charge. Selected exhibits that were unable to open due to museum and gallery closures (including the Watts Gallery Artists’ Village’s John Ruskin retrospective) will launch on the app instead.
Launched in 2017 with a database of 30 museums, according to Smithsonian’s Ben Panko, Smartify models itself on Shazam, a mobile app that identifies songs based on snippets of audio….read more:


veteranstoday--2020-03-31--NEO – “The Russians are Coming”

NEO – “The Russians are Coming”

by Vladimir Odintsov , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : I decided to run this despite its being last weeks news because the negative spin put on my by EU and US Russophobes made it a new story .
I had fully expected the divide and conquer cockroaches to crawl out from under their rocks on this , and was not disappointed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ story about how almost nothing of real value was sent in , when such shipments , thrown together and executed quickly , especially from a military command , consists of what they would have on hand .
At the time Russia ’ s Covid case load was still small and it had a window to do this transfer while other military construction units were building a 10,000 bed hospital on the outskirts of Moscow .
By the time the virus peaks there , the Russian Italian contingent will probably be cycled back home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Below you will read it focused on 65 nursing homes in Bergamo , the hardest hit area of Italy .
Relief crews must be given a task commensurate with their numbers and capability to do , and where Italian resources can be shifted to hot spots where there are no language impediments to getting the work done .
Italians were ecstatic over the Russian help , as the EU had left them twisting in the wind .
This “ Russia sent junk to Italy ” was put out as a distraction but did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories for days describing the potential for the EU experiment to fail over it poor handling of Covid-19 That is not to say it was worst the most everyone else , but to take a cheap shot at Russia , it make them look even worse .
Retribution will come , the political kind , when the scourge finally subsides and the investigations are done as to who did what , and did not do to whom… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > “ The Russians are coming ” , a phrase allegedly uttered by US Secretary of Defense James Forrestal while suffering from mental illness in 1949 , is still in use today by certain media outlets ( at the behest of , as conspiracy theorists would say , American and British intelligence agencies ) .
And recently , this “ prophecy ” has indeed come to pass .
The author believes that demand for underground bunkers has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States among some powerful people because they do not believe that either NATO or their nations ’ medical or socio-economic systems could protect them from Covid-19 and threats posed by Russians and other countries , individuals or organizations .
And now , Russian Air Force ’ s 15th Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from its military transport division landed in Italy on 25 March !
All of these planes were not carrying either bombs or nuclear weapons but instead very special cargo to fight the Coronavirus outbreak : teams of Russian virologists , diagnostic equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days now , the Russian Air Force has continued with its urgent mission to transport approximately 100 expert virologists from the Russian military , dedicated equipment and materials , including 600 ventilators , to Italy ’ s Pratica di Mare Air Base ( situated 30 km west of Rome ) in order to help this southern European nation with its battle against the Coronavirus .
The aid comes after President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Italy ’ s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte reached an agreement on the issue on 21 March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as a priority , assist in treatment of patients in 65 nursing homes in Bergamo , which are being converted by local authorities into facilities for quarantining and providing aid to the elderly infected with the Coronavirus .
A convoy comprising 22 Russian specialized vehicles ; buses carrying military experts from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ; and accompanying automobiles provided by the Italian side traveled 600 km from Italy ’ s Pratica di Mare Air Base to the city of Bergamo in the north of Italy .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specialists from Russia ’ s Defense Ministry has already reached the Orio al Serio International Airport near the city of Bergamo where the joint Italy–Russia headquarters in charge of assisting with the Coronavirus outbreak is to be located .
The city of Bergamo ( in the Lombardy region ) is one of the “ epicenters ” of the coronavirus pandemic with high numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and Covid-19 related deaths .
There were a number of positive reports about the arrival of the Russian convoy and experts on Italian television .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threatened by Russia , the broadcasts were not about aggressive Russians “ scorching the earth ” but instead about the assistance being provided by Russia to Italy , a country facing an unprecedented crisis in its modern history .
The humanitarian aid provided by the Russian military was the ultimate example for all to see of the “ Russian threat ” and “ Kremlin ’ s handiwork ” .
Unfortunately , during this difficult time for Italy , its EU “ ally ” Poland decided to obstruct the urgent operation and continue with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Air Force ’ s planes , carrying experts and equipment to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in Italy , to pass through its airspace .
As a result , the aircraft were forced to make a detour over a number of other countries that added an extra 1,000 km to their journey .
This ought to weigh on the conscience of Poland and EU ’ s leadership who only make a show of “ European solidarity ” for the public .
Another form of military transport , the Dvinitsa-50 vessel belonging to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , also carrying medical equipment is on route to Tartus , a port city in Syria where Russia ’ s naval facility is located .
In the near future , similar forms of assistance provided to Italy to combat the Coronavirus pandemic may be granted by Russia to Algeria .
This issue was in fact discussed by Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and his Algerian counterpart Sabri Boukadoum over the phone on 25 March .
Considering the severity of the Coronavirus related crisis and the number of infections in the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia to the United States , stated that the Russian Federation was prepared to help Americans in their battle against Covid-19 on 24 March .
“ Ordinary Americans should know that Russia will be ready to help the United States too , if necessary , ” he said also noting that Russia had had “ repeatedly offered assistance in extinguishing fires in California ” .
The Ambassador added that the Coronavirus pandemic was a global threat requiring joint efforts to fight it .
“ I think we should turn to Russia for help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member of the unicameral parliament of Ukraine ( Verkhovna Rada ) , referring to the fight against the Coronavirus on TV channel NEWSONE .
He added that Ukraine needed to stop hoping its “ strategic partners ” would come to its aid and realize that the nation was left “ face to face with misfortune ” , hence it was important to seek assistance from those capable of providing it .
“ As for us , only communist China helps us , ” Vadim Rabinovich also said .
“ I think we should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is nothing shameful here : when it touches upon people ’ s lives , this must be done , ” he pointed out .
Hence , “ the Russians are in fact coming ” but their arrival is not greeted with fear as anticipated by western puppeteers who had coined this phrase .

by Vladimir Odintsov,…with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: I decided to run this despite it being last week’s news, because the negative spin put on by EU and US Russophobes make it a new story. I had fully expected the divide and conquer cockroaches to crawl out from under their rocks on this, and was not disappointed.
The always faithful Foreign Policy hyped a story about how almost nothing of real value was sent in, when such shipments, thrown together and executed quickly, especially from a military command, consists of what they would have on hand.
At the time, Russia’s Covid case load was still small and it had a window to do this transfer while other military construction units were building a 10,000 bed hospital on the outskirts of Moscow. By the time the virus peaks there, the Russian Italian contingent will probably be cycled back home.
So what did they do? Below you will read, it focused on 65 nursing homes in Bergamo, the hardest hit area of Italy. Relief crews must be given a task commensurate with their numbers and capability, and where Italian resources can be shifted to hot spots where there are no language impediments to getting the work done.
Italians were ecstatic over the Russian help, as the EU had left them twisting in the wind. This “Russia sent junk to Italy” was put out as a distraction, but did not work. World media followed with stories for days describing the potential for the EU experiment to fail over its poor handling of Covid-19.
That is not to say it was worse than most everyone else, but to take a cheap shot at Russia, it make the accusers look even worse. Retribution will come, the political kind, when the scourge finally subsides and the investigations are done as to who did what to whom… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … March 31, 2020 –
“The Russians are coming”, a phrase allegedly uttered by US Secretary of Defense James Forrestal while suffering from mental illness in 1949, is still in use today by certain media outlets (at the behest of, as conspiracy theorists would say, American and British intelligence agencies). And recently, this “prophecy” has indeed come to pass.
The author believes that demand for underground bunkers has risen in the UK and the United States among some powerful people because they do not believe that either NATO or their nations’ medical or socio-economic systems could protect them from Covid-19 and threats posed by Russians and other countries, individuals or organizations.
And now, Russian Air Force’s 15th Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from its military transport division landed in Italy on 25 March! All of these planes were not carrying either bombs or nuclear weapons but instead very special cargo to fight the Coronavirus outbreak: teams of Russian virologists, diagnostic equipment and means of disinfection.
For several days now, the Russian Air Force has continued with its urgent mission to transport approximately 100 expert virologists from the Russian military, dedicated equipment and materials, including 600 ventilators, to Italy’s Pratica di Mare Air Base (situated 30 km west of Rome) in order to help this southern European nation with its battle against the Coronavirus.
The aid comes after President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte reached an agreement on the issue on 21 March 2020.
The Russian medical teams will, as a priority, assist in treatment of patients in 65 nursing homes in Bergamo, which are being converted by local authorities into facilities for quarantining and providing aid to the elderly infected with the Coronavirus.
A convoy comprising 22 Russian specialized vehicles; buses carrying military experts from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation; and accompanying automobiles provided by the Italian side traveled 600 km from Italy’s Pratica di Mare Air Base to the city of Bergamo in the north of Italy.
A group of purpose built vehicles with military specialists from Russia’s Defense Ministry has already reached the Orio al Serio International Airport near the city of Bergamo where the joint Italy–Russia headquarters in charge of assisting with the Coronavirus outbreak is to be located. The city of Bergamo (in the Lombardy region) is one of the “epicenters” of the coronavirus pandemic with high numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and Covid-19 related deaths.
There were a number of positive reports about the arrival of the Russian convoy and experts on Italian television. To the disappointment of some westerners who feel threatened by Russia, the broadcasts were not about aggressive Russians “scorching the earth” but instead about the assistance being provided by Russia to Italy, a country facing an unprecedented crisis in its modern history.
The humanitarian aid provided by the Russian military was the ultimate example for all to see of the “Russian threat” and “Kremlin’s handiwork”.
Unfortunately, during this difficult time for Italy, its EU “ally” Poland decided to obstruct the urgent operation and continue with its Russophobic policies by not allowing Russian Air Force’s planes, carrying experts and equipment to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, to pass through its airspace.
As a result, the aircraft were forced to make a detour over a number of other countries that added an extra 1,000 km to their journey. This ought to weigh on the conscience of Poland and EU’s leadership who only make a show of “European solidarity” for the public.
Another form of military transport, the Dvinitsa-50 vessel belonging to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, also carrying medical equipment is on route to Tartus, a port city in Syria where Russia’s naval facility is located.
In the near future, similar forms of assistance provided to Italy to combat the Coronavirus pandemic may be granted by Russia to Algeria. This issue was in fact discussed by Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and his Algerian counterpart Sabri Boukadoum over the phone on 25 March.
Considering the severity of the Coronavirus related crisis and the number of infections in the United States, Anatoly Antonov, the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, stated that the Russian Federation was prepared to help Americans in their battle against Covid-19 on 24 March.
“Ordinary Americans should know that Russia will be ready to help the United States too, if necessary,” he said also noting that Russia had had “repeatedly offered assistance in extinguishing fires in California”. The Ambassador added that the Coronavirus pandemic was a global threat requiring joint efforts to fight it.
“I think we should turn to Russia for help,” stated Vadim Rabinovich, a member of the unicameral parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada), referring to the fight against the Coronavirus on TV channel NEWSONE.
He added that Ukraine needed to stop hoping its “strategic partners” would come to its aid and realize that the nation was left “face to face with misfortune”, hence it was important to seek assistance from those capable of providing it.
“As for us, only communist China helps us,” Vadim Rabinovich also said. “I think we should turn to Russia for help. There is nothing shameful here: when it touches upon people’s lives, this must be done,” he pointed out.
Hence, “the Russians are in fact coming” but their arrival is not greeted with fear as anticipated by western puppeteers who had coined this phrase.
Vladimir Odintsov, expert politologist, exclusively for the online magazine ‘New Eastern Outlook’.