veteranstoday--2020-03-16--Intel Drop: What we know

Intel Drop: What we know

For those who support Trump , as ye sow so shall ye reap This is the price of selling your soul to the devil .
Not just Trump , the entire GOP has failed , a party filed with climate denialists , science haters and fools who also now have turned out to be , surprise surprise , utterly ignorant of economics .
The most obvious problem , for those following the economic destruction , is that Trump makes things worse , not on purpose , but because he isn ’ t very good at being president .
His ideas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aloof and a pathological liar .
He is no FDR or Jack Kennedy .
He isn ’ t even a passable Calvin Coolidge .
He can ’ t handle the press , even though his mobster friends own and run the press and watched it taken over by broken down models and rent boys .
The press needs to be silenced , no more “ death rates double , ” meaning 2 people died , now four .
I am seeing click bait sensationalism which is pushing public panic , something during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Check VT. None of that crap there .
The fear porn gang needs to be put in isolation .
Trump really failed there as the fake press and the fake president make a perfect team .
It ’ s just the US that is dying , but they ’ re doing perfectly well .
Before venting , the least thing anyone should worry about is CV19 and getting sick .
For those who will be dying , and I won ’ t begin to speculate about the numbers , if you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were already dying from something else .
If you are high risk , smokers , compromised breathing , physically weak from other conditions , read Carol ’ s piece and leave it at that .
This is the best information out there , real medical information : Right now , your biggest enemy is your other weaknesses , that of the soul .
This is a time for extreme civility and patience .
I just returned from lunch , “ last call ” as it were as the state ’ s restaurants and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many will go bankrupt , millions and millions of lives disrupted .
Little traffic out here , some things missing from stores but that will get better in a few days after idiot buying is overcome .
Some out there are panic speeding , weaving in and out of traffic as though they have been watching Fox News or InfoWars .
This has now been a test of leadership and we now know the price we pay when gangsters are given the run of Washington .
No one trusts anything from the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly not the people , the endless thousands of lies are now hanging out there when we need straight talk .
Trump simply keeps lying more and things get worse than ever , not from CV19 , but from Trump .
He is the disease .
There is a multi-layered coverup going on .
No one is investigating this disease , where it originated…patient zero…nor where it came from , how SARS suddenly became a “ super-infector.
” We know it went to China with the US Army athletes ( worst in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up .
How did they get it ?
Why are there no figures from the military ?
Why is the entire US military on 100 % secrecy about this disease , their probably or even certain culpability in spreading it and how many are affected .
Make sure you read the following : As for the realities of disease progression here , I am not an epidemiologist .
In fact , qualified epidemiologists are suddenly gone , silent or silenced .
I can only guess that the disease will progress like a super-flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools , churches and discos isn ’ t going to fix that .
Within 10 days we will see what these efforts do , the numbers will turn , shrink , or not depending on mathematical probability .
To you , it will probably mean you may be ill or not but chances are you already might well have the low grade flu out there , everyone I know has it .
Is it really CV19 and is all of this made up ?
No more lobbyists or nutcase “ fringe ” doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ben Carson , running things .
Want to know how to do it ?
Look at what Obama did , then do that .
If you don ’ t secretly or not so secretly miss Barak Obama , you aren ’ t paying attention .
He was really good .
Credibility is everything and Trump pissed his away and now we are all sinking because of it .
Is this really true ?
Yes , sadly .
The next issue is bio-warfare .
The high risk nations involved are the US , Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are in Romania , Georgia , Libya and a bunch of places you never heard of with laundered cash , some drug money from Afghanistan , Nobody knows who runs these labs , who they answer to or what diseases they work on , but SARS , Swine Flu and others are known to be things they “ investigate , ” which may mean and probably means weaponized for use with larger drones like the Global Hawk that can drop hundreds of smaller drones that distribute the pathogens .
We believe this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other diseases have jumped hundreds of miles in a single day , even thousands .
It is possible that in some nations , the disease will “ burn through ” and in others be stopped as China is claiming now .
If the US was the vector nation for accidental infection in China passed on by US military or something more sinister , all that will be discovered or would be , if only all weren ’ t suppressed .
It will all be about accountability .
In the interim , the economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of problems .

By the Senior Editor with Phil Butler and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
Scroll down for Butler’s new Trump piece
This is the price of selling your soul to the devil. Not just Trump, the entire GOP has failed; a party filed with climate denialists, science haters and fools who also now have turned out to be, surprise surprise, utterly ignorant of economics.
By sabotaging testing, obviously, on the recommendation of Jared Kushner, only those dying or very seriously ill can get tested…thus…
…If 300,000 Americans have a mild case of COVID-19, which is very possible, Trump’s need to hide that…and the obvious fact that the US is the origin for a disease which MAY have originated at US biowarfare facility…
…and the disease is not that lethal..which MAY be true…we will never know the truth.
Thank you Donald Trump! You Fuck-Up!
20%, thus far, of America’s small businesses, just disappeared
The most obvious problem, for those following the economic destruction, is that Trump makes things worse, not on purpose, but because he isn’t very good at being president. His ideas are shit, he is nasty, aloof and a pathological liar.
He is no FDR or Jack Kennedy. He isn’t even a passable Calvin Coolidge.
He can’t handle the press, even though his mobster friends own and run the press and watched it taken over by broken down models and rent boys.
The press needs to be silenced, no more “death rates double,” meaning 2 people died, now four. I am seeing clickbait sensationalism which is pushing public panic, something during a time of emergency needs to be stopped.
Check VT. None of that crap there. The fear of porn gang needs to be put in isolation.
Trump really failed there as the fake press and the fake president make a perfect team. It’s just the US that is dying, but they’re doing perfectly well.
Before venting, the last thing anyone should worry about is CV19 and getting sick. For those who will be dying, and I won’t begin to speculate about the numbers if you are going to die from this, you were already dying from something else.
If you are high risk, smokers, compromised breathing, physically weak from other conditions, read Carol’s piece and leave it at that. This is the best information out there, real medical information:
COVID-19-Primer Facts NOT Fiction
Right now, your biggest enemy is your other weaknesses, that of the soul. This is a time for extreme civility and patience. I just returned from lunch, “the last call” as it were as the state’s restaurants and bars all closed only minutes ago.
Many will go bankrupt, millions and millions of lives disrupted.
Little traffic out here, some things missing from stores but that will get better in a few days after idiot buying is overcome.
Some out there are panic speeding, weaving in and out of traffic as though they have been watching Fox News or InfoWars.
This has now been a test of leadership and we now know the price we pay when gangsters are given the run of Washington. No one trusts anything from the Trump administration, not the financial markets, certainly not the people, the endless thousands of lies are now hanging out there when we need straight talk.
Trump simply keeps lying more and things get worse than ever, not from CV19, but from Trump. He is the disease.
There is a multi-layered coverup going on.
No one is investigating this disease, where it originated…patient zero…nor where it came from, how SARS suddenly became a “super-infector.”
Someone made it.
We know it went to China with the US Army athletes (worst in the world). The story has held up. How did they get it? Why are there no figures from the military? Why is the entire US military on 100% secrecy about this disease, their probably or even certain culpability in spreading it and how many are affected? Make sure you read the following:
As for the realities of disease progression here, I am not an epidemiologist. In fact, qualified epidemiologists are suddenly gone, silent or silenced.
I can only guess that the disease will progress like a super-flu and hit millions of Americans. Closing schools, churches, and discos isn’t going to fix that.
Within 10 days we will see what these efforts do, the numbers will turn, shrink, or not depending on mathematical probability.
To you, it will probably mean you may be ill or not but chances are you already might well have the low-grade flu out there, everyone I know has it. Is it really CV19 and is all of this made up?
Possibly.
Fixes:
No more lobbyists or nutcase “fringe” doctors, and we don’t mean Ben Carson, running things. Want to know how to do it? Look at what Obama did, then do that.
Really? Yep!
If you don’t secretly or not so secretly miss Barak Obama, you aren’t paying attention. He was really good. Credibility is everything and Trump pissed his away and now we are all sinking because of it.
Is this really true? Yes, sadly.
The next issue is bio-warfare. The high-risk nations involved are the US, Britain, France, and Israel but their labs are in Romania, Georgia, Libya and a bunch of places you never heard of with laundered cash, some drug money from Afghanistan,
Nobody knows who runs these labs, who they answer to or what diseases they work on, but SARS, Swine Flu and others are known to be things they “investigate,” which may mean and probably means weaponized for use with larger drones like the Global Hawk that can drop hundreds of smaller drones that distribute the pathogens.
We believe this is the methodology based on examination of how other diseases have jumped hundreds of miles in a single day, even thousands.
It is possible that in some nations, the disease will “burn through” and in others be stopped as China is claiming now.
If the US was the vector nation for accidental infection in China passed on by US military or something more sinister, all that will be discovered or would be, if only all weren’t suppressed.
It will all be about accountability.
In the interim, the economic fallout will cost the US a decade of problems.
Is COVID-19 Devouring What’s Left of the Trump Presidency?
Does anyone remember the scene in the original film Jaws in 1975 when Captain Quint gets devoured by the shark? Well, the COVID-19 situation in the US makes me imagine Donald Trump being devoured by a gigantic coronavirus. Or perhaps, the shark’s role could be played by western mainstream media?
Either way, there is some Trump munching going on. Whatever Hollywood special effect you apply, the Trump presidency is over. Hey, by the way, did Joe Biden engineer the SARS-CoV-2?
Remembering then-Vice President Joe Biden from the days of the Ukraine coup d’é·ta, most truthtellers would not put it past old 1-percent Joe. But no matter how COVID-19 came about, Trump is just not going to be able to “Tweet” himself out of his most recent screwups. It’s a funny thing about Americans, they can be as gullible as they come, but once they catch on…
And boy are they about to catch on. I almost feel sorry for the bad boy they once called The King of Debt, but Donald Trump had it coming. Now, an article on Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post by columnist Eugene Robinson, does not seem so mean and cruel in portraying Trump’s support base as the stupidest, most gullible people on earth.
Robinson, who’s not exactly my favorite expert, aptly pointed out The Donald promised his supporters he’d build a 2,000 mile-long wall on the US – Mexico border, and then bill Mexico for it. But “not a single mile of Trump’s wall has been built,” according to Robinson. However, in fairness to the president, a half a mile of the wall has been built by a private organization called We Build the Wall on private property near El Paso, Texas, with Trump’s encouragement. Check it yourself, if you doubt me here.
I don’t want to drag the reader into this mess. Some good people have donated a lot of time and money to help create this Tower of Babel. Trump’s other lies are more damnable, anyway. Take Robinson’s assertions about Trump’s promises on America’s imbalance of trade. “The Chosen One” (another Trump nickname) told his supporters he’d reverse trade policies that helped other nations and hurt Americans. Robinson wrote:
“The Commerce Department announced Wednesday that the overall US trade deficit in goods last year soared to an all-time high of $891 billion. The deficit with China, Trump’s principal target — the amount by which the value of imported goods exceeded the value of exported goods — reached a record $419 billion.”
Then there’s “Draining the Swamp”, affordable care, and a laundry list of other Trump promises that have gone unfulfilled. But none of Donald Trump’s follies would have even been remembered has he not screwed the pooch on COVID-19. In this one, the emotional escapism Americans get to relish in because of what was Trump’s New York bravado in a booming economy is about to hit everybody’s next-door neighbor.
The Wall Street bubble is about to become a vacuum. The world pandemic is going to suck the life out of the American people when the US Treasury is forced to print more borrowed money just to keep the world afloat. And make no mistake, that’s the economic future if we are to escape Mad Max and Thunderdome replacing next year’s Super Bowl.
As horrible as total bankruptcy sounds, the human cost of America’s unpreparedness for the coronavirus is already unbelievable. How many reading this remember the time when the world looked to the United States for vaccines, healing-aid, and outreach to stem the miseries of other nations? And in America, Trump swore he had “shut down” the coronavirus back in early February 2020. I did run across a Trump Tweet early on in the fight to stop COVID-19.
“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
Throughout the crisis up until he was caught lying about the availability of coronavirus tests a few days ago. Before he announced flight bans on Europe, Trump has bragged and spewed like his comment; “The CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus…” The American president is unveiled as a man who does not even care to study the issues and facts surrounding him. Now New York City officials say New Yorkers should consider themselves to have been exposed to the coronavirus. How’s that for under control?
I almost feel bad saying that President Trump is the worst kind of incompetent, but even his most stalwart fan base is beginning to see through the bullshit. And as he continues to babble like an idiot about his “good job, good job, good job” Trump manages to use a deadly disease to plug his failed border wall fiasco:
“Going up fast. We need the Wall more than ever!” – President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump
Meanwhile, the 2018 promises by Trump to fund Italy’s debt seem to be paying off, interestingly, as the entire country will probably be up for sale shortly. Italy leaders are already planning a moratorium to get more investment to float the country’s burgeoning debt made worse by the coronavirus.
And, it’s no surprise that (hey, isn’t she a crook) Christine Lagarde (Bernard Tapie’s loan guarantor), who’s now the President of the European Central Bank, told the Italians they were “pretty much on their own” the other day. Bond yields went through the roof because the ECB is not going to help Italy.
This means mortgage rates on Italian homes etc, are going to be unpayable for many Italians. And when they lose their properties, guess who will move in to snap them up? Say “billionaires” softly. Allianz Global Investors is already snapping up Italian bonds like they are mint chocolates on a Waldorf pillow.
Around the world, the Norwegians are closing all airports and seaports. The Saudis have grounded all air carriers. Global tourism accounts for 320 million jobs and more than $9 trillion dollars of the global economy. Here in Europe, Multinational travel and tourism company TUI Group is on target to follow rival tours company, Thomas Cook down the tubes.
The COVID-19 pandemic has already caused the German company to postpone pre-payments hoteliers depend on to stay afloat and to cancel outright contracts. TUI stocks suck for the last five years anyhow and the company now has limited options to cover dividends and its burgeoning debt. TUI shares have fallen by 42% year-to-date. Investors who were once sedated with juicy dividends are worried now that travel demand hit by coronavirus will crash the company.
Underneath, the hotels, restaurants, retailers, wholesalers fear utter devastation. And at the White House, the news is good – President Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus!
The whole mess stinks of a genetically engineered, secret germ warfare 007 placed super-virus designed to let those with money take over what’s left of the world. Oops! I did not mean to insert that here. It just slipped out in the middle of all this Trump over truth. Aha! And maybe I got it! Maybe the reshaping of the world is the crescendo of Donald Trump’s purpose in the first place?
It is probably time for him to leave. Now wouldn’t that make all of us feel gullible and stupid? A name is sticking in my head. Allianz, Allianz, where was it I was reading about Allianz Global and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg? Well, that’s for another time. A good cop – bad cop ending here would just be too much. The current “good cop” seems dressed and ready to make his exit.
Phil Butler, is a policy investigator and analyst, a political scientist and expert on Eastern Europe, he’s an author of the recent bestseller “Putin’s Praet


veteranstoday--2020-03-16--Coronavirus – The plot thickens with timeline review

[ Editor ’ s Note : VT gets input from a lot of different people all over the world , sometimes via our comment boards and sometimes via direct contact , as we are accessible when fewer and fewer journalists are .
Godfree did some homework , presenting in a concise way events that most of us missed , and to keep in mind as the virus story rolls out .
We predict the public will have a laser focus not only on what is going on now , but on reviewing what happened in the past .
If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us know in the comment boards .
I just got back from shopping late afternoon , not a good time to go , which I knew , but that ’ s what I wanted to see .
The expected empty shelves were there , but lots of other basic items were available .
Michigan shut down all restaurants statewide , so a lot of people needed lunch making supplies .
The good news was no rude people , no one wearing gloves or masks .
The bad news is that Aldis seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so I will bring my own next time .
Take out food and delivery is still running , but on the way home , the Burger King was completely shut down with no ‘ to go ’ line … Jim W. Dean ] : Though the first cases of H1N1 swine flu were reported in California and Texas in late March , 2009 , subsequent genetic analysis suggests that it began six months before it was first detected , in September , 2008 , at the start of the ‘ flu season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that earlier Covid-19 cases went undetected , too .
May , 2018 : The President Fires the entire US Pandemic Response Team and does not replace it .
An outbreak of severe vaping-associated lung illness is exclusively confined to the United States , despite the fact that the majority of vapers live outside the US .
: The CDC halts research at Fort Detrick , citing “ national security reasons ” for not releasing information about its decision .
: Chinese researcher escorted from infectious disease lab amid RCMP investigation .
Public Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible ‘ policy breach , ’ no risk to Canadian public .
The first Chinese to discover or warn about the Covid-19 outbreak ?
: First Vaping Death Reported by Health Officials “ Amid the lack of information , investigators scrambled to find shared links to the respiratory problems .
Officials said earlier this week that many patients , most of whom were adolescents or young adults , had described difficulty breathing , chest pain , vomiting and fatigue , ” the precise symptoms of Covid-19 infection .
At a peak of international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the northern hemisphere , on the eve of China ’ s biggest travel season , 300 American military servicemen visit Wuhan for the International Military Games .
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A Chinese medical researcher is arrested in Boston trying to take biological samples back to China .
Zheng Zaosong , of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , confessed to taking material from a lab in Boston .
FBI Special Agent Kara Spice found 21 wrapped vials containing a “ brown liquid ” that appeared to be “ biological material ” ( samples of post-mortem lung @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Zheng ’ s roommate , also a researcher , told FBI agents that two labmates of Zheng had succeeded in getting specimens to China .
China , presumably , now went on high alert .
Infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja , M.D.
, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , agrees , “ We are on track to have a season like the 2017-2018 season , ” when 80,000 Americans died of flu complications .
: Malaysia ’ s Assistant to the Prime Minister , Matthias @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waging biological warfare on China .
: Harvard Chemistry Professor Arrested , Handcuffed , And Accused Of Lying About Ties To China .
Charles Lieber , Chair of Harvard ’ s Department of Chemical Biology , led a Chinese research group focusing on the use of nanotechnology to identify viruses .
Chinese scientists found genomic evidence that the seafood market in Wuhan was not the source of the novel coronavirus .
Their genetic data suggests the virus was introduced from elsewhere and had already circulated widely among humans in Wuhan before December 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November .
February 27 , 2020 : On Taiwan TV a prominent virologist explained flow charts suggesting that the coronavirus originated in the US .
: Question : How did the virus come to the United States ?
Answer : “ The first known patients in the U.S. contracted the virus while traveling in other countries or after exposure to someone who had been to China or one of the other affected areas .
But now , a few cases here can not be traced to these risk factors .
This is concerning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spreading across communities for which the source of infection is unknown , which we call community spread/transmission .
Dr. Emily Landon , spokesperson , U Chicago School of Medicine .
: HHS staffers often weren ’ t informed about coronavirus developments because they didn ’ t have adequate clearance .
He said he was told that the matters were classified “ because it had to do with China.
” : White House classifies coronavirus deliberations .
The meetings at HHS were held in a secure area called a “ Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for intelligence and military operations .
HHS has SCIFs because theoretically it would play a major role in biowarfare or chemical attacks .
: CDC director Robert Redfield admits to a House Oversight Committee that some Americans who were diagnosed as dying from influenza tested positive for Covid-19 posthumously .
Chinese FM ’ s Lijian Zhao demands US authorities reveal what they ’ re hiding about the origins of Covid-19 .
“ When did patient zero begin in the US ?
How many people are infected ?
What are the names of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan .
Be transparent !
Make your data public !
The US owes us an explanation !
” After its experience with the SARS outbreak in Guangdong Province in 2002 , China implemented a rapid response protocol for infectious diseases .
The protocol empowered the Health Ministry to assemble professional and managerial help from across the country , established an emergency response coordinating team , prepared funding and authorization for supplies , equipment and emergency health care facilities , anticipating that existing hospitals would be overwhelmed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Health Ministry of a novel Coronavirus outbreak there , triggering a readiness alert nationwide .
The WHO describes what happened next , “ In the face of a previously unknown virus , China has rolled out perhaps the most ambitious , agile , and aggressive disease containment effort in history…China ’ s bold approach to contain the rapid spread of this new respiratory pathogen has changed the course of a rapidly escalating and deadly epidemic.
” : Jixian Zhang detects four anomalous pneumonia infections in Wuhan and reports them to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provincial authorities immediately inform the national CDC which prepares to implement the pandemic response protocols .
China ’ s national CDC notifies the WHO , which reports Zhang ’ s discovery to the world .
WHO reports Zhang ’ s discovery to the world .
China identifies the virus as 2019-nCov and confirms it five days later .
President Xi tells officials that the country is on a ‘ war footing ’ : China makes the first 2019-nCov test kits available .
: China extends Spring Festival holiday to contain the outbreak .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bed intensive care hospital .
: Shipments to foreign JIT customers upgraded : government subsidizes upgrades from sea to rail delivery and from rail to air delivery .
: Government organizes and subsidizes bus , rail and air transport for two hundred million migrant workers to return to urban jobs .
: Ninety percent of businesses expected to resume full operations .
All Apple stores open .
: Researchers have greatly advanced their understanding of viral evolution since H1N1 a decade ago and finding patient zero is now more science than art .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed to demonstrate that Covid-19 was born in September , 2019 .
The British researchers who had discovered the earlier H1N1 date are not convinced .
: For those wishing to follow this unfolding event : • China ’ s New Coronavirus – An Examination of the Facts by Larry Romanoff • China ’ s Coronavirus – How the Western Media Spin the News by Larry Romanoff • COVID-19 : Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US by Larry Romanoff

by Godfree Roberts, …in Chiang Mai, Thailand
US Timeline: September 2008–March 15, 2020
[ Editor’s Note: VT gets input from a lot of different people all over the world, sometimes via our comment boards and sometimes via direct contact, as we are accessible when fewer and fewer journalists are.
Godfree did some homework, presenting in a concise way events that most of us missed, and to keep in mind as the virus story rolls out. We predict the public will have a laser focus not only on what is going on now, but on reviewing what happened in the past.
If you can add to his list, let us know in the comment boards. I just got back from shopping late afternoon, not a good time to go, which I knew, but that’s what I wanted to see. The expected empty shelves were there, but lots of other basic items were available.
Michigan shut down all restaurants statewide, so a lot of people needed lunch making supplies. The good news was no rude people, no one wearing gloves or masks. The bad news is that Aldis seems to have rejected disinfecting wipes for its carts, so I will bring my own next time.
Take out food and delivery is still running, but on the way home, the Burger King was completely shut down with no ‘to go’ line … Jim W. Dean ]
– First published … March 16, 2020 –
September 2008 : Though the first cases of H1N1 swine flu were reported in California and Texas in late March, 2009, subsequent genetic analysis suggests that it began six months before it was first detected, in September, 2008, at the start of the ‘flu season. The CDC admits, below, that earlier Covid-19 cases went undetected, too.
May, 2018: The President Fires the entire US Pandemic Response Team and does not replace it.
April, 2019: An outbreak of severe vaping-associated lung illness is exclusively confined to the United States, despite the fact that the majority of vapers live outside the US.
July 3, 2019 : The CDC halts research at Fort Detrick, citing “national security reasons” for not releasing information about its decision.
Jul 14, 2019 : Chinese researcher escorted from infectious disease lab amid RCMP investigation. Public Health Agency of Canada describes it as a possible ‘policy breach,’ no risk to Canadian public. The first Chinese to discover or warn about the Covid-19 outbreak?
August, 2019 : First Vaping Death Reported by Health Officials “Amid the lack of information, investigators scrambled to find shared links to the respiratory problems. Officials said earlier this week that many patients, most of whom were adolescents or young adults, had described difficulty breathing, chest pain, vomiting and fatigue,” the precise symptoms of Covid-19 infection.
October 27, 2019 At a peak of international tension and the ‘flu season in the northern hemisphere, on the eve of China’s biggest travel season, 300 American military servicemen visit Wuhan for the International Military Games.
December, 2019 . A Chinese medical researcher is arrested in Boston trying to take biological samples back to China. Zheng Zaosong, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, confessed to taking material from a lab in Boston. FBI Special Agent Kara Spice found 21 wrapped vials containing a “brown liquid” that appeared to be “biological material” (samples of post-mortem lung tissue look like ‘brown liquid’). Zheng’s roommate, also a researcher, told FBI agents that two labmates of Zheng had succeeded in getting specimens to China. China, presumably, now went on high alert.
Jan 6, 2020 Infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, agrees, “We are on track to have a season like the 2017-2018 season,” when 80,000 Americans died of flu complications.
January 5, 202o : Malaysia’s Assistant to the Prime Minister, Matthias Chang, speculates that the US is waging biological warfare on China.
January 28, 2020 : Harvard Chemistry Professor Arrested, Handcuffed, And Accused Of Lying About Ties To China. Charles Lieber, Chair of Harvard’s Department of Chemical Biology, led a Chinese research group focusing on the use of nanotechnology to identify viruses.
February 23, 2020. Chinese scientists found genomic evidence that the seafood market in Wuhan was not the source of the novel coronavirus. Their genetic data suggests the virus was introduced from elsewhere and had already circulated widely among humans in Wuhan before December 2019, probably beginning in mid- to late November.
February 27, 2020: On Taiwan TV a prominent virologist explained flow charts suggesting that the coronavirus originated in the US.
March 6, 2020 : Question: How did the virus come to the United States? Answer: “The first known patients in the U.S. contracted the virus while traveling in other countries or after exposure to someone who had been to China or one of the other affected areas. But now, a few cases here cannot be traced to these risk factors. This is concerning because it suggests the illness may be spreading across communities for which the source of infection is unknown, which we call community spread/transmission. Dr. Emily Landon, spokesperson, U Chicago School of Medicine.
March 9, 2020 : HHS staffers often weren’t informed about coronavirus developments because they didn’t have adequate clearance. He said he was told that the matters were classified “because it had to do with China.”
March 11, 2020 : White House classifies coronavirus deliberations. The meetings at HHS were held in a secure area called a “Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility,” or SCIF, usually reserved for intelligence and military operations. HHS has SCIFs because theoretically it would play a major role in biowarfare or chemical attacks.
March 12, 2020 : CDC director Robert Redfield admits to a House Oversight Committee that some Americans who were diagnosed as dying from influenza tested positive for Covid-19 posthumously.
Mar 13, 2020: Chinese FM’s Lijian Zhao demands US authorities reveal what they’re hiding about the origins of Covid-19. “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 who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make your data public! The US owes us an explanation!”
China Timeline to Mar. 15, 2020
November, 2002: After its experience with the SARS outbreak in Guangdong Province in 2002, China implemented a rapid response protocol for infectious diseases. The protocol empowered the Health Ministry to assemble professional and managerial help from across the country, established an emergency response coordinating team, prepared funding and authorization for supplies, equipment and emergency health care facilities, anticipating that existing hospitals would be overwhelmed.
July-December 2019 : Chinese researchers in the USA informed China’s Health Ministry of a novel Coronavirus outbreak there, triggering a readiness alert nationwide. The WHO describes what happened next, “In the face of a previously unknown virus, China has rolled out perhaps the most ambitious, agile, and aggressive disease containment effort in history…China’s bold approach to contain the rapid spread of this new respiratory pathogen has changed the course of a rapidly escalating and deadly epidemic.”
Dec 26, 2019 : Jixian Zhang detects four anomalous pneumonia infections in Wuhan and reports them to the provincial CDC the next day. The provincial authorities immediately inform the national CDC which prepares to implement the pandemic response protocols.
December 30, 2019: China’s national CDC notifies the WHO, which reports Zhang’s discovery to the world.
December 31, 2019: WHO reports Zhang’s discovery to the world.
January 7, 2020: China identifies the virus as 2019-nCov and confirms it five days later. President Xi tells officials that the country is on a ‘war footing’
January 13, 2020 : China makes the first 2019-nCov test kits available.
January 25, 2020 : Construction begins on a 1,000 bed intensive care hospital in Wuhan.
January 26, 2020 : China extends Spring Festival holiday to contain the outbreak.
February 5, 2020 : First patients moved into new 1,000 bed intensive care hospital.
March 4, 2020 : February rail freight loadings rise 4.5% YOY.
March 5, 2020 : Shipments to foreign JIT customers upgraded: government subsidizes upgrades from sea to rail delivery and from rail to air delivery.
March 10, 2020 : Government organizes and subsidizes bus, rail and air transport for two hundred million migrant workers to return to urban jobs.
March 16, 2020 : Ninety percent of businesses expected to resume full operations. All Apple stores open.
Postscript : Researchers have greatly advanced their understanding of viral evolution since H1N1 a decade ago and finding patient zero is now more science than art. Recently, a team of Chinese researchers claimed to demonstrate that Covid-19 was born in September, 2019. The British researchers who had discovered the earlier H1N1 date are not convinced.
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veteranstoday--2020-03-16--COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Begins Today

Health Editor ’ s Note : Currently there is NO vaccine for COVID-19 , ( coronavirus disease 2109 , Novel coronavirus 2019 , SARS-CoV-2 ) as it is the first time this virus has been unleashed on the earth .
No previous exposure equals no immunity what-so-ever .
Today a clinical trial began to develop a vaccine with a volunteer receiving the first testing vaccine .
Obviously COVID-19 is spread quite easily as the numbers of infected increase daily , all over the world .
Initially cases of COVID-19 cropped up as travelers carried the virus to other parts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases include viral spread in those who had not traveled , and are now spreading in communities by personal contact with the COVID-19 viral droplets ….Carol A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute ( KPWHRI ) in Seattle .
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) , part of the National Institutes of Health , is funding the trial .
KPWHRI is part of NIAID ’ s Infectious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trial will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks .
The first participant received the investigational vaccine today .
The study is evaluating different doses of the experimental vaccine for safety and its ability to induce an immune response in participants .
This is the first of multiple steps in the clinical trial process for evaluating the potential benefit of the vaccine .
The vaccine is called mRNA-1273 and was developed by NIAID scientists and their collaborators at the biotechnology company Moderna , Inc. , based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ( CEPI ) supported the manufacturing of the vaccine candidate for the Phase 1 clinical trial .
“ Finding a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent public health priority , ” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci , M.D .
“ This Phase 1 study , launched in record speed , is an important first step toward achieving that goal.
” Infection with SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes COVID-19 , can cause a mild to severe respiratory illness and include symptoms of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
COVID-19 cases were first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan , Hubei Province , China .
As of March 15 , 2020 , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has reported 153,517 cases of COVID-19 and 5,735 deaths worldwide .
More than 2,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths have been reported in the United States as of March 15 , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) .
Currently , no approved vaccines exist to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 .
The investigational vaccine was developed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ messenger RNA ) .
The investigational vaccine directs the body ’ s cells to express a virus protein that it is hoped will elicit a robust immune response .
The mRNA-1273 vaccine has shown promise in animal models , and this is the first trial to examine it in humans .
Scientists at NIAID ’ s Vaccine Research Center ( VRC ) and Moderna were able to quickly develop mRNA-1273 because of prior studies of related coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) and Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spikes protruding from their surface , giving the particles a crown-like appearance .
The spike binds to human cells , allowing the virus to gain entry .
VRC and Moderna scientists already were working on an investigational MERS vaccine targeting the spike , which provided a head start for developing a vaccine candidate to protect against COVID-19 .
Once the genetic information of SARS-CoV-2 became available , the scientists quickly selected a sequence to express the stabilized spike protein of the virus in the existing mRNA platform .
The Phase 1 trial is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , senior investigator at KPWHRI .
Study participants will receive two doses of the vaccine via intramuscular injection in the upper arm approximately 28 days apart .
Each participant will be assigned to receive a 25 microgram ( mcg ) , 100 mcg or 250 mcg dose at both vaccinations , with 15 people in each dose cohort .
The first four participants will receive one injection with the low dose , and the next four participants will receive the 100 mcg dose .
Investigators will review safety data before vaccinating the remaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dose groups and before participants receive their second vaccinations .
Another safety review will be done before participants are enrolled in the 250 mcg cohort .
Participants will be asked to return to the clinic for follow-up visits between vaccinations and for additional visits across the span of a year after the second shot .
Clinicians will monitor participants for common vaccination symptoms , such as soreness at the injection site or fever as well as any other medical issues .
A protocol team will meet regularly to review safety data , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review trial data and advise NIAID .
Participants also will be asked to provide blood samples at specified time points , which investigators will test in the laboratory to detect and measure the immune response to the experimental vaccine .
“ This work is critical to national efforts to respond to the threat of this emerging virus , ” Dr. Jackson said .
“ We are prepared to conduct this important trial because of our experience as an NIH clinical trials center since 2007.
” Adults in the Seattle area who are interested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : //corona.kpwashingtonresearch.org .
For more information about the study , visit ClinicalTrials.gov and search identifier NCT04283461 .
NIAID conducts and supports research — at NIH , throughout the United States , and worldwide — to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases , and to develop better means of preventing , diagnosing and treating these illnesses .
News releases , fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website .
About the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) : NIH , the nation ’ s medical research agency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services .
NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic , clinical , and translational medical research , and is investigating the causes , treatments , and cures for both common and rare diseases .
For more information about NIH and its programs , visit www.nih.gov .

Health Editor’s Note: Currently there is NO vaccine for COVID-19, (coronavirus disease 2109, Novel coronavirus 2019, SARS-CoV-2) as it is the first time this virus has been unleashed on the earth. No previous exposure equals no immunity what-so-ever. Today a clinical trial began to develop a vaccine with a volunteer receiving the first testing vaccine. Obviously COVID-19 is spread quite easily as the numbers of infected increase daily, all over the world. Initially cases of COVID-19 cropped up as travelers carried the virus to other parts of the world, Now the numbers of cases include viral spread in those who had not traveled, and are now spreading in communities by personal contact with the COVID-19 viral droplets ….Carol
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
National Institutes of Health
A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is funding the trial. KPWHRI is part of NIAID’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. The open-label trial will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks. The first participant received the investigational vaccine today.
The study is evaluating different doses of the experimental vaccine for safety and its ability to induce an immune response in participants. This is the first of multiple steps in the clinical trial process for evaluating the potential benefit of the vaccine.
The vaccine is called mRNA-1273 and was developed by NIAID scientists and their collaborators at the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) supported the manufacturing of the vaccine candidate for the Phase 1 clinical trial.
“Finding a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent public health priority,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. “This Phase 1 study, launched in record speed, is an important first step toward achieving that goal.”
Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can cause a mild to severe respiratory illness and include symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath. COVID-19 cases were first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. As of March 15, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 153,517 cases of COVID-19 and 5,735 deaths worldwide. More than 2,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths have been reported in the United States as of March 15, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Currently, no approved vaccines exist to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2.
The investigational vaccine was developed using a genetic platform called mRNA (messenger RNA). The investigational vaccine directs the body’s cells to express a virus protein that it is hoped will elicit a robust immune response. The mRNA-1273 vaccine has shown promise in animal models, and this is the first trial to examine it in humans.
Scientists at NIAID’s Vaccine Research Center (VRC) and Moderna were able to quickly develop mRNA-1273 because of prior studies of related coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Coronaviruses are spherical and have spikes protruding from their surface, giving the particles a crown-like appearance. The spike binds to human cells, allowing the virus to gain entry. VRC and Moderna scientists already were working on an investigational MERS vaccine targeting the spike, which provided a head start for developing a vaccine candidate to protect against COVID-19. Once the genetic information of SARS-CoV-2 became available, the scientists quickly selected a sequence to express the stabilized spike protein of the virus in the existing mRNA platform.
The Phase 1 trial is led by Lisa A. Jackson, M.D., senior investigator at KPWHRI. Study participants will receive two doses of the vaccine via intramuscular injection in the upper arm approximately 28 days apart. Each participant will be assigned to receive a 25 microgram (mcg), 100 mcg or 250 mcg dose at both vaccinations, with 15 people in each dose cohort. The first four participants will receive one injection with the low dose, and the next four participants will receive the 100 mcg dose. Investigators will review safety data before vaccinating the remaining participants in the 25 and 100 mcg dose groups and before participants receive their second vaccinations. Another safety review will be done before participants are enrolled in the 250 mcg cohort.
Participants will be asked to return to the clinic for follow-up visits between vaccinations and for additional visits across the span of a year after the second shot. Clinicians will monitor participants for common vaccination symptoms, such as soreness at the injection site or fever as well as any other medical issues. A protocol team will meet regularly to review safety data, and a safety monitoring committee will also periodically review trial data and advise NIAID. Participants also will be asked to provide blood samples at specified time points, which investigators will test in the laboratory to detect and measure the immune response to the experimental vaccine.
“This work is critical to national efforts to respond to the threat of this emerging virus,” Dr. Jackson said. “We are prepared to conduct this important trial because of our experience as an NIH clinical trials center since 2007.”
Adults in the Seattle area who are interested in joining this study should visit https://corona.kpwashingtonresearch.org. For more information about the study, visit ClinicalTrials.gov and search identifier NCT04283461.
NIAID conducts and supports research — at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide — to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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veteranstoday--2020-03-16--Vampire Bats Do Not Abandon Their Sick Children

When Illness Strikes , Vampire Bat Moms Will Still Socialize With Their Kids Infections don ’ t just wreak havoc on the body : They put a serious damper on social lives , too .
But for every casual coffee date or game night lost to the misery of malady , there ’ s usually a close friend or family member who ’ s willing to stick by their loved ones through even the worst illnesses—germs and all .
This heartwarming trope , long known to be true in humans , may dictate infectious interactions between vampire bats , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bitty blood-sippers are feeling under the weather , they still cozy up to the closest of kin to exchange food and groom each other—even after they ’ ve stopped extending some of those same courtesies to casual acquaintances .
The findings , published recently in the Journal of Animal Ecology , do more than offer a stirring glimpse into the enduring bonds between vampire bats , who stick together in sickness and in health .
By examining how illness alters social behaviors , they could also reveal how infectious diseases ripple through close-knit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roles in passing pathogens along .
Faced with the threat of disease , “ some relationships will be stronger than others , ” says study author Gerald Carter , a behavioral ecologist ….read more :

When Illness Strikes, Vampire Bat Moms Will Still Socialize With Their Kids
by Katherine J. Wu/Smithsonianmag.com
Infections don’t just wreak havoc on the body: They put a serious damper on social lives, too. But for every casual coffee date or game night lost to the misery of malady, there’s usually a close friend or family member who’s willing to stick by their loved ones through even the worst illnesses—germs and all.
This heartwarming trope, long known to be true in humans, may dictate infectious interactions between vampire bats, too, new research shows. When these bitty blood-sippers are feeling under the weather, they still cozy up to the closest of kin to exchange food and groom each other—even after they’ve stopped extending some of those same courtesies to casual acquaintances.
The findings, published recently in the Journal of Animal Ecology, do more than offer a stirring glimpse into the enduring bonds between vampire bats, who stick together in sickness and in health. By examining how illness alters social behaviors, they could also reveal how infectious diseases ripple through close-knit populations—and which individuals might play the biggest roles in passing pathogens along.
Faced with the threat of disease, “some relationships will be stronger than others,” says study author Gerald Carter, a behavioral ecologist ….read more:


Sell US dollars?

[ Editor ’ s Note : Whenever a big Wall Street firm puts out advice like this , it might be a safe bet that they have already taken positions wanting the crowd to follow behind them , so guess who makes the big money .
As for RT carrying the story , Russia certainly would have an interest in seeing the dollar go down , to balance the drop in the ruble over the oil price decline after the double hit of the Saudis turning their spigots on and with no production ceiling deal possible at this time .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ’ with trillions to be produced out of thin air at zero interest .
Despite all the Fed has done , it has had no apparent effect .
The US response preparation seems to have been stored in mothballs .
There are two silver linings in this .
It might cook Trump ’ s goose just in time for Thanksgiving and , second , there will be a lot more motivation for all parties to fund better pandemic preparation , to mitigate future financial losses and to reduce the public ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could we call this , an incompetency genocide maybe ?
Would that be too harsh ?
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Click to donate > > In a Friday report seen by Bloomberg , Morgan Stanley analysts write that “ the time has come to sell the US dollar ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weaken because of an “ interrelation combination of aggressive [ Federal Reserve ] stimulus and a tactical risk rebound ” .
Their advice is to buy the euro versus the US dollar with a target of 1.16 and a “ fairly wide stop ” at 1.08 and the Australian dollar versus the US dollar with a target of 0.68 and a stop of 0.60 .
Negative investor sentiment has widened credit spreads and pulled global equities into the bear-market zone ( a bear market occurs when an index falls at least 20 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US stocks plummeted into a bear market on Thursday – with the Dow witnessing its fastest slide since the Great Depression – after President Donald Trump announced a ban on most travel from Europe but apparently failed to completely quell investors ’ concerns over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic .
In looking for a safe haven , they turned to assets like US Treasury yields , leading the greenback to rise in value .
“ That ’ s not to say we ’ re ‘ calling the bottom ’ or we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assets , ” reads the Morgan Stanley report .
“ But it is to say that we ’ ve entered the final phase of this severe , acute bear market .
And that means we ’ re closer to the ‘ early stage recovery ’ phase than we were over the past three weeks .
As such , our strategists around the world have begun suggesting the addition of risk.
” The paper came out before the Federal Reserve announced on Sunday that it would slash interest rates to near zero and buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debt as part of aggressive move to cushion the blow from the coronavirus outbreak .
Additionally , it plans to pump $ 1.5 trillion into the economy to preserve liquidity in the banking system .

Morgan Stanley’s Advice to Investors Amid Wall Street Panic
...from Sputnik News, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: Whenever a big Wall Street firm puts out advice like this, it might be a safe bet that they have already taken positions wanting the crowd to follow behind them, so guess who makes the big money.
As for RT carrying the story, Russia certainly would have an interest in seeing the dollar go down, to balance the drop in the ruble over the oil price decline after the double hit of the Saudis turning their spigots on and with no production ceiling deal possible at this time.
We are in ‘never never land,’ with trillions to be produced out of thin air at zero interest. Despite all the Fed has done, it has had no apparent effect. The US response preparation seems to have been stored in mothballs.
There are two silver linings in this. It might cook Trump’s goose just in time for Thanksgiving and, second, there will be a lot more motivation for all parties to fund better pandemic preparation, to mitigate future financial losses and to reduce the public’s mortality rate from infectious diseases.
What could we call this, an incompetency genocide maybe? Would that be too harsh? We will know on election day if there is a ripple effect … Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … March 16, 2016 –
With the Federal Reserve taking emergency action to stabilise the economy and calm down panicky markets, strategists suggest that longer-term investors might start to consider adding more equity risk to portfolios.organ Stanley is recommending that investors sell the US dollar as financial markets have taken an economic hit from the coronavirus-induced worries.


veteranstoday--2020-03-16--VIDEO (39:34) Winn Schwartau high guru of electronic Pearl Harbor information warfare and computer s

VIDEO (39:34) Winn Schwartau high guru of electronic Pearl Harbor information warfare and computer security

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veteranstoday--2020-03-16--Secret Eurogroup recordings leaked (recording/video)

‘ Euroleaks ’ : Varoufakis LEAKS recordings of secretive Eurogroup talks on Greece in fight for ‘ democratization of the EU ’ [ Editor ’ s Note : “ It all comes out in the laundry ” is an old time American saying and the first thing that popped into my head when reading this .
An angry leaker is usually someone with a score to settle and a desire to make an historical record of a past wrong .
And he sure had one .
Below you will read that the “ Three Amigos ” Deep State reps he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ break off debt negotiations if he used written presentations , and then leaked to the press that he was blocking negotiations by never presenting any written positions .
Welcome to how the Deep State works .
Sadly former finance minister Varoufakis got boxed in by the big guns when his country was in a tough spot , having been hustled by the Wall Street financial gangsters who ran an upside-down budget for Greece , which could only have ended in a train wreck , as it did .
Unfortunately , due to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will probably remain buried for now .
I will be downloading the link material for when there is time to go through it … Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > The former finance minister of Greece , Yanis Varoufakis , has released a cache of audio files , secretly recorded in 2015 during the bailout talks with the Eurogroup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s finance chiefs .
The recordings and their transcripts were released by Varoufakis on the website of his ‘ pan-European ’ DiEM25 party on Saturday .
The files –dubbed ‘ Euroleaks ’ – were recorded between February and July 2015 , when cash-strapped Athens was entangled in painful talks with its creditors .
In 2015 , Varoufakis was the chief negotiator for then-ruling Syriza party , dealing with the Eurogroup and those behind it – the so-called ‘ troika.
’ It comprises the three main lenders of the eurozone nations – the European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the International Monetary Fund .
While the Eurogroup is de-jure an informal group , it is actually a powerful decision-making institute that lacks accountability and transparency – and does not keep any records .
The main goal in releasing the recordings is to shed light on its secretive activities , Varoufakis said in a video announcing the Euroleaks .
The Eurogroup ’ s three does not keep minutes , the European Union Council is still shrouded in total opacity .
It ’ s about time we change that .
The lenders took a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ stance on Greece , effectively presenting it with an ultimatum .
At the same time , they blamed Greek negotiators for stalled talks – and no records were available to prove them wrong .
“ You will hear the [ then- ] president of the Eurogroup [ Jeroen Dijsselbloem ] and other ministers warn me that if I dare table written proposals within the Eurogroup meetings , that would be the end of the negotiations , ” Varoufakis said .
“ At the very same time they were leaking to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meetings without any proposals.
” Apart from bringing into the limelight the “ intransparent action by an unelected group of politicians who influence all our lives , ” the leaks also serve another purpose .
The putting in the public domain of the secret recordings is aimed at fighting attempts by the incumbent Greek government to “ weaponize fake news , ” produced by the Eurogroup back in 2015 to justify new austerity measures for the country , Varoufakis said .

Varoufakis Leaks Recordings of Secretive Eurogroup talks on Greece in fight for ‘Democratization of the EU’
‘Euroleaks’: Varoufakis LEAKS recordings of secretive Eurogroup talks on Greece in fight for ‘democratization of the EU’
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: “It all comes out in the laundry” is an old time American saying and the first thing that popped into my head when reading this. An angry leaker is usually someone with a score to settle and a desire to make an historical record of a past wrong. And he sure had one.
Below you will read that the “Three Amigos” Deep State reps he was dealing with told him they would break off debt negotiations if he used written presentations, and then leaked to the press that he was blocking negotiations by never presenting any written positions. Welcome to how the Deep State works.
Sadly former finance minister Varoufakis got boxed in by the big guns when his country was in a tough spot, having been hustled by the Wall Street financial gangsters who ran an upside-down budget for Greece, which could only have ended in a train wreck, as it did. Unfortunately, due to the virus scourge upon us, this story will probably remain buried for now. I will be downloading the link material for when there is time to go through it … Jim W. Dean ] Jim's Editor’s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal
Jim's work includes research, field trips, Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more. Thanks for helping. Click to donate >> – First published … March 14, 2020 – The former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, has released a cache of audio files, secretly recorded in 2015 during the bailout talks with the Eurogroup – a powerful group of eurozone’s finance chiefs. – The recordings and their transcripts were released by Varoufakis on the website of his ‘pan-European’ DiEM25 party on Saturday. The files –dubbed ‘Euroleaks’– were recorded between February and July 2015, when cash-strapped Athens was entangled in painful talks with its creditors. In 2015, Varoufakis was the chief negotiator for then-ruling Syriza party, dealing with the Eurogroup and those behind it – the so-called ‘troika.’ It comprises the three main lenders of the eurozone nations – the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. While the Eurogroup is de-jure an informal group, it is actually a powerful decision-making institute that lacks accountability and transparency – and does not keep any records. The main goal in releasing the recordings is to shed light on its secretive activities, Varoufakis said in a video announcing the Euroleaks. The Eurogroup’s three does not keep minutes, the European Union Council is still shrouded in total opacity. It’s about time we change that. The lenders took a tough, ‘take it or leave it’ stance on Greece, effectively presenting it with an ultimatum. At the same time, they blamed Greek negotiators for stalled talks – and no records were available to prove them wrong. “You will hear the [then-]president of the Eurogroup [Jeroen Dijsselbloem] and other ministers warn me that if I dare table written proposals within the Eurogroup meetings, that would be the end of the negotiations,” Varoufakis said. “At the very same time they were leaking to the press that I was arriving at Eurogroup meetings without any proposals.” Apart from bringing into the limelight the “intransparent action by an unelected group of politicians who influence all our lives,” the leaks also serve another purpose. The putting in the public domain of the secret recordings is aimed at fighting attempts by the incumbent Greek government to “weaponize fake news,” produced by the Eurogroup back in 2015 to justify new austerity measures for the country, Varoufakis said.
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