veteranstoday--2020-07-01--A Canada Day Surprise: How a ‘Synthetic Nationalism’ Was Created to Break the US-Russia Alliance

As a Canadian author associated with a Canadian geopolitical magazine and a book series rooted in the thesis that Canada is still under the dominance of the British Empire to this very day , the July 1st holiday known as “ Canada Day ” is a bit of a strange thing to celebrate .
As I have recently written in my articles The Missed Chance of 1867 and the Truth of the Alaska Purchase , July 1st , 1867 was the day the British North America Act was established creating for the first time a confederacy in the Americas devoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British Empire ” ( as our founding constitution makes explicit ) .
The motive for this 1867 confederation was driven by the British Empire ’ s burning fear of losing its valuable possessions in the Americas during the course of the Civil War when Britain ’ s “ other confederacy ” operation against Lincoln ’ s union was obviously going to fail .
The fact that the U.S.-Russian alliance that saved the Union in 1863 and led into the sale of Alaska in 1867 would also usher in an inevitable growth of rail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civilizations was a prospect devoutly to be feared by the City of London .
As Lincoln ’ s ally and father of the trans continental railway Governor William Gilpin laid out in his 1890 book The Cosmopolitan Railway , a new paradigm of win-win cooperation governed by national credit driven by rail construction and industry would soon replace the archaic system of empire forever .
This project had vast support from the leadership of both the USA and Russia- including Sergei Witte , and Czar Nicholas II .
Many republican movements were alive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years and whether Britain ’ s American possession would become 1 ) independent , 2 ) join the USA or 3 ) remain an appendage of the Empire was still very much uncertain .
Pro-Lincoln forces were found among Canada ’ s elite in the form of the great protectionist and nation builder Isaac Buchanan ( President of Canada ’ s 1863 Executive Council ) and a group of statesmen affiliated with Louis Joseph Papineau ’ s Canadian Institutes known as Les Rouges .
A leading member of Les Rouges was a young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became Prime Minister from 1896-1911 where he often behaved as an uncooperative thorn in British colonial designs .
Neither Buchanan nor Laurier approved of annexation but rather desired that Canada become an independent republic free of British intrigues and friend of a pro-development version of America then much more alive than the Anglo-American beast which has run roughshod over the world in recent decades .
While Buchanan fought for a North American Zollverein in 1863 against his enemies on the Grit “ left ” ( George Brown ) and Tory “ right ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his efforts were sabotaged with his 1864 ouster .
When his time finally came , Laurier fought hard to revive this Buchanan ’ s Zollverein plan years later .
Unlike the perversion of NAFTA , the name Zollverein was derived from Frederick List ’ s 19th century program to unify Germany into a modern nation state under American System measures of protection , national credit , rail , industrial and infrastructure growth ( not dissimilar in principle to the Belt and Road Initiative today ) .
In Germany this program was supported most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bismarck .
Without understanding this dynamic , or the British operation to get rid of Bismarck in 1890 , there is no way to properly understand Britain ’ s obsession with manufacturing what later became known as World Wars one or two .
Laurier ’ s Zollverein revival of 1911 ( aka : ‘ Reciprocity Treaty ’ ) proposed to lower protective tariffs with the USA primarily on agriculture , but with the intention to electrify and industrialize Canada , a nation which Laurier saw as supporting 60 million people within two generations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advisors , Adam Shortt , O.D .
Skelton and later William Lyon Mackenzie King , Laurier navigated a complex mine field of British intrigue active throughout the Canadian landscape .
During this post-Civil War period , three American presidents , one French President and two pro-American Czars were assassinated as the British Empire re-organized itself under the guiding influence of two new think tanks : 1 ) The Fabian Society and 2 ) The Round Table Movement .
While one group shaped an agenda more attractive to the left , centered in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the other group shaped a program more conservative right guided by a manifesto laid out by South African race patriot Cecil Rhodes in his 1877 will and centered in Oxford ( the center of Rhodes Scholarship brainwashing activities for the next century ) .
In his will Rhodes stated : “ Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule , for the recovery of the United States , and for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The common denominators for both organizations were : 1 ) world government under the control of the City of London and Britain ’ s global shadow empire , 2 ) the abolishment of independent nation states and 3 ) a “ scientifically managed population control agenda ” run by a technocratic elite .
While an air of ‘ left ’ and ‘ right ’ were projected for public consumption , their operations were always interwoven as we shall see with the example of Lord Milner and Lord Mackinder .
Lords Milner and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rhodes ’ vision and leader of the Round Table Group founded in 1902 was named Lord Alfred Milner who devoted himself whole heartedly to the task of creating a new church of the British Empire .
In 1908 , Milner persuaded Lord Halford Mackinder to quit his job as director of the London School of Economics to help resolve the problems of North America ( all paid for by the Rhodes Trust ) .
During his dozens of public and private lectures across Canada , Mackinder laid out his clear understanding of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s ‘ Great Game ’ that few then or even now recognized sitting as it does as a wedge between Eurasian powers and the USA… and whose forces of attraction were still great .
Czar Nicholas himself had only recently commissioned a study of the Bering Strait rail tunnel in 1906- supported by leading representatives of the Lincoln and Czar Alexander II in both countries .
Upon his return to Britain , Mackinder delivered a report to Westminster in 1911 where he laid out the terms of this threat in stark reality : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the question of power…and power rests upon economic development .
If Canada is drawn into the orbit of Washington , then this Empire loses its great opportunity .
The dismemberment of the Empire will not be limited to Canada .
Australia will avail herself of the power of the American fleet in the Pacific , and she will not long depend on a decaying and breaking Empire .
Then with the resources of this island country you will be left to maintain your position in India… That constitutes , in my opinion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We are at the turning of the tide.
” A devout race Patriot just like Rhodes and Mackinder , Lord Milner commented on the existential threat of losing economic control of Canada to an America which had still not been re-conquered .
Writing to his partner Leo Amery in 1909 , he said : “ As between the three possibilities of the future : 1 .
Closer Imperial Union , 2 .
Union with the U.S. and 3 .
Independence , I believe definitely that No .
2 is the real danger .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are aware of it… they are wonderfully immature in political reflection on the big issues , and hardly realise how powerful the influences are… On the other hand , I see little danger to ultimate imperial unity in Canadian ‘ nationalism ’ .
On the contrary I think the very same sentiment makes a great many especially of the younger Canadians vigorously , and even bumptuously , assertive of their independence , proud and boastful of the greatness and future of their country , and so forth , would lend themselves , tactfully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Imperial unity on the basis of ‘ partner-states ’ .
This tendency is , therefore , in my opinion rather to be encouraged , not only as safeguard against ‘ Americanization ’ , but as actually making , in the long run , for a Union of ‘ all the Britains ’ .
” Milner recognized that Britain ’ s best choice was to cultivate a special type of British-approved “ nationalism ” among the “ wonderfully immature ” minds of the Canadian descendants of United Empire Loyalists of 1776 who were ignorant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This insight shaped the next 110 years of Canadian cultural engineering to a tee .
A Very Canadian Coup and the League of Nations Despite these efforts , Laurier was able to finalize his long-sought for Reciprocity Treaty with the USA in 1911- Milner ’ s worst fear .
Before it could be acted upon however , an orchestrated overthrow of his government was affected by the Masonic Orange Order and Round Table Group with Laurier saying ominously a few years later : “ Canada is now governed by a junta sitting at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Table ” , with ramifications in Toronto , in Winnipeg , in Victoria , with Tories and Grits receiving their ideas from London and insidiously forcing them on their respective parties.
” By 1916 , the Milner Group effected a coup in Britain itself , in order to shape the terms of the post-WWI order at Versailles where the League of Nations was created to usher in a post-Nation State world .
This was just another way of saying “ New British Empire ” .
When American statesmen resisted this new imperial organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anglo-Saxon nations during the 1920s to coordinate a new more fascist solution to the “ national problem ” .
This took the form of the Royal Institute for International Affairs ( RIIA/Chatham House ) created in 1919 , with Canadian and Australian branches set up soon thereafter in the form of the Canadian and Australian Institutes for International Affairs .
An American branch of this group was created in 1921 under the Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR ) and through these groups ( later to be known as the Five Eyes ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Great Depression triggered by the financial blowout of 1929 .
As Georgetown professor Caroll Quigley pointed out in his posthumously published Anglo-American Establishment , the Canadian leader of this group was a protégé of Milner named Vincent Massey who later became the nation ’ s first Canadian born Governor General and led the operation to create a new synthetic Canadian Nationalism in which peaked with the 1949 Massey Royal Commission on the National Development in the Arts , Letters and Sciences ( heavily tied into a CIA/MI6 operation called the Congress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The effect of Massey ’ s report relieved the Rockefeller Foundation of the financial burden of funding Canadian history , humanities , arts and music by creating the Canadian Council of the Arts which it held alongside the Carnegie Foundation since their founding in 1905 and 1913 respectively .
During the dark years of the Great Depression , “ fascism ” was sold as the economic miracle solution to desperate citizens across the trans Atlantic , and a new , harsher effort was made for a global Bankers Dictatorship under the Bank of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Central bank of Central Banks ) .
In Canada , the groundwork for a scientifically managed society was established by a team of 5 Rhodes Scholars and one Fabian Society agent who founded the League of Social Reconstruction ( LSR ) in 1931 .
This eugenics-loving organization dubbed itself “ the Canadian Fabian Society ” and its leading operatives were all tied to Canada ’ s Round Table ( The Canadian Institute for International Affairs ( CIIA ) ) .
Rhodes Scholar Escott Reid , whom I introduced in my last paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was the CIIA ’ s first Permanent Secretary and one of the leading co-founders of the LSR .
This group set up a political party known as the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation which changed its name to the National Democratic Party in 1961 .
While in Quebec , the fascist Nazi Adrian Arcand was set up to take power , on the Federal level the Canadian Fabian Society believed it could take charge .
The trouble here was Franklin D. Roosevelt .
By rejecting fascism , FDR thwarted a bankers dictatorship and forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put a leash on the financial elite while forcing public credit to serve the Common Good through vast New Deal megaprojects .
In a certain way , the America of Abraham Lincoln was consciously revived under FDR ’ s leadership .
These positive effects were felt strongly in Canada and soon the “ Laurier Liberals ” took back power and in 1937 , nationalized the Bank of Canada ( previously modelled on the private Central Bank of England in 1934 ) with Prime Minister Mackenzie King stating : “ Once a nation parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ credit , it matters not who makes the nation ’ s laws .
Usury , once in control , will wreck any nation .
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility , all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.
” One can only imagine the stress felt by London as FDR ’ s Vice President Henry Wallace moved to revive the Bering Strait connection alongside Russian Foreign Minister Molotov in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Wallace said : “ Siberia and China will furnish the greatest frontier of tomorrow… When Molotov was in Washington in the spring of 1942 I spoke to him about the combined highway and airway which I hope someday will link Chicago and Moscow via Canada , Alaska and Siberia .
Molotov , after observing that no one nation could do this job by itself , said that he and I would live to see the day of its accomplishment .
It would mean much to the peace of the future if there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort between the pioneer spirit of our own West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.
” The Anti-Colonial Spirit Struggles in the Post-War Years Even though Rhodes Scholars flooded into the upper echelons of power with the untimely deaths of Skelton and Lapointe in 1941 , C.D .
Howe had created a strong machine committed to building large scale projects and continued to grow Canada ’ s scientific and technological potential in the post-war years with the Bank of Canada serving as a tool for this growth .
Some of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program , Canada ’ s Atomic Energy Agency , the Trans Canada Highway and St. Laurence Seaway .
When the Liberals fell from power in 1957 and a new Conservative government took over , the commitment to scientific and technological progress continued with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker ’ s planned Northern Vision to industrialize the Arctic as a sort of “ Canadian manifest destiny ” .
This commitment to anti-Malthusian “ open system ” economics did not please London .
When the Diefenbaker administration fell in 1963 ( after a Roundtable-steered coup ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power under Lester B. Pearson was a far cry from that which had fallen in 1957 .
During the 1957-63 period , the Liberal Party was re-organized directly by Walter Lockhart Gordon , the British Foreign Office ’ s leading agent working through the CIIA .
Walter Gordon and the Rise of a New Nationalism During this period , Gordon proved to become the most powerful man in the Liberal Party and the controller of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson .
Gordon led the cleansing of C.D .
Howe Liberals and transformed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been since WW II into a radically anti-American , anti-progress colony under British financial control .
This was done by essentially infusing the Fabians dominant in the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation ( aka : the Fabian Society of Canada ) into a Liberal host body ( the CCF ’ s open connection to Marxism made it a hard sell on post-war Canadians ) .
The recommendations that Gordon had made in his 1957 Royal Commission Report on Economic Prospects for Canada , especially those regarding restricting American investments and ownership of Canadian industry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , be fully supported by the new government .
A new synthetic Canadian identity would be crafted around a stark fear of the USA ( then suffering its own regime change takeover , via the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy ) , and a new Orwellian age of endless war , nuclear terror , sex , drugs , MK Ultra and COINTEL PRO became the new norm for a generation of young baby boomers .
In his memoirs , John Diefenbaker noted the irony of Walter Gordon ’ s radical promotion of Canadian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hatred of the policies pushed by Diefenbaker which would provide the actual means of attaining those nationalist ends which Gordon apparently desired : “ One of the ironies of recent Canadian history is that Walter Gordon , a man whom I only met for a few minutes when he delivered to me his Royal Commission Report , has stated that he decided to do everything in his power to make Mr. Pearson Prime Minister because he hated me and feared that my policies would wreck Canada !
” [ p. 202 ] Lester @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and former assistant in London to Vincent Massey , became the vehicle Gordon selected to oversee the transformation of the Liberal Party and the purging of pro-development Liberals who would resist the isolationist monetary policies of Gordon .
One of those who would suffer the purge was Henry Erskine Kidd , General Secretary for the Liberal Party who referred to the process led by Gordon as “ a palace revolution ” .
With this Palace Revolution , the Liberals swept back to power but now governed by an anti-growth technocratic ethic premised around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a new “ British-approved ” nationalism was created beginning with a shiny new maple leaf flag which unlike most national flags , featured symbolism that signified absolutely nothing whatsoever .
When Pearson found himself too easily influenced by “ American-styled ” growth initiatives , Gordon broke with him , and as Privy Council President , worked alongside Canadian Privy Councillor Maurice Strong ( then head of the Canadian International Development Agency ) to promote a more effective replacement in the form of Pierre Elliot Trudeau .
In Elaine Dewar ’ s 1995 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exposed how both he and Gordon were on the selection committee in Mont Blanc that chose Fabian Society asset Pierre Trudeau as a new rising star of the reformed Liberal Party .
Another co-founder of this new Nationalism whose name is worth mentioning included a Canadian Rhodes Scholar named George Grant ( a descendant of , who as I wrote in my George Grant ’ s Delphic Subversion of Canadian Nationalism , was little more than a Straussian follower of Aldous Huxley who drooled over a Canadian-modelled world government .
Upon returning from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researcher on Massey ’ s 1949 Royal Commission .
Grant ’ s grandfather George Parkin was Milner ’ s inspiration as a lecturer at Oxford and co-founder of the Roundtable group in 1902 .
As part of his 1908 Canada tour that led into the creation of the synthetic “ new nationalism ” outlined above , Halford Mackinder made a jarring forecast : “ We may picture to ourselves that Canada will not merely be an important part of the British Empire , but the very centre of that empire .
Those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the empire are forgetful of the fact , which I believe Canadians are beginning to realize , that Canada is probably to be the centre of the Empire.
” For those who want to raise a glass to Canada on July 1st , I ’ d recommend that in lieu of painting ridiculous maple leaves on your face , we instead celebrate those figures in Canada ’ s history that fought to correct the error of 1776- when Quebec failed to accept Benjamin Franklin ’ s offer to become a 14th member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maple Leaves and hockey , I suggest we take the time to raise a glass to the lives of those great statesmen like Louis-Joseph Papineau , Isaac Buchanan , Wilfrid Laurier , O.D .
Skelton , C.D .
Howe , W.A.C .
Bennett , John Diefenbaker and Daniel Johnson Sr , who sacrificed their comfort , reputations and sometimes even their lives to bring Canada even just a few steps closer to attaining true independence of the British Empire .
As the spirit of Lincoln , Alexander II , FDR and Sun Yat-sen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Road Initiative and broader Multipolar Alliance led by Russia and China , Canada will again be forced to confront an existential choice : Will we make the right one ?
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , a BRI Expert on Tactical talk , and has authored 3 volumes of ‘ Untold History of Canada ’ book series .
In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation From Vineyard of the Saker

As a Canadian author associated with a Canadian geopolitical magazine and a book series rooted in the thesis that Canada is still under the dominance of the British Empire to this very day, the July 1st holiday known as “Canada Day” is a bit of a strange thing to celebrate.
As I have recently written in my articles The Missed Chance of 1867 and the Truth of the Alaska Purchase, July 1st, 1867 was the day the British North America Act was established creating for the first time a confederacy in the Americas devoted to “maintaining the interests of the British Empire” (as our founding constitution makes explicit).
The motive for this 1867 confederation was driven by the British Empire’s burning fear of losing its valuable possessions in the Americas during the course of the Civil War when Britain’s “other confederacy” operation against Lincoln’s union was obviously going to fail. The fact that the U.S.-Russian alliance that saved the Union in 1863 and led into the sale of Alaska in 1867 would also usher in an inevitable growth of rail development through the Bering Strait connecting both civilizations was a prospect devoutly to be feared by the City of London.
As Lincoln’s ally and father of the trans continental railway Governor William Gilpin laid out in his 1890 book The Cosmopolitan Railway, a new paradigm of win-win cooperation governed by national credit driven by rail construction and industry would soon replace the archaic system of empire forever. This project had vast support from the leadership of both the USA and Russia- including Sergei Witte, and Czar Nicholas II.
Many republican movements were alive in Canada during the turbulent Civil War years and whether Britain’s American possession would become 1) independent, 2) join the USA or 3) remain an appendage of the Empire was still very much uncertain.
Pro-Lincoln forces were found among Canada’s elite in the form of the great protectionist and nation builder Isaac Buchanan (President of Canada’s 1863 Executive Council) and a group of statesmen affiliated with Louis Joseph Papineau’s Canadian Institutes known as Les Rouges. A leading member of Les Rouges was a young Lincoln-loving lawyer named Wilfrid Laurier who later became Prime Minister from 1896-1911 where he often behaved as an uncooperative thorn in British colonial designs.
Neither Buchanan nor Laurier approved of annexation but rather desired that Canada become an independent republic free of British intrigues and friend of a pro-development version of America then much more alive than the Anglo-American beast which has run roughshod over the world in recent decades.
While Buchanan fought for a North American Zollverein in 1863 against his enemies on the Grit “left” (George Brown) and Tory “right” (Sir John A. Macdonald), his efforts were sabotaged with his 1864 ouster. When his time finally came, Laurier fought hard to revive this Buchanan’s Zollverein plan years later. Unlike the perversion of NAFTA, the name Zollverein was derived from Frederick List’s 19th century program to unify Germany into a modern nation state under American System measures of protection, national credit, rail, industrial and infrastructure growth (not dissimilar in principle to the Belt and Road Initiative today). In Germany this program was supported most ardently by Lincoln ally Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Without understanding this dynamic, or the British operation to get rid of Bismarck in 1890, there is no way to properly understand Britain’s obsession with manufacturing what later became known as World Wars one or two.
Laurier’s Zollverein revival of 1911 (aka: ‘Reciprocity Treaty’) proposed to lower protective tariffs with the USA primarily on agriculture, but with the intention to electrify and industrialize Canada, a nation which Laurier saw as supporting 60 million people within two generations. With the collaboration of his close advisors, Adam Shortt, O.D. Skelton and later William Lyon Mackenzie King, Laurier navigated a complex mine field of British intrigue active throughout the Canadian landscape.
The Round Table and Fabian Society
During this post-Civil War period, three American presidents, one French President and two pro-American Czars were assassinated as the British Empire re-organized itself under the guiding influence of two new think tanks: 1) The Fabian Society and 2) The Round Table Movement.
While one group shaped an agenda more attractive to the left, centered in the London School of Economics (LSE), the other group shaped a program more conservative right guided by a manifesto laid out by South African race patriot Cecil Rhodes in his 1877 will and centered in Oxford (the center of Rhodes Scholarship brainwashing activities for the next century).
In his will Rhodes stated:
“Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, and for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire…”
The common denominators for both organizations were: 1) world government under the control of the City of London and Britain’s global shadow empire, 2) the abolishment of independent nation states and 3) a “scientifically managed population control agenda” run by a technocratic elite. While an air of ‘left’ and ‘right’ were projected for public consumption, their operations were always interwoven as we shall see with the example of Lord Milner and Lord Mackinder.
Lords Milner and Mackinder Come to Canada
A follower of Rhodes’ vision and leader of the Round Table Group founded in 1902 was named Lord Alfred Milner who devoted himself whole heartedly to the task of creating a new church of the British Empire. In 1908, Milner persuaded Lord Halford Mackinder to quit his job as director of the London School of Economics to help resolve the problems of North America (all paid for by the Rhodes Trust).
During his dozens of public and private lectures across Canada, Mackinder laid out his clear understanding of the geopolitical importance of Canada within Britain’s ‘Great Game’ that few then or even now recognized sitting as it does as a wedge between Eurasian powers and the USA… and whose forces of attraction were still great. Czar Nicholas himself had only recently commissioned a study of the Bering Strait rail tunnel in 1906- supported by leading representatives of the Lincoln and Czar Alexander II in both countries.
Upon his return to Britain, Mackinder delivered a report to Westminster in 1911 where he laid out the terms of this threat in stark reality:
“Ultimately we have to look to the question of power…and power rests upon economic development. If Canada is drawn into the orbit of Washington, then this Empire loses its great opportunity. The dismemberment of the Empire will not be limited to Canada. Australia will avail herself of the power of the American fleet in the Pacific, and she will not long depend on a decaying and breaking Empire. Then with the resources of this island country you will be left to maintain your position in India… That constitutes, in my opinion, the significance of the present crisis. We are at the turning of the tide.”
A devout race Patriot just like Rhodes and Mackinder, Lord Milner commented on the existential threat of losing economic control of Canada to an America which had still not been re-conquered. Writing to his partner Leo Amery in 1909, he said:
“As between the three possibilities of the future: 1. Closer Imperial Union, 2. Union with the U.S. and 3. Independence, I believe definitely that No. 2 is the real danger. I do not think the Canadians themselves are aware of it… they are wonderfully immature in political reflection on the big issues, and hardly realise how powerful the influences are… On the other hand, I see little danger to ultimate imperial unity in Canadian ‘nationalism’. On the contrary I think the very same sentiment makes a great many especially of the younger Canadians vigorously, and even bumptuously , assertive of their independence, proud and boastful of the greatness and future of their country, and so forth, would lend themselves, tactfully handled, to an enthusiastic acceptance of Imperial unity on the basis of ‘partner-states’. This tendency is, therefore, in my opinion rather to be encouraged, not only as safeguard against ‘Americanization’, but as actually making, in the long run, for a Union of ‘all the Britains’.”
Milner recognized that Britain’s best choice was to cultivate a special type of British-approved “nationalism” among the “wonderfully immature” minds of the Canadian descendants of United Empire Loyalists of 1776 who were ignorant to the powerful influences of history. This insight shaped the next 110 years of Canadian cultural engineering to a tee.
A Very Canadian Coup and the League of Nations
Despite these efforts, Laurier was able to finalize his long-sought for Reciprocity Treaty with the USA in 1911- Milner’s worst fear. Before it could be acted upon however, an orchestrated overthrow of his government was affected by the Masonic Orange Order and Round Table Group with Laurier saying ominously a few years later:
“Canada is now governed by a junta sitting at London, known as “The Round Table”, with ramifications in Toronto, in Winnipeg, in Victoria, with Tories and Grits receiving their ideas from London and insidiously forcing them on their respective parties.”
By 1916, the Milner Group effected a coup in Britain itself, in order to shape the terms of the post-WWI order at Versailles where the League of Nations was created to usher in a post-Nation State world. This was just another way of saying “New British Empire”.
When American statesmen resisted this new imperial organization, Roundtable Groups were set up across Anglo-Saxon nations during the 1920s to coordinate a new more fascist solution to the “national problem”. This took the form of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (RIIA/Chatham House) created in 1919, with Canadian and Australian branches set up soon thereafter in the form of the Canadian and Australian Institutes for International Affairs. An American branch of this group was created in 1921 under the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and through these groups (later to be known as the Five Eyes), fascism was sold as a solution to the Great Depression triggered by the financial blowout of 1929.
As Georgetown professor Caroll Quigley pointed out in his posthumously published Anglo-American Establishment, the Canadian leader of this group was a protégé of Milner named Vincent Massey who later became the nation’s first Canadian born Governor General and led the operation to create a new synthetic Canadian Nationalism in which peaked with the 1949 Massey Royal Commission on the National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (heavily tied into a CIA/MI6 operation called the Congress for Cultural Freedom in Europe).
The effect of Massey’s report relieved the Rockefeller Foundation of the financial burden of funding Canadian history, humanities, arts and music by creating the Canadian Council of the Arts which it held alongside the Carnegie Foundation since their founding in 1905 and 1913 respectively.
Fascism or Freedom?
During the dark years of the Great Depression, “fascism” was sold as the economic miracle solution to desperate citizens across the trans Atlantic, and a new, harsher effort was made for a global Bankers Dictatorship under the Bank of England and Bank of International Settlements (the Central bank of Central Banks). In Canada, the groundwork for a scientifically managed society was established by a team of 5 Rhodes Scholars and one Fabian Society agent who founded the League of Social Reconstruction (LSR) in 1931. This eugenics-loving organization dubbed itself “the Canadian Fabian Society” and its leading operatives were all tied to Canada’s Round Table (The Canadian Institute for International Affairs (CIIA)). Rhodes Scholar Escott Reid, whom I introduced in my last paper on the Rhodes Scholar Roots of NATO, was the CIIA’s first Permanent Secretary and one of the leading co-founders of the LSR.
This group set up a political party known as the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation which changed its name to the National Democratic Party in 1961.
While in Quebec, the fascist Nazi Adrian Arcand was set up to take power, on the Federal level the Canadian Fabian Society believed it could take charge.
The trouble here was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
By rejecting fascism, FDR thwarted a bankers dictatorship and forced through a revolutionary reform in banking that put a leash on the financial elite while forcing public credit to serve the Common Good through vast New Deal megaprojects. In a certain way, the America of Abraham Lincoln was consciously revived under FDR’s leadership. These positive effects were felt strongly in Canada and soon the “Laurier Liberals” took back power and in 1937, nationalized the Bank of Canada (previously modelled on the private Central Bank of England in 1934) with Prime Minister Mackenzie King stating:
“Once a nation parts with the control of its currency and credit, it matters not who makes the nation’s laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.”
One can only imagine the stress felt by London as FDR’s Vice President Henry Wallace moved to revive the Bering Strait connection alongside Russian Foreign Minister Molotov in 1942. Describing this plan in 1944, Wallace said:
“Siberia and China will furnish the greatest frontier of tomorrow… When Molotov was in Washington in the spring of 1942 I spoke to him about the combined highway and airway which I hope someday will link Chicago and Moscow via Canada, Alaska and Siberia. Molotov, after observing that no one nation could do this job by itself, said that he and I would live to see the day of its accomplishment. It would mean much to the peace of the future if there could be some tangible link of this sort between the pioneer spirit of our own West and the frontier spirit of the Russian East.”
The Anti-Colonial Spirit Struggles in the Post-War Years
Even though Rhodes Scholars flooded into the upper echelons of power with the untimely deaths of Skelton and Lapointe in 1941, C.D. Howe had created a strong machine committed to building large scale projects and continued to grow Canada’s scientific and technological potential in the post-war years with the Bank of Canada serving as a tool for this growth. Some of these projects included the AVRO Arrow supersonic jet program, Canada’s Atomic Energy Agency, the Trans Canada Highway and St. Laurence Seaway.
When the Liberals fell from power in 1957 and a new Conservative government took over, the commitment to scientific and technological progress continued with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s planned Northern Vision to industrialize the Arctic as a sort of “Canadian manifest destiny”. This commitment to anti-Malthusian “open system” economics did not please London.
When the Diefenbaker administration fell in 1963 (after a Roundtable-steered coup), the Liberal Party that returned to power under Lester B. Pearson was a far cry from that which had fallen in 1957. During the 1957-63 period, the Liberal Party was re-organized directly by Walter Lockhart Gordon, the British Foreign Office’s leading agent working through the CIIA.
Walter Gordon and the Rise of a New Nationalism
During this period, Gordon proved to become the most powerful man in the Liberal Party and the controller of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.
Gordon led the cleansing of C.D. Howe Liberals and transformed the Party from the pro-development machine it had been since WW II into a radically anti-American, anti-progress colony under British financial control.
This was done by essentially infusing the Fabians dominant in the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (aka: the Fabian Society of Canada) into a Liberal host body (the CCF’s open connection to Marxism made it a hard sell on post-war Canadians). The recommendations that Gordon had made in his 1957 Royal Commission Report on Economic Prospects for Canada, especially those regarding restricting American investments and ownership of Canadian industry, would now, for the most part, be fully supported by the new government. A new synthetic Canadian identity would be crafted around a stark fear of the USA (then suffering its own regime change takeover, via the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy), and a new Orwellian age of endless war, nuclear terror, sex, drugs, MK Ultra and COINTEL PRO became the new norm for a generation of young baby boomers.
In his memoirs, John Diefenbaker noted the irony of Walter Gordon’s radical promotion of Canadian nationalism on the one side, yet hatred of the policies pushed by Diefenbaker which would provide the actual means of attaining those nationalist ends which Gordon apparently desired:
“One of the ironies of recent Canadian history is that Walter Gordon, a man whom I only met for a few minutes when he delivered to me his Royal Commission Report, has stated that he decided to do everything in his power to make Mr. Pearson Prime Minister because he hated me and feared that my policies would wreck Canada!” [p. 202]
Lester B. Pearson, an Oxford Massey Scholar and former assistant in London to Vincent Massey, became the vehicle Gordon selected to oversee the transformation of the Liberal Party and the purging of pro-development Liberals who would resist the isolationist monetary policies of Gordon. One of those who would suffer the purge was Henry Erskine Kidd, General Secretary for the Liberal Party who referred to the process led by Gordon as “a palace revolution”.
With this Palace Revolution, the Liberals swept back to power but now governed by an anti-growth technocratic ethic premised around the “scientific management of society” and a new “British-approved” nationalism was created beginning with a shiny new maple leaf flag which unlike most national flags, featured symbolism that signified absolutely nothing whatsoever.
When Pearson found himself too easily influenced by “American-styled” growth initiatives, Gordon broke with him, and as Privy Council President, worked alongside Canadian Privy Councillor Maurice Strong (then head of the Canadian International Development Agency) to promote a more effective replacement in the form of Pierre Elliot Trudeau. In Elaine Dewar’s 1995 book Cloak of Green, Maurice Strong exposed how both he and Gordon were on the selection committee in Mont Blanc that chose Fabian Society asset Pierre Trudeau as a new rising star of the reformed Liberal Party.
Another co-founder of this new Nationalism whose name is worth mentioning included a Canadian Rhodes Scholar named George Grant (a descendant of , who as I wrote in my George Grant’s Delphic Subversion of Canadian Nationalism, was little more than a Straussian follower of Aldous Huxley who drooled over a Canadian-modelled world government. Upon returning from Oxford, Grant was hired as a researcher on Massey’s 1949 Royal Commission.
Grant’s grandfather George Parkin was Milner’s inspiration as a lecturer at Oxford and co-founder of the Roundtable group in 1902.
Canada’s Future: Colonial Tool or New Silk Road?
As part of his 1908 Canada tour that led into the creation of the synthetic “new nationalism” outlined above, Halford Mackinder made a jarring forecast:
“We may picture to ourselves that Canada will not merely be an important part of the British Empire, but the very centre of that empire. Those who ask if Canada is to be loyal to the empire are forgetful of the fact, which I believe Canadians are beginning to realize, that Canada is probably to be the centre of the Empire.”
For those who want to raise a glass to Canada on July 1st, I’d recommend that in lieu of painting ridiculous maple leaves on your face, we instead celebrate those figures in Canada’s history that fought to correct the error of 1776- when Quebec failed to accept Benjamin Franklin’s offer to become a 14th member of the revolution. Instead of worshiping Maple Leaves and hockey, I suggest we take the time to raise a glass to the lives of those great statesmen like Louis-Joseph Papineau, Isaac Buchanan, Wilfrid Laurier, O.D. Skelton, C.D. Howe, W.A.C. Bennett, John Diefenbaker and Daniel Johnson Sr, who sacrificed their comfort, reputations and sometimes even their lives to bring Canada even just a few steps closer to attaining true independence of the British Empire.
As the spirit of Lincoln, Alexander II, FDR and Sun Yat-sen is revived in today’s Belt and Road Initiative and broader Multipolar Alliance led by Russia and China, Canada will again be forced to confront an existential choice: Will we make the right one?
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , a BRI Expert on Tactical talk, and has authored 3 volumes of ‘Untold History of Canada’ book series. In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation
From Vineyard of the Saker


veteranstoday--2020-07-01--Trump: ‘Kushner lied, Corrupt Cops, Tulsa, COVID disaster, Tulsa his fault’ (and Tulsa)

Experts cite Trump ’ s IQ decline , from mid 80s to ‘ a bit lower , ’ putting him in the Kushner range.. Daily Beast : President Donald Trump has said that he regrets following advice from son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner , according to an Axios report .
Trump has reportedly decided to stick with his own instincts and reject any policy he disagrees with , including those aimed at criminal justice and police reform .
Trump ’ s June executive order is likely to be as far as he goes , according to the report , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement as-is .
Kushner had encouraged the president to enact police reform .
“ President Trump is very proud of the historic work that he ’ s done to benefit all communities , ” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Trump ’ s order .
“ The First Step Act made historic strides toward rectifying racial disparities in sentencing while his executive order to secure America ’ s streets works with our nation ’ s heroic police officers to ensure we have safe policing and safe communities.
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Experts cite Trump’s IQ decline, from mid 80s to ‘a bit lower,’ putting him in the Kushner range..
Daily Beast: President Donald Trump has said that he regrets following advice from son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to an Axios report. Trump has reportedly decided to stick with his own instincts and reject any policy he disagrees with, including those aimed at criminal justice and police reform.
Trump’s June executive order is likely to be as far as he goes, according to the report, and he is expected to support law enforcement as-is. Kushner had encouraged the president to enact police reform. “President Trump is very proud of the historic work that he’s done to benefit all communities,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Trump’s order.
“The First Step Act made historic strides toward rectifying racial disparities in sentencing while his executive order to secure America’s streets works with our nation’s heroic police officers to ensure we have safe policing and safe communities.”


veteranstoday--2020-07-01--Boycott on Israel Affirmed by US Appeals Court

In a unanimous ruling , a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C .
Circuit has affirmed the district court ’ s dismissal of the lawsuit filed against the American Studies Association ( ASA ) , its executive director , and eight former ASA officers or committee members : Lisa Duggan , J. Kēhaulani Kauanui , Sunaina Maira , Curtis Marez , Jasbir Puar , Chandan Reddy , Steven Salaita , and Neferti Tadiar .
The definitive judgment rebukes the arguments advanced in the federal courts by four persons ( Simon Bronner , Michael Rockland , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who have disputed the ASA ’ s endorsement of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions .
The decision on June 19 , 2020 , by two Republican appointees and one Democratic appointee , continues a string of victories for the ASA in a case it has defended since April 2016 .
Thomas C. Mugavero of Whiteford , Taylor & Preston L.L.P .
argued the cause for appellees with counsel on the joint brief from Mark Allen Kleiman , and Maria C. LaHood and Shayana D. Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ there is no effective or substantive academic freedom for Palestinian students and scholars under conditions of Israeli occupation ” and that “ Israeli institutions of higher learning are a party to Israeli state policies that violate human rights , ” the ASA ’ s National Council endorsed “ the call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
” This resolution was ratified by the ASA ’ s membership with a vote of 66.05 % “ yes , ” 30.5 % “ no , ” and 3.43 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won dismissal of two cases in New York brought by Israeli organizations , the International Legal Forum ( ILF ) and Athenaeum Blue & White .
( The latter was incorporated by David Abrams on the day he filed the lawsuit .
Founder of the Zionist Advocacy Center , which is a registered foreign agent for the ILF , Abrams has sued a wide range of entities , including the Carter Center , the National Lawyers Guild , the City of Durham , and at least three universities .
He also petitioned the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders . )
In their lawsuits alleging ASA ’ s boycott resolution and activities violate state and city human rights laws , the ILF and Abrams complained that the ASA does not permit Israeli organizations to become members , despite ILF ’ s admission that it never attempted to apply for membership and Abrams admission that his group ’ s application was fulfilled by ASA .
The courts ruled that these organizations , having suffered no injury , had no standing to sue the ASA .
The judge in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Moreover , even if ILF ’ s claims were ripe , this court strains to see how ASA ’ s actions , as alleged by ILF , would not be protected under ASA ’ s right to freedom of association.
” The United States Court of Appeals ’ recent decision in Bronner , et al .
v. Duggan , et al , caps a succession of rejections of the Plaintiffs ’ claims and arguments in the federal courts .
In March 2017 , the district court dismissed “ derivative claims ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who made a failed attempt to represent what they claimed were the interests of the ASA .
By February 2019 , the district court dismissed all remaining claims against the ASA , including the “ ultra vires ” claim in which Bronner , et al.
, accused the ASA of violating its own express purposes and bylaws in passing , implementing , and defending the boycott resolution .
As the court noted , Bronner , et al.
, also claimed “ that—merely by their position as ASA members—they are entitled to collect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ASA and individual defendants for alleged misuse related to the boycott resolution .
The ASA ’ s successful repudiation of this claim—made by academics who , while burdening the ASA with legal fees for several years , profess to be concerned about the ASA ’ s well-being—has protected these resources for the interests of our organization and the concerns of our diverse membership .
With its ruling of June 19 , 2020 , the Court of Appeals has thoroughly rejected the arguments of Bronner , et al , to overturn these dismissals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kupfer , and Barton for stretching the relevance of case law “ too far ” and elsewhere opined that “ the case law does not corroborate their unsupported assertions.
” It repudiated the attempts of Bronner , et al.
, to utilize a valid direct claim as a “ Trojan horse to sneak ” invalid “ derivative claims past the bulwarks of the federal courts.
” The Court also rejected the plaintiffs ’ claims for punitive damages .
What may be of particular interest to ASA members is the court ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ et al.
, to have their case heard in federal court based on the value of their alleged damages .
“ The Professors have provided nothing beyond a bare-bones assertion of jurisdictional sufficiency , ” the judges declared , “ to suggest that the monetary damages arising from their direct claims even remotely approach [ the required threshold of ] $ 75,000.
” In other words , even if one took the major leap to assume that their claims were valid for the sake of argument , Bronner , et al.
, were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential value of the damages they claimed to have suffer .
The decision by the federal Court of Appeals points out that that Bronner , et al.
, despite having multiple opportunities to do so , have offered no evidence that they suffered in any measurable way from decisions ASA leaders have made from the passage of the boycott resolution to the filing of their complaints .
Regarding their apparent inability to identify any actual damages , the federal Court of Appeals noted : “ The Professors nowhere explain how they have suffered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no loss of standing within their universities .
They do not purport to have been denied tenure , promotions or other prestigious honors .
Nor do they claim to have had their writings rejected by academic journals.
” This repeated failure by Bronner , et .
al , moved the Court to cite a passage from a prior case : “ a litigant has an obligation to spell out its arguments squarely and distinctly , or else forever hold its peace.
” Although this victory leaves other pending litigation unresolved , the ASA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times .
We will continue to defend our work , our reputation , and our members who come under attack .
We will continue to form principled alliances in the interests of academic freedom and social justice .
Through our meetings , journal , elections , chapters , committees , caucuses , and other communications , we will continue to host dialogue , debate , and disagreement among those who value and appreciate critical and engaged scholarship that rises to the challenges of this moment in history .
We thank you for your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinion filed by Judge Henderson : https : //law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/19-7017/19-7017-2020-06-19.html Posted for ASA Office in Member News

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the lawsuit filed against the American Studies Association (ASA), its executive director, and eight former ASA officers or committee members: Lisa Duggan, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Sunaina Maira, Curtis Marez, Jasbir Puar, Chandan Reddy, Steven Salaita, and Neferti Tadiar.
The definitive judgment rebukes the arguments advanced in the federal courts by four persons (Simon Bronner, Michael Rockland, Michael Barton, and Charles Kupfer) who have disputed the ASA’s endorsement of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
The decision on June 19, 2020, by two Republican appointees and one Democratic appointee, continues a string of victories for the ASA in a case it has defended since April 2016. Thomas C. Mugavero of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. argued the cause for appellees with counsel on the joint brief from Mark Allen Kleiman, and Maria C. LaHood and Shayana D. Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Background
In December 2013, with the recognition that “there is no effective or substantive academic freedom for Palestinian students and scholars under conditions of Israeli occupation” and that “Israeli institutions of higher learning are a party to Israeli state policies that violate human rights,” the ASA’s National Council endorsed “the call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.” This resolution was ratified by the ASA’s membership with a vote of 66.05% “yes,” 30.5% “no,” and 3.43% “abstain.”
The ASA has previously won dismissal of two cases in New York brought by Israeli organizations, the International Legal Forum (ILF) and Athenaeum Blue & White. (The latter was incorporated by David Abrams on the day he filed the lawsuit. Founder of the Zionist Advocacy Center, which is a registered foreign agent for the ILF, Abrams has sued a wide range of entities, including the Carter Center, the National Lawyers Guild, the City of Durham, and at least three universities. He also petitioned the IRS to revoke the charitable status of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders.)
In their lawsuits alleging ASA’s boycott resolution and activities violate state and city human rights laws, the ILF and Abrams complained that the ASA does not permit Israeli organizations to become members, despite ILF’s admission that it never attempted to apply for membership and Abrams admission that his group’s application was fulfilled by ASA. The courts ruled that these organizations, having suffered no injury, had no standing to sue the ASA. The judge in Manhattan went a step further to opine: “Moreover, even if ILF’s claims were ripe, this court strains to see how ASA’s actions, as alleged by ILF, would not be protected under ASA’s right to freedom of association.”
The United States Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Bronner, et al. v. Duggan, et al, caps a succession of rejections of the Plaintiffs’ claims and arguments in the federal courts.
In March 2017, the district court dismissed “derivative claims” brought by the Bronner, et al., who made a failed attempt to represent what they claimed were the interests of the ASA.
By February 2019, the district court dismissed all remaining claims against the ASA, including the “ultra vires” claim in which Bronner, et al., accused the ASA of violating its own express purposes and bylaws in passing, implementing, and defending the boycott resolution.
As the court noted, Bronner, et al., also claimed “that—merely by their position as ASA members—they are entitled to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars” from the ASA and individual defendants for alleged misuse related to the boycott resolution. The ASA’s successful repudiation of this claim—made by academics who, while burdening the ASA with legal fees for several years, profess to be concerned about the ASA’s well-being—has protected these resources for the interests of our organization and the concerns of our diverse membership.
New Court of Appeals Ruling
With its ruling of June 19, 2020, the Court of Appeals has thoroughly rejected the arguments of Bronner, et al, to overturn these dismissals. It twice cited Bronner, Rockland, Kupfer, and Barton for stretching the relevance of case law “too far” and elsewhere opined that “the case law does not corroborate their unsupported assertions.” It repudiated the attempts of Bronner, et al., to utilize a valid direct claim as a “Trojan horse to sneak” invalid “derivative claims past the bulwarks of the federal courts.” The Court also rejected the plaintiffs’ claims for punitive damages.
What may be of particular interest to ASA members is the court’s ruling denying the standing of Bronner, et al., to have their case heard in federal court based on the value of their alleged damages. “The Professors have provided nothing beyond a bare-bones assertion of jurisdictional sufficiency,” the judges declared, “to suggest that the monetary damages arising from their direct claims even remotely approach [the required threshold of] $75,000.” In other words, even if one took the major leap to assume that their claims were valid for the sake of argument, Bronner, et al., were deemed to have wildly overstated the maximum potential value of the damages they claimed to have suffer.
The decision by the federal Court of Appeals points out that that Bronner, et al., despite having multiple opportunities to do so, have offered no evidence that they suffered in any measurable way from decisions ASA leaders have made from the passage of the boycott resolution to the filing of their complaints. Regarding their apparent inability to identify any actual damages, the federal Court of Appeals noted:
“The Professors nowhere explain how they have suffered economic or reputational damage. They assert no loss of standing within their universities. They do not purport to have been denied tenure, promotions or other prestigious honors. Nor do they claim to have had their writings rejected by academic journals.”
This repeated failure by Bronner, et. al, moved the Court to cite a passage from a prior case: “a litigant has an obligation to spell out its arguments squarely and distinctly, or else forever hold its peace.”
Forward in this Generation
Although this victory leaves other pending litigation unresolved, the ASA will keep moving forward in these urgent times. We will continue to defend our work, our reputation, and our members who come under attack. We will continue to form principled alliances in the interests of academic freedom and social justice. Through our meetings, journal, elections, chapters, committees, caucuses, and other communications, we will continue to host dialogue, debate, and disagreement among those who value and appreciate critical and engaged scholarship that rises to the challenges of this moment in history.
We thank you for your solidarity and support.
Link to the opinion filed by Judge Henderson: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/19-7017/19-7017-2020-06-19.html
Posted for ASA Office in Member News


veteranstoday--2020-07-01--Jonas Alexis: Will BLM, NYT, CNN, Washington Post, say their names?

It was about 9:30 p.m. when several police officers got a call to go to a convenience store at South First Street and Glenfield Drive , Texas .
It was related to a 29-year-old Gabriel Cobarrubias , who “ used his car to block another vehicle that was parked at the store.
” [ 1 ] Cobarrubias , who was driving a red Infinity , was obviously asked to move his car , but he refused .
“ What are you gon na do ?
” he responded to the employee .
Cobarrubias , in order to put fear in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his two handguns and fired several rounds in the air .
He left his car running as he moved inside the store .
When officers arrived at the scene , Cobarrubias was asked to step outside the store .
However , he went back inside .
When he finally got out and hastily went back to his car , police officers obviously didn ’ t know whether he was concealing his guns or doing something crazier .
One police officer attempted to put Cobarrubias ’ arms in the driver ’ s door in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet somehow Cobarrubias managed to reverse the car , dragged the officer , ran over him , and struck another officer with the passenger door .
This was not done in a corner somewhere .
Videos of the entire event are available online .
Cobarrubias drove his car to a residential area and got out .
Police helicopters eventually caught him in a drainage pipe with his two handguns .
[ 2 ] One officer suffered a fractured bone .
“ The second officer was treated for scrapes to his arms and legs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released.
” [ 3 ] Cobarrubias had a criminal record : “ When investigators took Cobarrubias into custody , it was later found out that he had active warrants related to a burglary in Dallas County.
” The simple question again and again is this : Where are the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Atlantic , CNN , and all the other media that are ideologically perpetuating race riots in America ?
Obviously news like this do not work in their favor , therefore they ignore them completely .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ organizations like Amazon , Apple , Microsoft , the ACLU , the NAACP , the Legal Defense Fund , etc.
, are flooding anti-police organizations with money .
Do those companies care ?
Take for example Amazon .
They have completely banned E. Michael Jones ’ books .
But the same company is producing things such as The Boys , a television series which has nothing but graphic violence , rape , graphic language , adult content—we ’ re talking about pornography—and all kinds of disgusting carnages you could possibly imagine .
Producers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that young people under the age of 18 will be viewing The Boys anyway , but they attempted to appease parents by saying at the beginning of each episode : “ The following program is intended for mature audiences and contains Adult Content , Graphic Language , Graphic Violence , Nudity , Strong Sexual Content and Rape .
Viewer discretion is advised.
” The New York Times and the Guardian love the series .
[ 4 ] What we are seeing here is that on the ground , the elite are paying violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is docile to the moral and social order .
At the same time , they are working tirelessly to esthetically ruin the minds of the young , the naïve , and the very people who have been living on a steady-diet of Hollywood filth .
• [ 1 ] Tom Steele , “ Dallas man runs over Garland officer after shooting into the air at convenience store , police say , ” Dallas News , June 29 , 2020 .
• [ 3 ] Steele , “ Dallas man runs over Garland officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ store , police say , ” Dallas News , June 29 , 2020 .
• [ 4 ] Mike Hale , “ Review : ‘ The Boys ’ Deconstructs the Superhero , With a Light Touch , ” NY Times , July 26 , 2019 ; “ The Boys review – sick of superheroes ?
Here ’ s the remedy , ” Guardian , July 26 , 2019 .

It was about 9:30 p.m. when several police officers got a call to go to a convenience store at South First Street and Glenfield Drive, Texas. It was related to a 29-year-old Gabriel Cobarrubias, who “used his car to block another vehicle that was parked at the store.”[1]
Cobarrubias, who was driving a red Infinity, was obviously asked to move his car, but he refused. “What are you gonna do?” he responded to the employee. Cobarrubias, in order to put fear in the heart of the employee, grabbed his two handguns and fired several rounds in the air. He left his car running as he moved inside the store.
When officers arrived at the scene, Cobarrubias was asked to step outside the store. However, he went back inside. When he finally got out and hastily went back to his car, police officers obviously didn’t know whether he was concealing his guns or doing something crazier. One police officer attempted to put Cobarrubias’ arms in the driver’s door in order to sort of tame him.
Yet somehow Cobarrubias managed to reverse the car, dragged the officer, ran over him, and struck another officer with the passenger door. This was not done in a corner somewhere. Videos of the entire event are available online.
Cobarrubias drove his car to a residential area and got out. Police helicopters eventually caught him in a drainage pipe with his two handguns.[2] One officer suffered a fractured bone. “The second officer was treated for scrapes to his arms and legs. Neither officer’s name was released.”[3] Cobarrubias had a criminal record: “When investigators took Cobarrubias into custody, it was later found out that he had active warrants related to a burglary in Dallas County.”
The simple question again and again is this: Where are the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, CNN, and all the other media that are ideologically perpetuating race riots in America?
Obviously news like this do not work in their favor, therefore they ignore them completely. This is another reason why companies and organizations like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, the ACLU, the NAACP, the Legal Defense Fund, etc., are flooding anti-police organizations with money. Do those companies care?
Take for example Amazon. They have completely banned E. Michael Jones’ books. But the same company is producing things such as The Boys, a television series which has nothing but graphic violence, rape, graphic language, adult content—we’re talking about pornography—and all kinds of disgusting carnages you could possibly imagine. Producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen obviously know that young people under the age of 18 will be viewing The Boys anyway, but they attempted to appease parents by saying at the beginning of each episode:
“The following program is intended for mature audiences and contains Adult Content, Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content and Rape. Viewer discretion is advised.”
The New York Times and the Guardian love the series.[4] What we are seeing here is that on the ground, the elite are paying violent groups like BLM to hate anything that is docile to the moral and social order. At the same time, they are working tirelessly to esthetically ruin the minds of the young, the naïve, and the very people who have been living on a steady-diet of Hollywood filth.


veteranstoday--2020-07-01--Backfire: Trump presidency has walled America in, No one wants us (an Intel Drop)

The World Builds a Wall to Keep America Out VT : For many of us , Europe isn ’ t a disneyland of tourist crap , it ’ s where our families and friends live .
For many of us who served in the military or other capacities outside the US , we have homes in Europe , close friends and spend part of the year there .
For some of us , Europe reminds us of an America we lost .
Villages in Britain and France , the towns of Italy or as with some at VT , our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we live , where our lives are , at least to an extent .
VT is more a European publication than American .
A dozen or so writers have checked in today , all from Europe , almost anyway .
Sadly , too many Americans are so beaten down , those that know enough to understand VT , that they no longer care .
Last year , this time , I was climbing hills in Scotland with Robbie .
Today , Jane of VT Paris is getting surgery .
The list goes on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that is gone now , we are locked out and Donald Trump and Mnuchin are to blame .
We strongly suspect COVID 19 was their way of looting the Federal Reserve using a lab created virus .
As COVID mutates and becomes impossibly more infectious , as the US soars while Europe has beaten COVID , the targeting of the American people and their economy is obvious .
The massive new debt isn ’ t to save market , Americans face starvation and homelessness in millions while the MAGA-MEGA billionaires have doubled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we know it .
Being locked in , serving time in an America that is a prison , is the price we , the innocent , are paying .
From the New York Times : NY Times : You might call it poetic , if it weren ’ t so painful .
Donald Trump won the White House largely on a campaign of shutting America ’ s borders to pretty much everyone other than people of European descent .
“ Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Salvadorans and Africans .
“ We should have more people from places like Norway.
” So what should one conclude about America ’ s own proximity to Trump ’ s global latrine now that “ places like Norway ” have decided to keep their borders indefinitely closed to us ?
Among the list of nations to which Norway and the rest of Europe will soon reopen for travel are three from the continent that Trump flushed down the toilet : Algeria , Morocco and Rwanda .
Canada is also on the list @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reciprocates .
But Trump ’ s America is not , because we are nowhere close to meeting Europe ’ s criteria for reducing the spread of the coronavirus .
How successfully a society can fight a pandemic is as objective a measure of national capacity , not to mention “ greatness , ” as one is likely to find — and on this , like so much else these days , America ranks near the bottom .
I have lived in the United States for more than 30 years , and I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as naked and complete as this one .
When I look at the graphs showing American infections soaring while the virus abates in nearly every other affluent country , I feel the sting of defeat , misery and embarrassment .
As an immigrant from South Africa , I find it hard to resist seeing Europe ’ s travel dis as the ultimate comeuppance of Trump ’ s xenophobia .
Like a lot of Americans , I sometimes find myself assuming American exceptionalism — the idea that America ’ s founding ideals make us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and confer on us special credibility and insight when dealing with global crises .
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The World Builds a Wall to Keep America Out
VT: For many of us, Europe isn’t a disneyland of tourist crap, it’s where our families and friends live. For many of us who served in the military or other capacities outside the US, we have homes in Europe, close friends and spend part of the year there.
For some of us, Europe reminds us of an America we lost. Villages in Britain and France, the towns of Italy or as with some at VT, our homes in Germany, this is where we live, where our lives are, at least to an extent.
VT is more a European publication than American. A dozen or so writers have checked in today, all from Europe, almost anyway. Sadly, too many Americans are so beaten down, those that know enough to understand VT, that they no longer care.
Last year, this time, I was climbing hills in Scotland with Robbie. Today, Jane of VT Paris is getting surgery. The list goes on as we are a family.
All of that is gone now, we are locked out and Donald Trump and Mnuchin are to blame. We strongly suspect COVID 19 was their way of looting the Federal Reserve using a lab created virus.
As COVID mutates and becomes impossibly more infectious, as the US soars while Europe has beaten COVID, the targeting of the American people and their economy is obvious. The massive new debt isn’t to save market, Americans face starvation and homelessness in millions while the MAGA-MEGA billionaires have doubled their assets.
Trump did it, we know it. Being locked in, serving time in an America that is a prison, is the price we, the innocent, are paying.
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From the New York Times:
NY Times: You might call it poetic, if it weren’t so painful. Donald Trump won the White House largely on a campaign of shutting America’s borders to pretty much everyone other than people of European descent.
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” he once asked, about Haitians, Salvadorans and Africans. “We should have more people from places like Norway.”
So what should one conclude about America’s own proximity to Trump’s global latrine now that “places like Norway” have decided to keep their borders indefinitely closed to us?
Among the list of nations to which Norway and the rest of Europe will soon reopen for travel are three from the continent that Trump flushed down the toilet: Algeria, Morocco and Rwanda. Canada is also on the list. So is China, assuming it reciprocates.
But Trump’s America is not, because we are nowhere close to meeting Europe’s criteria for reducing the spread of the coronavirus. How successfully a society can fight a pandemic is as objective a measure of national capacity, not to mention “greatness,” as one is likely to find — and on this, like so much else these days, America ranks near the bottom.


veteranstoday--2020-07-02--Pakistan: EU Ban on PIA Flights Needs to be Reviewed

European Union ( EU ) and the United Kingdom have suspended the flight operations of Pakistan ’ s national carrier Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ) to and from their airports following the statement by Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan that nearly 300 PIA pilots ’ licences have been suspended , as these were fake .
The European Union Air Safety Agency ( EASA ) said that ban on the PIA flights , operating in Europe , commencing from July 1 , 2020 is for the next six months with the right to appeal against this decision , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the UK ’ s Civil Aviation Agency suspended PIA ’ s flight operations from Birmingham , London Heathrow and Manchester effective immediately .
The move followed the grounding of 262 Pakistani pilots whose licences the country ’ s Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan termed “ dubious ” , adding that almost 300 licences of PIA pilots have been suspected .
Since the announcement by minister for aviation , several countries like Vietnam , including some Gulf countries have grounded Pakistani pilots working for their airlines , but , are reviewing their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May 22 , this year , a PIA flight crashed into houses in Karachi , in which 97 people aboard the plane were martyred .
In this regard , PIA Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik conducted fair inquiry and investigators blamed two pilots , who were chatting about the coronavirus , while they first attempted to land the Airbus A320 without putting its wheels down .
In this context , a renowned newspaper pointed out on June 26 , 2020 that amid the aviation crisis , the PIA management decided to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pilots and started relieving them from flight rosters for allegedly possessing ‘ dubious licences ’ , while asking the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA ) to urgently provide the list of all those PIA pilots who allegedly had fake/suspicious commercial pilot licences—not to allow such pilots to operate flights and initiated departmental action against them .
A show-cause notice had been earlier sent to the general secretary of Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association ( Palpa ) for allegedly instigating pilots to go on strike .
PIA Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter to the director general of the CAA and a letter to the aviation division secretary , asking them to urgently provide the list of all those PIA pilots having fake/suspicious licences .
Air Marshal Malik had stated that the provision of lists of commercial pilots having fake or suspicious licences would enable the management to issue instruction for immediate action within rules and regulations in vogue .
In this respect , the show-cause notice issued to Palpa General Secretary Imran K. Narejo on June 30 , 2020 said : “ You are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days of receipt of this notice as to why disciplinary action in accordance with the company rules should not be taken against you.
” While welcoming the actions being taken against recruitment in PIA on bogus and fake degrees , Palpa demanded that the same criteria must also be applied to the management positions , whereby officers were recruited with fake or irrelevant degrees having no experience of commercial aviation .
Media reports suggest that show-cause notices had , also , been issued to the pilots having counterfeit licenses and fake degrees .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the carpet like the past practice , this shows the seriousness of the government towards flight and passenger safety .
Besides , talking to a newspaper regarding the suspension of PIA flights by EU , the spokesperson of the PIA confirmed on the same day that “ the PIA was dedicated to implement new confidence building measures which would try to get this decision reversed as soon as possible ” .
As far as the same development in the UK was concerned , the spokesperson stated that “ he had not received @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the present moment ” .
The PIA spokesperson added : “ There are over 1.6 million British Pakistanis in the UK who regularly travel to and from the UK to Pakistan .
Previously , PIA flew 25 flights to the UK every week with 7,500 passengers flying…The PIA had been allowed overflying over the European air space , besides getting a four-day breather to operate flights for the stranded Pakistanis .
A late night announcement , the PIA said its three destinations , including Oslo , Milan and Paris , would be effected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no restriction had been placed on overflying .
The PIA would be filing an appeal next week and would try to sort out the issue within the shortest possible time ” .
Notably , Prime Minister Imran Khan told the Parliament on June 30 , this year that he would reform PIA and other government institutions by saying : “ I want to tell my nation : We have no other option , reforms are inevitable.
” He directed the Ministry of Aviation on July 2 , 2020 to probe into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a report in the federal cabinet .
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan also stated that reforms aimed at restructuring PIA would be completed by the end of the year .
Meanwhile , placing safety of its passengers at the top priority , PIA is auditing pilots ’ documentations .
In this connection , the organizations having established safety and security management systems is using the Auditing Capabilities to assess their level of compliance to subscribed standards .
The qualified auditors will thoroughly evaluate the system and report their findings and observations as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performance .
Although PIA is in economic crunch , yet even this important factor has not distracted Pakistan from its motto : “ safety first and foremost ” .
Nonetheless , PIA has grounded all pilots who have even slightest suspicion of fake licence .
This has by default raised the safety of planes as well as passengers and hence must be appreciated .
Taking cognizance of these factors positively , EU ban on PIA flights needs to be reviewed immediately .
UK and some other countries should also reconsider their decisions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ self-auditing of PIA for enhanced safety ” .
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book : US vs Islamic Militants , Invisible Balance of Power : Dangerous Shift in International Relations

By Sajjad Shaukat for VT
European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom have suspended the flight operations of Pakistan’s national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to and from their airports following the statement by Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan that nearly 300 PIA pilots’ licences have been suspended, as these were fake.
The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) said that ban on the PIA flights, operating in Europe, commencing from July 1, 2020 is for the next six months with the right to appeal against this decision, as a PIA statement said.
Likewise, the UK’s Civil Aviation Agency suspended PIA’s flight operations from Birmingham, London Heathrow and Manchester effective immediately.
The move followed the grounding of 262 Pakistani pilots whose licences the country’s Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan termed “dubious”, adding that almost 300 licences of PIA pilots have been suspected.
Since the announcement by minister for aviation, several countries like Vietnam, including some Gulf countries have grounded Pakistani pilots working for their airlines, but, are reviewing their licences.
It is notable that on May 22, this year, a PIA flight crashed into houses in Karachi, in which 97 people aboard the plane were martyred.
In this regard, PIA Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik conducted fair inquiry and investigators blamed two pilots, who were chatting about the coronavirus, while they first attempted to land the Airbus A320 without putting its wheels down.
In this context, a renowned newspaper pointed out on June 26, 2020 that amid the aviation crisis, the PIA management decided to ground 150 (one-third of its) pilots and started relieving them from flight rosters for allegedly possessing ‘dubious licences’, while asking the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to urgently provide the list of all those PIA pilots who allegedly had fake/suspicious commercial pilot licences—not to allow such pilots to operate flights and initiated departmental action against them. A show-cause notice had been earlier sent to the general secretary of Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (Palpa) for allegedly instigating pilots to go on strike.
PIA Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik on June 25, this year wrote another letter to the director general of the CAA and a letter to the aviation division secretary, asking them to urgently provide the list of all those PIA pilots having fake/suspicious licences.
Air Marshal Malik had stated that the provision of lists of commercial pilots having fake or suspicious licences would enable the management to issue instruction for immediate action within rules and regulations in vogue.
In this respect, the show-cause notice issued to Palpa General Secretary Imran K. Narejo on June 30, 2020 said: “You are called upon to show cause within seven days of receipt of this notice as to why disciplinary action in accordance with the company rules should not be taken against you.”
While welcoming the actions being taken against recruitment in PIA on bogus and fake degrees, Palpa demanded that the same criteria must also be applied to the management positions, whereby officers were recruited with fake or irrelevant degrees having no experience of commercial aviation.
Media reports suggest that show-cause notices had, also, been issued to the pilots having counterfeit licenses and fake degrees.
Nevertheless, instead of sweeping the issue under the carpet like the past practice, this shows the seriousness of the government towards flight and passenger safety.
Besides, talking to a newspaper regarding the suspension of PIA flights by EU, the spokesperson of the PIA confirmed on the same day that “the PIA was dedicated to implement new confidence building measures which would try to get this decision reversed as soon as possible”. As far as the same development in the UK was concerned, the spokesperson stated that “he had not received official correspondence in that regard as of the present moment”.
The PIA spokesperson added: “There are over 1.6 million British Pakistanis in the UK who regularly travel to and from the UK to Pakistan. Previously, PIA flew 25 flights to the UK every week with 7,500 passengers flying…The PIA had been allowed overflying over the European air space, besides getting a four-day breather to operate flights for the stranded Pakistanis. A late night announcement, the PIA said its three destinations, including Oslo, Milan and Paris, would be effected by the ban of EASA, however, no restriction had been placed on overflying. The PIA would be filing an appeal next week and would try to sort out the issue within the shortest possible time”.
Notably, Prime Minister Imran Khan told the Parliament on June 30, this year that he would reform PIA and other government institutions by saying:“I want to tell my nation: We have no other option, reforms are inevitable.” He directed the Ministry of Aviation on July 2, 2020 to probe into the fake degrees of PIA pilots and present a report in the federal cabinet.
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan also stated that reforms aimed at restructuring PIA would be completed by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, placing safety of its passengers at the top priority, PIA is auditing pilots’ documentations. In this connection, the organizations having established safety and security management systems is using the Auditing Capabilities to assess their level of compliance to subscribed standards. The qualified auditors will thoroughly evaluate the system and report their findings and observations as an independent evaluation of the systems and their performance.
Although PIA is in economic crunch, yet even this important factor has not distracted Pakistan from its motto: “safety first and foremost”.
Nonetheless, PIA has grounded all pilots who have even slightest suspicion of fake licence. This has by default raised the safety of planes as well as passengers and hence must be appreciated.
Taking cognizance of these factors positively, EU ban on PIA flights needs to be reviewed immediately. UK and some other countries should also reconsider their decisions. Rather EU and these countries must encourage the “self-auditing of PIA for enhanced safety”.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations
Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com


veteranstoday--2020-07-02--US virus cases smash daily record

US virus cases smash daily record

Global infections soar as the WHO warned the pandemic is ‘ not even close to being over ’ New daily coronavirus cases in the United States soared past 50,000 for the first time Wednesday , as the World Health Organization delivered a grave warning that the global pandemic is accelerating .
Restaurants , bars and beaches in the world ’ s worst-hit nation closed from California to Florida , as states reeling from yet another surge in the deadly virus braced for Independence Day festivities .
Global infections have hit their highest level in the past week , WHO data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying new cases topped “ 160,000 on every single day.
” The grim milestone came as the European Union left the United States , Brazil and Russia off its final list of nations safe enough to allow residents to enter its borders .
AT Premium Click on the link at the top to see a live version of virus information .
Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering produced this website , which displays statistics about deaths and confirmed cases of the coronavirus , or Covid-19 .
Image : Johns Hopkins With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States alone in the past 24 hours , according to a Johns Hopkins University tally , several US states imposed 14-day quarantines on visitors in the buildup to the long weekend ’ s July 4 celebrations .
California suspended indoor dining at restaurants in Los Angeles and several counties , while New York scrapped plans to allow restaurants to seat customers inside from next week .
President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the contagion will “ at some point … sort of just disappear , I hope.
” But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen in public wearing a face mask during the pandemic added he would have “ no problem ” doing so .
EU travel ban eased The rollbacks came as the European Union reopened its borders to visitors from 15 countries .
The bloc hopes relaxing restrictions on countries from Algeria to Uruguay will breathe life into its tourism sector , choked by a ban on non-essential travel since mid-March .
Travelers from China , where the virus first emerged late last year , will be allowed to enter the EU only if Beijing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffered the most deaths globally for the last week , and is the second-worst affected country overall – was excluded entirely .
It topped 60,000 total fatalities Wednesday , after suffering 1,000 deaths in only 24 hours .
However , with more than 10 million known infections worldwide and more than 500,000 deaths , the pandemic is “ not even close to being over , ” the WHO warned .
Data provided by the UN health agency for the seven days from June 25-July 1 showed the highest number of new daily cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when more than 189,500 new cases were registered worldwide .
‘ Dutch brothels reopen ’ According to the United Nations , the coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from $ 1.2 to $ 3.3 trillion in lost revenue .
Greece , which has suffered fewer than 200 virus deaths , has seen its economy hit hard by lockdowns and travel restrictions , all but ending its lucrative tourism season before it began .
Romanian Cojan Dragos was “ the first tourist ” in one Corfu hotel after driving there with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the whole hotel just for us , ” he said .
Separately , Spain and Portugal held a ceremony as they reopened their land border .
The Netherlands also confirmed the reopening Wednesday of another tourist draw – its brothels and red-light districts .
“ I ’ m totally booked , ” said sex worker Foxxy , adding that she had held a “ little party ” when she heard restrictions would be lifted .
Russia did not make the EU ’ s list of approved countries , so its citizens will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tourist hot-spots .
The country , however , enjoyed a public holiday Wednesday as it voted in a referendum to approve constitutional changes allowing President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 16 years .
Putin was forced to postpone the vote in April as his government tackled an outbreak that has infected almost 650,000 people , the third-highest in the world .
In other countries , clusters are still causing problems .
Parts of the Australian city of Melbourne suffered sharp rises in infections , spurring new stay-at-home measures .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the West Bank after a surge in confirmed cases .
And textile factories in the central British city of Leicester were suggested as the reason for a spike in infections that has prompted the reimposition of local restrictions .
Americas spike In the United States , spikes across southern and western states are driving a surge in national infections .
Texas , which again smashed its daily Covid-19 record with more than 8,000 new cases , joined Florida and California in closing some beaches for the upcoming holiday weekend .
Apple announced it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday , half of them in California .
A further 700 deaths nationwide took the US past 128,000 deaths in total .
The Pan American Health Organization warned that the death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could quadruple to more than 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures .
The US government announced this week it had bought 92 % of all remdesivir production – the first drug to be shown to be relatively effective in treating Covid-19 .
Britain and Germany , however , said Wednesday they had sufficient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ baby ’ In Britain , some 1,500 acts from Ed Sheeran and Coldplay to Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones urged the county ’ s government to save the live music industry , which has been collapsing because of the coronavirus .
But while lockdown measures have been a disaster for many , some have welcomed the chance to spend more quality time with hard-working partners .

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Asia Times
US virus cases smash daily record
Global infections soar as the WHO warned the pandemic is ‘not even close to being over’
New daily coronavirus cases in the United States soared past 50,000 for the first time Wednesday, as the World Health Organization delivered a grave warning that the global pandemic is accelerating.
Restaurants, bars and beaches in the world’s worst-hit nation closed from California to Florida, as states reeling from yet another surge in the deadly virus braced for Independence Day festivities.
Global infections have hit their highest level in the past week, WHO data showed, with chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying new cases topped “160,000 on every single day.”
The grim milestone came as the European Union left the United States, Brazil and Russia off its final list of nations safe enough to allow residents to enter its borders.
AT Premium
Click on the link at the top to see a live version of virus information. Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering produced this website, which displays statistics about deaths and confirmed cases of the coronavirus, or Covid-19. Image: Johns Hopkins
With more than 52,000 new Covid-19 cases in the United States alone in the past 24 hours, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, several US states imposed 14-day quarantines on visitors in the buildup to the long weekend’s July 4 celebrations.
California suspended indoor dining at restaurants in Los Angeles and several counties, while New York scrapped plans to allow restaurants to seat customers inside from next week.
President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the contagion will “at some point … sort of just disappear, I hope.”
But the US leader who has yet to be seen in public wearing a face mask during the pandemic added he would have “no problem” doing so.
EU travel ban eased
The rollbacks came as the European Union reopened its borders to visitors from 15 countries.
The bloc hopes relaxing restrictions on countries from Algeria to Uruguay will breathe life into its tourism sector, choked by a ban on non-essential travel since mid-March.
Travelers from China, where the virus first emerged late last year, will be allowed to enter the EU only if Beijing reciprocates.
And Brazil – which has suffered the most deaths globally for the last week, and is the second-worst affected country overall – was excluded entirely.
It topped 60,000 total fatalities Wednesday, after suffering 1,000 deaths in only 24 hours.
However, with more than 10 million known infections worldwide and more than 500,000 deaths, the pandemic is “not even close to being over,” the WHO warned.
Data provided by the UN health agency for the seven days from June 25-July 1 showed the highest number of new daily cases ever recorded came on June 28, when more than 189,500 new cases were registered worldwide.
‘Dutch brothels reopen’
According to the United Nations, the coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from $1.2 to $3.3 trillion in lost revenue.
Greece, which has suffered fewer than 200 virus deaths, has seen its economy hit hard by lockdowns and travel restrictions, all but ending its lucrative tourism season before it began.
Romanian Cojan Dragos was “the first tourist” in one Corfu hotel after driving there with his wife and daughter.
“We have the whole hotel just for us,” he said.
Separately, Spain and Portugal held a ceremony as they reopened their land border.
The Netherlands also confirmed the reopening Wednesday of another tourist draw – its brothels and red-light districts.
“I’m totally booked,” said sex worker Foxxy, adding that she had held a “little party” when she heard restrictions would be lifted.
Clusters spur new lockdowns
Russia did not make the EU’s list of approved countries, so its citizens will be absent from the bloc’s tourist hot-spots.
The country, however, enjoyed a public holiday Wednesday as it voted in a referendum to approve constitutional changes allowing President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 16 years.
Putin was forced to postpone the vote in April as his government tackled an outbreak that has infected almost 650,000 people, the third-highest in the world.
In other countries, clusters are still causing problems.
Parts of the Australian city of Melbourne suffered sharp rises in infections, spurring new stay-at-home measures.
The Palestinian Authority announced a five-day lockdown across the West Bank after a surge in confirmed cases.
And textile factories in the central British city of Leicester were suggested as the reason for a spike in infections that has prompted the reimposition of local restrictions.
Americas spike
In the United States, spikes across southern and western states are driving a surge in national infections.
Texas, which again smashed its daily Covid-19 record with more than 8,000 new cases, joined Florida and California in closing some beaches for the upcoming holiday weekend.
Apple announced it would close another 30 US stores on Thursday, half of them in California.
A further 700 deaths nationwide took the US past 128,000 deaths in total.
The Pan American Health Organization warned that the death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could quadruple to more than 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures.
The US government announced this week it had bought 92% of all remdesivir production – the first drug to be shown to be relatively effective in treating Covid-19.
Britain and Germany, however, said Wednesday they had sufficient stocks of the drug.
‘Corona baby’
In Britain, some 1,500 acts from Ed Sheeran and Coldplay to Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones urged the county’s government to save the live music industry, which has been collapsing because of the coronavirus.
But while lockdown measures have been a disaster for many, some have welcomed the chance to spend more quality time with hard-working partners.