veteranstoday--2020-07-30--The Syrian Diaries: 9 Years of War, a Documentary (25m watch)

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veteranstoday--2020-07-30--War? Trump Threatens to delay election of imaginary voter fraud (as predicted by VT)

The dates of federal elections are set by Congress , and the Constitution makes no provisions for a delay to the Jan. 20 , 2021 presidential inauguration .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Could this move be the stupid Donald Trump we have always thought him to be ( crafty yes , but stupid ) , because he can not control his recklessness ?
This is the top story all over the world today .
Trump has done what no President has ever done .
His feint , thinking he was showing how smart is he , was to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a delay of the election on November 3rd is .. ’ duh ’ …canceling it .
If he can cancel the scheduled Nov 3rd one , then he can cancel the January 20th one .
Gosh , this sounds kind of like the attitude we have been getting from the Trump White House all along and his Opus Dei gang , with Robert Barr that head of that effort .
This is a White House coup against Congress , which actually runs the election , and the Constitution .
How does this make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is quite clear , the obstruction of an election to buy time to reverse what is going to happen .
Trump was never cleared in his impeachment .
It never went to trial in the Senate , which refused to have a trial .
Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War , as did Roosevelt .
What could trump their being able to hold an election even during War ?
Would it be the fact that Trump is behind 10 points in the polls , and that is a danger to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cabinet members going to not resign , and effectively join the coup ?
How about General Milley at the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and Esper at the Pentagon ?
Are they going to go along with ‘ delaying ’ the election ?
Would the command structure still follow their orders ?
What do we do when a president who has no power to cancel an election insists that he does ?
Should he be taken into custody , and those around him ?
Would that put Pence in charge , while Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ box ’ ?
VT has long editorialized that , despite our long history of imperfect governments , we have never had gangsters at the helm .
Will Hannity hang in there with him ?
Will Fox News ?
Will they rick their reputation when they also have a long way to fall ?
Let me know what you think in the comments … Jim W. Dean ]

The dates of federal elections are set by Congress, and the Constitution makes no provisions for a delay to the Jan. 20, 2021 presidential inauguration.
[ Editor’s Note: Could this move be the stupid Donald Trump we have always thought him to be (crafty yes, but stupid), because he cannot control his recklessness? This is the top story all over the world today.
Trump has done what no President has ever done. His feint, thinking he was showing how smart is he, was to declare a ‘delay’. But a delay of the election on November 3rd is ..’duh’…canceling it. If he can cancel the scheduled Nov 3rd one, then he can cancel the January 20th one. Gosh, this sounds kind of like the attitude we have been getting from the Trump White House all along and his Opus Dei gang, with Robert Barr the head of that effort.
This is a White House coup against Congress, which actually runs the election, and the Constitution. How does this make his cabinet look? The framing for this is quite clear, the obstruction of an election to buy time to reverse what is going to happen.
Trump was never cleared in his impeachment. It never went to trial in the Senate, which refused to have a trial. Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War, as did Roosevelt. So what could justify Trump’s wanting a delay when were are not even at war? Would it be the fact that Trump is behind 10 points in the polls, and that is a danger to the country?
Are all of his cabinet members going to not resign, and effectively join the coup?
How about General Milley at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Esper at the Pentagon? Are they going to go along with ‘delaying’ the election? Would the command structure still follow their orders?
What do we do when a president who has no power to cancel an election insists that he does? Should he be taken into custody, and those around him? Would that put Pence in charge, while Trump was sent to the ‘time out box’?
VT has long editorialized that, despite our long history of imperfect governments, we have never had gangsters at the helm.
Will Hannity hang in there with him? Will Fox News? Will they risk their reputation when they also have a long way to fall? Let me know what you think in the comments … Jim W. Dean ]


veteranstoday--2020-07-30--CT Scans Reveal Surprising Contents in Miniature Egyptian Mummies

For almost half a century , researchers at the Haifa Museums in Israel thought that a pair of miniature Egyptian mummies housed in their collections contained human hearts .
But when museum staff brought the sarcophagi to a local hospital for a computerized tomography ( CT ) scan last month , they realized the ancient wrappings actually concealed the remains of a bird and a wad of grain and mud , reports Rossella Tercatin for the Jerusalem Post .
The mummified bird is probably a falcon .
Interestingly , it appears to be missing a key body part : namely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knows why , ” Marcia Javitt , head of medical imaging at the Rambam Health Care Campus , where a team scanned the mummies on June 29 , tells Live Science ’ s Laura Geggel .
The bird is also missing several organs .
Its neck is broken—an injury that probably occurred after death , according to Javitt .
Aside from the fact that the artifacts are Egyptian and between 2,500 and 3,000 years old , experts know little about their history and provenance , says Ron Hillel , registrar and head of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Live Science .
The so-called grain mummy measures around 18 inches long , while the other is closer to 10 inches long .
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CT Scans Reveal Miniature Mummies’ Surprising Contents
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
For almost half a century, researchers at the Haifa Museums in Israel thought that a pair of miniature Egyptian mummies housed in their collections contained human hearts. But when museum staff brought the sarcophagi to a local hospital for a computerized tomography (CT) scan last month, they realized the ancient wrappings actually concealed the remains of a bird and a wad of grain and mud, reports Rossella Tercatin for the Jerusalem Post.
The mummified bird is probably a falcon. Interestingly, it appears to be missing a key body part: namely, its left leg.
“Nobody knows why,” Marcia Javitt, head of medical imaging at the Rambam Health Care Campus, where a team scanned the mummies on June 29, tells Live Science’s Laura Geggel.
The bird is also missing several organs. Its neck is broken—an injury that probably occurred after death, according to Javitt.
Aside from the fact that the artifacts are Egyptian and between 2,500 and 3,000 years old, experts know little about their history and provenance, says Ron Hillel, registrar and head of collection management at the Haifa Museums, to Live Science. The so-called grain mummy measures around 18 inches long, while the other is closer to 10 inches long.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-30--Seth Rogen: Israel’s existence “makes no sense”

Hollywood actor Seth Rogen has recently stirred the Zionist pot by saying that Israel ’ s existence simply “ makes no sense ” at all .
“ If it is for truly the preservation of Jewish people , it makes no sense , because again , you don ’ t keep something you ’ re trying to preserve all in one place – especially when that place is proven to be pretty volatile , you know ?
” [ 1 ] Rogen is not saying that Israel needs to be annihilated .
No , he is positing the claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the blood of Palestinian men , women and children .
Rogen is obviously right in line with Israeli and Zionist historians such as Benny Morris .
As we have written in the past , Morris declared unflinchingly that “ A Jewish state would not have come into being without the uprooting of 700,000 Palestinians .
Therefore it was necessary to uproot them .
There was no choice but to expel that population .
It was necessary to cleanse the hinterland and cleanse the border areas and cleanse the main roads .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which our convoys and our settlements were fired on.
” [ 2 ] When Morris looked at archival documents , he even found that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinians .
Morris admitted : “ To my surprise , there were also many cases of rape .
In the months of April-May 1948 , units of the Haganah [ the pre-state defense force that was the precursor of the IDF ] were given operational orders that stated explicitly that they were to uproot the villagers , expel them and destroy the villages themselves.
” [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May [ 1948 ] , a 12-year-old girl was raped by two Haganah soldiers ; there were also a number of attempted rapes .
There was widespread institutional and private looting by Haganah and IZL [ National Military Organization or Irgun ] troops and Tel Aviv citizens who infiltrated the town , there was robbery on the roads by patrolling Jewish troops and there was widespread vandalisation of property .
In general , the inhabitants complained , they were ‘ being incessantly molested.
’ “ The looting was so bad that Chizik appealed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May ordered the IZL and the Haganah to obey Chizik ’ s instructions .
A senior Kiryati officer , Zvi Aurbach , made a point of washing his hands of any responsibility for property in Jaffa .
On 25 May , on official reported : “ ‘ During the whole day I walked about the streets…I saw soldiers , civilians , military police , battalion police , looting , robbing , while breaking through doors and walls… ’ ” [ 4 ] There were reports suggesting that the Jewish terrorist group Irgun or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girls and murdered them afterward.
” [ 5 ] “ During the summer four village women were raped and murdered by IDF soldiers .
In August , some inhabitants were forced by the IDF to flee ; the remainder fled the following month , after an IDF raid in which 20 were killed and 20 buildings demolished.
” [ 6 ] At one point , “ One Haganah soldier twice attempted to rape a 20-year-old woman prisoner .
Abu shusha ’ s remaining inhabitants were expelled , apparently on 21 May.
” [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The 9th Battalion troops killed a large number of villagers , apparently executing dozens of army-age males .
They appear also to have raped and murdered a teenage girl .
The same day , the inhabitants of neighbouring Sumsum and Najd , to the west , were driven out.
” [ 8 ] So Rogen was absolutely on target .
And he was not perpetuating propaganda this time at all , as Israeli journalists like Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll have incestuously argued .
[ 9 ] Rogen moved on to say : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a huge amount of lies about Israel my entire life .
They never tell you that – oh by the way , there were people there .
They make it seem like it was just like sitting there , like the fucking door ’ s open !
… They forget to include the fact to every young Jewish person.
” [ 10 ] This is largely the cause of anti-Jewish reaction around the world , particularly around the Arab or Muslim world .
It ’ s not that people somehow have an abiding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that Israel is allowed to do virtually whatever they want in the Middle East without any severe punishment .
• [ 1 ] Roisin O ’ Connor , “ Seth Rogen says he was fed ‘ huge amount of lies ’ about Israel , ” Independent , July 29 , 2020 .
• [ 2 ] Ari Shavit , “ Survival of the Fittest : An Interview with Benny Morris , ” Counterpunch , May 23 , 2010 .
• [ 4 ] Benny Morris , The Birth of the Palestinian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University Press , 2004 ) , 210-211 .
• [ 9 ] Keith Griffith and Emily Crane , “ ’ Should nine million Israelis just turn off the lights and call it quits ?
’ Supporters of Israel slam Seth Rogen for saying he was ‘ fed a huge amount of lies ’ about the state ’ s creation , ” Daily Mail , July 30 , 2020 .
• [ 10 ] O ’ Connor , “ Seth Rogen says he was fed ‘ huge amount of lies ’ about Israel .
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Hollywood actor Seth Rogen has recently stirred the Zionist pot by saying that Israel’s existence simply “makes no sense” at all. “If it is for truly the preservation of Jewish people, it makes no sense, because again, you don’t keep something you’re trying to preserve all in one place – especially when that place is proven to be pretty volatile, you know?”[1]
Rogen is not saying that Israel needs to be annihilated. No, he is positing the claim that Israel’s existence was born out of the blood of Palestinian men, women and children. Rogen is obviously right in line with Israeli and Zionist historians such as Benny Morris. As we have written in the past, Morris declared unflinchingly that
“A Jewish state would not have come into being without the uprooting of 700,000 Palestinians. Therefore it was necessary to uproot them. There was no choice but to expel that population. It was necessary to cleanse the hinterland and cleanse the border areas and cleanse the main roads. It was necessary to cleanse the villages from which our convoys and our settlements were fired on.”[2]
When Morris looked at archival documents, he even found that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinians. Morris admitted: “To my surprise, there were also many cases of rape. In the months of April-May 1948, units of the Haganah [the pre-state defense force that was the precursor of the IDF] were given operational orders that stated explicitly that they were to uproot the villagers, expel them and destroy the villages themselves.”[3]
Morris continued:
“On 14 or 15 May [1948], a 12-year-old girl was raped by two Haganah soldiers; there were also a number of attempted rapes. There was widespread institutional and private looting by Haganah and IZL [National Military Organization or Irgun] troops and Tel Aviv citizens who infiltrated the town, there was robbery on the roads by patrolling Jewish troops and there was widespread vandalisation of property. In general, the inhabitants complained, they were ‘being incessantly molested.’
“The looting was so bad that Chizik appealed directly to Ben-Gurion, who on 22 May ordered the IZL and the Haganah to obey Chizik’s instructions. A senior Kiryati officer, Zvi Aurbach, made a point of washing his hands of any responsibility for property in Jaffa. On 25 May, on official reported:
“‘During the whole day I walked about the streets…I saw soldiers, civilians, military police, battalion police, looting, robbing, while breaking through doors and walls…’”[4]
There were reports suggesting that the Jewish terrorist group Irgun or IZL “raped a number of Arab girls and murdered them afterward.”[5] “During the summer four village women were raped and murdered by IDF soldiers. In August, some inhabitants were forced by the IDF to flee; the remainder fled the following month, after an IDF raid in which 20 were killed and 20 buildings demolished.”[6]
At one point, “One Haganah soldier twice attempted to rape a 20-year-old woman prisoner. Abu shusha’s remaining inhabitants were expelled, apparently on 21 May.”[7] During the same month,
“The 9th Battalion troops killed a large number of villagers, apparently executing dozens of army-age males. They appear also to have raped and murdered a teenage girl. The same day, the inhabitants of neighbouring Sumsum and Najd, to the west, were driven out.”[8]
So Rogen was absolutely on target. And he was not perpetuating propaganda this time at all, as Israeli journalists like Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll have incestuously argued.[9] Rogen moved on to say:
“As a Jewish person I was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel my entire life. They never tell you that – oh by the way, there were people there. They make it seem like it was just like sitting there, like the fucking door’s open!… They forget to include the fact to every young Jewish person.”[10]
This is largely the cause of anti-Jewish reaction around the world, particularly around the Arab or Muslim world. It’s not that people somehow have an abiding hatred toward Jews. It is simply the fact that Israel is allowed to do virtually whatever they want in the Middle East without any severe punishment.


veteranstoday--2020-07-30--Russia strongly supports cancelling US Election to keep Puppet Trump in Office

Moscow : Mail-in voting threatens to make the November election the “ most inaccurate & fraudulent ” in US history , so the nation may be better off simply postponing it , President Donald Trump has suggested in a tweet .
“ It will be a great embarrassment to the USA .
Delay the election until people can properly , securely and safely vote , ” he wrote .
Sharing his ongoing concerns over mail-in voting , Trump raised the possibility of delaying the election “ until people can properly , securely and safely vote.
” It comes as Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remote voting system , which is being increasingly employed across the US to accommodate the looming election to the coronavirus pandemic .
In 2016 , just five states – Colorado , Hawaii , Oregon , Utah , and Washington – conducted all-mail voting and 29 accepted no-excuse absentee voting .
Five more states – California , Montana , Nevada , New Jersey and Vermont – are set to join in this year , and around 17 states are going to send mail-in voting applications to every registered voter .
Trump has repeatedly suggested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allow Democrats to damage his re-election chances this year .
He claimed last week , for instance , that foreign governments would counterfeit “ millions ” of mail-in ballots .
Attorney General William Barr , the president ’ s ally , floated the same theory last month .
When pressed on his comments on Tuesday , he told a House Judiciary Committee he had no evidence that foreign countries could successfully rig US elections with forged ballots but insisted it was “ common sense ” that they would try to do so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are automatically sent to every voter , including inactive ones and those with invalid registrations , this opens the door to rampant fraud The US president appears to be considering an idea that just a few months ago he angrily dismissed .
In April , his presumed Democratic rival Joe Biden claimed the incumbent would “ try to kick back the election somehow.
” Trump responded with an angry rebuke , calling it “ made-up propaganda , ” and adding : “ I never even thought of changing the date of the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November 3 .
It ’ s a good number .
No , I look forward to that election.
” Since April , Trump has apparently lost ground to Biden in terms of popularity as the US drags through the Covid-19 pandemic and an unprecedented economic slowdown .
Both nationally and in battleground states , the president currently lags behind the former vice president , according to pollsters .
A spokesman for Trump ’ s re-election campaign later said the president was simply raising the question of a potential delay .
“ The President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting , ” Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN .
Trump has already questioned the security of mail-in voting on numerous occasions .
In May , he launched into a heated quarrel with Twitter after the platform marked some of his posts expressing concerns over potential election fraud with a “ fact-check ” note suggesting people click it and learn “ facts ” about the practice .
ALSO ON RT.COMTrump accuses Twitter of election meddling after it bows to outrage mob & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots Regardless of what Trump and Biden think of a potential postponement , the election date is mandated by federal statute and altering it would require an act of Congress , where Democrats currently control the House .

RT: Trump moots delaying 2020 election over mail-in poll concerns ‘until people can properly, securely & safely vote’
Moscow: Mail-in voting threatens to make the November election the “most inaccurate & fraudulent” in US history, so the nation may be better off simply postponing it, President Donald Trump has suggested in a tweet.
“It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the election until people can properly, securely and safely vote,” he wrote.
Sharing his ongoing concerns over mail-in voting, Trump raised the possibility of delaying the election “until people can properly, securely and safely vote.”
It comes as Trump’s strongest attack yet on the remote voting system, which is being increasingly employed across the US to accommodate the looming election to the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2016, just five states – Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington – conducted all-mail voting and 29 accepted no-excuse absentee voting.
Five more states – California, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey and Vermont – are set to join in this year, and around 17 states are going to send mail-in voting applications to every registered voter.
Trump has repeatedly suggested that mail-in voting would invite fraud and allow Democrats to damage his re-election chances this year. He claimed last week, for instance, that foreign governments would counterfeit “millions” of mail-in ballots.
Attorney General William Barr, the president’s ally, floated the same theory last month. When pressed on his comments on Tuesday, he told a House Judiciary Committee he had no evidence that foreign countries could successfully rig US elections with forged ballots but insisted it was “common sense” that they would try to do so.
Republicans also argue that if the ballots are automatically sent to every voter, including inactive ones and those with invalid registrations, this opens the door to rampant fraud
The US president appears to be considering an idea that just a few months ago he angrily dismissed. In April, his presumed Democratic rival Joe Biden claimed the incumbent would “try to kick back the election somehow.”
Trump responded with an angry rebuke, calling it “made-up propaganda,” and adding: “I never even thought of changing the date of the election. Why would I do that? November 3. It’s a good number. No, I look forward to that election.”
Since April, Trump has apparently lost ground to Biden in terms of popularity as the US drags through the Covid-19 pandemic and an unprecedented economic slowdown. Both nationally and in battleground states, the president currently lags behind the former vice president, according to pollsters.
A spokesman for Trump’s re-election campaign later said the president was simply raising the question of a potential delay.
“The President is just raising a question about the chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting,” Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN.
Trump has already questioned the security of mail-in voting on numerous occasions. In May, he launched into a heated quarrel with Twitter after the platform marked some of his posts expressing concerns over potential election fraud with a “fact-check” note suggesting people click it and learn “facts” about the practice.
Regardless of what Trump and Biden think of a potential postponement, the election date is mandated by federal statute and altering it would require an act of Congress, where Democrats currently control the House.


veteranstoday--2020-07-30--Must See: Nursing Home Residents Recreate Iconic Album Covers!

Four months into COVID-19 lockdowns , staffers at senior care homes are coming up with increasingly innovative ways to fill residents ’ time .
In Edgeware , England , for instance , activities manager Robert Speker has been collaborating with seniors quarantined at Sydmar Lodge Care Home to recreate an array of iconic album covers .
As Laurel Wamsley reports for NPR , chosen albums range from Elvis Presley ’ s self-titled debut to Madonna ’ s True Blue and Adele ’ s 21 .
One remake features resident Sheila Solomon wielding a cane in a mirror image of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; Roma Cohen ’ s version of David Bowie ’ s Aladdin Sane , meanwhile , finds her donning the artist ’ s famous lightning bolt makeup .
Speker shared the images on Twitter earlier this month , and they quickly went viral .
“ It ’ s pretty overwhelming , unbelievable .
The lovely thing is the response , ” Speker tells the BBC ’ s Gaby Roslin .
“ The response has been so positive and to know that the residents and I have done this project that has actually created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way out of London … it ’ s kind of crazy when I think about it.
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Nursing Home Residents Recreate Iconic Album Covers During Lockdown
by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
Four months into COVID-19 lockdowns, staffers at senior care homes are coming up with increasingly innovative ways to fill residents’ time. In Edgeware, England, for instance, activities manager Robert Speker has been collaborating with seniors quarantined at Sydmar Lodge Care Home to recreate an array of iconic album covers.
As Laurel Wamsley reports for NPR, chosen albums range from Elvis Presley’s self-titled debut to Madonna’s True Blue and Adele’s 21. One remake features resident Sheila Solomon wielding a cane in a mirror image of the Clash’s guitar-smashing London Calling cover; Roma Cohen’s version of David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, meanwhile, finds her donning the artist’s famous lightning bolt makeup. Speker shared the images on Twitter earlier this month, and they quickly went viral.
“It’s pretty overwhelming, unbelievable. The lovely thing is the response,” Speker tells the BBC’s Gaby Roslin. “The response has been so positive and to know that the residents and I have done this project that has actually created smiles, that has spread all the way out of London … it’s kind of crazy when I think about it.”
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veteranstoday--2020-07-30--Unreported Coronavirus Outbreaks: Food Suppliers Ordered to Close

Health Editor ’ s Note : With not reporting coronavirus outbreaks , three food companies have earned the ‘ right ’ to be closed .
Issues have a way of coming out , especially when effort is made to cover them up .
With the COVID-19 pandemic , we can not ignore clusters of coronavirus infections because , well , they will quickly give way to increased outbreaks and on and on and on .
The highly contagious nature of this coronavirus makes any effort to ignore it , futile .
I wonder if this will keep us from getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California food suppliers ordered to close after coronavirus outbreaks go unreported Los Angeles health officials ordered three area food suppliers to shutter over unreported coronavirus outbreaks among their workers .
S & S Foods in Azusa , California , was told to close after 58 employees tested positive for coronavirus , KTLA reported .
The order also included Mission Foods Corp. in Commerce , where 40 tested positive , and Golden State Foods Corp. in City of Industry , where 43 tested positive , according to KTLA .
They have significant outbreaks amongst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were not notified , as we ’ re required to be notified , once they had their three cases , ” LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Monday , according to KTLA .
“ Our inspector asked them to make some modifications to really enhance their infection control protocols at all three sites.
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Health Editor’s Note: With not reporting coronavirus outbreaks, three food companies have earned the ‘right’ to be closed. Issues have a way of coming out, especially when effort is made to cover them up. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot ignore clusters of coronavirus infections because, well, they will quickly give way to increased outbreaks and on and on and on. The highly contagious nature of this coronavirus makes any effort to ignore it, futile. I wonder if this will keep us from getting that next Big Mac?….Carol
3 California food suppliers ordered to close after coronavirus outbreaks go unreported
by Evie Fordham/Fox Business
Los Angeles health officials ordered three area food suppliers to shutter over unreported coronavirus outbreaks among their workers.
S & S Foods in Azusa, California, was told to close after 58 employees tested positive for coronavirus, KTLA reported. The order also included Mission Foods Corp. in Commerce, where 40 tested positive, and Golden State Foods Corp. in City of Industry, where 43 tested positive, according to KTLA. They have significant outbreaks amongst their employees, [and] we were not notified, as we’re required to be notified, once they had their three cases,” LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Monday, according to KTLA. “Our inspector asked them to make some modifications to really enhance their infection control protocols at all three sites.” Golden State Foods is one of McDonald’s largest suppliers. Read More:
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013


veteranstoday--2020-07-31--Portland Peaceful as Federal Thugs and Fake Demonstrators (police) Withdraw

VT : The attack on the courthouse was entirely staged by Portland police and paid provocateurs working for the GOP .
We can prove it and know it is now under investigation .
Trump sent in illegal DHS thugs and the GOP brought in dozens of paid agitators in an attempt to turn a BLM protest into something that could be used to save his hopeless reelection campaign .
He is going to have to turn to the Mossad and Federalist ( Bolshevik ) Society again .
Guardian : Protesters in support of Black Lives Matter once again rallied near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the scene of nightly battles amid the swirl of tear gas , after Donald Trump dispatched agents to end what he called anarchy in the city after weeks of demonstrations .
But in the absence of the federal officers , Thursday night ’ s protest passed off without major incident or intervention by the police .
On Wednesday , Oregon ’ s governor , Kate Brown , agreed with the White House that the state police would take over responsibility for guarding the courthouse after weeks of escalating protests .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” were behaving like an occupying army in Portland and provoking unrest with heavy-handed tactics .
In contrast , the state troopers did not intervene even when the scale of the protest on Thursday night passed the point , as demonstrators shook the fence around the courthouse , at which in early demonstrations the federal agents generally fired tear gas , stun grenades and baton rounds .
In the absence of confrontation , and with the state police remaining largely unseen inside the courthouse , tensions quickly eased .
Without the federal forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the focus on Black Lives Matters and reform of the Portland police .
Some in the crowd worked to avoid trouble by stopping demonstrators from lighting fires and shooting fireworks at the courthouse as they had done on previous nights .
Dan Thomas , an African American man , stood in the street shouting at people not to cause a confrontation with the state police .
“ Attacking the federal building is not Black Lives Matter .
Leave it alone .
You ’ re playing into Trump ’ s hands , ” he @ @

VT: The attack on the courthouse was entirely staged by Portland police and paid provocateurs working for the GOP. We can prove it and know it is now under investigation.
Trump sent in illegal DHS thugs and the GOP brought in dozens of paid agitators in an attempt to turn a BLM protest into something that could be used to save his hopeless reelection campaign.
He is going to have to turn to the Mossad and Federalist (Bolshevik) Society again.
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1289186917733396480?s=20
Portland activists are trying to remind people it's still about #BlackLivesMatter and police brutality https://t.co/itdOFQGhjg — Teressa Raiford (@TeressaLRaiford) July 31, 2020 Guardian: Protesters in support of Black Lives Matter once again rallied near the federal courthouse that became a flashpoint, and the scene of nightly battles amid the swirl of tear gas, after Donald Trump dispatched agents to end what he called anarchy in the city after weeks of demonstrations. Portland protest mostly peaceful as state and local officers replace federal agents
https://t.co/GMAnld7g59 — CBS News (@CBSNews) July 31, 2020 But in the absence of the federal officers, Thursday night’s protest passed off without major incident or intervention by the police. But I was told the protestors would burn the courthouse down once the Feds left. Turns out, the protests died down when the agitators – the Feds – left. It's almost like Trump was the chaos agent. https://t.co/p6SgfKuV1e — Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) July 31, 2020 On Wednesday, Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown, agreed with the White House that the state police would take over responsibility for guarding the courthouse after weeks of escalating protests. She said that “Trump’s troops” were behaving like an occupying army in Portland and provoking unrest with heavy-handed tactics. NEW TONIGHT: Feds say lawbreakers and agitators are masquerading as journalists at the Portland protests, ask judge to dissolve order protecting press. Move comes 1 day after deal w/state to takeover courthouse perimeter https://t.co/uhbn1t4Bvg — Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 31, 2020 In contrast, the state troopers did not intervene even when the scale of the protest on Thursday night passed the point, as demonstrators shook the fence around the courthouse, at which in early demonstrations the federal agents generally fired tear gas, stun grenades and baton rounds. Federal agents made the most of their last night in Portland as they were "poised to leave," unleashing several rounds of gas and a cloud of pepper spray on the crowd of protestors, who were dancing and celebrating their small victory. https://t.co/bF1NnBd2kn — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) July 31, 2020 In the absence of confrontation, and with the state police remaining largely unseen inside the courthouse, tensions quickly eased. Without the federal forces to draw attention, protest organisers kept the focus on Black Lives Matters and reform of the Portland police. Portland protest day 63 pic.twitter.com/SbH2sl47ml — Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 31, 2020 Some in the crowd worked to avoid trouble by stopping demonstrators from lighting fires and shooting fireworks at the courthouse as they had done on previous nights.
Dan Thomas, an African American man, stood in the street shouting at people not to cause a confrontation with the state police. “Attacking the federal building is not Black Lives Matter. Leave it alone. You’re playing into Trump’s hands,” he said. Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal troops https://t.co/IBhidXodBs — The Guardian (@guardian) July 31, 2020 *


veteranstoday--2020-07-31--GAMMA RADIATION IN AMERICA 2020.9

GAMMA RADIATION IN AMERICA 2020.9

US Gamma Radiation measuring devices screamed UP earlier in the week .
Gamma Radiation had shot up .
Confidence is High .
This is not a Drill .
The initial Gamma Radiation increase was from a troubled Russian reactor in NE Europe .
Typically that Jet Stream radiation is time limited and the Jet Stream just moves on at about 400 mph .
The time is gone for the Gamma radiation level to return to the “ regular Elevated level.
” The Gamma radiation measurements are still increasing .
I am at a loss for guidance in this unique situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to tell you .
Q : Is it Dangerous .
A : You bet ’ cha .
1 .
The Radiation charts and graphs of the EPA .
Individual queries can be built at the EPA RadNet Query Builder 2 .
The EPA based reporting of NETC dot com , an LLC .
3 .
These stations ’ Radiation equals Total Gamma Radiation .
Gamma Radiation Monitors are reporting publicly at all these locations .
CPM .
“ Although we can ’ t see it , taste it , smell it or hear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its effects .
One way to measure radiation which the United States Environmental Protection Agency [ EPA ] has chosen to use on its radiation websites is in Counts Per Minute or CPM .
Each Count is One Radioactive Decay.
” Quote from the ‘ Your Radiation This Week ’ Apr 3 , 2015 4 .
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant suspended for regular repair https : //armenpress.am/eng/news/1020323.html 5 .
Get VVER V-270 essential facts below .
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s=VVER_V-270 This was the weaponized nuke plant and its history .

To July 29, 2020 TGR CPM One Week Annualized City, State Date Read 2019 TGR CPM 88,601,041 Portland, ME. 7/30 78,648,600 84,000,679 Raleigh, NC. 7/30 72,873,751 66,350,688 Worcester, MA. 7/30 57,573,062 42,100,090 New York City, NY. 7/30 33,561,626
US Gamma Radiation measuring devices screamed UP earlier in the week. Gamma Radiation had shot up. Confidence is High. This is not a Drill.
The initial Gamma Radiation increase was from a troubled Russian reactor in NE Europe. Typically that Jet Stream radiation is time limited and the Jet Stream just moves on at about 400 mph.
The time is gone for the Gamma radiation level to return to the “regular Elevated level.” The Gamma radiation measurements are still increasing.
I am at a loss for guidance in this unique situation. I don’t know what to tell you.
Q: Is it Dangerous. A: You bet’cha.
Bob Nichols
VeteransToday Writer
Sources, Notes and Recommended Readings
1. The Radiation charts and graphs of the EPA. Individual queries can be built at the EPA RadNet Query Builder
2. The EPA based reporting of NETC dot com, an LLC.
3. These stations’ Radiation equals Total Gamma Radiation. Gamma Radiation Monitors are reporting publicly at all these locations. CPM. “Although we can’t see it, taste it, smell it or hear it we can measure radiation and observe its effects. One way to measure radiation which the United States Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] has chosen to use on its radiation websites is in Counts Per Minute or CPM. Each Count is One Radioactive Decay.” Quote from the ‘Your Radiation This Week’ Apr 3, 2015
4. Armenian Nuclear Power Plant suspended for regular repair https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1020323.html
5. Get VVER V-270 essential facts below. http://www.popflock.com/learn?s=VVER_V-270 This was the weaponized nuke plant and its history.


veteranstoday--2020-07-31--Why Trump Might Quit

Why Trump Might Quit

Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris , offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption .
The purpose of the nationally televised Oval Office address was to announce new peace initiatives in Vietnam , but Lyndon B. Johnson saved the most startling news until the end of his speech on March 31 , 1968 .
With his country badly divided over a grinding war , he didn ’ t believe as president he “ should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes.
” He was dropping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was a president who knew how to shake up the plot .
Among Donald Trump ’ s problems in his long , hot and mostly housebound summer is that he has lost his once unparalleled gift for changing the story .
He still can stir outrage , but even among his supporters he no longer has much capacity to surprise .
“ Every hero , ” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson a century before the president was born , “ becomes a bore at last.
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Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption.
The purpose of the nationally televised Oval Office address was to announce new peace initiatives in Vietnam, but Lyndon B. Johnson saved the most startling news until the end of his speech on March 31, 1968. With his country badly divided over a grinding war, he didn’t believe as president he “should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes.” He was dropping out of the presidential campaign.
Now there was a president who knew how to shake up the plot.


veteranstoday--2020-08-01--Fauci: Henry Ford hydroxychlorqine study fake

Too bad for Israel and Jared , who sucked up the world ’ s supply of a useless drug that was going to make them billions… Detroit News : Dr. Anthony Fauci told federal lawmakers Friday that a study by Henry Ford Health System that showed hydroxychloroquine was effective in lowering the death rate among COVID-19 patients was “ flawed.
” Health officials should instead rely on the “ gold standard ” of a randomized , placebo controlled study to determine whether the drug is effective , Fauci told the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published was a non-controlled retrospective cohort study that was confounded by a number of issues , including the fact that many people who were receiving hydroxychloroquine were also using corticosteroids , which we know from another study gives a clear benefit in reducing deaths with advanced disease , ” said Fauci , the nation ’ s leading infectious disease expert advising the White House on the coronavirus response .
“ So that study is a flawed study , ” Fauci said after Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Blaine Leutkemeyer asked him about the trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not immediately return an email seeking comment , but the health system warned in its July 2 press release about the study that follow-up trials were needed .
Fauci ’ s comments come roughly a month after Henry Ford Health System released a study alleging the controversial anti-malarial drug helped lower the death rate of COVID-19 patients “ significantly.
” The study analyzed 2,541 patients between March 10 and May 2 and found 13 % of those treated with hydroxychloroquine died while 26 % of those who did not receive the drug dried @

Too bad for Israel and Jared, who sucked up the world’s supply of a useless drug that was going to make them billions…
Detroit News: Dr. Anthony Fauci told federal lawmakers Friday that a study by Henry Ford Health System that showed hydroxychloroquine was effective in lowering the death rate among COVID-19 patients was “flawed.”
Rep. Luetkemeyer (R-MO) asked Dr Fauci about the validity of the Henry Ford Hospital study on hydroxychloroquine/zinc for COVID-19 Fauci: "You can peer review something that's a bad study, but the fact is, it is not a randomized placebo-controlled trial" https://t.co/VO0umvWEIH — Nsikan Akpan (@MoNscience) July 31, 2020
Health officials should instead rely on the “gold standard” of a randomized, placebo controlled study to determine whether the drug is effective, Fauci told the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
Dr. Fauci said a Henry Ford Health System study that found hydroxychloroquine cut the COVID-19 death rate significantly was a “flawed” trial. “I don’t have any horse in the game one way or the other. I just look at the data.”https://t.co/Sr0nTRQlOZ — Malachi Barrett (@PolarBarrett) July 31, 2020
“The Henry Ford Hospital study that was published was a non-controlled retrospective cohort study that was confounded by a number of issues, including the fact that many people who were receiving hydroxychloroquine were also using corticosteroids, which we know from another study gives a clear benefit in reducing deaths with advanced disease,” said Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert advising the White House on the coronavirus response. The top U.S. infectious disease expert cites clinical trials that have found it ineffective. https://t.co/IcvT74vPxQ — HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 29, 2020 “So that study is a flawed study,” Fauci said after Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Blaine Leutkemeyer asked him about the trial. time for Henry Ford to hire a witch doctor time for Henry Ford to hire a witch doctor Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System did not immediately return an email seeking comment, but the health system warned in its July 2 press release about the study that follow-up trials were needed. Fauci’s comments come roughly a month after Henry Ford Health System released a study alleging the controversial anti-malarial drug helped lower the death rate of COVID-19 patients “significantly.” The study analyzed 2,541 patients between March 10 and May 2 and found 13% of those treated with hydroxychloroquine died while 26% of those who did not receive the drug dried.


veteranstoday--2020-08-01--Caught: Trump Hiding COVID Hospitalization Figures

ProPublica : In mid-July , the Trump administration instructed hospitals to change the way they reported data on their coronavirus patients , promising the new approach would provide better , more up-to-the-minute information about the virus ’ s toll and allow resources and supplies to be quickly dispatched across the country .
Instead , the move has created widespread confusion , leaving some states in the dark about their hospitals ’ remaining bed and intensive care capacity and , at least temporarily , removing this information from public view .
As a result , it has been unclear how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 at a time when the number of infected patients nationally has been soaring .
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been seen as a key metric of both the coronavirus ’ s toll and the health care system ’ s ability to deal with it .
Since early in the pandemic , hospitals had been reporting data on COVID-19 patients to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through its National Healthcare Safety Network , which traditionally tracks hospital-acquired infections .
In a memo dated July 10 , the U.S. Department of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change course — to stop reporting their data to the CDC and instead to submit it to HHS through a new portal run by a company called TeleTracking .
The change took effect within days .
Vice President Mike Pence said the administration would continue releasing the data publicly , as the CDC had done .
Almost immediately , the CDC pulled its historical data offline , only to repost it under pressure a couple days later .
Meanwhile the website for the administration ’ s new portal promised to update numbers on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Friday morning , the site hadn ’ t been updated since July 23 .
( HHS is posting some data daily on a different federal website but not representative estimates for each state . )

The Trump administration told hospitals to stop reporting data to the CDC, and report it to HHS instead. Vice President Mike Pence said the information would continue to be released publicly. It hasn’t worked out as promised.
ProPublica: In mid-July, the Trump administration instructed hospitals to change the way they reported data on their coronavirus patients, promising the new approach would provide better, more up-to-the-minute information about the virus’s toll and allow resources and supplies to be quickly dispatched across the country.
Instead, the move has created widespread confusion, leaving some states in the dark about their hospitals’ remaining bed and intensive care capacity and, at least temporarily, removing this information from public view. As a result, it has been unclear how many people are in hospitals being treated for COVID-19 at a time when the number of infected patients nationally has been soaring.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been seen as a key metric of both the coronavirus’s toll and the health care system’s ability to deal with it.
Since early in the pandemic, hospitals had been reporting data on COVID-19 patients to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through its National Healthcare Safety Network, which traditionally tracks hospital-acquired infections.
In a memo dated July 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told hospitals to abruptly change course — to stop reporting their data to the CDC and instead to submit it to HHS through a new portal run by a company called TeleTracking. The change took effect within days. Vice President Mike Pence said the administration would continue releasing the data publicly, as the CDC had done.
Almost immediately, the CDC pulled its historical data offline, only to repost it under pressure a couple days later. Meanwhile the website for the administration’s new portal promised to update numbers on a daily basis, but, as of Friday morning, the site hadn’t been updated since July 23. (HHS is posting some data daily on a different federal website but not representative estimates for each state.) read more… https://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-people-in-the-us-are-hospitalized-with-covid-19-who-knows


veteranstoday--2020-08-01--Vltchek: Honestly, America’s Couldn’t Care Less About Hong Kong

I just spent two weeks in the United States , investigating , analyzing the situation there .
I worked in Washington D.C. , Minneapolis , where Mr. George Floyd was murdered by deranged cops , in New York City and Boston .
COVID-19 was at my tail , as the states kept opening and closing , frantically .
Demonstrations were shaking the country , protests against endemic racism and discrimination have been erupting in hundreds of cities and towns .
In several of my reports , I described confusion and deep contradictions , which have been devastating this , still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
While feverishly working in the United States , I was often thinking about Hong Kong .
The deeper the crisis in the United States , the more aggressive Trump ’ s administration was attacking Beijing , often via Hong Kong .
As if desperately searching for a culprit , for an excuse , for justification , why North America has been shaking so violently , why it has been cracking and collapsing .
Unwilling to take responsibility , the regime needed a foreign ‘ element ’ which it could accuse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manhattan , for tents erected by homeless people at many corners of the District of Colombia , for once modern and proud metro-rail of the capital city which was lately beginning to resemble a transportation system in some poor developing country .
The regime needed to blame someone else for so much dissatisfaction , indignation , and confusion .
And it was determined to produce an ideological enemy whom it could insult on a daily basis while escaping liability for scandalously inept management of the COVID-19 tragedy .
China !
Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dragon of the east .
Embargo after embargo , sanctions after sanctions were imposed .
China ’ s Communist Party members were banned from entering the United States .
Trade restriction walls have been growing higher and higher .
U.S. Navy ships were sailing , provoking China , right next to its shores .
Millions of dollars were dispersed among the brutal rioters in SAR , just in order to provoke authorities and spread chaos .
Hong Kong , particularly its new national security law , has been sitting on the front pages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law , which this author and many of his colleagues described on several occasions as an absolutely normal , logical and necessary piece of legislation , was selected by Washington as its rallying cry , as a symbol of the anti-Chinese policy .
Most Hong Kong residents , both those who support their government and those who are critical of it , are well aware of the obsession of President Trump and his lieutenants Pompeo , Rubio , and others , with their SAR .
They clearly understand that the government of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What they don ’ t know is that this fascination with Hong Kong comes exclusively from the top of the U.S. establishment .
It has absolutely nothing to do with ordinary citizens .
During my latest journey to the United States , I interacted with many people , people who are residing in several states .
I listened to them ; to their grievances , hopes , outrage .
I was also interviewed in the city of Minneapolis .
At the end of my visit , I concluded : right now , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so bad , that vast majority of its citizens is deeply preoccupied with their basic existential problems : how to keep their jobs , how to survive , to pay mortgages , student loans , and medical bills .
They have near-zero interest in a faraway city , Hong Kong , which , anyway , enjoys the reputation of having a much higher quality of life than , for instance , New York , and which sits on the so-called ‘ freedom index ’ well above the U.S.A. itself .
Ask those common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if they know anything about it at all , it will be an abstract vision of a shiny skyline of a super-rich Asian city , plus the Cantonese food .
Even the very concept of SAR is only for the intellectuals , particularly for those who are interested in international politics , meaning just a tiny minority .
However , antagonizing foreign countries , as well as the United Nations , is always cheap , one could say vulgar , but very effective political ‘ move ’ before the elections .
Many U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some even went to wars or overthrew foreign governments , killed thousands of innocent people .
All this has nothing to do with the principles or ethics .
Do not search for logic , either .
Freedom , liberty , democracy – all these are abstract terms in today ’ s America .
At closer examination , most of Americans are not free at all .
They are scared , very scared , and they are shackled , financially but also through the toughest laws imaginable , much more than the citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , has nothing to do with some ‘ fight for democracy and freedom.
’ Most Americans have no idea about whether China is democratic or not .
To comprehend Chinese democracy and socialism with Chinese characteristics would require at least some basic knowledge of Chinese culture and history .
Such knowledge is desperately lacking in the United States , among the general public , and even at the ‘ top , ’ among such people like Steve Bannon , an extreme right-wing maniac , or Peter Navarro , a top Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who is bashing China , but knows close to nothing about it .
In turn , deciding whether Hong Kong is free and democratic would at least require an understanding of the concept of SAR .
The recent events clearly indicated how brutal , how undemocratic is the United States .
The situation at home should be the main preoccupation of the U.S. citizens .
And , frankly , it actually has been , lately .
Hong Kong citizens should realize that their territory has been converted into a political football by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But a big city , an important territory , and especially the lives of its citizens , should never be reduced to a game .
Elections in the U.S. will take place , and they will pass .
Soon after , American voters will forget about Hong Kong .
They don ’ t care about it even now .
In a few months , they will want to know absolutely nothing about it , except , as before , cliché photographs , and great food .
But the damage to Hong Kong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for political gains in Washington , would not be easy to undo .
It is now , and it will be then : Beijing is the one which has been genuinely concerned , and which will always be ready to defend its citizens .
Andre Vltchek is a philosopher , novelist , filmmaker and investigative journalist .
He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries .
Six of his latest books are “ New Capital of Indonesia ” , “ China Belt and Road Initiative ” , “ China and Ecological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr. , “ Revolutionary Optimism , Western Nihilism ” , a revolutionary novel “ Aurora ” and a bestselling work of political non-fiction : “ Exposing Lies Of The Empire ” .
View his other books here .
Watch Rwanda Gambit , his groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo and his film/dialogue with Noam Chomsky “ On Western Terrorism ” .
Vltchek presently resides in East Asia and Latin America , and continues to work around the world .
He can be reached through his website , his and his Patreon

By: Andre Vltchek
I just spent two weeks in the United States, investigating, analyzing the situation there. I worked in Washington D.C., Minneapolis, where Mr. George Floyd was murdered by deranged cops, in New York City and Boston.
COVID-19 was at my tail, as the states kept opening and closing, frantically. Demonstrations were shaking the country, protests against endemic racism and discrimination have been erupting in hundreds of cities and towns.
In several of my reports, I described confusion and deep contradictions, which have been devastating this, still the most powerful nation in the Western world.
While feverishly working in the United States, I was often thinking about Hong Kong.
The deeper the crisis in the United States, the more aggressive Trump’s administration was attacking Beijing, often via Hong Kong. As if desperately searching for a culprit, for an excuse, for justification, why North America has been shaking so violently, why it has been cracking and collapsing.
Unwilling to take responsibility, the regime needed a foreign ‘element’ which it could accuse, to blame for broken pavement all over Manhattan, for tents erected by homeless people at many corners of the District of Colombia, for once modern and proud metro-rail of the capital city which was lately beginning to resemble a transportation system in some poor developing country.
The regime needed to blame someone else for so much dissatisfaction, indignation, and confusion. And it was determined to produce an ideological enemy whom it could insult on a daily basis while escaping liability for scandalously inept management of the COVID-19 tragedy.
China! Trump’s index finger kept pointing towards the mighty dragon of the east. Embargo after embargo, sanctions after sanctions were imposed. China’s Communist Party members were banned from entering the United States. Trade restriction walls have been growing higher and higher. U.S. Navy ships were sailing, provoking China, right next to its shores. Millions of dollars were dispersed among the brutal rioters in SAR, just in order to provoke authorities and spread chaos.
Hong Kong, particularly its new national security law, has been sitting on the front pages of U.S. newspapers and magazines. The law, which this author and many of his colleagues described on several occasions as an absolutely normal, logical and necessary piece of legislation, was selected by Washington as its rallying cry, as a symbol of the anti-Chinese policy.
Most Hong Kong residents, both those who support their government and those who are critical of it, are well aware of the obsession of President Trump and his lieutenants Pompeo, Rubio, and others, with their SAR. They clearly understand that the government of the United States is behind the 2019/2020 riots.
What they don’t know is that this fascination with Hong Kong comes exclusively from the top of the U.S. establishment. It has absolutely nothing to do with ordinary citizens.
During my latest journey to the United States, I interacted with many people, people who are residing in several states. I listened to them; to their grievances, hopes, outrage. I was also interviewed in the city of Minneapolis. At the end of my visit, I concluded: right now, the situation in the United States is so bad, that vast majority of its citizens is deeply preoccupied with their basic existential problems: how to keep their jobs, how to survive, to pay mortgages, student loans, and medical bills.
They have near-zero interest in a faraway city, Hong Kong, which, anyway, enjoys the reputation of having a much higher quality of life than, for instance, New York, and which sits on the so-called ‘freedom index’ well above the U.S.A. itself.
Ask those common American folks about Hong Kong, and if they know anything about it at all, it will be an abstract vision of a shiny skyline of a super-rich Asian city, plus the Cantonese food. Even the very concept of SAR is only for the intellectuals, particularly for those who are interested in international politics, meaning just a tiny minority.
However, antagonizing foreign countries, as well as the United Nations, is always cheap, one could say vulgar, but very effective political ‘move’ before the elections. Many U.S. presidents were using it in the past. Some even went to wars or overthrew foreign governments, killed thousands of innocent people.
All this has nothing to do with the principles or ethics. Do not search for logic, either.
Freedom, liberty, democracy – all these are abstract terms in today’s America. At closer examination, most of Americans are not free at all. They are scared, very scared, and they are shackled, financially but also through the toughest laws imaginable, much more than the citizens of other countries.
Antagonizing, provoking China, has nothing to do with some ‘fight for democracy and freedom.’ Most Americans have no idea about whether China is democratic or not. To comprehend Chinese democracy and socialism with Chinese characteristics would require at least some basic knowledge of Chinese culture and history.
Such knowledge is desperately lacking in the United States, among the general public, and even at the ‘top,’ among such people like Steve Bannon, an extreme right-wing maniac, or Peter Navarro, a top Trump’s advisor, who writes about China, who is bashing China, but knows close to nothing about it.
In turn, deciding whether Hong Kong is free and democratic would at least require an understanding of the concept of SAR.
The recent events clearly indicated how brutal, how undemocratic is the United States.
The situation at home should be the main preoccupation of the U.S. citizens. And, frankly, it actually has been, lately.
Hong Kong citizens should realize that their territory has been converted into a political football by both Washington, London, and Brussels.
But a big city, an important territory, and especially the lives of its citizens, should never be reduced to a game.
Elections in the U.S. will take place, and they will pass. Soon after, American voters will forget about Hong Kong. They don’t care about it even now. In a few months, they will want to know absolutely nothing about it, except, as before, cliché photographs, and great food.
But the damage to Hong Kong and its people who are being sacrificed for political gains in Washington, would not be easy to undo.
It is now, and it will be then: Beijing is the one which has been genuinely concerned, and which will always be ready to defend its citizens.
*
[First published by China Daily Hong Kong]


veteranstoday--2020-08-01--NBA player Jonathan Isaac delivers

NBA player Jonathan Isaac delivers

The NBA games have already been resumed , and the Grievance Industry has already seized the moment .
NBA players are now considered social justice warriors because they have painted “ Black Lives Matter ” on their jerseys .
“ Black Lives Matter ” is even printed in block lettering on the basketball court .
Players were offered no less than 29 messages for their jerseys : “ Black Lives Matter ” , “ I Can ’ t Breathe ” , “ Justice ” , “ Peace ” , “ Equality ” , “ Say Her Name ” , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Love Us ” , “ Libertarian ” , “ Education Reform ” , etc .
[ 1 ] As we have already seen in previous articles , this is a ploy by the oligarchs and the elite who control and dominate the political climate .
Once again , did BLM respect black lives like Bernell Trammell and police officer David Dorn ?
Didn ’ t they kill those decent people in cold blood ?
Is killing innocent men congruent with “ equality ” and “ respect us ” ?
In any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because its ideological principle is based on faulty premises—premises that can be dismissed with little mental gymnastics .
And NBA players are figuring out that this BLM movement is nothing but a hoax .
One of those players is Jonathan Isaac , who plays for the Orlando Magic .
Isaac has recently refused to kneel during the national anthem as the NBA restarted its season .
“ Every single player wore Black Lives Matter shirts and took a knee during the anthem on day one , but Isaac didn ’ t follow suit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Brooklyn Nets on day two .
The power forward took a stand — literally — and was the only player not wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt while the anthem was played .
Instead , he wore his team trackpants and jersey.
” [ 2 ] Isaac explained his decision this way : “ I believe that Black Lives Matter .
A lot went into my decision .
And part of it is , first off , is my thought that kneeling or wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives .
So I felt like , just me personally , what it is that I believe is standing on the stance that : I do believe that Black Lives Matter , but I just felt like it was a decision that I had to make and I didn ’ t feel like putting that shirt on and kneeling went hand in hand in supporting Black lives , or that it made me support Black lives or not .
“ I think when you look around , racism isn ’ t the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plagues our nation , that plagues our world , and I think coming together on that message that we want to get past not only racism but everything that plagues as us as a society , I feel like the answer to that is the gospel.
” Isaac brings Logos to the equation , which obviously is a threat to the powers that support the Black Lives Matter Movement : “ I believe that my life is supported through the Gospel , through Jesus Christ and that everyone is made in the image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of God ’ s glory .
Each and every one of us , each and every day , do things we shouldn ’ t do , say things we shouldn ’ t say .
We hate and dislike people we shouldn ’ t hate and dislike .
And sometimes it gets to a point where we point fingers about whose evil is worse.
” [ 3 ] Obviously Isaac is not following the elite and the oligarchs who are pouring millions upon millions of dollars to the BLM movement and other proxy warriors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Isaac .

The NBA games have already been resumed, and the Grievance Industry has already seized the moment. NBA players are now considered social justice warriors because they have painted “Black Lives Matter” on their jerseys.
“Black Lives Matter” is even printed in block lettering on the basketball court. Players were offered no less than 29 messages for their jerseys: “Black Lives Matter”, “I Can’t Breathe”, “Justice”, “Peace”, “Equality”, “Say Her Name”, “Anti-Racist”, “Respect Us”, “Love Us”, “Libertarian”, “Education Reform”, etc.[1]
As we have already seen in previous articles, this is a ploy by the oligarchs and the elite who control and dominate the political climate. Once again, did BLM respect black lives like Bernell Trammell and police officer David Dorn? Didn’t they kill those decent people in cold blood? Is killing innocent men congruent with “equality” and “respect us”?
In any event, the Grievance Industry is failing because its ideological principle is based on faulty premises—premises that can be dismissed with little mental gymnastics. And NBA players are figuring out that this BLM movement is nothing but a hoax.
One of those players is Jonathan Isaac, who plays for the Orlando Magic. Isaac has recently refused to kneel during the national anthem as the NBA restarted its season. “Every single player wore Black Lives Matter shirts and took a knee during the anthem on day one, but Isaac didn’t follow suit before the Magic’s game against the Brooklyn Nets on day two. The power forward took a stand — literally — and was the only player not wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt while the anthem was played. Instead, he wore his team trackpants and jersey.”[2]
Isaac explained his decision this way:
“I believe that Black Lives Matter. A lot went into my decision. And part of it is, first off, is my thought that kneeling or wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt don’t go hand in hand with supporting Black lives. So I felt like, just me personally, what it is that I believe is standing on the stance that: I do believe that Black Lives Matter, but I just felt like it was a decision that I had to make and I didn’t feel like putting that shirt on and kneeling went hand in hand in supporting Black lives, or that it made me support Black lives or not.
“I think when you look around, racism isn’t the only thing that plagues our society, that plagues our nation, that plagues our world, and I think coming together on that message that we want to get past not only racism but everything that plagues as us as a society, I feel like the answer to that is the gospel.”
Isaac brings Logos to the equation, which obviously is a threat to the powers that support the Black Lives Matter Movement:
“I believe that my life is supported through the Gospel, through Jesus Christ and that everyone is made in the image of God and we all fall short of God’s glory. Each and every one of us, each and every day, do things we shouldn’t do, say things we shouldn’t say. We hate and dislike people we shouldn’t hate and dislike. And sometimes it gets to a point where we point fingers about whose evil is worse.”[3]
Obviously Isaac is not following the elite and the oligarchs who are pouring millions upon millions of dollars to the BLM movement and other proxy warriors like Antifa. Two cheers for Jonathan Isaac.


veteranstoday--2020-07-31--Marsupial Sabertooth Was a Scavenger, Not Killer

This Marsupial Sabertooth Was No Killer Cat The extinct saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis prowled Pleistocene North America sporting seven-inch , blade-like canines that paleontologists say may have allowed it to slit gaping wounds across throats and bellies to swiftly bleed out its prey , reports Riley Black for National Geographic .
Understandably , when paleontologists discovered an ancient Argentine marsupial the size of a leopard with fangs that were even larger , relative to its body size , they assumed its huge canines were also for slashing and impaling writhing prey .
But now , new research suggests that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely a scavenger than a death-dealing predator .
Thylacosmilus didn ’ t just carry its young inside a pouch like modern marsupials , it also kept its saber-teeth sheathed by bony protrusions from its lower jaw that may have protected the fangs when its mouth was closed , reports Matt Kaplan for the New York Times .
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This Marsupial Sabertooth Was No Killer Cat
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
The extinct saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis prowled Pleistocene North America sporting seven-inch, blade-like canines that paleontologists say may have allowed it to slit gaping wounds across throats and bellies to swiftly bleed out its prey, reports Riley Black for National Geographic.
Understandably, when paleontologists discovered an ancient Argentine marsupial the size of a leopard with fangs that were even larger, relative to its body size, they assumed its huge canines were also for slashing and impaling writhing prey. But now, new research suggests that the marsupial sabertooth, Thylacosmilus atrox, was more likely a scavenger than a death-dealing predator.
Thylacosmilus didn’t just carry its young inside a pouch like modern marsupials, it also kept its saber-teeth sheathed by bony protrusions from its lower jaw that may have protected the fangs when its mouth was closed, reports Matt Kaplan for the New York Times.
The re-evaluation of how Thylacosmilus made its living as a carnivore came from an array of observations regarding its anatomy that appeared to have been lost in the shadow cast by the creature’s fearsome-looking teeth.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-31--Found: Origin of Stonehenge’s Megaliths

Found: Origin of Stonehenge’s Megaliths

For some 60 years , Englishman Robert Phillips displayed an illicit souvenir in his office and later his home .
From time to time , he gazed at the broomstick-sized cylinder of polished rock , perhaps with a twinkle in his eye at the thought of its backstory .
Then , on the eve of his 90th birthday in 2018 , the British expatriate decided to send the three-and-a-half-foot chunk of rock back to its original home : Stonehenge .
Now , the pilfered object has played a crucial role in a new study that may solve the longstanding mystery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came from , reports Steven Morris for the Guardian .
Geochemical analyses published this week in the journal Science Advances have determined that 50 of the 52 sarsen megaliths in the English heritage site ’ s outer ring originated in the West Woods of Wiltshire—a full 15 miles away .
As Franz Lidz reports for the New York Times , investigations conducted around 100 years ago previously determined that the smaller “ bluestones ” at Stonehenge ’ s center were sourced from somewhere in the Preseli Hills of western Wales , roughly 180 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ READERS Due to the nature of independent content , VT can not guarantee content validity .
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Archaeologists Pinpoint Origins of Stonehenge’s Mysterious Megaliths
Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
For some 60 years, Englishman Robert Phillips displayed an illicit souvenir in his office and later his home. From time to time, he gazed at the broomstick-sized cylinder of polished rock, perhaps with a twinkle in his eye at the thought of its backstory. Then, on the eve of his 90th birthday in 2018, the British expatriate decided to send the three-and-a-half-foot chunk of rock back to its original home: Stonehenge.
Now, the pilfered object has played a crucial role in a new study that may solve the longstanding mystery of where Stonehenge’s famous boulders came from, reports Steven Morris for the Guardian.
Geochemical analyses published this week in the journal Science Advances have determined that 50 of the 52 sarsen megaliths in the English heritage site’s outer ring originated in the West Woods of Wiltshire—a full 15 miles away.
As Franz Lidz reports for the New York Times, investigations conducted around 100 years ago previously determined that the smaller “bluestones” at Stonehenge’s center were sourced from somewhere in the Preseli Hills of western Wales, roughly 180 miles from the ancient monument.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-31--Dr. Fauci: Why Coronavirus is Hitting Black Communities Hard

Dr. Fauci on why the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on Black communities Black , Indigenous and Latinx communities have been hit hardest by the coronavirus .
Black Americans , according to the CDC , are 2.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to their White counterparts .
Dr. Anthony Fauci , the nation ’ s top infectious disease doctor , sat down with BET to speak about why minority communities have such a high number of infections , hospitalizations and death rates and what can be done to fix the disparity .
View the full interview with Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The African American community has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus .
Can you help me , first of all , make sense of why that ’ s happening ?
Dr. Fauci : It ’ s what I call a double whammy against the minority , but particularly the African American and Latinx community .
You don ’ t like to generalize , but as a demographic group , the African American community is more likely to be in a job that does not allow them to stay at home and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re in essential jobs .
I mean , obviously , there are a lot of African Americans who are not , that could just as easily do that .
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.