veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Heard For First Time: Previously Unknown Blue Whale Song

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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--USS Iowa Museum Announces Free Plank Owner Program

“ Plank Owner ” is an honorary title given to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard sailors who are assigned to a ship at the time of its commissioning .
Throughout her 50 years of service , the men and women aboard USS Iowa ( BB-61 ) operated around the world protecting America ’ s interests during World War II , the Korean Conflict , and the Cold War .
The “ Battleship of Presidents ” was decommissioned in October 1990 , but is moored today in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles where it continues to serve today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Los Angeles area .
In 2025 , Battleship USS Iowa will receive a new mission when it becomes home to the National Museum of the Surface Navy , a state-of-the art museum that is the nation ’ s first museum dedicated to the history and future of the U.S. Navy Surface Fleet .
Battleship USS Iowa Museum is announcing the launch of a free Plank Owner program , which offers veterans and members of the public a free , once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show their support for the future national museum .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ an honorary title given to sailors assigned to a US Navy or Coast Guard ship at the time of the ship ’ s commissioning . )
Individuals who register as Plank Owners free-of-charge will receive a full-color , downloadable , personalized certificate .
Plank Owners who donate $ 25 or more to the Museum will have their names permanently added to the Museum ’ s Quarterdeck of Honor .
SAN PEDRO , Calif. – Jan. 4 , 2021 – Battleship USS Iowa Museum , the historic U.S. Navy battleship that has become an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and attraction in the Los Angeles area , today announced the launch of the Plank Owner program for the future National Museum of the Surface Navy .
“ Plank Owner ” is an honorary title given to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard sailors who are assigned to a ship at the time of its commissioning .
The free Plank Owner program provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for individuals to show their support for the nation ’ s first-ever Surface Navy Museum prior to its opening aboard Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who registers as a Plank Owner will receive a full-color , downloadable , personalized certificate suitable for framing .
Plank Owners who donate $ 25 or more to the Museum will have their names permanently added to the Museum ’ s Quarterdeck of Honor , forever identifying them among the initial supporters that helped bring the museum to life .
When it opens aboard Battleship USS Iowa in 2025 , the National Museum of the Surface Navy will raise awareness of the U.S. Navy Surface Fleet ’ s important role in international relations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and technological innovation .
The state-of-the-art museum will include a 270-degree theater experience , simulated combat engagement center , an interactive holographic globe depicting Navy operations around the world , and an interactive recreation of a modern Navy ship bridge .
“ After 243 years as the Navy ’ s premier fighting force , the nation is finally going to have a museum that is dedicated to the past , present and future of the Surface Navy , ” explained retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mike Shatynski , Chairman of the Board of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The Plank Owner program provides a way for civilians and veterans from all services to share in the excitement and enjoy a sense of ownership as we bring this incredible museum to life.
” The National Museum of the Surface Navy will find its home aboard the storied Battleship USS Iowa .
Throughout her 50 years of service , USS Iowa and the thousands of brave sailors that served aboard her , operated around the world protecting America ’ s interests during World War II , the Korean Conflict , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Presidents ” welcomed several Commanders-in-Chief during her long , storied history including Franklin D. Roosevelt , Ronald Reagan and George H.W .
Bush .
USS Iowa , also known as “ The Grey Ghost ” and “ The Big Stick ” , was decommissioned in October 1990 , but continues to serve today .
“ There is no better place for the first national museum dedicated to the Surface Navy to be located than aboard USS Iowa , ” said Jonathan Williams , president and CEO of Battleship Iowa Museum .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Battleships , Iowa and the men and women that served aboard her contributed immeasurably to the country , serving missions around the world from WWII through the Cold War .
We ’ re thrilled to become the home of the Museum and are looking forward to welcoming our Plank Owners aboard !
” Click here to become a Plank Owner of the National Museum of the Surface Navy .
Click here to learn about the programs and tours available now aboard Battleship USS Iowa .
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Throughout her 50 years of service, the men and women aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) operated around the world protecting America’s interests during World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Cold War. The “Battleship of Presidents” was decommissioned in October 1990, but is moored today in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles where it continues to serve today as one of the top five museums in the Los Angeles area. In 2025, Battleship USS Iowa will receive a new mission when it becomes home to the National Museum of the Surface Navy, a state-of-the art museum that is the nation’s first museum dedicated to the history and future of the U.S. Navy Surface Fleet.
Battleship USS Iowa Museum is announcing the launch of a free Plank Owner program, which offers veterans and members of the public a free, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show their support for the future national museum. (A “Plank Owner” is an honorary title given to sailors assigned to a US Navy or Coast Guard ship at the time of the ship’s commissioning.) Individuals who register as Plank Owners free-of-charge will receive a full-color, downloadable, personalized certificate. Plank Owners who donate $25 or more to the Museum will have their names permanently added to the Museum’s Quarterdeck of Honor.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Jan. 4, 2021 – Battleship USS Iowa Museum, the historic U.S. Navy battleship that has become an iconic landmark and a top five museum and attraction in the Los Angeles area, today announced the launch of the Plank Owner program for the future National Museum of the Surface Navy. “Plank Owner” is an honorary title given to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard sailors who are assigned to a ship at the time of its commissioning. The free Plank Owner program provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for individuals to show their support for the nation’s first-ever Surface Navy Museum prior to its opening aboard Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles.
Each individual who registers as a Plank Owner will receive a full-color, downloadable, personalized certificate suitable for framing. Plank Owners who donate $25 or more to the Museum will have their names permanently added to the Museum’s Quarterdeck of Honor, forever identifying them among the initial supporters that helped bring the museum to life.
When it opens aboard Battleship USS Iowa in 2025, the National Museum of the Surface Navy will raise awareness of the U.S. Navy Surface Fleet’s important role in international relations, free trade, humanitarian assistance, and technological innovation. The state-of-the-art museum will include a 270-degree theater experience, simulated combat engagement center, an interactive holographic globe depicting Navy operations around the world, and an interactive recreation of a modern Navy ship bridge.
“After 243 years as the Navy’s premier fighting force, the nation is finally going to have a museum that is dedicated to the past, present and future of the Surface Navy,” explained retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mike Shatynski, Chairman of the Board of the National Museum of the Surface Navy. “The Plank Owner program provides a way for civilians and veterans from all services to share in the excitement and enjoy a sense of ownership as we bring this incredible museum to life.”
The National Museum of the Surface Navy will find its home aboard the storied Battleship USS Iowa. Throughout her 50 years of service, USS Iowa and the thousands of brave sailors that served aboard her, operated around the world protecting America’s interests during World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Cold War. The “Battleship of Presidents” welcomed several Commanders-in-Chief during her long, storied history including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. USS Iowa, also known as “The Grey Ghost” and “The Big Stick”, was decommissioned in October 1990, but continues to serve today.
“There is no better place for the first national museum dedicated to the Surface Navy to be located than aboard USS Iowa,” said Jonathan Williams, president and CEO of Battleship Iowa Museum. “As the namesake of the last class of Battleships, Iowa and the men and women that served aboard her contributed immeasurably to the country, serving missions around the world from WWII through the Cold War. We’re thrilled to become the home of the Museum and are looking forward to welcoming our Plank Owners aboard!”
Click here to become a Plank Owner of the National Museum of the Surface Navy. Click here to learn about the programs and tours available now aboard Battleship USS Iowa. Click here to learn more about the National Museum of the Surface Navy.
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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--U.K. Authorizes Covid-19 Vaccine From Oxford and AstraZeneca

U.K. OKs Use of Third , Less Expensive COVID-19 Vaccine Health Editor ’ s Note : Britain today authorized the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine .
While the two first approved vaccines must be kept in ultracold freezers until used , this third vaccine can be stored in normal refrigerators for 6 months and thus will be far easier to be dispensed .
Also , the U.K. has decided to delay holding vaccines to be used for the second dose which completes the COVID-19 vaccination process and using these doses for first doses .
Amazingly , this vaccine costs only $ 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s hope that the rest of the world follows suit…..Carol ATTENTION READERS Due to the nature of independent content , VT can not guarantee content validity .
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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Israel’s Vaccination Program Running at Warp Speed on Stolen Blue State Inventories

• None It began with holding up FDA approval until Israel got their first big shipment .
• None Now Blue States are having their inventories cut , even stolen ( Michigan ) while Israel vaccinates their own • None and Israel is selling vaccinations to Eurotrash and wealthy Arabs at new Israeli COVID vaccine clinics in the UAE Michigan is getting no vaccines , almost none .
Sources at Pfizer say Michigan ’ s allocation have gone to Israel and South Korea .
Why would that be ?
Who would do something like this ?
By the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million is expected to have injected more than 10 % of its population with vaccines , a far higher fraction than other states including the UK , which began vaccinating almost two weeks earlier .
( ED : With Michigan ’ s vaccine inventory which Trump rerouted ) Having ramped up to a 24/7 operation , health providers are administering the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a rate of 150,000 people a day – almost 2 % of the population .
( ED : Ibid ) Over-60s , healthcare workers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prioritised .
Local media have reported deals with Pfizer and Moderna to procure several more million doses for early 2021 , which will be critical if the rollout is to keep up the pace .
( While much older Americans wait weeks…and our shipments continue to be rerouted to Israel ) Trump ’ s plan is clear , leave this nation in the same condition Hitler left Germany .
Trump has moved from huckster fakery and grifting to pardoning criminals ( and one of our folks by mistake we think ) , destroying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ push up COVID death rates .
He has been massively successful at bankrupting American businesses , leaving Americans homeless and , of course , killing them with America ’ s highest death count of all time , surpassing even the Second World War .
His war on America with COVID , which we now believe he ordered unleashed on the US for profit , has entered a new stage , fighting to keep COVID alive and sabotaging vaccine distribution .
Trump seems to have fallen in love with the COVID virus .
Publicly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That Woman , ” says poor planning by Trump appointees is responsible for the vaccination process having ground to a halt in certain states .
Trump has order his goon squad to make up continually changing regulations for states with Federal officials seizing the minute quantities of vaccine already allocated and cutting the rest to next to nothing .
By today , 20 million Americans were to be vaccinated .
By today , over 100,000,000 doses have been manufactured and can be shipped .
Michigan has , however , received only 179,000 doses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confused ” Trump officials to vaccinate 59,000 of a population of 10 million .
That ’ s .6 percent in a month of “ highest effort.
” Most of Michigan ’ s very small allocation is being withheld and normal shipments have been cut in half and still can ’ t be used .
“ Every state is building an apparatus to get vaccines out as soon as possible , ” Whitmer said .
“ The federal government doesn ’ t have a reliable plan for distributing vaccines to states .
We , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this.
” Two weeks ago , Michigan ’ s supplies were cut off .
From the Detroit Free Press : “ Even though Michigan health officials and those from several other states have reported this week that they will receive less vaccine than they expected , Pfizer says there are no issues in the production and distribution of its COVID-19 vaccine , which received federal approval last weekend and arrived at many metro Detroit hospitals this week.
” Michigan is the center for worldwide COVID vaccine production and countless millions of doses sit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
People are dying in unprecedented numbers and only the vaccine can help .
Who has been vaccinated ?
Nobody knows .
If you are 60 , healthy and Jewish , Israel will vaccinate you in a few days…maybe they can send a few doses back here for our Jews too .

Now Blue States are having their inventories cut, even stolen (Michigan) while Israel vaccinates their own
and Israel is selling vaccinations to Eurotrash and wealthy Arabs at new Israeli COVID vaccine clinics in the UAE
The Senior Editor
Michigan is getting no vaccines, almost none. Sources at Pfizer say Michigan’s allocation have gone to Israel and South Korea. Why would that be? Who would do something like this?
From the Guardian:
By the end of this week, the country of 9 million is expected to have injected more than 10% of its population with vaccines, a far higher fraction than other states including the UK, which began vaccinating almost two weeks earlier. (ED: With Michigan’s vaccine inventory which Trump rerouted)
Having ramped up to a 24/7 operation, health providers are administering the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a rate of 150,000 people a day – almost 2% of the population. (ED: Ibid)
Over-60s, healthcare workers, carers and high-risk people, are being prioritised. Local media have reported deals with Pfizer and Moderna to procure several more million doses for early 2021, which will be critical if the rollout is to keep up the pace. (While much older Americans wait weeks…and our shipments continue to be rerouted to Israel)
Trump’s plan is clear, leave this nation in the same condition Hitler left Germany. Trump has moved from huckster fakery and grifting to pardoning criminals (and one of our folks by mistake we think), destroying public schools and doing everything possible to push up COVID death rates.
He has been massively successful at bankrupting American businesses, leaving Americans homeless and, of course, killing them with America’s highest death count of all time, surpassing even the Second World War.
His war on America with COVID, which we now believe he ordered unleashed on the US for profit, has entered a new stage, fighting to keep COVID alive and sabotaging vaccine distribution.
Trump seems to have fallen in love with the COVID virus.
Publicly, Michigan’s governor, “That Woman,” says poor planning by Trump appointees is responsible for the vaccination process having ground to a halt in certain states. Trump has order his goon squad to make up continually changing regulations for states with Federal officials seizing the minute quantities of vaccine already allocated and cutting the rest to next to nothing.
By today, 20 million Americans were to be vaccinated. By today, over 100,000,000 doses have been manufactured and can be shipped.
Michigan has, however, received only 179,000 doses and has only been allowed by “confused” Trump officials to vaccinate 59,000 of a population of 10 million. That’s .6 percent in a month of “highest effort.” Most of Michigan’s very small allocation is being withheld and normal shipments have been cut in half and still can’t be used.
“Every state is building an apparatus to get vaccines out as soon as possible,” Whitmer said. “The federal government doesn’t have a reliable plan for distributing vaccines to states. We, as a nation, are struggling with this.”
Two weeks ago, Michigan’s supplies were cut off. From the Detroit Free Press:
“Even though Michigan health officials and those from several other states have reported this week that they will receive less vaccine than they expected, Pfizer says there are no issues in the production and distribution of its COVID-19 vaccine, which received federal approval last weekend and arrived at many metro Detroit hospitals this week.”
Michigan is the center for worldwide COVID vaccine production and countless millions of doses sit in a vast warehouse in Southern Michigan.
People are dying in unprecedented numbers and only the vaccine can help.
Who has been vaccinated? Nobody knows.
If you are 60, healthy and Jewish, Israel will vaccinate you in a few days…maybe they can send a few doses back here for our Jews too.


veteranstoday--2020-12-30--‘Aren’t you going to help him?’ L.A. hospitals serving the poor and people of color hit hardest by C

‘Aren’t you going to help him?’ L.A. hospitals serving the poor and people of color hit hardest by COVID-19

As the pandemic besieges the region ’ s hospitals , its destructive sweep is being dispensed in unequal measures .
While all hospitals across Los Angeles County are being slammed by waves of COVID-19 patients , those in lower-income , densely populated and nonwhite communities have been hit hardest and face the greatest challenge in providing care , according to a Times data analysis .
Hospitals in South Los Angeles , the cities in Southeast L.A. County along the 710 Freeway and in parts of the southern San Gabriel Valley are experiencing the greatest capacity problems , the data showed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small and are less able to add intensive care staff or expand bed capacity than the county ’ s biggest hospitals .
The data underscores how communities of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic , with Latino and Black residents far more likely to get the virus and die of it compared with whites .
Low-income essential workers often get sick while on the job and then spread COVID-19 to family , officials have said .
The released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in L.A. County on average last week , nearly four times as many as a month ago , pushing the share of all admitted patients with the disease above 40 % .
The data underscores how communities of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic , with Latino and Black residents far more likely to get the virus and die of it compared with whites .
Low-income essential workers often get sick while on the job and then spread COVID-19 to family , officials have said .
The released by the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that more than 6,000 patients with the coronavirus were hospitalized in L.A. County on average last week , nearly four times as many as a month ago , pushing the share of all admitted patients with the disease above 40 % .
read more..

As the pandemic besieges the region’s hospitals, its destructive sweep is being dispensed in unequal measures.
While all hospitals across Los Angeles County are being slammed by waves of COVID-19 patients, those in lower-income, densely populated and nonwhite communities have been hit hardest and face the greatest challenge in providing care, according to a Times data analysis.
Hospitals in South Los Angeles, the cities in Southeast L.A. County along the 710 Freeway and in parts of the southern San Gabriel Valley are experiencing the greatest capacity problems, the data showed. Many of these facilities are relatively small and are less able to add intensive care staff or expand bed capacity than the county’s biggest hospitals.
The data underscores how communities of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, with Latino and Black residents far more likely to get the virus and die of it compared with whites. Low-income essential workers often get sick while on the job and then spread COVID-19 to family, officials have said.
The data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that more than 6,000 patients with the coronavirus were hospitalized in L.A. County on average last week, nearly four times as many as a month ago, pushing the share of all admitted patients with the disease above 40%.
The data underscores how communities of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, with Latino and Black residents far more likely to get the virus and die of it compared with whites. Low-income essential workers often get sick while on the job and then spread COVID-19 to family, officials have said.
The data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that more than 6,000 patients with the coronavirus were hospitalized in L.A. County on average last week, nearly four times as many as a month ago, pushing the share of all admitted patients with the disease above 40%. read more..
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-30/amid-covid-19-surge-some-l-a-hospital-strained-more-than-others


veteranstoday--2020-12-30--Black Man Gets COVID-19 After Maskless Corrupt Cops Wrongly Detain Him

VT : We are sick of corrupt police and the “ Blue Lives ” and PB assholes that support their criminal abuses of all Americans Daily Beast : A Black man who was captured in a viral video being profiled and wrongly detained by a maskless cop in Virginia has now tested positive for coronavirus , according to his fiance .
Jamar Mackey was having lunch with his family at a mall in Virginia Beach when police claimed he was a credit card fraud thief they were looking for .
He was taken away and handcuffed by more cops , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had the wrong guy and let him go .
Mackey ’ s fiance , Shantel Covil , said he tested positive five days later , on Christmas Eve , and has mild symptoms .
The Virginia Beach police department wouldn ’ t say if the cop who detained Mackey was COVID-positive but Police Chief Paul Neudigate apologized and said , “ We are required to wear masks .
We set the standard , we set an example for our community.
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Daily Beast: A Black man who was captured in a viral video being profiled and wrongly detained by a maskless cop in Virginia has now tested positive for coronavirus, according to his fiance. Jamar Mackey was having lunch with his family at a mall in Virginia Beach when police claimed he was a credit card fraud thief they were looking for.
Here’s another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Q1qqMp5_o
He was taken away and handcuffed by more cops, all maskless, before they realized they had the wrong guy and let him go. Mackey’s fiance, Shantel Covil, said he tested positive five days later, on Christmas Eve, and has mild symptoms.
The Virginia Beach police department wouldn’t say if the cop who detained Mackey was COVID-positive but Police Chief Paul Neudigate apologized and said, “We are required to wear masks. We set the standard, we set an example for our community.”


veteranstoday--2020-12-30--Another ‘Young Trumper’ may face prison in racist incident

Daily Beast : The woman filmed in a viral video accusing Grammy-winning jazz musician Keyon Harrold ’ s son of stealing her iPhone has doubled down on her actions , claiming she was actually assaulted .
Harrold was staying at SoHo ’ s Arlo Hotel when the irate 22-year-old woman from Staten Island , who had checked out days earlier , tackled the teen in the lobby and tried to search his pockets , according to the trumpeter .
Her phone was later found in an Uber .
The woman , who was not identified by CNN , said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York hotel ’ s CCTV and asked someone else in the lobby to “ empty their pocket ” before confronting Harrold ’ s son .
She claimed the video didn ’ t reflect who she was .
“ I actually… try very hard to make sure that I am always doing the right thing , ” she said .
But , when pressed for evidence that she was assaulted , she stopped answering CNN ’ s calls .
The NYPD said they ’ re considering charging her with assault and grand larceny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Keyon Harrold and his 14-year-old son were assaulted at Arlo SoHo , an upscale New York City hotel , by an unidentified woman on December 26 , 2020 .
They came down from their hotel room to get breakfast when the woman accused the teenage boy of stealing her cellphone .
She kept insisting that he show her his phone , alleging that it belongs to her and saying that “ he ’ s not leaving ” until they prove that they didn ’ t steal her phone .
This incident continued for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman scratching Mr. Harrold , and grabbing and tackling Harrold ’ s son .
Additionally , Arlo SoHo ’ s hotel manager immediately sided with the woman — who wasn ’ t even a hotel guest — and empowered her assault of Mr. Harrold and his son , who both were staying at the hotel .
Her cell phone was later found in an Uber .
If you haven ’ t seen the video of this incident , take a moment to watch and share it on Facebook , Twitter or Instagram .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hotel manager and security guards have done had they witnessed a Black man tackle a white teenager in furious pursuit of a missing cell phone ?
This is the double-standard that exists in America today !
Keyon Harrold Jr. will live with this trauma for life , the weight of racism on the shoulders of another generation .
He deserves better than this treatment !
The parents of Keyon Harrold Jr. and I are calling on the Manhattan District Attorney to bring charges of assault and battery against this woman , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manhattan District Attorney and help us achieve JUSTICE for the Harrold family .

The woman, who was not identified by CNN, said she’d first demanded to see the New York hotel’s CCTV and asked someone else in the lobby to “empty their pocket” before confronting Harrold’s son. She claimed the video didn’t reflect who she was.
“I actually… try very hard to make sure that I am always doing the right thing,” she said. But, when pressed for evidence that she was assaulted, she stopped answering CNN’s calls. The NYPD said they’re considering charging her with assault and grand larceny or attempted robbery.
Justice for Keyon Harrold Jr.
Renowned Jazz musician Keyon Harrold and his 14-year-old son were assaulted at Arlo SoHo, an upscale New York City hotel, by an unidentified woman on December 26, 2020. They came down from their hotel room to get breakfast when the woman accused the teenage boy of stealing her cellphone.
She kept insisting that he show her his phone, alleging that it belongs to her and saying that “he’s not leaving” until they prove that they didn’t steal her phone. This incident continued for more than five minutes, with the woman scratching Mr. Harrold, and grabbing and tackling Harrold’s son.
Additionally, Arlo SoHo’s hotel manager immediately sided with the woman — who wasn’t even a hotel guest — and empowered her assault of Mr. Harrold and his son, who both were staying at the hotel. Her cell phone was later found in an Uber.
If you haven’t seen the video of this incident, take a moment to watch and share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Now I ask you, what would the hotel manager and security guards have done had they witnessed a Black man tackle a white teenager in furious pursuit of a missing cell phone? This is the double-standard that exists in America today!
Keyon Harrold Jr. will live with this trauma for life, the weight of racism on the shoulders of another generation. He deserves better than this treatment!
The parents of Keyon Harrold Jr. and I are calling on the Manhattan District Attorney to bring charges of assault and battery against this woman, but we need your help!
EMAIL the Manhattan District Attorney and help us achieve JUSTICE for the Harrold family.


veteranstoday--2020-12-30--Georgia battle continues to restore 198,000 voters illegally removed by Partisans

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… by Zack Roberts, with Greg Palast
They have even installed cameras at the reduced drop off stations, to assure that only the voter or a family member living in the household of the voter can drop the ballot in the box. In a close vote, they will have the videos to try to disqualify votes. Are they using facial recognition software, or racial recognition software?
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veteranstoday--2020-12-30--Blasting Massacre in Yemeni Airport

Blasting Massacre in Yemeni Airport

Local news have reported yet another explosion in Yemen , this time near the presidential palace , to which the new cabinet fled following the blast at Aden airport .
Yemen ’ s new government was transferred to the palace right after an explosion disrupted their arrival to Aden airport earlier today .
It occurred as the officials were arriving to Aden from Riyadh , where cabinet members had a swearing-in ceremony that followed prolonged coalition talks brokered by the Saudis .
SANAA , Yemen ( AP ) — A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there , security officials said .
At least 22 people were killed and 50 were wounded in the blast .
The source of the explosion was not immediately clear and no group claimed responsibility for attacking the airport .
No one on the government plane was hurt .
Officials later reported another explosion close to a palace in the city where the Cabinet members were transferred following the airport attack .
And the Saudi-led coalition later shot down a bomb-laden drone that attempted to target @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TV channel .

by Russia Today
Local news have reported yet another explosion in Yemen, this time near the presidential palace, to which the new cabinet fled following the blast at Aden airport.
Yemen’s new government was transferred to the palace right after an explosion disrupted their arrival to Aden airport earlier today. It occurred as the officials were arriving to Aden from Riyadh, where cabinet members had a swearing-in ceremony that followed prolonged coalition talks brokered by the Saudis.
First posted by Live5news
…by AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY |
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 22 people were killed and 50 were wounded in the blast. The source of the explosion was not immediately clear and no group claimed responsibility for attacking the airport.
No one on the government plane was hurt. Officials later reported another explosion close to a palace in the city where the Cabinet members were transferred following the airport attack. And the Saudi-led coalition later shot down a bomb-laden drone that attempted to target the palace, according to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV channel.


veteranstoday--2020-12-30--Big six veterans groups ask Trump to fire VA Sec. Wilkie immediately

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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Trump Anti-vaxxer Sabotages 500 vaccine doses at Wisconsin Medical Center

At our current rate , 60 % of our vaccines already shipped will expire before being used GRAFTON , Wis. ( CBS 58 ) — A now former employee at the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton “ intentionally removed ” 57 vials of a COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration earlier this week , forcing the clinic to discard nearly 500 doses .
“ How badly are we doing ?
In September , President Trump promised 100 million vaccinations by the end of the year .
As a country , we have only 40 million doses , and had aimed , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alex Azar , to vaccinate 20 million by year-end .
That ’ s bad enough .
But we have administered only 2 million of those — barely 10 percent of the goal .
At this rate , achieving sufficient vaccination to reach herd immunity and bring the pandemic to a close in the U.S. will take about seven years .
In Israel , they are vaccinating about one percent of the population each day , meaning the full program of population-wide vaccination will be done by this March.
” Aurora Medical Center officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 , after the Moderna vaccines were removed from the pharmacy refrigerator by the individual on Dec. 26 .
“ We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the pandemic .
We are more than disappointed that this individual ’ s actions will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine .
This was a violation of our core values… ” Aurora Medical Center says the individual is no longer employed by them .
Note : Data gathered from government websites , official statements and Bloomberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sometimes report different totals for the same jurisdiction ; in these cases Bloomberg uses the higher number .
It can take several days for counts to be reported to databases .
“ Doses distributed ” have been recorded by the CDC as having shipped but may still be in transit ; New York City ’ s doses are reported directly by the city only after they ’ ve been delivered .

GRAFTON, Wis. (CBS 58) — A now former employee at the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton “intentionally removed” 57 vials of a COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration earlier this week, forcing the clinic to discard nearly 500 doses.
This should be a hair-on-fire crisis and any governor who lets vaccine doses expire rather than get them out the door should be thrown in prison for negligent homicide. https://t.co/pinwBOH9su
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1344071898150424579?s=20
From New York Magazine:
“How badly are we doing? In September, President Trump promised 100 million vaccinations by the end of the year. As a country, we have only 40 million doses, and had aimed, according to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, to vaccinate 20 million by year-end. That’s bad enough. But we have administered only 2 million of those — barely 10 percent of the goal. At this rate, achieving sufficient vaccination to reach herd immunity and bring the pandemic to a close in the U.S. will take about seven years. In Israel, they are vaccinating about one percent of the population each day, meaning the full program of population-wide vaccination will be done by this March.”
Clinicians had to discard about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine after vials were intentionally removed from refrigeration at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin. https://t.co/jstZvgApcM — WDTN (@WDTN) December 31, 2020
Aurora Medical Center officials made the announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 30, after the Moderna vaccines were removed from the pharmacy refrigerator by the individual on Dec. 26.
Local media reporting that a medical center employee deliberately removed 500 doses of Moderna vaccine from refrigerated storage so that they would have to be discarded. https://t.co/MpDD7dzlMk — Renee DiResta (@noUpside) December 31, 2020
Officials said in a news release:
“We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the pandemic. We are more than disappointed that this individual’s actions will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine. This was a violation of our core values…”
Aurora Medical Center says the individual is no longer employed by them.
Employee 'intentionally' removed COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton https://t.co/ivaRUElwcW — Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) December 31, 2020
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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Trump absent as vaccine distribution lags and thousands continue to die

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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Ivermectin, fraud or real?

Ivermectin, fraud or real?

Ivermectin treats worms in cats and can be used to treat river blindness , caused by a parasite .
It also has some effect on tropical viral infections like dengue fever .
Ivermectin is extremely dangerous and loaded with nasty side effects , which I know from treating a seriously ill kitten some years ago .
It works , it kills worms and only partially kills small kittens which can recover if lucky .
The current recommendations to use Ivermectin for COVID are based on largely fake studies .
By “ fake ” I mean the data was borrowed from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real problem is running a clinical study using an animal drug with very high toxicity risk .
However…this should be done and this effort should have been started earlier .
Should it be used on dying covid patients ?
There are other treatments such as the illegal and extremely expensive treatment Trump and friends got that will work better , treatments that are now undergoing their preliminary studies in the UK .
Soon 1125 patients will be chosen for a double blind but we already have very strong reason to believe that these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ save many who are dying .
A balanced article is here for review .
My other issue is this ; google ‘ covid ivermectin.
’ You get many dozens of websites , journals , studies and articles .
They are all fake .
Real scientists can do real studies and get real results .
Fake scientists do fake studies and publish fake results .
This is how we got hydroxychloroquine .
Even Remdesivir is working out poorly , or so we are told , though anecdotal evidence we had received was very favorable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and antibody based treatments thus far .
Ivermectin should be tested , no reason not to look at everything .

Ivermectin treats worms in cats and can be used to treat river blindness, caused by a parasite. It also has some effect on tropical viral infections like dengue fever.
Ivermectin is extremely dangerous and loaded with nasty side effects, which I know from treating a seriously ill kitten some years ago. It works, it kills worms and only partially kills small kittens which can recover if lucky.
The current recommendations to use Ivermectin for COVID are based on largely fake studies. By “fake” I mean the data was borrowed from other studies and applied haphazardly.
Will Ivermectin work? Maybe.
The real problem is running a clinical study using an animal drug with very high toxicity risk. However…this should be done and this effort should have been started earlier. Should it be used on dying covid patients? My guess…NO. There are other treatments such as the illegal and extremely expensive treatment Trump and friends got that will work better, treatments that are now undergoing their preliminary studies in the UK. Soon 1125 patients will be chosen for a double blind but we already have very strong reason to believe that these treatments equivocate vaccine level antibodies and can save many who are dying. A balanced article is here for review. https://www.isglobal.org/en/healthisglobal/-/custom-blog-portlet/ivermectin-and-covid-19-how-a-flawed-database-shaped-the-covid-19-response-of-several-latin-american-countries/2877257/0 My other issue is this; google ‘covid ivermectin.’ You get many dozens of websites, journals, studies and articles. They are all fake. Real scientists can do real studies and get real results. Fake scientists do fake studies and publish fake results. This is how we got hydroxychloroquine. Even Remdesivir is working out poorly, or so we are told, though anecdotal evidence we had received was very favorable. Can you trust anecdotal evidence? We have two paths, vaccines and antibody based treatments thus far. Ivermectin should be tested, no reason not to look at everything.


veteranstoday--2020-12-31--*** Iran attack may be next in Trump’s farewell bag of tricks

Iran attack may be next in Trump ’ s farewell bag of tricks DECEMBER 31 , 2020 By Trita Parsi ResponsibleStatecraft.org https : //responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/12/31/more-clues-indicate-iran-attack-may-be-next-in-trumps-farewell-bag-of-surprises/ No one thought President Donald Trump would leave quietly .
But would he go so far as to start a military confrontation with Iran on his way out ?
Recent military movements by the Pentagon in the Middle East ( ostensibly to deter Iran from attacking American troops on the anniversary of the assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani ) , combined with Israeli media reports that Saudi Arabi and Israel are pressing Trump to bomb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fueled speculation that Trump may be planning his biggest — and likely most disastrous — stunt yet .
Trump has made more threats of war against Iran than any other country during his four years as President .
As late as last month , he ordered the military to prepare options against Iranian nuclear facilities .
Though the New York Times reported that Trump ’ s aides derailed those plans , U.S. troop movements in the past few weeks may suggest otherwise .
Since October , the Pentagon has deployed 2,000 additional troops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighter planes to Saudi Arabia .
It has also sent B-52 bombers on missions in the Persian Gulf three times , kept the USS Nimitz close to Iran , and announced that it is sending a Tomahawk-firing submarine just outside of Iranian waters .
Moreover , Israel — whose officials have confirmed to several U.S. newspapers that it was behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last month — has sent a nuclear-equipped submarine to the Persian Gulf .
Officially , all of these military maneuvers are aimed at “ deterring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an Iranian official in Iran and not the other way around .
“ The United States continues to deploy combat-ready capabilities into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to deter any potential adversary , and make clear that we are ready and able to respond to any aggression directed at Americans or our interests , ” said Marine Gen. Kenneth “ Frank ” McKenzie , chief of U.S. Central Command , according to the Washington Post .
Not surprisingly , Tehran has interpreted the measures as threats and provocations , similar to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warships posturing off Florida ’ s coast .
What has further raised fears of an imminent military confrontation is the Trump administration ’ s reported refusal to allow the Biden transition team to meet with defense intelligence agencies .
The move has not only caused furor in the Biden team but also raised eyebrows internationally .
Tobias Ellwood , Conservative British MP and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee , speculated on Twitter that Trump was blocking Biden ’ s intelligence briefings “ because he has a couple of significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the green light before 20 Jan. ” Carl Bildt , former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden , found Trump ’ s conduct “ strange , ” and asked if there had been “ recent changes related to planned or possible imminent operations ?
” What makes matters worse , and suggests that rather than seeking to deter Iran , Trump may be setting the stage for a war of choice , are statements by senior Pentagon officials asserting that the Iran threat is exaggerated .
One senior defense official with direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is “ not a single piece of corroborating intel ” suggesting an attack by Iran may be imminent .
If Trump is seeking a confrontation with Iran during his last weeks of his Presidency , what could be his motivation ?
Two things need to be made clear first : Whatever his reason , he is likely miscalculating .
His entire Iran policy has been a disastrous failure and he has shown no ability to learn from his mistakes during these past four years .
Secondly , his track record suggests that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more reckless he becomes .
Desperately seeking to cling on to power , he is exploring all ways to overturn the elections , even toying with the idea of calling for martial law .
The disgraced General Michael Flynn , who Trump pardoned this month , has even suggested that Trump should deploy the military in ‘ swing states ’ to ‘ rerun ’ the election .
Could Trump seek to start a military confrontation with Iran in hopes of creating enough chaos as to prevent Joe Biden from taking office in January @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such a gambit would work , yet the insanity of the idea is not a convincing reason as to why a desperate Trump wouldn ’ t try it .
At a minimum , he would have the backing of large sways of Evangelical Chistians who view confrontation with Iran as the fulfillment of the prophecy of the End Times in the biblical book of Revelations , as well as that of the GOP ’ s biggest financial backer , Sheldon Adelson .
Trump has already acquiesced to every request of Adelson ( except @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem , to accepting Israel ’ s annexation of the Golan Heights , to the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard , who flew to Israel this week on Adelson ’ s private jet .
The AP described his release as the “ latest in a long line of diplomatic gifts given to Netanyahu by President Donald Trump.
” Even if confrontation with Iran won ’ t prevent Biden from becoming President , Trump may calculate that it will kill the Iran nuclear deal once and for all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Adelson and the Evangelicals , which in turn can help Trump strengthen his grip over the GOP even after his presidency .
Israeli and Arab media reported today that Saudi Arabia and Israel has been pressuring Trump to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities before he leaves office precisely to prevent Biden from returning to the JCPOA .
Whatever his calculation may be , there is clearly a risk that the last three weeks of Trump ’ s presidency may be the most perilous .
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Obama , Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy .

***
Iran attack may be next in Trump’s farewell bag of tricks
DECEMBER 31, 2020
By Trita Parsi
ResponsibleStatecraft.org
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/12/31/more-clues-indicate-iran-attack-may-be-next-in-trumps-farewell-bag-of-surprises/
No one thought President Donald Trump would leave quietly. But would he go so far as to start a military confrontation with Iran on his way out?
Recent military movements by the Pentagon in the Middle East (ostensibly to deter Iran from attacking American troops on the anniversary of the assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani), combined with Israeli media reports that Saudi Arabi and Israel are pressing Trump to bomb Iran before he leaves office, has fueled speculation that Trump may be planning his biggest — and likely most disastrous — stunt yet.
Trump has made more threats of war against Iran than any other country during his four years as President. As late as last month, he ordered the military to prepare options against Iranian nuclear facilities. Though the New York Times reported that Trump’s aides derailed those plans, U.S. troop movements in the past few weeks may suggest otherwise.
Since October, the Pentagon has deployed 2,000 additional troops as well as an extra squadron of fighter planes to Saudi Arabia. It has also sent B-52 bombers on missions in the Persian Gulf three times, kept the USS Nimitz close to Iran, and announced that it is sending a Tomahawk-firing submarine just outside of Iranian waters. Moreover, Israel — whose officials have confirmed to several U.S. newspapers that it was behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last month — has sent a nuclear-equipped submarine to the Persian Gulf.
Officially, all of these military maneuvers are aimed at “deterring” Iran, even though Israel assassinated an Iranian official in Iran and not the other way around. “The United States continues to deploy combat-ready capabilities into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to deter any potential adversary, and make clear that we are ready and able to respond to any aggression directed at Americans or our interests,” said Marine Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command, according to the Washington Post.
Not surprisingly, Tehran has interpreted the measures as threats and provocations, similar to how the United States would perceive Iranian warships posturing off Florida’s coast.
What has further raised fears of an imminent military confrontation is the Trump administration’s reported refusal to allow the Biden transition team to meet with defense intelligence agencies. The move has not only caused furor in the Biden team but also raised eyebrows internationally.
Tobias Ellwood, Conservative British MP and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, speculated on Twitter that Trump was blocking Biden’s intelligence briefings “because he has a couple of significant operations up his sleeve which may get the green light before 20 Jan.”
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden, found Trump’s conduct “strange,” and asked if there had been “recent changes related to planned or possible imminent operations?”
What makes matters worse, and suggests that rather than seeking to deter Iran, Trump may be setting the stage for a war of choice, are statements by senior Pentagon officials asserting that the Iran threat is exaggerated. One senior defense official with direct involvement in this issue told CNN that there is “not a single piece of corroborating intel” suggesting an attack by Iran may be imminent.
If Trump is seeking a confrontation with Iran during his last weeks of his Presidency, what could be his motivation? Two things need to be made clear first: Whatever his reason, he is likely miscalculating. His entire Iran policy has been a disastrous failure and he has shown no ability to learn from his mistakes during these past four years. Secondly, his track record suggests that the more desperate he gets, the more reckless he becomes. Desperately seeking to cling on to power, he is exploring all ways to overturn the elections, even toying with the idea of calling for martial law. The disgraced General Michael Flynn, who Trump pardoned this month, has even suggested that Trump should deploy the military in ‘swing states’ to ‘rerun’ the election.
Could Trump seek to start a military confrontation with Iran in hopes of creating enough chaos as to prevent Joe Biden from taking office in January? There is no reason to believe such a gambit would work, yet the insanity of the idea is not a convincing reason as to why a desperate Trump wouldn’t try it.
At a minimum, he would have the backing of large sways of Evangelical Chistians who view confrontation with Iran as the fulfillment of the prophecy of the End Times in the biblical book of Revelations, as well as that of the GOP’s biggest financial backer, Sheldon Adelson. Trump has already acquiesced to every request of Adelson (except war with Iran) — from moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, to accepting Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, to the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, who flew to Israel this week on Adelson’s private jet. The AP described his release as the “latest in a long line of diplomatic gifts given to Netanyahu by President Donald Trump.”
Even if confrontation with Iran won’t prevent Biden from becoming President, Trump may calculate that it will kill the Iran nuclear deal once and for all, and ensure continued support for Trump by Adelson and the Evangelicals, which in turn can help Trump strengthen his grip over the GOP even after his presidency. Israeli and Arab media reported today that Saudi Arabia and Israel has been pressuring Trump to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities before he leaves office precisely to prevent Biden from returning to the JCPOA.
Whatever his calculation may be, there is clearly a risk that the last three weeks of Trump’s presidency may be the most perilous.
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy institute and author of Losing an Enemy – Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.


veteranstoday--2020-12-31--47-Million-Year-Old Python Resets Evolutionary Origins


veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Melting Permafrost Gives Up Well-Preserved Ancient Woolly Rhino

A shockingly well-preserved woolly rhinoceros has emerged from the thawing muck of the Russian permafrost , reports Valeria Sukhova for the Siberian Times .
Valerii Plotnikov , a mammoth researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences , tells RT ’ s Jonny Tickle that this may be the best-preserved example of the extinct Ice Age mammal ever found .
“ There are soft tissues in the back of the carcass , possibly genitals and part of the intestine , ” he tells RT .
“ This makes it possible to study the excreta , which will allow us to reconstruct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tells local Russian outlet Yakutia 24 that the woolly rhino specimen includes all four limbs , its horn and even some of its woolly coat , according to report from Reuters .
The scientist also says wear marks on the horn suggest the creature may have used its bony protrusion to gather food , perhaps scraping away snow to reach tender greenery underneath .
Plotnikov tells the Siberian Times that the animal looks to have died young at three or four years of age and likely drowned .
“ The gender of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adds .
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Melting Russian Permafrost Yields New Woolly Rhino Specimen
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
A shockingly well-preserved woolly rhinoceros has emerged from the thawing muck of the Russian permafrost, reports Valeria Sukhova for the Siberian Times.
Valerii Plotnikov, a mammoth researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences, tells RT’s Jonny Tickle that this may be the best-preserved example of the extinct Ice Age mammal ever found.
“There are soft tissues in the back of the carcass, possibly genitals and part of the intestine,” he tells RT. “This makes it possible to study the excreta, which will allow us to reconstruct the paleoenvironment of that period.”
Plotnikov tells local Russian outlet Yakutia 24 that the woolly rhino specimen includes all four limbs, its horn and even some of its woolly coat, according to report from Reuters. The scientist also says wear marks on the horn suggest the creature may have used its bony protrusion to gather food, perhaps scraping away snow to reach tender greenery underneath.
Plotnikov tells the Siberian Times that the animal looks to have died young at three or four years of age and likely drowned. “The gender of the animal is still unknown,” he adds.
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veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Joe Biden should end the US pretence over Israel’s ‘secret’ nuclear weapons – Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu is a Nobel peace laureate and a former archbishop of Cape Town Every recent US administration has performed a perverse ritual as it has come into office .
All have agreed to undermine US law by signing secret letters stipulating they will not acknowledge something everyone knows : that Israel has a nuclear weapons arsenal .
Part of the reason for this is to stop people focusing on Israel ’ s capacity to turn dozens of cities to dust .
This failure to face up to the threat posed by Israel ’ s horrific arsenal gives its prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of power and impunity , allowing Israel to dictate terms to others .
But one other effect of the US administration ’ s ostrich approach is that it avoids invoking the US ’ s own laws , which call for an end to taxpayer largesse for nuclear weapons proliferators .
Israel in fact is a multiple nuclear weapons proliferator .
There is overwhelming evidence that it offered to sell the apartheid regime in South Africa nuclear weapons in the 1970s and even conducted a joint nuclear test .
The US government tried to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty .
Yet the US and Israeli governments pushed for the invasion of Iraq based on lies about coming mushroom clouds .
As Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu said : the nuclear weapons were not in Iraq – they are in Israel .
Amendments by former Senators Stuart Symington and John Glenn to the Foreign Assistance Act ban US economic and military assistance to nuclear proliferators and countries that acquire nuclear weapons .
While president , Jimmy Carter invoked such provisions against India and Pakistan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ regard to Israel .
Quite the contrary .
Read more…

The cover-up has to stop – and with it, the huge sums in aid for a country with oppressive policies towards Palestinians
Desmond Tutu is a Nobel peace laureate and a former archbishop of Cape Town
Every recent US administration has performed a perverse ritual as it has come into office. All have agreed to undermine US law by signing secret letters stipulating they will not acknowledge something everyone knows: that Israel has a nuclear weapons arsenal.
Part of the reason for this is to stop people focusing on Israel’s capacity to turn dozens of cities to dust. This failure to face up to the threat posed by Israel’s horrific arsenal gives its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a sense of power and impunity, allowing Israel to dictate terms to others.
But one other effect of the US administration’s ostrich approach is that it avoids invoking the US’s own laws, which call for an end to taxpayer largesse for nuclear weapons proliferators.
Israel in fact is a multiple nuclear weapons proliferator. There is overwhelming evidence that it offered to sell the apartheid regime in South Africa nuclear weapons in the 1970s and even conducted a joint nuclear test. The US government tried to cover up these facts. Additionally, it has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Yet the US and Israeli governments pushed for the invasion of Iraq based on lies about coming mushroom clouds. As Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu said: the nuclear weapons were not in Iraq – they are in Israel. Amendments by former Senators Stuart Symington and John Glenn to the Foreign Assistance Act ban US economic and military assistance to nuclear proliferators and countries that acquire nuclear weapons. While president, Jimmy Carter invoked such provisions against India and Pakistan. But no president has done so with regard to Israel. Quite the contrary. Read more… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/31/joe-biden-us-pretence-israel-nuclear-weapons


veteranstoday--2020-12-31--Hitler’s final days Redux, as Trump circles the drain, an Intel Drop

What do we know ?
We know this , when the US Army , under its newly appointed inexperienced leaders took over vaccine distribution , millions of doses , many millions , simply disappeared into the concierge medicine world .
From Military.com : The federal government outlined its plans Wednesday for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine free to all Americans , with the Defense Department leading the operational planning , oversight and logistics of distribution — without ever touching the product , senior officials said in a phone call with reporters Wednesday .
Noting there ’ s been “ a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s role in the country ’ s expedited coronavirus vaccine program , dubbed Operation Warp Speed , or OWS , officials said the department is conducting an “ extraordinary logistically complex undertaking ” with the goal of ensuring that a product will ship within a day of receiving approval from the Food and Drug Administration .
“ Our goal for Operation Warp Speed is that , within 24 hours of an [ emergency use authorization ] or [ biologics license application ] , that we have vaccines moving to administration sites , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , OWS deputy chief of supply , production and distribution .
To make that happen , the DoD has led a “ very deliberate planning process , ” according to Ostrowski , sorting out details of supply chain logistics , distribution , inoculations and monitoring .
Now look at what really happened .
Then try searching the controlled internet for those asking questions other than VT .
Nothing ?
Surprised ?
Why do you think Trump appointed unqualified QAnon extremists to oversee the US military after losing the election ?
https : //www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/trump-pentagon-intelligence-iran.html @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we were and are .
Trump hates us , not Iran .
Trump is trying to kill us all , if only I were kidding .
20 million Americans are supposed to be vaccinated though Trump promised 100 million .
Some claim 3 million but we think that number is high .
Some of the right people are vaccinated , one of our kids is vaccinated , she works in a COVID ICU .
When she went to sleep last night she texted : “ I DON ’ T WANT TO GO TO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” She will go to work anyway , like she has from day one .
We know ‘ congress critters ’ got vaccinated , even the maskless denialist morons got in line for the jab .
But who else ?
Why the secrecy ?
With 3 more weeks of the ‘ herd immunity ’ flat earth crowd pulling the strings , grifters and idiots to a one , this is their last chance to prove down is up and to steal what they can .
Why planes full of ‘ new strain ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing nothing ?
Who is really on these planes ?
We think they are here to hit the front of the vaccine queue for $ 15,000 payments into the ‘ keep the Trumps out of prison ’ fund .
The same thing is going on in Israel and in Dubai .
What else is going on their since they are now an Israeli colony with a nuclear armed submarine on station ?
Let ’ s talk locally , after all , the sabotaged vaccine program is being run at county level .
Is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Are they giving schedules ?
If not , perhaps they need to be asked .
Is your county being run by people who still have Trump flags on their lawns ?
If you wouldn ’ t trust them to watch your parakeet , why are you trusting them to run a vaccine program ?
Would you trust a fake evangelical kristchun to run pandemic response ?
Get some answers , find out who is to blame and demand accountability , meaning arrests , prison , jail knifings and gang rapes .
Why do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ First of all , let ’ s all get involved .
Don ’ t just complain .
So , today ’ we ( carol and gordon ) will tell our county health department that we will vaccinate all those in care facilities ourselves .
C has a medical license , I can drive and I have some experience overseeing competent pandemic response programs such in Ghana and elsewhere .
It will take ten days if we are the only ones involved .
In a county of maybe 80 thousand rich Republicans , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but thus far there are no signs of it .
With the current vaccination program in our GOP run county , with just two of us taking over , we could quadruple what is now going on .
Sad ?
Criminal ?
What ’ s the truth ?
Why the secrecy ?
Where are the vaccines ?
Hypothesis ?
Would the GOP sabotage vaccine distribution ?
Are they doing it on a national scale ?
Is this going on : • Distribution around the nation sabotaged in order to expire vaccines that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ JaVanka ?
• If so , who is involved ?
Police ?
County health officials ?
State legislatures ?
Organized crime ?
Aren ’ t they all potentially one in the same in many areas ?
• Did Trump allow flights to continue from Britain to bring in the new strain now running rampant and killing 4000 or more a day ?
( real figures 20 % higher than Johns Hopkins ) Trump , as we now know , never believed COVID was a hoax .
He kept the planes flying in from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were filled with infected .
When New York City and its environs “ went viral , ” the infected flew to Jewish communities around the country , first hitting Detroit and , eventually , even Montana where a massive die off is being hidden .
After that , dozens of failures while JaVanka and the grifters bought PPE , bought controlling interest in every company that could provide real or fake cures , useless equipment or simply stole the money .
Then the $ 7 trillion bailout came but who got the money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mega-churches , companies with Trump investment cash , hedge fund managers while 20 million Americans owe over $ 5000 in back rent .
Daily Beast : It ’ s tempting this New Year ’ s Eve to celebrate the end of a terrible year—but , unfortunately , things are set to get worse before they get better .
For the second day running , the United States hit a new high for daily deaths related to the coronavirus , with 3,740 people losing their lives .
The figure comes from pandemic trackers at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the same day that California identified the nation ’ s second confirmed case of the new and seemingly faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus , suggesting it ’ s more widespread than previously realized .
The outlook for the start of the new year is not good—according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast , more than 80,000 Americans could die of COVID-19 over the next three weeks .

What do we know? We know this, when the US Army, under its newly appointed inexperienced leaders took over vaccine distribution, millions of doses, many millions, simply disappeared into the concierge medicine world. From Military.com:
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