veteranstoday--2020-08-31--Military Times: Trump’s popularity with troops crashes, with Officer Corps…plummets

The results , collected before the political conventions earlier this month , appear to undercut claims from the president that @ @ @ @ @ is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to @ @ @ @ @ conflict zones .
But the Military Times Polls , surveying active-duty troops in partnership with @ @ @ @ @ Military Families ( IVMF ) at Syracuse University , have seen a steady drop in @ @ @ @ @ commander in chief since his election four years ago .
In the latest results — @ @ @ @ @ surveyed in late July and early August — nearly half of respondents ( 49.9 percent @ @ @ @ @ of the president , compared to about 38 percent who had a favorable view .
@ @ @ @ @ a margin of error of up to 2 percent .
Among all survey participants , @ @ @ @ @ strongly ” disapprove of Trump ’ s time in office .
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The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members’ views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming November election among troops surveyed.
The results, collected before the political conventions earlier this month, appear to undercut claims from the president that his support among military members is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to draw down troops from overseas conflict zones.
But the Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty troops in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, have seen a steady drop in troops’ opinion of the commander in chief since his election four years ago.
In the latest results — based on 1,018 active-duty troops surveyed in late July and early August — nearly half of respondents (49.9 percent) had an unfavorable view of the president, compared to about 38 percent who had a favorable view. Questions in the poll had a margin of error of up to 2 percent.
Among all survey participants, 42 percent said they “strongly” disapprove of Trump’s time in office. Read more…
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/31/as-trumps-popularity-slips-in-latest-military-times-poll-more-troops-say-theyll-vote-for-biden/


veteranstoday--2020-08-31--Russia is behind social unrest in cities in America!

George Orwell once said : “ One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that : no ordinary man could be such a fool.
” In other words , some ideas are so dumb that only an ideologue and political prostitute could possibly believe them .
Russia , CNN has recently told us , is almost certainly behind the social unrest that we are currently witnessing in places like Portland and Kenosha .
CNN host Dana Bash has recently mused : “ Do you have any reason to believe that Russia is trying to fuel some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media or other methods ?
” Why would anyone with an ounce of brain cells knocking ask such a dumb question ?
And I talk people on CNN don ’ t believe in conspiracy theory !
Adam Schiff , the guest on the show and House Intelligence Committee Chairman , risibly responded that the Russians “ are once again doing their best in social media , in the overt media and other means to grow this division again .
And I think that most pernicious , we have to worry about their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ 1 ] Obviously these people are paid to say crazy things , incoherent things , and wicked things , because no ordinary man could sink that low .
The interesting thing is that these people don ’ t even care to provide evidence for their fatuous ideas .
They don ’ t care whether people are going to fact-check what they say or not .
They only care about perpetuating a wicked ideology because they still think that many Americans will believe anything .
What these people will never have the courage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been training our police force since the beginning of time .
If there is one nation on earth that has been behind the social unrest in America is Israel .
But what has our friendly neighborhood Kamala Harris recently said ?
In an article entitled , “ Kamala Harris tells Jewish supporters Israel aid will not be conditional , ” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency quoted Harris saying : “ Joe has made it clear he will not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes and I couldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will sustain our unbreakable commitment to Israel ’ s security , including the unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation pioneered during the Obama Biden administration and the guarantee that Israel will always maintain its qualitative military edge .
“ Our administration will hold Iran ’ s government accountable and rejoin a diplomatic agreement if Iran comes back into compliance .
And we will work with our allies , of course , to strengthen and extend the Iran deal and push back against Iran ’ s other destabilizing actions.
” [ 2 ] Doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ chickenshit ” ?
[ 3 ] Does she know that the Obama administration fleshed out a rational and reasonable deal with Iran ?
[ 4 ] Does Harris know that Benjamin Netanyahu has been lying about Iran since the beginning of time ?
Once again , it is pertinent to cite Benjamin Netanyahu himself in his 1995-book Fighting Terrorism : “ The best estimate at this time place Iran between three and five years away from possessing the prerequisites required for the independent production of nuclear weapons .
After this time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ability to construct atomic weapons without the importation of materials or technology from abroad.
” [ 5 ] Forty years later , Iran still does not have the bomb .
In fact , it is generally agreed among U.S. and Israeli intelligence that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program .
[ 6 ] Did Netanyahu start rethinking about his relentless lies and fabrications ?
Did he apologize to the world for slandering Iran ?
Of course no .
So can a major figure in the political world want to prostrate before Benjamin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serve the American people ?
George W. Bush didn ’ t .
Donald Trump is still under the leadership of the Israeli regime ( particularly with respect to foreign policy in the Middle East ) , and Harris will only be subservient to the real masters of America .
• [ 1 ] Justin Baragona , “ Adam Schiff : Trump ’ s ‘ Willfully Fanning the Flames ’ of Violence in Cities , ” Daily Beast , August 30 , 2020 .
• [ 2 ] “ Kamala Harris tells Jewish supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Jewish Telegraphic Agency , August 26 , 2020 .
• [ 4 ] See Trita Parsi , Losing an Enemy : Obama , Iran , and the Triumph of Diplomacy ( New Haven : Yale University Press , 2017 ) ; Treacherous Alliance : The Secret Dealings of Israel , Iran , and the United States ( New Haven : Yale University Press , 2008 ) .
• [ 5 ] Benjamin Netanyahu , Fighting Terrorism : How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists ( New York : Farrar , Straus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• [ 6 ] “ ‘ US , Israel agree Iran abandoned nuclear bomb , ’ ” Jerusalem Post , March 18 , 2012 ; James Risen and Mark Marzetti , “ U.S .
Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb , ” NY Times , February 24 , 2012 .

George Orwell once said: “One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.” In other words, some ideas are so dumb that only an ideologue and political prostitute could possibly believe them.
Russia, CNN has recently told us, is almost certainly behind the social unrest that we are currently witnessing in places like Portland and Kenosha. CNN host Dana Bash has recently mused: “Do you have any reason to believe that Russia is trying to fuel some of the civil unrest in these cities via social media or other methods?”
Why would anyone with an ounce of brain cells knocking ask such a dumb question? And I talk people on CNN don’t believe in conspiracy theory! Adam Schiff, the guest on the show and House Intelligence Committee Chairman, risibly responded that the Russians “are once again doing their best in social media, in the overt media and other means to grow this division again. And I think that most pernicious, we have to worry about their aggravating the tensions in our cities.”[1]
Obviously these people are paid to say crazy things, incoherent things, and wicked things, because no ordinary man could sink that low. The interesting thing is that these people don’t even care to provide evidence for their fatuous ideas. They don’t care whether people are going to fact-check what they say or not. They only care about perpetuating a wicked ideology because they still think that many Americans will believe anything.
What these people will never have the courage to address is that the Israeli regime has been training our police force since the beginning of time. If there is one nation on earth that has been behind the social unrest in America is Israel.
But what has our friendly neighborhood Kamala Harris recently said? In an article entitled, “Kamala Harris tells Jewish supporters Israel aid will not be conditional,” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency quoted Harris saying:
“Joe has made it clear he will not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes and I couldn’t agree more. The Biden Harris administration will sustain our unbreakable commitment to Israel’s security, including the unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation pioneered during the Obama Biden administration and the guarantee that Israel will always maintain its qualitative military edge.
“Our administration will hold Iran’s government accountable and rejoin a diplomatic agreement if Iran comes back into compliance. And we will work with our allies, of course, to strengthen and extend the Iran deal and push back against Iran’s other destabilizing actions.”[2]
Doesn’t Harris remember that Obama called Netanyahu a “chickenshit”?[3] Does she know that the Obama administration fleshed out a rational and reasonable deal with Iran?[4] Does Harris know that Benjamin Netanyahu has been lying about Iran since the beginning of time? Once again, it is pertinent to cite Benjamin Netanyahu himself in his 1995-book Fighting Terrorism:
“The best estimate at this time place Iran between three and five years away from possessing the prerequisites required for the independent production of nuclear weapons. After this time, the Iranian Islamic republic will have the ability to construct atomic weapons without the importation of materials or technology from abroad.”[5]
Forty years later, Iran still does not have the bomb. In fact, it is generally agreed among U.S. and Israeli intelligence that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program.[6] Did Netanyahu start rethinking about his relentless lies and fabrications? Did he apologize to the world for slandering Iran?
Of course no.
So can a major figure in the political world want to prostrate before Benjamin Netanyahu? Will a politician like Harris serve the American people? George W. Bush didn’t. Donald Trump is still under the leadership of the Israeli regime (particularly with respect to foreign policy in the Middle East), and Harris will only be subservient to the real masters of America.


veteranstoday--2020-08-31--India Has Outpaced U.S. and Brazil in Daily Coronavirus Cases

India Has More Daily Coronavirus Cases Than U.S. and Brazil Health Editor ’ s note : In March India went into total lockdown , with everyone confined to their homes for three weeks .
Additional time spent in lockdown did not prevent upsurges in cases as the country began to open up .
At that time of the initial lockdown India had only 500 cases and 10 deaths for 1.3 billion people .
Overall , the U.S. leads in COVID-19 cases and deaths .
India is not the only country to experience surges in coronavirus cases .
France and South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they start to open the countries up .
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veteranstoday--2020-09-01--Blockbuster: NEO, America’s Fake Civil War

By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science ( Est : 1816 ) The United States , in the fourth year of the Trump presidency , is in near anarchy .
On April 29 , 2020 , a 600-car caravan , mostly trucks , from the ‘ suburbs ’ of Portland , Oregon , drove through town on what was ostensibly a Trump political rally .
Demonstrating in town , and at this time no one is sure exactly what is being demonstrated for or against , were a few hundred “ stragglers.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , moved on elsewhere .
Activists fighting racism had been superseded by others , the bored , the unemployed and those with broader issues against America ’ s love affair with fascism , under the guise of neoconservatism .
Those driving through town were not really what one would consider suburban .
One typically thinks of suburbs as affluent , educated , mostly “ white ” middle management , small business owners and skilled factory labor .
What came into town was not so much suburban but rural .
Rural America is largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ substance abuse issues , the uneducated but , as with typical inner cities , rural Americans are “ white.
” Rural America is , in fact , the ghetto for white people .
In Portland , one person was killed , no one yet knows who or why , as those out on the streets , the car caravan , the stragglers , all pretty much marginalized members of society , and if one would check , an equal smattering of felony convictions , weapons charges and failed lives .
But what constitutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Depending on the standard and one ’ s values and sense of clarity , everyone but Donald Trump is a failure , which Donald Trump reminds all of us of every single day .
Not everyone can be a “ super genius , ” who ( according to Trump ’ s own sister ) hired someone to take his college entrance exams and , most probably , do all his work as well .
America is about privilege , not so obvious as Britain where the scoundrels of yesteryear leave titles and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their miserable progeny .
To be a success in the US , it is necessary for one to adhere oneself to privilege , giving up any and all pretense of individuality or conscience .
One must become ruthlessly aggressive , on behalf of overlords initially and , as one gains the skill and trust of the Deep State , use position to move others aside .
Success in America is based on psychopathy , wile , and deceit .
With it comes military rank , seats in congress , seats in boardrooms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ golf memberships , large boats , and membership in other organizations .
The scandals that have rocked America over recent months have made one thing clear above all , that sexual immaturity and envy , often racially driven , lack of moral center and physical prowess now defines America ’ s elites .
The “ self-made ” men and women are few and far between .
Thus , to understand what a civil war in America is like and why it could only be fake , one must understand who Americans are .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ become so irrelevant in today ’ s world , why America is known for its fat people , for its ignorance and for its national policies that do nothing for America and yet victimize the world on behalf of some unseen force .
This explains the addiction , seemingly coming to an end , for using the term Deep State , a form of intellectual laziness and , moreover deflection-disinformation as well .
I think we all know who we are really talking about when we use that very convenient term that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nothing anti-Semitic about “ Deep State.
” It is not an attack on “ elites ” or the “ Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon ” or the “ Banksters.
” In fact , any real group culpable of bringing the world to its knees can and does stand up and cheer at the use of “ Deep State.
” The real enemy has now become a phantom from a graphic novel .
Truth is a dangerous thing .
People are weak , easily influenced and , at heart , lost and fearful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many , too many , incapable of the level of discernment required to live in a state where a psychological war scripted by Nobel Prize winners was declared , decades ago , against the American people , among others .
Sewing fear , distrust and hate is their product and total control of institutions , once few in number , now all , is their power and majesty .
Google and Facebook , this is where the civil war starts .
The two names , Brin , and Zuckerberg , look to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centers of power .
It is for Brin and Zuckerberg to deflect and disinform , to send the blind masses after George Soros and Bill Gates .
Soros , known for his fanatic hatred of all things Bolshevik is an easy target , a huge critic of Israel ’ s policies against the Palestinians .
Opposing Israel ’ s policies is dangerous in the US .
Few in the US are aware that Israel itself is near civil war , as demonstrations go on week after week in that country against the dictatorial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for corruption and holds onto power through orchestrating political unrest in the region .
This is why Israel is under investigation related to what Donald Trump has coined the “ attack ” on Beirut .
Trump says it was a bomb , quoting experts at the Pentagon .
The media says everything but that , and investigations will say nothing or make something up .
Truth no longer exists , not for the general public , but then why should the general public care when , in the US at least 40 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that number facing homelessness and nearly 200,000 of them dead already from COVID ?
So , who is going to fight this civil war ?
First of all , you need the disaffected .
Those are people who hate themselves and , thus , feel envy toward others and are likely to look to violence and populism .
Hitler was good at managing this kind of person , as the world very well knows .
Were one to look at the realignment of wealth inside the US since Reagan took office , perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 1970 , a family with an income of $ 20,000 per year was considered lower income , just above the poverty level depending on how many children in the family .
Today , that figure , unadjusted for inflation , is $ 28,000 .
An automobile that cost $ 3000 in 1970 costs $ 30,000 today .
A home that would cost $ 25,000 in 1970 costs $ 175,000 today .
A can of soup that cost 10 cents in 1970 costs one dollar today .
In 1970 , most Americans had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while today only 4 % have fully paid insurance .
Most Americans are subject to lowered levels of care , often life threatening , due to public health policies written by insurance company lobbyists .
In fact , under Trump certainly but Reagan and in both Bush presidencies , public policy has raised costs manifold for public utilities , for health and all other insurances , while weakening protections against poisoned air , food , water and , most telling of all , predatory business practices .
Creating fear is a way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a great source of fear .
Let us look at wages .
In 1963 , a 16-year-old retail worker going to school made around $ 1.25 per hour , while a unionized industrial worker made around $ 2.00 .
The good thing was that industrial workers had fully paid benefits and worked significant overtime , and the things they needed to buy cost very little by today ’ s standards .
Oh , there was also 60 million of them .
Today only 4 percent of workers belong to unions .
The minimum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 7.25 .
As the minimum wage , then mostly for part time student workers , has increased nearly 600 percent in 60 years , the cost of living has increased 800 % according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
The problem there is that while minimum wage workers 60 years ago were very few , and in the then poverty stricken Southern United States and migrant agricultural workers only , today minimum wage jobs or near minimum wage is the “ gold standard , ” and work without benefits is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officially , the highest level of single parent homes , at 23 % , according to Pew Research , the highest of any nation in the world .
The US also has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world as well , with just under 10 % using serious drugs on a regular basis , not counting cannabis , alcohol , or cigarettes .
Other areas are more subjective , and though it is always dangerous to generalize , it can safely be said that the quality of public education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to other first and second world nations , with the US now hovering near “ second world ” status in many key areas .
The US can no longer be compared to Norway or Germany , genuine first world nations .
To look at the framing as to why a population could be turned on itself in a civil war , one needs only to see the level of fear and ignorance and gullibility .
A discussion of politicized religion in suburban and rural areas certainly applies , where traditional Christian values , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largely Christian nation or chooses to see itself as such , can easily point to religious leaders who are deeply corrupt yet massively powerful .
We then return to the idea of failure .
People who see themselves as failures are potential fodder for extremism , expressed after 9/11 as xenophobic rage against Islam , certainly engineered by criminal elements , something no one doubts or questions anymore .
Today it is American against American , based on race and educational level .
The social lubricant is ignorance , fear , and poverty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Facebook , through controlled , even scripted media and serves , whom ?
There are other issues but one important one is regional traditions .
The US went through a massive migration at both the end of the Civil War , after 1865 and during the Second World War .
The Southern and Border States , the rural South and Appalachia , emptied of both African Americans and whites as well .
African Americans went North , largely , eventually “ landing ” in cities , defining the struggles we see today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West , escaping persecution by the Northern victors in the Civil War and then during World War II , the remainder who did not serve in the military , both men and women , sought employment in war plants in the north .
These settled in cities that also were home to rural African American populations as well , and decades of social unrest ensued as these two opposing groups from the South came to blows , fighting over the lowest economic sector in the affluent North .
The North settled very differently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waves of immigrants , Norway , Sweden and Finland , settled in the Midwest rural areas for lumber and farming ; while Germany , Hungary and Poland became the staple for industrial workers .
Irish and Italian settlers were prominent in the Northeast .
Southern immigrants who moved north brought their traditions , religious practices which included “ speaking in tongues ” and handling poisonous snakes , but those who were less religious , and this differentiation is key to understanding the South , brought a tradition of violence , of race hatred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is this sector that has migrated into such areas as law enforcement , people who were unfit for skilled industrial work .
This is , in reality , the explanation for the bizarre and primitive nature of the police violence seen in parts of the US .
As time moved on , the Irish Catholics and poor Italians , the Greeks as well , advanced socially and economically .
The Germans and Hungarians prospered , as did Southern whites , but to a lesser degree than others .
Similarly African Americans faced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a breakdown of social norms , not unlike that of resettled Southern whites , with high degrees of drug use and inherent criminality , mostly in urban African American communities .
But , as poverty reemerged in post Reagan America , suburban and rural poor began to suffer social degeneration .
These are some of the factors , all that we can easily discuss today , that has led the US to the divisions that make a form of civil war possible , if only one orchestrated by political operatives , social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream media .
Each region of the US has a different mix and history , each with a narrative that , when exploited , can draw on old feuds to fuel racial and social discord .
This is the new politics of America and will , also frighteningly , decide the 2020 election which may well decide the fate of the world for generations .
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today , especially for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook .
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By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science (Est: 1816)
The United States, in the fourth year of the Trump presidency, is in near anarchy.
On April 29, 2020, a 600-car caravan, mostly trucks, from the ‘suburbs’ of Portland, Oregon, drove through town on what was ostensibly a Trump political rally.
Demonstrating in town, and at this time no one is sure exactly what is being demonstrated for or against, were a few hundred “stragglers.” The real demonstrations had ended some time ago, moved on elsewhere.
Activists fighting racism had been superseded by others, the bored, the unemployed and those with broader issues against America’s love affair with fascism, under the guise of neoconservatism.
Those driving through town were not really what one would consider suburban. One typically thinks of suburbs as affluent, educated, mostly “white” middle management, small business owners and skilled factory labor.
What came into town was not so much suburban but rural. Rural America is largely the permanently unemployed, those suffering from substance abuse issues, the uneducated but, as with typical inner cities, rural Americans are “white.”
Rural America is, in fact, the ghetto for white people.
In Portland, one person was killed, no one yet knows who or why, as those out on the streets, the car caravan, the stragglers, all pretty much marginalized members of society, and if one would check, an equal smattering of felony convictions, weapons charges and failed lives.
But what constitutes a failed life in the United States? Depending on the standard and one’s values and sense of clarity, everyone but Donald Trump is a failure, which Donald Trump reminds all of us of every single day.
Not everyone can be a “super genius,” who (according to Trump’s own sister) hired someone to take his college entrance exams and, most probably, do all his work as well.
America is about privilege, not so obvious as Britain where the scoundrels of yesteryear leave titles and properties and the inherent privileges therein ensconced to their miserable progeny.
To be a success in the US, it is necessary for one to adhere oneself to privilege, giving up any and all pretense of individuality or conscience. One must become ruthlessly aggressive, on behalf of overlords initially and, as one gains the skill and trust of the Deep State, use position to move others aside.
Success in America is based on psychopathy, wile, and deceit. With it comes military rank, seats in congress, seats in boardrooms, and the other perks, private golf memberships, large boats, and membership in other organizations.
The scandals that have rocked America over recent months have made one thing clear above all, that sexual immaturity and envy, often racially driven, lack of moral center and physical prowess now defines America’s elites.
The “self-made” men and women are few and far between.
Thus, to understand what a civil war in America is like and why it could only be fake, one must understand who Americans are. This will also explain why America has become so irrelevant in today’s world, why America is known for its fat people, for its ignorance and for its national policies that do nothing for America and yet victimize the world on behalf of some unseen force.
This explains the addiction, seemingly coming to an end, for using the term Deep State, a form of intellectual laziness and, moreover deflection-disinformation as well. I think we all know who we are really talking about when we use that very convenient term that the mainstream media has told us is allowable.
Nothing anti-Semitic about “Deep State.” It is not an attack on “elites” or the “Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon” or the “Banksters.” In fact, any real group culpable of bringing the world to its knees can and does stand up and cheer at the use of “Deep State.”
The real enemy has now become a phantom from a graphic novel.
Truth is a dangerous thing. People are weak, easily influenced and, at heart, lost and fearful. Not all people are equal with many, too many, incapable of the level of discernment required to live in a state where a psychological war scripted by Nobel Prize winners was declared, decades ago, against the American people, among others.
Sewing fear, distrust and hate is their product and total control of institutions, once few in number, now all, is their power and majesty.
Google and Facebook, this is where the civil war starts. The two names, Brin, and Zuckerberg, look to them above all. These are the real centers of power.
It is for Brin and Zuckerberg to deflect and disinform, to send the blind masses after George Soros and Bill Gates. Soros, known for his fanatic hatred of all things Bolshevik is an easy target, a huge critic of Israel’s policies against the Palestinians.
Opposing Israel’s policies is dangerous in the US. Few in the US are aware that Israel itself is near civil war, as demonstrations go on week after week in that country against the dictatorial rule of Netanyahu, who faces prison for corruption and holds onto power through orchestrating political unrest in the region.
This is why Israel is under investigation related to what Donald Trump has coined the “attack” on Beirut. Trump says it was a bomb, quoting experts at the Pentagon.
The media says everything but that, and investigations will say nothing or make something up. Truth no longer exists, not for the general public, but then why should the general public care when, in the US at least 40 percent of them are unemployed, with half that number facing homelessness and nearly 200,000 of them dead already from COVID?
So, who is going to fight this civil war?
First of all, you need the disaffected. Those are people who hate themselves and, thus, feel envy toward others and are likely to look to violence and populism. Hitler was good at managing this kind of person, as the world very well knows.
Were one to look at the realignment of wealth inside the US since Reagan took office, perhaps before, it might become clear. In 1970, a family with an income of $20,000 per year was considered lower income, just above the poverty level depending on how many children in the family.
Today, that figure, unadjusted for inflation, is $28,000.
An automobile that cost $3000 in 1970 costs $30,000 today. A home that would cost $25,000 in 1970 costs $175,000 today. A can of soup that cost 10 cents in 1970 costs one dollar today.
In 1970, most Americans had fully paid health insurance. 80%, while today only 4% have fully paid insurance. Most Americans are subject to lowered levels of care, often life threatening, due to public health policies written by insurance company lobbyists.
In fact, under Trump certainly but Reagan and in both Bush presidencies, public policy has raised costs manifold for public utilities, for health and all other insurances, while weakening protections against poisoned air, food, water and, most telling of all, predatory business practices.
Creating fear is a way of engineering social unrest. Poverty is a great source of fear.
Let us look at wages. In 1963, a 16-year-old retail worker going to school made around $1.25 per hour, while a unionized industrial worker made around $2.00.
The good thing was that industrial workers had fully paid benefits and worked significant overtime, and the things they needed to buy cost very little by today’s standards.
Oh, there was also 60 million of them.
Today only 4 percent of workers belong to unions. The minimum wage, then $1.25 is now $7.25. As the minimum wage, then mostly for part time student workers, has increased nearly 600 percent in 60 years, the cost of living has increased 800% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The problem there is that while minimum wage workers 60 years ago were very few, and in the then poverty stricken Southern United States and migrant agricultural workers only, today minimum wage jobs or near minimum wage is the “gold standard,” and work without benefits is the norm.
The result is fear.
The US now has, officially, the highest level of single parent homes, at 23%, according to Pew Research, the highest of any nation in the world.
The US also has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world as well, with just under 10% using serious drugs on a regular basis, not counting cannabis, alcohol, or cigarettes.
Other areas are more subjective, and though it is always dangerous to generalize, it can safely be said that the quality of public education in the US is poor in relationship to other first and second world nations, with the US now hovering near “second world” status in many key areas.
The US can no longer be compared to Norway or Germany, genuine first world nations.
To look at the framing as to why a population could be turned on itself in a civil war, one needs only to see the level of fear and ignorance and gullibility.
A discussion of politicized religion in suburban and rural areas certainly applies, where traditional Christian values, accepting that the United States is a largely Christian nation or chooses to see itself as such, can easily point to religious leaders who are deeply corrupt yet massively powerful.
We then return to the idea of failure. People who see themselves as failures are potential fodder for extremism, expressed after 9/11 as xenophobic rage against Islam, certainly engineered by criminal elements, something no one doubts or questions anymore.
Today it is American against American, based on race and educational level.
The social lubricant is ignorance, fear, and poverty. The leverage is applied through Google and Facebook, through controlled, even scripted media and serves, whom?
There are other issues but one important one is regional traditions.
The US went through a massive migration at both the end of the Civil War, after 1865 and during the Second World War. The Southern and Border States, the rural South and Appalachia, emptied of both African Americans and whites as well.
African Americans went North, largely, eventually “landing” in cities, defining the struggles we see today.
The rural whites at first moved West, escaping persecution by the Northern victors in the Civil War and then during World War II, the remainder who did not serve in the military, both men and women, sought employment in war plants in the north.
These settled in cities that also were home to rural African American populations as well, and decades of social unrest ensued as these two opposing groups from the South came to blows, fighting over the lowest economic sector in the affluent North.
The North settled very differently than the South. With industrialization, waves of immigrants, Norway, Sweden and Finland, settled in the Midwest rural areas for lumber and farming; while Germany, Hungary and Poland became the staple for industrial workers. Irish and Italian settlers were prominent in the Northeast.
Southern immigrants who moved north brought their traditions, religious practices which included “speaking in tongues” and handling poisonous snakes, but those who were less religious, and this differentiation is key to understanding the South, brought a tradition of violence, of race hatred and of extreme ignorance.
Frighteningly, it is this sector that has migrated into such areas as law enforcement, people who were unfit for skilled industrial work. This is, in reality, the explanation for the bizarre and primitive nature of the police violence seen in parts of the US.
As time moved on, the Irish Catholics and poor Italians, the Greeks as well, advanced socially and economically. The Germans and Hungarians prospered, as did Southern whites, but to a lesser degree than others.
Similarly African Americans faced the challenges of injustice and racism and a breakdown of social norms, not unlike that of resettled Southern whites, with high degrees of drug use and inherent criminality, mostly in urban African American communities.
But, as poverty reemerged in post Reagan America, suburban and rural poor began to suffer social degeneration.
These are some of the factors, all that we can easily discuss today, that has led the US to the divisions that make a form of civil war possible, if only one orchestrated by political operatives, social media and blown out of proportion by the mainstream media.
Each region of the US has a different mix and history, each with a narrative that, when exploited, can draw on old feuds to fuel racial and social discord.
This is the new politics of America and will, also frighteningly, decide the 2020 election which may well decide the fate of the world for generations.
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues. He’s a senior editor and chairman of the board of VT, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”


veteranstoday--2020-09-01--Trump: Biden Controlled by Sinister ‘Dark Shadows’ Without Names (Possibly Negros, Maybe Vampire Neg

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veteranstoday--2020-09-01--NEO – Is there an Afghan pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Afghanistan : No end of failure in sight by Vladimir Danilov , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Danilov makes the solid case below on Afghanistan being a lost cause as there is neither the will to make peace or allow that other side to gain a stronger position as they will then try to crush the other side .
As long as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the war may go on forever .
Our military will bear a big part of the blame for not have explained that to the politicians .
But winning is not always the game with them in losing can be done in a long and profitable way , which it has been .
The US attempt to throw the tar baby into the hands of some of the ‘ -stan ’ countries shows the desperation .
They will of course get involved if someone pays them enough , and then split the money with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for another two decades .
Danilov ’ s posing the dividing of the country might be the better play as the US could keep its warlords as puppets whose prices are already well know and the US could still have some bases there .
And we all know how the Deep State loves its overseas bases , even if they are at the end of the world to nowhere land… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Click to donate > > As the recent events in Afghanistan and the actions of the United States show , resolving this conflict in the country is becoming more and more problematic in the coming years .
Unfortunately , we have to admit that none of the powers trying to influence Afghanistan , including players within the country , currently have the capability to create peace in Afghanistan .
This can lead to a state in which the situation in Afghanistan and the South Asian region will remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous agreements , fighting continues between the Afghan National Army ( ANA ) and Taliban soldiers .
On August 20 alone , no less than 13 security officials and ANA fighters were killed in the Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan during skirmishes with the Taliban .
Despite reports that a peaceful prisoner exchange and open dialogue between the two sides are on the way , in reality the process has practically stopped .
This is because the Taliban said they would not sit down for negotiations unless the remaining 400 prisoners are released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released on August 19 , Afghan authorities suspended the process of releasing the remaining 320 Taliban from the list presented by the Taliban ( movement prohibited in the Russian Federation ) , due to their involvement in serious crimes and pending the Taliban releasing 22 Afghan security force personnel held captive .
At the same time , Afghani President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in an interview with the British edition of Times said on August 19 that if the last group of Taliban prisoners were released , a large amount of drugs could find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ European countries , since among them are several major drug dealers .
Paris was publicly opposed to the release of some Taliban members , which in a statement from the Foreign Ministry stressed the importance of “ the process of getting out of the crisis meets the aspirations of the victims ” and criminals pay the price for what they did .
Germany and Austria are also dissatisfied with the release of certain Taliban members in the hands of Kabul , which may have been lined to the fact that European diplomats previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release candidates .
Among those who are not satisfied with the Taliban ’ s release lists , Afghani officials cautiously name the United States , although they have not yet made any official statements on the issue , and US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad limited himself to harsh criticism of the failed assassination attempt of Fawzia Kufi , human rights defender and member of the Afghani government ’ s negotiating team in Kabul .
To date , in fact , both the United States and the Taliban have refused to fully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Al-Qaeda ( banned in the Russian Federation – ed . )
and other foreign groups operating in Afghanistan , as mentioned by the UN in a statement on July 1 , as well as the Pentagon in a report to the US Congress .
To date , in fact , both the United States and the Taliban have refused to fully comply with the terms of the Doha peace agreement of February 29 , 2020 , signed by the US Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cease cooperation with Al-Qaeda ( banned in the Russian Federation – ed . )
and other foreign groups operating in Afghanistan , as mentioned by the UN in a statement on July 1 , as well as the Pentagon in a report to the US Congress .
In addition , the deterioration of the Taliban ’ s relations with the United States was influenced by the latest anti-Russian propaganda campaign by the New York Times , which is close to the US Democratic Party , on Russia ’ s alleged support of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Taliban , and then switched to unjustified similar accusations of Iran .
In an interview with Al Jazeera , Taliban spokesman Khairullah Khairhwa said that Afghani intelligence and clearly pro-American protégés in the Afghani leadership are behind these hostile allegations voiced in Washington .
The Afghani settlement was was shaken by Washington ’ s increased pressure on Pakistan because of its ties with China and allegedly with terrorist groups , as well as the annual report on terrorism published by the State Department on June 24 .
The latter noted that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups operating in South Asia , ” and the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Pakistani army have been accused of idly standing by .
The implementing this policy by opponents of President Donald Trump on the eve of the presidential election leads to the situation when in the near future , the United States will be forced to confront too wide a range of external and internal Afghani players , which could push the current American administration to make radical moves in the framework of the Afghani crisis .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Afghanistan , which was previously discussed in Washington after invading the country in 2001 .
In particular , we can talk about the formation of the Uzbek and Tajik states in the north of the country as a counterbalance to the Pashtun unification and the strengthening of the influence of the Taliban .
This , in turn , may repeat the situation in the country twenty years ago , when the Taliban expelled Tajiks , Uzbeks , Shiites-Hazaras , after which , as certain circles in the United States clearly hope , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return to Afghanistan .
In the meantime , the United States began to more actively involve the Central Asian countries in solving its problems in Afghanistan , placing a significant bet on Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan .
At the same time , Washington has recently begun treating Turkey strengthening positions in the post-Soviet states of Central Asia in this regard in the most condescending manner .
Not to mention that they previously granted asylum to General Abdul Rashid Dostum , disgraced in the recent past , who is capable of leading the central-northern region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Mazar Sharif ) .
Thus , although the US President speaks of his intentions to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan , as well as from other countries in the Middle East , they leave without much fanfare , having failed to defeat terrorism in the region .
Today , even the United States admits that the Taliban conflict is bleeding them dry financially with no legitimate kickback .
Especially against in light of Washington ’ s plans for China announced by Secretary Pompeo , which are very ambitious and costly .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advance Afghanistan ’ s future to fate by involving its NATO and Central Asian allies in further addressing the problems of Afghan settlement .
A glaring byproduct being further destabilizing the situation in Eurasia .

The US attempt to throw the tar baby into the hands of some of the ‘-stan’ countries shows the desperation. They would of course get involved if someone paid them enough, and then would split the money with the Taliban while doing some pretend fighting for another two decades.
Danilov poses that dividing the country might be the better play, as the US could keep its warlords as puppets, whose prices are already well know and the US could still have some bases there.
We all know how the US loves its overseas bases… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … August 25, 2020 –
As the recent events in Afghanistan and the actions of the United States show, resolving this conflict in the country is becoming more and more problematic in the coming years.
Unfortunately, we have to admit that none of the powers trying to influence Afghanistan, including players within the country, currently have the capability to create peace in Afghanistan. This can lead to a state in which the situation in Afghanistan and the South Asian region will remain unchanged in the foreseeable future.
Despite previous agreements, fighting continues between the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Taliban soldiers. On August 20 alone, no less than 13 security officials and ANA fighters were killed in the Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan during skirmishes with the Taliban.
Despite reports that a peaceful prisoner exchange and open dialogue between the two sides are on the way, in reality the process has practically stopped. This is because the Taliban said they would not sit down for negotiations unless the remaining 400 prisoners are released.
After 80 of their prisoners were released on August 19, Afghan authorities suspended the process of releasing the remaining 320 Taliban from the list presented by the Taliban (movement prohibited in the Russian Federation), due to their involvement in serious crimes and pending the Taliban releasing 22 Afghan security force personnel held captive.
At the same time, Afghani President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in an interview with the British edition of Times said on August 19 that if the last group of Taliban prisoners were released, a large amount of drugs could find their way into the UK and other European countries, since among them are several major drug dealers.
Paris was publicly opposed to the release of some Taliban members, which in a statement from the Foreign Ministry stressed the importance of “the process of getting out of the crisis meets the aspirations of the victims” and criminals pay the price for what they did.
Germany and Austria are also dissatisfied with the release of certain Taliban members in the hands of Kabul, which may have been lined to the fact that European diplomats previously gained access to the personal files of release candidates.
Among those who are not satisfied with the Taliban’s release lists, Afghani officials cautiously name the United States, although they have not yet made any official statements on the issue, and US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad limited himself to harsh criticism of the failed assassination attempt of Fawzia Kufi, human rights defender and member of the Afghani government’s negotiating team in Kabul.
To date, in fact, both the United States and the Taliban have refused to fully comply with they refused to cease cooperation with Al-Qaeda (banned in the Russian Federation – ed.) and other foreign groups operating in Afghanistan, as mentioned by the UN in a statement on July 1, as well as the Pentagon in a report to the US Congress.
To date, in fact, both the United States and the Taliban have refused to fully comply with the terms of the Doha peace agreement of February 29, 2020, signed by the US Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The Taliban actually refused to cease cooperation with Al-Qaeda (banned in the Russian Federation – ed.) and other foreign groups operating in Afghanistan, as mentioned by the UN in a statement on July 1, as well as the Pentagon in a report to the US Congress.
In addition, the deterioration of the Taliban’s relations with the United States was influenced by the latest anti-Russian propaganda campaign by the New York Times, which is close to the US Democratic Party, on Russia’s alleged support of this group, which was very critically perceived by the Taliban, and then switched to unjustified similar accusations of Iran.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Khairullah Khairhwa said that Afghani intelligence and clearly pro-American protégés in the Afghani leadership are behind these hostile allegations voiced in Washington.
The Afghani settlement was was shaken by Washington’s increased pressure on Pakistan because of its ties with China and allegedly with terrorist groups, as well as the annual report on terrorism published by the State Department on June 24. The latter noted that “Pakistan is a haven for terrorist groups operating in South Asia,” and the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Pakistani army have been accused of idly standing by.
The implementing this policy by opponents of President Donald Trump on the eve of the presidential election leads to the situation when in the near future, the United States will be forced to confront too wide a range of external and internal Afghani players, which could push the current American administration to make radical moves in the framework of the Afghani crisis. One of these steps could be the partition of Afghanistan, which was previously discussed in Washington after invading the country in 2001.
In particular, we can talk about the formation of the Uzbek and Tajik states in the north of the country as a counterbalance to the Pashtun unification and the strengthening of the influence of the Taliban.
This, in turn, may repeat the situation in the country twenty years ago, when the Taliban expelled Tajiks, Uzbeks, Shiites-Hazaras, after which, as certain circles in the United States clearly hope, there may be a precedent Washington to return to Afghanistan.
In the meantime, the United States began to more actively involve the Central Asian countries in solving its problems in Afghanistan, placing a significant bet on Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
At the same time, Washington has recently begun treating Turkey strengthening positions in the post-Soviet states of Central Asia in this regard in the most condescending manner. Not to mention that they previously granted asylum to General Abdul Rashid Dostum, disgraced in the recent past, who is capable of leading the central-northern region (“Dustumistan” with the center in Mazar Sharif).
Thus, although the US President speaks of his intentions to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, as well as from other countries in the Middle East, they leave without much fanfare, having failed to defeat terrorism in the region.
Today, even the United States admits that the Taliban conflict is bleeding them dry financially with no legitimate kickback. Especially against in light of Washington’s plans for China announced by Secretary Pompeo, which are very ambitious and costly.
For this reason, Washington is ready to advance Afghanistan’s future to fate by involving its NATO and Central Asian allies in further addressing the problems of Afghan settlement. A glaring byproduct being further destabilizing the situation in Eurasia.
Vladimir Danilov, political observer, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-09-02--Dear Trump: Who are you trying to fool this time?

Trump seems to be playing his old tricks again .
He knows the presidential election is right around the corner , and he is making big promises again .
What has he been saying lately ?
“ We want to bring our soldiers back home .
We are not meant to be a police force , we ’ re meant to be a fighting force , ” he said .
[ 1 ] Who is this man really trying to fool now ?
The average American ?
Didn ’ t he make these promises long before he ever became president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Didn ’ t he promise that he would put an intermission to perpetual wars in the Middle East ?
And why didn ’ t he bring the troops home three years ago ?
Two years ago ?
A year ago ?
Six months ago ?
And he thinks we ’ re going to fall for this ?
Here is my hypothesis .
Suppose he happens to bring the troops home .
Do you really think that those troops will be home forever ?
The answer is almost certainly no .
Why ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this unconditional relationship with Israel , as long as Israel continues to dictate foreign policy in the Middle East , American politicians will continue to be Israeli puppets .
What we are saying here is that bringing the troops home is antithetical to Israel ’ s foreign policy in the Middle East .
The only way to keep our troops home is to break the diabolical deal US politicians have made with Israel long ago .
That will save us at least 3 billion dollars every single year .
Trump continues : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not the fighting force that we are , in Afghanistan .
After 19 years , it is time for them to police their own Country.
” [ 2 ] So far , so good .
But how does that statement line up with Israel ?
Does Trump mean to tell us that he is going to deceive decent Americans by leading them away from the obvious fact that it was the Israeli regime that got us into Iraq , Afghanistan , and now in Syria ?
Does Trump really want us to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cuts his unconditional ties with Israel , then we ’ ll take him seriously .
Until then , he can chirp like a cricket all day , we won ’ t pay attention at all .
• [ 1 ] “ Pentagon draws up plans to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by election , ” NY Post , May 27 , 2020 .

Trump seems to be playing his old tricks again. He knows the presidential election is right around the corner, and he is making big promises again. What has he been saying lately? “We want to bring our soldiers back home. We are not meant to be a police force, we’re meant to be a fighting force,” he said.[1]
Who is this man really trying to fool now? The average American? Didn’t he make these promises long before he ever became president? Did he blast the Iraq War? Didn’t he promise that he would put an intermission to perpetual wars in the Middle East? And why didn’t he bring the troops home three years ago? Two years ago? A year ago? Six months ago? And he thinks we’re going to fall for this?
Here is my hypothesis. Suppose he happens to bring the troops home. Do you really think that those troops will be home forever? The answer is almost certainly no. Why? Well, as long as we have this unconditional relationship with Israel, as long as Israel continues to dictate foreign policy in the Middle East, American politicians will continue to be Israeli puppets. What we are saying here is that bringing the troops home is antithetical to Israel’s foreign policy in the Middle East. The only way to keep our troops home is to break the diabolical deal US politicians have made with Israel long ago. That will save us at least 3 billion dollars every single year. Trump continues:
“We are acting as a police force, not the fighting force that we are, in Afghanistan. After 19 years, it is time for them to police their own Country.”[2] So far, so good. But how does that statement line up with Israel? Does Trump mean to tell us that he is going to deceive decent Americans by leading them away from the obvious fact that it was the Israeli regime that got us into Iraq, Afghanistan, and now in Syria? Does Trump really want us to forget all of this? When Trump cuts his unconditional ties with Israel, then we’ll take him seriously. Until then, he can chirp like a cricket all day, we won’t pay attention at all. [1] “Pentagon draws up plans to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by election,” NY Post, May 27, 2020.
[2] Ibid.


veteranstoday--2020-09-02--Monsters: AG Barr and Louisville Prosecutors Caught Faking Evidence to Incriminate Beonna

VT : Our sources said Jefferson County Prosecutor , Tom Wine , was offered an appointment as US Attorney if he could smear Breonna Taylor , victim of a vicious police slaying .
The offer , our sources confirm , originated with US Attorney General William Barr .
Daily Beast : Breonna Taylor ’ s ex-boyfriend has accused Louisville prosecutors of offering him a plea deal in exchange for testimony he said would falsely incriminate Taylor , who was killed by police in March as they served a “ no-knock ” warrant on her home .
Jamarcus Glover told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned it down from day one when I seen the names on there .
They ’ re incriminating other people who had nothing to do with anything.
” The deal would have asserted as fact that Glover made use of Taylor ’ s apartment “ to store proceeds from the trafficking operation.
” Glover denied that was the case to the Courier-Journal .
“ Everything they ’ re presenting , they ’ re trying to cover up what they done , ” he said .
Glover was arrested August 27 and faces charges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and drug trafficking , and a document published by a lawyer for Taylor ’ s family shows that prosecutors offered a 10-year sentence if he testified that Taylor had joined a criminal organization .
Glover ’ s attorney said the agreement was a draft and that the final version did not mention Taylor .
Taylor ’ s boyfriend , Kenneth Walker , who was dating her at the time of her death , has sued the city of Louisville for false imprisonment and prosecution he called “ malicious .
”

VT: Our sources said Jefferson County Prosecutor, Tom Wine, was offered an appointment as US Attorney if he could smear Breonna Taylor, victim of a vicious police slaying. The offer, our sources confirm, originated with US Attorney General William Barr.
Breonna Taylor’s ex was offered a plea deal to say she was part of a "crime syndicate," the family’s attorney says. The attorney says the offer shows that local officials are "desperate" to justify Taylor’s killing. https://t.co/35T8zgDpLm — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2020
Daily Beast: Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend has accused Louisville prosecutors of offering him a plea deal in exchange for testimony he said would falsely incriminate Taylor, who was killed by police in March as they served a “no-knock” warrant on her home. Jamarcus Glover told the Louisville Courier-Journal from jail, “I turned it down from day one when I seen the names on there.
https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1300931509931704323?s=20
They’re incriminating other people who had nothing to do with anything.” The deal would have asserted as fact that Glover made use of Taylor’s apartment “to store proceeds from the trafficking operation.” Glover denied that was the case to the Courier-Journal. Breonna Taylor’s ex was offered a plea deal in July — no jail time if he would accuse Breonna of being part of an 'organized crime syndicate.’ This is a blatant, breathtaking attempt to justify her shooting death and exonerate the police involved. Wow… https://t.co/cQs8KGmPFA — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 1, 2020 “Everything they’re presenting, they’re trying to cover up what they done,” he said. Glover was arrested August 27 and faces charges of criminal syndication, firearm possession, and drug trafficking, and a document published by a lawyer for Taylor’s family shows that prosecutors offered a 10-year sentence if he testified that Taylor had joined a criminal organization. The boyfriend of Breonna Taylor has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Louisville and the Louisville police department. https://t.co/ZotfZUnk25 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 1, 2020 Glover’s attorney said the agreement was a draft and that the final version did not mention Taylor. Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was dating her at the time of her death, has sued the city of Louisville for false imprisonment and prosecution he called “malicious.”


veteranstoday--2020-09-01--EU threatens sanctions on Turkey over live fire drills in Med

[ Editor ’ s Note : Turkey may have crossed a red line with its bold announcement of live shooting drills , with Brussels and NATO lining up behind Turkey and Cyprus .
That is not only checkmating Turkey ’ s military edge on its two neighbors , it could bring on EU sanctions , which could be a political boomerang for Erdogan .
We have been here before , in October of 2019 , “ EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria , angrily rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan ’ s warning that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send 3.6 million refugees to Europe if they did not back him.
” ….Reuters .
But Erdo earned some major bad will with that move .
“ We will never accept that refugees are weaponized and used to blackmail us , ” European Council President Donald Tusk , who chairs EU summits , said on Twitter .
“ President Erdogan ’ s threats … are totally out of place.
” …Reuters .
That event was pre-Covid , which changed everything for all sides , with economic woes enough for all .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Turkey…sanctions on Turkish shipping and an arms embargo .
Ouch !
!
That would be felt quickly .
France ’ s Macron is putting the French fleet in play , with the political and sanctions muscle handled by the EU ’ s Josep Borrel .
There will be no trial , as the EU has already called Turkey ’ s grab illegal… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ donate > > The development comes as Ankara is engaged in a bitter territorial dispute with Greece and Cyprus .
The European Union has threatened to slap sanctions on Turkey if it continues with what Brussels has called “ illegal drilling ” .
Turkey has announced shooting drills in the eastern Mediterranean that will last from 29 August until 11 September .
Ankara informed about its decision via NAVTEX , an international maritime communication channel used to send navigational warnings , search and rescue notices , and meteorological forecasts .
Turkey is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a move that has further exacerbated tensions with its neighbours – Greece and Cyprus – and prompted concern in the European Union .
An informal summit of the bloc ’ s foreign ministers was held in Berlin on 28 August , where participants agreed to speed up the imposition of sanctions on Turkey .
The foreign ministers said the European Union will impose the punitive measures on 24 September if talks on the territorial dispute with Ankara fail .
French President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey hasn ’ t been behaving like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ growing frustration in the face of Turkey ’ s behaviour ” .
Macron also announced that the European Union will adopt a tough stance towards Ankara .
“ When it comes to Mediterranean sovereignty , I have to be consistent in deeds and words .
I can tell you that the Turks only consider and respect that ” , said Macron .
Turkey previously claimed that its drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean are being carried out on its continental shelf and hence are in line with international law .
Greece and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their exclusive economic zones and those of the European Union , as both countries are members of the bloc .
Tensions have risen between Turkey and Greece in recent weeks after Ankara sent its survey ship the Oruc Reis into an area that Athens claims is part of its continental shelf .
Both countries mobilized their navies , with Athens saying it would stand up for its sovereignty by all available means .
Greece also launched naval drills this week in the area where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas .
Later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would join Athens .

Turkey Launches Shooting Exercises in Eastern Mediterranean Amid Drilling Tensions With Greece
…from Sputnik News, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: Turkey may have crossed a red line with its bold announcement of live shooting drills, with Brussels and NATO lining up behind Turkey and Cyprus. That is not only checkmating Turkey’s military edge on its two neighbors, it could bring on EU sanctions, which could be a political boomerang for Erdogan.
We have been here before, in October of 2019, “EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that he would ‘open the gates’ and send 3.6 million refugees to Europe if they did not back him.” ….Reuters. But Erdo earned some major bad will with that move.
“We will never accept that refugees are weaponized and used to blackmail us,” European Council President Donald Tusk, who chairs EU summits, said on Twitter. “President Erdogan’s threats … are totally out of place.” …Reuters.
That event was pre-Covid, which changed everything for all sides, with economic woes enough for all. But the EU is holding a major trump card on Turkey…sanctions on Turkish shipping and an arms embargo. Ouch!! That would be felt quickly.
France’s Macron is putting the French fleet in play, with the political and sanctions muscle handled by the EU’s Josep Borrel. There will be no trial, as the EU has already called Turkey’s grab illegal… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … August 28, 2020 –
The development comes as Ankara is engaged in a bitter territorial dispute with Greece and Cyprus. The European Union has threatened to slap sanctions on Turkey if it continues with what Brussels has called “illegal drilling”.
Turkey has announced shooting drills in the eastern Mediterranean that will last from 29 August until 11 September. Ankara informed about its decision via NAVTEX, an international maritime communication channel used to send navigational warnings, search and rescue notices, and meteorological forecasts.
Turkey is now conducting exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean, a move that has further exacerbated tensions with its neighbours – Greece and Cyprus – and prompted concern in the European Union.
An informal summit of the bloc’s foreign ministers was held in Berlin on 28 August, where participants agreed to speed up the imposition of sanctions on Turkey. The foreign ministers said the European Union will impose the punitive measures on 24 September if talks on the territorial dispute with Ankara fail.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey hasn’t been behaving like a NATO ally and noted that there is “growing frustration in the face of Turkey’s behaviour”. Macron also announced that the European Union will adopt a tough stance towards Ankara.
“When it comes to Mediterranean sovereignty, I have to be consistent in deeds and words. I can tell you that the Turks only consider and respect that”, said Macron.
Sea of Discord
Turkey previously claimed that its drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean are being carried out on its continental shelf and hence are in line with international law. Greece and Cyprus claim that Turkey has crossed into their exclusive economic zones and those of the European Union, as both countries are members of the bloc.
Tensions have risen between Turkey and Greece in recent weeks after Ankara sent its survey ship the Oruc Reis into an area that Athens claims is part of its continental shelf. Both countries mobilized their navies, with Athens saying it would stand up for its sovereignty by all available means.
Greece also launched naval drills this week in the area where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas. Later France, Cyprus, and Italy said they would join Athens.


veteranstoday--2020-09-01--Anti-fascism:  A statement of purpose for all US military and intel professionals

By definition , any and every American veteran should be ‘ Antifa.
’ This is the definition of the word veteran and defines American values , fighting fascism , racism and oligarchical rule by fascists .
What are fascists ?
One man rule , surrounded by gangsters and supported by powerful business elites who exploit economic and racial divisions while pointing their fingers at imaginary enemies , normally “ the Jews ” but typically fascists like to call people communists or “ hooligans.
” Never before has this nation been confronted with domestic fascism at the level it is today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Business Plot against Roosevelt in 1933 when Dupont and Merrill Lynch , aided by the American Legion and KKK/Black Legion tried to coerce General Smedley Butler into supporting a Nazi overthrow of the US .
This was pure Trumpism then , while Trump ’ s dad was running his New York brothels partnered with Murder Incorporated .
For the past 20 years , the gulf between rich and poor in the US has grown such that millions of Americans , very much the “ Invisible Poor , ” those living in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shacks and mobile homes , 90 percent of them white , nearly a third of them veterans , sharing in nothing resembling America .
The safety net of ADC , SSDI , Medicaid , Food Stamps and commodities is nearly gone .
That permanent underclass , the new serfdom , of fake jobs , retail , packaging and assembly and the disgusting food industry that is increasingly poisoning America .
In order to maintain control , a game is played , creating a fake narrative about everything including a fake narrative about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Sputnik and RT from Moscow , the Daily Mail in the UK , CNN , the Daily Beast , ABC/NBC/CBS , they all take their orders from the same shadowy people Trump just finished warning us of , who are of course Trump ’ s masters , not Joe Biden ’ s .
Fighting fascism and standing up for America means fighting Trump and his supporters , with our lives if need be .
You see , America didn ’ t really win World War II .
The Nazi , which included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroy President Harry Truman and , at the end of the war , flooded the US with former Stormtroopers , up to 60,000 and dozens of powerful Nazi elites who partnered with the banks , who built up the Bush family and who became Reagan republicans , neoconservatives and the worst of them the satanic pedophile Christian evangelists .
This Nazi elite that took over the US destroyed the Soviet Union , the evil empire , and fed off the Russian people until Putin stopped them .
Their gangster oligarchs are those that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the men behind Trump .
Now America is fighting for her life , yes it is a civil war , a war to restore American freedoms that disappeared after 9/11 and more so after the Trump regime took power .
The war is a war to restore not just rights and freedoms but a real American way of life which has disintegrated at the hands of a vast psychological operation run through Google/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram/Wikipedia/Wikileaks and the vast power of the Kosher Nostra .
If you don ’ t realize COVID 19 is their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saved .
You see , COVID didn ’ t start a few years ago .
It began with American fascists under Richard Nixon and Allen Dulles bringing Japanese war criminals ( Unit 731 ) into the US under Operation Paperclip .
From X files , Season 3 Episode 2 : The fascist underworld that was and is the Republican Party and its Freemason friends in those secret societies spent billions developing biological and chemical weapons , first in the US and later in secret labs around the world , North Korea , Libya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then , full circle , the University of Pennsylvania where COVID 19 was developed along with a vaccine .
Guess who got the vaccine ?
Now Americans are being conditioned to accept up to 2 million dead , 250,000 of them gone already , most over 60 , while the American people are being told through hoaxes and conspiracy theories that as long as it is someone else , death is just fine .
Four million of America ’ s aged are in maximum security prisons , no visitors , no personal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are treated and many of them are being starved , raped and beaten and no one can do anything about it .
The real deal for fascists is to turn as many Americans into insects as possible .
Thus far their success rate has been startlingly good .
When it comes to fighting back , as was learned this week , America ’ s military and veterans , armed , trained and when need be , ruthless killers , will stand with American values .

By Gordon Duff
By definition, any and every American veteran should be ‘Antifa.’ This is the definition of the word veteran and defines American values, fighting fascism, racism and oligarchical rule by fascists.
What are fascists? One man rule, surrounded by gangsters and supported by powerful business elites who exploit economic and racial divisions while pointing their fingers at imaginary enemies, normally “the Jews” but typically fascists like to call people communists or “hooligans.”
Trump is a fascist.
Never before has this nation been confronted with domestic fascism at the level it is today. Historically, one can look back to the Business Plot against Roosevelt in 1933 when Dupont and Merrill Lynch, aided by the American Legion and KKK/Black Legion tried to coerce General Smedley Butler into supporting a Nazi overthrow of the US.
This was pure Trumpism then, while Trump’s dad was running his New York brothels partnered with Murder Incorporated.
For the past 20 years, the gulf between rich and poor in the US has grown such that millions of Americans, very much the “Invisible Poor,” those living in squats, camping trailers and millions in shacks and mobile homes, 90 percent of them white, nearly a third of them veterans, sharing in nothing resembling America.
The safety net of ADC, SSDI, Medicaid, Food Stamps and commodities is nearly gone.
That permanent underclass, the new serfdom, of fake jobs, retail, packaging and assembly and the disgusting food industry that is increasingly poisoning America.
In order to maintain control, a game is played, creating a fake narrative about everything including a fake narrative about the fake narrative.
Thus, Fox News, Sputnik and RT from Moscow, the Daily Mail in the UK, CNN, the Daily Beast, ABC/NBC/CBS, they all take their orders from the same shadowy people Trump just finished warning us of, who are of course Trump’s masters, not Joe Biden’s.
Fighting fascism and standing up for America means fighting Trump and his supporters, with our lives if need be. You see, America didn’t really win World War II. The Nazi, which included millions of American elites, worked to destroy President Harry Truman and, at the end of the war, flooded the US with former Stormtroopers, up to 60,000 and dozens of powerful Nazi elites who partnered with the banks, who built up the Bush family and who became Reagan republicans, neoconservatives and the worst of them the satanic pedophile Christian evangelists.
This Nazi elite that took over the US destroyed the Soviet Union, the evil empire, and fed off the Russian people until Putin stopped them.
Their gangster oligarchs are those that Ian Greenhalgh wrote about so eloquently, as the men behind Trump.
Now America is fighting for her life, yes it is a civil war, a war to restore American freedoms that disappeared after 9/11 and more so after the Trump regime took power. The war is a war to restore not just rights and freedoms but a real American way of life which has disintegrated at the hands of a vast psychological operation run through Google/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram/Wikipedia/Wikileaks and the vast power of the Kosher Nostra.
If you don’t realize COVID 19 is their creation, you can’t be saved. You see, COVID didn’t start a few years ago. It began with American fascists under Richard Nixon and Allen Dulles bringing Japanese war criminals (Unit 731) into the US under Operation Paperclip. From X files, Season 3 Episode 2:
The fascist underworld that was and is the Republican Party and its Freemason friends in those secret societies spent billions developing biological and chemical weapons, first in the US and later in secret labs around the world, North Korea, Libya, more recently in Tbilisi, Georgia and then, full circle, the University of Pennsylvania where COVID 19 was developed along with a vaccine.
Guess who got the vaccine?
Now Americans are being conditioned to accept up to 2 million dead, 250,000 of them gone already, most over 60, while the American people are being told through hoaxes and conspiracy theories that as long as it is someone else, death is just fine.
Four million of America’s aged are in maximum security prisons, no visitors, no personal contact, no one overseeing how they are treated and many of them are being starved, raped and beaten and no one can do anything about it.
The real deal for fascists is to turn as many Americans into insects as possible. Thus far their success rate has been startlingly good.
When it comes to fighting back, as was learned this week, America’s military and veterans, armed, trained and when need be, ruthless killers, will stand with American values.
Test us.


veteranstoday--2020-09-01--Trump in full panic mode now, threatening revolution

Trump says ‘ Revolution ’ will occur in US if Biden becomes President [ Editor ’ s Note : I can ’ t imagine what it must be like to be on Trump ’ s staff when he pulls boners like this .
One would think that major campaign detours at this late stage of the campaign would be vetted by top staff .
After all , that is usually what they are for .
But , no .
Trump seems to be addicted to his early morning genius sessions on Twitter , where he reveals to the world what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Can you imagine what a resume enhancer that would be , if God laid out the program for you at night so that you are all ready to go the next day ?
This follows his yesterday statement of the plane load of people in black tactical gear getting on a plane going somewhere .
I can ’ t wait to hear how they got through DHS security to board , and then off the plane and through security at their arrival .
And how did they fit in those tight seats ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ off with a load of such people ?
I sure as hell can ’ t .
Yet Trump knows his ‘ believers ’ will , as he is the new Moses , having come down from the mountain with the ‘ word ’ .
He has moved America into cray cray land .
When I look at his face , I see his fear of total exposure and losing everything .
To that I would say , “ Not everything Donald , you will still have your Secret Service protection ” while in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a status symbol… Jim W. Dean ] “ Biden won ’ t calm things down , ” Trump said .
“ They will take over .
They will have won .
If Biden gets in , they will have won .
He ’ s a weak person .
He ’ s controlled like a puppet .
So it ’ s not going to be calm … They will have taken over your cities .
It ’ s a revolution .
You understand that .
It ’ s a revolution and the people of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” According to Trump , funding for the “ revolution ” is coming from “ very stupid rich people that have no idea that if their thing ever succeeded , which it won ’ t , they would be thrown to the wolves like never before.
” On Monday , Biden accused Trump of further dividing the protest-ridden nation rather than unifying it and his words and messages were sowing chaos rather than law and order .
Biden ’ s remarks came after Trump and numerous Republicans repeatedly criticized him and the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence by the Antifa and Black Lives Matter movements in Democrat-run states and cities .
Republicans have said Democrats in those jurisdictions are trying to score political points in an election year by allowing the violent protests and riots and by refusing federal assistance that Trump has offered to quell the unrest .
Protests against police brutality and racism started in numerous cities in the United States after the death of African American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on 25 May .
Last month , a new wave of protests started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States after police shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake , an African American man , in the back seven times .
The incident , which occurred on 23 August , left Blake paralyzed .
Protests turned into riots complete with violence against police and civilians as well as acts of arson and destruction .

Trump says ‘Revolution’ will occur in US if Biden becomes President
…from Sputnik News, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: I can’t imagine what it must be like to be on Trump’s staff when he pulls boners like this.
One would think that major campaign detours at this late stage of the campaign would be vetted by top staff. After all, that is usually what they are for.
But, no. Trump seems to be addicted to his early morning genius sessions on Twitter, where he reveals to the world what came to him in his dreams. Can you imagine what a resume enhancer that would be, if God laid out the program for you at night so that you are all ready to go the next day?
This follows his yesterday statement of the plane load of people in black tactical gear getting on a plane going somewhere. I can’t wait to hear how they got through DHS security to board, and then off the plane and through security at their arrival. And how did they fit in those tight seats?
Can you imagine an airline crew taking off with a load of such people? I sure as hell can’t. Yet Trump knows his ‘believers’ will, as he is the new Moses, having come down from the mountain with the ‘word’. He has moved America into cray cray land.
When I look at his face, I see his fear of total exposure and losing everything. To that I would say, “Not everything Donald, you will still have your Secret Service protection” while in the joint, which would be quite a status symbol… Jim W. Dean ]
– First published … September 01, 2020 –
US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a puppet figure, who, if elected in November, will ignite a “revolution” in the United States, US President Donald Trump said on Monday, in a Fox News interview.


veteranstoday--2020-09-01--Trevor Noah, a very needed moment as Trump’s look for legal help

Trevor Noah out here with a full-on afro and some righteous anger and I’m so here for it. pic.twitter.com/XcjmDEQ4ys
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veteranstoday--2020-09-03--San Leqandro Officer Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter in Walmart Shooting

Here is our analysis of what is an excellent video , for which we thank the San Leandro Police Department .
The officer , failing to wait for backup , choose to “ cowboy ” the event .
This is a piss poor cop but he is miles above police in the other shootings we have seen in recent years .
The charges here are possibly a bit heavy depending on California ’ s sentencing on Murder 3 .
It is clear and should be to anyone seeing this that Taylor suffered from a psychiatric disorder .
I also note @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , made no attempt to render aid but rather chatted up for their audience , essentially faking procedures while Taylor lay dying .
Nowhere do we really hear them calling emergency services , certainly we don ’ t hear them talking to dispatch about the dying man they shot for prettymuch no reason whatsoever .
Could any normal adult have taken the bat away with little risk ?
Of course they could .
Some adult needed to step in because police , at least this one cop , OK both of them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all .
Police culture renders police officers , it seems , incompetent and then gives them guns .
Police may well be considered a danger to the community .

Here is our analysis of what is an excellent video, for which we thank the San Leandro Police Department.
The officer, failing to wait for backup, choose to “cowboy” the event. This is a piss poor cop but he is miles above police in the other shootings we have seen in recent years. The charges here are possibly a bit heavy depending on California’s sentencing on Murder 3.
It is clear and should be to anyone seeing this that Taylor suffered from a psychiatric disorder.
I also note that the police, after the shooting, made no attempt to render aid but rather chatted up for their audience, essentially faking procedures while Taylor lay dying.
Nowhere do we really hear them calling emergency services, certainly we don’t hear them talking to dispatch about the dying man they shot for prettymuch no reason whatsoever. Could any normal adult have taken the bat away with little risk? Of course they could. Some adult needed to step in because police, at least this one cop, OK both of them, don’t seem to be adults at all. Police culture renders police officers, it seems, incompetent and then gives them guns. Police may well be considered a danger to the community. Officer Jason Fletcher of @SanLeandroPD is charged w/voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting Steven Taylor inside @Walmart without de-escalating the situation, says @AlamedaCountyDA. Top cop @jtudorslpd and officer's attorney react pic.twitter.com/VOHRrlzWwf — Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) September 3, 2020 *


veteranstoday--2020-09-03--Syria: Beirut Port Explosion, Truth and attempts at political exploitation

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