activistpost--2020-03-08--Film: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Film: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Chiwetel Ejiofor , director of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was interviewed by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah in “ Chiwetel Ejiofor – Telling a Malawian Story in ‘ The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind . '
” Ejiofor is a British actor who made his directorial debut in this film about Malawian engineer William Kamkwamba .
Ejiofor learned to speak Chichewa for his role in the film as William ’ s father .
The film is based on the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind which tells the story of 13-year-old William Kamkwamba who was inspired @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he snuck INTO school .
Since William ’ s parents could no longer afford to pay for him to attend school , he snuck into the school library to read and teach himself how to build a wind turbine to save his Malawian village from famine !
Ejiofor pointed out that the story can inspire people around the world to find solutions for seemingly hopeless situations .
William ’ s genius was widely recognized and he was rewarded with a chance to give a TED Talk among many other opportunities .
As an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward now .
This is an extremely powerful and beautiful film that provides insight into the many struggles that the people of Malawi faced in terms of the weather , their land , their economy , and their democracy .
When William ’ s family was starving because of the drought , he was finally able to convince his father to let him use his bicycle ( his only means of transportation ) to build a windmill that powered a pump to irrigate the land .
People laughed and thought William was crazy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freely and crops flourished .
The word spread and William was granted a scholarship to go to a top school .
The 2019 film can be seen at : https : //www.netflix.com/title/80200047 Amazon says of the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind : William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi , a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery .
It was also a land withered by drought and hunger .
But William had read about windmills , and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of Malawians could enjoy : electricity and running water .
His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams .
With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks ; some scrap metal , tractor parts , and bicycle halves ; and an armory of curiosity and determination , he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him .
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone who doubts the power of one individual ’ s ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him .
This 2007 TED Talk has almost three million views !
William Kamkwamba , from Malawi , is a born inventor .
When he was 14 , he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap , working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs .
The windmill now powers four lights and two radios in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Kamkwamba on Mike McKay ’ s blog Hacktivate ( which picked up the story from a local Malawi newspaper ) , TEDGlobal Conference Director Emeka Okafor spent several weeks tracking him down at his home in Masitala Village , Wimbe , and invited him to attend TEDGlobal on a fellowship .
Onstage , Kamkwamba talked about his invention and shared his dreams : to build a larger windmill to help with irrigation for his entire village , and to go back to school .
Following Kamkwamba ’ s moving talk , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his promising work .
Members of the TED community got together to help him improve his power system ( by incorporating solar energy ) and further his education through school and mentorships .
Subsequent projects have included clean water , malaria prevention , solar power and lighting for the six homes in his family compound ; a deep-water well with a solar-powered pump for clean water ; and a drip irrigation system .
Kamkwamba returned to school and is now attending the African Leadership Academy , a new pan-African prep school outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s story is documented in his autobiography , The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind : Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope .
A documentary about Kamkwamba , called William and the Windmill , won the Documentary Feature Grand Jury award at SXSW in 2013 ( watch the trailer below ) .
You can support his work and that of other young inventors at MovingWindmills.org .
The video Moving Windmills : The William Kamkwamba story explains more of his journey .
He says that initially , his family and neighbors thought his idea was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much support .
However , after he built small windmills that powered radio and light bulbs , some people began to realize that windmills could be useful and that they should help him .
After Kamkwamba built the windmill to power the pump that irrigated his family ’ s land , journalists came to see it and wrote an article about it .
The village saw the journalists as celebrities .
As a result of his success , Kamkwamba was invited to the US for the first time in 2007 .
He visited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Empire State building and took a helicopter ride to the Statue of Liberty .
Kamkwamba also visited a Wind Farm in Palm Springs , California .
He said his dream was to finish his education and to start his own windmills company .
He said most people want access to the internet now , but that is possible only with electricity .
So , he wants to find a way to supply reliable access to electricity .
Over the next nine months , Kamkwamba added a second windmill , solar panels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ water well to his family ’ s compound .
So , now his family can work , study , and read at night and irrigate crops by day .
In September 2008 , Kamkwamba joined the inaugural class of the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg , South Africa – the first pan-African preparatory school .
The 2017 video below , “ Catching up with inventor William Kamkwamba , ” explains that Kamkwamba graduated from the African Leadership Academy in 2010 and later graduated from Dartmouth College in the US !
Kamkwamba is working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use pumps to irrigate their lands .
His parents now have a new business .
Kamkwamba has arranged financing for farmers , helped build up the school system , and has improved transportation in his village .
He helped his six younger sisters complete high school .
Two are still in high school and one sister will graduate from the university next year .
Kamkwamba also co-authored the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind .
Kamkwamba has been invited around the world to share his experiences creating the windmill to irrigate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His goal now is to continue to try to solve the problems in his community and the world .
Because he was inspired by a book , Kamkwamba is sharing information online so others can do projects to solve problems in their own communities .
In the 2014 Ted Talk “ Paying it forward with innovation , ” Kamkwamba explained that after his 2009 TED Talk , financing was arranged for him to attend the African Leadership Academy ( shown below ) in 2010 .
Its goal is to create future leaders of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he co-authored the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind .
During the book tour in the US , Dartmouth College invited Kamkwamba to apply and he was accepted .
Although Kamkwamba found the classes challenging , he knew he could graduate because others had !
With the help of his professors and tutors , he caught up to his friends by the middle of sophomore year .
When Kamkwamba went home during summers , he and his friends installed solar panels in the primary school so students can study at night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubled .
They installed solar water pumps to provide easy access to water .
Kamkwamba started a soccer team in his village .
He started a maize business that is run by his parents .
He also started a minibus transportation service .
Kamkwamba wants to intern in a design firm and then go home to work on energy and water projects .
In the video “ William and the windmill , ” Kamkwamba discusses his experience building his windmill in 2002 when he was 14 .
He was inspired by a book @ @ @ @ @ @ @ windmills can generate electricity to power water pumps .
He knew that would allow him to irrigate his family ’ s land and help solve the drought and famine .
Although , the book did not explain how to build a windmill , Kamkwamba found it easy to figure it out .
So , he scavenged parts from the junkyard .
The people who initially thought he was crazy now want his help in building windmills !
Kamkwamba also used the windmill to generate electricity for his family ’ s home so they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kerosene lamp which caused smoke that made them cough and get sick .
In the video “ The Journey After the Windmill , ” Kamkwamba explained that when he was around six or seven years old , he taught himself about electricity by exploring how radios work and began repairing radios for people in his village .
He discusses his journey from building his windmill to being visited by journalists who published an article .
As a result , he was invited to a TED Talk conference in Tanzania .
Kamkwamba had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even seen an airplane !
He was worried about where he was going to stay because had never been in a hotel .
He was also concerned about what to wear to the conference !
After Kamkwamba gave his TED Talk , a lot of people asked how they could help him .
He said that he wanted to continue his education and to build more windmills to pump water for irrigation .
The TED people helped Kamkwamba install a solar water pump that provided the only clean drinking water for the area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miles away !
So , women in his village now get clean water for free and use the two hours formerly spent traveling to the public well for other things .
His mother and other people in the village are using the water for small gardens .
The TED Conference people helped Kamkwamba get a computer and an email address .
In 2008 , they helped him start the Moving Windmills Project whose motto is “ African Solutions to African Problems.
” They have sponsored many enterprises including a soccer team which has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member was recruited by Mzuzu University , one of the best schools in the nation , which he now attends .
The latest innovation is the Moving Windmills Innovation Center to inspire low cost solutions and economic progress throughout Malawi .
When water pumps broke , people had to wait for the government to come fix them which can take a long time .
So , Kamkwamba taught people how to maintain water pumps and reduce cholera and other water-borne diseases in many parts of the country .
In the video “ William @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harnessed The Wind , ” Kamkwamba says he gets a lot of emails from people who say he inspired them to get a degree in engineering .
Chiwetel Ejiofor , director of the film and actor who played William ’ s father , explains that Kamkwamba ’ s story resonates with people around the world .
It encourages them to use their knowledge , imagination , and resources to solve problems in their communities .
In the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind : Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope , Kamkwamba @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realize his dreams .
After graduation from Dartmouth College , Kamkwamba received a fellowship to IDEO , a global design firm in San Francisco which runs a nonprofit to improve people ’ s lives in poor communities around the world .
The team traveled the world working on projects ranging from sanitation in India to gender-based violence prevention in Kenya .
William is now working with WiderNet , a non-profit organization that provides digital education for communities around the world .
His blog is at http : //www.williamkamkwamba.com .
These are some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Paid for his cousin Geoffrey and several other cousins to go back to school • Paid for his friend Gilbert to go back to school • Helped Gilbert start a video and music studio with an internet café • Paid for his neighbors ’ kids to go to back to school • Provided solar panels for his parents ’ home and for every home in his village • Installed drip lines to allow his father to plant a second maize crop each year • Built a maize mill that gives his parents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his father to carry his crops to market • With the help of the Pearson Foundation , added 10.000 new books to the school library • Designed a kit with DC pump and solar panel for farmers to cultivate bigger gardens • Designed a drill for water wells and a windmill kit for electricity • Created WK Airport Shuttle to provide transportation between the airport and hotels Kamkwamba married Olivia Scott of North Carolina whom he met at Dartmouth and they live in town near his village .
Olivia has a doctorate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Malawi .
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By Neenah Payne
Chiwetel Ejiofor, director of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was interviewed by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah in “Chiwetel Ejiofor – Telling a Malawian Story in ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.'”

Ejiofor is a British actor who made his directorial debut in this film about Malawian engineer William Kamkwamba. Ejiofor learned to speak Chichewa for his role in the film as William’s father.
The film is based on the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind which tells the story of 13-year-old William Kamkwamba who was inspired by a science book he found when he snuck INTO school. Since William’s parents could no longer afford to pay for him to attend school, he snuck into the school library to read and teach himself how to build a wind turbine to save his Malawian village from famine!
Ejiofor pointed out that the story can inspire people around the world to find solutions for seemingly hopeless situations. William’s genius was widely recognized and he was rewarded with a chance to give a TED Talk among many other opportunities. As an adult, Kamkwamba is paying it all forward now.
Netflix Film About William Kamkwamba’s Amazing Story
This is an extremely powerful and beautiful film that provides insight into the many struggles that the people of Malawi faced in terms of the weather, their land, their economy, and their democracy. When William’s family was starving because of the drought, he was finally able to convince his father to let him use his bicycle (his only means of transportation) to build a windmill that powered a pump to irrigate the land. People laughed and thought William was crazy – until they saw the water flow freely and crops flourished. The word spread and William was granted a scholarship to go to a top school.
The 2019 film can be seen at: https://www.netflix.com/title/80200047
Amazon says of the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind:
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. It will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual’s ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.
Kamkwamba’s 2007 TED Talk
This 2007 TED Talk has almost three million views!

William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill now powers four lights and two radios in his family’s home.
After reading about Kamkwamba on Mike McKay’s blog Hacktivate (which picked up the story from a local Malawi newspaper), TEDGlobal Conference Director Emeka Okafor spent several weeks tracking him down at his home in Masitala Village, Wimbe, and invited him to attend TEDGlobal on a fellowship. Onstage, Kamkwamba talked about his invention and shared his dreams: to build a larger windmill to help with irrigation for his entire village, and to go back to school.
Following Kamkwamba’s moving talk, there was an outpouring of support for him and his promising work. Members of the TED community got together to help him improve his power system (by incorporating solar energy) and further his education through school and mentorships. Subsequent projects have included clean water, malaria prevention, solar power and lighting for the six homes in his family compound; a deep-water well with a solar-powered pump for clean water; and a drip irrigation system. Kamkwamba returned to school and is now attending the African Leadership Academy, a new pan-African prep school outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kamkwamba’s story is documented in his autobiography, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope. A documentary about Kamkwamba, called William and the Windmill, won the Documentary Feature Grand Jury award at SXSW in 2013 (watch the trailer below).

You can support his work and that of other young inventors at MovingWindmills.org.
William Kamkwamba’s Journey
The video Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba story explains more of his journey. He says that initially, his family and neighbors thought his idea was crazy and it didn’t receive much support. However, after he built small windmills that powered radio and light bulbs, some people began to realize that windmills could be useful and that they should help him.
After Kamkwamba built the windmill to power the pump that irrigated his family’s land, journalists came to see it and wrote an article about it. The village saw the journalists as celebrities. As a result of his success, Kamkwamba was invited to the US for the first time in 2007. He visited Manhattan where he went to the top of the Empire State building and took a helicopter ride to the Statue of Liberty.
Kamkwamba also visited a Wind Farm in Palm Springs, California. He said his dream was to finish his education and to start his own windmills company. He said most people want access to the internet now, but that is possible only with electricity. So, he wants to find a way to supply reliable access to electricity.
Over the next nine months, Kamkwamba added a second windmill, solar panels, bright lighting, and a deep water well to his family’s compound. So, now his family can work, study, and read at night and irrigate crops by day. In September 2008, Kamkwamba joined the inaugural class of the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa – the first pan-African preparatory school.
Dartmouth College Graduate
The 2017 video below, “Catching up with inventor William Kamkwamba,” explains that Kamkwamba graduated from the African Leadership Academy in 2010 and later graduated from Dartmouth College in the US! Kamkwamba is working with farmers in Malawi to help them use pumps to irrigate their lands. His parents now have a new business.

Kamkwamba has arranged financing for farmers, helped build up the school system, and has improved transportation in his village. He helped his six younger sisters complete high school. Two are still in high school and one sister will graduate from the university next year. Kamkwamba also co-authored the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.
Kamkwamba has been invited around the world to share his experiences creating the windmill to irrigate the land and to save his village. His goal now is to continue to try to solve the problems in his community and the world. Because he was inspired by a book, Kamkwamba is sharing information online so others can do projects to solve problems in their own communities.
Paying It Forward Now
In the 2014 Ted Talk “Paying it forward with innovation,” Kamkwamba explained that after his 2009 TED Talk, financing was arranged for him to attend the African Leadership Academy (shown below) in 2010.

Its goal is to create future leaders of Africa. With his friend Bryan Mealer, he co-authored the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. During the book tour in the US, Dartmouth College invited Kamkwamba to apply and he was accepted.
Although Kamkwamba found the classes challenging, he knew he could graduate because others had! With the help of his professors and tutors, he caught up to his friends by the middle of sophomore year. When Kamkwamba went home during summers, he and his friends installed solar panels in the primary school so students can study at night. He provided computers. Attendance has doubled. They installed solar water pumps to provide easy access to water. Kamkwamba started a soccer team in his village. He started a maize business that is run by his parents. He also started a minibus transportation service. Kamkwamba wants to intern in a design firm and then go home to work on energy and water projects.
The TED Conference and Moving Windmills Project
In the video “William and the windmill,” Kamkwamba discusses his experience building his windmill in 2002 when he was 14. He was inspired by a book in the school library which said that windmills can generate electricity to power water pumps. He knew that would allow him to irrigate his family’s land and help solve the drought and famine.

Although, the book did not explain how to build a windmill, Kamkwamba found it easy to figure it out. So, he scavenged parts from the junkyard. The people who initially thought he was crazy now want his help in building windmills! Kamkwamba also used the windmill to generate electricity for his family’s home so they didn’t have to use a kerosene lamp which caused smoke that made them cough and get sick.
In the video “The Journey After the Windmill,” Kamkwamba explained that when he was around six or seven years old, he taught himself about electricity by exploring how radios work and began repairing radios for people in his village.

He discusses his journey from building his windmill to being visited by journalists who published an article. As a result, he was invited to a TED Talk conference in Tanzania. Kamkwamba had to fly there, but he had never even seen an airplane! He was worried about where he was going to stay because had never been in a hotel. He was also concerned about what to wear to the conference!
After Kamkwamba gave his TED Talk, a lot of people asked how they could help him. He said that he wanted to continue his education and to build more windmills to pump water for irrigation. The TED people helped Kamkwamba install a solar water pump that provided the only clean drinking water for the area. The closest pipe water was 30 miles away! So, women in his village now get clean water for free and use the two hours formerly spent traveling to the public well for other things. His mother and other people in the village are using the water for small gardens.
The TED Conference people helped Kamkwamba get a computer and an email address. In 2008, they helped him start the Moving Windmills Project whose motto is “African Solutions to African Problems.” They have sponsored many enterprises including a soccer team which has had a large impact. One team member was recruited by Mzuzu University, one of the best schools in the nation, which he now attends. The latest innovation is the Moving Windmills Innovation Center to inspire low cost solutions and economic progress throughout Malawi.
When water pumps broke, people had to wait for the government to come fix them which can take a long time. So, Kamkwamba taught people how to maintain water pumps and reduce cholera and other water-borne diseases in many parts of the country.
William Kamkwamba’s Global Impact
In the video “William’s Story | The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind,” Kamkwamba says he gets a lot of emails from people who say he inspired them to get a degree in engineering. Chiwetel Ejiofor, director of the film and actor who played William’s father, explains that Kamkwamba’s story resonates with people around the world. It encourages them to use their knowledge, imagination, and resources to solve problems in their communities.

In the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, Kamkwamba thanks the many people who helped him realize his dreams. After graduation from Dartmouth College, Kamkwamba received a fellowship to IDEO, a global design firm in San Francisco which runs a nonprofit to improve people’s lives in poor communities around the world. The team traveled the world working on projects ranging from sanitation in India to gender-based violence prevention in Kenya. William is now working with WiderNet, a non-profit organization that provides digital education for communities around the world. His blog is at http://www.williamkamkwamba.com.
These are some of the additional projects Kamkwamba has launched:
Paid for his cousin Geoffrey and several other cousins to go back to school Paid for his friend Gilbert to go back to school Helped Gilbert start a video and music studio with an internet café Paid for his neighbors’ kids to go to back to school Provided solar panels for his parents’ home and for every home in his village Installed drip lines to allow his father to plant a second maize crop each year Built a maize mill that gives his parents extra money Bought two pickup trucks for his father to carry his crops to market Helped rebuild, expand, and upgrade Wimbe Primary School in 2010 With the help of the Pearson Foundation, added 10.000 new books to the school library Designed a kit with DC pump and solar panel for farmers to cultivate bigger gardens Designed a drill for water wells and a windmill kit for electricity Opened a small taxi business with three minibuses Created WK Airport Shuttle to provide transportation between the airport and hotels
Kamkwamba married Olivia Scott of North Carolina whom he met at Dartmouth and they live in town near his village. Olivia has a doctorate in international education and does research in Malawi.
See Kamkwamba’s site at: https://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com.
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activistpost--2020-03-08--BIZARRE Object Caught on Outer Space Radar Heading Toward Earth

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If you go back to Feb 20th and search up to present date, you will see this massive object come into frame.
Any ideas?
Learn More: https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/…
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activistpost--2020-03-09--Precautionary Principle Prevails! 3-Year Moratorium on 5G AND 4G Deployment in Geneva, Switzerland

Worldwide opposition to 5G technology continues to increase and for a variety of valid reasons IN ADDITION to biological and environmental risks ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Unfortunately , 5G isn ’ t the only source of unsafe technology .
All sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are harmful too .
In fact , pollution from all sources of Electromagnetic Radiation ( “ Electrosmog ” ) is also very harmful .
Much has already been reported about 5G opposition in Switzerland ( see 1 , 2 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now The Canton has introduced a 3-year moratorium on both 4G and 5G deployment .
Switzerland : The Canton of Geneva has introduced a three-year moratorium on 4G and 5G .
The amendment to the law stipulates that any new installation will be subject to a permit during this period .
This applies to both ‘ 4G+ ’ a.k.a .
1st wave 5G , operating at the 3.5 Gigahertz frequency , and 5G at 26 Gigahertz , which has not yet been rolled out in Switzerland .
The Grand Council adopted the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Geneva action was reported in “ Three-year moratorium on 4G + and 5G in Geneva ” which states , “ the moratorium adopted Thursday evening also aims to respond to the growing concern of the population ” and quotes deputy Green Jean Rossiaud , “ The precautionary principle prevails in view of the absence of independent studies on the effects of this technology on health and biodiversity.
” Read about policy actions to halt 5G from around the world here .
Read a short summary of the published research related to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2017 , doctors and scientists asked for a worldwide moratorium on 5G due to biological and environmental risks .
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals getting sick where it was turned on ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
In February 2019 the telecom industry gave U.S. congressional testimony that they have NO scientific evidence that it ’ s safe .
Many cities and countries have taken action against 5G including banning it .
In December 2019 , doctors , scientists , engineers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a moratorium on 5G .
Despite all of the above and more ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) the “ Race to 5G ” continues in the U.S. and various parts of the world anyway AND includes satellites blasting 5G and WiFi from space .
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other sources of unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Worldwide opposition to 5G technology continues to increase and for a variety of valid reasons IN ADDITION to biological and environmental risks (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Unfortunately, 5G isn’t the only source of unsafe technology. All sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are harmful too. In fact, pollution from all sources of Electromagnetic Radiation (“Electrosmog”) is also very harmful.
Much has already been reported about 5G opposition in Switzerland (see 1, 2, 3, 4) including in Geneva. Now The Canton has introduced a 3-year moratorium on both 4G and 5G deployment.
From Environmental Health Trust:
Switzerland: The Canton of Geneva has introduced a three-year moratorium on 4G and 5G. The amendment to the law stipulates that any new installation will be subject to a permit during this period. This applies to both ‘4G+’ a.k.a. 1st wave 5G, operating at the 3.5 Gigahertz frequency, and 5G at 26 Gigahertz, which has not yet been rolled out in Switzerland. The Grand Council adopted the resolution with 56 yes and 36 no. The Geneva action was reported in “Three-year moratorium on 4G + and 5G in Geneva” which states, “the moratorium adopted Thursday evening also aims to respond to the growing concern of the population” and quotes deputy Green Jean Rossiaud, “The precautionary principle prevails in view of the absence of independent studies on the effects of this technology on health and biodiversity.” Read about policy actions to halt 5G from around the world here. Read a short summary of the published research related to 5G, wireless and 4G densification here.
In 2017, doctors and scientists asked for a worldwide moratorium on 5G due to biological and environmental risks. Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals getting sick where it was turned on (see 1, 2, 3, 4). In February 2019 the telecom industry gave U.S. congressional testimony that they have NO scientific evidence that it’s safe. Many cities and countries have taken action against 5G including banning it.
In December 2019, doctors, scientists, engineers, and public advocates asked President Trump for a moratorium on 5G. Despite all of the above and more (see 1, 2, 3, 4) the “Race to 5G” continues in the U.S. and various parts of the world anyway AND includes satellites blasting 5G and WiFi from space.

Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other sources of unsafe technology. For more information, visit our archives and the following websites:
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activistpost--2020-03-09--Is Bill Gates Profiting From The Outbreak? Or Is Something Far More Sinister Taking Place?

As we see what is now being called a global health emergency regarding the coronavirus continue to grow on a daily basis , we also see how the solutions to this crisis fall in line with pre-positioned plans and agendas .
In this report , we look at a potential solution offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which intends to provide at-home testing kits for those who believe they may have been exposed to , or may be possibly infected by the virus .
Is Bill Gates making money on this public health crisis ?
Or is there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the foundation has donated to combat this outbreak ?
Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus https : //www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/gates-funded-program-will-soon-offer-home-testing-kits-for-new-coronavirus/ An Invisible Quantum Dot ‘ Tattoo ’ Could Be Used to ID Vaccinated Kids https : //www.sciencealert.com/an-invisible-quantum-dot-tattoo-is-being-suggested-to-id-vaccinated-kids How big a task is giving everyone on Earth a digital identity ?
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By Spiro Skouras
As we see what is now being called a global health emergency regarding the coronavirus continue to grow on a daily basis, we also see how the solutions to this crisis fall in line with pre-positioned plans and agendas.
In this report, we look at a potential solution offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which intends to provide at-home testing kits for those who believe they may have been exposed to, or may be possibly infected by the virus.
Is Bill Gates making money on this public health crisis? Or is there another motivation behind the 100 million dollars the foundation has donated to combat this outbreak?
Let’s examine this together…
Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/gates-funded-program-will-soon-offer-home-testing-kits-for-new-coronavirus/
An Invisible Quantum Dot ‘Tattoo’ Could Be Used to ID Vaccinated Kids
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-invisible-quantum-dot-tattoo-is-being-suggested-to-id-vaccinated-kids
How big a task is giving everyone on Earth a digital identity?
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/digital-identity-id2020
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https://id2020.org
ID2020 Alliance Unveils Digital ID Program
https://www.pymnts.com/news/biometrics/2019/id2020-alliance-unveils-digital-id-program/
UN 2030 Agenda Goal 16
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030-goal16.html
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activistpost--2020-03-09--If You’re Close to the Scene of a Crime, Police Can Demand Google Hand Over Your Data

The Gainesville Police Department suspected an innocent man was involved in a burglary so naturally they requested that Google give them all of his location data .
Google ’ s legal investigations support team wrote to Zachary McCoy telling him that local police were demanding information related to his Google account .
Google replied and said it would release the data unless McCoy went to court and tried to block the request , NBC reported .
The man then searched his case number on the Gainesville Police Department website where he found a one-page report on the burglary of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier on March 29 , 2009 .
Unfortunately for McCoy , the crime occurred less than a mile from the home that he shared with his two roommates .
Caleb Kenyon , McCoy ’ s lawyer , said he was subject of a “ geofence warrant.
” A geofence warrant is essentially a virtual dragnet over crime scenes where police request to sweep up Google location data drawn from users ’ GPS , Bluetooth , Wi-Fi , and cellular connections from everyone who is near a crime scene .
From this blanket of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out which phones may be tied to suspects or possible witnesses .
According to journalist Tony Webster , “ Law enforcement officials say it ’ s a promising new technique.
” McCoy used an exercise-tracking app , RunKeeper , to record his rides .
The app relied on his phone ’ s location services , that were then fed to Google .
He looked up his route on the day of the burglary and saw that he had passed the victim ’ s house three times within an hour , part of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was a nightmare scenario , ” McCoy recalled .
“ I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime .
And I was the lead suspect.
” McCoy ended up fighting back and winning , resulting in the police dropping their warrant request with the help of his lawyer .
But this isn ’ t the first time a blanket surveillance warrant has been used , last year in New York law enforcement used a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boys , a group of pro-Trump rightwing extremists after they allegedly beat up four leftist protesters , believed to be associated with Antifa , outside an Upper East Side event .
The four protesters refused to cooperate with police , and authorities were unable to identify them .
As part of their attempt to find their identities , prosecutors sent Google a warrant for phone records near the conflict .
However , they ended up collecting multiple innocent people around the area under their dragnet as well , even though they had nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like what happened with McCoy .
And in just one year , 22 Google reverse location search warrants were issued in the state of Minnesota alone .
This type of warrant has privacy and civil liberties advocates concerned .
They ’ re noting that the search has constitutional issues due to protections from unreasonable searches .
However , police argue the information alone is not enough to justify charging someone with a crime .
But in another case in Arizona , a man was mistakenly arrested and jailed for a murder he didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on Google data received from a geofence warrant .
“ Normally we think of the judiciary as being the overseer , but as the technology has gotten more complex , courts have had a harder and harder time playing that role , ” said Jennifer Granick , surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union about another case of using geofence surveillance .
“ We ’ re depending on companies to be the intermediary between people and the government.
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By Aaron Kesel
The Gainesville Police Department suspected an innocent man was involved in a burglary so naturally they requested that Google give them all of his location data.
Google’s legal investigations support team wrote to Zachary McCoy telling him that local police were demanding information related to his Google account. Google replied and said it would release the data unless McCoy went to court and tried to block the request, NBC reported.
The man then searched his case number on the Gainesville Police Department website where he found a one-page report on the burglary of an elderly woman’s home ten months earlier on March 29, 2009. Unfortunately for McCoy, the crime occurred less than a mile from the home that he shared with his two roommates.
Caleb Kenyon, McCoy’s lawyer, said he was subject of a “geofence warrant.” A geofence warrant is essentially a virtual dragnet over crime scenes where police request to sweep up Google location data drawn from users’ GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular connections from everyone who is near a crime scene.
From this blanket of surveillance law enforcement then try to figure out which phones may be tied to suspects or possible witnesses. According to journalist Tony Webster, “Law enforcement officials say it’s a promising new technique.”
A reverse location search warrant differs from a traditional search warrant in that it doesn’t identify a suspect and establish probable cause to ask for evidence of a suspect’s crimes. Instead, it asks for information about everyone in an area at a certain time, working backwards to identify a suspect.
McCoy used an exercise-tracking app, RunKeeper, to record his rides. The app relied on his phone’s location services, that were then fed to Google. He looked up his route on the day of the burglary and saw that he had passed the victim’s house three times within an hour, part of his frequent loops through his neighborhood.
“It was a nightmare scenario,” McCoy recalled. “I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime. And I was the lead suspect.”
McCoy ended up fighting back and winning, resulting in the police dropping their warrant request with the help of his lawyer.
But this isn’t the first time a blanket surveillance warrant has been used, last year in New York law enforcement used a “geofence warrant” against the Proud Boys, a group of pro-Trump rightwing extremists after they allegedly beat up four leftist protesters, believed to be associated with Antifa, outside an Upper East Side event. The four protesters refused to cooperate with police, and authorities were unable to identify them.
As part of their attempt to find their identities, prosecutors sent Google a warrant for phone records near the conflict. However, they ended up collecting multiple innocent people around the area under their dragnet as well, even though they had nothing to do with the crime. Exactly like what happened with McCoy.
And in just one year, 22 Google reverse location search warrants were issued in the state of Minnesota alone.
This type of warrant has privacy and civil liberties advocates concerned. They’re noting that the search has constitutional issues due to protections from unreasonable searches. However, police argue the information alone is not enough to justify charging someone with a crime. But in another case in Arizona, a man was mistakenly arrested and jailed for a murder he didn’t commit, which was largely based on Google data received from a geofence warrant.
“Normally we think of the judiciary as being the overseer, but as the technology has gotten more complex, courts have had a harder and harder time playing that role,” said Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union about another case of using geofence surveillance. “We’re depending on companies to be the intermediary between people and the government.”
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activistpost--2020-03-09--Moscow Goes “High Alert,” Threatens 5 Years In Jail For Breaking Self-Quarantine

Though Russia thus far hasn ’ t been as hard hit as other large countries , with 17 now confirmed out of a population of 145 million — among those likely are some initially evacuated from the epicenter in Wuhan province , China — authorities are not taking any chances , enacting extreme measures to prevent the spread .
The city government of Moscow has as of Sunday imposed a “ high alert regime ” of mandatory self-quarantine for those that have recently visited foreign countries with an infected population .
The penalty for such designated citizens if they leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to five years in jail , Moscow city hall has threatened .
Authorities are reportedly even going so far as to set up closed circuit TV cameras in places of self-isolation in order to monitor conformity .
Over the two-day period of last Friday through Saturday Russian health authorities announced a total of ten new cases , taking the total number to 17 , three of whom have now reportedly recovered .
Most of the recent cases had traveled in Italy .
Currently there are hundreds if not thousands across the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So far there ’ s nothing to suggest city authorities have actually as yet handed down any legal or jail penalties related to the coronavirus crisis , or if they would follow through with it should someone break self-quarantine .
Last month , however , 88 foreign nationals were deported over breaking quarantine protocols .
Return visitors from highly impacted countries will be especially monitored , Reuters reports : Those who return from China , South Korea , Iran , France , Germany , Italy and Spain and other states showing possible “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves at home for 14 days , Moscow city hall has said .
The Moscow healthcare department said on Sunday that those disregarding the regulation risked severe punishment including imprisonment of up to five years .
According to the Moscow Times authorities have even lately utilized facial recognition software to keep track of quarantined persons or suspected cases .
Last week Mayor Sergei Sobyanin initiated random screenings of Moscow Metro passengers ’ temperatures at station entrances .
Given Russian numbers of infected have not jumped at exponential rates as they have in places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the early response measures are working in terms of mitigating the virus ’ impact across Russia .
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By Tyler Durden
Though Russia thus far hasn’t been as hard hit as other large countries, with 17 now confirmed out of a population of 145 million — among those likely are some initially evacuated from the epicenter in Wuhan province, China — authorities are not taking any chances, enacting extreme measures to prevent the spread.
The city government of Moscow has as of Sunday imposed a “high alert regime” of mandatory self-quarantine for those that have recently visited foreign countries with an infected population. The penalty for such designated citizens if they leave their homes and break the quarantine is up to five years in jail, Moscow city hall has threatened.
Authorities are reportedly even going so far as to set up closed circuit TV cameras in places of self-isolation in order to monitor conformity.
Over the two-day period of last Friday through Saturday Russian health authorities announced a total of ten new cases, taking the total number to 17, three of whom have now reportedly recovered. Most of the recent cases had traveled in Italy. Currently there are hundreds if not thousands across the country who have been ordered into quarantine.
So far there’s nothing to suggest city authorities have actually as yet handed down any legal or jail penalties related to the coronavirus crisis, or if they would follow through with it should someone break self-quarantine. Last month, however, 88 foreign nationals were deported over breaking quarantine protocols.
Return visitors from highly impacted countries will be especially monitored, Reuters reports:
Those who return from China, South Korea, Iran, France, Germany, Italy and Spain and other states showing possible “unfavorable” signs of coronavirus should self-isolate themselves at home for 14 days, Moscow city hall has said. The Moscow healthcare department said on Sunday that those disregarding the regulation risked severe punishment including imprisonment of up to five years.
According to the Moscow Times authorities have even lately utilized facial recognition software to keep track of quarantined persons or suspected cases.
Last week Mayor Sergei Sobyanin initiated random screenings of Moscow Metro passengers’ temperatures at station entrances.
Given Russian numbers of infected have not jumped at exponential rates as they have in places like Iran and Italy, it appears the early response measures are working in terms of mitigating the virus’ impact across Russia.
Article source: ZeroHedge
Top image: Moscow metro random checks, via Financial Times
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activistpost--2020-03-09--Two Scenarios for Precious Metals in the Unfolding Crisis

Extreme volatility in the equity markets has investors wondering what to expect .
Even the hardiest of stock market bulls are finally asking some serious questions about whether the top is in .
Stocks have long been priced for perfection and suddenly conditions are looking far from perfect .
The coronavirus may be the pin which pricks the latest Fed-blown bubble .
Precious metals investors have been preparing against a rainy day .
They may be less surprised by the turmoil in markets over the past couple of weeks .
But there are still big questions about how metals prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turmoil in markets should evolve into a full-blown financial crisis .
Here are two metals-market scenarios worth considering : During the immediate aftermath of the event , everything gets sold – a repeat of what happened in 2008 .
Investors buy bullion , even as traders dump leveraged futures in a rush to the sidelines on Wall Street .
Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial said metals investors could easily see a replay of 2008 in a recent Money Metals Weekly Market Wrap podcast .
He noted the record number of active contracts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The weak handed speculators who have chased the gold price higher will be quick to dump positions as prices move against them .
It won ’ t matter if more conservative investors are pouring into the physical markets for gold and silver .
The futures markets are almost entirely untethered from physical supply and demand .
Price discovery there is driven more by leverage , volatility , algorithmic trading , and bullion bank fraud .
Thus far the Treasury market action is reminiscent of 2008 .
Investors are buying bonds hand over fist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lows .
As long as confidence remains in the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasury debt , investors will look for safe haven in those markets .
They are currently the widest and deepest markets on Earth and there aren ’ t too many other places for big money to go .
As the dust settles , look for money to pour back into gold and silver .
Just as in 2008 , speculators will be trying to position for what comes next .
Precious metals will pop up on the radar as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traders will also anticipate the Federal Reserve quadrupling down on stimulus measures and look for assets which can benefit from the weaker dollar and lower interest rates .
However , should confidence in U.S. Treasury debt and the dollar finally collapse , markets will look nothing like 2008 .
Scenario # 2 – The Mother of All Bubbles Pops Government debt is far beyond what citizens can hope to repay .
A reckoning is coming and the only question is when market participants at large will acknowledge that fact .
When confidence evaporates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their political allies in government will be over .
Money is currently flooding into the bond markets , so at least some confidence remains .
However , there are some key differences today versus 2008 .
The U.S. Treasury better hope investors continue to buy first and ask questions later , because bonds are an obvious bubble .
U.S. Treasury bond prices are at an all-time high .
Meanwhile federal debt has nearly tripled since 2008 .
Deficits are currently expected to be more than $ 1 trillion annually .
If recession strikes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could easily balloon to $ 2 or $ 3 trillion .
The supply of Treasuries is already vast and a tidal wave of new issuance seems to be building .
The Fed has been acting as the buyer of last resort .
Will investors just continue to shrug as the central bank monetizes ever larger portions of the national debt ?
Maybe , but maybe not .
Steven Grey recently covered just how precarious the bond market is in a Wall Street Journal op-ed .
Should interest rates start to rise , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A market at all-time highs makes a dubious safe haven .
Interestingly , the U.S. dollar is not acting like it did in 2008 .
The DXY index has been under pressure since the market turmoil began a couple weeks ago .
Currency traders lack confidence in the dollar .
That may be contagious when it comes to the bond markets which most certainly aren ’ t well positioned for any serious inflation .
Betting on the first scenario only to find out we got the second would be disastrous .
Anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just as the debt bubble finally bursts could be wiped out entirely .
The second scenario is coming , whether it be now or later .
The sheer amount of debt accumulated can not be paid , so it won ’ t be – at least not in current dollars .
There is little point in trying to predict exactly when this reality will dawn upon the rest of the country .
It is safer to assume it could happen at any time .
If we get a replay of 2008 , metals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Siegner is a Director at Money Metals Exchange , a precious metals dealer recently named “ Best in the USA ” by an independent global ratings group .
A graduate of Linfield College in Oregon , Siegner puts his experience in business management along with his passion for personal liberty , limited government , and honest money into the development of Money Metals ’ brand and reach .
This includes writing extensively on the bullion markets and their intersection with policy and world affairs .
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By Clint Siegner
Extreme volatility in the equity markets has investors wondering what to expect. Even the hardiest of stock market bulls are finally asking some serious questions about whether the top is in.
Stocks have long been priced for perfection and suddenly conditions are looking far from perfect. The coronavirus may be the pin which pricks the latest Fed-blown bubble.
Precious metals investors have been preparing against a rainy day. They may be less surprised by the turmoil in markets over the past couple of weeks. But there are still big questions about how metals prices might behave, especially if the current turmoil in markets should evolve into a full-blown financial crisis.
Here are two metals-market scenarios worth considering:
Scenario #1 – The 2008 Financial Crisis Revisited
During the immediate aftermath of the event, everything gets sold – a repeat of what happened in 2008. Investors buy bullion, even as traders dump leveraged futures in a rush to the sidelines on Wall Street.
Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial said metals investors could easily see a replay of 2008 in a recent Money Metals Weekly Market Wrap podcast. He noted the record number of active contracts, or open interest, in gold. The weak handed speculators who have chased the gold price higher will be quick to dump positions as prices move against them.
It won’t matter if more conservative investors are pouring into the physical markets for gold and silver. The futures markets are almost entirely untethered from physical supply and demand. Price discovery there is driven more by leverage, volatility, algorithmic trading, and bullion bank fraud.
Thus far the Treasury market action is reminiscent of 2008. Investors are buying bonds hand over fist and yields have fallen to new all-time lows.
As long as confidence remains in the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasury debt, investors will look for safe haven in those markets. They are currently the widest and deepest markets on Earth and there aren’t too many other places for big money to go.
As the dust settles, look for money to pour back into gold and silver. Just as in 2008, speculators will be trying to position for what comes next.
Precious metals will pop up on the radar as a beneficiary of safe haven demand. These traders will also anticipate the Federal Reserve quadrupling down on stimulus measures and look for assets which can benefit from the weaker dollar and lower interest rates.
However, should confidence in U.S. Treasury debt and the dollar finally collapse, markets will look nothing like 2008.
Scenario #2 – The Mother of All Bubbles Pops
Government debt is far beyond what citizens can hope to repay. A reckoning is coming and the only question is when market participants at large will acknowledge that fact. When confidence evaporates, the party for central bankers and their political allies in government will be over.
Money is currently flooding into the bond markets, so at least some confidence remains. However, there are some key differences today versus 2008. The U.S. Treasury better hope investors continue to buy first and ask questions later, because bonds are an obvious bubble.
U.S. Treasury bond prices are at an all-time high. Meanwhile federal debt has nearly tripled since 2008.
Deficits are currently expected to be more than $1 trillion annually.
If recession strikes and officials respond with stimulus those deficits could easily balloon to $2 or $3 trillion.
The supply of Treasuries is already vast and a tidal wave of new issuance seems to be building. The Fed has been acting as the buyer of last resort. Will investors just continue to shrug as the central bank monetizes ever larger portions of the national debt? Maybe, but maybe not.
Steven Grey recently covered just how precarious the bond market is in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Should interest rates start to rise, there will be enormous pressure to sell Treasuries. A market at all-time highs makes a dubious safe haven.
Interestingly, the U.S. dollar is not acting like it did in 2008. The DXY index has been under pressure since the market turmoil began a couple weeks ago. Currency traders lack confidence in the dollar. That may be contagious when it comes to the bond markets which most certainly aren’t well positioned for any serious inflation.
Don’t Gamble, Just Prepare
Betting on the first scenario only to find out we got the second would be disastrous. Anyone fleeing into cash or government bonds, just as the debt bubble finally bursts could be wiped out entirely.
The second scenario is coming, whether it be now or later. The sheer amount of debt accumulated cannot be paid, so it won’t be – at least not in current dollars. There is little point in trying to predict exactly when this reality will dawn upon the rest of the country.
It is safer to assume it could happen at any time. If we get a replay of 2008, metals will ultimately do well anyway.
Clint Siegner is a Director at Money Metals Exchange, a precious metals dealer recently named “Best in the USA” by an independent global ratings group. A graduate of Linfield College in Oregon, Siegner puts his experience in business management along with his passion for personal liberty, limited government, and honest money into the development of Money Metals’ brand and reach. This includes writing extensively on the bullion markets and their intersection with policy and world affairs.
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activistpost--2020-03-09--White House To Hold Meeting To Discuss Economic Stimulus

Shortly after we posted a prediction from Goldman ’ s David Mericle that the government and/or the Fed will need to immediately step in with monetary and fiscal stimuli to try and manage the recent chaos in the markets , VOA ’ s Steve Herman reports that the White House will be holding a meeting to discuss economic stimulus later this afternoon .
Trump , meanwhile , is blaming an oil-driven spat between Saudi Arabia and Russia – not coronavirus fears – as “ the reason for the market drop !
” To review some of the options on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funding for virus testing and treatment , the most direct avenue is aid to corporates and small businesses , especially in sectors hit by the virus shock .
A US precedent is the post-9/11 help for the airline industry , which involved $ 5bn in direct payments and up to $ 10bn in loan guarantees .
Another avenue—at least in the US where the central bank is very limited in what it can legally buy—is for the Treasury to backstop credit easing facilities for the Fed ; however , it would probably take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and functioning for such facilities to be reestablished .
On the Fed side , Goldman expects easing in March and April , with 100bp on the table .
That said , it may have limited impact given where rates already are .
So far there ’ s been virtually no reaction to news of the meeting .
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By Tyler Durden
Shortly after we posted a prediction from Goldman’s David Mericle that the government and/or the Fed will need to immediately step in with monetary and fiscal stimuli to try and manage the recent chaos in the markets, VOA’s Steve Herman reports that the White House will be holding a meeting to discuss economic stimulus later this afternoon.
Amid #coronavirus fears and markets meltdown, @POTUS motorcade just arrived @flyPBI. Before boarding Air Force One for @MCO, @POTUS did not stop to talk to reporters. In Longwood, he’ll speak at a campaign fundraising lunch which is not open to the media. — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 9, 2020
Trump, meanwhile, is blaming an oil-driven spat between Saudi Arabia and Russia – not coronavirus fears – as “the reason for the market drop!”
Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for the market drop! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
To review some of the options on the table, according to Goldman:
Beyond funding for virus testing and treatment, the most direct avenue is aid to corporates and small businesses, especially in sectors hit by the virus shock. A US precedent is the post-9/11 help for the airline industry, which involved $5bn in direct payments and up to $10bn in loan guarantees. Another avenue—at least in the US where the central bank is very limited in what it can legally buy—is for the Treasury to backstop credit easing facilities for the Fed; however, it would probably take a material further deterioration in market conditions and functioning for such facilities to be reestablished.
On the Fed side, Goldman expects easing in March and April, with 100bp on the table. That said, it may have limited impact given where rates already are.
So far there’s been virtually no reaction to news of the meeting.
Article source: ZeroHedge
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activistpost--2020-03-09--The Coronavirus May Be a Threat to Many, But the State’s Reaction is a Threat to Us All

Since late December , the citizens of China have watched in sheer disbelief as the little freedom they had left was eliminated due to the coronavirus outbreak .
Millions of people have been locked down in their homes , major cities have turned into ghost towns and those who dare venture out are arrested and thrown in internment camps .
When citizens are allowed in the streets , drones equipped with facial recognition hover overhead to make sure they are wearing masks .
Citizens are forced to download software on their phones so the state can track them and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own “ safety.
” The fact is that China has become an Orwellian nightmare and experts are predicting that this police state will stay even if the coronavirus threat does not .
The police state is not only unfolding in China either .
On Monday , as coronavirus cases continued to rise in Italy , Italian officials have begun rolling out similar police state measures .
If citizens attempt to flee the country to avoid such tyranny , they face jail .
Anyone leaving the “ containment regions ” risks three months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to 206 euros ( $ 234 ) , Luciana Lamorgese said on Monday .
Unfortunately , most top officials are not questioning these measures and , in fact , many are praising them .
Despite such a hellish police state in China in which citizens are routinely spied on and arrested , the World Health Organization praised the Chinese government ’ s response .
Of course , locking people down and disallowing travel and commerce will be effective in the short term .
But other experts question whether or not these measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to school and workers return to factories .
“ I think they did an amazing job of knocking the virus down , ” said Michael T. Osterholm , director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota .
“ But I don ’ t know if it ’ s sustainable .
What have the Chinese really accomplished ?
Have they really contained the virus ?
Or have they just suppressed it ?
” What ’ s more , even the NY Times doubts the numbers coming from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way they count the cases of coronavirus several times over the past few weeks .
TFTP has spoken with a source in China who says that thousands of people are dying from the lockdown — not because they have the coronavirus — but because they are unable to leave their homes to receive treatment for curable diseases .
To stop the spread of the coronavirus , Chinese officials have reportedly condemned thousands of other sick folks to death .
No one here is claiming that we shouldn ’ t have some level of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as of Monday morning has infected over 111,000 people , killing over 3,800 worldwide .
However , all of these police state measures raise an extremely important question that society must start to consider right now .
Is the cure worse than the disease ?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the influenza virus , so far in the 2019-2020 flu season , has infected 32 million Americans , sent 310,000 to the hospital , and killed 18,000 .
But because this virus is nothing new , the state can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures over it .
On the contrary , proponents of big government are likely salivating at the reaction to coronavirus around the globe .
After all , nothing helps grow the police and surveillance state quite like a crisis — either perceived or real .
As Rahm Emanuel famously stated in 2008 , “ You never want a serious crisis to go to waste .
And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.
” Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the police state are glaring — has begun openly advocating for localities to shut down .
“ We ’ re better off doing it upfront and giving assistance to get them to do the right things then do it on the back end after we ’ ve had a very big epidemic , ” he told CBS ’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday ’ s Face the Nation .
“ States and cities are going to have to act in the interest of the national interests , ” and shut down businesses .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ inside the United States , we can rest assured that police state measures will climb as well .
Last year , we witnessed a similar case unfold with measles which is likely just a drop in the bucket compared to the reaction to coronavirus .
We saw children banned from public spaces , mandatory vaccinations enforced with police action , and a pro-vaccine push in the mainstream media like we ’ ve never seen before .
In May , the pro-mandatory vaccine push reached a new level , as the Washington Post published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who choose not to vaccinate .
As we reported in August , the measures did little to curb the spread of measles and instead resulted in massive pharmaceutical industry profits .
We can expect to see the same profit driven response from the police state .
Unless Americans choose logic and rational thought over fear , the coronavirus reactionary measures will be here long after the outbreak subsides — regardless of whether or not they even work .
“ All animals experience fear—human beings , perhaps , most of all .
Any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard pressed to survive , ” wrote economic historian Robert Higgs , the author of Crisis and Leviathan ( 1987 ) , a book-length examination of how bad times drive government to grow in power and scope , as Reason points out .
“ The people who have the effrontery to rule us , who call themselves our government , understand this basic fact of human nature .
They exploit it , and they cultivate it .
Whether they compose a warfare state or a welfare state , they depend on it to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dictates , and , on some occasions , affirmative cooperation with the state ’ s enterprises and adventures.
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By Matt Agorist
Since late December, the citizens of China have watched in sheer disbelief as the little freedom they had left was eliminated due to the coronavirus outbreak. Millions of people have been locked down in their homes, major cities have turned into ghost towns and those who dare venture out are arrested and thrown in internment camps. When citizens are allowed in the streets, drones equipped with facial recognition hover overhead to make sure they are wearing masks. Citizens are forced to download software on their phones so the state can track them and all of it is being carried out for their own “safety.” The fact is that China has become an Orwellian nightmare and experts are predicting that this police state will stay even if the coronavirus threat does not.
The police part is a big step. Firms like Ali often share data with gov’t, but there’s a process. In this case, the moment a user grants permissions, it runs a function “reportInfoAndLocationToPolice.” That’s a new level of police tracking embedded in a hugely popular app. pic.twitter.com/ZD3gGy7p9f — Paul Mozur 孟建国 (@paulmozur) March 2, 2020
Drivers too, check for a green code and show theirs. One told us he trusted Jack Ma and Alibaba’s big data. Anyone with a yellow or red code was dangerous and had been in close contact with the disease, he said, an overstatement of what the codes mean. No rides for them. pic.twitter.com/lcx7zQ5Umv — Paul Mozur 孟建国 (@paulmozur) March 2, 2020
The police state is not only unfolding in China either. On Monday, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in Italy, Italian officials have begun rolling out similar police state measures. If citizens attempt to flee the country to avoid such tyranny, they face jail. Anyone leaving the “containment regions” risks three months in prison, or a fine of up to 206 euros ($234), Luciana Lamorgese said on Monday.
Unfortunately, most top officials are not questioning these measures and, in fact, many are praising them.
Despite such a hellish police state in China in which citizens are routinely spied on and arrested, the World Health Organization praised the Chinese government’s response. Of course, locking people down and disallowing travel and commerce will be effective in the short term. But other experts question whether or not these measures will be effective once children go back to school and workers return to factories.
“I think they did an amazing job of knocking the virus down,” said Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “But I don’t know if it’s sustainable. What have the Chinese really accomplished? Have they really contained the virus? Or have they just suppressed it?”
What’s more, even the NY Times doubts the numbers coming from China as the government has changed the way they count the cases of coronavirus several times over the past few weeks.
TFTP has spoken with a source in China who says that thousands of people are dying from the lockdown — not because they have the coronavirus — but because they are unable to leave their homes to receive treatment for curable diseases. To stop the spread of the coronavirus, Chinese officials have reportedly condemned thousands of other sick folks to death.
No one here is claiming that we shouldn’t have some level of concern when it comes to coronavirus which as of Monday morning has infected over 111,000 people, killing over 3,800 worldwide. However, all of these police state measures raise an extremely important question that society must start to consider right now. Is the cure worse than the disease?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the influenza virus, so far in the 2019-2020 flu season, has infected 32 million Americans, sent 310,000 to the hospital, and killed 18,000. But because this virus is nothing new, the state cannot use fear to implement police state measures over it.
On the contrary, proponents of big government are likely salivating at the reaction to coronavirus around the globe. After all, nothing helps grow the police and surveillance state quite like a crisis — either perceived or real.
As Rahm Emanuel famously stated in 2008, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb — whose ties to big pharma and the police state are glaring — has begun openly advocating for localities to shut down.
“We’re better off doing it upfront and giving assistance to get them to do the right things then do it on the back end after we’ve had a very big epidemic,” he told CBS’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday’s Face the Nation. “States and cities are going to have to act in the interest of the national interests,” and shut down businesses.
“States and cities are going to have to act in the interest of the national interests,” and shut down businesses @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan about #coronavirus. He predicts the federal government will need to provide a significant bailout package to aid economy pic.twitter.com/xkVAoM1Guw — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 8, 2020
As cases of coronavirus continue to climb inside the United States, we can rest assured that police state measures will climb as well. Last year, we witnessed a similar case unfold with measles which is likely just a drop in the bucket compared to the reaction to coronavirus. We saw children banned from public spaces, mandatory vaccinations enforced with police action, and a pro-vaccine push in the mainstream media like we’ve never seen before. In May, the pro-mandatory vaccine push reached a new level, as the Washington Post published an article calling for the arrest of those who choose not to vaccinate.
As we reported in August, the measures did little to curb the spread of measles and instead resulted in massive pharmaceutical industry profits. We can expect to see the same profit driven response from the police state. Unless Americans choose logic and rational thought over fear, the coronavirus reactionary measures will be here long after the outbreak subsides — regardless of whether or not they even work.
“All animals experience fear—human beings, perhaps, most of all. Any animal incapable of fear would have been hard pressed to survive,” wrote economic historian Robert Higgs, the author of Crisis and Leviathan (1987), a book-length examination of how bad times drive government to grow in power and scope, as Reason points out. “The people who have the effrontery to rule us, who call themselves our government, understand this basic fact of human nature. They exploit it, and they cultivate it. Whether they compose a warfare state or a welfare state, they depend on it to secure popular submission, compliance with official dictates, and, on some occasions, affirmative cooperation with the state’s enterprises and adventures.”
Article source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-03-09--Why this Draconian Response to COVID-19?

Imagine if you are the organizer of a major arts and tech event that attracts a quarter-million attendees .
One week out from the conference , the mayor cancels your event .
Your event is not named specifically , just that all events involving more than 2,500 people are officially banned .
He does this using emergency powers , justified in the name of containing a virus .
And that ’ s it .
This is what happened to South by Southwest , one of the most important events in the world in Austin , Texas , which has thus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 .
Based on last year ’ s numbers , It ’ s the end for : Local merchants are devastated .
All hotel and flight reservations are lost .
It ’ s a financial calamity for the city ( last year brought half a billion dollars for local merchants ) and for untold millions of people affected by the abrupt decision .
Draconian , to say the least .
Making matters worse , a vicious and completely false report published by Variety said that the festival was aching for the city to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could collect insurance money .
This turns out to be entirely wrong : South by Southwest had no insurance against infectious disease .
It was a smear and response to mass frenzy .
After all , a petition on Change.org signed by 55,000 people had demanded the cancellation .
The city acquiesced to the mob .
A grand and glorious conference was destroyed – the first of many this season .
Italy now has 16 million people under quarantine , which is to say that they are prisoners .
Americans have been quarantined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay for their later hospitalization .
The government that quarantines you has zero intention to pay the costs associated with your care , to say nothing of the opportunity costs of missing work .
The press isn ’ t helping .
The New York Times has cheered it all on , aggressively advocating that governments go Medieval on this one .
In six months , if we are in a recession , unemployment is up , financial markets are wrecked , and people are locked in their homes , we ’ ll wonder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ containment ” over disease mitigation .
Then the conspiracy theorists get to work .
The containment strategy was never debated or discussed .
For the first time in modern history , governments of the world have taken it upon themselves to control population flows in the hopes of stemming the spread of this disease – regardless of the cost and with scant evidence that this strategy will actually work .
More and more , the containment response is looking like global panic .
What ’ s interesting , Psychology Today points out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Meanwhile , the New England Journal of Medicine reports as follows : On the basis of a case definition requiring a diagnosis of pneumonia , the currently reported case fatality rate is approximately 2 % .
In another article in the Journal , Guan et al .
report mortality of 1.4 % among 1,099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 ; these patients had a wide spectrum of disease severity .
If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considerably less than 1 % .
This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza ( which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1 % ) or a pandemic influenza ( similar to those in 1957 and 1968 ) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS , which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10 % and 36 % , respectively .
Slate ’ s piece on this topic offers more perspective : This all suggests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for most young people , and a potentially devastating one for the old and chronically ill , albeit not nearly as risky as reported .
Given the low mortality rate among younger patients with coronavirus—zero in children 10 or younger among hundreds of cases in China , and 0.2-0.4 percent in most healthy nongeriatric adults ( and this is still before accounting for what is likely to be a high number of undetected asymptomatic cases ) —we need to divert our focus away from worrying about preventing systemic spread among healthy people—which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our control—and commit most if not all of our resources toward protecting those truly at risk of developing critical illness and even death : everyone over 70 , and people who are already at higher risk from this kind of virus .
Look , I ’ m obviously not in a position to comment on the medical aspects of this ; I defer to the experts .
But neither are medical professionals in a position to comment on the political response to this ; mostly they have assiduously declined to do so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions that profoundly affect the status of human freedom .
Their decisions are going to affect our lives in profound ways .
And there has thus far been no real debate on this .
It ’ s just been presumed that containment of the spread rather than the care of the sick is the only way forward .
What ’ s more , we have governments all-too-willing to deploy their awesome powers to control human populations in direct response to mass public pressure based on fears that have so far not been justified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason , we have every reason to be concerned .
Are we really ready to imprison the world , wreck financial markets , destroy countless jobs , and massively disrupt life as we know it , all to forestall some uncertain fate , even as we do know the right way to deal with the problem from a medical point of view ?
It ’ s at least worth debating .
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Op-Ed by Jeffrey A. Tucker
Imagine if you are the organizer of a major arts and tech event that attracts a quarter-million attendees. One week out from the conference, the mayor cancels your event. Your event is not named specifically, just that all events involving more than 2,500 people are officially banned. He does this using emergency powers, justified in the name of containing a virus.
And that’s it. This is what happened to South by Southwest, one of the most important events in the world in Austin, Texas, which has thus far not reported a single case of COVID-19. Based on last year’s numbers, It’s the end for:
73,716 conference attendees and 232,258 festival attendees;
4,700 speakers
4,331 media/press attendees
2,124 sessions
70,00 trade show attendees occupying 181,400 square feet of exhibit space
351 official parties and events
612 international acts
1,964 performance acts
Local merchants are devastated. All hotel and flight reservations are lost. It’s a financial calamity for the city (last year brought half a billion dollars for local merchants) and for untold millions of people affected by the abrupt decision.
Draconian, to say the least.
Making matters worse, a vicious and completely false report published by Variety said that the festival was aching for the city to make the call so that the festival could collect insurance money. This turns out to be entirely wrong: South by Southwest had no insurance against infectious disease. It was a smear and response to mass frenzy. After all, a petition on Change.org signed by 55,000 people had demanded the cancellation.
The city acquiesced to the mob. A grand and glorious conference was destroyed – the first of many this season.
Italy now has 16 million people under quarantine, which is to say that they are prisoners.
Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are both affected. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the whole country. The measures, the most radical taken outside China, will last until 3 April.
Americans have been quarantined on cruise ships and then forced to pay for their later hospitalization. The government that quarantines you has zero intention to pay the costs associated with your care, to say nothing of the opportunity costs of missing work.
The press isn’t helping. The New York Times has cheered it all on, aggressively advocating that governments go Medieval on this one.
In six months, if we are in a recession, unemployment is up, financial markets are wrecked, and people are locked in their homes, we’ll wonder why the heck governments chose disease “containment” over disease mitigation. Then the conspiracy theorists get to work.
The containment strategy was never debated or discussed. For the first time in modern history, governments of the world have taken it upon themselves to control population flows in the hopes of stemming the spread of this disease – regardless of the cost and with scant evidence that this strategy will actually work.
More and more, the containment response is looking like global panic. What’s interesting, Psychology Today points out, is that your doctor is not panicking:
COVID-19 is a new virus in a well-known class of viruses. The coronaviruses are cold viruses. I’ve treated countless patients with coronaviruses over the years. In fact, we’ve been able to test for them on our respiratory panels for the entirety of my career.
We know how cold viruses work: They cause runny noses, sneezing, cough, and fever, and make us feel tired and achy. For almost all of us, they run their course without medication. And in the vulnerable, they can trigger a more severe illness like asthma or pneumonia.
Yes, this virus is different and worse than other coronaviruses, but it still looks very familiar. We know more about it than we don’t know.
Doctors know what to do with respiratory viruses. As a pediatrician, I take care of patients with hundreds of different viruses that behave similarly to this one. We take care of the kids at home and see them if the fever is prolonged, if they get dehydrated, or if they develop breathing difficulty. Then we treat those problems and support the child until they get better.
Meanwhile, the New England Journal of Medicine reports as follows:
On the basis of a case definition requiring a diagnosis of pneumonia, the currently reported case fatality rate is approximately 2%. In another article in the Journal, Guan et al. report mortality of 1.4% among 1,099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19; these patients had a wide spectrum of disease severity. If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.
Slate’s piece on this topic offers more perspective:
This all suggests that COVID-19 is a relatively benign disease for most young people, and a potentially devastating one for the old and chronically ill, albeit not nearly as risky as reported. Given the low mortality rate among younger patients with coronavirus—zero in children 10 or younger among hundreds of cases in China, and 0.2-0.4 percent in most healthy nongeriatric adults (and this is still before accounting for what is likely to be a high number of undetected asymptomatic cases)—we need to divert our focus away from worrying about preventing systemic spread among healthy people—which is likely either inevitable, or out of our control—and commit most if not all of our resources toward protecting those truly at risk of developing critical illness and even death: everyone over 70, and people who are already at higher risk from this kind of virus.
Look, I’m obviously not in a position to comment on the medical aspects of this; I defer to the experts. But neither are medical professionals in a position to comment on the political response to this; mostly they have assiduously declined to do so.
Meanwhile, governments are willy-nilly making drastic decisions that profoundly affect the status of human freedom. Their decisions are going to affect our lives in profound ways. And there has thus far been no real debate on this. It’s just been presumed that containment of the spread rather than the care of the sick is the only way forward.
What’s more, we have governments all-too-willing to deploy their awesome powers to control human populations in direct response to mass public pressure based on fears that have so far not been justified by any available evidence. For this reason, we have every reason to be concerned.
Are we really ready to imprison the world, wreck financial markets, destroy countless jobs, and massively disrupt life as we know it, all to forestall some uncertain fate, even as we do know the right way to deal with the problem from a medical point of view? It’s at least worth debating.
Article source: AIER.org
Tw | FB | LinkedIn Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You . He is also the editor of The Best of Mises . He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. Jeffrey is available for speaking and interviews via his email
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