activistpost--2020-02-15--Parents Lose Battle Against Court to Keep Baby Alive on Life Support

Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq have been battling the courts for weeks after a High Court ruled that doctors could stop treating their son , Midrar Ali .
Sadly , this week , they lost the legal battle to keep baby Ali on life support .
During their first court case , according to the Guardian , Sir Andrew McFarlane , who is president of the family division , Lord Justice Patten and Lady Justice King ruled that Midrar ’ s parents did not have an arguable case and that medics could legally “ cease to mechanically ventilate ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Associated Press , baby Ali was starved for oxygen due to complications at birth , and was born not breathing and without a heartbeat .
He has been on a ventilator since the day he was born .
Judges at both courts agreed with doctors that Midrar Ali had experienced “ irreversible brain stem death ” by Oct. 1 , when he was 14 days old .
Three appeals judges ruled Friday that doctors could lawfully “ cease to mechanically ventilate ” the baby .
One of the judges , Andrew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a “ brain that is recognizable as such.
” “ There is no basis for contemplating that any further tests would result in a different outcome , ” he said .
The parents do not accept the courts ’ rulings and claim that their child ’ s life is still able to be saved and his condition reversed .
According to the couple ’ s lawyer , they are now considering an appeal to the Supreme Court .
Describing the judgment as “ terrible ” , the boy ’ s father said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 % sure he is dead .
He ’ s still growing .
His eyes move .
I ’ ve seen them move.
” This case is one of several on which the Free Thought Project has reported over the years .
It is not uncommon under British law for the state to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on treatment .
According to the AP , in such disputes , the rights of the child take primacy over the parents ’ right to decide what ’ s best for their offspring .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ treatment themselves , often times the court steps in to stop it .
As TFTP reported in 2017 , when the parents of 10-month-old Charlie Gard raised more than £1.3 million in an attempt to save their critically ill son , they had no idea that the European Court of Human Rights would be the only thing standing in the way of pursuing further treatment .
Gard suffered from mitochondrial depletion syndrome , a rare genetic condition that has caused serious brain damage .
After British doctors determined that he was beyond saving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Gard ’ s parents appealed to both the United Kingdom ’ s Supreme Court and the ECHR in France , and received the same answer .
At the time , Chris Gard and Connie Yates set up a GoFundMe account for their son , in which they explained that because Charlie was the 16th person in the world to have ever been diagnosed with the condition , they have found an experimental treatment that is only available in the United States .
Charlies condition is caused by a disruption in the mitochondria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provides energy to his muscles , kidneys and brain .
There is a new treatment available which is a nucleoside bypass therapy , which could potentially repair Charlie ’ s mtDNA and help it synthase again by giving him the naturally occurring compounds that his body isn ’ t able to produce .
It ’ s oral medication so nothing invasive or harmful .
We are running out of precious time with our baby , he can ’ t have this treatment in the UK so our only hope now is to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Charlie Gard ’ s parents succeeded in raising more than the £1.3 million they were seeking , in an attempt to pay out of pocket for their son to receive treatment in the U.S. , the UK ’ s healthcare system left the ultimate decision up to the government .
The European Court of Human Rights released a statement that not only rejected the appeal to let Gard ’ s parents seek out additional treatment independent of state-funded healthcare , but also stated that it is lawful for Gard ’ s doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they choose .
“ The decision is final , ” The statement said .
“ The domestic courts concluded that it would be lawful for the hospital to withdraw life sustaining treatment because it was likely that Charlie would suffer significant harm if his present suffering was prolonged without any realistic prospect of improvement , and the experimental therapy would be of no effective benefit.
” Just a few weeks after they lost their appeal , baby Charlie died on July 28 , 2017 .
As TFTP reported in 2018 , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held against the wishes of his parents who may have been able to save his life .
The denial of medical care to baby Alfie—which was being offered to him for free by doctors in Italy—happened , not out of some vile conspiracy to harm a child , but as a function of the British healthcare system .
“ My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30 .
I love you my guy , ” Tom Evans , Alfie ’ s father wrote on his Facebook page in April @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grew his wings tonight at 2:30 am , ” his mother Kate wrote .
“ We are heart broken .
Thank you everyone for all your support.
” Alfie ’ s life began as a struggle and the toddler had been in a hospital since December of 2016 because of a rare degenerative neurological disorder .
In 2018 , the Alder Hey Children ’ s Hospital , run by bureaucrats who are seemingly more interested in saving money than saving lives , decided that Alfie ’ s life was no longer worth saving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free medical care , with experimental treatments that are not offered in the UK , which could ’ ve saved Alfie ’ s life , and came at no expense to the UK government .
However , the bureaucrats ruled “ all medical experts agreed that further treatment was futile and that it would be against Alfie ’ s best interests to travel to Italy.
” Alfie ’ s father had been attempting to appeal these rulings so the family could seek this treatment .
But despite the fact that this would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government or the hospital , they forced the family to stay in the UK and baby Alfie died .
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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 .
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By Matt Agorist
Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq have been battling the courts for weeks after a High Court ruled that doctors could stop treating their son, Midrar Ali. Sadly, this week, they lost the legal battle to keep baby Ali on life support.
During their first court case, according to the Guardian, Sir Andrew McFarlane, who is president of the family division, Lord Justice Patten and Lady Justice King ruled that Midrar’s parents did not have an arguable case and that medics could legally “cease to mechanically ventilate” the child.
According to a report out of the Associated Press, baby Ali was starved for oxygen due to complications at birth, and was born not breathing and without a heartbeat. He has been on a ventilator since the day he was born.
Judges at both courts agreed with doctors that Midrar Ali had experienced “irreversible brain stem death” by Oct. 1, when he was 14 days old. Three appeals judges ruled Friday that doctors could lawfully “cease to mechanically ventilate” the baby. One of the judges, Andrew McFarlane, said Midrar Ali no longer had a “brain that is recognizable as such.” “There is no basis for contemplating that any further tests would result in a different outcome,” he said.
The parents do not accept the courts’ rulings and claim that their child’s life is still able to be saved and his condition reversed. According to the couple’s lawyer, they are now considering an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Describing the judgment as “terrible”, the boy’s father said: “They can’t be 100% sure he is dead. He’s still growing. His eyes move. I’ve seen them move.”
This case is one of several on which the Free Thought Project has reported over the years. It is not uncommon under British law for the state to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on treatment. According to the AP, in such disputes, the rights of the child take primacy over the parents’ right to decide what’s best for their offspring.
Even when parents can pay for the treatment themselves, often times the court steps in to stop it.
As TFTP reported in 2017, when the parents of 10-month-old Charlie Gard raised more than £1.3 million in an attempt to save their critically ill son, they had no idea that the European Court of Human Rights would be the only thing standing in the way of pursuing further treatment.
Gard suffered from mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic condition that has caused serious brain damage. After British doctors determined that he was beyond saving and should “die with dignity,” Gard’s parents appealed to both the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court and the ECHR in France, and received the same answer.
At the time, Chris Gard and Connie Yates set up a GoFundMe account for their son, in which they explained that because Charlie was the 16th person in the world to have ever been diagnosed with the condition, they have found an experimental treatment that is only available in the United States.
Charlies condition is caused by a disruption in the mitochondria, the part of the cell that provides energy to his muscles, kidneys and brain. There is a new treatment available which is a nucleoside bypass therapy, which could potentially repair Charlie’s mtDNA and help it synthase again by giving him the naturally occurring compounds that his body isn’t able to produce. It’s oral medication so nothing invasive or harmful. We are running out of precious time with our baby, he can’t have this treatment in the UK so our only hope now is to get Charlie to America.
Despite the fact that Charlie Gard’s parents succeeded in raising more than the £1.3 million they were seeking, in an attempt to pay out of pocket for their son to receive treatment in the U.S., the UK’s healthcare system left the ultimate decision up to the government.
The European Court of Human Rights released a statement that not only rejected the appeal to let Gard’s parents seek out additional treatment independent of state-funded healthcare, but also stated that it is lawful for Gard’s doctors to take him off of life support when they choose.
“The decision is final,” The statement said. “The domestic courts concluded that it would be lawful for the hospital to withdraw life sustaining treatment because it was likely that Charlie would suffer significant harm if his present suffering was prolonged without any realistic prospect of improvement, and the experimental therapy would be of no effective benefit.”
Just a few weeks after they lost their appeal, baby Charlie died on July 28, 2017.
As TFTP reported in 2018, a 23-month-old baby boy died after he was held against the wishes of his parents who may have been able to save his life. The denial of medical care to baby Alfie—which was being offered to him for free by doctors in Italy—happened, not out of some vile conspiracy to harm a child, but as a function of the British healthcare system.
“My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30. I love you my guy,” Tom Evans, Alfie’s father wrote on his Facebook page in April of 2018.
“Our baby boy grew his wings tonight at 2:30 am,” his mother Kate wrote. “We are heart broken. Thank you everyone for all your support.”
Alfie’s life began as a struggle and the toddler had been in a hospital since December of 2016 because of a rare degenerative neurological disorder. In 2018, the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, run by bureaucrats who are seemingly more interested in saving money than saving lives, decided that Alfie’s life was no longer worth saving.
The Vatican hospital in Rome offered free medical care, with experimental treatments that are not offered in the UK, which could’ve saved Alfie’s life, and came at no expense to the UK government. However, the bureaucrats ruled “all medical experts agreed that further treatment was futile and that it would be against Alfie’s best interests to travel to Italy.”
Alfie’s father had been attempting to appeal these rulings so the family could seek this treatment. But despite the fact that this would have come at no cost to the UK government or the hospital, they forced the family to stay in the UK and baby Alfie died.
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--2020-02-15--NYC Taxpayers Spending Millions on Cyber Center with Controversial Ties to Israeli Intelligence

Early last week , the city of New York launched — with little media scrutiny — one of two new massive cybersecurity centers that will be run by private Israeli firms with close ties to Israel ’ s government , the so-called “ Mega Group ” tied to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and prominent pro-Israel lobby organizations operating in the United States .
The centers were first announced in 2018 as was the identity of the firms who would run them : Israel-based Jerusalem Venture Partners and SOSA .
As MintPress has reported on several occasions , all three of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spying on the U.S. federal government and/or blackmailing top American politicians , raising concerns regarding why these companies were chosen to run the new centers in the heart of Manhattan .
The news also comes as Israeli cybersecurity companies tied to Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 were revealed to have access to the U.S. government ’ s most classified systems and simulating the cancellation of the upcoming 2020 presidential election .
The new cybersecurity centers are part of a new New York City public-private partnership called “ CyberNYC ” that is valued at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ spur the creation of 10,000 cybersecurity jobs and make New York City a global leader in cyber innovation.
” CyberNYC is an initiative of New York City ’ s Economic Development Corporation .
However , the companies that will be responsible for creating those cybersecurity jobs will benefit foreign companies — namely Israeli — and most of the jobs to be created will go to foreigners as well , as media reports on the partnership have quietly noted .
Those reports also stated that , while the stated purpose of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Israeli firms chosen to run them — Jerusalem Venture Partners ( JVP ) and SOSA — view it as an opportunity to provide Israeli cybersecurity companies with a foothold into the American market and to see Israeli cybersecurity products adopted by both small and medium-sized American businesses , not just large corporations and government agencies .
For example , the founder of JVP and former Knesset member , Erel Margalit , told the Jerusalem Post that “ the center we are setting up [ in New York ] will assist Israeli hi-tech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the US and around the world.
” More recently , ahead of the opening of the cybersecurity center that Margalit ’ s firm will manage , he told the Times of Israel that “ New York is about something else , it ’ s about the drama of taking investors from Israel and Spain or Paris and other places and taking them to the next business level.
” In other words , the companies set to benefit from these new centers will be foreign and mainly Israeli , as JVP invests the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start-ups .
Given that Wilson Lin , the head of CyberNYC , explained the reason behind the initiative as the fact that “ there are not enough well-trained people in cyber security to fill the jobs that are required for a safer , more thriving commercial sector , ” the statements of JVP ’ s founder strongly suggests that those “ well-trained people ” will not be Americans in New York , but will be brought in from abroad , namely Israel ’ s cybersecurity sector .
Of the companies chosen by CyberNYC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both have clear and demonstrable ties to Israel ’ s government and military intelligence as well as controversial groups of pro-Israel donors with considerable political clout in the United States .
For instance , Jerusalem Venture Partners was founded by Erel Margalit in 1993 , with funding from the Yozma Program , an Israeli government program to “ incentivize venture capital investment ” in Israel .
Since then , it has been a driving force in the development of Israel ’ s hi-tech sector and regularly collaborates with the Israeli Ministry of Economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Innovation Support Program ) alumni organization of Unit 8200 .
Today , it is the second largest venture capital fund in Israel .
JVP was also the sole venture capital fund chosen to partner with Israel ’ s government and military to establish the public-private “ cyber hub ” in Beersheba .
This “ hub ” not only houses the IDF ’ s technology campus , but also the Israel National Cyber Directorate , which reports directly to Israel ’ s Prime Minister , as well as a high-tech corporate park that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel ’ s military intelligence apparatus .
The area has been cited in several media reports as a visible indicator of the public-private merger between Israeli technology companies , many of them started by Unit 8200 alumni , and the Israeli government and its intelligence services .
Charles Bronfman was a one-time business partner of Mossad agent Robert Maxwell , father of Jeffrey Epstein ’ s alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell , and co-founded the “ Mega Group ” , a group of pro-Israel oligarchs with clear and direct ties to organized crime , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Jeffrey Epstein ’ s operation that involved the sex trafficking of minors on behalf of Israeli military intelligence .
SOSA was founded much more recently than JVP , yet also has close ties to Israel ’ s government and military .
Created in 2014 , SOSA has grown rapidly by connecting mostly Israeli start-ups with investors and through its partnerships with the IDF .
This partnership first became clear in 2018 , when SOSA created the Homeland Security ( HLST ) Innovation Hub , which the Times of Israel described as “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aims to create a defense and security innovation community that will match homeland security and defense industry firms with startups , to help industry giants maintain their leading edge.
” Last year , SOSA became one of two companies to manage the Israeli Ministry of Defense ’ s program INNOFENSE , an innovation program for civilian tech start-ups in the country ’ s defense industry .
SOSA ’ s collaboration with the IDF also involves the creation of “ joint business activities between international companies , [ government ] security organizations , investors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ key player in the blurring of the line between Israeli military intelligence and its private tech sector .
SOSA is also directly partnered with two of Israel ’ s top weapons manufacturers , Rafael Advanced Defense Systems , as well as defense electronics companies ELTA Systems and Elron Electronics , the former parent company of another Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems .
It is also partnered with the Unit 8200 alumni-founded tech company CheckPoint Systems and Leumi Tech , the hi-tech subsidiary of one of Israel ’ s largest banks , Leumi .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and specifically aims to “ provide a comprehensive suite of products and services to Israeli high-tech companies operating in the US.
” The bank was recently forced to pay $ 400 million to the U.S. government for assisting U.S. citizens , most of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens , in preparing false tax returns and hiding their assets in offshore accounts .
SOSA ’ s General Manager Guy Franklin is of particular interest , due to his close ties to the Israeli American Council ( IAC ) , a pro-Israel lobby group created by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and largely funded by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson .
The Adelsons are also the largest donors to both President Trump and the Republican Party in the United States .
Team8 , particularly its presence in New York , has long been associated with the push by pro-Israel political donor and American hedge fund manager Paul Singer and Israel ’ s government to make Israel the global cybersecurity leader as a means of preventing countries from boycotting Israel over human rights violations and war crimes .
Team8 ’ s role in CyberNYC will see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiative but also training cybersecurity workers who will be hired as part of the partnership .
Singer , who is based in Manhattan , created Start Up Nation Central in 2012 to specifically outsource American tech jobs to Israel in collaboration with top AIPAC officials and Israel ’ s government .
Meanwhile , in parallel , Israel ’ s government and intelligence apparatus began a policy that same year that involved outsourcing intelligence and military intelligence operations to private companies created for that very purpose , particularly in the field of cybersecurity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cybersecurity industry has long been fused to Israel ’ s military and intelligence apparati , the Paul Singer-funded and Israel-backed policy has openly sought to bring American companies and government agencies into the fold in order to prevent boycotts of Israel .
Though the so-called “ anti-BDS laws ” that have been passed in several U.S. states are one facet of this push , the use of Israeli tech , namely cybersecurity , sector to pursue this same end has received decidedly less coverage .
New York City has long been a major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth of Israel hi-tech start-ups present in New York and run by former members of Unit 8200 exploding since this policy officially began in 2012 .
Indeed , Haaretz noted that , between 2013 and 2017 alone , the number of Israeli tech start-ups in New York City grew by five-fold and the number of Unit 8200 alumni working in NYC tech start-ups has also spiked in that same time frame .
The number of Unit 8200 alumni working in NYC ’ s tech sector has grown so much that they host an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goal , per Haaretz , is “ to try to connect startups and early stage entrepreneurs from 8200 EISP ( the Israeli accelerator for Unit 8200 alumni ) with clients and venture capital funds in the United States.
” One of the main players at that gala is Guy Franklin , the CEO of SOSA , which was chosen to run the other NYC cybersecurity sector .
The decision to create expensive , new cybersecurity centers run by JVP and SOSA , two Israeli firms with clear ties to controversial pro-Israel lobby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s government and intelligence apparatus , reveals that not only is this Singer and Israel-backed policy continuing to develop and expand at a rapid pace , but now the money of New York City taxpayers is now being used to propel it to new heights even though that very policy benefits Israel ’ s economy at the U.S. ’ expense .
Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile .
She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research , EcoWatch , the Ron Paul Institute and 21st @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism .
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By Whitney Webb
Early last week, the city of New York launched — with little media scrutiny — one of two new massive cybersecurity centers that will be run by private Israeli firms with close ties to Israel’s government, the so-called “Mega Group” tied to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and prominent pro-Israel lobby organizations operating in the United States. The centers were first announced in 2018 as was the identity of the firms who would run them: Israel-based Jerusalem Venture Partners and SOSA.
As MintPress has reported on several occasions, all three of these entities have a history of aggressively spying on the U.S. federal government and/or blackmailing top American politicians, raising concerns regarding why these companies were chosen to run the new centers in the heart of Manhattan. The news also comes as Israeli cybersecurity companies tied to Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 were revealed to have access to the U.S. government’s most classified systems and simulating the cancellation of the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
The new cybersecurity centers are part of a new New York City public-private partnership called “CyberNYC” that is valued at over $100 million and officially aims to “spur the creation of 10,000 cybersecurity jobs and make New York City a global leader in cyber innovation.” CyberNYC is an initiative of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation.
However, the companies that will be responsible for creating those cybersecurity jobs will benefit foreign companies — namely Israeli — and most of the jobs to be created will go to foreigners as well, as media reports on the partnership have quietly noted. Those reports also stated that, while the stated purpose of the centers is to create new jobs, the Israeli firms chosen to run them — Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and SOSA — view it as an opportunity to provide Israeli cybersecurity companies with a foothold into the American market and to see Israeli cybersecurity products adopted by both small and medium-sized American businesses, not just large corporations and government agencies.
For example, the founder of JVP and former Knesset member, Erel Margalit, told the Jerusalem Post that “the center we are setting up [in New York] will assist Israeli hi-tech companies in collaborating with customers and companies in the US and around the world.” More recently, ahead of the opening of the cybersecurity center that Margalit’s firm will manage, he told the Times of Israel that “New York is about something else, it’s about the drama of taking investors from Israel and Spain or Paris and other places and taking them to the next business level.” In other words, the companies set to benefit from these new centers will be foreign and mainly Israeli, as JVP invests the vast majority of its funds in Israeli start-ups.
Given that Wilson Lin, the head of CyberNYC, explained the reason behind the initiative as the fact that “there are not enough well-trained people in cyber security to fill the jobs that are required for a safer, more thriving commercial sector,” the statements of JVP’s founder strongly suggests that those “well-trained people” will not be Americans in New York, but will be brought in from abroad, namely Israel’s cybersecurity sector.
Of the companies chosen by CyberNYC to run its new cybersecurity centers, both have clear and demonstrable ties to Israel’s government and military intelligence as well as controversial groups of pro-Israel donors with considerable political clout in the United States.
For instance, Jerusalem Venture Partners was founded by Erel Margalit in 1993, with funding from the Yozma Program, an Israeli government program to “incentivize venture capital investment” in Israel. Since then, it has been a driving force in the development of Israel’s hi-tech sector and regularly collaborates with the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry and the EISP (Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Program) alumni organization of Unit 8200. Today, it is the second largest venture capital fund in Israel.
JVP was also the sole venture capital fund chosen to partner with Israel’s government and military to establish the public-private “cyber hub” in Beersheba. This “hub” not only houses the IDF’s technology campus, but also the Israel National Cyber Directorate, which reports directly to Israel’s Prime Minister, as well as a high-tech corporate park that mostly houses tech companies with ties to Israel’s military intelligence apparatus. The area has been cited in several media reports as a visible indicator of the public-private merger between Israeli technology companies, many of them started by Unit 8200 alumni, and the Israeli government and its intelligence services.
In addition to JVP’s close ties to Israel’s government and its key role in the merging of Israel’s private cybersecurity sector with Israeli military intelligence, JVP also has close ties to the Bronfman family through its Chief Operating Officer and general partner, Fiona Darmon. Prior to working with JVP, Darmon worked for Claridge Israel, the investment arm of the Bronfman family that was founded by Charles Bronfman in 1987.
Charles Bronfman was a one-time business partner of Mossad agent Robert Maxwell, father of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell, and co-founded the “Mega Group”, a group of pro-Israel oligarchs with clear and direct ties to organized crime, alongside Leslie Wexner, the main financier of Jeffrey Epstein’s operation that involved the sex trafficking of minors on behalf of Israeli military intelligence.
SOSA was founded much more recently than JVP, yet also has close ties to Israel’s government and military. Created in 2014, SOSA has grown rapidly by connecting mostly Israeli start-ups with investors and through its partnerships with the IDF. This partnership first became clear in 2018, when SOSA created the Homeland Security (HLST) Innovation Hub, which the Times of Israel described as “a first of its kind program that aims to create a defense and security innovation community that will match homeland security and defense industry firms with startups, to help industry giants maintain their leading edge.”
Last year, SOSA became one of two companies to manage the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s program INNOFENSE, an innovation program for civilian tech start-ups in the country’s defense industry. SOSA’s collaboration with the IDF also involves the creation of “joint business activities between international companies, [government] security organizations, investors and startups,” making SOSA a key player in the blurring of the line between Israeli military intelligence and its private tech sector.
SOSA is also directly partnered with two of Israel’s top weapons manufacturers, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, as well as defense electronics companies ELTA Systems and Elron Electronics, the former parent company of another Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. It is also partnered with the Unit 8200 alumni-founded tech company CheckPoint Systems and Leumi Tech, the hi-tech subsidiary of one of Israel’s largest banks, Leumi. Leumi Tech exists only in the U.S. and specifically aims to “provide a comprehensive suite of products and services to Israeli high-tech companies operating in the US.” The bank was recently forced to pay $400 million to the U.S. government for assisting U.S. citizens, most of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens, in preparing false tax returns and hiding their assets in offshore accounts.
SOSA’s General Manager Guy Franklin is of particular interest, due to his close ties to the Israeli American Council (IAC), a pro-Israel lobby group created by convicted felon and ultra-Zionist millionaire Adam Milstein and largely funded by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. The Adelsons are also the largest donors to both President Trump and the Republican Party in the United States.
Of the $100 million in funding for the CyberNYC initiative, $30 million comes from New York taxpayers and the remaining funds coming from the program’s partners, which includes Goldman Sachs and the Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 incubator Team8, a start-up accelerator which has been discussed at length in several past MintPress News reports, including the recent MintPress investigation into the Israeli company Cybereason — a partner of Team8.
Team8, particularly its presence in New York, has long been associated with the push by pro-Israel political donor and American hedge fund manager Paul Singer and Israel’s government to make Israel the global cybersecurity leader as a means of preventing countries from boycotting Israel over human rights violations and war crimes. Team8’s role in CyberNYC will see them not only finance part of the initiative but also training cybersecurity workers who will be hired as part of the partnership.
Singer, who is based in Manhattan, created Start Up Nation Central in 2012 to specifically outsource American tech jobs to Israel in collaboration with top AIPAC officials and Israel’s government. Meanwhile, in parallel, Israel’s government and intelligence apparatus began a policy that same year that involved outsourcing intelligence and military intelligence operations to private companies created for that very purpose, particularly in the field of cybersecurity.
Thus, much as Israel’s cybersecurity industry has long been fused to Israel’s military and intelligence apparati, the Paul Singer-funded and Israel-backed policy has openly sought to bring American companies and government agencies into the fold in order to prevent boycotts of Israel. Though the so-called “anti-BDS laws” that have been passed in several U.S. states are one facet of this push, the use of Israeli tech, namely cybersecurity, sector to pursue this same end has received decidedly less coverage.
New York City has long been a major focus on this policy, with the growth of Israel hi-tech start-ups present in New York and run by former members of Unit 8200 exploding since this policy officially began in 2012. Indeed, Haaretz noted that, between 2013 and 2017 alone, the number of Israeli tech start-ups in New York City grew by five-fold and the number of Unit 8200 alumni working in NYC tech start-ups has also spiked in that same time frame.
The number of Unit 8200 alumni working in NYC’s tech sector has grown so much that they host an annual gala closed to the press where the goal, per Haaretz, is “to try to connect startups and early stage entrepreneurs from 8200 EISP (the Israeli accelerator for Unit 8200 alumni) with clients and venture capital funds in the United States.” One of the main players at that gala is Guy Franklin, the CEO of SOSA, which was chosen to run the other NYC cybersecurity sector.
The decision to create expensive, new cybersecurity centers run by JVP and SOSA, two Israeli firms with clear ties to controversial pro-Israel lobby organization and donors as well as Israel’s government and intelligence apparatus, reveals that not only is this Singer and Israel-backed policy continuing to develop and expand at a rapid pace, but now the money of New York City taxpayers is now being used to propel it to new heights even though that very policy benefits Israel’s economy at the U.S.’ expense.
Article source: MintPress News
Feature photo | Graphic by Claudio Cabrera
Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile. She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research, EcoWatch, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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activistpost--2020-02-15--Yale Study: Coronavirus Shows 24-Day Incubation Period, Doctors Say Possible To Catch More Than Once

In this video report , Spiro examines new information regarding the deadly coronavirus outbreak which could potentially be a game changer as the numbers of infected and dead continue to rise .
Two key points which could potentially be a game changer for this coronavirus outbreak .
Number one , a Yale study conducted by several Chinese doctors and scientists of the 2019 novel coronavirus clearly states that the virus has a 3- to 24-day incubation period .
Currently , the quarantine time has been set at 14 days , so according to this study , people who could have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 14-day quarantine and were released , could possibly still be infected for another 10 days while showing no symptoms , but is still being contagious , possibly infecting others .
Second , it appears that it is possible to contract the virus a second time , with even more dangerous results than the first time .
Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China https : //www.medrxiv.org/ content/10.1101/2020.02.06 .
20020974v1 The largest study of coronavirus patients so far suggests it could take up to 24 days after exposure for symptoms to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection-2020-2 People could get the novel coronavirus more than once , health experts warn — recovering does not necessarily make you immune https : //www.businessinsider .
com/wuhan-coronavirus-risk-of- reinfection-2020-2 Vaccine candidate for coronavirus on track for human trials in April https : //www.axios.com/vaccine- coronavirus-human-trials- 1e52aefa-094e-4724-b794- 14e4f76369dd.html Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world ’ s most dangerous pathogens https : //www.nature.com/news/ inside-the-chinese-lab-poised- to-study-world-s-most- dangerous-pathogens-1.21487 Subscribe to Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By Spiro Skouras
In this video report, Spiro examines new information regarding the deadly coronavirus outbreak which could potentially be a game changer as the numbers of infected and dead continue to rise.
Two key points which could potentially be a game changer for this coronavirus outbreak. Number one, a Yale study conducted by several Chinese doctors and scientists of the 2019 novel coronavirus clearly states that the virus has a 3- to 24-day incubation period. Currently, the quarantine time has been set at 14 days, so according to this study, people who could have been exposed to the virus and completed the 14-day quarantine and were released, could possibly still be infected for another 10 days while showing no symptoms, but is still being contagious, possibly infecting others. Second, it appears that it is possible to contract the virus a second time, with even more dangerous results than the first time.
Links
Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China
https://www.medrxiv.org/ content/10.1101/2020.02.06. 20020974v1
The largest study of coronavirus patients so far suggests it could take up to 24 days after exposure for symptoms to show
https://www.businessinsider. com/wuhan-coronavirus- symptoms-24-days-after- infection-2020-2
People could get the novel coronavirus more than once, health experts warn — recovering does not necessarily make you immune
https://www.businessinsider. com/wuhan-coronavirus-risk-of- reinfection-2020-2
Exclusive: Chinese doctors say Wuhan coronavirus reinfection even deadlier
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/ en/news/3876197
Top Chinese expert Zhong Nanshan clarifies only 1 case in coronavirus study shows 24-day incubation period
https://www.straitstimes.com/ asia/east-asia/top-chinese- expert-zhong-nanshan- clarifies-only-1-case-in- coronavirus-study-shows-24
Vaccine candidate for coronavirus on track for human trials in April
https://www.axios.com/vaccine- coronavirus-human-trials- 1e52aefa-094e-4724-b794- 14e4f76369dd.html
Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world’s most dangerous pathogens
https://www.nature.com/news/ inside-the-chinese-lab-poised- to-study-world-s-most- dangerous-pathogens-1.21487
Lab-Made Coronavirus Triggers Debate
https://www.the-scientist.com/ news-opinion/lab-made- coronavirus-triggers-debate- 34502
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activistpost--2020-02-15--In Memory Of Catherine J. Frompovich — Health Advocate and Activist

I am sad to report that today , February 14 , 2020 , Activist Post and the wider independent media community has lost one of its greatest contributors : Catherine J. Frompovich .
Regular readers should be familiar with her depth of knowledge on many issues , but it was her twin focus of vaccine awareness and the health concerns of smart technology for which she will be most remembered .
As Catherine ’ s editor at Activist Post and Natural Blaze for nearly 10 years , I ’ m forever grateful for her positive impact , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her many articles and books .
Catherine was more than a writer ; she was an on-the-ground activist of the most formidable type , often giving expert testimony as a naturopath to her local community and politicians .
She called out corruption directly to its face and never backed down from intimidation .
I can attest from our decade of communication that every fiber of her being was given in service to humanity .
It was her meticulous nature that made her so demanding of herself and others , which resulted in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen .
Even at 80 years old she could offer 2-3 articles per day when she was feeling her best .
Her final article that we published was dictated from a bed in hospice care !
We all should strive to live with such vigor and dedication .
Catherine ’ s unwavering spirit and her vast wisdom will be sorely missed , but we can honor her by continuing to forge ahead and carry on her message of tireless devotion to truth and liberty .
Catherine ’ s extensive article archive is available @ @ @ @

By Michael Edwards, Editor
I am sad to report that today, February 14, 2020, Activist Post and the wider independent media community has lost one of its greatest contributors: Catherine J. Frompovich.
Regular readers should be familiar with her depth of knowledge on many issues, but it was her twin focus of vaccine awareness and the health concerns of smart technology for which she will be most remembered.
As Catherine’s editor at Activist Post and Natural Blaze for nearly 10 years, I’m forever grateful for her positive impact, as well as the personal education she offered me through her many articles and books.
Catherine was more than a writer; she was an on-the-ground activist of the most formidable type, often giving expert testimony as a naturopath to her local community and politicians. She called out corruption directly to its face and never backed down from intimidation.
I can attest from our decade of communication that every fiber of her being was given in service to humanity. It was her meticulous nature that made her so demanding of herself and others, which resulted in a work ethic unlike anything I have ever seen. Even at 80 years old she could offer 2-3 articles per day when she was feeling her best. Her final article that we published was dictated from a bed in hospice care!
We all should strive to live with such vigor and dedication.
Catherine’s unwavering spirit and her vast wisdom will be sorely missed, but we can honor her by continuing to forge ahead and carry on her message of tireless devotion to truth and liberty.
Rest in Peace Catherine.
Catherine’s extensive article archive is available HERE and HERE.


activistpost--2020-02-17--A Clearview Of AI Facial Recognition — Yes They Have A Trove of OFFLINE Material

Essentially , anything that has ever been uploaded to the cloud is out there in offline databases even if it @ @ @ @ @ Bermas breaks down exactly where we stand in the “ track , trace and database @ @ @ @ @ built over the previous decades and is now coming into clearer view .
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Essentially, anything that has ever been uploaded to the cloud is out there in offline databases even if it has been deleted.
Jason Bermas breaks down exactly where we stand in the “track, trace and database” society that has been built over the previous decades and is now coming into clearer view.

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activistpost--2020-02-16--Illinois Rep. Introduces Bill to Protect Residential Zones from 5G. Has Yours?

Opposition to 5G continues to increase in the U.S. and worldwide .
The first Global 5G Opposition Day was held last month .
Many cities and countries have taken action against 5G – even banning it .
People and animals have been getting sick where it ’ s been turned on ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
In December doctors , scientists , engineers , and public advocates asked President Trump for a moratorium on 5G because of biological , environmental , and safety risks ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Multiple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
In February 2019 the telecom industry admitted they have NO scientific evidence that 5G is safe .
Some American elected officials have taken action to try to protect their constituents from installation .
Unfortunately , many elected officials and government employees continue to force this unsafe technology on communities or they simply refuse to do anything about it despite warnings and public outcry .
Fortunately for Illinois residents , State Rep , Dianne Mazzochi has decided to take action .
“ Responding to local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 47th District , State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi , R-Elmhurst , has filed legislation to provide an avenue for worried residents to have their voices heard during the rapid 5G implementation process .
To draft the legislation , Mazzochi and staff spent the last several months attending multiple meetings with local residents and officials , researching options available at the local level and pinpointing areas of concern involving possible health impacts and close deployments of small cell towers by schools and homes.
” Read the news here .
Misinformation about 5G has been reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times .
Could it be because in 2019 they partnered with Verizon for a 5G Journalism Lab ?
Whatever the reason , one NYT reporter is now being accused of violating a truth and accuracy code by the Press Council of Ireland .
Oopsie .
Of course .
all sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are biologically and environmentally harmful .
Pollution from Electromagnetic Radiation ( “ Electrosmog ” ) was also a problem before 5G .
Many experts have been insisting we should be drastically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Race to 5G ” does the exact opposite .
It even includes blasting 5G at Earth from space with satellites .
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other sources of unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Opposition to 5G continues to increase in the U.S. and worldwide. The first Global 5G Opposition Day was held last month. Many cities and countries have taken action against 5G – even banning it. People and animals have been getting sick where it’s been turned on (see 1, 2, 3, 4). In December doctors, scientists, engineers, and public advocates asked President Trump for a moratorium on 5G because of biological, environmental, and safety risks (see 1, 2, 3). Multiple lawsuits have also been filed (see 1, 2, 3, 4).
In February 2019 the telecom industry admitted they have NO scientific evidence that 5G is safe. Some American elected officials have taken action to try to protect their constituents from installation. Unfortunately, many elected officials and government employees continue to force this unsafe technology on communities or they simply refuse to do anything about it despite warnings and public outcry. Fortunately for Illinois residents, State Rep, Dianne Mazzochi has decided to take action.
From 5G Crisis:
“Responding to local concerns about 5G cell towers in the 47th District, State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, R-Elmhurst, has filed legislation to provide an avenue for worried residents to have their voices heard during the rapid 5G implementation process. To draft the legislation, Mazzochi and staff spent the last several months attending multiple meetings with local residents and officials, researching options available at the local level and pinpointing areas of concern involving possible health impacts and close deployments of small cell towers by schools and homes.” Read the news here. Read the proposed legislation here.
Misinformation about 5G has been reported by many sources including the New York Times. Could it be because in 2019 they partnered with Verizon for a 5G Journalism Lab? Whatever the reason, one NYT reporter is now being accused of violating a truth and accuracy code by the Press Council of Ireland. Oopsie.
Of course. all sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are biologically and environmentally harmful. Pollution from Electromagnetic Radiation (“Electrosmog”) was also a problem before 5G. Many experts have been insisting we should be drastically reducing sources of Electrosmog whereas The “Race to 5G” does the exact opposite. It even includes blasting 5G at Earth from space with satellites.

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activistpost--2020-02-17--6yo Girl Taken From School by Police Without Parents’ Consent, Held in Facility for 48 Hours for Tan

6yo Girl Taken From School by Police Without Parents’ Consent, Held in Facility for 48 Hours for Tantrum

Jacksonville , FL — Marina Falk received a horrifying call from school earlier this month in regard to her 6-year-old daughter Nadia .
Officials from Love Grove Elementary School called Falk to tell her that police had taken her daughter because she ’ d been acting out .
Without her consent , authorities essentially kidnapped a 6-year-old girl and held her in a facility for two days .
Falk never received a call when her daughter acted out .
Only after she was taken by police did she get the call .
“ I was alerted of an incident after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said When Falk called police to see where her daughter was , they told her there was nothing they could do .
She said the officer told her : “ ‘ There ’ s nothing else we could do .
Your daughter is completely out of control , and we were not able to de-escalate the situation.
’ ” According to the school , Nadia was alleged to have destroyed school property , attacked staff and running out of school .
She is six .
Highlighting the reliance on the police state is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentally challenged children like Nadia .
They are set up to teach children with mental disabilities yet they couldn ’ t find another way to handle this little girl other than having her Baker Acted .
In Florida , the Baker Act is supposed to confine truly mentally ill people who are dangerous — a six-year-old girl throwing a temper tantrum is hardly a danger to anyone .
School officials apparently thought otherwise .
“ When a student ’ s behavior presents a risk of self-harm or harm to others , the school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Child Guidance , our crisis response provider , ” Duval County Public Schools said in a statement to ABC News .
Falk told Good Morning America that after finding out her daughter had been essentially kidnapped without her consent , she felt a lot of things , but most of all , she felt “ helpless.
” “ Heartbroken .
I felt anger .
Disappointment .
But I think the biggest emotion , I felt , was helpless , ” Falk told “ GMA.
” “ Because I know that I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help my daughter at this school.
” Illustrating the unnecessary nature of this entire ordeal is the police body camera footage of Nadia ’ s removal from school .
In the video , this little girl is walking calmly with police and appears to be well-behaved as she asks police if she is going to jail .
“ No , you ’ re not going to jail .
You ’ re not no bad person , you ’ re not going to jail , ” the officer is heard saying on the footage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another cop that “ she ’ s fine , there ’ s nothing wrong with her , ” after saying ( before the footage cut off ) that the school “ may have agitated her a little bit.
” After the body camera footage was released , the school responded by claiming that police were not present when Nadia was allegedly throwing her tantrum .
“ The police officers were also not present when Child Guidance was intervening with the student , ” the district said .
“ The student was calm when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that point , Child Guidance had already made the decision to Baker Act based on their intervention with the student.
” Falk ’ s attorney , Reganel Reeves said they want to sit down with school officials so Nadia can continue her education .
“ I just don ’ t want us to be perceived like we ’ re simply just out for money .
We really want to try to resolve Nadia ’ s educational status so she can go to school , ” Reeves told “ GMA.
” “ So that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not really a lawsuit at this point.
” Reeves then went on to note that someone must be held accountable for a 6-year-old girl being treated in this manner .
“ We ’ re prepared to put the state of Florida on notice and let them know that this is not acceptable .
We must protect our children .
So we ’ re asking for a dialog , a conversation .
Since this is out here now , don ’ t let this go in vain , ” Reeves said .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , TFTP has reported on similar instances before .
In fact , it happened in Jacksonville before .
As TFTP previously reported , just like Nadia , for throwing a temper tantrum , another 6-year-old named Nicholas , who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder , was kidnapped from his elementary school by police and imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital .
Nicholas was held , including multiple stints in a ‘ seclusion room , ’ for three days at River Point Behavioral Health .
Once admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true to their tendency of holding patients and did everything they could to use the state to force Nicholas to stay .
This was in spite of his parents ’ demands to let him out .
“ I didn ’ t want him to be there at all , ” Nicholas ’ mom told BuzzFeed News , adding that she immediately asked the facility to release her son because he was so young and didn ’ t need to be there .
“ It felt like my child had been kidnapped , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t even hug my kid and tell him it ’ s going to be okay.
” At River Point , as reported by BuzzFeed , Nicholas would be given a bloody nose by another child , get locked in a “ seclusion ” room at 3 in the morning , and wait more than 24 hours to see a psychiatrist , according to medical records provided by his parents .
His parents asked at least three times to take their son home — every time , they were denied .
Also , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Miami , Florida who was also kidnapped from school for a temper tantrum .
He was just 7 years old .
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By Matt Agorist
Jacksonville, FL — Marina Falk received a horrifying call from school earlier this month in regard to her 6-year-old daughter Nadia. Officials from Love Grove Elementary School called Falk to tell her that police had taken her daughter because she’d been acting out. Without her consent, authorities essentially kidnapped a 6-year-old girl and held her in a facility for two days.
Falk never received a call when her daughter acted out. Only after she was taken by police did she get the call.
“I was alerted of an incident after she was Baker Acted,” Falk said
When Falk called police to see where her daughter was, they told her there was nothing they could do. She said the officer told her: “‘There’s nothing else we could do. Your daughter is completely out of control, and we were not able to de-escalate the situation.’”
According to the school, Nadia was alleged to have destroyed school property, attacked staff and running out of school. She is six. Highlighting the reliance on the police state is the fact that this school is for mentally challenged children like Nadia. They are set up to teach children with mental disabilities yet they couldn’t find another way to handle this little girl other than having her Baker Acted.
In Florida, the Baker Act is supposed to confine truly mentally ill people who are dangerous — a six-year-old girl throwing a temper tantrum is hardly a danger to anyone. School officials apparently thought otherwise.
“When a student’s behavior presents a risk of self-harm or harm to others, the school district’s procedure is to call Child Guidance, our crisis response provider,” Duval County Public Schools said in a statement to ABC News.
Falk told Good Morning America that after finding out her daughter had been essentially kidnapped without her consent, she felt a lot of things, but most of all, she felt “helpless.”
“Heartbroken. I felt anger. Disappointment. But I think the biggest emotion, I felt, was helpless,” Falk told “GMA.” “Because I know that I’ve done everything I could possibly do to help my daughter at this school.”
Illustrating the unnecessary nature of this entire ordeal is the police body camera footage of Nadia’s removal from school. In the video, this little girl is walking calmly with police and appears to be well-behaved as she asks police if she is going to jail.
“No, you’re not going to jail. You’re not no bad person, you’re not going to jail,” the officer is heard saying on the footage.
The officer is then heard telling another cop that “she’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with her,” after saying (before the footage cut off) that the school “may have agitated her a little bit.”
After the body camera footage was released, the school responded by claiming that police were not present when Nadia was allegedly throwing her tantrum.
“The police officers were also not present when Child Guidance was intervening with the student,” the district said. “The student was calm when she left the school, but at that point, Child Guidance had already made the decision to Baker Act based on their intervention with the student.”
Falk’s attorney, Reganel Reeves said they want to sit down with school officials so Nadia can continue her education.
“I just don’t want us to be perceived like we’re simply just out for money. We really want to try to resolve Nadia’s educational status so she can go to school,” Reeves told “GMA.” “So that’s really what our goal is, not really a lawsuit at this point.”
Reeves then went on to note that someone must be held accountable for a 6-year-old girl being treated in this manner.
“We’re prepared to put the state of Florida on notice and let them know that this is not acceptable. We must protect our children. So we’re asking for a dialog, a conversation. Since this is out here now, don’t let this go in vain,” Reeves said.
As crazy and over-the-top as this case seems, TFTP has reported on similar instances before. In fact, it happened in Jacksonville before.
As TFTP previously reported, just like Nadia, for throwing a temper tantrum, another 6-year-old named Nicholas, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, was kidnapped from his elementary school by police and imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital.
Nicholas was held, including multiple stints in a ‘seclusion room,’ for three days at River Point Behavioral Health.
Once admitted to the hospital, the staff stayed true to their tendency of holding patients and did everything they could to use the state to force Nicholas to stay. This was in spite of his parents’ demands to let him out.
“I didn’t want him to be there at all,” Nicholas’ mom told BuzzFeed News, adding that she immediately asked the facility to release her son because he was so young and didn’t need to be there.
“It felt like my child had been kidnapped,” she said. “I can’t even hug my kid and tell him it’s going to be okay.”
At River Point, as reported by BuzzFeed, Nicholas would be given a bloody nose by another child, get locked in a “seclusion” room at 3 in the morning, and wait more than 24 hours to see a psychiatrist, according to medical records provided by his parents.
His parents asked at least three times to take their son home — every time, they were denied.
Also, in 2018, we reported on another child in Miami, Florida who was also kidnapped from school for a temper tantrum. He was just 7 years old.
If you truly want a glimpse into how much the police state is infiltrating public schools, take a scroll through our archives, at this link.
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--2020-02-17--Report: Mark Zuckerberg Requests Government Rules On “What Discourse Should Be Allowed”

Have you ever heard of this thing called the “ First Amendment , ” Mr. Zuckerberg ?
From Washington Examiner , “ ‘ More guidance and regulation ’ : Zuckerberg requests government rules on ‘ what discourse should be allowed ' ” : Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called on Western governments to provide regulatory guidance for how social media companies can identify the boundaries of “ what discourse should be allowed ” on their platforms .
“ There should be more guidance and regulation from the states on basically — take political advertising as an example — what discourse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an assembly of Western leaders Saturday at the Munich Security Conference .
“ Or , on the balance of free expression and some things that people call harmful expression , where do you draw the line ?
” Facebook has faced accusations of mismanagement since Russia launched a series of high-profile election interference operations against Western countries , most notably the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign .
Sen. Josh Hawley , a Missouri Republican , said federal legislation is necessary to counteract anti-conservative “ political censorship , ” while European Union officials are mulling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are a lot of decisions in these areas that are really just balances between different social values , ” Zuckerberg said .
“ It ’ s about coming up with an answer that society feels is legitimate and that they can get behind and understand that you drew the line here on the balance of free expression and safety .
It ’ s not just that there ’ s one right answer .
People need to feel like , ‘ OK , enough people weighed in , and that ’ s why the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can get behind that . '
” There ’ s not going to be any rules set in stone because then dissidents could just get around them by following the rules to the letter and speaking in code .
The rules are purposefully open-ended and completely arbitrary so anyone can be crushed at any moment and labeled a “ hate agent ” for challenging the powers that be .
For our ruling class , the arbitrariness of the rules are a feature , not a bug .
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By Chris Menahan
Have you ever heard of this thing called the “First Amendment,” Mr. Zuckerberg?
From Washington Examiner, “‘More guidance and regulation’: Zuckerberg requests government rules on ‘what discourse should be allowed'”:
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called on Western governments to provide regulatory guidance for how social media companies can identify the boundaries of “what discourse should be allowed” on their platforms.
“There should be more guidance and regulation from the states on basically — take political advertising as an example — what discourse should be allowed?” Zuckerberg told an assembly of Western leaders Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. “Or, on the balance of free expression and some things that people call harmful expression, where do you draw the line?”
Facebook has faced accusations of mismanagement since Russia launched a series of high-profile election interference operations against Western countries, most notably the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said federal legislation is necessary to counteract anti-conservative “political censorship,” while European Union officials are mulling antitrust proposals targeting Facebook.
“There are a lot of decisions in these areas that are really just balances between different social values,” Zuckerberg said. “It’s about coming up with an answer that society feels is legitimate and that they can get behind and understand that you drew the line here on the balance of free expression and safety. It’s not just that there’s one right answer. People need to feel like, ‘OK, enough people weighed in, and that’s why the answer should be this, and we can get behind that.'”


activistpost--2020-02-17--Virginia “Assault Weapons Ban” Killed in Senate When 4 Democrats Joined Republicans in Voting Agains

Virginia “Assault Weapons Ban” Killed in Senate When 4 Democrats Joined Republicans in Voting Against It

The worst of the numerous anti-gun legislations in Virginia , the so-called “ assault weapons ban , ” was shot down ( sorry , I had to ) this morning by the Senate Judiciary Committee , killing any chance of that bill becoming law this year .
Prohibiting sale , transport , etc.
, of assault firearms , certain firearm magazines , silencers , and trigger activators ; penalties .
Expands the definition of “ assault firearm ” and prohibits any person from importing , selling , transferring , manufacturing , purchasing , or transporting an assault firearm .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The bill prohibits a dealer from selling , renting , trading , or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person .
The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import , sell , transfer , manufacture , purchase , possess , or transport silencers , and trigger activators , all defined in the bill .
The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import , sell , transfer , manufacture , purchase , or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine , as defined in the bill , and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firearm magazine .
Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine , silencer , or trigger activator on July 1 , 2020 , may retain possession until January 1 , 2021 .
During that time , such person shall ( i ) render the large-capacity firearm magazine , silencer , or trigger activator inoperable ; ( ii ) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine , silencer , or trigger activator from the Commonwealth ; ( iii ) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine , silencer , or trigger activator to a person outside the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ; or ( iv ) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine , silencer , or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency .
( source ) The most recent election saw Virginia turn blue through rezoning and a whole lot of money donated by none other than presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg .
It ’ s so blatant that even the Washington Examiner referred to this as “ Bloomberg ’ s Gun Ban.
” Virginians protested the outrageous spate of laws by a variety of means , turning nearly the entire state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ municipality , with one county going so far as to form an official militia to preserve gun rights .
Tens of thousands of gun owners showed up to protest at the capital on Lobby Day , a protest that was overwhelmingly peaceful despite the governor ’ s attempt to paint the protesters as violent white supremacists .
Initially , it looked like the efforts would fail when the House blatantly ignored the protests and advanced 9 more anti-gun bills the very same week .
Several Democrats voted to table the bill .
Fortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wiser course of action against the most insidious of the bills , voting down HB961 with a 10-5 vote .
Lawmakers voted to table the bill Monday with little debate , while noting that there was confusion over what types of guns would constitute an assault weapon .
“ There are obviously a lot of questions about definitions in this bill .
Definitions do matter , ” said Democratic Sen. Creigh Deeds .
The Senate has now rejected three of the governor ’ s eight gun-control measures .
Moderate Democrats have already voted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would make it a felony to “ recklessly leave a loaded , unsecured firearm ” in a way that endangers a minor , and a bill that would require gun owners to report the loss or theft of a gun to police .
( source ) Several other unconstitutional bills have already passed both the house and the senate , including limiting the purchase of firearms to one per month , allowing cities or counties to ban guns in specific areas , and a red flag law that allows authorities to temporarily remove @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And keep in mind , this vote only tables the bill for the current year .
Governor Northam ’ s office has already said it will be back .

By Daisy Luther
The worst of the numerous anti-gun legislations in Virginia, the so-called “assault weapons ban,” was shot down (sorry, I had to) this morning by the Senate Judiciary Committee, killing any chance of that bill becoming law this year.
The alarming wording of HB961:
Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of “assault firearm” and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency. (source)
It’s pretty unsettling when you watch a billionaire buy a state government.
The most recent election saw Virginia turn blue through rezoning and a whole lot of money donated by none other than presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. It’s so blatant that even the Washington Examiner referred to this as “Bloomberg’s Gun Ban.”
Virginians protested the outrageous spate of laws by a variety of means, turning nearly the entire state into 2nd Amendment sanctuaries, municipality by municipality, with one county going so far as to form an official militia to preserve gun rights. Tens of thousands of gun owners showed up to protest at the capital on Lobby Day, a protest that was overwhelmingly peaceful despite the governor’s attempt to paint the protesters as violent white supremacists.
Initially, it looked like the efforts would fail when the House blatantly ignored the protests and advanced 9 more anti-gun bills the very same week.
Several Democrats voted to table the bill.
Fortunately, the Senate Judiciary Committee chose the wiser course of action against the most insidious of the bills, voting down HB961 with a 10-5 vote.
Lawmakers voted to table the bill Monday with little debate, while noting that there was confusion over what types of guns would constitute an assault weapon. “There are obviously a lot of questions about definitions in this bill. Definitions do matter,” said Democratic Sen. Creigh Deeds. The Senate has now rejected three of the governor’s eight gun-control measures. Moderate Democrats have already voted with Republicans to kill a bill that would make it a felony to “recklessly leave a loaded, unsecured firearm” in a way that endangers a minor, and a bill that would require gun owners to report the loss or theft of a gun to police. (source)
Four Democrats rejected the bill.
The move was led by Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, and backed by three other Democrats: Sen. John Edwards of Roanoke, Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax City, and Sen. Scott Surovell of Fairfax. (source)
The fight isn’t over.
Several other unconstitutional bills have already passed both the house and the senate, including limiting the purchase of firearms to one per month, allowing cities or counties to ban guns in specific areas, and a red flag law that allows authorities to temporarily remove people’s firearms without due process.
And keep in mind, this vote only tables the bill for the current year. Governor Northam’s office has already said it will be back.


activistpost--2020-02-17--Japan’s GDP Is Collapsing, And Experts Are Warning That China Will Be Next

Global economic conditions are really starting to deteriorate quite rapidly .
Economists were projecting that Japan ’ s GDP would shrink by 3.8 percent on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter , but instead it greatly surpassed expectations by plunging 6.3 percent .
If Japan ’ s GDP falls again during the first quarter of 2020 , and thanks to the coronavirus outbreak that seems very likely , then the world ’ s third largest economy will officially be in a recession .
But of course the outlook for China is even worse .
At this point , economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standstill , and this has thrown global supply chains into a state of chaos .
It certainly appears that the entire global economy will shrink during the first quarter , and that will be the very first time that has happened in more than a decade .
And if this coronavirus outbreak continues to intensify in the months ahead , the economic consequences are going to be absolutely catastrophic .
Even though the experts were anticipating a slowdown in Japan , nobody had any idea that it would be this bad… The sales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this collapse in GDP , and without a doubt consumer spending in Japan was way down last quarter… Japanese officials were hoping that GDP would bounce back this quarter , but now the coronavirus outbreak has changed everything .
At this point it is very difficult to be positive about the immediate future of the Japanese economy , and an increasing number of experts are now anticipating a recession .
Here is one example… The Japanese economy greatly benefits from the horde of tourists that usually come over from China , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trading relationship .
Now that those two factors are being disrupted , the outlook for the second quarter is decidedly grim… Ultimately , it is going to be exceedingly difficult for Japan to avoid a recession .
But if Chinese GDP also plunges into recession territory this year , that will be even bigger news .
According to The New York Times , “ the entire global economy could suffer from a prolonged shock in China ” , and so investors will be watching the development of this crisis very carefully .
See @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Income The number of confirmed cases and the official death toll both continue to rise , and the draconian measures that the Chinese have taken to contain the outbreak have slowed the Chinese economy to a crawl .
The following is how Zero Hedge summarized the recent economic data that we have seen come out of China… Of course many in the financial world are still hoping that things won ’ t be too bad .
For example , Dun and Bradstreet is hoping that the crisis in China will only “ cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on global GDP ” … That is a wildly optimistic projection , but hopefully they are right .
Hopefully , the coronavirus will fizzle out with the arrival of warmer weather and the global economy can start to get back to normal .
Unfortunately , a return to “ normal ” is probably not in the cards .
Even before this coronavirus outbreak , the global economy was really starting to slow down .
Economic numbers were absolutely dismal all over the world , and many experts were warning that we were right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recession .
Now that this outbreak has erupted , we definitely have much more momentum in a downward direction .
Very challenging times are ahead , although most people in the Western world still don ’ t understand what is happening .
As far as the coronavirus is concerned , the key will be what happens to the number of confirmed cases outside of China .
Over the past week that number has roughly doubled , and if that keeps happening every week we will soon have a full-blown global pandemic on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in Singapore , 59 confirmed cases in Japan and 57 confirmed cases in Hong Kong .
It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep this virus contained , and we are rapidly approaching a major tipping point .
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My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog , End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News , and the articles that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe .
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By Michael Snyder
Global economic conditions are really starting to deteriorate quite rapidly. Economists were projecting that Japan’s GDP would shrink by 3.8 percent on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, but instead it greatly surpassed expectations by plunging 6.3 percent. If Japan’s GDP falls again during the first quarter of 2020, and thanks to the coronavirus outbreak that seems very likely, then the world’s third largest economy will officially be in a recession. But of course the outlook for China is even worse.
At this point, economic activity in China has come to a standstill, and this has thrown global supply chains into a state of chaos. It certainly appears that the entire global economy will shrink during the first quarter, and that will be the very first time that has happened in more than a decade. And if this coronavirus outbreak continues to intensify in the months ahead, the economic consequences are going to be absolutely catastrophic.
Even though the experts were anticipating a slowdown in Japan, nobody had any idea that it would be this bad…
Japan’s gross domestic product shrank at an annualized pace of 6.3 percent from the previous quarter in the three months through December, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cabinet Office released Monday. Economists surveyed had predicted a fall of 3.8 percent, flagging the adverse impact of a sales tax increase, weak global demand and typhoon disruption.
The sales tax increase is being primarily blamed for this collapse in GDP, and without a doubt consumer spending in Japan was way down last quarter…
Consumer spending fell 11.1% after the national sales tax was raised in October to 10% from 8%. During the same month, Typhoon Hagibis ravaged a large swathe of the country. Capital spending declined 14.1% and exports slipped 0.4% due to the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war.
Japanese officials were hoping that GDP would bounce back this quarter, but now the coronavirus outbreak has changed everything.
At this point it is very difficult to be positive about the immediate future of the Japanese economy, and an increasing number of experts are now anticipating a recession. Here is one example…
“I’m getting ready for another contraction in Japan’s first quarter. There just aren’t any positive factors to build a positive growth forecast,” said Mari Iwashita, chief market economist at Daiwa Securities Co., flagging her view that the economy is likely falling into recession.
The Japanese economy greatly benefits from the horde of tourists that usually come over from China, and the two nations have developed a very close trading relationship.
Now that those two factors are being disrupted, the outlook for the second quarter is decidedly grim…
“There is a good chance of Japan’s economy falling into a recession,” Yoshiki Shinke, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, said before Monday’s data was released. He flagged the risks of supply chains being affected if the outbreak was prolonged. The coronavirus is taking a toll on the number of Chinese tourists to Japan and manufacturing activity due to the economy’s close ties with China, prompting some economists to forecast a contraction lasting two quarters.
Ultimately, it is going to be exceedingly difficult for Japan to avoid a recession.
But if Chinese GDP also plunges into recession territory this year, that will be even bigger news.
According to The New York Times, “the entire global economy could suffer from a prolonged shock in China”, and so investors will be watching the development of this crisis very carefully.
The number of confirmed cases and the official death toll both continue to rise, and the draconian measures that the Chinese have taken to contain the outbreak have slowed the Chinese economy to a crawl. The following is how Zero Hedge summarized the recent economic data that we have seen come out of China…
While not perfect, and certainly not a comprehensive view of what is really taking place “on the ground”, the above data is a useful real-time indicator of how the people in China perceive the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, and one thing is abundantly clear: as the pandemic spreads further without containment, and as the charts above flatline, so will China’s economy, which means that while Goldman’s draconian view of what happens to Q1 GDP is spot on, the expectation for a V-shaped recovery in Q2 and onward will vaporize faster than a vial of ultra-biohazardaous viruses in a Wuhan virology lab.
Of course many in the financial world are still hoping that things won’t be too bad.
For example, Dun and Bradstreet is hoping that the crisis in China will only “cause a drag of approximately one percentage point on global GDP”…
China, the world’s second largest economy after US, contributes about 20 percent to the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). However, according to a report by Dun and Bradstreet, the Chinese economy might cause a drag of approximately one percentage point on global GDP if prevention of Coronavirus gets delayed beyond the summer of 2020.
That is a wildly optimistic projection, but hopefully they are right.
Hopefully, the coronavirus will fizzle out with the arrival of warmer weather and the global economy can start to get back to normal.
Unfortunately, a return to “normal” is probably not in the cards.
Even before this coronavirus outbreak, the global economy was really starting to slow down. Economic numbers were absolutely dismal all over the world, and many experts were warning that we were right on the verge of the next global recession.
Now that this outbreak has erupted, we definitely have much more momentum in a downward direction. Very challenging times are ahead, although most people in the Western world still don’t understand what is happening.
As far as the coronavirus is concerned, the key will be what happens to the number of confirmed cases outside of China. Over the past week that number has roughly doubled, and if that keeps happening every week we will soon have a full-blown global pandemic on our hands.
There are now 75 confirmed cases in Singapore, 59 confirmed cases in Japan and 57 confirmed cases in Hong Kong. It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep this virus contained, and we are rapidly approaching a major tipping point.
About the Author: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe. I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End, Get Prepared Now, and Living A Life That Really Matters. (#CommissionsEarned) By purchasing those books you help to support my work. I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this “About the Author” section with each article. In order to comply with those government regulations, I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished. This article may contain opinions on political matters, but it is not intended to promote the candidacy of any particular political candidate. The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions. Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints, and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished. I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help.
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