activistpost--2020-05-07--Assange’s US Extradition, Threat to Future of Internet and Democracy

On Monday May 4 , the British Court decided that the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange , scheduled for May 18 , would be moved to September .
This four-month delay was made after Assange ’ s defense lawyer argued the difficulty of his receiving a fair hearing due to restrictions posed by the Covid-19 lockdown .
Monday ’ s hearing at Westminster Magistrates ’ Court proceeded without enabling the phone link for press and observers waiting on the line , and without Assange who was not well enough to appear via videolink .
Sunday May 3rd marked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the globe celebrated with online debates and workshops , Assange was being held on remand in London ’ s Belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan .
On this day , annually observed by the United Nations to remind the governments of the importance of free press , Amnesty International renewed its call for the US to drop the charges against this imprisoned journalist .
The US case to extradite Assange is one of the most important press freedom cases of this century .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act is an unprecedented attack on journalism .
This is a war on free speech that has escalated in recent years turning the Internet into a battleground .
While he was living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London , after being granted asylum in 2012 , Assange alerted the public about the oppressive force that is now threatening press freedom around the world .
In a statement that was read during the “ Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship ” webinar in January 2018 , Assange noted how multinational tech companies like Google and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ superstates ” .
He warned that “ undetectable mass social influence powered by artificial intelligence is an existential threat to humanity ” .
Most who care about digital rights are well aware that tech giants like Google and Facebook have long been embroiled with Washington ’ halls of power .
Mark Zuckerberg , co-founder , chairman and CEO of Facebook has been candid about his pro-censorship stance .
In his 2019 Washington Post op-ed Zuckerberg shared his belief that Facebook , the world ’ s largest social networking site with more than 800 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role to control content – for governments .
In “ When Google Met WikiLeaks ” , published in 2014 , Assange exposed the way Google executives used “ revolving doors ” within the US State Department , and highlighted their close ties to US intelligence agencies like the NSA .
Google ’ s internal research presentation , leaked to Breitbart News from the company ’ s employees in 2018 , revealed government requests for censorship have tripled since 2016 .
An 85-page briefing entitled “ The Good Censor ” concluded that the multinational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if it wishes to continue to receive the support of national governments and continue its global expansion .
Google has been accused of discriminating against conservative viewpoints and suppressing free speech .
YouTube , one of Google ’ s subsidiaries , is now censoring the WikiLeaks “ Collateral Murder ” video .
Real images of war that exposed the US military ’ s brutal killing of innocent Iraq civilians , including two Reuters journalists , is now assigned to the “ inappropriate for some users ” category , severely compromising its viewership .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ videos , of which tens of thousands depict violence , are allowed to be played without restriction .
Now , amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic , this privatized censorship via a monopoly on information became more overt and even normalized .
On March 11 , after the White House asked Big Tech for help in fighting the spread of “ false information ” about Covid-19 , top tech industry players including Facebook , Google , LinkedIn , Microsoft , and Twitter and Reddit issued a joint statement on their collaborative efforts to battle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As measures to quell the spread of inaccurate information and harmful content , Facebook implemented a new policy to direct users who have interacted with posts that contain “ harmful ” coronavirus misinformation to a “ myth busters ” page , maintained by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
In setting forth this company ’ s new aggressive move to counter misinformation about Covid-19 , Guy Rosen , Facebook ’ s vice-president of integrity commented in a blogpost : Google CEO Sundar Pichai also announced that the company is partnering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ website to educate about COVID-19 and provide resources nationwide .
The blog post indicated that the multinational search giant would work under the guidance of the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) .
Since it declared a global pandemic on March 11 , 2020 , the World Health Organization positioned itself as a source of legitimacy , setting guidelines and recommendations to direct a worldwide response to Covid-19 .
Narratives put forward by this Geneva-based global health body began to rapidly shape the scenery of our everyday life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are infected with novel coronavirus have quickly flooded into American homes through major cable news networks .
With a daily report of death count increasing every day , fear began to spread around the world .
As doctors and nurses at the frontline fight to save the lives of victims in what has now become the “ War on Covid-19 ” , views that challenge the mainstream discourse on the pandemic have emerged on the Internet .
Physicians who disagree with the expert opinion of WHO – on the transmission of Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the outbreak – began speaking out .
Recently , a call by two Californian doctors to reopen the economy and to examine the death rate of Covid-19 and justification of lockdown , created a wide sensation , attracting both support and criticism .
A news conference held by Dr. Daniel W. Erickson and Dr. Artin Massih , co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield , was livestreamed by local television stations .
When the online video went viral , being viewed millions of times , YouTube pulled the plug , stating that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ authority ” guidance .
In the first week of May , David Icke , the former football player and author of more than 20 books , got deplatformed from Facebook and Google for posting content that questioned the motives of WHO and countered the official narratives on the threat of Covid-19 .
In deleting his account , YouTube stated that the 68-year-old UK citizen , often labeled a professional “ conspiracy theorist ” , violated their Community Guidelines on sharing information about coronavirus .
Prior to deleting his account , a video of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was deleted .
That video , discussing misdiagnosis and misclassification of death and economic consequences of the lockdown , is reported to have been viewed over 30 million times .
The disciplinary actions of these digital mega corporations against those who don ’ t conform to the edicts of the designated health authority resemble the censorship of authoritarian states – such as China .
In a name of public safety , efforts to widen discourse and open up a democratic debate were uniformly shut down across major media platforms .
This contravention of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restriction of the freedom of speech .
It also abridges the right of the people to peaceably assemble , prohibiting political dissent .
Facebook has now confirmed that the company , after consulting with state governments , is banning promotions for protests that violate social distancing rules .
A little over a year before his arrest inside the embassy , Assange gave a dire warning : “ The future of humanity is the struggle between humans that control machines and machines that control humans ” .
In this digital age , a battle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the political ground alone – with legislators , corporate lobbyists , senators and presidents .
Civil liberties are being eroded by an algorithmic control dictated by the Silicon Valley tech titans .
They use AI in ways that act beneath conscious awareness , manipulating reality at a speed and level that humans can no longer keep up with , to control perception .
Now , the machines seem to be out of control , fueling cyber-warfare .
In 2017 , WikiLeaks released the largest publication of confidential documents , code-named “ Vault 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network at the Cyber Intelligence Center .
This release revealed that the CIA had lost control of the cyber-weapons it had developed .
What is alarming is that the CIA became aware of this loss but didn ’ t warn the public about it .
Now , this horrific arsenal that was designed to hide all traces of its own actions , is loosed upon the world and can be used for malicious purposes by cyber-mafias , foreign agents , hackers , and anyone else who eventually got their hands on it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their weaponized exploits target a wide range of U.S. and European company products .
The series of documents and files categorized in “ Year Zero ” revealed the specific CIA malware that grants the agency capacity to penetrate Google ’ s Android phone and Apple ’ s iPhone software – the very software that runs ( or has run ) presidential Twitter accounts – and to avoid or manipulate fingerprints in any subsequent “ forensic review ” .
An example of the abuse of this power is found in evidence of CIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidates in the lead up to the 2012 presidential election .
The Framers of the US Constitution believed there is a seed of corruption inherent in humans .
This is why Thomas Jefferson , the principal author of America ’ s founding document , emphasized the vital role of a free press in keeping government power in check .
He said that if he had to choose between “ a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government , I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
” Although the social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his time , fundamentals of democracy have not changed .
As our society quickly moves into a 1984 Orwellian technological dystopia , Jefferson ’ s words that alarmed a nation back then should sound more loudly now .
If people care about democracy , a healthy distrust of the government must be restored , awakening moral courage to ignite our rage against the machine .
Through his work with WikiLeaks , Assange aimed to hold people who run the machine to account .
As a project of free software , he created an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Internet .
It provided ordinary people with a formidable tool that can help them take back their power to control the machine and end its hostile takeover of society .
The whistleblower behind WikiLeaks publication of Vault 7 ( allegedly Joshua Schulte , still held in custody in New York ) disclosed CIA documents in an effort to “ initiate a public debate about the security , creation , use , proliferation and democratic control of cyberweapons ” .
In releasing the material , Assange , as editor in chief of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s call for peacemaking , by affirming the organization ’ s role as a “ neutral digital Switzerland ” for people all over the world , to provide protection against nation-states and cyber attacks .
After the whistleblowing site carefully redacted the actual codes of CIA hacking tools , anonymized names , and email addresses that were targeted , it contacted Apple , Microsoft , Google , Mozilla , and MicroTik , stating that WikiLeaks would work with tech companies by giving them exclusive access to appropriate material so they could help create @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s breach of security and offer countermeasures .
For these efforts to end the military occupation of cyberspace , Assange is now being aggressively pursued by the Trump administration .
At the time when WikiLeaks released a massive trove of documents that detailed the CIA hacking tools , Vice President Mike Pence vowed to “ use the full force of the law ” to hunt down those who released the Intelligence Agency ’ s secret material .
Calling WikiLeaks a “ non-state hostile intelligence service ” that needs to be shut down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mike Pompeo has taken on and expanded Obama ’ s war on whistleblowers to attack the publisher .
John Kiriakou , who became the first CIA officer to give evidence of the use of torture , repeatedly said that if Assange were extradited , he would receive no fair trial .
The CIA whistleblower , who was jailed for calling this torture unconstitutional , noted that in the Eastern District of Virginia where Assange was charged , “ juries are made up of people from the CIA , the FBI , the Pentagon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence community contractors or their family members ” and that “ no national security defendant has ever won a case there.
” In his fight against extradition to the US , where he faces 175 years in prison and being subjected to harsh conditions under “ Special Administrative Measures “ , Assange is rendered defenseless .
He is in effective solitary confinement , being psychologically tortured inside London ’ s maximum-security prison .
With the British government ’ s refusal to release him temporarily into home detention , despite his deteriorating health and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long detention , Assange is now put at risk of contracting coronavirus .
This threatens his life .
Now , as the world stands still and becomes silent in our collective self-quarantine , Assange ’ s words spoken years ago in defense of a free internet call for our attention from behind the walls of Belmarsh prison : Prosecution of WikiLeaks is an attack on the free press that is supposed to promote the discourse necessary to maintain the health of our society .
A potential US extradition of Assange poses existential threats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop it , for without each individual ’ s ability to speak freely , the tyranny of the authoritarian technocracy will become inevitable .
It will be the extinction of free human beings everywhere in the world .
Nozomi Hayase , Ph.D. , is a writer who has been covering issues of freedom of speech , transparency , and decentralized movements .
Her work is featured in many publications .
Find her on twitter @ nozomimagine .
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By Nozomi Hayase
On Monday May 4, the British Court decided that the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, scheduled for May 18, would be moved to September. This four-month delay was made after Assange’s defense lawyer argued the difficulty of his receiving a fair hearing due to restrictions posed by the Covid-19 lockdown. Monday’s hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court proceeded without enabling the phone link for press and observers waiting on the line, and without Assange who was not well enough to appear via videolink.
Sunday May 3rd marked World Press Freedom Day. As people around the globe celebrated with online debates and workshops, Assange was being held on remand in London’s Belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. On this day, annually observed by the United Nations to remind the governments of the importance of free press, Amnesty International renewed its call for the US to drop the charges against this imprisoned journalist.
The US case to extradite Assange is one of the most important press freedom cases of this century. The indictment against him under the Espionage Act is an unprecedented attack on journalism. This is a war on free speech that has escalated in recent years turning the Internet into a battleground.
Privatized censorship
While he was living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, after being granted asylum in 2012, Assange alerted the public about the oppressive force that is now threatening press freedom around the world. In a statement that was read during the “Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship” webinar in January 2018, Assange noted how multinational tech companies like Google and Facebook have evolved into powerful “digital superstates”. He warned that “undetectable mass social influence powered by artificial intelligence is an existential threat to humanity”.
Most who care about digital rights are well aware that tech giants like Google and Facebook have long been embroiled with Washington’ halls of power. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Facebook has been candid about his pro-censorship stance. In his 2019 Washington Post op-ed Zuckerberg shared his belief that Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site with more than 800 million users, should take an active role to control content – for governments.
In “When Google Met WikiLeaks”, published in 2014, Assange exposed the way Google executives used “revolving doors” within the US State Department, and highlighted their close ties to US intelligence agencies like the NSA. Google’s internal research presentation, leaked to Breitbart News from the company’s employees in 2018, revealed government requests for censorship have tripled since 2016. An 85-page briefing entitled “The Good Censor” concluded that the multinational search giant needs to move toward censorship if it wishes to continue to receive the support of national governments and continue its global expansion.
Google has been accused of discriminating against conservative viewpoints and suppressing free speech. YouTube, one of Google’s subsidiaries, is now censoring the WikiLeaks “Collateral Murder” video. Real images of war that exposed the US military’s brutal killing of innocent Iraq civilians, including two Reuters journalists, is now assigned to the “inappropriate for some users” category, severely compromising its viewership. Meanwhile, the many millions of YouTube videos, of which tens of thousands depict violence, are allowed to be played without restriction.
Big Tech’s fight against misinformation
Now, amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this privatized censorship via a monopoly on information became more overt and even normalized. On March 11, after the White House asked Big Tech for help in fighting the spread of “false information” about Covid-19, top tech industry players including Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Twitter and Reddit issued a joint statement on their collaborative efforts to battle against “disinformation” on their platforms.
As measures to quell the spread of inaccurate information and harmful content, Facebook implemented a new policy to direct users who have interacted with posts that contain “harmful” coronavirus misinformation to a “myth busters” page, maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). In setting forth this company’s new aggressive move to counter misinformation about Covid-19, Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice-president of integrity commented in a blogpost:
We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the virus with the truth from authoritative sources in case they see or hear these claims again off of Facebook.
Silencing the voices of dissent
Google CEO Sundar Pichai also announced that the company is partnering with the US government in developing a website to educate about COVID-19 and provide resources nationwide. The blog post indicated that the multinational search giant would work under the guidance of the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Since it declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization positioned itself as a source of legitimacy, setting guidelines and recommendations to direct a worldwide response to Covid-19. Narratives put forward by this Geneva-based global health body began to rapidly shape the scenery of our everyday life.
Images of emergency rooms filled with those who are infected with novel coronavirus have quickly flooded into American homes through major cable news networks. With a daily report of death count increasing every day, fear began to spread around the world. As doctors and nurses at the frontline fight to save the lives of victims in what has now become the “War on Covid-19”, views that challenge the mainstream discourse on the pandemic have emerged on the Internet. Physicians who disagree with the expert opinion of WHO – on the transmission of Covid-19, efficacy of its treatment and/or management of the outbreak – began speaking out.
Recently, a call by two Californian doctors to reopen the economy and to examine the death rate of Covid-19 and justification of lockdown, created a wide sensation, attracting both support and criticism. A news conference held by Dr. Daniel W. Erickson and Dr. Artin Massih, co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield, was livestreamed by local television stations. When the online video went viral, being viewed millions of times, YouTube pulled the plug, stating that the doctors were disputing “local health authority” guidance.
In the first week of May, David Icke, the former football player and author of more than 20 books, got deplatformed from Facebook and Google for posting content that questioned the motives of WHO and countered the official narratives on the threat of Covid-19. In deleting his account, YouTube stated that the 68-year-old UK citizen, often labeled a professional “conspiracy theorist”, violated their Community Guidelines on sharing information about coronavirus. Prior to deleting his account, a video of an interview of him by London Real was deleted. That video, discussing misdiagnosis and misclassification of death and economic consequences of the lockdown, is reported to have been viewed over 30 million times.
The disciplinary actions of these digital mega corporations against those who don’t conform to the edicts of the designated health authority resemble the censorship of authoritarian states – such as China. In a name of public safety, efforts to widen discourse and open up a democratic debate were uniformly shut down across major media platforms. This contravention of First Amendment principles does not stop with restriction of the freedom of speech. It also abridges the right of the people to peaceably assemble, prohibiting political dissent. Facebook has now confirmed that the company, after consulting with state governments, is banning promotions for protests that violate social distancing rules.
CIA’s cyber-warfare
A little over a year before his arrest inside the embassy, Assange gave a dire warning: “The future of humanity is the struggle between humans that control machines and machines that control humans”. In this digital age, a battle for free speech is not fought on the political ground alone – with legislators, corporate lobbyists, senators and presidents. Civil liberties are being eroded by an algorithmic control dictated by the Silicon Valley tech titans. They use AI in ways that act beneath conscious awareness, manipulating reality at a speed and level that humans can no longer keep up with, to control perception.
Now, the machines seem to be out of control, fueling cyber-warfare. In 2017, WikiLeaks released the largest publication of confidential documents, code-named “Vault 7,” sourced from the top-secret security network at the Cyber Intelligence Center. This release revealed that the CIA had lost control of the cyber-weapons it had developed.
What is alarming is that the CIA became aware of this loss but didn’t warn the public about it. Now, this horrific arsenal that was designed to hide all traces of its own actions, is loosed upon the world and can be used for malicious purposes by cyber-mafias, foreign agents, hackers, and anyone else who eventually got their hands on it.
The CIA’s covert hacking program and their weaponized exploits target a wide range of U.S. and European company products. The series of documents and files categorized in “Year Zero” revealed the specific CIA malware that grants the agency capacity to penetrate Google’s Android phone and Apple’s iPhone software – the very software that runs (or has run) presidential Twitter accounts – and to avoid or manipulate fingerprints in any subsequent “forensic review”. An example of the abuse of this power is found in evidence of CIA espionage, targeting French political parties and candidates in the lead up to the 2012 presidential election.
Rage against the machine
The Framers of the US Constitution believed there is a seed of corruption inherent in humans. This is why Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of America’s founding document, emphasized the vital role of a free press in keeping government power in check. He said that if he had to choose between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
Although the social and political landscape has significantly changed since his time, fundamentals of democracy have not changed. As our society quickly moves into a 1984 Orwellian technological dystopia, Jefferson’s words that alarmed a nation back then should sound more loudly now. If people care about democracy, a healthy distrust of the government must be restored, awakening moral courage to ignite our rage against the machine.
Through his work with WikiLeaks, Assange aimed to hold people who run the machine to account. As a project of free software, he created an exemplar of scientific journalism on the platform of the Internet. It provided ordinary people with a formidable tool that can help them take back their power to control the machine and end its hostile takeover of society.
The whistleblower behind WikiLeaks publication of Vault 7 (allegedly Joshua Schulte, still held in custody in New York) disclosed CIA documents in an effort to “initiate a public debate about the security, creation, use, proliferation and democratic control of cyberweapons”. In releasing the material, Assange, as editor in chief of WikiLeaks, responded to his source’s call for peacemaking, by affirming the organization’s role as a “neutral digital Switzerland” for people all over the world, to provide protection against nation-states and cyber attacks.
After the whistleblowing site carefully redacted the actual codes of CIA hacking tools, anonymized names, and email addresses that were targeted, it contacted Apple, Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, and MicroTik, stating that WikiLeaks would work with tech companies by giving them exclusive access to appropriate material so they could help create a possible antidote to the CIA’s breach of security and offer countermeasures.
Existential threat to democracy
For these efforts to end the military occupation of cyberspace, Assange is now being aggressively pursued by the Trump administration. At the time when WikiLeaks released a massive trove of documents that detailed the CIA hacking tools, Vice President Mike Pence vowed to “use the full force of the law” to hunt down those who released the Intelligence Agency’s secret material. Calling WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service” that needs to be shut down, Secretary of State and former CIA director Mike Pompeo has taken on and expanded Obama’s war on whistleblowers to attack the publisher.
John Kiriakou, who became the first CIA officer to give evidence of the use of torture, repeatedly said that if Assange were extradited, he would receive no fair trial. The CIA whistleblower, who was jailed for calling this torture unconstitutional, noted that in the Eastern District of Virginia where Assange was charged, “juries are made up of people from the CIA, the FBI, the Pentagon, the department of Homeland security and intelligence community contractors or their family members” and that “no national security defendant has ever won a case there.”
In his fight against extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years in prison and being subjected to harsh conditions under “Special Administrative Measures“, Assange is rendered defenseless. He is in effective solitary confinement, being psychologically tortured inside London’s maximum-security prison. With the British government’s refusal to release him temporarily into home detention, despite his deteriorating health and weak lung condition developed as consequences of long detention, Assange is now put at risk of contracting coronavirus. This threatens his life.
Now, as the world stands still and becomes silent in our collective self-quarantine, Assange’s words spoken years ago in defense of a free internet call for our attention from behind the walls of Belmarsh prison:
Nuclear war, climate change or global pandemics are existential threats that we can work through with discussion and thought. Discourse is humanity’s immune system for existential threats. Diseases that infect the immune system are usually fatal. In this case, at a planetary scale.
Prosecution of WikiLeaks is an attack on the free press that is supposed to promote the discourse necessary to maintain the health of our society. A potential US extradition of Assange poses existential threats to democracy. We must fight to stop it, for without each individual’s ability to speak freely, the tyranny of the authoritarian technocracy will become inevitable. It will be the extinction of free human beings everywhere in the world.
Source: Antiwar.com
Nozomi Hayase, Ph.D., is a writer who has been covering issues of freedom of speech, transparency, and decentralized movements. Her work is featured in many publications. Find her on twitter @nozomimagine.
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activistpost--2020-05-07--Lockdowns for Thee, Not for Me! — New World Next Week

Welcome to the 406th episode of New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news .
This week : Story # 1 : UK Gov ’ t Scientist Neil Ferguson Resigns After Breaking Lockdown Rules To Meet His Married Lover • How Neil Ferguson , Architect of UK Lockdown , Was Brought Down By Failing to Obey His Own Rules • Six Questions That Neil Ferguson Should Be Asked Story # 2 : Clinton Fdn Wants To Use AmeriCorps As “ National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We can not continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we ’ ve set .
We ’ ve got to have a civilian national security force that ’ s just as powerful , just as strong , just as well-funded.
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By Corbett Report
Welcome to the 406th episode of New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
Story #1: UK Gov’t Scientist Neil Ferguson Resigns After Breaking Lockdown Rules To Meet His Married Lover
Story #2: Clinton Fdn Wants To Use AmeriCorps As “National Contact Tracing Corps”
Story #3: Oklahoma City Ends Face Mask Rule For Customers After Threats Of Violence
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activistpost--2020-05-07--Superpowers Replacing Human Soldiers With Robots As Virus Survivors Banned From Military Service

Many are wondering why a new regulation from the Pentagon is banning individuals who contract the Coronavirus from serving in any branch of the military .
They will be “ permanently disqualified ” .
Given the massive spread of the virus – and the rising numbers of individuals confirmed to have come into contact with it – the number of “ permanently disqualified ” candidates for military service will rapidly increase .
Could the answer be that yet another post-human agenda is being rolled out ?
The world ’ s superpowers are all shifting their military forces to automated robotic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t be needed nearly as much .
Forbes : Robots Will Replace Soldiers In Combat , Says Russia Newsweek : Robots Will Replace Humans on the Battlefield , Predicts General COVID-19 has moved the post-human agenda forward at a rapid pace .
You could be next to be deemed “ permanently non essential.
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By Daniel Taylor
Many are wondering why a new regulation from the Pentagon is banning individuals who contract the Coronavirus from serving in any branch of the military. They will be “permanently disqualified”.
Given the massive spread of the virus – and the rising numbers of individuals confirmed to have come into contact with it – the number of “permanently disqualified” candidates for military service will rapidly increase.
Could the answer be that yet another post-human agenda is being rolled out?
The world’s superpowers are all shifting their military forces to automated robotic and artificial intelligence systems. Humans won’t be needed nearly as much.
A few recent headlines document the trend:
Forbes: Robots Will Replace Soldiers In Combat, Says Russia
The Times: China boosts forces with robot weapons
Newsweek: Robots Will Replace Humans on the Battlefield, Predicts General
COVID-19 has moved the post-human agenda forward at a rapid pace. You could be next to be deemed “permanently non essential.”
Source: Old-Thinker News
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activistpost--2020-05-07--Police Are Using Drones To Monitor The Homeless And Check People’s Temperatures

All across the country , law enforcement is using the pandemic as an excuse to use Chinese-made drones to monitor the public , which breaks EVERY promise law enforcement has ever made regarding the use of drones .
( More on that later . )
A recent Miami Herald article revealed how police are using Chinese-made DJI drones to monitor the homeless and check a person ’ s temperature .
The article , written by Charles Rabin , said that both agencies stopped using thermal imaging drones after civil liberties groups warned that police drones have essentially become “ Big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a person ’ s health is protected under federal law thus posing the question , “ Are drone readings , even with sophisticated infrared sensors , a trustworthy way to protect public health without violating individual rights ?
” But none of that matters to American law enforcement .
In Florida , the Daytona Police Department has found away to justify using drones to check a person ’ s health .
The Daytona Police Departments ’ justification for using drones is intentionally misleading .
Either police are using thermal imaging drones on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no middle ground when it comes to using drones to invade the public ’ s privacy .
An article in the Daytona Beach Journal revealed just how misleading the Daytona Police Department has been about using drones to monitor the marginalized .
A comment made by Tom Sherick , who ’ s been homeless in Daytona Beach on and off for six years , was a little more revealing .
“ Sometimes people driving by will see you and give you food , but the cops try to shut it down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could the police also be using drones to monitor motorists who stop to feed the homeless ?
According to a recent article in The Appeal , the Miami Police Department has arrested 30 percent of the homeless population for not practicing social distancing and breaking curfew .
In the seven weeks since Miami-Dade County issued their stay-at-home order , the police have arrested 3,526 homeless people .
The COVID-19 excuse to target the homeless and invade our privacy appears to be in full swing as police use drones to warn people to social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a right to privacy .
“ People have a right to privacy .
You can ’ t just take their temperature without any reason .
I think this is just an example of something that police departments have a tendency to do .
Someone sells them on a new technology and they can come up with what they think is reason to use it and they use it , but they don ’ t necessarily think about how invasive it might be , ” said Caleb Kruckenberg , litigation counsel for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I mentioned that law enforcement broke every promise they ever made about using drones except during in an emergency .
For years , law enforcement defined what constituted an emergency as a ‘ search and rescue , hostage situation , missing child or adult , remote crime scenes , incidents involving hazardous materials , monitoring crowds at large events and collision documentation ’ .
Not once in their millions of promises to the public , did law enforcement try and justify using thermal imaging drones to scan everyone .
( A Google search @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an emergency ” returned a staggering 4.3 million hits . )
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) posted some interesting thoughts about allowing police to use thermal imaging drones .
As laudable as EFF ’ s efforts are , it is hard to see anyone stopping the tidal wave of fear that has gripped America during this pandemic .
As I mentioned last month , it is only a matter of time before police drones and CCTV cameras are turned into heartbeat measuring monsters .
EFF also revealed how law enforcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to increase public surveillance .
The fight to keep our privacy is a never-ending battle against government and corporate interests that want to know everything about everyone .
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By MassPrivateI
All across the country, law enforcement is using the pandemic as an excuse to use Chinese-made drones to monitor the public, which breaks EVERY promise law enforcement has ever made regarding the use of drones. (More on that later.)
A recent Miami Herald article revealed how police are using Chinese-made DJI drones to monitor the homeless and check a person’s temperature.
Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air.
The article, written by Charles Rabin, said that both agencies stopped using thermal imaging drones after civil liberties groups warned that police drones have essentially become “Big Doctor” in the sky.
Monitoring a person’s health is protected under federal law thus posing the question, “Are drone readings, even with sophisticated infrared sensors, a trustworthy way to protect public health without violating individual rights?”
But none of that matters to American law enforcement.
In Florida, the Daytona Police Department has found away to justify using drones to check a person’s health.
But after public backlash, Westport police killed the plan before it was activated. And police in Daytona Beach clarified that the technology hasn’t been used to seek out random fevers in public spaces. Daytona Beach Police spokesman Messod Bendayon conceded the drone had been used but not to search public spaces for random fevers.
The Daytona Police Departments’ justification for using drones is intentionally misleading. Either police are using thermal imaging drones on the public or they are not. Their is no middle ground when it comes to using drones to invade the public’s privacy.
An article in the Daytona Beach Journal revealed just how misleading the Daytona Police Department has been about using drones to monitor the marginalized.
“When the homeless do gather in groups, the police department’s drones have swooped in to ask them to disperse,” Buck James, executive director of Halifax Urban Ministries said.
A comment made by Tom Sherick, who’s been homeless in Daytona Beach on and off for six years, was a little more revealing. “Sometimes people driving by will see you and give you food, but the cops try to shut it down,” Sherick said.
Ask yourself, could the police also be using drones to monitor motorists who stop to feed the homeless?
According to a recent article in The Appeal, the Miami Police Department has arrested 30 percent of the homeless population for not practicing social distancing and breaking curfew.
On March 27, Miami area officers arrested two homeless men for unlawfully using a dairy crate—a Florida law that effectively allows police to arrest homeless people for sitting.
In the seven weeks since Miami-Dade County issued their stay-at-home order, the police have arrested 3,526 homeless people.
The COVID-19 excuse to target the homeless and invade our privacy appears to be in full swing as police use drones to warn people to social distance.
As USA Today explains people have a right to privacy.
“People have a right to privacy. You can’t just take their temperature without any reason. I think this is just an example of something that police departments have a tendency to do. Someone sells them on a new technology and they can come up with what they think is reason to use it and they use it, but they don’t necessarily think about how invasive it might be,” said Caleb Kruckenberg, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
Earlier, I mentioned that law enforcement broke every promise they ever made about using drones except during in an emergency. For years, law enforcement defined what constituted an emergency as a ‘search and rescue, hostage situation, missing child or adult, remote crime scenes, incidents involving hazardous materials, monitoring crowds at large events and collision documentation’.
Not once in their millions of promises to the public, did law enforcement try and justify using thermal imaging drones to scan everyone. (A Google search for “police promise drones only used in an emergency” returned a staggering 4.3 million hits.)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) posted some interesting thoughts about allowing police to use thermal imaging drones.
We’d want guarantees that such drones are part of a temporary public health approach to social distancing, and not a permanent criminal justice approach to gatherings in public places. For example, there would need to be guidelines that would only allow public health officials, rather than law enforcement, access to the drones.
As laudable as EFF’s efforts are, it is hard to see anyone stopping the tidal wave of fear that has gripped America during this pandemic.
As I mentioned last month, it is only a matter of time before police drones and CCTV cameras are turned into heartbeat measuring monsters.
The new model will have several advanced features to the typical infrared cameras that are currently being used to measure body surface temperature. The VSBLTY-Photon-X cameras will additionally measure heartbeat and oxygen saturation levels with the goal of helping to produce less false positives than the standard infrared cameras now in use.
EFF also revealed how law enforcement is using the pandemic as an excuse to increase public surveillance.
No government agencies should use this moment to purchase new drones, which ensures that agencies would find excuses in the future to use the drones for other purposes, in order to justify the initial expense. We don’t want more government drones flying over concerts and rallies in the not-so-distant future.
The fight to keep our privacy is a never-ending battle against government and corporate interests that want to know everything about everyone.
Source: MassPrivateI Blog
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activistpost--2020-05-07--Trump Declares Nat’l Emergency and Bans Buying Energy Equipment from “Foreign Adversaries”

Cybersecurity threats and attacks are nothing new , including in the energy and utility industries ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
This stark reality may be why Trump has issued the new ban .
Some stakeholders say Commerce Department rules to implement a similar order about telecommunications equipment from last May are “ impossible ” to comply with .
President Trump has tasked the Secretary of Energy with issuing rules that would ban U.S. entities from procuring foreign equipment that the administration said could make the nation ’ s electricity systems vulnerable to cyberattacks .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States and its people , including malicious cyber activities , ” he said declaring a national emergency in an executive order issued today .
The order seeks to restrict the acquisition of electric equipment “ designed , developed , manufactured , or supplied by persons owned by , controlled by , or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries.
” The order does not specifically mention China or any other country .
Security experts have been warning that cyberattacks on utility equipment – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ smart ” meters and grids – are likely to increase because they are easy targets .
Problems with these meters and grids aren ’ t isolated to cybersecurity threats – not by a long shot ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) .
Unfortunately , they are still promoted by some environmental groups ( see 1 , 2 ) as being “ green ” and beneficial to customers .
OMG NO !
Utility companies defend “ smart ” meters and grids because they allow them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they can sell that to third parties .
On a related note – some Congress members have finally stepped in to demand that the Federal Communication Commission ( FCC ) or Trump stop 5G deployment due to the Department of Defense ’ s warnings that it also threatens national security .
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By B.N. Frank
Cybersecurity threats and attacks are nothing new, including in the energy and utility industries (see 1, 2, 3). This stark reality may be why Trump has issued the new ban.
From NextGov:
Some stakeholders say Commerce Department rules to implement a similar order about telecommunications equipment from last May are “impossible” to comply with.
President Trump has tasked the Secretary of Energy with issuing rules that would ban U.S. entities from procuring foreign equipment that the administration said could make the nation’s electricity systems vulnerable to cyberattacks.
“The bulk-power system is a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States and its people, including malicious cyber activities,” he said declaring a national emergency in an executive order issued today.
The order seeks to restrict the acquisition of electric equipment “designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries.”
The order does not specifically mention China or any other country.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Small Business Owner Jailed Over Lockdown While Criminal Sex Offenders Are Released! (UPDATED)

I hope you are all enjoying your government-mandated lockdowns , as millions and millions of people are out of work and billions of people around the world are affected .
As the so-called experts like Bill Gates and his co-conspirator Dr Tony Fauci say , things will never be the same .
Every day we are reaching new profound levels of absurdity , as we continue full steam ahead into the new normal of COVID-1984 .
From here we go to Dallas , Texas — a place some would argue is the heart and soul of the US .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anymore American than Texas , right ?
Well the authorities just arrested a small business owner in Texas and have thrown her in jail for 7 days for refusing to close her salon despite a court order signed by a judge .
If that is not enough… they also fined Shelley Luther $ 7,000 on top of the jail time !
At the same time , convicted sex offenders guilty of abusing children are being released from jails only to be arrested yet again for more sex crimes .
How much more will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order https : //www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2020/05/05/dallas-salon-owner-ordered-to-spend-a-week-in-jail-for-keeping-salon-open/ Dangerous Child Sex Offender Let Out Early for COVID-19 , Arrested Days Later for Sex Offense https : //www.activistpost.com/2020/05/dangerous-child-sex-offender-let-out-early-for-covid-19-arrested-days-later-for-sex-offense.html As Business Owners Face Jail for Staying Open During Lockdown , “ High-Risk ” Child Rapists Set Free https : //www.activistpost.com/2020/05/as-business-owners-face-jail-for-staying-open-during-lockdown-high-risk-child-rapists-set-free.html Over 70 % of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19 https : //apnews.com/fb43e3ebc447355a4f71e3563dbdca4f NEW PROPOSED LAW TO JAIL ‘ ANTI-VAXXERS ’ & THE CDC FEAR BASED TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA REVEALED !
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By Spiro Skouras
I hope you are all enjoying your government-mandated lockdowns, as millions and millions of people are out of work and billions of people around the world are affected. As the so-called experts like Bill Gates and his co-conspirator Dr Tony Fauci say, things will never be the same.
Every day we are reaching new profound levels of absurdity, as we continue full steam ahead into the new normal of COVID-1984.
From here we go to Dallas, Texas — a place some would argue is the heart and soul of the US. After all, it doesn’t get anymore American than Texas, right?
Well the authorities just arrested a small business owner in Texas and have thrown her in jail for 7 days for refusing to close her salon despite a court order signed by a judge.
If that is not enough… they also fined Shelley Luther $7,000 on top of the jail time! At the same time, convicted sex offenders guilty of abusing children are being released from jails only to be arrested yet again for more sex crimes.
How much more will people put up with?
Dallas salon owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2020/05/05/dallas-salon-owner-ordered-to-spend-a-week-in-jail-for-keeping-salon-open/
Dangerous Child Sex Offender Let Out Early for COVID-19, Arrested Days Later for Sex Offense
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/05/dangerous-child-sex-offender-let-out-early-for-covid-19-arrested-days-later-for-sex-offense.html
As Business Owners Face Jail for Staying Open During Lockdown, “High-Risk” Child Rapists Set Free
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/05/as-business-owners-face-jail-for-staying-open-during-lockdown-high-risk-child-rapists-set-free.html
Gov. Brown extends state of emergency until July 6
https://katu.com/news/local/gov-brown-extends-state-of-emergency-until-july-6?fbclid=IwAR2QqLcujQh6vgq5cCTyU_q1WhP4qIrwyVY6eF5xXVXM_B_rZghB97s72NQ
Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19
https://apnews.com/fb43e3ebc447355a4f71e3563dbdca4f
NEW PROPOSED LAW TO JAIL ‘ANTI-VAXXERS’ & THE CDC FEAR BASED TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA REVEALED!
https://www.bitchute.com/video/U20bXZd1eavV/
Also See: Thousands Donate To GoFundMe For Jailed Salon Owner Who Stood Up To Judge In Viral Video
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activistpost--2020-05-07--“Big Brother” Bill Hits Senate Floor for Vote Next Week

Next week , the US Senate will consider the permanent reauthorization of sections of the USA PATRIOT Act which permitted the wholesale spying on American citizens .
HR 6172 , if passed into law , will give the FBI the powers to continue to spy , surveil and watchlist ordinary Americans .
In addition to new provisions , HR 6172 would reauthorize the government ’ s ability to collect business and other records of individuals through the FISA court .
It would also reauthorize a roving wiretap provision that permits the government to get orders targeting people who frequently change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to avoid traditional wiretaps on individual lines .
And of mounting concern to a growing number of watchlisted Americans , including reporters and activists , is the “ lone wolf ” provision which grants the government the power to surveil people who have no known connection to terrorist organizations but are nonetheless suspected for unspecified reasons of some level of terrorism .
This provision is also up for the Senate vote .
A number of amendments to the Bill , which was passed by the House last March , might serve to soften @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spying bill .
Senator Mike Lee , R-Utah , has proposed an amendment which would expand the circumstances under which an amicus curiae ( Friend of the Court ) would be appointed for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings .
These circumstances include those involving religious institutions , political figures and other particularly sensitive cases .
If you are wondering if you read that right , the answer is most likely yes .
The FISA court has approved spying on political figures and religious institutions .
An amendment from Senator Rand Paul , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court proceedings can not be used against American citizens .
As quoted in Roll Call , Senator Paul had the following to say : I think they ’ ll start with the House bill and we ’ ll have some amendment votes .
I think leadership probably presumes they can beat them all , and , I don ’ t know , they usually do .
We ’ ll see what happens…But I think it ’ s an important debate to have , and I will encourage the president to veto it if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in FISA court .
According to former NSA linguist and whistleblower Karen Melton-Stewart , FISA court proceedings have been used liberally to target Americans .
Stewart states that : She goes on to say that : President Trump has been personally impacted by the FISA court .
The scandal surrounding the FISA court authorized surveillance of Trump aide Carter Page has resulted in a wider awareness that these sorts of surveillances might not achieve legal muster and could indeed be used for political machinations or even for personal revenge .
If you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you are encouraged to contact your Senators and tell them what you think .
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In 2004 , Janet “ jumped ship ” and now exclusively writes for independent media .
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By Janet Phelan
Next week, the US Senate will consider the permanent reauthorization of sections of the USA PATRIOT Act which permitted the wholesale spying on American citizens. HR 6172, if passed into law, will give the FBI the powers to continue to spy, surveil and watchlist ordinary Americans.
In addition to new provisions, HR 6172 would reauthorize the government’s ability to collect business and other records of individuals through the FISA court. It would also reauthorize a roving wiretap provision that permits the government to get orders targeting people who frequently change phone lines or use so-called burner devices to avoid traditional wiretaps on individual lines.
And of mounting concern to a growing number of watchlisted Americans, including reporters and activists, is the “lone wolf” provision which grants the government the power to surveil people who have no known connection to terrorist organizations but are nonetheless suspected for unspecified reasons of some level of terrorism. This provision is also up for the Senate vote.
A number of amendments to the Bill, which was passed by the House last March, might serve to soften some of the more draconian implications of the spying bill. Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, has proposed an amendment which would expand the circumstances under which an amicus curiae (Friend of the Court) would be appointed for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings. These circumstances include those involving religious institutions, political figures and other particularly sensitive cases.
If you are wondering if you read that right, the answer is most likely yes. The FISA court has approved spying on political figures and religious institutions.
An amendment from Senator Rand Paul, R-KY, would stipulate that the FISA court proceedings cannot be used against American citizens.
As quoted in Roll Call, Senator Paul had the following to say:
I think they’ll start with the House bill and we’ll have some amendment votes. I think leadership probably presumes they can beat them all, and, I don’t know, they usually do. We’ll see what happens…But I think it’s an important debate to have, and I will encourage the president to veto it if it still allows Americans to be abused in FISA court.
According to former NSA linguist and whistleblower Karen Melton-Stewart, FISA court proceedings have been used liberally to target Americans. Stewart states that:
A quiet hell was unleashed secretly upon the American public, not so much upon actual terrorists at all but for show, for pretense. It was a gigantic bait and switch, a Trojan Horse by which to target innocent Americans through brand new bright and shiny FBI Fusion Centers for horrific abuses…
She goes on to say that:
The resulting Intelligence Community, Department of Justice (DOJ), and law enforcement wholesale perversion of laws, the trampling of the Constitution coupled with the unquestioning trust of a traumatized population made the Protect America Act in reality into the Prey on America Act….
Stewart states that:
For years victims called “Targeted Individuals” have sounded the alarm that our protectors are actually our predators but few leaders have listened protected by a mountain of cognitive dissonance. Citizens and representatives alike blithely assumed a piece of paper and good intent guaranteed our safety if we gave up our freedoms to a new protector class.
President Trump has been personally impacted by the FISA court. The scandal surrounding the FISA court authorized surveillance of Trump aide Carter Page has resulted in a wider awareness that these sorts of surveillances might not achieve legal muster and could indeed be used for political machinations or even for personal revenge.
According to Karen Stewart,
If the Patriot Act is again reauthorized by oblivious, incompetent, or complicit leadership assuming all is well in their la-la land in Washington, then mark 2020 as the year American vision and foresight finally died from myopic discernment and blind apathy. Reauthorize and die. RIP America 1776-2020.
If you are concerned about rampant spying on Americans, you are encouraged to contact your Senators and tell them what you think. Contact information for US Senators is provided HERE.
Janet Phelan is an investigative journalist and author of the groundbreaking exposé, EXILE. Her articles previously appeared in such mainstream venues as the Los Angeles Times, Orange Coast Magazine, Long Beach Press Telegram, etc. In 2004, Janet “jumped ship” and now exclusively writes for independent media. She is also the author of two collections of poetry—The Hitler Poems and Held Captive. She resides abroad. You are invited to support her work on Buy Me A Coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JanetPhelan
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activistpost--2020-05-07--U.S. Space Force to Conduct Secret Experiments, Includes Turning Solar Into RF And Beaming It To Ear

U.S. Space Force to Conduct Secret Experiments, Includes Turning Solar Into RF And Beaming It To Earth

Keeping secrets about space crafts seems to be on the rise .
Earlier this year , Loon opposed a public inspection of their experimental license to launch their WiFi-emitting balloons into the sky .
Now , the newly formed U.S. Space Force doesn ’ t want to reveal much about their space shenanigans either .
The mysterious X-37B space plane is set to blast off from a launch site in Florida .
Its sixth mission is touted as the most action-packed to date , and the first where the US Space Force would be in charge .
The crew-less vehicle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shuttle – once NASA ’ s flagship vehicle , retired in 2011 – is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida on May 16 , Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett announced on Wednesday .
The mission will be the sixth such journey for the project , which broke its own record for the longest time in space after wrapping up a 780-day stint in orbit in October .
The new mission will see the X-37B fitted with a service module for the first time in the history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to carry additional payloads into orbit .
This means more experiments than ever , the Air Force said .
The exact nature of these experiments has been subject to intense speculation over the past years .
While the US military did occasionally reveal some information about the experiments and the payloads , the details are still scant and much about the project remains classified .
Shedding some light on the upcoming mission , the USAF said that it would involve a FalconSat-8 satellite with “ five experimental payloads ” to “ conduct several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these experiments remain murky , as the statement fell short of providing any further details .
Apart from that , two of the mission ’ s experiments would be devoted to the study of the impact of “ radiation and other space effects ” on materials and seeds that are used to grow food .
In another experiment , scientists will try to turn solar power into “ radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
” It will be the first time the project , which began as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shuttles and has since turned into a secret military endeavor , will be handled by the US Space Force .
The newest branch of the US military and the brainchild of US President Donald Trump would be responsible for the launch , on-orbit operations and landing , the statement said , while the vehicle itself will remain an Air Force asset .

By B.N. Frank
Keeping secrets about space crafts seems to be on the rise. Earlier this year, Loon opposed a public inspection of their experimental license to launch their WiFi-emitting balloons into the sky. Now, the newly formed U.S. Space Force doesn’t want to reveal much about their space shenanigans either.
From RT:
The mysterious X-37B space plane is set to blast off from a launch site in Florida. Its sixth mission is touted as the most action-packed to date, and the first where the US Space Force would be in charge.
The crew-less vehicle, which strongly resembles a miniature space shuttle – once NASA’s flagship vehicle, retired in 2011 – is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on May 16, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett announced on Wednesday.
The mission will be the sixth such journey for the project, which broke its own record for the longest time in space after wrapping up a 780-day stint in orbit in October.
The new mission will see the X-37B fitted with a service module for the first time in the history of the clandestine project, allowing it to carry additional payloads into orbit. This means more experiments than ever, the Air Force said.
The exact nature of these experiments has been subject to intense speculation over the past years. While the US military did occasionally reveal some information about the experiments and the payloads, the details are still scant and much about the project remains classified.
Shedding some light on the upcoming mission, the USAF said that it would involve a FalconSat-8 satellite with “five experimental payloads” to “conduct several experiments on orbit.” The particulars of these experiments remain murky, as the statement fell short of providing any further details.
Apart from that, two of the mission’s experiments would be devoted to the study of the impact of “radiation and other space effects” on materials and seeds that are used to grow food. In another experiment, scientists will try to turn solar power into “radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.”
It will be the first time the project, which began as a NASA-run study into cost-savvy reusable space shuttles and has since turned into a secret military endeavor, will be handled by the US Space Force. The newest branch of the US military and the brainchild of US President Donald Trump would be responsible for the launch, on-orbit operations and landing, the statement said, while the vehicle itself will remain an Air Force asset.


activistpost--2020-05-08--Nearly 9K Catholic Churches In The US Were Approved For “Paycheck Protection” Loans

As a part of the US government ’ s economic relief plan for the coronavirus pandemic , loans were offered to small businesses so they could stay afloat during this difficult time .
However , many small business owners who attempted to get funding through the federal Paycheck Protection Program found that the money had dried up within a week of the program ’ s launch .
It turned out that large publicly traded corporations were the first to gain access to the loans because they had teams of lawyers on standby who already had a working relationship with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Ruth ’ s Chris Steakhouse received millions in PPP loans , but were later forced to return the money after a massive public outcry was sparked by their applications .
Now the program has come under fire yet again , after it was revealed that over 9,000 Catholic churches were approved for the loans .
Catholic churches don ’ t even pay taxes , which many people feel should disqualify them from the program .
However , according to the U.S. Small Business Administration , Churches have defended the decision to apply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the only way they can keep people on payroll .
Pat Markey , the executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference , an association of finance officers from Catholic dioceses told CBS that , The PPP isn ’ t about the federal government assisting houses of worship or churches .
PPP is about keeping people on payrolls and a large segment of our society is the not for profit world .
And a large segment of that society are churches and houses of worship .
And they have people on payrolls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is about is keeping people on payrolls , then we all should have availability to do that .
However , the Vatican , which is the global head of the Catholic Church , is one of the most wealthy organizations in the world .
While their exact holdings have been called “ impossible to calculate , ” bankers estimate that the Vatican has between 10 and 15 billion dollars in cash , land , and investments alone .
Protestant and Jewish religious organizations were also granted loans through the PPP , but to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture , and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems .
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By John Vibes
As a part of the US government’s economic relief plan for the coronavirus pandemic, loans were offered to small businesses so they could stay afloat during this difficult time. However, many small business owners who attempted to get funding through the federal Paycheck Protection Program found that the money had dried up within a week of the program’s launch. It turned out that large publicly traded corporations were the first to gain access to the loans because they had teams of lawyers on standby who already had a working relationship with the government.
Large corporations like Shake Shack and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse received millions in PPP loans, but were later forced to return the money after a massive public outcry was sparked by their applications. Now the program has come under fire yet again, after it was revealed that over 9,000 Catholic churches were approved for the loans. Catholic churches don’t even pay taxes, which many people feel should disqualify them from the program.
However, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration,
Churches (including temples, mosques, synagogues, and other houses of worship), integrated auxiliaries of churches, and conventions or associations of churches qualify for PPP and EIDL loans as long as they meet the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and all other PPP and EIDL requirements.
Churches have defended the decision to apply for the loans by suggesting that it is the only way they can keep people on payroll.
Pat Markey, the executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference, an association of finance officers from Catholic dioceses told CBS that,
The PPP isn’t about the federal government assisting houses of worship or churches. PPP is about keeping people on payrolls and a large segment of our society is the not for profit world. And a large segment of that society are churches and houses of worship. And they have people on payrolls too. So, if what this is about is keeping people on payrolls, then we all should have availability to do that.
However, the Vatican, which is the global head of the Catholic Church, is one of the most wealthy organizations in the world. While their exact holdings have been called “impossible to calculate,” bankers estimate that the Vatican has between 10 and 15 billion dollars in cash, land, and investments alone. Protestant and Jewish religious organizations were also granted loans through the PPP, but to a far lesser degree.
Source: Truth Theory
Image Credit: Yuval Helfman
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activistpost--2020-05-08--California County Launches Snatch-and-Grab Program (And Other Tyrannical Weekly News)

Are you ready for this week ’ s absurdity ?
Here ’ s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty , your finances , and your prosperity… and on occasion , poetic justice .
19 residents of Ventura County , California have died so far from Covid .
That ’ s 0.002 % of the population .
Most places would consider this a rounding error .
But in Ventura County , it ’ s 19 too many .
So the county government has now launched a ‘ contact tracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and perhaps more later , to track down people who might have Covid , “ immediately isolate them , ” and then “ find every one of their contacts ” to isolate those people as well .
They also state that , if someone has Covid and is living in a home with other family members , “ we ’ re not going to be able to keep the person in that home .
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.
” This is a mass surveillance apparatus that effectively amounts to a snatch-and-grab .
You get a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ removed from your home and taken away from your family because some county bureaucrat traced you to someone who might have the virus .
It ’ s like “ pre-crime ” , but even more ridiculous… I mean , look at the words they ’ re using– it ’ s up to the government now to decide who gets to stay in their own private property with their families .
Click here to watch it yourself .
Kshama Sawant is a member of the City Council of Seattle , and a proud Socialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticize Amazon , one of the most popular whipping boys of the Bolsheviks : “ The super-rich are out of touch with the reality they inflict on the majority of humanity .
They will ruthlessly extract the price of this pandemic recession from workers , unless we fight back .
# TaxAmazon.
” When a Twitter follower under the handle @ KarlMarxJunior suggested , “ How about # NationalizeAmazon ?
” Sawant responded : Click here to see the Twitter thread .
Recently we told you how police departments in many cities across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new policies to NOT arrest people for petty or victimless crimes .
The idea was to keep jails from being overcrowded Petri dishes which would spread Covid-19 .
And some Texas cities were among those easing up .
Officers received an anonymous tip that two women were committing a heinous crime : doing nails and eyelashes from their homes .
In an undercover sting operation , police officers caught the two women attempting to market and sell their services .
Police charged the women for a violation of the lockdown order , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bond each .
This is the new criminality in 2020 : women painting nails in their own homes .
Cities with strained budgets are wondering how they are going to get through the economic devastation caused by the lockdowns .
Revenue is drying up .
And THIS is how cities use their scarce resources– to stake-out and arrest women for giving pedicures .
Click here to read the full story .
Nashville Mayor wants to hike property taxes 32 % in “ crisis budget ” The “ crisis budget ” plan of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and raise taxes .
Now that the hard times have hit , governments will take more , and give you less .
Nashville was overspending and racking up debt in the best of times .
And now that the economy is locked down , the city expects to miss out on $ 470 million of tax revenue over the next year or so .
For homeowners , that means a property tax increase of about $ 625 per year on a $ 250,000 house .
“ In the end , hard , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the Mayor said .
“ Everybody is sacrificing in this budget.
” But it ’ s hard to see where the city is making sacrifices .
The new budget doesn ’ t lay-off any city employees , and in fact increases spending from last year by $ 115 million .
Click here to read the full story .
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By Simon Black, Sovereign Man
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity… and on occasion, poetic justice.
Ventura County, CA to hire dozens of Covid spies
19 residents of Ventura County, California have died so far from Covid. That’s 0.002% of the population.
Most places would consider this a rounding error. But in Ventura County, it’s 19 too many.
So the county government has now launched a ‘contact tracing’ initiative to hire 50 investigators, and perhaps more later, to track down people who might have Covid, “immediately isolate them,” and then “find every one of their contacts” to isolate those people as well.
They also state that, if someone has Covid and is living in a home with other family members, “we’re not going to be able to keep the person in that home. . .”
This is a mass surveillance apparatus that effectively amounts to a snatch-and-grab. You get a knock at the door and are forcibly removed from your home and taken away from your family because some county bureaucrat traced you to someone who might have the virus.
It’s like “pre-crime”, but even more ridiculous… I mean, look at the words they’re using– it’s up to the government now to decide who gets to stay in their own private property with their families.
Click here to watch it yourself.
Seattle City Councilmember calls for nationalizing Amazon
Kshama Sawant is a member of the City Council of Seattle, and a proud Socialist.
She recently took to Twitter to criticize Amazon, one of the most popular whipping boys of the Bolsheviks:
“The super-rich are out of touch with the reality they inflict on the majority of humanity. They will ruthlessly extract the price of this pandemic recession from workers, unless we fight back. #TaxAmazon.”
When a Twitter follower under the handle @KarlMarxJunior suggested, “How about #NationalizeAmazon?” Sawant responded:
Yes, corporations like Amazon need to be taken into democratic public ownership, to be run by workers for social good. We will need militant mass movements, strike actions at workplaces, to begin to fight to win this. Because it will be a political strike against billionaires.
Click here to see the Twitter thread.
Undercover cops arrest women for working from home
Recently we told you how police departments in many cities across the Land of the Free were adopting new policies to NOT arrest people for petty or victimless crimes.
The idea was to keep jails from being overcrowded Petri dishes which would spread Covid-19.
And some Texas cities were among those easing up.
But not Laredo, Texas.
Officers received an anonymous tip that two women were committing a heinous crime: doing nails and eyelashes from their homes.
In an undercover sting operation, police officers caught the two women attempting to market and sell their services.
Police charged the women for a violation of the lockdown order, and held them in jail on $500 bond each.
This is the new criminality in 2020: women painting nails in their own homes.
Cities with strained budgets are wondering how they are going to get through the economic devastation caused by the lockdowns. Revenue is drying up.
And THIS is how cities use their scarce resources– to stake-out and arrest women for giving pedicures.
Click here to read the full story.
Nashville Mayor wants to hike property taxes 32% in “crisis budget”
The “crisis budget” plan of the mayor of Nashville is to cut spending, and raise taxes.
Now that the hard times have hit, governments will take more, and give you less.
Nashville was overspending and racking up debt in the best of times. And now that the economy is locked down, the city expects to miss out on $470 million of tax revenue over the next year or so.
For homeowners, that means a property tax increase of about $625 per year on a $250,000 house.
“In the end, hard, hard decisions have to be made,” the Mayor said. “Everybody is sacrificing in this budget.”
But it’s hard to see where the city is making sacrifices.
The new budget doesn’t lay-off any city employees, and in fact increases spending from last year by $115 million.
Click here to read the full story.
Source: The Daily Bell
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activistpost--2020-05-08--Shocking New Survey — 52% Of Small Businesses “Expect To Be Out Of Business Within Six Months”

Anyone that was hoping for a “ quick recovery ” for the U.S. economy can forget about that right now .
Yes , many states are attempting to “ reopen ” , but in most cases it will be a multi-stage process that takes many months to complete .
Meanwhile , fear of COVID-19 is going to keep many Americans from conducting business as usual even after all of the restrictions have been finally lifted .
Even now , many of the stores , restaurants and movie theaters that have reopened are seeing very , very few customers .
Unfortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to be able to survive in such a depressed economic environment for very long .
In America today , the rules of the game are slanted very heavily in favor of huge corporations and are slanted very heavily against small businesses .
It has been this way for years , but millions of small business owners just kept soldiering on because they wanted to work for themselves and not some corporate behemoth .
But for most small businesses things have never been easy .
For most of them , it is usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out a very meager profit at the end of the month after covering expenses and payroll .
But now COVID-19 has come along , and many small businesses haven ’ t had any revenue for weeks .
The good news is that the lockdowns are starting to end , but the bad news is that many small business owners are facing a “ new normal ” in which their monthly revenues will be down by 30 , 40 or 50 percent ( or more ) .
All of a sudden many small businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transformed into businesses that are bleeding a lot of cash each month , and many of them simply are not going to make it .
It was always obvious that this pandemic would kill a lot of those businesses , but the true scope of the problem wasn ’ t apparent until now .
According to Bloomberg , a survey that was just conducted found that 52 percent of U.S. small business owners “ expect to be out of business within six months ” … Yes , the big corporate giants dominate our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lots and lots of small businesses out there .
Ultimately , we are talking about millions upon millions of businesses that are about to be destroyed… Around the country , governors can choose to end the lockdowns , but they can ’ t order customers to go out and spend money .
And considering the fact that more than 30 million Americans ( 50 million – Ed . )
have lost their jobs over the last six weeks , a lot of them don ’ t have money to spend anyway .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a large segment of the population that will simply be afraid to venture into public places as long as this pandemic is going on .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income If you doubt this , just consider what we are witnessing in Texas .
Reuters sent a reporter to one of the most popular malls in Austin , and what that reporter discovered is quite sobering… If even 20 percent of customers stay away for the foreseeable future , that is going to be enough to kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth is that we are facing a major national crisis .
A while back , Congress passed a bill that was supposed to help small businesses survive the lockdowns , but as I mentioned in a previous article it looks like that program has been a massive failure… We really are caught in a downward spiral now .
We desperately need to get Americans back to work so that they can start earning paychecks again , but with so few customers right now , businesses will continue to lay off even more workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , the cost of living is actually going up .
Thanks to the ongoing meat shortages , fresh meat prices are escalating quite rapidly… The economic collapse that so many have been warning about is here , and it is going to continue whether there are lockdowns or not .
Yes , there will be ups and down ahead , and there will be moments of legitimate optimism .
But nobody is going to be able to stop the process that has now begun , and economic conditions will ultimately become far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imagine .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
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By Michael Snyder
Anyone that was hoping for a “quick recovery” for the U.S. economy can forget about that right now. Yes, many states are attempting to “reopen”, but in most cases it will be a multi-stage process that takes many months to complete. Meanwhile, fear of COVID-19 is going to keep many Americans from conducting business as usual even after all of the restrictions have been finally lifted. Even now, many of the stores, restaurants and movie theaters that have reopened are seeing very, very few customers. Unfortunately, millions of small businesses are not going to be able to survive in such a depressed economic environment for very long.
In America today, the rules of the game are slanted very heavily in favor of huge corporations and are slanted very heavily against small businesses.
It has been this way for years, but millions of small business owners just kept soldiering on because they wanted to work for themselves and not some corporate behemoth.
But for most small businesses things have never been easy. For most of them, it is usually such a struggle to try to eke out a very meager profit at the end of the month after covering expenses and payroll. But now COVID-19 has come along, and many small businesses haven’t had any revenue for weeks.
The good news is that the lockdowns are starting to end, but the bad news is that many small business owners are facing a “new normal” in which their monthly revenues will be down by 30, 40 or 50 percent (or more). All of a sudden many small businesses that were once barely profitable have been transformed into businesses that are bleeding a lot of cash each month, and many of them simply are not going to make it.
It was always obvious that this pandemic would kill a lot of those businesses, but the true scope of the problem wasn’t apparent until now. According to Bloomberg, a survey that was just conducted found that 52 percent of U.S. small business owners “expect to be out of business within six months”…
COVID-19 could shutter most American small businesses. That’s according to a new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management which found that 52% expect to be out of business within six months. The survey of 375 firms was conducted between April 15-21 and doesn’t account for improved business conditions as some U.S. states reopen this month.
Yes, the big corporate giants dominate our society today, but there are still lots and lots of small businesses out there.
Ultimately, we are talking about millions upon millions of businesses that are about to be destroyed…
“SHRM has tracked Covid-19’s impact on work, workers, and the workplace for months,” said SHRM Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., “but these might be the most alarming findings to date. Small business is truly the backbone of our economy. So, when half say they’re worried about being wiped out, let’s remember: We’re talking about roughly 14 million businesses.”
Around the country, governors can choose to end the lockdowns, but they can’t order customers to go out and spend money.
And considering the fact that more than 30 million Americans (50 million – Ed.) have lost their jobs over the last six weeks, a lot of them don’t have money to spend anyway.
But even if everyone was still working, there is a large segment of the population that will simply be afraid to venture into public places as long as this pandemic is going on.
If you doubt this, just consider what we are witnessing in Texas. Reuters sent a reporter to one of the most popular malls in Austin, and what that reporter discovered is quite sobering…
A dozen or so people were strolling about the sprawling open-air shopping center Monday afternoon, with three seated on the patio of a Tex-Mex restaurant. Only one shopper wore a mask, and the loudest noises were from songbirds perched in the live oak trees along the deserted pedestrian thoroughfares. “I’ve seen one customer today – they didn’t buy anything,” said Taylor Jund, who was keeping watch over an empty Chaser clothing store. “There’s absolutely no one coming around here.”
If even 20 percent of customers stay away for the foreseeable future, that is going to be enough to kill millions of small businesses.
So the truth is that we are facing a major national crisis.
A while back, Congress passed a bill that was supposed to help small businesses survive the lockdowns, but as I mentioned in a previous article it looks like that program has been a massive failure…
According to the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey released Monday, which surveyed 2,200 small business owners across America, while the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program was instituted to give them a lifeline through the coronavirus and economic shutdown, only 13% of the 45% who applied for the PPP were approved.
We really are caught in a downward spiral now. We desperately need to get Americans back to work so that they can start earning paychecks again, but with so few customers right now, businesses will continue to lay off even more workers in the weeks and months ahead.
Meanwhile, the cost of living is actually going up. Thanks to the ongoing meat shortages, fresh meat prices are escalating quite rapidly…
Fresh meat prices escalated 8.1% in stores, compared to the same period last year, according to Nielsen data for the week ending April 25. Experts expect prices to skyrocket in the coming weeks, as meat processing plants across the U.S. are forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pork and beef prices could increase by as much as 20% compared to 2019, according to a new report from CoBank, a cooperative bank that is part of the Farm Credit System.
The economic collapse that so many have been warning about is here, and it is going to continue whether there are lockdowns or not.
Yes, there will be ups and down ahead, and there will be moments of legitimate optimism.
But nobody is going to be able to stop the process that has now begun, and economic conditions will ultimately become far worse than most Americans would dare to imagine.
Source: The Most Important News
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. 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. During these very challenging times, people will need hope more than ever before, and it is our goal to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all many people as we possibly can.
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