clashdaily--2020-04-16--Investigative Journalist’s Documentary On The Origin Of The Coronavirus Is A Must-Watch

This fascinating film digs into the initial medical reports , the biology of COVID-19 , and the possible source of COVID-19 .
Joshua Philipp , the senior investigative reporter for the Epoch Times has done an exhaustive investigation into the origin of COVID-19 , the Wuhan coronavirus , the Huanan Seafood market , the Wuhan Institute of Virology , and China ’ s Communist regime ’ s goal of global domination .
We ’ ve all heard lots of theories floating around–it was people eating “ bat soup ” or pangolin meat ; medicinal use of bats , pangolin scales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the wet market in Wuhan ; deliberate release of a bioweapon from a research facility ; or accidental release of a virus that was being tested .
Phillip examines what the most likely cause of the virus could be based on what we know .
Phillip also gives an early timeline of events backed up by documentary evidence .
Trending : Top Prof ’ s Data Analysis Of COVID-19 Outbreak Timeline Shows No Difference In Spread With Lockdowns In Place • December 1 , 2019 , Patient Zero began showing symptoms according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Lancet .
There was no connection with this patient and the Huanan Seafood Market .
• December 10 , 2019 , three more cases appear , 2 of the 3 have no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market .
• December 30 , 2019 , an internal notice by the Wuhan Health Commission about the “ continuous occurrence of pneumonia cases of unknown cause at the Huanan Seafood Market ” was spread online .
• December 31 , 2019 , the Wuhan Health Commission issued a public notice saying that some medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pneumonia cases and the Huanan Seafood Market ” but also noted that there was no evidence of “ obvious human to human transmission and no infection among medical personnel.
” • December 31 , 2019 , the first group from the National Health Commission arrives in Wuhan and establishes a set of diagnostic criteria to determine if a patient was infected by the novel coronavirus which included : fever , the whole genome sequence , and contact with the Huanan Seafood market .
This was the criteria used until January 18 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrived and amended it • January 1 , 2020 , the Huanan Seafood Market announced its closure followed by a thorough clean-up of the market site .
Since then , Chinese officials note that most cases have a connection to the Huanan Seafood Market .
• January 1 , 2020 , Hubei Health Committee notified genome sequencing organizations regarding Wuhan virus samples , “ Existing virus samples must be destroyed .
Information about the samples , related papers , and related data are all prohibited from release.
” • January 2 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Virology sent an internal email to all internal staff prohibiting disclosure of any information relating to the “ unknown Wuhan pneumonia.
” All detection , empirical data , results , and conclusions related to the outbreak was not to be disclosed by self-media , social media , or even state media .
• January 3 , 2020 , China ’ s National Health Commission released a directive similar to the one issued by the Hubei Health Commission .
• January 10 , 2020 , China released the full genome sequence of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 , Beijing officially acknowledged the epidemic and began a campaign of suppression of information through the central leading group was filled with propaganda officials , and the Vice-Chair of the group is the CCP ’ s propaganda czar .
• January 21 , 2020 , researchers from the Institute Pasteur of Shanghai published a paper in Science China Life Sciences stating that the S protein of the novel coronavirus has a high homology to the SARS virus .
• January 21 , 2020 , a new drug , Remdesivir , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Wuhan coronavirus treatment was patented by the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
• January 25 , 2020 , an article in The Lancet titled , “ Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan , China ” was published • January 26 , 2020 , China ’ s Institute of Virology , part of their CDC , said that 33 of the 585 environmental samples from the Huanan Seafood Market were found to contain the novel coronavirus nucleic acid .
The virus was isolated from the samples .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the market were the source of the virus .
• January 29 , The Lancet republished an analysis of 99 cases , 50 of which had no known connection to the Huanan Seafood market .
• February 3 , 2020 , Nature publishes a study stating that the novel coronavirus was closely related to two other coronaviruses sampled from bats by the People ’ s Liberation Army .
• February 3 , 2020 , Dr. Wu Xiaohau blew the whistle that Dr. Shi Zhengli ’ s haphazard laboratory management may have led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute of Virology .
• February 4 , 2020 , Chairman Xu Bo of Duoyi blew the whistle that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was suspected of manufacturing and leaking the virus .
• February 7 , 2020 , top biochemical weapons expert , of the People ’ s Liberation Army , Chen Wei , assumes control of the Wuhan Insititute of Virology ’ s P4 lab .
• February 14 , 2020 , President Xi Jinping calls for biosecurity to be included in China ’ s security framework and accelerate the introduction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strengthen the management of laboratories , especially viruses.
” • February 15 , 2020 , the Wuhan Institute of Virology refuted rumors spread on China ’ s social media networks that Huang Yanling , a female graduate was Patient Zero and had died .
Huang ’ s photo , CV , and thesis were removed from the Institute ’ s website , but her name was left there .
• February 17 , 2020 , researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , Chen Quanjiao blew the whistle that Wang Yanyi , Director-General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus .
• February 28 , 2020 , The South China Morning Post published an article stating that the Shanghai P3 Laboratory which first published the COVID-19 genome , was ordered closed by the Chinese Communist government .
Part I : The Story Of The Wuhan Seafood Market • The Huanan Seafood Market as the source of the epidemic became an official conclusion .
• The January 24 article in The Lancet reveals quite a bit about COVID-19 such as : i ) Patient Zero ’ s symptoms began on December 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market ; ii ) no epidemiological link was made between Patient Zero and later cases ; iii ) more cases appear with no connection to the wet market in Huanan ; iv ) several cases with connections to the Huanan Seafood Market appeared after December 15 ; v ) no one sells bats at the Huanan Seafood market , nor have any bats been found there ; vi ) 14 of the 41 cases had no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market .
• An article in the New England Journal of Medicine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms on December 1 , the virus was likely spreading around Wuhan since November 2019 , before the first cluster of cases was noticed .
• The first panel of experts included having a history with the Huanan Seafood Market as one of the criteria for diagnosis even though 1/3 of cases had no history with the wet market .
This means that even if someone had a fever and the entire genome sequence but not contact with the market , they would not be classified as having contracted the novel coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at a false source of the virus rather than examining the victims themselves .
• For 6 weeks ( December and January ) Beijing suppressed information about the virus , then used propagandists to continue to suppress information once the government was forced to acknowledge the epidemic .
• The novel coronavirus has an 89 % nucleotide similarity as well as a 100 % amino acid similarity to the nsp7 and E proteins of the CoVZC45 virus , which was sampled from bats in another province by the Chinese military .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Disease Control and Prevention noted that the novel coronavirus had an 88 % identity with two bat-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) -like coronaviruses that were collected in eastern China in 2018 and studied at the Institute of Military Medicine Nanjing Command .
• Dr. Sean Lin , former Lab Director of the Viral Disease Branch of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research said , “ It ’ s hard to see proteins 100 % identical when the virus jumps species .
That suggests that maybe the virus was generated by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judy Mikovits , molecular biologist says , “ I certainly believe that the 100 % amino acid similarity says it can ’ t possibly be a natural mutation.
” • S protein ( also known as a “ spike ” protein ) of the novel coronavirus has high similarity to the SARS virus which allows it to spread to humans .
The S protein is the “ key ” that will allow the virus to invade the cell to propagate and destroy it .
It is the pathogenic spike protein–if COVID-19 didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t spread to humans .
• Dr. Mikovits says that research in SARS spike proteins has been going on in Wuhan since 2007 .
• Dr. Shi Zhengli is a Chinese virologist who has spent many years studying bats and , since the 2003 SARS outbreak , coronaviruses .
• She was the first to discover the key to how coronaviruses can overcome cross species barriers to infect humans .
• She was also the first to discover that the SARS virus was the result of the restructuring of multiple SARS-like coronaviruses found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ works at the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
• In a 2015 paper that Dr. Zhengli published , she described her own research into synthetic viruses .
• In 2010 , Dr. Zhengli ’ s team ’ s focus was redirected to investigate how coronaviruses can spread across species , specifically focussing on the S protein .
• October 2013 , Dr. Zhengli published a paper in Nature that claimed a “ breakthrough ” in coronavirus research–they had isolated a protein that would allow a coronavirus to spread directly from bats to humans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November 2015 , another paper was published by Dr. Zhengli and her team regarding a synthetic virus that they produced which was a “ self-replicating , chimeric virus.
” This virus had the basis of the SARS virus , but with the S protein replaced with the bat coronavirus mentioned in the 2013 paper .
This virus exhibited a powerful cross-species infection .
Studies injecting the virus into mice showed lung damage that was incurable .
• Dr. Zhengli wanted to expand the trials of this synthetic virus to primates , which sparked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wain-Hobson , a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris , wrote , “ if the virus escaped , no one could predict the trajectory.
” • On November 14 , 2018 , Dr. Zhengli spoke at the School of Life Sciences Biotechnology at Shanghai University on the topic of “ Studies On Bat Coronavirus and it ’ s Cross-Species Infection.
” • In 2014 , the Obama administration announced through the NIH a pause in funding on similar research due to public health concerns .
• Indian researchers compared the S protein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spike protein and SARS and found that there had been four new sequences added to it , all of which can be found in HIV .
Only three viruses contain all four sequences–the HIV virus itself , a bat coronavirus discovered by Zhengli , and the Wuhan coronavirus .
• One gene sequence , the gp41 found in HIV , is a protein of HIV which allows entry to the human body which results in the functional failure of the immune system .
What is the motivation for this research , anyway ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan P4 Laboratory • January 23 , the Wuhan coronavirus spread has exploded and Dr. Shi Zhengli ’ s team published a paper stating that the virus likely has bat origin .
The paper notes that the published genome of the Wuhan coronavirus was 96.2 % consistent with a bat coronavirus originating in Hunan , China , signaling a natural source to the outbreak .
• Instead of inspecting the P4 laboratory in Wuhan which housed many bat coronaviruses and the base where Dr. Zhengli conducts her research , officials shifted focus to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the origin of the disease .
• After the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak , the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been and remains strangely silent , which is suspicious for a specialized facility that was researching precisely the type of virus that the entire world is now fighting to control .
• The Wuhan Institute of Virology patents a drug donated to China by the U.S. to treat the novel coronavirus .
• Top biochemical weapons expert , of the People ’ s Liberation Army , Chen Wei , assumes control of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lab on February 7 .
• The construction of the Wuhan Institute of Virology ’ s P4 Lab itself raises questions .
After the 2003 SARS outbreak , the Chinese Academy of Sciences asked for assistance from the government of France to build a virology research center–a P4 laboratory .
The two countries signed a contract to build a P4 laboratory .
A French architect was responsible for the engineering of the laboratory , but Chinese authorities switched the work to a local , Wuhan architect which had close ties to subsidies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeatedly due to security concerns .
The lab became operational in 2017 , but the French continued to suspect that the P4 lab was conducting bioweapon research .
• At present , the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has spread to over 190 countries .
• General Robert Spalding , Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former NSC Senior Strategy Director said , “ You can see that the WHO is essentially following the Chinese Communist Party ’ s guidelines.
” • Gordon Chang , Asian Affairs Expert , “ From the beginning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has done its best to prevent the CDC and others from studying the origin of this disease…The fact that the Communist Party is covering this up should trouble us deeply.
” • Propaganda has escalated in recent weeks to sow international discord , blame the U.S. for releasing the virus , and insist that the outbreak is under control in China .
Now that you have seen a couple of clips , watch the whole documentary here : China clearly covered up the outbreak and should be forced to pay restitution for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of it .
Fox News is now reporting that China has covered up the origin of the virus and that sources indicate that it did indeed leak from the P4 Lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology , but not as a bioweapon , as effort to compete with the United States in fighting viruses .

This fascinating film digs into the initial medical reports, the biology of COVID-19, and the possible source of COVID-19.
Joshua Philipp, the senior investigative reporter for the Epoch Times has done an exhaustive investigation into the origin of COVID-19, the Wuhan coronavirus, the Huanan Seafood market, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and China’s Communist regime’s goal of global domination.
We’ve all heard lots of theories floating around–it was people eating “bat soup” or pangolin meat; medicinal use of bats, pangolin scales, or some other animal; cross-contamination from the wet market in Wuhan; deliberate release of a bioweapon from a research facility; or accidental release of a virus that was being tested. Phillip examines what the most likely cause of the virus could be based on what we know.
Phillip also gives an early timeline of events backed up by documentary evidence.
Early timeline:
December 1, 2019, Patient Zero began showing symptoms according to an article in the medical journal The Lancet. There was no connection with this patient and the Huanan Seafood Market.
December 10, 2019, three more cases appear, 2 of the 3 have no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market.
December 30, 2019, an internal notice by the Wuhan Health Commission about the “continuous occurrence of pneumonia cases of unknown cause at the Huanan Seafood Market” was spread online.
December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Health Commission issued a public notice saying that some medical institutions “found a link between the pneumonia cases and the Huanan Seafood Market” but also noted that there was no evidence of “obvious human to human transmission and no infection among medical personnel.”
December 31, 2019, the first group from the National Health Commission arrives in Wuhan and establishes a set of diagnostic criteria to determine if a patient was infected by the novel coronavirus which included: fever, the whole genome sequence, and contact with the Huanan Seafood market. This was the criteria used until January 18, 2020, when a second group of experts arrived and amended it
January 1, 2020, the Huanan Seafood Market announced its closure followed by a thorough clean-up of the market site. Since then, Chinese officials note that most cases have a connection to the Huanan Seafood Market.
January 1, 2020, Hubei Health Committee notified genome sequencing organizations regarding Wuhan virus samples, “Existing virus samples must be destroyed. Information about the samples, related papers, and related data are all prohibited from release.”
January 2, 2020, the Director-General of the Wuhan Institute of Virology sent an internal email to all internal staff prohibiting disclosure of any information relating to the “unknown Wuhan pneumonia.” All detection, empirical data, results, and conclusions related to the outbreak was not to be disclosed by self-media, social media, or even state media.
January 3, 2020, China’s National Health Commission released a directive similar to the one issued by the Hubei Health Commission.
January 10, 2020, China released the full genome sequence of the Wuhan novel coronavirus.
January 20, 2020, Beijing officially acknowledged the epidemic and began a campaign of suppression of information through the central leading group was filled with propaganda officials, and the Vice-Chair of the group is the CCP’s propaganda czar.
January 21, 2020, researchers from the Institute Pasteur of Shanghai published a paper in Science China Life Sciences stating that the S protein of the novel coronavirus has a high homology to the SARS virus.
January 21, 2020, a new drug, Remdesivir, was provided free by the U.S. to China for Wuhan coronavirus treatment was patented by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
January 25, 2020, an article in The Lancet titled, “Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China” was published
January 26, 2020, China’s Institute of Virology, part of their CDC, said that 33 of the 585 environmental samples from the Huanan Seafood Market were found to contain the novel coronavirus nucleic acid. The virus was isolated from the samples. The suggestion was made that wild animals sold at the market were the source of the virus.
January 29, The Lancet republished an analysis of 99 cases, 50 of which had no known connection to the Huanan Seafood market.
February 3, 2020, Nature publishes a study stating that the novel coronavirus was closely related to two other coronaviruses sampled from bats by the People’s Liberation Army.
February 3, 2020, Dr. Wu Xiaohau blew the whistle that Dr. Shi Zhengli’s haphazard laboratory management may have led the Wuhan virus to leak from the Institute of Virology.
February 4, 2020, Chairman Xu Bo of Duoyi blew the whistle that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was suspected of manufacturing and leaking the virus.
February 7, 2020, top biochemical weapons expert, of the People’s Liberation Army, Chen Wei, assumes control of the Wuhan Insititute of Virology’s P4 lab.
February 14, 2020, President Xi Jinping calls for biosecurity to be included in China’s security framework and accelerate the introduction of a biosecurity law which would “strengthen the management of laboratories, especially viruses.”
February 15, 2020, the Wuhan Institute of Virology refuted rumors spread on China’s social media networks that Huang Yanling, a female graduate was Patient Zero and had died. Huang’s photo, CV, and thesis were removed from the Institute’s website, but her name was left there.
February 17, 2020, researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chen Quanjiao blew the whistle that Wang Yanyi, Director-General of the Institute was suspected of leaking the virus.
February 28, 2020, The South China Morning Post published an article stating that the Shanghai P3 Laboratory which first published the COVID-19 genome, was ordered closed by the Chinese Communist government.
Part I: The Story Of The Wuhan Seafood Market
The Huanan Seafood Market as the source of the epidemic became an official conclusion.
The January 24 article in The Lancet reveals quite a bit about COVID-19 such as: i) Patient Zero’s symptoms began on December 1 and had no contact with the seafood market; ii) no epidemiological link was made between Patient Zero and later cases; iii) more cases appear with no connection to the wet market in Huanan; iv) several cases with connections to the Huanan Seafood Market appeared after December 15; v) no one sells bats at the Huanan Seafood market, nor have any bats been found there; vi) 14 of the 41 cases had no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market.
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that if the first patient showed symptoms on December 1, the virus was likely spreading around Wuhan since November 2019, before the first cluster of cases was noticed.
The first panel of experts included having a history with the Huanan Seafood Market as one of the criteria for diagnosis even though 1/3 of cases had no history with the wet market. This means that even if someone had a fever and the entire genome sequence but not contact with the market, they would not be classified as having contracted the novel coronavirus. This would also lead investigators to only look at a false source of the virus rather than examining the victims themselves.
For 6 weeks (December and January) Beijing suppressed information about the virus, then used propagandists to continue to suppress information once the government was forced to acknowledge the epidemic.
Experts say that the #CCP may have used the Huanan Seafood Market to distract from the real source of the outbreak, which some suggest could be the Wuhan Virology Institute’s P4 Bio lab. They suggest this was an intentional #CCPCoverUp of the origins of the #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/GqX4iuWSh5 — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
Part II: The Mysterious Gene Sequence
The novel coronavirus has an 89% nucleotide similarity as well as a 100% amino acid similarity to the nsp7 and E proteins of the CoVZC45 virus, which was sampled from bats in another province by the Chinese military.
A researcher for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted that the novel coronavirus had an 88% identity with two bat-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like coronaviruses that were collected in eastern China in 2018 and studied at the Institute of Military Medicine Nanjing Command.
Dr. Sean Lin, former Lab Director of the Viral Disease Branch of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research said, “It’s hard to see proteins 100% identical when the virus jumps species. That suggests that maybe the virus was generated by a reverse engineer process.”
Dr. Judy Mikovits, molecular biologist says, “I certainly believe that the 100% amino acid similarity says it can’t possibly be a natural mutation.”
S protein (also known as a “spike” protein) of the novel coronavirus has high similarity to the SARS virus which allows it to spread to humans. The S protein is the “key” that will allow the virus to invade the cell to propagate and destroy it. It is the pathogenic spike protein–if COVID-19 didn’t have it, it couldn’t spread to humans.
Dr. Mikovits says that research in SARS spike proteins has been going on in Wuhan since 2007.
Dr. Judy A. Mikovitz says that published research in #Wuhan regarding the ‘Spike Proteins’ from #SARS is further evidence that the #CCPVirus is “lab-derived,” rather than being from a natural mutation. Watch the documentary ▶ https://t.co/51XXcqTwAl pic.twitter.com/Y91LKvcu0R — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
Part III: The Discoveries of Dr. Shi Zhengli
Dr. Shi Zhengli is a Chinese virologist who has spent many years studying bats and, since the 2003 SARS outbreak, coronaviruses.
She was the first to discover the key to how coronaviruses can overcome cross species barriers to infect humans.
She was also the first to discover that the SARS virus was the result of the restructuring of multiple SARS-like coronaviruses found in bats.
Dr. Shi Zhengli works at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In a 2015 paper that Dr. Zhengli published, she described her own research into synthetic viruses.
In 2010, Dr. Zhengli’s team’s focus was redirected to investigate how coronaviruses can spread across species, specifically focussing on the S protein.
October 2013, Dr. Zhengli published a paper in Nature that claimed a “breakthrough” in coronavirus research–they had isolated a protein that would allow a coronavirus to spread directly from bats to humans without an intermediary host.
In November 2015, another paper was published by Dr. Zhengli and her team regarding a synthetic virus that they produced which was a “self-replicating, chimeric virus.” This virus had the basis of the SARS virus, but with the S protein replaced with the bat coronavirus mentioned in the 2013 paper. This virus exhibited a powerful cross-species infection. Studies injecting the virus into mice showed lung damage that was incurable.
Dr. Zhengli wanted to expand the trials of this synthetic virus to primates, which sparked concern from other researchers. Dr. Simon Wain-Hobson, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, wrote, “if the virus escaped, no one could predict the trajectory.”
On November 14, 2018, Dr. Zhengli spoke at the School of Life Sciences Biotechnology at Shanghai University on the topic of “Studies On Bat Coronavirus and it’s Cross-Species Infection.”
In 2014, the Obama administration announced through the NIH a pause in funding on similar research due to public health concerns.
Indian researchers compared the S protein of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) spike protein and SARS and found that there had been four new sequences added to it, all of which can be found in HIV. Only three viruses contain all four sequences–the HIV virus itself, a bat coronavirus discovered by Zhengli, and the Wuhan coronavirus.
One gene sequence, the gp41 found in HIV, is a protein of HIV which allows entry to the human body which results in the functional failure of the immune system.
The Obama Administration suspended funding into similar research in 2014, due to potential threats to #PublicHealth. After the #Wuhan outbreak, Indian researches discovered that the new #Coronavirus had 4 new sequences inserted. pic.twitter.com/Z9LxST570Y — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
What is the motivation for this research, anyway?
“Is it for a weapon? Is it so that you can then create a vaccine that you are the sole recipient of the profits from?” Gen. @Robert_Spalding questions #Beijing‘s motives in funding research into a #Coronavirus which could infect humans. pic.twitter.com/rC6wOHn7Jg — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
Part IV: The Secret of the Wuhan P4 Laboratory
January 23, the Wuhan coronavirus spread has exploded and Dr. Shi Zhengli’s team published a paper stating that the virus likely has bat origin. The paper notes that the published genome of the Wuhan coronavirus was 96.2% consistent with a bat coronavirus originating in Hunan, China, signaling a natural source to the outbreak.
Instead of inspecting the P4 laboratory in Wuhan which housed many bat coronaviruses and the base where Dr. Zhengli conducts her research, officials shifted focus to the Huanan Seafood market and designated it as the origin of the disease.
After the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been and remains strangely silent, which is suspicious for a specialized facility that was researching precisely the type of virus that the entire world is now fighting to control.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology patents a drug donated to China by the U.S. to treat the novel coronavirus.
Top biochemical weapons expert, of the People’s Liberation Army, Chen Wei, assumes control of the Wuhan Insititute of Virology’s P4 lab on February 7.
The construction of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s P4 Lab itself raises questions. After the 2003 SARS outbreak, the Chinese Academy of Sciences asked for assistance from the government of France to build a virology research center–a P4 laboratory. The two countries signed a contract to build a P4 laboratory. A French architect was responsible for the engineering of the laboratory, but Chinese authorities switched the work to a local, Wuhan architect which had close ties to subsidies of the Chinese military. The French delayed repeatedly due to security concerns. The lab became operational in 2017, but the French continued to suspect that the P4 lab was conducting bioweapon research.
“It’s not a conspiracy theory to think that the Coronavirus came from the Wuhan lab. We don’t know at this point. And until we know, the theory about the lab origin is certainly something that we should consider,” @GordonGChang said. Watch ▶ https://t.co/51XXcqTwAl pic.twitter.com/5mmc7RWoWQ — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
Part V: Facing the Pandemic
At present, the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has spread to over 190 countries.
General Robert Spalding, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former NSC Senior Strategy Director said, “You can see that the WHO is essentially following the Chinese Communist Party’s guidelines.”
Gordon Chang, Asian Affairs Expert, “From the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the Communist Party has done its best to prevent the CDC and others from studying the origin of this disease…The fact that the Communist Party is covering this up should trouble us deeply.”
Propaganda has escalated in recent weeks to sow international discord, blame the U.S. for releasing the virus, and insist that the outbreak is under control in China.
In the documentary, @JoshJPhilipp breaks down how the Wuhan P4 Laboratory is connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the China Academy of Sciences, and #China‘s military, the People’s Liberation Army. pic.twitter.com/6OkDVU3rHP — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 12, 2020
Now that you have seen a couple of clips, watch the whole documentary here:
China clearly covered up the outbreak and should be forced to pay restitution for the massive economic damage that has occurred because of it.
Fox News is now reporting that China has covered up the origin of the virus and that sources indicate that it did indeed leak from the P4 Lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but not as a bioweapon, as effort to compete with the United States in fighting viruses.
H/T: Epoch Times


clashdaily--2020-04-16--WATCH: Tucker Grills Democrat Governor Phil Murphy Over New Jersey’s Extreme COVID-19 Lockdown

Are civil rights a trade-off we ’ re all willing to make in the name of safety ?
Some may think so , but not all of us .
Tucker Carlson is pushing back on the rationale for some of the key decisions made by political leaders .
Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey is on the hot seat as Tucker pushes past the talking points to specifically ask for the data points , scientific rationale , and Constitutionality of the decisions he ’ s been making about the restriction of activities .
Trending : Top Prof ’ s Data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Difference In Spread With Lockdowns In Place And yet religious meetings are not .
And someone sitting alone on a park bench is arrested .
Do we know WHY these decisions are being made ?
Or on what basis ?
Have the rights of those being inconvenienced by government overreach been duly considered ?
Or is this another example of what CS Lewis predicted , a benign sort of tyranny .
“ Of all tyrannies , a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies .
The robber baron ’ s cruelty may sometimes sleep , his cupidity may at some point be satiated ; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience .
They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth .
This very kindness stings with intolerable insult .
To be “ cured ” against one ’ s will and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will ; to be classed with infants , imbeciles , and domestic animals.
” ― C.S .
Lewis , God in the Dock : Essays on Theology ( Making of Modern Theology ) The problem of government being limited by the will of the people is that sometimes gets in the way of swift and absolute execution of government power .
And , for anyone keeping score at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of creating such a system .

Are civil rights a trade-off we’re all willing to make in the name of safety?
Some may think so, but not all of us.
Tucker Carlson is pushing back on the rationale for some of the key decisions made by political leaders.
Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey is on the hot seat as Tucker pushes past the talking points to specifically ask for the data points, scientific rationale, and Constitutionality of the decisions he’s been making about the restriction of activities.
Liquor stores, for instance, remain open — a necessary service.
And yet religious meetings are not.
And someone sitting alone on a park bench is arrested.
Do we know WHY these decisions are being made? Or on what basis?
Have the rights of those being inconvenienced by government overreach been duly considered? Or is this another example of what CS Lewis predicted, a benign sort of tyranny.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.” ― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)
The problem of government being limited by the will of the people is that sometimes gets in the way of swift and absolute execution of government power.
And, for anyone keeping score at home, that was precisely the point of creating such a system.


clashdaily--2020-04-16--Trump’s Favorite Meme-Maker Takes Aim At Sleepy Joe With A Nursing Home Parody Commercial

Has anyone ELSE noticed how ‘ just like that ’ , the Left suddenly stopped talking about that 25th amendment ?
Just like they stopped wearing those pussy hats , and stopped reciting that infamous Billy Bush quote .
All of those lines of attack happen to put their guy in an awkward light ( especially since Tara Reade has gone to the police ) … so they ’ ve deep-sixed them , as though they ’ ve never happened .
But that doesn ’ t mean WE have to stop asking questions he ’ d find uncomfortable .
Trending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of COVID-19 Outbreak Timeline Shows No Difference In Spread With Lockdowns In Place The man hardly knows where he is half the time .
He even just discussed the ‘ millions of citizens on a pathway to citizenship ’ .
It ’ s either incompetence or a Freudian slip .
Not a great look at a time when millions of American jobs are walking a razor ’ s edge , depending on how this virus scare resolves .
Dems want him in the White House .
Seriously ?
The man belongs in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking about the old days when he , Corn Pop and his buddy Barack used to hang out behind the gym and beat up lying dog-faced pony soldiers .
Or whatever the hell it is he would be rambling about .
At this point , truly it wauld be an act of kindness , Mercy , even , to let Biden bow out gracefully .
But the Democrats don ’ t dare let that happen .
They ’ ve gone all-in on Biden .
The only other option is Bernie .
And even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two things .
1 ) It could mean a disastrous McGovern-level loss for the Democrats , setting their power grabs back decades .
2 ) Worse yet ( from their perspective ) if Bernie wins , ther ’ s a changing of the guard .
The young upstarts will move in and shoulder aside the powerbrokers and all the would-be kingmakers who act as the middle-men in the byzantine echanges of wealth and political influence .
So for now , love him or hate him , the Democrats are stuck with Sleepy Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shield him from scrutiny and hope for the best .
And our best play is to put him in the spotlight every chance we get… and underscore the difference between their guy and ours .
After all , it ’ s not been so long that we ’ ve all forgotten that this is the guy who was subservient to the Lead From Behind guy , has it ?

Has anyone ELSE noticed how ‘just like that’, the Left suddenly stopped talking about that 25th amendment?
Just like they stopped wearing those pussy hats, and stopped reciting that infamous Billy Bush quote.
All of those lines of attack happen to put their guy in an awkward light (especially since Tara Reade has gone to the police) … so they’ve deep-sixed them, as though they’ve never happened.
But that doesn’t mean WE have to stop asking questions he’d find uncomfortable.
The man hardly knows where he is half the time. He even just discussed the ‘millions of citizens on a pathway to citizenship’. It’s either incompetence or a Freudian slip. Not a great look at a time when millions of American jobs are walking a razor’s edge, depending on how this virus scare resolves.
Dems want him in the White House. Seriously?
NEW VIDEO: Presented without comment… except this one. pic.twitter.com/zXuTuIm4jk — Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) April 14, 2020
The man belongs in a rest home, snacking on applesauce, talking about the old days when he, Corn Pop and his buddy Barack used to hang out behind the gym and beat up lying dog-faced pony soldiers.
Or whatever the hell it is he would be rambling about.
At this point, truly it wauld be an act of kindness, Mercy, even, to let Biden bow out gracefully. But the Democrats don’t dare let that happen. They’ve gone all-in on Biden. The only other option is Bernie. And even THEY know that ultimately means one of two things.
1) It could mean a disastrous McGovern-level loss for the Democrats, setting their power grabs back decades.
2) Worse yet (from their perspective) if Bernie wins, ther’s a changing of the guard. The young upstarts will move in and shoulder aside the powerbrokers and all the would-be kingmakers who act as the middle-men in the byzantine echanges of wealth and political influence.
So for now, love him or hate him, the Democrats are stuck with Sleepy Joe.
Their only real play is to shield him from scrutiny and hope for the best.
And our best play is to put him in the spotlight every chance we get… and underscore the difference between their guy and ours.
After all, it’s not been so long that we’ve all forgotten that this is the guy who was subservient to the Lead From Behind guy, has it?


clashdaily--2020-04-16--Chris Cuomo Breaks Quarantine Rules And Bullies A Bicyclist For Calling Him Out On It

Any sympathy Fredo may have had for coming down with this illness is now officially off the table… here ’ s why .
While the rest of us are freaking bending over backward ( many risking bankruptcy in the process ) doing our ‘ civic duty ’ to ‘ flatten the curve ’ in protecting the lives of people we ’ ve never met , from a disease whose risk profile keeps dramatically changing , we get to see that ‘ elites ’ behave like the rules just don ’ t apply to them .
This is the same Chris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he told us he had been hallucinating about his dead father .
He is COVID-19 positive , and supposed to be quarantined .
Trending : Top Prof ’ s Data Analysis Of COVID-19 Outbreak Timeline Shows No Difference In Spread With Lockdowns In Place He went on the radio to complain that the downside of being famous meant he couldn ’ t scream obscenities at a neighbor , or ( apparently ) beat the crap out of other guys who pissed him off .
That lines up pretty neatly with the threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down a flight of stairs .
A real ‘ character ’ guy .
Sure makes some of his partisan rants against the President ring hollow , eh ?
We can come back to that .
But first — the neighbor he complained about on the radio show .
the guy Fredo called ‘ some jackass , loser , fat-tire biker ’ who upset him by ‘ being able to pull over and get in my space and talk bulls–t to me , I don ’ t want to hear it ’ .
Well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Facts First network , and he ’ s talking smack about some guy with NO benefit of being high-profile and famous , wouldn ’ t the other side of that story be worth hearing ?
It ’ doesn ’ t exactly put Fredo — or his panic all day long , Blood-on-Trump ’ s hands network — in a very good light .
His ( future ) neighbor near to a property that Cuomo owns , but hasn ’ t yet finished building a house on had a pretty reasonable concern .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become one of the more famous patients recovering from this viral outbreak , being the Governor ’ s brother and a CNN talking head , after all .
What was the ‘ confrontation ’ with this neighbor about ?
The neighbor ’ s name is David .
And he told us the other side of that story .
David saw Cuomo on Easter Sunday on this other property that isn ’ t his home .
He was there with some other people .
That ’ s hardly what most people would consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post he was stunned that Cuomo verbally attacked him the way he did .
The 65-year-old longtime resident said he was just out for a bike ride before Easter dinner when he spotted who he thought was Chris Cuomo on property he says the CNN anchor bought in East Hampton last year .
The acreage is still being developed ; a steel frame for its future house is all that ’ s up at the moment , David said .
David said Cuomo was with his wife , another woman and three kids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The resident said he stopped and sat on his bike “ well over a hundred feet ” from the property .
“ I just looked and said , ‘ Is that Chris Cuomo ?
Isn ’ t he supposed to be quarantined ?
’ ” Cuomo has been regularly airing his TV and radio shows from his family ’ s home in Southampton — although from the basement as he stayed quarantined from them .
The anchor said on air Tuesday that he still suffers from a low-grade fever and feared that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus .
David said the woman who looked like Cuomo ’ s wife came over to him and said , “ May I help you ?
” He said he replied , “ I ’ m riding my bike ” — then started asking why Cuomo was there out of quarantine and not social-distancing from the group .
He said Cuomo then started toward him , coming to within about 40 feet .
“ He said , ‘ Who the hell are you ?
!
I can do what I want !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ just ranted , screaming , ‘ I ’ ll find out who you are !
’ “ I said to him , ‘ Your brother is the coronavirus czar , and you ’ re not even following his rules — unnecessary travel , ’ ” the resident said .
“ He just began to boil more .
“ He said , ‘ This is not the end of this .
You ’ ll deal with this later .
We will meet again.
’ If that ’ s not a threat , I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ David said .
— NYpost A police report was written up which — hardly surprising — met with a lot of resistance until the incident was widely reporting .
( Who really wants to be the guy explaining to the chief why the Governor ’ s brother is being investigated ? )
That same interview told us something else about Fredo , too .
He ’ s since walked it back , but serves as a window into his thinking .
He had nothing o gain by saying it , everything to gain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have something of a ring of sincerity to it , with quotes taken from another Post article .
Seems like an admission that his show is irrational and hyper-partisan .
After what ’ s been leaked about those 9am Zucker meetings , this comes as no surprise .
What else did he say about David — who he , as a man supposedly under quarantine for the good of society , and to flatten that curve , had no justification in approaching ?
Chilling in the front yard with friends and family is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is it ?
But showing up at a Church service might get you closed down … ‘ forever ’ .
And to protect the community and ‘ slow the spread ’ business are facing the real prospect of bankruptcy .
But the Governor ’ s infections brother can ’ t even be bothered to stay at home until he ’ s well ?
Oh that ’ s precious .
Yeah .
We get the message , Fredo .
You ’ re far better than all those little people who have to obey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it loud and clear — you have wealth and connections that the rest of us don ’ t have .
The ‘ official ’ story is that Cuomo ’ s feeling better and is cleared to be around others .
Funny how the Facts First network knows so little about their own employee .
They couldn ’ t be lying to the public , could they ?
Not such a ‘ trusted ’ source as they are .

Any sympathy Fredo may have had for coming down with this illness is now officially off the table… here’s why.
While the rest of us are freaking bending over backward (many risking bankruptcy in the process) doing our ‘civic duty’ to ‘flatten the curve’ in protecting the lives of people we’ve never met, from a disease whose risk profile keeps dramatically changing, we get to see that ‘elites’ behave like the rules just don’t apply to them.
This is the same Chris Cuomo who was so VERY ill recently that he told us he had been hallucinating about his dead father.
He is COVID-19 positive, and supposed to be quarantined.
He went on the radio to complain that the downside of being famous meant he couldn’t scream obscenities at a neighbor, or (apparently) beat the crap out of other guys who pissed him off.
That lines up pretty neatly with the threat he once made about throwing some guy down a flight of stairs. A real ‘character’ guy. Sure makes some of his partisan rants against the President ring hollow, eh? We can come back to that. But first — the neighbor he complained about on the radio show. the guy Fredo called ‘some jackass, loser, fat-tire biker’ who upset him by ‘being able to pull over and get in my space and talk bulls–t to me, I don’t want to hear it’.
Well, since Cumo is a representative of the Facts First network, and he’s talking smack about some guy with NO benefit of being high-profile and famous, wouldn’t the other side of that story be worth hearing?
It’ doesn’t exactly put Fredo — or his panic all day long, Blood-on-Trump’s hands network — in a very good light.
His (future) neighbor near to a property that Cuomo owns, but hasn’t yet finished building a house on had a pretty reasonable concern. After all, Fredo found a way to become one of the more famous patients recovering from this viral outbreak, being the Governor’s brother and a CNN talking head, after all.
What was the ‘confrontation’ with this neighbor about?
The neighbor’s name is David. And he told us the other side of that story.
David saw Cuomo on Easter Sunday on this other property that isn’t his home. He was there with some other people. That’s hardly what most people would consider obeying quarantine expectations.
David told The Post he was stunned that Cuomo verbally attacked him the way he did. The 65-year-old longtime resident said he was just out for a bike ride before Easter dinner when he spotted who he thought was Chris Cuomo on property he says the CNN anchor bought in East Hampton last year. The acreage is still being developed; a steel frame for its future house is all that’s up at the moment, David said. David said Cuomo was with his wife, another woman and three kids who were playing around on the property. The resident said he stopped and sat on his bike “well over a hundred feet” from the property. “I just looked and said, ‘Is that Chris Cuomo? Isn’t he supposed to be quarantined?’” Cuomo has been regularly airing his TV and radio shows from his family’s home in Southampton — although from the basement as he stayed quarantined from them. The anchor said on air Tuesday that he still suffers from a low-grade fever and feared that his wife is now showing signs of the virus. David said the woman who looked like Cuomo’s wife came over to him and said, “May I help you?” He said he replied, “I’m riding my bike” — then started asking why Cuomo was there out of quarantine and not social-distancing from the group. He said Cuomo then started toward him, coming to within about 40 feet. “He said, ‘Who the hell are you?! I can do what I want!’” David said. “He just ranted, screaming, ‘I’ll find out who you are!’ “I said to him, ‘Your brother is the coronavirus czar, and you’re not even following his rules — unnecessary travel,’” the resident said. “He just began to boil more. “He said, ‘This is not the end of this. You’ll deal with this later. We will meet again.’ If that’s not a threat, I don’t know what is,” David said. — NYpost
A police report was written up which — hardly surprising — met with a lot of resistance until the incident was widely reporting. (Who really wants to be the guy explaining to the chief why the Governor’s brother is being investigated?)
That same interview told us something else about Fredo, too.
He’s since walked it back, but serves as a window into his thinking. He had nothing o gain by saying it, everything to gain by denying it, and seemed to have something of a ring of sincerity to it, with quotes taken from another Post article.
“I don’t want to spend my time doing things that I don’t think are valuable enough to me personally,” Cuomo said. “I don’t value indulging irrationality, hyper-partisanship.” Cuomo said his battle with COVID-19 has made him rethink his values and question his position as a public figure. “I don’t like what I do professionally,” he said. “I don’t think it’s worth my time.” — NYPost
Seems like an admission that his show is irrational and hyper-partisan. After what’s been leaked about those 9am Zucker meetings, this comes as no surprise.
What else did he say about David — who he, as a man supposedly under quarantine for the good of society, and to flatten that curve, had no justification in approaching?
When the biker confronted him, Cuomo said, he’d wanted to respond, getting heated when he detailed how the guy “didn’t know the rules” and how he’d made sure to take social-distancing measures. But “here I am in an almost powerless position against this ass—- because I’m a celebrity and he’s allowed to say whatever he wants to me.” — NYPost
Didn’t know the rules, huh?
Chilling in the front yard with friends and family is perfectly ok when you’re infected, is it?
But showing up at a Church service might get you closed down … ‘forever’.
And to protect the community and ‘slow the spread’ business are facing the real prospect of bankruptcy.
But the Governor’s infections brother can’t even be bothered to stay at home until he’s well? Oh that’s precious.
Yeah. We get the message, Fredo. You’re far better than all those little people who have to obey the law… or else. We get it loud and clear — you have wealth and connections that the rest of us don’t have.
The ‘official’ story is that Cuomo’s feeling better and is cleared to be around others.
Funny how the Facts First network knows so little about their own employee.
Unless they’re simply LYING.
CNN, Lie? They are the most trusted name in news. — Marmilin Voncarstein (@marmilin) April 15, 2020
They couldn’t be lying to the public, could they? Not such a ‘trusted’ source as they are.


clashdaily--2020-04-16--WATCH: iRobot Meme Blows The Jackboot Reaction To The Coronavirus Crisis Wide Open

It ’ s one thing to take the threat seriously , doing what we can to avoid mass casualties and the collapse of our healthcare system .
Quite another to exploit that fear for a draconian agenda .
Some meme-makers gave us a slight rethinking of the iRobot movie .
Honestly , it ’ s one that comes just a little bit too close to reality .
It should ( hopefully ) give us all a reason to stop and reflect on what ’ s been unfolding around us .
Those who have seen Will Smith ’ s movie will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ servant-protectors concluded that we were a threat to ourselves , and the only way we could be kept safe was to strip us of our free will and mobility .
Trending : Top Prof ’ s Data Analysis Of COVID-19 Outbreak Timeline Shows No Difference In Spread With Lockdowns In Place “ Please .
Remain indoors .
This is for your own protection.
” Wow .
It ’ s funny how perfectly art can sometimes imitate life , isn ’ t it ?
And sometimes the other way around .
All of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even our experts are calibrated to keep us ‘ safe ’ .
But there are a lot of different understandings of what ‘ safe ’ can really mean , aren ’ t there ?
For some — including a fresh crop of BernieBros — being a slavish servant of the government in exchange for ‘ free ’ food and shelter is about as expansive an idea of ‘ safe ’ as the imagination can allow .
Unfortunately , such a world leaves no room for the greater ‘ safety ’ to color outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for what makes us truly human .
To take a risk .
To swing for the fences .
It leaves no room to invent something that could possibly bankrupt you — or change the world .
To start a company that might crash and burn — or become a national brand , employing thousands who were unable and unwilling to take on that risk .
Some of us are just old enough to be on the trailing edge of a different generation .
A generation who found role models in a different kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rocketing his motorcycle over absolutely insane obstacles and distances — destroying his body in his many failed attempts only to try again .
‘ Steely-eyed missile men ’ who upgraded from being human guinea pigs testing the limits of fighter planes to being pioneers in the Apollo program .
People who knew that doing their job could mean — literally — going out in a blaze of glory .
— Just ask anyone who knew the crewd of Challenger of Discovery , among some of the earlier tragic endings .
We grew up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that risk was just one more integrated aspect of this complicated thing we call ‘ life ’ .
That admiration sent us , as kids , to head out on our bikes , teaching us the courage to take and manage risks .
But something changed when our heroes changed .
They might have the lifestyle many of us would aspire to… but as role models , do they really call us to be the best versions of ourselves ?
To take on courage ?
Self-sacrifice ?
To trade away an easy today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Or do they merely distract us , providing a sort of escapism from whatever it is we don ’ t like about our own ‘ today ’ ?
We are Americans .
We ’ ve been down worse roads than this one before .
We know how to mitigate risk .
We can , and should , care for those of us in harm ’ s way .
But we can not — MUST not — let our lives be dominated by that Bad Thing that might happen .
Bad things can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably WILL happen .
And then… we will wake up the next morning .
We will adapt .
We will carry on .
Question is — will we still like who we see looking back at us in the mirror tomorrow ?
It ’ s the choices we make today that will ultimately decide that .

It’s one thing to take the threat seriously, doing what we can to avoid mass casualties and the collapse of our healthcare system. Quite another to exploit that fear for a draconian agenda.
Some meme-makers gave us a slight rethinking of the iRobot movie. Honestly, it’s one that comes just a little bit too close to reality. It should (hopefully) give us all a reason to stop and reflect on what’s been unfolding around us.
Those who have seen Will Smith’s movie will remember the climactic scene where the robot servant-protectors concluded that we were a threat to ourselves, and the only way we could be kept safe was to strip us of our free will and mobility.
Remember this line?
“Please. Remain indoors. This is for your own protection.”
Wow. It’s funny how perfectly art can sometimes imitate life, isn’t it? And sometimes the other way around.
Democrat officials now using the pandemic to unleash their cold almost robotic leftist agenda. Not surprising when you realize that all of the founders of fascism came from the left. **Disclaimer: robots represent the ideology not people** pic.twitter.com/aUvbeimoxQ — Octo Memes 1 (@Octomemes1) April 15, 2020
All of our modern conveniences, our systems, and even our experts are calibrated to keep us ‘safe’. But there are a lot of different understandings of what ‘safe’ can really mean, aren’t there?
For some — including a fresh crop of BernieBros — being a slavish servant of the government in exchange for ‘free’ food and shelter is about as expansive an idea of ‘safe’ as the imagination can allow.
Unfortunately, such a world leaves no room for the greater ‘safety’ to color outside the lines.
It leaves no room for what makes us truly human. To take a risk. To swing for the fences.
It leaves no room to invent something that could possibly bankrupt you — or change the world. To start a company that might crash and burn — or become a national brand, employing thousands who were unable and unwilling to take on that risk.
Some of us are just old enough to be on the trailing edge of a different generation. A generation who found role models in a different kind of hero.
Guys like Evel Kenevil rocketing his motorcycle over absolutely insane obstacles and distances — destroying his body in his many failed attempts only to try again.
‘Steely-eyed missile men’ who upgraded from being human guinea pigs testing the limits of fighter planes to being pioneers in the Apollo program.
People who knew that doing their job could mean — literally — going out in a blaze of glory. — Just ask anyone who knew the crewd of Challenger of Discovery, among some of the earlier tragic endings.
We grew up admiring a generation of leaders who knew that risk was just one more integrated aspect of this complicated thing we call ‘life’.
That admiration sent us, as kids, to head out on our bikes, teaching us the courage to take and manage risks.
But something changed when our heroes changed.
Movie stars. Athletes. Musicians. Instagram models. YouTubers. Silicon Valley Moneymakers.
They might have the lifestyle many of us would aspire to… but as role models, do they really call us to be the best versions of ourselves? To take on courage? Self-sacrifice? To trade away an easy today for a shot at a better tomorrow?
Or do they merely distract us, providing a sort of escapism from whatever it is we don’t like about our own ‘today’?
We are Americans. We’ve been down worse roads than this one before.
We know how to mitigate risk. We can, and should, care for those of us in harm’s way. But we cannot — MUST not — let our lives be dominated by that Bad Thing that might happen.
Bad things can happen. They do happen. They probably WILL happen.
And then… we will wake up the next morning.
We will adapt. We will carry on.
Question is — will we still like who we see looking back at us in the mirror tomorrow? It’s the choices we make today that will ultimately decide that.


clashdaily--2020-01-07--‘Leading From Behind’: Biden Tips Hand To His Weak Foreign Policy Mirroring Obama’s

Unlike the 1990s Biden that boldly called such an attack on US interests an ‘ act of war ’ , Sleepy Joe is ALREADY signaling to the world that he would be a paper tiger .
Iran — through their proxies — killed an American in Iraq in a rocket barrage .
US military servicemen or women were also injured .
Trump ’ s administration targeted the places those rockets came from and struck back .
Pro-Iranian forces aligned with Soleimani launched an attack on the US embassy in Iraq .
Embassies , as Joe Biden should well know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the country that owns them .
An attack on a US embassy , therefore , is an attack on US soil .
Then Soleimani made the mistake of following up that attack ( his name was scrawled in graffiti on the US embassy ) by visiting Iraq .
Trending : Nobel Chemist With More Integrity Than Obama And Gore Just Retracted Her Prize-Winning Paper That ‘ visit ’ was , shall we say , ‘ cut short ’ with a spectacularly warm welcome from an American drone strike .
When his corpse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sent home in a box .
Or maybe a bucket .
Here ’ s how the ‘ old ’ Joe would have reacted to such a provocation .
But the ‘ new ’ Joe would ( apparently ) NOT have responded to the attacks on an American Embassy .
Hardly surprising from the guy who became so very ‘ play it safe ’ that he gave a ‘ no ’ vote on the long-overdue killing of Osama Bin Laden .
Hardly surprising from a guy who sat on his hands while Russia annexed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who was in office when Iranians humiliated ten AMERICAN sailors in capturing an American vessel — with ZERO consequence for the insolence and propaganda photos that slaked the thirst of their Death To America base .
Biden does not approve of Trump ’ s administration leaving a smoking crater where a malevolent terrorist had been .
Worse than that , he ’ s claiming Iran is now in the Driver ’ s seat .
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Iran is now in “ the driver ’ s seat ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike and Iraq ’ s Parliament voted to expel foreign forces , including U.S. troops .
“ This is a crisis totally of Donald Trump ’ s making , ” Biden said in Grinnell , Iowa , according to the Des Moines Register .
“ Iran now is going to be the person occupying and influencing Iraq , which is clearly not very much in our interest , ” Biden said during a campaign stop .
“ We have to face this alone , without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration didn ’ t consult or warn them , even though their interests are at stake , too — even though NATO countries have forces in the region as well , ” he added .
“ NATO countries now are telling both — our allies , NATO — are telling both the United States and Iran — treating us both as part of the problem .
Not Iran .
Not us .
Both of us.
” Source : The Hill For one thing , that vote was no more a show of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schumer taking a vote among just Democrat senators would be a show of the ‘ entire will of the American ’ people .
Those who voted were a pro-Iran block , with loyalties to ( you guessed it ! )
Suleimaini .
For another thing , Iran is NOT ‘ in the driver ’ s seat ’ unless Americans preemptively surrender .
Of course , since that ’ s Biden ’ s default setting , it ’ s easy to see how that ’ s the only way forward he can imagine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ‘ Peace Through Strength ’ strategy , and saw the difference that made in how we dealt with our enemies compared to Carter ’ s far more servile peacenik approach .
And that ’ s a whole lotta ‘ peace ’ CARTER ’ S strategy delivered us , amiright ?
Wasn ’ t it during HIS presidency that Iran took the US embassy hostage in the first place ?
Yep , pretty sure that was him .
Meanwhile , even Democrats are fighting about Biden ’ s foreign policy .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t ‘ leftist ’ enough for some people ’ s taste .
But the moment presents challenges for a two-term vice president who was elected to six terms in the Senate .
While his resume is longer than any of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination , it comes with complications .
Progressives hoping to make American foreign policy less militaristic point to Biden ’ s 2002 vote to authorize the U.S. invasion of Iraq , suggesting it muddies his recent warning that Trump could push the U.S. into another of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and Republicans cast Biden as indecisive or weak , seizing on his opposition to the 1991 U.S. military mission that drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait and his reluctance about the raid that killed Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in 2011 , when Biden was vice president .
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders , a Vermont senator who voted against the Bush administration ’ s Iraq war powers request , calls it “ baggage.
” In a quote that Republicans recirculate frequently , former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man of integrity , ” has been “ wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.
” Source : USN

Unlike the 1990s Biden that boldly called such an attack on US interests an ‘act of war’, Sleepy Joe is ALREADY signaling to the world that he would be a paper tiger.
Iran — through their proxies — killed an American in Iraq in a rocket barrage. US military servicemen or women were also injured. Trump’s administration targeted the places those rockets came from and struck back.
Pro-Iranian forces aligned with Soleimani launched an attack on the US embassy in Iraq. Embassies, as Joe Biden should well know, are treated as being officially the soil of the country that owns them. An attack on a US embassy, therefore, is an attack on US soil.
Then Soleimani made the mistake of following up that attack (his name was scrawled in graffiti on the US embassy) by visiting Iraq.
That ‘visit’ was, shall we say, ‘cut short’ with a spectacularly warm welcome from an American drone strike. When his corpse had cooled, what was left was sent home in a box. Or maybe a bucket.
Here’s how the ‘old’ Joe would have reacted to such a provocation.
FLASHBACK: Biden said Iran Attacking U.S. Service Barracks In Dharan Would be an Act Of War. pic.twitter.com/ql9jDcbGoY — Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 4, 2020
But the ‘new’ Joe would (apparently) NOT have responded to the attacks on an American Embassy.
Hardly surprising from the guy who became so very ‘play it safe’ that he gave a ‘no’ vote on the long-overdue killing of Osama Bin Laden. Hardly surprising from a guy who sat on his hands while Russia annexed Crimea. Hardly surprising from the guy who was in office when Iranians humiliated ten AMERICAN sailors in capturing an American vessel — with ZERO consequence for the insolence and propaganda photos that slaked the thirst of their Death To America base.
Biden does not approve of Trump’s administration leaving a smoking crater where a malevolent terrorist had been. Worse than that, he’s claiming Iran is now in the Driver’s seat.
Seriously, Joe? WTF?
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Iran is now in “the driver’s seat” in the Middle East after Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike and Iraq’s Parliament voted to expel foreign forces, including U.S. troops. “This is a crisis totally of Donald Trump’s making,” Biden said in Grinnell, Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register. “Iran now is going to be the person occupying and influencing Iraq, which is clearly not very much in our interest,” Biden said during a campaign stop. “We have to face this alone, without our allies. The [Trump] administration didn’t consult or warn them, even though their interests are at stake, too — even though NATO countries have forces in the region as well,” he added. “NATO countries now are telling both — our allies, NATO — are telling both the United States and Iran — treating us both as part of the problem. Not Iran. Not us. Both of us.”
Source: The Hill
For one thing, that vote was no more a show of the entire will of the Iraqi people than Schumer taking a vote among just Democrat senators would be a show of the ‘entire will of the American’ people.
Those who voted were a pro-Iran block, with loyalties to (you guessed it!) Suleimaini.
For another thing, Iran is NOT ‘in the driver’s seat’ unless Americans preemptively surrender. Of course, since that’s Biden’s default setting, it’s easy to see how that’s the only way forward he can imagine.
He was a first-hand witness to Reagan’s ‘Peace Through Strength’ strategy, and saw the difference that made in how we dealt with our enemies compared to Carter’s far more servile peacenik approach.
And that’s a whole lotta ‘peace’ CARTER’S strategy delivered us, amiright? Wasn’t it during HIS presidency that Iran took the US embassy hostage in the first place? Yep, pretty sure that was him.
Meanwhile, even Democrats are fighting about Biden’s foreign policy.
You guessed it… Biden’s chops aren’t ‘leftist’ enough for some people’s taste.


clashdaily--2020-01-07--Leftist Celebrities Love Iran More Than They Love America — Here’s PROOF

If their social media posts are any indication , some celebs about five minutes away from joining Iran in chanting “ Death to America.
” Killing a terrorist with the blood of thousands of innocents on his hands has sure set off the celebrities that are suddenly foreign policy experts .
Of course , they ’ re not fans of the killing of the revered poetry-reciting General Qasem Soleimani — just look at the crowd at his funeral , that shows how much he was loved , right ?
( Never mind the fact that it ’ s dangerous to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bunch of leftist celebrities were opining on social media that they weren ’ t keen on the President ’ s decision to take out a known terrorist when he was in the crosshairs while he planned imminent attacks on U.S. assets in Iraq .
Trending : Nobel Chemist With More Integrity Than Obama And Gore Just Retracted Her Prize-Winning Paper We ’ ve already covered Rose McGowan ’ s bizarre apologetic tweets to Iran about being held hostage by a terrorist regime , but she wasn ’ t alone in the sudden escalation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old enough to remember when we all came together against terrorism .
Not anymore .
Because Orange Man Bad — just like America Bad .
I presume at least some of them are afraid to be called racist if they criticize Iran .
After all , to an intersectional leftist , Iran is filled with “ brown people ” and therefore must be better than America .
At the very least , if you ’ re a leftist , you don ’ t dare criticize Iran for funding , arming , and giving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t take long to get Putin ’ s name tossed into the mix .
Actually , I agree with this .
I wrote an entire article about it here : And there are also the “ how did they become famous ” celebrities : Michael Moore mourns the death of a known terrorist .
But that ’ s not enough .
He decided to violate the Logan Act to promote his podcast .
Classy .
That ’ s pretty bad , but what ’ s worse than that was Kathy Griffin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , attempting to “ educate ” her followers .
Ummm… no .
He was a General that reported directly to Ayatollah Khamenei .
Besides both the parliamentarians and the Mullahs aren ’ t fans of America .
Here ’ s the Iranian parliament chanting their favorite phrase next to “ Allahu Akbar ” : In the next tweet , Griffin says that Iran is a sovereign nation , but doesn ’ t mention that they ’ re not a democratic nation and they ’ re under a theocracy that suppresses human rights .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not wearing a headscarf , and the penalty for homosexuality is either forced gender reassignment surgery , banishment , or death , not to mention the killing of dissidents .
Ok , that was pretty asinine , but nothing and I mean nothing compares to Colin Kaepernick ’ s take .
He literally blamed the killing of Soleimani on racism and American imperialism .
When you only see the world in the framework of the struggle between every oppressed person of color against the big , bad white people , you might overlook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soleimani , because he was a terrorist mastermind , may have been the biggest killer of brown people in the world .
Spoiler Alert for Colin : brown people can also be bad .
Carl Benjamin , ( aka : Sargon of Akkad , ) posted a video collection of some of the worst offenders and it ’ s pretty hilarious .
I swear , these comments by celebrities are beyond parody .
They also deserve every single “ Libs owned ” response that they get .
It ’ s completely preventable .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they didn ’ t side with terrorists .

If their social media posts are any indication, some celebs about five minutes away from joining Iran in chanting “Death to America.”
Killing a terrorist with the blood of thousands of innocents on his hands has sure set off the celebrities that are suddenly foreign policy experts.
Of course, they’re not fans of the killing of the revered poetry-reciting General Qasem Soleimani — just look at the crowd at his funeral, that shows how much he was loved, right? (Never mind the fact that it’s dangerous to oppose an authoritarian regime.)
A bunch of leftist celebrities were opining on social media that they weren’t keen on the President’s decision to take out a known terrorist when he was in the crosshairs while he planned imminent attacks on U.S. assets in Iraq.
We’ve already covered Rose McGowan’s bizarre apologetic tweets to Iran about being held hostage by a terrorist regime, but she wasn’t alone in the sudden escalation of her Trump Derangement Syndrome.™
I am old enough to remember when we all came together against terrorism. Not anymore. Because Orange Man Bad — just like America Bad.
I presume at least some of them are afraid to be called racist if they criticize Iran. After all, to an intersectional leftist, Iran is filled with “brown people” and therefore must be better than America. At the very least, if you’re a leftist, you don’t dare criticize Iran for funding, arming, and giving safe haven to terrorists.
Actually, that will happen in Nov 2020 by way of our election. https://t.co/nHxwZuyCSk — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 3, 2020
he's got to go … https://t.co/hmcrQJeyIt — Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) January 3, 2020
It didn’t take long to get Putin’s name tossed into the mix.
This is what putin wants! Chaos in the world! Trump is his puppet but this helps forget about his impeachment!! https://t.co/JNCb6FbIrZ — John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) January 3, 2020
It’s a war about politics. Shameful and dangerous. https://t.co/zQkR3nw904 — Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 3, 2020
Trump overturned the Iran nuclear deal which had stopped their weapons program. His policies are only to overturn Obama’s progress. We will not be safer from Trump’s hasty action in Iraq. — Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) January 6, 2020
I will tell you this. With Trump starting a war with Iran, deploying thousands of our troops and putting our infrastructures under threat of cyber attack I am voting Blue No matter who and will mute and block anyone sowing the seeds of division. — Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) January 4, 2020
Trump in full fascist 101 mode-,steal and lie – untill there’s nothing left and start a war –
He’s so idiotic he doesn’t know he just attacked Iran
And that’s not like anywhere else — John Cusack (@johncusack) January 3, 2020
Meathead gonna Meathead:
Don’t know about you but I feel very secure in the knowledge that, as things heat up with Iran, we have a stable genius at the helm. — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 3, 2020
Actually, I agree with this. I wrote an entire article about it here:
3 Reasons Trump’s Actions Towards Iran Is PURE Stable Genius
What a horrible sinking feeling. Having a Commander-In-Chief who you know is a Pathological Liar trying to justify striking the heart of Iran’s military. — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 3, 2020
In my lifetime I’ve seen our government lie us into the Vietnam War & the Iraq War. And here we are again. But this time we are being led by a Pathological Liar with a Cult following. American lives are at risk. Republicans, Stand The Fuck Up! — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 4, 2020
And there are also the “how did they become famous” celebrities:
If you want to find out what Trump’s going to do next, just look at his old tweets. https://t.co/9CZGcIBPVl — Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) January 3, 2020
Michael Moore mourns the death of a known terrorist.
Hello fellow Americans. Do you know this man? Did you know he was your enemy? What? Never heard of him? By the end of today you will be trained to hate him. You will be glad Trump had him assassinated. You will do as you are told. Get ready to send your sons &daughters off 2 war pic.twitter.com/8CprNDMgTf — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 3, 2020
But that’s not enough. He decided to violate the Logan Act to promote his podcast. Classy.
That’s pretty bad, but what’s worse than that was Kathy Griffin, she of the Trump beheading video fame, attempting to “educate” her followers.
Wake up, tell everyone you know to get up. We need to talk about #Iran Be very judicious and cautious about where you get your information. Do you find this statement believable? That’s correct, it’s probably bullshit. We are going to take a course on Iran now. pic.twitter.com/BgEs7BKvBl — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Wrong. Solemani was a political figure, murderous and barbaric general, second ONLY to the supreme leader. More akin to our Vice President, not bin laden. This is NOT “trumps bin laden moment”. https://t.co/RTGOBRXRzC — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Ok, Think of Iran as a place where the clerical side (supreme leader) shares power with, but defers to be the parliamentary half. Solemani was a head of state. Get that? NOT a country less roaming terrorist, like bin laden or KSM. https://t.co/DbCvC0A3Ml — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Ummm… no. He was a General that reported directly to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Besides both the parliamentarians and the Mullahs aren’t fans of America.
Here’s the Iranian parliament chanting their favorite phrase next to “Allahu Akbar”:
Members of Iran's parliament chants "Death to America" pic.twitter.com/xub1mnfOTo — Jason K. Morrell (@CNNJason) January 5, 2020
In the next tweet, Griffin says that Iran is a sovereign nation, but doesn’t mention that they’re not a democratic nation and they’re under a theocracy that suppresses human rights. Iran has laws that jail women for not wearing a headscarf, and the penalty for homosexuality is either forced gender reassignment surgery, banishment, or death, not to mention the killing of dissidents.
Technically they are a sovereign nation. Solemani, who is the lead commander of the entire Iranian military force, which obviously includes cyber warfare. https://t.co/hZCwhE5Sf4 — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Donald Trump has put every American, all over the world, in grave danger by this incredibly ignorant and thoughtless act of war. Solemani deserved to die. That doesn’t mean we can violate the Geneva Convention. Do you really think he was an immediate threat? — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
While POTUS, the department of justice the department of defense etc. are very possibly lying to the American public and of course the world, who do you think the supreme leader and Solemani’s deputies will retaliate against the most? — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Correct. Why do you think no other president, and they have all been capable, have ever decided to actually take out Qasem Solemani????? BECAUSE THEY WILL RETALIATE AGAINST US, here and all over the world. https://t.co/i40eokXO4Q — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Solemani was killed at the airport in Iraq, but he was IRANIAN. Big difference. He will be seen by millions around the world, primarily in the Middle East, but indoctrination can happen anywhere, as a martyr. Trump has coalesced more of our enemies against us b/c of this action. — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 3, 2020
Ok, that was pretty asinine, but nothing and I mean nothing compares to Colin Kaepernick’s take.
He literally blamed the killing of Soleimani on racism and American imperialism.
No really.
There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism. — Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) January 4, 2020
America has always sanctioned and besieged Black and Brown bodies both at home and abroad. America militarism is the weapon wielded by American imperialism, to enforce its policing and plundering of the non white world. — Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) January 4, 2020
“As a Black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.”–Angela Davis — L E F T, PhD ⚫ (@LeftSentThis) January 4, 2020
When you only see the world in the framework of the struggle between every oppressed person of color against the big, bad white people, you might overlook some details. Just little things like Soleimani, because he was a terrorist mastermind, may have been the biggest killer of brown people in the world. Spoiler Alert for Colin: brown people can also be bad.
Carl Benjamin, (aka: Sargon of Akkad,) posted a video collection of some of the worst offenders and it’s pretty hilarious.
I swear, these comments by celebrities are beyond parody. They also deserve every single “Libs owned” response that they get. It’s completely preventable. They wouldn’t be mocked if they didn’t side with terrorists.