21stcenturywire--2020-08-24--REVEALED: How Bill Gates Buys Mainstream Outlets, Journalists and ‘Fact-Checkers’

Over the last decade , a small group of billionaire philanthropists have quietly moved into to seize control of key nodes of media , government policy , and education .
They claim that they are merely trying to ‘ fill in the funding gaps at struggling news organizations ’ – especially in the wake of the coronavirus ‘ pandemic.
’ By far , the biggest player in this network is the Gates Foundation .
In short , Gates has long used his foundation ’ s charitable veneer to steer and shape the public discourse on global health .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is believed that Gates is using his billions to parlay both access and favorable news coverage .
A recent investigation conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review ( CJR ) reveals a number of disturbing findings which point to a multibillion dollar network of information control and narrative management – with Bill Gates squarely at the center .
Up to June of 2020 , Bill Gates has ploughed no less than $ 250 million in foundation grants into mainstream journalism .
Takers include BBC , NBC , Al Jazeera , ProPublica , National Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Financial Times , The Atlantic , Gannett News , and Le Monde – to name only a few .
Many other mainstream outlets are pocketing money for ‘ contracts ’ they have with the Gates Foundation , including Vox .
SEE ALSO : The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ’ s sponsorship of The Guardian These mainstream outlets claim there are no strings attached to this ‘ free money ’ from Gates , but upon closer examination , this relationship appears to be fraught with influence peddling and obvious conflicts of interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is with multiple global stakeholders in the much-hyped impending roll-out COVID vaccines – namely , through GAVI , and partnering with transnational pharmaceutical giants like AstraZeneca , Sanofi , Pfizer , Merck , J & J , Eli Lilly , Novartis , and others .
This is in addition to Gates funding of key ‘ global health ’ policy players like the Wellcome Trust , and the World Health Organization , as well as various government agencies – the likelihood of conflicts of interest is enormous .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that many of these same pharmaceutical firms are also the top advertising buyers on all of the major mainstream media outlets globally .
It ’ s also been revealed how Gates is funding the supposed ‘ fact checkers ’ currently being used by Facebook and other social media firms – which are aggressively censoring any information on their platforms which is critical of Gates and pharmaceutical firms , particularly in relation to COVID and vaccines .
In this way , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is effectively operating at the head off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even funded a 2016 report from the American Press Institute which was then used to develop reporting guidelines which supposedly tells newsrooms how maintain ‘ editorial independence from philanthropic funders.
’ Indeed , Gates has certainly covered all his bases .
The following investigative findings by one of America ’ s leading journalism review bodies should give cause for concern to news consumers all over the world .
Last August NPR profiled a Harvard-led experiment to help low-income families find housing in wealthier neighborhoods , giving their children access to better schools and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of poverty.
” According to researchers cited in the article , these children could see $ 183,000 greater earnings over their lifetimes—a striking forecast for a housing program still in its experimental stage .
If you squint as you read the story , you ’ ll notice that every quoted expert is connected to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , which helps fund the project .
And if you ’ re really paying attention , you ’ ll also see the editor ’ s note at the end of the story , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Gates .
NPR ’ s funding from Gates “ was not a factor in why or how we did the story , ” reporter Pam Fessler says , adding that her reporting went beyond the voices quoted in her article .
The story , nevertheless , is one of hundreds NPR has reported about the Gates Foundation or the work it funds , including myriad favorable pieces written from the perspective of Gates or its grantees .
And that speaks to a larger trend—and ethical issue—with billionaire philanthropists ’ bankrolling the news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agenda includes promoting charter schools , at one point funded part of the LA Times ’ reporting on education .
Charles Koch has made charitable donations to journalistic institutions such as the Poynter Institute , as well as to news outlets such as the Daily Caller , that support his conservative politics .
And the Rockefeller Foundation funds Vox ’ s Future Perfect , a reporting project that examines the world “ through the lens of effective altruism ” —often looking at philanthropy .
As philanthropists increasingly fill in the funding gaps at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to expand in the media downturn following the coronavirus pandemic—an underexamined worry is how this will affect the ways newsrooms report on their benefactors .
Nowhere does this concern loom larger than with the Gates Foundation , a leading donor to newsrooms and a frequent subject of favorable news coverage .
I recently examined nearly twenty thousand charitable grants the Gates Foundation had made through the end of June and found more than $ 250 million going toward journalism .
Recipients included news operations like the BBC , NBC , Al Jazeera , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Univision , Medium , the Financial Times , The Atlantic , the Texas Tribune , Gannett , Washington Monthly , Le Monde , and the Center for Investigative Reporting ; charitable organizations affiliated with news outlets , like BBC Media Action and the New York Times ’ Neediest Cases Fund ; media companies such as Participant , whose documentary Waiting for “ Superman ” supports Gates ’ s agenda on charter schools ; journalistic organizations such as the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting , the National Press Foundation , and the International @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of other groups creating news content or working on journalism , such as the Leo Burnett Company , an ad agency that Gates commissioned to create a “ news site ” to promote the success of aid groups .
In some cases , recipients say they distributed part of the funding as subgrants to other journalistic organizations—which makes it difficult to see the full picture of Gates ’ s funding into the fourth estate .
The foundation even helped fund a 2016 report from the American Press Institute that was used to develop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independence from philanthropic funders .
A top-level finding : “ There is little evidence that funders insist on or have any editorial review.
” Notably , the study ’ s underlying survey data showed that nearly a third of funders reported having seen at least some content they funded before publication .
Gates ’ s generosity appears to have helped foster an increasingly friendly media environment for the world ’ s most visible charity .
Twenty years ago , journalists scrutinized Bill Gates ’ s initial foray into philanthropy as a vehicle to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PR exercise to salvage his battered reputation following Microsoft ’ s bruising antitrust battle with the Department of Justice .
Today , the foundation is most often the subject of soft profiles and glowing editorials describing its good works .
During the pandemic , news outlets have widely looked to Bill Gates as a public health expert on covid—even though Gates has no medical training and is not a public official .
PolitiFact and USA Today ( run by the Poynter Institute and Gannett , respectively—both of which have received funds from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact-checking platforms to defend Gates from “ false conspiracy theories ” and “ misinformation , ” like the idea that the foundation has financial investments in companies developing covid vaccines and therapies .
In fact , the foundation ’ s website and most recent tax forms clearly show investments in such companies , including Gilead and CureVax .
In the same way that the news media has given Gates an outsize voice in the pandemic , the foundation has long used its charitable giving to shape the public discourse on everything from global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence that has landed Bill Gates on Forbes ’ s list of the most powerful people in the world .
The Gates Foundation can point to important charitable accomplishments over the past two decades—like helping drive down polio and putting new funds into fighting malaria—but even these efforts have drawn expert detractors who say that Gates may actually be introducing harm , or distracting us from more important , lifesaving public health projects .
From virtually any of Gates ’ s good deeds , reporters can also find problems with the foundation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to look .
But readers don ’ t hear these critical voices in the news as often or as loudly as Bill and Melinda ’ s .
News about Gates these days is often filtered through the perspectives of the many academics , nonprofits , and think tanks that Gates funds .
Sometimes it is delivered to readers by newsrooms with financial ties to the foundation .
The Gates Foundation declined multiple interview requests for this story and would not provide its own accounting of how much money it has put toward journalism… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Review

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Over the last decade, a small group of billionaire philanthropists have quietly moved into to seize control of key nodes of media, government policy, and education. They claim that they are merely trying to ‘fill in the funding gaps at struggling news organizations’ – especially in the wake of the coronavirus ‘pandemic.’ By far, the biggest player in this network is the Gates Foundation.
In short, Gates has long used his foundation’s charitable veneer to steer and shape the public discourse on global health. In the case of COVID and vaccines, it is believed that Gates is using his billions to parlay both access and favorable news coverage.
A recent investigation conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) reveals a number of disturbing findings which point to a multibillion dollar network of information control and narrative management – with Bill Gates squarely at the center.
“Gates’s generosity appears to have helped foster an increasingly friendly media environment for the world’s most visible charity.”
Up to June of 2020, Bill Gates has ploughed no less than $250 million in foundation grants into mainstream journalism.
Takers include BBC, NBC, Al Jazeera, ProPublica, National Journal, The Guardian, Univision, Medium, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Gannett News, and Le Monde – to name only a few. Many other mainstream outlets are pocketing money for ‘contracts’ they have with the Gates Foundation, including Vox.
SEE ALSO: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s sponsorship of The Guardian
These mainstream outlets claim there are no strings attached to this ‘free money’ from Gates, but upon closer examination, this relationship appears to be fraught with influence peddling and obvious conflicts of interest.
When one considers how intimately involved the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is with multiple global stakeholders in the much-hyped impending roll-out COVID vaccines – namely, through GAVI, and partnering with transnational pharmaceutical giants like AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Pfizer, Merck, J&J, Eli Lilly, Novartis, and others. This is in addition to Gates funding of key ‘global health’ policy players like the Wellcome Trust, and the World Health Organization, as well as various government agencies – the likelihood of conflicts of interest is enormous. Not least of all is the fact that many of these same pharmaceutical firms are also the top advertising buyers on all of the major mainstream media outlets globally.
It’s also been revealed how Gates is funding the supposed ‘fact checkers’ currently being used by Facebook and other social media firms – which are aggressively censoring any information on their platforms which is critical of Gates and pharmaceutical firms, particularly in relation to COVID and vaccines.
In this way, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is effectively operating at the head off an international cartel.
Incredibly, Gates even funded a 2016 report from the American Press Institute which was then used to develop reporting guidelines which supposedly tells newsrooms how maintain ‘editorial independence from philanthropic funders.’ Indeed, Gates has certainly covered all his bases.
The following investigative findings by one of America’s leading journalism review bodies should give cause for concern to news consumers all over the world.
Columbia Journalism Review reports…
Last August NPR profiled a Harvard-led experiment to help low-income families find housing in wealthier neighborhoods, giving their children access to better schools and an opportunity to “break the cycle of poverty.” According to researchers cited in the article, these children could see $183,000 greater earnings over their lifetimes—a striking forecast for a housing program still in its experimental stage.
If you squint as you read the story, you’ll notice that every quoted expert is connected to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which helps fund the project. And if you’re really paying attention, you’ll also see the editor’s note at the end of the story, which reveals that NPR itself receives funding from Gates.
NPR’s funding from Gates “was not a factor in why or how we did the story,” reporter Pam Fessler says, adding that her reporting went beyond the voices quoted in her article. The story, nevertheless, is one of hundreds NPR has reported about the Gates Foundation or the work it funds, including myriad favorable pieces written from the perspective of Gates or its grantees.
And that speaks to a larger trend—and ethical issue—with billionaire philanthropists’ bankrolling the news. The Broad Foundation, whose philanthropic agenda includes promoting charter schools, at one point funded part of the LA Times’ reporting on education. Charles Koch has made charitable donations to journalistic institutions such as the Poynter Institute, as well as to news outlets such as the Daily Caller, that support his conservative politics. And the Rockefeller Foundation funds Vox’s Future Perfect, a reporting project that examines the world “through the lens of effective altruism”—often looking at philanthropy.
As philanthropists increasingly fill in the funding gaps at news organizations—a role that is almost certain to expand in the media downturn following the coronavirus pandemic—an underexamined worry is how this will affect the ways newsrooms report on their benefactors. Nowhere does this concern loom larger than with the Gates Foundation, a leading donor to newsrooms and a frequent subject of favorable news coverage.
I recently examined nearly twenty thousand charitable grants the Gates Foundation had made through the end of June and found more than $250 million going toward journalism. Recipients included news operations like the BBC, NBC, Al Jazeera, ProPublica, National Journal, The Guardian, Univision, Medium, the Financial Times, The Atlantic, the Texas Tribune, Gannett, Washington Monthly, Le Monde, and the Center for Investigative Reporting; charitable organizations affiliated with news outlets, like BBC Media Action and the New York Times’ Neediest Cases Fund; media companies such as Participant, whose documentary Waiting for “Superman” supports Gates’s agenda on charter schools; journalistic organizations such as the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the National Press Foundation, and the International Center for Journalists; and a variety of other groups creating news content or working on journalism, such as the Leo Burnett Company, an ad agency that Gates commissioned to create a “news site” to promote the success of aid groups. In some cases, recipients say they distributed part of the funding as subgrants to other journalistic organizations—which makes it difficult to see the full picture of Gates’s funding into the fourth estate.
The foundation even helped fund a 2016 report from the American Press Institute that was used to develop guidelines on how newsrooms can maintain editorial independence from philanthropic funders. A top-level finding: “There is little evidence that funders insist on or have any editorial review.” Notably, the study’s underlying survey data showed that nearly a third of funders reported having seen at least some content they funded before publication.
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Gates’s generosity appears to have helped foster an increasingly friendly media environment for the world’s most visible charity. Twenty years ago, journalists scrutinized Bill Gates’s initial foray into philanthropy as a vehicle to enrich his software company, or a PR exercise to salvage his battered reputation following Microsoft’s bruising antitrust battle with the Department of Justice. Today, the foundation is most often the subject of soft profiles and glowing editorials describing its good works.
During the pandemic, news outlets have widely looked to Bill Gates as a public health expert on covid—even though Gates has no medical training and is not a public official. PolitiFact and USA Today (run by the Poynter Institute and Gannett, respectively—both of which have received funds from the Gates Foundation) have even used their fact-checking platforms to defend Gates from “false conspiracy theories” and “misinformation,” like the idea that the foundation has financial investments in companies developing covid vaccines and therapies. In fact, the foundation’s website and most recent tax forms clearly show investments in such companies, including Gilead and CureVax.
In the same way that the news media has given Gates an outsize voice in the pandemic, the foundation has long used its charitable giving to shape the public discourse on everything from global health to education to agriculture—a level of influence that has landed Bill Gates on Forbes’s list of the most powerful people in the world. The Gates Foundation can point to important charitable accomplishments over the past two decades—like helping drive down polio and putting new funds into fighting malaria—but even these efforts have drawn expert detractors who say that Gates may actually be introducing harm, or distracting us from more important, lifesaving public health projects.
From virtually any of Gates’s good deeds, reporters can also find problems with the foundation’s outsize power, if they choose to look. But readers don’t hear these critical voices in the news as often or as loudly as Bill and Melinda’s. News about Gates these days is often filtered through the perspectives of the many academics, nonprofits, and think tanks that Gates funds. Sometimes it is delivered to readers by newsrooms with financial ties to the foundation.
The Gates Foundation declined multiple interview requests for this story and would not provide its own accounting of how much money it has put toward journalism…
Continue the story at the Columbia Journalism Review
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-25--Van Morrison Protests Against COVID Gig Limits, Says Policy Based on ‘Pseudoscience’

Music legend Van Morrison is pushing back against government social distancing regulations , and that COVID shutdown rules are based shaky “ pseudoscience.
” The 74 year-old multiple Grammy Award-winning singer believes that the raft oppressive government rules could ruin the live music and hospitality industry .
The Irish entertainment icon launched a new campaign to “ Save Live Music ” , calling for society to resume normal capacity gigs and concerts , saying that , “ I call on my fellow singers , musicians , writers , producers , promoters and others in the industry to fight with me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand up , fight the pseudo-science and speak up.
” Morrison has already scheduled ‘ socially-distanced ’ gigs in England during September , but says this shouldn ’ t be confused with mindless compliance .
“ As you know , we are doing socially distanced gigs at Newcastle Upon Tyne ’ s Gosforth Park , Electric Ballroom and The London Palladium .
This is not a sign of compliance or acceptance of the current state of affairs , this is to get my band up and running and out of the doldrums .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward .
We need to be playing to full capacity audiences going forward.
” However , the establishment is also cleverly using the controversy to promote the unpopular effort to vaccination the global population with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine .
Billionaire music mogul Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has offered himself up as a volunteer for the much-hyped “ Oxford vaccine ” for COVID .
Lloyd Webber announced that he “ would do anything ” to get theaters open again for his productions .
Government lockdowns and arbitrary social distancing has already cost the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revenue .
Concert giant Live Nation recently revealed that its revenues collapsed by 98 % in the last financial quarter .
The six-month shutdown has also cost the industry more than $ 10 billion in corporate sponsorships , and also threatens to put tens of thousands of established music venues out of business permanently .

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Music legend Van Morrison is pushing back against government social distancing regulations, and says that COVID shutdown rules are based shaky “pseudoscience.” The 74 year-old multiple Grammy Award-winning singer believes that the raft of oppressive government rules could ruin the live music and hospitality industry.
The Irish entertainment icon launched a new campaign to “Save Live Music”, calling for society to resume normal capacity gigs and concerts, saying that, “I call on my fellow singers, musicians, writers, producers, promoters and others in the industry to fight with me on this.”
“Come forward, stand up, fight the pseudo-science and speak up.”
Morrison has already scheduled ‘socially-distanced’ gigs in England during September, but says this shouldn’t be confused with mindless compliance.
“As you know, we are doing socially distanced gigs at Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Gosforth Park, Electric Ballroom and The London Palladium. This is not a sign of compliance or acceptance of the current state of affairs, this is to get my band up and running and out of the doldrums. This is also not the answer going forward. We need to be playing to full capacity audiences going forward.”
Using Closures to Promote Vaccines
However, the establishment is also cleverly using the controversy to promote the unpopular effort to vaccination the global population with an experimental COVID-19 jab. Billionaire music mogul Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has offered himself up as a volunteer for the much-hyped “Oxford vaccine” for COVID. Lloyd Webber announced that he “would do anything” to get theaters open again for his productions.
Just completed the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial. I’ll do anything to get theatres large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work. – ALW #SaveOurStages @nivassoc pic.twitter.com/pIcYZJPLps — Andrew Lloyd Webber (@OfficialALW) August 13, 2020
Government lockdowns and arbitrary social distancing has already cost the global music industry billions of dollars in revenue. Concert giant Live Nation recently revealed that its revenues collapsed by 98% in the last financial quarter.
The six-month shutdown has also cost the industry more than $10 billion in corporate sponsorships, and also threatens to put tens of thousands of established music venues out of business permanently.
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-25--Jim Crow in Reverse: NYU Black Student Group Wants Segregated Housing

There once was a time in American when whites and blacks came together to end the policy of segregation , instead bring people together , as one nation .
This was the dream illustrated by America ’ s historic civil rights pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr , Rosa Parks and many others .
However , in recent years political trends have led some minority groups to want to reverse decades of integration – and instead re-divide society based on race and skin color .
Ironically , these renewed calls for segregation are not coming from conservative white quarters , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within the black community , and the radical ‘ progressive ’ wing of the Democratic Party .
NYU students in in Manhattan gather for a Black Lives Matter protest opposing the election of Donald Trump at President of the United States on November 16 , 2016 This driven began gaining traction in 2016 , when some black college students across the country started to demand they be segregated from their white peers – calling for specially designated “ safe spaces ” on university campuses , supposedly to protect them from racial ‘ microaggressions.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ later drawn-up and given to campus administrators across America , published by the Black Liberation Collective at TheDemands.org .
Despite the regressive nature of this policy push to segregate students by race , university administrators appear to be caving in to many of their political demands .
A student task force at New York University who call themselves the Black Violets , are pushing for segregated housing in dormitories .
The Black Violets created a petition in July to establish floors specifically for black students in NYU student housing .
The petition , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reads “ We , members of the Black student body , demand that NYU implement Black student housing on campus in the vein of themed engagement floors across first-year and upperclassmen residence halls.
” The first demand listed on the petition is to create “ floors completely comprised of Black-identifying students with Black Resident Assistants.
” Nai Robinson , co-founder of the Black Violets , told Washington Street News that currently black students are not cared for on NYU ’ s campus .
“ There is nothing to protect us , ” Robinson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place .
What do you do when your professor is racist and wants to take it out on your grades ?
Microaggressions in classroom discussions ?
” The Black Violets outlined other initiatives they are focusing on which include hiring black professors in the political science department and creating a black student lounge on campus .
The university could not be immediately reached for comment but a university spokesperson , John Beckman , told Washington Street News : “ We appreciate the petition authors ’ position .
Res Life staff have reached out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discuss how we might move forward with their goals .
Given the COVID-related challenges to the student housing system for 2020-2021 , these conversations would be aiming towards 2021-2022.
” NYU is not the first university to see a push towards segregation in housing .
In 2016 California State University implemented the Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community .
The residential community is “ designed to enhance the residential experience for students who are a part of or interested in issues of concern to the black community.
” Continue this story at The Federalist

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There once was a time in American when whites and blacks came together to end the policy of segregation, instead bring people together, as one nation. This was the dream illustrated by America’s historic civil rights pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and many others.
However, in recent years political trends have led some minority groups to want to reverse decades of integration – and instead re-divide society based on race and skin color. Ironically, these renewed calls for segregation are not coming from conservative white quarters, but rather, from radical student activists within the black community, and the radical ‘progressive’ wing of the Democratic Party.
NYU students in in Manhattan gather for a Black Lives Matter protest opposing the election of Donald Trump at President of the United States on November 16, 2016 (Bria Webb/Reuters)
This driven began gaining traction in 2016, when some black college students across the country started to demand they be segregated from their white peers – calling for specially designated “safe spaces” on university campuses, supposedly to protect them from racial ‘microaggressions.’ An extensive list of demands were later drawn-up and given to campus administrators across America, published by the Black Liberation Collective at TheDemands.org.
Despite the regressive nature of this policy push to segregate students by race, university administrators appear to be caving in to many of their political demands.
The Federalist reports…
A student task force at New York University who call themselves the Black Violets, are pushing for segregated housing in dormitories. The Black Violets created a petition in July to establish floors specifically for black students in NYU student housing.
The petition, which currently has over 1,000 signatures, reads “We, members of the Black student body, demand that NYU implement Black student housing on campus in the vein of themed engagement floors across first-year and upperclassmen residence halls.” The first demand listed on the petition is to create “floors completely comprised of Black-identifying students with Black Resident Assistants.”
Nai Robinson, co-founder of the Black Violets, told Washington Street News that currently black students are not cared for on NYU’s campus. “There is nothing to protect us,” Robinson said. “Literally no systems in place. What do you do when your professor is racist and wants to take it out on your grades? Microaggressions in classroom discussions?”
The Black Violets outlined other initiatives they are focusing on which include hiring black professors in the political science department and creating a black student lounge on campus.
The university could not be immediately reached for comment but a university spokesperson, John Beckman, told Washington Street News:
“We appreciate the petition authors’ position. Res Life staff have reached out to the authors of the petition to discuss how we might move forward with their goals. Given the COVID-related challenges to the student housing system for 2020-2021, these conversations would be aiming towards 2021-2022.”
NYU is not the first university to see a push towards segregation in housing. In 2016 California State University implemented the Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community. The residential community is “designed to enhance the residential experience for students who are a part of or interested in issues of concern to the black community.”
Continue this story at The Federalist
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-25--RFK Jr. Talks with Ron Paul: ‘Do Not Trust the Medical or National Security Establishment’

How powerful is the transnational Medical Industrial Complex ?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the nephew of US President John @ @ @ @ @ of JFK ’ s brother Robert F. Kennedy , and has been a tireless crusader @ @ @ @ @ mainstream medical establishment .
The Liberty Report ’ s host Dr Ron Paul talks with @ @ @ @ @ killed his father and uncle and why , and also about why Kennedy is working @ @ @ @ @ has been among the most vocal and most successful opponents of the transnational pharmaceutical industry @ @ @ @ @ medicate and vaccinate the population for profit .
RFK explains how he reluctantly dedicated his @ @ @ @ @ push for mandatory vaccines , and has been documenting the injuries and deaths to the @ @ @ @ @ .
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How powerful is the transnational Medical Industrial Complex?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the nephew of US President John F. Kennedy, and son of JFK’s brother Robert F. Kennedy, and has been a tireless crusader against the tyranny of the mainstream medical establishment. The Liberty Report’s host Dr Ron Paul talks with RFK Jr. about who really killed his father and uncle and why, and also about why Kennedy is working as an environmental lawyer and has been among the most vocal and most successful opponents of the transnational pharmaceutical industry in opposing its drive to medicate and vaccinate the population for profit. RFK explains how he reluctantly dedicated his career to fighting the corporatist push for mandatory vaccines, and has been documenting the injuries and deaths to the recipients of these controversial treatments. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-27--COVID Vérité: Leading French Expert Destroys Gov’t Case for Masks and Lockdown

For months , government officials in countries like the United States and Britain have been claiming that the world is in the midst of an unprecedented ‘ pandemic ’ .
But how much of this crisis is truly down to a pathogen and how much is really down to governments ’ reactionary lockdown policies ?
Are decisions really being made based on sound science , or are they being made based on hype and hysteria ?
Leading French public health expert , Professor of Medicine Jean-François Toussaint , appeared on mainstream French television recently where he exposed the wanton hysteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed ‘ pandemic ’ of COVID-19 .
According to the data presented by Toussaint , the epidemic is long since over .
In recent months , government officials and mainstream media have abandoned talking about deaths and hospitalizations ( which have dropped to near zero , no longer a ‘ crisis ’ ) and instead have pivoted to aggressively promoting the idea of “ spikes ” and “ cases ” as being a measure of crisis now .
His conclusions are backed up by the latest data from France and around Europe – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Second Wave ” and in all likely reality , there will not be one .
The virus has clearly extinguished itself .
This stark presentation effectively nullifies the governments ’ claim that the public should be wearing masks and that lockdowns are somehow necessary to ‘ stop the virus ’ .
Watch : NOTE : H/T to Ivor Cummins for curating this important video .

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For months, government officials in countries like the United States and Britain have been claiming that the world is in the midst of an unprecedented ‘pandemic’. But how much of this crisis is truly down to a pathogen and how much is really down to governments’ reactionary lockdown policies? Are decisions really being made based on sound science, or are they being made based on hype and hysteria?
Leading French public health expert, Professor of Medicine Jean-François Toussaint, appeared on mainstream French television recently where he exposed the wanton hysteria which has gripped western countries over the supposed ‘pandemic’ of COVID-19. According to the data presented by Toussaint, the epidemic is long since over. In recent months, government officials and mainstream media have abandoned talking about deaths and hospitalizations (which have dropped to near zero, no longer a ‘crisis’) and instead have pivoted to aggressively promoting the idea of “spikes” and “cases” as being a measure of crisis now. His conclusions are backed up by the latest data from France and around Europe – and shows there was never any “Second Wave” and in all likely reality, there will not be one. The virus has clearly extinguished itself. This stark presentation effectively nullifies the governments’ claim that the public should be wearing masks and that lockdowns are somehow necessary to ‘stop the virus’. Watch:
NOTE: H/T to Ivor Cummins for curating this important video.
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-26--INTERVIEW: George Szamuely on 2020 Election and Belarus Color Revolution

In EP 338 of the SUNDAY WIRE host Patrick Henningsen speaks with global affairs analyst George Szamuely , author of @ @ @ @ @ NATO ’ s Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia ” to unpack the Democrat National ( virtual @ @ @ @ @ hawks already circling , we ask what would a Biden Administration ’ s foreign policy @ @ @ @ @ , who ’ s really driving the current US and EU-backed ‘ color revolution ’ @ @ @ @ @ READ MORE US ELECTION NEWS AT : 21st Century Wire 2020 Files

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In EP 338 of the SUNDAY WIRE host Patrick Henningsen speaks with global affairs analyst George Szamuely, author of “Bombs for Peace: NATO’s Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia” to unpack the Democrat National (virtual) Convention. With the hawks already circling, we ask what would a Biden Administration’s foreign policy might look like? Also, who’s really driving the current US and EU-backed ‘color revolution’ in Belarus? Listen:
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-26--Australian Woman is Jailed for Six months for Breaking COVID Quarantine Rules

Recently , the world spotlight has been on the Australian government , as they impose draconian lockdown measures in the state of Victoria – all under the guise of “ fighting COVID-19.
” More than any other country , Australia appears to be ground zero for advancing the globalist New Normal agenda .
This latest lockdown incident demonstrates the lengths to which the government is prepared go in order to restrict movement of its citizens .
A woman has been slapped with a six-month prison sentence after breaking strict Australian coronavirus quarantine rules .
Asher Faye Vander Sanden , 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to breaking Western Australia ’ s emergency coronavirus laws by sneaking into the state in a truck .
Ms Vander Sanden was arrested at her partner ’ s home in Perth suburb Scarborough on August 11 after travelling by road from the state of Victoria – a journey of around 2,000 miles .
She had been given permission to fly to Perth and quarantine in a hotel for 14 days before meeting her boyfriend .
Local police launched an investigation when Ms Vander Sanden did not arrive at Perth airport .
She appeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Women ’ s Prison where she was hit with a sentence of six months and one day in jail .
Western Australia has harsh punishments for anyone who breaks its 14-day quarantine rules .
Offenders can be jailed for up to 12 months and be fined as much as A $ 50,000 ( about £27,300 ) .

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Recently, the world spotlight has been on the Australian government, as they impose draconian lockdown measures in the state of Victoria – all under the guise of “fighting COVID-19.”
More than any other country, Australia appears to be ground zero for advancing the globalist New Normal agenda.
This latest lockdown incident demonstrates the lengths to which the government is prepared go in order to restrict movement of its citizens.
Evening Standard reports…
A woman has been slapped with a six-month prison sentence after breaking strict Australian coronavirus quarantine rules.
Asher Faye Vander Sanden, 28, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court to breaking Western Australia’s emergency coronavirus laws by sneaking into the state in a truck.
Ms Vander Sanden was arrested at her partner’s home in Perth suburb Scarborough on August 11 after travelling by road from the state of Victoria – a journey of around 2,000 miles.
She had been given permission to fly to Perth and quarantine in a hotel for 14 days before meeting her boyfriend.
Local police launched an investigation when Ms Vander Sanden did not arrive at Perth airport.
She appeared in court on Tuesday remotely from Bandyup Women’s Prison where she was hit with a sentence of six months and one day in jail.
Ms Vander Sanden was made eligible for parole.
Western Australia has harsh punishments for anyone who breaks its 14-day quarantine rules. Offenders can be jailed for up to 12 months and be fined as much as A$50,000 (about £27,300).
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-25--The Australian Soviet: PM Morrison Closes Borders, Imposes New Authoritarian Measures

Earlier this month the world witnessed a number of disturbing scenes coming from Down Under .
After announcing what was a marginal amount of alleged COVID ‘ cases ’ in the State of Victoria in Australia , the government proceeded to institute one of the most draconian lockdowns ever seen .
As a result , the country ’ s economy has crashed even further , forcing hundreds of thousands on welfare .
It soon became clear that Australia was going to be the ground zero test bed for the globalists ’ ‘ New Normal ’ agenda .
Because of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Victoria and New South Wales , the country ’ s leadership decided to impose one of the worst lockdowns in the world .
For its law abiding citizens , the prospects of a quarantine-free travel and freedom of movement has become a thing of the past .
How long the current impasse will last is anyone ’ s guess .
For millions of Australians , a dark reality is now beginning to set in : if you own a passport , you probably won ’ t be able to use it anytime this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year too .
Last week we learned that Prime Minister Scott Morrison told his subjects that it is “ unlikely ” that Australia ’ s borders will be closed until Christmas 2020 , and more likely beyond that into spring of 2021 .
“ I would welcome if by Christmas it were possible , but I think it ’ s unlikely that we [ will be ] able to move back to a restriction-free society [ by then ] , ” said the PM .
“ I doubt that is going to happen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will enable it.
” The announcement means that the countries electorate are effectively prisoners of the state – a situation not unlike the heavy hand of state control experienced in the Soviet Union , where party commisars forbid its citizens from freely travelling in and out of the country , with heavily surveilled and restricted movement between states , along with state restrictions on freedom of assembly in public – all of which are now set features under the current regime in Australia .
The Financial Times describes the situation as followers : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terminally ill , her first thought was to fly back to the UK .
But as a permanent Australian resident she was banned from leaving the country owing to coronavirus travel restrictions and her request for an exemption on compassionate grounds was turned down .
“ My grandmother has been such an instrumental part of my life , I just want the chance to say goodbye and for my children to say goodbye , ” said the British-born mother of two , who did not want her full name disclosed as she appeals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banning its residents and citizens from leaving the country , the government also made the unprecedented move to shut its borders to non-residents , imposing caps of 4,000 passengers per week for expats ‘ permitted ’ to return home .
In a recent piece by writer Caitlin Fitzsimmons , the situation was described as ‘ On par with North Korea ’ , with many MPs now forced to deal an increasing numbers of requests to help people stranded in Australia because of the international travel ban , and also citizens hamstrung overseas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ North Korea , in terms of , are we now a prison state , that unless you can justify yourself to the department , you can not leave the country ?
” said MP Zali Steggall .
“ Even in times of war , we don ’ t have that kind of restriction so it does seem a little extreme.
” PM Morrison ’ s diktats should come as no surprise to anyone who was paying attention when listening to statements made by the country ’ s flagship carrier Qantas Airlines , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its international routes until March 2021 at the earliest , but more likely until July 2021 .
Despite its seemingly strict quarantine policies , recent data sets show that thousands of foreign visitors have been pouring into the country each month .
In the near term , its only visible lifeline to the outside world may be with its antipodean neighbor New Zealand , whose government is currently being run by a Tony Blair disciple and committed globalist , Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern , who recent moved to shut the country down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases ’ were detected , triggering more mass hysteria of a ‘ second wave ’ surge of coronavirus there .
More worrying though is PM Morrison and his officials recent comments implying that Australians will be subject mandatory vaccinations as soon as the new fast-tracked experimental COVID vaccine is finally made available .
Such a policy would likely give way to a new system of digital “ immunity passports , ” with Australia already far down the road in developing comprehensive digital identity systems .
When you combine this extreme policy initiative with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s borders , it soon becomes clear that the government in Canberra is willing to go all the way in suspending basic freedoms like travel and free movement – in order to make the population submit to its demands of medical martial law .
Australian libertarian Gideon Rozner raises the alarm regarding Prime Minister Scott Morrison ’ s unprecedented power grab against his own electorate : This latest regressive move by the government is historic , and it has left many Australians to question the legitimacy of such totalitarian measures supposedly laid down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so few people in their country in comparison to other nations around the world which haven ’ t enacted such harsh authoritarian measures .
All of this has left millions of resident confused about where they stand going forward .
Want to leave Australia ?
You better have a good reason .
A son or daughter getting married overseas won ’ t do the trick .
A funeral in another country probably won ’ t be justification .
Since the Australian government ’ s international travel ban came into effect in March , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been lodged , and only 22,640 of those have been approved .
That ’ s almost 70,000 people who have asked to travel from Australia to another country and been denied .
That ’ s 75 per cent of applications turned down .
And those people , you would expect , had at least some sort of reason to depart the country other than pure pleasure .
Contrast that with Europe right now , where citizens of most countries are permitted to come and go as they please , for whatever reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of your Europe-based friends having their summer holidays as they usually would , in Greece or Italy or Croatia .
The pandemic doesn ’ t seem to matter too much over there : even those from Britain , where there are 1000 new cases of coronavirus a day , are allowed to travel , with quarantine-free re-entry from 68 countries and territories worldwide .
Brits can even holiday in designated COVID-19 “ hotspots ” such as Spain and France if they really want to , though two weeks of self-quarantine is required upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty good right now , particularly to Australians who are being kept under lock and key , with almost no chance to exercise what many of us thought was an inalienable right to leave the country whenever we please .
Brits , meanwhile , can just keep calm and carry on .
And yet , those complaining loudest seem to be from the United Kingdom .
British citizens are moaning about having holiday plans disrupted by recently introduced self-isolation requirements .
There ’ s been a political tussle and plenty of opposition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” – self-isolation requirements – on visits to other countries .
In Australia , meanwhile ?
Barely a word of complaint about the strongest travel restrictions any of us have ever faced .
Not only can we not even leave our own country right now , most of us can ’ t even leave our own state .
And rather than stage a mass protest , for the most part people are just soldiering on…

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IMAGE: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Earlier this month the world witnessed a number of disturbing scenes coming from Down Under. After announcing what was a marginal amount of alleged COVID ‘cases’ in the State of Victoria in Australia, the government proceeded to institute one of the most draconian lockdowns ever seen. As a result, the country’s economy has crashed even further, forcing hundreds of thousands on welfare. It soon became clear that Australia was going to be the ground zero test bed for the globalists’ ‘New Normal’ agenda.
Because of a relative handful of cases in regions like Victoria and New South Wales, the country’s leadership decided to impose one of the worst lockdowns in the world. For its law abiding citizens, the prospects of a quarantine-free travel and freedom of movement has become a thing of the past.
How long the current impasse will last is anyone’s guess. For millions of Australians, a dark reality is now beginning to set in: if you own a passport, you probably won’t be able to use it anytime this year, and possibly well into next year too.
Last week we learned that Prime Minister Scott Morrison told his subjects that it is “unlikely” that Australia’s borders will be closed until Christmas 2020, and more likely beyond that into spring of 2021.
“I would welcome if by Christmas it were possible, but I think it’s unlikely that we [will be] able to move back to a restriction-free society [by then],” said the PM. “I doubt that is going to happen, and I doubt the medical situation will enable it.”
The announcement means that the countries electorate are effectively prisoners of the state – a situation not unlike the heavy hand of state control experienced in the Soviet Union, where party commisars forbid its citizens from freely travelling in and out of the country, with heavily surveilled and restricted movement between states, along with state restrictions on freedom of assembly in public – all of which are now set features under the current regime in Australia.
The Financial Times describes the situation as followers:
When Jody learnt that her grandmother was terminally ill, her first thought was to fly back to the UK. But as a permanent Australian resident she was banned from leaving the country owing to coronavirus travel restrictions and her request for an exemption on compassionate grounds was turned down. “My grandmother has been such an instrumental part of my life, I just want the chance to say goodbye and for my children to say goodbye,” said the British-born mother of two, who did not want her full name disclosed as she appeals against the decision.
IMAGE: Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews delivering his nightly diktats.
In addition to banning its residents and citizens from leaving the country, the government also made the unprecedented move to shut its borders to non-residents, imposing caps of 4,000 passengers per week for expats ‘permitted’ to return home.
In a recent piece by writer Caitlin Fitzsimmons, the situation was described as ‘On par with North Korea’, with many MPs now forced to deal an increasing numbers of requests to help people stranded in Australia because of the international travel ban, and also citizens hamstrung overseas.
“It puts us on par with North Korea, in terms of, are we now a prison state, that unless you can justify yourself to the department, you cannot leave the country?” said MP Zali Steggall.
“Even in times of war, we don’t have that kind of restriction so it does seem a little extreme.”
PM Morrison’s diktats should come as no surprise to anyone who was paying attention when listening to statements made by the country’s flagship carrier Qantas Airlines, who took the decision to cancel the bulk of its international routes until March 2021 at the earliest, but more likely until July 2021.
Despite its seemingly strict quarantine policies, recent data sets show that thousands of foreign visitors have been pouring into the country each month.
In the near term, its only visible lifeline to the outside world may be with its antipodean neighbor New Zealand, whose government is currently being run by a Tony Blair disciple and committed globalist, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who recent moved to shut the country down after a only handful of supposed ‘cases’ were detected, triggering more mass hysteria of a ‘second wave’ surge of coronavirus there.
More worrying though is PM Morrison and his officials recent comments implying that Australians will be subject mandatory vaccinations as soon as the new fast-tracked experimental COVID vaccine is finally made available. Such a policy would likely give way to a new system of digital “immunity passports,” with Australia already far down the road in developing comprehensive digital identity systems. When you combine this extreme policy initiative with the shutting down of the country’s borders, it soon becomes clear that the government in Canberra is willing to go all the way in suspending basic freedoms like travel and free movement – in order to make the population submit to its demands of medical martial law.
Australian libertarian Gideon Rozner raises the alarm regarding Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s unprecedented power grab against his own electorate:
Scott Morrison's ban on international departures and 'cap' on overseas flight arrivals is causing pain for thousands of people, and rendering many Australians basically stateless. Freedom of movement is a basic human right. #auspol My response on @TheIPA With You podcast: pic.twitter.com/B7FG5FPh8D — Gideon Rozner (@GideonCRozner) August 23, 2020
This latest regressive move by the government is historic, and it has left many Australians to question the legitimacy of such totalitarian measures supposedly laid down in response to a virus which affects so few people in their country in comparison to other nations around the world which haven’t enacted such harsh authoritarian measures.
All of this has left millions of resident confused about where they stand going forward.
Traveller.com.au reports…
Want to leave Australia? You better have a good reason.
A son or daughter getting married overseas won’t do the trick. A funeral in another country probably won’t be justification. Since the Australian government’s international travel ban came into effect in March, more than 90,000 applications to leave Australia have been lodged, and only 22,640 of those have been approved.
That’s almost 70,000 people who have asked to travel from Australia to another country and been denied. That’s 75 per cent of applications turned down. And those people, you would expect, had at least some sort of reason to depart the country other than pure pleasure.
Contrast that with Europe right now, where citizens of most countries are permitted to come and go as they please, for whatever reason. You’ve probably seen photos of your Europe-based friends having their summer holidays as they usually would, in Greece or Italy or Croatia.
The pandemic doesn’t seem to matter too much over there: even those from Britain, where there are 1000 new cases of coronavirus a day, are allowed to travel, with quarantine-free re-entry from 68 countries and territories worldwide. Brits can even holiday in designated COVID-19 “hotspots” such as Spain and France if they really want to, though two weeks of self-quarantine is required upon their return.
(…) Sounds pretty good right now, particularly to Australians who are being kept under lock and key, with almost no chance to exercise what many of us thought was an inalienable right to leave the country whenever we please. Brits, meanwhile, can just keep calm and carry on.
And yet, those complaining loudest seem to be from the United Kingdom. British citizens are moaning about having holiday plans disrupted by recently introduced self-isolation requirements. There’s been a political tussle and plenty of opposition to plans to impose more “handbrake restrictions” – self-isolation requirements – on visits to other countries.
In Australia, meanwhile? Barely a word of complaint about the strongest travel restrictions any of us have ever faced. Not only can we not even leave our own country right now, most of us can’t even leave our own state. And rather than stage a mass protest, for the most part people are just soldiering on…
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-25--A Good Friday in the New Turkey: ‘It’s a Gas-Gas-Gas’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promoting the discovery of a major natural gas reserve off Black Sea coast , at the Dolmabahce Palace Presidential Work Office in Istanbul , Turkey on 21 August 2020 .
( Image Source : TCCB/Murat Çetinmühürdar – Anadolu Agency ) On Friday , 21 August 2020 , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( aka the Prez ) took to the stage to make a well-publicised announcement : “ Turkey has made its biggest natural gas discovery , ” and he went on to speak about a ” new era ” for the country and its standing in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unshaken faith in his creator , the Prez also stated that “ [ n ] ew discoveries of natural gas are highly possible , ” expressing his hope that Turkish exploration teams will discover more hidden oil and gas wealth in due time .
Speaking at the Kalyon Güneş Teknolojileri factory on Wednesday , 19 August , Turkey ’ s President announced that he would have ‘ good tidings ’ ( or müjde , in Turkish ) to announce on the following Friday .
While opening a factory that has received a $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ panels , a clearly proud and happy Erdoğan made the announcement , leading many to speculate that his announced-and-as-yet-undeclared ‘ good tidings ’ would be about some kind of energy-related enterprise and and/or discovery .
And , writing for Bloomberg on the same day and at about the same time , Çağan Koc , Selcan Hacaoğlu , and Aslı Kandemir all but confirmed this expectation while taking the wind our of the Prez ’ s sails : “ Turkey has discovered energy in the Black Sea , most likely natural gas , two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Wednesday [ , 19 August 2020 ] , but gave no indication of the size and depth of the find , nor how difficult it will be to extract.
” In fact , Bloomberg even tweeted about their scoop , in this way totally deflating Tayyip Erdoğan ’ s best-laid plans to surprise Turkey and the world with his müjde .
In fact , last year , Turkey ’ s strongman had already made such stunning statements – statements that subsequently proved all but illusory if not misleading .
Speaking in Edirne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ [ w ] e have discovered new gas fields [ holding ] 3 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves , which will double the gas production present in [ the province of ] Thrace .
This figure is in the order of a capacity that will meet 10 years ’ worth of gas demand of 300,000 households.
” At the time , Erdoğan was speaking in the run up to the national local elections ( 31 March 2019 ) .
In spite of these encouraging words , Edirne ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposition CHP ( or Republican People ’ s Party ) ’ s Recep Gürkan with a % 44.9 share of the vote .
As a result , some voices have now aired the opinion that the recent ‘ good tidings ’ should also be understood as an electioneering stunt , as general elections are scheduled to be held in Turkey on or before 25 June 2023 The veteran Turkish journalist Murat Yetkin , who famously left the one-time flagship daily Hürriyet following the hostile take-over of the Doğan Haber Ajansı ( DHA ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( DHA ) , all but confirms such an impression .
Writing on his personal blog , Yetkin does not mince his words : “ Erdoğan wants some kind of election guarantee from the citizens as he says the gas extraction will start in 2023 .
It looks as if the President wants to give an impression that any other government else than his would not like to benefit from this valuable discovery that the country made after such long years of research.
” As a Middle-Eastern country lacking serious hydrocarbon reserves of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reliant upon gas and oil imports – from Russia and Iran primarily .
At the same time , the AKP-led governments have over the years been prospecting for oil and gas throughout the whole of the country .
In fact , Tayyip Erdoğan and his henchmen have been enthusiastically investigating the land and its past in order to discover hitherto unknown sources of energy within Turkey ’ s borders .
Yetkin insightfully remarks that before “ the 2007 elections , it was announced that natural gas was found in Thrace and Salt Lake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2010 constitutional referendum , Turkey found oil in Manisa and Ergani.
” More than ten year ago , the then-Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız spoke at the 9th International Oil and Gas Conference at Ankara ’ s Sheraton Hotel ( 16-17 March 2010 ) , to declare that “ there are big and significant natural gas and oil reserves in the east of Turkey .
Turkey shapes its energy policies and diplomacy by taking them into consideration.
” Yıldız ’ s statement was clearly devoid of any truth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went as far as fearlessly combining economic needs and necessities with the nation ’ s leaders ’ pseudo-Ottoman proclivities , saying that Turkey has “ as many [ oil ] wells as Saudi Arabia , but [ the Saudis ] are only able to extract 10 million barrels [ of oil ] .
[ Turkey , on the other hand ] is able to extract 50 million barrels.
” Though his statement made on national television also clearly lacked any base in reality , Yıldız ’ s bold claims relied on information contained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ’ commissioned by Sultan Abdülhamid II ( 1876-1909 ) .
In 2012 , Taner Yıldız had presented Abdülhamid ’ s ‘ Oil Map ’ to the Turkish press , as historical evidence of Turkey ’ s untapped energy resources .
This map was in fact prepared by a German team in the year 1901 , in the context of the construction of the Berlin-Baghdad-Basra rail link .
According to the AKP Minister Yıldız , “ [ t ] his map also includes such places like Batman and Adıyaman where we are now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And in February 2013 , speaking on the state broadcaster TRT ’ s programme Neler Oluyor , Yıldız said that “ [ t ] his map can become real .
This map is congruent with today ’ s scientific research .
That is the interesting [ part ] .
” In reality though Sultan Abdülhamid ’ s ‘ Oil Map ’ proved to be yet another pipe dream .
As related by Yetkin , before “ the 2014 elections , the good news [ was ] the finding of shale gas in Diyarbakır @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s demand for 40 years .
Ahead of the June 7 , 2015 election , it was announced that natural gas was found in Thrace , and before the Nov. 1 , 2015 election , natural gas was discovered in the Black Sea .
Before the 2018 elections , new oil fields were found in Mardin , Şırnak , Hakkari , Batman and Siirt and natural gas in Thrace.
” But now , the Prez himself is adamant that the drillship Fatih has discovered rich gas holdings ( “ some 320 billion cubic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , within Turkey ’ s territorial waters .
But the online news website Ahval puts forward that many ‘ analysts and officials have said Erdoğan ’ s recent foreign and domestic ventures – including converting the Hagia Sopha landmark into a mosque and risking a direct confrontation with neighbouring Greece over territorial disputes – are designed to divert the Turkish public ’ s attention away from Turkey ’ s cratering economy.
’ For , one should not lose track of the fact that though the drillship Fatih discovered gas under the Black Sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Mediterranean , while claiming a special territorial relationship with Libya across the water on the African continent .
As the Greek journalist John Psaropoulos , whom I am happy to call my friend , points out : “ Twice in three weeks this summer , Greece and Turkey poised to clash in the Eastern Mediterranean .
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Greek and Turkish navies fanned out across the Aegean and east Mediterranean .
The two NATO allies have come closer to open conflict than they have since 1996 , when Turkey planted a flag @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Aegean , and since 1987 , when Turkey again sent a survey ship into the north Aegean.
” But in spite of this recent and loud sabre-rattling , Psaropoulos correctly point out that “ Turkey seeks to corner Greece into a maritime territorial settlement.
” For , the Prez is really looking for a deal , a deal would skirt “ past established international legal norms , [ a deal that would ] force Greece , and later Cyprus , to declare their vast continental shelves joint development zones with Turkey.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prez to replicate his Black Sea ‘ good tidings.
’ As Fatih ’ s find does not really appear to be that significant at the end of the day , as underlined by the Turkish economist Uğur Gürses : Turkey ’ s domestic “ consumption of roughly 45 billion square cubes [ of natural gas ] a year roughly translates to seven years of production.
” And that means , that the drillship Fatih might just be able to carry the Prez and his AKP henchmen into the uncharted territories beyond the centenary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second century of Turkey ’ s existence promises to be an era quite unlike any in the Republic ’ s history , an era that would undoubtedly flourish with Mediterranean gas to fund and uphold Tayyip Erdoğan ’ s pseudo-Ottoman dreams of the New Turkey as an Islamic state in its own right .
Other than Erdoğan ’ s müjde on 21 August , another event also occupied the headlines and shocked people all around the world : The Kariye Museum , which had previously been known as the Church of the Holy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a mosque .
Following last month ’ s re-conversion of the Ayasofya , this 11th-century Orthodox church that had been a mosque following the conquest of Istanbul but was used as a museum since 1945 – the building namely houses most exquisite examples of Byzantine frescoes and mosaics – was also turned into a mosque again .
Still , this event should not have come as a surprise : a “ Turkish court [ already ] in November [ 2019 ] annulled Chora ’ s museum status and [ now ] on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Erdogan declared ‘ the management of the Kariye Mosque be transferred to the Religious Affairs Directorate [ or Diyanet ] , and opened to worship.
’ The pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper reported that Turkey ’ s religious authorities plan to cover the renowned Byzantine-era frescoes and mosaics during prayers.
” In this way , in the space of but a month , the Prez turned two important samples of Istanbul ’ s pre-Ottoman cultural heritage into Muslim places of worship .
At the same time , another well-known relic of the city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack now : namely , the Galata tower , built by the Genoese in 1348 as part of the city wall surrounding its trade colony in the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople .
Following the conquest of the city , Sultan Mehmed II ( 1451-81 ) , popularly known as “ Fatih ” or “ The Conqueror in Turkey , ” ordered the demolition of the wall , but allowed the tower to remain .
In the following centuries , the Galata Tower became part and parcel of the Ottoman city and entered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tower which had been part of the remit of the Istanbul Municipality for the past 164 years , became subject to the AKP Ministry of Culture and Tourism by means of a sudden legal decree .
And subsequently , the Ministry set to work straightaway , initiating its renovation , “ one jackhammer blow at a time.
” Whether this is but the outcome of the common misapprehension present in Turkey when it comes to renovation and restoration , or the result of Ankara ’ s attempt to rid the erstwhile Ottoman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open question .
At the same time , employing the ongoing coronavirus hysteria as an excuse , the Ankara government has cancelled this year ’ s Victory Day celebrations ( Zafer Bayramı ) , commemorating Mustafa Kemal ’ s victory over the Greek military at Dumlupınar in 1922 .
This victory ended the War of Independence ( 1919-22 ) and directly led to the signature of the Treary of Lausanne ( 24 July 1923 ) and the subsequent foundation of the Republic of Turkey ( 29 October 1923 ) .
Are these portents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ henchmen are really getting ready to bring back Islamic rule to Turkey on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish state ’ s foundation .
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Will the culmination of the AKP policy of Sunnification be the foundation of a pseudo-Ottoman Federation of Islamic Peoples of Anatolia , arguably still called Turkey yet ruled by Sharia law ?
Will this also lead to a revived Caliphate and a united Islamic world following Turkey ’ s lead ?
We will arguably find out in about three years ’ time .
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*** 21WIRE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independent historian and geo-political analyst who used to live in Istanbul .
At present , he is in self-imposed exile from Turkey .
He has a wide interest in the politics , history and culture of the Balkans , the greater Middle East , and the world beyond .
He attended the VUB in Brussels and did his graduate work at the universities of Essex and Oxford .
In Oxford , Erimtan was a member of Lady Margaret Hall and he obtained his doctorate in Modern History in 2002 .
His publications include @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” as well as numerous scholarly articles .
In Istanbul , Erimtan started publishing in Today ’ s Zaman and in Hürriyet Daily News .
In the next instance , he became the Turkey Editor of the İstanbul Gazette .
Subsequently , he commenced writing for RT Op-Edge , NEO , and finally , the 21st Century Wire .
You can find him on Twitter at @ theerimtanangle .
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promoting the discovery of a major natural gas reserve off Black Sea coast, at the Dolmabahce Palace Presidential Work Office in Istanbul, Turkey on 21 August 2020. (Image Source: TCCB/Murat Çetinmühürdar – Anadolu Agency)
Dr Can Erimtan
21st Century Wire
On Friday, 21 August 2020, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (aka the Prez) took to the stage to make a well-publicised announcement: “Turkey has made its biggest natural gas discovery,” and he went on to speak about a”new era” for the country and its standing in the world.
And always an optimist with unshaken faith in his creator, the Prez also stated that “[n]ew discoveries of natural gas are highly possible,” expressing his hope that Turkish exploration teams will discover more hidden oil and gas wealth in due time.
Creating a Buzz: Good Tidings Ahead
Speaking at the Kalyon Güneş Teknolojileri factory on Wednesday, 19 August, Turkey’s President announced that he would have ‘good tidings’ (or müjde, in Turkish) to announce on the following Friday. While opening a factory that has received a $1.4b investment in order to produce solar panels, a clearly proud and happy Erdoğan made the announcement, leading many to speculate that his announced-and-as-yet-undeclared ‘good tidings’ would be about some kind of energy-related enterprise and and/or discovery. And, writing for Bloomberg on the same day and at about the same time, Çağan Koc, Selcan Hacaoğlu, and Aslı Kandemir all but confirmed this expectation while taking the wind our of the Prez’s sails:
“Turkey has discovered energy in the Black Sea, most likely natural gas, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Wednesday [, 19 August 2020], but gave no indication of the size and depth of the find, nor how difficult it will be to extract.”
In fact, Bloomberg even tweeted about their scoop, in this way totally deflating Tayyip Erdoğan’s best-laid plans to surprise Turkey and the world with his müjde. In fact, last year, Turkey’s strongman had already made such stunning statements – statements that subsequently proved all but illusory if not misleading. Speaking in Edirne in February last year, he declared: “[w]e have discovered new gas fields [holding] 3 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves, which will double the gas production present in [the province of] Thrace. This figure is in the order of a capacity that will meet 10 years’ worth of gas demand of 300,000 households.” At the time, Erdoğan was speaking in the run up to the national local elections (31 March 2019). In spite of these encouraging words, Edirne’s mayoral seat was nevertheless won by the opposition CHP (or Republican People’s Party)’s Recep Gürkan with a %44.9 share of the vote. As a result, some voices have now aired the opinion that the recent ‘good tidings’ should also be understood as an electioneering stunt, as general elections are scheduled to be held in Turkey on or before 25 June 2023
Turkey’s Thwarted Energy Ambitions
The veteran Turkish journalist Murat Yetkin, who famously left the one-time flagship daily Hürriyet following the hostile take-over of the Doğan Haber Ajansı (DHA) that became the pro-AKP Demirören Haber Ajansı (DHA), all but confirms such an impression. Writing on his personal blog, Yetkin does not mince his words: “Erdoğan wants some kind of election guarantee from the citizens as he says the gas extraction will start in 2023. It looks as if the President wants to give an impression that any other government else than his would not like to benefit from this valuable discovery that the country made after such long years of research.”
As a Middle-Eastern country lacking serious hydrocarbon reserves of its own, Turkey has been largely reliant upon gas and oil imports – from Russia and Iran primarily. At the same time, the AKP-led governments have over the years been prospecting for oil and gas throughout the whole of the country. In fact, Tayyip Erdoğan and his henchmen have been enthusiastically investigating the land and its past in order to discover hitherto unknown sources of energy within Turkey’s borders. Yetkin insightfully remarks that before “the 2007 elections, it was announced that natural gas was found in Thrace and Salt Lake, and oil in Manisa. Before the 2010 constitutional referendum, Turkey found oil in Manisa and Ergani.” More than ten year ago, the then-Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız spoke at the 9th International Oil and Gas Conference at Ankara’s Sheraton Hotel (16-17 March 2010), to declare that “there are big and significant natural gas and oil reserves in the east of Turkey. Turkey shapes its energy policies and diplomacy by taking them into consideration.” Yıldız’s statement was clearly devoid of any truth, and three years later, he even went as far as fearlessly combining economic needs and necessities with the nation’s leaders’ pseudo-Ottoman proclivities, saying that Turkey has “as many [oil] wells as Saudi Arabia, but [the Saudis] are only able to extract 10 million barrels [of oil]. [Turkey, on the other hand] is able to extract 50 million barrels.” Though his statement made on national television also clearly lacked any base in reality, Yıldız’s bold claims relied on information contained on a 100-year old ‘Oil Map,’ commissioned by Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876-1909). In 2012, Taner Yıldız had presented Abdülhamid’s ‘Oil Map’ to the Turkish press, as historical evidence of Turkey’s untapped energy resources. This map was in fact prepared by a German team in the year 1901, in the context of the construction of the Berlin-Baghdad-Basra rail link. According to the AKP Minister Yıldız, “[t]his map also includes such places like Batman and Adıyaman where we are now [effectively] looking for oil.” And in February 2013, speaking on the state broadcaster TRT’s programme Neler Oluyor, Yıldız said that “[t]his map can become real. This map is congruent with today’s scientific research. That is the interesting [part].”
In reality though Sultan Abdülhamid’s ‘Oil Map’ proved to be yet another pipe dream. As related by Yetkin, before “the 2014 elections, the good news [was] the finding of shale gas in Diyarbakır that would [meet] Turkey’s demand for 40 years. Ahead of the June 7, 2015 election, it was announced that natural gas was found in Thrace, and before the Nov. 1, 2015 election, natural gas was discovered in the Black Sea. Before the 2018 elections, new oil fields were found in Mardin, Şırnak, Hakkari, Batman and Siirt and natural gas in Thrace.” But now, the Prez himself is adamant that the drillship Fatih has discovered rich gas holdings (“some 320 billion cubic metres”) under the Black Sea, within Turkey’s territorial waters. But the online news website Ahval puts forward that many ‘analysts and officials have said Erdoğan’s recent foreign and domestic ventures – including converting the Hagia Sopha landmark into a mosque and risking a direct confrontation with neighbouring Greece over territorial disputes – are designed to divert the Turkish public’s attention away from Turkey’s cratering economy.’ For, one should not lose track of the fact that though the drillship Fatih discovered gas under the Black Sea, the New Turkey is also prospecting the Mediterranean, while claiming a special territorial relationship with Libya across the water on the African continent. As the Greek journalist John Psaropoulos, whom I am happy to call my friend, points out: “Twice in three weeks this summer, Greece and Turkey poised to clash in the Eastern Mediterranean . . . Greek and Turkish navies fanned out across the Aegean and east Mediterranean. The two NATO allies have come closer to open conflict than they have since 1996, when Turkey planted a flag on a rocky Greek islet in the Aegean, and since 1987, when Turkey again sent a survey ship into the north Aegean.” But in spite of this recent and loud sabre-rattling, Psaropoulos correctly point out that “Turkey seeks to corner Greece into a maritime territorial settlement.” For, the Prez is really looking for a deal, a deal would skirt “past established international legal norms, [a deal that would] force Greece, and later Cyprus, to declare their vast continental shelves joint development zones with Turkey.” The kind of deal that would allow the Prez to replicate his Black Sea ‘good tidings.’ As Fatih’s find does not really appear to be that significant at the end of the day, as underlined by the Turkish economist Uğur Gürses: Turkey’s domestic “consumption of roughly 45 billion square cubes [of natural gas] a year roughly translates to seven years of production.” And that means, that the drillship Fatih might just be able to carry the Prez and his AKP henchmen into the uncharted territories beyond the centenary year of 2023. For, the second century of Turkey’s existence promises to be an era quite unlike any in the Republic’s history, an era that would undoubtedly flourish with Mediterranean gas to fund and uphold Tayyip Erdoğan’s pseudo-Ottoman dreams of the New Turkey as an Islamic state in its own right.
A Blessed Friday: Continuing the Countdown to 2023
Other than Erdoğan’s müjde on 21 August, another event also occupied the headlines and shocked people all around the world: The Kariye Museum, which had previously been known as the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, was namely re-converted to a mosque. Following last month’s re-conversion of the Ayasofya, this 11th-century Orthodox church that had been a mosque following the conquest of Istanbul but was used as a museum since 1945 – the building namely houses most exquisite examples of Byzantine frescoes and mosaics – was also turned into a mosque again. Still, this event should not have come as a surprise: a “Turkish court [already] in November [2019] annulled Chora’s museum status and [now] on Friday [, 21 August 2020], Erdogan declared ‘the management of the Kariye Mosque be transferred to the Religious Affairs Directorate [or Diyanet], and opened to worship.’ The pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper reported that Turkey’s religious authorities plan to cover the renowned Byzantine-era frescoes and mosaics during prayers.” In this way, in the space of but a month, the Prez turned two important samples of Istanbul’s pre-Ottoman cultural heritage into Muslim places of worship. At the same time, another well-known relic of the city’s pre-Ottoman past is also under attack now: namely, the Galata tower, built by the Genoese in 1348 as part of the city wall surrounding its trade colony in the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople. Following the conquest of the city, Sultan Mehmed II (1451-81), popularly known as “Fatih” or “The Conqueror in Turkey,” ordered the demolition of the wall, but allowed the tower to remain. In the following centuries, the Galata Tower became part and parcel of the Ottoman city and entered the popular imagination. Yet now, the tower which had been part of the remit of the Istanbul Municipality for the past 164 years, became subject to the AKP Ministry of Culture and Tourism by means of a sudden legal decree. And subsequently, the Ministry set to work straightaway, initiating its renovation, “one jackhammer blow at a time.” Whether this is but the outcome of the common misapprehension present in Turkey when it comes to renovation and restoration, or the result of Ankara’s attempt to rid the erstwhile Ottoman capital of its pre-Islamic heritage remains an open question.
At the same time, employing the ongoing coronavirus hysteria as an excuse, the Ankara government has cancelled this year’s Victory Day celebrations (Zafer Bayramı), commemorating Mustafa Kemal’s victory over the Greek military at Dumlupınar in 1922. This victory ended the War of Independence (1919-22) and directly led to the signature of the Treary of Lausanne (24 July 1923) and the subsequent foundation of the Republic of Turkey (29 October 1923).
Are these portents indicating that Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP henchmen are really getting ready to bring back Islamic rule to Turkey on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish state’s foundation . . . Will the culmination of the AKP policy of Sunnification be the foundation of a pseudo-Ottoman Federation of Islamic Peoples of Anatolia, arguably still called Turkey yet ruled by Sharia law? Will this also lead to a revived Caliphate and a united Islamic world following Turkey’s lead? We will arguably find out in about three years’ time . . .
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21WIRE special contributor Dr. Can Erimtan is an independent historian and geo-political analyst who used to live in Istanbul. At present, he is in self-imposed exile from Turkey. He has a wide interest in the politics, history and culture of the Balkans. the greater Middle East, and the world beyond.. He attended the VUB in Brussels and did his graduate work at the universities of Essex and Oxford. In Oxford, Erimtan was a member of Lady Margaret Hall and he obtained his doctorate in Modern History in 2002. His publications include the revisionist monograph “Ottomans Looking West?” as well as numerous scholarly articles. In Istanbul, Erimtan started publishing in the English language Turkish press, culminating in him becoming the Turkey Editor of the İstanbul Gazette. Subsequently, he commenced writing for RT Op-Edge, NEO, and finally, the 21st Century Wire. You can find him on Twitter at @TheErimtanAngle. Read Can’s archive here.
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-28--RFK Jr. to Speak at Berlin ‘Coronavirus’ Protest This Weekend

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , a stalwart in exposing Big Pharma ’ s agenda and the dangers of a COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ this weekend in Berlin , Germany at the ‘ coronavirus ’ protest that could draw @ @ @ @ @ On his Twitter feed earlier today , RFK Jr. said he will be launching Children @ @ @ @ @ in Berlin while protesting “ Bill Gates ’ bio security agenda , rise of authoritarian @ @ @ @ @ coup d ’ etat against liberal democracy ” : According to an Off-Guardian report , @ @ @ @ @ the ban that was originally placed on the protest by the Berlin Senate .
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a stalwart in exposing Big Pharma’s agenda and the dangers of a COVID-19 vaccine, will be speaking this weekend in Berlin, Germany at the ‘coronavirus’ protest that could draw over 1 million people.
On his Twitter feed earlier today, RFK Jr. said he will be launching Children’s Health Defense Europe in Berlin while protesting “Bill Gates’ bio security agenda, rise of authoritarian surveillance state + Pharma sponsored coup d’etat against liberal democracy”:
In #Berlin launching @ChildrensHD Europe. Tomorrow, I will speak to largest crowd in #German history. We are expecting 1 million+ people protesting Bill Gates’ bio security agenda, rise of authoritarian surveillance state + Pharma sponsored coup d’etat against liberal democracy. pic.twitter.com/5ZL3vXBG13 — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 28, 2020
According to an Off-Guardian report, a German court has overturned the ban that was originally placed on the protest by the Berlin Senate. Other large protests are planned for this weekend in major cities around the world, including in London, Ottawa, Paris and Zurich.
On Friday August 28, 2020, Mr. Kennedy, chair of Children’s Health Defense, met with the leaders of the newly-formed Children’s Health Defense Europe. They held a press conference on this occasion- other presenters at the press conference were Senta Depuydt and Tina Choy (board members of CHD Europe), RA Markus Haintz (Querdenken-731 Ulm), and Heiko Schöning (MD, Ärzte für Aufkärung). Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-28--SouthFront: US-Russian ‘Road War’ in Northeastern Syria

Four US service members were slightly injured during a standoff with the Russian Military Police near the border-town of Al-Malikiyah in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah .
According to reports , the US troops received “ mild injures ” after their MaxxPro MRAP vehicle collided with a Russian vehicle .
US officials quoted by media said there was no exchange of fire during the standoff , which took place earlier this week .
According to their version of the events , a Russian vehicle intentionally rammed a US one .
Videos from the scene appeared online on August 26 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ chasing each other in the al-Hasakah countryside .
A Russian helicopter was also filmed harassing U.S. troops that were trying to block a Russian patrol .
Syrian sources say that Russian forces were reacting to attempts of the US military to block a Russian patrol in the area .
A few hours later , the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley made a phone call to Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov , the Pentagon said .
The US military did not provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call , but it is likely that the sides discussed the current situation .
Forces of the United States and Russia regularly find themselves engaged in various small-scale incidents in the area as both sides seek to block movements of each other in the region .
After the first deployment of the Russian Military Police in Syria ’ s northeast , forces of the US-led coalition immediately started trying to block the movement of Russian patrols near al-Hasakah .
Later , the Russian Military Police and the Syrian Army , with support of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regularly blocking US military convoys and forcing them to return to their bases .
The recent developments demonstrate that these actions may easily lead to a further escalation at any moment .

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SouthFront reports…
Four US service members were slightly injured during a standoff with the Russian Military Police near the border-town of Al-Malikiyah in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah. According to reports, the US troops received “mild injures” after their MaxxPro MRAP vehicle collided with a Russian vehicle. US officials quoted by media said there was no exchange of fire during the standoff, which took place earlier this week. According to their version of the events, a Russian vehicle intentionally rammed a US one.
Videos from the scene appeared online on August 26. They show Russian and U.S. armored vehicles chasing each other in the al-Hasakah countryside. A Russian helicopter was also filmed harassing U.S. troops that were trying to block a Russian patrol. Syrian sources say that Russian forces were reacting to attempts of the US military to block a Russian patrol in the area.
A few hours later, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley made a phone call to Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, the Pentagon said. The US military did not provide details regarding the agenda of the phone call, but it is likely that the sides discussed the current situation.
Forces of the United States and Russia regularly find themselves engaged in various small-scale incidents in the area as both sides seek to block movements of each other in the region. After the first deployment of the Russian Military Police in Syria’s northeast, forces of the US-led coalition immediately started trying to block the movement of Russian patrols near al-Hasakah. Later, the Russian Military Police and the Syrian Army, with support of pro-government locals, joined this standoff by regularly blocking US military convoys and forcing them to return to their bases. The recent developments demonstrate that these actions may easily lead to a further escalation at any moment.
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London Anti-Lockdown Protest

As winter approaches , people are bracing themselves for the possibility of another hysterical mass-panic and more draconian lockdowns by @ @ @ @ @ government .
Today roughly 30,000 plus protesters attended the Unite for Freedom rally in London @ @ @ @ @ oppose the governments COVID lockdown policies and incremental fascism which is now taking hold amid @ @ @ @ @ .
Speakers include scientist Piers Corbyn , author David Icke , Dr. Dolores Cahill , @ @ @ @ @ some highlights .
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As winter approaches, people are bracing themselves for the possibility of another hysterical mass-panic and more draconian lockdowns by an increasingly opaque and reactionary government.
Today roughly 30,000 plus protesters attended the Unite for Freedom rally in London’s Trafalgar Square to oppose the governments COVID lockdown policies and incremental fascism which is now taking hold amid the ‘pandemic’ crisis. Speakers include scientist Piers Corbyn, author David Icke, Dr. Dolores Cahill, and others.
Here are some highlights. Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1jtiLdCA9E
Watch the full event live stream recording HERE
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-29--The Poetry of Joe Biden

The Poetry of Joe Biden

By now , everyone knows that no one can turn a phrase like Joe .
Watch this latest compendium from @ @ @ @ @ comedy division , a moody one man rendition which brings to life the sublime poetry @ @ @ @ @ Crazy Great Uncle .
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By now, everyone knows that no one can turn a phrase like Joe.
Watch this latest compendium from the Daily Caller’s comedy division, a moody one man rendition which brings to life the sublime poetry of America’s original Crazy Great Uncle. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-30--Alice Johnson Receives Full Presidential Pardon

As the election season heats up , so has the divisive rhetoric on race and identity politics .
President Trump @ @ @ @ @ to criminal justice reform campaigner Alice Johnson .
No sooner did she receive her pardon @ @ @ @ @ partisan mainstream outlets began to attack her for ‘ betraying ’ the African-American community and @ @ @ @ @ Trump and for appearing at the Republic National Convention where she spoke on criminal justice @ @ @ @ @ :

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As the election season heats up, so has the divisive rhetoric on race and identity politics.
President Trump issued a full Presidential Pardon to criminal justice reform campaigner Alice Johnson. No sooner did she receive her pardon that the Democratic activists and partisan mainstream outlets began to attack her for ‘betraying’ the African-American community and Democrats by being photographed with Trump and for appearing at the Republic National Convention where she spoke on criminal justice reform last week. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-30--RFK Jr. Speaking at Berlin Anti-Lockdown Protest

Yesterday , American lawyer and health freedom campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to an anti-lockdown protest crowd of at @ @ @ @ @ Germany .
Kennedy spoke about the governments ’ subservience to the transnational pharmaceutical industry , @ @ @ @ @ roll-out for surveillance and data harvesting , the tyranny of the digital currency being pushed @ @ @ @ @ , Bill Gates and Microsoft and others .
Other speakers called for the federal government @ @ @ @ @ pandemic is a crisis of convenience for the elites who are dictating these policies , @ @ @ @ @ roaring crowd .
“ Governments love pandemics .
They love pandemics for the same reason @ @ @ @ @ because it gives them the ability to impose controls on the population that the population @ @ @ @ @ by making institutions and mechanism for orchestrating and imposing obedience.
” “ Once again , @ @ @ @ @ global totalitarianism !
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Yesterday, American lawyer and health freedom campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to an anti-lockdown protest crowd of at least 100,000 in Berlin, Germany. Kennedy spoke about the governments’ subservience to the transnational pharmaceutical industry, the problem with the 5G roll-out for surveillance and data harvesting, the tyranny of the digital currency being pushed by the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates and Microsoft and others. Other speakers called for the federal government to resign.
“The pandemic is a crisis of convenience for the elites who are dictating these policies,” said Kennedy to a roaring crowd.
“Governments love pandemics. They love pandemics for the same reason that they love war, because it gives them the ability to impose controls on the population that the population would otherwise never accept – by making institutions and mechanism for orchestrating and imposing obedience.”
“Once again, Berlin is the frontline against global totalitarianism!”
Watch his historic address to the people of Germany:
https://youtu.be/RloipY83ljg
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-31--Professor Carl Heneghan: ‘Virus is Weak, Seasonal and Risk is Very Low’

While the US and UK governments and their mainstream media adjuncts are still pushing the COVID ‘ pandemic ’ narrative , more public health experts are breaking ranks , and are sharing their factual findings with the public .
Despite the UK government ’ s claim that the coronavirus ‘ R ’ rate is rising , Professor Carl Heneghan from Oxford ’ s Centre for Evidence Based Medicine ( CEBM ) is taking a more optimistic approach to the COVID crisis , and believes that the ‘ pandemic ’ is more or less over now and that society should really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that parents should be sending their kids back to school .
He states : “ As we go back to schools , we can be reassured that the risks to children are incredibly low … .
and they ( children ) are more at risk to infections like influenza.
” “ Across the board the disease is a a low level , and its impact is minimal.
” Heneghen noted that as we are now seeing so few deaths – in a normal year we wouldn ’ t even realise there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ circulation .
By contrast , the flu and pneumonia are still consistently killing six times more people on average .
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While the US and UK governments and their mainstream media adjuncts are still pushing the COVID ‘pandemic’ narrative, more public health experts are breaking ranks, and are sharing their factual findings with the public.
Despite the UK government’s claim that the coronavirus ‘R’ rate is rising, Professor Carl Heneghan from Oxford’s Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) is taking a more optimistic approach to the COVID crisis, and believes that the ‘pandemic’ is more or less over now and that society should really be trying to get back to normal, and that parents should be sending their kids back to school. He states:
“As we go back to schools, we can be reassured that the risks to children are incredibly low …. and they (children) are more at risk to infections like influenza.”
“Across the board the disease is a a low level, and its impact is minimal.”
Heneghan noted that as we are now seeing so few deaths – in a normal year we wouldn’t even realise there was any major virus or disease in circulation. By contrast, the flu and pneumonia are still consistently killing six times more people on average. Watch:
(This ITV program was broadcast on August 24, 2020)
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21stcenturywire--2020-08-31--UKC News: ‘Case-demic’ Exposed and Why Gov’t COVID Narrative is Collapsing

As people return from their ‘ Stay-cation ’ summer holidays , many schools and businesses are now wanting to open @ @ @ @ @ dilemma for politicians and government health officials – who risk losing much of the power @ @ @ @ @ accumulate over the last 6 months by fostering an air of “ pandemic ” hysteria @ @ @ @ @ of a second wave of coronavirus ‘ cases.
’ In this program we show how @ @ @ @ @ ’ t actually work and how case numbers are being inflated by government in order @ @ @ @ @ totalitarian and technocrat agenda .
All this and more .
Co-hosts Mike Robinson , Patrick @ @ @ @ @ the early week news round-up .
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As people return from their ‘Stay-cation’ summer holidays, many schools and businesses are now wanting to open up, which poses a dilemma for politicians and government health officials – who risk losing much of the power they’ve managed to accumulate over the last 6 months by fostering an air of “pandemic” hysteria, and by promulgating fears of a second wave of coronavirus ‘cases.’ In this program we show how the main testing systems don’t actually work and how case numbers are being inflated by government in order to justify roll-out an obvious totalitarian and technocrat agenda. All this and more.
Co-hosts Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and David Scott with the early week news round-up. Watch:
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