russia-insider--2020-03-19--War on Corona Could Be a Fiasco - Politicians Rush to Drastic Measures Without Reliable Data

`` If we had not known about a new virus out there the number of total deaths due to 'influenza-like illness ' would not seem unusual this year '' Editor ’ s note : What an absolute mindblowingly must-read article .
A voice of reason .
• None “ If we had not known about a new virus out there , and had not checked individuals with PCR tests , the number of total deaths due to “ influenza-like illness ” would not seem unusual this year.
” • None “ We don ’ t know if we are failing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three or 300 ” • None “ Projecting the Diamond Princess mortality rate onto the age structure of the U.S. population , the death rate among people infected with Covid-19 would be 0.125 % .
” • None “ Three months after the outbreak emerged , most countries , including the U.S. , lack the ability to test a large number of people and no countries have reliable data on the prevalence of the virus in a representative random sample of the general population.
” • None “ A population-wide case fatality rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influenza .
If that is the true rate , locking down the world with potentially tremendous social and financial consequences may be totally irrational.
” • None “ These “ mild ” coronaviruses may be implicated in several thousands of deaths every year worldwide , though the vast majority of them are not documented with precise testing .
Instead , they are lost as noise among 60 million deaths from various causes every year.
” • None “ If we had not known about a new virus out there , and had not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of total deaths due to “ influenza-like illness ” would not seem unusual this year.
” • None “ In the absence of data , prepare-for-the-worst reasoning leads to extreme measures of social distancing and lockdowns .
Unfortunately , we do not know if these measures work.
” • None “ If the level of the epidemic does overwhelm the health system and extreme measures have only modest effectiveness , then flattening the curve may make things worse : Instead of being overwhelmed during a short , acute phase , the health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protracted period.
” • None “ One of the bottom lines is that we don ’ t know how long social distancing measures and lockdowns can be maintained without major consequences to the economy , society , and mental health.
” The current coronavirus disease , Covid-19 , has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic .
But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco .
At a time when everyone needs better information , from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing , we lack reliable evidence on how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or who continue to become infected .
Better information is needed to guide decisions and actions of monumental significance and to monitor their impact .
Draconian countermeasures have been adopted in many countries .
If the pandemic dissipates — either on its own or because of these measures — short-term extreme social distancing and lockdowns may be bearable .
How long , though , should measures like these be continued if the pandemic churns across the globe unabated ?
How can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm ?
Vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or even years ) to develop and test properly .
Given such timelines , the consequences of long-term lockdowns are entirely unknown .
The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable .
Given the limited testing to date , some deaths and probably the vast majority of infections due to SARS-CoV-2 are being missed .
We don ’ t know if we are failing to capture infections by a factor of three or 300 .
Three months after the outbreak emerged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , lack the ability to test a large number of people and no countries have reliable data on the prevalence of the virus in a representative random sample of the general population .
This evidence fiasco creates tremendous uncertainty about the risk of dying from Covid-19 .
Reported case fatality rates , like the official 3.4 % rate from the World Health Organization , cause horror — and are meaningless .
Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes .
As most health systems have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even worsen in the near future .
The one situation where an entire , closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers .
The case fatality rate there was 1.0 % , but this was a largely elderly population , in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher .
Projecting the Diamond Princess mortality rate onto the age structure of the U.S. population , the death rate among people infected with Covid-19 would be 0.125 % .
But since this estimate is based on extremely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths among the 700 infected passengers and crew — the real death rate could stretch from five times lower ( 0.025 % ) to five times higher ( 0.625 % ) .
It is also possible that some of the passengers who were infected might die later , and that tourists may have different frequencies of chronic diseases — a risk factor for worse outcomes with SARS-CoV-2 infection — than the general population .
Adding these extra sources of uncertainty , reasonable estimates for the case fatality ratio in the general U.S. population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That huge range markedly affects how severe the pandemic is and what should be done .
A population-wide case fatality rate of 0.05 % is lower than seasonal influenza .
If that is the true rate , locking down the world with potentially tremendous social and financial consequences may be totally irrational .
It ’ s like an elephant being attacked by a house cat .
Frustrated and trying to avoid the cat , the elephant accidentally jumps off a cliff and dies .
Could the Covid-19 case fatality rate be that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pointing to the high rate in elderly people .
However , even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8 % when they infect elderly people in nursing homes .
In fact , such “ mild ” coronaviruses infect tens of millions of people every year , and account for 3 % to 11 % of those hospitalized in the U.S. with lower respiratory infections each winter .
These “ mild ” coronaviruses may be implicated in several thousands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vast majority of them are not documented with precise testing .
Instead , they are lost as noise among 60 million deaths from various causes every year .
Although successful surveillance systems have long existed for influenza , the disease is confirmed by a laboratory in a tiny minority of cases .
In the U.S. , for example , so far this season 1,073,976 specimens have been tested and 222,552 ( 20.7 % ) have tested positive for influenza .
In the same period , the estimated number of influenza-like illnesses is between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 22,000 to 55,000 flu deaths .
Note the uncertainty about influenza-like illness deaths : a 2.5-fold range , corresponding to tens of thousands of deaths .
Every year , some of these deaths are due to influenza and some to other viruses , like common-cold coronaviruses .
In an autopsy series that tested for respiratory viruses in specimens from 57 elderly persons who died during the 2016 to 2017 influenza season , influenza viruses were detected in 18 % of the specimens , while any kind of respiratory virus was found in 47 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from viral respiratory pathogens , more than one virus is found upon autopsy and bacteria are often superimposed .
A positive test for coronavirus does not mean necessarily that this virus is always primarily responsible for a patient ’ s demise .
If we assume that case fatality rate among individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 is 0.3 % in the general population — a mid-range guess from my Diamond Princess analysis — and that 1 % of the U.S. population gets infected ( about 3.3 million people ) , this would translate to about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ huge number , but it is buried within the noise of the estimate of deaths from “ influenza-like illness.
” If we had not known about a new virus out there , and had not checked individuals with PCR tests , the number of total deaths due to “ influenza-like illness ” would not seem unusual this year .
At most , we might have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average .
The media coverage would have been less than for an NBA game between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worry that the 68 deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S. as of March 16 will increase exponentially to 680 , 6,800 , 68,000 , 680,000 … along with similar catastrophic patterns around the globe .
Is that a realistic scenario , or bad science fiction ?
How can we tell at what point such a curve might stop ?
The most valuable piece of information for answering those questions would be to know the current prevalence of the infection in a random sample of a population and to repeat this exercise at regular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new infections .
Sadly , that ’ s information we don ’ t have .
In the absence of data , prepare-for-the-worst reasoning leads to extreme measures of social distancing and lockdowns .
Unfortunately , we do not know if these measures work .
School closures , for example , may reduce transmission rates .
But they may also backfire if children socialize anyhow , if school closure leads children to spend more time with susceptible elderly family members , if children at home disrupt their parents ability to work , and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chances of developing herd immunity in an age group that is spared serious disease .
This has been the perspective behind the different stance of the United Kingdom keeping schools open , at least until as I write this .
In the absence of data on the real course of the epidemic , we don ’ t know whether this perspective was brilliant or catastrophic .
Flattening the curve to avoid overwhelming the health system is conceptually sound — in theory .
A visual that has become viral in media and social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ volume of the epidemic that is above the threshold of what the health system can handle at any moment .
Yet if the health system does become overwhelmed , the majority of the extra deaths may not be due to coronavirus but to other common diseases and conditions such as heart attacks , strokes , trauma , bleeding , and the like that are not adequately treated .
If the level of the epidemic does overwhelm the health system and extreme measures have only mod est effectiveness , then flattening the curve may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overwhelmed during a short , acute phase , the health system will remain overwhelmed for a more protracted period .
That ’ s another reason we need data about the exact level of the epidemic activity .
One of the bottom lines is that we don ’ t know how long social distancing measures and lockdowns can be maintained without major consequences to the economy , society , and mental health .
Unpredictable evolutions may ensue , including financial crisis , unrest , civil strife , war , and a meltdown of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need unbiased prevalence and incidence data for the evolving infectious load to guide decision-making .
In the most pessimistic scenario , which I do not espouse , if the new coronavirus infects 60 % of the global population and 1 % of the infected people die , that will translate into more than 40 million deaths globally , matching the 1918 influenza pandemic .
The vast majority of this hecatomb would be people with limited life expectancies .
That ’ s in contrast to 1918 , when many young people died .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ like in 1918 , life will continue .
Conversely , with lockdowns of months , if not years , life largely stops , short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown , and billions , not just millions , of lives may be eventually at stake .
If we decide to jump off the cliff , we need some data to inform us about the rationale of such an action and the chances of landing somewhere safe .

"If we had not known about a new virus out there the number of total deaths due to 'influenza-like illness' would not seem unusual this year"
Editor’s note: What an absolute mindblowingly must-read article. A voice of reason.
“If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR tests, the number of total deaths due to “influenza-like illness” would not seem unusual this year.”
“We don’t know if we are failing to capture infections by a factor of three or 300”
“Projecting the Diamond Princess mortality rate onto the age structure of the U.S. population, the death rate among people infected with Covid-19 would be 0.125%.”
“Three months after the outbreak emerged, most countries, including the U.S., lack the ability to test a large number of people and no countries have reliable data on the prevalence of the virus in a representative random sample of the general population.”
“A population-wide case fatality rate of 0.05% is lower than seasonal influenza. If that is the true rate, locking down the world with potentially tremendous social and financial consequences may be totally irrational.”
“These “mild” coronaviruses may be implicated in several thousands of deaths every year worldwide, though the vast majority of them are not documented with precise testing. Instead, they are lost as noise among 60 million deaths from various causes every year.”
“If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR tests, the number of total deaths due to “influenza-like illness” would not seem unusual this year.”
“In the absence of data, prepare-for-the-worst reasoning leads to extreme measures of social distancing and lockdowns. Unfortunately, we do not know if these measures work.”
“If the level of the epidemic does overwhelm the health system and extreme measures have only modest effectiveness, then flattening the curve may make things worse: Instead of being overwhelmed during a short, acute phase, the health system will remain overwhelmed for a more protracted period.”
“One of the bottom lines is that we don’t know how long social distancing measures and lockdowns can be maintained without major consequences to the economy, society, and mental health.”
The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco.
At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing, we lack reliable evidence on how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or who continue to become infected. Better information is needed to guide decisions and actions of monumental significance and to monitor their impact.
Draconian countermeasures have been adopted in many countries. If the pandemic dissipates — either on its own or because of these measures — short-term extreme social distancing and lockdowns may be bearable. How long, though, should measures like these be continued if the pandemic churns across the globe unabated? How can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm?
Vaccines or affordable treatments take many months (or even years) to develop and test properly. Given such timelines, the consequences of long-term lockdowns are entirely unknown.
The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable.
Given the limited testing to date, some deaths and probably the vast majority of infections due to SARS-CoV-2 are being missed. We don’t know if we are failing to capture infections by a factor of three or 300.
Three months after the outbreak emerged, most countries, including the U.S., lack the ability to test a large number of people and no countries have reliable data on the prevalence of the virus in a representative random sample of the general population.
This evidence fiasco creates tremendous uncertainty about the risk of dying from Covid-19.
Reported case fatality rates, like the official 3.4% rate from the World Health Organization, cause horror — and are meaningless. Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes. As most health systems have limited testing capacity, selection bias may even worsen in the near future.
The one situation where an entire, closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers. The case fatality rate there was 1.0%, but this was a largely elderly population, in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher.
Projecting the Diamond Princess mortality rate onto the age structure of the U.S. population, the death rate among people infected with Covid-19 would be 0.125%. But since this estimate is based on extremely thin data — there were just seven deaths among the 700 infected passengers and crew — the real death rate could stretch from five times lower (0.025%) to five times higher (0.625%). It is also possible that some of the passengers who were infected might die later, and that tourists may have different frequencies of chronic diseases — a risk factor for worse outcomes with SARS-CoV-2 infection — than the general population. Adding these extra sources of uncertainty, reasonable estimates for the case fatality ratio in the general U.S. population vary from 0.05% to 1%.
That huge range markedly affects how severe the pandemic is and what should be done. A population-wide case fatality rate of 0.05% is lower than seasonal influenza. If that is the true rate, locking down the world with potentially tremendous social and financial consequences may be totally irrational. It’s like an elephant being attacked by a house cat. Frustrated and trying to avoid the cat, the elephant accidentally jumps off a cliff and dies.
Could the Covid-19 case fatality rate be that low? No, some say, pointing to the high rate in elderly people. However, even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8% when they infect elderly people in nursing homes.
In fact, such “mild” coronaviruses infect tens of millions of people every year, and account for 3% to 11% of those hospitalized in the U.S. with lower respiratory infections each winter.
These “mild” coronaviruses may be implicated in several thousands of deaths every year worldwide, though the vast majority of them are not documented with precise testing. Instead, they are lost as noise among 60 million deaths from various causes every year.
Although successful surveillance systems have long existed for influenza, the disease is confirmed by a laboratory in a tiny minority of cases. In the U.S., for example, so far this season 1,073,976 specimens have been tested and 222,552 (20.7%) have tested positive for influenza. In the same period, the estimated number of influenza-like illnesses is between 36,000,000 and 51,000,000, with an estimated 22,000 to 55,000 flu deaths.
Note the uncertainty about influenza-like illness deaths: a 2.5-fold range, corresponding to tens of thousands of deaths. Every year, some of these deaths are due to influenza and some to other viruses, like common-cold coronaviruses.
In an autopsy series that tested for respiratory viruses in specimens from 57 elderly persons who died during the 2016 to 2017 influenza season, influenza viruses were detected in 18% of the specimens, while any kind of respiratory virus was found in 47%. In some people who die from viral respiratory pathogens, more than one virus is found upon autopsy and bacteria are often superimposed. A positive test for coronavirus does not mean necessarily that this virus is always primarily responsible for a patient’s demise.
If we assume that case fatality rate among individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 is 0.3% in the general population — a mid-range guess from my Diamond Princess analysis — and that 1% of the U.S. population gets infected (about 3.3 million people), this would translate to about 10,000 deaths. This sounds like a huge number, but it is buried within the noise of the estimate of deaths from “influenza-like illness.”
If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR tests, the number of total deaths due to “influenza-like illness” would not seem unusual this year.
At most, we might have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average. The media coverage would have been less than for an NBA game between the two most indifferent teams.
Some worry that the 68 deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S. as of March 16 will increase exponentially to 680, 6,800, 68,000, 680,000 … along with similar catastrophic patterns around the globe. Is that a realistic scenario, or bad science fiction? How can we tell at what point such a curve might stop?
The most valuable piece of information for answering those questions would be to know the current prevalence of the infection in a random sample of a population and to repeat this exercise at regular time intervals to estimate the incidence of new infections. Sadly, that’s information we don’t have.
In the absence of data, prepare-for-the-worst reasoning leads to extreme measures of social distancing and lockdowns. Unfortunately, we do not know if these measures work. School closures, for example, may reduce transmission rates. But they may also backfire if children socialize anyhow, if school closure leads children to spend more time with susceptible elderly family members, if children at home disrupt their parents ability to work, and more. School closures may also diminish the chances of developing herd immunity in an age group that is spared serious disease.
This has been the perspective behind the different stance of the United Kingdom keeping schools open, at least until as I write this. In the absence of data on the real course of the epidemic, we don’t know whether this perspective was brilliant or catastrophic.
Flattening the curve to avoid overwhelming the health system is conceptually sound — in theory. A visual that has become viral in media and social media shows how flattening the curve reduces the volume of the epidemic that is above the threshold of what the health system can handle at any moment.
Yet if the health system does become overwhelmed, the majority of the extra deaths may not be due to coronavirus but to other common diseases and conditions such as heart attacks, strokes, trauma, bleeding, and the like that are not adequately treated.
If the level of the epidemic does overwhelm the health system and extreme measures have only mod
est effectiveness, then flattening the curve may make things worse: Instead of being overwhelmed during a short, acute phase, the health system will remain overwhelmed for a more protracted period. That’s another reason we need data about the exact level of the epidemic activity.
One of the bottom lines is that we don’t know how long social distancing measures and lockdowns can be maintained without major consequences to the economy, society, and mental health. Unpredictable evolutions may ensue, including financial crisis, unrest, civil strife, war, and a meltdown of the social fabric. At a minimum, we need unbiased prevalence and incidence data for the evolving infectious load to guide decision-making.
In the most pessimistic scenario, which I do not espouse, if the new coronavirus infects 60% of the global population and 1% of the infected people die, that will translate into more than 40 million deaths globally, matching the 1918 influenza pandemic.
The vast majority of this hecatomb would be people with limited life expectancies. That’s in contrast to 1918, when many young people died.
One can only hope that, much like in 1918, life will continue. Conversely, with lockdowns of months, if not years, life largely stops, short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billions, not just millions, of lives may be eventually at stake.
If we decide to jump off the cliff, we need some data to inform us about the rationale of such an action and the chances of landing somewhere safe.


russia-insider--2020-03-20--'Foreign Minister' of Russian Church, Hilarion: The 1917 Russian Revolution Was Prepared Abroad

The Russian Revolution , first the February one and then the October one , were prepared abroad by our Russian intellectuals who lived abroad .
Instead of listening to the voice of the Church and turning to the history of our country , they based their ideas on utopian theories which they then tried to impose on our people , to impose on us a matrix alien to our life ’ .
On March 2 , 2012 , Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk took part in the talk-show ‘ The White Guards .
Foreward ’ on Russia-1 TV channel .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ The White Guards ’ , a new cinematographic reading of Mikhail Bulgakov ’ s novel as interpreted by film director Sergey Snezhkin .
Producers , historians and writers gathered together to discuss historical developments which preceded the writing of the novel .
As Metropolitan Hilarion noted , the tragedy of the Russian pre-revolution intelligentsia lay in the fact that they were far from the people and the Church .
‘ The people and the Church are an inseparable whole .
The Church was the core of our people ’ s life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to and from where they taught it .
They had left for Paris or Zurich and from there they taught our people how to improve their life .
The Russian Revolution , first the February one and then the October one , were prepared abroad by our Russian intellectuals who lived abroad .
Instead of listening to the voice of the Church and turning to the history of our country , they based their ideas on utopian theories which they then tried to impose on our people , to impose on us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to the metropolitan , precisely this was the tragedy of the 1917 Revolution , as it took an enormous toll of human life .
‘ All this order , all this system was not fit for the living .
And these living people had to be cracked and trampled upon in order to make the revolution ideals triumph ’ .
Responding to a remark by the Russian Federation State Archives S. Mironenko that the metropolitans were the first to recognize the Provisional Government and to identify with the new power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the metropolitans supported the 1917 February Revolution .
‘ There were differences within the Church .
Some sympathized not with revolutionaries but with those who wanted to change the system , but most of the church people did not sympathize with them but actually were against them ’ .
According to Metropolitan Hilarion , the Church did not recognize the Soviet power , pronounced an anathema against it and this was followed by a long and hard period when the Church tried to adjust to the new reality .
The DECR chairman underscored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the civil power is dynamic .
‘ The Church has always called to obey the power whatever it may be .
The Church is not a political force which would say : this party is good and that one is not .
The Church throughout her history has lived in any historical situations and any political systems ’ , he said .
He also said that ‘ the Revolution was an anti-church act .
What were the first decrees and the first statements to be issued by the Bolsheviks when they came to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church as the people ’ s conscience .
Then they began to crack it first by repressing its members , then the bourgeoisie and after that began repressing their own ’ .
His Eminence stressed that the Soviet power was not only anti-church but also anti-people .
‘ When the authorities openly came upon the Church , they came upon the people .
And they could not do otherwise because the godless slogans taken up by the Bolsheviks inevitably made the power anti-popular , making it build its existence on violence ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The White Guard ’ TV serial took place on March 3 , 2012 , on Russia-1 TV channel .

The Russian Revolution, first the February one and then the October one, were prepared abroad by our Russian intellectuals who lived abroad. Instead of listening to the voice of the Church and turning to the history of our country, they based their ideas on utopian theories which they then tried to impose on our people, to impose on us a matrix alien to our life’.
On March 2, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk took part in the talk-show ‘The White Guards. Foreward’ on Russia-1 TV channel. It was devoted to the TV serial premiere ‘The White Guards’, a new cinematographic reading of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel as interpreted by film director Sergey Snezhkin. Producers, historians and writers gathered together to discuss historical developments which preceded the writing of the novel.
As Metropolitan Hilarion noted, the tragedy of the Russian pre-revolution intelligentsia lay in the fact that they were far from the people and the Church. ‘The people and the Church are an inseparable whole. The Church was the core of our people’s life. Look, what our intellectuals taught the people to and from where they taught it. They had left for Paris or Zurich and from there they taught our people how to improve their life. The Russian Revolution, first the February one and then the October one, were prepared abroad by our Russian intellectuals who lived abroad. Instead of listening to the voice of the Church and turning to the history of our country, they based their ideas on utopian theories which they then tried to impose on our people, to impose on us a matrix alien to our life’.
According to the metropolitan, precisely this was the tragedy of the 1917 Revolution, as it took an enormous toll of human life. ‘All this order, all this system was not fit for the living. And these living people had to be cracked and trampled upon in order to make the revolution ideals triumph’.
Responding to a remark by the Russian Federation State Archives S. Mironenko that the metropolitans were the first to recognize the Provisional Government and to identify with the new power, the DECR chairman said that not all the metropolitans supported the 1917 February Revolution. ‘There were differences within the Church. Some sympathized not with revolutionaries but with those who wanted to change the system, but most of the church people did not sympathize with them but actually were against them’. According to Metropolitan Hilarion, the Church did not recognize the Soviet power, pronounced an anathema against it and this was followed by a long and hard period when the Church tried to adjust to the new reality.
The DECR chairman underscored that the Church’s attitude to the civil power is dynamic. ‘The Church has always called to obey the power whatever it may be. The Church is not a political force which would say: this party is good and that one is not. The Church throughout her history has lived in any historical situations and any political systems’, he said.
He also said that ‘the Revolution was an anti-church act. What were the first decrees and the first statements to be issued by the Bolsheviks when they came to power? They were aimed against the Church as the people’s conscience. Then they began to crack it first by repressing its members, then the bourgeoisie and after that began repressing their own’. His Eminence stressed that the Soviet power was not only anti-church but also anti-people. ‘When the authorities openly came upon the Church, they came upon the people. And they could not do otherwise because the godless slogans taken up by the Bolsheviks inevitably made the power anti-popular, making it build its existence on violence’, he said.
The premiere of ‘The White Guard’ TV serial took place on March 3, 2012, on Russia-1 TV channel.


russia-insider--2020-03-20--Ruble Tumbles to 80/Dollar, Down 30% This Year, Central Bank Intervenes

The Russian economy has been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak , and the breakdown of the OPEC+ oil production pact between Russia and Saudi Arabia .
The turmoil has shocked traders around the world and resulted in sharp volatility on the Russian stock markets and swings in the value of the ruble — both of which are down around 20 % since the start of the year .
The latest on the markets , as of 18.00 Moscow-time March 19 : — The ruble flitted up and down throughout the day , but closed the Moscow trading session where it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is around the levels last seen in the 2016 financial crisis and on par with the ruble ’ s weakest level against the dollar since it was redenominated in the wake of the 1998 financial crisis in Russia .
— Russia ’ s central bank announced more details on its measures to stop the collapse of the currency , stepping up its sales of foreign currencies — the logic being higher demand for rubles can keep its value up .
The regulator also shared more details on how it will use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stake in Sberbank to Russia ’ s Finance Ministry to increase its ruble-buying program .
— Russia ’ s stock markets notched up one of its better days in recent weeks , with the RTS Index up 6 % .
News of measures to support Russia ’ s oil companies through the period of low prices helped energy companies score double-digit climbs .
— The Russian ruble remains at its lowest level in five years , having crashed through the benchmark rate of 80 against the U.S. dollar .
Overnight the currency slipped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slightly to 80.5 as trading in Moscow got underway .
That marks a 32 % depreciation since the start of the year .
— Traders don ’ t expect the currency to stabilize anytime soon .
The ruble is already the worst performer this year , and the futures market has it as the second most volatile currency over the next three months , business site RBC reported Thursday .
Against huge economic uncertainty , the U.S. dollar is now stronger than it has ever been , as calculated by its reading on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets , however , were stable at the open , with both the RTS Index and the MOEX Index showing little movement from Wednesday ’ s closing level .
— Nevertheless , the readings were only balanced by some big share price moves in opposite directions .
Retailers such as Lenta and Magnit saw their share prices jump , while national airline Aeroflot shed another 7 % .
A poster child for the coronavirus hit , just one month ago Aeroflot was worth $ 2.2 billion , the latest plunge takes its dollar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — The Russian ruble has fallen to its lowest level in five years , as the economic fallout of the coronavirus continues to weigh on the Russian financial markets .
The ruble slipped to 79.8 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday evening in Moscow , putting the currency down more than 25 % for the year so far .
— The plunge came as oil prices — which have a large impact on the Russian economy — also dropped to their lowest level since the 2014-16 price crisis .
Brent crude was down below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year at $ 66 .
— Russia ’ s dollar-denominated RTS index lost more than 9 % Wednesday , while the MOEX Index , calculated in rubles , was down 3 % .
— Analysts sharpened their assessments of how bad the economic costs of coronavirus will be around the globe .
Deutsche Bank warned of “ a severe global recession ” with “ declines in GDP growth … to exceed anything previously recorded going back at least to World War II.
” — Russia ’ s economic response to the crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ packages being outlined in the U.S. and Europe .
All eyes are on a crucial meeting of the Central Bank on Friday in Moscow , as governor Elvira Nabiullina will weigh up how to respond to the economic turmoil , a falling currency and heightened inflation prospects .
— The ruble slipped heavily overnight , trading at 76.8 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday morning in Moscow .
Analysts say the mammoth stimulus package unleashed by the United States and other developed economies around the world accelerated a rush into dollar-backed assets , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Russian stock markets were knocked back , picking up from a poor session in Asian trading , and taking the steam out of a bounce in the U.S. markets overnight .
The RTS index was down more than 4 % at the open , and the MOEX Index shed more than 1 % .
Russia ’ s national airline , Aeroflot , was one of the biggest fallers , with Wednesday morning ’ s tumble meaning the company has now lost half its value — around $ 1 billion — in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruble ’ s woes were compounded as oil prices once again started the day in the red , with benchmark Brent crude falling close to $ 28 a barrel , setting a new low not seen since January 2016 .
“ The pressure on the oil market has been relentless , [ and ] risks remain to the downside as we move into the second quarter , ” said ING ’ s Warren Patterson .
“ The demand picture continues to deteriorate as more countries implement shutdowns and put in place travel restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile the pickup in oil supply from April following the breakdown of OPEC+ talks does mean that these weak prices are likely to linger for quite a while longer .
Lower prices are clearly going to hurt oil exporting countries.
” — After picking up in the morning , the ruble slipped back to fall below the 75-mark against the U.S. dollar .
A $ 1 bill would get you 75.2 rubles on the money markets Tuesday evening .
The 1 % daily fall would be big news on any number of other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last two weeks , traders might count today ’ s move as a sign of stability .
— The Russian stock markets also reversed their earlier upward trend , falling back in afternoon trading .
The RTS index , denominated in rubles , was down 4.3 % for the day and the MOEX Index dropped 2.8 % .
Construction group LSR fell more than 10 % , followed by retailer Detskiy Mir and financial services group Tinkoff .
— “ The situation remains tense , as the pandemic in Western economies has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps is the beginning , ” said Sergei Suverov , analyst at BCS Premier .
“ Now the main question is whether the authorities will be able to help with large-scale anti-crisis stimulus to prevent mass bankruptcies.
” — Markets were subdued Tuesday morning , with the huge overnight moves which have characterized trading in the last few weeks failing to materialize .
The calm comes after another bloodbath on Wall Street on Monday , where stocks fell 12 % in the worst daily performance in 33 years .
“ The Federal Reserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impress markets Monday , with investors questioning the efficiency of monetary policy for fighting the virus outbreak , ” wrote VTB Capital ’ s Maxim Korovin in his Tuesday research note to clients .
— The ruble gained almost 1 % overnight , trading at 74 against the U.S. dollar .
— The Russian stock markets registered small but steady gains , reversing some of yesterday ’ s losses .
The dollar-denominated RTS index was up 1.6 % to 982 points in the first minutes of Tuesday trading , while the ruble MOEX @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving back above 2,300 .
Blue chips Gazprom , Sberbank and Sistema were top of the leaderboard .
— Brent crude oil also climbed overnight , hovering slightly above the benchmark $ 30 a barrel price which traders have fixed on since the collapse of the OPEC+ deal earlier March .
— The ruble fell again Monday , down 2.5 % to start off the week , trading at 74.2 against the U.S. dollar .
Earlier in the day , the currency fellow the benchmark level of 75 to the dollar .
— @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % as global stocks plummeted following an emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve announced late Sunday .
The RTS index , which is denominated in dollars , stood at 938 points ( -5.4 % ) , while the ruble-based MOEX Index was at 2,216 ( -4.3 % ) .
— Oil slipped to a fresh multi-year lows , with Brent crude falling 10 % below $ 31 a barrel .
Edward Moya , analyst at OANDA said : “ Oil ’ s worst-case scenario seems to be coming true .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and no-one has any clue how much worse it will get .
You can basically start pricing a complete collapse in crude demand for much of the world .
”

Financial markets have seen extreme volatility as the coronavirus continues to spread.
The Russian economy has been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak, and the breakdown of the OPEC+ oil production pact between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The turmoil has shocked traders around the world and resulted in sharp volatility on the Russian stock markets and swings in the value of the ruble — both of which are down around 20% since the start of the year.
The latest on the markets, as of 18.00 Moscow-time March 19:
— The ruble flitted up and down throughout the day, but closed the Moscow trading session where it started — 80.5 against the U.S. dollar. This is around the levels last seen in the 2016 financial crisis and on par with the ruble’s weakest level against the dollar since it was redenominated in the wake of the 1998 financial crisis in Russia.
— Russia’s central bank announced more details on its measures to stop the collapse of the currency, stepping up its sales of foreign currencies — the logic being higher demand for rubles can keep its value up. The regulator also shared more details on how it will use the proceeds from the sale of its stake in Sberbank to Russia’s Finance Ministry to increase its ruble-buying program.
— Russia’s stock markets notched up one of its better days in recent weeks, with the RTS Index up 6%. News of measures to support Russia’s oil companies through the period of low prices helped energy companies score double-digit climbs.
March 19, Moscow open:
— The Russian ruble remains at its lowest level in five years, having crashed through the benchmark rate of 80 against the U.S. dollar. Overnight the currency slipped as low as 82.7, before recovering slightly to 80.5 as trading in Moscow got underway. That marks a 32% depreciation since the start of the year.
— Traders don’t expect the currency to stabilize anytime soon. The ruble is already the worst performer this year, and the futures market has it as the second most volatile currency over the next three months, business site RBC reported Thursday. Against huge economic uncertainty, the U.S. dollar is now stronger than it has ever been, as calculated by its reading on the trade-weighted index.
— Russian stock markets, however, were stable at the open, with both the RTS Index and the MOEX Index showing little movement from Wednesday’s closing level.
— Nevertheless, the readings were only balanced by some big share price moves in opposite directions. Retailers such as Lenta and Magnit saw their share prices jump, while national airline Aeroflot shed another 7%. A poster child for the coronavirus hit, just one month ago Aeroflot was worth $2.2 billion, the latest plunge takes its dollar market capitalization below $750 million.
March 18, Moscow close:
— The Russian ruble has fallen to its lowest level in five years, as the economic fallout of the coronavirus continues to weigh on the Russian financial markets. The ruble slipped to 79.8 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday evening in Moscow, putting the currency down more than 25% for the year so far.
— The plunge came as oil prices — which have a large impact on the Russian economy — also dropped to their lowest level since the 2014-16 price crisis. Brent crude was down below $27 a barrel. It started the year at $66.
— Russia’s dollar-denominated RTS index lost more than 9% Wednesday, while the MOEX Index, calculated in rubles, was down 3%.
— Analysts sharpened their assessments of how bad the economic costs of coronavirus will be around the globe. Deutsche Bank warned of “a severe global recession” with “declines in GDP growth … to exceed anything previously recorded going back at least to World War II.”
— Russia’s economic response to the crisis remains moderate compared to the huge rescue packages being outlined in the U.S. and Europe. All eyes are on a crucial meeting of the Central Bank on Friday in Moscow, as governor Elvira Nabiullina will weigh up how to respond to the economic turmoil, a falling currency and heightened inflation prospects.
March 18, Moscow open:
— The ruble slipped heavily overnight, trading at 76.8 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday morning in Moscow. Analysts say the mammoth stimulus package unleashed by the United States and other developed economies around the world accelerated a rush into dollar-backed assets, with currencies of emerging markets suffering.
— The Russian stock markets were knocked back, picking up from a poor session in Asian trading, and taking the steam out of a bounce in the U.S. markets overnight. The RTS index was down more than 4% at the open, and the MOEX Index shed more than 1%. Russia’s national airline, Aeroflot, was one of the biggest fallers, with Wednesday morning’s tumble meaning the company has now lost half its value — around $1 billion — in the space of four weeks.
— The ruble’s woes were compounded as oil prices once again started the day in the red, with benchmark Brent crude falling close to $28 a barrel, setting a new low not seen since January 2016. “The pressure on the oil market has been relentless, [and] risks remain to the downside as we move into the second quarter,” said ING’s Warren Patterson. “The demand picture continues to deteriorate as more countries implement shutdowns and put in place travel restrictions which have seen airlines cut capacity. Meanwhile the pickup in oil supply from April following the breakdown of OPEC+ talks does mean that these weak prices are likely to linger for quite a while longer. Lower prices are clearly going to hurt oil exporting countries.”
March 17, Moscow close:
— After picking up in the morning, the ruble slipped back to fall below the 75-mark against the U.S. dollar. A $1 bill would get you 75.2 rubles on the money markets Tuesday evening. The 1% daily fall would be big news on any number of other days, but following huge volatility over the last two weeks, traders might count today’s move as a sign of stability.
— The Russian stock markets also reversed their earlier upward trend, falling back in afternoon trading. The RTS index, denominated in rubles, was down 4.3% for the day and the MOEX Index dropped 2.8%. Construction group LSR fell more than 10%, followed by retailer Detskiy Mir and financial services group Tinkoff.
— Brent crude oil dropped back below $30 a barrel in Tuesday afternoon trading.
— “The situation remains tense, as the pandemic in Western economies has not yet passed its peak — and perhaps is the beginning,” said Sergei Suverov, analyst at BCS Premier. “Now the main question is whether the authorities will be able to help with large-scale anti-crisis stimulus to prevent mass bankruptcies.”
March 17, Moscow open:
— Markets were subdued Tuesday morning, with the huge overnight moves which have characterized trading in the last few weeks failing to materialize. The calm comes after another bloodbath on Wall Street on Monday, where stocks fell 12% in the worst daily performance in 33 years. “The Federal Reserve's emergency move Sunday apparently failed to impress markets Monday, with investors questioning the efficiency of monetary policy for fighting the virus outbreak,” wrote VTB Capital’s Maxim Korovin in his Tuesday research note to clients.
— The ruble gained almost 1% overnight, trading at 74 against the U.S. dollar.
— The Russian stock markets registered small but steady gains, reversing some of yesterday’s losses. The dollar-denominated RTS index was up 1.6% to 982 points in the first minutes of Tuesday trading, while the ruble MOEX Index climbed by the same extent, moving back above 2,300. Blue chips Gazprom, Sberbank and Sistema were top of the leaderboard.
— Brent crude oil also climbed overnight, hovering slightly above the benchmark $30 a barrel price which traders have fixed on since the collapse of the OPEC+ deal earlier March.
March 16, Moscow close:
— The ruble fell again Monday, down 2.5% to start off the week, trading at 74.2 against the U.S. dollar. Earlier in the day, the currency fellow the benchmark level of 75 to the dollar.
— The Russian stock market also lost 5% as global stocks plummeted following an emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve announced late Sunday. The RTS index, which is denominated in dollars, stood at 938 points (-5.4%), while the ruble-based MOEX Index was at 2,216 (-4.3%).
— Oil slipped to a fresh multi-year lows, with Brent crude falling 10% below $31 a barrel. Edward Moya, analyst at OANDA said: “Oil’s worst-case scenario seems to be coming true. The coronavirus is paralyzing economies across the world and no-one has any clue how much worse it will get. You can basically start pricing a complete collapse in crude demand for much of the world.”


russia-insider--2020-03-20--Brazilian Pres. Bolsonaro - World's Latest Faux Populist Zionist Puppet

Brazilian President Bolsonaro is truly the Trump of the tropics , because he ’ s yet another puppet populist who sold his country out to Israel .
He even has his very own Kushner in the form of Jewish handler Fabio Wajingarten , who recently tested positive for coronavirus after a visit to America , by the way .
As the guys at the FTN podcast explain in the audio snippet below , Israel has a strong interest in co-opting the Brazilian government .
Brazil is a BRICS nation ( Brazil , Russia , India , China , South Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pull with other countries that have been historically uncooperative with the Zionist agenda .
Especially now that Bolsonaro has opened Brazil ’ s natural resources to foreign investors , which will no doubt stimulate the wealth and global importance of this burgeoning world power , at the meager cost of national independence .
At least one silver lining to Zionist world leaders shaking hands behind the people ’ s back is that they all seem to be giving each other coronavirus , which is funny .
For more info , check out this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ About the FTN and TRS podcasts : FTN and the other podcasts on the TRS podcast platform have become required listening for anyone serious about understanding American politics .
In a highly professional and competent manner , they analyze topics , including Jewish influence , that others wo n't .
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Transcript : the following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some errors , but it is surprisingly accurate .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:00:08 ] Of course , the virus has spread from C-PAC to AIPAC to Brazil .
You have these people , who were all in contact with each other .
This is you know , this is all this is all people who are in the same rooms together transmitting things , having Mulvany cough all over them , because in the video of C-PAC , like at the end of that , where he 's coughing and hacking into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and , you know , takes that sweaty paw and jams it in it into the hand of the guy who is interviewing him .
And yeah , it 's just it 's just awful .
Especially with when , you know , the transmission of what 's going on here .
So also infected Fabio Wajingarten , who is Jewish .
This is the aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:00:59 ] This is , you know , once again , it 's like everybody 's got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has Kushner .
Obama had Axelrod , Plouffe and Rahm Emanuel .
And as we pointed out in the midweek show , Vladimir Putin has Roman Abramovich .
It 's kind of funny how these guys all have their their handlers .
You know , Roman Abramovich , as we pointed out , this is the guy who does all of Putin 's cabinet interviews and makes decisions about who to investigate , who not to investigate .
There 's not just a a casual sort of relationship where Abramovitch is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no , he 's he 's like Kushner .
He 's like the guy .
It 's like a kick it to that guy .
He 's gon na make the decision , of course , Bolsonaro , who has Wajingartener , who is you know , he 's he 's got he 's tested positive for the virus .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:01:51 ] And he was in contact with Mulvany .
He was in contact with basically all of the people who have self-quarantined that I just mentioned , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It 's kind of funny the fact that this virus has like I mean , it 's not like we all knew that these people were interacting and deeply interwoven with Israel and Israeli interests and keep AIPAC and C-PAC .
But it 's kind of funny that the that the virus itself and who is freaking out and putting themselves into self-quarantine is doing the dot connecting for us .
It 's like , oh , yeah , that person is getting sick and this person is getting sick .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Paul Singer got the virus now .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:02:32 ] I mean , do all these people sort of it 's like , yeah , of course , because they 're all in the same back room talking about how they 're going to fuck everybody .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:02:47 ] But of course , Brazil , as we all know , has become very tightly interwoven with Israel , especially with Bolsonaro 's election .
Remember his sons ?
I remember seeing this , the IDF @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing .
James Allsup : [ 00:03:01 ] Right .
And he did this livestream that had I think he had a menorah in the background while doing a livestream .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:03:07 ] So fucking disgusting .
Totally , Jewed up administration .
But why ?
Right .
Why is Brazil so important to Zionism ?
Well , aside from just signing a number of deals , including weapons agreements , tech development agreements and partnerships .
Brazil is a BRICS nation .
Right .
BRICS which stands for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and South Africa .
South Africa was tacked on at the end .
It used to just be BRIC nation .
This is an organization that 's headquartered in Shanghai and its main objectives are to cooperate between the member nations for development , provide financial assistance , support various projects .
Infrastructure .
Is also agreed to provide financial assistance and support to countries other than members .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:03:54 ] And as a burgeoning world power , especially in South America , it 's a great concern to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation allied with these other countries that they 're not very happy with and do n't control and want to destroy .
Actually , I should add , and so I think there is a pressure move slowly but surely to get Brazil out of BRICS and join NATO .
And I would go as far as to bridge this is going to happen while Bolsonaro 's in office , in fact , that 's why he was put into office .
In fact , I am sure because it 's like how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of people cope and they 're like , oh , guys , do n't worry .
You know , and when America when whites are a minority in the country , you know , Bolsonaro got elected .
It 's like , how do you know that that was n't with Israeli meddling in that election , was n't totally fucking rigged to make sure that Bolsonaro is in office so that he could pull this off .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:04:47 ] How do you know that ?
So is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When we get to be a minority status in our own country , we can still elect Shabos into office to screw up our country even more .
That 's great .
That 's good news .
Glad to hear that .
James Allsup : [ 00:04:59 ] Right .
That 's the thing about Bolsonaro 's .
He 's not this right wing populist firebrand like he 's interpreted in American media .
He was characterized as the Trump of the tropics .
Right .
Which I suppose is actually a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not .
Right , because , you know .
Well , they 're not , in fact .
Yeah .
He ran on the same promise of restoring law and order , which which he has done to limited degrees in in Brazil , but also on privatizing Brazil 's natural resources and on selling off further shares of the Amazon rainforest and and generally privatizing industry , much as was seen in Chile in the 1980s .
And so this is why he was he was not met with the same fervor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really worry a nationalist or a national socialist of that .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:05:52 ] And I remember , you know , being you know , everybody was on the bandwagon for Bolsonaro and then .
But that sort of petered out very quickly because they tipped their hat or they tipped the mask , slipped a little bit too much .
They tip their kippa .
Yeah , the typical kippa got tipped in the IDF and Mossad thing basically sealed that deal .
And there are still people out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they 're doing that to mock the Jews .
It 's like , sure .
I 'm sure that 's what they 're doing .
But no , it 's pretty much what I just said .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:06:21 ] I mean , it 's it 's pretty pretty simple to figure out you just to look look at who these people are associated with and who they 're associating with and what their motives are , what they do .
James Allsup : [ 00:06:29 ] And it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plays out .
If you listened , if you did n't listen to the MIDDLEWEEK show , you need to go back and listen to that , because we dug in depth on the privatization of Russian industry after the fall of the Soviet Union .
And it is so funny how this playbook seems to seems to be unified itself , being implemented across the world in nations that are either developing or redeveloping , as in the case of the USSR , Brazil .
Right .
This is a country that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ timber resources in the world .
James Allsup : [ 00:07:02 ] And of course , it 's not all , you know , timber for exploitation .
Much of it is to be preserved as natural parks and as , you know , greenspace .
So funny that Bolsonaro , this guy backed by by Israeli interests , gets in office and immediately begins privatizing it and opening it up to investors .
And do you think the investors buying this land up are Brazilians ?
Are these , you know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are are buying shares of the of the rainforest industry ?
No , these are international investors .
And this is exactly what happened in Russia where the fall of the USSR .
It 's happened across the world .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:07:40 ] And it 's going to continue to happen each time you see one of these countries getting ready to enter the first world .
Yeah , they 're going to try to elect some sort of puppet dictator who is is like , you know , Bolsonaro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is rising and it 's important that people do n't get caught up in this and recognize it for what it is .
I mean , we I think everybody has learned the lesson now , and that 's good news , because it means that it 's going to be more difficult for these people to pull this off .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:08:07 ] This is a trick that you only pull one time like a Donald Trump running again and promising the world on immigration and all the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're going gon na get a subset of people who buy into that each and every time .
I mean , it 's just the way the bell curve works .
But you 're not going to keep fooling the same people over and over again and you 're not going to stop us from telling the truth about it .
So continuing on with this , of course , picture show pictures and video show that Trump and Bolsonaro and his press secretary , Fabio Wajingarten , we 're all in close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : [ 00:08:39 ] Wajingarten , of course , was tested in Sao Paulo and received his positive result onThursday after showing signs of the flu .
Trump , however , told reporters on Thursday , I 'm not concerned .
No , we have no symptoms whatsoever .
Donald Trump told reporters that at the White House on Friday , and this is when he was asked why he had not been tested or why he has not self isolated .
I do n't need to self isolate , he says .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ his mouth like this is all things that he said verbatim .
And , of course , the White House also said that the first family will not go into quarantine , despite their closeness to several confirmed cases of the virus in the past week .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:09:19 ] Ivanka Trump stayed home from the White House on Friday after meeting on March 5th with Australian official who had later tested positive for the virus .
So maybe we 'll see a positive , positive report from Jared Kushner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where this thing could go .
But there are some conflicting reports on Friday as of noon on Friday .
Of course , you probably are aware of got blasted all over the place that Jair Bolsonaro himself had tested positive .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:09:47 ] And then he denied those reports and later claimed that he had a negative test .
But the funny thing is , is guess what ?
Jair Bolsonaro is doing just a few days before downplaying coronavirus .
Blaming the media for causing mass hysteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a major chunk of information surrounding the Corona virus was just , quote , a fantasy .
During the past year , obviously we 've had a few moments of crisis .
A lot of that is fantasy and coronavirus , which is not all the mainstream media makes it out to be .
Some of the press has managed to turn a fall in the oil price into a crisis .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:10:25 ] I understand that it is better to drop 30 percent than to raise 30 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Obviously , there are problems in the stock market .
This happens sporadically .
And as we 're seeing , markets have opened today and we are beginning to show signs of recovery .
And this is I guess on Tuesday when it was up a couple hundred points and then dropped twenty five hundred or twenty three hundred .
So it 's just the crude , bro .
Yeah .
It 's just just the crude oil .
Yeah .
It 's a man .
But yeah .
I mean it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Trump though in case this is lost on anybody , you know , Bolsonaro spends a couple days with Trump and then goes to the media and starts playing the fucking Donald Trump record of like this is nothing .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:11:10 ] It 's gon na be fine .
We 're on our way to recovery .
We 're turning the corner .
It 's just it it never fucking ends .
And then you have Miami mayor testing positive for coronavirus after event with both senario and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive for the virus four days after the mayor attended a local event with Brazilian government official who later tested positive .
The 42 year old mayor become the first of the U.S. elected officials to learn that they have the virus .
I 'm sure there are others who already have it and they just do n't know yet .
Rick Scott , as I mentioned , he is as well .
Jazzhands McFeels : [ 00:11:46 ] But the funny thing is , is that Lindsey Graham , I do n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's self isolating .
I do n't remember what the deal is .
But he said that he was n't in contact with anybody .
So let me get this straight .
Lindsey Graham was in the room with Bolsonaro and all these other people that he did n't shake hands with anybody , did n't talk to anybody , did n't have direct contact is what he 's claiming to come on , guy , like you were in the room and you did n't shake hands with these people .
Get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the mayor of Miami .
Of course , his announcement rippled through top levels of Miami 's gay bathhouse scene on Friday , forcing government officials to self-quarantine and sparking increased concerns over the spread of the virus in Miami .
So .
Andrew Gillerman , Marco Rubio , hardest hit .

Brazilian President Bolsonaro is truly the Trump of the tropics, because he’s yet another puppet populist who sold his country out to Israel.
He even has his very own Kushner in the form of Jewish handler Fabio Wajingarten, who recently tested positive for coronavirus after a visit to America, by the way.
Donald Trump was pictured with Fabio Wajngarten (right) who later tested positive for coronavirus
As the guys at the FTN podcast explain in the audio snippet below, Israel has a strong interest in co-opting the Brazilian government. Brazil is a BRICS nation (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and thus has a lot of pull with other countries that have been historically uncooperative with the Zionist agenda. Especially now that Bolsonaro has opened Brazil’s natural resources to foreign investors, which will no doubt stimulate the wealth and global importance of this burgeoning world power, at the meager cost of national independence.
At least one silver lining to Zionist world leaders shaking hands behind the people’s back is that they all seem to be giving each other coronavirus, which is funny.
For more info, check out this audio clip. Transcript follows below.
(Backup audio player in case YouTube decides to censor the original video)
From the FTN Website:
By now, most are aware of how President Jair Bolsonaro’s chewy handler, Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for Coronavirus and subsequently infected at least one U.S. politician and sent half a dozen others into quarantine. What you may not know is why Jair Bolsonaro and his kippah clad entourage was in the United States, just as CPAC and AIPAC were winding down. Jazz and James discuss Bolsonaro as yet another faux populist puppet of Israel and his long term plans for Brazil. Full episode: https://therightstuff.biz/2020/03/15/ftn-296-neoliberal-viral-load
About the FTN and TRS podcasts:
FTN and the other podcasts on the TRS podcast platform have become required listening for anyone serious about understanding American politics. In a highly professional and competent manner, they analyze topics, including Jewish influence, that others won't.
The FTN podcast in particular is hard news focused, delivering fresh dissident angles on current events that ruthlessly challenge the mainstream narrative.
Some of their episodes are free to the public, while others are behind a $10 monthly paywall, probably the best value in American journalism today because you get access to several excellent shows for that price. We highly recommend Eric Striker's, (editor of the excellent National Justice website), and Mike Enoch's 'Strike and Mike' (1X per week) which are also more hard news focused. The Daily Shoah with Mike Enoch, Jesse Dunstan, and Alex McNabb, (3X per week), which is a less formal, Joe Rogan style radio talk show, is also excellent.
Transcript: the following is machine transcribed. There may be some errors, but it is surprisingly accurate.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:00:08] Of course, the virus has spread from C-PAC to AIPAC to Brazil. You have these people, who were all in contact with each other. This is you know, this is all this is all people who are in the same rooms together transmitting things, having Mulvany cough all over them, because in the video of C-PAC, like at the end of that, where he's coughing and hacking into his right hand, he stands up and, you know, takes that sweaty paw and jams it in it into the hand of the guy who is interviewing him. And yeah, it's just it's just awful. Especially with when, you know, the transmission of what's going on here. So also infected Fabio Wajingarten, who is Jewish. This is the aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:00:59] This is, you know, once again, it's like everybody's got a Jewish handler Bolsonaro has Wajingarten, Trump has Kushner. Obama had Axelrod, Plouffe and Rahm Emanuel. And as we pointed out in the midweek show, Vladimir Putin has Roman Abramovich. It's kind of funny how these guys all have their their handlers. You know, Roman Abramovich, as we pointed out, this is the guy who does all of Putin's cabinet interviews and makes decisions about who to investigate, who not to investigate. There's not just a a casual sort of relationship where Abramovitch is a donor or something. It's like, no, he's he's like Kushner. He's like the guy. It's like a kick it to that guy. He's gonna make the decision, of course, Bolsonaro, who has Wajingartener, who is you know, he's he's got he's tested positive for the virus.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:01:51] And he was in contact with Mulvany. He was in contact with basically all of the people who have self-quarantined that I just mentioned, including Rick Scott and and Lindsey Graham. It's kind of funny the fact that this virus has like I mean, it's not like we all knew that these people were interacting and deeply interwoven with Israel and Israeli interests and keep AIPAC and C-PAC. But it's kind of funny that the that the virus itself and who is freaking out and putting themselves into self-quarantine is doing the dot connecting for us. It's like, oh, yeah, that person is getting sick and this person is getting sick. And it's like, you know, as Paul Singer got the virus now.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:02:32] I mean, do all these people sort of it's like, yeah, of course, because they're all in the same back room talking about how they're going to fuck everybody.
James Allsup: [00:02:41] Right. Smoky back room, cough filled, aerosolized, cough filled back room, Jesus.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:02:47] But of course, Brazil, as we all know, has become very tightly interwoven with Israel, especially with Bolsonaro's election. Remember his sons? I remember seeing this, the IDF and the Mossad shirts that they were wearing.
James Allsup: [00:03:01] Right. And he did this livestream that had I think he had a menorah in the background while doing a livestream.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:03:07] So fucking disgusting. Totally, Jewed up administration. But why? Right. Why is Brazil so important to Zionism? Well, aside from just signing a number of deals, including weapons agreements, tech development agreements and partnerships. Brazil is a BRICS nation. Right. BRICS which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South Africa was tacked on at the end. It used to just be BRIC nation. This is an organization that's headquartered in Shanghai and its main objectives are to cooperate between the member nations for development, provide financial assistance, support various projects. Infrastructure. Is also agreed to provide financial assistance and support to countries other than members.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:03:54] And as a burgeoning world power, especially in South America, it's a great concern to Israel that Brazil would be a BRICS nation allied with these other countries that they're not very happy with and don't control and want to destroy. Actually, I should add, and so I think there is a pressure move slowly but surely to get Brazil out of BRICS and join NATO. And I would go as far as to bridge this is going to happen while Bolsonaro's in office, in fact, that's why he was put into office. In fact, I am sure because it's like how does a guy like but because a lot of people cope and they're like, oh, guys, don't worry. You know, and when America when whites are a minority in the country, you know, Bolsonaro got elected. It's like, how do you know that that wasn't with Israeli meddling in that election, wasn't totally fucking rigged to make sure that Bolsonaro is in office so that he could pull this off.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:04:47] How do you know that? So is the cope that don't worry. When we get to be a minority status in our own country, we can still elect Shabos into office to screw up our country even more. That's great. That's good news. Glad to hear that.
James Allsup: [00:04:59] Right. That's the thing about Bolsonaro's. He's not this right wing populist firebrand like he's interpreted in American media. He was characterized as the Trump of the tropics. Right. Which I suppose is actually a very good characterization in retrospect, they're not. Right, because, you know. Well, they're not, in fact. Yeah. He ran on the same promise of restoring law and order, which which he has done to limited degrees in in Brazil, but also on privatizing Brazil's natural resources and on selling off further shares of the Amazon rainforest and and generally privatizing industry, much as was seen in Chile in the 1980s. And so this is why he was he was not met with the same fervor that he would have been if he really worry a nationalist or a national socialist of that.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:05:52] And I remember, you know, being you know, everybody was on the bandwagon for Bolsonaro and then. But that sort of petered out very quickly because they tipped their hat or they tipped the mask, slipped a little bit too much. They tip their kippa. Yeah, the typical kippa got tipped in the IDF and Mossad thing basically sealed that deal. And there are still people out there trying to say like, oh, they're doing that to mock the Jews. It's like, sure. I'm sure that's what they're doing. But no, it's pretty much what I just said.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:06:21] I mean, it's it's pretty pretty simple to figure out you just to look look at who these people are associated with and who they're associating with and what their motives are, what they do.
James Allsup: [00:06:29] And it's and it's funny how this plays out. If you listened, if you didn't listen to the MIDDLEWEEK show, you need to go back and listen to that, because we dug in depth on the privatization of Russian industry after the fall of the Soviet Union. And it is so funny how this playbook seems to seems to be unified itself, being implemented across the world in nations that are either developing or redeveloping, as in the case of the USSR, Brazil. Right. This is a country that has had some of the most vast timber resources in the world.
James Allsup: [00:07:02] And of course, it's not all, you know, timber for exploitation. Much of it is to be preserved as natural parks and as, you know, greenspace. So funny that Bolsonaro, this guy backed by by Israeli interests, gets in office and immediately begins privatizing it and opening it up to investors. And do you think the investors buying this land up are Brazilians? Are these, you know, middle class people from Sao Paulo that are are buying shares of the of the rainforest industry? No, these are international investors. And this is exactly what happened in Russia where the fall of the USSR. It's happened across the world.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:07:40] And it's going to continue to happen each time you see one of these countries getting ready to enter the first world. Yeah, they're going to try to elect some sort of puppet dictator who is is like, you know, Bolsonaro's. I go look at populism is rising and it's important that people don't get caught up in this and recognize it for what it is. I mean, we I think everybody has learned the lesson now, and that's good news, because it means that it's going to be more difficult for these people to pull this off.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:08:07] This is a trick that you only pull one time like a Donald Trump running again and promising the world on immigration and all the other. And nobody's going to you're going gonna get a subset of people who buy into that each and every time. I mean, it's just the way the bell curve works. But you're not going to keep fooling the same people over and over again and you're not going to stop us from telling the truth about it. So continuing on with this, of course, picture show pictures and video show that Trump and Bolsonaro and his press secretary, Fabio Wajingarten, we're all in close proximity on March 7th.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:08:39] Wajingarten, of course, was tested in Sao Paulo and received his positive result onThursday after showing signs of the flu. Trump, however, told reporters on Thursday, I'm not concerned. No, we have no symptoms whatsoever. Donald Trump told reporters that at the White House on Friday, and this is when he was asked why he had not been tested or why he has not self isolated. I don't need to self isolate, he says. I'm not even putting words into his mouth like this is all things that he said verbatim. And, of course, the White House also said that the first family will not go into quarantine, despite their closeness to several confirmed cases of the virus in the past week.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:09:19] Ivanka Trump stayed home from the White House on Friday after meeting on March 5th with Australian official who had later tested positive for the virus. So maybe we'll see a positive, positive report from Jared Kushner very soon. Who knows where this where this thing could go. But there are some conflicting reports on Friday as of noon on Friday. Of course, you probably are aware of got blasted all over the place that Jair Bolsonaro himself had tested positive.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:09:47] And then he denied those reports and later claimed that he had a negative test. But the funny thing is, is guess what? Jair Bolsonaro is doing just a few days before downplaying coronavirus. Blaming the media for causing mass hysteria made headlines on Tuesday after alleging that a major chunk of information surrounding the Corona virus was just, quote, a fantasy. During the past year, obviously we've had a few moments of crisis. A lot of that is fantasy and coronavirus, which is not all the mainstream media makes it out to be. Some of the press has managed to turn a fall in the oil price into a crisis.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:10:25] I understand that it is better to drop 30 percent than to raise 30 percent. But this is not a crisis. Obviously, there are problems in the stock market. This happens sporadically. And as we're seeing, markets have opened today and we are beginning to show signs of recovery. And this is I guess on Tuesday when it was up a couple hundred points and then dropped twenty five hundred or twenty three hundred. So it's just the crude, bro. Yeah. It's just just the crude oil. Yeah. It's a man. But yeah. I mean it's like as soon as he meets with Trump though in case this is lost on anybody, you know, Bolsonaro spends a couple days with Trump and then goes to the media and starts playing the fucking Donald Trump record of like this is nothing.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:11:10] It's gonna be fine. We're on our way to recovery. We're turning the corner. It's just it it never fucking ends. And then you have Miami mayor testing positive for coronavirus after event with both senario and staffers. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tested positive for the virus four days after the mayor attended a local event with Brazilian government official who later tested positive. The 42 year old mayor become the first of the U.S. elected officials to learn that they have the virus. I'm sure there are others who already have it and they just don't know yet. Rick Scott, as I mentioned, he is as well.
Jazzhands McFeels: [00:11:46] But the funny thing is, is that Lindsey Graham, I don't think is self isolating or maybe he's self isolating. I don't remember what the deal is. But he said that he wasn't in contact with anybody. So let me get this straight. Lindsey Graham was in the room with Bolsonaro and all these other people that he didn't shake hands with anybody, didn't talk to anybody, didn't have direct contact is what he's claiming to come on, guy, like you were in the room and you didn't shake hands with these people. Get the fuck out of here, but be the mayor of Miami. Of course, his announcement rippled through top levels of Miami's gay bathhouse scene on Friday, forcing government officials to self-quarantine and sparking increased concerns over the spread of the virus in Miami. So. Andrew Gillerman, Marco Rubio, hardest hit.