southfront--2020-10-20--Global Hunger, COVID-19 And Corporations Controlled World

In recent weeks and months , countries around the world appear to be bulking up their food stocks .
This is the case in Jordan , which built up record reserves .
It is also the same in Egypt , which is the world ’ s biggest buyer of grain , and began buying grain from international markets , even during its local harvest .
Cairo has boosted its buying by 50 % since April 2020 .
Taiwan said it will increase strategic food stockpiles , and China has been buying to feed its growing hog herd .
This behavior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a result of various causes .
The most obvious one is COVID-19 , the hysteria and lockdown brought forth by it .
Global shipments were disrupted due to the lockdowns , and there ’ s concerns that if there is a sharp increase in cases of COVID-19 there could be more restrictions incoming .
The pandemic has so far led to food being abandoned at ports , since there ’ s nobody to transport it , there were trucking delays , as well as jams at warehouses , since storage space is scarce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those that can provide the full package also do not shy away from providing it at a very high price .
The situation appears to have deteriorated dramatically with either a complete lack of food supplies , or them being provided at a very high price .
Countries that wish to bulk up their food stocks and have the resources to do so are fortunate .
However , increased purchasing also means that the price is going up , and those countries that have less resources , or too many people to cover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further exacerbated by the fall of the population ’ s real incomes , and this relates to almost every country – US and Western Europe included , citizens appear to be making more money , but they can actually buy less .
The entire global financial and economic situation is in a state of disaster , which was initiated by Saudi Arabia ’ s crude oil price war , the disruptions in supply chain and , virtually , every sphere of life , by COVID-19 have brought forward the accumulated structural problems of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struggling and it shows its biggest proponents are willing to sacrifice lives in order to keep the economy afloat .
This was all caused not so much by actual issues , but rather by fearmongering and widespread hysteria , which continues in the 4th quarter of the year .
This has led to an unconditional increase in hunger-related mortality , either due to reductions in necessary rations , or due to the forced consumption of low-quality ( and as a result cheap ) food which leads to various diseases such as diabetes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One would say that there have been hungering people in Africa and Asia for decades , how is that different now ?
It ’ s different because it doesn ’ t relate to Africa anymore .
It relates to traditionally rich countries such as the United States .
In the United States , 14 million children regularly miss their meals every day .
That is three times more than during the Great Recession and five times more than before the pandemic .
It ’ s even worse for Latino and Black families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spiked to 25 % and 30 % .
Even before the pandemic , the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated 37 million people in America struggled with hunger and nutrition .
The Centers for Disease Control reports 76 % of people killed by COVID-19 had at least one underlying condition , most of which were diet-related .
Diet-related diseases also fuel skyrocketing health care costs , which rose from 5 % to 28 % of the federal budget in the past 50 years .
And one would say that is an issue caused by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 13.7 million households , or 10.5 % of all U.S. households , experienced food insecurity at some point during the year .
For about a third of these households , access to food was so limited that their eating patterns were disrupted and food intake was reduced .
The rest were able to obtain enough food to avoid completely disrupting their eating patterns , but had to cope by eating less varied diets or utilizing food assistance programs .
38 million people used SNAP in 2019 .
One in nine people in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assistance Program ( also known as food stamps ) — in 2019 , according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities .
During COVID-19 , many Americans report that they do not have enough to eat .
This is not a problem limited to certain populations or regions .
Approximately 1 in 5 Black and Latinx adults say they do not have enough to eat , as do 1 in 14 white and Asian adults .
In the vast majority of states more than 1 in 10 adults with children don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. , the government ’ s hunger-relief plan known as the Farmers to Families Food Box program is starting to wind down .
The supplemental $ 600 a week in jobless benefits authorized by Congress in late March expired in July , and lawmakers are still wrangling over another large stimulus bill .
School lunch programs were already struggling to meet rising demand before the pandemic .
With COVID-19 now keeping children out of school , many don ’ t have access to school lunches at all .
If the world ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the planet can not feed its population then what ’ s left for the others ?
A study by the United States ’ Food Research and Action Center looked into how COVID-19 exacerbated the food crisis .
It provided some notable insight for inside the United States .
Such as that it ’ s not just the poorest families who are facing this struggle ; among those who don ’ t have enough to eat , 1 in 4 have usual incomes above $ 50,000 per year .
Additionally , many other spheres @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic , and have negatively impacted access to food .
Those who report not having enough to eat are also experiencing other aspects of economic turmoil .
As shown in Figure 8 below , a majority of those without enough to eat say they expect to lose employment income in the next month .
One-third say that they are not at all confident that they can make their next housing payment , and nearly half are not at all confident that they can afford the food they need over the next month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not make their last housing payment .
More than 80 % of those without enough to eat reported experiencing bad mental health symptoms at least half of the days in the prior week , including nervousness/anxiety , inability to stop worrying , little interest in doing things , and feeling down , depressed or hopeless .
Rates of bad mental health symptoms among those without enough to eat are 20 to 30 percentage points higher than those among the population overall .
There is also another side to every situation , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) is a chance for others .
Who benefits the most ?
Some obvious and very apparent beneficiaries immediately jump to mind – Big Pharma , Biotechnology companies , as well as Western food industry corporations .
More than ever they are pushing towards producing even more genetically modified foods , artificial meat and other ‘ tweaked ’ products .
Biotechnology is one of the praised “ food for all ” technologies , that would guarantee that no child ( or adult ) suffers or dies of hunger in the 21st century .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ looks into how it can be done .
The Green Revolution means less land being used for agricultural and animal rearing , so that there is less soil erosion and so on .
According to him , 2020 has proven that this is necessary .
Additionally , the above-mentioned biotechnology approach is largely safe for humans , according to reports , but there are some risks .
Also there are threats of viruses , but at this point how much of a novelty would that be ?
And the last risk relates to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having super-resistant vermin that destroy natural and artificially created food , but how is it no worth it when there ’ s billions , or even trillions to be made in profit ?
Gordon Conway concludes with the following : Essentially his proposal is such that individuals in rural areas should be stripped of their livelihood , and be given the chance to become “ analysts , designers and experimenters , ” as unlikely as it sounds .
Another solution would be – either eat more of the food they produce and as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of affording basic utilities and commodities , or “ earn the income ” to purchase the extra food they need , how that would happen remains a mystery for an individual who earns income by producing food .
This is only one direction , in addition to developing biotechnology , there are requests to fully open the global market of all developing countries , which would lead to even worse crisis in all of them , or potentially including small producers in the global networks ( which means that they will simply be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Neoliberalism is openly being promoted , with the idea of traditional communities leaving the rural areas , and them being entirely abandoned , since the big cities always need more consumers or untrained labor .
As mentioned earlier , this is not a problem for the US alone , according to the United Nations World Food Program ( which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize ) , the global pandemic has the chance to double the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity , from 135 million in 2019 to 265 million in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the livelihood , and little is more frightening than hunger , as such , a massive change of direction and the establishment of a new order to follow is made much simpler – after all , if it ’ s not implemented and followed through on , millions , or even billions would die a death of starvation .
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In recent weeks and months, countries around the world appear to be bulking up their food stocks.
This is the case in Jordan, which built up record reserves.
It is also the same in Egypt, which is the world’s biggest buyer of grain, and began buying grain from international markets, even during its local harvest. Cairo has boosted its buying by 50% since April 2020.
Taiwan said it will increase strategic food stockpiles, and China has been buying to feed its growing hog herd.
This behavior is not an accident, it is a result of various causes. The most obvious one is COVID-19, the hysteria and lockdown brought forth by it.
Global shipments were disrupted due to the lockdowns, and there’s concerns that if there is a sharp increase in cases of COVID-19 there could be more restrictions incoming.
The pandemic has so far led to food being abandoned at ports, since there’s nobody to transport it, there were trucking delays, as well as jams at warehouses, since storage space is scarce.
Supply chains are vulnerable, and those that can provide the full package also do not shy away from providing it at a very high price. The situation appears to have deteriorated dramatically with either a complete lack of food supplies, or them being provided at a very high price.
Countries that wish to bulk up their food stocks and have the resources to do so are fortunate. However, increased purchasing also means that the price is going up, and those countries that have less resources, or too many people to cover will begin to struggle.
This is further exacerbated by the fall of the population’s real incomes, and this relates to almost every country – US and Western Europe included, citizens appear to be making more money, but they can actually buy less.
The entire global financial and economic situation is in a state of disaster, which was initiated by Saudi Arabia’s crude oil price war, the disruptions in supply chain and, virtually, every sphere of life, by COVID-19 have brought forward the accumulated structural problems of the global economic model.
Capitalism is struggling and it shows its biggest proponents are willing to sacrifice lives in order to keep the economy afloat.
This was all caused not so much by actual issues, but rather by fearmongering and widespread hysteria, which continues in the 4th quarter of the year.
This has led to an unconditional increase in hunger-related mortality, either due to reductions in necessary rations, or due to the forced consumption of low-quality (and as a result cheap) food which leads to various diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular issues, metabolic diseases and more.
One would say that there have been hungering people in Africa and Asia for decades, how is that different now?
It’s different because it doesn’t relate to Africa anymore. It relates to traditionally rich countries such as the United States.
In the United States, 14 million children regularly miss their meals every day.
That is three times more than during the Great Recession and five times more than before the pandemic.
It’s even worse for Latino and Black families, whose rates of nutrition insecurity have spiked to 25% and 30%.
Even before the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated 37 million people in America struggled with hunger and nutrition.
The Centers for Disease Control reports 76% of people killed by COVID-19 had at least one underlying condition, most of which were diet-related. Diet-related diseases also fuel skyrocketing health care costs, which rose from 5% to 28% of the federal budget in the past 50 years.
And one would say that is an issue caused by COVID-19, but in 2019, some 13.7 million households, or 10.5% of all U.S. households, experienced food insecurity at some point during the year.
For about a third of these households, access to food was so limited that their eating patterns were disrupted and food intake was reduced. The rest were able to obtain enough food to avoid completely disrupting their eating patterns, but had to cope by eating less varied diets or utilizing food assistance programs.
38 million people used SNAP in 2019. One in nine people in the U.S. used SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as food stamps) — in 2019, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
During COVID-19, many Americans report that they do not have enough to eat. This is not a problem limited to certain populations or regions. Approximately 1 in 5 Black and Latinx adults say they do not have enough to eat, as do 1 in 14 white and Asian adults. In the vast majority of states more than 1 in 10 adults with children don’t have enough to eat.
In the U.S., the government’s hunger-relief plan known as the Farmers to Families Food Box program is starting to wind down. The supplemental $600 a week in jobless benefits authorized by Congress in late March expired in July, and lawmakers are still wrangling over another large stimulus bill.
School lunch programs were already struggling to meet rising demand before the pandemic. With COVID-19 now keeping children out of school, many don’t have access to school lunches at all.
“The other thing that COVID has done is it’s really affected kids a lot in terms of food insecurity,” Guardia said. “One of the things we’ve noticed across the board is that households with children are more food insecure. And we believe that also has to do with school closures. So a lot of kids get their nutrition from school meals, and that’s been disrupted.”
If the world’s superpower, the richest country on the planet cannot feed its population then what’s left for the others?
A study by the United States’ Food Research and Action Center looked into how COVID-19 exacerbated the food crisis.
It provided some notable insight for inside the United States. Such as that it’s not just the poorest families who are facing this struggle; among those who don’t have enough to eat, 1 in 4 have usual incomes above $50,000 per year.
Additionally, many other spheres of live have been made worse by the pandemic, and have negatively impacted access to food.
Those who report not having enough to eat are also experiencing other aspects of economic turmoil. As shown in Figure 8 below, a majority of those without enough to eat say they expect to lose employment income in the next month.
One-third say that they are not at all confident that they can make their next housing payment, and nearly half are not at all confident that they can afford the food they need over the next month. More than one-third report that they did not make their last housing payment.
More than 80% of those without enough to eat reported experiencing bad mental health symptoms at least half of the days in the prior week, including nervousness/anxiety, inability to stop worrying, little interest in doing things, and feeling down, depressed or hopeless.
Rates of bad mental health symptoms among those without enough to eat are 20 to 30 percentage points higher than those among the population overall.
There is also another side to every situation, and every crisis for some (or many) is a chance for others.
Who benefits the most?
Some obvious and very apparent beneficiaries immediately jump to mind – Big Pharma, Biotechnology companies, as well as Western food industry corporations.
More than ever they are pushing towards producing even more genetically modified foods, artificial meat and other ‘tweaked’ products.
Biotechnology is one of the praised “food for all” technologies, that would guarantee that no child (or adult) suffers or dies of hunger in the 21st century.
Gordon Conway, of Imperial College London looks into how it can be done.
“Hitherto, the success of the Green Revolution has depended on working with blueprints of “creating” desirable new plant and animal types through painstaking conventional plant breeding. Biotechnology, and especially genetic engineering, offers a faster route. Moreover, it will be essential if yield ceilings are to be raised, excessive pesticide use reduced, the nutrient value of basic foods increased, and farmers on less favored lands provided with varieties better able to tolerate drought, salinity, and lack of soil nutrients.”
The Green Revolution means less land being used for agricultural and animal rearing, so that there is less soil erosion and so on.
According to him, 2020 has proven that this is necessary.
Additionally, the above-mentioned biotechnology approach is largely safe for humans, according to reports, but there are some risks.
“The most serious environmental risk is the likelihood organic varieties escaping from cultivated crops into wild relatives (or contaminating organic varities on nearby farms). This is a justified concern. Genes from existing commerical crops can and do pass to organic crops, and vice versa, and genes from both transfer to wild relatives Even self-pollinated crops. such as rice, will cross with wild rices. The question is whether the genes remain in the wild relatives and whether they result in adverse ecological effects, such as the production of superweeds. Only extensive, well-designed, and monitored field tests will provide answers.”
Also there are threats of viruses, but at this point how much of a novelty would that be?
“Another potential hazard arises from plants containing genes from viral pathogens that confer resistance to these same pathogens. Expressing the viral genes in plants somehow disrupts the virus infection process. But exchange of these genes with other viral pathogens may be possible, creating entirely new virus strains with unknown properties.”
And the last risk relates to bacteria becoming resistant to toxins and then having super-resistant vermin that destroy natural and artificially created food, but how is it no worth it when there’s billions, or even trillions to be made in profit?
“A third significant risk-the potential for pests to evolve resistance to the toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes-is well known, as are some of the counterstrategies, One answer is to employ refuges of non-Bt crop plants. Another uses two or more toxin genes each with a different molecular target. Experience indicates the need to anticipate the eventual breakdown of control. Introduction of Bt into a wide range of crops implies a much higher selection pressure than from spraying the insecticide on a single crop. Insect populations need to be carefully monitored for resistance and alternative strategies continuously developed.”
Gordon Conway concludes with the following:
“It is possible to provide food for all in the 21st century, but there is no simple or single answer. It is not just a matter of producing more or enough food. If hunger is to be banished, the rural poor either have to feed themselves or to earn the income to purchase the extra food they require. This means a new revolution in agricultural and natural resource production aimed at their needs, which cannot be achieved by ecology alone or by biotechnology alone or by a combination of the two. It requires participatory approaches as well-involving farmers as analysts, designers, and experimenters.”
Essentially his proposal is such that individuals in rural areas should be stripped of their livelihood, and be given the chance to become “analysts, designers and experimenters,” as unlikely as it sounds. Another solution would be – either eat more of the food they produce and as such make less money and be incapable of affording basic utilities and commodities, or “earn the income” to purchase the extra food they need, how that would happen remains a mystery for an individual who earns income by producing food.
This is only one direction, in addition to developing biotechnology, there are requests to fully open the global market of all developing countries, which would lead to even worse crisis in all of them, or potentially including small producers in the global networks (which means that they will simply be bought out and then resold). Neoliberalism is openly being promoted, with the idea of traditional communities leaving the rural areas, and them being entirely abandoned, since the big cities always need more consumers or untrained labor.
As mentioned earlier, this is not a problem for the US alone, according to the United Nations World Food Program (which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize), the global pandemic has the chance to double the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity, from 135 million in 2019 to 265 million in 2020.
After all, this relates to the livelihood, and little is more frightening than hunger, as such, a massive change of direction and the establishment of a new order to follow is made much simpler – after all, if it’s not implemented and followed through on, millions, or even billions would die a death of starvation.
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southfront--2020-10-20--Iran Army, IRGC Announce Large-Scale Air Defense Drills After Another Israeli-Made Drone Downed Afte

Iran Army, IRGC Announce Large-Scale Air Defense Drills After Another Israeli-Made Drone Downed After Entering Iran From Karabakh

An Israeli-made IAI Harop combat drone of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was shot down near the city of Parsabad in northern Iran on October 20 .
The Azerbaijani military uses IAI Harops to target positions and equipment of Armenian forces in the ongoing war in the Nagorno-Karabakh region .
The intensity of the clashes leads to a regular cross border incidents with Iran and Iranian forces do not seem to be ready to tolerate this .
Meanwhile , the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps ( IRGC ) are launching large-scale aerial exercises aimed at bolstering their preparedness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The large-scale drills , codenamed Modafe ’ an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99 ( Guardians of Velayat Sky 99 ) , will begin on October 21 .
Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh will command the exercise from from the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base .
Units of the Iranian Army ’ s air defense units and Air Force along with the IRGC ’ s Aerospace Force will participate in the drills .
Just a few days earlier , the Iranian military deployed additionally artillery pieces near the border with Azerbaijan .
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An Israeli-made IAI Harop combat drone of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was shot down near the city of Parsabad in northern Iran on October 20. The Azerbaijani military uses IAI Harops to target positions and equipment of Armenian forces in the ongoing war in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The intensity of the clashes leads to a regular cross border incidents with Iran and Iranian forces do not seem to be ready to tolerate this.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) are launching large-scale aerial exercises aimed at bolstering their preparedness for defending the country’s airspace. The large-scale drills, codenamed Modafe’an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99 (Guardians of Velayat Sky 99), will begin on October 21. Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh will command the exercise from from the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base.
Units of the Iranian Army’s air defense units and Air Force along with the IRGC’s Aerospace Force will participate in the drills. Just a few days earlier, the Iranian military deployed additionally artillery pieces near the border with Azerbaijan.
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southfront--2020-10-20--Trump Vs Biden: The Race Tightens, “Suddenly Looks Like 2016”

“ How will the stocks trade on various election outcomes ” remains the most frequent question virtually every bank has been fielding in recent weeks .
One of the best summaries of the various President/Senate permutations came from Bank of America which last week laid out “ The 4 Election Scenarios For Markets , And How To Trade Them.
” It will come as no surprise that with significantly oversampled polls ( a remnant of John Podesta ’ s strategy which was leaked 4 years ago ) , a Dem Sweep appears to be the consensus outlook , although quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either a Trump win or a Republican hold of the Senate , and even if the “ consensus ” plays out JPMorgan warns that the 35 % or so who expect a Trump win or a could still move stocks even if we get the “ consensus ” outcome .
Then again , and just like in 2016 , the question is “ which polls should one listen to ” : if one goes off the same popular pollsters who got 2016 so wrong , a Trump victory would be – as Deutsche @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week – the “ biggest error in our modern era of mass polling.
” Reid was going off the latest RCP poll average which showed Biden ’ s lead in various polls rise by over 10pp over the past week .
Putting that lead in context , and assuming Trump ultimately prevails , the largest error was in 1948 when President Truman won by 5 % in spite of being behind by 4.4 % in the final polls .
As such , if Trump wins , the shock would be even bigger than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Of course , one doesn ’ t have to listen to the mainstream polls – which again got 2016 completely wrong – and if instead one picks a non-mainstream poll such as that from Trafalgar Group , which was one of the handful of polls to correctly predict the outcome of the Trump-Hillary race , then Trump will likely win as we reported last week .
But even if one sticks to the mainstream polling , things are starting to move in Trump ’ s favor .
As JPMorgan writes in its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first time in six weeks , Biden ’ s national average polling lead declined ( -1.7 points ) , and even though Biden continues to lead polling averages in many of the swing states and saw slight gains in AZ/MI/NC/WI he slipped slipping in FL/PA , with Florida now a dead heat ( although as JPM clarifies , if the election were held today , polling averages suggest Biden would win the Presidency and Democrats would gain Senate with wins in AZ , IA , ME & NC . )
Here , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warning issued by another JPMorgan analyst , Marko Kolanovic , who last week had a warning for those expecting a blowout Biden victory : specifically , he found that in the past 4 years , the number of newly registered republicans in key battleground states is greater than new democrats in critical states such as PA , FL , NC and NM .
If Kolanovic ’ s assessment is accurate , the change in voter registration data shown above would immediately invalidate all polls such as this one from Real Clear Politics showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , while he does not say it , the implication from the Kolanovic analysis is that Trump may well end up winning the critical trio of Pennsylvania ( 20 Electoral votes ) , Florida ( 29 votes ) and North Carolina ( 15 votes ) .
That said , even the RCP average show that Trump ’ s approval in battleground states is now approaching the highest it has been since the start of August .
Then , in yet another report from JPMorgan published today , the bank ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is perhaps true that during the first two weeks of October risk markets were supported by a widening of US presidential odds , which by itself implied a lower probability of a close or contested US election result , over the past week or so these odds have started narrowing again.
” But where things get really interesting is if one looks at the latest just released Investor ’ s Business Daily poll – which alongside Trafalgar also correctly predicted the outcome of the 2016 election – we learn that the race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gotten much tighter ” as IBD/TIPP ’ s latest 2020 presidential poll update “ shows that Republicans are rallying around Trump , Biden is leaking Democratic support , and the gap among independents has narrowed ” , prompting IBD to conclude that the race “ suddenly looks like 2016.
” As a reminder , back in 2016 , IBD/TIPP ’ s final poll numbers put Trump up by 1.6 points in a four-way race , in line with the final “ shocking ” outcome .
Specifically , the latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican incumbent by 2.3 points , 48.1 % -45.8 % , in a four-way presidential poll of likely voters , and within the margin of error .
Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen has the support of 3 % , and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins 0.9 % .
Since the IBD/TIPP 2020 Presidential Election Tracking Poll launched on Monday , Oct. 12 , Biden ’ s support has slipped 3.8 points , from 51.9 % to a new low-water mark of 48.1 % .
Trump poll numbers have gone the other way , rising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 45.8 % .
Biden ’ s lead peaked at 8.6 points in the Oct. 13 presidential poll ( The daily update of the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll reflects a survey of 1,197 registered and 1,046 likely voters , from Oct. 15 through Oct. 19 .
The weighted party split of likely voters includes 385 Democrats , 339 Republicans and 308 independents ) .
According to the poll , Biden ’ s narrower support reflects Trump ’ s gain , more third-party support and more voters who are undecided or decline to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that In a head-to-head Trump vs. Biden poll , the Democratic nominee leads by 2.8 points , 49 % -46.2 % , with Biden ’ s support slipping 3.7 points since Oct. 12 in the one-on-one matchup , while Trump ’ s support is up 3.9 points .
Joe Biden ’ s lead among likely independent voters narrowed to a 45 % -41 % margin in IBD/TIPP ’ s latest 2020 presidential poll update .
Biden ’ s lead had ranged from 6 points into the double digits .
Meanwhile , Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corralling Republicans than Biden is having in nailing down Democratic votes .
Biden leads 90 % -7 % among Democrats .
Trump leads 94 % -4 % among Republicans .
Still , the latest Trump vs. Biden poll continues to highlight what could be a big problem for the president : wayward 2016 Trump voters .
Among people who voted for Trump in 2016 , 7 % say they now support Biden while 89 % say they ’ ll back him again .
Biden does better among Hillary Clinton voters : Just 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 95 % back the former vice president .
In addition to faring better among 2016 Trump and Clinton voters , Biden gets more support than Trump among 2016 third-party voters ( 39 % -30 % ) and nonvoters ( 57 % -31 % ) .
In 2016 , almost all presidential polls pointed to a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump .
The IBD/TIPP Poll was one of only two election polls credited with predicting President Trump ’ s 2016 surprise showing .
TIPP , IBD ’ s polling partner , succeeded in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans for their candidate .
The latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll has some similarities with the Trump vs. Clinton race .
Republicans again seem more excited about their candidate .
However , Biden ’ s 4-point lead among independents in the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll is one important contrast from 2016 .
Trump carried independents 43 % -42 % in 2016 , according to a postelection Pew Research survey of verified voters .
Seniors and suburban voters helped lift Trump to victory in 2016 .
Yet the latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though his lead among seniors has slipped .
According to IBD , unless Trump reverses his weakness among those groups , he ’ ll need a somewhat different formula for winning in 2020 .
Yet events could still reshape the race .
The Oct. 22 debate , a coronavirus resurgence as well as progress toward a medical breakthrough , the Supreme Court nomination fight and the fate of fiscal stimulus negotiations could all change minds during the last two weeks of the Trump vs. Biden race .
Of course , the unprecedented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the potential for disqualified ballots , is a wild card .
Trump ’ s Electoral College victory in 2016 came despite losing the popular vote by 2.1 % — a hair smaller than his current 2.3-point deficit in the new IBD/TIPP presidential poll .
However , no candidate has won the presidency with a bigger popular vote deficit since 1874 , when Rutherford B. Hayes lost by 3 % .
The IBD/TIPP poll is even more of an outlier than in 2016 .
The RealClearPolitics average of 2020 presidential polls shows that Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points before the first debate and Trump ’ s coronavirus case to 8.9 points currently .
Senior citizens are another key group Trump carried in 2016 that have swung toward Biden , but the gap has narrowed .
Seniors back the former vice president , 48 % -46 % , in IBD/TIPP ’ s latest Trump vs. Biden poll , but his lead had been in double digits .
Trump won among senior citizens in 2016 , 53 % -44 % , Pew says .
Meanwhile , Biden is leading Trump among voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in the IBD/TIPP presidential poll update .
Trump leads 56 % -40 % among voters 45-64 .
President Trump is trying to shore up support among seniors , who are far more susceptible to the coronavirus and who have been critical of his handling of the pandemic .
After his release from the hospital , Trump pledged that he would provide free access to the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ( REGN ) antibody drug that he credits with restoring him to full health .
The Trump administration also is getting ready to send out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of millions of seniors .
Senior citizens are another key group Trump carried in 2016 that have swung toward Biden , but the gap has narrowed .
Seniors back the former vice president , 48 % -46 % , in IBD/TIPP ’ s latest Trump vs. Biden poll , but his lead had been in double digits .
Trump won among senior citizens in 2016 , 53 % -44 % , Pew says .
Meanwhile , Biden is leading Trump among voters age 18-44 , 56 % -35 % , in the IBD/TIPP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % -40 % among voters 45-64 .
President Trump is trying to shore up support among seniors , who are far more susceptible to the coronavirus and who have been critical of his handling of the pandemic .
After his release from the hospital , Trump pledged that he would provide free access to the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ( REGN ) antibody drug that he credits with restoring him to full health .
The Trump administration also is getting ready to send out drug cards worth $ 200 to tens of millions of seniors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump winning among men , 51 % -42 % , a bit more narrowly than his 11-point advantage in 2016 .
Women favor the Democrat by 54 % -41 % in the latest Trump vs. Biden poll update , a bit less than Trump ’ s 15-point deficit among women in 2016 .
White voters favor Trump by just under 13 points , but they backed him by a 15-point margin in 2016 , the IBD/TIPP 2020 presidential poll update finds .
Black voters back Biden , 88 % -9 % , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s slightly narrower than Clinton ’ s 85-point advantage in 2016 .
Meanwhile , Trump trails Biden among Hispanics , 29 % -65 % in the latest IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll .
In 2016 , Trump lost among Hispanic voters , 28 % -66 % .

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“How will the stocks trade on various election outcomes” remains the most frequent question virtually every bank has been fielding in recent weeks. One of the best summaries of the various President/Senate permutations came from Bank of America which last week laid out “The 4 Election Scenarios For Markets, And How To Trade Them.”
It will come as no surprise that with significantly oversampled polls (a remnant of John Podesta’s strategy which was leaked 4 years ago), a Dem Sweep appears to be the consensus outlook, although quite a few in the market still expect either a Trump win or a Republican hold of the Senate, and even if the “consensus” plays out JPMorgan warns that the 35% or so who expect a Trump win or a could still move stocks even if we get the “consensus” outcome.
Then again, and just like in 2016, the question is “which polls should one listen to”: if one goes off the same popular pollsters who got 2016 so terribly wrong, a Trump victory would be – as Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid showed last week – the “biggest error in our modern era of mass polling.” Reid was going off the latest RCP poll average which showed Biden’s lead in various polls rise by over 10pp over the past week. Putting that lead in context, and assuming Trump ultimately prevails, the largest error was in 1948 when President Truman won by 5% in spite of being behind by 4.4% in the final polls. As such, if Trump wins, the shock would be even bigger than the historic 9.4 point upset in 1948.
Of course, one doesn’t have to listen to the mainstream polls – which again got 2016 completely wrong – and if instead one picks a non-mainstream poll such as that from Trafalgar Group, which was one of the handful of polls to correctly predict the outcome of the Trump-Hillary race, then Trump will likely win as we reported last week.
But even if one sticks to the mainstream polling, things are starting to move in Trump’s favor.
As JPMorgan writes in its Weekly Polling and Positioning report, for the first time in six weeks, Biden’s national average polling lead declined (-1.7 points), and even though Biden continues to lead polling averages in many of the swing states and saw slight gains in AZ/MI/NC/WI he slipped slipping in FL/PA, with Florida now a dead heat (although as JPM clarifies, if the election were held today, polling averages suggest Biden would win the Presidency and Democrats would gain Senate with wins in AZ, IA, ME & NC.)
Here, however, we should point out a warning issued by another JPMorgan analyst, Marko Kolanovic, who last week had a warning for those expecting a blowout Biden victory: specifically, he found that in the past 4 years, the number of newly registered republicans in key battleground states is greater than new democrats in critical states such as PA, FL, NC and NM.
If Kolanovic’s assessment is accurate, the change in voter registration data shown above would immediately invalidate all polls such as this one from Real Clear Politics showing Biden sweeping across the Battleground states. In fact, while he does not say it, the implication from the Kolanovic analysis is that Trump may well end up winning the critical trio of Pennsylvania (20 Electoral votes), Florida (29 votes) and North Carolina (15 votes). That said, even the RCP average show that Trump’s approval in battleground states is now approaching the highest it has been since the start of August.
Then, in yet another report from JPMorgan published today, the bank’s quant Nick Panigirtzoglou writes that “while it is perhaps true that during the first two weeks of October risk markets were supported by a widening of US presidential odds, which by itself implied a lower probability of a close or contested US election result, over the past week or so these odds have started narrowing again.”
But where things get really interesting is if one looks at the latest just released Investor’s Business Daily poll – which alongside Trafalgar also correctly predicted the outcome of the 2016 election – we learn that the race between Trump and Biden has “suddenly gotten much tighter” as IBD/TIPP’s latest 2020 presidential poll update “shows that Republicans are rallying around Trump, Biden is leaking Democratic support, and the gap among independents has narrowed”, prompting IBD to conclude that the race “suddenly looks like 2016.” As a reminder, back in 2016, IBD/TIPP’s final poll numbers put Trump up by 1.6 points in a four-way race, in line with the final “shocking” outcome.
Specifically, the latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll showed the Democratic challenger leading the Republican incumbent by 2.3 points, 48.1%-45.8%, in a four-way presidential poll of likely voters, and within the margin of error . Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen has the support of 3%, and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins 0.9%.
Since the IBD/TIPP 2020 Presidential Election Tracking Poll launched on Monday, Oct. 12, Biden’s support has slipped 3.8 points, from 51.9% to a new low-water mark of 48.1%. Trump poll numbers have gone the other way, rising 2.4 points to his new high-water mark of 45.8%. Biden’s lead peaked at 8.6 points in the Oct. 13 presidential poll (The daily update of the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll reflects a survey of 1,197 registered and 1,046 likely voters, from Oct. 15 through Oct. 19. The weighted party split of likely voters includes 385 Democrats, 339 Republicans and 308 independents).
According to the poll, Biden’s narrower support reflects Trump’s gain, more third-party support and more voters who are undecided or decline to say whom they support.
IBD also found that In a head-to-head Trump vs. Biden poll, the Democratic nominee leads by 2.8 points, 49%-46.2%, with Biden’s support slipping 3.7 points since Oct. 12 in the one-on-one matchup, while Trump’s support is up 3.9 points.
2020 Presidential Poll: Party Breakdown
Joe Biden’s lead among likely independent voters narrowed to a 45%-41% margin in IBD/TIPP’s latest 2020 presidential poll update. Biden’s lead had ranged from 6 points into the double digits. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is now having a much easier time corralling Republicans than Biden is having in nailing down Democratic votes. Biden leads 90%-7% among Democrats. Trump leads 94%-4% among Republicans.
Still, the latest Trump vs. Biden poll continues to highlight what could be a big problem for the president: wayward 2016 Trump voters. Among people who voted for Trump in 2016, 7% say they now support Biden while 89% say they’ll back him again. Biden does better among Hillary Clinton voters: Just 3% say they support Trump, while 95% back the former vice president. In addition to faring better among 2016 Trump and Clinton voters, Biden gets more support than Trump among 2016 third-party voters (39%-30%) and nonvoters (57%-31%).
Shades of 2016?
In 2016, almost all presidential polls pointed to a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump. The IBD/TIPP Poll was one of only two election polls credited with predicting President Trump’s 2016 surprise showing. TIPP, IBD’s polling partner, succeeded in picking up on the greater enthusiasm among Republicans for their candidate.
The latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll has some similarities with the Trump vs. Clinton race. Republicans again seem more excited about their candidate. However, Biden’s 4-point lead among independents in the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll is one important contrast from 2016. Trump carried independents 43%-42% in 2016, according to a postelection Pew Research survey of verified voters.
Seniors and suburban voters helped lift Trump to victory in 2016. Yet the latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll shows the Democrat winning both groups, though his lead among seniors has slipped.
According to IBD, unless Trump reverses his weakness among those groups, he’ll need a somewhat different formula for winning in 2020. Yet events could still reshape the race. The Oct. 22 debate, a coronavirus resurgence as well as progress toward a medical breakthrough, the Supreme Court nomination fight and the fate of fiscal stimulus negotiations could all change minds during the last two weeks of the Trump vs. Biden race. Of course, the unprecedented level of mail-in voting, which brings the potential for disqualified ballots, is a wild card.
Trump’s Electoral College victory in 2016 came despite losing the popular vote by 2.1% — a hair smaller than his current 2.3-point deficit in the new IBD/TIPP presidential poll. However, no candidate has won the presidency with a bigger popular vote deficit since 1874, when Rutherford B. Hayes lost by 3%.
The IBD/TIPP poll is even more of an outlier than in 2016. The RealClearPolitics average of 2020 presidential polls shows that Biden’s lead has grown from 6.6 points before the first debate and Trump’s coronavirus case to 8.9 points currently.
Seniors Are Key Swing Group In 2020 Presidential Poll
Senior citizens are another key group Trump carried in 2016 that have swung toward Biden, but the gap has narrowed. Seniors back the former vice president, 48%-46%, in IBD/TIPP’s latest Trump vs. Biden poll, but his lead had been in double digits. Trump won among senior citizens in 2016, 53%-44%, Pew says.
Meanwhile, Biden is leading Trump among voters age 18-44, 56%-35%, in the IBD/TIPP presidential poll update. Trump leads 56%-40% among voters 45-64.
President Trump is trying to shore up support among seniors, who are far more susceptible to the coronavirus and who have been critical of his handling of the pandemic. After his release from the hospital, Trump pledged that he would provide free access to the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) antibody drug that he credits with restoring him to full health. The Trump administration also is getting ready to send out drug cards worth $200 to tens of millions of seniors.
Seniors Are Key Swing Group In 2020 Presidential Poll
Senior citizens are another key group Trump carried in 2016 that have swung toward Biden, but the gap has narrowed. Seniors back the former vice president, 48%-46%, in IBD/TIPP’s latest Trump vs. Biden poll, but his lead had been in double digits. Trump won among senior citizens in 2016, 53%-44%, Pew says.
Meanwhile, Biden is leading Trump among voters age 18-44, 56%-35%, in the IBD/TIPP presidential poll update. Trump leads 56%-40% among voters 45-64.
President Trump is trying to shore up support among seniors, who are far more susceptible to the coronavirus and who have been critical of his handling of the pandemic. After his release from the hospital, Trump pledged that he would provide free access to the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) antibody drug that he credits with restoring him to full health. The Trump administration also is getting ready to send out drug cards worth $200 to tens of millions of seniors.
More 2020 Election Poll Demographics
The IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll shows Trump winning among men, 51%-42%, a bit more narrowly than his 11-point advantage in 2016. Women favor the Democrat by 54%-41% in the latest Trump vs. Biden poll update, a bit less than Trump’s 15-point deficit among women in 2016. White voters favor Trump by just under 13 points, but they backed him by a 15-point margin in 2016, the IBD/TIPP 2020 presidential poll update finds. Black voters back Biden, 88%-9%, in today’s presidential poll update. That’s slightly narrower than Clinton’s 85-point advantage in 2016. Meanwhile, Trump trails Biden among Hispanics, 29%-65% in the latest IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll. In 2016, Trump lost among Hispanic voters, 28%-66%.
Finally, there’s this…
BREAKING: “Democrats are poring over early vote totals, circulating anxiety-ridden campaign memos & bracing for a long two weeks," POLITICO is reporting, as Republicans take lead among early & mail-in voting in Michigan & overwhelmingly in TX, as Dem youth vote crashes in PA & WI — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) October 20, 2020
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southfront--2020-10-20--Bellingcat Goes To War With Ukrainian Opposition

The MH17 saga still continues , and it is unlikely that it will end anytime soon , regardless of what common sense and evidence is applied to it .
Attempts to fit the facts to the narrative , and not establish a narrative based on factual data is evident .
In the most recent “ episode ” of the saga , Bellingcat , the “ investigative website ” went to “ online ” war with the opposition in Ukraine , since its representatives attempted to provide factual data that some of the evidence was very obviously doctored .
The SBU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released the faked recordings , and the Volodymyr Zelensky administration continues its questionable policy supporting radicals and employing the Poroshenko-like policy of sabotaging the political settlement of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine .
The party of opposition figure Anatoly Shariy is gaining popularity and is bringing to light the misconduct of the SBU and Zelensky , and Bellingcat , with its ties to MI6 immediately jumped to the rescue .
And it is hardly a coincidence that Zelensky visited MI6 Headquarters for talks in his visit to the UK in October 2020 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shariy released a video which attempts to shed light on who is actually behind the Bellingcat “ investigative website.
” Notably , in the video Shariy provides evidence that the tapes in which Igor Bezler was allegedly implicated in downing the MH-17 were actually doctored .
He confirmed that the Ukrainian security service – SBU edited the tapes , they were recorded during the hostilities in Eastern Ukraine , but the original tapes had Bezler and others speak about Ukrainian Su warplanes , and not about the MH-17 .
This is a main @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the matter .
Over the last several years Anatoly Shariy has come a long way – from a journalist and blogger , turning into quite the influential politician in exile .
This is primarily thanks to his unrelenting efforts and everyday work that seem to never stop .
He , almost single-handedly , took apart the narrative of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko , and is dismantling that of the current president – Volodymyr Zelensky , and he did all that online .
He is an expert in debunking media fakes , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , through his network of avid supporters .
Local elections are to take place in Ukraine on October 25th , and the Party of Shariy is to take part .
Back in the general elections of 2019 , his party got 2.23 % , which is approximately 330,000 votes , but didn ’ t pass the 5 % threshold to enter Parliament , since then it appears that his popularity has risen .
The work he does is evidenced by the fact that his supporters , relatives and party members have repeatedly been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Azov Battalion and other volunteer battalions .
They are often subject to abuse or attacks by radical individuals who are quite openly being supported by the Ukrainian government .
And still , Shariy ’ s party remains as a thorn in the side of the current Kiev government , shedding light on its questionable activities .
Currently , Shariy is one of Zelensky ’ s key adversaries , and at the core of that are mobile groups of Shariy supporters who quite literally followed Zelensky on his travels across Ukraine .
Everywhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s supporters were present there , organizing protests and demanding for Zelensky to react to political persecutions , censorships , attacks and attempts on the lives of opposition figures and more .
Zelensky , expectedly , wants to do very little of what they ’ re demanding of him , since that would be to his detriment , and there are numerous videos showing the Ukrainian president being dissatisfied by Shariy ’ s supporters protesting .
Most recently , Zelensky visited the United Kingdom , and that ’ s when Shariy began sharing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may claim that he received his information from the Russian military intelligence – GRU , and in response he would sue them and prove that it wasn ’ t the Russian intelligence services that contacted him .
Of course , there are those who disagree with what Shariy claimed , and attempt to prove otherwise .
The entire situation has turned into a fiasco on Twitter .
He also alleged that it comes out from Bellingcat ’ s investigation that the settlement of Rozovka , and its airfield are actually 16 km closer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All Shariy did , however , was say that Zelensky met with MI6 in his visit to the UK , and this was confirmed by the Ukrainian authorities themselves .
Bellingcat , who have proven ties to MI6 , are simply attempting to attack and discredit the data about the MH17 that continues being released .
What ’ s notable is that Bellingcat ’ s article attempting to discredit Shariy is riddled with factual mistakes , and very apparent and weak attempts to cover the SBU-produced fake tape .
For example , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a village is located at a different location than it actually is .
They also claimed that Shariy ’ s tapes were wrong , because he didn ’ t release the part related to local clashes , which is entirely beside the point .
As mentioned above , Shariy allegedly received the tape from the GRU , and in response he said he would sue Bellingcat and prove in court who his source is and that it wasn ’ t Russian .
The situation is such that the YouTube version , released by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others were responsible for MH17 .
At the same time , the Netherlands ’ JIT had received the full tapes from Bezler himself and the had them for , at least , 6 years .
Then , it turned out that the SBU simply made an “ accidental mistake ” and they should be forgiven .
Finally , the article attempts to paint a picture of Bezler in which he ordered an execution of Ukrainian troops , but the entire tape contains evidence that they are alive and well .
This , of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bellingcat article .
In conclusion , the Twitter fiasco with Bellingcat-affiliated trolls simply making wild claims are showing of the sad state the MI6-funded propaganda has reached .
MORE ON THE TOPIC : • Evidence Builds That Audio Tapes Provided By Ukraine To MH17 Investigators Were Altered • Dutch Authorities ’ Attempted To Pressure Hague District Court Before Start Of MH17 Trial

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The MH17 saga still continues, and it is unlikely that it will end anytime soon, regardless of what common sense and evidence is applied to it. Attempts to fit the facts to the narrative, and not establish a narrative based on factual data is evident.
In the most recent “episode” of the saga, Bellingcat, the “investigative website” went to “online” war with the opposition in Ukraine, since its representatives attempted to provide factual data that some of the evidence was very obviously doctored.
The SBU’s credibility was questioned since it released the faked recordings, and the Volodymyr Zelensky administration continues its questionable policy supporting radicals and employing the Poroshenko-like policy of sabotaging the political settlement of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
The party of opposition figure Anatoly Shariy is gaining popularity and is bringing to light the misconduct of the SBU and Zelensky, and Bellingcat, with its ties to MI6 immediately jumped to the rescue. And it is hardly a coincidence that Zelensky visited MI6 Headquarters for talks in his visit to the UK in October 2020.
On October 18th, Ukrainian politician Anatoly Shariy released a video which attempts to shed light on who is actually behind the Bellingcat “investigative website.”
Notably, in the video Shariy provides evidence that the tapes in which Igor Bezler was allegedly implicated in downing the MH-17 were actually doctored.
He confirmed that the Ukrainian security service – SBU edited the tapes, they were recorded during the hostilities in Eastern Ukraine, but the original tapes had Bezler and others speak about Ukrainian Su warplanes, and not about the MH-17.
This is a main point in Bellingcat’s investigation on the matter.
Over the last several years Anatoly Shariy has come a long way – from a journalist and blogger, turning into quite the influential politician in exile.
This is primarily thanks to his unrelenting efforts and everyday work that seem to never stop. He, almost single-handedly, took apart the narrative of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and is dismantling that of the current president – Volodymyr Zelensky, and he did all that online.
He is an expert in debunking media fakes, and this turned into a sort of activism, through his network of avid supporters.
Local elections are to take place in Ukraine on October 25th, and the Party of Shariy is to take part.
Back in the general elections of 2019, his party got 2.23%, which is approximately 330,000 votes, but didn’t pass the 5% threshold to enter Parliament, since then it appears that his popularity has risen.
The work he does is evidenced by the fact that his supporters, relatives and party members have repeatedly been subject to attacks from structures affiliated to the Azov Battalion and other volunteer battalions.
They are often subject to abuse or attacks by radical individuals who are quite openly being supported by the Ukrainian government. And still, Shariy’s party remains as a thorn in the side of the current Kiev government, shedding light on its questionable activities.
Currently, Shariy is one of Zelensky’s key adversaries, and at the core of that are mobile groups of Shariy supporters who quite literally followed Zelensky on his travels across Ukraine.
Everywhere the Ukrainian president appeared, Shariy’s supporters were present there, organizing protests and demanding for Zelensky to react to political persecutions, censorships, attacks and attempts on the lives of opposition figures and more.
Zelensky, expectedly, wants to do very little of what they’re demanding of him, since that would be to his detriment, and there are numerous videos showing the Ukrainian president being dissatisfied by Shariy’s supporters protesting.
Most recently, Zelensky visited the United Kingdom, and that’s when Shariy began sharing information.
He also said that Bellingcat may claim that he received his information from the Russian military intelligence – GRU, and in response he would sue them and prove that it wasn’t the Russian intelligence services that contacted him.
Если @bellingcat попытаются утверждать, что я получил запись от ГРУ, я подам в суд и в суде без проблем раскрою свой источник, фактически, с пруфами подтвердив ложь @bellingcat и показав, что запись была у голландского правосудия с 2014 года. И предоставлена была голландцам СБУ — Анатолий Шарий (@anatoliisharii) October 18, 2020
Of course, there are those who disagree with what Shariy claimed, and attempt to prove otherwise.
2/ is the part of the "information"(actually disinformation) support that Mi6 promised to Zelensky, when Zelensky met with Mi6 head during his recent trip to UK in October this year.
So, Bellincat was given the task to discredit Shariy,whom Zelensky consider the biggest threat pic.twitter.com/AOwTtVrr98 — Elena Evdokimova (@elenaevdokimov7) October 18, 2020
3/ And Shariy did it well. He showed that #Bellingcat manipulated the facts, trying to pass one Rozovka (now Aleksandropol) for the another Rozovka, that was actually mentioned by Bezler people, the one, which was located on the territory of DPR pic.twitter.com/WAbErGay06 — Elena Evdokimova (@elenaevdokimov7) October 18, 2020
4/ Rozovka , Bezler people were talking about on the tape pic.twitter.com/WV40Ifdjzc — Elena Evdokimova (@elenaevdokimov7) October 18, 2020
5/ Bellingcat trolls attacked Shariy, insisting without any proof that he received the full wiretap he aired- from Russian GRU. Though this full record was in possession of JIT & SBU for 6 years. — Elena Evdokimova (@elenaevdokimov7) October 18, 2020
The entire situation has turned into a fiasco on Twitter.
“Of course, JIT has had this record for 6 years already. Bellingcat just worked the order for me. But very clumsy and stupid”
Конечно же у JIT эта запись 6 лет уже. А Беллингкат просто отработали заказ по мне. Но очень топорно и тупо https://t.co/7q36J9lyQg — Анатолий Шарий (@anatoliisharii) October 18, 2020
“So @bellingcat tried to work the order for me, but it turned out very stupid. I concealed the terribly secret shelling of Rozovka, although Rozovka is different (village), and the record has been at the disposal of the Dutch for 6 years already. They are idiots, these @bellingcat”
Таким образом @bellingcat попытались отработать заказ по мне, но вышло очень глупо. Я скрыл ужасно секретный обстрел Розовки, хотя Розовка другая, а запись есть в распоряжении голландцев 6 лет уже. Они какие-то идиоты, эти @bellingcat — Анатолий Шарий (@anatoliisharii) October 18, 2020
He also alleged that it comes out from Bellingcat’s investigation that the settlement of Rozovka, and its airfield are actually 16 km closer to Gordovka, than it actually is.
bellingcat claims that Rozovka was moved 16 km closer to Gordovka by a special order of the DPR — Анатолий Шарий (@anatoliisharii) October 18, 2020
All Shariy did, however, was say that Zelensky met with MI6 in his visit to the UK, and this was confirmed by the Ukrainian authorities themselves.
Bellingcat, who have proven ties to MI6, are simply attempting to attack and discredit the data about the MH17 that continues being released.
What’s notable is that Bellingcat’s article attempting to discredit Shariy is riddled with factual mistakes, and very apparent and weak attempts to cover the SBU-produced fake tape.
For example, as mentioned above, they claimed that a village is located at a different location than it actually is.
They also claimed that Shariy’s tapes were wrong, because he didn’t release the part related to local clashes, which is entirely beside the point.
As mentioned above, Shariy allegedly received the tape from the GRU, and in response he said he would sue Bellingcat and prove in court who his source is and that it wasn’t Russian.
The situation is such that the YouTube version, released by the SBU allegedly proved that Bezler and others were responsible for MH17. At the same time, the Netherlands’ JIT had received the full tapes from Bezler himself and the had them for, at least, 6 years.
Then, it turned out that the SBU simply made an “accidental mistake” and they should be forgiven.
Finally, the article attempts to paint a picture of Bezler in which he ordered an execution of Ukrainian troops, but the entire tape contains evidence that they are alive and well.
This, of course, is entirely unmentioned in the Bellingcat article.
In conclusion, the Twitter fiasco with Bellingcat-affiliated trolls simply making wild claims are showing of the sad state the MI6-funded propaganda has reached.
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