lewrockwell--2020-03-24--Back To Work by March 30, To Avoid Total Disaster

China and Russia are open for business and working at close to capacity , as America shutters most all business and industry in states such as Pennsylvania , New York , California , New Jersey , and Connecticut .
In many cases only select manufacturing companies are allowed to operate , which means most manufacturers will be short of parts and services necessary to produce goods .
Our leaders are creating an economic crisis and a major national security risk with limited data .
The cure is far worse than any perceived impact by COVID-19 .
Our economy is both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not understood by our leaders as they order mass closings of many states ’ business and industry .
Thomas Sowell wrote , “ There are no solutions .
There are only tradeoffs.
” Sowell was informing us that wise and sound judgments are imperative during any crisis .
An opinion piece by John P. A. Ioannidis , professor of medicine , epidemiology , and population health at Stanford University , is headlined , “ A fiasco in the making ?
As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold , we are making decisions without reliable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Rebecca Buy New $ 8.99 This season the flu has killed 22,000 Americans versus 388 dead from COVID-19 .
This the hard data available .
There has been no national discussion about the flu but complete panic on the coronavirus .
The restaurant industry , which is the largest employer in America , is closed in most states .
Now we will begin to witness the industries that support restaurants and hotels begin to shutter .
Marriott Corporate in Bethesda , Maryland , has furloughed 66 percent of its employees and cut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 percent .
Such actions by major employers will have a devastating impact on the U.S. economy .
The Big Three automakers and their suppliers are closed , which means hundreds of thousands of workers are laid off and at home .
This will quickly lead to more layoffs and many small business failures .
There is no amount of government money that can make up for an economy closed and workers staying home .
We all know that food and supplies are critical to families .
Most individuals assume these products and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have witnessed , when demand exceeds supply and businesses are shuttered , supply runs out .
Supply of goods and services is quickly becoming a more important national issue than the COVID-19 panic .
The virus will not adversely impact most Americans , but they will sustain substantial financial losses and at some point supplies will run out .

China and Russia are open for business and working at close to capacity, as America shutters most all business and industry in states such as Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In many cases only select manufacturing companies are allowed to operate, which means most manufacturers will be short of parts and services necessary to produce goods.
Our leaders are creating an economic crisis and a major national security risk with limited data. The cure is far worse than any perceived impact by COVID-19. Our economy is both fragile and interdependent, an economic reality not understood by our leaders as they order mass closings of many states’ business and industry.
Thomas Sowell wrote, “There are no solutions. There are only tradeoffs.” Sowell was informing us that wise and sound judgments are imperative during any crisis.
An opinion piece by John P. A. Ioannidis, professor of medicine, epidemiology, and population health at Stanford University, is headlined, “A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data.” Homemade Hand Sanitize... Smith, Rebecca Buy New $8.99 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
This season the flu has killed 22,000 Americans versus 388 dead from COVID-19. This the hard data available. There has been no national discussion about the flu but complete panic on the coronavirus.
The restaurant industry, which is the largest employer in America, is closed in most states. Now we will begin to witness the industries that support restaurants and hotels begin to shutter.
Marriott Corporate in Bethesda, Maryland, has furloughed 66 percent of its employees and cut the pay of the remaining employees by 20 percent. Such actions by major employers will have a devastating impact on the U.S. economy.
The Big Three automakers and their suppliers are closed, which means hundreds of thousands of workers are laid off and at home. This will quickly lead to more layoffs and many small business failures. There is no amount of government money that can make up for an economy closed and workers staying home.
We all know that food and supplies are critical to families. Most individuals assume these products and services will be available. But as we have witnessed, when demand exceeds supply and businesses are shuttered, supply runs out.
Supply of goods and services is quickly becoming a more important national issue than the COVID-19 panic. The virus will not adversely impact most Americans, but they will sustain substantial financial losses and at some point supplies will run out.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-24--Review of Lew Rockwell’s ‘Against the Left’

Since the election of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 , the Democratic Party , as well as liberalism and progressivism in general , has moved increasingly leftward .
The election of Donald Trump to the presidency in 2016 has accelerated and intensified this leftward move .
The socialist and statist ideals of Democrats , liberals , and progressives are well known : collectivism , paternalism , abortion on demand ( at taxpayer expense for low-income women ) , the transgender movement , feminism , social justice , economic egalitarianism , larger and more intrusive government , organized labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and society , public education , government-mandated employee benefits , environmentalism , climate change , an ever-increasing minimum wage , anti-discrimination laws , affirmative action , welfare , higher taxes on “ the rich , ” income-transfer programs , wealth-redistribution schemes , and the championing of every alternative lifestyle known to man .
Thank God for the recent publication of an antidote to the evils of leftist ideology : Against the Left : A Rothbardian Libertarianism .
This may very well be the most radical , politically incorrect book that you will read @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have ever read .
Against the Left : A Ro ... Llewellyn H Rockwell Jr Best Price : $ 13.57 Buy New $ 8.00 Llewellyn “ Lew ” Rockwell is a noted libertarian writer , prolific blogger , astute political commentator , and articulate speaker ; the founder and chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn , Alabama ; the founder and editor of the daily news and opinion site LewRockwell.com ; and the former congressional chief of staff to Ron Paul , the perennial taxpayers ’ friend when he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Against the Left is a small but powerful book .
It contains a brief introduction and conclusion and six chapters , titled “ The Assault on the Family , ” “ ‘ Civil Rights ’ and Disabilities , ” “ Immigration , ” “ Environmentalism , ” “ Economic Egalitarianism , ” and “ Left Libertarianism.
” The book ’ s lengthy preface is written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe , the noted economist and political theorist .
There are no footnotes or bibliography , but Against the Left is written for a general audience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are recommended throughout .
The book does , however , include an index .
Much of the content in each of the book ’ s chapters has been taken from previously published articles .
This content has , for the most part , been seamlessly integrated .
The insights of the economists and political theorists Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard are “ basic ” to the book , and Rockwell quotes them often .
The longest chapter in Against the Left is the first one , on the assault on the family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a central theme ” of the book “ is the importance of the traditional family for preserving our liberty and civilization.
” Rockwell maintains that “ the modern assault on the family stems from socialism.
” Although he is a libertarian , Rockwell is also unapologetically a traditionalist : “ In order to maintain a free society , it is essential that the traditional family , i.e.
, the union of one man and one woman in marriage , in most cases to raise a family , be preserved.
” He believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes from leftist programs to promote absolute equality.
” He explains how “ legal equality doesn ’ t abolish biological differences.
” The “ failure of all leftists ” is “ ignoring this point.
” In this chapter , Rockwell takes on same-sex “ marriage , ” homosexuals in the military , feminism , and the canard that women earn less on average than men .
In chapter two , Rockwell discusses discrimination , civil “ rights , ” racism , the Americans with Disabilities Act , the G.I .
bill , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : the Brown decision.
” He maintains that “ discrimination law limits the freedom of property owners to use their money as they see fit.
” He explains how “ in the name of proving that you are not discriminating against a particular group , your only protection is to discriminate in favor of that group.
” Rockwell considers “ the implied assumption ” behind discrimination laws to be “ the idea that judges and bureaucrats can discover the real motivation behind every hiring , firing , or labor-management decision.
” In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or fire for any reason they want.
” They “ can be biased , bigoted , or have poor judgment , ” but it is their “ judgment to make.
” Rockwell believes that “ the extent of racism in American society is exaggerated.
” The state uses the “ racism racket ” to silence its critics and to justify “ its further extension of power over education , employment , wealth redistribution , and a good deal else.
” Rockwell also explains how the state is really saying to the disabled : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particular area entitles you to the property of others.
” Chapter three is devoted to a controversial subject among libertarians : immigration .
Rockwell believes it is impossible that “ the US or Europe will be a freer place after several more decades of uninterrupted mass immigration.
” He explains why the “ free immigration ” position is not analogous to free trade , “ as some libertarians have erroneously claimed.
” His solution to the immigration problem is the “ total privatization ” of everything .
With all property privately owned , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individual property owner.
” In the meantime , because right now “ immigration decisions are made by a central authority , with the wishes of property owners completely disregarded , ” the correct way to proceed “ is to decentralize decision-making on immigration to the lowest possible level , so that we approach ever [ more ] closely the proper libertarian position , in which individual property owners consent to the various movements of peoples.
” The fourth chapter , on environmentalism , is the most radical one in the book .
Rockwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ except when it pays to do so.
” He prefers air conditioning , the bug-free indoors , and development over swamps , wetlands , and jungles .
The intelligence of dolphins , apes , and bees “ doesn ’ t give them rights ” over humans .
“ Their only real value comes from what they can do for man.
” His “ favorite section of the hardware store features bug killers , weed killers , varmint traps , and poisons of all sorts.
” Nature must be tamed , cut , curbed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mankind .
Swamps “ should be drained ” and rain forests “ turned over to productive agriculture.
” Rockwell opposes “ world central planning in order to control the climate and protect the holy earth from the effects of industrialization , ” even as he defends high civilization , capitalism , property rights , and markets .
In this chapter , Rockwell also tackles the subject of government food regulations — “ another area dear to the heart of environmentalists.
” He explains that “ when people say government should do x , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really saying that these people ” — a “ class of mealy-mouthed , grasping special interests all fired up about what they will do with your money once they get or retain power ” — “ should be given power to appoint other people to permanent positions of power to tell you and yours what they can and can not do with their lives and property , and to take a rake-off for their trouble.
” Here Rockwell asks a legitimate question for leftists : “ Do we owe our health and safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the well-capitalized market economy to our preferences and needs ?
” He explains that most people “ are all too willing to credit government for all that is good in the world , and equally prone to overlook market freedom as a source of all that we call civilizational progress.
” Rockwell concludes : “ The state from the ancient world to the present has created nothing .
It has only taken .
The market , on the other hand , delivers more miracles every day than we can count.
” Rockwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fifth chapter .
Proponents of equality “ make precious little effort to disclose to us precisely what they have in mind.
” He believes that the “ obsession ” with equality “ undermines every indicator of health we might look for in a civilization.
” It is in the course of working toward equality that “ the state expands its power at the expense of other forms of human association , including the family itself.
” Rockwell believes in the ability of the market “ to incorporate just about anyone into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if one person is better than another at absolutely everything , the less able person can still flourish in a free market.
” In this chapter , Rockwell also explains how “ the struggle for liberty ” should not be confused with feminism , and mocks the idea that the use of traditional English pronouns is “ oppressive to people who do not identify with the gender they were ‘ assigned at birth.
’ ” The last chapter , on left libertarianism , is the shortest in the book , but an important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how leftism has made inroads into certain elements of libertarianism .
He views “ infighting ” — which is not unique to libertarianism — as helpful .
After all , “ a respectful exchange of ideas is how a school of thought develops.
” He is opposed to “ thick ” libertarians — tainted by leftist ideas about social justice and egalitarianism — who seek to transform the “ elegant moral and social system ” of libertarianism by adding to its foundational principle of nonaggression and its resolute commitment to property rights .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the evils of leftism and the ideas of Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard .
Against the Left : A Rothbardian Libertarianism , by Llewellyn H. Rockwell , Jr. , LewRockwell.com , 2019 , 157 pages , paperback .
This review is from the March 23 , 2020 print edition of The New American .
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Since the election of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008, the Democratic Party, as well as liberalism and progressivism in general, has moved increasingly leftward. The election of Donald Trump to the presidency in 2016 has accelerated and intensified this leftward move.
The socialist and statist ideals of Democrats, liberals, and progressives are well known: collectivism, paternalism, abortion on demand (at taxpayer expense for low-income women), the transgender movement, feminism, social justice, economic egalitarianism, larger and more intrusive government, organized labor, increased government regulation of the economy and society, public education, government-mandated employee benefits, environmentalism, climate change, an ever-increasing minimum wage, anti-discrimination laws, affirmative action, welfare, higher taxes on “the rich,” income-transfer programs, wealth-redistribution schemes, and the championing of every alternative lifestyle known to man.
Thank God for the recent publication of an antidote to the evils of leftist ideology: Against the Left: A Rothbardian Libertarianism. This may very well be the most radical, politically incorrect book that you will read this year — or perhaps that you have ever read. Against the Left: A Ro... Rockwell Jr, Llewellyn H Best Price: $2.85 Buy New $8.00 (as of 07:59 UTC - Details)
Llewellyn “Lew” Rockwell is a noted libertarian writer, prolific blogger, astute political commentator, and articulate speaker; the founder and chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama; the founder and editor of the daily news and opinion site LewRockwell.com; and the former congressional chief of staff to Ron Paul, the perennial taxpayers’ friend when he was in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Against the Left is a small but powerful book. It contains a brief introduction and conclusion and six chapters, titled “The Assault on the Family,” “‘Civil Rights’ and Disabilities,” “Immigration,” “Environmentalism,” “Economic Egalitarianism,” and “Left Libertarianism.” The book’s lengthy preface is written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, the noted economist and political theorist. There are no footnotes or bibliography, but Against the Left is written for a general audience, and important books for further reading are recommended throughout. The book does, however, include an index. Much of the content in each of the book’s chapters has been taken from previously published articles. This content has, for the most part, been seamlessly integrated. The insights of the economists and political theorists Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard are “basic” to the book, and Rockwell quotes them often.
The longest chapter in Against the Left is the first one, on the assault on the family. This comes as no surprise since “a central theme” of the book “is the importance of the traditional family for preserving our liberty and civilization.” Rockwell maintains that “the modern assault on the family stems from socialism.” Although he is a libertarian, Rockwell is also unapologetically a traditionalist: “In order to maintain a free society, it is essential that the traditional family, i.e., the union of one man and one woman in marriage, in most cases to raise a family, be preserved.” He believes that “the fundamental threat to liberty comes from leftist programs to promote absolute equality.” He explains how “legal equality doesn’t abolish biological differences.” The “failure of all leftists” is “ignoring this point.” In this chapter, Rockwell takes on same-sex “marriage,” homosexuals in the military, feminism, and the canard that women earn less on average than men.
In chapter two, Rockwell discusses discrimination, civil “rights,” racism, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the G.I. bill, and “the greatest of all sacred cows: the Brown decision.” He maintains that “discrimination law limits the freedom of property owners to use their money as they see fit.” He explains how “in the name of proving that you are not discriminating against a particular group, your only protection is to discriminate in favor of that group.” Rockwell considers “the implied assumption” behind discrimination laws to be “the idea that judges and bureaucrats can discover the real motivation behind every hiring, firing, or labor-management decision.” In a free society, “Employers can hire or fire for any reason they want.” They “can be biased, bigoted, or have poor judgment,” but it is their “judgment to make.” Rockwell believes that “the extent of racism in American society is exaggerated.” The state uses the “racism racket” to silence its critics and to justify “its further extension of power over education, employment, wealth redistribution, and a good deal else.” Rockwell also explains how the state is really saying to the disabled: “Your lack of ability in a particular area entitles you to the property of others.”
Chapter three is devoted to a controversial subject among libertarians: immigration. Rockwell believes it is impossible that “the US or Europe will be a freer place after several more decades of uninterrupted mass immigration.” He explains why the “free immigration” position is not analogous to free trade, “as some libertarians have erroneously claimed.” His solution to the immigration problem is the “total privatization” of everything. With all property privately owned, immigration “would be up to each individual property owner.” In the meantime, because right now “immigration decisions are made by a central authority, with the wishes of property owners completely disregarded,” the correct way to proceed “is to decentralize decision-making on immigration to the lowest possible level, so that we approach ever [more] closely the proper libertarian position, in which individual property owners consent to the various movements of peoples.”
The fourth chapter, on environmentalism, is the most radical one in the book. Rockwell doesn’t recycle or conserve “except when it pays to do so.” He prefers air conditioning, the bug-free indoors, and development over swamps, wetlands, and jungles. The intelligence of dolphins, apes, and bees “doesn’t give them rights” over humans. “Their only real value comes from what they can do for man.” His “favorite section of the hardware store features bug killers, weed killers, varmint traps, and poisons of all sorts.” Nature must be tamed, cut, curbed, and controlled for the benefit of mankind. Swamps “should be drained” and rain forests “turned over to productive agriculture.” Rockwell opposes “world central planning in order to control the climate and protect the holy earth from the effects of industrialization,” even as he defends high civilization, capitalism, property rights, and markets.
In this chapter, Rockwell also tackles the subject of government food regulations — “another area dear to the heart of environmentalists.” He explains that “when people say government should do x, y, and z, they are really saying that these people” — a “class of mealy-mouthed, grasping special interests all fired up about what they will do with your money once they get or retain power” — “should be given power to appoint other people to permanent positions of power to tell you and yours what they can and cannot do with their lives and property, and to take a rake-off for their trouble.” Here Rockwell asks a legitimate question for leftists: “Do we owe our health and safety to government regulations or to the responsiveness of the well-capitalized market economy to our preferences and needs?” He explains that most people “are all too willing to credit government for all that is good in the world, and equally prone to overlook market freedom as a source of all that we call civilizational progress.” Rockwell concludes: “The state from the ancient world to the present has created nothing. It has only taken. The market, on the other hand, delivers more miracles every day than we can count.”
Rockwell takes on the nebulous term equality in the fifth chapter. Proponents of equality “make precious little effort to disclose to us precisely what they have in mind.” He believes that the “obsession” with equality “undermines every indicator of health we might look for in a civilization.” It is in the course of working toward equality that “the state expands its power at the expense of other forms of human association, including the family itself.” Rockwell believes in the ability of the market “to incorporate just about anyone into the division of labor.” And “even if one person is better than another at absolutely everything, the less able person can still flourish in a free market.” In this chapter, Rockwell also explains how “the struggle for liberty” should not be confused with feminism, and mocks the idea that the use of traditional English pronouns is “oppressive to people who do not identify with the gender they were ‘assigned at birth.’”
The last chapter, on left libertarianism, is the shortest in the book, but an important one for libertarians. Here Rockwell explains how leftism has made inroads into certain elements of libertarianism. He views “infighting” — which is not unique to libertarianism — as helpful. After all, “a respectful exchange of ideas is how a school of thought develops.” He is opposed to “thick” libertarians — tainted by leftist ideas about social justice and egalitarianism — who seek to transform the “elegant moral and social system” of libertarianism by adding to its foundational principle of nonaggression and its resolute commitment to property rights.
Against the Left is a great introduction to the evils of leftism and the ideas of Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard.
Against the Left: A Rothbardian Libertarianism, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., LewRockwell.com, 2019, 157 pages, paperback.
This review is from the March 23, 2020 print edition of The New American.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-24--Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times

William Shakepeare , As You Like It Shakespeare ’ s famous lines are more true now than ever with smartphones and CCTV ; I occasionally take a photo myself of literally the signs that give an indication of life in 2020 .
Here is a sign put up at the entrance to our beautiful park where I live in Meudon , France called the Terrace de l ’ Observatoire .
It explains that the park is closed because of the virus .
We are not really allowed to leave our domiciles so it really feels like the Occupation around here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paper when we leave the apartment ( see below ) .
I am not surprised by the reaction of the French government to close almost everything down .
After all , the Principe de Precaution is enshrined in the French constitution .
Just look at this sign on French mail boxes .
It is a danger warning for mailing a letter !
I saw the following flyer at a Paris area university .
So the lock down ( or up , out or in ) of a society where students would join a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is anticapitalist , ecologist and feminist is understandable .
Just look at the screaming logo as the perfect image for the many French people who are always ready for a demonstration ; except for now .
For my daughter this just adds to the surreal start to her middle school years .
Back in January it was the recurrent strikes .
Here is a screenshot of her class schedule .
“ Grève ” indicates the teacher is on strike .
These strikes were going on and off for several weeks when we also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Finally , a bit of craziness directed at me from the good old USA .
Living and working in France I still have to go through all of the pain of filing tax returns in the US .
That is a long article in itself .
But just follow the screenshots below when I was attempting to use the IRS Direct Pay to understand this mind altering experience .
At one point it is required to fill in your social security number .
I did this but then the form automatically adds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do this several times , on three different computers , using different browsers with always the same result , this error message .
So anyway , this French-American has stocked up on wine and toilet paper while anxiously awaiting the liberation .
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All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakepeare, As You Like It
Shakespeare’s famous lines are more true now than ever with smartphones and CCTV; I occasionally take a photo myself of literally the signs that give an indication of life in 2020.
Here is a sign put up at the entrance to our beautiful park where I live in Meudon, France called the Terrace de l’Observatoire. It explains that the park is closed because of the virus.
We are not really allowed to leave our domiciles so it really feels like the Occupation around here, and we must always carry our paper when we leave the apartment (see below).
I am not surprised by the reaction of the French government to close almost everything down. After all, the Principe de Precaution is enshrined in the French constitution. Just look at this sign on French mail boxes. It is a danger warning for mailing a letter!
I saw the following flyer at a Paris area university. So the lock down (or up, out or in) of a society where students would join a collective called “La Clameur” that is anticapitalist, ecologist and feminist is understandable. Just look at the screaming logo as the perfect image for the many French people who are always ready for a demonstration; except for now.
For my daughter this just adds to the surreal start to her middle school years. Back in January it was the recurrent strikes. Here is a screenshot of her class schedule. “Grève” indicates the teacher is on strike. These strikes were going on and off for several weeks when we also did not have the mass transportation running.
Finally, a bit of craziness directed at me from the good old USA. Living and working in France I still have to go through all of the pain of filing tax returns in the US. That is a long article in itself. But just follow the screenshots below when I was attempting to use the IRS Direct Pay to understand this mind altering experience.
At one point it is required to fill in your social security number.
I did this but then the form automatically adds dashes to the number.
I retried to do this several times, on three different computers, using different browsers with always the same result, this error message.
So anyway, this French-American has stocked up on wine and toilet paper while anxiously awaiting the liberation.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-24--Coronavirus, Vaccines, and the Gates Foundation

Arguably , no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
From sponsoring a simulation of a coronavirus global pandemic , just weeks before the Wuhan outbreak was announced , to funding numerous corporate efforts to come up with a novel vaccine for the apparently novel virus , the Gates presence is there .
What does it actually entail ?
We must admit that at the very least Bill Gates is prophetic .
He has claimed for years that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are not prepared for it .
On March 18 , 2015 Gates gave a TED talk on epidemics in Vancouver .
That day he wrote on his blog , “ I just gave a brief talk on a subject that I ’ ve been learning a lot about lately—epidemics .
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a tragedy—as I write this , more than 10,000 people have died.
” Gates then added , “ As awful as this epidemic has been , the next one could be much worse .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a disease—an especially virulent flu , for example—that infects large numbers of people very quickly .
Of all the things that could kill 10 million people or more , by far the most likely is an epidemic.
” That same year , 2015 , Bill Gates wrote an article for the New England Journal of Medicine titled , “ The Next Epidemic : Lessons from Ebola.
” There he spoke of a special class of drugs that “ involves giving patients a set of particular RNA-based constructs that enables them to produce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is a very new area , it is promising because it is possible that a safe therapy could be designed and put into large-scale manufacture fairly rapidly .
More basic research as well as the progress of companies like Moderna and CureVac could eventually make this approach a key tool for stopping epidemics.
” Moderna and CureVac both today receive funds from the Gates Foundation and are leading the race to develop an approved COVID-19 vaccine based on mRNA .
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In 2017 during the Davos World Economic Forum , Gates initiated something called CEPI , the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations , together with the governments of Norway , India , Japan , and Germany , along with the Wellcome Trust of the UK .
Its stated purpose is to “ accelerate the development of vaccines we ’ ll need to contain outbreaks ” of future epidemics .
He noted at the time that “ One promising area of vaccine development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ map the DNA and RNA of pathogens and make vaccines.
” We will return to that .
By 2019 Bill Gates and the foundation were going full-tilt boogie with their pandemic scenarios .
He made a Netflix video which made an eerie imaginary scenario .
The video , part of the “ Explained ” series , imagined a wet market in China where live and dead animals are stacked and a highly deadly virus erupts that spreads globally .
Gates appears as an expert in the video to warn , “ If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that would kill millions of people , a pandemic is our greatest risk.
” He said if nothing was done to better prepare for pandemics , the time would come when the world would look back and wish it had invested more into potential vaccines .
That was weeks before the world heard about bats and a live wet market in Wuhan China .
In October , 2019 the Gates Foundation teamed up with the World Economic Forum and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to enact what they called a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world ’ s leading figures in public health .
It was titled Event 201 .
As their website describes it , Event 201 simulated an “ outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person , leading to a severe pandemic .
The pathogen and the disease it causes are modeled largely on SARS , but it is more transmissible in the community setting by people with mild symptoms.
” In the Event 201 scenario the disease originates at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through low-income regions and ultimately explodes into an epidemic .
The disease is carried by air travel to Portugal , the USA and China and beyond to the point no country can control it .
The scenario posits no possible vaccine being available in the first year .
“ Since the whole human population is susceptible , during the initial months of the pandemic , the cumulative number of cases increases exponentially , doubling every week.
” The scenario then ends after 18 months when the fictional coronavirus has caused 65 million deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slow due to the decreasing number of susceptible people .
The pandemic will continue at some rate until there is an effective vaccine or until 80-90 % of the global population has been exposed.
” As interesting as the prescient Gates-Johns Hopkins Event 201 fictional scenario of October , 2019 may be , the list of panelists who were invited to participate in the imaginary global response is equally interesting .
20pcs Face Mouth Cover ... Buy New $ 6.00 ( $ 0.30 / Ounce ) Among the selected “ players ” as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gao .
Notably , Prof. Gao is director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention since 2017 .
His specialization includes research on “ influenza virus interspecies transmission ( host jump ) … He is also interested in virus ecology , especially the relationship between influenza virus and migratory birds or live poultry markets and the bat-derived virus ecology and molecular biology.
” Bat-derived virus ecology… Prof. Gao was joined among others at the panel by the former Deputy Director of the CIA during the Obama term , Avril Haines .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor .
Another of the players at the Gates event was Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd , Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) .
The same CDC is at the center of a huge scandal for not having adequate functioning tests available for testing cases of COVID-19 in the USA .
Their preparedness was anything but laudable .
Rounding out the group was Adrian Thomas , the Vice President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giant medical and pharmaceutical company .
Thomas is responsible for pandemic preparedness at J & J including developing vaccines for Ebola , Dengue Fever , HIV .
And there was Martin Knuchel , Head of Crisis , Emergency & Business Continuity Management , for Lufthansa Group Airlines .
Lufthansa has been one of the major airlines dramatically cutting flights during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis .
All this shows that Bill Gates has had a remarkable preoccupation with the possibility of a global pandemic outbreak he said could be even larger than the alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and has been warning for at least the past five years or more .
What the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also has been involved in is funding development of new vaccines using bleeding-edge CRISPR gene-editing and other technologies .
Gates Foundation money is backing vaccine development on every front .
Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Pennsylvania received $ 9 million from the Gates-backed CEPI , Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations , to develop a vaccine , INO-4800 , which is about to test on humans in April , a suspiciously rapid time frame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the company an added $ 5 million to develop a proprietary smart device for intradermal delivery of the new vaccine .
In addition Gates Foundation monies via CEPI are financing development of a radical new vaccine method known as messengerRNA or mRNA .
They are co-funding the Cambridge , Massachusetts biotech company , Moderna Inc. , to develop a vaccine against the Wuhan novel coronavirus , now called SARS-CoV-2 .
Moderna ’ s other partner is the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) , a part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Head of NIAID is Dr Anthony Fauci , the person at the center of the Trump Administration virus emergency response .
Notable about the Fauci-Gates Moderna coronavirus vaccine , mRNA-1273 , is that it has been rolled out in a matter of weeks , not years , and on February 24 went directly to Fauci ’ s NIH for tests on human guinea pigs , not on mice as normal .
Moderna ’ s chief medical adviser , Tal Zaks , argued , “ I don ’ t think proving this in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ path to getting this to a clinical trial.
” Gloves Latex Free , Glo ... Buy New $ 14.89 ( $ 14.89 / Count ) Another notable admission by Moderna on its website is the legal disclaimer , “ Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements : …These risks , uncertainties , and other factors include , among others : … the fact that there has never been a commercial product utilizing mRNA technology approved for use.
” In other words , completely unproven for human health and safety .
Another biotech company working with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the COVID-19 is a German company , CureVac .
Since 2015 CureVac has received money from the Gates Foundation to develop its own mRNA technology .
In January the Gates-backed CEPI granted more than $ 8 million to develop a mRNA vaccine for the novel coronavirus .
Add to this the fact that the Gates Foundation and related entities such as CEPI constitute the largest funders of the public-private entity known as WHO , and that its current director , Tedros Adhanom , the first WHO director in history who is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on HIV with the Gates Foundation when Tedros was a government minister in Ethiopia , and we see that there is practically no area of the current coronavirus pandemic where the footprints of the omnipresent Gates are not to be found .
If that is to the good of mankind or grounds to be worried , time will tell .

Arguably, no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From sponsoring a simulation of a coronavirus global pandemic, just weeks before the Wuhan outbreak was announced, to funding numerous corporate efforts to come up with a novel vaccine for the apparently novel virus, the Gates presence is there. What does it actually entail?
We must admit that at the very least Bill Gates is prophetic. He has claimed for years that a global killer pandemic will come and that we are not prepared for it. On March 18, 2015 Gates gave a TED talk on epidemics in Vancouver. That day he wrote on his blog, “I just gave a brief talk on a subject that I’ve been learning a lot about lately—epidemics. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a tragedy—as I write this, more than 10,000 people have died.” Gates then added, “As awful as this epidemic has been, the next one could be much worse. The world is simply not prepared to deal with a disease—an especially virulent flu, for example—that infects large numbers of people very quickly. Of all the things that could kill 10 million people or more, by far the most likely is an epidemic.”
That same year, 2015, Bill Gates wrote an article for the New England Journal of Medicine titled, “The Next Epidemic: Lessons from Ebola.” There he spoke of a special class of drugs that “involves giving patients a set of particular RNA-based constructs that enables them to produce specific proteins(including antibodies).Although this is a very new area, it is promising because it is possible that a safe therapy could be designed and put into large-scale manufacture fairly rapidly. More basic research as well as the progress of companies like Moderna and CureVac could eventually make this approach a key tool for stopping epidemics.” Moderna and CureVac both today receive funds from the Gates Foundation and are leading the race to develop an approved COVID-19 vaccine based on mRNA. Homemade Hand Sanitize... Smith, Rebecca Buy New $8.99 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
2017 and Founding of CEPI
A global flu-like pandemic in fact is something that Gates and his well-endowed foundation have spent years preparing for. In 2017 during the Davos World Economic Forum, Gates initiated something called CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, together with the governments of Norway, India, Japan, and Germany, along with the Wellcome Trust of the UK. Its stated purpose is to “accelerate the development of vaccines we’ll need to contain outbreaks” of future epidemics. He noted at the time that “One promising area of vaccine development research is using advances in genomics to map the DNA and RNA of pathogens and make vaccines.” We will return to that.
Event 201
By 2019 Bill Gates and the foundation were going full-tilt boogie with their pandemic scenarios. He made a Netflix video which made an eerie imaginary scenario. The video, part of the “Explained” series, imagined a wet market in China where live and dead animals are stacked and a highly deadly virus erupts that spreads globally. Gates appears as an expert in the video to warn, “If you think of anything that could come along that would kill millions of people, a pandemic is our greatest risk.” He said if nothing was done to better prepare for pandemics, the time would come when the world would look back and wish it had invested more into potential vaccines. That was weeks before the world heard about bats and a live wet market in Wuhan China.
In October, 2019 the Gates Foundation teamed up with the World Economic Forum and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to enact what they called a “fictional” scenario simulation involving some of the world’s leading figures in public health. It was titled Event 201.
As their website describes it, Event 201 simulated an “outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe pandemic. The pathogen and the disease it causes are modeled largely on SARS, but it is more transmissible in the community setting by people with mild symptoms.”
In the Event 201 scenario the disease originates at a pig farm in Brazil, spreading through low-income regions and ultimately explodes into an epidemic. The disease is carried by air travel to Portugal, the USA and China and beyond to the point no country can control it. The scenario posits no possible vaccine being available in the first year. “Since the whole human population is susceptible, during the initial months of the pandemic, the cumulative number of cases increases exponentially, doubling every week.”
The scenario then ends after 18 months when the fictional coronavirus has caused 65 million deaths. “The pandemic is beginning to slow due to the decreasing number of susceptible people. The pandemic will continue at some rate until there is an effective vaccine or until 80-90 % of the global population has been exposed.”
Event 201 Players
As interesting as the prescient Gates-Johns Hopkins Event 201 fictional scenario of October, 2019 may be, the list of panelists who were invited to participate in the imaginary global response is equally interesting. 20pcs Face Mouth Cover... Buy New $6.00 ($0.30 / Ounce) (as of 09:33 UTC - Details)
Among the selected “players” as they were called, was George Fu Gao. Notably, Prof. Gao is director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention since 2017. His specialization includes research on “influenza virus interspecies transmission (host jump)… He is also interested in virus ecology, especially the relationship between influenza virus and migratory birds or live poultry markets and the bat-derived virus ecology and molecular biology.” Bat-derived virus ecology…
Prof. Gao was joined among others at the panel by the former Deputy Director of the CIA during the Obama term, Avril Haines. She also served as Obama’s Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor. Another of the players at the Gates event was Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd, Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The same CDC is at the center of a huge scandal for not having adequate functioning tests available for testing cases of COVID-19 in the USA. Their preparedness was anything but laudable.
Rounding out the group was Adrian Thomas, the Vice President of scandal-ridden Johnson & Johnson, the giant medical and pharmaceutical company. Thomas is responsible for pandemic preparedness at J&J including developing vaccines for Ebola, Dengue Fever, HIV. And there was Martin Knuchel, Head of Crisis, Emergency & Business Continuity Management, for Lufthansa Group Airlines. Lufthansa has been one of the major airlines dramatically cutting flights during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
All this shows that Bill Gates has had a remarkable preoccupation with the possibility of a global pandemic outbreak he said could be even larger than the alleged deaths from the mysterious 1918 Spanish Flu, and has been warning for at least the past five years or more. What the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also has been involved in is funding development of new vaccines using bleeding-edge CRISPR gene-editing and other technologies.
The Coronavirus Vaccines
Gates Foundation money is backing vaccine development on every front. Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Pennsylvania received $9 million from the Gates-backed CEPI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, to develop a vaccine, INO-4800, which is about to test on humans in April, a suspiciously rapid time frame. In addition Gates Foundation just gave the company an added $5 million to develop a proprietary smart device for intradermal delivery of the new vaccine.
In addition Gates Foundation monies via CEPI are financing development of a radical new vaccine method known as messengerRNA or mRNA.
They are co-funding the Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech company, Moderna Inc., to develop a vaccine against the Wuhan novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-2. Moderna’s other partner is the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Head of NIAID is Dr Anthony Fauci, the person at the center of the Trump Administration virus emergency response. Notable about the Fauci-Gates Moderna coronavirus vaccine, mRNA-1273, is that it has been rolled out in a matter of weeks, not years, and on February 24 went directly to Fauci’s NIH for tests on human guinea pigs, not on mice as normal. Moderna’s chief medical adviser, Tal Zaks, argued, “I don’t think proving this in an animal model is on the critical path to getting this to a clinical trial.” Gloves Latex Free, Glo... Buy New $14.89 ($14.89 / Count) (as of 11:56 UTC - Details)
Another notable admission by Moderna on its website is the legal disclaimer, “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: …These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, among others: … the fact that there has never been a commercial product utilizing mRNA technology approved for use.” In other words, completely unproven for human health and safety.
Another biotech company working with unproven mRNA technology to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 is a German company, CureVac. Since 2015 CureVac has received money from the Gates Foundation to develop its own mRNA technology. In January the Gates-backed CEPI granted more than $8 million to develop a mRNA vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
Add to this the fact that the Gates Foundation and related entities such as CEPI constitute the largest funders of the public-private entity known as WHO, and that its current director, Tedros Adhanom, the first WHO director in history who is not a medical doctor, worked for years on HIV with the Gates Foundation when Tedros was a government minister in Ethiopia, and we see that there is practically no area of the current coronavirus pandemic where the footprints of the omnipresent Gates are not to be found. If that is to the good of mankind or grounds to be worried, time will tell.
Reprinted with permission from Global Research.


lewrockwell--2020-03-24--No Respite for the Wicked, Pompeo Unleashed

There are few things in this life that make me more sick to my stomach than watching Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talking .
He truly is one of the evilest men I ’ ve ever had the displeasure of covering .
Into the insanity of the over-reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak , Pompeo wasted no time ramping up sanctions on firms doing any business with Iran , one of the countries worse-hit by this virus to date .
It ’ s a seemingly endless refrain , everyday , more sanctions on Chinese , Swiss and South African firms for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to buy oil from someone Pompeo and his gang of heartless psychopaths disapprove of .
This goes far beyond just the oil industry .
Even though I ’ m well aware that Russia ’ s crashing the price of oil was itself a hybrid war attack on U.S. capital markets .
One that has had , to date , devastating effect .
While Pompeo mouths the words publicly that humanitarian aid is exempted from sanctions on Iran , the U.S. is pursuing immense pressure on companies to not do so anyway while the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time processing waiver applications .
Against the Left : A Ro ... Llewellyn H Rockwell Jr Best Price : $ 13.57 Buy New $ 8.00 Pompeo and his ilk only think in terms of civilizational warfare .
They have become so subsumed by their big war for the moral high ground to prove American exceptionalism that they have lost any shred of humanity they may have ever had .
Because for Pompeo in times like these to stick to his talking points and for his office to continue excising Iran from the global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be coming together to fight a global pandemic is the height of soullessness .
And it speaks to the much bigger problem that infects all of our political thinking .
There comes a moment when politics and gaining political advantage have to take a back seat to doing the right thing .
I ’ ve actually seen moments of that impulse from the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Will wonders never cease ?
!
Thinking only in Manichean terms of good vs. evil and dehumanizing your opponents is actually costlier than reversing course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better at attracting flies than vinegar .
But , unfortunately , that is not the character of the Trump administration .
It can only think in terms of direct leverage and opportunity to hold onto what they think they ’ ve achieved .
So , until President Trump is no longer consumed with coordinating efforts to control COVID-19 Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper are in charge of foreign policy .
They will continue the playbook that has been well established .
Maximum pressure on Iran , hurt China any way they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Syria , stay in Iraq .
To that end Iraqi President Barham Salei nominated Pompeo ’ s best choice to replace Prime Minister Adil Abdel Mahdi to throw Iraq ’ s future into complete turmoil .
According to Elijah Magnier , Adnan al-Zarfi is a U.S. asset through and through .
And this looks like Pompeo ’ s Hail Mary to retain U.S. legal presence in Iraq after the Iraqi parliament adopted a measure to demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country .
Airstrikes against U.S. bases in Iraq continue on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been reports of U.S. base closures and redeployments at the same time .
This move looks like desperation by Pompeo et.al .
to finally separate the Hashd al-Shaabi from Iraq ’ s official military .
So that airstrikes against them can be carried out under the definition of ‘ fighting Iranian terrorism.
’ As Magnier points out in the article above if al-Zarfi puts a government together the war in Iraq will expand just as the U.S. is losing further control in Syria after Turkish President Erdogan ’ s disastrous attempt to remake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with his effective surrender to Russian President Vladimir Putin .
The more I watch these moves by Pompeo the more sympathetic I become to the most sinister theories about COVID-19 , its origins and its launch around the world .
Read Pepe Escobar ’ s latest to get an idea of how dark and twisted this tale could be .
It is sad that , to me , I see no reason to doubt Pompeo and his ilk in the U.S. government wouldn ’ t do something like that to spark political and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by U.S. hybrid war tactics .
But , at the same time , I can see the other side of it , a vicious strike back by China against its tormentors .
And China ’ s government does itself , in my mind , no favors threatening to withhold drug precursors and having officials run their mouths giving Americans the excuse they need to validate Trump and Pompeo ’ s divisive rhetoric .
Remaining on the fence about this issue isn ’ t my normal style .
But everyone is dirty here and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a natural event terrible people on both sides are exploiting .
Homemade Hand Sanitize ... Smith , Rebecca Buy New $ 8.99 And I can only go by what people do rather than what they say to assess the situation .
Trump tries to buy exclusive right to a potential COVID-19 vaccine from a German firm and his administration slow-walks aid to Iran .
China sends aid to Iran and Italy by the container full .
Is that to salve their conscience over its initial suppression of information about the virus ?
Good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in glory by using the confusion and distraction to attempt further regime change and step up war-footing during a public health crisis , manufactured or otherwise .
While Pompeo unctuously talks the talk of compassion and charity , he can not bring himself to actually walk the walk .
Because he is a despicable , bile-filled man of uncommon depravity .
His prosecuting a hybrid war during a public health crisis speaks to no other conclusion about him .
It ’ s clear to me that nothing has changed at the top of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 will not be a disaster for Trump and the U.S .
It can handle this .
But the lack of humanity shown by its diplomatic corps ensures that in the long run the U.S. will be left to fend for itself when the next crisis hits .
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation .
The Best of Thomas Luongo

There are few things in this life that make me more sick to my stomach than watching Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talking. He truly is one of the evilest men I’ve ever had the displeasure of covering.
Into the insanity of the over-reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak, Pompeo wasted no time ramping up sanctions on firms doing any business with Iran, one of the countries worse-hit by this virus to date.
It’s a seemingly endless refrain, everyday, more sanctions on Chinese, Swiss and South African firms for having the temerity in these deflating times to buy oil from someone Pompeo and his gang of heartless psychopaths disapprove of.
This goes far beyond just the oil industry. Even though I’m well aware that Russia’s crashing the price of oil was itself a hybrid war attack on U.S. capital markets. One that has had, to date, devastating effect.
While Pompeo mouths the words publicly that humanitarian aid is exempted from sanctions on Iran, the U.S. is pursuing immense pressure on companies to not do so anyway while the State Dept. bureaucracy takes its sweet time processing waiver applications. Against the Left: A Ro... Rockwell Jr, Llewellyn H Best Price: $2.85 Buy New $8.00 (as of 07:59 UTC - Details)
Pompeo and his ilk only think in terms of civilizational warfare. They have become so subsumed by their big war for the moral high ground to prove American exceptionalism that they have lost any shred of humanity they may have ever had.
Because for Pompeo in times like these to stick to his talking points and for his office to continue excising Iran from the global economy when we’re supposed to be coming together to fight a global pandemic is the height of soullessness.
And it speaks to the much bigger problem that infects all of our political thinking. There comes a moment when politics and gaining political advantage have to take a back seat to doing the right thing.
I’ve actually seen moments of that impulse from the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Will wonders never cease?!
Thinking only in Manichean terms of good vs. evil and dehumanizing your opponents is actually costlier than reversing course right now. Because honey is always better at attracting flies than vinegar.
But, unfortunately, that is not the character of the Trump administration.
It can only think in terms of direct leverage and opportunity to hold onto what they think they’ve achieved. So, until President Trump is no longer consumed with coordinating efforts to control COVID-19 Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper are in charge of foreign policy. They will continue the playbook that has been well established.
Maximum pressure on Iran, hurt China any way they can, hold onto what they have in Syria, stay in Iraq.
To that end Iraqi President Barham Salei nominated Pompeo’s best choice to replace Prime Minister Adil Abdel Mahdi to throw Iraq’s future into complete turmoil. According to Elijah Magnier, Adnan al-Zarfi is a U.S. asset through and through.
And this looks like Pompeo’s Hail Mary to retain U.S. legal presence in Iraq after the Iraqi parliament adopted a measure to demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. Airstrikes against U.S. bases in Iraq continue on a near daily basis and there have been reports of U.S. base closures and redeployments at the same time.
This move looks like desperation by Pompeo et.al. to finally separate the Hashd al-Shaabi from Iraq’s official military. So that airstrikes against them can be carried out under the definition of ‘fighting Iranian terrorism.’
As Magnier points out in the article above if al-Zarfi puts a government together the war in Iraq will expand just as the U.S. is losing further control in Syria after Turkish President Erdogan’s disastrous attempt to remake the front in Idlib. That ended with his effective surrender to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The more I watch these moves by Pompeo the more sympathetic I become to the most sinister theories about COVID-19, its origins and its launch around the world. Read Pepe Escobar’s latest to get an idea of how dark and twisted this tale could be.
It is sad that, to me, I see no reason to doubt Pompeo and his ilk in the U.S. government wouldn’t do something like that to spark political and social upheaval in those places most targeted by U.S. hybrid war tactics.
But, at the same time, I can see the other side of it, a vicious strike back by China against its tormentors. And China’s government does itself, in my mind, no favors threatening to withhold drug precursors and having officials run their mouths giving Americans the excuse they need to validate Trump and Pompeo’s divisive rhetoric.
Remaining on the fence about this issue isn’t my normal style. But everyone is dirty here and the reality may well be this is a natural event terrible people on both sides are exploiting. Homemade Hand Sanitize... Smith, Rebecca Buy New $8.99 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
And I can only go by what people do rather than what they say to assess the situation. Trump tries to buy exclusive right to a potential COVID-19 vaccine from a German firm and his administration slow-walks aid to Iran.
China sends aid to Iran and Italy by the container full. Is that to salve their conscience over its initial suppression of information about the virus? Good question. But no one covers themselves in glory by using the confusion and distraction to attempt further regime change and step up war-footing during a public health crisis, manufactured or otherwise.
While Pompeo unctuously talks the talk of compassion and charity, he cannot bring himself to actually walk the walk. Because he is a despicable, bile-filled man of uncommon depravity. His prosecuting a hybrid war during a public health crisis speaks to no other conclusion about him.
It’s clear to me that nothing has changed at the top of Trump’s administration. I expect COVID-19 will not be a disaster for Trump and the U.S. It can handle this. But the lack of humanity shown by its diplomatic corps ensures that in the long run the U.S. will be left to fend for itself when the next crisis hits.
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The Best of Tom Luongo


lewrockwell--2020-03-24--‘The Coming War On China’

‘The Coming War On China’

“ The aim of this film is to break a silence : the United States and China may well be on the road to war , and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable , ” Pilger says in his 2016 documentary The Coming War on China , which you can watch free on Youtube here or on Vimeo here .
“ In a few years China has become the world ’ s second-biggest economic power , ” Pilger ’ s introduction continues .
“ The United States is the world ’ s biggest military power , with bases and missiles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ocean .
China is a threat to this dominance , says Washington .
But who is the threat ?
This film is about shifting power , and great danger.
” As we ’ ve been discussing for years now , the relentless quest of the US-centralized empire-like power alliance for total world domination has put it on a collision course with the surging economic powerhouse of China which refuses to be absorbed into the imperial blob .
The empire ’ s continued existence depends upon its ability to undermine China before it grows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weak to stop its ascent , at which point global hegemony becomes impossible and we are living in a truly multipolar world .
China has therefore always been the final boss fight in the global campaign of violence and domination by what Pilger calls the “ empire which never speaks its name ” .
And the ramping up of anti-China narrative management by the US government indicates that we are being psychologically primed to accept this world-threatening confrontation , just as Pilger warned in 2016 .
War Is A Racket : Origi ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 4.72 Buy New $ 3.75 “ The danger of confrontation grows by the day , ” Pilger says .
The powerful film breaks down the way the USA has been encircling China with a “ noose ” of military bases since the Korean War , which all have massive amounts of military firepower , including nuclear firepower , pointed right at China ’ s cities .
Pilger shows the psychopathic toll this has inflicted upon the people who live in the areas where the US war machine has set up shop in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ segment on the use of Bikini Atoll natives as human guinea pigs to test the effects of nuclear radiation on people .
Also deeply disturbing is the revelation of just how close the US came to launching nuclear warheads at China due to a miscommunication during the Cuban missile crisis .
The film describes China ’ s recent history and explains its climb in economic power which led us to this point , and the USA ’ s generations-long history of provocation and hostility toward its government .
It also addresses the silly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US wasn ’ t bullying and slaughtering the world into compliance , China would take over doing the same .
Back in 2016 it was harder for people to see this escalation on the horizon , but now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic we ’ re hearing a frantic , disproportionate amount of anti-China sentiment from the Trump administration and its supporters , in the same way we heard Russia hysteria amplified over the last three years by Trump ’ s enemies .
Trump was politically pressured to dangerously escalate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s now being politically incentivized to pass the blame for his administration ’ s spectacular failures in addressing this pandemic on to the Chinese government in a way which manufactures support for escalations on that front as well .
Two different narratives , same agenda .
Homemade Hand Sanitize ... Smith , Rebecca Buy New $ 8.99 “ The new president , Donald Trump , has a problem with China , ” Pilger says at the end of the documentary .
“ The urgent question now is will Trump continue with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take us all to the edge of war ?
” The answer to that question appears to be coalescing .
It ’ s a good time for us all to watch this film .
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“The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may well be on the road to war, and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable,” Pilger says in his 2016 documentary The Coming War on China, which you can watch free on Youtube here or on Vimeo here.
“In a few years China has become the world’s second-biggest economic power,” Pilger’s introduction continues. “The United States is the world’s biggest military power, with bases and missiles and ships covering every continent and every ocean. China is a threat to this dominance, says Washington. But who is the threat? This film is about shifting power, and great danger.”
As we’ve been discussing for years now, the relentless quest of the US-centralized empire-like power alliance for total world domination has put it on a collision course with the surging economic powerhouse of China which refuses to be absorbed into the imperial blob. The empire’s continued existence depends upon its ability to undermine China before it grows too powerful or the empire grows too weak to stop its ascent, at which point global hegemony becomes impossible and we are living in a truly multipolar world.

China has therefore always been the final boss fight in the global campaign of violence and domination by what Pilger calls the “empire which never speaks its name”. And the ramping up of anti-China narrative management by the US government indicates that we are being psychologically primed to accept this world-threatening confrontation, just as Pilger warned in 2016. War Is A Racket: Origi... Butler, Smedley D. Best Price: $4.72 Buy New $3.75 (as of 08:05 UTC - Details)
“The danger of confrontation grows by the day,” Pilger says.
The powerful film breaks down the way the USA has been encircling China with a “noose” of military bases since the Korean War, which all have massive amounts of military firepower, including nuclear firepower, pointed right at China’s cities. Pilger shows the psychopathic toll this has inflicted upon the people who live in the areas where the US war machine has set up shop in the Pacific, including an especially enraging segment on the use of Bikini Atoll natives as human guinea pigs to test the effects of nuclear radiation on people. Also deeply disturbing is the revelation of just how close the US came to launching nuclear warheads at China due to a miscommunication during the Cuban missile crisis.
The film describes China’s recent history and explains its climb in economic power which led us to this point, and the USA’s generations-long history of provocation and hostility toward its government. It also addresses the silly projection so many westerners harbor that if the US wasn’t bullying and slaughtering the world into compliance, China would take over doing the same.
The White House is launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies that focuses on accusing Beijing of orchestrating a “cover-up” & creating a global pandemic, according to two US officials & a government cable obtained by The Daily Beast https://t.co/3Xjm08G2Mw — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 21, 2020
Back in 2016 it was harder for people to see this escalation on the horizon, but now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic we’re hearing a frantic, disproportionate amount of anti-China sentiment from the Trump administration and its supporters, in the same way we heard Russia hysteria amplified over the last three years by Trump’s enemies. Trump was politically pressured to dangerously escalate cold war tensions with Russia, and he’s now being politically incentivized to pass the blame for his administration’s spectacular failures in addressing this pandemic on to the Chinese government in a way which manufactures support for escalations on that front as well. Two different narratives, same agenda. Homemade Hand Sanitize... Smith, Rebecca Buy New $8.99 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
“The new president, Donald Trump, has a problem with China,” Pilger says at the end of the documentary. “The urgent question now is will Trump continue with the provocations revealed in this film and take us all to the edge of war?”
The answer to that question appears to be coalescing. It’s a good time for us all to watch this film.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-24--Coronavirus Hysteria Part II

Coronavirus Hysteria Part II

Given the hyper-alarmism concerning “ The Coronavirus ” with which the public is relentlessly besieged by both Big Government and Big Media , one would think that no cost would be spared in the effort to defeat this Plague that is decimating the world , correct ?
But when we consider what the Chicken Littles are not mentioning , it is fair to ask : How seriously do the panic-stricken genuinely take this ?
Given all of the sudden talk of “ social distancing , ” “ self-isolation , ” and “ flattening the curve , ” one would think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bringing all immigration to a grinding and , because there are always diseases and viruses that pose threats to Americans , a permanent halt .
Americans from all walks of life , irrespectively of their political persuasions , should be demanding this .
Homemade Hand Sanitize ... Smith , Rebecca Buy New $ 8.99 The logic of “ social distancing , ” “ self-isolating , ” and “ flattening the curve ” inescapably precludes allowing , to say nothing of encouraging , more people into our country .
And it violently contradicts the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy that invites people from countries with high incidences of dangerous diseases .
The person who supports “ self-isolation ” and “ social distancing ” while continuing to support America ’ s modus operandi vis-à-vis immigration is like the person who , for the purpose of slowing the spread of a dangerous disease , severs ties with others by locking himself in his home .
At the same time , though , he invites into his home limitless numbers of people from countries with conditions that make those countries breeding grounds for infectious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for what it is .
So , why no loud , unabashed calls to End Immigration NOW ( or something to this effect ) ?
To President Trump ’ s credit , he has implemented some travel bans—which his enemies in the Democratic Party have resisted and for which they have hurled the all too predictable accusations of “ racism ” and “ xenophobia ” at him .
But even these travel bans are highly selective .
If this is the State of National Emergency that the President has declared it to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the governors of many states have declared it to be , then , first and foremost , one would think that all Americans , irrespectively of any other differences that may divide them , would be unanimous in demanding that travel from all other countries , especially travel from those countries with Third World conditions , should be ended instantaneously .
The United States military , which exists in order to protect America , should be stationed along our nation ’ s borders , specifically along our southern border .
This is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the flood of illegal aliens that our politicians have shamelessly allowed and , particularly in the case of Democrats , aggressively encouraged , come to an end once and for all .
In addition to violating America ’ s sovereignty , these aliens who circumvent just those health-screening procedures that are designed to protect American citizens have injected back into the body politic numerous diseases , potentially deadly diseases , over which America had long ago prevailed .
Not even Trump , who , many of us have never forgotten , ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that wall ” on our southern border ( that wall that still hasn ’ t been built ) , has used this as an occasion to promote stronger border security .
Nothing less than a resounding , unanimous , unabashed call for closing America ’ s doors indefinitely , until the Black Plague 2.0 has completed its sweep over the land , is required to convince the skeptical among us that those who are screaming loudest about it aren ’ t just using this a pretext for other , perhaps less obvious , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t wish to stray too far afield—anyone who is genuinely interested in protecting the well-being of our fellow Americans from infectious diseases should be thinking about , at the very least , severely restricting the numbers of people who enter the United States each year , particularly when they are entering from underdeveloped countries .
The Open Borders crowd , the Democratic Party that is its home , and all of the Big Con , America-Is-An-Idea types who have zealously ( recklessly ) been embracing unrelenting immigration from anywhere in the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of business…now .
So far , I haven ’ t heard anyone , neither Republican nor Democrat , neither “ liberal ” nor “ conservative ” , make any such calls .
But if , as they claim , politicians who are now annexing to themselves exponentially more power over the lives of Americans than even that ( awesome ) amount of power that they already exercised are doing so for the sake of protecting Americans from this infectious disease , then not only should they be of one mind and will when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America for present purposes ; they should recognize the need for upending our current immigration system and stopping entry into America always so as to protect citizens from all infectious diseases that are known to be carried by immigrants .
Especially telling about the conspicuous , virtually unanimous silence on this subject is that Hispanics , i.e.
, the members of just that group that is disproportionately represented among those aliens that have been illegally crossing our southern border for decades , are also disproportionately represented among Tuberculosis ( TB ) carriers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Prevention ( CDC ) , even though TB , which “ was once a leading cause of death in the United States , ” has been declining “ in almost all racial and ethnic groups ” over the decades , it nevertheless remains the case that “ Hispanics/Latinos continue to have a disproportionately higher burden of TB.
” The numbers are stunning .
In 2015 , the CDC reports that 28 % of all people with TB within the United States were Hispanic .
Among foreign-born TB patients , nearly one-third were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population , Hispanics carry TB at a rate eight times that of “ white , non-Hispanic people ” ( who carry it at a rate of .6 cases per 100,000 population ) .
In 2017 , TB killed 1.6 million human beings globally .
Alien Nation : Common S ... Brimelow , Peter Best Price : $ 2.07 Buy New $ 122.78 Back in the mid-1990s , Peter Brimelow ’ s Alien Nation supplied readers with facts that virtually no one else dared to talk about until fairly recently ( and even now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Big Media and Big Government would have us think is upon us , far too few people are willing to reckon with ( ( politically incorrect ) ) reality ) .
For starters , the resurgence of TB in America , Brimelow wrote , is “ largely…because of immigration from regions like Latin America where the disease is endemic ( foreign-born cases accounted for nearly two thirds of the increase in the last decade… . )
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” Elaborating , the author shares some staggering figures : “ In 1991 , some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born ; over 60 percent of California ’ s cases , and 30 to 80 percent of the cases in some immigrant-heavy Washington suburbs.
” “ Leprosy : of the six thousand patients in the United States in 1987 , 90 percent were refugees or immigrants from Southeast Asia or Mexico ; “ Measles : virtually eliminated in the United States during the 1980s , measles is flaring up—in Hispanic areas , particularly among recent arrivals from Latin America .
“ Cholera , malaria , dengue fever [ similar to the “ Yellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Latin America , and all have been reported in the United States recently.
” Though Brimelow penned these words decades ago , his essential point remains as accurate today as it was a quarter of a century ago .
And that point is that immigration does indeed pose health risks for Americans .
So , then , shouldn ’ t the country “ self-isolate ” or “ self-quarantine ” from the rest of the world , or at least from the countless foreigners who , by hook or by crook , seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not , why not ?
How is “ social distancing ” from those who would aspire to enter the United States not the only morally viable course of action with respect to “ flattening the curve ” of , not just the spread of COVID-19 , but any and all potentially dangerous viruses ?
Don ’ t expect things to change significantly , if at all , with either our immigration policy or that of any other Western country .
That no one in either Big Government or Big Media is advocating these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to protect citizens not just from the latest coronavirus , but from dangerous viruses of all kinds—suggests what some of us suspect : Those in Big Government and Big Media spreading the panic are powered by motives other than what appears on the surface , for if their professed intentions were sincere and they favored this massive contraction of our civil society to protect us from one infectious disease , then they should have long ago favored immigration restrictions so as to protect us from infectious diseases of various kinds carried disproportionately by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the next installment of this series on Coronavirus hysteria , I will show how and why the reasonable can ’ t but conclude that this is indeed a manufactured hysteria that has possessed the country—and the world .
The Best of Jack Kerwick

Given the hyper-alarmism concerning “The Coronavirus” with which the public is relentlessly besieged by both Big Government and Big Media, one would think that no cost would be spared in the effort to defeat this Plague that is decimating the world, correct?
But when we consider what the Chicken Littles are not mentioning, it is fair to ask:
How seriously do the panic-stricken genuinely take this?
Given all of the sudden talk of “social distancing,” “self-isolation,” and “flattening the curve,” one would think that everyone should be on board with bringing all immigration to a grinding and, because there are always diseases and viruses that pose threats to Americans, a permanent halt.
Americans from all walks of life, irrespectively of their political persuasions, should be demanding this. Homemade Hand Sanitize... Smith, Rebecca Buy New $8.99 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
The logic of “social distancing,” “self-isolating,” and “flattening the curve” inescapably precludes allowing, to say nothing of encouraging, more people into our country.
And it violently contradicts the logic (or illogic) of a policy that invites people from countries with high incidences of dangerous diseases.
The person who supports “self-isolation” and “social distancing” while continuing to support America’s modus operandi vis-à-vis immigration is like the person who, for the purpose of slowing the spread of a dangerous disease, severs ties with others by locking himself in his home. At the same time, though, he invites into his home limitless numbers of people from countries with conditions that make those countries breeding grounds for infectious diseases.
The irrationality should be seen for what it is.
So, why no loud, unabashed calls to End Immigration NOW (or something to this effect)?
To President Trump’s credit, he has implemented some travel bans—which his enemies in the Democratic Party have resisted and for which they have hurled the all too predictable accusations of “racism” and “xenophobia” at him.
But even these travel bans are highly selective. If this is the State of National Emergency that the President has declared it to be, and the State of Emergency that the governors of many states have declared it to be, then, first and foremost, one would think that all Americans, irrespectively of any other differences that may divide them, would be unanimous in demanding that travel from all other countries, especially travel from those countries with Third World conditions, should be ended instantaneously.
The United States military, which exists in order to protect America, should be stationed along our nation’s borders, specifically along our southern border. This is the measure that must be taken to insure that the flood of illegal aliens that our politicians have shamelessly allowed and, particularly in the case of Democrats, aggressively encouraged, come to an end once and for all. In addition to violating America’s sovereignty, these aliens who circumvent just those health-screening procedures that are designed to protect American citizens have injected back into the body politic numerous diseases, potentially deadly diseases, over which America had long ago prevailed.
Not even Trump, who, many of us have never forgotten, ran explicitly on a platform to “build that wall” on our southern border (that wall that still hasn’t been built), has used this as an occasion to promote stronger border security.
Nothing less than a resounding, unanimous, unabashed call for closing America’s doors indefinitely, until the Black Plague 2.0 has completed its sweep over the land, is required to convince the skeptical among us that those who are screaming loudest about it aren’t just using this a pretext for other, perhaps less obvious, purposes.
Beyond this—and while I don’t wish to stray too far afield—anyone who is genuinely interested in protecting the well-being of our fellow Americans from infectious diseases should be thinking about, at the very least, severely restricting the numbers of people who enter the United States each year, particularly when they are entering from underdeveloped countries. The Open Borders crowd, the Democratic Party that is its home, and all of the Big Con, America-Is-An-Idea types who have zealously (recklessly) been embracing unrelenting immigration from anywhere in the world since forever should be unceremoniously put out of business…now.
So far, I haven’t heard anyone, neither Republican nor Democrat, neither “liberal” nor “conservative”, make any such calls.
But if, as they claim, politicians who are now annexing to themselves exponentially more power over the lives of Americans than even that (awesome) amount of power that they already exercised are doing so for the sake of protecting Americans from this infectious disease, then not only should they be of one mind and will when it comes to stopping all entry into America for present purposes; they should recognize the need for upending our current immigration system and stopping entry into America always so as to protect citizens from all infectious diseases that are known to be carried by immigrants.
Especially telling about the conspicuous, virtually unanimous silence on this subject is that Hispanics, i.e., the members of just that group that is disproportionately represented among those aliens that have been illegally crossing our southern border for decades, are also disproportionately represented among Tuberculosis (TB) carriers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though TB, which “was once a leading cause of death in the United States,” has been declining “in almost all racial and ethnic groups” over the decades, it nevertheless remains the case that “Hispanics/Latinos continue to have a disproportionately higher burden of TB.”
The numbers are stunning. In 2015, the CDC reports that 28% of all people with TB within the United States were Hispanic. Among foreign-born TB patients, nearly one-third were Hispanic. With 4.8 cases per 100,000 population, Hispanics carry TB at a rate eight times that of “white, non-Hispanic people” (who carry it at a rate of .6 cases per 100,000 population).
In 2017, TB killed 1.6 million human beings globally. Alien Nation: Common S... Brimelow, Peter Best Price: $2.07 Buy New $122.78 (as of 09:37 UTC - Details)
Back in the mid-1990s, Peter Brimelow’s Alien Nation supplied readers with facts that virtually no one else dared to talk about until fairly recently (and even now, in the thick of the Apocalypse that Big Media and Big Government would have us think is upon us, far too few people are willing to reckon with ((politically incorrect))reality).
For starters, the resurgence of TB in America, Brimelow wrote, is “largely…because of immigration from regions like Latin America where the disease is endemic (foreign-born cases accounted for nearly two thirds of the increase in the last decade….).” Elaborating, the author shares some staggering figures: “In 1991, some 27 percent of U.S. cases were foreign born; over 60 percent of California’s cases, and 30 to 80 percent of the cases in some immigrant-heavy Washington suburbs.”
Brimelow continues:
“Leprosy: of the six thousand patients in the United States in 1987, 90 percent were refugees or immigrants from Southeast Asia or Mexico;
“Measles: virtually eliminated in the United States during the 1980s, measles is flaring up—in Hispanic areas, particularly among recent arrivals from Latin America.
“Cholera, malaria, dengue fever [similar to the “Yellow Fever”]: all are widespread in Latin America, and all have been reported in the United States recently.”
Though Brimelow penned these words decades ago, his essential point remains as accurate today as it was a quarter of a century ago. And that point is that immigration does indeed pose health risks for Americans.
So, then, shouldn’t the country “self-isolate” or “self-quarantine” from the rest of the world, or at least from the countless foreigners who, by hook or by crook, seek to enter America every day? If not, why not? How is “social distancing” from those who would aspire to enter the United States not the only morally viable course of action with respect to “flattening the curve” of, not just the spread of COVID-19, but any and all potentially dangerous viruses?
Don’t expect things to change significantly, if at all, with either our immigration policy or that of any other Western country. That no one in either Big Government or Big Media is advocating these measures—massive and indefinite immigration restriction in order to protect citizens not just from the latest coronavirus, but from dangerous viruses of all kinds—suggests what some of us suspect:
Those in Big Government and Big Media spreading the panic are powered by motives other than what appears on the surface, for if their professed intentions were sincere and they favored this massive contraction of our civil society to protect us from one infectious disease, then they should have long ago favored immigration restrictions so as to protect us from infectious diseases of various kinds carried disproportionately by foreigners seeking to enter our land.
In the next installment of this series on Coronavirus hysteria, I will show how and why the reasonable can’t but conclude that this is indeed a manufactured hysteria that has possessed the country—and the world.
The Best of Jack Kerwick