lewrockwell--2020-07-08--Is Washington Provoking India to a War With China?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India , citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region .
Given the dramatic rise in tensions between India and China over disputed borders in the region of Nepal and Bhutan where several soldiers from both sides reportedly died in hand-to-hand combat , the question is whether Washington is deliberately trying to fan fires of war between the two Asian giant powers .
As unlikely as that might be at present , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becoming amid the ‘ coronavirus economic depression ’ , and the perceived power vacuum of a US in retreat .
Speaking to a virtual Brussels German Marshall Fund Forum on June 25 , Secretary of State Pompeo was asked about recent statements that the US military planned withdrawing a contingent of its forces from Germany .
He replied that the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asian nations was one of the reasons America was reducing its troop presence in Europe and deploying them to other places .
He cited unspecified recent Chinese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threats to Vietnam , threats to Malaysia , Indonesia and the South China Sea challenge , ” adding , “ We are going to make sure the US military is postured appropriately to meet the challenges.
” Fateful Triangle : How ... Madan , Tanvi Best Price : $ 30.46 Buy New $ 26.50 The borders between China and India and Pakistan are one of the most complex and arguably most sensitive regions for potential conflict ever since in 1947 British Viceroy Lord Mountbatten partitioned the British Indian Empire into a dominantly Muslim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India .
That partition was opposed by Gandhi and other political leaders in India , who argued instead for a unified federal India with majority Muslim states or Hindu states retaining significant autonomy within a unified India .
Mountbatten instead unveiled the secretly-drawn borders of a new Pakistan and India in a manner that fed a devastating slaughter between Hindu and Muslim as 14 million people were suddenly displaced based along the so-named Radcliffe Line that arbitrarily split the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India between the new Pakistan and India .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ went back to England , he deliberately left the status of Jammu and Kashmir unresolved .
That insured a permanent tension and potential war trigger between the two former parts of British India .
Radcliffe , who had never before been in India , was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1948 for his service .
Now we turn today to the unresolved region which has been a constant point of friction since the British partition , namely Kashmir .
In 1972 both countries , India @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line of control in Kashmir which ceded Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to Indian administration , and the Northern Areas to Pakistan .
Since the 1962 Sino-India War , China has claimed the northeastern part of Ladakh .
Here is where we have the intersection of China , China ’ s major Belt , Road Initiative partner Pakistan , and India , which has remained steadfastly outside the BRI project .
All three are nuclear powers as well .
China ’ s Western ... Markey , Daniel Best Price : $ 20.39 Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir .
Then in August 2019 , the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory of India on 31 October 2019 .
That did not meet with applause in Beijing .
Because Ladakh is part of the strategic Kashmir region the Indian Army maintains a strong presence there .
China charged India with illegally building defense facilities across the border into Chinese territory in the Galwan Valley region of Ladakh .
The PLA responded by building its presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India was also planning an airbase in Ladakh , something regarded as a strategic threat , as India has a military agreement with the USA which could allow US access to that airbase in a war situation .
At that point reportedly , China began moves to block Indian plans in Ladakh .
Despite the fact Modi and China ’ s Xi Jinping agreed to talks to de-escalate matters , on June 13 the situation in Ladakh exploded into deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese PLA soldiers with numerous dead on both sides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ context in which Pompeo declared , “ The PLA ( People ’ s Liberation Army ) has escalated border tensions with India , the world ’ s most populous democracy .
It ’ s militarizing the South China Sea and illegally claiming more territory there , threatening vital sea lanes.
” At the same time as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate , three US aircraft carrier strike groups have been deployed in the Indo-Pacific zone , and there are plans to deploy American missiles in Asia , including India , as Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indo-Pacific region .
Indian journalists say that India ’ s Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road infrastructure project in Ladakh is seen by the Chinese as a tool by India to offset the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the BRI .
They claim that China attempted to capture the Galwan Valley as a pre-emptive measure to stall this DBO Road infrastructure project in Ladakh .
According to this report , “ China wants to stall the construction of the winding 255-km Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie road that would give the Indian army easy access to the last military post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Indian side is , however , determined to complete construction of the entire stretch by this summer including the 60-metre bridge across the Galwan rivulet or nallah near the point of its confluence with Shyok river .
“ The legacy of the British partition of 1947 today is stark .
Belt and Road : A Chine ... Mau00e7u00e3es , Bruno Buy New $ 15.95 As the clashes in Ladakh between China and India were still fresh , reports emerged that Chinese construction of key facilities inside the India-claimed disputed territory of Arunchal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India bordering China , was underway .
According to a BJP member of Indian Parliament , Tapir Gao from Arunchal East , Chinese workers from the PLA were building concrete bridges , hydro-electric projects , helipads some 12 kilometers inside the Indian side of the demarcated McMahon Line of Arunachal Pradesh in an area once occupied by the Indian Army .
In recent years India has also accused China of making illegal encroachments on its perimeter in Bhutan and Nepal , further straining relations .
Nepal , historically a predominantly Hindu buffer country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underwent a ten-year bloody civil war led by the Communist Party-Maoist of Nepal .
In 2007 the Nepal monarchy officially ended and a secular republic was established in 2008 .
In recent years China has initiated a number of economic projects in Nepal .
During a 2018 visit to Beijing , Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli , from the Communist Party-Maoist , signed a Memorandum of Understanding for construction of a railway linking Shigatse in Tibet with Kathmandu .
Oli also signed on to Beijing ’ s Belt Road Initiative .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previously was considered by China as India ’ s sphere of influence , separated from China by the high mountain barrier .
The same year China also agreed to allow Nepal use of four Chinese ports to end the country ’ s trade dependence on India .
Under Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli , relations with India have deteriorated as Oli ’ s ties to Beijing have strengthened .
China ’ s Western ... Markey , Daniel Best Price : $ 20.39 Buy New $ 23.87 Bhutan is another strategic buffer state between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Royal Bhutanese Army accused China of constructing a road in the disputed territory towards Doklam plateau .
India intervened then , supporting Bhutan ’ s stand and asking China to halt its construction work .
As one Indian analyst describes it , “ The valley holds strategic significance for India , China as well as Bhutan .
India sees it as a dagger pointed towards its so-called ‘ chicken ’ s neck ’ sector in the Northeast and rapid Chinese road construction in Tibet could make things difficult for India.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combined actions of China around its perimeter bordering Tibet in China ominously reminds them of the 1950 declaration by Mao that considers Tibet to be China ’ s right hand palm , with five fingers on its periphery : Ladakh , Nepal , Sikkim , Bhutan , and Arunachal Pradesh , and that it is China ’ s responsibility to “ liberate ” these regions .
This , known as the Tibet Five Fingers Policy , one never appearing in print apparently , is causing considerable tension in Indian strategic circles .
Seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become more overtly hostile in recent years and as India and the US appear to be drawing closer together , Chinese actions along India ’ s perimeter from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh seem to be prudent steps to secure Chinese borders as well as China ’ s strategic BRI corridor in Pakistan from any future Indian threat .
Into this nuclear minefield now , the US Secretary of State has hinted at increasing military support for India , hardly a peace-making move .
By contrast , Russia , who enjoys constructive relations both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mediate .
The crisis on the Indian sub-continent looks primed to continue .
The views of the authors do not necessarily coincide with the opinion of the editorial board .

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India, citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region. Given the dramatic rise in tensions between India and China over disputed borders in the region of Nepal and Bhutan where several soldiers from both sides reportedly died in hand-to-hand combat, the question is whether Washington is deliberately trying to fan fires of war between the two Asian giant powers. As unlikely as that might be at present, it indicates how unstable our world is becoming amid the ‘coronavirus economic depression’, and the perceived power vacuum of a US in retreat.
Speaking to a virtual Brussels German Marshall Fund Forum on June 25,Secretary of State Pompeo was asked about recent statements that the US military planned withdrawing a contingent of its forces from Germany. He replied that the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asian nations was one of the reasons America was reducing its troop presence in Europe and deploying them to other places. He cited unspecified recent Chinese actions as “threats to India, threats to Vietnam, threats to Malaysia, Indonesia and the South China Sea challenge,” adding, “We are going to make sure the US military is postured appropriately to meet the challenges.” Fateful Triangle: How ... Madan, Tanvi Best Price: $30.46 Buy New $26.50 (as of 03:07 UTC - Details)
The Radcliffe Line
The borders between China and India and Pakistan are one of the most complex and arguably most sensitive regions for potential conflict ever since in 1947 British Viceroy Lord Mountbatten partitioned the British Indian Empire into a dominantly Muslim Pakistan and a dominantly Hindu but secular India.
That partition was opposed by Gandhi and other political leaders in India, who argued instead for a unified federal India with majority Muslim states or Hindu states retaining significant autonomy within a unified India. Mountbatten instead unveiled the secretly-drawn borders of a new Pakistan and India in a manner that fed a devastating slaughter between Hindu and Muslim as 14 million people were suddenly displaced based along the so-named Radcliffe Line that arbitrarily split the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India between the new Pakistan and India. At the same time, as Mountbatten went back to England, he deliberately left the status of Jammu and Kashmir unresolved. That insured a permanent tension and potential war trigger between the two former parts of British India. Radcliffe, who had never before been in India, was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1948 for his service.
Now we turn today to the unresolved region which has been a constant point of friction since the British partition, namely Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
In 1972 both countries, India and Pakistan, agreed on a provisional line of control in Kashmir which ceded Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to Indian administration, and the Northern Areas to Pakistan. Since the 1962 Sino-India War, China has claimed the northeastern part of Ladakh. Here is where we have the intersection of China, China’s major Belt, Road Initiative partner Pakistan, and India, which has remained steadfastly outside the BRI project. All three are nuclear powers as well. China’s Western ... Markey, Daniel Best Price: $20.39 Buy New $23.87 (as of 03:07 UTC - Details)
Until 2019, Ladakh was a region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Then in August 2019, the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory of India on 31 October 2019. That did not meet with applause in Beijing. Because Ladakh is part of the strategic Kashmir region the Indian Army maintains a strong presence there.
China charged India with illegally building defense facilities across the border into Chinese territory in the Galwan Valley region of Ladakh. The PLA responded by building its presence in the region. Beijing claimed that India was also planning an airbase in Ladakh, something regarded as a strategic threat, as India has a military agreement with the USA which could allow US access to that airbase in a war situation. At that point reportedly, China began moves to block Indian plans in Ladakh.
Despite the fact Modi and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to talks to de-escalate matters, on June 13 the situation in Ladakh exploded into deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese PLA soldiers with numerous dead on both sides in hand-to-hand combat. That was the context in which Pompeo declared, “The PLA (People’s Liberation Army) has escalated border tensions with India, the world’s most populous democracy. It’s militarizing the South China Sea and illegally claiming more territory there, threatening vital sea lanes.” At the same time as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate, three US aircraft carrier strike groups have been deployed in the Indo-Pacific zone, and there are plans to deploy American missiles in Asia, including India, as Washington looks to establish more bases in the Indo-Pacific region.
Indian journalists say that India’s Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road infrastructure project in Ladakh is seen by the Chinese as a tool by India to offset the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the BRI. They claim that China attempted to capture the Galwan Valley as a pre-emptive measure to stall this DBO Road infrastructure project in Ladakh. According to this report, “China wants to stall the construction of the winding 255-km Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie road that would give the Indian army easy access to the last military post south of the dominating Karakoram Pass. The Indian side is, however, determined to complete construction of the entire stretch by this summer including the 60-metre bridge across the Galwan rivulet or nallah near the point of its confluence with Shyok river. “ The legacy of the British partition of 1947 today is stark. Belt and Road: A Chine... Mau00e7u00e3es, Bruno Buy New $15.95 (as of 03:07 UTC - Details)
India’s ‘Chicken Neck’
As the clashes in Ladakh between China and India were still fresh, reports emerged that Chinese construction of key facilities inside the India-claimed disputed territory of Arunchal Pradesh, in the far northeast of India bordering China, was underway. According to a BJP member of Indian Parliament, Tapir Gao from Arunchal East, Chinese workers from the PLA were building concrete bridges, hydro-electric projects, helipads some 12 kilometers inside the Indian side of the demarcated McMahon Line of Arunachal Pradesh in an area once occupied by the Indian Army.
In recent years India has also accused China of making illegal encroachments on its perimeter in Bhutan and Nepal, further straining relations. Nepal, historically a predominantly Hindu buffer country between Imperial China and British India, underwent a ten-year bloody civil war led by the Communist Party-Maoist of Nepal. In 2007 the Nepal monarchy officially ended and a secular republic was established in 2008.
In recent years China has initiated a number of economic projects in Nepal. During a 2018 visit to Beijing, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, from the Communist Party-Maoist, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for construction of a railway linking Shigatse in Tibet with Kathmandu. Oli also signed on to Beijing’s Belt Road Initiative. That marked a major departure for Nepal which previously was considered by China as India’s sphere of influence, separated from China by the high mountain barrier. The same year China also agreed to allow Nepal use of four Chinese ports to end the country’s trade dependence on India. Under Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, relations with India have deteriorated as Oli’s ties to Beijing have strengthened. China’s Western ... Markey, Daniel Best Price: $20.39 Buy New $23.87 (as of 03:07 UTC - Details)
Bhutan is another strategic buffer state between India and China. In 2017 India and the Royal Bhutanese Army accused China of constructing a road in the disputed territory towards Doklam plateau. India intervened then, supporting Bhutan’s stand and asking China to halt its construction work. As one Indian analyst describes it, “The valley holds strategic significance for India, China as well as Bhutan. India sees it as a dagger pointed towards its so-called ‘chicken’s neck’ sector in the Northeast and rapid Chinese road construction in Tibet could make things difficult for India.”
As seen from New Delhi, the combined actions of China around its perimeter bordering Tibet in China ominously reminds them of the 1950 declaration by Mao that considers Tibet to be China’s right hand palm, with five fingers on its periphery: Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh, and that it is China’s responsibility to “liberate” these regions. This, known as the Tibet Five Fingers Policy, one never appearing in print apparently, is causing considerable tension in Indian strategic circles.
Seen from Beijing, as relations with Washington become more overtly hostile in recent years and as India and the US appear to be drawing closer together, Chinese actions along India’s perimeter from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh seem to be prudent steps to secure Chinese borders as well as China’s strategic BRI corridor in Pakistan from any future Indian threat. Into this nuclear minefield now, the US Secretary of State has hinted at increasing military support for India, hardly a peace-making move. By contrast, Russia, who enjoys constructive relations both with China and with India has offered to mediate. The crisis on the Indian sub-continent looks primed to continue.
The views of the authors do not necessarily coincide with the opinion of the editorial board.


lewrockwell--2020-07-08--My Investigation of Covid-19

My Investigation of Covid-19

This is one of those investigations in which you ask yourself , IS THE PHENOMENON , AS DESCRIBED , REAL ?
That ’ s where I started .
At this point , I ’ ve written well over 150 articles about COVID-19 .
And of course , the phenomenon is not real .
Most people wouldn ’ t be able to grasp that .
They ’ re stuck at the gate , saying , PEOPLE ARE DYING , IT MUST BE THE VIRUS .
Well , people are always dying .
It ’ s very easy to repackage their deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are dying for new reasons…you can track down those reasons , too .
In a few places , it ’ s pollution , in another place it could well be a previous vaccine campaign , and so on .
In New York , a lot of people are dying premature deaths because they ’ re put on breathing ventilators and heavily sedated .
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As I laid out in several key articles , proper procedures of viral discovery were never carried out in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no convincing proof researchers ever found a new virus .
Therefore , every piece of so-called information coming from “ new virus ” has no foundation whatsoever .
For example , the diagnostic tests .
Tests for what ?
And then , the case numbers would be meaningless as well .
But again , these facts are hard for people to swallow .
They want to believe .
They believe they must believe .
It ’ s a theocracy .
In the set-up , there are two positions you can take .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expose it ; or you can enter the illusion and then show internal contradictions and lies and false pictures , within the fraud .
For instance , the case numbers .
I ’ ve explained ways the CDC and other agencies are fiddling them , inflating them .
I ’ ve also stood outside the whole case number game and pointed out it ’ s without meaning , because , again , the existence of a new virus hasn ’ t been proven .
The tests , all of them , are supposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus .
You can be OUTSIDE or INSIDE .
Or both .
Let ’ s say someone publishes a photo of 510th Street in New York during rush hour .
You can simply say there is no 510th Street in New York .
Or you can look at the details of the photo .
You can say , “ You see that man wearing a fleecy winter coat and a long scarf ?
Now look behind him .
There are three girls wearing bikinis waiting for a bus .
Doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also make a circumstantial case .
That ’ s a third aspect of an investigation .
“ Look , this man accused of check forgery has been convicted three times in other states for the same crime .
He worked for his uncle , who went to prison for forgery in France .
Right now , he lives above a store where a check forger is turning out fake checks.
” Donald Trump Coin 2020 ... Buy New $ 5.35 I ’ ve done that with the virus—showing that , back through history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus , and its promotion , have been used to obscure , and stand in for , other forms of killing .
Industrial pollution , forced starvation , purposeful contamination of water supplies , treatment with highly toxic medical drugs and vaccines .
The story about a virus protects the killers .
As you can see , I ’ m explaining all this in a very straightforward way .
Now .
But in 1987 , when the issue was AIDS and HIV , and I was writing a book on the subject , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for months .
The confusion was caused by me being inside the picture and not knowing there was an outside .
When I finally realized what was going on , a large number of seemingly disparate pieces of information clicked into place .
I saw the landscape .
I saw what was in it , and I could stand away from it and look at it as a whole .
As a fourth consideration , you could examine the history of the teachings that train and predispose people to believe in a phenomenon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case , teachings about germs .
Teachings that indicate germs are as dangerous as nitroglycerin .
Teachings that claim disease comes directly from germs—ignoring , for example , the fact that people have intrinsic immune defenses .
Mind control through germ theory is a long story that I ’ m just briefly mentioning .
But it ’ s very useful to see how indoctrination works in the background ; when the next big epidemic is announced , most people immediately fall in line .
They ’ re confirming what they ’ ve been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another church .
There was the church of HIV , the church of West Nile , the church of SARS , Swine Flu , Zika , Bird Flu , and so on .
Speaking of teachings—one of the most important predispositions that people cling to like life rafts is : one effect , one cause .
The effect would be COVID-19 , and the cause would be the coronavirus .
But the effect is not One Thing .
As I stated above , people are actually dying as a result of different conditions…which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a very beneficial explosion that scatters much mind control .
Kids Against Maturity : ... Buy New $ 29.99 Another predisposition is the illogical notion that the effect proves the cause .
“ Well , look at the all the lockdowns ( effect ) ; therefore , the cause , the justification must be the dangerous virus.
” Nonsense .
Aristotle exposed that fallacy a long time ago .
“ But…but I don ’ t care .
People are dying , it must be the virus .
I believe.
” Yes , people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the case ?
And when they believe , they ask a few typical questions .
“ But what about the people dying in Italy ?
” They are the BUT WHAT ABOUT people .
They always have another WHAT ABOUT .
Or they ’ ll say , “ There was a boy who suddenly died in Montana , how do you explain that ?
” The HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN people .
I explain what I can , based on evidence I ’ ve put together .
I don ’ t know what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the girl in India or the mother in Mongolia .
But I do know there is no particular reason to assume the virus was the cause of death .
True believers tend to put things together this way : the news reports an unusual death ; it ’ s impossible to understand what happened from the account ; unusual effect must equal an unusual cause ; the COVID virus would be unusual ; therefore , the virus caused the unusual death .
Preposterous , but there it is .
You can take a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and you won ’ t knock it down in a hundred years .
Then we come to the question of conspiracy .
This can also be called : who benefits ?
People mistakenly assume that a conspiracy is like a bank robbery .
A small number of people walk into a bank and take the money .
They benefit .
But in a conspiracy , there are compartmentalized beneficiaries , and they aren ’ t all plotting together .
Most beneficiaries see an opportunity and they take it .
Authentic $ 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies make money on the vaccine and the drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients .
State governments receive federal money to “ fight the virus.
” Researchers win promotions .
Public health agencies obtain more funding , and more power .
Financiers buy up devalued properties at bargain prices .
At the top of the ladder , key plotters contrive selling the story of a new killer virus , because they intend to use it to lock down the planet .
Why ?
Because they want to torpedo economies and move in on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , social , and political world order .
It doesn ’ t take thousands or millions of people—all in the know—to foist a conspiracy .
Far from it .
An investigation of a story makes the story fall apart .
You see it in a different light .
You no longer believe the central narrative .
You keep asking deeper questions about basic assertions contained in the story , and your answers produce more collapses of the cement that holds the story together .
Finally , for now , there is the matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can believe or not believe .
There is always that option .
People are not doomed to accept an oppressive narrative imposed on them .
If that were the case , there would be no point to human thought or action .
We would forever be victims .
This is not the case .
It never was .
Some people are dedicated to the notion that there is no way out of the dungeon of external control .
Their dedication to this proposition has great tonnage .
For them .
They purposely ignore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there has been an enormous struggle to establish individual freedom , and this war has been astonishingly successful—relative to older despotisms and tyrannies .
In fact , their choice , now , to walk around spraying doom of whatever brand they want to sell is evidence of that freedom .
I ’ m not impressed by doom .
I ’ m impressed by freedom .
We are in yet another fight for it now .
I ’ m impressed by individuals who use their freedom to make their best vision into fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aimed at exposing the power players who plot and fight against freedom .
The Best of Jon Rappoport

This is one of those investigations in which you ask yourself, IS THE PHENOMENON, AS DESCRIBED, REAL? That’s where I started. At this point, I’ve written well over 150 articles about COVID-19.
And of course, the phenomenon is not real.
Most people wouldn’t be able to grasp that. They’re stuck at the gate, saying, PEOPLE ARE DYING, IT MUST BE THE VIRUS.
Well, people are always dying. It’s very easy to repackage their deaths under a new label. And those that are dying for new reasons…you can track down those reasons, too. In a few places, it’s pollution, in another place it could well be a previous vaccine campaign, and so on. In New York, a lot of people are dying premature deaths because they’re put on breathing ventilators and heavily sedated.
2018 American Silver E... Check Amazon for Pricing. As I laid out in several key articles, proper procedures of viral discovery were never carried out in China or anywhere else. There is no convincing proof researchers ever found a new virus.
Therefore, every piece of so-called information coming from “new virus” has no foundation whatsoever. For example, the diagnostic tests. Tests for what? And then, the case numbers would be meaningless as well.
But again, these facts are hard for people to swallow. They want to believe. They believe they must believe. It’s a theocracy.
In the set-up, there are two positions you can take. You can stand outside the whole illusion and expose it; or you can enter the illusion and then show internal contradictions and lies and false pictures, within the fraud.
For instance, the case numbers. I’ve explained ways the CDC and other agencies are fiddling them, inflating them. I’ve also stood outside the whole case number game and pointed out it’s without meaning, because, again, the existence of a new virus hasn’t been proven. The tests, all of them, are supposed to be evidence of the presence of the virus.
You can be OUTSIDE or INSIDE. Or both.
Let’s say someone publishes a photo of 510th Street in New York during rush hour. You can simply say there is no 510th Street in New York. Or you can look at the details of the photo. You can say, “You see that man wearing a fleecy winter coat and a long scarf? Now look behind him. There are three girls wearing bikinis waiting for a bus. Doesn’t that seem odd?”
You can also make a circumstantial case. That’s a third aspect of an investigation. “Look, this man accused of check forgery has been convicted three times in other states for the same crime. He worked for his uncle, who went to prison for forgery in France. Right now, he lives above a store where a check forger is turning out fake checks.” Donald Trump Coin 2020... Buy New $5.35 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
I’ve done that with the virus—showing that, back through history, the so-called discovery of a new virus, and its promotion, have been used to obscure, and stand in for, other forms of killing. Industrial pollution, forced starvation, purposeful contamination of water supplies, treatment with highly toxic medical drugs and vaccines. The story about a virus protects the killers.
As you can see, I’m explaining all this in a very straightforward way. Now. But in 1987, when the issue was AIDS and HIV, and I was writing a book on the subject, I waded through a mass of confusion for months. The confusion was caused by me being inside the picture and not knowing there was an outside. When I finally realized what was going on, a large number of seemingly disparate pieces of information clicked into place. I saw the landscape. I saw what was in it, and I could stand away from it and look at it as a whole.
As a fourth consideration, you could examine the history of the teachings that train and predispose people to believe in a phenomenon that is not real. In this case, teachings about germs. Teachings that indicate germs are as dangerous as nitroglycerin. Teachings that claim disease comes directly from germs—ignoring, for example, the fact that people have intrinsic immune defenses. Mind control through germ theory is a long story that I’m just briefly mentioning. But it’s very useful to see how indoctrination works in the background; when the next big epidemic is announced, most people immediately fall in line. They’re confirming what they’ve been taught to believe. It’s another church.
There was the church of HIV, the church of West Nile, the church of SARS, Swine Flu, Zika, Bird Flu, and so on.
Speaking of teachings—one of the most important predispositions that people cling to like life rafts is: one effect, one cause. The effect would be COVID-19, and the cause would be the coronavirus. But the effect is not One Thing. As I stated above, people are actually dying as a result of different conditions…which have different causes. Grasping this produces a very beneficial explosion that scatters much mind control. Kids Against Maturity:... Buy New $29.99 (as of 03:08 UTC - Details)
Another predisposition is the illogical notion that the effect proves the cause. “Well, look at the all the lockdowns (effect); therefore, the cause, the justification must be the dangerous virus.” Nonsense. Aristotle exposed that fallacy a long time ago.
“But…but I don’t care. People are dying, it must be the virus. I believe.”
Yes, people believe. When has that not been the case?
And when they believe, they ask a few typical questions. “But what about the people dying in Italy?” They are the BUT WHAT ABOUT people. They always have another WHAT ABOUT. Or they’ll say, “There was a boy who suddenly died in Montana, how do you explain that?” The HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN people.
I explain what I can, based on evidence I’ve put together. I don’t know what happened to the boy in Montana or the girl in India or the mother in Mongolia. But I do know there is no particular reason to assume the virus was the cause of death.
True believers tend to put things together this way: the news reports an unusual death; it’s impossible to understand what happened from the account; unusual effect must equal an unusual cause; the COVID virus would be unusual; therefore, the virus caused the unusual death. Preposterous, but there it is. You can take a sledgehammer to that pillar of dull thought, and you won’t knock it down in a hundred years.
Then we come to the question of conspiracy. This can also be called: who benefits? People mistakenly assume that a conspiracy is like a bank robbery. A small number of people walk into a bank and take the money. They benefit. But in a conspiracy, there are compartmentalized beneficiaries, and they aren’t all plotting together. Most beneficiaries see an opportunity and they take it. Authentic $100 Preside... Buy New $1.99 (as of 06:23 UTC - Details)
Drug companies make money on the vaccine and the drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients. State governments receive federal money to “fight the virus.” Researchers win promotions. Public health agencies obtain more funding, and more power. Financiers buy up devalued properties at bargain prices. At the top of the ladder, key plotters contrive selling the story of a new killer virus, because they intend to use it to lock down the planet. Why? Because they want to torpedo economies and move in on the wreckage and build a new economic, social, and political world order. It doesn’t take thousands or millions of people—all in the know—to foist a conspiracy. Far from it.
An investigation of a story makes the story fall apart. You see it in a different light. You no longer believe the central narrative. You keep asking deeper questions about basic assertions contained in the story, and your answers produce more collapses of the cement that holds the story together.
Finally, for now, there is the matter of individual choice and responsibility. Individuals can believe or not believe. There is always that option. People are not doomed to accept an oppressive narrative imposed on them. If that were the case, there would be no point to human thought or action. We would forever be victims. This is not the case. It never was. Some people are dedicated to the notion that there is no way out of the dungeon of external control. Their dedication to this proposition has great tonnage. For them. They purposely ignore the fact that, down through history, there has been an enormous struggle to establish individual freedom, and this war has been astonishingly successful—relative to older despotisms and tyrannies. In fact, their choice, now, to walk around spraying doom of whatever brand they want to sell is evidence of that freedom. I’m not impressed by doom. I’m impressed by freedom. We are in yet another fight for it now. I’m impressed by individuals who use their freedom to make their best vision into fact in the world. My investigations are aimed at exposing the power players who plot and fight against freedom.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-08--We’ve All Turned From Normal Humans Into Muzzled Masochists!

When this madness began , I behaved as if a new and fanatical religion was spreading among us .
Be polite and tolerant , I thought .
It may be crazy and damaging but in time it will go away .
Now it is clear that a new faith , based on fear of the invisible and quite immune to reason , has all but taken over the country .
And it turns out to be one of those faiths that doesn ’ t have much tolerance for those who don ’ t share it .
My guess is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now worship it and will continue to do so .
The rest of us are , as each day goes by , a persecuted minority , forced to go along with beliefs we do not hold .
Its evangelists will not leave you and me alone , but constantly seek to force us to join .
This is why I make such a fuss about the demand to make us all wear muzzles .
This is not about health .
There is simply not enough evidence to compel us to do so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Covid unbelievers .
Motorcycle Bandana Soc ... Buy New $ 14.50 That is why it spreads , despite the absence of any good case for it .
In a creepy development , one of the most powerful scientific papers arguing against it , Why Face Masks Don ’ t Work : A Revealing Review , last week suddenly vanished from its usual place on the internet ( I still have a copy ) .
Scotland ’ s tinpot despot , Nicola Sturgeon , now demands that muzzles are worn in shops , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ north of the border .
In Texas , of all states , the governor seeks to make muzzles compulsory in all public places .
The tiny-circulation Guardian newspaper , which just so happens to be the house journal of the BBC , absurdly compares muzzles to seat belts ( proven a million times to save lives , beyond any doubt ) and demands in its main editorial ‘ Cover your face ’ .
The BBC is then careful to report this prominently .
Do not be surprised if the Government soon follows .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ own documents and experts have repeatedly said , evidence for the usefulness of these muzzles is weak .
The Department for Business and Enterprise says clearly : ‘ The evidence of the benefit of using a face covering to protect others is weak and the effect is likely to be small.
’ This obsession with telling us how to look , and turning us from normal humans into submissive , mouthless flock animals all decked out in a compulsory uniform is , in my view , part of an unprecedented assault on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home .
Stop working .
Don ’ t see your friends or relatives .
Submit , submit , submit .
Get used to being told what to do .
Etistta Neck Gaiter Ba ... Buy New $ 15.95 And we do it .
I have begun to understand why the atrocious drivel of Fifty Shades Of Grey was so popular .
It seems we really have become a nation of surrendered masochists .
The decision to force poor Leicester back into the misery of total shutdown is an example of this .
Craziest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in that city , when school-age children are barely touched by Covid .
This must make plans to reopen schools in September even less likely to come true .
Does the Government think the education unions won ’ t notice this panic-driven act and use it to keep the schools shut ?
Of course they will .
I am pretty sure this has been done not because it ’ s necessary but because the hysterical would-be headmaster Matt Hancock wants to keep us under his thumb .
Behave , he shrills , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is like the poor boys who were caned by such headmasters to set an example to the rest .

When this madness began, I behaved as if a new and fanatical religion was spreading among us. Be polite and tolerant, I thought. It may be crazy and damaging but in time it will go away.
Now it is clear that a new faith, based on fear of the invisible and quite immune to reason, has all but taken over the country. And it turns out to be one of those faiths that doesn’t have much tolerance for those who don’t share it.
My guess is that about 85 per cent of the population now worship it and will continue to do so. The rest of us are, as each day goes by, a persecuted minority, forced to go along with beliefs we do not hold.
Its evangelists will not leave you and me alone, but constantly seek to force us to join. This is why I make such a fuss about the demand to make us all wear muzzles. This is not about health.
There is simply not enough evidence to compel us to do so. It is an attempt to force submission on Covid unbelievers. Motorcycle Bandana Soc... Buy New $14.50 (as of 03:09 UTC - Details)
That is why it spreads, despite the absence of any good case for it. In a creepy development, one of the most powerful scientific papers arguing against it, Why Face Masks Don’t Work: A Revealing Review, last week suddenly vanished from its usual place on the internet (I still have a copy).
Scotland’s tinpot despot, Nicola Sturgeon, now demands that muzzles are worn in shops, as well as on public transport, north of the border.
In Texas, of all states, the governor seeks to make muzzles compulsory in all public places. The tiny-circulation Guardian newspaper, which just so happens to be the house journal of the BBC, absurdly compares muzzles to seat belts (proven a million times to save lives, beyond any doubt) and demands in its main editorial ‘Cover your face’.
The BBC is then careful to report this prominently. Do not be surprised if the Government soon follows. Yet, as the Government’s own documents and experts have repeatedly said, evidence for the usefulness of these muzzles is weak. The Department for Business and Enterprise says clearly: ‘The evidence of the benefit of using a face covering to protect others is weak and the effect is likely to be small.’
This obsession with telling us how to look, and turning us from normal humans into submissive, mouthless flock animals all decked out in a compulsory uniform is, in my view, part of an unprecedented assault on our personal liberty in general. Stay at home. Stop working. Don’t see your friends or relatives. Submit, submit, submit. Get used to being told what to do. Etistta Neck Gaiter Ba... Buy New $15.95 (as of 03:09 UTC - Details)
And we do it. I have begun to understand why the atrocious drivel of Fifty Shades Of Grey was so popular. It seems we really have become a nation of surrendered masochists.
The decision to force poor Leicester back into the misery of total shutdown is an example of this. Craziest of all is the closure of schools in that city, when school-age children are barely touched by Covid.
This must make plans to reopen schools in September even less likely to come true. Does the Government think the education unions won’t notice this panic-driven act and use it to keep the schools shut? Of course they will.
I am pretty sure this has been done not because it’s necessary but because the hysterical would-be headmaster Matt Hancock wants to keep us under his thumb.
Behave, he shrills, or the tuck shop stays closed. Leicester is like the poor boys who were caned by such headmasters to set an example to the rest.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-08--Hysterical Russia-Baiting Is the Only Game in Town

There is particular danger at the moment that powerful political alignments in the United States are pushing strongly to exacerbate the developing crisis with Russia .
The New York Times , which broke the story that the Kremlin had been paying the Afghan Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers , has been particularly assiduous in promoting the tale of perfidious Moscow .
Initial Times coverage , which claimed that the activity had been confirmed by both intelligence sources and money tracking , was supplemented by delusional nonsense from former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice , who asks “ Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before calling for a “ swift and significant U.S. response.
” Rice , who is being mentioned as a possible Biden choice for Vice President , certainly knows about swift and significant as she was one of the architects of the destruction of Libya and the escalation of U.S. military and intelligence operations directed against a non-threatening Syria .
The Times is also titillating with the tale of a low level drug smuggling Pashto businessman who seemed to have a lot of cash in dollars lying around , ignoring the fact that Afghanistan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for years .
Many of the dollars come from drug deals , as Afghanistan is now the world ’ s number one producer of opium and its byproducts .
Trumpocalypse : The End ... Anderson , Troy Best Price : $ 13.90 Buy New $ 15.99 The cash must be Russian sourced , per the NYT , because a couple of low level Taliban types , who were likely tortured by the Afghan police , have said that it is so .
The Times also cites anonymous sources which allege that there were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Kremlin ’ s GRU military intelligence to an account opened by the Taliban .
Note the “ alleged ” and consider for a minute that it would be stupid for any intelligence agency to make bank-to-bank transfers , which could be identified and tracked by the clever lads at the U.S. Treasury and NSA .
Also try to recall how not so long ago we heard fabricated tales about threatening WMDs to justify war .
Perhaps the story would be more convincing if a chain of custody could be established that included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there just might be a crafty neocon hidden somewhere in the U.S. intelligence community who is right now faking up that sort of evidence .
Other reliably Democratic Party leaning news outlets , to include CNN , MSNBC and The Washington Post all jumped on the bounty story , adding details from their presumably inexhaustible supply of anonymous sources .
As Scott Horton observed the media was reporting a “ fact ” that there was a rumor .
Inevitably the Democratic Party leadership abandoned its Ghanaian kente cloth scarves , got up off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their favorite horse , which is to claim loudly and in unison that when in doubt Russia did it .
Joe Biden in particular is “ disgusted ” by a “ betrayal ” of American troops due to Trump ’ s insistence on maintaining “ an embarrassing campaign of deferring and debasing himself before Putin.
” The Dems were joined in their outrage by some Republican lawmakers who were equally incensed but are advocating delaying punishing Russia until all the facts are known .
Meanwhile , the “ circumstantial details ” are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more credible , including crediting the Afghan operation to a secret Russian GRU Army intelligence unit that allegedly was also behind the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury England in 2018 .
Reportedly the Pentagon is looking into the circumstances around the deaths of three American soldiers by roadside bomb on April 8 , 2019 to determine a possible connection to the NYT report .
There are also concerns relating to several deaths in training where Afghan Army recruits turned on their instructors .
As the Taliban would hardly need an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seventeen U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2019 as a result of hostile action , the year that the intelligence allegedly relates to , one might well describe any joint Taliban-Russian initiative as a bit of a failure since nearly all of those deaths have been attributed to kinetic activity initiated by U.S. forces .
False Alarm : How Clima ... Lomborg , Bjorn Buy New $ 28.00 The actual game that is in play is , of course , all about Donald Trump and the November election .
It is being claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence but did nothing .
Trump denied being verbally briefed due to the fact that the information had not been verified .
For once America ’ s Chief Executive spoke the truth , confirmed by the “ intelligence community , ” but that did not stop the media from implying that the disconnect had been caused by Trump himself .
He reportedly does not read the Presidential Daily Brief ( PDB ) , where such a speculative piece might indeed appear on a back page , and is uninterested in intelligence assessments that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Democrats are suggesting that Trump is too stupid and even too disinterested to be president of the United States so they are seeking to replace him with a corrupt 78-year-old man who may be suffering from dementia .
The Democratic Party can not let Russia go because they see it as their key to future success and also as an explanation for their dramatic failure in 2016 which in no way holds them responsible for their ineptness .
One does not expect the House Intelligence Committee , currently headed by the wily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about intelligence and how it is collected and analyzed , but the politicization of the product is certainly something that Schiff and his colleagues know full well how to manipulate .
One only has to recall the Russiagate Mueller Commission investigation and Schiff ’ s later role in cooking the witnesses that were produced in the subsequent Trump impeachment hearings .
Schiff predictably opened up on Trump in the wake of the NYT report , saying “ I find it inexplicable in light of these very public allegations that the president hasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American people that he will get to the bottom of whether Russia is putting bounties on American troops and that he will do everything in his power to make sure that we protect American troops.
” Unfreedom of the Press Levin , Mark R. Best Price : $ 2.41 Buy New $ 10.34 Schiff and company should know , but clearly do not , that at the ground floor level there is a lot of lying , cheating and stealing around intelligence collection .
Most foreign agents do it for the money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is being provided to their case officer might ultimately produce more cash .
Every day the U.S. intelligence community produces thousands of intelligence reports from those presumed “ sources with access , ” which then have to be assessed by analysts .
Much of the information reported is either completely false or cleverly fabricated to mix actual verified intelligence with speculation and out and out lies to make the package more attractive .
The tale of the Russian payment of bribes to the Taliban for killing Americans is precisely the kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it doesn ’ t even make any political or tactical sense , except to Nancy Pelosi , Chuck Schumer , Adam Schiff and the New York Times .
For what it ’ s worth , a number of former genuine intelligence officers including Paul Pillar , John Kiriakou , Scott Ritter , and Ray McGovern have looked at the evidence so far presented and have walked away unimpressed .
The National Security Agency ( NSA ) has also declined to confirm the story , meaning that there is no electronic trail to validate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than a bit of the old hypocrisy at work in the damnation of the Russians even if they have actually been involved in an improbable operation with the Taliban .
One recalls that in the 1970s and 1980s the United States supported the mujahideen rebels fighting against the Soviet presence in Afghanistan .
The assistance consisted of weapons , training , political support and intelligence used to locate , target and kill Soviet soldiers .
Stinger missiles were provided to bring down helicopters carrying the Russian troops .
The support was pretty much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , unlike what is currently being alleged about the Russian assistance .
The Soviets were fighting to maintain a secular regime that was closely allied to Moscow while the mujahideen later morphed into al-Qaeda and the Islamist militant Taliban subsequently took over the country , meaning that the U.S. effort was delusional from the start .
So , what is a leaked almost certainly faux story about the Russian bounties on American soldiers intended to accomplish ?
It is probably intended to keep a “ defensive ” U.S. presence in Afghanistan , much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Congress and the Military Industrial Complex ( MIC ) , and it will further be played and replayed to emphasize the demonstrated incompetence of Donald Trump .
The end result could be to secure the election of a pliable Establishment flunky Joe Biden as president of the United States .
How that will turn out is unpredictable , but America ’ s experience of its presidents since 9/11 has not been very encouraging .
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review .
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There is particular danger at the moment that powerful political alignments in the United States are pushing strongly to exacerbate the developing crisis with Russia. The New York Times, which broke the story that the Kremlin had been paying the Afghan Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers, has been particularly assiduous in promoting the tale of perfidious Moscow. Initial Times coverage, which claimed that the activity had been confirmed by both intelligence sources and money tracking, was supplemented by delusional nonsense from former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who asks “Why does Trump put Russia first?” before calling for a “swift and significant U.S. response.” Rice, who is being mentioned as a possible Biden choice for Vice President, certainly knows about swift and significant as she was one of the architects of the destruction of Libya and the escalation of U.S. military and intelligence operations directed against a non-threatening Syria.
The Times is also titillating with the tale of a low level drug smuggling Pashto businessman who seemed to have a lot of cash in dollars lying around, ignoring the fact that Afghanistan is awash with dollars and has been for years. Many of the dollars come from drug deals, as Afghanistan is now the world’s number one producer of opium and its byproducts.
Trumpocalypse: The End... Anderson, Troy Best Price: $13.90 Buy New $15.99 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details) The cash must be Russian sourced, per the NYT, because a couple of low level Taliban types, who were likely tortured by the Afghan police, have said that it is so. The Times also cites anonymous sources which allege that there were money transfers from an account managed by the Kremlin’s GRU military intelligence to an account opened by the Taliban. Note the “alleged” and consider for a minute that it would be stupid for any intelligence agency to make bank-to-bank transfers, which could be identified and tracked by the clever lads at the U.S. Treasury and NSA. Also try to recall how not so long ago we heard fabricated tales about threatening WMDs to justify war. Perhaps the story would be more convincing if a chain of custody could be established that included checks drawn on the Moscow-Narodny Bank and there just might be a crafty neocon hidden somewhere in the U.S. intelligence community who is right now faking up that sort of evidence.
Other reliably Democratic Party leaning news outlets, to include CNN, MSNBC and The Washington Post all jumped on the bounty story, adding details from their presumably inexhaustible supply of anonymous sources. As Scott Horton observed the media was reporting a “fact” that there was a rumor.
Inevitably the Democratic Party leadership abandoned its Ghanaian kente cloth scarves, got up off their knees, and hopped immediately on to their favorite horse, which is to claim loudly and in unison that when in doubt Russia did it. Joe Biden in particular is “disgusted” by a “betrayal” of American troops due to Trump’s insistence on maintaining “an embarrassing campaign of deferring and debasing himself before Putin.”
The Dems were joined in their outrage by some Republican lawmakers who were equally incensed but are advocating delaying punishing Russia until all the facts are known. Meanwhile, the “circumstantial details” are being invented to make the original tale more credible, including crediting the Afghan operation to a secret Russian GRU Army intelligence unit that allegedly was also behind the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury England in 2018.
Reportedly the Pentagon is looking into the circumstances around the deaths of three American soldiers by roadside bomb on April 8, 2019 to determine a possible connection to the NYT report. There are also concerns relating to several deaths in training where Afghan Army recruits turned on their instructors. As the Taliban would hardly need an incentive to kill Americans and as only seventeen U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2019 as a result of hostile action, the year that the intelligence allegedly relates to, one might well describe any joint Taliban-Russian initiative as a bit of a failure since nearly all of those deaths have been attributed to kinetic activity initiated by U.S. forces. False Alarm: How Clima... Lomborg, Bjorn Buy New $28.00 (as of 06:25 UTC - Details)
The actual game that is in play is, of course, all about Donald Trump and the November election. It is being claimed that the president was briefed on the intelligence but did nothing. Trump denied being verbally briefed due to the fact that the information had not been verified. For once America’s Chief Executive spoke the truth, confirmed by the “intelligence community,” but that did not stop the media from implying that the disconnect had been caused by Trump himself. He reportedly does not read the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB), where such a speculative piece might indeed appear on a back page, and is uninterested in intelligence assessments that contradict what he chooses to believe. The Democrats are suggesting that Trump is too stupid and even too disinterested to be president of the United States so they are seeking to replace him with a corrupt 78-year-old man who may be suffering from dementia.
The Democratic Party cannot let Russia go because they see it as their key to future success and also as an explanation for their dramatic failure in 2016 which in no way holds them responsible for their ineptness. One does not expect the House Intelligence Committee, currently headed by the wily Adam Schiff, to actually know anything about intelligence and how it is collected and analyzed, but the politicization of the product is certainly something that Schiff and his colleagues know full well how to manipulate. One only has to recall the Russiagate Mueller Commission investigation and Schiff’s later role in cooking the witnesses that were produced in the subsequent Trump impeachment hearings.
Schiff predictably opened up on Trump in the wake of the NYT report, saying “I find it inexplicable in light of these very public allegations that the president hasn’t come before the country and assured the American people that he will get to the bottom of whether Russia is putting bounties on American troops and that he will do everything in his power to make sure that we protect American troops.”
Unfreedom of the Press Levin, Mark R. Best Price: $2.41 Buy New $10.34 (as of 09:00 UTC - Details) Schiff and company should know, but clearly do not, that at the ground floor level there is a lot of lying, cheating and stealing around intelligence collection. Most foreign agents do it for the money and quickly learn that embroidering the information that is being provided to their case officer might ultimately produce more cash. Every day the U.S. intelligence community produces thousands of intelligence reports from those presumed “sources with access,” which then have to be assessed by analysts. Much of the information reported is either completely false or cleverly fabricated to mix actual verified intelligence with speculation and out and out lies to make the package more attractive. The tale of the Russian payment of bribes to the Taliban for killing Americans is precisely the kind of information that stinks to high heaven because it doesn’t even make any political or tactical sense, except to Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff and the New York Times. For what it’s worth, a number of former genuine intelligence officers including Paul Pillar, John Kiriakou, Scott Ritter, and Ray McGovern have looked at the evidence so far presented and have walked away unimpressed. The National Security Agency (NSA) has also declined to confirm the story, meaning that there is no electronic trail to validate it.
Finally, there is more than a bit of the old hypocrisy at work in the damnation of the Russians even if they have actually been involved in an improbable operation with the Taliban. One recalls that in the 1970s and 1980s the United States supported the mujahideen rebels fighting against the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. The assistance consisted of weapons, training, political support and intelligence used to locate, target and kill Soviet soldiers. Stinger missiles were provided to bring down helicopters carrying the Russian troops. The support was pretty much provided openly and was even boasted about, unlike what is currently being alleged about the Russian assistance. The Soviets were fighting to maintain a secular regime that was closely allied to Moscow while the mujahideen later morphed into al-Qaeda and the Islamist militant Taliban subsequently took over the country, meaning that the U.S. effort was delusional from the start.
So, what is a leaked almost certainly faux story about the Russian bounties on American soldiers intended to accomplish? It is probably intended to keep a “defensive” U.S. presence in Afghanistan, much desired by the neocons, a majority in Congress and the Military Industrial Complex (MIC), and it will further be played and replayed to emphasize the demonstrated incompetence of Donald Trump. The end result could be to secure the election of a pliable Establishment flunky Joe Biden as president of the United States. How that will turn out is unpredictable, but America’s experience of its presidents since 9/11 has not been very encouraging.
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.
The Best of Philip Giraldi


lewrockwell--2020-07-08--There Is No Second Autopsy of George Floyd’s Death

I have searched the Internet and can not find the alleged second autopsy—the so-called “ independent autopsy ” hired by “ George Floyd ’ s family.
” I have no difficulty finding the official medical examiner ’ s report , but there is no sign of a second autopsy .
Those of you who are convinced it exists please send me the URL .
It will prove that you are a better Internet searcher than I am .
Based on the available information , the “ second autopsy ” consists of an assertion by CNN , a collection of liars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the presstitutes created a non-existent “ second autopsy ” just as they created Russiagate and Russian bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afganistan that President Trump allegedly refuses to do anything about .
Precisely how does Trump do something about something that does not exist ?
Try to imagine people so stupid that the morons think the Taliban has to be paid by Russia to kill the American troops who are trying to occupy Afghanistan .
The Taliban have been killing the US occupying troops for two decades !
Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taliban to kill US troops ?
It is just more concocted anti-Trump propaganda .
Similarly , how can a second autopsy that allegedly concludes that officer Chauvin murdered Floyd be refuted when no such autopsy exists ?
Fentanyl , Inc. : How Ro ... Westhoff , Ben Buy New $ 13.50 What does exist is a twice fired former medical examiner , first fired by New York City and then by Suffold County , who serves as a hired gun to give inflamatory statements to the media in support of civil lawsuits for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Baden did no second autopsy .
He viewed the video of officer Chauvin and gave his opinion that Chauvin killed Floyd by cutting off oxygen and blood to the brain .
In this rhetorical footwork , he was aided by the rightwing idiot Sean Hannity on Fox News .
Nowhere in the media is there any mention of Floyd ’ s existing serious health conditions , his drug addiction , or the level of fentanyl in his blood that was in excess of a fatal dose .
The medical examiner ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media and by public authorities including the prosecutor who indicted officer Chauvin .
The consequence of a fentanyl overdose is inability to breathe and heart attack .
Look it up yourself .
I have provided the link in previous columns , and here it is again .
“ Can you overdose on fentanyl ?
Yes , a person can overdose on fentanyl .
An overdose occurs when a drug produces serious adverse effects and life-threatening symptoms .
When people overdose on fentanyl , their breathing can slow or stop .
This can decrease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brain , a condition called hypoxia .
Hypoxia can lead to a coma and permanent brain damage , and even death.
” “ Synthetic opioids , including fentanyl , are now the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States .
In 2017 , 59.8 percent of opioid-related deaths involved fentanyl compared to 14.3 percent in 2010 ” .
American Overdose : The ... McGreal , Chris Best Price : $ 7.13 Buy New $ 13.15 “ Among an estimated 70,200 drug overdose deaths in 2017 , the largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analogs with more than 28,400 overdose deaths .
However , these numbers are likely underreported.
” Oxfordtreatment.com gives the fatal dose as 2 milligrams .
Drugfreeworld.org gives the fatal dose as 3 milligrams .
According to harmreductionohio.org , 700 micrograms ( less than one milligram ) is an overdose from which death is likely .
One milligram ( 1000 micrograms ) carries the risk of “ death near certain.
” Two milligrams and death is certain and unavoidable .
A dose of 250 micrograms ( one-fourth of one milligram ) can kill a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that 2,000 micrograms is the ‘ minimum lethal dose ’ — in other words , the smallest amount that can be fatal .
This estimate is far too high .
Two thousand micrograms ( 2 milligrams ) of pure fentanyl injected into a vein would cause even most heavy heroin users to overdose — especially if fentanyl is mixed with any other substance , such as heroin , alcohol or Xanax.
” These are extremely small amounts .
“ Rescuers responding to overdose calls have to be careful—just touching it or inhaling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t write to me what you think .
What you think is not the issue .
The facts are the issue .
If you don ’ t now the facts , you simply do not know .
Ignorant and manipulated emotion is not a basis for arriving at truth .
There is no mention in the media of Floyd ’ s bloodwork showing the high level of fentanyl or by Hannity in his enabling interview of a hired gun , Michael Baden , who intends to make himself and Floyd ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No doubt but that Baden is grateful to Hannity for giving him the public forum for his clients .
Killer High : A History ... Andreas , Peter Best Price : $ 19.48 Buy New $ 19.49 With no mention that Floyd had a fatal dose of a dangerous opioid that is known to stop breathing and cause a heart attack , the hired gun , Michael Baden , can pronounce officer Chavin guilty .
That is what the media want to hear .
That is what the politicians are invested in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stupidity has given to the leftwing as a weapon .
Here I am trying to defend the truth .
There is no second autopsy , but everyone has been convinced that there is .
What reach can one naysaying voice have when an irresponsible media has enthroned a lie ?
Why was a “ second autopsy ” needed ?
According to CNN for no reason at all .
According to CNN the official medical examiner ’ s report supports that Floyd ’ s death was homicide by police .
If so , why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hire someone to say the same thing ?
But this is just another CNN lie .
There is no mention of homicide in the medical examiner ’ s report .
There is no blame attributed to the police , The title of the medical examiner ’ s report has been intentionally misrepresented by the presstitute media to imply that the police at least had a small part in Floyd ’ s death .
Read the medical examiner ’ s report for yourself .
The report states : “ No life-threatening injuries identified.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s report is nothing but a list of the factors investigated .
The Amerian presstitute media has falsified the meaning of the use of the word “ restraint ” in the title of the medical examiner ’ s report to mean that police restraint contributed to Floyd ’ s death .
Pills , Powder , and Smo ... Loewenstein , Antony Best Price : $ 3.59 Buy New $ 13.99 To summarize : Michael Baden did not do an autopsy .
He provided his self-serving interpretation of the video everyone has seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second autopsy.
” Other media picked up the CNN misrepresentation of a video interpretation as an autopsy , and the “ fact ” of a second autopsy was created .
The medical examiner ’ s report does not mention homicide or use the word , and there is no mention of police restraint as a “ confluence factor ” contributing to Floyd ’ s breathing problem and death .
Police or no police , the overdose of fentanyl was sufficient to kill him .
Note that no media has mentioned the fatal concentration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That Floyd was murdered by police is very important to many people , and this emotional response overwhelms facts .
The media rushed us to judgment on an emotional response to a video without any examination of the facts .
Consider also that the “ peaceful protests ” were not spontaneous outbreaks in multiple cities .
There were pre-delivered stacks of bricks present in protest locations .
“ Peaceful protesters ” arrived with knapsacks filled with concrete chunks .
Antifa was on hand to initiate the looting , burning , and violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up these facts , but Black Agenda Report affirms that the “ spontaneous protests ” were planned in advance : George Floyd Protests Were Result of Years of Organizing There was nothing spontaneous about the breadth and scope of the protests that rocked the nation last month , said veteran activist Monifa Bandele , a member of the policy table of the Movement for Black Lives .
“ It really came off of six years of tough , exciting and inspiring mass organizing , ” said Bandele .
The unprecedented level of white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a decade of telling non-white activists , ‘ This is what it looks like , so follow the lead of Black organizations.
’ ” Americans are the world ’ s most gullible people .
They have fallen for every transparent lie of the 21st century from 9/11 through alleged Russian bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops .
Each time the truth eventually comes out .
Controlled demolition brought down World Trade Center Building Seven .
There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq .
Saddam Hussein had no al Qaeda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Assad did not use chemical weapons .
Russia did not invade Ukraine .
Yet the knowledge that they have been lied to and deceived does not shield Americans from falling for the next lie .
A people unable to catch on to their constant manipulation has no future .
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I have searched the Internet and cannot find the alleged second autopsy—the so-called “independent autopsy” hired by “George Floyd’s family.” I have no difficulty finding the official medical examiner’s report, but there is no sign of a second autopsy. Those of you who are convinced it exists please send me the URL. It will prove that you are a better Internet searcher than I am.
Based on the available information, the “second autopsy” consists of an assertion by CNN, a collection of liars that other presstitutes echo. Thus, the presstitutes created a non-existent “second autopsy” just as they created Russiagate and Russian bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afganistan that President Trump allegedly refuses to do anything about. Precisely how does Trump do something about something that does not exist? Try to imagine people so stupid that the morons think the Taliban has to be paid by Russia to kill the American troops who are trying to occupy Afghanistan. The Taliban have been killing the US occupying troops for two decades! Why suddenly are Russian bounties necessary for the Taliban to kill US troops? It is just more concocted anti-Trump propaganda.
Similarly, how can a second autopsy that allegedly concludes that officer Chauvin murdered Floyd be refuted when no such autopsy exists? Fentanyl, Inc.: How Ro... Westhoff, Ben Buy New $13.50 (as of 05:32 UTC - Details)
What does exist is a twice fired former medical examiner, first fired by New York City and then by Suffold County, who serves as a hired gun to give inflamatory statements to the media in support of civil lawsuits for money. His name is Michael Baden.
Baden did no second autopsy. He viewed the video of officer Chauvin and gave his opinion that Chauvin killed Floyd by cutting off oxygen and blood to the brain. In this rhetorical footwork, he was aided by the rightwing idiot Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Nowhere in the media is there any mention of Floyd’s existing serious health conditions, his drug addiction, or the level of fentanyl in his blood that was in excess of a fatal dose. The medical examiner’s report has been ignored by the presstitute media and by public authorities including the prosecutor who indicted officer Chauvin.
The consequence of a fentanyl overdose is inability to breathe and heart attack. Look it up yourself. I have provided the link in previous columns, and here it is again.
Note especially:
“Can you overdose on fentanyl? Yes, a person can overdose on fentanyl. An overdose occurs when a drug produces serious adverse effects and life-threatening symptoms. When people overdose on fentanyl, their breathing can slow or stop. This can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches the brain, a condition called hypoxia. Hypoxia can lead to a coma and permanent brain damage, and even death.”
“Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are now the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States. In 2017, 59.8 percent of opioid-related deaths involved fentanyl compared to 14.3 percent in 2010”. American Overdose: The... McGreal, Chris Best Price: $7.13 Buy New $13.15 (as of 05:34 UTC - Details)
“Among an estimated 70,200 drug overdose deaths in 2017, the largest increase was related to fentanyl and its analogs with more than 28,400 overdose deaths. However, these numbers are likely underreported.”
Oxfordtreatment.com gives the fatal dose as 2 milligrams.
Drugfreeworld.org gives the fatal dose as 3 milligrams.
According to harmreductionohio.org, 700 micrograms (less than one milligram) is an overdose from which death is likely. One milligram (1000 micrograms) carries the risk of “death near certain.” Two milligrams and death is certain and unavoidable. A dose of 250 micrograms (one-fourth of one milligram) can kill a non-tolerant user. “Conventional medical wisdom is that 2,000 micrograms is the ‘minimum lethal dose’ — in other words, the smallest amount that can be fatal. This estimate is far too high. Two thousand micrograms (2 milligrams) of pure fentanyl injected into a vein would cause even most heavy heroin users to overdose — especially if fentanyl is mixed with any other substance, such as heroin, alcohol or Xanax.”
These are extremely small amounts. “Rescuers responding to overdose calls have to be careful—just touching it or inhaling it can be deadly.”
Don’t write to me what you think. What you think is not the issue. The facts are the issue. If you don’t now the facts, you simply do not know. Ignorant and manipulated emotion is not a basis for arriving at truth.
There is no mention in the media of Floyd’s bloodwork showing the high level of fentanyl or by Hannity in his enabling interview of a hired gun, Michael Baden, who intends to make himself and Floyd’s “family” multimillionaires with a civil lawsuit. No doubt but that Baden is grateful to Hannity for giving him the public forum for his clients. Killer High: A History... Andreas, Peter Best Price: $19.48 Buy New $19.49 (as of 05:30 UTC - Details)
With no mention that Floyd had a fatal dose of a dangerous opioid that is known to stop breathing and cause a heart attack, the hired gun, Michael Baden, can pronounce officer Chavin guilty.
That is what the media want to hear. That is what the politicians are invested in. That is what Hannity in his stupidity has given to the leftwing as a weapon.
Here I am trying to defend the truth. There is no second autopsy, but everyone has been convinced that there is. What reach can one naysaying voice have when an irresponsible media has enthroned a lie?
Why was a “second autopsy” needed? According to CNN for no reason at all. According to CNN the official medical examiner’s report supports that Floyd’s death was homicide by police. If so, why did the “Floyd family” have to hire someone to say the same thing?
But this is just another CNN lie. There is no mention of homicide in the medical examiner’s report. There is no blame attributed to the police, The title of the medical examiner’s report has been intentionally misrepresented by the presstitute media to imply that the police at least had a small part in Floyd’s death.
Read the medical examiner’s report for yourself.
The report states: “No life-threatening injuries identified.” The title in the medical examiner’s report is nothing but a list of the factors investigated. The Amerian presstitute media has falsified the meaning of the use of the word “restraint” in the title of the medical examiner’s report to mean that police restraint contributed to Floyd’s death. Pills, Powder, and Smo... Loewenstein, Antony Best Price: $3.59 Buy New $13.99 (as of 05:36 UTC - Details)
To summarize: Michael Baden did not do an autopsy. He provided his self-serving interpretation of the video everyone has seen. CNN turned this into a “second autopsy.” Other media picked up the CNN misrepresentation of a video interpretation as an autopsy, and the “fact” of a second autopsy was created. The medical examiner’s report does not mention homicide or use the word, and there is no mention of police restraint as a “confluence factor” contributing to Floyd’s breathing problem and death. Police or no police, the overdose of fentanyl was sufficient to kill him. Note that no media has mentioned the fatal concentration of fentanyl in Floyd’s blood. That Floyd was murdered by police is very important to many people, and this emotional response overwhelms facts. The media rushed us to judgment on an emotional response to a video without any examination of the facts.
Consider also that the “peaceful protests” were not spontaneous outbreaks in multiple cities. There were pre-delivered stacks of bricks present in protest locations. “Peaceful protesters” arrived with knapsacks filled with concrete chunks. Antifa was on hand to initiate the looting, burning, and violence. The presstitutes have tried to cover up these facts, but Black Agenda Report affirms that the “spontaneous protests” were planned in advance:
George Floyd Protests Were Result of Years of Organizing
There was nothing spontaneous about the breadth and scope of the protests that rocked the nation last month, said veteran activist Monifa Bandele, a member of the policy table of the Movement for Black Lives. “It really came off of six years of tough, exciting and inspiring mass organizing,” said Bandele. The unprecedented level of white participation was the result of “half a decade of telling non-white activists, ‘This is what it looks like, so follow the lead of Black organizations.’”
Americans are the world’s most gullible people. They have fallen for every transparent lie of the 21st century from 9/11 through alleged Russian bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops. Each time the truth eventually comes out. Controlled demolition brought down World Trade Center Building Seven. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Saddam Hussein had no al Qaeda connections. There were no Iranian nukes. Assad did not use chemical weapons. Russia did not invade Ukraine. Yet the knowledge that they have been lied to and deceived does not shield Americans from falling for the next lie.
A people unable to catch on to their constant manipulation has no future.
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts


lewrockwell--2020-07-08--Paying for Your New EV…Even if You Don’t Own One

For now , they ’ re only requiring that electric cars be manufactured .
How long will it be before they require people to buy them ?
Actually , you ’ re already paying for them .
The obvious way is in the form of the taxes you pay that subsidize their manufacture .
But that ’ s old hat , old man .
And it was just for openers .
Best Choice Products 1 ... Buy New $ 184.99 Last week , Nevada “ adopted ” ( in the euphemistic political language of government , which loves to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the collectivist coercion it imposes ) electric vehicle quotas similar to those already in place in California .
These force a car company that wants to sell any cars in the state to also sell a certain number of electric cars , too .
Even if they have to be given away at a loss .
The costs of that being shifted over to the non-electric cars , which hides the costs of the EV mandate very much in the same way that obnoxiously high gas taxes are hidden by folding them into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sales tax .
If people actually had to pony up 50 cents ( one average ) additional per gallon – at the register – they ’ d likely object .
But when the gas and taxes cost the same , they don ’ t notice the taxes part .
That ’ s how you already pay for the EV you don ’ t drive .
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John Bozzella , front man for something innocuously styled the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new umbrella organization for several major car companies eager to show just how very proactive they can be when it comes to hewing to all the stylish orthodoxies – says they “ are committed to working with ( Nevada ) Governor Sisolak and state regulators toward a smoother transition ( italics added ) to ZEV adoption that includes expanded consumer awareness , infrastructure , incentives , fleet requirements , building codes .
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and more.
” Bet your bippie it ’ ll be more .
Bozzella says the industry ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 2025 .
Costzon Ride On Truck , ... Buy New $ 319.99 But let ’ s start with your “ investment.
” This is euphemism-speak for taxpayer-financed electric car charging hubs – but it ’ s also much more than just that .
The charge hubs are useless without power and EVs suck a lot of it .
A 1,000 pound 400 volt ( typical ; some of the new ones have 800 volt ) battery pack needs more than a trickle charger .
And to “ fast ” charge takes even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heavy cabling and transmission apparatus , plus of course the actual power itself – which has to be generated .
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somewhere , somehow .
As well as paid for .
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For now, they’re only requiring that electric cars be manufactured. How long will it be before they require people to buy them?
Actually, you’re already paying for them.
Several ways.
New ways.
The obvious way is in the form of the taxes you pay that subsidize their manufacture. But that’s old hat, old man. And it was just for openers. Best Choice Products 1... Buy New $184.99 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
Last week, Nevada “adopted” (in the euphemistic political language of government, which loves to use the verbiage of kumbaya voluntaryism to hide the collectivist coercion it imposes) electric vehicle quotas similar to those already in place in California. These force a car company that wants to sell any cars in the state to also sell a certain number of electric cars, too.
Even if they have to be given away at a loss.
The costs of that being shifted over to the non-electric cars, which hides the costs of the EV mandate very much in the same way that obnoxiously high gas taxes are hidden by folding them into the cost-per-gallon rather than added on like a sales tax. If people actually had to pony up 50 cents (one average) additional per gallon – at the register – they’d likely object. But when the gas and taxes cost the same, they don’t notice the taxes part.
That’s how you already pay for the EV you don’t drive. BleuReign Personalize ... Buy New $22.99 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
You pay for EVs in other ways, too.
John Bozzella, front man for something innocuously styled the Center for Automotive Research – actually a new umbrella organization for several major car companies eager to show just how very proactive they can be when it comes to hewing to all the stylish orthodoxies – says they “are committed to working with (Nevada) Governor Sisolak and state regulators toward a smoother transition (italics added) to ZEV adoption that includes expanded consumer awareness, infrastructure, incentives, fleet requirements, building codes . . . and more.”
Bet your bippie it’ll be more.
Bozzella says the industry’s “investment” will reach $200 billion by 2025. Costzon Ride On Truck,... Buy New $319.99 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
But let’s start with your “investment.”
How about “infrastructure”?
This is euphemism-speak for taxpayer-financed electric car charging hubs – but it’s also much more than just that. The charge hubs are useless without power and EVs suck a lot of it. A 1,000 pound 400 volt (typical; some of the new ones have 800 volt) battery pack needs more than a trickle charger. And to “fast” charge takes even more power – as well as very heavy cabling and transmission apparatus, plus of course the actual power itself – which has to be generated . . . somewhere, somehow.
As well as paid for.
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