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US-Russia Ties, From Heyday to MayDay

Russian hopes dashed : Whatever hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin may have had for a more workable relationship with the Trump administration have been “ trumpled , ” so to speak .
This came through loudly and clearly in acerbic remarks by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in an interview Friday with The National Interest .
Ryabkov lamented the sad state of Russia-U.S. relations , while pointing , not very subtly , to China as Russia ’ s ace in the hole .
He was simply acknowledging that what the Soviets used to call “ the correlation of forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implied that the U.S. should draw the appropriate conclusions .
No amateur diplomat , Ryabkov used unusually sharp , almost certainly pre-authorized , words to drive home his message : MH17 | A Sacrifice - 7 ... Jeff Wilson , Vladimir ...
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In other words : We Russians and Chinese will stand together as the U.S. tries to paint both of us as arch-villains , all the while isolating itself and painting itself into a corner .
Putin has come to accept that potent forces favoring high tension @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MICIMATT , if you will ) — are far stronger than any president ; and that , in that context , trying to cultivate a relationship of personal trust with a president , may be largely a waste of time .
The system in which Putin spent his early life put a premium on what the Soviets called yedinonachaliya , meaning leadership by a person at the top who is fully empowered to make decisions and have them carried out by subordinates — or else .
Putin ’ s personal experience working successfully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2013 to head off wider war on Syria [ more on that later ] may have deceived him into assuming that presidents of the United States can exercise that kind of power , at will .
And , if that were the case , personal dealings at the very top were the preferred way to untie Gordian knots — and even cooperate for mutual advantage .
In the years since , the notion was fully dispelled that a U.S. president is completely “ his own man ” and is rather hemmed in by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Security State component with entrenched , exceedingly powerful intelligence and law enforcement agencies .
President Donald Trump calls this reality the “ Deep State.
” There must be a Siberian equivalent to the expression “ All hat , no cattle.
” If there is , I can almost hear it coming from the Kremlin in reaction to some of Trump ’ s rhetoric , like his remarks on May 23 in an interview with journalist Sharyl Attkisson : Trump has not hesitated to name the Deep State actors that he keeps in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ex-CIA Director John Brennan , and ex-National Intelligence Director James Clapper , for example — but , so far , he has shied away from actually taking them on .
He has even thrown a few of his closest supporters under the bus — like House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes when Nunes tried to send criminal referrals to the Justice Department .
Thus , it remains an open question whether Trump will allow the various investigations now under way to bring indictments .
This is no parlor game ; these would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard to predict .
If it turns out that the president does have some cattle and decides to put them into play , those he labeled “ a vicious group of people ” will be fighting back tooth and nail .
The Road to Unfreedom : ... Snyder , Timothy Best Price : $ 10.50 Buy New $ 11.21 Trump may act this time because he was personally the target of the Russiagate affair .
Recently revealed evidence is in his favor .
Although the latest proof was released three and a half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the cornerstone of Russiagate , the charge that Russia hacked into the Democratic National Committee computers , has crumbled .
Always evidence-impoverished , the accusation has now been shown to be evidence-bereft by the sworn testimony of the technical expert , Shawn Henry , the head of CrowdStrike .
This is the cyber-security firm chosen and paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC ( with Comey ’ s blessing ) to investigate the so-called Russian hack .
Asked on Dec. 5 , 2017 , behind closed doors by then-ranking member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to provide “ the date on which the Russians exfiltrated [ hacked ] the data from the DNC , ” Henry replied , “ … there are times when we can see data exfiltrated , and we can say conclusively .
But in this case … we just don ’ t have the evidence that says it actually left.
” It was only under extreme pressure from the acting director of National Intelligence that Schiff , now chair of the House Intelligence Committee , released the transcript of Henry ’ s Dec. 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Democrats knew for more than two years that the Russian hack was a lie but continued telling it .
But now we know .
Better late than never ?
Not really .
If a Tree Falls in the Forest … If bombshell testimony like that of Henry is not reported by The New York Times or other Establishment media , as has been the case since May 7 , who can hear the tree fall — or the bombshell explode ?
How many Americans know that the White House has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the charge that Russia “ hacked the DNC ” is not supported by any evidence that can bear close scrutiny ?
I suppose it is true that most Americans would prefer not to know that , but you do not need a PhD to understand the inevitable consequences of letting this all go with a “ So what ?
” If The New York Times is successful in suppressing bombshells like Henry ’ s testimony , it can suppress anything it deems “ not fit to print.
” Let ’ s conduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of friends — preferably those who still read the Times — and ask if they know that there is zero concrete evidence that the Russians , or anyone else , hacked the DNC ; then closely watch their expression .
If they send the men in the white coats to knock on your door , you ’ ll know why .
How Democracies Die Ziblatt , Daniel Best Price : $ 10.15 Buy New $ 9.89 The Times , of course , just won a Pulitzer Prize for its array of Russia-bashing articles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s National Security Advisor Susan Rice told Fox News on Sunday that she “ would not be surprised to learn that the Russians are fomenting ” and “ funding extremists on both sides ” of the current protest demonstrations in the U.S .
Typically , Rice cited no evidence , merely saying , “ based on my experience this is right out of the Russian playbook.
” Rice told Fox , “ I ’ m not reading the intelligence these days.
” But who , I ask , needs intelligence when you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she found guidance in its March 10 story , “ Russia Trying to Stoke U.S .
Racial Tensions Before Election , Officials Say.
” Or maybe she was one of the Times ’ sources for that story , which would amount to the kind of WMD-style , circular/false-confirmation-to-a-fare-thee-well approach , not uncommon to spreading “ news ” in Washington .
You can not say we have not been warned .
After all , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Trump last October “ All roads lead to Putin.
” Not to overlook the insight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rep. Jason Crow ( D-CO ) , who claims , “ Vladimir Putin wakes up every morning and goes to bed every night trying to figure out how to destroy American democracy.
” And didn ’ t those lawyers testify preposterously to Schiff ’ s impeachment committee that , “ We had better fight the Russians over there in Ukraine , so we don ’ t have to fight them here ” ?
when even during the height of the first Cold War no one seriously contemplated Soviet troops invading U.S. soil .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times as closely as I used to read Pravda back in the day — to discern what is missing , as well as the significance of what does make it into print .
Russia ’ s leaders must be aware that the Times and most other Establishment media are so deeply invested in Russian “ hacking , ” that the faux-story is simply too big to fail .
Besides , it has proven all too easy to lead Americans to believe that , in effect , the U.S.S.R. still exists and is ruled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aggression .
By now , Putin must realize it is an uphill , Sisyphus-like challenge to disassociate today ’ s Russia from the Soviet Union .
Five years ago , he gave it the college try .
On April 16 , 2015 , he alluded to that dark period , addressing “ the ugly nature of the Stalin regime ” and the reaction that persists to this day .
He conceded : It is likely to be a mix of sang froid and skepticism on Putin ’ s part , as he watches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming months , against the background of what he has experienced with U.S. counterparts in recent years .
On Tyranny : Twenty Les ... Snyder , Timothy Best Price : $ 5.00 Buy New $ 5.79 On Sept. 4 , 2013 , the day before Obama arrived in St. Petersburg for a G-20 summit , Putin on live TV accused then Secretary of State John Kerry of lying the day before in congressional testimony on Syria .
Kerry had continued to blame Syria for the sarin attack , played down the role of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the strength of the “ moderate ” rebels .
With unusual bluntness , Putin said that Kerry “ is lying ; he knows he is lying ; this is sad.
” Obama , too , was being informed at the time that Kerry was stretching the truth well beyond the breaking point .
The president knew this from briefings by Gen. Martin Dempsey , chairman of the Joint Chiefs ; by National Intelligence Director Clapper ; and by us , Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity .
This may help explain why the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to St. Petersburg ; why he chose to work out the deal personally with Putin ; and why he chose to keep Kerry completely in the dark for five days .
At a London press conference early on Aug. 9 , 2013 , Kerry had been asked whether there was anything Assad could do to prevent a U.S. attack .
Kerry answered dismissively that Assad could give up his chemical weapons , but “ he isn ’ t about to do that ; it can ’ t be done.
” Later that day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sergei Lavrov that , oops , the deal could be done — and was about to be announced .
By happy coincidence , that same evening I had an unusual opportunity atop the CNN building in Washington to watch neocons like Paul Wolfowitz and Joe Lieberman vent their frustration over Obama “ chickening out ” and squandering the golden chance to get the U.S. into direct war in Syria .
[ See the sub-section Morose at CNN in “ How War in Syria Lost Its Way.
” ] Obama , it turns out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the advice of virtually all of his advisers to stop the juggernaut rolling downhill to war .
Two years later , in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic , Obama bragged at having been able to defy what he called “ the Washington playbook ” in calling off the attack on Syria .
Trust is the Exception , Not the Rule Putin had to learn the hard way that the circumstances in September 2013 were sui generis .
Putin was able to offer Obama a deal he could not refuse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a very difficult position .
Without Kerry or other advisers looking over his shoulder , Obama was able to take advantage of the offer despite the prevailing war lust — not only among the neocons , but among Obama ’ s own advisers .
Just six days after his successful meeting with Obama , Putin put a hopeful gloss on prospects for improved relations with Washington : “ My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust , ” Putin wrote in a New York Times op-ed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president was basking in the glow of having ( 1 ) gotten Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to agree to surrender Syrian army chemical weapons for UN-supervised destruction , ( 2 ) personally persuaded Obama to agree , and ( 3 ) helped prevent military escalation in Syria — which neither Putin nor Obama wanted .
The deal was very much in Obama ’ a interest , taking the wind out of the sails of most of Obama ’ s advisers , including Kerry , who did nothing to disguise their lust for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces were in place .
The planned attack would be “ justified ” as retaliation for a sarin gas attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 , 2013 .
Kerry led the charge against Syria ’ s al-Assad , repeatedly blaming him despite abundant evidence that the sarin attack was a false-flag ploy — whether Kerry knew it or not — designed to mousetrap Obama into ordering a Baghdad-style “ shock and awe ” on Syria .
The immediate reaction of U.S. officials to this op-ed should have helped keep everyone ’ s hopes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a harbinger of things to come — taking the form of a Western-sponsored coup in Ukraine , sanctions , and , of course , Russiagate .
Sen. Bob Menendez ( D-NJ ) , then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee spoke for many Washington insiders by saying , “ I was at dinner , and I almost wanted to vomit.
” [ For more on this topic , see Consortium News ‘ s “ Rewarding Nor did the hardliners ’ chagrin over the lost opportunity for war on Syria dissipate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Corker , ( R-TN ) , who followed Menendez as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee , was one of the most outspoken critics of Obama ’ s decision to cancel the planned attack on Syria in 2013 .
On Dec. 3 , 2014 , Corker complained bitterly that , while the U.S. military was poised to launch a “ very targeted , very brief ” operation against the Syrian government for using chemical weapons , Obama called off the attack at the last minute .
The events of autumn 2013 are a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a great deal from the unique experience of dealing personally with an Obama-in-need .
Putin then found , as a result of his subsequent dealings with Obama and Trump , that he had to re-arrange his thinking about how much power a U.S. president actually has when it comes to confronting the entrenched Security State — even if a president ’ s desire to improve relations is authentic .
The Russian president understood , as the years went by , that ordinarily Obama would defer to the “ Washington playbook ” and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times , Trump .
But the neocons got even with Putin for his key role in cheating them out of doing shock and awe on Syria .
To an appreciable degree , that accounted for the neocon boldness in carrying out the coup in Kiev a half-year later , and in their contrived exploitation of the terrible loss of 298 lives on MH17 , blaming the Russians sans any convincing proof .
As with the 2013 sarin attack near Damascus , so too in the case of MH17 , Kerry emphasized that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tool.
” Right .
But equally useful for deception as for truth .
The lame attempts of various imaginative ( but not imaginative enough ) folks , many of whom seem to be employed by Western intelligence services to use their imaginations in applying “ social media ” to the MH17 affair , are transparent to any discerning observer .
While he kept blaming the Russians , Kerry never produced the evidence he told NBC ’ s David Gregory he had three days after the plane went down .
Here ’ s Kerry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Remember : In the wake of the shoot down of MH17 , the U.S. successfully pressured many other countries to impose economic sanctions on Russia .
On Syria , Putin witnessed the lack of yedinonachaliya in the U.S. political and military system .
At the behest of Putin and Obama , Kerry and Lavrov worked very hard for 11 months to arrange a ceasefire .
One was signed Sept 9 , 2016 .
On Sept. 17 U.S. aircraft bombed fixed Syrian Army positions killing between 64 and 84 Syrian army troops ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to convince the Russians that the Pentagon was intent on scuttling meaningful cooperation with Russia .
A month later Putin publicly lamented : “ My personal agreements with the President of the United States have not produced results.
” Putin complained about “ people in Washington ready to do everything possible to prevent these agreements from being implemented in practice ” and , referring to Syria , decried the lack of a “ common front against terrorism after such lengthy negotiations , enormous effort , and difficult compromises.
” In sum , Deputy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Friday strongly suggest that at this juncture the Russian leadership does not put much store in commitments by Washington — including those that may come from the president .
For the next few months , at least , Moscow will be in a passive , wait and see posture .
With so much mutual work to do — particularly on arms control — this is a pity .

Russian hopes dashed: Whatever hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin may have had for a more workable relationship with the Trump administration have been “trumpled,” so to speak. This came through loudly and clearly in acerbic remarks by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in an interview Friday with The National Interest.
Ryabkov lamented the sad state of Russia-U.S. relations, while pointing, not very subtly, to China as Russia’s ace in the hole. He was simply acknowledging that what the Soviets used to call “the correlation of forces” has changed markedly, and strongly implied that the U.S. should draw the appropriate conclusions.
No amateur diplomat, Ryabkov used unusually sharp, almost certainly pre-authorized, words to drive home his message:
“We don’t believe the U.S. in its current shape is a counterpart that is reliable, so we have no confidence, no trust whatsoever. So our own calculations and conclusions are less related to what America is doing … we cherish our close and friendly relations with China. We do regard this as a comprehensive strategic partnership in different areas, and we intend to develop it further.”
In other words: We Russians and Chinese will stand together as the U.S. tries to paint both of us as arch-villains, all the while isolating itself and painting itself into a corner.
Sic Transit Trust
Putin has come to accept that potent forces favoring high tension with Russia — the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Adademia-Think-Tank complex (MICIMATT, if you will) — are far stronger than any president; and that, in that context, trying to cultivate a relationship of personal trust with a president, may be largely a waste of time.
The system in which Putin spent his early life put a premium on what the Soviets called yedinonachaliya, meaning leadership by a person at the top who is fully empowered to make decisions and have them carried out by subordinates — or else. Putin’s personal experience working successfully with President Barack Obama in early September 2013 to head off wider war on Syria [more on that later] may have deceived him into assuming that presidents of the United States can exercise that kind of power, at will. And, if that were the case, personal dealings at the very top were the preferred way to untie Gordian knots — and even cooperate for mutual advantage.
In the years since, the notion was fully dispelled that a U.S. president is completely “his own man” and is rather hemmed in by the MICIMATT — and particularly by its Security State component with entrenched, exceedingly powerful intelligence and law enforcement agencies. President Donald Trump calls this reality the “Deep State.”
Trump with Big [Oral] Stick
There must be a Siberian equivalent to the expression “All hat, no cattle.” If there is, I can almost hear it coming from the Kremlin in reaction to some of Trump’s rhetoric, like his remarks on May 23 in an interview with journalist Sharyl Attkisson:
“What am I doing? I’m fighting the deep state; I’m fighting the swamp…If it keeps going the way it’s going, I have a chance to break the deep state. It’s a vicious group of people. It’s very bad for our country.”
Trump has not hesitated to name the Deep State actors that he keeps in his sights — ex-FBI Director James Comey; ex-CIA Director John Brennan, and ex-National Intelligence Director James Clapper, for example — but, so far, he has shied away from actually taking them on. He has even thrown a few of his closest supporters under the bus — like House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes when Nunes tried to send criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
Thus, it remains an open question whether Trump will allow the various investigations now under way to bring indictments. This is no parlor game; these would be very serious moves, with consequences hard to predict. If it turns out that the president does have some cattle and decides to put them into play, those he labeled “a vicious group of people” will be fighting back tooth and nail. The Road to Unfreedom:... Snyder, Timothy Best Price: $10.50 Buy New $11.21 (as of 03:22 UTC - Details)
RIP: The Russian ‘Hack’ of DNC
Trump may act this time because he was personally the target of the Russiagate affair. Recently revealed evidence is in his favor. Although the latest proof was released three and a half weeks ago, most Americans are unaware that the cornerstone of Russiagate, the charge that Russia hacked into the Democratic National Committee computers, has crumbled. Always evidence-impoverished, the accusation has now been shown to be evidence-bereft by the sworn testimony of the technical expert, Shawn Henry, the head of CrowdStrike. This is the cyber-security firm chosen and paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC (with Comey’s blessing) to investigate the so-called Russian hack.
Asked on Dec. 5, 2017, behind closed doors by then-ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff to provide “the date on which the Russians exfiltrated [hacked] the data from the DNC,” Henry replied, “… there are times when we can see data exfiltrated, and we can say conclusively. But in this case … we just don’t have the evidence that says it actually left.”
It was only under extreme pressure from the acting director of National Intelligence that Schiff, now chair of the House Intelligence Committee, released the transcript of Henry’s Dec. 5, 2017, testimony on May 7. The Democrats knew for more than two years that the Russian hack was a lie but continued telling it.
But now we know. Better late than never? Not really.
If a Tree Falls in the Forest …
If bombshell testimony like that of Henry is not reported by The New York Times or other Establishment media, as has been the case since May 7, who can hear the tree fall — or the bombshell explode? How many Americans know that the White House has been right about at least one thing — that the charge that Russia “hacked the DNC” is not supported by any evidence that can bear close scrutiny?
I suppose it is true that most Americans would prefer not to know that, but you do not need a PhD to understand the inevitable consequences of letting this all go with a “So what?”
If The New York Times is successful in suppressing bombshells like Henry’s testimony, it can suppress anything it deems “not fit to print.” Let’s conduct an experiment: Please FaceTime a couple of friends — preferably those who still read the Times — and ask if they know that there is zero concrete evidence that the Russians, or anyone else, hacked the DNC; then closely watch their expression. If they send the men in the white coats to knock on your door, you’ll know why. How Democracies Die Ziblatt, Daniel Best Price: $10.15 Buy New $9.89 (as of 03:22 UTC - Details)
The Times, of course, just won a Pulitzer Prize for its array of Russia-bashing articles. Not to be outdone, Obama’s National Security Advisor Susan Rice told Fox News on Sunday that she “would not be surprised to learn that the Russians are fomenting” and “funding extremists on both sides” of the current protest demonstrations in the U.S. Typically, Rice cited no evidence, merely saying, “based on my experience this is right out of the Russian playbook.”
Rice told Fox, “I’m not reading the intelligence these days.” But who, I ask, needs intelligence when you have The New York Times? Perhaps she found guidance in its March 10 story, “Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say.” Or maybe she was one of the Times’ sources for that story, which would amount to the kind of WMD-style, circular/false-confirmation-to-a-fare-thee-well approach, not uncommon to spreading “news” in Washington.
You cannot say we have not been warned. After all, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Trump last October “All roads lead to Putin.” Not to overlook the insight of another amateur specialist on Russia, Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), who claims, “Vladimir Putin wakes up every morning and goes to bed every night trying to figure out how to destroy American democracy.” And didn’t those lawyers testify preposterously to Schiff’s impeachment committee that, “We had better fight the Russians over there in Ukraine, so we don’t have to fight them here”? when even during the height of the first Cold War no one seriously contemplated Soviet troops invading U.S. soil.
‘Bad Guys’ Forever
I imagine that Kremlin officials read the Times as closely as I used to read Pravda back in the day — to discern what is missing, as well as the significance of what does make it into print. Russia’s leaders must be aware that the Times and most other Establishment media are so deeply invested in Russian “hacking,” that the faux-story is simply too big to fail. Besides, it has proven all too easy to lead Americans to believe that, in effect, the U.S.S.R. still exists and is ruled by “bad guys” bent on aggression.
By now, Putin must realize it is an uphill, Sisyphus-like challenge to disassociate today’s Russia from the Soviet Union. Five years ago, he gave it the college try. On April 16, 2015, he alluded to that dark period, addressing “the ugly nature of the Stalin regime” and the reaction that persists to this day. He conceded:
“[It] “may not be very pleasant for us to admit. But in truth, we, or rather our predecessors, gave cause for this. Why? Because after World War II, we tried to impose our own development model on many Eastern European countries, and we did so by force. This has to be admitted. There is nothing good about this and we are feeling the consequences now.”
It is likely to be a mix of sang froid and skepticism on Putin’s part, as he watches political developments in the U.S. in the coming months, against the background of what he has experienced with U.S. counterparts in recent years. On Tyranny: Twenty Les... Snyder, Timothy Best Price: $5.00 Buy New $5.79 (as of 03:22 UTC - Details)
Obama-Putin Tete-a-Tete Brings Results
On Sept. 4, 2013, the day before Obama arrived in St. Petersburg for a G-20 summit, Putin on live TV accused then Secretary of State John Kerry of lying the day before in congressional testimony on Syria. Kerry had continued to blame Syria for the sarin attack, played down the role of al-Qaeda among the rebels, and exaggerated the strength of the “moderate” rebels. With unusual bluntness, Putin said that Kerry “is lying; he knows he is lying; this is sad.”
Obama, too, was being informed at the time that Kerry was stretching the truth well beyond the breaking point. The president knew this from briefings by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs; by National Intelligence Director Clapper; and by us, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. This may help explain why the president did not ask Kerry to accompany him to St. Petersburg; why he chose to work out the deal personally with Putin; and why he chose to keep Kerry completely in the dark for five days.
At a London press conference early on Aug. 9, 2013, Kerry had been asked whether there was anything Assad could do to prevent a U.S. attack. Kerry answered dismissively that Assad could give up his chemical weapons, but “he isn’t about to do that; it can’t be done.” Later that day Kerry got word from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that, oops, the deal could be done — and was about to be announced.
By happy coincidence, that same evening I had an unusual opportunity atop the CNN building in Washington to watch neocons like Paul Wolfowitz and Joe Lieberman vent their frustration over Obama “chickening out” and squandering the golden chance to get the U.S. into direct war in Syria. [ See the sub-section Morose at CNN in “How War in Syria Lost Its Way.”]
Obama, it turns out, was proud at having gone against the advice of virtually all of his advisers to stop the juggernaut rolling downhill to war. Two years later, in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Obama bragged at having been able to defy what he called “the Washington playbook” in calling off the attack on Syria.
Trust is the Exception, Not the Rule
Putin had to learn the hard way that the circumstances in September 2013 were sui generis. Putin was able to offer Obama a deal he could not refuse, in order for Obama to extract himself from a very difficult position. Without Kerry or other advisers looking over his shoulder, Obama was able to take advantage of the offer despite the prevailing war lust — not only among the neocons, but among Obama’s own advisers.
Just six days after his successful meeting with Obama, Putin put a hopeful gloss on prospects for improved relations with Washington: “My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust,” Putin wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Sept. 11, 2013.
The Russian president was basking in the glow of having (1) gotten Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to agree to surrender Syrian army chemical weapons for UN-supervised destruction, (2) personally persuaded Obama to agree, and (3) helped prevent military escalation in Syria — which neither Putin nor Obama wanted. The deal was very much in Obama’a interest, taking the wind out of the sails of most of Obama’s advisers, including Kerry, who did nothing to disguise their lust for an open U.S. attack on Syria.
U.S. forces were in place. The planned attack would be “justified” as retaliation for a sarin gas attack near Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013. Kerry led the charge against Syria’s al-Assad, repeatedly blaming him despite abundant evidence that the sarin attack was a false-flag ploy — whether Kerry knew it or not — designed to mousetrap Obama into ordering a Baghdad-style “shock and awe” on Syria.
The immediate reaction of U.S. officials to this op-ed should have helped keep everyone’s hopes down. Indeed, the reaction proved to be a harbinger of things to come — taking the form of a Western-sponsored coup in Ukraine, sanctions, and, of course, Russiagate.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee spoke for many Washington insiders by saying, “I was at dinner, and I almost wanted to vomit.” [For more on this topic, see Consortium News‘s “Rewarding Group Think on Syria,”]
Nor did the hardliners’ chagrin over the lost opportunity for war on Syria dissipate much in subsequent years. Sen. Bob Corker, (R-TN), who followed Menendez as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, was one of the most outspoken critics of Obama’s decision to cancel the planned attack on Syria in 2013. On Dec. 3, 2014, Corker complained bitterly that, while the U.S. military was poised to launch a “very targeted, very brief” operation against the Syrian government for using chemical weapons, Obama called off the attack at the last minute.
Corker’s criticism was scathing:
“I think the worst moment in U.S. foreign policy since I’ve been here, as far as signaling to the world where we were as a nation, was August a year ago when we had a 10-hour operation that was getting ready to take place in Syria but it didn’t happen. … In essence and – I’m sorry to be slightly rhetorical — we jumped in Putin’s lap.”
Sound familiar?
The events of autumn 2013 are a case study in itself. Putin garnered a great deal from the unique experience of dealing personally with an Obama-in-need. Putin then found, as a result of his subsequent dealings with Obama and Trump, that he had to re-arrange his thinking about how much power a U.S. president actually has when it comes to confronting the entrenched Security State — even if a president’s desire to improve relations is authentic.
Social Media as ‘Proof’
The Russian president understood, as the years went by, that ordinarily Obama would defer to the “Washington playbook” and the MICIMATT. And so would, most times, Trump.
But the neocons got even with Putin for his key role in cheating them out of doing shock and awe on Syria. To an appreciable degree, that accounted for the neocon boldness in carrying out the coup in Kiev a half-year later, and in their contrived exploitation of the terrible loss of 298 lives on MH17, blaming the Russians sans any convincing proof.
As with the 2013 sarin attack near Damascus, so too in the case of MH17, Kerry emphasized that “social media” are an “extraordinary tool.” Right. But equally useful for deception as for truth. The lame attempts of various imaginative (but not imaginative enough) folks, many of whom seem to be employed by Western intelligence services to use their imaginations in applying “social media” to the MH17 affair, are transparent to any discerning observer.
While he kept blaming the Russians, Kerry never produced the evidence he told NBC’s David Gregory he had three days after the plane went down. Here’s Kerry to Gregory on July 20, 2014:
“We picked up the imagery of this launch. We know the trajectory. We know where it came from. We know the timing. And it was exactly at the time that this aircraft disappeared from the radar.”
Remember: In the wake of the shoot down of MH17, the U.S. successfully pressured many other countries to impose economic sanctions on Russia.
Agreements at the Top Thwarted
On Syria, Putin witnessed the lack of yedinonachaliya in the U.S. political and military system. At the behest of Putin and Obama, Kerry and Lavrov worked very hard for 11 months to arrange a ceasefire. One was signed Sept 9, 2016. On Sept. 17 U.S. aircraft bombed fixed Syrian Army positions killing between 64 and 84 Syrian army troops; about 100 others wounded — evidence enough to convince the Russians that the Pentagon was intent on scuttling meaningful cooperation with Russia.
Here’s Lavrov on Sept 26:
“My good friend John Kerry … is under fierce criticism from the US military machine. Despite the fact that, as always, [they] made assurances that the U.S. Commander in Chief, President Barack Obama, supported him in his contacts with Russia (he confirmed that during his meeting with President Vladimir Putin), apparently the military does not really listen to the Commander in Chief. … It is difficult to work with such partners. …”
A month later Putin publicly lamented: “My personal agreements with the President of the United States have not produced results.” Putin complained about “people in Washington ready to do everything possible to prevent these agreements from being implemented in practice” and, referring to Syria, decried the lack of a “common front against terrorism after such lengthy negotiations, enormous effort, and difficult compromises.”
In sum, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov’s remarks on Friday strongly suggest that at this juncture the Russian leadership does not put much store in commitments by Washington — including those that may come from the president. For the next few months, at least, Moscow will be in a passive, wait and see posture. With so much mutual work to do — particularly on arms control — this is a pity.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-06-04--Trump’s Distractions or Is the Empire in Retreat?

Things continue to spiral out of control in the U.S. as the myth of policing fails and anti-civilizational forces move into the power vacuum .
And while I ’ m still completely committed to the end of the U.S. empire and its imperial edicts , It ’ s also not lost on me what ’ s happening , who ’ s making it happen and how they are taking advantage of this .
I warned you President Trump ’ s near atavistic pursuit of U.S. ‘ enemies ’ in places like Syria , Iraq , Iran and Venezuela would turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the protests for George Floyd across Europe and tell me things haven ’ t changed .
The empire is the problem .
It ’ s a lesson Justin Raimondo taught me at Antiwar.com twenty years ago .
And it ’ s only now that that idea has reached any kind of critical mass .
Are we going to dismantle the empire in an orderly fashion or a chaotic one ?
The animals on the streets have cast their vote .
What ’ s yours ?
And while Trump has made a hash of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I also told you that he was smart enough to only play the crazy Ivan role up the to point of actually starting a shooting war .
This is his greatest accomplishment as President .
Sadly , it shouldn ’ t be that great an accomplishment .
And all detractors need to remember this , including me .
He hasn ’ t ended existing wars , but he hasn ’ t started any new ones .
And the U.S. political apparatchiks in D.C. have been braying for wars for nearly four years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in not understanding that sanctions , tariffs , and diplomatic strong-arming are acts of war .
They may be a real part of realpolitik but his failure to grasp the nuances of that have led to the present situation internationally where he is effectively being ignored in every way that matters .
At the same time he ’ s dealing with a domestic insurrection that is both organic and organized , free-spirited and feral .
Here are a list of major incidents over the past week that support the thesis of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are all significant .
The first is Iran successfully staring down U.S naval blockade threats to deliver refined petroleum and replacement parts to Venezuela .
All five tankers made it safely into port and expect another five in the future .
Like with last year ’ s drone incident and this January ’ s missile attack on our bases , Iran called Trump ’ s bluff when push came to shove .
As Yra Harris said to me in my recent podcast , do you think the U.S. will go to nuclear war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t do it in 1972 over Taiwan when Nixon sat down with Mao .
We ’ re not doing it today with Iran , China or Russia .
Iran understands this .
Russia understands this .
And China understands this .
So , all Trump has as an effective weapon is excising people from the dollar system , itself the source of most of the U.S. ’ s real strength , because the military truly can ’ t be used anymore like it was in the past .
And that weapon is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accelerating the resistance to the U.S. ’ s hegemony in the long run .
Next up is the completion of Nordstream 2 .
It ’ s happening .
Yes , Trump and his idiotic sanctions delayed it for a year or so , but that delay forced Ukraine ’ s hand to sign a terrible gas transit deal with Gazprom which will ensure in five years there will be no gas transiting across Ukraine .
So , does that change the dynamic in Ukraine ?
Ukraine was the project of Obama , Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why on earth would he continue it today ?
End the sanctions .
End support of Ukraine .
The Democrats will scream Russia into a vacuum .
The Russian pipe-laying vessel is in Danish waters doing the work and all Trump accomplished is ticking off the Swiss .
None of the legal arm-twisting worked .
The pipeline will be finished by the end of the year .
The EU gas directive which forces un-bundling of the ownership of the pipeline from the gas going through it was nullified by German courts .
Was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become the energy distribution hub for Europe , tying them to Russia .
Why would they vote against that ?
All the time , money and political capital spent to stop Nordstream 2 which was never going to be stopped because of the economic and political advantages to Germany , have come to naught .
Pipelines are important .
They are the seams that bind countries together .
Trump knows this but he can ’ t stop it .
Putin and Russia now have major energy pipelines connecting them to two major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All because the Obama administration decided to stop South Stream going through Bulgaria .
So instead of Russia gaining the long-term relationship with and loyalty of Bulgaria , it has gained even stronger relationships with Turkey and Germany .
If this isn ’ t a foreign policy own goal of epic proportions nothing is .
And that ’ s on Obama , not Trump .
This solidifies Russia ’ s hold over the Black Sea and gives Russia the ability to support kicking the U.S. influence out of the Eastern Mediterranean .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Mediterranean is tempered by Putin , not Erdogan in the end .
When Turkey gets uppity to the point of needing a smack down , Trump won ’ t hold the hammer , Putin will .
And Trump will need Putin to deliver that blow to protect Greece and/or Israel and what happens then ?
Still think the Empire needs to be kicked in the nuts by attacking it from within ?
It ’ s doing a fine job of self-flagellation from my seat in the bleachers .
The war in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So is Iraq .
Trump understands this dynamic but won ’ t admit it publicly .
In reality , he knows there is little left to do except pull out of the region now .
Hence he ’ s quietly , for him , drawing down troops in Afghanistan at a far faster rate than has been officially recognized .
Afghanistan first .
Then Iraq .
Then Syria .
If reports of Bibi Netanyahu ’ s pet traitor Jared Kushner ’ s days in the White House being numbered are true , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couple of months as we approach the election .
The big issue surrounding the domestic insurrection today is the ruthlessness of the Empire abroad and at home .
Trump has a chance here to ‘ win bigly ’ as Scott Adams puts it , by reversing his worst foreign policy excesses , lifting some of the sanctions on places like Iran and Venezuela and reining in the lawlessness of both the jackals in D.C. and on the streets across the U.S .
But he can ’ t do that if people pile on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cover up their crimes .
The Best of Thomas Luongo

Things continue to spiral out of control in the U.S. as the myth of policing fails and anti-civilizational forces move into the power vacuum.
And while I’m still completely committed to the end of the U.S. empire and its imperial edicts, It’s also not lost on me what’s happening, who’s making it happen and how they are taking advantage of this.
I warned you President Trump’s near atavistic pursuit of U.S. ‘enemies’ in places like Syria, Iraq, Iran and Venezuela would turn the world against us. Look at the protests for George Floyd across Europe and tell me things haven’t changed.
The empire is the problem. It’s a lesson Justin Raimondo taught me at Antiwar.com twenty years ago. And it’s only now that that idea has reached any kind of critical mass.
Are we going to dismantle the empire in an orderly fashion or a chaotic one? The animals on the streets have cast their vote. What’s yours?
And while Trump has made a hash of foreign policy in so many ways, I also told you that he was smart enough to only play the crazy Ivan role up the to point of actually starting a shooting war.
This is his greatest accomplishment as President. Sadly, it shouldn’t be that great an accomplishment.
And all detractors need to remember this, including me. He hasn’t ended existing wars, but he hasn’t started any new ones. And the U.S. political apparatchiks in D.C. have been braying for wars for nearly four years.
Trump’s failure, however, is in not understanding that sanctions, tariffs, and diplomatic strong-arming are acts of war.
They may be a real part of realpolitik but his failure to grasp the nuances of that have led to the present situation internationally where he is effectively being ignored in every way that matters.
At the same time he’s dealing with a domestic insurrection that is both organic and organized, free-spirited and feral.
Here are a list of major incidents over the past week that support the thesis of the failure of the U.S. empire.
They are all significant.
The first is Iran successfully staring down U.S naval blockade threats to deliver refined petroleum and replacement parts to Venezuela. All five tankers made it safely into port and expect another five in the future.
Like with last year’s drone incident and this January’s missile attack on our bases, Iran called Trump’s bluff when push came to shove. As Yra Harris said to me in my recent podcast, do you think the U.S. will go to nuclear war over Turkey? No.
We didn’t do it in 1972 over Taiwan when Nixon sat down with Mao. We’re not doing it today with Iran, China or Russia. Iran understands this. Russia understands this. And China understands this.
So, all Trump has as an effective weapon is excising people from the dollar system, itself the source of most of the U.S.’s real strength, because the military truly can’t be used anymore like it was in the past.
And that weapon is being easily countered.
That is only accelerating the resistance to the U.S.’s hegemony in the long run.
Next up is the completion of Nordstream 2. It’s happening. Yes, Trump and his idiotic sanctions delayed it for a year or so, but that delay forced Ukraine’s hand to sign a terrible gas transit deal with Gazprom which will ensure in five years there will be no gas transiting across Ukraine.
So, does that change the dynamic in Ukraine? Ukraine was the project of Obama, Clinton, Biden, McCain and Nuland. Why on earth would he continue it today?
End the sanctions. End support of Ukraine. The Democrats will scream Russia into a vacuum.
The Russian pipe-laying vessel is in Danish waters doing the work and all Trump accomplished is ticking off the Swiss. None of the legal arm-twisting worked.
More sanctions won’t stop it.
The pipeline will be finished by the end of the year.
The EU gas directive which forces un-bundling of the ownership of the pipeline from the gas going through it was nullified by German courts.
Was anyone surprised by this? Germany gets to become the energy distribution hub for Europe, tying them to Russia. Why would they vote against that?
All the time, money and political capital spent to stop Nordstream 2 which was never going to be stopped because of the economic and political advantages to Germany, have come to naught.
Pipelines are important. They are the seams that bind countries together. Trump knows this but he can’t stop it.
Putin and Russia now have major energy pipelines connecting them to two major NATO countries, Turkey and Germany. All because the Obama administration decided to stop South Stream going through Bulgaria.
So instead of Russia gaining the long-term relationship with and loyalty of Bulgaria, it has gained even stronger relationships with Turkey and Germany. If this isn’t a foreign policy own goal of epic proportions nothing is.
And that’s on Obama, not Trump.
This solidifies Russia’s hold over the Black Sea and gives Russia the ability to support kicking the U.S. influence out of the Eastern Mediterranean. It also ensures that Turkey’s adventurism in the Mediterranean is tempered by Putin, not Erdogan in the end.
When Turkey gets uppity to the point of needing a smack down, Trump won’t hold the hammer, Putin will. And Trump will need Putin to deliver that blow to protect Greece and/or Israel and what happens then?
Still think the Empire needs to be kicked in the nuts by attacking it from within? It’s doing a fine job of self-flagellation from my seat in the bleachers.
The war in Syria is, effectively, over. So is Iraq. Trump understands this dynamic but won’t admit it publicly. In reality, he knows there is little left to do except pull out of the region now. Hence he’s quietly, for him, drawing down troops in Afghanistan at a far faster rate than has been officially recognized.
The Pentagon says that the goal has been for 8,600 troops to be left in the country by mid-July, and they are so ahead of schedule they say they’ll meet that number in June, which is just a few days away. The White House, by contrast, suggested that the US has somewhere in the realm of 7,000 troops left in Afghanistan and that this is set to drop even further.
Afghanistan first. Then Iraq. Then Syria. If reports of Bibi Netanyahu’s pet traitor Jared Kushner’s days in the White House being numbered are true, that timetable could accelerate quickly in the next couple of months as we approach the election.
The big issue surrounding the domestic insurrection today is the ruthlessness of the Empire abroad and at home.
Trump has a chance here to ‘win bigly’ as Scott Adams puts it, by reversing his worst foreign policy excesses, lifting some of the sanctions on places like Iran and Venezuela and reining in the lawlessness of both the jackals in D.C. and on the streets across the U.S.
But he can’t do that if people pile on the side of the vandals fomenting insurrection to cover up their crimes.
Reprinted with permission from Gold Goats ‘n Guns.
The Best of Tom Luongo


lewrockwell--2020-06-04--Dangerous Nano-Particles Contaminate Many Vaccines: Groundbreaking Study

“ The Lung , ” Second Edition , 2014 : “ Nanoparticles [ are ] comparable in size to subcellular structures…enabling their ready incorporation into biological systems.
” A 2017 study of 44 types of 15 traditional vaccines , manufactured by leading global companies , has uncovered a very troubling and previously unreported fact : The vaccines are heavily contaminated with a variety of nanoparticles .
Many of the particles are metals .
We ’ re talking about traditional vaccines , such as HPV , flu , Swine Flu , Hepatitis B , MMR , DPT , tetanus , etc @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rohde , Wayne Buy New $ 17.99 To begin to understand some of the destructive effects of contaminating nanoparticles in vaccines , here is the groundbreaking 2017 study : International Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination Volume 4 Issue 1 January 23 2017 New Quality-Control Investigations on Vaccines : Micro- and Nanocontamination Antonietta M Gatti and Stefano Montanari “ The analyses carried out show that in all samples checked vaccines contain non biocompatible and bio-persistent foreign bodies which are not declared by the Producers , against which the body reacts in any case .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ control that can be adopted to assess the safety of a vaccine .
Our hypothesis is that this contamination is unintentional , since it is probably due to polluted components or procedures of industrial processes ( e.g .
filtrations ) used to produce vaccines… ” Are the study authors leaving the door open to the possibility that the contamination is intentional ?
“ The quantity of foreign bodies detected and , in some cases , their unusual chemical compositions baffled us .
The inorganic particles identified are neither biocompatible nor biodegradable , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ induce effects that can become evident either immediately close to injection time or after a certain time from administration .
It is important to remember that particles ( crystals and not molecules ) are bodies foreign to the organism and they behave as such .
More in particular , their toxicity is in some respects different from that of the chemical elements composing them , adding to that toxicity…they induce an inflammatory reaction.
” AIDS Inc. Rappoport , Jon Best Price : $ 33.29 Buy New $ 18.89 “ After being injected , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stay around the injection site forming swellings and granulomas…But they can also be carried by the blood circulation , escaping any attempt to guess what will be their final destination…As happens with all foreign bodies , particularly that small , they induce an inflammatory reaction that is chronic because most of those particles can not be degraded .
Furthermore , the protein-corona effect…due to a nano-bio-interaction…can produce organic/inorganic composite particles capable of stimulating the immune system in an undesirable way…It is impossible not to add that particles the size often observed in vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the DNA… ” “ In some cases , e.g .
as occurs with Iron and some Iron alloys , they can corrode and the corrosion products exert a toxicity affecting the tissues… ” “ Given the contaminations we observed in all samples of human-use vaccines , adverse effects after the injection of those vaccines are possible and credible and have the character of randomness , since they depend on where the contaminants are carried by the blood circulation .
It is only obvious that similar quantities of these foreign bodies can have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like those of children .
Their presence in the muscles…could heavily impair the muscle functionality… ” “ We come across particles with chemical compositions , similar to those found in the vaccines we analyzed , when we study cases of environmental contamination caused by different pollution sources .
In most circumstances , the combinations detected are very odd as they have no technical use , can not be found in any material handbook and look like the result of the random formation occurring , for example , when waste is burnt .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they should not be present in any injectable medicament , let alone in vaccines , more in particular those meant for infants.
” This 2017 study opens up a whole new field : the investigation of nanoparticles in vaccines where none were expected .
The Invisible Enemy Garrett , Mr. Gregory L ... Buy New $ 26.94 Such particles are not medicine in any sense of the word .
Many legal and scientific “ experts ” assert the State has a right to mandate vaccines and force them on the population .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medicines .
Only a lunatic would defend the right of the State to inject them .
Here is another section from the 2017 study .
Trade names of vaccines , and compositions of the nanoparticle contaminants are indicated .
Take a deep breath and buckle up : “ …further presence of micro- , sub-micro- and nanosized , inorganic , foreign bodies ( ranging from 100nm to about ten microns ) was identified in all cases [ all 44 vaccines ] , whose presence was not declared in the leaflets delivered in the package @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , cluster of micro- and nanoparticles ( less than 100nm ) and aggregates…debris of Aluminum , Silicon , Magnesium and Titanium ; of Iron , Chromium , Silicon and Calcium particles…arranged in a cluster , and Aluminum-Copper debris…in an aggregate.
” “ …the particles are surrounded and embedded in a biological substrate .
In all the samples analyzed , we identified particles containing : Lead ( Typhym , Cervarix , Agrippal S1 , Meningitec , Gardasil ) or stainless steel ( Mencevax , Infarix Hexa , Cervarix .
Anatetall , Focetria , Agrippal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meningitec , Vaxigrip , Stamaril Pasteur , Repevax and MMRvaxPro ) .
” “ …particles of Tungsten identified in drops of Prevenar and Infarix ( Aluminum , Tungsten , Calcium chloride ) .
” “ …singular debris found in Repevax ( Silicon , Gold , Silver ) and Gardasil ( Zirconium ) .
” Nano Comes to Life : Ho ... Contera , Sonia Best Price : $ 12.50 Buy New $ 14.67 “ Some metallic particles made of Tungsten or stainless steel were also identified .
Other particles containing Zirconium , Hafnium @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meningetec ) ; Tungsten , Nickel , Iron ( Priorix , Meningetec ) ; Antimony ( Menjugate kit ) ; Chromium ( Meningetec ) ; Gold or Gold , Zinc ( Infarix Hexa , Repevax ) , or Platinum , Silver , Bismuth , Iron , Chromium ( MMRvaxPro ) or Lead , Bismuth ( Gardasil ) or Cerium ( Agrippal S1 ) were also found .
The only Tungsten appears in 8/44 vaccines , while Chromium ( alone or in alloy with Iron and Nickel ) in 25/44 .
The investigations revealed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biological substrate , probably proteins , endo-toxins and residues of bacteria .
As soon as a particle comes in contact with proteic fluids , a nano-bio-interaction…occurs and a ‘ protein corona ’ is formed…The nano-bio-interaction generates a bigger-sized compound that is not biodegradable and can induce adverse effects , since it is not recognized as self by the body.
” “ …examples of these nano-bio-interactions .
Aggregates can be seen ( stable composite entities ) containing particles of Lead in Meningitec… of stainless steel ( Iron , Chromium and Nickel… ) and of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aggregates , though in different situations ( patients suffering from leukemia or cryoglobulinemia ) , have already been described in literature.
” I ’ m sure you ’ ve read official assurances that vaccine-manufacturing problems are “ rare.
” You can file those pronouncements along with other medical lies .
“ I ’ d like the heavy metal sandwich on rye , please .
And instead of serving it on a plate , can you inject it ?
” Several vital questions demanding answers spring from the findings of this 2017 study : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in vaccines ?
Does the standard manufacturing process for traditional vaccines INEVITABLY lead to dangerous and destructive nano-contamination ?
New nano-technology is already being employed to create several vaccines—supposedly “ improving effectiveness.
” In fact , the coming COVID-19 vaccine may be a nano-type .
Does this manufacturing process carry with it the unavoidable effect of unleashing a hurricane of nanoparticle contaminants ?
How many cases of childhood brain damage and autism can be laid at the door of nanoparticle contamination ?
And finally , where are these contaminated vaccines manufactured ?
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this .
It was outside the scope of the research .
It ’ s common knowledge that , for example , in the case of the US , vaccines or their components , are , in many instances , not produced domestically .
Where does this put control of safety ?
In , say , China , where there have been numerous pharmaceutical scandals connected to contamination of products ?
The vaccine establishment does not show the slightest interest in answering any of these questions .
They are busy pretending the questions don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be suicidal .
The Best of Jon Rappoport

“The Lung,” Second Edition, 2014: “Nanoparticles [are] comparable in size to subcellular structures…enabling their ready incorporation into biological systems.”
A 2017 study of 44 types of 15 traditional vaccines, manufactured by leading global companies, has uncovered a very troubling and previously unreported fact:
The vaccines are heavily contaminated with a variety of nanoparticles.
Many of the particles are metals.
We’re talking about traditional vaccines, such as HPV, flu, Swine Flu, Hepatitis B, MMR, DPT, tetanus, etc. The Vaccine Court: The... Rohde, Wayne Buy New $17.99 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
To begin to understand some of the destructive effects of contaminating nanoparticles in vaccines, here is the groundbreaking 2017 study:
International Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination
Volume 4 Issue 1
January 23 2017
New Quality-Control Investigations on Vaccines:
Micro- and Nanocontamination
Antonietta M Gatti and Stefano Montanari
“The analyses carried out show that in all samples checked vaccines contain non biocompatible and bio-persistent foreign bodies which are not declared by the Producers, against which the body reacts in any case. This new investigation represents a new quality control that can be adopted to assess the safety of a vaccine. Our hypothesis is that this contamination is unintentional, since it is probably due to polluted components or procedures of industrial processes (e.g. filtrations) used to produce vaccines…”
Are the study authors leaving the door open to the possibility that the contamination is intentional?
“The quantity of foreign bodies detected and, in some cases, their unusual chemical compositions baffled us. The inorganic particles identified are neither biocompatible nor biodegradable, that means that they are biopersistent and can induce effects that can become evident either immediately close to injection time or after a certain time from administration. It is important to remember that particles (crystals and not molecules) are bodies foreign to the organism and they behave as such. More in particular, their toxicity is in some respects different from that of the chemical elements composing them, adding to that toxicity…they induce an inflammatory reaction.” AIDS Inc. Rappoport, Jon Best Price: $33.29 Buy New $18.89 (as of 03:34 UTC - Details)
“After being injected, those microparticles, nanoparticles and aggregates can stay around the injection site forming swellings and granulomas…But they can also be carried by the blood circulation, escaping any attempt to guess what will be their final destination…As happens with all foreign bodies, particularly that small, they induce an inflammatory reaction that is chronic because most of those particles cannot be degraded. Furthermore, the protein-corona effect…due to a nano-bio-interaction…can produce organic/inorganic composite particles capable of stimulating the immune system in an undesirable way…It is impossible not to add that particles the size often observed in vaccines can enter cell nuclei and interact with the DNA…”
“In some cases, e.g. as occurs with Iron and some Iron alloys, they can corrode and the corrosion products exert a toxicity affecting the tissues…”
“Given the contaminations we observed in all samples of human-use vaccines, adverse effects after the injection of those vaccines are possible and credible and have the character of randomness, since they depend on where the contaminants are carried by the blood circulation. It is only obvious that similar quantities of these foreign bodies can have a more serious impact on very small organisms like those of children. Their presence in the muscles…could heavily impair the muscle functionality…”
“We come across particles with chemical compositions, similar to those found in the vaccines we analyzed, when we study cases of environmental contamination caused by different pollution sources. In most circumstances, the combinations detected are very odd as they have no technical use, cannot be found in any material handbook and look like the result of the random formation occurring, for example, when waste is burnt. In any case, whatever their origin, they should not be present in any injectable medicament, let alone in vaccines, more in particular those meant for infants.”
This 2017 study opens up a whole new field: the investigation of nanoparticles in vaccines where none were expected. The Invisible Enemy Garrett, Mr. Gregory L... Buy New $26.94 (as of 05:21 UTC - Details)
Such particles are not medicine in any sense of the word.
Many legal and scientific “experts” assert the State has a right to mandate vaccines and force them on the population. But these contaminating nanoparticles are not vaccines or medicines. Only a lunatic would defend the right of the State to inject them.
Here is another section from the 2017 study. Trade names of vaccines, and compositions of the nanoparticle contaminants are indicated. Take a deep breath and buckle up:
“…further presence of micro-, sub-micro- and nanosized, inorganic, foreign bodies (ranging from 100nm to about ten microns) was identified in all cases [all 44 vaccines], whose presence was not declared in the leaflets delivered in the package of the product…”
“…single particles, cluster of micro- and nanoparticles (less than 100nm) and aggregates…debris of Aluminum, Silicon, Magnesium and Titanium; of Iron, Chromium, Silicon and Calcium particles…arranged in a cluster, and Aluminum-Copper debris…in an aggregate.”
“…the particles are surrounded and embedded in a biological substrate. In all the samples analyzed, we identified particles containing: Lead (Typhym, Cervarix, Agrippal S1, Meningitec, Gardasil) or stainless steel (Mencevax, Infarix Hexa, Cervarix. Anatetall, Focetria, Agrippal S1, Menveo, Prevenar 13, Meningitec, Vaxigrip, Stamaril Pasteur, Repevax and MMRvaxPro).”
“…particles of Tungsten identified in drops of Prevenar and Infarix (Aluminum, Tungsten, Calcium chloride).”
“…singular debris found in Repevax (Silicon, Gold, Silver) and Gardasil (Zirconium).” Nano Comes to Life: Ho... Contera, Sonia Best Price: $12.50 Buy New $14.67 (as of 06:20 UTC - Details)
“Some metallic particles made of Tungsten or stainless steel were also identified. Other particles containing Zirconium, Hafnium, Strontium and Aluminum (Vivotif, Meningetec); Tungsten, Nickel, Iron (Priorix, Meningetec); Antimony (Menjugate kit); Chromium (Meningetec); Gold or Gold, Zinc (Infarix Hexa, Repevax), or Platinum, Silver, Bismuth, Iron, Chromium (MMRvaxPro) or Lead,Bismuth (Gardasil) or Cerium (Agrippal S1) were also found. The only Tungsten appears in 8/44 vaccines, while Chromium (alone or in alloy with Iron and Nickel) in 25/44. The investigations revealed that some particles are embedded in a biological substrate, probably proteins, endo-toxins and residues of bacteria. As soon as a particle comes in contact with proteic fluids, a nano-bio-interaction…occurs and a ‘protein corona’ is formed…The nano-bio-interaction generates a bigger-sized compound that is not biodegradable and can induce adverse effects, since it is not recognized as self by the body.”
“…examples of these nano-bio-interactions. Aggregates can be seen (stable composite entities) containing particles of Lead in Meningitec… of stainless steel (Iron, Chromium and Nickel…) and of Copper, Zinc and Lead in Cervarix…Similar aggregates, though in different situations (patients suffering from leukemia or cryoglobulinemia), have already been described in literature.”
I’m sure you’ve read official assurances that vaccine-manufacturing problems are “rare.” You can file those pronouncements along with other medical lies.
“I’d like the heavy metal sandwich on rye, please. And instead of serving it on a plate, can you inject it?”
Several vital questions demanding answers spring from the findings of this 2017 study:
Are some of these nanoparticles intentionally placed in vaccines?
Does the standard manufacturing process for traditional vaccines INEVITABLY lead to dangerous and destructive nano-contamination?
New nano-technology is already being employed to create several vaccines—supposedly “improving effectiveness.” In fact, the coming COVID-19 vaccine may be a nano-type. Does this manufacturing process carry with it the unavoidable effect of unleashing a hurricane of nanoparticle contaminants?
How many cases of childhood brain damage and autism can be laid at the door of nanoparticle contamination?
And finally, where are these contaminated vaccines manufactured? The above study did not attempt to discover this. It was outside the scope of the research. It’s common knowledge that, for example, in the case of the US, vaccines or their components, are, in many instances, not produced domestically. Where does this put control of safety? In, say, China, where there have been numerous pharmaceutical scandals connected to contamination of products?
The vaccine establishment does not show the slightest interest in answering any of these questions. They are busy pretending the questions don’t exist.
Trusting the establishment would be suicidal.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
The Best of Jon Rappoport


lewrockwell--2020-06-04--‘Professor Lockdown’ Ferguson, UK’s Covid-19 Czar, Admits Crippling Restrictions Made No Difference

‘Professor Lockdown’ Ferguson, UK’s Covid-19 Czar, Admits Crippling Restrictions Made No Difference – Where’s the Outrage?

The British scientist known as Professor Lockdown has undermined the draconian policy he unleashed on the world by confessing that Britain hasn ’ t fared any better in tackling the disease than the laid-back Scandis .
Professor Neil Ferguson probably woke up this morning breathing a massive sigh of relief because he hadn ’ t been ripped to shreds again in the British newspapers for this second time in just under a month – this time over his startling admission that there has been no significant difference in the levels of Covid-19 suppression when comparing the UK and Sweden .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lords Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday , he said : “ They [ Swedish scientists ] came to a different policy conclusion based really on quite similar science .
I don ’ t agree with it but scientifically they ’ re not far from scientists in any part of the world.
” He then acknowledged that the Swedish authorities had “ got a long way to the same effect ” without a full lockdown .
Beats Ep Wired On-Ear ... Best Price : $ 71.74 Buy New $ 79.99 In other words @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way you ’ d expect from a bumbling boffin , the scientist – dubbed ‘ Professor Lockdown ’ after he cajoled Boris Johnson into bringing the British economy to a screeching halt – reckons Sweden has essentially coped very well without being forced into any draconian lockdown , thank you very much .
So where was the indignation about how his recommendations f**ked up the economy and made people prisoners in their own homes ?
It certainly wasn ’ t to be seen splashed across any British front pages .
Indeed , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if any , coverage of this very significant news story on Wednesday .
It was buried inside the Daily Telegraph on page seven , running across a third of a page or less , with a very accurate subheading stating in clear black and white : “ Professor admits radical Scandinavian policy worked as well as British policy of shutting down.
” The evidence from the two countries ’ differing approaches has left the professor with little escape route .
UK ( full lockdown/businesses shut down ) : 579 Covid-19 deaths per million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kept open ) : 442 deaths per million .
But why make such a startling confession now , when he could have wriggled away by saying it ’ s too early to assess the data as the disease is still running its course ?
The cynic in me wonders if Dr Ferguson ’ s matter-of-fact admission that a full lockdown probably didn ’ t make a blind bit of difference was fueled by ulterior motives .
Seeing as his own reputation is already in tatters , was it a warped act of revenge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall on his sword after being caught breaking lockdown with his married lover ?
Columbia Men ’ s A ... Buy New $ 69.99 Or here ’ s one for conspiracy theorists : instead of wanting to throw BoJo under the bus , could it have been a case of wanting to hide something else that ’ s about to come down the track ?
With America now burning in the wake of the atrocious murder of George Floyd , the confession at this juncture reminds me somewhat of how a British government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 minutes after the second plane hit the Twin Towers on 9/11 with the cynical recommendation that “ it ’ s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.
” At the moment , the biggest accusation they could face is needlessly making a hames ( for those of you who aren ’ t Irish , this means a ‘ big mess ’ ) of the economy .
Even Sweden ’ s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has since said that , while he regrets not implanting stricter measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he “ still would not have gone as far as other European countries did.
” But the Swede being plagued with self-doubt sounds much more like someone racked with guilt about “ what ifs ?
” like an Oskar Schindler type of character who was pictured crying at the end of the Spielberg film because he was convinced he could ’ ve done better .
According to Aric Dromi , CEO of the Sweden-based Tempus Motu Think Tank , both the UK and Sweden ’ s response to Covid-19 is “ ego driven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me : “ Differences in the social structure between the UK and Sweden should have made a bigger impact between the numbers infected .
The Swedish economy , for example , far from being protected by remaining open , has still been badly damaged as it relies heavily on exports , despite the lack of a lockdown .
For both countries , it represents a human sacrifice on the altar of economics , and it is wholly unacceptable.
” Sperry Men ’ s A/O ... Buy New $ 98.00 It all reminds me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gourmet Night ’ episode of ‘ Fawlty Towers ’ told guests that there were only three different types of duck on the menu that night – with orange , with cherries or “ surprise , ” which turned out to be “ duck without oranges or cherries.
” And if you don ’ t like duck ?
As Basil Fawlty quipped , “ Ah , well , if you don ’ t like duck , uhhh , you ’ re rather stuck.
” At the end of the day , it might still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the right way to go , which begs the question : Why did Prof. Ferguson jump the gun and heap such fulsome praise – no pun intended here – on the Swedish model ?
Whatever way you spin it here , he has , once again , “ undermined ” the lockdown just like he did “ after violating quarantine he designed to meet married lover.
” He might ’ ve been dubbed “ Dr Strangelove ” after that embarrassing slip up – but now he just comes across as a nutty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strong words might just come back to haunt BoJo when he next goes before the electorate .
With a crippled economy thanks to the draconian measures , he ’ s going to find the next election will be all about his mishandling of Covid-19 , and specifically , “ the economy , stupid.
” The statements , views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

The British scientist known as Professor Lockdown has undermined the draconian policy he unleashed on the world by confessing that Britain hasn’t fared any better in tackling the disease than the laid-back Scandis.
Professor Neil Ferguson probably woke up this morning breathing a massive sigh of relief because he hadn’t been ripped to shreds again in the British newspapers for this second time in just under a month – this time over his startling admission that there has been no significant difference in the levels of Covid-19 suppression when comparing the UK and Sweden.
During his evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday, he said: “They [Swedish scientists] came to a different policy conclusion based really on quite similar science. I don’t agree with it but scientifically they’re not far from scientists in any part of the world.”
He then acknowledged that the Swedish authorities had “got a long way to the same effect” without a full lockdown. Beats Ep Wired On-Ear ... Best Price: $71.74 Buy New $79.99 (as of 03:24 UTC - Details)
In other words, in the type of roundabout waffling way you’d expect from a bumbling boffin, the scientist – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown’ after he cajoled Boris Johnson into bringing the British economy to a screeching halt – reckons Sweden has essentially coped very well without being forced into any draconian lockdown, thank you very much.
So where was the indignation about how his recommendations f**ked up the economy and made people prisoners in their own homes? It certainly wasn’t to be seen splashed across any British front pages. Indeed, it was hard enough to find much, if any, coverage of this very significant news story on Wednesday.
It was buried inside the Daily Telegraph on page seven, running across a third of a page or less, with a very accurate subheading stating in clear black and white: “Professor admits radical Scandinavian policy worked as well as British policy of shutting down.”
The evidence from the two countries’ differing approaches has left the professor with little escape route. UK (full lockdown/businesses shut down): 579 Covid-19 deaths per million of population. Sweden (softer restrictions/businesses kept open): 442 deaths per million.
But why make such a startling confession now, when he could have wriggled away by saying it’s too early to assess the data as the disease is still running its course? The cynic in me wonders if Dr Ferguson’s matter-of-fact admission that a full lockdown probably didn’t make a blind bit of difference was fueled by ulterior motives. Seeing as his own reputation is already in tatters, was it a warped act of revenge against Boris Johnson for being forced to fall on his sword after being caught breaking lockdown with his married lover? Columbia Men’s A... Buy New $69.99 (as of 03:24 UTC - Details)
Or here’s one for conspiracy theorists: instead of wanting to throw BoJo under the bus, could it have been a case of wanting to hide something else that’s about to come down the track? With America now burning in the wake of the atrocious murder of George Floyd, the confession at this juncture reminds me somewhat of how a British government spin doctor sent out a memo only 30 minutes after the second plane hit the Twin Towers on 9/11 with the cynical recommendation that“it’s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.”
At the moment, the biggest accusation they could face is needlessly making a hames (for those of you who aren’t Irish, this means a ‘big mess’) of the economy. Even Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has since said that, while he regrets not implanting stricter measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, he “still would not have gone as far as other European countries did.”
But the Swede being plagued with self-doubt sounds much more like someone racked with guilt about “what ifs?” like an Oskar Schindler type of character who was pictured crying at the end of the Spielberg film because he was convinced he could’ve done better.
According to Aric Dromi, CEO of the Sweden-based Tempus Motu Think Tank, both the UK and Sweden’s response to Covid-19 is “ego driven and lacking in strategy.” He told me: “Differences in the social structure between the UK and Sweden should have made a bigger impact between the numbers infected. The Swedish economy, for example, far from being protected by remaining open, has still been badly damaged as it relies heavily on exports, despite the lack of a lockdown. For both countries, it represents a human sacrifice on the altar of economics, and it is wholly unacceptable.” Sperry Men’s A/O... Buy New $98.00 (as of 03:24 UTC - Details)
It all reminds me of when John Cleese in the ‘Gourmet Night’ episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’ told guests that there were only three different types of duck on the menu that night – with orange, with cherries or “surprise,” which turned out to be “duck without oranges or cherries.” And if you don’t like duck? As Basil Fawlty quipped, “Ah, well, if you don’t like duck, uhhh, you’re rather stuck.”
At the end of the day, it might still be too early to fully know which was the right way to go, which begs the question: Why did Prof. Ferguson jump the gun and heap such fulsome praise – no pun intended here – on the Swedish model? Whatever way you spin it here, he has, once again, “undermined” the lockdown just like he did “after violating quarantine he designed to meet married lover.”
He might’ve been dubbed “Dr Strangelove” after that embarrassing slip up – but now he just comes across as a nutty professor after his latest confession. These strong words might just come back to haunt BoJo when he next goes before the electorate. With a crippled economy thanks to the draconian measures, he’s going to find the next election will be all about his mishandling of Covid-19, and specifically, “the economy, stupid.”
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.


lewrockwell--2020-06-04--The Bonfire of the Insanities

The Bonfire of the Insanities

White elites are currently fantasizing that they can use the People of Color mob of young looters to overthrow Trump , somewhat like in Georgia in 2003 and Ukraine in 2014 .
Serious people in Washington and New York take seriously warnings from abroad that the American Empire can endure four years of Trump , but not eight .
Granted , the traditional , Constitutional way of bringing about regime change is to wait for the November election .
And , Trump has never been a terribly popular president , even during his three years of peace and prosperity before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So the notion that he would lose in November seemed pretty plausible .
American Crusade : Our ... Hegseth , Pete Buy New $ 16.80 The Democratic Party , though , saw itself as so morally beholden to blacks that it wound up outsourcing the job of picking its nominee to the church ladies of South Carolina .
And they went for that nice Joe Biden , because he was such a properly deferential flunky to America ’ s first black president .
Joe , however , is not getting any younger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unveiled to a black audience his breakthrough innovation for how to cut down on police shootings of “ unarmed ” blacks : Is Joe ’ s cognitive level going to bounce back by the fall ?
Dixie Rising James Ronald Kennedy Best Price : $ 13.41 Buy New $ 14.40 So , perhaps as Plan B , the Deep State could use the latest Twitter brouhaha over some knuckleheaded black criminal who got himself killed while resisting arrest to gin up a medium-size race war and then…something…something…something…and Trump flees to exile in Dubai @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticed over the past week , America ’ s People of Color aren ’ t really up to the organizational demands of pulling off a Ukraine/Georgia-style Color Revolution .
They ’ re less suited for engineering a coup than for boosting Air Jordans and Yeezys .
So , ironically , the blue-state elites ’ favorite pets are now smashing up Santa Monica and SoHo , because blue cities have cooler shoe stores than Trump ’ s Flyover Country .
Indeed , the main strategic innovation of this latest set of riots has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or Arab-owned liquor store in your own slummy neighborhood , you drive to a nice part of town and steal stuff you saw a Kardashian wear on TV .

White elites are currently fantasizing that they can use the People of Color mob of young looters to overthrow Trump, somewhat like in Georgia in 2003 and Ukraine in 2014.
Serious people in Washington and New York take seriously warnings from abroad that the American Empire can endure four years of Trump, but not eight. Granted, the traditional, Constitutional way of bringing about regime change is to wait for the November election.
And, Trump has never been a terribly popular president, even during his three years of peace and prosperity before 2020’s series of unfortunate events. So the notion that he would lose in November seemed pretty plausible.
American Crusade: Our ... Hegseth, Pete Buy New $16.80 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details) The Democratic Party, though, saw itself as so morally beholden to blacks that it wound up outsourcing the job of picking its nominee to the church ladies of South Carolina. And they went for that nice Joe Biden, because he was such a properly deferential flunky to America’s first black president.
Joe, however, is not getting any younger. For example, on Monday he unveiled to a black audience his breakthrough innovation for how to cut down on police shootings of “unarmed” blacks:
“There is the idea that instead of standing there and teaching an agent when an unarmed person comes at him with a knife or something, shoot him in the leg instead of the heart.”
Is Joe’s cognitive level going to bounce back by the fall?
Who knows?
Dixie Rising James Ronald Kennedy Best Price: $13.41 Buy New $14.40 (as of 11:20 UTC - Details) So, perhaps as Plan B, the Deep State could use the latest Twitter brouhaha over some knuckleheaded black criminal who got himself killed while resisting arrest to gin up a medium-size race war and then…something…something…something…and Trump flees to exile in Dubai!
But, as you may have noticed over the past week, America’s People of Color aren’t really up to the organizational demands of pulling off a Ukraine/Georgia-style Color Revolution. They’re less suited for engineering a coup than for boosting Air Jordans and Yeezys. So, ironically, the blue-state elites’ favorite pets are now smashing up Santa Monica and SoHo, because blue cities have cooler shoe stores than Trump’s Flyover Country.
Indeed, the main strategic innovation of this latest set of riots has been that instead of just robbing the Korean- or Arab-owned liquor store in your own slummy neighborhood, you drive to a nice part of town and steal stuff you saw a Kardashian wear on TV.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-04--‘It’s All BS’ – 3 Leaks That Sink the Covid Narrative

The science of the coronavirus is not disputed .
It is well documented and openly admitted : • Most people won ’ t get the virus .
• Most of the people who get it won ’ t display symptoms .
• Most of the people who display symptoms will only be mildly sick .
• Most of the people with severe symptoms will never be critically ill. • And most of the people who get critically ill will survive .
This is borne out by the numerous serological studies which show , again and again , that the infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Invisible Enemy Garrett , Mr. Gregory L ... Buy New $ 26.94 There is no science – and increasingly little rational discussion – to justify the lockdown measures and overall sense of global panic .
Nevertheless , it ’ s always good to get official acknowledgement of the truth , even if it has to be leaked .
Here are three leaks showing that those in power know that the coronavirus poses no threat , and in no way justifies the lockdown that is going to destroy the livelihoods of so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Myasnikov , Russia ’ s head of coronavirus information , gave an interview to former-Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak in which he apparently let slip his true feelings .
Believing the interview over , and the camera turned off , Myasnikov said :

The science of the coronavirus is not disputed. It is well documented and openly admitted:
Most people won’t get the virus.
Most of the people who get it won’t display symptoms.
Most of the people who display symptoms will only be mildly sick.
Most of the people with severe symptoms will never be critically ill.
And most of the people who get critically ill will survive.
This is borne out by the numerous serological studies which show, again and again, that the infection fatality ratio is on par with flu. The Invisible Enemy Garrett, Mr. Gregory L... Buy New $26.94 (as of 05:21 UTC - Details)
There is no science – and increasingly little rational discussion – to justify the lockdown measures and overall sense of global panic.
Nevertheless, it’s always good to get official acknowledgement of the truth, even if it has to be leaked.
Here are three leaks showing that those in power know that the coronavirus poses no threat, and in no way justifies the lockdown that is going to destroy the livelihoods of so many.
1. “IT’S ALL BULLS**T!”
On May 26th Dr Alexander Myasnikov, Russia’s head of coronavirus information, gave an interview to former-Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak in which he apparently let slip his true feelings.
Believing the interview over, and the camera turned off, Myasnikov said:
It’s all bullshit […] It’s all exaggerated. It’s an acute respiratory disease with minimal mortality […] Why has the whole world been destroyed? That I don’t know,”
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