lewrockwell--2020-08-13--Will a Viable Nuclear Plasma Energy Generation Technology Be Strangled in Its Crib?

What if everything you ’ ve been told about the nature of the sun , from elementary school , to universities , to Wikipedia , is wrong ?
What if true science , using technology based on a paradigm shift in understanding the nature of stars proves it ?
What if this technology has the capabilities to actually implement viable plasma reactors and if funded and developed , can produce clean energy without radioactive waste , and to the contrary , actually dispose of radioactive waste ?
In fact , there is ample evidence that the answers to these questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a project to verify an alternative theory of stars and our sun has developed into a technology that has the potential to better the quality of life for all the people of the world by providing clean , pollution free energy .
But there is also the possibility that the powers , much discussed on this website , will never allow it to happen .
First , as to the theory .
As discussed in this article posted on The Secular Heretic : The Electric Universe Wallace Thornhill , Dav ... Best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 27.00 In 1972 an article in an obscure journal caught my eye .
It was written by engineer Ralph Juergens from Flagstaff , Arizona .
He wrote : I can find no way to state this diplomatically , so let me be blunt : The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun ’ s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.1 By attending to all of the most obvious features seen on the Sun ; the photospheric granules , spicules , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produced a detailed engineer ’ s model of an electrically powered Sun that seemed to account logically and simply for all the phenomena .
The fixed belief that stars are isolated bodies in space , demanding internal thermonuclear energy to power them for billions of years , has resulted in untold waste in astrophysics and nuclear energy research .
In 2012 experienced Canadian engineer Montgomery Childs proposed an experiment to be done independently to test Juergens ’ electric sun model .
He said he could “ find no disparities ” in the model @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the night sky , the process had to be simple and well-controlled .
Otherwise the sky would look like the fourth of July .
So was born the SAFIRE ( Stellar Atmospheric Function in Regulation Experiment ) Project .
As the name might suggest , it was designed to mimic the critical features of the Sun and its plasma environment in a continuous and easily controlled way .
Meanwhile the thermonuclear Sun model remains theoretical and unpredictive .
Attempts to produce fusion energy like the Sun on Earth have [ gone ] nowhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chronically unstable and unproductive .
In 2019 at the Electric Universe UK conference at Bath University , the SAFIRE experiment was declared a success .
The SAFIRE team did a number of high-energy experiments , which met predictions such as transmutation of elements and extremely high energy levels , but also showed the potential for remediation of radioactive waste .
The Sun ’ s energy is produced right before our eyes by electrical energy from the galaxy producing benign nuclear energy in the Sun ’ s atmosphere .
Sunspots are dark simply because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beneath the photosphere !
And as uncommon sense suggests , all bright stars continually produce heavy elements , albeit in their atmospheres !
So the recent discovery by ESA ’ s Cluster mission of highly ionised iron atoms in the solar wind is not a surprise.2 The below video ( around eleven minutes long ) details the potential of the SAFIRE project and it is also on VIMEO on the Aureon homepage .
THE SAFIRE PROJECT has become a commercial venture .
Based on the discoveries of the last six years , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reactor that will have the capacity to both generate electrical power and remediate radioactive waste .
The Electric Sky Donald E. Scott Best Price : $ 39.00 Buy New $ 27.00 THE SAFIRE SUN is an 11-minute film designed to give potential collaborators a quick overview of the project .
The $ 20+ million USD to be raised covers the entire five-year project : kick-off — $ 240K USD ; Phase 1 — $ 5 mil USD ; Phase 2 — $ 9 mil USD ; and Phase 3 — $ 6 mil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Energy , these graphics are available .
The explanation of the process from the link above on SAFIRE ’ s technology : We introduce hydrogen into the chamber .
The power going in is electrical .
The reaction produces high-energy levels which translate to thermal heat .
The heat creates steam to run a turbine to generate electricity .
The Hydrogen can be captured and reused .
The output is electricity : the majority going to an external grid , and the rest routed back to the power input .
To date , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analyses show this to be a clean process , producing no negative radioactive side-effects .
In fact , note that nuclear radioactive materials are not required .
SAFIRE creates excess heat in a clean process which all tests and analyses to date reveal does not produce any radioactive emissions or waste .
A Beginner ’ s Vie ... Findlay , Tom Best Price : $ 33.04 Buy New $ 34.78 There is a major fly in the ointment .
If you watch the above video , which summarized SAFIRE , at the 9:26 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SAFIRE is an international team , which has been collaborating with individuals of Aureon energy , Lockheed Martin , US DOD , Los Alamos , Lawrence Livermore Laboratories… ” And this is why I think this most likely viable plasma energy generation technology will never see the light of day in the West .
As we can observe with the COVID-19 agenda , the Western “ elites ” are intent on creating a depopulated planet and feudal society and have absolute contempt for the majority of the people living in their nations ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , only themselves .
Articles such as these establish my contention as convincing : • The Pleasures of Depopulating the Earth • Crash the Economy , Burn the Cities , Infect the People : the Evil Plan to Remake America • Coronavirus Is the New ‘ Terrorism ’ • COVID-19 Lockdown Will Result in a Million More ( Not Fewer ) Deaths • P Is for Predator State : The Building Blocks of Tyranny from A to Z • This Virus is Causing Psychological Damage to the General Population I could go on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As to Lockheed-Martin , its engineering “ competency ” has been demonstrated with Washington ’ s magic stealth fighter , the F-35 , as in depth information provided via DenfenseNews.com show ; certainly they could have funded the entire SAFIRE project if truly interested in minutes , whose proposed budget is probably less than what Lockheed spends on coffee and coffee makers .
In addition , as articles on this and other “ dissident ” websites make clear , dependence on oil allows wars in the Middle East to ruin entire nations that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and allow permanent military bases to further enrich the elites .
The unanswered question is whether the Russians , who as Orlov notes here , have conventional nuclear energy capabilities more advanced than any nation , and with Putin ’ s statements indicating a desire to develop fusion , despite the problems facing the nation that The Saker documents , would consider this technology and bring it to fruition .
Matt Ehret wrote in the above article on Strategic-Culture regarding Putin ’ s vision for fusion : Thunderbolts of the Gods David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 34.26 Buy New $ 27.00 Attacking the anti-growth technocrats who are promoting a halt to progress and decrease of the world population , Putin said , “ it comes down to appeals to give up progress which will make it possible at best to perpetuate the situation and create local well-being for a select few .
At the same time , millions of people will have to settle for what they have today , or it would be more appropriate to say what they don ’ t have today : access to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other basics of civilization.
” Separating himself from that cynical worldview , Putin stated “ It is impossible and pointless to try to stop human progress .
The question is ; which base can this progress realistically be built upon to achieve the millennium development goals set by the United Nations ?
” Answering his own question , Putin laid out the important role of fusion power as the foundation for a harmonization between the realm of nature ( the biosphere ) and the realm of creative reason ( the technosphere ) : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solutions will help us establish a balance between the biosphere and the technosphere… fusion energy which in fact is similar to how heat and light are produced in our star , the sun , is an example of such nature-like technologies.
” Putin went onto describe the driving role of the Kurchatov Institute which has already begun a project on a fission-fusion hybrid reactors which will be operational by 2020 and its role in driving advanced science which will be a creative force for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ( ITER ) program @ @ @ @ @ @ @ online with its first plasma by 2025 .
Lotos LTP5000D 50Amp N ... Buy New $ 402.19 Although I am not a scientist or engineer , I think the SAFIRE project shows the most potential of these two methods .
Are any Russian physicists aware of SAFIRE ’ S existence and the physics behind it ?
Or are they , as in their central bank , too indoctrinated in the Western paradigms including not just monetary theory but physics ( nonstop black hole stories on the front page of RT.com , for example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given what Putin proposed above ?
Sanctions notwithstanding , is Aureon now a slave to the establishment , the “ military industrial complex ” that has not funded the project at all , to my knowledge ?
Obviously , sanctions will apply and Russian investment and cooperation won ’ t be allowed by the military industrial complex “ collaborators ” Aureon named .
Will these SAFIRE units just be built to power aircraft carriers , military bases , underground bunkers , laser weaponry , and the estates of the elites , if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t see this technology “ trickling down ” to the peons .
Sadly , in my opinion , this is yet another example of human innovation that most likely won ’ t see the light of day , although I give every credit to the “ dreamers ” who dared to challenge “ scientistic ” orthodoxy .
But perhaps the Russians will surprise us if their sources on Western technological developments are modestly competent ; the only problem is , in the new cold war Washington started against them , we won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power American cities .
I don ’ t think , Russia notwithstanding , we ever will .
I ’ d like to , with respect , offer the Electric Universe team , many of whom appear to be pagans , pantheists and atheists , the wisdom of this proverb : “ If you dance with the devil , you ’ ll be pricked by his horns.
” The Best of Yvonne Lorenzo

What if everything you’ve been told about the nature of the sun, from elementary school, to universities, to Wikipedia, is wrong? What if true science, using technology based on a paradigm shift in understanding the nature of stars proves it? What if this technology has the capabilities to actually implement viable plasma reactors and if funded and developed, can produce clean energy without radioactive waste, and to the contrary, actually dispose of radioactive waste? In fact, there is ample evidence that the answers to these questions is in the affirmative. What started as a project to verify an alternative theory of stars and our sun has developed into a technology that has the potential to better the quality of life for all the people of the world by providing clean, pollution free energy. But there is also the possibility that the powers, much discussed on this website, will never allow it to happen.
First, as to the theory. As discussed in this article posted on The Secular Heretic:
The Electric Sun Experiment
The Electric Universe Wallace Thornhill, Dav... Best Price: $70.00 Buy New $27.00 (as of 11:40 UTC - Details) In 1972 an article in an obscure journal caught my eye. It was written by engineer Ralph Juergens from Flagstaff, Arizona. He wrote:
I can find no way to state this diplomatically, so let me be blunt: The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.1
Ralph Juergens
By attending to all of the most obvious features seen on the Sun; the photospheric granules, spicules, sunspots, chromosphere and corona, Juergens produced a detailed engineer’s model of an electrically powered Sun that seemed to account logically and simply for all the phenomena. The fixed belief that stars are isolated bodies in space, demanding internal thermonuclear energy to power them for billions of years, has resulted in untold waste in astrophysics and nuclear energy research.
In 2012 experienced Canadian engineer Montgomery Childs proposed an experiment to be done independently to test Juergens’ electric sun model. He said he could “find no disparities” in the model, which is unusual. Looking at the night sky, the process had to be simple and well-controlled. Otherwise the sky would look like the fourth of July. So was born the SAFIRE (Stellar Atmospheric Function in Regulation Experiment) Project. As the name might suggest, it was designed to mimic the critical features of the Sun and its plasma environment in a continuous and easily controlled way. Meanwhile the thermonuclear Sun model remains theoretical and unpredictive. Attempts to produce fusion energy like the Sun on Earth have [gone] nowhere. The field of fusion energy is chronically unstable and unproductive.
In 2019 at the Electric Universe UK conference at Bath University, the SAFIRE experiment was declared a success. The SAFIRE team did a number of high-energy experiments, which met predictions such as transmutation of elements and extremely high energy levels, but also showed the potential for remediation of radioactive waste. The Sun’s energy is produced right before our eyes by electrical energy from the galaxy producing benign nuclear energy in the Sun’s atmosphere. Sunspots are dark simply because the body of the Sun is cooler beneath the photosphere! And as uncommon sense suggests, all bright stars continually produce heavy elements, albeit in their atmospheres! So the recent discovery by ESA’s Cluster mission of highly ionised iron atoms in the solar wind is not a surprise.2
The below video (around eleven minutes long) details the potential of the SAFIRE project and it is also on VIMEO on the Aureon homepage.
From the YouTube description:
THE SAFIRE PROJECT has become a commercial venture. Based on the discoveries of the last six years, the SAFIRE team is currently developing a nuclear-plasma reactor that will have the capacity to both generate electrical power and remediate radioactive waste. The Electric Sky Donald E. Scott Best Price: $39.00 Buy New $27.00 (as of 02:57 UTC - Details)
THE SAFIRE SUN is an 11-minute film designed to give potential collaborators a quick overview of the project. The $20+ million USD to be raised covers the entire five-year project: kick-off — $240K USD; Phase 1 — $5 mil USD; Phase 2 — $9 mil USD; and Phase 3 — $6 mil USD.
From the website of Aureon Energy, these graphics are available.
The explanation of the process from the link above on SAFIRE’s technology:
We introduce hydrogen into the chamber.
The anode is a metal alloy.
The power going in is electrical.
The reaction produces high-energy levels which translate to thermal heat.
The heat creates steam to run a turbine to generate electricity.
The Hydrogen can be captured and reused.
The output is electricity: the majority going to an external grid, and the rest routed back to the power input.
To date, after the reactions, all measurements and analyses show this to be a clean process, producing no negative radioactive side-effects.
In fact, note that nuclear radioactive materials are not required.
SAFIRE creates excess heat in a clean process which all tests and analyses to date reveal does not produce any radioactive emissions or waste. A Beginner’s Vie... Findlay, Tom Best Price: $33.04 Buy New $34.78 (as of 04:40 UTC - Details)
There is a major fly in the ointment. If you watch the above video, which summarized SAFIRE, at the 9:26 minute mark the narrator states:
“SAFIRE is an international team, which has been collaborating with individuals of Aureon energy, Lockheed Martin, US DOD, Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories…”
And this is why I think this most likely viable plasma energy generation technology will never see the light of day in the West. As we can observe with the COVID-19 agenda, the Western “elites” are intent on creating a depopulated planet and feudal society and have absolute contempt for the majority of the people living in their nations; they have no intention of helping humanity, only themselves. Articles such as these establish my contention as convincing:
I could go on, but I won’t. As to Lockheed-Martin, its engineering “competency” has been demonstrated with Washington’s magic stealth fighter, the F-35, as in depth information provided via DenfenseNews.com show; certainly they could have funded the entire SAFIRE project if truly interested in minutes, whose proposed budget is probably less than what Lockheed spends on coffee and coffee makers. In addition, as articles on this and other “dissident” websites make clear, dependence on oil allows wars in the Middle East to ruin entire nations that Washington and Tel Aviv view as enemies, and allow permanent military bases to further enrich the elites.
The unanswered question is whether the Russians, who as Orlov notes here, have conventional nuclear energy capabilities more advanced than any nation, and with Putin’s statements indicating a desire to develop fusion, despite the problems facing the nation that The Saker documents, would consider this technology and bring it to fruition.
Matt Ehret wrote in the above article on Strategic-Culture regarding Putin’s vision for fusion: Thunderbolts of the Gods David Talbott & Wallac... Best Price: $34.26 Buy New $27.00 (as of 02:57 UTC - Details)
Attacking the anti-growth technocrats who are promoting a halt to progress and decrease of the world population, Putin said, “it comes down to appeals to give up progress which will make it possible at best to perpetuate the situation and create local well-being for a select few. At the same time, millions of people will have to settle for what they have today, or it would be more appropriate to say what they don’t have today: access to clean water, food, education and other basics of civilization.”
Separating himself from that cynical worldview, Putin stated “It is impossible and pointless to try to stop human progress. The question is; which base can this progress realistically be built upon to achieve the millennium development goals set by the United Nations?” Answering his own question, Putin laid out the important role of fusion power as the foundation for a harmonization between the realm of nature (the biosphere) and the realm of creative reason (the technosphere): “super-efficient scientific, engineering and manufacturing solutions will help us establish a balance between the biosphere and the technosphere… fusion energy which in fact is similar to how heat and light are produced in our star, the sun, is an example of such nature-like technologies.”
Putin went onto describe the driving role of the Kurchatov Institute which has already begun a project on a fission-fusion hybrid reactors which will be operational by 2020 and its role in driving advanced science which will be a creative force for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program in France which is scheduled to go online with its first plasma by 2025.
Lotos LTP5000D 50Amp N... Buy New $402.19 (as of 04:40 UTC - Details) Although I am not a scientist or engineer, I think the SAFIRE project shows the most potential of these two methods. Are any Russian physicists aware of SAFIRE’S existence and the physics behind it? Or are they, as in their central bank, too indoctrinated in the Western paradigms including not just monetary theory but physics (nonstop black hole stories on the front page of RT.com, for example) to consider such a radical idea given what Putin proposed above? Sanctions notwithstanding, is Aureon now a slave to the establishment, the “military industrial complex” that has not funded the project at all, to my knowledge? Obviously, sanctions will apply and Russian investment and cooperation won’t be allowed by the military industrial complex “collaborators” Aureon named. Will these SAFIRE units just be built to power aircraft carriers, military bases, underground bunkers, laser weaponry, and the estates of the elites, if they are built at all? I don’t see this technology “trickling down” to the peons.
Sadly, in my opinion, this is yet another example of human innovation that most likely won’t see the light of day, although I give every credit to the “dreamers” who dared to challenge “scientistic” orthodoxy. But perhaps the Russians will surprise us if their sources on Western technological developments are modestly competent; the only problem is, in the new cold war Washington started against them, we won’t see any SAFIRE reactors to power American cities. I don’t think, Russia notwithstanding, we ever will.
I’d like to, with respect, offer the Electric Universe team, many of whom appear to be pagans, pantheists and atheists, the wisdom of this proverb: “If you dance with the devil, you’ll be pricked by his horns.”
Addendum August 14, 2020:
An engineer and physicist reached out to me and via email wrote, “Just an FYI, the SAFIRE project is entirely based on the concept that hydrogen has an energy state lower than ground state, which is a dubious claim. If SAFIRE works as claimed, and the group is claiming that it indeed works, then it is a simple matter to provide evidence for the lower energy state of hydrogen. Yet, no evidence has been provided to date, and the group doesn’t appear interested in providing such evidence.”
Although the SAFIRE page has a link on theory, stating:
It is important to note that there is no accepted theory for the observed results in the SAFIRE chamber. This page presents several reasonable theories and models for nuclear transmutations and energy production. The SAFIRE team does not endorse or support any particular theory or model. We welcome proponents of theories to design experiments that will test the validity of their model.
However, I do not know then if there is independent confirmation and documentation by a third party of the excess energy to prove SAFIRE can provide power; thus, perhaps the claims made have not been verified but I would be happy to receive confirmation by anyone who has first hand knowledge. Thus, it might be possible that DOD et al. have not invested because they could not prove the claims. In any event, if the technology works, I would suspect it would be militarized and entirely off the radar, as per other incidents in the past with innovations.
Electrical Universe theorist Wal Thornhill responded:
Your correspondent is wrong. He is talking about Randall Mills’ “Brilliant Light Power.” I considered his ideas were worth a serious look because quantum theory is a statistical model that has no physical basis. It ain’t real physics.
However, I have always stated that the real model of the Sun developed by the Engineer Ralph Juergens was the way to go because it explained the observed features of the Sun and all star types with a single electrical model that could be tested experimentally. So it was another experienced engineer, Montgomery Childs, who expressed interest and proposed an experiment that became a successful independent project. He was inspired because, he said, for the first time in his career he could find no disparities in the model. Also he said, as an engineer, that whatever the model was it had to be extremely stable otherwise the night sky would look like the 4th of July. Professor Donald Scott had pointed out the transistor action of the photospheric granulations in bright main-sequence stars.
The Standard Solar Model relies on the particle physicists to provide the mechanism for generating the Sun’s radiant output. But particle physics is in as much of a crisis as astrophysics, given that it relies on non-physical quantum theory. My input to the SAFIRE team was focused on the design and composition of the ‘electric sun,’ which I expected to confirm energy production by transmutation of elements in the solar plasma. Until that was established and confirmed by another laboratory success of the SAFIRE experiment was not declared. The electric sun plasma has proven to be stable and reproducible at will.
As for the linked page, I’m not surprised by your PhD correspondent’s evaluation. You don’t think the team are going to give away the secret do you? The problem for experts is they are not trained “not to see” a bigger picture, which is essential to do cosmology. The electrical model is based on real classical physics, which hasn’t been practiced since Einstein and Bohr took over physics. “Modern science” is an oxymoron. It has become technology.
Update September 9 2020 from Aureon-Safire team:
I’m pleased to announce that during the months of May and June the SAFIRE reactor was being prepared for demonstration. But with CV-19 it was apparent travel would be extremely difficult if not impossible for potential investors to come to Canada and see SAFIRE for them selves.
So, what we decided to do instead was to prepare SAFIRE to do full experiments and take SAFIRE even further than what we did last year. We would film the experiments, gather data and like we always do; do both real time and post experimental analysis.
Both the short film and results are in and we will be using this short film to promote Aureon to obtain the investment we need. We have updated the SAFIRE video on the home page with new footage to emphasize the commercial application of the SAFIRE experiment as a nuclear plasma reactor.
Links to the Vimeo version of the video is here and here.
YouTube version of the video is here.
The results went far beyond our expectations, we knew we could repeat the results we got before, and we did. SAFIRE is transmuting elements, lots of elements.
But even more astonishing is that the nuclear reactions are not only occurring on the surface and in the atmosphere, they are occurring all throughout the metal alloy core. Give that some thought for a moment and the implications when it comes to remediation of nuclear waste and what it means when we discuss optimising the fuel.
Really important –
Recently the European Commission (EC) has validated the value and application of Hydrogen Metal Energy (HME) and have stated “First experiments have shown that the total heat energy produced exceeds by many orders of magnitude the chemical…”
NASA has been working on a Lattice Confinement Fusion (LCF) method by which nuclear fusion will occur. “In the new method, conditions sufficient for fusion are created in the confines of the metal lattice that is held at ambient temperature.”
HME and LCF are resulting in elemental transmutations also observed in the SAFIRE reactor.
The framing of the language around these new reactions is evolving as science learns more and why you will discover there are a number of theories and names given for these nuclear reactions.
There is a lot of theoretical language and math being used but when you dig into the details – the theoretical modelling has not matured by anyone yet to accurately predict the results being observed. This should not alarm anyone, since this has been the case for science for millennia. The math in almost all of science has to catch up to what is observed.
But, as many of you already know – Aureon has the team, the technology and the methodology to repeat and quantify.
Aureon will be focusing our resources on refining the inputs and control systems to facilitate those reactions for commercial energy applications and Aureon is on the cutting edge of this new frontier.
The Best of Yvonne Lorenzo


lewrockwell--2020-08-13--Is a Treasonous FBI Running BLM Riots?

Is a Treasonous FBI Running BLM Riots?

We already know the FBI , under James Comey , was a treasonous , criminal enterprise engaged in masterminding more terror plots across America than any other group , including radical Islamic terrorists .
Under Comey , the FBI engaged in a treasonous coup attempt against President Trump .
FBI officials altered 302 interview records , lied to the FISA court and later lied to the United States Senate under sworn testimony .
For at least eight years under Obama — and probably much longer — the FBI was acting like a lawless criminal cartel , terrorizing America for political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wray , the FBI continues to stonewall investigations into the deep state in a criminal conspiracy in order to cover up the crimes of the FBI under Obama and Comey .
See story , “ New York Times openly admits domestic terror plots masterminded by the FBI.
” Now , it appears the FBI may be actively participating in Black Lives Matter terrorism by dressing up FBI agents as “ protesters ” and instigating criminal violence across America .
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We already know the FBI, under James Comey, was a treasonous, criminal enterprise engaged in masterminding more terror plots across America than any other group, including radical Islamic terrorists.
Under Comey, the FBI engaged in a treasonous coup attempt against President Trump. FBI officials altered 302 interview records, lied to the FISA court and later lied to the United States Senate under sworn testimony. For at least eight years under Obama — and probably much longer — the FBI was acting like a lawless criminal cartel, terrorizing America for political gain. And even under current Director Wray, the FBI continues to stonewall investigations into the deep state in a criminal conspiracy in order to cover up the crimes of the FBI under Obama and Comey.
See story, “New York Times openly admits domestic terror plots masterminded by the FBI.”
Now, it appears the FBI may be actively participating in Black Lives Matter terrorism by dressing up FBI agents as “protesters” and instigating criminal violence across America.
The following video appears to show armed FBI agents threatening civilian vehicle drivers during riots, using their FBI training to carry out acts of terrorism in the United States of America, according to the video narrator:
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lewrockwell--2020-08-13--Towards a US-China War? The Creation of a Global Totalitarian System, a One World Government?

If we step back from the details of daily headlines around the world and try to make sense of larger patterns , the dominant dynamic defining world geopolitics in the past three years or more is the appearance of a genuine irregular conflict between the two most formidable powers on the planet—The Peoples ’ Republic of China and the United States of America .
Increasingly it ’ s beginning to look as if some very dark global networks are orchestrating what looks to be an updated rerun of their 1939-1945 World War .
Only this time the stakes are total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global totalitarian system , what David Rockefeller once called a “ one world government.
” The powers that be periodically use war to gain major policy shifts .
On behalf of the Powers That Be ( PTB ) , World War II was orchestrated by the circles of the City of London and of Wall Street to maneuver two great obstacles—Russia and Germany—to wage a war to the death against each other , in order that those Anglo-Saxon PTB could reorganize the world geopolitical chess board to their advantage .
It largely succeeded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after 1945 , Wall Street and the Rockefeller brothers were determined that England play the junior partner to Washington .
London and Washington then entered the period of their global domination known as the Cold War .
That Anglo-American global condominium ended , by design , in 1989 with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union by 1991 .
Target : China : How Was ... Engdahl , F William Best Price : $ 4.93 Buy New $ 14.89 Around this time , with the onset of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next phase– financial and industrial globalization– was inaugurated .
With that , began the hollowing out of the industrial base of not only the United States , but also of Germany and the EU .
The cheap labor outsourcing enabled by the new WTO drove wages down and destroyed one industry after the next in the industrial West after the 1990s .
It was a necessary step on the path to what G.H.W .
Bush in 1990 called the New World Order .
The next step would be destruction of national sovereignty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major obstacle .
“ A little help from our friends… ” For the PTB , who owe no allegiance to nations , only to their power which is across borders , the birth of the World Trade Organization and their bringing China in as a full member in 2001 was intended as the key next step .
At that point the PTB facilitated in China the greatest industrial growth by any nation in history , possibly excepting Germany from 1871-1914 and USA after 1866 .
WTO membership allowed Western multinationals from Apple to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pour billions into China to make their products at dirt-cheap wage levels for re-export to the West .
One of the great mysteries of that China growth is the fact that China was allowed to become the “ workshop of the world ” after 2001 , first in lower-skill industries such as textiles or toys , later in pharmaceuticals and most recently in electronics assembly and production .
The mystery clears up when we look at the idea that the PTB and their financial houses , using China , want to weaken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States , to push their global agenda .
Brzezinski often wrote that the nation state was to be eliminated , as did his patron , David Rockefeller .
By allowing China to become a rival to Washington in economy and increasingly in technology , they created the means to destroy the superpower hegemony of the US .
By the onset of the Presidency of Xi Jinping in 2012 , China was an economic colossus second in weight only to the United States .
Clearly this could never have happened–not under the eye of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Opium Wars after 1840 to bring China to heel and open their economy to Western financial looting–unless the Anglo-Americans had wanted it .
” Socialism Is Gr ... Zhang , Lijia Best Price : $ 1.94 Buy New $ 12.11 The same British-owned bank involved in the China opium trade , Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank ( HSBC ) , founded by a Scotsman , Thomas Sutherland in 1865 in the then-British colony of Hong Kong , today is the largest non-Chinese bank in Hong Kong .
HSBC has become so well-connected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has since 2011 had as Board member and Deputy HSBC Chairman , Laura Cha .
Cha was formerly Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission , being the first person outside mainland China to join the Beijing Central Government of the People ’ s Republic of China at vice-ministerial rank .
In other words the largest bank in the UK has a board member who was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and a China government official .
China needed access to Western money and HSBC and other select banks such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sachs were clearly more than happy to assist .
All told until 2012 when Xi took charge of the CCP in Beijing , China seemed to be willing to be a globalist “ team player , ” though with “ Chinese characteristics.
” However , in 2015 after little more than two years in office , Xi Jinping endorsed a comprehensive national industrial strategy , Made in China : 2025 .
China 2025 replaced an earlier Western globalist document that had been formulated with the World Bank and the USA , the China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shift to a China strategy for global tech domination might well have triggered a decision by the globalist PTB that China could no longer be relied on to play by the rules of the globalists , but rather that the CCP under Xi were determined to make China the global leader in advanced industrial , AI and bio-technologies .
A resurgent China nationalist global hegemony was not the idea of the New World Order gang .
China:2025 combined with Xi ’ s strong advocacy of the Belt Road Initiative for global infrastructure linking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eurasia and beyond , likely suggested to the globalists that the only solution to the prospect of their losing their power to a China global hegemon would ultimately be war , a war that would destroy both nationalist powers , USA AND China .
This is my conclusion and there is much to suggest this is now taking place .
Hidden Hand : Exposing ... Ohlberg , Mareike Buy New $ 27.00 If so , it will most likely be far different from the military contest of World War II .
The USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have “ conveniently ” imposed the worst economic depression since the 1930 ’ s as a bizarre response to an alleged virus originating in Wuhan and spreading to the world .
Despite the fact that the death toll , even with vastly inflated statistics , is at the level of a severe annual influenza , the insistence of politicians and the corrupt WHO to impose draconian lockdown and economic disruption has crippled the remaining industrial base in the US and most of the EU .
The eruption of well-organized riots and vandalism under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA has brought America ’ s cities to a state in many cases of war zones resembling the cities of the 2013 Matt Damon and Jodie Foster film , Elysium .
In this context , anti-Washington rhetoric from Beijing has taken on a sharp tone in their use of so-called “ Wolf Diplomacy.
” Now after Washington closed the China Consulate in Houston and China the US Consulate in Chengdu , both sides have stepped up rhetoric .
High tech companies are being banned in the US , military displays of force from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and waters near Taiwan are increasing tensions and rhetoric on both sides .
The White House accuses the WHO of being an agent of Beijing , while China accuses the US of deliberately creating a deadly virus and bringing it to Wuhan .
Chinese state media supports the explosion of violent protests across America under the banner of Black Lives Matter .
Step-wise events are escalating dramatically .
Many of the US self-styled Marxists leading the protests across US cities have ties to Beijing such as the Maoist-origin Revolutionary Communist Party , USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what kind of escalation is likely ?
In 1999 two colonels in the China PLA , Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui , published a book with the PLA Press titled Unrestricted Warfare .
Qiao Liang was promoted to Major General in the PLA Air Force and became deputy secretary-general of the Council for National Security Policy Studies .
The two updated their work in 2016 .
It gives a window on high-level China military strategy .
Trade Wars Are Class W ... Pettis , Michael Best Price : $ 19.09 Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the aftermath of the 1991 US Operation Desert Storm war against Iraq , the Chinese authors point out what they see as US over-dependence on brute military force and conventional military doctrine .
They claim , “ Observing , considering , and resolving problems from the point of view of technology is typical American thinking .
Its advantages and disadvantages are both very apparent , just like the characters of Americans.
” They add , “ military threats are already often no longer the major factors affecting national security…these traditional factors are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , contending for markets , controlling capital , trade sanctions , and other economic factors , to the extent that they are even becoming secondary to these factors .
They comprise a new pattern which threatens the political , economic and military security of a nation or nations… The two authors define the new form of warfare as , “ encompassing the political , economic , diplomatic , cultural , and psychological spheres , in addition to the land , sea , air , space , and electronics spheres.
” They suggest China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial institutions , terrorism , using the media , and conducting urban warfare among the methods proposed .
Recent revelations that Chinese entities pay millions in ad revenues to the New York Times and other mainstream USA media to voice China-positive views is one example .
Similarly , maneuvering a Chinese national to head the US ’ largest public pension fund , CalPERS , which poured billions into risky China stocks , or persuading the New York Stock Exchange to list dozens of China companies without requiring adherence to US accounting transparency increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all suggests the form that a war between China and the US could take .
It can be termed asymmetrical warfare or unrestricted war , where nothing that disrupts the enemy is off limits .
Qiao has that , “ the first rule of unrestricted warfare is that there are no rules , with nothing forbidden.
” There are no Geneva Conventions .
The two Beijing authors add this irregular warfare could include assaults on the political security , economic security , cultural security , and information security of the nation .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply chains for everything from basic antibiotics to militarily-vital rare earth minerals is but one domain of vulnerability .
China Rx : Exposing the ... Singh , Janardan Prasad Best Price : $ 21.33 Buy New $ 17.50 On its side , China is vulnerable to trade sanctions , financial disruption , bioterror attacks and oil embargoes to name a few .
Some have suggested the recent locust plague and African Swine Fever devastation to China ’ s core food supplies , was not merely an act of nature .
If not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undeclared form of US-China unrestricted warfare .
Could it be that the recent extreme floods along the China Yangtze River that threaten the giant Three Gorges Dam and have flooded Wuhan and other major China cities and devastated millions of acres of key cropland was not entirely seasonal ?
A full unrestricted war of China and the USA would be more than a tragedy .
It could be the end of civilization as we know it .
Is this what characters such as Bill Gates and his superiors are trying to bring about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draconian dystopian “ Reset ” on the ashes of such a conflict ?
The original source of this article is Global Research .

If we step back from the details of daily headlines around the world and try to make sense of larger patterns, the dominant dynamic defining world geopolitics in the past three years or more is the appearance of a genuine irregular conflict between the two most formidable powers on the planet—The Peoples’ Republic of China and the United States of America. Increasingly it’s beginning to look as if some very dark global networks are orchestrating what looks to be an updated rerun of their 1939-1945 World War. Only this time the stakes are total, and aim at creation a universal global totalitarian system, what David Rockefeller once called a “one world government.” The powers that be periodically use war to gain major policy shifts.
On behalf of the Powers That Be (PTB), World War II was orchestrated by the circles of the City of London and of Wall Street to maneuver two great obstacles—Russia and Germany—to wage a war to the death against each other, in order that those Anglo-Saxon PTB could reorganize the world geopolitical chess board to their advantage. It largely succeeded, but for the small detail that after 1945, Wall Street and the Rockefeller brothers were determined that England play the junior partner to Washington. London and Washington then entered the period of their global domination known as the Cold War.
That Anglo-American global condominium ended, by design, in 1989 with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union by 1991. Target: China: How Was... Engdahl, F William Best Price: $4.93 Buy New $14.89 (as of 11:15 UTC - Details)
Around this time, with the onset of the Bill Clinton presidency in 1992, the next phase– financial and industrial globalization– was inaugurated. With that, began the hollowing out of the industrial base of not only the United States, but also of Germany and the EU. The cheap labor outsourcing enabled by the new WTO drove wages down and destroyed one industry after the next in the industrial West after the 1990s. It was a necessary step on the path to what G.H.W. Bush in 1990 called the New World Order. The next step would be destruction of national sovereignty everywhere. Here the USA was the major obstacle.
“A little help from our friends…”
For the PTB, who owe no allegiance to nations, only to their power which is across borders, the birth of the World Trade Organization and their bringing China in as a full member in 2001 was intended as the key next step. At that point the PTB facilitated in China the greatest industrial growth by any nation in history, possibly excepting Germany from 1871-1914 and USA after 1866. WTO membership allowed Western multinationals from Apple to Nike to KFC to Ford and VW to pour billions into China to make their products at dirt-cheap wage levels for re-export to the West.
One of the great mysteries of that China growth is the fact that China was allowed to become the “workshop of the world” after 2001, first in lower-skill industries such as textiles or toys, later in pharmaceuticals and most recently in electronics assembly and production. The mystery clears up when we look at the idea that the PTB and their financial houses, using China, want to weaken strong industrial powers, especially the United States, to push their global agenda. Brzezinski often wrote that the nation state was to be eliminated, as did his patron, David Rockefeller. By allowing China to become a rival to Washington in economy and increasingly in technology, they created the means to destroy the superpower hegemony of the US.
By the onset of the Presidency of Xi Jinping in 2012, China was an economic colossus second in weight only to the United States. Clearly this could never have happened–not under the eye of the same Anglo-American old families who launched the Opium Wars after 1840 to bring China to heel and open their economy to Western financial looting–unless the Anglo-Americans had wanted it. ”Socialism Is Gr... Zhang, Lijia Best Price: $1.94 Buy New $12.11 (as of 04:18 UTC - Details)
The same British-owned bank involved in the China opium trade, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC), founded by a Scotsman, Thomas Sutherland in 1865 in the then-British colony of Hong Kong, today is the largest non-Chinese bank in Hong Kong. HSBC has become so well-connected to China in recent years that it has since 2011 had as Board member and Deputy HSBC Chairman, Laura Cha. Cha was formerly Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, being the first person outside mainland China to join the Beijing Central Government of the People’s Republic of China at vice-ministerial rank. In other words the largest bank in the UK has a board member who was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and a China government official. China needed access to Western money and HSBC and other select banks such as JP MorganChase, Barclays, Goldman Sachs were clearly more than happy to assist.
“Socialism with Xi Jinping Characteristics…”
All told until 2012 when Xi took charge of the CCP in Beijing, China seemed to be willing to be a globalist “team player,” though with “Chinese characteristics.” However, in 2015 after little more than two years in office, Xi Jinping endorsed a comprehensive national industrial strategy, Made in China: 2025. China 2025 replaced an earlier Western globalist document that had been formulated with the World Bank and the USA, the China 2030 report under Robert Zoellick. That shift to a China strategy for global tech domination might well have triggered a decision by the globalist PTB that China could no longer be relied on to play by the rules of the globalists, but rather that the CCP under Xi were determined to make China the global leader in advanced industrial, AI and bio-technologies. A resurgent China nationalist global hegemony was not the idea of the New World Order gang.
China:2025 combined with Xi’s strong advocacy of the Belt Road Initiative for global infrastructure linking China by land and sea to all Eurasia and beyond, likely suggested to the globalists that the only solution to the prospect of their losing their power to a China global hegemon would ultimately be war, a war that would destroy both nationalist powers, USA AND China. This is my conclusion and there is much to suggest this is now taking place. Hidden Hand: Exposing ... Ohlberg, Mareike Buy New $27.00 (as of 04:18 UTC - Details)
Tit for Tat
If so, it will most likely be far different from the military contest of World War II. The USA and most of the Western industrial economies have “conveniently” imposed the worst economic depression since the 1930’s as a bizarre response to an alleged virus originating in Wuhan and spreading to the world. Despite the fact that the death toll, even with vastly inflated statistics, is at the level of a severe annual influenza, the insistence of politicians and the corrupt WHO to impose draconian lockdown and economic disruption has crippled the remaining industrial base in the US and most of the EU.
The eruption of well-organized riots and vandalism under the banner of racial protests across the USA has brought America’s cities to a state in many cases of war zones resembling the cities of the 2013 Matt Damon and Jodie Foster film, Elysium. In this context, anti-Washington rhetoric from Beijing has taken on a sharp tone in their use of so-called “Wolf Diplomacy.”
Now after Washington closed the China Consulate in Houston and China the US Consulate in Chengdu, both sides have stepped up rhetoric. High tech companies are being banned in the US, military displays of force from the US in the South China Sea and waters near Taiwan are increasing tensions and rhetoric on both sides. The White House accuses the WHO of being an agent of Beijing, while China accuses the US of deliberately creating a deadly virus and bringing it to Wuhan. Chinese state media supports the explosion of violent protests across America under the banner of Black Lives Matter. Step-wise events are escalating dramatically. Many of the US self-styled Marxists leading the protests across US cities have ties to Beijing such as the Maoist-origin Revolutionary Communist Party, USA of Bob Avakian.
“Unrestricted Warfare”
Under these conditions, what kind of escalation is likely? In 1999 two colonels in the China PLA, Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, published a book with the PLA Press titled Unrestricted Warfare. Qiao Liang was promoted to Major General in the PLA Air Force and became deputy secretary-general of the Council for National Security Policy Studies. The two updated their work in 2016. It gives a window on high-level China military strategy.
Trade Wars Are Class W... Pettis, Michael Best Price: $19.09 Buy New $19.36 (as of 04:24 UTC - Details) Reviewing published US military doctrine in the aftermath of the 1991 US Operation Desert Storm war against Iraq, the Chinese authors point out what they see as US over-dependence on brute military force and conventional military doctrine. They claim, “Observing, considering, and resolving problems from the point of view of technology is typical American thinking. Its advantages and disadvantages are both very apparent, just like the characters of Americans.” They add, “military threats are already often no longer the major factors affecting national security…these traditional factors are increasingly becoming more intertwined with grabbing resources, contending for markets, controlling capital, trade sanctions, and other economic factors, to the extent that they are even becoming secondary to these factors. They comprise a new pattern which threatens the political, economic and military security of a nation or nations… The two authors define the new form of warfare as, “encompassing the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, and psychological spheres, in addition to the land, sea, air, space, and electronics spheres.”
They suggest China could use hacking into websites, targeting financial institutions, terrorism, using the media, and conducting urban warfare among the methods proposed. Recent revelations that Chinese entities pay millions in ad revenues to the New York Times and other mainstream USA media to voice China-positive views is one example. Similarly, maneuvering a Chinese national to head the US’ largest public pension fund, CalPERS, which poured billions into risky China stocks, or persuading the New York Stock Exchange to list dozens of China companies without requiring adherence to US accounting transparency increase US financial vulnerability are others.
This all suggests the form that a war between China and the US could take. It can be termed asymmetrical warfare or unrestricted war, where nothing that disrupts the enemy is off limits. Qiao has that, “the first rule of unrestricted warfare is that there are no rules, with nothing forbidden.” There are no Geneva Conventions.
The two Beijing authors add this irregular warfare could include assaults on the political security, economic security, cultural security, and information security of the nation. The dependence of the US economy on China supply chains for everything from basic antibiotics to militarily-vital rare earth minerals is but one domain of vulnerability.
China Rx: Exposing the... Singh, Janardan Prasad Best Price: $21.33 Buy New $17.50 (as of 03:37 UTC - Details) On its side, China is vulnerable to trade sanctions, financial disruption, bioterror attacks and oil embargoes to name a few. Some have suggested the recent locust plague and African Swine Fever devastation to China’s core food supplies, was not merely an act of nature. If not, then we are likely deep into an undeclared form of US-China unrestricted warfare. Could it be that the recent extreme floods along the China Yangtze River that threaten the giant Three Gorges Dam and have flooded Wuhan and other major China cities and devastated millions of acres of key cropland was not entirely seasonal?
A full unrestricted war of China and the USA would be more than a tragedy. It could be the end of civilization as we know it. Is this what characters such as Bill Gates and his superiors are trying to bring about? Do they plan to introduce their draconian dystopian “Reset” on the ashes of such a conflict?
The original source of this article is Global Research.


lewrockwell--2020-08-13--Fauci Recommends Goggles for Protection From COVID-19

As if universal mask recommendations weren ’ t enough , the last week of July 2020 , Dr. Anthony Fauci started flouting the recommendation to wear goggles and full face shields as well , as the mucous membranes of your eyes can also serve as entryways for viruses .
Fauci is also urging everyone to get their flu shots as soon as they become available.1 As reported by The Hill:2 GEER Head Mask Full Fa ... Buy New $ 79.99 Fauci ’ s support of universal masking and goggle-wearing is in stark contrast to comments he made back in March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people should not be walking around with masks ” because “ it ’ s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is .
And often there are unintended consequences : People keep fiddling with their mask and they keep touching their face.
” 3 Ocular Transmission Is Possible but Unlikely Just how big of a risk do your eyes pose , when it comes to contracting COVID-19 ?
In all likelihood , the risk is not that great .
According to a March 31 , 2020 , report4 in JAMA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in COVID-19 patients , only 5.2 % actually had SARS-CoV-2-positive conjunctival specimens , i.e.
, specimens taken from the eye .
According to the authors , “ Although there is a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in tears , it is possible to transmit via the eyes.
” Put another way , while it ’ s possible SARS-CoV-2 could transmit via your eyes , the likelihood of this happening appears to be very low , seeing how only 5.2 % of confirmed COVID-19 patients actually had SARS-CoV-2 in their eyes .
Personally , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face shields would significantly reduce your risk of spreading or contracting COVID-19 .
Remember , the virus is aerosolized and spreads through the air .
Aerosolized viruses — especially SARS-CoV-2 , which is about half the size of influenza viruses — can not be blocked by a mask , as explained in my interview with Denis Rancourt , who has conducted a thorough review of the published science on masks and viral transmission .
According to Rancourt , “ NONE of these well-designed studies that are intended to remove observational bias found a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ versus not wearing a mask.
” What ’ s more , contamination of the eyes is likely primarily the result of touching your eyes with contaminated fingers .
If you wear goggles or a face shield , you may actually be more prone to touch your eyes to rub away sweat , condensation and/or scratch an itch .
Just as there ’ s no scientific basis for universal mask wearing , there ’ s no scientific basis for the wearing of goggles and face shields either .
Even CNN recently cited the opinion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology , who said that while it ’ s possible for the virus to end up in your eye — either due to exposure to contaminated air or touching your eyes with contaminated fingers — contracting the disease via your eyes is “ probably less likely , however , than getting it through your nose or mouth or from inhaling it.
” 5 Steinemann also pointed out that the virus would have to go through a “ rather circuitous route ” before it can do any significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infect your eye , then “ be carried to your nose through your tears , ” and then from there to your mouth , throat and lungs .
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In related news , Maria Elena Bottazzi , a COVID-19 vaccine developer at Baylor College of Medicine , claims6 social distancing and face masks will likely still be required even after a vaccine becomes available , as the vaccine will not offer 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Moderna is hoping to achieve a 60 % effectiveness rate in its Phase 3 trials .
Even if the vaccine reaches 90 % effectiveness , people with high-risk health conditions will need to continue wearing masks , Moderna ’ s CEO Stephanie Bancel said.7 In what appears to be an effort to back up the mask mandates for COVID-19 , Fauci is now also endorsing the wearing of masks during every influenza season going forward .
As reported by Life Site News , July 31 , 2020:8 Guidance Should Be Based in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recommendations such as universal mask wearing , which also has its risks , should not be pinned on hope alone , however — which is what Fauci is doing .
If we are to follow the science , then universal mask-wearing should not be implemented for either influenza or COVID-19 reduction .
As noted by Dr. Andrew Bostom of Brown University in a July 11 , 2020 , Medium post:9 Jackson Safety 18629 V ... Buy New $ 38.00 Other studies have come to the same conclusions .
For example , a paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New England Journal of Medicine pointed out:12 In an apparent attempt to address the ineffectiveness of standard medical and cloth masks against airborne viruses , Noam Gavriely , an Israeli gas mask innovator , is now promoting ViriMASK , a new type of mask said to block 99.25 % of particles with a diameter of at least 0.087 microns .
SARS-CoV-2 is a beta-coronavirus with a diameter between 0.06 to 0.14 microns.13 The device looks like a cross between a diver ’ s mask and a square gas mask .
So far , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these masks .
As reported by Times of Israel:14 A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO ... Holmes , Dr Joel S Buy New $ 9.95 To go along with the masks , goggles and clear face shield , health officials are now also starting to issue recommendations for “ safer sex.
” In New York City , health officials suggest couples who do not reside in the same residence on a permanent basis should wear a mask during sex and avoiding kissing .
According to the New York City health department ’ s “ Safer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Decisions about sex and sexuality need to be balanced with personal and public health , ” although they do note that “ sex is not likely a common way that COVID-19 spreads.
” To “ enjoy safer sex and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 , ” the health department suggests avoiding orgies , restricting sexual activity to masturbation whenever possible , and washing your hands ( and any toys ) for at least 20 seconds before and afterward .
If hooking up with someone outside your household , discuss COVID-19 risk factors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks and any positive COVID-19 test results .
They also recommend having alcohol-based sanitizer on hand , and having sex in “ larger , more open , and well-ventilated spaces.
” Other suggestions include getting “ creative with sexual positions and physical barriers , like walls , that allow sexual contact while preventing close face to face contact.
” In plain English , consider having sex through a hole in the wall ( “ glory hole ” ) or other physical barrier to avoid close physical contact .
British Columbia ’ s Centre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as has the Irish Health Services and the Irish Pharmacy Union.17 Several Scandinavian countries have also issued pandemic safe sex guidance , although the Danish health chief explicitly excluded all forms of sex from its social distancing rules saying “ sex is good , sex is healthy.
” 18 If the idea of rubbing genitals through a hole in the wall doesn ’ t strike your fancy , health officials suggest getting busy online instead .
What all of them fail to address is the privacy issue .
They ’ re basically asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tech surveillance capitalists can record your every video encounter and capture every lurid text message and photo .
Countdown to Socialism Nunes , Devin Buy New $ 9.99 That data is stored indefinitely , along with everything else you do online , and may be accessed by any number of individuals , now or in the future , including hackers that may use the recordings for all sorts of nefarious purposes .
I ’ m not going to tell you what you should or should not do here , but I will remind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been ruined by the involuntary release of intimate photos and videos .
So , be mindful of the privacy risks involved .
I guess at the end of the day , you ’ ll have to weigh the risk of infection against personal risks that have nothing to do with infectious disease .
As for the wearing of googles and face shields , there ’ s no evidence to suggest these measures actually prevent the spread of viral infection when worn in public any more than face masks do .
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As if universal mask recommendations weren’t enough, the last week of July 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci started flouting the recommendation to wear goggles and full face shields as well, as the mucous membranes of your eyes can also serve as entryways for viruses. Fauci is also urging everyone to get their flu shots as soon as they become available.1 As reported by The Hill:2
“During an interview with ABC News medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton, Fauci was asked whether the U.S. would one day recommend eye protection due to the pandemic. ‘You know, it might,’ Fauci said, noting that it would offer an added layer of protection.
‘You have mucosa in the nose, mucosa in the mouth, but you also have mucosa in the eye,’ he added. ‘Theoretically, you should protect all the mucosal surfaces.’
Fauci went on to say that if you have ‘goggles or an eye shield, you should use it.’ While it’s not universally recommended, both goggles and a face covering would provide ‘complete’ protection from the coronavirus, he said.”
GEER Head Mask Full Fa... Buy New $79.99 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details) Fauci’s support of universal masking and goggle-wearing is in stark contrast to comments he made back in March 2020, when he stated that “people should not be walking around with masks” because “it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And often there are unintended consequences: People keep fiddling with their mask and they keep touching their face.”3
Ocular Transmission Is Possible but Unlikely
Just how big of a risk do your eyes pose, when it comes to contracting COVID-19? In all likelihood, the risk is not that great.
According to a March 31, 2020, report4 in JAMA Ophthalmology, while ocular abnormalities were common in COVID-19 patients, only 5.2% actually had SARS-CoV-2-positive conjunctival specimens, i.e., specimens taken from the eye. According to the authors, “Although there is a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in tears, it is possible to transmit via the eyes.”
Put another way, while it’s possible SARS-CoV-2 could transmit via your eyes, the likelihood of this happening appears to be very low, seeing how only 5.2% of confirmed COVID-19 patients actually had SARS-CoV-2 in their eyes. Personally, I do not believe adding goggles and plastic face shields would significantly reduce your risk of spreading or contracting COVID-19.
Remember, the virus is aerosolized and spreads through the air. Aerosolized viruses — especially SARS-CoV-2, which is about half the size of influenza viruses — cannot be blocked by a mask, as explained in my interview with Denis Rancourt, who has conducted a thorough review of the published science on masks and viral transmission.
According to Rancourt, “NONE of these well-designed studies that are intended to remove observational bias found a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask.”
What’s more, contamination of the eyes is likely primarily the result of touching your eyes with contaminated fingers. If you wear goggles or a face shield, you may actually be more prone to touch your eyes to rub away sweat, condensation and/or scratch an itch.
Just as there’s no scientific basis for universal mask wearing, there’s no scientific basis for the wearing of goggles and face shields either.
Even CNN recently cited the opinion of Dr. Thomas Steinemann, a clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, who said that while it’s possible for the virus to end up in your eye — either due to exposure to contaminated air or touching your eyes with contaminated fingers — contracting the disease via your eyes is “probably less likely, however, than getting it through your nose or mouth or from inhaling it.”5
Steinemann also pointed out that the virus would have to go through a “rather circuitous route” before it can do any significant harm. First it would have to infect your eye, then “be carried to your nose through your tears,” and then from there to your mouth, throat and lungs. Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
Mask Wearing Required Even After Vaccine Becomes Available?
In related news, Maria Elena Bottazzi, a COVID-19 vaccine developer at Baylor College of Medicine, claims6 social distancing and face masks will likely still be required even after a vaccine becomes available, as the vaccine will not offer 100% protection against infection.
For example, Moderna is hoping to achieve a 60% effectiveness rate in its Phase 3 trials. Even if the vaccine reaches 90% effectiveness, people with high-risk health conditions will need to continue wearing masks, Moderna’s CEO Stephanie Bancel said.7
In what appears to be an effort to back up the mask mandates for COVID-19, Fauci is now also endorsing the wearing of masks during every influenza season going forward. As reported by Life Site News, July 31, 2020:8
“Fauci … suggested that masking should morph from a temporary emergency measure to a permanent seasonal practice: ‘It is inevitable that we’re going to have some degree of flu. I’m hoping that the wearing of masks and other coverings are going to not only protect us against COVID-19, but also help protect us against influenza.’”
Guidance Should Be Based in Science, Not Unsupported Belief
Public health recommendations such as universal mask wearing, which also has its risks, should not be pinned on hope alone, however — which is what Fauci is doing. If we are to follow the science, then universal mask-wearing should not be implemented for either influenza or COVID-19 reduction. As noted by Dr. Andrew Bostom of Brown University in a July 11, 2020, Medium post:9
“… limited, immediate-term experimental observations10 — equivocal at best — provide no rational, evidence-based justification for daily, prolonged mask usage by the general public to prevent infection with COVID-19.
Moreover, a subsequent pooled (so-called ‘meta-‘) analysis11 of 10 controlled trials assessing extended, real-world, non-health-care-setting mask usage revealed that masking did not reduce the rate of laboratory-proven infections with the respiratory virus influenza.
The findings from this unique report — published May 2020 by the CDC’s own ‘house journal’ ‘Emerging Infectious Diseases’ — are directly germane to the question of masking to prevent COVID-19 infection and merit some elaboration.
Ten randomized, controlled trials reporting estimates of facemask effectiveness in lowering rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza within the community, published between 2008 and 2016, were analyzed and pooled, applying a rigorous, standardized methodology.
One study evaluated mask usage by Hajj pilgrims to Mecca, two university-setting studies assessed the efficacy of face masks for prevention of confirmed influenza among student campus residents over five months of surveillance, and seven household studies examined the impact of masking infected persons only (one), household contacts of infected persons only (one), or both groups (five).
None of these studies, individually, or their aggregated, pooled analysis, which enhanced the overall ‘statistical power’ to detect smaller effects, demonstrated a significant benefit of masking for the reduction of confirmed influenza infection … The authors further concluded with a caution that using face masks improperly might ‘increase the risk for (viral) transmission.’”
Masking ‘Is a Reflexive Reaction to Anxiety’ NEJM Says
Jackson Safety 18629 V... Buy New $38.00 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details) Other studies have come to the same conclusions. For example, a paper in the April 2020 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine pointed out:12
“We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to COVID-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes).
The chance of catching COVID-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic …
More compelling is the possibility that wearing a mask may reduce the likelihood of transmission from asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic health care workers with COVID-19 to other providers and patients …
Masking all providers might limit transmission from these sources by stopping asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic health care workers from spreading virus-laden oral and nasal droplets.
What is clear, however, is that universal masking alone is not a panacea. A mask will not protect providers caring for a patient with active Covid-19 if it’s not accompanied by meticulous hand hygiene, eye protection, gloves, and a gown.
A mask alone will not prevent health care workers with early Covid-19 from contaminating their hands and spreading the virus to patients and colleagues.
Focusing on universal masking alone may, paradoxically, lead to more transmission of Covid-19 if it diverts attention from implementing more fundamental infection-control measures.”
Gas Mask Developer Invents COVID-19 Mask
In an apparent attempt to address the ineffectiveness of standard medical and cloth masks against airborne viruses, Noam Gavriely, an Israeli gas mask innovator, is now promoting ViriMASK, a new type of mask said to block 99.25% of particles with a diameter of at least 0.087 microns.
SARS-CoV-2 is a beta-coronavirus with a diameter between 0.06 to 0.14 microns.13 The device looks like a cross between a diver’s mask and a square gas mask. So far, the company has sold about 10,000 of these masks. As reported by Times of Israel:14
“Gavriely, ViriMASK CEO, told The Times of Israel: ‘Unlike other products, this is sealed all around the face, like gas masks and diving masks. And the filter is much more dense than the N95 mask and surgical masks, meaning that fewer particles penetrate.’
He said this can give peace of mind to hospital workers and other medical professionals, including dentists, and others who are at a higher risk of being exposed to the coronavirus.
The mask straps around the head and covers the eyes, nose and mouth, meaning that all points currently believed to be channels for coronavirus infection are protected. ‘In this sense, you’re covering yourself completely and also protecting the environment around you from any infection you may have,’ said Gavriely …”
Health Officials Weigh in on Pandemic Sex Practices
A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO... Holmes, Dr Joel S Buy New $9.95 (as of 04:21 UTC - Details) To go along with the masks, goggles and clear face shield, health officials are now also starting to issue recommendations for “safer sex.” In New York City, health officials suggest couples who do not reside in the same residence on a permanent basis should wear a mask during sex and avoiding kissing.
According to the New York City health department’s “Safer Sex and COVID-19” fact sheet,15 “Decisions about sex and sexuality need to be balanced with personal and public health,” although they do note that “sex is not likely a common way that COVID-19 spreads.”
To “enjoy safer sex and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19,” the health department suggests avoiding orgies, restricting sexual activity to masturbation whenever possible, and washing your hands (and any toys) for at least 20 seconds before and afterward.
If hooking up with someone outside your household, discuss COVID-19 risk factors such as symptoms within the last two weeks and any positive COVID-19 test results. They also recommend having alcohol-based sanitizer on hand, and having sex in “larger, more open, and well-ventilated spaces.”
Other suggestions include getting “creative with sexual positions and physical barriers, like walls, that allow sexual contact while preventing close face to face contact.” In plain English, consider having sex through a hole in the wall (“glory hole”) or other physical barrier to avoid close physical contact.
British Columbia’s Centre for Disease Control has issued near-identical guidelines,16 as has the Irish Health Services and the Irish Pharmacy Union.17 Several Scandinavian countries have also issued pandemic safe sex guidance, although the Danish health chief explicitly excluded all forms of sex from its social distancing rules saying “sex is good, sex is healthy.”18
Online Sex Can Have Unwanted Consequences
If the idea of rubbing genitals through a hole in the wall doesn’t strike your fancy, health officials suggest getting busy online instead. What all of them fail to address is the privacy issue. They’re basically asking everyone to have sex online where big tech surveillance capitalists can record your every video encounter and capture every lurid text message and photo.
Countdown to Socialism Nunes, Devin Buy New $9.99 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details) That data is stored indefinitely, along with everything else you do online, and may be accessed by any number of individuals, now or in the future, including hackers that may use the recordings for all sorts of nefarious purposes.
I’m not going to tell you what you should or should not do here, but I will remind you that many lives and careers have been ruined by the involuntary release of intimate photos and videos. So, be mindful of the privacy risks involved.
I guess at the end of the day, you’ll have to weigh the risk of infection against personal risks that have nothing to do with infectious disease. As for the wearing of googles and face shields, there’s no evidence to suggest these measures actually prevent the spread of viral infection when worn in public any more than face masks do.
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