investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--15 Signs That America’s Economic Depression Is Accelerating As We Head Toward The Holiday Season

Hardly anyone expected that things would get this bad in 2020 .
Once the pandemic hit and states all over the country started instituting lockdowns , economic activity collapsed dramatically .
U.S. GDP was down 31.4 percent during the second quarter of 2020 , and that was a drop without parallel in all of U.S. history .
In fact , that decline was more than three times as large as the previous record .
But eventually states started to “ reopen ” their economies , and U.S. GDP for the third quarter is expected to show a significant rebound when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course we still aren ’ t even close to where we used to be , but at least things weren ’ t as bad as they were in the second quarter .
But now as the fourth quarter begins , it appears that economic conditions are heading back in the wrong direction again .
The following are 15 signs that America ’ s economic depression is accelerating as we head toward the holiday season… # 1 All 546 Regal Cinema theaters in the United States are being shut down , and right now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
# 2 It is being reported that AMC Entertainment ( the largest movie theater chain in the U.S. ) will “ run out of liquidity ” in 6 months .
# 3 Over the weekend , I was told by someone that works in the industry that he expects most movie theaters in the country to eventually close down permanently because of this pandemic .
# 4 The average rent on a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco is 20.3 percent lower than it was one year ago .
# 5 During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vehicles delivered by General Motors was down about 10 percent from a year ago .
# 6 It is being reported that Anheuser-Busch will be laying off 400 employees in Loveland , Denver , Littleton and Colorado Springs .
# 7 Allstate has just announced that they will be laying off 3,800 workers .
# 8 JCPenney says that it will be cutting approximately 15,000 jobs as we approach the holiday shopping season .
# 9 At least one-fourth of the 28,000 layoffs that Disney will be conducting will happen in Florida .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Airlines let 32,000 employees go last week .
# 11 On Thursday , we learned that another 787,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits during the previous week .
# 12 Overall , more than 60 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits so far in 2020 .
That number is far higher than anything we have ever seen before in all of U.S. history .
# 13 Retail store closings in the United States continue to surge along at a pace that is absolutely unprecedented .
# 14 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risen 40 percent so far in 2020 .
# 15 This number is hard to believe , but it is being reported that almost 90 percent of New York City bar and restaurant owners couldn ’ t pay their full rent for the month of August .
None of this was supposed to happen .
By now , we were supposed to be well into a “ V-shaped recovery ” that would soon have Americans forgetting all about the dark days in the middle of 2020 .
But instead , millions upon millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are facing a deeply uncertain future .
One of those Americans is an unemployed cook named Juan Jose Martinez Camacho… Juan Jose Martinez Camacho , 59 , has been a cook for 30 years , since he was asked to fill in one day when he was working as a dishwasher in a restaurant .
He has worked as a cook at the Crowne Plaza in Redondo Beach , California , for 22 years .
When he was laid off on March 23 , he was thinking it would be only two or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ normal .
But late last month he was notified he had permanently lost the job , which paid $ 22 an hour .
He has been looking for other cooking jobs without any luck .
Can you imagine doing the same thing for 30 years and suddenly being out of a job ?
Like most Americans , he assumed that the pandemic would soon pass and he would be going back to his old routine .
But that hasn ’ t happened , and so he is among the millions of restaurant workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right now .
With so many Americans out of work , food banks around the country have been dealing with a tsunami of demand .
In previous articles , I have written about the absolutely massive lines that we have been seeing in certain portions of the nation .
In some cases , people have started lining up at 2 AM in the morning and the lines have gotten up to 2 miles long .
And every week we see more gigantic lines at food banks all over America .
The following is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive lines that have been consistently forming in the state of Texas… If you still have your job and you haven ’ t been forced to visit a food bank during this crisis , you should be thankful for your blessings .
Just like in the 1930s , we are witnessing colossal lines for food all over the nation , and this is just the beginning .
If you have been waiting for a “ recovery ” , you can stop waiting , because what we witnessed during the third quarter was about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going to get .
Now we are less than a month away from a presidential election that promises to be incredibly chaotic , and the extremely deep divisions that already exist in our nation are likely to get even worse .
Many believe that this election will produce even more civil unrest , and that will likely depress economic activity even further .
I truly wish that economic conditions would “ return to normal ” and that all of us could get back to our old patterns .
But there isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to normal ” any time soon .
Instead , very dark days are ahead , and those very dark days will shake this nation to the core .

by Michael Snyder
Hardly anyone expected that things would get this bad in 2020. Once the pandemic hit and states all over the country started instituting lockdowns, economic activity collapsed dramatically. U.S. GDP was down 31.4 percent during the second quarter of 2020, and that was a drop without parallel in all of U.S. history. In fact, that decline was more than three times as large as the previous record. But eventually states started to “reopen” their economies, and U.S. GDP for the third quarter is expected to show a significant rebound when the numbers are finally released. Of course we still aren’t even close to where we used to be, but at least things weren’t as bad as they were in the second quarter. But now as the fourth quarter begins, it appears that economic conditions are heading back in the wrong direction again. The following are 15 signs that America’s economic depression is accelerating as we head toward the holiday season…
#1 All 546 Regal Cinema theaters in the United States are being shut down, and right now there is no timetable for reopening them.
#2 It is being reported that AMC Entertainment (the largest movie theater chain in the U.S.) will “run out of liquidity” in 6 months.
#3 Over the weekend, I was told by someone that works in the industry that he expects most movie theaters in the country to eventually close down permanently because of this pandemic.
#4 The average rent on a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco is 20.3 percent lower than it was one year ago.
#5 During the 3rd quarter, the number of vehicles delivered by General Motors was down about 10 percent from a year ago.
#6 It is being reported that Anheuser-Busch will be laying off 400 employees in Loveland, Denver, Littleton and Colorado Springs.
#7 Allstate has just announced that they will be laying off 3,800 workers.
#8 JCPenney says that it will be cutting approximately 15,000 jobs as we approach the holiday shopping season.
#9 At least one-fourth of the 28,000 layoffs that Disney will be conducting will happen in Florida.
#10 Collectively, American Airlines and United Airlines let 32,000 employees go last week.
#11 On Thursday, we learned that another 787,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits during the previous week.
#12 Overall, more than 60 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits so far in 2020. That number is far higher than anything we have ever seen before in all of U.S. history.
#13 Retail store closings in the United States continue to surge along at a pace that is absolutely unprecedented.
#14 Bankruptcy filings in New York City have risen 40 percent so far in 2020.
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#15 This number is hard to believe, but it is being reported that almost 90 percent of New York City bar and restaurant owners couldn’t pay their full rent for the month of August.
None of this was supposed to happen.
By now, we were supposed to be well into a “V-shaped recovery” that would soon have Americans forgetting all about the dark days in the middle of 2020.
But instead, millions upon millions of Americans have lost their jobs and are facing a deeply uncertain future. One of those Americans is an unemployed cook named Juan Jose Martinez Camacho…
Juan Jose Martinez Camacho, 59, has been a cook for 30 years, since he was asked to fill in one day when he was working as a dishwasher in a restaurant. He has worked as a cook at the Crowne Plaza in Redondo Beach, California, for 22 years. When he was laid off on March 23, he was thinking it would be only two or three months before things got back to normal. But late last month he was notified he had permanently lost the job, which paid $22 an hour. He has been looking for other cooking jobs without any luck.
Can you imagine doing the same thing for 30 years and suddenly being out of a job?
Like most Americans, he assumed that the pandemic would soon pass and he would be going back to his old routine.
But that hasn’t happened, and so he is among the millions of restaurant workers that are not bringing in any income right now.
With so many Americans out of work, food banks around the country have been dealing with a tsunami of demand. In previous articles, I have written about the absolutely massive lines that we have been seeing in certain portions of the nation. In some cases, people have started lining up at 2 AM in the morning and the lines have gotten up to 2 miles long.
And every week we see more gigantic lines at food banks all over America. The following is how one local news source described the massive lines that have been consistently forming in the state of Texas…
Thousands of cars form tightly packed lines across the state every week now to receive food. From Chihuahuan Desert border towns and cities to the staked plains of the panhandle, across the piney wood of deep East Texas, down to the Rio Grande and back cars stack, growing into steel and fiberglass caterpillars, hungry. These events have distributed tens of millions of pounds of food over the past six months.
If you still have your job and you haven’t been forced to visit a food bank during this crisis, you should be thankful for your blessings.
Just like in the 1930s, we are witnessing colossal lines for food all over the nation, and this is just the beginning.
If you have been waiting for a “recovery”, you can stop waiting, because what we witnessed during the third quarter was about all the “recovery” that we are going to get.
Now we are less than a month away from a presidential election that promises to be incredibly chaotic, and the extremely deep divisions that already exist in our nation are likely to get even worse. Many believe that this election will produce even more civil unrest, and that will likely depress economic activity even further.
I truly wish that economic conditions would “return to normal” and that all of us could get back to our old patterns.
But there isn’t going to be any “return to normal” any time soon.
Instead, very dark days are ahead, and those very dark days will shake this nation to the core.


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--[DS] Playbook Used Against Them, Think Warp Speed, Looking Glass Was The Signal

The [ DS ] /MSM moved forward with their latest plan , use the virus to get Trump off debate @ @ @ @ @ confirmation and use fear and chaos .
This all failed , the patriots already knew @ @ @ @ @ now using this to his benefit .
Is this about the virus or the election @ @ @ @ @ riots or the election , it ’ s all about the election .
How do @ @ @ @ @ do you counter everything the [ DS ] is trying to do , you introduce @ @ @

The [DS]/MSM moved forward with their latest plan, use the virus to get Trump off debate circuit, stop the SC confirmation and use fear and chaos. This all failed, the patriots already knew the playbook and Trump is now using this to his benefit. Is this about the virus or the election, is this about the riots or the election, it’s all about the election. How do you remove fear, how do you counter everything the [DS] is trying to do, you introduce the cure.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Any theory other than the OFFICIAL SCIENCE VERSION is dangerous – Science as a belief system Propaga

Any theory other than the OFFICIAL SCIENCE VERSION is dangerous – Science as a belief system Propaganda

More Propaganda proclaiming SCIENCE is the end all .
ALL SCIENCE is their TRUTH .
A hit piece on Critical @ @ @ @ @ .
They ridicule anything and anyone they don ’ t label as scientific fact .

More Propaganda proclaiming SCIENCE is the end all.
ALL SCIENCE is their TRUTH.
A hit piece on Critical Thinkers or any Conspiracy theories.
They ridicule anything and anyone they don’t label as scientific fact.
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Pushed by professional skeptics.
h/t DeniedTruths


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Project Veritas outs Mark Kelly Dem Senate Candidate for Arizona – He is lying and then will take ou

Project Veritas outs Mark Kelly Dem Senate Candidate for Arizona – He is lying and then will take our guns PROOF VIDEO

BREAKING : @ MissionForAZ Staffer on @ CaptMarkKelly gun control agenda “ Staffers are kind of confused…we want him to @ @ @ @ @ “ we can ’ t always trust politicians ” “ He ’ s trying to @ @ @ @ @ he ’ ll implement the measures… ” # Expose2020pic.twitter.com/BDcfPPxcSK

BREAKING: @MissionForAZ Staffer on @CaptMarkKelly gun control agenda “Staffers are kind of confused…we want him to come full force out” “we can’t always trust politicians” “He’s trying to be elected, and then he’ll implement the measures…” #Expose2020pic.twitter.com/BDcfPPxcSK
— Project Veritas Action (@PVeritas_Action) October 5, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Did 1964 James Bond movie foreshadow a modern Chinese attack on US economy?

I just find it curious that over 50 years ago people were aware of China ’ s aspirations .

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I just find it curious that over 50 years ago people were aware of China’s aspirations.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--MIT Scientists: Nuclear Fusion Energy Could Be Closer Than Thought

The decades-old dream of many scientists and science fiction writers may come true at some point over the next decade .
Researchers at MIT and a startup spun out of MIT are working on a nuclear fusion experiment , which they are fairly certain will achieve its goal of creating a hot burning plasma to produce for the first time ever fusion energy more than the energy consumed to generate that fusion energy .
Nuclear fusion has long been considered the answer to zero-emission by-product-free energy generation .
However , no one has cracked the nuclear fusion code yet because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which the process could take place .
Fusion is the natural process that heats the Sun and all other stars , in which a huge amount of energy is produced by the fusion of light atoms , such as those in hydrogen , into heavier elements like helium .
Although this type of energy production has been long recognized as totally carbon- and by-product-free and the source atoms in hydrogen are abundant on Earth , replicating fusion energy generation on Earth has been a challenge .
That ’ s because this fusion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperatures that create hot plasma , and because researchers have struggled to obtain more energy from those plasmas than the energy input to run them .
MIT and the startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems ( CFS ) are currently working to develop a next-generation fusion research experiment , called SPARC , as a precursor to a practical , emissions-free power plant .
MIT and CFS researchers believe the experiment will work as planned to create and confine a plasma that produces net fusion energy , they said in seven studies published in the Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a compact , high-field , DT burning tokamak , currently under design by a team from MIT and CFS .
Phase 2 of the experiment will begin in 2021 and will last four years .
It will also include the construction and commissioning of the device , the team says .
The work is progressing smoothly and on track to begin construction around June 2021 , Martin Greenwald , deputy director of MIT ’ s Plasma Science and Fusion Center , and one of the project ’ s lead scientists said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ could start experimenting with SPARC to create hot plasma and net fusion energy as early as 2025 .
According to Greenwald , once the SPARC machine is up and running , key information can be gained that “ will help pave the way to commercial , power-producing fusion devices , whose fuel — the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium — can be made available in virtually limitless supplies , ” MIT says .
“ One of the conclusions is that things are still looking on-track .
We believe it ’ s going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mumgaard , chief executive at CFS , which has energy firms Equinor and Eni as investors , among others , said , commenting on the work and the papers on SPARC : “ These are concrete public predictions that when we build SPARC , the machine will produce net energy and even high gain fusion from the plasma .
That is a necessary condition to build a fusion power plant for which the world has been waiting decades.
” “ The combination of established plasma physics , new innovative magnets , and reduced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy in time to make a difference for climate change , ” Mumgaard noted .
The SPARC experiment could be a step toward commercial nuclear fusion energy .
But it is not the only such venture—scientists have been trying for decades to create the elusive net energy gain from fusion .
The ITER Project – designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power in collaboration among Europe , China , India , Japan , South Korea , Russia , and the US – is ready for machine assembly .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s largest experimental fusion facility , targets to achieve first plasma in 2025 .
NASA is working on overcoming the temperature challenge in nuclear fusion and has recently unveiled a new method that could create fusion at room temperatures in the confines of a metal lattice .
Scientists still have a long way to go to make the nuclear fusion breakthrough , but recent advances could shorten the timeline toward commercial carbon-free and radioactive-free nuclear fusion energy .

By Tsvetana Paraskova
The decades-old dream of many scientists and science fiction writers may come true at some point over the next decade. Researchers at MIT and a startup spun out of MIT are working on a nuclear fusion experiment, which they are fairly certain will achieve its goal of creating a hot burning plasma to produce for the first time ever fusion energy more than the energy consumed to generate that fusion energy.
Nuclear fusion has long been considered the answer to zero-emission by-product-free energy generation. However, no one has cracked the nuclear fusion code yet because of the challenges associated with the environment in which the process could take place.
Fusion is the natural process that heats the Sun and all other stars, in which a huge amount of energy is produced by the fusion of light atoms, such as those in hydrogen, into heavier elements like helium.
Although this type of energy production has been long recognized as totally carbon- and by-product-free and the source atoms in hydrogen are abundant on Earth, replicating fusion energy generation on Earth has been a challenge. That’s because this fusion needs to take place at extremely high temperatures that create hot plasma, and because researchers have struggled to obtain more energy from those plasmas than the energy input to run them.
MIT and the startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) are currently working to develop a next-generation fusion research experiment, called SPARC, as a precursor to a practical, emissions-free power plant. MIT and CFS researchers believe the experiment will work as planned to create and confine a plasma that produces net fusion energy, they said in seven studies published in the Journal of Plasma Physics this week.
SPARC is a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from MIT and CFS. Phase 2 of the experiment will begin in 2021 and will last four years. It will also include the construction and commissioning of the device, the team says.
The work is progressing smoothly and on track to begin construction around June 2021, Martin Greenwald, deputy director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and one of the project’s lead scientists said.
This timeline could mean that the team could start experimenting with SPARC to create hot plasma and net fusion energy as early as 2025.
According to Greenwald, once the SPARC machine is up and running, key information can be gained that “will help pave the way to commercial, power-producing fusion devices, whose fuel — the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium — can be made available in virtually limitless supplies,” MIT says.
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“One of the conclusions is that things are still looking on-track. We believe it’s going to work,” Greenwald said.
Bob Mumgaard, chief executive at CFS, which has energy firms Equinor and Eni as investors, among others, said, commenting on the work and the papers on SPARC:
“These are concrete public predictions that when we build SPARC, the machine will produce net energy and even high gain fusion from the plasma. That is a necessary condition to build a fusion power plant for which the world has been waiting decades.”
“The combination of established plasma physics, new innovative magnets, and reduced scale opens new possibilities for commercial fusion energy in time to make a difference for climate change,” Mumgaard noted.
The SPARC experiment could be a step toward commercial nuclear fusion energy. But it is not the only such venture—scientists have been trying for decades to create the elusive net energy gain from fusion.
The ITER Project – designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power in collaboration among Europe, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the US – is ready for machine assembly. The project, which will be the world’s largest experimental fusion facility, targets to achieve first plasma in 2025.
NASA is working on overcoming the temperature challenge in nuclear fusion and has recently unveiled a new method that could create fusion at room temperatures in the confines of a metal lattice.
Scientists still have a long way to go to make the nuclear fusion breakthrough, but recent advances could shorten the timeline toward commercial carbon-free and radioactive-free nuclear fusion energy.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--“We see no issues but we’re closing everything down anyway”

NYC mayor admits to there being no issues in NYC schools but he says they are closing schools and businesses @ @

by notmyrealname124
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NYC mayor admits to there being no issues in NYC schools but he says they are closing schools and businesses anyway.


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--14 Absolutely Horrible Things That Were Said About Trump After He Was Diagnosed

There was a time when a moment like this would have brought the entire nation together in unity .
Decades ago , news that the president of the United States was the victim of a deadly virus and had been rushed to the hospital would have been received with grave seriousness .
But in 2020 , much of the population responded to the news that President Trump had been infected by the coronavirus with jokes , sarcasm and death wishes .
In fact , there were so many death wishes for Trump on Facebook and Twitter that major news outlets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories about it .
We have never seen anything like this before , and it says a lot about where we are headed as a nation .
And it just wasn ’ t random Internet trolls that were reacting this way .
Activists , celebrities and well known campaign officials all decided that this was an appropriate moment to say some absolutely horrible things about Trump .
Here are 14 examples… # 1 Former Clinton campaign spokeswoman Zara Rahim : “ I hope he dies ” .
# 1 Former Warren campaign staffer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to himself .
He inflicted this same misfortune upon millions of others.
” # 1 Michael Moore : “ That poor virus got sucked into his body and is now trapped there .
How can it escape ?
He wants to use it as a prop .
‘ See this China Flu ?
I BEAT IT !
Just like I ’ ll beat Biden !
They ’ re both a hoax !
’ My thoughts and prayers , too , are with Covid-19.
” # 1 Kathy Griffin : “ I ’ d @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of your ICE detention centers , but ok. ” # 1 Kathy Griffin ( again ) : “ Ok fine .
I ’ ll pray for him and the wife on one condition .
NOT mild symptoms .
And they each go on a ventilator , for at least 5 days .
That ’ s my best and final.
” # 1 Michael Ian Black : “ Praying for Trump ’ s speedy recovery so he can go to jail.
” # 1 Bradley Whitford : “ The President ’ s arrogant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease he now has is the most devastating self own in human history.
” # 1 Chris Rock : “ My heart goes out to COVID ” # 1 Mia Farrow : “ Could he be making this up because he ’ s faced with losing & this is a way of bailing out while saving face ” # 1 Joy Reid : “ Here ’ s how wrecked Trump ’ s credibility is at this point : I ’ ve got a cellphone full of texts from people who aren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covid.
” # 1 Matt Negrin : “ I ’ m not saying I think Trump is lying .
I ’ m not saying I think he ’ s not lying .
I ’ m just saying he lies all the time about everything , especially coronavirus , and it probably makes sense to say ‘ Trump SAYS HE tested positive ’ instead of taking this liar at his word like this ” # 1 Linda Sarsour : “ Seems like someone don ’ t wan na go back to the debate stage.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think he ’ ll survive .
Like a drunk driver always seems to be the only one to survive a collision with a bus of church children.
” # 1 David Simon : “ Honestly , when a man lies so damn much , am I wrong to imagine another cry of wolf for an October surprise ?
That Trump is claiming a positive test , will present as asymptomatic , or claim himself cured with bleach , then dismiss COVID again as a Democratic hoax ?
I ’ m wrong , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the left responded with such vitriol .
Rainn Wilson showed everyone else how it should be done when he posted this… Good for Rainn , but this shows just how far we have fallen as a nation .
At this point , Dwight from The Office have become the voice of reason in our society .
Just think about that for a moment .
It has become exceedingly clear that our nation is so divided that none of our current politicians are ever going to be able to bring us together again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able to do it , Joe Biden isn ’ t going to be able to do it , and Kamala Harris isn ’ t going to be able to do it if she takes over for Biden someday .
No matter who is residing in the White House , that individual is going to be deeply hated by a very large percentage of the population .
If the level of hatred in our country continues to grow , eventually it is going to get to the stage where our nation is essentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been writing articles about how we desperately need to find a way to love one another , but those articles usually go over like a lead balloon .
The mainstream media has been training us to hate one another for such a long time , and at this point most Americans have decided that it feels good to hate those that are on the other side .
But a house divided with surely fall , and there is no future for a deeply fractured nation that is divided into factions that viciously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big reasons why the United States was so successful for such a long time was because nearly the entire population was united by a common set of values .
That is clearly no longer the case , and it is hard to imagine ever seeing such unity again .
At this point we are already seeing violence in the streets on a nightly basis , and many believe that we have now entered a period of permanent civil unrest .
For any society that wishes to function well , civility is not optional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has almost entirely disappeared in Washington D.C. is extremely alarming .
If our leaders can not even treat one another with dignity and respect , what hope is there for the rest of the nation ?
The tremendous outpouring of hatred for Trump that we have witnessed over the past several days makes it clear that there will be no healing for America any time soon .
Instead , this upcoming election is likely to make our divisions even worse no matter who ends up winning .
I wish that things were not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and so we need to come to grips with the reality that we will be living in a very broken nation for the foreseeable future .

by Michael Snyder
There was a time when a moment like this would have brought the entire nation together in unity. Decades ago, news that the president of the United States was the victim of a deadly virus and had been rushed to the hospital would have been received with grave seriousness. But in 2020, much of the population responded to the news that President Trump had been infected by the coronavirus with jokes, sarcasm and death wishes. In fact, there were so many death wishes for Trump on Facebook and Twitter that major news outlets all over the U.S. were doing news stories about it. We have never seen anything like this before, and it says a lot about where we are headed as a nation.
And it just wasn’t random Internet trolls that were reacting this way. Activists, celebrities and well known campaign officials all decided that this was an appropriate moment to say some absolutely horrible things about Trump. Here are 14 examples…
#1 Former Clinton campaign spokeswoman Zara Rahim: “I hope he dies”.
#1 Former Warren campaign staffer Max Berger: “Trump did this to himself. He inflicted this same misfortune upon millions of others.”
#1 Michael Moore: “That poor virus got sucked into his body and is now trapped there. How can it escape? He wants to use it as a prop. ‘See this China Flu? I BEAT IT! Just like I’ll beat Biden! They’re both a hoax!’ My thoughts and prayers, too, are with Covid-19.”
#1 Kathy Griffin: “I’d prefer you get medically treated at one of your ICE detention centers, but ok.”
#1 Kathy Griffin (again): “Ok fine. I’ll pray for him and the wife on one condition. NOT mild symptoms. And they each go on a ventilator, for at least 5 days. That’s my best and final.”
#1 Michael Ian Black: “Praying for Trump’s speedy recovery so he can go to jail.”
#1 Bradley Whitford: “The President’s arrogant, cynical, irresponsible denial of the deadly disease he now has is the most devastating self own in human history.”
#1 Chris Rock: “My heart goes out to COVID”
#1 Mia Farrow: “Could he be making this up because he’s faced with losing & this is a way of bailing out while saving face”
#1 Joy Reid: “Here’s how wrecked Trump’s credibility is at this point: I’ve got a cellphone full of texts from people who aren’t sure whether to believe Trump actually has covid.”
#1 Matt Negrin: “I’m not saying I think Trump is lying. I’m not saying I think he’s not lying. I’m just saying he lies all the time about everything, especially coronavirus, and it probably makes sense to say ‘Trump SAYS HE tested positive’ instead of taking this liar at his word like this”
#1 Linda Sarsour: “Seems like someone don’t wanna go back to the debate stage.”
#1 Sarah Aswell: “I think he’ll survive. Like a drunk driver always seems to be the only one to survive a collision with a bus of church children.”
#1 David Simon: “Honestly, when a man lies so damn much, am I wrong to imagine another cry of wolf for an October surprise? That Trump is claiming a positive test, will present as asymptomatic, or claim himself cured with bleach, then dismiss COVID again as a Democratic hoax? I’m wrong, right?”
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Of course not everyone on the left responded with such vitriol.
Rainn Wilson showed everyone else how it should be done when he posted this…
I wish the President and the 1st Family the very best and a speedy recovery!
Good for Rainn, but this shows just how far we have fallen as a nation.
At this point, Dwight from The Office have become the voice of reason in our society.
Just think about that for a moment.
It has become exceedingly clear that our nation is so divided that none of our current politicians are ever going to be able to bring us together again.
Trump isn’t going to be able to do it, Joe Biden isn’t going to be able to do it, and Kamala Harris isn’t going to be able to do it if she takes over for Biden someday.
No matter who is residing in the White House, that individual is going to be deeply hated by a very large percentage of the population. If the level of hatred in our country continues to grow, eventually it is going to get to the stage where our nation is essentially ungovernable by anyone.
For years I have been writing articles about how we desperately need to find a way to love one another, but those articles usually go over like a lead balloon. The mainstream media has been training us to hate one another for such a long time, and at this point most Americans have decided that it feels good to hate those that are on the other side.
But a house divided with surely fall, and there is no future for a deeply fractured nation that is divided into factions that viciously hate one another.
One of the big reasons why the United States was so successful for such a long time was because nearly the entire population was united by a common set of values. That is clearly no longer the case, and it is hard to imagine ever seeing such unity again.
At this point we are already seeing violence in the streets on a nightly basis, and many believe that we have now entered a period of permanent civil unrest.
For any society that wishes to function well, civility is not optional. And so the fact that civility has almost entirely disappeared in Washington D.C. is extremely alarming.
If our leaders cannot even treat one another with dignity and respect, what hope is there for the rest of the nation?
The tremendous outpouring of hatred for Trump that we have witnessed over the past several days makes it clear that there will be no healing for America any time soon.
Instead, this upcoming election is likely to make our divisions even worse no matter who ends up winning.
I wish that things were not this way, but they are, and so we need to come to grips with the reality that we will be living in a very broken nation for the foreseeable future.


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--How Not To Do Corona

How Not To Do Corona

Is it still allowed to talk about COVID without mentioning Trump ?
I am not sure .
And now I did it anyway .
Nassim Taleb made an interesting point about that : Though I don ’ t follow the news in the Netherlands much , I happened to see something the other day that I think is a “ beautiful ” example of why so many countries get their “ measures ” wrong , their lockdowns , facemasks etc .
First of all , they all screwed up their initial lockdowns , which pretty much were March-June all over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they like to threaten people with than actually considered options .
Unless things really get out of hand , if for instance numbers of deaths suddenly increase a lot , but given the change towards infections occurring in much younger people than before , that is not likely .
Plus , of course , no-one wants even more economic damage .
And now what you see is the politicians don ’ t know what to do anymore .
They turn to “ their scientists ” again , but many have before given advice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , that hasn ’ t worked , and that often contradicts what their colleagues in other countries say .
And so everyone starts blaming “ the people ” .
But the people have mostly obeyed the lockdowns and become experts themselves , or so they think , and seen them go nowhere .
That makes the positions of politicians and “ experts ” much weaker than it was 6-7 months ago .
It ’ s about credibility , and they ’ ve squandered it .
Why “ must we listen to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good ?
The Netherlands , like many European countries , is in a second wave that is seeing many more new daily cases than in spring .
Partly due to more testing , but not entirely : The number of deaths does not show a similar trend , which can be contributed to the infections mostly occurring in much younger people , and of course a better understanding in medical circles of the virus .
However , hospitals are still filling up much faster than in June-July , and many younger people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , lungs , hearts etc .
This recent chart of the difference between August and September infection numbers throughout Europe is skewed because of the insane increases in Hungary and Georgia , but it shows that a 300 % increase was entirely normal in that timeframe .
So what now ?
The Dutch government came with a whole new set of measures starting October 2 .
Because people “ don ’ t obey the rules ” .
And people increasingly say : maybe the rules are not right .
By the way , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other public places , there is only an “ urgent ” government advice to wear them .
That is different from many other nations .
Here are the new measures per Google Translate : • Work from home as much as possible .
• Receive up to 3 guests at home .
– Children up to and including 12 years are not included .
• You may meet with a group of 4 people .
– For example in a cinema or restaurant .
– Children up to and including 12 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 30 people may be together in an indoor space .
– Children count .
• Cafes , bars and restaurants close at 10 p.m. You must be gone then .
You can enter until 9 p.m. – You provide your name and telephone number .
If someone gets sick who has been in the restaurant or cafe , you will receive a call .
• You must make a reservation to visit a museum or library .
• Stores only allow customers if there is enough space .
• In supermarkets there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elderly and the sick ( people with poor health ) .
• People with a contact profession must register customers .
For example hairdressers .
The first reaction that I have , and I ’ m sure I ’ m not the only one : Why 3 people as house guests and not 4 ?
Why 4 people at a restaurant table and not 5 , or 30 total in an indoor space ?
There are family members we haven ’ t seen since Christmas , but a birthday party is out ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Did you just make them up ?
Also , closing bars and restaurants at 10 pm is going to be the death knell for many of the few that are left .
Is that worth it ?
About that number of 4 people at a restaurant table , the next article from NLTimes about worries in the hospitality sector says that in neighboring Germany and Belgium , 10 people can sit at that same -or preferably a bigger- table .
Are Dutch people supposed to drive to those countries if they have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Advice To Wear Masks In Public Space Met With Skepticism On Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued the urgent advice for all Netherlands residents to wear masks in publicly accessible indoor spaces .
This advice was met with skepticism , especially from the hospitality industry .
Former RIVM director Roel Coutinho would rather have seen a mask obligation instead of advice .
Hospitality association KHN doubts whether the advice to wear masks in public makes sense , the association said in a press release .
“ The fact that there is still no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the proven usefulness of face masks certainly does not help to create and maintain support .
Moreover , face masks still form an extra barrier to visiting establishments.
” If the government turns its advice into an obligation , the KHN wants the Netherlands to follow Germany and Belgium ’ s example .
According to the association , in those countries up to 10 people are allowed at a restaurant table .
“ Then we will be open to it , ” the association said .
The KHN also wants extra financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coutinho , who preceded Jaap van Dissel as head of public health institute RIVM , is pleased that the advice to wear masks indoors now applies to the whole of the Netherlands , but regrets that the government did not make it mandatory .
“ On the basis of all the literature , I am convinced that wearing a face mask is useful .
But only advice makes it particularly difficult for people , ” he said to Nieuwsuur .
“ An obligation , as is also happening in countries around us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obligation will also help the stores that have to enforce the face mask rule .
“ Because what exactly should those shops or supermarkets do ?
” Coutinho said .
“ Because it only concerns urgent advice , the responsibility now lies with shops , which makes it very difficult .
An obligation is not always pleasant , but it is clear and easy to enforce.
” But the best part is the following , the initial piece that got me thinking about this .
Turns out that at the same moment the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wear them , with a threat of making them mandatory , its chief Infectious Diseases expert , the Dutch Fauci , says he sees little benefit is wearing non-medical masks .
As , ironically , Fauci , who used to say they were useless , now calls them very beneficial .
Google translate again : The frequent use of masks in other countries , the pressure of public opinion in his own country , or even a direct appeal from his famous American counterpart Anthony Fauci : Jaap van Dissel sticks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director of Infectious Diseases at the RIVM repeats that , according to him , masks have “ an exceptionally small effect ” on the attempts to contain the spread of the corona virus .
In an interview with the NOS , he calls the cabinet ’ s recent decision to urgently recommend masks in public indoor spaces , therefore primarily a political decision rather than one based on medical grounds .
Since the start of the corona crisis , Van Dissel has emphasized that he sees little benefit in wearing non-medical face masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense of false security and possibly divert attention from other rules .
Although he acknowledges that there are studies that signal a positive effect of face masks , he believes they are difficult to extrapolate to the corona crisis .
“ For example , medical mouth masks were often used in those studies and measures such as the one and a half meters are not taken into account , ” he explains .
There are also studies that are less positive about masks , he says .
“ That leads us to consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advice about it .
That is just the story .
That another decision is taken , based on political considerations , that it should be so.
” In addition , according to Van Dissel , the alleged effectiveness of non-medical face masks is nothing compared to the usefulness of other measures such as keeping sufficient distance from each other , washing hands regularly and staying at home in case of complaints .
Earlier this week , the Outbreak Management Team , the advisory body of the cabinet which Van Dissel chairs , made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks for the first time .
For example , the OMT wrote that masks could be recommended in places where sufficient distance from each other can not always be kept “ such as in busy shops ” .
For the same reason , a mask has been mandatory in public transport since June .
According to Van Dissel , the change in the OMT advice has nothing to do with a changed view of mouth masks , but more to do with people ’ s sense of safety .
“ Of course , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that some people would prefer to wear a mouth mask .
If someone feels safer , we are fine with that , ” he says .
The government says : wear a mask , and its chief scientific adviser says : don ’ t bother .
Great message .
And people don ’ t miss that .
I ’ ve said it before : every government today should have a generous supply of N95 masks ready .
They don ’ t because their experts long said they were not necessary .
While some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but “ more to do with people ’ s sense of safety ” .
I don ’ t know about you , but all these people with these useless masks on where they ’ re not needed , like outside , don ’ t make me feel safe at all .
They make me think I ’ m surrounded by fools .
And is anyone going to believe that 4 at a table is better than 10 ?
How can they when just across the border the opinion is so different ?
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being able to order your citizens around on what to do and what not , may be ending for many governments .
And they have only themselves to blame .
The only realistic thing to do at this point appears to be to give people back their own responsibility .
If only because taking it away from them didn ’ t work .

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer
Herbert Draper Lament for Icarus 1898
Is it still allowed to talk about COVID without mentioning Trump? I am not sure. And now I did it anyway. Nassim Taleb made an interesting point about that:
Friends, was it the rose garden or the inside party? pic.twitter.com/7j2L28prmw — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 4, 2020
Though I don’t follow the news in the Netherlands much, I happened to see something the other day that I think is a “beautiful” example of why so many countries get their “measures” wrong, their lockdowns, facemasks etc.
First of all, they all screwed up their initial lockdowns, which pretty much were March-June all over. And second lockdowns are more something they like to threaten people with than actually considered options. Unless things really get out of hand, if for instance numbers of deaths suddenly increase a lot, but given the change towards infections occurring in much younger people than before, that is not likely. Plus, of course, no-one wants even more economic damage.
And now what you see is the politicians don’t know what to do anymore. They turn to “their scientists” again, but many have before given advice that is different from what they say now, that hasn’t worked, and that often contradicts what their colleagues in other countries say. And so everyone starts blaming “the people”.
But the people have mostly obeyed the lockdowns and become experts themselves, or so they think, and seen them go nowhere. That makes the positions of politicians and “experts” much weaker than it was 6-7 months ago. It’s about credibility, and they’ve squandered it. Why “must we listen to the scientists” if that does us no good?
The Netherlands, like many European countries, is in a second wave that is seeing many more new daily cases than in spring. Partly due to more testing, but not entirely:
The number of deaths does not show a similar trend, which can be contributed to the infections mostly occurring in much younger people, and of course a better understanding in medical circles of the virus. However, hospitals are still filling up much faster than in June-July, and many younger people, too, end up with damaged brains, lungs, hearts etc.
This recent chart of the difference between August and September infection numbers throughout Europe is skewed because of the insane increases in Hungary and Georgia, but it shows that a 300% increase was entirely normal in that timeframe.
So what now? The Dutch government came with a whole new set of measures starting October 2. Because people “don’t obey the rules”. And people increasingly say: maybe the rules are not right. By the way, facemasks are not mandatory there in stores and other public places, there is only an “urgent” government advice to wear them. That is different from many other nations. Here are the new measures per Google Translate:
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• Work from home as much as possible.
• Receive up to 3 guests at home.
– Children up to and including 12 years are not included.
• You may meet with a group of 4 people.
– For example in a cinema or restaurant.
– Children up to and including 12 years are not included.
• A maximum of 30 people may be together in an indoor space.
– Children count.
• Cafes, bars and restaurants close at 10 p.m. You must be gone then. You can enter until 9 p.m.
– You provide your name and telephone number. If someone gets sick who has been in the restaurant or cafe, you will receive a call.
• You must make a reservation to visit a museum or library.
• Stores only allow customers if there is enough space.
• In supermarkets there will be special shopping hours for the elderly and the sick (people with poor health).
• People with a contact profession must register customers. For example hairdressers.
The first reaction that I have, and I’m sure I’m not the only one: Why 3 people as house guests and not 4? Why 4 people at a restaurant table and not 5, or 30 total in an indoor space? There are family members we haven’t seen since Christmas, but a birthday party is out?
Where do those numbers come from? Did you just make them up? Also, closing bars and restaurants at 10 pm is going to be the death knell for many of the few that are left. Is that worth it?
About that number of 4 people at a restaurant table, the next article from NLTimes about worries in the hospitality sector says that in neighboring Germany and Belgium, 10 people can sit at that same -or preferably a bigger- table. Are Dutch people supposed to drive to those countries if they have a party of 8?
Gov’t Advice To Wear Masks In Public Space Met With Skepticism
On Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued the urgent advice for all Netherlands residents to wear masks in publicly accessible indoor spaces. This advice was met with skepticism, especially from the hospitality industry. Former RIVM director Roel Coutinho would rather have seen a mask obligation instead of advice. Hospitality association KHN doubts whether the advice to wear masks in public makes sense, the association said in a press release. “The fact that there is still no scientific substantiation by the cabinet and RIVM about the proven usefulness of face masks certainly does not help to create and maintain support. Moreover, face masks still form an extra barrier to visiting establishments.” If the government turns its advice into an obligation, the KHN wants the Netherlands to follow Germany and Belgium’s example. According to the association, in those countries up to 10 people are allowed at a restaurant table. “Then we will be open to it,” the association said. The KHN also wants extra financial support should masks become mandatory. Roel Coutinho, who preceded Jaap van Dissel as head of public health institute RIVM, is pleased that the advice to wear masks indoors now applies to the whole of the Netherlands, but regrets that the government did not make it mandatory. “On the basis of all the literature, I am convinced that wearing a face mask is useful. But only advice makes it particularly difficult for people,” he said to Nieuwsuur. “An obligation, as is also happening in countries around us, gives everyone much more clarity.” An obligation will also help the stores that have to enforce the face mask rule. “Because what exactly should those shops or supermarkets do?” Coutinho said. “Because it only concerns urgent advice, the responsibility now lies with shops, which makes it very difficult. An obligation is not always pleasant, but it is clear and easy to enforce.”
But the best part is the following, the initial piece that got me thinking about this. Turns out that at the same moment the government issues an “urgent” advice to wear them, with a threat of making them mandatory, its chief Infectious Diseases expert, the Dutch Fauci, says he sees little benefit is wearing non-medical masks. As, ironically, Fauci, who used to say they were useless, now calls them very beneficial. Google translate again:
Van Dissel Insists: Ordinary Face Masks Have Little Effect
The frequent use of masks in other countries, the pressure of public opinion in his own country, or even a direct appeal from his famous American counterpart Anthony Fauci: Jaap van Dissel sticks to his position. When asked, the director of Infectious Diseases at the RIVM repeats that, according to him, masks have “an exceptionally small effect” on the attempts to contain the spread of the corona virus. In an interview with the NOS, he calls the cabinet’s recent decision to urgently recommend masks in public indoor spaces, therefore primarily a political decision rather than one based on medical grounds. Since the start of the corona crisis, Van Dissel has emphasized that he sees little benefit in wearing non-medical face masks, especially because it could evoke a sense of false security and possibly divert attention from other rules. Although he acknowledges that there are studies that signal a positive effect of face masks, he believes they are difficult to extrapolate to the corona crisis. “For example, medical mouth masks were often used in those studies and measures such as the one and a half meters are not taken into account,” he explains. There are also studies that are less positive about masks, he says. “That leads us to consider that we have not given a positive advice about it. That is just the story. That another decision is taken, based on political considerations, that it should be so.” In addition, according to Van Dissel, the alleged effectiveness of non-medical face masks is nothing compared to the usefulness of other measures such as keeping sufficient distance from each other, washing hands regularly and staying at home in case of complaints. Earlier this week, the Outbreak Management Team, the advisory body of the cabinet which Van Dissel chairs, made some adjustments to the advice on face masks for the first time. For example, the OMT wrote that masks could be recommended in places where sufficient distance from each other cannot always be kept “such as in busy shops”. For the same reason, a mask has been mandatory in public transport since June. According to Van Dissel, the change in the OMT advice has nothing to do with a changed view of mouth masks, but more to do with people’s sense of safety. “Of course, as OMT, we have also realized that some people would prefer to wear a mouth mask. If someone feels safer, we are fine with that,” he says.
The government says: wear a mask, and its chief scientific adviser says: don’t bother. Great message. And people don’t miss that. I’ve said it before: every government today should have a generous supply of N95 masks ready. They don’t because their experts long said they were not necessary. While some keep claiming cloth masks are useful, but “more to do with people’s sense of safety”.
I don’t know about you, but all these people with these useless masks on where they’re not needed, like outside, don’t make me feel safe at all. They make me think I’m surrounded by fools. And is anyone going to believe that 4 at a table is better than 10? How can they when just across the border the opinion is so different? If you ask me, the time of being able to order your citizens around on what to do and what not, may be ending for many governments. And they have only themselves to blame.
The only realistic thing to do at this point appears to be to give people back their own responsibility. If only because taking it away from them didn’t work.


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--VIDEO: MSNBC Admits the Media Has Been Lying to the American People About the Wall: “The President i

VIDEO: MSNBC Admits the Media Has Been Lying to the American People About the Wall: “The President is Doing Exactly as He Promised”

In a shocking new report , the # FakeNews media discovers something the American people knew all along… President Trump @ @ @ @ @ word !
# BuildTheWall # PromisesKept pic.twitter.com/BSg7G7cswg

In a shocking new report, the #FakeNews media discovers something the American people knew all along… President Trump is a man of his word! #BuildTheWall #PromisesKept pic.twitter.com/BSg7G7cswg
— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) October 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--IT’S OVER BEFORE IT BEGINS: Bloomberg Law has Amy Coney Barrett already on the Court.

Also , if we need a Supreme Court that looks more like America , we need more Evangelicals .
But @ @ @ @ @ Harvard/Yale duopoly .

The composition of the U.S. Supreme Court looks quite different than the rest of America in gender, race and religion as well as on certain key policy issues. t.co/7WOtlDcxTs — Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) October 4, 2020
Also, if we need a Supreme Court that looks more like America, we need more Evangelicals. But at least Barrett ends the Harvard/Yale duopoly.
Notably missing from Bloomberg Law’s analysis: Matters of class.
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h/t GR


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--COVID-19 narrative beginning to crumble.

Admittedly , in March and April , my wife and I were scared and I was making preparations to keep @ @ @ @ @ off the land if we hit the Lord of the Flies scenario .
Around mid-May @ @ @ @ @ more fidelity on the virus in terms of real numbers , statistics , and hard @ @ @ @ @ of May , were letting our kids stay over at fiends houses and live their @ @ @ @ @ took hold .
The military taught me to make use of assumptions to continue planning @ @ @ @ @ be reviewed and changed as appropriate .
The link attached is from Dr. Reiner Fuellmich @ @ @ @ @ lawsuits on Deutsche Bank and VW .
He lays out how this COVID pandemic has @ @ @ @ @ , why , and what is the reason for the idiocy .
Well worth your @ @ @

Admittedly, in March and April, my wife and I were scared and I was making preparations to keep us safe and to live off the land if we hit the Lord of the Flies scenario. Around mid-May, we started to get more fidelity on the virus in terms of real numbers, statistics, and hard science. By the end of May, were letting our kids stay over at fiends houses and live their lives again. Common sense took hold. The military taught me to make use of assumptions to continue planning and that those assumptions must be reviewed and changed as appropriate.
The link attached is from Dr. Reiner Fuellmich who has worked issues and lawsuits on Deutsche Bank and VW. He lays out how this COVID pandemic has been blown out of proportion, why, and what is the reason for the idiocy. Well worth your 40 minutes.
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h/t DevilDog1175


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Armenia: Russia will intervene militarily to ensure Armenian security in accordance with bilateral a

Armenia could be bluffing or the Bear may be about to show its hand .

Update: Armenia: Russia will intervene militarily to ensure Armenian security in accordance with bilateral agreements. — EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) October 4, 2020
Armenia could be bluffing or the Bear may be about to show its hand.
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#BREAKING Russia expresses concern over rising civilian casualties in Karabakh conflict pic.twitter.com/nnOhg40QNQ — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 4, 2020
The government of Armenia: Russia have to intervene militarily to ensure our security in accordance with the bilateral agreements t.co/3fe7UTCZCz — EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) October 4, 2020
h/t Tekton


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--CRUZ: “This Is The Most Complete Indictment Of Media Bias Ever.”

This is the most complete indictment of media bias ever .
Why does CBS think voters in…Australia need to know @ @ @ @ @ Biden , but not voters in…America ( where he ’ s actually on the ballot @ @ @ @ @ that @ CBSNews is covering up for Dems .
t.co/oLa8g6fr8P

This is the most complete indictment of media bias ever.
Why does CBS think voters in…Australia need to know about these serious charges against Biden, but not voters in…America (where he’s actually on the ballot)?
ONLY explanation is that @CBSNews is covering up for Dems. t.co/oLa8g6fr8P
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 4, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Kamala Harris’ dad slams his daughter’s use of ‘identity politics’.

Family feud like… .
The Dad of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate blasts his daughter for invoking her Jamaican heritage @ @ @ @ @

Family feud like….
The Dad of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate blasts his daughter for invoking her Jamaican heritage when discussing legalizing pot.
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h/t Goneviral


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Here is a list of 22 positive things that are happening in the world.

6 ) Focus on the Environment – Importance of Green Space 9 ) Political and Economic System Awareness – Mistrust @ @ @ @ @ 10 ) Appreciation for what War Really Is 11 ) Demand for More Transparency of @ @ @ @ @ Appreciation of the Arts 14 ) More People Cooking at Home – Building a Relationship @ @ @ @ @ Hobbies , Old and New 20 ) Self Enlightenment ( Looking Yourself in the Mirror @

by salvia_d
1) More People Growing Food
2) Self Education
3) Decentralization
4) Community Focus
5) Less Global Travel
6) Focus on the Environment – Importance of Green Space
7) Importance of Family and Friends
8) Less Power for Globalists
9) Political and Economic System Awareness – Mistrust of Central Capital as Power
10) Appreciation for what War Really Is
11) Demand for More Transparency of Power
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12) Disillusionment of Society – See Gabor Mate
13) New Found Appreciation of the Arts
14) More People Cooking at Home – Building a Relationship with Food
15) Focus on Diet/Food/Health
16) Focus on Self-Reliance
17) Food Security/Safety/Preparedness
18) Finding Hobbies, Old and New
19) Cleaning Your Home
20) Self Enlightenment (Looking Yourself in the Mirror)
21) New Found Appreciation of Social/Physical Interaction/Intimacy
22) Alternate forms of Entertainment
Video discussing these: youtu.be/zOL3beTgrHA


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--President Trump’s Covid-19 Infection Instantly Ends The “Hoax” Narrative Pushed By Independent Media

( Natural News ) In early March of this year , alt-right indy media outlets and conservative pundits started claiming the coronavirus was a “ hoax.
” They insisted it was , “ No worse than the flu ” and claimed no one was really dying from covid .
Some publishers and platforms still claim there ’ s no such thing as a coronavirus and that all the supposed sickness is caused solely by cell towers .
During this time , Natural News has worked tirelessly to try to educate people on the basics of mathematics , statistics , science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this pandemic seriously .
We were highly critical of President Trump ’ s dismissal of the virus in February , March and April , and we warned that if he didn ’ t take the pandemic seriously , he would lose the November election .
But instead of taking it seriously , nearly the entire industry of conservative and independent media decided to start attacking masks as “ dangerous , ” while claiming the virus was “ harmless.
” While we oppose mandatory masks , we ’ ve always supported voluntary mask wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , grocery stores and public transportation .
Yet the indy media turned against masks and began to invoke the most ridiculous arguments against them , claiming masks can ’ t help anyone , under any circumstances , and should be rejected by all .
Indy media outlets have long claimed all the deaths were faked and no one really died from covid At the same time , the same “ usual suspects ” across independent , conservative media began claiming almost no one really died from covid-19 .
They achieved this by twisting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distort the conclusions .
Fox News even ran a graphic rooted in mathematical ignorance ( see below ) that misrepresented the real risk of covid-19 deaths by two orders of magnitude ( a factor of 100 ) .
But Fox is too stupid to do math , so nobody was surprised .
Despite the bad math , indy media outlets ran with the Fox graphic , because they were too stupid to fact check anything ( and too enthusiastic to claim the virus was a hoax ) , all while falsely claiming the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of covid deaths were actually covid deaths .
Again , they know nothing about epidemiology , mathematics or statistics , so they leap to whatever conclusion they want to push , facts be damned .
Again , I tried to educate them about real science , but they weren ’ t interested .
See my story , Independent media gets it wrong : 94 % of COVID deaths having comorbidity factors does not prove the coronavirus is a “ hoax ” .
Month after month , we watched as many of the top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus was a “ hoax ” while they attacked and shamed people who wore masks .
Voluntary face masks were called , “ face diapers , ” and “ symbols of slavery.
” People were vilified for recommending commonsense precautions , and accurate analysts like myself were disinvited from various platforms and publishers because we refused to claim the virus was a “ hoax.
” To this day , I refuse to disclaim masks , even as the indy media “ mob ” demands absolute conformity to anti-mask rhetoric under all circumstances .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ these same indy , alt-right news outlets and publishers now think Trump is faking it , too ?
Do they think presidents are taken to Walter Reed for a flu ?
Do they still think covid-19 is a hoax ?
Even when their own candidate is starting to show more severe symptoms ?
Even more worryingly , conservative , alt-right media publishers are so mathematically illiterate — suffering from “ stupid-19 ” — that they still don ’ t have any clue about Trump ’ s real chances of dying from this infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newly released data ( which were widely misinterpreted by indy media ) , Trump has a 5.4 % chance of dying from this infection , as he ’ s in the 70+ age group .
You might argue that Trump is obviously receiving better medical care than the average nursing home resident , but on the negative side , Trump is already symptomatic , and the 5.4 % fatality rate concerns people who were also asymptomatic , meaning that symptomatic people have already progressed further along the risk spectrum .
Thus , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 in 20 ) that Trump dies from covid-19 .
But because they can ’ t do math , most conservative pundits think Trump ’ s chances of dying are 0.054 % .
That ’ s equivalent to about 1 in 1,850 .
But the real risk is 1 in 18 .
So conservatives have no idea how grave this risk really is .
Because they can ’ t do math , they think Trump ’ s chances of dying are essentially zero .
They aren ’ t .
Trump ’ s chances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much is riding on his survival ( i.e .
the very future of our nation and perhaps the free world ) .
Still , to this day , conservative pundits and alt-right media publishers refuse to take this seriously , even for people in the high-risk 70+ age group .
Their capacity for self-deception is nothing short of stunning .
Modern doctors are so brainwashed by Big Pharma they might accidentally KILL Trump with drug interventions Of course , Trump could easily be saved by consuming chlorine dioxide ( ClO2 ) which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the blood , but the medical doctors of our era are ignorant and brainwashed by Big Pharma , so they ’ re treating Trump mostly with drugs that will likely harm him .
Never forget that George Washington was killed by the doctors of his era , too , who kept bleeding him out to eliminate evil spirits .
( Yes , George Washington was killed by medical doctors . )
Eventually he didn ’ t have enough blood remaining to fight the infection , and he died .
That took place in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ germs ” and microbiology .
Yet what ’ s especially ironic is that today , in 2020 , we still have conservative media pundits and publishers who also don ’ t believe in the Germ Theory .
They claim there is no virus and that covid-19 is a “ hoax.
” It makes me wonder : If they were in charge if treating Trump , would they bleed him to death , too ?
Here ’ s the graphic that Fox News recently published which under-states the covid death risk by two orders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC.gov ” is their source : As I explained in this recent Natural News article , Fox News is run by mathematically illiterate morons who took the CDC ’ s risk factor numbers and just slapped a “ % ” sign on the end , oblivious to how numbers work .
The real risk of death from covid-19 in people aged 70+ years , according to the CDC , is 5.4 % , not 0.054 % .
But as I have also repeated pointed out , trying to teach conservative pundits mathematics is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chess .
They don ’ t even have the neurology to handle it .
When it comes to math , they are dumber than birds .
Here ’ s what the CDC actually reports as “ Infection Fatality Ratios ” based on their “ Current Best Estimate , ” scenario 5 , Table 1 , at this url : Notice , importantly , that the ratio numbers do not contain % signs .
That ’ s because they are ratios , not percents .
As anyone who isn ’ t an idiot already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 % .
Similarly , a ratio of 0.5 means 50 % .
Therefore , a ratio of 0.054 means 5.4 % .
I have yet to find any prominent conservative or independent media publishers who has bothered to point this out .
They don ’ t care what the numbers actually mean .
They just take whatever numbers they dream up , and manipulate them in whatever way best serves their “ hoax ” narrative .
In contrast , here ’ s my article that accurately explained the CDC ’ s numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be extremely low for younger people , but extremely high for the elderly .
Trump falls into “ the elderly.
” The fate of America now rests on a bunch of Big Pharma brainwashed doctors and a bioweapon launched by China to target human beings… and indy media remains in total denial The upshot of all this is that the future of our nation and our world now depends on two totally sketchy things : 1 ) Mainstream doctors who are “ treating ” the president with experimental pharmaceuticals that might end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) The deadly properties of a biological weapon engineered by China and deliberately launched against the world to destroy Western nations and crush the global economy .
While independent media remains in total denial about the existence of the virus , the mainstream media remains in total denial about its origins .
So getting the truth about covid-19 in today ’ s highly politicized news environment that ’ s heavily populated by low-IQ idiots is almost impossible .
Truthfully stated , modern human society is too stupid to save itself from its own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technical know-how to build deadly weapons of mass destruction , but not nearly enough education to rationally and intelligently deal with those weapons being unleashed upon the world .
The end result of this is , of course , total collapse .
That is the only outcome that now seems possible .
Human civilization as we know it today will implode in short order , combining a global food collapse with an economic collapse , geopolitical collapse and the collapse of the rule of law .
America as you know it is over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alt-right indy media won ’ t change a thing because they are part of the problem , not the solution .
People who have knowledge are avoided like the plague , because information consumers aren ’ t interested in knowledge ; only in tribal rage In today ’ s twisted world , knowledge is hated .
Truth is treason .
Rationality is mocked .
Reason is abandoned .
Nobody has any interest in reality ; only in living out their own twisted fantasies in their twisted bubble worlds constructed our of sheer delusion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right as much as the Left .
Shockingly few people can navigate anything in our world today with a sense of critical thinking and legitimate knowledge , and those of us who actually have knowledge are censored or avoided because we don ’ t espouse the “ correct ” narrative on the Left or the Right .
America has collapsed into tribal , collectivist idiocy .
And there is no coming back from it because the schools don ’ t even pretend to teach critical thinking skills anymore ; they merely push more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ social justice.
” America is fu # # ed , in other words .
Now it ’ s only a question of what the collapse looks like and how many millions end up dead before it ’ s all over .
The America you once knew is gone forever , and humanity is too stupid to survive its own irrationality .
Now it ’ s easy to understand why Deagel.com reports the United States of America will lose 227 million people by the year 2025 .
The American people have become too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks that are being unleashed against them , whether biological , electromagnetic , geopolitical via disinfo media attacks .
The end result is no longer in doubt , and I called in two years ago in my podcasts , stating that America as you know it will cease to exist by 2025 .
And many of those who claim to be fighting to “ defend ” America are actually accelerating its demise through their stupidity and ignorance .
Coincidentally , most of those people will be dead by 2025 as well , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Don ’ t be among the soon-to-be-dead .
Don ’ t fall into the trap of popular idiocy .
Your very survival now depends on your ability to think for yourself while approaching the threats against humanity with a sense of rare rationality .
Any failure to recognize reality , at this point , may lead to your demise .

by Mike Adams of Natural News
(Natural News) In early March of this year, alt-right indy media outlets and conservative pundits started claiming the coronavirus was a “hoax.” They insisted it was, “No worse than the flu” and claimed no one was really dying from covid. Some publishers and platforms still claim there’s no such thing as a coronavirus and that all the supposed sickness is caused solely by cell towers.
During this time, Natural News has worked tirelessly to try to educate people on the basics of mathematics, statistics, science and virology, encouraging conservatives to take this pandemic seriously. We were highly critical of President Trump’s dismissal of the virus in February, March and April, and we warned that if he didn’t take the pandemic seriously, he would lose the November election.
But instead of taking it seriously, nearly the entire industry of conservative and independent media decided to start attacking masks as “dangerous,” while claiming the virus was “harmless.” While we oppose mandatory masks, we’ve always supported voluntary mask wearing in shared air environments such as elevators, grocery stores and public transportation. Yet the indy media turned against masks and began to invoke the most ridiculous arguments against them, claiming masks can’t help anyone, under any circumstances, and should be rejected by all.
Indy media outlets have long claimed all the deaths were faked and no one really died from covid
At the same time, the same “usual suspects” across independent, conservative media began claiming almost no one really died from covid-19. They achieved this by twisting and lying about CDC numbers to falsely distort the conclusions. Fox News even ran a graphic rooted in mathematical ignorance (see below) that misrepresented the real risk of covid-19 deaths by two orders of magnitude (a factor of 100). But Fox is too stupid to do math, so nobody was surprised.
Despite the bad math, indy media outlets ran with the Fox graphic, because they were too stupid to fact check anything (and too enthusiastic to claim the virus was a hoax), all while falsely claiming the CDC “admitted” only 6% of covid deaths were actually covid deaths. Again, they know nothing about epidemiology, mathematics or statistics, so they leap to whatever conclusion they want to push, facts be damned. Again, I tried to educate them about real science, but they weren’t interested. See my story, Independent media gets it wrong: 94% of COVID deaths having comorbidity factors does not prove the coronavirus is a “hoax”.
Month after month, we watched as many of the top indy media publishers continued to claim the coronavirus was a “hoax” while they attacked and shamed people who wore masks. Voluntary face masks were called, “face diapers,” and “symbols of slavery.” People were vilified for recommending commonsense precautions, and accurate analysts like myself were disinvited from various platforms and publishers because we refused to claim the virus was a “hoax.” To this day, I refuse to disclaim masks, even as the indy media “mob” demands absolute conformity to anti-mask rhetoric under all circumstances.
Now President Trump has covid-19. Do these same indy, alt-right news outlets and publishers now think Trump is faking it, too?
Do they think presidents are taken to Walter Reed for a flu?
Do they still think covid-19 is a hoax? Even when their own candidate is starting to show more severe symptoms?
CDC data give Trump a 5.4% chance of dying from covid
Even more worryingly, conservative, alt-right media publishers are so mathematically illiterate — suffering from “stupid-19” — that they still don’t have any clue about Trump’s real chances of dying from this infection. According to the CDC’s newly released data (which were widely misinterpreted by indy media), Trump has a 5.4% chance of dying from this infection, as he’s in the 70+ age group.
You might argue that Trump is obviously receiving better medical care than the average nursing home resident, but on the negative side, Trump is already symptomatic, and the 5.4% fatality rate concerns people who were also asymptomatic, meaning that symptomatic people have already progressed further along the risk spectrum.
Thus, there is a very real change (about 1 in 20) that Trump dies from covid-19. But because they can’t do math, most conservative pundits think Trump’s chances of dying are 0.054%. That’s equivalent to about 1 in 1,850. But the real risk is 1 in 18. So conservatives have no idea how grave this risk really is. Because they can’t do math, they think Trump’s chances of dying are essentially zero.
They aren’t. Trump’s chances of dying are shockingly high, given how much is riding on his survival (i.e. the very future of our nation and perhaps the free world).
Still, to this day, conservative pundits and alt-right media publishers refuse to take this seriously, even for people in the high-risk 70+ age group. Their capacity for self-deception is nothing short of stunning.
Modern doctors are so brainwashed by Big Pharma they might accidentally KILL Trump with drug interventions
Of course, Trump could easily be saved by consuming chlorine dioxide (ClO2) which unleashes a flood of usable oxygen in the blood, but the medical doctors of our era are ignorant and brainwashed by Big Pharma, so they’re treating Trump mostly with drugs that will likely harm him. Never forget that George Washington was killed by the doctors of his era, too, who kept bleeding him out to eliminate evil spirits. (Yes, George Washington was killed by medical doctors.) Eventually he didn’t have enough blood remaining to fight the infection, and he died.
That took place in an era before the discovery of “germs” and microbiology. Yet what’s especially ironic is that today, in 2020, we still have conservative media pundits and publishers who also don’t believe in the Germ Theory. They claim there is no virus and that covid-19 is a “hoax.” It makes me wonder: If they were in charge if treating Trump, would they bleed him to death, too?
Here’s the graphic that Fox News recently published which under-states the covid death risk by two orders of magnitude, even while claiming “CDC.gov” is their source:
As I explained in this recent Natural News article, Fox News is run by mathematically illiterate morons who took the CDC’s risk factor numbers and just slapped a “%” sign on the end, oblivious to how numbers work.
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The real risk of death from covid-19 in people aged 70+ years, according to the CDC, is 5.4%, not 0.054%. But as I have also repeated pointed out, trying to teach conservative pundits mathematics is like trying to teach pigeons to play chess. They don’t even have the neurology to handle it. When it comes to math, they are dumber than birds.
Here’s what the CDC actually reports as “Infection Fatality Ratios” based on their “Current Best Estimate,” scenario 5, Table 1, at this url:
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
0-19 years: 0.00003
20-49 years: 0.0002
50-69 years: 0.005
70+ years: 0.054
Notice, importantly, that the ratio numbers do not contain % signs. That’s because they are ratios, not percents. As anyone who isn’t an idiot already knows, a ratio of 1.0 means 100%. Similarly, a ratio of 0.5 means 50%. Therefore, a ratio of 0.054 means 5.4%.
I have yet to find any prominent conservative or independent media publishers who has bothered to point this out. They don’t care what the numbers actually mean. They just take whatever numbers they dream up, and manipulate them in whatever way best serves their “hoax” narrative.
In contrast, here’s my article that accurately explained the CDC’s numbers and why they reveal the death risk to be extremely low for younger people, but extremely high for the elderly. Trump falls into “the elderly.”
The fate of America now rests on a bunch of Big Pharma brainwashed doctors and a bioweapon launched by China to target human beings… and indy media remains in total denial
The upshot of all this is that the future of our nation and our world now depends on two totally sketchy things: 1) Mainstream doctors who are “treating” the president with experimental pharmaceuticals that might end up making him worse, and 2) The deadly properties of a biological weapon engineered by China and deliberately launched against the world to destroy Western nations and crush the global economy.
While independent media remains in total denial about the existence of the virus, the mainstream media remains in total denial about its origins. So getting the truth about covid-19 in today’s highly politicized news environment that’s heavily populated by low-IQ idiots is almost impossible.
Truthfully stated, modern human society is too stupid to save itself from its own mad science creations. We have the technical know-how to build deadly weapons of mass destruction, but not nearly enough education to rationally and intelligently deal with those weapons being unleashed upon the world.
The end result of this is, of course, total collapse. That is the only outcome that now seems possible. Human civilization as we know it today will implode in short order, combining a global food collapse with an economic collapse, geopolitical collapse and the collapse of the rule of law. America as you know it is over, and all the loud rantings of alt-right indy media won’t change a thing because they are part of the problem, not the solution.
People who have knowledge are avoided like the plague, because information consumers aren’t interested in knowledge; only in tribal rage
In today’s twisted world, knowledge is hated. Truth is treason. Rationality is mocked. Reason is abandoned. Nobody has any interest in reality; only in living out their own twisted fantasies in their twisted bubble worlds constructed our of sheer delusion. And this is true on the Right as much as the Left. Shockingly few people can navigate anything in our world today with a sense of critical thinking and legitimate knowledge, and those of us who actually have knowledge are censored or avoided because we don’t espouse the “correct” narrative on the Left or the Right.
America has collapsed into tribal, collectivist idiocy. And there is no coming back from it because the schools don’t even pretend to teach critical thinking skills anymore; they merely push more idiocy and ignorance in the name of “social justice.”
America is fu##ed, in other words. Now it’s only a question of what the collapse looks like and how many millions end up dead before it’s all over. The America you once knew is gone forever, and humanity is too stupid to survive its own irrationality.
Now it’s easy to understand why Deagel.com reports the United States of America will lose 227 million people by the year 2025.
The American people have become too dumbed down to navigate any of the attacks that are being unleashed against them, whether biological, electromagnetic, geopolitical via disinfo media attacks.
The end result is no longer in doubt, and I called in two years ago in my podcasts, stating that America as you know it will cease to exist by 2025.
And many of those who claim to be fighting to “defend” America are actually accelerating its demise through their stupidity and ignorance. Coincidentally, most of those people will be dead by 2025 as well, because they refuse to prepare for reality.
Don’t be among the soon-to-be-dead. Don’t fall into the trap of popular idiocy. Your very survival now depends on your ability to think for yourself while approaching the threats against humanity with a sense of rare rationality. Any failure to recognize reality, at this point, may lead to your demise.


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--US buys all Gilead Remdesivir supply & sets price at $3120/treatment prior to approving for Coronavi

US buys all Gilead Remdesivir supply & sets price at $3120/treatment prior to approving for Coronavirus treatment

While EU is in talks with an American pharmaceutical giant about securing enough doses of anti – COVID-19 drugs , @ @ @ @ @ up world supply of ‘ Remdesivir ’ … Oh Murica…

While EU is in talks with an American pharmaceutical giant about securing enough doses of anti – COVID-19 drugs, Washington swooped in and bought up world supply of ‘Remdesivir’… Oh Murica…
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h/t ecovid


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--China Doubles Down On Nuclear Energy To Cut Carbon Emissions

Around the world , there is a sweeping movement toward a global green energy transition .
While world leaders have been urged by experts for years to start lowering greenhouse gas emissions and start battling climate change with a sense of urgency , the COVID-19 pandemic has , in its severe and continued destruction of the global economy , catalyzed the decarbonization of our economies .
The pandemic has given the global community an unanticipated interruption to the status quo and a vital , once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for what the World Economic Forum advocates as a “ new energy order ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement is widespread ; Chile and the European Union are instating or planning to instate renewable “ energy communities , ” in Europe Big Oil is transitioning to Big Energy , Australia is investing heavily in hydrogen to meet its target of carbon neutrality by 2050 , and now even China , one of the key nations for curbing global carbon emissions , has announced its own extremely ambitious plan to bring its carbon footprint to zero by the year 2060 .
In fact , the United States is one of few holdouts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the world ’ s most powerful economies embrace decarbonization as an inevitability and rush to corner the green energy market .
For China , however , their ambitious decarbonization plan may be easier said than done .
While Beijing releases ambitious plans , cynics have a strong argument to make that it may just be a heap of greenwashed propaganda .
At the same time that China is making grand plans about a net-zero carbon footprint , the country is constructing new coal-fired plants at a healthy clip , and coal has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s energy mix .
So how will China go about replacing the coal that they rely so heavily upon ?
“ To replace all that coal capacity , ” Quartz reported this week , “ China will rely primarily on wind power .
The biggest relative gain would be in solar – no surprise , since China has spent the last several years building itself into the world ’ s leading solar superpower .
But the plan also imagines a pivotal role for nuclear.
” Related : U.S. , UAE And Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been on the rise as one of the world ’ s foremost nuclear powerhouses for years now .
Despite years of decline , the U.S. is still the foremost nuclear power producer in the world , accounting for about one-third of global nuclear energy production .
But China is hot on its heels and plans to add huge amounts of nuclear capacity over the coming years , quadrupling its current production levels .
“ GlobalData Plc predicts that China will pass France as the world ’ s No .
2 nuclear generator in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. four years after that , ” Bloomberg Green reported in June .
This strategy is a significant contrast from other decarbonization roadmaps in places like Europe and Australia , where nuclear remains divisive among politicians and constituents alike .
While the global nuclear energy industry has stagnated , China is charging full steam ahead .
“ Right now , the center of gravity has decisively shifted toward China , ” Jacopo Buongiorno , a nuclear scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , was quoted by Quartz .
“ They ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and EU ] are shrinking .
They ’ re trying everything , which is quite exciting to watch.
” China ’ s approach to nuclear is strikingly innovative .
Another unique attribute of China ’ s decarbonization plan and overall approach to nuclear energy is that the country is working on developing compact nuclear plants that can be located in residential areas on top of the more standard large-scale nuclear plants that connect to the grid .
It is also “ rolling out small plants that float on ocean barges , which can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas operations .
And it ’ s building cutting-edge plants that operate at exceptionally high temperatures and are used for industrial facilities , ” reports Quartz .
While nuclear energy has considerable drawbacks – very rare but extremely hazardous meltdowns and other nuclear disasters , hazardous waste with a radioactive half-life that will outlive us all , and high levels of water consumption , to name a few – it holds enormous promise for lowering global greenhouse gas emissions .
And China is one of the countries that most needs to downsize its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zero-emissions target is an ambitious one , their assertive nuclear plan could get them there .

By Haley Zaremba
Around the world, there is a sweeping movement toward a global green energy transition. While world leaders have been urged by experts for years to start lowering greenhouse gas emissions and start battling climate change with a sense of urgency, the COVID-19 pandemic has, in its severe and continued destruction of the global economy, catalyzed the decarbonization of our economies. The pandemic has given the global community an unanticipated interruption to the status quo and a vital, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for what the World Economic Forum advocates as a “new energy order” and a “great reset.” The movement is widespread; Chile and the European Union are instating or planning to instate renewable “energy communities,” in Europe Big Oil is transitioning to Big Energy, Australia is investing heavily in hydrogen to meet its target of carbon neutrality by 2050, and now even China, one of the key nations for curbing global carbon emissions, has announced its own extremely ambitious plan to bring its carbon footprint to zero by the year 2060. In fact, the United States is one of few holdouts in the global energy transition as many of the world’s most powerful economies embrace decarbonization as an inevitability and rush to corner the green energy market.
For China, however, their ambitious decarbonization plan may be easier said than done. While Beijing releases ambitious plans, cynics have a strong argument to make that it may just be a heap of greenwashed propaganda. At the same time that China is making grand plans about a net-zero carbon footprint, the country is constructing new coal-fired plants at a healthy clip, and coal has easily maintained its dominance of the country’s energy mix.
So how will China go about replacing the coal that they rely so heavily upon? “To replace all that coal capacity,” Quartz reported this week, “China will rely primarily on wind power. The biggest relative gain would be in solar – no surprise, since China has spent the last several years building itself into the world’s leading solar superpower. But the plan also imagines a pivotal role for nuclear.”
Related: U.S., UAE And Israel Agree On Joint Energy Strategy
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China has been on the rise as one of the world’s foremost nuclear powerhouses for years now. Despite years of decline, the U.S. is still the foremost nuclear power producer in the world, accounting for about one-third of global nuclear energy production. But China is hot on its heels and plans to add huge amounts of nuclear capacity over the coming years, quadrupling its current production levels. “GlobalData Plc predicts that China will pass France as the world’s No. 2 nuclear generator in 2022 and claim the top spot from the U.S. four years after that,” Bloomberg Green reported in June.
This strategy is a significant contrast from other decarbonization roadmaps in places like Europe and Australia, where nuclear remains divisive among politicians and constituents alike. While the global nuclear energy industry has stagnated, China is charging full steam ahead. “Right now, the center of gravity has decisively shifted toward China,” Jacopo Buongiorno, a nuclear scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was quoted by Quartz. “They’re growing fast and [the US and EU] are shrinking. They’re trying everything, which is quite exciting to watch.”
China’s approach to nuclear is strikingly innovative. Another unique attribute of China’s decarbonization plan and overall approach to nuclear energy is that the country is working on developing compact nuclear plants that can be located in residential areas on top of the more standard large-scale nuclear plants that connect to the grid. It is also “rolling out small plants that float on ocean barges, which can be used to power offshore oil and gas operations. And it’s building cutting-edge plants that operate at exceptionally high temperatures and are used for industrial facilities,” reports Quartz.
While nuclear energy has considerable drawbacks – very rare but extremely hazardous meltdowns and other nuclear disasters, hazardous waste with a radioactive half-life that will outlive us all, and high levels of water consumption, to name a few – it holds enormous promise for lowering global greenhouse gas emissions. And China is one of the countries that most needs to downsize its carbon footprint. While China’s zero-emissions target is an ambitious one, their assertive nuclear plan could get them there.
By Haley Zaremba for Oilprice.com


investmentwatchblog--2020-10-05--Black Homeowership Hits All-time High As Black Median Weekly Real Earnings Growth Also Hits All-time

Black Homeowership Hits All-time High As Black Median Weekly Real Earnings Growth Also Hits All-time High

Washington DC policy makers have been trying to stimulate black homeownership rates since President Lyndon Johnson and his Great Society @ @ @ @ @ Black homeownership peaked in 2004 but steadily declined until 2019 .
Then skyrocketed in the @ @ @ @ @ the first half of 2020 .
The largest increase from 1995 to 2014 in black @ @ @ @ @ of President Clinton ’ s National Homeownership Strategy , that effectively encouraged lenders and mortgage @ @ @ @ @ ) underwriting standards .
Home prices declined dramatically in the latter half of 2007 until @ @ @ @ @ fall until 2019 when home prices were hitting all-time highs .
On a year-over-year basis @ @ @ @ @ see black households achieving such a historic gain in median weekly real earnings that is @ @ @ @ @ rates .

by confoundedinterest17
Washington DC policy makers have been trying to stimulate black homeownership rates since President Lyndon Johnson and his Great Society platform in the 1960s.
Black homeownership peaked in 2004 but steadily declined until 2019. Then skyrocketed in the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020.
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The largest increase from 1995 to 2014 in black homeownership coincided with the enactment of President Clinton’s National Homeownership Strategy, that effectively encouraged lenders and mortgage insurers to weaken (streamline) underwriting standards.
Home prices declined dramatically in the latter half of 2007 until 2011 while black homeownership continued fall until 2019 when home prices were hitting all-time highs.
On a year-over-year basis, it is fantastic to see black households achieving such a historic gain in median weekly real earnings that is helping to propel black homeownership rates.