wearechange--2020-09-21--2,000 Days After It Started, War in Yemen Poised to Turn Even More Deadly

Another grim milestone has just passed in Yemen , where Saudi Arabia ’ s war against the poorest country in the Middle East reached its two-thousandth day .
Ostensibly , the war was launched to restore President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to power after he was ousted following Houthi-led popular protests amid the Arab Spring .
Realistically , the war has become little more than a pretext to control Yemen ’ s strategic sites and natural wealth .
Saudi Arabia and the UAE now occupy entire southern provinces from al-Mahara to the Bab al-Mandab Strait .
Somehow , though , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old guard to return .
The numbers are astonishing .
Since 2015 , Saudi-led coalition warplanes have pounded the country with over 250,000 airstrikes .
Seventy percent of those have hit civilian targets , killing more than 100,000 people since January 2016 , according to a report by the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data Project ( ACLED ) .
Those numbers do not include those who have died in the humanitarian disasters caused by the war , particularly starvation and thousands of tons of weapons , most often supplied by the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , schools , markets , mosques , farms , factories , bridges , and power and water treatment plants .
Unexploded ordnances have been left scattered across populated areas , particularly in the urban areas of Sana ’ a , Sadaa , Hodeida , Hajjah , Marib , and al-Jawf , and have left the country one of the most heavily contaminated in the world .
As the war officially passes its two-thousandth day , the Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development , a Yemeni advocacy group , issued a report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bombs have landed .
According to the non-governmental organization , those attacks have destroyed more than 21 economically-vital facilities like factories , food storage facilities , fishing boats , markets , and food , and fuel tankers and have damaged 9,000 pieces of critical infrastructure , including 15 airports , 16 seaports , 304 electrical stations , 2,098 tanks and water pumps , and 4,200 roads and bridges .
At least 576,528 public service facilities , including more than 1,000 schools , 6,732 agricultural fields , and 1,375 mosques have been destroyed or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civilian infrastructure , particularly hospitals , have also crippled Yemen ’ s health system , leaving it unable to deal with even the basic public health needs .
Eye of Humanity reports that the coalition has destroyed 389 hospitals and health centers while most of the country ’ s estimated 300 remaining facilities are either closed or barely functioning as COVID-19 spreads through the country like wildfire .
Household food insecurity now hovers at over 70 percent , with fifty percent of rural households and 20 percent of urban households now food insecure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have enough food to satisfy basic nutritional needs .
Underweight and stunted children have become a regular sight , especially among holdouts in rural areas .
This is Yemen after 2,000 days of war .
A dirty war and a brutal siege on a forgotten people subsisting in unlivable conditions .
If one is able to dodge death from war , starvation , and COVID-19 , they face unprecedented levels of disease .
Yemen ’ s average life expectancy now hovers at around 66 , one of the lowest in the world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ over all aspects of life , severely restricting not only the movement of aid and people but also of UN flights .
Last week , both the Ministry of Transportation and the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology announced that Sana ’ a International Airport was no longer equipped to receive the official airplane of UN Special Envoy to Yemen , Martin Griffith .
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is still preventing fuel tankers from delivering much-needed fuel to Yemen ’ s hospitals , water pumps , bakeries , cleaning trucks , and gas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ districts , into a fuel crisis .
The blockade has not only forced thousands to wait for days in lines as far as the eye can see but has forced many facilities to shut down altogether .
All while Saudi Arabia and its local militias plunder crude oil in Marib , Shabwah , and Hadramout .
After normalization , the UAE steps up attacks For many Yemenis , there is little reason for optimism entering what feels like the third phase of the war against their country , as Israel ostensibly enters the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will escalate as a result of normalization between the UAE and Israel , and indeed , Tel Aviv ’ s entrance into the already convoluted theater appears to have already opened the door for further escalation .
Since normalization , UAE warplanes have intensified airstrikes against populated areas throughout the country ’ s northern provinces .
In Sana ’ a , approximately 20 aerial attacks hit densely populated neighborhoods and brazenly targeted the Sana ’ a Airport , a military engineering camp , and a poultry farm , among other targets .
UAE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receiving logistical support by Israel , although no evidence has yet surfaced yet to substantiate those fears .
In a stark departure from the UAE ’ s more conciliatory tone in Yemen over the past year , UAE aircraft have carried out more than 100 airstrikes since August 13 , when Trump announced the normalization between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv .
They also pounded the oil-rich province of Marib , located east the country , where UAE jets dropped more than 300 bombs targeting transport trucks , fuel stations , homes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Ansar Allah-led were also targeted .
Reinforcing the heir of hopelessness is that the United States continues to neglect Yemen ’ s suffering , despite its designation by the United Nations calling as the world ’ s worst humanitarian crisis .
Even with the 2020 election looming and President Donald Trump leaning heavily into his foreign policy accomplishments , the U.S. role in Yemen has been noticeably absent from the discussion .
Biden has been no better , leaving little hope that the December elections could bring an end to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring some semblance of peace to Yemen by parties in both Qatar and Oman .
Secret negotiations have been held in Sana ’ a , but they seem aimed at stopping the Houthi advance in Marib and not the war in general .
In reality , international voices are loudest when the war begins to affect Saudi Arabia , as they were last September when Saudi oil facilities were attacked , or when a Houthi advance threatens the Saudi border as it did in August of 2019 when an operation captured 4,000 square @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Qatari and Omani efforts are not the only ones on the ground .
The United Nations envoy to Yemen , Martin Griffiths , is leading other efforts aimed at stopping the Houthi advance in Marib .
Griffiths said during a recent Security Council session that , “ The situation in Marib is of concern .
Military shifts in Marib have ripple effects on conflict dynamics .
If Marib falls , it ’ d undermine prospects of convening an inclusive political process that brings about a transition based on partnership and plurality.
” Neither @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the UN even purport to be focused on bringing an end to the war or mitigating the blockade , instead , they seem only concerned with assuring the Coalition retains its competitive advantage .
2,000 days of war , in fact , have proven an insufficient term to bring peace to the war-torn country .
With the exception of a fragile ceasefire in Hodeida and a small number of prisoner releases , negotiations between the two sides , even on minor issues , often reach a dead end .
Numerous negotiations between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland last year .
When the war began over five years ago , Saudi leaders promised a decisive victory in a matter of weeks , one or two months at most .
Yet the Houthis remain steadfast in their resistance and , in fact , have grown even more powerful leading to consternation in the Kingdom , with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz dismissing the leader of the Coalition forces Fahd bin Turki and a number of senior officers following a series of recent Saudi battlefield failures .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ drone strikes against the al-Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia ’ s southwestern province of Asir .
The operation was the fifth against the airport and a sign that half of a decade of war has done little to bring security to the Kingdom .
In fact , the Houthis now seem intent on moving the frontline into Saudi Arabia and UAE territory and have even promised retaliatory action against Israel should they continue to escalate their involvement in the war .
According to Houthi spokesman Mohammed AbdulSalam , “ the Saudi-led war on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paying for taking a firm stance against Israel , ” adding “ Israelis are involved in most of the conflicts plaguing the region , including the Riyadh-led aggression against Yemen.
” Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist .
He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media .

Another grim milestone has just passed in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia’s war against the poorest country in the Middle East reached its two-thousandth day. Ostensibly, the war was launched to restore President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to power after he was ousted following Houthi-led popular protests amid the Arab Spring.
Realistically, the war has become little more than a pretext to control Yemen’s strategic sites and natural wealth. Saudi Arabia and the UAE now occupy entire southern provinces from al-Mahara to the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Somehow, though, they have not yet allowed Haddi and his old guard to return.
Grim statistics
The numbers are astonishing. Since 2015, Saudi-led coalition warplanes have pounded the country with over 250,000 airstrikes. Seventy percent of those have hit civilian targets, killing more than 100,000 people since January 2016, according to a report by the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data Project (ACLED). Those numbers do not include those who have died in the humanitarian disasters caused by the war, particularly starvation and thousands of tons of weapons, most often supplied by the United States, have been dropped on hospitals, schools, markets, mosques, farms, factories, bridges, and power and water treatment plants.
Unexploded ordnances have been left scattered across populated areas, particularly in the urban areas of Sana’a, Sadaa, Hodeida, Hajjah, Marib, and al-Jawf, and have left the country one of the most heavily contaminated in the world.
As the war officially passes its two-thousandth day, the Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development, a Yemeni advocacy group, issued a report on where some of the estimated 600,000 bombs have landed. According to the non-governmental organization, those attacks have destroyed more than 21 economically-vital facilities like factories, food storage facilities, fishing boats, markets, and food, and fuel tankers and have damaged 9,000 pieces of critical infrastructure, including 15 airports, 16 seaports, 304 electrical stations, 2,098 tanks and water pumps, and 4,200 roads and bridges. At least 576,528 public service facilities, including more than 1,000 schools, 6,732 agricultural fields, and 1,375 mosques have been destroyed or damaged.
The blockade and bombing of civilian infrastructure, particularly hospitals, have also crippled Yemen’s health system, leaving it unable to deal with even the basic public health needs. Eye of Humanity reports that the coalition has destroyed 389 hospitals and health centers while most of the country’s estimated 300 remaining facilities are either closed or barely functioning as COVID-19 spreads through the country like wildfire.
Household food insecurity now hovers at over 70 percent, with fifty percent of rural households and 20 percent of urban households now food insecure. Almost one-third of Yemenis do not have enough food to satisfy basic nutritional needs. Underweight and stunted children have become a regular sight, especially among holdouts in rural areas.
This is Yemen after 2,000 days of war. A dirty war and a brutal siege on a forgotten people subsisting in unlivable conditions. If one is able to dodge death from war, starvation, and COVID-19, they face unprecedented levels of disease. Yemen’s average life expectancy now hovers at around 66, one of the lowest in the world. The Saudi blockade has imposed tight control over all aspects of life, severely restricting not only the movement of aid and people but also of UN flights. Last week, both the Ministry of Transportation and the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology announced that Sana’a International Airport was no longer equipped to receive the official airplane of UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffith.
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is still preventing fuel tankers from delivering much-needed fuel to Yemen’s hospitals, water pumps, bakeries, cleaning trucks, and gas stations, plunging it, particularly northern districts, into a fuel crisis. The blockade has not only forced thousands to wait for days in lines as far as the eye can see but has forced many facilities to shut down altogether. All while Saudi Arabia and its local militias plunder crude oil in Marib, Shabwah, and Hadramout.
After normalization, the UAE steps up attacks
For many Yemenis, there is little reason for optimism entering what feels like the third phase of the war against their country, as Israel ostensibly enters the fray. They believe that the situation will escalate as a result of normalization between the UAE and Israel, and indeed, Tel Aviv’s entrance into the already convoluted theater appears to have already opened the door for further escalation.
Since normalization, UAE warplanes have intensified airstrikes against populated areas throughout the country’s northern provinces. In Sana’a, approximately 20 aerial attacks hit densely populated neighborhoods and brazenly targeted the Sana’a Airport, a military engineering camp, and a poultry farm, among other targets.
UAE warplanes are believed by locals to be receiving logistical support by Israel, although no evidence has yet surfaced yet to substantiate those fears. In a stark departure from the UAE’s more conciliatory tone in Yemen over the past year, UAE aircraft have carried out more than 100 airstrikes since August 13, when Trump announced the normalization between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv. They also pounded the oil-rich province of Marib, located east the country, where UAE jets dropped more than 300 bombs targeting transport trucks, fuel stations, homes, and farms. Advanced military sites belonging to the Ansar Allah-led were also targeted.
Reinforcing the heir of hopelessness is that the United States continues to neglect Yemen’s suffering, despite its designation by the United Nations calling as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Even with the 2020 election looming and President Donald Trump leaning heavily into his foreign policy accomplishments, the U.S. role in Yemen has been noticeably absent from the discussion. Biden has been no better, leaving little hope that the December elections could bring an end to the war.
Half-hearted attempts at peace
There are efforts underway to bring some semblance of peace to Yemen by parties in both Qatar and Oman. Secret negotiations have been held in Sana’a, but they seem aimed at stopping the Houthi advance in Marib and not the war in general.
In reality, international voices are loudest when the war begins to affect Saudi Arabia, as they were last September when Saudi oil facilities were attacked, or when a Houthi advance threatens the Saudi border as it did in August of 2019 when an operation captured 4,000 square kilometers of Saudi territory in Najran.
Qatari and Omani efforts are not the only ones on the ground. The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, is leading other efforts aimed at stopping the Houthi advance in Marib. Griffiths said during a recent Security Council session that, “The situation in Marib is of concern. Military shifts in Marib have ripple effects on conflict dynamics. If Marib falls, it’d undermine prospects of convening an inclusive political process that brings about a transition based on partnership and plurality.”
Neither the efforts in Qatar nor those by the UN even purport to be focused on bringing an end to the war or mitigating the blockade, instead, they seem only concerned with assuring the Coalition retains its competitive advantage.
2,000 days of war, in fact, have proven an insufficient term to bring peace to the war-torn country. With the exception of a fragile ceasefire in Hodeida and a small number of prisoner releases, negotiations between the two sides, even on minor issues, often reach a dead end. Numerous negotiations between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have failed, including UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland last year.
The Houthis grow stronger
When the war began over five years ago, Saudi leaders promised a decisive victory in a matter of weeks, one or two months at most. Yet the Houthis remain steadfast in their resistance and, in fact, have grown even more powerful leading to consternation in the Kingdom, with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz dismissing the leader of the Coalition forces Fahd bin Turki and a number of senior officers following a series of recent Saudi battlefield failures.
On Thursday, Houthi forces carried out drone strikes against the al-Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir. The operation was the fifth against the airport and a sign that half of a decade of war has done little to bring security to the Kingdom.
In fact, the Houthis now seem intent on moving the frontline into Saudi Arabia and UAE territory and have even promised retaliatory action against Israel should they continue to escalate their involvement in the war. According to Houthi spokesman Mohammed AbdulSalam, “the Saudi-led war on Yemen the price the Arab nation is paying for taking a firm stance against Israel,” adding “Israelis are involved in most of the conflicts plaguing the region, including the Riyadh-led aggression against Yemen.”
Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media.
Republished from MintPressNews.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-09-21--“We Have Arrows in Our Quiver”: Pelosi Doesn’t Rule Out Impeachment Over Supreme Court Pick

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) didn ’ t bat an eye when ABC “ This Week ” host and former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos floats the idea of impeaching President Trump over filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court following the Friday announcement of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
Stephanopoulos : “ Some have mentioned the possibility if they try to push through a nominee in a lame-duck session that the House could move to impeach President Trump or Attorney General Barr as a way of stalling or preventing the Senate from acting on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have our options .
We have arrows in our quiver that I ’ m not about to discuss right now.
” Meanwhile , packing the court is another ‘ arrow in the quiver ’ – simply adding more Justices if and when Biden is elected .
Notably , Biden came out against court packing during a July 2019 primary debate , saying “ I ’ m not prepared to go on and try to pack the court , because we ’ ll live to rue that day.
” The Democrats ’ fervent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than a bit awkward considering the number of Democrats who in 2016 advocated for Obama to pick a nominee – including Joe Biden .
President Trump on Saturday said he expects to announce his nominee to replace Ginsburg this week , and he intends to pick a woman for the role .
“ It will be a woman — a very talented , very brilliant woman , ” Trump told attendees at a North Carolina rally .
“ We haven ’ t chosen yet , but we have numerous women on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( R-KY ) has been joined by a growing number of Republicans – aside from Sens .
Susan Collins ( R-ME ) and Lisa Murkowski ( R-AK ) – who say they will support Trump ’ s nominee rather than waiting until after the election .
At present , Justice Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as a likely frontrunner to fill Ginsburg ’ s seat .

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) didn’t bat an eye when ABC “This Week” host and former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos floats the idea of impeaching President Trump over filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court following the Friday announcement of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Stephanopoulos: “Some have mentioned the possibility if they try to push through a nominee in a lame-duck session that the House could move to impeach President Trump or Attorney General Barr as a way of stalling or preventing the Senate from acting on this nomination.”
Pelosi: “Well, we have our options. We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now.”
Watch:
Pelosi doesn’t count out Impeaching President Trump for using a power that is granted to him by the U.S. Constitution. pic.twitter.com/njvXzlPF08 — Benny (@bennyjohnson) September 20, 2020
Meanwhile, packing the court is another ‘arrow in the quiver’ – simply adding more Justices if and when Biden is elected. Notably, Biden came out against court packing during a July 2019 primary debate, saying “I’m not prepared to go on and try to pack the court, because we’ll live to rue that day.”
"If you play by the rules and win, we will change the rules." https://t.co/4F4W25UGFl — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) September 19, 2020
The Democrats’ fervent opposition to Trump filling the vacancy is more than a bit awkward considering the number of Democrats who in 2016 advocated for Obama to pick a nominee – including Joe Biden.
President Trump on Saturday said he expects to announce his nominee to replace Ginsburg this week, and he intends to pick a woman for the role.
“It will be a woman — a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump told attendees at a North Carolina rally. “We haven’t chosen yet, but we have numerous women on the list.”
Crowd in North Carolina chants: "FILL THAT SEAT!" pic.twitter.com/RuOI6vpK9u — Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 19, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been joined by a growing number of Republicans – aside from Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) – who say they will support Trump’s nominee rather than waiting until after the election.
At present, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as a likely frontrunner to fill Ginsburg’s seat.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-09-22--Police Surround and Arrest Two Elderly Women Resting on Park Bench for ‘COVID Violation’

“ Victoria Police have lost all commonsense , ” one Australian eyewitness quipped upon posting a video showing police telling a 38-week pregnant woman she can ’ t sit down due to coronavirus and social distancing enforcement measures .
It ’ s one of many recent viral videos to come out of Australia ’ s southeast state of Victoria , home to Melbourne , showing absurd “ crackdowns ” by police for alleged coronavirus policy violators .
“ As a pregnant woman I can ’ t sit in the park ?
” the incredulous woman whose story was covered widely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers who harassed her .
Apparently not… because COVID .
“ You can only be out of your house for one of four reasons , ” the officer responded .
“ One of those would be exercise .
Sitting in a park is not one of the four reasons.
” The woman reasoned , “ So , I ’ m pregnant and obviously my exercise is limited because I have to walk I ’ m now puffed out because I ’ m 38 weeks pregnant .
So , even I can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right ?
” “ You can only be out for one of the four reasons , ” the officer asserted , explaining that her designated one-hour of exercise outdoors still includes certain restrictions ( as if free citizens are under a prison regimen ! )
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But the above scene which unfolded earlier this month is nothing compared to another recent moment caught on video of police surrounding two old ladies resting on a park bench in Melbourne .
This one made national media in Australia and is still going viral across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week of September : Here ’ s how national news source news.com.au described the scene unfold : Dramatic footage has captured a bizarre stand-off between five police officers and two elderly women sitting on a Melbourne park bench .
The video posted to YouTube on Sunday showed the officers surrounding the two women as one of them said firmly : “ No , I ’ m not standing up ” .
“ On what grounds am I under arrest ?
This is unlawful , ” the woman said .
The officers snatched a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women as soon as she took it out to start recording the encounter .
They were then threatened with arrest for allegedly refusing to show identification – all because police literally wouldn ’ t let them sit down to rest , supposedly in violation of coronavirus measures .
In yet another incident police entered a pregnant woman ’ s home and arrested her for merely planning an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook .
This also unfolded in Victoria .

“Victoria Police have lost all commonsense,” one Australian eyewitness quipped upon posting a video showing police telling a 38-week pregnant woman she can’t sit down due to coronavirus and social distancing enforcement measures.
It’s one of many recent viral videos to come out of Australia’s southeast state of Victoria, home to Melbourne, showing absurd “crackdowns” by police for alleged coronavirus policy violators. “As a pregnant woman I can’t sit in the park?” the incredulous woman whose story was covered widely in local media asked the couple of officers who harassed her.
Apparently not… because COVID. “You can only be out of your house for one of four reasons,” the officer responded. “One of those would be exercise. Sitting in a park is not one of the four reasons.”
We all ready knew it but now it’s confirmed. Victoria Police have lost all commonsense. Apparently 38 week pregnant women can’t stop for a breather on a park bench. pic.twitter.com/6RGI9GhN8f — Damo Pelham? (@DamoPelham) September 10, 2020
The woman reasoned, “So, I’m pregnant and obviously my exercise is limited because I have to walk I’m now puffed out because I’m 38 weeks pregnant. So, even I can’t sit in a park, is that right?”
“You can only be out for one of the four reasons,” the officer asserted, explaining that her designated one-hour of exercise outdoors still includes certain restrictions (as if free citizens are under a prison regimen!).
But the above scene which unfolded earlier this month is nothing compared to another recent moment caught on video of police surrounding two old ladies resting on a park bench in Melbourne.
This one made national media in Australia and is still going viral across the world after it happened during the first week of September:
Truly disgusting ? – I thought we were supposed to be looking after our elderly? How many cops for two little old ladies? https://t.co/yb9R6nEIsd pic.twitter.com/wHqzT5HdG4 — val glass (@AussieVal10) September 5, 2020
Here’s how national news source news.com.au described the scene unfold:
Dramatic footage has captured a bizarre stand-off between five police officers and two elderly women sitting on a Melbourne park bench. The video posted to YouTube on Sunday showed the officers surrounding the two women as one of them said firmly: “No, I’m not standing up”. “On what grounds am I under arrest? This is unlawful,” the woman said.
The officers snatched a mobile phone from one of the elderly women as soon as she took it out to start recording the encounter.
They were then threatened with arrest for allegedly refusing to show identification – all because police literally wouldn’t let them sit down to rest, supposedly in violation of coronavirus measures.
In yet another incident police entered a pregnant woman’s home and arrested her for merely planning an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook.
A young mum who was arrested at her Ballarat home over a 'Freedom Day' protest says she plans to fight her incitement charge. Zoe Buhler's arrest sparked international outrage as it was live-streamed on Facebook, but a top cop has defended the move. | @JaydeCotic pic.twitter.com/ohOwKzRryK — 10 News First Melbourne (@10NewsFirstMelb) September 3, 2020
This also unfolded in Victoria.
“Pregnant mum Zoe Buhler’s arrest is dictatorial and dangerous.” Great piece by Caroline Overington. https://t.co/HRCsxRSpng — Sharri Markson (@SharriMarkson) September 3, 2020
Protests have sprung up in various major cities across the Australian continent over authorities’ ultra-restrictive coronavirus lockdown measures, which judging by these and other incidents are among the most stringent and far-reaching in the world.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-09-23--Trump Pushes CDC to Release COVID Vaccine Before Election, Experts Warn It’s Too Early

Operation Warp Speed has grabbed all the headlines when it comes to the federal government ’ s efforts to deploy a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available .
A colossal enterprise , some supply chain experts have called it “ an Amazon Prime delivery model for a vaccine.
” But , the real distribution networks tasked with the job are located in 64 jurisdictions brought together under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases ( ELC ) cooperative agreement ; a 25-year old funding program inside the CDC used to enhance “ state , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease control.
” In March , the Trump Administration secured $ 631 Million from Congress for these jurisdictions through the CARES Act to “ expand their capacity for testing , contact tracing , and containment , ” according to HHS director , Alex Azar .
But , the CDC has come back , months later , with a counteroffer ten times the original award , requesting $ 6 Billion to cover the logistical requirements of distributing a vaccine to the entire U.S. population and beyond .
The $ 6 Billion-dollar request was made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress before CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield called the agency ’ s need for more funds “ urgent ” during an open congressional hearing last week .
The decision to go public was likely motivated by the Democrats ’ blocking of the GOP coronavirus relief bill last week , which contained the $ 6 Billion allocation in addition to the $ 20 Billion requested separately by HHS for further vaccine manufacturing and development , The Hill reported .
Besides the 50 states , ELC jurisdictions also include five U.S. territories and three freely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federally recognized tribal nations serving more than 50,000 people .
In Trump ’ s first year in office , the CDC introduced a new funding mechanism for the jurisdictions to more quickly deploy resources in a public health emergency over which the CDC , itself , exercises discretion .
In August of 2019 , the ELC launched “ a new 5-year period of performance ” dubbed the “ next generation ” ELC Cooperative Agreement that prioritized surveillance , detection , and response to “ the growing threats posed by infectious diseases , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mysterious bat-borne virus broke .
Other priorities included implementing “ public health interventions and tools , ” which together with their stated intent to use “ surveillance data to inform and prepare intervention strategies , ” sounds exactly like contact tracing .
The $ 631 Million from the CARES Act went directly to these ends in all jurisdictions and now , as a still-unknown COVID-19 vaccine comes closer to fruition , the real and expensive implications of a mass vaccine distribution operation in a country of 328 million people begin to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proposed mass inoculation entails a herculean logistical effort to supply millions of vaccine doses to all the hospitals , clinics , and assorted facilities that will physically deliver them to the citizenry .
It is also a considerable political undertaking , which Redfield himself took on by sending a letter to all state governors urging them to waive requirements and expedite applications for distribution centers in order to have them fully operational two days before the presidential election .
The November 1 deadline came down straight from the Trump White House , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president wanted them “ to do everything in their power to eliminate hurdles for vaccine distribution sites to be fully operational ” by that date .
Marcus Plescia from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ( ASHTO ) , worries that lack of funding will leave many health departments in the “ technological dark ages ” because they “ will struggle to adequately track who has been vaccinated and when.
” Plescia also believes that underfunded vaccine distribution efforts will pose a public health challenge , claiming that it would “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the problems with testing.
” In an August 4 memo circulated among members of Operation Warp Speed , the CDC delineated many of these challenges and identified five jurisdictions that would serve as “ pilot sites for joint planning missions ” for the eventual distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine .
North Dakota , Florida , California , Minnesota , and Philadelphia are working to “ plan and prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination response ” helping to create a “ planning tool with model approaches , ” that will then be used in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underway , life won ’ t return to normal for a while , according to a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , who told KHN in August that “ We have to be prepared to deal with this virus in the absence of significant vaccine-induced immunity for a period of maybe a year or longer , ” due to the limited doses expected to be available in the fall .
The CDC ’ s memo revealed that the National Academies of Science has formed a committee to determine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be reached early , ” formulating the criteria that will be furnished to lawmakers , in order “ to ensure the equitable allocation of limited doses until there is sufficient global supply .
”

Operation Warp Speed has grabbed all the headlines when it comes to the federal government’s efforts to deploy a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. A colossal enterprise, some supply chain experts have called it “an Amazon Prime delivery model for a vaccine.”
But, the real distribution networks tasked with the job are located in 64 jurisdictions brought together under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement; a 25-year old funding program inside the CDC used to enhance “state, local and territorial capacities for emerging infectious disease control.”
In March, the Trump Administration secured $631 Million from Congress for these jurisdictions through the CARES Act to “expand their capacity for testing, contact tracing, and containment,” according to HHS director, Alex Azar. But, the CDC has come back, months later, with a counteroffer ten times the original award, requesting $6 Billion to cover the logistical requirements of distributing a vaccine to the entire U.S. population and beyond.
The $6 Billion-dollar request was made privately among CDC officials and members of Congress before CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield called the agency’s need for more funds “urgent” during an open congressional hearing last week. The decision to go public was likely motivated by the Democrats’ blocking of the GOP coronavirus relief bill last week, which contained the $6 Billion allocation in addition to the $20 Billion requested separately by HHS for further vaccine manufacturing and development, The Hill reported.
First blood in November
Besides the 50 states, ELC jurisdictions also include five U.S. territories and three freely associated states, as well as all federally recognized tribal nations serving more than 50,000 people. In Trump’s first year in office, the CDC introduced a new funding mechanism for the jurisdictions to more quickly deploy resources in a public health emergency over which the CDC, itself, exercises discretion.
In August of 2019, the ELC launched “a new 5-year period of performance” dubbed the “next generation” ELC Cooperative Agreement that prioritized surveillance, detection, and response to “the growing threats posed by infectious diseases,” a full two months before news of a mysterious bat-borne virus broke. Other priorities included implementing “public health interventions and tools,” which together with their stated intent to use “surveillance data to inform and prepare intervention strategies,” sounds exactly like contact tracing.
The $631 Million from the CARES Act went directly to these ends in all jurisdictions and now, as a still-unknown COVID-19 vaccine comes closer to fruition, the real and expensive implications of a mass vaccine distribution operation in a country of 328 million people begin to take shape.
The sheer scope of the proposed mass inoculation entails a herculean logistical effort to supply millions of vaccine doses to all the hospitals, clinics, and assorted facilities that will physically deliver them to the citizenry. It is also a considerable political undertaking, which Redfield himself took on by sending a letter to all state governors urging them to waive requirements and expedite applications for distribution centers in order to have them fully operational two days before the presidential election.
The November 1 deadline came down straight from the Trump White House, according to Redfield, who stressed that the president wanted them “to do everything in their power to eliminate hurdles for vaccine distribution sites to be fully operational” by that date.
A protracted affair
Marcus Plescia from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASHTO), worries that lack of funding will leave many health departments in the “technological dark ages” because they “will struggle to adequately track who has been vaccinated and when.” Plescia also believes that underfunded vaccine distribution efforts will pose a public health challenge, claiming that it would “probably going to be even worse than the problems with testing.”
In an August 4 memo circulated among members of Operation Warp Speed, the CDC delineated many of these challenges and identified five jurisdictions that would serve as “pilot sites for joint planning missions” for the eventual distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. North Dakota, Florida, California, Minnesota, and Philadelphia are working to “plan and prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination response” helping to create a “planning tool with model approaches,” that will then be used in the remaining jurisdictions.
Even after vaccinations get underway, life won’t return to normal for a while, according to a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, who told KHN in August that “We have to be prepared to deal with this virus in the absence of significant vaccine-induced immunity for a period of maybe a year or longer,” due to the limited doses expected to be available in the fall.
The CDC’s memo revealed that the National Academies of Science has formed a committee to determine which “populations [are] to be reached early,” formulating the criteria that will be furnished to lawmakers, in order “to ensure the equitable allocation of limited doses until there is sufficient global supply.”
Republished from MintPressNews.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-09-23--Wow! Bill Clinton’s Lies And Dining With Ghislaine Maxwell Revealed!

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wearechange--2020-09-23--Hunter Biden Raised ‘Counterintelligence’ Concerns, May Have Participated in Sex Trafficking: Senate

Hunter Biden Raised ‘Counterintelligence’ Concerns, May Have Participated in Sex Trafficking: Senate Report

A long-awaited Senate report on Hunter Biden ’ s financial dealings with Ukrainian , Chinese and Russian businesses created potential “ criminal financial , counterintelligence and extortion concerns , ” and alarmed US officials who perceived an ethical conflict of interest and flagged potential crimes ranging from sex trafficking to bribery .
The findings are contained in a joint report by the GOP-led Senate Homeland and Government Affairs and Senate Finance Committees , released just six days before the first Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and President Trump .
According to the Daily Caller ’ s Chuck Ross , suspicious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firms and foreign nationals from Russia and China – including a CCP-linked Chinese businessman , raised serious concerns .
What ’ s more , Hunter ’ s seat on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma while his father served as the Obama administration point-man for Ukraine , worried State Department officials in 2015 and 2016 .
One official , Amos Hochstein , told the Senate Homeland Security and Senate Finance committees that he said to then-Vice President Joe Biden in October 2015 that Hunter Biden ’ s position on the board of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.
” Hunter Biden , now 50 , joined Burisma ’ s board of directors in April 2014 , shortly after his father , Joe Biden , took over as the Obama administration ’ s chief liaison to Ukraine .
–Daily Caller As Ross notes , while the report does not produce direct evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden , Republicans say the evidence paints a troubling picture of Biden receiving “ millions of dollars from foreign sources as a result of business relationships that he built during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president of the United States and after.
” Hunter Biden also received a $ 3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina , the wife of the former mayor of Moscow , according to the report .
And as Just The News ‘ John Solomon writes , “ Perhaps the most explosive revelation was that the U.S. Treasury Department flagged payments collected overseas by Hunter Biden and business partner Devon Archer for possible illicit activities.
” “ The Treasury records acquired by the Chairmen show potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his associates with Ukrainian , Russian , Kazakh and Chinese nationals , ” reads the 87-page report .
Other transactions involving Biden-controlled firms were flagged for “ potential criminal financial activity , ” including wire transfers to Hunter ’ s Uncle , James Biden .
The report focuses on millions of dollars in wire payments that Hunter Biden ’ s firms received from Ye Jianming , the founder of CEFC China Energy Co. , and Gongwen Dong , a U.S.-based associate of Ye ’ s .
According to Republicans , Ye has “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Senate report says that on Aug. 4 , 2017 , a subsidiary of Ye ’ s company called CEFC Infrastructure Investment ( US ) LLC , wired $ 100,000 to Owasco , the Biden law firm .
A month later , on Sept. 8 , 2017 , Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong applied for a $ 100,000 line of credit under a shell company they formed called Hudson West III LLC , according to the Senate report .
Biden , his uncle James , and James ’ s wife , Sara @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cards , and spent $ 101,291 on what Republicans call “ extravagant items , ” including plane tickets , hotels , restaurants and items at Apple stores .
–Daily Caller Meanwhile , according to US government records cited in the report , concerns were raised over potential ties to sex and human trafficking rings .
“ Hunter Biden paid nonresident women who were nationals of Russia or other Eastern European countries and who appear to be linked to an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring , ” the report reads .
Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ron Johnson told Just The News that the sheer volume of potentially illegal activity in Hunter Biden ’ s foreign dealings left Joe Biden vulnerable to illicit influence or extortion .
“ The report raises serious questions that former Vice President Biden needs to answer .
There are simply too many potential conflict of interest , counterintelligence and extortion threats to ignore , ” he said .
The Biden campaign has called the Senate report an effort to “ subsidize a foreign attack against the sovereignty of our elections with taxpayer dollars ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory.
” And of course Biden ’ s media defenders are hard at work today : The findings , as compiled by the Daily Wire ‘ s Ryan Saavedra : Imagine if this was anyone with the last name Trump ?

A long-awaited Senate report on Hunter Biden’s financial dealings with Ukrainian, Chinese and Russian businesses created potential “criminal financial, counterintelligence and extortion concerns,” and alarmed US officials who perceived an ethical conflict of interest and flagged potential crimes ranging from sex trafficking to bribery.
The findings are contained in a joint report by the GOP-led Senate Homeland and Government Affairs and Senate Finance Committees, released just six days before the first Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and President Trump.
OUT TODAY: Report with @chuckgrassley found millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions between Hunter Biden & his associates and foreign individuals, including the wife of the former mayor of Moscow. https://t.co/R1MxQ4xGKP — Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) September 23, 2020
According to the Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross, suspicious financial transactions between Hunter Biden’s firms and foreign nationals from Russia and China – including a CCP-linked Chinese businessman, raised serious concerns. What’s more, Hunter’s seat on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma while his father served as the Obama administration point-man for Ukraine, worried State Department officials in 2015 and 2016.
One official, Amos Hochstein, told the Senate Homeland Security and Senate Finance committees that he said to then-Vice President Joe Biden in October 2015 that Hunter Biden’s position on the board of Burisma “enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.” Hunter Biden, now 50, joined Burisma’s board of directors in April 2014, shortly after his father, Joe Biden, took over as the Obama administration’s chief liaison to Ukraine. –Daily Caller
As Ross notes, while the report does not produce direct evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden, Republicans say the evidence paints a troubling picture of Biden receiving “millions of dollars from foreign sources as a result of business relationships that he built during the period when his father was vice president of the United States and after.”
Hunter Biden also received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow, according to the report.
And as Just The News‘ John Solomon writes, “Perhaps the most explosive revelation was that the U.S. Treasury Department flagged payments collected overseas by Hunter Biden and business partner Devon Archer for possible illicit activities.”
The so-called Suspicious Activity Reports flagged millions of dollars in transactions from the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings, a Russian oligarch named Yelena Baturina, and Chinese businessmen with ties to Beijing’s communist government, the report said. Senate investigators have yet to determine if the FBI or others investigated the concerns. –Just The News
“The Treasury records acquired by the Chairmen show potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh and Chinese nationals,” reads the 87-page report. Other transactions involving Biden-controlled firms were flagged for “potential criminal financial activity,” including wire transfers to Hunter’s Uncle, James Biden.
The report focuses on millions of dollars in wire payments that Hunter Biden’s firms received from Ye Jianming, the founder of CEFC China Energy Co., and Gongwen Dong, a U.S.-based associate of Ye’s. According to Republicans, Ye has “extensive” connections to the Chinese government. The Senate report says that on Aug. 4, 2017, a subsidiary of Ye’s company called CEFC Infrastructure Investment (US) LLC, wired $100,000 to Owasco, the Biden law firm. A month later, on Sept. 8, 2017, Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong applied for a $100,000 line of credit under a shell company they formed called Hudson West III LLC, according to the Senate report. Biden, his uncle James, and James’s wife, Sara Biden, accessed the account through credit cards, and spent $101,291 on what Republicans call “extravagant items,” including plane tickets, hotels, restaurants and items at Apple stores. –Daily Caller
Meanwhile, according to US government records cited in the report, concerns were raised over potential ties to sex and human trafficking rings.
“Hunter Biden paid nonresident women who were nationals of Russia or other Eastern European countries and who appear to be linked to an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring,” the report reads.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson told Just The News that the sheer volume of potentially illegal activity in Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings left Joe Biden vulnerable to illicit influence or extortion.
“The report raises serious questions that former Vice President Biden needs to answer. There are simply too many potential conflict of interest, counterintelligence and extortion threats to ignore,” he said.
The Biden campaign has called the Senate report an effort to “subsidize a foreign attack against the sovereignty of our elections with taxpayer dollars” and to push a “long-disproven, hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory.”
Biden campaign's @AndrewBatesNC calls Sen. Ron Johnson's report on Burisma/Hunter Biden an effort to "subsidize a foreign attack against the sovereignty of our elections with taxpayer dollars" and to push a "long-disproven, hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory" pic.twitter.com/LRDKEdu0fK — Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) September 23, 2020
And of course Biden’s media defenders are hard at work today:
A totally laughable headline from Politico, which was the go-to outlet for Democrats to pre-empt and undercut the Biden probe. https://t.co/vy7rfX6fZ2 pic.twitter.com/yqkLGla8GY — Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) September 23, 2020
The findings, as compiled by the Daily Wire‘s Ryan Saavedra:
In early 2015 the former Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, George Kent, raised concerns to officials in Vice President Joe Biden’s office about the perception of a conflict of interest with respect to Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board. Kent’s concerns went unaddressed, and in September 2016, he emphasized in an email to his colleagues, “Furthermore, the presence of Hunter Biden on the Burisma board was very awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anticorruption agenda in Ukraine.”
In October 2015, senior State Department official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.
Although Kent believed that Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board was awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anti-corruption agenda in Ukraine, the Committees are only aware of two individuals — Kent and former U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein — who raised concerns to Vice President Joe Biden (Hochstein) or his staff (Kent).
The awkwardness for Obama administration officials continued well past his presidency. Former Secretary of State John Kerry had knowledge of Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board, but when asked about it at a town hall event in Nashua, N.H. on Dec. 8, 2019, Kerry falsely said, “I had no knowledge about any of that. None. No.” Evidence to the contrary is detailed in Section V.
Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testified that confronting oligarchs would send an anticorruption message in Ukraine. Kent told the Committees that Zlochevsky was an “odious oligarch.” However, in December 2015, instead of following U.S. objectives of confronting oligarchs, Vice President Biden’s staff advised him to avoid commenting on Zlochevsky and recommended he say, “I’m not going to get into naming names or accusing individuals.”
Hunter Biden was serving on Burisma’s board (supposedly consulting on corporate governance and transparency) when Zlochevsky allegedly paid a $7 million bribe to officials serving under Ukraine’s prosecutor general , Vitaly Yarema, to “shut the case against Zlochevsky.” Kent testified that this bribe occurred in December 2014 (seven months after Hunter joined Burisma’s board), and, after learning about it, he and the Resident Legal Advisor reported this allegation to the FBI.
, Vitaly Yarema, to “shut the case against Zlochevsky.” Kent testified that this bribe occurred in December 2014 (seven months after Hunter joined Burisma’s board), and, after learning about it, he and the Resident Legal Advisor reported this allegation to the FBI. Hunter Biden was a U.S. Secret Service protectee from Jan. 29, 2009 to July 8, 2014. A day before his last trip as a protectee, Time published an article describing Burisma’s ramped up lobbying efforts to U.S. officials and Hunter’s involvement in Burisma’s board. Before ending his protective detail, Hunter Biden received Secret Service protection on trips to multiple foreign locations, including Moscow, Beijing, Doha, Paris, Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, Mexico City, Milan, Florence, Shanghai, Geneva, London, Dublin, Munich, Berlin, Bogota, Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, Hong Kong, Taipei, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Johannesburg, Brussels, Madrid, Mumbai and Lake Como.
Andrii Telizhenko, the Democrats’ personification of Russian disinformation, met with Obama administration officials, including Elisabeth Zentos, a member of Obama’s National Security Council, at least 10 times. A Democrat lobbying firm, Blue Star Strategies, contracted with Telizhenko from 2016 to 2017 and continued to request his assistance as recent as the summer of 2019. A recent news article detailed other extensive contacts between Telizhenko and Obama administration officials.
In addition to the over $4 million paid by Burisma for Hunter Biden’s and Archer’s board memberships, Hunter Biden, his family, and Archer received millions of dollars from foreign nationals with questionable backgrounds.
Archer received $142,300 from Kenges Rakishev of Kazakhstan, purportedly for a car, the same day Vice President Joe Biden appeared with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsemy Yasenyuk and addressed Ukrainian legislators in Kyiv regarding Russia’s actions in Crimea.
Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow.
Hunter Biden opened a bank account with Gongwen Dong to fund a $100,000 global spending spree with James Biden and Sara Biden.
Hunter Biden had business associations with Ye Jianming, Gongwen Dong, and other Chinese nationals linked to the Communist government and the People’s Liberation Army. Those associations resulted in millions of dollars in cash flow.
Hunter Biden paid nonresident women who were nationals of Russia or other Eastern European countries and who appear to be linked to an “Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.”
Imagine if this was anyone with the last name Trump?
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-09-24--Julian Assange is “Hearing Voices” and Preparing to Kill Himself, Psychiatrist Testifies

At a recent extradition hearing for Julian Assange , a psychiatrist testified that the embattled Wikileaks founder is experiencing strong hallucinations and is at a high risk of suicide .
Professor Michael Kopelman , an emeritus professor of neuropsychiatry at King ’ s College London , said that Assange has been hearing voices and has confessed to a priest that he was making preparations to kill himself .
These preparations included drafting his will and writing a goodbye letter to his family and friends .
On Tuesday , at the Old Bailey courthouse in London , Professor Kopelman testified that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has become concerned about his mental and physical health .
“ He reported auditory hallucinations , which were voices either inside or outside his head , somatic hallucinations , funny bodily experiences , these have now disappeared .
He also has a long history of musical hallucinations , which is maybe a separate phenomenon , that got worse when he was in prison , ” Kopelman said .
The voices that Assange is hearing are saying things like “ you are dust , you are dead , we are coming to get you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severe hallucinations have begun to diminish , but Assange is still severely depressed and at a high risk of suicide .
He also added that if Assange were extradited the risk would increase further .
“ The risk of suicide arises out of clinical factors…but it is the imminence of extradition and or an actual extradition that would trigger the attempt , in my opinion , ” Kopleman said .
Kopelman was cross-examined by James Lewis QC , who accused Assange of fabricating his mental illness to avoid extradition .
Kopelman disagreed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assange was reluctant to share details about his mental struggles with authorities , despite self-reporting in the past .
“ Mr Assange was very reluctant to talk about his suicidal ideas and plans because he feared he would be put on constant watch or isolation , ” Kopelman said .
“ He thinks as a leader he shouldn ’ t be showing weakness or psychiatric problems and he was concerned he would end up being further isolated on continuous watch and he didn ’ t want that , ” he added .
Prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and two cords from his cell , and he has been kept under close watch the entire time he has been behind bars .
Last month , his partner Stella Moris visited him for the first time since the coronavirus lockdowns began at the prison .
Moris said that Assange is looking much thinner than he was the last time she saw him back in March .
She says that the situation has been “ incredibly stressful ” and that he has been having some health problems , including a sprained ankle and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was taking virus precautions when Assange was having visitors , Moris says that they have done nothing to protect the prisoners during regular hours .
Moris has also launched a crowdfunding campaign to help with legal costs for Assange as he fights extradition to the United States .
So far , the campaign has raised £138,445 .
Assange is facing 18 charges under the U.S .
Espionage Act from the 2010 release of 500,000 files that exposed US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq .

At a recent extradition hearing for Julian Assange, a psychiatrist testified that the embattled Wikileaks founder is experiencing strong hallucinations and is at a high risk of suicide.
Professor Michael Kopelman, an emeritus professor of neuropsychiatry at King’s College London, said that Assange has been hearing voices and has confessed to a priest that he was making preparations to kill himself. These preparations included drafting his will and writing a goodbye letter to his family and friends.
On Tuesday, at the Old Bailey courthouse in London, Professor Kopelman testified that he visited Assange over 20 times and has become concerned about his mental and physical health.
“He reported auditory hallucinations, which were voices either inside or outside his head, somatic hallucinations, funny bodily experiences, these have now disappeared. He also has a long history of musical hallucinations, which is maybe a separate phenomenon, that got worse when he was in prison,” Kopelman said.
The voices that Assange is hearing are saying things like “you are dust, you are dead, we are coming to get you”.
Kopelman said that the most severe hallucinations have begun to diminish, but Assange is still severely depressed and at a high risk of suicide. He also added that if Assange were extradited the risk would increase further.
“The risk of suicide arises out of clinical factors…but it is the imminence of extradition and or an actual extradition that would trigger the attempt, in my opinion,” Kopleman said.
Kopelman was cross-examined by James Lewis QC, who accused Assange of fabricating his mental illness to avoid extradition.
Kopelman disagreed with the assertion, and pointed out that Assange was reluctant to share details about his mental struggles with authorities, despite self-reporting in the past.
“Mr Assange was very reluctant to talk about his suicidal ideas and plans because he feared he would be put on constant watch or isolation,” Kopelman said.
“He thinks as a leader he shouldn’t be showing weakness or psychiatric problems and he was concerned he would end up being further isolated on continuous watch and he didn’t want that,” he added.
Prison guards have previously confiscated a razor blade and two cords from his cell, and he has been kept under close watch the entire time he has been behind bars. Last month, his partner Stella Moris visited him for the first time since the coronavirus lockdowns began at the prison.
Moris said that Assange is looking much thinner than he was the last time she saw him back in March. She says that the situation has been “incredibly stressful” and that he has been having some health problems, including a sprained ankle and a frozen shoulder. While the prison was taking virus precautions when Assange was having visitors, Moris says that they have done nothing to protect the prisoners during regular hours. Moris has also launched a crowdfunding campaign to help with legal costs for Assange as he fights extradition to the United States.
So far, the campaign has raised £138,445.
Assange is facing 18 charges under the U.S. Espionage Act from the 2010 release of 500,000 files that exposed US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com with permission


wearechange--2020-09-24--Bill Clinton Had “Intimate Dinner” With Ghislaine Maxwell After Epstein’s Crimes Were Exposed

Former president Bill Clinton reportedly met with accused sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell for an “ intimate ” dinner in 2014 , which is many years after her illegal activities with Jeffrey Epstein were well-known to authorities and the media .
A source told The Daily Beast that “ This is an intimate dinner with Clinton in LA .
Think of all the people [ Clinton ] knows in LA — and Ghislaine gets to attend.
” Another source confirmed the meeting with The Daily Beast journalist and added that Clinton ’ s PR team was relieved that the meeting didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , since Maxwell ’ s relationship with Epstein was already public knowledge .
The pair reportedly met at Crossroads Kitchen , a hotspot for celebrities and millionaires on Melrose Avenue .
On the night of their meeting , famous actors like Bruce Willis and Sean Penn were also in the building .
Clinton and Maxwell met with mutual friend Steve Bing , a producer and major Democratic donor who killed himself earlier this year .
It is not clear if his suicide had anything to do with his involvement in people like Ghislaine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting against the reporting and not that they did it .
That ’ s the problem , ” one friend of the Clintons told the site anonymously .
In a new book called “ A Convenient Death : The Mysterious Demise of Jeffrey Epstein , ” authors Alana Goodman and Daniel Halper claim that Clinton was having an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell , who was just recently taken into custody over her involvement with the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein .
Clinton continued to carry on a relationship with both Maxwell and Epstein for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sex offenders .
In fact , Maxwell was served court papers relating to the Epstein trafficking ring in 2009 while she was attending the Clinton Global Initiative at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City .
Just a few months later , Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton ’ s wedding , and Bill continued his relationship with both of them for many years despite the public knowledge of their crimes .
Journalist Conchita Sarnoff wrote in her book TrafficKing that Maxwell was ironically served her court papers during a Clinton charity event for human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maxwell taken by a private investigator who accompanied the process server showed Maxwell receiving notice while standing beneath a human trafficking banner .
Human trafficking was the Conference ’ s theme at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative , ” she wrote Recent reports have suggested that Maxwell is prepared to fully cooperate with investigators and name the names of high profile individuals who took part in Epstein ’ s human trafficking ring .
In an interview with The Sun , Epstein ’ s former employer Steven Hoffenberg said that Maxwell ‘ knows everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after her arrest .
A set of documents that were unsealed from a previous civil trial between Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre , one of the most public and outspoken of Jeffrey Epstein ’ s victims , indicated that Clinton was seen on Epstein ’ s private island with two young girls .
In her testimony , Guiffre said that she remembered Epstein telling her that Bill Clinton owed him some favors .

Former president Bill Clinton reportedly met with accused sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell for an “intimate” dinner in 2014, which is many years after her illegal activities with Jeffrey Epstein were well-known to authorities and the media.
A source told The Daily Beast that “This is an intimate dinner with Clinton in LA. Think of all the people [Clinton] knows in LA — and Ghislaine gets to attend.”
Another source confirmed the meeting with The Daily Beast journalist and added that Clinton’s PR team was relieved that the meeting didn’t make the headlines at the time, since Maxwell’s relationship with Epstein was already public knowledge.
The pair reportedly met at Crossroads Kitchen, a hotspot for celebrities and millionaires on Melrose Avenue. On the night of their meeting, famous actors like Bruce Willis and Sean Penn were also in the building.
Clinton and Maxwell met with mutual friend Steve Bing, a producer and major Democratic donor who killed himself earlier this year. It is not clear if his suicide had anything to do with his involvement in people like Ghislaine Maxwell.
“They’re always fighting against the reporting and not that they did it. That’s the problem,” one friend of the Clintons told the site anonymously.
In a new book called “A Convenient Death: The Mysterious Demise of Jeffrey Epstein,” authors Alana Goodman and Daniel Halper claim that Clinton was having an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell, who was just recently taken into custody over her involvement with the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein.
Clinton continued to carry on a relationship with both Maxwell and Epstein for long after they were both exposed as sex offenders. In fact, Maxwell was served court papers relating to the Epstein trafficking ring in 2009 while she was attending the Clinton Global Initiative at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City.
Just a few months later, Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, and Bill continued his relationship with both of them for many years despite the public knowledge of their crimes.
Journalist Conchita Sarnoff wrote in her book TrafficKing that Maxwell was ironically served her court papers during a Clinton charity event for human trafficking.
“Ironically, photographs of Maxwell taken by a private investigator who accompanied the process server showed Maxwell receiving notice while standing beneath a human trafficking banner. Human trafficking was the Conference’s theme at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative,” she wrote
Recent reports have suggested that Maxwell is prepared to fully cooperate with investigators and name the names of high profile individuals who took part in Epstein’s human trafficking ring.
In an interview with The Sun, Epstein’s former employer Steven Hoffenberg said that Maxwell ‘knows everything’ and will ‘totally co-operate’ after her arrest.
A set of documents that were unsealed from a previous civil trial between Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, one of the most public and outspoken of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, indicated that Clinton was seen on Epstein’s private island with two young girls. In her testimony, Guiffre said that she remembered Epstein telling her that Bill Clinton owed him some favors.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com with permission


wearechange--2020-09-24--Ohio Mom Tased, Arrested at Middle School Football Game for Not Wearing Mask Outside

It ’ s amazing that this is still happening a full six months after most states ’ initial lockdowns , and following an unprecedented summer of ‘ social distancing ’ where by and large local law enforcement authorities have learned to exercise common sense and simple de-escalation ( or just passive enforcement while letting understandable exceptions slide ) in situations where certain anti-coronavirus measures are mandated .
A new incident in Ohio where a woman was outside at a middle school football game without a “ required mask ” resulted in the police tasing and arresting her .
Video of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it ’ s an instance of police not showing common sense — again at an outdoor venue .
We should add that the event appears sparsely attended , with no more than a mere half-dozen people being seen in the section of the stands where the woman was sitting .
It even appears she only sat near her own family , and children could be heard crying as the mom ’ s arrest unfolded .
A school resource officer is seen approaching the woman , identified as Alecia Kitts , at which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wear a mask or leave the premises .
“ They ’ re tasing this lady over not wearing a damn mask !
” a shocked onlooker said .
Things escalated fast as the officer lunged at her , trying to apprehend her , as The Hill details : An Ohio police officer tased and arrested a woman on Wednesday after she refused to leave an eighth grade football game for not wearing a mask , officials said .
Police in Logan , Ohio , who identified the woman as Alecia Kitts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be asked to leave because she was not wearing a mask , in violation of school policy .
After Kitts refused to leave the stadium , the officer warned she would be cited for trespassing .
She was tased after she resisted arrest .
“ I will not put my hands behind my back , ” the woman had shouted along with obscenities .
“ I ’ m not currently doing nothing wrong.
” She cited that she had asthma which made wearing a mask deeply uncomfortable for her and even dangerous .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its officer , saying , “ It is important to note , the female was not arrested for failing to wear a mask , she was asked to leave the premises for continually violating school policy.
” The local police department added : “ Once she refused to leave the premises , she was advised she was under arrest for criminal trespassing , she resisted the arrest , which led to the use of force.
” The school which hosted the football game also underscored in a statement that out of 300 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only the woman and her friend that wouldn ’ t comply with the school district ’ s mask policy .

It’s amazing that this is still happening a full six months after most states’ initial lockdowns, and following an unprecedented summer of ‘social distancing’ where by and large local law enforcement authorities have learned to exercise common sense and simple de-escalation (or just passive enforcement while letting understandable exceptions slide) in situations where certain anti-coronavirus measures are mandated.
A new incident in Ohio where a woman was outside at a middle school football game without a “required mask” resulted in the police tasing and arresting her. Video of the arrest is now going viral precisely because it’s an instance of police not showing common sense — again at an outdoor venue.
We should add that the event appears sparsely attended, with no more than a mere half-dozen people being seen in the section of the stands where the woman was sitting. It even appears she only sat near her own family, and children could be heard crying as the mom’s arrest unfolded.
A school resource officer is seen approaching the woman, identified as Alecia Kitts, at which time she refused to obey his order to wear a mask or leave the premises. “They’re tasing this lady over not wearing a damn mask!” a shocked onlooker said.
Things escalated fast as the officer lunged at her, trying to apprehend her, as The Hill details:
An Ohio police officer tased and arrested a woman on Wednesday after she refused to leave an eighth grade football game for not wearing a mask, officials said. Police in Logan, Ohio, who identified the woman as Alecia Kitts, said the officer told Kitts she would be asked to leave because she was not wearing a mask, in violation of school policy. After Kitts refused to leave the stadium, the officer warned she would be cited for trespassing. She was tased after she resisted arrest.
“I will not put my hands behind my back,” the woman had shouted along with obscenities. “I’m not currently doing nothing wrong.”
She cited that she had asthma which made wearing a mask deeply uncomfortable for her and even dangerous.
The Logan Police Department defended the actions of its officer, saying, “It is important to note, the female was not arrested for failing to wear a mask, she was asked to leave the premises for continually violating school policy.”
The local police department added: “Once she refused to leave the premises, she was advised she was under arrest for criminal trespassing, she resisted the arrest, which led to the use of force.”
The school which hosted the football game also underscored in a statement that out of 300 people that attended the game it was only the woman and her friend that wouldn’t comply with the school district’s mask policy.
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wearechange--2020-09-25--“I’m Doing Fine” – Ron Paul Tweets From Hospital After Suffering Apparent Stroke During Live Stream

It appears that former Texas Congressman and longtime Libertarian icon Dr. Ron Paul just had a stroke – or some other type of serious medical issue – during a live stream of his “ Liberty Report ” web series , which garners hundreds of thousands of viewers with every episode .
A flood of tweets wishing Paul well followed the emergence of the footage above on social media .
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In January 2013 , Paul retired from Congress , though he continued to speak at colleges and work on his “ Liberty Report ” program .

UPDATE 3:14pm EST:
Message from Ron Paul: "I am doing fine. Thank you for your concern." pic.twitter.com/aALmLn8xIj — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) September 25, 2020
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It appears that former Texas Congressman and longtime Libertarian icon Dr. Ron Paul just had a stroke – or some other type of serious medical issue – during a live stream of his “Liberty Report” web series, which garners hundreds of thousands of viewers with every episode.
A flood of tweets wishing Paul well followed the emergence of the footage above on social media.
Please pray for Ron Paul. It appears a medical issue may have just happened during his show. — We Are Libertarians (@werlibertarians) September 25, 2020
Pray for Dr. Ron Paul. Looks like he had a stroke or some sort of medical episode live on stream. — Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) ?? (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) September 25, 2020
Ron Paul is a living legend. He just had some type of medical situation live on air – seems like a stroke? Pray ? — Daniel Bostic (@debostic) September 25, 2020
Gateway Pundit reporter Cassandra Fairbanks also tweeted her condolences.
Say a prayer for Ron Paul. He’s truly one of the best humans in politics. — Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) September 25, 2020
We have yet to receive any kind of confirmation about the Congressman’s status from the Paul camp. Notably, his son, Rand Paul, is currently serving as the junior Senator from Kentucky.
After the popularity of his 2008 presidential bid, Paul announced in July 2011 that he would forgo seeking another term in Congress to focus on his 2012 bid for the presidency. After performing strongly once again, Paul refused to endorse the Republican nominations of John McCain and Mitt Romney during their respective 2008 and 2012 campaigns, and on May 14, 2012, Paul announced that he would not be competing in any other presidential primaries but that he would still compete for delegates in states where the primary elections had already been held.
Paul’s fervid supporters helped him achieve the second highest tallies for delegates during both the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions, behind only McCain and Romney respectively. In January 2013, Paul retired from Congress, though he continued to speak at colleges and work on his “Liberty Report” program.
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