wearechange--2020-05-07--The US Just Permanently Banned COVID-19 Survivors From Joining the Military

New guidelines issued by the Department of Defense would ‘ permanently disqualify ’ anyone who previously had COVID-19 from joining the military , according to a new memo first reported by Military Times and confirmed as authentic by McClatchy ’ s Tara Copp .
“ …during the medical history interview or examination , a history of COVID-19 , confirmed by either a laboratory test or clinician diagnosis , is permanently disqualifying , ” reads the memo – suggesting that the government isn ’ t relying on survivors producing sufficient antibodies to clear the virus from their system and become non-contagious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spoke with McClatchy on condition of anonymity , the memo is interim guidance , and that a potential recruit may be able to move forward with enlistment if they obtain a waiver .
The new policy compounds challenges already faced by military recruiters , as COVID-19 has closed schools , malls and job fairs – prime locations to meet prospects .
And according to McClatchy , the military has seen widespread shortfalls in recruiting amid the pandemic .
Meanwhile , every service told McClatchy that they don ’ t think US forces will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headcount by the end of the year .
There are officially over 1.2 million COVID-19 cases in the US , with more than 73,000 deaths as of this writing , according to Johns Hopkins University .
Nelson Lim , a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation who has researched military personnel policy for more than two decades , said it was too early to determine the impact of the new policy , because there is still much that is unknown about the accuracy of antibody testing and immunity with COVID-19 .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the younger population , ” and the virus impact , Lim said .
“ Testing is essentially limited to people with symptoms or high risk .
So it is difficult to get a clear picture of the impact of this decision.
” –McClatchy According to the report , it is unknown whether the interim DoD guidance will eventually extend to active duty forces who have fallen ill from coronavirus while serving .
At present , over 5,000 members of the military have officially contracted COVID-19 , with nearly 1,900 of them having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clicking here .

New guidelines issued by the Department of Defense would ‘permanently disqualify’ anyone who previously had COVID-19 from joining the military, according to a new memo first reported by Military Times and confirmed as authentic by McClatchy’s Tara Copp.
“…during the medical history interview or examination, a history of COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory test or clinician diagnosis, is permanently disqualifying,” reads the memo – suggesting that the government isn’t relying on survivors producing sufficient antibodies to clear the virus from their system and become non-contagious.
According to a defense official who spoke with McClatchy on condition of anonymity, the memo is interim guidance, and that a potential recruit may be able to move forward with enlistment if they obtain a waiver.
The new policy would mean a past coronavirus exposure would be treated the same as other medical conditions, such as hearing loss, “that are considered ‘permanently disqualifying,’ subject to a medical waiver,” the official said. –McClatchy
The new policy compounds challenges already faced by military recruiters, as COVID-19 has closed schools, malls and job fairs – prime locations to meet prospects. And according to McClatchy, the military has seen widespread shortfalls in recruiting amid the pandemic. Meanwhile, every service told McClatchy that they don’t think US forces will be at full strength in terms of headcount by the end of the year.
There are officially over 1.2 million COVID-19 cases in the US, with more than 73,000 deaths as of this writing, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Nelson Lim, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation who has researched military personnel policy for more than two decades, said it was too early to determine the impact of the new policy, because there is still much that is unknown about the accuracy of antibody testing and immunity with COVID-19. “We don’t have good estimates on the younger population,” and the virus impact, Lim said. “Testing is essentially limited to people with symptoms or high risk. So it is difficult to get a clear picture of the impact of this decision.” –McClatchy
According to the report, it is unknown whether the interim DoD guidance will eventually extend to active duty forces who have fallen ill from coronavirus while serving. At present, over 5,000 members of the military have officially contracted COVID-19, with nearly 1,900 of them having recovered.
Read the full memo by clicking here.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-07--New OPCW Leaks Prove They Are Lying To Us About Syria

The Grayzone ‘ s Aaron Maté has published some explosive new leaks from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) which make it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the organisation , and the narrative managers associated with it , have been lying about the investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma , Syria two years ago .
In May of last year an Engineering Assessment signed by South African OPCW inspector Ian Henderson was leaked to the Working Group on Syria , Propaganda and Media , saying in direct contradiction of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chlorine cylinders allegedly dropped upon the scene via aircraft were in fact “ manually placed ” there .
Since Douma was then occupied by the Al Qaeda-linked and Saudi-backed Jaysh al-Islam group , who were fighting against the Syrian government , this would mean the Syrian government was not responsible for whatever killed dozens of civilians .
And it would have the very serious implication that the US , UK and France launched airstrikes against the Syrian government on false grounds .
From the moment Henderson ’ s leaked document first emerged , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsible for managing the imperial narrative on Syria have been dismissing Henderson ’ s Engineering Assessment on the grounds that he was not a part of the OPCW ’ s Fact-Finding Mission ( FFM ) , the team which went to Douma to investigate the incident .
Since that time mountains of evidence have surfaced both corroborating Henderson ’ s assessment and revealing that attempts to portray him as not a part of the FFM are disingenuous pedantic manipulations at best , but these new leaks by The Grayzone are the first hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spin job was actually an outright , bald-faced lie .
The leaked documents include an OPCW security-planning memo labeled “ MISSION PERSONNEL ” which plain as day lists Henderson as a member of the FFM .
The documents also include a letter from the office of then-OPCW Director General Ahmet Üzümcü explicitly asking that Henderson take leadership of inspections in crucial locations , in direct contradiction of the assertion by current Director General Fernando Arias that Henderson only played “ a minor supporting role in the investigation of the Douma incident.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OPCW lied to the world about the Douma investigation .
These new leaked documents show clearly and unequivocally that Henderson was a part of the FFM and played a major role in the investigation , and that we were lied to about both of these things by OPCW officials .
“ Let me first turn to the findings of the investigation with respect to Inspector A , ” Arias said in a statement this past February , with ‘ Inspector A ’ referring to Henderson .
“ Inspector A first worked for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , eventually being promoted to Team Leader .
He was rehired at a lower level in June 2016 and worked at the OPCW until May 2019 .
Inspector A was not a member of the FFM.
” “ Inspector A was not a member of the FFM , and his name is not included in the mandates issued for FFM deployments , ” reads a February note by the OPCW Technical Secretariat .
“ He provided support to the FFM team investigating the Douma incident since he was at the command post in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is customary for the inspector serving at the command post to provide assistance to the FFM .
Inspector A played a minor supporting role in the FFM investigation.
” These were lies , and they were smears .
They ’ ve been repeated and reiterated in various ways since the OPCW scandal first emerged , and have been uncritically repeated as fact by news agencies like AFP and Reuters , as well as establishment narrative managers like Bellingcat , Idrees Ahmad , Nick Waters , Brian Whitaker , and Eliot Higgins .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports that more is on the way , writing that a “ part two of this article ” will soon address the smears which have been leveled at the second OPCW whistleblower .
It has been revealed over the course of the OPCW scandal that US officials have attempted to interfere in the investigation and cajole OPCW inspectors into coming to conclusions which implicate the Syrian government .
This would not be the first time the US government threw its weight around to make the OPCW fall in line with its regime change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funding and John Bolton reportedly even threatening a Director General ’ s children in order to help manufacture the case for the invasion of Iraq .
Bolton , for the record , was Trump ’ s National Security Advisor throughout the entirety of the Douma investigation .
We were lied to about Douma , and we ’ re being lied to about the coverup .
The US has a lot invested in its ability to launch military strikes based on scant or nonexistent evidence without international backlash , so there ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murderers in charge of the most powerful military force in the history of civilization .
It makes perfect sense that they are doing everything they can to hide the truth .

The Grayzone‘s Aaron Maté has published some explosive new leaks from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which make it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the organisation, and the narrative managers associated with it, have been lying about the investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago.
In May of last year an Engineering Assessment signed by South African OPCW inspector Ian Henderson was leaked to the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, saying in direct contradiction of the OPCW’s official findings that the chlorine cylinders allegedly dropped upon the scene via aircraft were in fact “manually placed” there. Since Douma was then occupied by the Al Qaeda-linked and Saudi-backed Jaysh al-Islam group, who were fighting against the Syrian government, this would mean the Syrian government was not responsible for whatever killed dozens of civilians. And it would have the very serious implication that the US, UK and France launched airstrikes against the Syrian government on false grounds.
From the moment Henderson’s leaked document first emerged, both the OPCW and the establishment spinmeisters responsible for managing the imperial narrative on Syria have been dismissing Henderson’s Engineering Assessment on the grounds that he was not a part of the OPCW’s Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), the team which went to Douma to investigate the incident. Since that time mountains of evidence have surfaced both corroborating Henderson’s assessment and revealing that attempts to portray him as not a part of the FFM are disingenuous pedantic manipulations at best, but these new leaks by The Grayzone are the first hard proof we’ve seen that this spin job was actually an outright, bald-faced lie.
Exclusive: The Grayzone has obtained documents exposing falsehoods and misleading claims by OPCW Director General Fernando Arias to degrade the reputation of Douma whistleblower Ian Henderson.@aaronjmate presents further evidence of official deception:https://t.co/Vbx53bd3jE — The Grayzone (@TheGrayzoneNews) May 6, 2020
The leaked documents include an OPCW security-planning memo labeled “MISSION PERSONNEL” which plain as day lists Henderson as a member of the FFM. The documents also include a letter from the office of then-OPCW Director General Ahmet Üzümcü explicitly asking that Henderson take leadership of inspections in crucial locations, in direct contradiction of the assertion by current Director General Fernando Arias that Henderson only played “a minor supporting role in the investigation of the Douma incident.”
He lied. The Director General of the OPCW lied to the world about the Douma investigation. These new leaked documents show clearly and unequivocally that Henderson was a part of the FFM and played a major role in the investigation, and that we were lied to about both of these things by OPCW officials.
“Let me first turn to the findings of the investigation with respect to Inspector A,” Arias said in a statement this past February, with ‘Inspector A’ referring to Henderson. “Inspector A first worked for the OPCW from June 1997 to December 2005, eventually being promoted to Team Leader. He was rehired at a lower level in June 2016 and worked at the OPCW until May 2019. Inspector A was not a member of the FFM.”
“Inspector A was not a member of the FFM, and his name is not included in the mandates issued for FFM deployments,” reads a February note by the OPCW Technical Secretariat. “He provided support to the FFM team investigating the Douma incident since he was at the command post in Damascus at the relevant time. It is customary for the inspector serving at the command post to provide assistance to the FFM. Inspector A played a minor supporting role in the FFM investigation.”
These were lies, and they were smears. They’ve been repeated and reiterated in various ways since the OPCW scandal first emerged, and have been uncritically repeated as fact by news agencies like AFP and Reuters, as well as establishment narrative managers like Bellingcat, Idrees Ahmad, Nick Waters, Brian Whitaker, and Eliot Higgins.
They have been thoroughly discredited, and Maté reports that more is on the way, writing that a “part two of this article” will soon address the smears which have been leveled at the second OPCW whistleblower.
Ian Henderson, a disgruntled OPCW employee, sent his speculative assessment to the "Working Group". But when the working group tried to establish his credentials, the OPCW confirmed that he was NOT part of the Fact Finding Mission. Which means, he had no direct access. pic.twitter.com/ArT6y8gh11 — Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) May 18, 2019
It has been revealed over the course of the OPCW scandal that US officials have attempted to interfere in the investigation and cajole OPCW inspectors into coming to conclusions which implicate the Syrian government. This would not be the first time the US government threw its weight around to make the OPCW fall in line with its regime change agendas, with threats to cut organisation funding and John Bolton reportedly even threatening a Director General’s children in order to help manufacture the case for the invasion of Iraq. Bolton, for the record, was Trump’s National Security Advisor throughout the entirety of the Douma investigation.
We were lied to about Douma, and we’re being lied to about the coverup. The US has a lot invested in its ability to launch military strikes based on scant or nonexistent evidence without international backlash, so there’s a lot at stake for the corrupt mass murderers in charge of the most powerful military force in the history of civilization. It makes perfect sense that they are doing everything they can to hide the truth.
Republished from CaitlinJohnstone.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-10--H.R. 6666: This Is What You Need To Know

And can you imagine being a mother being ripped away from her child and arrested for being out in public @ @ @ @ @ is going is not good .
And now we literally have H.R .
6666 , @ @ @ @ @ occult day of May 1st .
Yes , that ’ s actually the number of @ @ @ @ @ “ testing , reaching and contacting everyone ” and hiring disease investigators to come find @ @ @ @ @ and database is coming to the US in a much more scary , expansive way… @ @ @ @ @ s what some politicians want .
They ’ re set on contact tracing even though @ @ @ @ @ late .
But also in today ’ s video , I have a report for @ @ @ @ @ doctors who are recommending supplementation to boost your immune system in order to combat the @ @ @ @ @ some of the treatments that have been conducted .
And the results .
And it @ @ @ @ @ guide , so I recommend you check it out .

Happy Mother’s Day…
And can you imagine being a mother being ripped away from her child and arrested for being out in public?
The direction the world is going is not good.
And now we literally have H.R. 6666, which was introduced on the occult day of May 1st.
Yes, that’s actually the number of this bill that calls for “testing, reaching and contacting everyone” and hiring disease investigators to come find you.
Track, trace and database is coming to the US in a much more scary, expansive way…
Or at least that’s what some politicians want.
They’re set on contact tracing even though it’s already too late.
But also in today’s video, I have a report for you put together by medical doctors who are recommending supplementation to boost your immune system in order to combat the virus.
This report documents some of the treatments that have been conducted. And the results. And it’s a very comprehensive guide, so I recommend you check it out.


wearechange--2020-05-10--Wuhan Lab Hack Reveals Unreported COVID-19 Cases, Evidence Records Were Deleted

Nearly three weeks ago , a cache of approximately 25,000 email addresses and records of organizations involved with COVID-19 were leaked , including the Wuhan Institute of Virology ( WIV ) , the WHO , the US National Institute of Health , and the Gates Foundation .
Today , The Weekend Australian reports that a dataset obtained from the WIV using the hacked credentials suggests that cases in China have been under-reported .
“ I ’ ve had credible sources tell me that people have used the credentials that were leaked on Twitter and Facebook to access the lab , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founder of online security firm Internet 2.0 – who added that he has “ high confidence ” in the records , and that it was “ highly unlikely that the data had been fabricated.
” “ They appear to showcase tracking from what I think is probably a research project within the Wuhan lab working on coronavirus data .
“ It ’ s not data of individual cases , it ’ s tracking buildings where there are confirmed or suspected ( cases ) or recoveries or people have died from coronavirus in those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ English shows areas ( that ) correspond to apartment blocks a lot of the time .
But I would also say that the data doesn ’ t appear to cover every case in China , but it covers different cases to what have been publicly reported.
” The dataset includes an ID , collection time , number of deaths and recoveries , and geolocation information for buildings with infected people .
He said the records included cities that hadn ’ t appeared among publicly revealed cases .
He found more cases from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There were cases in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province not found in public data .
He had done comparisons with recently released information in China .
He said there were two possibilities for the blank records in early February , one being that data was uploaded in late February or data had been deleted because there “ appears to be logs for those days … but they have no entries ” .
So it appears that there could be data from before that period that may have been deleted .
There seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that period : –The Weekend Australian We ’ ve long known that the data coming out of China is bogus .
In March , Chinese investigative outlet Caixin revealed that when mortuaries opened back up this week , photos revealed a far greater number of urns than reported deaths .
In one , a truck loaded with 2,500 urns can be seen arriving to the Hankou Mortuary .
According to the report , the driver said he had delivered the same amount the previous day .
In another photo , seven 500-urn stacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding up to 3,500 deaths .
This adds up to more than double the amount of reported deaths in the region – for which grieving family members waited in line for as long as five hours to collect , according to Shanghaiist .
And according to Radio Free Asia ( funded by the US State Department , so take with a grain of salt ) , there were around 46,800 deaths in Wuhan , vs. the 4,633 reported .

Nearly three weeks ago, a cache of approximately 25,000 email addresses and records of organizations involved with COVID-19 were leaked, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the WHO, the US National Institute of Health, and the Gates Foundation.
Today, The Weekend Australian reports that a dataset obtained from the WIV using the hacked credentials suggests that cases in China have been under-reported .
The dataset, seen by The Weekend Australian, contains empty records for the period February 2-18, indicating records were not kept for that period or that data was deleted. The Australian reported on April 23 that data from the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been hacked. –The Weekend Australian
“I’ve had credible sources tell me that people have used the credentials that were leaked on Twitter and Facebook to access the lab,” said Robert Potter, CEO and founder of online security firm Internet 2.0 – who added that he has “high confidence” in the records, and that it was “highly unlikely that the data had been fabricated.”
“They appear to showcase tracking from what I think is probably a research project within the Wuhan lab working on coronavirus data.
“It’s not data of individual cases, it’s tracking buildings where there are confirmed or suspected (cases) or recoveries or people have died from coronavirus in those buildings. The metadata tab translated to English shows areas (that) correspond to apartment blocks a lot of the time.
But I would also say that the data doesn’t appear to cover every case in China, but it covers different cases to what have been publicly reported.”
The dataset includes an ID, collection time, number of deaths and recoveries, and geolocation information for buildings with infected people.
He said the records included cities that hadn’t appeared among publicly revealed cases. He found more cases from the northern city of Harbin than reported. There were cases in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province not found in public data. He had done comparisons with recently released information in China. He said there were two possibilities for the blank records in early February, one being that data was uploaded in late February or data had been deleted because there “appears to be logs for those days … but they have no entries”. So it appears that there could be data from before that period that may have been deleted. There seems to be a high sensitivity around data from that period: –The Weekend Australian
We’ve long known that the data coming out of China is bogus. In March, Chinese investigative outlet Caixin revealed that when mortuaries opened back up this week, photos revealed a far greater number of urns than reported deaths. In one, a truck loaded with 2,500 urns can be seen arriving to the Hankou Mortuary. According to the report, the driver said he had delivered the same amount the previous day.
In another photo, seven 500-urn stacks can be seen inside the mortuary, adding up to 3,500 deaths.
This adds up to more than double the amount of reported deaths in the region – for which grieving family members waited in line for as long as five hours to collect, according to Shanghaiist.
And according to Radio Free Asia (funded by the US State Department, so take with a grain of salt), there were around 46,800 deaths in Wuhan, vs. the 4,633 reported.
Reminder to all of the journalists that took China at face value when they claimed they had no more cases https://t.co/mlS0t9HvRo — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) March 28, 2020
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-10--Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts to Cover Up Leaked OPCW Documents

It ’ s been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma , Syria two years ago .
These new documents make it abundantly clear that OPCW leadership were just plain lying when they claimed that a ballistics expert named Ian Henderson was not a part of the Fact-Finding Mission ( FFM ) in Douma and played only a “ minor supporting role ” there .
Henderson disagrees with the organisation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a chlorine gas attack , finding instead that the gas cylinders on the scene were “ manually placed ” , indicating that the crime scene was staged and the dozens of civilians killed were the victims of a still-unsolved mass murder .
The silence on these revelations from the OPCW and its usual narrative managers has been deafening .
Peter Hitchens , one of the only high-visibility journalists to cover the OPCW scandal , tweeted when the documents first emerged : “ I have today formally requested OPCW public affairs to comment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question an important statement made by the organisation ’ s chief and retailed by lapcat Bellingcat about the status of Inspector Ian Henderson.
” “ No reply yet from OPCW public affairs , to my query about Greyzone allegations , devastating if true both to official position of OPCW and to lapcat Bellingcat , ” Hitchens tweeted a day later .
This silence makes it clear that the OPCW , Bellingcat , and all the other empire-aligned propagandists responsible for managing the mainstream narrative about Syria have opted for the strategy of simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to avoid drawing attention to them .
This is actually a very clever ( albeit sociopathic ) tactic , because western mass media have already clearly demonstrated a collective conspiracy of silence on the OPCW scandal , which is its own scandal in itself .
They know they can keep these leaks out of mainstream attention , thereby nullifying their massive implications for western imperialism going forward , simply by ignoring them .
You can understand their frustration , then , when an immensely popular celebrity uses her giant platform to amplify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Susan Sarandon has highlighted the latest revelations in the ever-mounting OPCW scandal on Twitter , and the frantic reaction from Syria spinmeisters makes a perfect illustration of the primacy of narrative control for western warmongers .
War reporter Janine di Giovanni , whose promotion of imperialist narratives and fawning puff pieces over the White Helmets propaganda operation have seen her showered with access and awards by establishment institutions , admonished Sarandon to “ refrain from talking about Syria ” , making no other argument than the fact that the two have mutual celebrity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of my favorite actresses , ” said di Giovanni in a now-deleted tweet .
“ We have friends in common in France via Louis Malle .
Please , please refrain from talking about Syria – those of us who worked on the ground documenting war crimes for years ( NOT on the regime side ) find it excruciatingly .
Please stop.
” Again , this is an award-winning professional reporter who frequently publishes in some of the most high-profile outlets in the world like The New York Times and The Guardian .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ so esteemed would find it perfectly normal to publicly cite her friendship with celebrities as a reason for a Hollywood actress to be silent about western imperialism tells you everything you need to know about the state of journalism today , and the “ authoritative sources ” that are being amplified by Silicon Valley tech giants over voices which actually challenge power like The Grayzone .
When di Giovanni was called out for her freakish behavior , her response was to accuse every single one of her critics of being “ Russian trolls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Giovanni babbled about Russian trolls and cited her friendship with mutual celebrity friends of Sarandon because she did not have any actual facts or arguments to cite against the information Sarandon was sharing .
This is because such facts and arguments do not exist .
There is no legitimate reason why people should not be publicly discussing and amplifying important authentic documents , so all they ’ re left with is various iterations of “ shut up ” .
And indeed if you look at what people are saying about Sarandon ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is all you will find : mountains of vitriol and precisely zero facts or arguments .
These people have no interest in truth , only in controlling the narrative about what ’ s happening in a nation that has long been targeted for regime change by the US-centralized empire .
“ I ’ m sorry it has come to this , Susan .
But having explained to you many times why your conspiracy theories are wrong , dangerous , and hurtful , I can say without a shadow of doubt that you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the despicable Idrees Ahmad , whose narrative management on Syria is so insanely aggressive that it has literally seen him threaten oppositional journalists with menacing phone calls in order to scare them away from reporting on Syria .
A quick glance through Ahmad ’ s previous tweets to Sarandon reveals that the reasons he has been giving her for why her “ conspiracy theories are wrong ” are actually “ reasons ” which are debunked in the very article Sarandon just shared .
“ Ian Henderson , a disgruntled OPCW employee , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Working Group ’ .
But when the working group tried to establish his credentials , the OPCW confirmed that he was NOT part of the Fact Finding Mission , ” Ahmad tweeted at Sarandon when she shared an article of mine on the Henderson leak last year .
“ Did you read the OPCW statement where it says the man who wrote it is not part of the fact finding mission ?
Which means he had no direct access to evidence or the site , ” Ahmad tweeted to Sarandon elsewhere .
Ahmad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts , but only in trying to mitigate the damage done to the establishment narrative control agenda that Sarandon ’ s tweet caused .
Which will surprise no one who knows anything about him .
The only narrative manager who to my knowledge has made any attempt at all to even address the contents of the new OPCW leaks has been Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins , who took the somewhat bizarre approach of telling people that they can not see the evidence that is directly in front of their faces .
“ No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in the FFM , this issue is addressed in the OPCW report , he was asked to support the work of the FFM , but he wasn ’ t part of the FFM , ” Higgins tweeted about Henderson under Sarandon ’ s post .
This claim is of course directly refuted by the leaked mission personnel list in the Grayzone article Sarandon shared which very clearly and explicitly lists Ian Henderson as “ FFM ” under the column labeled “ Title ” .
So it ’ s been a very revealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syria , and the narrative managers responsible for manipulating public perception of that lie have been falling all over themselves trying to conceal this obvious fact .
Here ’ s hoping the truth keeps coming into the light , and that those with platforms large enough to punch through the propaganda matrix continue to do so .

It’s been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago.
These new documents make it abundantly clear that OPCW leadership were just plain lying when they claimed that a ballistics expert named Ian Henderson was not a part of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) in Douma and played only a “minor supporting role” there. Henderson disagrees with the organisation’s official findings implicating the Syrian government in a chlorine gas attack, finding instead that the gas cylinders on the scene were “manually placed”, indicating that the crime scene was staged and the dozens of civilians killed were the victims of a still-unsolved mass murder.
The silence on these revelations from the OPCW and its usual narrative managers has been deafening.
No reply yet from "OPCW public affairs, to my query about Greyzone allegations,m devastating if true both to official position of OPCW and to lapcat @Bellingcat. : https://t.co/aDYLiy7YQw — Peter Hitchens (@ClarkeMicah) May 8, 2020
Peter Hitchens, one of the only high-visibility journalists to cover the OPCW scandal, tweeted when the documents first emerged: “I have today formally requested OPCW public affairs to comment on these allegations, which call into question an important statement made by the organisation’s chief and retailed by lapcat Bellingcat about the status of Inspector Ian Henderson.”
“No reply yet from OPCW public affairs, to my query about Greyzone allegations, devastating if true both to official position of OPCW and to lapcat Bellingcat,” Hitchens tweeted a day later.
This silence makes it clear that the OPCW, Bellingcat, and all the other empire-aligned propagandists responsible for managing the mainstream narrative about Syria have opted for the strategy of simply not responding to the damning leaks in order to avoid drawing attention to them. This is actually a very clever (albeit sociopathic) tactic, because western mass media have already clearly demonstrated a collective conspiracy of silence on the OPCW scandal, which is its own scandal in itself. They know they can keep these leaks out of mainstream attention, thereby nullifying their massive implications for western imperialism going forward, simply by ignoring them.
You can understand their frustration, then, when an immensely popular celebrity uses her giant platform to amplify this highly unauthorized news story.
“The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has made false and misleading statements about two veteran inspectors who challenged a cover-up of their investigation in Syria, leaked documents show.”https://t.co/k8ziZSPVVt via @TheGrayzoneNews @aaronjmate — Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) May 8, 2020
Actress Susan Sarandon has highlighted the latest revelations in the ever-mounting OPCW scandal on Twitter, and the frantic reaction from Syria spinmeisters makes a perfect illustration of the primacy of narrative control for western warmongers.
War reporter Janine di Giovanni, whose promotion of imperialist narratives and fawning puff pieces over the White Helmets propaganda operation have seen her showered with access and awards by establishment institutions, admonished Sarandon to “refrain from talking about Syria”, making no other argument than the fact that the two have mutual celebrity acquaintances.
“Susan, you are one of my favorite actresses,” said di Giovanni in a now-deleted tweet. “We have friends in common in France via Louis Malle. Please, please refrain from talking about Syria – those of us who worked on the ground documenting war crimes for years (NOT on the regime side) find it excruciatingly. Please stop.”
Again, this is an award-winning professional reporter who frequently publishes in some of the most high-profile outlets in the world like The New York Times and The Guardian. The fact that someone so elevated and so esteemed would find it perfectly normal to publicly cite her friendship with celebrities as a reason for a Hollywood actress to be silent about western imperialism tells you everything you need to know about the state of journalism today, and the “authoritative sources” that are being amplified by Silicon Valley tech giants over voices which actually challenge power like The Grayzone.
When di Giovanni was called out for her freakish behavior, her response was to accuse every single one of her critics of being “Russian trolls” and delete her post.
"@TheGrayzoneNews @aaronjmate Susan, you are one of my favorite actresses. We have friends in common… https://t.co/9za8v926nY" -.@janinedigi pic.twitter.com/H2fWcrh6Wt — For the blocked and For the record (@FTBandFTR) May 9, 2020
Di Giovanni babbled about Russian trolls and cited her friendship with mutual celebrity friends of Sarandon because she did not have any actual facts or arguments to cite against the information Sarandon was sharing. This is because such facts and arguments do not exist. There is no legitimate reason why people should not be publicly discussing and amplifying important authentic documents, so all they’re left with is various iterations of “shut up”.
And indeed if you look at what people are saying about Sarandon’s post on Twitter right now, that is all you will find: mountains of vitriol and precisely zero facts or arguments. These people have no interest in truth, only in controlling the narrative about what’s happening in a nation that has long been targeted for regime change by the US-centralized empire.
“I’m sorry it has come to this, Susan. But having explained to you many times why your conspiracy theories are wrong, dangerous, and hurtful, I can say without a shadow of doubt that you are an idiot without a conscience,” said the despicable Idrees Ahmad, whose narrative management on Syria is so insanely aggressive that it has literally seen him threaten oppositional journalists with menacing phone calls in order to scare them away from reporting on Syria.
A quick glance through Ahmad’s previous tweets to Sarandon reveals that the reasons he has been giving her for why her “conspiracy theories are wrong” are actually “reasons” which are debunked in the very article Sarandon just shared.
“Ian Henderson, a disgruntled OPCW employee, sent his speculative assessment to the ‘Working Group’. But when the working group tried to establish his credentials, the OPCW confirmed that he was NOT part of the Fact Finding Mission,” Ahmad tweeted at Sarandon when she shared an article of mine on the Henderson leak last year.
“Did you read the OPCW statement where it says the man who wrote it is not part of the fact finding mission? Which means he had no direct access to evidence or the site,” Ahmad tweeted to Sarandon elsewhere.
Ian Henderson, a disgruntled OPCW employee, sent his speculative assessment to the "Working Group". But when the working group tried to establish his credentials, the OPCW confirmed that he was NOT part of the Fact Finding Mission. Which means, he had no direct access. pic.twitter.com/ArT6y8gh11 — Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) May 18, 2019
Ahmad has no interest whatsoever in truth or facts, but only in trying to mitigate the damage done to the establishment narrative control agenda that Sarandon’s tweet caused. Which will surprise no one who knows anything about him.
The only narrative manager who to my knowledge has made any attempt at all to even address the contents of the new OPCW leaks has been Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins, who took the somewhat bizarre approach of telling people that they cannot see the evidence that is directly in front of their faces.
“No, it doesn’t show he was in the FFM, this issue is addressed in the OPCW report, he was asked to support the work of the FFM, but he wasn’t part of the FFM,” Higgins tweeted about Henderson under Sarandon’s post.
This claim is of course directly refuted by the leaked mission personnel list in the Grayzone article Sarandon shared which very clearly and explicitly lists Ian Henderson as “FFM” under the column labeled “Title”.
So it’s been a very revealing ride. We were lied to about Syria, and the narrative managers responsible for manipulating public perception of that lie have been falling all over themselves trying to conceal this obvious fact. Here’s hoping the truth keeps coming into the light, and that those with platforms large enough to punch through the propaganda matrix continue to do so.
Republished from CaitlinJohnstone.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-10--Why Shut Down? COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet If 80% of Americans Just Wore Masks: Study

Despite what the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci tell you , a new study has concluded that if 80 % of Americans were to wear a mask , COVID-19 infections would drop by more than 90 % .
And as Vanity Fair notes , consider this ; The day before yesterday , 21 people died of COVID-19 in Japan .
In the United States , 2,129 died .
Comparing overall death rates for the two countries offers an even starker point of comparison with total U.S. deaths now at a staggering 76,032 and Japan ’ s fatalities at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 38 % of the U.S. , but even adjusting for population , the Japanese death rate is a mere 2 % of America ’ s .
This comes despite Japan having no lockdown , still-active subways , and many businesses that have remained open—reportedly including karaoke bars , although Japanese citizens and industries are practicing social distancing where they can .
Nor have the Japanese broadly embraced contact tracing , a practice by which health authorities identify someone who has been infected and then attempt to identify everyone that person might have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does Japan do it ?
So what is Japan doing differently ?
“ One reason is that nearly everyone there is wearing a mask , ” said UC Berkeley computer scientist De Kai , the chief architect of an in-depth joint study with Hong Kong University .
Kai ’ s study suggests that every one of us should be wearing a mask – be it homemade , surgical , scarf or bandana , like the Japanese are doing along with other ( mostly East Asian ) countries .
The mask debate , of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the States and globally .
Pro-maskers assert that the widespread use of face coverings can diminish the spread of COVID-19 .
Some anti-maskers , including various politicians and public health officials , have insisted that there is no proof of the efficacy of face guards .
According to some activists , a blanket mask mandate places a limit on individual liberty and even one ’ s right to free speech .
( Pro-mask advocates are fighting back with # masks4all and # wearafuckingmask Twitter campaigns ) .
Representatives of the World Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , fretting that many people won ’ t wear masks properly , thereby risking infection , or that masks will give people a false sense of security and encourage risky behavior , such as partying up close and personal—none of which seems to have played out , as far as we know , in Japan or Hong Kong or other mask-wearing places .
Adding to the brouhaha has been the shortage of medical masks for doctors , nurses , bus drivers , and the guy who delivers burritos to your door .
–Vanity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty urgent , ” said De Kai – the son of Chinese immigrants who was born in St. Louis .
“ I saw the country where I grew up , where my family lives [ now mostly in the Bay Area ] , about to face this pandemic without knowing much about something as simple as wearing a mask to protect themselves and others.
” Kai built a forecasting computer model called the masksim simulator , which uses sophisticated models used by epidemiologists to track outbreaks of various pathogens such as SARS , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effect of wearing masks on infection rates .
It incorporates randomness and unpredictability inherent to human behavior , such as when an infected person decides to drop everything and take off to the beach for a dose of Vitamin D. Kai ’ s team also added their own variables , such as how effective different masks are at blocking aerosolized droplets of coronavirus .
Along with the masksim site , the team is also releasing a study that describes their model in detail as well as their contention that masksim ’ s forecasts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ What ’ s most important about wearing masks right now , ” said Guy-Philippe Goldstein , an economist , cybersecurity expert , and lecturer at the Ecole de Guerre Economique in Paris—and a masksim collaborator , “ is that it works , along with social distancing , to flatten the curve of infections as we wait for treatments and vaccines to be developed—while also allowing people to go out and some businesses to reopen.
” While all models have limitations and are only as good as their assumptions , this one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well done , ” said William Schaffner , an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University , who reviewed the De Kai team ’ s paper .
“ It supports a notion that I advocate along with most other infectious disease experts : that masks are very , very important.
” Jeremy Howard , founding researcher at fast.ai and a distinguished research scientist at the University of San Francisco , also assessed the paper .
“ It ’ s almost overkill how careful they were with this modeling , ” said Howard , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month ( recently submitted to the journal PNAS ) that reviewed dozens of papers assessing the effectiveness of masks .
–Vanity Fair So , is it time to reopen the economy and simply mask up until COVID-19 is no more ?

Despite what the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci tell you, a new study has concluded that if 80% of Americans were to wear a mask, COVID-19 infections would drop by more than 90%.
And as Vanity Fair notes, consider this;
The day before yesterday, 21 people died of COVID-19 in Japan. In the United States, 2,129 died. Comparing overall death rates for the two countries offers an even starker point of comparison with total U.S. deaths now at a staggering 76,032 and Japan’s fatalities at 577. Japan’s population is about 38% of the U.S., but even adjusting for population, the Japanese death rate is a mere 2% of America’s. This comes despite Japan having no lockdown , still-active subways, and many businesses that have remained open—reportedly including karaoke bars, although Japanese citizens and industries are practicing social distancing where they can. Nor have the Japanese broadly embraced contact tracing, a practice by which health authorities identify someone who has been infected and then attempt to identify everyone that person might have interacted with—and potentially infected. So how does Japan do it?
So what is Japan doing differently?
“One reason is that nearly everyone there is wearing a mask,” said UC Berkeley computer scientist De Kai, the chief architect of an in-depth joint study with Hong Kong University.
Kai’s study suggests that every one of us should be wearing a mask – be it homemade, surgical, scarf or bandana, like the Japanese are doing along with other (mostly East Asian) countries.
The mask debate, of course, has been raging for weeks in the States and globally. Pro-maskers assert that the widespread use of face coverings can diminish the spread of COVID-19. Some anti-maskers, including various politicians and public health officials, have insisted that there is no proof of the efficacy of face guards. According to some activists, a blanket mask mandate places a limit on individual liberty and even one’s right to free speech. (Pro-mask advocates are fighting back with #masks4all and #wearafuckingmask Twitter campaigns). Representatives of the World Health Organization have also been sounding rather anti-mask, fretting that many people won’t wear masks properly, thereby risking infection, or that masks will give people a false sense of security and encourage risky behavior, such as partying up close and personal—none of which seems to have played out, as far as we know, in Japan or Hong Kong or other mask-wearing places. Adding to the brouhaha has been the shortage of medical masks for doctors, nurses, bus drivers, and the guy who delivers burritos to your door. –Vanity Fair
“I felt like this was pretty urgent,” said De Kai – the son of Chinese immigrants who was born in St. Louis. “I saw the country where I grew up, where my family lives [now mostly in the Bay Area], about to face this pandemic without knowing much about something as simple as wearing a mask to protect themselves and others.”
Kai built a forecasting computer model called the masksim simulator, which uses sophisticated models used by epidemiologists to track outbreaks of various pathogens such as SARS, Ebola and COVID-19, and simulate the effect of wearing masks on infection rates. It incorporates randomness and unpredictability inherent to human behavior, such as when an infected person decides to drop everything and take off to the beach for a dose of Vitamin D. Kai’s team also added their own variables, such as how effective different masks are at blocking aerosolized droplets of coronavirus.
Along with the masksim site, the team is also releasing a study that describes their model in detail as well as their contention that masksim’s forecasts support a growing body of pro-mask evidence. “What’s most important about wearing masks right now,” said Guy-Philippe Goldstein, an economist, cybersecurity expert, and lecturer at the Ecole de Guerre Economique in Paris—and a masksim collaborator, “is that it works, along with social distancing, to flatten the curve of infections as we wait for treatments and vaccines to be developed—while also allowing people to go out and some businesses to reopen.” While all models have limitations and are only as good as their assumptions, this one is “a very thorough model and well done,” said William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, who reviewed the De Kai team’s paper. “It supports a notion that I advocate along with most other infectious disease experts: that masks are very, very important.” Jeremy Howard, founding researcher at fast.ai and a distinguished research scientist at the University of San Francisco, also assessed the paper. “It’s almost overkill how careful they were with this modeling,” said Howard, who also coauthored and spearheaded a study last month (recently submitted to the journal PNAS) that reviewed dozens of papers assessing the effectiveness of masks. –Vanity Fair
So, is it time to reopen the economy and simply mask up until COVID-19 is no more?
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-09--The Truth About Censorship Might Shock You

As someone who watches my videos , I know there ’ s a possibility your unsure of where I stand and where we stand as a news organization right now .
So here it is .
We ’ ve got 3 principles : These are important to keep in mind and I wanted to get them out there .
Which I do in the video above as well as discussing all of the crazy censorship going on right now , including of some theories that actually are pretty crazy .
But I ’ m sure you want to hear my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So without further ado… I think social media companies may be pushing and promoting crazy theories about the virus , in part by censoring them and thus making them more popular… As part of social engineering by powerful individuals and organizations to blame a second wave of the virus on people resisting government .
Which is one of the reasons why I ’ ve really been promoting freedom and personal responsibility lately .
Watch the video above for my full explanation .
Because we are now totally demonetized And based on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obviously at risk of being deleted… Now is the time to grab the pro free speech YOUTUBE DUCT TAPE MOUTH shirt .
Send a message to YouTube you will not stand with tyranny And that you and I will not be censored !

As someone who watches my videos, I know there’s a possibility your unsure of where I stand and where we stand as a news organization right now.
So here it is. We’ve got 3 principles:
1. Resisting tyranny
2. Preparing for economic collapse
3. Taking responsibility for yourself
These are important to keep in mind and I wanted to get them out there.
Which I do in the video above as well as discussing all of the crazy censorship going on right now, including of some theories that actually are pretty crazy.
But I’m sure you want to hear my theory about what’s going on. So without further ado…
I think social media companies may be pushing and promoting crazy theories about the virus, in part by censoring them and thus making them more popular…
As part of social engineering by powerful individuals and organizations to blame a second wave of the virus on people resisting government.
Which is one of the reasons why I’ve really been promoting freedom and personal responsibility lately.
Watch the video above for my full explanation.
SUPPORT FREE SPEECH
Because we are now totally demonetized
And based on the massive new wave of YouTube censorship,
Obviously at risk of being deleted…
Now is the time to grab the pro free speech YOUTUBE DUCT TAPE MOUTH shirt.
Send a message to YouTube you will not stand with tyranny
And that you and I will not be censored!


wearechange--2020-05-16--This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations

While the U.S. government and global health “ authorities ” debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines , Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory .
It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that , “ We are looking for a full vaccine for everyone who wants to get it , not everyone wants to get it ” , however , it ’ s still uncertain whether the Trump administration will side with civil liberties and informed consent when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is certain , at this point , is that at least one state in the United States of America has already implemented measures which will allow for forced or mandatory vaccinations once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed .
The Last American Vagabond was recently sent the meme below which has been circulating the internet in recent days .
The image claims that someone ’ s husband recently flew from Louisiana to Florida where he was handed a mandatory quarantine form to fill out .
According to the post , the man was essentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exit the plane .
The image then shows a screenshot of a document which states that individuals who violate the quarantine will be subject to a $ 500 fine or a 60 day jail sentence .
Furthermore , the meme states that , “ the State Health Officer and Surgeon General can order any individual to be examined , tested , vaccinated , treated , isolated or quarantined for COVID-19 ?
.
We decided to fact check this meme to see if there was truth to the claim and , unfortunately , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ document .
Here ’ s what we found : The document is called , “ COVID-19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MANDATORY SELF-ISOLATION AIRPORT TRAVEL , ” and can be found on the official website of the Florida Airports Council .
The form asks travelers to put their home address , a detailed description of the trip , and the names and birth dates to family members who traveled with the person filling out the form .
At the bottom of the form it states the following : Right there , in plain language , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handed out to individuals flying into Florida , claims the Surgeon General can order any individual to be vaccinated .
Where does the Surgeon General get this apparent authority ?
According to the document , the Executive Order 20-80 and the Florida Department of Health declaration of a Public Health Emergency grant the legal authority to conduct such an action .
However , a reading of EO 20-80 finds that the word vaccine is not even mentioned once .
Under Section 1 , D , it states the following : Notice the vague @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dept .
of Health ” ?
Well , according to this Executive Order , it is the duty of every state , county , and local official to enforce any order given out by the DOH .
This could easily be interpreted as a legal justification for a vaccination order .
When examining the Florida Department of Health declaration of a Public Health Emergency we see the following language : What exact treatments fit under “ other interventions ” is anyone ’ s guess , but , once again , we see vague @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support orders for compulsory vaccination programs in response to COVID-19 .
The Florida DOH Public Health Emergency was first declared on March 1st and the EO 20-80 on March 23 .
Both declarations are still in effect meaning that the language could be used at any point to institute forced vaccination programs .
All U.S. states have declared various states of emergency and issued executive orders in reaction to COVID-19 .
It is likely other states have similar measures on the books .
We would love to hear from our readers who may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s important to spread this information and inform Americans about the technocratic state and medical martial law that is unfolding .
Get informed , educate others , and take action to slow the roll out of this pandemic nightmare .

While the U.S. government and global health “authorities” debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory.
It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, “We are looking for a full vaccine for everyone who wants to get it, not everyone wants to get it”, however, it’s still uncertain whether the Trump administration will side with civil liberties and informed consent when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine. What is certain, at this point, is that at least one state in the United States of America has already implemented measures which will allow for forced or mandatory vaccinations once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed.
The Last American Vagabond was recently sent the meme below which has been circulating the internet in recent days. The image claims that someone’s husband recently flew from Louisiana to Florida where he was handed a mandatory quarantine form to fill out. According to the post, the man was essentially forced to sign if he wanted to exit the plane. The image then shows a screenshot of a document which states that individuals who violate the quarantine will be subject to a $500 fine or a 60 day jail sentence. Furthermore, the meme states that, “the State Health Officer and Surgeon General can order any individual to be examined, tested, vaccinated, treated, isolated or quarantined for COVID-19?.
We decided to fact check this meme to see if there was truth to the claim and, unfortunately, the document is in fact a Florida state document. Here’s what we found:
The document is called, “COVID-19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MANDATORY SELF-ISOLATION AIRPORT TRAVEL,” and can be found on the official website of the Florida Airports Council. The form asks travelers to put their home address, a detailed description of the trip, and the names and birth dates to family members who traveled with the person filling out the form.
At the bottom of the form it states the following:
I UNDERSTAND THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL IN MY FAMILY WHO VIOLATES THE SELF-ISOLATION OR SELF-QUARANTINE BY FAILING TO REMAIN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ADDRESS I PROVIDED FOR MY STAY IN FLORIDA FOR THE MANDATORY LENGTH OF TIME, CAN BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER SECTIONS 252.50 OR 381.00315(6), FLORIDA STATUTES, WHICH IF CONVICTED IS PUNISHABLE UP TO 60 DAYS IMPRISONMENT, A FINE NOT MORE THAN $500.00, OR BOTH.
Additionally, it says:
Pursuant to Executive Order 20-80 and the Florida Department of Health declaration of a Public Health Emergency, the State Health Officer and Surgeon General can order any individual to be examined, tested, vaccinated, treated, isolated or quarantined for COVID-19. Any isolation or quarantine order issued pursuant to section 318.00315, Florida Statutes, shall be enforceable by injunction filed in a Florida Circuit Court. Finally, passengers are reminded that, “Failure to follow any isolation or quarantine order by the Florida Department of Health is a second-degree misdemeanor.”
Right there, in plain language, a Florida state document which is being handed out to individuals flying into Florida, claims the Surgeon General can order any individual to be vaccinated. Where does the Surgeon General get this apparent authority?
According to the document, the Executive Order 20-80 and the Florida Department of Health declaration of a Public Health Emergency grant the legal authority to conduct such an action. However, a reading of EO 20-80 finds that the word vaccine is not even mentioned once. Under Section 1, D, it states the following:
“D. Pursuant to section 381.0012(5), Florida Statutes, “it shall be the duty of every state and county attorney, sheriff, police officer, and other appropriate city and county officials upon request to assist the [Department of Health]” in enforcing any isolation or quarantine or order of the Department of Health issued pursuant to this Order.”
Notice the vague and broad “or order of the Dept. of Health”? Well, according to this Executive Order, it is the duty of every state, county, and local official to enforce any order given out by the DOH. This could easily be interpreted as a legal justification for a vaccination order.
When examining the Florida Department of Health declaration of a Public Health Emergency we see the following language:
“Section 6. In order to protect public health, the Florida Department of Health, at such time when necessary, may take actions to protect the public health, pursuant to the authority of section 381.00315, Florida Statutes, including quarantine, isolation and other interventions.”
What exact treatments fit under “other interventions” is anyone’s guess, but, once again, we see vague language that could be broadly interpreted to support orders for compulsory vaccination programs in response to COVID-19.
The Florida DOH Public Health Emergency was first declared on March 1st and the EO 20-80 on March 23. Both declarations are still in effect meaning that the language could be used at any point to institute forced vaccination programs. All U.S. states have declared various states of emergency and issued executive orders in reaction to COVID-19. It is likely other states have similar measures on the books. We would love to hear from our readers who may have seen similar language used.
It’s important to spread this information and inform Americans about the technocratic state and medical martial law that is unfolding. Get informed, educate others, and take action to slow the roll out of this pandemic nightmare.
Republished from TheLastAmericanVagabond.com under Creative Commons
Written by Derrick Broze


wearechange--2020-05-16--America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $369 Billion During Pandemic

America’s billionaires have seen their wealth increase by 12.5 percent during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, released a study Thursday showing that, in the eight weeks between March 18 and May 14, the country’s super wealthy have added a further $368.8 billion to their already enormous fortunes.
Among the more famous big winners during the pandemic include Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who adds $21 billion to his net worth (a 38 percent increase). Failed Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg is up $10 billion as well, meaning he has recouped ten times as much as he lost in his big money political campaign that went nowhere. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has increased his fortune by around $6 billion as well.
All this comes at the same time that the economy has undeniably imploded for working people. A record 36 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance, with millions more losing their employer-based healthcare plans, and around a third of the country not paying its rent. Schools, factories, offices, and other businesses remain shuttered. The Trump administration has promised to provide $1,200 to every citizen, but it will be months before everyone receives their check. As a result, there has been an explosion in the use of food banks, as desperate citizens line up for hours in the hopes of receiving a box of food.
The study, based on figures from Forbes’ annual global billionaire survey, found that Amazon CEO and world’s richest individual Jeff Bezos was the biggest winner during the period of crisis, adding a massive $30 billion to his wealth. If he continues at the current rate, Bezos will become the world’s first trillionaire by 2026, with other oligarchs not far behind. This is possible primarily because of the hyper-exploitation of his workforce; Amazon warehouse employees are infamously forced into wearing adult diapers or peeing in bottles, unable to take bathroom breaks. The company’s own data shows that one-third of its Arizona employees depend upon food stamps to make ends meet. In Pennsylvania, it is the state’s nineteenth largest employer but fifth most common for those receiving SNAP benefits. Bezos’ workers have been organizing amid a pandemic that puts their lives at risk, but instead of providing them with living wages and proper protective equipment, he has given his employees at Whole Foods supermarkets with new uniforms proclaiming that they are heroes.
“When billionaires like Jeff Bezos see their wealth surge by tens of billions, as they command their underpaid, vulnerable and unprotected workers into the viral line of fire, we should rise up to demand accountability,” Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality for the IPS told MintPress News, noting that Bezos is on track to amass “a level of concentrated wealth and power that even the greatest kings and oligarchs could never have imagined.”
Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seen his wealth balloon by $11.3 billion, despite the fact that his California car plant has been closed for weeks. How could this be? One explanatory reason is the billionaire bonanza that is the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed last month. A nonpartisan congressional body found that 82 percent of the tax benefits will go to those earning over $1 million per year, with exponentially more for the ultra wealthy elite. In contrast, less than three percent goes to the great majority of us who earn less than $100,000 per year. Safe in the knowledge that billionaires will not have to bear the brunt of the costs of the pandemic, their wealth has shot up. “Rising billionaire wealth during a pandemic reveals a level of unequal sacrifice that is unseemly and immoral,” Collins added.
Of course, the money is not coming from nowhere. It is certainly not coming from billionaires’ hard work. It is coming from us: from our pockets and those of the global poor, who will be forced to pay for the virus and the huge tax cuts later. The fact that billionaires’ wealth is rising so rapidly in a period of economic collapse is a sign that the rich’s wealth is barely even connected to productive forces anymore and has more to do with how much wealth one can take from public coffers.
Republished from MintPressNews.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-16--Former Air Force Drone Operator Says US Military is “Worse Than Nazis”

A former drone operator has claimed that the U.S. military is worse than the Nazis in a recent interview during which he revealed that his superiors told him “ it ’ s just a dog ” when he killed a child in Afghanistan .
The drone operator turned whistleblower , Staff Sergeant Brandon Bryant , gave an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail detailing the horrors of his job deciding who lives or dies from the comfort of bases in Nevada , New Mexico , and Iraq .
Bryant described how he spent six years in the U.S. Air Force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camera systems and was responsible for using the targeting system while a co-pilot navigated the drone .
Bryant signed up to the Air Force when he was only 19-year-old and made his first kill in 2007 .
From 2006 to 2011 his squadron hit 1,626 targets including women and children , according to the whistleblower .
According to the Sun .
Bryant killed 13 people while in service .
Bryant even said how when he registered his first kill his colleagues celebrated with one shouting “ splash ” and another saying “ Bryant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this day , the horror of the bombing lives with him as he watched the blood shoot from his victim .
“ I saw the blood squirt out of his leg , then I watched him cool down .
That image on the screen is still in my head .
Whenever I think about it , it still hurts me .
When I pulled the trigger , I knew that it was wrong .
When the missile struck I knew in my soul I had become a murderer.
“ Following orders to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inside a building with missiles in Afghanistan resulted in the death of a child .
It was then when Bryant was told by a superior “ It ’ s just a dog ” after raising his concerns .
Bryant then knew he could not keep doing his job and quit the military to speak out against the U.S. drone program .
The man stated that he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) after his time aiming missiles at people on the other side of the world .
We know from the Intercept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one five-month period of Operation Haymaker in northeastern Afghanistan , “ nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets .
In Yemen and Somalia where the U.S. has far more limited intelligence capabilities to confirm the people killed are the intended targets , the equivalent ratios may well be much worse.
” Bryant has blown the whistle on the U.S. military ’ s use of the drone program , testifying before the United Nations and Germany about America ’ s overseas drone operations , stating , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All these guys that got convicted during the trials , the one thing that convicted them all was , ‘ well I was just doing my job ‘ .
” Bryan added , “ they [ the military ] are worse than the Nazis because we should know better.
” In May 2016 , a Norwegian documentary filmmaker named Tonje Hessen Schei produced a film featuring Bryant ’ s experiences on the battlefield , called Drone – This Is No Game !
In the documentary Bryant and his colleague Michael Haas were displayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video gamers and trains them to kill from a distance by remote control .
Since becoming an outspoken critic of the U.S. drone program Bryant says his family has been threatened for his actions .
After he spoke to a German parliamentary inquiry committee in 2015 , two American Air Force officers showed up at the house of Bryant ’ s mother in Missoula , Montana .
He said that officers told his mother that she was on an ISIS “ hit list , ” which Bryant ’ s attorney called a clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shadowproof .
Bryant received an award in Germany honoring his bravery as a whistleblower in 2015 .
There have also been other drone whistleblowers who have come forward including Matt DeHart , Senior Airman Stephen Lewis , Senior Airman Michael Haas , and one former drone program infrastructure technician , Senior Airman Cian Westmoreland .
All men have denounced the U.S. drone program .

A former drone operator has claimed that the U.S. military is worse than the Nazis in a recent interview during which he revealed that his superiors told him “it’s just a dog” when he killed a child in Afghanistan.
The drone operator turned whistleblower, Staff Sergeant Brandon Bryant, gave an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail detailing the horrors of his job deciding who lives or dies from the comfort of bases in Nevada, New Mexico, and Iraq. Bryant described how he spent six years in the U.S. Air Force operating Predator drones where he controlled multiple camera systems and was responsible for using the targeting system while a co-pilot navigated the drone.
Bryant signed up to the Air Force when he was only 19-year-old and made his first kill in 2007. From 2006 to 2011 his squadron hit 1,626 targets including women and children, according to the whistleblower. According to the Sun. Bryant killed 13 people while in service.
Bryant even said how when he registered his first kill his colleagues celebrated with one shouting “splash” and another saying “Bryant’s popped his cherry.”
Still to this day, the horror of the bombing lives with him as he watched the blood shoot from his victim.
Bryant told the Sun:
“I saw the blood squirt out of his leg, then I watched him cool down. That image on the screen is still in my head. Whenever I think about it, it still hurts me. When I pulled the trigger, I knew that it was wrong. When the missile struck I knew in my soul I had become a murderer.“
Following orders to bombard an enemy target believed to be inside a building with missiles in Afghanistan resulted in the death of a child. It was then when Bryant was told by a superior “It’s just a dog” after raising his concerns.
Bryant then knew he could not keep doing his job and quit the military to speak out against the U.S. drone program. The man stated that he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after his time aiming missiles at people on the other side of the world.
We know from the Intercept’s Drone Papers release that during one five-month period of Operation Haymaker in northeastern Afghanistan, “nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. In Yemen and Somalia where the U.S. has far more limited intelligence capabilities to confirm the people killed are the intended targets, the equivalent ratios may well be much worse.”
Bryant has blown the whistle on the U.S. military’s use of the drone program, testifying before the United Nations and Germany about America’s overseas drone operations, stating, “We think about the Nuremberg Trials. All these guys that got convicted during the trials, the one thing that convicted them all was, ‘well I was just doing my job‘.” Bryan added, “they [the military] are worse than the Nazis because we should know better.”
In May 2016, a Norwegian documentary filmmaker named Tonje Hessen Schei produced a film featuring Bryant’s experiences on the battlefield, called Drone – This Is No Game! In the documentary Bryant and his colleague Michael Haas were displayed as examples of how the CIA recruits video gamers and trains them to kill from a distance by remote control.
Since becoming an outspoken critic of the U.S. drone program Bryant says his family has been threatened for his actions.
After he spoke to a German parliamentary inquiry committee in 2015, two American Air Force officers showed up at the house of Bryant’s mother in Missoula, Montana. He said that officers told his mother that she was on an ISIS “hit list,” which Bryant’s attorney called a clear sign of whistleblower intimidation, according to Shadowproof.
Bryant received an award in Germany honoring his bravery as a whistleblower in 2015. There have also been other drone whistleblowers who have come forward including Matt DeHart, Senior Airman Stephen Lewis, Senior Airman Michael Haas, and one former drone program infrastructure technician, Senior Airman Cian Westmoreland. All men have denounced the U.S. drone program.
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-15--U.S. Government Seizes God-Like Powers to Spy on You

I ’ ve been telling you lately how the government is hiring thousands of contact tracers who will go after your medical history .
Well now the government ’ s coming after your web browser history .
The Senate voted to allow the FBI and CIA to spy on your web browser history without a warrant .
Of course this is part of the USA “ Freedom ” Act .
Which reauthorizes the Patriot Act .
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Meanwhile some of these MSM outlets are getting what they deserve .
Like Vice News which is announcing layoffs .
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I’ve been telling you lately how the government is hiring thousands of contact tracers who will go after your medical history.
Well now the government’s coming after your web browser history.
The Senate voted to allow the FBI and CIA to spy on your web browser history without a warrant.
Of course this is part of the USA “Freedom” Act. Which reauthorizes the Patriot Act.
Cause of course there’s nothing more patriotic than letting the government know every little thing about you.
Also in today’s video, I cover the latest media news including the MSM attacking Elon Musk and lying about him
While protecting Jeff Bezos who doesn’t have to get permission to keep his business open and gets richer and richer as the government shuts down his competition.
Meanwhile some of these MSM outlets are getting what they deserve. Like Vice News which is announcing layoffs.
Watch the video to learn what other mainstream media organizations are at risk of going under.
Protect Your Privacy
I need to warn you that with the latest news….
Just using the Brave browser will not protect you from the FBI and CIA spying on your browser history.
But its an important step and its a much better browser than Chrome and Firefox.
Brave is a web browser focused on privacy that, when you download and use, allows you to earn cryptocurrencies. A small portion of the cryptocurrency you earn goes to us to help fund this independent media operation.
So not only are your protecting your data from Big Tech companies, your also supporting us without even spending a dime.
So if you haven’t downloaded Brave already, don’t wait until the surveillance state is in full effect. Do it now.