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How the Gates Foundation seeded America's COVID-19 policy catastrophes

Jordan Schachtel
The Dossier
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Gates Foundation
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is finally facing the heat for his botched and criminally negligent coronavirus response policies, yet no one seems to be asking why Cuomo and select governors made the fateful decisions that led to the excess deaths — and the coverup campaigns — of tens of thousands of senior citizens in New York and elsewhere across the United States.

After being awarded an Emmy and writing a book on his supposedly heroic response to the pandemic, Cuomo is finally receiving the very necessary inquiries into his handling of the crisis. Cuomo is perhaps the most egregious example of abuse and neglect (given his refusal to use the Javits Center or a Navy hospital ship), he is far from the only governor who executed the "nursing home death warrants." Governor Cuomo was accompanied by the governors of California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and elsewhere.

The common thread seen in the United States is the delegation of state policy to prediction modeling forecasts from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a Washington State-based institution that is wholly controlled and funded (to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars) by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Comment: And yet, somehow, many individuals continue, for some reason, to listen to Bill Gates - in a variety of different areas too:

See also: And the list goes on, and on, and on...

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A #MeToo rape scandal has rocked the Australian parliament, but woke culture is obscuring what's most important: the facts


RT
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:19 UTC
australia parliament
© ReutersTourists walk around the forecourt of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra
This week a serious sexual misconduct allegation exploded at the heart of Australian politics, engulfing Parliament House in Canberra, along with the prime minister and two of his senior ministers.

During a week in which Prime Minister Scott Morrison was looking forward to basking in the glory of the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine program, he has spent most of his time trying to deal with the fallout from an allegation that a junior female political staffer, Ms Brittany Higgins, was raped in a minister's office in Parliament House in March 2019.

This is a classic #MeToo scandal with a political twist.
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Pelosi's pick to lead Capitol security review says police are 'complicit,' as six are suspended

Sophie Mann
Just the News
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:34 UTC
Russel Honoré Pelosi capitol police investigation
© The NewsLt. Gen. Russel Honoré
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, assigned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to conduct a security review of the U.S. Capitol Building says Capitol Police and the House and Senate's sergeants at arms were "complicit" in the Jan. 6 breach.

Now, six Capitol Police officers have been suspended and 29 have been placed under investigation for their actions during the breach, according to the department.

"They were either that stupid or ignorant, or they were complicit. I think they were complicit," Honoré recently said on MSNBC. He also described the Capitol Police force on a separate occasion as "40% Trumpsters," whom he said "gave way" to those who breached the Capitol.

Comment: The Federalist sheds more light on Pelosi's pick. An impartial investigation does not seem likely given the general's past statements :
In a now-deleted tweet, posted just one week after the Capitol incident, revived by Fox News's Tucker Carlson, Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré publicly insulted Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, calling him a "little peace of sh-t" and calling for him to "be run out of DC and Disbarred ASAP." He also said Hawley and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas are "aaa hats" and "high order white privilege."
russel honere tweet josh Hawley
© Twitter
Shortly after Honoré tweeted the colorful and opinionated post, Pelosi tapped the "respected leader with experience dealing with crises" to oversee the "immediate review of [Capitol] security infrastructure, interagency processes, and command and control."

"We must subject this whole complex to scrutiny," Pelosi said in January.

"It didn't work that day, and everybody who knows about this ... they all know the tools are there. The tools didn't work. We've got to get the tools to work, get all of government to work together," Honoré said of the Capitol security shortly after he was picked for the job.

Pelosi also announced her intentions to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the failures that allowed a mob to breach the historic building on Jan. 6. In addition to establishing the commission and receiving multiple briefings from Honoré, House Democrats also requested an expansion of an investigation into "domestic terrorism and violent extremism" they believe may have driven the riot.

"We will have an after-action review," Pelosi said. "There will be a commission."

Honoré has a history of criticizing Republicans including former President Donald Trump. He was also a somewhat regular guest on multiple corporate broadcasts such as CNN and MSNBC to give his takes on Trump's response to the 2017 Puerto Rico hurricanes, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

"The President doesn't understand the Constitution, or he don't give a d-mn," Honoré said in 2020.


Former Homeland Security official Cuccinelli slams the apparent negligence of Washington Mayor Bowser and Speaker Pelosi in not authorizing sufficient security in view of intelligence they were all able to access. One could wonder who might benefit from events playing out as they did.



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Eye 1

'Dystopian nightmare': UK Home Office ridiculed for bizarre lockdown ad with rave soundtrack


RT
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:56 UTC
uk lockdown
© Twitter / @ukhomeofficeA screenshot from a Home Office advertisement, released February 17, 2021
A new Home Office advert warning Brits that "meeting up is against the law" has been savaged online. The ad, a throwback to the anti-piracy ads of the 2000s, has been called "dystopian."

Readers of a certain age probably remember the "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy ads. Appearing before DVDs as unskippable clips, the ads featured criminals committing various street crimes, and text warning viewers that "downloading pirated films is stealing."

The UK Home Office has now updated the format for 2021. An ad released by the office on Wednesday warns the public to avoid raves, parties, illegal pubs and even baby showers, because "meeting up is against the law." Footage of police raids on illegal gatherings accompanies the warnings, with a thumping drum 'n' bass soundtrack and amphetamine-jittering text completing the early-2000s aesthetic.

Comment: When governments have to resort to this sort of fearmongering, one can't help but wonder whether this is even about a virus anymore: It is not the police's job to enforce the lockdown whims of UK ministers - former senior judge Lord Sumption

However, it's not all governments, because in Sweden restrictions are light and optional, and in Russia they're telling people that by summer herd immunity will have been achieved.

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Quenelle

Iran properly snubs Biden overture for nuclear talks: "LIFT sanctions, we WILL respond"

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:17 UTC
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
© Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERSIranian President Hassan Rouhani
Iran has snubbed the White House's signaling on Thursday that it's ready to sit down for EU-sponsored talks toward restoring the 2015 nuclear deal. For the first time in the Biden administration a senior US official said "We are ready to show up if such a meeting were to take place" - in what's clearly an invitation for Iran to signal the same. But Tehran has slapped it down, sticking with its line that Washington must begin dialing back sanctions first.

Bloomberg reports on the latest Friday after a flurry of statements out of the US administration which appeared to belatedly extend an open hand: "Iran said the U.S. must first return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions if it wants talks with the Islamic Republic, appearing to snub an effort by the Biden administration to begin direct discussions before officially rejoining the accord."

Comment: More background on this complex chess game:

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Hammer

Trump just thumped the Democrats and that's a "win" for the country

Mike Whitney
The Unz Review
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Trump Biden battle
"Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun...I look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American greatness for all of our people." Donald Trump, President of the United States
The Democrats approached the impeachment with the same cockiness that they approach everything. They thought they'd stomp their feet and run around with their hair on fire, and eventually people would see the righteousness of their cause. But it didn't go down like that. Instead, the Trump defense team opened a can of whoop ass on the lot of them leaving the Dems wondering what hit them. They seemed surprised that they couldn't win a conviction based on vitriol, character assassination and slanted news coverage. And they were genuinely shocked when their doctored videos and fake evidence was exposed to the public as the fraud it was. This was supposed to be the final drubbing of Donald Trump, instead, it turned out to be a revealing window into the degraded soul of declining party. In the end, Trump walked away unscathed while the Dems were left licking their wounds. Hurrah for Trump!

Now Trump is more powerful than when he was in the White House. His following has grown, his reputation as a fighter has ballooned, and his Democratic opposition has been exposed as incompetent, vindictive and thoroughly corrupt. That's about as close to a total victory as it gets in politics. Trump has effectively vanquished his enemies and made himself the most powerful politician in America. He's a conservative Colossus, a Republican kingmaker who is now in a position to hand-pick the party's leaders in the next election cycle and (perhaps) for many cycles to come. As Marjorie Taylor Greene so aptly put it: "Trump IS the Republican party. It's his party now".

Who would disagree?
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Control Panel

NATO's Atlantic Council urges Biden to enforce regime change in Belarus

Paul Antonopoulos
InfoBrics
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Biden Lukashenko
A recent online meeting hosted by the Atlantic Council think tank discussed ways to force regime change in Belarus. The think tank detailed a plan with the aim of removing Aleksander Lukashenko, the current president of Belarus, from power by utilizing sanctions and other methods of pressure.

The Washington-based Atlantic Council is affiliated with NATO and receives funding from international billionaires like Adrienne Arsht, global companies like Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Google, as well as the Rockefeller Foundation and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. These are only a few examples of their extensive funding. Some of the most powerful and influential figures in the world participate in the operations of the think tank, as well as a representative of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus' main opposition figure.

Objectives of the virtual meeting, entitled "Biden and Belarus: A strategy for the new administration," includes organizing Washington's control over the Belarussian opposition movement. In addition, they suggest a new position for a senior organizer to administer and maintain sanctions against Minsk, and appoint a senior official to administer assistance to the opposition. Their agenda also emphasized recognizing Tikhanovskaya's position as the true leader of Belarus and delegitimize Lukashenko by relocating the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the Belarussian capital of Minsk, Julie Fisher, to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.

Comment: One can be fairly sure that, under a Biden administration, so-called regime change operations as thought up by groups like the Atlantic Council - to encircle and economically pillage Russia and other countries in its proximity - will continue faster and more aggressively than ever. And what we're witnessing in Belarus is no exception.

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Green Light

Russia holds the key to German sovereignty

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Germany's Angela Merkel and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
© Kay Nietfeld/dpaGermany's Angela Merkel and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
A more sovereign Germany closer to Russia and China may be the straw that breaks the US hegemon's back

Last week we traced the necessary historical and geopolitical steps to understand Why Russia is driving the West crazy.

And then, last Friday, right before the start of the Year of the Metal Ox, came the bombshell, delivered with customary aplomb by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

In an interview with popular talk show host Vladimir Solovyov - with the full transcript published by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Lavrov said Moscow "must be ready" for a possible "break with the European Union."

The ominous break would be a direct result of new EU sanctions, particularly those "that create risks for our economy, including in the most sensitive areas." And then, the Sun Tzu-style clincher: "If you want peace, prepare for war."

Comment: For an insightful examination of US geopolitical goals vis a vis Germany and Russia's relations, don't miss:

STRATFOR Chief outlines psychopathic Zio-Anglo-American plans for world domination in speech to Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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Attention

'Zero Covid' will lead to even harsher restrictions

Neil Clark
RT
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:08 UTC
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© REUTERS/Carl RecineFILE PHOTO: Signs asking people to stay at home are seen near Llwyn-on Reservoir, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Britain, June 2, 2020
The left has bought heavily into 'Zero Covid' as a policy goal, but the concept is fundamentally flawed, as it overstates the threat and offers overkill solutions.

Zero Covid? Who could possibly be against that?

But while initially the total elimination of coronavirus sounds like quite an attractive idea, the devil most certainly is in the details. If ever there was a case of the cure being worse than the disease, this is it.

The first of the four "key steps" the UK Zero Covid group lists for its strategy is: "A full UK-wide lockdown until new cases in the community have been reduced close to zero."
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'Cancel culture' in 'dying' US, & opposition media bans in E. Europe makes Russia the world's 'last island of freedom'

Jonny Tickle
RT
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:34 UTC
Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
© RIAChairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin.
Russia is the world's final bastion of freedom. That's according to the State Duma speaker, who pointed to the decline of leftist politics in the US and the restrictions on Russian-language media in the Baltics and Ukraine.

"Democracy is a procedure, with norms and rules," Vyacheslav Volodin said, speaking to parliament on Wednesday. "Do you see what is happening in the United States? The country is dying. They canceled everything."

"Where is their labor movement? Where is the socialist party? Where is the once strong Communist party? No. Just like in Ukraine, there is no free media. All the opposition media has been shut down."

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