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Biden Administration: 'We don't know at this point' when life will 'return to normal' from lockdowns

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Waire
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:41 UTC
Biden
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday that the Biden administration does not know or have a timeline of when life is going to return to normal from the pandemic.

"The question of when we get some semblance of normalcy, that timeline also seems to be shifting," a reporter said to Psaki. "Dr. Fauci had said a sense of normalcy maybe in the fall, that's when you might be able to go to theaters, go to sporting events, still with masks, of course."

"Now, it seems that's being slid to early next year, the president said maybe around Christmas, what's going on here?" the reporter asked. "When do we think we will get back to some taste of normalcy?"

"Well, this is the question, as I'm sure is the case for all of you, that every neighbor, every friend, every family member asks, at least me in the street when I'm walking my dog in the morning," Psaki responded. "We want to be straight with the American public, though, it is — we are not in a place where we can predict exactly when everybody will feel normal again, and it has, there are a number of reasons."

Comment: Inconsistent and contradictory communication is a common theme found in many people's lives at different levels. Sandra Brown, author of Women Who Love Psychopaths provides some insight into crazy-making communication from the perspective a a woman involved in a relationship with a psychopath. It may apply in different ways to people's lives.
Crazy-Making Communication

How does all these communication malfunctions come together as a 'relational cluster butt kick?' How does it affect the actual interactive process of talking? The attempts at communication are crazy-making and will cause her to question her communication skills, how she views her ability to express herself, and eventually her sanity.
communication triangle
The triangle represents the roles the psychopath and her play in the communication process. Each of them moves around the triangle taking on different roles in the interchange. He is the wounded one while she plays the role of either liberating him or tormenting him. He may later shift and take on the role of liberator to her or tormenter to her. She in turn, might switch roles and become the wounded one. When one role shifts, it forces the other person into one of the other two remaining roles. Each shift shifts someone else.

These roles can shift moment by moment, sentence by sentence. One moment he acts as if she is the tormenter and in the next moment expected to liberate him. In the next argument he might aggressively be the tormenter and she, the wounded one. The same argument over the same topic only moments or days later could result in totally different roles by each of them. No consistency whatsoever is held and no resolution reached each time they enter into an attempt at communication.

Nowhere else in her life does she communicate this way. At work, she may hold a highly responsible position and communicate normally, without drama and crazy-making language. However, as soon as she enters into communication with him, the communication lapses into these three well-defined roles. Even when she attempts to communicate normally and utilize the skills she uses in everyday communication with others, the process still pulls her in and she is unable to communicate outside the three roles of Wounded One, Tormentor, or Liberator.

With the psychopath, communication is reduced to a very juvenile emotional age. He brings to this communication process other dysfunctional and aggravating behaviors which contribute to communication problems. For example:

- impulsivity

- splitting one person against the other

- knows-it-all so she can't contribute any new information

- lying

- drama

- manipulation

- juvenile decision-making skills

- changing subjects

- meaning/language differences

- blaming

- immature emotional age

- doesn't take responsibility for his behavior/choices

- abandonment issues and acts like a victim

- gaslighting

- projecting his behavior on others


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Network

Poland steps up to fight Big Tech with push to block social media censorship

Benjamin Hal
Fox News
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:29 UTC
Deputy Polish Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta
© Wojciech WojdaDeputy Polish Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta
Deputy Polish Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta says Trump's removal from Twitter set dangerous precedent

Social media companies that censor users or remove posts for ideological reasons could soon face fines in Poland in a world-first attempt to curb the power of Big Tech through legislation.

Speaking to Fox News, the architect of the law, Deputy Polish Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta, said social media companies have for too long been targeting conservatives, Christianity and traditional values by banning them and removing posts and the Polish government is saying "enough!"

"We see that when Big Tech decides to remove content for political purposes, it's mostly content which praises traditional values or praises conservatism," he said, "and it is deleted under their 'hate speech policy' when it has no legal right to do so."

Comment: Why is Poland taking such a militant stance against social media? In most other respects, it is a willing partner to NATO and the West. Big Tech is the very essence of the West. But it appears the reality of the Great Reset's agenda may have spooked them.

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Fauci: 'I prefer not to comment' on Gov. Cuomo mishandling coronavirus

Trent Baker
Breitbart
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:17 UTC
Fauci
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Tuesday, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to comment on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) mishandling of the coronavirus in his state. Cuomo has caught flack from both Democrats and Republicans for his executive order to move patients sick with COVID-19 to nursing homes — putting them close to those more vulnerable to the virus' effects — and the ensuing cover-up.

"CNN Newsroom" host Jim Sciutto asked Fauci, "You're a New Yorker yourself, though you don't live there right now. Andrew Cuomo is coming under criticism now for the big move back to long-term care facilities in the midst of this crisis here. He's argued that his state was following federal guidelines when he ordered those long-term care facilities to accept patients returning from hospitals. I wonder, can you clear that up. Was he actually following federal guidelines to do that?"

"You know, Jim, I can't," Fauci replied. "I mean, I'm sorry. I'm really — I'm honestly not trying to evade your question, but I'm not really sure of all the details of that, and I think if I make a statement, it probably could either be incorrect or taken out of context. So, I prefer not to comment on that."

Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent

Comment: Integrity and accountability are dependent on one another. It is difficult, if not impossible, for one to exist without the other. Choosing ignorance and a lack of responsibility is always an option. It is the easier route for sure, and it also bears a toxic fruit.

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Bad Guys

Ecuador suspends recount in presidential election as indigenous candidate who was denied run-off spot alleges fraud


France24
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:09 UTC
Yaku Perez ecuador election
© Cristina Vega Rhor/AFPPresidential candidate Yaku Perez during a protest in front of Ecuador's National Electoral Council in Quito on Feb. 12 2021
Ecuador's National Electoral Council has suspended the recount in the first round of the presidential election requested by left-wing indigenous candidate Yaku Perez, who has alleged fraud denied him a place in the run-off.

The count was put on hold after the five-member council could not reach a majority in favor of Perez's request after holding a vote late Tuesday, with two for, one against, one abstention and another absent.

"This plenary session of the National Electoral Council, unfortunately, does not respond to the request, nor does it approve or deny the report presented in the technical area" on the request for a recount, council head Diana Atamaint said.

Comment:


From its defense of Julian Assange under Rafael Correa, to its citizens fight against rapacious international corporations, Ecuador has been a thorn in the side of the US for decades. No wonder the US wants to control the outcome of the election. Lenin Moreno has been a obedient minion and they want someone just like him.

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Syringe

New prime minister, Mario Draghi, vows to speed up Italy's Covid vaccinations

Angela Giuffrida
The Guardian
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:48 UTC
Mario Draghi
© Roberto Monaldo/EPAMario Draghi during his address to the senate before a confidence vote in Rome.

Italy recorded 336 more coronavirus deaths - the second highest rate in Europe.

Italy's new prime minister, Mario Draghi, has pledged to speed up the country's coronavirus vaccination program as he presented his government's priorities before a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament on Wednesday.

In his much-anticipated maiden speech, Draghi, who was sworn into office on Saturday, said the government's first duty was to "fight the pandemic by all means and safeguard the lives of citizens".

His promise came after Italy recorded 336 more coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total to 94,171 - the highest in Europe after the UK - and amid concerns over rapidly spreading Covid-19 variants.
"The virus is everyone's enemy," Draghi said. "It is in memory of those who are no longer here that our commitment grows".
Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief, said the government must move fast to obtain and distribute the Covid-19 vaccine. Italy had administered more than 3m jabs as of Wednesday morning, according to health ministry figures, but progress has been hampered by delayed vaccine deliveries.

Comment: See also:

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Cow Skull

Best of the Web: How Conspiracy Theorizing May Soon Get You Labelled a 'Domestic Terrorist'

Matthew Ehret
Sott.net
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Sunstein and Power
© Flickr/Mary Calvert
Conspiracies for good and for evil do exist now, as they have from time immemorial, Matthew Ehret writes. The only question is which intention do you want to devote your life towards?

If you are starting to feel like forces controlling the governments of the west are out to get you, then it is likely that you are either a paranoid nut job, or a stubborn realist.

Either way, it means that you have some major problems on your hands.

If you don't happen to find yourself among the tinfoil hat-wearing strata of conspiracy theorists waiting in a bunker for aliens to either strike down or save society from the shape shifting lizard people, but are rather contemplating how, in the 1960s, a shadow government took control of society over the dead bodies of many assassinated patriots, then certain conclusions tend to arise.

Three Elementary Realizations for Thinking People

The first conclusion you would likely arrive at is that the United States government was just put through the first coup in over 58 years (yes, what happened in 1963 was a coup). Although it is becoming a bit prohibitive to speak such words aloud in polite society, Nancy Pelosi's official biographer Molly Ball, recently penned a scandalous Time Magazine article entitled 'The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign that Saved the 2020 Elections' which admitted to this conspiracy saying:

"Even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information." (Lest you think that this was a subversion of democracy, Ball informs us that "they were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it.")

Comment: For more on Cass Sunstein in particular, see:

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Cardboard Box

Opening the CIA's monstrous can of worms

Edward Curtain
Off-Guardian
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Robert Kennedy JR
"The CIA and the media are part of the same criminal conspiracy," wrote Douglas Valentine in his important book, The CIA As Organized Crime.

This is true. The corporate mainstream media are stenographers for the national security state's ongoing psychological operations aimed at the American people, just as they have done the same for an international audience.

We have long been subjected to this "information warfare," whose purpose is to win the hearts and minds of the American people and pacify them into victims of their own complicity, just as it was practiced long ago by the CIA in Vietnam and by The New York Times, CBS, etc. on the American people then and over the years as the American warfare state waged endless wars, coups, false flag operations, and assassinations at home and abroad.

Another way of putting this is to say for all practical purposes when it comes to matters that bear on important foreign and domestic matters, the CIA and the corporate mainstream media cannot be distinguished.

For those who read and study history, it has long been known that the CIA has placed their operatives throughout every agency of the U.S. government, as explained by Fletcher Prouty in The Secret Team; that CIA officers Cord Myer and Frank Wisner operated secret programs to get some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom among intellectuals, journalists, and writers to be their voices for unfreedom and censorship, as explained by Frances Stonor Saunders in The Cultural Cold War and Joel Whitney in Finks, among others; that Cord Myer was especially focused on and successful in "courting the Compatible Left" since right wingers were already in the Agency's pocket.

Comment: Few films show how much of this works as does Evidence of Revision: The Assassination of America.

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Radar

Pentagon will offer US President Biden several options to respond to Iraq attack


Al Arabiya News
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:23 UTC
Pentagon
© AFPPhoto taken on October 30, 2018 the Pentagon is seen from an airplane over Washington, DC
The Pentagon will provide US President Joe Biden and his administration several options to respond to the rocket attack on a US military base in Iraq's Erbil, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.

According to the US-led coalition, a barrage of 14 rockets was fired at the US base. Three hit the base, killing one civilian contractor and nine others were injured, the coalition said.

The civilian contractor was not a US citizen, something which the Pentagon was quick to note.

"It's necessary to take into account that the person who was killed was not a US citizen and the previous formula that an American killed would require a response," was not the case in Monday's attack, the official told Al Arabiya.

Comment: Many in Iraq have been clamoring for the US to withdraw its military. Was this recent attack a "reminder" of that sentiment, or was it manufactured to help "justify" some further US involvement there?

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Mail

New Comey email raises additional questions about his use and defense of The Steele Dossier

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Comey hearing
There is a new and intriguing document related to the Russian investigation out this week. Justthenews has released a previously undisclosed email from former FBI Director James Comey that raises additional questions about his role in using the now discredited Steele dossier as part of the FBI Russian investigation. The email on Jan. 12, 2017 email to then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper falsely claims that Christopher Steele was found to be "reliable" but then states that the FBI could not "sufficiently corroborate the reporting."

The email went out the same day that Comey signed a FISA surveillance warrant application declaring that content from Christopher Steele's dossier had been "verified." We are still waiting for the results of the John Durham investigation but this email raised additional questions about Comey's role. Comey has testified that he would not have approved such surveillance if he knew then what he knew now about the Steele dossier.

Comment: See also:

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Syringe

Third shot may be needed to combat coronavirus variants, says Bill Gates

Caitlin Yilek
CBS News
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:57 UTC
Bill Gates
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A third dose of coronavirus vaccine may be needed to prevent serious cases of new variants of the disease, Bill Gates said Tuesday. The billionaire's comments come amid to the growing concern that current vaccines are less effective against the South African and Brazilian variants.

"The discussion now is do we just need to get a super high coverage of the current vaccine, or do we need a third dose that's just the same, or do we need a modified vaccine?" Gates told "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell.

"All five of the companies that have U.S. vaccines are looking at making that modification and adding that in so that people who've already had two shots might need to get a third shot," he said. "I think it's reasonably likely that we will have a tuned vaccine just to make absolutely sure that as these variants hit the U.S. that they're not escaping from vaccine protection."
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