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Immunity passports are not a way of reopening societies, they're a plunge towards totalitarianism

Peter Andrews
RT
Thu, 07 May 2020 18:12 UTC

The idea of immunity passports is gaining in popularity among Western governments. But they are fraught with problems, from their implementation to their functionality. Above all, they're a grave threat to fundamental freedoms.

Ordinary passports may not be much good to many of us for a while, with little possibility of foreign travel. But what if you needed a passport to leave your house and go about your daily life? In a world dominated by coronavirus, immunity passports are increasingly being talked about as a possible path out of lockdown. But what exactly would this path entail?

Track, trace, erase?

The basic premise of an immunity passport is to hasten the reopening of society by allowing those who are immune to Covid-19 to move freely, leaving only those who are not immune subject to restrictions. The passport itself might be a paper certificate, such as those that Chile has been issuing, although, in Europe and America, it would more likely appear on your smartphone as an app, code or as digital certification.

This has been the solution adopted in China. All Chinese people have had to register for a QR code that downloads an app. The app uses a traffic-light system that sorts people into red, yellow or green groups based on their health status and Covid-19 risk level - although how this is determined is not transparent.

#MeToo exposed as the fraudulent political weapon it was designed to be

Deanna Lorraine
LifeZette
Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00 UTC

Exposed! The #MeToo movement is nothing more than the political weapon it was designed to be.

There, I said it.

Alyssa Milano, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and all the celebrity talking heads who call themselves feminists stormed after Brett Kavanaugh with pitchforks, inciting an angry mass mob virtually foaming at the mouths after him. Overnight, he went from being a highly esteemed judge with a squeaky-clean record and 30 years of honorable service to being labeled a "sexual predator." All without a shred of credible evidence.

Just one woman, who came out of nowhere, accused him of something that supposedly happened thirty years earlier in high school. It didn't matter that Christine Blasey Ford's story had more holes and inconsistencies in it than Swiss cheese. Nor that she couldn't remember pertinent details and had no one to corroborate the story.

The Left was game to destroy his family, his career, his life of achievements and rip his reputation to shreds. They whipped up their mob of millions on the Left and got the hashtags #MeToo and #BelieveWomen trending for weeks. They staged a dramatic #BelieveSurvivors National Walkout day to "show solidarity" with Christine Ford, with women across the nation wearing all-black because, as they repeated ad nauseum, "women should be believed and any woman who has a story of sexual harassment should be heard."

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Victory Day parade is going ahead as planned - Belarus' Lukashenko responds to critics

BelTA
Tue, 05 May 2020 17:20 UTC

Accusations should be met with timely, purposeful, and adequate responses, BelTA learned from Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Aleksandr Lukashenko was asked about the negative response of some mass media and Telegram channels to Belarus' decision to go ahead with the Victory Day parade on 9 May and about the need to respond to negativity of this kind.

The head of state said: "If you are bombarded with accusations, if speculations are put forward, then certainly it is necessary to respond." Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the response should be timely, purposeful, and adequate.

In that context the president responded to criticism, in particular, criticism expressed by a number of Russian mass media, about the allegedly low number of coronavirus tests being done in Belarus. He cited figures from a survey prepared specifically for the Belarusian head of state. The survey explains how many tests are done per one million residents in various countries. The survey includes information not only about CIS states but also about a number of non-CIS states. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: "As of this morning the Russian Federation did 29,500 tests per one million residents. Belarus came second with 22,500 tests. And the USA came third with 22,000 tests per one million residents. So, they should criticize Americans."

Comment: The parade is going ahead as planned.

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Maduro: Two Americans 'on Trump's security team' were part of the failed mercenary invasion UPDATES

RT
Tue, 05 May 2020 03:27 UTC

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed that two US citizens were captured along with a group of "mercenaries" Caracas accused of trying to infiltrate the Latin American nation in order to assassinate him.

"Among those captured are the traitor Antonio Sequea and a citizen with the last name Baduel, who stated that two Americans from Donald Trump's security team were in the raiding group," Maduro's office tweeted on Monday night, referring to the group of infiltrators.

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As this latest coup attempt was literally stopped in its tracks, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made this accusation: "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces to the international community a new mercenary and terrorist aggression organized from the territory of the Republic of Colombia and planned by US agents, against peace, democracy and sovereignty of Venezuela." Predictably, Colombia denied any responsibility and dismissed the accusations. And as for the US, recall it had put out a $15 million bounty on the Venezuelan president. Included in those arrested was a "veteran agent" of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - an undeniable link to Washington.

Trump vetoes resolution limiting Iran war powers

RFE/RL
Thu, 07 May 2020 16:49 UTC

© AP
U.S. soldiers and journalists stand near a crater caused by an Iranian missile strike at the Ain al-Asad air base in January, following the U.S. strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

U.S. President Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution to prevent military action against Iran without first receiving permission from Congress amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

In a statement on May 6, Trump described the attempt by lawmakers to curtail a president's war powers as "very insulting" and based on "misunderstandings of facts and law."

In a rare show of bipartisanship, the House passed the nonbinding resolution in March after it had earlier cleared the Senate.

It came amid concern that the United States was on a warpath after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran's most powerful general, Qasem Soleimani, and a top Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad in January.

Iran responded by launching ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base housing U.S troops that left more than 100 soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. But Trump said that "contrary to the resolution, the United States is not engaged in the use of force against Iran."

"The resolution implies that the President's constitutional authority to use military force is limited to defense of the United States and its forces against imminent attack. That is incorrect," Trump said.

"We live in a hostile world of evolving threats, and the Constitution recognizes that the President must be able to anticipate our adversaries' next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That's what I did!"

Comment: That's what he did. Doesn't make it right, or legal. Trump may not be as bad as any of his predecessors - he's practically a dove in comparison - but he's still a war criminal.

'Political Ponerology': Understanding 'Pathocracies'

Ali Saeed
Pakistan Observer
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00 UTC

Political Ponerology is an emerging field in social-psychology which deals with the study of leadership with reference to politics. It attempts to explain behaviours and thinking patterns of leaders as to what motivates them to embark on quest for power, rule and fomenting change. Unlike the ordinary that may wait for an opportunity, people with manipulative behaviour and authoritarian mindset are highly inclined and ambitious to join politics. Exceptions apart, life of most of the political leaders is dark with conspiracies than bright with ethical conduct. Let us break this gestalt, bit-by-bit, to find out how people around the globe fall into the trap and suffer after becoming a tool for these highly ambitious leaders.

Most of our human instincts are traced back to the times of hunter-gatherer societies. Sapiens, in their earliest form, were governed by a religious code, pronounced by their religious elders known to us as 'Shamans'. For decision making, as to who would lead the society, they had the veto powers over their followers. They used to overturn decisions made by families and groups in a given tribe. It was an agreed upon principle among shamans to undermine the position of men who were manipulative and used to aspire leadership aggressively. To them, leadership was not a position to be struggled for, but a trust reposed in those who have no desire for it.

Comment: Nice to see that Political Ponerology now has something of a world-wide reach.

Once again, Congress will let Wall Street pillage Main Street

Leonard C. Goodman
Chicago Reader
Thu, 07 May 2020 11:55 UTC

Coronavirus bailouts are helping big donors while leaving small businesses and families behind.

Over the last decade, Congress's approval ratings have hovered around the mid-teens or low 20s, reflecting the reality that our representatives in Washington, D.C., serve the needs of big donors while throwing an occasional rhetorical bone to the "essential" workers who actually make the country function. Congress's handling of the current crisis of the pandemic is unlikely to improve its ratings.

Working Americans are facing an unprecedented disaster. Before the virus hit, half of them lived paycheck to paycheck and didn't have $400 saved for an emergency. Now they have been ordered to stay home. Many have no income while their rents, utility bills, student loans, and credit card debts are accruing.

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'New normal' is WORSE than 'lockdown'

Jon Gaunt
Sputnik
Tue, 05 May 2020 19:35 UTC

I am sorry but I won't be downloading Matt Hancock's new NHS app.

After being under effective house arrest for over seven weeks, is this surveillance app, that hasn't even passed the government's own guidelines, the best they can come up with?

'Test, track and trace' is just another meaningless soundbite that is meant to convince us that the Government know what they're doing.

This app won't even produce meaningful data unless infections fall from their present rate of 4,000 a day to under 1,000 and there's no real sign of that happening any time soon, is there? Are you willing to sign up to this app and give away your privacy on that basis? Because I'm not.

Now Hancock has the temerity to say it is your patriotic duty to download his surveillance app. What the hell has being patriotic got to do with a medical app?

Comment: See also: Your Mask is Making You Meaner, Dumber, More Afraid & Less Safe

Trump administration's 'Operation Warp Speed' identifies 14 vaccines to focus on

Chandelis Duster and Jim Acosta
CNN
Mon, 04 May 2020 14:44 UTC

Scientists who are part of the Trump administration's coronavirus vaccine project have identified 14 vaccines to focus on for development, according to a senior administration official.

Those involved in the effort expect to have six to eight of the vaccines being tested make it to subsequent rounds of trials, the official said. Officials hope to have three to four vaccines make it through final testing and be made available, but that depends on how the testing and clinical trials proceed and how successful they are.

"Operation Warp Speed" seeks to quickly ramp up production, organize distribution and determine who gets the first doses of a potential vaccine. The goal -- which may prove impossible to meet -- is to make 100 million doses of the vaccine available by November, 200 million doses by December and 300 million doses by January, a senior administration official has told CNN.

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Trump says will announce new members of coronavirus task force by Monday

Reuters
Thu, 07 May 2020 07:34 UTC

© Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump speaks during an Oval Office event to sign a proclamation in honor of World Nurses Day on May 6, 2020.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its focus to reviving U.S. business and social life, prompting the top Democrat in Congress to warn that ignoring science and the need for more testing would put Americans at risk.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Trump said that because of its success, "the Task Force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN. We may add or subtract people to it, as appropriate." He added: "The Task Force will also be very focused on Vaccines & Therapeutics."

The task force to date has included medical professionals focused on battling the pandemic, some of whom have at times offered guidance at odds with Trump's, including on when to ease stay-at-home orders and lockdowns on the economy.

A Fox News host (Lisa Booth) asking some of the right questions (nothing new if you're not new to the ranks of SOTTypes though). Her spiel begins...

Animanarchy

I've got a LOT of rope. Just let me know.

DeliciousTears

Brand new JP Sears video. Spiritual People Then vs Now: [Link]

Animanarchy

Well, if anyone would know a 'rigger', it's Obomber. The democratic party is filled with riggers, as the last 'election' amply demonstrated.......

Winston Smith

Government, aided by mainstream media: lie upon lie upon lie....

ReRan

Puppet Masters

Immunity passports are not a way of reopening societies, they're a plunge towards totalitarianism

#MeToo exposed as the fraudulent political weapon it was designed to be

Victory Day parade is going ahead as planned - Belarus' Lukashenko responds to critics

Maduro: Two Americans 'on Trump's security team' were part of the failed mercenary invasion UPDATES

Trump vetoes resolution limiting Iran war powers

'Political Ponerology': Understanding 'Pathocracies'

Once again, Congress will let Wall Street pillage Main Street

'New normal' is WORSE than 'lockdown'

Trump administration's 'Operation Warp Speed' identifies 14 vaccines to focus on

Trump says will announce new members of coronavirus task force by Monday

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