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Fauci never lies? CNN, NYT, WaPo & other MSM outlets IGNORE report showing US funded coronavirus research in Wuhan before pandemic


RT
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:10 UTC
Dr. Anthony Fauci
© Reuters / J. Scott ApplewhiteDr. Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) as he testifies on Capitol hill in Washington, DC, US on July 20, 2021.
America's biggest media outlets refused to cover the news this week that the US funded bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology years before the Covid-19 pandemic - a fact Dr. Anthony Fauci has denied.

More than 900 documents were obtained by The Intercept, following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that revealed the NIH gave millions of dollars in grants to the US NGO EcoHealth Alliance. Nearly $600,000 was used at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, at least partially "to identify and alter bat coronaviruses likely to infect humans."

"Even before the pandemic, many scientists were concerned about the potential dangers associated with such experiments," The Intercept reported, publishing quotes from several people concerned about the relation between the research and the health crisis affecting the world today.

The grant used to research bat coronaviruses was active between 2014 and 2019. Former president Donald Trump shut down a decision to renew the funding in 2020, after Covid-19 became a global pandemic.

Comment: See also:

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Megaphone

'China should send warships inside US territorial waters' in retaliation for another US incursion into South China Sea, says Chinese news outlet run by top Chinese diplomat


Yahoo
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:00 UTC
South China Sea China navy submarine
© Reuters / China Stringer NetworkA nuclear-powered submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the South China Sea, April 12, 2018.
The Global Times called on People's Liberation Army Navy warships to travel to "U.S. military bases in the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. allies' coastlines to conduct close-in reconnaissance operations and declare freedom of navigation." The editorial added that "the U.S. will definitely see the PLA show up at its doorstep in the not-too-distant future."

This isn't simple ranting. The Global Times operates under Central Foreign Affairs Commission Director Yang Jiechi. Its words represent a credible threat.


Comment: As it is, it's not exactly a 'credible threat', because the US has proven that it's reckless, China has shown it is very measuresd in its responses. And so it's more likely that this outlet - which is not an official diplomatic source, despite its boss - is simply playing the US at its own game of hot-air and belligerence.


Why is China so furious?

Comment: Despite this incident being mostly a war of words, overall, it would appear that the situation is heating up:

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Light Saber

Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction fully completed

Oleg Burunov
Sputnik
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:50 UTC
nord stream 2
© Sputnik / Dmitrij Leltschuk
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a joint venture between Russia's Gazprom and five European partners, aims to carry Russian natural gas to Germany across the Baltic Sea.The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has come to an end, Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Friday.

"At a morning operational meeting [...], the chairman of Gazprom's Management Board, Alexey Miller, said that this morning at 08.45 Moscow time [05:45 GMT] construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been fully completed," Gazprom announced on its Telegram channel.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasised that stopping Nord Stream 2 is "impossible", warning against placing obstacles in front of the project. According to her, the terms of how Nord Stream 2 begins to conduct business will depend on the German regulator commercial supplies will depend on a German regulator's position.

Comment: Despite nearing the point that the gas is ready to be pumped, it's unlikely that the US will give up on its attempts to sabotage Nord Stream 2 and all that it entails:

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Putin

Putin to BRICS leaders: Western countries created a mess in Afghanistan but now entire world must deal with the consequences

Jonny Tickle
RT
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:36 UTC
Putin BRICS conference
© Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERSRussian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the BRICS summit via a video link in Moscow, Russia September 9, 2021
The US and its allies have withdrawn from Afghanistan but now the whole international community has to deal with the possible consequences from the ensuing fallout, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday afternoon.

Speaking to a video conference of the BRICS economic international group, Putin said the crisis in Afghanistan results from an attempt to impose foreign ideas in a country where they won't be accepted.

"I have said many times that the current crisis in Afghanistan is a direct consequence of irresponsible attempts to impose alien values from outside and the desire to build so-called democratic structures by political engineering, which takes into account neither historical nor national characteristics of other nations," Putin said, accusing the US and its allies of "ignoring the traditions that other countries live by."

Comment: Russia, ever pragmatic, understands that though they may not approve of the Taliban or its ideology, it is in charge of a country right on their borders. Dialogue is always better than a shooting war.

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The ACLU, prior to COVID, denounced mandates and coercive measures to fight pandemics

Glenn Greenwald
greenwald.substack.com
Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC
health protest
© Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesProtest for medical freedom and health choice in Minnesota.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) surprised even many of its harshest critics this week when it strongly defended coercive programs and other mandates from the state in the name of fighting COVID.
"Far from compromising them, vaccine mandates actually further civil liberties," its Twitter account announced, adding that "vaccine requirements also safeguard those whose work involves regular exposure to the public."
If you were surprised to see the ACLU heralding the civil liberties imperatives of "vaccine mandates" and "vaccine requirements" — whereby the government coerces adults to inject medicine into their own bodies that they do not want — the New York Times op-ed which the group promoted, written by two of its senior lawyers, was even more extreme. The article begins with this rhetorical question: "Do vaccine mandates violate civil liberties?" Noting that "some who have refused vaccination claim as much," the ACLU lawyers say: "we disagree." The op-ed then examines various civil liberties objections to mandates and state coercion — little things like, you know, bodily autonomy and freedom to choose — and the ACLU officials then invoke one authoritarian cliche after the next ("these rights are not absolute") to sweep aside such civil liberties concerns:
[W]hen it comes to Covid-19, all considerations point in the same direction. . . . In fact, far from compromising civil liberties, vaccine mandates actually further civil liberties. . . . .

[Many claim that] vaccines are a justifiable intrusion on autonomy and bodily integrity. That may sound ominous, because we all have the fundamental right to bodily integrity and to make our own health care decisions. But these rights are not absolute. They do not include the right to inflict harm on others. . . . While vaccine mandates are not always permissible, they rarely run afoul of civil liberties when they involve highly infectious and devastating diseases like Covid-19. . . .

While limited exceptions are necessary, most people can be required to be vaccinated. . . . . Where a vaccine is not medically contraindicated, however, avoiding a deadly threat to the public health typically outweighs personal autonomy and individual freedom.

Comment: The obvious: Mandates and civil liberties for all cannot coexist together. Enter reality split.

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Footprints

White House tells 11 Trump-appointed military service academy board officials to resign or be fired...some push back!

Natalia Mittelstadt
Just the News
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 07:15 UTC
Biden
© Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images/KJNUS President Joe Biden
The Biden administration on Wednesday told 11 officials appointed by former President Trump to military service academy boards of visitors that they must either resign or be fired by the end of the day.

Some of the appointees include former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, former senior counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, CNN reported.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in a briefing on Wednesday that
"The President's objective is what any president's objective is -- to ensure you have nominees and people serving on these boards who are qualified to serve on them and who are aligned with your values. And so yes, that was an ask that was made.

"I will let others evaluate whether they think Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others were qualified, or not political, to serve on these boards, but the President's qualification requirements are not your party registration, they are whether you're qualified to serve and whether you're aligned with the values of this administration."
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Propaganda

Rolling Stone COVID-19 debacle is indicative of a larger problem in media

Becket Adams
Washington Examiner
Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:38 UTC
RollingStone text article
© Fox News
The news media have disgraced themselves. Again.

Rolling Stone magazine published, and then heavily amended, a viral report this weekend alleging gunshot victims in Oklahoma have been put on the back burner as "horse dewormer overdoses" have "overwhelmed" hospitals in rural areas.

The story is complete nonsense, of course, but this apparently doesn't matter to the broader press, especially insofar as the coronavirus pandemic is concerned. The facts aren't the point. It's all about the narrative. Point and laugh at Rolling Stone all you want, but its failure this weekend is indicative of a far greater, systemic sickness in the news business.

Tales of overrun Oklahoma hospitals appeared first in the pages of the Tulsa World. Oklahoma City-based NBC affiliate KFOR then pushed a similar story. The network affiliate ran the following on-air headline during its report, reading, "PATIENTS OVERDOSING ON IVERMECTIN BACKING UP HOSPITALS, AMBULANCES."


Comment: Data is not hard to find, should just about anybody seek it:
Ivermectin summary
bar graph Ivermectin


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Star of David

Israel seeks revenge after Palestinian 'Great Escape'

Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC
escape route
© Israeli Prison Services/ReutersA hole in the floor is shown where a plate lifts out.
Israeli authorities have grown increasingly frustrated, embarrassed and perplexed in the days since six Palestinians escaped from one of Israel's most fortified prisons. Amid speculation that the men might be hiding out in the West Bank, or could have crossed the border to Jordan, Palestinians are praying for their safety and hailing them as heroes.

Their escape is a huge morale boost for Palestinians, as it once again shatters Israel's image of strength and invincibility in the face of an occupied people struggling for its freedom. The seemingly impossible feat has generated comparisons to The Great Escape - the movie retelling the epic story of Allied prisoners of war who tunneled out of a heavily guarded Nazi POW camp during World War II.

From the bathroom of their cell in Gilboa prison in northern Israel, the jailed Palestinians dug a 20-meter underground tunnel that emerged just outside the prison walls under a watchtower. The men likely spent months digging the tunnel.

Comment: Added findings:
Jailbreaks by Palestinian security prisoners held in Israeli jails are almost unheard of and the profile of the prisoners led Israel's prime minister, Naftali Bennett, to describe it as a "grave incident".

While initial reports suggested the men had tunnelled out, Katy Perry, the commissioner of the Israel prisons service, said the escapers exploited a flaw in the prison's structural design, exposing a gap behind a wall.
"From our initial investigation, it appears that there was no digging; rather, a plate that covered the space was lifted out of place."
Images released after the escape showed a narrow gap in a wall that had been dug out behind a sink, allowing the men to reach the prison's drainage system. According to reports in the Israeli media, the prisoners spent several months working on their tunnel using a spoon which they had kept hidden behind a poster in their cell.

Palestinian militant groups praised the breakout. Daoud Shehab, a spokesperson for Islamic Jihad, said:
"This is a great heroic act, which will cause a severe shock to the Israeli security system and will constitute a severe blow to the army and the entire system in Israel."
The Hamas spokesperson, Fawzi Barhoum, said the escape showed:
"that the struggle for freedom with the occupier is continuous and extended, inside prisons and outside to extract this right".
See also: Asleep in the tower: Behind prison escape, a farcical litany of Israeli blunders

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Syringe

Biden to announce vaccine requirement for all federal workers

Peter Sullivan
The Hill
Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:49 UTC
Biden Syringe
© National Shooting Sports Foundation/KJNUS President Biden's finger on the syringe.
President Biden will announce a requirement that all federal workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The action goes a step further than what Biden announced earlier this summer, when federal workers had the option of being tested regularly instead of getting vaccinated.

The tightening vaccine requirement for federal workers comes as the Biden administration is stepping up its encouragement of vaccine mandates in the private sector as well.

Biden will announce the move as part of a speech later Thursday announcing a six-part plan to get the delta variant under control.

Comment: Biden needs deflection from his Afghanistan debacle even if it means denying federal workers their right to choose.

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Chess

What message do repeatedly downed Israeli missiles in Syria send to Tel Aviv and Washington?

Ekaterina Blinova
Sputnik
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:50 UTC
zrk Buk-M2e missile syria
© SANAA ZR Buk-M2E missile
Three announcements made on 20, 22, and 25 July by the Russian Ministry of Defence about the successful interception of Israeli missiles in Syrian airspace have prompted a heated debate among Middle Eastern and Western observers. Why have the briefings by the Russian Centre for Reconciliation produced so much fuss?

On 29 July, The Times of Israel commented on the downing of Israeli missiles in Syria, suggesting that "Russia might be testing" Naftali Bennett's new Israeli government which came to power on 13 June, and adding that there's "no reason for panic".

However, Israel Hayom warned that Moscow may very soon "clip Israel's wings" in the Arab Republic. The media outlet pinned the blame for the supposed shift on the new Bennett government, arguing that it "is seen as weak, inexperienced, and lacking in intellectual depth" in contrast to the preceding administration under Benjamin Netanyahu.

Comment: Russian and Iranian patience may yet again win the day.

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