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Fearmongering: UK's lockdown is based on old & dodgy data

Christy Cooney
The Sun
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:19 UTC
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© Press AssociationPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that England could be seeing 4,000 daily deaths by early December
DEATH toll forecasts used by the government as grounds for another nationwide lockdown are out-of-date and could be four times too high, experts have said.

A Downing Street press conference led by Boris Johnson on Saturday included data suggesting that England could be seeing up to 4,000 deaths each day by early December.

The projections were based on research conducted three weeks ago by Cambridge University, the Telegraph reports.

Comment: Government using fear to implement their tyrannical policies:



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Survivors of Bolivia coup massacre cry out for justice - A Grayzone original documentary

Anya Parampil and Ben Norton
The Grayzone
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:00 UTC
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The Grayzone traveled to Bolivia to produce this documentary investigating the coup government's massacre of indigenous protesters in the Senkata area of El Alto in November 2019.

We interviewed family members of victims and human rights lawyers trying to hold the Jeanine Áñez transitional administration to justice.

By Anya Parampil
Camera, editing and scoring by Ben Norton

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Brexit Party re-branding as anti-lockdown party Reform UK


Sky News
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:26 UTC
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The party said it would promote 'focused protection'
The Brexit Party has applied to change its name to Reform UK, admitting it is "time to re-direct our energies".

When the Brexit Party held its policy launch ahead of last year's general election, leader Nigel Farage said the organisation would most likely never be in power but could be the driving force behind getting governments to "support the little people".

In a piece written for The Daily Telegraph, the party said it would continue to keep a "close eye" on Brexit but would focus more strongly on the institutions and policies that require change.

Comment: A reminder about Farage: Compromised? Nigel Farage admits he was offered a peerage 48 hours before Brexit U-turn

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Belgium marches in lockstep, returns to national lockdown


BBC
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:18 UTC
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© GettyThe new lockdown measures will last until at least the middle of December
Belgium has announced a return to a national lockdown as the latest coronavirus figures show it has the highest infection rate in Europe.

Non-essential shops and businesses offering personal services like hair salons have been ordered to close from Monday until the middle of December.

Any gatherings in public spaces must be limited to a maximum of four people.

Supermarkets can only sell essential goods and households are allowed just one visitor.

Comment: As it becomes clear to more people that the coronavirus is not what governments are claiming it to be, it begs the question just who could exert such a pressure on governments throughout Europe to enforcing the same harsh and illogical restrictions at the same time?

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Biden: 'I'll end Trump's chaos.' Crenshaw: 'Businesses weren't boarding up their windows because they were afraid of Trump supporters'

Hank Berrien
The Daily Wire
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:01 UTC
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On Sunday morning, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed on Twitter, "I promise you this: I'll end Donald Trump's chaos and end this crisis."

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) fired back a searing tweet of his own, slamming the Democrat's attempt to blame the president for the maelstrom that has gripped America for much of 2020 — including anti-police protesters assaulting officers, burning buildings, looting stores and establishing police-free zones.

"Trump's chaos? Last I checked, businesses weren't boarding up their windows because they were afraid of Trump supporters," Crenshaw tweeted.

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Kamala Harris' 'equality of outcome' video slammed as communism pitch

Emily Jacobs
New York Post
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:17 UTC
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A video made and shared by Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris is causing a stir on Twitter — for arguing in favor of the Communist principle of equality of outcome.

The cartoon video, shared on Harris' Twitter Sunday afternoon, featured two men — one white and one black — who were staring up at a mountain they were attempting to climb.

Both men are given the same length rope; the problem, however, is that the white man is standing by the end of his rope while the black man is at the bottom of a cliff and unable to reach his rope.

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Why propaganda is vital in upholding the illusion of a democracy

Cynthia Chung
The Saker
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:46 UTC
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"Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and the trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, the wrong the right. In a country where opinion has sway, to seize upon it, is to seize upon power. As it is a rule of humanity that the upright and well-intentioned are comparatively passive, while the designing, dishonest, and selfish are the most untiring in their efforts, the danger of public opinion's getting a false direction is four-fold, since few men think for themselves."

-James Fenimore Cooper
Democracy is something that has been completely taken for granted here in the West. There is an ongoing triumph over past laurels, without paying heed to the road we have strayed from. We criticize others for failing to uphold a standard we consider ourselves the leaders of, but democracy is not something simply "acquired" and subsequently "retained," it is not a "possession." This is because a system of democracy is at every moment of its existence defined by the character of its citizenry. Democracy only exists if it is upheld, and if a citizenry fails to do so, it renders itself defenseless to an ever-creeping tyranny.

For such a "creeping tyranny," control is conditional to whether the citizenry is satisfied with an ever-growing "illusion of democracy." Such a construct needs to give its subjects the impression that they have "free choice" in what shapes their future and their way of life, including: who will be their "friends" and who will be their "foes."

And thus, War has always depended on a reliable system to spread its propaganda.
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'Let me wait 'til a little after the election' - Donald Trump responds to 'fire Fauci' chants in Florida - UPDATE: Biden says he'll hire Fauci

Charlie Spiering
Breitbart
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00 UTC
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President Donald Trump reacted to chants Sunday from a Opa-Locka, Florida, rally crowd to "fire" Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The president began speaking about the ongoing effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine despite Democrat opposition.

The crowd started chanting "FIRE FAUCI!"


Comment: If Trump were to fire Fauci he'd certainly have good reason to: UPDATE: Another reason not to vote Biden:





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Who is the anti-war candidate in this election?

Carey List
The Canadian Patriot
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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The election of a new President in the United States is a momentous occasion at any time, but 2020 seems potentially ripe for earth shaking consequences. Few acts have more earth shaking consequences than war, and so while some may have a variety of issues which will affect their vote in this coming election, others put a high priority on electing a candidate who is anti-war, to end the endless regime change wars and the military industrial complex. It is to those that this article is dedicated.

Who should be your candidate if peace is your concern? Biden might be the first choice, since he is the left-wing candidate who logically should be more anti-war than the Republican. But Biden is not left wing. He is center-right. And he seems to be surrounding himself with like-minded neoliberals from the Obama administration who will restore an interventionist foreign policy under British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P.) Being floated right now for Defense Secretary are such illustrious swamp creatures as Hillary Clinton and Michele Flournoy, who were both instrumental in the 2011 NATO operations that brought us the return of black slavery in Libya after their regime change operation there. Flournoy is a bit more of an unknown among the general population, but among the Deep State class her pedigree as an avid proponent of flexing U.S. military muscle is well established.

Comment: Don't miss: What War Was Trump Trying to Stop by Killing Iranian General Soleimani? as well as What Trump is really about

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Best of the Web: Neoconservatives are flocking to Biden (and let's forget about the Iran deal)

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Eliot Cohen (l), Eric Edelman and Ann Lewis on Jewish Americans for Biden call Oct. 28, 2020.
© ScreenshotEliot Cohen (l), Eric Edelman and Ann Lewis on Jewish Americans for Biden call Oct. 28, 2020.
Neoconservatives are flocking to the Biden campaign. The DC braintrust that believes in using US military power to aid Israel in the Middle East has jumped parties before- to Clinton in '92, and back to Bush in 2000- and now they're hopping aisles to support Biden, with Bill Kristol leading the way.

Last night on an official Biden campaign webinar led by "Jewish Americans for Biden", and moderated by Ann Lewis of Democratic Majority for Israel, two prominent neocon Republicans endorsed Biden, primarily because of Trump's character posing a danger to democracy. But both neocons emphasized that Biden would be more willing to use force in the Middle East and reassured Jewish viewers that Biden will seek to depoliticize Israel support, won't necessarily return to the Iran deal and will surround himself with advisers who support Israel and believe in American military intervention.

Eric Edelman, a former diplomat and adviser to Dick Cheney, said Trump's peace plan has fostered an open political divide in the U.S. over Israel, because the plan endangers "the demographic future of Israel and its ability to continue to be both a Jewish and a democratic state." (Demographic future means that Israel might have a majority of Palestinians, an argument we associate in the U.S. with segregationists.)

Eliot Cohen, a Bush aide and academic, echoed the fear that Israel is being politicized. "A lot of Jews made a big mistake by taking something I was in favor of, moving the embassy to Jerusalem and obsessing about that," he said. But there was huge political risk in that: if the United States is internally divided, at war with itself, and "Israel has become a partisan issue, which it should never ever be.... That's not in Israel's longterm security interest."

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