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© UnknownPalestinians protest US-Israeli deal
The so-called "peace plan" was unveiled piecemeal, first at the Bahrain Conference last June, under the banner of "Peace for Prosperity". Washington had already imposed its policy to strangle the Palestinians so that they would surrender and accept the deal. Not only was US aid to UNRWA cut from $359 million in 2017 to $65 million in 2018, but it was also stopped altogether in 2019.
The economic aspect of the deal is built upon donor countries and investors contributing $50 billion, of which $28 billion is earmarked for the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with $9 billion going to Egypt, $7.5 billion to Jordan and $6 billion to Lebanon. This is in addition to $15 billion in subsidies, $25 billion in subsidized loans and the balance from private capital.
Furthermore, 179 economic development projects will be funded, 147 of them in the West Bank and Gaza, fifteen in Jordan, twelve in Egypt and five in Lebanon. Their implementation will extend over ten years, creating a million jobs for the Palestinians, doubling their gross domestic product and reducing the poverty rate by 50 per cent.
Comment: It comes down to a deal or no deal, there is no try.
© UnknownTwo hundred years after Benjamin Franklin and his young protégé Alexander Hamilton established the American System of Political Economy in order to ensure the success of the young Republic, the British Empire was still yearning to tear its existence from the books of history inorder to establish a new world order.
Federal Reserve purchases of toxic securities from the balance sheets of banks has also become limitless as the former cap of $500 billion/year has been nearly reached in only one week of bailouts ($272 billion in treasuries and $63 billion in mortgage-backed securities since March 15).
Meanwhile overnight repo loans have officially hit the staggering height of $1 trillion/night- which is added to the $1 trillion/week fourteen day loans already in place. The overnight repo loans began in September 2019 at $50 billion/night and have risen steadily to $100 billion/night by February and skyrocketing to their current proportions by March 15.
Yet in spite of these trillions of dollars produced from thin air, Wall Street on Parade also reported that the "big 5" too big to fail behemoths have lost a total of 45% of their value in only 5 weeks with Citigroup leading the race to the bottom with a whopping loss of 51.7%. Amongst those big 5, common equity capital (which sustains the $1.2 quadrillion global derivatives time bomb which is ripe to explode) has already lost $154.4 billion (of a total of only $603 billion among the Big 5 alone). Cumulatively, over $9 trillion has already been issued to bail out the failing speculators since September and if this isn't a wake up call to the very real danger of hyperinflation, and broader danger of marital law, then I don't know what is.
Comment: We are either on the 'eve of destruction' or the 'day of grand awakening'. One requires intense planning and power; the other requires awareness, cohesion and action. What will it be?
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"Ballot harvesting" was legalized in California in 2016, and first used in the 2018 midterm elections. It allows anyone to drop off someone else's mail-in ballot at a polling station. There is no process for vetting or verifying those delivering the ballots — no background checks or identification requirements. Democrats dropped hundreds of thousands of ballots off at polling stations in 2018, helping Democrats as they flipped seven Republican seats.
The practice is illegal in most other states, largely because it is susceptible to fraud and intimidation. Republicans were caught flat-footed in 2018; they have experimented with the tactic in recent special elections, only to find the their voters adamantly refuse to give their ballots to strangers. Democrats are more open to the practice — often became the "harvester" also registers the voter, according to Republican National Committeeman Shawn Steel.
California's "ballot harvesting" law has yet to be challenged in court. It is one reason that California remains a one-party state, with little prospect for change in the foreseeable future. Pelosi wants to take that system nationwide.
Comment: A prime example: According to the Election Integrity Project Los Angeles County had 144% registered voters of the eligible voters in the county.
See also:
- Video brought forth of Seth Rich questioning ballot integrity
- Election tipper: Proof voter fraud is real
- US court rejects advocacy group challenge to Trump's voter fraud commission
- "Presidents are selected, not elected": Hillary's rigged primary victories
© Reuters/Jonathan ErnstVice President Mike Pence, US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr listen to Ambassador Debbie Birx give a Covid-19 response briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, March 23, 2020.
"People get tremendous anxiety and depression and you have suicide over things like this, when you have a terrible economy, you have death," Trump said Monday at the White House daily press briefing, adding it would "definitely would be in far greater numbers than we're talking about with regard to the virus."
"The hardship will end, it will end very soon, normal life will return," Trump said, praising the sacrifices made by Americans so far as necessary measures that are saving lives. "Our country was not built to be shut down."
© Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty ImagesColiseum in Rome, Italy
Several European Union countries have declared themselves states of emergencies, including Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The 27-member bloc has sealed off external borders. Some states, such as Poland, have begun closing borders with other EU members. Brussels, the administrative center of the EU, is alarmed because the much-vaunted single market and its core principles of free movement of goods and people is at risk of collapsing.
The European entity which proclaims solidarity and supranational status is reverting to a collection of nation states, each desperately fighting for their own survival amid the Covid-19 pandemic. EU leaders have been criticized for showing lack of central leadership and solidarity. When Italy first reported a surge in infections a few weeks ago, the rest of Europe was slow to respond with the necessary prompt assistance. Now Italy is such a grip of the disease - with thousands dead - that in some parts of the country normal funeral services reportedly cannot even cope with the number of deceased.
© AP/APTNTurkish armed forces in Idlib Province
"We will gradually expand the route, like we did it together in the area of Qamishli. We started small and gradually increased the length of the route. The main thing for us is to ensure security, that is why we will continue to cooperate. Our main goal is to bring peace to this land."On Monday, Russia and Turkey conducted the second joint patrol of highway that connects Aleppo and Latakia. The route was initially shortened for security reasons. The Russian military had previously stated that Turkey pledged to neutralize extremist groups and thereby ensure security of patrols along the entire highway as soon as possible.
© AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
The bill includes a wish list of Democrats' pet issues including:
Comment: Pelosi and her mindless and politically possessed cadre are taking the opportunity to ram through many of their ideologically motivated policies by delaying their vote for this first round of financial relief - that so many Americans need right now. When a civil war begins in the US, she'll need to be on the first private jet to New Zealand because many individuals will remember what she is doing right now.
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© Reuters / Flavio Lo ScalzoFILE PHOTO.
The new epicenter of the dreaded pandemic, Italy, has been struggling to stop the spread of Covid-19 for weeks now. The disease has already killed more than six thousand people in the country, with over 60 thousand people infected.
EU tried to pin the blame on Italy
The EU clearly underestimated the virus, blaming the outbreak in Italy on its national healthcare system flaws, according to the two-time foreign minister and OSCE representative. As a result, Brussels, which preaches pan-European solidarity, failed to act when this solidarity was needed in the face of a crisis that eventually affected the entire bloc.
Comment: Cuba also sent help - as it often does:
Meanwhile Poland hindered aid getting to Italy:
See also:
- Coronavirus: 'strange pneumonia' seen in Lombardy in November, leading Italian doctor says
- 'Trump is right about the coronavirus, the WHO is wrong' - Israeli Expert
- UK lockdown: New coronavirus restrictions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website affiliated to the dissidents reported on Sunday that the NES has released the Islamic State terrorists who were all Syrian nationals residing in Raqqa, Hasaka and Deir Ez-Zor. It said some of the freed terrorists had not yet ended their prison terms, adding that the move has infuriated residents of the Kurdish-ruled regions.
According to the report, people are concerned that the freedom of the terrorists would pave the ground for them to rejoin the Islamic State. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) had also last year accused the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of cooperation with ISIS troops in northeastern Syria, saying that the Kurdish-majority militia group had helped ISIS head to become a major trader in Raqqa province.
It reported that Islamic State's most notorious commander in Raqqa had turned into the most influential trader in the province and in charge of development projects in Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) noted that the Islamic State emir had secured the release of Islamic State's jailed commanders to join him in "carrying out reconstruction projects".
Comment: Many signs and indications support Korybko's disturbing analysis and predictions. Will societies rise to the challenge to keep what is left of their 'unalienable rights' or passively join other cattle in the pen awaiting mental, emotional, financial and religious neutering?
We 'victims' outnumber the oppressors, but it mainly comes down to what you 'see' and what you 'are prepared' to do.