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Critical to understand where Durham is going, Ratcliffe highlights the August 2016 WH discussion - Team Clinton compromising Team Obama

Obama and crew
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Spygate Crossfire
An interview by Maria Bartiromo this morning highlights one of the dynamics almost invisible to most voices who speak on a granular level about the background of Spygate, and where they believe John Durham is going. In this interview, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe outlines the moment in August of 2016 when Team Obama (he uses John Brennan) tells the president what Team Clinton is doing.

To set the correct context to understand the importance of what Ratcliffe is outlining here, it is important to remember that inside the executive branch of government, heading into the 2016 election, the two distinct camps were operating based on their perspective of their individual best interests. Two distinct camps - Team Clinton and Team Obama.

Watch the interview while paying close attention to the dates and personalities that Ratcliffe is outlining. I will expand on the background to explain how these issues surface in the investigation of John Durham; where he will go and where he will not go. WATCH:


Comment: Check out the video with John Ratcliffe.


Arrow Up

Biden chief of staff sees positives ahead after 'rough and tough' year

Ron Klain
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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain on Sunday said Americans are tired after a "rough and tough" year and that voters "sent a message" to Democrats who suffered bruising losses on Election Day. But he insisted that President Biden, buoyed by passage of a long-sought infrastructure bill, will be able to chalk up more wins and put economic pressures and pandemic doldrums behind him.

Mr. Klain, speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, said Americans are upset about sluggish progress on those issues and he feels that frustration personally.
"But I think what the American people are going to see is we have put in place the strategies, the actions, to turn that around. They are in a 'show me, don't tell me' mode. I think we are going to show them in the weeks and months ahead that we have made this progress on COVID. We have made this progress on the economy. We are past now, the infrastructure bill. We can start to get going on implementing that. I think that will pay off results."
Mr. Biden's top aide spoke after Democrats lost the governor's mansion in Virginia and suffered through bruising elections elsewhere, including a closer-than-expected governor's race in New Jersey.

Comment: Pollyanna Klain was hired as a spin doctor, not for his expertise nor unbiased opinions. So far, the Biden administration has managed to successfully down-live even the worst expectations.


Syringe

Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers

Vaccination needle
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Man receives COVID vaccine • 4M federal workers to be jabbed under Biden EO
President Joe Biden is pushing forward with a massive plan to require millions of private sector employees to get vaccinated by early next year. But first, he has to make sure workers in his own federal government get the shot.

About 4 million federal workers are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president's executive order. Some employees, like those at the White House, are nearly all vaccinated. But the rates are lower at other federal agencies, particularly those related to law enforcement and intelligence, according to the agencies and union leaders. And some resistant workers are digging in, filing lawsuits and protesting what they say is unfair overreach by the White House.

The upcoming deadline is the first test of Biden's push to compel people to get vaccinated. Beyond the federal worker rule, another mandate will take effect in January aimed at around 84 million private sector workers, according to guidelines put out this past week.

Comment: Standing united against mandated vaccines is the only realistic safety net. Instead, nay sayers are being picked off one-by-one.


X

Ukraine dismisses US media reports about alleged Russian 'military buildup' on border

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Ukraine military surveillance
The Ukrainian government has no data confirming any reported buildup of Russian forces on the nation's borders, President Volodymyr Zelensky's spokesman said on Sunday, likening the speculation from Western media to propaganda.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry does not confirm any of these allegations, the president's spokesman, Sergey Nikiforov, told Ukraine's Dom TV Channel, adding that the Russian troop concentration on Ukraine's borders does not exceed an "ordinary" level.

Nikiforov also questioned the motives of some American press outlets, which have recently issued a series of claims pointing to supposedly "concerning" Russian troop movements not far from Ukraine's borders.

"It remains an open question, why the US media spread such information and whether it is true," the spokesman said, adding that the president's office "has no information to confirm" the allegations.

The Washington Post was one of the first to issue such a story as it said in late October that "Russian troop movements near Ukraine border prompt concern in US, Europe." Politico promptly followed suit in early November by publishing what it called satellite images of "new Russian military buildup near Ukraine."

Briefcase

High court to hear secrets case over Muslim surveillance

US Supreme Court
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US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a case about the government's ability to get lawsuits thrown out of court by claiming they would reveal secrets that threaten national security.

The case before the high court Monday involves a group of Muslim men from Southern California They filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that the FBI spied on them and hundreds of others in a surveillance operation following 9/11. The group, represented by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and others, claimed religious discrimination and violations of other rights, saying they were spied on solely because of their faith.

A lower court dismissed almost all their claims after the government said allowing the case to go forward could reveal "state secrets" — whom the government was investigating and why. But an appeals court reversed that decision, saying the lower court first should have privately examined the evidence the government said was state secrets to see if the alleged surveillance was unlawful.

The Biden administration, like the Trump administration before it, is telling the justices that decision is wrong.

NPC

Bill Gates renews warnings over 'small pox terror' threat, FDA approved drug in May for the disease that was 'eradicated' in 1980

Gates
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates is calling for investment to fight bioterrorism
Bill Gates has warned governments to prepare for smallpox terror attacks and future pandemics by investing billions into research and development.

Mr Gates made the comments in a Policy Exchange interview with the chair of the health select committee Jeremy Hunt.

He said that countries like the US and the UK must spend "tens of billions" to fund the research adding that while it may be expensive, it could lead to the eradication of the flu and common cold.

Comment: Although Gates has been threatening the planet over the risks of small pox for years now, in May of this year the FDA approved another drug for the disease; a disease which the WHO declared eradicated (in the natural world) back in 1980.

The FDA release, published June 4th 2021:
FDA approves drug to treat smallpox

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tembexa (brincidofovir) to treat smallpox. Although the World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980, there have been longstanding concerns that the virus that causes smallpox, the variola virus, could be used as a bioweapon.
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Before its eradication in 1980, the variola virus mainly spread by direct contact among people. Symptoms typically began 10 to 14 days after infection and included fever, exhaustion, headache, and backache. A rash consisting of small, pink bumps progressed to pus-filled sores before it crusted over and scarred. Complications of smallpox included encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), corneal ulcerations (an open sore on the clear, front surface of the eye), and blindness.


Bearing in mind the description above, some researchers believe that it's the small pox virus that is responsible for the plague outbreaks reported throughout history, such as the Black Death. From the article New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection by Dr Segura we read:
No known virus existing today is responsible for the Black Death, although the symptoms resemble those of Ebola, Marburg and the viral hemorrhagic fevers - diseases caused by filoviruses. They have a high mortality rate and tend to occur in explosive epidemics driven by person-to-person transmission. Outbreaks occur unpredictably and, as of yet, no animal reservoir is known.

Similar plagues have been described in antiquity, i.e. the devastating epidemic that struck Athens in 430 BC and which Joseph and Wickramasinghe suggest the causative agent of which to be cometary as well.[9] As with the Black Death, the epidemic in Athens was localized geographically, it declined and disappeared as abruptly as it had started, and no known current disease fits its description by the historian Thucydides.

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A scene showing monks, disfigured by the plague, being blessed by a priest. England, 1360–75.
Where did these diseases go? Did the Black Death virus mutate, causing other fearsome diseases? What we do know is that a more virulent form of smallpox came to the fore in the 1630s and, just as the Black Death disappeared from the stage of history, smallpox took its place as the most feared of human diseases. We can only speculate. Smallpox virus, as opposed to the causative agent of the Black death, is very resistant to cold temperatures, making it a more viable virus. According to the data collected by Scott and Duncan which describe the disease process of the Black Death, hemorrhagic smallpox is almost virtually identical to the Black Death.

But were there cometary impacts at the time of the Black Death?

If you read the special feature of The Dot Connector Magazine issue 11, (see also The Golden Age, Psychopathy and the Sixth Extinction) you probably know the answer to be positive. Plague outbreaks often coincided against a background of food shortages, famines, flooding, peasant uprisings and religious wars. In certain countries, there were volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and famines. And not only did the plague outbreaks coincide with cometary impacts, but earthquakes themselves may well have been indications of cometary impacts. Dendrochronologist Mike Baillie of Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland makes this case in his book New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection. [10]

Although naturally occurring smallpox no longer exists, concerns about potential uses of variola virus as a bioweapon has made smallpox drug development an important component of the U.S. medical countermeasures response.

Because smallpox is eradicated, the effectiveness of Tembexa was studied in animals infected with viruses that are closely related to the variola virus. Effectiveness was determined by measuring animals' survival at the end of the studies. More animals treated with Tembexa survived compared to the animals treated with placebo. FDA approved Tembexa under the agency's Animal Rule, which allows findings from adequate and well-controlled animal efficacy studies to serve as the basis of an approval when it is not feasible or ethical to conduct efficacy trials in humans.


So it's not proven to be effective or safe in humans. Much like the experimental coronavirus injections that were railroaded through using 'emergency' approval powers.


Safety information to support approval of Tembexa was derived from clinical trials of the drug for a non-smallpox indication, primarily from patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplants. An increased risk of death was seen in another disease (Cytomegalovirus disease - a viral infection) when Tembexa was used for a longer-than-recommended duration (longer than once a week for two weeks on days 1 and 8). Tembexa is only approved for the treatment of smallpox.

The most common side effects when using Tembexa are diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

Tembexa received priority review, fast track and orphan drug designations. Priority review directs overall attention and resources to the evaluation of applications for drugs that, if approved, would be significant improvements in the safety or effectiveness of the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of serious conditions when compared to standard applications. Fast track is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. Orphan drug designation provides incentives to assist and encourage the development of drugs for rare diseases.

Tembexa was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). FDA granted approval of Tembexa to Chimerix Inc.
Judy Stone MD at WebMD reported on the drug's approval on June 10th 2021:
The FDA has approved a new drug to treat smallpox. Fearful of a possible bioweapon attack, the United States has been steadily preparing a defense through BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

Tecovirimat was the first drug for smallpox, approved in 2018. The FDA granted the new drug, brincidofovir, or BCV, fast track status and orphan drug designations in 2018. The new approval came under the FDA's Animal Rule.

Drug testing usually goes through several phases prior to approval. First, there is preclinical testing in test tubes and animal models. Phase I is the "first in human" testing, looking primarily for safety and toxicity. Phase II is where researchers look for the best dose to treat a specific condition. The drug being tested is generally given to people who are relatively healthy otherwise.

Phase III broadens the population that receives the drug, including older people and those with underlying diseases (like diabetes or mild kidney disease). After this, the pharmaceutical company seeks FDA approval. Then phase IV, or post-marketing, studies are done, continuing to monitor for side effects. Rare side effects will often not appear until Phase IV, which is why drugs are sometimes recalled after initial approval.

But that's not how it worked for brincidofovir. The Animal Rule recognizes that some investigational treatments cannot be tested for a specific indication in people. This happens for infections where it is dangerous and unethical to expose people to an agent. Smallpox is one such infection; plague is another. Levaquin and Cipro, two quinolone antibiotics, are approved and often used for various infections but required this specific approval under the FDA's Animal Rule for use against plague.

BCV also received priority review, fast track, and orphan drug designations. The first two mean that the FDA believes the drug is likely to provide a significant advantage over current therapy. This speeds approval. An orphan drug designation is intended to support the development of drugs for rare diseases, but it has been abused by a number of pharmaceutical companies because the status is lucrative.

BCV is neither a new nor unknown drug. It is a version of a drug used to treat certain patients with AIDS.

Smallpox is a deadly disease that kills about 30% of those infected and maims many of its victims. Smallpox also used to be a leading cause of blindness, Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD, senior scholar atJohns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says. Natural smallpox was eliminated in the 1979, but both the United States and Russia (and perhaps other countries) have maintained stocks of the virus that could be used as bioterrorism.

Related to BCV's pre-approval studies, Gronvall says that "it was nice to see that some more naturally, relevant poxviruses were used as a standard instead" of using primates. The current studies used rabbitpox and mousepox (ectromelia virus) models, which have, she said, "a lot of relatedness to human smallpox" and are more like a natural infection.

The major defense against smallpox has been an old vaccine (ACAM2000) which has been stockpiled for emergency use. Routine administration of that vaccine was discontinued in the 1970s because it had so many side effects. There is a newer vaccine, modified vaccinia Ankara or MVA, which is less effective but safer.


That's one reason brincidofovir is important, Gronvall says. In the event of a smallpox attack, "if you are not able to give somebody a vaccine within a few days of exposure, they're not going to benefit from the vaccine. So, having a treatment is important."

Gronvall concluded: "It's another success for BARDA that, with not as much resources [due to COVID-19], they were able ... to get this approved. That should be something we think about more in the future, especially with new advances in vaccine technologies and how that could be applied to some of the bioterrorism agents."

In biodefense labs, she added, "There are populations of people who actually do work with some of these agents and some of these vaccines would be very helpful for them. And so maybe I'm hopeful that ... BARDA can take this up."
Considering the US' involvement in bioweapon research, and the well founded suspicions that the coronavirus actually escaped from its Fort Detrick's lab, as well as Bill Gates' & co's use of the current manufactured crisis to roll out the WEF's agenda of the 'Great Reset', one could be forgiven for thinking that any outbreak of smallpox will be equally leveraged for the benefit of the establishment and its nefarious schemes: That said, it's worth bearing in mind that, whilst the establishment like to think that they're on par with God, there are other, greater, forces at work on our planet, and it's thought that the plague outbreaks that cyclically seem to strike our planet, amidst periods of upheaval - much like our planet today - actually have a cosmic origin: Also check out SOTT radio's:




USA

Liz Cheney: 'Un-American' to say January 6 was a false flag operation

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Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said on this week's broadcast of "Fox News Sunday" that spreading the lie that the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was a false flag operation is "un-American."

Anchor Chris Wallace said, "We've always argued about policy. What strikes me as was different now but not just now but in recent years is that we argue over facts. We argue over the truth. Congresswoman Cheney, there is talk now that January 6 was a false flag operation. It was a case of liberals in the deep state setting up conservatives and Trump supporters. Is there any truth to that?"

Cheney said, "None at all. It's the same thing that you hear people saying 9/11 is an inside job. It's un-American to be spreading those kinds of lies, and they are lies."

Comment: See also:


Arrow Down

President Biden's approval rating tumbles, VP Harris does even worse

President Joe Biden
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U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, U.S., November 7, 2021.
US President Joe Biden's approval rating has fallen to under 38% according to a new USA Today poll, which also reveals the majority of Americans polled don't want him to run for president again.

A USA Today and Suffolk University poll of 1,000 registered US voters last week found that just 37.8% of voters approve of "the job Biden has done as president," with 59% disagreeing that the president has done a good job.

Even fewer Americans approve of Vice President Kamala Harris. Only 27.8% of those polled believe Harris has done a good job, with a sizeable 21% undecided, according to the poll which was released on released on Sunday.

Among independent voters, 44% said Biden has done worse as president than they expected, and a whopping 64% of Americans - including 28% of Democrats - said they do not want Biden to run for president again. The poll shows that Americans are even more opposed to Biden running for president again than they are regarding former President Donald Trump; 58% of voters, including 24% of Republicans, oppose Trump running for another term.

Bad Guys

Pandemic Management Bill 2021: An Australian horror story

Daniel Andrews
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The Prime Minister of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, on September 5, 2021.
The Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, has just tabled legislation in parliament which is possibly the most monstrous ever introduced into a country calling itself democratic. Basically it gives Andrews the power to do whatever he wants and whenever he wants it. He has been turning Victoria into a police state for the past year and a half but behind the bland face and earnest manner, the legislation openly stamps him as a totalitarian psychopath.

Here are some of the salient points of the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021. Read on and be amazed that this can actually be happening in Australia, the laidback happy country of beaches, sunshine, beer and prawns on the barby.

The legislation allows Andrews to declare a pandemic even if there is not one. He only has to think there could be one. This antipodean combination of commissar and gauleiter is taking complete personal control of the state and its people. He can close down parts of the state or the whole state and prevent people from entering or leaving in whole or part. He can extend closures without limit.

Comment: Here is the Bill in all its totalitarian glory: Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021


Network

China, Syria discuss bilateral ties

Xi Jinping Bashar Assad
In a phone call between Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on 5 November, the two leaders discussed the strengthening of bilateral relations and mutual collaboration.

According to Assad, China has made significant contributions to protecting world peace, stability, and development.

"The Syrian government and people sincerely thank China for supporting Syria in safeguarding national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national dignity, opposing external interference in Syria's internal affairs, and upholding international law and international equity and justice," said the Syrian President, according to the transcript released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

He also expressed his support for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).