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Ron Paul: Media lying about 'second wave' of coronavirus

Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:29 UTC
Ron Paul
For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 "death count" on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. The narrative was intended to boost governors like Cuomo in New York and Whitmer in Michigan, who turned their states authoritarian under the false notion that destroying people's jobs, freedom, and lives would somehow keep a virus from doing what viruses always do: spread through a population until eventually losing strength and dying out.

The "death count" was always the headline.

But then all of a sudden early in June the mainstream media did a George Orwell and lectured us that it is all about "cases" and has always been all about "cases." Death, and especially infection fatality rate, were irrelevant. Why? Because from the peak in April, deaths had decreased by 90 percent and were continuing to crash. That was not terrifying enough so the media pretended this good news did not exist.

With massive increases in testing, the "case" numbers climbed. This is not rocket science: the more people you test the more "cases" you discover.

Unfortunately our mainstream media is only interested in pushing the "party line." So the good news that millions more have been exposed while the fatality rate continues to decline - meaning the virus is getting weaker - is buried under hysterical false reporting of "new cases."

Comment: A good line to remember: if you subsidize something, you get more of it.

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Couple armed with rifle & handgun defend their mansion as BLM protesters crash into wealthy St. Louis neighborhood


RT
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:49 UTC
st louis couple defend home
© Twitter
A man and a woman have been filmed brandishing guns at protesters who swarmed at the edge of their property, after a group of Black Lives Matter activists crashed the gates into a rich neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri.

Multiple videos of the altercation went viral online, with the couple earning praise for "standing their ground," as well as criticism for "mishandling" their guns and "threatening peaceful protesters."

Comment: Locals station KMOV4 interviewed the couple:
"It was like the storming of the Bastille, the gate came down and a large crowd of angry, aggressive people poured through," Mark McCloskey said. "I was terrified that we'd be murdered within seconds. Our house would be burned down, our pets would be killed."

Mark said they called 911 and grabbed their guns as they heard the crowd approaching their private, gated community on Portland Place.

The wrought iron gates of Portland Place were damaged on Sunday. Protesters marched to Lyda Krewson house demanding her resignation.

Mark McCloskey

"A mob of at least 100 smashed through the historic wrought iron gates of Portland Place, destroying them, rushed towards my home where my family was having dinner outside and put us in fear for our lives," Mark McCloskey said, and shared photos of the destroyed gate.

Despite his claims, video circulating on social media shows protesters opening and walking through the unbroken gate. It is unclear when it was actually damaged or who destroyed it.

The couple also claims to have received death threats from the crowd.

"One fellow standing right in front of me pulled out two pistol magazines, clicked them together and said you're next. That was the first death threat we got that night," Mark McCloskey said.

In a separate statement from their attorney, the McCloskeys said they support the Black Lives Matter movement and that "peaceful protesters were not the subject of scorn or disdain by the McCloskeys. To the contrary, they were expecting and supportive of the message of the protesters," the statement reads.
Gateway Pundit reports:
After a video of them defending their property was posted to Twitter, people began calling for their names, address, and businesses to posted online — which they were.
Someone identify these people. I don't know the area. Get an address. I'll help.

Sue them, ruin their businesses, help their employees sabotage their capital, call their kids, call their family members, call their country club — use capitalism for the weapon it's designed to be.

— kyle rezac-dennis (@krezacdennis) June 29, 2020
"Someone identify these people. I don't know the area. Get an address. I'll help," a Twitter user named Kyle Rezac-Dennis tweeted. "Sue them, ruin their businesses, help their employees sabotage their capital, call their kids, call their family members, call their country club — use capitalism for the weapon it's designed to be."

Within minutes, the couple's names, businesses and address were posted to the platform. The Gateway Pundit has opted not to publish that information.
@krezadennis has since deleted his account, after a Twitter backlash which included his own doxxing, and the dredging up of tweets supporting pedophilia.





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Bizarro Earth

Sales of antidepressants in Russia surged during lockdown


RT
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:35 UTC
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© Sputnik / Alexey Kudenko
An industry monitor has reported that the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the introduction of a self-isolation regime in many regions, resulted in a significant uptake in the consumption of mood stabilizers in Russia.

Analysts at DSM Group - which analyzes all sectors of the pharmaceutical industry - studied data on sales of antidepressants and noticed a marked increase in sales of these drugs, during the period from March 1 to June 1 of this year.

Over the three months, sales of antidepressants increased by an average of 10 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2019.

Comment: See also:

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Bulb

"This is not Seattle - We're not putting up with lawlessness here" - Oklahoma DA charges protesters with terrorism, rioting and assault

Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:02 UTC
Oklahoma City protests
Several Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested and charged with terrorism, rioting and assault following the violent protests in Oklahoma City following the death of George Floyd.

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater told the rioters, "This is not Seattle. We're not putting up with this lawlessness here."

This video from KOCO shows the rioters attacking a police station and hurling objects at police officers.

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Golden State Killer pleads guilty to 26 charges in raping and killing spree during 1970s and 80s

Matthias Gafni
Fox San Francisco Chronicle
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:49 UTC
Joseph James DeAngelo
© AP
Joseph James DeAngelo, charged with being the Golden State Killer, is expected to plead guilty this week.
Four decades after he started sneaking into homes, tying up victims, raping women and murdering couples, former police officer Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty Monday to 26 charges, admitting what pioneering forensic science had already proven — he was the sadistic Golden State Killer.

His acceptance of a plea deal spared him death, a reprieve the 74-year-old never offered more than a dozen men and women he shot and bludgeoned to death during a 12-year raping and killing spree during the 1970s and '80s. He only stopped, prosecutors believe, when he got old and was no longer spry enough to overpower victims.

The admission of guilt will secure DeAngelo's time behind bars, as he will be sentenced to life without parole.

DeAngelo was charged with 13 counts of murder, with additional special circumstances, as well as 13 counts of kidnapping for robbery in six counties, including Contra Costa County in the Bay Area. Investigators believe he was responsible for more than 60 rapes, including some in Santa Clara and Alameda counties as well, but the statute of limitations expired on those crimes.

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Arrow Up

76% of early voters say YES to constitutional changes, which could keep Putin in power until 2036 - exit polls


RT
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:47 UTC
Russian voting booth
© Sputnik / Artur Lebedev
More than three-quarters of those who have voted so far support Russia's constitutional amendments, according to exit polls. If passed, the changes could allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in office until 2036.

Conducted by VCIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Center) at 800 polling stations in 25 regions of Russia, 76 percent of those who replied said they voted to pass the amendments, with 23.6 percent voting against.

The proposed package of changes would make major alterations to the basic law. Included in the proposed constitution is the 'nullification' of President Putin's time served in office, opening up the possibility for him to serve two more terms and potentially remain as leader until 2036. However, most credible analysts think it's more about keeping his options open, and avoiding the 'lame duck' status, rather than remaining in power until he's 83.

Comment: Interestingly, there was a DDoS attack launched from the UK against the Russian Election commission during the vote.

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Attention

Germany investigating 30,000 (!) suspects in pedophile probe


DW
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:47 UTC
hand stop child
The cybercrime unit of the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia is investigating some 30,000 suspects in a massive online child abuse probe, officials said on Monday.

The state justice ministry said the extent of abuse taking place and being shared online was "deeply disturbing."

"I hadn't reckoned with the extent of child abuse on the internet," said state Justice Minister Peter Beisenbach.

Officers are investigating some 30,000 unknown suspects, the ministry said. "We want to drag perpetrators and supporters of child abuse out of the anonymity of the internet," said the ministry.

Those being investigated were suspected of sharing content that depicted fictitious or real acts of abuse. The investigation began last October with the arrest of a suspect in the Bergisch Gladbach municipality near Cologne.

The first offender, a 27-year-old soldier, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May and placed in a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period.

Comment: It's like this everywhere, hiding just beneath the surface of 'respectable' human society. If most people knew the truth, many would not be able to function.

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Chess

'This is a period of insanity': Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov on chess racism debate


RT
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:44 UTC
Anatoly Karpov
© REUTERS / David Mercado
Russian chess grandmaster and former world champion Anatoly Karpov
Soviet and Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov has commented on the recent debate over racism in the game, which has caused outrage on social media, calling it 'a period of total insanity' which has nothing to do with chess.

"A period of total insanity has begun," the former world champion said. "What does it have in common with the centuries-old game?"

Last week, John Adams, an economist who represented the Australian Chess Federation in 2015, revealed he had been contacted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio station in Sydney to comment on the matter of racial controversy in chess, because white always moves first.


"I just received a phone call from an ABC Sydney based producer seeking a comment about the game of chess! The ABC have taken the view that chess is RACIST given that white always go first!" he wrote on Twitter after dismissing the request, sparking an online debate.
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Pistol

Utopia: Gunshots interrupt interview inside activist-run CHAZ enclave in Seattle amid reports of 'active shooter'


RT
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:34 UTC
CHAZ seattle shooting
© Twitter / Andy Ngô @MrAndyNgo
Several gunshots were heard during the taping of an interview inside the activist-held Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ/CHOP) in Seattle, Washington. The area has seen several shootings in recent weeks.

A video posted on social media shows an interview being conducted inside CHAZ. Suddenly, what appears to be gunfire is heard in the background. "That's not a firework," the person being interviewed says. Several people are then seen running down the street.

Reports indicated there is an "active shooter" in the area, and videos from the scene showed people hiding in panic. Some were even filmed arming themselves and going to search for the attacker.

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Syringe

Fracking 'powerhouse' Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy protection, $9 billion in debt

Cathy Bussewitz
USA Today
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:27 UTC
Fracking
© AP Photo/Ralph Wilson, File
Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, filed for bankruptcy protection June 28, 2020.
Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The Oklahoma City-based company said Sunday that it was a necessary decision given its debt. Its debt load is currently nearing $9 billion. It has entered a plan with lenders to cut $7 billion of its debt and said it will continue to operate as usual during the bankruptcy process.

The oil and gas company was a leader in the fracking boom, using unconventional techniques to extract oil and gas from the ground, a method that has come under scrutiny because of its environmental impact.

Other wildcatters followed in Chesapeake's path, racking up huge debts to find oil and gas in fields spanning New Mexico, Texas, the Dakotas and Pennsylvania. A reckoning is now coming due with those massive debts needing to be serviced by Chesapeake and those that followed its path.

Comment: RT reports:
A study released by the global accountancy firm Deloitte this month said that the US shale industry is entering a period of "great compression" and could face up to $300 billion in losses and a wave of bankruptcies due to the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 200 US oil producers have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past five years.


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