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Self-induced national suicide: The UK is entering the worst and most prolonged recession in living memory

Keith Pilbeam
RT
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:06 UTC
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© Guy Smallman/Getty ImagesApril 4, 2020 in London, England.
Despite the UK government lobbing billions of pounds at the problem, millions will lose their jobs and thousands of businesses will go bust. And it's the poor and the young who will bear the brunt.

The coronavirus lockdown has had a devastating effect on the economic output of the United Kingdom, with the latest estimate being that it fell by over 20 percent in the month of April and is likely to have stabilised at around this level in May.

The UK is a heavily trade-dependent nation, and April saw export volumes fall by 17.7 percent and imports volumes decline by 26.5 percent. To avert an even worse outcome, the government has intervened on an unprecedented scale to reduce the adverse effects on the economy, companies and households.

Since the start of lockdown on March 23, the economy has been in freefall, with output plunging by 5.8 percent in March and 20.4 percent in April. Manufacturing output fell by 24.5 percent and the service sector by 19.8 percent in the same time period, but, due to the speedy emergency measures taken by the government, this has not yet been fully reflected in the unemployment figures.

Comment: There is credible speculation that the lockdown was put in place not to "save lives", but to facilitate the elites' restructuring of the world's economy. James Corbett lays out the argument:

Coronavirus 'Plandemic' - This IS the global reset

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Pro-Iranian lawyer arrested for criticizing Khamenei, four years after being told it was okay to criticize him

Golnaz Esfandiari
RFE/RL
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 17:01 UTC
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Mohammad Ali Kamfiruzi speaks at the meeting with Iran's supreme leader in 2016.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assured a doctoral student in a 2016 meeting that there was nothing wrong with criticizing the country's top official.

"Speaking against me is neither [reprimandable] nor is it a crime, I've said it many times," Khamenei said at the July 2, 2016, meeting with a group of handpicked students, including Mohammad Ali Kamfiruzi.

The young student had directly confronted Khamenei over rights abuses in the Islamic republic, including violating people's freedom of expression.

Four years later, the former student who became a lawyer has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence for offering mild criticism of Khamenei in a 2018 speech.

Kamfiruzi -- whose father was a Basij fighter killed in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War -- has also been ordered to make 60 trips to Shiraz, his hometown, within five years to report to the intelligence branch of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), whose commanders are appointed by Khamenei.
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Three shot, one stabbed in bloody NYC night as shootings surge

Georgett Roberts, Larry Celona and Aaron Feis
New York Post
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:52 UTC
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© Seth GottfriedTwo males were shot in the back of their heads in a Mercedes parked on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx on July 2, 2020.
Four men were murdered in the span of less than three hours late Wednesday into early Thursday, continuing the recent run of violence on city streets.

The bloodshed began around 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, when a 39-year-old man was fatally knifed inside an apartment building at the corner of Bradford Street and Belmont Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, according to cops.

Authorities had not released the victim's name as of Thursday, pending notification of his family, nor had they identified a motive.

A little more than two hours later and two miles away, Terrence Bazile, 22, was shot in the hip on East 96th Street near Linden Boulevard in Canarsie, police said.

Bazile was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in a private car, but couldn't be saved.

"By the time I saw my son's body, they said he has to go in the morgue," a distraught woman identified as Bazile's mother could be heard wailing into a phone outside the family home Thursday morning.

A man identified as the victim's father also publicly mourned the young man's loss.

"I will never forget this for the rest of my life," he was heard saying. "It's gonna be hard. It's gonna be really hard. I'm going to hold this stuff in me for a long time."

Comment: Defund the police?

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Programming complete? 83% of Brits would welcome second COVID-19 lockdown

Sam Coates
Sky News
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:36 UTC
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A police car patrols London's Greenwich Park in April at the height of the first lockdown
Britons would strongly back a second lockdown if coronavirus cases spike, according to a new poll for Sky News which reveals the country's ongoing caution over the pandemic.

As most of the nation prepares to lift the lockdown in the coming weeks, starting with England on Saturday, more than eight in 10 people (83%) said they would back another shutdown if there is a second spike.

Almost eight in 10 (78%) said they would self-isolate for 14 days if asked by an NHS test and trace official, while 69% said they would even follow an instruction to self-isolate from a smartphone app.
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This suggests that people want to be seen to comply with the rules even after almost four months of restrictions in place affecting everyone's lives.

The poll reveals broadly similar attitudes to lockdown rules among older age groups and the young, suggesting the demographic clash - which some senior Tories worried about early on in the pandemic - has not materialised.

Six per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds said they would oppose a second lockdown, compared with 4% of those polled who were 65 and over.

Comment: It's been pretty remarkable to watch how easily populations have handed over their freedoms, without so much as a whimper. James Corbett made a similar observation recently on Objective:Health, well worth a watch:

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College mascot under fire: Wasps are racist!

Kara Zupkus
Young Americans Foundation
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:51 UTC
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© Emory & Henry College
Emory & Henry College in Virginia has announced to students the school will re-examine its wasp mascot (i.e., a bug) as it may be "exclusive" to students who are not White Anglo-Saxon Protestants "WASPs."

"Conversations must examine how Emory & Henry's past has contributed to current and ongoing systemic oppression," said Dr. John Wells, president of Emory & Henry College, according to the email obtained by Young America's Foundation. "For example, discussion should be renewed regarding College's mascot, the wasp, and the impact of this mascot on inclusion and diversity on our campus."

Comment: The College Fix captures the moment:
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High court hears legal challenge to England's lockdown restrictions

Owen Bowcott
The Guardian
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:15 UTC
The Royal Courts of Justice in London
© Aaron Chown/PAThe Royal Courts of Justice in London.
The government's lockdown, which has closed schools, premises and companies while limiting free movement, is the "most sweeping and far-reaching" restriction on fundamental rights since the second world war, the high court has been told.

In a challenge to the legality of emergency legislation, the businessman Simon Dolan, whose Jota Aviation company has been delivering personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS, is testing the full extent of the powers under which England has been confined for the past 101 days.

The hearing is taking place via video link due to the coronavirus crisis, with lawyers participating remotely from their homes or chambers.

Lawyers for Dolan argue that the emergency restrictions, announced by the prime minister on 23 March, are illegal, breach human rights laws and fail to take account of other significant factors.

Opening the case, Philip Havers QC, for Dolan, said it was aimed at challenging the "most sweeping and far-reaching restrictions on fundamental rights in England since world war two, if not before".

The powers being used, despite the easing of lockdown, were "still unlawful and disproportionate", he said, while the government has indicated that it may yet reimpose "stringent restrictions".

Comment: See also:

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UK's lockdown debt crisis expected to triple homelessness

Drago Bosnic
Fort Russ
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:00 UTC
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© AlamyEven before the coronavirus, living standards had flatlined amid wage stagnation and austerity.
Homelessness in the UK will triple in 2020 if measures aren't introduced to protect tenants who can't pay their rent, warned housing campaign group Generation Rent. The organization is advising that if the government doesn't implement measures to protect renters before the 24th of August when the ban on evictions lifts, it could see many thrown into arrears and homelessness, VICE News reported.

After that date, there is currently no coronavirus support for renters who may be struggling with their tenancy costs. This warning has come after a stark rise in the rate of rent arrears during the pandemic. Since the lockdown was imposed in the UK, the rate of rent arrears has risen from 4 percent to 13 percent, which could make 45,000 households homeless as a result.

This will also cost councils an additional £117 million in temporary accommodation and other spending. During the lockdown, over half a million (592,000) renters have already reported being behind on rent payments in England alone, according to the campaign. This includes students and non-UK nationals with no recourse to public funds - meaning they cannot apply for benefits.

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'We will err on the side of freedom': Arizona mayor says he won't cancel events, nor require masks

Audrey Jensen
USA Today
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:26 UTC
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The mayor of an eastern Arizona town says he has no plans to cancel a slew of coming summer events or require masks, even as COVID-19 cases soar throughout the state.

Eagar Mayor Bryce Hamblin said in a statement Thursday that the town's coming Fourth of July parade will continue as planned and residents will not be required to wear masks.

"Over the past several weeks, I have been asked repeatedly what the Town of Eagar plans to do about COVID-19, masks, visitors, riots, etc. It is somewhat alarming how many expect and almost invite a more drastic infringement on their freedoms," Hamblin said in the statement. "My response from the onset of COVID-19 pandemic has been that we will err on the side of freedom."
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You've been scammed: CDC admits positive antibody tests may be common cold


OFFGRID Survival
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:01 UTC
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As the world goes into the second wave of lockdown frenzy, pushed by treasonous politicians that are using a so-called pandemic as an excuse to reshape the America we know and love, many people have missed the fact that the CDC quietly let out a little tidbit of information that these treasonous politicians and fearmongering media don't want you to know - the tests they keep touting are probably a bunch of bullshit!

According to information on the CDC website - information that will probably be scrubbed soon so we have included a screenshot below - if you have tested positive on an Antibody test for COVID-19 - the same tests they are using to scare the shit out of everyone and push for new lockdowns and cancel the Fourth of July because of supposed spikes in COVID-19 positives - you probably don't have COVID-19, you may just have a regular old cold!

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Woke mob terrorizes Tennessee smokehouse after false rumors of 'Back The Blue' donation

Tristan Justice
The Federalist
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 03:31 UTC
Shuford’s Smokehouse
A Tennessee restaurant was forced to cancel a nearly $1,000 order after woke mobsters launched a harassment campaign based on unsubstantiated rumors perpetuated by local media that it planned to donate the food to a "Back the Blue" rally.

Shuford's Smokehouse in Chattanooga said its business began receiving online threats from self-proclaimed social justice warriors warning they would tear down the decades-old diner for its apparent donation to a pro-police function. Shuford's owners, however, clarified that the order was no giveaway, but instead a clear-cut business transaction.

"A lady placed an order Tuesday for food for Saturday. She said she was taking it to the [pro-police] Back the Blue Rally in Chattanooga. It was just a business transaction. We did not donate the food," Madison Davis, daughter of restaurant owner Jeff, told the Tennessee Star.

Comment: CNN is also jumping on the shaming for social justice bandwagon. See: 'It's activism, not journalism': CNN publishes shame list of companies that DIDN'T join Facebook boycott
CNN has named and shamed a list of brands that haven't joined a movement to boycott Facebook for all manner of alleged social justice offenses, drawing criticism online for its "bizarre" activism campaign.

'Companies do nothing' is not a news story, yet that's exactly what CNN reported on Wednesday. After a slew of major brands - including Unilever, Adidas, Ford, Volkswagen, Microsoft, and Levi Strauss - temporarily pulled their advertising from Facebook, CNN called out a list of firms that have yet to fall in line with their counterparts, implicitly calling on them to do so.

According to the report, only three of the largest spenders on Facebook ads last year have joined the protest. The list of those who haven't includes Walmart, Home Depot, Uber, Netflix and American Express, and CNN shook down their spokespeople for comment. Some ignored the call; others, like Home Depot, said they were watching the boycott movement "closely."

In calling these firms out, CNN is doing the work of the Stop Hate For Profit campaign. Organized by the Anti-Defamation League, NAACP, Southern Poverty Law Center and others, the campaign wants businesses to "hit pause on hate" and pull their advertising from Facebook for the month of July.

Facebook's alleged offenses are laid out on the campaign's website, and include charges as innocuous as its listing of right-wing news site Breitbart as a "trusted news source," right up to accusations of "blatant voter suppression" and "promoting hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence."

In response, the campaign wants Facebook to submit to "identity-based hate" audits, root out and remove everything from "Holocaust denialism" to "climate denialism," use AI to spot hateful discussion in private groups, and remove "misinformation relating to voting."

Pundits and commentators on Twitter slaughtered CNN for its apparent PR work for the campaign.

"A news outlet joining a political pressure campaign like this is bizarre," wrote Republican adviser Matt Whitlock. "It's activism, not journalism."

CNN's activist push on behalf of the boycott campaign is that much more baffling given that Facebook actually bent the knee last week and agreed to censor "hate or anything that incites violence or suppresses voting."

This apparently includes advertising critical of "immigrants, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers" - basically, a major plank of President Donald Trump's platform - according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

CNN itself didn't spend a single dollar on Facebook advertisements in the last week of June. However, the news outlet has spent nearly $400,000 on Facebook ads since May 2018. Presumably, the network will now cease its own ad campaign entirely. CNN's parent company, WarnerMedia, has also not joined the boycott, and made no public comment on any future plans to do so.


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