Bulletin N° 892
Caligula - 1979
https://ww.0123movies.su/movie/caligula-1979-online-123movies/watching/?ep=1
produce by Producer Bob Guccione
(2:35:59)
"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
(Warning: This film includes graphic scenes depicting the abject abuse of power and systematic dehumanization of women and men in the period shortly after the collapse of the Roman Republic, during the reign Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, the third emperor of Rome, from 37 to 41 A.D., and known as "Caligula" .)
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Mission: Caligula - 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PXmIVZx_M
(39:08)
A film by Alexander Tuschinski, featuring interviews with the film producers Kelly Holland, Bonifacio Brass, and Alexander Tuschinski
Subject : Looking for Contradictions: ‘The Nature of Man’ vs. The Nature of Capitalism.
April 3, 2020
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Society makes the individual, and not the opposite, this is the lesson found in the books of Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961), particularly in his 1936 classic, Death on Credit (1936, 2017). The devil is in the details; there is no overarching moral lesson in this book. Céline faithfully reflects the everyday life in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century and describes the traps laid by destiny for even the most industrious citizens. His character sketches exhibit the inexorable fate of people caught in a matrix of their own making, stuck in social relationships marked by greed, stupidity, lust, and malice. Céline demonstrates for us how there is no escape from our derived future as long as the structures that support us are constantly reproduced. Collectively, we reinforce the everyday patterns which constitute the leitmotif of our predetermined lives - before, during, and after our individual existence.
Ferdinand was born into a petit-bourgeois family living in a culture of violence, twenty-three years after the massacre of the Paris Commune and two decades before the carnage of the First World War began. His mother was the proprietor of a novelties and haberdashery boutique; his father, more educated, was a factotum working for a local insurance company. They lived above the shop and were always struggling to make ends meet. The parents rarely had time to enjoy life and seemed to be constantly eaten by anxiety and a sense of social inferiority. Their son was shaped by these pervasive family feelings of fear. They all wore a thin veneer of protective servility covering an abundance of self-loathing, continually nurtured by humiliations - both real and imagined. In fact, these were the general character traits that governed the individualist ideology which was endemic to their entire social class. Their nose to the grindstone, they seldom looked up; and then, only to compare their status with that of their neighbors.
Céline describes his youth, following his high school graduation, this way:
We had only one thing in common in our ‘family’ in the Passage, and
that was our terror of going hungry. We all had plenty of that. It was with me
from my first breath… They passed it right on to me… We were all obsessed with
it…
As far as we were concerned,
the soul was fear. In every room the walls sweated fear of going without… It
made us swallow the wrong way, it made us bolt out meals and run around town
like mad… we zigzagged like fleas all over Paris, from the Place Maubert to the Étoile, for fear of being auctioned off, for fear of the
rent, of the gas man, the tax collector… We were always in such a hurry I never
had time to wipe myself properly.
Since my dismissal from Berlope’s, I had in
addition, all to myself, the fear of never getting anywhere in the world… I’ve
known poor unemployed bastards, hundreds of them, here and all over the world, people
who were only half a step from the poorhouse… They
hadn’t managed right!
To tell the truth, my main
pleasure in life is being quicker than the boss when it comes to getting fired…
I can see that kidney punch coming… I can smell it a mile off… I can tell when
a job is folding… I’ve got some other little racket sprouting in my other
pocket. Bosses are all stinkers, all they think about is giving you the gate…
There’s only one kind of real low-down fear, the fear of being out on your arse, flat broke and no job… I’ve always had one on hand,
some lousy meal ticket, it doesn’t matter what kind… I’ve had such cockeyed
ones they had neither shape, size nor taste… It’s all
one to me… It’s no skin off my arse. The sicker they
make me, the less I worry…
I hate all jobs. Why should
I make distractions?... You won’t catch me singing any
hymns of praise… I'd shit on the whole lot of them if
I could… That’s what it is to work for hire…(pp.122-123)
After a short series of failures to keep a job, his family, at his uncle’s insistence, decided to send him to an inexpensive boarding school in England for eight months, to learn English and to regain his health, which had always been frail. Upon his sudden departure from England, which caused him to leave most of his belongings behind, the young Ferdinand, approaching twenty years of age, finds that his parents’ quality of life had markedly deteriorated. They were faced with growing financial debts and menaced with the prospect of falling into absolute poverty: his father faces the threat of losing his job, after 22 years, and being replaced by a younger employee, who had learned how to use the typewriter; his mother has grown weaker, too, her health is failing. Ferdinand must find employment, but his c.v. is not glorious, and he needs a new set of clothes before he embarks on job interviews in the fall, which is only a few weeks away. “So I had a little respite!” he writes.
I couldn’t go calling on
prospective bosses in a threadbare suit, patched, frayed,
with the sleeves only halfway down my arm… It was out of the question! Especially in novelties and haberdashery, where they all dress up
like fashion plates.
My father was so preoccupied
with his typing exercises and his dread of being fired from Coccinelle that
even at supper he was deep in thought! He’d lost interest in me. He’d made up
his mind about me once and for all… the idea was firmly anchored in his dome
that I was villainy incarnate! A hopeless blockhead! And that was that! That I
had no part in the worries, the anxieties of noble individuals… I wasn’t the
kind that would carry my suffering around with me in my flesh like a knife! And
keep turning it as long as I live? Far from it! And jerk the handle! And stick
it in deeper! To heighten the pain!. .. And bellow and
broadcast every new step forward in my suffering! Of course not! And turn into
a fakir in the Passage! Side by side with them! Forever!...
Sure, something miraculous, something people could worship! Something more and
more perfect! That’s it! A thousand times more anxious, more harassed, more
miserable! … The saint engendered by hard work and family thrift!... Sure, why not? More muddleheaded! Sure! A hundred times
thriftier! Glory be! Something that had never been
seen in the Passage or anywhere else! In the whole world!...
Christ! The child marvel! The marvel of all France! The wonder of wonders! But
nothing like that could be expected of me! I had a depraved nature… It was
inexplicable! ... There wasn’t a speck of honour in
me… I was rotten through and through! Repulsive, degenerate! I was unfeeling, I
had no future.. I was as dry as a salt herring! I was
a hard-hearted debauchee! A dung heap…full of sullen rancor… I was a disillusionment! I was grief itself. And I ate my lunch
and supper there, not to mention my morning coffee… They did their duty! I was
their cross on earth! I’d never have a conscience!...
I was nothing but a bundle of debased instincts and a hollow that devoured my
family’s sorry pittance and all their sacrifices. In a way I was a vampire… It
was no use thinking about it…(pp.228-229)
The following 24 + items are articles and essays that inform us of the corruption that accompanies Imperial decline, with illegalities flaunted or thinly covered up by an obsequious media, blinded by the venal ambitions of their owners, who hire experts at public deception. We seek the true nature of this palpable decline in the social media, and find more often than not interesting debates and insights that nourish our understanding of the straights we have entered and the new limitations on our freedom today. The headlines in the alternative media, such as : “Teen dies of coronavirus, was turned away with no insurance”, or "Will New Yorkers Be the New Okies?" bring to our consciousness the carefully crafted ignorance produced by the corporate media.
Like making our own masks for protection, we no longer trust our government and certainly not the market place for reliable information. The only place we can turn is toward one another. Such as the recent email below, which was forwarded to me by old high school friends, whom I had known half a century ago:
The following
is from an Asst. Prof. in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins
University. Quite informative. Maybe the
best information I’ve seen to date.
* The virus is
not a living organism, but a protein molecule (DNA) covered by a protective
layer of lipid (fat), which, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or
buccal mucosa, changes their genetic code. (mutation) and convert them into aggressor and multiplier
cells.
* Since the
virus is not a living organism but a protein molecule, it is not killed, but
decays on its own. The disintegration time depends on the temperature, humidity
and type of material where it lies.
* The virus is
very fragile; the only thing that protects it is a thin outer layer of fat.
That is why any soap or detergent is the best remedy, because the foam CUTS the
FAT (that is why you have to rub so much: for 20 seconds or more, to make a lot
of foam).
By dissolving
the fat layer, the protein molecule disperses and breaks down on its own.
* HEAT melts
fat; this is why it is so good to use water above 77 degrees Fahrenheit for
washing hands, clothes and everything. In addition, hot water makes more foam
and that makes it even more useful.
* Alcohol or any
mixture with alcohol over 65% DISSOLVES ANY FAT, especially the external lipid
layer of the virus.
* Any mix with
1 part bleach and 5 parts water directly dissolves the protein, breaks it down
from the inside.
* Oxygenated
water helps long after soap, alcohol and chlorine, because peroxide dissolves
the virus protein, but you have to use it pure and it hurts your skin.
* NO
BACTERICIDE OR ANTIBIOTIC SERVES. The virus is not a living organism like
bacteria; antibodies cannot kill what is not alive.
* NEVER shake
used or unused clothing, sheets or cloth. While it is glued to a porous
surface, it is very inert and disintegrates only
between:
·
3 hours (fabric
and porous),
·
4 hours (copper
and wood)
·
24 hours
(cardboard),
·
42 hours (metal)
and
·
72 hours (plastic).
But if you
shake it or use a feather duster, the virus molecules float in the air for
up to 3 hours, and can lodge in your nose.
* The virus
molecules remain very stable in external cold, or artificial as air
conditioners in houses and cars.
They also need
moisture to stay stable, and especially darkness. Therefore, dehumidified, dry,
warm and bright environments will degrade it faster.
* UV LIGHT on
any object that may contain it breaks down the virus protein. For example, to
disinfect and reuse a mask is perfect. Be careful, it also breaks down collagen
(which is protein) in the skin.
* The virus
CANNOT go through healthy skin.
* Vinegar is
NOT useful because it does not break down the protective layer of fat.
* NO SPIRITS, NOR
VODKA, serve. The strongest vodka is 40% alcohol, and you need 65%.
* LISTERINE IF
IT SERVES! It is 65% alcohol.
* The more
confined the space, the more concentration of the virus there can be. The more open or naturally ventilated, the less.
* You have to
wash your hands before and after touching mucosa, food, locks, knobs, switches,
remote control, cell phone, watches, computers, desks, TV, etc. And when using the bathroom.
* You have to Moisturize dry hands from so much washing them, because the
molecules can hide in the micro cracks. The thicker the
moisturizer, the better.
* Also keep
your NAILS SHORT so that the virus does not hide there.
-John Hopkins
Sharing information like this, person to person, and items from the critical social media such as the following two items: “Coronavirus
Dashboard” & “What Are Antibodies? - Definition, Function & Types” reassures us that there are people with expertise who actually care and are not totally consumed by their narrow drives for "success", regardless of the cost to society.
What will happen to the criminal privileged element of society? Your guess is as good as mine.
Meanwhile, we
must do what is necessary to survive . . . .
Sincerely,
Francis Feeley
Professeur honoraire de l'Université Grenoble-Alpes
Ancien Directeur de
Researches
Université de Paris-Nanterre
Director of The Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
(CEIMSA-in-Exile)
The University of California-San Diego
a.
“It Shattered My
Life”: Former Joe Biden Staffer Tara Reade Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in
1993
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/31/tara_reade_joe_biden_sexual_assault
with Amie Goodman and
Juan Gonzales
(18:20)
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Economic Update: #MeToo & Corona: System is Key
with Richard Wolff
(29:30)
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b.
Washington in the Time of Domitian
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54065.htm
by Fred Reed
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Midnight on Planet
Lockdown: Dylan strikes again
https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/midnight-on-planet-lockdown-dylan-strikes-again/
by Pepe Escobar
Like a shot
ricocheting at Heaven’s Door, Bob Dylan has released a masterpiece dissecting
JFK's assassination
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“Murder Most
Foul”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbQkyvbw18
(16:56)
Song by Bob
Dylan
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From: Mark
Crispin Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020
Subject: [MCM] A brilliant take on Dylan's bold elegy for
JFK
Murder most
foul, as in the best it is;
But this most foul, strange and unnatural
—Hamlet, I.v.27-28
From an old friend (since grad school in English):
Listened again to “Murder Most Foul,”
realized that the line “Wolfman Jack speaking in
tongues” is key. Of course, It references the popular radio d.j., but more importantly describes “Jack”
Kennedy himself speaking from beyond the grave through Dylan, who invokes
song titles as the “tongue”— the national idiom— to tell his elegy, which
transfigures into new meaning all the titles, many of whom are themselves
idiomatic American phrases: “lonely at the top,” “lonely are the brave,” “the
good die young.” But when Dylan sings these, he transforms them from their
ordinary pop identities into evocations of JFK’s tragic grandeur—as if the
phrases of popular culture have been always waiting to be used as
messengers, ready to circulate in and through the voice of JFK/Dylan.
In the Bible, the disciples speak in
tongues unconsciously, and thereby spread the word of Jesus all over the world.
So Dylan is “speaking in tongues”—that is, as a
medium, the instrument of a higher
power, demanding.... what? Justice (?), vengeance (?), recognition (?).
The answer, of course, is all three; and this is confirmed when we unpack
the title's allusion: the Shakespearean “tongue” Dylan adopts—for “murder
most foul” is uttered the by ghost of Hamlet’s father, as he urges his
son to avenge him for this “most foul, strange & unnatural” crime.
Here is the primal seed of Dylan’s dirge, as he takes upon himself the
task his father demands: vengeance, justice, recognition.
And the composite ghost of Hamlet's father/JFK—both
bathed in blood—tells his son, Hamlet/Dylan, that he knows of unspeakable
crimes. . . if only he was permitted to divulge them.
This "if only" is precisely the source of
the permanently elusive guesswork, speculation, possibilities, unknowability, that has been the vortex around the events
of Nov. 22, 1963.
Trump Becomes Mad King In
Modern Epic of Gilgamesh
with Tom Hartmann
(7:34)
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Our 'War President' Goes To Battle
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54088.htm
by Eric Margolis
"He who seeks to defend everything, defends nothing."
King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
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Trump says
Iran planning 'sneak attack' on US troops
with George Galloway
(6:18)
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From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Israel attacks Palestinians struggling with COVID-19
.... just as the US is doing
to Venezuela and Iran.
MCM
Israel attacks Palestinians as they fight COVID-19
Ali Abunimah 31 March 2020
Ashraf AmraAPA images
Workers for the
United Nations agency UNRWA in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, prepare food rations to be delivered to
the homes of Palestinian refugee families on 31 March, in an effort to avoid
people congregating at distribution centers, as a measure to prevent an
outbreak of COVID-19 in the densely populated territory.
Israeli occupation
forces continue to attack Palestinian communities as they struggle to hold back
the threat from the coronavirus pandemic.
Occupation forces
wearing hazmat suits and carrying assault rifles raided a home near Ramallah
early Tuesday:
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c.
Developing
countries face economic collapse in COVID-19 fight: UN
by Radmilla Suleymanova
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Panic in India as
laborers rush to leave cities"
with Alex Mihailovich and Rick Sanchez
(4:23)
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Hoards Of Hungry Italians
Storm Groceries Stores!
with Jimmu Dore
(7:58)
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d.
“Total System
Failure”: Congress Pushes $2 Trillion Pandemic Bill. Will Dems
Allow “Corporate Coup”?
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/27/coronavirus_relief_bill_matt_stoller
with Matt Stoller
(11:05)
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Bill Gates:
Returning To Normal Life In April Is Not Realistic
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/27/bill_gates_returning_to_normal_life_in_april_is_not_realistic.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=realclearpolitics
Microsoft's
Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, weighs in on
the coronavirus pandemic, saying the number of US
cases has not yet peaked and the country won't likely be able to return to
normal life by April
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Ezekiel
Emanuel: U.S. Will Have 100 Million Cases Of COVID-19
In Four Weeks, Doubling Every Four Days
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/27/ezekiel_emanuel_us_will_have_100_million_cases_of_covid-19_in_four_weeks.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=realclearpolitics
(3:24)
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e.
Comparing the
Influenza Epidemic of 1918 to the Coronavirus
https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/comparing-the-spanish-flu-to-the-coronavirus
by John Barry
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From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Did a (Rockefeller) vaccine experiment on
US soldiers cause the "Spanish flu"? (MUST-READ)
That "Spanish flu"—which was neither flu
nor Spanish—killed 50-100 million
people all around
the world; so, though that pandemic happened over a
century ago, we are
obliged to know what really happened, then as now.
MCM
Did a Vaccine Experiment on U.S.
Soldiers Cause the “Spanish Flu”?
The 1918-19 bacterial vaccine experiment may have
killed 50-100 million people
by Kevin Barry, President First Freedoms, Inc.
The “Spanish Flu” killed an estimated
50-100 million people during a pandemic 1918-19. What if the story
we have been told about this pandemic isn’t true?
What if, instead, the killer
infection was neither the flu nor Spanish in origin?
Newly analyzed documents reveal that
the “Spanish Flu” may have been a military vaccine experiment gone awry.
In looking back on the 100th
anniversary of the end of World War I, we need to delve deeper to solve this
mystery.
Summary
During the
pandemic of 1918-19, the so-called “Spanish Flu” killed 50-100 million people,
including many soldiers.
Exclusive: The
Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55003.htm
by Ken Klippenstein
"The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing."
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From: Cat McGuire [mailto:cat@catmcguire.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject: Cynthia McKinney discusses coronavirus
Cynthia
McKinney was guest speaker at a monthly conference call I belong to. Read my
notes. Lots of interesting nuggets :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Kf9EnXTXsroNEb_OIL3LQNlCtJwfbS2/view?usp=sharing
C M
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f.
Snowden warns
new surveillance measures will outlast the coronavirus
https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/25/snowden-warns-the-surveillance-states-were-creating-now-will-outlast-the-coronavirus/
by Thomas Macaulay
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From:
newsfromunderground@googlegroups.com
[mailto:newsfromunderground@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 8:16 PM
To: newsfromunderground
Subject: [MCM] No, no, no, no, Building 7 was NOT destroyed by fire: U Alaska's
final report definitively wipes out the official story
As we're all reeling here in lockdown, variously
shattered by the COVID-19 story,
and its awesome exploitation by the Powers That Be, let's
recall the last time an
unprecedented horror was
used to keep us all in line—and note this latest proof
that it was
bogus.
9/11 was a killer, and so is this new coronavirus. The urgent questions then are
still germane: Who
was behind it, and to what ends?
MCM
WTC 7 Not
Destroyed by Fire, Concludes Final University of Alaska Fairbanks Report
The destruction of
the 47-story World Trade Center Building 7 in New York City late in the
afternoon of September 11, 2001, was not a result of fires, according to
the much-anticipated final report issued
today by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The UAF team’s findings, which were
the result of a four-year computer modeling study of the tower’s collapse,
contradict those of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
which concluded in a 2008 report that WTC 7 was the first tall building ever to
collapse primarily due to fire.
“Our study found that the fires in
WTC 7 could not have caused the observed collapse,” said Professor Leroy
Hulsey, the study’s principal investigator. “The only way it could have fallen
in the observed manner is by the near-simultaneous failure of every column.”
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10 MORE Experts Criticising
the Coronavirus Panic
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55002.htm
"Following on from our previous list, here are ten more expert voices, drowned out or disregarded by the mainstream narrative, offering their take on the coronavirus outbreak."
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g.
Protest in Brazil
(March 28, 2020)
Projection sur un
immeuble de San Pablo au Brésil / Photo d'Amanda Perobelli
pour Reuters
Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD)
From: Jim O'Brien via
H-PAD
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject: [H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 3/26/20: Links to recent articles of interest
Links to Recent Articles of Interest
By Andrew Bacevich,
TomDispatch.com, posted March 26
The author is a professor emeritus of
history and international relations at Boston University and president of the
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
"The World's Major Military and Economic Powers Find
Happiness Elusive"
By Lawrence Wittner, Common Dreams,
posted March 25
A short, modest piece comparing military and economic
rankings on the one hand with polls of self-reported happiness on the other. The author
is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany.
"What Our Contagion Fables Are Really About"
By Jill Lepore, The
New Yorker, posted March 23
On the literature of pestilence, from Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year to Albert Camus's The Plague and Jose Saramago's Blindness.The author
teaches history at Harvard University.
"The Cultural Constants of Contagion"
By Ed
Simon, History News Network, posted March 22
Draws parallels between human responses to plagues in world history starting with "Justinian's Plague" in the sixth century. The author is a contributing editor of the History News Network.
By Chris Mackie, The Conversation, posted March 19
The author teaches Classics at La Trobe University.
"A 'Once-in-a-Century Pathogen' :
The 1918 Pandemic and This One"
By Mark Honigsbaum, NYR [New York Review of Books] Daily, posted
March 17
The author is
a medical historian and author of Pandemic Century (Norton,
2019).
"When 'Fake News' Was Banned: An America Trump Might
Have Loved"
By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch.com, posted March 17
On censorship
in the US during and immediately after World War I under President Woodrow
Wilson and Postmaster General Albert Burleson. The author's most recent book is
a biography of Rose Pastor Stokes, one of the dissenters who was
imprisoned under the 1917 Espionage Act.
"12 Ways the US Invasion of Iraq Lives on in
Infamy"
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, CommonDreams.org,
posted March 17
Medea Benjamin is a co-founder of Global
Exchange and CODEPINK; Nicolas Davies is author of Blook on Our Hands: The American Invasion
and Destruction of Iraq.
"As Trump Stumbles in War on Coronavirus
at Home, He Bombs Shiites in Shiite-Ruled Iraq"
By Juan
Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 13
The author
teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan.
"I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times
Ignored Me"
By Leslie M. Harris, Politico, posted March 6
A nuanced essay on the 1619 Project controversy, arguing that the Times series made "avoidable mistakes" but that
"the attacks from its critics are much more dangerous. The author teaches
history at Northwestern University and has written two books on American
slavery.
Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and an anonymous
reader for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be
sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.
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From : Rusti Eisenberg and Prasannan Parthasarathi, Legislative Coordinators at H-PAD :
Emergency
Message: End Sanctions on Iran Now …
As countries around the world cope
with the peril of COVID- 19, the 80 million people of Iran face additional
dangers created by the American sanctions on their country. In the same week
that China and the United Kingdom called for an easing of sanctions, on March
18 the Trump Administration increased them.
Researchers are predicting that if
sanctions are not lifted, at least 3.5 million Iranian lives will be lost.
According to October 2019 Human
Rights Watch report, the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign had “drastically
constrained the ability of Iranian entities to finance humanitarian imports,
including vital medicines and medical equipment.”At this crucial moment, the
perpetuation of the sanctions is making a disastrous situation even worse.
What
Can We Do?
There is now a letter circulating
among members of Congress calling upon Secretary Pompeo
and Secretary Mnuchin to substantially suspend the
sanctions on Iran so that the country is better able to combat the virus. Call
your Representative and Senators at the Congressional Switchboard ( 1-202-224-3121) or at their district/regional offices. If
all else fails, send an email. TIME SENSITIVE
For full text: https://www.niacouncil.org/news/niac-and-25-organizations-urge-trump-to-ease-iran-sanctions-to-combat-coronavirus/
AND
Contact the
US Treasury Department and ask that the sanctions on Iran be lifted.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrIuutm4cIiMiqqHJOxCWenng5GuPIKEp2p9-9RT8Tw62UaQ/viewfor
For more
information, join this Iran Webinar offered by Peace Action. Thursday March 24
between 7-8 PM/
https://masspeaceaction.org/event/coronavirus-time-to-end-us-sanctions-on-iran-webinar/
Articles on Iran situation
https://www.niacouncil.org/news/coronavirus-update-in-iran-3-25/ ***see especially for overview:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/03/19/trump-administration-piles-on-sanctions-as-the-rest-of-the-world-helps-iran-confront-covid-19/
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/03/aoc-sanders-bernie-sanders-and-other-lawmakers-send-letter-to-trump-administration-asking-for-iran-sanctions-relief-amid-covid-19-crisis/
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrIuutm4cIiMiqqHJOxCWenng5GuPIKEp2p9-9RT8Tw62UaQ/viewform
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h.
From: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK
[mailto:info@codepink.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject: Let’s talk to Trita Parsi
Right before coronavirus got bad in the U.S., we were outside the Treasury Department in D.C. protesting the detrimental effects U.S. sanctions are having on Iran’s ability to address the pandemic. Since then, we have been petitioning the World Health Organization and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak out and call for the U.S. to #EndCOVIDsanctions on Iran. Last week we appealed to members of Congress to speak out against the sanctions.
There is one more thing that you can do:
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From: MesOpinions.com
[mailto:noresponse@news.mesopinions.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject: Covid-19 : la population attend des réponses | Pour le
droit à un dépistage massif | Pour la création d'une cellule d'écoute SOS
Confinement
Ensemble, tout devient possible
https://www.mesopinions.com/fr
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j.
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Hospitals gagging doctors and nurses on COVID-19 cases, shortages
of crucial supplies
Why nearly all the doctors quoted in the media are
anonymous—and one major
reason why we're in
the dark about this crisis.
MCM
Hospitals Muzzle
Doctors and Nurses on PPE, COVID-19 Cases
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927541
Alicia Gallegos
March 25, 2020
Over
the past month, an orthopedic surgeon has watched as the crowd of sick patients
at his hospital has grown, while the supply of personal protective equipment
(PPE) for staff has diminished. As he prepares for another day of staffing
testing tents and places his one and only mask across his face, he also
receives a daily reminder from hospital management: Don’t talk about it.
The
surgeon, who works in a COVID-19 hot spot in the Northeast, spoke on the
condition of anonymity for fear of employer retribution.
"It’s
very clear; no one is allowed to speak for the institution or of the
institution," he said in an interview. "We get a daily warning about
being very prudent about posts on personal accounts. They’ve talked about this
with respect to various issues: case numbers, case severity, testing
availability, [and] PPEs."
The
warnings mean staff at the hospital suffer in silence,
unable to share the troubling situation with the public or request assistance
with supplies.
"I
have one mask. We’re expected to reuse them, unless you were exposed or worked
with a known COVID victim," the surgeon said. "However, with the
numbers in our region rapidly increasing, you can’t assume that people don’t
have it or that you don’t have particles on your mask, even if you’re not in a
known quarantine zone within the institution."
As
the COVID-19 health crisis rages on, online platforms have
become a common place for health professionals to lament short supplies, share
concerns, tell stories, and plead for help. But at the same time, other
physicians, nurses, and health care workers are being muzzled by hospital
administrators and threatened with discipline for speaking out about coronavirus caseloads and dwindling supplies. Some worry
the gag orders are muddying the picture of how hospitals are faring in the
pandemic, while placing the safety of frontline workers at risk.
The
silencing of physicians by hospitals about PPE shortages and other COVID-19
issues has become widespread, said Nisha Mehta, MD,
a physician advocate and community leader who writes about PPE on social media.
Physicians are being warned not to speak or post publicly about their COVID-19
experiences, including PPE shortages, case specifics, and the percentage of
full hospital beds, Dr. Mehta said in an interview. In some cases, physicians
who have posted have been forced to take down the posts or have faced
retribution for speaking out, she said.
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“No
greater love hath Trump than to lay down your life for his re-election”
by Richard Wolffe
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k.
Perspectives
on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEr4rmjwd0g&feature=youtu.be
with Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University
(1:02:46)
+
Russia presents Covid-19 TREATMENT based on existing anti-malaria drug
https://www.rt.com/russia/484364-russian-drug-treatment-covid19/
+
by Paul Craig Roberts
Ozone REVERSES Critically Ill COVID Patients in China, and VERY RAPIDLY
l.
Coronavirus: Doctor warns of 'incoming disaster' in Gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-doctor-warns-incoming-disaster-gaza-200325195816841.html
by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
+
Coronavirus: Gaza Strip registers seven new cases
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-palestine-gaza-records-its-seven-cases
by MEE staff
+
From: Leena Dallasheh via H-PAD
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2020
Subject: [H-PAD] EMERGENCY MESSAGE ON GAZA CRISIS
EMERGENCY MESSAGE ON GAZA CRISIS:
COVID-19 has entered the Gaza Strip, endangering thousands of Palestinians. Gaza is densely populated, making physical distancing difficult. Decades of Israeli siege have devastated the infrastructure and crippled the medical system.
It is urgent that medical supplies and other forms of relief be delivered to the residents of Gaza.
TAKE ACTION:
Call your Representative and your Senators and ask them to demand that the Trump Administration release funds that Congress allocated to Gaza via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Your members of Congress can be reached through the Congressional Switchboard (1-202-224-3121) or at their district/regional offices. If all else fails, send an email.
SUPPORT RELIEF EFFORTS:
If you are able to donate, please give to UNRWA via the USA Committee for UNRWA, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Rebuilding Alliance or United Palestinian Appeal.
SOME USEFUL ARTICLES:
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m.
Economic Update: Comedy and Tragedy of Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SR-bfQr3_M
with Lee Camp
(29:25)
+
Bill Gates on coronavirus: We need an 'extreme shutdown' of 6 to 10 weeks
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-on-coronavirus-161803530.html
by Aarthi Swaminathan
+
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman turned $27 million into $2.6 billion by betting that the coronavirus would tank the market
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bill-ackman-hedge-profits-billions-coronavirus-tanks-stock-market-economy-2020-3-1029035562
by Ben Winck
+
COVID-19: We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/03/27/covid-19-we-wont-go-back-to-normal-because-normal-was-the-problem/
by Vijay Prashad
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n.
Pandemic Economics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXXJsQb6d4w
with Richard Wolff
(37:39)
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English
version
NEW
YORK –24 mars 2020 Revue « Project Syndicate »
la version fraçaise
A
Greater Depression? Une super
Grande Dépression?
Par
NOURIEL ROUBINI
(traduit par J-P Juy, ancien
professeur d’économie à l’Université Grenoble-Alpes)
Nouriel Roubini, n’est ni un gauchiste invétéré ni un perdreau de l’année. C’est un professeur d’économie qui appartient à i’un des courants « mainstream » de la la pensée économique, mais loin des plus réactionnaires comme ceux de l’école de Chicago (Milton Friedman). Pour lui, pas d’autre économie envisageable que l’économie de marché capitaliste. Pour dire vite, il est du côté du manche. Aujourd’hui, il d’autant plus intéressant de savoir comment il analyse la situation. A mon humble avis, c’est d’une toute autre tenue que ce que l’on entend sur nos chères ondes nationales « à gauche » y compris.
Roubini est
professeur d'économie à la Stern School of Business
de l'Université de New York et président de Roubini
Macro Associates. Il a joué un rôle important comme conseiller économique du
gouvernement US lors de la crise de 2008. Il a pour mérite inégalable d’avoir
été un des très rares à voir venir la crise des subprimes des USA en 2007-2008. Il a été par ailleurs économiste principal
pour les affaires internationales au Conseil des conseillers économiques de la
Maison Blanche pendant l'administration Clinton. Il a travaillé pour le Fonds
monétaire international, la Réserve fédérale américaine et la Banque mondiale.
Son site Web est NourielRoubini.com. Ce curriculum de N. Roubini
plaide pour qu’aujourd’hui on s’arrête quelques instants pour lire ce qu’il
tient à dire de la crise en cours.
Un
petit peu difficile, mais plus haut intérêt !!! Vous ne serez pas déçus et je pourrai
répondre (dans la mesure de mes
compétences) à vos demandes d’explications. Confinement oblige.
Bonne
lecture. J-P J.
La
traduction est faite avec les moyens du bord accompagnées
de quelques notes explicatives de mon
cru.
« Avec
la pandémie de COVID-19 qui échappe toujours à tout contrôle, l’issue économique la plus favorable que l'on puisse
espérer est une récession plus profonde que celle qui a suivi la crise
financière de 2008. (C’est moi qui souligne .)
Mais compte tenu de la réponse politique à l’emporte-pièce (flailing policy, flail= fléau !)) menée
jusqu’ici, la probabilité d'une issue bien pire augmente de jour en jour.
« Le
choc causé à l'économie mondiale par COVID-19 a été à la fois plus rapide et
plus grave que la crise financière mondiale (GFC en anglais)) de 2008 et même
que la Grande Dépression (1929-1950). Au cours de ces deux épisodes précédents,
les marchés boursiers se sont effondrés de 50% ou plus, les marchés du crédit ont gelé, des faillites massives ont suivi, les taux
de chômage ont grimpé au-dessus de 10% et le PIB s'est contracté à un taux
annualisé de 10% ou plus. Mais tout cela a pris environ trois ans pour se
concrétiser. Dans la crise actuelle, des résultats macroéconomiques et financiers
tout aussi désastreux se sont matérialisés en trois semaines.
Tout
au début du mois, il n'a fallu que 15 jours au marché boursier américain pour
plonger dans une phase phase de recul des cours
-marché baissier- (une baisse de 20% par rapport à son sommet). C’est la baisse
la plus rapide jamais enregistrée. Aujourd'hui, les marchés sont en
baisse de 35%, les marchés du crédit se sont resserrés et les écarts de taux
(comme ceux des obligations à haut risque)
ont atteint leur niveau de 2008. Même les grandes entités financières
consacrées telles que Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan et Morgan Stanley s'attendent à
une baisse du PIB américain de 6% en rythme annualisé pour le premier
trimestre, et de 24% à 30% au second. Le secrétaire américain au Trésor, Steve Mnuchin, a averti que le taux de chômage pourrait monter en
flèche au-dessus de 20% (deux fois le niveau record de la Crise de 2008).
En d'autres termes, chaque composante de la demande globale - consommation,
dépenses en capital, exportations - est en chute libre. C’est une
chute libre sans précédent. Alors que la
plupart des commentateurs soucieux surtout de leurs propres intérêts
prévoyaient un ralentissement en forme de V - chute brutale de la production
pendant un trimestre puis reprise rapide le lendemain -, il devrait maintenant
être clair que la crise du COVID-19 est tout autre chose. La contraction
actuellement en cours ne semble être ni en V, ni en U, ni en L (forte baisse
suivie de stagnation). Ce ralentissement ressemble plutôt à un I: une ligne
verticale représentant les marchés financiers et l'économie réelle
s’effondrant.
Même pendant la Grande Dépression et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'essentiel de
l'activité économique n'a pas cessé complètement, comme c'est le cas
aujourd'hui en Chine, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Le meilleur scénario serait un ralentissement moins abrupt que lors de 2008
(en termes de réductions cumulées de la production mondiale) mais de plus
courte durée, permettant un retour à une croissance positive d'ici au
quatrième trimestre de cette année. Dans ce cas, les marchés commenceraient à
se redresser avec l’apparition du bout du tunnel.
Mais le scénario du meilleur des cas suppose plusieurs conditions.
Premièrement, les États-Unis, l'Europe et d'autres économies fortement touchées
devraient déployer des mesures de dépistage, de traçage et de traitement du
COVID-19 à grande échelle, des quarantaines forcées et un verrouillage à grande
échelle du type de celui que la Chine a mis en œuvre. Et, comme il pourrait
falloir 18 mois pour qu'un vaccin soit développé et produit à grande échelle,
les antiviraux et autres thérapies devront être déployés à grande échelle.
Deuxièmement, les décideurs de la politique
monétaire - qui ont déjà effectué en moins d'un mois ce qui leur avait pris
trois ans à mettre en œuvre après la crise de 2008 (GFC )
- doivent continuer à mettre à la poubelle les mesures impropres à remédier à
la crise. Cela signifie des taux d'intérêt nuls ou négatifs; une politique
monétaire résolue dans ses objectifs, l’achat sous conditions par la banque
centrale d’actifs privés bancaires ou non, d’abonder le marché de
disponibilités monétaires et de facilitations de crédits pour soutenir les
banques, les marchés monétaires et même les grandes sociétés (en rachetant du
papier commercial et des titres). La Réserve fédérale américaine a élargi ses
lignes de swaps[1] (prêts de devises) sur les marchés mondiaux,
mais nous avons maintenant besoin de plus de moyens pour encourager les banques
à prêter aux petites et moyennes entreprises à court de liquidités mais encore
solvables.
Troisièmement, les gouvernements doivent déployer des mesures de
relance budgétaire massives, notamment au moyen d’ «helicopter drops» [2] par
des versements directs en espèces aux ménages. Compte tenu de l'ampleur du choc
économique, les déficits budgétaires des économies avancées devront passer de 2
à 3% du PIB à environ 10% ou plus. Seuls les gouvernements centraux ont les
moyens d’empêcher l’effondrement du secteur privé.
Mais ces interventions financées par le déficit doivent être entièrement monétisées
(mises
directement à disposition des agents économiques). S'ils sont financés par la
dette publique standard, les taux d'intérêt augmenteraient fortement et la
reprise serait étouffée au berceau. Compte tenu des circonstances, les
interventions proposées depuis longtemps par l’aile gauche des tenants de la
théorie monétaire moderne, y compris les largages d'hélicoptères, sont devenues
courantes. (Ce
qui, en d’autres termes peut signifier qu’il n’y pas d’autre choix possible que
de distribuer du pouvoir d’achat… « quoi qu’il en
coûte ! »)
Malheureusement, dans le meilleur des cas, la réponse en matière de santé publique
dans les économies avancées est bien insuffisante à ce qu’il serait nécessaire
pour contenir la pandémie, et le paquet de politique budgétaire actuellement
débattu n'est ni assez important ni assez rapide pour créer les conditions
d'une récupération en temps opportun. En tant que tel, le risque d'une nouvelle
Grande Dépression, pire que l'originale - une super
Grande Dépression - augmente de jour en jour.
À moins que la pandémie ne soit stoppée, les économies et les marchés du monde entier
poursuivront leur chute libre. Mais même si la pandémie est plus ou moins
contenue, la croissance globale pourrait ne pas revenir d'ici la fin de 2020.
Après tout, d'ici là, une autre saison virale est très susceptible de commencer
avec de nouvelles mutations; les interventions thérapeutiques sur lesquelles
beaucoup comptent peuvent se révéler moins efficaces que prévu. Ainsi, les
économies se contracteront à nouveau et les marchés s'effondreront à nouveau.
En outre, la réponse budgétaire pourrait se heurter à un mur si la
monétisation des déficits massifs commence à produire une inflation élevée, en
particulier si une série de chocs d'offre négatifs, liés au virus réduit la
croissance potentielle. Et de nombreux pays ne peuvent tout simplement pas
effectuer de tels emprunts dans leur propre monnaie. Qui va renflouer les
gouvernements, les entreprises, les banques et les ménages dans les marchés
émergents?
En tout état de cause, même si la pandémie et les
retombées économiques étaient maîtrisées, l'économie mondiale pourrait encore
être soumise à une queue de risques (probabilité pour un investisseur de subir
des pertes extrêmes) du fait de «cygnes blancs»[3] . À l'approche des élections
De
même, comme je l'ai expliqué précédemment, les marchés sous-estiment largement
le risque d'une guerre entre les États-Unis et l'Iran cette année; la
détérioration des relations sino-américaines s'accélère alors que chaque partie
reproche à l'autre l'ampleur de la pandémie de COVID-19. La crise actuelle
devrait accélérer la balkanisation et l'effondrement de l'économie mondiale en
cours dans les mois et les années à venir.
Ce « trifecta » de risques – (c’est à dire, conjonction de :) pandémies incontrôlées, arsenaux de politique
économique insuffisants et cygnes blancs géopolitiques - suffira à faire
basculer l'économie mondiale dans une dépression persistante et un effondrement
des marchés financiers. Après le krach de 2008, une réponse énergique (quoique
différée) a tiré l'économie mondiale de l'abîme. Nous ne serons peut-être pas
aussi chanceux cette fois.
[1]Because bank funding markets (marché du financement bancaire (
funding= financement)) are global and have at times
broken down, disrupting the provision of credit to households and businesses in
the United States and other countries, the Federal Reserve has entered into
agreements to establish central bank liquidity swap lines with a number of
foreign central banks. Two types of swap lines were established: dollar
liquidity lines and foreign-currency liquidity lines. The swap lines are
designed to improve liquidity conditions in dollar funding m :arkets in the United States and abroad by providing foreign
central banks with the capacity to deliver U.S. dollar funding to institutions
in their jurisdictions during times of market stress.
Source : Board of
Governors of the Federal System Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_liquidityswaps.htm
[2]
Le
concept de monnaie hélicoptère a été défini pour la première fois par
l’économiste américain Milton Friedman. Il y développait une métaphore : les autorités
monétaires impriment des billets et les jettent d’un hélicoptère dans les rues.
Pisani-Ferry, conseiller de Macron, en est partisan.
Jusqu’où peut aller leur magnanimité… pour sauver le
capitalisme ?
Le Quantitative easing (QE)
et l'hélicoptère monétaire impliquent tous les deux de la création monétaire par
la banque centrale. Avec le QE, la banque centrale crée des réserves qu'elle
utilise immédiatement pour acheter des actifs financiers tels que des
obligations. Il y a donc un transfert d'actif et un impact très indirect sur
l'économie réelle.
En revanche avec l'hélicoptère monétaire, la banque
centrale distribue directement l'argent qu'elle crée, sans obtenir d'actif en
contrepartie. C'est donc une forme de création monétaire plus directe.
[3]
Nouriel Roubini définit comme suit les
« cygnes blancs = white swans » ; Feb 17, 2020 :
« In my 2010 book, Crisis Economics, I defined financial crises not as the “black
swan” events that Nassim Nicholas Taleb described in his eponymous bestseller, but as “white swans.” According to Taleb, black swans are events that emerge unpredictably,
like a tornado, from a fat-tailed statistical distribution. But I argued that
financial crises, at least, are more like hurricanes: they are the predictable
result of built-up economic and financial vulnerabilities and policy
mistakes. »
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/white-swan-risks-2020-by-nouriel-roubini-2020-02
[4] Dénomination officielle instituée par le
Pentagone pour désigner les puissances opposées à la politique internationale
US ! Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54074.htm
+
En France, le Covid-19 restaure les fractures des “gilets jaunes”
par Richard Werly
+
Economic
collapse, massive stimulus and massive debt
by Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris
(38:32)
+
Capitalism
is making a mess of the coronavirus crisis
with Richard Wolff
(2:00)
===========
o.
Mehdi
Hasan and Jeremy Scahill on
the Coronavirus, the “Bailout,” and the 2020 Election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Cwazo9Dhc
(32:00)
+
"We
will overcome the coronavirus crisis, but we have
more serious crises ahead of us"
https://www.pressenza.com/2020/03/noam-chomsky-we-will-overcome-the-coronavirus-crisis-but-we-have-more-serious-crises-ahead-of-us/
with Noam Chomsky
(32:56)
===========
p.
Brady
Bond solution for America’s Economic Crisis and Unpayable
Corporate Debt*
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54070.htm
by Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts
+
The
Trump recession is coming, here’s how we can prepare
with Robert Reich
(4:27)
===========
q.
Yemen-
‘Coronavirus
Will KILL Us!’ End the Yemen War!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEO8mTDlqg
by David Heymann, American
infectious disease epidemiologist and Public Health Expert at the London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
(26:38)
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r.
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Bill Gates is using
"charity" to fatten corporations—and control the world
Also—though
unmentioned in this article—his "charity" is a eugenic enterprise,
deployed to whittle down the global population, by numbers
that would made
Adolf Hitler envious.
MCM
Bill
Gates’s Charity Paradox
A Nation investigation
illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion charitable
enterprise.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-gates-foundation-philanthropy/
By Tim Schwab
MARCH
17, 2020
Last fall, Netflix premiered a three-part documentary that promises
viewers a rare look at the inner life of one of history’s most controversial
businessmen. Over three hours, Inside
Bill’s Brain shows us a rare emotional side to Bill Gates as he
processes the loss of his mother and the death of his estranged best
friend and Microsoft cofounder, Paul Allen.
Mostly,
though, the film reinforces the image many of us already had of the ambitious technologist,
insatiable brainiac, and heroic philanthropist. Inside Bill’s
Brain falls into a common trap: attempting to understand the
world’s second-richest human by interviewing people in his sphere of financial
influence.
In
the first episode, director Davis Guggenheim underlines Gates’s
expansive intellect by interviewing Bernie Noe, described
as a friend of Gates.
===========
s.
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Subject: [MCM] On Bill Gates' "plannedemic": A piece that's been scrubbed from the
Internet
Even
ZeroHedge has taken it down.
The
stuff about Trump is dubious, but the first half, on Bill Gates, is must
reading.
Sun,
03/29/2020 - 23:55
A
PLAN YOU CAN’T TRUST!
For
the past decade, Bill gates has been warning
us about an inevitable pandemic. Conditioning us. Getting us used to the idea.
Last
year, he even held a summit on the matter and ran computer simulations to
predict outcomes. Why did a former computer nerd and mogul become so
interested in vaccination and disease?
Possibly
because he’s worth over $100 billion and thinks he owns the world. He also
wants to make an impact on humanity. Getting rid of excess humanity, that is. Bill’s
father was once the head of Planned Parenthood. He comes from a eugenics
background. Gates frets about world population growth. Is it any wonder he
pushes Monsanto’s GMO food as well as harmful vaccines?
Apparently
Bill’s computer simulations discovered that people would easily fold under
government pressure combined with an unseen enemy. Billions of people are
under lockdown right now. Half the world is shut down. Gates must marvel at how
easy it was to do it. Things are going according to plan. They can’t
control us physically, but he can control us mentally through
fear drummed into our brains 24/7 by mass media.
The
coronavirus is real, but we’ve had many waves of flu
viruses throughout the years. Many thousands
die each year from the flu. Our elderly and infirm are the hardest hit.
This
time the deaths are being magnified by the Fear Porn Channels.
Statistics
are controlled and manipulated to produce panic and hysteria.
The
Democrats failed with their Russia collusion lie. They failed with
impeachment. They are all for this hysteria because they can blame it all on
Trump.
Trish
Regan was just fired from Fox Business Network because she called out concerns
that the Chinese coronavirus was just another attempt
to impeach President Donald Trump.
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That
was too close to the truth for Fox. They fired her.
We
now have social distancing to further divide the human race - as if we were all
some sort of disease in need of eradication. The corrupt WHO and CDC have us
controlled like puppets on strings. We obey without question. Citizens are
not allowed to question medical ‘authorities’ without fearing censorship
or ridicule. When the time comes for a mandatory vaccine, people will
already have become conditioned to obey the medical ‘authorities,’ and it’s all
going according to plan.
But
some plans have a way of not working out as planned.
https://www.zerohedge.com/politic
Gates
is a mass murderer who deserves to be prosecuted and imprisoned for life.
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t.
Noam
Chomsky on the Coronavirus: “It's a colossal market
failure”
(33:17)
+
Roots
of Nazi Ideology
(11:00)
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u.
Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD)
From: Jim O'Brien via H-PAD
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020
Subject: [H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 4/2/20:
Website addition; Links to recent articles of interest
Note:
The H-PAD sponsored website U.S. Foreign
Policy History & Resource Guide has added a lengthy and well-illustrated
essay on The Post-Cold War Era, 1989-2001 by
Brian D'Haeseleer, Jeremy Kuzmarov,
and Roger Peace, covering the Panama invasion of 1989 and the Persian Gulf War
of 1991, among other topics..
Links
to Recent Articles of Interest
"How America' s Newspapers Covered Up a Pandemic"
By
Walter Shapiro, New Republic, posted March 31
On
how the government and major newspapers played down the existence of raging
2018 flu epidemic in the last months of World War I, even as 195,000 Americans
fell victim to the flu in October 1918 along.
"Pandemics and the Shape of Human History"
By
Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, posted March 30
(April 6 issue)
"Just
as there are many ways for microbes to infect a body, there are many ways for
epidemics to affect the body politic." The examples go back to Classic
times.
"Trump Bashed Immigrants, But Nearly 1/3 of US Doctors
Are Immigrants, on Pandemic Front Lines"
By
Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 30
The
author teaches history at the University of Michigan.
"Fighting Virus with the Wrong Tools"
By
Catherine Lutz and Neta C. Crawford, The Hill, posted
March 28
On the extreme disproportion between spending on the military and
on the safety and health of the population. The authors are co-directors
of the Cost of War Project at Brown University.
By
Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 28
Based on a report by the Israeli peace organization Btselem. The author teaches history at the
University of Michigan.
"How Some Cities 'Flattened the Curve' During the 1918
Flu Epidemic"
By
Nina Strochlic and Riley D. Champine,
National Geographic, posted March 27
"Social
distancing isn't a new idea - it saved thousands of American lives during the
last great pandemic. Here's how it worked."
"Illness & Crisis, from Medieval Plague Tracts to
Covid-19"
By
Spencer Strub, NYR [New York Review of Books[ Daily, posted March 25
The
author is a medievalist who teaches in the Harvard College Writing Program.
"Analyzing the Patterns in Trump's Falsehoods about
Coronavirus"
By
Linda Qiu, New York Times, posted March
27
By
Lee Fang, The Intercept, posted March 27
The
author is an investigative journalist who was the first to expose the
billionaire Koch brothers' role in financing the Tea Party movement.
"Prisons and Public Health: Governor Cuomo Must Let Out
Thousands or Many Will Die"
By
Susan Reverby, New York Daily News, posted
March 27
Thanks
to Rusti Eisenberg, Roger Peace, and an anonymous reader for suggesting
articles for the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.
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v.
Animated
History Lessons on the “Spanish Flu”
The
Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Explained (Short Animated Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nISQbh8rrv8&feature=youtu.be
(4:48)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - Emergence - Extra History - #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9WX4qVxEo
(9:20)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - Trench Fever - Extra History - #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-VQGNiSWU
(9:30)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - Order More Coffins - Extra History - #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHlYBBZL_y8
(10:09)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - Fighting the Ghost - Extra History - #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHGz4QvDVlM
(9:52)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - Leviathan - Extra History - #5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSxaojFNAsU
(10:26)
The
1918 Flu Pandemic - The Forgotten Plague - Extra History - #6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLKFwXBdbg
(10:24)
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Spanish
Flu: a warning from history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1aLAw_xkY
(11:02)
November
30, 2018.
The 1918 Spanish Flu-A Conspiracy of Silence | Mysteries of the Microscopic World
Part 1 of 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MHT5xTkL2g
(28:20)
March
26, 2020
Part
2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkgQQaVgqMw
(29:18)
March
27, 2020.
Part
3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRU3RFZWY8I
(27:37)
March
28, 2020.
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From: Medea & Leonardo, CODEPINK
[mailto:info@codepink.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020
Subject: EMERGENCY: Trump wants a war
during COVID19!
Dear fancis,
President
Trump just used what was meant to be a press conference about his late and
grossly inadequate response to COVID19 to announce a naval deployment to
Venezuela — a major step towards a new war during this global pandemic!
Trump did it only one day after telling the country that we need to prepare
for 100,000 to 240,000 deaths. Wagging the dog — distracting from a
scandal or a calamity by shifting focus to something entirely unrelated — is
a tried and true political maneuver and we can’t let Trump get away with it.
Venezuelan lives are in the balance, U.S. lives are in the balance, and world
health and safety is in the balance. Act now!
Add your name to the demand for NO WAR ON VENEZUELA!
Trump claims
that he must deploy the military to Venezuela in order to stem the flow of
narcotics and HE even had the gall to justify his naval deployment as part of
the war on COVID19 itself! WHAT IS HE SMOKING?
You don’t need
us to tell you how incompetent the Trump administration’s response to COVID19
has been. We’ve all either seen it or felt it directly and now he’s sending
us on the path to war in order to distract us from the uncertainty and danger
we’re facing and the negligent, even criminal responses that the Federal
government has (or hasn’t) taken thus far.
This latest
move is yet another step in Trump’s threat to “smash” and destroy the
legitimately elected government of Venezuela. Last week, his
administration indicted Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro
on bogus drug charges and put out a $15 million dollar reward for information
leading to his capture. Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper
recently met with Venezuela’s neighbors Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (who has called
COVID-19 a “measly cold and is the only major world leader still refusing to
shut down his country) and Colombian President Ivan Duque — suggesting that
something even more ominous is in the works. The State Department is also
using more aggressive rhetoric, declaring that the “Monroe Doctrine 2.0” is
in effect and vowing to apply “maximum pressure”, as CODEPINK recently warned.
In addition to
the naval deployment, Trump plans to intensify the sanctions on Venezuela,
which, according to former U.N. special rapporteur
Alfred de Zayas, have already killed 100,000
innocent civilians in Venezuela.
Trump’s
justification for the naval deployment is an alleged plot by Maduro to “flood the streets” of the United States with
cocaine. This is preposterous, as the U.S. government’s own statistics show
that 90% of the cocaine in the U.S. — which is the world’s biggest consumer
of cocaine — comes from Colombia, the world’s biggest producer. Venezuela
doesn’t even produce cocaine. At worst, it’s a transit country, but less than
7% of cocaine in the U.S. has flowed through Venezuela. If cocaine was really
the issue, the Navy would be deployed to the Pacific, where 84% of it is
trafficked, as CODEPINK pointed out in this article. The Venezuelan
government denounced the deployment as an “aggression”, but also said they
are willing to “lend any necessary cooperation and coordination aimed at
containing the advance of drug trafficking groups and organized crime in the
region.” Venezuela has complained for decades about drugs and cartels flowing
out of Colombia and the horrible consequences this brings for Venezuelans. If
this were really about drugs, why wouldn’t Trump take them up on the offer to
face this problem together?
Trump is also
blaming Venezuela for the U.S. opioid epidemic,
which he claims is exacerbating the spread of COVID19. Trump & co. must
think we’re stupid enough to buy his false war during a pandemic! Don’t let Trump wag the dog and tell him to keep his
Hands Off Venezuela!
In solidarity
with the Venezuelan people and everyone around the world suffering from
COVID19,
Medea, Leonard, Ariel, Ann, Asia, Ayanni,
Camille, Carley, Caty,
Cody, Emily, Jodie, Kelsey, Leonardo, Makena, Medea, Michelle, Nancy, Paki, Teri, and Yousef
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From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Ozone therapy appears to cure COVID-19 patients—even very ill
ones—in China
Yet another
therapy that promises to obviate any need for the vaccine that
Bill Gates,
Dr. Fauci, WHO, the New York Times and all the
rest of "our free
press" are weirdly keen to see injected—forcibly, whenever
necessary—into
the whole human race.
MCM
April 2, 2020
Dr. Rowen: Ozone REVERSES Critically Ill COVID Patients in
China, and VERY RAPIDLY
Dr. Robert J. Rowen
Just Received. Ozone REVERSES Critically Ill COVID
Patients in China, and VERY RAPIDLY
If I were given a chance, I strongly believe we could end this nightmare
in a few weeks and restore the economy.
My comments are in brackets [ ]
Ozone Autohemotherapy—-A new trial for Novel coronavirus pneumonia
Patient gender: male, 56 years old. He was sent to hospital due to the
fever symptom. The nucleic acid testing for the Novel coronavirus
was positive, PaO2 74.8mmHg, [Rowen note- this
number, 74.8 indicates gravely diseased lungs. The number should be near 100]
oxygenation index 80.43, SaO2 95%, Chest CT: ground—glass opacity [really
really bad]. The patient was a critical patient.
Specialist consultation team decided to use Ozone Autohemotherapy
as follows: ozone concentration 30ug/ml, draw 100ml blood from the patient and
mix the blood with the ozone, then transfuse the blood into the body.
The index after 3 hours, PaO2 99.2mmHg [outstanding improvement, only in
3 hours], oxygenation index 132.3, SaO2 98% [this is saturation of blood. 98%
is just fine].
The patient felt good, and had a relieved symptom. [Not bad for a
critical patient]
After 10 pass of the Ozone Autohemotherapy,
PaO2 134mmHg, oxygenation index 462, SaO2 100% (2LPM oxygen flow Nasal Tube in
Oxygen Treatment)
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Subject: News from Airstrip One: UK crackdown on "fake news" and "harmful content".
Britain goes Chinese—as the US is also doing, albeit (so far) incrementally,
and through its corporate surrogates, with Facebook/Google/YouTube/Twitter
variously cleansing our faux-commons of what they call "misinformation,"
meaning any facts, images and/or theories that contradict, or just diverge
from, the State Narrative.
However dangerous COVID-19 is, this blackout on all dissident material
is far worse.
MCM
Coronavirus: Fake news crackdown by UK government
I
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52086284
30 March 2020
The government is cracking down on “misinformation”
about the coronavirus pandemic.
A rapid response unit within the
Cabinet Office is working with social media firms to remove fake news and
harmful content.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said
action was needed "to stem the spread of falsehoods and rumours, which could cost lives".
The specialist unit is dealing with
as many as 10 incidents each day.
It will try to tackle a range of
issues online, such as fake "experts" issuing false medical
information and criminals running phishing scams.
Last Tuesday, for example, hours
after the government started sending texts urging people to stay at home,
several fake versions of the message began circulating on social media.