Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.
This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.
So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.
This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.
A Lieutenant of the Reserve from the German Army faces down the Police with the German Constitution.
https://youtu.be/SW-CZZe7Wvk
That is the type of leader the Germans need, hopefully others like him will stand up and be counted.
South Africa government refuse pandemic aid to Poor Whites | Calls them Racist on SABC
So, I’m hearing this question being asked that truly is the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. Did the Chinese knowingly allow international flights to leave Wuhan while at the same time restricting similar flights from Wuhan to the inside of China, and did they do it for the purpose of crippling our economies and putting them in first place? I sure as hell hope not. That would be an unvarnished act of war and would require an extremely hostile reaction if it were true. People had better be extremely careful before they go asking that question too often and too loosely. It would mean that we are at war already and do not know it…
You just need to look at the Flights in and out from Wuhan into your Country.
I for instance checked Flight-schedules from Wuhan to South Africa in February, and there were dozens of Flights going back and forth DAILY.
How else do you explain the Outbreak in Italy, that was brought to bear by a Chinese Couple that had returned from Wuhan?
Thank you for responding with a first-hand international account.
Did your research prove beyond any doubt that the Chinese government actually did that on purpose or is it just a fuck-up? ‘Cause if they did it on purpose that is one helluva spicy meatball…
Shave with Occam’s razor, they did it deliberately and we have to accept this fact and fight bock. This isn’t a military war (although that may be coming) but is a war of shadows. Their well developed Propaganda Machine is busy spreading the idea that anyone that thinks this was deliberate actions is crazy. They hope this is what we will believe because they don’t want the rest of the world to be pissed and China and ready to take revenge as soon as htey are capable of doing so.
People taking your position are one of the reasons the Cold War took so long to win and why we have accepted 30 years of economic war attacks and done nothing to fight back.
We fight back and win or we become client states (slaves) of the Chinese Communist Party.
Chris the smoking guns are laying all over the place, the cell phone data that shows the lab being shut down for a couple of weeks shows when the Chinese became aware of the leak.
The arrests of the Doctors trying to warn people about the virus and its dangers shows the intent to hide the existence of the virus.
The stopping of the internal travel from Wuhan and the entire Hubei province proves they were trying to prevent the internal spread of the virus.
The allowing of international flights during that time period proves that at best they had depraved indifference for the rest of the world.
The purchasing of so much of the worlds PPE and hoarding it shows depraved indifference to the lives of the rest of the world.
China through their stealing of Intellectual Property from everyone and their predatory lending and colonization of countries that produce the raw materials. As well of their predatory actions of trying to get all of the worlds manufacturing moved into China have been waging economic war against the entire world.
The thing you have to remember is that this economic war is a WAR an “UNRESTRICTED WARFARE” WAR. They have been waging this war for 30 years and the rest of the world ignored their actions. Donald Trump is one of the few people in power that recognized this fact and when elected President he set about fighting the Chinese using economics as a weapon.
The facts stated above show that China deliberately apread the Wuhan Flu around the world. This was the Worlds “Pearl Habor” incident, it and the actions of the Chinese in selling the hoarded medical equipment (often in such poor state they were unsuable) show their intent. If you are waiting for a signed and sealed document from the Chinese Government declaring war on the world and admitting what htey are doing you will not get this. You will never get that and you won’t find documented evidence until after the fall of the CCP and a new government in China producing the documents trying to prove that they are being open and honest.
We either accept that this was a act of war (the spreading of the virus, the release was accidental) and fight this as a war of survival, or we surrender to China and become client states.
This is a war of shadows, wew will never get documented evidence until we win the war and even then a lot of people will say the evidence was forged to justify our actions.
Good summary.
During Trump’s interview with Bartiromo, he mentioned possible delisting of Chinese companies from stock exchange. He also passed a subtle message to Boris Johnson that these unverified Chinese companies would file with the UK stock exchange.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma is a nervous man. Trump is working this from many angles.
Trump knows we can’t get into the kinetic phase of this war just yet so he is trying to rally our friends and allies to take the economic war to China. This is one of the things China fears, they know that it looks like Trump is going to be re-elected despite everything they and the Russians are doing. Once Trump is re-elected he becomes a lame Duck President that doesn’t have to stand for re-election. That is what all of our internal and external enemies are afraid of, Trump with nothing to lose.
People had better be extremely careful before they go asking that question too often and too loosely…
You betcha.
Thanks for the succinct charge list, Richard.
Chris’ point is central. We’re in a pickle. A war we can’t engage right now with the full response that’s appropriate.
Because:
– – Medical resources – short- medium- term: no way to scale up, no alternative suppliers.
– – Enemy within, extensive infiltration
– – Political crisis imminent, changes in November, uncertainty at home and abroad.
– – etc.
So we do what we can, what I believe PTrump is already doing in his own, inimitable way.
• Mobilize to provide for existential requirements.
• Seek consensus with friendly nations. The wobblies will follow – more or less.
• Firm up the domestic case. Reach out beyond the Prez’s base to affirm facts, not get tied up in nonsense distractions.
• Recognize firehosing tactics for what they are. Who’s pushing them?
• We know not to trust MSM. But don’t swallow foreign propaganda whole, either. That includes Epoch Times.
Thank You for adding that on, I should have remembered to do that but was worried about Tara and forgot. She thanks you for your info and says she is following your instructions.
Yes they did, people got off planes in Toronto and walked out of the terminals. Justine reassured us they were self isolating. That made me feel all warm and fuzzy, just like everything else this feckless freak says. If something does not change soon, there will be no Canada left, just chaos.
The way things are going the entire world will be in Chaos in the near future by being one of the first nations to fall into chaos you can be called a trend setter. (sarc off)
Muslim double murderer in Austria mocks his victims and claims: “Only Allah can judge me!”
Jamal A., the allegedly Afghan-born double murderer of Wullowitz, is said to be mocking his victims, an aid worker for asylum seekers and a farmer, according to media reports in prison. He would have no regrets. And only Allah could judge him.
The 33-year-old Afghan had slit the throat of a 32-year-old Red Cross helper. “In revenge”, as he had now expressed it. Allegedly David N. had arranged that he was no longer allowed to work in the old clothes collection of the community. His first victim lost the fight for his life after a few days in hospital.On the run, Jamal A. passed a farmhouse. There he murdered the old farmer Franz G. The newspaper Heute quoted the suspected double murderer with the words that the farmer had not been willing to give him his car. This was his death sentence. Somehow he thought it was “not good” that the two people had to die because of him, but “they have only themselves to blame for their death”. He would have no regrets. He would be in daily contact with Allah and only Allah could judge him. A. is defended by the “star lawyer” Astrid Wagner, who has represented many Muslim criminals, such as the Graz amok driver Alen R. Very worth seeing in this context is also Stefan Magnet’s highly acclaimed video from 21st of October. It was about the threat of legal action by lawyer Astrid Wagner against everyone who calls her Muslim client a “murderer”.
https://medforth.blog/2020/05/18/muslim-double-murderer-in-austria-mocks-his-victims-and-claims-only-allah-can-judge-me/
Also, in my daily internet hydroxychloroquine search, I am finally starting to see the beginnings – just the beginnings – of a crack in the anti-hydroxy Jihad as more people cannot help noticing Turkey’s success in dealing with the coronavirus and the fact that they use the Hydroxychloroquine/Z-PAC/zinc combo on practically everybody as a first response. The machine wants that to be not true but it is true, damn it! The machine is hoping that another drug will come along that works better than quinine so they can bury it and make sure it is never mentioned again except as a means of ridiculing Donald Trump but surely the world will bend toward Turkey’s position as they seek to solve the crisis in their own countries. Are they really ready to let their people die rather than let Donald Trump get the brownie points that might just win him the election…?
You know, this hydroxychloroquine deception might well blow up right around election time and make the Democrats look like so many neo-Nazis for letting thousands die in the cause of their damn evil anti-Trump propaganda…
https://twitter.com/MarkHoofnagle/status/1256242036015063042?s=09
Seven People Killed, Over 40 Injured in Car Bomb Attack in Eastern Afghanistan, Reports Suggest (sputníknews, May 18, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005181079335844-seven-people-killed-over-40-injured-in-car-bomb-attack-in-eastern-afghanistan—reports/
“At least seven people have been killed and over 40 others injured as a result of a car bomb attack by a suicide bomber near the building of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) special unit in eastern Ghazni Province, Tolo News reported, citing health officials.
According to Tolo News, the attack took place in the early hours of Monday and most of the victims are NDS employees. The Afghan Interior Ministry has confirmed the Ghazni blast, but refused to provide any further details.
“Unfortunately, the terrorists once again attacked a religious centre in Ghazni”, the ministry said as quoted by the broadcaster.
At the same time, no group including the Taliban radical movement has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, the broadcaster said.
The attack comes as part of an escalating cycle of violence between the Kabul government and radical, armed groups headed by the Taliban.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ordered his army to go on the offensive after two attacks earlier in May left scores dead at a maternity ward in Kabul and a funeral in Nangarhar Province, among other attacks.
The government and Taliban are attempting to strike a deal, following an agreement between the US and the militants. which seeks to end nearly two decades of war in the country and facilitate American troop withdrawal.”
GNA Forces Retake Libya’s Strategic Al-Watiya Airbase From Haftar – Reports (sputniknews, May 18, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/africa/202005181079338158-gna-forces-retake-libyas-strategic-al-watiya-airbase-from-haftar—reports/
“The Government of National Accord’s (GNA) forces recaptured the strategic Al-Watiya airbase from the rival Libyan National Army (LNA) on Monday, Turkish media reported, citing the headquarters of Operation Volcano of Rage.
Located near the border with Tunisia, Al-Watiya is deemed as a key base, second only to Mitiga Airport, according to the Anadolu news agency. The base was captured by the LNA back in 2014.
The news comes hours after Turkish media reported that the GNA had shot down an LNA air defense system south of Sirte…”
Cancel Culture: Virtual LGBT Pride Event Shut Down Because Organiser Supported Brexit (breitbart, May 18, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/18/virtual-lgbt-pride-event-cancelled-leftists-because-organiser-supports-brexit/
“In the latest instance of left-wing cancel culture, a virtual LGBT pride parade in the UK has been shut down after activists discovered that the organiser was a supporter of Brexit and had liked tweets from Nigel Farage and free speech campaigner Toby Young…”
French police clash with youths in suburb over man’s death (abcnews, May 18, 2020)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-police-clash-youths-suburb-mans-death-70738737
“Police officers in a Paris suburb have clashed with youths protesting the death of a man in a motorcycle crash, authorities said Monday.
Small fires were set in Argenteuil on Sunday night in anger over the death of the 18 year-old man, police said. He was killed in a crash on Saturday evening in which he wasn’t wearing a motorcycle helmet.
French media reported that friends of the victim blame a nearby police car for contributing to the crash, but there was no elaboration on the cause.
Police didn’t immediately provide further details, saying an investigation was ongoing. But police said the teenager’s death caused simmering tensions over the two-month coronavirus lockdown to boil over.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the protests in which some trash bins were set alight. Some riot police entered a public housing estate to scatter a small demonstration.”
Paris suburb tensions – Police respond to clashes over teen death
Large numbers of police deployed to the Parisian suburb of Argenteuil as tensions high after the death of a teenager in a motorcycle crash. Sabri Choubi, 18 was killed allegedly in a collision with a police car.
Turkish naval chief’s removal from active duty sparks talk of military power struggle (ahvalnews, May 18, 2020)
https://ahvalnews.com/turkish-armed-forces/turkish-naval-chiefs-removal-active-duty-sparks-talk-military-power-struggle
“… In his book “Requirements of Greece: The Problems in the Aegean with Questions and Answers,” Yayc? maintains that Turkey should revive the spirit of the Ottoman Empire and claim sovereignty over some islands and islets in the Aegean…”
Iraq: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (hrw, May 18, 2020)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/18/iraq-human-rights-watch-submission-working-group-enforced-or-involuntary
“According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Iraq has one of the highest numbers of missing people in the world. The International Commission on Missing Persons, which has been working in partnership with the Iraqi government to help recover and identify the missing, estimates that the number could range from 250,000 to one million. Since 2016, Human Rights Watch has been documenting continued enforced disappearances by Iraqi security forces. As far as the organization is aware, authorities in Baghdad and in the Kurdistan Region have done little to punish officers implicated in disappearances…”
COVID 19 has been especially stressful for the Flat Earth Society, they fear social distancing measures could push some people over the edge.
LOL!
Gunfight at Sea as Pirates Open Fire on British Tanker Near Somalia (breitbart, May 18, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/18/gunfight-sea-pirates-open-fire-british-tanker-near-somalia/
“Pirates attacked a UK-flagged chemical tanker off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, Stolt Tankers said.
The vessel’s armed guards exchanged fire with two skiffs manned by six armed pirates, who approached the vessel Stolt Apal at high speed, the company said in a statement.
The vessel’s guards disabled one skiff and ended the pursuit. There were no injuries on board, and only the vessel’s bridge area sustained minor damage from bullets.
The Stolt Apal was around 75 nautical miles (86 miles/140 kilometres) off Yemen’s coast when the attack took place, and it has since resumed its voyage.
This was the ninth reported attack in the Gulf of Aden this year, according to maritime security firm Dryad Global.
Many vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden have armed guards abroad because of the threat of piracy.”
Based Elon Musk
SJWs Freak Out Over White House Press Secretary | Kayleigh McEnany
WHO to kick off international meet amid US-China tensions
The World Health Organization will on Monday kick off its first ever virtual assembly, but fears abound that US-China tensions could derail the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis.
The World Health Assembly, which has been trimmed from the usual three weeks to just two days, Monday and Tuesday, is expected to focus almost solely on COVID-19, which in a matter of months has killed more than 310,000 globally, and infected nearly 4.7 million.
A number of heads of state, government chiefs, health ministers and other dignitaries are expected to attend the meeting, which is due to kick off around noon on Monday.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday the event would be “one of the most important (WHAs) since we were founded in 1948”.
But the chance of reaching agreement on global measures to address the crisis could be threatened by steadily deteriorating relations between the world’s two largest economies over the pandemic.
US President Donald Trump last week threatened to cut ties with China, where the outbreak began late last year, over its role in the spread of COVID-19, and has repeatedly made unproven allegations that the virus originated in a Chinese lab.
He has also suspended funding to the WHO over allegations it initially downplayed the seriousness of the outbreak, and was kowtowing to Beijing.
Despite the tensions, countries hope to adopt by consensus a resolution urging a joint response to the pandemic.
The resolution, tabled by the European Union, calls for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation” of the international response to the COVID crisis.
Consultations around the text concluded last week after “tough” negotiations, according to Nora Kronig, who heads the international affairs division of Switzerland’s public health office.
After several days, a tentative agreement was reached to approve the resolution, which also calls for more equitable access for tests, medical equipment, potential treatments and a possible future vaccine.
– ‘Ambitious’ –
An EU source hailed the draft as “ambitious”, and pointed out that if it does indeed pass by consensus as expected, it would mark the first time a global forum has achieved unanimous support for a text on the COVID-19 response.
The source said countries had not shied away from thorny topics, including a call for more WHO reform after determining that its capacities “have proven insufficient to prevent a crisis of this magnitude”.
The resolution also calls for the WHO to work closely with other international agencies and countries TO IDENTIFY THE ANIMAL SOURCE OF THE VIRUS AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT FIRST JUMPED TO HUMANS.
While diplomats have agreed in principle on the draft resolution, observers voiced concerns that in the current politicised atmosphere, some countries might still choose to break the consensus next week.
“My hope is that we will be able to join consensus,” US Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Andrew Bremberg said Friday.
The United States and Europe are at loggerheads over future vaccine access, while Washington has also accused China of trying to steal US immunisation research.
And Washington is also leading a number of countries in demanding that the WHO end its exclusion of Taiwan — considered by Beijing to be part of its territory — and allow it to access next week’s assembly as an observer.
– Some Taiwan participation a ‘minimum’ –
“While this has been an ongoing concern for several years, this has taken on a heightened attention this year in response to the global pandemic,” Bremberg said.
“Allowing for some sort of meaningful participation would seem to be the minimum that the WHO could do.”
The UN health agency has, however, insisted that such a move would require a resolution by member states, who in 1972 decided Beijing was China’s sole legitimate representative.
It has also suggested it can only issue an invite with Beijing’s blessing.
Taiwan was invited to attend the WHA for a number of years as an observer, but that stopped in 2016, with the entrance of a new Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, who refuses to recognise the concept that Taiwan is part of “one China”.
Nearly 15 countries, including Belize, Guatemala, the Marshall Islands and Honduras, have written to Tedros asking that the question of Taiwan’s participation be added to the agenda.
The United States, which will be represented during the assembly by Health Secretary Alex Azar, is meanwhile not among the countries who are asking the WHA to make a call on the issue of Taiwan’s participation.
Several diplomatic sources cautioned that putting this issue to a vote even under normal conditions would be a drawn-out process, and that doing so during a short, virtual meeting would be an unsurmountable logistical challenge.
It would “torpedo” the entire assembly, one diplomatic source warned.
https://www.jacarandafm.com/news/news/who-kick-international-meet-amid-us-china-tensions/
Taiwan wants to share its COVID-19 expertise, but seat at the table denied by Peking
WHO boss promises independent evaluation of coronavirus response
The director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that an independent evaluation of the agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic will take place.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, said on Monday that the process would begin at the “earliest appropriate moment”.
UN chief slams countries for ignoring WHO advice
I was reading earlier that China Xi Jinping will be offering $2 Billion to the United Nations in its effort to recover from the Wuhan Flu. I call that a ‘bribe’. And now, we see it.
Xi is playing a high stakes game and is risking all that China has in his efforts to ensure that China isn’t the only nation that suffers grave possibly mortal damage by the Wuhan Flu and its economic side effects. He is fighting to keep China in the political game when his best chance of doing that and of personal survival would be to confess all and beg for mercy from Trump. He won’t do that and he will end up paying a price that he really doesn’t way to pay.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres adresses QMUN Delegates
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, addressing the participants of Quarantine Model United Nations’ Second Iteration (QMUN 2.0).
Final days of circuit breaker are hardest, but S’pore must push on: Expert | THE BIG STORY
1,056 views
•May 18, 2020
102
Singapore reports 305 new COVID-19 cases; lower number due to fewer tests processed
China supports comprehensive WHO-led review of global response to COVID-19
Parsing Xi’s reply in direct, concrete terms.
Not following the anchor’s spin, not accepting his interpretation. Let the audience draw its own conclusions.
Yup and since she is in China that takes a lot of guts.
One of my brothers spends a lot of time working in S’pore. Says it’s too hot for me (and too expensive), but it’s a really, truly, wonderful place I’d love.
Because I’m disillusioned with the democracy-thing. Even tempered as it is in the U.S. republic.
Then came Singapore…
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/then-came-singapore/
COVID-19: Singapore schools to resume face-to-face lessons for some students
COVID-19: More companies adopting the use of their own contact tracing apps
148 views
•May 18, 2020
Taiwan slams its exclusion from World Health Assembly
More than 100 countries call for independent inquiry into origins of COVID-19
GREECE- Fires on streets of Thessaloniki – Greeks clash with police
Thessaloniki residents set their city on fire, reportedly after police intervened to disperse a rally the day before in a bid to maintain social distancing.
From 2017:
A century ago, Jewish Salonica burned
The home to the largest and most dynamic Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jewish community in the world was rebuilt, only to be destroyed anew
http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-century-ago-jewish-salonica-burned/
Malaysia’s king urges lawmakers to end political infighting
Japan falls into recession for first time since 2015
COVID-19: Suspected cases of rare childhood ailment to be referred to KKH, NUH
India braces for Cyclone Amphan amid COVID-19 pandemic
Serbia: Army deployed to guard Sid migrant centre near Croatian border
Members of the Serbian military have been stationed outside the migrant camp Sid-point in the Serbian town of Sid on Sunday.
A Serbian military outpost could be seen outside the migrant camp Sid- point, a day after Serbian president announced the deployment to three migrant camps in towns bordering Croatia. Guards wearing masks and with weapons appeared to be guarding the centre.
The military was also deployed to secure camp Adasevcia and camp Principovac, alongside Sid-point.
President Vucic’s called for the urgent army deployments due to the rising number of incidents in the camps and in the town. In a statement issued on Saturday, Vucic said he ordered the deployment to protect the local population from alleged harassment and robberies linked to migrants. Citizens accused migrants on several occasions of stealing, robbing their houses and attacking people.
There are around 4,000 migrants stranded in Serbia, on their way to EU countries. Around 1,500 people, reportedly coming primarily from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are being housed in the three camps.
COVID-19: Local banks maintain security standards amid pandemic safety measures
Parliament Demands Boris Govt Answer Grooming Gangs Petition (breitbart, May 18, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/18/parliament-demands-boris-govt-answer-grooming-gangs-petition/
“British parliamentarians overseeing the country’s official petitions process have written to Boris Johnson’s government demanding a real answer to a petition to release a buried report on the ethnicity of grooming gangs.
The petition, signed by over 125,000 people, had demanded that the government release a report announced with great fanfare by the previous Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, which would investigate the ethnic dimension of the grooming gang phenomenon — which typically involves Muslim, usually Pakistani-heritage predators and non-Muslim, usually white working-class victims.
Concerned members of the public who wondered what had happened to this investigation when it appeared to disappear off the government’s agenda were shocked to be told that it would remain “internal”, with requests to release it under Freedom of Information laws rejected on the grounds that government ministers needed a “safe space” to consider policy.
It was hoped that an official petition would put pressure on the government to reconsider this position — petitions signed by more than 10,000 people are entitled to a government response, and petitions signed by over 100,000 people must be considered for a parliamentary debate — but in the end this was not successful, with petitioners receiving a late, rambling response from the Home Office which never directly addressed the demand for the report to be released but rejecting it implicitly.
Parliament is now demanding a fresh response, however, with the Petitions Committee which oversees the petitioning process saying it was not acceptable for the Home Office to not only fail to meet the petitioners’ request, but to even give it a straight answer.
In a letter addressed to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, committee chairwoman Catherine McKinnell MP noted that the government “did not directly address the request made by the petitioner” in its response, “and therefore did not meet the standard for Government responses that has been agreed with the Leader of the House [of Commons]” — currently Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was CC’d in the message himself.
“Your department’s response explains the Government’s current work on child sexual abuse, which includes investigating the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation, and states that this work will inform the Government’s forthcoming strategy. However, the response fails to respond to the petitioner’s request for this work to be published,” McKinnell observed.
“My Committee has already received a significant volume of correspondence complaining about the Government’s response, and I am sure that your department has been receiving similar correspondence directly,” she added.
The Petitions Committee chided the Home Office for providing a response which was both “substantially late” and not even a real response, insofar as it did not address the request for the report to be released.
It, therefore, requested a new response, which “should clearly state whether the Government will publish its research into the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation” — and if not, why not.
“I would be grateful if you could provide a revised response before the House rises for Whitsun, on Wednesday 20 May, given the substantial time that signatories to this petition have already been waiting for the Government response,” McKinnel concluded.”
Scuffles break out between legislators in Hong Kong
Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party 2 | The Epoch Times
11,288 views
•Premiered 12 hours ago
Nine Commentaries Pt 1: What the Communist Party Is
Trump hits back at ‘grossly incompetent’ Barack Obama
U.S. President Donald Trump has called his predecessor Barack Obama “grossly incompetent” after criticism from the former president on the current administration’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
During a Sunday address to college graduates online, Obama criticized U.S. leaders for their response to the country’s outbreak.
CBC – Trump calls Obama ‘incompetent’ after criticism of coronavirus response
ctv news – Trump calls Obama ‘grossly incompetent’, pushes ‘Obamagate’ conspiracy
Trump torches Obama: ‘He was an incompetent president who did a terrible job’
WSJ – FBI Discovers al Qaeda Link in Pensacola Attack
Authorities made the discovery based on information found in the gunman’s locked iPhones
The Saudi aviation student who killed three people at a Florida Navy base last year was in touch with a suspected al Qaeda operative, a person familiar with the investigation said, a discovery authorities made based on information found in the gunman’s locked iPhones.
Second Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi air force who was training with the U.S. military, posted anti-U.S. messages on social media about two hours before he opened fire in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Dec. 6, officials have said.
Attorney General William Barr called the attack an act of terrorism and pressured Apple Inc. to help unlock a pair of the gunman’s iPhones that he said could provide more information about his radicalization.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, bypassing Apple’s security features, was ultimately able to access information on at least one of two phones, the person said, and found that the gunman had communicated with the suspected al Qaeda operative.
At a news conference Monday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said law enforcement received “effectively no help” from Apple in their probe, delaying the investigation and potentially jeopardizing public safety.
“Because the crucial evidence on the killer’s phones was kept from us, we did all that investigating not knowing what we do now, valuable intelligence about what to ask,” Mr. Wray said. “If we had, that around-the-clock, all-hands-on-deck effort would have been a lot more productive.”
The FBI declined to comment on the al Qaeda link.
During the attack, Alshamrani made statements critical of U.S. military actions overseas and fired shots at a picture of President Trump, officials said. In the weeks beforehand, the gunman used social media to blame the U.S. for crimes against Muslims, officials said, issuing a warning on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that “the countdown has started.”
It wasn’t immediately known whether the suspected al Qaeda operative directed the shooting, which also left eight injured and prompted the expulsion of 21 Saudi military students from a training program. Alshamrani was killed by responding sheriff’s deputies.
Mr. Barr’s January request of Apple jump-started a long-simmering fight between law enforcement and Silicon Valley over encryption technology. Mr. Barr said Apple didn’t provide any “substantive assistance” to break into two phones belonging to the gunman, which were locked with unknown pass codes and encrypted.
Apple countered at the time that it had provided timely and thorough answers to the Justice Department’s requests for help in the investigation and provided a “wide variety of information” to law enforcement, including iCloud backup data and account and transactional information.
But Mr. Barr said that only a look at data and communications on the gunman’s phones could help them say for certain whether he discussed his plans with others.
Mobile-phone security experts said at the time that the FBI could likely work with a third-party vendor to unlock the phone, as it had done in previous cases. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
The connection to al Qaeda will also pose a challenge for the FBI, which has been focused in recent years on trying to stop attacks inspired by Islamic State. Mr. Wray told lawmakers earlier this year that the FBI remains concerned that al Qaeda intends to carry out large-scale attacks in the U.S.
“Al Qaeda maintains its desire for large scale spectacular attacks,” Mr. Wray said in February, adding that sustained counterterrorism pressure has degraded the group’s Afghanistan-Pakistan senior leadership. “So in the near term, al Qaeda is more likely to focus on building its international affiliates and supporting small-scale, readily achievable attacks in key regions such as East and West Africa. Simultaneously, over the last year, propaganda from al Qaeda leaders seeks to inspire individuals to conduct their own attacks in the U.S. and the West.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-discovers-al-qaeda-link-in-pensacola-attack-11589809330
Saudi has been financing the al-Qaida branch in Yemen. The ones who had to leave Afghanistan relocated to Yemen. AQAP (al-Q in the Arab Peninsula) is regarded as the most skilled of the many affiliates.
Not really our good buddies after all. They laugh at our inability to confront them. Regard our soldiers as mercenaries in their service. They’re every bit as dangerous – perhaps more so – than the Hezbollah cells all over America. ISIS is small fry in comparison.
the gateway pundit – BREAKING: AG Barr Says He Does Not Expect Criminal Investigation of Obama, Biden Arising From Durham Review (VIDEO)
US Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray held a press conference on Monday morning.
Barr said US Attorney from Connecticut John Durham’s review is not expected to lead to a criminal investigation of Biden or Obama.
Last week Acting DNI Richard Grenell declassified the list of Obama officials involved in the unmasking of General Mike Flynn in his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Names included former CIA Director John Brennan, Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, former DNI chief James Clapper and former Vice President Joe Biden!
We also learned Barack Obama was discussing Flynn’s unmasked calls with Kislyak in a secret Oval Office meeting on January 5, 2017.
However, Bill Barr said based on the information he has today, Durham’s review will not lead to a criminal investigation of Obama or Biden.
“As to President Obama and Vice President Obama, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man,” Barr said. “Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.”
Barr said however that Durham’s review of the origins of Spygate are being investigated as potential crimes.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1262414363719274496
US Attorney General Bill Barr appointed US Attorney from Connecticut John Durham last May to investigate the origins of Spygate.
Award-winning investigative reporter John Solomon told Sean Hannity last month during a podcast interview that he knows of a few witnesses who have appeared before a DC grand jury.
John Solomon told Hannity he believes that Durham’s charges will start with Kevin Clinesmith, the lawyer who fraudulently changed a document to deceive the FISA court.
John Solomon said that John Durham is focusing on false testimonies based on the grand jury subpoenas.
“It’s possible that some people who gave false representations to Congress could get prosecuted for those false representations,” Solomon said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/breaking-ag-barr-says-not-expect-criminal-investigation-obama-biden-arising-durham-review-video/
the gateway pundit – JUST IN: Another Delay! Judge Sullivan’s ‘Stand-in’ Judge Gleeson to Argue Against DOJ in Flynn Case NEXT MONTH
Last week Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired Clinton Judge to fight back against Trump’s DOJ, US Attorney General William Barr and General Flynn.
The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn a couple weeks ago after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey’s FBI.
But Judge Sullivan last Tuesday extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn’s criminal case.
Then Judge Sullivan took his unethical behavior to a whole other level.
In a dirty, politically motivated move, Judge Sullivan appointed retired Clinton judge John Gleeson to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn and to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
On Monday, it was revealed John Gleeson will file an initial amicus brief by JUNE 10!
Another huge delay!
John Gleeson in a motion filed Monday asked the Court permission to submit a brief addressing three issues.
One of the issues: “any factual development I may need before finalizing my argument in opposition to the government’s motion in this case.”
By “factual development” – he may claim he needs to interview witnesses, says attorney Techno Fog.
https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1262426096689168384
On May 11, 2020, John Gleeson penned a Washington post article titled, “The Flynn case isn’t over until the judge says it’s over“.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/flynn-case-isnt-over-until-judge-says-its-over/
John Gleeson also represented despicable deep state heroine Sally Yates and supervised Mueller’s “pitbull” Andrew Weissmann.
If John Gleeson calls in additional witnesses, this may delay Flynn’s case well into late summer/early fall!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/just-another-delay-judge-sullivans-stand-judge-gleeson-argue-doj-flynn-case-next-month/
Barr: I don’t expect an investigation of Obama or Biden
If they don’t go after them the rule of law is dead in the United States, Vlad has said several times that one of the major differences between the US and the other nations dominated by Europeans is that we put our crooked politicians in jail and the rest don’t.
I’ve heard that going after heads of state is considered “bad form”. Debases the inherent sanctity of office. Something nasty, like Israel and Pakistan do.
... in the "nothing to do with " series " ....Arab News – Why street brawls surge in Egypt during Ramadan
Dr. Ahmed El-Zonfoly said the reason behind the anger, especially during daylight hours in Ramadan, was that people experienced withdrawal symptoms from bad habits
Exhibited anxiety has nothing to do with fasting but was more to do with people’s unhealthy habits that were abruptly halted because of fasting
CAIRO: Abstaining from tobacco, caffeine, food and drink are some of the reasons why street brawls surge in Egypt during Ramadan, according to doctors.
Dr. Ahmed El-Zonfoly said the reason behind the anger, especially during daylight hours in Ramadan, was that people experienced withdrawal symptoms from “bad habits.”
Muslims are forbidden to eat and drink between sunrise and sunset during the holy month and an absence of substances like caffeine and nicotine changed people’s moods.
El-Zonfoly said that smokers felt lazy, inactive, hot-tempered, and lacked the desire to work when quitting nicotine. The more time they spent not smoking, the more they were subjected to stress and anxiety. But these symptoms, he added, were due to addiction rather than fasting.
Director of the Psychological Health Center in Cairo, Dr. Ashraf El-Kurdi, said it was not true that there was a link between an increase in tension and Ramadan.
Nervousness or anxiety had nothing to do with fasting but was more to do with people’s unhealthy habits before and after Ramadan that were abruptly halted because of fasting.
He said studies had shown that water played a big role in how the brain functioned since the brain was 75 percent water. “Not drinking water during fasting could be directly responsible for the malfunction of brain cells, which leads to nervousness, anxiety and low concentration, and sometimes hallucinations.”
Staying up late and a lack of sleep were among the reasons that also caused anxiety during fasting, he added. The lack of sleep could be because of work or watching too much TV late into the night. In this case daytime hours became harder to manage, especially with just a few hours in between iftar and suhoor. On the other hand, sleeping early yielded positive results including better moods, according to El-Kurdi.
Dr. Omar El-Tawansy told Arab News that when a fasting person was angry, stressed out or anxious, the excretion of adrenaline in the body increased in the blood, possibly 20 or 30 times higher than normal.
If this happened while fasting, arterial blood pressure might rise, increasing the amount of blood getting to the heart as well as increasing the heartbeat.
If a row erupted at midday or at the end of the day, the remaining supply of glycogen dissolved in the liver, body protein dissolved into amino acids, and more fatty acids were oxidized. These abnormal body functions raised the level of glucose in the blood therefore providing the body with more energy for fighting. “Thus, energy is wasted,” according to El-Tawansy.
He added that an adrenaline rush could cause heart attacks or sudden death for some people as a result of high blood pressure, and the heart’s need for oxygen. Anger could also cause strokes in those suffering from cardiovascular disease.
An absence of a moral and religious foundation was another factor that sometimes resulted in violent behavior, according to security expert Magdy El-Basiouny.
He said the reason behind fights and arguments between people during Ramadan could be attributed to a lack of religious foundation as well as a loose grasp of morals and ethics. He said that a surge in crime often ran parallel with the absence of a moral or ethical compass.
“Economic crises are unlikely to be a reason behind fights and arguments,” he told Arab News. “It is rather the absence of social awareness and morals, a poor upbringing, and the absence of the roles of the family and school in bringing up youngsters.”
Nutrition expert Nadine Shoukry advised people who were fasting to quit smoking and to drink large amounts of fluids between iftar and suhoor because fluids maintained proper brain function.
She also said people should cut down on the amount of food they ate at iftar in order to aid proper digestion which, she added, would lead to better arterial blood pumping throughout the day, decreasing nervousness and stress.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1666546/middle-east
Chinese official confirms China directed labs to destroy coronavirus samples
By Daily Caller News Foundation May 17, 2020
A senior Chinese government official confirmed Friday that authorities ordered laboratories to destroy samples of coronavirus in early January.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had accused Chinese officials of ordering the samples’ destruction as part of the regime’s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in its early stages.
Pompeo said on April 22 that China “censored those who tried to warn the world, it ordered a halt to testing of new samples, and it destroyed existing samples.” He offered more specificity on May 6, stating that China’s National Health Commission [NHC] ordered virus samples destroyed on Jan. 3.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/05/17/chinese-official-confirms-china-directed-labs-to-destroy-coronavirus-samples/
Immunity passports: How digital health cards could become reality
The topic of ‘immunity passports’ has been under debate as governments around the world relentlessly battle the coronavirus outbreak.
Many people have questioned what ‘immunity passports’ are and how could they be implemented into everyday life.
VOA – Fact Check: Russia Today Twists Soros Comments About Coronavirus Pandemic
Polygraph.info fact checks the characterization made by Russia’s state-owned media outlet, Russia Today, about George Soros’ remarks on the coronavirus pandemic.
On March 11, the Russian state-owned media outlet RT (Russia Today) published an article headlined: “’Everything’s up for grabs’: Soros sees big opportunities after COVID-19 ‘endangers our civilization.’”
The article stated: “Billionaire currency speculator George Soros has hailed the COVID-19 pandemic as the crisis of his lifetime, all but salivating over the chance to remake society amid the ‘revolutionary moment’ he claims preceded the virus.”
The characterization of Soros’ comments is misleading.
The remarks by Soros came in an interview published by Project Syndicate under the headline “The Crisis of a Lifetime.” Project Syndicate is an online magazine focused on expert commentary. Nothing in the transcript shows that Soros “hailed” the COVID-19 pandemic, saw “big opportunities” from it, or was “all but salivating over the chance to remake society.”
Project Syndicate is an organ of Pierre Omidyar, an Iranian, far-left billionaire. A muckracking piece of muck.
Pierre Omidyar: A Dangerous Billionaire-Backer Of The “Resistance”
https://iranian.com/2018/11/28/pierre-omidyar-a-dangerous-billionaire-backer-of-the-resistance/
…..
Pierre Omidyar, Glenn Greenwald, and Their War on Israel
When it comes to Israel, The Intercept’s coverage crosses the line from opinion journalism to a crude and vile form of propaganda.
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/09/09/pierre-omidyar-glenn-greenwald-and-their-war-on-israel/
VOA – Will the Pandemic Guide the World to a More Sustainable Future?
[…]the virus is dangerous and has already caused hundreds and thousands of deaths, it has had a positive effect on the environment.
People leave their home less, so there’s less litter and less carbon emissions.
But it remains to be seen whether newly acquired “green” habits are here to stay.
[…]A new World Health Organization modeling study warns that nearly a quarter of a billion people will eventually be infected by the virus, and that 150,000 people in Africa could die if urgent action is not taken.
Toronto holds virtual Al-Quads event today. M-103, our hate speech motion was not enforced.
Paul Larudee, an Iranian-American “Let us make Zionist citizens of so-called Israel unwelcome in the world. We must treat them as we would any thieves and murders”. The host, Farman Ali described them as “great words”.
“Apartheid Israel was an ally of COVID-19”.
“A cancer that has been growing, a cancer that has been spreading”……
Residents Voice Opposition to 1,000-Capacity Mosque on London’s Iconic Piccadilly Circus (breitbart, May 18, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/18/voice-opposition-to-proposed-piccadilly-circus-mega-mosque/
“A bid to build a 1,000 capacity “mega-mosque” in one of London’s most iconic buildings has been met with a rash of last-minute objections from locals, with concerns citing its close proximity to the city’s world-famous historic gay quarter.
The plans submitted to the City of Westminster Council surround the Trocadero building [pictured, above] on Picadilly Circus in London’s cultural hub in the West End. Under the new design, the basements and part of the ground floor would be converted into a 1,000 capacity mosque.
The property is owned by Malawian-born, London-based developer Asif Aziz, and the conversion of part of the iconic building is being shepherded by his registered charity the Aziz Foundation. Among the trustees of the charity are Mr Aziz himself, and Talat Malik — a trustee of the Wimbledon mosque.
Stating that nurturing “disadvantaged communities who often lack representation and voice in mainstream society” is part of the mission of the foundation, the planning documents submitted to the council names Sheikh Sulayman Van Ael as the intended imam for the mosque. Sheikh Van Ael is a self-described Dutch Muslim convert who was born into an atheist family but found his faith in his teens.
While the application was lodged with the council in February, the council has seen a late surge of opposing statements to the plan from Londoners expressing apparently serious concerns. One of those is author and former Westminster City councillor JP Floru, who told Breitbart London the scale of the development and its proximity to the Soho district were worrying.
Soho, historically a centre of London’s gay and alternative culture and whose bars, cafes, and nightclubs lie just yards from the Trocadero building, has been cited in a number of responses to the planning application.
Mr Floru said: “This is not a small scale mosque catering for local demand. There are fewer than five per cent of Muslims living in this area, who use small local mosques. Setting up a 1,000 capacity flagship mosque right next to the long-standing gay district of Soho will damage local cohesion.
“The area is already heavily overcrowded — imagine adding another 1,000 after Friday prayers — road traffic will have to be stopped. Let’s keep central London for entertainment use, and place new large places of worship where there is local demand for it.”
Adding a remark on the apparent attitude of the council to the application, Floru added: “Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that local councillors have kept quiet about this application, and this controversial proposal for a mega-mosque on Piccadilly does not seem to have been in the media at all.”
The application, for its part, refutes the claim that the mosque is not needed, claiming other nearby mosques are already full to the point of turning away worshippers. Further, it claims as many as one-fifth of residents of Westminster are of the Muslim faith, and the document anticipates this figure will be found to be higher at the time of the coming 2021 census.
Reflecting the expressed concerns of the impact the mosque would have on the local environment, and the surge in traffic it could attract, Breitbart London reached out to the City of Westminster councillor with responsibility for these policy areas. No response had been received at the time of publication.”
Authorities: Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village, killing 20 (abcnews, May 18, 2020)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/authorities-boko-haram-attacks-nigerian-village-killing-20-70744951
“Islamic extremists stormed a village just as people were preparing to break their Ramadan fast after sundown, killing at least 20 people in the first attack of its kind in northeastern Nigeria since the Muslim holy month began, authorities said Monday.
Witnesses said fighters from the extremist group Boko Haram carried out the attack in Gajigana, where they entered the opposite side of the village from where Nigerian soldiers were posted.
“The shootings were sudden and intense; people began to flee in all directions,” said Ba’an Bukar, a member of a local civilian defense group.
Many of the victims were too weak to flee after several weeks of fasting, and temperatures had soared to 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, he added.
Audu Mustapha, a member of the Borno state House of Assembly, said 25 others were wounded in the attack about 47 kilometers (29 miles) north of the state capital, Maiduguri.
Boko Haram has now been waging its insurgency for more than a decade in northeastern Nigeria. Their rebellion has claimed more than 20,000 lives and left more than 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.”
Deep State Actions in Italy Are the Focus of Durham’s Investigation as Obama’s Italian Ambassador Turns Up on List of General Flynn Unmaskers
Italy is under John Durham’s radar as he continues his investigation into Obamagate. The US Attorney appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr is looking into crimes against candidate and President Trump before and after the 2016 election.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/deep-state-actions-italy-focus-durhams-investigation-obamas-italian-ambassador-turns-list-general-flynn-unmaskers/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=daily
Italy’s communists sold their country to CHINA. Lock, stock, and barrel.
Italy’s Communist Recipe for Disaster
[…Communist Renzi and the Chinese together…] strange things were also going on between the governments of Italy and China. A blind eye was being turned to the way the Chinese were buying businesses in the financial, telecommunication, industrial and fashion sectors of Italy’s economy, all of which take place in Milan.
To be brief… China was getting away with purchases and acquisitions in violation of Italian law and EU Trade Agreements with the US and the UK… and no one in either of those countries (not Obama in the US or Cameron in the UK) said a thing in their country’s defense. As a matter of fact, much of it was hidden from the public in all three countries.
In 2014, China infused the Italian economy with €5 billion through purchases of companies costing less than €100 million each. By the time Renzi left office (in disgrace) in 2016, Chinese acquisitions had exceeded €52 billion. When the dust settled, China owned more than 300 companies… representing 27% of the major Italian corporations.
The Bank of China now owns five major banks in Italy… Chinese state entities own Italy’s major telecommunication corporation (Telecom) as well as its major utilities (ENI and ENEL). Upon entry into the telecommunication market, Huawei established a facility in Segrate, a suburb of Milan. It launched is first research center there and worked on the study of microwaves that has resulted in the possibly-dangerous technology we call 5G.
China also now owns controlling interest in Fiat-Chrysler, Prysmian and Terna. You will be surprised to know that when you put a set of Pirelli tires on your car, the profits are going to China. Yep… the Chinese colossus of ChemChina, a chemical industry titan, bought that company too!
Last but not least is Ferretti yachts… the most prestigious yacht builder in Europe. Incredibly, it is no longer owned by the Ferretti family.
But the sector in which Chinese companies invested most was Italy’s profitable fashion industry.…
https://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/i99ht_137_Ita.html
“USA! USA! USA!” – Crowd in Front of New Jersey Gym Roars After Police Refuse to Enforce Gov Murphy’s Lockdown Order (VIDEO)
Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey reopened on Monday morning in defiance of Governor Phil Murphy’s Coronavirus lockdown order.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/usa-usa-usa-crowd-front-new-jersey-gym-roars-police-refuse-enforce-gov-murphys-lockdown-order-video/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=daily
CBC – Canadian clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine approved
zero hedge – Trump Admits To Taking Hydroxychloroquine With Zinc As Preventative Measure
President Trump admitted on Monday taking Hydroxychloroquine with zinc as a precaution against coronavirus – telling reporters “I happen to be taking it,” and “I’m not going to get hurt by it.”
Trump said that while he hasn’t been exposed to the virus, he was given permission by the White House doctor to take the controversial treatment, and began taking it approximately 10 days ago – right around the time Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for the virus.
“A lot of good things have come out about the hydroxy. A lot of good things have come out. You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it,” said Trump.
While medical experts – including Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force have cautioned against taking the drug, Hydroxychloroquine and Zinc has been successfully used by doctors around the world, who claim dramatic improvement in patients with coronavirus.
“Every patient I’ve prescribed it to has been very, very ill and within 8 to 12 hours, they were basically symptom-free,” said Los Angeles doctor Dr. Anthony Cardillo, adding “So clinically I am seeing a resolution.”
Cardillo, CEO of Mend Urgent Care, says that the drug must be used in conjunction with Zinc, as the hdroxycholoroquine opens a ‘channel’ for the mineral to enter cells and prevent the virus from replicating.
That said, the drug has been shown to raise heart risks and rates of death when combined with the antibiotic azithromycin, according to Bloomberg, which notes that it can interfere with the heart’s electrical signals in extremely rare cases.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/trump-admits-taking-hydroxychloroquine-zinc
Fox News host Neil Cavuto refutes Trump on hydroxychloroquine: ‘It will kill you’
Trump claims to be taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure
HD
CNN – Why Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine despite the data
President Donald Trump claimed. he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug he’s long touted as a potential coronavirus cure even as medical experts and the US Food and Drug Administration question its efficacy and warn of potentially harmful side effects.
The admission was a dramatic development in Trump’s attempts to promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus, which began earlier in the outbreak and has been met with resistance from medical professionals.
Because the drug is prescribed to treat malaria and other conditions, Trump has cast it as safe and suggested coronavirus patients have little to lose by trying it.
better audio