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 By Gilad Atzmon

Source : Consortium News, Kevin Gosztola
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Les membres des équipes d’évaluation des agences du nouveau président Biden font s’évanouir les espoirs d’une poussée à gauche de l’administration Biden, selon Kevin Gosztola.

Source : Global Climat, Johan Lorck

A recent survey of 2,000 Americans carried out by “innovation consultancy” Highland took a close look at how personal finances and spending habits have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which crushed the US economy and has triggered a protracted downturn around the world.

Public opinion polls from the past couple of weeks appear to show a growing number of Americans are planning to get the coronavirus vaccine, even as Dr. Fauci hinted that the UK’s decision to grant emergency approval to Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine might have been somewhat “rushed”.

We have detailed the controversy surrounding America’s COVID “casedemic” and the misleading results of the PCR test and its amplification procedure in great detail over the past few months.

As a reminder, “cycle thresholds” (Ct) are the level at which widely used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test can detect a sample of the COVID-19 virus. The higher the number of cycles, the lower the amount of viral load in the sample; the lower the cycles, the more prevalent the virus was in the original sample.

Georgia voters go to the polls again in a month, this time for runoff elections that will determine which party controls the Senate and with it the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda. 

At a rally Saturday with President Trump in south Georgia, Sen. David Perdue warned that if he and fellow Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler lose in January the country will be on “the road to socialism.” 

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A viral video is making the rounds which perfectly captures the anger, frustration and contempt people have for our elected officials, who flagrantly break their own COVID-19 rules when it suits them – and, as you’ll see, grant well-connected ‘elites’ privileges as regular Americans continue to be devastated by what seems like a two-tiered set of lockdown restrictions.

Source : SCMP, Finbarr, Frank Tang
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Des études montrent que les avantages du Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP, Partenariat économique régional global) ne compenseront pas l’impact négatif de la longue guerre commerciale menée par les États-Unis contre l’économie chinoise

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UN envoy calls on Israel to investigate its own crimes.

The lockdowns are based on surging “cases” which are based on positive PCR test results.

However, what exactly is a positive PCR test result? What does it mean? As Dr. Tommy Megremis summarized recently:

Soaring coronavirus cases, a slumping economy, and continued social unrest plague France at the moment.

According to RT News, thousands of protesters flooded the street of Paris Saturday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron’s “Global Security” bill.

Reading Time: < 1minute President Trump is a sore loser, but he’s already made winners of Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Joe Arpaio. So much winning, but the best may be yet to come.

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Robert Fisk n’était pas seulement un splendide journaliste, mais un « historien du présent » qui illuminait le monde

Source : Independent, Patrick Cockburn
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Mon ami n’a pas inventé le vieux dicton journalistique « ne croit jamais un fait tant qu’il n’est pas officiellement nié », mais il était très sceptique quant aux sources gouvernementales, écrit Patrick Cockburn.

Source : Consortium News, Gareth Porter
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Le triomphe des intérêts des entreprises sur l’une des décisions les plus importantes concernant la Chine est susceptible de miner la politique étrangère américaine pour les années à venir, écrit Gareth Porter.

Luke Rudkowski went back on Timcast IRL today to discuss the new video evidence of alleged vote fraud that has emerged.

In today’s video, we cover the bombshells dropped by a close confidant of Bill Clinton.

Peak Oil Is Already Here (Dana)

The authors write, “A year ago, if anyone in the petroleum business had suggested that the moment of Peak Oil had already passed, they would have been laughed right off the drilling rig. Then 2020 happened. Planes stopped flying. Office workers stayed home. ‘Zooming with the grandkids’ replaced driving to see family.

Joe Biden may have just said the quiet part out loud.

During a Thursday CNN interview with Kamala Harris, Biden was asked about his relationship with his running mate, to which he gave a rambling reply capped off with the most awkward of ‘jokes’: that under certain circumstances he’d fake an illness and resign.

So much of the pandemic lockdown debate pits school closures against bar and restaurant restrictions, with tempers flaring on all sides. 

But one unanticipated benefit of this heated debate is that it has focused attention on a question rarely discussed outside academia. While we all know what bars and restaurants do for us, what is the real purpose of schools in modern society? 

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

“You alone can save his life,” Snowden tweeted.

Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: free Julian Assange. You alone can save his life. @realDonaldTrump

Bill Clinton’s former top aide and Chelsea Clinton nemesis Doug Band has told Vanity Fair that former President Bill Clinton did visit Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “pedo island” in January 2003, and that he was unable to push Epstein out of Clinton’s orb

Source : Consortium News, Joe Lauria
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L’Australie a dû révéler les crimes odieux que ses troupes ont commis en Afghanistan, même après avoir poursuivi un lanceur d’alertes et effectué une descente dans une chaîne de télévision. Il est temps pour les États-Unis de lancer des enquêtes sérieuses sur leur propre conduite en temps de guerre, écrit Joe Lauria.

Source : Consortium News, Phillip J. VanFossen
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Onze délégués à la Convention constitutionnelle ont décidé de la manière dont le pays choisirait un président, écrit Phillip J. VanFossen.

Michigan congresswoman removes retweet of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

In today’s video, we cover Joe Biden’s climate czar John Kerry saying the Great Reset will happen at a greater speed and greater intensity

Historians Sue Trump Administration to Preserve Records (Reader Steve)

The author writes, “Historians and watchdog groups sued the Trump administration again over its alleged failure to preserve White House records.

Matzpen founder driven out by party once again.

Months after Florida fully opened its school districts, Miami-Dade has finally put a COVID-19 testing program in place. But it stands alone in the Sunshine State as a surge in coronavirus infections has made Florida only the third state in the country to surpass 1 million cases.

The program will operate in conjunction with the University of Miami to provide free rapid tests to all students.

A grim milestone in the “forgotten war” which has close US involvement: six years after the Saudi coalition began bombing Yemen to prevent a full Houthi rebel takeover of the country, the United Nations has issued an updated official tally of the death toll.

The UN now says an estimated 233,000 people have died as a result of the over half-decade long conflict. Most of the deaths are believed to be from ‘indirect causes’ such as collapse of societal infrastructure, disease, and lack of food and resources.

Écrivain et journaliste, Jacques-Marie Bourget a débuté sa carrière à la Nouvelle Revue Française de Gallimard, sous la direction de Jean Paulhan. Grand reporter à l’ORTF dont il est licencié en Mai 68, il travaille ensuite pour L’Aurore, Le Canard enchaîné, L’Express, VSD, Paris Match ou encore The Sunday Times et Bakchich.

Source : The Washington Post, Joseph G. Allen, Akiko Iwasaki et Lindsey C. Marr
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Luke Rudkowski went on Timcast IRL today to discuss Michael Flynn’s call for martial law as Trump calls on the Supreme Court of the United States to declare him winner of the 2020 election.

The co-owner of a bar on Staten Island which declared itself an ‘autonomous zone‘ after its liquor license was yanked over COVID-19 lockdown violations was arrested and perp-walked out of the business in handcuffs on Tuesday night.

In today’s video, we cover what the government did to a bar owner in New York who dared keep his business open, as well as other insane lockdown hypocrisy.

Will Israeli settlers get privileged access to German-supplied vaccine?

Thanks to a Loophole, Houston Ambulance Trips Leave Door Open for High, Unexpected Bills (Reader Steve)

From the Houston Chronicle: “One night last September, just after dinner, Michael Schwab’s 1-year-old daughter suddenly started convulsing, her tiny back arching as her eyes rolled back in her head.

Melissa Clink’s phone rang right before Thanksgiving. It hasn’t stopped ringing since.

Weapons firm Elbit sometimes conceals that it is Israeli.

Barack Obama is on his book tour for A Promised Land now four years after leaving office. During his latest interview days ago on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert he was asked about his vastly expanded drone strikes (setting a record far and above that of the prior Bush administration) as a preferred method of taking out America’s ‘enemies’.

Source : Consortium News, Matt Kennard, Mark Curtis
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Passant allègrement du secteur public au secteur privé, des anciens chefs du Renseignement britannique ont mis en danger la population en négligeant des menaces de sécurité plus importantes, comme le coronavirus et le changement climatique, écrivent Matt Kennard et Mark Curtis.

Source : Consortium News, Adebayo Olukoshi, Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Aishu Balaji, Anita Nayar
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Les auteurs expliquent l’état d’austérité quasi permanent que le néolibéralisme a imposé à une grande partie du continent.

No sooner did we just get finishing penning a piece about how the British Army is being used to fight “anti-vaccine” protests and vaccine “disinformation” – including by “work[ing] closely with social media companies” – than Mark Zuckerberg has also thrown his hat into the fray.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Monday that public schools will remain open despite the parabolic rise in COVID-19 cases, according to AP News.

DeSantis strongly argued against lockdowns and stated they do not work:

Ruth Eglash’s new job should prompt review at her old place of work.

In this interview, activist Heshy Tischler shares major developments in the battle against the lockdown in New York.

Trump Supporter Who Gave $2.5M to Fight Election Fraud Wants Money Back (Sue)

The author writes, “A Donald Trump supporter who donated $2.5m to help expose and prosecute claims of fraud in the presidential election wants his money back after what he says are ‘disappointing results.’ Fredric Eshelman, a businessman from North Carolina, said he gave the money to T

Will Republicans stay home during the Senate run-off election in Georgia? Some Trump supporters are pushing for it.

À l’occasion du référendum du 4 octobre dernier, 53 % des Néo-Calédoniens qui se sont exprimés ont rejeté l’indépendance. Ils étaient 56 % à faire ce choix il y a deux ans, au moment du premier référendum. L’Accord de Nouméa[1], signé en 1998 entre le gouvernement français et les responsables des partis politiques locaux (indépendantistes et « loyalistes »), prévoit, en cas de victoire du « non » aux deux premiers référendums, la possibilité d’une troisième consultation d’ici 12 à 24 mois.

Source : Ruptures – 26/11/2020

Le Mensuel Ruptures vient de fêter la parution de son 100e numéro. Voici un extrait de l’un de leurs récents articles :

Source : Medrvix, Harry P. Wetzler, Erica A. Wetzler, Herbert W. Cobb
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.08.20050559

Résumé

American billionaires haven’t been just immune to the pandemic, they have been thriving in it, drastically increasing their collective wealth. An analysis by Chuck Collins at the Institute for Policy Studies found that American billionaires have been their wealth grow by $1 trillion since March of this year – more than 34 percent.

CNN has just published the first of what might be a series of reports on a cache of new documents purporting to prove that the information disseminated by Chinese government officials was markedly different from the numbers, assessments and projections being shared with top-level officials. While that doesn’t prove China lied to the public, it’s definitely not a good look (not that any rational person takes China’s COVID numbers at face value).

A Palestinian girl helps her family harvest olives in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on 20 October.

In today’s video, we show you how extremely authoritarian the UK government’s crackdown on anti-lockdown protests and on criticism of the jab has gotten.

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Dr. Michael Ryan, Director of Global Alert and Response of the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists at a press briefing on Monday that “pinch points,” otherwise known as places where people gather, must be “managed.”

Nuclear deal faces dim prospects as Brussels bows to Tel Aviv.

Protesters Decry Amazon Warehouse Conditions as Commerce Giant Gears Up for Holiday Season (Reader Steve)

From the Seattle Times: “The chants echoed off the glassy exteriors of Amazon’s South Lake Union corporate headquarters: ‘If we don’t get it, shut it down!’ ‘Tax!

Republicans calling for the resignation of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are starting to partner with long-time nonpartisan election security advocates in the state in an unexpected alignment of causes.

Source : Monsieur Phi – YouTube – 20-11-2020

Les philosophes médiatiques ça dit souvent de la merde. Aujourd’hui on va essayer de comprendre pourquoi.

Source : Descartes-blog