[RedState] Something has happened in the Durham investigation of the origins of the Russia rumor hoax, and a rumor circulating among Washington, D.C., federal criminal defense att0rneys is that a former member of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) has "flipped" and is providing information to the investigators regarding the work of the SCO.
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A long read.
I loved the Canadian story The Expanse so I had been prepared for the titular reference.
A great assembly and timeline of CV-19 origin and function.
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I'm reminded of when the German bombers hit Buckingham Palace in 1940.
After this attack, the Queen was prompted to express her solidarity with fellow Londoners, remarking: "I am glad we have been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face".
#4
As the ghouls of the left gleefully fantasize about DJT dying of COVID, maybe they should consider that after Reagan survived being shot a lot of air went out of the lefty balloon...
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The Left are just sick. They need to be crushed like any terrorist cell.
#8
Most have already been exposed. Everyone will sooner or later be exposed. DJT and Melania's symptoms are minor and they will recover quickly.
When they do, it will be obvious that the best and only course of action is for us to live with this the way we live with every other virus that comes out of China each year.
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Actually, that they are NOT *currently* showing many symptoms is a real concerning sign.
If they were infected with an ORF8 beefed up version of the COVID-19 virus, the ORF8 viral genetic code allows the virus to evade and invade the immune system response, which is why the COVID viremia CAN BE so deadly because of the higher viral load and lack of effective immune response. With ORF8 promoted infections, the COVID virus spreads throughout all organ systems (including the CNS), wrecking havoc and creating diffuse cellular damage. About half of these people die, while those with “normal” coronavirus just experience the equivalent of a bad flu. They need to wipe out their infection ASAP with drugs like Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, and/or Nitazoxanide, as well as use supplements like zinc, vitamin D, orange peels, green tea, and (especially) wild yam (for the Farnesol) to block viral cellular entry and otherwise create an unfriendly environment for the virus. Bromelain (e.g., from pineapple) also would help to reduce the bradykinin storm which leads to the cytokine storm.
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Adding to Cingold’s list (Hi, Cingold!), gargling with salt water helps kill the virus while still in the multiplying stage in the throat, preventing it from ever migrating to the rest of the body.
#12
TW: NeildMed saline sinus "power" flushes get the whole of the superior and posterior parts of the sinuses into the nasopharyngeal cavity. The push gets further than gravity (neti-pot).
If you know a doc, get him to prescribe a povidone-iodine in saline solution so you can do a dilute flush with that stuff (or just buy it yourself over the counter, and mix it down : ask your pharmacist about that) . Kills the virus dead, its what hospitals use prior to surgery in the area. I got that outpatient when they did my balloon sinusplasty.
[JPost] - In April 2012, then-foreign minister Avigdor Liberman — who at that time had been foreign minister for some three years — told the local press during a visit to Azerbaijan that he considered the deepening of the relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan as one of the main achievements of his term in office.
...Azerbaijan, he said in an interview, "sits at the meeting point of three empires — the Persian, Ottoman and Russian empires."
That location makes the country extremely strategic for all the major regional players. Its significance for Israel becomes even greater when considering that it borders Iran.
"It is important that we have a [friendly] state in that location, a Muslim state, modern and secular," said Liberman, who visited the country three times as foreign minister and once as defense minister.
Perhaps because of a special affinity he feels to Azerbaijan as a result of being a key architect in building the relations between Jerusalem and Baku, Liberman was eager to do something Wednesday that Foreign Ministry officials pointedly have refrained from doing for some time: talk on record about the Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict, a conflict that exploded this week with fierce fighting in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
...While the Foreign Ministry has made no comment on the conflict that threatens to suck in other regional powers such as Turkey, Russia and Iran — a report in The Guardian on Thursday said that three Syrian fighters believed to be contractors for Turkish security companies helping Azerbaijan were killed in the fighting — Liberman said that Israel’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh has remained consistent for the last 25 years: it respects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
NAGORNO-KARABAKH, Liberman said, launching into a brief history lesson, was historically a part of Azerbaijan, including during the period of the Russian tsars and the Communist Soviet Union.
The area always had an Armenian minority, and under the Soviets it was an autonomous region inside Azerbaijan. As the Soviet Union began its process of dissolving, protests and then riots began there in 1988 and turned into a full-blown war in 1991, a war that ended three years later with the Armenians occupying some 20% of Azerbaijan territory. During that war, the Armenians added an additional seven other regions adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh, and the region declared itself an independent state, which no one has recognized.
...Israel has critical strategic relations with Azerbaijan — primarily because of its geography on the border of Iran, but also because it supplies Israel with an estimated 40% of its oil needs and is one of the leading purchasers of Israeli arms in the world. Israel also has cordial relations with Armenia, which earlier this year sent its first ambassador to Israel to open up a new embassy in Tel Aviv. Azerbaijan, by contrast, does not have an embassy here, though Israel has one in Baku.
MOST REPORTS on the current fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh state rather perfunctorily that Turkey strongly backs Azerbaijan, while Russia supports Armenia. Cast in that light, Turkey and Russia could be on a collision course.
But Liberman takes issue with that narrative. Armenia is most strongly backed by Iran, not Russia, he averred. He added that Moscow has good ties with Azerbaijan, along with its strong ties with Armenia, and that it has an interest in balancing those relations for domestic reasons, since it has large Azerbaijani and Armenian populations inside Russia to consider.
"The Russians don’t support the Armenians," he said, "they tried to be mediators, and the Armenians rejected their offer. The Iranians are the strong supporters of the Armenians. The relationship between them is very strong and close."
Liberman pointed out that Armenia is a landlocked country, very heavily dependent on neighboring Iran for trade and as an outlet to the Caspian Sea.
But if Liberman questions the premise that Russia strongly supports Armenia in this conflict, he does not have any doubts about Turkish support for Azerbaijan, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan loudly pushing Azerbaijan to take an aggressive position.
What that means, therefore, is that if Israel supports Azerbaijan, it would mean siding with Turkey, whose government is strongly anti-Israel.
"We don’t need to work together [with the Turks]," Liberman said. "But we also don’t need to be sorry for even a minute that there is a disagreement between Iran and Turkey — I don’t think that is bad for us. To be politically correct, we don’t have to feel bad about any disagreement between Turkey and Iran." Regarding reports that Turkey may try to throw a wrench in the strong Azerbaijan-Israel ties, including trying to move in on Israel’s weapons sales to the country, Liberman replied: "It is impossible to push us out; that is dependent on us. We can offer things [to Azerbaijan] that no one else can." Iran, which has professed that it wants to see the conflict calmed down, has an interest in tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Liberman said.
Azerbaijanis are a Turkic people — though they are Shia Muslims, while the Turks are Sunni — whose language is very close to Turkish. Azerbaijanis also make up some 25% of the population of Iran.
The relationship between Iran and Azerbaijan is tense, Liberman said, as the Iranians would like to export their Shia revolution to Azerbaijan, which is a modern, secular state.
The Iranians have an interest in fanning the flames as a way of possibly weakening the current regime in Baku. "The Iranians are not happy with the situation in Azerbaijan, and would like to see a regime of ayatollahs there. To be politically correct, just say they are not satisfied with the present regime in Azerbaijan." The South Caucasus region, Liberman said, is a highly complex area with many conflicting interests.
"The Russians cannot be apathetic to what’s happening there, the Turks want to be very active in the region, all the powers — regional and world — are looking at this now. Russia is looking because it is on their doorstep, the Turks are looking, the Iranians are looking, the French are looking because they traditionally see themselves as the sponsors of Armenia — there is a very big Armenian community in France. There is a also a big Armenian community in the United States, with a great deal of influence on Capitol Hill. It is not a simple mix.
Israel’s official line is to try to stay publicly as far away from that mix as it can. But Liberman said that while Jerusalem should say little, it is very much in Israel’s interest for its position to be made clear.
"Azerbaijan is our friend, and friendship is tested in times of crisis," he said. "I recommend very strongly that we preserve our friendship with Azerbaijan."
[Seeking Alpha] CSX Corporation (CSX) offers a very interesting risk and reward investment proposition in the railroad sector. By giving a business overview and analyzing the fundamentals, I argue that CSX is the cheapest railroad stock and, therefore, has to be watched carefully.
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CSX has sold off a lot of it's assets including spur lines where cross ties and rails were removed and sold. They have furloughed many crews to the point they don't have enough and are forced to leave loaded trains on sidings for days.
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[American Thinker] Despite the fulsome praise Fox News heaped upon him promoting its debate coverage, conservatives had few illusions about Chris Wallace going into the presidential debate. Yet even those low expectations were disappointed by the dreadful disgrace of his performance.
It was entirely predictable. Consider this article from nine years ago when the GOP presidential field was in its early stages of winnowing: "Debate's Biggest Loser? Chris Wallace and Fox."
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As has been noted elsewhere here, Trump missed some obvious shots on Biden that he would have had ready to go if his team had assumed that Wallace would cover for Biden and go after Trump.
The whole focus on the Proud Boys thing, while Wallace/Biden acted dismissive on AntiFa would certainly be one example.
Better prep might have led to more adroit responses to some of these traps.
I don't know if it was Trump saying "I'll just wing it" or if it was incompetence/malfeasance on the Trump team's part, but they need to do better.
Odds are the people paying closest attention to the debates are the "interested undecideds" (as opposed to the merely disengaged ones) and "just winging it" ain't gonna cut it with those voters.
It's Kurt
[Townhall] It was a bit surprising that Grandpa Badfinger showed up Tuesday, and also a bit surprising that he didn’t start a chat with an invisible friend or Nadler himself on stage. Nor was it surprising that Donald Trump came in hard and fast, particularly since it was two against one. The Coast Guard’s got nothing on Chris Wallace in terms of tossing drowning men life preservers.
Who won? Trump, by a little. This was not a “disaster” or “a mess” simply because it got loud and unruly. With one possible caveat, it was not likely to move the needle. And this was peak Biden – he gets no better than this. He did a dozen early am lids prepping to basically achieve not falling over and mumbling to himself as he jerked and twitched on the floor.
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It was hardly a "debate", but since we are calling it that, it was royally fooked up with quite possibly Chris Wallace being the worst of the three.
I think Biden "won" only because he didn't fall flat on his face literally or figuratively. Trump missed some knock-out punch opportunities.
I look forward to the VP debate more than any more presidential ones. But I'm sure the format will be woefully skewed in favor of the Dems. Pence will handle himself well.
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Trump accomplished a great deal. Base is as solid as ever. Biden however lost his left. Sanders followers are disenchanted. So who has got the momentum. The red wave is stronger than ever. 47 years versus nearly four years and who has accomplished the most for this country. The Dem's have no future. Same old same old.
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In a way, it's a pity that expectations for Joe Biden were set so low. He is being celebrated just for being able to form coherent sentences and not drooling on himself? I think it takes a lot more than that to be President.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[RedState] Something has happened in the Durham investigation of the origins of the Russia rumor hoax, and a rumor circulating among Washington, D.C., federal criminal defense att0rneys is that a former member of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) has "flipped" and is providing information to the investigators regarding the work of the SCO.
[American Thinker] Despite the fulsome praise Fox News heaped upon him promoting its debate coverage, conservatives had few illusions about Chris Wallace going into the presidential debate. Yet even those low expectations were disappointed by the dreadful disgrace of his performance.
