Afghan Woman Begs American Soldier for Help in Heart-Wrenching Video Alex J. Rouhandeh
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The Taliban want the world to think they’ve changed. Early signs suggest otherwise. A young Afghan woman pleaded outside of a barbed-wire-covered fence, saying, “You’re our family. Please help,” as American soldiers looked on in a video shared by Voice of America Persian TV host Masih Alinejad. While the young woman’s identity and ties to the American military remain unknown, her desperation mirrors that of the thousands of Afghans who rushed the Kabul tarmac this Monday following the Taliban‘s takeover of the country.
In a statement by the Pentagon on Monday, Director for Defense Intelligence Garry Reid voiced the administration’s intent to evacuate 22,000 Afghan asylum seekers awaiting the processing of their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications. Roughly 80,000 Afghans qualify as SIV candidates, according to Reuters. However, current efforts to evacuate have focused on evacuating those in the country able to board military aircraft in Kabul. Lawmakers across the aisle, from Sen. Mitch. McConnell (R-K.Y.) to Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), have criticized the Biden administration’s approach to evacuation with many stating his team should have been directed to act sooner. Alinejad, who is of Iranian descent and has been critical about the treatment of women in that country, voiced her disapproval in a tweet accompanying the video.
“You’re our family. Please help” This young Afghan woman is begging an American soldier at the airport to save her. This breaks my heart because I know that the American government gave them hope, but is now leaving them alone and hopeless.
Previous reporting by Newsweek detailed the stories of U.S. military members and their reliance on native translators. In this report, former Army captain and Bronze Star winner Blake Hall said that Afghans who assisted the U.S. would “be hunted down and killed” by the Taliban. Hall’s own interpreter was killed during a bombing, and Hall has since worked with a number of news agencies, government officials, and former service members to spread awareness about the dangers these individuals may face. So far, the Taliban has released more moderate messaging than the kind seen during their previous reign of rule between 1996 and 2001. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said during a broadcast that women’s rights would be respected and women would be allowed to attend work and school, something that was not the case in years prior. During his address, Reid said those being evacuated would settle at either Fort Bliss, Texas or Camp McCoy, Wisconsin upon entry. The number of Afghans settled since remains unreported. “We anticipate picking up the pace, provided we can stabilize the conditions in Kabul,” Reid said during the address. “Our military team in Kabul is working side by side with the ambassador and his staff to coordinate future airlift operations in the coming days.”‘ Newsweek contacted the U.S. Department of State but did not receive a comment in time for publication.
After 20 years of operations, US forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan. In recent days, the Afghan government has collapsed and the Taliban has swept across the country.The events have frustrated US special-ops veterans, some of whom question why they spent 20 years fighting there.
See more stories on Insider’s business page. After almost 20 years of operations, the US began its withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier this year, precipitating in recent days the fall of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s reconquest of the war-ravaged country. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, US special-operations forces, alongside members of the US intelligence community, were the first in, partnering with anti-Taliban guerrillas and defeating Al Qaeda and the Taliban after a short campaign. Throughout two decades of war, special-operations forces were at the tip of the spear, conducting raids, capturing high-value targets, trying to win over the population, and training and advising the Afghan military and police. As usual, their contribution was disproportionate to their numbers, and they often achieved wonders with a few men. But as the years passed, the US military lost focus on why it was there in the first place.
US Air Force para rescue men board a US Army CH-47F Chinook after an exercise at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, March 14, 2018. US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook Why are we here again? A US Army Special Forces soldier on an advising mission in Afghanistan, April 10, 2014. US Army/Spc. Sara Wakai The US went to Afghanistan with the goal of defeating Al Qaeda and preventing the country from being used as a base for future terrorist attacks against the US. The Taliban was only relevant as it was hosting Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda fighters. Initially, the US wasn’t planning to do any nation-building. “After 9/11, we went into Afghanistan after Al Qaeda to ensure they could not use Afghanistan as a staging base and prevent further attacks. For nearly 20 years we have attacked and attacked relentlessly. Additionally, we have funded, equipped, and trained [hundreds of] thousands of Afghans to protect themselves. For this, I am proud,” John Black, a retired Special Forces warrant officer with several deployments to Afghanistan, told Insider. “I am disappointed in Afghanistan and its failure to be able to secure itself after we told them we were leaving in 2014,” Black said. Fred Galvin, a retired major and former Marine Raider, told Insider that the “time and sacrifices” of those who fought in Afghanistan were not wasted but that Americans do need to hold to account lawmakers who imposed rules of engagement that “favored the enemy.” Senior military leadership who promoted an unwinnable hearts-and-minds counterinsurgency strategy should be held accountable too, Galvin said.
The US failures in Vietnam and Afghanistan are perhaps the two most well-known examples of such a strategy, but it has seen success elsewhere – by the British against communist rebels in Malaysia and Oman, for example. “Everyone, EVERYONE knew that would never work, and the officers who ordered the immoral hearts and minds [strategy] – especially those officers who retired and immediately went to board of director memberships at defense firms and coerced their former subordinates they left in the Pentagon to go along with the 20-year spending scandal – need to be exiled to Kandahar,” Galvin added.
After years in Afghanistan, and as an insurgency ravaged Iraq, the US’s goal in Afghanistan shifted from counterterrorism to nation-building, a tough proposition even in a cohesive, “normal” nation, which Afghanistan isn’t. “Afghanistan is a tribal culture. Therefore few have love of ‘country.’ Their idea of country is lines someone else drew in the sand,” Black said. “It’s impossible to win against an idea or belief. The Taliban and others will continue to spread and hopefully we can look at containment, rather than defeat.” “We should have left after a few years, leaving behind a small CT [counterterrorism] contingent to deal with any bad guys. We should have also trained only a few loyal Afghans, like the commandos and some other special units, and avoid[ed] any nation-building dreams,” a former Navy SEAL officer told Insider.
A Sour Aftertaste The US withdrawal and the rapid collapse of the Afghan military has left many veterans of the conflict wondering what their sacrifices were for. In some cases, they’ve questioned whose interests their commanders were acting. Galvin and his MARSOC Fox Company, a Marine special-operations unit, were falsely accused of killing civilians while fighting off an ambush in March 2007. Seven Marine Raiders were prosecuted and ostracized, despite all available evidence indicating they acted within the laws of war, before finally being acquitted years later. “Afghanistan was the ultimate military scandal fueled by retired generals influencing those in the Pentagon and lawmakers to spend, spend, spend forever,” Galvin told Insider. “America should never forget this, and the people must exercise their freedoms by removing and punishing the military officers and lawmakers who profited through the needless loss of lives, limbs, and trillions of American dollars.”
The killing of Osama bin Laden and degradation of Al Qaeda are often pointed to as important accomplishments in Afghanistan, but that is little consolation for some who fought there, especially as the future now looks dire for Afghans, with the Taliban expected to reverse any progress made over the last 20 years. “It definitely hurts to see the country collapse in such a short amount of time after all the blood, sweat, and tears we shed. I get the arguments that it wasn’t for nothing and that we made Americans safer and the Afghan people better off, at least for a few years, but it just feels bad right now,” the former Navy SEAL officer said. Other special-operations veterans say it wasn’t all for naught. Black said he would remember his time in Afghanistan “with great love and sadness.” “I have taken many trips and built incredible friendships there. My teammates and I fought hard and were very triumphant in battle,” Black added. While many veterans may be upset or feel that their comrades fought and died for nothing, “that is the wrong way of looking at it,” Black told Insider.
“For nearly 20 years the US and its partnered forces fought tirelessly to help the people of Afghanistan, and for that we can be proud,” Black said. “In the end, we would much rather fight the Taliban in Afghanistan than in our home country. And for nearly 20 years there has not been a major successful attack against the United States. We pray for the Afghan people and hope for peace in a war-torn land.” Gold Star wife ‘completely defeated’ by Afghanistan collapse
Journalist Charlotte Bellis has won the hearts of women all over the world after she directly asked the Taliban what rights would be afforded to the thousands of terrified Afghan women.
Charlotte Bellis was the first person in the media scrum sitting before the Taliban on Tuesday to ask a question, her blonde locks peeking out from underneath a face covering. The young female reporter pinged the Taliban leadership about women’s rights at their first press conference; her presence was as important to the new government as her questions were. There was only one female journalist at the Taliban‘s first official press conference this week and her bold question to the group of armed men who took over Afghanistan‘s capital shocked the world.
Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis only woman in Taliban conference (news.com.au) And it centred around how they would respect the rights of thousands of terrified Afghan women. Ms. Bellis has worked for Al Jazeera, an independent news organization funded partly by the Qatari government, from Afghanistan since 2019. The experienced reporter, originally from New Zealand, was the only female journalist allowed to attend the Taliban’s first official press conference. And she didn’t waste the opportunity. In footage of the tense event Ms. Bellis appears calm and measured as she introduces herself to Afghanistan’s new rulers and asks her hard-hitting question. ‘I want to talk to you about women’s rights and girl’s rights, about whether women will be allowed to work and if girls will still go to school,’ she said. ‘What assurances can you give to women and girls that their rights will be protected?’ Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman at the event, assured reporters that the ‘Islamic Emirate’ would give women their rights as long as they followed Sharia law. ‘Women will be afforded all their rights. Whether it is at work or other activities because women are a key part of society,’ he said.
‘We are guaranteeing all their rights within the limits of Islam.’
Charlotte Bellis has worked as a reporter for Al Jazeera in Afghanistan since 2019.
Ms Bellis’s pointed question is what thousands of distraught Afghan women have been asking themselves since the Taliban seized control of their homes and lives. Late on Sunday night, rifle-touting insurgents swarmed the presidential palace and declared the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the desk of ousted President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the city one day earlier. The following day, at least eight were killed at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport including two who were shot dead by US troops, three who were run over by taxiing jets and three stowaways who fell from the fuselage of an airborne C-17 US Air Force plane. Chilling reports out of Kabul claimed militants were going door-to-door trying to track down locals accused of helping Western forces during the Afghanistan War and subsequent 20-year intervention from the US, Britain and Australia. Reports also claimed Taliban gangs were hunting for girls as young as 12 for sex slaves, reminiscent of the violence women and young girls experienced almost 20 years ago during their previous Islamist regime. Women and female children were previously locked inside their homes and forbidden to leave for education or work, the Australian reported. Ms Bellis’s mere presence at the conference and her ability to directly question a member of the Taliban could be observed as a small beacon of hope for women. However, female Afghans are still feared to be among those most at-risk under the new government due to the strict religious laws that were imposed by the Islamists after they came to power in 1996. There have also been reports of women who have been shot dead for wearing tight clothes, escorted home from work and told not to return, and in some areas forbidden to walk the streets without a male chaperone. Ms Bellis told AM Radio the arrival of the Taliban in Kabul on Monday had been ‘surprisingly friendly’, but warned it still had a hit list. The reporter said a few of her friends had bought guns but many more had fled, despite the Taliban vowing they want no bloodshed. Ms Bellis said people only had to look to other regions that have been under the clutches of the Taliban for a while to understand the reality of the situation. ‘There have been stories verified of atrocities – things like targeted assassinations,’ she explained. ‘They have a hit list and they kill people on it and make no apologies for that.’ Ms Bellis said just last week she became aware of one of her colleagues’ names on the hit list and told the Taliban it would be ‘unfortunate’ if they killed him. The man simply suggested her colleague call ‘the hotline’ to secure amnesty, however if the immunity will be delivered still remains unclear. Ms Bellis said there is ‘no chance’ US forces will enter Afghanistan which she believes is what prompted president Ashraf Ghani to flee the country. However the journalist added the lack of foreign money will hold the Taliban back from governing the country. ‘They want legitimacy – that’s why they didn’t take Kabul by force and it’s why they’ve stopped at this point so they don’t fall down,’ she said.
A Colorado family that was left stranded in Afghanistan after their flight home was canceled has safely made it out of the war-torn country that has been taken over by the Taliban, Fox News can report. A woman and her two daughters, who were visiting relatives in Afghanistan when Taliban-led chaos struck, were able to escape with the help of retired Special Forces Col. Patrick Allen, he confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday.
The trio, all of whom are U.S. citizens, made it on to a flight to Qatar and are expected to return to the United States in the coming hours or days. “He’s kind of rattled,” Allen said of the woman’s husband. “He’s doing okay, he’s not as worried about his wife and kids as he was a day or so ago.”
Allen, also a Colorado native, was enlisted for help by the woman’s husband and the children’s father, whom he met during his time with the U.S. Army Special Forces. The woman and the two daughters were supposed to return on Aug. 5 but were delayed when one of the girls came down with appendicitis and was hospitalized. The daughters are ages 2 and 6.
As the Taliban moved in on Afghanistan, his family had bought plane tickets home through Turkish Airlines for Sunday, but the flight was canceled. “My wife and my daughters for now are hiding in a house in Kabul,” the man, who asked to remain anonymous, previously told FOX 31. “I think it’s chaos.
She married Bill Hutchinson and had four children, two sons and two daughters; Eva, Bill Jr., Nancy, and Dave. Tessie was a responsible person who always looked on the bright side, who would protect her family even with her life on the line. She died on June 27th, 1946 and was buried in front of the corn crops.
What is the difference between disinformation and misinformation?
Simply put, disinformation is when someone purposely tells lies in order to mislead you. Misinformation is when someone mistakenly gives false information.
We’ve been hearing a lot about disinformation lately. I don’t know, when I was a kid I’d never heard of the word. I’d never heard of a lot of words we have now. But then, in those long-gone days, my world revolved around my family and then my neighborhood. The minute school was out for summer, my shoes were off and I was outside from dawn until dusk, climbing the hill behind our house, making forts, dissecting a snake my dad killed, swimming, playing kick-the-can and Cowboys and Indians, yes we did all those dangerous things where you can catch diseases from the natural world and you misappropriate cultures. When I wasn’t playing, I was drawing or lying on my bed reading books. Nobody did “play dates” and there were few organized sports. Nobody was plugged into technology.
TV was a special event in the evening. Boredom was a dirty word.
I know people tend to look to the past with nostalgia, but truly, there has never been a time in history when even the recent past has left us so far behind. Our children’s world is more frightening than the days when we learned how to hide under our school desks in case of an atomic bomb. Or when we shivered with dread at the thought of communism invading our shores.
Now, the dread isn’t some distant nebulous thing, it is in our very homes.
It is in our heads. Our children can no longer uncover their mouths to breathe the air or smile at a friend. Just yesterday I heard advice from the government that if you see someone you know in the store you should refrain from being “friendly.” Such actions are a bad habit we need to break. Just walk on by, do not engage in conversation. A phrase I hear over and over from people arguing on social media is, “Stay in your lane.”
Now once again, Los Angeles, where I am for a few months, has instituted mask mandates, even though those coverings are as ridiculous at preventing the spread of a virus as hiding under a table is to escape an atomic bomb.
The insanity has always been there, growing and growing, until now it has exploded in a force so powerful it has left us all stunned and bruised. While we’ve been distracted by technical devices and lulled into a trance by drugs, our brains and our bodies have been hijacked. We must reclaim the rights to ourselves. If we do not do this, if the majority of people don’t refuse the booster shots and vaccine passports, our chances of ever regaining our freedom on this planet will probably be lost, perhaps forever.
And that right there, what I just wrote, would be labeled disinformation.
But I, like probably all of you reading this, am only a small fry.
To the elite, I am not an individual with an independent brain.
I am one of the masses who must bow to manipulation. They believe we all will eventually. That we are so weak and stupid, so addicted to what they feed us, that we will not put up a fight, or if we do, it will register no more than the irritation of a fly that is easily obliterated with a swat.
But by what means should they swat us? It must be carefully thought out.
Jen Psaki has told us that the government has identified 12 people who are responsible for disseminating 65% of the disinformation.
“Disinformation has become a direct threat to public health,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which released the report in partnership with the Anti-Vax Watch, in a release. “In the midst of a global pandemic, the Anti-Vaccine Industry has executed a targeted campaign to mislead Americans about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Social media is enabling anti-vaxxers to recruit millions of Americans and indoctrinate them with fear and doubt. If Big Tech companies don’t act now, the pandemic will be prolonged, and more lives will be lost.”
The report accuses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who was banned from Instagram last month — Joseph Mercola, Ty and Charlene Bollinger — whose Twitter accounts were briefly suspended at the beginning of the pandemic — Sherri Tenpenny, Rizza Islam, Rashid Buttar, Erin Elizabeth, Sayer Ji, Kelly Brogan, Christiane Northrup, Ben Tapper and Kevin Jenkins of spreading disinformation and claims that their social media accounts “have repeatedly violated Facebook and Twitter’s terms of service agreements.” And the CCDH has receipts — the report is full of screenshots of “example violations” that range from misleading to antisemitic.
I’m only somewhat familiar with Robert F. Kennedy. Some of the others I’ve heard of but I do not “follow” any of them. Frankly, I do not think it matters who these people are. They could have picked any number of higher profile dissenters. It’s just a step along the way toward the goal of total control.
At any rate, the vaxxed will heave a sigh of relief. Thank goodness these reprehensible renegades have been identified by our glorious government! Now, all we have to do is silence them, right?
Top 10 BIGGEST LIES About Covid-19 (humansarefree.com) Think about it. Killing people. Mass murderers and government isn’t the mass murderer, with lie-after-lie-after-lie — about masks and lockdowns and PCR tests and variants and where the virus came from. That list of lies is the real disinformation and it will only keep growing.
How soon will it be before these twelve people are dragged before a tribunal and sentenced to what—death? If more and more people start getting sick and dying in the winter, why not? Don’t these monsters deserve it for being mass murderers?
But what is this disinformation that is being blamed for making so many people sick, even killing them?
It is anything that questions the State narrative—not just of the Biden administration, but every leading country’s State narrative, because they are all saying the exact same thing.
Surely if the Disinformation Twelve are silenced that will end the problem of the dissenters, right? The dumb, easily swayed, weak, indoctrinated unvaxxed sheep will realize the error of their ways and never have another subversive thought.
All because 12 people picked out by the government will be silenced. Magically, we will roll up our sleeves. We will go outside when they say we can. We will stay inside when they say we must.
We will submit to any and all experimental drugs.
We will accept our boosters so our vaccine passports won’t be canceled.
We will eat what they tell us to eat. We will die when they tell us to die.
We will allow them inside out heads to mine our thoughts and inside our bodies to steal our DNA and our organs. And if we have little blips of subversive thoughts in the future, we will allow them to cleanse our minds and make us pure again.
For all these good people who have followed the rules and been vaccinated and accepted masks and lockdowns, the fact that there are still people out there who are “vaccine hesitant” is unfair and frightening. It’s the fault of those unvaccinated unbelievers that the Delta variant is spreading so rampantly. It’s their fault that all the good vaccinated people are still getting the virus. Coronavirus (COVID-19) (msn.com)
This is the beauty of the scapegoat. You can control the populace through fear and acceptance of false information, making them turn on whomever you want to blame.
In Singapore, The Boston Globe tells us that 75% of COVID infections are among the vaccinated. In the United States, just this week we heard about 3 Texas Democrats and Pelosi’s aid who have tested positive after vaccination. The numbers keep growing. In Israel the vaccinated are getting sick but we are told it’s because “the vaccines are working.”
Never fear, it’s not the fault of the vaccines, even though there are reports that their efficacy is waning. It’s the fault of the anti-vaxxers. We are walking incubators of disease.
You can read about the frustration and resentment toward the unvaxxed on a daily basis now. Here are three examples from The Los Angeles Times.
Don’t exempt religious objectors from vaccine mandates. Stopping the spread of a deadly communicable disease is obviously a compelling interest and vaccinations are the best way to reach that goal. No one, in practicing his or her religion, has a constitutional right to endanger others.
And opinions of the unvaxxed: Unvaccinated adults, L.A. Times readers are infuriated with you. For people who are eligible but refuse to vaccinate, their health insurance premiums should go up accordingly, and they should be refused the subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act.
What has become of us? Now children must take on their shoulders the responsibility of getting vaccinated lest they be held accountable for adults not getting their “freedom back?”
“Dear Citizens: Those who refuse vaccines are endangering their health and the health of those around them and the freedom of every Israeli citizen. They are endangering our freedom to work, the freedom of our children to study, and the freedom to hold celebrations with family. Those who refuse vaccines hurt us all. Because if all of us were vaccinated we would be able to maintain our daily life. But if one million Israelis continue not to get vaccinated it will oblige the 8 million others to shut themselves in their homes.
The Corona Cabinet decided today that as of the 8th of August those who refuse vaccines will not be able to go to the theater, the synagogue, the amusement park, the soccer game, or any activity with over a 100 people indoors or out, unless they bring negative results from a coronavirus test at their expense. Yes, they will fully bear the cost of the test.
There is no reason why those who have fulfilled their civic duty should bear the cost for those who refuse to get vaccinated….I appeal to everyone who knows someone who is not vaccinated to persuade them. Explain to them that they should not hurt others.
Persuade and explain—do not give up.”
There are no words strong enough for the horror of this.
Imagine how this could destroy families, friends, colleagues. It is dangerous rhetoric.
I am appalled that Israel of all places would turn on its own when they are a people who truly know the meaning of being demonized. What will be next? Will those who refuse the vaccine be banned from banks, from markets, from having a job? This is what we have to look forward to.
By now, everyone has had the opportunity to hear reputable voices speaking against what has happened. Anyone who truly wants to seek the truth can find it. But they better hurry. Those voices are being silenced. The ones with the courage to speak are systematically having their reputations destroyed. You can read some of my other essays where I talk about this subject.
Yet, most people do not want to see the truth. The majority lay their bodies down on the altar of “science.” There is no need to coerce the faithful. They walk willingly into the lab and submit to the will of the “experts.”
The idea of natural immunity is becoming a dangerous conversation. Headlines such as Forbes Why We Can’t Rely On Natural Immunity To Protect Us From Covid-19 and We cannot rely on magical thinking: Herd immunity is not a plan are fed to a gullible public—many of whom have been consuming drugs for years and eating fast food and living unhealthy lives. Others, the “woke,” eagerly follow this new religion, even off the edge of the cliff. People who spend extra money buying “organic” products proudly display their vaccine status online. When the boosters come it will be interesting to see how many will take them.
The future for the common man would seem to be addiction to State mandated drugs, starting even before birth. At a certain point, humans will not be able to survive without these drugs. Naturally anything will be a distant memory. A heathen, backward way of living.
We are at a turning point in the history of humanity and we have already turned the corner. The question only remains what we will do, what energy we will leave behind for our offspring. What stories the outcasts will tell around campfires at night of the heroes of old who stood up for freedom against incredible odds. Perhaps after a thousand years, just like some science fiction plot, the outcasts will rise up again.
It is clear and becoming clearer every day that there is an agenda beyond this vaccine. It’s insane that we would destroy our economies, our immune systems, our very sanity because of a disease that is less dangerous than influenza. It was never necessary to do anything so drastic against this disease. There are multiple therapeutic drugs and our own strong immune systems. Death comes to us all.
The older you get, the more likely it will be. This fear that has been instilled in us has kept us from experiencing the meaningful lives we were meant to live. Those magical moments of joy have been taken from us. The gods of this world will never stop their insatiable greed for knowledge until they have found immortality. They will dissect, destroy, and consume anything that gets in their way or that might help them reach that goal.
It is beyond a horror movie what they are already doing. Vaccine passports are on an app, and each person will have a unique digital ID, on a central database including everyone on the planet. The algorithm that works out what you can and cannot do will control the rest of your life until you die. What happens when you get pinged and it says it’s time to get your booster? If you don’t do it, your passport will expire. The way things are going, there is little doubt that those who do not comply will not even be able to go to the bank to buy food.
I could give example after example but what’s the point?
It always comes back to the children. I look at my grandchildren and my heart breaks.
The point is, what will life be like for our children without such interactions?
What is the purpose of life anyway?
This is something we must think about as we go forward. In my essay, Amusing Ourselves to Death, I talk about how we have become so distracted by entertainment that, in the words of Neil Postman, we are “amusing ourselves to death.” Our children are being taught to interact with “Youtuber Influencers” online who play games for them while our children sit passively watching.
And these thoughts lead me to wonder what will happen when there are no more unique thoughts left inside of our brains?
When it is all a rehash of what is being fed to us?
What will happen when we have no more natural instincts, no more natural immunity, no more natural anything; it is all synthetic?
What will happen when the overlords have picked us so clean of every free thought and action that there is nothing left except a robot implanted with their thoughts and ideas? By then, perhaps we will have outlived our use, except as machines. Perhaps this, too, is why the gods of this world search for other worlds. To find new subjects to dissect.
Yet in their searching, they have unlocked Pandora’s Box. In their arrogance, they assume they are the powerful ones when they are but small players in an even bigger game. For, surely, if there are other worlds, there must be other gods who will not be happy to see their arrival.
And it seems they have forgotten the one true God above all. The stories of old that sustained humanity will be gone. When the humans of the future look up at the sky will they see a place of magic and wonder, or will all imagination be gone?
Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It isn’t fair,” she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, “Come on, come on, everyone.” Steve Adams was in the front of the crowd of villagers, with Mrs. Graves beside him.
“It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,” Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.
~ The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
This unsettling short story takes place in an ordinary American town. It opens by describing just another day in the lives of the townspeople, the lovely summer scene, kids just out of school, flowers blooming, everyone going about their daily chores. Except this isn’t just another day. It’s the day when one person will be chosen randomly to be stoned to death. This killing has been going on for so long, no one can remember how it started or why, but it is a tradition, and not to be questioned.
Once Tessie Hutchinson is chosen, all the others breathe a sigh of relief. It isn’t them. They can now become self-righteous in their positions of safety, looking down on Tessie as the tainted one. Without a qualm, they are united in their convictions with renewed fervor.
It is the children who gathered the stones for the killing. And when it comes time to kill Tessie, even her own son is given a stone to hit her with.
The Lottery was written in 1948 and was partly inspired by the horrors of the Holocaust exposing man’s inhumanity to man. The same SS officers who went home at night and tucked their own children into bed with a kiss spent their days torturing and killing other people’s innocent children.
We can look back at this in horror. We see it clearly from a distance. How could they have been so blind? We would never be like that.
But we are blind. We are on the verge—no, we are right in the middle—of the greatest mass execution in the history of humanity and the majority of people either can’t see it, refuse to see it, or they are too distracted to pay attention.
And now, irony or all ironies, Israel is leading the way in putting the mark of the unclean on the unvaxxed.
Very few people will read this and those who do will no doubt be the ones who already agree with what I am saying. For the vaxxed, if they ever had a slight glimmer of curiosity, it is gone. They have no interest in researching beyond what they are being fed by the State’s propaganda media. Like the man with a gambling problem who commits his last dollar, they’ve traveled this road too far to turn around.
“I had a dream. In fact, it was on the night I met you. In the dream, there was our world, and the world was dark because there weren’t any robins and the robins represented love. And for the longest time, there was this darkness. And all of a sudden, thousands of robins were set free and they flew down and brought this blinding light of love. And it seemed that love would make any difference, and it did. I guess it means that there is trouble until the robins come.”
That quote is from Sandy Williams in the movie Blue Velvet. Just like The Lottery it takes place in an ordinary town with a dark violence beneath the surface. But within every town both sides are always at war, as within each heart. We must never forget that even if all hope seems gone, there is still love. There are still the innocent voices of children to protect. There is still the chance, no, the necessity, to stand up and fight. This, I feel more and more compelled to say.
One must wonder why we would get all our fine men & women killed.
Then have China roll right in and take over. Ya, It makes sense I guess. Up is down and down is up. Oh did I mention all the hard working Americans money being wasted.
“The U. S.’ Geological Survey has estimated that lithium and Afghanistan go hand & hand.” Afghanist has rich resources of lithium and even had compared Afghanistan with Saudi Arabia. It means also Saudi Arabia is the biggest fuel producer in the world, Afghanistan one day can be the biggest lithium producer in the world,” said Sayed Zaman Hashemi, an expert.
It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the same ones taken over Afghanistan weren’t the same ones burning and looting up and down the streets of the United States during the summer. And #Kamala who I still can’t believe is our #VP set up funds to bail out the violent looters & rioters that destroyed the city of #Minneapolis is on the take!!
A series of events that took place across the last few days of April of 1975 as Saigon (the capital city of South Vietnam) was captured by North Vietnamese communist forces. It marked the very last events of the Vietnamese War which had been dragging on for close to twenty years. In early March of that year, North Vietnamese forces attacked the highlands just north of the city of Saigon.
The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The Commie’s They taking us down city by city. There’s a no go zone at 38th & Chicago here in Minneapolis as well. And now they occupy Washington DC. It’s a false equivalency to state that the Taliban is the same as the BLM marches last summer. BLM is killing us, everyone in its path.
Oil, yes, ore of that kind is scarce, a primary element for lithium a lot in those regions of Afghanistan sitting on a gold mine, wars for decades over that stuff. We should have never gone to the sandbag, lost too many great soldiers for $. However, we should have some control over the madness.
We had it but lost it throughout history. Where we went wrong is under estimating our enemy. We did not properly prepare our young ones for this kind of fuckery. We did underestimate our enemy, but they are here, standing right next to us.
In plain sight. Spot on, All that surrounds us. True enemies never come with guns and rockets, they often come with candy. Completely organized. Although I think the current Regime was blissfully ignorant of just how fast Afghanistan would crumble. If the military was controlled by soldiers and not politicians, we never would have invaded… and just like that (snap fingers) the supply of global heroin was secured.
Look for a massive uptick in heroin related deaths.
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – March 4, 2021) – GBML Battery Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GBML) (FSE: REZ) (OTCQB: REZZF) (the “Company” or “GBML”) is pleased to announce, that through the staking of federal placer claims, it has acquired the property area known as the Lithium King property (the “Lithium King Property” or the “Property”).
Lithium King Property Highlights:
Prospective lithium bearing brine aquifer located on the west side of the Great Salt Lake Basin in western Utah.
The land position consists of approximately 7,900 acres (3,200 hectares) of placer claims.
Excellent infrastructure: Interstate Highway I-80 runs through the Property.
Adjacent to active brine mining operation.
Mining friendly jurisdiction.
Michael Murphy, President and CEO, commented: “We are very excited to have added the Lithium King Property to our growth-oriented portfolio of battery metals projects. Samples from the Property have recorded positive lithium values, with excellent access from Interstate Highway 80, which runs beside the Property. We look forward to rapidly advancing this Property, beginning with digitizing historical data, water sampling, modelling, and ultimately leading to drill testing.”
Lithium King Property Overview
The Lithium King Property is located on the west side of the Great Salt Lake Basin in western Utah, adjacent to the community of Wendover, Utah. The land position consists of approximately 7,900 acres (3,200 hectares) of placer claims. The Property has the potential to host a lithium, and magnesium brine deposit in an existing mineral producing location in a mining-friendly state.
Figure 1. Lithium King Property
The lithium and magnesium on the Lithium King Property are present as dissolved salts in a large surface brine aquifer, which is believed to be derived from both surface erosion of lithium-rich rhyolites (as part of the Pilot and Toano Ranges) and mineral-rich geothermal brine flows into the basin sediments from deep seated faults underlying the 20-mile-long basin.
Lithium values from several samples from 39 shallow wells (25 feet) averaged 244 parts per million (ppm) and ranged from a low 49 ppm to a high of 1,200 ppm. The lithium values from these wells are set out in Schedule A. (See also United States Geological Survey DataBase: Produced Waters, Volume 2.2n.xlsx, available in the Utah Geological Survey files.) The Lithium King Property is within the Great Basin of the western United States, where lithium concentrations of greater than 10 ppm in brines are anomalous. Lithium values from the only lithium production in the United States, in Clayton Valley, Nevada, also in the Great Basin, range from 75 to about 250 ppm. (PC – W. R. Henkle, Jr.).
Figure 2. Property looking north towards Pilot Peak
Magnesium values at the Property and near vicinity range between 1,300 and 8,500 ppm (see United States Geological Survey Data Base: Produced Waters, Volume 2.2n.xlsx, available in the Utah Geological Survey (USGS) files, and Selected Ground-Water Data, Bonneville Salt Flats and Pilot Valley, Western Utah, Utah Basic-Data Release No. 30, United States Geological Survey).
The shallow aquifer water samples (as per USGS sampling) may not reflect the deeper basin below 25 feet depth. Drilling to bedrock and brine sampling is needed to confirm the presence of and concentration of lithium in the deeper basin brines.
In addition to the large surface brine aquifer, several deeper, thick, porous clastic horizons are present. These horizons were identified by inspection of the drill logs from the Shell-Salduro oil exploration well which was drilled just west of the Property boundary. The historical drill logs identified this deep sequence of aquifers (greater than 70% volcanic conglomerates) at the basin bedrock contact, at a depth of between 1,350 and 2,650 feet, beneath 1,300 feet of impervious, clay-rich sediments.
They provide posited permeable reservoirs for large quantities of what are thought to be higher value brines (undiluted by meteoritic water). Because of the moderate target depths, both exploration and production drilling could be undertaken with conventional hard rock drilling equipment and should not require oilfield tools.
The lithium and magnesium anomalous area overlies basement faulting identified by geophysical surveying and confirmed by oil and gas drilling records (the logs of the Shell-Salduro oil exploration well located in the Property vicinity, are public information, maintained by the Utah Dept. of Oil, Gas and Mining). The geothermal fluids which are thought to be sourced from the underlying faults are believed to be the primary source of mineralization.
This is supported by: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey observation that, despite the presence of an industrial minerals extraction operation in an adjacent area for many years, there has been no depletion of mineral values as would be expected if the recharge to the aquifer was from meteoric waters (USGS Professional Paper # 1585); and (2) water temperatures are elevated over the highly mineralized area (see Selected Ground-Water Data, Bonneville Salt Flats and Pilot Valley, Western Utah, Utah Basic-Data Release No. 30, United States Geological Survey and, United States Geological Survey DataBase: Produced Waters, Volume 2.2n.xlsx, available in the Utah Geological Survey files).
To assess the lithium potential of the basin brines on the Lithium King Property and subject to the receipt of any required drilling permits, GBML expects to conduct the following work:
Locate and digitize existing oil well data to help in the modelling of the basin.
Acquire public domain geophysical datasets. This will help in improving the subsurface structural and geological model. A depth to basement modelling exercise shall be completed. The data to be included in such model is expected to include, but is not limited to:
Gravity
Magnetics
Seismic
Exploration mud rotary drilling with wireline geophysics to evaluate the stratigraphy and basement depth for the Property area.
Water sampling of drill holes using in-hole packer equipment to test for lithium enrichment and deleterious element content of the brine.
Acquire additional geophysical data to assess basement depth, water content and brine depth throughout the basin. This will be completed by a combination of gravity and electromagnetic data acquisition.
Further drilling to test for:
Stratigraphy
Brine composition
Production metrics
In connection with acquiring the Property, the Company has agreed to pay a finder’s fee (the “Finder’s Fee”) to Atherton Resources LLC. Subject to acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Finder’s Fee shall include:
(1) a 2% net smelter royalty over the Property, with a right to repurchase 1% of such royalty for the greater of US$1 million or 10% of the value of such 1% royalty;
(2) the issuance of 150,000 common shares (“Shares”) of the Company upon delivery of a technical report prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 in respect of the Property; and
Scientists have solved a decades-long puzzle about lithium, an essential metal in cellphone and computer batteries. Using extreme pressure experiments and powerful supercomputing, the international team has unraveled the mystery of a fundamental property of lithium. Its atoms are arranged in a simple structure, and may be the first direct evidence of a quantum solid…Significant lithium, cobalt, and vanadium-uranium occurrences in Utah. Lithium is perhaps the best known battery metal, as it is the essential component to the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from cell phones to electric vehicles.
A small Canadian mining company has staked claim to mineral rights on over a hundred thousand acres of federal land in Utah since last year, hoping to tap lithium deposits from spent oil wells to feed America’s high-tech battery industry.
Lithium is a soft, silvery-white, metal that heads group 1, the alkali metals group, of the periodic table of the elements. It reacts vigorously with water. Storing it is a problem. It cannot be kept under oil, as sodium can, because it is less dense and floats. So it is stored by being coated with petroleum jelly.
“Think about drilling a hole 2,000 meters long, through rock, to hit brine in Utah, and coming up with negligible lithium,” said Jon Hykawy, a battery minerals analyst at Stormcrow Capital. In a galvanic primary element of the system Li/H 2 O 2 , the aqueous cathode depolarizer H 2 O 2 is fixated as a polyurethane gel. It can thereby be controlled and caused to react with the anode metal in accordance with the current drain requirements.
Compass Minerals International shares on Wednesday jumped after the mineral company said it found about 2.4 million metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent at its active Ogden, Utah, solar evaporation site.
Shares of the Overland Park, Kan., company at last check were 13% higher at $68.15.
Lithium is a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries. As electric vehicle demand grows, analysts predict 75% of all mined lithium could go to EVs by 2025.The company said an initial assessment estimated total combined indicated and inferred lithium resources of 127,000 metric tons of LCE at the active Ogden site, the company said. The assessment also found an additional indicated lithium resource of about 2.32 million metric tons of LCE within the ambient brine of the Great Salt Lake, which can be accessed through the company’s current infrastructure.
The company said it is evaluating the most efficient and sustainable means of extracting the lithium which accumulates through its current solar evaporation process and can be accessed through its current leases and permits. “In a market hungry for domestically sourced lithium produced with minimal environmental impact, we believe a sustainable and readily available lithium resource like we have defined at our operations on the Great Salt Lake could be a true differentiator for our company,” Kevin Crutchfield, president and chief executive, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, CL King analyst David Silver upgraded Compass Minerals to buy from neutral with a $75 price target. Earlier this month, General Motors agreed to an investment and collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources to get local and low-cost lithium. Last month, Tesla secured its own lithium mining rights in Nevada after dropping a plan to buy a company there.
Biden said in July the Taliban “overrunning everything” was “highly unlikely.”
He’s been wrong for 49 years straight about everything,
So why stop here?
George Bush, the former president, and his wife Laura Bush, the former first lady, issued a statement late Monday about the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan with a message to U.S. troops, veterans, diplomats and the intelligence community who have served in the country over the past two decades.
“Many of you deal with wounds of war, both visible and invisible,” the statement read. “And some of your brothers and sisters in arms made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. Each day, we have been humbled by your commitment and your courage.
You took out a brutal enemy and denied Al Qaeda a safe haven while building schools, sending supplies, and providing medical care. You kept America safe from further terror attacks, provided two decades of security and opportunity for millions, and made America proud. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and will always honor your contributions.”
The war in Afghanistan began under Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Washington gave Taliban leader Mullah Omar an ultimatum: hand over Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden and dismantle militant training camps or prepare to be attacked. Omar refused, and a U.S.-led coalition launched an invasion in October.
“The United States government has the legal authority to cut the red tape for refugees during urgent humanitarian crises. And we have the responsibility and the resources to secure safe passage for them now, without bureaucratic delay,” his statement read.
He also expressed optimism about Afghanistan.
“Like our country, Afghanistan is also made up of resilient, vibrant people. Nearly 65 percent of the population is under twenty-five years old. The choices they will make for opportunity, education, and liberty will also determine Afghanistan’s future,” the statement read.
The Associated Press contributed to this report!!!
Given what’s going on in politics right now, I’m feeling cynical this morning. I can’t bring myself to rehash what has already been said, and is currently being said all over the internet. Yes the election was stolen (unless you’re a denier of looking at the mounds of evidence). Are any of us really surprised? Sure, there’s always an amount of fraud in every election. Although this one was way out in the open and in-your-face, are we really surprised? I mean, really? Do we really believe that we have a say, or any control of this ship’s direction? We only think we do when they want us to think we do. Barring some sort of earth shattering intervention, yep – this one is extra bad because it will bring upon us “the great reset”. In essence, the final submission to global governance as the regime obeys and complies with their world masters. So for some reason, the late (and very cynical) comedian George Carlin popped into my head. I recall some of his various statements towards government. I thought I would look it up and copy some of it here.
Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying. Lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them.
That’s against their interests. That’s right. Sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize: the government does not give a (bleep) about them. The government doesn’t care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare, or your safety. It simply doesn’t give a (bleep) about you. That’s the only thing keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.
For Selfish Reason:-
It’s interested in its own power. ~GC
When Something Doesn’t Make Sense To You…
It’s Because Someone Is About To Make A Windfall Off It.
The American people need to know what is going on in Afghanistan.
Censorship Kills: The same deep state that created the Taliban & invaded Afghanistan is humiliated in the Middle East yet again.
Please share this video! https://youtu.be/muGcHOWPeIU When TRUMP arranged for the drawdown of American & Allied forces in Afghanistan, he had The Taliban sign off on it. When Jeepy Sloe decided unilaterally to extend the date, he insulted everyone involved and gave the Taliban all the reasons they needed to wipe their asses with the agreement. After all, if Jeepy Sloe won’t honor the agreement, why should they?
… especially when it’s presently being run by closet-Communists.
As 2.8 million refugees are trying to flee Afghanistan. The Talibros are pretty simple, they want Sharia, traditional Pashtun culture and to live how Muhammad did, they couldn’t care less about liberal capitalist democracy as long as it stays far away from them.
They are definitely interested in the opium fields. Afghanistan is one of the largest opium producers in the world, has been for quite some time. Why do you think the US army was there in the first place, however, fentanyl is becoming more popular today, it’s smaller, cheaper, more potent and easier to grow than heroin, thus the US military has no reason to have a presence over there anymore.
The truth is, after years of occupation majority of Afghans would rather fight for Taliban than for the pro-American government, that’s why the conquest was quite rapid and peaceful. And when all was said and done, nothing was accomplished. It’s clearly comparable, arguably worse, then The Fall of Saigon in 1975,
Biden lied, Afghanistan died. And secondly, if Biden had simply not broken the peace agreement Pompeio made between the US, the Taliban and the (former) Afghan government none of this would’ve happened. So no, the blame for this rests on one side’s “BIDEN’s shoulders and one side only. The rest of the blame rests on the shoulders of Biden’s handlers. It was the Trump administration that made a deal with the Taliban in which they get their power back, but do it ‘civilized’ and to help fight Al Qaeda. So far they’ve kept their word. Surely not have 62+ million abortions, rainbow agenda, nanotechnology jabs, fluoridated water, border crises, 20+ million illegals, Chinese colonialism, rigged elections, Juif-owned media, lifetime politicians or fractional banking. Yet you assert that the greatest threat facing America is the puppet, not the puppet-masters.
The story is covered in Tripping Up the Marxist Next Door – UncoverDC As far as doing what we can here at home … A small-town council member describes how he fought a Marxist uprising in his community. Somewhere in Toyota a Japanese Man smiles knowing they have produced the ultimate war machine. On one hand that’s probably true. On the other hand, you can actually notice the LACK of pristine , just off the assembly line Toyota pickups in the Taliban parades . “Deny, Project and Deflect”. This is the essence of Biden and the Democrat Party. It’s all they have. Works great on the dumb downed, Low Information Voter. Until those voters find they can no longer afford to eat, live indoors and fuel their cars and heat their homes. Then, all of a sudden, the chasm between what the Democrats are telling them and what their own life experiences tell them is too great to ignore.
Fraudchi emails…in one it admits it was a created virus, another he took and had family and friends, coworkers and recommended to email recipient to get HCQ…..He knew…..again he knew. And still all this BS. Crimes against humanity. We’ve been lied to at every turn by our government. If you were dumb enough to put on the mask & believe the pandemic wasn’t contrived. Are you dumb enough to take the vaccine & suffer life long consequences? When is enough enough for my fellow Americans?
See I feel differently. Consent is not coercion. Coercion is being made to believe you’ll die or kill others from Covid. Some jobs have been pressured. Folks do not know their rights, and to this day some call it “approved.” Some people think they have to have it to provide for their family . Or a requirement to keep a job. I personally would find another job. A friend of mine just got the jab…
bc her husband was required to
There’s the sin right there … when employers don’t know shit, but they are giving-in to the fear mongering … and they are caught between the hell that our lawsuit-happy, cancel – culture brings … So they either let people back to work unvaccinated and risk spreading cases (which is no more deadly than the flu.)
or they play-it-“safe” and mandate the vaccine before coming back to work, so they avoid potential legal repercussions. I would never – in a million years – mandate my employees get a vaccine before they come back to work … it’s playing God … and it’s sinful !!!
It’s STUPID to believe a government that’s REPEATEDLY LIED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT MULTIPLE THINGS!
Yep, by 2024, even Liberals will vote for Trump. Even AFTER @FDA “approval” the numbers of aftermarket negative reactions are about 1 of 3 &
are REMOVED or newly labeled.
The loyal simpletonS…. Socialist/Fascist voters (useful idiots) are committing mass self-sacrifice for the party by wearing a mask and getting vaccinated. They are living breathing proof that the brainwashing works. Evil political power. I believe you’ll die or kill others from your CV. Some jobs have been pressured. Folks do not know their rights, and to this day some call it “approved.” Some people think they have to have it to provide for their family.
The law requires “informed consent”. They won’t tell us anything about the vaccines. We don’t know what it is and there most certainly haven’t been any long term testing. If the FDA had authorized HCQ, they never would have gotten emergency authorization for the vaccine.
I fully believe every pathway leads to the vax. Censorship of HCQ, Ivermectin. Lockdowns. Dangle freedom. Australia and other countries are discussing deactivating SIM cards based on inoculation status. They’ve lied. People have been deceived. But I also feel someone’s to be held accountable for it. I don’t think we should just hate all those coerced into this. Fear can make you do stupid things. That’s what I mean. We must abolish all laws that fly in the face of our constitutional rights. #faucikillspeople#cnnkillspeople#WHOkillspeople#censorshipkillspeople#TermLimits#COSProject.
The Republican Party will never come back to power if all the illegal migrants are granted full amnesty with voting rights and mail in ballots. It was a fun four years with Trump but It’s over now, end of a match, gg. ” Good Game “, Dems are doing everything now for the next election to never, NEVER happen. They’re betting big tech to help them and, oh boy, they will. Conservatives will never win another election in the USA.
The game is over for the USA. Soon it’ll become the United Soviet States of America, if the word ”America” won’t be banned as racist. Or like this ”United Soviet West Atlantic States” or US WAS. Hum? Do you like it? Dems like it. I believe that’s true, they are swinging the lefty insanity so far to the left, everybody will welcome a swing to the right. Then “Weimar America” will then become “Nazi Amerika”,
With who knows playing the role of Hitler..? This is NOT Biden’s responsibility. For two reasons.
1) Biden can’t eat soup unattended. I think it’s safe to say he wasn’t one who decided to pull the troops out. 2) This is 100% on George Bush Jr. He is a war criminal. He will never be held accountable, but it’s true just the same. I heard a commentator named Fareed Zakaria (sp?) actually say out loud that this was Trump’s fault, on Saturday morning. They really have no shame at that network.
It is my personal opinion, shared by a former President called “Ike”, that this is a deliberate event with a predictable outcome. Our troops will be sent back in, in very large numbers, before the end of the year. It will be because of all the same old lies. I wouldn’t be surprised if they even go for the good ‘ol WMD lie that brought us there to begin with.
This has been true for decades. Regardless of which party is in the majority. And they haven’t had an opportunity to charge the taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars on a new war for quite a while now. They need new yachts, new estates, and new cars. We will be at war soon. If not in diaper-head country, someplace else. It’s coming. Bet on it.
Now China will offer Afghanistan (on loan) an economic revival the United States couldn’t offer only if they buy everything from them on credit. Obviously they won’t be able to pay them back and China will take over Afghanistan. This is what China is doing in the background while no one is looking. It’s already happening in Africa. China will become the most powerful country in the world very soon.
They already are the most powerful. Right now; today; they can totally destroy the USA in a number of ways without firing a single shot. I’m wondering how many Taliban have come across our American border unimpeded and given money, lands, cars, housing all so they can practice their religion of peace. The Taliban invading a city thousands a miles away in Afghanistan is way over-reported. How does it affect us?
It’s almost as if this was engineered to create more refugees. Could it be that Big Brother wants to remind us we are cozy and safe, except from those who oppose the C-19 narrative and jab? Nothing this government does hasn’t been cold hearted calculated, they have many analysts/war-games that run all kinds of simulators to figure out outcomes so they can have a solution they want ready to become the narrative. They knew this would happen to Afghanistan and have the narrative ready to benefit from it.
The biggest LIE that Marxist media and Hollywood put around is that America lost Vietnam whereas it had won the war and signed a peace treaty which said that the communists in North Vietnam would not invade South Vietnam which wanted Democracy and Capitalism. It was the Democrat Party who betrayed South Vietnam by refusing to honor the treaty to come to their aid if the North Vietnamese backed by the CCP would try to retake the country.
It came as no surprise that China’s Manchurian candidate Biden withdrew the American support for Afghans that wanted Democracy and Capitalism.
So the Taliban, allies of China, could retake the country. This age-old Cold War alliance between Marxists and Muslims will enable China to amass its forces along India’s border ready for its war against India then retake Taiwan. The Democrat Party has for a long time been the enemy of Capitalism and Democracy. Biden effectively makes the USA a vassal state of China and the globalist Marxist elites.
They flat out failed to take control of either country. After losing to the Taliban, they agreed to form a coalition government where the Taliban still had control, This is what happened when the whole thing was a set-up to fund America’s greatest friend and the only Democracy in the Middle east. Sadly, with only the rarest inconsequential exceptions, demographic groups who won’t spill their own blood & treasure for Western Freedoms don’t deserve them. U.S. “blood & treasure” split for Middle East ingrates and foreign aid grifters has resulted in over 7,000 U.S. troops killed, over 52,000 wounded. U.S. taxpayers are $6.4 trillion in debt for politicians trying to GIVE FREEDOM to people unwilling to die for it.
And this is 1975, Phnom Penh, and the Khmer Rouge all over again. @White Rage Germany recognized and acknowledged what they did to the Jews and heavily compensated their descendants for the holocaust. Turkey still shamelessly denies the g-e-n-o-c-i-d-e of the Christian Armenian, Greek, Cypriot, Assyrian, and Lebanese people, not to mention the geno-cides that they are still carrying out to this day in various different countries, including Armenia and the Kurdish people.
Anyone who denies the atrocities the Armenians, Greeks and other minorities went through at the hands of the Turks is a coward. And it’s really a shame that you have a picture of Jesus on your YouTube page yet side with a group of people who hate Christians.
The Armenians were massacred for their faith in Christ.
“If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.” – T. Sowell
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within” – Ariel Durant
Now we have 100’s of thousands of well-trained Afghan soldiers with free military hardware who switched sides.
I laughed at Biden’s comment “Afghan army is as well equipped as any army in the world” the fact that they were entirely reliant on supplies coming in from America tells you all you need to know.
Some African militaries are probably better equipped than the Afghan army.
China Joe just gave Afghanistan to China.
Promises made, promises kept… If we had kept the original date brokered by Trump, all men and materials would have been evacuated by now.
Since the date was pushed back by Biden, the evacuations ceased, since the men and materials needed to stay. Going back on our word forced the Afghan government to go back on theirs. They lost the trust of millions when that happened, leading to what we see now. That’s the dot you are not connecting, you’re only considering from the perspective of the US government. You’re leaving out that key detail in all your comments because you are either dishonest or a useful idiot. The Taliban may have been planning this from the beginning regardless if we left or not but you don’t know that do you? What we know is after we should have already been gone but went back on our word. An enraged enemy force pushed through so quickly that we had to leave behind millions of dollars worth of top of the line military hardware that shouldn’t have been there. By the way, your precious Obama said, multiple times even, that he would end those wars.
Did you have a problem with “peace” back then? I want an answer.
Here’s what you’re missing: 1) It was generous of Trump to invite the Taliban to Camp David and sign a farcical “peace” deal, which they began violating right after signing; 2) Of COURSE the Taliban was going to do this either way. The excuse you’re giving for them (why are you apologizing for the Taliban btw?) Isn’t even claimed by the Taliban. It was never part of the deal to not attack the Afghan government.
They don’t claim they’re doing it because of a deal being broken. You’re talking out of your ass to someone who actually knows what he’s talking about. As to my “previous Obama,” you reveal the typical mindlessness of people in these threads – you can’t conceive of anything beyond Democrat vs Republican, and are incapable of dealing with arguments on their own merit. For the record, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden are all terrible, to varying degrees for varying reasons. Nice try though.
Joe Xiden gifted Afghanistan to the Talibans and its allies, Russia, China and Iran.
The moment the US left Afghanistan, the entire Afghan army relinquished control of the entire area’s they held, at the expense of many US & NATO forces soldiers’ lives, back to and under the control of the Taliban. It’s only a matter of time before Al-Qaida returns. Biden: America’s greatest blunder and the world’s greatest clown. Remember when Isis said that their flag would be flying over the White House?
With Biden…. NOW It Has Become A Obama II Regime!!!
Truth: The USA needs a place to grow its poppies for opium and its derivatives.
General consensus is; Afghanistan has to fight for their own country. If they fall it’s on them…Not Us. If you have a country full of cowards and cons it’s a wonder they lasted this long. Even 1.5 million Hong Kongers ran away like cowards. Cubans so far are the only ones fighting for their own country. That fact alone at least breeds some kind of inspiration for those of us that wonder about sacrificing our sons and daughters.
If the Taliban was able to take over the country that quickly, then maybe it’s the government they wanted?
Afghanistan wanted Islamic rule, and (get this) didn’t want the American puppet government that was forced on them for 20 years?
Now they have it in full glory..!
We spent 20 years defending them. They spent 1 day capitulating their capital to brutal psychopaths.
Imagine being friends/family of someone who died in a 20 year war in Afghanistan…
just to see the same enemy take it all back in literally less than a week with no pushback The Taliban is now one of the most well equipped army in the world…
The White House released a statement Aug. 14 detailing the administration’s decision to send 5,000 additional U.S. troops to help with the evacuation of personnel at the U.S.’ embassy and to support then-Afghani President Ashraf Ghani.
“The Taliban must know that the world is watching its actions. We are deeply concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s brutal treatment of all Afghans, especially women and girls. The U.S., the international community, and the Afghan government must do everything we can to protect women and girls from inhumane treatment by the Taliban,” Pelosi said. The President is to be commended for the clarity of purpose of his statement on Afghanistan and his action. The Taliban must know the world is watching its actions. We are concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s brutal treatment of all Afghans, especially women and girls.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 15, 2021 “The koi plunged into the wind and the birds flew in the waves.”
Species: Cyprinus rubrofuscusVariety:Cyprinus rubrofuscus”koi”Binomial nameCyprinus rubrofuscusLacépède. Several koi swim around in a pond in Japan. (video). Koi(鯉, English: / k/ˈ ɔɪ, Japanese: [ko i]ꜜ) is a colored varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds, water gardensor aquariums. The word of koicomes from the Japanese pronunciation of the common character between Japan and China 鯉meaning carp. Koi, also called Nishikigoi, is the Japanese pronunciation of the common word between Japan and China 錦鯉meaning brocade carp.
Koi is an informal group name of the colored variants of C. rubrofuscus. There is a description of koi with color variation in ancient Chinese literature, but many varieties of koi for ornamental purpose, which are now known around the world, originated from the breeding that began in Niigata, Japan. In the early 19th century during the Edo period. Several varieties are recognized by the Japanese. Koi varieties are distinguished by coloration, patterning, and scalation. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, orange, yellow, blue, and cream. The most popular category of koi is the Gosanke, which is made up of the Kohaku, Taisho Sanshoku, and Showa Sanshokuvarieties.
1.) ” The Titanic is an unsinkable ship.” Owners of White Star Lines. 2.) ” No one will want a personal computer in their home.” ~ IBM 3.) ” If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.” ~ Obama 4.) ” No one will ever need more than 64mb of memory.” ~ PC makers. 5.) ” It’s unlikely the Taliban will take over Afghanistan.” ~ Biden
Iceland Covid-19 outbreak: Cases spike in world’s most vaccinated country.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” Covid Iceland – Bing video
With vaccination rates well above 80 per cent, Iceland has become a case study for the rest of the world.
But the Delta strain is causing problems. Iceland is experiencing its worst Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. That’s despite near-total vaccination levels. And what Delta’s doing there may now be a sign of things to come for Australia. The small island nation of 357,000 citizens has become a case study of the effectiveness of vaccination against the Delta mutation. Some 96 per cent of all Icelandic women over 16 have received at least one vaccine dose.
The figure for men is about 90 per cent.
In total, 86 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. It is an outstanding result – so much so, the Reykjavík government felt they had this pandemic beaten. In June, they rolled back social distancing, mask and travel restrictions. But those restrictions have been reimpose as a Covid-19 Delta outbreak has sent case numbers soaring. And even with a significantly reduced rate of severe illness, the explosive outbreak is seriously straining the tiny nation’s health system.
Reykjavik’s raw numbers A public address by epidemiologist Kamilla Jósefsdóttir in the capital Reykjavík late last week laid out the stark situation. Iceland’s medical infrastructure is being pushed to its limits. Contact tracing will become impossible if the rate of Delta’s spread continues to grow, she warned. And this would trigger yet another spike in the infection rate. She was one of a panel of experts warning local media that even the dramatically reduced percentage of critical cases might not be enough to save Iceland’s healthcare system.
A month ago, the country had just two active Covid-19 cases. Now, the sparsely populated island has more than 1590 active cases. About 20 are in hospital, with a quarter of those in intensive care. While that doesn’t sound like many, in such a small country even that number puts a strain on its healthcare resources. “A significant number of people are at risk of needing hospitalization due to Covid-19 at the moment,” Dr Jósefsdóttir told reporters. But the director of the National University Hospital, Páll Matthíasson, warned his hospital’s staff were “burnt out” and that there were already Covid cases waiting for beds.
Staff shortages meant expanding treatment facilities was proving a challenge. “Previous experience and data tell us that this wave has not reached its peak yet,” Dr. Matthíasson warned. Reykjavík hospital data reveals infections remain proportionately far higher among the unvaccinated. But vaccination only offers moderate resistance to contracting the disease. The big difference, however, is in the severity of the symptoms. Previous outbreaks of non-Delta variants among much lower vaccination rates claimed 29 Icelandic lives. The latest outbreak – despite its size – has so far claimed none.
Vaccination Arms Race Early indications are that the much-desired goal of vaccination-induced herd immunity remains out of reach. But it is limiting hospitalization and death. Iceland’s government is not discouraged. “Evidence shows that the vaccines used in Iceland protect about 60 per cent of those fully vaccinated against any kind of infection caused by the Delta variant of the virus and over 90 per cent against serious illnesses,” Iceland’s Director-General Bryndís Kjartansdóttir said. “About 97 per cent of those infected have mild or no symptoms.” Meanwhile, Iceland is racing to prepare a rollout of the Pfizer vaccine among 12 to 15-year-olds. It’s doing this to both limit Delta’s more severe effects among the young and to reduce the rate of spread. But it’s also reintroducing travel and social distancing restrictions. And masks are again mandatory. Such measures had been lifted in June once vaccinations had reached an acceptable level. But vaccination hasn’t proved to be the silver bullet many hoped it to be. “This and other pandemics are here to stay,” Dr Matthíasson told the Icelandic community. “We must strengthen the healthcare system so that it is not always on the brink of collapse. We are all in the same boat in this society. It’s a pretty good boat despite everything, but we must work together to ensure success.”
Body battlefield A Public Health England (PHE) study found both the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines effective against Delta variant hospitalisation. And the UK’s Delta infection rate has begun to fall. But, last week, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US published a new case study of a Delta outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It prompted the CDC to advise even fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks. About 75 per cent of those who contracted Delta in that town were fully vaccinated. About 470 cases were detected. Five were hospitalised. None died. But the study found the same levels of Covid Delta virus living in the noses and throats of both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. That may be because existing vaccines are good at generating antibodies in the body’s bloodstream, but not the mucus membranes of the nose and throat. And that may cause a delay in the body’s immune response – creating a window where Delta can replicate and spread. But a separate Singapore study indicates that a vaccinated immune response accelerates much faster once it realises the infection is present. This produces a rapid drop-off of Delta viral loads a few days into the disease, and that reduces symptoms. The upshot of both studies is that Delta is beaten back by vaccines – but only after it has had enough time to infect others. COVID-19 Data Explorer – Our World in Data
Iceland is one of the most vaccinated countries in the world. But that didn’t stop the tiny island nation from catching a whole lot of COVID in recent weeks. Although the natural, immediate response to this news might be panic, experts who spoke to The Daily Beast said that Iceland’s recent surge in infections—fueled by the new Delta variant of the novel coronavirus—is probably a sign that herd immunity is within reach over there. What’s happening in Iceland right now might be one of the final stages in the long, often painful process by which a country achieves some form of population-level “herd immunity” against a dangerous virus.
Once COVID vaccines hit the market early this year, Iceland quickly secured enough doses for almost everyone. And people dutifully lined up to get their shots. Today, the country has administered 477,000 doses and 275,000 people have gotten at least one jab—77 percent of the total population. Add in people with natural immunity from past infection, and it’s likely that more than 80 percent of Iceland has some level of protection. The 20 percent of Icelanders who didn’t get vaccinated or haven’t already had COVID are the ones now catching Delta, with the exception of a few breakthrough cases of vaccinated people. (Children under 16, who aren’t yet eligible for vaccination, make up most of the unvaccinated group.)
A couple thousand people have tested positive in recent weeks, a spike in cases far exceeding the worst weekly case-rates from 2020. But hospitalizations have not surged to the same degree as cases in this latest Icelandic surge. That’s because older Icelanders, as a group, are highly vaccinated. Younger people, who as a group are less vaccinated, are the ones getting infected now. They have a better chance of weathering COVID without serious symptoms. And the antibodies and T-cells their immune systems are producing could represent the last—or close to last—brick in Iceland’s wall of immunity.
Now consider what happened in the United States while Iceland was working toward a minimally painful, population-level immunity. Tragically, the U.S. is probably many, many months from achieving the same herd immunity. And as it does, the final surge—or surges—in infections could be much deadlier. That’s because Iceland has done almost everything right to get to herd immunity with the least possible pain. The United States, by contrast, has done almost everything wrong.
Iceland’s health department didn’t respond to requests for comment. Likewise, epidemiologists at Iceland’s biggest universities either didn’t respond or declined to comment. But American experts were eager to weigh in on what they described as an effective response to the pandemic. “This is a success story for Iceland,” Eric Bortz, a University of Alaska-Anchorage virologist and public health expert, told The Daily Beast. To be clear, no one knows for sure what proportion of a population has to get vaccinated, or get infected and recover, before SARS-CoV-2 runs out of transmission pathways.
In other words, no one knows exactly where herd immunity really begins. Epidemiologists once assumed that, with the novel coronavirus, it might take two-thirds of the population. New and more aggressive lineages that began appearing late last year convinced some experts to bump up their expectations. Maybe population-level immunity would require vaccination or natural immunity in three-quarters of people, they posited.
Delta’s rapid spread starting this summer compelled some epidemiologists to revise their threshold estimates even higher. “There is no question that the Delta variant has changed the goalposts,” Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown University global health expert, told The Daily Beast. Wherever the threshold is—80 percent, 90 percent, whatever—Iceland is much closer to crossing it than the United States is.
Indeed, Iceland might be crossing that threshold right now. Bortz said Iceland, along with the United Kingdom, is one of the few countries where “a modicum of herd immunity against severe infection may be achievable” in the short term. Getting there required discipline, sacrifice and mutual care on a national scale. When the pandemic first struck in the spring of 2020, the Icelandic government reacted swiftly. “Just letting the virus spread freely through society, no one said that,” explained Þórólfur Guðnason, the country’s chief epidemiologist. “We need to have some restrictions both at the border and domestically.”
Authorities limited travel to the rocky, volcanic country and got busy tracing contacts and quarantining exposed residents while also enforcing strong social-distancing measures. Mask-wearing was widespread and uncontroversial. There were waves of infection, but they were never very bad. The first wave, in the spring of 2020, resulted in a few thousand confirmed cases. A second wave that fell added a few thousand more. Going into its third and most recent wave starting mid-July, the country had tallied around 7,000 cases (2 percent of the population) and just 30 deaths (.008 percent). Meanwhile, while Iceland was locking down, Americans were taking to the streets to protest even the most modest social-distancing measures. Where Icelanders dutifully wore masks, right-wing media in the United States convinced millions of followers that masks were symbols of oppression. Heading into this summer’s Delta surge, the United States had registered 34 million confirmed infections (10 percent of the population) and around 600,000 deaths (.18 percent).
Cases & Deaths are orders of magnitude worse in the U.S. than in Iceland. As Iceland steadily vaccinated three-quarters of its people, the U.S. vaccination campaign started strong, then hit a wall of right-wing obstinance. The same misinformation-peddlers who castigated masks also conned millions of Americans—Southerners, Westerners and conservatives, mostly—into believing vaccines were part of some liberal plot. Today, just 59 percent of the U.S. population has gotten at least one jab. The United States is sitting on tens of millions of unused doses of world-class vaccines while poorer, less privileged countries practically beg for access to shots. Now, it’s true that tens of millions of Americans have caught COVID and recovered. Their antibodies and T-cells count toward herd immunity. But even taking into account widespread natural immunity still leaves somewhere in the vicinity of 100 million Americans—a third of the population—with zero immunity. No vaccine. No antibodies or T-cells. Nothing. Icelanders are so highly vaxxed—and so open to the country’s ongoing vaccination campaign—that a few thousand cases, mostly mild, could push the population into herd immunity any day now.
Considering that as many as one in four American adults say they won’t ever get vaccinated, it could take millions of additional infections to get the U.S. through that same threshold. It’s anyone’s guess how long it will take for Delta or some future lineage to spread that widely, and how much damage it will do while getting there. It’s possible, even likely, that most of those infections will be mild. But even a low rate of serious illness could kill thousands of Americans and leave thousands more with long-term complications—so-called “long COVID.” “We have to be careful about what our expectations are with herd immunity,” Jeffrey Klausner, a former professor of medicine and public health at UCLA, told The Daily Beast. And in the time it takes the United States to rack up the extra infections it needs to get to herd immunity, the novel-coronavirus could produce variants—“lineages” is the scientific term—that are even more transmissible and virulent than Delta. It’s even possible some future lineage could partially evade the vaccines, thus imperiling vaccinated individuals alongside the unvaccinated.
“By allowing the virus to test a myriad of new variants in unvaccinated individuals, we may be naturally selecting the worst strains putting us all at risk—both in the U.S. and abroad,” Elias Sayour, a University of Florida professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics and director of the school’s Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Initiative, told The Daily Beast. “We’re in trouble,” Bortz said. “The U.S. vaccination rate is nowhere near what is needed for broad immunity in the population, to limit the spread and consequences of [variant-of-concern] Delta and other COVID-19 variants.” As Americans brace for another infectious fall, many of them might glance toward Iceland with envy. It wasn’t a foregone conclusion that the United States, despite possessing every material advantage, would fail so badly to build widespread immunity against the novel coronavirus. Its possible to do better. Iceland is proving that.
Face the Nation = Government Propaganda.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says recent COVID-19 outbreaks in states like Mississippi and Louisiana are “entirely predictable, and yet on the other hand, entirely preventable.” Face the Nation is America’s premier Sunday morning public affairs program. The broadcast is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, having debuted November 7, 1954 on CBS. Every Sunday, “Face the Nation” moderator and CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan welcomes leaders, newsmakers, and experts to a lively round table discussion of current events and the latest news.
That common enemy is Fauci White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci called on vaccine-hesitant Americans to “put aside” their “concerns about personal liberty” and just take the experimental COVID vaccine. “You have to get the overwhelming proportion of people vaccinated, but you also have to do mitigation, and that gets to the controversial issue of mask wearing, and the mandating of things. Mandating vaccines, for example, for teachers and…personnel in the school,” Fauci said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “It’s the unvaccinated that are doing that, so we have a lot of tasks. We’ve got to do mitigation. Put aside all of these issues of concern about civil liberties and personal liberties and realize we have a common enemy and that common enemy is the virus,” Fauci said. “And we really have to go together to get on top of this. Otherwise, we’re going to continue to suffer as we’re seeing right now.” Fauci has been more brazen in his support for vaccine and mask mandates in recent months in tandem with the rise of the so-called “delta” COVID variant. Others, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, have been more blunt in demanding compliance from Americans as local authorities in blue cities weigh imposing more mandates. “Screw your freedom,” he said last week in response to mask mandate pushback.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;” Psalm 1:1
This presentation is highly edifying, yet troubling to see how much of this described dynamic has been at play very recently. Pay attention to the graphics for added enrichment.
What does it take to emancipate oneself from the grip of a collective psychosis.
To save, at least, their own soul?
What’s one thing you can’t imagine living your life without? When I look at this question, it reminds me of something I learned long ago.
“Never ask the question if you don’t want to hear the answer.”
I can’t imagine being short of breath and it is the worst. Your brain doesn’t work and it feels like dread. Still my first answer.
Secondarily, Walking, seeing, and hearing. I often forget how fortunate I am to have all these abilities and take it for granted.
Losing one of those would be a massive blow. I can’t live without laughing
Other Choices: Electricity & Gravity & The Fresh Air We Breath. My relationship with Jesus. Without Him the ability to sustain life is impossible & we are left with only the 5 human senses to navigate this place. Current times are a perfect example of where that gets us.
Couldn’t live a day without the Lord our Savior!! #UnitedWeStand
My Wife, children, family, Faith, If I lost everything else but them,
I could start over, but without them, I just don’t know if I would want to.
The way you remind me to see a universe in the smallest things.
My mindset. It’s wonderful not ever getting angry or upset at anything.
The written word of God. (The Bible). Empathy
FACT: Many of the people who’ve taken the unlicensed experimental Covid injection did so not for fear of Covid,
My Choice would be Freedom From Fear of not being allowed access to venues, work, school, travel etc., and for fear of being labeled an “antivaxxer.” Let that sink in.
Healthcare professionals are forced to covaxinate or else say “sayonara ” to their jobs. A lot of nurses couldn’t understand why they’d be painted as public heroes one year and then public villains the next.
In my case it was work-related. I see sick people as part of my job and have to balance the risk of getting Covid with or without a vaccine. A colleague of mine nearly died after getting it and he was relatively young and very healthy- that’s when I made up my mind to have it.
Long history of profit making from ‘cures’ including witchcraft to fake medicines … It is not new! Today the profits are exponential particularly in those societies where medicine is a privatized for profit business as it was with the witches of the past. The strategy of many scientists is to wait for a safe, non-experimental vaccine without side effects and in the meanwhile take other protective products including vitamins. They were also correct regarding early forecasts of: mask use, room volume compared to outside safety,
What’s the basis of it being a “fact” Based on the the fact that after having spoken to hundreds of people over last 6 months who accepted the experimental corporate injection, not one of them was actually scared of dying of the dreaded #Covid19, but all of were afraid of ‘losing access’ or being labeled a dissident. This is not journalism. I’ve spoken to a fraction of that number (most of my friends & fam) & we all had the vaxx because of fear of getting sick/dying or or killing someone who may be immune suppressed and unable to be vaccinated. That’s not journalism, either, btw.
I haven’t talked to one person yet who’s done it for any reason other than the false promise that they will be able to get back to living normally. Most of us have it because it is obviously the best route to personal protection we have, and the risk profile improves for the whole community. We don’t think at all like scare-mongers refusing to get it done. You seem to be all about the fear. We’re all about the fix. Are you saying that making medical decisions based on peer pressure is not a good thing?
It’s called social engineering. herd mentality vs groupthink . They did it on 911 and they’ve done it again. Down the cattle chute we all do run. That is in direct contravention of the Nuremberg code, which clearly states that no threats, duress or coercion should be exerted on people to accept an experimental medical procedure. How many times has it been proven that GMOs are harmful to our health? So why should anyone feel comfortable getting a GMO vaccine??
I didn’t do it for “FEAR” of anything except transferring it to someone who would get the virus bad. I wanted a free travel pass, but that was just the bonus. It’s the passport to a “normal” world again.
Every1 I know took the jab, not bc they were afraid of covid but bc they would lose their jobs, not b able 2 travel or have a life We’re living in Orwellian times, not bc of wht politicians r doing but bc we’re letting them by complying. It’s like everyone has had a lobotomy. Sir you’re 100% right i took Vaccine for fear of being called Black Sheep.
Scientist Doctors Hospitals Big Pharmas Global Media had fun of lifetime in the past 17 months. Let’s hope Covid drama ends soon Covid is a Flu a Cold Virus 4.3 million comorbidity deaths in 17 months, pandemic?
And we thought Neanderthal species were brave and bold….
Well they did help to develop our fine modern present day natural immune systems….. pity we don’t use or exercise them to well anymore
A government that takes your freedoms away, doesn’t just freely give them back. Not that many seem to care about their freedoms and they know it. Which is why this simply isn’t going to go away.
The pattern is enacting totalitarianism under the guise of ‘health and safety’ and ‘for your own good’ and ignoring that were grownups.
Do you see a pattern? – coerced lockdowns – coerced masks – coerced social distancing – coerced business closures – coerced vaccinations – coerced censorship
Yes it’s called mind control , they design the fear to come in waves as it’s more effective.
We are hurtling towards an authoritarian state with half of the population cheering it on in the name of ‘safety’. “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
I have nothing to dispute this – as Sherlock said, “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth”
Vicious may imply moral depravity or it may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence. Villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic, while nefarious (which derives from the Latin noun nefas, meaning “crime”).
Which suggests flagrantly wicked or impious. Breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct. All of this is not for your health!
The pro-vax fanatics have put billions into propaganda on MSM, social media platforms for both misinformation and censorship
When your mind is clear your feelings can help guide you. #intuition
You’re emotions are vital: Erase Emotions Improve MindSpace with super good silence Tool Someone who is able to control his mind in tough situations is a superhero. What worries you, masters you. Believe in yourself, take on your challenges.
Dig deep within yourself to conquer your mind. – If you conquer your mind. You conquer the world.
Your mind is a battlefield. Be it’s commander, not it’s soldier.
Don’t let your emotions distract you from doing what needs to be done. Control your emotions so your emotions do not control you. When they said “unity and healing.”
What they meant was “extermination and re-education camps!”
Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace
Well I have realized bigly that the people of the world have been lied to to make us fear one another. This last year and a half I have connected with people from all over the world and we all want the BEST for one another. Our governments are the cause of the divide. However, what they didn’t count on was us reaching out to one another, finding kindred spirits and cheering one another (all of humanity) on.
The kindness of those throughout the world towards one another is something I’m sure they never expected and certainly didn’t want. What was meant to control us has opened our eyes and our hearts to one another’s plights and a genuine love of all people that has become the new reality. As I always say, LOVE ALWAYS WINS. We were taught to fear one another and through this we learned that it isn’t us, it’s our evil govts who have divided us through fear.
We now see the truth & nothing can ever change that. Hate is an ugly thing, liars who intentionally spread hate are deserving of a special place in hell. If nothing else, we will all stand together for truth, for light, for hope and for love. We win! If only it hadn’t taken us so long because we trusted not one another but those who intend us harm. Sad truth.
“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” Proverbs 16:9 #SundayScripture
God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin!!
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of … who do the things no one can imagine.”-Alan Turig
Let’s work together to preserve and promote Liberty as a human right
throughout the universe
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.
#LIBERTY is a gift from God not from the Government! Top 50 Christian Songs Top Hits 2021 Medley – Best Christian Praise and Worship Music 2021 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… =================================================== [00:00:00] – 01.Living Hope – Phil Wickham [00:05:24] – 02.Raise a Hallelujah – Jonathan and Melissa Helser [00:15:15] – 03.Way Maker – Sinach [00:23:38] – 04.Yeshua – Jesus Image Worship [00:42:46] – 05.See A Victory – Elevation Worship [00:48:25] – 06.At The Cross – Hillsong Worship [00:53:23] – 07.Who You Say I Am – Hillsong Worship [00:58:48] – 08.Raise a Hallelujah – Bethel Music [01:02:39] – 09.Oceans – Hillsong United [01:07:06] – 10.So Will I (100 Billion X) – Hillsong United [01:14:05] – 11.Matt Redman – 10,000 Reasons [01:22:40] – 12.You Say – Lauren Daigle [01:30:08] – 13.Forever – Kari Jobe [01:36:46] – 14.The Blessing with Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes [01:44:06] – 15.Worthy is the Lamb – Hillsong Worship [01:48:14] – 16.Shout To The Lord – What a Beautiful Name [01:55:57] – 170.Way Maker – Leeland 0 [02:24:32] – 18.Thank You Lord – Don Moen [02:30:06] – 19.God You’re So Good – Passion ft Kristian Stanfill, Melodie Malone [02:35:03] – 20.Reckless Love – Cory Asbury [02:40:24] – 21.O Come To The Altar – Elevation Worship [02:47:21] – 28.Holy Spirit – Kari Jobe ft. Cody Carnes [02:56:58] – 29.Another In The Fire – Hillsong United [03:03:09] – 30.Hosanna- Hillsong United [03:07:54] – 31.Holy, Lord God Almighty – House of Heroes Worship [03:17:03] – 32.Here Again – Elevation Worship [03:23:33] – 33.Through It All – Hillsong [03:28:05] – 34.As We Come To Worship You – GMF Netherlands & Myanmar Choir [03:36:11] – 35.Hallelujah for the Cross – Newsboys [03:39:37] – 36.Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) – Hillsong Worship
In GOD WE TRUST No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants
of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. Isaiah 54:17
Proverb A phrase highlighting how a common enemy can be a unifying force for otherwise disparate groups or people. I didn’t want to work with that organization until I realized that we all wanted to keep the same candidate out of office. That’s when I realized the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Among the most popular of these is a maxim that was known by many of the ancients — “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” That maxim has survived as a modern principle of foreign policy. It explains why states that have been at war against one another can, in a very short period of time, become allies against a common enemy.
Who runs Russia?:
The country has entered the age of the seven bankers,’ where crime is not just organized, it’s institutionalized. Did Russia open our borders to MS13? Did Russia ship in tens of thousands of refugees & illegals? Did Russia triple our National Debt in 8 years? Did Russia fund & arm ISIS? NO! That was the LEFT, much more serious threat than Russia will ever be. Beware the enemy within.
After 10 years of vigorous organized crime, the situation is organizing rather well. It’s institutionalizing, even. This new condition even has its own nickname: the semibankyrshina, or “the age of Seven Bankers.”
Seven men control half of the Russian economy. The Seven Bankers are: Vladimir Potanin | Vladimir Guzinsky | Boris Berezovsky | Vladimir Vinogradov |Mikhail Fridman | Mikhail Khodorkovsky |Alexander Smolensky.
Russians in the age of semibankyrshina are trying hard to find Russian things to do with the media. The bankers’ sudden and consuming interest in media mostly owes to the influence of two prominent politicians in the Yeltsin court: Anatoly Chubais and Tatyana Dyachenko. A remarkable pair, they are both hugely powerful figures who’ve never been elected to office. Ms. Dyachenko is a computer programmer — and the president’s daughter. Mr. Chubais is a laptop-toting 41- year-old laptop- toting economist who was Mr. Yeltsin’s campaign manager.
Yeltsin has mastered one highly effective political tactic: He’s very good at co-opting ambitious rivals and holding them out into the line of direct fire. The first victim was Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin, always the loyal supporter, stepped back a pace and dropped the entire collapsing colossus of communism squarely onto Mr. Gorbachev’s dappled head. In the years since, Mr. Gorby has sunk like a stone. Then there was Defence Minister Pavel Grachev. The swaggering, overconfident Mr. Grachev absorbed the heat for the Chechnya debacle, and fell flaming from a great height.
Then there was Alexander Lebed, another ambitious general; Yeltsin gave Lebed all the rope he wanted. When Yeltsin rose from his sickbed, he cut Lebed off at the knees. Lebed is now off in the political wilderness, muttering frantically about lost atomic bombs in KGB suitcases.
Then there was Alexander Korzhakov, a KGB general who was once Yeltsin’s all-powerful bodyguard and drinking buddy. Korzhakov is something of a special case, as he was basically shoved off the political cliff by Dyachenko & Chubais, but Yeltsin was the one who actually fired him.
Chubais is a unique figure in the Yeltsin circle, because Chubais has absorbed this lethal punishment from Yeltsin and returned from the dead for more. Most of Yeltsin’s “trusted friends” get burned once & are ruined for good. Chubais is a special kind of guy: He’s a real player – Chubais basically invented the Russian privatization process. He came up with a brilliant economic hack known as the “loans for shares” scheme. Loans-for-shares basically allowed Russian state enterprises to sell themselves via financing their own purchases by private entities.
I doubt that Chubais realized that this clever financial invention of his would lead to 1/2 Russia being bought up by 7 oligarchs. The “reform” turned out to be just a bald hand-over of the Russian economy to the seven guys who were fastest with a rubber cheque book.
The end result, there’s no “market”, no competition, no improvement in efficiency. The economy crashed drastically, and the ruble hyperinflated. Vast hordes of Russians were flung out of work or, worse yet, found themselves working and not being paid for it, for months on end.
It’s said the only man in the Yeltsin circle that Dyachenko trusts is Chubais. When Dyachenko reluctantly entered her father’s inner circle, AND it was dominated by the macho, hard-drinking Korzhakov, who rashly dismissed Dyachenko as a “bit of fluff.” (Serious tactical error.)
Chubais, on the other hand, takes Dyachenko seriously, given his lack of an independent political base, he doesn’t have much choice but to suck up to her. The new Dyachenko-Chubais courtier axis has proved a formidable combo. You have to reach the president to talk to him, and Ms. Dyachenko sets the old man’s schedule now. She also is his image handler; she’s got him to comb his hair properly, smile more on camera, and, best of all, cut back on the sauce. Under the Dyachenko regime, Yeltsin looks less like a blundering thug. Basically, he looks like the kind of guy that a sane Russian woman might want to vote for: a kindly, somewhat remote Good Czar Boris figure, a guy who’s above the political fray, but with the common touch. This is not to say that Mr. Yeltsin is popular. Russians think he has no real agenda. And he doesn’t.
Melania Trump’s family includes parents Vikor and Amalija Knavs, two siblings (one she doesn’t really talk about), and, of course, son Barron Trump. President Donald Trump’s wife is from Slovenia and, although they aren’t in the public eye much, she is said to be close to her parents, her sister, and, obviously, her son.
Man don’t you see the orchestration? The biggest Controllers “Biden’s Handlers” want world domination. We are all disposable.
I believe out of our political correctness we are ironically adopting the establishment’s narrative to appeal to their hypocrisy as an argument (i.e., reductio ad absurdum).
After taking office, he won passage of a major tax cut, the Clean Air Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the 1964 election, Johnson passed even more sweeping reforms. The Social Security Amendments of 1965 created two government-run healthcare programs, Medicare/caid!!
The World got this wrong leader at the wrong time. He’s the only President in 20 years to have the courage and fortitude to end it. Proud of him. There was no way short of occupying indefinitely, to leave that country to its own fate. The Taliban ruled when we arrived, and they will rule after we leave.
US occupation : 55 until 73! President Eisenhower started it, Nixon finished! My dad was drafted in ’68 at the age of 18! LBJ was President! However, Nixon continued US presence with its peak in 69 with 500,000 men! He didn’t pull troops until 1973! Read a history book!
Politics is like LARPing, fighting over make-believe. “I’ll put Floridards against Portlandia anyday.”
If you think they did it all by themselves then you’re really part of the problem. I don’t really get this comparison-this war was started waaaay before Biden, while LBJ was responsible for escalation in Vietnam. There are a myriad of reasons why the fight in Afghanistan was flawed to begin with (and should’ve ended at Osama Bin Laden’s death)..none of which.. In the history books the quotes will be insane. “Oligarchy is going to take over democracy” and “so I learned a lot about roaches, and I love children jumping on my lap” -J.Biden
Florida is middle of the pack in death rate with a very old population. It is you, a gifted speaker, a charismatic motivating force that should hang their head in shame for NOT being exactly who your capable of being and settling for being 2 a very myopic group of people on the wrong side of history “popular” Stop legitimizing this as a “presidency” Candace. The only legacy Biden will leave behind is how readily people dismissed his dementia and cognitive degeneration to maintain their ideological ego-investments.
BLM: The Big Busine$$ of Race-Hustling (brooketalksamerica.com) He’ll be remembered as the one who was able to save America’s democracy & an elder who tried to help everyone in America to have a taste of the American dream…he’s a legend who will never be forgotten…a very good grandfather to America. He’s a puppet for a commie, globalist regime. Of course he won’t run again. And puppets don’t have legacies. Their handlers do.
Trump is fighting like the third monkey trying to get on the ark. Let’s all join him!
Looking forward to the Zombie apocalypse.
They made fun of Noah, until the rain started falling…. But Noah was taking action and building an arc. And the whole world flooded. To be fair. There were still hold outs even after a few days of rain. Some people just don’t want to believe anything. To be fair. There were still hold outs even after a few days of rain. Some people just don’t want to believe anything. Where did all the water come from that would submerge mountains?
Funny that so many people believe Noah’s Ark was real but they don’t acknowledge that #climatechangeisreal … Brace for coastal exodus, Florida! Look up geo-engineering, they’ve been messing with our weather for decades. People still call it climate change. Look up geo-engineering, they’ve been messing with our weather for decades. People still call it climate change.
Every desert on earth scientists have found proof of worldwide flooding. (Fossilized sea life) We’re on our way there. The great tribulations have not begun but I’m now seeing how they’ll play out by how people have reacted to the COVID19 lockdowns and riots over the summer. Matthew 24:37-39 – “For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware..”
Noah was the first conspiracy theorist
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. -Galatians 6:7
Yes, yes they did… 2 Peter: 3-10
Grown men are so intimidated by a woman with knowledge that surpasses yours so you resort to insult and gaslighting and bullying to get your point across. Please please remind everyone!!!!! The bible is not a history book it is the power of God unto salvation!!!!! We have reduced it to memory verses it is not! His words, warnings are real and must come to pass though it may
tarry but it must come to pass!!!!
It’s raining and we are making fun of you. If it snows , we’ll make fun of you. If the sun shines we’ll make fun of you. #stopthestupidity
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. The clock of LIFE is wound but ONCE.
The POPE will eventually step down.
Very interesting in fact that according to prophecy, he is to be the last pope before the end times events begin to kick in.. guess we’ll see… Loved it! Noah the “The Original Conspiracy Theorist” Let us know when the stupid stops raining on you.
Remember and do not be deceived, anti Christ (instead of Christ) shows up first and then our Lord and savior Jesus Christ comes. 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 gives you the answer. Do not be fooled. Satan wants Christ’s position. We see this during Christ’s 40 days in the desert. Yes they did. They backed Moses up to the Red Sea and thought they had him trapped. Then God made a path for him by parting the sea, and the Egyptians followed into the trap leading to their deaths. So it will be with President Trump and the minions of Lucifer today.
How great is the patience of almighty God! Then man will have no excuse when they face the white throne judgement and be sentenced to a lake of fire forever and ever. Repentance and belief in the saviour of Jesus Christ is the only way out. That’s right!!! They sure did…. but boy when it started raining, it was too late for them to get on board wasn’t it? So get on board now.. before you are surprised by what God is getting ready to do!
But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Matthew 24:37
Please watch this 4 minute video of the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel of Jesus Christ if anyone wants to be saved.
It has now been 34 weeks since the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine were sent out to states, kicking off the largest vaccination campaign in human history. As of August 11, 409,566,315 doses of the vaccine have been sent out across the country — equivalent to 124.8% of the U.S. population.
While the initial distribution of the vaccine took longer than federal projections had indicated, in recent months the U.S. has made great leaps in the worldwide race to administer vaccinations — and some states are faring far better than others. Under the current system, led by the White House COVID-19 Response Team, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sends states limited shipments of the vaccine as well as funding and tasks them with distributing the vaccine in accordance with relatively loose federal guidelines.
Each state has developed its own rollout plan, prioritizing different age groups and classes of essential workers. The mix of policies and logistical challenges across the country has led to wide variations between states in the percentage of vaccines that have been administered.
While nationwide 86.2% of distributed vaccine doses have been administered as of August 11, in New Mexico 99.9% of vaccine doses have been administered — the largest share of any state. In Alabama, 69.3% of vaccine doses have been administered, the smallest share of any state.
Differences in vaccine administration from state to state have also led to variations in the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated. In Vermont, the number of administered doses amounts to 141.0% of the population — greater than the national vaccination rate of 107.6% and the largest share of any state. In Mississippi, the number of administered doses amounts to 75.8% of the population — the smallest share of any state.
While a majority of Americans remain unvaccinated due to a lack of supply, there are some who have no plans to receive a vaccine at all. According to a survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, 45.8% of U.S. adults 18 and over who have not yet received the vaccine will either probably not or definitely not get a COVID-19 vaccine in the future. The most common reason cited for not wanting a vaccine was being concerned about possible side effects. Other commonly cited reasons include that they were planning to wait and see if it is safe, not trusting COVID-19 vaccines, and not trusting the government.
To determine how states are doing with the vaccine rollout, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. States were ranked based on the number of vaccines administered within a state as a percentage of the number of vaccines distributed to that state by the federal government as of August 11. Data on confirmed COVID-19 cases as of August 11 came from various state and local health departments and were adjusted for population using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey. Data on the percentage of adults who probably or definitely will not get a COVID-19 vaccine and their reasons for not getting one came from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, conducted from June 23, 2021 to July 5, 2021. US States – Ranked by Population 2021 (worldpopulationreview.com)
1. New Mexico > Total vaccines distributed to state: 2,507,505 > Total vaccines administered within state: 2,531,528 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 99.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,258 per 100,000 #37218,569 | 4,448Deaths 2. Wisconsin > Total vaccines distributed to state: 6,539,905 > Total vaccines administered within state: 6,251,863 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 95.6% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,984 per 100,000 #18705,031 | 8,322Deaths 3. Connecticut > Total vaccines distributed to state: 5,039,745 > Total vaccines administered within state: 4,661,382 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 92.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,079 per 100,000 #33361,836 | 8,307Deaths 4. Washington > Total vaccines distributed to state: 9,892,835 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,134,591 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 92.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 6,505 per 100,000 #26508,631 | 6,287Deaths 5. Vermont > Total vaccines distributed to state: 955,460 > Total vaccines administered within state: 879,920 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 92.1% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 3,837 per 100,000 #5026,040 | 264Deaths 6. New York > Total vaccines distributed to state: 25,577,155 > Total vaccines administered within state: 23,410,994 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 91.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,203 per 100,000 #42,194,646 | 53,671Deaths 7. Massachusetts > Total vaccines distributed to state: 10,141,180 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,243,823 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 91.2% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,577 per 100,000 #15734,486 | 18,142Deaths 8. Minnesota > Total vaccines distributed to state: 6,826,300 > Total vaccines administered within state: 6,175,256 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 90.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,974 per 100,000 #21624,944 | 7,822Deaths 9. Utah > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,437,120 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,092,195 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 90.0% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 13,740 per 100,000 #28444,459 | 2,525 Deaths 10. Colorado > Total vaccines distributed to state: 7,343,355 > Total vaccines administered within state: 6,577,649 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.6% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,149 per 100,000 #23592,765 | 7,186Deaths
11. Pennsylvania > Total vaccines distributed to state: 16,586,075 > Total vaccines administered within state: 14,839,806 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 9,670 per 100,000 #61,250,885 | 27,957Deaths 12. Virginia > Total vaccines distributed to state: 11,028,775 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,863,049 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.4% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 8,331 per 100,000 #17717,826 | 11,599Deaths 13. Nevada > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,408,320 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,046,186 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.4% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,901 per 100,000 #32371,126 | 6,160Deaths 14. Nebraska > Total vaccines distributed to state: 2,217,380 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,980,288 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,989 per 100,000 #36233,403 | 2,564Deaths 15. Kentucky > Total vaccines distributed to state: 4,819,555 > Total vaccines administered within state: 4,301,981 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 89.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,197 per 100,000 #24513,402 | 7,485Deaths 16. California > Total vaccines distributed to state: 51,879,625 > Total vaccines administered within state: 46,089,472 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 88.8% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,423 per 100,000 #14,194,834 | 64,596 Deaths 17. Illinois > Total vaccines distributed to state: 15,685,075 > Total vaccines administered within state: 13,918,406 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 88.7% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,397 per 100,000 #5 1,462,088 | 26,092Deaths 18. North Dakota > Total vaccines distributed to state: 765,470 > Total vaccines administered within state: 672,252 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 87.8% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 14,770 per 100,000 #44113,094 | 1,576Deaths 19. Iowa > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,665,385 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,193,184 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 87.1% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,220 per 100,000 #29419,238 | 6,210Deaths
20. Maine > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,945,320 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,690,416 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 86.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 5,331 per 100,000 #4772,333 | 904Deaths 21. Hawaii > Total vaccines distributed to state: 2,015,510 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,735,680 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 86.1% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 3,181 per 100,000 #4948,397 | 546 Deaths 22. Ohio > Total vaccines distributed to state: 13,090,805 > Total vaccines administered within state: 11,253,284 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 86.0% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 9,783 per 100,000 #81,155,322 | 20,614Deaths 23. Indiana > Total vaccines distributed to state: 7,189,680 > Total vaccines administered within state: 6,179,127 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,679 per 100,000 #14800,096 | 14,128Deaths 24. New Jersey > Total vaccines distributed to state: 12,302,125 > Total vaccines administered within state: 10,566,222 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,822 per 100,000 #101,057,096 | 26,681Deaths 25. Montana > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,150,655 > Total vaccines administered within state: 987,173 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.8% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,066 per 100,000 #42 119,974 | 1,730Deaths 26. Rhode Island > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,578,205 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,348,833 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 14,709 per 100,000 #40157,589 | 2,744Deaths 27. South Dakota > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,015,515 > Total vaccines administered within state: 866,769 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.4% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 14,197 per 100,000 #41126,746 | 2,052Deaths 28. Tennessee > Total vaccines distributed to state: 6,951,050 > Total vaccines administered within state: 5,915,159 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 85.1% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 13,523 per 100,000 #13936,614 | 12,912Deaths 29. Florida > Total vaccines distributed to state: 27,495,755 > Total vaccines administered within state: 23,295,831 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 84.7% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,953 per 100,000 #32,877,214 | 40,766 Deaths 30. Wyoming > Total vaccines distributed to state: 538,665 > Total vaccines administered within state: 455,423 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 84.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,581 per 100,000 #4868,272 | 793Deaths
31. New Hampshire > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,932,240 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,612,006 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 83.4% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 7,510 per 100,000 #45 102,901 | 1,395Deaths 32. Missouri > Total vaccines distributed to state: 6,765,145 > Total vaccines administered within state: 5,627,432 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 83.2% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,492 per 100,000 #16732,417 | 10,670Deaths 33. Oklahoma > Total vaccines distributed to state: 4,298,000 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,566,215 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 83.0% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,670 per 100,000 #25508,834 | 7,631Deaths 34. Kansas > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,339,155 > Total vaccines administered within state: 2,766,763 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 82.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,746 per 100,000 #34349,070 | 5,417Deaths 35. Arizona > Total vaccines distributed to state: 8,747,550 > Total vaccines administered within state: 7,243,338 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 82.8% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 13,028 per 100,000 #12958,992 | 18,435Deaths 36. Maryland > Total vaccines distributed to state: 8,920,450 > Total vaccines administered within state: 7,332,834 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 82.2% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 7,860 per 100,000 #27478,288 | 9,878Deaths 37. Oregon > Total vaccines distributed to state: 5,866,265 > Total vaccines administered within state: 4,805,974 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 81.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 5,456 per 100,000 #35238,463 | 2,958Deaths 38. Louisiana > Total vaccines distributed to state: 4,667,810 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,820,920 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 81.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,701 per 100,000 #22614,776 | 11,519 Deaths 39. Texas > Total vaccines distributed to state: 34,561,825 > Total vaccines administered within state: 28,227,060 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 81.7% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,131 per 100,000 #23,313,812 | 54,353Deaths 40. Delaware > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,359,035 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,109,125 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 81.6% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,601 per 100,000 #43113,853 | 1,837Deaths
41. Michigan > Total vaccines distributed to state: 12,228,820 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,919,802 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 81.1% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,230 per 100,000 #111,027,075 | 21,277Deaths 42. Alaska > Total vaccines distributed to state: 874,135 > Total vaccines administered within state: 705,607 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 80.7% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,260 per 100,000 #46 79,151 | 395Deaths 43. North Carolina > Total vaccines distributed to state: 12,428,530 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,927,720 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 79.9% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 10,364 per 100,000 #91,108,774 | 13,842 Deaths 44. Arkansas > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,234,290 > Total vaccines administered within state: 2,570,239 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 79.5% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 13,429 per 100,000 #30416,173 | 6,432Deaths 45. South Carolina > Total vaccines distributed to state: 5,740,585 > Total vaccines administered within state: 4,516,350 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 78.7% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,492 per 100,000 #19656,313 | 10,039Deaths 46. Idaho > Total vaccines distributed to state: 1,782,040 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,395,871 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 78.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,473 per 100,000 #38208,137 | 2,247Deaths 47. Georgia > Total vaccines distributed to state: 12,071,265 > Total vaccines administered within state: 9,207,769 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 76.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 11,533 per 100,000 #71,238,383 | 21,894Deaths 48. Mississippi > Total vaccines distributed to state: 3,021,865 > Total vaccines administered within state: 2,255,050 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 74.6% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,383 per 100,000 #31381,147 | 7,761Deaths 49. West Virginia > Total vaccines distributed to state: 2,040,355 > Total vaccines administered within state: 1,493,244 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 73.2% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 9,497 per 100,000 #39171,997 | 2,976Deaths 50. Alabama > Total vaccines distributed to state: 5,389,260 > Total vaccines administered within state: 3,733,090 > Pct. of distributed vaccines administered: 69.3% > Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 12,561 per 100,000 #20627,905 | 11,765Deaths
The current metro area population of Washington DC in 2021 is 5,378,000, a 1.05% increase from 2020. The metro area population of Washington DC in 2020 was 5,322,000, a 1.1% increase from 2019. The metro area population of Washington DC in 2019 was 5,264,000, a 1.09% increase from 2018. * Washington DC 52,201 | 1,150 Deaths
LEGENDARY Who is playing in the Field of Dreams game and where ? Patrizia Rizzo, SEO Reporter
MAJOR League Baseball will pay a tribute to the iconic 1990 film Field of Dreams. The Field of Dreams Game, as the MLB has called it, took place on August 12, 2021, at 7pm ET. The organization held a game near the baseball field where the original movie was filmed.
Who is playing in the Field of Dreams game and where can I watch? The New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox will be going head to head at a game in Dyersville, Iowa. The game can be watched on Fox or live on FuboTV with a paid subscription.
In an effort to honor the film’s era of the 1910s and 1920s, the Yankees’ and White Sox’s uniforms will mimic the time period from the movie. The Field of Dreams is in Iowa Credit: AP
The MLB will not host the game at the same field the movie was filmed in, but a few fields down instead Credit: AP
The game at the Field of Dreams was originally set to take place in 2020 for the film’s 30th anniversary but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the teams playing would have been the White Sox against the Cardinals. The White Sox and Yankees were the original pairings, but coronavirus-driven restrictions on playing outside of paired geographic divisions did not allow that to happen.
How do I get tickets to the Field of Dreams Game?
Tickets for the game are not available on the MLB website. The MLB held a public lottery for the opportunity to purchase tickets but said the lottery was open to just those with Iowa zip codes. However, some resales can cost up to $1,400, according to TickPick. Lottery winners had the opportunity to purchase two tickets and one parking pass. The stadium only holds 8,000 attendees and will be the first MLB regular-season game ever played in the state of Iowa.
What is the Field of Dreams movie about? The Field of Dreams movie starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones is known as one of the most famous baseball films ever made. The film is about an Iowa farmer hearing a mysterious voice one night telling him to build a field. The farmer, whose name is Ray, builds a baseball diamond on his land, supported by his wife, Annie. Afterward, the ghosts of great players start emerging from the crops to play ball, led by “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 13, 2021 Tim Anderson from Tuscaloosa, AL. It’s fitting #FieldOfDreamsGame won by a walk-off homer by a player born and reared in the same great state that produced such players as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Satchel Paige, Ozzie Smith, Billy Williams, and others. Anderson, who was clearly having as much fun as anyone in attendance and had an earlier RBI double, danced his way around the bases and wiggled his hands around his neck as he headed for home and the celebratory dousing at the plate from his teammates. Tim Anderson’s insanely cool walk-off home run in the ‘Field of Dreams’ game FULL 9TH INNING from Field of Dreams! CRAZY final inning between White Sox and Yankees! – YouTube That sent the crowd of 7,832 back through the corn and to their cars after a light and fireworks show at the made-from-scratch stadium next to the filming site of the beloved 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner. Even the Yankees fans who made the trek could hardly have headed home anything but happy with the experience. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each hit two-run homers for the Yankees in the top of the ninth off All-Star closer Liam Hendriks, as the movie-themed throwback event became a home run hitting contest into the cornfield. This was precisely the thrill many players hoped aloud for prior to the night. There were eight long balls in all, two by Judge. And it had a Hollywood finish, too, with the game-saving shot by Anderson. So what if it was more from “The Natural” than “Field of Dreams”? José Abreu hit the first drive into the sea of green stalks, and teammates Eloy Jiménez and Seby Zavala followed him with homers for the White Sox. League ERA leader Lance Lynn sidestepped a three-run homer by Judge and a solo shot from Brett Gardner to finish five innings for the White Sox, remaining unbeaten in his last eight starts. Jiménez had a three-run shot in the third inning. Then Zavala added a two-run homer in the fourth to hang seven runs on Yankees starter Andrew Heaney, who lasted five innings on this vintage summer night in farm country with the teams in 1919-style uniforms to match. Costner started the evening with a star’s entrance, slowly walking out of the cornrows like Shoeless Joe Jackson and his ghost-like teammates did in the film before turning to watch the players do the same for their made-for-TV pregame introductions. Costner’s address to the fans included the obligatory question in ode to the famous line from the movie, “Is this heaven?” No, it’s Iowa, but MLB will be back, as Commissioner Rob Manfred promised for 2022, the teams still to be determined. FAMILY FIRST White Sox manager Tony La Russa missed the game, with bench coach Miguel Cairo filling in, to attend the funeral for his sister’s husband in Florida. The 76-year-old La Russa would’ve fit right in at the site, with his team in vintage wear. “I was raised to embrace the history of the game, and I think too often we lose parts of it,” he said earlier this week. “’Field of Dreams’ is a great movie, and it embraces everything about family and all the game’s all about.”
NOT QUITE MOONLIGHT GRAHAM Both teams were allowed a 27th man on the roster, so the Yankees chose outfielder Estevan Florial and the White Sox summoned outfielder Danny Mendick. Florial was about as close as a player could come to Moonlight Graham, who got in only one major league game with the New York Giants in 1905, became a doctor in Minnesota and had a significant role in the movie plot. The 23-year-old Florial had 28 prior plate appearances for the Yankees this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole and LHP Jordan Montgomery, both on the COVID-19 list since Aug. 2 and 3, respectively, rejoined the team in Iowa and could be slotted back in the rotation this weekend. White Sox: C Yasmani Grandal, on the injured list since July 6 with a torn tendon in his knee, went 2 for 3 with a walk Wednesday in the first game of his rehab assignment with Double-A Birmingham.
Ray’s (Kevin Costner) dream comes true when he gets to have a game of catch with his father (Dwier Brown). FILM DESCRIPTION: “If you build it, he will come.” That’s the ethereal message that inspires Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) to construct a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. At first, “he” seems to be the ghost of disgraced ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta), who materializes on the ballfield and plays a few games with the awestruck Ray. But as the weeks go by, Ray receives several other messages from a disembodied voice, one of which is “Ease his pain.” He realizes that his ballfield has been divinely ordained to give a second chance to people who have sacrificed certain valuable aspects of their lives. One of these folks is Salinger Esque writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), whom Ray kidnaps and takes to a ball game and then to his farm. Another is Doc Graham (Burt Lancaster), a beloved general practitioner who gave up a burgeoning baseball career in favor of medicine. The final “second-chancer” turns out to be much closer to Ray. That “magical” field in Dyersville, Iowa still draws thousands of baseball-happy tourists each year.
I keep seeing “have a catch” as a regional thing but just about everyone from ALL regions say the same thing: it’s a play catch.
You don’t “play catch”, catch isn’t a game. You “have a catch”. It doesn’t matter. People say “let’s play catch”. No one says “let’s have a catch” . Opposite for me – it was always let’s go play catch and never heard the phrase let’s have a catch….I saw this, of course, and it left me wondering once again: is “have a catch” some kind of regional expression? Growing up in Michigan we NEVER said such a thing, nor had even heard of it. You’d ask your dad if he wanted to go out and “PLAY catch.” The phrase “have a catch” ruined the entire movie for me. I grew up around 3 generations of baseball fanatics and never once heard that phrase. The perfect entrance would have had @DwierBrown was the only one to walk in from the corn in full catcher’s gear, and first pitch from Costner. Oh well, I can dream. I cry my eyes out every time during that scene thinking of playing catch with my dad. How did the two of you not throw out the first pitch to each other?!?!?!?!?! Loved your personal story in the documentary. Thanks for sharing it. Knowing it makes the movie even better.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all — what once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhhhhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
I’m so excited to announce that the audio version of my book is finally published! It’s narrated by me. (Click the video below to hear a sample.) If you’re new to Audible you can listen to the whole book for free. Click this link for more information: If You Build It… by Dwier Brown | Audiobook | Audible.com