Note: I am planning a road trip to the US east coast probably immediately after Labor Day, September 6, from my home in southern Minnesota. If any of you regular followers would like to meet me on this road trip, I will try to accommodate you in my itinerary. The arrangement would at least consist of meeting over a beverage of your choice at a location near you or at your home. Please contact me if this interests you at my email address: goatmeal36@yahoo.com. Ron H.
- Prof. Jay Bhattacharya: I stand by the Great Barrington Declaration, an interview with Bhattacharya from Unherd, a British website.
Professor Jay Bhattacharya [of Stanford University] is one of the famous voices to have emerged out of the pandemic. A vocal critic of lockdowns, his name became synonymous with the controversial Great Barrington Declaration, which called for an “alternative approach to the pandemic” that would entail no lockdowns. Along with co-signatories Sunetra Gupta and Martin Kulldforff, the trio argued that public health strategies should instead centre on the ‘focused protection’ of at-risk groups while keeping society as open as possible so the healthy parts of the population could build herd immunity. [my insertion]
The declaration triggered a huge global debate, with critics arguing that many more lives would have been lost on account of the difficulty of shielding all those who were vulnerable. During this week’s interview, Freddie Sayers challenged Prof Bhattacharya on what would have happened if his strategy was adopted, whether he has changed his mind in retrospect, and how his ‘focused protection’ have would worked with waning immunity and new variants?
And at one point (36:09m) Prof. Bhattacharya regarding censorship and harassment said:
I know for fact that there was not a consensus [among scientists]. Yet there
were many, many people afraid to speak up and say this hypothesis [CDC policies?] doesn't make sense. I know that because both before and after, especially after, I've gotten countless people [probably scientists] writing to me saying thank you for speaking up, and letting me say my piece. [my insertions]
were many, many people afraid to speak up and say this hypothesis [CDC policies?] doesn't make sense. I know that because both before and after, especially after, I've gotten countless people [probably scientists] writing to me saying thank you for speaking up, and letting me say my piece. [my insertions]
- "We Do Not Consent!": San Diego Resident Goes Viral After Sharp Tongued Speech At Board Of Supervisors Meeting by Tyler Durden from his weblog ZeroHedge. (Note: You will need to scroll down to the article.)
- FDA Grants Full Approval To Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine by Joe Martino from The Pulse.
Why It Matters: Now that full FDA approval is in place, we’re likely to see vaccine requirements and mandates take off intensely. Hospitals, colleges, corporations and other organizations will now likely look to mandate their workers be vaccinated, while still offering reasonable accommodation via religious or medical exemption.
- The Congressional Budget Office Is Forecasting U.S. Debt Levels Not Seen Since World War II as GDP Forecasts Dim by Pam & Russ Martens from their weblog Wall Street on Parade.
- Lucy Morgan Edwards - Afghanistan in turmoil, the role of MI6 and CIA. Edwards, who has lived in Afghanistan before and after 9/11/2001, was interviewed by Vanessa Beeley (1:08 hours) regarding here impressions about the turmoil in that country. This interview is accessed from Beeley's weblog. Edwards has also published a book entitled The Afghan Solution: The Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan Hardcover (2011). She has also published a recent article in the Spectator, a British publication, entitled "The Taliban’s lightning victory was no surprise". (Note: I had difficulty with my old ears understanding Edwards, but Beeley not so much. This is a typical experience of mine hearing anyone with an accent--Edwards and Beeley are both British.)
I interview Dr Lucy Morgan Edwards about the recent events in Afghanistan, the reality of life under the Taliban and why the NATO aggression post 9/11 should never have happened but US, UK intelligence agencies ensured it stayed on track despite political resolution being an option.
- 'US goal is an endless war, not a successful war' – WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange from the channel of YouTube (5:01m)
- To Instigate Against Taliban CNN Claims Contradiction Where None Is Evident by Bernhard, a German independent blogger from his weblog Moon of Alabama. (Note: A short article that is much to the point that you cannot trust CNN!)
- Anti-war veterans explain how US lost Afghanistan while leaders lied, profited by Aaron Maté from The Grayzone.
- ‘Forever war’ benefiting Afghans? Follow the money by Pepe Escobar from the "Saker Blog".
- GIEI Report Confirms Human Rights Violations in the 2019 U.S.-Backed Coup in Bolivia by Ramona Wadi from Strategic Culture Foundation.
A 471-page report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Bolivia (GIEI-Bolivia) recently presented to Bolivian President Luis Arce in La Paz on Tuesday this week confirms the U.S.-backed coup’s persecution of opponents, including “systematic torture and summary executions” in 2019. The report is based on interviews with 400 victims of the Anez regime and other witnesses, as well as 120,000 files related to abuses between September 1 and December 31, 2019.
The findings prompted Bolivian prosecutors to charge the self-styled “interim leader” Jeanine Anez with genocide.
- CAM Back to School Special: Major Midwest University Hires Former Under-Secretary of Defense and Under-Secretary of the Army as President by Nick Alexandrov from CovertAction Magazine.
