Saturday, March 28, 2020

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: WEEKEND VERSION NO TOILET PAPER WASHINGTON USES THE CONSTITUTION INSTEAD CORONAVIRUS NEWS PLUS THE OTHER NEWS




"They don't want to be on record as making the biggest mistake in history"



US  Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) March 27, 2020




SIX POINT TWO TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BAILOUT RUSHED THROUGH CONGRESS FRIDAY WITH SOME GOING TO THE LITTLE FOLKS BUT A LOT GOING TO THE BIG FOLKS AND THE BIG BANKS.



'WE ARE ALL SOCIALISTS NOW'



THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE REFUSED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE YESTERDAY SO YOU COULD KNOW WHERE THE MEMBERS STOOD......




"THERE'S A BIG COVER UP IN THERE"-TWITTER VIDEO REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE (R-KENTUCKY)




All that's been done to financially manipulate things by the Federal Reserve means us little folks are going to need more money to manage things because prices are going to go up sooner or later because the value of the money is being reduced so prices will rise to compensate for that devaluation of money through "qualitative easing" etc. etc. etc.




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Not too many weeks ago this video was shared here with actor Ned Beatty in the 1976 movie "Network" telling us how the system really works and its not about democracy or a representative republic or whatever......



"THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF CURRENCY"-NED BEATTY MONOLOGUE FROM "NETWORK" 1976




"The world is a business"



we are told in the video........




And the business cannot be allowed to fail so we must bear the 6.2 trillion dollar burden....



Whoa!



News related to the coronavirus being put out on the BBC blog today Saturday March 28th.....

BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 3/28/2020




CORONAVIRUS UPDATE:  AIR BRIDGE FROM CHINA TO BRING 600 MILLION MASKS TO FRANCE






FROM BFM-TV IN FRANCE WORD THAT FRANCE IS JOINING FIVE OTHER NATIONS IN EUROPE IN PICKING UP HUGE AMOUNTS OF SUPPLIES FROM CHINA NEEDED TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS



The first flight being tomorrow March 29th with others following as soon as two days later..



The last two paragraphs of the BFM-TV story translated into English via Google reads:




"A mutual aid operation (Europe) had sent 56 tons of medical supplies to China in February) which Beijing plans to transform into a rescue operation on its part.  After overcoming the health crisis,  China is now playing the card of its influence (its "soft power") by offering its aid to many countries in the world which do not have its capacities for large-scale production.   Italy, Spain, Serbia, Greece and France have thus received Chinese equipment.


An influence that Beijing intends to transform into political support.   Thus, according to the German weekly Der Spiegel, during a G 7 videoconference, France thus opposed the United States which wished in a joint press release to speak of the "Wuhan virus"preferring the most diplomatic term of "pandemic" from COVID-19.   In the end China,  helped by its European partners, won the case.   No joint declaration with the 'Wuhan virus'"




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Well here we are in "FUBARLAND" courtesy of the "Clowns on the Left" the Democrats and "Jokers on the Right" the Republicans.


The notion of inflating and devaluing the currency came to us out of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" in the 1960's all that spending of the big bucks between the Democrat policies of the limited war in Vietnam and the social programs.


Then Republican Richard Nixon "opened up"  China and 50 years later look what "spilled out" to put the USA on the skids and open up the situation to China's advantage.


Nixon told the political journalist Theodore White before he entered the White House:



"we can't run the world without China"




The architect of the Nixon foreign policy Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Nelson Rockefeller adviser.


A man still with us but in his 90's.......



What about the current President?    He moves one way, then another.    Keeps hustling and trying to paint a positive picture about America getting back to business by Easter.


Like Bill Clinton's political guru James Carville said in the 1992 campaign.



"It's the economy stupid"



Its easy for patriots and conservatives to be angry with the Trump trashing of Congressman Massie.


I simply say God Bless Congressman Massie and President Trump and move forward.



I am not the HIGHER POWER with the final call on who's right or wrong here,  am  I.


The drunk in me wants to be God and I am not.



CORONAVIRUS UPDATE:   RUSSIA



Russia reporting 1,264 coronavirus cases today, 228 more than yesterday......TASS NEWS AGENCY


RUSSIA CLOSING ITS BORDER THIS MONDAY MARCH 30TH.



The story of the coronavirus lockdown across India as reported by the BBC.....BBC NEWS STORY


Today's BBC News blog on Covid-19.........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS LIVE BLOG 3/28/2020



OTHER NEWS-RUSSIAN PIPE LAYING VESSEL ON ROUND THE WORLD JOURNEY TO ATTEMPT NORD STREAM 2 COMPLETION



When President Trump signed a defense spending bill just before Christmas, it included sanctions against companies helping Russia build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.


A Swiss company then ceased laying pipe along the last stretch of a project designed to bring Russian natural gas directly to Germany, a direct threat to the US energy industry.    The industry now hit very hard by the Russian-Saudi decision to boost oil production driving oil prices dramatically lower.


More on the journey of the Akademik Chersky vessel from Russia's Far East around the world towards Europe....TASS NEWS STORY


NEWSDUMP ALERT:  US SAID TO BE ORDERING MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN IRAQ



Militia forces that are part of Iraq's military but as Shia Muslims are close to Iran have been targeted by the US with one of their leaders killed alongside the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in the targeted assassinations back in January.



US forces consolidating their positions in the country to a smaller number of bases in recent days.



NOW MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTS SAY THAT THE US ORDERED ITS FORCES IN IRAQ TO PREPARE FOR A MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRANIAN RELATED TARGETS INCLUDING THE IRAQI KATAIB HEZBOLLAH GROUP...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NEWS STORY




SYRIA UPDATE-REPORTS OF REINFORCEMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF IDLIB CEASE-FIRE SUGGEST POTENTIAL RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING


From northwestern Syria there are reports asserting that military reinforcements are moving in first on the Syrian side involving the Syrian army and Iranian backed militia forces and on the other side Turkey establishing more "observation posts" with additional air defenses.    It all suggests a confrontation is in the making....SOUTHFRONT STORY




Pouring down rain here in Central PA today with the "stay at home" order starting here in York County,  PA last night at 8 pm......



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The observations I see locally show roads busy today with vehicles moving heck a trailer with cars on it (headed for an auto dealer) being pulled down US Route 30 in the York PA area during the "stay at home" order....


France and the Yellow Vests a post launched in the last hour which you can see at this link.   I will update if there is more later on.....FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 72 POST


INDIANA CORONAVIRUS UPDATE-CASES JUMP BY 25 PERCENT IN LATEST REPORT


There are now 1,232 coronavirus cases reported from Indiana jumping 251 from 981.....Of the 1,232 cases 584 are reported from Marion County (Indianapolis)....RTV 6 THE INDY CHANNEL NEWS STORY



NEWSDUMP UPDATE:  MOODY'S RATING SERVICE REDUCES SOUTH AFRICA'S CREDIT RATING TO JUNK



The credit rating of South Africa reduced to junk status with the government of the country saying it "could not have come at a worse time"


The announcement made late Friday as South Africa began a three-week coronavirus lockdown.


And blame being put at the doorstep of the government led by the African National Congress and President Cyril Ramaphosa.


AFP NEWS STORY



NEWSDUMP UPDATE: FITCH RATINGS SERVICE CUTS UK CREDIT RATING



The UK now has an AA- rating putting it on a par with Belgium and the Czech Republic.   The UK's rating with a negative outlook suggesting further lowering of the country's rating.     Fitch saying the country's public finances are weakened with deep near-term damage underway to its economy, Expectations of a four percent shrinkage in Britain's economy this year.....



THE GUARDIAN NEWS STORY



CORONAVIRUS UPDATE:  PENNSYLVANIA CASES UP BY 533 TO 2,751



That is the word today from the PA Department of Health with 12 new deaths bringing the state total to 34......PENN LIVE NEWS STORY....Philadelphia has 709 and Allegheny County where Pittsburgh is has 219 cases.    Closer to home 45 cases in Lancaster County and 37 in York County....



NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HOLDING HIS DAILY NEWS CONFERENCE WITH HOPE THAT THE TREND IS SLOWING BUT NEW YORK CASES UP SOME 6,056 TO 52,318 AND THE NUMBER OF DEATHS RISING 122 TO 728.....GOVERNOR CUOMO NEWS CONFERENCE VIDEO




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Powerful message from Bob Dylan circa 1980 talking about "your insane asylums are filled" but the judges had another idea and the mentally ill are largely living next to you and me in these crazy times circa 2020 something to remember so we can forgive their faults like those uncontrolled laughs I'm hearing around me nowadays.

Steve Taylor sang "To Forgive".   Resentment and anger fuel leading to intoxication which none of us need right now.

Alcohol and other drugs like lust out there so Melba Montgomery reminds us as I heard her sing that song on country music radio from the 1970's that a "body can't hold you tenderly and greet you with a happy smile" so watch where you eyes are going nowadays.


HECK THE FLASHING LIGHT IS OUT AT THE LOCAL MASSAGE PARLOR LATELY UNDER THE BUSINESS CLOSURE ORDER.   OH YEAH, DON'T JUST KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM YOUR FACE?????


Love is a giving thing linked to the Higher Power of my understanding and Amy Grant takes note of that with "Love of Another Kind".



"We Need To Talk About Sex Addiction" and here is a brief video presentation about that notion.....


VIDEO LINK


Men (and women, too) use sexual activities to cope, to feel normal so they can face the world each day.


I am a drunk and I need to forgive others who I think are crazy and nuts and perhaps there's someone you need to forgive for being a "pervert".


Getting back to alcohol Clancy I AA speaker noted that his "coping mechanism" was adult beverages.....


CLANCY I AA SPEAKER-ONE OF HIS FUNNIEST TALKS EVER



NEWSDUMP ALERT:  PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS ORDER FOR CALL UP OF MILITARY RESERVISTS



On Friday President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the call up of  as many as one million military reservists by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.



ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY



The Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten, offering up comment on parts of the country that US military leaders are concerned about.


And Iran's Press TV is offering up its version of that story.......



PRESS TV IRAN NEWS STORY




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Missiles intercepted over Saudi Arabia tonight including one over the capital city of Riyadh.    The source of the missiles not identified but Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for attacks in the past because of Saudi involvement in trying to put down their rebellion.


The incident happened as factions in the Yemeni civil war were talking "cease fire" because of the coronavirus....



DEUTSCHE WELLE NEWS STORY



BREAKING NEWS:  NORTH KOREA FIRES AT LEAST ONE PROJECTILE NOW BELIEVED TO BE TWO



Its Sunday morning in North Korea where there's word that at least one projectile has been fired eastwards into the sea.    The announcement from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Later word is that two missiles were launched....



YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA STORY



LATER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS STORY.....LATER STORY FROM YONHAP NEWS AGENCY




RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY SHUTS DOWN VENEZUELAN OPERATIONS, SELLS ASSETS TO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT


The Russian oil company Rosneft, cited by the US for its involvement in evasion of sanctions on Venezuela, shutting down Venezuelan operations and selling its assets to the Russian government...TASS NEWS STORY ONE.......TASS NEWS STORY TWO



CORONAVIRUS UPDATE:  BRAZILIAN COURT RULES THAT GOVERNMENT MUST STOP 'PROPAGANDA' AGAINST CONFINEMENT MEASURES



While some local governments have instituted restrictions in Brazil, the national government is acting against those restrictions leading Brazil's Attorney General to seek a court order against President Jair Bolsonaro.


The federal court in Rio de Janiero ruling against the national government on Saturday.    


Brazil, a country with some 209.3 million people in it almost 2/3 of the population of the USA, now reporting some 3,904 cases with 114 deaths and six recoveries.,



AFP NEWS STORY



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"OLD CAPE COD"-PATTI PAGE



"WHEN I FALL IN LOVE"-NAT KING COLE (LIVE)




ISRAELI POLITICS:  THE TALKS FOR A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT UNDERWAY



Tonight Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz meeting to forge a national unity government that's expected to see Gantz's party with key cabinet posts and allow Mr. Netanyahu to remain Prime Minister for a period of up to 18 months.    Also in the cards legislation that would allow Netanyahu to serve while he is on trial for corruption charges with the trial now delayed because of the coronavirus.


Also joining in the meeting a key Blue and White member and along with Gantz a former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi.



ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY



Some commentary supporting the notion of such a government published by Israel's left-leaning "Haaretz" tonight.....



GIDEON LEVY COMMENTARY HAARETZ



              CORONAVIRUS BREAKING NEWS:   

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS NO QUARANTINE FOR NORTHEASTERN STATES AS HE SUGGESTED EARLIER TODAY TO THE MEDIA.....VIDEO LINK FROM REUTERS... JUST A STRONG TRAVEL ADVISORY FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL WITH THE 'FINANCIAL SERVICES' INDUSTRY EXEMPT AMONG OTHERS



THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THE NEWS TONIGHT......TRUMP TWEET ONE....TRUMP TWEET TWO




Before we go the numbers tonight showing nationwide some 123,750 coronavirus cases with 53,393 in New York, 11,124 in New Jersey and 5,659 in California as of 10 pm Eastern US time.....WORLDOMETERS



And I won't link to the "dashboard" from Johns Hopkins just some numbers worldwide up there right now at 10 pm Eastern.



663,828 CASES


30,822 DEATHS


139,451 RECOVERIES




ONE EXTRA BONUS TO ADD TO THIS POST, THIS WEEKEND'S PETER HITCHENS COLUMN WHICH STARTS:



"As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night, I felt revulsion, anger and grief-as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed country would.  I also felt terribly alone".......



'THERE'S POWERFUL EVIDENCE THIS GREAT PANIC IS FOOLISH, YET OUR FREEDOM IS STILL BROKEN AND OUR ECONOMY CRIPPLED-PETER HITCHENS








Best wishes for sane and sober living in the midst of all the madness.   Good Night and God Bless.



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