Chinese Citizens Decry Extreme Lockdown Measures in Latest Virus Epicenters

Amid third-wave CCP virus outbreaks in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang and northeastern city of Dalian, authorities enacted strict quarantine rules, with some residents being harshly punished for breaking regulations.

Some who spoke to The Epoch Times criticized authorities for their draconian measures.

Since the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi was locked down on July 16, residents told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that their everyday lives have been severely restricted. Authorities told them they cannot post online about the outbreak.

On Aug. 11, Urumqi resident Li Qiang said he and his neighbors tested twice for COVID-19. They tested negative, but authorities did not notify them about when they can leave home freely after being isolated for 27 days.

“We are more and more anxious. We can’t go out the door and can’t earn any money,” Li said.

In the lockdown, residents only can buy food from online stores or by ordering from government-approved volunteers.

Due to lack of food supplies, “food is very expensive, especially meat and fruit,” said Li. Meat was about $4.9 per pound in late July, and now is $6.4 per pound.

Li said that he bought some grapes about 10 days ago, which was $1.3 per pound. In August 2019, the price in Urumqi was $0.65 per pound, according to the city’s commerce bureau.

Some Urumqi residents were unable to bear the long-term quarantine and left their homes— and were punished by authorities as a result.

City authorities warned residents of the consequences in a video posted on social media on Aug. 12, in which four people were forced to stand under the baking sun because they disobeyed city quarantine rules.

Lockdown measures also angered residents in Dalian, where there is also a third wave outbreak.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-citizens-decry-extreme-lockdown-measures-in-latest-virus-epicenters_3459476.html

COVID-19 Claims Another Retail Victim As Stein Mart Files For Bankruptcy

Off-price retailer Stein Mart (SMRT) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday with plans to close a “significant portion, if not all, of its brick-and-mortar stores.” The company has 281 stores in 30 states, with liquidation sales already ongoing.

Stein Mart is the latest in a string of retailers that have filed for bankruptcy, citing the weight of the coronavirus on their businesses as the cause of their demise. JC Penney, J. Crew, Neiman Marcus, Brooks Brothers, Ascena Retail Group, and RTW Retailwinds, among others, have filed for Chapter 11 during the pandemic.

“The combined effects of a challenging retail environment coupled with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have caused significant financial distress on our business,” Hunt Hawkins, CEO and chief financial officer of Stein Mart, said in a statement.

“The company has determined that the best strategy to maximize value will be a liquidation of its assets pursuant to an organized going out of business sale. The company lacks sufficient liquidity to continue operating in the ordinary course of business,” he added.

Stein Mart said it is evaluating all its financial options, which do include a potential sale of its e-commerce business and its related intellectual property. The company does expect to maintain its normal course of business, paying employees’ wages and benefits without interrupt as well as suppliers and venders.

Stein Mart has hired restructuring counsel Foley & Landner LLP, and Clear Thinking Group will serve as the company's restructuring advisor. PJ Solomon is Stein Mart's investment banker.

The retailer sells name-branded merchandise at a discounted price, including apparel, home décor, accessories, and shoes.

https://www.ibtimes.com/covid-19-claims-another-retail-victim-stein-mart-files-bankruptcy-3027192

Justice Department Acts To Shut Down Fraudulent Websites Exploiting The Covid-19 Pandemic

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-acts-shut-down-fraudulent-websites-exploiting-covid-19-pandemic

Disney Killing The Fox In Iconic 20th Century Fox Television

Disney announced 20th Century Fox Television was being rebranded as part of larger rebrands and mergers among its existing TV studios

Starting in fall 2020, all 20th Century Fox Television shows will feature the new title card

The rebrand follows Disney's decision to rebrand 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight film studios in January

As of Wednesday, Disney had officially rebranded 20th Century Fox Television as part of a general rebrand to several of its existing television studios.

Disney said the studio would be rebranded 20th Television and unveiled the slightly altered version of the recognizable title card. The title card will debut during the fall 2020 TV season on new and returning shows from the studio. However, Disney said it would not alter the title card on older seasons and series from the studio.

Founded in 1949, 20th Century Fox Television is one of the oldest and most prolific TV studios still operating in Hollywood. Modern audiences are most familiar with its animated fare, including “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers,” and Seth MacFarlane shows “Family Guy” and “American Dad!” The studio was also responsible for uber-popular shows like 1960’s Adam West “Batman” series, the TV adaptation of “MAS*H,” the ensemble sitcom “Modern Family,” and the Keifer Sutherland-vehicle “24.”

The rebrand comes nearly eight months after the film-arm of 20th Century Fox was rebranded to 20th Century Studios in the wake of Disney’s $71 billion acquisition, along with rebranding Fox Searchlight Studios to simply Searchlight Studios. It’s also the latest step taken by Disney to distance itself from the remainder of the Fox Corporation following the acquisition, including Fox News and Fox Sports.

Other rebrands Disney announced included ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios merging into ABC Signature and Fox 21 Television Studios to Touchstone Television.

“Our new studio names and logos mark a new day for ABC Signature, 20th Television and Touchstone Television while honoring their rich histories and the creative power of The Walt Disney Company,” Disney television studios president Craig Hunegs said in a press release.

https://www.ibtimes.com/disney-killing-fox-iconic-20th-century-fox-television-3027279

Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham Rearrested Controversial British Aid Worker In Syria’s Greater Idlib

British aid worker Tauqir Sharif has been arrested, once again, by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, opposition sources reported on August 11.

Sharif, who is known as “Abu Hussam al-Birtani,” was arrested by HTS’ security forces in June. The group officials claimed that he was arrested for mismanaging relief funds and for supporting some projects that incited division in Greater Idlib.

On July 15, it was reported that HTS released Sharif on bail. The terrorist group faced a backlash for arresting Sharif without providing any evidence against him.

After his second arrest, Sharif’s wife Raquell Hayden-Best revealed in an interview with the On the Ground News that her husband was tortured by HTS’ security forces while he was in custody in June.

According to Raquell, Sharif confronted his torturer while on his way to an HTS court prior to his arrest on August 11. The group may have rearrested him because of this confrontation.

Sharif, who was stripped from his British citizenship in 2017, runs a vast network of organizations in Greater Idlib. His alleged support to al-Qaeda’s newly-founded Fa Ithbatu coalition was likely behind his recent conflict with HTS’ security forces.

HTS is actively working against Fa Ithbatu and its factions, especially Horas al-Din. The group sees such factions as a threat to its influence in Greater Idlib.

https://southfront.org/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-rearrested-controversial-british-aid-worker-in-syrias-greater-idlib/

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Kamala Harris Failed to Prosecute Priest Sex Abuse Cases Despite Victims’ Pleas

Joe Biden announced Tuesday he has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate, a person the presumptive Democrat nominee described as a “fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.”

During Harris’s tenure as San Francisco’s chief prosecutor, however, she showed no signs of fighting for “the little guy” when she failed to prosecute any of the sexual abuse claims brought against Catholic priests in the city, despite outcries from victim groups.

In fact, as Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, observed in his book titled Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite, during her 13-year tenure as district attorney and then attorney general, Harris failed to prosecute even one case of priest sexual abuse, though during that same period at least 50 major cities had brought charges against priests.

At the same time Harris failed to pursue prosecution of cases of priest sexual abuse, her office “would strangely hide vital records on abuses that had occurred,” Schweizer revealed.

The bombshell details show that while Harris’s predecessor, former San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan, had launched an aggressive investigation into priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco accused of sexual abuse, Harris’s campaign to unseat Hallinan showed an unusual influx of unparalleled donations from high-level officials of the Catholic Church.

Schweizer wrote:

Harris had no particular ties to the Catholic Church or Catholic organizations, but the money still came in large, unprecedented sums. Lawyer Joseph Russoniello represented the church on a wide variety of issues, including the handling of the church abuse scandal. He served on the Catholic Church’s National Review Board (NRB) of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The purpose of the NRB was to review Catholic Church abuse cases. Russoniello was also a partner in the San Francisco law firm Cooley Godward. Russoniello donated the maximum amount by law to her campaign, $1,250, and his law firm added another $2,250. He also sat on Harris’s advisory council when she was San Francisco district attorney. Another law firm, Bingham McCutcheon, which handled legal matters for the archdiocese concerning Catholic Charities, donated $2,825, the maximum allowed. Curiously, Bingham McCutcheon had only donated to two other candidates running for office in San Francisco before, for a total of $650. As with Russoniello, their support was unusual.

In addition to campaign donations from multiple law firms defending San Francisco priests against abuse claims, Schweizer observed that “board members of San Francisco Catholic archdiocese-related organizations and their family members donated another $50,950 to Harris’s campaign.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-failed-to-prosecute-priest-sex-abuse-cases-despite-victims-pleas/

Video: Kamala Harris Once Laughed Hysterically After Joking About Killing President Trump

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) once made waves following an appearance on Ellen, where she laughed hysterically after joking about killing President Trump during a rapid-fire question session with host Ellen DeGeneres.

At the time of the appearance, April 2018, Harris remained mum on her presidential aspirations but answered a series of amusing questions about her first celebrity crush, nicknames, and the most “rebellious” thing she did as a teen. Then DeGeneres asked, “If you had to be stuck in an elevator with either President Trump, Mike Pence, or Jeff Sessions, who would it be?”

Harris looked away then responded, “Does one of us have to come out alive?” laughing hysterically at her own answer. The audience roared with laughter as DeGeneres put down her questions to clap her hands:

Harris previewed her appearance on the show, posting a photo of herself with an Ellen mug and telling her followers that she had a “great time”:

President Trump on Tuesday described Harris as the “meanest, most horrible, most disrespectful” senator, referring to her behavior during the contentious hearings for now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“She was probably nastier than even Pocahontas to Joe Biden,” Trump added, referencing their tension during the primary debates. “It’s hard to pick someone that’s so disrespectful.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/video-kamala-harris-once-laughed-hysterically-after-joking-about-killing-president-trump/

‘OPERATION SMALL TALK’: 16 Arrested In Child Sex Sting, Including Police Sergeant

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Sheriff Chad Chronister, alongside Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, revealed the 16 men arrested as a result of an online chat operation.

From July 28 to July 30, 2020, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives went undercover during “Operation Small Talk” to pose as minors in hopes of catching sexual predators in the act. They created fake personas to speak with subjects online and on various social media platforms.

“The conversations, text messages and photos from these predators are so graphic, I can’t even begin to describe them, other than to say they are repulsive,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister.

Those arrested include a registered sex offender, Michael Daughtry, and Matthew Jones, who was charged with 51 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The list also includes a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, Melvin Rosa Viera, and former Manatee County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, Stephen Utter.

“For years, social media has given our children a new platform to talk with and engage people across the globe,” said Sheriff Chronister. “Unfortunately, it has also become a place where online predators can hide behind a computer screen. As your Sheriff, I will continue to chase down these vile human beings and put them behind bars, where they belong.”

Attorney General Moody’s office continues its work with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office to take these types of predatory individuals off the streets.

“As Attorney General, I am proud of the work of our Statewide Prosecutors and the Hillsborough County Deputies that resulted in the arrests of these monsters,” said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. “As a mother, I am deeply disturbed at how many predators are out there—online and in our communities—looking to harm children. Thanks to great police work, there are a few less in our midst today and that should serve as a bold warning to anyone looking to harm a child in Florida.”

https://breaking911.com/operation-small-talk-16-arrested-in-child-sex-sting-including-police-sergeant/

Igor Danchenko and a 34 Month Long DOJ/FBI Cover-Up Operation….

CTH friend, researcher and producer John Spiropoulos helps connect the dots within the operation to cover-up corrupt activity by James Comey, Andrew McCabe, James Baker, Christopher Wray, Dana Boente and the entire special counsel group.

In this video John walks us through the internal evidence showing how the FBI intentionally hid the statements by Christopher Steele’s primary sub-source Igor Danchenko. The result…. a 34 month cover-up operation.

https://youtu.be/CMTchZ6rozs

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham released the declassified documents on July 17th. [Thank You John Ratcliffe] The documents relate to how the intelligence apparatus conducted surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016; and ultimately the Trump administration after the inauguration.

The first document [Direct pdf here] is the Washington Field Office (WFO) FBI briefing summary of a three day interview with Chris Steele’s primary sub-source. The document is highly redacted, but we already know from the IG release what the total content of the briefing revealed. The first interview was conducted on January 12, 2017, during the transition period between administrations. The classification term “SIA” stands for Source Identifying Attribute.

Per Senator Lindsey Graham:

♦ This document not only demonstrates how unsubstantiated and unreliable the Steele dossier was, it shows that the FBI was on notice of the dossier’s credibility problems and sought two more FISA application renewals after gaining this awareness.

♦ The document reveals that the primary “source” of Steele’s election reporting was not some well-connected current or former Russian official, but a non-Russian based contract employee of Christopher Steele’s firm. Moreover, it demonstrates that the information that Steele’s primary source provided him was second and third-hand information and rumor at best.

♦ Critically, the document shows that Steele’s “Primary Sub-source” disagreed with and was surprised by how information he gave Steele was then conveyed by Steele in the Steele dossier. For instance, the “Primary Sub-source”: did not recall or did not know where some of the information attributed to him or his sources came from; was never told about or never mentioned to Steele certain information attributed to him or his sources; he said that Steele re-characterized some of the information to make it more substantiated and less attenuated than it really was; that he would have described his sources differently; and, that Steele implied direct access to information where the access to information was indirect.

In total, this document demonstrates that information from the Steele dossier, which “played a central and essential role” in the FISA warrants on Carter Page, should never have been presented to the FISA court. (Senate Link)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/08/11/igor-danchenko-and-a-34-month-long-doj-fbi-cover-up-operation/

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This is an incredibly misleading statement to the FISA court because what the letter doesn’t say is that 18-months earlier the sub-source, also known in the IG report as the “primary sub-source”, informed the FBI that the material attributed to him in the dossier was essentially junk.

By July 2018 the DOJ clearly knew the dossier was full of fabrications, yet they withheld that information from the court and said the predicate was still valid. Why?

It doesn’t take a deep-weeds-walker to identify the DOJ motive.

In July 2018 Robert Mueller’s investigation was at its apex.

This letter justifying the application and claiming the current information would still be a valid predicate therein, speaks to the 2018 DOJ needing to retain the validity of the FISA warrant…. My research suspicion is that the DOJ needed to protect evidence Mueller had already extracted from the fraudulent FISA authority. That’s the motive.

In July 2018 if the DOJ-NSD had admitted the FISA application and all renewals were fatally flawed Robert Mueller would have needed to withdraw any evidence gathered as a result of its exploitation. The DOJ in 2018 was protecting Mueller’s poisoned fruit.

If the DOJ had been honest with the court, there’s a strong possibility some, perhaps much, of Mueller evidence gathering would have been invalidated… and cases were pending. The solution: mislead the court and claim the predication was still valid.

♦ The FISA was also released in July 2018 in order to retain the false premise behind it. The copy that was released by the special counsel, through Rod Rosenstein, contained redacted dates because the special counsel needed to hide the fact the FBI (Washington Field Office) had actually used the FISA to catch a leaker of classified intelligence, James Wolfe.

Again, Wolfe’s story is the fulcrum…. tell that story and the House of Cards collapses like the Potemkin village it is. {GO DEEP}

The resistance lawyers in the Mueller team released the same initial FISA application (and first renewal) used to catch Wolfe; they had to release that specific March 17, 2017, copy. However, they had to redact the dates on the document they released because the dates were changed by SSA Brian Dugan to catch Wolfe.

The March 17, 2017, copy of the FISA, an FBI investigative equity, went into Main Justice with the leak trap visible. When the special counsel released the FISA application to Rosenstein for public FOIA fulfillment they had to redact the dates or people would ask questions about why this specific version had different dates than the original.

The March 17, 2017, copy of the FISA application is the only one to date that has been in the public sphere; including reviewed by OIG Michael Horowitz. That’s why when Horowitz originally released his FISA report, the OIG kept the dates redacted and only revealed them after the irrelevance of classification was pointed out.

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Sara Netanyahu Compares Protests Against Bibi to Sexual Violence

In 2018, Sara Netanyahu was charged with fraud and breach of ethics in a case that her lawyer branded as an attempt to bring down her husband, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She eventually admitted to the misuse of funds and paid a $15,000 fine.

Sara Netanyahu, wife of embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declared that the ongoing protests against her husband had traumatized her and the family. "I am a battered woman and my children are battered", she claimed, referring to demonstrations during which people have demanded that her husband resign. The 61-year-old also stated that she had experienced sexual violence, referring to penis balloons carried by some protesters, as well as placards with vulgar and aggressive statements and online posts

“I certainly feel that I have experienced sexual violence,” Sara Netanyahu told Channel 12, adding that she felt unsafe and concerned for her welfare. The former flight attendant filed a police complaint against alleged sexual harassment by protesters.

Her statement about being "battered" was harshly criticized by Hagit Peer, head of a woman’s group, who said that Sara Netanyahu's assertions cheapen domestic violence. "Mrs. Netanyahu is not a battered woman," Peer noted, adding, "This is a cheapening of the concept and Mrs. Netanyahu, who has visited women’s shelters in the past, knows this".

The wife of the Israeli Prime Minister announced, however, that she expected officials and others to condemn the language used by demonstrators during the ongoing protests against her husband.

"The condemnation of what they did to me must come from all women, all men. It must come from all sides. I would expect the MKs [members of Knesset, Israeli parliament] who tut-tut over women’s rights, like [Meretz MK Tamar] Zandberg and [Labor MK Merav] Michaeli, to also speak out against it", she demanded.

The Netanyahus have complained previously about receiving murder threats during the massive protests. The prime minister accused demonstrators of trampling on democracy and the media of encouraging dissent, while his Likud party attempted to characterize the ongoing peaceful protests against Netanyahu as "left-wing riots".

Demonstrators on the street have criticized Netanyahu for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, as well as for corruption. Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister of the country, is currently on trial for bribery, breach of trust and fraud. He denies wrongdoing and claims he is a victim of a "witch hunt".

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008121080148068-sara-netanyahu-compares-protests-against-bibi-to-sexual-violence/

The Contrived Noahide Laws Coming To A Synagogue Of Satan Near You

By Dr. Luke Prophet

Jesus warns us of the coming Noahide Laws in Mark 13:9-11 and that He will send marelous support via the Holy Spirit to help us.

9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations. 11But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. (Mark 13:9-11)

Baruch Kahane is the High Priest of the Sanhedrin. As a hater of Christians, he will be responsible for many Christian deaths based on the Sanhedrin enforcing the seven Noahide Laws through the United Nations One World Government led by the Portuguese Jew Antonio Guterres. According to these seven Noahide laws, which are laws of men and are to be found nowhere in our bibles, any Christian worshiping Jesus can be accused of idolatry and the penalty for this supposed crime is death. Anyone can be accused of idolatry and if found guilty on the basis of having only one witness against you, you will be put to death. One hundred and seventy six member states of the United Nations have signed as agreeing to abide by these blasphemous laws which contradict God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob’s law contained in Deuteronomy 17:6 which says no one can be executed by having the word of only one witness against him.

The Freemasons which is a Jewish controlled secret society will be conducting the executions however I believe they can also be carried out in the Synagogues, a Court House and the Catholic Church as these are all Jewish organizations. The Jews infiltrated the Caholic Church years ago and that is why the Pope and Priests worship Lucifer, the god of the Jews.

Jesus promised marvelous support and help for us by the Holy Spirit when we are delivered to the synagogues of satan as outlined in Luke 12:11-12.

11“And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not become anxious about how or what you should speak in your defense, or what you should say; 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Luke 12:11-12)

Rabbi Michoel Green tells us that vaccines are against the Torah and the Contrived Noahide Laws

Judaism prohibits current vaccine schedule for several reasons [1]. The schedule is also a grave violation of the Seven Noahide Laws, a universal code for all humankind [2]. The fact that it’s mandatory is an assault on the very concept of religion, i.e. that a human being is subordinate only to his/her Divine creator. In effect, there is no major world religion that does not support religious exemption.

Foot Notes:

[1] Deuteronomy 14:1 prohibits needle wounds if not for direct curative benefit for patient. Preventative benefit qualifies, but only if it prevents an actual risk of disease. It is dubious whether an STD like Hep-B or HPV poses any substantive risk to a young child, or to any orthodox Jewish child. Deuteronomy 4:15 prohibits exposing oneself to risk, even negligible risk, and even for the sake of a so-called herd. Avoda Zara 29b prohibits deriving benefit from human cadavers. Abortion is akin to murder, as per Genesis 9:6. It is forbidden to compensate a company for the abortions and live dissections of human beings that it committed by harvesting the fetal tissue for human cell lines in numerous vaccines. Purchasing vaccines that contain aborted fetal tissue is a violation of Leviticus 19:14, as it enables and encourages these companies to commit their heinous deeds.

[2] Genesis 9:5 prohibits Noahides from self-inflicting wounds or exposing oneself to risk. Abortion is murder, as per ibid 9:6. A Noahide is prohibited from compensating a murderer. Rambam, Mishne Torah, Laws of Rotzeach 2:2. See Sheva Mitzvot HaShem by Rabbi Moshe Vainer, volume 1, page 58, regarding the precise prohibition of a Noahide of encouraging others to violate the Noahide Code.

https://stopnoahidelaw.blogspot.com/2020/08/rabbi-says-noahide-laws-prohibit.html

Young People’s Mental Health Deteriorated the Most During the Pandemic, Study Finds

Public health responses to the pandemic have focused on preventing the spread of the virus, limiting the number of deaths and easing the burden on healthcare systems. But there’s also potentially another, less visible epidemic we should be focusing on: mental illness.

Our recent study found that people’s mental health worsened following the onset of the pandemic. We discovered this by analysing data provided by 17,452 UK adults, who were surveyed in April 2020 as part of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. This is a large ongoing study of people who contribute data every year, some from as far back as 1992.

Not everyone, we discovered, was affected equally. Young people, women, and those with small children saw their mental health worsen significantly more than other groups.

How we measured distress

The survey measured mental health using 12 questions, which covered people’s difficulties with sleep, concentration and decision making as well as their emotional state, such as whether they were feeling strained or overwhelmed.

People’s answers were then assigned a value between zero and four, with higher scores indicating worse mental health. These scores were added together to give each person a total of between zero and 36, which offered an overall measure of their mental health. We also applied a separate scoring system to people’s answers to estimate whether they were showing clinically significant levels of psychological distress – that is, if their distress was high enough to potentially need medical assistance.

We found that many common and well-known mental health inequalities persisted in the middle of lockdown. For instance, women showed substantially worse mental health than men (with a mean score of 13.6 compared with 11.5), and one-third of women had clinically significant levels of distress compared with one-fifth of men.

Mental health also tended to get worse further down the income scale. The lowest fifth of earners had an average score of 13.9, with 32% showing clinically significant levels of distress. This compared with an average score of 12.0 in the highest fifth of earners, of whom 26% showed high distress levels.

Yet while this told us where the mental health need was, it didn’t tell us what the pandemic’s effects had been. We got a better sense of this by comparing this year’s scores with prior measurements – and indeed, mental health was, on average, worse this year. Average scores have risen from 11.5 in the 2018/19 financial year to 12.6 in the recording made in April 2020. We also saw a significant overall increase in the proportion of people showing clinical levels of distress: 19% in 2018/19 versus 27% in April 2020.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/08/young-peoples-mental-health-deteriorated-the-most-during-the-pandemic-study-finds.html

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Russia ready for ‘international cooperation’ on Covid-19 vaccine for everyone – UN envoy

Having registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, Russia is prepared to cooperate with anyone interested in developing and producing vaccines and treatment for the coronavirus, Moscow’s envoy to the UN said.

“We are ready for international cooperation with all interested partners in the development and production of vaccines and treatments to ensure a coordinated global response to the spread of Covid-19 and a common victory over the pandemic,” Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Russia registered the world’s first vaccine against Covid-19, named ‘Sputnik V,’ after it passed all the testing requirements there. The vaccine will continue to be tested on thousands of volunteers in Russia and abroad.

Nebenzia said that clinical trials have already shown it to be both safe and highly effective, and noted that other “promising” vaccines were being developed in Russia as well.

Some Western governments have disparaged the Russian achievement, demanding to see evidence of the vaccine’s safety, even as their own pharmaceutical companies have required absolute immunity from liability lawsuits over potential adverse effects.

“The point is not to be first with a vaccine, the point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective for the American people and the people of the world,” US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said on Tuesday.

Russian officials have shrugged off such criticism. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko called it “totally groundless” and blamed it on fear of “competition and competitive disadvantages from Russia’s product.”

Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which funded the vaccine research, went a step further, saying that a “politicized approach to the Russian vaccine on the part of a number of Western countries endangers the lives of their citizens.”

As of Wednesday, the US has registered over 5.3 million cases of Covid-19, and more than 168,000 deaths. Russia has counted 902,700 cases and 15,260 deaths.

https://www.rt.com/russia/497854-nebenzia-russia-vaccine-cooperation/

China to expand its influence in the Middle East with major oil deal

China continues to expand its influence in the Middle East through oil and infrastructure deals, and the latest deal with ADNOC is a great example of how Beijing looks to grow its presence in the offshore oil business.

It is little surprise to see that China – again – figures in yet another concessions award in the Middle East, this time relating to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). In the aftermath of Saudi Arabia’s second disastrous oil price war against the US shale sector, virtually all major Middle Eastern state-owned oil firms are looking to plug varyingly significant operational deficits, as are their governments.

In the absence of a sudden major spike in oil prices, economic survival in practical terms now comes down to one of two broad options. The first is to sell off chunks of state assets in initial public offerings (IPOs) or stakes in ongoing oil and gas projects, which ADNOC recently did with the sale of a 49 per cent stake in its gas pipelines for just over $10 billion to international investors. The second is to sell-off the same assets to companies from countries for which the immediate economic shortfall inherent in such deals pales into insignificance compared to the longer-term geopolitical and financial advantages. In this latter regard, Russia has its own financial constraints to deal with but China does not.

https://www.rt.com/business/497785-china-oil-deal-middle-east/

Did Putin release the vaccine to hijack the NWO plans?

This article from Australian state media, this has been the mirrored message by msm WW

Russia's Sputnik coronavirus vaccine 'reckless' for skipping important phase III clinical trials, Australian experts say

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-13/australian-experts-react-to-sputnik-vaccine-news-reckless/12552028

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that is what I;m suspecting too

S&P Jumps Above Record High After $9 Trillion Global Liquidity Tsunami

$9 trillion in additional global liquidity (from $79 to almost $88 trillion since the March lows)…

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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mega-cap-tech-stocks-soar-again-reflation-rotation-ends-abruptly

‘Momentous News’: FDA Approves Launch of Phase 1 Trial for Potential HIV Cure

US biotechnology firm American Gene Technologies (AGT) on Tuesday received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start a phase-one clinical trial of a potential cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

The trial, which will take place in Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC, is expected to begin enrollment in September and will test the safety of AGT103-T, a single-dose gene therapy developed to cure HIV.

The treatment aims to restore CD4 T cells, which help regulate immune responses.

“In HIV disease, the HIV-specific CD4 T cells are activated soon after infection similar to other viral diseases. However, HIV targets these cells for destruction because this insidious virus binds to the same CD4 molecule that identifies the helper T cell subset,” AGT explained on its website, noting that the HIV-specific CD4 T cells become compromised after an HIV infection because they fall below the necessary levels required for effective immune function.

“By that point, only antiretroviral medication is effective for controlling HIV, and infected individuals who seek treatment begin a daily drug regimen that must be continued without interruption for life,” the firm adds.

The new, potential treatment thus delivers HIV-specific CD4 T cells to people infected with the virus. By restoring the missing cells, the drug is intended to repair the immune system damage caused by HIV.

“When HIV infection causes this specific damage, killing of T helper cells required for immunity to HIV, the infected person becomes unable to eliminate the virus and thus, becomes chronically infected. AGT’s approach is designed to repair the T helper cell defect and provide durable virus control that is not compromised by HIV strains that vary in sequence or use alternate ways to enter and infect T cells,” AGT explained in an August 11 news release.

The potential cure was developed in collaboration with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. AGT hopes to report initial findings from the study before the end of the year.

"This is momentous news that we have FDA approval to launch Phase 1 and conduct our first human trials. We are beyond excited to reach this milestone. This brings us closer to our goal of transforming lives with genetic medicines,” AGT Chief Science Officer David Pauza said in the release. “Based on our successful commercial-scale product manufacturing runs and features of the product observed in our labs, this therapy has a high potential to be effective.”

According to UNAIDS, around 38 million people across the world in 2019 were living with HIV. An estimated 1.7 million people worldwide acquired the virus last year.

https://sputniknews.com/science/202008121080148674-momentous-news-fda-approves-launch-of-phase-1-trial-for-potential-hiv-cure/

Watch: Joe Biden’s Running Mate Kamala Harris Likened ICE to the KKK

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) once likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Ku Klux Klan, contending that a “perception” existed that the organization utilized the same tactics as the racist group.

Controversial aspects of Harris’s record are emerging to the forefront following Joe Biden (D) announcing her as his running mate. A debate has emerged among Democrats regarding Harris’s ideology. Many “Bernie Bros” do not believe she is progressive enough and point to the praise she has garnered by the establishment left. However, a look at Harris’s past statements shows that she, too, shares the radical views as the country’s far-left progressives, including the calls to “critically re-examine ICE.”

While progressive critics say that she stopped short of calling for “abolishing ICE,” she made her view of the agency abundantly clear during a November 2018 hearing with former ICE chief Ronald Vitiello:

Harris questioned Vitiello for once describing the Democrat Party as the “liberalcratic party or the NeoKlanist party,” for which he apologized.

The California senator used the opportunity to liken ICE to the racist group.

“The Klan was what we could call today a domestic terrorist group,” Vitiello said.

“Why?” Harris asked.

“Because they tried to use fear and force to change the political environment,” Vitiello explained, prompting Harris to ask, “And what was the motivation for the use of fear and force?”

“Based on race and ethnicity, ” Vitiello said, as Harris attempted to draw a parallel between ICE and the KKK, contending that she was talking about a “perception.”

“Right,” Harris said. “And are you aware of the perception of many about how the power and discretion at ICE is being used to enforce the law and do you see any parallels?”

Vitiello told the lawmaker that he did not see any, which did not sit well with Harris.

“How can you be the head of an agency and be unaware of how your agency is perceived by certain communities?” Harris asked.

Vitiello ultimately told Harris that many perceptions of the agency — in both the media and public eye — are “incorrect.” He later referred to her attempt to maim the agency as “unprofessional, unfair,” and a “disgrace” in a statement to the Washington Times.

“I thought it was totally unprofessional, unfair,” he said. “She can say whatever she wants about me personally, but she was trying to tar the whole agency. I think it was a disgrace.”

While Harris has stopped short of calling for the total abolishment of ICE, she has floated “starting from scratch.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/watch-joe-bidens-running-mate-kamala-harris-likened-ice-kkk/