Open letter to Australian Government, concerning a class action over corona response
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Multiple Armed Men Protect Kenosha Businesses From BLM Rioters, Defend Property From the Rooftop
Riots and protests erupted Tuesday evening for the third night in a row in Kenosha following an officer-involved shooting Sunday.
The terrorists destroyed multiple businesses and burned down several buildings over the last two nights so armed patriots decided to move in and defend their property.
Armed patriots showed up on night three and defended their property from the rooftop.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/multiple-armed-men-protect-kenosha-businesses-blm-rioters-defend-property-rooftop-video/
Meet Antifa's 'Alice Phallus.' When She's Not Rioting, She's a 'Life Coach' for Portland's At-Risk Youth
On Saturday night it was night 87 of the Portland Professional Protester⢠planned riots, brought to you by Portland antifa, Mayor Ted Wheeler, DA Mike Schmidt and Black Lives Matter,Incâ˘.
Portland police came under the usual assault by riotersâ using rocks, lasers, bottles, eggs and the usual battery of ballistics.
Rioters were told to disperse as they attempted to get at the Kelly Building which houses government offices and is a frequent target.
A news release by the Portland Police Bureau says that the rioters wouldnât disperse and were warned âcrowd controlâ would be used if they didnât vamoose. They didnât.
Another Antifa BLM Riot Is Declared
Officers stayed back a significant distance in the parking lot in an attempt to deescalate the situation.
Someone rolled a mock guillotine with a stuffed bear into the street (photo). The bear and multiple U.S. flags were burned. Paint balloons were launched at officers, as well as green lasers.
Officers initiated another push, attempting to convince the group to leave. This time, they went south on Southeast 47th Avenue to Southeast Stark Street. Officers disengaged again. Protesters lit traffic barricades, mattresses, a door, and other debris on fire in the intersection (photo courtesy @infopig).
Emergency calls were once again ignored while the children were throwing their nightly violent tantrum in Portland.
Between 45 and 50 officers had to be pulled from precincts to assist in the protest response. For most of the duration of this event, there were between 120 and 140 calls holding in the City of Portland. Calls included shots fired, assaults, alarms, threats, and suspicious circumstances.
Crowd control munitions were used during this event, however no CS gas was deployed.
Antifaâs Alice Phallus Is Arrested
Police say they arrested 14. Among them was Alice Elizabeth Johnson. The woman, who just celebrated her 28 birthday â Happy Birthday, Alice! â was charged with interfering with a Portland Police officer. She was let off on her own recognizance and required to post $0.00 bail. Zero. Thatâs a nice birthday present from the new DA.
At night, Alice appears to be an antifa warrior for the far Left. She leaves the comfort of home to take on imaginary fascists and racists. Fascists and racists are defined as people who donât agree with her. For example, youâre a âfascistâ and a âracistâ if you support police officers.
She looks fierce with her shaved head and mean spirit.
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/victoria-taft/2020/08/26/meet-antifas-alice-phallus-when-shes-not-rioting-shes-a-life-coach-for-portlands-at-risk-youth-n843246
Victorian premier lashes dangerous virus belief
Premier Daniel Andrews has taken aim at Victorians who still hold a very dangerous belief about the state's second COVID-19 wave.
The Victorian premier has taken aim at "conspiracy theorists" who still believe the COVID-19 pandemic is fake.
While some of the virus restrictions have been âvery painfulâ, Premier Daniel Andrews said people need to remember why they are necessary.
âThere are some in the community who donât think this is real. There are some who think, âLet it rip. Iâm fit. Young and healthyâ,â Mr Andrews said.
âThe problem with your hospital system being overrun is it isnât just overrun and struggling to provide care and support to COVID-19 patients, every stroke, motor vehicle accident, heart attack, every cancer surgery, everything we need that is time-critical gets overrun.â
Mr Andrews said you only needed to look at other parts of the world to see how much damage the virus can cause when left unchecked.
Victoria recorded its second deadliest day of the pandemic on Wednesday, with 24 deaths and 149 cases.
=="Beginning of a third wave" warning
Benedict Brook==
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has made a fresh plea to be given the ability to enact a state of emergency for a further 12 months.
He is facing major push back over the measures.
Talking at Wednesday's press conference, Mr Andrews said the powers could be the bulwark against a third wave of COVID-19.
"If we haven't got the legal authority to be able to say to someone who's positive, 'Righto. You have to stay at home for 14 days', but we ignore that fact, we open up, businesses start to employ again, people start to moving around the community again, we get the inevitable extra cases, we get the outbreaks â we all know where that leads.
"That will lead to rather than businesses recovering, workers getting back to work, families having that sense of financial security, we will just be essentially in the beginning of a third wave," he said.
"We want to make sure that we can provide as many people with as clear a plan as possible. If it there's not some legal authority to underpin that, well, then, you wouldn't be giving people certainty. You would be, in fact, doing quite the opposite."
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/coronavirus-victoria-live-latrobe-university-students-party-during-melbourne-lockdown/live-coverage/e4c83d113632fbdbd9b1c8a5a232fb27
Fuck you commie
Tikhanovskaya Says US Assistant Secretary of State Biegun Vowed to Help Belarus Opposition
Ex-Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said in an interview with Fox News that US Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Biegun had vowed to help Belarus' opposition.
Biegun "assured me that he, as a person, and the American people, will do their best to support us and to help us in this situation," Tikhanovskaya said commenting on a meeting with Biegun.
She called their conversation "wonderful and kind."
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said in an interview that no one should interfere in the situation in Belarus.
"Our people want to live in a democratic country," Tikhanovskaya said.
"No one country should influence the decision of our people," she said.
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also met with Biegun. Lavrov pointed out to the US assistant secretary of state that forces from abroad were trying to provoke violence in Belarus to cause an appropriate reaction by law enforcement agencies, and called the situation dangerous. The Russian Foreign Ministry also warned the US and the EU against any form of interference in the internal affairs of Belarus, including calls for anti-government demonstrations.
After an official loss in the presidential elections in Belarus, Tikhanovskaya left for Lithuania. On Monday, she met with Biegun and announced her readiness to resolve the political crisis in the republic through a dialogue on the peaceful transfer of power and openness to mediation by international organizations.
Earlier, Lavrov, at a meeting with Biegun in Moscow, said attempts of sanctions and political pressure on Minsk were inadmissible.
On 9 August, incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko won the presidential elections in Belarus for the sixth time - according to the Central Election Commission, he gained 80.1 percent of the vote. The opposition claims that Tikhanovskaya, not Lukashenko, won the election.
Mass opposition protests began across Belarus after the presidential elections. In the first days, the rallies were crushed by law enforcement officers: tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and rubber bullets were used against the protesters who did not agree with the election results.
Then the law enforcement agencies stopped dispersing the rallies and using force. In line with official data, over 6,700 people were detained in the first days. According to the Interior Ministry, hundreds of people were injured during the riots, including more than 120 law enforcement officers. Three protesters have died.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008261080279151-tikhanovskaya-says-us-assistant-secretary-of-state-biegun-vowed-to-help-belarus-opposition/
Escobar: For China, Everything Is Proceeding According To Plan
The contours of China's long-term strategy for the new Cold War are quickly coming into view..
Letâs start with the story of an incredibly disappearing summit.
Every August, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) converges to the town of Beidaihe, a seaside resort some two hours away from Beijing, to discuss serious policies that then coalesce into key planning strategies to be approved at the CCP Central Committee plenary session in October.
The Beidaihe ritual was established by none other than Great Helmsman Mao, who loved the town where, not by accident, Emperor Qin, the unifier of China in the 3rd century B.C., kept a palace.
2020 being, so far, a notorious Year of Living Dangerously, itâs no surprise that in the end Beidaihe was nowhere to be seen. Yet Beidaiheâs invisibility does not mean it did not happen.
Exhibit 1 was the fact that Premier Li Keqiang simply disappeared from public view for nearly two weeks â after President Xi chaired a crucial Politburo gathering in late July where what was laid out was no less than Chinaâs whole development strategy for the next 15 years.
Li Keqiang resurfaced by chairing a special session of the all-powerful State Council, just as the CCPâs top ideologue, Wang Huning â who happens to be number 5 in the Politburo â showed up as the special guest at a meeting of the All China Youth Federation.
Whatâs even more intriguing is that side by side with Wang, one would find Ding Xuexiang, none other than President Xiâs chief of staff, as well as three other Politburo members.
In this ânow you see them, now you donâtâ variation, the fact that they all showed up in unison after an absence of nearly two weeks led sharp Chinese observers to conclude that Beidaihe in fact had taken place. Even if no visible signs of political action by the seaside had been detected. The semi-official spin is that no get-together happened at Beidaihe because of Covid-19.
Yet itâs Exhibit 2 that may clinch the deal for good. The by now famous end of July Politburo meeting chaired by Xi in fact sealed the Central Committee plenary session in October.
Translation:
the contours of the strategic road map ahead had already been approved by consensus. There was no need to retreat to Beidaihe for further discussions.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/everything-going-according-to-plan-in-china/