Coronavirus Rages in Europe. What Went Wrong?

A treasured anti-Trump meme since the pandemic began begins with the notion that European reaction to the coronavirus was far better than America’s. If only we had done it the way they did it in Germany/France/Netherlands we would have saved thousands of lives.

It’s true, Europe’s response was far more draconian than the response in the U.S. Their lockdowns were more severe. Restrictions on movement were enforced. You couldn’t go outside your home in France unless you were going to the grocery store or the pharmacy.

As the lockdowns lifted, Europeans celebrated and pitied us poor Americans for not getting it.

Now, the coronavirus is back with a vengeance and Europe isn’t ready for it.

Fox News:

Epidemiologists and residents alike are pointing the finger at governments for having failed to seize on the summertime lull in cases to prepare adequately for the expected autumn onslaught, with testing and ICU staffing still critically short. In Rome this week, people waited in line for 8-10 hours to get tested, while front-line medics from Kiev to Paris found themselves once again pulling long, short-staffed shifts in overcrowded wards.

“When the state of alarm was abandoned, it was time to invest in prevention, but that hasn’t been done,” lamented Margarita del Val, viral immunology expert with the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center, part of Spain’s top research body, CSIC.

“We are in the fall wave without having resolved the summer wave,” she told an online forum this week.

France, Italy, and Spain — three of the hardest-hit countries when the virus first came ashore in Europe — are reimposing lockdowns as the contagion spreads. In Central and Eastern Europe, the ICUs are filling up and they’re getting more infections now than they did at the height of the spread of the virus.

What went wrong:

“We were closed for six months, the restaurants didn’t work and yet the number of cases still rose,” said Moaghin Marius Ciprian, owner of the popular Grivita Pub n Grill who took part in the protest. “I’m not a specialist but I’m not stupid either. But from my point of view it’s not us that have the responsibility for this pandemic.”

As infections rise in many European countries, some — including Belgium, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain and France — are diagnosing more new cases every day per capita than the United States, according to the seven-day rolling averages of data kept by Johns Hopkins University. On Friday, France, with a population of about 70 million, reported a record 20,300 new infections.

While politicians and the media debate the severity and necessity of lockdowns, some nations have avoided all that and are flourishing.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/10/10/coronavirus-rages-in-europe-what-went-wrong-n1034334

BLM Supporter Tied to Michigan Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot. Demands Grow for Her to Apologize to Trump

Yet another one of the conspirators indicted in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has turned out to be an anarchist and this time is an identified Black Lives Matter, Inc.™ supporter.

If you’re keeping book, that now means at least three of the six men indicted by the federal government for the frightening conspiracy to kidnap the governor from her vacation home are avowed anti-Donald Trump anarchists and at least one is a BLM protester. When half the conspirators rolled up by the feds are anarchists, this is what you might call a pattern.

The BLM connection comes from no less than The Washington Post, which buried the lede of its own story by headlining its piece, “Accused leader of plot to kidnap Michigan governor was struggling financially, living in basement storage space,” as if living in a basement was the most surprising thing about the conspirator. Indeed, we can be assured that if one of the conspirators had attended a Trump rally that would have headlined the story.

One of alleged plotters, 23-year-old Daniel Harris, attended a Black Lives Matter protest in June, telling the Oakland County Times he was upset about the killing of George Floyd and police violence.

Parker Douglas, a lawyer for Harris, said his client was a former Marine who lived at home with his parents and did construction work. Douglas said Harris told him some things described in the FBI affidavit were taken out of context while others he “thinks just didn’t happen.” Douglas said his client believes “not everybody mentioned in this knew everything that is described in this complaint.” He said his client, in a brief meeting, had suggested he had voted for candidates from both parties, had not expressed a view on President Trump and seemed to favor small government. [Emphasis added]

Being upset with police and government overreach isn’t exclusive to one political party, as the conspirators’ affiliations show. Sometimes the sides come together as in the case when anarchists gave a momentary sympathetic ear to the defendants in the Bundy Ranch case. Conspirators were upset over Whitmer’s draconian COVID-19 lockdowns and her hypocrisy of ordering people to stay home when her family seemed to defy her own orders. Leftists all over the country have defied lockdown orders to congregate en masse and riot. Conservatives, Jews, and Christians have held protests to counter the lockdowns preventing them from going to their places of worship and peaceably assembling. Both sides don’t appreciate tyranny, it turns out.

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The Post reported that the other seven defendants brought up on state charges wanted to start a civil war.

The plotters, according to an FBI affidavit, were motivated in part by their belief that state governments, including Michigan’s, were violating the U.S. Constitution by imposing restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus — and they referred to Whitmer as a tyrant. As their anger mounted, they trained together with firearms and experimented with explosives, discussing plans to storm the state capitol building and attack police officers in their homes, authorities said.

The Post tried to insert into its story that the head of the group brought up on federal charges, Adam Fox, was a white supremacist, but offered no tangible support for the allegation except a theoretical, third-hand observation. It certainly could be true considering the mostly white anarchists and antifa rioters, who use the same “anarchist A” symbol as the conspirators, certainly seem to be bigoted. They’re bigoted against white people with views different than their own, and believe black people need white Leftists to speak on their behalf. When politicians say white supremacists are the real problem in America, maybe it’s these people they have in mind.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2020/10/10/blm-supporter-tied-to-michigan-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-demands-grow-for-her-to-apologize-to-trump-n1034330

WAxit: Splitting Australia in two could benefit us all

A WA exit – or WAxit – has been gathering support – and it turns out the rest of the country would be financially better off if it happened.

WAxit is suddenly in the news again. This is the issue that won’t go away. Western Australians voted to secede from Australia back in 1933, however, eventually weren’t allowed to.

But a recent poll found but Utting Research more than one-in-four West Australians said they’d like to see WA become its own country – a plan unofficially dubbed “WAxit”.

Some people think it’s madness. But actually, as an economist, it makes real sense.

The two best arguments for a separate Western Australia are the exchange rate and the interest rate.

At the moment WA and the east coast share the same dollar and the same interest rate, but it wouldn’t have to be like that. and it might be better for both parties if it was not.

Western Australia’s economy is not closely linked to the economy of the rest of the country. Whether you look at unemployment, growth or house prices you see huge divergences.

What we’ve learned from the European Union is that currency unions are a bit of a problem. When you put a range of different economies on one currency, it helps the strong ones while hurting the weaker ones. Germany thrives on the Euro with an unemployment rate about 3% while Spain suffered with unemployment of 14%.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/waxit-splitting-australia-in-two-could-benefit-us-all/news-story/a5ee1eff9dea8fa03764d2e44a36daac

NWOZ this was long planned by the cabal, there was a 1996 proposal to split Australia in 7 Countries called "Canton's"

Does any EU anon know of anyone with Rona????

>>11017545

my friend in Germany said the same thing yesterday

Michigan Sheriff Alleges Gov. Whitmer 'Kidnap Plot' Was 'Arrest Attempt'

Earlier in the week, the Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, announced that several militia group members had been taken into custody on charges of domestic terrorism for what is described as a plot to kidnap the state's governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

A sheriff in Barry County, Michigan, named Dar Leaf, who took part in anti-lockdown protests with the militants who were taken into custody for allegedly participating in a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, suggested during an interview earlier in the week that the men were only attempting to "arrest", not "kidnap" the governor.

Speaking to Fox 17 Michigan reporter Aaron Parseghian, Leaf theorized that the militants were attempting to "make a felony arrest". He did not appear to regret his personal association with those charged of the kidnapping attempt.

“It’s just a charge, and they say a 'plot to kidnap' and you got to remember that. Are they trying to kidnap? Because a lot of people are angry with the governor, and they want her arrested. So are they trying to arrest or was it a kidnap attempt? Because you can still in Michigan if it's a felony, make a felony arrest,” Leaf suggested.

The sheriff, who was revealed to have participated in rallies with those detained and charged with domestic terrorism, appealed to the presumption of innocence, commenting on the "plot" charges.

“The two gentlemen that I know of from my county, were they involved in that? I don’t know. They’re innocent till proven guilty. And we really, really should be careful, trying to try them in the media,” Leaf offered, referring to brothers Michael and William Null, who are among six people accused of participating in the domestic terror plot, and who had both earlier joined a rally with the sheriff during previous anti-lockdown protests.

Earlier in the week, Whitmer expressed her gratitude to law enforcement for thwarting the attempted kidnap. On 8 October, the FBI and the Michigan attorney general announced that thirteen people - among them members of a so-called Wolverine Watchmen militia group - had been taken into custody, suspected of being involved in the terror plot.

Leaf, along with the two arrested Null brothers, was among those protesting strict coronavirus-related measures earlier imposed by Whitmer in Michigan. Particularly, the governor had prohibited any gathering of over 50 people and introduced mandatory face masks indoors while extending the state of emergency until 27 October.

Commenting on the arrests, Whitmer expressed hope that they would lead to convictions.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202010101080734367-michigan-sheriff-alleges-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-was-arrest-attempt/

>>11017634

kek

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>>11017646

Peaceful Protest

Unbelievable wow (((they))) have some front, mocking all of us

How did US politics become so intensely polarized?

US politics has become of merry-go-round of antagonism where neither party has shown restraint nor a desire to de-escalate.

US politics is a mess. It’s a headache to cover and the subject is bound to start an argument with peers. A primary reason for this was the anticipated Trumpification of the presidency, since he was polarizing before setting foot in the Oval Office and continues to be so to this day. His bombastic attitude, impulsive tweeting, impeachment and more have made him a walking scandal played out on the 24-hour news cycle.

It was a safe bet to predict that a Trump presidency would have led to increased polarization. But even the most morbid predicators couldn’t have anticipated the current state of affairs. At present, everything in America has become politicized, from the novel coronavirus response to wearing masks to showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. While many point the finger at POTUS for the mess, the unfortunate reality is that the distribution of blame can be set on numerous sets of shoulders along both sides of the political aisle.

To understand how US politics have become a circus, it can’t be analyzed by political theory, but instead through the prism of insurgency. When militants take up arms and become the governing force of a population, a government’s reaction falls between two strategic paradigms. The first choice is to fight back – while honoring all legislation respecting human rights and the laws of armed conflict – against an opposition that has no intention to abide by the same rules. Or follow the second option, to match and even surpass insurgents in brutality to break their will.

One side of the paradigm has the state fighting with an arm tied around its back, and the other side blurs ethical lines between actors, legitimizing the validity of the belligerent’s struggle. By looking at the power struggle between Trump’s Republican Party and the Democratic Party through this lens, one can understand and rationalize actors’ motives and actions.

US President Donald Trump’s meteoric rise to the presidency was against immense odds on both sides of the political aisle. Even his victory was by the finest of margins – for only the 5th time history – by losing the popular vote yet wining the Electoral College. As an outsider to the political arena, Trump’s victory was a referendum against status-quo-politicians, who focused on social issues for electoral favors. This, while blue-collar regions became devastated from the loss of manufacturing jobs going to foreign competition and due to automation; their people turned to using opioids as a coping mechanism.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/how-did-us-politics-become-so-intensely-polarized-645288

Flint Councilman Proposes Shutting Down Gas Stations, Liquor Stores At Night To Reduce Crime

After surging violent crime in Flint, Michigan, in the first half of 2020, Flint City Councilman Maurice Davis has had enough with the chaos on the streets. He recently proposed a new ordinance to shutter business operations by 9 p.m. to help reduce crime, reported NBC 25.

Councilman Davis believes forcing liquor stores, corner stores, and gas stations to close by 9 p.m. will help prevent the loitering outside of these establishments, which sometimes result in arguments and or shootings.

If his ordinance is passed, Councilman Davis expects violent crime in the evening and night hours could slump as there would be no need for some to leave their homes when gas stations, liquor stores, and corner stores are closed at night. He said it could give peace and comfort to some in the community who fear leaving their homes at night.

"If they can get an ordinance passed to close down liquor stores, and gas stations at 9 o'clock I wouldn't be mad about it," said Robert Massie Jr., a Flint resident.

Massie hopes the ordinance is passed but believes it could cause some frustration among some.

"It's going to be people that's going to be mad, and then you're going to have some people that's going to like it because they can feel like they can be a little safe out here. But that's not going to stop anything. It'll just calm it down," he explained.

Councilman Davis told ABC 12 that he'd proposed the new ordinance for months now as gun violence kills loved ones in the city.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/flint-councilman-proposes-shutting-down-gas-stations-liquor-stores-night-reduce-crime

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Blexit Member: Being American ‘Isn’t a Skin Tone’ But ‘Knowing What Your Freedoms Are and Defending’ Them

A man who attended the Blexit “Back the Blue” event in the nation’s capital on Saturday countered the narrative frequently touted by radical leftists, emphasizing that being American “isn’t a skin tone” but “knowing what your freedoms are and defending those freedoms.”

Hundreds gathered in the nation’s capital for Saturday’s Blexit’s “Back the Blue” event. One of the attendees pointed to the mix of people of all backgrounds and races, telling Breitbart News that it is emblematic of “what America is.”

“I mean if you look at this group of people that we have out here, we’ve got Asian people, Hispanic people, white people, black people, mixed people. We have mixed families. It’s everyone. because that’s what America is,” the attendee said, adding that law enforcement goes out and protects “everyone.”

“American isn’t a skin tone. It’s an ideology. It’s a mental state. It’s knowing what your freedoms are and defending those freedoms, not just for yourself but for everyone else,” he explained.

“And that’s why they want to strike so hard against it. Because if you can get people to believe otherwise, then America isn’t what it is. We see the beauty in it,” he added.

President Trump hosted an outdoor rally for supporters outside of the White House Saturday afternoon, addressing the crowd from a balcony.

“You understand that to protect the lives of Black Americans, and all Americans, we must support our police,” Trump told the crowd.

“Every day more Black and Latino Americans are leaving behind left-wing politicians and their failed ideology,” he added.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/10/watch-blexit-member-being-american-isnt-a-skin-tone-but-knowing-what-your-freedoms-are-and-defending-them/