China Dispatches Warships, ASW Aircraft and Fighter Jets off Coast of Taiwan Following Fall of Afghanistan #BidenEffect

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday launched joint live-fire assault drills in multiple locations off the coast of Taiwan.

This is just what Jack Posobiec and The War Room said would happen next.

China is emboldened with US weakness in the region, the historic collapse of Afghanistan, and the frail puppet installed in Washington DC.

On Monday Steve Bannon warned that the US economy will implode if Taiwan falls to the Communist Chinese. According to Bannon he entire American economy centers around the chips, and in particular, the advanced chips designed, made, and manufactured in Taiwan.

The Global Times reported:

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday launched joint live-fire assault drills in multiple locations near the island of Taiwan in response to recent collusion and provocations by the US and Taiwan secessionists.

The PLA Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday dispatched warships, anti-submarine warfare aircraft and fighter jets in surrounding maritime and aerial areas near the southwest and southeast of the island of Taiwan for military exercises including joint live-fire assaults, and also for testing the command troops’ integrated joint operation capabilities, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson of the command, announced on the same day.

Recently, the US and Taiwan authorities have been frequently colluding and making provocations, sending wrong signals that severely violates China’s sovereignty and seriously damage peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits. They have become the biggest source of security risk in the region, Shi said.

The exercises are a necessary action taken based on the current security situation in the Taiwan Straits and the need to safeguard national sovereignty, and are a solemn response to the foreign interferences and the provocations by “Taiwan independence” forces, the spokesperson said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-china-dispatches-warships-asw-aircraft-fighter-jets-off-coast-taiwan-following-fall-afghanistan/

“A President who Was Illegitimately Elected Has Brought Great Shame to Our Country” – President Trump Issues Statement on Afghanistan Horror

The weekend collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban barbarians was a huge shock to the Western world and globalist elites on Monday.

Images of horror as Afghans stormed the airport, fell from planes and flocked on the runway to flee the Islamist horde at the gates.

On Tuesday morning President Trump released a new statement on the Afghanistan debacle.

President Donald J. Trump: “What took place yesterday in Afghanistan made our withdrawal from Vietnam look like child’s play. … A President who has been illegitimately elected has brought great shame, in many ways, to our Country!”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/president-illegitimately-elected-brought-great-shame-country-president-trump-issues-statement-afghanistan-horror/

Pentagon Spox Says Biden Admin Has No Plans to Help Americans Hiding in Afghanistan Get to the Airport to be Evacuated

According to reports, up to 10,000 Americans are still trapped in Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control of the region.

The Biden Admin made it a priority to evacuate Afghans as Americans were left behind.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday morning told CNN that the Biden Admin doesn’t know how many Americans are still in Afghanistan.

Kirby also said the Biden Admin has no plans to help the Americans evacuate as the Taliban takes over.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/pentagon-spox-says-biden-admin-no-plans-help-americans-hiding-afghanistan-get-airport-evacuated-video/

EU foreign policy chief: Taliban ‘WON THE WAR,’ we’ll have to talk to them – and acknowledge mistakes

The EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has said there are many lessons to be learned over Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover, adding that, as the militant group has won the war, the bloc will have to engage with it.

Any cooperation by Brussels with the new government of Afghanistan “will be conditioned on a peaceful and inclusive settlement and respect for the fundamental rights of all Afghans, including women, youth and persons belonging to minorities,” as well as respect for other commitments such as fighting against corruption and preventing the use of Afghan territory by terrorists, Borrell said on Monday.

The EU will continue to provide aid to the Afghan people, he added, calling on the Taliban to respect international humanitarian law.

The group now has full control of Afghanistan, following the complete collapse of the US-backed Afghan government installed in 2001. “The Taliban have won the war so we will have to talk to them,” Borrell added, acknowledging the political reality on the ground.

“We have to get in touch with the authorities in Kabul, whatever they are,” the EU high representative noted, “in order to engage in a dialogue, as soon as necessary, to prevent a humanitarian and a potential migratory disaster.”

“This new reality comes 20 years after the beginning of the military operation launched by the US with the support of NATO in October 2001,” Borrell told reporters in an online press conference.

He noted that the original military and political commitment – to destroy the Al-Qaeda terrorist group – “shifted to nation building” of a modern state in Afghanistan. “The first part of the mission succeeded, and the second did not,” he said.

Borrell's remarks come after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, and their consultations with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

https://www.rt.com/news/532330-eu-taliban-won-war-afghanistan/

Taliban promises peace, amnesty, rights ‘within Sharia law’ & ‘narcotics-free’ Afghanistan in first intl media press conference

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid made numerous sweeping claims in a Tuesday press conference saying the Taliban is focused on forming a government in Afghanistan, will observe women’s rights and has “pardoned” wartime enemies.

“We have all borders under control,” Mujahid told reporters at the first media conference in Kabul since its takeover by the Taliban. He promised that a government is “seriously” being formed and “it will be announced after completion.”

Amid the ongoing chaos in Afghanistan as the US has struggled to get military allies out of the country as Taliban fighters have moved in on previous strongholds, including the capital city of Kabul, Mujahid said enemies of the Taliban have been “pardoned.”

“We have pardoned everybody for the benefit of stability or peace in Afghanistan,” he said. He added, however, that those who have died in the past few days as the Taliban has reclaimed land hold sole responsibility for their deaths.

“Those whose lives have been lost as a result of fighting for the enemy, this was their own fault. We conquered the whole country in a matter of days,” he said.

Despite this sentiment, Mujahid assured that translators and allies to the US military will not be interrogated or “treated with revenge.”

“Nobody is going to knock on their door and ask them who they have been working for,” he said, adding that many younger Afghanistan citizens are “assets” that should remain in the country.

He similarly said women will have the right to work and study, but only “within our framework,” not specifically explaining what kind of limitations this “framework” will present in this potential new government.

https://www.rt.com/news/532319-taliban-promises-peace-rights-afghanistan/

US Treasury Freezes Billions In Afghan Reserves, Depriving Taliban Of Cash

After handing the Taliban US-supplied military hardware on a silver platter thanks to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, the Biden administration scrambled to deprive the terrorist organization of funding - freezing Afghan government reserves held in US bank accounts, and blocking the Taliban from accessing billions of dollars held in US institutions, according to the Washington Post, citing two people familiar with the matter.

The decision was made by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and officials in Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the people said. The State Department was also involved in discussions this weekend, with officials in the White House monitoring the developments. An administration official said in a statement, “Any Central Bank assets the Afghan government have in the United States will not be made available to the Taliban.” The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss government policy not yet made public.

As of April, the Afghan central bank held $9.4 billion reserve assets according to the International Monetary Fund - roughly one third of the country's annual economic output. The vast majority are held outside of the country, according to the Post, billions of which are in the United States.

According to the report, the freeze took effect on Sunday. As the situation was rapidly deteriorating over the weekend, Afghani Central Bank governor Ajmal Ahmady tweeted that they were told they wouldn't receive any more dollar shipments.

As the Post notes, Afghanistan is already one of the poorest countries in the world, and has been highly dependent on US assistance. What's more, the Biden administration will also likely face difficult decisions over how to manage existing sanctions on the Taliban - while dealing with trying to deliver humanitarian aid to a population in dire need.

According to Adam M. Smith, who served on the National Security Council and as senior adviser to the director of the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control during the Obama administration, the Biden administration didn't need any new authority to freeze the reserves because the Taliban is already sanctioned under an executive order approved following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Meanwhile, the US sends roughly $3 billion per year in support for the Afghan military, which can only be sent if the Secretary of Defense "certifies to Congress that the Afghan forces are controlled by a civilian, representative government that is committed to protecting human rights and women’s right."

This funding is expected to stop flowing as well, along with smaller pots of money, such as $20 million for recruiting women to the Afghan National Security Forces. About 80 percent of Afghanistan’s budget is funded by the U.S. and other international donors, John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, told Reuters this spring. A spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget declined to comment on the status of Congressionally-approved funding for Afghanistan.

“Of course, it’s dangerous,” said Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, a consulting firm, about restrictions on the Afghan economy, including the freezing of funds held in the U.S. “You’ll see a lot more refugees on the back of this, a lot more radicalism on the back of this. But, on the other hand, Afghanistan will not be able to control this country for a very long period of time. I can’t see us spending money on the Taliban." -WaPo

According to the UN Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, half of the country's total population has required humanitarian assistance this year, nearly double that from 2020, and a six-fold increase from four years ago.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-treasury-freezes-billions-afghan-reserves-depriving-taliban-cash

Thai protesters blasted with water cannon, as they gather for 3rd straight day to demand prime minister’s resignation

The Thai police force deployed a water cannon on Tuesday to disperse anti-government protesters who’d gathered in central Bangkok to call out Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha over his handling of the Covid pandemic.

Clashes between protesters and police broke out near the national police headquarters and outside the Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s residence on Tuesday, as authorities sought to control a crowd of activists calling for the government to step down over a growing Covid outbreak.

Footage circulating on social media showed authorities spraying a crowd of protestors with a water cannon. Witnesses claimed that activists responded by initially standing their ground and throwing paint and water bottles before retreating through the streets.

Authorities defended their decision to deploy a water cannon, with police spokesperson Kissana Phathanacharoen claiming they responded to a volley of objects thrown by protestors and that action was only taken after “repeated warnings.”

The latest outbreak of violence between police and activists comes after six people were injured on Monday during protests near the prime minister’s residence. One medic who was treating injured protesters claimed a minor was hit by a bullet. Police deny live ammunition was used against the crowd.

In recent weeks, Thailand has seen Covid cases and fatalities from the virus rise to 948,442 and 7,873 respectively, according to the country’s health ministry, as of August 17.

In response, the country’s government has introduced Covid restrictions on parts of the country, limiting domestic travel and threatening the nation’s tourism industry, as access to holiday hotspot Phuket was cut off amid the recent outbreak.

https://www.rt.com/news/532316-thailand-protestors-pm-covid-handling/

Moderna’s Covid jab gets green light for use in adolescents from UK health regulator

The UK’s medicines regulator has deemed Moderna’s mRNA coronavirus shot suitable for 12-to-17 year-olds, almost two weeks after the country announced it would start vaccinating its youth population.

On Tuesday, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Moderna’s Spikevax jab for use in children aged between 12 and 17. Announcing the decision, the agency’s chief executive Dr June Raine said the “vaccine is safe and effective in this age group.”

While Moderna’s mRNA jab has been given the green light by the MHRA, the government advisory body the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will make the final decision on whether the vaccine will be rolled out for this age group.

The widening of vaccines available to younger people comes after the committee decided on August 4 to include 16-to-17 year-olds in the UK’s Covid inoculation campaign, ahead of children returning to school in September.

The JCVI recommended administering just one dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s jab “after carefully considering the latest data” that a single shot would “provide good protection against severe illness and hospitalization”. Further advice on a second dose will be made later, it added.

Last month, the European Medicines Agency recommended extending the Spikevax vaccine to children aged 12 to 17 within the EU. The jab is still pending approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for administration in this age group.

Health authorities in the UK were initially hesitant to offer children a coronavirus vaccine due to reports of rare heart inflammation following the administration of mRNA vaccines. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement earlier this summer detailing that there were over a thousand incidences of the heart conditions myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in adolescents and young males, reported from among the more than 177 million doses of the vaccine administered across America.

At present, minors in the UK aged 12 to 15 are only eligible for vaccination against Covid-19 if they are considered to be high risk or live with a family member who falls into this category.

https://www.rt.com/uk/532315-modernas-covid-jab-uk-adolescents/

Former MLB All-Star Felipe Vazquez sentenced for having sex with 13-year-old

Former MLB pitcher Felipe Vazquez was sentenced to two to four years in prison Tuesday after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, according to reports.

A Westmoreland County, Pa. jury in May convicted the 29-year-old, two-time Pirates All-Star on 15 counts, including statutory sexual assault, sexual abuse of children, child pornography and corruption of minors.

Vazquez was arrested in September 2019, telling police at the time that he had “sex but not really” with the girl in 2017, according to a Pennsylvania criminal complaint.

The girl testified they had sex in his car outside her home hours before a Pirates game.

They struck up a relationship on social media and Vazquez’s defense had argued that the girl misled him about her age.

“The jury believed he used his position as a professional athlete to prey upon a young girl,” Assistant District Attorney Jim Lazar said in May.

Vazquez was found not guilty of 10 other counts of unlawful contact or communication with a minor.

A native of Venezuela, Vazquez, a closer, was named an All-Star in 2018 and 2019.

Vazquez was placed on MLB’s restricted list following his arrest, and has not been eligible to play since. He signed a four-year, $22.5 million contract with Pittsburgh prior to the 2018 season.

https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/felipe-vazquez-sentenced-for-having-sex-with-13-year-old/

Biden Administration Will Advise Most Americans to Get a Booster Jab 8 Months After Vaccination

If you enjoyed your first two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, then today is your lucky day, because President Joe Biden will soon be recommending most Americans get themselves a coronavirus booster jab within eight months of being vaccinated.

According to the New York Times, two administration officials confirmed the Biden administration will be pushing for Americans to have follow-up shots as early as mid-September.

“Officials are planning to announce the administration’s decision as early as this week,” reported the Times. “Their goal is to let Americans know now that they will need additional protection against the Delta variant that is causing surging caseloads across the nation.”

As was the case with the first vaccine, the first booster shots will be for the elderly and frontline coronavirus workers. The proposed policy stems from data out of Israel that suggests “the Pfizer-BioNTech’s protection against severe disease has fallen significantly for elderly people who were vaccinated in January or February.”

“Some administration officials have viewed Israel as a kind of template for the United States because it started vaccinating its population sooner,” noted the Times. “Israel has almost exclusively used the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and it has a nationalized health care system that allows it to systematically track patients.”

Last week, officials in the Biden administration began expressing concern about the vaccine’s efficacy against the Delta variant when a new preprint study suggested that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may be less effective over time. Axios profiled the study’s findings:

Overall, it found that the Moderna vaccine was 86% effective against infection over the study period, and Pfizer’s was 76%. Moderna’s vaccine was 92% effective against hospitalization and Pfizer’s was 85%.

But the vaccines’ effectiveness against infection dropped sharply in July, when the Delta variant’s prevalence in Minnesota had risen to over 70%.

Moderna was 76% effective against infection, and Pfizer was only 42% effective.

The study found similar results in other states. For example, in Florida, the risk of infection in July for people fully vaccinated with Moderna was about 60% lower than for people fully vaccinated with Pfizer.

The study did not determine if the vaccines declined in effectiveness over time, or were simply less effective against the Delta variant. The study has also not yet been peer-reviewed and cannot be taken as gospel.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/08/17/biden-administration-to-advise-most-americans-get-a-booster-jab-8-months-after-vaccination/

The Military Industrial Complex and the Lies We Were Told

Why would military generals like Milley and the top brass of the intelligence community lie to Americans for 20 years about how the war in Afghanistan was going? The reason has something to do with Eisenhower’s striking concept of a “military industrial complex.”

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-military-industrial-complex-and-the-lies-we-were-told/

Schwarzenegger just got dumped…

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/schwarzenegger-just-got-dumped/

George W. Bush Gets Brutalized Online After Issuing Statement on Afghanistan

Last night Biden supporter and former President George W. Bush posted a statement on Afghanistan to his Bush Presidential Center website which reads in part:

“Laura and I have been watching the tragic events unfolding in Afghanistan with deep sadness. Our hearts are heavy for both the Afghan people who have suffered so much and for the Americans and NATO allies who have sacrificed so much.

The Afghans now at the greatest risk are the same ones who have been on the forefront of progress inside their nation. President Biden has promised to evacuate these Afghans, along with American citizens and our allies. The United States government has the legal authority to cut the red tape for refugees during urgent humanitarian crises. And we have the responsibility and the resources to secure safe passage for them now, without bureaucratic delay. Our most stalwart allies, along with private NGOs, are ready to help.

Laura and I are confident that the evacuation efforts will be effective because they are being carried out by the remarkable men and women of the United States Armed Forces, diplomatic corps, and intelligence community. And we want to speak to them directly, along with the veterans who have served in Afghanistan.

Many of you deal with wounds of war, both visible and invisible. And some of your brothers and sisters in arms made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. Each day, we have been humbled by your commitment and your courage. You took out a brutal enemy and denied Al Qaeda a safe haven while building schools, sending supplies, and providing medical care. You kept America safe from further terror attacks, provided two decades of security and opportunity for millions, and made America proud. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and will always honor your contributions.

In times like these, it can be hard to remain optimistic. Laura and I will steadfastly remain so. Like our country, Afghanistan is also made up of resilient, vibrant people. Nearly 65 percent of the population is under twenty-five years old. The choices they will make for opportunity, education, and liberty will also determine Afghanistan’s future. As Dr. Sakena Yacoobi of the Afghan Institute of Learning, which has opened schools for girls and women around the nation, wrote this week: “While we are afraid, we are not defeated.” She added, “Ideas do not disappear so easily. One cannot kill whispers on the wind. The Taliban cannot crush a dream. We will prevail, even if it takes longer than we wanted it to.”

While Bush’s statement is nice and all, maybe he should have thrown his political support behind former President Trump during the last election so that this disaster could have been avoided.

Bush supported Joe Biden last November so he is also to blame for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Bush is also to blame for turning a campaign to destroy al-Qaeda into one of trying to turn Afghanistan into a secular western type nation.

My guess is Bush’s message will not be well received by the majority of Republicans or those who served in Afghanistan. His message will mostly resonate with Democrats and media types looking for a club to bash the right with.

That said, those on the left are none to happy with Mr. Bush or his statement:

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/08/george-w-bush-gets-brutalized-online.html

40 FBI Agents Hold 11 Year Old Girl At Gunpoint Because Parents Attended Trump Rally At Capitol — They NEVER Went In To The Building

Because her parents had attended the January 6 rally at the Capitol, a squad of 40 heavily-armed FBI agents held an 11-year-old girl at gunpoint while raiding her family’s Georgia home.

The agents, who arrived in four armored trucks, broke into the property on August 10 about five miles north of Covington in Newton County, according to the girl’s father, Donnie Hyatt.

Hyatt and his wife are accused of having ties to a far-right militia leader named Chris Hill, and they attended the rally in Washington, DC on January 6.

They did not participate in the storming of the Capitol.

Just take a minute to let that sink in.

The Dailymail reports Hyatt said he was in his car on his long driveway when the agents came to raid the property around 7am, and says electronics and communications devices including phones as well as computers were seized.

‘They had my 11-year-old daughter at gunpoint,’ he told the outlet.

The agents’ laser sights were aimed at her, he said, and she is ‘pretty shaken’ by the experience: ‘She still shakes when she talks about it.’

While the agents had a warrant to converge upon the property, Hyatt said that it was for a sealed investigation, and that they did not divulge many details to the frightened residents.

Members of the FBI refused to provide comment when contacted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Hyatt said that although he and his wife attended Donald Trump’s January 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally outside the White House, he contends that they did not join the subsequent siege on Congress.

Agents confiscated cellphones, computers and even his daughter’s tablet: ‘they took basically every electronic device in my house,’ Hyatt said.

He said that he believes the election was ‘stolen’ from Trump and that the rioters were ‘acting out of frustration,’ but said that he thought it was a ‘really dumb decision’ for thousands of protesters to storm the Capitol.

‘I understand why they did it,’ he said. ‘I’m still angry about (the election). I’m angry about how I’m being treated.’

Although he and his wife kept updated on what was taking place during the siege, they were not in touch with anyone inside the building, and that they ‘don’t even know anybody that knows anybody that went in.’

The Hyatt family is associated with 111% Security Force and its leader, Stockbridge resident Chris Hill, according to the Journal-Constitution.

Hill announced the raid on Wednesday using a social media site called Clapper (he has been banned from Facebook, Youtube and other mainstream outlet).

‘The roundup has begun. The police state has begun,’ he wrote.

https://en-volve.com/2021/08/17/40-fbi-agents-hold-11-year-old-girl-at-gunpoint-because-parents-attended-trump-rally-at-capitol-they-never-went-in-to-the-building/

The apocalypse facing humanity is not climate change, but the politicisation of lousy science

The publication of the UN’s report on climate change highlights the fact that the real danger facing humanity is knee-jerk policy-making based on one-sided science, rather than impending doom from global warming.

The latest apocalyptic report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been designed to propel us into action. With less than 80 days to go until the world convenes at the Glasgow climate conference, the call to act has become deafening.

US Secretary-General António Guterres said the findings represented a “code red for humanity”. For him, “the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk”. America’s climate envoy, John Kerry agrees, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will be a host at COP26, believes this is a “wake-up call” for humanity.

Stop whatever you’re doing and act now, they urge, or it will be too late. But is that true? The short answer is nobody knows.

The science of climate change – what ought to be a field of open contestation – has been transformed into a narrow one of religious consensus. It has become a barrier to science itself. There is no doubt that climate change is real, and it is a problem facing humanity. But just because it is a problem does not mean we are facing an apocalypse.

What is needed is clarity and objectivity. We need, in short, to uphold the motto of the Royal Society, a fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. “Nullius in verba”, or “take nobody’s word for it”, it cautions. Withstand the domination of authority and verify all statements by an appeal to facts determined by experiment – this has always been, and remains, the foundation of science.

However, the latest IPCC report embodies almost exactly the opposite. Its conclusions are dogmatic and, as discussed below, are based on partial research chosen to support a predetermined misanthropic narrative. We are simply instructed to trust its co-authors’ word because they, after all, are the experts. We may not all be scientists and, thus, we may find it difficult to challenge the IPCC’s expertise. But one thing’s for sure: not all experts agree.

Twenty-three of them, in the fields of solar physics and climate science, from 14 different countries, have just published an important and interesting paper in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics’ titled ‘How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate’.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/532058-apocalypse-climate-change-global-warming/

NIH Director Collins: Migrants Spreading COVID-19 ‘Distraction,’ Unvaccinated the ‘Problem’

National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that raising concerns over COVID-19 cases among migrates at the U.S.-Mexico border is a “distraction.”

In a video, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said, “Whatever variance are around the world, they are coming across that southern border, so he’s not shutting down the virus. He’s helping to facilitate it in our country.”

Anchor Chris Wallace said, “You talk about dealing with the science, dealing with facts, I’m going to ask you about that. Parts of Texas, the positivity rate for COVID among some of the illegal migrants coming across the border is over 10%. How responsible are they for spreading this wave of COVID that is sweeping the country right now?”

Collins said, “It certainly a cause of concern. They have very significant masking requirements there, but it is certainly possible. But, you know, let nobody try to say that’s why the U.S. is in trouble. The rate of infection in Mexico is actually lower than it is right now in places like Texas and Louisiana and Florida. I think that’s a bit of a distraction. We’ve got enough of a problem with her own citizens who have refused to roll up their sleeves. So maybe that would be a better thing to focus on if we’re trying to end this. That seemed like it was not going to get us where we need to be. It’s an issue, but it’s certainly not the cause of our current dilemma.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/16/nih-director-collins-migrants-spreading-covid-19-distraction-unvaccinated-the-problem/

Joe Biden Headed Back to Camp David to Resume His Vacation After Afghanistan Speech

President Joe Biden will return to Camp David on Monday evening to resume his vacation after returning to the White House for a few hours to deliver a speech defending his handling of the troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

The White House released an updated schedule for the president, confirming he would return to Camp David, where he was scheduled to vacation until Wednesday.

In his speech, Biden tried to emphasize the importance of ending the American-supported conflict in Afghanistan but failed to accept his incompetent execution of the troop withdrawals.

“I am president of the United States and the buck stops with me,” he said. “I’m deeply saddened by the facts we now face but I do not regret my decision to end America’s warfighting in Afghanistan.”

But the president did not take questions from reporters about his failure in Afghanistan, as thousands of Americans remain stranded in the country.

Biden acknowledged he was overly optimistic of Afghanistan’s ability to defend itself.

“The truth is this did unfold more quickly than anticipated,” he said.

Earlier in the weekend, the president appeared reluctant to speak publicly as the crisis unfolded over the weekend, prompting heightened criticism of his handling of the situation as the capital city of Kabul fell under the Taliban’s control.

White House staff issued photos on social media of Biden taking video calls with national security and intelligence officials as proof he was taking the crisis seriously, but it did little to stem public criticism.

Staff also issued a 600-word statement in Biden’s name defending his actions but also tried to blame former President Donald Trump for the chaos taking place on his watch.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/16/joe-biden-headed-back-to-camp-david-to-resume-his-vacation-after-afghanistan-speech/

U.S. border has collapsed completely as Biden regime now busing COVID-infected migrants all across U.S.

It should be completely obvious by now that whoever is running the Biden regime is out to destroy what is left of our American experiment in self-government, based on reports this week about the worsening situation along the U.S.-Mexico border.

For months now after Biden reversed nearly all of President Donald Trump’s border enforcement policies, hundreds of thousands of migrants from poor Central America have traipsed north towards the U.S., and of course, with Mexico’s explicit permission.

Most of these people are simply being allowed in, the Border Patrol and the Customs and Border Enforcement agency becoming little more than U.S. welcoming committees whose personnel are now babysitters and migrant shufflers.

But in recent weeks, a new, worsening situation has developed: The Delta variant of COVID-19 is reportedly spreading throughout the hemisphere, and now more than 40 percent of migrants crossing illegally into our country are infected.

The Washington Examiner reports that the situation has gotten so bad that one city in Texas — Laredo — has now started refusing to take in new illegal aliens because of the massively high rates of COVID infection.

The outlet reports:

“That was very high,” Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz said in an interview, referring to the infection rate among migrants dropped off by the Border Patrol last week. Laredo health authority, Dr. Victor Trevino, confirmed the numbers.

The 40% infection rate is the highest known positivity rate along the U.S.-Mexico border. Last week, McAllen, Texas, reported a 15% positivity rate among migrants released from custody.

“Concerned that migrants arriving in Laredo would further strain hospital resources, Laredo officials contracted private bus companies to transport migrants arriving from the Rio Grande Valley to larger cities across the state,” the outlet continued.

“By not admitting migrants on the McAllen buses, the city is not required to test them for the coronavirus and could forward the families elsewhere. Those who test positive cannot travel and must be quarantined for 10 days, a situation Saenz wanted to evade to avoid migrant overflow,” the report added.

But this isn’t the half of it; even Biden’s handpicked left-wing Department of Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, understands what is at stake — the sanctity of our country.

In a Friday visit to the border, Mayorkas was recorded by a Border Patrol source that leaked the audio file to Fox News in which he expresses frank, eye-opening sentiments regarding the current state of rank lawlessness along portions of the U.S.-Mexico border.

https://www.newstarget.com/2021-08-16-us-border-collapses-completely-biden-regime-busing-covid-infected-migrants-across-us.html

Yellow Vest announces candidacy to topple Macron and calls for big Frexit 'electro-shock'

A YELLOW Vest activist has put his hat in the ring to take on Emmanuel Macron in next year's presidential elections and has promised an "electro-shock" to shatter the political status quo.

Fabrice Grimal, a leading organiser of the Gilet Jaunes and Le Gouv, has been chosen as the presidential candidate for a group of citizen associations known as La Concorde Citoyenne. He hopes his candidacy will help to revolutionise French politics by placing ordinary citizens at the heart of the the political system with real power to influence legislation and to make traditional parties obsolete. "I am for now the only citizen candidate as opposed to a professional politician," he told Express.co.uk

"I am the first candidate coming from the citizens with a complete programme and I am a Yellow Vest and I am representing a large part of the Yellow Vests."

He added: "I am a simple citizen running for presidency without a traditional political party.

"What's new….is that we don't trust in political parties anymore and we want to build our programme and build our future together without this form of political party.

"So we build citizen associations that deal with politics without being a party - it's that difference we want to make."

Mr Grimal faces an uphill battle to have his registration confirmed, as he requires at least 500 signatures from elected officials to be able to legally participate in the elections.

However, he has a strategy in place that he hopes will allow him to seal the deal in time for next April.

"We want to gather potentially every citizen movement and every small political party that has no chance at all in the election, that doesn't have the critical weight to do something in French politics but that can gather for themselves 100, 160, 200 signatures," he explained.

"It is not enough and they are not going to run for next presidential elections and they are maybe four five parties like this in the Frexit sphere, in the French sovereignty universe of small parties."

"I think it is really possible," he added. "If I didn't think it was possible I would be having fun with my young daughter."

Frexit and citizens assemblies will be at the heart of La Concorde Cityoenne's agenda, as they attempt to mobilise support for their movement.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1477827/yellow-vest-news-presidential-elections-2022-macron-frexit-fabrice-grimal-politics-ont

Afghan currency crashes amid turmoil as central bank chief flees Kabul

Afghanistan’s national currency, the afghani, continued to plummet on Tuesday as Taliban fighters took control over the capital city of Kabul. The head of the country’s central bank, Ajmal Ahmady, has fled the country.

According to messages left by the governor in a Twitter thread, the central bank was told there would be no more dollar supplies, which cut the regulator’s ability to bolster national currency, spreading more panic across the country.

The afghani dropped 1.7% on Tuesday to 83.5013 against the US dollar, marking the fourth day of decline, according to data tracked by Bloomberg.

“Currency spiked from a stable 81 to almost 100 then back to 86. I held meetings on Saturday to reassure banks and money exchangers to calm them down,” Ahmady wrote.

The political turmoil that swept Afghanistan over the weekend has spread to markets in neighboring Pakistan, where sovereign dollar bonds due in 2031 fell 1.8 cents on Monday, demonstrating the largest drop since pricing in March. Meanwhile, Pakistani dollar bonds reportedly suffered the biggest losses in Asia on Monday. The securities grew by 0.2 cents on the dollar on Tuesday to 100.5 cents.

Taliban forces entered Kabul on August 15 days after US President Joe Biden announced that all American forces would leave the country by September 11, the 20th anniversary of a series of terrorist attacks against the US.

The takeover of the Afghan capital was preceded by years of tensions and attacks by the Taliban – listed as a prohibited terrorist organization in Russia.

https://www.rt.com/business/532252-central-bank-flee-afghani-plummets/

CDC Records Show 12,791 DEAD and 682,873 Injuries Following COVID-19 Experimental Shots

According to the most recent stats released by the CDC this past Saturday, August 14, 2021, their Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) now has recorded more than twice as many deaths following the non-FDA approved experimental COVID-19 shots during the past 8 and a half months, than deaths recorded following ALL FDA approved vaccines for the past 30 years.

This has to be the most censored information in the U.S. right now, even though these statistics come directly from the CDC.

They have now recorded 12,791 deaths, 16,044 permanent disabilities, 70,667 emergency room visits, 51,242 hospitalizations, 13,139 life threatening events, among 682,873 reported injuries from 571,831 cases.

The CDC’s official response to these statistics is that they are basically coincidences, and are not related to the experimental COVID-19 shots.

Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem. A review of available clinical information, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records, has not established a causal link to COVID-19 vaccines. (Source.)

Trusting in the CDC for COVID-19 safety information is quite obviously deadly. Because it is widely known that these statistics that they admit to are but a fraction of actual cases, as very few medical professionals are willing to classify an injury or death as caused by COVID-19 injections.

By way of contrast, deaths following all FDA-approved vaccines for the 30 years prior to the emergency use authorizations of the COVID-19 shots total 6,068 over 30 years according to the CDC.

The FDA and CDC Serve Big Pharma – Not the Public

https://vaccineimpact.com/2021/cdc-records-show-12791-dead-and-682873-injuries-following-covid-19-experimental-shots/

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html

AUSTRALIA, NSW ARE GOING TO HERD 24,000 CHILDREN INTO A STADIUM TO INJECT THEM WITH “VACCINES”

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/australia-nsw-are-going-to-herd-24000-children-into-a-stadium-to-inject-them-with-vaccines/