Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 4:53 p.m. No.8085729   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6003 >>6307 >>6370

Turkey warns of ‘Plan B’ amid Syria’s anti-terror operation in Idlib

 

Turkey says it will change tack in northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, where an intensified anti-terror operation is underway by Syrian army against foreign-backed militant outfits, if the deal reached with Russia is violated.

 

Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said, in an interview with the Hurriyet daily that Ankara has made alternative plans for Idlib province if the agreement reached with Russia continues to be violated.

 

Based on a 2018 deal with Russia, Turkey set up 12 observation posts in Idlib, but Turkish security sources said this week three of them are now being encircled by the Syrian government forces.

 

"If the agreement continues to be violated, we have Plan B and Plan C," Akar said, adding that, “We on every occasion say do not force us, otherwise our Plan B and Plan C are ready”.

 

The Turkish defense minister warned that "If the Syrian forces are not withdrawn by the end of February, we will take action."

 

Akar claimed that "Our primary goal is to prevent migration and humanitarian tragedy. We are working to establish a ceasefire as soon as possible and stop the bloodshed."

 

Since Friday, Ankara has sent hundreds of military vehicles into Idlib province, after Syrian government forces took control of a strategic town close to the provincial capital.

 

The UK-based so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 1,240 Turkish military vehicles crossed into Idlib in the last week, along with 5,000 soldiers.

 

Idlib is in the last major enclave of the foreign-backed terrorists fighting against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/02/09/618255/Idlib-Syria-Turkey–Akar-Hayat-Tahrir-al-Sham-Russia

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 4:57 p.m. No.8085780   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5951 >>6003 >>6043 >>6307 >>6370

Ricky Gervais Heckles Oscars: ‘I Can’t Wait to Hear Your Inspirational Speeches About Equality’

 

Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais viciously trolled Hollywood celebrities just hours ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards, preemptively deflating their self-important acceptance speeches in a series of humorous tweets.

 

Ricky Gervais took the stars to task for their progressive views on migrant workers, noting that many celebrities employ migrants in their homes to perform menial and backbreaking work.

 

The British comedian also mocked the sex scandals that have consumed the entertainment industry during the last three years.

 

Gervais’s Oscars trolling was in response to a hypothetical question posed to him on Twitter asking what jokes he would make if he were hosting the Oscars tonight.

 

This year’s Academy Awards will be hostless, marking the second year in a row that the show’s organizers have opted to do away with a host after Kevin Hart stepped down last year following the mainstream media’s efforts to destroy his career by digging up his old tweets.

 

Viewership of the Oscars has been on a downward trajectory as viewers tire of Hollywood’s political hectoring and non-stop bashing of President Donald Trump.

 

Ratings have fallen since 2014’s high of 43.7 million viewers. In 2018, the show only managed to draw an audience of 26.5 million, its biggest yearly decline.

 

In January, Gervais hosted the Golden Globes, ripping decorum to shreds by cracking jokes about virtue signaling celebrities, Apple sweatshops, and Harvey Weinstein.

 

“If you win, come up, accept your little award tonight… thank your agent and your God, and fuck off. No one cares about your views on politics or culture,” he said at the Globes

 

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/09/ricky-gervais-heckles-hollywood-ahead-of-oscars-only-time-your-badly-paid-migrant-house-staff-will-sleep/

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 4:59 p.m. No.8085796   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Corona Virus? The Chinese Central Bank Has a "Solution"

 

In response to the economic paralysis brought about by the coronavirus, the Chinese central bank has pumped $243 billion into financial markets. On Monday February 3 2020, China’s equity market shed $393 billion of its value.

 

Most experts are of the view that in order to counter the damage that the coronavirus has inflicted, loose monetary policy is of utmost importance to stabilize the economy. In this way of thinking, it is believed that the massive monetary pumping will lift overall demand in the economy and this in turn is likely to move the economy out of the stagnation hole.

 

On this way of thinking consumer confidence, which has weakened as a result of the coronavirus could be lifted by massive monetary pumping.

 

Now, even if consumers were to become more confident about economic prospects, how is all this related to the damage that the virus continues to inflict? Would the increase in consumer confidence due to the monetary pumping cause individuals to go back to work?

 

Unless the causes of the virus are ascertained or unless some vaccine is produced to protect individuals against the virus, they are likely to continue to pursue a life of isolation. This means that most people are not going to risk their life and start using the newly pumped money to boost their spending.

 

It seems that whenever a crisis emerges, central banks are of the view that first of all they must push plenty of money to “cushion” the side effects of the crisis. The central bankers following the idea that if in doubt “grease” the problem with a lot of money.

 

It did not occur to all the advocates of the aggressive loose monetary policy that this is going to transform a given economic crisis into a much larger one.

 

Most advocates would respond that it is the central bank’s duty to defend individuals against various bad side effects. The only way they can defend individuals is by not adding more damage.

 

If loose monetary policy could counter the bad side effects of the coronavirus then we should agree that money pumping is an effective remedy to eradicate side effects of viruses. In this sense, central bankers should be nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine.

 

Most experts still don’t get it that money is just the medium of exchange. It produces nothing and it can only provide the services of the medium of exchange. If we begin to consider money as something magical that can fix everything, including eradicating the economic side effects of the coronavirus, this opens the gate for nasty economic surprises.

 

https://mises.org/power-market/corona-virus-chinese-central-bank-has-solution

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:03 p.m. No.8085855   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Army discovers underground headquarters for terrorists in Saraqeb, Idleb

 

Idleb, SANA_ During the canvassing operations in Saraqeb city in eastern Idleb province, the Syrian Arab army units discovered a fortified underground headquarters for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, SANA reporter said.

 

The headquarters includes several rooms linked by a complex network of tunnels.

 

https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=184794

 

These cabal demons always under ground

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:07 p.m. No.8085908   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6003 >>6031 >>6065 >>6307 >>6370 >>6389

Apple fined $41 million dollars for secretly slowing old iPhones

 

The French consumer watchdog has fined Apple €25 million euro ($49 million) for its lack of transparency in deliberately slowing down older devices. The iPhone-maker has previously admitted to the practice, and apologised for not informing customers.

 

Evidence first emerged in 2017 that Apple had used a software update to limit the performance of older iPhones, feeding into a long-held conspiracy theory that the company intentionally slowed devices as they aged to encourage consumers to upgrade.

 

https://www.theage.com.au/technology/apple-fined-41-million-dollars-for-secretly-slowing-old-iphones-20200210-p53z9n.html

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:08 p.m. No.8085930   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6133 >>6307 >>6370 >>6412

New Study Adds to Evidence of Diabetes Drug Link to Heart Problems

 

A new study published by The BMJ adds to evidence that rosiglitazone – a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes – is associated with an increased risk of heart problems, especially heart failure.

 

This study is the most comprehensive evaluation of the cardiovascular risk of rosiglitazone ever done.

 

Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It helps control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but it can also increase the risk of serious heart problems. This has led to suspension of the drug in Europe and previous restrictions on its use in the United States.

 

However, since 2007, studies have reported conflicting findings about whether rosiglitazone increases the risk of heart attacks. But these studies didn’t have access to the raw data, also known as individual patient level data (IPD), from clinical trials and mostly relied on summary level data (e.g. results reported in publications and clinical trial registries), which are not as reliable when estimating the true safety profile of drugs.

 

Recent efforts by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – the maker of rosiglitazone – to make IPD available to external investigators, prompted a team of US researchers to re-analyse the data and clarify some of the uncertainties about rosiglitazone’s cardiovascular risk.

 

They analysed the results of more than 130 trials involving over 48,000 adult patients that compared rosiglitazone with any control for at least 24 weeks. IPD were available for 33 trials, which included 21156 patients; the remaining trials only had summary level data available.

 

When the researchers analysed the IPD from trials made available by GSK, they found rosiglitazone was associated with a 33% increased risk of a composite cardiovascular event (heart attack, heart failure, cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular related death) compared with controls. This was estimated from the 274 events among 11,837 rosiglitazone patients and 219 events among 9,319 control patients.

 

When examining cardiovascular events independently, the analyses of the 33 GSK trials with IPD resulted in higher estimates of the risk of heart attacks than the analyses of trials with IPD and summary level data.

 

These findings highlight the potential for different results derived from different data sources, and demonstrate the need for greater clinical trial transparency and data sharing to accurately assess the safety of drugs, say the researchers.

 

“Our study suggests that when evaluating drug safety and performing meta-analyses focused on safety, IPD might be necessary to accurately classify all adverse events,” they write. “By including these data in research, patients, clinicians, and researchers would be able to make more informed decisions about the safety of interventions.”

 

They add: “Our study highlights the need for independent evidence assessment to promote transparency and ensure confidence in approved therapeutics, and postmarket surveillance that tracks known and unknown risks and benefits.”

 

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/02/new-study-adds-to-evidence-of-diabetes-drug-link-to-heart-problems.html

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:12 p.m. No.8085971   🗄️.is 🔗kun

After rocket fired into Israel, aircraft strike Hamas targets in Gaza

 

IAF strikes come after PM, defense minister promise harsh military response following week-and-a-half of near-daily attacks from Gaza

 

Israeli warplanes attacked several targets in the Gaza Strip after midnight Sunday, the army said, several hours after terrorists in the enclave launched a rocket into Israel.

 

The Israel Defense Forces said warplanes and and other aircraft attacked several targets of the Hamas terror group in southern Gaza, including “a training camp and military infrastructure.”

 

The army said it holds Hamas responsible for all violence emanating from the Strip.

 

According to Palestinian reports, the IAF hit a site along the beach near Khan Younis in southern Gaza and a Hamas base in Deir el Balah in central Gaza.

 

The strikes came after incoming rocket sirens sent thousands of Israelis rushing to bomb shelters in the southern town of Sderot and the surrounding area on Sunday night.

 

The IDF said it had identified a rocket launch from Gaza. The projectile reportedly hit an open field. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

 

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli politicians threatened a harsh military response if attacks from the Gaza Strip continued. The past two weeks has seen near-daily rocket and mortar attacks from the Strip, as terrorists in the Strip have also launched dozens of balloon-borne explosive devices into southern Israel from Gaza.

 

“I want to make this clear: We won’t accept any aggression from Gaza. Just a few weeks ago, we took out the top commander of Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and I suggest that Islamic Jihad and Hamas refresh their memories,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday.

 

“I won’t lay out in detail all our actions and plans in the media, but we’re prepared for crushing action against the terror groups in Gaza. Our actions are powerful, and they’re not finished yet, to put it mildly,” Netanyahu said.

 

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett similarly issued a warning to Hamas leaders in Gaza, warning that Israel would take “lethal action against them” if their “irresponsible behavior” didn’t cease.

 

“We won’t announce when or where. This action will be very different from those taken in the past. No one will be immune. Hamas faces a choice: choose life and economic prosperity, or choose terror and pay an unbearable price. Their actions will determine [which it will be],” he said.

 

In response to the rocket attacks, all of which have struck open fields in southern Israel, the IDF has conducted strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

 

Israeli defense officials believe that the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group is trying to increase pressure on Israel in a bid to extract greater concessions in ongoing ceasefire negotiations.

 

Fears have also mounted in recent days of an escalation of violence in Gaza and the West Bank following the release last week of a US peace plan that is seen as heavily favoring Israel and which Palestinian leaders have rejected.

 

On Saturday night, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired at least one rocket into southern Israel, striking an open field.

 

According to the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council, the projectile caused neither injury nor damage.

 

In response, IDF tanks shelled two Hamas positions in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said.

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-rocket-fired-into-israel-aircraft-said-striking-targets-in-gaza/

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:15 p.m. No.8086007   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6035 >>6096 >>6150 >>6368 >>6397

Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto

 

April 02, 2019

 

The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.

 

Joseph Buttigieg, who died in January at the age of 71, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s from Malta and in 1980 joined the University of Notre Dame faculty, where he taught modern European literature and literary theory. He supported an updated version of Marxism that jettisoned some of Marx and Engel's more doctrinaire theories, though he was undoubtedly Marxist.

 

He was an adviser to Rethinking Marxism, an academic journal that published articles “that seek to discuss, elaborate, and/or extend Marxian theory,” and a member of the editorial collective of Boundary 2, a journal of postmodern theory, literature, and culture. He spoke at many Rethinking Marxism conferences and other gatherings of prominent Marxists.

 

In a 2000 paper for Rethinking Marxism critical of the approach of Human Rights Watch, Buttigieg, along with two other authors, refers to "the Marxist project to which we subscribe."

 

In 1998, he wrote in an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education about an event in New York City celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Manifesto. He also participated in the event.

 

"If The Communist Manifesto was meant to liberate the proletariat, the Manifesto itself in recent years needed liberating from Marxism's narrow post-Cold War orthodoxies and exclusive cadres. It has been freed," he wrote.

 

"After a musical interlude, seven people read different portions of the Manifesto. Listening to it read, one could not help but be struck by the poignancy of its prose," he wrote. The readers "had implicitly warned even us faithful to guard against conferring upon it the status of Scripture, a repository of doctrinal verities."

 

“Equity, environmental consciousness, and racial justice are surely some of the ingredients of a healthy Marxism. Indeed, Marxism's greatest appeal — undiminished by the collapse of Communist edifices — is the imbalances produced by other sociopolitical governing structures,” Buttigieg wrote.

 

Paul Kengor, a professor at Grove City College and an expert in communism and progressivism, said Buttigieg was among a group of leftist professors who focused on injecting Marxism into the wider culture.

 

"They’re part of a wider international community of Marxist theorists and academicians with a particular devotion to the writings of the late Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci, who died over 80 years ago. Gramsci was all about applying Marxist theory to culture and cultural institutions — what is often referred to as a 'long march through the institutions,' such as film, media, and especially education," Kengor told the Washington Examiner.

 

Pete Buttigieg, an only child, shared a close relationship with his father. In his memoir Shortest Way Home, Pete called his dad a “man of the left, no easy thing on a campus like Notre Dame’s in the 1980s.”

 

He wrote that while he did not understand his parents’ political discussions as a young child, “the more I heard these aging professors talk, the more I wanted to learn how to decrypt their sentences, and to grasp the political backstory of the grave concerns that commanded their attention and aroused such fist-pounding dinner debate.”

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto?fbclid=IwAR3kAS9t9beFUEz2wjAWh2V-ScVyktVAdqBQTbpcXDVdQs0v7UjmR7PcRZQ

 

The South Bend Tribune wrote about the death of Buttigieg’s father. Curiously, in their lengthy and glowing obituary, they never mentioned he was a communist or that much of his life was dedicated to pushing communism in America.

https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/it-s-been-a-good-trip-father-of-mayor-pete/article_9ef0258f-2f61-5ca0-b42a-1b5c72d1000b.html

Anonymous ID: 29a7e4 Feb. 9, 2020, 5:18 p.m. No.8086053   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6088

https://twitter.com/JuliansRum/status/1226669547605954560

 

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8kun was restored at 12:31pm ET.

 

NYT tweeted the Evergeen crap smack in the middle of it. But look what they tweeted right after the DDoS started and right after it ended: