Now, in case no one else is putting the pieces of this puzzle together, allow me.
Why is it the Republicans won’t pass a bill to criminalize lynching?
Got it?
No?
When Republicans won’t pass a bill to criminalize lynching it is a dog whistle to all the White Supremacists/Nationalists/Alt Right. “Vote Republican because we got your back.” The only people I know that won’t pass a bill to criminalize lynching in the USA are racists.
So while Republicans stand the line supporting racist values, Russia’s intelligence agencies are producing videos that dramatize lynching.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
COVID-19 is disabling the USA economy because of the irreverence of Americans to it's dangers.
The Governors believing leaving their states open to protect the economy could not be more wrong. The governors must shut them down. No exception so that people migrate around from one open state to another. Shut down as New Zealand did until there were no new cases. Then and only then did New Zealand open their society again. When one case showed up, there was a return to strict standards, and the day after when there were none the country opened permanently.
July 11, 2020
By Jamie L. LaReau
General Motors will lay off its third shift of workers (click here) at the assembly plant where it builds its midsize pickups and full-size vans as cases of coronavirus surge in the surrounding community.
The automaker said starting July 20 it will reduce its Wentzville Assembly plant, which is near St. Louis, Missouri, to two shifts.
"We believe in the short term a two-shift operation plan will allow us to operate as efficiently as possible and accommodate team members who are not reporting to work due to concerns about COVID-19 in the local community," GM spokesman David Barnas told the Free Press on Saturday.
But the layoffs will delay GM's efforts to restock supplies of the usually hot-selling Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, Barnas said. Second-quarter sales saw a big decline in the slowing economy.
There are 1,250 workers per shift at Wentzville, he said. GM is still working on the details regarding the exact number of workers for temporary layoffs, he said. Also, there is no time frame set yet on the length of the layoff.
"We are working on a staffing plan that will allow us to return to three shifts as soon as possible," Barnas said....
July 11, 2020
By Jamie L. LaReau
General Motors will lay off its third shift of workers (click here) at the assembly plant where it builds its midsize pickups and full-size vans as cases of coronavirus surge in the surrounding community.
The automaker said starting July 20 it will reduce its Wentzville Assembly plant, which is near St. Louis, Missouri, to two shifts.
"We believe in the short term a two-shift operation plan will allow us to operate as efficiently as possible and accommodate team members who are not reporting to work due to concerns about COVID-19 in the local community," GM spokesman David Barnas told the Free Press on Saturday.
But the layoffs will delay GM's efforts to restock supplies of the usually hot-selling Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, Barnas said. Second-quarter sales saw a big decline in the slowing economy.
There are 1,250 workers per shift at Wentzville, he said. GM is still working on the details regarding the exact number of workers for temporary layoffs, he said. Also, there is no time frame set yet on the length of the layoff.
"We are working on a staffing plan that will allow us to return to three shifts as soon as possible," Barnas said....
The propaganda videos I watched were fairly simple in their theme. The white people, including women, were full of hate and the black person involved was fearful of them.
White - hate - no real reason for the hate expect white supremacy - power
Black - fear - an understanding he was going to die. I didn't see any black women involved in a lynch dialogue.
It doesn't take a genius to see they are propaganda if put in that context. I am convinced more than ever they were produced by Russia. The context was that a person making the video was doing so without being discovered until the plot is known. A third party happens upon the lynching effort which makes the video a moral statement about the conduct of the others.
There is just no incidence like that in the USA. But, the videos were made as if it were. If taken seriously, it could really inspire a movement on both sides that results in gun-toting violence.
The tone of the videos would have been removed by Facebook even under their old policy. I think Facebook should prohibit political ads.
I encountered a Trump supporter about a week ago while running errands and I stated, please six feet, social distancing. He replied, "Oh, yeah, the flu that is going around. I suppose the population needed weeding." No, lie. There are fellow Americans that believe there is a benefit to the deaths from COVID-19. It was hard to write that. I'd rather forget it, but, it isn't prudent to forget it.
White - hate - no real reason for the hate expect white supremacy - power
Black - fear - an understanding he was going to die. I didn't see any black women involved in a lynch dialogue.
It doesn't take a genius to see they are propaganda if put in that context. I am convinced more than ever they were produced by Russia. The context was that a person making the video was doing so without being discovered until the plot is known. A third party happens upon the lynching effort which makes the video a moral statement about the conduct of the others.
There is just no incidence like that in the USA. But, the videos were made as if it were. If taken seriously, it could really inspire a movement on both sides that results in gun-toting violence.
The tone of the videos would have been removed by Facebook even under their old policy. I think Facebook should prohibit political ads.
I encountered a Trump supporter about a week ago while running errands and I stated, please six feet, social distancing. He replied, "Oh, yeah, the flu that is going around. I suppose the population needed weeding." No, lie. There are fellow Americans that believe there is a benefit to the deaths from COVID-19. It was hard to write that. I'd rather forget it, but, it isn't prudent to forget it.
Hurricane Fay did flood streets, basements and first level of homes in southern NJ.
The measures taken by New Jersey after Sandy seems to have had an effect with Fay making landfall.
July 10, 2020
Rain lashed the New Jersey shore Friday (click here) as the fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay churned north on a path expected to soak the New York City region.
The storm system was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England, The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. advisory....
Rain lashed the New Jersey shore Friday (click here) as the fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay churned north on a path expected to soak the New York City region.
The storm system was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England, The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. advisory....
There are a fair amount of "lynching videos" on social media and not on Facebook.
There is even one whereby a small group of people have a black man on the ground and pinned against a tree with the intention of lynching him. I don't believe that was real, but, the videos do exist. As I clicked on one after another it took the viewer into an intense emotional space where I felt the system wasn't working and black people were at risk by other Americans that wanted the end of the black race in the USA.
That many lynching videos would have brought about an awareness within the USA and law enforcement. I think it is the GRU. It is difficult to tell whether the scenes were with American or Russian actors.
Here is a little more fear-mongering.
July 10, 2020
By Racheal Rettner
A Chinese embassy (click here) has issued a warning about a deadly "unknown pneumonia" circulating in Kazakhstan, but authorities outside of China say these cases are still likely COVID-19.
On Thursday (July 9), officials with the embassy in Kazakhstan issued an alert to residents that the unidentified pneumonia had killed more than 1,700 people in Kazakhstan, including Chinese citizens, according to CNN. "The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus," the alert said, according to Newsweek....
The Kazakhstani (click here) Ministry of Health has confirmed 51,059 cases of COVID-19 in the country as of July 8, 2020.
I will say this, that a Chinese scientist was found to be carrying biological samples which were not allowed in the USA in the airport in Detroit, Michigan. It occurred early on in the discovery of the virus in the USA. I haven't seen any other reporting of that identity of the biological materials, but, if they were illegal that says enough.
July 10, 2020
By Jessie Yeung, Philip Want and Martin Goillandeau
...In a statement on Friday, (click here) the Kazakhstan health ministry acknowledged the presence of "viral pneumonias of unspecified etiology," but denied that the outbreak was new or unknown.
"In response to these reports, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan officially declares that this information does not correspond to reality," the statement read.
It added the "unspecified" pneumonia classification followed World Health Organization guidelines "for the registration of pneumonia when the coronavirus infection is diagnosed clinically or epidemiologically but is not confirmed by laboratory testing."...
It isn't as though the Kazakhstan government has no clue.
July 6, 2020
By Catherine Putz
On July 5 (click here) Kazakhstan went back into a country-wide lockdown as COVID-19 cases spiked. The country’s first lockdown lasted from March 16 to May 11. The second lockdown, which is planned to last at least two weeks, appears to be the first such reimposition of a nationwide lockdown in the world.
As of July 6, Kazakhstan had recorded 48,574 cases of the novel coronavirus since the first cases were registered in mid-March. While the coronavirus2020.kz dashboard, where official statistics are posted, only states 188 deaths, on Sunday Kazakh Minister of Health Alexei Tsoi told reporters that the number of deaths had reached 232. Kazakh authorities said they would update death statistics once a week....
In the past decade, Kazakhstan has been leaning firmly into a westernized economy. The USA has never had an 8.5% poverty rate.
Kazakhstan's economy (click here) grew at a higher-than-expected rate of 4.5% in 2019, driven by solid growth in domestic demand. Inflation rose gradually due to higher increases in food prices. The poverty rate fell to 8.5%.
Kazakhstan people are improving their quality of life. The exchange rate is 413.55 tenge to one USA dollar.
17 June 2019
"The monthly average nominal wage (click here) of Kazakhstani employees made 168,500 tenge ($407.45 US) in Q1 2019, i.e. 95.7% against the last quarter and 110.5% against Q1 2018. The real wage index was 94.2% against the 1st quarter and 105.2% against Q1 2018.
In Atyrau region, the average wage is 322,700 tenge per an employee. Real wage index is 108.6% against the same period in 2018.
Mangistau region stands second with 287,900 tenge. However, the real wage index is 97.1% (-2.9%).
The average wage of the citizens of Nur-Sultan made 233,500 tenge. Real wage index is 98.9%, Ranking.kz informs..
In May 2019, the average monthly wage comprised 173,500 tenge without consideration of small enterprises, Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministrys.
The politics aren't in line with democracy, exactly. They can't seem to kick the bad habits of communism. The people do not choose their own leaders. There is still a circle of influence among the "ruling class."
10 June 2010
Widespread irregularities (click here) and arrest of peaceful protesters showed scant respect for democratic standards, said the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Sunday's election was called after long-time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down in March.
His hand-picked successor Kassym-Jomart Tokayev easily won the poll....
That many lynching videos would have brought about an awareness within the USA and law enforcement. I think it is the GRU. It is difficult to tell whether the scenes were with American or Russian actors.
Here is a little more fear-mongering.
By Racheal Rettner
A Chinese embassy (click here) has issued a warning about a deadly "unknown pneumonia" circulating in Kazakhstan, but authorities outside of China say these cases are still likely COVID-19.
On Thursday (July 9), officials with the embassy in Kazakhstan issued an alert to residents that the unidentified pneumonia had killed more than 1,700 people in Kazakhstan, including Chinese citizens, according to CNN. "The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus," the alert said, according to Newsweek....
The Kazakhstani (click here) Ministry of Health has confirmed 51,059 cases of COVID-19 in the country as of July 8, 2020.
I will say this, that a Chinese scientist was found to be carrying biological samples which were not allowed in the USA in the airport in Detroit, Michigan. It occurred early on in the discovery of the virus in the USA. I haven't seen any other reporting of that identity of the biological materials, but, if they were illegal that says enough.
July 10, 2020
By Jessie Yeung, Philip Want and Martin Goillandeau
...In a statement on Friday, (click here) the Kazakhstan health ministry acknowledged the presence of "viral pneumonias of unspecified etiology," but denied that the outbreak was new or unknown.
"In response to these reports, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan officially declares that this information does not correspond to reality," the statement read.
It added the "unspecified" pneumonia classification followed World Health Organization guidelines "for the registration of pneumonia when the coronavirus infection is diagnosed clinically or epidemiologically but is not confirmed by laboratory testing."...
It isn't as though the Kazakhstan government has no clue.
July 6, 2020
By Catherine Putz
On July 5 (click here) Kazakhstan went back into a country-wide lockdown as COVID-19 cases spiked. The country’s first lockdown lasted from March 16 to May 11. The second lockdown, which is planned to last at least two weeks, appears to be the first such reimposition of a nationwide lockdown in the world.
As of July 6, Kazakhstan had recorded 48,574 cases of the novel coronavirus since the first cases were registered in mid-March. While the coronavirus2020.kz dashboard, where official statistics are posted, only states 188 deaths, on Sunday Kazakh Minister of Health Alexei Tsoi told reporters that the number of deaths had reached 232. Kazakh authorities said they would update death statistics once a week....
Kazakhstan's economy (click here) grew at a higher-than-expected rate of 4.5% in 2019, driven by solid growth in domestic demand. Inflation rose gradually due to higher increases in food prices. The poverty rate fell to 8.5%.
Kazakhstan people are improving their quality of life. The exchange rate is 413.55 tenge to one USA dollar.
17 June 2019
"The monthly average nominal wage (click here) of Kazakhstani employees made 168,500 tenge ($407.45 US) in Q1 2019, i.e. 95.7% against the last quarter and 110.5% against Q1 2018. The real wage index was 94.2% against the 1st quarter and 105.2% against Q1 2018.
In Atyrau region, the average wage is 322,700 tenge per an employee. Real wage index is 108.6% against the same period in 2018.
Mangistau region stands second with 287,900 tenge. However, the real wage index is 97.1% (-2.9%).
The average wage of the citizens of Nur-Sultan made 233,500 tenge. Real wage index is 98.9%, Ranking.kz informs..
In May 2019, the average monthly wage comprised 173,500 tenge without consideration of small enterprises, Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministrys.
The politics aren't in line with democracy, exactly. They can't seem to kick the bad habits of communism. The people do not choose their own leaders. There is still a circle of influence among the "ruling class."
10 June 2010
Widespread irregularities (click here) and arrest of peaceful protesters showed scant respect for democratic standards, said the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Sunday's election was called after long-time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down in March.
His hand-picked successor Kassym-Jomart Tokayev easily won the poll....
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