The Lebanese pound collapsed last week to 10,000 to the U.S. dollar, which has added more fuel to rising poverty rates, declining living standards, and political instability… which had intensified before the COVID War began last year. Indeed, back in October 2019, we reported in the Trends Journal that in Lebanon, an estimated one million...
Tag: mar 9 2021
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THAI PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS, DEFYING ORDERS
Protests broke out in Bangkok last week demanding the release of fellow demonstrators who were arrested last year during violent rallies calling for the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. As noted in the Trends Journal’s 10 November 2020 article, “PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS CONTINUE TO RAGE IN THAILAND,” many of the disenfranchised youth in Thailand...
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PROTESTS RAGE IN MYANMAR DESPITE MILITARY CRACKDOWN
As we reported in our 9 February article, “MYANMAR PROTESTS SURGE, JUNTA CLAMPS DOWN,” protests in Myanmar have raged across the country since the 1 February coup, and demonstrators risk jail and a growing assertiveness by the military-backed police in the country. The protesters are demanding the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,...
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ISRAEL: TARGET IRAN
Benny Gantz, the Israeli defense minister, said in an interview last week that his country stands ready to act alone if Iran continues to accelerate its nuclear program, and the country is updating its plans to strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities. The remarks come as President Biden’s team is considering rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal, called...
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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: DON’T PROBE ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
In the Trends Journal’s 9 February article, “ICC TO PROBE ISRAELI WAR CRIMES,” we reported on the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate allegations of war crimes against Israel for its role in the 2014 Gaza War, otherwise known as “Operation Protective Edge.” Israel quickly called the move politically motivated with no legal standing, and the...
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BIDEN RENEWS “STATE OF EMERGENCY” SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA
Picking up where former President Trump left off – and despite recent overtures by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to restore relationships – the Biden administration renewed a declaration of national emergency, which is the legal framework to impose strict sanctions against the Maduro regime. Despite the hardship, the sanctions have imposed on the general population...
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ITALY: POPULIST MOVEMENTS DEAD
Giuseppe Conte, the former Italian prime minister who was recently replaced by Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, will lead the country’s Five Star Movement that was once championed as an anti-euro populist party. In our 26 January article, “ITALY’S CONTE PREVAILS IN CONFIDENCE VOTE, NOW RESIGNS,” we reported that Conte...
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CNN DOUBLES DOWN ON FEAR PORN AFTER TEXAS RE-OPENS
Reading the tea leaves of public fatigue over lockdowns and mask mandates, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott pivoted last week, calling for his state to fully re-open. Other states including Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama quickly followed up with similar announcements. But CNN quickly attacked. During a 4 March segment on their afternoon “Newsroom” covering Johnson &...
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VACCINE MISCARRIAGES DRAW SCRUTINY
The CDC’s VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database has recorded that at least 34 women experienced spontaneous miscarriages or stillbirths after receiving a COVID vaccine. Most of the reported miscarriages occurred in the first trimester, according to The Epoch Times and other reports. Twenty-five of the reported cases were associated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. ...
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DATA MINING: NEW VACCINE REGIME RAKING IN MONEY
The many billions funded by taxpayers to develop and buy vaccines from Big Pharmaceuticals including Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson is just one aspect of “following the money” in the COVID pandemic saga. The lockdowns, which saw giants from retail and restaurant industries experience explosive growth in 2020, while small and local businesses were...