Tony Fauci's sidekick Deborah Birx stated on Tuesday at the White House press briefing that "if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death."Here it is: "if someone dies *with* COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death." - Dr Brix on...
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Los Angeles County Backtracks on Teen’s Possible COVID-19 Death
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 26, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Drama queens and authoritarians everywhere must be disappointed.It turns out a California teen who was supposed to be "the first teenager in the United States to die from COVID-19" had other complications not originally reported.Hours after California's Governor and...
CENSORSHIP by Medium of Analysis of Covid-19 Spread and Policy
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 22, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute, sent me a link to an essay at Medium about the spread of COVID-19 and the proper policy. He wrote: Best thing I've seen on covid-19...Long but worth reading: The author of the piece, Aaron Ginn, using data...
Michael Jordan and The Economics of the Coronavirus
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 13, 2020 | Featured Articles
The airwaves and the internet are filled with warnings about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). There is more panic in the air than virus itself. The panic is a non-stop viral news dump. But lost in the hysteria concerning the virus is the fundamental fact that humans...
Trump Administration Proposes Face Scans for US Citizens
by Robert Wenzel | Dec 4, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Trump administration intends to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers - including U.S. citizens - to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States, according to the administration's regulatory agenda, reports Reuters.I wonder...
The Hypocrisy of President Trump and His Administration
by Robert Wenzel | Aug 17, 2019 | Featured Articles
On Thursday, the state of Israel banned two United States congresswomen from visiting the country, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Israel cited the congresswomen’s support for a boycott against Israel. Israel passed a domestically controversial law in March 2017...
SHOCKER: Charles Koch and George Soros to Team Up and Form Foreign Policy Institute
by Robert Wenzel | Jul 1, 2019 | Featured Articles
George Soros and Charles Koch are joining to finance a new foreign-policy think tank in Washington D.C., reports the Boston Globe. The claim is that it will promote an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing....
Iran Appeals Directly To Trump: Your Advisers Dragging You Into War
by Robert Wenzel | Apr 29, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Iran appears to be attempting to go over the head of Trump's crazed war hawk advisors by talking to Fox News. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that he believes President Trump's own advisers, as well as Middle East...
Secretary of State Pompeo Calls on the Energy Sector to Weaponize Itself
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured Articles
I don't believe there ever has been a speech quite like the keynote speech delivered on Tuesday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Houston, Texas at CERAWeek, the major annual energy conference put together by Cambridge Energy Research Associates. The conference is...
The Real Big Time Bribes Going on at Colleges and Universities
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
So the news is filled with reports over the last 24 hours of misguided efforts of semi-wealthy parents, who were busted in an FBI sting, getting their not so bright children into elite colleges and universities via bribes.But the real bribes go on. That is the...
Pompeo: US ‘Absolutely Not’ Getting Out of the Middle East
by Robert Wenzel | Jan 21, 2019 | Neocon Watch
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States is "absolutely not" getting out of the Middle East."We’re a force for good," Pompeo said in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group according to The Hill. "The notion of get out doesn’t frankly –...
After the Shutdown of ‘The Weekly Standard’ Neocons Grab Lefty Money to Stay Alive
by Robert Wenzel | Jan 11, 2019 | Neocon Watch
The neocons are back in action with a new media outfit after the collapse of The Weekly Standard.A new online news site, The Bulwark, was launched on Monday.It features many neocons from the recently shut down TWS.Charles Sykes, formerly a contributing editor at The...
Welcome to Trump Budget Management : A Week After Decrying a $716 Billion Defense Budget, Trump Agrees to $750 Billion Defense Budget
by Robert Wenzel | Dec 10, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump has agreed to a request from Defense Secretary James Mattis to propose a defense budget of $750 billion for the coming year, reports CNN. Last week, Trump appeared to call the Defense Department budget of $716 billion "crazy" in a tweet. I am...
This, in Part, is How Trump is Boosting GDP
by Robert Wenzel | Oct 26, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It's all about catering to the military-industrial-complex. There is a big spender in the White House who loves the military. In the goofy land of highly questionable macro measurements, the U.S. economy has expanded at a 2.9 percent annual rate since April of 2017,...
US to Start ‘Disrupting’ North Korean Oil Smuggling
by Robert Wenzel | Sep 23, 2018 | Featured Articles
Well, this sure ease a fine way to attempt to ease tensions with North Korea.An international coalition of American allies will start “detecting and disrupting” North Korean oil smuggling operations at sea, reports the Washington Examiner.“The United States has...
BREAKING: US Preparing Actions Against Venezuela
by Robert Wenzel | Sep 21, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The United States is preparing a “series of actions” in the coming days to increase pressure on the Venezuelan government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just told Fox News.So much for the U.S. not playing global policeman under President Trump.“You’ll see in the...
The Clever Moon Jae-in: Trump Should Win the Nobel Prize
by Robert Wenzel | May 1, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Wow, South Korean President Moon Jae-in really wants peace and harmony on the Korean peninsula. This is one great man.From the day he was elected, the goal of Moon has been to ratchet down tensions between his country and North Korea--and he has done just that. But...
Is There a Pathological Obsession with Hillary Clinton Amongst Hillary Haters?
by Robert Wenzel | Jan 10, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently on the Liberty Report, Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams discussed the horrific Executive Order signed by President Trump that would allow the US government to freeze the US assets of individuals or corporations worldwide who have allegedly (without trial) violated...
What a Trump-Putin Meeting Would Look Like in a Sane World
by Robert Wenzel | Jul 7, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As Donald Trump and Vladimir Puting meet in Hamburg, Germany at the G20, the headlines blare. From NBC News: Trump Carries a Weak Hand Into Putin MeetingFrom the Washington Post: Trump and Putin hold talks as the world watchesFrom ABC News: Trump, Putin high-stakes...
Knock, Knock, Knocking on Insanity’s Door
by Robert Wenzel | Jul 6, 2017 | Neocon Watch
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, upped the ante in Washington’s rhetorical war with North Korea and its backers, warning Wednesday that Washington is prepared to halt trade with countries that do business with North Korea, and possibly use force...
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