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The coronavirus story has generated a number of major subplots. First is the origin of the virus. Did it occur naturally or was it created in a Chinese, American or Israeli weapons lab? If bioengineered, did it somehow escape or was it deliberately released? As the governments that might have been involved in the process have become very tight lipped and the mainstream media is reluctant to embrace conspiracy theories, we the public may never know the answer.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A brawl over COVID-19 has erupted between the
American and Chinese embassies after President Trump's newly appointed
ambassador blamed China for spreading a "vicious and dangerous
conspiracy theory," prompting a Chinese envoy to hit back, blasting
the ambassador's "smear" and "lies".

Newly arrived U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Michael DeSombre began the
harsh confrontation by issuing a 700-word statement published in Thai
media on March 21, which was posted on his twitter account and on the
embassy's website.

"Ambassador Michael George DeSombre calls on the People’s Republic of
China to save lives, not save face," said the U.S. embassy's headline.

"When a vicious and dangerous conspiracy theory is uttered from an
official government mouthpiece, however, we should take particular
notice," Ambassador DeSombre wrote.

"That is exactly what happened this month when a spokesman for the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China leveled
false accusations against the United States related to the COVID-19
virus," DeSombre said.

Last Sunday at 11 a.m. I went for a walk. Even if it’s nothing special, a walk isn’t a normal thing to do these days. But this brief walk — around the block, consuming maybe ten minutes of my time — had a transcendent dimension to it that continues to awe me, and I’m going to do it again.

It was a prayer walk: my response to Marianne Williamson’s call for two minutes of global prayer on that day, set for 4 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time and meant to include the whole world.

A moment in which U.S. politicians are openly talking about the need to sacrifice lives to a disease in the name of profit may be a good moment for recognizing the evil motivations of the same politicians when it comes to foreign policy.

Congress members did not, no matter what Joe Biden says, vote for war on Iraq in order to avoid war on Iraq. Nor did they make a mistake or a miscalculation. Nor does it make the slightest difference how successful they were in persuading themselves of ludicrous and irrelevant lies about weapons and terrorism. They voted for mass murder because they did not value human life and did value one or more of the following: elite, corporate, and nationalistic support; global domination; weapons profits; and the interests of major oil corporations.

As you read the following article from 2008, recall that 9/11/01 was Dick Cheney’s and his pet Project for a New American Century’s (PNAC) "New Pearl Harbor" government conspiracy (google author David Ray Griffin and “The New Pearl Harbor":

Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11), which has been conclusively proven to be yet another example of an Orchestrated “Disaster Capitalism” event that served the ruling globalist/Oligarch’s short term/long-term goals of enriching themselves and their cronies while simultaneously expanding their power and control over the governments of the planet’s politicians, their economies, their business communities, Wall Street, War Street and the military-industrial-congressional-deep state complexes across the world.

While humans stand on the brink of precipitating our own extinction, with the prospects of now averting this remote – see ‘Human Extinction Now Imminent and Inevitable? A Report on the State of Planet Earth’ – virtually everyone remains unaware of the critical nature of our plight. Moreover, the ongoing human death toll from the activities that are generating this crisis numbers in the many millions each year while the number of species driven to extinction is estimated at 200 per day.

In contrast, a virus that is killing a very small proportion of the minuscule number it has infected is causing panic in many countries around the world, devastating the travel and tourism industries while emptying supermarket shelves of food and that apparently most vital of commodities: toilet paper.

I am writing this article in what we presume to be the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone is scared. There aren’t many people outside, gas prices are very low, and people are panic-buying groceries. Unless you are reading this in some archive in the future, this is no news to you. It feels like something out of a near-future sci-fi movie, and that is exactly the problem.

Section 1: On Friday, October 1, every registered voter in America will be mailed a paper ballot, as coordinated by the individual state and local election boards.  

Section 2: Monday, October 12, every state will open geographically diverse certified voting centers throughout the state in order to ensure a safe, easy, and transparent election process. 

Section 3: The addresses of the voting centers will be widely published on the internet and in local newspapers, magazines, and other print, television, radio and social media.

Section 4: The voting centers will be large, and located in safe, well-known, well-lit, easily accessible locations, with ample parking and certified handicapped access.

In the midst of this terrible Pandemic, three absolutely essential items must be made immediately available to all Americans:  masks, testing and ventilators.

Congress must drop all other business—-including its in-fighting over a multi-trillion economic stimulus package—-and do everything in its power to make these three things immediately available to all Americans. 

The masks of course must first go to all First Responders, along with gloves, protective clothing and whatever else is needed to guarantee the safety of our doctors, nurses and other health professionals.  It’s wrong on all fronts to expect these brave citizens to put their lives at risk while treating others.

The testing must be made universally available with no charge.  Only a tiny percentage of our population knows with any certainty if they have this disease.  Early detection and treatment are exponentially more effective than waiting even a day or two.