90 Miles From Tyranny

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Gimme Back My Bullets...

Gimme back my bullets

Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't fooling around cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back my bullets

Sweet talking people done ran me out of town
And I drank enough whiskey to float a battleship around
But I'm leaving this game one step ahead of you
And you will not hear me cry because I do not sing the blues

Biden Letting China Get Away with Crime of the Century

The President of the United States does not need perfect knowledge to act.

The failure to share information when it has an obligation to do so is enough reason to impose severe costs on Beijing, but there are two additional reasons — both sufficient in and of themselves—to do so.

First, for at least five weeks, Chinese officials first covered up and then lied about the human-to-human transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2, telling the world COVID-19 was not contagious when they knew it in fact was.... Second, China's military is working on the next generation of pathogens.

If Chinese scientists succeed in designing pathogens targeting only foreigners, the next microbe, virus, or germ from China could end non-Chinese societies. This will be Communist China's civilization-killer.

The next pandemic, therefore, could be the one that leaves China as the world's only viable society. The world, therefore, needs something far more important than justice or compensation. It needs deterrence.

Beijing's determined campaign to collect genetic profiles of foreigners while preventing the transfer to recipients outside China of the profiles of Chinese is another indication that the Chinese military, in violation of its obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention, is building ethnic-specific bioweapons.

Up to now, Biden has shown little — and sometimes no — interest in holding China accountable.... So far, Biden, with his feeble reaction, has shown Xi Jinping that Beijing can, without cost, kill millions of non-Chinese with a pathogen. Xi, unless stopped, will certainly do so again.

On August 27, the Biden administration released an unclassified summary of the intelligence community's report on the origins of COVID-19. The IC, America's 18 intelligence agencies, could reach only a few definitive conclusions. The agencies said they needed more information, but the world now knows enough to begin imposing severe costs on China.

America and other nations must impose those costs to prevent China's Communist Party from releasing a civilization-killing disease. Yes, the People's Liberation Army is now developing pathogens to destroy non-Chinese societies.

"The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019," the summary states.

The IC believes "the virus was not developed as a biological weapon." "Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered," the summary report states. Both a "natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident" are "plausible."

The report's bottom line: "The IC remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19."

"The world deserves answers, and I will not rest until we get them," President Biden said in a statement accompanying the release of the summary. Good on him.

Not, however, good enough. The President of the United States does not need perfect knowledge to act. As the summary states, Beijing "continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information, and blame other...

Muslims Consider Dogs To Be Unclean.

Maimuna reported that one morning Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was silent with grief. Maimuna said: Allah's Messenger, I find a change in your mood today. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me tonight, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) spent the day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a puppy under their cot. He commanded and it was turned out. He then took some water in his hand and sprinkled it at that place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said to him: you promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).SAHIH MUSLIM 24:5248

We Are Doomed: Democratic lawmakers want the Federal Reserve to focus on climate change as well as 'racial and economic justice'

Several Democratic lawmakers are calling for President Joe Biden to appoint a new Federal Reserve chair instead of keeping Jerome Powell in the role.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts envision a central bank that is focused on issues such as climate change, and "social and economic justice."

"As news of the possible reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell circulates, we urge President Biden to re-imagine a Federal Reserve focused on eliminating climate risk and advancing racial and economic justice," the legislators said in a joint statement to Politico. "We urge the Biden Administration to use this opportunity to appoint a new Federal Reserve Chair."

"Under his leadership, the Federal Reserve has taken very little action to mitigate the risk climate change poses to our financial system," the trio of lawmakers said.

Congressmen Chuy García of Illinois and Mondaire Jones of New York also signed on to the statement, according to the outlet.

"At a time when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is warning of the potential catastrophic and irreversible damage inflicted by a changing climate, we need a leader at the helm that will take bold and decisive action to eliminate climate risk," the lawmakers declared.

Powell was nominated to the Federal Reserve board by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012, according to...

The Austrian Chancellor explained that the migration flows since 2015 have already brought antisemitism, homophobia, and people “not exactly upholding women’s rights” in Europe.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Russian President Vladimir Putin are refusing to accept “refugees” from Afghanistan. Both Presidents cite security concerns for not admitting Afghanis and the need to put the welfare of their citizens first.
Sebastian Kurz Fears More “Particularly Difficult” Afghans

Chancellor Kurz stressed that although the “events in Afghanistan are dramatic,” Austria would “repeat the mistakes of 2015.” With more than 40,000 Afghans already present in Austria, the country hosts the largest Afghan community in Europe.

In a recent interview with Austrian television station Puls 4, the Chancellor spoke of the “particularly difficult integration” of the Afghani refugee population in Austria. Kurz explained that the migration flows since 2015 have already brought antisemitism, homophobia, and people “not exactly upholding women’s rights” in Europe.

Kurz suggests that people from Afghanistan should be helped in neighboring countries rather than European countries. He particularly highlighted Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which are both Muslim majority countries. The leader stressed that the EU should support countries in the region taking in the migrants.
Vladimir Putin fears “disguised fighters”

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country would not accept Afghan refugees because of safety concerns for his citizens. Putin fears the arrival of Islamic fighters who are said to be hiding among the refugees:

Who could be hiding among these refugees? We don’t know. Hundreds, even hundreds of thousands or perhaps millions of people may want to flee the territory. And we have no visa restrictions with our closest allies and neighbors.

Kurz and Putin’s safety concerns have already been proven correct. As reported a few days ago at RAIR Foundation USA, criminals and terrorists who have already been expelled from European countries and/or are registered on anti-terrorism lists infiltrated military planes departing from...