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Here's more information. This is from Mike Adams at Natural News, he's a very well known and well respected source of info. U.S. Marines reserve units activated for “emergency within the United States” which “will come with little warning” – cites “threats in the Homeland” BREAKING NEWS UPDATE concerning a directive involving the United States Marine Corps reserve units via MARADMINS number 550/19, signed on Oct. 3, 2019, authorized by Brigadier General Daniel L. Shipley, Director, Manpower Plans and Policy. Notably, Brigadier General Daniel L. Shipley was nominated by President Trump for the rank of major general, according to a Jan. 16, 2019 Defense.gov press announcement. Before serving in his current role, Shipley served as the deputy director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Programs and Resources for the U.S. Marines. This new order is summarized as, “MARINES ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY ISO DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES.” (The term “ISO” means In Support Of.”) (See full text of the order here.) Note: There is disinfo being circulated about this order, claiming it was cancelled, but the cancelled order is 300/14, not 500/19. In fact, this new order 500/19 replaces a lot of previous orders, reestablishing the urgency of the situation and making sure any action to defend the Homeland is authorized by orders that are in good standing. Many observers are concerned that with Democrats like Rep. Tlaib openly talking about which prisons to use for imprisoning President Trump and his cabinet, and with Hillarious Clinton positioning herself to run for president, and with the IG’s FISA abuses report set to drop in a few weeks, the deep state Democrats have reached a point of desperation where they may attempt to initiate a “hot coup” (kinetic engagement, arrest or execution of the President and his Cabinet) to avoid going to prison themselves. Sponsored solution from the Health Ranger Store: Lab-verified Nascent Iodine solution is a dietary supplement that provides your body with supplemental iodine to help protect your thyroid during radiation exposure. Nuclear accidents such as Fukushima (or nuclear war) can expose your body to radioactive iodine-131, a dangerous radioisotope. Pre-loading your system with stable iodine occupies the iodine receptor sites on your organs, causing your body to naturally expel radioactive iodine you may have been exposed to through air, food, water or milk products. This defensive strategy is recommended by nearly all health authorities, worldwide, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Discover more at this link. The entire CIA-run deep state media (i.e. Washington Post, NYY, CNN, etc.) are all in on the effort and now gaslighting the entire nation with ginned up “whistleblower” schemes that are wholesale fabrications. Alex Jones reminds us: Trump has long planned to activate the U.S. Marines to stop an illegal coup I spoke on the phone with Alex Jones today about this breaking news, and he told me, “I talked to a high level Trump confidant concerning what Trump would do if the deep state attempted an illegal coup. Trump said they would call out the marines and surround the White House, then legally and lawfully pursue the originators of the criminal coup.” This high-level confidant is someone who is very close to the President, and who is familiar with the President’s plans for how to deal with any attempt by the deep state to carry out an illegal coup attempt. We urge all lawful, pro-America organizations and individuals to prepare to defend your President against an illegal coup attempt in the coming weeks or months. Details of the military order to U.S. Marines: “threats in the Homeland” … “will come with little or no warning” Does the following order describe an activation of U.S. Marines reserve units to prepare for an anticipated hot coup attempt against our President? While some might downplay the order as a routine personnel organization directive, you can read the highlights here and decide for yourself. The highlights of the order (order # 550/19), found at this Marines.mil link, are as follows: (bold emphasis added) (you can also try this direct link to see if it’s responding) ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO A MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. TOTAL FORCE MOBILIZATION, ACTIVATION, INTEGRATION, AND DEACTIVATION PLAN (MAID-P). In accordance with (IAW) REF A, this MARADMIN provides guidance for the activation of Reserve Component (RC) Marines under §12304a, Title 10, U.S. Code, following a request for Federal assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency within the United States. Requests for Federal assistance will come with little warning. As required, the Marine Corps must rapidly mobilize RC units and personnel IAW this MARADMIN in order to respond to threats in the Homeland. This order specifically references the President of the United States as the commanding officer: SECNAV’s delegated authority may be exercised only after: (Note: SECNAV means Secretary of the Navy) …2.B.2. When directed by the President in support of (ISO) a request for assistance (RFA) from a primary Federal department or agency… This order also invokes the “Marine Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO)” as well as a large contingent of U.S. Marines forces: USNORTHCOM and USINDOPACOM requests EPLO activation through its USMC service component, Marine Forces North (MARFORNORTH) and Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC). COMMARFORNORTH/COMMARFORPAC should consider using on hand Active Component (AC) and Active Reserve (AR) personnel to meet immediate IA requirements. The order also appears to underscore something called, “involuntary activation authority” as explained here: RC personnel can be sourced from the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) or Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) program with the involuntary activation authority residing with SECNAV and SECDEF. 4.C.3. Ensure coordination is conducted with MARFORPAC and MARFORNORTH regarding the expected or planned RC IA mobilizations either in a voluntary or involuntary status. 4.C.6. As required, act on delegated SECNAV authorities for volunteer mobilization orders under §12301(d) for the initial 72 hour Immediate Response Authority period IOT facilitate a rapid time-sensitive response. https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-10-06-u-s-marines-reserve-units-ordered-to-activate-for-emergency-within-the-united-states.html

This is a true story....... God bless her but this is toooo funny!!! https://www.ktbs.com/news/louisiana/woman-bites-camel-to-save-herself-after-freak-encounter-in/article_84e44b12-ddf7-11e9-9d5f-cb8fa224b655.html GROSSE TETE, La. – A woman had a freak and dangerous encounter with a camel in a field near a busy truck stop. Authorities said a woman was chasing after her loose dog when she was attacked by the animal. The camel was spooked by the wandering dog and woman chasing it, so the camel gave chase to the woman, eventually pinning her against the wall of a building. The camel then sat on top of the woman, nearly crushing her. Authorities said in an attempt to save herself, the woman bit the testicles of the camel so it would jump off of her. The woman then escaped, authorities said. It was not immediately known how injured the woman was.

Not so fast on that $100 a barrel!! And I will add that I think Breitling makes a good point when he says that lower oil prices should force Iraq to RV sooner. The reason being that they need to make up the shortfall and the easiest way to do that is to add value to their currency. So at least for me, I like seeing low oil prices. Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Based on the attack on Saudi Arabia, which may have an impact on oil prices, I have authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, if needed, in a to-be-determined amount.... ....sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied. I have also informed all appropriate agencies to expedite approvals of the oil pipelines currently in the permitting process in Texas and various other States. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173354644636127232

Agreed!!! Who cares where those funds came from? All I know (assuming/hoping) is I’m sure that, that is enough for a healthy RV/RI!!!! Actually, I think it does matter where the funds come from because because if the money came from Africa, then it doesn't have anything to do with Iraq or with Maliki. It appears that the Dubai police were wrong when they initially stated this money was from Iraq and was on Maliki's plan. Shortly after they said that, they issued a retraction and said it came from Africa. But, jg1, I also hope Maliki has to answer for all the crooked and horrible things he's done.

just to point out...... this is the Rumors section. I think what happened is that the Dubai police initially reported the money was from Maliki's private jet, but then later retracted that. I searched and found this article that explains it. Personally, I believe this is probably true. After the indictment of Nuri al-Maliki .. UAE detonates a surprise for the return of the “dollar fund” September 11, 2019 Walter Reports and analysis of the Dubai Police Dollar Fund 2019/09/11 13:48:22 Dubai police in the UAE on Wednesday issued an official statement on the rolling video of billions of dollars in aircraft. Colonel Faisal Issa al-Qasim, director of the Dubai Police’s Security Media Department, said the funds were not for any Arab official as he had promoted, but for an African gang that tried to defraud the person in the video. “The African gang tried to defraud the person by identifying them through social media, and then communicated with them and tempted them to double their money, luring him to an apartment containing counterfeit dollar boxes, and then filmed him in an attempt to blackmail him and give them money, then hurried To inform the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation which in turn has taken the necessary measures to arrest them. ” Colonel al-Qasim said that “the person would have fallen victim to the gang without his awareness and the speed of notification to the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigations, which in turn hastened to uncover the truth.” Maliki and Gaddafi accusations The whirlwind of “billions of funds” began when the Lebanese media, Maria Maalouf, published a video to seize funds filled with “billions” of dollars, by the UAE authorities. “Security authorities at Dubai airport seize a shipment of funds full of dollars stolen from the Iraqi treasury,” Maalouf said. “The shipment is estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars aboard a private Iraqi plane, belonging to Nuri al-Maliki, which he intended to smuggle to a European state.” “These funds are equivalent to the budget of 10 Arab countries for five years,” she said. But the leader of the State of Law coalition and former Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, spoke about his relationship to a video of “boxes filled with billions of dollars.” Maliki’s bureau chief, Hisham al-Rikabi, said in a tweet that there was no link between the former prime minister and the “billions of funds.” “Your lies will not fool anyone anymore. I think this passage is old, and the owners have nothing to do with it,” Rikabi said. “According to the information, these funds are Libyan smuggled, belonging to the era of the Gaddafi regime.” The video returned to another case of controversy, after linking the director of al-Maliki’s office that video to the late Libyan Colonel, Muammar Gaddafi, before issuing a statement Dubai police.

Going back to June when I started following the first Go Iraq thread, it was focussing on a youtuber whose initials were DI. He was calling for the RV in July and then near the end of July he back peddled and started saying late September. He fell out of favor with many people here, but, I always though he seemed more credible than most of he gurus, so I enjoy reading his updates on the guru sites (he goes by Jeff). Anyway.... this is from yesterday. Now that we're almost midway through September, and with the Minister of Education about to be approved, plus the good news about the HCL agreement being finalized (or very close to that), perhaps it's a good time to revisit good ol' DI, Jeff. 9-11-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff ...clear back in July....I said IMO our next window for the possibility of the rate changing would be over the weekend of September 21st/22nd. As you see all the factual information is walking you up to that point..most of the other gurus are just now catching up with us...we're looking amazing...In my opinion I think we have about another week and a half left in this...

Maybe I’m missing something but even if it is Gadaffis money, why is it on a plane owned by Maliki. Why is he in possession of it???? The article below explains it pretty well. I searched for more info since bkeiller's original link doesn't work anymore. I also found another site that reported on the African scam, so I think that's probably the true story and this money isn't from Maliki's plane. I can't post a link for this because it's from a dinar site but if you do a search for: billions of dollars seized at Dubai airport September 2019 - you'll be able to find several good information sites about this. After the indictment of Nuri al-Maliki .. UAE detonates a surprise for the return of the “dollar fund” September 11, 2019 Walter Reports and analysis of the Dubai Police Dollar Fund 2019/09/11 13:48:22 Dubai police in the UAE on Wednesday issued an official statement on the rolling video of billions of dollars in aircraft. Colonel Faisal Issa al-Qasim, director of the Dubai Police’s Security Media Department, said the funds were not for any Arab official as he had promoted, but for an African gang that tried to defraud the person in the video. “The African gang tried to defraud the person by identifying them through social media, and then communicated with them and tempted them to double their money, luring him to an apartment containing counterfeit dollar boxes, and then filmed him in an attempt to blackmail him and give them money, then hurried To inform the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation which in turn has taken the necessary measures to arrest them. ” Colonel al-Qasim said that “the person would have fallen victim to the gang without his awareness and the speed of notification to the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigations, which in turn hastened to uncover the truth.” Maliki and Gaddafi accusations The whirlwind of “billions of funds” began when the Lebanese media, Maria Maalouf, published a video to seize funds filled with “billions” of dollars, by the UAE authorities. “Security authorities at Dubai airport seize a shipment of funds full of dollars stolen from the Iraqi treasury,” Maalouf said. “The shipment is estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars aboard a private Iraqi plane, belonging to Nuri al-Maliki, which he intended to smuggle to a European state.” “These funds are equivalent to the budget of 10 Arab countries for five years,” she said. But the leader of the State of Law coalition and former Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, spoke about his relationship to a video of “boxes filled with billions of dollars.” Maliki’s bureau chief, Hisham al-Rikabi, said in a tweet that there was no link between the former prime minister and the “billions of funds.” “Your lies will not fool anyone anymore. I think this passage is old, and the owners have nothing to do with it,” Rikabi said. “According to the information, these funds are Libyan smuggled, belonging to the era of the Gaddafi regime.” The video returned to another case of controversy, after linking the director of al-Maliki’s office that video to the late Libyan Colonel, Muammar Gaddafi, before issuing a statement Dubai police.

I believe Iraq truly plans to RV. They've been saying that for years and they've repeatedly shared their targets of first $1 and the $3+. And since in the past year, they've been super productive and are accomplishing so many things that are important for the RV, it makes me think they plan to do it fairly soon. But, as cjdavid said, it still may not happen. Sometimes plans just don't come to fruition, even with the best of intentions. And to me, the biggest threat is Iraq itself. I've come to believe that in Middle East culture, bickering and egos play a much bigger part than they do in Western culture. So I think it's possible that the various factions within the government may not be able to get out of their own way and complete this common, much needed goal. But I still think the chances are much higher that the RV will get done than that it won't. And hopefully in the near future, for everyone's sake!

GREAT NEWS!!!! I just got some clarification about having to use "so and so". Actually, Navira, it seems you ARE allowed to use that guru's initials after all. Of course, now I forget what those initials are..... but anyway, here's my suggestion. As I recall, so and so guru had been saying July, but then bumped it to September and we pretty much stopped following him. But now that we're approaching September, I think it'd be great if you - or anyone - would start bringing over the pertinent parts of what he/she is saying these days. I do love me some hopium - and I know most others here do too! Here is your clarification: DO NOT USE THE NAME. Use of the name constitutes promotion of another dinar site which is against the rules. You can call him/her whatever you wish so long as you do not use the name of his "youtube channel, website, promo's" . Read more THANK YOU!!! So then we can use the guru's initials after all. Apparently, somehow people came to think they were not allowed to do that. But your explanation makes it clear that it's not a problem. And what you said makes total sense, now that I think about. Using the youtuber's full name is pretty much the same as posting a link. While posting 2 intials is not. Again, thank you for explaining this so that we can finally put this issue to rest. I will copy this over to the Go Iraq thread so everyone else can see the answer to this repeatedly asked question.

Here is your clarification: DO NOT USE THE NAME. Use of the name constitutes promotion of another dinar site which is against the rules. You can call him/her whatever you wish so long as you do not use the name of his "youtube channel, website, promo's" . THANK YOU!!! So then we can use the guru's initials after all. Apparently, somehow people came to think they were not allowed to do that. But your explanation makes it clear that it's not a problem. And what you said makes total sense, now that I think about. Using the youtuber's full name is pretty much the same as posting a link. While posting 2 intials is not. Again, thank you for explaining this so that we can finally put this issue to rest. I will copy this over to the Go Iraq thread so everyone else can see the answer to this repeatedly asked question.

You miss the part on so an so link that was removed. Oh, so then I guess that at one point, someone did actually post a link to "so and so"s site, is that correct? If so, then probably that link was removed before I got to see it and that explains why things changed all of the sudden. But I still would like to know why we are no longer allowed to mention that guru's initials (not even his name/handle). Seems like when links to other guru sites have been removed, we're still allowed to say his name/handIe. This is what I'm asking for clarificaiton on (and why I started this thread): WHY DO WE HAVE TO SAY "SO AND SO" NOW INSTEAD OF THAT GURU'S NAME OR EVEN JUST HIS INITIALS? I sent you the info... So I will assume that TGs request for this has been handled then. Please let me know if you need anything else from me. Otherwise, I'll wait for the clarification about having to use "so and so" now. btw, other members are confused about this as well, along with new readers of the thread who also ask about it.

Thank you everyone for clarifying about my personal link. I get it - that subject is closed and I won't bring it up again. And I'm sorry this turned into such a big deal. But, if it's not too much to ask, could someone please address my initial question? I actually started this post to get clarification on two things (my personal link was only a secondary concern). Yoda immediately clarified the first one, but no one has addressed the second one yet. Other members are also wondering about this as well. Thank you! Posted yesterday at 02:33 PM (edited) That's what I thought, but how come in the "Go Iraq" threads in the Rumors section, after Navira had been posting only the initials of one specific dinar guru - without a link - for quite a while, she suddenly had to stop even using his initials and now we have to refer to him only as "so and so". New readers continue to ask who it is, in fact that happened again just yesterday.

That's what I thought, but how come in the "Go Iraq" threads in the Rumors section, after Navira had been posting only the initials of one specific dinar guru - without a link - for quite a while, she suddenly had to stop even using his initials and now we have to refer to him only as "so and so". New readers continue to ask who it is, in fact that happened again just yesterday. I totally get it about the affiliate link - but my site was NEVER AN AFFILIATE site - it erroneously had a generic "affiliate disclaimer" statement at the bottom because that statement was standard in the website design template I used to build my website. Once you pointed that out to me, I removed that "affiliate diclaimer" statement, but because you blocked me, I was never able to ask if you to look at my site again to verify it is NOT an affiliate site and that nowhere on my site is anything sold or even recommended, and I don't collect email addresses and I don't even put ads on the site. Don't mean to sound harsh, but If DV allowed you then how many more folks will want the same treatment. Again I don't want to sound harsh, Coming from the Evil Moderator as some have put it, at the end of the day it about DV an promoting DV not another site. But Texas Granny just said you can post non-dinar links in other General Topic sections. Occassionally (not very often) I try to ask people here at DV for prayers and support for a particularly troubled location in the world. I am not tyring to promote my site, I'm only trying to gather some help for people who are in really desperate situations. So I copy and paste the relevant information from my site onto my post here and I then I put the link only because that's what you're supposed to do anytime you copy something from another website. Honestly I doubt there are many - if any - people here at DV who do anything like this, so I really don't think it causes a problem for DV. Before you (admin) thought it was an affiliate site, I had been allowed to post my link quite a few times. Also, I have a buddy who is well liked here who posted about me and put a link to my site and it was allowed (and that was after it was incorrectly tagged as an affiliate site). But the several times I've tried to do that, it's always removed (or hidden from view or whatever). I was just hoping that if the mods all now recognize that my site is Not an affiliate site, that I could be allowed to do that again..... that's all. And it's not like that many people read my posts anyway, especially if they're in the General Topics secion.

Can someone please explain the detailed rules about posting links? I thought you were allowed to post links as long as 1) it's not from another dinar RV site or 2) it's not a pitch to sell something. We have a pretty active hopium thread (Go Iraq 1-6) and someone posted either a link or copy and pasted an article (I can't remember which since the post was removed) by someone saying there is no global currency reset and that the Iraqi dinar in specific, was not going to revalue. The comment was removed not long after it was posted. Also, last month I believe, someone had been sharing comments a dinar guru was saying on his youtube channel but only mentioned the gurus's initials and didn't even post a link. But somehow, now it seems we're only allowed to mention that guru by calling him "so and so". It doesn't seem like the rules are consistently applied since some people regularly copy and paste the names of the gurus along with the transcripts of what they recently said. Also I personally do a not-for-profit site where I ask for people to pray and send positive vibes to a troubled spot in the world each week. I used to post that link (it has no ads and does sell or recommend anything - it's strictly a labor of love to try to help) from time to time. I had originally created the site from a template that included a default, generic disclaimer at the bottom in fine print that discloses that is an affiliate site - even though my site is not an affiliate. I never realized that disclaimer was even there, but several years ago one of the mods told me I was not allowed to post my link anymore because it is for an affiliate site. That's when I found the disclosre so I immediately removed it from my site (because as I said, I don't sell anything, I don't recommend anything and I don't even put ads on that site). But the mod who I was communicating with suddenly blocked me so I couldn't ask her to recheck my sight to verify that in reality, nothing is being sold on it. So, since we're on the subject of posting links, is it possible someone could take a look at my sight (peaceforearthdotcom) to verify that since the sight does NOT sell anything, it's okay for me to occassionally post a link for it? Again, I'm just trying to do a little good in the world and sometimes, when there's a big problem, I like to ask others here if they might want to help out their prayers or positive energies - that's all. Thanks!

Why thank you PP!!! I really respect you and so enjoy reading your posts so having you say that really makes me feel good!! Doesn't matter unless there was a link to the site included. One of my warning points, I should know. Agreed! I also get nailed on this! Here's the dilemma: some links you're allowed to post if they're not RV related. But then other posts, that I don't feel are RV related so I post the link, get removed and once I ended up on probation. I think I'm going to post a question in the Rules section and ask for clarification on this. I mean, I still don't understand why people can't even mention "so and so's" name anymore. Though, hopefully in a month or two, there will be no more of these threads because our hopium dreams will have come true by then!!!!

So it looks like the mods deleted your post (along my reply to it) about the Global Currency Reset from that guy who didn't believe in the dinar. When you talk about posting in VIP, I gather you mean the OSI section because I couldn't find anything from you in the VIP section. I'm not in OSI for my own reasons, but I would still like to read the information you are apparently sharing there. How about putting at least some of it (that is not proprietary to OSI) in the regular VIP section? Or maybe even putting it here because I think other people would be interested in reading it too. Thanks!

WOW!!! Look what I just found about the 2020 Corvette Stingray! It has some really nice upgrades that are surprisingly not that expensive. I figured with the low base price, they would really jack up the prices on the add ons, but they didn't. Of course, since most of them are already sold, if you can find one, it will likely come with a hefty premium. But, good gosh!!! What a gorgeous car!!!! https://www.foxnews.com/auto/how-much-2020-chevrolet-corvette-stingray-will-cost The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray price tag revealed By Gary Gastelu | Fox News Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray revealed The eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is the first mid-engine version in the model's history, and promises supercar performance at a bargain basement price of less than $60,000. The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray price tag revealed <script type="text/javascript" src="https://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=6061634133001&w=466&h=263"></script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com">foxnews.com</a></noscript> When the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was revealed in July, GM President Mark Reuss said it would start at “under $60,000.” Well, it does. Just. Chevy announced Thursday that the new mid-engine supercar will have a base price of $59,995 for an 1LT model, including delivery. That’s just $3,000 more than the outgoing front-engine car. THE 2020 CORVETTE STINGRAY HAS A FEATURE THAT LET'S YOU ANNOY EVERYONE The Stingray will be available in three trims that offer increasing levels of equipment, with the 2LT priced at $67,295 and the 3LT $71,945. A Z51 performance package that adds an updated suspension, tires, bodywork and other equipment costs $5,000 and a hydraulic nose-lift to avoid scraping the front of the car on inclines is $1,495. (Chevrolet) The Stingray is powered by a 6.2-liter V8 rated at 490 hp, or 495 hp with an optional performance exhaust. Chevrolet said some versions will have a top speed of 194 mph and others will be able to accelerate to 60 mph in under 3.0 seconds. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Of course, good luck finding one at list price when production begins late this year. GM head designer Mike Simcoe recently said that the first year of production is essentially spoken for already, which means that big dealer markups are likely on early cars. When the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was revealed in July, GM President Mark Reuss said it would start at “under $60,000.” Well, it does. Just. Chevy announced Thursday that the new mid-engine supercar will have a base price of $59,995 for an 1LT model, including delivery. That’s just $3,000 more than the outgoing front-engine car. THE 2020 CORVETTE STINGRAY HAS A FEATURE THAT LET'S YOU ANNOY EVERYONE The Stingray will be available in three trims that offer increasing levels of equipment, with the 2LT priced at $67,295 and the 3LT $71,945. A Z51 performance package that adds an updated suspension, tires, bodywork and other equipment costs $5,000 and a hydraulic nose-lift to avoid scraping the front of the car on inclines is $1,495. (Chevrolet) The Stingray is powered by a 6.2-liter V8 rated at 490 hp, or 495 hp with an optional performance exhaust. Chevrolet said some versions will have a top speed of 194 mph and others will be able to accelerate to 60 mph in under 3.0 seconds. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Of course, good luck finding one at list price when production begins late this year. GM head designer Mike Simcoe recently said that the first year of production is essentially spoken for already, which means that big dealer markups are likely on early cars.

Taking care of your home - whether it's your house (where you have locks on your doors and windows to keep out criminals) or your town (where you have law enforcement to protect the town from criminals), or your country (where you have law enforcement at the borders to keep criminals from entering the country) - is probably one of the most PATRIOTIC things that a leader can do for his/her country! All civilazations throughout time have known this - and done this! It's only been the last few years that some of the most civilized countries (U.S. and most of Europe) have turned 180 degrees and started to advocate for open borders and mass immigrations. And look how that is working out for Sweden, France, Germany, Italy - and the Angel Moms here in the U.S - huge increases in robberies, beatings, rapes, murders - many of them so horrific you can't even imagine. Even some of the most beloved Democrats (Clinton, Pelosi, Obama, Biden) advocated tough immigration laws to keep out criminals for years. It's only since Trump that they've switched positions and thrown their citizens (who pay their salaries no less) under the bus and now advocate for open borders and zero immigration laws. What would make them do that??? Is it because they want the votes (since illegals are allowed to vote in some of the most liberal states like Calif.)? Have you considered the consequences of allowing everyone who wants to come to the U.S. to come in? Currently, 63% of illegals get government assistance, where will that money come from if we allow 100,000's and millions more? Wealthy people will not stand for having most of their income taken from them and given to free loaders (the proof is California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois where they're fleeing to other low/no income tax states). What about you personally? Do you want to give up 70% or more of your wealth from the RV to pay for these illegals - some of which are violent criminals and terrorists, so that they can come live in your town? If the whole country has to take on an unending stream of immigrants - and then has to pay to feed and house them and provide them free health care, can you really not see it will bankdrupt the country and destroy it? Not to mention the increase in crimes and that terrorists who hate and want to destroy the U.S. are taking advantage of the current immigration situation to get into the U.S. where they can begin to implement their plans. . YOU CANNOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ these days. Particularly the mainstream media that is blatantly censoring any source of information that they don't agree with. Want proof? That picture you are trying to tout as an orphaned baby being used as a photo op by Trump - was not that at all. The baby's father is a Trump support and even put a red bow tie on his baby to honor Trump. And the baby's uncle is standing right next to Trump. (This anti-Trump article even admits to all of this.) I am sure you probably come from a place of kindness and decency, but with a little bit of research, I think you will realize that you are being manipulated. And you are not the only one, I encourage you to research the walkaway movement. There are many, many, hard core democrats who realized they're were being misled. These days it is super easy for people to manipulate and take advantage of us. No one has your best interest at heart as much as you do! And most people (maybe even some friends and family) are only thinking about what they can get from you, so we all need to step up and take responsibility for ourselves. We have to look out for ourselves as best as we possible can. And that includes what ideas we choose to accept. We can no longer take someone's word for anything just because many other people say they're a good person (look at all the countries all over the world who thought they'd elected good leaders but now are finding out they didn't, like France and Zimbabwe). It also includes our finances. Think about Bernie Madoff who conned some very wealthy and knowledgeable people. When the RV hits, con artists will be lining up to swindle us, so I also encourage everyone to vet EVERY SINGLE PERSON they get involved after you become wealthy - including your accountant, lawyer, and asset manager. May God bless us all and bless our wonderful country and its too.

And may all MAGA believers take the high road and not succumb to the anger and devisiveness that the MSM is desperately trying to incite in order to destroy this great country. Agreeing to disagree - without putting the other side down, is a far better choice in my humble opinion.

I actually follow Zimbabwe because my brother-in-law's family lost all their wealth there when Rhodesia was overthrown and Zimbabwe was born. I was really saddened to read this article earlier this week. I had started to suspect that Mnangagwa was a pretty bad leader, but I figured anyone was better than Mugabe. Turns out I was probably wrong. Rampant inflation, starving people, widespread shortages and it looks like Zimbabwe is on the verge of economic collapse. It is heartbreaking because the country used to be the breadbasket of Africa (until they kicked out the people who actually knew how to farm and gave the land to others who did nothing with it). You don't find much news about Zimbabwe lately, but looks like it's in really bad trouble. I put some of the most important parts in red type. 😢😢😢 Economic Collapse Imminent: Zimbabwe At 'Tipping Point' With 'Wheels Coming Off' by Tyler Durden Tue, 08/06/2019 - 11:35 11 SHARES TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrint Zimbabwe's economic situation will continue to sour in 2H19 due to unfavorable weather conditions, foreign currency shortages and widespread power cuts, its finance minister said, as he responded to a deteriorating economic outlook by blacking out inflation statistics through the second half, and finally acknowledged what the International Monetary Fund told him in April: economic turmoil ahead. Prices of essential goods and services have, in some cases, quadrupled this summer, due to the government renaming the RTGS currency as the Zimbabwe dollar, which has been on a rapid decline amid shortages, including electrical power, petrol products, American dollars, and food, reported Bloomberg. Many Zimbabweans who supported the toppling of decades-long ruler Robert Mugabe two years ago are discovering that their economic situation is the most serious in a decade. Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced Mugabe in 2017, he promised millions of Zimbabweans of an economic revival and that we are "open for business." The sugar high of optimism only lasted for a short time; the effects of money supply expansion through the sale of Treasury bills under Mugabe's rule has outweighed any positive advancements in the last several years. Mnangagwa outlawed the American dollar in favor of local currency that can't be traded internationally, effectively making it extremely difficult for international firms to do business in the African country. Zimbabwe isn't the only country suspending its inflation statistics for the next six months. Venezuela has also done the same, after inflation in the South American country printed a red hot 1,698,488% in 2018. Zimbabwean officials need to collect comparable data since the introduction of the new currency in February. The last time this happened, it was 2009, when the country dropped the Zimbabwe dollar in support of American dollars after inflation climbed to 500 billion percent. Steve H. Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, told Bloomberg that if the black-market exchange rate is used, Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate is 558%, three times more than the official rate published by the government. Jee-A van der Linde, an economist at NKC African Economics in Paarl, South Africa, said abandoning the official annual rate is "no real loss from an analytical perspective," adding that "these elevated inflation readings did little more than create panic and damage what little confidence was left." Countries that are in crisis tend to halt the publication of inflation data. In 2013, the IMF condemned Argentina for manipulating its inflation data. The dollar peg was dropped in February, and the return of the Zimbabwe dollar in June has led to the rapid depreciation of the currency officially trading at 9.0347 to the dollar on Aug. 6. The government has said it had no other alternative but to reintroduce its own currency amid foreign-currency shortages, something that Hanke objects. Japhet Moyo, secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, has warned that cost of essential services jumped 400% this year while pay has risen only by 10%. This has left many millions of people broke and starving. About 59% of rural Zimbabweans, or about 5.5 million people, don't have food, a new report by the United Nations and aid groups said last month. 211 people are talking about this It's entirely possible that the return of street protests over collapsing economic conditions could flare-up in the coming months as there is only so much Zimbabweans will tolerate before an outright economic collapse. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-06/economic-collapse-imminent-zimbabwe-tipping-point-wheels-coming

It is NOT definitively established how the IRS will tax our gains on the RV. CPAs and tax professionals cannot agree whether it will be Ordinary Income (max federal rate of 37%) or Capital Gains (max federal rate of 20%) - some say the former, the others say the latter. (Even Adam has agreed to this in the thread I linked below.) We have a member here, xtaxguy, who was a Managing Partner of one of the major accounting firms, and he worked on the taxes of a major US corporation who actually had long term gains from foreign currency exchange. He is pretty confident that it is Capital Gains - (max rate of 20%). If you read the thread below, you will find a lot of info - much of which originated from xtaxguy - that supports the case for Capital Gains (20%). I also suggest reading all of xtaxguy's comments.... look him up in the members section and then read his content. He seems to be the most qualified CPA with direct experience in this specific area by far (assuming he is who he says he is and because of his knowledge on the subject, I personally believe that he is), so his opinion - backed up by the information he provided, made me change my position from Ordinary Income to Capital Gains. If you read my comments in the below thread, you can follow my thinking of how I came to my final conclusion on this and then come to your own conclusion. It's a bit of reading, but a potential tax savings of $.17 on every dollar of gain from the RV makes it well worth your while, in my opinion.

I didn't have time to read this post yesterday, it takes me so long to catch up on the multiple pages I've missed since the previous day. But I just got caught up now and want to address a couple of things. Thanks Navira, but I don't understand how you are trying to connect the US national debt to Iran's adding 1000% to the value of its currency. And while it's true the US has lied in the past, Trump, who's leading it now, does not lie while Iran has - and continues to lie. While I am one of the biggest advocates of hopium, for me, I want it to at least have some degree of plausibility. And I still don't believe Iran is in a position to add ANY value (let alone 1000%) to its currency when it can't even stoI cannot figure out howp - or even lessen, its 50% annual decrease due to inflation. Iran just announced it will delete 4 zeros from its currency due to inflation. How can that possibly work with them adding 1000% value to it? So since Iran has a reputation of lying, it seems most likely to me that their announcement of adding10 times more value (1000%) is just one such lie, done to make them look stronger when in reality, everyone knows their economy is crumbling. People in Iran, or anywhere, can believe whatever they want. But as an investor, I would think most people here would want to vet anything they are putting money into. Still, maybe I'm missing something and since anything is possible, this might be too. But my guess is that if there is any truth to this 1000% increase, it will be by Iran finagling some way to "technically claim" that they accomplished that, but in reality nothing really changed. There are an awful lot of ways to massage numbers after all. That said, you and anyone else who wants to put your faith in this - or any other thing for that matter, are totally entitled to do so and I'm honestly not trying to tell you that you cannot. I just want to state my point of view for others who may have gotten carried away and forgot to look at this situation objectively. Having said that, I will stop raining on your parade from now on!! As far as the US debt, the smartest minds in the world don't understand all that's involved there and I admit I don't have a clue. I watch with the same shock and incomprehension that everyone else does. But I will say, for years some people have been saying Trump was brought into to oversee the bankruptcy of the US and I think that's a possiblity - especially since he just got a 2 year pass on spending as much money as he wants with no budget ceiling. There is speculation he's gonna collapse the system and then rebuild it - hopefully without a Federal Reserve and possibly even using a gold backed system again. Some of our debt is to other countries and Trump has also hinted about negotiating debt settlements - I don't believe he mentioned numbers, but it could be anywhere from pennies on the dollar on up. The world is very much dependent on the US and if it fails, almost all countries get hurt badly, so if some of them have to take a bit of a loss in order to not lose even bigger down the line, they will probably do that. I believe that Turmp truly loves this country, and as perhaps the smartest businessman on the planet, I have total faith that he has a plan that will bring the US out on top - big time. Other than that, I watch just as everyone else does, shocked by some of the things Trump does and then later, immensely impressed by what he was able to accomplish in the end from doing that. jmho I totally agaree. At best I see Iran using some sort of trick to technically claim they added 1000% in value, but it won't really change anything. Me too! While I'm not on board with the Iran 1000% RV, I am hopeful for Iraq's RV this month. 2 reasons.... 1) I've always believed IRaq will RV when least expected, and this month of August, with the GOI off, would be one of those times. 2) People here at DV have had dreams about the RV happening in August. There's a good thread about it in the Opinions section. I watch the news and prefer to deal with facts, but with Iraq, the translations issues, the bickering between factions that result in conflicting news stories, the reposting of old articles claiming they're new, etc., it's really difficult to get a clear understanding about what's really happening. And let's face it, who of us really knows all this is necessary to properly set things up to do such a big RV? Plus, Iraq has to deliberately mislead the world because they can't just announce they're about to RV because it would start a worldwide run on the dinar. But it's a fact that people do sometimes get premonitions through dreams, and since August is a month that several people here have had dreams about regarding the RV - some recent and some long term - personally, I am partaking in some hopium from that.

- according to Business Insider earlier this year. I stumbled upon this article from earlier in the year and was pleasantly surprised that in 2019, Iraq is ranked as 19th - even higher than Singapore and Spain. This, while not really important news, gives me even more confidence that Iraq will soon RV their dinar. just fyi .... (Note: the article was really long so I didn't want to copy it here, but you can check on the link for the full list) The most powerful countries on earth, ranked

I have been rooting for the Yellow Vest Movement in France, and I was so saddened to find this recent article about France slowing sinking into chaos. I think France could really use our prayers and positive thoughts/energies and I hope some of you will join me in sending those to France. I'd like to add add that I'm so thankful that the US has Trump!!! We hare our own crazy, socialist liberals who think that fake climate change is more important than people being able to continue to survive, and that Muslims are now the "precious ones" and imply that Christians (shockingly, now the most persecuted group in the world) are psuedo terrorists. But I have faith in Trump who's repeatedly demonstrated that his "promises made are promises kept". He said he'd drain the swamp and I have total faith that he won't stop untill he does. We're so lucky to be Americans, but my heart goes out to the French who are not so fortunate with their leadership. France Slowly Sinking into Chaos President Macron never says he is sorry for those who have lost an eye or a hand... from extreme police brutality. Instead, he asked the French parliament to pass a law that almost completely abolishes the right to protest and the presumption of innocence, and that allows the arrest of anyone, anywhere, even without cause. The law was passed. In June, the French parliament passed another law, severely punishing anyone who says or writes something that might contain "hate speech". The law is so vague that an American legal scholar, Jonathan Turley, felt compelled to react. "France", he wrote, "has now become one of the biggest international threats to freedom of speech". The main concern of Macron and the French government seems not to be the risk of riots, the public's discontent, the disappearance of Christianity, the disastrous economic situation, or Islamization and its consequences. Instead, it is climate change. "The West no longer knows what it is, because it does not know and does not want to know what shaped it, what constituted it, what it was and what it is. (...) This self-asphyxiation leads naturally to a decadence that opens the way to new barbaric civilizations." — Cardinal Robert Sarah, in Le soir approche et déjà le jour baisse("The Evening Comes, and already the Light Darkens"). French President Emmanuel Macron never says he is sorry for those who have lost an eye or a hand from extreme police brutality. Instead, he asked the French parliament to pass a law that almost completely abolishes the right to protest and the presumption of innocence, and that allows the arrest of anyone, anywhere, even without cause. The law was passed. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota - Pool/Getty Images) Paris, Champs-Élysées. July 14. Bastille Day. Just before the military parade begins, President Emmanuel Macron comes down the avenue in an official car to greet the crowd. Thousands of people gathered along the avenue shout "Macron resign", boo and hurl insults. At the end of the parade, a few dozen people release yellow balloons into the sky and distribute leaflets saying "The yellow vests are not dead." The police disperse them, quickly and firmly. Moments later, hundreds of "Antifa" anarchists arrive, throw security barriers on the roadway to erect barricades, start fires and smash the storefronts of several shops. The police have a rough time mastering the situation, but early in the evening, after a few hours, they restore the calm. A few hours later, thousands of young Arabs from the suburbs gather near the Arc de Triomphe. They have apparently come to "celebrate" in their own way the victory of an Algerian soccer team. More storefronts are smashed, more shops looted. Algerian flags are everywhere. Slogans are belted out: "Long live Algeria", "France is ours", "Death to France". Signs bearing street names are replaced by signs bearing the name of Abd El Kader, the religious and military leader who fought against the French army at the time of the colonization of Algeria. The police limit themselves to stemming the violence in the hope that it will not spread. Around midnight, three leaders of the "yellow vest" movement come out of a police station and tell a TV reporter that they were arrested early that morning and imprisoned for the rest of the day. Their lawyer states that they did nothing wrong and were just "preventively" arrested. He emphasizes that a law passed in February 2019 allows the French police to arrest any person suspected of going to a demonstration; no authorization from a judge is necessary and no appeal possible. On Friday, July 19, the Algerian soccer team wins again. More young Arabs gathernear Arc de Triomphe to "celebrate" again. The damage is even greater than eight days before. More police show up; they do almost nothing. On July 12, two days before Bastille Day, several hundred self-declared African illegal migrants enter the Pantheon, the monument that houses the graves of heroes who played major roles in the history of France. There, the migrants announce the birth of the "Black Vest movement". They demand the "regularization" of all illegal immigrants on French territory and free housing for each of them. The police show up but decline to intervene. Most of the demonstrators leave peacefully. A few who insult the police are arrested. France today is a country adrift. Unrest and lawlessness continue to gain ground. Disorder has become part of daily life. Polls show that a large majority rejectPresident Macron. They seem to hate his arrogance and be inclined not to forgive him. They seem to resent his contempt for the poor; the way he crushed the "yellow vest" movement, and for his not having paid even the slightest attention to the protesters' smallest demands, such as the right to hold a citizens' referendumlike those in Switzerland. Macron can no longer go anywhere in public without risking displays of anger. The "yellow vests" seem finally to have stopped demonstrating and given up: too many were maimed or hurt. Their discontent, however, is still there. It seems waiting to explode again. The French police appear ferocious when dealing with peaceful protesters, but barely able to prevent groups such as "Antifa" from causing violence. Therefore, now at the end of each demonstration, "Antifa" show up. The French police seem particularly cautious when having to deal with young Arabs and illegal migrants. The police have been given orders. They know that young Arabs and illegal migrants could create large-scale riots. Three months ago, in Grenoble, the police were pursuing some young Arabs on a stolen motorcycle, who were accused of theft. While fleeing, they had an accident. Five days of mayhem began. President Macron looks like an authoritarian leader when he faces the disgruntled poor. He never says he is sorry for those who have lost an eye or a hand or suffered irreversible brain damage from extreme police brutality. Instead, he asked the French parliament to pass a law that almost completely abolishes the right to protest, the presumption of innocence and that allows the arrest of anyone, anywhere, even without cause. The law was passed. In June, the French parliament passed another law, severely punishing anyone who says or writes something that might contain "hate speech". The law is so vague that an American legal scholar, Jonathan Turley, felt compelled to react. "France has now become one of the biggest international threats to freedom of speech", he wrote. Macron does not appear authoritarian, however, with violent anarchists. When facing young Arabs and illegal migrants, he looks positively weak. He knows what the former interior minister, Gérard Collomb, said in November 2018, while resigning from government: "Communities in France are engaging in conflict with one another more and more and it is becoming very violent... today we live side by side, I fear that tomorrow it will be face to face". Macron also knows what former President François Hollande said after serving his term as president: "France is on the verge of partition". Macron knows that the partition of France already exists. Most Arabs and Africans live in no-go zones, apart from the rest of the population, where they accept the presence of non-Arabs and non-Africans less and less. They do not definethemselves as French, except when they say that France will belong to them. Reports show that most seem filled with a deep rejection of France and Western civilization. An increasing number seem to place their religion above their citizenship; many seem radicalized and ready to fight. Macron seems not to want to fight. Instead, he has chosen to appease them. He is single-mindedly pursuing his plans to institutionalize Islam in France. Three months ago, the Muslim Association for Islam of France (AMIF) was created. One branch will handle the cultural expansion of Islam and take charge of "the fight against anti-Muslim racism". Another branch will be responsible for programs that train imams and build mosques. This autumn, a "Council of Imams of France" will be established. The main leaders of the AMIF are (or were until recently) membersof the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement designated as a terrorist organization in Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- but not in France. Macron is aware of the demographic data. They show that the Muslim population in France will grow significantly in the coming years. (The economist Charles Gave wrote recently that by 2057, France will have a Muslim majority). Macron can see that it will soon be impossible for anyone to be elected President without relying on the Muslim vote, so he acts accordingly. Macron apparently sees that the discontent that gave birth to the "yellow vest" movement still is there. He appears to think that repression will be enough to prevent any further uprising, and so does nothing to remedy the causes of the discontent. The "yellow vest" movement was born of a revolt against exorbitantly high taxes on fuel, and harsh government measures against cars and motorists. These measures included reduced speed limits -- 50 mph on most highways -- and more speed-detection cameras; a sharp rise in the penalties on tickets, as well as complex and expensive annual motor vehicle controls. French taxes on fuels recently rose again and are now the highest in Europe (70% of the price paid at the pump). Other measures against the use of automobiles and motorists still in force are especially painful for the poor. They were already chased from the suburbs by intolerant newcomers, and now have to live -- and drive -- even farther from where they work. Macron has made no decision to remedy the disastrous economic situation in France. When he was elected, taxes, duties and social charges represented almost 50% of GDP. Government spending represented 57% of GDP (the highest among developed countries). The ratio of national debt to GDP was almost 100%. Taxes, duties, social charges and government spending remain at the same level now as when Macron came in. The debt-to-GDP ratio is 100% and growing. The French economy is not creating jobs. Poverty remains extremely high: 14% of the population earn less than 855 euros ($950) a month. Macron pays no attention to the growing cultural disaster also seizing the country. The educational system is crumbling. An increasing percentage of students graduate from high school without knowing how to write a sentence free of errors that make incomprehensible anything they write. Christianity is disappearing. Most non-Muslim French no longer define themselves as Christians. The fire that ravaged the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was officially an "accident," but it was only one of the many Christian religious buildings in the country that were recently destroyed. Every week, churches are vandalized -- to the general indifference of the public. In just the first half of 2019, 22 churches burned down. The main concern of Macron and the French government seems not to be the risk of riots, the public's discontent, the disappearance of Christianity, the disastrous economic situation, or Islamization and its consequences. Instead, it is climate change. Although the amount of France's carbon dioxide emissions is infinitesimal(less than 1% of the global total), combatting "human-induced climate change" appears Macron's absolute priority. A Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, age 16, -- nevertheless the guru of the "fight for the climate" in Europe -- was recently invited to the French National Assembly by members of parliament who support Macron. She delivered a speech, promising that the "irreversible destruction" of the planet will begin very soon. She addedthat political leaders "are not mature enough" and need lessons from children. MPs who support Macron applauded warmly. She received a Prize of Freedom, just created, which will be given each year to people "fighting for the values of those who landed in Normandy in 1944 to liberate Europe". It is probably reasonable to assume that not one of those who landed in Normandy in 1944 thought he was fighting to save the climate. Such minor details, however, seem beyond Macron and the parliamentarians who support him. Macron and the French government also seem unconcerned that Jews -- driven by the rise of anti-Semitism, and understandably worried about court decisions infused with the spirit of submission to violent Islam -- continue to flee from France. Kobili Traore, the man who murdered Sarah Halimi in 2017 while chanting surasfrom the Qur'an and shouting that the Jews are Sheitan (Arabic for "Satan") was found not guilty. Traore had apparently smoked cannabis before the murder, so the judges decided that he was not responsible for his acts. Traore will soon be released from prison; what happens if he smokes cannabis again? A few weeks after the murder of Halimi, three members of a Jewish family were assaulted, tortured and held hostage in their home by a group of five men who said that "Jews have money" and "Jews must pay". The men were arrested; all were Muslim. The judge who indicted them announced that their actions were "not anti-Semitic". On July 25, 2019 when the Israeli soccer team Maccabi Haifa was competing in Strasbourg, the French government limited the number of Israeli supporters in the stadium to 600, not one more. A thousand had bought plane tickets to come to France to attend the match. The French government also banned the waving of Israeli flags at the game or anywhere in the city. Nonetheless, in the name of "free speech", the French Department of the Interior permitted anti-Israeli demonstrations in front of the stadium, and Palestinian flags and banners saying "Death to Israel" were there. The day before the match, at a restaurant near the stadium, some Israelis were violently attacked. "The demonstrations against Israel are approved in the name of freedom of expression, but the authorities forbid supporters of Maccabi Haifa to raise the Israeli flag, it is unacceptable," said Aliza Ben Nun, Israel's ambassador to France. The other day, a plane full of French Jews leaving France arrived in Israel. More French Jews will soon go. The departure of Jews to Israel entails sacrifices: some French real estate agents take advantage of the wish of many Jewish families to leave, so they buy and sell properties owned by Jews at a price far lower than their market value. Macron will remain as president until May 2022. Several leaders of the parties of the center-left (such as the Socialist Party) and center-right (The Republicans) joined The Republic on the Move, the party he created two years ago. After that, the Socialist Party and The Republicans electorally collapsed. Macron's main opponent in 2022 is likely to be the same as in 2017: Marine Le Pen, the leader of the populist National Rally. Although Macron is widely unpopular and widely hated, he will probably use the same slogans as in 2017: that he is the last bastion of hope against "chaos" and "fascism." He has a strong chance of being elected again. Anyone who reads the political program of the National Rally can see that Le Pen is not a fascist. Also, anyone who looks at the situation in France may wonder if France has not already begun to sink into chaos. The sad situation that reigns in France is not all that different from that in many other European countries. A few weeks ago, an African cardinal, Robert Sarah, published a book, Le soir approche et déjà le jour baisse ("The evening comes, and already the light darkens"). "At the root of the collapse of the West", he writes, "there is a cultural and identity crisis. The West no longer knows what it is, because it does not know and does not want to know what shaped it, what constituted it, what it was and what it is. (...) This self-asphyxiation leads naturally to a decadence that opens the way to new barbaric civilizations." That is exactly what is happening in France -- and Europe. Dr. Guy Millière, a professor at the University of Paris, is the author of 27 books on France and Europe. © 2019 Gatestone Institute. All rights reserved. The articles printed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editors or of Gatestone Institute. No part of the Gatestone website or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied or modif https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14643/france-sinking-chaos

Turns out mosquitos have probably killed billions (billions with a B ) of people in the course of human history. They are largely responsible for which side won the battles throughout human history, as the side that was most susceptible to mosquito borne diseases would get sick and not be able to fight. According to this "Mosquito" book author, up until World War II, 65% of battle casualties throughout history were actually from disease (though I'm not sure how much were directly caused by mosquitos) - and not being killed or injured by the enemy. Very informative 7 minute video and article form CBS news no less. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mosquitoes-deaths-new-book-details-history-battle-between-man-and-mosquitoes/ At any moment across the globe mosquitoes lead the news, infecting tens of thousands with disease. The mosquito has wreaked havoc on the world, killing as many as 50 billion people over the course of human existence. Historian Timothy Winegard, author of the book "The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator," is fascinated by the bug. He's especially interested in the female mosquito, because she's the one who bites and transmits disease. And he says we weren't her only prey. "70% of dinosaur species regionally were either extinct or endangered by the time the meteor crashes into the Yucatan Peninsula," Winegard told Michelle Miller for "CBS This Morning: Saturday." "Certain dinosaur species were already extinct or endangered from mosquito-borne and sand fly-borne diseases." But Winegard says putting man's relationship with the mosquito into context is even more mind-blowing. "We think we get to make our own history and that's not the case," Winegard said. "She was far more lethal than the minds of the most brilliant generals or man-made weapons. Disease up until the Second World War took 65% of deaths on the battlefield." Throughout history, mosquitoes have been a weapon of war. "Depending on immunity or where the wars were fought, one side usually benefited from her destruction of the other side," Winegard said. "And she, I mean, decided that the fate of empires and nations and countless wars. Certainly from Alexander all the way to the Second World War." Mosquitoes likely hitched a ride aboard the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria and thousands of slave ships that transported human cargo across the Atlantic. "They very quickly started vectoring malaria and other diseases," Winegard said. And slaves from Africa had immunity. "Which is partly why they became such a lucrative commodity on the plantation systems of new world colonies," Winegard said. "European indentured servants or workers were dying in droves of mosquito-borne disease, specifically malaria and yellow fever." Then there's the American Revolution. The forces of Generals Washington and Lafayette didn't do it by themselves. "They had a little help," Winegard said. "Cornwallis says very clearly to his commander, General Clinton, and also in his diary that the surrender was not caused by anything, you know, the Americans or French did, but because he had roughly 35% of his troops available to fight because they were absolutely shredded by malaria in Yorktown." So the birth of our nation we owe to the mosquito? "Indeed. She is a founding mother of the United States," Winegard said. Still she plagued millions of Americans from the end of the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th with malaria and yellow fever. The death toll from the yellow fever alone was more than 100,000. CDC research entomologist Dr. John Gimnig told Miller the CDC was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. Before that, it was the Office of Malaria Control. Its mission was to protect U.S. troops from malaria. By the mid 1950s, the U.S. curbed the spread of most mosquito-borne illnesses. DDT was our main weapon of choice. Though highly effective, it was discontinued in part for polluting the environment and possible links to cancer. Gimnig says now the highly adaptable predator is back on the hunt gaining ground. "We're looking for new tools," Gimnig said. "It's new chemicals, new, completely different ways of applying our-- our tools." And as she expands her range across the planet, human defense is moving to what some describe as a form of biological warfare. Scientist like Dr. Abdiel Martin-Park are raising male mosquitoes infected with a bacteria called wolbachia that effectively sterilizes them. Then they hope for the infected males to meet up with wild, female mosquitoes. "When they mate, the egg is going to be dead," Martin-Park said. Some have already questioned the ethics of such approaches, which include going even further, altering the DNA of the insect to inhibit its ability to transmit disease. It's all on the mind of scientists who hope to someday reduce the harm produced by mosquitoes to a level people don't need to worry about.