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By Brandon Turbeville

History repeats itself and, sometimes, it doesn’t even need generation gaps to do so. In the modern-day West, it only needs a space of a few days or weeks. This is why the US, UK, and French governments feel so confident in their ability to launch airstrikes against Syria for the third time under the Trump administration on the basis of false chemical weapons claims.

As the Syrian military prepares for perhaps the biggest and most bloody battle of the war – the battle to liberate Idlib – it appears that the West is preparing to make a stand of its own in defense of the head choppers and “moderate” cannibals it has supported since 2011. But while the US has twice used disproven claims of chemical weapons in Syria as a pretext to launch strikes against Syria, both of those strikes were relatively minor in terms of the damage they caused. However, America’s seemingly independent-of-the-executive branch military is already preparing for the possibility of strikes against Syria, having known this moment was coming now for months.

And it is not only the alternative media that is warning of the possibility of strikes. The Russian government is sounding the alarm also.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the US and its allies are preparing new strikes against Syria. The MOD also stated that the terrorists in Idlib are preparing to stage a chemical weapons attack in order to place the blame on the Syrian government and provide a pretext for a Western attack on the country.

The staged attacks are allegedly being prepared by al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham) in Idlib. The MOD has stated that, in order to stage the attack, around eight canisters of chlorine have been delivered to a village near Jisr al-Shughur city. Another group of terrorists, who have allegedly been trained and prepped by private British security company Olive, have also recently arrived in the area. The group is to be disguised as White Helmets volunteers and will simulate a rescue operation involving locals who will be purportedly injured in the alleged attack.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned the US against any further “reckless” moves in Syria. Ryabkov is quoted by RIA Novosti as stating, “We hear ultimatums from Washington, including those made in public,” apparently referencing the remarks of neo-con fop, John Bolton.

“Again, we are witnessing serious escalation of the situation [in Syria],” Ryabkov added.

Bolton, of course, was speaking in Jerusalem before his colleagues in the Israeli government. He stated that the U.S. would respond “very strongly” if the Syrian government used “chemical weapons” in the offensive.

“We now see plans for the Syrian regime to resume offensive military activities in Idlib province,” he said. “We are obviously concerned about the possibility that Assad may use chemical weapons again.”

Bolton warned, “Just so there’s no confusion here, if the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly and they really ought to think about this a long time.”

Already, according to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, was deployed to the Persian Gulf a few days ago. It is possible Konashenkov is reference the recent naval and coast guard exercises which took place between the United State, Kuwait, and Iraq.

The Russian Center For Reconciliation of Opposing Sides In Syria wrote that,

The destroyer USS Sullivans of the US Navy arrived in the Persian Gulf with 56 cruise missiles on board. And at the Al-Udeid Air Bases in Qatar, the strategic bomber B-1B of the US Air Force was redeployed with 24 cruise JASSM air-to-surface missiles. Thus, the West is ready once again to support terrorists and, in violation of all norms of international law, to commit an act of aggression against a sovereign state, which will inevitably cause another sharp deterioration of the situation in the Middle East region and a breakdown in the process of a peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict.

The Center has previously exposed Western attempts to militarily defend terrorists in Syria.

“The United States keeps building up the cruise missile carriers group in the Middle East as part of preparations for another provocation in Idlib Province to be presented as an alleged use of chemical weapons,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov told reporters.

“These preparations are fresh confirmation of U.S. intentions to use as a pretext a likely simulation of the government forces’ chemical attack, which Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants are plotting with active support from British secret services,” he added.

In response, the Russian MOD has announced that its own Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen Kalibir cruise missile-armed ships were going to make their way to the Mediterranean to “augment the Navy’s task force” already located there.

Furthermore, credible sources in Anbar province have reported an American troop buildup. Independent Iraqi journalist and producer, “Yusra M” reported via twitter that “US forces were deployed in province & hve ordered withdrawl of PMFs from all areas. They hve also asked locals to vacate near Al Qaim,Taji, Ain al Assad & Airport 35, as they officially start to build bases.”

“Witnesses say US planes were heard arriving throughout last night. In Al-Qaim, US airstrikes on borders btwn 11pm-8am “targeting ISIS” or locals believe – Hashd, Hezbollah inside #Syria,” she continued.

“Sources in Tikrit say after US ordered Hashed to withdraw fm Salahuddin, some refused & US began bombing of PMU HQ in Tikrit. Near Hit, US forces r building base & airport near ’35’ & locals report 100s of troops entering.”

“Serious development because highways btwn #Anbar all way to #Mosul were secured by Hashed checkpoints so any retreat will risk regroup of #ISIS.”

“My friend fm Anbar works for local NGOs & always drives up & down fm Haditha, thru Baji & Makhmour mtns to #Mosul & then Erbil. He is Sunni & says he always felt safe thanks to PMU presence, now he stopped taking route, fearing #ISIS attacks,” she added.

In addition to chemicals and training, it seems the terrorists in Idlib have also managed to round up the requisite human stage props. Syrian analyst Afraa Dagher, in her article, “White Helmets Expands its Idlib Kidnapping Campaign,” the Idlib terrorists are hard at work kidnapping men, women, and children to be used as victims (real or staged) in the next false flag chemical weapons attack that will be used by the West as a justification to launch yet more missiles at the Syrian government. Dagher writes,

White Helmets campaign of ‘fake arresting,’ of kidnapping in Idlib continues and expands. During the last ten days, reputable media sources have exposed the mass kidnapping campaign led by al-Nusra Front and other designated terrorist gangs in Idlib. These al Qaeda gangs have mostly engaged in abductions of men, especially young men, under the pretext that they plan to join the Reconciliation Process led by the Syrian government.
Local sources in Idlib are also telling about the probability of using the abductees — reported as 1,000 Syrians — as victims for an upcoming staged chemical attack. This evil campaign has expanded to also kidnapping dozens of Syrian children from Idlib and from neighboring villages, by the same terrorist gangs, including the White Helmets.
Three children who belong to one family in Termin, a village in the countryside of Aleppo were kidnapped together. Other children were kidnapped from Zerba village and the Qah camp of internally displaced Syrians at the border with Turkey.
Meanwhile, the remnants of the White Helmets (many of them were illegally transported by Israel into Jordan, and are being spread throughout western countries such as Germany and Canada) have called its membership to be concentrated in specific areas of Idlib, where they plan to record their murders in the new round of a chemical hoax. British ‘experts’ from the mercenary corporation, Olive, have illegally entered Syria and are in the region to train the al-Qaeda White Helmets in another fraudulent rescue play, performed to convince public opinion to believe the fabricated attacks that they plot. Their slaughter is real. They are the perpetrators of these mass murders.
. . . . .
The four Syrian children in the featured photograph were provided by MP Fares Shehabi , who tweeted Urgent: These kids were among many kidnapped by the White Helmets in the town of Zirbeh west of Aleppo to be used as victims in the upcoming chemical hoax. We hold the leaders of US/UK/France directly responsible for their safety.

While the United States had previously waited for the alleged chemical attacks to take place and be plastered across the screens of a gullible Western public, it seems imperialists are not waiting for the play to start. They are instead preparing the audience for a strike against the Syrian government before the “event” even takes place.

STDs continue rapid rise in U.S., setting new record, CDC says

Experts say many factors have contributed to the increase, though the biggest one may be less frequent condom use.

by Linda Carroll /

Aug.28.2018 / 11:29 AM ET

Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in America, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, surpassing the record set in 2016 by more than 200,000, CDC scientists reported Tuesday.

Experts say many factors have contributed to the rapid rise, though the biggest one may be less frequent condom use. It’s less clear whether dating apps, like Tinder, have contributed in some way to the spread of STDs, though some researchers think they have.

“We have seen steep and sustained increases over the last five years,” said Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC. “Usually there are ebbs and flows, but this sustained increase is very concerning. We haven’t seen anything like this for two decades.”

In the past, the majority of syphilis infections were seen in gay men, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, Bolan told NBC News. “More recently, there have been increases among heterosexual men and women, including among pregnant women, which means we’re starting to see these infections in their babies.”

Bolan and others suspect that newer drugs that have made HIV less lethal as well as one that lowers the risk of being infected could have contributed to declines in condom use. An Australian study that followed nearly 17,000 gay and bisexual men before and after a campaign to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis, the use of drugs that protect against HIV infection, found that condom use had fallen dramatically. Before the campaign, 46 percent of the men studied were using condoms; after, only 31 percent were.

“Certainly we’ve known since lifesaving HIV medications became available in the 2000s, things changed,” Bolan said. “Added to that was the very important advance for HIV prevention. But those tools don’t prevent STDs. Now we’re seeing declining use of condoms not just in gay and bisexual men, but also in heterosexuals.”

CDC researchers found that gonorrhea diagnoses increased by 67 percent — from 333,004 to 555,608 — in just five years. The sharpest increase was in men, in whom cases nearly doubled, going from 169,130 in 2013 to 322,169 in 2017. Though increases were also seen in women, they weren’t quite as dramatic, rising 18 percent over the same time period.

Another factor driving the skyrocketing numbers of STD cases may be a decline in funding for state and local agencies working on prevention, said Michael Fraser, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

“We’ve seen a tremendous increase in many areas primarily due to the eroding public health infrastructure,” he said. “The lack of funding at the state and local level to really invest in prevention work is not just about medications, it’s about disease investigators who meet with the individual who is infected and talk about their behavior and do contact tracing to try to prevent the future spread.”

The United States “continues to have the highest STD rates in the industrialized world,” said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors.

Along with declines in funding, there are two other factors driving the skyrocketing STD rates, Harvey said. “There is an extreme lack of awareness about STDs and sexual health," he said, "and doctors are not screening and testing for these diseases and patients don’t know they need to ask to be tested."

One of Bolan’s biggest concerns is antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea. Currently, some strains are susceptible to only one antibiotic. “The history of gonorrhea is that every time we’re down to one antibiotic, it mutates,” she added. “It’s hard to think back to the era of having no treatment for bacteria.”

Syphilis diagnoses, which rose by 76 percent, from 17,357 to 30,644, were mostly in men. Syphilis in women is especially concerning because it can have a major effect on developing fetuses. In the mid-20th century, studies showed that 40 percent of fetuses born to mothers infected with syphilis were either stillborn or died shortly after delivery, Bolan said.

(nbcnews.com)

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration.

On June 16, Miguel Angel Guzman Chavez arrived in Georgia from Mexico. He was 24 years old and went right to work picking tomatoes. The Georgia heat was consistently more than 90 degrees, and on June 21, the temperature soared to 95 degrees. That day, Chavez collapsed in the field, suffering from heat stroke, which then led to cardiac arrest. Less than two hours later, he was pronounced dead at the Colquitt Regional Medical Center.

“People don’t realize what a serious problem this is,” David Arkush, managing director of the climate program at Public Citizen, tells Mother Jones. When farmworkers are out picking tomatoes or spraying pesticides in the high heat, they can be exposed to heat-related illnesses, some of which can lead to death if left untreated. According to Public Citizen, 130 million workers who make their living outside — from farmworkers to construction workers — lack heat stress protections. Between 1992 and 2016, nearly 70,000 workers were seriously injured from heat, and 783 of them died.

Since farmworkers are often from marginalized groups like undocumented immigrants — the Department of Labor estimates 47 percent of them are undocumented — fear of deportation can lead to a reluctance to report incidents or even seek medical attention. That means the real numbers may be even higher. Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants coupled with the reform of the visa system, many farmers have been struggling to find workers.

The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that human-made climate change is making the planet hotter. According to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data complied by Climate Central, a nonprofit news organization that analyzes climate data, the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. More alarmingly, the five hottest years have all been in the 2010s, with 2016 being the warmest year ever recorded. With global warming come extreme weather conditions, including unprecedented heatwaves that can turn deadly. Every demographic will feel the effects of rising temperatures, but people who work outdoors — like Chavez and the estimated 2.5 million farmworkers in the United States — are already feeling the effects.

Those exposed to high heat are susceptible to a variety of heat-related illnesses ranging from rashes and cramps to heat stroke that damages the kidneys and brain. If steps aren’t taken to cool the body down immediately, extreme heat can also lead to death. The long-term effects have not yet been firmly established, but there is emerging evidence that working outdoors in extreme temperatures can also lead to chronic kidney disease.

The federal government requires each employer to maintain a safe workplace, but it offers very few specific protections for outdoor workers at risk of heat illnesses. On the state level, only three states have issued guidelines for employers on ways to protect their workers from heat stress, but those guidelines lack any power of enforcement. Together with United Farmworkers and Farmworker Justice, Public Citizen has launched a campaign to petition the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for uniform national standards that can protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries.

In 2005, the California legislature became the first in the country to pass standardsfor protecting workers against heat stress. These regulations require employers to provide access to shade and drinking water and to enforce mandatory periods of rest during work shifts. In 2012, the United Farm Workers of America sued the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, alleging that between 2005 and 2012, 28 farmworkers died from heat-related illnesses. “In farm working, there’s a huge number of migrant laborers, immigrants, and people who don’t speak English,” Arkush explains. “And companies feel like they can get away with exploiting those people.”

Heat-related injuries and deaths among farmworkers cast light on the terrible vulnerabilities these workers face. In 2008, California had six heat-related deathsin the field. Maria de Jesus Bautista, a 62-year-old farmworker in Thermal, California, was picking grapes in 110-degree weather. She returned home that evening with a headache and high fever. Her son, Francisco Alvarez Bautista, found her wrapped in a blanket, lying on the sofa, complaining about being cold — despite the soaring temperatures that day. Maria died two weeks later.

After her death, her son said she felt pressured to keep pace with her coworkers. “Some of the ways in which workers are at risk is just the pace of work,” explains Virginia Ruiz, director of occupational and environmental health at Farmworker Justice. “When workers are paid by the amount they pick, there’s a reluctance to take a break.”

In 2013, California state officials shut down the Etchegaray Farms after a farmworker collapsed and died on a citrus orchard outside of Bakersfield, California. Juan Ochoa was checking irrigation equipment in 106-degree weather when he collapsed. Ochoa, who was 37, was from Mexico and had been working for almost a year. When officials came to inspect the farm, they found several violations of California’s heat regulations, including no access to shade. The farm was allowed to reopen once it was compliant.

These tragedies could likely have been avoided if the workers had been required to take regular breaks in the shade — which can often be the difference between life and death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends rest periods for workers to hydrate and longer rest breaks for newer workers or those who haven’t grown acclimated to being outside for long periods of time. That, Ruiz says, is where you see most of the major injuries and fatalities.

In the petition to OSHA, the groups are asking for fairly simple protections to limit deadly exposure to the heat. “The most important protections to provide are to require access to rest, shade, and water breaks,” Arkush says. Knowing what to look for and how to work in the heat are also important aspects of working in agriculture that could help save lives, because, Arkush notes, workers often receive no “training or information about warning signs [or] how to prevent stress.” California requires sharing this information, as well as mandatory rest and water breaks, but there are often violations of the law. “There’s noncompliance,” Ruiz says, “and in isolated and rural areas, there aren’t enough inspectors going out there.” In 2016, California’s division of occupational safety and health reported only 62 percent of agriculture employers were complying with heat regulations.

With rising temperatures, the problem will only get worse if the federal government doesn’t step in. “It’s entirely preventable,” Ruiz says of heat-related illnesses, “but I think we’re going to see them more frequently as we have these spikes in temperature across the country.”

(GRIST)

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/29/2018 5:35:31 PM
	Florida’s unusually long red tide is killing wildlife, tourism and businesses Lifeguard Mariano Martinez wears a mask Sunday because of the red tide at Lido Beach in Sarasota, Fla. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) By Darryl Fears and Lori Rozsa August 28 at 7:46 PM SIESTA KEY, Fla. — Even as she sat under the brilliant Florida sun, her toes covered in sugar-white sand, Alex McShane wasn’t exactly enjoying her summer vacation. Florida’s worst red tide in more than a decade had turned the aqua-blue surf to a rusty dull brown. And then there were the lifeguards. They were wearing gas masks. With no mask of her own, McShane, 24, wore a frown. Her eyes itched, she coughed, and the stench was giving her a headache — all telltale symptoms of the monster algal bloom spanning the southern Gulf Coast. It is killing untold numbers of marine animals from Bradenton to Naples, where rotting fish still lay scattered on a beach behind Gov. Rick Scott’s seaside mansion, even after a cleanup. As the outbreak nears the year mark, with no sign of easing, it’s no longer a threat to just marine life. Business owners in the hardest-hit counties report they have lost nearly $90 million and have laid off about 300 workers because of the red tide and a separate freshwater algal bloom in the state’s largest lake. Together, the two blooms have caused a sharp drop in tourism. A dead fish on Siesta Beach in Siesta Key, Fla., on Sunday. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) A pair of toxic algal blooms striking the state at the same time is rare and, in this case, especially lethal. A red tide is a natural phenomenon that develops miles offshore before making its way to the coast, where it feeds on a variety of pollutants, including phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizer, along with other runoff and wastewater. What is not clear is whether climate change and pollution from humans near the shore has made this outbreak even worse. Scientists have found that the algae thrive in warmer waters and increased carbon dioxide levels. Co-owner Tom Kouvatsos works in the kitchen at the Village Cafe on Sunday in Siesta Key. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) August has been brutal for Sarasota County, where McShane sat on a folding chair on the top-rated beach at Siesta Key. In the second week of the month — one of the worst of the red-tide bloom — small-business revenue fell by as much as 50 percent, according to a survey conducted by the local convention and visitors bureau. At the Hub restaurant, a short walk from the beach, manager Tim Wong tried to be positive. “If it’s going to hit, this is the best time, because it’s the slow season for us,” Wong said. “It could be gone tomorrow — you never know.” But others worry that the painful slow season, which stretches from August to November, will be tough to endure. “I’m prepared for the slow season, but this is scary,” Tom Kouvatsos said last week after yet another breakfast and lunch with hardly any diners at his Village Cafe. “This is just two weeks. What if it stays for two months? How can I carry my kitchen staff for two months?” The longest red tide on record is a 30-month marathon of misery that started in 1994. That was before social media and news reports broadcast the problem around the world. State officials say the economic impact, compiled from surveys that have circulated for only a few weeks, is expected to worsen as the outbreak continues. McShane, who traveled from Ellicott City, Md., with her parents for a week-long visit, scanned the nearly deserted beach, which reeked like a commode that hadn’t been flushed. “Gosh, should we be out here?” she wondered. “I definitely wouldn’t go in the water. This is as close as I’m getting.” A lone walker Sunday on Siesta Beach. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) Ten miles away at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, Gretchen Lovewell and her two-woman crew responded to yet another emergency distress call. They climbed into a pickup truck and rushed to Manasota Key Beach, an hour drive south, where a baby dolphin was spotted on the edge of the surf. The calf was dead, but its carcass could yield valuable tissue samples that would add to the understanding of how the toxin kills. The red tide’s poisonous algae is a variety called Karenia brevis that is native to the Gulf of Mexico. It breaks out every year, and its neurotoxin disorients and paralyzes marine life. But in her nine-year tenure at Mote, Lovewell has never seen animals die on this scale. Florida's toxic red tide: These are the scientists on the front lines of animal rescue Florida’s toxic algae bloom is having a devastating impact on marine life. When dead animals wash ashore, the Mote Marine Laboratory is the first to respond. (Melissa Macaya, Alfredo De Lara/The Washington Post) As of Friday, the aquarium had recovered 19 dolphins and 239 sea turtles in Sarasota and Manatee counties alone. That did not include more than 100 manatees statewide and an untold number of fish, as well as large animals such as sharks and tarpons. To keep up with the death toll, Lovewell has worked six-day weeks and up to 16 hours on some shifts. More than 2,000 tons of dead marine animals have been removed from the coasts of the five hardest-hit counties, according to cleanup reports. The baby dolphin was the 13th recovered. At the beach, an intern and part-time worker snapped on blue rubber gloves. A swarm of flies launched when they reached for the carcass. Its mouth was stuck open, tongue bloated and body stiff with rigor mortis. Blood oozed from its navel as they examined it. “It definitely takes a toll on you, dealing with so much death,” Lovewell said. “When this is all said and done, I’m going to have to go into a room and scream and cry a little.” By Friday night, a crowd numbering in the hundreds started pouring into the Cock and Bull Farmhouse east of Siesta Key, drawn by a Facebook post to discuss the red tide. The organizers wanted to spread the word that the real culprit behind the tourism drop was not the algae but the pollution that feeds it. Many residents were angry, and they pointed their fingers at Scott, the Republican governor who is campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat. Scott has taken aggressive steps to address the outbreak, declaring a state of emergency, providing millions of dollars to help small businesses and directing his Department of Environmental Protection to partner with the Mote lab to track the algae bloom. But his detractors point to his record. Read more
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/29/2018 11:58:23 PM
	Terrorists In Syria Receive Chemicals, Victims, UK Training For Upcoming False Flag Chemical Attack AUGUST 28, 2018 By Brandon Turbeville History repeats itself and, sometimes, it doesn’t even need generation gaps to do so. In the modern-day West, it only needs a space of a few days or weeks. This is why the US, UK, and French governments feel so confident in their ability to launch airstrikes against Syria for the third time under the Trump administration on the basis of false chemical weapons claims. As the Syrian military prepares for perhaps the biggest and most bloody battle of the war – the battle to liberate Idlib – it appears that the West is preparing to make a stand of its own in defense of the head choppers and “moderate” cannibals it has supported since 2011. But while the US has twice used disproven claims of chemical weapons in Syria as a pretext to launch strikes against Syria, both of those strikes were relatively minor in terms of the damage they caused. However, America’s seemingly independent-of-the-executive branch military is already preparing for the possibility of strikes against Syria, having known this moment was coming now for months. And it is not only the alternative media that is warning of the possibility of strikes. The Russian government is sounding the alarm also. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the US and its allies are preparing new strikes against Syria. The MOD also stated that the terrorists in Idlib are preparing to stage a chemical weapons attack in order to place the blame on the Syrian government and provide a pretext for a Western attack on the country. The staged attacks are allegedly being prepared by al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham) in Idlib. The MOD has stated that, in order to stage the attack, around eight canisters of chlorine have been delivered to a village near Jisr al-Shughur city. Another group of terrorists, who have allegedly been trained and prepped by private British security company Olive, have also recently arrived in the area. The group is to be disguised as White Helmets volunteers and will simulate a rescue operation involving locals who will be purportedly injured in the alleged attack. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned the US against any further “reckless” moves in Syria. Ryabkov is quoted by RIA Novosti as stating, “We hear ultimatums from Washington, including those made in public,” apparently referencing the remarks of neo-con fop, John Bolton. “Again, we are witnessing serious escalation of the situation [in Syria],” Ryabkov added. Bolton, of course, was speaking in Jerusalem before his colleagues in the Israeli government. He stated that the U.S. would respond “very strongly” if the Syrian government used “chemical weapons” in the offensive. “We now see plans for the Syrian regime to resume offensive military activities in Idlib province,” he said. “We are obviously concerned about the possibility that Assad may use chemical weapons again.” Bolton warned, “Just so there’s no confusion here, if the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly and they really ought to think about this a long time.” Already, according to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, was deployed to the Persian Gulf a few days ago. It is possible Konashenkov is reference the recent naval and coast guard exercises which took place between the United State, Kuwait, and Iraq. The Russian Center For Reconciliation of Opposing Sides In Syria wrote that, The destroyer USS Sullivans of the US Navy arrived in the Persian Gulf with 56 cruise missiles on board. And at the Al-Udeid Air Bases in Qatar, the strategic bomber B-1B of the US Air Force was redeployed with 24 cruise JASSM air-to-surface missiles. Thus, the West is ready once again to support terrorists and, in violation of all norms of international law, to commit an act of aggression against a sovereign state, which will inevitably cause another sharp deterioration of the situation in the Middle East region and a breakdown in the process of a peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict. The Center has previously exposed Western attempts to militarily defend terrorists in Syria. “The United States keeps building up the cruise missile carriers group in the Middle East as part of preparations for another provocation in Idlib Province to be presented as an alleged use of chemical weapons,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov told reporters. “These preparations are fresh confirmation of U.S. intentions to use as a pretext a likely simulation of the government forces’ chemical attack, which Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants are plotting with active support from British secret services,” he added. In response, the Russian MOD has announced that its own Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen Kalibir cruise missile-armed ships were going to make their way to the Mediterranean to “augment the Navy’s task force” already located there. Furthermore, credible sources in Anbar province have reported an American troop buildup. Independent Iraqi journalist and producer, “Yusra M” reported via twitter that “US forces were deployed in province & hve ordered withdrawl of PMFs from all areas. They hve also asked locals to vacate near Al Qaim,Taji, Ain al Assad & Airport 35, as they officially start to build bases.” “Witnesses say US planes were heard arriving throughout last night. In Al-Qaim, US airstrikes on borders btwn 11pm-8am “targeting ISIS” or locals believe – Hashd, Hezbollah inside #Syria,” she continued. “Sources in Tikrit say after US ordered Hashed to withdraw fm Salahuddin, some refused & US began bombing of PMU HQ in Tikrit. Near Hit, US forces r building base & airport near ’35’ & locals report 100s of troops entering.” “Serious development because highways btwn #Anbar all way to #Mosul were secured by Hashed checkpoints so any retreat will risk regroup of #ISIS.” “My friend fm Anbar works for local NGOs & always drives up & down fm Haditha, thru Baji & Makhmour mtns to #Mosul & then Erbil. He is Sunni & says he always felt safe thanks to PMU presence, now he stopped taking route, fearing #ISIS attacks,” she added. In addition to chemicals and training, it seems the terrorists in Idlib have also managed to round up the requisite human stage props. Syrian analyst Afraa Dagher, in her article, “White Helmets Expands its Idlib Kidnapping Campaign,” the Idlib terrorists are hard at work kidnapping men, women, and children to be used as victims (real or staged) in the next false flag chemical weapons attack that will be used by the West as a justification to launch yet more missiles at the Syrian government. Dagher writes, White Helmets campaign of ‘fake arresting,’ of kidnapping in Idlib continues and expands. During the last ten days, reputable media sources have exposed the mass kidnapping campaign led by al-Nusra Front and other designated terrorist gangs in Idlib. These al Qaeda gangs have mostly engaged in abductions of men, especially young men, under the pretext that they plan to join the Reconciliation Process led by the Syrian government. Local sources in Idlib are also telling about the probability of using the abductees — reported as 1,000 Syrians — as victims for an upcoming staged chemical attack. This evil campaign has expanded to also kidnapping dozens of Syrian children from Idlib and from neighboring villages, by the same terrorist gangs, including the White Helmets. Three children who belong to one family in Termin, a village in the countryside of Aleppo were kidnapped together. Other children were kidnapped from Zerba village and the Qah camp of internally displaced Syrians at the border with Turkey. Meanwhile, the remnants of the White Helmets (many of them were illegally transported by Israel into Jordan, and are being spread throughout western countries such as Germany and Canada) have called its membership to be concentrated in specific areas of Idlib, where they plan to record their murders in the new round of a chemical hoax. British ‘experts’ from the mercenary corporation, Olive, have illegally entered Syria and are in the region to train the al-Qaeda White Helmets in another fraudulent rescue play, performed to convince public opinion to believe the fabricated attacks that they plot. Their slaughter is real. They are the perpetrators of these mass murders. . . . . . The four Syrian children in the featured photograph were provided by MP Fares Shehabi , who tweeted Urgent: These kids were among many kidnapped by the White Helmets in the town of Zirbeh west of Aleppo to be used as victims in the upcoming chemical hoax. We hold the leaders of US/UK/France directly responsible for their safety. While the United States had previously waited for the alleged chemical attacks to take place and be plastered across the screens of a gullible Western public, it seems imperialists are not waiting for the play to start. They are instead preparing the audience for a strike against the Syrian government before the “event” even takes place. In the coming days and weeks, the eyes of the entire world will be fixed on Syria. It is almost a foregone conclusion that the West’s terrorist pets will attempt to stage a false flag chemical weapons attack in order to justify a Western attack on Syria. Statements coming out of the United States and France have all but ensured it. (activistpost.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/30/2018 12:29:34 AM
	STDs continue rapid rise in U.S., setting new record, CDC says Experts say many factors have contributed to the increase, though the biggest one may be less frequent condom use. by Linda Carroll / Aug.28.2018 / 11:29 AM ET Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in America, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, surpassing the record set in 2016 by more than 200,000, CDC scientists reported Tuesday. Experts say many factors have contributed to the rapid rise, though the biggest one may be less frequent condom use. It’s less clear whether dating apps, like Tinder, have contributed in some way to the spread of STDs, though some researchers think they have. “We have seen steep and sustained increases over the last five years,” said Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC. “Usually there are ebbs and flows, but this sustained increase is very concerning. We haven’t seen anything like this for two decades.” In the past, the majority of syphilis infections were seen in gay men, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, Bolan told NBC News. “More recently, there have been increases among heterosexual men and women, including among pregnant women, which means we’re starting to see these infections in their babies.” Bolan and others suspect that newer drugs that have made HIV less lethal as well as one that lowers the risk of being infected could have contributed to declines in condom use. An Australian study that followed nearly 17,000 gay and bisexual men before and after a campaign to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis, the use of drugs that protect against HIV infection, found that condom use had fallen dramatically. Before the campaign, 46 percent of the men studied were using condoms; after, only 31 percent were. “Certainly we’ve known since lifesaving HIV medications became available in the 2000s, things changed,” Bolan said. “Added to that was the very important advance for HIV prevention. But those tools don’t prevent STDs. Now we’re seeing declining use of condoms not just in gay and bisexual men, but also in heterosexuals.” CDC researchers found that gonorrhea diagnoses increased by 67 percent — from 333,004 to 555,608 — in just five years. The sharpest increase was in men, in whom cases nearly doubled, going from 169,130 in 2013 to 322,169 in 2017. Though increases were also seen in women, they weren’t quite as dramatic, rising 18 percent over the same time period. Another factor driving the skyrocketing numbers of STD cases may be a decline in funding for state and local agencies working on prevention, said Michael Fraser, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. “We’ve seen a tremendous increase in many areas primarily due to the eroding public health infrastructure,” he said. “The lack of funding at the state and local level to really invest in prevention work is not just about medications, it’s about disease investigators who meet with the individual who is infected and talk about their behavior and do contact tracing to try to prevent the future spread.” The United States “continues to have the highest STD rates in the industrialized world,” said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. Along with declines in funding, there are two other factors driving the skyrocketing STD rates, Harvey said. “There is an extreme lack of awareness about STDs and sexual health," he said, "and doctors are not screening and testing for these diseases and patients don’t know they need to ask to be tested." One of Bolan’s biggest concerns is antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea. Currently, some strains are susceptible to only one antibiotic. “The history of gonorrhea is that every time we’re down to one antibiotic, it mutates,” she added. “It’s hard to think back to the era of having no treatment for bacteria.” Syphilis diagnoses, which rose by 76 percent, from 17,357 to 30,644, were mostly in men. Syphilis in women is especially concerning because it can have a major effect on developing fetuses. In the mid-20th century, studies showed that 40 percent of fetuses born to mothers infected with syphilis were either stillborn or died shortly after delivery, Bolan said. (nbcnews.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/30/2018 10:19:51 AM
	J. Emilio Flores / Corbis via Getty Images CLIMATE DESK Farmworkers are dying from extreme heat By Nathalie Baptiste on Aug 24, 2018 This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration. On June 16, Miguel Angel Guzman Chavez arrived in Georgia from Mexico. He was 24 years old and went right to work picking tomatoes. The Georgia heat was consistently more than 90 degrees, and on June 21, the temperature soared to 95 degrees. That day, Chavez collapsed in the field, suffering from heat stroke, which then led to cardiac arrest. Less than two hours later, he was pronounced dead at the Colquitt Regional Medical Center. “People don’t realize what a serious problem this is,” David Arkush, managing director of the climate program at Public Citizen, tells Mother Jones. When farmworkers are out picking tomatoes or spraying pesticides in the high heat, they can be exposed to heat-related illnesses, some of which can lead to death if left untreated. According to Public Citizen, 130 million workers who make their living outside — from farmworkers to construction workers — lack heat stress protections. Between 1992 and 2016, nearly 70,000 workers were seriously injured from heat, and 783 of them died. Since farmworkers are often from marginalized groups like undocumented immigrants — the Department of Labor estimates 47 percent of them are undocumented — fear of deportation can lead to a reluctance to report incidents or even seek medical attention. That means the real numbers may be even higher. Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants coupled with the reform of the visa system, many farmers have been struggling to find workers. The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that human-made climate change is making the planet hotter. According to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data complied by Climate Central, a nonprofit news organization that analyzes climate data, the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. More alarmingly, the five hottest years have all been in the 2010s, with 2016 being the warmest year ever recorded. With global warming come extreme weather conditions, including unprecedented heatwaves that can turn deadly. Every demographic will feel the effects of rising temperatures, but people who work outdoors — like Chavez and the estimated 2.5 million farmworkers in the United States — are already feeling the effects. Those exposed to high heat are susceptible to a variety of heat-related illnesses ranging from rashes and cramps to heat stroke that damages the kidneys and brain. If steps aren’t taken to cool the body down immediately, extreme heat can also lead to death. The long-term effects have not yet been firmly established, but there is emerging evidence that working outdoors in extreme temperatures can also lead to chronic kidney disease. The federal government requires each employer to maintain a safe workplace, but it offers very few specific protections for outdoor workers at risk of heat illnesses. On the state level, only three states have issued guidelines for employers on ways to protect their workers from heat stress, but those guidelines lack any power of enforcement. Together with United Farmworkers and Farmworker Justice, Public Citizen has launched a campaign to petition the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for uniform national standards that can protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries. In 2005, the California legislature became the first in the country to pass standardsfor protecting workers against heat stress. These regulations require employers to provide access to shade and drinking water and to enforce mandatory periods of rest during work shifts. In 2012, the United Farm Workers of America sued the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, alleging that between 2005 and 2012, 28 farmworkers died from heat-related illnesses. “In farm working, there’s a huge number of migrant laborers, immigrants, and people who don’t speak English,” Arkush explains. “And companies feel like they can get away with exploiting those people.” Heat-related injuries and deaths among farmworkers cast light on the terrible vulnerabilities these workers face. In 2008, California had six heat-related deathsin the field. Maria de Jesus Bautista, a 62-year-old farmworker in Thermal, California, was picking grapes in 110-degree weather. She returned home that evening with a headache and high fever. Her son, Francisco Alvarez Bautista, found her wrapped in a blanket, lying on the sofa, complaining about being cold — despite the soaring temperatures that day. Maria died two weeks later. After her death, her son said she felt pressured to keep pace with her coworkers. “Some of the ways in which workers are at risk is just the pace of work,” explains Virginia Ruiz, director of occupational and environmental health at Farmworker Justice. “When workers are paid by the amount they pick, there’s a reluctance to take a break.” In 2013, California state officials shut down the Etchegaray Farms after a farmworker collapsed and died on a citrus orchard outside of Bakersfield, California. Juan Ochoa was checking irrigation equipment in 106-degree weather when he collapsed. Ochoa, who was 37, was from Mexico and had been working for almost a year. When officials came to inspect the farm, they found several violations of California’s heat regulations, including no access to shade. The farm was allowed to reopen once it was compliant. These tragedies could likely have been avoided if the workers had been required to take regular breaks in the shade — which can often be the difference between life and death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends rest periods for workers to hydrate and longer rest breaks for newer workers or those who haven’t grown acclimated to being outside for long periods of time. That, Ruiz says, is where you see most of the major injuries and fatalities. In the petition to OSHA, the groups are asking for fairly simple protections to limit deadly exposure to the heat. “The most important protections to provide are to require access to rest, shade, and water breaks,” Arkush says. Knowing what to look for and how to work in the heat are also important aspects of working in agriculture that could help save lives, because, Arkush notes, workers often receive no “training or information about warning signs [or] how to prevent stress.” California requires sharing this information, as well as mandatory rest and water breaks, but there are often violations of the law. “There’s noncompliance,” Ruiz says, “and in isolated and rural areas, there aren’t enough inspectors going out there.” In 2016, California’s division of occupational safety and health reported only 62 percent of agriculture employers were complying with heat regulations. With rising temperatures, the problem will only get worse if the federal government doesn’t step in. “It’s entirely preventable,” Ruiz says of heat-related illnesses, “but I think we’re going to see them more frequently as we have these spikes in temperature across the country.” (GRIST)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/30/2018 10:50:42 AM
	CBNNEWS.COM California Church Shocked After Pastor Commits Suicide 08-27-2018 Emily Jones A California church is grieving after their pastor committed suicide over the weekend. Inland Hills Lead Pastor Andrew Stoecklein died in the hospital Saturday after trying taking his own life Friday. The pastor left behind three young children and his wife. "Last night, the love of my life, the father of my children and the pastor of our incredible church took his last breath and went to be with Jesus," his wife Kayla wrote on her Instagram. She said Stoecklein suffered from depression and anxiety. "It wasn't the miracle I was hoping for but he is now in heaven with his dad," she said. "He was an amazing husband, he truly made me better, made me feel like the most beautiful girl in the world, and he loved me so deeply." "Please pray for me and the boys. I don't know how I am going to face this, I am completely heartbroken, lost, and empty. Never in a million years would I have imagined this would be the end of his story," Stoecklein continued. She also encouraged anyone suffering from suicidal thoughts to get help immediately. Stoecklein's death has received a lot of attention online, including from fellow pastors who say they too struggle with mental health. "I don't know Pastor Andrew and I'm not familiar with this church," Scott Graham, Pastor at Real Life Church of Kankakee, Illinois wrote on Facebook. "I'm sorry that he felt this way. Pastoring is hard and very lonely at times. It's hard to have genuine friends that you can be honest to without fear of being judged. My family and my church will be lifting up Inland Hills Church and Pastor Andrew's family." UPDATE: Pastor's Wife Pens Heartbreaking Public Message After His Suicide: 'These Are the Words I Would Say to Him' Christ Church of Orlando Lead Pastor Paul Valo weighed in on his Facebook page. "Depression is real and pastors are not exempt or defective who experience it," he said. "In this generation, pastors are expected to be business savvy, Instagram quotable preaching celebrities, fully accessible, deeply spiritual, not too young, not too old, and if a pastor doesn't quite measure up to someone's expectation at any given moment, they are given a two out of five star rating on Google. Wow! We have reduced the ministry to star ratings on Google! Let me recommend that you pray for your pastor and support your church faithfully! You'll probably never realize what they walk through privately. " Another pastor said he is praying for everyone Stoecklein leaves behind. "I do not know this church, it's constituents, or pastor; however, I am a Christian, a Pastor, husband, and father...my prayer, condolences, and love go out to the family left, the church left, and the close friends - all who tried to assist this heart - I wish I could just hold you all. I can't, but God is," said Jeff Burrell, lead pastor at Kilough Church. Funeral plans have yet to be announced. (cbn.com)
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