thewakingtimes--2020-06-18--Lockdowns, Tracing, Testing, Vaccinating, and Liberty

These are the days .
These are the days when men and women accept draconian measures as if they were trifles .
The nation and the world come grinding to a halt , and it is just another “ interruption.
” In 1776 , there was a revolution against restraints from a foreign power .
Now there is bleating from domestic governors about lockdowns , tracing , testing , vaccinating , and the majority of the populace obeys these tyrants without question .
Even with loyalty .
Birthed after blood and sacrifice , national government in the United States was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abuses of power .
But it has become the teat , the Giver and the Taker .
The wanton parent .
And now for decades , people have shrugged : “ What harm could come from a government giving gifts ?
” The exalted nature of Liberty has been disposed of in a sea of amnesia .
If ye love wealth better than liberty , the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom , go home from us in peace .
We ask not your counsels or arms .
Crouch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you .
May your chains set lightly upon you , and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
” ( Samuel Adams , 1776 ) Does none of this matter now ?
Are pacification and passivity the cardinal virtues ?
If so , I suggest a new Constitution , where we can enshrine these qualities with official language and be done with it .
That is all .
Done .
We threw off the King of England so we could have YouTube and Facebook .
“ Perhaps the enemies of liberty are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its loud voice .
If they knew its charms , the dignity that accompanies it , how much a free man feels like a king , the perpetual inner light that is produced by decorous self-awareness and realization , perhaps there would be no greater friends of freedom than those who are its worst enemies.
” ( Jose Marti , 1893 ) “ What light is to the eyes , what love is to the heart , Liberty is to the soul of man .
Without it , there come suffocation , degradation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 1887 ) If I had a child , I would home school him , and for a year we would do nothing but delve deeply into these and other remembrances of Liberty , re-establishing its exalted nature .
For those of you who do have children , that is what I suggest .
An education of mind , body , heart , and soul .
Where Liberty once was .
That creature called socialism is , in effect , the transfer of any remaining Liberty to government , based on the fatuous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyrannical force will somehow reform that force and transform it into a messiah .
And this is the best formulation .
A more realistic appraisal would be : socialism is a notorious promoted enslavement , whereby elite men behind a curtain preach Centralized Authority as Kindness and Fairness , in order to raise an army of idealistic ravening wolves who will dispossess the people of everything they own .
Obviously , in order for this operation to succeed , the people must have forgotten that ANY quality of The Individual could occupy an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liberty .
Once upon a time , defiant poetry about Liberty from oppression could move armies .
The stakes were as high as they have ever been .
From history.com : “ …General George Washington ’ s troops were encamped at McKonkey ’ s Ferry on the Delaware River opposite Trenton , New Jersey .
In August , they had suffered humiliating defeats and lost New York City to British troops .
Between September and December , 11,000 American volunteers gave up the fight and returned to their families .
General Washington could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an army if the rest of his men returned home when their service contracts expired on December 31 .
He knew that without an upswing in morale and a significant victory , the American Revolution would come to a swift and humiliating end.
” “ … [ Thomas Paine ’ s ] Common Sense was the clarion call that began the revolution .
As Washington ’ s troops retreated from New York through New Jersey , Paine again rose to the challenge of literary warfare .
With another pamphlet ] American Crisis , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the revolution.
” “ Washington commanded that the freshly printed pamphlet be read aloud to his dispirited men ; the rousing prose had its intended effect .
Reciting Paine ’ s impassioned words , the beleaguered troops mustered their remaining hopes for victory and crossed the icy Delaware River to defeat hung-over Hessians on Christmas night and on January 2 , the British army ’ s best general , Earl Cornwallis , at the Battle of Princeton .
With victory in New Jersey , Washington won not only two battles , but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman.
” Paine ’ s famous words : “ THESE are the times that try men ’ s souls .
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will , in this crisis , shrink from the service of their country ; but he that stands it now , deserves the love and thanks of man and woman .
Tyranny , like hell , is not easily conquered ; yet we have this consolation with us , that the harder the conflict , the more glorious the triumph .
What we obtain too cheap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is dearness only that gives every thing its value .
Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods ; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.
” Paine wrote more : “ …I have as little superstition in me as any man living , but my secret opinion has ever been , and still is , that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction , or leave them unsupportedly to perish , who have so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the calamities of war , by every decent method which wisdom could invent.
” “ Neither have I so much of the infidel in me , as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world , and given us up to the care of devils… ” “ …in the fourteenth century the whole English army , after ravaging the kingdom of France , was driven back like men petrified with fear ; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be told to the future world , that in the depth of winter , when nothing but hope and virtue could survive , that the city and the country , alarmed at one common danger , came forth to meet and to repulse it.
” “ …Say not that thousands [ of soldiers ] are gone , turn out your tens of thousands ; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence , but ‘ show your faith by your works , ’ that God may bless you .
It matters not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of life you hold , the evil or the blessing will reach you all .
The far and the near , the home counties and the back , the rich and the poor , will suffer or rejoice alike .
The heart that feels not now is dead ; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice , who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole , and made them happy .
I love the man that can smile in trouble , that can gather strength @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reflection .
‘ Tis the business of little minds to shrink ; but he whose heart is firm , and whose conscience approves his conduct , will pursue his principles unto death….
” The contest is not over .
It is never over .
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics , health , logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
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This article ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Liberty ) was originally created and published by Jon Rappaport ’ s Blog and is re-posted here with permission .
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Lockdowns, Tracing, Testing, Vaccinating, and Liberty
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
These are the days. These are the days when men and women accept draconian measures as if they were trifles.
The nation and the world come grinding to a halt, and it is just another “interruption.”
In 1776, there was a revolution against restraints from a foreign power. Now there is bleating from domestic governors about lockdowns, tracing, testing, vaccinating, and the majority of the populace obeys these tyrants without question. Even with loyalty.
Birthed after blood and sacrifice, national government in the United States was severely hamstrung, in order to prevent abuses of power. But it has become the teat, the Giver and the Taker. The wanton parent.
And now for decades, people have shrugged: “What harm could come from a government giving gifts?”
People say, “What harm could come from schools that don’t teach history? We already have freedom. Who cares how we got it?”
The exalted nature of Liberty has been disposed of in a sea of amnesia.
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life.” (Lord Acton, 1877) “There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” (John Adams, 1772)
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” (Samuel Adams, 1776)
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.” (Edmund Burke, 1784)
Does none of this matter now? Are pacification and passivity the cardinal virtues? If so, I suggest a new Constitution, where we can enshrine these qualities with official language and be done with it.
BILL OF RIGHTS:
ONE: Shout “this is science!” when anyone threatens the power of government. TWO: Censor dissent for the sake of public safety, according to guidelines laid down by government and corporations. Disrupt the lives of dissenters. THREE: Give up Liberty when the authorities demand it.
That is all. Done.
We threw off the King of England so we could have YouTube and Facebook.
Exalted Liberty, tossed overboard into a sea of hypnotic assurance.
“Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice. If they knew its charms, the dignity that accompanies it, how much a free man feels like a king, the perpetual inner light that is produced by decorous self-awareness and realization, perhaps there would be no greater friends of freedom than those who are its worst enemies.” (Jose Marti, 1893) “What light is to the eyes, what love is to the heart, Liberty is to the soul of man. Without it, there come suffocation, degradation and death.” (Robert G Ingersoll, 1887)
If I had a child, I would home school him, and for a year we would do nothing but delve deeply into these and other remembrances of Liberty, re-establishing its exalted nature. For those of you who do have children, that is what I suggest.
An education of mind, body, heart, and soul.
Where Liberty once was.
That creature called socialism is, in effect, the transfer of any remaining Liberty to government, based on the fatuous hope that giving complete power to a tyrannical force will somehow reform that force and transform it into a messiah. And this is the best formulation. A more realistic appraisal would be: socialism is a notorious promoted enslavement, whereby elite men behind a curtain preach Centralized Authority as Kindness and Fairness, in order to raise an army of idealistic ravening wolves who will dispossess the people of everything they own.
Obviously, in order for this operation to succeed, the people must have forgotten that ANY quality of The Individual could occupy an exalted and eternal position—a quality such as Liberty.
Once upon a time, defiant poetry about Liberty from oppression could move armies. The stakes were as high as they have ever been.
From history.com: “…General George Washington’s troops were encamped at McKonkey’s Ferry on the Delaware River opposite Trenton, New Jersey. In August, they had suffered humiliating defeats and lost New York City to British troops. Between September and December, 11,000 American volunteers gave up the fight and returned to their families. General Washington could foresee the destiny of a rebellion without an army if the rest of his men returned home when their service contracts expired on December 31. He knew that without an upswing in morale and a significant victory, the American Revolution would come to a swift and humiliating end.” “…[Thomas Paine’s] Common Sense was the clarion call that began the revolution. As Washington’s troops retreated from New York through New Jersey, Paine again rose to the challenge of literary warfare. With another pamphlet] American Crisis, he delivered the words that would salvage the revolution.” “Washington commanded that the freshly printed pamphlet be read aloud to his dispirited men; the rousing prose had its intended effect. Reciting Paine’s impassioned words, the beleaguered troops mustered their remaining hopes for victory and crossed the icy Delaware River to defeat hung-over Hessians on Christmas night and on January 2, the British army’s best general, Earl Cornwallis, at the Battle of Princeton. With victory in New Jersey, Washington won not only two battles, but also the love and thanks of man and woman.” Paine’s famous words: “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.” Paine wrote more: “…I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent.” “Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils…” “…in the fourteenth century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc.” “…Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.” “…Say not that thousands [of soldiers] are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but ‘show your faith by your works,’ that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘ Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death….”
The contest is not over. It is never over.
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
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This article (Lockdowns, tracing, testing, vaccinating, and Liberty) was originally created and published by Jon Rappaport’s Blog and is re-posted here with permission.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-19--The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power

The System Is Rigged : Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power The system is rigged , the government is corrupt , and “ we the people ” continue to waste our strength by fighting each other rather than standing against the tyrant in our midst .
Because the system is rigged , because the government is corrupt , and because “ we the people ” remain polarized and divided , the police state will keep winning and “ we the people ” will keep losing .
Because the system is rigged and the U.S. Supreme Court—the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —has exchanged its appointed role as a gatekeeper of justice for its new role as maintainer of the status quo , there will be little if no consequences for the cops who brutalize and no justice for the victims of police brutality .
Because the system is rigged , there will be no consequences for police who destroyed a private home by bombarding it with tear gas grenades during a SWAT team raid gone awry , or for the cop who mistakenly shot a 10-year-old boy after aiming for and missing the non-threatening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officer who sicced a police dog on a suspect who had already surrendered .
This is how unarmed Americans keep dying at the hands of militarized police .
This is how qualified immunity keeps the police state in power .
Lawyers tend to offer a lot of complicated , convoluted explanations for the doctrine of qualified immunity , which was intended to insulate government officials from frivolous lawsuits , but the real purpose of qualified immunity is to rig the system , ensuring that abusive agents of the government almost always win and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose .
How else do you explain a doctrine that requires victims of police violence to prove that their abusers knew their behavior was illegal because it had been deemed so in a nearly identical case at some prior time : it ’ s a setup for failure .
Do you know how many different ways a cop can kill , maim , torture and abuse someone without being held liable ?
The cops know : in large part due to training classes that drill them on the art of sidestepping the Fourth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bullied , badgered , beaten , broken and spied on by government agents .
Although the U.S. Supreme Court recognized in Harlow v. Fitzgerald ( 1982 ) that suing government officials for monetary damages is “ the only realistic avenue ” of holding them accountable for abusing their offices and violating the Constitution , it has ostensibly given the police and other government agents a green light to shoot first and ask questions later , as well as to probe , poke , pinch , taser , search , seize , strip and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost any circumstance , all with the general blessing of the courts .
Whether it ’ s police officers breaking through people ’ s front doors and shooting them dead in their homes or strip searching motorists on the side of the road , these instances of abuse are continually validated by a judicial system that kowtows to virtually every police demand , no matter how unjust , no matter how in opposition to the Constitution .
Make no mistake about it : this is what constitutes “ law and order ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hallmarks of a police state : where police officers , no longer mere servants of the people entrusted with keeping the peace , are part of an elite ruling class dependent on keeping the masses corralled , under control , and treated like suspects and enemies rather than citizens .
Unfortunately , we ’ ve been traveling this dangerous road for a long time now .
A review of critical court rulings over the past several decades , including rulings affirming qualified immunity protections for government agents by the U.S. Supreme Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards pro-police state rulings by an institution concerned more with establishing order , protecting the ruling class , and insulating government agents from charges of wrongdoing than with upholding the rights enshrined in the Constitution .
Police can claim qualified immunity for warrantless searches .
In Anderson v. Creighton , the Supreme Court ruled that FBI and state law enforcement agents were entitled to qualified immunity protections after they were sued for raiding a private home without a warrant and holding family members at gunpoint , all in a search for a suspected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house .
Police can claim qualified immunity for warrantless arrests based on mere suspicion .
In Hunter v. Bryant , the Court ruled that police acted reasonably in arresting James Bryant without a warrant in order to protect the president .
Bryant had allegedly written a letter that referenced a third-party plot to assassinate President Ronald Reagan , but police had no proof that he intended to harm Reagan beyond a mere suspicion .
The charges against Bryant were eventually dropped .
Police can claim qualified immunity for using excessive force against protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court ruled in favor of federal law enforcement agents who forcefully tackled a protester as he attempted to unfurl a banner at Vice President Gore ’ s political rally .
The Court reasoned that the officers acted reasonably given the urgency of protecting the vice president .
Police can claim qualified immunity for shooting a fleeing suspect in the back .
In Brosseau v. Haugen , the Court dismissed a lawsuit against a police officer who shot Kenneth Haugen in the back as he entered his car in order to flee from police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of existing case law , the cop ’ s conduct fell in the “ hazy border between excessive and acceptable force ” and so she did not violate clearly established law .
Police can claim qualified immunity for shooting a mentally impaired person .
In City of San Francisco v. Sheehan , the Court ruled in favor of police who repeatedly shot Teresa Sheehan during the course of a mental health welfare check .
The Court ruled that it was not unreasonable for police to pepper spray and shoot Sheehan multiple times after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encountering her holding a knife .
Police officers can use lethal force in car chases without fear of lawsuits .
In Plumhoff v. Rickard , the U.S. Supreme Court declared that police officers who used deadly force to terminate a car chase were immune from a lawsuit .
The officers were accused of needlessly resorting to deadly force by shooting multiple times at a man and his passenger in a stopped car , killing both individuals .
Police can stop , arrest and search citizens without reasonable suspicion or probable cause .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the U.S. Supreme Court effectively gave police the go-ahead to embark on a fishing expedition of one ’ s person and property , rendering Americans completely vulnerable to the whims of any cop on the beat .
Police officers can stop cars based on “ anonymous ” tips or for “ suspicious ” behavior such as having a reclined car seat or driving too carefully .
In a 5-4 ruling in Navarette v. California , the U.S. Supreme Court declared that police officers , under the guise of “ reasonable suspicion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based solely on anonymous tips , no matter how dubious , and whether or not they themselves witnessed any troubling behavior .
Then in State v. Howard , the Kansas Supreme Court declared that motorists who recline their car seats are guilty of suspicious behavior and can be subject to warrantless searches by police .
That ruling , coupled with other court rulings upholding warrantless searches and seizures by police renders one ’ s car a Constitution-free zone .
Americans have no protection against mandatory breathalyzer tests at a police checkpoint , although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Birchfield v. North Dakota ) .
Police can also conduct sobriety and “ information-seeking ” checkpoints ( Illinois v. Lidster and Mich. Dep ’ t of State Police v. Sitz ) .
Police can forcibly take your DNA , whether or not you ’ ve been convicted of a crime .
In Maryland v. King , a divided U.S. Supreme Court determined that a person arrested for a crime who is supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty must submit to forcible extraction of their DNA .
Once again the Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state over the defenders of individual liberty in determining that DNA samples may be extracted from people arrested for “ serious ” offenses .
The end result of the ruling paves the way for a nationwide dragnet of suspects targeted via DNA sampling .
Police can use the “ fear for my life ” rationale as an excuse for shooting unarmed individuals .
Upon arriving on the scene of a nighttime traffic accident , an Alabama police officer shot a driver exiting his car , mistakenly believing the wallet in his hand to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Justice Department found that half of the unarmed people shot by one police department over a seven-year span were “ shot because the officer saw something ( like a cellphone ) or some action ( like a person pulling at the waist of their pants ) and misidentified it as a threat.
” Police have free reign to use drug-sniffing dogs as “ search warrants on leashes.
” In Florida v. Harris , a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court determined that police officers may use highly unreliable drug-sniffing dogs to conduct warrantless searches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The ruling turns man ’ s best friend into an extension of the police state , provided the use of a K-9 unit takes place within a reasonable amount of time ( Rodriguez v. United States ) .
Not only are police largely protected by qualified immunity , but police dogs are also off the hook for wrongdoing .
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a police officer who allowed a police dog to maul a homeless man innocent of any wrongdoing .
Police can subject Americans to strip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” A divided U.S. Supreme Court actually prioritized making life easier for overworked jail officials over the basic right of Americans to be free from debasing strip searches .
In its 5-4 ruling in Florence v. Burlington , the Court declared that any person who is arrested and processed at a jail house , regardless of the severity of his or her offense ( i.e.
, they can be guilty of nothing more than a minor traffic offense ) , can be subjected to a strip search by police or jail officials , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buttocks .
This “ license to probe ” is now being extended to roadside stops , as police officers throughout the country have begun performing roadside strip searches—some involving anal and vaginal probes—without any evidence of wrongdoing and without a warrant .
Police can break into homes without a warrant , even if it ’ s the wrong home .
In an 8-1 ruling in Kentucky v. King , the U.S. Supreme Court placed their trust in the discretion of police officers , rather than in the dictates of the Constitution , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into homes or apartments without a warrant .
Despite the fact that the police in question ended up pursuing the wrong suspect , invaded the wrong apartment and violated just about every tenet that stands between us and a police state , the Court sanctioned the warrantless raid , leaving Americans with little real protection in the face of all manner of abuses by police .
Police can use knock-and-talk tactics as a means of sidestepping the Fourth Amendment .
Aggressive “ knock and talk ” practices have become thinly veiled , warrantless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intimidated into “ talking ” with heavily armed police who “ knock ” on their doors in the middle of the night .
Andrew Scott didn ’ t even get a chance to say no to such a heavy-handed request before he was gunned down by police who pounded aggressively on the wrong door at 1:30 a.m. , failed to identify themselves as police , and then repeatedly shot and killed the man when he answered the door while holding a gun in self-defense .
Police can carry out no-knock raids if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police can perform a “ no-knock ” raid as long as they have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence , under the particular circumstances , would be dangerous or futile or give occupants a chance to destroy evidence of a crime ( Richards v. Wisconsin ) .
Legal ownership of a firearm is also enough to justify a no-knock raid by police ( Quinn v. Texas ) .
For instance , a Texas man had his home subject to a no-knock , SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based solely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firearms in his household .
The homeowner was actually shot by police through his closed bedroom door .
Police can recklessly open fire on anyone that might be “ armed.
” Philando Castile was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop allegedly over a broken tail light merely for telling police he had a conceal-and-carry permit .
That ’ s all it took for police to shoot Castile four times in the presence of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter .
A unanimous Supreme Court declared in County of Los Angeles vs. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liable for recklessly firing 15 times into a shack where a homeless couple had been sleeping because the grabbed his BB gun in defense , fearing they were being attacked .
Police can destroy a home during a SWAT raid , even if the owner gives their consent to enter and search it .
In West v. Winfield , the Supreme Court provided cover to police after they smashed the windows of Shaniz West ’ s home , punched holes in her walls and ceilings , and bombed the house with so much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two months .
All of this despite the fact that the suspect they were pursuing was not in the house and West , the homeowner , agreed to allow police to search the home to confirm that .
Police can suffocate someone , deliberately or inadvertently , in the process of subduing them .
“ I can ’ t breathe ” has become a rallying cry following the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd , both of whom died after being placed in a chokehold by police .
Dozens more have died @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police who have faced little repercussions for these deaths .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we are dealing with a nationwide epidemic of court-sanctioned police violence carried out with impunity against individuals posing little or no real threat .
So what ’ s the answer to reforming a system that is clearly self-serving and corrupt ?
Abolishing the police is not the answer : that will inevitably lead to outright anarchy , which will give the police state and those law-and-order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declare martial law .
Looting and violence are not the answer : As Martin Luther King Jr. recognized , “ A riot merely intensifies the fears of the white community while relieving the guilt.
” Using the looting and riots as justification for supporting police brutality is also not the answer : As King recognized , “ It is not enough … to condemn riots… without , at the same time , condemning the contingent , intolerable conditions that exist in our society .
These conditions are the things that cause individuals to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention .
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard .
And what is it America has failed to hear ?
It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years .
It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met .
And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Police reform is necessary and unavoidable if we are to have any hope of living in an America in which freedom means something more than the right to stay alive , but how we reform the system is just as important as getting it done .
We don ’ t need to wait for nine members of a ruling aristocracy who primarily come from privileged backgrounds and who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo to fix what ’ s broken in America .
Nor do we need to wait @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something about these injustices only when it suits their political ambitions And we certainly don ’ t need to wait for a president with a taste for totalitarian tactics to throw a few crumbs our way .
This is as much a local problem as it is a national one .
Be fair .
Be nonviolent .
Be relentless in your pursuit of justice for all .
Let ’ s get it done .
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute , where this article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power ) was originally published .
He is the author of A Government of Wolves : The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto .

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
John W. Whitehead, Rutherford
Waking Times
“What’s been most striking to me is just how one-sided the rules are when Americans take on their own government…. It has been dismaying to learn the extent to which rules and laws shield the government from accountability for its abuses—or even lawbreaking…. It’s been a long and frightening lesson…. The rules seem rigged to protect government lawlessness, and the playing field is uneven. Too many processes favor the government. The deck is still stacked.” — Journalist Sharyl Attkisson
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged, the government is corrupt, and “we the people” continue to waste our strength by fighting each other rather than standing against the tyrant in our midst.
Because the system is rigged, because the government is corrupt, and because “we the people” remain polarized and divided, the police state will keep winning and “we the people” will keep losing.
Because the system is rigged and the U.S. Supreme Court—the so-called “people’s court”—has exchanged its appointed role as a gatekeeper of justice for its new role as maintainer of the status quo, there will be little if no consequences for the cops who brutalize and no justice for the victims of police brutality.
Because the system is rigged, there will be no consequences for police who destroyed a private home by bombarding it with tear gas grenades during a SWAT team raid gone awry, or for the cop who mistakenly shot a 10-year-old boy after aiming for and missing the non-threatening family dog, or for the arresting officer who sicced a police dog on a suspect who had already surrendered.
This is how unarmed Americans keep dying at the hands of militarized police.
By refusing to accept any of the eight or so qualified immunity cases before it this term that strove to hold police accountable for official misconduct, the Supreme Court delivered a chilling reminder that in the American police state, ‘we the people’ are at the mercy of law enforcement officers who have almost absolute discretion to decide who is a threat, what constitutes resistance, and how harshly they can deal with the citizens they were appointed to ‘serve and protect.”
This is how qualified immunity keeps the police state in power.
Lawyers tend to offer a lot of complicated, convoluted explanations for the doctrine of qualified immunity, which was intended to insulate government officials from frivolous lawsuits, but the real purpose of qualified immunity is to rig the system, ensuring that abusive agents of the government almost always win and the victims of government abuse almost always lose.
How else do you explain a doctrine that requires victims of police violence to prove that their abusers knew their behavior was illegal because it had been deemed so in a nearly identical case at some prior time: it’s a setup for failure.
Do you know how many different ways a cop can kill, maim, torture and abuse someone without being held liable?
The cops know: in large part due to training classes that drill them on the art of sidestepping the Fourth Amendment, which protects us from being bullied, badgered, beaten, broken and spied on by government agents.
This is how “we the people” keep losing.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court recognized in Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982) that suing government officials for monetary damages is “the only realistic avenue” of holding them accountable for abusing their offices and violating the Constitution, it has ostensibly given the police and other government agents a green light to shoot first and ask questions later, as well as to probe, poke, pinch, taser, search, seize, strip and generally manhandle anyone they see fit in almost any circumstance, all with the general blessing of the courts.
Whether it’s police officers breaking through people’s front doors and shooting them dead in their homes or strip searching motorists on the side of the road, these instances of abuse are continually validated by a judicial system that kowtows to virtually every police demand, no matter how unjust, no matter how in opposition to the Constitution.
Make no mistake about it: this is what constitutes “law and order” in the American police state.
These are the hallmarks of a police state: where police officers, no longer mere servants of the people entrusted with keeping the peace, are part of an elite ruling class dependent on keeping the masses corralled, under control, and treated like suspects and enemies rather than citizens.
Unfortunately, we’ve been traveling this dangerous road for a long time now.
A review of critical court rulings over the past several decades, including rulings affirming qualified immunity protections for government agents by the U.S. Supreme Court, reveals a startling and steady trend towards pro-police state rulings by an institution concerned more with establishing order, protecting the ruling class, and insulating government agents from charges of wrongdoing than with upholding the rights enshrined in the Constitution.
Indeed, as Reuters reports, qualified immunity “has become a nearly failsafe tool to let police brutality go unpunished and deny victims their constitutional rights.” Worse, as Reuters concluded, “the Supreme Court has built qualified immunity into an often insurmountable police defense by intervening in cases mostly to favor the police.”
The system is rigged.
Police can claim qualified immunity for warrantless searches. In Anderson v. Creighton, the Supreme Court ruled that FBI and state law enforcement agents were entitled to qualified immunity protections after they were sued for raiding a private home without a warrant and holding family members at gunpoint, all in a search for a suspected bank robber who was not in the house.
Police can claim qualified immunity for warrantless arrests based on mere suspicion. In Hunter v. Bryant, the Court ruled that police acted reasonably in arresting James Bryant without a warrant in order to protect the president. Bryant had allegedly written a letter that referenced a third-party plot to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, but police had no proof that he intended to harm Reagan beyond a mere suspicion. The charges against Bryant were eventually dropped.
Police can claim qualified immunity for using excessive force against protesters. In Saucier v. Katz, the Court ruled in favor of federal law enforcement agents who forcefully tackled a protester as he attempted to unfurl a banner at Vice President Gore’s political rally. The Court reasoned that the officers acted reasonably given the urgency of protecting the vice president.
Police can claim qualified immunity for shooting a fleeing suspect in the back. In Brosseau v. Haugen, the Court dismissed a lawsuit against a police officer who shot Kenneth Haugen in the back as he entered his car in order to flee from police. The Court ruled that in light of existing case law, the cop’s conduct fell in the “hazy border between excessive and acceptable force” and so she did not violate clearly established law.
Police can claim qualified immunity for shooting a mentally impaired person. In City of San Francisco v. Sheehan, the Court ruled in favor of police who repeatedly shot Teresa Sheehan during the course of a mental health welfare check. The Court ruled that it was not unreasonable for police to pepper spray and shoot Sheehan multiple times after entering her room without a warrant and encountering her holding a knife.
Police officers can use lethal force in car chases without fear of lawsuits. In Plumhoff v. Rickard, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that police officers who used deadly force to terminate a car chase were immune from a lawsuit. The officers were accused of needlessly resorting to deadly force by shooting multiple times at a man and his passenger in a stopped car, killing both individuals.
Police can stop, arrest and search citizens without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. In a 5-3 ruling in Utah v. Strieff, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively gave police the go-ahead to embark on a fishing expedition of one’s person and property, rendering Americans completely vulnerable to the whims of any cop on the beat.
Police officers can stop cars based on “anonymous” tips or for “suspicious” behavior such as having a reclined car seat or driving too carefully. In a 5-4 ruling in Navarette v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that police officers, under the guise of “reasonable suspicion,” can stop cars and question drivers based solely on anonymous tips, no matter how dubious, and whether or not they themselves witnessed any troubling behavior. Then in State v. Howard, the Kansas Supreme Court declared that motorists who recline their car seats are guilty of suspicious behavior and can be subject to warrantless searches by police. That ruling, coupled with other court rulings upholding warrantless searches and seizures by police renders one’s car a Constitution-free zone.
Americans have no protection against mandatory breathalyzer tests at a police checkpoint, although mandatory blood draws violate the Fourth Amendment (Birchfield v. North Dakota). Police can also conduct sobriety and “information-seeking” checkpoints (Illinois v. Lidster and Mich. Dep’t of State Police v. Sitz).
Police can forcibly take your DNA, whether or not you’ve been convicted of a crime. In Maryland v. King, a divided U.S. Supreme Court determined that a person arrested for a crime who is supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty must submit to forcible extraction of their DNA. Once again the Court sided with the guardians of the police state over the defenders of individual liberty in determining that DNA samples may be extracted from people arrested for “serious” offenses. The end result of the ruling paves the way for a nationwide dragnet of suspects targeted via DNA sampling.
Police can use the “fear for my life” rationale as an excuse for shooting unarmed individuals. Upon arriving on the scene of a nighttime traffic accident, an Alabama police officer shot a driver exiting his car, mistakenly believing the wallet in his hand to be a gun. A report by the Justice Department found that half of the unarmed people shot by one police department over a seven-year span were “shot because the officer saw something (like a cellphone) or some action (like a person pulling at the waist of their pants) and misidentified it as a threat.”
Police have free reign to use drug-sniffing dogs as “search warrants on leashes.” In Florida v. Harris, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court determined that police officers may use highly unreliable drug-sniffing dogs to conduct warrantless searches of cars during routine traffic stops. The ruling turns man’s best friend into an extension of the police state, provided the use of a K-9 unit takes place within a reasonable amount of time (Rodriguez v. United States).
Not only are police largely protected by qualified immunity, but police dogs are also off the hook for wrongdoing. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a police officer who allowed a police dog to maul a homeless man innocent of any wrongdoing.
Police can subject Americans to strip searches, no matter the “offense.” A divided U.S. Supreme Court actually prioritized making life easier for overworked jail officials over the basic right of Americans to be free from debasing strip searches. In its 5-4 ruling in Florence v. Burlington, the Court declared that any person who is arrested and processed at a jail house, regardless of the severity of his or her offense (i.e., they can be guilty of nothing more than a minor traffic offense), can be subjected to a strip search by police or jail officials, which involves exposing the genitals and the buttocks. This “license to probe” is now being extended to roadside stops, as police officers throughout the country have begun performing roadside strip searches—some involving anal and vaginal probes—without any evidence of wrongdoing and without a warrant.
Police can break into homes without a warrant, even if it’s the wrong home. In an 8-1 ruling in Kentucky v. King, the U.S. Supreme Court placed their trust in the discretion of police officers, rather than in the dictates of the Constitution, when they gave police greater leeway to break into homes or apartments without a warrant. Despite the fact that the police in question ended up pursuing the wrong suspect, invaded the wrong apartment and violated just about every tenet that stands between us and a police state, the Court sanctioned the warrantless raid, leaving Americans with little real protection in the face of all manner of abuses by police.
Police can use knock-and-talk tactics as a means of sidestepping the Fourth Amendment. Aggressive “knock and talk” practices have become thinly veiled, warrantless exercises by which citizens are coerced and intimidated into “talking” with heavily armed police who “knock” on their doors in the middle of the night. Andrew Scott didn’t even get a chance to say no to such a heavy-handed request before he was gunned down by police who pounded aggressively on the wrong door at 1:30 a.m., failed to identify themselves as police, and then repeatedly shot and killed the man when he answered the door while holding a gun in self-defense.
Police can carry out no-knock raids if they believe announcing themselves would be dangerous. Police can perform a “no-knock” raid as long as they have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence, under the particular circumstances, would be dangerous or futile or give occupants a chance to destroy evidence of a crime (Richards v. Wisconsin). Legal ownership of a firearm is also enough to justify a no-knock raid by police (Quinn v. Texas). For instance, a Texas man had his home subject to a no-knock, SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based solely on the suspicion that there were legally-owned firearms in his household. The homeowner was actually shot by police through his closed bedroom door.
Police can recklessly open fire on anyone that might be “armed.” Philando Castile was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop allegedly over a broken tail light merely for telling police he had a conceal-and-carry permit. That’s all it took for police to shoot Castile four times in the presence of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter. A unanimous Supreme Court declared in County of Los Angeles vs. Mendez that police should not be held liable for recklessly firing 15 times into a shack where a homeless couple had been sleeping because the grabbed his BB gun in defense, fearing they were being attacked.
Police can destroy a home during a SWAT raid, even if the owner gives their consent to enter and search it. In West v. Winfield, the Supreme Court provided cover to police after they smashed the windows of Shaniz West’s home, punched holes in her walls and ceilings, and bombed the house with so much tear gas that it was uninhabitable for two months. All of this despite the fact that the suspect they were pursuing was not in the house and West, the homeowner, agreed to allow police to search the home to confirm that.
Police can suffocate someone, deliberately or inadvertently, in the process of subduing them. “I can’t breathe” has become a rallying cry following the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd, both of whom died after being placed in a chokehold by police. Dozens more have died in similar circumstances at the hands of police who have faced little repercussions for these deaths.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we are dealing with a nationwide epidemic of court-sanctioned police violence carried out with impunity against individuals posing little or no real threat.
So what’s the answer to reforming a system that is clearly self-serving and corrupt?
Abolishing the police is not the answer: that will inevitably lead to outright anarchy, which will give the police state and those law-and-order zealots all the incentive it needs to declare martial law.
Looting and violence are not the answer: As Martin Luther King Jr. recognized, “A riot merely intensifies the fears of the white community while relieving the guilt.” Using the looting and riots as justification for supporting police brutality is also not the answer: As King recognized, “It is not enough … to condemn riots… without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”
Police reform is necessary and unavoidable if we are to have any hope of living in an America in which freedom means something more than the right to stay alive, but how we reform the system is just as important as getting it done.
We don’t need to wait for nine members of a ruling aristocracy who primarily come from privileged backgrounds and who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo to fix what’s broken in America.
Nor do we need to wait for 535 highly paid politicians to do something about these injustices only when it suits their political ambitions
And we certainly don’t need to wait for a president with a taste for totalitarian tactics to throw a few crumbs our way.
This is as much a local problem as it is a national one.
Be fair. Be nonviolent. Be relentless in your pursuit of justice for all.
Let’s get it done.
About the Author
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, where this article (The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power) was originally published. He is the author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-19--Brazil’s Amazon River Dolphin Faces Extinction After Fishing Moratorium Ends

TEFÉ , Amazonas state , Brazil — A pair of pink Amazon river dolphins emerges for just a moment , arcing above the chocolate brown waters inside the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development , a research facility at the tropical heart of the Brazilian Amazon .
Powerful jets of water spray out of their blowholes as these freshwater mammals take in air before submerging .
Moments later the duo reappear on the other side of the Japurá River , playfully dovetailing , and skirting the edge of the várzea rainforest — a seasonal floodplain where , in this part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall by up to 12 meters ( 39 feet ) a year , at times opening up vast swathes of rainforest to these graceful swimmers .
The Amazon river dolphin ( Inia geoffrensis ) or boto , already classified as “ endangered ” since 2018 by the IUCN , the International Union for Conservation of Nature , is now coming under even more serious threat across Brazil and Latin America .
An estimated population in the low tens of thousands is thought to exist in the wild , though counting the animals accurately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is challenging .
Like other river dolphins , the boto communicates with variable whistle tones .
Occupying the Amazon and Orinoco river basins , which cut across the northern half of the South American continent , these freshwater mammals were historically abundant , and are protected today by Brazilian law ; it is illegal to kill them .
But for years , poachers have targeted the dolphins , using their fatty blubber as bait to catch a carnivorous catfish called piracatinga , which is drawn to the scent of rotting flesh .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff , that chronic criminal behavior led to the introduction of a five-year moratorium on catching piracatinga in order to better protect the dolphins .
But that moratorium ended earlier this year and has yet to be renewed by the Jair Bolsonaro administration , which is undermining many other of Brazil ’ s environmental laws .
Experts warn that the failure to extend it could lead to the extinction of the largest freshwater dolphin in the world — a fate that befell China ’ s Yangtze river dolphin ( Lipotes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of overfishing , pollution and habitat degradation .
Research by da Silva , published in 2017 , found that a female dolphin ’ s pregnancy typically lasts 13 months .
After that , the mother feeds a calf underwater for two years .
Due to that long gestation and nursing period , females only reproduce every three to five years .
Separate findings by da Silva published in 2018 revealed that the Amazon river dolphin population in Brazil is halving every decade .
Prosecutors in Amazonas state , where the Mamirauá Institute is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which started in 2015 , warning that as many as 2,500 dolphins were being killed illegally each year for bait .
Da Silva reports that in November 2019 she met with officials from the Secretariat of Production of the State of Amazonas ( SEPROR ) , to discuss the extension of the moratorium in Amazonas .
But nothing has happened since , and the peak fishing season is due to begin in July .
WWF has been innovating — utilizing drones to accomplish the difficult job of making improved population estimates , flying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ footage .
“ It ’ s much cheaper and more efficient , ” than doing boat observations , he says .
The NGO is currently partnering with British universities to analyze the drone findings using artificial intelligence .
Oliveira believes that for now the focus of dolphin conservation should be on improved community engagement across the Amazon basin , with strong outreach to fishermen , in a region whose burgeoning population has now topped 34 million .
Fernando Trujillo , scientific director of the Fundacion Omacha , a Colombia-based environmental NGO specializing in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , says that conservation must also be addressed on an international level .
“ The end of [ Brazil ’ s ] moratorium will send out the message that fishing is okay — even in other countries across Latin America , ” he says .
“ We need to work together with all the countries in terms of policy , agreeing on the same criteria and same legislation , especially when it comes to monitoring the borders.
” Trujillo , who is also co-chair of the International Whaling Commission ’ s small cetaceans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moratorium to be extended another five years .
“ For so many reasons , it ’ s a species we need to conserve and save , ” he says .
“ Alive dolphins can produce more money than dead ones for local communities through ecotourism.
” Indigenous beliefs hold that the river dolphin — which transforms from grey to pink as it ages — is a magical creature .
Males and females are both said to have the ability to morph at will into either a handsome man , or beautiful woman respectively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dark of night .
But scientists see the mammals as top predators of the Amazon aquatic ecosystem — considering them the jaguars of the rivers .
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock and Supply said it had not yet extended the moratorium because “ it is necessary to evaluate its effects on the recovery of populations of porpoises and caimans in order to verify the effectiveness of this fisheries management measure.
” When asked by Mongabay to comment , the ministry did not provide a timeframe for this evaluation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Amazon river dolphin .
It is said that to kill one is bad luck .
Not knowing what negative aquatic impacts might radiate from the extinction of this top predator , authorities may want to heed this legend as they try to decide whether or not to renew Brazil ’ s moratorium .

Brazil’s Amazon River Dolphin Faces Extinction After Fishing Moratorium Ends
Peter Yeung, Guest
Waking Times
TEFÉ, Amazonas state, Brazil — A pair of pink Amazon river dolphins emerges for just a moment, arcing above the chocolate brown waters inside the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, a research facility at the tropical heart of the Brazilian Amazon. Powerful jets of water spray out of their blowholes as these freshwater mammals take in air before submerging.
Moments later the duo reappear on the other side of the Japurá River, playfully dovetailing, and skirting the edge of the várzea rainforest — a seasonal floodplain where, in this part of Amazonia, river levels can rise and fall by up to 12 meters (39 feet) a year, at times opening up vast swathes of rainforest to these graceful swimmers.
“They are very special creatures,” says Natanael dos Santos, a guide working at the Mamirauá Institute. “They are extremely intelligent and can display a complex set of behaviors, even like humans.” These skilled, sharp-toothed hunters, often reaching more than eight feet in length, are well adapted to shifting river levels. During highwater periods they penetrate deep into the rainforest using echolocation to search murky pools amid submerged tree roots for prey including dozens of fish species, turtles and freshwater crabs.
The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) or boto, already classified as “endangered” since 2018 by the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is now coming under even more serious threat across Brazil and Latin America. An estimated population in the low tens of thousands is thought to exist in the wild, though counting the animals accurately in the Amazon’s murky streams is challenging. Like other river dolphins, the boto communicates with variable whistle tones.
Occupying the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, which cut across the northern half of the South American continent, these freshwater mammals were historically abundant, and are protected today by Brazilian law; it is illegal to kill them. But for years, poachers have targeted the dolphins, using their fatty blubber as bait to catch a carnivorous catfish called piracatinga, which is drawn to the scent of rotting flesh.
In January 2015, under the government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, that chronic criminal behavior led to the introduction of a five-year moratorium on catching piracatinga in order to better protect the dolphins.
But that moratorium ended earlier this year and has yet to be renewed by the Jair Bolsonaro administration, which is undermining many other of Brazil’s environmental laws. Experts warn that the failure to extend it could lead to the extinction of the largest freshwater dolphin in the world — a fate that befell China’s Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) in 2007, following years of overfishing, pollution and habitat degradation.
“I believe [the lack of a moratorium] could make them extinct,” warns Dr. Vera da Silva, a researcher for INPA, the Amazon research institute, who has been studying Amazonia’s dolphins for more than 30 years. “Not all the objectives of the moratorium were fulfilled, therefore the moratorium must be extended,” she explained.
Research by da Silva, published in 2017, found that a female dolphin’s pregnancy typically lasts 13 months. After that, the mother feeds a calf underwater for two years. Due to that long gestation and nursing period, females only reproduce every three to five years.
“They are a very slow reproductive species,” da Silva notes. “If the removal is higher [than the reproduction and rearing rate] the species does not have the capacity to replace itself.”
Separate findings by da Silva published in 2018 revealed that the Amazon river dolphin population in Brazil is halving every decade.
Prosecutors in Amazonas state, where the Mamirauá Institute is based, originally asked for the moratorium which started in 2015, warning that as many as 2,500 dolphins were being killed illegally each year for bait.
Da Silva reports that in November 2019 she met with officials from the Secretariat of Production of the State of Amazonas (SEPROR), to discuss the extension of the moratorium in Amazonas. But nothing has happened since, and the peak fishing season is due to begin in July.
“There is a huge amount of ignorance,” she warns. “We need better information on fishing practices. There aren’t strong enough laws to make fishermen report what they catch.” Marcelo Oliveira, a conservation specialist at World Wildlife Fund Brazil (WWF), agrees with that analysis. “Fishing is a threat but we don’t have enough data,” he says. “If we don’t know where the river dolphins are, we can’t say how bad [the threat] is. But it’s expensive to do expeditions to monitor population trends.”
WWF has been innovating — utilizing drones to accomplish the difficult job of making improved population estimates, flying 2.5 kilometer strips of river to record footage. “It’s much cheaper and more efficient,” than doing boat observations, he says. The NGO is currently partnering with British universities to analyze the drone findings using artificial intelligence.
But even with better data recording practices and an improved data set, Oliveira says that the river dolphins are still at great risk from a broad range of threats. “Bycatch sees so many dolphins caught in fishing nets, gold mining in the region has led to mercury poisoning in the water, and the construction of hydroelectric dams has reduced their habitat and genetic pool,” he explains.
Oliveira believes that for now the focus of dolphin conservation should be on improved community engagement across the Amazon basin, with strong outreach to fishermen, in a region whose burgeoning population has now topped 34 million.
“Extending the moratorium could be a way to protect the dolphins, alternative baits could be a way, but we need to have a balance between development and biodiversity conservation,” he says. “It’s not a fight between the two. If communities are involved in conservation, the dolphins will be safer.”
Fernando Trujillo, scientific director of the Fundacion Omacha, a Colombia-based environmental NGO specializing in protecting river dolphins set up in 1993, says that conservation must also be addressed on an international level.
“The end of [Brazil’s] moratorium will send out the message that fishing is okay — even in other countries across Latin America,” he says. “We need to work together with all the countries in terms of policy, agreeing on the same criteria and same legislation, especially when it comes to monitoring the borders.” Trujillo, who is also co-chair of the International Whaling Commission’s small cetaceans committee, is calling for the Brazil moratorium to be extended another five years. “For so many reasons, it’s a species we need to conserve and save,” he says. “Alive dolphins can produce more money than dead ones for local communities through ecotourism.”
Indigenous beliefs hold that the river dolphin — which transforms from grey to pink as it ages — is a magical creature. Males and females are both said to have the ability to morph at will into either a handsome man, or beautiful woman respectively, in order to seduce villagers in the dark of night. But scientists see the mammals as top predators of the Amazon aquatic ecosystem — considering them the jaguars of the rivers.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply said it had not yet extended the moratorium because “it is necessary to evaluate its effects on the recovery of populations of porpoises and caimans in order to verify the effectiveness of this fisheries management measure.” When asked by Mongabay to comment, the ministry did not provide a timeframe for this evaluation period.
There is another myth about the Amazon river dolphin. It is said that to kill one is bad luck. Not knowing what negative aquatic impacts might radiate from the extinction of this top predator, authorities may want to heed this legend as they try to decide whether or not to renew Brazil’s moratorium.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-19--Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App, While Other European States Roll Out Tech

Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App , While Other European States Roll Out Tech Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace those who have been diagnosed with covid .
This is amid a roll out in other European countries of contact tracing spyware technology .
Geir Bukholm , an official at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health , said the decision to delete data and halt any further information gathering from the app “ weakened the country ’ s preparedness ” should the infection rate increase .
The app was being tested in three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported .
The Norwegian Data Protection Agency fired back stating that the low infection rate meant data harvesting on the app could no longer be justified over privacy concerns .
However , this isn ’ t the end ; a health directorate will argue against the data watchdog that it should be turned back on during a meeting on Friday due to fears of a second wave or localized spread of the infection , Associated Press reported .
European governments have been rolling out smartphone tracing apps to help combat any fresh CV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first , and its “ Smittestopp ” raised the most concerns because it used GPS tracking and uploaded data to central servers every hour .
Although Norway seems to have temporarily halted contact tracing apps , elsewhere in the European Union , Italy and Germany have begun to roll out their contact tracing smartphone apps , according to the New York Times .
Five European nations recently signed a joint letter calling on major technology companies to offer more flexibility in allowing them to design and implement contact tracing and warning applications .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Italy , Spain and Portugal called on companies , without naming Google and Apple , to effectively relax rules regarding the development of apps during the crisis , The Washington Post reported .
Activist Post previously warned that the CV pandemic would lead to an open door or Trojan horse for digital smart phone surveillance .
When Activist Post originally reported on the digital rights group ’ s list , there was only a total of 15 countries which had already started measures to track the phones of coronavirus patients , ranging from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people more generally , to the tracking of individual suspected patients and their contacts , known as “ contact tracing.
” Now , there are 28 countries that have implemented contact tracing through smartphone apps ; that ’ s a significant increase in such a short period of time .
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 : • Contact Tracing Apps are being used in 28 countries • Physical surveillance technologies are in use in 11 countries • COVID-19-related censorship has been imposed by 18 governments • Internet shutdowns continue in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of CV , according to the NIPH .
There are between 20 and 50 new cases each week .
Activist Post has consistently expressed that measures being put into place now will likely remain long after the pandemic has stopped and the virus has run its course .
That ’ s the everlasting effect that COVID-19 will have on our society .
The coronavirus is now classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization , and it may very well be a legitimate health concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But it ’ s the government ’ s response that should worry us more in the long run .
Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post where this article ( Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App , While Other European States Roll Out Tech ) was originally published .

Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App, While Other European States Roll Out Tech
Aaron Kesel, Activist Post
Waking Times
Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace those who have been diagnosed with covid. This is amid a roll out in other European countries of contact tracing spyware technology.
Geir Bukholm, an official at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said the decision to delete data and halt any further information gathering from the app “weakened the country’s preparedness” should the infection rate increase. The app was being tested in three municipalities before being halted, Associated Press reported.
The Norwegian Data Protection Agency fired back stating that the low infection rate meant data harvesting on the app could no longer be justified over privacy concerns.
However, this isn’t the end; a health directorate will argue against the data watchdog that it should be turned back on during a meeting on Friday due to fears of a second wave or localized spread of the infection, Associated Press reported.
European governments have been rolling out smartphone tracing apps to help combat any fresh CV outbreaks. Norway was one of the first, and its “Smittestopp” raised the most concerns because it used GPS tracking and uploaded data to central servers every hour.
Although Norway seems to have temporarily halted contact tracing apps, elsewhere in the European Union, Italy and Germany have begun to roll out their contact tracing smartphone apps, according to the New York Times.
Five European nations recently signed a joint letter calling on major technology companies to offer more flexibility in allowing them to design and implement contact tracing and warning applications. Government officials from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal called on companies, without naming Google and Apple, to effectively relax rules regarding the development of apps during the crisis, The Washington Post reported.
Activist Post previously warned that the CV pandemic would lead to an open door or Trojan horse for digital smart phone surveillance.
When Activist Post originally reported on the digital rights group’s list, there was only a total of 15 countries which had already started measures to track the phones of coronavirus patients, ranging from anonymized aggregated data to monitor the movement of people more generally, to the tracking of individual suspected patients and their contacts, known as “contact tracing.” Now, there are 28 countries that have implemented contact tracing through smartphone apps; that’s a significant increase in such a short period of time.
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are active in 35 countries Physical surveillance technologies are in use in 11 countries
are in use in 11 countries COVID-19-related censorship has been imposed by 18 governments
has been imposed by 18 governments Internet shutdowns continue in 3 countries despite the outbreak
Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of CV, according to the NIPH. There are between 20 and 50 new cases each week.
Activist Post has consistently expressed that measures being put into place now will likely remain long after the pandemic has stopped and the virus has run its course. That’s the everlasting effect that COVID-19 will have on our society. The coronavirus is now classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and it may very well be a legitimate health concern for all of us around the world. But it’s the government’s response that should worry us more in the long run.
About the Author
Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post where this article (Norway Halts Smartphone Contact Tracing App, While Other European States Roll Out Tech) was originally published.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-19--Judge Orders Cops To Return 1,800lbs of Cannabis Oil And $620,000 To Cannabis Farm

Judge Orders Cops To Return 1,800lbs of Cannabis Oil And $ 620,000 To Cannabis Farm Back in January , the Santa Barbara County sheriff ’ s office raided a legal cannabis business , Arroyo Verde Farms , and confiscated large sums of money in addition to their whole supply of products .
However , months later , superior court judge Anderle ruled that the business broke no laws , and did not intend to break any laws .
In the ruling , the sheriff ’ s office was ordered to return 1,800 pounds of cannabis oil and $ 620,000 in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Santa Barbara sheriff ’ s deputies raided the cannabis farm , and then claimed that the farm ’ s assets should be forfeited to them because the farm was connected to an ongoing criminal investigation .
There were multiple legal cannabis companies impacted by the raid , most of whom were storing their products at the farm .
All of the businesses are entirely legal and compliant with state regulations .
John Armstrong , the attorney for Procan Labs , one of the companies who lost products in the raid , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” and said that this ruling will set a precedent to protect cannabis businesses in the future .
Due to the uncertain legal status of cannabis , businesses that operate in the industry have become civil asset forfeiture targets for police .
The current laws in the United States give police extensive powers to confiscate money , property , and other assets if they suspect that wealth is somehow being used to facilitate a crime .
In the past 20 years , police in the US have confiscated over $ 36.5 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom were never even charged with a crime .
As you might know , tech giants like Facebook , Twitter , and Google ( Also Youtube ) , increasingly censor information that does not fit the mainstream narrative .
Freedom of speech should be the basic human right , however , in the current era , you are not allowed to share your views anymore .
Fortunately , alternative platforms appear that are censorship-free .
Minds.com is one of these platforms .
You can sign up for free , HERE , and make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture , and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems .
He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and The Free Thought Project Podcast .

Judge Orders Cops To Return 1,800lbs of Cannabis Oil And $620,000 To Cannabis Farm
John Vibes, Truth Theory
Waking Times
Back in January, the Santa Barbara County sheriff’s office raided a legal cannabis business, Arroyo Verde Farms, and confiscated large sums of money in addition to their whole supply of products. However, months later, superior court judge Anderle ruled that the business broke no laws, and did not intend to break any laws. In the ruling, the sheriff’s office was ordered to return 1,800 pounds of cannabis oil and $620,000 in cash that was seized during the raid.
The Santa Barbara sheriff’s deputies raided the cannabis farm, and then claimed that the farm’s assets should be forfeited to them because the farm was connected to an ongoing criminal investigation. There were multiple legal cannabis companies impacted by the raid, most of whom were storing their products at the farm. All of the businesses are entirely legal and compliant with state regulations.
John Armstrong, the attorney for Procan Labs, one of the companies who lost products in the raid, called the incident a “police mistake,” and said that this ruling will set a precedent to protect cannabis businesses in the future.
“Licensed cannabis operators should not be at risk of losing their business because police mistake lawful cannabis operations for illegal black-market activities. This decision shows that our courts will side with the cannabis industry when provided evidence of good-faith efforts to comply with state regulations,” Armstrong said, according to MJBizDaily.
Due to the uncertain legal status of cannabis, businesses that operate in the industry have become civil asset forfeiture targets for police. The current laws in the United States give police extensive powers to confiscate money, property, and other assets if they suspect that wealth is somehow being used to facilitate a crime. In the past 20 years, police in the US have confiscated over $36.5 billion in assets from suspects, many of whom were never even charged with a crime.
As you might know, tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google (Also Youtube), increasingly censor information that does not fit the mainstream narrative. Freedom of speech should be the basic human right, however, in the current era, you are not allowed to share your views anymore. Fortunately, alternative platforms appear that are censorship-free. Minds.com is one of these platforms. You can sign up for free, HERE, and make sure you follow Truth Theory on Minds.
About the Author
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture, and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems. He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and The Free Thought Project Podcast.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-19--Battered Souls #010 – Weathering the Storm with Christina Sarich

Christina Sarich is a prolific writer and journalists who ’ s work has reached and inspired millions of people around @ @ @ @ @ many of the web ’ s best alternative news publications , she covers topics ranging @ @ @ @ @ shamanism and woo woo .
Her perspective is influenced by her studies as a master @ @ @ @ @ cabaret singer .
We get into the important issue of our spiritual condition while considering @ @ @ @ @ weather the storm and fortify your mind , body and spirit for what ’ s @ @ @ @ @ a friend and colleague for close to 8 years and I very much enjoyed this @ @ @ @ @ I hope you do too .
Read some of Christina ’ s articles : Christina @ @ @ @ @ on the web – Battered Souls

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Her perspective is influenced by her studies as a master yogini and a former jazz cabaret singer.
We get into the important issue of our spiritual condition while considering some ways to help you weather the storm and fortify your mind, body and spirit for what’s coming.
Christina has been a friend and colleague for close to 8 years and I very much enjoyed this talk with her, and I hope you do too.
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thewakingtimes--2020-06-20--Globalists Reveal That The “Great Economic Reset” Is Coming In 2021

Globalists Reveal That The “ Great Economic Reset ” Is Coming In 2021 For those not familiar with the phrase “ global economic reset ” , it is one that has been used ever increasingly by elitists in the central banking world for several years .
I first heard it referenced by Christine Lagarde , the head of the IMF at the time , in 2014 .
The reset is often mentioned in the same breath as ideas like “ the New Multilateralism ” or “ the Multipolar World Order ” or “ the New World Order ” .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing .
The reset is promoted as a solution to the ongoing economic crisis which was triggered in 2008 .
This same financial crash is still with us today ; but now , after a decade of central bank money printing and debt creation , the bubble is even bigger than it was before .
As always , the central bank “ cure ” is far worse than the disease , and the renewed crash we face today is far more deadly than what would have happened in 2008 if we had simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up weak parts of the economy artificially .
Many alternative economists often wrongly attribute the Fed ’ s habit of making things worse to “ hubris ” or “ ignorance ” .
They think the Fed actually wants to save the financial system or “ protect the golden goose ” , but this is not reality .
The truth is , the Fed is not a bumbling maintenance man , the Fed is a saboteur , a suicide bomber that is willing to destroy even itself as an institution in order to explode @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a new globally centralized one world system .
Hence , the “ Global Reset ” .
In 2015 in my article ‘ The Global Economic Reset Has Begun ’ , I stated : Now in 2020 we see the globalist plan coming to fruition , with the elites revealing what appears to be their intent to launch their reset in 2021 .
The World Economic Forum officially announced the Great Reset initiative as part of their Covid Action Platform last week , and a summit is scheduled in January 2021 to discuss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the mainstream media .
The WEF also posted a rather bizarre video on the Reset , which consists of a series of images of the world falling apart ( and images of factories releasing harmless carbon emission into the air which I suppose is meant to scare us with notions of global warming ) .
The destruction is then “ reset ” at the push of a button , with everything reversing back to a pristine human-less world of nature and the words “ Join Us ” .
The reset , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basically the next stage in the formation of a one-world economic system and potential global government .
This seems to fall in line with the solutions offered during the Event 201 pandemic simulation ; a simulation of a coronavirus pandemic that was held by the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Economic Forum only two months before the REAL THING happened at the beginning of 2020 .
Event 201 suggested that one of the top solutions to a pandemic would be the institution of a centralized global economic body that could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Is it not convenient that the events of the real coronavirus pandemic fall exactly in line with the Event 201 simulation , as well as directly in line with the global reset plans of the IMF and the World Economic Forum ?
As they say , let no crisis go to waste , or , as is the motto of the globalists “ Order Out Of Chaos ” .
With civil unrest about to become a way of life for many parts of the world including the US , and the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ reopening ” , creating a rationale for a second wave of lockdowns probably in July , the economy as we know it is being destroyed .
The last vestiges of the system , hanging by a thin thread after the crash of 2008 , are now being cut .
The goal is rather obvious – terrify the population with poverty , internal conflicts and a broken supply chain until they lobby the establishment for help .
Then , offer the “ solution ” of medical tyranny , immunity passports , martial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a cashless digital society in which privacy in trade is erased , and then slowly but surely form a faceless “ multilateral ” global government which answers to no one and does whatever it pleases .
I remember back in 2014 when Christine Lagarde first began talking about the reset .
That same year she also made a very strange speech to the National Press Club in which she started rambling gleefully about numerology and the “ magic number 7 ” .
Many within the club laughed , as there was apparently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us were not privy to .
Well , I would point out that the World Economic Forum meeting on the global reset in 2021 will be held exactly 7 years after Lagarde gave that speech .
Just another interesting coincidence I suppose… The new world order , the global reset , is a long running scheme to centralize power , but in a way that is meant to be sustained for centuries to come .
The elites know that it is not enough to achieve global governance by force alone ; such an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eternal rebellion .
No , what the elites want is for the public to ASK , even beg for global governance .
If the public is tricked into demanding it as a way to save them from the horrors of global chaos , then they are far less likely to rebel against it later .
Problem – reaction – solution .
The pandemic is not going away anytime soon .
Everyone should expect that state governments and the federal government will call for renewed lockdowns .
With these new lockdowns , the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With 40 million people losing their jobs during the last lockdowns ( 46 million as of today – Ed . )
, many states only partially reopened , and only 13 % to 18 % of small businesses receiving bailout loans to survive , the next two months are going to be a devastating wake-up call .
The real solution will be for people to form more self-reliant communities free of the mainstream economy .
The real solution should be decentralization and independence , not centralization and slavery .
The globalists will seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the program .
That said , they can do very little if millions of people enact localization efforts at the same time .
If people aren ’ t reliant on the system , then they can not be controlled by the system .
The real test will come with the final collapse of the existing economy .
When stagflation spikes even harder than it is right now and prices of necessities double or triple yet again , and joblessness skyrockets even further , how many people will clamor for the globalist solution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems ?
How many will be bowing in submission and how many will be ready to fight back .
It is a question I still don ’ t have an answer to even after 14 years of analysis on the issue .
What I suspect is that many people will fight back .
Not as many as we might hope for , but enough to defend the cause of liberty .
Maybe this is overly optimistic , but I believe the globalists are destined to lose this war in the long run .
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Globalists Reveal That The “Great Economic Reset” Is Coming In 2021
Brandon Smith, Activist Post
Waking Times
For those not familiar with the phrase “global economic reset”, it is one that has been used ever increasingly by elitists in the central banking world for several years. I first heard it referenced by Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF at the time, in 2014. The reset is often mentioned in the same breath as ideas like “the New Multilateralism” or “the Multipolar World Order” or “the New World Order”. All of these phrases mean essentially the same thing.
The reset is promoted as a solution to the ongoing economic crisis which was triggered in 2008. This same financial crash is still with us today; but now, after a decade of central bank money printing and debt creation, the bubble is even bigger than it was before. As always, the central bank “cure” is far worse than the disease, and the renewed crash we face today is far more deadly than what would have happened in 2008 if we had simply taken our medicine and refused to prop up weak parts of the economy artificially.
Many alternative economists often wrongly attribute the Fed’s habit of making things worse to “hubris” or “ignorance”. They think the Fed actually wants to save the financial system or “protect the golden goose”, but this is not reality. The truth is, the Fed is not a bumbling maintenance man, the Fed is a saboteur, a suicide bomber that is willing to destroy even itself as an institution in order to explode the US economy and clear the path for a new globally centralized one world system. Hence, the “Global Reset”.
In 2015 in my article ‘The Global Economic Reset Has Begun’, I stated:
The global reset is not a “response” to the process of collapse we are trapped in today. No, the global reset as implemented by central banks and the BIS/IMF is the cause of the collapse. The collapse is a tool, a flamethrower burning a great hole in the forest to make way for the foundations of the globalist Ziggurat to be built….economic disaster serves the interests of elitists.
Now in 2020 we see the globalist plan coming to fruition, with the elites revealing what appears to be their intent to launch their reset in 2021. The World Economic Forum officially announced the Great Reset initiative as part of their Covid Action Platform last week, and a summit is scheduled in January 2021 to discuss their plans more openly with the world and the mainstream media.
The WEF also posted a rather bizarre video on the Reset, which consists of a series of images of the world falling apart (and images of factories releasing harmless carbon emission into the air which I suppose is meant to scare us with notions of global warming). The destruction is then “reset” at the push of a button, with everything reversing back to a pristine human-less world of nature and the words “Join Us”.
The reset, according to discussions by the IMF, is basically the next stage in the formation of a one-world economic system and potential global government. This seems to fall in line with the solutions offered during the Event 201 pandemic simulation; a simulation of a coronavirus pandemic that was held by the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Economic Forum only two months before the REAL THING happened at the beginning of 2020. Event 201 suggested that one of the top solutions to a pandemic would be the institution of a centralized global economic body that could handle the financial response to the coronavirus.
Is it not convenient that the events of the real coronavirus pandemic fall exactly in line with the Event 201 simulation, as well as directly in line with the global reset plans of the IMF and the World Economic Forum? As they say, let no crisis go to waste, or, as is the motto of the globalists “Order Out Of Chaos”.
With civil unrest about to become a way of life for many parts of the world including the US, and the pandemic set for a resurgence of infections after the “reopening”, creating a rationale for a second wave of lockdowns probably in July, the economy as we know it is being destroyed. The last vestiges of the system, hanging by a thin thread after the crash of 2008, are now being cut.
The goal is rather obvious – terrify the population with poverty, internal conflicts and a broken supply chain until they lobby the establishment for help. Then, offer the “solution” of medical tyranny, immunity passports, martial law, a global economic system based on a cashless digital society in which privacy in trade is erased, and then slowly but surely form a faceless “multilateral” global government which answers to no one and does whatever it pleases.
I remember back in 2014 when Christine Lagarde first began talking about the reset. That same year she also made a very strange speech to the National Press Club in which she started rambling gleefully about numerology and the “magic number 7”. Many within the club laughed, as there was apparently an inside joke that the rest of us were not privy to. Well, I would point out that the World Economic Forum meeting on the global reset in 2021 will be held exactly 7 years after Lagarde gave that speech. Just another interesting coincidence I suppose…
The new world order, the global reset, is a long running scheme to centralize power, but in a way that is meant to be sustained for centuries to come. The elites know that it is not enough to achieve global governance by force alone; such an attempt would only lead to resistance and eternal rebellion. No, what the elites want is for the public to ASK, even beg for global governance. If the public is tricked into demanding it as a way to save them from the horrors of global chaos, then they are far less likely to rebel against it later. Problem – reaction – solution.
The pandemic is not going away anytime soon. Everyone should expect that state governments and the federal government will call for renewed lockdowns. With these new lockdowns, the US economy in particular will be finished. With 40 million people losing their jobs during the last lockdowns (46 million as of today – Ed.), many states only partially reopened, and only 13% to 18% of small businesses receiving bailout loans to survive, the next two months are going to be a devastating wake-up call.
The real solution will be for people to form more self-reliant communities free of the mainstream economy. The real solution should be decentralization and independence, not centralization and slavery. The globalists will seek to interfere with any effort to break from the program. That said, they can do very little if millions of people enact localization efforts at the same time. If people aren’t reliant on the system, then they cannot be controlled by the system.
The real test will come with the final collapse of the existing economy. When stagflation spikes even harder than it is right now and prices of necessities double or triple yet again, and joblessness skyrockets even further, how many people will clamor for the globalist solution and how many will build their own systems? How many will be bowing in submission and how many will be ready to fight back. It is a question I still don’t have an answer to even after 14 years of analysis on the issue.
What I suspect is that many people will fight back. Not as many as we might hope for, but enough to defend the cause of liberty. Maybe this is overly optimistic, but I believe the globalists are destined to lose this war in the long run.
About the Author
Brandon Smith is the founder of Alt-Market is an organization designed to help you find like-minded activists and preppers in your local area so that you can network and construct communities for mutual aid and defense. Join Alt-Market.com today and learn what it means to step away from the system and build something better or contribute to their Safe Haven Project. You can contact Brandon Smith at: brandon@alt-market.com
**This article (Globalists Reveal That The “Great Economic Reset” Is Coming In 2021) was originally published at Activist Post and is re-posted here with permission.**