thewakingtimes--2020-09-18--‘$2.5 Trillion Theft’ – Study Shows Richest 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From Bottom 90%

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New research published Monday found that the top 1 % of U.S. income earners have taken $ 50 trillion from the bottom 90 % over the past several decades , and that the median worker salary would be around twice as high today as it was in 1945 if pay had kept pace with economic output over that period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carter C. Price and Kathryn Edwards of the RAND Corporation , examined income distribution and economic growth in the United States from 1945 to the present .
The researchers found stark differences between income distribution from 1945 to 1974 and 1975 to 2018 .
According to the study—which was funded by the Seattle-based Fair Work Center—the median salary of a full-time U.S. worker is currently about $ 50,000 .
Adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index , workers at or below the current median income now earn less than half of what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pace with economic growth .
This means that if salaries had kept pace with economic output , the median worker pay would be between $ 92,000 and $ 102,000 today , depending on how inflation is calculated .
Had the more equitable distribution of the roughly 30-year postwar period continued apace , the total annual income of the bottom 90 % of American workers would have been $ 2.5 trillion higher in 2018 , or an amount equal to about 12 % of GDP .
In other words , the upward redistribution of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some $ 47 trillion—which would now be more than $ 50 trillion—at the expense of American workers .
David Rolf , a Seattle labor organizer , president of the Fair Work Center , and founder of Service Employees International Union ( SEIU ) Local 775 , is more blunt .
He calls this “ the $ 2.5 trillion theft.
” Remarkably , the study found that workers at all income levels would be better off today if income kept pace with output .
Full-time , prime-age workers in the 25th percentile , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead of $ 33,000 .
Workers in the 75th percentile , who in 2018 earned $ 81,000 , would be making $ 126,000 .
Even 90th-percentile workers , who earn $ 133,000 , would be making $ 168,000 under the more equitable distribution .
On the other hand , had the economic pie been divided more equitably , the income of the top 1 % would fall from around $ 1.2 million to a still-affluent $ 549,000 .
Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-Vt. ) , who made correcting economic inequality a pillar of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ h-u-g-e redistribution of income in America ” in a Monday tweet .
The researchers ’ findings , which come amid a deadly coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic , shine light on the injustice of an economy—by far the wealthiest in the history of civilization—in which essential workers struggle mightily , and often in vain , to survive while the richest people grow ever richer at their expense .
According to Americans for Tax Fairness , the total wealth of U.S. billionaires increased by $ 792 billion , or 27 % , during the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During this period , Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , the world ’ s wealthiest person , has become the world ’ s first multi-centibillionaire , with a net worth now surpassing $ 200 billion .
Meanwhile , his employees struggle to make ends meet , and Amazon workers who speak out against poor pay and hazardous working conditions during the pandemic have been fired and derided by company executives .
Compared to other most-developed nations , the U.S. has done a relatively poor job of taking care of its people during the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only developed nation without universal healthcare , its workers have received less in direct payments and government support than people in many comparable countries .
The gap between the richest and poorest U.S. households is now wider than it has ever been in the past 50 years , according to the most recently available data from the U.S. Census Bureau .
The pandemic has only exacerbated the situation , as around half of lower-income American households have reported a job or wage loss due to Covid-19 .
Internationally , the U.S. ranks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ income inequality , according to Gini coefficient data compiled by the CIA , placing it roughly on par with nations like Peru and Cameroon .
Among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) nations , the U.S. has the seventh-highest level of income inequality .
The U.S. has the highest poverty rate among the world ’ s most-developed nations , and the fourth-highest poverty rate among OECD nations after South Africa , Costa Rica , and Romania .
According to UNICEF , the U.S. also has the second-highest rate of childhood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with more than one in five U.S. children—and over one in four Latinx children , and nearly one in three Black and Native American children—living in poverty .
This year , more than 54 million Americans , or roughly one in every six people—including 18 million children—may experience food insecurity , according to the nonprofit group Feeding America .

‘$2.5 Trillion Theft’ – Study Shows Richest 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From Bottom 90% In Recent Decades
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
Waking Times
New research published Monday found that the top 1% of U.S. income earners have taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90% over the past several decades, and that the median worker salary would be around twice as high today as it was in 1945 if pay had kept pace with economic output over that period.
The study’s authors, Carter C. Price and Kathryn Edwards of the RAND Corporation, examined income distribution and economic growth in the United States from 1945 to the present. The researchers found stark differences between income distribution from 1945 to 1974 and 1975 to 2018.
What if income growth in America had stayed as equitable as it was in the post-war period? This peer-reviewed working paper by @CarterCPrice & @keds_economist quantifies the scale of the income gap that was created by rising inequality from 1975 to 2018. https://t.co/CGg2E0KBvw — RAND Corporation (@RANDCorporation) September 14, 2020
According to the study—which was funded by the Seattle-based Fair Work Center—the median salary of a full-time U.S. worker is currently about $50,000. Adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index, workers at or below the current median income now earn less than half of what they would have if incomes had kept pace with economic growth. This means that if salaries had kept pace with economic output, the median worker pay would be between $92,000 and $102,000 today, depending on how inflation is calculated.
Had the more equitable distribution of the roughly 30-year postwar period continued apace, the total annual income of the bottom 90% of American workers would have been $2.5 trillion higher in 2018, or an amount equal to about 12% of GDP. In other words, the upward redistribution of income has enriched the 1% by some $47 trillion—which would now be more than $50 trillion—at the expense of American workers.
David Rolf, a Seattle labor organizer, president of the Fair Work Center, and founder of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 775, is more blunt. He calls this “the $2.5 trillion theft.”
Every year, $2.5 trillion—that's trillion, with a “t”—is redistributed from the bottom 90 percent of Americans to the wealthiest 1 percent. That $50 trillion used to go to working Americans. It’s instead been rerouted to the pockets of the top 1 percent. https://t.co/d4hNjlIKhS — Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) September 15, 2020
“From the standpoint of people who have worked hard and played by the rules and yet are participating far less in economic growth than Americans did a generation ago, whether you call it ‘reverse distribution’ or ‘theft,’ it demands to be called something,” Rolf, who helped lead the fight for a $15 hourly minimum wage in Seattle and beyond, told Fast Company.
Remarkably, the study found that workers at all income levels would be better off today if income kept pace with output. Full-time, prime-age workers in the 25th percentile, for example, would be earning $61,000 instead of $33,000. Workers in the 75th percentile, who in 2018 earned $81,000, would be making $126,000. Even 90th-percentile workers, who earn $133,000, would be making $168,000 under the more equitable distribution.
On the other hand, had the economic pie been divided more equitably, the income of the top 1% would fall from around $1.2 million to a still-affluent $549,000.
“We were shocked by the numbers,” said Nick Hanauer, a venture capitalist and self-described “zillionaire” who, along with Rolf, came up with the idea for the study. “It explains almost everything,” Hanauer told Fast Company. “It explains why people are so pissed off. It explains why they are so economically precarious.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who made correcting economic inequality a pillar of both of his presidential bids, lamented the “h-u-g-e redistribution of income in America” in a Monday tweet.
Since 1975, there has been a h-u-g-e redistribution of income in America, but it has gone in the wrong direction. Over the past 45 years, $50 trillion has been taken out of the pockets of the bottom 90% and into the hands of the top 1%—costing the median worker $42,000 a year. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 14, 2020
The researchers’ findings, which come amid a deadly coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic, shine light on the injustice of an economy—by far the wealthiest in the history of civilization—in which essential workers struggle mightily, and often in vain, to survive while the richest people grow ever richer at their expense.
According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the total wealth of U.S. billionaires increased by $792 billion, or 27%, during the first five months of the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, has become the world’s first multi-centibillionaire, with a net worth now surpassing $200 billion. Meanwhile, his employees struggle to make ends meet, and Amazon workers who speak out against poor pay and hazardous working conditions during the pandemic have been fired and derided by company executives.
Compared to other most-developed nations, the U.S. has done a relatively poor job of taking care of its people during the pandemic. In addition to the U.S. being the only developed nation without universal healthcare, its workers have received less in direct payments and government support than people in many comparable countries.
The gap between the richest and poorest U.S. households is now wider than it has ever been in the past 50 years, according to the most recently available data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The pandemic has only exacerbated the situation, as around half of lower-income American households have reported a job or wage loss due to Covid-19.
Internationally, the U.S. ranks 39th out of over 150 nations in income inequality, according to Gini coefficient data compiled by the CIA, placing it roughly on par with nations like Peru and Cameroon. Among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations, the U.S. has the seventh-highest level of income inequality.
The U.S. has the highest poverty rate among the world’s most-developed nations, and the fourth-highest poverty rate among OECD nations after South Africa, Costa Rica, and Romania. According to UNICEF, the U.S. also has the second-highest rate of childhood poverty in the developed world behind Romania, with more than one in five U.S. children—and over one in four Latinx children, and nearly one in three Black and Native American children—living in poverty.
This year, more than 54 million Americans, or roughly one in every six people—including 18 million children—may experience food insecurity, according to the nonprofit group Feeding America.


thewakingtimes--2020-09-18--Virtual School Dangers: The Hazards Of A Police State Education During COVID-19

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Once upon a time in America , parents breathed a sigh of relief when their kids went back to school after a summer ’ s hiatus , content in the knowledge that for a good portion of the day , their kids would be gainfully occupied , out of harm ’ s way , and out of trouble .
Back then , if you talked back to a teacher , or played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just failed to do your homework , you might find yourself in detention or doing an extra writing assignment after school or suffering through a parent-teacher conference about your shortcomings .
Of course , that was before school shootings became a part of our national lexicon .
As a result , over the course of the past 30 years , the need to keep the schools “ safe ” from drugs and weapons has become a thinly disguised , profit-driven campaign to transform them into quasi-prisons , complete with surveillance cameras , metal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policies , lock downs , drug sniffing dogs , school resource officers , strip searches , and active shooter drills .
Suddenly , under school zero tolerance policies , students were being punished with suspension , expulsion , and even arrest for childish behavior and minor transgressions such as playing cops and robbers on the playground , bringing LEGOs to school , or having a food fight .
As a result , students are being subjected to police tactics such as handcuffs , leg shackles , tasers and excessive force for “ acting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ticketed , fined and sent to court for behavior perceived as defiant , disruptive or disorderly such as spraying perfume and writing on a desk .
This is what constitutes a police state education these days : lessons in compliance meted out with aggressive , totalitarian tactics .
The COVID-19 pandemic has added yet another troubling layer to the ways in which students ( and their families ) can run afoul of a police state education now that school ( virtual or in-person ) is back in session .
Significant numbers of schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ districts have opted to hold their classes online , in-person or a hybrid of the two , fearing further outbreaks of the virus .
Yet this unprecedented foray into the virtual world carries its own unique risks .
Apart from the technological logistics of ensuring that millions of students across the country have adequate computer and internet access , consider the Fourth Amendment ramifications of having students attend school online via video classes from the privacy of their homes .
Suddenly , you ’ ve got government officials ( in this case , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other end of that virtual connection ) being allowed carte blanche visual access to the inside of one ’ s private home without a warrant .
Anything those school officials see—anything they hear—anything they photograph or record—during that virtual visit becomes fair game for scrutiny and investigation not just by school officials but by every interconnected government agency to which that information can be relayed : the police , social services , animal control , the Department of Homeland Security , you name it .
After all , this is the age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ code is so vast that the average American unknowingly commits about three federal felonies per day , a U.S. Attorney can find a way to charge just about anyone with violating federal law .
In fact , we ’ re already seeing this play out across the country .
For instance , a 12-year-old Colorado boy was suspended for flashing a toy gun across his computer screen during an online art class .
Without bothering to notify or consult with the boy ’ s parents , police carried out a welfare check on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and learning disabilities .
An 11-year-old Maryland boy had police descend on his home in search of weapons after school officials spied a BB gun on the boy ’ s bedroom wall during a Google Meet class on his laptop .
School officials reported the sighting to the school resource officer , who then called the police .
And in New York and Massachusetts , growing numbers of parents are being visited by social services after being reported to the state child neglect and abuse hotline , all because their kids failed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ classes .
Charges of neglect , in some instances , can lead to children being removed from their homes .
You see what this is , don ’ t you ?
This is how a seemingly well-meaning program ( virtual classrooms ) becomes another means by which the government can intrude into our private lives , further normalizing the idea of constant surveillance and desensitizing us to the dangers of an existence in which we are never safe from the all-seeing eyes of Big Brother .
This is how the police sidestep the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause and a court-issued warrant in order to spy us on in the privacy of our homes : by putting school officials in a position to serve as spies and snitches via online portals and virtual classrooms , and by establishing open virtual doorways into our homes through which the police can enter uninvited and poke around .
It ’ s only a matter of time before the self-righteous Nanny State uses this COVID-19 pandemic as yet another means by which it can dictate every aspect of our lives .
At the moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young people who are the guinea pigs for the police state ’ s experiment in virtual authoritarianism .
Already , school administrators are wrestling with how to handle student discipline for in-person classes and online learning in the midst of COVID-19 .
Mark my words , this will take school zero tolerance policies—and their associated harsh disciplinary penalties—to a whole new level once you have teachers empowered to act as the Thought Police .
Depending on the state and the school district , failing to wear a face mask could constitute a dress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing a face mask at school constitutes a criminal misdemeanor .
In Texas , it ’ s considered an assault to intentionally spit , sneeze , or cough on someone else .
Anyone removing their mask before spitting or coughing could be given a suspension from school .
Virtual learning presents its own challenges with educators warning dire consequences for students who violate school standards for dress code and work spaces , even while “ learning ” at home .
According to Chalkbeat , “ In Shelby County , Tennessee , which includes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hats , or hoods on screen , and students ’ shirts must have sleeves .
( The district is providing ‘ flexibility ’ on clothing bottoms and footwear when a student ’ s full body won ’ t be seen on video . )
Other rules might be even tougher to follow : The district is also requiring students ’ work stations to be clear of ‘ foreign objects ’ and says students shouldn ’ t eat or drink during virtual classes.
” See how quickly the Nanny State a.k.a .
Police State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to cease being the master of your own home is to have a child engaged in virtual learning .
Suddenly , the government gets to have a say in how you order your space and when those in your home can eat and drink and what clothes they wear .
If you think the schools won ’ t overreact in a virtual forum , you should think again .
These are the same schools that have been plagued by a lack of common sense when it comes to enforcing zero tolerance policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These are the very same schools that have exposed students to a steady diet of draconian zero tolerance policies that criminalize childish behavior , overreaching anti-bullying statutes that criminalize speech , school resource officers ( police ) tasked with disciplining and/or arresting so-called “ disorderly ” students , standardized testing that emphasizes rote answers over critical thinking , politically correct mindsets that teach young people to censor themselves and those around them , and extensive biometric and surveillance systems that , coupled with the rest , acclimate young people to a world in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , speech or movement .
Zero tolerance policies that were intended to make schools safer by discouraging the use of actual drugs and weapons by students have turned students into suspects to be treated as criminals by school officials and law enforcement alike , while criminalizing childish behavior .
For instance , 9-year-old Patrick Timoney was sent to the principal ’ s office and threatened with suspension after school officials discovered that one of his LEGOs was holding a 2-inch toy gun .
David Morales , an 8-year-old Rhode Island student , ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tolerance policies after he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and tiny plastic Army figures in honor of American troops .
School officials declared the hat out of bounds because the toy soldiers were carrying miniature guns .
A high school sophomore was suspended for violating the school ’ s no-cell-phone policy after he took a call from his father , a master sergeant in the U.S. Army who was serving in Iraq at the time .
In Houston , an 8th grader was suspended for wearing rosary beads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( the school has a zero tolerance policy against the rosary , which the school insists can be interpreted as a sign of gang involvement ) .
Even imaginary weapons ( hand-drawn pictures of guns , pencils twirled in a “ threatening ” manner , imaginary bows and arrows , even fingers positioned like guns ) can also land a student in detention .
Equally outrageous was the case in New Jersey where several kindergartners were suspended from school for three days for playing a make-believe game of “ cops and robbers ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guns .
With the distinctions between student offenses erased , and all offenses expellable , we now find ourselves in the midst of what Time magazine described as a “ national crackdown on Alka-Seltzer.
” Students have actually been suspended from school for possession of the fizzy tablets in violation of zero tolerance drug policies .
Students have also been penalized for such inane “ crimes ” as bringing nail clippers to school , using Listerine or Scope , and carrying fold-out combs that resemble switchblades .
A 13-year-old boy in Manassas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mint from a classmate , was actually suspended and required to attend drug-awareness classes , while a 12-year-old boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project was charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug .
Acts of kindness , concern , basic manners or just engaging in childish behavior can also result in suspensions .
One 13-year-old was given detention for exposing the school to “ liability ” by sharing his lunch with a hungry friend .
A third grader was suspended for shaving her head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost her hair to chemotherapy .
And then there was the high school senior who was suspended for saying “ bless you ” after a fellow classmate sneezed .
In South Carolina , where it ’ s against the law to disturb a school , more than a thousand students a year—some as young as 7 years old— “ face criminal charges for not following directions , loitering , cursing , or the vague allegation of acting ‘ obnoxiously.
’ If charged as adults , they can be held in jail for up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worse when you add police to the mix .
Thanks to a combination of media hype , political pandering and financial incentives , the use of armed police officers ( a.k.a .
school resource officers ) to patrol school hallways has risen dramatically in the years since the Columbine school shooting ( nearly 20,000 by 2003 ) .
What this means , notes Mother Jones , is greater police “ involvement in routine discipline matters that principals and parents used to address without involvement from law enforcement officers.
” Funded by the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers ( SROs ) have become de facto wardens in the elementary , middle and high schools , doling out their own brand of justice to the so-called “ criminals ” in their midst with the help of tasers , pepperspray , batons and brute force .
One SRO is accused of punching a 13-year-old student in the face for cutting in the cafeteria line .
That same cop put another student in a chokehold a week later , allegedly knocking the student unconscious and causing a brain injury .
In Pennsylvania , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to put his cell phone away .
A 12-year-old New York student was hauled out of school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk with an erasable marker .
Another 12-year-old was handcuffed and jailed after he stomped in a puddle , splashing classmates .
On any given day when school is in session , kids who “ act up ” in class are pinned facedown on the floor , locked in dark closets , tied up with straps , bungee cords and duct tape , handcuffed , leg shackled , tasered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in solitary confinement in order to bring them under “ control.
” In almost every case , these undeniably harsh methods are used to punish kids for simply failing to follow directions or throwing tantrums .
Very rarely do the kids pose any credible danger to themselves or others .
For example , a 4-year-old Virginia preschooler was handcuffed , leg shackled and transported to the sheriff ’ s office after reportedly throwing blocks and climbing on top of the furniture .
School officials claim the restraints were necessary to protect the adults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a Georgia public school was handcuffed , transported to the police station , and charged with simple battery of a schoolteacher and criminal damage to property for throwing a temper tantrum at school .
This is the end product of all those so-called school “ safety ” policies , which run the gamut from zero tolerance policies that punish all infractions harshly to surveillance cameras , metal detectors , random searches , drug-sniffing dogs , school-wide lockdowns , active-shooter drills and militarized police officers .
Yet these police state tactics did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I point out in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , police state tactics never make anyone safer so much as they present the illusion of safety and indoctrinate the populace to comply , fear and march in lockstep with the government ’ s dictates .
Now with virtual learning in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic , the stakes are even higher .
It won ’ t be long before you start to see police carrying out knock-and-talk investigations based on whatever speculative information is gleaned from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government officials entry to your homes in violation of the Fourth Amendment .
It won ’ t take much at all for SWAT teams to start crashing through doors based on erroneous assumptions about whatever mistaken “ contraband ” someone may have glimpsed in the background of a virtual classroom session : a maple leaf that looks like marijuana , a jar of sugar that looks like cocaine , a toy gun , someone playfully shouting for help in the distance .
This may sound far-fetched now , but it ’ s only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slope becomes yet another mile marker on the one-way road to tyranny .
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute , where this article ( Virtual School Dangers : The Hazards Of A Police State Education During COVID-19 ) was originally published .
He is the author of A Government of Wolves : The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto .

Virtual School Dangers: The Hazards Of A Police State Education During COVID-19
John W. Whitehead, Rutherford
Waking Times
“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984
Once upon a time in America, parents breathed a sigh of relief when their kids went back to school after a summer’s hiatus, content in the knowledge that for a good portion of the day, their kids would be gainfully occupied, out of harm’s way, and out of trouble.
Back then, if you talked back to a teacher, or played a prank on a classmate, or just failed to do your homework, you might find yourself in detention or doing an extra writing assignment after school or suffering through a parent-teacher conference about your shortcomings.
Of course, that was before school shootings became a part of our national lexicon.
As a result, over the course of the past 30 years, the need to keep the schools “safe” from drugs and weapons has become a thinly disguised, profit-driven campaign to transform them into quasi-prisons, complete with surveillance cameras, metal detectors, police patrols, zero tolerance policies, lock downs, drug sniffing dogs, school resource officers, strip searches, and active shooter drills.
Suddenly, under school zero tolerance policies, students were being punished with suspension, expulsion, and even arrest for childish behavior and minor transgressions such as playing cops and robbers on the playground, bringing LEGOs to school, or having a food fight.
Things got even worse once schools started to rely on police (school resource officers) to “deal with minor rule breaking: sagging pants, disrespectful comments, brief physical skirmishes.”
As a result, students are being subjected to police tactics such as handcuffs, leg shackles, tasers and excessive force for “acting up,” in addition to being ticketed, fined and sent to court for behavior perceived as defiant, disruptive or disorderly such as spraying perfume and writing on a desk.
This is what constitutes a police state education these days: lessons in compliance meted out with aggressive, totalitarian tactics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has added yet another troubling layer to the ways in which students (and their families) can run afoul of a police state education now that school (virtual or in-person) is back in session.
Significant numbers of schools within the nation’s 13,000 school districts have opted to hold their classes online, in-person or a hybrid of the two, fearing further outbreaks of the virus. Yet this unprecedented foray into the virtual world carries its own unique risks.
Apart from the technological logistics of ensuring that millions of students across the country have adequate computer and internet access, consider the Fourth Amendment ramifications of having students attend school online via video classes from the privacy of their homes.
Suddenly, you’ve got government officials (in this case, teachers or anyone at the school on the other end of that virtual connection) being allowed carte blanche visual access to the inside of one’s private home without a warrant.
Anything those school officials see—anything they hear—anything they photograph or record—during that virtual visit becomes fair game for scrutiny and investigation not just by school officials but by every interconnected government agency to which that information can be relayed: the police, social services, animal control, the Department of Homeland Security, you name it.
After all, this is the age of overcriminalization, when the federal criminal code is so vast that the average American unknowingly commits about three federal felonies per day, a U.S. Attorney can find a way to charge just about anyone with violating federal law.
It’s a train wreck just waiting to happen.
In fact, we’re already seeing this play out across the country. For instance, a 12-year-old Colorado boy was suspended for flashing a toy gun across his computer screen during an online art class. Without bothering to notify or consult with the boy’s parents, police carried out a welfare check on Isaiah Elliott, who suffers from ADHD and learning disabilities.
An 11-year-old Maryland boy had police descend on his home in search of weapons after school officials spied a BB gun on the boy’s bedroom wall during a Google Meet class on his laptop. School officials reported the sighting to the school resource officer, who then called the police.
And in New York and Massachusetts, growing numbers of parents are being visited by social services after being reported to the state child neglect and abuse hotline, all because their kids failed to sign in for some of their online classes. Charges of neglect, in some instances, can lead to children being removed from their homes.
You see what this is, don’t you?
This is how a seemingly well-meaning program (virtual classrooms) becomes another means by which the government can intrude into our private lives, further normalizing the idea of constant surveillance and desensitizing us to the dangers of an existence in which we are never safe from the all-seeing eyes of Big Brother.
This is how the police sidestep the Fourth Amendment’s requirement for probable cause and a court-issued warrant in order to spy us on in the privacy of our homes: by putting school officials in a position to serve as spies and snitches via online portals and virtual classrooms, and by establishing open virtual doorways into our homes through which the police can enter uninvited and poke around.
Welfare checks. Police searches for weapons. Reports to Social Services.
It’s only a matter of time before the self-righteous Nanny State uses this COVID-19 pandemic as yet another means by which it can dictate every aspect of our lives.
At the moment, it’s America’s young people who are the guinea pigs for the police state’s experiment in virtual authoritarianism. Already, school administrators are wrestling with how to handle student discipline for in-person classes and online learning in the midst of COVID-19.
Mark my words, this will take school zero tolerance policies—and their associated harsh disciplinary penalties—to a whole new level once you have teachers empowered to act as the Thought Police.
As Kalyn Belsha reports for Chalkbeat, “In Jacksonville, Florida, students who don’t wear a mask repeatedly could be removed from school and made to learn online. In some Texas districts, intentionally coughing on someone can be classified as assault. In Memphis, minor misbehaviors could land students in an online ‘supervised study.’”
Depending on the state and the school district, failing to wear a face mask could constitute a dress code violation. In Utah, not wearing a face mask at school constitutes a criminal misdemeanor. In Texas, it’s considered an assault to intentionally spit, sneeze, or cough on someone else. Anyone removing their mask before spitting or coughing could be given a suspension from school.
Virtual learning presents its own challenges with educators warning dire consequences for students who violate school standards for dress code and work spaces, even while “learning” at home. According to Chalkbeat, “In Shelby County, Tennessee, which includes Memphis, that means no pajamas, hats, or hoods on screen, and students’ shirts must have sleeves. (The district is providing ‘flexibility’ on clothing bottoms and footwear when a student’s full body won’t be seen on video.) Other rules might be even tougher to follow: The district is also requiring students’ work stations to be clear of ‘foreign objects’ and says students shouldn’t eat or drink during virtual classes.”
See how quickly the Nanny State a.k.a. Police State takes over?
All it takes for you to cease being the master of your own home is to have a child engaged in virtual learning. Suddenly, the government gets to have a say in how you order your space and when those in your home can eat and drink and what clothes they wear.
If you think the schools won’t overreact in a virtual forum, you should think again.
These are the same schools that have been plagued by a lack of common sense when it comes to enforcing zero tolerance policies for weapons, violence and drugs.
These are the very same schools that have exposed students to a steady diet of draconian zero tolerance policies that criminalize childish behavior, overreaching anti-bullying statutes that criminalize speech, school resource officers (police) tasked with disciplining and/or arresting so-called “disorderly” students, standardized testing that emphasizes rote answers over critical thinking, politically correct mindsets that teach young people to censor themselves and those around them, and extensive biometric and surveillance systems that, coupled with the rest, acclimate young people to a world in which they have no freedom of thought, speech or movement.
Zero tolerance policies that were intended to make schools safer by discouraging the use of actual drugs and weapons by students have turned students into suspects to be treated as criminals by school officials and law enforcement alike, while criminalizing childish behavior.
For instance, 9-year-old Patrick Timoney was sent to the principal’s office and threatened with suspension after school officials discovered that one of his LEGOs was holding a 2-inch toy gun. David Morales, an 8-year-old Rhode Island student, ran afoul of his school’s zero tolerance policies after he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and tiny plastic Army figures in honor of American troops. School officials declared the hat out of bounds because the toy soldiers were carrying miniature guns.
A high school sophomore was suspended for violating the school’s no-cell-phone policy after he took a call from his father, a master sergeant in the U.S. Army who was serving in Iraq at the time. In Houston, an 8th grader was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school in memory of her grandmother (the school has a zero tolerance policy against the rosary, which the school insists can be interpreted as a sign of gang involvement).
Even imaginary weapons (hand-drawn pictures of guns, pencils twirled in a “threatening” manner, imaginary bows and arrows, even fingers positioned like guns) can also land a student in detention. Equally outrageous was the case in New Jersey where several kindergartners were suspended from school for three days for playing a make-believe game of “cops and robbers” during recess and using their fingers as guns.
With the distinctions between student offenses erased, and all offenses expellable, we now find ourselves in the midst of what Time magazine described as a “national crackdown on Alka-Seltzer.” Students have actually been suspended from school for possession of the fizzy tablets in violation of zero tolerance drug policies. Students have also been penalized for such inane “crimes” as bringing nail clippers to school, using Listerine or Scope, and carrying fold-out combs that resemble switchblades.
A 13-year-old boy in Manassas, Virginia, who accepted a Certs breath mint from a classmate, was actually suspended and required to attend drug-awareness classes, while a 12-year-old boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project was charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug.
Acts of kindness, concern, basic manners or just engaging in childish behavior can also result in suspensions.
One 13-year-old was given detention for exposing the school to “liability” by sharing his lunch with a hungry friend. A third grader was suspended for shaving her head in sympathy for a friend who had lost her hair to chemotherapy. And then there was the high school senior who was suspended for saying “bless you” after a fellow classmate sneezed.
In South Carolina, where it’s against the law to disturb a school, more than a thousand students a year—some as young as 7 years old—“face criminal charges for not following directions, loitering, cursing, or the vague allegation of acting ‘obnoxiously.’ If charged as adults, they can be held in jail for up to 90 days.”
Things get even worse when you add police to the mix.
Thanks to a combination of media hype, political pandering and financial incentives, the use of armed police officers (a.k.a. school resource officers) to patrol school hallways has risen dramatically in the years since the Columbine school shooting (nearly 20,000 by 2003). What this means, notes Mother Jones, is greater police “involvement in routine discipline matters that principals and parents used to address without involvement from law enforcement officers.”
Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, these school resource officers (SROs) have become de facto wardens in the elementary, middle and high schools, doling out their own brand of justice to the so-called “criminals” in their midst with the help of tasers, pepperspray, batons and brute force.
The horror stories are legion.
One SRO is accused of punching a 13-year-old student in the face for cutting in the cafeteria line. That same cop put another student in a chokehold a week later, allegedly knocking the student unconscious and causing a brain injury.
In Pennsylvania, a student was tased after ignoring an order to put his cell phone away.
A 12-year-old New York student was hauled out of school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk with an erasable marker. Another 12-year-old was handcuffed and jailed after he stomped in a puddle, splashing classmates.
On any given day when school is in session, kids who “act up” in class are pinned facedown on the floor, locked in dark closets, tied up with straps, bungee cords and duct tape, handcuffed, leg shackled, tasered or otherwise restrained, immobilized or placed in solitary confinement in order to bring them under “control.”
In almost every case, these undeniably harsh methods are used to punish kids for simply failing to follow directions or throwing tantrums.
Very rarely do the kids pose any credible danger to themselves or others.
For example, a 4-year-old Virginia preschooler was handcuffed, leg shackled and transported to the sheriff’s office after reportedly throwing blocks and climbing on top of the furniture. School officials claim the restraints were necessary to protect the adults from injury.
A 6-year-old kindergarten student in a Georgia public school was handcuffed, transported to the police station, and charged with simple battery of a schoolteacher and criminal damage to property for throwing a temper tantrum at school.
This is the end product of all those so-called school “safety” policies, which run the gamut from zero tolerance policies that punish all infractions harshly to surveillance cameras, metal detectors, random searches, drug-sniffing dogs, school-wide lockdowns, active-shooter drills and militarized police officers.
Yet these police state tactics did not made the schools any safer.
As I point out in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, police state tactics never make anyone safer so much as they present the illusion of safety and indoctrinate the populace to comply, fear and march in lockstep with the government’s dictates.
Now with virtual learning in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic, the stakes are even higher.
It won’t be long before you start to see police carrying out knock-and-talk investigations based on whatever speculative information is gleaned from those daily virtual classroom sessions that allow government officials entry to your homes in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
It won’t take much at all for SWAT teams to start crashing through doors based on erroneous assumptions about whatever mistaken “contraband” someone may have glimpsed in the background of a virtual classroom session: a maple leaf that looks like marijuana, a jar of sugar that looks like cocaine, a toy gun, someone playfully shouting for help in the distance.
This may sound far-fetched now, but it’s only a matter of time before this slippery slope becomes yet another mile marker on the one-way road to tyranny.
About the Author
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, where this article (Virtual School Dangers: The Hazards Of A Police State Education During COVID-19) was originally published. He is the author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto.


thewakingtimes--2020-09-18--“Hundreds Of Thousands, If Not Millions” Of Migratory Birds Drop Dead Across New Mexico

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Wildlife researchers in New Mexico and Colorado are aghast as a growing number of birds across the region are being discovered to have mysteriously died off in massive numbers .
In recent days , residents across the region have been finding the corpses of various migratory birds along hiking trails , missile ranges , and other locations .
Experts remain unclear about why exactly the huge die-off is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could possibly be tied to a recent cold front , ongoing droughts , or even the tremendous amount of smoke being pumped out of the wildfires across western states .
Desmond and a team of wildlife experts at the Bureau of Land Management , NMSU , and White Sands Missile Range have been trying to ascertain the drastic and unexpected rise in bird deaths .
The impacted bird species include blackbirds , warblers , sparrows , swallows , flycatchers , and the western wood pewee .
“ People have been reporting that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just really lethargic , ” said Trish Cutler , a biologist at White Sands Missile Range.. “ One thing we ’ re not seeing is our resident birds mixed in with these dead birds .
We have resident birds that live here , some of them migrate and some of them don ’ t , but we ’ re not getting birds like roadrunners or quail or doves.
” The cold snap that passed through the state is being looked at as one potential reason for the deaths .
The ongoing dry spell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a role in the die-off , as could the toxic conditions created by the rampant wildfires plaguing the region .
“ It can be related to some of the drought conditions , ” Desmond said .
“ It could also be related to the fires in the west.
” “ There may have been some damage to these birds in their lungs [ due to the fires ] , ” Desmond added .
“ They may have been pushed out before they were ready to migrate , ” she explained .
“ They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of fat for them to be able to survive the migration .
These birds migrate at night and they get up in the jet stream , and they might migrate for three nights in succession , they ’ ll come down and they ’ ll feed like crazy , put on more fat and go again.
” In video footage captured on Sept. 13 by journalist Austin Fisher while he was hiking in northern Rio Arriba County , large clusters of dead birds can be seen strewn across the trail .
And as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented deluge of fires across multiple states , reports have emerged of birds disappearing from skies or worse , turning up dead .
Much still remains unknown about how wildfire smoke impacts bird populations , but researchers have noted that birds perpetually live on the edge .
However , veterinarians and bird scientists have found that smoke can leave a damaging impact on the lung tissue of captive birds , leaving them susceptible to deadly respiratory infections , reports the Audubon Society .
Research has also found that exposure to air pollution causes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ susceptibility to respiratory infections .
Since 1970 , bird populations in North America have plummeted by 29 percent , or three billion birds .
According to a 2019 study , rampant high temperatures resulting from climate change are drastically altering the migration patterns of bird species .
With pastures and grasslands being converted to crops , nesting places have dwindled along with the mass die-offs of insects eliminated by pesticides .

“Hundreds Of Thousands, If Not Millions” Of Migratory Birds Drop Dead Across New Mexico
Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
Wildlife researchers in New Mexico and Colorado are aghast as a growing number of birds across the region are being discovered to have mysteriously died off in massive numbers.
In recent days, residents across the region have been finding the corpses of various migratory birds along hiking trails, missile ranges, and other locations.
Experts remain unclear about why exactly the huge die-off is occurring, although some believe that it could possibly be tied to a recent cold front, ongoing droughts, or even the tremendous amount of smoke being pumped out of the wildfires across western states.
“It is terribly frightening,” Prof. Martha Desmond of New Mexico State University’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology told Las Cruces Sun-News. “We’ve never seen anything like this. … We’re losing probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of migratory birds.”
Desmond and a team of wildlife experts at the Bureau of Land Management, NMSU, and White Sands Missile Range have been trying to ascertain the drastic and unexpected rise in bird deaths.
The impacted bird species include blackbirds, warblers, sparrows, swallows, flycatchers, and the western wood pewee.
“A number of these species are already in trouble,” Desmond said. “They are already experiencing huge population declines and then to have a traumatic event like this is – it’s devastating.”
“People have been reporting that the birds look sleepy … they’re just really lethargic,” said Trish Cutler, a biologist at White Sands Missile Range.. “One thing we’re not seeing is our resident birds mixed in with these dead birds. We have resident birds that live here, some of them migrate and some of them don’t, but we’re not getting birds like roadrunners or quail or doves.”
The cold snap that passed through the state is being looked at as one potential reason for the deaths.
However, Desmond told KOB that “What is odd is the fact that we’re seeing this occur beforehand and we’re seeing it occur since then.”
The ongoing dry spell in the state may have also played a role in the die-off, as could the toxic conditions created by the rampant wildfires plaguing the region.
“It can be related to some of the drought conditions,” Desmond said. “It could also be related to the fires in the west.” “There may have been some damage to these birds in their lungs [due to the fires],” Desmond added. “They may have been pushed out before they were ready to migrate,” she explained. “They have to put on a certain amount of fat for them to be able to survive the migration. These birds migrate at night and they get up in the jet stream, and they might migrate for three nights in succession, they’ll come down and they’ll feed like crazy, put on more fat and go again.”
In video footage captured on Sept. 13 by journalist Austin Fisher while he was hiking in northern Rio Arriba County, large clusters of dead birds can be seen strewn across the trail.
“I have no idea,” Fisher can be heard saying while he panned the camera to reveal dozens of dead birds lying across the ground.
And as western states have been plunged into an unprecedented deluge of fires across multiple states, reports have emerged of birds disappearing from skies or worse, turning up dead.
Much still remains unknown about how wildfire smoke impacts bird populations, but researchers have noted that birds perpetually live on the edge.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently wrote on Twitter that “not much is known about the impacts of smoke and wildfires on birds.”
However, veterinarians and bird scientists have found that smoke can leave a damaging impact on the lung tissue of captive birds, leaving them susceptible to deadly respiratory infections, reports the Audubon Society. Research has also found that exposure to air pollution causes respiratory distress in birds and increases their susceptibility to respiratory infections.
“We do know that exposure to particulate matter, which of course is of great concern for human health, can affect birds as well,” said Olivia Sanderfoot, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Washington Seattle who studies the impact of air pollution on birds.
Since 1970, bird populations in North America have plummeted by 29 percent, or three billion birds. According to a 2019 study, rampant high temperatures resulting from climate change are drastically altering the migration patterns of bird species. With pastures and grasslands being converted to crops, nesting places have dwindled along with the mass die-offs of insects eliminated by pesticides.
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


thewakingtimes--2020-09-17--The 2020 Qi Gong Global Summit

The 2020 Qi Gong Global Summit

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What if there was a low-impact way to move your body and balance your emotions that also slowed aging and boosted your immunity and hormone health ?
An elegant , meditative movement practice that was easy on your joints , made you feel more alive , and suffused your body with blissful vitality ?
Qi means breath or life force , and gong means cultivation or mastery .
Through subtle yet powerful Qigong exercises , meditations , and flow movements , you can direct life-force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — transforming anxiety , stress , and latent disease into potency and health .
As your body responds by doing what it ’ s designed to do ( self-heal and rebalance ) , blocks in your energy body dissolve and your radiant Qi flows smoothly into every dimension of your being — emotional , mental , physical , and spiritual .
The Qigong masters , doctors , and practitioners in the Qigong Global Summit will provide you with deep insights into the practices of Qigong , Tai Chi , martial arts , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Join these teachers and masters as they transmit the most salient aspects of how to manage and develop your Qi — offering powerful practices you can use right away .
You ’ ll get access to over 20 of the foremost teachers in the field — including Master Mantak Chia , Daisy Lee , Damo Mitchell , Lee Holden , Dr. Roger Jahnke , Master Mingtong Gu , and many others — each sharing essential practices to elevate your flow of Qi for enhanced health and wellbeing .
You ’ ll discover how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release stress , and create a sense of flow and groundedness within the challenges of daily life .
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge : HERE !
This 4-day summit comes at the perfect time , as we individually and collectively look for alternative , home-based ways to keep healthy and active .
• None Ways to naturally and fluidly loosen your joints , improve efficiency of movement , and generate whole body power • None Methods for staying sane and healthy via “ Qi dance ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of generating The Golden Elixir ( refined Qi ) , for healing , disease prevention , personal power , creativity , and inner peace • None The art of Taoist touch as an invaluable addition to relationship cultivation • None Ways to develop Qigong as a way of life… to build patience and fortitude • None Three Tai Chi moves that address the connection between the spleen , kidney , and liver • None How to use Qigong to diminish chronic pain • None The inspiring story of a Universal Healing Tao practitioner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after losing his eyesight • None Applications of Qigong to help resolve trauma and repair the nervous system • None An advanced practice that will assist you in moving away from the typical fight or flight reactions of fear , and into empowerment RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge : HERE !
In the Taoist tradition , different emotions are associated with specific vital organs .
Qigong utilizes specific techniques to release dense , difficult emotions that reside in these organs .
Science now shows that these techniques @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they liberate the emotional , energetic , and physical bodies .
During this free online event , you ’ ll discover simple practices that will help you take better energetic care of your body , mind , and emotions — generating harmony , serenity , and reconnection with yourself and nature .
You ’ ll be in good hands with summit host Sharon Smith , who ’ s been practicing Qigong , Tai Chi , and other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 42 years , and teaching them for 37 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ — at no charge : HERE !
Here are some more highlights from this groundbreaking summit !
• None World-renowned expert Master Mantak Chia will teach you how to use direct sexual energy to nourish your endocrine system and brain , enhance creativity , and renew your DNA with orgasmic Qi .
• None Experience the unique vibration of energy in each organ with Master Mingtong Gu , and awaken the aliveness of your whole being by releasing cellular memories and suppressed emotions .
• None Violet Li will share Silk Reeling — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tai Chi — teaching you how to move your body continuously in Qi-charged round , spiraling movements .
• None Damo Mitchell will transmit the basis of Nei Gong — development of the energy centers we know as the Dan Tian — which helps recharge the body ’ s natural battery and build up reserves of Qi .
• None Experience the wisdom of Dr. George Xavier Love as he touches on the Lung Swim practice and addresses common blood constraints that affect the breast and lungs .
• None Get into your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ share a 15-minute Qigong practice to help enter the “ flow state , ” whereby your energy is elevated and focused , empowering the mind , body , emotions , and spirit .
• None Explore a profound medicine termed The Golden Elixir , with Dr. Roger Jahnke , OMD — accessing the most refined aspects of the essential self through a multidimensional activation that can occur at home .
• None Daisy Lee will invite you to partake of the power of women coming together in a unified field to pursue self-care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creating a refined yin field of mutual support .
• None Join Livia Kohn as she explores Taoist cultivation in its many different forms — including breathwork , mental focus , gentle body movements , qi-guiding , detached observation , and internal alchemy .
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge : HERE !
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The 2020 Qi Gong Global Summit
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What if there was a low-impact way to move your body and balance your emotions that also slowed aging and boosted your immunity and hormone health?
An elegant, meditative movement practice that was easy on your joints, made you feel more alive, and suffused your body with blissful vitality?
Enter Qigong.
Qi means breath or life force, and gong means cultivation or mastery.
Through subtle yet powerful Qigong exercises, meditations, and flow movements, you can direct life-force energy to specific parts of your body — transforming anxiety, stress, and latent disease into potency and health.
As your body responds by doing what it’s designed to do (self-heal and rebalance), blocks in your energy body dissolve and your radiant Qi flows smoothly into every dimension of your being — emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual.
The Qigong masters, doctors, and practitioners in the Qigong Global Summit will provide you with deep insights into the practices of Qigong, Tai Chi, martial arts, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Join these teachers and masters as they transmit the most salient aspects of how to manage and develop your Qi — offering powerful practices you can use right away.
Free Online Event
Qigong Global Summit
September 22-25, 2020
You’ll get access to over 20 of the foremost teachers in the field — including Master Mantak Chia, Daisy Lee, Damo Mitchell, Lee Holden, Dr. Roger Jahnke, Master Mingtong Gu, and many others — each sharing essential practices to elevate your flow of Qi for enhanced health and wellbeing.
You’ll discover how to activate your inner healing potential to release stress, and create a sense of flow and groundedness within the challenges of daily life.
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge: HERE!
This 4-day summit comes at the perfect time, as we individually and collectively look for alternative, home-based ways to keep healthy and active.
During this online Qigong event, you’ll discover:
Ways to naturally and fluidly loosen your joints, improve efficiency of movement, and generate whole body power
Methods for staying sane and healthy via “Qi dance” and emotional release
The profound power of generating The Golden Elixir (refined Qi), for healing, disease prevention, personal power, creativity, and inner peace
The art of Taoist touch as an invaluable addition to relationship cultivation
Ways to develop Qigong as a way of life… to build patience and fortitude
Three Tai Chi moves that address the connection between the spleen, kidney, and liver
How to use Qigong to diminish chronic pain
The inspiring story of a Universal Healing Tao practitioner who uses Qigong to support his wellbeing after losing his eyesight
Applications of Qigong to help resolve trauma and repair the nervous system
An advanced practice that will assist you in moving away from the typical fight or flight reactions of fear, and into empowerment
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge: HERE!
In the Taoist tradition, different emotions are associated with specific vital organs. Qigong utilizes specific techniques to release dense, difficult emotions that reside in these organs. Science now shows that these techniques are an effective complement to allopathic medicine because they liberate the emotional, energetic, and physical bodies.
During this free online event, you’ll discover simple practices that will help you take better energetic care of your body, mind, and emotions — generating harmony, serenity, and reconnection with yourself and nature.
You’ll be in good hands with summit host Sharon Smith, who’s been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, and other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 42 years, and teaching them for 37.
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge: HERE!
Here are some more highlights from this groundbreaking summit!
World-renowned expert Master Mantak Chia will teach you how to use direct sexual energy to nourish your endocrine system and brain, enhance creativity, and renew your DNA with orgasmic Qi.
Experience the unique vibration of energy in each organ with Master Mingtong Gu, and awaken the aliveness of your whole being by releasing cellular memories and suppressed emotions.
Violet Li will share Silk Reeling — one of the foundational practices of Chen-style Tai Chi — teaching you how to move your body continuously in Qi-charged round, spiraling movements.
Damo Mitchell will transmit the basis of Nei Gong — development of the energy centers we know as the Dan Tian — which helps recharge the body’s natural battery and build up reserves of Qi.
Experience the wisdom of Dr. George Xavier Love as he touches on the Lung Swim practice and addresses common blood constraints that affect the breast and lungs.
Get into your flow with Lee Holden, who will share a 15-minute Qigong practice to help enter the “flow state,” whereby your energy is elevated and focused, empowering the mind, body, emotions, and spirit.
Explore a profound medicine termed The Golden Elixir, with Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD — accessing the most refined aspects of the essential self through a multidimensional activation that can occur at home.
Daisy Lee will invite you to partake of the power of women coming together in a unified field to pursue self-care with Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong… creating a refined yin field of mutual support.
Join Livia Kohn as she explores Taoist cultivation in its many different forms — including breathwork, mental focus, gentle body movements, qi-guiding, detached observation, and internal alchemy.
And much more!
RSVP here for The Qigong Global Summit — at no charge: HERE!
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