thewakingtimes--2020-11-05--The Big Why And Other Observations

The Big Why And Other Observations

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This is a hot button question that continually lurks behind the scenes of life ’ s garish activity and all of its ongoing drama .
It touches on free will , purpose and meaning , and all kinds of deeply philosophical issues .
Yet it is a very simple , everyday question any conscious being asks continually within this reactive matrix we call human consciousness .
All of which is inside this evolving and often seemingly devolving experience we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say what “ direction ” things should go ?
Such questions are a pervading angst on so many levels .
Is there a reason , a meaning , a purpose to anything , immediate or even deeply remote to what we call life ?
Never mind for the day to day madness that ’ s unfolding before our eyes ?
It really is a time of opportunity .
Stay with me here .
This is tough stuff to try to articulate .
Whatever we think we are is always there looking for meaning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its heels , along with the big underlying question of “ why ?
” The way bigger question is , who is it that ’ s asking ?
That ’ s the whopper if we ’ re willing to go there .
If we don ’ t get that one , all bets are off and we ’ re trying to perceive things in a primordial soup of mental relativity .
We assume self is one thing , the programmed sense of a continual self and reinforced identity , by ourselves as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an illusory perception ?
From “ just because it is ” to the religious default of “ it ’ s God ’ s plan ” , many foundational understandings are much closer to the truth than we realize .
They default to “ isness ” , which escapes the rational mind .
Lao Tzu had many mind-stopping things to say about this .
Heck , even the Bible says that the supposed God said when asked about his name , “ I am that I am.
” Clearly derived from earlier teachings .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This mind blowing point is found throughout all great teachings .
Things just are .
The implied powerlessness of such a simple realization is overwhelming to the ego driven self .
I say good .
Deal with it .
Head on .
That fake self stuff is what ’ s making such a mess here .
But that ’ s all part of it too .
Nothing is outside of the all pervading “ what is ” .
A tremendous relief to realize .
In fact , in that understanding there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , despite the polarity of the informational field and the endless treadmill of so-called spirituality .
We are where we are .
If you hunger for more , get there .
But I have to warn you , as was wisely said , “ The way out is realizing you were never in it.
” Let ’ s look at today .
In my opinion , humanity is being given an opportunity to transcend the bullshit on every level .
As the world structure falls apart , much is being revealed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to think about it now .
Whether consciously or subconsciously , or be it so-called deeply intellectual or within the free-for-all of so-called spirituality and belief systems , that big question of “ why ” looms .
Not so much the how , which we find fascinating to track thinking we can change things – but the “ why ” is always implied .
As if there has to be a reason .
That immediately alludes to a structural form of thinking within the very box from which the “ other ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can somehow perceive otherwise – that there ’ s something more profound going on .
Therein is the key .
This I feel is a time many are approaching deeper questions arising within them .
Hence the clinging to religious and otherwise beliefs , or perhaps exploring other perspectives as they arise in awareness .
This is a healthy process , as all processes are .
Creation arising in whatever form or circumstance is what ’ s going on , continually .
Only now a great space or pause has been imposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as react .
And most of all , watch them both .
That ’ s where the cool stuff kicks in .
To the plethora of historical trackers and research adherents this means a lot ; cause and inevitable effect , tracking the story in some sort of quest .
But all of this is only true on a timeline of events .
The predictable unfolding that ’ s led up to today ’ s condition is clear , yet few seem to notice , to the frustration of the trackers .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in both scenarios , how it came to pass as well as the acquiescent reaction .
As you know , there are reams of “ information ” and apparent reasons for both causes and effects .
The human mind is fascinated by these .
My question here is ; is that the real issue at hand ?
How can we proceed if we don ’ t even know who or what we are ?
This reactivity is a natural programmed reflex .
We tend to see things two dimensionally .
Action/reaction .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ default gives the “ game ” over to the aggressor .
Whoever calls the shots wins in such a board game .
Animated and reinforced , and hence made possible by willing participants .
That ’ s just how the game works .
The so-called opponent , as well as those being oppressed by the aggressor , are then forced into a paradigm of fight or acquiesce .
If there is a social “ tide ” that rises to repel such affronts , as happens within small groups and large , balance can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then it goes wonky again .
It ’ s bound to .
Any real lasting “ solution ” can only be had by transcendent non participation that comes as a natural state when real liberation occurs .
That , or the oppressors so overplay their hand that the whole game board blows up and we start over .
It ’ s something like that .
Maybe .
I ’ m just observing patterns .
I don ’ t know how this works here any more that you do .
But here we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it all .
The thing is , we have the capacity to transcend all of this by simply operating from our natural state derived from rediscovering our true , innate nature .
Not an individual attainment of any kind .
Simply aligning with that which is living through us .
The great I Am , if you will .
There meaning , purpose and everything we ’ re so attached to dissolve and we see the illusory game for what it is .
There ’ s wonderful comfort and peace there .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply what is living through us – and everything .
No “ sides ” .
no right and wrong .
I know , tough to wrap the head around .
Guess what ?
That head can ’ t wrap around nada , zip , zilch .
That ’ s where the problem lies .
What Role Truth ?
Back to the Why This ongoing struggle is a remarkable phenomenon .
Why life has to be combative in the first place is another big “ why ” .
Hence my theme here .
Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but why ?
Haven ’ t we seen this movie before ?
We have to look deeper .
There ’ s great peace , comfort and joy to be found , no matter the circumstances .
Truth has accrued a sort of reverent tone .
That ’ s baloney .
Let ’ s face it , to everyone so-called truth is different .
Sure , some facts are facts , but they ’ re all relative to the observer .
This current mass insanity of the human race should be proof enough of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this apparent reality is often referred to .
What does that mean ?
As far as meaning goes ; Is all of this for “ soul growth ” , learning , and all of that for some unending identity we think we have ?
Like the Egyptians , who vehemently lived and prepared for death and the afterlife .
The wealthy burying themselves with treasures and even slaves to take with them .
Sound familiar ?
Did you know Mormons of their inner circle believe the same , that they take their riches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how they hook their biggest contributors as well , I know it first hand .
Or how about the so-called elite ’ s well defensed underground bunkers worldwide , or the psychopathic drive for computerized eternal life ?
Anyone see a massive fear of death here ?
Or more than that , fear of a full on letting go of the false self into the great all permeating ever-present that ’ s everything and all there is ?
What horrendous fear that reveals , on both sides of the same old dualistic coin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And it ’ s total bullshit .
Do you want to pop out of that ?
Did you know it ’ s even possible ?
It doesn ’ t deny anything .
You ’ ll still be here doing what you feel called to do , if anything .
Like Arjuna , who supposedly woke up but still went to battle , but in full on awareness .
There ’ s no judgment .
Only the false egoic mind does that .
We ’ re talking nutsville with all of that death fascination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we ’ re seeing in society today at a base social level , a herd easily led into whatever stall designed for them and overlords driven by insane beliefs based on control and self preservation , at any cost .
Can we see to what extent this ignorance permeates this shallow social environment we were born into ?
All of those are fear-based .
All just another way of missing the point .
That again plays into purpose and meaning attachment as I see it .
The cart firmly before the horse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be experienced deeply here and now , and always .
The rest just happens .
Or not .
No matter , never mind , as has been aptly put .
Yet here I am putting these ideas down in the realm I ’ m making diminutive in significance .
I ’ m not really putting anything down , just pointing out amazing inconsistencies even in this realm of so-called reason .
There ’ s something “ other ” that is implied even from that realm .
What is it ?
THIS is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But clearly there are lots of “ its ” in creation , but that ’ s not our concern , but clearly fun to think about .
All kinds of things are running around in the illusion .
All for us to explore and to be entertained by .
IT just is and just doing its issing .
Just don ’ t wear a velcro suit of identification .
We ’ ve been there and done that .
You ’ ll get stuck on the chessboard , and worse .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s time for liberation .
Or not .
Either way it ’ s just what it is .
Oh the irony , eh ?
See how trying to “ figure it out ” is just part of this illusion ?
We all do find out , either in this life if we ’ re lucky , or eventually when our corporal existence fizzles out .
We don ’ t know what ’ s past so-called death but we can be assured there ’ s absolutely nothing to fear .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Ours is to find out now in the here and now .
For now .
Or not .
Neither way is wrong .
I ’ m just speaking to those still looking .
The Liberation of Letting Go You ’ ll still be here , no matter what you “ find out ” behind the scenes .
That ’ s the amazing thing .
It ’ s all here and just is .
The human experience is a confluence of very different worlds .
Paradoxes abound in all forms of discovery within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them in our adherence to what we could call the mental , rational perspective .
It ’ s a survival technique , based on the thinking that we ’ d be losing something by letting go .
You won ’ t get much help in the matrix regarding this , although some great teachers have laid these truths bare .
It ’ s a very individual journey .
There ’ s a collective connection and influence , but it ’ s still an individual trip .
As dynamics go , as we change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All of the above referenced dynamics are fear based .
Hence the control paradigm working as well as it does .
The “ why ” stems from that same plane of understanding .
The same goes for meaning and purpose .
They ’ re false self preservation driven .
We are not “ in control ” , neither is what appears to be externally in this base level existence , no matter how much it howls and blows .
It truly is “ false evidence appearing real.
” It ’ s only real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to it .
A profound dynamic , best seen outside of all of this .
This is what the true spiritual revolutionaries have always alluded to .
It ’ s profound in every aspect .
The real “ I Am ” of which and which we all are is simply planted inside of this human experience , seemingly separated by individual bodies .
You ’ ve known this your whole life .
Hence the hunger , the seeking , even though what was seeking is what you were looking for .
Now is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there , go there .
Whatever it takes .
In fact , it will find you if you ’ re willing and sincere about going all the way .
That ’ s all it is .
The teacher ( truth ) appears when the student is ready , to reverse the axiom .
Anyone reading this is clearly a candidate .
I wish you well .
Zen Gardner is an impactful and controversial author and speaker with a piercing philosophical viewpoint .
His writings have been circulated to millions and his personal story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entrenched alternative pundits .
His book “ You Are The Awakening ” has met rave reviews and is available on amazon.com .

The Big Why And Other Observations
Zen Gardner, Contributor
Waking Times
This is a hot button question that continually lurks behind the scenes of life’s garish activity and all of its ongoing drama.
It touches on free will, purpose and meaning, and all kinds of deeply philosophical issues. Yet it is a very simple, everyday question any conscious being asks continually within this reactive matrix we call human consciousness. All of which is inside this evolving and often seemingly devolving experience we call life.
Who’s to say what “direction” things should go?
Such questions are a pervading angst on so many levels.
Is there a reason, a meaning, a purpose to anything, immediate or even deeply remote to what we call life?
Never mind for the day to day madness that’s unfolding before our eyes?
It really is a time of opportunity.
Stay with me here. This is tough stuff to try to articulate.
The Meaning of Meaning
Whatever we think we are is always there looking for meaning. Reason and purpose are right on its heels, along with the big underlying question of “why?”
The way bigger question is, who is it that’s asking?
That’s the whopper if we’re willing to go there. If we don’t get that one, all bets are off and we’re trying to perceive things in a primordial soup of mental relativity. We assume self is one thing, the programmed sense of a continual self and reinforced identity, by ourselves as well as our environment.
But is that an illusory perception?
From “just because it is” to the religious default of “it’s God’s plan”, many foundational understandings are much closer to the truth than we realize. They default to “isness”, which escapes the rational mind. Lao Tzu had many mind-stopping things to say about this. Heck, even the Bible says that the supposed God said when asked about his name, “I am that I am.” Clearly derived from earlier teachings.
Profound realities have their way of surfacing. This mind blowing point is found throughout all great teachings.
Things just are. The implied powerlessness of such a simple realization is overwhelming to the ego driven self.
I say good. Deal with it. Head on. That fake self stuff is what’s making such a mess here.
But that’s all part of it too. Nothing is outside of the all pervading “what is”. A tremendous relief to realize. In fact, in that understanding there is no “awake” or “unawake”, despite the polarity of the informational field and the endless treadmill of so-called spirituality. We are where we are.
If you hunger for more, get there.
But I have to warn you, as was wisely said, “The way out is realizing you were never in it.”
Today’s Whirled
Let’s look at today. In my opinion, humanity is being given an opportunity to transcend the bullshit on every level. As the world structure falls apart, much is being revealed. And there’s plenty of time to think about it now.
Whether consciously or subconsciously, or be it so-called deeply intellectual or within the free-for-all of so-called spirituality and belief systems, that big question of “why” looms.
Not so much the how, which we find fascinating to track thinking we can change things – but the “why” is always implied.
As if there has to be a reason. That immediately alludes to a structural form of thinking within the very box from which the “other” is attempting to perceive outside of.
That’s not possible. It’s a closed loop.
Yet we can somehow perceive otherwise – that there’s something more profound going on.
Therein is the key.
This I feel is a time many are approaching deeper questions arising within them. Hence the clinging to religious and otherwise beliefs, or perhaps exploring other perspectives as they arise in awareness.
This is a healthy process, as all processes are. Creation arising in whatever form or circumstance is what’s going on, continually. Only now a great space or pause has been imposed upon humanity to reflect, as well as react.
And most of all, watch them both.
That’s where the cool stuff kicks in.
Who’s watching?
Cause and Effect
To the plethora of historical trackers and research adherents this means a lot; cause and inevitable effect, tracking the story in some sort of quest. But all of this is only true on a timeline of events. The predictable unfolding that’s led up to today’s condition is clear, yet few seem to notice, to the frustration of the trackers.
We may think we know “why” in both scenarios, how it came to pass as well as the acquiescent reaction.
As you know, there are reams of “information” and apparent reasons for both causes and effects. The human mind is fascinated by these.
My question here is; is that the real issue at hand?
How can we proceed if we don’t even know who or what we are?
Tricked by the Programming
This reactivity is a natural programmed reflex. We tend to see things two dimensionally. Action/reaction. All of it is extremely deterministic and by default gives the “game” over to the aggressor. Whoever calls the shots wins in such a board game.
Animated and reinforced, and hence made possible by willing participants.
That’s just how the game works.
Chess, Anyone?
The so-called opponent, as well as those being oppressed by the aggressor, are then forced into a paradigm of fight or acquiesce. If there is a social “tide” that rises to repel such affronts, as happens within small groups and large, balance can be had.
For a time. Then it goes wonky again. It’s bound to. Any real lasting “solution” can only be had by transcendent non participation that comes as a natural state when real liberation occurs.
That, or the oppressors so overplay their hand that the whole game board blows up and we start over.
It’s something like that. Maybe. I’m just observing patterns. I don’t know how this works here any more that you do. But here we are trying to “make sense” of it all.
The thing is, we have the capacity to transcend all of this by simply operating from our natural state derived from rediscovering our true, innate nature.
Not an individual attainment of any kind. Simply aligning with that which is living through us. The great I Am, if you will.
Nothing touches that.
There meaning, purpose and everything we’re so attached to dissolve and we see the illusory game for what it is.
There’s wonderful comfort and peace there. And it never ends.
It’s simply what is living through us – and everything. No “sides”. no right and wrong.
I know, tough to wrap the head around.
Guess what? That head can’t wrap around nada, zip, zilch. That’s where the problem lies.
Conscious bypass surgery comes to mind.
It happens.
What Role Truth? Back to the Why
This ongoing struggle is a remarkable phenomenon. Why life has to be combative in the first place is another big “why”. Hence my theme here.
Not just what’s going on, but why? Haven’t we seen this movie before?
We have to look deeper. There’s great peace, comfort and joy to be found, no matter the circumstances.
Truth has accrued a sort of reverent tone. That’s baloney. Let’s face it, to everyone so-called truth is different. Sure, some facts are facts, but they’re all relative to the observer. This current mass insanity of the human race should be proof enough of that.
The “illusion” of this apparent reality is often referred to. What does that mean?
“It’s just a ride”, “life is a play full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”, “Reality is an illusion although a very persistent one”. All famously common ideas in human awareness.
Let’s apply these profound truths.
As far as meaning goes; Is all of this for “soul growth”, learning, and all of that for some unending identity we think we have? Like the Egyptians, who vehemently lived and prepared for death and the afterlife. The wealthy burying themselves with treasures and even slaves to take with them.
Sound familiar? Did you know Mormons of their inner circle believe the same, that they take their riches with them? That’s also how they hook their biggest contributors as well, I know it first hand. Or how about the so-called elite’s well defensed underground bunkers worldwide, or the psychopathic drive for computerized eternal life?
Anyone see a massive fear of death here? Or more than that, fear of a full on letting go of the false self into the great all permeating ever-present that’s everything and all there is?
What horrendous fear that reveals, on both sides of the same old dualistic coin.
This permeates all of society. And it’s total bullshit.
But what a great illustration.
Do you want to pop out of that? Did you know it’s even possible?
It doesn’t deny anything. You’ll still be here doing what you feel called to do, if anything.
Like Arjuna, who supposedly woke up but still went to battle, but in full on awareness.
I find that totally cool.
There’s no judgment. Only the false egoic mind does that.
Hence the Big Questions
We’re talking nutsville with all of that death fascination I described above. This is exactly what we’re seeing in society today at a base social level, a herd easily led into whatever stall designed for them and overlords driven by insane beliefs based on control and self preservation, at any cost.
Can we see to what extent this ignorance permeates this shallow social environment we were born into?
All of those are fear-based. All just another way of missing the point. That again plays into purpose and meaning attachment as I see it.
The cart firmly before the horse of the “real deal”, to be experienced deeply here and now, and always.
The rest just happens. Or not. No matter, never mind, as has been aptly put.
Yet here I am putting these ideas down in the realm I’m making diminutive in significance.
Go figure.
I’m not really putting anything down, just pointing out amazing inconsistencies even in this realm of so-called reason. There’s something “other” that is implied even from that realm.
What is it?
THIS is IT, there is no other than. But clearly there are lots of “its” in creation, but that’s not our concern, but clearly fun to think about. All kinds of things are running around in the illusion. All for us to explore and to be entertained by.
IT just is and just doing its issing. Just don’t wear a velcro suit of identification. We’ve been there and done that. You’ll get stuck on the chessboard, and worse.
That’s where suffering comes from.
It’s time for liberation. Or not. Either way it’s just what it is.
Oh the irony, eh? See how trying to “figure it out” is just part of this illusion?
We all do find out, either in this life if we’re lucky, or eventually when our corporal existence fizzles out. We don’t know what’s past so-called death but we can be assured there’s absolutely nothing to fear.
It’s all by design, if you will. Ours is to find out now in the here and now. For now.
Or not. Neither way is wrong.
I’m just speaking to those still looking.
The Liberation of Letting Go
You’ll still be here, no matter what you “find out” behind the scenes. That’s the amazing thing. It’s all here and just is.
The human experience is a confluence of very different worlds. Paradoxes abound in all forms of discovery within our realm. We tend to dismiss them in our adherence to what we could call the mental, rational perspective.
It’s a survival technique, based on the thinking that we’d be losing something by letting go. You won’t get much help in the matrix regarding this, although some great teachers have laid these truths bare.
It’s a very individual journey. There’s a collective connection and influence, but it’s still an individual trip. As dynamics go, as we change, everything changes, and vice-versa.
In Semi Conclusion
All of the above referenced dynamics are fear based. Hence the control paradigm working as well as it does.
The “why” stems from that same plane of understanding. The same goes for meaning and purpose. They’re false self preservation driven.
We are not “in control”, neither is what appears to be externally in this base level existence, no matter how much it howls and blows.
It truly is “false evidence appearing real.” It’s only real if we buy into it and conform to it. A profound dynamic, best seen outside of all of this.
This is what the true spiritual revolutionaries have always alluded to. It’s profound in every aspect. The real “I Am” of which and which we all are is simply planted inside of this human experience, seemingly separated by individual bodies.
You’ve known this your whole life.
Hence the hunger, the seeking, even though what was seeking is what you were looking for.
Now is the time to be there, find there, go there. Whatever it takes.
In fact, it will find you if you’re willing and sincere about going all the way.
That’s all it is.
It’s simply arising. No whys, hows, ifs, ands or buts.
The teacher (truth) appears when the student is ready, to reverse the axiom.
Anyone reading this is clearly a candidate.
I wish you well.
Enjoy the ride.
No outcome necessary.
Love, Zen
About the Author
Zen Gardner is an impactful and controversial author and speaker with a piercing philosophical viewpoint. His writings have been circulated to millions and his personal story has caused no small stir amongst the entrenched alternative pundits. His book “You Are The Awakening” has met rave reviews and is available on amazon.com.


thewakingtimes--2020-11-05--OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty and Shuts Down

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In March 2019 , facing an estimated 2,600 lawsuits1,2 relating to its role in creating the opioid epidemic , Purdue Pharma — the maker of OxyContin — announced the company was considering filing for bankruptcy protection .
Around that same time , New York expanded its lawsuit against the company to include allegations that company funds had been fraudulently transferred into trusts and offshore accounts owned by members of the Sackler family in an effort to shield assets from litigation.3,4 In all , court documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 billion of the company ’ s funds into family trusts.5 How this does not fall under the fraudulent conveyance statutes , which is attempting to avoid a debt by moving assets to another person or legal entity , boggles my mind .
It appears the only reason they got away with this is they found the loophole of transferring their assets offshore .
The New York complaint also charged Purdue with secretly setting up a new company , Rhodes Pharma , in 2007 while the company was being investigated by federal prosecutors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sacklers from the mounting OxyContin crisis and continue their profit scheme.6 Rhodes Pharma makes generic opioids , allowing the Sacklers to benefit from the opioid epidemic both in terms of brand name sales and generic sales.7 Rhodes Pharma and Richard Sackler also hold the patent to a new , faster-dissolving form of buprenorphine , a mild opioid drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction,8 allowing the Sacklers to further profit from the addiction crisis they helped instigate , the economic burden of which is costing the U.S. an estimated $ 504 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit filed in Massachusetts,10 Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers sought to increase opioid prescriptions while simultaneously developing overdose treatment to boost its profits .
Purdue finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019.11 At the end of October 2020 , Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges relating to its role in the opioid crisis , including violating a federal anti-kickback law , conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and violating the Food , Drug and Cosmetic Act.12,13 To settle the charges , Purdue is supposed to pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of past profits and civil liability payments.14 However , the company doesn ’ t have enough cash to cover the payments so , instead , Purdue Pharma will be dissolved , and its assets used to erect a “ public benefit company , ” in other words , a government-owned and controlled drug company .
This new company will reportedly be controlled by a trust that will “ balance the trust ’ s interests against those of the American public and public health.
” 15 Future earnings from this public benefit company will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8.3 billion penalty , which in turn is supposed to be used to combat the opioid crisis .
This is a remarkable development , and one wonders just how functional this setup is going to be .
In essence , the government will now be in the business of making and selling opioids , the profits from which will then be used to combat opioid addiction .
It seems like a circular and rather illogical setup .
According to CNN:16 The Sackler family , meanwhile , have reached a separate settlement in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civil liability for causing false claims about OxyContin to be made to Medicare and other government health care programs.17 While the agreement does not release the Sacklers from potential criminal liability , it seems the family will walk away scot-free .
And , considering they already transferred some $ 10 billion into their family trusts , the $ 225 million fine is a very small fraction , so they won ’ t end up wanting financially either .
Proving they have no remorse , Sackler family members , in a recent statement , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal activities on its managers , saying they “ relied on management assertions the company acted lawfully.
” 18 This , even though several Sackler family members sat on the company board and were intimately familiar with the company ’ s marketing strategy .
It ’ s unclear whether this DOJ agreement affects or includes the Sacklers ’ other opioid company , Rhodes Pharmaceuticals .
If not , it falls short in that respect too , since they would then be able to continue their opioid business .
Between 2009 and 2016 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually exceeded that of Purdue itself.19 Aside from Purdue and Rhodes , the Sacklers have also profited from Napp Pharmaceuticals , a Cambridge-based drug company that manufactures — you guessed it — opioids.20 In 2018 , seven family members resigned from their directors ’ posts at Napp following a string of bad publicity relating to alleged tax evasion schemes .
Mortimer Sackler , since deceased , was found to have avoided paying income tax , capital gains tax and inheritance taxes in the U.K. by falsely claiming non-domiciled status .
The family was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to avoid paying corporate taxes for Napp Pharmaceuticals.21 Even though $ 8.3 billion is a record-breaking settlement , states have filed claims exceeding $ 2 trillion in Purdue ’ s bankruptcy case , and according to a November 2017 report22 by the White House Council on Economic Advisers , the estimated financial cost of opioid addiction and death in the U.S. was $ 504 billion in 2015 .
In addition to health care costs , criminal justice costs and lost productivity due to addiction or incarceration , this figure also takes into account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statistical life for people who died prematurely .
In response to the Justice Department ’ s settlement with Purdue Pharma , 25 state attorneys general sent a letter23 to U.S. Attorney General William Barr , in which they object to the settlement and argue against the government getting involved in the opioid business .
The letter , dated October 14 , 2020 , reads in part:24 How Purdue Launched and Fueled the Opioid Epidemic In previous articles , I ’ ve discussed the role false advertising played in the creation of the opioid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a 1980 letter to the editor27,28 ( not a study ) in The New England Journal of Medicine — which stated that narcotic addiction in patients with no history of addiction was very rare — became the basis of a drug marketing campaign that has since led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people .
Purdue Pharma used this letter to the editor as the basis for its claim that opioid addiction affects less than 1 % of patients treated with the drugs .
In reality , opioids have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been proven effective for long-term use.29 Research30 published in 2018 also shows opioids ( including morphine , Vicodin , oxycodone and fentanyl ) fail to control moderate to severe pain any better than over-the-counter drugs such as acetaminophen , ibuprofen and naproxen .
Various court cases have demonstrated how Purdue systematically misled doctors about OxyContin ’ s addictiveness to drive up sales .
The inevitable result of Purdue Pharma ’ s ruthless and immoral marketing campaign has been skyrocketing opioid addiction , which killed 46,802 Americans in 2018 alone.31 Adding insult to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people were dying in droves from opioid overdoses , Purdue launched an extensive damage-control operation that included the suggestion that those dying from opioids were already addicts , and that this wouldn ’ t happen to patients who were not already addicted to drugs .
The company also sought to cash in on the rising addiction trend twice by getting into the business of creating overdose treatments .
Perhaps most egregious of all has been the reckless prescribing of opioids to young people .
Here , dentists have been a major part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prescribed when extracting wisdom teeth .
Insurance claims data from 2016 and 2017 reveal 60 % of children between the ages of 1 and 18 with private insurance filled one or more opioid prescriptions after surgical tonsil removal,32,33 and dentists wrote a staggering 18.1 million prescriptions for opioids in 2017.34 But contribute they have , and according to data37 from the University of Michigan , 31.8 % , or just over 1 in 3 people who misused opioids during their high school years ended up using heroin by age 35 .
Data from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirms that prescription opioid use is a significant risk factor for subsequent heroin use:38 • Incidence of heroin use was 19 times higher among those who had used opioids nonmedically than among those who had not used an opioid • 86 % of young , urban injection drug users had used opioid pain relievers nonmedically before starting heroin .
The three primary sources of opioids were family , friends and personal prescriptions .
This is the reverse trend from the 1960 , when more than 80 % of those who started abusing opioids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who began abusing opioids in the 2000s , 75 % reported that their first opioid was a prescription drug • Nearly 80 % of heroin users reported using prescription opioids prior to heroin Struggling With Opioid Addiction ?
Please Seek Help Regardless of the brand of opioid , it ’ s important to realize they are extremely addictive drugs and not meant for long-term use for nonfatal conditions .
Chemically , opioids are similar to heroin , so if you wouldn ’ t consider shooting up heroin for a toothache or backache , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this type of pain .
The misconception that opioids are harmless pain relievers has killed hundreds of thousands , and destroyed the lives of countless more .
In many cases , you ’ ll be able to control pain without using medications .
In my previous article , “ Billionaire Opioid Executive Stands to Make Millions More on Patent for Addiction Treatment , ” I discuss several approaches — including nondrug remedies , dietary changes and bodywork interventions — that can be used separately or in combination to control pain , both acute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been on an opioid for more than two months , or if you find yourself taking a higher dosage or taking the drug more often than you initially did , you may already be addicted .
Resources where you can find help include the following .
• The Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration can be contacted 24 hours a day at 1-800-622-HELP You can also learn more in “ How to Wean Off Opioids.
” I also recommend keeping an eye out for my upcoming article about how low dose naltrexone ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is being used at ultra-low micro doses of 1 microgram to successfully treat opioid addiction .

OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty and Shuts Down
Dr. Mercola, Guest
Waking Times
In March 2019, facing an estimated 2,600 lawsuits1,2 relating to its role in creating the opioid epidemic, Purdue Pharma — the maker of OxyContin — announced the company was considering filing for bankruptcy protection.
Around that same time, New York expanded its lawsuit against the company to include allegations that company funds had been fraudulently transferred into trusts and offshore accounts owned by members of the Sackler family in an effort to shield assets from litigation.3,4 In all, court documents reveal the Sacklers transferred more than $10 billion of the company’s funds into family trusts.5
How this does not fall under the fraudulent conveyance statutes, which is attempting to avoid a debt by moving assets to another person or legal entity, boggles my mind. It appears the only reason they got away with this is they found the loophole of transferring their assets offshore.
The New York complaint also charged Purdue with secretly setting up a new company, Rhodes Pharma, in 2007 while the company was being investigated by federal prosecutors, as a way to protect the Sacklers from the mounting OxyContin crisis and continue their profit scheme.6 Rhodes Pharma makes generic opioids, allowing the Sacklers to benefit from the opioid epidemic both in terms of brand name sales and generic sales.7
Rhodes Pharma and Richard Sackler also hold the patent to a new, faster-dissolving form of buprenorphine, a mild opioid drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction,8 allowing the Sacklers to further profit from the addiction crisis they helped instigate, the economic burden of which is costing the U.S. an estimated $504 billion a year.9
Indeed, according to a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts,10 Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers sought to increase opioid prescriptions while simultaneously developing overdose treatment to boost its profits.
US Government Enters Opioid Business
Purdue finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019.11 At the end of October 2020, Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges relating to its role in the opioid crisis, including violating a federal anti-kickback law, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.12,13
To settle the charges, Purdue is supposed to pay $8.3 billion in fines, forfeiture of past profits and civil liability payments.14 However, the company doesn’t have enough cash to cover the payments so, instead, Purdue Pharma will be dissolved, and its assets used to erect a “public benefit company,” in other words, a government-owned and controlled drug company.
“The estimated financial cost of opioid addiction and death in the U.S. was $504 billion in 2015. In addition to health care costs, criminal justice costs and lost productivity due to addiction or incarceration, this figure also takes into account projected lost earnings and the value of statistical life for people who died prematurely.”
This new company will reportedly be controlled by a trust that will “balance the trust’s interests against those of the American public and public health.”15 Future earnings from this public benefit company will be used to pay off the $8.3 billion penalty, which in turn is supposed to be used to combat the opioid crisis.
This is a remarkable development, and one wonders just how functional this setup is going to be. In essence, the government will now be in the business of making and selling opioids, the profits from which will then be used to combat opioid addiction. It seems like a circular and rather illogical setup. According to CNN:16
“Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who announced the settlement, defended the plans for the new company to continue to sell that drug, saying there are legitimate uses for painkillers such as OxyContin.”
Sackler Family Walk Away Scot-Free, Again
The Sackler family, meanwhile, have reached a separate settlement in which they will pay $225 million in civil liability for causing false claims about OxyContin to be made to Medicare and other government health care programs.17
While the agreement does not release the Sacklers from potential criminal liability, it seems the family will walk away scot-free. And, considering they already transferred some $10 billion into their family trusts, the $225 million fine is a very small fraction, so they won’t end up wanting financially either.
Proving they have no remorse, Sackler family members, in a recent statement, shifted blame for the company’s illegal activities on its managers, saying they “relied on management assertions the company acted lawfully.”18 This, even though several Sackler family members sat on the company board and were intimately familiar with the company’s marketing strategy.
It’s unclear whether this DOJ agreement affects or includes the Sacklers’ other opioid company, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals. If not, it falls short in that respect too, since they would then be able to continue their opioid business. Between 2009 and 2016, Rhodes’ market share of opioid sales actually exceeded that of Purdue itself.19
Aside from Purdue and Rhodes, the Sacklers have also profited from Napp Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge-based drug company that manufactures — you guessed it — opioids.20 In 2018, seven family members resigned from their directors’ posts at Napp following a string of bad publicity relating to alleged tax evasion schemes.
Mortimer Sackler, since deceased, was found to have avoided paying income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance taxes in the U.K. by falsely claiming non-domiciled status. The family was also accused of using a Bermuda-based company to avoid paying corporate taxes for Napp Pharmaceuticals.21
Penalties Still Won’t Cover States’ Claims
Even though $8.3 billion is a record-breaking settlement, states have filed claims exceeding $2 trillion in Purdue’s bankruptcy case, and according to a November 2017 report22 by the White House Council on Economic Advisers, the estimated financial cost of opioid addiction and death in the U.S. was $504 billion in 2015.
In addition to health care costs, criminal justice costs and lost productivity due to addiction or incarceration, this figure also takes into account projected lost earnings and the value of statistical life for people who died prematurely.
In response to the Justice Department’s settlement with Purdue Pharma, 25 state attorneys general sent a letter23 to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, in which they object to the settlement and argue against the government getting involved in the opioid business. The letter, dated October 14, 2020, reads in part:24
“We write to ask you to revise a proposed DOJ settlement agreement that reportedly would wrongly mandate that Purdue Pharma’s infamous OxyContin business be preserved as a public trust.
A business that killed thousands of Americans should not be associated with government. Instead, the business should be sold to private owners, so the government can enforce the law against it with the same impartiality as for any other company …
The role of government in any OxyContin business should be to enforce the law, just as against any other company. The public deserves assurance that no opioid business is given the special protection of being placed under a public umbrella.
Although it may take time to find a private sector buyer, the public should be confident that public officials are seeking to avoid having special ties to an opioid company, conflicts of interest, or mixed motives in an industry that caused a national crisis.”
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong also told CNN:25
“This settlement provides a mere mirage of justice for the victims of Purdue’s callous misconduct. The federal government had the power here to put the Sacklers in jail, and they didn’t. Instead, they took fines and penalties that Purdue likely will never fully pay.
Every dollar paid here is one dollar less for states like Connecticut trying to maximize money from Purdue and the Sacklers to abate the opioid epidemic. Preserving Purdue’s ability to continue selling opioids as a public benefit corporation is simply unacceptable.”
How Purdue Launched and Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
In previous articles, I’ve discussed the role false advertising played in the creation of the opioid crisis.26 To recap, a single paragraph in a 1980 letter to the editor27,28 (not a study) in The New England Journal of Medicine — which stated that narcotic addiction in patients with no history of addiction was very rare — became the basis of a drug marketing campaign that has since led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people.
Purdue Pharma used this letter to the editor as the basis for its claim that opioid addiction affects less than 1% of patients treated with the drugs. In reality, opioids have a very high rate of addiction and have not been proven effective for long-term use.29
Research30 published in 2018 also shows opioids (including morphine, Vicodin, oxycodone and fentanyl) fail to control moderate to severe pain any better than over-the-counter drugs such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxen.
Various court cases have demonstrated how Purdue systematically misled doctors about OxyContin’s addictiveness to drive up sales. The inevitable result of Purdue Pharma’s ruthless and immoral marketing campaign has been skyrocketing opioid addiction, which killed 46,802 Americans in 2018 alone.31
Adding insult to injury, when it became clear that people were dying in droves from opioid overdoses, Purdue launched an extensive damage-control operation that included the suggestion that those dying from opioids were already addicts, and that this wouldn’t happen to patients who were not already addicted to drugs. The company also sought to cash in on the rising addiction trend twice by getting into the business of creating overdose treatments.
Opioid Misuse Paves Way for Heroin Addiction
Perhaps most egregious of all has been the reckless prescribing of opioids to young people. Here, dentists have been a major part of the problem, as opioids are frequently prescribed when extracting wisdom teeth.
Insurance claims data from 2016 and 2017 reveal 60% of children between the ages of 1 and 18 with private insurance filled one or more opioid prescriptions after surgical tonsil removal,32,33 and dentists wrote a staggering 18.1 million prescriptions for opioids in 2017.34
As noted by Ronnie Cohen in a March 2019 article35 in The Washington Post, “until recently, dentists seemed to have had no idea they may have been helping to feed an epidemic that resulted in a record 70,237 U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2017.”36
But contribute they have, and according to data37 from the University of Michigan, 31.8%, or just over 1 in 3 people who misused opioids during their high school years ended up using heroin by age 35. Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse also confirms that prescription opioid use is a significant risk factor for subsequent heroin use:38
Incidence of heroin use was 19 times higher among those who had used opioids nonmedically than among those who had not used an opioid
86% of young, urban injection drug users had used opioid pain relievers nonmedically before starting heroin. The three primary sources of opioids were family, friends and personal prescriptions. This is the reverse trend from the 1960, when more than 80% of those who started abusing opioids had started with heroin
Of those who began abusing opioids in the 2000s, 75% reported that their first opioid was a prescription drug
Nearly 80% of heroin users reported using prescription opioids prior to heroin
Struggling With Opioid Addiction? Please Seek Help
Regardless of the brand of opioid, it’s important to realize they are extremely addictive drugs and not meant for long-term use for nonfatal conditions. Chemically, opioids are similar to heroin, so if you wouldn’t consider shooting up heroin for a toothache or backache, seriously reconsider taking an opioid to relieve this type of pain.
The misconception that opioids are harmless pain relievers has killed hundreds of thousands, and destroyed the lives of countless more. In many cases, you’ll be able to control pain without using medications.
In my previous article, “Billionaire Opioid Executive Stands to Make Millions More on Patent for Addiction Treatment,” I discuss several approaches — including nondrug remedies, dietary changes and bodywork interventions — that can be used separately or in combination to control pain, both acute and chronic.
If you’ve been on an opioid for more than two months, or if you find yourself taking a higher dosage or taking the drug more often than you initially did, you may already be addicted. Resources where you can find help include the following.
Your workplace Employee Assistance Program
The Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration 39 can be contacted 24 hours a day at 1-800-622-HELP
You can also learn more in “How to Wean Off Opioids.” I also recommend keeping an eye out for my upcoming article about how low dose naltrexone (LDN), an opioid antagonist, is being used at ultra-low micro doses of 1 microgram to successfully treat opioid addiction.


thewakingtimes--2020-11-05--Another COVID-19 ‘Myth’ Busted: Schools Aren’t Driving Infection Rates, Study Finds

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The return to schools in the US was memorably fraught with doomsayers like Dr. Fauci who at times allied with unions ( particularly in America ’ s biggest districts like in LA , Chicago and New York ) to force mayors to agree to lengthy delays of in-person education unless they acquiesced to measures on staffing and resources intended to ensure “ teacher safety ” .
Months later , the controversy that surrounded President Trump ’ s attempt to force schools around the country to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a major stink about ( accusing the president of endangering the nation ’ s children for the sake of something as trivial as “ the economy ” ) has all but faded .
A surfeit of testing in the US and across Europe that was carefully monitored and studied by researchers has been carried out .
And as Bloomberg reports , positivity rates in places like NYC were “ extremely low ” – less than 0.2 % .
Though we never saw the surge in cases that some feared reopening schools might trigger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or less tracked the rates from their surrounding community .
“ You can ’ t really pull the school out from the community , ” said Walter Gilliam , an education policy researcher at the Yale School of Medicine .
“ The biggest part of this , really , is how do you keep transmission rates in a county to a level that the schools even have a chance ?
If the transmission rates are too high , there ’ s just almost nothing they could do to keep it from getting into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show that children are not major spreaders of the virus a ) among themselves b ) among each other and c ) among their parents .
If rates of spread in the community are high , then rates in the schools will be high .
This is the reasoning that undergirds decisions in France , Germany etc .
that revived most of the restrictions from the springtime lockdowns , with the exception of the schools .
These trends hold true around the world , not just in the US .
Research by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data from 191 countries and found that the trend was virtually the same everywhere , with rates of infection in K-12 school systems mirroring rates in the surrounding community .
Other early evidence similarly suggested that schools don ’ t inherently become virus hot spots .
Insights for Education , an independent foundation that advises education departments and ministries , examined data from 191 countries between Feb. 10 and Sept. 29 and found “ no consistent pattern between school status and infection levels.
” In Spain , a second wave of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there found that in one region cases dropped three weeks after schools reopened , in one region cases stayed flat and in others case numbers continued rising at the same rate .
A new project that is collecting data on reopenings in the U.S. , the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , examined data from more than 5,000 schools across all 50 U.S. states and found that at a late-September peak , about 3 % of schools reported outbreaks of five or more infections .
But , seeing as this is a Bloomberg report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ the experts ’ were wrong about COVID-19 and its risk to the public education system doesn ’ t mean they were wrong about…well…everything else , too .
In the US , school openings have been complicated and confused by a White House that has downplayed the risks of in-person instruction and federal agencies that have never issued clear guidelines for safe practices .
That ’ s left policy-making to state and local governments that are rushing to respond to the changing virus and what ’ s learned about it .
Whether it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Rainu Kaushal , a clinical researcher at Cornell University ’ s medical school , Weill Cornell Medicine , in New York City , depends largely on two factors : How serious the spread of the virus is in the community and how seriously the community is taking precautions against the virus .
She said schools also need to be nimble .
“ This virus situation evolves so rapidly that one can only make the best decision for the next few weeks , ” she said .
“ And then you really have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure , while K-12 schools haven ’ t proved nearly as dangerous as advertised , college students remain a risk , with reports on college campuses showing large universities around the country becoming veritable petri dishes of disease .
Epidemiologists will be watching the numbers as the winter progresses to see whether the virus continues to intensify heading into the new year , or whether rates finally begin to subside .
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Another COVID-19 ‘Myth’ Busted: Schools Aren’t Driving Infection Rates, Study Finds
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
The return to schools in the US was memorably fraught with doomsayers like Dr. Fauci who at times allied with unions (particularly in America’s biggest districts like in LA, Chicago and New York) to force mayors to agree to lengthy delays of in-person education unless they acquiesced to measures on staffing and resources intended to ensure “teacher safety”.
Months later, the controversy that surrounded President Trump’s attempt to force schools around the country to reopen, something that the media raised a major stink about (accusing the president of endangering the nation’s children for the sake of something as trivial as “the economy”) has all but faded.
A surfeit of testing in the US and across Europe that was carefully monitored and studied by researchers has been carried out. And as Bloomberg reports, positivity rates in places like NYC were “extremely low” – less than 0.2%.
Though we never saw the surge in cases that some feared reopening schools might trigger, infection rates in schools have more or less tracked the rates from their surrounding community.
“You can’t really pull the school out from the community,” said Walter Gilliam, an education policy researcher at the Yale School of Medicine. “The biggest part of this, really, is how do you keep transmission rates in a county to a level that the schools even have a chance? If the transmission rates are too high, there’s just almost nothing they could do to keep it from getting into schools.”
So far, the data show that children are not major spreaders of the virus a) among themselves b) among each other and c) among their parents.
If rates of spread in the community are high, then rates in the schools will be high. This is the reasoning that undergirds decisions in France, Germany etc. that revived most of the restrictions from the springtime lockdowns, with the exception of the schools.
These trends hold true around the world, not just in the US. Research by a third-party nonprofit called Insights for Education examined data from 191 countries and found that the trend was virtually the same everywhere, with rates of infection in K-12 school systems mirroring rates in the surrounding community.
Other early evidence similarly suggested that schools don’t inherently become virus hot spots. Insights for Education, an independent foundation that advises education departments and ministries, examined data from 191 countries between Feb. 10 and Sept. 29 and found “no consistent pattern between school status and infection levels.” In Spain, a second wave of the virus began before schools reopened. One analysis there found that in one region cases dropped three weeks after schools reopened, in one region cases stayed flat and in others case numbers continued rising at the same rate. A new project that is collecting data on reopenings in the U.S., the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard, examined data from more than 5,000 schools across all 50 U.S. states and found that at a late-September peak, about 3% of schools reported outbreaks of five or more infections.
But, seeing as this is a Bloomberg report, the reporters note that just because ‘the experts’ were wrong about COVID-19 and its risk to the public education system doesn’t mean they were wrong about…well…everything else, too.
In the US, school openings have been complicated and confused by a White House that has downplayed the risks of in-person instruction and federal agencies that have never issued clear guidelines for safe practices. That’s left policy-making to state and local governments that are rushing to respond to the changing virus and what’s learned about it. Whether it’s safe to open schools, said Rainu Kaushal, a clinical researcher at Cornell University’s medical school, Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York City, depends largely on two factors: How serious the spread of the virus is in the community and how seriously the community is taking precautions against the virus. She said schools also need to be nimble. “This virus situation evolves so rapidly that one can only make the best decision for the next few weeks,” she said. “And then you really have to take stock again.”
To be sure, while K-12 schools haven’t proved nearly as dangerous as advertised, college students remain a risk, with reports on college campuses showing large universities around the country becoming veritable petri dishes of disease. Epidemiologists will be watching the numbers as the winter progresses to see whether the virus continues to intensify heading into the new year, or whether rates finally begin to subside.
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge
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thewakingtimes--2020-11-07--Former Presidents Warn About the ‘Invisible Government’ Running the United States

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Past presidents of the United States and other high profile political leaders have repeatedly issued warnings over the last 214 years that the U.S. government is under the control of an “ invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
” According to six of our former presidents , one vice-president , and a myriad of other high profile political leaders , an invisible government that is “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in control of the U.S. government “ ever since the days of Andrew Jackson ” ( since at least 1836 ) .
They “ virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes .
They practically control both parties… It operates under cover of a self-created screen [ and ] seizes our executive officers , legislative bodies , schools , courts , newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.
” As a result , “ we have come to be one of the worst ruled , one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion , no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority , but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
” The sources for the above quotes ( and more ) are listed below .
All of the quotes in this article have been verified as authentic and have associated links to the source materials .
Also included below are statements made by David Rockefeller , Sr , former director of the Council on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal Reserve Chairman ’ s Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke that appear to confirm some of the warnings .
Warnings About the Invisible Government Running the U.S .
The warnings listed below , which appear in chronological order , began with our first president – George Washington .
The last president to speak out was JFK , who was assassinated .
Read what they and other political leaders have said about the invisible government .
George Washington wrote that the Illuminati want to separate the People from their Government “ It was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Doctrines of the Illuminati , and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States .
On the contrary , no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am .
The idea that I meant to convey , was , that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had , as Societies , endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first , or pernicious principles of the latter ( if they are susceptible of seperation ) .
That Individuals of them may… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the People from their Government in view , is too evident to be questioned.
” – George Washington , 1st President of the United States ( 1789–1797 ) , from a letter that Washington wrote on October 24 , 1798 , which can be found in the Library of Congress .
For an analysis of Washington ’ s warning , see the article “ Library of Congress : George Washington Warns of Illuminati ” “ I sincerely believe , with you , that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States ( 1801–1809 ) and principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence ( 1776 ) , in a letter written to John Taylor on May 28 , 1816 “ A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves , consisting of many and various powerful interests , combined in one mass , and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.
” – John C. Calhoun , Vice President ( 1825-1832 ) and U.S .
Senator , from a speech given on May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Washington ’ s and Jefferson ’ s concerns regarding bankers and separation of the people from the government was realized by 1836 .
This fact was confirmed in a letter written by FDR in 1933 ( see below ) in which he wrote that “ a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
” Jackson was the seventh president of the United States ( 1829-1937 ) .
Calhoun served as Jackson ’ s vice-president from 1829-1832 .
“ Behind the ostensible government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people .
To destroy this invisible government , to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
” — Theodore Roosevelt , 26th President of the United States , Theodore Roosevelt , An Autobiography , 1913 ( Appendix B ) “ A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit .
Our system of credit is privately concentrated .
The growth of the nation , therefore , and all our activities are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ W ] e have come to be one of the worst ruled , one of the most completely controlled and dominated , governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion , no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority , but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
” – Woodrow Wilson , 28th President of the United States , The New Freedom , 1913 “ Since I entered politics , I have chiefly had men ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the biggest men in the United States , in the field of commerce and manufacture , are afraid of something .
They know that there is a power somewhere so organized , so subtle , so watchful , so interlocked , so complete , so pervasive , that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
” – Woodrow Wilson , 28th President of the United States , The New Freedom , 1913 “ The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slimy legs over our cities , states and nation… The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes .
They practically control both parties , … and control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country .
They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government .
It operates under cover of a self-created screen [ and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bodies , schools , courts , newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.
” – New York City Mayor John F. Hylan , New York Times , March 26 , 1922 “ Mr .
Chairman , we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known .
I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks .
The Federal Reserve Board , a Government board , has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debt…Mr .
Chairman , when the Federal Reserve act was passed , the people of the United States did not perceive that a world system was being set up here… and thatthis country was to supply financial power to an international superstate — a superstate controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together toenslave the world for their own pleasure.
” – Congressman Louis T. McFadden , from a speech delivered to the House of Representatives on June 10 , 1932 “ The real truth of the matter is , as you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt , 32nd President of the United States ( 1933–1945 ) , in a letter to Colonel Edward M House dated November 21 , 1933 , as quoted in F.D.R .
: His Personal Letters , 1928-1945 .
“ Today the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means… We have a well-organized political-action group in this country , determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , continuously to transform our Government… This ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century… This group…is answerable neither to the President , the Congress , nor the courts .
It is practically irremovable.
” – Senator William Jenner , 1954 speech “ The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he can not believe it exists .
The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst .
It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all that is good and decent.
” —J .
Edgar Hoover , The Elks Magazine , 1956 “ The very word “ secrecy ” is repugnant in a free and open society ; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies , to secret oaths and to secret proceedings… Our way of life is under attack .
Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe… no war ever posed a greater threat to our security .
If you are awaiting a finding of “ clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can only saythat the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent… For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion , on subversion instead of elections , on intimidation instead of free choice , on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day.It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit , highly efficient machine that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic , scientific and political operations .
Its preparations are concealed , not published .
Its mistakes are buried , not headlined .
Its dissenters are silenced , not praised .
No expenditure is questioned , no rumor is printed , no secret is revealed.
” — John F Kennedy , 35th President of the United States , from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27 , 1961 and known as the “ Secret Society ” speech ( click here for full transcript and audio ) .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for at least fifty years , been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America , and then the rest of the world .
Do I mean conspiracy ?
Yes , I do .
I am convinced there is such a plot , international in scope , generations old in planning , and incredibly evil in intent.
” Congressman Larry P. McDonald , November 1975 , from the introduction to a book titled The Rockefeller File .
“ There exists a shadowy government with its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , its own fundraising mechanism , and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest , free from all checks and balances , and free from the law itself.
” – Daniel K. Inouye , US Senator from Hawaii , testimony at the Iran Contra Hearings , 1986 “ A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves… ” – John C. Calhoun “ … owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
” – Theodore Roosevelt “ … one of the most corrupt institutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank.
“ – Louis T. McFadden In an interview with Jim Lehrer that was aired on PBS ’ News Hour on September 18 , 2007 that you can watch on YouTube , formal Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said , essentially , that the Federal Reserve was above the law and that no agency of government can overrule their actions : Jim Lehrer : “ What is the proper relationship , what should be the proper relationship between a chairman of the Fed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” Alan Greenspan : “ Well , first of all , the Federal Reserve is an independent agency , and that means , basically , that there is no other agency of government which can overrule actions that we take .
So long as that is in place and there is no evidence that the administration or the Congress or anybody else is requesting that we do things other than what we think is the appropriate thing , then what the relationships are don ’ t frankly matter.
” The fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstrated by current Fed chairman , Ben Bernanke , during his appearance before Congress on March 4 , 2009 ( as shown in this video ) .
Senator Bernie Sanders asked Bernanke about $ 2.2 trillion in American tax dollars that was lent out by Federal Reserve .
Bernanke refused to provide an answer : Senator Sanders : “ Will you tell the American people to whom you lent $ 2.2 trillion of their dollars ?
… Can you tell us who they are ?
” David Rockefeller and the Council on Foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a well-organized political-action group in this country , determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state… ” – William Jenner “ The Rockefellers and their allies have , for at least fifty years , been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America , and then the rest of the world.
” – Larry P. McDonald In 1921 the stockholders of the Federal Reserve financed an organization called the “ Council on Foreign Relations ” ( CFR ) .
A full discussion on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this article .
Suffice it to say that the CFR likely plays a prominent role in the invisible government that we have been warned about .
The CFR is alleged to be the arm of the Ruling Elite in the United States .
Most influential politicians , academics and media personalities are members .
The CFR uses its influence to push their New World Order agenda on the American people .
David Rockefeller , Sr is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family .
He is the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oil .
Rockefeller began a lifelong association with the CFR when he joined as a director in 1949 .
In Rockefeller ’ s 2002 autobiography “ Memoirs ” he wrote : “ For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions .
Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and me as internationalists and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world , if you will .
If that ’ s the charge , I stand guilty , and I am proud of it.
” James Warburg , son of CFR [ Council on Foreign Relations ] founder Paul Warburg , delivered blunt testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 17 , 1950 : “ We shall have world government , whether or not we like it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be achieved by consent or by conquest.
” Because of a deep rooted beliefs that the U.S. government is “ for the people ” and the protector of the free world , many will reject the notion of an evil shadow government .
When our beliefs are challenged or when two beliefs are inconsistent , cognitive dissonance is created .
It ’ s human nature to try to hold our beliefs in harmony with our world view and avoid disharmony ( or dissonance ) .
For those of you who having difficulty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I fully understand .
For the first 57 years of my life , I would not have believed in the possibility that a shadow government could exist .
Three years ago my world view changed .
While on vacation in Mount Shasta , I came across a book titled “ Global Conspiracy ” that seemed strangely out of place in a metaphysical book store .
I had never heard of the author before – some guy named David Icke .
I scanned through the book and frankly didn ’ t believe 99 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I saw one thing that caught my attention in that I knew that I could easily verify Icke ’ s assertion .
I did my own research and turned out what Icke had stated was true .
That led me down a rabbit hole and many , many hundreds of hours of independent research .
So , keep an open mind , do your own research , and use discernment .
Beware that there is a ton of disinformation on the internet , much of which is intentionally placed to confuse the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ geoengineering ( see the article “ Millions Spent to Confuse Public About Geoengineering “ ) , M. Granger Morgan stated ( it ’ s captured on video for you to see and hear for yourself ) : What Can We Do ?
“ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful , committed citizens can change the world .
Indeed , it is the only thing that ever has.
” – Margaret Mead In addition to doing your own research , please spread the word , and get involved .
The Thrive Solutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with others who are taking positive action steps expose corruption and to create a world in which we can all thrive .
You can watch the full Thrive movie on YouTube here .
Ross Pittman is the Editor of ConsciousLife News , where this article was originally featured .
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Former Presidents Warn About the ‘Invisible Government’ Running the United States
Ross Pittman, Guest
Waking Times
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”– George Santayana
Past presidents of the United States and other high profile political leaders have repeatedly issued warnings over the last 214 years that the U.S. government is under the control of an “invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”
According to six of our former presidents, one vice-president, and a myriad of other high profile political leaders, an invisible government that is “incredibly evil in intent” has been in control of the U.S. government “ever since the days of Andrew Jackson” (since at least 1836). They “virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties… It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.”
As a result, “we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.”
The sources for the above quotes (and more) are listed below. All of the quotes in this article have been verified as authentic and have associated links to the source materials. Also included below are statements made by David Rockefeller, Sr, former director of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and Federal Reserve Chairman’s Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke that appear to confirm some of the warnings.
Warnings About the Invisible Government Running the U.S.
The warnings listed below, which appear in chronological order, began with our first president – George Washington. The last president to speak out was JFK, who was assassinated. Read what they and other political leaders have said about the invisible government.
George Washington wrote that the Illuminati want to separate the People from their Government
“It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of seperation). That Individuals of them may… actually had a seperation [sic] of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned.” – George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789–1797), from a letter that Washington wrote on October 24, 1798, which can be found in the Library of Congress. For an analysis of Washington’s warning, see the article “Library of Congress: George Washington Warns of Illuminati”
“I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” —Thomas Jefferson, dent of the United States (1801–1809) and principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), in a letter written to John Taylor on May 28, 1816
“A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.” – John C. Calhoun, Vice President (1825-1832) and U.S. Senator, from a speech given on May 27, 1836
Note that it appears that Washington’s and Jefferson’s concerns regarding bankers and separation of the people from the government was realized by 1836. This fact was confirmed in a letter written by FDR in 1933 (see below) in which he wrote that “a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829-1937). Calhoun served as Jackson’s vice-president from 1829-1832.
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography, 1913 (Appendix B)
“A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men… [W]e have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, The New Freedom, 1913
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, The New Freedom, 1913
“The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation… The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties, … and control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.” – New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, New York Times, March 26, 1922
“Mr. Chairman, we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks. The Federal Reserve Board, a Government board, has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt…Mr. Chairman, when the Federal Reserve act was passed, the people of the United States did not perceive that a world system was being set up here… and thatthis country was to supply financial power to an international superstate — a superstate controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together toenslave the world for their own pleasure.” – Congressman Louis T. McFadden, from a speech delivered to the House of Representatives on June 10, 1932
“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945), in a letter to Colonel Edward M House dated November 21, 1933, as quoted in F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945.
“Today the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means… We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state… It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our Government… This ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century… This group…is answerable neither to the President, the Congress, nor the courts. It is practically irremovable.” – Senator William Jenner, 1954 speech
“The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.” —J. Edgar Hoover, The Elks Magazine, 1956
“The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings… Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe… no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of “clear and present danger,” then I can only saythat the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent… For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day.It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.” — John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961 and known as the “Secret Society” speech (click here for full transcript and audio).
“The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.” Congressman Larry P. McDonald, November 1975, from the introduction to a book titled The Rockefeller File.
“There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.” – Daniel K. Inouye, US Senator from Hawaii, testimony at the Iran Contra Hearings, 1986
The Federal Reserve
“A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves…” – John C. Calhoun
“… owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“… one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank.“ – Louis T. McFadden
In an interview with Jim Lehrer that was aired on PBS’ News Hour on September 18, 2007 that you can watch on YouTube, formal Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, essentially, that the Federal Reserve was above the law and that no agency of government can overrule their actions:
Jim Lehrer: “What is the proper relationship, what should be the proper relationship between a chairman of the Fed and a president of the United States?”
Alan Greenspan: “Well, first of all, the Federal Reserve is an independent agency, and that means, basically, that there is no other agency of government which can overrule actions that we take. So long as that is in place and there is no evidence that the administration or the Congress or anybody else is requesting that we do things other than what we think is the appropriate thing, then what the relationships are don’t frankly matter.”
The fact that the Fed is above the law was demonstrated by current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, during his appearance before Congress on March 4, 2009 (as shown in this video). Senator Bernie Sanders asked Bernanke about $2.2 trillion in American tax dollars that was lent out by Federal Reserve. Bernanke refused to provide an answer:
Senator Sanders: “Will you tell the American people to whom you lent $2.2 trillion of their dollars? … Can you tell us who they are?”
Bernanke: “No”
David Rockefeller and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
“We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state…” – William Jenner
“The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world.” – Larry P. McDonald
In 1921 the stockholders of the Federal Reserve financed an organization called the “Council on Foreign Relations” (CFR). A full discussion on the CFR is beyond the scope of this article. Suffice it to say that the CFR likely plays a prominent role in the invisible government that we have been warned about. The CFR is alleged to be the arm of the Ruling Elite in the United States. Most influential politicians, academics and media personalities are members. The CFR uses its influence to push their New World Order agenda on the American people.
David Rockefeller, Sr is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. Rockefeller began a lifelong association with the CFR when he joined as a director in 1949. In Rockefeller’s 2002 autobiography “Memoirs” he wrote:
“For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as internationalists and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
James Warburg, son of CFR [Council on Foreign Relations] founder Paul Warburg, delivered blunt testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 17, 1950:
“We shall have world government, whether or not we like it. The question is only whether world government will be achieved by consent or by conquest.”
Cognitive Dissonance
“The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.” —J. Edgar Hoover
Because of a deep rooted beliefs that the U.S. government is “for the people” and the protector of the free world, many will reject the notion of an evil shadow government. When our beliefs are challenged or when two beliefs are inconsistent, cognitive dissonance is created. It’s human nature to try to hold our beliefs in harmony with our world view and avoid disharmony (or dissonance).
For those of you who having difficulty believing the information presented in this article, I fully understand. For the first 57 years of my life, I would not have believed in the possibility that a shadow government could exist. Three years ago my world view changed. While on vacation in Mount Shasta, I came across a book titled “Global Conspiracy” that seemed strangely out of place in a metaphysical book store. I had never heard of the author before – some guy named David Icke. I scanned through the book and frankly didn’t believe 99% of what I read. But, I saw one thing that caught my attention in that I knew that I could easily verify Icke’s assertion. I did my own research and turned out what Icke had stated was true. That led me down a rabbit hole and many, many hundreds of hours of independent research.
So, keep an open mind, do your own research, and use discernment. Beware that there is a ton of disinformation on the internet, much of which is intentionally placed to confuse the public. At a CFR meeting on geoengineering (see the article “Millions Spent to Confuse Public About Geoengineering“), M. Granger Morgan stated (it’s captured on video for you to see and hear for yourself):
“First of all, of course, there is a lot of money getting spent to make sure that a very substantial portion of the public stays totally confused about this. And, I mean, it’s been really quite pernicious. But there’s been literally tens of millions of dollars spent on every little thing that comes along that might, you know, relate to some uncertainty.”
What Can We Do?
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
In addition to doing your own research, please spread the word, and get involved. The Thrive Solutions Hub is an excellent place to join with others who are taking positive action steps expose corruption and to create a world in which we can all thrive. You can watch the full Thrive movie on YouTube here.
About the Author
Ross Pittman is the Editor of ConsciousLife News, where this article was originally featured.
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