shoebat--2020-07-29--Man Decapitates His Landlord With A Samurai Sword, Says He Did It Because He Is A ‘Sovereign Citizen

Man Decapitates His Landlord With A Samurai Sword, Says He Did It Because He Is A ‘Sovereign Citizen’

There is a movement in America known as the “ sovereign citizen ” movement .
While some of the principles would appear to make sense on immediate observation , such as emphasizing the ideas of individual liberty and responsibility , it is on closer observation not such at all , but rather a stew of crafty legalese attempting to use individual words in questionable and highly-selective and carefully-crafted situations to justify the rejection of law , the embrace of anarchy , and the legalization of criminal behavior in a combination that make the heads of lawyers and judges alike spin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sovereign citizen ” logic at use in the courts .
Note the carefully chosen words , as this is a fundamental premise of the movement , which serves often to confuse rather than provide clarity , another proof that the movement is not about seeking justice , but is the blatant and sometimes , comical abuse of language to try and legitimize insane , inane , or irrational requests .
The idea of “ sovereign citizenry ” rejects at its essence any sense of collective social responsibility , and with that the idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any form .
It is an attempt to give a legal framework to the wicked idea that one can do what one pleases , and that the law it rejects is also a means to justify the same libertine behavior and attitudes .
If there was ever an inversion of law in the name of the law , it is the philosophy upon which the concept of the sovereign citizen movement is founded .
Because of this , sovereign citizens are associated often with people who attempt to do crazy things in court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people in general , and many are known to commit crimes , especially ones such as tax evasion , but sometimes more serious ones .
A horrible example of this happened recently in Hartford , Connecticut , where a man beheaded his landlord with a samurai sword and then said he was justified in doing this because he is a ‘ sovereign citizen ’ who refused to pay rent .
The man charged with using a samurai sword to decapitate his landlord inside an Asylum Avenue home this weekend refused to talk to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a sovereign citizen .
At his arraignment Tuesday in Superior Court in Hartford , Jerry David Thompson refused to say anything and was ordered held in lieu of $ 2 million bail .
Thompson also refused to speak with a public defender and at this point is not represented by an attorney .
Judge Ann Lynch continued Thompson ’ s case to Aug. 18 .
According to the warrant for Thompson ’ s arrest , drafted by Hartford detectives , he was identified as a suspect by friends of victim Victor King @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thompson inside his Asylum Avenue home .
The two men had had a dispute about Thompson not paying rent , according to the warrant , and Thompson threatened King with a samurai sword .
King was so alarmed by Thompson ’ s threats he went to Hartford police on Saturday , the day before he was killed , and told them Thompson had been waving the sword at him .
On Sunday , friends of King called police to say they could not reach him .
Sunday afternoon , police and firefighters forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and found a lot of blood and King ’ s badly slashed body covered in bedding .
Police began looking for Thompson to question him about the killing and found him and pulled him over in the North End .
Back at police headquarters , detectives tried to talk to Thompson but he would not say anything .
At one point he wrote on a piece of paper , “ paper in glove compart in Jeep is all you need.
” In the glove compartment of the Jeep , police found paperwork suggesting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , people who don ’ t view themselves as subject to the law .
He has previous convictions for assault and robbery .
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There is a movement in America known as the “sovereign citizen” movement. While some of the principles would appear to make sense on immediate observation, such as emphasizing the ideas of individual liberty and responsibility, it is on closer observation not such at all, but rather a stew of crafty legalese attempting to use individual words in questionable and highly-selective and carefully-crafted situations to justify the rejection of law, the embrace of anarchy, and the legalization of criminal behavior in a combination that make the heads of lawyers and judges alike spin.
This is an example of “sovereign citizen” logic at use in the courts. Note the carefully chosen words, as this is a fundamental premise of the movement, which serves often to confuse rather than provide clarity, another proof that the movement is not about seeking justice, but is the blatant and sometimes, comical abuse of language to try and legitimize insane, inane, or irrational requests.
The idea of “sovereign citizenry” rejects at its essence any sense of collective social responsibility, and with that the idea of law as a social contract in any form. It is an attempt to give a legal framework to the wicked idea that one can do what one pleases, and that the law it rejects is also a means to justify the same libertine behavior and attitudes. If there was ever an inversion of law in the name of the law, it is the philosophy upon which the concept of the sovereign citizen movement is founded.
Because of this, sovereign citizens are associated often with people who attempt to do crazy things in court, or who are just simply crazy people in general, and many are known to commit crimes, especially ones such as tax evasion, but sometimes more serious ones. A horrible example of this happened recently in Hartford, Connecticut, where a man beheaded his landlord with a samurai sword and then said he was justified in doing this because he is a ‘sovereign citizen’ who refused to pay rent.
The man charged with using a samurai sword to decapitate his landlord inside an Asylum Avenue home this weekend refused to talk to police about the crime, claiming he is a sovereign citizen. At his arraignment Tuesday in Superior Court in Hartford, Jerry David Thompson refused to say anything and was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail. Thompson also refused to speak with a public defender and at this point is not represented by an attorney. Judge Ann Lynch continued Thompson’s case to Aug. 18. According to the warrant for Thompson’s arrest, drafted by Hartford detectives, he was identified as a suspect by friends of victim Victor King, who had rented a room to Thompson inside his Asylum Avenue home. The two men had had a dispute about Thompson not paying rent, according to the warrant, and Thompson threatened King with a samurai sword. King was so alarmed by Thompson’s threats he went to Hartford police on Saturday, the day before he was killed, and told them Thompson had been waving the sword at him. On Sunday, friends of King called police to say they could not reach him. Sunday afternoon, police and firefighters forced their way into King’s home and found a lot of blood and King’s badly slashed body covered in bedding. Police began looking for Thompson to question him about the killing and found him and pulled him over in the North End. Back at police headquarters, detectives tried to talk to Thompson but he would not say anything. At one point he wrote on a piece of paper, “paper in glove compart in Jeep is all you need.” In the glove compartment of the Jeep, police found paperwork suggesting Thompson viewed himself as a sovereign citizen, people who don’t view themselves as subject to the law. He has previous convictions for assault and robbery. (source)
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shoebat--2020-07-29--If You Lost Your Job During The Pandemic, There Is A 50% Chance It Is Permanently Gone

I have continued to warn about the effects of COVID-19 on the job market , that right now millions of people are in danger of losing their livelihoods , and if patterns continue as they have been , more job losses are imminent that will create a sort of ‘ ripple effect ’ and will bring about more of the same decline .
According to USA Today , a new study shows that half of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 first wave of shutdowns are not coming back , meaning they are permanent .
The COVID-19 outbreak has clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , plunging it deep into a recession and sending unemployment levels skyrocketing .
In fact , jobless claims reached a record high in April , and while things improved slightly in May and June , new restrictions could send the unemployment rate even higher in the coming months .
Unfortunately , rising joblessness could coincide with the end of the $ 600 weekly unemployment boost that ’ s been keeping millions of Americans afloat these past few months .
That $ 600 boost , which March ’ s CARES Act provided for , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but because of the way states pay their unemployment benefits on a weekly cycle , for most jobless folks , it ’ s actually already gone .
Meanwhile , lawmakers are gearing up to present a new stimulus package to provide ongoing relief during the COVID-19 crisis , and extended unemployment is a big part of it .
But a continuation of that $ 600 boost in unlikely to happen .
In fact , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has already come out and said that boosted unemployment will , going forward , amount @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to $ 310 per week .
Why not extend the full $ 600 ?
Lawmakers say it ’ s a deterrent for workers to return to a job , since with it , some out-of-work Americans make more money on unemployment than they do in an employment capacity .
But another argument against that boost is that the jobless claims we ’ re seeing right now represent a temporary problem – one that ’ s likely to go away once the COVID-19 outbreak wanes or an effective vaccine is made widely available .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment crisis to be temporary .
But new data reveals that a frightening number of jobless Americans may not , in fact , have a role to return to once the pandemic ends .
In April , 78 % of those in households experiencing job loss felt that that situation would be temporarily .
But now , 47 % think that job loss is likely to be permanent , according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research .
All told , roughly 10 million workers might need to find a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and some might need to switch gears and find a new profession altogether .
( source ) I have been warning before and I will warn again , this is just the beginning of a major crisis that will get worse as the years go on .
The US is actively in a depression right now .
Millions of people are out of work , and with the declining pool of available work and the expanding pool of people searching for work , there is not enough work to go around for all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in pay rate either due to employers lowering pay due to an abundance of workers ( the supply versus demand side ) and then due to the declining value of the currency through money printing .
Each round of “ stimulus ” the government prints does nothing except to drive down the value of the dollar towards that of the paper it is printed on , which is nothing , and would likely manifest in the form of hyperinflation .
I have said before and I will say it again , if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as possible , save as much as one can , and then also spend on provisions for the future because it is very uncertain as to what will happen at the current moment save for more of the same .
There is likely going to be a second round of COVID-19 layoffs in the future based on current trends .
Hopefully those will change , but at the current time , especially when the fall comes around , people should be prepared for a repeat of what happened earlier this year , except @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job losses , and less patience .
This is not the time to be scared , sad , or to sit back on one ’ s backside , but to get up and get working , preparing for what is likely to come and even if it does not , given the general economic and social decline that is taking place right now , for another crisis of a similar degree of seriousness that will worsen the already poor state of economic affairs .
Get working , because time is passing away .
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I have continued to warn about the effects of COVID-19 on the job market, that right now millions of people are in danger of losing their livelihoods, and if patterns continue as they have been, more job losses are imminent that will create a sort of ‘ripple effect’ and will bring about more of the same decline.
According to USA Today, a new study shows that half of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 first wave of shutdowns are not coming back, meaning they are permanent.
The COVID-19 outbreak has clearly done a number of the U.S. economy, plunging it deep into a recession and sending unemployment levels skyrocketing. In fact, jobless claims reached a record high in April, and while things improved slightly in May and June, new restrictions could send the unemployment rate even higher in the coming months. Unfortunately, rising joblessness could coincide with the end of the $600 weekly unemployment boost that’s been keeping millions of Americans afloat these past few months. That $600 boost, which March’s CARES Act provided for, expires at the end of July, but because of the way states pay their unemployment benefits on a weekly cycle, for most jobless folks, it’s actually already gone. Meanwhile, lawmakers are gearing up to present a new stimulus package to provide ongoing relief during the COVID-19 crisis, and extended unemployment is a big part of it. But a continuation of that $600 boost in unlikely to happen. In fact, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has already come out and said that boosted unemployment will, going forward, amount to more like an extra $188 to $310 per week. Why not extend the full $600? Lawmakers say it’s a deterrent for workers to return to a job, since with it, some out-of-work Americans make more money on unemployment than they do in an employment capacity. But another argument against that boost is that the jobless claims we’re seeing right now represent a temporary problem – one that’s likely to go away once the COVID-19 outbreak wanes or an effective vaccine is made widely available. Of course, everyone wants the current unemployment crisis to be temporary. But new data reveals that a frightening number of jobless Americans may not, in fact, have a role to return to once the pandemic ends. In April, 78% of those in households experiencing job loss felt that that situation would be temporarily. But now, 47% think that job loss is likely to be permanent, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. All told, roughly 10 million workers might need to find a new employer after the pandemic wraps up, and some might need to switch gears and find a new profession altogether. (source)
I have been warning before and I will warn again, this is just the beginning of a major crisis that will get worse as the years go on.
The US is actively in a depression right now. Millions of people are out of work, and with the declining pool of available work and the expanding pool of people searching for work, there is not enough work to go around for all, and what work exists is dropping in pay rate either due to employers lowering pay due to an abundance of workers (the supply versus demand side) and then due to the declining value of the currency through money printing.
Each round of “stimulus” the government prints does nothing except to drive down the value of the dollar towards that of the paper it is printed on, which is nothing, and would likely manifest in the form of hyperinflation.
I have said before and I will say it again, if you are able to, work as much as possible, save as much as one can, and then also spend on provisions for the future because it is very uncertain as to what will happen at the current moment save for more of the same.
There is likely going to be a second round of COVID-19 layoffs in the future based on current trends. Hopefully those will change, but at the current time, especially when the fall comes around, people should be prepared for a repeat of what happened earlier this year, except this time with more shortages, more job losses, and less patience.
This is not the time to be scared, sad, or to sit back on one’s backside, but to get up and get working, preparing for what is likely to come and even if it does not, given the general economic and social decline that is taking place right now, for another crisis of a similar degree of seriousness that will worsen the already poor state of economic affairs.
Get working, because time is passing away.
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shoebat--2020-07-29--Study: 78% Of People Who Recover From COVID-19 Have Lasting Cardiovascular Damage

According to TheWeek.com , a new study in a cardiovascular journal of medicine was released which found that 78 % of people who contracted and recovered from COVID-19 suffered lasting cardiovascular damage .
Skeptics of the disease and the necessity of shutting down the economy to stop its spread have focused on the fact that most coronavirus cases have been mild or even asymptomatic , mistakenly comparing COVID-19 to “ just the flu.
” But a recent study of 100 recovered coronavirus patients reveals 78 of them now have lasting cardiovascular damage even though a vast majority of them had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place .
The study published Monday in JAMA Cardiology details the results of cardiac MRI exams of 100 recovered coronavirus patients .
Twenty-eight of them required oxygen supplementation while fighting the virus , while just two were on ventilators .
But 78 of them still had cardiovascular abnormalities after recovery , with 60 of them showing “ ongoing myocardial inflammation , ” the study shows .
These conditions appeared to be independent of case severity and pre-existing conditions , though JAMA researchers note these findings need a larger study .
( source ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think this is just a “ flu ” , when it is a lot more than that .
This is one study , and more need to be made , but the fact that there seems to be a consistent theme of heart trouble after contracting this illness is not a joke .
Please be safe , and take all necessary safety precautions , as it would not be worth getting sick over a preventable illness .
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According to TheWeek.com, a new study in a cardiovascular journal of medicine was released which found that 78% of people who contracted and recovered from COVID-19 suffered lasting cardiovascular damage.
Skeptics of the disease and the necessity of shutting down the economy to stop its spread have focused on the fact that most coronavirus cases have been mild or even asymptomatic, mistakenly comparing COVID-19 to “just the flu.” But a recent study of 100 recovered coronavirus patients reveals 78 of them now have lasting cardiovascular damage even though a vast majority of them had mild cases of COVID-19 in the first place. The study published Monday in JAMA Cardiology details the results of cardiac MRI exams of 100 recovered coronavirus patients. Twenty-eight of them required oxygen supplementation while fighting the virus, while just two were on ventilators. But 78 of them still had cardiovascular abnormalities after recovery, with 60 of them showing “ongoing myocardial inflammation,” the study shows. These conditions appeared to be independent of case severity and pre-existing conditions, though JAMA researchers note these findings need a larger study. (source)
When people think about COVID-19, they think this is just a “flu”, when it is a lot more than that.
This is one study, and more need to be made, but the fact that there seems to be a consistent theme of heart trouble after contracting this illness is not a joke.
Please be safe, and take all necessary safety precautions, as it would not be worth getting sick over a preventable illness.
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shoebat--2020-07-29--Theodore Shoebat Debates And Destroys Fascist Traditional Catholic

Today I debated with someone who calls himself a fascist and traditional Catholic :

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shoebat--2020-07-29--Scientists Revive Ancient Microbes

Scientists Revive Ancient Microbes

One of the long-running themes of science fiction horror is that scientists , in the pursuit of science , revive some sort of ancient microbe , germ , or creature , that then gets loose and starts killing people in horrific ways .
According to Agence-France Presse , while there is no threat of death , scientists are reviving ancient microbes from some of the most isolated places on Earth .
Scientists have successfully revived microbes that had lain dormant at the bottom of the sea since the age of the dinosaurs , allowing the organisms to eat and even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Their research sheds light on the remarkable survival power of some of Earth ’ s most primitive species , which can exist for tens of millions of years with barely any oxygen or food before springing back to life in the lab .
A team led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology analysed ancient sediment samples deposited more than 100 million years ago on the seabed of the South Pacific .
The region is renowned for having far fewer nutrients in its sediment than normal , making it a far-from-ideal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The team incubated the samples to help coax the microbes out of their epoch-spanning slumber .
Astonishingly , they were able to revive nearly all of the microorganisms .
“ When I found them , I was first sceptical whether the findings are from some mistake or a failure in the experiment , ” said lead author Yuki Morono .
“ We now know that there is no age limit for ( organisms in the ) sub-seafloor biosphere , ” he told AFP .
URI Graduate School of Oceanography professor and study co-author @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came from the oldest sediment drilled from the seabed .
“ In the oldest sediment we ’ ve drilled , with the least amount of food , there are still living organisms , and they can wake up , grow and multiply , ” he said .
Morono explained that oxygen traces in the sediment allowed the microbes to stay alive for millions of years while expending virtually no energy .
Energy levels for seabed microbes “ are million of times lower than that of surface microbes , ” he said .
Such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sustain the surface microbes , and Morono said it was a mystery how the seabed organisms had managed to survive .
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One of the long-running themes of science fiction horror is that scientists, in the pursuit of science, revive some sort of ancient microbe, germ, or creature, that then gets loose and starts killing people in horrific ways. According to Agence-France Presse, while there is no threat of death, scientists are reviving ancient microbes from some of the most isolated places on Earth.
Scientists have successfully revived microbes that had lain dormant at the bottom of the sea since the age of the dinosaurs, allowing the organisms to eat and even multiply after eons in the deep.
Their research sheds light on the remarkable survival power of some of Earth’s most primitive species, which can exist for tens of millions of years with barely any oxygen or food before springing back to life in the lab.
A team led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology analysed ancient sediment samples deposited more than 100 million years ago on the seabed of the South Pacific.
The region is renowned for having far fewer nutrients in its sediment than normal, making it a far-from-ideal site to maintain life over millennia.
The team incubated the samples to help coax the microbes out of their epoch-spanning slumber.
Astonishingly, they were able to revive nearly all of the microorganisms.
“When I found them, I was first sceptical whether the findings are from some mistake or a failure in the experiment,” said lead author Yuki Morono.
“We now know that there is no age limit for (organisms in the) sub-seafloor biosphere,” he told AFP.
URI Graduate School of Oceanography professor and study co-author Steven D’Hondt said the microbes came from the oldest sediment drilled from the seabed.
“In the oldest sediment we’ve drilled, with the least amount of food, there are still living organisms, and they can wake up, grow and multiply,” he said.
Morono explained that oxygen traces in the sediment allowed the microbes to stay alive for millions of years while expending virtually no energy.
Energy levels for seabed microbes “are million of times lower than that of surface microbes,” he said.
Such levels would be far too low to sustain the surface microbes, and Morono said it was a mystery how the seabed organisms had managed to survive. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-29--Demographers Terrified As Baby Bust Continues In USA

I have said many times that the declining population in the US is a major problem that is going to have long-term consequences for American life , because in complete contradiction to the Malthusian lie that the world is going to be “ overpopulated ” , most of society ’ s problems come from political manipulation by greedy individuals or groups .
Rather , the problem is a lack of people in all places to do the necessary work of society , and that as a result , this will inevitably lead to a serious decline in living standards and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this out , saying that the refusal of Americans to have children is going to have long-term negative consequences for society .
Wolfgang Lutz , an Austrian demographer , warned in 2006 that European nations were at risk of falling into a “ fertility trap ” in which there are fewer women alive to have babies ; smaller families become the social norm ; and low population growth reduces economic growth , fostering a pessimism that further suppresses the birthrate .
It appears that Denmark , among others , has taken Lutz ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service announcement urges older Danes , “ Send your child on an active holiday and get a grandchild within nine months.
” At the time Lutz raised the alarm , the U.S. seemed well clear of such a trap , with a total fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman , what demographers call the replacement rate , vs. 1.5 for the European Union .
Now that the U.S. rate is below 1.7 , that ’ s no longer assured .
Unromantic as it sounds , planning a family is a numbers exercise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would-be mother , access to affordable child care , college costs , income , and job security .
Toss in a national health emergency and an economic crisis that invites comparisons to the Great Depression , and the benefits of parenthood no longer pencil out for many .
The Guttmacher Institute surveyed about 2,000 American women in late April and early May and found that 34 % wanted to delay pregnancy or have fewer children as a result of the pandemic .
That outweighed the 17 % who said they wanted children sooner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Brookings Institution released a study predicting the U.S. is headed for “ a large , lasting baby bust.
” Its researchers forecast there will be 300,000 to 500,000 fewer children born in the U.S. in 2021 than there would have been absent the crisis , which amounts to a decrease of roughly 10 % from 2019 .
That means the number of babies never born is likely to greatly exceed the number of Americans who ’ ve died from coronavirus , which is approaching 150,000 .
The effect on population will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ babies who aren ’ t being born would have lived into the 22nd century .
“ A lot of people I know at work and friends are saying they don ’ t want to have children until this is over , ” says Tori Marsh , director of research at GoodRx Inc. , a price-comparison and coupon site for prescription drugs based in Santa Monica , Calif. Marsh , 29 , postponed her wedding , which had been scheduled for November , because of the pandemic .
“ It is definitely pushing back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
If couples fully make up for lost time by having more children later , this drop in the birthrate will end up being just a blip .
But demographers predict that many , if not most , of the births that are delayed will never be made up .
“ There is this Panglossian narrative that delayed births will tend to recover , but statistically it doesn ’ t happen , ” says Lyman Stone , chief information officer of Demographic Intelligence , a consulting firm whose clients have included Procter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of time is the most important reason the birthrate is unlikely to revert back to trend once the pandemic is over .
While young women will still have plenty of years to give birth to their desired number of children , older ones will need to space births more tightly to reach their targets in their remaining fertile years .
Some will run out their biological clock waiting for baby-making conditions to improve .
“ Every time that people decide to push back when they ’ re going to have their first kid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will end up not having the child at all , ” says Karen Guzzo , a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University and acting director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research .
For couples who are already parents , says Guzzo , “ the longer you wait to have your second or third child , the harder it is to , say , ‘ Oh , I ’ m ready to have babies again.
’ They say , ‘ You know what ?
My family ’ s complete , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ” In the second half of the 20th century , the pattern in the U.S. and elsewhere was that fertility tended to fall during recessions and then bounce back when the economy recovered .
Demographers expected that to happen after the 2007-09 recession , which at the time had been the deepest since the Depression .
“ People put off having children during the economic downturn and then catch up on fertility once economic conditions improve , ” Pew Research Center wrote in an October 2011 report .
But the pattern broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the U.S. economy staged the longest expansion on record .
Birthrates for women in their 20s , which had dropped 25 % or more during and shortly after the recession , kept falling , and they stayed flat for women in their 30s .
“ Had prerecessionary fertility patterns been sustained through 2019 , there would have been 6.6 million more births , and nearly 3 million more women would have had their first child over the last 11 years , ” says Kenneth Johnson , a sociologist and demographer at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ School of Public Policy .
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I have said many times that the declining population in the US is a major problem that is going to have long-term consequences for American life, because in complete contradiction to the Malthusian lie that the world is going to be “overpopulated”, most of society’s problems come from political manipulation by greedy individuals or groups. Rather, the problem is a lack of people in all places to do the necessary work of society, and that as a result, this will inevitably lead to a serious decline in living standards and life around the world.
BloombergQuint points this out, saying that the refusal of Americans to have children is going to have long-term negative consequences for society.
Wolfgang Lutz, an Austrian demographer, warned in 2006 that European nations were at risk of falling into a “fertility trap” in which there are fewer women alive to have babies; smaller families become the social norm; and low population growth reduces economic growth, fostering a pessimism that further suppresses the birthrate. It appears that Denmark, among others, has taken Lutz’s message to heart. A public service announcement urges older Danes, “Send your child on an active holiday and get a grandchild within nine months.” At the time Lutz raised the alarm, the U.S. seemed well clear of such a trap, with a total fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, what demographers call the replacement rate, vs. 1.5 for the European Union. Now that the U.S. rate is below 1.7, that’s no longer assured.
Unromantic as it sounds, planning a family is a numbers exercise that factors in the age of the would-be mother, access to affordable child care, college costs, income, and job security. Toss in a national health emergency and an economic crisis that invites comparisons to the Great Depression, and the benefits of parenthood no longer pencil out for many. The Guttmacher Institute surveyed about 2,000 American women in late April and early May and found that 34% wanted to delay pregnancy or have fewer children as a result of the pandemic. That outweighed the 17% who said they wanted children sooner or more of them.
In June the Brookings Institution released a study predicting the U.S. is headed for “a large, lasting baby bust.” Its researchers forecast there will be 300,000 to 500,000 fewer children born in the U.S. in 2021 than there would have been absent the crisis, which amounts to a decrease of roughly 10% from 2019. That means the number of babies never born is likely to greatly exceed the number of Americans who’ve died from coronavirus, which is approaching 150,000. The effect on population will be longer-lasting as well: Many of the babies who aren’t being born would have lived into the 22nd century.
“A lot of people I know at work and friends are saying they don’t want to have children until this is over,” says Tori Marsh, director of research at GoodRx Inc., a price-comparison and coupon site for prescription drugs based in Santa Monica, Calif. Marsh, 29, postponed her wedding, which had been scheduled for November, because of the pandemic. “It is definitely pushing back the timeline” for babies, she says.
If couples fully make up for lost time by having more children later, this drop in the birthrate will end up being just a blip. But demographers predict that many, if not most, of the births that are delayed will never be made up. “There is this Panglossian narrative that delayed births will tend to recover, but statistically it doesn’t happen,” says Lyman Stone, chief information officer of Demographic Intelligence, a consulting firm whose clients have included Procter & Gamble and JPMorgan Chase.
Lack of time is the most important reason the birthrate is unlikely to revert back to trend once the pandemic is over. While young women will still have plenty of years to give birth to their desired number of children, older ones will need to space births more tightly to reach their targets in their remaining fertile years. Some will run out their biological clock waiting for baby-making conditions to improve.
“Every time that people decide to push back when they’re going to have their first kid or their next kid, some proportion will end up not having the child at all,” says Karen Guzzo, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University and acting director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research. For couples who are already parents, says Guzzo, “the longer you wait to have your second or third child, the harder it is to, say, ‘Oh, I’m ready to have babies again.’ They say, ‘You know what? My family’s complete, I’m happy with what I have.’ ”
In the second half of the 20th century, the pattern in the U.S. and elsewhere was that fertility tended to fall during recessions and then bounce back when the economy recovered. Demographers expected that to happen after the 2007-09 recession, which at the time had been the deepest since the Depression. “People put off having children during the economic downturn and then catch up on fertility once economic conditions improve,” Pew Research Center wrote in an October 2011 report.
But the pattern broke. The post-recession rebound never came even as the U.S. economy staged the longest expansion on record. Birthrates for women in their 20s, which had dropped 25% or more during and shortly after the recession, kept falling, and they stayed flat for women in their 30s. “Had prerecessionary fertility patterns been sustained through 2019, there would have been 6.6 million more births, and nearly 3 million more women would have had their first child over the last 11 years,” says Kenneth Johnson, a sociologist and demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-31--Seven Pakistani Teens Take Kitten, Violently Sodomize It For A Week Until It Dies Of Organ Failure

From time-to-time , I try to report on various crimes around the world of a particularly horrendous nature , simply because it is about awareness of the horrible things that go on around us , and realizing that no man is exempt from sin or its consequences .
Human problems are not contained just to particular races , and while certain tendencies may be found in higher concentrations or repeated more often in certain groups , this does not mean that “ X group only does thing A ” , or that “ Z group can never do thing A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything , when such an observation is true , it usually means that while “ X ” group may do something more frequently than Z , when Z does that same thing , it may be more violent than when X does it .
In an example of horribly disordered behavior , a story from OPIndia reports that seven Pakistani teenage boys have been arrested on charges of animal abuse for taking a kitten and raping it for a week to the point that the animal died of organ failure .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raped by a 15-year-old teenager and 6 of his friends for over a week in Lahore , Pakistan .
The information about the gruesome incident was shared on Sunday by a Pakistan-based NGO named JFK Animal Rescue and Shelter .
Reportedly , following animal abuse , the cat could not eat , sit , or sleep due to trauma .
The veterinary doctors had recovered sperm samples and plastic bags from the animal ’ s body .
According to them , the rape was so brutal that there was virtually no separation between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The post read that the abuse had damaged the kitten ’ s internal parts so severely that sperm and blood kept on leaking .
Multiple plastic bags , allegedly used by the boys to rape the animal , were found in her body by the veterinarian .
The post by the animal shelter read that the kitten was bought by a family in Lahore and the boy who , with other friends , had committed the crime is the 15-year-old son of the family .
A local girl who was suspicious about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kitten and the boys .
The girl had also reportedly offered the family to take the kitten but she was refused .
The animal shelter page had also added that it was the fifth case of animal sexual abuse they have faced .
As per the report , the kitten was abused to such an extent that she died due to multiple organ failure .
The carcass was then left in a nearby dumpster .
While the veterinary doctor conceded that the feline was raped , he refused to give it in writing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , the mother of one of the accused has dismissed all allegations of rape .
She said , “ My son did not do this .
Someone from the street must have done it.
” A girl , under the assurance of anonymity , reported about the incident to the NGO .
The animal rights organisation has condemned the heinous crime and demanded that all culprits be brought to justice .
“ Some rapists will get another dog or cat or a monkey .
Because it is so much easier raping the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able to tell what you devils did to them right ?
You know this voiceless don ’ t have laws and are not taken seriously here , so you chose them to rape , ” the post emphasized .
The NGO demanded serious therapies and sex education programs urgently to fix the issue of animal abuse , despite the opposition of orthodox mullahs .
“ The kitten is buried and surely speaking to God up there about what ever happened to her in this cruel world .
This is Pakistan , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choosing animals for rape now after women and minors , ” the Facebook post emphasised about the grim situation .
( source )

From time-to-time, I try to report on various crimes around the world of a particularly horrendous nature, simply because it is about awareness of the horrible things that go on around us, and realizing that no man is exempt from sin or its consequences. Human problems are not contained just to particular races, and while certain tendencies may be found in higher concentrations or repeated more often in certain groups, this does not mean that “X group only does thing A”, or that “Z group can never do thing A because they are Z”. If anything, when such an observation is true, it usually means that while “X” group may do something more frequently than Z, when Z does that same thing, it may be more violent than when X does it.
In an example of horribly disordered behavior, a story from OPIndia reports that seven Pakistani teenage boys have been arrested on charges of animal abuse for taking a kitten and raping it for a week to the point that the animal died of organ failure.
In a shocking incident, a kitten was reportedly raped by a 15-year-old teenager and 6 of his friends for over a week in Lahore, Pakistan. The information about the gruesome incident was shared on Sunday by a Pakistan-based NGO named JFK Animal Rescue and Shelter.
Reportedly, following animal abuse, the cat could not eat, sit, or sleep due to trauma. The veterinary doctors had recovered sperm samples and plastic bags from the animal’s body. According to them, the rape was so brutal that there was virtually no separation between the anal and the vaginal region. The post read that the abuse had damaged the kitten’s internal parts so severely that sperm and blood kept on leaking. Multiple plastic bags, allegedly used by the boys to rape the animal, were found in her body by the veterinarian.
The post by the animal shelter read that the kitten was bought by a family in Lahore and the boy who, with other friends, had committed the crime is the 15-year-old son of the family. A local girl who was suspicious about the abuse had kept an eye on the kitten and the boys. The girl had also reportedly offered the family to take the kitten but she was refused.
The animal shelter page had also added that it was the fifth case of animal sexual abuse they have faced.
As per the report, the kitten was abused to such an extent that she died due to multiple organ failure. The carcass was then left in a nearby dumpster. While the veterinary doctor conceded that the feline was raped, he refused to give it in writing to avoid involvement in the case. However, the mother of one of the accused has dismissed all allegations of rape. She said, “My son did not do this. Someone from the street must have done it.” A girl, under the assurance of anonymity, reported about the incident to the NGO. The animal rights organisation has condemned the heinous crime and demanded that all culprits be brought to justice.
“Some rapists will get another dog or cat or a monkey. Because it is so much easier raping the voiceless and weak as they wont even be able to tell what you devils did to them right? You know this voiceless don’t have laws and are not taken seriously here, so you chose them to rape,” the post emphasized. The NGO demanded serious therapies and sex education programs urgently to fix the issue of animal abuse, despite the opposition of orthodox mullahs.
“The kitten is buried and surely speaking to God up there about what ever happened to her in this cruel world. This is Pakistan, and these are Pakistani men. Men are choosing animals for rape now after women and minors,” the Facebook post emphasised about the grim situation. (source)