thelibertybeacon--2020-10-19--Revealed: The Covidian Cult

Revealed: The Covidian Cult

One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is mass conformity to a psychotic official narrative .
Not a regular official narrative , like the “ Cold War ” or the “ War on Terror ” narratives .
A totally delusional official narrative that has little or no connection to reality and that is contradicted by a preponderance of facts .
Nazism and Stalinism are the classic examples , but the phenomenon is better observed in cults and other sub-cultural societal groups .
Numerous examples will spring to mind : the Manson family , Jim Jones ’ People ’ s Temple , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , etc.
, each with its own psychotic official narrative : Helter Skelter , Christian Communism , Xenu and the Galactic Confederacy , and so on .
Looking in from the dominant culture ( or back through time in the case of the Nazis ) , the delusional nature of these official narratives is glaringly obvious to most rational people .
What many people fail to understand is that to those who fall prey to them ( whether individual cult members or entire totalitarian societies ) such narratives do not register as psychotic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entirely normal .
Everything in their social “ reality ” reifies and reaffirms the narrative , and anything that challenges or contradicts it is perceived as an existential threat .
These narratives are invariably paranoid , portraying the cult as threatened or persecuted by an evil enemy or antagonistic force which only unquestioning conformity to the cult ’ s ideology can save its members from .
It makes little difference whether this antagonist is mainstream culture , body thetans , counter-revolutionaries , Jews , or a virus .
The point is not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the atmosphere of paranoia and hysteria the official narrative generates , which keeps the cult members ( or the society ) compliant .
In addition to being paranoid , these narratives are often internally inconsistent , illogical , and … well , just completely ridiculous .
This does not weaken them , as one might suspect .
Actually , it increases their power , as it forces their adherents to attempt to reconcile their inconsistency and irrationality , and in many cases utter absurdity , in order to remain in good standing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of course impossible , and causes the cult members ’ minds to short circuit and abandon any semblance of critical thinking , which is precisely what the cult leader wants .
Moreover , cult leaders will often radically change these narratives for no apparent reason , forcing their cult members to abruptly forswear ( and often even denounce as “ heresy ” ) the beliefs they had previously been forced to profess , and behave as if they had never believed them , which causes their minds to further short circuit , until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think rationally , and just mindlessly parrot whatever nonsensical gibberish the cult leader fills their heads with .
Also , the cult leader ’ s nonsensical gibberish is not as nonsensical as it may seem at first .
Most of us , upon encountering such gibberish , assume that the cult leader is trying to communicate , and that something is very wrong with his brain .
The cult leader isn ’ t trying to communicate .
He is trying to disorient and control the listener ’ s mind .
Listen to Charlie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what he says , but how he says it .
Note how he sprinkles bits of truth into his stream of free-associated nonsense , and his repetitive use of thought-terminating clichés , described by Robert J. Lifton as follows : If all this sounds familiar , good .
Because the same techniques that most cult leaders use to control the minds of the members of their cults are used by totalitarian systems to control the minds of entire societies : Milieu Control , Loaded Language , Sacred Science , Demand for Purity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can happen to pretty much any society , just as anyone can fall prey to a cult , given the right set of circumstances .
It is happening to most of our societies right now .
An official narrative is being implemented .
A totalitarian official narrative .
A totally psychotic official narrative , no less delusional than that of the Nazis , or the Manson family , or any other cult .
Most people can not see that it is happening , for the simple reason that it is happening to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
The human mind is extremely resilient and inventive when it is pushed past its limits .
Ask anyone who has struggled with psychosis or has taken too much LSD .
We do not recognize when we are going insane .
When reality falls apart completely , the mind will create a delusional narrative , which appears just as “ real ” as our normal reality , because even a delusion is better than the stark raving terror of utter chaos .
This is what totalitarians and cult leaders count on , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our minds , and why actual initiation rituals ( as opposed to purely symbolic rituals ) begin by attacking the subject ’ s mind with terror , pain , physical exhaustion , psychedelic drugs , or some other means of obliterating the subject ’ s perception of reality .
Once that is achieved , and the subject ’ s mind starts desperately trying to construct a new narrative to make sense out of the cognitive chaos and psychological trauma it is undergoing , it is relatively easy to “ guide ” that process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assuming you have done your homework .
And this is why so many people — people who are able to easily recognize totalitarianism in cults and foreign countries — can not perceive the totalitarianism that is taking shape now , right in front of their faces ( or , rather , right inside their minds ) .
Nor can they perceive the delusional nature of the official “ Covid-19 ” narrative , no more than those in Nazi Germany were able to perceive how completely delusional their official “ master race ” narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nor stupid .
They have been successfully initiated into a cult , which is essentially what totalitarianism is , albeit on a societal scale .
Their initiation into the Covidian Cult began in January , when the medical authorities and corporate media turned on The Fear with projections of hundreds of millions of deaths and fake photos of people dropping dead in the streets .
The psychological conditioning has continued for months .
The global masses have been subjected to a constant stream of propaganda , manufactured hysteria , wild speculation , conflicting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tawdry theatrical effects .
Lockdowns .
Emergency field hospitals and morgues .
The singing-dancing NHS staff .
Death trucks .
Overflowing ICUs .
Dead Covid babies .
Manipulated statistics .
Goon squads .
Masks .
And all the rest of it .
Eight months later , here we are .
The Head of the Health Emergencies Program at the WHO has basically confirmed an IFR of 0.14 % , approximately the same as the seasonal flu .
And here are the latest survival rate estimates from the Center for Disease Control : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
An increasing number of doctors and medical experts are breaking ranks and explaining how the current mass hysteria over “ cases ” ( which now includes perfectly healthy people ) is essentially meaningless propaganda , for example , in this segment on ARD , one of the big mainstream German TV channels .
And then there is the existence of Sweden , and other countries which are not playing ball with the official Covid-19 narrative , which makes a mockery of the ongoing hysteria .
I ’ m not going to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , the facts are all available .
Not from “ conspiracy theorist ” websites .
From mainstream outlets and medical experts .
From the Center for Fucking Disease Control .
Which does not matter in the least , not to the members of the Covidian Cult .
Facts do not matter to totalitarians and cult members .
What matters is loyalty to the cult or the party .
Which means we have a serious problem , those of us to whom facts still matter , and who have been trying to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are wrong about the virus … for going on eight months at this point .
While it is crucial to continue reporting the facts and sharing them with as many people as possible — which is becoming increasingly difficult due to the censorship of alternative and social media — it is important to accept what we are up against .
What we are up against is not a misunderstanding or a rational argument over scientific facts .
It is a fanatical ideological movement .
A global totalitarian movement … the first of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t national totalitarianism , because we ’ re living in a global capitalist empire , which isn ’ t ruled by nation-states , but rather , by supranational entities and the global capitalist system itself .
And thus , the cult/culture paradigm has been inverted .
Instead of the cult existing as an island within the dominant culture , the cult has become the dominant culture , and those of us who have not joined the cult have become the isolated islands within it .
I wish I could be more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of plan of action , but the only historical parallel I can think of is how Christianity “ converted ” the pagan world … which doesn ’ t really bode so well for us .
While you ’ re sitting at home during the “ second wave ” lockdowns , you might want to brush up on that history .
( TLB ) published this article from 21Wire with our thanks for this perspective .

Revealed: The Covidian Cult
C.J. Hopkins
Consent Factory
One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is mass conformity to a psychotic official narrative. Not a regular official narrative, like the “Cold War” or the “War on Terror” narratives. A totally delusional official narrative that has little or no connection to reality and that is contradicted by a preponderance of facts.
Nazism and Stalinism are the classic examples, but the phenomenon is better observed in cults and other sub-cultural societal groups. Numerous examples will spring to mind: the Manson family, Jim Jones’ People’s Temple, the Church of Scientology, Heavens Gate, etc., each with its own psychotic official narrative: Helter Skelter, Christian Communism, Xenu and the Galactic Confederacy, and so on.
Looking in from the dominant culture (or back through time in the case of the Nazis), the delusional nature of these official narratives is glaringly obvious to most rational people. What many people fail to understand is that to those who fall prey to them (whether individual cult members or entire totalitarian societies) such narratives do not register as psychotic. On the contrary, they feel entirely normal. Everything in their social “reality” reifies and reaffirms the narrative, and anything that challenges or contradicts it is perceived as an existential threat.
These narratives are invariably paranoid, portraying the cult as threatened or persecuted by an evil enemy or antagonistic force which only unquestioning conformity to the cult’s ideology can save its members from. It makes little difference whether this antagonist is mainstream culture, body thetans, counter-revolutionaries, Jews, or a virus. The point is not the identity of the enemy. The point is the atmosphere of paranoia and hysteria the official narrative generates, which keeps the cult members (or the society) compliant.
In addition to being paranoid, these narratives are often internally inconsistent, illogical, and … well, just completely ridiculous. This does not weaken them, as one might suspect. Actually, it increases their power, as it forces their adherents to attempt to reconcile their inconsistency and irrationality, and in many cases utter absurdity, in order to remain in good standing with the cult. Such reconciliation is of course impossible, and causes the cult members’ minds to short circuit and abandon any semblance of critical thinking, which is precisely what the cult leader wants.
Moreover, cult leaders will often radically change these narratives for no apparent reason, forcing their cult members to abruptly forswear (and often even denounce as “heresy”) the beliefs they had previously been forced to profess, and behave as if they had never believed them, which causes their minds to further short circuit, until they eventually give up even trying to think rationally, and just mindlessly parrot whatever nonsensical gibberish the cult leader fills their heads with.
Also, the cult leader’s nonsensical gibberish is not as nonsensical as it may seem at first. Most of us, upon encountering such gibberish, assume that the cult leader is trying to communicate, and that something is very wrong with his brain. The cult leader isn’t trying to communicate. He is trying to disorient and control the listener’s mind. Listen to Charlie Manson “rapping.” Not just to what he says, but how he says it. Note how he sprinkles bits of truth into his stream of free-associated nonsense, and his repetitive use of thought-terminating clichés, described by Robert J. Lifton as follows:
“The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly selective, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.” — Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: : A Study of “Brainwashing” in China, 1961
If all this sounds familiar, good. Because the same techniques that most cult leaders use to control the minds of the members of their cults are used by totalitarian systems to control the minds of entire societies: Milieu Control, Loaded Language, Sacred Science, Demand for Purity, and other standard mind-control techniques. It can happen to pretty much any society, just as anyone can fall prey to a cult, given the right set of circumstances.
It is happening to most of our societies right now. An official narrative is being implemented. A totalitarian official narrative. A totally psychotic official narrative, no less delusional than that of the Nazis, or the Manson family, or any other cult.
Most people cannot see that it is happening, for the simple reason that it is happening to them. They are literally unable to recognize it. The human mind is extremely resilient and inventive when it is pushed past its limits. Ask anyone who has struggled with psychosis or has taken too much LSD. We do not recognize when we are going insane. When reality falls apart completely, the mind will create a delusional narrative, which appears just as “real” as our normal reality, because even a delusion is better than the stark raving terror of utter chaos.
This is what totalitarians and cult leaders count on, and exploit to implant their narratives in our minds, and why actual initiation rituals (as opposed to purely symbolic rituals) begin by attacking the subject’s mind with terror, pain, physical exhaustion, psychedelic drugs, or some other means of obliterating the subject’s perception of reality. Once that is achieved, and the subject’s mind starts desperately trying to construct a new narrative to make sense out of the cognitive chaos and psychological trauma it is undergoing, it is relatively easy to “guide” that process and implant whatever narrative you want, assuming you have done your homework.
And this is why so many people — people who are able to easily recognize totalitarianism in cults and foreign countries — cannot perceive the totalitarianism that is taking shape now, right in front of their faces (or, rather, right inside their minds). Nor can they perceive the delusional nature of the official “Covid-19” narrative, no more than those in Nazi Germany were able to perceive how completely delusional their official “master race” narrative was. Such people are neither ignorant nor stupid. They have been successfully initiated into a cult, which is essentially what totalitarianism is, albeit on a societal scale.
Their initiation into the Covidian Cult began in January, when the medical authorities and corporate media turned on The Fear with projections of hundreds of millions of deaths and fake photos of people dropping dead in the streets. The psychological conditioning has continued for months. The global masses have been subjected to a constant stream of propaganda, manufactured hysteria, wild speculation, conflicting directives, exaggerations, lies, and tawdry theatrical effects. Lockdowns. Emergency field hospitals and morgues. The singing-dancing NHS staff. Death trucks. Overflowing ICUs. Dead Covid babies. Manipulated statistics. Goon squads. Masks. And all the rest of it.
Eight months later, here we are. The Head of the Health Emergencies Program at the WHO has basically confirmed an IFR of 0.14%, approximately the same as the seasonal flu. And here are the latest survival rate estimates from the Center for Disease Control:
Age 0-19 … 99.997%
Age 20-49 … 99.98%
Age 50-69 … 99.5%
Age 70+ … 94.6%
The “science” argument is officially over. An increasing number of doctors and medical experts are breaking ranks and explaining how the current mass hysteria over “cases” (which now includes perfectly healthy people) is essentially meaningless propaganda, for example, in this segment on ARD, one of the big mainstream German TV channels.
And then there is the existence of Sweden, and other countries which are not playing ball with the official Covid-19 narrative, which makes a mockery of the ongoing hysteria.
When you’re desperately trying to pretend that the world is threatened by an apocalyptic virus, and then Sweden ruins it by letting everyone carry on with their lives as normal … pic.twitter.com/qMoVclCp1m — Consent Factory (@consent_factory) October 10, 2020
I’m not going to go on debunking the narrative. The point is, the facts are all available. Not from “conspiracy theorist” websites. From mainstream outlets and medical experts. From the Center for Fucking Disease Control.
Which does not matter in the least, not to the members of the Covidian Cult. Facts do not matter to totalitarians and cult members. What matters is loyalty to the cult or the party.
Which means we have a serious problem, those of us to whom facts still matter, and who have been trying to use them to convince the Covidian cultists that they are wrong about the virus … for going on eight months at this point.
While it is crucial to continue reporting the facts and sharing them with as many people as possible — which is becoming increasingly difficult due to the censorship of alternative and social media — it is important to accept what we are up against. What we are up against is not a misunderstanding or a rational argument over scientific facts. It is a fanatical ideological movement. A global totalitarian movement … the first of its kind in human history.
It isn’t national totalitarianism, because we’re living in a global capitalist empire, which isn’t ruled by nation-states, but rather, by supranational entities and the global capitalist system itself. And thus, the cult/culture paradigm has been inverted. Instead of the cult existing as an island within the dominant culture, the cult has become the dominant culture, and those of us who have not joined the cult have become the isolated islands within it.
I wish I could be more optimistic, and maybe offer some sort of plan of action, but the only historical parallel I can think of is how Christianity “converted” the pagan world … which doesn’t really bode so well for us. While you’re sitting at home during the “second wave” lockdowns, you might want to brush up on that history.
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(TLB) published this article from 21Wire with our thanks for this perspective.
About the author
C.J. Hopkins is an award-winning American playwright, novelist and political satirist. His plays have been produced and have toured at theatres and festivals in North America and Europe, and is a featured writer at www.consentfactory.org.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-10-19--What Would the Founders Say About the 2020 Election?

What Would the Founders Say About the 2020 Election ?
The upcoming election presents Americans with two clearly distinct visions for the future .
Indeed , President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are perfect proxies that highlight diametrically opposed policies .
Correctly understanding our history properly frames the competing agendas so we can make informed decisions .
Since the inception of our Constitution , citizens have debated the proper role and scope of the government .
Because the Preamble of the Constitution defines “ We , the people ” as the source of government ’ s authority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American people to establish its legitimacy within the Constitution ’ s framework .
Americans have always had a healthy distrust of government , because history is replete with examples of its abuse and the collateral subjugation of people .
But there is evidence that relative peace and economic security have lulled us into complacency , where we ’ ve effectively become indifferent to government ’ s growth , from its modest beginnings to the Leviathan that currently controls so much of our lives .
Is the exchange of our freedoms for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or is it a Faustian bargain ?
Let ’ s begin with instruction from James Madison , the father of the Constitution .
In Federalist 51 , he provides the principal justification for government by stating , “ If men were angels , no government would be necessary.
” He argued for a government structure of checks and balances designed to provide countervailing influences of each branch against the other two , the “ separation of powers ” we ’ re all familiar with .
“ Ambition must be made to counteract ambition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degree of countermeasures was meticulously calculated based on the potential severity of abuse .
There is strong evidence that the Founders preferred limited government , but if the balance of power among the branches is skewed , government is vulnerable to unchecked growth — and abuse .
To wit , the Founders would be shocked that their implicit trust in the Constitution has been progressively circumscribed by a bloated bureaucracy that rules by Federal Register .
That has transitioned us from citizens to subjects , thereby rendering the quaint notion of government by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Combined with a federal phalanx of recently minted agencies , from the Department of Education to the Environmental Protection Agency , that have no constitutional foundation , the sovereignty of the States as enshrined in the 10th Amendment has been essentially nullified .
Because our public education system has failed to maintain a curriculum based on First Principles , we ’ ve become numb to the incremental encroachment of our hyperactive federal government .
Therefore , what would have been summarily rejected as unwarranted abridgements on our freedoms decades ago is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Legislative Branch in Article I of the Constitution because they correctly understood that in a republic — which is not a democracy — laws and appropriations must originate with elected officials .
However , in modern times , Congress has been unduly deferential to the Executive and Judicial Branches , which has led to laws and regulations effectively written by executive or judicial fiat .
For reasons best left to cultural anthropologists , over the past several decades , the left has willfully rejected the core principles of our Founding Fathers as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is their ignorant reanimation of socialism , a deeply flawed system that has left millions in abject poverty and despair .
The left ’ s growing trust in big government , from the oxymoronic universal health care to the Green New Deal , as well as leftists ’ willingness to abridge our First and Second Amendment rights , should profoundly shock the sensibilities of Americans who cherish liberty .
All our presidents have had personality quirks and moral failings , and President Trump certainly fits that mold .
However , he has also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tireless defender of our nation in ways no president , Democrat or Republican , has done in recent memory .
It ’ s become a serial cliché that every election cycle is deemed the most critical .
At the risk of abusing that sentiment , it ’ s clear that the fragile liberties we ’ ve naïvely taken for granted are endangered and , depending upon the election ’ s outcome , may be extinguished .
A vote for President Trump is our best hope of keeping the torch of liberty burning brightly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB )

What Would the Founders Say About the 2020 Election?
By: Philip Mella
The upcoming election presents Americans with two clearly distinct visions for the future. Indeed, President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are perfect proxies that highlight diametrically opposed policies. Correctly understanding our history properly frames the competing agendas so we can make informed decisions.
Since the inception of our Constitution, citizens have debated the proper role and scope of the government. Because the Preamble of the Constitution defines “We, the people” as the source of government’s authority, it has been the responsibility of the American people to establish its legitimacy within the Constitution’s framework.
Americans have always had a healthy distrust of government, because history is replete with examples of its abuse and the collateral subjugation of people. But there is evidence that relative peace and economic security have lulled us into complacency, where we’ve effectively become indifferent to government’s growth, from its modest beginnings to the Leviathan that currently controls so much of our lives. Is the exchange of our freedoms for an ever-expansive government culturally and morally healthy, or is it a Faustian bargain?
Let’s begin with instruction from James Madison, the father of the Constitution. In Federalist 51, he provides the principal justification for government by stating, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” He argued for a government structure of checks and balances designed to provide countervailing influences of each branch against the other two, the “separation of powers” we’re all familiar with. “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” Madison wrote, and the degree of countermeasures was meticulously calculated based on the potential severity of abuse.
There is strong evidence that the Founders preferred limited government, but if the balance of power among the branches is skewed, government is vulnerable to unchecked growth — and abuse. To wit, the Founders would be shocked that their implicit trust in the Constitution has been progressively circumscribed by a bloated bureaucracy that rules by Federal Register. That has transitioned us from citizens to subjects, thereby rendering the quaint notion of government by consent of the people a functional fiction.
Combined with a federal phalanx of recently minted agencies, from the Department of Education to the Environmental Protection Agency, that have no constitutional foundation, the sovereignty of the States as enshrined in the 10th Amendment has been essentially nullified.
Because our public education system has failed to maintain a curriculum based on First Principles, we’ve become numb to the incremental encroachment of our hyperactive federal government. Therefore, what would have been summarily rejected as unwarranted abridgements on our freedoms decades ago is now blithely accepted.
Our Founders deliberately enshrined the Legislative Branch in Article I of the Constitution because they correctly understood that in a republic — which is not a democracy — laws and appropriations must originate with elected officials. However, in modern times, Congress has been unduly deferential to the Executive and Judicial Branches, which has led to laws and regulations effectively written by executive or judicial fiat.
For reasons best left to cultural anthropologists, over the past several decades, the left has willfully rejected the core principles of our Founding Fathers as expressed in our Constitution. More alarming is their ignorant reanimation of socialism, a deeply flawed system that has left millions in abject poverty and despair.
The left’s growing trust in big government, from the oxymoronic universal health care to the Green New Deal, as well as leftists’ willingness to abridge our First and Second Amendment rights, should profoundly shock the sensibilities of Americans who cherish liberty.
All our presidents have had personality quirks and moral failings, and President Trump certainly fits that mold. However, he has also upheld our core freedoms and been a tireless defender of our nation in ways no president, Democrat or Republican, has done in recent memory.
It’s become a serial cliché that every election cycle is deemed the most critical. At the risk of abusing that sentiment, it’s clear that the fragile liberties we’ve naïvely taken for granted are endangered and, depending upon the election’s outcome, may be extinguished. A vote for President Trump is our best hope of keeping the torch of liberty burning brightly, today, and for future generations.
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About the Author: Philip Mella writes on politics and history and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, American Thinker, and Townhall. He is former mayor pro tem of Woodland Park, Colorado and currently serves on the 4th Judicial Nominating Commission.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-10-19--Trump calls Biden family a ‘criminal enterprise’ as crowd chants ‘lock him up’

( TLB ) ed : The Hunter Biden story has Hugh implications on a Global scale and one that may change political history and the election of a U.S. President .
The following report was compiled by ( TLB ) Staff .
President Trump told a raucous Nevada rally on Sunday that he believes Joe Biden ’ s family is a “ criminal enterprise ” as the crowd chanted “ lock him up.
” “ They ’ re corrupt people .
But Joe Biden is from a failed and corrupt political class , ” Trump said as he referenced recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on his father ’ s name to earn millions overseas when Joe Biden was vice president .
“ Joe Biden is and always has been a corrupt politician , ” the president added .
“ He always has been .
And as far as I ’ m concerned , the Biden family is a criminal enterprise .
It really is.
” The New York Post published several stories last week citing alleged emails discovered on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop , including one that stated Joe Biden had met with an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that paid Hunter Biden to be a board member .
Twitter and Facebook have blocked the sharing of the story , leading to widespread outrage among conservatives who believe the moves amounted to censorship .
The social media crackdown , however , did not stop Trump from raising the issue .
“ Joe he ’ s corrupt .
And you know what , they found the laptop .
They call it the laptop from hell , ” the president declared .
“ Let ’ s see what happens with it.
” ( Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ : As Hunter Biden ’ s lawyers allegedly ask for his laptop BACK , Trump calls its explosive revelations ‘ REAL DEAL ’ Despite questions over the authenticity of damaging content from a hard drive allegedly belonging to Joe Biden ’ s son , Hunter , Donald Trump has said the data is a “ proven fact , ” with Steve Bannon promising there is more to come .
“ Hunter Biden ’ s laptop is a disaster for the entire Biden family , but especially for his father , Joe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He blasted his Democrat opponent and said the content of the hard drive , first reported on by the New York Post , “ makes it impossible ” for him to ever assume the office of the presidency .
“ It is now a proven fact , and can not be denied , that all of that info is the REAL DEAL .
That makes it impossible for ‘ 50 % , or 10 % ’ Joe , to ever assume the office of the President !
” he tweeted .
Hunter Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entire Biden family , but especially for his father , Joe .
It is now a proven fact , and can not be denied , that all of that info is the REAL DEAL .
That makes it impossible for “ 50 % , or 10 % ” Joe , to ever assume the office of the President !
The hard drive , obtained from a Delaware repair shop owner by Trump ’ s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani , has become a damaging story for Joe Biden , who has seen his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s despite social media platforms suppressing the story over worries of it being factually unverified , and Biden himself slamming the entire thing as a “ smear campaign.
” Data released by the Post includes emails that suggest Hunter Biden was profiting from his father ’ s position as vice president with foreign companies , and that his father was aware of these business dealings , despite saying in the past that he wasn ’ t .
Other released data includes lewd photos of Hunter Biden , including one appearing to show a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon , who was brought in to help with the release of the Hunter Biden data , has also promised that much more is to come , including emails he claims are from Hunter Biden ’ s attorney requesting the hard drive back .
( RT-USA News ) Here ’ s more about Steve Bannon and his involvment with the Biden Data from ZeroHedge… .
Multiple Stories From Multiple Media Sources ’ About To Hit .
In a recent interview with Revolver , former White House Chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the architect of a coordinated roll-out of the Hunter Biden laptop contents , and that there ’ s much , much more to come .
To review , last month the New York Post set off a nuclear bomb when they released evidence from the younger Biden ’ s hard drive obtained by Rudy Giuliani , after a computer repair shop owner initially approached the FBI , which appears to have concealed evidence of Biden family corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere while President Trump was being impeached for asking Ukraine to investigate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ master of ceremonies for this October surprise .
As former Breitbart journalist Lee Stranahan – who ’ s not exactly Bannon ’ s biggest fan – puts it , “ I can ’ t think of a single example of him saying he had the goods on the story that didn ’ t pan out , ” adding “ If he says a lot more is coming he ’ s not shooting blanks .
” I have many criticisms of Bannon , like ignoring my warnings in 2017 the Ukraine story was going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t think of a single example of him saying he had the goods on the story that didn ’ t pan out .
If he says a lot more is coming he ’ s not shooting blanks .
Interview with Steve Bannon via Revolver.com ( emphasis ours ) Last week the NY Post took the political world by storm with its release of shocking material from Hunter Biden ’ s hard drive indicating corruption , sexual depravity , and more .
The Post reported that a lawyer for former NY Mayor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a computer repairman and that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon had alerted the Post to the existence of the hard drive in July .
But before turning over the gear , the shop owner says , he made a copy of the hard drive and later gave it to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani ’ s lawyer , Robert Costello .
Steve Bannon , former adviser to President Trump , told The Post about the existence of the hard drive in late September and Giuliani provided The Post with a copy of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] Steve Bannon has since clarified to Revolver News that he was brought into the project based on familiarity with corruption in corporate America , on Wall Street , and within the Chinese Communist Party and America ’ s political class .
Mr. Bannon revealed that he “ worked up and executed the roll out plan ” of the information contained in the Hunter hard drives .
Given his close knowledge and familiarity with an issue of such explosive importance to the election , Revolver asked Mr. Bannon a few questions pertaining to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive and the political implications of their release .
Revolver : What is the most incriminating thing on the hard drive ?
Rudy has suggested illegal things , and as Revolver reported , the FBI person tasked with the hard drive is associated with the child pornography division .
Could you give more insight into how bad it is we ’ re talking about ?
Mr. Bannon : Joe Biden is a liar , a fraud , and compromised by Chinese cash .
In short , he is a national security crisis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ messages that show a massive involvement with companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party .
Also , there are 25,000 images that show a drug-addled , depraved lifestyle — one that decent hardworking Americans will not want near the White House .
Revolver : The FBI has been holding onto the hard drive for almost a year ?
Any sense of why ?
Was there any indication that they were seriously interested in a criminal case , assuming that there is , in fact , illegal material on there ?
If not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information like that ?
Mr. Bannon : The President must confront the director of the FBI on why the information housed on this hard drive was not moved on immediately .
If the content of the hard drive had been released when received in November 2019 , there would have been no impeachment of Trump , and Bernie Sanders would be the Democratic Party nominee .
This confrontation should take place this weekend in the Oval Office .
If Wray doesn ’ t have a bulletproof reason he should be fired in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best estimates on how many foreign entities may have obtained possession of the hard drive ?
Chinese intel ?
Mr. Bannon : It ’ s the actions represented on the hard drive that the American people must understand our enemies know about .
The cash and equity given for access to Biden , the favors done for that cash , the drugs , the depravity .
The CCP , Russian Intel , the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Intel Services — they know the Bidens are for sale .
Revolver : Is there any reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard drive will be revealed before the election ?
If yes , will people actually care enough for it to substantially affect the outcome ?
Mr. Bannon : The Bidens are about to be hit with multiple stories from multiple media sources based off evidence beyond the hard drive .
Fox and Peter Schweitzer have already started but bigger more mainstream companies are going to weigh in .
We already have set in motion the various apparatuses that will release everything .
Revolver : What are your thoughts on the efforts to discredit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” Is there any evidence this is Russian disinformation at all ?
At any rate , what matters is not whether Biden-supporting media calls it “ disinformation ” — what matters is whether it ’ s true .
Has the Biden camp explicitly denied the factual accusations pertaining to the hard drives ?
Mr. Bannon : Rupert Murdoch ’ s team at the NY Post is as sophisticated and tough as there is in all media .
They had the metadata and they signed off to go forward .
The Russia excuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collapsed when Fox verified the information with someone on the email chain .
The Biden campaign has yet to say these emails or photos are not real .
The reason ?
Hunter ’ s lawyer sent emails trying to recover the hard drive .
These are real — the Bidens know they are real — and they are going to have to deal with that reality .
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Trump calls Biden family a ‘criminal enterprise’ as crowd chants ‘lock him up’
At a Nevada rally, the president doubles down on his claim the Democratic nominee is a ‘corrupt politician’
John Solomon
President Trump told a raucous Nevada rally on Sunday that he believes Joe Biden’s family is a “criminal enterprise” as the crowd chanted “lock him up.”
“They’re corrupt people. But Joe Biden is from a failed and corrupt political class,” Trump said as he referenced recent stories alleging emails show Hunter Biden traded on his father’s name to earn millions overseas when Joe Biden was vice president.
Trump at a Nevada rally. Stephen Lam/Getty Images
“Joe Biden is and always has been a corrupt politician,” the president added. “He always has been. And as far as I’m concerned, the Biden family is a criminal enterprise. It really is.”
The New York Post published several stories last week citing alleged emails discovered on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop, including one that stated Joe Biden had met with an official from a corrupt Ukrainian gas copany that paid Hunter Biden to be a board member.
Twitter and Facebook have blocked the sharing of the story, leading to widespread outrage among conservatives who believe the moves amounted to censorship.
The social media crackdown, however, did not stop Trump from raising the issue.
“Joe he’s corrupt. And you know what, they found the laptop. They call it the laptop from hell,” the president declared. “Let’s see what happens with it.” (Just the News)
The Biden Corruption story has global implications. RT has this to report…
‘Disaster for Joe’: As Hunter Biden’s lawyers allegedly ask for his laptop BACK, Trump calls its explosive revelations ‘REAL DEAL’
Despite questions over the authenticity of damaging content from a hard drive allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, Donald Trump has said the data is a “proven fact,” with Steve Bannon promising there is more to come.
“Hunter Biden’s laptop is a disaster for the entire Biden family, but especially for his father, Joe,” the president tweeted on Sunday. He blasted his Democrat opponent and said the content of the hard drive, first reported on by the New York Post, “makes it impossible” for him to ever assume the office of the presidency. “It is now a proven fact, and cannot be denied, that all of that info is the REAL DEAL. That makes it impossible for ‘50%, or 10%’ Joe, to ever assume the office of the President!” he tweeted. Hunter Biden’s laptop is a disaster for the entire Biden family, but especially for his father, Joe. It is now a proven fact, and cannot be denied, that all of that info is the REAL DEAL. That makes it impossible for “50%, or 10%” Joe, to ever assume the office of the President! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020 The hard drive, obtained from a Delaware repair shop owner by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has become a damaging story for Joe Biden, who has seen his national poll numbers slip. That’s despite social media platforms suppressing the story over worries of it being factually unverified, and Biden himself slamming the entire thing as a “smear campaign.” Data released by the Post includes emails that suggest Hunter Biden was profiting from his father’s position as vice president with foreign companies, and that his father was aware of these business dealings, despite saying in the past that he wasn’t. Other released data includes lewd photos of Hunter Biden, including one appearing to show a crack pipe hanging from his mouth. Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who was brought in to help with the release of the Hunter Biden data, has also promised that much more is to come, including emails he claims are from Hunter Biden’s attorney requesting the hard drive back. (RT-USA News) Here’s more about Steve Bannon and his involvment with the Biden Data from ZeroHedge…. Steve Bannon Behind ‘Roll-Out Plan’ For Hunter Biden Emails. Multiple Stories From Multiple Media Sources’ About To Hit. In a recent interview with Revolver, former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon admitted that he’s the architect of a coordinated roll-out of the Hunter Biden laptop contents, and that there’s much, much more to come. To review, last month the New York Post set off a nuclear bomb when they released evidence from the younger Biden’s hard drive obtained by Rudy Giuliani, after a computer repair shop owner initially approached the FBI, which appears to have concealed evidence of Biden family corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere while President Trump was being impeached for asking Ukraine to investigate exactly that. And Steve Bannon is master of ceremonies for this October surprise. As former Breitbart journalist Lee Stranahan – who’s not exactly Bannon’s biggest fan – puts it, “I can’t think of a single example of him saying he had the goods on the story that didn’t pan out,” adding “ If he says a lot more is coming he’s not shooting blanks .” I have many criticisms of Bannon, like ignoring my warnings in 2017 the Ukraine story was going to be a big deal. but… I can’t think of a single example of him saying he had the goods on the story that didn’t pan out. If he says a lot more is coming he’s not shooting blanks. — Lee Stranahan ⏳ (@stranahan) October 18, 2020 Interview with Steve Bannon via Revolver.com (emphasis ours) Last week the NY Post took the political world by storm with its release of shocking material from Hunter Biden’s hard drive indicating corruption, sexual depravity, and more. The Post reported that a lawyer for former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani obtained the hard drive from a computer repairman and that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon had alerted the Post to the existence of the hard drive in July. But before turning over the gear, the shop owner says, he made a copy of the hard drive and later gave it to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello. Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Trump, told The Post about the existence of the hard drive in late September and Giuliani provided The Post with a copy of it on Sunday. [NY Post] Steve Bannon has since clarified to Revolver News that he was brought into the project based on familiarity with corruption in corporate America, on Wall Street, and within the Chinese Communist Party and America’s political class. Mr. Bannon revealed that he “worked up and executed the roll out plan” of the information contained in the Hunter hard drives. Given his close knowledge and familiarity with an issue of such explosive importance to the election, Revolver asked Mr. Bannon a few questions pertaining to the contents of Hunter’s hard drive and the political implications of their release. Revolver: What is the most incriminating thing on the hard drive? Rudy has suggested illegal things, and as Revolver reported, the FBI person tasked with the hard drive is associated with the child pornography division. Could you give more insight into how bad it is we’re talking about? Mr. Bannon: Joe Biden is a liar, a fraud, and compromised by Chinese cash. In short, he is a national security crisis. The hard drive combines emails and text messages that show a massive involvement with companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Also, there are 25,000 images that show a drug-addled, depraved lifestyle — one that decent hardworking Americans will not want near the White House. Revolver: The FBI has been holding onto the hard drive for almost a year? Any sense of why? Was there any indication that they were seriously interested in a criminal case, assuming that there is, in fact, illegal material on there? If not, why would the FBI simply hold onto information like that? Mr. Bannon: The President must confront the director of the FBI on why the information housed on this hard drive was not moved on immediately. If the content of the hard drive had been released when received in November 2019, there would have been no impeachment of Trump, and Bernie Sanders would be the Democratic Party nominee. This confrontation should take place this weekend in the Oval Office. If Wray doesn’t have a bulletproof reason he should be fired in the room. Revolver: What are your best estimates on how many foreign entities may have obtained possession of the hard drive? Chinese intel? Mr. Bannon: It’s the actions represented on the hard drive that the American people must understand our enemies know about. The cash and equity given for access to Biden, the favors done for that cash, the drugs, the depravity. The CCP, Russian Intel, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Intel Services — they know the Bidens are for sale. Revolver: Is there any reason to expect that the contents of the hard drive will be revealed before the election? If yes, will people actually care enough for it to substantially affect the outcome? Mr. Bannon: The Bidens are about to be hit with multiple stories from multiple media sources based off evidence beyond the hard drive . Fox and Peter Schweitzer have already started but bigger more mainstream companies are going to weigh in. We already have set in motion the various apparatuses that will release everything. Revolver: What are your thoughts on the efforts to discredit the hard drive as “Russian disinformation?” Is there any evidence this is Russian disinformation at all? At any rate, what matters is not whether Biden-supporting media calls it “disinformation” — what matters is whether it’s true. Has the Biden camp explicitly denied the factual accusations pertaining to the hard drives? Mr. Bannon: Rupert Murdoch’s team at the NY Post is as sophisticated and tough as there is in all media. They had the metadata and they signed off to go forward. The Russia excuse — and it is an excuse — collapsed when Fox verified the information with someone on the email chain . The Biden campaign has yet to say these emails or photos are not real. The reason? 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Will Things Ever Go Back To … Normal?

Will Things Ever Go Back To Normal ?
Early in the pandemic I advised readers to zone out , take a break , and read fiction and other works of art that have stood the test of time .
There ’ s only so much crazy we can deal with and there ’ s only so much mental benefits to be had from intensively monitoring a pile of political trash .
Over a long enough time frame , the madness of 2020 will fade .
However awful the damage is now and however many people ’ s lives are ruined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will recover .
Poverty will resume its downward stroll ; Capitalism will provide .
Or will it ?
I have degrees in history : I am at least a bit more familiar than the average person with the abject poverty that until a few generations ago was the norm for humans everywhere , and the technological improvements that have powered and propelled our societies into the wonders they are .
Through disease , genocides , world wars , rebellions and revolutions , state power , civil wars and cold wars , humanity – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century – we prevailed , and came out better than ever .
I write for a wonderfully optimistic site called HumanProgress , dedicated to displaying misperceptions about the state of humanity .
I adore the “ New Optimists ” and their relentless work in showing us exactly how much progress we ’ ve made .
But I confess : this year , I ’ m afraid .
I fear the “ new normal ” and the “ next normal , ” and how easily we surrendered hard-earned freedoms .
I fear the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for states to restrict life even more , to throw everything and the kitchen sink at what looks like a bad flu season .
Do we honestly think we ’ ll get back the freedoms that we have lost ?
In ‘ Can We Talk About Something Else Now ?
’ , I gave a shout-out to the great economic historian and political economist Robert Higgs , and called his work “ an eerie reminder of the long-run interplay between government and freedom.
” What propelled Higgs to fame in libertarian circles was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power .
He didn ’ t mince words about the government .
When I first met Dr. Higgs six years ago , he struck me as a little too cynical and a little too paranoid ; surely , the things he professed about the overreach of American government couldn ’ t happen ?
We ’ re past such monstrosities .
We have checks-and-balances that still work – for now , anyway .
With the disaster of this year , Higgs ’ words look remarkably prescient .
And I ’ m not the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Don Boudreaux and Veronique de Rugy are just some examples .
One of Higgs ’ central contributions is the idea of state power ratcheting up over time .
During every emergency , be it war or civil rights disputes or climate change or pandemics , the state introduces “ temporary ” one-off measures .
Closing of borders , $ 1,200 checks , restrictions that harm people and kill businesses – all in the need of preserving our way of life over the long run .
But we know , as Milton Friedman often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ nothing more permanent than a temporary government policy.
” Ask Sweden and its recently deceased star economist Assar Lindbeck , fighting as he did his entire career against rent control – a “ temporary ” measure introduced after World War II .
Or the punitive marginal income tax on top incomes , levied as a “ temporary ” public finance effort during the banking crisis of the 1990s .
Even after public finances had been under control and in good shape for at least twenty years , the worst portion of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – sending Sweden to a meagre third place in the league of highest marginal tax rates .
James Buchanan predicted as much in Public Finance in Democratic Process from 1967 .
How much will state power ratchet up ?
Let me engage in some speculation , hopefully entirely off and ridiculed in three to six months .
Part of Higgs ’ ratchet is that after the immediate emergency passes , the state surrenders some of its extended powers – but not all of them .
Like the examples of Sweden ’ s rent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them linger for decades .
The rest of us grow used to them , and forget that we could ever live without them .
As winter rolls over the Northern Hemisphere , the corona cases will increase – relatively slowly for now , then faster and faster .
Death rates might move up with it , and everyone will freak out .
Most governments are already losing their minds , reintroducing heavy restrictions on what its “ free ” people may or may not do .
They cover this in increasingly Orwellian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technocratic and harmless , right ? )
.
Some , like the editorial writers at The Guardian , don ’ t even pretend any longer : “ The most obvious advantage of one rule for everyone is its simplicity .
Arguably , the sense of being ‘ in it together ’ from March onwards also made a positive difference in terms of people ’ s sense of wellbeing , their willingness to tolerate hardship and offer help and appreciation to others.
” It ’ s not about what works and what doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to combat it .
It ’ s not even about weighing one set of ills against another .
It ’ s about feeling good and about being in it together – suppressing everyone ’ s rights and freedoms together .
Air travel won ’ t return to its 2019 peak .
Fewer people will fly , eschewing the wonders of Elsewhere for the safety of Somewhere .
The prospects of mandatory quarantines , sometimes in both directions of travel , will sway all but the most dedicated people from traveling .
Those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civilization will find themselves going through an additional ordeal – not unlike what happened after 9/11 ( another set of freedoms never returned to us ) .
We ’ ll be wearing masks for many years to come , possibly forever ; food and drinks will not be served ; hand sanitizers and wipers ensure that nothing ever touches your skin .
The slight silver lining is some extra space as under no circumstances will seat neighbors be permitted – which means that airlines will struggle with profitability , see more future bailouts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The comparatively harmless plexiglass will be everywhere , as will the masks that make it impossible to read others ’ facial expressions and on occasion hear what they ’ re saying .
Social interaction will be inhibited , and not just physically .
We ’ ll all make our purchases behind protective veils – or through the pseudo-anonymity of being online – losing the affectionate interactions that make market participants friendlier .
Say goodbye to late-night rumblings through the streets – nightclubs and bars will stay closed , permanently , as such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” If you ’ re even allowed outside , that is – which you won ’ t be – there will be few reasons for you to leave the safety of your home .
Vaccines will arrive , faster than ever before in human history , but the combination of not providing enough protection and a sizable portion of the population refusing to take them , will mean that corona restrictions remain in place .
The madness of 2020 has had a lot of extraordinary firsts : lines in the sand we never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ d never infringe on people ’ s freedom to walk outside , meet others , trade in perfectly harmless and mutually beneficial exchange .
We were wrong : at the first sight of ( slight ) danger , we handed over freedoms left and right – and nobody really cared .
Higgs ’ thirty-year-old words are more relevant than ever .
When even free-marketeers like Tyler Cowen say that opening schools “ just doesn ’ t seem worth it , ” we don ’ t want to know what he thinks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days of the pandemic , opponents of freedom said smugly that “ There are no libertarians in a pandemic.
” Perhaps , we reluctantly conceded as we all feared what we didn ’ t know , before we retorted that there would be no statists coming out of one .
Liberty ’ s proponents seem to be losing that one too .
“ The benefits of a national lockdown no longer justify the costs , ” states The Economist , as if they ever did or as if that mattered to power-hungry intellectuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoying a seven-month high on dominating others – and learned that their subjects didn ’ t really mind .
They will fight tooth and nail to hold on to their newly acquired powers , and there will be nobody opposing them .
What Higgs teaches us is that temporary efforts , introduced for whatever high-flying reason , take on a life of their own .
They lull the population into a false sense of security and a misplaced appreciation for the now normal .
Fast forward ten or twenty years and everyone forgets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state were ever temporary in the first place .
Higgs is the intellectual champion we don ’ t deserve , but so desperately need .
Let ’ s just hope that I am wrong , and that progress wins out in the end .

Will Things Ever Go Back To Normal?
By: Joakim Book
Early in the pandemic I advised readers to zone out, take a break, and read fiction and other works of art that have stood the test of time. There’s only so much crazy we can deal with and there’s only so much mental benefits to be had from intensively monitoring a pile of political trash.
Over a long enough time frame, the madness of 2020 will fade. However awful the damage is now and however many people’s lives are ruined by asinine government policies, the world will recover. Poverty will resume its downward stroll; Capitalism will provide.
Or will it?
I have degrees in history: I am at least a bit more familiar than the average person with the abject poverty that until a few generations ago was the norm for humans everywhere, and the technological improvements that have powered and propelled our societies into the wonders they are. Through disease, genocides, world wars, rebellions and revolutions, state power, civil wars and cold wars, humanity – even the darkest moments of the 20th century – we prevailed, and came out better than ever. I write for a wonderfully optimistic site called HumanProgress, dedicated to displaying misperceptions about the state of humanity. I adore the “New Optimists” and their relentless work in showing us exactly how much progress we’ve made.
But I confess: this year, I’m afraid. I fear the “new normal” and the “next normal,” and how easily we surrendered hard-earned freedoms. I fear the people who, loudly and unironically, push for states to restrict life even more, to throw everything and the kitchen sink at what looks like a bad flu season. Do we honestly think we’ll get back the freedoms that we have lost?
In ‘Can We Talk About Something Else Now?’, I gave a shout-out to the great economic historian and political economist Robert Higgs, and called his work “an eerie reminder of the long-run interplay between government and freedom.” What propelled Higgs to fame in libertarian circles was his principled, unwavering critique of state power. He didn’t mince words about the government. When I first met Dr. Higgs six years ago, he struck me as a little too cynical and a little too paranoid; surely, the things he professed about the overreach of American government couldn’t happen? We’re past such monstrosities. We have checks-and-balances that still work – for now, anyway.
With the disaster of this year, Higgs’ words look remarkably prescient. And I’m not the only one painfully reminded of his work: Don Boudreaux and Veronique de Rugy are just some examples.
One of Higgs’ central contributions is the idea of state power ratcheting up over time. During every emergency, be it war or civil rights disputes or climate change or pandemics, the state introduces “temporary” one-off measures. Closing of borders, $1,200 checks, restrictions that harm people and kill businesses – all in the need of preserving our way of life over the long run. But we know, as Milton Friedman often pointed out, that there’s “nothing more permanent than a temporary government policy.”
Ask Sweden and its recently deceased star economist Assar Lindbeck, fighting as he did his entire career against rent control – a “temporary” measure introduced after World War II. Or the punitive marginal income tax on top incomes, levied as a “temporary” public finance effort during the banking crisis of the 1990s. Even after public finances had been under control and in good shape for at least twenty years, the worst portion of this expropriation was rolled back only this year – sending Sweden to a meagre third place in the league of highest marginal tax rates. James Buchanan predicted as much in Public Finance in Democratic Process from 1967.
How much will state power ratchet up?
Let me engage in some speculation, hopefully entirely off and ridiculed in three to six months.
Part of Higgs’ ratchet is that after the immediate emergency passes, the state surrenders some of its extended powers – but not all of them. Like the examples of Sweden’s rent control and top marginal tax, some of them linger for decades. The rest of us grow used to them, and forget that we could ever live without them.
As winter rolls over the Northern Hemisphere, the corona cases will increase – relatively slowly for now, then faster and faster. Death rates might move up with it, and everyone will freak out. Most governments are already losing their minds, reintroducing heavy restrictions on what its “free” people may or may not do. They cover this in increasingly Orwellian euphemisms (“circuit breaker” sounds technocratic and harmless, right?). Some, like the editorial writers at The Guardian, don’t even pretend any longer:
“The most obvious advantage of one rule for everyone is its simplicity. Arguably, the sense of being ‘in it together’ from March onwards also made a positive difference in terms of people’s sense of wellbeing, their willingness to tolerate hardship and offer help and appreciation to others.”
It’s not about what works and what doesn’t, a disease or how best to combat it. It’s not even about weighing one set of ills against another. It’s about feeling good and about being in it together – suppressing everyone’s rights and freedoms together.
Air travel won’t return to its 2019 peak. Fewer people will fly, eschewing the wonders of Elsewhere for the safety of Somewhere. The prospects of mandatory quarantines, sometimes in both directions of travel, will sway all but the most dedicated people from traveling. Those who venture into these remarkably safe wonders of civilization will find themselves going through an additional ordeal – not unlike what happened after 9/11 (another set of freedoms never returned to us). We’ll be wearing masks for many years to come, possibly forever; food and drinks will not be served; hand sanitizers and wipers ensure that nothing ever touches your skin. The slight silver lining is some extra space as under no circumstances will seat neighbors be permitted – which means that airlines will struggle with profitability, see more future bailouts, and some of them probably nationalized.
The comparatively harmless plexiglass will be everywhere, as will the masks that make it impossible to read others’ facial expressions and on occasion hear what they’re saying. Social interaction will be inhibited, and not just physically. We’ll all make our purchases behind protective veils – or through the pseudo-anonymity of being online – losing the affectionate interactions that make market participants friendlier. Say goodbye to late-night rumblings through the streets – nightclubs and bars will stay closed, permanently, as such frivolity is most certainly not “essential.” If you’re even allowed outside, that is – which you won’t be – there will be few reasons for you to leave the safety of your home.
Vaccines will arrive, faster than ever before in human history, but the combination of not providing enough protection and a sizable portion of the population refusing to take them, will mean that corona restrictions remain in place.
The madness of 2020 has had a lot of extraordinary firsts: lines in the sand we never thought politicians would cross. We thought they’d never infringe on people’s freedom to walk outside, meet others, trade in perfectly harmless and mutually beneficial exchange. We were wrong: at the first sight of (slight) danger, we handed over freedoms left and right – and nobody really cared. Higgs’ thirty-year-old words are more relevant than ever.
When even free-marketeers like Tyler Cowen say that opening schools “just doesn’t seem worth it,” we don’t want to know what he thinks about other activities. In the early days of the pandemic, opponents of freedom said smugly that “There are no libertarians in a pandemic.” Perhaps, we reluctantly conceded as we all feared what we didn’t know, before we retorted that there would be no statists coming out of one. Liberty’s proponents seem to be losing that one too.
“The benefits of a national lockdown no longer justify the costs,” states The Economist, as if they ever did or as if that mattered to power-hungry intellectuals and politicians. The latter have been enjoying a seven-month high on dominating others – and learned that their subjects didn’t really mind. They will fight tooth and nail to hold on to their newly acquired powers, and there will be nobody opposing them.
What Higgs teaches us is that temporary efforts, introduced for whatever high-flying reason, take on a life of their own. They lull the population into a false sense of security and a misplaced appreciation for the now normal. Fast forward ten or twenty years and everyone forgets that the invasive powers we transferred to the state were ever temporary in the first place. Higgs is the intellectual champion we don’t deserve, but so desperately need.
Let’s just hope that I am wrong, and that progress wins out in the end.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-10-20--Schools Increase Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight COVID Despite Health Impacts on Children

Schools Increase Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight COVID Despite Health Impacts on Children The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) is telling school administrators to clean and disinfect schools with products approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) to prevent the spread of coronavirus .
But what the CDC doesn ’ t make clear , is that some of those products contain harmful chemicals .
Nearly half of the disinfectants recommended by the EPA contain quaternary ammonium compounds ( QACs ) , a broad group of chemicals sometimes referred to as “ quats.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the skin , are linked to damage of the reproductive system , asthma and other respiratory illnesses .
Children , who typically spend about one-third of their day in schools , are more susceptible and vulnerable to environmental hazards .
That ’ s because their organs and immune systems are still developing , and because they are more likely to touch their eyes and mouths after touching surfaces , experts say .
Kids also breathe more air per pound of body weight than an adult , according to Dr. Jerome Paulson , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University .
“ Their exposure will be greater in terms of inhalation than an adult exposure would be , ” Paulson told Consumer Reports .
A study by CDC researchers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviewed case reports on pesticide-related illness in childcare centers from 1998-2002 .
They found that disinfectants , including QAC-based disinfectants , were implicated in 830 out of 2,593 pesticide-related illnesses , including upper respiratory infection .
Studies conducted on adults regularly exposed to QAC-based cleaning products revealed an increased risk of asthma .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pre-existing asthma can worsen by walking into a room or building recently sprayed with the products containing QACs .
Another study concluded that healthcare professionals risk developing asthma from exposure to cleaning substances .
QAC compounds are also associated with infertility .
A 2014 study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that quaternary ammonium disinfectants “ significantly impaired reproductive health in mice , ” with the mice experiencing a decrease in fertility and fecundity ( the number of offspring ) .
The study also found that the QACs remained in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ material had been sprayed .
In 2017 , a collaborative study by the CDC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety found that exposure to QACs could lead to rare birth defects .
The study found that 15 % of newborn mice whose mothers had been exposed to QAC ’ s had defective neural tubes .
The study found that the birth defects last two generations , indicating that QAC ’ s have the ability to alter genes .
A school bus maintenance director for one New Jersey district told Children ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one of the EPA-recommended disinfectants .
The administrator , who spoke on condition of anonymity , said the entire district of Toms River Regional , which includes 15,000 students , is using VIREX as an anti-COVID-19 measure .
“ The buses get sprayed with VIREX every couple of hours — and then once a week they get a deep clean , again with VIREX , ” he told Children ’ s Health Defense .
New Jersey is not alone .
Several other school districts in the country are stepping up their use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Hazelwood School District , which accounts for 18,000 students , uses VIREX as its primary cleaning product , to disinfect all surfaces inside the school .
The product is sprayed both during and after school hours .
Potentially harmful disinfectants were used in schools before the COVID-19 outbreak .
But the drastic increase in their use in schools has some parents concerned .
One parent in Canada pulled her daughter out of school after it started spraying VIREX every day .
“ It ’ s not worth having my daughter be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told a local paper .
“ I ’ m not willing to take the risk.
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Schools Increase Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight COVID Despite Health Impacts on Children
By: Jeremy Loffredo
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is telling school administrators to clean and disinfect schools with products approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
But what the CDC doesn’t make clear, is that some of those products contain harmful chemicals.
Nearly half of the disinfectants recommended by the EPA contain quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), a broad group of chemicals sometimes referred to as “quats.”
QACs, which can be absorbed into the skin, are linked to damage of the reproductive system, asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
Children, who typically spend about one-third of their day in schools, are more susceptible and vulnerable to environmental hazards. That’s because their organs and immune systems are still developing, and because they are more likely to touch their eyes and mouths after touching surfaces, experts say.
Kids also breathe more air per pound of body weight than an adult, according to Dr. Jerome Paulson, pediatrician and emeritus professor at George Washington University. “Their exposure will be greater in terms of inhalation than an adult exposure would be,” Paulson told Consumer Reports.
A study by CDC researchers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviewed case reports on pesticide-related illness in childcare centers from 1998-2002. They found that disinfectants, including QAC-based disinfectants, were implicated in 830 out of 2,593 pesticide-related illnesses, including upper respiratory infection.
Studies conducted on adults regularly exposed to QAC-based cleaning products revealed an increased risk of asthma. The California Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program warns that pre-existing asthma can worsen by walking into a room or building recently sprayed with the products containing QACs.
Another study concluded that healthcare professionals risk developing asthma from exposure to cleaning substances.
QAC compounds are also associated with infertility. A 2014 study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that quaternary ammonium disinfectants “significantly impaired reproductive health in mice,” with the mice experiencing a decrease in fertility and fecundity (the number of offspring). The study also found that the QACs remained in the caging material for several months after the material had been sprayed.
In 2017, a collaborative study by the CDC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety found that exposure to QACs could lead to rare birth defects. The study found that 15% of newborn mice whose mothers had been exposed to QAC’s had defective neural tubes. The study found that the birth defects last two generations, indicating that QAC’s have the ability to alter genes.
A school bus maintenance director for one New Jersey district told Children’s Health Defense that the district uses VIREX, one of the EPA-recommended disinfectants. The administrator, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the entire district of Toms River Regional, which includes 15,000 students, is using VIREX as an anti-COVID-19 measure.
“The buses get sprayed with VIREX every couple of hours — and then once a week they get a deep clean, again with VIREX,” he told Children’s Health Defense.
New Jersey is not alone. Several other school districts in the country are stepping up their use of QAC-based disinfectants like VIREX. Missouri’s Hazelwood School District, which accounts for 18,000 students, uses VIREX as its primary cleaning product, to disinfect all surfaces inside the school. The product is sprayed both during and after school hours.
Potentially harmful disinfectants were used in schools before the COVID-19 outbreak. But the drastic increase in their use in schools has some parents concerned.
One parent in Canada pulled her daughter out of school after it started spraying VIREX every day. “It’s not worth having my daughter be a guinea pig,” the parent told a local paper. “I’m not willing to take the risk.”
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