thelibertybeacon--2020-04-25--LEARN 2 UNLEARN – Return to Health (E25) – “The Betterment”

As I pull the reins of motivation in ( again ) to try and grasp all the Good Energies I am being hit with , in order to do this article , I am bombarded with ‘ the betterment ’ of the self… or as I love to say , the ‘ innerstanding ’ of one ’ s responsibility here on earth… A personal challenge at best !
And so I dive in , yet again , into the subject of how can I be better , and try to heal , getting rid of , for one thing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three days , then five , now a week… Case closed .
But then , wait… That ’ s not all… Not by a longshot… And so as we develop on that tangent , something new appears , as I step out of that proverbial box , and look at the big picture… QUESTION : Why is it so hard to adapt ?
I do not come from here ~ and a wise man one said that : “ you live here but you don ’ t have to act like those around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to live in is not this world… at all , at all… …right down to the shoes you put on in the morning ~ and why ~ everything is geared to a slave ’ s life ~ and geared towards the profits of the slave driver ~ to put it quite simply , the system is rigged so that the slave can only ‘ dream ’ about having a good life like his master , but he never will , because he will never be able to .
‘ The system isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ~ ‘ It was made this way.
’ Another example is about how people are so indifferent to one another… “ I remember ” , my neighbor smiles as she takes a deep breath of the rainfall of the late evening… ” I remember the old ways ~ we made pumpkin pie , and we went to the far reaches of the neighborhood to make sure everyone had their piece… I made the best pumpkin pie in the county !
” I smiled and nodded my head as she anxiously awaited my reply… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my turn… “ I remember , and I ’ m not that old yet , I remember the ‘ chief ’ ( another European word ) ~ the ‘ Leader ’ of the Tribe who would Go out on foot to everyone in his tribe ~ the elders , the sick , the needy young , everybody that needed something , a service rendered , water brought to them , he would walk on foot to every house in his tribe and ask them if they needed anything .
Today you have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an appointment , and talk to one of his multiple secretaries , sitting in the large and expensive ‘ council house ’ , behind closed doors with locks on them , lock coded doors… and you have to hope that you ’ ll get an appointment because you might and probably won ’ t even get a call-back .
If I notice something in this world that I live in , it is not my world ~ and yes , I can understand PTSD or suicide at the best of times ~ being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ~ missing companionship ~ but do they really make them like they used to be , or was the mold broken ?
Check out my poem here… It ’ s called … The Real You ~ To me , this is ( also ) a definition of true Love ~ ‘ what you don ’ t have ’ ~ and why THAT is why I love you ~ … and it is called : This was written in 2012 as a summary of my understanding , one of them , of Love and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much of which is missing in today ’ s world… In the nutshell , it is ALL , not just ‘ the one branch ’ of this Evil that haunts us , especially the devoted and compassionate journalists , writers and exposers of it all… I guess this entire series is written on exactly that backbone of humble integrity , trying to shout itself out from all the rooftops… See you next week !
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LEARN 2 UNLEARN – Return to Health (E25) – “The Betterment”
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Your Host: Luca Majno
As I pull the reins of motivation in (again) to try and grasp all the Good Energies I am being hit with, in order to do this article, I am bombarded with ‘the betterment’ of the self… or as I love to say, the ‘innerstanding’ of one’s responsibility here on earth… A personal challenge at best!
And so I dive in, yet again, into the subject of how can I be better, and try to heal, getting rid of, for one thing, FACEBOOK for a 72 hours, then three days, then five, now a week… Case closed.
But then, wait… That’s not all… Not by a longshot…
And so as we develop on that tangent, something new appears, as I step out of that proverbial box, and look at the big picture…
QUESTION: Why is it so hard to adapt?
I do not come from here ~ and a wise man one said that:
“you live here but you don’t have to act like those around you”
My world that I want to live in is not this world… at all, at all…
…right down to the shoes you put on in the morning ~ and why ~ everything is geared to a slave’s life ~ and geared towards the profits of the slave driver ~ to put it quite simply, the system is rigged so that the slave can only ‘dream’ about having a good life like his master, but he never will, because he will never be able to. ‘The system isn’t broken’, as they say ~ ‘It was made this way.’
Another example is about how people are so indifferent to one another… “I remember”, my neighbor smiles as she takes a deep breath of the rainfall of the late evening… ”I remember the old ways ~ we made pumpkin pie, and we went to the far reaches of the neighborhood to make sure everyone had their piece… I made the best pumpkin pie in the county!”
I smiled and nodded my head as she anxiously awaited my reply…
“Indeed,” I said in my turn… “I remember, and I’m not that old yet, I remember the ‘chief’ (another European word) ~ the ‘Leader’ of the Tribe who would Go out on foot to everyone in his tribe ~ the elders, the sick, the needy young, everybody that needed something, a service rendered, water brought to them, he would walk on foot to every house in his tribe and ask them if they needed anything. Today you have to call the ‘chief’ and make an appointment, and talk to one of his multiple secretaries, sitting in the large and expensive ‘council house’, behind closed doors with locks on them, lock coded doors… and you have to hope that you’ll get an appointment because you might and probably won’t even get a call-back.
If I notice something in this world that I live in, it is not my world ~ and yes, I can understand PTSD or suicide at the best of times ~ being single, facing a severely dysfunctional past ~ missing companionship ~ but do they really make them like they used to be, or was the mold broken?
Check out my poem here… It’s called … The Real You ~ To me, this is (also) a definition of true Love ~ ‘what you don’t have’ ~ and why THAT is why I love you ~ … and it is called:
This was written in 2012 as a summary of my understanding, one of them, of Love and Responsibility, of Caring and Compassion… so much of which is missing in today’s world…
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Conclusion of this week’s lesson?
In the nutshell, it is ALL, not just ‘the one branch’ of this Evil that haunts us, especially the devoted and compassionate journalists, writers and exposers of it all… I guess this entire series is written on exactly that backbone of humble integrity, trying to shout itself out from all the rooftops…
See you next week!
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-25--What is United States Citizenship? (Part II of II)

So let ’ s take a mighty leap backwards into the Roman empire .
The general population was called “ citizens of Rome.
” So when the Emperors of Rome called onto their “ Roman citizens ” , who were they calling on ?
Fast forward to the present , the term “ United States Citizen ” means a “ prized status.
” What is old is new .
Stay with me , prized means captured on the open ocean and brought within the jurisdiction of the belligerent , the capturing enemy , and reduced to the status of POW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gets interesting , POW and slave are virtually synonymous .
They both exist in a state of “ civiliter mortuss ” , that is , civilly dead to the Law .
As a result , neither can access any kind of law to protect them .
POWs and slaves are reduced to mere chattel , to the status of a thing .
A slave is a res .
A res is a thing .
Masters can own things , slaves can not own anything .
All the work and everything a slave does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Servants and SlavesWhatever is acquired by the servant , is acquired for the master .
A slave is not a person.A slave , and everything a slave has , belongs to his master.He who acts by or through another , acts for himself .
He who does anything through another , is considered as doing it himself .
The master is liable for injury done by his servant .
He is not presumed to consent who obeys the orders of his father or his master.
” Hence , 1 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own 100 % of the world , including the world-wide slaves .
The status of “ slave ” dovetails very nicely with the National War Powers Act : Since March 9 , 1933 , the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency .
In fact , there are now in effect four presidentially-proclaimed states of national emergency : In addition to the national emergency declared by President Roosevelt in 1933 , there are also the national emergency proclaimed by President Truman on December 16 , 1950 , during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national emergency declared by President Nixon on March 23 , 1970 , and August 15 , 1971 .
These proclamations give force to 470 provisions of Federal law .
These hundreds of statutes delegate to the President extraordinary powers , ordinarily exercised by the Congress , which affect the lives of American citizens in a host of all-encompassing manners .
This vast range of powers , taken together , confer enough authority to rule the country without reference to normal Constitutional processes .
[ Otherwise known as a “ Dick-tay-tor-ship.
” ] Under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the President may : seize property ; organize and control the means of production ; seize commodities ; assign military forces abroad ; institute martial law ; seize and control all transportation and communication ; regulate the operation of private enterprise ; restrict travel ; and , in a plethora of particular ways , control the lives of all American citizens .
All great military empires have been built on the labor of the Slave force .
The most significant difference for this country is that the men and women of flesh and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them ever realizing it .
All men and women of flesh and blood were “ corporatized into legal fictions ” so that the federal “ government ” could interface with them and make all sorts of demands on them , i.e.
, pay federal income taxes , obeying “ statutes ” and codes .
Remember this paragraph from above , “ A landmark Supreme Court Case of 1795 , defines governments succinctly : “ Governments are corporations.
” “ Inasmuch , as every government is an artificial person , an abstraction , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a government can interface only with other artificial persons.
” Cracking the Code , Jordan Maxwell .
Historically , only slaves have paid tribute [ taxes ] .
Now that was a masterful stroke of military strategy and planning .
It was and is brilliant .
An entire country converted to POWs and slaves without the sheeple even realizing it .
As Goethe stated , “ None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
” Perhaps the “ cui bono ” begins to crystallize at this point .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ flesh and blood into a slave , the type of government espoused morphs into a secret , commercial military dictator-ship .
There is no longer any “ welfare ” of the people , for the people or by the people , for there are no “ people ” to be found anywhere , only prized United States Citizens .
Lincoln ’ s promise of a “ government for , by and of the people ” vanished into thin air the moment he said it .
But that chimera sure sounded good .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American sheeple live in Alice in Wonderland .
That mantra by Lincoln put the American sheeple into a narcotized stupor from which they are yet to waken .
The original Constitution becomes toilet paper with which the President and his minions wipe their asses .
The Bill of Rights gets raped repeatedly and discarded like a nothing .
Due Process becomes a pantomimical farce within the four walls of all court rooms .
All military dictatorships operate under the Law of Necessity , aka , Law of War , aka , Martial Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Honest Abe and the Lieber Code ” and “ Open , Notorious and Hostile Occupation.
” Due process is cumbersome and time consuming .
On the other hand , military proceedings are fast and efficient , thus maximizing the shearing and Plundering of the sheeple and the commercial profit for the Masters .
I think we just found the “ Cui Bono ” right there , follow the money .
Indeed a politician without deceit is more rare than a fish without a backbone .
A government without deceit and betrayal is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more so even than the mythical Unicorn .
In fact , I can unabashedly say that , there is no such thing as a “ government ” without deceit or betrayal .
All institutions lie to protect their hegemony .
The very existence and basis of all world-wide governments is a fiction .
I know there are some sheeple that will refuse to believe that , sorry to tell you , facts are stubborn things and Truth is brutal .
The greatest magical trick performed anywhere in the world in the last 250 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American sheeple population were deceived and con-vinced that this country was “ the land of the Free and the home of the Brave.
” In reality , America is the best conceived and executed secret commercial military dictatorship in the history of the world .
The conquered are slaves .
What it amounts to is this , the American sheeple are walking around in the open air prison under the illusion of freedom wondering why their assholes hurt so much .
And like with the Stockhom Syndrome , at some point in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and became sycophants , fawning at the feet of , and ass-kissing their Moneyed Masters .
“ Please be gentle Masta , I am still a virgin , yes I do love you.
” “ Can I borrow 50 bucks till payday ?
” Modern thinkers , as well , agree that the history of citizenship is complex with no single definition predominating .
It is hard to isolate what citizenship means without reference to other terms such as nationalism , civil society , and democracy .
According to one view , citizenship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transformation , with increased interest while the meaning of the term continues to shift .
There is agreement citizenship is culture-specific : it is a function of each political culture .
Furthermore , how citizenship is seen and understood depends on the viewpoint of the person making the determination , such that a person from an upper class background will have a different notion of citizenship than a person from the lower class .
The relation of citizenship has not been a fixed or static relation , but constantly changes within each society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , citizenship might “ really have worked ” only at select periods during certain times , such as when the Athenian politician Solon made reforms in the early Athenian state .
Welcome to the Matrix of Insanity .
I would say that “ citizenship ” is also “ political system specific ” and “ commercial system specific ” .
And of course the greatest mucker of all , throw in religions for major Chaos .
Citizenship creates a distinct Matrix of Deception of it ’ s very own .
Within politics and government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is perhaps one of the most deceptive terms in the English legal-sleaze fictional language .
The term “ citizenship ” is extremely malleable and plastic .
This term “ citizenship ” , means exactly what the political/cultural/commercial systems needs it to mean .
It is the maximal Chimera .
Basically what these paragraphs are saying is that “ citizenship ” means whatever the ruling political and commercial powers say it is , as in “ United States citizenship is a prized status ” .
Get it , got it , Good !
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of law , “ Words mean exactly what We , the PTB , say they mean and no more.
” I have identified this as the “ Alice in Wonderland Principle.
” He who controls language and the meaning of the words used , controls reality and perception and thus maximizing subversive control of human consciousness .
Cecil Rhodes recognized that the printed word has a significant impact on the consciousness of humans .
This idea was morphed in the mind of Cecil Rhodes in his Confessions .
“ The Society should inspire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the press rules the minds of the people.
” Browne and Williams , supra .
English is the most perfectly perverted and debauched language ever devised to keep humans in the Matrix of Deception .
Hoooorah !
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English is the perfect Legal-sleaze .
Here is the excellent kicker .
The United States Supreme Court confirmed in 1976 , that the status of “ citizen of the United States ” is a “ prized status.
” United States v. William L. Mattheson .
This prized status came to full fruition in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etat by the belligerent Banking system with the assistance of FDR .
I have already covered “ prized ” for you elsewhere but to make sure that you do not ever forget it here it is one more time , directly from Black ’ s , 4th Edition : [ how about a little microsurgery without anesthetic , I promise this will hurt . ]
In admiralty law : Prized means : [ A vessel or cargo , belonging to one of two belligerent powers , apprehended or forcibly captured at sea by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ belligerent , and claimed as enemy ’ s property , and therefore liable to appropriation and condemnation under the laws of war . ]
This definition of this term , “ prized ” is so loaded as to make my head spin .
This is the cornerstone of our enslavement .
Never forget , U.S. Citizens are “ prized.
” Language is all powerful .
The term : VESSEL .
A ship , brig , sloop , or other craft used in navigation .
The word in its broadest sense is more comprehensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is made to float upon the water , for purposes of commerce or war , [ Commerce is War , War is Commerce ] brackets mine , whether impelled by wind , steam , or oars .
Chaffe v. Lude-ling , 27 La.Ann .
607 .
Any structure , especially a hollow one , made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation ; a craft for navigation of the water , often , specifically , one larger than a common row boat ; as , a war vessel ; a passenger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ passengers ” there is a presumption that the vessel is engaged in commerce . ]
City of Tampa v. Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. , 136 Fla. 216 , 186 So .
411 , 412 ; Massman Const .
Co. v. Bassett , D.C.Mo.
, 30 F.Supp .
813 , 815 .
Surreptitiously then , every man and woman of flesh and blood have been morphed into a commercial structure [ Commerce is War and War is Commerce ] or a war structure , which squarely brings you under the Law of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Open Ocean .
Perhaps I am belaboring the point , but how do you like your new status , you commercial warmonger ?
BELLIGERENT : In international law .
As an adjective , it means engaged in lawful war .
As a noun , it designates either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other , as well as their allies actively co-operating , as distinguished from a nation which takes no part in the war and maintains a strict indifference as between the contending parties , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ S. v. The Ambrose Light , D.C.N.Y.
, 25 F. 412 ; Johnson v. Jones , 44 Ill. 151 , 92 Am.Dec .
159.BELLIGERENTS .
A body of insurgents who by reason of their temporary organized government are regarded as conducting lawful hostilities .
Also , militia , corps of volunteers , and others , who although not part of the regular army of the state , are regarded as lawful combatants provided they observe the laws of war .
See Ex parte Tos-cano , D.C.Cal.
, 208 F. 938 .
See , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reipublic .
Things acquired in war belong or go to the state .
Here is the brilliant part .
The Deep State/Shadow Government are the State thru the Banking/Commercial System .
Thus all Plunder must revert to the State and then the State in it ’ s beneficence will share the loot with the Privateers , aka , Attorney , Liaryer , Judge , Banker , or law enforcement agencies , both at the local and national level as an incentive .
Just a little reminder here , Attorneys and Liaryers are State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ APPREHEND : To take hold of , whether with the mind , and so to conceive , believe , fear , dread , Trogdon v. State , 133 Ind .
1 , 32 N.E .
725 ; or actually and bodily , and so to take a person on a criminal process ; to seize ; to arrest , Hogan v. Stophlet , 179 Ill. 150 , 53 N.E .
604 , 44 L.R.A .
809 .
To understand .
Golden v. State , 25 Ga. 527 , 531 .
To be conscious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Utah , 242 , 247 P. 476 , 479 .
APPREHENSIO .
Lat .
In the civil and old English law .
A taking hold of a person or thing ; apprehension ; the seizure or capture of a person .
Calvin .
I absolutely love this definition .
One can be apprehended “ with the mind ” as in a Tyranny of the Mind , aka , Propaganda .
Political Correctness is a Tyranny of the Mind and has been used to capture the mind of the American sheeple with fear and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capture our very consciousness .
Fear is the most powerful prison that can be created .
Or one can be captured “ actually and bodily ” .
Every time you find yourself in a courtroom , the judge will ask you , “ Do the understand the charges ?
” This is “ apprehension with the mind.
” And lastly , “ taking hold of person or thing.
” I know I do not need to remind you , a slave is a res , a thing .
Do you now see how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is ?
The terms appropriation and condemnation as used in this definition are extremely powerful .
This is directly from Black ’ s law dictionary : APPROPRIATION ( Black ’ s Law Dictionary ) The act of appropriating or setting apart ; [ remember slaves are things ] designating the use or application of a fund .
In public law .
CONDEMNATION : In admiralty law .
The judgment or sentence of court having jurisdiction and acting in rem , [ thing ] by which ( 1 ) it is declared that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as prize was lawfully [ under the laws of WAR ] so seized and is liable to be treated as prize .
( 2 ) That property which has been seized for an alleged violation of revenue laws , [ this is where the IRS interjects itself ] neutrality laws , navigation laws , etc .
was lawfully so seized , and is for such cause , forfeited to the government ; or ( 3 ) that the VESSEL which is the subject is unfit and unsafe for navigation .
For instance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vessel ] is out , it is unsafe for navigation .
The one thread thru this entire definition is the recurrence of the word “ thing.
” One more time into the Rabbit Hole .
“ In rem ” means the following : A technical term used to designate proceedings or actions instituted against the thing .
Even though it is not necessary , I will remind you , a slave is a thing owned by the Master .
Which basically means one thing , YOU , the man of flesh and blood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cked in any and all given court situations , as you are there as a thing .
[ You are therefore , dumb , deaf and mute .
You have no voice in the Court room . ]
F @ # k your human rights , slave .
You have none .
And if you persist on asserting your non-existent Constitutional rights in the King ’ s Court of Chancery , JAIL time !
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I have been there myself .
I have received free accommodations for ten days in the local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of court ” , which basically means I argued with the fake magistrate judge and I held my position .
Arrogant pricks do not like men of courage and principle .
The irony of the whole thing is this , at the end of the second accommodation stint , the fake magistrate judge actually proffered this summary .
“ Mr .
Giron , I never wanted to incarcerate you , but I have my territory to protect .
In reality , you and I are a lot alike , we are both men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convictions .
And as I was walking out of his courtroom , he smiled and waved , “ Mr .
Giron , good luck.
” In retrospect , who won that interaction ?
“ There is an Inner Freedom that comes from defiance .
To resist Evil is the highest achievement of Human life .
It is the Supreme Act of Love .
Those who resist stand regardless of the cost .
The rebel does not define success the way the Elites define success .
Those who resist , refuse to kneel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the powerful elite .
In every act of rebellion , we are Free .
The Rebel will always be an outsider .
Resistance to radical Evil is the pinnacle of Human existence.
” ] , and paid the price .
I felt like Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos at the 1968 Olympics with raised fists , except mine was giving the finger .
“ During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16 , 1968 , two African-American athletes Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos each raised a black-gloved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national anthem.
” Sorry , sometimes I digress .
Back to the Rabbit Hole .
The phrase “ forfeited to the government ” is extremely powerful .
At that point you become property of the government .
When I joined the U.S. Army , I became a G.I.
, aka , “ government issue.
” Remember , the Creator owns the Created .
The United States corporation created the fictional prized status and we readily , thru our vast ignorance , arrogance , egocentricity and stupidity , accepted our prized status and made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States Prisoner of War Slave Concentration Camp AMERIKA , by using the “ emergency military script ” colloquially known as Federal Reserve Notes .
Welcome to your new home , Amerika , you Roman Slave .
All United States Citizens live “ jurisdictionally ” with the ten square mile district known as “ Washington , District for the Criminally Insane ” under Martial law , as citizens and slaves .
A slave who thinks he is free is the stupidest human on the face of the planet .
Plus , a slave under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to death , notwithstanding his health , or the health of his family .
This is the ultimate sacrifice performed by the slave , he will sacrifice his family on the Altar of Commercial Success .
His wife is a drunk and adulteress , his kids are druggies , he has already suffered more than one heart attack , he keeps his paramour in style , he is in debt to his eyeballs , but he has the illusion of Power , Prestige , and Status , PPS .
Welcome to the Matrix @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like , “ Seriously dude ?
” The family cat on the other hand , could not give a flying f @ # $ ck even if he tried .
“ Die of a heart attack you idiot slave !
” says the cat .
These seven paragraphs above clearly layout “ legal-sleaze ” at it ’ s best and confirm the Alice in Wonderland Principle , terms mean exactly what the PTB want , and need , them to mean .
Welcome to the Bizarro Opposite World .
Just to refresh your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States Codes , persons are also defined as VESSELS .
The names of “ VESSELS ” are always spelled in ALL CAPS NAMES .
Under Vatican ecclesiastical , canon law , persons are also VESSELS without cargo , aka , a human being with no Soul , in need of rescue as flotsam or jetsam and brought into the corral of being saved by the Catholic faith .
The Bizarro Opposite World is indeed BIZARRE !
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Please read my chapters titled , “ The Vatican Trusts ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Necromancy and Dragon Worshipping.
” So here is the fiction that is forced into a reality at the end of the gun barrel .
Citizens of the United States are ocean going VESSELS that have been captured on the open ocean or “ inland navigable waterways ” , by the opposing belligerent , and pressed into service , and condemned into slavery , on the United States Prisoner of War Slave Concentration Camp Amerika , [ USPOWSCCA ] , Corporate Plantation for the benefit of the 13 Ruling Families Banksters in alliance with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world is a “ corporate plantation ” .
And don ’ t forget il Vaticano , a festering , cauldron of demonic worshipping homosexuals , pederasts and pedophiles abusing and sacrificing children to Satan in order to get the “ Mark of the Beast ” , also known as “ Executive Protection.
” And don ’ t forget to be “ rewarded with the Kingdoms of Planet Earth ” , just as Satan promised to the Christos .
Il Vaticano is the most perverse , corrupted and Demonic mental institution perfectly hidden behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The facade of “ benefactor of humanity ” is one of the best facades to hide criminal behavior .
The entire structure is a perfectly created facade to hide an international cabal of mobsters that are criminally insane .
Indeed , Satan rules Planet Earth .
How about instead of Holy See , we call it Holy-Shit-Hole ?
Was that a bit too much for you ?
I fear my dear Reader that this may be a bit much for your Cerebrum and you may want to kill the messenger .
Just remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a bit about your perception of Truth .
It stands alone .
Truth is Light and the Light dispels the Darkness , but not without a fight .
The Darkness will always contend with the Light .
“ Great is the struggle between Light and darkness , age old and yet ever new .
Yet , know in a time , far in the future , Light shall be All and darkness shall fall.
” The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean , M. Doreal .
“ All Truth goes through three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Second , Truth is violently rejected .
Third , it accepted as self evident.
” Arthur Schopenhauer .
In between these three stages however , Truth-tellers are killed , and revolutions are fought .
Commerce is War , War is Commerce .
How so you like your “ United States Citizenship and Resident Status ” now ?
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SLAVE !
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My Voice is the Cry from the Wilderness .
To read Part I , click on the image below :

What is United States Citizenship?
Part II of II
(Link to Part I below this article)
By TLB Contributing Author: Rico S. Giron
So let’s take a mighty leap backwards into the Roman empire. The general population was called “citizens of Rome.” So when the Emperors of Rome called onto their “Roman citizens”, who were they calling on? Fast forward to the present, the term “United States Citizen” means a “prized status.” What is old is new. Stay with me, prized means captured on the open ocean and brought within the jurisdiction of the belligerent, the capturing enemy, and reduced to the status of POW and slave. This is where it gets interesting, POW and slave are virtually synonymous. They both exist in a state of “civiliter mortuss”, that is, civilly dead to the Law. As a result, neither can access any kind of law to protect them. POWs and slaves are reduced to mere chattel, to the status of a thing. A slave is a res. A res is a thing. Masters can own things, slaves cannot own anything. All the work and everything a slave does inures to the benefit of the Master. “Servants and SlavesWhatever is acquired by the servant, is acquired for the master. A slave is not a person.A slave, and everything a slave has, belongs to his master.He who acts by or through another, acts for himself. He who does anything through another, is considered as doing it himself. The master is liable for injury done by his servant. He is not presumed to consent who obeys the orders of his father or his master.” Maxims_of_Law. Hence, 1% of the world wealthy, and ruling elite own 100% of the world, including the world-wide slaves.
The status of “slave” dovetails very nicely with the National War Powers Act:
Senate Report 93-549-War and Emergency Powers Acts
FOREWORD
Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency. In fact, there are now in effect four presidentially-proclaimed states of national emergency: In addition to the national emergency declared by President Roosevelt in 1933, there are also the national emergency proclaimed by President Truman on December 16, 1950, during the Korean conflict, and the states of national emergency declared by President Nixon on March 23, 1970, and August 15, 1971.
These proclamations give force to 470 provisions of Federal law. These hundreds of statutes delegate to the President extraordinary powers, ordinarily exercised by the Congress, which affect the lives of American citizens in a host of all-encompassing manners. This vast range of powers, taken together, confer enough authority to rule the country without reference to normal Constitutional processes. [Otherwise known as a “Dick-tay-tor-ship.”]
Under the powers delegated by these statutes, the President may:
seize property; organize and control the means of production; seize commodities; assign military forces abroad; institute martial law; seize and control all transportation and communication; regulate the operation of private enterprise; restrict travel; and, in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all American citizens.
All great military empires have been built on the labor of the Slave force. The most significant difference for this country is that the men and women of flesh and blood were invisibly converted into slaves without them ever realizing it. All men and women of flesh and blood were “corporatized into legal fictions” so that the federal “government” could interface with them and make all sorts of demands on them, i.e., pay federal income taxes, obeying “statutes” and codes. Remember this paragraph from above, “A landmark Supreme Court Case of 1795, Penhallow v. Doane’s Administrators, defines governments succinctly: “Governments are corporations.” “Inasmuch, as every government is an artificial person, an abstraction, and a creature of the mind only, a government can interface only with other artificial persons.” Cracking the Code, Jordan Maxwell. Historically, only slaves have paid tribute [taxes]. Now that was a masterful stroke of military strategy and planning. It was and is brilliant. An entire country converted to POWs and slaves without the sheeple even realizing it. As Goethe stated, “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
Perhaps the “cui bono” begins to crystallize at this point. By reducing the man and woman of flesh and blood into a slave, the type of government espoused morphs into a secret, commercial military dictator-ship. There is no longer any “welfare” of the people, for the people or by the people, for there are no “people” to be found anywhere, only prized United States Citizens. Lincoln’s promise of a “government for, by and of the people” vanished into thin air the moment he said it. But that chimera sure sounded good. In fact, so good, that the American sheeple live in Alice in Wonderland. That mantra by Lincoln put the American sheeple into a narcotized stupor from which they are yet to waken. The original Constitution becomes toilet paper with which the President and his minions wipe their asses. The Bill of Rights gets raped repeatedly and discarded like a nothing. Due Process becomes a pantomimical farce within the four walls of all court rooms. All military dictatorships operate under the Law of Necessity, aka, Law of War, aka, Martial Law. Please read my chapters titled, “Honest Abe and the Lieber Code” and “Open, Notorious and Hostile Occupation.”
Due process is cumbersome and time consuming. On the other hand, military proceedings are fast and efficient, thus maximizing the shearing and Plundering of the sheeple and the commercial profit for the Masters. I think we just found the “Cui Bono” right there, follow the money. Indeed a politician without deceit is more rare than a fish without a backbone. A government without deceit and betrayal is the rarest thing in the world, more so even than the mythical Unicorn. In fact, I can unabashedly say that, there is no such thing as a “government” without deceit or betrayal. All institutions lie to protect their hegemony. The very existence and basis of all world-wide governments is a fiction. I know there are some sheeple that will refuse to believe that, sorry to tell you, facts are stubborn things and Truth is brutal.
The greatest magical trick performed anywhere in the world in the last 250 years, is this. The entire American sheeple population were deceived and con-vinced that this country was “the land of the Free and the home of the Brave.” In reality, America is the best conceived and executed secret commercial military dictatorship in the history of the world. The conquered are slaves. What it amounts to is this, the American sheeple are walking around in the open air prison under the illusion of freedom wondering why their assholes hurt so much. And like with the Stockhom Syndrome, at some point in the past they embraced their rapists and plunderers and became sycophants, fawning at the feet of, and ass-kissing their Moneyed Masters. “Please be gentle Masta, I am still a virgin, yes I do love you.” “Can I borrow 50 bucks till payday?”
Modern thinkers, as well, agree that the history of citizenship is complex with no single definition predominating. It is hard to isolate what citizenship means without reference to other terms such as nationalism, civil society, and democracy. According to one view, citizenship as a subject of study is undergoing transformation, with increased interest while the meaning of the term continues to shift. There is agreement citizenship is culture-specific: it is a function of each political culture. Furthermore, how citizenship is seen and understood depends on the viewpoint of the person making the determination, such that a person from an upper class background will have a different notion of citizenship than a person from the lower class . The relation of citizenship has not been a fixed or static relation, but constantly changes within each society, and that according to one view, citizenship might “really have worked” only at select periods during certain times, such as when the Athenian politician Solon made reforms in the early Athenian state. Welcome to the Matrix of Insanity.
I would say that “citizenship” is also “political system specific” and “commercial system specific”. And of course the greatest mucker of all, throw in religions for major Chaos. Citizenship creates a distinct Matrix of Deception of it’s very own. Within politics and government circles, the term “citizenship” is perhaps one of the most deceptive terms in the English legal-sleaze fictional language. The term “citizenship” is extremely malleable and plastic. This term “citizenship”, means exactly what the political/cultural/commercial systems needs it to mean. It is the maximal Chimera.
Basically what these paragraphs are saying is that “citizenship” means whatever the ruling political and commercial powers say it is, as in “United States citizenship is a prized status”. Get it, got it, Good!!!! The PTB have a maxim of law, “Words mean exactly what We, the PTB, say they mean and no more.” I have identified this as the “Alice in Wonderland Principle.” He who controls language and the meaning of the words used, controls reality and perception and thus maximizing subversive control of human consciousness. Cecil Rhodes recognized that the printed word has a significant impact on the consciousness of humans. This idea was morphed in the mind of Cecil Rhodes in his Confessions. “The Society should inspire and even own portions of the press for the press rules the minds of the people.” Browne and Williams, supra. English is the most perfectly perverted and debauched language ever devised to keep humans in the Matrix of Deception. Hoooorah!!! English is the perfect Legal-sleaze.
Here is the excellent kicker. The United States Supreme Court confirmed in 1976, that the status of “citizen of the United States” is a “prized status.” United States v. William L. Mattheson. This prized status came to full fruition in 1933, with the silent coup de etat by the belligerent Banking system with the assistance of FDR. I have already covered “prized” for you elsewhere but to make sure that you do not ever forget it here it is one more time, directly from Black’s, 4th Edition: [how about a little microsurgery without anesthetic, I promise this will hurt.]
In admiralty law: Prized means: [A vessel or cargo, belonging to one of two belligerent powers, apprehended or forcibly captured at sea by a war-vessel or privateer of the other belligerent, and claimed as enemy’s property, and therefore liable to appropriation and condemnation under the laws of war.] This definition of this term, “prized” is so loaded as to make my head spin. This is the cornerstone of our enslavement. Never forget, U.S. Citizens are “prized.”
Language is all powerful. The term: VESSEL. A ship, brig, sloop, or other craft used in navigation. The word in its broadest sense is more comprehensive than “ship.”Any structure which is made to float upon the water, for purposes of commerce or war, [Commerce is War, War is Commerce] brackets mine, whether impelled by wind, steam, or oars. Chaffe v. Lude-ling, 27 La.Ann. 607. Any structure, especially a hollow one, made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; a craft for navigation of the water, often, specifically, one larger than a common row boat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel. [if the vessel carries “passengers” there is a presumption that the vessel is engaged in commerce.] City of Tampa v. Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., 136 Fla. 216, 186 So. 411, 412;Massman Const. Co. v. Bassett, D.C.Mo., 30 F.Supp. 813, 815. Surreptitiously then, every man and woman of flesh and blood have been morphed into a commercial structure[Commerce is War and War is Commerce] or a war structure, which squarely brings you under the Law of War, International Admiralty/Maritime Law of the Open Ocean. Perhaps I am belaboring the point, but how do you like your new status, you commercial warmonger?
BELLIGERENT: In international law. As an adjective, it means engaged in lawful war. As a noun, it designates either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively co-operating, as distinguished from a nation which takes no part in the war and maintains a strict indifference as between the contending parties, called a “neutral.”U. S. v. The Ambrose Light, D.C.N.Y., 25 F. 412; Johnson v. Jones, 44 Ill. 151, 92 Am.Dec. 159.BELLIGERENTS. A body of insurgents who by reason of their temporary organized government are regarded as conducting lawful hostilities. Also, militia, corps of volunteers, and others, who although not part of the regular army of the state, are regarded as lawful combatants provided they observe the laws of war. See Ex parte Tos-cano, D.C.Cal., 208 F. 938. See, also, Belligerency. Bello parta cedunt reipublic. Things acquired in war belong or go to the state. Here is the brilliant part. The Deep State/Shadow Government are the State thru the Banking/Commercial System. Thus all Plunder must revert to the State and then the State in it’s beneficence will share the loot with the Privateers, aka, Attorney, Liaryer, Judge, Banker, or law enforcement agencies, both at the local and national level as an incentive. Just a little reminder here, Attorneys and Liaryers are State Actors under the Color of Law.
APPREHEND: To take hold of, whether with the mind, and so to conceive, believe, fear, dread, Trogdon v. State, 133 Ind. 1, 32 N.E. 725; or actually and bodily, and so to take a person on a criminal process; to seize; to arrest, Hogan v. Stophlet, 179 Ill. 150, 53 N.E. 604, 44 L.R.A. 809. To understand. Golden v. State, 25 Ga. 527, 531. To be conscious or sensible of. Collins v. Liddle,67 Utah, 242, 247 P. 476, 479. APPREHENSIO. Lat. In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or thing; apprehension; the seizure or capture of a person. Calvin. I absolutely love this definition. One can be apprehended “with the mind” as in a Tyranny of the Mind, aka, Propaganda. Political Correctness is a Tyranny of the Mind and has been used to capture the mind of the American sheeple with fear and dread. Language can be used to capture our very consciousness. Fear is the most powerful prison that can be created. Or one can be captured “actually and bodily”. Every time you find yourself in a courtroom, the judge will ask you, “Do the understand the charges?” This is “apprehension with the mind.” And lastly, “taking hold of person or thing.” I know I do not need to remind you, a slave is a res, a thing. Do you now see how powerful this term, “prized” is?
The terms appropriation and condemnation as used in this definition are extremely powerful. This is directly from Black’s law dictionary: APPROPRIATION (Black’s Law Dictionary) The act of appropriating or setting apart; prescribing the destination of a thing ; [remember slaves are things] designating the use or application of a fund. In public law. CONDEMNATION: In admiralty law. The judgment or sentence of court having jurisdiction and acting in rem, [thing] by which (1) it is declared that a VESSEL which has been captured at sea as prize was lawfully [under the laws of WAR] so seized and is liable to be treated as prize. (2) That property which has been seized for an alleged violation of revenue laws, [this is where the IRS interjects itself] neutrality laws, navigation laws, etc. was lawfully so seized, and is for such cause, forfeited to the government; or (3) that the VESSEL which is the subject is unfit and unsafe for navigation. For instance, if your taillight on your car [vessel] is out, it is unsafe for navigation. The one thread thru this entire definition is the recurrence of the word “thing.”
One more time into the Rabbit Hole. “In rem” means the following: A technical term used to designate proceedings or actions instituted against the thing. Even though it is not necessary, I will remind you, a slave is a thing owned by the Master. Which basically means one thing, YOU, the man of flesh and blood, are pretty well f@#cked in any and all given court situations, as you are there as a thing. [You are therefore, dumb, deaf and mute. You have no voice in the Court room.] F@#k your human rights, slave. You have none. And if you persist on asserting your non-existent Constitutional rights in the King’s Court of Chancery, JAIL time!!!
I have been there myself. I have received free accommodations for ten days in the local county slammer, twice for “contempt of court”, which basically means I argued with the fake magistrate judge and I held my position. Arrogant pricks do not like men of courage and principle. The irony of the whole thing is this, at the end of the second accommodation stint, the fake magistrate judge actually proffered this summary. “Mr. Giron, I never wanted to incarcerate you, but I have my territory to protect. In reality, you and I are a lot alike, we are both men of principle and we stick to our convictions. And as I was walking out of his courtroom, he smiled and waved, “Mr. Giron, good luck.”
In retrospect, who won that interaction? “ There is an Inner Freedom that comes from defiance. To resist Evil is the highest achievement of Human life. It is the Supreme Act of Love. Those who resist stand regardless of the cost. The rebel does not define success the way the Elites define success. Those who resist, refuse to kneel, before the idols of mass culture or the powerful elite. In every act of rebellion, we are Free. The Rebel will always be an outsider. Resistance to radical Evil is the pinnacle of Human existence.” Hedges. I stood up to a “Mini-Tyrant” [ re-pinche tiranito, Carlos Castaneda, “The Eagle’s Gift” ], and paid the price. I felt like Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos at the 1968 Olympics with raised fists, except mine was giving the finger. “During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem.” Wikipedia. Sorry, sometimes I digress. Back to the Rabbit Hole.
The phrase “forfeited to the government” is extremely powerful. At that point you become property of the government. When I joined the U.S. Army, I became a G.I., aka, “government issue.” Remember, the Creator owns the Created. The United States corporation created the fictional prized status and we readily, thru our vast ignorance, arrogance, egocentricity and stupidity, accepted our prized status and made our home on the USPOWSCC, United States Prisoner of War Slave Concentration Camp AMERIKA, by using the “emergency military script” colloquially known as Federal Reserve Notes. Welcome to your new home, Amerika, you Roman Slave. All United States Citizens live “jurisdictionally” with the ten square mile district known as “Washington, District for the Criminally Insane” under Martial law, as citizens and slaves.
A slave who thinks he is free is the stupidest human on the face of the planet. Plus, a slave under the illusion of freedom will work himself to death, notwithstanding his health, or the health of his family. This is the ultimate sacrifice performed by the slave, he will sacrifice his family on the Altar of Commercial Success. His wife is a drunk and adulteress, his kids are druggies, he has already suffered more than one heart attack, he keeps his paramour in style, he is in debt to his eyeballs, but he has the illusion of Power, Prestige, and Status, PPS. Welcome to the Matrix of Slavery. Even his dog is like, “Seriously dude?” The family cat on the other hand, could not give a flying f@#$ck even if he tried. “Die of a heart attack you idiot slave!” says the cat. These seven paragraphs above clearly layout “legal-sleaze” at it’s best and confirm the Alice in Wonderland Principle, terms mean exactly what the PTB want, and need, them to mean. Welcome to the Bizarro Opposite World.
Just to refresh your memory, in several of the United States Codes, persons are also defined as VESSELS. The names of “VESSELS” are always spelled in ALL CAPS NAMES. Under Vatican ecclesiastical, canon law, persons are also VESSELS without cargo, aka, a human being with no Soul, in need of rescue as flotsam or jetsam and brought into the corral of being saved by the Catholic faith. The Bizarro Opposite World is indeed BIZARRE!!!!! Please read my chapters titled, “The Vatican Trusts” and “The Vatican: A Case study in Necromancy and Dragon Worshipping.”
So here is the fiction that is forced into a reality at the end of the gun barrel. Citizens of the United States are ocean going VESSELS that have been captured on the open ocean or “inland navigable waterways”, by the opposing belligerent, and pressed into service, and condemned into slavery, on the United States Prisoner of War Slave Concentration Camp Amerika, [USPOWSCCA], Corporate Plantation for the benefit of the 13 Ruling Families Banksters in alliance with il Vaticano. Actually, the whole world is a “corporate plantation”.
And don’t forget il Vaticano, a festering, cauldron of demonic worshipping homosexuals, pederasts and pedophiles abusing and sacrificing children to Satan in order to get the “Mark of the Beast”, also known as “Executive Protection.” And don’t forget to be “rewarded with the Kingdoms of Planet Earth”, just as Satan promised to the Christos. Il Vaticano is the most perverse, corrupted and Demonic mental institution perfectly hidden behind the facades of philanthropy and religion. The facade of “benefactor of humanity” is one of the best facades to hide criminal behavior. The entire structure is a perfectly created facade to hide an international cabal of mobsters that are criminally insane. Indeed, Satan rules Planet Earth. How about instead of Holy See, we call it Holy-Shit-Hole? Was that a bit too much for you?
I fear my dear Reader that this may be a bit much for your Cerebrum and you may want to kill the messenger. Just remember, Truth is always brutal and cares not a bit about your perception of Truth. It stands alone. Truth is Light and the Light dispels the Darkness, but not without a fight. The Darkness will always contend with the Light. “Great is the struggle between Light and darkness, age old and yet ever new. Yet, know in a time, far in the future, Light shall be All and darkness shall fall.” The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean, M. Doreal. “All Truth goes through three stages: First, Truth is ridiculed. Second, Truth is violently rejected. Third, it accepted as self evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer. In between these three stages however, Truth-tellers are killed, and revolutions are fought. Commerce is War, War is Commerce.
How so you like your “United States Citizenship and Resident Status” now?? SLAVE!!!!
My Voice is the Cry from the Wilderness.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-26--Scientific Study Traces the Evolution & Migration of SARS-CoV-2. Where did the Virus Originate?

We remind readers of the various articles we ’ ve published on coronavirus-like symptoms/cases being noted in various countries , including the US , several months back into 2019 .
The study below was conducted on 160 people with covid-19 , many of whom are Chinese , but a number that are not who travelled .
The researchers are a team drawn from UK and German institutions .
ER Editor : This study has identified 3 basic types of SARS-CoV-2 virus with entirely different regional concentrations .
Type A or the so-called ancestral strain , which has a 96.2 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bats , is actually common to western landmasses such as Europe , N.America and Australia .
Type B is found in China , whereas Type C is typical of areas peripheral to China , such as S. Korea , Taiwan and Hong Kong ( although instances of each type can be found elsewhere ) .
We need to let that sink in as we consider the nonsense around the Wuhan wet market and its sale of live bats , making us believe that what they ’ re calling ‘ COVID-19 ’ , i.e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the local bat population ( or the local P4 lab ) .
Further , the first case of the virus infection studied in a Chinese person from the area , collected on Dec. 24 , 2019 ( not the first-ever case ) , was not close to being of the Type A strain .
Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes by Peter Forster , Lucy Forster , Colin Renfrew , and Michael Forster published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Sciences of America ( PNAS ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 160 covid-19 patients .
As readers may know , viruses are RNA-based entities that periodically and regularly undergo mutations .
One can study these mutations and almost like clockwork trace their evolution – i.e .
their lineage and migration pattern .
The authors specifically employed a methodology known as “ character-based phylogenetic networks ” .
The technique has been used as the “ method of choice ” to reconstruct prehistoric human population movements , language evolution , various ecological studies , and some 10,000 phylogenetic studies of diverse organisms – and now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – the sample size is only 160 humans – with 100 types .
However , the results are stunning .
Among the key conclusions : • There are three major types of coronaviruses , A , B , and C , with type A being the ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 in humans and showing 96.2 % similarly to a particular strain of virus in bats .
• Most of the viruses in China and Wuhan are of type B while most of the viruses found in America , Europe and Australia are of type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found in Mainland China but is found in significant numbers in Hong Kong , S. Korea , and Taiwan .
• While Type B is found in large numbers across Mainland China ( including Wuhan ) , it is not found in significant numbers around the rest of the world .
• The methodology used was successfully used to trace several clinically verified cases of virus travel from Wuhan out to various nations , including Brazil and Italy .
As such , the authors concludes the “ character-based phylogenetic networks ” methodology was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and evolution of the coronavirus .
• Yet , according to the methodology , the earliest sample of virus studied – collected on December 24 2019 in Wuhan – WAS NOT close to being the ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 ( ER : type A , closely resembling the bat strain of the virus ) .
According to the authors : First , most of the viruses in the West do not seem to have arisen from China .
The authors identified Type B as the main virus type found in Mainland China , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Types A and C predominant outside China – including U.S. , Europe and Australia .
Two reasons given for why Type B variants ( “ China ’ s virus , ” if you must ) did not expand much beyond Mainland China : one being “ complex founder scenario ” and second , “ the ancestral Wuhan B-type virus is immunologically or environmentally adapted to a large section of the East Asian population , and may need to mutate to overcome resistance outside East Asia.
” Since I have yet to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strains of the coronavirus having any affinity to or dislike of any ethnicity of people , let ’ s focus on “ complex founder scenario ” and “ environment ” resistance .
The authors have noted many perplexities in the study .
But if we consider the possibility that coronavirus did not originate in Wuhan , those perplexities all go away .
More specifically , let ’ s presume a scenario where the virus was already circulating under the radar in the West and was carried to Wuhan in December or some time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within China .
Consider the fact that the authors had noted that Type B variants outside China did not show the “ one-month ” variations that would have been expected were Type B variants and descents to have traveled out of China to infect the rest of the world .
But if Type B variants – including Type C “ descendants ” – were already communally established and transmitted outside China , then this paradox easily goes away .
Assuming the virus to have been brought to Wuhan instead of originating in Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenario ” that the author hypothesized could solve the riddle .
This assumption also provides an explanation for the “ environmental resistance ” the author hypothesized .
If the virus arrived in Wuhan with the Chinese authorities quickly closing down the city soon afterwards , the virus would not have had chance to spread to the rest of the world .
The Chinese government ’ s shutting down of Wuhan in January could easily form the “ environmental resistance ” the authors hypothesized for the Type B virus .
Finally , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of the 160 samples , most are from patients in China , only a few from outside Asia .
In this study , the authors had tentatively labelled Type C as a descendant of Type B found in China .
But while Type B is found mostly in Wuhan , it has also been found in significant numbers outside China .
As more data from outside China comes live ( one hopes soon ) , the same methodology will probably reveal that the predecessor to Type B and Type C arose outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A and Type C thus all arose outside China and independently of China .
While the current study is China-centric ( most data are from China ) , it already has established that the virus did not arise in Wuhan .
The authors noted importantly in the data supplement section , “ the oldest isolate from 24 December 2019 ( brown node , week 0 ) lies diagonally opposite to the bat virus outgroup root.
” As we get more data , studies such as this will shed a lot of light on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is really too bad , such a shame that the U.S. and Europe has missed such critical times testing and tracking the viral flow .
It is worth noting that U.S. officials are blaming China for the virus .
But even with limited data , the authors have been able draw some preliminary conclusions regarding the geographic origins of the virus .
The title of the PNAS article is

We remind readers of the various articles we’ve published on coronavirus-like symptoms/cases being noted in various countries, including the US, several months back into 2019.
The study below was conducted on 160 people with covid-19, many of whom are Chinese, but a number that are not who travelled. The researchers are a team drawn from UK and German institutions.
ER Editor: This study has identified 3 basic types of SARS-CoV-2 virus with entirely different regional concentrations. Type A or the so-called ancestral strain, which has a 96.2% resemblance to the virus strain found in bats, is actually common to western landmasses such as Europe, N.America and Australia. Type B is found in China, whereas Type C is typical of areas peripheral to China, such as S. Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong (although instances of each type can be found elsewhere). We need to let that sink in as we consider the nonsense around the Wuhan wet market and its sale of live bats, making us believe that what they’re calling ‘COVID-19’, i.e. this allegedly single entity , came from the local bat population (or the local P4 lab). Further, the first case of the virus infection studied in a Chinese person from the area, collected on Dec. 24, 2019 (not the first-ever case), was not close to being of the Type A strain.
Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes by Peter Forster, Lucy Forster, Colin Renfrew, and Michael Forster published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Sciences of America (PNAS) focuses on a study of the genomes of 160 covid-19 patients.
As readers may know, viruses are RNA-based entities that periodically and regularly undergo mutations. One can study these mutations and almost like clockwork trace their evolution – i.e. their lineage and migration pattern.
The authors specifically employed a methodology known as “character-based phylogenetic networks”. The technique has been used as the “method of choice” to reconstruct prehistoric human population movements, language evolution, various ecological studies, and some 10,000 phylogenetic studies of diverse organisms – and now virology.
This is an early study – the sample size is only 160 humans – with 100 types. However, the results are stunning. Among the key conclusions:
There are three major types of coronaviruses, A, B, and C, with type A being the ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 in humans and showing 96.2% similarly to a particular strain of virus in bats. Most of the viruses in China and Wuhan are of type B while most of the viruses found in America, Europe and Australia are of type A and C. Type C is not found in Mainland China but is found in significant numbers in Hong Kong, S. Korea, and Taiwan. While Type B is found in large numbers across Mainland China (including Wuhan), it is not found in significant numbers around the rest of the world. The methodology used was successfully used to trace several clinically verified cases of virus travel from Wuhan out to various nations, including Brazil and Italy. As such, the authors concludes the “character-based phylogenetic networks” methodology was useful and appropriate for studying the spread and evolution of the coronavirus. Yet, according to the methodology, the earliest sample of virus studied – collected on December 24 2019 in Wuhan – WAS NOT close to being the ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 (ER: type A, closely resembling the bat strain of the virus).
According to the authors:
In a phylogenetic network analysis of 160 complete human severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) genomes, we find three central variants distinguished by amino acid changes, which we have named A, B, and C, with A being the ancestral type according to the bat outgroup coronavirus. The A and C types are found in significant proportions outside East Asia, that is, in Europeans and Americans. In contrast, the B type is the most common type in East Asia, and its ancestral genome appears not to have spread outside East Asia without first mutating into derived B types, pointing to founder effects (ER: where a small subpopulation drifts from the original larger population to create its own narrow genetic expression) or immunological or environmental resistance against this type outside Asia. (To read the complete scientific report in pdf click here)
Some observations…
First, most of the viruses in the West do not seem to have arisen from China. The authors identified Type B as the main virus type found in Mainland China, with that Type mostly confined to Mainland China, and Types A and C predominant outside China – including U.S., Europe and Australia.
Two reasons given for why Type B variants (“China’s virus,” if you must) did not expand much beyond Mainland China: one being “complex founder scenario” and second, “the ancestral Wuhan B-type virus is immunologically or environmentally adapted to a large section of the East Asian population, and may need to mutate to overcome resistance outside East Asia.”
Since I have yet to see any reputable studies that shows any strains of the coronavirus having any affinity to or dislike of any ethnicity of people, let’s focus on “complex founder scenario” and “environment” resistance.
The authors have noted many perplexities in the study. But if we consider the possibility that coronavirus did not originate in Wuhan, those perplexities all go away. More specifically, let’s presume a scenario where the virus was already circulating under the radar in the West and was carried to Wuhan in December or some time before, where it then spread locally within China.
Consider the fact that the authors had noted that Type B variants outside China did not show the “one-month” variations that would have been expected were Type B variants and descents to have traveled out of China to infect the rest of the world.
But if Type B variants – including Type C “descendants” – were already communally established and transmitted outside China, then this paradox easily goes away.
Assuming the virus to have been brought to Wuhan instead of originating in Wuhan would also constitute a “complex founding scenario” that the author hypothesized could solve the riddle.
This assumption also provides an explanation for the “environmental resistance” the author hypothesized. If the virus arrived in Wuhan with the Chinese authorities quickly closing down the city soon afterwards, the virus would not have had chance to spread to the rest of the world. The Chinese government’s shutting down of Wuhan in January could easily form the “environmental resistance” the authors hypothesized for the Type B virus.
Finally, it is important to note that in this study, of the 160 samples, most are from patients in China, only a few from outside Asia. In this study, the authors had tentatively labelled Type C as a descendant of Type B found in China. But while Type B is found mostly in Wuhan, it has also been found in significant numbers outside China. As more data from outside China comes live (one hopes soon), the same methodology will probably reveal that the predecessor to Type B and Type C arose outside, not inside, China. Type A and Type C thus all arose outside China and independently of China.
While the current study is China-centric (most data are from China), it already has established that the virus did not arise in Wuhan. The authors noted importantly in the data supplement section, “the oldest isolate from 24 December 2019 (brown node, week 0) lies diagonally opposite to the bat virus outgroup root.”
As we get more data, studies such as this will shed a lot of light on the origins of the coronavirus. It is really too bad, such a shame that the U.S. and Europe has missed such critical times testing and tracking the viral flow. It is worth noting that U.S. officials are blaming China for the virus. But even with limited data, the authors have been able draw some preliminary conclusions regarding the geographic origins of the virus.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-26--MSM & Governments are Losing Control of People [Video]

After Brainwashing People for Decades , MSM & Governments are Losing Control of People The mainstream media and governments are losing control of people all over the globe .
Humans are finally standing up for their rights to live not as slaves , but as free sovereign people capable of making their own decisions without rulers and elitists calling the shots .
Never before have we seen global tyranny at this scale .
But , never before have we seen a mass uprising against governments and their propaganda outlets ( the mainstream media ) either .
As more and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up for their basic human right to live freely , governments and the elitists that control them lose power .
We are at that point where power will return to the people and the elitists will be the ones living in fear .
All we have to do , is be free .
The mainstream media is going to continue its smear campaign against anyone who dares to believe they have the right to live freely so long as they aren ’ t harming others and take life ’ s risk upon themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to listen to their propaganda , fewer people will be brainwashed by it .
A lot of people have lost everything in the tyrannical liberty-crushing demands put upon them , and now that they have nothing to lose , they are finally realizing their rights don ’ t come from the government or elitists .
And no smear campaign by government lapdogs will stop people from waking up at this point .
The media has been enslaving our minds so the government won ’ t have to enslave our bodies .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daylight and people have had enough .
The veil has been lifted .
People are realizing that we own ourselves .
And we are finally standing together to let the “ masters ” know that we are not their slaves .
The quote in the movie , a Bug ’ s Life can be applied today with a simple change of words .
“ It ’ s not about food .
It ’ s about keeping those ants in line !
” We all know at this point , “ it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about keeping those people in line !
” [ Watch ... . ]
Take notice of the clips of this movie on YouTube .
The comments have been disabled , not by those posting the videos , but by YouTube .
It ’ s just another means to keep people “ in line.
” They censor us , they brainwash us , and they expect us to obey their commands stay as their slaves .
But people have had enough !
Mass civil disobedience , where people are going to cease to obey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Governors who locked people in their homes and barked commands that some close their businesses will lose the power to dictate once enough people disobey , and that day is coming .
This horrific cycle of violence and slavery is ending and it ’ s panicking those who have had control of us for so long .
You can read it in their headlines .
“ Fear the second wave.
” “ Anti-government extremists.
” “ We can ’ t reopen or people will die.
” Well , guess what ?
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your fear-mongering is falling on deaf ears .
Free platforms are rising up during the mass censorship and fear-mongering propaganda pushing : Humanity is finally moving in the right direction .
The last step is to just live .
Protesting is begging the master to let you be free .
Just live free .
Don ’ t ask permission .
Conduct your life as the free , sovereign human being you were born as , and let the ruling class panic .
If you don ’ t buy their fear , they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans are finally realizing they had this power all along is incredible .
Live your life your way !
That ’ s the biggest middle finger we can give to any tyrant , whether it be a cop , a governor , a politician , an elitist , or anyone else who wants our compliance and enslavement .
Freedom is not negotiable and rights are not gifts from governments or others .
We all have the basic human right to be free and live our life the way we see fit .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grows and the mainstream media ’ s fear campaign fails .
After all , if there are no order followers , there are no orders .
It ’ s about time we all stand together and abolish the last shred of modern-day slavery !
I will not sit back and allow anyone to continue life as a slave if I can help it !
I might not be able to do much , but I can promote peace , liberty , and the abolishment of all forms of slavery .
Some say the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maybe that ’ s true , maybe it ’ s not .
But I am tired of being told I have to give up my rights to live free for a false sense of security .
I will no longer be owned or commanded .
This is MY life and I am peacefully choosing to be free .
( TLB ) published this article by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com with permission and our appreciation for this perspective .
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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 .
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After Brainwashing People for Decades, MSM & Governments are Losing Control of People
Mac Slavo
The mainstream media and governments are losing control of people all over the globe. Humans are finally standing up for their rights to live not as slaves, but as free sovereign people capable of making their own decisions without rulers and elitists calling the shots.
Never before have we seen global tyranny at this scale. But, never before have we seen a mass uprising against governments and their propaganda outlets (the mainstream media) either. As more and more people get off their knees and stand up for their basic human right to live freely, governments and the elitists that control them lose power. We are at that point where power will return to the people and the elitists will be the ones living in fear. All we have to do, is be free.
The mainstream media is going to continue its smear campaign against anyone who dares to believe they have the right to live freely so long as they aren’t harming others and take life’s risk upon themselves. But as fewer people tune in to listen to their propaganda, fewer people will be brainwashed by it. A lot of people have lost everything in the tyrannical liberty-crushing demands put upon them, and now that they have nothing to lose, they are finally realizing their rights don’t come from the government or elitists. And no smear campaign by government lapdogs will stop people from waking up at this point. The media has been enslaving our minds so the government won’t have to enslave our bodies. But it’s out now and in broad daylight and people have had enough. The veil has been lifted.
People are realizing that we own ourselves. And we are finally standing together to let the “masters” know that we are not their slaves. The quote in the movie, a Bug’s Life can be applied today with a simple change of words. “It’s not about food. It’s about keeping those ants in line!” We all know at this point, “it’s not about health. It’s about keeping those people in line!” [Watch....]
Take notice of the clips of this movie on YouTube. The comments have been disabled, not by those posting the videos, but by YouTube. It’s just another means to keep people “in line.” They censor us, they brainwash us, and they expect us to obey their commands stay as their slaves. But people have had enough!
Mass civil disobedience, where people are going to cease to obey laws that control them is already happening. Governors who locked people in their homes and barked commands that some close their businesses will lose the power to dictate once enough people disobey, and that day is coming. This horrific cycle of violence and slavery is ending and it’s panicking those who have had control of us for so long. You can read it in their headlines. “Fear the second wave.” “Anti-government extremists.” “We can’t reopen or people will die.” Well, guess what? You don’t own us. And your fear-mongering is falling on deaf ears.
Free platforms are rising up during the mass censorship and fear-mongering propaganda pushing:
Humanity is finally moving in the right direction. The last step is to just live. Protesting is begging the master to let you be free. Just live free. Don’t ask permission. Conduct your life as the free, sovereign human being you were born as, and let the ruling class panic. If you don’t buy their fear, they cannot control you. The fact that humans are finally realizing they had this power all along is incredible. Live your life your way! That’s the biggest middle finger we can give to any tyrant, whether it be a cop, a governor, a politician, an elitist, or anyone else who wants our compliance and enslavement.
Freedom is not negotiable and rights are not gifts from governments or others. We all have the basic human right to be free and live our life the way we see fit. As more people realize this, our power grows and the mainstream media’s fear campaign fails. After all, if there are no order followers, there are no orders.
It’s about time we all stand together and abolish the last shred of modern-day slavery! I will not sit back and allow anyone to continue life as a slave if I can help it! I might not be able to do much, but I can promote peace, liberty, and the abolishment of all forms of slavery.
Some say the pen is mightier than the sword, maybe that’s true, maybe it’s not. But I am tired of being told I have to give up my rights to live free for a false sense of security. I will no longer be owned or commanded. This is MY life and I am peacefully choosing to be free.
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(TLB) published this article by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com with permission and our appreciation for this perspective.
Some emphasis added by (TLB)
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-26--These 3 Things Should Mean an Immediate End to the Lockdowns

If CA Governor Newsom putting in place a “ task force ” to discuss how to end the lockdown in that state – when none was needed to implement it – isn ’ t enough to convince you that this is all a load of horse manure , maybe these will help : 1 .
There is no empirical evidence for these lockdowns Wilfred Reilly looked at the “ data from the Worldometers Coronavirus Project , along with information about the population , population density , median income , median age and diversity of each US state , to determine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ shelter in place ’ orders experience fewer Covid-19 cases and deaths than those which pursue a social-distancing strategy without a formal lockdown.
” He controlled for a number of variables , also looked at the experiences of other countries , and then says : “ I do not find that lockdowns are a more effective way of handling coronavirus than well-done social-distancing measures.
” You can read all about how he did that ( with links to the raw data if you want to see that ) , here .
Professor Yitzhak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looked at the rates of Covid-19 infections across several different countries , and found that regardless of the country ’ s policy regarding lockdowns , the numbers rose and fell in precisely the same pattern .
Says Townhall.com : “ His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus infection patterns , with the number of infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week.
” According to Professor Ben Israel , “ It turns out that the peak of the spread is already behind us for about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be almost completely wasted within two weeks , ” ( from a translation . )
There is a lot to say about Sweden .
I won ’ t say it all here .
Instead , I will just point to this one indicator .
This is from EuroMOMO , which is “ a European mortality monitoring activity , aiming to detect and measure excess deaths related to seasonal influenza , pandemics and other public health threats.
” What the graphs on this page show us are patterns of excess mortality from ALL causes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in European countries .
Here is the graph for Sweden , alongside those for Spain , Switzerland and England ( only because these four were all together in the presentation . )
I think this is useful to look at because it dispenses with any critique about non-Covid-19 deaths being counted as Covid-19 deaths .
This ( you can see graphs for all the countries here ) simply shows us excess mortality from ALL causes , by country : In conclusion , for everyone who believes that total state control of our lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives ( a principle that is notably not applied to our freedom to drive automobiles , to pick one obvious example ) , please just stop .
Your unprincipled authoritarianism has already done enough damage , and is only going to do more .

By: Bretigne Shaffer
If CA Governor Newsom putting in place a “task force” to discuss how to end the lockdown in that state – when none was needed to implement it – isn’t enough to convince you that this is all a load of horse manure, maybe these will help:
Wilfred Reilly looked at the “data from the Worldometers Coronavirus Project, along with information about the population, population density, median income, median age and diversity of each US state, to determine whether states that have adopted lockdowns or ‘shelter in place’ orders experience fewer Covid-19 cases and deaths than those which pursue a social-distancing strategy without a formal lockdown.”
He controlled for a number of variables, also looked at the experiences of other countries, and then says: “I do not find that lockdowns are a more effective way of handling coronavirus than well-done social-distancing measures.”
You can read all about how he did that (with links to the raw data if you want to see that), here.
Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University has looked at the rates of Covid-19 infections across several different countries, and found that regardless of the country’s policy regarding lockdowns, the numbers rose and fell in precisely the same pattern. Says Townhall.com:
“His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus infection patterns, with the number of infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week.”
According to Professor Ben Israel, “It turns out that the peak of the spread is already behind us for about a week, and it will probably be almost completely wasted within two weeks,” (from a translation.)
3. Sweden
There is a lot to say about Sweden. I won’t say it all here. Instead, I will just point to this one indicator. This is from EuroMOMO, which is “a European mortality monitoring activity, aiming to detect and measure excess deaths related to seasonal influenza, pandemics and other public health threats.”
What the graphs on this page show us are patterns of excess mortality from ALL causes, over the past four years, in European countries. Here is the graph for Sweden, alongside those for Spain, Switzerland and England (only because these four were all together in the presentation.) I think this is useful to look at because it dispenses with any critique about non-Covid-19 deaths being counted as Covid-19 deaths. This (you can see graphs for all the countries here) simply shows us excess mortality from ALL causes, by country:
In conclusion, for everyone who believes that total state control of our lives is justified by a desire to save lives (a principle that is notably not applied to our freedom to drive automobiles, to pick one obvious example), please just stop. Your unprincipled authoritarianism has already done enough damage, and is only going to do more.
Just stop.
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