thelibertybeacon--2020-07-21--Will the Cultural Marxists Succeed in Cancelling the Biden-Trump Debates?

Will the Cultural Marxists Succeed in Cancelling the Biden-Trump Debates ?
Reminiscent of its desire to cancel all uncomfortable discussion on college campuses across the nation , the Democrats are determined to ax a series of scheduled debates between the apparent Democratic nominee , Joe Biden , and the Republican incumbent , Donald Trump .
If they succeed , this would be the crowning achievement of the radical left .
The Democratic strategy for getting Joe Biden into the White House without ever emerging from his basement bunker is a stroke of evil genius .
Here ’ s how it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mainstream media , the left has promoted the narrative , constructed on the back of arguably biased opinion polls ( here , here and here , for example ) , that the heir apparent for the Democratic presidential nomination enjoys an insurmountable lead over Trump .
This allows the Biden camp to argue that it would be more reasonable for their 77-year-old candidate to outright snub the debates , which have been a formal part of the U.S. election process since the 1960 epic showdown between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when cancel culture has hijacked rational thought , is it possible to imagine a scenario when the public might be denied the right to weigh the results of a formal clash of ideas between two veteran statesmen , one of whom will go on to lead a nation of over 300 million souls .
And then there is the manipulation of Covid-19 to make the case that Trump has proven himself to be unfit to hold office due to his handling of the outbreak .
Such one-sided articles have become standard fare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never stops reminding the public that the number of Covid cases is on the rise .
What the media almost never mentions , however , is that death rates from the virus have been steadily falling – over 75 percent – since its peak in April .
Instead , they cynically declare that the positive results are being “ weaponized by the right to claim a hollow victory in the face of shameless failure.
” So what is it ?
A “ hollow victory ” or a “ shameless failure ” ?
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While the victory against Covid , however temporary , might be seen as “ hollow ” to the Liberal camp , a victory is still a victory , and should be duly reported as such .
But of course nobody should anticipate such candor in a major election season .
The next step in the Democratic seek-and-destroy campaign is to portray the ‘ Orange man ’ as unhinged to the point of not being capable of admitting defeat in the event he should lose in November .
In other words , Trump might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats responded to Hillary Clinton ’ s defeat in 2016 , i.e .
not very sportsmanlike .
Or , alternatively , the Biden-Trump showdown will never be resolved because the Republican base will become so demoralized by the poll numbers that Trump will simply toss in the proverbial towel before Election Day .
That preposterous , unimaginable notion was posited by none other than Fox News , which is considered to be the last major media company not overtly hostile to Trump .
This sort of warped rationale is the same type that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to argue that Biden should not debate Trump until , first , the U.S. president releases his tax returns , and , second , a “ real-time fact-checking team ” can correct any “ misleading statements , phony numbers or outright lies ” that either candidate may tell .
Perhaps that government ‘ ministry of truth ’ will operate in much the same manner that Twitter ’ s internal watchdog monitors user comments .
Should the question of mail-in ballots , for example , come up in the debates , we can predict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will call the shot .
Speaking of mail-in ballots , the Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be yet another blessing without disguise to the Biden campaign ( in addition to Russiagate , impeachment and race riots ) , in that it provides a compelling reason to keep Biden locked in his basement and out of the spotlight , where his gaffe-prone media appearances put to task his suspiciously high poll numbers .
It also offers the possibility for states to organize mail-in ballots , which , despite whatever Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of manipulation .
Finally , the Cultural Marxists , formally known as the Democratic Party , by exaggerating the full extent of the coronavirus , are able to affect Trump ’ s ability for attracting massive crowds at his political rallies – a charm Biden has never possessed – thus dampening overall enthusiasm for his message .
All in all , the Cultural Marxists enjoy an array of methods for continuing with their cancel tactics , to the point of possibly cancelling Trump ’ s ability to prove once and for all Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as his own presidential qualities .
It is an event the American people deserve to witness , yet one that may fall the wayside of cancel culture ’ s traveling circus .
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are scheduled to have three debates , the first on Sept. 29 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend , Ind.
, Oct. 15 in Miami , and a final debate on Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville , Tenn .
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Will the Cultural Marxists Succeed in Cancelling the Biden-Trump Debates?
By: Robert Bridge
Reminiscent of its desire to cancel all uncomfortable discussion on college campuses across the nation, the Democrats are determined to ax a series of scheduled debates between the apparent Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, and the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump. If they succeed, this would be the crowning achievement of the radical left.
The Democratic strategy for getting Joe Biden into the White House without ever emerging from his basement bunker is a stroke of evil genius. Here’s how it works: With the unconditional support of the mainstream media, the left has promoted the narrative, constructed on the back of arguably biased opinion polls (here, here and here, for example), that the heir apparent for the Democratic presidential nomination enjoys an insurmountable lead over Trump.
This allows the Biden camp to argue that it would be more reasonable for their 77-year-old candidate to outright snub the debates, which have been a formal part of the U.S. election process since the 1960 epic showdown between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Only in the current PC climate, when cancel culture has hijacked rational thought, is it possible to imagine a scenario when the public might be denied the right to weigh the results of a formal clash of ideas between two veteran statesmen, one of whom will go on to lead a nation of over 300 million souls.
And then there is the manipulation of Covid-19 to make the case that Trump has proven himself to be unfit to hold office due to his handling of the outbreak. Such one-sided articles have become standard fare around the country, as the media never stops reminding the public that the number of Covid cases is on the rise. What the media almost never mentions, however, is that death rates from the virus have been steadily falling – over 75 percent – since its peak in April. Instead, they cynically declare that the positive results are being “weaponized by the right to claim a hollow victory in the face of shameless failure.”
So what is it? A “hollow victory” or a “shameless failure”? It certainly can’t be both. While the victory against Covid, however temporary, might be seen as “hollow” to the Liberal camp, a victory is still a victory, and should be duly reported as such. But of course nobody should anticipate such candor in a major election season.
Will Joe Biden DEBATE Donald Trump? — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) July 14, 2020
The next step in the Democratic seek-and-destroy campaign is to portray the ‘Orange man’ as unhinged to the point of not being capable of admitting defeat in the event he should lose in November. In other words, Trump might respond in the same way that the Democrats responded to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, i.e. not very sportsmanlike. Or, alternatively, the Biden-Trump showdown will never be resolved because the Republican base will become so demoralized by the poll numbers that Trump will simply toss in the proverbial towel before Election Day. That preposterous, unimaginable notion was posited by none other than Fox News, which is considered to be the last major media company not overtly hostile to Trump.
BREAKING— (thread)GOP operatives are for the first time raising the possibility that @realDonaldTrump could drop out of the race if his poll numbers don’t rebound. Over the weekend I spoke to a sample of major players; one described Trumps current psyche as “fragile.” I’m — Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) June 28, 2020
This sort of warped rationale is the same type that led New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to argue that Biden should not debate Trump until, first, the U.S. president releases his tax returns, and, second, a “real-time fact-checking team” can correct any “misleading statements, phony numbers or outright lies” that either candidate may tell. Perhaps that government ‘ministry of truth’ will operate in much the same manner that Twitter’s internal watchdog monitors user comments. Should the question of mail-in ballots, for example, come up in the debates, we can predict with near certainty how the line judges will call the shot.
Speaking of mail-in ballots, the Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be yet another blessing without disguise to the Biden campaign (in addition to Russiagate, impeachment and race riots), in that it provides a compelling reason to keep Biden locked in his basement and out of the spotlight, where his gaffe-prone media appearances put to task his suspiciously high poll numbers. It also offers the possibility for states to organize mail-in ballots, which, despite whatever Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey believes, are severely open to the risk of manipulation.
Finally, the Cultural Marxists, formally known as the Democratic Party, by exaggerating the full extent of the coronavirus, are able to affect Trump’s ability for attracting massive crowds at his political rallies – a charm Biden has never possessed – thus dampening overall enthusiasm for his message.
All in all, the Cultural Marxists enjoy an array of methods for continuing with their cancel tactics, to the point of possibly cancelling Trump’s ability to prove once and for all Biden’s cognitive abilities, as well as his own presidential qualities. It is an event the American people deserve to witness, yet one that may fall the wayside of cancel culture’s traveling circus.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are scheduled to have three debates, the first on Sept. 29 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Oct. 15 in Miami, and a final debate on Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. The vice presidential debate is scheduled for Oct. 7 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--Why Do We Watch and Read Bad News?

Why Do We Watch and Read Bad News?

Why Do We Watch and Read Bad News ?
I was hesitant to write this article and present the video because it is very much scary , bad news .
No matter how bad things are , I always work to end with some positive solution .
It ’ s very unhealthy in every way to digest negativity constantly and exclusively .
It literally will make you sick , just as the isolation imposed on us has created in many people .
I ’ ve been through that and I finally decided to at least balance it all with some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Otherwise I get very agitated , lose sleep and feel somewhat hopeless .
As I ’ ve said before , we , with our clear and positive minds and hearts intact , are the only way out .
Everything else flows from that , no matter how powerful the evil appears .
The world is as it is because a few initially create it with their rotten minds and souls and we agree to it , whether we realize it or not .
People will protest and say – I certainly DO NOT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure we don ’ t WANT to agree to it but the fact remains that if we didn ’ t agree , it would not happen and grow to the enormous calamity it is at present .
Here ’ s the video done by a woman who found a 1963 document laying out communist plans which are alarmingly happening in every detail today .
After I watched the video , I thought : Why do I look forward to the videos my friends send me by messenger ?
I dug a little and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Are they so different from watching a good horror or scary sci-fi movie or read such a book ?
Further , are they more titillating because they are actually happening ?
I thought , are we that bored and purposeless or sheepified ?
Surely , most of us want to be informed and hopefully do something about it .
Most of us ARE good underneath it all and good is our main and uppermost intention .
But I had to admit that , in the face of so many things I SHOULD be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and read presentations of the dark side – for its own sake .
Then I thought , what is the result of that if most of us in this country and the world are watching mainstream bad news and videos , agreeing to be entertained and agreeing to be scared as hell – as we do watching horror movies ?
Especially being forced to stay at home with little else to do but digest it all .
Boredom and lack of purpose ( not working ) easily leads to being “ entertained ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is we become part and parcel of the devastation and our own demise .
We think we ’ re not because we are “ only watching and not acting ” .
Not so .
You must realize that , as you watch and read , you are agreeing and that is how the world is shaped .
We agree and , in so doing , we keep it alive , whatever shape it ’ s in .
Our minds and hearts create it all through our little old selves ( a minority ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been created .
And that agreement festers like giant sores emotionally and spiritually .
It is daily manifesting in a ruined planet .
Why do about 98 % of people still wear masks when the virus is almost non-existent ?
They agree they are unsafe without them or they agree they will be arrested if they don ’ t wear them .
Their own agreement to be terrified is the greatest barrier to free thinking .
I ’ ve attempted to enlighten people I meet and chat with on the street about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are– without making them wrong and I don ’ t argue .
Useless .
They listen politely and then I see they have turned me off .
Why ?
Do I look crazy , I wondered ?
I give myself credit and say no .
They are simply terrified ; they agree to be terrified .
As I speak , their minds wander off to the latest news they saw and they comment on that with anxiety in their eyes .
I hope I ’ m not hammering at this too much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our existence and the essence of this article I thought a little deeper .
Is this part of their plan ?
Distraction by so-called facts ?
I wondered why they are still allowing videos , books and interviews about the deep state and their atrocities , like child porn and their persecution and the left ’ s obvious crimes and scandals , even though much is being banned daily .
I think they don ’ t give a damn .
They are on an all out assault to keep us distracted and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ horrifying restrictions and destruction of our very being .
People become numb and frozen with fear but absorbed in all the badness , the perfect scenario .
Their “ news ” becomes the ultimate sedative through being entertained which often leads in the end to depression and that leads often to real sedatives which leads to death , physically or otherwise .
They ’ ve got it all covered .
This is a war of minds – their warped ones against our peaceful-loving but growing submissive ones .
All done through technology .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , thank God .
If you are reading this and many other patriot news here on the Liberty Beacon and others , then I trust you are willing to strike back .
But do it by making sure your mind is not soaking in agreement .
You can actually do that with your powerful mind .
Just mock up all the disaster disappearing into thin air or buried deep into the ground or blown to smithereens and floating away into deep space .
Or however way you choose .
When that ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , you have a clean slate to create what you want .
What if millions of people did this together ?
Holy moly !
If you think this is hocus-pocus , I dare you to try it .
I ’ m going to myself .
Just imagine your favorite deep state demon and then do whatever mischief you want to them .
Who knows , in the morning , you may see in the news , they met a tragic end .
Well…that may be too nasty , come to think of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave it to your own imaginations .
But just make sure you do part one – disagree .
By all means , let ’ s keep ourselves informed .
I don ’ t plan to stop watching these videos and reading the articles .
Just scratch the agreement .
And keep it light with things that are joyful .
Read more great articles by Lucille here

Why Do We Watch and Read Bad News?
By TLB Staff Author: Lucille Femine
I was hesitant to write this article and present the video because it is very much scary, bad news. No matter how bad things are, I always work to end with some positive solution. It’s very unhealthy in every way to digest negativity constantly and exclusively. It literally will make you sick, just as the isolation imposed on us has created in many people.
I’ve been through that and I finally decided to at least balance it all with some positive, uplifting news and study. Otherwise I get very agitated, lose sleep and feel somewhat hopeless.
As I’ve said before, we, with our clear and positive minds and hearts intact, are the only way out. Everything else flows from that, no matter how powerful the evil appears. The world is as it is because a few initially create it with their rotten minds and souls and we agree to it, whether we realize it or not.
People will protest and say – I certainly DO NOT AGREE TO THAT! I’m sure we don’t WANT to agree to it but the fact remains that if we didn’t agree, it would not happen and grow to the enormous calamity it is at present.
Here’s the video done by a woman who found a 1963 document laying out communist plans which are alarmingly happening in every detail today.
After I watched the video, I thought: Why do I look forward to the videos my friends send me by messenger? I dug a little and I realized: THEY ARE ENTERTAINING. Are they so different from watching a good horror or scary sci-fi movie or read such a book? Further, are they more titillating because they are actually happening? I thought, are we that bored and purposeless or sheepified?
Surely, most of us want to be informed and hopefully do something about it. Most of us ARE good underneath it all and good is our main and uppermost intention. But I had to admit that, in the face of so many things I SHOULD be doing, I sometimes choose to watch and read presentations of the dark side – for its own sake.
Then I thought, what is the result of that if most of us in this country and the world are watching mainstream bad news and videos, agreeing to be entertained and agreeing to be scared as hell – as we do watching horror movies? Especially being forced to stay at home with little else to do but digest it all. Boredom and lack of purpose (not working) easily leads to being “entertained” in such a way.
What happens is we become part and parcel of the devastation and our own demise. We think we’re not because we are “only watching and not acting”. Not so. You must realize that, as you watch and read, you are agreeing and that is how the world is shaped. We agree and, in so doing, we keep it alive, whatever shape it’s in.
Our minds and hearts create it all through our little old selves (a minority) and many of us agree to whatever has been created. And that agreement festers like giant sores emotionally and spiritually. It is daily manifesting in a ruined planet.
Why do about 98% of people still wear masks when the virus is almost non-existent? They agree they are unsafe without them or they agree they will be arrested if they don’t wear them. Their own agreement to be terrified is the greatest barrier to free thinking.
I’ve attempted to enlighten people I meet and chat with on the street about masks and social distancing and how useless they are– without making them wrong and I don’t argue. Useless. They listen politely and then I see they have turned me off. Why? Do I look crazy, I wondered? I give myself credit and say no. They are simply terrified; they agree to be terrified. As I speak, their minds wander off to the latest news they saw and they comment on that with anxiety in their eyes.
I hope I’m not hammering at this too much but it’s at the core of our existence and the essence of this article
I thought a little deeper. Is this part of their plan? Distraction by so-called facts? I wondered why they are still allowing videos, books and interviews about the deep state and their atrocities, like child porn and their persecution and the left’s obvious crimes and scandals, even though much is being banned daily. I think they don’t give a damn. They are on an all out assault to keep us distracted and entertained while they move in with more horrifying restrictions and destruction of our very being.
People become numb and frozen with fear but absorbed in all the badness, the perfect scenario. Their “news” becomes the ultimate sedative through being entertained which often leads in the end to depression and that leads often to real sedatives which leads to death, physically or otherwise.
They’ve got it all covered.
This is a war of minds – their warped ones against our peaceful-loving but growing submissive ones. All done through technology. But not all of us are submitting, thank God. If you are reading this and many other patriot news here on the Liberty Beacon and others, then I trust you are willing to strike back. But do it by making sure your mind is not soaking in agreement.
You can actually do that with your powerful mind. Just mock up all the disaster disappearing into thin air or buried deep into the ground or blown to smithereens and floating away into deep space. Or however way you choose. When that’s done and you wipe your hands of it, you have a clean slate to create what you want.
What if millions of people did this together? Holy moly! If you think this is hocus-pocus, I dare you to try it. I’m going to myself.
Just imagine your favorite deep state demon and then do whatever mischief you want to them. Who knows, in the morning, you may see in the news, they met a tragic end. Well…that may be too nasty, come to think of it. OK, I’ll leave it to your own imaginations. But just make sure you do part one – disagree.
By all means, let’s keep ourselves informed. I don’t plan to stop watching these videos and reading the articles. Just scratch the agreement. And keep it light with things that are joyful.
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The Dark Lane – A Great Novel By Author & Artist: Lucille Femine A fictional story yet one all too true in the world of psychiatric drugs. Two brilliant, young boys forced to take these drugs and the resultant havoc on their physical, emotional and spiritual selves. The fight is on to save them. (click on the image below to find out more about this outstanding book)
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thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--The Slow Disintegration of the French Republic

In October 2018 , in France , a deaf woman protested from small towns and the countryside .
The country ’ s leaders and the media were stunned to discover the existence of a social class they did not know and had never met before : a petty bourgeoisie , which had been excluded from the big cities and relegated to the “ French desert ” , an area where public services are rationed and public transport is non-existent .
This protest , which in some places turned into an uprising , was triggered by the increase of a tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement .
These citizens were much more affected than others by this increase because they lived far away from everything and had no transportation options other than their personal means .
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the world economy has reorganized .
Hundreds of millions of jobs have been relocated from the West to China .
Most of those who have lost their jobs have had to accept lower paid jobs .
They have been forced to leave the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for them , and move to the outskirts [ 1 ] .
The Yellow Vests reminded the rest of society that they existed and could not help fight the “ end of the world ” if they were not first helped to fight for their “ ends of the month ” .
They denounced the recklessness of political leaders who , from their offices in the capital , could not see their distress [ 2 ] .
The first political debates between politicians and some of the leading Yellow Vest figures were even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures to make the price of petrol affordable while they calmly responded to them about the disasters caused by financial globalisation .
The former seemed bewildered and out-dated , while the latter were the only ones with an overview .
Competence had shifted from the political staff to their constituents .
ER : pictured is a study session of the Gilets Jaunes .
Fortunately for the ruling class , the media dismissed these troublemakers and substituted them with other demonstrators , forcefully expressing their anger without the same intelligence .
The hardening of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the population , raised fears of a possible revolution .
Panicked , President Emmanuel Macron took refuge for ten days in his bunker under the Elysée Palace , cancelling all his appointments .
He thought of resigning and summoned the president of the Senate to act as interim president .
The latter rebuffed him .
Coming to his senses , he appeared on television to announce various social measures .
However , none of these allowances concerned the Yellow Vests because the State did not yet know who they were .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this protest is not a rejection of politics , but on the contrary a political will to restore the general interest , i.e .
of the Republic ( Res Publica ) .
Citizens are more or less satisfied with the Constitution , but not with the way it is being used .
Their rejection is first of all that of the behaviour of the political staff as a whole , not of the Institutions .
So , to take matters into his own hands , President Emmanuel Macron decided to organize a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commune , somewhat along the lines of the Estates General of 1789 .
Each citizen could express himself .
The proposals would be summarized and taken into account .
From the very first days , the president sought to control popular expression .
It was a question of not letting the mob say anything .
“ Immigration ” , “ voluntary termination of pregnancy ” , “ death penalty ” and “ gay marriage ” were to be kept out of the debate .
Thus , while the president thought he was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the People .
Of course , all groups can be dominated by passions .
During the French Revolution , the sans-culottes were able to disrupt the debates of the assemblies by heckling members from the galleries .
But there is no reason to anticipate that the mayors would have been overwhelmed by their constituents .
The organization of the “ Great National Debate ” was the responsibility of the National Commission for Public Debate .
The Commission wanted to guarantee the free expression of each citizen , while the President wanted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ecological transition ” , “ taxation ” , “ democracy and citizenship ” , and “ organization of the State and public services ” .
The Commission was therefore thanked and replaced by two ministers .
Unemployment , social relations , old-age dependency , immigration and security were forgotten .
The president then took the stage .
He took part in several televised meetings ( ER : see image above ) during which he answered all the questions asked , imbued with his own competence .
The plan had evolved from listening to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were well governed .
Three months , 10,000 meetings and 2,000,000 contributions later , a report was delivered and filed in a cupboard .
Contrary to what this synthesis claims , the interventions of the participants in the “ Great National Debate ” dealt with the advantages of elected representatives , taxation and purchasing power , speed limits on roads , the abandonment of rural territories and immigration .
Not only did this exercise in style not move things forward , but it gave the Yellow Vests proof that the president wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hear them .
Since they tell you we ’ re democrats Not during the “ Great National Debate ” , but during the demonstrations , many yellow jackets made reference to Étienne Chouard [ 3 ] .
For about ten years , this man has been criss-crossing France assuring his interlocutors that a Constitution is only legitimate if it is drafted by the citizens .
He therefore advocates forming a constituent assembly by drawing lots and submitting its result to a referendum .
President Emmanuel Macron responded by creating an assembly drawn by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
In the continuity of the “ Great National Debate ” , from the first day , he perverted the idea he was implementing .
It was not a question of drafting a new Constitution , but of pursuing one of the four themes he had already imposed .
However , he did not see the drawing of lots as a means of overriding the privileges enjoyed by certain social classes or circumventing those of political parties .
He approached it as a means of gaining a better understanding of the popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutes .
He therefore had the population divided into socio-professional categories as well as by region .
Then the members were drawn by lot from these different groups as for a panel of respondents .
The definition of these groups was not made public .
Moreover , it entrusted the organization of the debates to a firm specializing in panel facilitation so that the result was that of a survey : this assembly did not make any original proposals , but merely prioritized the proposals presented to it .
Such a process is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it is not democratic since its members have never been able to exercise any initiative .
The most consensual proposals will be transmitted to Parliament or submitted to the People by referendum .
However , the last referendum in France , fifteen years ago , is not fondly remembered : the People censured government policy , which was nevertheless pursued by other means in defiance of the citizens .
The totally illusory nature of this citizens ’ assembly appeared with a proposal that its members said they did not want to submit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom they were supposed to represent , would surely reject it .
In doing so , they admitted that they had adopted a proposal following the arguments presented to them , but knowing that the People would reason otherwise .
It ’ s not me , it ’ s the scientists When the Covid-19 epidemic broke out , President Emmanuel Macron was convinced of the seriousness of the danger by the British statistician Neil Ferguson [ 4 ] .
He decided to protect the population by applying the generalized mandatory lockdown recommended by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 ] .
He protected himself from criticism by setting up a “ Scientific Council ” , which he entrusted to a legal personality he believed to be indisputable [ 6 ] .
Only one authoritative voice rose up against this device : one of the world ’ s most eminent infectious diseases physicians , Professor Didier Raoult [ 7 ] At the end of the crisis , he testified before a parliamentary committee .
According to him , Neil Ferguson is an impostor ; the Scientific Council – from which he resigned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Gilead Science ( Donald Rumsfeld ’ s former firm ) ; in an emergency situation , the role of doctors is to treat , not to experiment ; the results of doctors depend on their conception of their profession , which is why patients entrusted to hospitals in Paris were three times more likely to die than those entrusted to hospitals in Marseille .
Didier Raoult ’ s remarks were not analysed by the media , which devoted their work to the outraged reaction of the administrative and medical nomenklatura .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President of the Republic , his government and the medical elite had just been raised by an undisputed member of the medical elite .
The first round of municipal elections took place at the beginning of the health crisis on March 15 , 2020 .
Peripheral towns and rural areas , the land of the Yellow Vests , had often achieved majorities to elect their mayors immediately .
As usual , things were more complex in the big cities .
A second round was held at the end of the crisis , on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then taken .
Six out of ten voters , scalded by the “ Great National Debate ” and indifferent to the “ Citizens ’ Convention ” , went on strike at the polls .
Ignoring this silent protest , the media interpreted the minority vote as a “ triumph of the environmentalists ” .
It would have been more accurate to say that the supporters of the struggle against the “ end of the world ” have definitively divorced from those of the struggle for the “ end of the month ” .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote is mainly the work of civil servants .
This is a constant in all pre-revolutionary processes : intelligent people , if they feel connected to Power , are blinded and do not understand what is happening before their eyes .
Since the Constitution does not provide for this fracture within the People , no quorum has been established so that this ballot is valid although undemocratic in all the big cities .
None of the mayors , even though they were elected by only one fifth of their constituents or even less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No regime can continue without the support of its people .
If this ballot-box strike happens again when the President of the Republic is elected in May 2022 , the system will collapse .
None of the political leaders seem to care .

The Yellow Vests have always displayed the French flag in their events; a symbol absent from events organized by environmentalists.
The first wave
In October 2018, in France, a deaf woman protested from small towns and the countryside. The country’s leaders and the media were stunned to discover the existence of a social class they did not know and had never met before: a petty bourgeoisie, which had been excluded from the big cities and relegated to the “French desert”, an area where public services are rationed and public transport is non-existent.
This protest, which in some places turned into an uprising, was triggered by the increase of a tax on oil aimed at reducing fuel consumption in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. These citizens were much more affected than others by this increase because they lived far away from everything and had no transportation options other than their personal means.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the world economy has reorganized. Hundreds of millions of jobs have been relocated from the West to China. Most of those who have lost their jobs have had to accept lower paid jobs. They have been forced to leave the big cities, which have become too expensive for them, and move to the outskirts [1].
The Yellow Vests reminded the rest of society that they existed and could not help fight the “end of the world” if they were not first helped to fight for their “ends of the month”. They denounced the recklessness of political leaders who, from their offices in the capital, could not see their distress [2].
The first political debates between politicians and some of the leading Yellow Vest figures were even more astounding: the politicians proposed sectorial measures to make the price of petrol affordable while they calmly responded to them about the disasters caused by financial globalisation. The former seemed bewildered and out-dated, while the latter were the only ones with an overview. Competence had shifted from the political staff to their constituents.
ER: pictured is a study session of the Gilets Jaunes.
Fortunately for the ruling class, the media dismissed these troublemakers and substituted them with other demonstrators, forcefully expressing their anger without the same intelligence. The hardening of the conflict, supported by the majority of the population, raised fears of a possible revolution. Panicked, President Emmanuel Macron took refuge for ten days in his bunker under the Elysée Palace, cancelling all his appointments. He thought of resigning and summoned the president of the Senate to act as interim president. The latter rebuffed him. Coming to his senses, he appeared on television to announce various social measures. However, none of these allowances concerned the Yellow Vests because the State did not yet know who they were.
All studies of public opinion tend to show that this protest is not a rejection of politics, but on the contrary a political will to restore the general interest, i.e. of the Republic (Res Publica).
Citizens are more or less satisfied with the Constitution, but not with the way it is being used. Their rejection is first of all that of the behaviour of the political staff as a whole, not of the Institutions.
So, to take matters into his own hands, President Emmanuel Macron decided to organize a “Great National Debate” in each commune, somewhat along the lines of the Estates General of 1789. Each citizen could express himself. The proposals would be summarized and taken into account.
From the very first days, the president sought to control popular expression. It was a question of not letting the mob say anything. “Immigration”, “voluntary termination of pregnancy”, “death penalty” and “gay marriage” were to be kept out of the debate. Thus, while the president thought he was a “democrat”, he was suspicious of the People.
Of course, all groups can be dominated by passions. During the French Revolution, the sans-culottes were able to disrupt the debates of the assemblies by heckling members from the galleries. But there is no reason to anticipate that the mayors would have been overwhelmed by their constituents.
The organization of the “Great National Debate” was the responsibility of the National Commission for Public Debate. The Commission wanted to guarantee the free expression of each citizen, while the President wanted to limit it to four themes: “ecological transition”, “taxation”, “democracy and citizenship”, and “organization of the State and public services”.
The Commission was therefore thanked and replaced by two ministers. Unemployment, social relations, old-age dependency, immigration and security were forgotten.
The president then took the stage. He took part in several televised meetings (ER: see image above) during which he answered all the questions asked, imbued with his own competence. The plan had evolved from listening to citizens’ concerns to answering them that they were well governed.
Three months, 10,000 meetings and 2,000,000 contributions later, a report was delivered and filed in a cupboard. Contrary to what this synthesis claims, the interventions of the participants in the “Great National Debate” dealt with the advantages of elected representatives, taxation and purchasing power, speed limits on roads, the abandonment of rural territories and immigration. Not only did this exercise in style not move things forward, but it gave the Yellow Vests proof that the president wants to talk to them, but not hear them.
All over France, the Yellow Vests organized petitions for the creation of a Citizens’ Initiative Referendum (RIC).
Since they tell you we’re democrats
Not during the “Great National Debate”, but during the demonstrations, many yellow jackets made reference to Étienne Chouard [3]. For about ten years, this man has been criss-crossing France assuring his interlocutors that a Constitution is only legitimate if it is drafted by the citizens. He therefore advocates forming a constituent assembly by drawing lots and submitting its result to a referendum.
President Emmanuel Macron responded by creating an assembly drawn by lot, a “Citizens’ Convention”. In the continuity of the “Great National Debate”, from the first day, he perverted the idea he was implementing. It was not a question of drafting a new Constitution, but of pursuing one of the four themes he had already imposed.
However, he did not see the drawing of lots as a means of overriding the privileges enjoyed by certain social classes or circumventing those of political parties. He approached it as a means of gaining a better understanding of the popular will, in the manner of polling institutes. He therefore had the population divided into socio-professional categories as well as by region. Then the members were drawn by lot from these different groups as for a panel of respondents. The definition of these groups was not made public. Moreover, it entrusted the organization of the debates to a firm specializing in panel facilitation so that the result was that of a survey: this assembly did not make any original proposals, but merely prioritized the proposals presented to it.
Such a process is much more formal than a survey, but it is not democratic since its members have never been able to exercise any initiative. The most consensual proposals will be transmitted to Parliament or submitted to the People by referendum. However, the last referendum in France, fifteen years ago, is not fondly remembered: the People censured government policy, which was nevertheless pursued by other means in defiance of the citizens.
The totally illusory nature of this citizens’ assembly appeared with a proposal that its members said they did not want to submit to a referendum because the People, whom they were supposed to represent, would surely reject it. In doing so, they admitted that they had adopted a proposal following the arguments presented to them, but knowing that the People would reason otherwise.
It’s not me, it’s the scientists
When the Covid-19 epidemic broke out, President Emmanuel Macron was convinced of the seriousness of the danger by the British statistician Neil Ferguson [4]. He decided to protect the population by applying the generalized mandatory lockdown recommended by the former team of Donald Rumsfeld [5]. He protected himself from criticism by setting up a “Scientific Council”, which he entrusted to a legal personality he believed to be indisputable [6].
Only one authoritative voice rose up against this device: one of the world’s most eminent infectious diseases physicians, Professor Didier Raoult [7] At the end of the crisis, he testified before a parliamentary committee. According to him, Neil Ferguson is an impostor; the Scientific Council – from which he resigned – is manipulated by conflicts of interest with Gilead Science (Donald Rumsfeld’s former firm); in an emergency situation, the role of doctors is to treat, not to experiment; the results of doctors depend on their conception of their profession, which is why patients entrusted to hospitals in Paris were three times more likely to die than those entrusted to hospitals in Marseille.
Didier Raoult’s remarks were not analysed by the media, which devoted their work to the outraged reaction of the administrative and medical nomenklatura. Yet the question of the competence of the President of the Republic, his government and the medical elite had just been raised by an undisputed member of the medical elite.
The second wave
The first round of municipal elections took place at the beginning of the health crisis on March 15, 2020. Peripheral towns and rural areas, the land of the Yellow Vests, had often achieved majorities to elect their mayors immediately. As usual, things were more complex in the big cities. A second round was held at the end of the crisis, on June 28. A new step was then taken.
Six out of ten voters, scalded by the “Great National Debate” and indifferent to the “Citizens’ Convention”, went on strike at the polls.
Ignoring this silent protest, the media interpreted the minority vote as a “triumph of the environmentalists”. It would have been more accurate to say that the supporters of the struggle against the “end of the world” have definitively divorced from those of the struggle for the “end of the month”.
Opinion polls assure us that the environmentalist vote is mainly the work of civil servants. This is a constant in all pre-revolutionary processes: intelligent people, if they feel connected to Power, are blinded and do not understand what is happening before their eyes.
Since the Constitution does not provide for this fracture within the People, no quorum has been established so that this ballot is valid although undemocratic in all the big cities. None of the mayors, even though they were elected by only one fifth of their constituents or even less, requested the annulment of the ballot.
No regime can continue without the support of its people. If this ballot-box strike happens again when the President of the Republic is elected in May 2022, the system will collapse. None of the political leaders seem to care.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--PETER HITCHENS: Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives – and it’s not science forcing us to w

ER Editor : Peter Hitchens ’ piece comes at the foot of another report by the Daily Mail titled “ I will not be masked , tested or traced or poisoned : Hundreds of anti-mask activists march on London ’ s Hyde Park to protest the mandatory use of face coverings in shops from Thursday , reporting on a protest in London this past Sunday initiated by activist Simon Dolan of the movement Keep Britain Free .
The featured meme shows some of these protestors .
PETER HITCHENS : Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives – and it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , it ’ s politics In the name of Covid , the State has already thrust itself into every corner of our existence .
It has come between husbands and wives at the ends of their lives .
It has forbidden the old to embrace their grandchildren .
It has denied us funerals and weddings , locked the churches , silenced the ancient monastic music of cathedral choirs and prevented the free worship of God for the first time in 800 years , and banned us ( unless we are Left-wing ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It has ordered us to stay at home , scolded or fined us for sunbathing , going on country rambles or even entering our front gardens .
It has forced millions of us to stop working , sabotaged the educations – at school and university – of untold numbers of young people and has become our boss and paymaster in the biggest state takeover of life and work ever attempted by non-Communists .
Soon we will discover that it has also wrecked an already wobbly economy and separated untold numbers of us from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Soon , too , it will also separate us from our savings , through punishing tax and savage inflation , to pay for the disaster it has caused .
Now it presumes to tell us what to wear .
And what it wants us to wear is a soggy cloth muzzle , a face-nappy that turns its wearer from a normal human into a mumbling , mouthless submissive .
And this , it seems , is popular .
Is there nothing the modern British people will not put up with ?
Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high that six months from now , there will be reports of dolphins and whales floundering about in an ocean made sticky by millions of gallons of hand-sanitiser , as they choke on congealed clumps of used muzzles .
These items are set to become the new plastic bags .
Why is this frenzy taking place ?
Here is a clue .
On July 12 , Deborah Cohen , the medical correspondent of BBC2 ’ s Newsnight , revealed an astonishing thing .
The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) had reversed its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t wear them ’ to ‘ do wear them ’ .
But the key fact was that it had not done so because of scientific information – the evidence had not backed the wearing of face coverings – but because of political lobbying .
She revealed on Twitter that : ‘ We had been told by various sources [ that the ] WHO committee reviewing the evidence had not backed masks but they recommended them due to political lobbying.
’ She said the BBC had then put this to the WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In March , the WHO had said : ‘ There is currently no evidence that wearing a mask ( whether medical or other types ) by healthy persons in the wider community setting , including universal community masking , can protect them from infection with respiratory viruses , including Covid-19.
’ The American TV news channel CNN reported on March 31 that Mike Ryan , executive director of the WHO health emergencies programme , had said at a briefing in Geneva : A few weeks ago , the WHO changed its advice to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult , such as on public transport , in shops or in other confined or crowded environments.
’ Earlier that same month , England ’ s chief medical officer , Chris Whitty , had said that wearing face masks would do little to combat the outbreak .
While noting that if someone was infected , they might reduce the danger of spreading the disease by covering their faces , Prof Whitty said wearing a face mask had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of contracting the illness .
He stated : ‘ In terms of wearing a mask , our advice is clear : that wearing a mask if you don ’ t have an infection reduces the risk almost not at all .
So we do not advise that.
’ Also in March , the Advertising Standards Authority banned two firms ’ advertisements for masks , saying that the adverts were ‘ misleading , irresponsible and likely to cause fear without justifiable reason ’ .
At about the same time , Dr Jenny Harries , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that people could be putting themselves more at risk from contracting Covid by wearing muzzles .
She said masks could ‘ actually trap the virus ’ , and cause the person wearing it to breathe it in .
She explained : ‘ For the average member of the public walking down a street , it is not a good idea.
’ On April 3 , the other Deputy Chief Medical Officer , Professor Jonathan Van-Tam , said he did not believe healthy people wearing them would reduce the spread of the disease in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also zig-zagged .
As recently as June 24 , in a series of official pamphlets for reopening shops and services , the Department for Business and Enterprise said repeatedly : ‘ The evidence of the benefit of using a face covering to protect others is weak and the effect is likely to be small.
’ This was true at the time and it is still true .
The evidence is indeed weak .
There is plenty of research showing that the case for muzzles is poor , especially a survey done for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quietly vanished from the internet after mask opponents began to cite it .
The scientific papers in favour of muzzling are full of weak , hesitant words such as ‘ probably , ‘ could ’ and ‘ may ’ – which can equally well be expressed as ‘ probably not ’ , ‘ could not ’ or ‘ may not ’ .
There has not been any great discovery in the past few days .
Generally , the main way of discovering if something works is the Randomised Control Trial ( RCT ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ method is tested directly and thoroughly .
This hasn ’ t been done with muzzles , probably because it would be a bit difficult and possibly because muzzle zealots fear the results would not help their case .
Amazingly , the chief spokesman for science in this country , who should surely support proper rigour , has dismissed such RCTs .
Venki Ramakrishnan , president of the Royal Society , sneered at ‘ inappropriate ’ RCTs as ‘ methodological fetishism ’ .
He did this while advocating more compulsory muzzle-wearing when he appeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on July 7 – as the political lobbying for muzzles intensified .
All that has changed is the politics .
Why are they changing ?
Interestingly , Health Secretary Matt Hancock ’ s muzzle edict was the first action by the London Government , which actually copied a move made by Nicola Sturgeon ’ s extremely Left-wing Edinburgh administration .
There are many signs that it has not been thought through , at least by scientists .
Why are we more likely to spread Covid in a shop than we are to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The question can not be answered .
What evidence there is certainly suggests that the risk of transmission is greater if we linger longer , but the Government does not dare close down the catering trade again , because it would be wildly unpopular and because these businesses are on the point of bankruptcy – and such an action would shut them .
The truth is that the muzzle policy is all about power and fear .
The Government began its wild , disproportionate shutdown of the country by spreading fear of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and kill untold thousands .
Now , as many people find that Covid-19 is , in fact , nothing of the kind , new ways have to be found to keep up the alarm levels .
One was exposed on Friday by the superb scientists of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine .
Puzzled by the way that Covid death figures in England continued to pour in , while they had all but ceased in Scotland , they looked at the figures from Public Health England ( PHE ) .
And they found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This problem would be avoided by having a simple cut-off , where those who tested positive more than 28 days ago were no longer counted as Covid deaths .
Scotland does this .
That is why its figures are lower .
Findings are now also pouring in which suggest that a horribly high number of the excess deaths during the last few months were not caused by Covid , but by people failing to seek treatment for heart attacks , strokes and cancer .
Despite the propagandists of the BBC , which has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mention the legions of dissenting scientists who dispute the Government ’ s policy , people are beginning to wonder , in increasing numbers , if they might have been taken for a ride .
This Government has no great authority .
It is a Cabinet of undistinguished , inexperienced unknowns , headed by an exhausted and empty Prime Minister whose sparkle , such as it was , is fast fading .
In a few weeks ’ time , the Government faces the onset of what may be the worst economic crisis since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear levels up to maintain its authority .
One way of doing this is the ceaseless promotion of an alleged ‘ second wave ’ of Covid , for which there is no evidence .
Another is to undertake a ferocious testing policy .
This is now happening in Leicester where testers go from door to door to discover people who are ‘ infected ’ with Covid , even if they have no symptoms ( which is usually the case ) and are perfectly healthy .
Then they can raise the alarm and close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populace is even better .
People such as me , who think Ministers ’ response to the virus is wildly out of proportion , have until now been able to live amid the propaganda , trying to stay sane .
But the muzzle is a badge of subservience and submission .
Anyone who dons it publicly is agreeing to the Government ’ s crazy assessment of the level of danger .
Societies in which citizens are discouraged from speaking out against the regime , as this has become , are pretty disgraceful .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to endorse the opinion of the state are a serious step further down the path to totalitarianism .
It is even worse than that .
Look at the muzzled multitudes , their wide eyes peering out anxiously from above the hideous gag which obscures half their faces and turns them from normal human beings into mouthless , obedient submissives .
The psychological effect of these garments , on those who wear them , is huge .
And it also has another nasty result for society as a whole .
Dissenters , who prefer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stand out from the surrendered majority , who then become quite keen on pressuring the non-conformists to do as they are told , and on informing against them .
I predicted the same outcome during the House Arrest period in April , and was mocked for it , but it came true .
When all this began , I felt fear .
But it was not fear of the disease , which was clearly overstated from the start .
It was fear of exactly what is happening to us , the final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the transformation of one of the freest countries on Earth into a regimented , conformist society , under perpetual surveillance , in which a subservient people scurries about beneath the stern gaze of authority .
It is my view that , if you don that muzzle , you are giving your assent to that change .
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ER Editor: Peter Hitchens’ piece comes at the foot of another report by the Daily Mail titled “I will not be masked, tested or traced or poisoned: Hundreds of anti-mask activists march on London’s Hyde Park to protest the mandatory use of face coverings in shops from Thursday, reporting on a protest in London this past Sunday initiated by activist Simon Dolan of the movement Keep Britain Free. The featured meme shows some of these protestors.
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PETER HITCHENS: Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives – and it’s not science forcing us to wear them, it’s politics
In the name of Covid, the State has already thrust itself into every corner of our existence.
It has come between husbands and wives at the ends of their lives. It has forbidden the old to embrace their grandchildren.
It has denied us funerals and weddings, locked the churches, silenced the ancient monastic music of cathedral choirs and prevented the free worship of God for the first time in 800 years, and banned us (unless we are Left-wing) from holding or attending public meetings.
It has ordered us to stay at home, scolded or fined us for sunbathing, going on country rambles or even entering our front gardens.
The Government began its wild, disproportionate shutdown of the country by spreading fear of a devastating plague that would destroy the NHS and kill untold thousands. Now, as many people find that Covid-19 is, in fact, nothing of the kind, new ways have to be found to keep up the alarm levels. Commuters are pictured above on the London Underground
It has forced millions of us to stop working, sabotaged the educations – at school and university – of untold numbers of young people and has become our boss and paymaster in the biggest state takeover of life and work ever attempted by non-Communists.
Soon we will discover that it has also wrecked an already wobbly economy and separated untold numbers of us from jobs and businesses we thought were safe. Soon, too, it will also separate us from our savings, through punishing tax and savage inflation, to pay for the disaster it has caused.
Now it presumes to tell us what to wear. And what it wants us to wear is a soggy cloth muzzle, a face-nappy that turns its wearer from a normal human into a mumbling, mouthless submissive.
And this, it seems, is popular. Is there nothing the modern British people will not put up with? Britain’s muzzle consumption is now so high that six months from now, there will be reports of dolphins and whales floundering about in an ocean made sticky by millions of gallons of hand-sanitiser, as they choke on congealed clumps of used muzzles. These items are set to become the new plastic bags.
Why is this frenzy taking place?
Here is a clue. On July 12, Deborah Cohen, the medical correspondent of BBC2’s Newsnight, revealed an astonishing thing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had reversed its advice on face masks, from ‘don’t wear them’ to ‘do wear them’.
But the key fact was that it had not done so because of scientific information – the evidence had not backed the wearing of face coverings – but because of political lobbying.
She revealed on Twitter that: ‘We had been told by various sources [that the] WHO committee reviewing the evidence had not backed masks but they recommended them due to political lobbying.’ She said the BBC had then put this to the WHO, which did not deny it.
In March, the WHO had said: ‘There is currently no evidence that wearing a mask (whether medical or other types) by healthy persons in the wider community setting, including universal community masking, can protect them from infection with respiratory viruses, including Covid-19.’
The American TV news channel CNN reported on March 31 that Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergencies programme, had said at a briefing in Geneva:
‘There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. ‘In fact, there’s some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly.’
A few weeks ago, the WHO changed its advice to say it ‘advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments.’
Earlier that same month, England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, had said that wearing face masks would do little to combat the outbreak.
While noting that if someone was infected, they might reduce the danger of spreading the disease by covering their faces, Prof Whitty said wearing a face mask had almost no effect on reducing the risk of contracting the illness.
He stated: ‘In terms of wearing a mask, our advice is clear: that wearing a mask if you don’t have an infection reduces the risk almost not at all. So we do not advise that.’
Also in March, the Advertising Standards Authority banned two firms’ advertisements for masks, saying that the adverts were ‘misleading, irresponsible and likely to cause fear without justifiable reason’.
At about the same time, Dr Jenny Harries, a Deputy Chief Medical Officer, warned that people could be putting themselves more at risk from contracting Covid by wearing muzzles. She said masks could ‘actually trap the virus’, and cause the person wearing it to breathe it in. She explained: ‘For the average member of the public walking down a street, it is not a good idea.’
On April 3, the other Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said he did not believe healthy people wearing them would reduce the spread of the disease in the UK.
The British Government has also zig-zagged. As recently as June 24, in a series of official pamphlets for reopening shops and services, the Department for Business and Enterprise said repeatedly: ‘The evidence of the benefit of using a face covering to protect others is weak and the effect is likely to be small.’
This was true at the time and it is still true. The evidence is indeed weak. There is plenty of research showing that the case for muzzles is poor, especially a survey done for the dental profession four years ago, which quietly vanished from the internet after mask opponents began to cite it.
The scientific papers in favour of muzzling are full of weak, hesitant words such as ‘probably, ‘could’ and ‘may’ – which can equally well be expressed as ‘probably not’, ‘could not’ or ‘may not’.
There has not been any great discovery in the past few days.
Generally, the main way of discovering if something works is the Randomised Control Trial (RCT), in which the proposed treatment or method is tested directly and thoroughly.
This hasn’t been done with muzzles, probably because it would be a bit difficult and possibly because muzzle zealots fear the results would not help their case.
Amazingly, the chief spokesman for science in this country, who should surely support proper rigour, has dismissed such RCTs.
Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society, sneered at ‘inappropriate’ RCTs as ‘methodological fetishism’. He did this while advocating more compulsory muzzle-wearing when he appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme on July 7 – as the political lobbying for muzzles intensified. All that has changed is the politics.
Why are they changing?
Interestingly, Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s muzzle edict was the first action by the London Government, which actually copied a move made by Nicola Sturgeon’s extremely Left-wing Edinburgh administration.
There are many signs that it has not been thought through, at least by scientists.
Why are we more likely to spread Covid in a shop than we are to do so in a pub or restaurant? The question cannot be answered.
What evidence there is certainly suggests that the risk of transmission is greater if we linger longer, but the Government does not dare close down the catering trade again, because it would be wildly unpopular and because these businesses are on the point of bankruptcy – and such an action would shut them.
The truth is that the muzzle policy is all about power and fear.
The Government began its wild, disproportionate shutdown of the country by spreading fear of a devastating plague that would destroy the NHS and kill untold thousands.
Now, as many people find that Covid-19 is, in fact, nothing of the kind, new ways have to be found to keep up the alarm levels.
One was exposed on Friday by the superb scientists of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Puzzled by the way that Covid death figures in England continued to pour in, while they had all but ceased in Scotland, they looked at the figures from Public Health England (PHE).
And they found, in their own devastating words:
‘It seems that PHE regularly looks for people on the NHS database who have ever tested positive, and simply checks to see if they are still alive or not. ‘PHE does not appear to consider how long ago the Covid test result was, nor whether the person has been successfully treated in hospital and discharged to the community. Anyone who has tested Covid positive but subsequently died at a later date of any cause will be included on the PHE Covid death figures. ‘By this PHE definition, no one with Covid in England is allowed to ever recover from their illness. A patient who has tested positive, but been successfully treated and discharged from hospital, will still be counted as a Covid death even if they had a heart attack or were run over by a bus three months later.’
This problem would be avoided by having a simple cut-off, where those who tested positive more than 28 days ago were no longer counted as Covid deaths. Scotland does this. That is why its figures are lower.
Findings are now also pouring in which suggest that a horribly high number of the excess deaths during the last few months were not caused by Covid, but by people failing to seek treatment for heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
Despite the propagandists of the BBC, which has tried as hard as it can never to mention the legions of dissenting scientists who dispute the Government’s policy, people are beginning to wonder, in increasing numbers, if they might have been taken for a ride.
This Government has no great authority. It is a Cabinet of undistinguished, inexperienced unknowns, headed by an exhausted and empty Prime Minister whose sparkle, such as it was, is fast fading.
In a few weeks’ time, the Government faces the onset of what may be the worst economic crisis since 1929. It needs to keep the fear levels up to maintain its authority.
One way of doing this is the ceaseless promotion of an alleged ‘second wave’ of Covid, for which there is no evidence.
Another is to undertake a ferocious testing policy. This is now happening in Leicester where testers go from door to door to discover people who are ‘infected’ with Covid, even if they have no symptoms (which is usually the case) and are perfectly healthy. Then they can raise the alarm and close down the city.
But muzzling the populace is even better. People such as me, who think Ministers’ response to the virus is wildly out of proportion, have until now been able to live amid the propaganda, trying to stay sane.
But the muzzle is a badge of subservience and submission. Anyone who dons it publicly is agreeing to the Government’s crazy assessment of the level of danger.
Societies in which citizens are discouraged from speaking out against the regime, as this has become, are pretty disgraceful. But countries where the citizens are compelled to endorse the opinion of the state are a serious step further down the path to totalitarianism.
It is even worse than that.
Look at the muzzled multitudes, their wide eyes peering out anxiously from above the hideous gag which obscures half their faces and turns them from normal human beings into mouthless, obedient submissives. The psychological effect of these garments, on those who wear them, is huge.
And it also has another nasty result for society as a whole.
Dissenters, who prefer not to muzzle themselves, are made to stand out from the surrendered majority, who then become quite keen on pressuring the non-conformists to do as they are told, and on informing against them.
I predicted the same outcome during the House Arrest period in April, and was mocked for it, but it came true.
When all this began, I felt fear. But it was not fear of the disease, which was clearly overstated from the start.
It was fear of exactly what is happening to us, the final closing down of centuries of human liberty and the transformation of one of the freest countries on Earth into a regimented, conformist society, under perpetual surveillance, in which a subservient people scurries about beneath the stern gaze of authority.
It is my view that, if you don that muzzle, you are giving your assent to that change.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--Government announces ambitious new project

“ this unprecedented undertaking embarks Her Majesty ’ s Government upon uncharted waters as this sort of thing has never been attempted before .
But we are confident that by 2030 or some time later this government can achieve what many people such as voters and other dissident elements have maintained is completely impossible .
We can and will probably have the nation ’ s governance fully connected to reality or something very similar to it.
” He cautioned that just as Rome was not built in a day nor the NHS sold off overnight , this will take time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly so at the moment with the COVID19 virus now known to cause heightened levels of brain atrophy in politicians with many convinced they see millions of dead people and many more completely unable to keep accurate statisitics or stop lying .
The distance between the government and reality is thought by many experts to have reached of late an all time high or even infinity but the government and the top secret scientists who advise it scientifically using secret science are confident that it can bridge the gap .
That confidence is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of democracy to be , itself , a symptom of the very malaise the government is seeking to overcome , a mental illness known as Aversion to Reality SyndromE ( ARSE ) .
Be that as it may , Mr Palaver was quick to lay out the government ’ s plans in more detail , explaining that :

“this unprecedented undertaking embarks Her Majesty’s Government upon uncharted waters as this sort of thing has never been attempted before. But we are confident that by 2030 or some time later this government can achieve what many people such as voters and other dissident elements have maintained is completely impossible. We can and will probably have the nation’s governance fully connected to reality or something very similar to it.”
He cautioned that just as Rome was not built in a day nor the NHS sold off overnight, this will take time to come to fruition.
This is particularly so at the moment with the COVID19 virus now known to cause heightened levels of brain atrophy in politicians with many convinced they see millions of dead people and many more completely unable to keep accurate statisitics or stop lying.
The distance between the government and reality is thought by many experts to have reached of late an all time high or even infinity but the government and the top secret scientists who advise it scientifically using secret science are confident that it can bridge the gap.
That confidence is believed by sensible people and other enemies of democracy to be, itself, a symptom of the very malaise the government is seeking to overcome, a mental illness known as Aversion to Reality SyndromE (ARSE).
Be that as it may, Mr Palaver was quick to lay out the government’s plans in more detail, explaining that:


thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--Dispatches from the War: Three men who control corporate America [Jon Rappoport]

Dispatches from the War : Three men who control corporate America Airlines , hotel chains—you name it , they all folded when the lockdowns were imposed .
They closed up shop , they took a knee , they opted for bailouts .
Why ?
The CEOs of these corporations are supposed to be hard chargers and ruthless operators .
Why didn ’ t they rebel ?
I could cite several reasons .
Here I want to focus on a little-known and staggering story .
It starts with an analogy .
Imagine an employee of a company who is motivated to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public .
Then he thinks about the owner of the company .
That owner happens to sit on the board of a large hospital .
Uh oh .
That owner is SOLIDLY WIRED into official medical reality .
He isn ’ t going to appreciate a naysayer who says the lockdowns are a ridiculous and destructive overreach .
Better to stay quiet .
Better to fit in and go along .
Okay ?
Well , it so happens that three of the most powerful corporate bosses in America DO have deep connections to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run corporations that OWN CORPORATE AMERICA .
Pictured above from left to right : Buckley is the CEO of the Vanguard Group .
Hooley is the CEO of State Street .
Fink is the CEO of BlackRock .
These three companies are investment funds .
Financial services companies .
Buckley is a board member of the Children ’ s Hospital of Philadelphia .
From 2011 to 2017 , he was chairman of the hospital ’ s board of trustees .
Hooley serves on the president ’ s council of the Massachusetts General Hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NYU Langone Medical Center board of trustees .
Let ’ s look at their companies : State Street , BlackRock , and Vanguard—known as The Big Three .
The reference is an article at theconversation.com , “ These three firms own corporate America , ” 5/19/17 , by Jan Fichtner , Eelke Heemskerk , and Javier Garcia-Bernardo .
“ We found that the Big Three , taken together , have become the largest shareholder in 40 % of all publicly listed firms in the United States.
” “ In 2015 , these 1,600 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had combined revenues of about US $ 9.1 trillion , a market capitalisation of more than US $ 17 trillion , and employed more than 23.5 million people.
” “ In the S & P 500 – the benchmark index of America ’ s largest corporations – the situation is even more extreme .
Together , the Big Three are the largest single shareholder in almost 90 % of S & P 500 firms , including Apple , Microsoft , ExxonMobil , General Electric and Coca-Cola.
” “ What is undeniable is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights attached to these shares .
Therefore , they have to be perceived as de facto owners by corporate executives.
” “ Whether or not they sought to , the Big Three have accumulated extraordinary shareholder power , and they continue to do so…In many respects , the index fund boom is turning BlackRock , Vanguard and State Street into something resembling low-cost public utilities with a quasi-monopolistic position.
” If the CEO of a corporation whose main shareholder is The Big Three thinks about rebelling against the official medical consensus… And he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heavily wired into the US medical complex… That CEO has one more reason , among others , to forget about being an old-time hard charger .
He has one more reason to swallow his anger when he ’ s told to lock down and shut down .
He has one more reason to knuckle under and play the game .
He has one more reason to surrender to a story about a virus and Fauci and Bill Gates .
He has one more reason to stand down and stand aside and watch economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TLB ) published this original article from the blog of Jon Rappoport with our appreciation for his contribution to raise health and freedom awareness .
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Dispatches from the War: Three men who control corporate America
Why did mega-corporations accept the Covid lockdowns?
Jon Rappoport
Airlines, hotel chains—you name it, they all folded when the lockdowns were imposed. They closed up shop, they took a knee, they opted for bailouts. Why?
The CEOs of these corporations are supposed to be hard chargers and ruthless operators. Why didn’t they rebel?
I could cite several reasons. Here I want to focus on a little-known and staggering story.
It starts with an analogy. Imagine an employee of a company who is motivated to speak out against the lockdowns and go public. Then he thinks about the owner of the company. That owner happens to sit on the board of a large hospital.
Uh oh. That owner is SOLIDLY WIRED into official medical reality. He isn’t going to appreciate a naysayer who says the lockdowns are a ridiculous and destructive overreach. Better to stay quiet. Better to fit in and go along.
Okay? Well, it so happens that three of the most powerful corporate bosses in America DO have deep connections to major hospitals, and these three men run corporations that OWN CORPORATE AMERICA.
What?
The three men are Larry Fink, Joseph Hooley, and Mortimer Buckley.
Pictured above from left to right: Buckley is the CEO of the Vanguard Group. Hooley is the CEO of State Street. Fink is the CEO of BlackRock.
These three companies are investment funds. Financial services companies.
Buckley is a board member of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. From 2011 to 2017, he was chairman of the hospital’s board of trustees. Hooley serves on the president’s council of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Fink is the co-chair of the NYU Langone Medical Center board of trustees.
Let’s look at their companies: State Street, BlackRock, and Vanguard—known as The Big Three. The reference is an article at theconversation.com, “These three firms own corporate America,” 5/19/17, by Jan Fichtner, Eelke Heemskerk, and Javier Garcia-Bernardo.
“Together, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street have nearly US$11 trillion in assets under management.”
“We found that the Big Three, taken together, have become the largest shareholder in 40% of all publicly listed firms in the United States.”
“In 2015, these 1,600 American firms [the 40%] had combined revenues of about US$9.1 trillion, a market capitalisation of more than US$17 trillion, and employed more than 23.5 million people.”
“In the S&P 500 – the benchmark index of America’s largest corporations – the situation is even more extreme. Together, the Big Three are the largest single shareholder in almost 90% of S&P 500 firms, including Apple, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, General Electric and Coca-Cola.”
“What is undeniable is that the Big Three do exert the voting rights attached to these shares. Therefore, they have to be perceived as de facto owners by corporate executives.”
“Whether or not they sought to, the Big Three have accumulated extraordinary shareholder power, and they continue to do so…In many respects, the index fund boom is turning BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street into something resembling low-cost public utilities with a quasi-monopolistic position.”
If the CEO of a corporation whose main shareholder is The Big Three thinks about rebelling against the official medical consensus…
And he knows that The Big Three bosses are heavily wired into the US medical complex…
That CEO has one more reason, among others, to forget about being an old-time hard charger. He has one more reason to swallow his anger when he’s told to lock down and shut down. He has one more reason to knuckle under and play the game.
He has one more reason to surrender to a story about a virus and Fauci and Bill Gates.
He has one more reason to stand down and stand aside and watch economic devastation sweep over the land.
SOURCES:
https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-america-77072
https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/leadership/larry-fink
https://www.bostonfed.org/people/bank/joseph-hooley.aspx
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/meet-the-new-ceo-of-vanguard-20170714
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thelibertybeacon--2020-07-22--US tells Beijing to CLOSE consulate in Houston Texas

US tells Beijing to CLOSE consulate in Houston Texas ( ZH ) Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Wednesday morning that China ’ s Houston consulate was “ a massive spy center ” , and that “ forcing it to close is long overdue ” .
( RT ) The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the US asked it to close down its consulate in Houston , Texas .
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US tells Beijing to CLOSE consulate in Houston Texas
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China Furious After US Abruptly Orders Closure Of Houston Consulate Sparking “Unprecedented Escalation”
(ZH) Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Wednesday morning that China’s Houston consulate was “a massive spy center”, and that “forcing it to close is long overdue”.
#China’s Houston consulate is a massive spy center, forcing it to close is long overdue. — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 22, 2020
(RT) The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the US asked it to close down its consulate in Houston, Texas. Beijing condemned the move, promising retaliation if the decision is not reversed.
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