thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Joe Biden emerges from 6 DAYS in hiding with stumbling video stream

Joe Biden emerges from 6 DAYS in hiding with stumbling video stream Joe Biden has reemerged from an almost week-long disappearance to post a video on Twitter addressing the Trump administration ’ s handling of the Covid-19 crisis , but his return has been greeted with mockery and concern .
( RT-USA News ) Biden sounded tired and slow as he spoke while standing in front of what appeared to be a green screen with a set of bookshelves digitally imposed behind him .
He criticized US President Donald Trump and Senate leader Mitch McConnell for “ trying to put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families ” and urged “ aggressive measures ” to help small US businesses , workers and communities suffering during the Covid-19 outbreak .
Biden had reportedly addressed his donors for a “ virtual fundraiser ” on Sunday , though no footage of that event has found its way online .
Prior to that , the former VP and candidate for president had not appeared in public since Tuesday , amidst the rapidly progressing national coronavirus crisis .
The disappearance , at such an unusual time , prompted many to question whether he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stage , his campaign excused his absence from public view by suggesting it was difficult to record videos in his home because there “ aren ’ t particularly high ceilings , which can make lighting a challenge , ” according to ABC News .
So it was little wonder that most were not impressed with his comeback video on Monday , which immediately raised eyebrows – and produced plenty of jokes – on social media .
“ This is the lighting we had to wait a week for and clearly his labored manner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , ” one Twitter user wrote .
“ If you think this is bad imagine how many takes they had to do just to get to this point , ” another said .
after six continuous days of filming : Some joked that the video could be a “ deep fake ” or a “ hologram ” of the Democratic frontrunner , while others suggested that he should hold up a copy of the day ’ s newspaper next time he does a video , so people can be sure it hasn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6th , Donald Trump claimed : “ Anybody that wants a test can get a test.
” That was a flat-out lie then , and it ’ s still not true today .
It ’ s a disgrace .
We need to ensure everyone who needs a test can get one free of charge .
Period .
A few people were also concerned that the former VP appeared to be “ slurring ” some of his words in the video .
Aside from his delivery , some noted that while Biden criticized Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said “ aggressive measures ” should be taken to help workers , he didn ’ t actually offer any “ concrete policy proposals ” of his own in the clip .
Ultimately , the video did little to quell concerns over Biden ’ s health and wellbeing – and the hashtag # WhereIsJoe looks set to live on for another while .
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Joe Biden emerges from 6 DAYS in hiding with stumbling video stream
Reading the autocue has never looked so hard
Joe Biden has reemerged from an almost week-long disappearance to post a video on Twitter addressing the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, but his return has been greeted with mockery and concern.
(RT-USA News) Biden sounded tired and slow as he spoke while standing in front of what appeared to be a green screen with a set of bookshelves digitally imposed behind him.
He criticized US President Donald Trump and Senate leader Mitch McConnell for “trying to put a corporate bailout ahead of millions of families” and urged “aggressive measures” to help small US businesses, workers and communities suffering during the Covid-19 outbreak.
are you using a green screen and if so why — Rich Lather (@allahliker) March 23, 2020
Biden had reportedly addressed his donors for a “virtual fundraiser” on Sunday, though no footage of that event has found its way online. Prior to that, the former VP and candidate for president had not appeared in public since Tuesday, amidst the rapidly progressing national coronavirus crisis. The disappearance, at such an unusual time, prompted many to question whether he had suffered health problems himself.
At one stage, his campaign excused his absence from public view by suggesting it was difficult to record videos in his home because there “aren’t particularly high ceilings, which can make lighting a challenge,” according to ABC News.
So it was little wonder that most were not impressed with his comeback video on Monday, which immediately raised eyebrows – and produced plenty of jokes – on social media.
Kurt Hackbarth @KurtHackbarth
Replying to @JoeBiden What the hell was this minute of incoherence supposed to be about? 967
“This is the lighting we had to wait a week for and clearly his labored manner of speaking had nothing to do with it,” one Twitter user wrote. “If you think this is bad imagine how many takes they had to do just to get to this point,” another said. Hospital Roommates with Biden @erasmusNYT Replying to @JoeBiden after six continuous days of filming: Some joked that the video could be a “deep fake” or a “hologram” of the Democratic frontrunner, while others suggested that he should hold up a copy of the day’s newspaper next time he does a video, so people can be sure it hasn’t been pre-recorded. On March 6th, Donald Trump claimed: “Anybody that wants a test can get a test.” That was a flat-out lie then, and it’s still not true today. It’s a disgrace. We need to ensure everyone who needs a test can get one free of charge. Period. — Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 22, 2020 A few people were also concerned that the former VP appeared to be “slurring” some of his words in the video. Aside from his delivery, some noted that while Biden criticized Trump’s response to the crisis and said “aggressive measures” should be taken to help workers, he didn’t actually offer any “concrete policy proposals” of his own in the clip. Ultimately, the video did little to quell concerns over Biden’s health and wellbeing – and the hashtag #WhereIsJoe looks set to live on for another while. ********* (TLB) published this article from RT-USA News •••• •••• Stay tuned to …
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Virtual Democracy is better than no democracy at all

Virtual Democracy is better than no democracy at all With most Americans sheltering in place , critical government parts are shutting down as well , though the cause may be an aversion to virtual rather than viral transmissions .
Both Congress and the Supreme Court have stopped meeting out of fear of physical contact , even though the technology exists to allow officials to continue working in virtual spaces .
Legal barriers could be removed to allow such a shift to a type of virtual democracy , but the main barrier seems to be conceptual and cultural .
We must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like a starving man staring at an apple tree but incapable of imagining a stick .
I previously criticized “ remote learning ” educational platforms that are supplanting traditional universities .
Yet I support the rapid shifting of universities to remote learning technology to continue classes at the moment .
Much might be lost in terms of the direct interaction between students and faculty , but the priority is to meet an educational mission for students .
The priority is obviously far greater for Congress and the Supreme Court .
Current technology can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debates and voting , with access not just by officials but also the public .
Ironically , the Framers would have been least offended by such a notion .
James Madison and others were fascinated with novel theories and new technology .
They wanted public sessions for Congress and the Supreme Court , and they undoubtedly would have been enthralled by technology that allows millions of citizens to be virtually present for such sessions .
For Congress , there is no clear requirement that its chambers must meet in person to carry out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concept of remote communications or distance voting of course .
Semaphore and smoke signals notwithstanding , remote communications back then were limited to written letters that took weeks , if not months , to be delivered .
Yet nothing in the Constitution expressly requires physical presence by lawmakers .
Article One states that “ each house may determine the rules of its proceedings , ” and the Constitution refers to “ meeting ” and phrases like “ at the desire ” of “ those present.
” The Framers had clearly used such terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly could support a restrictive interpretation today .
But a compelling argument can be made that each chamber can define what “ present ” means , including a virtual presence .
The dangers of distance voting are mitigated by the fact that legislative voting by Congress is a public act in which confidentiality is not required .
Any security violation regarding individual votes would then immediately be known by lawmakers themselves , like a manipulation of the electronic voting systems already used on the House floor .
The concept of distance voting was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9/11 attacks .
While current rules require physical presence to vote in Congress , those could be amended to allow a virtual presence in an emergency .
As with remote learning , it might not be the optimal approach , but necessity is the mother of invention .
Congress needs to approve virtual debates and votes during this crisis .
Ideally , this would not be used much , if at all , but it is important for our representatives to be heard during a time of crisis .
For decades , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ courtrooms .
While the Framers did not imagine , let alone discuss , a virtual presence , they did expressly address one of the most important aspects of a court system in a free nation , which as we know it now is public access .
Public proceedings are mandated by the Sixth Amendment , and the Supreme Court has noted that by “ immemorial usage , wherever the common law prevails , all trials are in open court , to which spectators are admitted.
” Despite the notable role of public access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its chambers .
Instead , it demands an absurd demonstration every week of a small number of people standing for hours or even days to grab one of the few seats inside .
It is infuriating to watch as people pay “ line sitters ” to reserve seats in cases impacting the lives of all Americans .
When national issues like same sex marriage or health care were resting in the balance , for instance , most Americans across the country had to hear second hand what arguments were made and what questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neither quaint nor compelled .
It is simply absurd and is now also dangerous .
Rather than holding televised arguments with only counsel and the justices present during this crisis , Chief Justice John Roberts has chosen to suspend all further arguments .
On the docket are cases with enormous national importance , from health care to gun rights to immigration .
Yet because justices oppose cameras in its chambers , the business of the Supreme Court has now largely come to a grinding halt .
The problem has actually been the justices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Kennedy had objected that if “ you introduce cameras , it is human nature for me to suspect that one of my colleagues is saying something for a sound bite.
” It is a rather bizarre notion that millions of citizens are being prevented from seeing these arguments because the justices may not be able to control themselves from any grandstanding .
Barring cameras in the Supreme Court may prevent grandstanding , but it also may hide more serious problems .
Indeed , some justices remained on the bench when they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Legal icons like Justice Thurgood Marshall and Justice William Douglas resigned only after the public was shocked by their diminished capabilities in national interviews .
Courtroom cameras also may expose those like former Chief Justice William Rehnquist , who was addicted to prescription drugs , and past justices who suffered from physical or psychological impairments .
This crisis should force the Supreme Court , albeit kicking and screaming , into the 21st century .
The optimal approach is for the justices to meet with lawyers alone in the chamber for televised arguments .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ close for comfort , then there is no logical reason to pause oral arguments or other critical work of the Supreme Court .
Technology is available to allow both arguments and conferencing to happen remotely .
The founders of our country were amazing fonts of inventive thinking and new technology .
From Benjamin Franklin and his lightning rod to Thomas Jefferson and his better moldboard plow , these were men who had been enamored with new technology as solutions to contemporary problems .
They gave us a constitutional system with the flexibility and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of economic , military , and social disorder .
No one needs to like this virtual democratic system , however , it is far better for our government to function from a distance than to not function at all .
Professor Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law .
He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals at Cornell , Duke , Georgetown , Harvard , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other schools .
After a stint at Tulane Law School , Professor Turley joined the George Washington faculty in 1990 and , in 1998 , was given the prestigious Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law , the youngest chaired professor in the school ’ s history .
In addition to his extensive publications , Professor Turley has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades including the representation of whistleblowers , military personnel , judges , members of Congress , and a wide range of other @ @

Virtual Democracy is better than no democracy at all
President Donald Trump was asked about Congress allowing remote voting given the various Senators who are now in quarantine. He thought that it was a good idea but that there may be constitutional barriers. The greatest barriers, particularly for the Supreme Court, remain cultural not constitutional. ~JonathanTurley
JonathanTurley
With most Americans sheltering in place, critical government parts are shutting down as well, though the cause may be an aversion to virtual rather than viral transmissions. Both Congress and the Supreme Court have stopped meeting out of fear of physical contact, even though the technology exists to allow officials to continue working in virtual spaces. Legal barriers could be removed to allow such a shift to a type of virtual democracy, but the main barrier seems to be conceptual and cultural.
We must not allow a constitutional system to wither like a starving man staring at an apple tree but incapable of imagining a stick. I previously criticized “remote learning” educational platforms that are supplanting traditional universities. Yet I support the rapid shifting of universities to remote learning technology to continue classes at the moment. Much might be lost in terms of the direct interaction between students and faculty, but the priority is to meet an educational mission for students.
The priority is obviously far greater for Congress and the Supreme Court. Current technology can easily accommodate the need to transmit online debates and voting, with access not just by officials but also the public. Ironically, the Framers would have been least offended by such a notion. James Madison and others were fascinated with novel theories and new technology. They wanted public sessions for Congress and the Supreme Court, and they undoubtedly would have been enthralled by technology that allows millions of citizens to be virtually present for such sessions.
For Congress, there is no clear requirement that its chambers must meet in person to carry out mandated functions. The Framers had no concept of remote communications or distance voting of course. Semaphore and smoke signals notwithstanding, remote communications back then were limited to written letters that took weeks, if not months, to be delivered.
Yet nothing in the Constitution expressly requires physical presence by lawmakers. Article One states that “each house may determine the rules of its proceedings,” and the Constitution refers to “meeting” and phrases like “at the desire” of “those present.” The Framers had clearly used such terms in the physical sense, and that certainly could support a restrictive interpretation today. But a compelling argument can be made that each chamber can define what “present” means, including a virtual presence.
The dangers of distance voting are mitigated by the fact that legislative voting by Congress is a public act in which confidentiality is not required. Any security violation regarding individual votes would then immediately be known by lawmakers themselves, like a manipulation of the electronic voting systems already used on the House floor. The concept of distance voting was indeed discussed as an eventuality following the 9/11 attacks.
While current rules require physical presence to vote in Congress, those could be amended to allow a virtual presence in an emergency. As with remote learning, it might not be the optimal approach, but necessity is the mother of invention. Congress needs to approve virtual debates and votes during this crisis. Ideally, this would not be used much, if at all, but it is important for our representatives to be heard during a time of crisis.
For decades, I have advocated for using cameras in federal courtrooms. While the Framers did not imagine, let alone discuss, a virtual presence, they did expressly address one of the most important aspects of a court system in a free nation, which as we know it now is public access. Public proceedings are mandated by the Sixth Amendment, and the Supreme Court has noted that by “immemorial usage, wherever the common law prevails, all trials are in open court, to which spectators are admitted.”
Despite the notable role of public access, the Supreme Court opposes cameras in its chambers. Instead, it demands an absurd demonstration every week of a small number of people standing for hours or even days to grab one of the few seats inside. It is infuriating to watch as people pay “line sitters” to reserve seats in cases impacting the lives of all Americans. When national issues like same sex marriage or health care were resting in the balance, for instance, most Americans across the country had to hear second hand what arguments were made and what questions were asked.
This archaic system is neither quaint nor compelled. It is simply absurd and is now also dangerous. Rather than holding televised arguments with only counsel and the justices present during this crisis, Chief Justice John Roberts has chosen to suspend all further arguments. On the docket are cases with enormous national importance, from health care to gun rights to immigration. Yet because justices oppose cameras in its chambers, the business of the Supreme Court has now largely come to a grinding halt.
The problem has actually been the justices themselves. In 2007, former Justice Anthony Kennedy had objected that if “you introduce cameras, it is human nature for me to suspect that one of my colleagues is saying something for a sound bite.” It is a rather bizarre notion that millions of citizens are being prevented from seeing these arguments because the justices may not be able to control themselves from any grandstanding.
Barring cameras in the Supreme Court may prevent grandstanding, but it also may hide more serious problems. Indeed, some justices remained on the bench when they were present solely in a physical sense. Legal icons like Justice Thurgood Marshall and Justice William Douglas resigned only after the public was shocked by their diminished capabilities in national interviews. Courtroom cameras also may expose those like former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who was addicted to prescription drugs, and past justices who suffered from physical or psychological impairments.
This crisis should force the Supreme Court, albeit kicking and screaming, into the 21st century. The optimal approach is for the justices to meet with lawyers alone in the chamber for televised arguments. If those nine chairs are simply too close for comfort, then there is no logical reason to pause oral arguments or other critical work of the Supreme Court. Technology is available to allow both arguments and conferencing to happen remotely.
The founders of our country were amazing fonts of inventive thinking and new technology. From Benjamin Franklin and his lightning rod to Thomas Jefferson and his better moldboard plow, these were men who had been enamored with new technology as solutions to contemporary problems. They gave us a constitutional system with the flexibility and endurance to survive more than 200 years of economic, military, and social disorder. No one needs to like this virtual democratic system, however, it is far better for our government to function from a distance than to not function at all.
(This article recently appeared in The Hill newspaper.)
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Professor Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law. He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals at Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, University of Chicago, and other schools.
After a stint at Tulane Law School, Professor Turley joined the George Washington faculty in 1990 and, in 1998, was given the prestigious Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law, the youngest chaired professor in the school’s history. In addition to his extensive publications, Professor Turley has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades including the representation of whistleblowers, military personnel, judges, members of Congress, and a wide range of other clients.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Democrats Holding COVID-19 Bill Hostage Over Unrelated Demands [Updates]

( TLB ) ed : For updates on this vote and changes on the floor , As the country slips into economic chaos , Democratic gatekeepers to a $ 1.8 trillion stimulus package have made several demands which have nothing to do with coronavirus before they ’ ll sign off on the legislation .
( ZeroHedge ) According to Town Hall ‘ s Guy Benson , Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) are demanding massive collective bargaining powers for unions , more stringent fuel emissions standards for airlines , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ credits .
Benson then directs our attention to a Thursday article from The Hill , in which House Democrats indicated that they wanted to go “ bigger and broader than the already massive economic stimulus package offered by Senate Republicans to blunt the coronavirus pandemic .
“ This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision , ” said Majority Whip James Clyburn ( D-SC ) on a Thursday conference call with over 200 members of the House Democratic caucus .
“ Anything that doesn ’ t address that pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be considered , ” he said .
TLB ed : We are waiting on a re-vote now .
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Democrats Holding COVID-19 Bill Hostage Over Unrelated Demands
As the country slips into economic chaos, Democratic gatekeepers to a $1.8 trillion stimulus package have made several demands which have nothing to do with coronavirus before they’ll sign off on the legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slams Democrats over delay in coronavirus relief bill: “Are you kidding me? This is the moment to debate new regulations that have nothing whatsoever to do with this crisis? That’s what they’re up to over there.” https://t.co/6rWzHE7qur pic.twitter.com/zDOA1wjBc8 — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 23, 2020
(ZeroHedge) According to Town Hall‘s Guy Benson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are demanding massive collective bargaining powers for unions, more stringent fuel emissions standards for airlines, and an expansion of wind and solar tax credits.
Source writes, “not only are these completely unrelated to the coronavirus epidemic, they could prevent companies from participating in the loan programs altogether—directly causing unnecessary layoffs.” — Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 23, 2020
Benson then directs our attention to a Thursday article from The Hill, in which House Democrats indicated that they wanted to go “bigger and broader than the already massive economic stimulus package offered by Senate Republicans to blunt the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision,” said Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) on a Thursday conference call with over 200 members of the House Democratic caucus.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not a fan.
“Anything that doesn’t address that pandemic, it seems to me, should not be considered,” he said.
Kevin Barnard @KevyB1990
I’m not an expert, but what does ANY of that have to do with the #ChineseVirus and small businesses and their employees taking the brunt of the economic collapse? 979
Kevin Davis @kevindavis338 What do Airline Emissions have to do with #CCPVirus 552
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Shattered Dreams: The HPV Vaccine Exposed … Vaccine Conference Details

I wonder if anyone has noticed the lack of media coverage surrounding the so-called measles epidemic , or for that matter , the fact that , up until a few months ago , the rates of cervical cancer diagnoses were said to be to soaring out of control .
It appears as if all this has been completely forgotten , because mainstream media has gone silent on any other topic other than the coronavirus .
I could , like everyone else , write another depressing article surrounding the mysteries of the coronavirus and discuss whether or not this latest pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a bid to control the world , mandate mass vaccination , and microchip and track our every move .
( See for details . )
However , instead of being negative , I have decided to look to the future and write about a more positive event that I have planned for November 2020 , when hopefully our lives will be returning to normality , after all the craziness has ended .
Unlike the mainstream media , I have not forgotten the continual lies that we have been fed over the years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) vaccine , nor have I forgotten the growing number of young adults who have been permanently injured after receiving the vaccine .
It is for this reason that I am planning to hold a conference in London , on November 30th , 2020 .
My conference , Shattered Dreams : The HPV Vaccine Exposed , named after my latest book , is a truthful and educational conference regarding the HPV vaccine with speakers from around the world .
Professor Exley is a Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry , Honorary Professor , UHI Millennium @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s leading experts on aluminum .
Professor Exley has been studying the subject of aluminum for over 30 years .
He believes that the aluminum in our environment and the aluminum in childhood vaccinations , including the whooping cough vaccine and the HPV vaccine , may be causing devastating injuries to our children ’ s brains .
Ms. Botha is a Women ’ s Health Educator , an expert in hormones , an author and a radio host .
Botha has been concerned for many years that governments around the world are recommending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is concerned that they appear to have completely overlooked this fact when the vaccine was introduced into the vaccine schedule .
In the book , Shattered Dreams : The HPV Vaccine Exposed , she wrote that : “ During puberty , the endocrine system is preparing itself for the reproductive cycle .
It is a transitionary time , and like any other transition , fragile in nature .
If skewed , the timing of the mechanisms of action may be thrown off and the outcome forever changed .
In one of our first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Gardasil as a vaccine to be administered at puberty , I let them know that I was disappointed of their approval of this vaccine for 9 to 26-year-old girls during the most fragile time of their life : menarche and the time of first menstruation.
” Botha believes that this information is extremely important and could be one of the key factors as to why so many of our young adults are being adversely affected by the HPV vaccine .
Mr .
Heading is a Common Law Advocate – Jurby Wellness and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cabinet Office of the Isle of Man Government .
Heading has been speaking on the dangers of the HPV vaccine for many years and believes that there needs to be a public debate into the future use of the HPV vaccine .
Dr. Wahome Ngare , is a gynecologist , an obstetrician and a member of the Kenyan Catholic Doctors Association .
Dr. Ngare and his colleagues have warned the government against a mass cervical cancer vaccination program for young girls in Kenya because they say that the vaccine can cause severe side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or paralysis .
Ngare is angry about the introduction of the HPV vaccine to Kenya because he does not believe that the vaccine has undergone the necessary clinical trials .
He has told reporters from that : The information that Dr. Ngare has about the HPV vaccine is extremely important , and it is an honor to have him speak in person at my conference in November .
This is an extremely important conference and definitely something to look forward to in the coming months .
The details of the conference are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
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Shattered Dreams: The HPV Vaccine Exposed … Vaccine Conference Details
By TLB Contributing Partner: Christina England, BA, Hons
I wonder if anyone has noticed the lack of media coverage surrounding the so-called measles epidemic, or for that matter, the fact that, up until a few months ago, the rates of cervical cancer diagnoses were said to be to soaring out of control.
It appears as if all this has been completely forgotten, because mainstream media has gone silent on any other topic other than the coronavirus.
I could, like everyone else, write another depressing article surrounding the mysteries of the coronavirus and discuss whether or not this latest pandemic was dreamed up by the elite, in a bid to control the world, mandate mass vaccination, and microchip and track our every move. (See Larry Cook – Coronavirus for details.)
However, instead of being negative, I have decided to look to the future and write about a more positive event that I have planned for November 2020, when hopefully our lives will be returning to normality, after all the craziness has ended.
Unlike the mainstream media, I have not forgotten the continual lies that we have been fed over the years, regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, nor have I forgotten the growing number of young adults who have been permanently injured after receiving the vaccine.
It is for this reason that I am planning to hold a conference in London, on November 30th, 2020.
My conference, Shattered Dreams: The HPV Vaccine Exposed, named after my latest book, is a truthful and educational conference regarding the HPV vaccine with speakers from around the world.
Speakers are to include:
Professor Christopher Exley , PhD
Professor Exley is a Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry, Honorary Professor, UHI Millennium Institute and one of the world’s leading experts on aluminum.
Professor Exley has been studying the subject of aluminum for over 30 years. He believes that the aluminum in our environment and the aluminum in childhood vaccinations, including the whooping cough vaccine and the HPV vaccine, may be causing devastating injuries to our children’s brains.
Leslie C. Botha
Ms. Botha is a Women’s Health Educator, an expert in hormones, an author and a radio host.
Botha has been concerned for many years that governments around the world are recommending the HPV vaccination during puberty. She is concerned that they appear to have completely overlooked this fact when the vaccine was introduced into the vaccine schedule. In the book, Shattered Dreams: The HPV Vaccine Exposed, she wrote that:
“During puberty, the endocrine system is preparing itself for the reproductive cycle. It is a transitionary time, and like any other transition, fragile in nature. If skewed, the timing of the mechanisms of action may be thrown off and the outcome forever changed. In one of our first conversations with the FDA about the introduction of Gardasil as a vaccine to be administered at puberty, I let them know that I was disappointed of their approval of this vaccine for 9 to 26-year-old girls during the most fragile time of their life: menarche and the time of first menstruation.”
Botha believes that this information is extremely important and could be one of the key factors as to why so many of our young adults are being adversely affected by the HPV vaccine.
Courtenay : Heading
Mr. Heading is a Common Law Advocate – Jurby Wellness and is responsible for Healthcare Innovation within the Cabinet Office of the Isle of Man Government.
Heading has been speaking on the dangers of the HPV vaccine for many years and believes that there needs to be a public debate into the future use of the HPV vaccine.
Dr. Wahome Ngare
Dr. Wahome Ngare, is a gynecologist, an obstetrician and a member of the Kenyan Catholic Doctors Association.
Dr. Ngare and his colleagues have warned the government against a mass cervical cancer vaccination program for young girls in Kenya because they say that the vaccine can cause severe side effects, including brain damage, seizures or paralysis.
Ngare is angry about the introduction of the HPV vaccine to Kenya because he does not believe that the vaccine has undergone the necessary clinical trials. He has told reporters from Catholic News Service that:
“We don’t think the vaccine is necessary. HVP is sexually transmitted and does not make sense to vaccine everyone against a sexually transmitted disease that can be controlled through behavior change.”
The information that Dr. Ngare has about the HPV vaccine is extremely important, and it is an honor to have him speak in person at my conference in November.
This is an extremely important conference and definitely something to look forward to in the coming months. The details of the conference are the following:
Date : Monday, 30th November 2020
Time: 9 am (registration and coffee), 10am start – 7pm
Venue London (tba)
Ticket Price: £ 50, to include refreshments
Purchase Tickets: https://buytickets.at/christinaengland/359205
Videos of Interest:
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Dr Wahome Ngare – Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist: The problem we have with the HPV vaccine is that it is not useful. We do not need it at all#DayBreak@WaihigaMwaura@TrevorOmbija pic.twitter.com/2do4UhD3k2 — Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 30, 2019
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About the Author: Christina England, BA Hons, Research Journalist and Author Christina was born and educated in London, U.K. She left school to work in a children’s library, specialising in storytelling and book buying. In 1978, Christina changed her career path to dedicate her time to caring for the elderly and was awarded the title of Care Giver of the Year for her work with the elderly in 1980. After taking an A Level in Psychology and a BTEC in Learning Support, Ms. England spent many years researching vaccines and adverse reactions. She gained a Higher National Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies in 2010 and in 2016 she gained a BA Hons degree in Literature and Humanities. She currently writes for VacTruth, Health Impact News, GreenMedInfo, The Liberty Beacon, Vaccine Impact and Medical Kidnap on immunisation safety and efficacy. She has co-authored the book – Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine Induced Encephalitis – Are Parents Being Falsely Accused? with Dr. Harold Buttram and Vaccination Policy and the UK Government: The Untold Truth with Lucija Tomljenovic PhD, which are sold on Amazon. She also compiled the book Shattered Dreams: The HPV Vaccine Exposed Her website is Parents and Carers Against Medical Injustice
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Beware “the new normal” Brought to you by A Virus

So this is how Liberty dies…with thunderous applause .
A few days ago James Corbett posted a video titled “ Is this THE big event ?
” the answer to that increasingly looks to be “ yes ” .
Not the virus itself , you understand , which official statistics still show to be minor compared to annual flu outbreaks .
But rather , what it ’ s being used for .
The West ’ s vestigial democratic forms , and slowly atrophying civil liberties are facing a final assault from draconian authoritarians sensing ( or creating ) their big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law in all but name ” , while Italy is likewise bringing in the army .
In France , Macron has “ declared war ” on the coronavirus , essentially locking the entire country up inside their homes unless they have “ a good reason ” to leave .
A reason which must be submitted in writing to the police .
Public gatherings are of course strictly forbidden .
Elections are halted .
No word yet on what the Gilets Jaunes plan to do .
There is a march – Act 71 – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ head ?
If so , will they be met with more violence ?
Maybe .
Only now instead of being ignored by the media they will be branded “ selfish ” for putting “ members of the public at risk ” .
War metaphors are prevalent in the UK too , the “ spirit of Blitz ” lives on .
Apparently .
We ’ re going to start making ventilators like we used to make Spitfires , ( presumably we ’ ll be asked to send in our pots and pans to help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mail actually interviewed the 103 year old Vera Lynn , who thinks we should all “ pull together ” .
This encouragement of ersatz community spirit is all a prelude to the passing of the Coronavirus Bill , a truly terrifying piece of legislation .
The proposed measures span everything from the predictably totalitarian to the worryingly bizarre .
First , the police can detain a person they suspect of being infectious : But don ’ t worry , it ’ s only for a “ limited period ” ( which is legally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be defined as any time less than forever . )
They will also remove “ restrictions ” on vaccination : …and grant legal immunity to people involved in treating the disease ( of special relevance given the likelihood of untested vaccines be rushed into mass use ) : It ’ s a grab-bag of vaguely worded powers , wide open to “ interpretation ” .
It is highly dangerous .
There ’ s even hints that London could be put under total lockdown .
Most bizarre are the relaxed legal regulations for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more detail here ) .
All told , it ’ s a terrifying prospect for the future of the country .
It ’ s not hard to envision a world where a person can be “ detained ” on “ suspicion of having the virus ” when they are perfectly healthy , and their family has all their social media posts about it taken down for spreading “ misinformation ” .
Hell , the new rules would then make it easier to cover up any deaths in custody by having private funeral directors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A claim this person died “ whilst being treated for Covid19 ” would also render all those involved legally immune .
That is an extreme example , but there lies the danger of vaguely worded “ powers ” .
They are wide open to abuse .
Yesterday Britain saw its first arrest under these new rules , a young man ( not reported to be sick at all ) was arrested on the Isle of Man for refusing to self-isolate .
He now faces up to 3 months in prison , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yesterday , Boris is shutting all service businesses down .
Clubs , bars , cafes , gyms , leisure centres , restaurants , cinemas .
All gone .
Putting potentially millions of people out of work , but introducing a new benefit ( one you have to attend a Job Centre to claim , where it ’ s well known you can ’ t catch viruses ) .
The Danish compulsory vaccine/treatment law is looking comparatively tame at this point .
China is tagging people with electronic bracelets , and scanning crowds with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slight temperature .
Israel , having suspended Netanyahu ’ s corruption trial , is now busying itself eradicating some civil liberties .
Their proposed use of harvested mobile phone data to track and surveil those possibly infected is the most heartwarming use of illegally gathered private information I can recall .
Never to be outdone , the US is putting entire cities and states under total lockdown .
Dystopian “ shelter in place ” orders have been issued for the whole of California .
Meetings of more than 10 people are banned , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little volunteer Kapos to report any illegal congregations .
“ Secret emergency plans ” for a military government in the event DC is “ devastated ” were recently “ leaked ” to Newsweek .
You can feel the General ’ s eagerness through the prose .
Sean Penn is all for the idea .
The private sector is getting in on the act too , with YouTube announcing their automated system is going to be taking down a lot more videos ( they blame working from home , but the idea Google doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working remotely is frankly absurd ) .
The five major Tech Giants released a joint statement on “ combatting misinformation ” and “ boosting authoritative sources ” .
Well-known medical expert Bill Gates did an AMA on Reddit ( transcribed here ) , in which he casually drops some chilling ideas into the conversation : All in all , our freedoms are being swamped .
Big corporations and states alike are setting boundaries on individual rights on a flimsy pretext .
Is anyone in the media reporting that ?
Of course not .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ drivel like this in the Independent , trying to convince us “ we ’ re all in this together ” , or weasel-worded nonsense like this from Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian where he mourns Johnson ’ s “ libertarian ” spirit and reluctance to impose social control .
That would be the mass-surveilling , drone executing , war-supporting type of libertarian .
A crass and obvious example of narrative management .
Even members of the alt-media are falling for this , with prominent voices hailing the measures as necessary or demanding “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analyst is advocating locking all of those “ probably infected ” inside empty sports stadiums to be “ medically monitored ” ) .
Somehow former Goldman Sachs banker and Hedge Fund manager Rishi Sunak is being praised as some kind of Nye Bevan figure .
It ’ s almost literally insane .
We ’ ve gone over the numbers countless times .
They don ’ t add up .
The agenda is outstripping the statistics .
The coronavirus , in pure numbers terms , is a rounding error on the annual flu season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2009 was 10x more widespread and 100s of times more fatal…did any of this panic porn appear ?
Did it “ change what normal meant ” ?
No , it was just a new type of flu .
It passed , there was media hype , of course , but the world remained the same .
The time for arguing over whether the CFR is 2 % or 3 % is done , because even if the disease is as bad as they are reporting , none of it can justify the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the rest of the developed world ) is turning into .
People with platforms need to focus on this , without falling for rhetorical traps or emotionally manipulative sob-stories .
Human-interest anecdotes are meaningless , and feel good articles about “ pulling together ” or “ not taking any risks ” are negative panic at best or enabling emergent fascism at worst .
That would be actual fascism .
Not the pretend type that the anti-Trump “ resistance ” has been rabbiting on about for three years .
Consider that : This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NYT to CNN was hysterically warning Trump would introduce since he was first elected , and where are those people now ?
Cheering him on .
Because of “ public health ” .
The same people ranting about Boris Johnson being an alt-right neo-Nazi racist and unfit for public office before Christmas , now want to give the man legal authority to arrest anyone with a cough and nail pensioners inside their homes .
“ Social distancing ” is just another word for mass quarantine , and as Dr Joel Kettner said on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s no evidence to suggest it actually works to control diseases .
Control people though ?
Well , that it does like a charm .
But maybe I ’ m over-reacting , right ?
After all , this is only for a short time .
We ’ ll go back to normal soon enough .
Those two years will just fly by .
Perhaps a quick history lesson in “ special powers ” and “ temporary measures ” ?
Well , let ’ s look at the Patriot Act – sweeping , authoritarian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were enacted after 9/11 on a “ temporary ” basis and have been extended and expanded by every President since .
It is still very much in place today .
Or France ’ s “ state of emergency ” , granting “ special powers ” to the police after 2015 shootings in Paris .
Those were extended by Hollande for years , until Macron “ ended ” the State of Emergency by essentially signing those powers into law permanently .
They became the “ new normal ” too .
Or , the golden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Passed after the eponymous fire , it “ temporarily ” suspended German civil liberties in name of rooting out communist insurgents .
You probably already know how that turned out .
“ Special powers ” don ’ t go away .
They are not temporary , they won ’ t be surrendered .
Everything we give the government our permission to do , they will do .
For the foreseeable .
And you know why ?
Because they become the Bear Patrol .
The rock that keeps tigers away .
Once they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can be hailed as the reason everything is calm .
In two years , when the bill is set to expire , there will be no more “ pandemic ” …but the powers will stay .
Because they “ kept us safe during the pandemic ” .
Because they cut knife crime , or boosted public health , or they are good for the environment ( that will be the big one ) .
There ’ ll be some scary stories in the media in the last couple of weeks before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be extended .
And they are re-forging society to a shape that better suits their purposes , attempting to change what people consider “ normal ” .
How do we know that ?
Because they are telling us .
The Guardian alone has had three opinion pieces discussing the “ new normal ” in less than a week , two of them on the same day .
The technocrats and eugenicists are all over it too , barely containing their glee that the “ world will never be the same ” .
Perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masse , the public don ’ t seem to be totally convinced .
In fact , oddly enough , the alternate media crowd seem a lot more caught up in the hysteria than those who only vaguely follow the news .
An NPR poll showed that 56 % of Americans think the virus is being overblown .
Hence everyone from Taylor Swift to Kylie Jenner insisting it “ is a real thing ” .
It ’ s really important that we all wake up to what is happening here .
Because the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease with a much higher death-rate than 2 % , and it won ’ t be cured with two-weeks bed-rest .
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Coronavirus Crackdown – Beware “the new normal”
Martial Law in Lombardy, all of France under house arrest & UK passes sweeping “Coronavirus Bill”…our world is being reshaped. But only if we let it. In one key area, the Coronavirus Bill tells the absolute truth: “Public support and compliance is crucial”. They need our permission to do this. Do we really want to grant it?
Kit Knightly
So this is how Liberty dies…with thunderous applause.
A few days ago James Corbett posted a video titled “Is this THE big event?” the answer to that increasingly looks to be “yes”.
Not the virus itself, you understand, which official statistics still show to be minor compared to annual flu outbreaks. But rather, what it’s being used for. The West’s vestigial democratic forms, and slowly atrophying civil liberties are facing a final assault from draconian authoritarians sensing (or creating) their big moment.
Spain is enjoying “martial law in all but name”, while Italy is likewise bringing in the army.
In France, Macron has “declared war” on the coronavirus, essentially locking the entire country up inside their homes unless they have “a good reason” to leave. A reason which must be submitted in writing to the police.
Public gatherings are of course strictly forbidden. Elections are halted.
No word yet on what the Gilets Jaunes plan to do. There is a march – Act 71 – planned for today. Will it go head? If so, will they be met with more violence? Maybe. Only now instead of being ignored by the media they will be branded “selfish” for putting “members of the public at risk”.
War metaphors are prevalent in the UK too, the “spirit of Blitz” lives on. Apparently. We’re going to start making ventilators like we used to make Spitfires, (presumably we’ll be asked to send in our pots and pans to help in that regard). The Daily Mail actually interviewed the 103 year old Vera Lynn, who thinks we should all “pull together”.
This encouragement of ersatz community spirit is all a prelude to the passing of the Coronavirus Bill, a truly terrifying piece of legislation.
The proposed measures span everything from the predictably totalitarian to the worryingly bizarre.
First, the police can detain a person they suspect of being infectious:
Therefore, the bill will enable the police and immigration officers to detain a person, for a limited period, who is, or may be, infectious and to take them to a suitable place to enable screening and assessment.
But don’t worry, it’s only for a “limited period” (which is legally meaningless. A “limited period” can be defined as any time less than forever.)
They will also remove “restrictions” on vaccination:
removing a current restriction in how Scottish territorial Health Boards can deliver vaccination programmes would mean that, when a vaccine becomes available, it can reach as many people as possible.
…and postpone elections:
postpone the local, mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections that were due to take place in England in May this year until May 2021. Provision will also be made to postpone other electoral events over the course of the year (such as by-elections)
…and grant legal immunity to people involved in treating the disease (of special relevance given the likelihood of untested vaccines be rushed into mass use):
provide indemnity for clinical negligence liabilities arising from NHS activities carried out for the purposes of dealing with, or because of, the coronavirus outbreak,
It’s a grab-bag of vaguely worded powers, wide open to “interpretation”. It is highly dangerous. There’s even hints that London could be put under total lockdown.
Most bizarre are the relaxed legal regulations for registering deaths (which we discuss in more detail here).
All told, it’s a terrifying prospect for the future of the country.
It’s not hard to envision a world where a person can be “detained” on “suspicion of having the virus” when they are perfectly healthy, and their family has all their social media posts about it taken down for spreading “misinformation”.
Hell, the new rules would then make it easier to cover up any deaths in custody by having private funeral directors register deaths that require no secondary confirmation. A claim this person died “whilst being treated for Covid19” would also render all those involved legally immune.
That is an extreme example, but there lies the danger of vaguely worded “powers”. They are wide open to abuse.
Yesterday Britain saw its first arrest under these new rules, a young man (not reported to be sick at all) was arrested on the Isle of Man for refusing to self-isolate. He now faces up to 3 months in prison, or a fine of £10,000.
Also announced yesterday, Boris is shutting all service businesses down. Clubs, bars, cafes, gyms, leisure centres, restaurants, cinemas. All gone. Putting potentially millions of people out of work, but introducing a new benefit (one you have to attend a Job Centre to claim, where it’s well known you can’t catch viruses).
The Danish compulsory vaccine/treatment law is looking comparatively tame at this point.
China is tagging people with electronic bracelets, and scanning crowds with special helmets to monitor anyone with a slight temperature.
Israel, having suspended Netanyahu’s corruption trial, is now busying itself eradicating some civil liberties. Their proposed use of harvested mobile phone data to track and surveil those possibly infected is the most heartwarming use of illegally gathered private information I can recall.
Never to be outdone, the US is putting entire cities and states under total lockdown. Dystopian “shelter in place” orders have been issued for the whole of California. Meetings of more than 10 people are banned, with some regions setting helplines for mean little volunteer Kapos to report any illegal congregations.
“Secret emergency plans” for a military government in the event DC is “devastated” were recently “leaked” to Newsweek. You can feel the General’s eagerness through the prose.
Sean Penn is all for the idea.
The private sector is getting in on the act too, with YouTube announcing their automated system is going to be taking down a lot more videos (they blame working from home, but the idea Google doesn’t already have a facility for working remotely is frankly absurd). The five major Tech Giants released a joint statement on “combatting misinformation” and “boosting authoritative sources”.
Well-known medical expert Bill Gates did an AMA on Reddit (transcribed here), in which he casually drops some chilling ideas into the conversation:
Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it.
All in all, our freedoms are being swamped. Big corporations and states alike are setting boundaries on individual rights on a flimsy pretext.
Is anyone in the media reporting that? Of course not. Instead we’re getting fawning celebrity-based drivel like this in the Independent, trying to convince us “we’re all in this together”, or weasel-worded nonsense like this from Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian where he mourns Johnson’s “libertarian” spirit and reluctance to impose social control. That would be the mass-surveilling, drone executing, war-supporting type of libertarian. A crass and obvious example of narrative management.
Even members of the alt-media are falling for this, with prominent voices hailing the measures as necessary or demanding “further action” (one usually sane analyst is advocating locking all of those “probably infected” inside empty sports stadiums to be “medically monitored”). Somehow former Goldman Sachs banker and Hedge Fund manager Rishi Sunak is being praised as some kind of Nye Bevan figure. It’s almost literally insane.
We’ve gone over the numbers countless times. They don’t add up. The agenda is outstripping the statistics. The coronavirus, in pure numbers terms, is a rounding error on the annual flu season. The Swine Flu “pandemic” of 2009 was 10x more widespread and 100s of times more fatal…did any of this panic porn appear? Did it “change what normal meant”?
No, it was just a new type of flu. It passed, there was media hype, of course, but the world remained the same.
The time for arguing over whether the CFR is 2% or 3% is done, because even if the disease is as bad as they are reporting, none of it can justify the Orwellian nightmare that Britain (and much of the rest of the developed world) is turning into.
People with platforms need to focus on this, without falling for rhetorical traps or emotionally manipulative sob-stories. Human-interest anecdotes are meaningless, and feel good articles about “pulling together” or “not taking any risks” are negative panic at best or enabling emergent fascism at worst.
That would be actual fascism. Not the pretend type that the anti-Trump “resistance” has been rabbiting on about for three years.
Consider that: This is the EXACT SITUATION everybody from the NYT to CNN was hysterically warning Trump would introduce since he was first elected, and where are those people now? Cheering him on. Because of “public health”.
The same people ranting about Boris Johnson being an alt-right neo-Nazi racist and unfit for public office before Christmas, now want to give the man legal authority to arrest anyone with a cough and nail pensioners inside their homes.
“Social distancing” is just another word for mass quarantine, and as Dr Joel Kettner said on the radio last week, there’s no evidence to suggest it actually works to control diseases. Control people though? Well, that it does like a charm.
But maybe I’m over-reacting, right? After all, this is only for a short time. We’ll go back to normal soon enough. Those two years will just fly by.
Perhaps a quick history lesson in “special powers” and “temporary measures”?
Well, let’s look at the Patriot Act – sweeping, authoritarian changes to the US legal system which were enacted after 9/11 on a “temporary” basis and have been extended and expanded by every President since. It is still very much in place today.
Or France’s “state of emergency”, granting “special powers” to the police after 2015 shootings in Paris. Those were extended by Hollande for years, until Macron “ended” the State of Emergency by essentially signing those powers into law permanently. They became the “new normal” too.
Or, the golden oldie, the Reichstag Fire Decree. Passed after the eponymous fire, it “temporarily” suspended German civil liberties in name of rooting out communist insurgents. You probably already know how that turned out.
“Special powers” don’t go away. They are not temporary, they won’t be surrendered. Everything we give the government our permission to do, they will do. For the foreseeable. And you know why?
Because they become the Bear Patrol. The rock that keeps tigers away. Once they are there, and everything calms down, they can be hailed as the reason everything is calm.
In two years, when the bill is set to expire, there will be no more “pandemic”…but the powers will stay. Because they “kept us safe during the pandemic”. Because they cut knife crime, or boosted public health, or they are good for the environment (that will be the big one). There’ll be some scary stories in the media in the last couple of weeks before the expiry date, and the bill will be extended.
Pandemic or no pandemic, you can’t just shut your eyes to the world being re-shaped. That’s what world governments are doing, ALL world governments. We can’t fall back on increasingly obsolete notions of US/UK/EU = “bad” and China/Iran = “good”. Rulers are rulers, they want authority and need power.
And they are re-forging society to a shape that better suits their purposes, attempting to change what people consider “normal”.
How do we know that? Because they are telling us.
The Guardian alone has had three opinion pieces discussing the “new normal” in less than a week, two of them on the same day. The technocrats and eugenicists are all over it too, barely containing their glee that the “world will never be the same”.
Perhaps the only good news is, en masse, the public don’t seem to be totally convinced. In fact, oddly enough, the alternate media crowd seem a lot more caught up in the hysteria than those who only vaguely follow the news. An NPR poll showed that 56% of Americans think the virus is being overblown. Hence everyone from Taylor Swift to Kylie Jenner insisting it “is a real thing”.
In one key area, the Coronavirus Bill tells the absolute truth: “Public support and compliance is crucial”. They need our permission to do this. Do we really want to grant it?
It’s really important that we all wake up to what is happening here. Because the police state they want to birth is a disease with a much higher death-rate than 2%, and it won’t be cured with two-weeks bed-rest.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-23--Is COVID-19 a Step Toward Socialism?

Is COVID-19 a Step Toward Socialism?

With the existence of the coronavirus , are we headed toward a kind of benevolent socialism ?
With the countrywide bailout for every citizen , one might wonder – is this part of the plan ?
Maybe a revised edition of the New World Order master plan ?
Will we experience a covert , underhanded plot to soft sell our citizens into a totally government–dependent society , despite Trump ’ s apparent goodwill ?
We have already been sliding into that lifestyle in the form of massive stripping of our human rights and enforcement ’ s that should never exist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be short-circuited by Trump and pray ( all in our own way , secular or not ) he won ’ t be overwhelmed by these forces .
I hope I ’ m not being paranoid or pessimistic .
But this is what runs through my mind every time I watch a video about billions of dollars slated to be handed out soon .
How many of those individual bailouts will reach people and families honestly in need and not embezzled by those who fake their qualifications ?
Will there BE any qualifications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the air to be caught indiscriminately .
That ’ s the image I get .
But then again , perhaps it doesn ’ t matter how many cheat .
We certainly don ’ t want the whole country to go down the drain just to avoid some criminality .
The alternative scenario might be – with NO bailouts – dozens or hundreds of hungry , unemployed people , even good , honest ones , roaming the streets looking for houses to rob .
People get awfully desperate in times of dire need and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I don ’ t want to envision myself with five more locks on my door , bars on my windows and refrigerator and one eye open all night .
Again , I hope I ’ m not being paranoid .
Maybe it ’ s because I work at home and I ’ m more of a hermit than I ’ ve ever been .
No one to distract me from these grim thoughts .
You could say I ’ m practicing social distancing of my own freewill , though I go out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supermarkets .
There ’ s no freewill there to acquire one ’ s basic needs for food , at least not the stuff I need and want and people moving away from me like I ’ m a leper .
That ’ s when this most likely orchestrated event hits me hard .
My assumption and just about firm belief , though not solidly proven to all yet because the power-hungry folks in high places are lacking in transparency , is yes , this is all planned .
And the sooner we all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us realize that , the more we can defeat them .
That ’ s been said so many times , I feel really redundant .
But it really isn ’ t because too many people are blind to these obvious truths .
We are still being called conspiracy-theorists , fed to them by the media and other puppets .
So we need to say it again and again – in words , videos , movies , blogs , kites , tee shirts , water balloons and of course , The Liberty Beacon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m not being paranoid .
Not about the real issue .
But paranoia and economic disaster is sure being manufactured through this illogical fear of a virus with very low statistics of deaths and those from mostly elderly people , often already health-compromised .
I refrain these days from expressing this observation on social media because I ’ ve already been attacked by “ friends ” for not giving a damn or for violating the rules of social virus etiquette , utterances with exclamations coming from minds gone into anxious overdrive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the life contraction it causes , all one needs to do is look at the broader picture of statistics .
How was the country doing when Obama was president ?
Everything was crashing along with a threatened slide into an oppressive Muslim leadership .
How are we doing now ?
The stats are expanding .
All areas of the country are doing well .
There ’ s little else to know about leadership qualities than that .
What products is the guy creating ?
We all know the answer to that from Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handling the virus so quickly and efficiently is just more testimony to his leadership qualities .
Baffles me why more people don ’ t see that and continue to accept lies and bad news about him .
I read Hillary was complaining about how negligent he was in handling the virus problem .
( ?
? )
What was SHE doing to help find a cure ?
You don ’ t have to be in office to offer some help .
But since when was she into help ?
My guess is she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ euthanize everyone over sixty to save on hospital beds .
I ’ m particularly concerned , though , about our young people who make up the majority of socialists in this country .
What in the world are they being fed in school ?
Who knows , maybe given scholarships for being Bernie or Joe supporters .
Nah , probably not .
More like re-orientation coming from the Dept of Brainwashing at the universities .
If I could survive it , I might visit one someday and sit in on a few classes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often needed to move a little faster on that road to freedom .
That ’ s the only path we ’ ve ever been on , whether we realize it or not .
It ’ s just that some awake people make it part and parcel of their lives , fight like hell while some give lip service to it , as they vaguely sense something is not right in their cushy life .
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB )

Is COVID-19 A Step Toward Socialism?
Commentary by: TLB Staff Writer Lucille Femine
With the existence of the coronavirus, are we headed toward a kind of benevolent socialism? With the countrywide bailout for every citizen, one might wonder – is this part of the plan? Maybe a revised edition of the New World Order master plan? Will we experience a covert, underhanded plot to soft sell our citizens into a totally government–dependent society, despite Trump’s apparent goodwill? We have already been sliding into that lifestyle in the form of massive stripping of our human rights and enforcement’s that should never exist.
We have been hoping all that will be short-circuited by Trump and pray (all in our own way, secular or not) he won’t be overwhelmed by these forces.
I hope I’m not being paranoid or pessimistic.
But this is what runs through my mind every time I watch a video about billions of dollars slated to be handed out soon. How many of those individual bailouts will reach people and families honestly in need and not embezzled by those who fake their qualifications? Will there BE any qualifications? Maybe the dollars will fly through the air to be caught indiscriminately. That’s the image I get.
But then again, perhaps it doesn’t matter how many cheat. We certainly don’t want the whole country to go down the drain just to avoid some criminality. The alternative scenario might be – with NO bailouts – dozens or hundreds of hungry, unemployed people, even good, honest ones, roaming the streets looking for houses to rob. People get awfully desperate in times of dire need and neighbors you shared barbecues with become rivals. I don’t want to envision myself with five more locks on my door, bars on my windows and refrigerator and one eye open all night.
Again, I hope I’m not being paranoid.
Maybe it’s because I work at home and I’m more of a hermit than I’ve ever been. No one to distract me from these grim thoughts. You could say I’m practicing social distancing of my own freewill, though I go out and look at empty shelves in the supermarkets. There’s no freewill there to acquire one’s basic needs for food, at least not the stuff I need and want and people moving away from me like I’m a leper. That’s when this most likely orchestrated event hits me hard.
My assumption and just about firm belief, though not solidly proven to all yet because the power-hungry folks in high places are lacking in transparency, is yes, this is all planned. And the sooner we all, or at least a great more of us realize that, the more we can defeat them. That’s been said so many times, I feel really redundant. But it really isn’t because too many people are blind to these obvious truths. We are still being called conspiracy-theorists, fed to them by the media and other puppets. So we need to say it again and again – in words, videos, movies, blogs, kites, tee shirts, water balloons and of course, The Liberty Beacon. Whatever it takes.
No, I’m not being paranoid. Not about the real issue. But paranoia and economic disaster is sure being manufactured through this illogical fear of a virus with very low statistics of deaths and those from mostly elderly people, often already health-compromised.
I refrain these days from expressing this observation on social media because I’ve already been attacked by “friends” for not giving a damn or for violating the rules of social virus etiquette, utterances with exclamations coming from minds gone into anxious overdrive.
Moving on past the virus and the life contraction it causes, all one needs to do is look at the broader picture of statistics. How was the country doing when Obama was president? Everything was crashing along with a threatened slide into an oppressive Muslim leadership. How are we doing now? The stats are expanding. All areas of the country are doing well. There’s little else to know about leadership qualities than that. What products is the guy creating? We all know the answer to that from Trump’s presidency.
The success in handling the virus so quickly and efficiently is just more testimony to his leadership qualities. Baffles me why more people don’t see that and continue to accept lies and bad news about him. I read Hillary was complaining about how negligent he was in handling the virus problem. (??) What was SHE doing to help find a cure? You don’t have to be in office to offer some help. But since when was she into help? My guess is she would probably put in a plug to euthanize everyone over sixty to save on hospital beds.
I’m particularly concerned, though, about our young people who make up the majority of socialists in this country. What in the world are they being fed in school? Who knows, maybe given scholarships for being Bernie or Joe supporters. Nah, probably not. More like re-orientation coming from the Dept of Brainwashing at the universities. If I could survive it, I might visit one someday and sit in on a few classes. That would be painful enlightenment, often needed to move a little faster on that road to freedom.
That’s the only path we’ve ever been on, whether we realize it or not. It’s just that some awake people make it part and parcel of their lives, fight like hell while some give lip service to it, as they vaguely sense something is not right in their cushy life.
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