thelibertybeacon--2020-04-22--We Are Ruled By Wizards

We Are Ruled By Wizards

We Are Ruled By Wizards Bending reality is as simple as bending people ’ s perception of reality .
Throughout history , the mythology of civilizations around the world has been full of tales of men and women who mastered a mysterious , esoteric art which enabled them to use language in a way that bends reality to their will .
They ’ ve been called wizards , witches , magicians , sorcerers , warlocks or enchanters , and the utterances they speak have been known as spells , magic , incantations , conjurations or enchantments , but the theme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : a member of a small elite group with the ability to voice special utterances which shape reality according to their will in a way that transcends the mundane mechanics of this world .
People have long held a general intuition that language holds a power far beyond what ordinary mortals use it for , especially since the advent of the written word which was long mysterious to all but the most elite classes in a given society .
This intuition has been spot on , though perhaps not exactly in the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I say “ Bending reality is as simple as bending people ’ s perception of reality , ” I ’ m not making some sort of mystical or otherworldly claim ; I ’ m just making a factual observation about the influence that narrative control has over events big and small which transpire in our world .
Many people whose brains lack a healthy empathy center–i.e .
sociopaths , psychopaths and other narcissists–already understand this on some level .
Humans are storytelling creatures ; everything about our understanding of the world is made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ language .
“ My name ’ s Alice and I was born in Detroit ” is a narrative .
“ The universe is 13.772 billion years old ” is a narrative .
“ If I drink that bottle of bleach I ’ ll probably die ” is a narrative .
Narratives don ’ t need to be based on any objective fact at all .
“ I can fly by flapping my arms ” is a narrative .
“ God says you should mail me ten percent of your income ” is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free democracy and everything you read in The New York Times is an accurate representation of reality ” is a narrative .
Ordinary people use language and narratives to understand and connect with each other , so they tend to favor narratives that are true .
People who lack healthy empathy centers have no interest in understanding or connecting beyond the extent to which it can get them what they want , so they ’ ll happily use lies , half-truths , distortions and lies by omission to obtain power , control , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is they ’ re after .
They have a completely different relationship with language and narrative than people with healthy empathy centers , and they learn to exploit that difference .
Anyone who has escaped from a relationship with a manipulator will have an experiential understanding of what I ’ m talking about here .
You start off under the mistaken impression that the abusive partner uses language the same way you do , so you keep trying to use it to form an understanding and connection , but it ’ s like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ twisted and used against you in a way you can ’ t really keep up with .
You are fed narratives about yourself which have no bearing on reality : “ You ’ re crazy ” , “ You ’ re not remembering things correctly ” , “ You ’ re dishonest ” , “ I ’ m not abusing you , you ’ re abusing me ” , etc .
You are fed narratives about your abuser which have no bearing on reality : “ I ’ m the only one who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I ’ m too nice , that ’ s my problem ” , “ I ’ m the real victim here ” , etc .
When you escape from such a relationship it ’ s common to have to spend months or years afterward sorting out fact from fiction , reality from narrative distortion .
Depending on the skill of the manipulator and how long you were with them , they may have inserted some very disorienting beliefs deep inside your consciousness in order to control you , and they can take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Large-scale manipulation of entire populations works more or less the same way small-scale manipulation of individuals does , and unlike abusive partners who have to more or less figure out their infernal art on their own , there ’ s been a concerted collaborative effort to refine the science of propaganda for well over a century .
Our world is set up in a way that rewards sociopathy with wealth and power , which means adept manipulators tend to rise to the top in business , government , and media .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were concerning themselves with learning the truth and forming connections , those in our world with no interest in such things have been engineering power structures to reward a lack of empathy .
People who are willing to manipulate narratives toward their advantage without regard for truth or justice rise above those who aren ’ t in such systems .
We now therefore find ourselves ruled by those who use language not to connect and understand , but to bend reality according to their will .
We are ruled , in a sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treasure are poured into controlling the dominant narratives in our society as they relate to those in power and what they want to achieve .
The government is your friend .
The news man is trustworthy .
You live in a democracy and your countrymen can influence government policy and behavior by voting .
That bad guy in that other country needs to be taken out .
Those people telling you we ’ re lying are Russian propaganda and need to be censored .
The spells are cast , and before you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctions are implemented , the dissident is censored , the journalist is jailed , the political leader has been installed , the consent has been manufactured .
Reality has been bent by simply using language to bend people ’ s perception of reality .
The more powerful the government , the more skillful the wizards .
Chomsky once said that “ Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the US media.
” Narrative spells are cooked up by wizards in opaque intelligence agencies and uncritically regurgitated in anonymously sourced news reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has weapons of mass destruction , Russia is attacking American democracy and China cooked up the coronavirus in a Wuhan laboratory , and as always please know that the status quo is normal and is totally working great for everyone .
The good news is that this kind of word magic is not only accessible to esoteric masters reciting incantations from the pages of a dusty grimoire ( which interestingly has the same etymological root as the word “ grammar ” ) .
Anyone who understands malleable nature of narrative is capable of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wool over the eyes of the rank-and-file public day in and day out , and can advance narratives that are based on facts and reality rather than lies and distortions .
You can be a wizard too .
You can use language to influence the world by pushing back against the narratives spouted by the establishment spellcasters .
The better you understand the nature of narrative and its all-pervading role in our consciousness and our society , the better a wizard you can be .
Pay attention not just to the large-scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but the small-scale narratives believed by yourself as well .
Find out what subtle stories you ’ ve been holding onto even in the darkest recesses of your subconscious mind which have been bending your perception of reality in a way which does not benefit you .
If you want to master narrative wizardry , you must first attain mastery over its role in your own operating system .
Put truth first always , in all ways .
Set the intention to use your healthy empathy center to connect , to understand , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to whom you speak , and with yourself .
The more lucid you become in this way , the more potent your linguistic magic will grow .
Narrative control is too important to be left to the manipulators , propagandists , liars and sociopaths .
See through the illusion .
Shine truth on the lies .

We Are Ruled By Wizards
By: Caitlin Johnstone
Bending reality is as simple as bending people’s perception of reality.
Throughout history, the mythology of civilizations around the world has been full of tales of men and women who mastered a mysterious, esoteric art which enabled them to use language in a way that bends reality to their will. They’ve been called wizards, witches, magicians, sorcerers, warlocks or enchanters, and the utterances they speak have been known as spells, magic, incantations, conjurations or enchantments, but the theme is always more or less the same: a member of a small elite group with the ability to voice special utterances which shape reality according to their will in a way that transcends the mundane mechanics of this world.
People have long held a general intuition that language holds a power far beyond what ordinary mortals use it for, especially since the advent of the written word which was long mysterious to all but the most elite classes in a given society. This intuition has been spot on, though perhaps not exactly in the way that ancient mythologies have envisioned.
When I say “Bending reality is as simple as bending people’s perception of reality,” I’m not making some sort of mystical or otherworldly claim; I’m just making a factual observation about the influence that narrative control has over events big and small which transpire in our world. Many people whose brains lack a healthy empathy center–i.e. sociopaths, psychopaths and other narcissists–already understand this on some level.
Humans are storytelling creatures; everything about our understanding of the world is made up of narratives that are made of language. “My name’s Alice and I was born in Detroit” is a narrative. “The universe is 13.772 billion years old” is a narrative. “If I drink that bottle of bleach I’ll probably die” is a narrative.
Narratives don’t need to be based on any objective fact at all. “I can fly by flapping my arms” is a narrative. “God says you should mail me ten percent of your income” is a narrative. “You live in a free democracy and everything you read in The New York Times is an accurate representation of reality” is a narrative.
Ordinary people use language and narratives to understand and connect with each other, so they tend to favor narratives that are true. People who lack healthy empathy centers have no interest in understanding or connecting beyond the extent to which it can get them what they want, so they’ll happily use lies, half-truths, distortions and lies by omission to obtain power, control, money, sex, or whatever it is they’re after. They have a completely different relationship with language and narrative than people with healthy empathy centers, and they learn to exploit that difference.
Anyone who has escaped from a relationship with a manipulator will have an experiential understanding of what I’m talking about here. You start off under the mistaken impression that the abusive partner uses language the same way you do, so you keep trying to use it to form an understanding and connection, but it’s like your words just get turned around and twisted and used against you in a way you can’t really keep up with. You are fed narratives about yourself which have no bearing on reality: “You’re crazy”, “You’re not remembering things correctly”, “You’re dishonest”, “I’m not abusing you, you’re abusing me”, etc. You are fed narratives about your abuser which have no bearing on reality: “I’m the only one who’ll ever love you”, “I’m too nice, that’s my problem”, “I’m the real victim here”, etc.
When you escape from such a relationship it’s common to have to spend months or years afterward sorting out fact from fiction, reality from narrative distortion. Depending on the skill of the manipulator and how long you were with them, they may have inserted some very disorienting beliefs deep inside your consciousness in order to control you, and they can take a lot of work to uproot.
Large-scale manipulation of entire populations works more or less the same way small-scale manipulation of individuals does, and unlike abusive partners who have to more or less figure out their infernal art on their own, there’s been a concerted collaborative effort to refine the science of propaganda for well over a century.
Our world is set up in a way that rewards sociopathy with wealth and power, which means adept manipulators tend to rise to the top in business, government, and media. This is no accident: while ordinary healthy people were concerning themselves with learning the truth and forming connections, those in our world with no interest in such things have been engineering power structures to reward a lack of empathy. People who are willing to manipulate narratives toward their advantage without regard for truth or justice rise above those who aren’t in such systems.
We now therefore find ourselves ruled by those who use language not to connect and understand, but to bend reality according to their will. We are ruled, in a sense, by wizards.
Vast troves of treasure are poured into controlling the dominant narratives in our society as they relate to those in power and what they want to achieve. The government is your friend. The news man is trustworthy. You live in a democracy and your countrymen can influence government policy and behavior by voting. That bad guy in that other country needs to be taken out. Those people telling you we’re lying are Russian propaganda and need to be censored.
The spells are cast, and before you know it the bombers are deployed, the sanctions are implemented, the dissident is censored, the journalist is jailed, the political leader has been installed, the consent has been manufactured. Reality has been bent by simply using language to bend people’s perception of reality.
The more powerful the government, the more skillful the wizards. Chomsky once said that “Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the US media.” Narrative spells are cooked up by wizards in opaque intelligence agencies and uncritically regurgitated in anonymously sourced news reports, and before you know it Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, Russia is attacking American democracy and China cooked up the coronavirus in a Wuhan laboratory, and as always please know that the status quo is normal and is totally working great for everyone.
The good news is that this kind of word magic is not only accessible to esoteric masters reciting incantations from the pages of a dusty grimoire (which interestingly has the same etymological root as the word “grammar”). Anyone who understands malleable nature of narrative is capable of fighting back against the enchantments which pull the wool over the eyes of the rank-and-file public day in and day out, and can advance narratives that are based on facts and reality rather than lies and distortions.
You can be a wizard too. You can use language to influence the world by pushing back against the narratives spouted by the establishment spellcasters.
The better you understand the nature of narrative and its all-pervading role in our consciousness and our society, the better a wizard you can be. Pay attention not just to the large-scale narratives believed by masses of people, but the small-scale narratives believed by yourself as well. Find out what subtle stories you’ve been holding onto even in the darkest recesses of your subconscious mind which have been bending your perception of reality in a way which does not benefit you. If you want to master narrative wizardry, you must first attain mastery over its role in your own operating system.
Put truth first always, in all ways. Set the intention to use your healthy empathy center to connect, to understand, and to be honest: with those to whom you speak, and with yourself.
The more lucid you become in this way, the more potent your linguistic magic will grow. Narrative control is too important to be left to the manipulators, propagandists, liars and sociopaths.
See through the illusion. Shine truth on the lies.
You’re a wizard, Harry.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-22--PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION – A Scientist at Sea

Restoring Faith In The Promise Of Science Dr. Judy Mikovits didn ’ t intend to become one of the most controversial scientists of the twenty-first century .
But uncovering inconvenient truths which threaten big money does come with consequences .
In late October of 2011 , Dr. Mikovits was riding her bike down Harbor Boulevard and through the sand dunes of McGrath State Park in Oxnard , California when a white pickup truck with Nevada plates pulled in front of her and parked by the side of the road .
The driver was a large man with a beard ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cap .
He had a rifle mounted in the back window .
As Judy passed him , he was holding up his cell phone , as if taking pictures .
If that wasn ’ t bad enough , the man did this several more times—pulling ahead of her , parking , letting her ride past him—in what seemed to be some sort of bizarre dance , before finally driving away .
When Dr. Mikovits arrived at the Pierpont Bay Yacht Club , she told her friends what had happened and they , knowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus ( XMRV ) study , were terrified for her .
The episode had shaken her .
Judy knew that billions of dollars were on the line and , when such amounts are involved , people could resort to extreme measures to obtain whatever the desired outcome might be .
Why was the XMRV study causing such an uproar ?
XMRV is a retrovirus , like HIV , but potentially infecting ten to twenty million people in the country .
At its height , HIV infected only about a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as HIV , XMRV does create havoc with the immune systems of those more susceptible and Judy ’ s research was pointing towards vaccines as a likely source of exposure .
Other researchers , such as Ben Berkout in the January edition of Frontiers in Microbiology , wrote : At the time , Judy had been fired by her previous employers , the powerful Whittemore family of Nevada , who first claimed insubordination on Judy ’ s part , then simply a “ parting of the ways.
” Judy claimed in the press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she refused to falsify government documents claiming another researcher had worked on her grant when in fact that researcher hadn ’ t done a single day of work on the project .
Judy had already answered one legal claim they ’ d made against her and didn ’ t know what was happening with this recent action .
After the October incident with the man in the white pickup truck , Judy and her husband David had become suspicious of other events .
For instance , suspecting ( then later confirmed ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nevada and California law enforcement , a long unoccupied home nearby had recently been rented .
For no apparent reason , the renters angled their floodlights directly onto Judy ’ s house .
On another occasion in early November , there was a pounding on her front door at 5:00 a.m. David answered the door and was confronted by a man claiming to have a legal document to serve on Dr. Mikovits .
David told the man Judy had already left and to come back later .
He never did .
Suspecting more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judy slipped out onto a boat for a few days , using the time to find an attorney who could practice in both Nevada and California .
Several days after returning home , three police cars descended on her house to arrest her and search her house .
Her alleged crime was taking her own notebooks , for which she was the principal investigator .
By law , a principal investigator is supposed to retain all notebooks .
However , Judy did not have them .
Another researcher had secured them in Nevada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house searched from top to bottom , Judy has never seen an arrest or search warrant .
As it was a Friday afternoon , no bail could be made , and as a result , Judy languished in jail until the following Tuesday .
No charges have ever been brought against Dr. Mikovits in a court of law .
In fact , she has turned all her files over to the FBI , alleging false imprisonment and misuse of government funds , but nothing has been done .
And , the case was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three years by the Attorney General of Nevada .
Dr. Mikovits has spent more than half a million dollars trying to get her case into a courtroom but has not been able to get her day in court .
It ’ s no wonder that Dr. Mikovits often feels adrift , a scientist who can not get her case heard in the legal system and must instead plead her case in the court of public opinion with her new book , PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION .
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PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION – A Scientist at Sea
Restoring Faith In The Promise Of Science
By Kent Heckenlively, JD, Author, Plague of Corruption
Dr. Judy Mikovits didn’t intend to become one of the most controversial scientists of the twenty-first century. But uncovering inconvenient truths which threaten big money does come with consequences.
In late October of 2011, Dr. Mikovits was riding her bike down Harbor Boulevard and through the sand dunes of McGrath State Park in Oxnard, California when a white pickup truck with Nevada plates pulled in front of her and parked by the side of the road. The driver was a large man with a beard; his brown hair tucked under a baseball cap. He had a rifle mounted in the back window. As Judy passed him, he was holding up his cell phone, as if taking pictures.
If that wasn’t bad enough, the man did this several more times—pulling ahead of her, parking, letting her ride past him—in what seemed to be some sort of bizarre dance, before finally driving away.
When Dr. Mikovits arrived at the Pierpont Bay Yacht Club, she told her friends what had happened and they, knowing the intense issues surrounding Judy’s xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) study, were terrified for her.
The episode had shaken her. Judy knew that billions of dollars were on the line and, when such amounts are involved, people could resort to extreme measures to obtain whatever the desired outcome might be.
… Judy’s research was pointing towards vaccines as a likely source of exposure. … Judy’s research was pointing towards vaccines as a likely source of exposure.
Why was the XMRV study causing such an uproar?
XMRV is a retrovirus, like HIV, but potentially infecting ten to twenty million people in the country. At its height, HIV infected only about a million people. While not as life-threatening as HIV, XMRV does create havoc with the immune systems of those more susceptible and Judy’s research was pointing towards vaccines as a likely source of exposure.
Other researchers, such as Ben Berkout in the January edition of Frontiers in Microbiology, wrote:
One of the most widely distributed biological products that frequently involved mice or mouse tissue, at least up until recent years, are vaccines, especially vaccines against viruses . . . It is possible that XMRV particles were present in virus stocks cultured in mice or mouse cells for vaccine production and that the virus was transferred to the human population by vaccination.[i]
At the time, Judy had been fired by her previous employers, the powerful Whittemore family of Nevada, who first claimed insubordination on Judy’s part, then simply a “parting of the ways.” Judy claimed in the press that she’d been fired because she refused to falsify government documents claiming another researcher had worked on her grant when in fact that researcher hadn’t done a single day of work on the project. Judy had already answered one legal claim they’d made against her and didn’t know what was happening with this recent action.
… three police cars descended on her house to arrest her and search her house. … three police cars descended on her house to arrest her and search her house.
Suspicious activity, then the arrest
After the October incident with the man in the white pickup truck, Judy and her husband David had become suspicious of other events. For instance, suspecting (then later confirmed), that Judy was under active surveillance by Nevada and California law enforcement, a long unoccupied home nearby had recently been rented. For no apparent reason, the renters angled their floodlights directly onto Judy’s house.
On another occasion in early November, there was a pounding on her front door at 5:00 a.m. David answered the door and was confronted by a man claiming to have a legal document to serve on Dr. Mikovits. David told the man Judy had already left and to come back later. He never did.
Suspecting more harassment and needing to get away, Judy slipped out onto a boat for a few days, using the time to find an attorney who could practice in both Nevada and California.
Several days after returning home, three police cars descended on her house to arrest her and search her house. Her alleged crime was taking her own notebooks, for which she was the principal investigator. By law, a principal investigator is supposed to retain all notebooks. However, Judy did not have them. Another researcher had secured them in Nevada.
Dr. Mikovits often feels adrift, a scientist who cannot get her case heard in the legal system … Dr. Mikovits often feels adrift, a scientist who cannot get her case heard in the legal system …
Although she was arrested and her house searched from top to bottom, Judy has never seen an arrest or search warrant. As it was a Friday afternoon, no bail could be made, and as a result, Judy languished in jail until the following Tuesday.
No charges have ever been brought against Dr. Mikovits in a court of law. In fact, she has turned all her files over to the FBI, alleging false imprisonment and misuse of government funds, but nothing has been done. And, the case was mysteriously held under seal for more than three years by the Attorney General of Nevada.
Dr. Mikovits has spent more than half a million dollars trying to get her case into a courtroom but has not been able to get her day in court. It’s no wonder that Dr. Mikovits often feels adrift, a scientist who cannot get her case heard in the legal system and must instead plead her case in the court of public opinion with her new book, PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION.
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[i] Ben Berkout, et al., “Of Mice and Men: On the Origins of XMRV,” Frontiers in Microbiology,” Vol. 1, Article 147, (January 17, 2011), 4-5.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-23--Swedish expert, Dr. Johan Giesecke: why lockdowns are the wrong policy [VIDEO]

ER Editor : UnHerd gives its own bullet points of ideas from Dr. Giesecke under the video , but we ’ ve added a few extra of our own below .
The date of this interview is April 17 .
Measures should be evidence-based but few of the measures taken in many countries are , such as border closures , school closures and social distancing .
In Sweden , old people ’ s homes have been closed to visitors with other measures being optional ; there is a moderate system in place .
Imperial College caused the UK to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one ( ER : Emmanuel Macron also intervened ) .
Herd immunity isn ’ t a main reason to take a moderate strategy but is a natural by-product .
Imperial College ’ s model was merely an internal report and never peer reviewed .
Their model missed the point that hospital capacity would be increased , for example .
The paper relied on very questionable assumptions .
Immunity and having the elderly die first both contribute to the ‘ flattening of the curve ’ , not the lockdown .
Deaths will automatically go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ factors .
What is now inevitable , given the lockdown strategy , is that certain aspects of the lockdown will be lifted ( such as letting schools resume ) , then some more deaths will inevitably take place , and then the school opening will be reversed and another measure tried , also with some resulting deaths .
This is inevitable given the strategy most countries have adopted .
Suddenly opening everything up can cause a spike in deaths .
So how will they climb down from these draconian measures – did they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you account for a climbing rate of disease/deaths in Sweden ?
Nursing home sizes in Sweden and Norway are quite different , so deaths will naturally increase in the larger Swedish nursing homes .
In Finland , they started their measures early ; the country wasn ’ t particularly hit hard anyway .
In a year from now we can judge the situation better , and it is probable that these different strategies will have no overall impact , that the results will be more or less the same for what is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people notice they have had .
So the fatality rate will be much lower than the estimates ( like a severe influenza season of .1 % ) .
Millions of UK and Swedish citizens have probably already been infected , at least around 50 % .
So the rationale for the lockdown is misguided and will do more harm than good .
The virus has simply taken several months off people ’ s lives who would have died anyway .
Dictatorial trends are now cropping up in many countries with huge ramifications .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in retrospect , but still by using the same strategy .
But essentially , it is still about letting it pass through the population , producing the inevitable herd immunity .
So it can not be stopped .
Even Asian countries that have been successful in containing the problem are still having to ease up on their policies because it ’ s not possible to keep them going .
How long can a lockdown be sustained in a democracy ?
In China , perhaps , but not here .
In a democracy you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Antibody tests aren ’ t very good yet so how do you create an immunity passport ?
In Sweden , schools are opening and those who have to finish school and take the appropriate tests will be able to do so .
The measures taken so far in Sweden have permitted an easing up to take place .
Otherwise , it ’ s hard to know what metric will be the measure of success for when the problem is overcome .
But for sure , you can ’ t suddenly reverse a lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months .
Swedish expert : why lockdowns are the wrong policy That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd .
Professor Johan Giesecke , one of the world ’ s most senior epidemiologists , advisor to the Swedish Government ( he hired Anders Tegnell , who is currently directing Swedish strategy ) , the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , and an advisor to the director general of the WHO , lays out with typically Swedish bluntness why he thinks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other European countries are not evidence-based • None The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only • This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “ by-product ” • The initial UK response , before the “ 180 degree U-turn ” , was better • None The Imperial College paper was “ not very good , ” and he has never seen an unpublished paper have so much policy impact • The paper was very much too pessimistic • Any such models are a dubious basis for public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ curve is due to the most vulnerable dying first as much as the lockdown • The results will eventually be similar for all countries • Covid-19 is a “ mild disease ” and similar to the flu , and it was the novelty of the disease that scared people .
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Measures should be evidence-based but few of the measures taken in many countries are, such as border closures, school closures and social distancing. In Sweden, old people’s homes have been closed to visitors with other measures being optional; there is a moderate system in place. Imperial College caused the UK to go from the Swedish model to a draconian one (ER: Emmanuel Macron also intervened). Herd immunity isn’t a main reason to take a moderate strategy but is a natural by-product. Imperial College’s model was merely an internal report and never peer reviewed. Their model missed the point that hospital capacity would be increased, for example. The paper relied on very questionable assumptions.
Immunity and having the elderly die first both contribute to the ‘flattening of the curve’, not the lockdown. Deaths will automatically go down as a result of these 2 factors.
What is now inevitable, given the lockdown strategy, is that certain aspects of the lockdown will be lifted (such as letting schools resume), then some more deaths will inevitably take place, and then the school opening will be reversed and another measure tried, also with some resulting deaths. This is inevitable given the strategy most countries have adopted. Suddenly opening everything up can cause a spike in deaths. So how will they climb down from these draconian measures – did they ever ask themselves this?
How do you account for a climbing rate of disease/deaths in Sweden? Nursing home sizes in Sweden and Norway are quite different, so deaths will naturally increase in the larger Swedish nursing homes. In Finland, they started their measures early; the country wasn’t particularly hit hard anyway.
In a year from now we can judge the situation better, and it is probable that these different strategies will have no overall impact, that the results will be more or less the same for what is a quite ‘mild’ disease that few people notice they have had. So the fatality rate will be much lower than the estimates (like a severe influenza season of .1%). Millions of UK and Swedish citizens have probably already been infected, at least around 50%.
So the rationale for the lockdown is misguided and will do more harm than good. The virus has simply taken several months off people’s lives who would have died anyway. Dictatorial trends are now cropping up in many countries with huge ramifications.
Sweden could have done a better job in retrospect, but still by using the same strategy. But essentially, it is still about letting it pass through the population, producing the inevitable herd immunity. So it cannot be stopped. Even Asian countries that have been successful in containing the problem are still having to ease up on their policies because it’s not possible to keep them going.
How long can a lockdown be sustained in a democracy? In China, perhaps, but not here. In a democracy you cannot wait for a vaccine. Antibody tests aren’t very good yet so how do you create an immunity passport?
In Sweden, schools are opening and those who have to finish school and take the appropriate tests will be able to do so. The measures taken so far in Sweden have permitted an easing up to take place. Otherwise, it’s hard to know what metric will be the measure of success for when the problem is overcome. But for sure, you can’t suddenly reverse a lockdown. It may take a couple of months.
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Swedish expert: why lockdowns are the wrong policy
FREDDIE SAYERS at UNHERD
That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd.
Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government (he hired Anders Tegnell, who is currently directing Swedish strategy), the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and an advisor to the director general of the WHO, lays out with typically Swedish bluntness why he thinks:
UK policy on lockdown and other European countries are not evidence-based
The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only
This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “by-product”
as a “by-product” The initial UK response, before the “180 degree U-turn”, was better
The Imperial College paper was “not very good,” and he has never seen an unpublished paper have so much policy impact
The paper was very much too pessimistic
Any such models are a dubious basis for public policy anyway
The flattening of the curve is due to the most vulnerable dying first as much as the lockdown
as much as the lockdown The results will eventually be similar for all countries
Covid-19 is a “mild disease” and similar to the flu, and it was the novelty of the disease that scared people.
The actual fatality rate of Covid-19 is the region of 0.1% (ER: 1/10th of a percent)
At least 50% of the population of both the UK and Sweden will be shown to have already had the disease when mass antibody testing becomes available
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-23--The Pink Elephant in the Room regarding COVID-19 and that ‘Vaccine’

Gentleman of The Duran… .
I have nothing but the deepest respect for the work you are doing , but I fear you are missing the enormous pink elephant standing in the room .
An elephant that , as far as I am aware , has not been addressed by anybody in any media outlet , be it MSM or independent .
COVID-19 , or to give its full name , ‘ 2019 novel coronavirus ’ ( if it is indeed correctly designated and classified ) is part of the ‘ cold ’ family of viruses – it is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu ) family of viruses .
Corona viruses were first discovered in the 1930s when an acute respiratory infection of domesticated chickens was shown to be caused by infectious bronchitis virus ( IBV ) .
Human coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s – this is discussed below in the British Medical Journal : Crucially…there ARE NO VACCINES available for the coronavirus family – there never have been and likely never will be .
As we are all aware , the influenza virus that affects humans can to a degree be vaccinated against via @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even this is by no means foolproof .
Some of the greatest minds in this field have tried and failed to find a cure – unfortunately , cold viruses mutate and adapt far too quickly for this to be viable .
Hence why there is no cure for the common cold .
Therefore , if “ someone ” declares that they have a vaccine , there can only be 2 possible conclusions : 1 ) What they are giving you is NOT A VACCINE – it has an underlying , alternative effect .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cold virus was not a naturally evolved species – it was bio-engineered .
A bio-engineered virus could have an inbuilt ‘ vaccine backdoor ’ incorporated into its chemical structure that would permit a vaccine to take effect .
As discussed above , if it were a naturally occurring derivative , this option would not be available as is evidenced by the fact that we have no vaccines to combat them .
As you can see , either option is extremely worrying .
The first implies a malicious intent by “ someone ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term ) damage the human host into which it ’ s injected .
The second again implies malicious intent , but this time born out of financial motivation , one again that will become profound if its use is mandated .
Of course , there does exist a final and most disturbing possibility – a hellish combination of the two , a bio-engineered virus that can be vaccinated , and if made mandatory will not only generate vast amounts of profit , but insidiously , has the potential to cause significant harm to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Common Cold Unit ( CCU ) , a unit of the British Medical Research Council , existed between 1946 and 1989 .
Its sole purpose was to find a cure for the common cold – when it closed its doors after 43 years of effort , it openly declared its failure to achieve this goal .
Are we now to believe that a miracle vaccine has been suddenly synthesized after merely a couple of months ?
Are we like the residents of Troy , who , in the morning after the great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our gates…… so grateful to embrace this “ gift ” that we too quickly usher it inside ?
Please could you discuss the above issues in more detail as I fear it is something that more people need to understand .

Gentleman of The Duran…. I have nothing but the deepest respect for the work you are doing, but I fear you are missing the enormous pink elephant standing in the room . An elephant that, as far as I am aware, has not been addressed by anybody in any media outlet, be it MSM or independent.
COVID-19, or to give its full name, ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ (if it is indeed correctly designated and classified) is part of the ‘cold’ family of viruses – it is not part of the influenza virus (aka flu) family of viruses. Corona viruses were first discovered in the 1930s when an acute respiratory infection of domesticated chickens was shown to be caused by infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). Human coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s – this is discussed below in the British Medical Journal:
Crucially…there ARE NO VACCINES available for the coronavirus family – there never have been and likely never will be.
As we are all aware, the influenza virus that affects humans can to a degree be vaccinated against via the ‘flu jab’, but even this is by no means foolproof. Some of the greatest minds in this field have tried and failed to find a cure – unfortunately, cold viruses mutate and adapt far too quickly for this to be viable. Hence why there is no cure for the common cold.
Therefore, if “someone” declares that they have a vaccine, there can only be 2 possible conclusions:
1) What they are giving you is NOT A VACCINE – it has an underlying, alternative effect.
2) This particular derivative of the cold virus was not a naturally evolved species – it was bio-engineered. A bio-engineered virus could have an inbuilt ‘vaccine backdoor’ incorporated into its chemical structure that would permit a vaccine to take effect. As discussed above, if it were a naturally occurring derivative, this option would not be available as is evidenced by the fact that we have no vaccines to combat them.
As you can see, either option is extremely worrying. The first implies a malicious intent by “someone” to subtly (but profoundly in the mid-long term) damage the human host into which it’s injected. The second again implies malicious intent, but this time born out of financial motivation, one again that will become profound if its use is mandated.
Of course, there does exist a final and most disturbing possibility – a hellish combination of the two, a bio-engineered virus that can be vaccinated, and if made mandatory will not only generate vast amounts of profit, but insidiously, has the potential to cause significant harm to the target.
In the UK, the Common Cold Unit (CCU), a unit of the British Medical Research Council, existed between 1946 and 1989. Its sole purpose was to find a cure for the common cold – when it closed its doors after 43 years of effort, it openly declared its failure to achieve this goal. Are we now to believe that a miracle vaccine has been suddenly synthesized after merely a couple of months?
Are we like the residents of Troy, who, in the morning after the great battle, see a giant horse outside our gates…… so grateful to embrace this “gift” that we too quickly usher it inside?
Please could you discuss the above issues in more detail as I fear it is something that more people need to understand.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-23--Vote-by-Mail ‘The Most Massive Fraud Scheme in History of America’

The First Amendment lawyer famous for Citizens United has taken up arms against a new foe : all-mail voting .
Jim Bopp , Jr. ( Pictured here ) filed two lawsuits in federal court this week — one in Nevada and one in Virginia — to stop officials in those states from mailing out ballots to everyone on the voter rolls , not just those who request them .
“ I don ’ t use the word ‘ voters , ’ ” he says , “ I use the word ‘ people on the registration rolls ’ because many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not voters .
They ’ re people that are on the registration rolls that are ineligible to vote.
” As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the nation , Democratic officials and activists began pushing states to switch to voting by mail , eliminating in-person voting altogether — and probably permanently .
But organizations that have spent years reviewing the voter rolls in many states estimate that more than 20 million of the names nationwide are duplicates , people who have moved away , are deceased , non-citizens or felons who have not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats have been trying to register everybody in the country and then fight purging the rolls of ineligible people , and now they want to mail ballots to every single one of them , ” says Bopp .
“ It ’ s just like , talk about the most massive fraud scheme in the history of America .
Makes Tammany Hall looks like a bunch of pikers , or the Pendergast Machine in Kansas City look like they didn ’ t even know how to steal elections.
” Earlier this month , Bopp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behalf of the organization True the Vote and individual voters , whose votes could have been canceled out by the votes of ineligible voters if the court sided with plaintiffs — county clerks who wanted ballots mailed to everyone , not just those who ’ d requested them .
“ What the parties request this court to do here is little else than pure anarchy that robs both the legislature and the eligible , registered voters of New Mexico of the authority and protections afforded each under the New Mexico [ Constitution ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the brief reads .
Bopp argued that the rights of voters were “ imperiled ” by the plaintiffs ’ request and that the plaintiffs have attempted to “ entice ” the court to “ utilize the national emergency created by the COVID-19 virus as a guise to usurp the constitutionally delegated authority of the legislature and overrule and replace current election laws with robust protections against voter fraud with a court-created scheme of mail-in balloting.
” The Supreme Court of New Mexico sided with Bopp and denied the request for ballots to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But now the push is on for all-mail voting in the November presidential election , as well .
About a half dozen state have already legalized it .
“ They are bringing suits all over the country to impose it through court orders , ” says Bopp .
“ All-mail .
Their ideal is all-mail.
” All-mail voting is not the same as absentee voting as voting absentee involves the voter requesting an absentee ballot , usually by mail , with a signature .
Some states have more stringent requirements than others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people requesting an absentee ballot are required to send a copy of a driver ’ s license or State ID with the application for an absentee ballot .
“ Part of the problem with this discussion is , we are familiar with absentee ballots , and that does involve quote mailing a ballot , end of quote , ” says Bopp , “ but there are numerous safeguards , the most important of which is the prior application .
You have to apply .
“ You have an audit trail , and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s why a lot of these Democrats and liberal activists don ’ t like absentee ballot , ” he says .
“ They want wholesale mailing out without application because it eliminates half the fraud protection.
” ( TLB ) published this article by Margaret Menge via InsideSources.com with our appreciation for the coverage .

The First Amendment lawyer famous for Citizens United has taken up arms against a new foe: all-mail voting.
Jim Bopp, Jr. (Pictured here) filed two lawsuits in federal court this week — one in Nevada and one in Virginia — to stop officials in those states from mailing out ballots to everyone on the voter rolls, not just those who request them.
“I don’t use the word ‘voters,’” he says, “I use the word ‘people on the registration rolls’ because many of them are ineligible to vote. They’re not voters. They’re people that are on the registration rolls that are ineligible to vote.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the nation, Democratic officials and activists began pushing states to switch to voting by mail, eliminating in-person voting altogether — and probably permanently.
But organizations that have spent years reviewing the voter rolls in many states estimate that more than 20 million of the names nationwide are duplicates, people who have moved away, are deceased, non-citizens or felons who have not had their voting rights restored.
“Democrats have been trying to register everybody in the country and then fight purging the rolls of ineligible people, and now they want to mail ballots to every single one of them,” says Bopp. “It’s just like, talk about the most massive fraud scheme in the history of America. Makes Tammany Hall looks like a bunch of pikers, or the Pendergast Machine in Kansas City look like they didn’t even know how to steal elections.”
Earlier this month, Bopp filed a brief in New Mexico on behalf of the organization True the Vote and individual voters, whose votes could have been canceled out by the votes of ineligible voters if the court sided with plaintiffs — county clerks who wanted ballots mailed to everyone, not just those who’d requested them.
“What the parties request this court to do here is little else than pure anarchy that robs both the legislature and the eligible, registered voters of New Mexico of the authority and protections afforded each under the New Mexico [Constitution] and the United States Constitution,” the brief reads.
Bopp argued that the rights of voters were “imperiled” by the plaintiffs’ request and that the plaintiffs have attempted to “entice” the court to “utilize the national emergency created by the COVID-19 virus as a guise to usurp the constitutionally delegated authority of the legislature and overrule and replace current election laws with robust protections against voter fraud with a court-created scheme of mail-in balloting.”
The Supreme Court of New Mexico sided with Bopp and denied the request for ballots to be sent to all names on the rolls.
But now the push is on for all-mail voting in the November presidential election, as well. About a half dozen state have already legalized it.
“They are bringing suits all over the country to impose it through court orders,” says Bopp. “All-mail. Their ideal is all-mail.”
All-mail voting is not the same as absentee voting as voting absentee involves the voter requesting an absentee ballot, usually by mail, with a signature.
Some states have more stringent requirements than others. In Kansas, for example, people requesting an absentee ballot are required to send a copy of a driver’s license or State ID with the application for an absentee ballot.
“Part of the problem with this discussion is, we are familiar with absentee ballots, and that does involve quote mailing a ballot, end of quote,” says Bopp, “but there are numerous safeguards, the most important of which is the prior application. You have to apply.
“You have an audit trail, and all sorts of things. And that’s why a lot of these Democrats and liberal activists don’t like absentee ballot,” he says. “They want wholesale mailing out without application because it eliminates half the fraud protection.”
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(TLB) published this article by Margaret Menge via InsideSources.com with our appreciation for the coverage.
About the Author Margaret Menge


thelibertybeacon--2020-04-23--3 years Devotion by US Media to protecting Press Freedom, How about Assange?

Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has criticized the US media for its deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange , despite the years it has spent railing against the Trump administration .
Founder of The Intercept and a long-time Assange supporter , Greenwald despaired at the apparent double standards and performative hyperbole of the US media establishment , which has long played up perceived persecution at the hands of US President Donald Trump .
And yet , journalists across the news media spectrum have been largely unwilling to openly defend the WikiLeaks founder , who faces extradition and judgement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US media spent 3 years flamboyantly proclaiming their devotion to protect press freedoms , yet now ignore what is , by far , the greatest Trump-era threat posed to a free press : the Trump DoJ ’ s [ Department of Justice ’ s ] prosecution and attempted extradition of Julian Assange , ” Greenwald tweeted .
He then singled out the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) and the Executive Editor at The Washington Post Marty Baron as among the few voices in US media daring to raise their heads above @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempted extradition of Assange from the UK to the US , for exposing gross abuses of power and potential war crimes by the US military in its so-called ‘ War on Terror ’ in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks .
Responding to claims that Assange had “ offended Hillary ” and that this was why he had been abandoned by the US media establishment , Greenwald responded that it was , in fact , Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo that were behind Assange ’ s ongoing persecution , neither of whom could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Theorizing as to the apparent indifference to Assange ’ s plight , Greenwald continued suggesting that “ they hate Assange because of what he did in 2016 in reporting on Hillary and either don ’ t care if he is imprisoned or want that to happen.
” Assange is still being detained at Belmarsh prison in London as he awaits the continuation of his extradition hearing to decide his fate , all while the specter of the coronavirus hangs in the air .
Spanish firm spying on Assange stole his son ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with NUDE PHOTOS – court papers ( TLB ) published this article from RT-USA News with our sincere gratitude for the coverage .

Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has criticized the US media for its deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, despite the years it has spent railing against the Trump administration.
Founder of The Intercept and a long-time Assange supporter, Greenwald despaired at the apparent double standards and performative hyperbole of the US media establishment, which has long played up perceived persecution at the hands of US President Donald Trump.
And yet, journalists across the news media spectrum have been largely unwilling to openly defend the WikiLeaks founder, who faces extradition and judgement in the US courts.
“The US media spent 3 years flamboyantly proclaiming their devotion to protect press freedoms, yet now ignore what is, by far, the greatest Trump-era threat posed to a free press: the Trump DoJ’s [Department of Justice’s] prosecution and attempted extradition of Julian Assange,” Greenwald tweeted.
He then singled out the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Executive Editor at The Washington Post Marty Baron as among the few voices in US media daring to raise their heads above the parapet and cry foul over the attempted extradition of Assange from the UK to the US, for exposing gross abuses of power and potential war crimes by the US military in its so-called ‘War on Terror’ in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Responding to claims that Assange had “offended Hillary” and that this was why he had been abandoned by the US media establishment, Greenwald responded that it was, in fact, Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo that were behind Assange’s ongoing persecution, neither of whom could be considered a friend to Hillary Clinton.
The people behind Assange’s prosecution – Jeff Sessions & Mike Pompeo – hate Hillary. This has nothing to do with that (except they knew liberals would be on their side for that reason). This is about punishing him for 2010 publications exposing US war crimes & other corruption. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 23, 2020
Theorizing as to the apparent indifference to Assange’s plight, Greenwald continued suggesting that “they hate Assange because of what he did in 2016 in reporting on Hillary and either don’t care if he is imprisoned or want that to happen.”
Assange is still being detained at Belmarsh prison in London as he awaits the continuation of his extradition hearing to decide his fate, all while the specter of the coronavirus hangs in the air.
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