thelibertybeacon--2020-09-29--Will Biden ‘Corruption’ Be Off-Limits In Tonight’s Debate?

Will Biden ‘ Corruption ’ Be Off-Limits In First Debate ?
Posted by Written by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics.com When the “ Fox News Sunday ” host takes the stage [ tonight ] to moderate the first presidential debate of 2020 , he will for 90 minutes be the most important person in the world .
His questions , his demeanor , his raised eyebrow will signal to millions of voters how they are to assess the two candidates — President Donald John Trump and former Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr .
If his questions are piercing for both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to both the Republican and Democrat , then all is well in this corner of the world of journalism .
But if instead Wallace accuses Trump and coddles Biden , we will have one more instance of media bias , which has become so rampant that President Trump had to christen it with a pet name — Fake News .
Every day , the supposedly professional press corps cozies up to Biden with softball questions ( “ Why aren ’ t you more angry at President Trump ?
” has to be my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being a mass murderer , a racist and a Putin puppet .
So conservatives are entirely justified in having low expectations for the debate and for Wallace , who has exhibited symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome more than once .
Wallace can ask anything he wants of Trump .
I am confident the president will acquit himself admirably , but the litmus test for Wallace playing fair in the debate will be whether or not he asks any hard-hitting questions of Biden — especially about the new Senate report on the corrupt activities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elsewhere .
If you have heard anything about the Biden report on CNN and MSNBC , or read about it in your newspapers , chances are you came away thinking that Republicans had made up a series of fake charges against the Bidens .
“ Nothing to see here .
Move along.
” The Washington Post , as usual , was at the front of the pack for Fake News coverage .
The Post used its headline to focus entirely on Hunter ’ s position on the board of the corrupt Ukrainian energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report doesn ’ t show that the cozy arrangement “ changed U.S. policy ” — as if that were the only reason you would not want a vice president ’ s son enriching himself at the trough of foreign oligarchs .
The story then spent most of its 35 paragraphs excusing Hunter ’ s behavior either directly or through surrogates such as Democrat senators , and most nauseatingly by quoting Hunter Biden ’ s daughter , Naomi , who “ offered a personal tribute to her father ” in the form of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Though the whole world knows his name , no one knows who he is .
Here ’ s a thread on my dad , Hunter Biden — free of charge to the taxpayers and free of the corrosive influence of power-at-all-costs politics .
The truth of a man filled with love , integrity , and human struggles.
” Oh my , that ’ s convincing evidence of innocence of wrongdoing .
I imagine she also endorses her grandfather for president , for what it ’ s worth .
The three reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the facts like whirling dervishes .
They say that the report by Sens .
Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley “ rehashes ” known details of the matter .
They quote Democrats to say without evidence that the report ’ s key findings are “ rooted in a known Russian disinformation effort.
” The following passage in particular shows how one-sided the story is : Using the “ shoe on the other foot ” test , can you ever imagine a similar statement being made in the Washington Post about the Trump impeachment investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would that go ?
Oh yeah , sure !
The chance of reading that paragraph in the Washington Post news pages would have been absolutely zero .
Perhaps even more insidious was the decision by the editors to push the most significant news in the report to the bottom of the Post ’ s story .
That is the lucrative relationship that Hunter Biden established in 2017 with a Chinese oil tycoon named Ye Jianming .
Biden was apparently paid $ 1 million to represent Ye ’ s assistant while he was facing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Even more disturbing , “ In August 2017 , a subsidiary of Ye ’ s company wired $ 5 million into the bank account of a U.S. company called Hudson West III , which over the next 13 months sent $ 4.79 million marked as consulting fees to Hunter Biden ’ s firm , the report said .
Over the same period , Hunter Biden ’ s firm wired some $ 1.4 million to a firm associated with his uncle and aunt , James and Sara Biden , according to the report.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hunter Biden and a financier associated with Ye also opened a line of credit for Hudson West III that authorized credit cards for Hunter Biden , James Biden and Sara Biden , according to the report , which says the Bidens used the credit cards to purchase more than $ 100,000 worth of items , including airline tickets and purchases at hotels and restaurants.
” The Post also glossed over payments received by Hunter Biden from Yelena Baturina , who the story acknowledges “ is the widow of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s political elite.
” What the story doesn ’ t say is that the payments received by Hunter Biden ’ s companies while Joe Biden was vice president totaled close to $ 4 million .
Does anyone have even the slightest curiosity why Hunter ’ s companies received these payments from a Russian oligarch ?
As Donald Trump Jr. noted , if he had the same record of taking money from foreign nationals , he “ would be in jail right now.
” In other words , the headline and the lede of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What readers should have been told is that there is a pattern of corruption and inexplicable enrichment in the Biden family that has continued for years and that Joe Biden has turned his back on it .
Seems worthy of the attention of the voters who will determine the nation ’ s leadership for the next four years .
So the most important question at the debate Tuesday night is the following : Will Chris Wallace take the same cowardly path as the Washington Post , or will he demand an answer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peddling , conflicts of interest and virtual money laundering are acceptable ?
Based on Wallace ’ s track record , I ’ m not holding my breath that we will get either the question or the answer , but if we do , I will happily applaud him as the tough-as-nails journalist he is supposed to be .
( TLB ) published this article as Posted by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge and Written by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics.com Do Democrats Really Believe Biden Is … Winning ?

Will Biden ‘Corruption’ Be Off-Limits In First Debate?
Posted by Tyler Durden, Written by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics.com
Chris Wallace, America is watching!
When the “Fox News Sunday” host takes the stage [tonight] to moderate the first presidential debate of 2020, he will for 90 minutes be the most important person in the world.
His questions, his demeanor, his raised eyebrow will signal to millions of voters how they are to assess the two candidates — President Donald John Trump and former Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
If his questions are piercing for both, if his skepticism is applied equally to both the Republican and Democrat, then all is well in this corner of the world of journalism. But if instead Wallace accuses Trump and coddles Biden, we will have one more instance of media bias, which has become so rampant that President Trump had to christen it with a pet name — Fake News.
Every day, the supposedly professional press corps cozies up to Biden with softball questions (“Why aren’t you more angry at President Trump?” has to be my favorite!) while accusing Trump of being a mass murderer, a racist and a Putin puppet. So conservatives are entirely justified in having low expectations for the debate and for Wallace, who has exhibited symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome more than once.
Wallace can ask anything he wants of Trump. I am confident the president will acquit himself admirably, but the litmus test for Wallace playing fair in the debate will be whether or not he asks any hard-hitting questions of Biden — especially about the new Senate report on the corrupt activities of his son Hunter in Ukraine and elsewhere.
If you have heard anything about the Biden report on CNN and MSNBC, or read about it in your newspapers, chances are you came away thinking that Republicans had made up a series of fake charges against the Bidens. “Nothing to see here. Move along.”
The Washington Post, as usual, was at the front of the pack for Fake News coverage. The Post used its headline to focus entirely on Hunter’s position on the board of the corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma, and claimed that the report doesn’t show that the cozy arrangement “changed U.S. policy” — as if that were the only reason you would not want a vice president’s son enriching himself at the trough of foreign oligarchs.
The story then spent most of its 35 paragraphs excusing Hunter’s behavior either directly or through surrogates such as Democrat senators, and most nauseatingly by quoting Hunter Biden’s daughter, Naomi, who “offered a personal tribute to her father” in the form of a series of tweets, including the following:
“Though the whole world knows his name, no one knows who he is. Here’s a thread on my dad, Hunter Biden — free of charge to the taxpayers and free of the corrosive influence of power-at-all-costs politics. The truth of a man filled with love, integrity, and human struggles.” Oh my, that’s convincing evidence of innocence of wrongdoing. I imagine she also endorses her grandfather for president, for what it’s worth. The three reporters who wrote the Post piece also spin the facts like whirling dervishes. They say that the report by Sens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley “rehashes” known details of the matter. They quote Democrats to say without evidence that the report’s key findings are “rooted in a known Russian disinformation effort.”
The following passage in particular shows how one-sided the story is:
“Democrats argue that Johnson has ‘repeatedly impugned’ Biden, and they pointed to his recent comments hinting that the report would shed light on Biden’s ‘unfitness for office,’ as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to argue that the entire investigation was orchestrated as a smear campaign to benefit Trump.”
Using the “shoe on the other foot” test, can you ever imagine a similar statement being made in the Washington Post about the Trump impeachment investigation? Let’s see. How would that go?
“Republicans argue that Rep. Adam Schiff has ‘repeatedly impugned’ Trump, and they pointed to his recent comments hinting that the report would shed light on Trump’s ‘unfitness for office’ to argue that the entire investigation was orchestrated as a smear campaign to benefit Biden.”
Oh yeah, sure! The chance of reading that paragraph in the Washington Post news pages would have been absolutely zero.
Perhaps even more insidious was the decision by the editors to push the most significant news in the report to the bottom of the Post’s story. That is the lucrative relationship that Hunter Biden established in 2017 with a Chinese oil tycoon named Ye Jianming. Biden was apparently paid $1 million to represent Ye’s assistant while he was facing bribery charges in the United States.
Even more disturbing, “In August 2017, a subsidiary of Ye’s company wired $5 million into the bank account of a U.S. company called Hudson West III, which over the next 13 months sent $4.79 million marked as consulting fees to Hunter Biden’s firm, the report said. Over the same period, Hunter Biden’s firm wired some $1.4 million to a firm associated with his uncle and aunt, James and Sara Biden, according to the report.”
Then, in late 2017, “Hunter Biden and a financier associated with Ye also opened a line of credit for Hudson West III that authorized credit cards for Hunter Biden, James Biden and Sara Biden, according to the report, which says the Bidens used the credit cards to purchase more than $100,000 worth of items, including airline tickets and purchases at hotels and restaurants.”
The Post also glossed over payments received by Hunter Biden from Yelena Baturina, who the story acknowledges “is the widow of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and is a member of Kazakhstan’s political elite.” What the story doesn’t say is that the payments received by Hunter Biden’s companies while Joe Biden was vice president totaled close to $4 million. Does anyone have even the slightest curiosity why Hunter’s companies received these payments from a Russian oligarch? As Donald Trump Jr. noted, if he had the same record of taking money from foreign nationals, he “would be in jail right now.”
In other words, the headline and the lede of the Washington Post story were entirely misleading. What readers should have been told is that there is a pattern of corruption and inexplicable enrichment in the Biden family that has continued for years and that Joe Biden has turned his back on it.
Seems worthy of the attention of the voters who will determine the nation’s leadership for the next four years. So the most important question at the debate Tuesday night is the following: Will Chris Wallace take the same cowardly path as the Washington Post, or will he demand an answer from candidate Biden as to why influence peddling, conflicts of interest and virtual money laundering are acceptable?
Based on Wallace’s track record, I’m not holding my breath that we will get either the question or the answer, but if we do, I will happily applaud him as the tough-as-nails journalist he is supposed to be.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-30--POLL: After The Macron Blip, Majority of French Show Hostility to Globalism

Among party supporters , Macronists are the only one for whom a majority ( 52 % ) believe “ France is not in decline.
” This makes sense as Macron supporters tend to be the highly educated high-earners of the managerial class , people who benefit from the globalization of the French economy and are mobile enough to seize the opportunities offered by multinational corporations .
When asked to name their top 3 issues , the French most cited often crime ( 46 % up from 28 % last year ) , the welfare system ’ s sustainability ( 42 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % ) , and purchasing power including salaries and taxes ( 39 % ) .
Noteworthy : conservatives ( supporters of the center-right Les Républicains [ LR ] ) are significantly more likely than nationalists ( Marine Le Pen ’ s Rassemblement national [ RN ] ) to cite crime as a problem ( 72 % to 58 % ) .
Both groups agree immigration is a major problem ( 58 % and 64 % , respectively ) .
ER : Translation – “ There are too many foreigners in France ” & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in France ” Two thirds of French consider that “ There are too many foreigners in France , ” a very consistent finding since 2013 .
This sentiment is concentrated among conservatives ( 84 % ) and nationalists ( 95 % ) .
This is the defining and unifying issue for the French Right .
Similarly , since 2013 over 60 % of Frenchmen have consistently said that “ Today , we don ’ t feel at home as we did before.
” While Macron has throughout his presidency consistently supported the creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strengthening of Brussels ’ powers , 65 % of Frenchmen believe “ We need to strengthen our country ’ s ability to take decisions even if this would limit the EU ’ s. ” The Franco-German push to create common EU debt has indeed led to the establishment of a 750-billion-euro EU stimulus fund to restart the economy after the coronavirus recession .
The fund will particularly target southern Europe , which has been economically devastated , but will inevitably come with innumerable strings attached : “ EU governance ” and “ peer-pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to enmesh nationally elected politicians in a web of bureaucratic procedures , previous commitments , and transnational committees .
These will of course also ensnare France .
Nonetheless , a majority of French think EU membership is a good thing .
( ER : this is definitely a roadblock to more meaningful change . )
While the French are skeptical of globalization , their social values are highly variable , sometimes conservative-authoritarian , sometimes liberal-progressive .
Around two thirds of Frenchmen say that “ In France , things were better before.
” Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ We need a real leader in France to restore order ” and that “ Authority is a value which is too often criticized today.
” Support for the death penalty is apparently increasing , rising to 55 % today .
( ER : This indicates the extent to which French naturally look to a ‘ leader ’ to solve their problems .
The Gilets Jaunes had moved beyond this in their collective thinking , recognizing that change lay in their hands . )
At the same time , 69 % consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the French are more or less evenly divided on whether feminist movements have “ gone too far ” or not .
Some 82 % of French consider that “ racism ” has a significant presence in France , 57 % believe it is increasing , and 55 % say there is racism in the police .
The most consistent trend is probably the rise and fall of support for globalism that coincided with Macron ’ s election .
Yellow : “ Globalization is a threat to France.
” Blue : “ Globalization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Macronist parenthesis – the promise of a jeune et dynamique ( young and dynamic ) president breaking through the old party system – has not lastingly affected French opinion , which is one of basic suspicion towards globalization .
Indeed , if anything , Macron has presided over an emerging protectionist consensus , with 65 % of Frenchmen saying “ France must protect herself more from the world of today.
” Only 35 % say “ France should open itself up more to the world of today.
” ( translations ) The party-supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the nationalists ( 87 % ) followed by the conservatives ( 77 % ) and the leftists of La France insoumise ( “ Unbowed France ” ) and the French Communist Party ( 62 % ) .
( ER : in other words , the supposed ‘ centrists ’ of Macron ’ s party are left out of this , while the right and the farther left want more protection . )
The polarization by class is consistent : managers are the most globalist ( 58 % see it as an opportunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , blue-collar workers , and retirees consider globalization a threat .
There has been a significant shift in favor of protectionism to promote French companies from 50 % in June 2017 to 61 % today .
Indeed , with coronavirus , Macron has openly for relocalizing industry in France , and EU policymakers claim to want to restore Europe ’ s economic “ strategic autonomy ” relative to the United States of America and China .
( ER : Meanwhile , the impression here is that France is ‘ deindustralizing ’ , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – a conversation we were not hearing a while back .
So while Macron is calling for this , is it anything more than an empty slogan on his part ? )
ER : Translation – “ Go more towards more protectionism to protect French businesses from overseas competition ” / “ Go more towards free trade to permit French businesses to conquer new markets in overseas countries ” However , curiously , conservative supporters are among those most in favor of free trade ( about half supporting , on a par with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who are overwhelmingly protectionist ) .
The French are united in their contempt for the political class .
Confidence in political parties hovers around 10 % .
Some 57 % of French said they supported moves towards direct democracy , on the model of a recent “ citizen ’ s convention ” of citizens drawn by lot who drafted various environmental proposals ( in fact , this convention was presided over and shepherded by apparatchiks close to the Greens and the Socialists ) .
The pollsters decided to illustrate this finding with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is not unusual .
French and EU political and media classes love these kinds of illustrations .
In their mind , the majority of the French population is already made up of wholesome people of color .
And , our elites subliminally add : it ’ s already worked out really well so far , so what are you complaining about ?
( Pay no attention to the concrete blocks we ’ ve put up around our Christmas markets , the bulletproof glass around our monuments , or the recurring Islamists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and homicide , the discussion of which all merely plays into the cynical game of the Far-Right . )
We can not overestimate how untethered our “ elites ” have become from reality .
Can a force arise to oppose globalism in France ?
Probably not in the immediate term .
Despite Marine Le Pen ’ s years-long efforts at rebranding to be as innocuous as possible , around 55-60 % of French consistently consider her party to be “ dangerous for democracy ” and “ xenophobic.
” This figure also applies to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ normally consider nationalists their natural allies .
( ER : We can assure readers of the strength of years of indoctrination against Le Pen father and daughter .
It ’ s become a reflex for certain people . )
Le Monde , which co-commissioned the poll , tried to spin it as conservatives falling for “ its most reactionary fringe , socially and societally , and ultraliberal on economic and environmental questions.
” I again invite you to imagine the office-dwelling humanoid that produces such clickbait .
( ER : These are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look down on life in other parts of France . )
In fact , there is nothing new about French conservatives being sensitive to themes the mainstream media considers “ far-right , ” and center-right politicians , whether Jacques Chirac , Nicolas Sarkozy , or even Valéry Giscard d ’ Estaing , have often played to these themes during their careers , though only rarely acting upon them when in power .
As is tradition for French presidents , support for Macron collapsed shortly upon taking office , now having an approval rating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimation , he still has time to recover before the 2022 presidential elections .
Still , the way things are going , we may see the French politico-media system jettison him in favor of a new marketing exercise : he will fall to a Green candidate leading a reconfigured left-wing/centrist coalition .
The Green campaign will be inspiring , it will involve idealistic youth , and will grow organically with the support of the para-governmental NGO class and various center-left party hangers-on .
The script practically writes itself .

Among party supporters, Macronists are the only one for whom a majority (52%) believe “France is not in decline.” This makes sense as Macron supporters tend to be the highly educated high-earners of the managerial class, people who benefit from the globalization of the French economy and are mobile enough to seize the opportunities offered by multinational corporations.
When asked to name their top 3 issues, the French most cited often crime (46% up from 28% last year), the welfare system’s sustainability (42%), the environment (41%), and purchasing power including salaries and taxes (39%). Noteworthy: conservatives (supporters of the center-right Les Républicains [LR]) are significantly more likely than nationalists (Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement national [RN]) to cite crime as a problem (72% to 58%). Both groups agree immigration is a major problem (58% and 64%, respectively).
ER: Translation – “There are too many foreigners in France” & “There are not too many foreigners in France”
Two thirds of French consider that “There are too many foreigners in France,” a very consistent finding since 2013. This sentiment is concentrated among conservatives (84%) and nationalists (95%). This is the defining and unifying issue for the French Right. Similarly, since 2013 over 60% of Frenchmen have consistently said that “Today, we don’t feel at home as we did before.”
While Macron has throughout his presidency consistently supported the creation of a larger EU budget and a strengthening of Brussels’ powers, 65% of Frenchmen believe “We need to strengthen our country’s ability to take decisions even if this would limit the EU’s.”
The Franco-German push to create common EU debt has indeed led to the establishment of a 750-billion-euro EU stimulus fund to restart the economy after the coronavirus recession. The fund will particularly target southern Europe, which has been economically devastated, but will inevitably come with innumerable strings attached: “EU governance” and “peer-pressure” will constrain national policymaking and seek to enmesh nationally elected politicians in a web of bureaucratic procedures, previous commitments, and transnational committees. These will of course also ensnare France.
Nonetheless, a majority of French think EU membership is a good thing. (ER: this is definitely a roadblock to more meaningful change.)
While the French are skeptical of globalization, their social values are highly variable, sometimes conservative-authoritarian, sometimes liberal-progressive. Around two thirds of Frenchmen say that “In France, things were better before.” Over 80% of Frenchmen continue to believe that “We need a real leader in France to restore order” and that “Authority is a value which is too often criticized today.” Support for the death penalty is apparently increasing, rising to 55% today. (ER: This indicates the extent to which French naturally look to a ‘leader’ to solve their problems. The Gilets Jaunes had moved beyond this in their collective thinking, recognizing that change lay in their hands.)
At the same time, 69% consider French society to be “patriarchal” and the French are more or less evenly divided on whether feminist movements have “gone too far” or not. Some 82% of French consider that “racism” has a significant presence in France, 57% believe it is increasing, and 55% say there is racism in the police.
The most consistent trend is probably the rise and fall of support for globalism that coincided with Macron’s election.
ER: Translation – ‘Globalization is a threat to/opportunity for France”
Yellow: “Globalization is a threat to France.” Blue: “Globalization is an opportunity for France.”
The Macronist parenthesis – the promise of a jeune et dynamique (young and dynamic) president breaking through the old party system – has not lastingly affected French opinion, which is one of basic suspicion towards globalization. Indeed, if anything, Macron has presided over an emerging protectionist consensus, with 65% of Frenchmen saying “France must protect herself more from the world of today.” Only 35% say “France should open itself up more to the world of today.” (translations)
The party-supporters most in favor of “protection” are the nationalists (87%) followed by the conservatives (77%) and the leftists of La France insoumise (“Unbowed France”) and the French Communist Party (62%). (ER: in other words, the supposed ‘centrists’ of Macron’s party are left out of this, while the right and the farther left want more protection.)
The polarization by class is consistent: managers are the most globalist (58% see it as an opportunity), while two thirds of employees, blue-collar workers, and retirees consider globalization a threat.
There has been a significant shift in favor of protectionism to promote French companies from 50% in June 2017 to 61% today. Indeed, with coronavirus, Macron has openly for relocalizing industry in France, and EU policymakers claim to want to restore Europe’s economic “strategic autonomy” relative to the United States of America and China. (ER: Meanwhile, the impression here is that France is ‘deindustralizing’, that even more companies are moving out. – a conversation we were not hearing a while back. So while Macron is calling for this, is it anything more than an empty slogan on his part?)
ER: Translation – “Go more towards more protectionism to protect French businesses from overseas competition” / “Go more towards free trade to permit French businesses to conquer new markets in overseas countries”
However, curiously, conservative supporters are among those most in favor of free trade (about half supporting, on a par with Macronists, and sharply differing with nationalists, who are overwhelmingly protectionist).
The French are united in their contempt for the political class. Confidence in political parties hovers around 10%. Some 57% of French said they supported moves towards direct democracy, on the model of a recent “citizen’s convention” of citizens drawn by lot who drafted various environmental proposals (in fact, this convention was presided over and shepherded by apparatchiks close to the Greens and the Socialists). The pollsters decided to illustrate this finding with this pie chart (see below).
This is not unusual. French and EU political and media classes love these kinds of illustrations. In their mind, the majority of the French population is already made up of wholesome people of color. And, our elites subliminally add: it’s already worked out really well so far, so what are you complaining about? (Pay no attention to the concrete blocks we’ve put up around our Christmas markets, the bulletproof glass around our monuments, or the recurring Islamists terrorist attacks and more humdrum day-to-day violence and homicide, the discussion of which all merely plays into the cynical game of the Far-Right.) We cannot overestimate how untethered our “elites” have become from reality.
Can a force arise to oppose globalism in France? Probably not in the immediate term.
Despite Marine Le Pen’s years-long efforts at rebranding to be as innocuous as possible, around 55-60% of French consistently consider her party to be “dangerous for democracy” and “xenophobic.” This figure also applies to conservatives by the way, who should normally consider nationalists their natural allies. (ER: We can assure readers of the strength of years of indoctrination against Le Pen father and daughter. It’s become a reflex for certain people.)
Le Monde, which co-commissioned the poll, tried to spin it as conservatives falling for “its most reactionary fringe, socially and societally, and ultraliberal on economic and environmental questions.” I again invite you to imagine the office-dwelling humanoid that produces such clickbait. (ER: These are the Paris-dwelling, university-educated ‘bobos’ who look down on life in other parts of France.) In fact, there is nothing new about French conservatives being sensitive to themes the mainstream media considers “far-right,” and center-right politicians, whether Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, or even Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, have often played to these themes during their careers, though only rarely acting upon them when in power.
As is tradition for French presidents, support for Macron collapsed shortly upon taking office, now having an approval rating hovering around 33%. In my estimation, he still has time to recover before the 2022 presidential elections. Still, the way things are going, we may see the French politico-media system jettison him in favor of a new marketing exercise: he will fall to a Green candidate leading a reconfigured left-wing/centrist coalition. The Green campaign will be inspiring, it will involve idealistic youth, and will grow organically with the support of the para-governmental NGO class and various center-left party hangers-on. The script practically writes itself.
ER: Translation – “French media: who owns what?”


thelibertybeacon--2020-09-30--Denmark Nears Pre-COVID Normality: No Masks Or Distancing In Schools, Just Common Sense

One of the more diabolical aspects of the protracted COVID ‘ crisis ’ in countries like the United Kingdom , the United States and Australia , is the intellectually dishonest claim that Coronavirus in their countries is somehow different from the Coronavirus in other western countries .
It ’ s like there are two parallel universes now .
While the Anglosphere continues to ramp-up its emergency ‘ pandemic ’ measures and mandatory mask and quarantine policies , their Scandinavian counterparts like Sweden , Norway or Denmark have already returned to life as normal : no masks on public transport ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today advising masks on crowded carriages ) , no obsessive social distancing rules , no snap lockdowns , and certainly no draconian laws and threats of £10,000 fines made by government leaders , or holding the country hostage until a wonder vaccine arrives in the spring .
The contrast couldn ’ t be more extreme .
Why has normality not returned to the US and UK ?
Perhaps the worst aspect of the new hypochondriac culture being aggressively promoted in the US and UK is how the state bureaucrats and schools are now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relentless regime of restrictive and nonsensical health and safety policies .
One of the main drivers of the school chaos in the UK has been the teachers/public service unions , who have seized on the crisis in order to leverage political power and carve out a platform in the national spotlight .
Union officials repeated the fallacious claim that schools were no longer safe unless a whole new raft of new rules , regulations and government assurances were put into place .
The list of issues and concerns keeps growing by the day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education to a grinding halt .
As a result of this over-the-top , fear-based approach to risk-mitigation , the lives of students and their families across the UK have been unnecessarily disrupted .
In just the first few weeks of school , many thousands of students have already been removed from school and sent home and placed under under 14 day house arrest-quarantine order by school administrators – all because another student in school or a teacher had tested PCR positive for COVID .
Many schools are also ordering all primary , secondary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house arrest at home over their half-term break , supposedly to “ stop the spread of the virus.
” British authorities have even gone so as to demand that university students remain on campus over the Christmas break in order “ stop the spread of COVID to their families back home.
” All of this is taking place at a time where hospitalisations and deaths due to COVID have dropped to near zero in the UK .
In other words : the ‘ pandemic ’ , if it ever was one , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , hospitalisations in the UK have plummeted , as have deaths attributed to COVID19 .
Still , neither school or government health officials will readily admit the fact that young people at statistically at near zero risk of any complications due to COVID .
Likewise , nearly all teachers fall well below the well-established elderly age-bracket risk zone .
In addition to this , UK officials still refuse to acknowledge that the PCR test is not only unreliable as a diagnostic tool for COVID , it also can not rightly identify whether a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case ’ or even an ‘ infection.
’ This means that the entire mass-testing effort championed by governments is fatally flawed at source .
This is not up for debate , it is a scientific reality .
By contrast , from the very beginning of the crisis , Sweden never closed its schools and only required its university-aged students to temporarily migrate to remote teaching online .
The results for Sweden have been impressive – minimal or no interruption for millions of students nationwide during such a crucial stage in their formative educational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been pursued in the US and UK , and the results have been catastrophic .
Unlike in the UK , the Danish Teachers Union did not take to the media to try and hold government and schools hostage by threatening to strike if the State could not guarantee all schools were ” safe ” for teachers .
Instead , there were sane and measured discussions , and genuine cooperation between the government and the teachers ’ unions .
Interestingly , both parties allowed the schools to be the final authority on how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and education .
During a recent discussion with CBC , Dorte Lange , VP of the Danish Teachers Union described the type of practical , common sense approach which appears to have escaped the educational brain trust in Britain and US – realising that it ’ s “ very much is up to the schools to see what ’ s the best way forward for us with our kids.
” While some social distancing measures were put into place early on when schools were opened in April and May , most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because Danish educators and administrators rightly recognised that you can not carry on with mass-panic and an open-ended state of emergency – the masks , the endless quarantines and the bizarre social distancing – without jeopardising , and eventually ruining their students ’ education experience .
Again , the fundamental question still remains : if it ’ s the same virus everywhere , then why have Scandinavian countries taken a completely different approach ?
Putting aside the very real possibility that all of this is part of a massive state and corporate power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia and elsewhere , there is another fundamentally democratic issue at play here .
The marked difference in policy demonstrates how the social contract between citizens and government is still alive and healthy in Scandinavia .
In other words : their governments still desire a mutual arrangement with the people .
Has this same social contract been abandoned in the UK , US and Australia ?
Ålholm headmaster Soren Vith said getting close to students comes with risk , but he wants the school experience to be as normal as possible .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rodgaard ’ s Grade 5 class is full — there is no physical distance at all .
When a student raises their hand with a question , Rodgaard is by their side in an instant and leans in to help .
“ You have to be around them and help them , help them with spelling , help them make choices , and for proper teaching we can ’ t do that with the distance , ” Rodgaard said .
Students must sanitize their hands every time they enter the school and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with each other .
But there isn ’ t a mask in sight .
This is what Phase 2 of school reopening looked like at Ålholm public school in Copenhagen , Denmark , this week , a month into the second semester .
“ Right now we are trying to make things as normal as possible , [ to ] not scare any kids , ” said Rodgaard , who has taught at Ålholm for 28 years .
The school ’ s goal is to make the experience of education as normal as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools have more rules in place .
At this stage , Denmark is allowing each school to come up with its own COVID-19 safety plans .
Right now , the country ’ s strategy of containing the coronavirus seems to be working .
Countries around the world , including Canada , have looked at the Danish model in designing their own school plans… Now , after six months of pandemia , it ’ s now clearer than ever how COVID has simply revealed a steady drift towards fascism in parts of the West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cycles of media and political rhetoric and platitudes about democracy , and convoluted by constant fearmongering about a non-existent Russian threat to something vaguely referred to as ‘ our way of life.
’ It ’ s time for the high-minded guardians of democracy in the ‘ free ’ West to take a long hard look in the mirror .

PATRICK HENNINGSEN
One of the more diabolical aspects of the protracted COVID ‘crisis’ in countries like the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, is the intellectually dishonest claim that Coronavirus in their countries is somehow different from the Coronavirus in other western countries.
It’s like there are two parallel universes now. While the Anglosphere continues to ramp-up its emergency ‘pandemic’ measures and mandatory mask and quarantine policies, their Scandinavian counterparts like Sweden, Norway or Denmark have already returned to life as normal: no masks on public transport (although Norway just introduced a new rule today advising masks on crowded carriages), no obsessive social distancing rules, no snap lockdowns, and certainly no draconian laws and threats of £10,000 fines made by government leaders, or holding the country hostage until a wonder vaccine arrives in the spring. The contrast couldn’t be more extreme.
Why has normality not returned to the US and UK?
Perhaps the worst aspect of the new hypochondriac culture being aggressively promoted in the US and UK is how the state bureaucrats and schools are now targeting children and young adults with a relentless regime of restrictive and nonsensical health and safety policies. One of the main drivers of the school chaos in the UK has been the teachers/public service unions, who have seized on the crisis in order to leverage political power and carve out a platform in the national spotlight. Union officials repeated the fallacious claim that schools were no longer safe unless a whole new raft of new rules, regulations and government assurances were put into place. The list of issues and concerns keeps growing by the day and is now threatening to bring normal education to a grinding halt.
As a result of this over-the-top, fear-based approach to risk-mitigation, the lives of students and their families across the UK have been unnecessarily disrupted. In just the first few weeks of school, many thousands of students have already been removed from school and sent home and placed under under 14 day house arrest-quarantine order by school administrators – all because another student in school or a teacher had tested PCR positive for COVID.
Many schools are also ordering all primary, secondary and high school students to remain under house arrest at home over their half-term break, supposedly to “stop the spread of the virus.”
British authorities have even gone so as to demand that university students remain on campus over the Christmas break in order “stop the spread of COVID to their families back home.”
All of this is taking place at a time where hospitalisations and deaths due to COVID have dropped to near zero in the UK. In other words: the ‘pandemic’, if it ever was one, is now over.
GRAPH: Since May, hospitalisations in the UK have plummeted, as have deaths attributed to COVID19.
Still, neither school or government health officials will readily admit the fact that young people at statistically at near zero risk of any complications due to COVID. Likewise, nearly all teachers fall well below the well-established elderly age-bracket risk zone. In addition to this, UK officials still refuse to acknowledge that the PCR test is not only unreliable as a diagnostic tool for COVID, it also cannot rightly identify whether a positive PCR test is indeed a ‘case’ or even an ‘infection.’ This means that the entire mass-testing effort championed by governments is fatally flawed at source. This is not up for debate, it is a scientific reality.
By contrast, from the very beginning of the crisis, Sweden never closed its schools and only required its university-aged students to temporarily migrate to remote teaching online. The results for Sweden have been impressive – minimal or no interruption for millions of students nationwide during such a crucial stage in their formative educational years.
Unfortunately, the opposite path has been pursued in the US and UK, and the results have been catastrophic.
IMAGE: ‘Normal life’ – a scene from Amagertorv Strøget in Copenhagen, Denmark (Source: Wikicommons)
Unlike in the UK, the Danish Teachers Union did not take to the media to try and hold government and schools hostage by threatening to strike if the State could not guarantee all schools were”safe” for teachers. Instead, there were sane and measured discussions, and genuine cooperation between the government and the teachers’ unions. Interestingly, both parties allowed the schools to be the final authority on how to conduct the business of managing schools and education.
During a recent discussion with CBC, Dorte Lange, VP of the Danish Teachers Union described the type of practical, common sense approach which appears to have escaped the educational brain trust in Britain and US – realising that it’s “very much is up to the schools to see what’s the best way forward for us with our kids.”
While some social distancing measures were put into place early on when schools were opened in April and May, most of the major precautionary measures have since been lifted because Danish educators and administrators rightly recognised that you cannot carry on with mass-panic and an open-ended state of emergency – the masks, the endless quarantines and the bizarre social distancing – without jeopardising, and eventually ruining their students’ education experience.
Again, the fundamental question still remains: if it’s the same virus everywhere, then why have Scandinavian countries taken a completely different approach?
Putting aside the very real possibility that all of this is part of a massive state and corporate power grab in the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere, there is another fundamentally democratic issue at play here. The marked difference in policy demonstrates how the social contract between citizens and government is still alive and healthy in Scandinavia. In other words: their governments still desire a mutual arrangement with the people.
Has this same social contract been abandoned in the UK, US and Australia?
CBC reports from Denmark…
Ålholm headmaster Soren Vith said getting close to students comes with risk, but he wants the school experience to be as normal as possible. (Lily Martin/CBC)
Every seat in Jens Rodgaard’s Grade 5 class is full — there is no physical distance at all. When a student raises their hand with a question, Rodgaard is by their side in an instant and leans in to help. “You have to be around them and help them, help them with spelling, help them make choices, and for proper teaching we can’t do that with the distance,” Rodgaard said. Students must sanitize their hands every time they enter the school and the grades aren’t supposed to mingle with each other. But there isn’t a mask in sight. This is what Phase 2 of school reopening looked like at Ålholm public school in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week, a month into the second semester. “Right now we are trying to make things as normal as possible, [to] not scare any kids,” said Rodgaard, who has taught at Ålholm for 28 years. The school’s goal is to make the experience of education as normal as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other schools have more rules in place. At this stage, Denmark is allowing each school to come up with its own COVID-19 safety plans. Right now, the country’s strategy of containing the coronavirus seems to be working. Countries around the world, including Canada, have looked at the Danish model in designing their own school plans… Continue this report at CBC…
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Now, after six months of pandemia, it’s now clearer than ever how COVID has simply revealed a steady drift towards fascism in parts of the West – a trend previously obscured by endless cycles of media and political rhetoric and platitudes about democracy, and convoluted by constant fearmongering about a non-existent Russian threat to something vaguely referred to as ‘our way of life.’
It’s time for the high-minded guardians of democracy in the ‘free’ West to take a long hard look in the mirror.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-30--Enemies of the People

Enemies of the People

There is not an MP in the House who is not aware that the COVID19 “ pandemic ” is a fake , that the deaths stats were falsified and the “ second wave ” is also a fake being created by false stats based on testing that is known to be wildly inaccurate and misleading .
If you know it , I know it and millions of our felllow citizens know it , then it is inconceivable that they too do not know it .
Therefore , any MP who does not speak out against it and stir themselves to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud and who does not vote to rescind the Coronavirus Bill that was itself justified by a fraud IS a knowing enemy of the people .
So I am thinking of erecting a name-and-shame website called “ Enemies of the People ” in which every such MP is listed as an enemy of the people , whilst those who do their freaking jobs and carry out their freaking duty will be listed as “ Friends of the People ” .
People will able to register their support for the site and anyone will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are listed as an “ Enemy of the People ” ( or vice versa for the good guys ) on a website supported by so many thousand people .
With enough support we can make it so no MP will want to be listed as an Enemy of the People on a popular website for obvious PR and credibility reasons .
MPs can then be told of specific actions/behaviour they must undertake to get themselves reclassified by us as a friend of the people .
Success of the idea would depend upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving the site a thumbs-up and infoing me of the name of their MP and why they should be nominated as a Friend or a Foe .
Maybe there could even be a poll where people nominate three choices for People ’ s Enemy of the Year ( BJ , MH and Patrick Vallance would get my vote but each of you could nominate three evil cretins of their own choosing ) .
This will take a bit of work but I ’ m willing to invest effort in it if people will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the concept a little bit .
I know that a FB friend , Lindsay Caplan , has already checked out the concept on Twitter and got good feedback ( thanks Lindsay ! )
so please do give me your feedback and share/forward this if you like the idea .
Personally I ’ ve had enough of seeing my country betrayed by self-serving scum so this is maybe a way we can apply some pressure and let them know we SEE them .
And twist their ruddy arms a little bit .
Please contact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my FB page .
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There is not an MP in the House who is not aware that the COVID19 “pandemic” is a fake, that the deaths stats were falsified and the “second wave” is also a fake being created by false stats based on testing that is known to be wildly inaccurate and misleading.
If you know it, I know it and millions of our felllow citizens know it ,then it is inconceivable that they too do not know it.
Therefore, any MP who does not speak out against it and stir themselves to protect their constituents from this immmensely destructive fraud and who does not vote to rescind the Coronavirus Bill that was itself justified by a fraud IS a knowing enemy of the people.
So I am thinking of erecting a name-and-shame website called “Enemies of the People” in which every such MP is listed as an enemy of the people, whilst those who do their freaking jobs and carry out their freaking duty will be listed as “Friends of the People”.
People will able to register their support for the site and anyone will be able to notify their MP that they are listed as an “Enemy of the People” (or vice versa for the good guys) on a website supported by so many thousand people.
With enough support we can make it so no MP will want to be listed as an Enemy of the People on a popular website for obvious PR and credibility reasons.
MPs can then be told of specific actions/behaviour they must undertake to get themselves reclassified by us as a friend of the people.
Success of the idea would depend upon active and moral support from enough people giving the site a thumbs-up and infoing me of the name of their MP and why they should be nominated as a Friend or a Foe.
Maybe there could even be a poll where people nominate three choices for People’s Enemy of the Year (BJ, MH and Patrick Vallance would get my vote but each of you could nominate three evil cretins of their own choosing).
This will take a bit of work but I’m willing to invest effort in it if people will get behind it and maybe help promote the concept a little bit.
I know that a FB friend, Lindsay Caplan, has already checked out the concept on Twitter and got good feedback (thanks Lindsay!) so please do give me your feedback and share/forward this if you like the idea.
Personally I’ve had enough of seeing my country betrayed by self-serving scum so this is maybe a way we can apply some pressure and let them know we SEE them. And twist their ruddy arms a little bit.
Please contact me and give me your feedback via my FB page.
this article was first published on UK Reloaded
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-30--Misplaced faith in the Church of Biological Mysticism [Report: Jon Rappoport]

Misplaced faith in the Church of Biological Mysticism “ It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published , or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines .
I take no pleasure in this conclusion , which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
” ( Dr. Marcia Angell , NY Review of Books , January 15 , 2009 , “ Drug Companies & Doctors : A Story of Corruption ) In past articles , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never discovered a new coronavirus by proper scientific procedures , and therefore the whole pandemic-story rests on nothing .
In this piece , I ’ m coming at that point from a different angle : misplaced faith , an unwarranted transference of feeling .
Start here : Because a man was put back together by ER surgeons after a car wreck on the I-15 , he believes doctors know everything there is to know about germs , infections , and long-term chronic conditions .
Analogy : Joe , at the end of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happens to have a casual conversation with a small-town preacher on a park bench .
He emerges with a new-found sense of faith , and then… The next time we see Joe , he inexplicably has a job washing down steps and statues in Vatican City , and he ’ s attending Mass three times a day , where the priests deliver services in Latin .
He ’ s shining the shoes of a Bishop who ’ s been transferred from his posting three times to avoid prosecution as a pedophile… A Hollywood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Frankenstein in Beverly Hills , and therefore she believes everything doctors tell her about viruses and childhood vaccines .
Athletes wised up to this problem of misplaced faith about 25 years ago .
A successful Tommy John surgery wasn ’ t proof doctors knew anything about nutrition or workout regimens .
Medical societies , their propagandists , and their press colleagues know they ’ re operating a major con .
They can parlay a cast on a broken arm , an operation to correct a deformity , and a benign cyst removal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a new virus on the other side of the world .
The only common denominator ?
All the pros are wearing white coats and have a diploma hanging on the wall .
“ Well , if you put it that way… ” I do put it that way , because that ’ s the way it is .
The Church of Pandemic Theology and Mystical Discovery of New Viruses , run by holy initiates schooled in the arcane arts of molecular biology , are not the same breed as old Doc Brown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall , or a guy who has done a thousand kidney-stone laser surgeries , or an orthopedist who hands out a walking boot to a child who suffered a broken toe on a tennis court .
But there are people all over the world who have been treated for one thing and another by doctors , and for most of those patients , all doctors are the same .
And then , when , lo and behold , the clouds part , and a public health expert steps up to the podium , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press conference on the pandemic , why he must be a doctor ’ s doctor , a ranking cardinal in the church , a man with knowledge so advanced , it stuns the mind to imagine it .
He can put a bandage on a wound AND isolate and purify a never before seen infectious particle , in the lab .
“ Listen , when I was twelve years old , I had a cut on my leg , and a doctor with a long needle punched me in the ass with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the SARS-CoV-2 virus has the potential to kill a hundred million people.
” Once in a while , if you ’ re lucky , things can break the other way .
I was lucky , when I was 11 .
My parents took me to an Ortho because I had a minor back problem after a baseball game , and he gave me a cloth vest to wear .
It had buckles and straps , and I was supposed to put it on every morning and cinch it up tight and keep it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ensued between my parents and me .
One day , for a reason I can ’ t remember , I was taken to our family doctor .
He had served as a surgeon in World War Two .
Good man .
Tough guy .
I took off my shirt and he saw the vest , and he said , WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ?
My mother explained , and he shook his head and said THERE ’ S NO REASON TO WEAR THAT DAMN THING , TAKE IT OFF .
He instantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a medical opinion I could understand .
I ’ m sure if he ’ d lived to the ripe old age of 120 , and watched Fauci deliver one of his ex-cathedra pandemic pronouncements on television , he ’ d say , WHAT THE HELL IS THIS , WHO IS THAT DOPE ?
GET OUT IN THE OPEN AIR AND LIVE , PEOPLE , FORGET ALL THE STUPID ADVICE .
Even within the medical fraternity , there is a great deal of misplaced faith .
An internist from Boston trusts molecular biologists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a new virus .
Why ?
Because they ’ re all serious professionals and brothers in arms .
An insult to one is an insult to all .
When it comes to the delicate inner-sanctum discovery of a new virus , there must be no doubt about veracity .
The ayes have it .
After all , these high priests in their lab deploy a SYSTEM .
They proceed step by step .
They couldn ’ t possibly be wrong .
If they were , the whole system would be discredited and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not possible .
Not conceivable .
Not permissible .
Because the stakes are so high , the results are automatically correct .
And yet , they aren ’ t .
Not by a long shot .
But untold numbers of people believe those results , based on zero knowledge , because once upon a time , a doctor felt their pulse , put a stethoscope on their back and told them to breathe , wrote a prescription , peered in their ears , tested their reflexes , examined a wart , operated on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , put a splint on a finger , suggested avoiding fatty foods , and referred them to a specialist .
Which is like saying a guy changing the oil in your car inspires your confidence in reports that there are rocket races in outer space from Saturn to Mars every Thursday .
This is why , after I write an article about the failure to do a large electron microscope studies , in order to confirm the existence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus , a reader will write , “ I told my doctor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s very clear the virus WAS isolated… ” Yes .
Of course .
Performing an appendectomy proves there is a man in the moon eating a green cheese sandwich .
Slam dunk .
( TLB ) published this original article from the blog of Jon Rappoport with our appreciation for his contribution to raise health and freedom awareness .
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
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Misplaced faith in the Church of Biological Mysticism
Misplaced transferred leaps of faith are provoked by the medical cartel on a continuing basis. They’re in that business.
Jon Rappoport
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.” (Dr. Marcia Angell, NY Review of Books, January 15, 2009, “Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption)
In past articles, I’ve offered compelling evidence that researchers never discovered a new coronavirus by proper scientific procedures, and therefore the whole pandemic-story rests on nothing.
In this piece, I’m coming at that point from a different angle: misplaced faith, an unwarranted transference of feeling.
Start here: Because a man was put back together by ER surgeons after a car wreck on the I-15, he believes doctors know everything there is to know about germs, infections, and long-term chronic conditions.
Wrong.
Analogy: Joe, at the end of his rope, his life a mess, happens to have a casual conversation with a small-town preacher on a park bench. He emerges with a new-found sense of faith, and then…
The next time we see Joe, he inexplicably has a job washing down steps and statues in Vatican City, and he’s attending Mass three times a day, where the priests deliver services in Latin. He’s shining the shoes of a Bishop who’s been transferred from his posting three times to avoid prosecution as a pedophile…
Boggling leap and transference of faith.
A Hollywood actress gets a first-class nose job from Dr. Frankenstein in Beverly Hills, and therefore she believes everything doctors tell her about viruses and childhood vaccines.
Athletes wised up to this problem of misplaced faith about 25 years ago. A successful Tommy John surgery wasn’t proof doctors knew anything about nutrition or workout regimens.
Medical societies, their propagandists, and their press colleagues know they’re operating a major con. They can parlay a cast on a broken arm, an operation to correct a deformity, and a benign cyst removal into a sales job about an outbreak of a new virus on the other side of the world.
The only common denominator? All the pros are wearing white coats and have a diploma hanging on the wall.
“Well, if you put it that way…”
I do put it that way, because that’s the way it is.
The Church of Pandemic Theology and Mystical Discovery of New Viruses, run by holy initiates schooled in the arcane arts of molecular biology, are not the same breed as old Doc Brown who stiches up a cut after a fall, or a guy who has done a thousand kidney-stone laser surgeries, or an orthopedist who hands out a walking boot to a child who suffered a broken toe on a tennis court.
A moth is not a pelican.
But there are people all over the world who have been treated for one thing and another by doctors, and for most of those patients, all doctors are the same.
And then, when, lo and behold, the clouds part, and a public health expert steps up to the podium, to speak at a televised White House press conference on the pandemic, why he must be a doctor’s doctor, a ranking cardinal in the church, a man with knowledge so advanced, it stuns the mind to imagine it. He can put a bandage on a wound AND isolate and purify a never before seen infectious particle, in the lab.
“Listen, when I was twelve years old, I had a cut on my leg, and a doctor with a long needle punched me in the ass with a shot of penicillin, so I KNOW the SARS-CoV-2 virus has the potential to kill a hundred million people.”
Right. Sure. Impeccable logic. Case closed.
Once in a while, if you’re lucky, things can break the other way. I was lucky, when I was 11. My parents took me to an Ortho because I had a minor back problem after a baseball game, and he gave me a cloth vest to wear. It had buckles and straps, and I was supposed to put it on every morning and cinch it up tight and keep it on all day long. Many battles ensued between my parents and me. One day, for a reason I can’t remember, I was taken to our family doctor. He had served as a surgeon in World War Two. Good man. Tough guy. I took off my shirt and he saw the vest, and he said, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? My mother explained, and he shook his head and said THERE’S NO REASON TO WEAR THAT DAMN THING, TAKE IT OFF. He instantly had a friend for life. This was a medical opinion I could understand. I’m sure if he’d lived to the ripe old age of 120, and watched Fauci deliver one of his ex-cathedra pandemic pronouncements on television, he’d say, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, WHO IS THAT DOPE? GET OUT IN THE OPEN AIR AND LIVE, PEOPLE, FORGET ALL THE STUPID ADVICE.
Even within the medical fraternity, there is a great deal of misplaced faith. An internist from Boston trusts molecular biologists in California who are confirming the sequence of a new virus. Why? Because they’re all serious professionals and brothers in arms. An insult to one is an insult to all.
Preposterous.
When it comes to the delicate inner-sanctum discovery of a new virus, there must be no doubt about veracity. The ayes have it. After all, these high priests in their lab deploy a SYSTEM. They proceed step by step. They couldn’t possibly be wrong. If they were, the whole system would be discredited and it would fail, and THAT is not possible. Not conceivable. Not permissible. Because the stakes are so high, the results are automatically correct.
And yet, they aren’t. Not by a long shot.
But untold numbers of people believe those results, based on zero knowledge, because once upon a time, a doctor felt their pulse, put a stethoscope on their back and told them to breathe, wrote a prescription, peered in their ears, tested their reflexes, examined a wart, operated on a relative, prescribed plenty of rest, put a splint on a finger, suggested avoiding fatty foods, and referred them to a specialist.
Which is like saying a guy changing the oil in your car inspires your confidence in reports that there are rocket races in outer space from Saturn to Mars every Thursday.
This is why, after I write an article about the failure to do a large electron microscope studies, in order to confirm the existence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a reader will write, “I told my doctor about your piece and he said it’s very clear the virus WAS isolated…”
Yes. Of course. Performing an appendectomy proves there is a man in the moon eating a green cheese sandwich. Slam dunk.
Church of Biological Mysticism Misplaced transferred leaps of faith are provoked by the medical cartel on a continuing basis. They’re in that business.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-30--Debate 2020: 10 Times Wallace Was an Impediment or MIA

Biden also didn ’ t answer questions thanks to Chris Wallace letting him skate : Biden lost on the peaceful transition he says he wants : The debate was fiery .
Joe Biden called President Trump a liar , a clown , and , at one point , said , ‘ would you shut up , man.
” Biden started out saying everything Trump says is a lie and everyone knows it .
Trump did not call him names but let him have it when he said he wasn ’ t smart .
Trump reminded him of his bragging about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performed at the bottom .
Trump didn ’ t explain that he paid $ 18 million in corporate taxes which are his personal taxes .
That was a problem for Trump .
He probably did pay $ 750 for each of two years but he also paid $ 18 million under the corporation , which are his personal taxes .
Biden will eliminate all of Trump ’ s tax cuts which will mean hundreds of billions in increased taxes on Americans .
On the economy , Wallace had zero questions of Biden despite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up too much time with his questions and interruptions .
He also cut the President off several times , especially when he was making good points .
During the COVID segment , Biden basically accused the President of killing the Americans who died of COV .
Biden ignored the travel bans implemented by Trump and rambled about Trump killing people .
Biden piled on and the fact that he would not have instituted any travel bans was lost .
Wallace was mostly MIA on that , although he did corner Joe on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trust him on the vaccine , ” Biden said .
That is so irresponsible .
People will die without the vaccine .
There was a discussion about masks .
Trump said , “ He could be speaking 200 feet away and he ’ d have the biggest mask on you ’ ve ever seen ” Biden ’ s absurd reason for not opening up businesses is because he needs a plan on how to get money to them to open up so he won ’ t open up .
The solution is actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will take care of the rest .
The federal government is in deep debt and the Democrats want trillions from us , the federal taxpayer , to cover failing blue states .
Trump said Biden wants to shut down the economy—points to Democratic states that are keeping businesses closed .
That is a strong argument .
Wallace never went back to Joe to ask him about his anemic economy .
Wallace teamed up with Joe on this and never questioned Joe about packing the courts beyond the first question .
He let it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the courts ) : Wallace cut Trump off when he was making good points .
The two got caught up in the personal aspects of Hunter Biden cozying up to China .
He didn ’ t address the corruption .
Trump hit Biden with his son and his cozy relationship with China and the wife of the mayor of Moscow .
Biden insisted it ’ s been debunked although it has not been .
Biden called President Trump a clown again and wouldn ’ t respond to the question about his seemingly corrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his son beat drug addiction .
Wallace never questioned Biden about this .
Biden came across as very soft on crime .
The former vice president wants community policing where mental health people accompany the cops on 911 calls .
Biden accused Trump of killing Black people but Trump turned it back on him .
Biden went on about systemic racism and it ’ s inherent in law enforcement .
He ’ s going to call groups together at the White House and solve it .
President Trump asked him what peaceful protest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Trump won big here .
Wallace should have asked Biden what law enforcement groups support him .
Wallace asked about Trump ending critical race theory and seemed quite annoyed by Trump disbanding it .
Trump described it as radical , racist , and destructive .
They were teaching people that this country is horrible and racist .
President Trump scored points on law and order .
Biden has no reply as to why he was silent about the violence in the demonstrations and in criminal matters .
Wallace asked Biden what does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter calling for defunding the police .
Biden ’ s “ reimagining ” policing answer is total left-wing blather .
Wallace actually asked Trump to condemn white supremacists .
When Trump tried to bring up antifa and BLM , Biden and Wallace geared the conversation back to white supremacists and KKK .
Trump told Biden the radical left will have him wrapped around his finger .
Biden actually said Biden is an idea , not an organization .
WOW !
Wallace brought up the Charlottesville lie without noting that it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That was very dishonest .
Biden misled .
That ’ s when Trump went into antifa and Biden said it was an idea .
WALLACE WAS AWOL WITH NO FACTS Senile Joe got away with lying about the Russian bounty on soldiers ’ heads .
Wallace was AWOL again .
Biden is going to move to alternative energy , and there will be no more coal or oil plants .
He ’ s going to rejoin the Paris Accord because , he said , without it , meaning the Accord , “ everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Paris Accord forces successful countries to stop burning fossil fuels and turn their resources and money — in a huge wealth redistribution — to underdeveloped counties so they can burn fossil fuels .
Who won the debate ?
Well , that ’ s up to all of you .
But Hispanics say Trump won : Hispanic voters overwhelmingly picked Trump as the winner .
In fact , Trump crushed Biden 66/34 regarding who they think won the first duel .
It goes in keeping with the polling data that Trump has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this in Miami-Dade County , Florida , a key Democratic bastion , where Trump has been doing mighty fine with this voter bloc , causing some Democrats to worry .
Telemundo ’ s poll didn ’ t help assuage the fears .
It ’ s not clear how good this poll is :

Debate 2020: 10 Times Wallace Was an impediment or MIA
By: M. Dowling
If you liked President Trump when the debate started, you still like him, and the reverse is true in Biden’s case.
Chris Wallace was a problem. His questions were too long and he didn’t address any of the blatant lies. For example, Wallace ignored Biden saying Hunter didn’t do anything wrong while his father was vice president. The question we didn’t get an answer to was did Hunter enrich himself at the USA’s expense?
Chris Wallace was a disaster who chided Trump, pressed him with questions far more than he did Biden. Questions and topics were geared towards leftist agenda items. Wallace appears to be a man of the left, really left.
President Trump had a good line at the beginning — I guess I’m debating you, meaning Chris Wallace. That was the case.
WALLACE LETS JOE SKATE
Biden met the extremely low bar set for him with only a couple of brief seconds of verbal stumbling although James Woods thinks Biden was caught with a wire:
Biden also didn’t answer questions thanks to Chris Wallace letting him skate: Biden lost on the peaceful transition he says he wants: The debate was fiery. Joe Biden called President Trump a liar, a clown, and, at one point, said, ‘would you shut up, man.” Biden started out saying everything Trump says is a lie and everyone knows it. Trump did not call him names but let him have it when he said he wasn’t smart. Trump reminded him of his bragging about having top grades in college when he performed at the bottom. Trump didn’t explain that he paid $18 million in corporate taxes which are his personal taxes. That was a problem for Trump. He probably did pay $750 for each of two years but he also paid $18 million under the corporation, which are his personal taxes. WALLACE IS MISSING Biden will eliminate all of Trump’s tax cuts which will mean hundreds of billions in increased taxes on Americans. On the economy, Wallace had zero questions of Biden despite the anemic Obama-Biden economy. Wallace took up too much time with his questions and interruptions. He also cut the President off several times, especially when he was making good points. During the COVID segment, Biden basically accused the President of killing the Americans who died of COV. Biden ignored the travel bans implemented by Trump and rambled about Trump killing people. Biden piled on and the fact that he would not have instituted any travel bans was lost. Wallace was mostly MIA on that, although he did corner Joe on the vaccine. “I don’t trust him on the vaccine,” Biden said. That is so irresponsible. People will die without the vaccine. There was a discussion about masks. Trump said, “He could be speaking 200 feet away and he’d have the biggest mask on you’ve ever seen” WALLACE TEAMS UP WITH BIDEN Biden’s absurd reason for not opening up businesses is because he needs a plan on how to get money to them to open up so he won’t open up. The solution is actually to open up and the business owners will take care of the rest. The federal government is in deep debt and the Democrats want trillions from us, the federal taxpayer, to cover failing blue states. Trump said Biden wants to shut down the economy—points to Democratic states that are keeping businesses closed. That is a strong argument. Wallace never went back to Joe to ask him about his anemic economy. Wallace teamed up with Joe on this and never questioned Joe about packing the courts beyond the first question. He let it go (obviously, he will pack the courts):   Wallace cut Trump off when he was making good points. WALLACE IGNORES HUNTER The two got caught up in the personal aspects of Hunter Biden cozying up to China. He didn’t address the corruption. Trump hit Biden with his son and his cozy relationship with China and the wife of the mayor of Moscow. Biden insisted it’s been debunked although it has not been. Biden called President Trump a clown again and wouldn’t respond to the question about his seemingly corrupt son Hunter. Eventually, he said his son beat drug addiction. Wallace never questioned Biden about this. WALLACE IS MIA AGAIN Biden came across as very soft on crime. The former vice president wants community policing where mental health people accompany the cops on 911 calls. Biden accused Trump of killing Black people but Trump turned it back on him. Biden went on about systemic racism and it’s inherent in law enforcement. He’s going to call groups together at the White House and solve it. President Trump asked him what peaceful protest means — riots, burning down cities? Trump won big here. Wallace should have asked Biden what law enforcement groups support him. Watch:   WALLACE BACKS CRITICAL RACE THEORY Wallace asked about Trump ending critical race theory and seemed quite annoyed by Trump disbanding it. Trump described it as radical, racist, and destructive. They were teaching people that this country is horrible and racist. Watch:   WALLACE IGNORES ANTIFA, BLM AND CALLS TRUMP ON WHITE SUPREMACY President Trump scored points on law and order. Biden has no reply as to why he was silent about the violence in the demonstrations and in criminal matters. Wallace asked Biden what does reimagining policing mean and does he support Black Lives Matter calling for defunding the police. Biden’s “reimagining” policing answer is total left-wing blather. Wallace actually asked Trump to condemn white supremacists. When Trump tried to bring up antifa and BLM, Biden and Wallace geared the conversation back to white supremacists and KKK. Trump told Biden the radical left will have him wrapped around his finger. Biden actually said Biden is an idea, not an organization. WOW! WALLACE PRESENTS A LIE AS A TRUTH Wallace brought up the Charlottesville lie without noting that it has been debunked. He sat mute. That was very dishonest. Biden misled. That’s when Trump went into antifa and Biden said it was an idea. WALLACE WAS AWOL WITH NO FACTS Senile Joe got away with lying about the Russian bounty on soldiers’ heads. Wallace was AWOL again. Biden is going to move to alternative energy, and there will be no more coal or oil plants. He’s going to rejoin the Paris Accord because, he said, without it, meaning the Accord, “everything is falling apart???” The Paris Accord forces successful countries to stop burning fossil fuels and turn their resources and money — in a huge wealth redistribution — to underdeveloped counties so they can burn fossil fuels. WHO WON Who won the debate? Well, that’s up to all of you. But Hispanics say Trump won: Hispanic voters overwhelmingly picked Trump as the winner. In fact, Trump crushed Biden 66/34 regarding who they think won the first duel. It goes in keeping with the polling data that Trump has been doing well with Latinos. You see this in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a key Democratic bastion, where Trump has been doing mighty fine with this voter bloc, causing some Democrats to worry. Telemundo’s poll didn’t help assuage the fears. It’s not clear how good this poll is: ••••
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