thelibertybeacon--2020-05-28--The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A “Universal Lockdown”

The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A “ Universal Lockdown ” The pandemic was needed as a pretext to halt and collapse the world economy and the underlying social fabric .
There is no coincidence .
There were a number of preparatory events , all pointing in the direction of a worldwide monumental historic disaster .
It started at least 10 years ago – probably considerably earlier – with the infamous 2010 Rockefeller Report , which painted the first phase of a monstrous Plan , called the “ Lock Step ” scenario .
Among the last preparatory moves for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held in NYC on 18 October 2019 .
The event was sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF ) and the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , the club of the rich and powerful that meets every January in Davos , Switzerland .
Participating were a number of pharmaceuticals ( vaccine interest groups ) , as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) ’ s of the US and – of China .
One of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simulation of a corona virus pandemic .
The simulated virus was called SARS-2-nCoV , or later 2019-nCoV .
The simulation results were disastrous , killing 65 million people in 18 months and plunging the stock market by more than 30 % — causing untold unemployment and bankruptcies .
Precisely the scenario of which we are now living the beginning .
The Lock Step scenario foresees a number of ghastly and disturbing events or components of The Plan to be implemented by the so called Agenda ID2020 , a Bill Gates creation , fully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Development Goals ( SDG ) – target date for completion – 2030 ( also called Agenda 2030 , the hidden agenda unknown to most of the UN members ) , the same target date for completion of the Agenda ID2020 .
Here , just the key elements as a precursor to what the world is living now , and what is to come , if we don ’ t stop it – to demonstrate how this entirely criminal sham has been planned .
Parts of the scenario are : • A massive vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill Gates ’ dream and brainchild is vaccinating 7 billion people .
• Massive population reduction , a eugenics plan – in part through vaccination and other means ( Ref .
Bill Gates , “ if we are doing a real good job vaccinating , we may reduce the world population by 10 % to 15 % ” .
See “ Innovating to Zero !
” , speech to the TED2010 annual conference , Long Beach , California , February 18 , 2010 ) .
• An electronic ID for every person on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a nano chip , possibly injected along with the mandatory vaccination .
This nano-chip could be remotely uploaded with all personal data .
• Universal rolling out of 5G , later to be followed by 6G .
This is leading to a total control of every individual on the planet .
It is sold to the public as the Internet of Things ( TIT ) , meaning self-driving cars , robotized kitchen equipment , artificial intelligence ( AI ) for the production and delivery of everything .
What the sales pitch doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marginalized and enslaved .
To carry this masterplan forward , high frequency electromagnet waves are needed .
Therefore , rolling out of 5G is a must , no matter what the health impact on humans , fauna and flora may be – and no matter how it may influence viral infections , like possibly the current COVID19 .
WHO remains silent , although they do admit that no independent official study has been carried out on the dangers of 5G – and electromagnetic fields in general .
Does that mean that WHO is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this deadly spiel ?
– Let it suffice to say that unlike other UN agencies , WHO was created in 1948 by the Rockefeller Foundation ( RF ) – see The Lancet .
It might be also noteworthy that about half of WHO ’ s budget comes from private interest sources , mostly the pharma industry , but also others , like telecom giants .
This is a precursor to understanding how things are being planned .
It may help connect the dots for what is coming .
It may also help us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the first phase of the Lock Step scenario .
It portrays in vivid colors the criminal nature of the Dark Deep State .
Never mind the stock market crash – that ’ s a speculator ’ s syndrome , rich people ’ s risks , as the stock market is a western invention to play with capital and capital gains to the detriment of the workers , whose lives depend on working that capital .
They are the first ones to go , when Big Money calls for a merger – or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and justified by NOTHING quarantine , total lockdown of every business , small or big – restaurants , construction , tourism , little and big hardware stores , bakeries , air lines , transport – interrupted supply chains – factories , food processing – and it goes on and on .
In the Global North , up to 90 % of business transactions emanate from small and medium size enterprises ( SME ) .
Almost all of them are closed now .
Two thirds or more of them may never open again .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or are reduced to part-time work , meaning part-time pay – but still need to sustain their families .
Poverty and desperation will set in and become rampant .
No future in sight .
Suicide rates will rise – see Greece in the 2008 / 2009 crisis – and up to ten years later – broken families , foreclosures , families expulsed from rental apartments because they can no longer pay their rents .
Street begging becomes normal , except there is nobody left to spare a dime .
In Europe , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or more of the work force – depending on the country and structure of the labor force – is expected to be unemployed or will be reduced to part time work .
And that ’ s only the beginning .
In the US , official unemployment figures are as of this writing in excess of 23 million – and are expected , by predictions of the FED , Goldman Sachs , Bloomberg – to reach between 32 % and 40 % in the next quarter .
Bankruptcies may spin out of control .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic contraction of a mere 3 % – and a small growth rate in the latter part of 2021 .
How utterly ridiculous !
– What planet are these people on ?
Whom are they trying to fool , and why ?
Perhaps to encourage countries to borrow huge amounts of foreign exchange from these predatory Bretton Woods institutions , IMF and World Bank – to get deeply into debt , thinking with IMF predictions they will be fine ?
– Further enslavement by deceit ?
This is the Global North – which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however flimsy they may be – there is a sliver of hope for relief .
Another sliver of hope is built on the premises that mankind will be constantly creating – working ingeniously inventing – moving forward flowing like a river towards new horizons , creating new dynamics , new jobs… yes , that ’ s what mankind can do – and in our comfort we have forgotten this virtue – an essential virtue for survival – survival of the corona crisis .
The Global South – or developing countries – presents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a third to half of the economy is informal , meaning not tied to any norm of formal or legal organization .
They are short-term workers , daily , hourly laborers – living from hand-to-mouth , no savings , no safety nets – and in most cases no health coverage .
They are left to the whims of the “ market ” , literally .
Now the market collapses .
There is nothing left .
No work , no income , no money to pay for food , rent , medication – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deprived poverty-stricken , to stay ‘ home ’ – ‘ lockdown ’ in quarantine – to protect themselves from a virus , an imposed virus that nobody sees , but the government and the media make sure you are aware – and SCARED – of its dangers , you never know whether it is true or false .
Confinement at ” home ” ?
– Where is home ?
Home is gone .
No money to pay rent .
Keep social distance – don ’ t get together .
Stay apart .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the essence .
Take a city like Lima , Peru .
Peru ’ s total population about 30 million .
Lima , about eleven million – of which some 3 to 4 million live on the margins or below – in shantytowns , or worse .
Daily , or hourly laborers .
They live sometimes hours away from their work place .
Now , there is no workplace anymore .
They have no money to pay for food , transport or rent – landlords put them in the streets , expel them from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in confinement ?
How can they take care of themselves by quarantine – lockdown – having no shelter , no food – desperately looking to earn just enough money to survive another day – and perhaps to share with their families ?
They can ’ t .
Lockdown-protection ( sic-sic ) is only for the rich .
The poor , they starve with kids and families – and quite possibly with the corona disease .
They live within the circles of poverty and misery , where there is nothing to spare .
Nobody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There simply is nothing .
Total deprivation , caused by a total economic standstill – forced upon the world and especially the poor by evil men – and perhaps also evil women .
These 3 to 4 or 5 million people , they all have come at one point or another from the rural provinces , for which the government does nothing , or not enough to keep them there .
So , in search of a better life , they abandon their ‘ çhacras ’ ( little plots of land ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to paradise – where they are relegated to live in more misery than in their provincial meagre settlements .
They endure – always with hope .
Now this – the man-made corona crisis – has made life even worse , much worse for them .
There are none or far from enough government handouts – or they come too late or get lost in corruption .
In solidarity they assemble .
They need to get back to their provincial origins , to their çhacras , to their families – where they will get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may feel “ home ” and loved or at least welcome .
A dictatorial military style government prevents them from leaving – for security reasons , of course – they may infect other people — the farce continues .
And nobody says peep .
Nobody dares , for fear of being locked away .
Police brutality – sticks , tear gas – repression – back to no shelter – no food .
Until the central almighty government decides to “ organize ” repatriation – by buses , but there is not enough capacity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their lot gets worse – and how much worse can it get ?
Famine will strike , will make them weaker and weaker , more prone to diseases and to die – not fromCOVID19 , but from famine .
But as statistics go , MUST go , by orders of the Masters , such deaths will automatically be attributed to the corona pandemic .
Naturally .
It ’ s done elsewhere , in the Global North .
Why not in the Global South ?
Lima is just a case in point – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Latin America , except for Venezuela , Nicaragua and Cuba – where , in the midst of misery , there is still a sense of solidarity uniting the people – where the government stands with the people , yet , where people are more severely suffering , because of western sanctions – they are literally being murdered by western sanctions – foremost the US of A .
A genocidal nation .
The New York Times ( 22 April 2020 ) reports , ‘ Instead of Coronavirus , the Hunger Will Kill Us.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ The world has never faced a hunger emergency like this , experts say .
It could double the number of people facing acute hunger to 265 million by the end of this year .
Also , by the NYT – This reminds of the infamous Kissinger quote of the 1970s on famine , “ Who controls the food supply controls the people – the quote goes on , saying , “ Who controls the energy can control whole continents ; who controls money can control the world.
” Kissinger , like the Gates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meaning ” : They have never made a secret of their desire to reduce the world population in a format that reminds one of eugenics , by “ eradicating poverty ” , for example through vaccination – starting in Africa .
Gates has recently suggested that he would try out his new corona vaccine in Africa – to which even his buddy , Dr. Tedros , the WHO Director General , protested .
The coronavirus pandemic has brought poverty and famine to millions of people around the world .
And there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it would seem that almost all governments are coopted or tacitly coerced into adhering to the “ guidelines ” .
It is both diabolical as well as beyond comprehension .
Why ?
The “ global elites ” really believe that they are contributing to the future and well-being of humanity .
Yet their actions have resulted in abject misery , unemployment and despair .
Without such coercive measures it could hardly be explained why almost all governments of the planet submit to this horrendous social and economic agenda – and lie , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
The very people they are supposed to protect against unemployment , famine and despair .
Under “ normal ” circumstances of our globe ’ s predatory inequality , some 9 million people die annually from hunger and famine-related diseases .
This figure may now shoot up exponentially .
Maybe into the tens of millions , or more .
Famine and death by famine could be further affected by artificially caused food shortages , or by droughts or floods – resulting from purposefully man-made climate change – not through the ludicrously touted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advanced US Air Force HAARP system ( HAARP = High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program ) .
“ During the Vietnam war , cloud-seeding techniques were used , starting in 1967 under Project Popeye , the objective of which was to prolong the monsoon season and block enemy supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail ” .
Today the HAARP system has been perfected and weaponized .
According to US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report , weather modification ( for military use ) : Under the proposed Gates Foundation forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may , for example , not be able to travel .
The abject misery that is purposefully imposed upon mankind becomes ever more visible .
Aside from wiping out people ’ s and business ’ assets , it ’ s poverty and famine… There is today no Nuremberg-type Tribunal , honest , ethical and powerful enough to hold the global elites accountable and bring them to justice .
We the people have to take the reign in this ongoing paradigm shift .
We the people , have to get out of this atrocious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wisdom and savvy .
Letting the enemy ’ s ferocious forces strengthen our weakness – and make us overcome .
Peter Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst .
He is also a water resources and environmental specialist .
He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment and water .
He lectures at universities in the US , Europe and South America .
He writes regularly for Global Research ; ICH ; RT ; Sputnik ; PressTV ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Defend Democracy Press , TeleSUR ; The Saker Blog , the New Eastern Outlook ( NEO ) ; and other internet sites .
He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War , Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe .
He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution !
– Essays from the Resistance .
He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization .

The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A “Universal Lockdown” PETER KOENIG
First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown – literally for the collapse of the world economy – was already taken at the WEF conference in Davos, 21 – 24 January 2020. On January 30, WHO declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). At that time, there were only 150 known COVID-19 cases outside of China. No reason whatsoever to declare a pandemic. On March 11, Dr. Tedros, DG of WHO converted the PHEIC into a pandemic. This gave the green light for the start of implementing “The Plan”.
The pandemic was needed as a pretext to halt and collapse the world economy and the underlying social fabric.
There is no coincidence. There were a number of preparatory events, all pointing in the direction of a worldwide monumental historic disaster. It started at least 10 years ago – probably considerably earlier – with the infamous 2010 Rockefeller Report, which painted the first phase of a monstrous Plan, called the “Lock Step” scenario. Among the last preparatory moves for the “pandemic” was Event 201, held in NYC on 18 October 2019.
The event was sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), the club of the rich and powerful that meets every January in Davos, Switzerland. Participating were a number of pharmaceuticals (vaccine interest groups), as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s of the US and – of China.
One of the objectives of Event 201 was a computer simulation of a corona virus pandemic. The simulated virus was called SARS-2-nCoV, or later 2019-nCoV. The simulation results were disastrous, killing 65 million people in 18 months and plunging the stock market by more than 30% — causing untold unemployment and bankruptcies. Precisely the scenario of which we are now living the beginning.
The Lock Step scenario foresees a number of ghastly and disturbing events or components of The Plan to be implemented by the so called Agenda ID2020, a Bill Gates creation, fully integrated into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – target date for completion – 2030 (also called Agenda 2030, the hidden agenda unknown to most of the UN members), the same target date for completion of the Agenda ID2020.
Here, just the key elements as a precursor to what the world is living now, and what is to come, if we don’t stop it – to demonstrate how this entirely criminal sham has been planned. Parts of the scenario are:
A massive vaccination program, probably through compulsory vaccination – Bill Gates’ dream and brainchild is vaccinating 7 billion people.
Massive population reduction, a eugenics plan – in part through vaccination and other means (Ref. Bill Gates, “if we are doing a real good job vaccinating, we may reduce the world population by 10% to 15%”. See “Innovating to Zero!”, speech to the TED2010 annual conference, Long Beach, California, February 18, 2010).
Bill Gates has been advocating for years the need for a massive population reduction – and indeed the more than 20 years of the BMGF’s extensive vaccination programs in Africa, India and other places around the world have seen a record of involuntary sterilization of women between 14 and 49 years. See In 2014 and 2015 Kenya carried out a massive tetanus vaccination program, sponsored by WHO and UNICEF.
An electronic ID for every person on the planet – in the form of a nano chip, possibly injected along with the mandatory vaccination. This nano-chip could be remotely uploaded with all personal data.
Digitized money, no more cash.
Universal rolling out of 5G, later to be followed by 6G.
This is leading to a total control of every individual on the planet. It is sold to the public as the Internet of Things (TIT), meaning self-driving cars, robotized kitchen equipment, artificial intelligence (AI) for the production and delivery of everything. What the sales pitch doesn’t say is how humans would be marginalized and enslaved. To carry this masterplan forward, high frequency electromagnet waves are needed. Therefore, rolling out of 5G is a must, no matter what the health impact on humans, fauna and flora may be – and no matter how it may influence viral infections, like possibly the current COVID19.
WHO remains silent, although they do admit that no independent official study has been carried out on the dangers of 5G – and electromagnetic fields in general. Does that mean that WHO is coopted by the Big and Powerful into this deadly spiel? – Let it suffice to say that unlike other UN agencies, WHO was created in 1948 by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) – see The Lancet. It might be also noteworthy that about half of WHO’s budget comes from private interest sources, mostly the pharma industry, but also others, like telecom giants.
This is a precursor to understanding how things are being planned. It may help connect the dots for what is coming.
It may also help us understand what is happening right now, in the first phase of the Lock Step scenario. It portrays in vivid colors the criminal nature of the Dark Deep State.
Never mind the stock market crash – that’s a speculator’s syndrome, rich people’s risks, as the stock market is a western invention to play with capital and capital gains to the detriment of the workers, whose lives depend on working that capital. They are the first ones to go, when Big Money calls for a merger – or a bankruptcy.
Now the almost universal and justified by NOTHING quarantine, total lockdown of every business, small or big – restaurants, construction, tourism, little and big hardware stores, bakeries, air lines, transport – interrupted supply chains – factories, food processing – and it goes on and on.
In the Global North, up to 90% of business transactions emanate from small and medium size enterprises (SME). Almost all of them are closed now. Two thirds or more of them may never open again. Employees and workers are laid off, or are reduced to part-time work, meaning part-time pay – but still need to sustain their families. Poverty and desperation will set in and become rampant. No future in sight. Suicide rates will rise – see Greece in the 2008 / 2009 crisis – and up to ten years later – broken families, foreclosures, families expulsed from rental apartments because they can no longer pay their rents. Street begging becomes normal, except there is nobody left to spare a dime.
In Europe, at least a third to maybe 50% or more of the work force – depending on the country and structure of the labor force – is expected to be unemployed or will be reduced to part time work. And that’s only the beginning. In the US, official unemployment figures are as of this writing in excess of 23 million – and are expected, by predictions of the FED, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg – to reach between 32% and 40% in the next quarter. Bankruptcies may spin out of control.
The IMF predicts for 2020 a worldwide economic contraction of a mere 3% – and a small growth rate in the latter part of 2021. How utterly ridiculous! – What planet are these people on? Whom are they trying to fool, and why? Perhaps to encourage countries to borrow huge amounts of foreign exchange from these predatory Bretton Woods institutions, IMF and World Bank – to get deeply into debt, thinking with IMF predictions they will be fine? – Further enslavement by deceit?
This is the Global North – which has some kind of social safety net, however flimsy they may be – there is a sliver of hope for relief. Another sliver of hope is built on the premises that mankind will be constantly creating – working ingeniously inventing – moving forward flowing like a river towards new horizons, creating new dynamics, new jobs… yes, that’s what mankind can do – and in our comfort we have forgotten this virtue – an essential virtue for survival – survival of the corona crisis.
The Global South – or developing countries – presents a grimmer story. Under normal circumstances, a third to half of the economy is informal, meaning not tied to any norm of formal or legal organization. They are short-term workers, daily, hourly laborers – living from hand-to-mouth, no savings, no safety nets – and in most cases no health coverage. They are left to the whims of the “market”, literally. Now the market collapses.
There is nothing left. No work, no income, no money to pay for food, rent, medication – and the government orders them, the deprived poverty-stricken, to stay ‘home’ – ‘lockdown’ in quarantine – to protect themselves from a virus, an imposed virus that nobody sees, but the government and the media make sure you are aware – and SCARED – of its dangers, you never know whether it is true or false.
Confinement at ”home”? – Where is home? Home is gone. No money to pay rent. Keep social distance – don’t get together. Stay apart. The infection could spread. Fear is of the essence.
Take a city like Lima, Peru. Peru’s total population about 30 million. Lima, about eleven million – of which some 3 to 4 million live on the margins or below – in shantytowns, or worse. Daily, or hourly laborers. They live sometimes hours away from their work place. Now, there is no workplace anymore. They have no money to pay for food, transport or rent – landlords put them in the streets, expel them from their properties. How can they stay in confinement? How can they take care of themselves by quarantine – lockdown – having no shelter, no food – desperately looking to earn just enough money to survive another day – and perhaps to share with their families? They can’t.
Lockdown-protection (sic-sic) is only for the rich. The poor, they starve with kids and families – and quite possibly with the corona disease. They live within the circles of poverty and misery, where there is nothing to spare. Nobody has anything. Not even in solidarity. There simply is nothing. Total deprivation, caused by a total economic standstill – forced upon the world and especially the poor by evil men – and perhaps also evil women.
These 3 to 4 or 5 million people, they all have come at one point or another from the rural provinces, for which the government does nothing, or not enough to keep them there. So, in search of a better life, they abandon their ‘çhacras’ (little plots of land) and move to the Big City – to paradise – where they are relegated to live in more misery than in their provincial meagre settlements. They endure – always with hope. Now this – the man-made corona crisis – has made life even worse, much worse for them. There are none or far from enough government handouts – or they come too late or get lost in corruption.
In solidarity they assemble. They need to get back to their provincial origins, to their çhacras, to their families – where they will get shelter and food, where they again may feel “home” and loved or at least welcome.
A dictatorial military style government prevents them from leaving – for security reasons, of course – they may infect other people — the farce continues. And nobody says peep. Nobody dares, for fear of being locked away. Police brutality – sticks, tear gas – repression – back to no shelter – no food. Until the central almighty government decides to “organize” repatriation – by buses, but there is not enough capacity, nor organization – chaos emerges – and their lot gets worse – and how much worse can it get? Famine will strike, will make them weaker and weaker, more prone to diseases and to die – not fromCOVID19, but from famine. But as statistics go, MUST go, by orders of the Masters, such deaths will automatically be attributed to the corona pandemic. Naturally. It’s done elsewhere, in the Global North. Why not in the Global South?
Lima is just a case in point – It’s representative probably for most of Latin America, except for Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba – where, in the midst of misery, there is still a sense of solidarity uniting the people – where the government stands with the people, yet, where people are more severely suffering, because of western sanctions – they are literally being murdered by western sanctions – foremost the US of A. A genocidal nation.
The New York Times (22 April 2020) reports, ‘Instead of Coronavirus, the Hunger Will Kill Us.’ A Global Food Crisis Looms. The world has never faced a hunger emergency like this, experts say. It could double the number of people facing acute hunger to 265 million by the end of this year.
Also, by the NYT –
“In Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya, residents already live in extreme poverty. Desperate to eat set off a stampede during a recent giveaway of flour and cooking oil, leaving scores injured and two people dead.” “In India, thousands of workers are lining up twice a day for bread and fried vegetables to keep hunger at bay.” “And across Colombia, poor households are hanging red clothing and flags from their windows and balconies as a sign that they are hungry.”
This reminds of the infamous Kissinger quote of the 1970s on famine,
“Who controls the food supply controls the people – the quote goes on, saying,
“Who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.”
Kissinger, like the Gates, the Rockefellers, are “well meaning”: They have never made a secret of their desire to reduce the world population in a format that reminds one of eugenics, by “eradicating poverty”, for example through vaccination – starting in Africa.
Gates has recently suggested that he would try out his new corona vaccine in Africa – to which even his buddy, Dr. Tedros, the WHO Director General, protested.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought poverty and famine to millions of people around the world. And there is no end in sight.
To the contrary, it would seem that almost all governments are coopted or tacitly coerced into adhering to the “guidelines”.
It is both diabolical as well as beyond comprehension. Why? The “global elites” really believe that they are contributing to the future and well-being of humanity. Yet their actions have resulted in abject misery, unemployment and despair.
Without such coercive measures it could hardly be explained why almost all governments of the planet submit to this horrendous social and economic agenda – and lie, lie, abject lie – to their people. The very people they are supposed to protect against unemployment, famine and despair.
Under “normal” circumstances of our globe’s predatory inequality, some 9 million people die annually from hunger and famine-related diseases. This figure may now shoot up exponentially. Maybe into the tens of millions, or more.
Famine and death by famine could be further affected by artificially caused food shortages, or by droughts or floods – resulting from purposefully man-made climate change – not through the ludicrously touted CO2-caused temperature rise – but by the advanced US Air Force HAARP system (HAARP = High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program).
“During the Vietnam war, cloud-seeding techniques were used, starting in 1967 under Project Popeye, the objective of which was to prolong the monsoon season and block enemy supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail”. Today the HAARP system has been perfected and weaponized. According to US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, weather modification (for military use):
“offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary …
‘Weather modification will become a part of domestic and international security and could be done unilaterally… It could have offensive and defensive applications and even be used for deterrence purposes. The ability to generate precipitation, fog and storms on earth or to modify space weather… and the production of artificial weather all are a part of an integrated set of [military] technologies.”
Under the proposed Gates Foundation forced vaccination program – those who refuse vaccination may, for example, not be able to travel.
The abject misery that is purposefully imposed upon mankind becomes ever more visible. Aside from wiping out people’s and business’ assets, it’s poverty and famine…
There is today no Nuremberg-type Tribunal, honest, ethical and powerful enough to hold the global elites accountable and bring them to justice.
We the people have to take the reign in this ongoing paradigm shift.
We the people, have to get out of this atrocious lockdown.
Not confrontational, but with wisdom and savvy. Letting the enemy’s ferocious forces strengthen our weakness – and make us overcome.
A good General doesn’t like aggression A good warrior doesn’t know hate If you want to conquer your enemy, don’t confront him Put yourself below him This is called the power of not-fighting This is using the ability of men This is called since ancient times, to be in harmony with heaven, And it is the greatest power there is (Tao 68)
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Peter Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a water resources and environmental specialist. He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment and water. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He writes regularly for Global Research; ICH; RT; Sputnik; PressTV; The 21st Century; Greanville Post; Defend Democracy Press, TeleSUR; The Saker Blog, the New Eastern Outlook (NEO); and other internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! – Essays from the Resistance. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization.
Featured image: A woman wearing face mask walks in Damascus, Syria, March 24, 2020. | Photo: EFE


thelibertybeacon--2020-05-28--Penetrating the propaganda smoke screen

Penetrating the propaganda smoke screen

Swiss researchers get at the truth about COVID 19 The following article is a brilliant fully researched and referenced summary of the FACTS ( as opposed to media and government lies/hysteria ) about the COVID19 pandemic .
It is well worth a thorough read and sharing as widely as you can .
In total it is a powerful resource of information .
It comes from Swiss Policy Research ( SPR ) , which was founded in 2016 .
It is an independent , nonpartisan and nonprofit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda in Swiss and international media .
SPR is composed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funding .
• Cumulative all-cause mortality in the UK remains in the range of the five strongest flu waves in the last 25 years .
The peak in daily hospital deaths was already reached on April 8 ( s. chart below ) .
• New statistical data show that in mid-April , out of about 12,000 additional deaths , about 9,000 were “ related to Covid ” ( including “ suspected cases ” ) , but about 3,000 were “ not related to Covid ” .
Moreover , of the total of about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 2000 were “ related to Covid ” .
In both the “ Covid19 deaths ” and the non-covid19 deaths , it is often unclear what these people actually died of .
The Association of British Pathologists has therefore called for a “ systematic review of the true causes of death ” .
• The temporary “ Nightingale ” hospitals in the UK have so far remained largely empty .
A similar situation was already seen in China , the US and many other countries .
• At the end of April it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not , as officially stated , recommended by a scientific commission alone , but that a high government advisor had “ pushed ” the scientists to support the lockdown .
• Peter Hitchens : We ’ re destroying the nation ’ s wealth – and the health of millions .
“ If you don ’ t defend your most basic freedom , the one to go lawfully where you wish when you wish , then you will lose it for ever .
And that is not all you will lose .
Look at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like a great dark blot , the death of Parliament , the conversion of the police into a state militia.
” • The latest report from the US CDC shows that the Covid19 hospitalization rate among the over-65s is in the range of strong flu waves .
It is slightly higher among 18 to 64-year-olds and significantly lower among those under 18 .
• Video : A nurse from New York City stated in a dramatic video that New York is “ killing ” Covid19 patients by putting them on invasive ventilators and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the invasive ventilators ( instead of oxygen masks ) is done “ for fear of spreading the virus ” .
It is “ a horror movie ” , “ not because of the disease , but because of the way it is dealt with ” , the nurse explained .
Experts have been warning since March against intubation of Covid19 patients .
• Dr. Daniel Murphy , the head of emergency medicine at a heavily affected hospital in New York City , recommends a quick end to the lockdown .
According to Dr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reached its peak on April 7th .
Covid19 is a serious matter , but the fear of it is exaggerated , as the vast majority of the population gets at most mildly ill. His biggest concern now is the sharp decline in the care of emergency patients and children due to the lockdown and the widespread fear in the population .
• Video : The conservative Project Veritas whistleblower platform spoke with New York funeral home directors who stated that currently Covid is written “ on all death certificates ” ( of suspected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test or not .
Many people are currently dying at home , and often the exact cause of death is no longer checked .
The Covid19 statistics are inflated for political or financial reasons , the directors stated .
• The director of the Illinois Department of Health confirmed that even terminally ill people who clearly die of another cause but who test positive for Covid19 virus before or after death are recorded as Covid19 deaths .
• Due to the lockdown , 30 million people in the US have already applied for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – that is significantly more than the International Labour Office ILO originally assumed for the entire world .
• Tesla boss Elon Musk called the California curfews “ fascist ” .
The “ forced imprisonment ” of people in their homes violates all their constitutional rights , Musk explained in a telephone conference .
• Video : A Wisconsin mother was confronted by police at her home because her children played illegally with neighbor children .
• Video : In late April , some photographers were caught in a partial staging of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Read more ) .
• Cumulative deaths since the beginning of the year in Switzerland remain within the range of a normal flu epidemic and far below the strong flu epidemic of 2015 ( see graph below ) .
Around 50 % of deaths occurred in care and nursing homes .
• The Swiss government plans to transform the current corona emergency decrees into a permanent urgent federal law .
Most Swiss media have not reported on this far-reaching announcement , or have done so only marginally .
• The Swiss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contact tracing that is to be introduced on 11 May in collaboration with Google and Apple .
Meanwhile , a Swiss “ data protection office ” declared : “ If the contact tracing app is suitable and necessary , it does not need to be voluntary ” .
• Various vigils were held on the Swiss Bundesplatz in Berne with around 400 participants who spoke out against restrictions on constitutional rights .
The rallies were cleared by the police .
• In the context of Covid19 , it was not the long-established Swiss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a newly founded “ Covid-19 Task Force ” , some of whose members have conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical sector .
• Video : “ Does the Swiss government belong in prison ?
” Swiss journalist Reto Brennwald interviewed the entrepreneur Daniel Stricker , who temporarily fled Switzerland to Sweden in mid-March and strongly criticizes the corona policy of the Swiss government .
• A Swiss nurse has written a highly shared article on the current situation .
She explains that Swiss hospitals have remained largely empty and in some cases had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is very unusual to transfer people over 80 years of age to intensive care units because of flu or pneumonia , where they then have to die alone instead of with their families .
If this were done , the intensive care units would be overloaded almost every winter .
The nurse criticises that most of the media have not sufficiently addressed the recent scientific findings on the rather low overall risk of Covid19 .
• In Germany and Austria , similar to Denmark , Finland , Greece , Hungary , Ireland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Portugal , no excess mortality exists to date .
• According to a leaked protocol of the Austrian Corona Task Force , Chancellor Kurz is said to have demanded in March that the population should be “ more afraid ” of infection or death of parents or grandparents .
A strategy paper of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior had already become known earlier , which also called for a psychological fear campaign that was indeed implemented by politicians and the media .
In retrospect , the question arises as to how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this largely unfounded fear .
• An open letter with already about 5000 signatures from people over 64 years of age demands : “ Corona : Don ’ t protect us older people at this price !
Let us decide for ourselves !
” For the protection of risk groups , the basic rights of the entire society should not be overridden , the authors argue .
• In Austria ( and possibly also in other countries ) kissing among people in love but not living together is still forbidden .
This applies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s own flat , explained the Austrian Minister of Health .
• A German lawyer is currently suing in several courts against the government anti-corona measures , as they are “ blatantly unconstitutional ” .
• Videos : In Germany there have recently been several cases of serious police overreach .
A young woman was brutally arrested by several police officers while shopping , as she had apparently “ got 20cm too close ” to a policewoman .
Another woman was instructed by the police at a rally not to hold the German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as this was an “ illegal political message ” .
The organizer of a peaceful rally in Berlin was also arrested in a rather brutal fashion .
Even older women were arrested in a disproportionate manner .
( Caution : disturbing footage of police violence ) .
• The CEO of Youtube announced in an interview at the end of April that video contributions on coronavirus that contradict the guidelines of the WHO or national health authorities will be removed .
For example , the video of the two skeptic Californian emergency doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was deleted .
Likewise , the interview with Professor Sucharit Bhakdi linked above was at least temporarily removed by Youtube .
• In the US magazine The Atlantic , two law professors wrote an article entitled : “ Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal .
In the debate over freedom versus control of the global network , China was largely correct , and the U.S. was wrong.
” • Mathias Döpfner , CEO of Axel Springer and one of the most influential media managers in Germany , calls for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strengthening of the transatlantic alliance with the USA in the wake of the Corona crisis .
• Washington Post : “ The last time the government sought a ‘ warp speed ’ vaccine , it was a fiasco ” .
The 1976 swine flu express vaccination led to paralysis and deaths .
• Looking back : Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic .
On the rather relaxed handling of the global flu pandemic of 1968 ( read more ) .
A lot of people are shocked by the dubious and often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Obviously , this is not “ ordinary reporting ” , but classical and massive propaganda , as it is typically employed in connection with wars of aggression or alleged terrorism .
SPR has depicted the media networks responsible for the dissemination of such propaganda in earlier infographics for the USA , for Germany and for Switzerland .
Even the supposedly “ open ” Internet lexicon Wikipedia is an integral part of this geopolitical media structure .
The political stance and relationship to power of different media outlets have been analyzed and compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Media Navigator may also be helpful in evaluating the current Covid19 reporting by different media outlets .
If , for example , pictures of soldiers in protective suits disinfecting entire streets are seen on television , this does not prove the danger of the corona virus , but rather – as Professor Giesecke put it benevolently – proves useless “ political activism ” .
Or as others would put it : propaganda .
By far the most significant and , from a civil society perspective , the most dangerous development in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political attempt to massively expand mass surveillance and control of society .
In this context , NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned of the emergence of an “ architecture of oppression ” .
The flu-like coronavirus may serve as a rationale or pretext for the introduction of strategic measures to expand monitoring and control of an increasingly uneasy society .
The most important instruments currently under discussion by several governments include : • The introduction of applications for “ tracing ” contacts across society • The establishment of units to enforce the tracing and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digital biometric ID cards to control and regulate participation in social and professional activities .
• The extended control of travel and payment transactions ( including the abolition of cash ) .
• The creation of a legal basis for access to and intervention in citizens ’ biological systems by governments or corporations ( based on so-called “ compulsory vaccinations ” ) .
In the US , former President Bill Clinton discussed the introduction of a national network of “ contact tracers ” with governors of various states in April .
The governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then announced that together with billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg , he would create a “ contact tracing army ” with up to 17,000 contact tracers for New York .
Meanwhile , in the UK and many other countries , governments are calling for the introduction of biometric “ immunity passports ” and presenting them as the allegedly “ only way out ” of the primarily politically motivated lockdown .
The British Tony Blair Institute called for the “ expansion of technological surveillance ” to “ combat the corona @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Silicon Valley data analysis company Palantir is to play a key role in setting up the data platform for monitoring the ( already declining ) spread of the corona virus .
Palantir is known for its IT projects with intelligence agencies and the military and was founded by US billionaire and Trump supporter Peter Thiel .
In Israel , contact monitoring of the civilian population is carried out by the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet , using programs from the notorious NSO Group , known for its spy software used to monitor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
Countries like Russia and China also want to massively expand the surveillance of the population in the wake of the alleged “ corona crisis ” , but will most likely do so independently of the US .
The idea that a pandemic can be used to expand control of the population is not new : as early as 2010 , the American Rockefeller Foundation described a „ lock step scenario “ in a report on future technological and social developments , in which current events were anticipated with impressive accuracy ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the scenario was conceived as a kind of authoritarian “ worst case ” .
Meanwhile , more than 500 scientists have warned in an open letter against “ unprecedented surveillance of society ” through contact tracking apps .
The so-called Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University , which is at the heart of the Covid19 pandemic management and which has contributed greatly to the global escalation through its misleading charts , is also very closely linked to the US security apparatus and has been involved in some of its earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cooperation with private actors to achieve geostrategic goals is not a new or unusual phenomenon in US foreign and security policy .
For instance , Microsoft founder Bill Gates , the most important private sponsor of the WHO , the vaccine industry and biometric ID projects , financed a Global Health Program of the US Council on Foreign Relations as early as 2003 , which is concerned with the question of how health policy influences geopolitics and , conversely , how health policy can be used to achieve geostrategic goals .
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Swiss researchers get at the truth about COVID 19
Introduction
The following article is a brilliant fully researched and referenced summary of the FACTS (as opposed to media and government lies/hysteria) about the COVID19 pandemic. It is well worth a thorough read and sharing as widely as you can. In total it is a powerful resource of information.
It comes from Swiss Policy Research (SPR), which was founded in 2016. It is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda in Swiss and international media. SPR is composed of independent academics and receives no external funding.
Facts about Covid-19
Deaths in nursing homes, absolute and percentage figures (LTC Covid)
Great Britain
United States
The latest report from the US CDC shows that the Covid19 hospitalization rate among the over-65s is in the range of strong flu waves. It is slightly higher among 18 to 64-year-olds and significantly lower among those under 18.
Video : A nurse from New York City stated in a dramatic video that New York is “killing” Covid19 patients by putting them on invasive ventilators and destroying their lungs. The use of the invasive ventilators (instead of oxygen masks) is done “for fear of spreading the virus”. It is “a horror movie”, “not because of the disease, but because of the way it is dealt with”, the nurse explained. Experts have been warning since March against intubation of Covid19 patients.
: A nurse from New York City stated in a dramatic video that New York is “killing” Covid19 patients by putting them on invasive ventilators and destroying their lungs. The use of the invasive ventilators (instead of oxygen masks) is done “for fear of spreading the virus”. It is “a horror movie”, “not because of the disease, but because of the way it is dealt with”, the nurse explained. Experts have been warning since March against intubation of Covid19 patients. Dr. Daniel Murphy, the head of emergency medicine at a heavily affected hospital in New York City, recommends a quick end to the lockdown. According to Dr Murphy, the Covid19 wave had already reached its peak on April 7th. Covid19 is a serious matter, but the fear of it is exaggerated, as the vast majority of the population gets at most mildly ill. His biggest concern now is the sharp decline in the care of emergency patients and children due to the lockdown and the widespread fear in the population.
Video : The conservative Project Veritas whistleblower platform spoke with New York funeral home directors who stated that currently Covid is written “on all death certificates” (of suspected cases), whether there was a test or not. Many people are currently dying at home, and often the exact cause of death is no longer checked. The Covid19 statistics are inflated for political or financial reasons, the directors stated.
: The conservative Project Veritas whistleblower platform spoke with New York funeral home directors who stated that currently Covid is written “on all death certificates” (of suspected cases), whether there was a test or not. Many people are currently dying at home, and often the exact cause of death is no longer checked. The Covid19 statistics are inflated for political or financial reasons, the directors stated. The director of the Illinois Department of Health confirmed that even terminally ill people who clearly die of another cause but who test positive for Covid19 virus before or after death are recorded as Covid19 deaths.
Due to the lockdown, 30 million people in the US have already applied for unemployment benefits by the end of April – that is significantly more than the International Labour Office ILO originally assumed for the entire world.
Tesla boss Elon Musk called the California curfews “fascist”. The “forced imprisonment” of people in their homes violates all their constitutional rights, Musk explained in a telephone conference.
Video : A Wisconsin mother was confronted by police at her home because her children played illegally with neighbor children.
: A Wisconsin mother was confronted by police at her home because her children played illegally with neighbor children. Video: In late April, some photographers were caught in a partial staging of a protest by care workers against anti-lockdown demonstrators. (Read more).
Switzerland
Germany and Austria
In Germany and Austria, similar to Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway and Portugal, no excess mortality exists to date.
According to a leaked protocol of the Austrian Corona Task Force, Chancellor Kurz is said to have demanded in March that the population should be “more afraid” of infection or death of parents or grandparents. A strategy paper of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior had already become known earlier, which also called for a psychological fear campaign that was indeed implemented by politicians and the media. In retrospect, the question arises as to how many people died as a result of this largely unfounded fear.
An open letter with already about 5000 signatures from people over 64 years of age demands: “Corona: Don’t protect us older people at this price! Let us decide for ourselves!” For the protection of risk groups, the basic rights of the entire society should not be overridden, the authors argue.
In Austria (and possibly also in other countries) kissing among people in love but not living together is still forbidden. This applies both in public and in one’s own flat, explained the Austrian Minister of Health.
A German lawyer is currently suing in several courts against the government anti-corona measures, as they are “blatantly unconstitutional”.
Videos: In Germany there have recently been several cases of serious police overreach. A young woman was brutally arrested by several police officers while shopping, as she had apparently “got 20cm too close” to a policewoman. Another woman was instructed by the police at a rally not to hold the German constitution in front of her chest, as this was an “illegal political message”. The organizer of a peaceful rally in Berlin was also arrested in a rather brutal fashion. Even older women were arrested in a disproportionate manner. (Caution: disturbing footage of police violence).
Other updates
Covid-19 and the media
A lot of people are shocked by the dubious and often fear-mongering Covid19 reporting of many media outlets. Obviously, this is not “ordinary reporting”, but classical and massive propaganda, as it is typically employed in connection with wars of aggression or alleged terrorism.
SPR has depicted the media networks responsible for the dissemination of such propaganda in earlier infographics for the USA, for Germany and for Switzerland. Even the supposedly “open” Internet lexicon Wikipedia is an integral part of this geopolitical media structure.
The political stance and relationship to power of different media outlets have been analyzed and compared as part of the SPR Media Navigator. The Media Navigator may also be helpful in evaluating the current Covid19 reporting by different media outlets.
If, for example, pictures of soldiers in protective suits disinfecting entire streets are seen on television, this does not prove the danger of the corona virus, but rather – as Professor Giesecke put it benevolently – proves useless “political activism”. Or as others would put it: propaganda.
Covid-19 and mass surveillance
By far the most significant and, from a civil society perspective, the most dangerous development in response to the coronavirus is the apparent political attempt to massively expand mass surveillance and control of society. In this context, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned of the emergence of an “architecture of oppression”.
The flu-like coronavirus may serve as a rationale or pretext for the introduction of strategic measures to expand monitoring and control of an increasingly uneasy society. The most important instruments currently under discussion by several governments include:
The introduction of applications for “tracing” contacts across society The establishment of units to enforce the tracing and isolation of citizens The introduction of digital biometric ID cards to control and regulate participation in social and professional activities. The extended control of travel and payment transactions (including the abolition of cash). The creation of a legal basis for access to and intervention in citizens’ biological systems by governments or corporations (based on so-called “compulsory vaccinations”).
In the US, former President Bill Clinton discussed the introduction of a national network of “contact tracers” with governors of various states in April. The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, then announced that together with billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, he would create a “contact tracing army” with up to 17,000 contact tracers for New York.
Meanwhile, in the UK and many other countries, governments are calling for the introduction of biometric “immunity passports” and presenting them as the allegedly “only way out” of the primarily politically motivated lockdown. The British Tony Blair Institute called for the “expansion of technological surveillance” to “combat the corona virus”.
In the US, the Silicon Valley data analysis company Palantir is to play a key role in setting up the data platform for monitoring the (already declining) spread of the corona virus. Palantir is known for its IT projects with intelligence agencies and the military and was founded by US billionaire and Trump supporter Peter Thiel.
In Israel, contact monitoring of the civilian population is carried out by the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet, using programs from the notorious NSO Group, known for its spy software used to monitor civil and human rights activists around the world.
Countries like Russia and China also want to massively expand the surveillance of the population in the wake of the alleged “corona crisis”, but will most likely do so independently of the US.
The idea that a pandemic can be used to expand control of the population is not new: as early as 2010, the American Rockefeller Foundation described a „lock step scenario“ in a report on future technological and social developments, in which current events were anticipated with impressive accuracy (pages 18ff). At the time, the scenario was conceived as a kind of authoritarian “worst case”.
Meanwhile, more than 500 scientists have warned in an open letter against “unprecedented surveillance of society” through contact tracking apps.
The so-called Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, which is at the heart of the Covid19 pandemic management and which has contributed greatly to the global escalation through its misleading charts, is also very closely linked to the US security apparatus and has been involved in some of its earlier simulations and operations.
In general, cooperation with private actors to achieve geostrategic goals is not a new or unusual phenomenon in US foreign and security policy.
For instance, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the most important private sponsor of the WHO, the vaccine industry and biometric ID projects, financed a Global Health Program of the US Council on Foreign Relations as early as 2003, which is concerned with the question of how health policy influences geopolitics and, conversely, how health policy can be used to achieve geostrategic goals.
Global health funding by Bill Gates (US/UK and Germany)
The above feature is from UK Reloaded
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thelibertybeacon--2020-05-28--Ex-Never Trumper Erick Erickson explains how he came to support Trump

Ex-Never Trumper Erick Erickson explains how he came to support Trump , what elites fear Conservative commentator and former Never Trumper Erick Erickson says the Never Trumpers are in a dilemma : Vote for a president they loath or lean further to the left .
“ We know what we ’ re going to get with Joe Biden .
He ’ s the first Democratic candidate in my lifetime that has , and I ’ m only 44 , to pivot to the left instead of the right in the general election because he has to get progressive voters on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Honest Truth ’ s David Brody .
Erickson , who used to be a prominent critic of Donald Trump , said Never Trumpers , who tend to be the Republican elite establishment disaffected by the president , will have to be able to swallow a more progressive running mate and more progressive policies–things that typically turn off Independent voters .
The movement is led by groups such as The Lincoln Project that was created in late 2019 as a way to both hold Trump-supporting Republicans accountable and oppose the president .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of attack ads against Trump , the latest showing the American flag and body bags to represent Trump ’ s handling of the coronavirus .
Also , media organizations like the New York Times and MSNBC have several Trump-skeptical opinion columnists and commentators who help fuel anger toward Trump .
“ The media have internalized as a moral Crusade , and they ’ ve got to get rid of Donald Trump , which is why they can blast him for the death toll and totally ignore Andrew Cuomo is handling the situation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It ’ s all about getting rid of Donald Trump.
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Ex-Never Trumper Erick Erickson explains how he came to support Trump, what elites fear
What’s the state of Never Trumpers?
By Just the News staff
Conservative commentator and former Never Trumper Erick Erickson says the Never Trumpers are in a dilemma: Vote for a president they loath or lean further to the left.
“We know what we’re going to get with Joe Biden. He’s the first Democratic candidate in my lifetime that has, and I’m only 44, to pivot to the left instead of the right in the general election because he has to get progressive voters on board,” Erickson told The Pod’s Honest Truth’s David Brody.
Erickson, who used to be a prominent critic of Donald Trump, said Never Trumpers, who tend to be the Republican elite establishment disaffected by the president, will have to be able to swallow a more progressive running mate and more progressive policies–things that typically turn off Independent voters.
The movement is led by groups such as The Lincoln Project that was created in late 2019 as a way to both hold Trump-supporting Republicans accountable and oppose the president. The group has put out a series of attack ads against Trump, the latest showing the American flag and body bags to represent Trump’s handling of the coronavirus.
Also, media organizations like the New York Times and MSNBC have several Trump-skeptical opinion columnists and commentators who help fuel anger toward Trump.
Erickson said Never Trumpers have contributed to the poisoning of the way Americans think about politics.
“The media have internalized as a moral Crusade, and they’ve got to get rid of Donald Trump, which is why they can blast him for the death toll and totally ignore Andrew Cuomo is handling the situation in New York,” he said. “It’s all about getting rid of Donald Trump.”
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thelibertybeacon--2020-05-28--After 8.3 Million Views, YouTube Pulls Down Michael Moore’s ‘Planet Of Humans’

After 8.3 Million Views , YouTube Pulls Down Michael Moore ’ s ‘ Planet Of Humans ’ After garnering 8.3 millions of views on its platform , Google ’ s Ministry of Censorship removed Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs controversial documentary film Planet of Humans from the YouTube .
The filmmakers are calling the ban a “ blatant act of censorship.
” Spokespersons from YouTube are claiming the cancellation of the film was due to an alleged copyright claim over a four second clip contained in the film .
The film was an instant hit after it was released last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and lifts the lid on the one of the ‘ Green Energy ’ movement ’ s most embarrassing secrets hidden in plain sight , namely the fact that it ’ s not very green at all and that the hype surrounding the movement is largely a creation of Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry .
The expose was a devastating blow to the liberal elites and their progressive left-wing political parties who have traditionally relied on the green energy and climate issues in order to attract voters .
“ This attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public from seeing it is a blatant act of censorship by political critics of Planet of the Humans … .
It is a misuse of copyright law to shut down a film that has opened a serious conversation about how parts of the environmental movement have gotten into bed with Wall Street and so-called ‘ green capitalists.
’ There is absolutely no copyright violation in my film.
” The report went on to explain how the opponents of the film were able to game YouTube ’ s dubious copyright claim system in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The four-second clip subject to the copyright right claim comes 37 minutes into the documentary , in a sequence titled “ How Solar Panels & Wind Turbines Are Made.
” The footage shows a mining operation for rare earth metals , which are used in wind turbine manufacture .
Gibbs says he incorporated the footage under “ fair use , ” an exception to copyright law that allows news reporters , producers and documentary filmmakers limited access to copyrighted material to illustrate points .
British environmental photographer Toby Smith tweeted over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question for an unrelated documentary project .
In a since-deleted post to his verified Twitter account , Smith dismissed Planet of the Humans as “ bull-shit ” and suggested it was filled with “ endless ” copyright infringements in addition to his own material .
He told a British publication it was he who filed the copyright infringement claim with YouTube .
YouTube automatically notifies content creators of any copyright infringement accusation lodged against them and provides a dispute adjudication process .
A representative for Moore and Gibbs confirmed the filmmakers formally contacted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citing fair use .
In the meantime , Moore and Gibbs have reposted the film on Vimeo streaming platform .
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After 8.3 Million Views, YouTube Pulls Down Michael Moore’s ‘Planet Of Humans’
The filmmakers are calling the ban a “blatant act of censorship
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After garnering 8.3 millions of views on its platform, Google’s Ministry of Censorship removed Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs controversial documentary film Planet of Humans from the YouTube. The filmmakers are calling the ban a “blatant act of censorship.”
Spokespersons from YouTube are claiming the cancellation of the film was due to an alleged copyright claim over a four second clip contained in the film.
The film was an instant hit after it was released last month on the eve of Earth Day, and lifts the lid on the one of the ‘Green Energy’ movement’s most embarrassing secrets hidden in plain sight, namely the fact that it’s not very green at all and that the hype surrounding the movement is largely a creation of Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry. The expose was a devastating blow to the liberal elites and their progressive left-wing political parties who have traditionally relied on the green energy and climate issues in order to attract voters.
Regarding Google’s censorship, director Gibbs told Deadline Live:
“This attempt to take down our film and prevent the public from seeing it is a blatant act of censorship by political critics of Planet of the Humans …. It is a misuse of copyright law to shut down a film that has opened a serious conversation about how parts of the environmental movement have gotten into bed with Wall Street and so-called ‘green capitalists.’ There is absolutely no copyright violation in my film.”
The report went on to explain how the opponents of the film were able to game YouTube’s dubious copyright claim system in order to get the film taken down:
The four-second clip subject to the copyright right claim comes 37 minutes into the documentary, in a sequence titled “How Solar Panels & Wind Turbines Are Made.” The footage shows a mining operation for rare earth metals, which are used in wind turbine manufacture. Gibbs says he incorporated the footage under “fair use,” an exception to copyright law that allows news reporters, producers and documentary filmmakers limited access to copyrighted material to illustrate points. British environmental photographer Toby Smith tweeted over the weekend that he shot the footage in question for an unrelated documentary project. In a since-deleted post to his verified Twitter account, Smith dismissed Planet of the Humans as “bull-shit” and suggested it was filled with “endless” copyright infringements in addition to his own material. He told a British publication it was he who filed the copyright infringement claim with YouTube. YouTube automatically notifies content creators of any copyright infringement accusation lodged against them and provides a dispute adjudication process. A representative for Moore and Gibbs confirmed the filmmakers formally contacted YouTube to deny the infringement claim, citing fair use.
In the meantime, Moore and Gibbs have reposted the film on Vimeo streaming platform.
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Why I Don’t Steal

My second job out of college was that of a liquor salesman .
I worked for the largest liquor distributor in the state , and controlled ninety percent of my account ’ s back bar .
There was little competition , and I knew before I walked in a business that I would get the biggest order .
I collected weekly from their two week open accounts , and if for some reason they wouldn ’ t or couldn ’ t pay , I would put them on a black list where no other liquor companies would sell to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them it meant overpaying at a grocery store if they needed liquor , and driving to my warehouse from the country took time and expense .
This power gave me respect in the little towns I called on , and my one hundred and twenty-eight accounts looked for me to take their order every week responsibly .
Sometimes I carried a .38 revolver in my briefcase .
On certain days I had thousands of dollars in collections in a zippered bank pouch in my briefcase .
It was especially full during the holiday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it out once .
There had been a new barmaid minding a sleazy bar , and two drunken men I had never seen before began to verbally abuse me .
One was already around the bar when I banished it .
They left quickly .
Soon , it was all around the clubs , and from that time on the trouble makers gave me a wide berth .
Time was money , and I measured how long it took to get in and out with an order , with the amount of money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to talk them into a promotional item , I would rather be on my way .
I remember it like yesterday .
A small convenience store that I had called on for years , with a standard order of three cases of cheap wine , and one case of an assortment of hard liquor , was about two-fifty in pocket change .
Hardly worth my time .
I thought .
I looked at my watch when I saw that his wife was running the store .
He must have been on an errand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children asleep in a play-pen behind the counter .
I felt no empathy .
I was late already , and with four customers deep at the counter , afraid to let me make my own order , and nothing for me posted on the register , I sullenly moved aside to wait my turn .
I fidgeted , opening up my briefcase and taking out my order pad , fuming at the injustice of this lost time .
My body language said it all .
How unprofessional !
It was Tuesday ; I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I have been without fail for my years of calling on these people .
What is this bull that I have to wait while they make all the money ?
I thought .
They don ’ t care about me !
As a side line this lady fired pieces of ceramic .
Little figurines of clowns , ash trays , Virgin Marys , flowers , and such , and they were displayed row upon row on the shelves .
I noticed two painted chickens at about three dollars apiece , tucked deep on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them in my briefcase , a rooster and a hen .
It was easy , and I felt good about it .
I ’ d show these sorry excuses for business people .
My time is valuable too !
I thought .
When I got home I put my trophies on our book shelf .
My wife asked me where I got them , and I told her that I had picked them up somewhere .
I didn ’ t lie .
A book fell over a few days later and chipped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ head .
I glued it back .
They were inexpensive pieces of junk .
I thought .
Not worth even three dollars each .
A week went by and I was heading home after a long day of selling .
I had been all around the countryside , and looked forward to getting home .
Ten more minutes and it would be me and the sofa , television and a beer .
It was a pretty afternoon , I remember it was spring , and the sun slanted through the oaks along the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I turned a sharp curve and suddenly saw the wreck .
An ambulance was flashing its lights and people scurried out of its way as it made for the hospital .
Trapped , and frustrated for the delay , I got out of my car and surveyed the scene .
Three men lay on the side of the road in a great mass of computer paper ; all were alive .
Small groups of people huddled around them , trying to make them comfortable until help arrived .
Along with the paper , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the van , now lying on its side in the ditch .
It had run head on with a car .
I could see it alone , twisted and smashed on the center line .
One of the pedestrians at the scene said the ambulance had just left caring an older lady who was hurt real bad , and a little girl who had flown into the dash-board from the back seat .
She had a deep cut on the side of her face .
She had been so dazed that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop the bleeding .
The police had not yet arrived , but far in the distance I could hear other assorted sirens , and I knew help was on the way .
One of the men was looking up , trying to see above the ditch .
His head was matted in blood , and he was mumbling something under his breath .
“ I ’ m sorry .
I ’ m sorry .
I ’ m sorry.
” He whispered .
His long neck wobbled in his effort to look at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him was telling him to relax as help was on the way .
I started to get a lump in my throat , an unfamiliar feeling I couldn ’ t swallow .
I walked to the twisted remains of the car and saw that the driver was still in it .
Her face was away from me , her body crushed back by the engine pushing the dash board and steering column into her , breaking the seat from its bolts in the process .
There was no blood , yet her face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I remember thinking that she had died on impact .
It was a force so great that she didn ’ t have time to bleed .
I remember the squares of safety glass on her breasts , and in her hair .
Her body was young , and I began to realize that at this very moment her family must be hearing about this , and as some deep emotion welled up in me , I decided to put my coat over her face .
Wouldn ’ t I want someone to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I thought .
Both doors were wide open , and I walked around to the other side , to bend down , coat in hand .
Blood pooled on the seat .
Was it from the child ’ s face ?
I reached over , holding the coat with both hands , and there , so close to her cut up lips , her half closed eyes , her broken nose , her fragile white neck with the little dangling cross that glinted in the dying sun , was the woman I had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look back after all these years , those two hand-painted chickens have long ago broken to pieces , but the face of that woman will remain with me for the rest of my days .
Months later , I went back to that mom and pop convenience store , in that little country town , and bought her best and most expensive piece , …a glazed bowl of fruit .
I bought it from her husband who was finally working again .
He told me those guys had been drinking , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s mother died in route to the hospital .
I could see his pain as he talked about his two children , and the grandparents who were now helping to take care of them .
He never mentioned the little girl with the cut face , and I didn ’ t ask .
I never told him why I was there .
I wanted to tell him about the guy who looked up with his bloody head at his wife in that twisted car , saying how sorry he was .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bowl of fruit tucked away safely in our cedar chest .
There has been a lot of water under the bridge since those days .
I have grown to believe that nothing happens by chance or is wasted in this world , and I try with all my might never to take anything that doesn ’ t belong to me .
The object stolen , no matter how small , owns you .
I realize that what makes you what you are , are the lessons you have learned .
From the Author @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Liberty movement have been fighting to take back this country for less than a decade , peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts .
Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions , further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty .
And so , as we are pulled by forces we can not fathom , powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future , unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all questions any patriot might ask in the final hour : Are we going to fight for our master ’ s tyranny , or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution ?
Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty , or the shackles of voluntary servitude ?
Will it be a war for corporate profit , or a war to regain our ability to self govern , as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us , their children , as a gift @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I fear that any decision will be a hard one , but my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us .

KEN’S CORNER: Why I Don’t Steal
Commentary by TLB Contributing Writer: Ken LaRive
My first job out of college was that of a liquor salesman. I worked for the largest liquor distributor in the state, and controlled ninety percent of my account’s back bar. There was little competition, and I knew before I walked in a business that I would get the biggest order. I collected weekly from their two week open accounts, and if for some reason they wouldn’t or couldn’t pay, I would put them on a black list where no other liquor companies would sell to them until it was cleared up. For them it meant overpaying at a grocery store if they needed liquor, and driving to my warehouse from the country took time and expense. This power gave me respect in the little towns I called on, and my one hundred and twenty-eight accounts looked for me to take their order every week responsibly.
Sometimes I carried a .38 revolver in my briefcase. On certain days I had thousands of dollars in collections in a zippered bank pouch in my briefcase. It was especially full during the holiday seasons. I only had to pull it out once. There had been a new barmaid minding a sleazy bar, and two drunken men I had never seen before began to verbally abuse me. One was already around the bar when I banished it. They left quickly. Soon, it was all around the clubs, and from that time on the trouble makers gave me a wide berth.
Time was money, and I measured how long it took to get in and out with an order, with the amount of money in my pocket. Unless I had to talk them into a promotional item, I would rather be on my way.
I remember it like yesterday. A small convenience store that I had called on for years, with a standard order of three cases of cheap wine, and one case of an assortment of hard liquor, was about two-fifty in pocket change. Hardly worth my time. I thought.
I looked at my watch when I saw that his wife was running the store. He must have been on an errand or something, and there were two children asleep in a play-pen behind the counter. I felt no empathy. I was late already, and with four customers deep at the counter, afraid to let me make my own order, and nothing for me posted on the register, I sullenly moved aside to wait my turn. I fidgeted, opening up my briefcase and taking out my order pad, fuming at the injustice of this lost time. My body language said it all. How unprofessional! It was Tuesday; I’m here on time, as I have been without fail for my years of calling on these people. What is this bull that I have to wait while they make all the money? I thought. They don’t care about me!
As a side line this lady fired pieces of ceramic. Little figurines of clowns, ash trays, Virgin Marys, flowers, and such, and they were displayed row upon row on the shelves. I noticed two painted chickens at about three dollars apiece, tucked deep on a dusty ledge. I slipped two of them in my briefcase, a rooster and a hen. It was easy, and I felt good about it. I’d show these sorry excuses for business people. My time is valuable too! I thought.
When I got home I put my trophies on our book shelf. My wife asked me where I got them, and I told her that I had picked them up somewhere. I didn’t lie. A book fell over a few days later and chipped the comb on the rooster’s head. I glued it back. They were inexpensive pieces of junk. I thought. Not worth even three dollars each.
A week went by and I was heading home after a long day of selling. I had been all around the countryside, and looked forward to getting home. Ten more minutes and it would be me and the sofa, television and a beer. It was a pretty afternoon, I remember it was spring, and the sun slanted through the oaks along the road in a soft golden glow.
I turned a sharp curve and suddenly saw the wreck. An ambulance was flashing its lights and people scurried out of its way as it made for the hospital. Trapped, and frustrated for the delay, I got out of my car and surveyed the scene.
Three men lay on the side of the road in a great mass of computer paper; all were alive. Small groups of people huddled around them, trying to make them comfortable until help arrived. Along with the paper, they had all gone through the windshield of the van, now lying on its side in the ditch. It had run head on with a car. I could see it alone, twisted and smashed on the center line.
One of the pedestrians at the scene said the ambulance had just left caring an older lady who was hurt real bad, and a little girl who had flown into the dash-board from the back seat. She had a deep cut on the side of her face. She had been so dazed that she hardly responded as they had tried to stop the bleeding.
The police had not yet arrived, but far in the distance I could hear other assorted sirens, and I knew help was on the way. One of the men was looking up, trying to see above the ditch. His head was matted in blood, and he was mumbling something under his breath. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” He whispered. His long neck wobbled in his effort to look at the car, and a man next to him was telling him to relax as help was on the way. I started to get a lump in my throat, an unfamiliar feeling I couldn’t swallow.
I walked to the twisted remains of the car and saw that the driver was still in it. Her face was away from me, her body crushed back by the engine pushing the dash board and steering column into her, breaking the seat from its bolts in the process. There was no blood, yet her face and neck were criss-crossed with cuts. I remember thinking that she had died on impact. It was a force so great that she didn’t have time to bleed. I remember the squares of safety glass on her breasts, and in her hair. Her body was young, and I began to realize that at this very moment her family must be hearing about this, and as some deep emotion welled up in me, I decided to put my coat over her face. Wouldn’t I want someone to do the same for my loved one? I thought.
Both doors were wide open, and I walked around to the other side, to bend down, coat in hand. Blood pooled on the seat. Was it from the child’s face? I reached over, holding the coat with both hands, and there, so close to her cut up lips, her half closed eyes, her broken nose, her fragile white neck with the little dangling cross that glinted in the dying sun, was the woman I had taken those two chickens from…
As I look back after all these years, those two hand-painted chickens have long ago broken to pieces, but the face of that woman will remain with me for the rest of my days.
Months later, I went back to that mom and pop convenience store, in that little country town, and bought her best and most expensive piece, …a glazed bowl of fruit. I bought it from her husband who was finally working again. He told me those guys had been drinking, and that they would surely pay. His wife’s mother died in route to the hospital. I could see his pain as he talked about his two children, and the grandparents who were now helping to take care of them. He never mentioned the little girl with the cut face, and I didn’t ask.
I never told him why I was there. I wanted to tell him about the guy who looked up with his bloody head at his wife in that twisted car, saying how sorry he was. I never did. I still have that bowl of fruit tucked away safely in our cedar chest.
There has been a lot of water under the bridge since those days. I have grown to believe that nothing happens by chance or is wasted in this world, and I try with all my might never to take anything that doesn’t belong to me. The object stolen, no matter how small, owns you.
I realize that what makes you what you are, are the lessons you have learned.
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