thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Rachel Maddow says COVID Deaths 10x higher than experts say [Video]

Rachel Maddow inflation ?
Host uses U.S. Covid death rate 10x higher than experts say One of MSNBC ’ s most famous hosts is making predictions using a U.S. coronavirus death rate around 3 % , an estimate that is as much as 10 times higher than most experts say .
Rachel Maddow on her eponymous MSNBC show on Thursday argued that pursuing a herd immunity strategy for COVID-19 in the United States would result in millions upon millions of deaths throughout the country .
To arrive at those numbers , Maddow took the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just over 6.6 million ) and compared it to the number of recorded deaths from the virus ( around 200,000 ) , concluding that the death rate from the disease was 2.9 % and that pursuing a herd immunity strategy countrywide would thus result in multiple millions of American deaths before the virus would burn out .
“ That would be what [ President Trump ] is aiming for , ” Maddow said .
Strictly speaking , Maddow ’ s math is correct , but the numbers she ’ s using to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the measure of earlier expert analysis , wildly off-base .
It is true that the U.S. has recorded well over six million COVID-19 cases ( the website Worldometers puts it at slightly more than Maddow ’ s 6.6 million estimation , at just under 7 million ) .
[ Bunching Flu , Pneumonia and other existing Health fatalities with C-19 can and did give inflated Fake numbers to fit the CDC ’ s narrative .
( TLB ) ed . ]
Comparing the number of recorded U.S. deaths to those cases will get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of around 2.9 % .
But simply counting the number of confirmed cases isn ’ t how virologists and public health officials calculate the total caseload of a pandemic disease .
Rather , they use a variety of tools — including serology tests , hospital data and epidemiological projections — to estimate how widespread a pathogen actually is within a society .
For instance , that ’ s how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates the severity of influenza seasons in the country .
“ Because influenza surveillance does not capture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. , CDC provides [ estimated ] ranges to better reflect the larger burden of influenza , ” the CDC says on its website .
Public health officials have made similar projections with COVID-19 .
One study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in July estimated “ six to 24 times more infections ” than had been recorded by public health officials in the U.S. at the time .
Several estimates of total COVID numbers throughout the country have been put forth over the course of the pandemic in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falling more or less within the range of CDC Director Robert Redfield ’ s estimate in July that “ for every case that ’ s reported , there actually are 10 other infections.
” It is unclear if Maddow is aware of those estimates .
Applying Redfield ’ s figure to current confirmed U.S. coronavirus infections , that would put the United States at close to 70,000,000 infections since the pandemic began in this country .
Assuming the death toll is roughly accurate , then the national death rate of the disease in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or roughly 10 times lower than Maddow ’ s claims .
Maddow stipulated that a minimum of 65 % of the U.S. , or about 215,000,000 citizens , would likely need to contract the disease for herd immunity to kick in .
Applying an 0.28 % death rate to that number of infections still produces a shockingly high number — a little over 600,000 deaths .
Yet that estimate also fails to account for the belief among some scientists that a majority of the population may have some degree of preexisting immunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 65 % of the population might have to become infected by the coronavirus before the disease begins to burn out .
The true number of infections of COVID-19 throughout the United States may never be known ; we also can not yet say how much of the population is at least partially immune to the virus .
But Maddow ’ s approach to epidemiological analysis — in which she implicitly assumes that a disease ’ s spread is fully captured by merely the number of confirmed cases of it — is significantly divergent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other public health authorities .
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Rachel Maddow inflation? Host uses U.S. Covid death rate 10x higher than experts say
Rachel Maddow ignores estimated infection rate in favor of confirmed cases
By Daniel Payne
One of MSNBC’s most famous hosts is making predictions using a U.S. coronavirus death rate around 3%, an estimate that is as much as 10 times higher than most experts say.
Rachel Maddow on her eponymous MSNBC show on Thursday argued that pursuing a herd immunity strategy for COVID-19 in the United States would result in millions upon millions of deaths throughout the country.
To arrive at those numbers, Maddow took the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the U.S. (what she claimed was just over 6.6 million) and compared it to the number of recorded deaths from the virus (around 200,000), concluding that the death rate from the disease was 2.9% and that pursuing a herd immunity strategy countrywide would thus result in multiple millions of American deaths before the virus would burn out.
“That would be what [President Trump] is aiming for,” Maddow said.
Strictly speaking, Maddow’s math is correct, but the numbers she’s using to make those calculations are, at least by the measure of earlier expert analysis, wildly off-base.
It is true that the U.S. has recorded well over six million COVID-19 cases (the website Worldometers puts it at slightly more than Maddow’s 6.6 million estimation, at just under 7 million). [Bunching Flu, Pneumonia and other existing Health fatalities with C-19 can and did give inflated Fake numbers to fit the CDC’s narrative. (TLB) ed.] Comparing the number of recorded U.S. deaths to those cases will get you Maddow’s high death rate of around 2.9%.
But simply counting the number of confirmed cases isn’t how virologists and public health officials calculate the total caseload of a pandemic disease. Rather, they use a variety of tools — including serology tests, hospital data and epidemiological projections — to estimate how widespread a pathogen actually is within a society.
For instance, that’s how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates the severity of influenza seasons in the country. “Because influenza surveillance does not capture all cases of flu that occur in the U.S., CDC provides [estimated] ranges to better reflect the larger burden of influenza,” the CDC says on its website.
Public health officials have made similar projections with COVID-19. One study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in July estimated “six to 24 times more infections” than had been recorded by public health officials in the U.S. at the time.
Several estimates of total COVID numbers throughout the country have been put forth over the course of the pandemic in the U.S., with most of them falling more or less within the range of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s estimate in July that “for every case that’s reported, there actually are 10 other infections.”
It is unclear if Maddow is aware of those estimates. Applying Redfield’s figure to current confirmed U.S. coronavirus infections, that would put the United States at close to 70,000,000 infections since the pandemic began in this country. Assuming the death toll is roughly accurate, then the national death rate of the disease in the U.S. would hover around 0.28%, or roughly 10 times lower than Maddow’s claims.
Maddow stipulated that a minimum of 65% of the U.S., or about 215,000,000 citizens, would likely need to contract the disease for herd immunity to kick in. Applying an 0.28% death rate to that number of infections still produces a shockingly high number — a little over 600,000 deaths.
Yet that estimate also fails to account for the belief among some scientists that a majority of the population may have some degree of preexisting immunity to COVID-19, meaning much less than 65% of the population might have to become infected by the coronavirus before the disease begins to burn out.
The true number of infections of COVID-19 throughout the United States may never be known; we also cannot yet say how much of the population is at least partially immune to the virus.
But Maddow’s approach to epidemiological analysis — in which she implicitly assumes that a disease’s spread is fully captured by merely the number of confirmed cases of it — is significantly divergent from that which is practiced by epidemiologists and other public health authorities.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Do Democrats Really Believe Biden Is … Winning?

Do Democrats Really Believe Biden Is Winning ?
Once it was the “ big lie.
” Now it is many little lies — riots are peaceful ; he is she is they ; Biden is not doddering ; Trump will steal 2020 .
Told often enough and given enough time , little lies become truth .
Today we live in the “ age of lies ” told to steal an election in November and control a populace who refuses to do as they are told .
All Americans should stop at least once before Election Day and take a hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ King of Aphasia ” Joe Biden .
When they do , they will understand what the left is planning .
Ignore his 47 years in elected office without accomplishment , save for the 1994 Crime Bill , which he has since disavowed .
Ignore that , as Robert Gates , former defense secretary under Obama , said , he has been wrong on every foreign policy issue facing the United States in the last 40 years .
Dismiss the serial corruption of his family as they traded on his political office to become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serial plagiarism .
Ignore his long association with politicians associated with the Ku Klux Klan .
Ignore his penchant for the unwanted touching of women and children and his creepy fondness for the smell of their hair .
Concentrate on the man and who he is today .
Look at the comparison of the Joe Biden who debated Paul Ryan in 2012 with the Biden of today , hoping to trade his basement for the White House cellar .
His mumbling and the many times he seems lost even when reading prepared answers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporters pre-picked by his staff should force even the casual observer to admit he has lost much more than a step .
His mental decline from even just a few years ago is pronounced .
He did , after all , undergo not one , but two brain surgeries in his life .
The blank stares and when he loses his train of thought halfway through sentences along with the bouts of anger and his spontaneous streams of logorrheic gibberish show he is losing the battle to maintain his mental acuity .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most important job on Earth ?
Who sincerely believes that a man who is losing his faculties should be put in a position where he might control the fate of humanity ?
No , in a normal world , the media would have already dispensed with moldering Joe .
Yet today , the left controls the Democratic Party , corporate media , social media , Big Tech , and the bureaucracy — and Biden is their candidate .
A candidate like Joe , who in a fair and free election would lose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opponent , combined with the fact that they genuinely believe they deserve the reins of power and thus Trump is illegitimate , makes their coming coup not only predictable , but also inevitable .
The Democrat-media claque have soiled themselves with the soul-staining perfidy of their onanistic pursuit of total and everlasting control of everything in a “ fundamentally transformed ” United States of America .
Constructing a nationwide virtual echo chamber , they have convinced themselves that the “ tired old man they elected [ their ] king ” is not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually in the lead in the two-way race for America ’ s executive office .
They seek to create a belief in people that Biden is not only winning , but way ahead because when Trump wins by a landslide on the evening of November 3 , they will be justified in deploying their 1,000-lawyer legal team to prevent his win through lawfare while party hacks work in the days and weeks following Election Day to create or find enough ballots to steal Trump ’ s victory .
All this while , Antifa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the streets as the “ voice of the people ” in “ organic ” riots as they strive to impose the “ will of the people ” to overthrow a duly re-elected Trump .
Those on the left have convinced themselves that if not for Trump , we would be living in a nation they would diligently be making perfect .
Yet Trump is incidental .
Leftists have been walking down this path for a long time , and the Obama presidency was the ego boost they needed to progress from theory to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any victory not won by the left must be outright theft and therefore should justifiably be fought and reversed .
They need people to think Biden was robbed .
They must convince voters that Trump stole the election .
It is the same strategy they used with Hillary but failed .
With the benefit of hindsight and almost four years of planning , they have marshaled their forces and are determined to succeed this time .
There is no more honest polling .
Biden will always be winning , no matter how bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no more unbiased media figures .
Talking heads between now and November will constantly explain to people just how much of a guaranteed bet Biden is to win the presidency .
When he loses , they will call for , and help organize , the “ rebellion.
” Google will skew search results , and Twitter , always willing to censor conservatives , will suspend Trump ’ s account because that is how he bypasses the left and talks directly to Americans .
Facebook will follow suit .
Trump must not be allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he speak the truth .
Democrats are all in on stealing this election .
For them to succeed , they need to make people believe that Trump , when he wins , has stolen it first .
Americans do not have to allow this .
People need to organize and confront the Democrat-Antifa-BLM tough guys trying to suppress Republican voters at the polls and give Trump a resounding victory .
He must win the majority vote and the Electoral College by margins that make the election impossible for the left to steal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rioters who will surely surge to violence and destruction to depose the president in the aftermath .
America is the greatest , most successful nation ever to have existed .
It is a republic , and only Americans can do what needs to be done to keep it .

Do Democrats Really Believe Biden Is Winning?
Commentary by: William L. Gensert
Once it was the “big lie.” Now it is many little lies — riots are peaceful; he is she is they; Biden is not doddering; Trump will steal 2020. Told often enough and given enough time, little lies become truth.
Today we live in the “age of lies” told to steal an election in November and control a populace who refuses to do as they are told. All Americans should stop at least once before Election Day and take a hard look at the Democrat candidate, “King of Aphasia” Joe Biden. When they do, they will understand what the left is planning.
Ignore his 47 years in elected office without accomplishment, save for the 1994 Crime Bill, which he has since disavowed. Ignore that, as Robert Gates, former defense secretary under Obama, said, he has been wrong on every foreign policy issue facing the United States in the last 40 years. Dismiss the serial corruption of his family as they traded on his political office to become wealthy. Ignore the gaffes and the serial plagiarism. Ignore his long association with politicians associated with the Ku Klux Klan. Ignore his penchant for the unwanted touching of women and children and his creepy fondness for the smell of their hair.
Concentrate on the man and who he is today. Look at the comparison of the Joe Biden who debated Paul Ryan in 2012 with the Biden of today, hoping to trade his basement for the White House cellar. His mumbling and the many times he seems lost even when reading prepared answers off a teleprompter to prearranged questions from reporters pre-picked by his staff should force even the casual observer to admit he has lost much more than a step.
His mental decline from even just a few years ago is pronounced. He did, after all, undergo not one, but two brain surgeries in his life. The blank stares and when he loses his train of thought halfway through sentences along with the bouts of anger and his spontaneous streams of logorrheic gibberish show he is losing the battle to maintain his mental acuity.
What serious voter would pick this man for the most important job on Earth? Who sincerely believes that a man who is losing his faculties should be put in a position where he might control the fate of humanity?
No, in a normal world, the media would have already dispensed with moldering Joe. Yet today, the left controls the Democratic Party, corporate media, social media, Big Tech, and the bureaucracy — and Biden is their candidate. A candidate like Joe, who in a fair and free election would lose by a landslide regardless, of his opponent, combined with the fact that they genuinely believe they deserve the reins of power and thus Trump is illegitimate, makes their coming coup not only predictable, but also inevitable.
The Democrat-media claque have soiled themselves with the soul-staining perfidy of their onanistic pursuit of total and everlasting control of everything in a “fundamentally transformed” United States of America. Constructing a nationwide virtual echo chamber, they have convinced themselves that the “tired old man they elected [their] king” is not only worthy of the presidency, but also actually in the lead in the two-way race for America’s executive office.
They seek to create a belief in people that Biden is not only winning, but way ahead because when Trump wins by a landslide on the evening of November 3, they will be justified in deploying their 1,000-lawyer legal team to prevent his win through lawfare while party hacks work in the days and weeks following Election Day to create or find enough ballots to steal Trump’s victory.
All this while, Antifa and Black Lives Matter soldiers take to the streets as the “voice of the people” in “organic” riots as they strive to impose the “will of the people” to overthrow a duly re-elected Trump.
Those on the left have convinced themselves that if not for Trump, we would be living in a nation they would diligently be making perfect. Yet Trump is incidental. Leftists have been walking down this path for a long time, and the Obama presidency was the ego boost they needed to progress from theory to action, allowing them to believe that any victory not won by the left must be outright theft and therefore should justifiably be fought and reversed.
They need people to think Biden was robbed. They must convince voters that Trump stole the election. It is the same strategy they used with Hillary but failed. With the benefit of hindsight and almost four years of planning, they have marshaled their forces and are determined to succeed this time.
There is no more honest polling. Biden will always be winning, no matter how bad he is really losing. There are no more unbiased media figures. Talking heads between now and November will constantly explain to people just how much of a guaranteed bet Biden is to win the presidency. When he loses, they will call for, and help organize, the “rebellion.” Google will skew search results, and Twitter, always willing to censor conservatives, will suspend Trump’s account because that is how he bypasses the left and talks directly to Americans. Facebook will follow suit. Trump must not be allowed to speak to the people, lest he speak the truth.
Democrats are all in on stealing this election. For them to succeed, they need to make people believe that Trump, when he wins, has stolen it first.
Americans do not have to allow this. People need to organize and confront the Democrat-Antifa-BLM tough guys trying to suppress Republican voters at the polls and give Trump a resounding victory. He must win the majority vote and the Electoral College by margins that make the election impossible for the left to steal and give the president a mandate to confront the rioters who will surely surge to violence and destruction to depose the president in the aftermath.
America is the greatest, most successful nation ever to have existed. It is a republic, and only Americans can do what needs to be done to keep it.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Senate Report On Biden-Ukraine Accusations To Drop Within Days [Video]

Senate Report On Biden-Ukraine Accusations To Drop Within Days Senate Republicans are set to release their long-awaited report on Joe and Hunter Biden ’ s activities in Ukraine , and is expected to conclude that Hunter Biden ’ s lucrative seat the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma impacted Obama-era Ukraine policy , which was led by Joe Biden at the time , according to The Hill .
Joe Biden has been accused of abusing his position in a quid-pro-quo arrangement whereby he admitted he withheld $ 1 billion in US loan guarantees if the country ’ s lead prosecutor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have denied any wrongdoing , however depositions from former Ukrainian officials who were directly involved , as well as leaked recordings between Joe Biden and former Ukrainian President Petro Proroshenko have painted a picture of textbook corruption .
Notably , Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach was sanctioned by the Treasury Department for “ spreading disinformation to ‘ undermine ’ the former vice president ” when he leaked several recordings of “ voices similar to Poroshenko and Biden ” discussing the quid-pro-quo , which Derkach says a journalist gave to him .
The Senate report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ron Johnson ( R-WI ) and Chuck Grassley ( R-IA ) , and is expected to be released this week .
“ I think it ’ s time for the American people to see what we ’ ve got , ” said Johnson , chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee .
“ What our investigations are uncovering , I think , will reveal this is not somebody we should be electing president of the United States , ” he added .
Sen. Mitt Romney ( R-UT ) predictably downplayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probe was nothing more than a “ political exercise , ” adding “ It ’ s not the legitimate role of government for Congress or for taxpayer expense to be used in an effort to damage political opponents.
” The Biden campaign responded – telling The Hill : “ It is disgraceful enough for the chair of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee to dismiss the worst public health crisis in generations and abandon oversight of the failed federal response to the pandemic .
But to instead subsidize a foreign influence operation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American taxpayer dollars , all in a vain attempt to resuscitate a conspiracy theory that hinges on Senator Johnson himself being corrupt , is tragic malfeasance.
” That ’ s quite the statement – and telegraphs Biden ’ s likely bullet points for the debate .
Whether he can effectively convey them is anyone ’ s guess .
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) and Sen. Ron Wyden ( D-OR ) attempted to pass a resolution condemning the GOP ’ s Burisma probe , while The Hill also reports that Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate ’ s Rule 19 – which states that “ no Senator in debate shall , directly or indirectly , by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.
” “ President Trump ’ s Department of the Treasury sanctions Derkach , and the chairman of the committee repeats the same kind of discredited allegations that Derkach propagates .
It is outrageous .
It is a disgrace , ” Schumer added .
Johnson , meanwhile , has denied any contact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other words , it doesn ’ t matter what the GOP probe concludes about the Bidens and Ukraine – it ’ s ‘ unbecoming of a Senator ’ to investigate at all .
According to Sen. Johnson , “ I saw their resolution … so I was going to enter my own , ” adding “ When I came on the floor , I was basically warned , ‘ We are concerned about what ’ s going to happen here on the floor.
’ … We were all warned.
” ( TLB ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and commented on by Tyler Durden .
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Senate Report On Biden-Ukraine Accusations To Drop Within Days
A late September Suprise
Senate Republicans are set to release their long-awaited report on Joe and Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine, and is expected to conclude that Hunter Biden’s lucrative seat the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma impacted Obama-era Ukraine policy, which was led by Joe Biden at the time, according to The Hill.
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Joe Biden has been accused of abusing his position in a quid-pro-quo arrangement whereby he admitted he withheld $1 billion in US loan guarantees if the country’s lead prosecutor investigating Burisma was fired.
The Bidens have denied any wrongdoing, however depositions from former Ukrainian officials who were directly involved, as well as leaked recordings between Joe Biden and former Ukrainian President Petro Proroshenko have painted a picture of textbook corruption. Notably, Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach was sanctioned by the Treasury Department for “spreading disinformation to ‘undermine’ the former vice president” when he leaked several recordings of “voices similar to Poroshenko and Biden” discussing the quid-pro-quo, which Derkach says a journalist gave to him.
The Senate report follows a probe spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and is expected to be released this week.
“I think it’s time for the American people to see what we’ve got,” said Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “What our investigations are uncovering, I think, will reveal this is not somebody we should be electing president of the United States,” he added.
The report will come days before the first presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, and will likely provide Trump with plenty of fresh ammunition. Biden, meanwhile, will be able to trot out Trump’s latest sexual assault accusation, to which Trump will be able to trot out Biden’s.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) predictably downplayed the report – warning that the Biden-Burisma probe was nothing more than a “political exercise,” adding “It’s not the legitimate role of government for Congress or for taxpayer expense to be used in an effort to damage political opponents.”
The Biden campaign responded – telling The Hill: “It is disgraceful enough for the chair of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee to dismiss the worst public health crisis in generations and abandon oversight of the failed federal response to the pandemic. But to instead subsidize a foreign influence operation against the sovereignty of our elections with American taxpayer dollars, all in a vain attempt to resuscitate a conspiracy theory that hinges on Senator Johnson himself being corrupt, is tragic malfeasance.”
That’s quite the statement – and telegraphs Biden’s likely bullet points for the debate. Whether he can effectively convey them is anyone’s guess.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) attempted to pass a resolution condemning the GOP’s Burisma probe, while The Hill also reports that Democrats may claim that the probe violates the Senate’s Rule 19 – which states that “no Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.”
“President Trump’s Department of the Treasury sanctions Derkach, and the chairman of the committee repeats the same kind of discredited allegations that Derkach propagates. It is outrageous. It is a disgrace,” Schumer added. Johnson, meanwhile, has denied any contact with Derkach during the investigation.
In other words, it doesn’t matter what the GOP probe concludes about the Bidens and Ukraine – it’s ‘unbecoming of a Senator’ to investigate at all.
According to Sen. Johnson, “I saw their resolution … so I was going to enter my own,” adding “When I came on the floor, I was basically warned, ‘We are concerned about what’s going to happen here on the floor.’ … We were all warned.”
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--KEN’S CORNER: Thoughts On Our Oligarchy & The Taboo That Enslave Us

Thoughts On Our Oligarchy & The Taboo That Enslave Us Marxist Communism was created by Russian Bolsheviks and New York Secular Zionists , and together with the Rothschild Banks , orchestrated a coup on The Russian Christian Czar , and in the process killed 60 million people , in what was called the Bolshevik Revolution , or the Russian Revolution .
They started spreading the seeds of Marxist Communism throughout Europe , and from there around the world , and then made money orchestrating countless wars with the illusion to eradicate it .
They killed Kennedy , orchestrated 9/11 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Military industry , and their banks finance both sides of war .
Let that sink in a moment… They buy up what is left for pennies on the dollar , and some estimates indicate that 60 percent of the world is under their influence .
…they print money out of thin air , and are not accountable to our Constitution , above the President , and both were bypassed when they Incorporated America in 1871 , under Maritime law .
They have chosen , or approved every president since Kennedy , including Our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breath , and let that sink in .
They are the only people allowed to have duel citizenship in our Congress .
They own the media , have hidden from view 7.5 trillions printed out of thin air , on the books but unaccountable , and put that on the back of our children as debt slavery by the Federal Reserve , in league with the international Rothschild banking cabal… all Zionist owned corporations .
We have quadrupled the National debt in ten years , and it isn ’ t up for debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you deny anything about Zionists in Germany , you will go to jail , have your business and assets confiscated , and your life , and your families lives are crushed .
It is taboo .
…we have not been allowed to do an audit on Fort Knox in almost sixty years .
The gold in the twin towers are gone , and no independent investigation of that crime is allowed .
All evidence at ground zero was removed , all steel put on ships and sold for scrap overseas , years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ molten steel were ignored , and no samples were allowed , and much more .
Building seven , is a case in point .
The 184 billion barer bonds found in a false bottom suitcase traveling from Italy to Switzerland by Japanese nationals in 2008 have been scrubbed from the accessible public record .
Put options on United and American Airlines , three days prior to 9/11 are not allowed to go public… the JFK redacted pages were supposed to be public in 2018 , but both were denied with the same reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ …and so , at least 100 anomalies found on 9/11 , have not been addressed , and we are not allowed to know who killed Kennedy .
Stop here , and give that some thought .
Who is the deep state shadow government ?
You want we the people to be in charge of our American destiny ?
How can that be when this is not known or understood ?
All banks around the world belong to Rothschild , except for a few , and those countries are our enemies .
Communists hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the EU .
They are selling churches to make high end condominiums… and the majority of the people now living there don ’ t care .
After the Russian Revolution , anyone caught practicing any form of religion was put to death .
In France , one town is Communistic , another Socialistic , and with open borders , nationalism has been destroyed .
Look at what President Trump is doing .
He is fighting back .
Study what Putin did to save his county , and how it has become a Christian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capitalism and nationalism growing .
How ?
He kicked out and arrested what Russia referred to as the Zionist mafia , a banking oligarchy of five Zionist families .
Study how BP grew to be a mega-corporation on the back of Iran , and who is the Shaw ?
Study how a duly elected President in a European-like country , with civil liberty , was deposed by Mossad/CIA , and a puppet dictator installed .
Study how oil companies were stealing Venezuela oil , and how they pushed back nationalizing it… and how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would destroy them .
And did .
Look at how we send our men to fight Communism all around the world , and yet we have them in our Congress , called Neocons and Progressives , two wings on the same bird .
Look at Germany in the 1930 ’ s , and how a paramilitary arm of the German Government was created by Marxist Zionist Communists in Italy , confiscated the Catholic Bank , and was doing to Germany what the Progressives and Neocons are doing to us right now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to take their weapons , taking over the music , pharmaceutical , media , all newspapers , porn , abortions , crushing the white race , Christian values , and Zionist ANTIfA were burning cities .
Hitler was elected with 98 percent of the vote , to fight Antifa , that had them by the throat .
Communists controlled the universities , and was teaching Marxist Communism to German Children , and the family disintegrated , with abortions , divorce , pedophilia and porn escalating , and Hitler was elected to push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fight , and they lost .
Note : National Socislism is not Marxism .
Democracy is not a Constitutional Republic .
Freedom is not Liberty from Tyranny .
Remember the picture that has circulated for a decade on social media showing one man in the middle of a crowd not giving the Nazi salute ?
He was a Marxist Communist .
Time to grow up .
Who was the defining power that crushed Germany ?
It was Russian Bolshevik Zionist Marxist Communism .
Germany was a Catholic nation , and so was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zionism , and they look to be the veritable masters of the world today .
You can tell who your masters are… they are the one ’ s too taboo to criticize .
Why would Marxist Zionist German Jews come to America in droves to build a nuclear bomb , and then give it to Russia ?
Think about that .
Who are we ?
What have we become ?
Who are they ?
Why is it so hard to admit this… it ’ s called propaganda .
It is the science of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is our future… so well designed we think it is an original thought .
From the Author , Ken La Rive – We in 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future , unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt , we must formulate the most pitiful of 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us , their children , as a gift ?
I fear that decision is emanate .
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 .

Thoughts On Our Oligarchy & The Taboo That Enslave Us
By TLB Contributing Writer: Ken LaRive
Let’s learn the truth of a hidden American history.
Marxist Communism was created by Russian Bolsheviks and New York Secular Zionists, and together with the Rothschild Banks, orchestrated a coup on The Russian Christian Czar, and in the process killed 60 million people, in what was called the Bolshevik Revolution, or the Russian Revolution. They started spreading the seeds of Marxist Communism throughout Europe, and from there around the world, and then made money orchestrating countless wars with the illusion to eradicate it. They killed Kennedy, orchestrated 9/11, own both the Pharmaceutical Industry and the Military industry, and their banks finance both sides of war. Let that sink in a moment… They buy up what is left for pennies on the dollar, and some estimates indicate that 60 percent of the world is under their influence.
…they print money out of thin air, and are not accountable to our Constitution, above the President, and both were bypassed when they Incorporated America in 1871, under Maritime law. They have chosen, or approved every president since Kennedy, including Our President Trump. Now, take a breath, and let that sink in. They are the only people allowed to have duel citizenship in our Congress.
They own the media, have hidden from view 7.5 trillions printed out of thin air, on the books but unaccountable, and put that on the back of our children as debt slavery by the Federal Reserve, in league with the international Rothschild banking cabal… all Zionist owned corporations. We have quadrupled the National debt in ten years, and it isn’t up for debate or discussion. Let that sink in… if you deny anything about Zionists in Germany, you will go to jail, have your business and assets confiscated, and your life, and your families lives are crushed. It is taboo.
…we have not been allowed to do an audit on Fort Knox in almost sixty years. The gold in the twin towers are gone, and no independent investigation of that crime is allowed. All evidence at ground zero was removed, all steel put on ships and sold for scrap overseas, years before investigators were allowed. Anomalies like molten steel were ignored, and no samples were allowed, and much more. Building seven, is a case in point.
The 184 billion barer bonds found in a false bottom suitcase traveling from Italy to Switzerland by Japanese nationals in 2008 have been scrubbed from the accessible public record. Put options on United and American Airlines, three days prior to 9/11 are not allowed to go public… the JFK redacted pages were supposed to be public in 2018, but both were denied with the same reason: it would threaten National Security. …and so, at least 100 anomalies found on 9/11, have not been addressed, and we are not allowed to know who killed Kennedy. Stop here, and give that some thought.
Who is the deep state shadow government? You want we the people to be in charge of our American destiny? How can that be when this is not known or understood? All banks around the world belong to Rothschild, except for a few, and those countries are our enemies. Communists hate Christianity, and have crushed it in the EU. They are selling churches to make high end condominiums… and the majority of the people now living there don’t care. After the Russian Revolution, anyone caught practicing any form of religion was put to death.
In France, one town is Communistic, another Socialistic, and with open borders, nationalism has been destroyed. Look at what President Trump is doing. He is fighting back. Study what Putin did to save his county, and how it has become a Christian nation, with zero debt, with capitalism and nationalism growing. How? He kicked out and arrested what Russia referred to as the Zionist mafia, a banking oligarchy of five Zionist families.
Study how BP grew to be a mega-corporation on the back of Iran, and who is the Shaw? Study how a duly elected President in a European-like country, with civil liberty, was deposed by Mossad/CIA, and a puppet dictator installed.
Study how oil companies were stealing Venezuela oil, and how they pushed back nationalizing it… and how the Rothschild bank told them point blank they would destroy them. And did.
Look at how we send our men to fight Communism all around the world, and yet we have them in our Congress, called Neocons and Progressives, two wings on the same bird. Look at Germany in the 1930’s, and how a paramilitary arm of the German Government was created by Marxist Zionist Communists in Italy, confiscated the Catholic Bank, and was doing to Germany what the Progressives and Neocons are doing to us right now. Opening their borders to north Africans, trying to take their weapons, taking over the music, pharmaceutical, media, all newspapers, porn, abortions, crushing the white race, Christian values, and Zionist ANTIfA were burning cities.
Hitler was elected with 98 percent of the vote, to fight Antifa, that had them by the throat. Communists controlled the universities, and was teaching Marxist Communism to German Children, and the family disintegrated, with abortions, divorce, pedophilia and porn escalating, and Hitler was elected to push back. It was one hell of a fight, and they lost. Note: National Socislism is not Marxism. Democracy is not a Constitutional Republic. Freedom is not Liberty from Tyranny. Remember the picture that has circulated for a decade on social media showing one man in the middle of a crowd not giving the Nazi salute? He was a Marxist Communist. Time to grow up.
Who was the defining power that crushed Germany? It was Russian Bolshevik Zionist Marxist Communism. Germany was a Catholic nation, and so was Poland and Italy. The winners were Zionism, and they look to be the veritable masters of the world today. You can tell who your masters are… they are the one’s too taboo to criticize. Why would Marxist Zionist German Jews come to America in droves to build a nuclear bomb, and then give it to Russia? Think about that. Who are we? What have we become? Who are they? Why is it so hard to admit this… it’s called propaganda. It is the science of Freudian Psychology, and our voluntary servitude is our future… so well designed we think it is an original thought.
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From the Author, Ken La Rive – We in 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 cannot fathom, powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future, unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt, we must formulate the most pitiful of 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 decision is emanate. 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.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Why Bob Woodward’s Book ‘Rage’ is a lie built on a lie, & Trump vs ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’

Bob Woodward ’ s new insider account of the Trump administration , ‘ Rage ’ , details the multi-faceted controversies surrounding President Trump ’ s approach to governance – none more so than his relationship with the military .
Bob Woodward is a legendary reporter whose talent for getting insiders to speak about the most sensitive matters in government dates back to Watergate and the Nixon presidency .
His most recent presidential expose , ‘ Rage ’ , touches on a wide range of controversies , from the coronavirus pandemic to issues relating to war , and the promise of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tortured relationship with the military that stands out the most , especially as told through the eyes of former Secretary of Defense Jim ‘ Mad Dog ’ Mattis , a retired marine general .
It is clear that Bob Woodward spent hours speaking with Mattis – the insights , emotions and internal voice captured in the book show a level of intimacy that could only be reached through in-depth interviews , and Woodward has a well-earned reputation for getting people to speak to him .
Collage : Image of half of Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new book , and a cropped cutout image of James Mattis .
The book makes it clear that Mattis viewed Trump as a threat to the US ’ standing as the defender of a rules-based order – built on the back of decades-old alliances – that had been in place since the end of the Second World War .
It also makes it clear that Mattis and the military officers he oversaw placed defending this order above implementing the will of the American people , as expressed through the free and fair election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of commander-in-chief .
In short , Mattis and his coterie of generals knew best , and when the president dared issue an order or instruction that conflicted with their vision of how the world should work , they would do their best to undermine this order , all the while confirming to the president that it was being followed .
The military is trapped in an inherited reality divorced from the present This trend was on display in Woodward ’ s telling of Trump ’ s efforts to forge better relations with North @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his military commanders sought to isolate the president from the reality on the ground , briefing him only on what they thought he needed to know , and keeping him in the dark about what was really going on .
In a telling passage , Woodward takes us into the mind of Jim Mattis as he contemplates the horrors of a nuclear war with North Korea , and the responsibility he believed he shouldered when it came to making the hard decision as to whether nuclear weapons should be used or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president ’ s alone to make , something Mattis begrudgingly acknowledges .
But in Mattis ’ world , he , as secretary of defense , would be the one who influenced that decision .
Mattis , along with the other general officers described by Woodward , is clearly gripped with what can only be described as the ‘ Military Messiah Syndrome ’ .
What defines this ‘ syndrome ’ is perhaps best captured in the words of Emma Sky , the female peace activist-turned adviser to General Ray Odierno , the one-time commander @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a frank give-and-take captured by Ms. Sky in her book ‘ The Unravelling ’ , Odierno spoke of the value he placed on the military ’ s willingness to defend “ freedom ” anywhere in the world .
“ There is , ” he said , “ no one who understands more the importance of liberty and freedom in all its forms than those who travel the world to defend it.
” Ms. Sky responded in typically direct fashion : “ One day , I will have you admit that the [ Iraq @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the administration was led by a radical neocon program , that the US ’ s standing in the world has gone down greatly , and that we are far less safe than we were before 9/11.
” Odierno would have nothing of it .
“ It will never happen while I ’ m the commander of soldiers in Iraq.
” “ To lead soldiers in battle , ” Ms. Sky noted , “ a commander had to believe in the cause.
” Left unsaid was the obvious : even if the cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , more than anything , is the most dangerous thing about the ‘ Military Messiah Syndrome ’ as captured by Bob Woodward – the fact that the military is trapped in an inherited reality divorced from the present , driven by precepts which have nothing to with what is , but rather by what the military commanders believe should be .
The unyielding notion that the US military is a force for good becomes little more than meaningless drivel when juxtaposed with the reality that the mission being executed is inherently wrong .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself to dishonesty and , worse , to self-delusion .
It is one thing to lie ; it is another altogether to believe the lie as truth .
No single general had the courage to tell Trump allegations against Syria were a hoax The cruise missile attack on Syria in early April 2017 stands out as a case in point .
The attack was ordered in response to allegations that Syria had dropped a bomb containing the sarin nerve agent on a town – Khan Shaykhun – that was controlled by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the 59 cruise missiles launched against Shayrat Airbase – where the Su-22 aircraft alleged to have dropped the bombs were based – destroyed Syria ’ s capability to carry out a similar attack in the future .
When shown post-strike imagery in which the runways were clearly untouched , Trump was outraged , lashing out at Secretary of Defense Mattis in a conference call .
“ I can ’ t believe you didn ’ t destroy the runway !
” , Woodward reports the president shouting .
“ Mr .
President , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ they would rebuild the runway in 24 hours , and it would have little effect on their ability to deploy weapons .
We destroyed the capability to deploy weapons ” for months , Mattis said .
“ That was the mission the president had approved , ” Woodward writes , clearly channeling Mattis , “ and they had succeeded.
” The problem with this passage is that it is a lie .
There is no doubt that Bob Woodward has the audio tape of Jim Mattis saying these things .
But none @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it when he spoke to Woodward , and Woodward knew it when he wrote the book .
There was no confirmed use of chemical weapons by Syria at Khan Shaykhun .
Indeed , the forensic evidence available about the attack points to the incident being a false flag effort – a successful one , it turns out – on the part of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists to provoke a US military strike against Syria .
No targets related to either the production , storage or handling of chemical weapons were hit by the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason than no such targets could exist if Syria did not possess and/or use a chemical weapon against Khan Shaykhun .
Moreover , the US failed to produce a narrative of causality which provided some underlying logic to the targets that were struck at Khan Shaykhun – “ Here is where the chemical weapons were stored , here is where the chemical weapons were filled , here is where the chemical weapons were loaded onto the aircraft.
” Instead , 59 cruise missiles struck empty aircraft hangars , destroying derelict aircraft , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to nine civilians .
The next morning , the same Su-22 aircraft that were alleged to have bombed Khan Shaykhun were once again taking off from Shayrat Air Base – less than 24 hours after the US cruise missiles struck that facility .
President Trump had every reason to be outraged by the results .
But the President should have been outraged by the processes behind the attack , where military commanders , fully afflicted by ‘ Military Messiah Syndrome ’ , offered up solutions that solved nothing for problems that did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( or admiral ) had the courage to tell the president that the allegations against Syria were a hoax , and that a military response was not only not needed , but would be singularly counterproductive .
But that ’ s not how generals and admirals – or colonels and lieutenant colonels – are wired .
That kind of introspective honesty can not happen while they are in command .
Bob Woodward ( pictured ) knows this truth , but he chose not to give it a voice in his book , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narrative that he had constructed , around which he bent and twisted the words of those he interviewed – including the president and Jim Mattis .
As such , ‘ Rage ’ is , in effect , a lie built on a lie .
It is one thing for politicians and those in power to manipulate the truth to their advantage .
It ’ s something altogether different for journalists to report something as true that they know to be a lie .
On the back cover of ‘ Rage ’ , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a speech he gave about Bob Woodward .
“ Bob Woodward , ” Caro notes , “ a great reporter .
What is a great reporter ?
Someone who never stops trying to get as close to the truth as possible.
” After reading ‘ Rage ’ , one can not help but conclude the opposite – that Bob Woodward has written a volume which pointedly ignores the truth .
Instead , he gives voice to a lie of his own construct , predicated on the flawed accounts of sources inflicted with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words embrace a fantasy world populated by military members fulfilling missions far removed from the common good of their fellow citizens – and often at conflict with the stated intent and instruction of the civilian leadership they ostensibly serve .
In doing so , Woodward is as complicit as the generals and former generals he quotes in misleading the American public about issues of fundamental importance .
The statements , views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

Bob Woodward’s new insider account of the Trump administration, ‘Rage’, details the multi-faceted controversies surrounding President Trump’s approach to governance – none more so than his relationship with the military.
Bob Woodward is a legendary reporter whose talent for getting insiders to speak about the most sensitive matters in government dates back to Watergate and the Nixon presidency. His most recent presidential expose, ‘Rage’, touches on a wide range of controversies, from the coronavirus pandemic to issues relating to war, and the promise of war.
It is Trump’s tortured relationship with the military that stands out the most, especially as told through the eyes of former Secretary of Defense Jim ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, a retired marine general. It is clear that Bob Woodward spent hours speaking with Mattis – the insights, emotions and internal voice captured in the book show a level of intimacy that could only be reached through in-depth interviews, and Woodward has a well-earned reputation for getting people to speak to him.
Collage: Image of half of Trump’s face from Bob Woodward’s new book, and a cropped cutout image of James Mattis.
The book makes it clear that Mattis viewed Trump as a threat to the US’ standing as the defender of a rules-based order – built on the back of decades-old alliances – that had been in place since the end of the Second World War.
It also makes it clear that Mattis and the military officers he oversaw placed defending this order above implementing the will of the American people, as expressed through the free and fair election that elevated Donald Trump to the position of commander-in-chief. In short, Mattis and his coterie of generals knew best, and when the president dared issue an order or instruction that conflicted with their vision of how the world should work, they would do their best to undermine this order, all the while confirming to the president that it was being followed.
The military is trapped in an inherited reality divorced from the present
This trend was on display in Woodward’s telling of Trump’s efforts to forge better relations with North Korea. At every turn, Mattis and his military commanders sought to isolate the president from the reality on the ground, briefing him only on what they thought he needed to know, and keeping him in the dark about what was really going on.
In a telling passage, Woodward takes us into the mind of Jim Mattis as he contemplates the horrors of a nuclear war with North Korea, and the responsibility he believed he shouldered when it came to making the hard decision as to whether nuclear weapons should be used or not. Constitutionally, the decision was the president’s alone to make, something Mattis begrudgingly acknowledges. But in Mattis’ world, he, as secretary of defense, would be the one who influenced that decision.
Mattis, along with the other general officers described by Woodward, is clearly gripped with what can only be described as the ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’.
What defines this ‘syndrome’ is perhaps best captured in the words of Emma Sky, the female peace activist-turned adviser to General Ray Odierno, the one-time commander of US forces in Iraq. In a frank give-and-take captured by Ms. Sky in her book ‘The Unravelling’, Odierno spoke of the value he placed on the military’s willingness to defend “freedom” anywhere in the world. “There is,” he said, “no one who understands more the importance of liberty and freedom in all its forms than those who travel the world to defend it.”
Ms. Sky responded in typically direct fashion: “One day, I will have you admit that the [Iraq] war was a bad idea, that the administration was led by a radical neocon program, that the US’s standing in the world has gone down greatly, and that we are far less safe than we were before 9/11.”
Odierno would have nothing of it. “It will never happen while I’m the commander of soldiers in Iraq.”
“To lead soldiers in battle,” Ms. Sky noted, “a commander had to believe in the cause.” Left unsaid was the obvious: even if the cause was morally and intellectually unsound.
This, more than anything, is the most dangerous thing about the ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’ as captured by Bob Woodward – the fact that the military is trapped in an inherited reality divorced from the present, driven by precepts which have nothing to with what is, but rather by what the military commanders believe should be. The unyielding notion that the US military is a force for good becomes little more than meaningless drivel when juxtaposed with the reality that the mission being executed is inherently wrong.
The ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’ lends itself to dishonesty and, worse, to self-delusion. It is one thing to lie; it is another altogether to believe the lie as truth.
No single general had the courage to tell Trump allegations against Syria were a hoax
The cruise missile attack on Syria in early April 2017 stands out as a case in point. The attack was ordered in response to allegations that Syria had dropped a bomb containing the sarin nerve agent on a town – Khan Shaykhun – that was controlled by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic militants.
Trump was led to believe that the 59 cruise missiles launched against Shayrat Airbase – where the Su-22 aircraft alleged to have dropped the bombs were based – destroyed Syria’s capability to carry out a similar attack in the future. When shown post-strike imagery in which the runways were clearly untouched, Trump was outraged, lashing out at Secretary of Defense Mattis in a conference call. “I can’t believe you didn’t destroy the runway!”, Woodward reports the president shouting.
“Mr. President,” Mattis responds in the text, “they would rebuild the runway in 24 hours, and it would have little effect on their ability to deploy weapons. We destroyed the capability to deploy weapons” for months, Mattis said.
“That was the mission the president had approved,” Woodward writes, clearly channeling Mattis, “and they had succeeded.”
The problem with this passage is that it is a lie. There is no doubt that Bob Woodward has the audio tape of Jim Mattis saying these things. But none of it is true. Mattis knew it when he spoke to Woodward, and Woodward knew it when he wrote the book.
There was no confirmed use of chemical weapons by Syria at Khan Shaykhun. Indeed, the forensic evidence available about the attack points to the incident being a false flag effort – a successful one, it turns out – on the part of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists to provoke a US military strike against Syria. No targets related to either the production, storage or handling of chemical weapons were hit by the US cruise missiles, if for no other reason than no such targets could exist if Syria did not possess and/or use a chemical weapon against Khan Shaykhun.
Moreover, the US failed to produce a narrative of causality which provided some underlying logic to the targets that were struck at Khan Shaykhun – “Here is where the chemical weapons were stored, here is where the chemical weapons were filled, here is where the chemical weapons were loaded onto the aircraft.” Instead, 59 cruise missiles struck empty aircraft hangars, destroying derelict aircraft, and killing at least four Syrian soldiers and up to nine civilians.
The next morning, the same Su-22 aircraft that were alleged to have bombed Khan Shaykhun were once again taking off from Shayrat Air Base – less than 24 hours after the US cruise missiles struck that facility. President Trump had every reason to be outraged by the results.
But the President should have been outraged by the processes behind the attack, where military commanders, fully afflicted by ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’, offered up solutions that solved nothing for problems that did not exist. Not a single general (or admiral) had the courage to tell the president that the allegations against Syria were a hoax, and that a military response was not only not needed, but would be singularly counterproductive.
But that’s not how generals and admirals – or colonels and lieutenant colonels – are wired. That kind of introspective honesty cannot happen while they are in command.
Misleading the American public
Bob Woodward (pictured) knows this truth, but he chose not to give it a voice in his book, because to do so would disrupt the pre-scripted narrative that he had constructed, around which he bent and twisted the words of those he interviewed – including the president and Jim Mattis. As such, ‘Rage’ is, in effect, a lie built on a lie. It is one thing for politicians and those in power to manipulate the truth to their advantage. It’s something altogether different for journalists to report something as true that they know to be a lie.
On the back cover of ‘Rage’, the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Robert Caro is quoted from a speech he gave about Bob Woodward. “Bob Woodward,” Caro notes, “a great reporter. What is a great reporter? Someone who never stops trying to get as close to the truth as possible.”
After reading ‘Rage’, one cannot help but conclude the opposite – that Bob Woodward has written a volume which pointedly ignores the truth. Instead, he gives voice to a lie of his own construct, predicated on the flawed accounts of sources inflicted with ‘Military Messiah Syndrome’, whose words embrace a fantasy world populated by military members fulfilling missions far removed from the common good of their fellow citizens – and often at conflict with the stated intent and instruction of the civilian leadership they ostensibly serve. In doing so, Woodward is as complicit as the generals and former generals he quotes in misleading the American public about issues of fundamental importance.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--LEARN 2 UNLEARN: Return to Health (E45) – “Following Spirit”

It really reminds me of the sound of an unbalanced fan or an old motor ~ I keep hearing it ~ over and over again , all the time .
After excluding the upstairs neighbor , and his fan , I figured it out , where it came from… It was my heavy and fast heartbeat I can hear when I get quiet now a little faster than one per second I am now focusing on being quiet , working on myself more than ever , understanding that Growth , INNER growth is all about being by yourself , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else or other people… I also find myself now most times going to the range … to find peace ~ and quiet ~ More like an excuse to go there , because it is so secluded , and surrounded by forests… and the trees sing in the winds , sometimes I just sit there , lucky to be the only one there , between far off gunshots , and just listen , and watch , and take it all in… I am observing variations now between ups and downs ~ one day very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have so much more of it… I am living more intense cramps/spasms at the end of the first flow now ~ setting off farts and pressure to do # 2 ~ amid blood ~ always the same pattern , I noticed with cleaning afterwards , and paying attention to body language , as per usual … Staying on the same MEDICATIONS , with a few new ones added , like Grape Seed Extract and Elderberry syrup twice a day… Also Corn silk made into tea helps with pressure release , and here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ THAT NIGHT ~ which I knew wouldn ’ t last ~ A powerful feeling of Being came upon me at bedtime , gentle wind blowing on me as I take off the covers ~ a feeling of assistance , of guidance , erasing everything for just that one moment ~ no pain , no pressure , complete calm ~ ~ ( after a blood clot event ) ~~ I found myself trying to remember everything in order to chronicle this event , at the same time , trying to live it for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cramping up and distress mounting inside… First blood clot comes out , yesterday , the size of a 50 cent piece or larger… and yes , I need to show this for a second or two… And then a complete relaxation of the area , a deep breath taken… Feeling that pressure mount , and poof ~ blood clot comes out again ~ Then everything turns to calm once again , the pressure being released ~ To me , this is Healing ~ a ‘ refuse ’ of what the body needs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ~ Where is it going to go otherwise ?
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LEARN 2 UNLEARN: Return to Health (E45) – “Following Spirit”
Your Host: Luca Majno
I am listening…
It really reminds me of the sound of an unbalanced fan or an old motor ~ I keep hearing it ~ over and over again, all the time. After excluding the upstairs neighbor, and his fan, I figured it out, where it came from…
It was my heavy and fast heartbeat
I can hear when I get quiet now
a little faster than one per second
I am now focusing on being quiet, working on myself more than ever, understanding that Growth, INNER growth is all about being by yourself, and being happy with it… not needing anything else or other people…
I also find myself now most times going to the range
… to find peace ~ and quiet ~ More like an excuse to go there, because it is so secluded, and surrounded by forests… and the trees sing in the winds, sometimes I just sit there, lucky to be the only one there, between far off gunshots, and just listen, and watch, and take it all in…
HEALTH UPDATE:
I am observing variations now between ups and downs ~ one day very low energy, the next feeling blessed to have so much more of it…
I am living more intense cramps/spasms at the end of the first flow now ~ setting off farts and pressure to do #2 ~ amid blood ~ always the same pattern, I noticed with cleaning afterwards, and paying attention to body language, as per usual …
Staying on the same MEDICATIONS, with a few new ones added, like Grape Seed Extract and Elderberry syrup twice a day… Also Corn silk made into tea helps with pressure release, and here’s the line-up:
… BUT THAT NIGHT ~ which I knew wouldn’t last ~
A powerful feeling of Being came upon me at bedtime, gentle wind blowing on me as I take off the covers ~ a feeling of assistance, of guidance, erasing everything for just that one moment ~ no pain, no pressure, complete calm ~ ~ (after a blood clot event) ~~
I found myself trying to remember everything in order to chronicle this event, at the same time, trying to live it for the moment ~
Just now (10:15 PM)
Following the instinctive feelings of cramping up and distress mounting inside… First blood clot comes out, yesterday, the size of a 50 cent piece or larger… and yes, I need to show this for a second or two…
And then a complete relaxation of the area, a deep breath taken…
Same exact scenario just now…
Feeling that pressure mount, and poof ~ blood clot comes out again ~ Then everything turns to calm once again, the pressure being released ~
To me, this is Healing ~ a ‘refuse’ of what the body needs to get rid of in order to heal ~ Where is it going to go otherwise? ~
More enhanced descriptions in the show below, please watch it and be a part of my Healing…
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-21--Daniel Andrews’ Plan for Indefinite Detention – And More

The Victorian Labor government has introduced a bill to parliament that , coupled with other measures , is one of the most egregious attacks on civil liberties seen in war or peacetime .
The Bill would allow people to be detained indefinitely and give sweeping powers to untrained people to become “ authorised officers ” with sweeping powers to arrest and detain fellow Victorians .
Called the COVID-19 Omnibus ( Emergency Measures ) Amendment Bill , it overrides all other laws and legislation with the exception of the Charter of Human Rights ( which the government ignores as it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act 1975 and the laws created by the Bill itself .
The Bill confers an extraordinary power to the Secretary of the Department of Health to appoint public servants as “ authorised officers ” with the same powers as police .
However , worse than that is a provision which allows the secretary to appoint any of the following as an “ authorised officer ” : [ A ] person the Secretary considers appropriate for appointment based on the person ’ s skills , attributes , experience or otherwise… This will expand the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers .
It is intended to include additional public sector employees from Victoria as well as such employees from other Australian jurisdictions , and individuals with a connection to particular communities to ensure that certain activities , such as contact tracing , can be conducted in a culturally safe manner .
This sweeping power means the Secretary could appoint anyone as an “ authorised office ” ; a member of the ADF who already patrols Melbourne streets with police or even a member of the Hell ’ s Angels .
The Bill is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be appointed .
The Secretary has been given carte blanche to appoint anyone who has the “ skills , attributes , experience or otherwise ” .
The word “ otherwise ” so broad and non-specific it gives rise to real concerns about who the Secretary could or would appoint .
Critically , there is no mention in the Bill of what sort of training these “ authorised officers ” would be given or the equipment they would be issued with .
If you thought the hotel quarantine scheme was a fiasco , image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrought by this proposal .
The Bill also “ provides that an authorised officer may be assisted by any person in exercising a public health risk power under an authorisation given by the Chief Health Officer.
” That ’ s right .
An untrained “ authorised officer ” , be they a public servant , a member of the ADF , or a Hells Angel would be able to co-opt any unsworn citizen in their duties .
The Bill outlines some of the roles and powers these “ authorised officers ” may able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers .
They include being able : to detain any person or group of persons in an emergency area for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health ; to restrict the movement of any person or group of persons within an emergency area ; to prevent any person or group of persons from entering an emergency area ; and , to give any other direction that the authorised officer considers is reasonably necessary to protect public health .
These powers given to untrained “ authorised officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly if citizens can be co-opted to assist .
We have already seen examples of police heavy handiness in Victoria with police raids on housewives , the busting down of doors and so on simply because people have promoted on social media protests against the current health regime .
Under the Bill , designated authorised officers may be able to detain if “ a direction has been given in the exercise of an emergency power ” or if the officer “ reasonably believes that a person who is required to comply with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely to refuse or fail to comply with the direction.
” A high-risk person is someone who has been “ diagnosed with COVID-19 and has not been given clearance from self-isolation or they have been notified that they are in close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 .
The Bill provides an emergency power to detain any person or group of persons in an emergency area for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health .
you have no rights under law and can be detained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this means you can be locked up and detained indefinitely at the whim of a designated officer .
There is no provision whatsoever for a review of the detention .
Ultimately a person may have to apply to the Supreme Court to grant an order of Habeas Corpus for release .
These extraordinary powers are arbitrary and extreme .
They are a draconian attack on civil liberties the like of which Australia has never seen before .
Further , because all laws are overridden , there would appear to be little recourse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or their civilians co–opted by them .
These laws are so broad and ill-defined that you could be detained for almost anything .
Remember the emergency powers give “ authorised officers ” power to “ detain any person or group ” or “ restrict the movement of people ” or “ prevent a person or group from entering an emergency area ” or “ give any other direction ” .
Nowhere in the Bill or its Explanatory Memorandum is a reason or justification given for the introduction of these extraordinary sweeping and ill-defined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by side with the powers that already have Melburnians locked in their own homes for 22 hours a day…

The Victorian Labor government has introduced a bill to parliament that, coupled with other measures, is one of the most egregious attacks on civil liberties seen in war or peacetime.
The Bill would allow people to be detained indefinitely and give sweeping powers to untrained people to become “authorised officers” with sweeping powers to arrest and detain fellow Victorians.
Called the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Amendment Bill, it overrides all other laws and legislation with the exception of the Charter of Human Rights (which the government ignores as it is not binding), the State Constitution Act 1975 and the laws created by the Bill itself.
The Bill confers an extraordinary power to the Secretary of the Department of Health to appoint public servants as “authorised officers” with the same powers as police.
However, worse than that is a provision which allows the secretary to appoint any of the following as an “authorised officer”:
[A] person the Secretary considers appropriate for appointment based on the person’s skills, attributes, experience or otherwise… This will expand the persons who may be appointed as authorised officers. It is intended to include additional public sector employees from Victoria as well as such employees from other Australian jurisdictions, and individuals with a connection to particular communities to ensure that certain activities, such as contact tracing, can be conducted in a culturally safe manner.
This sweeping power means the Secretary could appoint anyone as an “authorised office”; a member of the ADF who already patrols Melbourne streets with police or even a member of the Hell’s Angels.
The Bill is mute on the specifics of who could be appointed. The Secretary has been given carte blanche to appoint anyone who has the “skills, attributes, experience or otherwise”.
The word “otherwise” so broad and non-specific it gives rise to real concerns about who the Secretary could or would appoint.
Critically, there is no mention in the Bill of what sort of training these “authorised officers” would be given or the equipment they would be issued with.
If you thought the hotel quarantine scheme was a fiasco, image the damage and drama that could be wrought by this proposal.
The Bill also “provides that an authorised officer may be assisted by any person in exercising a public health risk power under an authorisation given by the Chief Health Officer.”
That’s right. An untrained “authorised officer”, be they a public servant, a member of the ADF, or a Hells Angel would be able to co-opt any unsworn citizen in their duties.
The Bill outlines some of the roles and powers these “authorised officers” may able to exercise under the State of Emergency powers.
They include being able: to detain any person or group of persons in an emergency area for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health; to restrict the movement of any person or group of persons within an emergency area; to prevent any person or group of persons from entering an emergency area; and, to give any other direction that the authorised officer considers is reasonably necessary to protect public health.
These powers given to untrained “authorised officers” could lead to shocking outcomes, particularly if citizens can be co-opted to assist.
We have already seen examples of police heavy handiness in Victoria with police raids on housewives, the busting down of doors and so on simply because people have promoted on social media protests against the current health regime.
Under the Bill, designated authorised officers may be able to detain if “a direction has been given in the exercise of an emergency power” or if the officer “reasonably believes that a person who is required to comply with the direction is a high-risk person and is likely to refuse or fail to comply with the direction.”
A high-risk person is someone who has been “diagnosed with COVID-19 and has not been given clearance from self-isolation or they have been notified that they are in close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19.
The Bill provides an emergency power to detain any person or group of persons in an emergency area for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health.
Once detained, you have no rights under law and can be detained for an indefinite period:
Section 200(6) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 requires an authorised officer to review, at least once every 24 hours during the period that a person is subject to detention under section 200(1)(a), whether the continued detention of the person is reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health.
Put simply, this means you can be locked up and detained indefinitely at the whim of a designated officer.
There is no provision whatsoever for a review of the detention. Ultimately a person may have to apply to the Supreme Court to grant an order of Habeas Corpus for release.
These extraordinary powers are arbitrary and extreme.
They are a draconian attack on civil liberties the like of which Australia has never seen before.
Further, because all laws are overridden, there would appear to be little recourse to any excesses by an authorised officer or their civilians co–opted by them. These laws are so broad and ill-defined that you could be detained for almost anything.
Remember the emergency powers give “authorised officers” power to “detain any person or group” or “restrict the movement of people” or “prevent a person or group from entering an emergency area” or “give any other direction”.
Nowhere in the Bill or its Explanatory Memorandum is a reason or justification given for the introduction of these extraordinary sweeping and ill-defined laws.
These laws will operate side by side with the powers that already have Melburnians locked in their own homes for 22 hours a day…
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