wnd--2020-05-28--Can Democrats 'mail in' Joe Biden's election?

The man in black solemnly stepped forward and placed a flower wreath at the military graveyard 's central display as TV cameras from many networks recorded the ceremony to mark Memorial Day .
Americans whose loved ones gave some , or gave all , for our nation expect this annual moment of honor and remembrance from our president .
But what the networks repeatedly broadcast was not our president .
It was presidential candidate Joe Biden carrying out a sacred presidential ritual as if he , not Donald Trump , were president and commander in chief .
`` Stolen valor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else 's military medals to pretend to be a battlefield hero .
Joe Biden on Memorial Day pretended to be the commander in chief by having leftist TV networks record him staging a presidential ritual at a military cemetery in Delaware .
Biden , wearing a bandit-like mask , deceived people by stealing the valor only the duly elected commander in chief traditionally honors , typically at Arlington national military cemetery .
Biden 's Delaware ceremony was given more airtime by Trump-hating networks than the official Memorial Day ceremony .
TRENDING : Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lie and scheme to defraud' In effect , Joe Biden stole the sacred honor of our military dead in a tawdry , self-serving publicity stunt , standing atop their bodies to make himself appear taller .
It was shameful .
But so much about Joe Biden is shameful .
He is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communist China , from which he helped son Hunter – thrown out of the Navy Reserve for illicit cocaine use – pocket $ 1.5 billion in a largely secret deal Xi Jinping could use to blackmail a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of rape .
Days ago another leftist , Democratic socialist Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota , joined the Democratic chorus saying they believe Biden did rape a female staffer … but are voting for him anyway .
Biden refuses to open his sealed archive at the University of Delaware that might contain evidence bolstering his victim 's case .
His operatives recently dug through that archive and may have removed incriminating documents .
Biden likewise refuses to disclose where the millions come from that fund his tax-exempt foundations , which actually pay the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspect that Biden 's biggest secret funder is Communist China .
Democrats are concerned that Biden is hiding in his basement , `` mailing in '' his campaign , talking to interviewers for no more than seven minutes at a time with help from a teleprompter and words carefully scripted ( or prompted via his hidden earpiece ) by his handlers .
When Biden goes off script , he quickly blunders , e.g.
, patronizingly telling African Americans that `` you ai n't black '' if not automatically voting for him .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ led the `` high-tech lynching '' that almost destroyed black Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . )
Is Biden going semi-senile ?
His doctor at his physical late last year somehow never gave Biden a cognitive test , despite his worrisome symptoms and two brain aneurisms .
Can America risk Biden 's finger on the nuclear button , or his brain negotiating our future with Communist China ?
Despite his cognitive challenges , the leftist power-craving cabal that hijacked the Democratic Party is confident they can elect Joe Biden president .
How ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and `` manufacture '' a Biden victory .
They plan to impose nationwide voting by mail , and more than 93 percent of those mail-in ballots would be carried , unsupervised , to the counting place by a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers ( NALC ) , AFL-CIO , which represents 277,000 active and retired letter carriers .
This labor union in 2018 made political contributions to federal candidates of $ 1,342,000 , of which 77 percent went to Democrats .
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts pocketed $ 10,000 from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James Clyburn , who single-handedly saved Biden 's sinking presidential primary campaign by urging African Americans to vote for him .
No wonder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now proposes spending $ 25 billion more for the U.S .
Postal Service .
Most letter carriers are honest , decent , hardworking people who would not destroy absentee ballots from Trump-supporting neighborhoods .
But pundits tell us that the November election could be decided by very few votes in key states .
If Pelosi gets her way , blank absentee ballots will flood every American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able to `` ballot harvest '' them by the millions in a political environment where no voter IDs are permitted , all non-citizen and fake ballots count , and vote fraud will overwhelm all future elections .
Our democratic republic , as in California in 2018 , will perish in a blizzard of dishonest paper ballots and be buried in a stuffed ballot box .
The tombstone will read : `` American Government Of We The People .
Born 1776-Died 2020 . ''
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader 's Digest Roving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times and other major publications .
His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith , `` The Secret War , '' shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats .
For a free , postpaid copy , call toll-free 800-630-1492 .

The man in black solemnly stepped forward and placed a flower wreath at the military graveyard's central display as TV cameras from many networks recorded the ceremony to mark Memorial Day.
Americans whose loved ones gave some, or gave all, for our nation expect this annual moment of honor and remembrance from our president.
But what the networks repeatedly broadcast was not our president. It was presidential candidate Joe Biden carrying out a sacred presidential ritual as if he, not Donald Trump, were president and commander in chief.
"Stolen valor" is the crime of using someone else's military medals to pretend to be a battlefield hero. Joe Biden on Memorial Day pretended to be the commander in chief by having leftist TV networks record him staging a presidential ritual at a military cemetery in Delaware.
Biden, wearing a bandit-like mask, deceived people by stealing the valor only the duly elected commander in chief traditionally honors, typically at Arlington national military cemetery. Biden's Delaware ceremony was given more airtime by Trump-hating networks than the official Memorial Day ceremony.
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In effect, Joe Biden stole the sacred honor of our military dead in a tawdry, self-serving publicity stunt, standing atop their bodies to make himself appear taller. It was shameful.
But so much about Joe Biden is shameful. He is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communist China, from which he helped son Hunter – thrown out of the Navy Reserve for illicit cocaine use – pocket $1.5 billion in a largely secret deal Xi Jinping could use to blackmail a future President Biden.
Biden is accused of rape. Days ago another leftist, Democratic socialist Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, joined the Democratic chorus saying they believe Biden did rape a female staffer … but are voting for him anyway. Biden refuses to open his sealed archive at the University of Delaware that might contain evidence bolstering his victim's case. His operatives recently dug through that archive and may have removed incriminating documents.
Biden likewise refuses to disclose where the millions come from that fund his tax-exempt foundations, which actually pay the salaries of many political operatives. Some suspect that Biden's biggest secret funder is Communist China.
Democrats are concerned that Biden is hiding in his basement, "mailing in" his campaign, talking to interviewers for no more than seven minutes at a time with help from a teleprompter and words carefully scripted (or prompted via his hidden earpiece) by his handlers.
When Biden goes off script, he quickly blunders, e.g., patronizingly telling African Americans that "you ain't black" if not automatically voting for him. (As Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Biden led the "high-tech lynching" that almost destroyed black Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.)
Is Biden going semi-senile? His doctor at his physical late last year somehow never gave Biden a cognitive test, despite his worrisome symptoms and two brain aneurisms. Can America risk Biden's finger on the nuclear button, or his brain negotiating our future with Communist China?
Despite his cognitive challenges, the leftist power-craving cabal that hijacked the Democratic Party is confident they can elect Joe Biden president. How?
They plan to unionize the November election and "manufacture" a Biden victory.
They plan to impose nationwide voting by mail, and more than 93 percent of those mail-in ballots would be carried, unsupervised, to the counting place by a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), AFL-CIO, which represents 277,000 active and retired letter carriers.
This labor union in 2018 made political contributions to federal candidates of $1,342,000, of which 77 percent went to Democrats. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts pocketed $10,000 from NALC, as did South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, who single-handedly saved Biden's sinking presidential primary campaign by urging African Americans to vote for him. No wonder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now proposes spending $25 billion more for the U.S. Postal Service.
Most letter carriers are honest, decent, hardworking people who would not destroy absentee ballots from Trump-supporting neighborhoods. But pundits tell us that the November election could be decided by very few votes in key states.
If Pelosi gets her way, blank absentee ballots will flood every American mailbox, and Democratic operatives will also be able to "ballot harvest" them by the millions in a political environment where no voter IDs are permitted, all non-citizen and fake ballots count, and vote fraud will overwhelm all future elections.
Our democratic republic, as in California in 2018, will perish in a blizzard of dishonest paper ballots and be buried in a stuffed ballot box. The tombstone will read: "American Government Of We The People. Born 1776-Died 2020."
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader's Digest Roving Editor. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other major publications. His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith, "The Secret War," shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats. For a free, postpaid copy, call toll-free 800-630-1492.


wnd--2020-05-28--Mail-in voting is a grave threat to election integrity

The political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be as unpredictable as the virus itself , and as potentially monumental as the financial losses it has caused .
Although the November election is still almost five months away , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge for states to have mandatory mail-in ballots , purportedly in the interests of public safety .
Some people – including the ever-vocal President Donald Trump – view mandatory mail-in voting as a prescription for widespread voter fraud .
Unsurprisingly , those arguing in favor of these voting changes denounce warnings against mail-in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruse for opponents ' `` real '' motives : to disenfranchise voters .
In fact , this has opened a new front in the ongoing social media battles between Trump and the left .
Twitter finally caved to pressure to `` fact-check '' Trump 's tweets , starting with his recent tweet about voter fraud .
( No word yet on whether they 'll be fact-checking former President Barack Obama 's tweets , or presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 's , or those of the major media . )
Advocates for new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud , claiming that it 's so infrequent it 's inconsequential .
But there 's plenty of evidence that voter fraud is quite common , and that it matters .
Even a small number of illegally cast or uncounted votes can have profound consequences .
Consider that the 2000 presidential election was decided by the electors in the state of Florida ; George W. Bush won Florida ( and , therefore , the presidency ) by only 537 votes out of 6 million cast in that state .
That margin may be unusual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and local elections are often decided by a small number of votes ; by way of example , between 2013 and 2017 , 86 elections in the state of Ohio were decided by one vote .
Furthermore , the numbers are n't always small ; a 1982 Justice Department investigation revealed that more than 100,000 fraudulent votes had been cast in a Chicago election .
TRENDING : Trump lawyer : Mueller 's intent was 'monstrous lie and scheme to defraud' Nor is it true that instances of voter fraud are few and far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ database of nearly 1,300 confirmed cases of voter fraud , including those resulting in convictions and prison time , and overturned elections .
And of course , many cases simply go undetected or unreported .
Voter fraud can take many forms including impersonation or identity theft , false registration , duplicate voting and voting by people who are ineligible ( like non-citizens ) .
Voter fraud is also possible with inadequate chain-of-custody procedures , and ballot harvesting has raised that concern .
Ballot harvesting – a process that allows people to collect other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – captured the nation 's attention in the 2018 elections when seven precincts in Southern California flipped from Republican to Democrat – after Election Day , as harvested ballots were turned in and counted .
Ballot harvesting is legal in 27 states and Washington , D.C. , but California 's law is the most lenient .
There are few chain-of-custody protections in the ballot harvesting statute California passed in 2016 , and no restrictions on who can collect the ballots or how many they can collect .
There is also no data being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this way .
Any vote procedures without adequate measures to ensure that all votes are received , authenticated and counted translate to lost votes as well as potentially fraudulent ones .
The history of absentee voting by mail – a staple for our military and other Americans living abroad – is rife with examples .
The Public Interest Legal Foundation , or PILF , published research last month showing that in just the past 10 years , 28 million absentee ballots went missing or were misdirected .
PILF President and General Counsel J.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in response to the coronavirus is a disaster waiting to happen .
`` Absentee ballot fraud is the most common ; the most expensive to investigate ; and can never be reversed after an election , '' he says .
`` The status quo was already bad for mail balloting .
The proposed emergency fix is worse . ''
Jessica Huseman at ProPublica agrees : `` ( S ) low-moving state and county governments , inconsistent state rules and limited resources … could make it difficult to ramp up nationally to reach more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November general election .
… There is bipartisan consensus that mail-in ballots are the form of voting most vulnerable to fraud . ''
Even in-person voting is fair game for fraud when rules are changed to allow same-day registration and voting , or when voting is allowed without photo ID .
But photo ID is probably the vote-integrity measure that garners the most vocal opposition .
Democrats routinely oppose photo ID laws , claiming that voting is too important a right to be subject to such restrictions , and that photo ID laws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the homeless .
In the era of COVID-19 , the hypocrisy of that argument is made clear .
I looked for states that have imposed photo ID requirements for COVID-19 testing and found plenty including California , Florida , Kentucky , Illinois , Massachusetts , Michigan , Missouri , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Texas , Washington , Washington , D.C. , and Wisconsin .
Not only are such tests often a matter of life and death , but the populations that have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the homeless .
Before the COVID-19 pandemic , only five states – Washington , Oregon , Utah , Colorado and Hawaii – had mandatory mail-in voting ( `` mandatory '' meaning that all voters automatically received mail-in ballots for every election ) .
But other states are now contemplating changes in light of the virus .
It is impossible to know in advance how widespread mail-in voting will be exploited without adequate vote-integrity measures , but history tells us that where such opportunities exist , they will be exploited .
Contrary to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of proper vote-integrity measures that actually disenfranchises voters , by diluting or canceling their votes .
COVID-19 has stolen enough from us .
We must not let our voices and our votes be stolen , too .

The political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be as unpredictable as the virus itself, and as potentially monumental as the financial losses it has caused. Although the November election is still almost five months away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge for states to have mandatory mail-in ballots, purportedly in the interests of public safety.
Some people – including the ever-vocal President Donald Trump – view mandatory mail-in voting as a prescription for widespread voter fraud. Unsurprisingly, those arguing in favor of these voting changes denounce warnings against mail-in ballots as false and a thinly veiled ruse for opponents' "real" motives: to disenfranchise voters. In fact, this has opened a new front in the ongoing social media battles between Trump and the left. Twitter finally caved to pressure to "fact-check" Trump's tweets, starting with his recent tweet about voter fraud. (No word yet on whether they'll be fact-checking former President Barack Obama's tweets, or presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's, or those of the major media.)
Advocates for new ways of voting downplay instances of voter fraud, claiming that it's so infrequent it's inconsequential. But there's plenty of evidence that voter fraud is quite common, and that it matters.
Even a small number of illegally cast or uncounted votes can have profound consequences. Consider that the 2000 presidential election was decided by the electors in the state of Florida; George W. Bush won Florida (and, therefore, the presidency) by only 537 votes out of 6 million cast in that state. That margin may be unusual for a national election, but state and local elections are often decided by a small number of votes; by way of example, between 2013 and 2017, 86 elections in the state of Ohio were decided by one vote.
Furthermore, the numbers aren't always small; a 1982 Justice Department investigation revealed that more than 100,000 fraudulent votes had been cast in a Chicago election.
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Nor is it true that instances of voter fraud are few and far between. The Heritage Foundation maintains a database of nearly 1,300 confirmed cases of voter fraud, including those resulting in convictions and prison time, and overturned elections. And of course, many cases simply go undetected or unreported.
Voter fraud can take many forms including impersonation or identity theft, false registration, duplicate voting and voting by people who are ineligible (like non-citizens). Voter fraud is also possible with inadequate chain-of-custody procedures, and ballot harvesting has raised that concern. Ballot harvesting – a process that allows people to collect other voters' ballots and turn them in – captured the nation's attention in the 2018 elections when seven precincts in Southern California flipped from Republican to Democrat – after Election Day, as harvested ballots were turned in and counted.
Ballot harvesting is legal in 27 states and Washington, D.C., but California's law is the most lenient. There are few chain-of-custody protections in the ballot harvesting statute California passed in 2016, and no restrictions on who can collect the ballots or how many they can collect. There is also no data being collected on the number of votes cast this way.
Any vote procedures without adequate measures to ensure that all votes are received, authenticated and counted translate to lost votes as well as potentially fraudulent ones. The history of absentee voting by mail – a staple for our military and other Americans living abroad – is rife with examples. The Public Interest Legal Foundation, or PILF, published research last month showing that in just the past 10 years, 28 million absentee ballots went missing or were misdirected. PILF President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams warns that expanding mail-in voting in response to the coronavirus is a disaster waiting to happen. "Absentee ballot fraud is the most common; the most expensive to investigate; and can never be reversed after an election," he says. "The status quo was already bad for mail balloting. The proposed emergency fix is worse."
Jessica Huseman at ProPublica agrees: "(S)low-moving state and county governments, inconsistent state rules and limited resources … could make it difficult to ramp up nationally to reach more than 200 million registered voters in the November general election. … There is bipartisan consensus that mail-in ballots are the form of voting most vulnerable to fraud."
Even in-person voting is fair game for fraud when rules are changed to allow same-day registration and voting, or when voting is allowed without photo ID. But photo ID is probably the vote-integrity measure that garners the most vocal opposition. Democrats routinely oppose photo ID laws, claiming that voting is too important a right to be subject to such restrictions, and that photo ID laws impermissibly discriminate against minorities, the elderly and the homeless.
In the era of COVID-19, the hypocrisy of that argument is made clear. I looked for states that have imposed photo ID requirements for COVID-19 testing and found plenty including California, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin. Not only are such tests often a matter of life and death, but the populations that have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus also include minorities, the elderly and the homeless.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only five states – Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado and Hawaii – had mandatory mail-in voting ("mandatory" meaning that all voters automatically received mail-in ballots for every election). But other states are now contemplating changes in light of the virus.
It is impossible to know in advance how widespread mail-in voting will be exploited without adequate vote-integrity measures, but history tells us that where such opportunities exist, they will be exploited. Contrary to the media narrative, it is the lack of proper vote-integrity measures that actually disenfranchises voters, by diluting or canceling their votes.
COVID-19 has stolen enough from us. We must not let our voices and our votes be stolen, too.


wnd--2020-05-28--Private property & COVID: Choice, not force

The managerial elites find themselves in a pickle .
The coronavirus pandemic is a serious event .
Members of a serious society treat it as such ; they look out for one another – and they do n't flee into conspiracy and denial in order to cope with the incongruity of it all .
Alas , courtesy of its globalist elites , America is no longer a society , much less a serious one .
In the absence of solidarity between citizens , social capital – `` goodwill , fellowship , sympathy '' – is scarce .
Hence the struggle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
Coherence is certainly not a thing immigration policy has supplied .
If anything , policymakers have cheapened citizenship .
The populations from which chosen , future citizens are drawn come to America not in search of constitution and community .
Rather , the corporate state 's preferred immigrants bring their own communities with them and hyphenate their members .
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The only tacit agreement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ native and newcomer , is that America 's exceptionalism obligates it to both control the world through military and moral crusades and welcome it to America .
The extent to which Americans have , nevertheless , managed to galvanize logistically against COVID-19 is a testament to just how energetic a people we are .
Still , the credentialed , cognitive elites who 've turned the country into this multicultural , money-focused , built-on-sand Tower of Babel , now find that many Americans – united by commerce , not creed – do n't want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strangers who make up their country .
Contrast the U.S. , vis-à-vis COVID , with a more homogeneous nation like Japan ( or Singapore , or Taiwan or South Korea ) .
Thirteen minutes and 35 seconds into this interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci , Fox News ' Martha MacCallum quizzes him about Japan .
The country , 127-million strong , has had only 846 COVID deaths , and has , according to Ms. MacCallum , not implemented the social mitigation strategies seen in the U.S. and Europe .
Adjusted for population size @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had suffered only 2,198 COVID deaths !
For Japan to `` live up '' to America 's COVID cull-rate , 38,484 Japanese would have to have perished from coronavirus .
Other than the fact its people sport a culture of fastidious cleanliness and have long-since adopted the etiquette of masking – you and I sense what else is afoot in Japan .
So does Dr. Fauci .
Certain counties , conceded the good doctor , have `` different sizes and different borders and different infusions from outside . ''
Differently put , Japan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration , and , consequently , a strong sense of unity .
Citizens are more inclined to pull together in common purpose when there is a fellow feeling to bind them .
`` The measures that most successfully contain the virus … all depend on how engaged and invested the population is , '' explains Ed Young , a science reporter .
All the testing , tracing and isolating are for naught if there is an `` antagonistic relationship '' with and between the people involved in the effort .
And America , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no longer a people in any meaningful way ; it is a Walmart with missiles , where the fusillades we direct at one another .
In our irreparably fractious and fragmented country , polite requests by private-property proprietors for customers to cover their mugs and conduct themselves considerately on private places of commerce have caused antifa-like anger and deadly violence to erupt .
Some of our countrymen have even killed or injured innocent others for such daring .
The violent urges to violate the personal space of others are n't surprising ; they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has lost all social bonds .
`` You are in violation of my f–ing constitutional rights and my civil rights , '' hollered a man when he was stopped from shopping at a Miami Beach Publix for not wearing a mask .
Such people are barking mad – and clueless ( and certainly not Barry Goldwater conservatives ) .
Whatever laws have arisen to govern how private property must behave – civil rights law , in particular – these have constituted an assault on that sacred sphere , launched with the passing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and valiantly opposed by the aforementioned Republican ) .
If you support the right of the baker to choose the clients for whom he bakes cakes – you will similarly uphold the right of private property to protect customers and employees from a deadly contagious disease by dictating the terms of commerce on said property .
Given that there 's more spite than sense in the displays against responsible private-property enforcement of social distancing and masking – the idea that protest comes from a place of individualism does n't quite wash .
Private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes and goes .
It 's the way a free people should want it .
It is the absolute prerogative of owners of private property to compel social distancing and masking on its premises , or , to refuse it .
The operative verbs that informed the column `` Real societies use prophylactics '' were : `` asked to , '' `` requested , '' `` make an effort to . ''
In the context of social distancing and masking , these words imply goodwill , not force .
Goodwill , in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that issues not from government , whose edicts are backed by police powers , but from private property .
In an ideal libertarian world , social distancing and mitigation would be voluntary , not mandatory .
Some – hopefully most – commercial establishments will choose to protect their clients , colleagues and associates by sanitizing , suiting-up and spacing consumers and employees ; others , sadly , will opt not to .
Choice , or voluntarism , is the libertarian way .
It is also true that private property is delimited by its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is supposed to be clearly bounded and demarcated .
I can do what I like on my property and you on yours .
More crucially , my actions do not affect you and yours do not affect me , because each respects the boundaries and rules of private property .
Here 's the rub : A highly contagious virus that jumps from host to host and from house to house makes a mockery of the choice and voluntarism associated with private property .
Nevertheless , in a free society , the protective borders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State 's boot on our necks .
That is if we want to breathe .

The managerial elites find themselves in a pickle. The coronavirus pandemic is a serious event. Members of a serious society treat it as such; they look out for one another – and they don't flee into conspiracy and denial in order to cope with the incongruity of it all.
Alas, courtesy of its globalist elites, America is no longer a society, much less a serious one. In the absence of solidarity between citizens, social capital – "goodwill, fellowship, sympathy" – is scarce. Hence the struggle to mount a coherent response to the pandemic.
Centrally planned diversity begets disunity
Coherence is certainly not a thing immigration policy has supplied. If anything, policymakers have cheapened citizenship.
The populations from which chosen, future citizens are drawn come to America not in search of constitution and community. Rather, the corporate state's preferred immigrants bring their own communities with them and hyphenate their members.
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On arrival, immigrants are encouraged to cling to a militant distinctiveness. The only tacit agreement shared by a majority of Americans, native and newcomer, is that America's exceptionalism obligates it to both control the world through military and moral crusades and welcome it to America.
The extent to which Americans have, nevertheless, managed to galvanize logistically against COVID-19 is a testament to just how energetic a people we are.
Still, the credentialed, cognitive elites who've turned the country into this multicultural, money-focused, built-on-sand Tower of Babel, now find that many Americans – united by commerce, not creed – don't want to go the extra mile for the strangers who make up their country.
Contrast the U.S., vis-à-vis COVID, with a more homogeneous nation like Japan (or Singapore, or Taiwan or South Korea).
Thirteen minutes and 35 seconds into this interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Fox News' Martha MacCallum quizzes him about Japan.
The country, 127-million strong, has had only 846 COVID deaths, and has, according to Ms. MacCallum, not implemented the social mitigation strategies seen in the U.S. and Europe.
Adjusted for population size, this is as though the U.S had suffered only 2,198 COVID deaths! For Japan to "live up" to America's COVID cull-rate, 38,484 Japanese would have to have perished from coronavirus.
Other than the fact its people sport a culture of fastidious cleanliness and have long-since adopted the etiquette of masking – you and I sense what else is afoot in Japan.
So does Dr. Fauci. Certain counties, conceded the good doctor, have "different sizes and different borders and different infusions from outside."
Differently put, Japan is almost completely homogeneous, with little immigration, and, consequently, a strong sense of unity. Citizens are more inclined to pull together in common purpose when there is a fellow feeling to bind them.
"The measures that most successfully contain the virus … all depend on how engaged and invested the population is," explains Ed Young, a science reporter. All the testing, tracing and isolating are for naught if there is an "antagonistic relationship" with and between the people involved in the effort.
And America, it's fair to say, is no longer a people in any meaningful way; it is a Walmart with missiles, where the fusillades we direct at one another.
Private property in a pandemic
In our irreparably fractious and fragmented country, polite requests by private-property proprietors for customers to cover their mugs and conduct themselves considerately on private places of commerce have caused antifa-like anger and deadly violence to erupt. Some of our countrymen have even killed or injured innocent others for such daring.
The violent urges to violate the personal space of others aren't surprising; they're a symptom of a society that has lost all social bonds.
"You are in violation of my f–ing constitutional rights and my civil rights," hollered a man when he was stopped from shopping at a Miami Beach Publix for not wearing a mask.
Such people are barking mad – and clueless (and certainly not Barry Goldwater conservatives).
Whatever laws have arisen to govern how private property must behave – civil rights law, in particular – these have constituted an assault on that sacred sphere, launched with the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and valiantly opposed by the aforementioned Republican).
If you support the right of the baker to choose the clients for whom he bakes cakes – you will similarly uphold the right of private property to protect customers and employees from a deadly contagious disease by dictating the terms of commerce on said property.
Given that there's more spite than sense in the displays against responsible private-property enforcement of social distancing and masking – the idea that protest comes from a place of individualism doesn't quite wash.
Private property is boss: it decides who comes and goes. It's the way a free people should want it.
Private property is choice, not force
It is the absolute prerogative of owners of private property to compel social distancing and masking on its premises, or, to refuse it.
The operative verbs that informed the column "Real societies use prophylactics" were: "asked to," "requested," "make an effort to." In the context of social distancing and masking, these words imply goodwill, not force.
Goodwill, in the context of COVID, is a commodity that issues not from government, whose edicts are backed by police powers, but from private property.
In an ideal libertarian world, social distancing and mitigation would be voluntary, not mandatory.
Some – hopefully most – commercial establishments will choose to protect their clients, colleagues and associates by sanitizing, suiting-up and spacing consumers and employees; others, sadly, will opt not to.
Choice, or voluntarism, is the libertarian way.
It is also true that private property is delimited by its boundaries; by its borders. It is supposed to be clearly bounded and demarcated. I can do what I like on my property and you on yours. More crucially, my actions do not affect you and yours do not affect me, because each respects the boundaries and rules of private property.
Here's the rub: A highly contagious virus that jumps from host to host and from house to house makes a mockery of the choice and voluntarism associated with private property.
Nevertheless, in a free society, the protective borders of private property are better than the State's boot on our necks. That is if we want to breathe.


wnd--2020-05-29--Bombshell: Klobuchar could have prosecuted officer at center of Floyd death, refused

Democrats rarely get any of the blame when race riots occur , even though they occur by and large in Democrat-run cities .
But Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has now been put on the hot seat for her actions that some have said led to the death of George Floyd , a black man who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis this week .
The senator used to be in charge of prosecution for the city on Minneapolis when she served as Hennepin County attorney prior to becoming a senator .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ declined to prosecute many police officers who were accused of using excessive force , including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd ’ s death , The Guardian reported .
During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer , Derick Chauvin , who was fired on Tuesday , had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him , according to a database documenting those complaints .
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In one , he was involved in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had stabbed multiple victims before attacking police .
Klobuchar refused to prosecute him .
Chauvin was also involved in the nonfatal shooting of a Native American man in 2011 , for which he was placed on administrative leave , as WCCO-TV originally reported .
The majority of police officers are good , honest people who protect and serve their communities in the face of extreme danger and public consternation .
But there are instances in which bad cops deserve to be fired and prosecuted .
Those cases must be handled appropriately .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police state in which officers are allowed to do whatever they want with no consequences .
And we also can not have a state in which police drag business owners out of their establishments and force them to close shop because the government says so , as is currently happening in so many Democrat-controlled states .
A nation in which the state has absolute power may be the dream scenario for some leftists , but it is a nightmare for most Americans .
That 's why politicians like Klobuchar must be held accountable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them , as The Washington Post reported in March .
According to The Post , Klobuchar `` declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police . ''
However , she also `` aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences , including for minors . ''
`` Such prosecutions , done with the aim of curbing more serious crimes , have had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities . ''
Only God knows if Floyd would be alive today if Klobuchar had prosecuted Chauvin .
But it is telling that this story is not being aggressively reported on national news media .
If it were a Republican senator who had refused to prosecute this officer , does anyone not believe it would be the lead story on CNN ?
It is a shame that a man ’ s death , which appears to be as unjustified as any we have seen in recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every angle nor is everyone who bears any responsibility for the events that led to it being hammered for it .
In a city with a Democratic mayor , and with a former prosecutor who is a Democratic darling , the onus falls only on the officers involved .
In a Republican-run city with the same set of circumstances , that would not be the case -- and anyone with the ability to reason knows it .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Democrats rarely get any of the blame when race riots occur, even though they occur by and large in Democrat-run cities.
But Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has now been put on the hot seat for her actions that some have said led to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis this week.
The senator used to be in charge of prosecution for the city on Minneapolis when she served as Hennepin County attorney prior to becoming a senator.
When she was in that position, Klobuchar failed to bring charges in over 24 cases where people died in confrontations with police officers.
Shortly after her departure, multiple police officers were accused of using excessive force, including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd’s death, The Guardian reported. The investigation was passed on to her successor, who sent the case to a grand jury that ultimately decided not to charge the officers.
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During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer, Derick Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday, had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him, according to a database documenting those complaints.
In one, he was involved in the shooting death of a man who had stabbed multiple victims before attacking police.
Chauvin was also involved in the nonfatal shooting of a Native American man in 2011, for which he was placed on administrative leave, as WCCO-TV originally reported.
The majority of police officers are good, honest people who protect and serve their communities in the face of extreme danger and public consternation. But there are instances in which bad cops deserve to be fired and prosecuted. Those cases must be handled appropriately.
We cannot have our nation become a police state in which officers are allowed to do whatever they want with no consequences.
And we also cannot have a state in which police drag business owners out of their establishments and force them to close shop because the government says so, as is currently happening in so many Democrat-controlled states.
A nation in which the state has absolute power may be the dream scenario for some leftists, but it is a nightmare for most Americans.
Whatever her reason, the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them, as The Washington Post reported in March.
According to The Post, Klobuchar "aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences, including for minors."
"Such prosecutions, done with the aim of curbing more serious crimes, have had mixed results and have been criticized for their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities."
In a city with a Democratic mayor, and with a former prosecutor who is a Democratic darling, the onus falls only on the officers involved.
In a Republican-run city with the same set of circumstances, that would not be the case -- and anyone with the ability to reason knows it.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
UPDATE, May 29, 2020: When originally published, this story had not been extensively covered in the establishment media. It has now been widely reported on, with Klobuchar appearing on MSNBC to discuss criticisms of her career as a prosecutor.
CORRECTION, June 1, 2020: When originally published, this article made a claim based on numerous reports that Klobuchar refused to prosecute Officer Chauvin during her time as the Hennepin County attorney. However, Klobuchar and the Hennepin County Attorney's office have denied these reports.
"Sen. Klobuchar's last day in the office here was December 31, 2006, and she had no involvement in the prosecution of this case at all," the attorney's office said in a statement to The New York Times.
"This idea that I somehow declined a case ... against this officer is absolutely false," Klobuchar told MSNBC. "It was handled and sent to the grand jury. When I was county attorney, cases we had involving officer-involved shootings went to a grand jury."
We have updated this article to remove the incorrect information and to include additional information about Klobuchar's work as a prosecutor.


wnd--2020-05-30--Minneapolis police chief claims it's too dangerous to confront looters savaging the city

The city of Minneapolis has been consumed by rioting and looting in the wake of the death of George Floyd on Monday , which occurred during an arrest in which a police officer kept his knee on Floyd 's neck as Floyd pleaded for air .
While there has also been plenty of peaceful protest , a small minority of protesters has , with unfortunate predictability , used the opportunity to lay waste to property .
It 's early days and we do n't necessarily know how Floyd died .
From what we can see on amateur video , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to provoke a reaction .
When that reaction turns lawless , however , that 's when authorities need to step in .
But do n't expect the Minneapolis police to react too strongly .
In fact , Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says the rioting and looting is so bad they 're unable to stop it .
In an interview with KARE-TV on Thursday , Arradondo said the lack of police presence at looting locations -- like a Target , an AutoZone and a liquor store -- was deliberate .
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`` Right now , our main priority for our officers there are the safety of those who are out there , '' Arradondo said , haltingly .
`` So we do have peaceful protesters who , just by the dynamics , are in the middle or in the mix with those who are causing some of this destruction .
And so they 're being injured .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're providing safety and protection for them . ''
He went on to say that they needed to make sure the resources of the police were focused on `` preserving life . ''
As for the looters , he urged `` a call for peace , '' which I 'm sure went heeded .
`` I 'm wanting to make sure I ’ m understanding you correctly , '' the anchor said .
`` So what you are saying is that it ’ s too dangerous for police to directly confront the looters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the decision to maybe let that site go for now and focus on keeping the rest of the neighborhood as safe as possible ? ''
`` Absolutely , '' the police chief responded .
`` Our officers have had molotov cocktails thrown at them , rocks and other projecticles .
And so obviously their safety is paramount .
And so I do n't want them going into an area where they 're at risk of harming themselves . ''
He certainly was n't joking .
In fact , Minneapolis ' 3rd Precinct building @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rioters took it over and set it ablaze .
The building was breached at 10 p.m. local time .
Shortly afterward , according to WCCO-TV , police issued a statement saying “ in the interest of the safety of our personnel , the Minneapolis Police Department evacuated the 3rd Precinct of its staff .
Protesters forcibly entered the building and have ignited several fires.
” Things went wrong the other way after the Minnesota National Guard and state troopers were called in to clean out the streets around the 3rd Precinct .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN correspondent , on-air as they swept the area of rioters .
So that went well .
This is n't to cast aspersions on the right of people to protest or the correctness of the cause .
But this is n't the proper way to remember George Floyd or to express disgust at his death .
Neither looting nor rioting is a form of protest , no matter how much revisionist spin people want to put on how it 's the only form of expression available to the powerless or some such piffle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state is being run when police openly admit they do n't have the resources or the tactical ability to stop looting and rioting ?
For the police to admit they 're allowing crime because they ca n't protect against it says quite a bit about the dysfunction playing out on the streets of Minneapolis right now .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

The city of Minneapolis has been consumed by rioting and looting in the wake of the death of George Floyd on Monday, which occurred during an arrest in which a police officer kept his knee on Floyd's neck as Floyd pleaded for air.
While there has also been plenty of peaceful protest, a small minority of protesters has, with unfortunate predictability, used the opportunity to lay waste to property.
It's early days and we don't necessarily know how Floyd died. From what we can see on amateur video, it looks particularly odious. It was obviously going to provoke a reaction. When that reaction turns lawless, however, that's when authorities need to step in.
But don't expect the Minneapolis police to react too strongly. In fact, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says the rioting and looting is so bad they're unable to stop it.
In an interview with KARE-TV on Thursday, Arradondo said the lack of police presence at looting locations -- like a Target, an AutoZone and a liquor store -- was deliberate.
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During the piece, he was asked what the plan was to deal with the looters and rioters.
"Right now, our main priority for our officers there are the safety of those who are out there," Arradondo said, haltingly.
"So we do have peaceful protesters who, just by the dynamics, are in the middle or in the mix with those who are causing some of this destruction. And so they're being injured. And so we need to make sure we're providing safety and protection for them."
He went on to say that they needed to make sure the resources of the police were focused on "preserving life." As for the looters, he urged "a call for peace," which I'm sure went heeded.
"I'm wanting to make sure I’m understanding you correctly," the anchor said. "So what you are saying is that it’s too dangerous for police to directly confront the looters.
"So you’ve made the decision to maybe let that site go for now and focus on keeping the rest of the neighborhood as safe as possible?"
"Absolutely," the police chief responded. "Our officers have had molotov cocktails thrown at them, rocks and other projecticles. And so obviously their safety is paramount. And so I don't want them going into an area where they're at risk of harming themselves."
The Minneapolis chief of police basically telling officers it’s too dangerous to go stop any of this looting. Gonna be a long night pic.twitter.com/HTJZxAp4gN — Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) May 28, 2020
He certainly wasn't joking. In fact, Minneapolis' 3rd Precinct building had to be evacuated Thursday night after rioters took it over and set it ablaze.
The building was breached at 10 p.m. local time. Shortly afterward, according to WCCO-TV, police issued a statement saying “in the interest of the safety of our personnel, the Minneapolis Police Department evacuated the 3rd Precinct of its staff. Protesters forcibly entered the building and have ignited several fires.”
Things went wrong the other way after the Minnesota National Guard and state troopers were called in to clean out the streets around the 3rd Precinct. They ended up arresting Omar Jimenez, a CNN correspondent, on-air as they swept the area of rioters.
CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew were arrested by Minnesota State Police this morning while reporting on the ground in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/0b9gXEtBXu — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 29, 2020
So that went well.
This isn't to cast aspersions on the right of people to protest or the correctness of the cause.
But this isn't the proper way to remember George Floyd or to express disgust at his death. Neither looting nor rioting is a form of protest, no matter how much revisionist spin people want to put on how it's the only form of expression available to the powerless or some such piffle.
What does it say about how the state is being run when police openly admit they don't have the resources or the tactical ability to stop looting and rioting?
For the police to admit they're allowing crime because they can't protect against it says quite a bit about the dysfunction playing out on the streets of Minneapolis right now.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-05-30--Researchers confirm antibody that inhibits all coronavirus strains by 98%

( LATIN TIMES ) Scientists at Chang Gung University ( CGU ) in Taiwan have discovered an antibody that works @ @ @ @ @ the novel coronavirus and reduces its potency by 90 to 98 % .
The team @ @ @ @ @ been working for months to identify an antibody against the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ has affected more than 5 million people across the world .
The identified antibody is @ @ @ @ @ in early April by a joint team of researchers at the Oxford University , Academia @ @ @ @ @ Medical Center .
The team identified 25 strains of monoclonal antibodies in three patients infected @ @ @

(LATIN TIMES) Scientists at Chang Gung University (CGU) in Taiwan have discovered an antibody that works on all four strains of the novel coronavirus and reduces its potency by 90 to 98%.
The team of researchers in Taiwan had been working for months to identify an antibody against the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and has affected more than 5 million people across the world.
The identified antibody is among the 25 antibodies identified in early April by a joint team of researchers at the Oxford University, Academia Sinica and the National Defense Medical Center. The team identified 25 strains of monoclonal antibodies in three patients infected with COVID-19.
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wnd--2020-05-30--Twitter fact-checks China amid bias row

Twitter fact-checks China amid bias row

( BBC NEWS ) Twitter , under intense scrutiny for its use of fact-checking warnings , has added them to @ @ @ @ @ ministry spokesperson .
The warning has been added to tweets from spokesman Lijian Zhao , @ @ @ @ @ `` It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan . ''
Twitter @ @ @ @ @ two months after the tweets were posted .
It comes amid a row with the @ @ @ @ @ warnings were added to tweets from President Trump .

(BBC NEWS) Twitter, under intense scrutiny for its use of fact-checking warnings, has added them to tweets from China's foreign ministry spokesperson.
The warning has been added to tweets from spokesman Lijian Zhao, in which he warned: "It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan."
Twitter added the warning more than two months after the tweets were posted.
It comes amid a row with the White House, after similar warnings were added to tweets from President Trump.
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wnd--2020-05-30--Local officials vow to defy Cuomo as he cancels reopening phase hours before it was to start

New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo indicated on a radio show Thursday evening that phase two of the reopening process for the eligible regions of the state would not begin Friday as local officials and businesses had previously been planning for .
Retail stores , hair salons and barbershops had been preparing to reopen their doors after over two months of shutdowns due to the coronavirus , as had been laid out in reopening guidelines provided by the state .
However , the Democratic governor suggested in a Thursday afternoon radio interview that five regions of the state would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and he would instead give the past two weeks of COVID-19 data to experts to review and determine if his state can continue to reopen .
`` The reopening of the first five regions ends tomorrow when the reopening of phase one ends , '' Cuomo told WAMC-FM .
`` We 'll give the experts all the data .
It 's posted on the web , but let them analyze it .
And if they say we should move forward , we move forward . ''
TRENDING : Republicans roll out bill that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by proxy Local officials were surprised by Cuomo 's comments because they had n't heard anything from the governor 's office at that time , the Observer-Dispatch reported .
`` Look , the governor can make that comment to someone on the radio but we ca n't get a call from the governor 's office ? ''
Chemung County Executive Chris Moss said .
`` You know what , we 're opening tomorrow . ''
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon told reporters shortly before the radio interview that he believed the Central New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Friday , but did n't expect to hear that from the governor .
`` But there were rules that were communicated , '' he said .
`` It 's a data-driven process and the data says go . ''
The state had laid out a four-phase reopening plan , with each phase lasting approximately two weeks .
Each region had to meet seven data benchmarks to show a decrease in hospitalizations and deaths as well as available testing .
The first five regions met those benchmarks and began reopening on May 15 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shortly after .
Because Cuomo has said that he can extend or shorten each phase , there has been some confusion about reopening guidelines , which Democratic Cuomo ally and Broome County Executive Jason Garnar has called `` frustrating . ''
Panels of local leaders received word during Thursday evening calls that phase two would not proceed Friday , according to the Observer-Dispatch .
Local officials received Cuomo 's executive order extending phase one to all regions except New York City and not initiating phase two on Friday morning .
Oneida County Executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decision was `` misguided , '' according to WNBC .
`` This is some seriously disturbing behavior being exhibited by this Governor , '' Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin tweeted .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo indicated on a radio show Thursday evening that phase two of the reopening process for the eligible regions of the state would not begin Friday as local officials and businesses had previously been planning for.
Retail stores, hair salons and barbershops had been preparing to reopen their doors after over two months of shutdowns due to the coronavirus, as had been laid out in reopening guidelines provided by the state.
However, the Democratic governor suggested in a Thursday afternoon radio interview that five regions of the state would not enter phase two on Friday morning, and he would instead give the past two weeks of COVID-19 data to experts to review and determine if his state can continue to reopen.
"The reopening of the first five regions ends tomorrow when the reopening of phase one ends," Cuomo told WAMC-FM.
"We'll give the experts all the data. It's posted on the web, but let them analyze it. And if they say we should move forward, we move forward."
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Local officials were surprised by Cuomo's comments because they hadn't heard anything from the governor's office at that time, the Observer-Dispatch reported.
"Look, the governor can make that comment to someone on the radio but we can't get a call from the governor's office?" Chemung County Executive Chris Moss said.
"You know what, we're opening tomorrow."
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon told reporters shortly before the radio interview that he believed the Central New York region would begin phase two on Friday, but didn't expect to hear that from the governor.
"But there were rules that were communicated," he said. "It's a data-driven process and the data says go."
The state had laid out a four-phase reopening plan, with each phase lasting approximately two weeks.
Each region had to meet seven data benchmarks to show a decrease in hospitalizations and deaths as well as available testing.
The first five regions met those benchmarks and began reopening on May 15, with four other regions starting the process shortly after.
Because Cuomo has said that he can extend or shorten each phase, there has been some confusion about reopening guidelines, which Democratic Cuomo ally and Broome County Executive Jason Garnar has called "frustrating."
Panels of local leaders received word during Thursday evening calls that phase two would not proceed Friday, according to the Observer-Dispatch.
Local officials received Cuomo's executive order extending phase one to all regions except New York City and not initiating phase two on Friday morning.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. said the governor's decision was "misguided," according to WNBC.
"This is some seriously disturbing behavior being exhibited by this Governor," Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin tweeted.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-05-29--Parallels of Minneapolis and the Bundy case

The rioting , mayhem , looting and burning that broke out in Minneapolis , Minnesota , after a black man , George Floyd , was allegedly subjected to apparent police brutality and killed , is sadly just one example of where the nation is headed : violent confrontation with government authorities .
While the country is rightfully sympathetic with what caused this rioting and while there is no justification for those vigilantes , anarchists and outright thugs who want to profit from Floyd 's tragic death , the brutality unleashed by the government on Floyd is roughly analogous to what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and peaceful protesters had to endure when Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) thugs waged a paramilitary raid on his ranch at Bunkerville , Nevada , in April 2014 .
By the Grace of God my clients miraculously were not murdered , through no lack of trying by the feds .
Cliven , whose family has ranched about 400,000 majestic acres around Lake Mead for the last 150 years for so , was the victim , just like Floyd , of tyrannical government conduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grazing fees Cliven did not believe were due to be paid , since the land rightfully belongs to the people of Nevada , and because the ranch had no contract with BLM obligating it to pay grazing fees , as the Bundy family itself manages the land as a labor of love , the feds moved in .
With mercenaries and sharp shooters , they threatened the Bundys ' lives , assaulting Cliven 's sister and his sons , hatefully killing and burying in a secret mass gave the bulls needed to maintain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ livelihood , and otherwise waging war against my clients .
And last but hardly least it turned out that our so-called government at the BLM had a kill list on the heads of the Bundys , a not-too-funny joke !
But rather than the government being held accountable , like what has thus far occurred in Minneapolis , it was the Bundys and their supporters who were indicted by the Obama Justice Department ( DOJ ) , doing the bidding of not just a race-baiting president who took offense that Cliven had equated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Negro in the old South , '' but also corrupt then-Sen. Harry Reid , who reportedly was attempting with his son Rory , a downtown Las Vegas lawyer , to sell the Bundy Ranch to communist Chinese environmental interests !
If that were not enough , Cliven , despite a government risk assessment report that confirmed that that he and his sons were non-violent , was arrested and denied bail .
He was thrown in solitary confinement with his son Ammon , and they and Cliven 's other sons , Dave and Mel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent nearly two years in prison .
And while their criminal prosecution was underway , the Obama-appointed judge , Gloria Navarro , denied the defendants speedy trial rights and the right to Cliven 's trial counsel of his choice – me !
I participated in other ways and filed a lawsuit that disclosed FBI and BLM records , slamming shut any defense by the government in its appeal , which was heard on Friday , May 29 , 2020 .
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This incidentally is the same federal judge who had also dismissed a class action complaint I had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservative activist Laura Loomer against Google and the other Big Tech social media companies for restraint of trade in agreeing to discriminate by removing conservative content from their platforms .
As for the president 's boasts about the great judges he has appointed to the federal bench , read my column of last week , and you will come to another conclusion .
Importantly , even this Obama federal judge hostile to the Bundys and the other defendants was forced to dismiss their indictment .
But despite this dismissal , the Trump DOJ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the U.S. Attorney in Nevada to file an appeal , putting at potential risk a reversal , however unlikely , by which the prosecutors would again be able to try Cliven and the rest .
Given that there were 17 counts charged against them , however bogus and contrived , if convicted , Cliven will do life imprisonment .
I have written to Trump Attorney General Bill Barr , asking him to order a dismissal of this rogue appeal by his department and have tried to communicate with him in other ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ears .
This is the same worthless AG who has recently taken another pass on prosecuting former President Obama and his brain-dead and creepy vice president , Joe Biden , for their role in violating the surveillance laws by unmasking Gen. Michael Flynn 's telephonic communications and conspiring to depose our 45th president .
Barr has also taken a pass on indicting former FBI Director James Comey , former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe , the `` love birds '' Strzok and Page , Bruce Ohr , the Obama intelligence agency czars , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of course the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics , Bill and Hillary Clinton .
And now he will not order the dismissal of this outrageous appeal of the dismissal of the indictment by an Obama federal judge !
Yes , fellow patriots , our DOJ is corrupt and worthless to boot .
And , AG Barr should go the same route as that former disgrace of a Trump attorney general , Jeff Sessions ; he should be shown the door by The Donald .
It is now up to We the People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us , not just the Bundys and their supporters , from the tyranny of our federal government .
Go to www.clivenbundydefensefund.org and learn more about this disgraceful example of so-called law enforcement , much like is now occurring in Minneapolis .
Also , listen to my Friday podcast , below .

The rioting, mayhem, looting and burning that broke out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a black man, George Floyd, was allegedly subjected to apparent police brutality and killed, is sadly just one example of where the nation is headed: violent confrontation with government authorities.
While the country is rightfully sympathetic with what caused this rioting and while there is no justification for those vigilantes, anarchists and outright thugs who want to profit from Floyd's tragic death, the brutality unleashed by the government on Floyd is roughly analogous to what my client Cliven Bundy, his sons and peaceful protesters had to endure when Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) thugs waged a paramilitary raid on his ranch at Bunkerville, Nevada, in April 2014. By the Grace of God my clients miraculously were not murdered, through no lack of trying by the feds.
Cliven, whose family has ranched about 400,000 majestic acres around Lake Mead for the last 150 years for so, was the victim, just like Floyd, of tyrannical government conduct. Under the guise of enforcing BLM grazing fees Cliven did not believe were due to be paid, since the land rightfully belongs to the people of Nevada, and because the ranch had no contract with BLM obligating it to pay grazing fees, as the Bundy family itself manages the land as a labor of love, the feds moved in. With mercenaries and sharp shooters, they threatened the Bundys' lives, assaulting Cliven's sister and his sons, hatefully killing and burying in a secret mass gave the bulls needed to maintain the herd of cattle that is their livelihood, and otherwise waging war against my clients. And last but hardly least it turned out that our so-called government at the BLM had a kill list on the heads of the Bundys, a not-too-funny joke!
But rather than the government being held accountable, like what has thus far occurred in Minneapolis, it was the Bundys and their supporters who were indicted by the Obama Justice Department (DOJ), doing the bidding of not just a race-baiting president who took offense that Cliven had equated his family's plight to the "Negro in the old South," but also corrupt then-Sen. Harry Reid, who reportedly was attempting with his son Rory, a downtown Las Vegas lawyer, to sell the Bundy Ranch to communist Chinese environmental interests!
If that were not enough, Cliven, despite a government risk assessment report that confirmed that that he and his sons were non-violent, was arrested and denied bail. He was thrown in solitary confinement with his son Ammon, and they and Cliven's other sons, Dave and Mel, along with their peaceful protesters/supporters, spent nearly two years in prison. And while their criminal prosecution was underway, the Obama-appointed judge, Gloria Navarro, denied the defendants speedy trial rights and the right to Cliven's trial counsel of his choice – me! I participated in other ways and filed a lawsuit that disclosed FBI and BLM records, slamming shut any defense by the government in its appeal, which was heard on Friday, May 29, 2020.
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In this regard, the BLM, FBI and its corrupt lawyers in the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Nevada hid exculpatory evidence, lied to the court – the government witnesses being caught lying under oath – and engaged in a new indoor world record of prosecutorial abuse, for which malicious prosecution lawsuits are now pending on appeal, as a hack federal judge, a Trump appointee, Trevor McFadden, dismissed our complaints initially. This incidentally is the same federal judge who had also dismissed a class action complaint I had filed for my group Freedom Watch and conservative activist Laura Loomer against Google and the other Big Tech social media companies for restraint of trade in agreeing to discriminate by removing conservative content from their platforms. As for the president's boasts about the great judges he has appointed to the federal bench, read my column of last week, and you will come to another conclusion.
Importantly, even this Obama federal judge hostile to the Bundys and the other defendants was forced to dismiss their indictment. But despite this dismissal, the Trump DOJ gave a green light allowing the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Nevada to file an appeal, putting at potential risk a reversal, however unlikely, by which the prosecutors would again be able to try Cliven and the rest. Given that there were 17 counts charged against them, however bogus and contrived, if convicted, Cliven will do life imprisonment.
I have written to Trump Attorney General Bill Barr, asking him to order a dismissal of this rogue appeal by his department and have tried to communicate with him in other ways. My pleas have fallen on deaf ears. This is the same worthless AG who has recently taken another pass on prosecuting former President Obama and his brain-dead and creepy vice president, Joe Biden, for their role in violating the surveillance laws by unmasking Gen. Michael Flynn's telephonic communications and conspiring to depose our 45th president.
Barr has also taken a pass on indicting former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the "love birds" Strzok and Page, Bruce Ohr, the Obama intelligence agency czars, John Brennan and James Clapper, and of course the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics, Bill and Hillary Clinton.
And now he will not order the dismissal of this outrageous appeal of the dismissal of the indictment by an Obama federal judge!
Yes, fellow patriots, our DOJ is corrupt and worthless to boot. And, AG Barr should go the same route as that former disgrace of a Trump attorney general, Jeff Sessions; he should be shown the door by The Donald.
It is now up to We the People to take legal remedies to protect all of us, not just the Bundys and their supporters, from the tyranny of our federal government. Go to www.clivenbundydefensefund.org and learn more about this disgraceful example of so-called law enforcement, much like is now occurring in Minneapolis. Also, listen to my Friday podcast, below.


wnd--2020-05-29--Countering the Chinese Communist Party's warfare

The Chinese Communist Party is on the march .
Its goons are crushing Hong Kong 's freedoms .
It 's People 's Liberation Army grabs territory in India , it 's Navy sinking Vietnamese fishing boats and swarming Malaysian oil rigs in the South China Sea .
Dictator Xi Jinping is daring the free world to respond .
He wants to see if we will stand up to the CCP and his move for global supremacy .
After the massacre at Tiananmen Square , when supreme leader Deng Xiaoping killed untold thousands of peaceful protesters , after the horrors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison labor , its forced abortions , its demolition of churches , mosques and temples , we rewarded the CCP with our money and technology .
President George H.W .
Bush sent a groveling letter to Deng apologizing for watered-down legislation he signed limiting sales of equipment to the PLA .
`` I will leave what followed [ the Tiananmen protests ] to the history books .
… the actions that I took as President of the United States could not be avoided .
As you know the clamor for stronger action remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' TRENDING : Republicans roll out bill that would block pay for lawmakers who vote by proxy Wall Street and the global corporations did not want Washington to interfere with their investments in China .
The foreign policy experts justified such appeasement , cautioning `` not to respond in a way that played into the hands of the hardliners , '' as Secretary of State James Baker put it .
In fact , it was precisely our spinelessness that `` played into the hands of the hardliners , '' emboldening them to continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of terror .
We wo n't make the same mistake again .
President Trump laid out the proper and proportional response to the Chinese Communist Party 's affronts : Cut off the blood supply to the CCP tumor .
Our money is the lifeblood the CCP needs to survive .
The CCP has been waging economic war , and we should respond in kind .
The president spoke of investigating the hidden risks posed by Chinese companies that do n't play by the rules .
He was referring to the fact that American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese state-controlled companies listed on American stock exchanges .
A Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) from May 2013 – negotiated by Joe Biden – allows Chinese corporations selling securities in the U.S. to be exempt from laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley that require companies to meet standard accounting and auditing standards .
The Obama-Biden administration 's agreement gives preferential treatment to Chinese corporations and state-owned enterprises at the expense of American investors and American companies seeking to raise capital .
We do n't need an act of Congress to terminate that agreement now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being defrauded by Chinese-owned and CCP-controlled companies that do not follow U.S. securities laws .
Those companies should not be traded in U.S. securities markets , whether directly on the stock exchange , through index funds or any other way .
And there 's more that can be done .
Right now , the retirement savings of millions of Americans are invested in CCP-controlled companies .
The U.S. Department of Labor regulates pension funds .
It can update its rules – right now – to prohibit U.S. pension funds from holding these shadowy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That would protect American investors while cutting off money to Chinese military contractors building weapons and surveillance systems to use against us .
Hong Kong has been a major conduit of Western capital and technology for the CCP .
We have treated Hong Kong as if it were a separate country from the People 's Republic .
Secretary of State Pompeo dispensed with that fiction .
If we revoke the city 's special trade status we can cut off the money and the technology that flows through Hong Kong to Beijing .
Finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military-linked universities is crucial to cutting off the CCP 's access to our technology .
Chinese students represent the largest cohort of foreign students in the United States today , and the CCP uses some of these `` students '' as spies .
China expert Christopher Balding explains China has a series of military universities , as well as military students attending non-military universities and departments in universities doing a lot of work for the military .
We have good information on which research units within specific universities are the problem .
Send @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Access to our capital markets and universities provides the CCP with more than money and technology : it gives them influence .
Wall Street financiers , universities and others with interests in China kowtow to the CCP rather than stand up for our values .
The CCP corrupts everything it touches .
Cutting our ties to that criminal organization is imperative and not just for national security reasons – it will restore America 's physical , material and spiritual health .

The Chinese Communist Party is on the march.
Its goons are crushing Hong Kong's freedoms. It's People's Liberation Army grabs territory in India, it's Navy sinking Vietnamese fishing boats and swarming Malaysian oil rigs in the South China Sea.
Dictator Xi Jinping is daring the free world to respond. He wants to see if we will stand up to the CCP and his move for global supremacy.
After the massacre at Tiananmen Square, when supreme leader Deng Xiaoping killed untold thousands of peaceful protesters, after the horrors of the CCP's concentration camps, its prison labor, its forced abortions, its demolition of churches, mosques and temples, we rewarded the CCP with our money and technology.
President George H.W. Bush sent a groveling letter to Deng apologizing for watered-down legislation he signed limiting sales of equipment to the PLA. "I will leave what followed [the Tiananmen protests] to the history books. … the actions that I took as President of the United States could not be avoided. As you know the clamor for stronger action remains intense. I resisted that clamor."
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Wall Street and the global corporations did not want Washington to interfere with their investments in China.
The foreign policy experts justified such appeasement, cautioning "not to respond in a way that played into the hands of the hardliners," as Secretary of State James Baker put it. In fact, it was precisely our spinelessness that "played into the hands of the hardliners," emboldening them to continue, and yes, expand their reign of terror.
We won't make the same mistake again.
President Trump laid out the proper and proportional response to the Chinese Communist Party's affronts: Cut off the blood supply to the CCP tumor. Our money is the lifeblood the CCP needs to survive.
The CCP has been waging economic war, and we should respond in kind.
The president spoke of investigating the hidden risks posed by Chinese companies that don't play by the rules. He was referring to the fact that American regulators cannot examine the books of Chinese state-controlled companies listed on American stock exchanges.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from May 2013 – negotiated by Joe Biden – allows Chinese corporations selling securities in the U.S. to be exempt from laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley that require companies to meet standard accounting and auditing standards. The Obama-Biden administration's agreement gives preferential treatment to Chinese corporations and state-owned enterprises at the expense of American investors and American companies seeking to raise capital.
We don't need an act of Congress to terminate that agreement now.
American investors are at risk of being defrauded by Chinese-owned and CCP-controlled companies that do not follow U.S. securities laws. Those companies should not be traded in U.S. securities markets, whether directly on the stock exchange, through index funds or any other way.
And there's more that can be done. Right now, the retirement savings of millions of Americans are invested in CCP-controlled companies. The U.S. Department of Labor regulates pension funds. It can update its rules – right now – to prohibit U.S. pension funds from holding these shadowy corporations' stocks in their portfolios. That would protect American investors while cutting off money to Chinese military contractors building weapons and surveillance systems to use against us.
Hong Kong has been a major conduit of Western capital and technology for the CCP. We have treated Hong Kong as if it were a separate country from the People's Republic. Secretary of State Pompeo dispensed with that fiction. If we revoke the city's special trade status we can cut off the money and the technology that flows through Hong Kong to Beijing.
Finally, limiting visas to students from Chinese military-linked universities is crucial to cutting off the CCP's access to our technology. Chinese students represent the largest cohort of foreign students in the United States today, and the CCP uses some of these "students" as spies.
China expert Christopher Balding explains China has a series of military universities, as well as military students attending non-military universities and departments in universities doing a lot of work for the military. We have good information on which research units within specific universities are the problem. Send agents from these schools for spies home.
Access to our capital markets and universities provides the CCP with more than money and technology: it gives them influence. Wall Street financiers, universities and others with interests in China kowtow to the CCP rather than stand up for our values.
The CCP corrupts everything it touches.
Cutting our ties to that criminal organization is imperative and not just for national security reasons – it will restore America's physical, material and spiritual health.


wnd--2020-05-29--Is COVID-19 really deadlier than the seasonal flu?

COVID-19 has a much higher death rate than that of the seasonal flu , the experts say .
We must n't compare it to the flu .
This has been the intonation almost since SARS-CoV-2 was discovered .
It 's like comparing apples to oranges , blah , blah , blah .
In March , Dr. Anthony Fauci said COVID-19 is far deadlier than the flu .
`` The flu has a mortality of 0.1 percent , this has a mortality of 10 times that , '' warned Fauci .
Early on we heard that the novel coronavirus mortality rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu .
`` COVID-19 , has caused more than 1.4 million illnesses and 85,000 deaths in the U.S. as of May 14 , according to data from Johns Hopkins University . ''
And it 's far worse today , we 're told , as we just recently surpassed the 100,000-deaths threshold .
The media dutifully parrot the death toll to an uneasy populace – constantly reminding us that we have a killer on our hands .
Something must be done to stop the rampant spread of this pandemic .
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I realize that the term pandemic is technically correct , as it simply describes an epidemic that spreads beyond a given locality .
The word pandemic has a deadly and disastrous connotation , and conjures up visions of bubonic plague , which was thought to have killed 10 % of the world 's population – or the Black Death , which wiped out half of Europe .
Hemorrhagic fever , also known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimated 15 million people throughout Mexico and Central America .
Spanish explorers brought a host of diseases , including smallpox , to the Americas and wiped out an estimated 90 % of the Inca and Aztec indigenous population .
The London , Marseille and Russian plagues killed anywhere from 15 % to 30 % of their respective populations .
Then came the Spanish flu of 1918 that killed approximately 675,000 Americans .
And at the time , America 's population was just north of 103 million .
We have over three times that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million and killed about 100 million .
That 's a 20 % mortality rate .
These are real world-killers – horrible diseases and viruses that are worthy of the name pandemic .
COVID-19 is decidedly not in the same ball park .
But thus far , coronavirus does seem to be more easily transmissible from person to person and also appear to be more deadly than the flu .
Yet there 's a simple reason why that 's the case – and that reason is time ( and politics , which will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated , the Spanish flu appeared in 1918 , but it was n't until the 1940s that we developed a working flu shot .
I hesitate to call it a vaccine , because it 's not like others – Hepatitis , measles , mumps , rubella , smallpox , etc.
, which can remain effective for years , even for life .
The flu shot is not like these vaccines in that it must be administered every season .
Beyond the flu shot , there are also all sorts of over-the-counter products and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there should be .
It 's been around for over a century .
Imagine how many more infections and deaths we would have without developing flu shots and other remedies over the years ?
However , even with few treatments , no vaccine and no over-the-counter products available , COVID-19 has killed relatively few people outside the elderly category or those with comorbidities .
And the percentage of deaths from coronavirus continues to free fall .
As of May 26 , the mortality rate has dropped again , from original estimates as high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Do n't be surprised that within a few weeks the current rate will be downgraded yet again .
So no , COVID-19 is not the flu , and will probably turn out to be less deadly , with more time , remedies and commingling of our population .
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COVID-19 has a much higher death rate than that of the seasonal flu, the experts say. We mustn't compare it to the flu. This has been the intonation almost since SARS-CoV-2 was discovered. It's like comparing apples to oranges, blah, blah, blah.
In March, Dr. Anthony Fauci said COVID-19 is far deadlier than the flu. "The flu has a mortality of 0.1 percent, this has a mortality of 10 times that," warned Fauci.
Early on we heard that the novel coronavirus mortality rate was catastrophic relative to that of the flu. "COVID-19, has caused more than 1.4 million illnesses and 85,000 deaths in the U.S. as of May 14, according to data from Johns Hopkins University."
And it's far worse today, we're told, as we just recently surpassed the 100,000-deaths threshold.
The media dutifully parrot the death toll to an uneasy populace – constantly reminding us that we have a killer on our hands. Something must be done to stop the rampant spread of this pandemic.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
But is this really a pandemic as we've come to know them throughout history?
I realize that the term pandemic is technically correct, as it simply describes an epidemic that spreads beyond a given locality.
The word pandemic has a deadly and disastrous connotation, and conjures up visions of bubonic plague, which was thought to have killed 10% of the world's population – or the Black Death, which wiped out half of Europe. Hemorrhagic fever, also known as the cocoliztli epidemic, killed an estimated 15 million people throughout Mexico and Central America.
Spanish explorers brought a host of diseases, including smallpox, to the Americas and wiped out an estimated 90% of the Inca and Aztec indigenous population. The London, Marseille and Russian plagues killed anywhere from 15% to 30% of their respective populations.
Then came the Spanish flu of 1918 that killed approximately 675,000 Americans. And at the time, America's population was just north of 103 million. We have over three times that today.
Worldwide this flu infected 500 million and killed about 100 million. That's a 20% mortality rate.
These are real world-killers – horrible diseases and viruses that are worthy of the name pandemic. COVID-19 is decidedly not in the same ball park.
But thus far, coronavirus does seem to be more easily transmissible from person to person and also appear to be more deadly than the flu.
Yet there's a simple reason why that's the case – and that reason is time (and politics, which will not be discussing here).
As I stated, the Spanish flu appeared in 1918, but it wasn't until the 1940s that we developed a working flu shot. I hesitate to call it a vaccine, because it's not like others – Hepatitis, measles, mumps, rubella, smallpox, etc., which can remain effective for years, even for life. The flu shot is not like these vaccines in that it must be administered every season.
Beyond the flu shot, there are also all sorts of over-the-counter products and home remedies for seasonal flu. And there should be. It's been around for over a century. Imagine how many more infections and deaths we would have without developing flu shots and other remedies over the years?
However, even with few treatments, no vaccine and no over-the-counter products available, COVID-19 has killed relatively few people outside the elderly category or those with comorbidities.
And the percentage of deaths from coronavirus continues to free fall. As of May 26, the mortality rate has dropped again, from original estimates as high as 6% to 0.26%.
Don't be surprised that within a few weeks the current rate will be downgraded yet again.
So no, COVID-19 is not the flu, and will probably turn out to be less deadly, with more time, remedies and commingling of our population.
Listen to an audio version of this column: