offguardian--2020-09-15--The Piers Morgan Self-Care Guide

The Piers Morgan Self-Care Guide

Before I start in earnest , I should explain that this is not about bashing Piers Morgan or the media ( although I ’ m working on another detailed piece along those lines ) .
But in the background of the lockdown crisis , there are some serious messages which perhaps most readers will relate to .
This article is about mental health and in response to another attempt to cynically use the issue to push an agenda .
The idea for the title came from a Twitter feed I came across some time ago .
The Twitter account was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Syria .
The thread was titled ‘ Idlib Self-Care ’ for writers affected by the stresses of writing about Syria .
At first , I thought it was a parody , but as I read on , it dawned on me that it was serious .
It lists all the things a writer about Idlib , Syria should do to reduce stress levels .
Read it if you dare .
Like many , I felt this was insulting to the Syrian people , a self-indulgent take on the Syrian crisis , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issues .
Other commentators seemed to share my views .
Before I start in earnest , I should explain that this is not about bashing Piers Morgan or the media ( although I ’ m working on another detailed piece along those lines ) .
But in the background of the lockdown crisis , there are some serious messages which perhaps most readers will relate to .
This article is about mental health and in response to another attempt to cynically use the issue to push an agenda .
For many years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while back I started reading it , confining myself to the more amusing accounts and exchanges .
Recently I decided to see more how it worked and set up an account where I posted just occasionally .
It was more of an experiment but with a possible view to raising my profile and circulating my work more widely .
The problem I have with things like Twitter is I know I have that personality which will suck me into it and all the debates and I lose time and focus away from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media tends to raise my stress levels for reasons some people will be familiar with .
So , I made the conscious decision to use it sparingly .
But since COVID-19 started , I ’ ve been reading all the debates and posting a lot more .
It ’ s starting to take over a bit .
Anyway , last week another Twitter exchange got under my skin .
Not long ago , Denise Welch , Coronation Street actress , came out of the COVID-19 closet and in the last week she ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Another celebrity addition to the growing lockdown sceptic movement .
She was on ‘ This Morning ’ TV explaining to Eamonn Holmes her position that lockdown is damaging and disproportionate .
I didn ’ t actually watch the interview at the time but part of Denise ’ s angle is the effect lockdown has on mental health .
She has suffered from mental health and addiction problems and champions causes around this .
After her appearance , Piers Morgan , who possibly needs little introduction , tweeted this .
As well as misrepresenting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For those who watch Morgan on ‘ Good Morning Britain ’ TV ( GMB ) along with his TV celebrity family GP sidekick , Dr Hilary Jones , will know they are a pair of charlatan , narcissistic bullies .
The COVID-19 scaremongering on that programme has been off the scale .
GMB is simply not a platform for any sensible or serious debate about proportion and the huge implications of lockdown .
Serious commentators , such as Peter Hitchens , found this when he was interrupted and insulted by both Morgan and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Anyway , the exchange carried on and one of Denise ’ s co-presenters ( from the ‘ Loose Woman ’ lunchtime TV programme ) got involved .
Morgan came back with this jaw-dropping response .
Here a summary of the exchange .
This exchange got further under my skin .
Many will be used to Morgan ’ s insensitivity and aggressive behaviour , but it is revealing of his complete ignorance , not only of COVID-19 , but on so many levels .
Following this , I ’ ve resolved to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is positive for my own stress levels and because it revived my focus on a long-held wish to write a little about mental health and my perspective .
I think there ’ s little doubt from the statistics and anecdotal evidence that mental health problems are a ticking time bomb , an inevitable result of lockdown isolation and deferred referrals .
My feeling based on my own experience is that on the anxiety and depression spectrum , the figures will go through the roof .
First time mental health issues , suicides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on .
And most commonly , more moderate general anxiety which I ’ ll focus on below .
Like huge numbers of people , I ’ ve always had mild anxiety .
In a normal stress setting , this has been easily controlled .
So , for me , it ’ s generally very stressful external factors which tip the scales and have on occasions triggered panic attacks .
A few years ago , with changes at work , micro-managing , and a difficult boss , I experienced anxiety .
My self- confidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researching world events in more depth and what troubled me most was the inability of other people to understand what was going on in the world , such as regime change agendas in places such as Syria and the new Cold War mentality .
It was a kind of huge frustration and powerlessness I felt on both counts .
Anyway , the mental health services provided by my employer were wide-ranging and I was offered various services such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ( CBT ) and psychologist support .
My employer also offered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialising at work events , and attending mental health workshops .
Apart from the psychologist , who I found helpful because she listened , I didn ’ t do any of this .
I declined my employer ’ s suggestions because I was fully aware that this was not an attempt to address the underlying reasons for my anxiety .
Big employers offer the world in mental health services , but these are never directed towards the root cause , the work practices causing stress as they don ’ t wish to admit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is on treating the symptoms and building up the employee ’ s ‘ resilience ’ .
It ’ s a way of shifting the blame to the sufferer .
I knew this was totally the wrong approach , so I examined all my issues and responded in the following way .
I wrote a 3-page letter to my employer setting out the problems in the workplace explaining that in a normal stress setting , my anxiety was under control .
Further , I told them what they could do to support me .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ me alone to do my job and not dictate to me how they think my anxiety could be reduced .
I became a rep for the union at work to channel some of my frustrations and joined a few employee groups of interest to me .
In weeks , I developed a confidence I ’ d never had before .
Outside of work , I attended a ‘ Media on Trial ’ event .
There were six incredible speakers , each with a unique insight into Syria , geopolitics , and the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was doing , this event helped transform me .
Not because I learned much new , but because the sense of vindication for my beliefs was overwhelming .
To attend a real event with people who held the same views convinced me I was quite sane and I ’ d done my research .
Since then , I ’ ve never looked back .
Sadly , the world is full of idiots like Morgan .
Clearly , he thinks that anyone with a mental health issue shouldn ’ t have an opinion or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was told when I suffered anxiety was that sufferers are often more intelligent and resilient than people who aren ’ t affected .
These are often sensitive , thoughtful , and caring individuals who research things and get involved in charitable causes .
I suppose it ’ s inevitable that this type of person will suffer more anxiety , stress , and depression .
I would guess that given the nature of the information this and other independent sites research and discuss , many readers will relate to the feeling of frustration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdown , I suspect that there will be huge numbers of people who ordinarily can control anxiety but will slip into darkness due to events out of their control .
So , these are some of my self-care suggestions for people in this category .
These are not substitutes for professional help , treatments , or other techniques .
But these worked for me and relate to my experience and coping strategies I ’ ve learned on my journey .
They ’ ve also helped when I ’ ve slipped back , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , these suggestions won ’ t come across as patronising .
In any event , they couldn ’ t be any more patronising than ‘ Idlib Self-Care ’ for writers .
But they are based on my experience and might strike a chord with those who suffer anxiety , not because of a lack of ‘ resilience ’ , but by the imposition of unwelcome events and people on our lives .
• Accept that the world is a bad place with evil , thoughtless , and ignorant people .
But don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to change it .
You might not be able to do this on your own , but you can play a small part .
Just the feeling of being on ‘ the right side of history ’ can help relieve the frustration of observing the shortcomings in others .
• In a similar way , don ’ t focus on the bad things which might happen .
Try to develop a positive , optimistic , or a ‘ good will prevail over evil ’ outlook .
• Don ’ t get hooked on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informative and amusing accounts .
This may restore your faith in humanity and the good , intelligent people out there .
• Go to events such as Media on Trial or any upcoming Julian Assange or anti-lockdown meetings .
There is no substitute for being there to get that feeling of vindication and being involved .
• No matter what , resolve to always stand up to bullies .
For 40 years of my life , I was intimidated by them .
Ever since I started standing up to them , they backed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I had a serious issue with one , I studied this behaviour and learned how manipulative and subtle bullying works .
Once you know how they operate , you can deal with it and see your self-confidence return .
• Try to unclutter the mind .
One of my problems is I overthink or get too engrossed in issues .
Take a break to read a book or take up an outdoor hobby .
• Organise your life better .
When things begin to overwhelm or you find tasks building up , try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by step , prioritising the most important and putting the rest aside .
And then work calmly and gradually through the rest .
The sense of achievement and relief of finally clearing the tasks and getting organised is worth it .
• Finally and perhaps most importantly , take control and a rounded view towards anxiety and triggers and consider , as I did , whether addressing more of the root causes helps .
I hope some of that will help in dealing with the fallout from COVID-19 and the Piers Morgans of @ @ @

Kevin Smith & Lesley Buckley
Before I start in earnest, I should explain that this is not about bashing Piers Morgan or the media (although I’m working on another detailed piece along those lines). But in the background of the lockdown crisis, there are some serious messages which perhaps most readers will relate to.
This article is about mental health and in response to another attempt to cynically use the issue to push an agenda.
Mental Health During UK Lockdown
The idea for the title came from a Twitter feed I came across some time ago. The Twitter account was of a ‘journalist’ who writes about Syria. The thread was titled ‘Idlib Self-Care’ for writers affected by the stresses of writing about Syria.
At first, I thought it was a parody, but as I read on, it dawned on me that it was serious. It lists all the things a writer about Idlib, Syria should do to reduce stress levels. Read it if you dare.
Like many, I felt this was insulting to the Syrian people, a self-indulgent take on the Syrian crisis, as well in some ways trivialising mental health issues.
Other commentators seemed to share my views.
Before I start in earnest, I should explain that this is not about bashing Piers Morgan or the media (although I’m working on another detailed piece along those lines). But in the background of the lockdown crisis, there are some serious messages which perhaps most readers will relate to.
This article is about mental health and in response to another attempt to cynically use the issue to push an agenda.
Twitter
For many years, I totally resisted Twitter. Then a while back I started reading it, confining myself to the more amusing accounts and exchanges.
Recently I decided to see more how it worked and set up an account where I posted just occasionally. It was more of an experiment but with a possible view to raising my profile and circulating my work more widely.
The problem I have with things like Twitter is I know I have that personality which will suck me into it and all the debates and I lose time and focus away from the more important. That type of social media tends to raise my stress levels for reasons some people will be familiar with.
So, I made the conscious decision to use it sparingly.
But since COVID-19 started, I’ve been reading all the debates and posting a lot more. It’s starting to take over a bit.
Morgan vs. Welch
Anyway, last week another Twitter exchange got under my skin.
Not long ago, Denise Welch, Coronation Street actress, came out of the COVID-19 closet and in the last week she’s been quite active on Twitter. Another celebrity addition to the growing lockdown sceptic movement.
She was on ‘This Morning’ TV explaining to Eamonn Holmes her position that lockdown is damaging and disproportionate. I didn’t actually watch the interview at the time but part of Denise’s angle is the effect lockdown has on mental health.
She has suffered from mental health and addiction problems and champions causes around this.
After her appearance, Piers Morgan, who possibly needs little introduction, tweeted this. As well as misrepresenting her position, he insulted her.
For those who watch Morgan on ‘Good Morning Britain’ TV (GMB) along with his TV celebrity family GP sidekick, Dr Hilary Jones, will know they are a pair of charlatan, narcissistic bullies. The COVID-19 scaremongering on that programme has been off the scale. GMB is simply not a platform for any sensible or serious debate about proportion and the huge implications of lockdown.
Serious commentators, such as Peter Hitchens, found this when he was interrupted and insulted by both Morgan and Jones when he appeared on the show.
Anyway, the exchange carried on and one of Denise’s co-presenters (from the ‘Loose Woman’ lunchtime TV programme) got involved.
Morgan came back with this jaw-dropping response.
Here a summary of the exchange.
This exchange got further under my skin. Many will be used to Morgan’s insensitivity and aggressive behaviour, but it is revealing of his complete ignorance, not only of COVID-19, but on so many levels.
Following this, I’ve resolved to take a step back from Twitter again. This is positive for my own stress levels and because it revived my focus on a long-held wish to write a little about mental health and my perspective.
Mental Health During Lockdown
I think there’s little doubt from the statistics and anecdotal evidence that mental health problems are a ticking time bomb, an inevitable result of lockdown isolation and deferred referrals.
My feeling based on my own experience is that on the anxiety and depression spectrum, the figures will go through the roof. First time mental health issues, suicides, self-harm, and addictions and so on.
And most commonly, more moderate general anxiety which I’ll focus on below.
My Experience
Like huge numbers of people, I’ve always had mild anxiety. In a normal stress setting, this has been easily controlled. So, for me, it’s generally very stressful external factors which tip the scales and have on occasions triggered panic attacks.
A few years ago, with changes at work, micro-managing, and a difficult boss, I experienced anxiety. My self- confidence was shot.
I had also began researching world events in more depth and what troubled me most was the inability of other people to understand what was going on in the world, such as regime change agendas in places such as Syria and the new Cold War mentality. It was a kind of huge frustration and powerlessness I felt on both counts.
Anyway, the mental health services provided by my employer were wide-ranging and I was offered various services such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and psychologist support. My employer also offered me advice such as taking anti-depressants, socialising at work events, and attending mental health workshops.
Apart from the psychologist, who I found helpful because she listened, I didn’t do any of this. I declined my employer’s suggestions because I was fully aware that this was not an attempt to address the underlying reasons for my anxiety.
Big employers offer the world in mental health services, but these are never directed towards the root cause, the work practices causing stress as they don’t wish to admit the link. Rather, the focus is on treating the symptoms and building up the employee’s ‘resilience’. It’s a way of shifting the blame to the sufferer.
I knew this was totally the wrong approach, so I examined all my issues and responded in the following way.
I wrote a 3-page letter to my employer setting out the problems in the workplace explaining that in a normal stress setting, my anxiety was under control. Further, I told them what they could do to support me. This was mainly asking them to leave me alone to do my job and not dictate to me how they think my anxiety could be reduced.
I became a rep for the union at work to channel some of my frustrations and joined a few employee groups of interest to me. In weeks, I developed a confidence I’d never had before.
Outside of work, I attended a ‘Media on Trial’ event. There were six incredible speakers, each with a unique insight into Syria, geopolitics, and the media. Along with the other things I was doing, this event helped transform me. Not because I learned much new, but because the sense of vindication for my beliefs was overwhelming. To attend a real event with people who held the same views convinced me I was quite sane and I’d done my research. Since then, I’ve never looked back.
The Piers Morgan Self-Care Summary
Sadly, the world is full of idiots like Morgan. Clearly, he thinks that anyone with a mental health issue shouldn’t have an opinion or express it.
One of the things I was told when I suffered anxiety was that sufferers are often more intelligent and resilient than people who aren’t affected. These are often sensitive, thoughtful, and caring individuals who research things and get involved in charitable causes. I suppose it’s inevitable that this type of person will suffer more anxiety, stress, and depression.
I would guess that given the nature of the information this and other independent sites research and discuss, many readers will relate to the feeling of frustration and powerlessness. And in times of lockdown, I suspect that there will be huge numbers of people who ordinarily can control anxiety but will slip into darkness due to events out of their control.
So, these are some of my self-care suggestions for people in this category. These are not substitutes for professional help, treatments, or other techniques. But these worked for me and relate to my experience and coping strategies I’ve learned on my journey. They’ve also helped when I’ve slipped back, or when my frustration increases occasionally.
Hopefully, these suggestions won’t come across as patronising. In any event, they couldn’t be any more patronising than ‘Idlib Self-Care’ for writers. But they are based on my experience and might strike a chord with those who suffer anxiety, not because of a lack of ‘resilience’, but by the imposition of unwelcome events and people on our lives.
Accept that the world is a bad place with evil, thoughtless, and ignorant people. But don’t resign yourself to not being able to change it. You might not be able to do this on your own, but you can play a small part. Just the feeling of being on ‘the right side of history’ can help relieve the frustration of observing the shortcomings in others. In a similar way, don’t focus on the bad things which might happen. Try to develop a positive, optimistic, or a ‘good will prevail over evil’ outlook. Don’t watch mainstream news, especially GMB. Don’t get hooked on Twitter but spend time looking at the informative and amusing accounts. This may restore your faith in humanity and the good, intelligent people out there. Go to events such as Media on Trial or any upcoming Julian Assange or anti-lockdown meetings. There is no substitute for being there to get that feeling of vindication and being involved. No matter what, resolve to always stand up to bullies. For 40 years of my life, I was intimidated by them. Ever since I started standing up to them, they backed off without exception. The last time I had a serious issue with one, I studied this behaviour and learned how manipulative and subtle bullying works. Once you know how they operate, you can deal with it and see your self-confidence return. Try to unclutter the mind. One of my problems is I overthink or get too engrossed in issues. Take a break to read a book or take up an outdoor hobby. Organise your life better. When things begin to overwhelm or you find tasks building up, try to work yourself out of it step by step, prioritising the most important and putting the rest aside. And then work calmly and gradually through the rest. The sense of achievement and relief of finally clearing the tasks and getting organised is worth it. Finally and perhaps most importantly, take control and a rounded view towards anxiety and triggers and consider, as I did, whether addressing more of the root causes helps.
I hope some of that will help in dealing with the fallout from COVID-19 and the Piers Morgans of this world.
Originally published by One World Press


offguardian--2020-09-17--New rules may allow Australian police to detain “conspiracy theorists”

The Australian state is roling out increasingly fascistic laws , when will people finally say enough is enough ?
New rules passing in the Australian state of Victoria could see “ conspiracy theorists ” and those “ suspected by health authorities of being likely to spread the virus ” detained in quarantine centres , according to The Age The rules are amendments being added to the Omnibus ( Emergency Measures ) Bill , which was first passed back in April .
The proposed detention would last “ for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from bureaucrat into English : it means as for long as they want , or can get away with .
Legislation with this kind of vague verbiage is always a red flag , but then Victoria is currently over-flowing with warning signs of this kind .
Maybe you haven ’ t been following exactly how bad things are getting in Australia – and most especially Victoria – but they have essentially aggressively seized their opportunity to create a fascist micro-state .
A social Petri dish , in which to culture some tyranny .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of emergency ” AND a “ state of disaster ” for a disease which has killed fewer than a thousand people in 9 months across the entire country .
For a sense of perspective , in 2018 over three times as many people died of influenza , and the same number again committed suicide .
As of right now Australia has just 16 cases of coronavirus classified as “ severe ” .
And yet , among other highly authoritarian regulations in place , Victoria currently has : • A curfew , everybody must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until 5am .
• Special work permits for “ essential workers ” , which must be carried at all times and presented to any law enforcement officer that asks .
• Police check points on the roads – “ leaving a restricted area ” is now a criminal offense .
• “ Indefinitely suspended ” all Jury trials – all criminal proceedings are now bench trials ( they tried that in Scotland , too ) • A 60 minute limit for anyone leaving their home to exercise , and a rule forbidding people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miles ) from their home .
• Instituted a mandatory masks for anyone leaving the house for any reason .
Though notionally intended to be “ temporary measures ” which only lasted six weeks , they have already extended that timeline for a further six months .
There is some planned “ loosening ” of these restrictions , but with such vague and mutable conditions it ’ s unlikely this “ new normal ” is going away .
Indeed the “ emergency ” is so comparatively minor that this precedent means almost any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disaster ” or “ emergency ” , and used as excuse to impose authoritarian social controls .
The Victorian Premier , Daniel Andrews has been a quote machine during this pandemic .
When challenged on the draconian nature of the new rules Andrews said [ our emphasis ] : When asked about the 74 protesters arrested in Melbourne this past weekend , he said [ again..our emphasis ] : Andrews is currently subject to a vote of no confidence from the opposition .
The Victorian police have certainly launched into their new mandates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who share certain facebook posts before arresting them for “ incitement ” and violently detaining those who weren ’ t wearing masks in public .
Oh , they are also detaining people at checkpoints for no reason at all , and hitting protesters with their cars putting them in hospital .
Some people are being arrested for refusing to identify themselves or “ driving on a highway ” or “ refusing to follow orders ” .
The situation in Victoria is terrible , but it ’ s not much worse than here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or many other countries around the world .
People need to resist it , non compliance and non-conformity have never been more important .
We ’ re in a grip of a fascism pilot scheme , and the only way to stop it is to see it and say it .

The Australian state is rolling out increasingly fascistic laws, when will people finally say enough is enough?
New rules passing in the Australian state of Victoria could see “conspiracy theorists” and those “suspected by health authorities of being likely to spread the virus” detained in quarantine centres, according to The Age
The rules are amendments being added to the Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill, which was first passed back in April.
The proposed detention would last “for the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health”.
To translate that from bureaucrat into English: it means as for long as they want, or can get away with.
Legislation with this kind of vague verbiage is always a red flag, but then Victoria is currently over-flowing with warning signs of this kind.
Victoria – The World’s Fascist Test Run?
Maybe you haven’t been following exactly how bad things are getting in Australia – and most especially Victoria – but they have essentially aggressively seized their opportunity to create a fascist micro-state. A social Petri dish, in which to culture some tyranny.
They have declared both a “state of emergency” AND a “state of disaster” for a disease which has killed fewer than a thousand people in 9 months across the entire country.
For a sense of perspective, in 2018 over three times as many people died of influenza, and the same number again committed suicide.
As of right now Australia has just 16 cases of coronavirus classified as “severe”.
And yet, among other highly authoritarian regulations in place, Victoria currently has:
Though notionally intended to be “temporary measures” which only lasted six weeks, they have already extended that timeline for a further six months. There is some planned “loosening” of these restrictions, but with such vague and mutable conditions it’s unlikely this “new normal” is going away.
Indeed the “emergency” is so comparatively minor that this precedent means almost any future event can be designated a “disaster” or “emergency”, and used as excuse to impose authoritarian social controls.
The ever quotable Daniel Andrews
The Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews has been a quote machine during this pandemic. When challenged on the draconian nature of the new rules Andrews said [our emphasis]:
The most logical, the most prudent thing to do, is to simply accept the fact that we have a need for rules … they’re not about individual liberty, they’re about public health.”
When asked about the 74 protesters arrested in Melbourne this past weekend, he said [again..our emphasis]:
It’s not smart, it’s not right…it’s not the time for protest...No one has the right to make choices like that, that potentially puts at risk everything we are working towards.”
Andrews is currently subject to a vote of no confidence from the opposition.
Enthusiastic Police Brutality
The Victorian police have certainly launched into their new mandates with gusto. Raiding the homes of people who share certain facebook posts before arresting them for “incitement” and violently detaining those who weren’t wearing masks in public.
Oh, they are also detaining people at checkpoints for no reason at all, and hitting protesters with their cars putting them in hospital. Some people are being arrested for refusing to identify themselves or “driving on a highway” or “refusing to follow orders”.
The situation in Victoria is terrible, but it’s not much worse than here in the UK, or the US or many other countries around the world. People need to resist it, non compliance and non-conformity have never been more important.
We’re in a grip of a fascism pilot scheme, and the only way to stop it is to see it and say it.


offguardian--2020-09-17--12 Steps to Create Your Own Pandemic

12 Steps to Create Your Own Pandemic

Imagine that you had the resources and influence sufficient to create a global pandemic , what would you need to do ?
How would you get started ?
And how best to turn it to your advantage and boost your profits ?
We have the answers right here .
A simple 12 step plan .
1 .
Find some vague criteria for what constitutes the symptoms that you want people to look for .
Anything subjective that a lot of people can identify with is ideal .
Let us take memory problems and/or confusion + a few common ones from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and pains are common and subjective enough .
( For covid19 the symptoms are : fever , dry cough , tiredness .
Less common symptoms : aches and pains , sore throat , diarrhoea , loss of taste or smell , a rash , or discolouration of fingers or toes ) It would be a good idea to take something that is very common in old people so that we can use death from old age as proof of the lethality of the new virus .
2 .
Then we would need something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would do , as long as it is not present in the whole population .
If it were , someone might claim herd immunity very quickly .
Actually it could be an RNA sequence that does not really exist in humans but something that could exist as contamination in labs , e.g .
in dust or water .
That would be enough for a RT qPCR test to pick up as a false positive .
Many RT PCRs have false positive rates of 3-5 % and that would be plenty to create a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid , the false positive rate is impossible to know for sure , since we don ’ t have a gold standard to check against , but for many other similar tests , the average false positive rate is over 3 % .
And different labs are testing for different sequences .
We can count on over-stressed labs to be more prone to contamination than labs taking part in research knowing they will be checked for accuracy , the ones that gave over 3 % false positives .
Maybe the error rate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as 8 % .
BMJ counts 5 % as a reasonable estimate .
With 8 % we would have all positive tests in the US explained by false positives ) 3 .
Then we are all set to go .
We just have to claim that we have discovered a new cluster of symptoms and that is related to a new RNA sequence .
It starts with memory loss , and confusion .
In other words this is a neurotoxic virus , and it leads to death in all the ways old people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks , pneumonia , kidney failure , sepsis , organ failure , dehydration .
It doesnt matter if the patient was close to deaths door anyway , because of existing problems .
We can always claim that without our new virus , they would not have died .
Who could counter that ?
( just like Covid ; People die from all kinds of disorders that they already had before the got the Covid test ) 4 .
By some miracle we have already discovered exactly the virus that is responsible among the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any cubic centimeter of air .
So we already have a RT PCR test read to go .
This makes us look like very competent researchers .
Of course we have bought stock in the major testing labs ahead of time .
We ’ ve bought stocks in the biggest vaccine manufacturers also of course .
That will be the biggest money maker finally , hopefully for years since it will be difficult to get antibodies to something that doesn ’ t really exist .
5 .
So now we just have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic is spreading all over the world , and every country has to start testing .
We can count on the 5 % hypochondriacs in the general population to come forth to be tested first .
It will always take some time for each country to get started ramping up their testing , so the graphs are guaranteed to look exponential in the beginning .
6 .
All you need now is for people to bring their old and confused elderly in for testing , and with 5 % false positives , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with old sick confused patients .
We can count on doctors to treat them aggressively .
Most of these old people will be on a coctail of drugs already , so adding a few more drugs as “ heroic treatment ” will be sure to push them over the edge .
Many will have pneumonia from the seasonal flu , so we can just prolongue this by putting them on ventilators .
Then they will die a month later and we can say it wasn ’ t the flu since the flu season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 7 .
The graphs of numbers tested positive will be exponential in the beginning , but flatten off as the testers reach their max level .
After some time the lab technicians will be exhausted and tend to become sloppy , the pressure for testing will be relentless and the labs will get dirtier and dirtier , and we will get higher and higher false-positive rates .
Usually the media will be satisfied with reporting just the number of positive tests , but in case anybody should think of checking proportion of positive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they would get higher number each week because of overworked , error prone lab workers .
Eventually , society will run out of hypochondriacs who will come for tests voluntarily , and many will have understood that should they test positive , they will be put together with really sick people , unprotected , since they all have the same virus…So the curves will flatten and start going down .
8 .
If you want to destroy the economy during the pandemic , you will get some programmer to make a prediction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million die every year anyway , so that is not really difficult ) if we don ’ t lock down society .
We just have to scare them to lock down right before the curve flattens ( when we are running out of the 5 % hypochondriacs ) and all the politicians will think they saved their country .
9 .
Just for fun , to see how strangely we could make gullible people act , we could invent different strategies for protection .
Social distancing can look really funny in a supermarket @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saluting is interesting , leg touching elbow touching ( even if we cough in our elbows now ) .
We could make a lot of money on masks , gloves and sanitisers too .
0 .
In order to make money on vaccines , we will start testing antibodies .
Here the false-positive error rate is even greater , so we may easily get 10 % with antibodies just from false positives .
But on retest , we will statistically get only one percent testing positive if we test the same people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will need many boosters of the vaccine .
In order to maximise the profit , we may put something in the vaccine that makes people sick and then we can cure them with a very expensive drug produced by a company we have already invested in .
But to be sure maximum number of countries will pay almost any price for the vaccine , we have to wait until they are really desperate .
1 .
We can always count on several waves of the virus since the common flu and colds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands like every year , and 3-10 % of them will test false positive for our virus every time .
So we have a fantastic moneymaker for years : Expensive tests , expensive drugs , and expensive vaccines for 7 billion people every year .
2 .
We can count on doctors being sure that they are right in all they do .
They will counter each other in every turn , and since there is no real new disease to cure , the research will run into endless blind alleys .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine .
We just have to make sure there is no cheap effective drug commonly available .
If so , we can always pay some doctors to make up some numbers to publish ( like the fake negative HydroxyChloroquin research in the Lancet ) .

Nils Nilsen
Imagine that you had the resources and influence sufficient to create a global pandemic, what would you need to do? How would you get started? And how best to turn it to your advantage and boost your profits?
We have the answers right here. A simple 12 step plan.
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1. Find some vague criteria for what constitutes the symptoms that you want people to look for. Anything subjective that a lot of people can identify with is ideal. Let us take memory problems and/or confusion + a few common ones from the Covid list. Tiredness, aches and pains are common and subjective enough. (For covid19 the symptoms are: fever, dry cough, tiredness. Less common symptoms: aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, loss of taste or smell, a rash, or discolouration of fingers or toes)
It would be a good idea to take something that is very common in old people so that we can use death from old age as proof of the lethality of the new virus.
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2. Then we would need something biological to test. Any RNA sequence would do, as long as it is not present in the whole population. If it were, someone might claim herd immunity very quickly. Actually it could be an RNA sequence that does not really exist in humans but something that could exist as contamination in labs, e.g. in dust or water.
That would be enough for a RT qPCR test to pick up as a false positive. Many RT PCRs have false positive rates of 3-5 % and that would be plenty to create a scare. (When it comes to Covid, the false positive rate is impossible to know for sure, since we don’t have a gold standard to check against, but for many other similar tests, the average false positive rate is over 3%. And different labs are testing for different sequences.
We can count on over-stressed labs to be more prone to contamination than labs taking part in research knowing they will be checked for accuracy, the ones that gave over 3% false positives. Maybe the error rate for the average stressed lab is as high as 8%. BMJ counts 5% as a reasonable estimate. With 8% we would have all positive tests in the US explained by false positives)
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3. Then we are all set to go. We just have to claim that we have discovered a new cluster of symptoms and that is related to a new RNA sequence. It starts with memory loss, and confusion. In other words this is a neurotoxic virus, and it leads to death in all the ways old people can die, by strokes, heart attacks, pneumonia, kidney failure, sepsis, organ failure, dehydration.
It doesnt matter if the patient was close to deaths door anyway, because of existing problems. We can always claim that without our new virus, they would not have died. Who could counter that?( just like Covid; People die from all kinds of disorders that they already had before the got the Covid test)
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4. By some miracle we have already discovered exactly the virus that is responsible among the millions of different viruses that exist in any cubic centimeter of air. So we already have a RT PCR test read to go. This makes us look like very competent researchers. Of course we have bought stock in the major testing labs ahead of time.
We’ve bought stocks in the biggest vaccine manufacturers also of course. That will be the biggest money maker finally, hopefully for years since it will be difficult to get antibodies to something that doesn’t really exist.
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5. So now we just have to spread the news that a new deadly pandemic is spreading all over the world, and every country has to start testing. We can count on the 5% hypochondriacs in the general population to come forth to be tested first.
It will always take some time for each country to get started ramping up their testing, so the graphs are guaranteed to look exponential in the beginning.
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6. All you need now is for people to bring their old and confused elderly in for testing, and with 5% false positives, we will soon have most hospital beds filled with old sick confused patients.
We can count on doctors to treat them aggressively. Most of these old people will be on a coctail of drugs already, so adding a few more drugs as “heroic treatment” will be sure to push them over the edge.
Many will have pneumonia from the seasonal flu, so we can just prolongue this by putting them on ventilators. Then they will die a month later and we can say it wasn’t the flu since the flu season should have stopped a month earlier.
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7. The graphs of numbers tested positive will be exponential in the beginning, but flatten off as the testers reach their max level. After some time the lab technicians will be exhausted and tend to become sloppy, the pressure for testing will be relentless and the labs will get dirtier and dirtier, and we will get higher and higher false-positive rates.
Usually the media will be satisfied with reporting just the number of positive tests, but in case anybody should think of checking proportion of positive tests compared to total number of tests, they would get higher number each week because of overworked, error prone lab workers.
Eventually, society will run out of hypochondriacs who will come for tests voluntarily, and many will have understood that should they test positive, they will be put together with really sick people, unprotected, since they all have the same virus…So the curves will flatten and start going down.
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8. If you want to destroy the economy during the pandemic, you will get some programmer to make a prediction of millions of deaths (actually 70 million die every year anyway, so that is not really difficult) if we don’t lock down society.
We just have to scare them to lock down right before the curve flattens (when we are running out of the 5% hypochondriacs) and all the politicians will think they saved their country.
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9. Just for fun, to see how strangely we could make gullible people act, we could invent different strategies for protection. Social distancing can look really funny in a supermarket, and all the original ways of saluting is interesting , leg touching elbow touching (even if we cough in our elbows now).
We could make a lot of money on masks, gloves and sanitisers too.
*
1
0. In order to make money on vaccines, we will start testing antibodies. Here the false-positive error rate is even greater, so we may easily get 10% with antibodies just from false positives. But on retest, we will statistically get only one percent testing positive if we test the same people.
That means that we can claim that we will need many boosters of the vaccine. In order to maximise the profit, we may put something in the vaccine that makes people sick and then we can cure them with a very expensive drug produced by a company we have already invested in. But to be sure maximum number of countries will pay almost any price for the vaccine, we have to wait until they are really desperate.
*
1
1. We can always count on several waves of the virus since the common flu and colds will come every year and kill hundreds of thousands like every year, and 3-10% of them will test false positive for our virus every time.
So we have a fantastic moneymaker for years: Expensive tests, expensive drugs, and expensive vaccines for 7 billion people every year.
*
1
2. We can count on doctors being sure that they are right in all they do. They will counter each other in every turn, and since there is no real new disease to cure, the research will run into endless blind alleys. This will prime all doctors for accepting a vaccine.
We just have to make sure there is no cheap effective drug commonly available. If so, we can always pay some doctors to make up some numbers to publish (like the fake negative HydroxyChloroquin research in the Lancet).


offguardian--2020-09-16--From Blue Shirts to Brown

From Blue Shirts to Brown

On Saturday 5th of September a national day of protest occurred in cities around Australia against the unnecessary and draconian lockdowns that have been occurring across the country and which are still occurring in Victoria .
Similar protests have occurred in cities around the world , most especially in Europe .
These protests are a legitimate and rational response to despotic and often unconstitutional laws that unscientifically characterize every member of society as a bio-security risk to everyone else .
They are also a protest against law enforcement bureaucracies that identify responsible , civic-minded citizens as criminals if they dare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , step out of their homes in defiance of the lockdown to register their dissent .
The Australian protests occurred peacefully and without incident in most places , including Brisbane where I participated .
But it was not the case in Victoria where a State of Disaster has been declared due to the ‘ extraordinarily high ’ number of active Covid cases there .
On the eve of the nationwide protests , mainstream news reported on the harrowing state of affairs in Victoria which was suffering from hundreds of active cases but , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 people in intensive care suffering from covid-related illnesses .
This is in a state of 6.35 million people that has 58 metropolitan hospitals and 69 rural hospitals and District Health services .
Despite the ‘ extraordinarily low ’ incidence of people who were actually sick from Covid 19 , the Victorian Premier decided that new case numbers ( > 100 per day ) were just too high to tolerate anyone leaving their homes for any reason other than the four exemptions provided by the government .
What he neglected to mention when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most new cases are occurring in the under-30 age bracket : a demographic that is almost always asymptomatic to SARS CoV-2 and which has more chance of dying in a motor vehicle accident than of Covid19 .
Undeterred by inconvenient truths like this , the Premier announced he had to protect the public from the potentially catastrophic medical emergency that would doubtless result from masked people walking down St Kilda Road to the Cenotaph in a socially distanced manner , so he banned all participation in the national day of protest .
Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the North West Metro Region , Luke Cornelius , warned everyone in Victoria against participating in the Saturday protests .
He referred to people who planned to protest against lockdowns as “ boof heads ” , calling them an “ anti-vax , anti-mask , tinfoil hat-wearing brigade who were batshit crazy ” .
This oddly extreme language from one of the State ’ s most senior police officers is not accidental .
It serves a specific purpose .
In order to get ordinary well-adjusted police officers – who may have joined the force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public service – to brutalize a population whose only crime is that they object to being locked in their homes for 23 hrs a day for months on end , you need to demonize dissent .
If your officers on the ground can identify in any way with the people they are being told to terrorize , they might not follow orders .
This is a perennial problem for martial leaders everywhere .
It ’ s particularly problematic when the rules being enforced are arbitrary or unjust .
Hence the need to malign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police were out in force across Victoria on horseback with cuffs , batons , tasers and guns ready to intimidate , arrest and fine anyone unfortunate enough to attract their attention within the vicinity of a protest in any town in the State – even those towns where not a single case of Covid-19 has been recorded .
And here we get to the crux of the SARS-CoV-2 scam .
Sure , there ’ s a virus out there .
It ’ s real and it certainly kills people but we know enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draconian response taken by Premier Danial Andrews is scientifically indefensible .
So why is he persisting with the lockdowns ?
My personal opinion is that the global program of lockdowns is a mechanism for reorganizing societies around the world along the lines of the World Economic Forum ’ s ‘ Great Reset ” agenda and all that this entails .
It seems Daniel Andrews is fully on board with this agenda .
But make no mistake , its coming to your state and country next .
I believe that sustained lockdowns are a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see just how far bureaucrats in authority will exceed the moral limits of their power and how much abuse the Australian public will tolerate before they push back .
As part of this experiment , the algorithms that once monitored every nuance of our social media interactions to make frighteningly accurate predictions about us have been extended to track and predict our off-line experience as well .
It should come as no surprise that both the Azure and AWS cloud eco-systems have expanded by 50 % since the beginning of the pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to better understand us as potential marketing targets ( the standard explanation ) but rather to better control us as victims in a system of profound inequality .
Such a system is already in place across much of the world and under the guise of a health pandemic , it is rapidly being expanded to developed countries as well .
So far as I can see the whole experiment is going spectacularly well for the globalists , billionaires , and authoritarians , and very poorly for free citizens everywhere : mostly due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driving public passivity .
Many medical practitioners are aware that Victoria ’ s management of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic is based on highly selective medical advice which doesn ’ t stand up to serious scientific scrutiny .
Recently a group of doctors wrote an excellent letter to the Premier advocating an alternative response to disease management , noting that more than 41,000 people die every year in Victoria , roughly 10,000 each from cardiovascular disease and cancer , yet in 7 months of a supposed pandemic less than 600 Victorians have died of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 65 years of age and most with multiple co-morbidities .
The problem with the doctor ’ s alternative advice is that it assumes the government is merely mistaken or misinformed in its policymaking and implementation .
The idea that the exercise of political power in Victoria has become pathological never seems to occur to them – despite a wealth of evidence supporting such a notion .
When governments pass laws that are extreme or unjust or which by-pass constitutional constraints , it is rarely by accident .
As doctors they ought to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exercise of power means to the cultural and institutional bonds that hold a society together : • As bio-security increasingly substitutes for health care , doctors will find that the personal confidences of their patients are no longer inviolate and that the Hippocratic obligations they once held so dear can be easily compromised by legal mandates to force-medicate people regardless of need or consequence .
• When politicians rule by executive decree the police force morphs from a public service comprised of citizens in uniform to the enforcement arm of a political clique @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the police is lost and this loss of legitimacy results in a loss of respect .
Eventually this loss of respect becomes mutual and the police start to despise the people they victimize and abuse the power they have .
The opening quote being a perfect example .
• Similarly with the military : when the exercise of our democratic rights is pathologized by those in power , our servicemen and women eventually find they ’ re being asked to apply , at home , the counter-insurgency training and urban warfare tactics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is something that has occurred since the time of Thucydides and it ’ s happening again .
• Even the tools we use to make sense of the world , such as the scientific method , cease to function properly when our governments become toxic .
Once everyone in a society has been force-vaccinated by government decree , it will become legally impossible to prove a link between mandated vaccines and any potential vaccine-related injury .
Not because the manufacturers will have immunity from liability ( they will ) , but because there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group left against which randomized double-blind control studies can be conducted .
Not one of these developments is accidental .
All of them are known , predictable outcomes of policy decisions being taken today .
And these policy decisions rob everyone of their integrity ; health workers , academics , the police and the military .
When those in power have a pathological relationship to the people they rule , you know you are on a road to perdition .
We can see such a pathology evolving among our politicians most clearly in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and lock downs but it is also evident in the overreach of governments around the country .
Western Australia ’ s recent dispute with mining magnate , Clive Palmer , over the State ’ s Covid border closure is a case in point .
According to the WA Law Society the Government ’ s anti-Palmer legislation violates several of the fundamental legal principles that underpin the rule of law in a civilized society .
Such overreach is also apparent in the ASIO Amendment Act 2020 , introduced into Federal Parliament by Peter Dutton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the height of the Covid panic while most members were not even in Canberra .
This legislation is the latest in a succession of Bills that have been passed by our Federal government since 9/11 ( 85 and counting ) which have vastly expanded the powers of law enforcement and security agencies in Australia while limiting public oversight .
The legislation effectively criminalizes the free exercise of our basic democratic freedoms .
The Dutton amendment extends powers normally applied to terrorists , to any group or person engaged in any kind of civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ‘ politically motivated violence ’ .
That would include the anti-lock down protests that I participated in last week .
Among a raft of frightening provisions this bill allows police and intelligence agencies to track , apprehend and question children as young as 14 yrs of age as though they were terrorists .
It suspends the rules of habeas corpus and allows the State to arbitrarily restrict a defendant ’ s access to legal representation .
This is the sort of legislation you ’ d expect to find in China or Saudi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes to our society that are now in place in Australia following the SARS CoV-2 pandemic mean we qualify as proto-fascist State by any measure of political freedom .
This thought is anathema to most Australians and would be vociferously denied by paid-off mainstream media pundits – but probably not constitutional lawyers – because the legislative reality is that we are now much closer to full-blooded fascism than we are to the liberal democracy that existed when I was born in 1963 .
And we are a very far cry from the nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The only way we will arrest and/or reverse this trend is if we all take direct , non-violent , physical ( not digital ) action to exercise our civic and democratic rights at every opportunity we can .
The time to speak up and stand up is now .
It will be too late tomorrow .
Alan Hamilton is the candidate for the Informed Medical Options Party in the seat of McConnel in the upcoming QLD State election .

Alan Hamilton
“On at least 3 or 4 occasions in the past week we’ve had to smash the windows of people in cars and pull them out of there so they could provide their details – because they weren’t telling us where they were going; they weren’t adhering to the chief health officer’s guidelines, they weren’t providing their name and their address.”
Shane Patton, Victorian Chief Police Officer 04/08/2020
On Saturday 5th of September a national day of protest occurred in cities around Australia against the unnecessary and draconian lockdowns that have been occurring across the country and which are still occurring in Victoria. Similar protests have occurred in cities around the world, most especially in Europe.
These protests are a legitimate and rational response to despotic and often unconstitutional laws that unscientifically characterize every member of society as a bio-security risk to everyone else. They are also a protest against law enforcement bureaucracies that identify responsible, civic-minded citizens as criminals if they dare to question such laws or even worse, step out of their homes in defiance of the lockdown to register their dissent.
The Australian protests occurred peacefully and without incident in most places, including Brisbane where I participated. But it was not the case in Victoria where a State of Disaster has been declared due to the ‘extraordinarily high’ number of active Covid cases there.
On the eve of the nationwide protests, mainstream news reported on the harrowing state of affairs in Victoria which was suffering from hundreds of active cases but, as it turns out, had only 20 people in intensive care suffering from covid-related illnesses. This is in a state of 6.35 million people that has 58 metropolitan hospitals and 69 rural hospitals and District Health services.
Despite the ‘extraordinarily low’ incidence of people who were actually sick from Covid 19, the Victorian Premier decided that new case numbers (>100 per day) were just too high to tolerate anyone leaving their homes for any reason other than the four exemptions provided by the government.
What he neglected to mention when insisting on preserving his lockdown was that most new cases are occurring in the under-30 age bracket: a demographic that is almost always asymptomatic to SARS CoV-2 and which has more chance of dying in a motor vehicle accident than of Covid19.
Undeterred by inconvenient truths like this, the Premier announced he had to protect the public from the potentially catastrophic medical emergency that would doubtless result from masked people walking down St Kilda Road to the Cenotaph in a socially distanced manner, so he banned all participation in the national day of protest.
Just days earlier the Assistant Police Commissioner for the North West Metro Region, Luke Cornelius, warned everyone in Victoria against participating in the Saturday protests. He referred to people who planned to protest against lockdowns as “boof heads”, calling them an “anti-vax, anti-mask, tinfoil hat-wearing brigade who were batshit crazy”.
This oddly extreme language from one of the State’s most senior police officers is not accidental. It serves a specific purpose.
In order to get ordinary well-adjusted police officers – who may have joined the force out of a desire to be of public service – to brutalize a population whose only crime is that they object to being locked in their homes for 23 hrs a day for months on end, you need to demonize dissent. If your officers on the ground can identify in any way with the people they are being told to terrorize, they might not follow orders.
This is a perennial problem for martial leaders everywhere. It’s particularly problematic when the rules being enforced are arbitrary or unjust. Hence the need to malign.
As Saturday rolled around, the police were out in force across Victoria on horseback with cuffs, batons, tasers and guns ready to intimidate, arrest and fine anyone unfortunate enough to attract their attention within the vicinity of a protest in any town in the State – even those towns where not a single case of Covid-19 has been recorded.
And here we get to the crux of the SARS-CoV-2 scam. Sure, there’s a virus out there. It’s real and it certainly kills people but we know enough about it now to know that the draconian response taken by Premier Danial Andrews is scientifically indefensible. So why is he persisting with the lockdowns?
My personal opinion is that the global program of lockdowns is a mechanism for reorganizing societies around the world along the lines of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Great Reset” agenda and all that this entails. It seems Daniel Andrews is fully on board with this agenda. But make no mistake, its coming to your state and country next.
I believe that sustained lockdowns are a “Stanley Milgram-style” experiment designed to see just how far bureaucrats in authority will exceed the moral limits of their power and how much abuse the Australian public will tolerate before they push back.
As part of this experiment, the algorithms that once monitored every nuance of our social media interactions to make frighteningly accurate predictions about us have been extended to track and predict our off-line experience as well. It should come as no surprise that both the Azure and AWS cloud eco-systems have expanded by 50% since the beginning of the pandemic.
The purpose of all this surveillance is not to better understand us as potential marketing targets (the standard explanation) but rather to better control us as victims in a system of profound inequality. Such a system is already in place across much of the world and under the guise of a health pandemic, it is rapidly being expanded to developed countries as well.
So far as I can see the whole experiment is going spectacularly well for the globalists, billionaires, and authoritarians, and very poorly for free citizens everywhere: mostly due to the effectiveness of media propaganda in driving public passivity.
A scientific dictatorship
Many medical practitioners are aware that Victoria’s management of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic is based on highly selective medical advice which doesn’t stand up to serious scientific scrutiny.
Recently a group of doctors wrote an excellent letter to the Premier advocating an alternative response to disease management, noting that more than 41,000 people die every year in Victoria, roughly 10,000 each from cardiovascular disease and cancer, yet in 7 months of a supposed pandemic less than 600 Victorians have died of Covid-19: 90% of them over 65 years of age and most with multiple co-morbidities.
The problem with the doctor’s alternative advice is that it assumes the government is merely mistaken or misinformed in its policymaking and implementation. The idea that the exercise of political power in Victoria has become pathological never seems to occur to them – despite a wealth of evidence supporting such a notion.
When governments pass laws that are extreme or unjust or which by-pass constitutional constraints, it is rarely by accident. As doctors they ought to be the first to appreciate what a pathological exercise of power means to the cultural and institutional bonds that hold a society together:
As bio-security increasingly substitutes for health care, doctors will find that the personal confidences of their patients are no longer inviolate and that the Hippocratic obligations they once held so dear can be easily compromised by legal mandates to force-medicate people regardless of need or consequence.
When politicians rule by executive decree the police force morphs from a public service comprised of citizens in uniform to the enforcement arm of a political clique. When this happens, public trust in the police is lost and this loss of legitimacy results in a loss of respect. Eventually this loss of respect becomes mutual and the police start to despise the people they victimize and abuse the power they have. The opening quote being a perfect example.
Similarly with the military: when the exercise of our democratic rights is pathologized by those in power, our servicemen and women eventually find they’re being asked to apply, at home, the counter-insurgency training and urban warfare tactics they learned for battlefields abroad. This is something that has occurred since the time of Thucydides and it’s happening again.
Even the tools we use to make sense of the world, such as the scientific method, cease to function properly when our governments become toxic. Once everyone in a society has been force-vaccinated by government decree, it will become legally impossible to prove a link between mandated vaccines and any potential vaccine-related injury. Not because the manufacturers will have immunity from liability (they will), but because there will no longer be a non-vaccinated control group left against which randomized double-blind control studies can be conducted.
Not one of these developments is accidental. All of them are known, predictable outcomes of policy decisions being taken today. And these policy decisions rob everyone of their integrity; health workers, academics, the police and the military.
When those in power have a pathological relationship to the people they rule, you know you are on a road to perdition. We can see such a pathology evolving among our politicians most clearly in Victoria with its home invasions, curfews and lock downs but it is also evident in the overreach of governments around the country.
Western Australia’s recent dispute with mining magnate, Clive Palmer, over the State’s Covid border closure is a case in point. According to the WA Law Society the Government’s anti-Palmer legislation violates several of the fundamental legal principles that underpin the rule of law in a civilized society. Such overreach is also apparent in the ASIO Amendment Act 2020, introduced into Federal Parliament by Peter Dutton in May this year – right at the height of the Covid panic while most members were not even in Canberra.
This legislation is the latest in a succession of Bills that have been passed by our Federal government since 9/11 (85 and counting) which have vastly expanded the powers of law enforcement and security agencies in Australia while limiting public oversight. The legislation effectively criminalizes the free exercise of our basic democratic freedoms.
The Dutton amendment extends powers normally applied to terrorists, to any group or person engaged in any kind of civil disobedience or protest that could possibly result in ‘politically motivated violence’. That would include the anti-lock down protests that I participated in last week.
Among a raft of frightening provisions this bill allows police and intelligence agencies to track, apprehend and question children as young as 14 yrs of age as though they were terrorists. It suspends the rules of habeas corpus and allows the State to arbitrarily restrict a defendant’s access to legal representation.
This is the sort of legislation you’d expect to find in China or Saudi Arabia, not Australia.
The permanent changes to our society that are now in place in Australia following the SARS CoV-2 pandemic mean we qualify as proto-fascist State by any measure of political freedom. This thought is anathema to most Australians and would be vociferously denied by paid-off mainstream media pundits – but probably not constitutional lawyers – because the legislative reality is that we are now much closer to full-blooded fascism than we are to the liberal democracy that existed when I was born in 1963. And we are a very far cry from the nation our diggers returned to in 1945.
The only way we will arrest and/or reverse this trend is if we all take direct, non-violent, physical (not digital) action to exercise our civic and democratic rights at every opportunity we can. The time to speak up and stand up is now. It will be too late tomorrow.
Alan Hamilton is the candidate for the Informed Medical Options Party in the seat of McConnel in the upcoming QLD State election.


offguardian--2020-09-15--Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania Lockdown “Unconstitutional”

A surprising ruling from US District Court finds Governor Tom Wolf ’ s decree that forced people to stay at home , limited the size of social gatherings and ordered all “ non-life-sustaining ” businesses to shut down to be in breach of the constitution .
In a rare win for the freedom in the days of “ the new normal ” Judge William Stickman IV sided with the plaintiffs – a collection of small business owners – against the state .
And found the measures to be “ overreaching and arbitrary and violated citizens ’ constitutional rights ” .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the hope is that this ruling can set a precedent which will limit governmental over-reach and the surge of draconian powers being implemented to ( allegedly ) “ combat the pandemic ” .
Certainly , amid the wave of ominous utilitarian preaching in both the corporate and social media , Sticman ’ s ruling makes for refreshing reading .
You can view the whole thing here , but this I will leave you with the best quote , taken from the conclusion : Even in an emergency , the authority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair-weather freedoms – in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble .
There is no question that this Country has faced , and will face , emergencies of every sort .
But the solution to a national crisis can never be permitted to supersede the commitment to individual liberty that stands as the foundation of the American experiment .
The Constitution can not accept the concept of a “ new normal ” where the basic liberties of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mitigation measures .
Rather , the Constitution sets certain lines that may not be crossed , even in an emergency .

Kit Knightly
A surprising ruling from US District Court finds Governor Tom Wolf’s decree that forced people to stay at home, limited the size of social gatherings and ordered all “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down to be in breach of the constitution.
In a rare win for the freedom in the days of “the new normal” Judge William Stickman IV sided with the plaintiffs – a collection of small business owners – against the state. And found the measures to be “overreaching and arbitrary and violated citizens’ constitutional rights”.
The state will appeal, of course, but the hope is that this ruling can set a precedent which will limit governmental over-reach and the surge of draconian powers being implemented to (allegedly) “combat the pandemic”.
Certainly, amid the wave of ominous utilitarian preaching in both the corporate and social media, Sticman’s ruling makes for refreshing reading. You can view the whole thing here, but this I will leave you with the best quote, taken from the conclusion:
Even in an emergency, the authority of the government is not unfettered. The liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair-weather freedoms – in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble. There is no question that this Country has faced, and will face, emergencies of every sort. But the solution to a national crisis can never be permitted to supersede the commitment to individual liberty that stands as the foundation of the American experiment. The Constitution cannot accept the concept of a “new normal” where the basic liberties of the people can be subordinated to open-ended emergency mitigation measures. Rather, the Constitution sets certain lines that may not be crossed, even in an emergency.


offguardian--2020-09-18--We Do Not Live in a True Democracy

We Do Not Live in a True Democracy

Alan Hamilton ’ s “ From Blue Shirts to Brown ” is a great article which gets a lot of things right but has one major weakness and ironically it is similar to what the author is accusing the group of doctors which authored the letter to the Premier : misconception of reality .
This weakness , unfortunately , is a common misconception in democratically sensitive commentators in our modern world which really needs to be addressed in its fundamentals .
Calling the right to protest “ democratic ” implies , as the whole article does – take the Thucydides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime is democratic but corrupt .
I hate being the bearer of bad news but no representative/electoral system is democratic in any way ; and the ancient Athenian democracy , to take the most well-documented example of a real democracy , was light years different from today ’ s “ democracies ” .
These are republican systems modelled after the Roman one , which was anything but democratic .
Actually , the Roman regime was intentionally non-democratic , but oligarchic/plutocratic and by definition corrupt , exactly like today ’ s western regimes are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty much all the western regimes owe their existence to the US system , which was established by the Founding Fathers after debates which unequivocally rejected the democratic system of governance for the republican one , no surprise there by a group of super-wealthy privileged members of the elite .
The major parties of the current two-party US political power landscape historically owe their names to this debate .
Don ’ t get me wrong here .
The current systems are obviously a great progress from the previous authoritative and arbitrary super-hierarchical ones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and this should be clear .
Now you may wonder how come that almost everyone believes that our current regimes are democratic .
This misconception is another clear victory of the elite ’ s propaganda machine through the centuries and if you look a little bit to the history of the relevant debates , these distinctions were very clear among the commentators of the times , mostly until about 100 years ago .
At some point people must realize that elections are not democratic , lot is .
Elections , as everyone knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a democracy there are no professional politicians , professional judges or professional lawmakers .
A true democratic citizen would despise even the notion of this .
In a real democracy citizens do all these directly or elected-by-lot bodies do it .
Also there is always the possibility to recall any public official at any time .
Terms in public offices are strictly limited in time and frequency .
Democracy [ 1 ] is the regime where all explicit powers , legislative , executive and judicial are exercised directly by the citizenry , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only democratic and just compromise when practicalities make direct participation of everyone not feasible .
No citizen of any ancient democracy would be fool enough to think that representation by an elected-by-elections person who decides and legislates for them with carte blanche for four years is democratic in any way .
Most importantly now , in a democracy there are no “ rights ” as we mean them , because these were established to protect the “ citizen ” ( subject is the correct word ) from the arbitrariness of the separate government/state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the government/state .
Ask yourself .
Were there protests in ancient Athens ?
No , because they had no meaning .
Where there in ancient Rome ?
A lot , because they had .
Similarly , were there parties with institutionally recognized power , legislative protection etc in ancient Athens ?
No , because they had no meaning , same reasons .
What are parties ?
Do they represent actual essential ideological differences or are they just groups of interests ?
I think nowadays the answer is pretty clear .
And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has actual meaning and essence is always democracy vs other non-democratic stuff .
The current fetishization around economics which dominates the left vs right modern debates , practically since Marx , is just a secondary issue which naturally follows the essential .
For example can you imagine any real democracy which would allow such an unequal distribution of wealth ?
How would that be possible when the 90 % of the decisive bodies would be the poor ?
[ 2 ] To conclude , there is a huge difference between a democracy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way to change them but radically , bottom-up .
But first people really need to see things clearly about what is and what is not so that they are clear about what they want .
Continuing to call modern western regimes “ democracies ” just propagates the confusion and hinders true reform .
Lets call them for what they are , liberal oligarchies and the liberal part is being stripped away pretty rapidly now that the masters don ’ t feel much resistance .
It is up to us , but we first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minds .
Tryfon Farmakakis is an Electrical and Computer Engineer from Greece .
He would love it if you would visit his YouTube channel , watch and participate in the debates .

Tryfon Farmakakis
Alan Hamilton’s “From Blue Shirts to Brown” is a great article which gets a lot of things right but has one major weakness and ironically it is similar to what the author is accusing the group of doctors which authored the letter to the Premier: misconception of reality.
This weakness, unfortunately, is a common misconception in democratically sensitive commentators in our modern world which really needs to be addressed in its fundamentals.
Calling the right to protest “democratic” implies, as the whole article does – take the Thucydides reference for example – that the Australian regime is democratic but corrupt.
I hate being the bearer of bad news but no representative/electoral system is democratic in any way; and the ancient Athenian democracy, to take the most well-documented example of a real democracy, was light years different from today’s “democracies”.
These are republican systems modelled after the Roman one, which was anything but democratic. Actually, the Roman regime was intentionally non-democratic, but oligarchic/plutocratic and by definition corrupt, exactly like today’s western regimes are.
It is worth noting that historically pretty much all the western regimes owe their existence to the US system, which was established by the Founding Fathers after debates which unequivocally rejected the democratic system of governance for the republican one, no surprise there by a group of super-wealthy privileged members of the elite. The major parties of the current two-party US political power landscape historically owe their names to this debate.
Don’t get me wrong here. The current systems are obviously a great progress from the previous authoritative and arbitrary super-hierarchical ones, but they are certainly not democracies and this should be clear.
Now you may wonder how come that almost everyone believes that our current regimes are democratic. This misconception is another clear victory of the elite’s propaganda machine through the centuries and if you look a little bit to the history of the relevant debates, these distinctions were very clear among the commentators of the times, mostly until about 100 years ago.
At some point people must realize that elections are not democratic, lot is. Elections, as everyone knows, are bought by money. In a democracy there are no professional politicians, professional judges or professional lawmakers. A true democratic citizen would despise even the notion of this.
In a real democracy citizens do all these directly or elected-by-lot bodies do it. Also there is always the possibility to recall any public official at any time. Terms in public offices are strictly limited in time and frequency. Democracy[1] is the regime where all explicit powers, legislative, executive and judicial are exercised directly by the citizenry, or by allotted bodies, which is the only democratic and just compromise when practicalities make direct participation of everyone not feasible.
No citizen of any ancient democracy would be fool enough to think that representation by an elected-by-elections person who decides and legislates for them with carte blanche for four years is democratic in any way.
Most importantly now, in a democracy there are no “rights” as we mean them, because these were established to protect the “citizen” (subject is the correct word) from the arbitrariness of the separate government/state. In a true democracy the citizens are the government/state.
Ask yourself. Were there protests in ancient Athens? No, because they had no meaning. Where there in ancient Rome? A lot, because they had.
Similarly, were there parties with institutionally recognized power, legislative protection etc in ancient Athens? No, because they had no meaning, same reasons. What are parties? Do they represent actual essential ideological differences or are they just groups of interests?
I think nowadays the answer is pretty clear. And that is because the only ideological debate which has actual meaning and essence is always democracy vs other non-democratic stuff. The current fetishization around economics which dominates the left vs right modern debates, practically since Marx, is just a secondary issue which naturally follows the essential.
For example can you imagine any real democracy which would allow such an unequal distribution of wealth? How would that be possible when the 90% of the decisive bodies would be the poor?[2]
To conclude, there is a huge difference between a democracy and our modern oligarchies and there is no way to change them but radically, bottom-up. But first people really need to see things clearly about what is and what is not so that they are clear about what they want.
Continuing to call modern western regimes “democracies” just propagates the confusion and hinders true reform.
Lets call them for what they are, liberal oligarchies and the liberal part is being stripped away pretty rapidly now that the masters don’t feel much resistance. It is up to us, but we first we must have things clear in our minds.
Notes:- [1] For the same reasons the use of terms such as “direct democracy” serve no democratic purpose. There are not many versions of democracy, but just one, and the use of adjectives just propagates the confusion. Sorry for the insistence on details but words are a very powerful thing, and our masters know this pretty well. I believe Orwell has made this abundantly clear. Take for example the use of the newly introduced by the elites term “social distancing” instead of the preexisting and scientifically correct term “physical distancing”. No accident there. [2] For a really good philosophical analysis of the real essence of democracy and the elitist principles of our current regimes I strongly recommend the article Plato and Castoriadis: the concealment and the unravelling of democracy by Yorgos Oikonomou which can be found here.
Tryfon Farmakakis is an Electrical and Computer Engineer from Greece. He would love it if you would visit his YouTube channel, watch and participate in the debates.