sgtreport--2020-11-17--SELCO: The Brutal Truth About Violence When the SHTF

Are you prepared for the extreme violence that is likely to come your way if the SHTF ?
No matter what your plan is , it ’ s entirely probable that at some point , you ’ ll be the victim of violence or have to perpetrate violence to survive .
As always , Selco is our go-to guy on SHTF reality checks and this thought-provoking interview will shake you to your core .
If you don ’ t know Selco , he ’ s from Bosnia and he lived through a year in a city that was blockaded with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and no services .
In his interviews , he shares what the scenarios the rest of us theorize about were REALLY like .
He mentioned to me recently that most folks aren ’ t prepared for the violence that is part and parcel of a collapse , which brings us to today ’ s interview .
For more of Selco ’ s personal stories , check out his paperback books , The Dark Secrets of SHTF Survival and SHTF Survival Stories : Memories from the Balkan War .
His newest book based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is also available on Amazon .
With the recent uptick in violent riots and outright armed conflict in our streets , this article seemed especially timely and worth another look .
How prevalent was violence when the SHTF in Bosnia ?
It was wartime and chaos , from all conflicts in those years in the Balkan region Bosnian conflict was most brutal because of multiple reasons , historical , political and other .
To simplify the explanation why violence was common and very brutal , you need to picture a situation where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amount of information ( propaganda ) which instills in you very strong feelings of fear and hate .
Out of fear and hate , violence grows easy and fast , and over the very short period of time you see how people around you ( including you ) do things that you could not imagine before .
I can say that violence was almost an everyday thing in the whole spectrum of different activities because it was a fight for survival .
Again , whenever ( and wherever ) you put people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can expect violence .
We were living a normal life , and then suddenly we were thrown in a way of living where if you could not “ negotiate ” something with someone , you solve the problem by launching a rocket from an RPG through the window of his living room .
Hate stripped down the layers of humanity and suddenly it was “ normal ” to level an apartment building with people inside with shells from a tank or form private prisons with imprisoned civilians for slave work or sex slaves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before could have prepared me for the level of violence and blindness to it , for the lives of kids , elders , civilians , and the innocent .
Again , the thing that is important for readers is that we were a modern society one day , and then in few weeks it turned into carnage .

by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
Are you prepared for the extreme violence that is likely to come your way if the SHTF? No matter what your plan is, it’s entirely probable that at some point, you’ll be the victim of violence or have to perpetrate violence to survive. As always, Selco is our go-to guy on SHTF reality checks and this thought-provoking interview will shake you to your core.
If you don’t know Selco, he’s from Bosnia and he lived through a year in a city that was blockaded with no utilities, no deliveries of supplies, and no services. In his interviews, he shares what the scenarios the rest of us theorize about were REALLY like. He mentioned to me recently that most folks aren’t prepared for the violence that is part and parcel of a collapse, which brings us to today’s interview.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
For more of Selco’s personal stories, check out his paperback books, The Dark Secrets of SHTF Survival and SHTF Survival Stories: Memories from the Balkan War. His newest book based on his course, SHTF Survival Bootcamp, is also available on Amazon.
With the recent uptick in violent riots and outright armed conflict in our streets, this article seemed especially timely and worth another look.
How prevalent was violence when the SHTF in Bosnia?
It was wartime and chaos, from all conflicts in those years in the Balkan region Bosnian conflict was most brutal because of multiple reasons, historical, political and other.
To simplify the explanation why violence was common and very brutal, you need to picture a situation where you are “bombarded” with huge amount of information (propaganda) which instills in you very strong feelings of fear and hate.
Out of fear and hate, violence grows easy and fast, and over the very short period of time you see how people around you (including you) do things that you could not imagine before.
I can say that violence was almost an everyday thing in the whole spectrum of different activities because it was a fight for survival.
Again, whenever (and wherever) you put people in a region without enough resources, you can expect violence.
We were living a normal life, and then suddenly we were thrown in a way of living where if you could not “negotiate” something with someone, you solve the problem by launching a rocket from an RPG through the window of his living room.
Hate stripped down the layers of humanity and suddenly it was “normal” to level an apartment building with people inside with shells from a tank or form private prisons with imprisoned civilians for slave work or sex slaves.
Nothing that I saw or read before could have prepared me for the level of violence and blindness to it, for the lives of kids, elders, civilians, and the innocent.
Again, the thing that is important for readers is that we were a modern society one day, and then in few weeks it turned into carnage.
Read More @ TheOrganicPrepper.ca


sgtreport--2020-12-02--PURE EVIL: Democrat Operatives in Michigan and Georgia Tampered with Military Ballots — Filled Out N

PURE EVIL: Democrat Operatives in Michigan and Georgia Tampered with Military Ballots — Filled Out New Ones 100% MARKED FOR JOE BIDEN

The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee on Tuesday held a hearing in Lansing on election fraud and irregularities .
President Trump was ahead of Joe Biden in Michigan on election night when all of a sudden they stopped counting votes .
At around 4:30 AM AFTER Election Day , a massive ballot dump of more than 130,000 votes appeared for Joe Biden in Michigan .
One GOP elections observer on Tuesday said all of the military ballots she saw looked like “ Xerox copies ” of each other – none were registered Michigan voters and 100 % went for Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her experience at the TCF Center on Wednesday morning .
“ Not one of the military ballots was a registered voter and the ballots looked like they were all exactly the same Xerox copies of the ballot – they were all for Biden across the board , there wasn ’ t a single Trump vote and none of the voters were registered , “ witness Patty said .
“ They had to manually enter the names , addresses , enter birthdate of 1/1/2020 which would override the system and allow them to enter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that day , throughout the day , that ’ s how they would override voters that were neither in the electronic poll book or in the supplemental updated poll book.
” The original military votes were discarded and Democrats printed up new military ballots for Joe Biden — 100 % for Joe Biden !
So what happened to these original ballots ?
This was not an isolated incident .
Last Monday Attorney Lin Wood asked all military members from Georgia who filed an absentee ballot this year to contact his office .

by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit:
The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee on Tuesday held a hearing in Lansing on election fraud and irregularities.
President Trump was ahead of Joe Biden in Michigan on election night when all of a sudden they stopped counting votes.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
At around 4:30 AM AFTER Election Day, a massive ballot dump of more than 130,000 votes appeared for Joe Biden in Michigan.
One GOP elections observer on Tuesday said all of the military ballots she saw looked like “Xerox copies” of each other – none were registered Michigan voters and 100% went for Joe Biden.
The witness, Patty, described her experience at the TCF Center on Wednesday morning.
“Not one of the military ballots was a registered voter and the ballots looked like they were all exactly the same Xerox copies of the ballot – they were all for Biden across the board, there wasn’t a single Trump vote and none of the voters were registered, “witness Patty said. “They had to manually enter the names, addresses, enter birthdate of 1/1/2020 which would override the system and allow them to enter non-registered voters of which I saw several that day, throughout the day, that’s how they would override voters that were neither in the electronic poll book or in the supplemental updated poll book.”
WATCH:
Witness at #MichiganHearing says all military ballots she saw looked like “xerox copies” of each other, none were registered Michigan voters and all were for Biden pic.twitter.com/nU6OMG7M88 — Team Trump (@TeamTrump) December 1, 2020
The original military votes were discarded and Democrats printed up new military ballots for Joe Biden — 100% for Joe Biden!
So what happened to these original ballots?
This was not an isolated incident.
Last Monday Attorney Lin Wood asked all military members from Georgia who filed an absentee ballot this year to contact his office.
Lin Wood is working to restore justice.
Good afternoon. Busy day! I need some help from GA Patriots. I need identity of any GA voter who cast a MILITARY ABSENTEE BALLOT. If you cast such a ballot or know someone who did, please email me at lwood@fightback.law. We The People will take action to secure our votes. pic.twitter.com/ZTkbf0jZJK — Lin Wood (@LLinWood) November 23, 2020
Read More @ TheGatewayPundit.com


sgtreport--2020-12-05--Thursday Conversation – Alasdair Macleod

As we begin to look ahead to 2021 , today brings the first of three straight Thursday Conversation podcasts .
For this first installment , we visit again with Alasdair Macleod of GoldMoney in order to get his thoughts on where we ’ ve been and where we ’ re going .
I ’ ve known Alasdair for nearly a decade now and , over that time , he has consistently provided us with thoughtful and wise commentary on macroeconomics and the precious metals .
So as 2020 wanes and 2021 approaches , I thought it would be wise to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Usually , I try to summarize these podcasts into a few bullet points for you but I ’ m not sure I can do that this time .
As you ’ ll soon find out , I just sort of hit the record button and got Alasdair talking .
Over the fifty minutes that followed , he shared all sorts of information that you may need to remind and play twice in order to ensure you didn ’ t miss anything .
Thanks again to Alasdair for so generously sharing his time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be sure to check the link below for Alasdair ’ s latest research piece .
Much like Ronni at IGWT , inflation is on Alasdair ’ s mind and , as you know , price inflation and negative real rates are going to be a big story in the months ahead .

by Turd Ferguson, TF Metals Report:
As we begin to look ahead to 2021, today brings the first of three straight Thursday Conversation podcasts. For this first installment, we visit again with Alasdair Macleod of GoldMoney in order to get his thoughts on where we’ve been and where we’re going.
I’ve known Alasdair for nearly a decade now and, over that time, he has consistently provided us with thoughtful and wise commentary on macroeconomics and the precious metals. So as 2020 wanes and 2021 approaches, I thought it would be wise to pick his brain regrading what lies ahead.
Click HERE to listen
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
Usually, I try to summarize these podcasts into a few bullet points for you but I’m not sure I can do that this time. As you’ll soon find out, I just sort of hit the record button and got Alasdair talking. Over the fifty minutes that followed, he shared all sorts of information that you may need to remind and play twice in order to ensure you didn’t miss anything.
Thanks again to Alasdair for so generously sharing his time today. Before you go, please be sure to check the link below for Alasdair’s latest research piece. Much like Ronni at IGWT, inflation is on Alasdair’s mind and, as you know, price inflation and negative real rates are going to be a big story in the months ahead.
Read More @ TFMetalsReport.com


sgtreport--2020-12-15--4 Signposts of American Collapse Which Also Occurred in the USSR

In thinking through the ( for now ) gradually unfolding collapse of the American empire , the collapse of the USSR , which occurred close through three decades ago , continues to perform as a goldmine of useful examples and analogies .
Certain events that occurred during the Soviet collapse can serve as useful signposts in the American one , allowing us to formulate better guesses about the timing of events that can suddenly turn a gradual collapse into a precipitous one .
When the Soviet collapse occurred , the universal reaction was “ Who could have known ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember a conversation I had with a surgeon in the summer of 1990 , right as I was going under the knife to get my appendix excised , waiting for the anesthesia to kick in .
He asked me about what will happen to the Soviet republics , Armenia in particular .
I told him that they will be independent in less than a year .
He looked positively shocked .
I was off by a couple of months .
I hope to be able to call the American collapse with the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was well positioned to know , and I am tempted to venture a guess at how I achieved that .
My area of expertise at the time was measurement and data acquisition electronics for high energy physics experiments , not Sovietology .
But I spent the previous summer in Leningrad , where I grew up , and had a fair idea of what was up in the USSR .
Meanwhile , the entire gaggle of actual paid , professional Russia experts that was ensconced in various government agencies in Washington or consuming oxygen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US had absolutely no idea what to expect .
I suspect that there is a principle involved : if your career depends on the continued existence of X , and if X is about to cease to exist , then you are not going to be highly motivated to accurately predict that event .
Conversely , if you could manage to accurately predict the spontaneous existence failure of X , then you would also be clever enough to switch careers ahead of time , hence would no longer be an expert on X @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be disregarded .
People would think that you screwed yourself out of a perfectly good job and are now embittered .
Right now I am observing the same phenomenon at work among Russian experts on the United States : they can ’ t imagine that the various things they spent their lives studying are fast fading into irrelevance .
Or perhaps they can , but keep this realization to themselves , for fear of no longer being invited on talk shows .
I suppose that since expertise is a matter of knowing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything about nothing—a thing that doesn ’ t exist—is its logical endpoint .
Be that as it may .
But I feel that we non-experts , armed with the 20/20 hindsight afforded to us by the example of the Soviet collapse , can avoid being similarly blindsided and dumbfounded by the American one .
This is not an academic question : those who gauge it accurately may be able to get the hell out ahead of time , while the lights are mostly still on , while not everybody is walking around in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shootings and other types of mayhem are still considered newsworthy .
This hindsight makes it possible for us to spot certain markers that showed up then and are showing up now .
The four that I want to discuss now are the following : 1 .
Allies are being alienated 2 .
Enmities dissipate 3 .
Ideology becomes irrelevant 4 .
Military posture turns flaccid All of these are plain to see already in the American collapse .
As with the Soviet collapse , there is a certain incubation period for each of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two , during which not much seems to be happening , but when it is over everything comes unstuck all at once .
As the Soviet collapse unfolded , former friendships deteriorated , first into irrelevance , then into outright enmity .
Prior to the collapse , the Iron Curtain ran between Eastern and Western Europe ; three decades later it runs between Russia and the Baltic countries , Poland and the Ukraine .
Whereas in the post-war period the Warsaw Pact countries derived many benefits from its association with Russia and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neared their membership in the Soviet camp became more and more of a hinderance to progress , hampering their integration with the more prosperous , less troubled countries further west and with the rest of the world .
Similarly with the US and the EU now , this partnership is also showing major signs of strain as Washington tries to prevent the Europe from integrating with the rest of Eurasia .
The particular threat of unilateral economic sanctions as part of a vain effort to block additional Russian natural gas pipelines into Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an uncertain and overpriced American liquefied natural gas scheme has laid bare the fact that the relationship is no longer mutually beneficial .
And as Britain splits from Europe and clings closer to the US , a new Iron Curtain is gradually emerging , but this time it will run through the English Channel , separating the Anglophone world from Eurasia .
Similar developments are afoot in the east , affecting South Korea and Japan .
Trump ’ s flip-flopping between tempestuous tweeting and conciliatory rhetoric vis-à-vis North Korea have laid bare the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these countries now see the need to make their own security arrangements and to start reasserting their sovereignty in military matters .
Meanwhile , for the US , being incoherent is but a pit stop on the way to becoming irrelevant .
During the entire period of the Cold War the United States was the Soviet Union ’ s arch-enemy , and any effort by Washington to give advice or to dictate terms was met with loud , synchronized , ideologically fortified barking from Moscow : the imperialist aggressor is at it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-righteous noise worked quite well for a surprisingly long time , and continued to work while the Soviet Union was making impressive new conquests—in space , in technology , science and medicine , in international humanitarian projects and so on , but as stagnation set in it started to ring hollow .
After the Soviet collapse , this immunity against American contagion disappeared .
Western “ experts ” and “ advisors ” flooded in , and proposed “ reforms ” such as dismemberment of the USSR into 15 separate countries ( trapping millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some newly thought-up border ) shock therapy ( which impoverished almost the entirety of the Russian population ) , privatization ( which put major public assets in the hands of a few politically connected , mostly Jewish oligarchs ) and various other schemes designed to destroy Russia and drive its population into extinction .
They would probably have succeeded had they not been stopped in time .
Symmetrically , the Washingtonians considered the USSR as their arch-enemy .
After it went away , there was a bit of confusion .
The Pentagon tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a major threat to world peace , but that seemed laughable .
Then , by dint of demolishing a couple of New York skyscrapers , perhaps by placing small nuclear charges in the bedrock beneath their foundations ( those were the demolition plans that were on file ) they happily embraced the concept of “ war on terror ” and went about bombing various countries that didn ’ t have a terrorism problem before then but certainly do now .
Then , once that stupid plan ran its course , the Washingtonians went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But now a strange smell is in the wind in Washington : the smell of failure .
Air is leaking out of the campaign to vilify Russia , and it is putrid .
Meanwhile , Trump is continuing to make noises to the effect that a rapprochement with Russia is desirable and that a summit between the leaders should be held .
Trump is also borrowing some pages from the Russian rulebook : just as Russia responded to Western sanctions with countersanctions , Trump is starting to respond to Western tariffs with countertariffs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia to dissipate some time before American attitudes toward Russia ( and much else ) become irrelevant .

from Russia Insider:
In thinking through the (for now) gradually unfolding collapse of the American empire, the collapse of the USSR, which occurred close through three decades ago, continues to perform as a goldmine of useful examples and analogies. Certain events that occurred during the Soviet collapse can serve as useful signposts in the American one, allowing us to formulate better guesses about the timing of events that can suddenly turn a gradual collapse into a precipitous one.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
When the Soviet collapse occurred, the universal reaction was “Who could have known?” Well, I knew. I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a surgeon in the summer of 1990, right as I was going under the knife to get my appendix excised, waiting for the anesthesia to kick in. He asked me about what will happen to the Soviet republics, Armenia in particular. I told him that they will be independent in less than a year.
He looked positively shocked. I was off by a couple of months. I hope to be able to call the American collapse with the same degree of precision.
I suppose I was well positioned to know, and I am tempted to venture a guess at how I achieved that. My area of expertise at the time was measurement and data acquisition electronics for high energy physics experiments, not Sovietology. But I spent the previous summer in Leningrad, where I grew up, and had a fair idea of what was up in the USSR.
Meanwhile, the entire gaggle of actual paid, professional Russia experts that was ensconced in various government agencies in Washington or consuming oxygen at various foundations and universities in the US had absolutely no idea what to expect.
I suspect that there is a principle involved: if your career depends on the continued existence of X, and if X is about to cease to exist, then you are not going to be highly motivated to accurately predict that event. Conversely, if you could manage to accurately predict the spontaneous existence failure of X, then you would also be clever enough to switch careers ahead of time, hence would no longer be an expert on X and your opinion on the matter would be disregarded. People would think that you screwed yourself out of a perfectly good job and are now embittered.
Right now I am observing the same phenomenon at work among Russian experts on the United States: they can’t imagine that the various things they spent their lives studying are fast fading into irrelevance. Or perhaps they can, but keep this realization to themselves, for fear of no longer being invited on talk shows.
I suppose that since expertise is a matter of knowing a whole lot about very little, knowing everything about nothing—a thing that doesn’t exist—is its logical endpoint. Be that as it may. But I feel that we non-experts, armed with the 20/20 hindsight afforded to us by the example of the Soviet collapse, can avoid being similarly blindsided and dumbfounded by the American one.
This is not an academic question: those who gauge it accurately may be able to get the hell out ahead of time, while the lights are mostly still on, while not everybody is walking around in a drug-induced mental haze, and mass shootings and other types of mayhem are still considered newsworthy.
This hindsight makes it possible for us to spot certain markers that showed up then and are showing up now. The four that I want to discuss now are the following:
1. Allies are being alienated
2. Enmities dissipate
3. Ideology becomes irrelevant
4. Military posture turns flaccid
All of these are plain to see already in the American collapse. As with the Soviet collapse, there is a certain incubation period for each of these trends, lasting perhaps a year or two, during which not much seems to be happening, but when it is over everything comes unstuck all at once.
1. Alliances
As the Soviet collapse unfolded, former friendships deteriorated, first into irrelevance, then into outright enmity. Prior to the collapse, the Iron Curtain ran between Eastern and Western Europe; three decades later it runs between Russia and the Baltic countries, Poland and the Ukraine.
Whereas in the post-war period the Warsaw Pact countries derived many benefits from its association with Russia and its industrial might, as the end neared their membership in the Soviet camp became more and more of a hinderance to progress, hampering their integration with the more prosperous, less troubled countries further west and with the rest of the world.
Similarly with the US and the EU now, this partnership is also showing major signs of strain as Washington tries to prevent the Europe from integrating with the rest of Eurasia. The particular threat of unilateral economic sanctions as part of a vain effort to block additional Russian natural gas pipelines into Europe and to force the Europeans to buy an uncertain and overpriced American liquefied natural gas scheme has laid bare the fact that the relationship is no longer mutually beneficial. And as Britain splits from Europe and clings closer to the US, a new Iron Curtain is gradually emerging, but this time it will run through the English Channel, separating the Anglophone world from Eurasia.
Similar developments are afoot in the east, affecting South Korea and Japan. Trump’s flip-flopping between tempestuous tweeting and conciliatory rhetoric vis-à-vis North Korea have laid bare the emptiness of American security guarantees. Both of these countries now see the need to make their own security arrangements and to start reasserting their sovereignty in military matters. Meanwhile, for the US, being incoherent is but a pit stop on the way to becoming irrelevant.
2. Enmities
During the entire period of the Cold War the United States was the Soviet Union’s arch-enemy, and any effort by Washington to give advice or to dictate terms was met with loud, synchronized, ideologically fortified barking from Moscow: the imperialist aggressor is at it again; pay no heed. This self-righteous noise worked quite well for a surprisingly long time, and continued to work while the Soviet Union was making impressive new conquests—in space, in technology, science and medicine, in international humanitarian projects and so on, but as stagnation set in it started to ring hollow.
After the Soviet collapse, this immunity against American contagion disappeared. Western “experts” and “advisors” flooded in, and proposed “reforms” such as dismemberment of the USSR into 15 separate countries (trapping millions of people on the wrong side of some newly thought-up border) shock therapy (which impoverished almost the entirety of the Russian population), privatization (which put major public assets in the hands of a few politically connected, mostly Jewish oligarchs) and various other schemes designed to destroy Russia and drive its population into extinction.
They would probably have succeeded had they not been stopped in time.
Symmetrically, the Washingtonians considered the USSR as their arch-enemy. After it went away, there was a bit of confusion. The Pentagon tried talking up “Russian mafia” as a major threat to world peace, but that seemed laughable. Then, by dint of demolishing a couple of New York skyscrapers, perhaps by placing small nuclear charges in the bedrock beneath their foundations (those were the demolition plans that were on file) they happily embraced the concept of “war on terror” and went about bombing various countries that didn’t have a terrorism problem before then but certainly do now.
Then, once that stupid plan ran its course, the Washingtonians went back to reviling and harrassing Russia.
But now a strange smell is in the wind in Washington: the smell of failure. Air is leaking out of the campaign to vilify Russia, and it is putrid. Meanwhile, Trump is continuing to make noises to the effect that a rapprochement with Russia is desirable and that a summit between the leaders should be held. Trump is also borrowing some pages from the Russian rulebook: just as Russia responded to Western sanctions with countersanctions, Trump is starting to respond to Western tariffs with countertariffs. We should expect American enmity against Russia to dissipate some time before American attitudes toward Russia (and much else) become irrelevant.
Read More @ Russia-Insider.com


sgtreport--2020-12-21--Imposter Joe Biden must be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated for the good of the Republic

NOTE : Thanks to Mike Adams for the shout out during his December 17th Situation Update “ As head of the Democrat Party , career political criminal Joe Biden is the primary perpetrator of the greatest vote fraud and election theft in U.S. history .
Incarceration , not the inauguration , of Biden is the only acceptable outcome of the 2020 POTUS election .
Likewise , the Democrat Party must be dissolved for the good of the country .
As the figurehead of what is essentially a RICO-level criminal organization , Biden ’ s best chance to avoid capital punishment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow communists who are planning the total overthrow of the American Republic .
Many of them have already been implicated by their treacherous collusion with the Chinese Communist Party .
Co-conspirator Kamala Harris must also be held accountable for this highly consequential election theft that included spohisticated cyber-crimes .
Only when these two communist stooges are singing like canaries can President Trump eradicate the countless coup plotters , dangerous traitors , and enemy turncoats among US.
” — Intelligence Analyst & Former U.S. Military Officer *SOTN Editor ’ s Note : Many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying he knew nothing of the massive vote fraud that was carried out specifically in the six to eight primary battleground states .
The hard evidence clearly proves that this unparalleled fraud was perpetrated by the Democrat Party of which Biden is the head .
And , since this election theft has been vigorously covered up by the Democrat Party and DNC , Biden is directly responsible for this ongoing cover-up just as he is also culpable for the actual election crimes committed under his thoroughly corrupt leadership .
State of the Nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gravest constitutional crisis since the Civil War .
If this election debacle is not justly and swiftly resolved , it will devolve into a Second Civil War .
The whole world just witnessed Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris outright steal the 2020 POTUS election via a highly organized RICO-level criminal enterprise formed explicitly for that purpose .
This Democrat-run international crime syndicate closely collaborated with some of America ’ s most scheming enemies .
The Deep States of the United Kingdom , Communist China and Israel also colluded with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that operate under the rubric of the New World Order globalist cabal .
The sheer depth and breadth of this vast criminal conspiracy to steal the POTUS election can only be gauged by the number of globalist institutions and international organizations that participated in this ongoing crime wave washing over the USA .
For example , the entire mainstream media — WORLDWIDE — has proved to be a pivotal co-conspirator in both the commission of the myriad election crime sprees as well as in the conduct of the highly coordinated cover-up .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effective cover-up , such a transparent election theft could never have been successful thus far .
TRUMP HAS WON BY DEFAULT It ’ s critical for every American to know that because of the profound degree of criminality associated with this election theft , President Trump has already won by default .
Consider the following irrefutable conclusion that is actually the product of settled law which was ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court .

NOTE: Thanks to Mike Adams for the shout out during his December 17th Situation Update
from Natural News:
“As head of the Democrat Party, career political criminal Joe Biden is the primary perpetrator of the greatest vote fraud and election theft in U.S. history. Incarceration, not the inauguration, of Biden is the only acceptable outcome of the 2020 POTUS election. Likewise, the Democrat Party must be dissolved for the good of the country. As the figurehead of what is essentially a RICO-level criminal organization, Biden’s best chance to avoid capital punishment would be to identify all of his fellow communists who are planning the total overthrow of the American Republic. Many of them have already been implicated by their treacherous collusion with the Chinese Communist Party. Co-conspirator Kamala Harris must also be held accountable for this highly consequential election theft that included spohisticated cyber-crimes. Only when these two communist stooges are singing like canaries can President Trump eradicate the countless coup plotters, dangerous traitors, and enemy turncoats among US.”
(Article from StateOfTheNation.co)
— Intelligence Analyst & Former U.S. Military Officer
*SOTN Editor’s Note: Many of Biden’s apologists defend him by saying he knew nothing of the massive vote fraud that was carried out specifically in the six to eight primary battleground states. The hard evidence clearly proves that this unparalleled fraud was perpetrated by the Democrat Party of which Biden is the head. And, since this election theft has been vigorously covered up by the Democrat Party and DNC, Biden is directly responsible for this ongoing cover-up just as he is also culpable for the actual election crimes committed under his thoroughly corrupt leadership.
State of the Nation
The United States of America is facing the gravest constitutional crisis since the Civil War. If this election debacle is not justly and swiftly resolved, it will devolve into a Second Civil War.
The whole world just witnessed Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris outright steal the 2020 POTUS election via a highly organized RICO-level criminal enterprise formed explicitly for that purpose.
This Democrat-run international crime syndicate closely collaborated with some of America’s most scheming enemies. The Deep States of the United Kingdom, Communist China and Israel also colluded with the Democrat Party as did many international NGOs that operate under the rubric of the New World Order globalist cabal.
The sheer depth and breadth of this vast criminal conspiracy to steal the POTUS election can only be gauged by the number of globalist institutions and international organizations that participated in this ongoing crime wave washing over the USA.
For example, the entire mainstream media — WORLDWIDE — has proved to be a pivotal co-conspirator in both the commission of the myriad election crime sprees as well as in the conduct of the highly coordinated cover-up. In point of fact, without such an effective cover-up, such a transparent election theft could never have been successful thus far.
TRUMP HAS WON BY DEFAULT
It’s critical for every American to know that because of the profound degree of criminality associated with this election theft, President Trump has already won by default.
Consider the following irrefutable conclusion that is actually the product of settled law which was ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More @ NaturalNews.com


sgtreport--2020-12-31--The Top 10%’s Bubble Is About to Burst

The Top 10%’s Bubble Is About to Burst

by Charles Hugh Smith , Of Two Minds : When the top 10 % ’ s bubble pops in 2021 , the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “ wealth ” were real .
A great many people are living in bubbles that are about to pop .
The largest bubble is the one inhabited by people who complacently believe in time travel , i.e .
that the world of 2019 is about to replace the nightmare of 2020 and we can all go back to our carefree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealth forever and ever .
The greater one ’ s sense of security , the more durable the bubble .
Those in America ’ s top 10 % who have reaped virtually all the gains in income and wealth of the past 20 years live in a bubble that they view as unbreakable : no matter what problems arise , their personal income and wealth is secured by the government , central bank , etc .
Put another way , the top 10 % are confident their position atop the wealth-power pyramid is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dip in stocks , bonds , real estate , bat guano futures , etc .
that causes their personal wealth to decline ( horrors ! )
will be instantly bought because the Federal Reserve will print another couple trillion dollars and funnel it into risk assets , as it has done for the past 20 years .
Any spot of bother in the gravy trains that fund the top 10 % –local and state government , universities , Big Tech , Big Pharma , Department of Defense , Wall Street , hedge funds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doused with trillions of dollars borrowed or printed into existence by the Treasury or Fed .
No matter what spot of bother arises , the solution–more trillions–is just a few keystrokes away .
The top 10 % are supremely confident in the godlike powers of these agencies and solutions : the idea that these “ solutions ” become insoluble problems does not compute , just as a decline in asset valuations that doesn ’ t rebound within three weeks thanks to Fed intervention is firmly outside the realm of possibility .
The top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rightness of their position atop the heap .
That their position atop the heap is largely the result of a web of privilege and a long run of extraordinarily good fortune does not enter their bubble at all ; in their bubble , their wealth , status , prestige and income are all the result of hard work and merit .
While this is certainly true for some , it is not true for all , and even those who scraped their way to the top the hard way do not recognize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ( and arguably the past 50 years ) has been largely the result of a financialized rising tide raising all boats .
In a Bull Market in virtually everything ( except commodities ) , everyone is a hard-working genius who got it all via merit .
On top of this myopic belief that their success is all the result of their own endeavors rather than a tide of financialization , the top 10 % are equally blind to the toxic consequences of the wealth/income inequality that has so richly benefited the few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The idea that the bottom 90 % might rebel against the financial / political system that has favored the already-wealthy for a generation is outside the top 10 % ’ s realm of possibility .
But tides do not run in one direction forever , and a revolt against the unprecedented inequality that heavily favors the top 10 % is not “ impossible , ” it ’ s a certainty .
The top 10 % are accustomed to being admired and respected for their accomplishments , expertise , wise investing and professional acumen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the essential technocrat class that keeps the U.S. system functioning .
The problem with this self-congratulatory perspective is the U.S. system is now in thrall to process rather than results .
The technocrat class has been trained to follow needlessly complex procedures and compliance processes as the path to professional advancement while avoiding accountability for the increasingly dismal results of America ’ s bloated , sclerotic , insider-dominated systems .
All this needless complexity will be jettisoned once printing/borrowing trillions become the problem rather than the solution .
The bottom 90 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of income and wealth , they will also demand a system that actually functions for the greater social good rather than for insiders , parasites , leeches and technocrat processors who declare victory not from results but from their success in following approved processes / narratives .
Once costs must be cut and results take precedence over process , much of the technocrat class will find itself replaced by automated software .
Those that remain will be valued for getting results by whatever means are available , up to and including ignoring all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top 10 % –the rentier-technocrat class–will find the bottom 90 % can no longer pay their rent , insurance , etc.–all the “ services ” that employ and enrich the top 10 % .
In other words , the losses as unproductive complexity unravels will finally fall on the top 10 % , many of whom have been protected from exposure to market forces and risk .
Lastly , the top 10 % ’ s ownership of assets will be crushed by asset deflation as insolvency can no longer be papered over by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of top 10 % wealth ( that the bottom 90 % own very little of ) will go bidless as phantom wealth dissipates into the thin air from whence it came .
The top 10 % reckon they ’ re untouchable , safe and protected in their asset lifeboats , and the sinking of the 90 % won ’ t affect them .
The top 10 % ’ s bubble is about to burst .
Not only will their lifeboats prove unstable , every level of government will come after whatever is left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form of income and wealth .
Unlike the bottom 60 % , who have few illusions about the rampant unfairness and predation of real-world America , the top 10 % ’ s bubble is 90 % illusion seasoned with 10 % absolute delusion .
The comfortable are about to experience some of the discomfort that is everyday life for the bottom 60 % , and an increasing percentage of the next 30 % who still aspire to fantasies of middle-class security will find social mobility is an escalator down .

by Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds:
When the top 10%’s bubble pops in 2021, the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “wealth” were real.
A great many people are living in bubbles that are about to pop. The largest bubble is the one inhabited by people who complacently believe in time travel, i.e. that the world of 2019 is about to replace the nightmare of 2020 and we can all go back to our carefree debt-funded consumption frenzy and illusions of ever-greater wealth forever and ever.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
The greater one’s sense of security, the more durable the bubble. Those in America’s top 10% who have reaped virtually all the gains in income and wealth of the past 20 years live in a bubble that they view as unbreakable: no matter what problems arise, their personal income and wealth is secured by the government, central bank, etc.
Put another way, the top 10% are confident their position atop the wealth-power pyramid is secure no matter what happens. Any dip in stocks, bonds, real estate, bat guano futures, etc. that causes their personal wealth to decline (horrors!) will be instantly bought because the Federal Reserve will print another couple trillion dollars and funnel it into risk assets, as it has done for the past 20 years.
Any spot of bother in the gravy trains that fund the top 10%–local and state government, universities, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Department of Defense, Wall Street, hedge funds, venture capital, etc.– will be doused with trillions of dollars borrowed or printed into existence by the Treasury or Fed. No matter what spot of bother arises, the solution–more trillions–is just a few keystrokes away.
The top 10% are supremely confident in the godlike powers of these agencies and solutions: the idea that these “solutions” become insoluble problems does not compute, just as a decline in asset valuations that doesn’t rebound within three weeks thanks to Fed intervention is firmly outside the realm of possibility.
The top 10% are also supremely confident in the rightness of their position atop the heap. That their position atop the heap is largely the result of a web of privilege and a long run of extraordinarily good fortune does not enter their bubble at all; in their bubble, their wealth, status, prestige and income are all the result of hard work and merit.
While this is certainly true for some, it is not true for all, and even those who scraped their way to the top the hard way do not recognize that their success over the past 20 years (and arguably the past 50 years) has been largely the result of a financialized rising tide raising all boats. In a Bull Market in virtually everything (except commodities), everyone is a hard-working genius who got it all via merit.
On top of this myopic belief that their success is all the result of their own endeavors rather than a tide of financialization, the top 10% are equally blind to the toxic consequences of the wealth/income inequality that has so richly benefited the few at the expense of the many. The idea that the bottom 90% might rebel against the financial / political system that has favored the already-wealthy for a generation is outside the top 10%’s realm of possibility.
But tides do not run in one direction forever, and a revolt against the unprecedented inequality that heavily favors the top 10% is not “impossible,” it’s a certainty. The top 10% are accustomed to being admired and respected for their accomplishments, expertise, wise investing and professional acumen. They are accustomed to viewing themselves as the essential technocrat class that keeps the U.S. system functioning.
The problem with this self-congratulatory perspective is the U.S. system is now in thrall to process rather than results. The technocrat class has been trained to follow needlessly complex procedures and compliance processes as the path to professional advancement while avoiding accountability for the increasingly dismal results of America’s bloated, sclerotic, insider-dominated systems.
All this needless complexity will be jettisoned once printing/borrowing trillions become the problem rather than the solution. The bottom 90% will demand not just a fairer distribution of income and wealth, they will also demand a system that actually functions for the greater social good rather than for insiders, parasites, leeches and technocrat processors who declare victory not from results but from their success in following approved processes / narratives.
Once costs must be cut and results take precedence over process, much of the technocrat class will find itself replaced by automated software. Those that remain will be valued for getting results by whatever means are available, up to and including ignoring all compliance procedures and bureaucratic box-ticking.
The top 10%–the rentier-technocrat class–will find the bottom 90% can no longer pay their rent, insurance, etc.–all the “services” that employ and enrich the top 10%. In other words, the losses as unproductive complexity unravels will finally fall on the top 10%, many of whom have been protected from exposure to market forces and risk.
Lastly, the top 10%’s ownership of assets will be crushed by asset deflation as insolvency can no longer be papered over by liquidity. Assets that are the foundation of top 10% wealth (that the bottom 90% own very little of) will go bidless as phantom wealth dissipates into the thin air from whence it came.
Read More @ OfTwoMinds.com


sgtreport--2020-12-31--Welcome To The People’s Republic Of Seattle

If you haven ’ t seen the documentary The Fight For The Soul Of Seattle , or even if you have , there is one fact you probably don ’ t know about it .
Ted Bundy was once appointed to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee .
If that sounds like a sick joke , what has been happening recently is on a par with it , because while murder is still illegal in the Emerald City , just , the progressive imbeciles who control it have been considering a new “ poverty defense ” to misdemeanors including theft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if the perpetrator is homeless or “ mentally ill ” , theft or even clonking someone over the head may be excusable out of “ necessity ” .
If that sounds far fetched , here is Keith Ellison , the Attorney General of Minnesota explaining how a rape victim should call a social worker rather than the police , because clearly she will benefit more from counselling from some idiot rape crisis worker than seeing her attacker taken off the street .
Ellison is the man more than any other who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two billion dollars of damage caused to America because he gratuitously withheld the police bodycam video of the death of George Floyd , video that while not exonerating his accused killer , provides a different perspective on his death .
In Los Angeles , progressives are instituting similar changes .
Not all these are bad ; the elimination of cash bail – if applied sensibly – is a good thing .
In the UK , suspects are generally bailed in their own recognisance , sometimes with conditions .
A breach of bail is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is likely to result in a remand in custody , but what has been happening in New York City should be a warning to the entire country .
Cash bail was abolished at the beginning of the year .
In January , the homeless Eugene Webb was said to have punched a woman in the face dislodging two of her teeth .
This was an unprovoked attack on a stranger , and certainly in the UK would have warranted a remand in custody .
Instead , he was turned loose , and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again on a similar charge that a judge ordered he be detained for a mental health assessment .
This case is far from unique .
But , bad as New York , Los Angeles , and the State of Minnesota may be , Seattle tops them all .
The defunding of its police and the campaigns against them is leading to their mass exodus .
While such defunding isn ’ t a bad idea per se , it is one thing to order them to turn a blind eye to victimless crimes such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marijuana , but quite another to hold them back while the city is torn apart by rioters .
The madness in Portland , Oregon was arguably even worse .
Seattle also has its own brand of fake news .
Recently , leaflets that claim a man was murdered by the police in December 2015 have been distributed there .
Raymond Azevedo was indeed shot dead in Northeast Seattle , but a simple Google search turns up dramatic dash-cam footage of a car chase like something out of a Hollywood crime fantasy film .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ three vehicles before he was blasted to death while still trying to make his getaway .
All these jurisdictions have one thing in common , they are Democrat controlled , run largely by progressives .
To keep abreast with just how bad things are in Seattle , check out the Seattle Real Estate Podcast ( pictured above ) which can be found on YouTube .
It remains to be seen how much real estate there will be there if present trends continue .
What buildings remain standing will be valueless .

by TheDarkMan, The Duran:
If you haven’t seen the documentary The Fight For The Soul Of Seattle, or even if you have, there is one fact you probably don’t know about it. Ted Bundy was once appointed to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. If that sounds like a sick joke, what has been happening recently is on a par with it, because while murder is still illegal in the Emerald City, just, the progressive imbeciles who control it have been considering a new “poverty defense” to misdemeanors including theft and assault.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
That’s right, if the perpetrator is homeless or “mentally ill”, theft or even clonking someone over the head may be excusable out of “necessity”. If that sounds far fetched, here is Keith Ellison, the Attorney General of Minnesota explaining how a rape victim should call a social worker rather than the police, because clearly she will benefit more from counselling from some idiot rape crisis worker than seeing her attacker taken off the street. Ellison is the man more than any other who was responsible for the recent mass rioting and two billion dollars of damage caused to America because he gratuitously withheld the police bodycam video of the death of George Floyd, video that while not exonerating his accused killer, provides a different perspective on his death.
In Los Angeles, progressives are instituting similar changes. Not all these are bad; the elimination of cash bail – if applied sensibly – is a good thing. In the UK, suspects are generally bailed in their own recognisance, sometimes with conditions. A breach of bail is a criminal offence in itself, and is likely to result in a remand in custody, but what has been happening in New York City should be a warning to the entire country. Cash bail was abolished at the beginning of the year. In January, the homeless Eugene Webb was said to have punched a woman in the face dislodging two of her teeth. This was an unprovoked attack on a stranger, and certainly in the UK would have warranted a remand in custody. Instead, he was turned loose, and it was only when he appeared in court again on a similar charge that a judge ordered he be detained for a mental health assessment. This case is far from unique.
But, bad as New York, Los Angeles, and the State of Minnesota may be, Seattle tops them all. The defunding of its police and the campaigns against them is leading to their mass exodus. While such defunding isn’t a bad idea per se, it is one thing to order them to turn a blind eye to victimless crimes such as prostitution and possessing small quantities of marijuana, but quite another to hold them back while the city is torn apart by rioters. The madness in Portland, Oregon was arguably even worse.
Seattle also has its own brand of fake news. Recently, leaflets that claim a man was murdered by the police in December 2015 have been distributed there. Raymond Azevedo was indeed shot dead in Northeast Seattle, but a simple Google search turns up dramatic dash-cam footage of a car chase like something out of a Hollywood crime fantasy film. Hardened recidivist Azevedo stole no fewer than three vehicles before he was blasted to death while still trying to make his getaway.
All these jurisdictions have one thing in common, they are Democrat controlled, run largely by progressives. To keep abreast with just how bad things are in Seattle, check out the Seattle Real Estate Podcast (pictured above) which can be found on YouTube. It remains to be seen how much real estate there will be there if present trends continue. What buildings remain standing will be valueless.
Read More @ TheDuran.com


sgtreport--2020-12-31--A New Record High Trade Deficit in Goods

• Exports of goods for November were $ 127.2 billion , $ 1.1 billion more than October exports .
• @ @ @ @ @ were $ 212.0 billion , $ 5.5 billion more than October imports .
Trade deficits @ @ @ @ @ not this time .
$ 84.8 billion , if it holds , would be a @ @ @ @ @ Report only covers goods .
The US runs a surplus in services so the combined @ @ @ @ @ For discussion and the latest charts on the combined deficits , please see Not Even @ @ @ @ @ Deficit .
Using Tariffs to Pay Down Debt

by Mish Shedlock, The Street:
The Advance Trade Deficit in Goods would be a new record high if the estimate holds.
Advance Trade Deficit in GoodsThe Commerce Department Advance Report shows the trade deficit widened by 5.5% in November. The international trade deficit was $84.8 billion in November, up $4.4 billion from $80.4 billion in October. The Commerce Department Advance Report shows the trade deficit widened by 5.5% in November.
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Exports of goods for November were $127.2 billion, $1.1 billion more than October exports.
Imports of goods for November were $212.0 billion, $5.5 billion more than October imports.
Series Record High
Trade deficits normally shrink in recessions but not this time. $84.8 billion, if it holds, would be a new record.
The Advance Report only covers goods. The US runs a surplus in services so the combined net will be lower.
For discussion and the latest charts on the combined deficits, please see Not Even Recession Helped the US Trade Deficit.
It’s Easy!
When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 2, 2018
An Amazing Deal
We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China. They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more. The 25% Tariffs will remain as is, with 7 1/2% put on much of the remainder…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2019
Using Tariffs to Pay Down Debt
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sgtreport--2020-12-31--Another solution to lockdowns: The Constitutional lawyers

by Jon Rappoport , No More Fake News : There are a few principles involved in any effort to change the direction of fascist control .
One person alone doing or saying something may have an effect .
Two hundred people—each on his own—doing or saying the same basic thing—will have a significant effect .
Two hundred people—some alone and some together—will have a larger effect .
A person who sees himself as isolated and alone will probably not believe his actions have any effect .
So he stays silent .
He could have an IQ of 90 or 190 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mistake lockdown opponents are making comes down to : failure to see the bigger picture .
And the big picture is composed of many different individuals and groups taking action of various kinds—which add up to a tsunami of our own , against the wall-to-wall messaging of the lockdown liars and fascists .
I ’ ve read a great deal of what constitutional lawyers have to say about the lockdowns .
I ’ m not talking about heroic lawyers who are actively filing lawsuits against governments .
I mean lawyers who are largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to court .
Problems having to do with judges , with the intricacies of the law , with past court decisions , with technical issues .
If two hundred of those lawyers instead turned their attention to BASIC constitutional foundations , and published papers and essays and spoke out on THAT subject , we would see a tide beginning to turn in our favor .
Constitutional lawyers are , first and foremost , supposed to understand the underlying meaning and purpose of the Constitution , which takes precedent over minutiae .
If they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trees , they should pack up their offices and seek other work .
So let me repeat what I ’ ve been saying for months .
There is a constitutional line that can ’ t be crossed for ANY reason .
A government can ’ t take away the freedom of citizens because some disaster has occurred .
This goes beyond the question of whether the disaster is real or imagined .
It doesn ’ t matter .
Freedom to live , to live out in the open , to work , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is untouchable .
There are a million ways to spell this out .
I challenge constitutional lawyers to DO IT .
Not just a few lawyers .
MANY .
Go to work .
Your area of focus is the jackpot of all legal focuses : the Constitution itself , why it is there , what it means , what it is FOR .
What are you waiting for ?
The sky to collapse ?
Why aren ’ t 200 or 5000 of you turning into tigers ?
Are you trying to prove to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re all irretrievably going down the drain ?
Is that your final response to the constitutional crisis we ’ re facing ?
Is the measure of your worth the amount of dilly-dallying you can perform on the minutiae surrounding the eternal struggle for FREEDOM ?
Realize that if a few hundred of you publish and speak out , you can have an enormous effect .
I understand that some of you know very little about gaining publicity for your views .
I do know something about gaining publicity for the truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you comes to me , I will give you what I can to help you achieve visibility .
Turn your attention to writing and speaking on behalf of the people , instead of the media and your colleagues .
Come to grips with what first inspired you to study the founding documents of the Republic—before the practicalities of your profession turned you into…

by Jon Rappoport, No More Fake News:
There are a few principles involved in any effort to change the direction of fascist control.
One person alone doing or saying something may have an effect.
Two hundred people—each on his own—doing or saying the same basic thing—will have a significant effect.
Two hundred people—some alone and some together—will have a larger effect.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
A person who sees himself as isolated and alone will probably not believe his actions have any effect. So he stays silent. He could have an IQ of 90 or 190; he stays silent.
The primary mistake lockdown opponents are making comes down to: failure to see the bigger picture.
And the big picture is composed of many different individuals and groups taking action of various kinds—which add up to a tsunami of our own, against the wall-to-wall messaging of the lockdown liars and fascists.
I’ve read a great deal of what constitutional lawyers have to say about the lockdowns. I’m not talking about heroic lawyers who are actively filing lawsuits against governments. I mean lawyers who are largely spelling out problems in bringing these cases to court.
Problems having to do with judges, with the intricacies of the law, with past court decisions, with technical issues.
If two hundred of those lawyers instead turned their attention to BASIC constitutional foundations, and published papers and essays and spoke out on THAT subject, we would see a tide beginning to turn in our favor.
Constitutional lawyers are, first and foremost, supposed to understand the underlying meaning and purpose of the Constitution, which takes precedent over minutiae.
If they can’t see the forest for the trees, they should pack up their offices and seek other work.
So let me repeat what I’ve been saying for months. There is a constitutional line that can’t be crossed for ANY reason. A government can’t take away the freedom of citizens because some disaster has occurred.
This goes beyond the question of whether the disaster is real or imagined. It doesn’t matter. Freedom to live, to live out in the open, to work, to do business, to survive, is untouchable.
There are a million ways to spell this out. I challenge constitutional lawyers to DO IT. Not just a few lawyers. MANY. Go to work. Your area of focus is the jackpot of all legal focuses: the Constitution itself, why it is there, what it means, what it is FOR.
What are you waiting for? The sky to collapse?
Why aren’t 200 or 5000 of you turning into tigers?
Are you trying to prove to doomsayers that they’re right and we’re all irretrievably going down the drain?
Is that your final response to the constitutional crisis we’re facing?
Is the measure of your worth the amount of dilly-dallying you can perform on the minutiae surrounding the eternal struggle for FREEDOM?
Realize that if a few hundred of you publish and speak out, you can have an enormous effect.
I understand that some of you know very little about gaining publicity for your views. I do know something about gaining publicity for the truth. If a group of 20 of you comes to me, I will give you what I can to help you achieve visibility.
Turn your attention to writing and speaking on behalf of the people, instead of the media and your colleagues. Come to grips with what first inspired you to study the founding documents of the Republic—before the practicalities of your profession turned you into…
Read More @ JonRappoport.com


sgtreport--2020-12-31--The World Is Awash In Negative Yielding Debt

So far , the US has escaped negative interest rates as a matter of central bank policy .
Back in May , many thought a Fed move to negative rates was a real possibility .
Of course , much of the world has operated under negative rates as a matter of policy for years .
The European Central Bank ( ECB ) launched negative rates in June 2014 .
The Bank of Japan ( BOJ ) introduced negative rates in January 2016 .
Both are still maintaining a negative rate policy today .
While the Fed has resisted the temptation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that doesn ’ t mean Americans have escaped the reality of below-zero real rates .
In fact , the world is awash in negative-yielding debt .
Financial analyst Jim Grant ’ s newsletter , Almost Daily Grant ( ADG ) , called it “ a new benchmark in financial repression ” noting that a record $ 18.4 trillion in global debt is priced to yield less than zero .
That ’ s up from less than $ 8 trillion ( still a huge number ) in March .
In an article published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ French noted that interest rate historians Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla put it into perspective , writing , “ nominal negative-yielding debt had never been seen in material size in the 4,000 years of interest rate history prior to the current cycle.
” Negative bond yields were once considered to be “ economic lunacy.
” Now they are economic normalcy .
But so what ?
Economist Ludwig von Mises warned what would happen if interest were abolished – and that ’ s effectively what negative yields do .
There can not be any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , laws , or devices of bank manipulation .
He who wants to ‘ abolish ’ interest will have to induce people to value an apple available in a hundred years no less than a present apple .
What can be abolished by laws and decrees is merely the right of the capitalist to receive interest .
But such decrees would bring about capital consumption and would very soon throw mankind back into the original state of natural poverty.
” French said that we can ’ t be sure what Mises meant by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not just a problem overseas .
Financial Times writer John Dizard predicts “ a train wreck ” in the US Treasury market writing that given the level of US government spending over the next several months and the cash it has on hand , “ it is possible , even likely , that Treasury bill rates will be negative for a significant period of time .
Other key interest rates such as SOFR , the lending benchmark , could well follow T-bill into negative territory.
” In other words , the Fed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s out of control spending have completely distorted the bond market .
The Fed has to keep interest rates at these artificially low levels to continue the borrowing binge necessary to keep the economy propped up .
But what happens when the inevitable inflation gets too hot ?
As Peter put it , “ the dollar ’ s loss is not America ’ s win.
” The rate of interest is the price of ‘ time.
’ It ’ s safe to say the world ’ s central banks have manipulated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instead of Powell and Lagarde setting this price , Rothbard should be heeded , ‘ the best interest rate is the free market , or the ‘ natural ’ interest rate , set by the workings of free man under natural law , i.e.
, the rate determined by the supply of and demand for money loans at any given time.
’ ” As French put it , “ If interest rates are not set by the free market , there is no freedom .
”

by Peter Schiff, Schiff Gold:
So far, the US has escaped negative interest rates as a matter of central bank policy. Back in May, many thought a Fed move to negative rates was a real possibility. Of course, much of the world has operated under negative rates as a matter of policy for years. The European Central Bank (ECB) launched negative rates in June 2014. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) introduced negative rates in January 2016. Both are still maintaining a negative rate policy today.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
While the Fed has resisted the temptation of a negative rate policy so far, that doesn’t mean Americans have escaped the reality of below-zero real rates. In fact, the world is awash in negative-yielding debt.
Financial analyst Jim Grant’s newsletter, Almost Daily Grant (ADG), called it “a new benchmark in financial repression” noting that a record $18.4 trillion in global debt is priced to yield less than zero. That’s up from less than $8 trillion (still a huge number) in March.
In an article published by the Mises Wire, economist Doug French noted that interest rate historians Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla put it into perspective, writing, “nominal negative-yielding debt had never been seen in material size in the 4,000 years of interest rate history prior to the current cycle.”
Negative bond yields were once considered to be “economic lunacy.” Now they are economic normalcy.
But so what?
Economist Ludwig von Mises warned what would happen if interest were abolished – and that’s effectively what negative yields do.
There cannot be any question of abolishing interest by any institutions, laws, or devices of bank manipulation. He who wants to ‘abolish’ interest will have to induce people to value an apple available in a hundred years no less than a present apple. What can be abolished by laws and decrees is merely the right of the capitalist to receive interest. But such decrees would bring about capital consumption and would very soon throw mankind back into the original state of natural poverty.”
French said that we can’t be sure what Mises meant by “very soon.”
But, to read ADG, the march toward ‘the original state of poverty’ will continue.”
French continues:
In Europe, where negative nominal rates have been the norm since 2014 and are currently minus 50 basis points, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said that further easing remains ‘part of our toolbox.’”
And it’s not just a problem overseas.
Financial Times writer John Dizard predicts “a train wreck” in the US Treasury market writing that given the level of US government spending over the next several months and the cash it has on hand, “it is possible, even likely, that Treasury bill rates will be negative for a significant period of time. Other key interest rates such as SOFR, the lending benchmark, could well follow T-bill into negative territory.”
In other words, the Fed’s monetary manipulations and the US government’s out of control spending have completely distorted the bond market.
The Fed has to keep interest rates at these artificially low levels to continue the borrowing binge necessary to keep the economy propped up. But what happens when the inevitable inflation gets too hot? As Peter put it, “the dollar’s loss is not America’s win.”
French sums things up quoting Murray Rothbard.
The rate of interest is the price of ‘time.’ It’s safe to say the world’s central banks have manipulated and mispriced what time is worth. Instead of Powell and Lagarde setting this price, Rothbard should be heeded, ‘the best interest rate is the free market, or the ‘natural’ interest rate, set by the workings of free man under natural law, i.e., the rate determined by the supply of and demand for money loans at any given time.’”
As French put it, “If interest rates are not set by the free market, there is no freedom.”
Read More @ SchiffGold.com


sgtreport--2020-12-31--The Dead Zone: Giuliani says election counted ‘10,315 people’ in obituaries

Rudy Giuliani , a Trump campaign lawyer who has been fighting election fraud in several swing states where Joe Biden was declared the victor in the 2020 race after the president appeared to have significant leads , has congratulated Georgia lawmakers for having some really resilient voters .
So resilient they can vote after they ’ re dead .
“ That ’ s pretty tough to do , vote when you ’ re dead , ” he told a legislative committee , sarcastically , as he argued that the evidence of vote fraud in the state demands lawmakers take action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden victory .
In video that appeared from the hearing , he said , “ You had 10,315 people , that we can determine from obituaries , were dead when they voted.
” He also said there were problems with felons voting , people voting after they had moved , and more .
He explained there were phony votes , dead people and felons voting , but the solution isn ’ t complicated .
e Constitution assigns to state lawmakers the responsibility for election laws , as well as the designation of Electoral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He charged , “ Do you have the courage to put up with what ’ s going to happen if you in fact change that certification and do the right thing .
You ’ ll be attacked , you ’ ll be pilloried , you ’ ll be described in all sorts of horrible ways .
But you ’ ll wake up the next morning and look in the mirror and you ’ ll be able to say ‘ I did the right thing . '
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from WND:
Tells Georgia lawmakers it’s ‘pretty tough’ for dead people to vote
Rudy Giuliani, a Trump campaign lawyer who has been fighting election fraud in several swing states where Joe Biden was declared the victor in the 2020 race after the president appeared to have significant leads, has congratulated Georgia lawmakers for having some really resilient voters.
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So resilient they can vote after they’re dead.
“That’s pretty tough to do, vote when you’re dead,” he told a legislative committee, sarcastically, as he argued that the evidence of vote fraud in the state demands lawmakers take action to prevent the wrong result – that Biden victory.
In video that appeared from the hearing, he said, “You had 10,315 people, that we can determine from obituaries, were dead when they voted.”
Giuliani to Georgia state legislature: “You had 10,315 people, that we can determine from obituaries, were dead when they voted. That’s pretty tough to do….Your Secretary of State is engaged in what I consider an unlawful cover-up. He won’t let us look at records.” pic.twitter.com/W7cTj7ygb1 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 30, 2020
He also said there were problems with felons voting, people voting after they had moved, and more.
He explained there were phony votes, dead people and felons voting, but the solution isn’t complicated.
e Constitution assigns to state lawmakers the responsibility for election laws, as well as the designation of Electoral College electors to represent the state.
He charged, “Do you have the courage to put up with what’s going to happen if you in fact change that certification and do the right thing. You’ll be attacked, you’ll be pilloried, you’ll be described in all sorts of horrible ways. But you’ll wake up the next morning and look in the mirror and you’ll be able to say ‘I did the right thing.'”
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sgtreport--2020-12-31--UK APPROVES BREXIT//USA ELECTION CHAOS

UK APPROVES BREXIT//USA ELECTION CHAOS

YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE COMEX OPEN INTEREST STARTS TO RISE IN THIS ACTIVE MONTH OF DEC .
BUT @ @ @ @ @ OF SPREADERS .
THE OPEN INTEREST IN SILVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL ONE WEEK @ @ @ @ @ AN UPCOMING NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH ( JAN ) , AND THAT IS WHEN THE @ @ @ @ @ BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE DAY .
THEY WILL USE THE SELL @ @ @ @ @ CREATE THE CASCADE ( ALONG WITH THEIR COLLUSIVE FRIENDS ) AND THEN COVER ON THE @ @ @ @ @ SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY .
THEY DO THIS TO AVOID POSITION LIMIT @ @ @ @ @ THE SPREADING FORMATION CONTINUES FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND ENDS ON FIRST DAY NOTICE .
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YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE COMEX OPEN INTEREST STARTS TO RISE IN THIS ACTIVE MONTH OF DEC. BUT SO IS THE OPEN INTEREST OF SPREADERS. THE OPEN INTEREST IN SILVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL ONE WEEK BEFORE FIRST DAY NOTICE OF AN UPCOMING NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH (JAN), AND THAT IS WHEN THE CROOKS SELL THEIR SPREAD POSITIONS BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE DAY. THEY WILL USE THE SELL SIDE OF THE EQUATION TO CREATE THE CASCADE (ALONG WITH THEIR COLLUSIVE FRIENDS) AND THEN COVER ON THE BUY SIDE OF THE SPREAD SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY DO THIS TO AVOID POSITION LIMIT DETECTION. THE LIQUIDATION OF THE SPREADING FORMATION CONTINUES FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND ENDS ON FIRST DAY NOTICE.”


sgtreport--2020-12-31--WHO Official Says Coronavirus Likely ‘Not The Big One’

The novel coronavirus pandemic is “ not necessarily the big one , ” World Health Organization ( WHO ) emergencies chief Mike Ryan warned Monday .
“ These threats will continue , ” he said .
“ One thing we need to take from this pandemic , with all of the tragedy and loss , is we need to get our act together.
” There have reportedly been more than 340,000 CVOID-19- related deaths in the United States since the start of the pandemic .
Notably , the U.S. has a very liberal measure for counting deaths with the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the person in question had tested positive for the virus within about 30 days of their deaths .
The wide net has included even drowning and gunshot wound victims in state totals , for example .
In September , the CDC informed the public that out of all the deaths attributed to COVID , 6 % of those deaths had COVID alone cited as the cause , noting , “ For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19 , on average , there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemiologist at the University of South Florida , clarified the alarming statistic , noting that there is “ nothing misleading in the CDC report itself , ” but stressed that the 6 % statistic is often being taken “ out of context.
” The epidemiologist added that what the “ CDC ’ s update really means is that 94 % of the people who died from the coronavirus had at least one other health condition , in addition to COVID-19 , that could have contributed to their passing , ” ABC7 WWSB reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Ryan made headlines when he acknowledged that lockdowns in nations across the world had “ in some senses ” driven infections from off the street to inside the home , advocating the removal of the sick from homes into “ dignified ” isolation .
Praising efforts in Singapore , Ryan suggested there be medical professionals going door to door to find those likely infected , and “ remove ” them from the home for “ dignified ” isolation , The Daily Wire reported at the time : “ In most parts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of the transmission that ’ s actually happening in many countries now is happening in the household , at family level , ” acknowledged Dr. Ryan on March 30 .
“ In some senses , transmission has been taken off the streets and pushed back into family units.
” “ Now , we need to go and look in families to find those people who may be sick and remove them and isolate them in a safe and dignified manner , ” the official continued .
“ That ’ s what I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement restrictions and shutdowns and stay-at-home orders can only be made if we have in place the means to be able to detect suspect cases , isolate confirmed cases , track contacts , and follow up on the contacts ’ health at all times , ” explained Dr. Ryan , “ and then isolate any of those people who become sick themselves .
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by Amanda Prestigiacomo, Daily Wire:
The novel coronavirus pandemic is “not necessarily the big one,” World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies chief Mike Ryan warned Monday.
“This pandemic has been very severe,” Ryan said at the global health agency’s last virtual media briefing of 2020, The Washington Post reported. “It has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one.” According to Ryan, the world needs to brace for a far deadlier pandemic in the future and view the coronavirus as a “wake-up call.”
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“These threats will continue,” he said. “One thing we need to take from this pandemic, with all of the tragedy and loss, is we need to get our act together.”
There have reportedly been more than 340,000 CVOID-19- related deaths in the United States since the start of the pandemic. Notably, the U.S. has a very liberal measure for counting deaths with the coronavirus, with states typically including any death where the person in question had tested positive for the virus within about 30 days of their deaths. The wide net has included even drowning and gunshot wound victims in state totals, for example.
In September, the CDC informed the public that out of all the deaths attributed to COVID, 6% of those deaths had COVID alone cited as the cause, noting, “For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.”
Dr. Jason Salemi, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida, clarified the alarming statistic, noting that there is “nothing misleading in the CDC report itself,” but stressed that the 6% statistic is often being taken “out of context.” The epidemiologist added that what the “CDC’s update really means is that 94% of the people who died from the coronavirus had at least one other health condition, in addition to COVID-19, that could have contributed to their passing,” ABC7 WWSB reported at the time.
Back in March, Ryan made headlines when he acknowledged that lockdowns in nations across the world had “in some senses” driven infections from off the street to inside the home, advocating the removal of the sick from homes into “dignified” isolation.
Praising efforts in Singapore, Ryan suggested there be medical professionals going door to door to find those likely infected, and “remove” them from the home for “dignified” isolation, The Daily Wire reported at the time:
“In most parts of the world, due to lockdown, most of the transmission that’s actually happening in many countries now is happening in the household, at family level,” acknowledged Dr. Ryan on March 30. “In some senses, transmission has been taken off the streets and pushed back into family units.” “Now, we need to go and look in families to find those people who may be sick and remove them and isolate them in a safe and dignified manner,” the official continued. “That’s what I was saying previously … the transition from movement restrictions and shutdowns and stay-at-home orders can only be made if we have in place the means to be able to detect suspect cases, isolate confirmed cases, track contacts, and follow up on the contacts’ health at all times,” explained Dr. Ryan, “and then isolate any of those people who become sick themselves.”
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sgtreport--2020-12-31--There Are Over One Million Illegitimate Votes In Three States Alone That Woud Give the Election to P

There Are Over One Million Illegitimate Votes In Three States Alone That Woud Give the Election to President Trump If Addressed

There are over one million votes in three swing states that when addressed will give the election to President Trump .
Yes this is true .
Big Media , Big Tech , Big Pharma , the Democrat Party and China won ’ t tell you this but this is indeed true .
There are more than enough votes that when addressed properly will give the election to President Trump .
The question is , will there be enough courageous politicians to recognize this and the true winner of the 2020 election .
We ’ ve reported over the past few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deemed more than 200,000 ballots illegitimate in the 2020 election .
These ballots are estimated to be heavily for Joe Biden and invalid .
Removing the majority of these illegitimate ballots from the Biden gang will place the state solidly in the Trump column .
We reported this past week that the state of Pennsylvania reported 200,000 more votes than voters .
Moving these from the state ’ s tallies would most likely move the state to the Trump column .
There are similar situations in the other swing states .
But addressing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electoral college votes in the Trump column than in the Biden camp as we ’ ve noted before ( see number 5 ) : The courts and state governments have prevented the true results of the 2020 election from being unveiled .
Big Media and Big Tech won ’ t report and of this as well , but it doesn ’ t matter .

by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit:
There are over one million votes in three swing states that when addressed will give the election to President Trump.
Yes this is true. Big Media, Big Tech, Big Pharma, the Democrat Party and China won’t tell you this but this is indeed true. There are more than enough votes that when addressed properly will give the election to President Trump. The question is, will there be enough courageous politicians to recognize this and the true winner of the 2020 election.
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Wisconsin
We’ve reported over the past few weeks how the Supreme Court in Wisconsin deemed more than 200,000 ballots illegitimate in the 2020 election. These ballots are estimated to be heavily for Joe Biden and invalid. Removing the majority of these illegitimate ballots from the Biden gang will place the state solidly in the Trump column.
Georgia
Pennsylvania
We reported this past week that the state of Pennsylvania reported 200,000 more votes than voters. Moving these from the state’s tallies would most likely move the state to the Trump column.
There are similar situations in the other swing states. But addressing the above items alone would place more electoral college votes in the Trump column than in the Biden camp as we’ve noted before (see number 5):
The courts and state governments have prevented the true results of the 2020 election from being unveiled. Big Media and Big Tech won’t report and of this as well, but it doesn’t matter.
Read More @ TheGatewayPundit.com


sgtreport--2020-04-01--The expert behind the Covid-19 shutdown was wrong on CJD and foot-and-mouth, and is probably wrong a

The expert behind the Covid-19 shutdown was wrong on CJD and foot-and-mouth, and is probably wrong again now. But he’s not alone

It may beggar belief that the UK government took the advice of a professor who ’ s messed up before .
But let ’ s not forget that it ’ s our leaders who chose to implement the measures causing long-term harm to our economy and society .
In the UK government ’ s daily press conference on Covid-19 on Sunday , the deputy chief medical officer , Jenny Harries , explained the government ’ s approach to the unprecedented measures put in place to tackle the pandemic .
Her manner was calm , but her message depressing : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three months to see if we ’ ve really squashed it , three to six months ideally , there ’ s lots of uncertainty in that , to see at what point we can get back to normal , it is plausible it could go further than that.
” The measures are astonishing by the standards of wartime , never mind peacetime .
Essentially , the UK is now under a form of house arrest .
Healthy citizens under the age of 70 are allowed out only for exercise , to buy essentials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really can ’ t work from home , and to help with the needs of others .
For everyone over 70 or who has a health condition that leaves them particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 , the strong advice is not to leave their homes at all till mid-June at the earliest .
While these measures do not , as yet , go quite as far as those in Spain , Italy and France , they nonetheless mean an enormous loss of freedom and will cause substantial damage to the economy and living standards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ advice ” , police forces across the UK are using their new powers to enforce these edicts .
Are such measures justified ?
The government has been heavily influenced by the group of modellers at Imperial College London led by Professor Neil Ferguson .
A major turning point in the UK ’ s battle with Covid-19 was a report by this group , released on 16 March .
Up to that point , the government was intent on keeping schools open for as long as possible , and allowing pubs and restaurants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid them .
The aim was , as the Imperial report described it , “ mitigation ” — to slow the spread of disease , allowing some healthy people to get it while shielding the most vulnerable .
Eventually , enough people in the general population would have had the disease to make it safe for more vulnerable people to return to normal life .

from RT:
It may beggar belief that the UK government took the advice of a professor who’s messed up before. But let’s not forget that it’s our leaders who chose to implement the measures causing long-term harm to our economy and society.
In the UK government’s daily press conference on Covid-19 on Sunday, the deputy chief medical officer, Jenny Harries, explained the government’s approach to the unprecedented measures put in place to tackle the pandemic. Her manner was calm, but her message depressing: “Three weeks for review, two or three months to see if we’ve really squashed it, three to six months ideally, there’s lots of uncertainty in that, to see at what point we can get back to normal, it is plausible it could go further than that.”
The measures are astonishing by the standards of wartime, never mind peacetime. Essentially, the UK is now under a form of house arrest. Healthy citizens under the age of 70 are allowed out only for exercise, to buy essentials, to go to work if they really can’t work from home, and to help with the needs of others. For everyone over 70 or who has a health condition that leaves them particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, the strong advice is not to leave their homes at all till mid-June at the earliest.
While these measures do not, as yet, go quite as far as those in Spain, Italy and France, they nonetheless mean an enormous loss of freedom and will cause substantial damage to the economy and living standards. Far from these measures merely being “advice”, police forces across the UK are using their new powers to enforce these edicts.
Are such measures justified? The government has been heavily influenced by the group of modellers at Imperial College London led by Professor Neil Ferguson. A major turning point in the UK’s battle with Covid-19 was a report by this group, released on 16 March.
Up to that point, the government was intent on keeping schools open for as long as possible, and allowing pubs and restaurants to continue trading while advising people to avoid them. The aim was, as the Imperial report described it, “mitigation” — to slow the spread of disease, allowing some healthy people to get it while shielding the most vulnerable. Eventually, enough people in the general population would have had the disease to make it safe for more vulnerable people to return to normal life.
Read More @ RT.com