activistpost--2020-05-06--What Will Schools Look Like After COVID? Prison Camps. They’ll Look Like Prison Camps.

If you ’ ve been wondering what it will look like when the kids go back to school , one school in Quebec has released their new guidelines and they ’ re shocking .
Apparently , schools are going to look a lot like prison camps .
This is another example of how things will not just “ go back to normal.
” Everything is changing , including life for our children .
Here are the guidelines one school has laid out .
Schools in Quebec , Canada are reopening on May 19th and one school released its guidelines .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Facebook page , Kate for Education .
The school was not named for the privacy of the parent .
( All emphasis is mine . )
Now if you ’ re saying to yourself , “ This is in Canada .
There ’ s no way this nonsense will happen here in America , ” I urge you to remember that the lockdown restrictions in Canada are far less stringent than those in the United States .
Look around at the ridiculous rules we already have like stores choosing what items @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then tell me “ It can ’ t happen here.
” Here are those reopening guidelines .
Lest it sound as though this is a total outlier , here is the guidance from another school – it ’ s similar but not quite as harsh .
And here are documents from the Minister of Education outlining the guidelines to be followed by the schools .
And did you notice there are quite a few inconsistencies ?
Kids can ’ t take anything back and forth from school .
You know , except for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ water , their PPE , and some books to read .
That stuff doesn ’ t count as going back and forth and clearly , is germ-free .
This sounds more like a prison for dangerous offenders than a nurturing place for children to learn and grow .
It ’ s important to note that returning is not mandatory for the rest of this school year .
Teachers will still be available for online learning if parents wish to keep their children home .
I simply can not fathom treating children in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ similar rules for their children , Family Services would immediately be at their door for the radical mistreatment of their offspring .
The fact that the government can not just allow but order the public school system to abide by guidelines is utter madness .
This is not right and it is not healthy , mentally , physically , or psychologically .
This setting seems like it would be psychologically damaging .
Imagine the culture of fear this creates for children .
When you drum into a child the constant worry that others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expect that child to learn to communicate with others , make friends , and enjoy learning ?
This is how you make children afraid of human contact .
Active children will be miserable .
If you think the number of diagnoses for ADHD and similar behavioral issues is high now , just wait until energetic 7 year olds are forced to sit in the same chair all day and then walk in a properly distanced around a playground , past all the fun stuff like swings and slides .
If their work isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what could possibly be the point of returning to school ?
If you want a population of worker bees who will quietly submit to authority and distance themselves completely from the influence of others , this is how you produce that population .
You drum into them that they can ’ t even choose when to go to the bathroom , that they can ’ t congregate with others , and that they must remain seated with their hands strictly kept to themselves at all times .
I wonder if the monitoring of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was discussed in this article or if somebody will actually go with them .
And if so , isn ’ t an adult being alone in the bathroom with a child pretty inappropriate ?
You teach them that every single moment is structured and supervised .
You teach them to walk only in orderly formation – no skipping , no running , no playing .
And just think , all this time public school parents were worried about homeschooled kids not being properly “ socialized ” with others .
Would you ever allow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions ?
We don ’ t know exactly what the conditions will be like when kids return to school in the United States , but it wouldn ’ t be a stretch of the imagination to expect something similar to this , particularly in harder-hit regions of the country .
I wouldn ’ t subject my kids to this horrible setting for any reason .
I ’ ve always tried to be open-minded regarding the homeschooling vs. public schooling debate – one of my kids graduated from a public high school and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any parent who is able to stay home not to send their children back to school if it ’ s going to be more like a prison camp .
Continue if you can at all to educate them at home and let them play outside , paint beautiful pictures , and do science projects .
Let them be children , for crying out loud .
Would you send your kids back to school if school looked like the guide above ?
Let me know what you think in the comments .
Daisy Luther @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frugality , voluntaryism , and the pursuit of liberty on her website , The Organic Prepper .
She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site , PreppersDailyNews.com .
Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company .
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By Daisy Luther
If you’ve been wondering what it will look like when the kids go back to school, one school in Quebec has released their new guidelines and they’re shocking.
Apparently, schools are going to look a lot like prison camps.
This is another example of how things will not just “go back to normal.” Everything is changing, including life for our children.
Here are the guidelines one school has laid out.
Schools in Quebec, Canada are reopening on May 19th and one school released its guidelines. This list was submitted by a parent to the Facebook page, Kate for Education. The school was not named for the privacy of the parent. (All emphasis is mine.)
Now if you’re saying to yourself, “This is in Canada. There’s no way this nonsense will happen here in America,” I urge you to remember that the lockdown restrictions in Canada are far less stringent than those in the United States. Look around at the ridiculous rules we already have like stores choosing what items are essential for us to buy. Then tell me “It can’t happen here.”
Here are those reopening guidelines.
To minimize movement, we forecast assigning students to classes nearest the Berlin Street entrance (on all 3 floors if needed only);
Once assigned to a class, students will spend their entire day (including lunchtime) in their assigned seats ;
; Students must expect to be regrouped based on the number of students returning;
Students must not expect to return to their regular class with their classmates;
Your child may not be with the same teachers as before as several members of our staff will not be returning to school;
Teachers not returning to school will continue working and keeping close contact with students remotely from home as recommended by the government;
Activities completed while in school will not be evaluated or graded ;
; No physical materials will be transported back and forth between home & school;
Students must include a mini garbage and recycling bag with their lunch in order to collect their personal garbage and dispose of it at home;
All students must bring in their personal, labeled, and filled water bottle as water fountains won’t be available;
Sharing of ALL items (pencils, pens, sharpeners, wax crayons, rulers, toys) is not permitted;
When weather permits, recess breaks will be held outdoors and will entail of walking outside safely distanced from one another in a prearranged pattern ;
; Gatherings (groups of students together) will not be permitted;
Limited travel throughout the school by all during the day;
Bathroom visits will be monitored/escorted so that proper disinfection by our caretakers can follow before another student uses the facilities;
so that proper disinfection by our caretakers can follow before another student uses the facilities; As per government recommendations, masks and gloves will not be provided ;
; Students are certainly welcomed to bring these items from home . They are also invited to carry their own personal disinfecting wipes with them if they wish;
. They are also with them if they wish; Lockers will no longer be used. Students will place their spring/summer jackets behind the chair they will be using & their school bags under their assigned desks;
There will be no cafeteria service or Home & School pizza & frozen yogurt days.
There will be no physical activity taking place in the gym, no art classes (although art and craft projects can be promoted as home suggestions), no library periods, and no drama classes ;
; No fundraisers or after school activities will take place;
Parent volunteers will not be permitted in school;
We recommend your child brings a book or two of interest from home to read;
Students with fever or flu-like symptoms will be returned home.
What.
The.
Hell.
Lest it sound as though this is a total outlier, here is the guidance from another school – it’s similar but not quite as harsh. And here are documents from the Minister of Education outlining the guidelines to be followed by the schools.
And did you notice there are quite a few inconsistencies? Kids can’t take anything back and forth from school. You know, except for their lunches, their garbage, their water, their PPE, and some books to read. That stuff doesn’t count as going back and forth and clearly, is germ-free.
This sounds more like a prison for dangerous offenders than a nurturing place for children to learn and grow.
It’s important to note that returning is not mandatory for the rest of this school year. Teachers will still be available for online learning if parents wish to keep their children home.
I simply cannot fathom treating children in this way. If a homeschool parent had similar rules for their children, Family Services would immediately be at their door for the radical mistreatment of their offspring. The fact that the government can not just allow but order the public school system to abide by guidelines is utter madness. This is not right and it is not healthy, mentally, physically, or psychologically.
This setting seems like it would be psychologically damaging.
Imagine the culture of fear this creates for children. When you drum into a child the constant worry that others might be infectious, how do you expect that child to learn to communicate with others, make friends, and enjoy learning? This is how you make children afraid of human contact.
Active children will be miserable. If you think the number of diagnoses for ADHD and similar behavioral issues is high now, just wait until energetic 7 year olds are forced to sit in the same chair all day and then walk in a properly distanced around a playground, past all the fun stuff like swings and slides.
If their work isn’t even graded or evaluated, what could possibly be the point of returning to school?
I guess there’s one point.
If you want a population of worker bees who will quietly submit to authority and distance themselves completely from the influence of others, this is how you produce that population. You drum into them that they can’t even choose when to go to the bathroom, that they can’t congregate with others, and that they must remain seated with their hands strictly kept to themselves at all times.
I wonder if the monitoring of the bathroom will be similar to what was discussed in this article or if somebody will actually go with them. And if so, isn’t an adult being alone in the bathroom with a child pretty inappropriate?
You teach them that every single moment is structured and supervised. You teach them to walk only in orderly formation – no skipping, no running, no playing.
And just think, all this time public school parents were worried about homeschooled kids not being properly “socialized” with others.
Would you ever allow your child to be subjected to these conditions?
We don’t know exactly what the conditions will be like when kids return to school in the United States, but it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to expect something similar to this, particularly in harder-hit regions of the country.
I wouldn’t subject my kids to this horrible setting for any reason. I’ve always tried to be open-minded regarding the homeschooling vs. public schooling debate – one of my kids graduated from a public high school and the other was homeschooled. But I urge any parent who is able to stay home not to send their children back to school if it’s going to be more like a prison camp. Continue if you can at all to educate them at home and let them play outside, paint beautiful pictures, and do science projects.
Let them be children, for crying out loud.
Would you send your kids back to school if school looked like the guide above? Let me know what you think in the comments.
Source: The Organic Prepper
Daisy Luther writes about current events, preparedness, frugality, voluntaryism, and the pursuit of liberty on her website, The Organic Prepper. She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site, PreppersDailyNews.com. Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--5G Will Enable Nightmare Surveillance Grid That Humans Won’t Be Able To Opt Out Of

UK Ministry of Defense 2010 : “ Choosing to be disconnected may be considered suspicious ” Brigadier General Robert S. Spalding said in a 2019 interview that humans will not be able to opt out of the pervasive 5G system : A sobering reality has emerged since this report was published .
The infrastructure for this system of control has been built .
The 5G network will enable the rollout of a vast command and control grid that will monitor people , places and things wirelessly in real-time .
Humans will not have the ability to opt out and live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Things ( IoT ) infrastructure will be organized by the 5G network .
Trillions of objects made “ smart ” by embedded computer chips will be “ alive ” in the grid .
In 2012 , CIA Director David Petraeus said that the technology will be “ transformational… particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft “ .
Petraeus explained : The UK Ministry of Defense said in a 2010 report that a vast surveillance network would overtake the planet : Ultimately , as stated in the paper , it may become difficult to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and “ …Even amongst those who make an explicit life-style choice to remain detached , choosing to be disconnected may be considered suspicious behaviour.
” As coronavirus accelerates trends toward automation through robotics and artificial intelligence , rapid adoption of 5G can be expected as well .
The monumental shift to this anti-human system will not happen without resistance .
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By Daniel Taylor
UK Ministry of Defense 2010: “Choosing to be disconnected may be considered suspicious”
Brigadier General Robert S. Spalding said in a 2019 interview that humans will not be able to opt out of the pervasive 5G system:
12 years ago Old-Thinker News asked the question:
Could dissidents potentially be electronically blacklisted and denied access to cashless payment systems and transit systems as if they were a banned web page in the ‘internet of things’?
A sobering reality has emerged since this report was published. The infrastructure for this system of control has been built.
The 5G network will enable the rollout of a vast command and control grid that will monitor people, places and things wirelessly in real-time. Humans will not have the ability to opt out and live a normal life.
The Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure will be organized by the 5G network. Trillions of objects made “smart” by embedded computer chips will be “alive” in the grid.
In 2012, CIA Director David Petraeus said that the technology will be “transformational… particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft“. Petraeus explained:
Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters – all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing.
The UK Ministry of Defense said in a 2010 report that a vast surveillance network would overtake the planet:
The virtual networks will consist of communications servers linking individuals and objects, many of which will be networked through individual Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
Ultimately, as stated in the paper, it may become difficult to “turn the outside world off,” and “…Even amongst those who make an explicit life-style choice to remain detached, choosing to be disconnected may be considered suspicious behaviour.”
As coronavirus accelerates trends toward automation through robotics and artificial intelligence, rapid adoption of 5G can be expected as well.
The monumental shift to this anti-human system will not happen without resistance.
Source: Old-Thinker News
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Parents Oppose Facial Recognition in U.S. Schools Because China and Russia Use It To Spy on Dissiden

Parents Oppose Facial Recognition in U.S. Schools Because China and Russia Use It To Spy on Dissidents

Before facial recognition technology was invented , schools hired security guards to protect students and staff from “ the bad guys.
” If you ’ ve had the opportunity to watch PBS Frontline Film , China Undercover or read the New Yorker article , “ The Terrifying Potential of 5G ” ( see 1 , 2 ) – you may better understand these parents ’ concerns about facial recognition technology .
What ’ s also concerning – no matter how much these schools promise that students are not the subject of data collection – there are too many reports of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all kinds of businesses , home devices , medical implants , security systems , etc .
and do and take whatever they want ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
In the ongoing mission to make our schools as safe as possible , some officials are turning to advanced technology like facial recognition .
But that ’ s sparking concerns about privacy .
Joce Sterman takes us to one of the first schools to deploy the technology .
Joce : It might sound like primetime drama , but facial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ map out unique features of your face and memorize what you look like , making you identifiable anywhere , any time .
But is facial recognition an overbearing big brother or a guardian superhero ?
That depends on who you ask .
This year , that debate entered a new realm : a quiet school district in upstate New York .
This is Lockport , 30 miles outside of Buffalo , New York .
In the dead of winter , the school district ignited outcry , announcing it had implemented a facial recognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for school safety after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 .
It decided to use about $ 1.4 million on facial recognition software from a company called Aegis .
Lockport officials say they don ’ t know if they are first to use the technology , but say they are among the most open about their policies surrounding it .
Robert LiPuma : The two people that walked by were identified 100 % of the time Joce : That ’ s the school ’ s technology director Dr. Robert LiPuma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LiPuma : We own everything , we protect everything , we control everything .
Joce : Cameras watch the halls .
Facial recognition software is constantly scanning for only the specific faces entered into the system : sex offenders , suspended teachers , or specific individuals identified by law enforcement .
When the software detects a match with one of the faces in the database , it alerts a control room , which is staffed full time and that staff member decides what to do next : ignore , alert authorities , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Lockport superintendent , Michelle Bradley .
She and LiPuma say the facial recognition technology does not track or record students .
In fact , due to privacy concerns that were raised by the community , the district had to implement a rule that prohibited students from being included in the system .
Joce Sterman : People automatically say you ’ re tracking students , but students are not even included in your database .
Bradley : Students are not in the database .
That ’ s correct .
And that was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through .
So , the privacy concerns related to students , no longer exist .
Joce : Not everyone is taking that at face value .
Jim Shultz : Our school district essentially turned kids like my daughter into lab rats .
Joce : Jim Shultz is a public policy expert and the father of a 16-year-old Lockport student .
Shultz : If we ’ ve learned anything from the scandals around Facebook , it ’ s you don ’ t judge this kind of data collection technology by what the people running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what it ultimately has the technical capacity to do .
Joce : He says he ’ s concerned the technology could be used to retroactively track and record students ’ activities and interactions , even if that ’ s not the initial intention .
Shultz : This is the technology that Russia and China use to spy on dissidents .
It does not belong in a high school hallway .
Joce : College campuses have also become a recent battleground .
An online campaign by “ Fight for the Future , ” a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Students For Sensible Drug Policy , a grassroots student movement , surveyed more than 100 colleges .
It found 38 of them either might use or are already using facial recognition in some form , with varying policies and systems .
The rest , pledged not to .
The University of California , Los Angeles made headlines when it scrapped plans to use facial recognition for the surveillance of the campus .
In a letter to “ Fight for the Future , ” UCLA ’ s chancellor said the benefits are outweighed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When it comes to children , especially , you have these two sometimes competing , concerns of privacy and safety .
You want to keep their data private , but you also want to keep children safe .
Joce : Ashley Johnson is a research analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation , a think-tank in Washington .
Johnson says Congress needs to develop federal guidelines that build on the promising technology , while protecting privacy and ensuring all entities , including schools , are using companies that are up to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Joce : What ’ s the timeline for actually getting these things legislated and how quickly do we need to do it ?
Johnson : I would like to see Congress passing comprehensive privacy legislation that covers facial recognition .
I think they ’ re dragging their feet on the issue and I would like it to happen optimistically this year , but I don ’ t think it ’ s going to happen .
Joce : An unwritten future for a technology that will keep evolving .
Early this year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down on efforts to ban facial recognition technology in New York state schools .
But the coronavirus has put that on hold .
Could it be that facial recognition technology is cheaper than hiring security guards ?
After all , it wouldn ’ t be the first time school safety was compromised because of the almighty dollar .
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By B.N. Frank
Before facial recognition technology was invented, schools hired security guards to protect students and staff from “the bad guys.” If you’ve had the opportunity to watch PBS Frontline Film, China Undercover or read the New Yorker article, “The Terrifying Potential of 5G” (see 1, 2) – you may better understand these parents’ concerns about facial recognition technology.
What’s also concerning – no matter how much these schools promise that students are not the subject of data collection – there are too many reports of hackers finding a way to break into all kinds of businesses, home devices, medical implants, security systems, etc. and do and take whatever they want (see 1, 2, 3, 4).
From Full Measure:
In the ongoing mission to make our schools as safe as possible, some officials are turning to advanced technology like facial recognition. But that’s sparking concerns about privacy. Joce Sterman takes us to one of the first schools to deploy the technology.
Joce: It might sound like primetime drama, but facial recognition is real. Artificial intelligence can map out unique features of your face and memorize what you look like, making you identifiable anywhere, any time.
But is facial recognition an overbearing big brother or a guardian superhero? That depends on who you ask.
This year, that debate entered a new realm: a quiet school district in upstate New York.
(video shows school building)
This is Lockport, 30 miles outside of Buffalo, New York. In the dead of winter, the school district ignited outcry, announcing it had implemented a facial recognition system.
Lockport received state grant money for school safety after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. It decided to use about $1.4 million on facial recognition software from a company called Aegis. Lockport officials say they don’t know if they are first to use the technology, but say they are among the most open about their policies surrounding it.
Robert LiPuma: The two people that walked by were identified 100% of the time
(video shows technology director pointing to facial recognition software)
Joce: That’s the school’s technology director Dr. Robert LiPuma, showing us how it works.
LiPuma: We own everything, we protect everything, we control everything.
Joce: Cameras watch the halls. Facial recognition software is constantly scanning for only the specific faces entered into the system: sex offenders, suspended teachers, or specific individuals identified by law enforcement. When the software detects a match with one of the faces in the database, it alerts a control room, which is staffed full time and that staff member decides what to do next: ignore, alert authorities, or take other action.
Michelle Bradley: Student safety is our priority.
Joce: That’s Lockport superintendent, Michelle Bradley. She and LiPuma say the facial recognition technology does not track or record students.
In fact, due to privacy concerns that were raised by the community, the district had to implement a rule that prohibited students from being included in the system.
Joce Sterman: People automatically say you’re tracking students, but students are not even included in your database.
Bradley: Students are not in the database. That’s correct. And that was a process that we had to go through. So, the privacy concerns related to students, no longer exist.
Joce: Not everyone is taking that at face value.
Jim Shultz: Our school district essentially turned kids like my daughter into lab rats.
Joce: Jim Shultz is a public policy expert and the father of a 16-year-old Lockport student.
Shultz: If we’ve learned anything from the scandals around Facebook, it’s you don’t judge this kind of data collection technology by what the people running it promise, you judge it by what it ultimately has the technical capacity to do.
Joce: He says he’s concerned the technology could be used to retroactively track and record students’ activities and interactions, even if that’s not the initial intention.
Shultz: This is the technology that Russia and China use to spy on dissidents. It does not belong in a high school hallway.
Joce: College campuses have also become a recent battleground.
An online campaign by “Fight for the Future,” a small non-partisan group focused on technology, and Students For Sensible Drug Policy, a grassroots student movement, surveyed more than 100 colleges. It found 38 of them either might use or are already using facial recognition in some form, with varying policies and systems. The rest, pledged not to.
The University of California, Los Angeles made headlines when it scrapped plans to use facial recognition for the surveillance of the campus. In a letter to “Fight for the Future,” UCLA’s chancellor said the benefits are outweighed by the concerns.
Ashley Johnson: When it comes to children, especially, you have these two sometimes competing, concerns of privacy and safety. You want to keep their data private, but you also want to keep children safe.
Joce: Ashley Johnson is a research analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a think-tank in Washington.
Johnson says Congress needs to develop federal guidelines that build on the promising technology, while protecting privacy and ensuring all entities, including schools, are using companies that are up to a specific standard, and enforcing basic rules.
Joce: What’s the timeline for actually getting these things legislated and how quickly do we need to do it?
Johnson: I would like to see Congress passing comprehensive privacy legislation that covers facial recognition. I think they’re dragging their feet on the issue and I would like it to happen optimistically this year, but I don’t think it’s going to happen.
Joce: An unwritten future for a technology that will keep evolving.
Early this year, a state lawmaker announced plans to double down on efforts to ban facial recognition technology in New York state schools. But the coronavirus has put that on hold.

Could it be that facial recognition technology is cheaper than hiring security guards? After all, it wouldn’t be the first time school safety was compromised because of the almighty dollar.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--A New Day Has Dawned for Gold and Silver

Most resource sector writers ( including me ) have for a long time been “ wrong ” about gold and silver .
When they ran from $ 250 and $ 5 an ounce , respectively , to $ 1,920 and $ 49 in 2011 , those who listened , acted , and sold a bit did quite well .
We argued the “ longer time bullish case ” as these metals dropped into their final cyclical bear market graves in late 2015 .
But that was then… and this is now .
What we DID get right was that when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would change directions so swiftly and violently that anyone waiting for “ the bottom ” would miss it , as rising premiums more than offset declining prices .
Now in the first half of 2020 it seems that , like the broken clock we ’ re sometimes accused of being – we getting it right .
Really right !
Speaking for my colleague David Morgan and myself , I can say unreservedly that I don ’ t intend to ride this bull down into another multi-year trough when it finally gives up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years hence .
In fact , we feel so strongly about this that we wrote a book on how to avoid doing just that , discussing how to employing every skill we ’ ve learned to extract as much profit as possible .
How to Make – and Keep – Big Profits from the Coming Gold and Silver Shock-Wave tilts the odds sharply in favor of anyone who acts upon its distilled wisdom .
Over the last few months , the tenor and strength of the metals ’ market has changed in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going back to the corrosive experience that seemed normal in the last decade .
Expect gold and silver to move irregularly higher in violent impulse moves , followed by broad sideways corrective action that stores energy for the next burst higher .
Doug Casey uses the analogy that the effect of buyers rushing into gold and silver will be like trying to force the output of the Hoover Dam through a garden hose .
Market sentiment has fundamentally changed .
If you keep waiting and hoping for a return to last year ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply , that ’ s what you ’ ll be doing… waiting and hoping .
A New Day for Gold and Silver Has Dawned !
The gold and silver markets have fundamentally changed .
Plan to change with it .
Expect bouts of amped-up investment desire leading to recurrent shortages and steep premiums .
To run with this trend , institute a regular program of adding to your holdings .
Nick Barisheff spells the math out this way , saying , “ Globally , there are around $ 350T of financial assets – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 % moved into gold , that would be $ 3.5T .
But there ’ s only around $ 1.5T of above ground investible grade ( London Good Delivery bars ) gold totals !
So , ‘ Who you gon na ’ call ? '
” Don ’ t do what I did in 1977 .
In 1977 , as a young man with limited financial savvy , I ran across a few ounces of gold ( at $ 165/ounce x 3 = $ 495 ) that I didn ’ t remember acquiring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this kind of money and not spending it on something meant that the coins burned a hole in my pocket , so I promptly went to the local coin shop and exchanged them for some of those infamous pieces of currency David Morgan has long referred to as “ paper promises.
” I don ’ t even remember how I spent the cash .
Had I held it for just another three years , its value would have tipped the scales at… $ 2,250 !
The late Richard Russell , the most prolific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area , once said : Before it makes a big move , gold – and especially silver – likes to drop down , break obvious chart support lines cleaning out the weak hands , then quickly move to the upside .
This coiling effect is like a crouching tiger .
The release of energy is the pounce .
The chart below shows one of the most unusual , powerful and predictive technical chart signals , especially in a market which is quite liquid and seldom leaves gaps of any kind .
Usually these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two days duration .
The SLV chart nearby created a one-week island .
Prices that don ’ t “ fill ” these gaps quickly can remain open for months or years , attesting to the coming move ’ s potential power !
Jim Rickards gets it right : If you haven ’ t bought some ( or enough ) yet , start now .
As it rises in value by several times , resist the temptation to let it “ burn a hole in your pocket ” too soon .
When you decide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in reserve , perhaps indefinitely .
After all , its greatest value is to be looked upon as insurance !
David H. Smith is Senior Analyst for TheMorganReport.com , a regular contributor to MoneyMetals.com as well as the LODE Cryptographic Silver Monetary System Project .
He has investigated precious metals ’ mines and exploration sites in Argentina , Chile , Peru , Mexico , Bolivia , China , Canada and the U.S .
He shares resource sector observations with readers , the media , and North American investment conference attendees .

By David Smith
Most resource sector writers (including me) have for a long time been “wrong” about gold and silver.
When they ran from $250 and $5 an ounce, respectively, to $1,920 and $49 in 2011, those who listened, acted, and sold a bit did quite well. We argued the “longer time bullish case” as these metals dropped into their final cyclical bear market graves in late 2015.
But that was then… and this is now.
What we DID get right was that when the Big Turn finally came, it would change directions so swiftly and violently that anyone waiting for “the bottom” would miss it, as rising premiums more than offset declining prices.
Now in the first half of 2020 it seems that, like the broken clock we’re sometimes accused of being – we are getting it right. Really right!
Speaking for my colleague David Morgan and myself, I can say unreservedly that I don’t intend to ride this bull down into another multi-year trough when it finally gives up the ghost – three, five or more years hence.
In fact, we feel so strongly about this that we wrote a book on how to avoid doing just that, discussing how to employing every skill we’ve learned to extract as much profit as possible. How to Make – and Keep – Big Profits from the Coming Gold and Silver Shock-Wave tilts the odds sharply in favor of anyone who acts upon its distilled wisdom.
Forcing the Hoover Dam through a Garden Hose
Over the last few months, the tenor and strength of the metals’ market has changed in a big way.
We’re not going back to the corrosive experience that seemed normal in the last decade.
Expect gold and silver to move irregularly higher in violent impulse moves, followed by broad sideways corrective action that stores energy for the next burst higher.
Doug Casey uses the analogy that the effect of buyers rushing into gold and silver will be like trying to force the output of the Hoover Dam through a garden hose.
Market sentiment has fundamentally changed. If you keep waiting and hoping for a return to last year’s prices with low premiums and plentiful supply, that’s what you’ll be doing… waiting and hoping.
A New Day for Gold and Silver Has Dawned!
The gold and silver markets have fundamentally changed. Plan to change with it.
Expect bouts of amped-up investment desire leading to recurrent shortages and steep premiums. To run with this trend, institute a regular program of adding to your holdings.
Nick Barisheff spells the math out this way, saying, “Globally, there are around $350T of financial assets – in stocks and bonds. If just 5% moved into gold, that would be $3.5T. But there’s only around $1.5T of above ground investible grade (London Good Delivery bars) gold totals! So, ‘Who you gonna’ call?'”
Holding just fiat currency offers “reward-free risk.”
Don’t do what I did in 1977.
In 1977, as a young man with limited financial savvy, I ran across a few ounces of gold (at $165/ounce x 3 = $495) that I didn’t remember acquiring.
Of course the idea of having this kind of money and not spending it on something meant that the coins burned a hole in my pocket, so I promptly went to the local coin shop and exchanged them for some of those infamous pieces of currency David Morgan has long referred to as “paper promises.”
I don’t even remember how I spent the cash. Had I held it for just another three years, its value would have tipped the scales at… $2,250!
The late Richard Russell, the most prolific and long-published newsletter writer of the modern area, once said:
Take your position in gold and gold shares and forget it. You don’t buy and sell your life insurance, and I feel the same way about gold.
The Money Metals Coil Like a Crouching Tiger
Before it makes a big move, gold – and especially silver – likes to drop down, break obvious chart support lines cleaning out the weak hands, then quickly move to the upside. This coiling effect is like a crouching tiger. The release of energy is the pounce.
The chart below shows one of the most unusual, powerful and predictive technical chart signals, especially in a market which is quite liquid and seldom leaves gaps of any kind.
The “island reversal” happens when the price (in this case down) drops so quickly that no trading takes place, then reverses, and does the same thing in the other direction!
Usually these “islands” are of one or two days duration. The SLV chart nearby created a one-week island. Prices that don’t “fill” these gaps quickly can remain open for months or years, attesting to the coming move’s potential power!
“Mr. Gold”, Jim Sinclair, says:
The manipulators of paper gold can temporarily do anything… (But) do you really believe that fiat paper will maintain, and therefore store the value of what you have? Sorry, it simply will not. As such GOLD is your savings account. End of story!
Jim Rickards gets it right:
Because it (The Fed) can’t stomach the consequences of withdrawing much of the stimulus it has injected, the Fed will be unable to defend the value of the U.S. dollar through interest rate hikes and balance sheet reductions. And by “dollar” I’m referring to its exchange rate against real money: gold. This adds up to what’s likely to become the most bullish environment for investors in gold and silver in history… You can think of gold as a form of cash… but with a free option on higher prices relative to dollars.
If you haven’t bought some (or enough) yet, start now. As it rises in value by several times, resist the temptation to let it “burn a hole in your pocket” too soon.
When you decide to sell a portion, hold some in reserve, perhaps indefinitely. After all, its greatest value is to be looked upon as insurance!
David H. Smith is Senior Analyst for TheMorganReport.com, a regular contributor to MoneyMetals.com as well as the LODE Cryptographic Silver Monetary System Project. He has investigated precious metals’ mines and exploration sites in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, China, Canada and the U.S. He shares resource sector observations with readers, the media, and North American investment conference attendees.


activistpost--2020-05-06--Court Says Innocent Mom Can’t Sue Cops Who Mistook Candy for Meth, Jailed Her for MONTHS

Monroe County , GA — An innocent grandma , Dasha Fincher , was kidnapped by police and thrown in a cage for months—not because she did anything wrong—but because police couldn ’ t tell the difference between cotton candy and meth .
Seriously .
After being locked up for no reason , this innocent new grandma went after the police who did this to her , in the form of a lawsuit , as well as the company who manufacturers the dangerously inaccurate tests cops used to take her freedom .
This week , Fincher learned exactly how much money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the negligent drug warriors who stole her freedom .
Zero .
Unfortunately for Fincher , the word justice is little more than an illusive thought in the land of the free .
She was told this week that she has no right to sue and she must accept the fact that cops were not responsible for throwing her in a cage for 94 days — even though they were the ones who did so .
Federal Judge Tilman Self dismissed Fincher ’ s lawsuit this week , according to FOX 5 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should never have spent 94 days in jail .
And while the Court certainly empathizes with her , it nonetheless must follow the requisite law.
” Fincher responded with one of the most discouraging quotes we ’ ve ever printed , saying , “ and I thought nobody cared before .
But now I really think nobody cares .
You know ?
The justice system .
The law enforcement.
” Sadly , it appears that she ’ s right .
Judge Self said because Monroe County deputies assumed the test kits gave them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection from her lawsuit .
And just like that , criminally negligence cops who deprived an innocent grandmother of her freedom for months , escape any and all accountability .
This gross negligence and kidnapping is all due to a flaw in the system stemming from prosecutors and police being unconcerned with actually testing evidence .
A new report from CBS uncovered this problem in dozens of states in which innocent people are rotting in jail because police departments don ’ t send the evidence — that could potentially free them — into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the report , the average lab turn around time is around 100 days .
This happens to be roughly the same amount of time Fincher spent in a cage for cotton candy .
This horror movie for Fincher started back on New Year ’ s Eve of 2016 , a day this innocent grandmother says she ’ ll never forget .
Fincher was on her way to a pawn shop with her boyfriend that day when cops targeted her for extortion , claiming her tint was too dark .
Her tint was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a fishing expedition to look for other “ crimes.
” Fincher said she wasn ’ t nervous because “ we weren ’ t doing anything wrong.
” Never did she expect police would claim the cotton candy in her backseat were drugs .
But that ’ s exactly what happened .
“ Then they found the cotton candy in the floorboard of the car , ” said Fincher .
As the video shows , the bag police claimed was meth was an obvious bag used to hold cotton candy .
It looked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tiny bags meth is usually found in .
It would be like a cocaine dealer selling coke from a purple Crown Royal bag .
The cotton candy was blue as well which is atypical because real meth is clear or white and only drug dealers looking to be like Breaking Bad add blue tint to their product , which is highly uncommon .
Still , however , this innocent grandma-to-be was accused of trafficking a large quantity of blue meth , in a cotton candy bag , that looked like cotton candy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Deputy Kevin Williams asked her what was in the bag .
When she told them it was cotton candy , they did not believe her .
According to the incident report , these expert drug recognition officers claimed that “ based on the packaging and crystal like feature , Corporal Williams tested the substance.
” The officers then used the highly faulty field test kits which have been known to produce false positives—repeatedly .
Predictably , the cotton candy falsely tested positive for drugs .
“ I couldn ’ t believe it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I wanted to cry , but I was like ‘ this would be over in a minute .
It would be over in a minute.
’ I really didn ’ t even think that I would even go to jail.
” However , Fincher would then become one of many women and men to suffer horrific fates at the hands of negligent cops and their continued use of faulty field drug test kits .
In fact , tens of thousands have been convicted and served time — even earning the black mark of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t commit , according to a report , because the cases against them relied on horribly unreliable field drug test kits .
So prone to errors are the tests , courts won ’ t allow their submission as evidence .
However , their continued use by law enforcement — coupled with a 90 percent rate at which drug cases are resolved through equally dubious plea deals — needlessly ruins thousands of lives .
Dasha Fincher is one of these people .
As WMAZ reported , this innocent grandma was put in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fincher says a judge set her bond at $ 1 million .
In March 22 , 2017 , GBI lab tests came back to said there were “ no controlled substances confirmed in the sample.
” Fincher told CBS that she considered pleading guilty to a lesser crime just so she could get out of jail .
She said she was about to do just that before the lab tests came back .
While in jail , Fincher ’ s daughter miscarried a baby and could not be comforted by her mother .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ her twin grandsons .
“ My daughter had a miscarriage .
I wasn ’ t there for that .
My twin grandsons were born .
I missed that , ” said Fincher .
“ I want Monroe County to pay for they did to me , ” said Fincher at the time .
Sadly , however , thanks to a corrupt and self-protecting system , that will never happen .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
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By Matt Agorist
Monroe County, GA — An innocent grandma, Dasha Fincher, was kidnapped by police and thrown in a cage for months—not because she did anything wrong—but because police couldn’t tell the difference between cotton candy and meth. Seriously. After being locked up for no reason, this innocent new grandma went after the police who did this to her, in the form of a lawsuit, as well as the company who manufacturers the dangerously inaccurate tests cops used to take her freedom.
This week, Fincher learned exactly how much money she will be getting from her lawsuit against the negligent drug warriors who stole her freedom. Zero.
Unfortunately for Fincher, the word justice is little more than an illusive thought in the land of the free. She was told this week that she has no right to sue and she must accept the fact that cops were not responsible for throwing her in a cage for 94 days — even though they were the ones who did so.
Federal Judge Tilman Self dismissed Fincher’s lawsuit this week, according to FOX 5, writing “without a doubt, Plaintiff should never have spent 94 days in jail. And while the Court certainly empathizes with her, it nonetheless must follow the requisite law.”
Fincher responded with one of the most discouraging quotes we’ve ever printed, saying, “and I thought nobody cared before. But now I really think nobody cares. You know? The justice system. The law enforcement.”
Sadly, it appears that she’s right.
Judge Self said because Monroe County deputies assumed the test kits gave them accurate readings, they have sovereign immunity protection from her lawsuit.
And just like that, criminally negligence cops who deprived an innocent grandmother of her freedom for months, escape any and all accountability.
This gross negligence and kidnapping is all due to a flaw in the system stemming from prosecutors and police being unconcerned with actually testing evidence. A new report from CBS uncovered this problem in dozens of states in which innocent people are rotting in jail because police departments don’t send the evidence — that could potentially free them — into the lab to get tested.
According to the report, the average lab turn around time is around 100 days. This happens to be roughly the same amount of time Fincher spent in a cage for cotton candy.
This horror movie for Fincher started back on New Year’s Eve of 2016, a day this innocent grandmother says she’ll never forget.
Fincher was on her way to a pawn shop with her boyfriend that day when cops targeted her for extortion, claiming her tint was too dark. Her tint was legal, but cops used the stop as a fishing expedition to look for other “crimes.”
Fincher said she wasn’t nervous because “we weren’t doing anything wrong.” Never did she expect police would claim the cotton candy in her backseat were drugs. But that’s exactly what happened.
“Then they found the cotton candy in the floorboard of the car,” said Fincher.
As the video shows, the bag police claimed was meth was an obvious bag used to hold cotton candy. It looked nothing like the zip-lock bags or other tiny bags meth is usually found in. It would be like a cocaine dealer selling coke from a purple Crown Royal bag.
The cotton candy was blue as well which is atypical because real meth is clear or white and only drug dealers looking to be like Breaking Bad add blue tint to their product, which is highly uncommon.
Still, however, this innocent grandma-to-be was accused of trafficking a large quantity of blue meth, in a cotton candy bag, that looked like cotton candy.
As Fincher noted, Deputy Cody Maples and Deputy Kevin Williams asked her what was in the bag. When she told them it was cotton candy, they did not believe her. According to the incident report, these expert drug recognition officers claimed that “based on the packaging and crystal like feature, Corporal Williams tested the substance.”
The officers then used the highly faulty field test kits which have been known to produce false positives—repeatedly. Predictably, the cotton candy falsely tested positive for drugs.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Fincher said, adding “I wanted to cry, but I was like ‘this would be over in a minute. It would be over in a minute.’ I really didn’t even think that I would even go to jail.”
However, Fincher would then become one of many women and men to suffer horrific fates at the hands of negligent cops and their continued use of faulty field drug test kits.
In fact, tens of thousands have been convicted and served time — even earning the black mark of a felony — for crimes they likely didn’t commit, according to a report, because the cases against them relied on horribly unreliable field drug test kits.
So prone to errors are the tests, courts won’t allow their submission as evidence. However, their continued use by law enforcement — coupled with a 90 percent rate at which drug cases are resolved through equally dubious plea deals — needlessly ruins thousands of lives.
Dasha Fincher is one of these people.
As WMAZ reported, this innocent grandma was put in jail for more than three months. Fincher says a judge set her bond at $1 million. In March 22, 2017, GBI lab tests came back to said there were “no controlled substances confirmed in the sample.”
Fincher told CBS that she considered pleading guilty to a lesser crime just so she could get out of jail. She said she was about to do just that before the lab tests came back.
While in jail, Fincher’s daughter miscarried a baby and could not be comforted by her mother. Also, Fincher missed the birth of her twin grandsons.
“My daughter had a miscarriage. I wasn’t there for that. My twin grandsons were born. I missed that,” said Fincher.
“I want Monroe County to pay for they did to me,” said Fincher at the time. Sadly, however, thanks to a corrupt and self-protecting system, that will never happen.

Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Dare County, NC Tries to Evade Court Review of its Entry Controls

Local government controls on travel to the Outer Banks ( barrier-beach islands ) of North Carolina remain in place , but local officials are making changes to try to head off a court decision on the constitutionality of their emergency orders restricting free movement .
A month ago , as we reported earlier , Dare County , North Carolina , set up checkpoints on all three roads leading into or out of the county .
Police began denying passage along these public rights-of-way on the basis of criteria including whether travelers have government-issued ID ( even if they are passengers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foot or by bicycle , for which no drivers ’ license is needed ) ; what address is shown on their ID ( if any — U.S. passports , for example , show no address ) ; which direction they are traveling ; and whether they have been sponsored for an “ entry permit ” by an entity with a business license issued in Dare County .
County officials represented their emergency orders imposing these restrictions on travel as health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
But none of the criteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the checkpoints , or in which direction , have anything to do with whether travelers were believed , suspected , or likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus .
The emergency orders gave no indication of what , if any , procedures were available for administrative or judicial review of decisions to deny passage in or out of the county .
But non-resident owners of homes in Dare County quickly brought suit in federal court against the prohibition on traveling to their own seasonal , rental , or second homes .
Since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for mediation , and the parties ( non-resident property owners and the Dare County government ) have requested and been granted a delay on the basis that they are in negotiations towards a possible settlement .
Today Dare County is beginning to allow passage across the bridges and into the county by non-resident owners of real property in Dare County , if and only if they have both an “ entry permit ” issued by the county and matching government-issued ID .
In an effort to save face , Dare County described these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lifting of Restrictions on Entry to Dare County ” .
In reality , it appears that the county is scaling back its intrusions on freedom of movement just enough , and in just the ways , to end the lawsuit without a court decision that it had exceeded its constitutional authority .
Non-resident owners of Dare County property — i.e.
, the people who sued the county — who have papers the county deems satisfactory , and who successfully navigate the permit issuance process , will be allowed in .
Others will still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being denied entry include people without papers ( especially common for younger or older non-drivers ) , those living in homes that aren ’ t recorded in government records as their “ primary residence ” ( U.S. residents don ’ t normally have to tell the police or any government agency when we move ) , and mainland residents with business reasons for travel to the Outer Banks — including provision and support of essential infrastructure and services — but who aren ’ t “ employees ” of Dare County business license holders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials have — apparently — realized that their actions “ went too far ” and might be deemed unconstitutional as applied to non-resident owners of property in the county .
But we are disappointed that , because non-resident property owners are the only class of affected individuals who have taken the county to court , appeasing them may enable the county to avoid a court judgement on the constitutionality of the remaining restrictions .
Dare County did , and is still doing , the wrong thing .
It substituted irrelevant ID and paperwork @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk as the basis for deciding who is , and who is not , allowed to exercise their right to travel .
We would welcome a clear-cut court decision that this was and is unconstitutional .
We ’ d be interested in hearing from attorneys and/or individuals interested in challenging the continued restrictions .
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By Edward Hasbrouck
Local government controls on travel to the Outer Banks (barrier-beach islands) of North Carolina remain in place, but local officials are making changes to try to head off a court decision on the constitutionality of their emergency orders restricting free movement.
A month ago, as we reported earlier, Dare County, North Carolina, set up checkpoints on all three roads leading into or out of the county. Police began denying passage along these public rights-of-way on the basis of criteria including whether travelers have government-issued ID (even if they are passengers rather than drivers, or traveling on foot or by bicycle, for which no drivers’ license is needed); what address is shown on their ID (if any — U.S. passports, for example, show no address); which direction they are traveling; and whether they have been sponsored for an “entry permit” by an entity with a business license issued in Dare County.
County officials represented their emergency orders imposing these restrictions on travel as health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But none of the criteria for who is allowed to pass through the checkpoints, or in which direction, have anything to do with whether travelers were believed, suspected, or likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus.
The emergency orders gave no indication of what, if any, procedures were available for administrative or judicial review of decisions to deny passage in or out of the county. But non-resident owners of homes in Dare County quickly brought suit in federal court against the prohibition on traveling to their own seasonal, rental, or second homes.
Since then, the case has been referred for mediation, and the parties (non-resident property owners and the Dare County government) have requested and been granted a delay on the basis that they are in negotiations towards a possible settlement.
Today Dare County is beginning to allow passage across the bridges and into the county by non-resident owners of real property in Dare County, if and only if they have both an “entry permit” issued by the county and matching government-issued ID.
In an effort to save face, Dare County described these changes as a “Plan for Gradual Lifting of Restrictions on Entry to Dare County”. In reality, it appears that the county is scaling back its intrusions on freedom of movement just enough, and in just the ways, to end the lawsuit without a court decision that it had exceeded its constitutional authority.
Non-resident owners of Dare County property — i.e., the people who sued the county — who have papers the county deems satisfactory, and who successfully navigate the permit issuance process, will be allowed in. Others will still be improperly kept out.
Those still being denied entry include people without papers (especially common for younger or older non-drivers), those living in homes that aren’t recorded in government records as their “primary residence” (U.S. residents don’t normally have to tell the police or any government agency when we move), and mainland residents with business reasons for travel to the Outer Banks — including provision and support of essential infrastructure and services — but who aren’t “employees” of Dare County business license holders.
We are pleased that Dare County officials have — apparently — realized that their actions “went too far” and might be deemed unconstitutional as applied to non-resident owners of property in the county. But we are disappointed that, because non-resident property owners are the only class of affected individuals who have taken the county to court, appeasing them may enable the county to avoid a court judgement on the constitutionality of the remaining restrictions.
Dare County did, and is still doing, the wrong thing. It substituted irrelevant ID and paperwork requirements for medical evidence of infection or risk as the basis for deciding who is, and who is not, allowed to exercise their right to travel. We would welcome a clear-cut court decision that this was and is unconstitutional. We’d be interested in hearing from attorneys and/or individuals interested in challenging the continued restrictions.
Source: Papers Please
Image: Ray Turner/Island Free Press
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