activistpost--2020-12-27--Cops Get a Year in Prison for Forcing Man to Run from Them, Taser Him from the Car Window

Houston , TX — We cringe when we see videos of cops shooting people through their windshields and windows .
But we especially shiver when cops taser people from a moving vehicle , because we have reported in the past how such actions lead can lead to the death of children and jail sentences for unscrupulous cops .
Former officers Kenneth Elmore and John McCaffery are two cops who received a year in jail each for their sadistic and dishonest acts .
Authorities said officers Kenneth Elmore and John McCaffery wrongfully used a stun gun to shock Kedrick Kizzie , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t commit and then lied to cover up their illegal conduct .
The entire incident was recorded on video , but Elmore and McCaffery lied to the district attorney ’ s office , and also on the arrest , incident and use of force reports .
“ They attacked [ the man ] , charged him with a crime he didn ’ t commit , and lied to cover it up , ” Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said in a statement after the officers were sentenced .
“ These defendants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serve and to tell the truth.
” According to KHOU , the prosecutor said the one-year sentence was symbolic because that ’ s what Kizzie would have received if convicted for the crime he didn ’ t commit .
The truth , as seen in the body camera footage , was much sicker than the officers ’ whitewashed police reports .
Elmore and McCaffery responded to a domestic disturbance call on July 29 , 2017 where Kizzie was visiting his family .
After entering the home and forcing Kizzie to leave , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the chance to walk away from the home , down the street , a free man .
But the sicko cops had other plans .
The two men turned to each other and one asked the other , “ Drive-by taser ?
” “ Yeah , I ’ m not gon na chase him on foot , I don ’ t need to chase him .
My car will chase him though , ” another officer replied .
“ He ’ s pissing me off now.
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The question was so nonchalant it gave many observers the impression the pair of cops had done drive-by tasering many times before .
Kizzie , thinking he was a free man and would not be arrested , did what the officers told him to do and that was to leave .
But when he saw the officers in their cruisers following him , he believed with reason the cops were up to no good and were actually going to kill him .
He ran .
Running was just what Elmore and McCaffery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him in their squad cars .
We at TFTP do not like to race bait , and we truly are not anti-cop , but pro-accountability .
However , while we were writing this story we could not help but get a visual image of slave owners chasing down fleeing slaves .
Two white men with guns were riding in their gas powered horses , chasing down a fleeing , shirtless , black man through the streets of Texas .
The optics were that disturbing to us .
Fortunately , Montgomery County District Attorney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the optics and could tell he had a couple of bad cops he had to prosecute .
“ I ’ m the son of a police officer .
I know a good police officer when I see them .
But I also know a bad police officer when I see them , ” he told reporters last year .
Equally disturbing to some who viewed the video was the way McCaffery spoke to Kizzie after running him down like a gazelle and tasering him from a moving squad car .
“ Run your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you going to say ?
Who caught you ?
Whose prongs are in your f**king back ?
Who caught you bitch running your f**king mouth !
” the public servant said .
Ligon said it wasn ’ t the profanity which got the two officers arrested and convicted of felonies .
It was lying on their police report , specifically , about stating the officers had given Kizzie multiple opportunities to comply with officer commands .
In fact , no such accommodation was afforded to the young man .
Instead , he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then taunted for running .
Before the chase McCaffery told Kizzie , “ Nobody ’ s going to chase you !
We want you to leave.
” That , too , was a lie .
In fact , the plan was the opposite .
They wanted him to run , and they were going to chase him and taser him when he did .
A Montgomery County jury agreed , convicting the two officers for felonious lying on their police reports and sentencing them to prison .
They can no longer be peace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ligon for doing his job and defending the public against tyrant sociopaths and , yes , racist police officers .
We only wish more DA ’ s were less concerned about getting reelected and fearful of the police officers ’ union than they are about keeping the public safe .
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This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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
Houston, TX — We cringe when we see videos of cops shooting people through their windshields and windows. But we especially shiver when cops taser people from a moving vehicle, because we have reported in the past how such actions lead can lead to the death of children and jail sentences for unscrupulous cops. Former officers Kenneth Elmore and John McCaffery are two cops who received a year in jail each for their sadistic and dishonest acts.
Authorities said officers Kenneth Elmore and John McCaffery wrongfully used a stun gun to shock Kedrick Kizzie, charged Kizzie with a crime he didn’t commit and then lied to cover up their illegal conduct. The entire incident was recorded on video, but Elmore and McCaffery lied to the district attorney’s office, and also on the arrest, incident and use of force reports.
“They attacked [the man], charged him with a crime he didn’t commit, and lied to cover it up,” Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said in a statement after the officers were sentenced. “These defendants disregarded their oaths to protect, to serve and to tell the truth.”
According to KHOU, the prosecutor said the one-year sentence was symbolic because that’s what Kizzie would have received if convicted for the crime he didn’t commit.
The truth, as seen in the body camera footage, was much sicker than the officers’ whitewashed police reports. Elmore and McCaffery responded to a domestic disturbance call on July 29, 2017 where Kizzie was visiting his family.
After entering the home and forcing Kizzie to leave, the officers then gave the 20-year-old black man the chance to walk away from the home, down the street, a free man. But the sicko cops had other plans. The two men turned to each other and one asked the other, “Drive-by taser?”
“Yeah, I’m not gonna chase him on foot, I don’t need to chase him. My car will chase him though,” another officer replied. “He’s pissing me off now.”
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The question was so nonchalant it gave many observers the impression the pair of cops had done drive-by tasering many times before. Kizzie, thinking he was a free man and would not be arrested, did what the officers told him to do and that was to leave. But when he saw the officers in their cruisers following him, he believed with reason the cops were up to no good and were actually going to kill him. He ran.
Running was just what Elmore and McCaffery wanted him to do. They pursued him in their squad cars. We at TFTP do not like to race bait, and we truly are not anti-cop, but pro-accountability. However, while we were writing this story we could not help but get a visual image of slave owners chasing down fleeing slaves. Two white men with guns were riding in their gas powered horses, chasing down a fleeing, shirtless, black man through the streets of Texas. The optics were that disturbing to us.
Fortunately, Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said he saw right through the optics and could tell he had a couple of bad cops he had to prosecute. “I’m the son of a police officer. I know a good police officer when I see them. But I also know a bad police officer when I see them,” he told reporters last year. Equally disturbing to some who viewed the video was the way McCaffery spoke to Kizzie after running him down like a gazelle and tasering him from a moving squad car.
“Run your mouth now bitch! Now what are you going to say? Who caught you? Whose prongs are in your f**king back? Who caught you bitch running your f**king mouth!” the public servant said.
Ligon said it wasn’t the profanity which got the two officers arrested and convicted of felonies. It was lying on their police report, specifically, about stating the officers had given Kizzie multiple opportunities to comply with officer commands. In fact, no such accommodation was afforded to the young man. Instead, he was cajoled to run, then tasered, then taunted for running.
Before the chase McCaffery told Kizzie, “Nobody’s going to chase you! We want you to leave.”
That, too, was a lie. In fact, the plan was the opposite. They wanted him to run, and they were going to chase him and taser him when he did.
A Montgomery County jury agreed, convicting the two officers for felonious lying on their police reports and sentencing them to prison.
They can no longer be peace officers ever again. We salute DA Ligon for doing his job and defending the public against tyrant sociopaths and, yes, racist police officers. We only wish more DA’s were less concerned about getting reelected and fearful of the police officers’ union than they are about keeping the public safe.
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--2020-12-27--The Lawsuit That Could End Covid-1984 with Dr. Pam Popper

Ever since the world became aware of Covid-19 in early 2020 , we have warned of the possibility that the government response may turn out to be worse than the condition itself .
Many have described this response as a form of medical tyranny , sold to us as a temporary measure for the greater good .
Two weeks to flatten the curve they said .
Four months into the lockdowns , some of us half jokingly said things like , “ I hope they lift the lockdowns before the 4th of July , so we can celebrate our freedoms.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a two-week lockdown with no end in sight , despite the fact that a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled the shut downs were unconstitutional .
The Michigan Supreme Court also ruled that the Governor ’ s emergency orders had violated the Constitution .
So why hasn ’ t anything changed ?
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By Spiro Skouras
Ever since the world became aware of Covid-19 in early 2020, we have warned of the possibility that the government response may turn out to be worse than the condition itself.
Many have described this response as a form of medical tyranny, sold to us as a temporary measure for the greater good. Two weeks to flatten the curve they said.
Four months into the lockdowns, some of us half jokingly said things like, “I hope they lift the lockdowns before the 4th of July, so we can celebrate our freedoms.”
Now we find ourselves eight months into a two-week lockdown with no end in sight, despite the fact that a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled the shut downs were unconstitutional. The Michigan Supreme Court also ruled that the Governor’s emergency orders had violated the Constitution. So why hasn’t anything changed?
In this interview, Spiro’s guest Dr. Pamela Popper discusses two new lawsuits that she believes could end Covid-1984. The two lawsuits, one in Ohio and one in New Mexico, challenge the root of the problem: the emergency itself.
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activistpost--2020-12-27--COVID-19 Caste System — Coming To A Set Near You?

How is life on a Hollywood set post COVID-19 ?
In light of Tom Cruise ’ s recent freak out on a shoot for Mission : Impossible 7 , I decided to find out .
Cruise , 58 , made headlines on Tuesday , December 15 , when The Sun published a recording of him screaming at the film ’ s crew for not following COVID-19 protocols .
“ They ’ re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us , ” he reportedly said in the audio clip .
“ I ’ m on the phone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insurance companies , producers .
They are looking at us and using us to make their movies .
We are creating thousands of jobs , you mother—kers.
” Publicity stunt to whip employees into shape ?
Or exaggerated fear for a virus less fatal than the flu ?
Please follow Maryam Henein on Twitter @ maryamhenein you can support her work on https : //www.patreon.com/ maryamhenein Tinseltown , which was mostly shut down from March to June , has received approximately 3,552 film permit applications spanning 2,514 unique projects over the past 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angeles area alone .
Although many notable TV and film productions have now returned back to set , things are vastly different under the Rona Regime .
Think new protocols that involve rapid testing , socially distant crews , thermometer checks , the use of PPE , regular sanitation like having crewmembers dashing over to squirt an alcohol-based spritzer around actors , and COVID-19 compliance officers , among other measures .
Different is one word for it .
“ The whole thing ’ s so eerie and odd and disconcerting , ” Meryl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Late Show .
“ There ’ s always been a hierarchy but nothing like this .
Now it ’ s crazy , ” says Reet Tarted , a seasoned grip of 15 years who has been working on a Lions Gate-produced Netflix show .
Not only are there different zones with their own colored-coded bracelets , each area also has its own bathrooms and areas to congregate .
Plastic bubble pods serve as ‘ holding areas ’ for let ’ s say extras .
“ It ’ s like hanging out in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The “ Orange Zone ” consists of most people who go on set when the talent has cleared .
Orange people get tested three times a week .
Meanwhile , the Blue Zone is for nonessential workers who don ’ t need to go on set regularly ; they only get tested once a week .
“ It ’ s for people who are disposable , like the set painter , ” jokes Tarted .
The “ Purple Zone ” is made up of core crew members like the director along with anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contact ’ with performers like a makeup artist or a costume designer .
Unlike most , actors get to remove their literal mask when the director calls “ Action ” for a proverbial one .
Because , after all , the coronavirus is so intelligent , it knows when to go into suspended animation .
Because Tarted was infected with a mild case of Covid19 while on set , he ’ s now considered “ safe ” to enter the “ Purple Zone ” for the next three months .
His color-coded bracelet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get tested five days a week as a purple zone person but now that I have antibodies so I never get tested anymore .
I am impervious .
I am glad I got the virus .
They were initially using nasal swabs but they were too invasive ; they now stick a swab down our throats.
” Tarted got infected along with one leading actress and 10 other crew members , prompting the production to close down for three weeks .
He thinks being around extras is what got them sick , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PCR swab test since there have been a handful of people who I know got sick AFTER getting tested .
Consider the first initial tests by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control were tainted .
Tarted told me this particular Lions Gate production spends $ 175K a week on testing .
Ryan Hodges , a seasoned dolly grip of 20 years , suspects that the people at the top manipulate the tests to make sure essential crew members get a pass into the Purple Zone .
Because he operates the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a shoot .
“ Given the level of false positives of this non diagnostic tool called the RT PCR test , they can change the cycles to get the results they want , ” says Hodges .
In a statement released on December 14 , 2020 the World Health Organization finally owned up to what hundreds of thousands of doctors and medical professionals have been saying for months : the polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR ) test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 is a hit and miss process , with way too many false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now clearly looking to distance itself from the fatally flawed test as a growing number of lawsuits are processing through the courts exposing the insanity of relying on a test that even the inventor , Professor Kary B. Mullis , said it was never designed to diagnose diseases , ” writes Principia Scientific .
An Oxford Science Paper and others state that “ if a person has positive PCR test at a threshold of cycles of 35 or higher ( happens in most laboratories in USA & Europe ) , the chances of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3 % .
The probability of a person receiving a false positive is 97 % or higher.
” Regardless of the accuracy of the tests , there are no compliance officers who live on set to make sure people follow the rules .
“ I call them ‘ Covid Karens ’ from the Ministry of Truth , ” Hodges teases .
“ They basically go around the set , yelling at people who aren ’ t six feet apart or wearing masks .
On this Sony shoot , I have to wear two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set , I have to also put on a face shield .
It ’ s insanity.
” All of these guidelines and rules are show-specific , adds Ronald Bull , a featured background actor in Tinseltown .
“ Non-union productions are less stringent .
I ’ ve been on two TV shows , three music videos , and one movie since the lockdown began , and they all have had different guidelines and restrictions.
” He was on one commercial set that was “ ruthless as shit.
” He couldn ’ t even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sip of water .
To quench his thirst , he needed to go to a certain zone first .
He recalled another set where he was fogged down with a sanitizer every time he went to the bathroom .
Everyone on set was .
A month ago , Bull , 65 , landed a featured role on a Paramount movie , knowing he would need to get tested if he landed the role – something he swore he would never do .
A week before the shoot , they asked him to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company that provides tools to keep employees safe as they “ build back to a better ” future , onboarded him .
In order to start work , they asked him to watch a mandatory 30-minute training on how to abide by COVID-19 Awareness Training .
By the way , “ Build Back Better ” used by Joe Biden , is a reference to the World Economic Forum ’ s Great Reset proposal .
Some describe The Great Reset as “ a creative industry movement to embed the positive environmental shifts that have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ normal.
” Others call it a “ New World Order , ” or a totalitarian global communist technocracy .
Upon arriving on set , Bull was asked to take yet another test .
This time it was a rapid one .
He waited in his car for 15 minutes until he was cleared as a negative case .
After getting changed into costume , the dressing room was fogged with a sanitizing concoction .
“ We waste about 1.5 hours a day because of this COVID-19 bullshit .
But I am playing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I wasn ’ t going to get tested .
I will not get a COVID-19 vaccine unless I land a role as a leading man , ” he joked .
He also spoke about color-coded zones , bracelets , and holding pods .
While the crew members I interviewed experienced varying COVID restraints , Pamela Greenwalt , Chief Communications & Marketing Officer of SAG-AFTRA , attests there is only one standard for industry productions .
She referred me to the Return to Work Protocols agreement negotiated with the motion picture and television @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SAG-AFTRA members working on set are consistently and conscientiously protecting themselves and their fellows by following the pandemic protocols laid out in the Return to Work agreement , ” remarked Duncan Crabtree-Ireland , who heads the SAG ’ s Pandemic Safety and Return to Work initiative .
Given the elaborate and sometimes nonsensical measures to ‘ stop the spread , ’ it ’ s no wonder everyone in Hollywood hasn ’ t nailed down this new system .
Yet .
“ I am immune .
I am immune , ” Nico Price , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yells to a bunch of cops , who are directing guns at him .
The ‘ munie ’ ( immune individual ) waves a wrist that is adorned with a yellow immunity bracelet .
It is 2024 .
And this is a scene from Songbird , a Michael Bay sci-fi ( not really sci-fi ) thriller that was just released .
The COVID-19 virus has mutated into COVID-23 , prompting brutal restrictions .
The world is in its fourth pandemic year .
In the United States , people are required to take temperature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those infected with COVID-23 are violently taken from their homes against their will and forced into quarantine camps , also known as “ Q-Zones ” or concentration camps .
I was reminded of this flick thanks to the zones , bracelets , immune individuals , and the caste system that is arguably forming on movie sets .
The movie was filmed in May when most productions were still shut down .
No actor on set engaged with one another in-person .
It was socially distanced to the max .
Movie Magic , COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implemented are viewed as an improvement .
But what if this COVID-19 classification of people goes off set ?
What if it melds with a social credit score to keep you in line ?
Are people so grateful to have a job that they ’ re willing to accept a new abnormal that involves constant testing , being hosed down by chemicals , and working all day without seeing the faces of your crew members ?
As they say , the show must go on… ** In this new censored world , names @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Brother may be watching .
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By Maryam Henein
How is life on a Hollywood set post COVID-19? In light of Tom Cruise’s recent freak out on a shoot for Mission: Impossible 7, I decided to find out.
Cruise, 58, made headlines on Tuesday, December 15, when The Sun published a recording of him screaming at the film’s crew for not following COVID-19 protocols.
“They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us,” he reportedly said in the audio clip. “I’m on the phone with every f—king studio at night, insurance companies, producers. They are looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs, you mother—kers.”
Publicity stunt to whip employees into shape? Or exaggerated fear for a virus less fatal than the flu?
Please follow Maryam Henein on Twitter @maryamhenein
you can support her work on https://www.patreon.com/ maryamhenein
Tinseltown, which was mostly shut down from March to June, has received approximately 3,552 film permit applications spanning 2,514 unique projects over the past 20 weeks for location shooting in the Los Angeles area alone.
Although many notable TV and film productions have now returned back to set, things are vastly different under the Rona Regime. Think new protocols that involve rapid testing, socially distant crews, thermometer checks, the use of PPE, regular sanitation like having crewmembers dashing over to squirt an alcohol-based spritzer around actors, and COVID-19 compliance officers, among other measures.
Different is one word for it.
“The whole thing’s so eerie and odd and disconcerting,” Meryl Streep recently told Stephen Colbert on his Late Show.
Zones, Bracelets, & Pods, Oh My
“There’s always been a hierarchy but nothing like this. Now it’s crazy,” says Reet Tarted, a seasoned grip of 15 years who has been working on a Lions Gate-produced Netflix show.
Not only are there different zones with their own colored-coded bracelets, each area also has its own bathrooms and areas to congregate. Plastic bubble pods serve as ‘holding areas’ for let’s say extras.
“It’s like hanging out in a bubbled dollhouse,” says Tarted.
The “Orange Zone” consists of most people who go on set when the talent has cleared. Orange people get tested three times a week. Meanwhile, the Blue Zone is for nonessential workers who don’t need to go on set regularly; they only get tested once a week.
“It’s for people who are disposable, like the set painter,” jokes Tarted.
The “Purple Zone” is made up of core crew members like the director along with anyone who needs to come into ‘close contact’ with performers like a makeup artist or a costume designer. Unlike most, actors get to remove their literal mask when the director calls “Action” for a proverbial one. Because, after all, the coronavirus is so intelligent, it knows when to go into suspended animation.
Because Tarted was infected with a mild case of Covid19 while on set, he’s now considered “safe” to enter the “Purple Zone” for the next three months. His color-coded bracelet gives him access.
“I used to get tested five days a week as a purple zone person but now that I have antibodies so I never get tested anymore. I am impervious. I am glad I got the virus. They were initially using nasal swabs but they were too invasive; they now stick a swab down our throats.”
Tarted got infected along with one leading actress and 10 other crew members, prompting the production to close down for three weeks. He thinks being around extras is what got them sick, but I personally think it was the PCR swab test since there have been a handful of people who I know got sick AFTER getting tested. Consider the first initial tests by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control were tainted.
Tarted told me this particular Lions Gate production spends $175K a week on testing.
Ryan Hodges, a seasoned dolly grip of 20 years, suspects that the people at the top manipulate the tests to make sure essential crew members get a pass into the Purple Zone. Because he operates the camera, he is considered essential to a shoot.
“Given the level of false positives of this non diagnostic tool called the RT PCR test, they can change the cycles to get the results they want,” says Hodges.
In a statement released on December 14, 2020 the World Health Organization finally owned up to what hundreds of thousands of doctors and medical professionals have been saying for months: the polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 is a hit and miss process, with way too many false positives.
“The UN body is now clearly looking to distance itself from the fatally flawed test as a growing number of lawsuits are processing through the courts exposing the insanity of relying on a test that even the inventor, Professor Kary B. Mullis, said it was never designed to diagnose diseases,” writes Principia Scientific.
An Oxford Science Paper and others state that “if a person has positive PCR test at a threshold of cycles of 35 or higher (happens in most laboratories in USA & Europe), the chances of a person being infected is less than 3%. The probability of a person receiving a false positive is 97% or higher.”
Regardless of the accuracy of the tests, there are no compliance officers who live on set to make sure people follow the rules.
“I call them ‘Covid Karens’ from the Ministry of Truth,” Hodges teases. “They basically go around the set, yelling at people who aren’t six feet apart or wearing masks. On this Sony shoot, I have to wear two masks and when the actors arrive to set, I have to also put on a face shield. It’s insanity.”
All of these guidelines and rules are show-specific, adds Ronald Bull, a featured background actor in Tinseltown. “Non-union productions are less stringent. I’ve been on two TV shows, three music videos, and one movie since the lockdown began, and they all have had different guidelines and restrictions.”
He was on one commercial set that was “ruthless as shit.”
He couldn’t even take off his mask to take a sip of water. To quench his thirst, he needed to go to a certain zone first. He recalled another set where he was fogged down with a sanitizer every time he went to the bathroom. Everyone on set was.
A month ago, Bull, 65, landed a featured role on a Paramount movie, knowing he would need to get tested if he landed the role – something he swore he would never do. A week before the shoot, they asked him to get tested.
Carbon Health, a third-party company that provides tools to keep employees safe as they “build back to a better” future, onboarded him. In order to start work, they asked him to watch a mandatory 30-minute training on how to abide by COVID-19 Awareness Training.
By the way, “Build Back Better” used by Joe Biden, is a reference to the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset proposal. Some describe The Great Reset as “a creative industry movement to embed the positive environmental shifts that have happened during the lockdown as THE new normal.” Others call it a “New World Order,” or a totalitarian global communist technocracy.
Upon arriving on set, Bull was asked to take yet another test. This time it was a rapid one. He waited in his car for 15 minutes until he was cleared as a negative case. After getting changed into costume, the dressing room was fogged with a sanitizing concoction.
“We waste about 1.5 hours a day because of this COVID-19 bullshit. But I am playing the game so I can get on set. I wasn’t going to get tested. I will not get a COVID-19 vaccine unless I land a role as a leading man,” he joked. He also spoke about color-coded zones, bracelets, and holding pods.
While the crew members I interviewed experienced varying COVID restraints, Pamela Greenwalt, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer of SAG-AFTRA, attests there is only one standard for industry productions. She referred me to the Return to Work Protocols agreement negotiated with the motion picture and television industry.
“The vast majority of SAG-AFTRA members working on set are consistently and conscientiously protecting themselves and their fellows by following the pandemic protocols laid out in the Return to Work agreement,” remarked Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, who heads the SAG’s Pandemic Safety and Return to Work initiative.
Given the elaborate and sometimes nonsensical measures to ‘stop the spread,’ it’s no wonder everyone in Hollywood hasn’t nailed down this new system. Yet.
Songbird
“I am immune. I am immune,” Nico Price, a motorbike courier from Los Angeles, yells to a bunch of cops, who are directing guns at him. The ‘munie’ (immune individual) waves a wrist that is adorned with a yellow immunity bracelet.
It is 2024. And this is a scene from Songbird, a Michael Bay sci-fi (not really sci-fi) thriller that was just released. The COVID-19 virus has mutated into COVID-23, prompting brutal restrictions. The world is in its fourth pandemic year.
In the United States, people are required to take temperature checks on their cell phones, while those infected with COVID-23 are violently taken from their homes against their will and forced into quarantine camps, also known as “Q-Zones” or concentration camps.
I was reminded of this flick thanks to the zones, bracelets, immune individuals, and the caste system that is arguably forming on movie sets.
DIGG|| SONGBIRD Covid-23 predictive programming… They always tell us in advance. This Hollywood flick takes place 2 years in the future. Surprise — the p*andemic has not gone away. Ex Paramount production chief Adam Goodman’s teams w/ Michael Bay. 1 pic.twitter.com/oqHZaEhjIU — Maryam Henein/ #Shadowbanned (aka BeeLady) Sassy (@MaryamHenein) November 1, 2020
The movie was filmed in May when most productions were still shut down. No actor on set engaged with one another in-person. It was socially distanced to the max. Movie Magic, COVID-19 style.
Perhaps, current protocols being implemented are viewed as an improvement. But what if this COVID-19 classification of people goes off set? What if it melds with a social credit score to keep you in line? Are people so grateful to have a job that they’re willing to accept a new abnormal that involves constant testing, being hosed down by chemicals, and working all day without seeing the faces of your crew members?
As they say, the show must go on…
** In this new censored world, names have been changed to preserve anonymity. Big Brother may be watching.
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activistpost--2020-12-28--The Great Reset, Part II: Corporate Socialism

As I noted in the previous installment , the Great Reset , if its architects have their way , would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life .
Here , I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , as well as to recent developments that have advanced these plans .
As F.A .
Hayek suggested in his introductory essay to Collectivist Economic Planning , socialism can be divided into two aspects : the ends and the means .
The socialist means is collectivist planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under proletarian socialism , are the collective ownership of the means of production and the “ equal ” or “ equitable ” distribution of the end products .
Distinguishing between these two aspects in order to set aside the question of the ends and to focus on the means , Hayek suggested that collectivist planning could be marshaled in the service of ends other than those associated with proletarian socialism : “ An aristocratic dictatorship , for example , may use the same methods to further the interest of some racial or other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other decidedly anti-equalitarian purpose.
” Collectivist planning might or might not run into the calculation problem , depending upon whether or not a market in the factors of production is retained .
If a market for the factors of production is maintained , then the calculation problem would not strictly apply .
The collectivist planners of the Great Reset do not aim at eliminating markets for the factors of production .
Rather , they mean to drive ownership and control of the most important factors to those enrolled in “ stakeholder capitalism.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meanwhile , would be guided by the directives of a coalition of governments under a unified mission and set of policies , in particular those expounded by the WEF itself .
While these corporate stakeholders would not necessarily be monopolies per se , the goal of the WEF is to vest as much control over production and distribution in these corporate stakeholders as possible , with the goal of eliminating producers whose products or processes are deemed either unnecessary or inimical to the globalists ’ desiderata for “ a fairer , greener future.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on production and consumption and likewise an expanded role for governments in order to enforce such constraints—or , as Klaus Schwab has stated in the context of the covid crisis , “ the return of big government ” —as if government hasn ’ t been big and growing bigger all the while .
Schwab and the WEF promote stakeholder capitalism against a supposedly rampant “ neoliberalism.
” Neoliberalism is a weasel word that stands for whatever leftists deem wrong with the socioeconomic order .
It is the common enemy of the Left .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ defines as “ a corpus of ideas and policies that can loosely be defined as favouring competition over solidarity , creative destruction over government intervention and economic growth over social welfare ” —is a straw man .
Schwab and company erect neoliberalism as the source of our economic woes .
But to the extent that “ antineoliberalism ” has been in play , the governmental favoring of industries and players within industries ( or corporatocracy ) , and not competition , has been the source of what Schwab and his ilk decry .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of corporatocracy .
Nevertheless , the aims of the WEF are not to plan every aspect of production and thus to direct all individual activity .
Rather , the goal is to limit the possibilities for individual activity , including the activity of consumers—by dint of squeezing out industries and producers within industries from the economy .
“ Every country , from the United States to China , must participate , and every industry , from oil and gas to tech , must be transformed.
” Become an Activist Post Patron for just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As Hayek noted , “ when the medieval guild system was at its height , and when restrictions to commerce were most extensive , they were not used as a means actually to direct individual activity.
” Likewise , the Great Reset aims not at a strictly collectivist planning of the economy so much as recommends and demands neofeudalistic restrictions that would go further than anything since the Medieval Period—other than under state socialism itself , that is .
In 1935 , Hayek noted the extent to which economic restrictions had already led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much further , then , the Great Reset would take us toward the kinds of restrictions imposed under feudalism , including the economic stasis that feudalism entailed !
I call this neofeudalism “ corporate socialism ” —not only because the rhetoric to gain adherents derives from socialist ideology ( “ fairness , ” “ economic equality , ” “ collective good , ” “ shared destiny , ” etc . )
but also because the reality sought after is de facto monopolistic control of production via the elimination of noncompliant producers—i.e.
, a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ characteristic of socialism .
These interventions would not only add to the “ interventionist chaos ” already in existence but further distort markets to a degree unprecedented outside of centralized socialist planning per se .
The elites could attempt to determine , a priori , consumer needs and wants by limiting production to acceptable goods and services .
They would also limit production to the kinds amenable to the governments and producers who buy into the program .
The added regulations would drive mid-sized and small producers out of business or into black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets could exist under a digital currency and greater centralized banking .
As such , the restrictions and regulations would tend toward a static caste-like system with corporate oligarchs on top , and “ actually existing socialism ” for the vast majority below .
Increasing wealth for the few , “ economic equality , ” under reduced conditions , including universal basic income , for the rest .
The Coronavirus Lockdowns , the Riots , and Corporate Socialism The covid-19 lockdowns , and to a lesser extent the leftist riots , have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draconian lockdown measures employed by governors and mayors and the destruction perpetrated by the rioters just so happen to be doing the work that corporate socialists like the WEF want done .
In addition to destabilizing the nation-state , these policies and politics are helping to destroy small businesses , thus eliminating competitors .
As the Foundation for Economic Education ( FEE ) points out , the lockdowns and riots have combined to level a one-two punch that is knocking out millions of small businesses— “ the backbone of the American economy ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , as FEE and others have noted , there is no evidence that the lockdowns have done anything to slow the spread of the virus .
Likewise , there is no evidence that Black Lives Matter has done anything to help black lives .
If anything , the riotous and murderous campaigns of Black Lives Matter and Antifa have proven that black lives do not matter to Black Lives Matter .
In addition to murdering black people , the Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters have done enormous damage to black businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives .
As small businesses have been crushed by the combination of draconian lockdowns and riotous lunacy , corporate giants like Amazon have thrived like never before .
As BBC noted , at least three of the tech giants—Amazon , Apple , and Facebook—have appreciated massive gains during the lockdowns , gains which were abetted , to a lesser extent , by riots that cost 1 to 2 billion in property damages .
During the three months ending in June , Amazon ’ s “ quarterly profit of $ 5.2bn ( £4bn ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s start in 1994 and came despite heavy spending on protective gear and other measures due to the virus.
” Amazon ’ s sales rose by 40 percent in the three months ending in June .
As reported by TechCrunch , Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms saw a 15 percent rise in users , which brought revenues to a grand total of $ 17.74 billion in the first quarter .
Facebook ’ s total users climbed to 3 billion in March , or two-thirds of the world ’ s internet users @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revenues soared during the same period , with quarterly earnings rising 11 percent year-on-year to $ 59.7 billion .
“ Walmart , the country ’ s largest grocer , said profits rose 4 percent , to $ 3.99 billion , ” during the first quarter of 2020 , as reported by the Washington Post .
The number of small businesses has been nearly cut in half by the covid-19 lockdowns and the Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots while the corporate giants have consolidated their grip on the economy , as well as their power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beyond .
Thus , it would appear that the covid lockdowns , shutdowns , partial closings , as well as the riots are just what the Great Resetters ordered , although I am not hereby suggesting that they did order them .
More likely , they have seized the opportunity to cull from the economy the underbrush of small and medium-sized businesses in order to make compliance simpler and more pervasive .
In the end , the Great Reset is merely a propaganda campaign , not some button that globalist oligarchs can push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as just that .
Their plans need to be countered with better economic ideas and concerted individual actions .
The only reasonable response to the Great Reset project is to defy it , to introduce and promote more competition , and to demand the full reopening of the economy , at whatever peril .
If this means that smaller-scale producers and distributors must band together to defy state edicts , then so be it .
New business associations , with the aim of foiling the Great Reset , must be formed—before it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor of liberal studies at New York University ( retired ) .
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By Michael Rectenwald
As I noted in the previous installment, the Great Reset, if its architects have their way, would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life. Here, I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as to recent developments that have advanced these plans.
As F.A. Hayek suggested in his introductory essay to Collectivist Economic Planning, socialism can be divided into two aspects: the ends and the means. The socialist means is collectivist planning, while the ends, at least under proletarian socialism, are the collective ownership of the means of production and the “equal” or “equitable” distribution of the end products. Distinguishing between these two aspects in order to set aside the question of the ends and to focus on the means, Hayek suggested that collectivist planning could be marshaled in the service of ends other than those associated with proletarian socialism: “An aristocratic dictatorship, for example, may use the same methods to further the interest of some racial or other elite or in the service of some other decidedly anti-equalitarian purpose.” Collectivist planning might or might not run into the calculation problem, depending upon whether or not a market in the factors of production is retained. If a market for the factors of production is maintained, then the calculation problem would not strictly apply.
The collectivist planners of the Great Reset do not aim at eliminating markets for the factors of production. Rather, they mean to drive ownership and control of the most important factors to those enrolled in “stakeholder capitalism.” The productive activities of said stakeholders, meanwhile, would be guided by the directives of a coalition of governments under a unified mission and set of policies, in particular those expounded by the WEF itself.
While these corporate stakeholders would not necessarily be monopolies per se, the goal of the WEF is to vest as much control over production and distribution in these corporate stakeholders as possible, with the goal of eliminating producers whose products or processes are deemed either unnecessary or inimical to the globalists’ desiderata for “a fairer, greener future.” Naturally, this would involve constraints on production and consumption and likewise an expanded role for governments in order to enforce such constraints—or, as Klaus Schwab has stated in the context of the covid crisis, “the return of big government” —as if government hasn’t been big and growing bigger all the while.
Schwab and the WEF promote stakeholder capitalism against a supposedly rampant “neoliberalism.” Neoliberalism is a weasel word that stands for whatever leftists deem wrong with the socioeconomic order. It is the common enemy of the Left. Needless to say, neoliberalism—which Schwab loosely defines as “a corpus of ideas and policies that can loosely be defined as favouring competition over solidarity, creative destruction over government intervention and economic growth over social welfare” —is a straw man. Schwab and company erect neoliberalism as the source of our economic woes. But to the extent that “antineoliberalism” has been in play, the governmental favoring of industries and players within industries (or corporatocracy), and not competition, has been the source of what Schwab and his ilk decry. The Great Reset would magnify the effects of corporatocracy.
Nevertheless, the aims of the WEF are not to plan every aspect of production and thus to direct all individual activity. Rather, the goal is to limit the possibilities for individual activity, including the activity of consumers—by dint of squeezing out industries and producers within industries from the economy. “Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed.”
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As Hayek noted, “when the medieval guild system was at its height, and when restrictions to commerce were most extensive, they were not used as a means actually to direct individual activity.” Likewise, the Great Reset aims not at a strictly collectivist planning of the economy so much as recommends and demands neofeudalistic restrictions that would go further than anything since the Medieval Period—other than under state socialism itself, that is. In 1935, Hayek noted the extent to which economic restrictions had already led to distortions of the market:
With our attempts to use the old apparatus of restrictionism as an instrument of almost day-to-day adjustment to change we have probably already gone much further in the direction of central planning of current activity than has ever been attempted before….It is important to realize in any investigation of the possibilities of planning that it is a fallacy to suppose capitalism as it exists to-day is the alternative. We are certainly as far from capitalism in its pure form as we are from any system of central planning. The world of to-day is just interventionist chaos.
How much further, then, the Great Reset would take us toward the kinds of restrictions imposed under feudalism, including the economic stasis that feudalism entailed!
I call this neofeudalism “corporate socialism”—not only because the rhetoric to gain adherents derives from socialist ideology (“fairness,” “economic equality,” “collective good,” “shared destiny,” etc.) but also because the reality sought after is de facto monopolistic control of production via the elimination of noncompliant producers—i.e., a tendency toward monopoly over production that is characteristic of socialism. These interventions would not only add to the “interventionist chaos” already in existence but further distort markets to a degree unprecedented outside of centralized socialist planning per se. The elites could attempt to determine, a priori, consumer needs and wants by limiting production to acceptable goods and services. They would also limit production to the kinds amenable to the governments and producers who buy into the program. The added regulations would drive mid-sized and small producers out of business or into black markets, to the extent that black markets could exist under a digital currency and greater centralized banking. As such, the restrictions and regulations would tend toward a static caste-like system with corporate oligarchs on top, and “actually existing socialism” for the vast majority below. Increasing wealth for the few, “economic equality,” under reduced conditions, including universal basic income, for the rest.
The Coronavirus Lockdowns, the Riots, and Corporate Socialism
The covid-19 lockdowns, and to a lesser extent the leftist riots, have been moving us toward corporate socialism. The draconian lockdown measures employed by governors and mayors and the destruction perpetrated by the rioters just so happen to be doing the work that corporate socialists like the WEF want done. In addition to destabilizing the nation-state, these policies and politics are helping to destroy small businesses, thus eliminating competitors.
As the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) points out, the lockdowns and riots have combined to level a one-two punch that is knocking out millions of small businesses—“the backbone of the American economy”—all across America. FEE reported that
7.5 million small businesses in America are at risk of closing their doors for good. A more recent survey showed that even with federal loans, close to half of all small business owners say they’ll have to shut down for good. The toll has already been severe. In New York alone, stay-at-home orders have forced the permanent closure of more than 100,000 small businesses.
Meanwhile, as FEE and others have noted, there is no evidence that the lockdowns have done anything to slow the spread of the virus. Likewise, there is no evidence that Black Lives Matter has done anything to help black lives. If anything, the riotous and murderous campaigns of Black Lives Matter and Antifa have proven that black lives do not matter to Black Lives Matter. In addition to murdering black people, the Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters have done enormous damage to black businesses and neighborhoods, and thus to black lives.
As small businesses have been crushed by the combination of draconian lockdowns and riotous lunacy, corporate giants like Amazon have thrived like never before. As BBC noted, at least three of the tech giants—Amazon, Apple, and Facebook—have appreciated massive gains during the lockdowns, gains which were abetted, to a lesser extent, by riots that cost 1 to 2 billion in property damages. During the three months ending in June, Amazon’s “quarterly profit of $5.2bn (£4bn) was the biggest since the company’s start in 1994 and came despite heavy spending on protective gear and other measures due to the virus.” Amazon’s sales rose by 40 percent in the three months ending in June.
As reported by TechCrunch, Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms saw a 15 percent rise in users, which brought revenues to a grand total of $17.74 billion in the first quarter. Facebook’s total users climbed to 3 billion in March, or two-thirds of the world’s internet users, a record. Apple’s revenues soared during the same period, with quarterly earnings rising 11 percent year-on-year to $59.7 billion. “Walmart, the country’s largest grocer, said profits rose 4 percent, to $3.99 billion,” during the first quarter of 2020, as reported by the Washington Post.
The number of small businesses has been nearly cut in half by the covid-19 lockdowns and the Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots while the corporate giants have consolidated their grip on the economy, as well as their power over individual expression on the internet and beyond. Thus, it would appear that the covid lockdowns, shutdowns, partial closings, as well as the riots are just what the Great Resetters ordered, although I am not hereby suggesting that they did order them. More likely, they have seized the opportunity to cull from the economy the underbrush of small and medium-sized businesses in order to make compliance simpler and more pervasive.
In the end, the Great Reset is merely a propaganda campaign, not some button that globalist oligarchs can push at will—although the WEF has represented it as just that. Their plans need to be countered with better economic ideas and concerted individual actions. The only reasonable response to the Great Reset project is to defy it, to introduce and promote more competition, and to demand the full reopening of the economy, at whatever peril. If this means that smaller-scale producers and distributors must band together to defy state edicts, then so be it. New business associations, with the aim of foiling the Great Reset, must be formed—before it is too late.
Contact Michael Rectenwald
Michael Rectenwald was a professor of liberal studies at New York University (retired).
Source: Mises.org
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activistpost--2020-12-28--Trump Signs COVID-19 Relief Bill With $600 Checks, Asks Congress To Approve Increase Later

President Trump on Sunday signed a $ 900 billion pandemic relief package which will include $ 600 direct checks checks , abandoning his immediate demand that Congress go back to the drawing board and provide $ 2,000 checks , and instead encouraged them to vote on a separate bill to “ increase payments to individuals from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
” “ I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits , stop evictions , provide rental assistance , add money for PPP , return our airline workers back to work , add substantially more money for vaccine distribution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in a Sunday night statement .
The pandemic relief package is coupled with $ 1.4 trillion in funds to run the government through September and includes other end-of-session priorities such as increases in food stamp benefits and funding for the transit system .
Plus , tons of pork , which we noted last week .
According to the New York Post : The bill authorizes direct checks of $ 600 for people earning up to $ 75,000 per year .
The amount decreases for higher earners and people who make over $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump said that Congress on Monday would vote on a separate bill to “ increase payments to individuals from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
” The bill creates a new $ 300 weekly unemployment supplement and replenishes a forgivable loan program for small businesses .
It also creates new criminal penalties including prison time for violating copyright laws with online streaming .
–NYP Futures and gold are happy for the moment : “ As President of the United States it is my responsibility to protect the people of our country from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the China Virus .
I understand that many small businesses have been forced to close as a result of harsh actions by Democrat-run states .
Many people are back to work , but my job is not done until everyone is back to work .
Fortunately , as a result of my work with Congress in passing the CARES Act earlier this year , we avoided another Great Depression .
Under my leadership , Project Warp Speed has been a tremendous success , my Administration and I developed a vaccine many years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are distributing these vaccines , and others soon coming , to millions of people .
As President , I have told Congress that I want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the American people in the form of $ 2,000 checks per adult and $ 600 per child .
As President I am demanding many rescissions under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 .
The Act provides that , “ whenever the President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which it is provided , or that such budget authority should be rescinded for fiscal policy or other reasons ( including termination of authorized projects or activities for which budget authority has been provided ) , the President shall transmit to both Houses of Congress a special message ” describing the amount to be reserved , the relevant accounts , the reasons for the rescission , and the economic effects of the rescission .
2 U.S.C .
§ 683 .
I will sign the Omnibus and Covid package with a strong message that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to be removed .
I will send back to Congress a redlined version , item by item , accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill .
I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits , stop evictions , provide rental assistance , add money for PPP , return our airline workers back to work , add substantially more money for vaccine distribution , and much more .
On Monday the House will vote to increase payments to individuals from $ 600 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family of four would receive $ 5,200 .
Additionally , Congress has promised that Section 230 , which so unfairly benefits Big Tech at the expense of the American people , will be reviewed and either be terminated or substantially reformed .
Likewise , the House and Senate have agreed to focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud which took place in the November 3 Presidential election .
The Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $ 2,000 , repeals Section 230 , and starts an investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not get protections of Section 230 !
Much more money is coming .
I will never give up my fight for the American people !
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By Tyler Durden
President Trump on Sunday signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package which will include $600 direct checks checks, abandoning his immediate demand that Congress go back to the drawing board and provide $2,000 checks, and instead encouraged them to vote on a separate bill to “increase payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000.”
“I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,” Trump said in a Sunday night statement.
The pandemic relief package is coupled with $1.4 trillion in funds to run the government through September and includes other end-of-session priorities such as increases in food stamp benefits and funding for the transit system. Plus, tons of pork, which we noted last week.
According to the New York Post:
The bill authorizes direct checks of $600 for people earning up to $75,000 per year. The amount decreases for higher earners and people who make over $95,000 get nothing. There’s an additional $600 per child stimulus payment. In a statement, Trump said that Congress on Monday would vote on a separate bill to “increase payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000.” The bill creates a new $300 weekly unemployment supplement and replenishes a forgivable loan program for small businesses. It also creates new criminal penalties including prison time for violating copyright laws with online streaming. –NYP
Futures and gold are happy for the moment:
Full Trump statement (emphasis ours – Zero Hedge):
“As President of the United States it is my responsibility to protect the people of our country from the economic devastation and hardship that was caused by the China Virus.
I understand that many small businesses have been forced to close as a result of harsh actions by Democrat-run states. Many people are back to work, but my job is not done until everyone is back to work.
Fortunately, as a result of my work with Congress in passing the CARES Act earlier this year, we avoided another Great Depression. Under my leadership, Project Warp Speed has been a tremendous success, my Administration and I developed a vaccine many years ahead of wildest expectations, and we are distributing these vaccines, and others soon coming, to millions of people.
As President, I have told Congress that I want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the American people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child.
As President I am demanding many rescissions under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The Act provides that, “whenever the President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the full objectives or scope of programs for which it is provided, or that such budget authority should be rescinded for fiscal policy or other reasons (including termination of authorized projects or activities for which budget authority has been provided), the President shall transmit to both Houses of Congress a special message” describing the amount to be reserved, the relevant accounts, the reasons for the rescission, and the economic effects of the rescission. 2 U.S.C. § 683.
I will sign the Omnibus and Covid package with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed. I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill.
I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more.
On Monday the House will vote to increase payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000. Therefore, a family of four would receive $5,200. Additionally, Congress has promised that Section 230, which so unfairly benefits Big Tech at the expense of the American people, will be reviewed and either be terminated or substantially reformed.
Likewise, the House and Senate have agreed to focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud which took place in the November 3 Presidential election.
The Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud.
Big Tech must not get protections of Section 230!
Voter Fraud must be fixed!
Much more money is coming. I will never give up my fight for the American people!
* * *
Source: Zero Hedge
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activistpost--2020-12-28--Surveillance Self-Defense and Security Education: Year in Review 2020

As the world rapidly changed in 2020 , new threats arose to our digital security .
The shift to online education and the wave of police brutality protests brought new avenues for surveillance , so EFF created new resources to help people protect themselves .
EFF maintains a repository of self-help resources for fighting back against surveillance across a variety of different platforms , devices , and threat models .
We call it Surveillance Self-Defense , or SSD for short .
SSD covers myriad topics , and is broken up into four main sections : • Basics : Overviews on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can fight it .
• Tool Guides : Step-by-step tutorials on installing and using privacy and security tools .
• Further Learning : Deep-dives on the theory behind protecting your digital privacy .
• Security Scenarios : Playlists of our resources for specific use cases .
In 2017 , we also launched the Security Education Companion , also known as SEC , as a sister site to SSD .
It ’ s geared toward people who would like to help their communities learn about digital security , but are new to the art @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four main areas of educational resources : • Security Education 101 : Articles on foundational teaching concepts , and the logistics and considerations of planning a workshop or training .
• Lesson Modules : Guides for training learners how to use password managers or lock down their social media , and more .
• Teaching Materials : Handouts and gifs to help illustrate new concepts in approachable ways for any skill level .
• Security News : An archive of curated EFF Deeplinks posts for trainers , technologists , and educators who teach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and SEC in 2020 Our student privacy guide is a wide-ranging breakdown of the ways schools spy on students , both in and out of the classroom .
It goes over the types of technologies schools can use and the data that they can gather , with strategies that students can use to protect themselves and their peers from invasive school surveillance .
We revamped and renamed our previous censorship circumvention guide to break down more fully the ways in which censorship and surveillance go hand-in-hand , and the harms they bring to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network censorship happens–where the blocking occurs , and by what mechanisms .
And finally , the guide provides users with options for circumvention techniques , and the risks and benefits of these options .
Our guide on attending protests went through a major update in response to the protests against police brutality this past summer .
We added new sections on dressing for anonymity and safety to circumvent surveillance techniques used at protests and considerations for transit , location , and social media tracking .
We also provided additional resources to help address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveillance risk and guidance on posting images in a mindful way to minimize exposing other protesters to potential harm .
We added to SEC ’ s training repertoire this year by creating a lesson module on teaching others about phishing and malware .
This resource is based firmly in learner empowerment , not fear .
These topics can be daunting and scary for people just learning how to protect themselves online , and we frame this training in building up learners ’ awareness and understanding , not recommending specific tools .
An additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is our malware handout , a double-sided informative resource on the common types of malware , and protections against contracting this malicious software on devices .
Check out the rest of Surveillance Self-Defense to learn more about protecting yourself online , and Security Education Companion for more of our digital security training resources , at the beginner and intermediate levels of learning .
This article is part of our Year in Review series .
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By Lindsay Oliver
As the world rapidly changed in 2020, new threats arose to our digital security. The shift to online education and the wave of police brutality protests brought new avenues for surveillance, so EFF created new resources to help people protect themselves.
EFF maintains a repository of self-help resources for fighting back against surveillance across a variety of different platforms, devices, and threat models. We call it Surveillance Self-Defense, or SSD for short.
SSD covers myriad topics, and is broken up into four main sections:
Basics: Overviews on what digital surveillance is and how you can fight it.
Tool Guides: Step-by-step tutorials on installing and using privacy and security tools.
Further Learning: Deep-dives on the theory behind protecting your digital privacy.
Security Scenarios: Playlists of our resources for specific use cases.
In 2017, we also launched the Security Education Companion, also known as SEC, as a sister site to SSD. It’s geared toward people who would like to help their communities learn about digital security, but are new to the art of security training.
SEC also features four main areas of educational resources:
Security Education 101: Articles on foundational teaching concepts, and the logistics and considerations of planning a workshop or training.
Lesson Modules: Guides for training learners how to use password managers or lock down their social media, and more.
Teaching Materials: Handouts and gifs to help illustrate new concepts in approachable ways for any skill level.
Security News: An archive of curated EFF Deeplinks posts for trainers, technologists, and educators who teach digital security.
Major Updates to SSD and SEC in 2020
Privacy for Students
Our student privacy guide is a wide-ranging breakdown of the ways schools spy on students, both in and out of the classroom. It goes over the types of technologies schools can use and the data that they can gather, with strategies that students can use to protect themselves and their peers from invasive school surveillance.
Understanding and Circumventing Network Censorship
We revamped and renamed our previous censorship circumvention guide to break down more fully the ways in which censorship and surveillance go hand-in-hand, and the harms they bring to users. We also go over how network censorship happens–where the blocking occurs, and by what mechanisms. And finally, the guide provides users with options for circumvention techniques, and the risks and benefits of these options.
Attending a Protest
Our guide on attending protests went through a major update in response to the protests against police brutality this past summer. We added new sections on dressing for anonymity and safety to circumvent surveillance techniques used at protests and considerations for transit, location, and social media tracking. We also provided additional resources to help address issues of self-censorship in the face of surveillance risk and guidance on posting images in a mindful way to minimize exposing other protesters to potential harm.
Lesson Module: Phishing and Malware
We added to SEC’s training repertoire this year by creating a lesson module on teaching others about phishing and malware. This resource is based firmly in learner empowerment, not fear. These topics can be daunting and scary for people just learning how to protect themselves online, and we frame this training in building up learners’ awareness and understanding, not recommending specific tools. An additional resource released in tandem with this lesson is our malware handout, a double-sided informative resource on the common types of malware, and protections against contracting this malicious software on devices.
Check out the rest of Surveillance Self-Defense to learn more about protecting yourself online, and Security Education Companion for more of our digital security training resources, at the beginner and intermediate levels of learning.
This article is part of our Year in Review series. Read other articles about the fight for digital rights in 2020.
Source: EFF.org
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activistpost--2020-12-28--Outlook 2021: Further U.S. Dollar Debasement Ahead

In a year that was marred by a global pandemic and a wave of economic restrictions that crippled many small businesses , financial markets proved to be resilient .
Of course , that resilience owes in no small part to the unprecedented outpouring of stimulus from Congress and the Federal Reserve .
More stimulus is on the way .
On Sunday , President Donald Trump signed the latest COVID relief package into law .
Trump had earlier blasted the bill as a pork-laden “ disgrace ” with inadequate $ 600 direct payments .
Under pressure to avert a government shutdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finally relented .
And he will continue to push the Senate to take up his $ 2,000 stimulus check proposal .
Meanwhile , the presumptive President in waiting , Joe Biden , is vowing to build on Congress ’ “ down payment.
” Biden wants larger checks , additional handouts to state and local governments , and more government spending across the board .
If Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Senate , pending the outcome of the Georgia runoff elections , they could potentially thwart some of Biden ’ s spending ambitions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political will to do so is another issue .
Some Senate Republicans bucked their own Majority Leader and joined with radical leftist Bernie Sanders and President Trump to form an odd coalition pushing for larger stimulus checks .
The populist sentiment toward aiding ordinary Americans is certainly understandable given the pandemic profiteering by giant corporations listed on Wall Street .
Their gains came at the expense of businesses deemed less “ essential ” by state and local governments .
They also got an artificial boost from the central bank as it went on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bond markets .
Will 2021 be the year the Fed ’ s inflationary chickens come home to roost ?
The setup for a major inflation outbreak in the real economy in the months ahead is clear and present .
A precious metals price breakout could therefore be imminent .
It is difficult to imagine a more bullish political and monetary environment for the metals than the one we are in .
The Fed has effectively taken a rate hike off the table for 2021 .
It has no plans to curtail its $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The printing press will continue to go brrr… And the federal budget deficit will continue to skyrocket – perhaps to $ 4 trillion .
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Fiscal conservatives can hold out some hope that a narrowly divided House and Senate will create gridlock – acting as a check on the spending ambitions of the incoming administration .
The reality is that only a small minority of politicians will actually vote to curtail Washington ’ s overall spending trajectory .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continuing down the path of running up huge deficits and papering over them with new debt issuance backed by the central bank .
Borrow-and-spend federal financing is a precursor to print-on-demand Modern Monetary Theory ( MMT ) .
In 2021 , MMT may become more formally adopted as part of a global post-COVID Great Reset .
The long-term outlook for the U.S. dollar looks bleak .
Politicians have an insatiable appetite for more of them , and central bankers are bent on depreciating them .
In the name of its newfangled “ symmetric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Fed will no longer pursue price stability as it used to be understood .
Instead , it will allow prices to run hot and hotter before it even thinks about thinking about tightening .
Although disinflationary pressures in certain parts of the economy could reassert themselves next year , the much larger , more powerful trend taking hold is that of steady , deliberate currency depreciation .
A secular bear market for the U.S. dollar translates into a secular bull market for hard assets .
Gold and silver won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they will occasionally suffer short-term to intermediate-term setbacks .
But given the paucity of viable , easily accessible , attractively valued alternatives within the retail investment universe , precious metals figure to be among the premier assets to hold heading into 2021 .
Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange , a precious metals dealer recently named “ Best in the USA ” by an independent global ratings group .
A graduate of the University of Florida , Gleason is a seasoned business leader , investor , political strategist , and grassroots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national television networks such as CNN , FoxNews , and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal , The Street , and Seeking Alpha .
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By Stefan Gleason
In a year that was marred by a global pandemic and a wave of economic restrictions that crippled many small businesses, financial markets proved to be resilient.
Of course, that resilience owes in no small part to the unprecedented outpouring of stimulus from Congress and the Federal Reserve.
More stimulus is on the way. On Sunday, President Donald Trump signed the latest COVID relief package into law.
Trump had earlier blasted the bill as a pork-laden “disgrace” with inadequate $600 direct payments. Under pressure to avert a government shutdown and keep unemployment benefits flowing, Trump finally relented.
And he will continue to push the Senate to take up his $2,000 stimulus check proposal.
Meanwhile, the presumptive President in waiting, Joe Biden, is vowing to build on Congress’ “down payment.” Biden wants larger checks, additional handouts to state and local governments, and more government spending across the board.
If Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Senate, pending the outcome of the Georgia runoff elections, they could potentially thwart some of Biden’s spending ambitions.
Whether they’ll have the political will to do so is another issue. Some Senate Republicans bucked their own Majority Leader and joined with radical leftist Bernie Sanders and President Trump to form an odd coalition pushing for larger stimulus checks.
The populist sentiment toward aiding ordinary Americans is certainly understandable given the pandemic profiteering by giant corporations listed on Wall Street.
Their gains came at the expense of businesses deemed less “essential” by state and local governments. They also got an artificial boost from the central bank as it went on a buying spree in Treasury and corporate bond markets.
Will 2021 be the year the Fed’s inflationary chickens come home to roost?
The setup for a major inflation outbreak in the real economy in the months ahead is clear and present. A precious metals price breakout could therefore be imminent.
It is difficult to imagine a more bullish political and monetary environment for the metals than the one we are in.
The Fed has effectively taken a rate hike off the table for 2021. It has no plans to curtail its $120 billion in monthly asset purchases. The printing press will continue to go brrr…
And the federal budget deficit will continue to skyrocket – perhaps to $4 trillion.
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Fiscal conservatives can hold out some hope that a narrowly divided House and Senate will create gridlock – acting as a check on the spending ambitions of the incoming administration.
The reality is that only a small minority of politicians will actually vote to curtail Washington’s overall spending trajectory.
There is overwhelming, bipartisan, supermajority support for continuing down the path of running up huge deficits and papering over them with new debt issuance backed by the central bank.
Borrow-and-spend federal financing is a precursor to print-on-demand Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). In 2021, MMT may become more formally adopted as part of a global post-COVID Great Reset.
The long-term outlook for the U.S. dollar looks bleak. Politicians have an insatiable appetite for more of them, and central bankers are bent on depreciating them.
In the name of its newfangled “symmetric” (above-2%) inflation objective, the Fed will no longer pursue price stability as it used to be understood. Instead, it will allow prices to run hot and hotter before it even thinks about thinking about tightening.
Although disinflationary pressures in certain parts of the economy could reassert themselves next year, the much larger, more powerful trend taking hold is that of steady, deliberate currency depreciation.
A secular bear market for the U.S. dollar translates into a secular bull market for hard assets.
Gold and silver won’t always lead the contra-dollar charge, and they will occasionally suffer short-term to intermediate-term setbacks. But given the paucity of viable, easily accessible, attractively valued alternatives within the retail investment universe, precious metals figure to be among the premier assets to hold heading into 2021.
Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange, a precious metals dealer recently named “Best in the USA” by an independent global ratings group. A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Street, and Seeking Alpha.
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activistpost--2020-12-28--12,000 NYC Students Banned From School For Not Consenting To Random Covid Testing

Today in “ how far can your rights be infringed upon before people start to push back ” news… About 12,000 New York City students are being prevented from attending in-person learning because their parents “ failed to sign consent forms for weekly random testing ” , Bloomberg reported last week .
The students are part of a larger group of 190,000 pre-school through elementary students who returned to classrooms in December .
While about 60,000 pre-school and kindergarten students are exempt from testing , there are still about 130,000 students who are required to participate in random testing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ city Department of Education , said : Random testing is conducted on 20 % of everyone in each school building , every week .
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza are responsible for implementing the standards that went into place after NYC schools had previously shut down .
Meanwhile , high school and middle school students that are part of NYC ’ s 1 million plus student body are all receiving remote instruction .
“ Tens of thousands ” of elementary school parents have voluntarily opted out of the random @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well , Bloomberg concluded .
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By Tyler Durden
Today in “how far can your rights be infringed upon before people start to push back” news…
About 12,000 New York City students are being prevented from attending in-person learning because their parents “failed to sign consent forms for weekly random testing”, Bloomberg reported last week. The students are part of a larger group of 190,000 pre-school through elementary students who returned to classrooms in December.
While about 60,000 pre-school and kindergarten students are exempt from testing, there are still about 130,000 students who are required to participate in random testing.
Nathaniel Styer, a spokesman for the city Department of Education, said:
Due to the extensive efforts of our staff, 91% of students who need a consent form have one on file. Students without consent forms, and who do not have approved exemptions, are transitioned to remote instruction.
Random testing is conducted on 20% of everyone in each school building, every week. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza are responsible for implementing the standards that went into place after NYC schools had previously shut down.
Meanwhile, high school and middle school students that are part of NYC’s 1 million plus student body are all receiving remote instruction. “Tens of thousands” of elementary school parents have voluntarily opted out of the random testing in favor of remote learning as well, Bloomberg concluded.
Source: Zero Hedge
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activistpost--2020-12-28--Which States Saw The Biggest Population Inflows And Outflows In 2020

When it comes to migratory patterns among US states and cities , there were some notable winners and losers in 2020 .
Among the former , Indiana gained nearly 24,000 new residents during 2020 , a slight increase that continued the state ’ s ongoing trend of slow population growth , the U.S. Census Bureau ’ s annual estimate shows .
The Hoosier state ’ s population grew to 6.75 million , up from 6.73 million in 2019 – a 23,943-person increase , according to the federal agency ’ s estimates .
Other states , however , saw a continued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bail : take adjacent Illinois – its population fell by 79,487 residents to 12.6 million , the second biggest loss nationwide after only New York state , The ( Northwest Indiana ) Times reported .
The official results of the 2020 Census have not been released yet , and the new numbers reflect the Census Bureau ’ s annual estimate and not the official count .
The annual estimates show that northwest Indiana has been gaining population for the first time in years , adding an estimated 2,102 more residents last year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that followed deindustrialization and a loss of jobs at the region ’ s steel mills , Micah Pollak , an Indiana University Northwest assistant professor of economics , in a recent article for the Indiana Business Research Center .
He wrote that better public transportation from the expansion of the South Shore Line commuter rail line , “ a wider range of high-end retail , restaurants and breweries ” and expanded bicycle trails and green spaces now “ allow the Region to better meet the needs and expectations of the next generation.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region many residents hoped to one day leave , we are now seeing more people return , choose to remain here , or be attracted into the region , ” Pollack wrote .
In any case , what is quite clear is that such “ progressive ” bastions of Democratic power such as New York , Illinois , California and Michigan saw the biggest population outflows in 2020 , while the biggest winners were the sunbelt states Texas , Florida and Arizona .
Expect this trend to only accelerate .
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By Tyler Durden
When it comes to migratory patterns among US states and cities, there were some notable winners and losers in 2020.
Among the former, Indiana gained nearly 24,000 new residents during 2020, a slight increase that continued the state’s ongoing trend of slow population growth, the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual estimate shows. The Hoosier state’s population grew to 6.75 million, up from 6.73 million in 2019 – a 23,943-person increase, according to the federal agency’s estimates.
Other states, however, saw a continued exodus as people couldn’t wait to bail: take adjacent Illinois – its population fell by 79,487 residents to 12.6 million, the second biggest loss nationwide after only New York state, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported.
The official results of the 2020 Census have not been released yet, and the new numbers reflect the Census Bureau’s annual estimate and not the official count.
The annual estimates show that northwest Indiana has been gaining population for the first time in years, adding an estimated 2,102 more residents last year. That increase reverses a long-running trend that followed deindustrialization and a loss of jobs at the region’s steel mills, Micah Pollak, an Indiana University Northwest assistant professor of economics, in a recent article for the Indiana Business Research Center.
He wrote that better public transportation from the expansion of the South Shore Line commuter rail line, “a wider range of high-end retail, restaurants and breweries” and expanded bicycle trails and green spaces now “allow the Region to better meet the needs and expectations of the next generation.”
“While Northwest Indiana was once a region many residents hoped to one day leave, we are now seeing more people return, choose to remain here, or be attracted into the region,” Pollack wrote.
In any case, what is quite clear is that such “progressive” bastions of Democratic power such as New York, Illinois, California and Michigan saw the biggest population outflows in 2020, while the biggest winners were the sunbelt states Texas, Florida and Arizona. Expect this trend to only accelerate.
Source: Zero Hedge
Image: Flickr/Jeff Turner
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