clashdaily--2020-05-02--Dear America: The Early Church & Our Founders Wouldn’t Put Up With This Crap

The Christians of the first century were rebels with a cause .
They weren ’ t the hair-spray-addicted , religious sponges of pop culture and oppressive governments looking to be ogled by an Oprah-addled crowd .
Oh , no , senorita .
The primitive church was out to change the world .
After Jerusalem fell in AD 70 , the church , birthed by the Holy Spirit during Rome ’ s heyday , exploded with growth in Asia Minor — which happened to be Ground Zero for Caesar worship .
The punch-drunk citizens of Roman rule thought the various Caesars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were God .
They built temples to these men and minted coins with their mugs stamped on them .
The poor dupes of Rome believed their leaders ’ poop didn ’ t stink and they could do no wrong .
They even gave their human leaders godlike reverence , proclaiming Caesar as Savior and Healer , King of Kings and Lord of Lords .
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Bro Pushes Park Ranger Into Lake For Enforcing Social Distancing ( Video ) Yep , to the serfs of Caesarland , their heads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they were divine everyone was expected to toe their line .
Because of this blind faith in Caesar , the Roman government found it a piece of cake to tax the plebes to death , snatch their kids or their houses , and create crises that ginned up even more robust control of Rome ’ s citizens .
I ’ m talkin ’ Caesar had them on a short leash because of their faith in the state .
The early church , however , made it clear amidst this crapola that their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ edicts of Caesar — especially when Caesar ’ s dictates conflicted with the Word of God .
Yep , it was the church ’ s disdain for Caesar ’ s unrighteous decrees ( the decrees that required their obedience at the expense of their convictions ) that got them killed .
Get it right , folks : It wasn ’ t the church ’ s belief that Jesus is God , or their love of covered dish dinners , or their Christian rock music that got them the ax ; it was their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Caesar attempted to slap them with .
Rome didn ’ t give a rat ’ s backside whom or what they believed in just as long as that belief didn ’ t rock the boat of the Roman state .
And that ’ s exactly what first-century Christianity did : It adhered to God ’ s laws versus Rome ’ s .
The Church believed that Christ was Lord and therefore , respectfully of course , Caesar could kiss their fish sticker .
Indeed , following the teachings of Jesus , the initial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to an oppressive state .
I ’ m sure the church tried to be nice about their obstinacy toward Rome ’ s odious laws , but when push came to legislative shove and it became clear that punk Caesar was requiring them to walk his way versus God ’ s , the first-century church defied the state instead of denying their God .
In case you didn ’ t know this , our nation was founded by brilliant , freedom-loving heavyweights .
It ’ s hard to imagine that nowadays because our country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberty-choking , lightweights also known as “ politicians ” .
In particular … Liberal politicians .
Liberals , you see , don ’ t mind what you do as long as they approve .
They ’ re kind of like King George III and his inbred dipsticks in that regard .
That said , our current crop of freedom-stranglers isn ’ t entirely made up of Leftists as there are many who claim to represent the Right who also believe it ’ s their duty in life to make our lives beholden to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founders were around right now they would stomp on this current crop of micro-managers like a narc at a biker party .
Literally .
Yep , from a freedom standpoint , our founders were a horse of a different stripe .
They trusted the government about as high as Rosie O ’ Donnell can pole vault after her 5pm feeding .
Indeed , once our original framers got this incredible country up and officially cranking they began to cobble together a seal , a picture , a motto , and an emblem , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on fresh American soil .
Benjamin Franklin , being the rebel he was , wanted it to be a picture of Moses confronting Pelosi — I mean , Pharaoh — when Moses demanded Pharaoh cease his enslavement of Israel and let God ’ s people go .
This image was to be encircled with the phrase “ Rebellion to Tyrants Is Obedience to God.
” Thomas Jefferson liked the motto “ Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God ” so much , he used it on his personal seal .
Today , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Left would concoct to represent their “ American Dream ” would be a pic of a dependent , 45-year-old , multi-pierced , Transgendered , whatchamacallit breast-feeding off a big , old , saggy , milk-dried , government dog tit : a veritable dependent , indebted and enslaved stooge of the machine from the cradle to the grave .
So , what ’ s my point ?
Well , it ’ s this : we ’ re wussies .
All of us .
We have not the singular mettle that made this grand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m guilty and you ’ re guilty and we can blame corrupt politicians , puff our chest , and scream at MSNBC all day long , but the truth is… we let politicians screw us .
We traded our freedoms , prosperity , and our original roots and moorings for mediocre comfort over duty ; and we were daft enough to believe them time and time again .
Matter of fact , if Thomas Jefferson , not to be confused with George Jefferson , is in heaven right now , and he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ portal and behold the bullcrap our government has saddled this nation with – a country , by the way , that Jefferson labored to make independent from tyrants – then I would bet that Thomas is more ticked than a boar that just had its balls clipped .
How do I know Jefferson would loathe our big government goobers and seek to jettison these draconian COVID19 edicts ?
Well , it ’ s principally via Thomas ’ musings – musings that , for the time being , we ’ re still afforded the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen to have made our nation great and that used to be taught in our school system .
Plow through the following from one of our nation ’ s illustrious framers ’ quills and try to tell me with a straight face that Jefferson wouldn ’ t have sought to derail our current , oppressive and unconstitutional COVID19 decrees .
• The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions , that I wish it to be always kept alive .
It will often be exercised when wrong , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all .
I like a little rebellion now and then .
It is like a storm in the atmosphere .
• It is error alone which needs the support of government .
Truth can stand by itself .
Subject opinion to coercion : whom will you make your inquisitors ?
• A free people [ claim ] their rights as derived from the laws of nature , and not as the gift of their chief magistrate .
• If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny .
• The multiplication of public offices , increase of expense beyond income , growth and entailment of a public debt , are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife .
• And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis , a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ?
That they are not to be violated but with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my country when I reflect that God is just : that his justice can not sleep forever .
• No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [ within his own lands or tenements ] .
• The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity , under the name of funding , is but swindling futurity on a large scale .
• Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather to encourage than to prevent homicides , for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man .
• In questions of power , then , let no more be heard of confidence in man , but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution .
• I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing , and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical .
• It is of great importance to set a resolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to tell an untruth .
There is no vice so mean , so pitiful , so contemptible ; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once , finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time , till at length it becomes habitual ; he tells lies without attending to it , and truths without the world ’ s believing him .
This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart , and in time depraves all its good disposition .
• I am not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They , and not the rich , are our dependence for continued freedom .
And to preserve their independence , we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt .
We must make our election between economy and liberty , or profusion and servitude .
• The disease of liberty is catching ; those armies will take it in the south , carry it thence to their own country , spread there the infection of revolution and representative government , and raise its people from the prone condition of brutes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone .
The people themselves , therefore , are its only safe depositories .
• Still one thing more , fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government , which shall restrain men from injuring one another , shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement , and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned .
This is the sum of good government , and this is necessary to close the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army .
We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt .
• Born in other countries , yet believing you could be happy in this , our laws acknowledge , as they should do , your right to join us in society , conforming , as I doubt not you will do , to our established rules .
That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our legislatures , general and particular .
• have been happy… in believing that… whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations , we shall never give up our Union , the last anchor of our hope , and that alone which is to prevent this heavenly country from becoming an arena of gladiators .
• I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from them , but to inform their discretion by education .
This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power .
Finally , I believe until “ We The People ” resurrect the aforementioned motto and mantra by which the likes of Franklin and Jefferson clipped along , namely , pardon my redundancy , “ Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God ” , then we will continue to see this land morph into a cartoon of what it was intended to be .
Yep , until we internally get to where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believing like they did , that it was their divine duty to vehemently oppose oppressors and not kiss their enslaving backside , we will continue to eat crap and content ourselves with ever-decreasing freedom and the land of the free and the home of the brave will irreversibly morph into the land of the bound and home of the slaves .
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THE EARLY CHURCH
The Christians of the first century were rebels with a cause. They weren’t the hair-spray-addicted, religious sponges of pop culture and oppressive governments looking to be ogled by an Oprah-addled crowd. Oh, no, senorita. The primitive church was out to change the world.
After Jerusalem fell in AD 70, the church, birthed by the Holy Spirit during Rome’s heyday, exploded with growth in Asia Minor — which happened to be Ground Zero for Caesar worship.
The punch-drunk citizens of Roman rule thought the various Caesars, their laws, and their government were God. They built temples to these men and minted coins with their mugs stamped on them. The poor dupes of Rome believed their leaders’ poop didn’t stink and they could do no wrong. They even gave their human leaders godlike reverence, proclaiming Caesar as Savior and Healer, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Yep, to the serfs of Caesarland, their heads of state were just dreamy, and as they were divine everyone was expected to toe their line. Because of this blind faith in Caesar, the Roman government found it a piece of cake to tax the plebes to death, snatch their kids or their houses, and create crises that ginned up even more robust control of Rome’s citizens. I’m talkin’ Caesar had them on a short leash because of their faith in the state.
The early church, however, made it clear amidst this crapola that their allegiance was to Christ and not the edicts of Caesar — especially when Caesar’s dictates conflicted with the Word of God. Yep, it was the church’s disdain for Caesar’s unrighteous decrees (the decrees that required their obedience at the expense of their convictions) that got them killed.
Get it right, folks: It wasn’t the church’s belief that Jesus is God, or their love of covered dish dinners, or their Christian rock music that got them the ax; it was their holy defiance to the demonic edicts that Caesar attempted to slap them with. Rome didn’t give a rat’s backside whom or what they believed in just as long as that belief didn’t rock the boat of the Roman state. And that’s exactly what first-century Christianity did: It adhered to God’s laws versus Rome’s. The Church believed that Christ was Lord and therefore, respectfully of course, Caesar could kiss their fish sticker. Indeed, following the teachings of Jesus, the initial Ichthus crowd was cantankerous when it came to an oppressive state.
I’m sure the church tried to be nice about their obstinacy toward Rome’s odious laws, but when push came to legislative shove and it became clear that punk Caesar was requiring them to walk his way versus God’s, the first-century church defied the state instead of denying their God.
OUR FOUNDERS & FRAMERS
In case you didn’t know this, our nation was founded by brilliant, freedom-loving heavyweights.
It’s hard to imagine that nowadays because our country is currently being deconstructed by moronic, liberty-choking, lightweights also known as “politicians”. In particular … Liberal politicians.
Liberals, you see, don’t mind what you do as long as they approve.
They’re kind of like King George III and his inbred dipsticks in that regard.
That said, our current crop of freedom-stranglers isn’t entirely made up of Leftists as there are many who claim to represent the Right who also believe it’s their duty in life to make our lives beholden to big-government, power-hungry dillweeds.
If our founders were around right now they would stomp on this current crop of micro-managers like a narc at a biker party. Literally.
Yep, from a freedom standpoint, our founders were a horse of a different stripe.
They hated control freaks.
They loathed tyrants.
They trusted the government about as high as Rosie O’Donnell can pole vault after her 5pm feeding.
Indeed, once our original framers got this incredible country up and officially cranking they began to cobble together a seal, a picture, a motto, and an emblem, which would encapsulate what they had concocted on fresh American soil.
Benjamin Franklin, being the rebel he was, wanted it to be a picture of Moses confronting Pelosi — I mean, Pharaoh — when Moses demanded Pharaoh cease his enslavement of Israel and let God’s people go. This image was to be encircled with the phrase “Rebellion to Tyrants Is Obedience to God.” Thomas Jefferson liked the motto “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God” so much, he used it on his personal seal.
Today, especially during COVID19 be-damned days, the symbol the Left would concoct to represent their “American Dream” would be a pic of a dependent, 45-year-old, multi-pierced, Transgendered, whatchamacallit breast-feeding off a big, old, saggy, milk-dried, government dog tit: a veritable dependent, indebted and enslaved stooge of the machine from the cradle to the grave.
So, what’s my point? Well, it’s this: we’re wussies.
All of us.
We have not the singular mettle that made this grand experiment in self-governance tick. I’m guilty and you’re guilty and we can blame corrupt politicians, puff our chest, and scream at MSNBC all day long, but the truth is… we let politicians screw us. We traded our freedoms, prosperity, and our original roots and moorings for mediocre comfort over duty; and we were daft enough to believe them time and time again.
Matter of fact, if Thomas Jefferson, not to be confused with George Jefferson, is in heaven right now, and he’s able to peer through some celestial portal and behold the bullcrap our government has saddled this nation with – a country, by the way, that Jefferson labored to make independent from tyrants – then I would bet that Thomas is more ticked than a boar that just had its balls clipped.
How do I know Jefferson would loathe our big government goobers and seek to jettison these draconian COVID19 edicts? Well, it’s principally via Thomas’ musings – musings that, for the time being, we’re still afforded the wherewithal to access; principles that also happen to have made our nation great and that used to be taught in our school system.
Plow through the following from one of our nation’s illustrious framers’ quills and try to tell me with a straight face that Jefferson wouldn’t have sought to derail our current, oppressive and unconstitutional COVID19 decrees.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere. It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate. If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever. No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements]. The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition. I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. The disease of liberty is catching; those armies will take it in the south, carry it thence to their own country, spread there the infection of revolution and representative government, and raise its people from the prone condition of brutes to the erect altitude of man. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit, will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular. have been happy… in believing that… whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we shall never give up our Union, the last anchor of our hope, and that alone which is to prevent this heavenly country from becoming an arena of gladiators. I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.
Finally, I believe until “We The People” resurrect the aforementioned motto and mantra by which the likes of Franklin and Jefferson clipped along, namely, pardon my redundancy, “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God”, then we will continue to see this land morph into a cartoon of what it was intended to be.
Yep, until we internally get to where our founders were, in particular, believing like they did, that it was their divine duty to vehemently oppose oppressors and not kiss their enslaving backside, we will continue to eat crap and content ourselves with ever-decreasing freedom and the land of the free and the home of the brave will irreversibly morph into the land of the bound and home of the slaves.
The Effeminization Of The American Male
by Doug Giles
Doug Giles, best-selling author of Raising Righteous And Rowdy Girls and Editor-In-Chief of the mega-blog, ClashDaily.com, has just penned a book he guarantees will kick hipster males into the rarefied air of masculinity. That is, if the man-child will put down his frappuccino; shut the hell up and listen and obey everything he instructs them to do in his timely and tornadic tome. Buy Now:The Effeminization Of The American Male


clashdaily--2020-05-03--MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages

Teacher with 17 years experience , whose chops were busted for wearing a MAGA hat , is suing for harassment , Dodge , who has been on leave from the district since early in the 2019-2020 school year , is seeking lost wages and emotional damages .
One of his attorneys , Michael Estok , described the events as “ textbook violations ” of harassment , intimidation and bullying policies .
“ People who are public employees enjoy certain First Amendment rights , ” Estok said .
“ They shouldn ’ t be targeted or treated differently because they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s going on here.
” Eric Dodge has a lot on his plate already .
He was returning to teaching after being away for a while , recovering from having suffered a stroke .
Trending : Dear America : The Early Church & Our Founders Wouldn ’ t Put Up With This Crap He had a hat with him to wear outdoors , to ‘ protect his head from sun damage ’ .
He wears the Trump hat as a conversation starter , showing that even regular people who don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he says and does can still support the president .
Needless to say , the hat got him in trouble .
Eric Dodge , a former teacher , names former Wy ’ east Middle School Principal Caroline Garrett and district human resources manager Janae Gomes in the complaint filed in United States District Court .
The complaint alleges that Dodge suffered “ emotional devastation ” and a “ recurrence of debilitating stroke symptoms ” after being “ verbally attacked and defamed by his new principal for the political opinions he held as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support of President Trump , ” according to the complaint .
The incident occurred over two days during a series of staff training sessions prior to the beginning of school , including a first-day session on implicit bias , diversity and racial equity , according to district documents .
Dodge said in the complaint that he had the cap with him during those sessions but did not “ wear or purposefully display ” the hat inside either Wy ’ east or at a different training session the second day at Evergreen High School @ @ @ @ @ @ @ district offer a more detailed timeline of events , including concerns expressed by multiple teachers about the hat , a district investigation that revealed no wrongdoing and , ultimately , Garrett ’ s resignation from her position at the middle school .
After a complaint and a series of sending his objections up the chain of command , the Principal was investigated .
Long story short , she was not found to have harassed Eric Dodge , but she did cash out her vacation and resign .
Dodge ’ s stroke symptoms came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And that played a role in the lawsuit .

Teacher with 17 years experience, whose chops were busted for wearing a MAGA hat, is suing for harassment,
Dodge, who has been on leave from the district since early in the 2019-2020 school year, is seeking lost wages and emotional damages. One of his attorneys, Michael Estok, described the events as “textbook violations” of harassment, intimidation and bullying policies. “People who are public employees enjoy certain First Amendment rights,” Estok said. “They shouldn’t be targeted or treated differently because they have certain political viewpoints. That’s what’s going on here.”
Eric Dodge has a lot on his plate already. He was returning to teaching after being away for a while, recovering from having suffered a stroke.
He had a hat with him to wear outdoors, to ‘protect his head from sun damage’. He wears the Trump hat as a conversation starter, showing that even regular people who don’t’ agree with every single thing he says and does can still support the president.
Needless to say, the hat got him in trouble.
Eric Dodge, a former teacher, names former Wy’east Middle School Principal Caroline Garrett and district human resources manager Janae Gomes in the complaint filed in United States District Court. The complaint alleges that Dodge suffered “emotional devastation” and a “recurrence of debilitating stroke symptoms” after being “verbally attacked and defamed by his new principal for the political opinions he held as a private citizen — specifically, statements in support of President Trump,” according to the complaint. The incident occurred over two days during a series of staff training sessions prior to the beginning of school, including a first-day session on implicit bias, diversity and racial equity, according to district documents. Dodge said in the complaint that he had the cap with him during those sessions but did not “wear or purposefully display” the hat inside either Wy’east or at a different training session the second day at Evergreen High School. Public records obtained from the school district offer a more detailed timeline of events, including concerns expressed by multiple teachers about the hat, a district investigation that revealed no wrongdoing and, ultimately, Garrett’s resignation from her position at the middle school.
After a complaint and a series of sending his objections up the chain of command, the Principal was investigated. Long story short, she was not found to have harassed Eric Dodge, but she did cash out her vacation and resign.
Dodge’s stroke symptoms came back after that, he says. And that played a role in the lawsuit.


clashdaily--2020-05-03--SURF BORED: Hot Surfer Chick Fakes Catching Waves Using Hammock And Hairdryer (Video)

With Cali ’ s protest , is anyone actually confused as to why is everyone in California so desperate to get out to the beach in the middle of their heat ?
Just look at what folks were doing during lockdown .
One surfer was so desperate to get out in the water that she invented her own at-home version of surfing .
Her name is Yasemin Özer .
She wasn ’ t waiting around for the bans to be lifted .
She got started on a workaround .
And she filmed it for us .
Trending : Dear America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wouldn ’ t Put Up With This Crap The 28-year-old put up the hammock and then balanced her surfboard on top .
A hair dryer helped to simulate the summer breeze , she told the outlet .
“ I added the hair dryer so that it fits with the feeling .
If I would have had someone who tipped saltwater in my face when I fell off , the feeling would have been complete.
” — FoxNews Now picture an entire State in a heatwave told by their Governor that the beach is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not now .
Is it any wander they ’ re salty ?

With Cali’s protest, is anyone actually confused as to why is everyone in California so desperate to get out to the beach in the middle of their heat? Just look at what folks were doing during lockdown.
One surfer was so desperate to get out in the water that she invented her own at-home version of surfing.
Her name is Yasemin Özer. She wasn’t waiting around for the bans to be lifted. She got started on a workaround. And she filmed it for us.
The 28-year-old put up the hammock and then balanced her surfboard on top. A hair dryer helped to simulate the summer breeze, she told the outlet. “I added the hair dryer so that it fits with the feeling. If I would have had someone who tipped saltwater in my face when I fell off, the feeling would have been complete.” — FoxNews
She’s jonesing for the beach pretty hard.
Now picture an entire State in a heatwave told by their Governor that the beach is open, no wait, it’s not now.
Is it any wander they’re salty?


clashdaily--2020-05-04--When Science Meets Prayer: Researchers Set Up Study On Coronavirus Patients

Even the staunchest skeptics — if they get past the headline and see the way it ’ s designed can hardly complain about it .
Nobody is being put at risk .
No standard medical treatment is being withheld .
Nobody ’ s health is in the slightest jeopardy .
In fact , those being studied don ’ t even know it ’ s happening .
The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute is testing 1,000 patients in intensive care with the contagion — with half getting a “ universal ” prayer offered in five denominational forms .
The four-month study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as time in ICU and on ventilators .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages “ We all believe in science , and we also believe in faith , ” the study ’ s lead investigator , cardiologist Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy , told NPR .
“ If there is a supernatural power , which a lot of us believe , would that power of prayer and divine intervention change the outcomes in a concerted fashion ?
That was our question.
” He stressed , “ It has to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s an intensive care version of Paschal ’ s wager .
If there is nothing to prayer , then no harm done , but if there IS something to it , that ’ s good news for the guy getting prayed for .
Our main objection is the qualifier they ’ re putting out there .
‘ True supernatural intervention ’ sounds an awful lot like the ‘ no true Scotsman ’ fallacy .
Worse , it ’ s an entirely subjective measurement .
A more neutral method would simply be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prayed-for group against the control group .
If the difference is statistically significant , you have the basis for further investigation of the topic .
Rules For Radical Christians is not a survival devotional designed to help the young Christian adult limp through life .
Rather , it is a road-tested , dominion blueprint that will equip the young adult with leadership skills and sufficient motivation to rise to a place of influence in an overtly non-Christian culture .
Rules For Radical Christians gives the reader the keys to become strategically equipped to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence it for the glory of God .
You can choose either the classic Paperback to trigger your college professors and quasi-communist classmates , or the Kindle edition to always have it on hand .

Even the staunchest skeptics — if they get past the headline and see the way it’s designed can hardly complain about it.
Nobody is being put at risk. No standard medical treatment is being withheld. Nobody’s health is in the slightest jeopardy. In fact, those being studied don’t even know it’s happening.
The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute is testing 1,000 patients in intensive care with the contagion — with half getting a “universal” prayer offered in five denominational forms. The four-month study will then compare death rates as well as time in ICU and on ventilators. “We all believe in science, and we also believe in faith,” the study’s lead investigator, cardiologist Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, told NPR. “If there is a supernatural power, which a lot of us believe, would that power of prayer and divine intervention change the outcomes in a concerted fashion? That was our question.” He stressed, “It has to be a true supernatural intervention.” —NYPost
It’s an intensive care version of Paschal’s wager. If there is nothing to prayer, then no harm done, but if there IS something to it, that’s good news for the guy getting prayed for.
Our main objection is the qualifier they’re putting out there. ‘True supernatural intervention’ sounds an awful lot like the ‘no true Scotsman’ fallacy. Worse, it’s an entirely subjective measurement.
A more neutral method would simply be to compare the health outcomes of the prayed-for group against the control group. If the difference is statistically significant, you have the basis for further investigation of the topic.
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clashdaily--2020-05-04--LISTEN: Sara Carter & George Papadopoulos Shine Light On Seriously Shady Gov’t Dealings

The same people who railroaded General Flynn did the same with George Papadopoulos .
His story is most likely the catalyst turning the Durham investigation into a criminal investigation .
We have invested enormous police powers in the hands of a few trusted civil servants .
But what happens when they show themselves unworthy of that trust ?
Sara Carter sits down with George and his wife , while they lay out the timeline in some detail .
It includes some very damning details you may not yet have heard .
Details for which key players in the upper levels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ account , preferably under oath … while wearing an orange jumpsuit .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages Here ’ s an overview of what was covered .
Timestamps are approximate .
10:50 — Introduces the institution he worked at where everything changed .
Critical player Mufsud enters the story here .
11:25 — their negative reaction when Papadopoulos joined Trump campaign 11:45 — Joseph Mifsud ( the alleged ‘ Russian spy ’ he supposedly colluded with is connected DIRECTLY to London 12:30 — the supposedly ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send him off to join Trump ’ s campaign , which includes inviting him to a Conference in a ‘ CIA training school ’ with officials from Libya , Italian intelligence officials and a former Italian foreign minister who chaperones him in a meeting with Joseph Mifsud .
That ’ s right .
This ‘ chance meeting with a hostile foreign agent ’ was orchestrated by Western Allies .
( As for how ‘ foreign ’ he is to Western interests , we ’ ll get back to that shortly . )
14:00 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) had known Mifsud for years , and NOT as a ‘ foreign agent ’ .
15:00 — the meeting with Mifsud described 15:43 — ‘ Who told these people about me when my name wasn ’ t even public ?
’ This was before WaPo published the story about being Trump ’ s advisor .
Someone had eyes on him even then .
16:30 — When G.P .
saw that Mifsud was just a useless ‘ bozo ’ who couldn ’ t introduce GP to anyone of substance , he was going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to meet one last time .
THIS is when the email conversation came up .
‘ It was clear that this person ’ s entire objective , or whoever his handlers were , were to put me into fake situations — like he did with the ‘ neice ’ of Putin , this fake girl , and then drop this information on my lap on April 26 , 2016.
’ Eleven days earlier , the Australian government had wanted to meet with GP .
Why ?
There was zero interest in the campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He had no contacts with them , and had never been there .
But one of their embassy officials wanted to meet with him on April 15th , and arrange a meeting later on , on May 10th , with Alexander Downer .
This date was critical .
Because this is the meeting where GP supposedly shared the same ‘ secret ’ Mifsud just told him about Hillary Emails with Alexander Downer .
That was used as at least part of the pretext for the FISA warrants in Crossfire Hurricane .
Without listing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other interesting time stamps of note , for those who would like to give it a listen : 31:00 How they harassed GP even AFTER guilty plea ( and why ) 32:29 — ‘ Lightbulb moment ’ — This is when George realized this was never about catching a Russian spy , it was about being railroaded into playing along with their grand plan 33:8 — He ’ s in London , why don ’ t you get M15 to arrest the guy ?
I understand that this is a very sensitive review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that AG Barr has discussed the UK , Australia , Italy , and I know that even the President himself , going back as far as last summer , called out Italy , Ukraine , Australia , and the UK for review by AG Barr .
What happened here was the weaponization of the CIA and the US intelligence community in coordination with US allies abroad to commit this treasonous act on our country and the campaign .
I don ’ t care if these are allies , I don ’ t care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but President , Durham , and Attorney General Barr have to hold those countries accountable .
The Australians were essentially lying and mocking the President during a call a couple of years ago that was leaked when they were saying this conversation was so innocent with Alexander Downer and George Papadopoulos — it wasn ’ t innocent .
Ok ?
That ’ s why he ’ s been interviewed by Durham four or five months ago .
I ’ ve always said it was a set-up .
These countries were setting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest in a Clinton Presidency .
I know what they were talking to me about , I was meeting with the highest levels of the British government and the Australian government at that time , and they were horrified that candidate Trump was pro-Brexit , and was against the TPP which both Australia and the UK had interests in , besides a million different other reasons that they didn ’ t want an America First President .
We can not be afraid to hold these countries accountable .
…If we throw this under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .

The same people who railroaded General Flynn did the same with George Papadopoulos. His story is most likely the catalyst turning the Durham investigation into a criminal investigation.
We have invested enormous police powers in the hands of a few trusted civil servants. But what happens when they show themselves unworthy of that trust?
Sara Carter sits down with George and his wife, while they lay out the timeline in some detail. It includes some very damning details you may not yet have heard. Details for which key players in the upper levels of CIA and FBI will need to account, preferably under oath … while wearing an orange jumpsuit.
Here’s an overview of what was covered. Timestamps are approximate.
10:00 — Begin chronology.
10:50 — Introduces the institution he worked at where everything changed. Critical player Mufsud enters the story here.
11:25 — their negative reaction when Papadopoulos joined Trump campaign
11:45 — Joseph Mifsud (the alleged ‘Russian spy’ he supposedly colluded with is connected DIRECTLY to London
12:30 — the supposedly ‘friendly’ offer of help as they send him off to join Trump’s campaign, which includes inviting him to a Conference in a ‘CIA training school’ with officials from Libya, Italian intelligence officials and a former Italian foreign minister who chaperones him in a meeting with Joseph Mifsud.
That’s right. This ‘chance meeting with a hostile foreign agent’ was orchestrated by Western Allies. (As for how ‘foreign’ he is to Western interests, we’ll get back to that shortly.)
13:00 — ‘Activation’ of Joseph Mifsud
14:00 — Simone (now married to George) had known Mifsud for years, and NOT as a ‘foreign agent’.
15:00 — the meeting with Mifsud described
15:43 — ‘Who told these people about me when my name wasn’t even public?’ This was before WaPo published the story about being Trump’s advisor. Someone had eyes on him even then.
16:30 — When G.P. saw that Mifsud was just a useless ‘bozo’ who couldn’t introduce GP to anyone of substance, he was going to cut him loose. Mifsud asked to meet one last time. THIS is when the email conversation came up. ‘It was clear that this person’s entire objective, or whoever his handlers were, were to put me into fake situations — like he did with the ‘neice’ of Putin, this fake girl, and then drop this information on my lap on April 26, 2016.’
Eleven days earlier, the Australian government had wanted to meet with GP.
Why? There was zero interest in the campaign connecting with Australia at this point. He had no contacts with them, and had never been there. But one of their embassy officials wanted to meet with him on April 15th, and arrange a meeting later on, on May 10th, with Alexander Downer.
This date was critical. Because this is the meeting where GP supposedly shared the same ‘secret’ Mifsud just told him about Hillary Emails with Alexander Downer. That was used as at least part of the pretext for the FISA warrants in Crossfire Hurricane.
Without listing the entire conversation, here are some other interesting time stamps of note, for those who would like to give it a listen:
22:00 — Mifsud extremely connected
23:30
24:15
28:30
29:00 Informant College
31:00 How they harassed GP even AFTER guilty plea (and why)
32:29 — ‘Lightbulb moment’ — This is when George realized this was never about catching a Russian spy, it was about being railroaded into playing along with their grand plan
33:8 — He’s in London, why don’t you get M15 to arrest the guy?
40:22 Closing thoughts.


clashdaily--2020-05-04--SICK: Illegal Alien & Father Of Seven Hit With 125 Enhanced Counts For Having Kiddie Porn

When a Sherrif ’ s description of child pornography begins with a qualifier like ‘ not just… ’ and goes on to say ‘ horrific displays ’ , you know you ’ re dealing with some TRULY sick stuff .
Keep this story in mind when you consider Biden ’ s promise of ‘ zero deportations ’ in his first 100 days in office .
This slob is EXACTLY the kind of guy we ’ re trying to keep out of the country .
On Monday , the Polk County Sheriff ’ s Office arrested a 45-year-old father of seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he had been downloading files containing child pornography .
Nabor Molina , who has been residing in Lakeland , was charged with 125 enhanced counts of Possession of Child Pornography .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages “ These images are not just pictures of children without clothes .
These videos and images are horrific displays of children being forced to expose their genitals , forced to perform sex acts – images of children being raped , ” Sheriff Grady Judd said .
“ Nabor Molina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time in the investigation , it doesn ’ t appear that any of them are victims , but we will continue to investigate whether he has abused any children he ’ s had access to .
But Molina is a part of a child pornographic exploitation distribution pipeline that victimizes children across the world .
His behavior is disgusting.
” …Detectives reviewed all of the files and identified 125 video files containing child pornography .
The video files consisted of male and female victims , some as young as 18-36 months , being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and/or exposed in a lewd manner .
After making a connection between the videos to Molina ’ s residence , internet service , and cell phone , detectives were able obtain a search warrant for his home .
—Breaking911 He admitted viewing it , claiming it was only ‘ out of curiosity ’ .

When a Sherrif’s description of child pornography begins with a qualifier like ‘not just…’ and goes on to say ‘horrific displays’, you know you’re dealing with some TRULY sick stuff.
Keep this story in mind when you consider Biden’s promise of ‘zero deportations’ in his first 100 days in office.
This slob is EXACTLY the kind of guy we’re trying to keep out of the country.
On Monday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 45-year-old father of seven from Mexico after detectives received a tip that he had been downloading files containing child pornography. Nabor Molina, who has been residing in Lakeland, was charged with 125 enhanced counts of Possession of Child Pornography. “These images are not just pictures of children without clothes. These videos and images are horrific displays of children being forced to expose their genitals, forced to perform sex acts – images of children being raped,” Sheriff Grady Judd said. “Nabor Molina has access to children; at this time in the investigation, it doesn’t appear that any of them are victims, but we will continue to investigate whether he has abused any children he’s had access to. But Molina is a part of a child pornographic exploitation distribution pipeline that victimizes children across the world. His behavior is disgusting.” …Detectives reviewed all of the files and identified 125 video files containing child pornography. The video files consisted of male and female victims, some as young as 18-36 months, being sexually battered by adults or other children and/or exposed in a lewd manner. After making a connection between the videos to Molina’s residence, internet service, and cell phone, detectives were able obtain a search warrant for his home. —Breaking911
He admitted viewing it, claiming it was only ‘out of curiosity’.


clashdaily--2020-05-04--Helicopter Parents V. The London Blitz: Two Different Reactions To The CCP Coronavirus Threat

The value of lives vs money is the grid the media *wants* us to see the virus response through .
But it ’ s not the only one we have to work with .
And in most instances , it isn ’ t even the most helpful or accurate one .
To look at other paths we could have been taking , we first need a clear view of the one we ’ re on now .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages ‘ If it bleeds , it leads ’ is a famous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the folks on TV and in the papers only have bad news to tell us , that ’ s because panic is good for the bottom line .
It ’ s a dopamine hit for the public , and it ’ s advertising dollars for the company .
They are literally incentivized — by the public — to feed the worst instincts in a society .
And this year , it bit us all in the ass .
Big-time .
It ’ s easy to forget that most of our information is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst in a situation , and worse , that we ’ ve bred species of public figure that has been carefully conditioned to ‘ play it safe ’ and go along with consensus thinking .
Nobody remembers the one guy in 10,000 who had the wrong opinion .
It ’ s the guy with a unique opinion who gets it wrong that is remembered .
And BLAMED .
Similarly , the guy who warns of catastrophe when no disaster comes is quickly forgotten , but the guy who says ‘ all clear ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is demonized , fairly or not .
Why Most Politicians Are Gutless Politicians , for the most part , live and die by their next election .
Period .
Even the ones we may otherwise like have to keep that reality in mind .
Certain bold and polarizing actions can only be taken when concerns about your chances of re-election are not holding you back .
Obama said so himself , on that ‘ Hot Mic ’ moment with those Russian officials .
Throw any crisis with a domestic death toll and an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you quickly see what people are made of .
You see who the cowards are , who the tyrants are , and underlying motives are unmasked .
The Path Of The Coward We have , as one example , Oregon ’ s Kate Brown .
Her state is in the lowest 20 % in Chinese Communist Party Coronavirus deaths in the whole country .
Four million people , and about 100 deaths .
She is locking her State down until January 6th .
After we ’ ve already managed to ‘ flatten the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst hotspots , responding to an illness with a 14 day incubation period , and a comparatively low risk to the young and healthy , there is nothing to support that .
That is the helicopter parent ’ s reaction to the threat .
The fearful and overly-sheltered all-risk-is-bad types .
There ’ s an inherent problem with that response .
It ’ s passive .
It ’ s reactive .
It ’ s a hide-in-your-bomb-shelter mentality where all the world is seen as a threat , but no proactive action can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : there IS no short-term solution .
This pathogen is out there , whether we like it or not .
We have treatments of varying degrees of effectiveness , but nothing even remotely resembling a silver-bullet cure .
Sorry to be the one to break it to ya , but waiting around hoping such a silver bullet will be discovered to make our fear ‘ go away ’ is unrealistic .
A vaccine , supposing one is eventually developed , is still a long way off .
If we hid in our homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would surely collapse long before it was commercially available .
Here ’ s why vaccines are a false hope : vaccines with certain familiar viruses like the flu are not 100 % effective .
Viruses can mutate .
We can see different strains .
What will do a good job protecting against one strain might be entirely ineffective against another .
Suppose we all get vaccinated , but a new strain shows up .
Do we all go back into hiding again ?
There ’ s also a little secret about vaccines that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk about .
Vaccines are the great hope of the nervous for exactly one reason .
They produce antibodies .
If everybody gets immunized , ( or at least , say , 80 % of us ) we achieve what ’ s called ‘ herd immunity ’ and the virus will hit so many dead-ends that it can ’ t spread to those who are most vulnerable to the worst effects .
In other words , the virus is defeated .
But vaccines are not the only way to produce antibodies , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibodies is the way folks like Chris Cuomo produced their antibodies — the old-fashioned way .
He got sick and recovered .
Judging by the surprisingly high percentage of randomized antibody spot tests we ’ ve seen in some parts of the country , plenty of people who came into contact with this illness didn ’ t even get symptoms .
Their immune systems recognized a threat and killed it off long before it became a problem to the host , building one more antibody into the immune system ’ s antiviral defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a different way to handle risk both responsibly and proactively .
One we should have ( hindsight being 20/20 ) done from the beginning .
It ’ s a model we ’ ve used in past crises .
In the Second World War , Germany was bombing London .
The imminent threat of death was very real .
But there was too much to do , the city couldn ’ t afford to grind to a halt and go into hiding .
They had to ‘ Keep Calm And Carry On ’ .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ context that the now-famous poster was first printed .
Rather than hide in their basements ( or the London Tube ) and desperately pray that disaster never comes , they took a clear-eyed assessment of the risks before them and asked themselves what the best way forward would be .
Anyone who ’ s read many books written in the period , ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ and ‘ The Chronicles Of Naria ’ for instance , will be familiar with stories about British children being evacuated from the cities .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precious and vulnerable whose lives were being protected from a real threat of death .
The Brits didn ’ t shut down their cities , they organized limited resources around putting distance between the threat ( in this case , bombs falling on cities ) and the people most vulnerable to that threat , ( the children ) whose presence in the cites was in no way essential to ‘ carrying on ’ .
This evacuation happened in September 1939 , well before the Battle Of Britain itself began , but when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ horizon .
Like any response to a crisis , there is plenty of room for criticism of the Operation .
There are , for example , complaints that this was an over-reaction to an exaggerated threat .
That being said , it did one thing correctly .
It separated out the generalized threat of ‘ we ’ re all gon na die ’ to a more manageable problem they could work toward solving .
‘ How do we protect our kids ’ .
What Is The Modern Equivalent To Pied Piper ?
Regardless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particular outcome of that plan per se , this really ought to be a standard question in any public-policy response to serious threats of any kind , but especially domestic threats : how do we isolate that which is most directly under threat .
Knowing what we know now , the real threat is to the aged , as well as those with a specific profile of health risks .
Fatal encounters with this illness are almost entirely drawn from this group .
The ‘ Pied Piper ’ response would not require a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society — and who could possibly hope to deliver on that promise , anyway ?
Nor would it require a special protection around children , who seem to do quite well in fighting off this virus .
It ’ s the aged and medically compromised who need special protection .
Instead of closing off the economy , let ’ s provide top-tier protection to the high-risk groups — ( whatever we may decide that looks like ) , and let everyone else ‘ Keep Calm And Carry On ’ .
Of course , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the politicians afraid of being *personally* blamed for every person who drops dead on their watch , the only way they will make this switch is if We The People demand it of them .
That way , they have the ‘ out ’ of washing their hands of the consequences and saying the people made me do it .
It ’ s time the people make the gutlessness of politicians work FOR our interests , rather than against them .
Dear America : The Early Church & Our Founders Wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @

The value of lives vs money is the grid the media *wants* us to see the virus response through. But it’s not the only one we have to work with.
And in most instances, it isn’t even the most helpful or accurate one.
To look at other paths we could have been taking, we first need a clear view of the one we’re on now.
Pitching Panic
‘If it bleeds, it leads’ is a famous line describing journalism. If it seems like the folks on TV and in the papers only have bad news to tell us, that’s because panic is good for the bottom line. It’s a dopamine hit for the public, and it’s advertising dollars for the company.
They are literally incentivized — by the public — to feed the worst instincts in a society. And this year, it bit us all in the ass. Big-time.
It’s easy to forget that most of our information is filtered through people conditioned to see the worst in a situation, and worse, that we’ve bred species of public figure that has been carefully conditioned to ‘play it safe’ and go along with consensus thinking.
Nobody remembers the one guy in 10,000 who had the wrong opinion. It’s the guy with a unique opinion who gets it wrong that is remembered. And BLAMED. Similarly, the guy who warns of catastrophe when no disaster comes is quickly forgotten, but the guy who says ‘all clear’ before the anvil drops from the sky is demonized, fairly or not.
Why Most Politicians Are Gutless
Politicians, for the most part, live and die by their next election. Period. Even the ones we may otherwise like have to keep that reality in mind. Certain bold and polarizing actions can only be taken when concerns about your chances of re-election are not holding you back. Obama said so himself, on that ‘Hot Mic’ moment with those Russian officials.
Throw any crisis with a domestic death toll and an uncertain future into the mix, and you quickly see what people are made of. You see who the cowards are, who the tyrants are, and underlying motives are unmasked.
The Path Of The Coward
We have, as one example, Oregon’s Kate Brown. Her state is in the lowest 20% in Chinese Communist Party Coronavirus deaths in the whole country. Four million people, and about 100 deaths. She is locking her State down until January 6th.
After we’ve already managed to ‘flatten the curve’ in even some of the worst hotspots, responding to an illness with a 14 day incubation period, and a comparatively low risk to the young and healthy, there is nothing to support that.
That is the helicopter parent’s reaction to the threat. The fearful and overly-sheltered all-risk-is-bad types.
There’s an inherent problem with that response. It’s passive. It’s reactive. It’s a hide-in-your-bomb-shelter mentality where all the world is seen as a threat, but no proactive action can be taken.
Reality Check
We need to face facts: there IS no short-term solution. This pathogen is out there, whether we like it or not. We have treatments of varying degrees of effectiveness, but nothing even remotely resembling a silver-bullet cure. Sorry to be the one to break it to ya, but waiting around hoping such a silver bullet will be discovered to make our fear ‘go away’ is unrealistic.
A vaccine, supposing one is eventually developed, is still a long way off. If we hid in our homes until it was ready, our economy would surely collapse long before it was commercially available.
Here’s why vaccines are a false hope: vaccines with certain familiar viruses like the flu are not 100% effective. Viruses can mutate. We can see different strains. What will do a good job protecting against one strain might be entirely ineffective against another.
Suppose we all get vaccinated, but a new strain shows up. Do we all go back into hiding again?
There’s also a little secret about vaccines that nobody in the press seems willing to talk about. Vaccines are the great hope of the nervous for exactly one reason. They produce antibodies. If everybody gets immunized, (or at least, say, 80% of us) we achieve what’s called ‘herd immunity’ and the virus will hit so many dead-ends that it can’t spread to those who are most vulnerable to the worst effects. In other words, the virus is defeated.
But vaccines are not the only way to produce antibodies, are they? The OTHER way to produce antibodies is the way folks like Chris Cuomo produced their antibodies — the old-fashioned way.
He got sick and recovered. Judging by the surprisingly high percentage of randomized antibody spot tests we’ve seen in some parts of the country, plenty of people who came into contact with this illness didn’t even get symptoms. Their immune systems recognized a threat and killed it off long before it became a problem to the host, building one more antibody into the immune system’s antiviral defense database in the process.
There is a different way to handle risk both responsibly and proactively. One we should have (hindsight being 20/20) done from the beginning. It’s a model we’ve used in past crises.
The London Blitz Response
In the Second World War, Germany was bombing London. The imminent threat of death was very real. But there was too much to do, the city couldn’t afford to grind to a halt and go into hiding. They had to ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’.
In fact, that is PRECISELY the context that the now-famous poster was first printed.
Rather than hide in their basements (or the London Tube) and desperately pray that disaster never comes, they took a clear-eyed assessment of the risks before them and asked themselves what the best way forward would be.
They settled on ‘Operation Pied Piper’.
Anyone who’s read many books written in the period, ‘Lord of the Flies’ and ‘The Chronicles Of Naria’ for instance, will be familiar with stories about British children being evacuated from the cities.
In this situation, the children were the precious and vulnerable whose lives were being protected from a real threat of death. The Brits didn’t shut down their cities, they organized limited resources around putting distance between the threat (in this case, bombs falling on cities) and the people most vulnerable to that threat, (the children) whose presence in the cites was in no way essential to ‘carrying on’.
This evacuation happened in September 1939, well before the Battle Of Britain itself began, but when it was clear that war was on the horizon.
Like any response to a crisis, there is plenty of room for criticism of the Operation. There are, for example, complaints that this was an over-reaction to an exaggerated threat. That being said, it did one thing correctly.
It separated out the generalized threat of ‘we’re all gonna die’ to a more manageable problem they could work toward solving. ‘How do we protect our kids’.
What Is The Modern Equivalent To Pied Piper?
Regardless of one’s opinion of the particular outcome of that plan per se, this really ought to be a standard question in any public-policy response to serious threats of any kind, but especially domestic threats: how do we isolate that which is most directly under threat.
Knowing what we know now, the real threat is to the aged, as well as those with a specific profile of health risks. Fatal encounters with this illness are almost entirely drawn from this group.
The ‘Pied Piper’ response would not require a special ring of protection around all of society — and who could possibly hope to deliver on that promise, anyway? Nor would it require a special protection around children, who seem to do quite well in fighting off this virus.
It’s the aged and medically compromised who need special protection.
Instead of closing off the economy, let’s provide top-tier protection to the high-risk groups — (whatever we may decide that looks like), and let everyone else ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’.
Of course, with the Media pitching panic, and the politicians afraid of being *personally* blamed for every person who drops dead on their watch, the only way they will make this switch is if We The People demand it of them.
That way, they have the ‘out’ of washing their hands of the consequences and saying the people made me do it.
It’s time the people make the gutlessness of politicians work FOR our interests, rather than against them.
Related…
Dear America: The Early Church & Our Founders Wouldn’t Put Up With This Crap


clashdaily--2020-05-04--Trump On China’s Handling Of COVID: ‘I Think They Made A Horrible Mistake And They Didn’t Want To Ad

Trump On China’s Handling Of COVID: ‘I Think They Made A Horrible Mistake And They Didn’t Want To Admit It’

In a digital townhall format , a question was presented to the President about the role of China in the origin of this virus and what the international response should look like .
When Trump is speaking to an American audience , he has all the subtlety of a 20lb sledgehammer , which makes for lively interactions with his base or his political rivals .
But he is also an international businessman .
He doesn ’ t get much credit for knowing how to speak more subtlely by not burning bridges with people he still needs to negotiate with in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being ‘ soft on dictators ’ when really , unnecessary saber-rattling would only weaken his own hand in future negotiations .
The American audience is not the only one listening at a moment like this .
The world is watching , and so is China .
Xi is spectacularly thin-skinned ( remember how he outlawed Winnie the Pooh ? )
and verbal missteps here could have unforeseen consequences both for American citizens and China ’ s immediate neighbors .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages [ Editor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if Biden were ever put in this situation . ]
Trump had the opportunity to make an open accusation of deceptive malice .
You will notice he stopped *just* short of doing that .
He left Xi some wiggle room to save face ( with ‘ saving face ’ being a big deal in Eastern cultures ) by allowing this to have been an act of incompetence springing from embarrassment .
He threaded that needle , but still raised the key outrages of letting the crisis spiral out of control , keeping it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and — this is key — allowing open travel with the rest of the world while forbidding travel from affected regions to the rest of China .
That , in particular , is a damning piece of evidence against them that speaks for itself , no matter how politely delivered .
“ Personally , I think they made a horrible mistake , and they didn ’ t want to admit it , ” Trump responded .
“ We wanted to go in , but they didn ’ t want us there .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cover it , like a fire… They couldn ’ t put out the fire.
” He said the US government was putting together a “ strong ” report on the origins of the virus , and how the Wuhan Institute of Virology might be involved .
The report , he said , would be “ very conclusive.
” Trump ’ s comments came days after he told reporters he ’ d seen proof that would suggest the virus originated in the lab , but said he couldn ’ t go into details .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ believes that the novel coronavirus was not “ manmade or genetically modified ” but was still investigating whether it was caused by “ an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.
” A recently leaked report by ‘ Five Eyes ’ confirms this theory that the global pandemic was caused by an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
“ What they really treated the world badly on , they stopped people going into China , but they didn ’ t stop people leaving China and going all over the world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem – very embarrassed , ” Trump said .
“ They allowed this to go into our country , other countries .
This should never have happened .
This virus should not have spread all over the world.
” In regards to President Xi Jinping , Trump says “ I ’ m not going to say anything ” but “ this should never have happened.
” Using the passive voice ‘ this should never have happened ’ stops *just* short of explicitly saying Xi crapped the bed on this one .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implication being sent .
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In a digital townhall format, a question was presented to the President about the role of China in the origin of this virus and what the international response should look like.
When Trump is speaking to an American audience, he has all the subtlety of a 20lb sledgehammer, which makes for lively interactions with his base or his political rivals. But he is also an international businessman.
He doesn’t get much credit for knowing how to speak more subtlely by not burning bridges with people he still needs to negotiate with in the future. He gets blasted as being ‘soft on dictators’ when really, unnecessary saber-rattling would only weaken his own hand in future negotiations.
The American audience is not the only one listening at a moment like this. The world is watching, and so is China. Xi is spectacularly thin-skinned (remember how he outlawed Winnie the Pooh?) and verbal missteps here could have unforeseen consequences both for American citizens and China’s immediate neighbors.
[Editor’s note: God help us if Biden were ever put in this situation.]
Trump had the opportunity to make an open accusation of deceptive malice. You will notice he stopped *just* short of doing that. He left Xi some wiggle room to save face (with ‘saving face’ being a big deal in Eastern cultures) by allowing this to have been an act of incompetence springing from embarrassment.
He threaded that needle, but still raised the key outrages of letting the crisis spiral out of control, keeping it secret, shutting out foreign scientists, and — this is key — allowing open travel with the rest of the world while forbidding travel from affected regions to the rest of China.
That, in particular, is a damning piece of evidence against them that speaks for itself, no matter how politely delivered.
Here’s his answer.
“Personally, I think they made a horrible mistake, and they didn’t want to admit it,” Trump responded. “We wanted to go in, but they didn’t want us there. They made a mistake, they tried to cover it, like a fire… They couldn’t put out the fire.” He said the US government was putting together a “strong” report on the origins of the virus, and how the Wuhan Institute of Virology might be involved. The report, he said, would be “very conclusive.” Trump’s comments came days after he told reporters he’d seen proof that would suggest the virus originated in the lab, but said he couldn’t go into details. The US intelligence community has said it believes that the novel coronavirus was not “manmade or genetically modified” but was still investigating whether it was caused by “an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”
A recently leaked report by ‘Five Eyes’ confirms this theory that the global pandemic was caused by an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Trump on China’s COVID-19 Response: "We're going to be giving a very strong report as to exactly what we think happened and I think it will be very conclusive." “My opinion is they made a mistake, they tried to cover it…They couldn’t put out the fire.” pic.twitter.com/CxF4Q5dIAj — Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) May 4, 2020
“What they really treated the world badly on, they stopped people going into China, but they didn’t stop people leaving China and going all over the world. I think they were embarrassed by the problem – very embarrassed,” Trump said. “They allowed this to go into our country, other countries. This should never have happened. This virus should not have spread all over the world.” In regards to President Xi Jinping, Trump says “I’m not going to say anything” but “this should never have happened.” Source: New York Post
Using the passive voice ‘this should never have happened’ stops *just* short of explicitly saying Xi crapped the bed on this one. But it leaves little doubt that this is the implication being sent.
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clashdaily--2020-05-04--DOJ Sides With Church Suing Gov. Ralph Northam For Targeting Pastor With Fine Or Jail Time

Attorney General Bill Barr had promised faith leaders that the Justice Department would have their back if they were unfairly targetted during coronavirus lockdowns .
The DOJ is delivering on that .
This isn ’ t the first time that the DOJ has sided with a church in a dispute about overzealous and discriminatory enforcement of lockdown orders .
We have seen that there were many instances of state and local governments using the pandemic lockdowns to target religious organizations–specifically churches .
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was one of the most vehement as he threatened to permanently shut down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the lockdown .
What a ridiculous attempt at overreach form a petty wannabe dictator !
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages This is the kind of thing that churches and synagogues were facing .
AG Barr had assured faith leaders that they would have the backing of the feds if they faced undue harassment by state and local authorities in the enforcement of lockdown orders .
This case that the DOJ has decided to back is an interesting one and raises a lot of questions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Chincoteague Island , Virginia held a 16-person Palm Sunday service in a 225-seat sanctuary .
The attendees were seated far apart from each other in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines .
The state of Virginia sent officers in protective gear to issue a summons to Pastor Kevin Wilson alleging that Wilson and the church violated the Virginia Constitution by breaking the state-imposed social distancing order put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus .
Wilson was facing jail time or a $ 2,500 fine for the violation .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the DOJ , the reasoning for the feds backing the church was made crystal clear , “ The Commonwealth of Virginia has offered no good reason for refusing to trust congregants who promise to use care in worship in the same way it trusts accountants , lawyers , and other workers to do the same.
” The statement later notes that Gov .
Northam ’ s orders have been inconsistent , but have targeted religious gatherings specifically , “ Over the last two months , the governor has issued a series of Executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ten people , while permitting secular gatherings of more than ten people to occur under an array of circumstances.
” Mat Staver , the chairman and founder of Liberty Counsel , representing the pastor , accused Northam , a Democrat , of discriminating against the church and violating the First Amendment .
“ As important as it is that we stay safe during these challenging times , it is also important for states to remember that we do not abandon all of our freedoms in times of emergency , ” Matthew Schneider , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Michigan , said in a statement .
“ Unlawful discrimination against people who exercise their right to religion violates the First Amendment , whether we are in a pandemic or not.
” Across the country , law enforcement has been cracking down on religious congregations , threatening heavy summons and fines for deliberately breaking state rules .
Churches have been urged to switch to virtual services in lieu of in-person sermons , but Wilson ’ s church claimed the Lighthouse Fellowship did not have the capacity to do that and many parishioners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Internet .
Why is it that liquor stores and big-box chain stores can open up but a church is being punished for a 16-person gathering on Palm Sunday ?
Great question .
That ’ s precisely what the DOJ wants an answer to .
The DOJ statement lays out its case that the State of Virginia has imposed “ a greater restriction on religious gatherings than similar secular gatherings ” without a valid reason to do so .
This is a direct violation of the Free Exercise Clause .
For the reasons set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the church has set forth a strong case that the Orders , by exempting other activities permitting similar opportunities for in-person gatherings of more than ten individuals , while at the same time prohibiting churches from gathering in groups of more than ten—even with social distancing measures and other precautions—has impermissibly interfered with the church ’ s free exercise of religion .
Unless the Commonwealth can prove that its disparate treatment of religious gatherings is justified by a compelling reason and is pursued through the least restrictive means , this disparate treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Orders may not be enforced against the church .
This proof simply has not occurred because the Commonwealth has not yet submitted any argument or evidence in this case .
This is not to say that the Commonwealth must necessarily permit live , indoor church gatherings .
As discussed below , there are good reasons to discourage gatherings of more than ten people and to encourage people to stay home whenever possible .
But the Free Exercise Clause generally mandates that restrictions on gatherings be applied equally .
Thus , an order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not impose a greater restriction on religious gatherings than similar secular gatherings absent the most compelling , narrowly tailored reasons .
It will be difficult for the Commonwealth to justify having one set of rules that allows for secular gatherings—such as in-person operations for any non-retail business and various other exemptions permitting large-scale retail gatherings—while denying to Lighthouse the ability to worship in modest numbers with appropriate social distancing and sanitizing precautions .
The DOJ ’ s argument is three-fold and very briefly summed up here : • Constitutional Rights Are Preserved During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no pandemic exception to the Constitution and its Bill of Rights .
• The Free Exercise Clause Prohibits Unequal Treatment of Religious Individuals and Organizations • A law or rule is not neutral if it singles out particular religious conduct for adverse treatment .
• The Court must ensure that like things are treated as like , and that religious gatherings are not singled out for unequal treatment .
• The Compelling Interest / Least Restrictive Means Test Is a Searching Inquiry • To satisfy the commands of the First Amendment , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ ‘ interests of the highest order ’ ” and must be narrowly tailored in pursuit of those interests .
The would-be COVID tyrants in state and local governments that want to use the pandemic as an excuse to target religious groups that they are already hostile to are going to get some pushback from the DOJ .
That ’ s what the DOJ should be there for–to protect Americans from overreaching governments .
So much better than the DOJ under Obama , eh ?
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Attorney General Bill Barr had promised faith leaders that the Justice Department would have their back if they were unfairly targetted during coronavirus lockdowns. The DOJ is delivering on that.
This isn’t the first time that the DOJ has sided with a church in a dispute about overzealous and discriminatory enforcement of lockdown orders.
We have seen that there were many instances of state and local governments using the pandemic lockdowns to target religious organizations–specifically churches.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was one of the most vehement as he threatened to permanently shut down “churches or synagogues” that opened during the lockdown. What a ridiculous attempt at overreach form a petty wannabe dictator!
This is the kind of thing that churches and synagogues were facing.
AG Barr had assured faith leaders that they would have the backing of the feds if they faced undue harassment by state and local authorities in the enforcement of lockdown orders.
This case that the DOJ has decided to back is an interesting one and raises a lot of questions. In this case, Lighthouse Fellowship Church in Chincoteague Island, Virginia held a 16-person Palm Sunday service in a 225-seat sanctuary. The attendees were seated far apart from each other in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
The state of Virginia sent officers in protective gear to issue a summons to Pastor Kevin Wilson alleging that Wilson and the church violated the Virginia Constitution by breaking the state-imposed social distancing order put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Wilson was facing jail time or a $2,500 fine for the violation.
In the statement of interest released by the DOJ, the reasoning for the feds backing the church was made crystal clear, “The Commonwealth of Virginia has offered no good reason for refusing to trust congregants who promise to use care in worship in the same way it trusts accountants, lawyers, and other workers to do the same.”
The statement later notes that Gov. Northam’s orders have been inconsistent, but have targeted religious gatherings specifically, “Over the last two months, the governor has issued a series of Executive Orders prohibiting religious gatherings of more than ten people, while permitting secular gatherings of more than ten people to occur under an array of circumstances.”
Mat Staver, the chairman and founder of Liberty Counsel, representing the pastor, accused Northam, a Democrat, of discriminating against the church and violating the First Amendment. “As important as it is that we stay safe during these challenging times, it is also important for states to remember that we do not abandon all of our freedoms in times of emergency,” Matthew Schneider, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said in a statement. “Unlawful discrimination against people who exercise their right to religion violates the First Amendment, whether we are in a pandemic or not.” Across the country, law enforcement has been cracking down on religious congregations, threatening heavy summons and fines for deliberately breaking state rules. Churches have been urged to switch to virtual services in lieu of in-person sermons, but Wilson’s church claimed the Lighthouse Fellowship did not have the capacity to do that and many parishioners didn’t have access to the Internet. Source: Fox News
Why is it that liquor stores and big-box chain stores can open up but a church is being punished for a 16-person gathering on Palm Sunday? Great question. That’s precisely what the DOJ wants an answer to.
The DOJ statement lays out its case that the State of Virginia has imposed “a greater restriction on religious gatherings than similar secular gatherings” without a valid reason to do so. This is a direct violation of the Free Exercise Clause.
For the reasons set forth below, the United States believes that the church has set forth a strong case that the Orders, by exempting other activities permitting similar opportunities for in-person gatherings of more than ten individuals, while at the same time prohibiting churches from gathering in groups of more than ten—even with social distancing measures and other precautions—has impermissibly interfered with the church’s free exercise of religion. Unless the Commonwealth can prove that its disparate treatment of religious gatherings is justified by a compelling reason and is pursued through the least restrictive means, this disparate treatment violates the Free Exercise Clause, and the Orders may not be enforced against the church. This proof simply has not occurred because the Commonwealth has not yet submitted any argument or evidence in this case. This is not to say that the Commonwealth must necessarily permit live, indoor church gatherings. As discussed below, there are good reasons to discourage gatherings of more than ten people and to encourage people to stay home whenever possible. But the Free Exercise Clause generally mandates that restrictions on gatherings be applied equally. Thus, an order purportedly aimed at promoting social distancing cannot impose a greater restriction on religious gatherings than similar secular gatherings absent the most compelling, narrowly tailored reasons. It will be difficult for the Commonwealth to justify having one set of rules that allows for secular gatherings—such as in-person operations for any non-retail business and various other exemptions permitting large-scale retail gatherings—while denying to Lighthouse the ability to worship in modest numbers with appropriate social distancing and sanitizing precautions. Source: DOJ
The DOJ’s argument is three-fold and very briefly summed up here:
Constitutional Rights Are Preserved During a Public Health Crisis There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution and its Bill of Rights. The Free Exercise Clause Prohibits Unequal Treatment of Religious Individuals and Organizations A law or rule is not neutral if it singles out particular religious conduct for adverse treatment.
The Court must ensure that like things are treated as like, and that religious gatherings are not singled out for unequal treatment. The Compelling Interest / Least Restrictive Means Test Is a Searching Inquiry To satisfy the commands of the First Amendment, a law restrictive of religious practice must advance “‘interests of the highest order’” and must be narrowly tailored in pursuit of those interests.
The would-be COVID tyrants in state and local governments that want to use the pandemic as an excuse to target religious groups that they are already hostile to are going to get some pushback from the DOJ.
That’s what the DOJ should be there for–to protect Americans from overreaching governments.
So much better than the DOJ under Obama, eh?
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clashdaily--2020-05-04--Fists Flying: While Enforcing Social Distancing, NYPD Cop Goes Ham On Bystander (Watch)

Officer Francisco Garcia had told two people on the sidewalk to ‘ move along ’ .
When they refused to ‘ move along ’ they also resisted Garcia ’ s attempts to cuff them .
As you would expect , this attracted a crowd , standing maybe 10 feet or so away .
Garcia didn ’ t react very well to that crowd watching him .
He marched right up to them , taser drawn and directed at the crowd .
The panic and clampdown in this outbreak is making people lose their ever-loving minds .
“ Move the f- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taser-wielding Garcia yells as he breaks away from the melee to engage the bystanders .
“ What you flexing for ?
Don ’ t flex !
” Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages Garcia then holsters his Taser — only to grab one onlooker from the crowd , identified by cops as Donni Wright .
Garcia wrestles the 33-year-old to the sidewalk , repeatedly slapping his head and punching him , as another cop moves in to help cuff him , the video shows .
The NYPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struck a fighting stance — a move not caught in the clip — and that the cop suffered an unspecified injury in the brawl .
Wright was hit with charges including assault of a police officer , menacing and resisting arrest .
— Brunsom , 31 , and Serrano , 22 , also face resisting arrest raps , with the former also charged with pot possession and the latter hit with criminal possession of a weapon charges for a stun gun she was allegedly carrying .
“ It started out as a social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shea said in a joint Sunday press briefing with Mayor de Blasio .
“ I am aware of the video that ’ s out there.
” The sooner this is over , the sooner cops can get back to stopping real criminials .
If New York lets them stay in jail , that is .
Is this what they ’ re doing with all that extra space in Rikers ?

Officer Francisco Garcia had told two people on the sidewalk to ‘move along’. When they refused to ‘move along’ they also resisted Garcia’s attempts to cuff them.
As you would expect, this attracted a crowd, standing maybe 10 feet or so away. Garcia didn’t react very well to that crowd watching him. He marched right up to them, taser drawn and directed at the crowd.
The panic and clampdown in this outbreak is making people lose their ever-loving minds.
“Move the f- -k back right now!” a Taser-wielding Garcia yells as he breaks away from the melee to engage the bystanders. “What you flexing for? Don’t flex!” Garcia then holsters his Taser — only to grab one onlooker from the crowd, identified by cops as Donni Wright. Garcia wrestles the 33-year-old to the sidewalk, repeatedly slapping his head and punching him, as another cop moves in to help cuff him, the video shows. The NYPD said that Garcia felt threatened when Wright struck a fighting stance — a move not caught in the clip — and that the cop suffered an unspecified injury in the brawl. Wright was hit with charges including assault of a police officer, menacing and resisting arrest. — NYPost
CW: Police violence This evening in Manhattan, an NYPD officer approaches a group of people filming an arrest, deploys his taser indiscriminately, then grabs a young man and, without provocation, slams him to the ground, starts beating him and, with another cop, handcuffs him. pic.twitter.com/N6bENczkOU — Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) May 3, 2020
Brunsom, 31, and Serrano, 22, also face resisting arrest raps, with the former also charged with pot possession and the latter hit with criminal possession of a weapon charges for a stun gun she was allegedly carrying. “It started out as a social distancing enforcement,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a joint Sunday press briefing with Mayor de Blasio. “I am aware of the video that’s out there.”
The sooner this is over, the sooner cops can get back to stopping real criminials.
If New York lets them stay in jail, that is.
Is this what they’re doing with all that extra space in Rikers?


clashdaily--2020-05-04--Celebrating Our Youth Despite Corona

Celebrating Our Youth Despite Corona

Our tiny town in West Virginia has a senior class of 14 students .
Due to the coronavirus , their graduation ceremony was canceled .
Rather than allowing our students ’ achievement to go unacknowledged , neighbors rallied the community to creatively celebrate our students .
Everyone was asked to drive to the school parking lot Friday , May 1st at 8:30 pm .
We were instructed to keep our headlights on and honk as students rode by in cars .
We were told to stay in our cars .
We were also asked to turn on our porch lights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cars driving through town .
The health department caught wind of our plan to honor our students and canceled the parade ; claiming a “ parade ” is a health risk .
When Friday evening arrived , over 40 cars showed up to celebrate our students .
While a parade would not be permitted , there is not a law against cars following each other .
Trending : MAGA Hat At Center Of Lawsuit For Teacher Seeking Damages After honking our horns as the senior class graduates drove by , the fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truck followed the students flashing their lights with sirens blasting .
Residents filed in behind honking their horns as we drove through town .
This was not a parade .
We were simply cars following each other .
It was awesome !
We always find a way .
We are Americans !

Our tiny town in West Virginia has a senior class of 14 students. Due to the coronavirus, their graduation ceremony was canceled. Rather than allowing our students’ achievement to go unacknowledged, neighbors rallied the community to creatively celebrate our students.
Everyone was asked to drive to the school parking lot Friday, May 1st at 8:30 pm. We were instructed to keep our headlights on and honk as students rode by in cars. We were told to stay in our cars. We were also asked to turn on our porch lights. The finale would be a parade of cars driving through town.
The health department caught wind of our plan to honor our students and canceled the parade; claiming a “parade” is a health risk.
When Friday evening arrived, over 40 cars showed up to celebrate our students. While a parade would not be permitted, there is not a law against cars following each other.
After honking our horns as the senior class graduates drove by, the fire engine, ambulance, and city water truck followed the students flashing their lights with sirens blasting. Residents filed in behind honking their horns as we drove through town. This was not a parade. We were simply cars following each other. It was awesome! We always find a way. We are Americans!
Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
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