21stcenturywire--2020-07-03--‘The God That Failed’: Why U.S. Can No Longer Impose Its Western Worldview

It was always a paradox : John Stuart Mill , in his seminal ( 1859 ) , On Liberty , never doubted that a universal civilisation , grounded in liberal values , was the eventual destination of all of humankind .
He looked forward to an ‘ Exact Science of Human Nature ’ , which would formulate laws of psychology and society as precise and universal as those of the physical sciences .
Yet , not only did that science never emerge , in today ’ s world , such social ‘ laws ’ are taken as strictly ( western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws or science .
So , not only was the claim to universal civilisation not supported by evidence , but the very idea of humans sharing a common destination ( ‘ End of Times ’ ) is nothing more than an apocalyptic remnant of Latin Christianity , and of one minor current in Judaism .
Mill ’ s was always a matter of secularized religion – faith – rather than empiricism .
A shared human ‘ destination ’ does not exist in Orthodox Christianity , Taoism or Buddhism .
It could never therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of individual autonomy , freedom , industry , free trade and commerce essentially reflected the triumph of the Protestant worldview in Europe ’ s 30-years ’ civil war .
It was not fully even a Christian view , but more a Protestant one .
This narrow , sectarian pillar was able to be projected into a universal project – only so long as it was underpinned by power .
In Mill ’ s day , the civilisational claim served Europe ’ s need for colonial validation .
Mill tacitly acknowledges this when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populations for not having tamed the wilderness , nor made the land productive .
However , with America ’ s Cold War triumph – that had by then become a cynical framework for U.S. ‘ soft power ’ – acquired a new potency .
The merits of America ’ s culture , and way of life , seemed to acquire practical validation through the implosion of the USSR .
But today , with America ’ s soft power collapsed – not even the illusion of universalism can be sustained .
Other states are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , equally compelling ‘ civilisational ’ states .
It is clear that even were the classic liberal Establishment to win in the November U.S. elections , America no longer has claim to path-find a New World Order .
Yet , should this secularised Protestant current be over – beware !
Because its subterranean , unconscious religiosity is the ‘ ghost at the table ’ today .
It is returning in a new guise .
The ‘ old illusion ’ can not continue , because its core values are being radicalised , stood on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swords with which to impale classic American and European liberals ( and U.S. Christian Conservatives ) .
It is now the younger generation of American woke liberals who are asserting vociferously not merely that the old liberal paradigm is illusory , but that it was never more than ‘ a cover ’ hiding oppression – whether domestic , or colonial , racist or imperial ; a moral stain that only redemption can cleanse .
It is an attack – which coming from within – forecloses on any U.S. moral , soft power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illusion exploded , and nothing in its place , a New World Order can not coherently be formulated .
Not content with exposing the illusion , the woke generation are also tearing down , and shredding , the flags at the masthead : Freedom and prosperity achieved via the liberal market .
‘ Freedom ’ is being torn down from within .
Dissidents from the woke ideology , are being ‘ called out ’ , made to repent on the knee , or face reputational or economic ruin .
It is ‘ soft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dostoevsky ’ s characters – at a time when Russian progressives were discrediting traditional institutions – who , in a celebrated line , says : “ I got entangled in my data … Starting from unlimited freedom , I conclude with unlimited despotism ” .
Even ‘ science ’ has become a ‘ God that failed ’ ; instead of being the path to liberty , it has become a dark soulless path toward unfreedom .
From algorithms that ‘ cost ’ the value of human lives , versus the ‘ costing ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Box ’ algos that limit distribution of news and thinking , to Bill Gates ’ vaccination ID project , science now portends despotic social control , rather than a fluttering standard , hoist as the symbol of freedom .
But the most prominent of these flags , torn down , can not be blamed on the woke generation .
There has been no ‘ prosperity for all ’ – only distortions and warped structures .
There are not even free markets .
The Fed and the U.S. Treasury simply print new money , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is no means now to attribute ‘ worth ’ to financial assets .
Their value simply is that which Central Government is willing to pay for bonds , or grant in bail-outs .
Wow .
‘ The God who failed ’ ( André Gide ’ s book title ) – a crash of idols .
One wonders now , what is the point to that huge financial eco-system known as Wall Street .
Why not winnow it down to a couple of entities , say , Blackrock and KKR ( hedge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them to distribute the Fed ’ s freshly-printed ‘ boodle ’ amongst friends ?
Liberal markets no more – and many fewer jobs .
Many commentators have noted the wokes ’ absence of vision for the future .
Some describe them in highly caustic terms : “ Today , America ’ s tumbrils are clattering about , carrying toppled statues , ruined careers , unwoke brands .
Over their sides peer those deemed racist by left-wing identitarians and sentenced to cancelation , even as the evidentiary standard for that crime falls through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revolutionaries ?
The conventional wisdom goes that this is the inner-cities erupting , economically disadvantaged victims of racism enraged over the murder of George Floyd .
The reality is something more … bourgeoisie .
As Kevin Williamson observed last week , “ These are the idiot children of the American ruling class , toy radicals and Champagne Bolsheviks , playing Jacobin for a while , until they go back to graduate school ” .
Is that so ?
I well recall listening in the Middle East to other angry young men who , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statues ’ ; to burn down everything .
‘ You really believed that Washington would allow you … in ’ , they taunted and tortured their leaders : “ No , we must burn it all down .
Start from scratch ” .
Did they have a blueprint for the future ?
No .
They simply believed that Islam would organically inflate , and expand to fill the void .
It would happen by itself – of its own accord : Faith .
Professor John Gray has noted “ that in The God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My faith in communism is like my faith in religion .
It is a promise of salvation for mankind ’ ’ .
“ Here Gide acknowledged ” , Gray continues , “ that communism was an atheist version of monotheism .
But so is liberalism , and when Gide and others gave up faith in communism to become liberals , they were not renouncing the concepts and values that both ideologies had inherited from western religion .
They continued to believe that history was a directional process in which humankind was advancing towards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wokes .
The emphasis is on Redemption ; on a Truth catharsis ; on their own Virtue as sufficient agency to stand-in for the lack of plan for the future .
All are clear signals : A secularised ‘ illusion ’ is metamorphosing back into ‘ religion ’ .
Not as Islam , of course , but as angry Man , burning at the deep and dark moral stain of the past .
And acting now as purifying ‘ fire ’ to bring about the uplifting and shining future ahead .
Tucker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known for plain speaking , frames the movement a little differently : “ This is not a momentary civil disturbance .
This is a serious , and highly organized political movement … It is deep and profound and has vast political ambitions .
It is insidious , it will grow .
Its goal is to end liberal democracy and challenge western civilization itself … We ’ re too literal and good-hearted to understand what ’ s happening … We have no idea what we are up against … These are not protests .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Again , nothing needs to be done by this new generation to bring into being a new world , apart from destroying the old one .
This vision is a relic – albeit secularised – of western Christianity .
Apocalypse and redemption , these wokes believe , have their own path ; their own internal logic .
Mill ’ s ‘ ghost ’ is arrived at the table .
And with its return , America ’ s exceptionalism has its re-birth .
Redemption for humankind ’ s dark stains .
A narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduced to the history of racial struggle .
Yet Americans , young or old , now lack the power to project it as a universal vision .
‘ Virtue ’ , however deeply felt , on its own , is insufficient .
Might President Trump try nevertheless to sustain the old illusion by hard power ?
The U.S. is deeply fractured and dysfunctional – but if desperate , this is possible .
The “ toy radicals , and Champagne Bolsheviks ” – in these terms of dripping disdain from Williamson – are very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ streets in 1917 .
But before dismissing them so peremptorily and lightly , recall what occurred .
Into that combustible mass of youth – so acultured by their progressive parents to see a Russian past that was imperfect and darkly stained – a Trotsky and Lenin were inserted .
And Stalin ensued .
No ‘ toy radicals ’ .
Soft became hard totalitarianism .
*** Author Alastair Crooke is former British diplomat and intelligence official , the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum , which works for engagement between political Islam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contributor to Bitter Lemons International .

Alastair Crooke
Strategic Culture
It was always a paradox: John Stuart Mill, in his seminal (1859), On Liberty, never doubted that a universal civilisation, grounded in liberal values, was the eventual destination of all of humankind. He looked forward to an ‘Exact Science of Human Nature’, which would formulate laws of psychology and society as precise and universal as those of the physical sciences. Yet, not only did that science never emerge, in today’s world, such social ‘laws’ are taken as strictly (western) cultural constructs, rather than as laws or science.
So, not only was the claim to universal civilisation not supported by evidence, but the very idea of humans sharing a common destination (‘End of Times’) is nothing more than an apocalyptic remnant of Latin Christianity, and of one minor current in Judaism. Mill’s was always a matter of secularized religion – faith – rather than empiricism. A shared human ‘destination’ does not exist in Orthodox Christianity, Taoism or Buddhism. It could never therefore qualify as universal.
Liberal core tenets of individual autonomy, freedom, industry, free trade and commerce essentially reflected the triumph of the Protestant worldview in Europe’s 30-years’ civil war. It was not fully even a Christian view, but more a Protestant one.
This narrow, sectarian pillar was able to be projected into a universal project – only so long as it was underpinned by power. In Mill’s day, the civilisational claim served Europe’s need for colonial validation. Mill tacitly acknowledges this when he validates the clearing of the indigenous American populations for not having tamed the wilderness, nor made the land productive.
However, with America’s Cold War triumph – that had by then become a cynical framework for U.S. ‘soft power’ – acquired a new potency. The merits of America’s culture, and way of life, seemed to acquire practical validation through the implosion of the USSR.
But today, with America’s soft power collapsed – not even the illusion of universalism can be sustained. Other states are coming forward, offering themselves as separate, equally compelling ‘civilisational’ states. It is clear that even were the classic liberal Establishment to win in the November U.S. elections, America no longer has claim to path-find a New World Order.
Yet, should this secularised Protestant current be over – beware! Because its subterranean, unconscious religiosity is the ‘ghost at the table’ today. It is returning in a new guise.
The ‘old illusion’ cannot continue, because its core values are being radicalised, stood on their head, and turned into the swords with which to impale classic American and European liberals (and U.S. Christian Conservatives). It is now the younger generation of American woke liberals who are asserting vociferously not merely that the old liberal paradigm is illusory, but that it was never more than ‘a cover’ hiding oppression – whether domestic, or colonial, racist or imperial; a moral stain that only redemption can cleanse.
It is an attack – which coming from within – forecloses on any U.S. moral, soft power, global leadership aspirations. For with the illusion exploded, and nothing in its place, a New World Order cannot coherently be formulated.
Not content with exposing the illusion, the woke generation are also tearing down, and shredding, the flags at the masthead: Freedom and prosperity achieved via the liberal market.
‘Freedom’ is being torn down from within. Dissidents from the woke ideology, are being ‘called out’, made to repent on the knee, or face reputational or economic ruin. It is ‘soft totalitarianism’. It recalls one of Dostoevsky’s characters – at a time when Russian progressives were discrediting traditional institutions – who, in a celebrated line, says: “I got entangled in my data … Starting from unlimited freedom, I conclude with unlimited despotism”.
Even ‘science’ has become a ‘God that failed’; instead of being the path to liberty, it has become a dark soulless path toward unfreedom. From algorithms that ‘cost’ the value of human lives, versus the ‘costing’ of lockdown; from secret ‘Black Box’ algos that limit distribution of news and thinking, to Bill Gates’ vaccination ID project, science now portends despotic social control, rather than a fluttering standard, hoist as the symbol of freedom.
But the most prominent of these flags, torn down, cannot be blamed on the woke generation. There has been no ‘prosperity for all’ – only distortions and warped structures. There are not even free markets. The Fed and the U.S. Treasury simply print new money, and hand it out to select recipients. There is no means now to attribute ‘worth’ to financial assets. Their value simply is that which Central Government is willing to pay for bonds, or grant in bail-outs.
Wow. ‘The God who failed’ (André Gide’s book title) – a crash of idols. One wonders now, what is the point to that huge financial eco-system known as Wall Street. Why not winnow it down to a couple of entities, say, Blackrock and KKR (hedge funds), and leave it to them to distribute the Fed’s freshly-printed ‘boodle’ amongst friends? Liberal markets no more – and many fewer jobs.
Many commentators have noted the wokes’ absence of vision for the future. Some describe them in highly caustic terms:
“Today, America’s tumbrils are clattering about, carrying toppled statues, ruined careers, unwoke brands. Over their sides peer those deemed racist by left-wing identitarians and sentenced to cancelation, even as the evidentiary standard for that crime falls through the floor … But who are these cultural revolutionaries? The conventional wisdom goes that this is the inner-cities erupting, economically disadvantaged victims of racism enraged over the murder of George Floyd. The reality is something more … bourgeoisie. As Kevin Williamson observed last week, “These are the idiot children of the American ruling class, toy radicals and Champagne Bolsheviks, playing Jacobin for a while, until they go back to graduate school”.
Is that so? I well recall listening in the Middle East to other angry young men who, too, wanted to ‘topple the statues’; to burn down everything. ‘You really believed that Washington would allow you … in’, they taunted and tortured their leaders: “No, we must burn it all down. Start from scratch”.
Did they have a blueprint for the future? No. They simply believed that Islam would organically inflate, and expand to fill the void. It would happen by itself – of its own accord: Faith.
Professor John Gray has noted “that in The God that failed, Gide says: ‘My faith in communism is like my faith in religion. It is a promise of salvation for mankind’’. “Here Gide acknowledged”, Gray continues, “that communism was an atheist version of monotheism. But so is liberalism, and when Gide and others gave up faith in communism to become liberals, they were not renouncing the concepts and values that both ideologies had inherited from western religion. They continued to believe that history was a directional process in which humankind was advancing towards universal freedom”.
So too with the wokes. The emphasis is on Redemption; on a Truth catharsis; on their own Virtue as sufficient agency to stand-in for the lack of plan for the future. All are clear signals: A secularised ‘illusion’ is metamorphosing back into ‘religion’. Not as Islam, of course, but as angry Man, burning at the deep and dark moral stain of the past. And acting now as purifying ‘fire’ to bring about the uplifting and shining future ahead.
Tucker Carlson, a leading American conservative commentator known for plain speaking, frames the movement a little differently: “This is not a momentary civil disturbance. This is a serious, and highly organized political movement … It is deep and profound and has vast political ambitions. It is insidious, it will grow. Its goal is to end liberal democracy and challenge western civilization itself … We’re too literal and good-hearted to understand what’s happening … We have no idea what we are up against … These are not protests. This is a totalitarian political movement”.
Again, nothing needs to be done by this new generation to bring into being a new world, apart from destroying the old one. This vision is a relic – albeit secularised – of western Christianity. Apocalypse and redemption, these wokes believe, have their own path; their own internal logic.
Mill’s ‘ghost’ is arrived at the table. And with its return, America’s exceptionalism has its re-birth. Redemption for humankind’s dark stains. A narrative in which the history of mankind is reduced to the history of racial struggle. Yet Americans, young or old, now lack the power to project it as a universal vision.
‘Virtue’, however deeply felt, on its own, is insufficient. Might President Trump try nevertheless to sustain the old illusion by hard power? The U.S. is deeply fractured and dysfunctional – but if desperate, this is possible.
The “toy radicals, and Champagne Bolsheviks” – in these terms of dripping disdain from Williamson – are very similar to those who rushed into the streets in 1917. But before dismissing them so peremptorily and lightly, recall what occurred.
Into that combustible mass of youth – so acultured by their progressive parents to see a Russian past that was imperfect and darkly stained – a Trotsky and Lenin were inserted. And Stalin ensued. No ‘toy radicals’. Soft became hard totalitarianism.
***
Author Alastair Crooke is former British diplomat and intelligence official, the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, which works for engagement between political Islam and the West, and a regular contributor to Bitter Lemons International.
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-03--Dr Simone Gold on Masks: ‘We Do Not Consent’

Author ’ s note : The below is the Op-Ed that was accepted to USAToday on June 24 .
They deleted key phrases/paragraphs for their print paper and then they refused to print it at all online .
It is clear to me as a physician-lawyer that the disinformation about both Covid-19 and the Constitution has caused us to turn a medical issue into a legal crisis .
The scientific usefulness of a mask has been so aggressively overstated , and the foundational importance of the Constitution has been so aggressively understated , that we have normalized people screaming obscenities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid virus was supposed to be contained in the kind of lab where people wear astronaut suits and go through triple sealed doors .
It is a con of massive proportion to assert that now , having escaped those environs , a bandana will magically do the trick .
The pore size of cloth face coverings range from ~ 20-100 microns .
The Covid virus is 200-1000x smaller than that , at 0.1 microns .
Putting up a chain link fence will not keep out a mosquito .
Even the most esteemed medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anxiety .
“ Expanded masking protocols ’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety … ” Of course , by knowledge or common sense observation , most Americans already know that masking everyone is superstition .
But unlike privately carrying a lucky charm , mandating facial coverings requires the consent of the governed .
Many cultures mandate clothing that appears totally irrational to outsiders .
Never have those cultures pretended that there is a scientific basis for their clothing requirement .
Their leaders rule , and their citizens accept , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to religious or cultural preference .
Not wearing a mask is not mere “ personal choice ” like deciding between a head covering or a t-shirt .
It is a flashpoint for being a free human being who has consented to be governed but has not consented to be ruled .
We do not consent to a masked America , because that is a fundamental change in American society , culture , norms , and rights .
People who are apathetic toward their own liberty can not eliminate Constitutional rights for those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first ( or last ) time that people who believe in superstition are screaming the loudest .
The Constitution exists precisely to protect all people during times of mass hysteria .
The mask has become the most visible symbol of # socialconditioning to Americans determined to preserve individual freedom .
Thus far most Americans have continued to give their consent to be governed .
But you are trying our patience .
*** Simone Gold , MD , JD , FABEM , is a board certified emergency physician .
She graduated from Chicago Medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to earn her Juris Doctorate degree .
She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York .
Dr. Gold worked in Washington D.C. for the Surgeon General , as well as for the Chairman of the Labor & Human Resources Committee .
She works as an emergency physician on the frontlines whether or not there is a pandemic .
Her clinical work serves all Americans : from urban-inner city , to suburban , to the IHS .
Her legal work has focused on conflicts between hospitals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of policy issues relating to law and medicine .
She always leads with the facts .
Read more at The Gold Opinion .

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By Dr. Simone Gold
Author’s note: The below is the Op-Ed that was accepted to USAToday on June 24. They deleted key phrases/paragraphs for their print paper and then they refused to print it at all online.
It is clear to me as a physician-lawyer that the disinformation about both Covid-19 and the Constitution has caused us to turn a medical issue into a legal crisis.
The scientific usefulness of a mask has been so aggressively overstated, and the foundational importance of the Constitution has been so aggressively understated, that we have normalized people screaming obscenities at each other while hiking.
The Covid virus was supposed to be contained in the kind of lab where people wear astronaut suits and go through triple sealed doors. It is a con of massive proportion to assert that now, having escaped those environs, a bandana will magically do the trick.
After all, size matters.
The pore size of cloth face coverings range from ~ 20-100 microns. The Covid virus is 200-1000x smaller than that, at 0.1 microns. Putting up a chain link fence will not keep out a mosquito. Even the most esteemed medical journals admit their purpose is to calm anxiety. “Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety …”
Of course, by knowledge or common sense observation, most Americans already know that masking everyone is superstition. But unlike privately carrying a lucky charm, mandating facial coverings requires the consent of the governed.
Many cultures mandate clothing that appears totally irrational to outsiders. Never have those cultures pretended that there is a scientific basis for their clothing requirement. Their leaders rule, and their citizens accept, that their choice of clothing is due to religious or cultural preference.
Not wearing a mask is not mere “personal choice” like deciding between a head covering or a t-shirt. It is a flashpoint for being a free human being who has consented to be governed but has not consented to be ruled. We do not consent to a masked America, because that is a fundamental change in American society, culture, norms, and rights.
People who are apathetic toward their own liberty cannot eliminate Constitutional rights for those who are not. This is not the first (or last) time that people who believe in superstition are screaming the loudest.
The Constitution exists precisely to protect all people during times of mass hysteria.
The mask has become the most visible symbol of #socialconditioning to Americans determined to preserve individual freedom. Thus far most Americans have continued to give their consent to be governed. But you are trying our patience.
***
Simone Gold, MD, JD, FABEM, is a board certified emergency physician. She graduated from Chicago Medical School before attending Stanford University Law School to earn her Juris Doctorate degree. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York. Dr. Gold worked in Washington D.C. for the Surgeon General, as well as for the Chairman of the Labor & Human Resources Committee. She works as an emergency physician on the frontlines whether or not there is a pandemic. Her clinical work serves all Americans: from urban-inner city, to suburban, to the IHS. Her legal work has focused on conflicts between hospitals and insurers. She writes on a number of policy issues relating to law and medicine. She always leads with the facts. Read more at The Gold Opinion.
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-03--UKC News: Maxwell Arrested, UK Pubs to Open but Lockdown Threat Remains, Trump’s ‘BountyGate’ Hoax

A new shocker with the FBI arrest of Jeffrey Epstein ’ s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell , and naturally many are asking whether she survive to have her day in court ?
Britain is supposedly looking forward to “ Super Saturday ” on July 4th , as the Prime Minister decrees that pubs and restaurants may open for business but only if they observe strict COVID social distancing measures .
Will these businesses survive this new wave of regulation .
Also , many are now questioning the legitimacy of wearing masks all day – as evidence emerges which proves they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faces a news round of RussiaGate hoaxes courtesy of the resistance in Democratic Party , mainstream media , intelligence community and even half of the Republic Party – all desperate to head-off his reelection campaign for 2020 .
This time its “ BountyGate ” created by the intel community and planted in the New York Times , designed to inflame relations with Russia and put the President on his back foot .
All this and more .
Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with the end of week news round-up .
Watch : @ @ @ @ @ @

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A new shocker with the FBI arrest of Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and naturally many are asking whether she survive to have her day in court? Britain is supposedly looking forward to “Super Saturday” on July 4th, as the Prime Minister decrees that pubs and restaurants may open for business but only if they observe strict COVID social distancing measures. Will these businesses survive this new wave of regulation. Also, many are now questioning the legitimacy of wearing masks all day – as evidence emerges which proves they don’t actually work. Trump faces a news round of RussiaGate hoaxes courtesy of the resistance in Democratic Party, mainstream media, intelligence community and even half of the Republic Party – all desperate to head-off his reelection campaign for 2020. This time its “BountyGate” created by the intel community and planted in the New York Times, designed to inflame relations with Russia and put the President on his back foot. All this and more.
Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with the end of week news round-up. Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjP8gBndrJw
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-04--‘We Are Not Guinea Pigs’ – South African Anti-Vaccine Movement Opposing Big Pharma

JOHANNESBURG ( Reuters ) – Anti-vaccine protesters took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to voice their concern over Africa ’ s first human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine .
Last Wednesday , the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with Oxford University rolled out South Africa ’ s first clinical trial , which will consist of 2,000 volunteers .
The involvement of South Africa in vaccine trials is intended to ensure the continent will have access to an affordable vaccine and not be left at the back of the queue .
About 50 people held protests at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying they did not want Africans to be used as guinea pigs , reflecting concerns among some on the continent over testing drugs on people who do not understand the risks .
“ I ’ m not happy at all !
I mean this feels like the 1980s all over again when the AIDS pandemic just broke out in South Africa , ” said 29-year-old graphic designer Tebogo Legoale .
Some of the placards carried by demonstrators read : “ We are not guinea pigs.
” Twenty-nine-year-old community activist Walter Mashilo said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members of parliament and ministers ’ children , not on poor people .
“ We are clear , comrades , we don ’ t want this vaccine ( trial ) , ” he said , addressing the crowd .
South Africa has the highest rate of infections on the continent , with confirmed cases at over 150,000 and more than 2,600 deaths .
Traditional healers are also fighting for their medicine to be used against the virus instead of a vaccine .
“ We are not going to follow a vaccine because we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not given a chance , ” said Sellwane Mokatsi , 32-year-old compliance officer , who is also part of the traditional healers ’ organisation .

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Anti-vaccine protesters took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to voice their concern over Africa’s first human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine.
Last Wednesday, the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with Oxford University rolled out South Africa’s first clinical trial, which will consist of 2,000 volunteers.
The involvement of South Africa in vaccine trials is intended to ensure the continent will have access to an affordable vaccine and not be left at the back of the queue.
About 50 people held protests at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, saying they did not want Africans to be used as guinea pigs, reflecting concerns among some on the continent over testing drugs on people who do not understand the risks.
“I’m not happy at all! I mean this feels like the 1980s all over again when the AIDS pandemic just broke out in South Africa,” said 29-year-old graphic designer Tebogo Legoale.
Some of the placards carried by demonstrators read: “We are not guinea pigs.”
Twenty-nine-year-old community activist Walter Mashilo said the vaccine should be tested first on members of parliament and ministers’ children, not on poor people.
“We are clear, comrades, we don’t want this vaccine (trial),” he said, addressing the crowd.
South Africa has the highest rate of infections on the continent, with confirmed cases at over 150,000 and more than 2,600 deaths.
Traditional healers are also fighting for their medicine to be used against the virus instead of a vaccine.
“We are not going to follow a vaccine because we as healers believe that our traditional medicine is not given a chance,” said Sellwane Mokatsi, 32-year-old compliance officer, who is also part of the traditional healers’ organisation.
Read more at Reuters
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-04--Stephen Hicks: Postmodernism, Socialism and Nazism

Prof. Stephen Hicks is a philosopher who is well known for his expertise in demystifying postmodernist ideology .
His insights @ @ @ @ @ have extra significance today as we see university progressive activism spilling out into the streets @ @ @ @ @ forward based on post-Enlightenment principles of reason and critical thinking , or will it digress @ @ @ @ @ John Anderson discuss with Prof. Hicks a number of political and social concepts including to @ @ @ @ @ debasement of history in 21st century educational institutions , as well as western phenomena of @ @ @ @ @ :

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Prof. Stephen Hicks is a philosopher who is well known for his expertise in demystifying postmodernist ideology. His insights into postmodernism and political correctness have extra significance today as we see university progressive activism spilling out into the streets. Can western society proceed forward based on post-Enlightenment principles of reason and critical thinking, or will it digress backward into degeneracy?
Host John Anderson discuss with Prof. Hicks a number of political and social concepts including to rise of postmodernism, the debasement of history in 21st century educational institutions, as well as western phenomena of socialism and Nazism. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-04--Will COVID-19 Regulations Kill Off the British Pub?

Many will agree that Pubs are a quintessential institution in Britain , and one which attracts millions of visitors to the country every year .
But with the UK clocking in world ’ s second-highest COVID-19 death toll , the government are determined to regulate personal and group social interaction in the country , and create ever new layers of regulation – mandating personal protective equipment for hospitality workers , supposedly to protect against the dreaded “ Second Wave ” of a coronavirus outbreak .
Moreover , Pubs are one of the few places where people can go to meet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with members of their community , so this isn ’ t just an economic issue – it ’ s also a wider societal issue .
Is all of this public health red tape making business unsustainable for independent venues ?
“ Buried in the 34-page Government rulebook for pubs and restaurants reopening on 4th July is a requirement to collect contact details for everyone present .
This is quite significant as , in the event of an outbreak , government contact tracers will have to be in touch with everyone present .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no guidance as to how to verify identities ( as Mr Borg-Neal told me , if someone gives Mickey Mouse , Florida , as their details he ’ ll have to accept it ) , and no-one seems to have thought about the Data Protection aspects .
Technically speaking , if you gather people ’ s contact details you have to be GDPR compliant which is a horribly onerous undertaking — will pubs be immune ?
Will that breach EU law ?
Are pubs even legally allowed to pass that information to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Borg-Neal nor I were sure .
As for the rest of the regulations — no loud music , no singing , no dancing , no napkins on tables prior to food , and so on — he was confident that for his rural pubs that wouldn ’ t be a problem but suggested that nightclubs and inner city pubs of the kind that London is famous for face a very bleak future unless regulations are lifted further and more financial help is offered.
” Host Freddie Sayers discuss this with British publican Peter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pub group managing 28 venues .
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Many will agree that Pubs are a quintessential institution in Britain, and one which attracts millions of visitors to the country every year. But with the UK clocking in world’s second-highest COVID-19 death toll, the government are determined to regulate personal and group social interaction in the country, and create ever new layers of regulation – mandating personal protective equipment for hospitality workers, supposedly to protect against the dreaded “Second Wave” of a coronavirus outbreak.
Moreover, Pubs are one of the few places where people can go to meet friends, family and engage in discussion with members of their community, so this isn’t just an economic issue – it’s also a wider societal issue.
Is all of this public health red tape making business unsustainable for independent venues?
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“Buried in the 34-page Government rulebook for pubs and restaurants reopening on 4th July is a requirement to collect contact details for everyone present. This is quite significant as, in the event of an outbreak, government contact tracers will have to be in touch with everyone present.
There’s no government system or app, no guidance as to how to verify identities (as Mr Borg-Neal told me, if someone gives Mickey Mouse, Florida, as their details he’ll have to accept it), and no-one seems to have thought about the Data Protection aspects. Technically speaking, if you gather people’s contact details you have to be GDPR compliant which is a horribly onerous undertaking — will pubs be immune? Will that breach EU law? Are pubs even legally allowed to pass that information to the Government if asked? Neither Mr Borg-Neal nor I were sure.
As for the rest of the regulations — no loud music, no singing, no dancing, no napkins on tables prior to food, and so on — he was confident that for his rural pubs that wouldn’t be a problem but suggested that nightclubs and inner city pubs of the kind that London is famous for face a very bleak future unless regulations are lifted further and more financial help is offered.”
Host Freddie Sayers discuss this with British publican Peter Borg-Neal, founder and CEO of a pub group managing 28 venues. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-05--Opposition in Meltdown as White House Admits ‘We’ll Need to Live With Coronavirus’

It ’ s no surprise that the White House has been struggling to come up with a singular message for its position on the coronavirus crisis .
In the United States , you not only have the federal health officials who are gracing the podium daily and constantly shifting their narrative , but you also have 50 different state governors pursuing markedly different strategies regarding lockdown and mitigation .
After months of disparate statements , it seems that the Trump Administration has finally settled on a common sense talking point , admitting that the virus may not be fully ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that country must now “ Learn to live with it.
” A sensible approach heading into the November election , but one which will no doubt draw the ire of the anti-Trump Democrat-led resistance which is now blaming the President for every aspect of the crisis .
“ The virus is with us , but we need to live with it , ” said one official this week .
Not surprisingly , opposition media have descended into hysterics and demagoguery over this admission , as evidenced by the Daily Beast emblazoning “ LIVE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along the top of its latest resistance piece .
Over the last three weeks , the mainstream media backed by their pharmaceutical giants , have ramped-up their propaganda campaign claiming that there is a “ crippling surge of cases ” across the country.Official are raising the alarm because of reports that 55,000 new cases of coronavirus have been detected , as media continuing crowing that “ infection rates are hitting new records in multiple states.
” What they are not telling the public is that the US are also conducting a record number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which has been in increase in positive tests , or what the media like to refer to as “ cases , ” giving the false impression that it ’ s another outbreak of the plague .
Moreover , the majority of these news cases are younger persons .
In reality , without any proper epidemiological context , the number ‘ cases ’ is relatively meaningless , because it says nothing about the threat the public health .
The only two statistics which can indicate what is the true threat to public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which can be directly attributed to COVID-19 .
This is the data that matters .
Any numbers outside of this are patently useless .
The reason why touting numbers of “ cases ” is useless is because they ignore the hard facts which the data returned has already show us : Age Demographics – The overwhelming majority of COVID fatalities have been in one specific demographic : elderly people with multiple comorbidities .
In fact , the odds of a young person actually being hospitalized for coronavirus are significantly less that getting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at greater risk of being set upon by influenza or numerous other common viruses .
COVID simply doesn ’ t rate among the most common illnesses which a pose a threat to young people , or even middle aged people for that matter .
The data from every country proves this .
Location – Proportionally , the majority of all COVID deaths in the US have occurred in a few major cities , and in one or two particular setting .
In cities like New York , Los Angeles , Detroit , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatalities have been in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for the elderly : “ The New York Times ( June 27 ) is reporting that 43 percent of all US COVID deaths are occurring in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for the elderly .
In at least 24 states , more than 50 percent of all COVID deaths are occurring in these facilities .
The Times fails to mention deaths of the elderly at hospitals or , at home , cut off from family and friends .
The situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it out to be.
” Most People Already Have Immunity – When you put aside the hype and hysteria for a moment , you will learn that one of the reasons most people are asymptomatic and not affected by coronavirus is because we have wonderful innate immune response systems already within us .
These are called adaptive immunity responses , which feature T cells and other antibodies already on board from our previous encounters with coronaviruses .
This line of defense is especially effective in younger populations.Common sense .
This adaptive immunity is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may have acquired from carrying the new or “ novel ” coronavirus .
But for some reason , this doesn ’ t fit the ‘ pandemic ’ narrative being promoted by mainstream media , government , he pharmaceutical industry and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
Conclusion : In general , the vast majority global population has NEVER been at risk of hospitalization or death from COVID 19 , certainly not more than any other of the more common infectious diseases like Influenza , Malaria or Tuberculosis .
While the coordinated response @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a major plague , the reality is that this coronavirus will not affect over 99.5 % of the population – therefore , it should not rise to the level of ‘ pandemic.
’ Hence , the idea that coronavirus is a deadly pandemic threatening civilization… is a complete fabrication .
So too then are all of the ‘ New Normal ’ policies , rules and requirements which have been hastily constructed around this pseudo-science spectacle .
That includes all of the lockdowns , social distancing , masks , immunity passports , and talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have nothing to do with the actual threat of this pathogen , and everything to with social control , political and economic consolidation of power upwards .
Question everything which government and media are presenting you , and also look at the data that matters .

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It’s no surprise that the White House has been struggling to come up with a singular message for its position on the coronavirus crisis. In the United States, you not only have the federal health officials who are gracing the podium daily and constantly shifting their narrative, but you also have 50 different state governors pursuing markedly different strategies regarding lockdown and mitigation. After months of disparate statements, it seems that the Trump Administration has finally settled on a common sense talking point, admitting that the virus may not be fully ‘eradicated’ any time time soon and that country must now “Learn to live with it.”
“The virus is with us, but we need to live with it,” said one White House official this week.
A seemingly sensible approach heading into the November election, but one which will no doubt draw fire from the anti-Trump Democrat-led resistance, whose campaign strategy has now shifted to blaming the President for every aspect of the crisis.
Not surprisingly, opposition media have descended into hysterics and demagoguery over this latest admission, as evidenced by the Daily Beast emblazoning “LIVE FREE AND DIE” in red, along the top of its latest resistance piece.
Over the last three weeks, the mainstream media backed by their pharmaceutical giants, have ramped-up their propaganda campaign claiming that there is a “crippling surge of cases” across the country. Officials are raising the alarm because of reports that 55,000 new cases of coronavirus have been detected, as media continue crowing that “infection rates are hitting new records in multiple states.”
What they are not telling the public is that the US is also conducting a record number of coronavirus tests – resulting in increase in positive tests, or what the media like to refer to as “cases,” giving the false impression that it’s another outbreak of the plague. Naturally, the majority of these news cases are from the demographic least at risk to complications from coronavirus, namely, younger age groups.
RELATED: COVID: Renewed Government-Media Hype Over “Cases” Doesn’t Prove There’s a Pandemic
In reality, in the absence of any proper epidemiological context, the number ‘cases’ is relatively meaningless, because it says nothing about the threat the public health. The only two statistics which can indicate what is the true threat to public health are an rise in hospitalizations and deaths (along with their age and health profiles) which can be directly attributed to COVID-19. This is the data that matters. Any numbers outside of this are patently useless.
'Cases' are meaningless in determining the threat to public health. What matters are: rise in hospitalizations and deaths which are directly attributed to #COVID19. Not surprised you and others are not talking about those numbers. Those numbers do not suit your agenda. — Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) July 5, 2020
The reason why touting a high number of “cases” is fairly useless is because this ignores the hard facts which the data returned has already show us:
Age Demographics – The overwhelming majority of COVID fatalities have been in one specific demographic: elderly people with multiple comorbidities. In fact, the odds of a young person actually being hospitalized for coronavirus are significantly less that getting in an automobile accident, while they are at greater risk of being set upon by influenza or numerous other common viruses. COVID simply doesn’t rate among the most common illnesses which a pose a threat to young people, or even middle aged people for that matter. The data from every country proves this.
Location and Venue – Proportionally, the majority of all COVID deaths in the US have occurred in a few major cities, and in one or two particular setting. In cities like New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and of those ‘hot spots’ most fatalities have been in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for the elderly: “The New York Times (June 27) is reporting that 43 percent of all US COVID deaths are occurring in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for the elderly. In at least 24 states, more than 50 percent of all COVID deaths are occurring in these facilities. The Times fails to mention deaths of the elderly at hospitals or, at home, cut off from family and friends. The situation is far worse than the Times makes it out to be.”
Most People Already Have Immunity – When you put aside the hype and hysteria for a moment, you will learn that one of the reasons most people are asymptomatic and not affected by coronavirus is because we have wonderful innate immune response systems already within us. These are called adaptive immunity responses, which feature T cells and other antibodies already on board from our previous encounters with coronaviruses. This line of defense is especially effective in younger populations.Common sense. This adaptive immunity is in addition to any new antibodies you may have acquired from carrying the new or “novel” coronavirus. But for some reason, this doesn’t fit the ‘pandemic’ narrative being promoted by mainstream media, government, he pharmaceutical industry and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Conclusion: In general, the vast majority of global population has NEVER been at risk of hospitalization or death from COVID 19 – nor will it ever be, certainly not more than other more common infectious diseases like Influenza, Malaria or Tuberculosis. While the international coordinated response to COVID has mimicked that of a major plague, the reality is that this coronavirus will not affect over 99.5% of the population – therefore, it should not rise to the level of ‘pandemic.’
Hence, the idea that coronavirus is a deadly pandemic that’s threatening civilization… is fabricated construct. So too are all of the ‘New Normal’ policies, rules and requirements which have been hastily constructed around this impressive pseudo-science spectacle. That includes all of the lockdowns, social distancing, masks, immunity passports, school closures and proposals for mandatory vaccinations. These measures have nothing to do with the actual threat posed by this particular pathogen and everything to do with a broader agenda of social control, and the consolidation of political and economic power upwards.
Question everything which government and media are presenting to you, and also look at the data that matters.
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-05--Episode #332 – ‘Taking Liberties’ with special guest Richard Grannon and more

Episode # 332 of SUNDAY WIRE SHOW resumes on this week , July 4 , 2020 with host Patrick Henningsen , broadcasting LIVE on the Alternate Current Radio Network ( ACR ) … 5pm-8pm UK Time | 12pm-3pm EST ( US ) | 9am-12pm PST ( US ) This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts LIVE on ACR with host Patrick Henningsen covering the top stories in the US , Europe and internationally .
American Independence Day weekend has not been without its political drama , and we ’ ll delve into some of the controversial stories topping the headlines over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faces a deep crisis of liberty .
Later , in the first hour , we ’ re joined by a very special guest – UK-based public speaker , personal coach and content creator , Richard Grannon , to discuss the psychological impact of the COVID Lockdown on individuals and society as a whole .
In the final segment we ’ ll connect with SUNDAY WIRE Roving Correspondent for Culture & Sport , Basil Valentine for the latest on Britain ’ s New Normal and other world events we need to know about .
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Episode #332 of SUNDAY WIRE SHOW resumes on this week, July 5, 2020 with host Patrick Henningsen, broadcasting LIVE on the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR)…
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This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts LIVE on ACR with host Patrick Henningsen covering the top stories in the US, Europe and internationally. American Independence Day weekend has not been without its political drama, and we’ll delve into some of the controversial stories topping the headlines over the past few days as the West faces a deep crisis of liberty. Later, in the first hour, we’re joined by a very special guest – UK-based public speaker, personal coach and content creator, Richard Grannon, to discuss the psychological impact of the COVID Lockdown on individuals and society as a whole. In the final segment we’ll connect with SUNDAY WIRE Roving Correspondent for Culture & Sport, Basil Valentine for the latest on Britain’s New Normal and other world events we need to know about. All this and much, much more. Enjoy the show…
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-06--Pandemic Propaganda: Global Media Stoke Fears of ‘Outbreak’ of Bubonic Plague

Today , we are being told by multiple mainstream media outlets that resurgence of the Black Death is on the way .
But is this story really news worthy ?
Fear merchants in editorial rooms across the world seem very keen to promote the idea of a “ high alert ” situation in China ’ s Inner Mongolia region where it has been reported that one “ suspected case ” of Bubonic Plague was detected over the weekend .
Of course , this has triggered a knee-jerk panic , as Chinese health officials are now telling the public to avoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed plague .
In a country of 1.5 billion , one single case is relatively meaningless in terms of a public health threat .
Nonetheless , many western governments are adopting the new Chinese model of bio-crisis management .
Of course , this story may burn itself out in 24 hours , but it ’ s important to point out how indicative this is over the standard media operating procedure in the era of COVID .
In the northern China city of Bayan Nur , the government has since issued a level III @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow prevention and control measures regarding the handling of wild animals .
They are being told this is to “ to prevent and control the plague.
” Also known historically as the “ Black Death , ” the Bubonic Plague is a bacterial disease normally spread by fleas living on wild rodents .
In the most extreme cases , without treatment , it can cause death in up to 60 percent of patients , according to the World Health Organization could even kill an adult in 24 hours .
But cases are extremely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available for this infection , including various antibiotics .
Although it ’ s been virtually eradicated in the developed world , it has appeared on the scene in recent years , but not beyond the odd case .
Certainly , one single case in rural China is hardly reason to raise a pandemic alarm .
According to Healthline , only a couple thousand cases are reported worldwide each year , most of which are located in Africa , India , and Peru , and also in the U.S. which records roughly seven cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Arizona , California , Colorado , New Mexico , and Texas .
More likely , this is the government-media complex and its pharmaceutical benefactors flexing their post-COVID muscles again .
We can expect more scares like this appearing periodically in our news headline feeds , partly because they generate clicks , views , and revenue for mainstream media outlets , but more importantly because these alarmist stories are priming the public for a further roll-out of ‘ New Normal ’ medical martial law policies and increased surveillance .

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Today, we are being told by multiple mainstream media outlets that resurgence of the Black Death is on the way. But is this story really news worthy?
Fear merchants in mainstream media editorial rooms across the world seem very keen to promote the idea of a “high alert” situation in China’s Inner Mongolia region where it has been reported that one “suspected case” of Bubonic Plague was detected over the weekend.
Of course, this has triggered a knee-jerk panic, as Chinese health officials are now telling the public to avoid any risks of human-to-human infection from this supposed plague. In a country of 1.5 billion, one single case is relatively meaningless in terms of a public health threat. Nonetheless, many western governments are adopting the new Chinese model of bio-crisis management.
Of course, this story may burn itself out in 24 hours, but it’s important to point out how indicative this is over the standard media operating procedure in the era of COVID.
Bayan Nur city of N. China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday reported a suspected case of the #BubonicPlague and issued a level III early warning on Sunday, urging residents to strictly follow prevention and control measures regarding the handling of wild animals. pic.twitter.com/egj3fDuntK — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) July 5, 2020
In the northern China city of Bayan Nur, the government has since issued a level III crisis warning, urging residents to strictly follow prevention and control measures regarding the handling of wild animals. They are being told this is to “to prevent and control the plague.”
Also known historically as the “Black Death,” the Bubonic Plague is a bacterial disease normally spread by fleas living on wild rodents. In the most extreme cases, without treatment, it can cause death in up to 60 percent of patients, according to the World Health Organization could even kill an adult in 24 hours. But cases are extremely rare and there are well known treatments available for this infection, including various antibiotics.
Although it’s been virtually eradicated in the developed world, it has appeared on the scene in recent years, but not beyond the odd case. Certainly, one single case in rural China is hardly reason to raise a pandemic alarm. According to Healthline, only a couple thousand cases are reported worldwide each year, most of which are located in Africa, India, and Peru, and also in the U.S. which records roughly seven cases a year mostly in Southwestern states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.
More likely, this is the government-media complex and its pharmaceutical benefactors flexing their post-COVID muscles again. We can expect more scares like this appearing periodically in our news headline feeds, partly because they generate clicks, views, and revenue for mainstream media outlets, but more importantly because these alarmist stories are priming the public for a further roll-out of ‘New Normal’ medical martial law policies and increased surveillance.
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-06--Walter Williams on Political Correctness and Confederate Symbols

Confederate General Robert E. Lee ’ s monument in Richmond , slated for removal at the order of Virginia Gov .
Northam ( Image Credit : AP Photo/J .
Scott Applewhite ) In recent years , politically correct or ‘ PC ’ culture has accelerated beyond mere rhetorical and debate , and has now manifested in physical action and brute force .
America ’ s present war on statues ’ initiated by Black Lives Matter activists is a contemporary example of this phenomenon .
These new canons ‘ correct thought ’ are now governing social interactions and civic life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of those engaged in this new culture war have little any sense of history beyond a collection emotive sound bites and slogans , packaged within an increasingly narrow band of racially-charged discourse .
This renewed form of secular religion is threatening to kill-off constructive dialogue in crucial areas such as education , industry , politics and media – as people increasingly cower in fear at the prospect of feeling judged or blamed .
As with other similar movements in history , the primary goal of these culture wars is to try and erase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and dialectical paradigm designed to seize control of the political economy .
In this interview filmed in 2015 , African-American academic and economist Walter E. Williams from George Mason University , discusses the recent political hysteria over Confederate symbols , and also comments on the vapidity of political correctness , and the attack on American history which is currently sweeping colleges and institutions across the country .
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s monument in Richmond, slated for removal at the order of Virginia Gov. Northam (Image Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In recent years, politically correct or ‘PC’ culture has accelerated beyond mere rhetorical and debate, and has now manifested in physical action and brute force. America’s present war on statues’ initiated by Black Lives Matter activists is a contemporary example of this phenomenon. These new canons ‘correct thought’ are now governing social interactions and civic life. However, it seems that very few of those engaged in this new culture war have little any sense of history beyond a collection emotive sound bites and slogans, packaged within an increasingly narrow band of racially-charged discourse. This renewed form of secular religion is threatening to kill-off constructive dialogue in crucial areas such as education, industry, politics and media – as people increasingly cower in fear at the prospect of feeling judged or blamed.
As with other similar movements in history, the primary goal of these culture wars is to try and erase history and construct a brand new narrative and dialectical paradigm designed to seize control of the political economy.
In this interview filmed in 2015, African-American academic and economist Walter E. Williams from George Mason University, discusses the recent political hysteria over Confederate symbols, and also comments on the vapidity of political correctness, and the attack on American history which is currently sweeping colleges and institutions across the country. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-07--Under Cover of COVID, US Diplomats Leaving Saudi Arabia, Expecting ‘Surprises’ from Yemen

Yemen is the war that the global media forgot .
In fact , they never really even began covering it .
Hence , there has been little or no real international response to the war crimes in Yemen being perpetrated by Saudi Arabia , UAE the United States and UK .
The deaths tolls , the humanitarian disaster numbers – have all been off the scale since the US and Saudi quietly declared war on Yemen in March 2015 .
By bombing the country from the air and flooding the region with weapons shipped in from Europe , the Gulf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misery for the Yemenis for the next 30 years .
Now , just as quietly as they launched their illegal war of aggression against Yemen , Saudi Arabia and Washington appear to looking now for a convenient ‘ face-saving ’ exit out of their unwinnable military misadventure .
It seems that coronavirus might well provide the answer .
A large number of US diplomats and their families started withdrawing from Saudi Arabia last weekend , the Wall Street Journal reported .
The WSJ says that more are expected to fly out in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan .
The report says that US State Department approved the voluntary departure of “ non-emergency personnel ” .
The large-scale withdrawal of the US diplomatic staff reportedly started in response to the recent growth of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom after it opted to start reopening its economy .
The WSJ blames the increase of coronavirus cases coincided with the kingdom ’ s move to lift restrictions in a bid to revive its economy , which has suffered from low oil prices , explaining the withdrawal .
However , Al Masirah , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Houthis ( Ansar Allah ) provided a quite different version of the events .
According to the Houthi media wing , the expected ‘ surprises ’ from Yemen and the successes of the movement in striking vital military infrastructure inside Saudi Aarabia are among the main reasons of the withdrawal .
Indeed , recently the military confrontation between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis in Yemen intensified .
The Houthis have made several important advances in the provinces of Marib and Bayda , as well as conducted another joint missile and drone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capital of Riyadh .
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ROUTED: Foreign Saudi convoy destroyed by the native Houthis resistance (Image Source: Middle East Institute)
Yemen is the war that the global media forgot. In fact, they never really even began covering it. Hence, there has been little or no real international response to the war crimes in Yemen being perpetrated by Saudi Arabia, UAE the United States and UK. The deaths tolls, the humanitarian disaster numbers – have all been off the scale since the US and Saudi quietly declared war on Yemen in March 2015. By bombing the country from the air and flooding the region with weapons shipped in from Europe, the Gulf monarchs and their Western partners have guaranteed misery for the Yemenis for the next 30 years.
Now, just as quietly as they launched their illegal war of aggression against Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Washington appear to looking now for a convenient ‘face-saving’ exit out of their unwinnable military misadventure.
It seems that coronavirus might well provide the answer.
South Front reports…
A large number of US diplomats and their families started withdrawing from Saudi Arabia last weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The WSJ says that more are expected to fly out in the coming weeks citing officials familiar with the plan. The report says that US State Department approved the voluntary departure of “non-emergency personnel”. The large-scale withdrawal of the US diplomatic staff reportedly started in response to the recent growth of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom after it opted to start reopening its economy.
The WSJ blames the increase of coronavirus cases coincided with the kingdom’s move to lift restrictions in a bid to revive its economy, which has suffered from low oil prices, explaining the withdrawal.
However, Al Masirah, the official TV station of Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) provided a quite different version of the events. According to the Houthi media wing, the expected ‘surprises’ from Yemen and the successes of the movement in striking vital military infrastructure inside Saudi Aarabia are among the main reasons of the withdrawal.
Indeed, recently the military confrontation between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis in Yemen intensified. The Houthis have made several important advances in the provinces of Marib and Bayda, as well as conducted another joint missile and drone strike on military targets near the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-07-07--2020: A Rough Year for Greta

2020: A Rough Year for Greta

The tea leaves are beginning to turn out .
This may well be the year in which the climate change movement begins to go off the rails .
It started off great , as elites and climatists descended on Davos to press home what looked to be the final mile in ramming through the adoption of some form of global Green New Deal by year ’ s end .
Their secret weapon , a Swedish teen , was primed , locked and loaded .
Their cause was then handed another gift in the Coronavirus lockdowns .
Climate campaigners were over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and boasted with claims of lower CO2 levels due the economic shutdown .
In just two months , COVID lockdown policies had achieved what climate campaigners had been working for years to realize .
Or so they thought .
It was later revealed that lockdowns had little or no impact on overall CO2 concentration .
But since when did a little science get in the way of an apocalyptic juggernaut .
But something strange happened on the way to Wuhan .
One of the key components of the intergovernmental fear campaign to promote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Initially , these were referred to as “ The Science ” by cock-sure politicians and public health officials .
The press quickly fell in line with this groupthink .
Any dissenters were roundly attacked and deplatformed .
As their mission crept on , it became clear that these models were ever only masquerading as ‘ science ’ .
The fictional doomsday scenarios being created by technocrats were then snapped up by the mainstream media , and then used them to hound political officials into implementing a one-size-fits-all centralized policy of de-industrialization and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s no coincidence that this is exactly what climatists and Green New Deal campaigners have been hoping for .
Prior to COVID , few dared to publicly challenge the intellectual primacy of computer modelling , especially in the field of climate science .
Skeptics were simply told , “ Shut up !
They are experts !
” Only , it turns out the skeptics were right .
It was regarded as infallible , even though just like Neil Ferguson and Imperial College ’ s erroneous modelling of pandemics – these glorified SIM City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The fall-out in both the UK and US over these wild computer-generated predictions that were used by governments to adopt lockdown policies has also exposed these crude devices as pseudo-science used to paint an unlikely Armageddon .
Now , a scorned public is starting to question the assumed authority of computer modelling .
People are beginning to look more cautiously at climate modellers from the IPCC , and serial data masseuses like Michael Mann – all of whom are being questioned with renewed skepticism .
No doubt , this will continue to erode @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate dogma which has enjoyed its place on the throne of consensus reality ever since Al Gore released his now discredited documentary film An Inconvenient Truth in 2005 .
Adding more insult to injury , this year also saw the release of Michael Moore ’ s documentary Planet of Humans which completely destroyed the the received green wisdom regarding stalwart solutions for ‘ green ’ energy being touted by environmental activists over the last 30 years .
For their blasphemy , both Moore and director Jeff Gibbs were branded heretics by the progressive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rank on the green new gospel .
This incident was then followed by the release of the new book , Apocalypse Never : Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All , by green policy expert Michael Shellenberg .
The book quickly shot up to number # 3 top seller on Amazon and has since drawn fire from activists who claim that like Moore , the author has stabbed the climate movement in the back by revealing some of the trade secrets of green activism .
But Shellenberger is merely pointed out the obvious – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sixth mass extinction , ” that climate change is not making natural disasters worse , and that CO2 emissions are actually plateaued in most developed nations .
For this , he has been mercilessly attacked by climate clerics .
And that brings us back to Generation X , Y , Z ’ s ( and liberal Boomers too ) latter day Joan of Arch , the mercurial Swede , Greta Thunberg .
Before coronavirus , her stock was riding high – halfway into a glorious gap year and transatlantic carbon-neutral sailing excursion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Summit in Spain , and then on to the World Economic Forum in Davos , Switzerland , where she rubbed elbows with Charles , the Prince of Wales .
At Davos , it was clear that Greta ’ s physical appearance had changed .
She had lost a lot of weight in a very short space of time – a far cry from her jovial , bouncy self .
This was a new mini-adult , a darker and much more cynical Greta .
Clearly , the miles , the media , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And her disdain for the great and the good was manifest .
Watch : From there , she would have been looking forward to a spring season meant to culminate in a series of youth ‘ climate actions ’ spanning into summer , maybe an appearance at Glasonbury festival next to some super group , and then leading towards COP26 in Glasgow this November .
That was the plan .
But unfortunately , with the west ’ s student body all but grounded at home by a new more impressive Project Fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any of her legions of angry adolescents .
Now donning masks and plastic visors , the youth have other more pressing issues to contend with ; omnipresent fears of the plague , school closures , oppressive social distancing regimes , and mass unemployment – all of which will trump fears that sea levels might rise a few meters in 200 years time .
Even COP26 might end up being done on Zoom due to COVID concerns .
Greta ’ s gravitas doesn ’ t translate as well in desktop avatar form .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hardcore climatists reading this , we ’ re sorry , that ’ s just where things are at now .
But Greta is very sharp customer , and will eventually cop on to the game .
She has already begun hitting out at slovenly world leaders – who she claims have been using her to “ look good.
” And she ’ s not wrong either .
Certainly , turnabout is fair play , but we should point out that Greta was a minor through her mercurial rise to fame , therefore , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actor Svante Thunberg and mother and opera singer Malena Ernman – who have allowed their daughter to be used as a glorified mascot for political parties , multiple globalist organizations , NGOs and corporate media consortiums .
In a recent interview on Swedish radio during the COVID crisis , she accused German chancellor , Angela Merkel , of using her for cheap “ selfie ” at a UN event in New York .
“ Presidents , prime ministers , kings and princesses came and wanted to talk to me , ” said Greta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw the chance that they could take a photo with me for their Instagram account .
Then the hashtag # savetheplanet … They can post it on social media and it makes them look good , it makes them seem like they care.
” Her handlers should take heed : she ’ s getting more savvy .
For those who have actually followed her story , you will know that from day one , Greta Thunberg ’ s supposed ‘ grassroots ’ rise was a well-financed and carefully choreographed public relations campaign , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , security and a gaggle of support staff .
As time progresses , and as holes in the climate narrative begin to expand , it ’ s increasingly likely that Greta herself , now 17 years old , will realize the extent of the financialized operation in which she been used like a tool to wind-up and set in motion .
At that point , she will be a full-fledged adult , and thus harder to manage by her handlers working to ferry around selling the New Green Economy .
Sooner or later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ childhood , and then forge her own path as a free-thinking adult .
By that time , the wheels may have already fallen off the climate change bandwagon .
The information berm has now burst .
With each passing month , you will see more green realists going off script .
More Moore ’ s , and more Shellenberger ’ s .
But that doesn ’ t mean it will stop .
If COVID showed us anything , it ’ s globalists organizations and their cadres in government are determined to advance their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fourth Industrial Revolution and UBI utopia .
Shades of Huxley ’ s Brave New World .
That ’ s no exaggeration .
US Presidential Election beckons , and there ’ s more at stake than ever .
Many believe a Trump victory could set the climate change agenda back a further ten years .
So in terms of expediting this agenda , 2020 is really a do or die year .
*** This OpEd article was submitted by the editorial team at 21WIRE .

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The tea leaves are beginning to turn out. This may well be the year in which the climate change movement begins to go off the rails.
It started off great, as elites and climatists descended on Davos to press home what looked to be the final mile in ramming through the adoption of some form of global Green New Deal by year’s end. Their secret weapon, a Swedish teen, was primed, locked and loaded.
Their cause was then handed another gift in the Coronavirus lockdowns. Climate campaigners were over the moon with excitement over the lockdown and boasted with claims of lower CO2 levels due the economic shutdown. In just two months, COVID lockdown policies had achieved what climate campaigners had been working for years to realize. Or so they thought. It was later revealed that lockdowns had little or no impact on overall CO2 concentration. But since when did a little science get in the way of an apocalyptic juggernaut.
But something strange happened on the way to Wuhan.
One of the key components of the intergovernmental fear campaign to promote COVID lockdowns – was dubious computer modelling. Initially, these were referred to as “The Science” by cock-sure politicians and public health officials. The press quickly fell in line with this groupthink. Any dissenters were roundly attacked and deplatformed. As their mission crept on, it became clear that these models were ever only masquerading as ‘science’. The fictional doomsday scenarios being created by technocrats were then snapped up by the mainstream media, and then used them to hound political officials into implementing a one-size-fits-all centralized policy of de-industrialization and mass travel bans. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that this is exactly what climatists and Green New Deal campaigners have been hoping for.
Prior to COVID, few dared to publicly challenge the intellectual primacy of computer modelling, especially in the field of climate science. Skeptics were simply told, “Shut up! They are experts!” Only, it turns out the skeptics were right. It was regarded as infallible, even though just like Neil Ferguson and Imperial College’s erroneous modelling of pandemics – these glorified SIM City simulations were not scientific at all. The fall-out in both the UK and US over these wild computer-generated predictions that were used by governments to adopt lockdown policies has also exposed these crude devices as pseudo-science used to paint an unlikely Armageddon.
Now, a scorned public is starting to question the assumed authority of computer modelling. People are beginning to look more cautiously at climate modellers from the IPCC, and serial data masseuses like Michael Mann – all of whom are being questioned with renewed skepticism. No doubt, this will continue to erode away at the foundations of once sacred climate dogma which has enjoyed its place on the throne of consensus reality ever since Al Gore released his now discredited documentary film An Inconvenient Truth in 2005.
Adding more insult to injury, this year also saw the release of Michael Moore’s documentary Planet of Humans which completely destroyed the the received green wisdom regarding stalwart solutions for ‘green’ energy being touted by environmental activists over the last 30 years. For their blasphemy, both Moore and director Jeff Gibbs were branded heretics by the progressive left and irate green campaigners for breaking rank on the green new gospel.
This incident was then followed by the release of the new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, by green policy expert Michael Shellenberg. The book quickly shot up to number #3 top seller on Amazon and has since drawn fire from activists who claim that like Moore, the author has stabbed the climate movement in the back by revealing some of the trade secrets of green activism. But Shellenberger is merely pointed out the obvious – that humans are not causing a “sixth mass extinction,” that climate change is not making natural disasters worse, and that CO2 emissions are actually plateaued in most developed nations. For this, he has been mercilessly attacked by climate clerics.
And that brings us back to Generation X, Y, Z’s (and liberal Boomers too) latter day Joan of Arch, the mercurial Swede, Greta Thunberg.
Before coronavirus, her stock was riding high – halfway into a glorious gap year and transatlantic carbon-neutral sailing excursion, leading to an appearance at COP25 Climate Summit in Spain, and then on to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she rubbed elbows with Charles, the Prince of Wales.
At Davos, it was clear that Greta’s physical appearance had changed. She had lost a lot of weight in a very short space of time – a far cry from her jovial, bouncy self. This was a new mini-adult, a darker and much more cynical Greta. Clearly, the miles, the media, and the green glitterati life was wearing on her. And her disdain for the great and the good was manifest. Watch:
From there, she would have been looking forward to a spring season meant to culminate in a series of youth ‘climate actions’ spanning into summer, maybe an appearance at Glasonbury festival next to some super group, and then leading towards COP26 in Glasgow this November. That was the plan. But unfortunately, with the west’s student body all but grounded at home by a new more impressive Project Fear, Greta could not expect to rally any of her legions of angry adolescents. Now donning masks and plastic visors, the youth have other more pressing issues to contend with; omnipresent fears of the plague, school closures, oppressive social distancing regimes, and mass unemployment – all of which will trump fears that sea levels might rise a few meters in 200 years time. Even COP26 might end up being done on Zoom due to COVID concerns. Greta’s gravitas doesn’t translate as well in desktop avatar form. As painful as that might sound to any hardcore climatists reading this, we’re sorry, that’s just where things are at now.
But Greta is very sharp customer, and will eventually cop on to the game. She has already begun hitting out at slovenly world leaders – who she claims have been using her to “look good.” And she’s not wrong either. Certainly, turnabout is fair play, but we should point out that Greta was a minor through her mercurial rise to fame, therefore, it is her parents, father and actor Svante Thunberg and mother and opera singer Malena Ernman – who have allowed their daughter to be used as a glorified mascot for political parties, multiple globalist organizations, NGOs and corporate media consortiums.
In a recent interview on Swedish radio during the COVID crisis, she accused German chancellor, Angela Merkel, of using her for cheap “selfie” at a UN event in New York.
“Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses came and wanted to talk to me,” said Greta.
“They saw me and suddenly saw the chance that they could take a photo with me for their Instagram account. Then the hashtag #savetheplanet … They can post it on social media and it makes them look good, it makes them seem like they care.”
Her handlers should take heed: she’s getting more savvy.
For those who have actually followed her story, you will know that from day one, Greta Thunberg’s supposed ‘grassroots’ rise was a well-financed and carefully choreographed public relations campaign, complete with road managers, script writers, security and a gaggle of support staff.
As time progresses, and as holes in the climate narrative begin to expand, it’s increasingly likely that Greta herself, now 17 years old, will realize the extent of the financialized operation in which she been used like a tool to wind-up and set in motion. At that point, she will be a full-fledged adult, and thus harder to manage by her handlers working to ferry around selling the New Green Economy. Sooner or later, she may want to reclaim her childhood, and then forge her own path as a free-thinking adult. By that time, the wheels may have already fallen off the climate change bandwagon. The information berm has now burst. With each passing month, you will see more green realists going off script. More Moore’s, and more Shellenberger’s.
But that doesn’t mean it will stop. If COVID showed us anything, it’s globalists organizations and their cadres in government are determined to advance their Great Reset agenda in preparation for their Fourth Industrial Revolution and UBI utopia.
Shades of Huxley’s Brave New World. That’s no exaggeration.
US Presidential Election beckons, and there’s more at stake than ever. Many believe a Trump victory could set the climate change agenda back a further ten years.
So in terms of expediting this agenda, 2020 is really a do or die year.
***
This OpEd article was submitted by the editorial team at 21WIRE.
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