lewrockwell--2020-10-24--The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Snake Oil

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Snake Oil

President Trump was ill with COVID-19 ; President Trump was treated with certain new and expensive drugs ; therefore President Trump was cured by his treatment with those new and expensive drugs , and demand for them will therefore rise .
Why should presidents get all the best treatment ?
Such is likely to be the effect of his episode of illness , at least if he suffers no relapse , and there will soon be conspiracy theorists who argue that his illness was contrived as a stock-price manipulation ( which in my opinion was quite possibly the explanation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about remdesivir in The New England Journal of Medicine earlier in the epidemic was published ) .
There are conspiracies in the world , of course , but not one-hundredth as many as conspiracy theories , because paranoia never lies far beneath the surface of even the most highly balanced person ’ s mentation .
Conspiracy theories appeal to our strongest political emotion , which is hatred .
Admirable Evasions : Ho ... Dalrymple , Theodore Buy New $ 15.99 One of the greatest though generally unsung medical advances of the last century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testimonial evidence .
Many diseases are self-limiting in the sense that , left to themselves , patients will get better by natural processes .
Moreover , both diagnosis and treatment are frequently probabilistic rather than absolutely certain .
Many drugs are given to patients on the basis of probabilities , though the patients to whom they are given often do not understand this .
They believe that drugs are prescribed to do them good here and now rather than on a chance , sometimes quite remote , that they will do them good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In addition , few treatments are 100 percent successful , and whether a treatment with a low but definite rate of success , though with unpleasant side effects , is worth taking depends on the seriousness of the disease to be cured or ameliorated .
In other words , therapeutics is an art as well as a science , in the sense that it requires judgment as well as knowledge ; and patients may differ as to whether they consider a treatment worth the effort of taking it .
Life at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Price : $ 4.57 Buy New $ 8.83 It has long been the case that treatments given to prominent persons with alleged success have been the staple of advertisers .
In the 19th century , mass advertising was invented by a purveyor of a patent or quack remedy , Thomas Holloway , who made a vast fortune from the pills and ointment that bore his name and that at least did no harm , unlike the potions of the orthodox doctors of the time .
Revenue from advertisements for such medicines was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the provincial press , whose owners and editors often doubled as sellers of them to the public .
It was an excellent business model , to take revenue both from advertisements and from the sale of the goods advertised , admirably efficient from the point of view of maximizing profits ; and in turn the testimonial , real or invented , of General This or Lord That , or some other prominent person , to such and such a remedy for his biliousness , was taken by the public as proof that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both to social climbing and magical thinking .
If one took the same medicines as a prominent person , one somehow became a little closer to , or like , him .
Incidentally , roughly half of the advertisements for patent medicines were for the treatment or prevention of syphilis , never mentioned by name .
The attention given to the opinions of prominent persons on matters about which they may be no more qualified to speak than the most ignorant illiterate is rather curious , but I suppose that to protest against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Theodore Dalrymple

President Trump was ill with COVID-19; President Trump was treated with certain new and expensive drugs; therefore President Trump was cured by his treatment with those new and expensive drugs, and demand for them will therefore rise. Why should presidents get all the best treatment?
Such is likely to be the effect of his episode of illness, at least if he suffers no relapse, and there will soon be conspiracy theorists who argue that his illness was contrived as a stock-price manipulation (which in my opinion was quite possibly the explanation of why a terrible and scientifically worthless paper about remdesivir in The New England Journal of Medicine earlier in the epidemic was published). There are conspiracies in the world, of course, but not one-hundredth as many as conspiracy theories, because paranoia never lies far beneath the surface of even the most highly balanced person’s mentation. Conspiracy theories appeal to our strongest political emotion, which is hatred. Admirable Evasions: Ho... Dalrymple, Theodore Buy New $15.99 (as of 03:59 UTC - Details)
One of the greatest though generally unsung medical advances of the last century is the recognition of the inadequacy of testimonial evidence. Many diseases are self-limiting in the sense that, left to themselves, patients will get better by natural processes. Moreover, both diagnosis and treatment are frequently probabilistic rather than absolutely certain. Many drugs are given to patients on the basis of probabilities, though the patients to whom they are given often do not understand this. They believe that drugs are prescribed to do them good here and now rather than on a chance, sometimes quite remote, that they will do them good at an unspecifiable time in the future. In addition, few treatments are 100 percent successful, and whether a treatment with a low but definite rate of success, though with unpleasant side effects, is worth taking depends on the seriousness of the disease to be cured or ameliorated. In other words, therapeutics is an art as well as a science, in the sense that it requires judgment as well as knowledge; and patients may differ as to whether they consider a treatment worth the effort of taking it.
Life at the Bottom: Th... Theodore Dalrymple Best Price: $4.57 Buy New $8.83 (as of 07:45 UTC - Details) It has long been the case that treatments given to prominent persons with alleged success have been the staple of advertisers. In the 19th century, mass advertising was invented by a purveyor of a patent or quack remedy, Thomas Holloway, who made a vast fortune from the pills and ointment that bore his name and that at least did no harm, unlike the potions of the orthodox doctors of the time. Revenue from advertisements for such medicines was a financial pillar on which rested much of the provincial press, whose owners and editors often doubled as sellers of them to the public. It was an excellent business model, to take revenue both from advertisements and from the sale of the goods advertised, admirably efficient from the point of view of maximizing profits; and in turn the testimonial, real or invented, of General This or Lord That, or some other prominent person, to such and such a remedy for his biliousness, was taken by the public as proof that it worked. The testimonials were an appeal both to social climbing and magical thinking. If one took the same medicines as a prominent person, one somehow became a little closer to, or like, him. Incidentally, roughly half of the advertisements for patent medicines were for the treatment or prevention of syphilis, never mentioned by name.
The attention given to the opinions of prominent persons on matters about which they may be no more qualified to speak than the most ignorant illiterate is rather curious, but I suppose that to protest against it is pointless.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-24--Make America Jeffersonian Again

Make America Jeffersonian Again

The whole planet has every reason to be terminally puzzled at how all those lofty Enlightenment ideals Thomas Jefferson embedded in the 1776 Declaration of Independence ended up with…Trump vs. Biden .
Jefferson borrowed freely from Locke , Rousseau , Hume to come up with an eminently quotable Greatest Hits , featuring “ self-evident ” truths such as “ all men are created equal ” , “ unalienable rights ” , and that searing “ life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
” Well , Baudrillard would have dubbed the exercise a mere simulacrum , because in real life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Native Americans and enslaved Africans .
Still , there ’ s something endlessly fascinating about these “ self-evident truths ” .
They actually radiated like Spinoza axioms , spawning abstract truths that can be extrapolated at will .
Jefferson ’ s “ self-evident truths ” ended up creating the whole , massive structure of what we define as “ Western liberal democracy ” .
Globalistan : How the G ... Pepe Escobar Best Price : $ 17.22 Buy New $ 20.83 So it ’ s no wonder that America – perennially self-described as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – consider these “ self-evident truths ” as the basis of an ideal society .
And it ’ s this messianic river of fervent truth flowing out of a Himalaya of Morality that leads Americans to dismiss as “ malign actors ” every nation or society that is judged to be “ deviating ” from such obvious evidence .
Those damned furreners .
They ’ re always up to no good .
Cut to a mini-remix of the last Trump-Biden presidential debate .
In foreign policy terms , it went something like this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on as she ’ s very much aware of time constraints and looming , incandescent clashes : “ Now I want to move on to Defense .
It ’ s established Russia and China are interfering in our election process… ” Here ’ s classic “ self-evident truth ” material , delivered according to strict Council on Foreign Relations guidelines .
Cut to Biden : any country that interferes with the American elections “ will pay a price ” .
Russia ’ s “ been involved , China has been involved to some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involved.
” They are interfering with “ American sovereignty ” .
Rudy Giuliani was used “ as a Russian pawn ” .
Trump is “ unwilling ” to confront Putin .
Russia has “ destabilized NATO ” and is “ paying bounties to kill Americans in Afghanistan.
” And China “ has to play by the rules ” – or else .
Red Zone Blues : a snap ... Escobar , Pepe Best Price : $ 29.42 Buy New $ 15.64 Cut to Trump : “ You mean the laptop from hell is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” For the record : Joe Biden did blame the contents of son Hunter ’ s laptop from hell on Russia .
And discussing North Korea , when Trump said he got along fine with Kim Jong-Un , Biden stated , “ We had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe.
” Incidentally , Germany is and remains in Europe .
And it ’ s quite something to see Biden acknowledging in public proven US industrial and political support to Nazism .
So , inevitably , the laptop from hell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had Hunter Biden ’ s laptop since December 2019 – as it had issued a subpoena for it in the first place .
And yet the FBI sat on the laptop for 11 months doing nothing .
That must have given plenty of time for those pesky Russians to steal the laptop and plant incriminating evidence .
Well , not really .
The FBI was busy mulling how to conduct an investigation on “ money laundering ” .
And not on child porn – which , according to Giuliani , is the piece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one knows if these alleged “ investigations ” are ongoing .
Now , the FBI and the Department of Justice have finally “ concurred ” : Hunter Biden ’ s laptop and emails were not part of a Russian disinformation campaign – directly contradicting what Joe Biden said in the debate .
The Essential Saker : f ...
The Saker Best Price : $ 16.37 Buy New $ 27.95 But then , right before the debate , a bombshell presser – including the FBI and Homeland Security – had announced those pesky Russians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to influence opinion ” on the US elections .
One can ’ t make this stuff up .
And it gets even murkier when the actual “ election interference ” may be coming from inside the US , not from those damn furreners .
This past summer , the Transition Integrity Project ( TIP ) war-gamed possible scenarios post-November 3 .
All the scenarios lead to a huge constitutional crisis – forced , as part of the premise , by Trump ’ s refusal to concede his defeat at the polls .
TIP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bubble , composed of assorted Democratic Party higher-ups , Clintonistas , Obamistas and neo-con Never Trumpers .
Their message is now widely accepted as another avatar of “ self-evident truths ” because of this group ’ s powerful grip over Anglo-American mainstream media .
Reverberations may be seen , for instance , here , here and here .
So the preferred doomsday scenario ahead spells out an engineered unresolved election , wide socio-political chaos , “ continuity of government ” protocols , even martial law .
What ’ s “ life , liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do with it ?

The whole planet has every reason to be terminally puzzled at how all those lofty Enlightenment ideals Thomas Jefferson embedded in the 1776 Declaration of Independence ended up with…Trump vs. Biden.
Jefferson borrowed freely from Locke, Rousseau, Hume to come up with an eminently quotable Greatest Hits, featuring “self-evident” truths such as “all men are created equal”, “unalienable rights”, and that searing “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Well, Baudrillard would have dubbed the exercise a mere simulacrum, because in real life none of this uplifting rhetoric applied to Native Americans and enslaved Africans.
Still, there’s something endlessly fascinating about these “self-evident truths”. They actually radiated like Spinoza axioms, spawning abstract truths that can be extrapolated at will. Jefferson’s “self-evident truths” ended up creating the whole, massive structure of what we define as “Western liberal democracy”. Globalistan: How the G... Pepe Escobar Best Price: $17.22 Buy New $20.83 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details)
So it’s no wonder that America – perennially self-described as “leader of the free world” – consider these “self-evident truths” as the basis of an ideal society.
And it’s this messianic river of fervent truth flowing out of a Himalaya of Morality that leads Americans to dismiss as “malign actors” every nation or society that is judged to be “deviating” from such obvious evidence.
Those damned furreners. They’re always up to no good.
Cut to a mini-remix of the last Trump-Biden presidential debate. In foreign policy terms, it went something like this.
The moderator is desperate to move on as she’s very much aware of time constraints and looming, incandescent clashes: “Now I want to move on to Defense. It’s established Russia and China are interfering in our election process…”
Here’s classic “self-evident truth” material, delivered according to strict Council on Foreign Relations guidelines.
Cut to Biden: any country that interferes with the American elections “will pay a price”. Russia’s “been involved, China has been involved to some degree, and Iran’s been involved.” They are interfering with “American sovereignty”. Rudy Giuliani was used “as a Russian pawn”. Trump is “unwilling” to confront Putin. Russia has “destabilized NATO” and is “paying bounties to kill Americans in Afghanistan.” And China “has to play by the rules” – or else. Red Zone Blues: a snap... Escobar, Pepe Best Price: $29.42 Buy New $15.64 (as of 03:44 UTC - Details)
Cut to Trump: “You mean the laptop from hell is another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax?”
For the record: Joe Biden did blame the contents of son Hunter’s laptop from hell on Russia.
And discussing North Korea, when Trump said he got along fine with Kim Jong-Un, Biden stated, “We had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe.” Incidentally, Germany is and remains in Europe. And it’s quite something to see Biden acknowledging in public proven US industrial and political support to Nazism.
Those damn furreners
So, inevitably, the laptop from hell had to show up.
The FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop since December 2019 – as it had issued a subpoena for it in the first place. And yet the FBI sat on the laptop for 11 months doing nothing.
That must have given plenty of time for those pesky Russians to steal the laptop and plant incriminating evidence.
Well, not really. The FBI was busy mulling how to conduct an investigation on “money laundering”. And not on child porn – which, according to Giuliani, is the piece de resistance in the laptop. No one knows if these alleged “investigations” are ongoing.
Now, the FBI and the Department of Justice have finally “concurred”: Hunter Biden’s laptop and emails were not part of a Russian disinformation campaign – directly contradicting what Joe Biden said in the debate. The Essential Saker: f... The Saker Best Price: $16.37 Buy New $27.95 (as of 09:30 UTC - Details)
But then, right before the debate, a bombshell presser – including the FBI and Homeland Security – had announced those pesky Russians and Iranians were in fact “trying to influence opinion” on the US elections.
“Self-evident truths” were back with a bang.
One can’t make this stuff up. And it gets even murkier when the actual “election interference” may be coming from inside the US, not from those damn furreners.
This past summer, the Transition Integrity Project (TIP) war-gamed possible scenarios post-November 3. All the scenarios lead to a huge constitutional crisis – forced, as part of the premise, by Trump’s refusal to concede his defeat at the polls.
TIP, predictably, is a proverbial Beltway bubble, composed of assorted Democratic Party higher-ups, Clintonistas, Obamistas and neo-con Never Trumpers.
Their message is now widely accepted as another avatar of “self-evident truths” because of this group’s powerful grip over Anglo-American mainstream media. Reverberations may be seen, for instance, here, here and here.
So the preferred doomsday scenario ahead spells out an engineered unresolved election, wide socio-political chaos, “continuity of government” protocols, even martial law.
What’s “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” got to do with it?
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-10-24--University of California Sued For Making Flu Shot Mandatory

The University of California is one of many in the United States that have made the flu shot mandatory for all students , staff and faculty .
Originally , Flu shots were required to be taken by November 1st of this year , according to UC , but Judge Richard Seabolt has halted their ability to do that until November 4th , when he will determine whether or not UC can or can not mandate the flu vaccine .
Due to the growing amount of evidence that vaccines are not completely safe for everyone , let alone completely safe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kennedy Jr , renowned attorney and Chair of Children ’ s Health Defense are sued the University of California for mandating the flu shot .
You can read a bit of their reasoning here .
According to Greg Glaser.
, general counsel at the Physicians For Informed Consent ( PIC ) , “ In this lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents over their new flu vaccine mandate , some of the world ’ s top experts have provided declarations opposing the flu shot mandate…Their declarations will have a s significant impact on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Who Tells You V ... Coleman , Dr Vernon Buy New $ 3.99 Dr. Shira Miller , founder and president of PIC says “ there ’ s data showing that the flu shot increases one ’ s chances of non-flu illness by 65 % – meaning that not only does this mandate lack scientific justification , but it puts UC students , faculty and staff at a greater risk of other respiratory illnesses…The studies referenced in the UC Regents ’ flu vaccine mandate suggest positive effects of the flu vaccine on the incidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , that benefit may be outweighed by an increase in non-flu respiratory illnesses .
And although the possibility has been studied , there is no evidence that the vaccine prevents the spread of influenza.
” UC will not take adverse action against any employee or student who comes to campus who has not had a flu shot .
We will see what happens during the trial .
Jaffe states : The judge is obviously taking this motion very seriously , and that is a very good thing .
He wanted more time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an opinion that will have enormous implications .
Judge Seabolt gets to be the first judge in the country to weigh in on whether the state can mandate a vaccine during a pandemic where the vaccine doesn ’ t treat the pandemic disease and where there is reason to believe that the flu shot could actually increase COVID cases , hospitalizations and deaths .
That ’ s alot to think about .
It seems like he ’ s trying to get it right , and that is certainly extremely encouraging , since in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinks about it , the worse the mandate looks because of the lack of proper procedure in its issuance , and the lack of proof that the vaccine won ’ t cause much more harm than good .
So I am all for the judge taking all the time he needs on this .
There are many concerns with vaccines , and vaccine injury is one of them .
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act has paid more than $ 4 billion to families of vaccine injured children .
A 2010 HHS pilot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Care Research ( AHCR ) found that 1 in every 39 vaccines causes injury , a shocking comparison to the claims from the CDC of 1 in every million .
Professor Heidi Larson , a Professor of Anthropology and the Risk and Decision Scientist Director at the Vaccine Confidence Project stated at a World Health Organization ( WHO ) conference statesd that : Vaccine Alternatives , ... Ervin Davis , M.D .
Best Price : $ 35.61 Buy New $ 15.00 A study published in the journal Vaccine found a greater risk of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who received the influenza vaccine .
These studies were conducted prior to COVID 19 , and apply to already circulating coronaviruses prior to the novel coronavirus .
A study recently published in Global Advances In Health & Medicine titled “ Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions outlines the following : Miller ’ s Review ... Miller , Neil Z .
Best Price : $ 8.32 Buy New $ 14.48 “ Recently outlined A recent consensus statement from a group of renowned infectious disease clinicians observed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fast-changing viruses underlying these illnesses , with efficacy ranging from 19 % to 54 % in the past few years.
” I ’ ve put more information and science about the flu shot that goes more in depth and provides more sources in an article I published last year : “ Reasons Why People Refuse The Flu Shot ” The Takeaway : Why do federal health authorities and state health affiliated organizations and institutions have a right to mandate a vaccine .
What about the opinions of independent health organizations ?
Why do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some cases , ridiculed ?

The University of California is one of many in the United States that have made the flu shot mandatory for all students, staff and faculty. Originally, Flu shots were required to be taken by November 1st of this year, according to UC, but Judge Richard Seabolt has halted their ability to do that until November 4th, when he will determine whether or not UC can or cannot mandate the flu vaccine.
Due to the growing amount of evidence that vaccines are not completely safe for everyone, let alone completely safe, attorney’s Rick Jaffe Robert F. Kennedy Jr, renowned attorney and Chair of Children’s Health Defense are sued the University of California for mandating the flu shot. You can read a bit of their reasoning here.
According to Greg Glaser., general counsel at the Physicians For Informed Consent (PIC), “In this lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents over their new flu vaccine mandate, some of the world’s top experts have provided declarations opposing the flu shot mandate…Their declarations will have a s significant impact on decisions made regarding public health.” Anyone Who Tells You V... Coleman, Dr Vernon Buy New $3.99 (as of 04:06 UTC - Details)
Dr. Shira Miller, founder and president of PIC says “there’s data showing that the flu shot increases one’s chances of non-flu illness by 65% – meaning that not only does this mandate lack scientific justification, but it puts UC students, faculty and staff at a greater risk of other respiratory illnesses…The studies referenced in the UC Regents’ flu vaccine mandate suggest positive effects of the flu vaccine on the incidence of illness caused by flu viruses; however, that benefit may be outweighed by an increase in non-flu respiratory illnesses. And although the possibility has been studied, there is no evidence that the vaccine prevents the spread of influenza.”
UC will not take adverse action against any employee or student who comes to campus who has not had a flu shot. We will see what happens during the trial.
Jaffe states: The judge is obviously taking this motion very seriously, and that is a very good thing. He wanted more time to consider all the papers and write an opinion that will have enormous implications. Judge Seabolt gets to be the first judge in the country to weigh in on whether the state can mandate a vaccine during a pandemic where the vaccine doesn’t treat the pandemic disease and where there is reason to believe that the flu shot could actually increase COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths. That’s alot to think about. It seems like he’s trying to get it right, and that is certainly extremely encouraging, since in my view, the more anyone reasonable thinks about it, the worse the mandate looks because of the lack of proper procedure in its issuance, and the lack of proof that the vaccine won’t cause much more harm than good. So I am all for the judge taking all the time he needs on this.
There are many concerns with vaccines, and vaccine injury is one of them. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act has paid more than $4 billion to families of vaccine injured children. A 2010 HHS pilot study by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research (AHCR) found that 1 in every 39 vaccines causes injury, a shocking comparison to the claims from the CDC of 1 in every million.
Professor Heidi Larson, a Professor of Anthropology and the Risk and Decision Scientist Director at the Vaccine Confidence Project stated at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference statesd that: Vaccine Alternatives, ... Ervin Davis, M.D. Best Price: $35.61 Buy New $15.00 (as of 07:26 UTC - Details)
The other thing that’s a trend, and an issue, is not just confidence in providers but confidence of health care providers, we have a very wobbly health professional frontline that is starting to question vaccines and the safety of vaccines. That’s a huge problem, because to this day any study I’ve seen… still, the most trusted person on any study I’ve seen globally is the health care provider…
Some Science:
A study published in the journal Vaccine found a greater risk of contracting coronavirus among individuals in the study who received the influenza vaccine. These studies were conducted prior to COVID 19, and apply to already circulating coronaviruses prior to the novel coronavirus.
A 2018 CDC study (Rikin et al 2018) found that flu shots increase the risk of non-flu acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs), including coronavirus, in children.
A 2011 Australian study (Kelly et al 2011) found that flu shots doubled the risk for non-flu viral lung infections.
A 2012 Hong Kong study (Cowling et al 2012) found that flu shots increase the risk for non-flu respiratory infections by 4.4 times.
A 2017 study (Mawson et al 2017) found vaccinated children were 5.9 times more likely to suffer pneumonia than their unvaccinated peers.
A study recently published in Global Advances In Health & Medicine titled “Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions outlines the following: Miller’s Review ... Miller, Neil Z. Best Price: $8.32 Buy New $14.48 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details)
“Recently outlined A recent consensus statement from a group of renowned infectious disease clinicians observed that vaccine programs have proven ill-suited to the fast-changing viruses underlying these illnesses, with efficacy ranging from 19% to 54% in the past few years.”
I’ve put more information and science about the flu shot that goes more in depth and provides more sources in an article I published last year: “Reasons Why People Refuse The Flu Shot”
The Takeaway: Why do federal health authorities and state health affiliated organizations and institutions have a right to mandate a vaccine. What about the opinions of independent health organizations? Why do their voices constantly go unacknowledged and in some cases, ridiculed?
Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.


lewrockwell--2020-10-24--Thousands of Witches Plotting To Cast ‘Binding Spell’ On Donald Trump on Halloween So He Loses To Bi

Thousands of Witches Plotting To Cast ‘Binding Spell’ On Donald Trump on Halloween So He Loses To Biden on Election Day

THOUSANDS of witches are plotting to cast a “ binding spell ” on Donald Trump on Halloween , so that he loses the US election .
The mystic women believe that the two full moons this month have given them extra magical powers to kick Trump out of the White House .
The witches are also celebrating the rare confluence of the two “ powerful ” moon events in October – in effort to get Joe Biden elected in November .
According to social media , the mystic women are set to plot multiple “ binding ” events to attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biggest spiritual attack to date .
The magical women allegedly tried to cast spells on Trump this time last year when he was in the midst of the impeachment inquiry .
Green Witchcraft : A Pr ... Vanderbeck , Paige Best Price : $ 10.87 Buy New $ 8.96 Taking their efforts online , the witches have been using the hashtags # BindTrump and # MagicResistance to join their forces to create a “ Blue Wave ” spell on October 31 and on November 2 .
One of the identified witches in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which has over 6,100 members , also called for magic to be used against Trump during yesterday ’ s debate .
However , it didn ’ t seem like any supernatural occurrences took place while he was on the debate podium .
Terri Wonder wrote on Facebook : “ Trump needs to go off the rails again in the third and last debate .
“ This will drive the election home-and him out in the landslide our nation and the world so urgently needs .

THOUSANDS of witches are plotting to cast a “binding spell” on Donald Trump on Halloween, so that he loses the US election.
The mystic women believe that the two full moons this month have given them extra magical powers to kick Trump out of the White House.
The witches are also celebrating the rare confluence of the two “powerful” moon events in October – in effort to get Joe Biden elected in November.
According to social media, the mystic women are set to plot multiple “binding” events to attack the President on Halloween – in their biggest spiritual attack to date.
The magical women allegedly tried to cast spells on Trump this time last year when he was in the midst of the impeachment inquiry. Green Witchcraft: A Pr... Vanderbeck, Paige Best Price: $10.87 Buy New $8.96 (as of 07:27 UTC - Details)
Taking their efforts online, the witches have been using the hashtags #BindTrump and #MagicResistance to join their forces to create a “Blue Wave” spell on October 31 and on November 2.
One of the identified witches in the Facebook group Bind Trump (Official), which has over 6,100 members, also called for magic to be used against Trump during yesterday’s debate.
However, it didn’t seem like any supernatural occurrences took place while he was on the debate podium.
Terri Wonder wrote on Facebook: “Trump needs to go off the rails again in the third and last debate.
“This will drive the election home-and him out in the landslide our nation and the world so urgently needs.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-25--Trump vs. Biden: The Final Debate

Trump vs. Biden: The Final Debate

Lew Rockwell joins me for our final debate analysis episode of the 2020 election cycle !
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Lew Rockwell joins me for our final debate analysis episode of the 2020 election cycle!
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lewrockwell--2020-10-26--Synonymous: Fight Covid/ Fight Aging

Synonymous: Fight Covid/ Fight Aging

COVID-19 is an emerging highly transmissible coronavirus that causes high mortality among those individuals of advanced age .
While it is widely reported the COVID-19 coronavirus infection strikes older individuals who are most vulnerable to it and subsequent hospitalization and death , it is also widely known that senior adults experience more severe bouts of infectious disease and do not respond well to vaccination .
Efforts to prevent or slow aging should follow .
“ Now we see in front of our own eyes the disastrous consequences of the deficit in such preventive measures , and the portent this gap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We are witnessing how this new infectious disease is wreaking havoc among individuals , the healthcare system and the entire social fabric around the world , while the rapid aging of the population represents the main risk factor and aggravating condition .
Therefore , arguably , one of the most important lessons to be learned from this pandemic , is the need to therapeutically address degenerative aging processes to prevent aging-related ill health as a whole.
” Zinc 50mg Supplement , ... Buy New $ 11.00 ( $ 0.09 / Count ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-aging pill ( everolimus-Rapamycin autoimmune drug ) is now reported to reduce immune-senescence ( aging ) in healthy elderly volunteers and enhances response to the flu vaccine by around 20 % .
The lung infection coined as COVID-19 coronavirus , that can sometimes result in severe lung damage and lead to one ’ s demise , is now recognized as a disease of aging .
It strikes 80+ year-olds far more than any other age group .
Growing youngsters are at almost zero risk for a mortal outcome .
School children represented just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most recently published report ( Oct 23 , 2020 ) from the Centers For Disease Control as of the writing of this report reveals 216,000 reported COVID-19 related deaths ( data provided on 114,411 of those deaths ) in the U.S. , with 78.2 % of decedents age 65-years and older .
U.S. adults age 18-49 represented only 5.4 % of COVID-19 related deaths .
( Note : only 6 % or just 12,960 of these 216,000 deaths are attributed to COVID-19 coronavirus infection alone ; 94 % involved co-morbid factors such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
An estimated 42 % of COVID-19 related deaths occurred among nursing home patients .
If COVID-19 is man-made , it certainly performs a sinister social function .
It wipes out elderly nursing home patients and other frail older individuals who cost government the most money .
People are not dying of COVID-19 per se .
They are succumbing to a weakened immune system which almost invariably accompanies aging .
Garden of Life Zinc Vi ... Buy New $ 9.79 T-cells , produced in the thymus gland , “ are the ultimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diseases .
T-cells seem to be most severely affected by aging .
Immunosenescence is a decline in the immune system with advancing age characterized by decline in zinc dependent naïve T-cells that produce memory antibodies against infectious bacteria , viruses and fungi , as well as diminished B-cell and natural killer cell activity resulting in a pronounced inability to produce antibodies upon vaccination .
Only 17-53 % of elderly adults can produce specific antibodies in response to vaccination , in contrast to 70-90 % of young adults .
Outbreaks of infectious disease can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates reach 80-98 % .
The public hears of antibodies that are produced by vaccines and by natural infection .
However , it is now reported that immunity facilitated by antibodies against COVID-19 may be fleeting .
Real long-lasting immunity is now known to come from T-cells produced in the thymus gland .
The thymus requires zinc to make T-cells and selenium is needed to free zinc from its binding protein ( metallothionein ) so it can be utilized .
The human immune response is divided into first-responding white blood cells ( innate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blood cells that seek and destroy pathogens ) and macrophages , white blood cells that literally digest or engulf infectious microbes ( adaptive immunity ) characterized by late-arriving T ( thymus gland ) and B ( bone marrow ) -cells 7-10 days following initial infection .
While the number of T-cells remains relatively constant throughout life , a striking change occurs in the number of new naïve T-cells as a result of involution ( shrinkage ) of the thymus gland with advancing age .
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These aging changes include involution ( atrophy or shrinkage ) of the thymus gland in which they are converted from B to T cells and decreased production of naïve T-cells ( T-cells that have not produced antibodies as yet ) .
A striking finding during this COVID-10 pandemic is that T-cells and not antibodies are the active viral killers in the human body .
In fact , “ everyone who gets COVID-19 , even people with mild or asymptomatic cases , develop zinc-dependent T-cells that can hunt down the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” In healthy individuals T-cells , in particular so-called naïve T-cells that have not produced antibodies yet , are at the ready to attach to incoming pathogens .
The thymus gland , located underneath the breast bone , shrinks ( atrophies ) to the size of a pea in the latter years of life .
This is due to a shortage of zinc .
Fewer T-cells are then made .
There is no corrective effort for this aging change by modern medicine , leaving older populations at increased risk for infectious disease .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ immune system… appears to be different in younger and older adults both in its architecture , composition and function .
We would predict that immunosenescence ( senescence = to grow old ) in older humans would include low amounts of naïve T and B cells and potentially over-active innate immune cells .
The expectation is that the whole-body number of naïve CD-8 T-cells is indeed low due to markedly reduced thymic output .
T- Cell mortality declines owing to a lifetime ’ s exposure to pathogens .
CD-8 T-cells are required for clearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made of zinc .
There is no single food outside of oysters that can provide a sufficient amount of zinc .
Maybe 20 % of dietary zinc is absorbed .
Typical dietary consumption of zinc is ~10 milligrams .
Pure Encapsulations - ... Buy New $ 13.64 ( $ 0.23 / Count ) Be aware when selecting zinc supplements : zinc oxide is poorly absorbed .
Antacids reduce zinc absorption .
Be mindful , the symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus infection match symptoms zinc deficiency .
Most older people possess a greatly reduced pool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produce T-cells is associated with a herpes-class infection called cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) .
Cytomegalovirus , a herpes-family virus , commonly infects 60-90 % of older adults , with persistent CMV infection being associated with increased infections and health risks .
In emerging countries CMV infection it is almost 100 % .
An estimated 4+ billion people are infected with CMV .
It is usually asymptomatic .
One of the hallmarks of immunosenescence is the loss of naïve T cells , especially CD8 cells .
Infection with cytomegalovirus has been proposed as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cell subset .
CD8 T-cell senescence is an overall impairment of the adaptive immune response with reduction in the ability to fight novel infections and impairment in response to vaccination in the elderly .
Cytomegalovirus infection has been shown to enhance immunity in young adults but has a negative impact on older adults .
CMV infection is a driver of cardiovascular disease and diabetes .
That makes a vaccine against CMV of immense importance globally .
No CMV vaccine has been licensed as yet .
Cytomegalovirus should be re-named the Accelerated Aging Virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system may be largely associated with a CMV trigger .
Resveratrol Capsules 1 ... Buy New $ 21.99 ( $ 0.12 / Count ) It is not surprising to learn as many as 50 % of CD8 T-cells and 30 % of DC4 T-cells may be programmed to provide immunity against CMV .
More worrisome , CMV infection may act to worsen COVID-19 lung infections .
Circuitously , COVID-19 infection also may reactivate dormant cytomegalovirus .
Therefore , combined COVID-19/cytomegalovirus infection may be particularly harmful .
It is not uncommon for COVID-19 infected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Parkinson ’ s disease may be an exception As published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation in 2018 , for the first time it was discovered that samples of blood from peripheral tissues unexpectedly exhibit a lack of CD8 T-cell replicative senescence among patients with Parkinson ’ s disease .
The anticipated aging shift produced by CMV infection is not observed .
While CMV infection is generally regarded as having a negative impact on the health of senior adults , there is a faction within the ranks of geriatric immunologists who support the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sustained immunological alertness that savors a better immune response.
” One wonders if this occurs in cases of Parkinson ’ s disease .
Fortunately , mankind does not need to wait for a coronavirus or a cytomegalovirus vaccine .
Natural remedies are posed against COVID-19 coronavirus and cytomegalovirus .
NatureWise Vitamin D3 ... Buy New $ 14.99 ( $ 0.04 / Count ) Resveratrol is the most widely studied anti-aging molecule .
Resveratrol also blocks synthesis of cytomegalovirus proteins and decreases replication of the virus .
Resveratrol is in a class of natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polyphenol that also inhibits cytomegalovirus .
Furthermore , low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for cytomegalovirus infections .
Cytomegalovirus infection inhibits the vitamin D system .
Low vitamin D levels foster congenital ( from birth ) cytomegalovirus infections , which suggests early-in-life CMV infection may hasten aging and explain differences in the aging changes among genetically-similar individuals ( twins ) .

COVID-19 is an emerging highly transmissible coronavirus that causes high mortality among those individuals of advanced age.
While it is widely reported the COVID-19 coronavirus infection strikes older individuals who are most vulnerable to it and subsequent hospitalization and death, it is also widely known that senior adults experience more severe bouts of infectious disease and do not respond well to vaccination. Efforts to prevent or slow aging should follow.
A report published in AGING & DISEASE states:
“Now we see in front of our own eyes the disastrous consequences of the deficit in such preventive measures, and the portent this gap in our approach represents for the future. We are witnessing how this new infectious disease is wreaking havoc among individuals, the healthcare system and the entire social fabric around the world, while the rapid aging of the population represents the main risk factor and aggravating condition. Therefore, arguably, one of the most important lessons to be learned from this pandemic, is the need to therapeutically address degenerative aging processes to prevent aging-related ill health as a whole.”
Zinc 50mg Supplement, ... Buy New $11.00 ($0.09 / Count) (as of 05:05 UTC - Details) Of interest to longevity seekers, an anti-aging pill (everolimus-Rapamycin autoimmune drug ) is now reported to reduce immune-senescence (aging) in healthy elderly volunteers and enhances response to the flu vaccine by around 20%.
COVID-19 and aging
The lung infection coined as COVID-19 coronavirus, that can sometimes result in severe lung damage and lead to one’s demise, is now recognized as a disease of aging. It strikes 80+ year-olds far more than any other age group. Growing youngsters are at almost zero risk for a mortal outcome. School children represented just 1/10th of one-percent of deaths.
The most recently published report (Oct 23, 2020) from the Centers For Disease Control as of the writing of this report reveals 216,000 reported COVID-19 related deaths (data provided on 114,411 of those deaths) in the U.S., with 78.2% of decedents age 65-years and older.
U.S. adults age 18-49 represented only 5.4% of COVID-19 related deaths. (Note: only 6% or just 12,960 of these 216,000 deaths are attributed to COVID-19 coronavirus infection alone; 94% involved co-morbid factors such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and autoimmunity.)
An estimated 42% of COVID-19 related deaths occurred among nursing home patients. If COVID-19 is man-made, it certainly performs a sinister social function. It wipes out elderly nursing home patients and other frail older individuals who cost government the most money.
Dying of COVID-19 or weakened immunity?
People are not dying of COVID-19 per se. They are succumbing to a weakened immune system which almost invariably accompanies aging. Garden of Life Zinc Vi... Buy New $9.79 (as of 06:35 UTC - Details)
T-cells, produced in the thymus gland, “are the ultimate agent of protection” in most viral diseases. T-cells seem to be most severely affected by aging.
Immunosenescence is a decline in the immune system with advancing age characterized by decline in zinc dependent naïve T-cells that produce memory antibodies against infectious bacteria, viruses and fungi, as well as diminished B-cell and natural killer cell activity resulting in a pronounced inability to produce antibodies upon vaccination.
Only 17-53% of elderly adults can produce specific antibodies in response to vaccination, in contrast to 70-90% of young adults. Outbreaks of infectious disease can occur in nursing homes even when vaccination rates reach 80-98%.
The public hears of antibodies that are produced by vaccines and by natural infection. However, it is now reported that immunity facilitated by antibodies against COVID-19 may be fleeting. Real long-lasting immunity is now known to come from T-cells produced in the thymus gland. The thymus requires zinc to make T-cells and selenium is needed to free zinc from its binding protein (metallothionein) so it can be utilized.
The human immune response is divided into first-responding white blood cells (innate immunity), largely neutrophils (white blood cells that seek and destroy pathogens) and macrophages, white blood cells that literally digest or engulf infectious microbes (adaptive immunity) characterized by late-arriving T (thymus gland) and B (bone marrow)-cells 7-10 days following initial infection.
While the number of T-cells remains relatively constant throughout life, a striking change occurs in the number of new naïve T-cells as a result of involution (shrinkage) of the thymus gland with advancing age.
T-Cells predominate
RESVERATROL1450-90day ... Buy New $25.99 ($0.14 / Count) (as of 05:59 UTC - Details) T-cells are subject to aging changes. These aging changes include involution (atrophy or shrinkage) of the thymus gland in which they are converted from B to T cells and decreased production of naïve T-cells (T-cells that have not produced antibodies as yet).
A striking finding during this COVID-10 pandemic is that T-cells and not antibodies are the active viral killers in the human body. In fact, “everyone who gets COVID-19, even people with mild or asymptomatic cases, develop zinc-dependent T-cells that can hunt down the coronavirus if they get exposed again years later.”
In healthy individuals T-cells, in particular so-called naïve T-cells that have not produced antibodies yet, are at the ready to attach to incoming pathogens.
The thymus gland, located underneath the breast bone, shrinks (atrophies) to the size of a pea in the latter years of life. This is due to a shortage of zinc. Fewer T-cells are then made. There is no corrective effort for this aging change by modern medicine, leaving older populations at increased risk for infectious disease.
A report published in Mechanisms of Ageing & Development states:
“It is incontrovertible that the human immune system… appears to be different in younger and older adults both in its architecture, composition and function. We would predict that immunosenescence (senescence = to grow old) in older humans would include low amounts of naïve T and B cells and potentially over-active innate immune cells. The expectation is that the whole-body number of naïve CD-8 T-cells is indeed low due to markedly reduced thymic output. T- Cell mortality declines owing to a lifetime’s exposure to pathogens. CD-8 T-cells are required for clearing virally-infected cells.” But no mention is made of zinc.
There is no single food outside of oysters that can provide a sufficient amount of zinc. Maybe 20% of dietary zinc is absorbed. Typical dietary consumption of zinc is ~10 milligrams. Pure Encapsulations - ... Buy New $13.64 ($0.23 / Count) (as of 08:48 UTC - Details)
Be aware when selecting zinc supplements: zinc oxide is poorly absorbed. Antacids reduce zinc absorption.
Be mindful, the symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus infection match symptoms zinc deficiency.
Infectious link with premature aging
Most older people possess a greatly reduced pool of naïve T cells. Failure to produce T-cells is associated with a herpes-class infection called cytomegalovirus (CMV).
Cytomegalovirus, a herpes-family virus, commonly infects 60-90% of older adults, with persistent CMV infection being associated with increased infections and health risks. In emerging countries CMV infection it is almost 100%. An estimated 4+ billion people are infected with CMV. It is usually asymptomatic.
One of the hallmarks of immunosenescence is the loss of naïve T cells, especially CD8 cells. Infection with cytomegalovirus has been proposed as the key pathogenic driver of this senescent CD8 cell subset. CD8 T-cell senescence is an overall impairment of the adaptive immune response with reduction in the ability to fight novel infections and impairment in response to vaccination in the elderly.
Cytomegalovirus infection has been shown to enhance immunity in young adults but has a negative impact on older adults. CMV infection is a driver of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. That makes a vaccine against CMV of immense importance globally. No CMV vaccine has been licensed as yet. Cytomegalovirus should be re-named the Accelerated Aging Virus.
Therefore, senescence of the immune system may be largely associated with a CMV trigger. Resveratrol Capsules 1... Buy New $21.99 ($0.12 / Count) (as of 05:59 UTC - Details)
It is not surprising to learn as many as 50% of CD8 T-cells and 30% of DC4 T-cells may be programmed to provide immunity against CMV.
More worrisome, CMV infection may act to worsen COVID-19 lung infections. Circuitously, COVID-19 infection also may reactivate dormant cytomegalovirus. Therefore, combined COVID-19/cytomegalovirus infection may be particularly harmful. It is not uncommon for COVID-19 infected patients to appear much older after recovery.
Parkinson’s disease may be an exception
As published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation in 2018, for the first time it was discovered that samples of blood from peripheral tissues unexpectedly exhibit a lack of CD8 T-cell replicative senescence among patients with Parkinson’s disease. The anticipated aging shift produced by CMV infection is not observed.
While CMV infection is generally regarded as having a negative impact on the health of senior adults, there is a faction within the ranks of geriatric immunologists who support the idea that CMV infection “stimulates a sustained immunological alertness that savors a better immune response.” One wonders if this occurs in cases of Parkinson’s disease.
Natural remedies for COVID-19, aging and cytomegalovirus infection
Fortunately, mankind does not need to wait for a coronavirus or a cytomegalovirus vaccine. Natural remedies are posed against COVID-19 coronavirus and cytomegalovirus.
Resveratrol and cytomegalovirus
NatureWise Vitamin D3 ... Buy New $14.99 ($0.04 / Count) (as of 11:50 UTC - Details) Resveratrol is the most widely studied anti-aging molecule.
Resveratrol exhibits anti-coronavirus activity in the laboratory.
Resveratrol also blocks synthesis of cytomegalovirus proteins and decreases replication of the virus. Resveratrol is in a class of natural molecules called polyphenols. Quercetin, another polyphenol that also inhibits cytomegalovirus.
Vitamin D and cytomegalovirus
Furthermore, low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for cytomegalovirus infections. Cytomegalovirus infection inhibits the vitamin D system. Low vitamin D levels foster congenital (from birth) cytomegalovirus infections, which suggests early-in-life CMV infection may hasten aging and explain differences in the aging changes among genetically-similar individuals (twins).


lewrockwell--2020-10-26--Revisionism and the Freedom Movement

Revisionism and the Freedom Movement

The King of Prussia , Frederick II ( “ the Great ” ) , confessed that he had seized the province of Silesia from the Empress Maria Theresa in 1740 because , as a newcomer to the throne , he had to make a name for himself .
This caused a war with Austria that developed into a worldwide war ( in North America , the French and Indian War ) , and went on to 1763 .
Of course , many tens of thousands died in that series of wars .
In general , though , states have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons for their wars as well as the methods by which they conduct them .
Pretexts and evasions have proliferated .
In democratic societies , these are endorsed—often invented—by compliant writers and intellectuals .
The unmasking of such excuses for war and war-making is called historical revisionism , or simply revisionism .
Revisionism and classical liberalism , today called libertarianism , have always been closely linked .
The Place of Religion ... Ralph Raico Best Price : $ 193.43 Buy New null The greatest classical liberal thinker on international affairs was Richard Cobden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , brought free trade and prosperity to England in 1846 .
Cobden ’ s two-volume Political Writings ( reprinted by Garland Publishing in 1973 ) all deal with British foreign policy .
Cobden maintained that , “ The middle and industrious classes of England can have no interest apart from the preservation of peace .
The honours , the fame , the emoluments of war belong not to them ; the battle-plain is the harvest-field of the aristocracy , watered by the blood of the people.
” He looked forward to a time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” would become the watchword of all who claimed to be representatives of a free people .
Cobden went so far as to trace the calamitous English wars against revolutionary France—which ended only at Waterloo—to the fear and hostility of the British upper classes to the anti-aristocratic policies of the French .
Castigating the aristocracy for its alleged war lust was standard for liberal writers of earlier generations .
But Cobden ’ s views began to change when he observed the intense popular enthusiasm for the Crimean War , against Russia and on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outspoken opposition to that war , seconded by his friend and co-leader of the Manchester School , John Bright , cost both of them their seats in the Commons at the next election .
Bright outlived his colleague by twenty years , witnessing the growing passion for empire in his country .
In 1884 , the famous liberal Prime Minister , William Gladstone , ordered the British Navy to bombard Alexandria , to recover the debts owed by the Egyptians to British investors .
Bright scornfully dismissed it as “ a jobbers ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cabinet .
But he never forgot what had started him on the road to anti-imperialism .
When Bright passed with his young grandson in front of the statue in London , labeled “ Crimea , ” the boy asked the meaning of the memorial .
Bright replied , simply , “ A Crime.
” Classical Liberalism a ... Ralph Raico Best Price : $ 7.44 Buy New $ 14.00 Herbert Spencer , the most widely read philosopher of his time , was squarely in the classical liberal tradition .
His hostility to statism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin , it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression and by aggression.
” While noting the state ’ s inborn tendency towards “ militancy ” —as opposed to the peaceful intercourse of civil society—Spencer denounced the various apologias for his country ’ s wars in his lifetime , in China , South Africa , and elsewhere .
In the United States , author and activist Lysander Spooner was a renowned abolitionist , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ servile insurrection in the South .
Yet he bitterly opposed the Civil War , arguing that it violated the right of the southern states to secede from a union that no longer represented them .
E. L. Godkin , influential editor of The Nation magazine , opposed U. S. imperialism to the end of his life , condemning the war against Spain .
Like Godkin , William Graham Sumner was a firm proponent of free trade and the gold standard and a foe of socialism .
He held the first professorship in sociology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great many books .
But his most enduring work is his essay , “ The Conquest of the United States by Spain , ” reprinted many times and today even available online .
In this ironically titled work , Sumner portrayed the savage U. S. war against the Philippines , which cost some 200,000 Filipino lives , as an American version of the imperialism and lust for colonies that had brought Spain the sorry state of his own time .
Unsurprisingly , the most radical of the liberal revisionists was the arch-radical Gustave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to be known as anarcho-capitalism .
In his work on the Great Revolution of 1789 , Molinari eviscerated the founding myth of the French Republic .
France had been proceeding gradually and organically towards liberal reform in the later eighteenth century ; the revolution put an end to that process , substituting an unprecedented expansion of state power .
The self-proclaimed liberal parties of the nineteenth century were , in fact , machines for the exploitation of society by the now victorious middle classes , who profited from government contracts , state-subsidies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banking , tariffs , and the jobs available in the ever-expanding bureaucracy .
Great Wars and Great L ... Ralph Raico Best Price : $ 7.50 Buy New $ 12.95 In his last work , published a year before his death in 1912 , Molinari never relented .
The American Civil War had not been simply a humanitarian crusade to free the slaves .
The war “ ruined the conquered provinces , ” but the Northern plutocrats puling the strings achieved their aim : the imposition of a vicious protectionism that led ultimately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produced the billionaires.
” Libertarian revisionism continued into the twentieth century .
The First World War furnished rich pickings , among them Albert Jay Nock ’ s The Myth of a Guilty Nation and H. L. Mencken ’ s continuing , and witty , exposés of the lies of America ’ s wars and war makers .
In the next generation , Frank Chodorov , the last of the Old Right greats wrote that “ Isolationism is not a political policy , it is a natural attitude of a people.
” Left to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not feel any call to impose their own customs and values on strangers.
” Declining to dodge the scare word , Chodorov urged a “ return to that isolationism which for over a hundred years prospered the nation and gained for us the respect and admiration of the world.
” Chodorov broke with the “ New Right ” ( aka , the neocons of the that era ) over his opposition to the Korean War .
Murray Rothbard was the heir to this whole legacy , totally familiar with it and bringing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his many other , truly amazing contributions , Murray and his colleague Leonard Liggio introduced historical revisionism to the burgeoning American libertarian movement .
This is a work now carried on with great gusto by Lew Rockwell , of the Mises Institute , and his associated accomplished scholars .
The Best of Ralph Raico

The King of Prussia, Frederick II (“the Great”), confessed that he had seized the province of Silesia from the Empress Maria Theresa in 1740 because, as a newcomer to the throne, he had to make a name for himself. This caused a war with Austria that developed into a worldwide war (in North America, the French and Indian War), and went on to 1763. Of course, many tens of thousands died in that series of wars.
In general, though, states have been much more circumspect about revealing the true reasons for their wars as well as the methods by which they conduct them. Pretexts and evasions have proliferated. In democratic societies, these are endorsed—often invented—by compliant writers and intellectuals.
The unmasking of such excuses for war and war-making is called historical revisionism, or simply revisionism.
Revisionism and classical liberalism, today called libertarianism, have always been closely linked. The Place of Religion ... Ralph Raico Best Price: $193.43 (as of 05:35 UTC - Details)
The greatest classical liberal thinker on international affairs was Richard Cobden, whose crusade against the Corn Laws, brought free trade and prosperity to England in 1846. Cobden’s two-volume Political Writings (reprinted by Garland Publishing in 1973) all deal with British foreign policy.
Cobden maintained that, “The middle and industrious classes of England can have no interest apart from the preservation of peace. The honours, the fame, the emoluments of war belong not to them; the battle-plain is the harvest-field of the aristocracy, watered by the blood of the people.” He looked forward to a time when the slogan “no foreign politics” would become the watchword of all who claimed to be representatives of a free people. Cobden went so far as to trace the calamitous English wars against revolutionary France—which ended only at Waterloo—to the fear and hostility of the British upper classes to the anti-aristocratic policies of the French.
Castigating the aristocracy for its alleged war lust was standard for liberal writers of earlier generations. But Cobden’s views began to change when he observed the intense popular enthusiasm for the Crimean War, against Russia and on behalf of the Ottoman Turks. His outspoken opposition to that war, seconded by his friend and co-leader of the Manchester School, John Bright, cost both of them their seats in the Commons at the next election.
Bright outlived his colleague by twenty years, witnessing the growing passion for empire in his country. In 1884, the famous liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, ordered the British Navy to bombard Alexandria, to recover the debts owed by the Egyptians to British investors. Bright scornfully dismissed it as “a jobbers’ war,” and resigned from the Cabinet. But he never forgot what had started him on the road to anti-imperialism. When Bright passed with his young grandson in front of the statue in London, labeled “Crimea,” the boy asked the meaning of the memorial. Bright replied, simply, “A Crime.” Classical Liberalism a... Ralph Raico Best Price: $7.44 Buy New $14.00 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
Herbert Spencer, the most widely read philosopher of his time, was squarely in the classical liberal tradition. His hostility to statism is exemplified by his assertion that, “Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin, it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression and by aggression.” While noting the state’s inborn tendency towards “militancy”—as opposed to the peaceful intercourse of civil society—Spencer denounced the various apologias for his country’s wars in his lifetime, in China, South Africa, and elsewhere.
In the United States, author and activist Lysander Spooner was a renowned abolitionist, even conspiring with John Brown to promote a servile insurrection in the South. Yet he bitterly opposed the Civil War, arguing that it violated the right of the southern states to secede from a union that no longer represented them. E. L. Godkin, influential editor of The Nation magazine, opposed U. S. imperialism to the end of his life, condemning the war against Spain. Like Godkin, William Graham Sumner was a firm proponent of free trade and the gold standard and a foe of socialism. He held the first professorship in sociology (at Yale) and authored a great many books. But his most enduring work is his essay, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain,” reprinted many times and today even available online. In this ironically titled work, Sumner portrayed the savage U. S. war against the Philippines, which cost some 200,000 Filipino lives, as an American version of the imperialism and lust for colonies that had brought Spain the sorry state of his own time.
Unsurprisingly, the most radical of the liberal revisionists was the arch-radical Gustave de Molinari, originator of what has come to be known as anarcho-capitalism. In his work on the Great Revolution of 1789, Molinari eviscerated the founding myth of the French Republic. France had been proceeding gradually and organically towards liberal reform in the later eighteenth century; the revolution put an end to that process, substituting an unprecedented expansion of state power. The self-proclaimed liberal parties of the nineteenth century were, in fact, machines for the exploitation of society by the now victorious middle classes, who profited from government contracts, state-subsidies for railroads and other industries, state-sponsored banking, tariffs, and the jobs available in the ever-expanding bureaucracy. Great Wars and Great L... Ralph Raico Best Price: $7.50 Buy New $12.95 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
In his last work, published a year before his death in 1912, Molinari never relented. The American Civil War had not been simply a humanitarian crusade to free the slaves. The war “ruined the conquered provinces,” but the Northern plutocrats puling the strings achieved their aim: the imposition of a vicious protectionism that led ultimately “to the regime of trusts and produced the billionaires.”
Libertarian revisionism continued into the twentieth century. The First World War furnished rich pickings, among them Albert Jay Nock’s The Myth of a Guilty Nation and H. L. Mencken’s continuing, and witty, exposés of the lies of America’s wars and war makers. In the next generation, Frank Chodorov, the last of the Old Right greats wrote that “Isolationism is not a political policy, it is a natural attitude of a people.” Left to their own devices, the people “do not feel any call to impose their own customs and values on strangers.” Declining to dodge the scare word, Chodorov urged a “return to that isolationism which for over a hundred years prospered the nation and gained for us the respect and admiration of the world.” Chodorov broke with the “New Right” (aka, the neocons of the that era) over his opposition to the Korean War.
Murray Rothbard was the heir to this whole legacy, totally familiar with it and bringing it up to date. Aside from his many other, truly amazing contributions, Murray and his colleague Leonard Liggio introduced historical revisionism to the burgeoning American libertarian movement. This is a work now carried on with great gusto by Lew Rockwell, of the Mises Institute, and his associated accomplished scholars.
The Best of Ralph Raico


lewrockwell--2020-10-26--Taki in the Village

Taki in the Village

NEW YORK—It ’ s nice to finally be in the Bagel , a place where the cows have two legs and no bells around their necks .
I walk daily around the park that lies two blocks away from my house and stick to the Upper East Side in general .
The park is by far the best part of Manhattan , and it ’ s better than ever because of you-know-what .
Yes , the virus has chased away the tourists , and without tourists the rickshaws that had turned the park into a free-for-all have also gone missing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the city that Bloomberg ’ s three-term despotism didn ’ t alter for the worse .
Bloomberg was a so-so mayor but a lucky one .
What followed makes him look like La Guardia ( except Bloomberg is even shorter than Fiorello was ) but doesn ’ t alter the fact that the billionaire sold out to developers and 40,000 condos and stores for the rich went up , wiping out traditional neighborhoods .
But let ’ s give Bloomie a break , he spent close to a billion big ones trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Samoa as a result .
Bloomberg is now somewhere down south trying to dodge the virus and get Biden elected .
( He ’ s pledged Biden $ 100 million and will get a cabinet or ambassadorial post as a result .
I expect the midget will be in London next year . )
The enduring irony is that unlike the universal wish that our children surpass , outperform , and outlive us , bums like Bloomberg get a pass when their successors turn out to be even bigger bums .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of old Waspy types , true blondes , men in gray flannel suits , even fast-talking Hollywood types .
Cultural torpor weighs the place down , relief coming only in the form of simplistic and misleading slogans in the media about race and sex .
As the last tourist to get stuck here said , “ Had I known , I would have stayed in Pago Pago.
” Timberland Men ’ s ... Buy New $ 79.95 Where things have definitely improved is the number of shootings .
From Jan. 1 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago , 1,204 shootings occurred , with 1,408 victims .
The year before , the numbers were in the mid-hundreds .
Other improvements have taken place downtown , where bands of shoplifters are terrorizing SoHo ’ s high-end boutiques and lifting zillions of dollars ’ worth of designer merchandise .
Louis Vuitton , Prada , Celine , Moncler , and so on are their targets .
Celine alone was looted out of 1.5 million big ones .
I think it ’ s the best advertisement for capitalism I know of .
The high-end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hire some of the perpetrators , paying them a large fee to advertise why they had to steal the stuff .
“ Man , ya f—in ’ wear bling and the ho ’ s will ring… ” I went down to the Village with Michael Mailer the other evening and it was a different world .
I certainly didn ’ t fit in .
Not that anyone bothered me .
I dress in London and none of these gentlemen who hit and rob expensive boutiques are interested in my clothes .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dead in them .
I found it very safe walking around downtown the other evening in a double-breasted Anderson & Sheppard gray flannel .
People stared at me as if I was just let out from a loony bin .
I think Mailer was embarrassed .
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NEW YORK—It’s nice to finally be in the Bagel, a place where the cows have two legs and no bells around their necks. I walk daily around the park that lies two blocks away from my house and stick to the Upper East Side in general. The park is by far the best part of Manhattan, and it’s better than ever because of you-know-what. Yes, the virus has chased away the tourists, and without tourists the rickshaws that had turned the park into a free-for-all have also gone missing. Central Park is the only part of the city that Bloomberg’s three-term despotism didn’t alter for the worse. Bloomberg was a so-so mayor but a lucky one. What followed makes him look like La Guardia (except Bloomberg is even shorter than Fiorello was) but doesn’t alter the fact that the billionaire sold out to developers and 40,000 condos and stores for the rich went up, wiping out traditional neighborhoods. But let’s give Bloomie a break, he spent close to a billion big ones trying to get nominated for president and carried American Samoa as a result. Bloomberg is now somewhere down south trying to dodge the virus and get Biden elected. (He’s pledged Biden $100 million and will get a cabinet or ambassadorial post as a result. I expect the midget will be in London next year.)
The enduring irony is that unlike the universal wish that our children surpass, outperform, and outlive us, bums like Bloomberg get a pass when their successors turn out to be even bigger bums. One thing is for sure—this place has emptied out of old Waspy types, true blondes, men in gray flannel suits, even fast-talking Hollywood types. Cultural torpor weighs the place down, relief coming only in the form of simplistic and misleading slogans in the media about race and sex. As the last tourist to get stuck here said, “Had I known, I would have stayed in Pago Pago.” Timberland Men’s... Buy New $79.95 (as of 06:01 UTC - Details)
Where things have definitely improved is the number of shootings. From Jan. 1, 2020, until last Sunday two weeks ago, 1,204 shootings occurred, with 1,408 victims. The year before, the numbers were in the mid-hundreds. Other improvements have taken place downtown, where bands of shoplifters are terrorizing SoHo’s high-end boutiques and lifting zillions of dollars’ worth of designer merchandise. Louis Vuitton, Prada, Celine, Moncler, and so on are their targets. Celine alone was looted out of 1.5 million big ones. I think it’s the best advertisement for capitalism I know of. The high-end stores should follow Portland’s example and hire some of the perpetrators, paying them a large fee to advertise why they had to steal the stuff. “Man, ya f—in’ wear bling and the ho’s will ring…” I went down to the Village with Michael Mailer the other evening and it was a different world. I certainly didn’t fit in. Not that anyone bothered me. I dress in London and none of these gentlemen who hit and rob expensive boutiques are interested in my clothes. In fact they wouldn’t be caught dead in them. I found it very safe walking around downtown the other evening in a double-breasted Anderson & Sheppard gray flannel. People stared at me as if I was just let out from a loony bin. I think Mailer was embarrassed.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-26--The Case Against Pessimism

The Case Against Pessimism

There is a lot woe-is-us going on based on the alleged omnipotence of evil and the propagandized status of most Americans .
Even Wall Street is expecting a Blue Wave in November , we ’ re told , as the votes of 538 individuals called electors will officially determine which party occupies the White House .
Though electors pledge to support a specific presidential or vice presidential candidate , “ faithless electors ” have turned up 165 times in American history , most recently in 2016 .
You remember that election , don ’ t you ?
A faithless elector @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 2016 , according to Wikipedia , Do Not Consent : Think ... Smith , George Ford Buy New $ 7.99 With the vitriol against Trump at least as high now as it was then , a corrupt Electoral College vote may be Democratic Plan B for evicting him .
I think most people sense that something corrupt is in the works , whether it ’ s the College or something else .
And they are not wrong .
But this is nothing new , nor is it a case of black vs. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The State has convinced its subjects that theft through taxation and inflation is necessary for the operation of government .
The Wave , if it ’ s blue , will seize more of their wealth and distribute it in such a way that it appears only the fat cats are being robbed while the rest are being fed , clothed , educated , and everything else people used to work for .
Thanks to Modern Monetary Theory ( MMT ) , the sky is now the legitimate limit for government spending .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loves free money , has always loved free money and eagerly awaits the steady flow of more free money .
If they understood it better they would love the FED , the government-licensed counterfeiter , the creator of free money .
They especially love free money at the expense of the fat cats .
Clearly , since Trump and Pelosi both agree on the necessity of free money , MMT is not unique to the Blue Wave .
Neither Red nor Blue need fear voter rejection for supporting it — quite the contrary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t be serious repercussions .
Try as they might , politicians and their home-bred economists will never triumph over reality .
But if it ’ s not money , why are so many people afraid of what lies ahead ?
The coming nightmare is one in which Friends of the Street Thugs will be calling the shots from atop the pyramid of power .
Law and order will be in the hands of those who despise it .
It will be open season on deplorables for the next four years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endangered species .
The Blue leader , whoever it turns out to be , will look far left to assign key administrative posts , with the caveat that the military remain untouchable .
Following the Keynesian prescription for economic calamity , they ’ ll need the war machine ready for a major confrontation when the free money stops buying things and the media are urging people to demand someone who talks funny to blame .
The Jolly Roger Dollar ... Smith , George Ford Best Price : null Buy New $ 2.99 As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to justify its budget , so public health officials will keep the public half-faced with corona enemies .
Suppression of rebuttals on social media will accelerate .
Even some non-traditional culture will be wiped out — one possibility being the recently-surging homeschooling movement .
An obedient citizen is a state-educated citizen .
Can ’ t have deplorables teaching their kids , which they will try to do anyway .
Thus , can ’ t have deplorables .
Such is the Blob rolling our way .
Should we lose any sleep over this ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ country has been through much worse .
Not us , personally , but Americans during the Civil War and the two world wars .
For those who need briefing on the Civil War see Thomas DiLorenzo ’ s excellent work .
One result of Lincoln ’ s war was the death of federalism — the states became second-class members of the great unity called the United States , not these United States .
Later , Woodrow Wilson proved to be an effective conman by running on the slogan “ he kept us out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after being re-elected pleaded for Congress to send American boys overseas to murder and be murdered so Morgan ’ s investments wouldn ’ t go sour .
Preceding the Armistice of November 11 , 1918 the Influenza Pandemic arrived in April that killed more people than the war— between 20 and 40 million people .
Other estimates are higher .
Unlike today ’ s corona scare the flu took its heaviest toll on the young .
Eyes of Fire : Thomas P ... George Ford Smith Best Price : $ 10.89 Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pain was only beginning .
First the Crash of 1929 that the FED was created to avoid but in fact caused , then Hoover ’ s meddling , then FDR ’ s New Deal created the dark decade of the Thirties , followed by the inferno of another world war , heir to the first one and much worse in terms of casualties and destruction .
From WW II emerged the National Security Act that created the National Security State , a hallmark of totalitarian regimes found right here in “ free ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on another war , this one Cold though interrupted by hot ones in Korea and Vietnam .
After all that and much more — 9/11 , the Bush lies justifying foreign invasions , the Great Recession ( see an excellent video on this ) — we ’ re still standing .
Unlike Americans during the regimes of Lincoln , Wilson , FDR and others , people today have the exponentially-increasing power of information technology working for them .
They can swallow the propaganda of the media and political hacks or they can search @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are they passive receivers of information .
They can post their thoughts and findings in a blog or video and help shape a narrative that fits with reality .
People the world over are far less hopeless today in the onslaught of propaganda , and the result is the chipping away of State legitimacy .
Undermining State legitimacy boosts liberty , a condition we can not live without .
Labeling views that oppose the State-MSM narrative as conspiracy theories has become laughable .
It ’ s the State and its partners that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latest evidence being the blown-up corona pandemic .
The State , in short , is killing us .
But if the State is a killer , what do we do for government ?
Look around .
We ’ ve had it for a long time — it ’ s called the free market .
If you need help understanding it , see my latest book and let Libby and Justin explain it to you in my 10-minute video .
The Best of George F. Smith

There is a lot woe-is-us going on based on the alleged omnipotence of evil and the propagandized status of most Americans. Even Wall Street is expecting a Blue Wave in November, we’re told, as the votes of 538 individuals called electors will officially determine which party occupies the White House. Though electors pledge to support a specific presidential or vice presidential candidate, “faithless electors” have turned up 165 times in American history, most recently in 2016. You remember that election, don’t you?
A faithless elector is one who breaks his pledge. In 2016, according to Wikipedia,
a movement dubbed the Hamilton Electors co-founded by Micheal Baca of Colorado and Bret Chiafalo of Washington . . . attempted to find 37 Republican electors willing to vote for a different Republican in an effort to deny Donald Trump a majority in the Electoral College and force a contingent election in the House of Representatives. [Of the ten members who attempted to break their pledge] three of these votes were invalidated under the faithless elector laws of their respective states, and the elector either subsequently voted for the pledged candidate or was replaced by someone who did. . . 2016 was the first election in over a hundred years in which multiple electors worked to alter the result of the election. Electors were subjected to public pressure, including death threats. [Emphasis added]
Do Not Consent: Think ... Smith, George Ford Buy New $7.99 (as of 04:48 UTC - Details) With the vitriol against Trump at least as high now as it was then, a corrupt Electoral College vote may be Democratic Plan B for evicting him.
I think most people sense that something corrupt is in the works, whether it’s the College or something else. And they are not wrong. But this is nothing new, nor is it a case of black vs. white. It’s bipartisan.
The State has convinced its subjects that theft through taxation and inflation is necessary for the operation of government. The Wave, if it’s blue, will seize more of their wealth and distribute it in such a way that it appears only the fat cats are being robbed while the rest are being fed, clothed, educated, and everything else people used to work for. Thanks to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the sky is now the legitimate limit for government spending. And the public loves it. The public loves free money, has always loved free money and eagerly awaits the steady flow of more free money. If they understood it better they would love the FED, the government-licensed counterfeiter, the creator of free money. They especially love free money at the expense of the fat cats.
Clearly, since Trump and Pelosi both agree on the necessity of free money, MMT is not unique to the Blue Wave. Neither Red nor Blue need fear voter rejection for supporting it — quite the contrary. This is not to say there won’t be serious repercussions. Try as they might, politicians and their home-bred economists will never triumph over reality.
But if it’s not money, why are so many people afraid of what lies ahead?
The coming nightmare is one in which Friends of the Street Thugs will be calling the shots from atop the pyramid of power. Law and order will be in the hands of those who despise it. It will be open season on deplorables for the next four years, after which they will exist as an endangered species.
The Blue leader, whoever it turns out to be, will look far left to assign key administrative posts, with the caveat that the military remain untouchable. Following the Keynesian prescription for economic calamity, they’ll need the war machine ready for a major confrontation when the free money stops buying things and the media are urging people to demand someone who talks funny to blame. The Jolly Roger Dollar... Smith, George Ford Buy New $2.99 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details)
As the military has no trouble finding boogeymen to justify its budget, so public health officials will keep the public half-faced with corona enemies. Suppression of rebuttals on social media will accelerate. Even some non-traditional culture will be wiped out — one possibility being the recently-surging homeschooling movement. An obedient citizen is a state-educated citizen. Can’t have deplorables teaching their kids, which they will try to do anyway. Thus, can’t have deplorables.
Such is the Blob rolling our way.
We’ve been through worse
Should we lose any sleep over this? No.
Think about it: The country has been through much worse. Not us, personally, but Americans during the Civil War and the two world wars. For those who need briefing on the Civil War see Thomas DiLorenzo’s excellent work. One result of Lincoln’s war was the death of federalism — the states became second-class members of the great unity called the United States, not these United States. Later, Woodrow Wilson proved to be an effective conman by running on the slogan “he kept us out of war” in 1916, then after being re-elected pleaded for Congress to send American boys overseas to murder and be murdered so Morgan’s investments wouldn’t go sour. Preceding the Armistice of November 11, 1918 the Influenza Pandemic arrived in April that killed more people than the war— between 20 and 40 million people. Other estimates are higher. Unlike today’s corona scare the flu took its heaviest toll on the young.
The death rate for 15 to 34-year-olds of influenza and pneumonia were 20 times higher in 1918 than in previous years (Taubenberger). People were struck with illness on the street and died rapid deaths. One anecdote shared of 1918 was of four women playing bridge together late into the night. Overnight, three of the women died from influenza (Hoagg). Others told stories of people on their way to work suddenly developing the flu and dying within hours (Henig). (source)
Eyes of Fire: Thomas P... George Ford Smith Best Price: $10.89 Buy New $10.95 (as of 06:50 UTC - Details) And for the survivors the pain was only beginning. First the Crash of 1929 that the FED was created to avoid but in fact caused, then Hoover’s meddling, then FDR’s New Deal created the dark decade of the Thirties, followed by the inferno of another world war, heir to the first one and much worse in terms of casualties and destruction. From WW II emerged the National Security Act that created the National Security State, a hallmark of totalitarian regimes found right here in “free” America. And we were soon off on another war, this one Cold though interrupted by hot ones in Korea and Vietnam.
After all that and much more — 9/11, the Bush lies justifying foreign invasions, the Great Recession (see an excellent video on this) — we’re still standing.
Unlike Americans during the regimes of Lincoln, Wilson, FDR and others, people today have the exponentially-increasing power of information technology working for them. They can swallow the propaganda of the media and political hacks or they can search and find other information outlets. Nor are they passive receivers of information. They can post their thoughts and findings in a blog or video and help shape a narrative that fits with reality. People the world over are far less hopeless today in the onslaught of propaganda, and the result is the chipping away of State legitimacy. Undermining State legitimacy boosts liberty, a condition we cannot live without. Labeling views that oppose the State-MSM narrative as conspiracy theories has become laughable. It’s the State and its partners that are conspiring against the rest of us, the latest evidence being the blown-up corona pandemic. The State, in short, is killing us.
But if the State is a killer, what do we do for government?
Look around. We’ve had it for a long time — it’s called the free market. If you need help understanding it, see my latest book and let Libby and Justin explain it to you in my 10-minute video.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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Western Liberty. RIP

Germany is on the brink of modifying its constitution , to allow all 19 secret services to hack anyone at any time , for any reason , secretly .
— Mark Crispin Miller , News from Underground We are witnessing in every Western country a rapid transformation of what were formerly free countries into police states .
Governments violate their constitutions , issue edicts in place of legislation , treat citizens arbitrarily , and pursue agendas on the basis of justifications that are contrary to the facts .
The digital revolution has given governments powers far beyond those of Big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ novel , 1984 .
I can remember when the year 1984 seemed to be the far distant future , and I can remember the free country in which I was born and grew up .
That country is no more .
The youth of today have never experienced a free country and do not know what has been lost .
Indeed , they are absorbed in the digital revolution that they think is freedom .
Wantdo Men ’ s Wat ... Buy New $ 79.89 The “ War on Terror ” launched by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to learn techniques of mass population control have together terminated free societies .
Today privacy is a non-existent right , as are free speech , free inquiry , open pubic debate , and the right to operate a business .
In place of debate , people who disagree with official explanations enforced by the presstitutes and social media are “ cancelled.
” Your every email , phone call , purchase and web search is captured and used to build a profile of you for marketing purposes and for future arrest should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Whistleblowers are prosecuted despite legislation defending them from prosecution .
Thought control and behavior control are imposed by firing people and destroying their careers for using unapproved words and taking unapproved positions .
ulogu Men ’ s Snow ... Buy New $ 39.99 The collapse of liberty has been rapid in the 21st century .
But it has been creeping upon us for some time .
Few Americans alive today remember when a wife could not testify against her husband or a husband against his wife .
Such testimony was considered a violation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of two .
It was self-incrimination , which is prohibited by the US Constitution in those days when the Constitution was respected and had authority .
Few who are alive remember that the marriage contract was in part a sexual contract and there was no such thing as “ wife rape.
” There was no such thing as Child Protective Services with the power to intervene in the family , seize children from parents , and have parents prosecuted on charges of child neglect or abuse whether real or fabricated .
You could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being arrested .
You didn ’ t live in fear that bruises from sports activity or falling off a bike would be noticed by a school teacher , doctor , or neighbor and result in an intrusion into the family by Child Protective Services determined to prosecute parents in order to justify the budget .
FROGG TOGGS Men ’ ... Best Price : $ 34.92 Buy New $ 38.21 Kids of my generation were free to be wherever they chose to be without adult supervision on week-ends , holidays from school , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by dinner time .
Our bikes made us mobile , and we could be anywhere in range of a bike and a pair of legs , and our parents weren ’ t arrested for child neglect .
It was mass third world immigration , integration of formerly stable homogeneous neighborhoods , and the rise of the pedophile sex trade that made children no longer safe .
Multicultural society failed to protect children and began persecuting parents instead .
A person could start a car without , if it had a manual transmission , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the floor .
A person could drive away without having to put on a seat belt or endure endless beeping .
Soon , if not already , you must be strapped in or the car will not move .
The range of free judgment has been greatly narrowed .
Even the appliances we use bully us .
I could go on at great length , but it is too depressing .
If Donald Trump wins the election and is permitted to be inaugurated , perhaps he will make it a part of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the intrusive government out of our lives .
I was born a free person , and I would like to die a free person .
But I am not holding my breath .
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Germany is on the brink of modifying its constitution, to allow all 19 secret services to hack anyone at any time, for any reason, secretly. — Mark Crispin Miller, News from Underground
We are witnessing in every Western country a rapid transformation of what were formerly free countries into police states. Governments violate their constitutions, issue edicts in place of legislation, treat citizens arbitrarily, and pursue agendas on the basis of justifications that are contrary to the facts. The digital revolution has given governments powers far beyond those of Big Brother in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984.
I can remember when the year 1984 seemed to be the far distant future, and I can remember the free country in which I was born and grew up. That country is no more.
The youth of today have never experienced a free country and do not know what has been lost. Indeed, they are absorbed in the digital revolution that they think is freedom. Wantdo Men’s Wat... Buy New $79.89 (as of 06:08 UTC - Details)
The “War on Terror” launched by 9/11 and the war on Covid launched in order to learn techniques of mass population control have together terminated free societies. Today privacy is a non-existent right, as are free speech, free inquiry, open pubic debate, and the right to operate a business.
In place of debate, people who disagree with official explanations enforced by the presstitutes and social media are “cancelled.” Your every email, phone call, purchase and web search is captured and used to build a profile of you for marketing purposes and for future arrest should you prove troublesome for the regime.
Whistleblowers are prosecuted despite legislation defending them from prosecution. Thought control and behavior control are imposed by firing people and destroying their careers for using unapproved words and taking unapproved positions. ulogu Men’s Snow... Buy New $39.99 (as of 06:08 UTC - Details)
The collapse of liberty has been rapid in the 21st century. But it has been creeping upon us for some time. Few Americans alive today remember when a wife could not testify against her husband or a husband against his wife. Such testimony was considered a violation of marriage that had formed one out of two. It was self-incrimination, which is prohibited by the US Constitution in those days when the Constitution was respected and had authority.
Few who are alive remember that the marriage contract was in part a sexual contract and there was no such thing as “wife rape.”
There was no such thing as Child Protective Services with the power to intervene in the family, seize children from parents, and have parents prosecuted on charges of child neglect or abuse whether real or fabricated.
You could yell at and spank your child without being arrested. You didn’t live in fear that bruises from sports activity or falling off a bike would be noticed by a school teacher, doctor, or neighbor and result in an intrusion into the family by Child Protective Services determined to prosecute parents in order to justify the budget. FROGG TOGGS Men’... Best Price: $34.92 Buy New $38.21 (as of 06:08 UTC - Details)
Kids of my generation were free to be wherever they chose to be without adult supervision on week-ends, holidays from school, and summers as long as they were home by dinner time. Our bikes made us mobile, and we could be anywhere in range of a bike and a pair of legs, and our parents weren’t arrested for child neglect. It was mass third world immigration, integration of formerly stable homogeneous neighborhoods, and the rise of the pedophile sex trade that made children no longer safe. Multicultural society failed to protect children and began persecuting parents instead.
A person could start a car without, if it had a manual transmission, having to push the clutch petal to the floor. A person could drive away without having to put on a seat belt or endure endless beeping. Soon, if not already, you must be strapped in or the car will not move. The range of free judgment has been greatly narrowed. Even the appliances we use bully us.
I could go on at great length, but it is too depressing.
If Donald Trump wins the election and is permitted to be inaugurated, perhaps he will make it a part of “making America great again” to get the intrusive government out of our lives. I was born a free person, and I would like to die a free person.
But I am not holding my breath.
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