lewrockwell--2020-06-16--Examining Critical Theory Put Into Practice

Commonly referred to as Cultural Marxists ( but only by “ conspiracy theorists ) , although I find Antonio Gramsci to be the more appropriate communist thinker behind these ideas .
And from an excerpt of The Keys of this Blood by Malachi Martin : Critical Theory Can ’ t Deliver because it can ’ t make Voltron from its crippled Christian Code , Paul VanderKlay ( video ; 1 hour , 45 minutes ) Yes , it ’ s a long video – this is what VanderKlay does , and this one is a real keeper .
This post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but I believe VanderKlay ’ s video is one of the best examinations of this current culture and these current protests that I have seen…well , given my worldview .
To offer a bit of clarity to the title , Voltron is an animated television show from the 1980s – I won ’ t spend time on making the connection in my post ; if you are interested , I can only offer the video .
The Crippled Christian code can be summarized by Nietzsche , in Twilight of the Idols : This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian code ” of today ’ s social justice warriors : a demand for Christian justice without Christianity .
As Rene Girard and Tom Holland each offer , they use Christianity to criticize Christianity .
With that , on to several points from the video .
The Marx-Engels Reader ... Friedrich Engels Best Price : $ 11.35 Buy New $ 32.24 He begins with a blog post that he wrote : Beaten Wives Matter .
The play on words is obvious , and the point is simple ( no , he is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which oppressed group gets to be on top ?
He comes to it later in the video : do any of you remember that June is Pride Month ?
I didn ’ t – not that I would ever think of it if it wasn ’ t put in my face , but that ’ s the point .
Not one peep about it this month , as the oppressed Black Lives are higher on the oppression hierarchy than the oppressed rainbow-flag community .
VanderKlay explains : how does someone who voted for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jordan Peterson worthwhile ?
To add to this “ confusion , ” he grew up in Patterson , New Jersey and his father was pastor of a mixed-race Reformed church .
It was in this climate that he was raised .
They practiced what Martin Luther King preached , about judging people not by the color of their skin but the content of their character – supposedly a racist dog-whistle today , but a quite Christian sentiment .
They practiced love in the body of Christ , learning to submit to one another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s society is significantly more secular than the society in which VanderKlay grew up .
We now have ideologies : crippled religions , as Jordan Peterson describes these .
VanderKlay understands the “ code ” of this critical theory ; he knows the source code – Christianity – and this is a bad copy , a crippled religion .
It must be , per Nietzsche .
But there is truth in it : we are all racists , sexists , wife-beaters .
We are all fallen .
As Alexander Solzhenitsyn offered : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not through states , nor between classes , nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart — and through all human hearts.
” However , without all of Christianity , the code is defective .
He makes the point that this new code has triggered many of the non-woke new atheist tribe .
This has drawn many of these together with conservative Christians !
How can that be ?
He doesn ’ t say it , but I will : the dividing line falls on Natural Law .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” on both sides of the political aisle .
And this is so , given how we define our left and right with ( D ) and ( R ) , but this is one reason why I divide left and right differently .
The divide rests on Natural Law .
The Communist Manifesto Friedrich Engels Best Price : $ 3.07 Buy New $ 2.26 So , what of these protests ?
Protests take the form of “ No , ” with the inferior protesting the superior .
In a healthy hierarchy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just as the inferior will sacrifice to the superior .
But even using those words ( inferior , superior ) is triggering – all such language must be banished .
We have to get rid of all hierarchies .
Can you really do that ?
VanderKlay has his doubts : “ In the name of banning hierarchy , they ’ ve created the oppression Olympics.
” He writes : in their attempt to banish hierarchy they manifest it sinfully .
They want diversity and they want to ban inequality , yet these are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joined at the hip : to be diverse inherently means you will have inequality .
Diversity must result in superiors and inferiors .
There will always be hierarchy , but today it is manifest sinfully .
Through a Christian lens , the two are always in a dance : the last shall be first , the first shall be last ; Jesus ( who is God ) made himself the lowest , so that we ( the inferior ) could be made the highest ( well , much higher than otherwise ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it over each other like the Gentiles do : equality .
Equality and hierarchy , through a Christian lens , are also always in a dance .
Jesus had the highest status yet did not use that status , instead taking the nature of a servant .
He is the picture of the perfect leader , performing the dance of superior and inferior , equality and hierarchy .
This current movement is full of Christian symbolism .
The foot washings , for example .
What is being symbolized ?
It is what Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feet .
Yet who was the superior and who was the inferior in the Biblical example ?
This symbol is bastardized today – or those demanding their feet to be washed don ’ t understand that they are putting themselves in the place of the inferior , to be served by the superior .
What does a man do to woo a woman ?
Who is the superior and who is the inferior ?
How much does this really change after marriage ?
Why do men hold the door open for women ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in charge , or is it to serve – the dance of inferior and superior ?
“ Men are always taking the superior role ?
” Said by those who have never been the pursued or pursuer in the dance between male and female .
Keys of This Blood : Po ... Malachi Martin Best Price : $ 7.67 Buy New $ 31.00 VanderKlay cites C. S. Lewis , from the same sermon I posted recently , The Weight of Glory : My take on this : It is exactly here where one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No , we can not know a man ’ s heart , but we can know his actions .
What is being proposed as the antidote for ( insert your favorite oppression here ) ?
Is it oppression against the other , or is it love – Christian love , in doing and acting ?
The dance of the inferior and superior , the dance of equality and diversity ?
Or is it all just power – the power of tearing others down so I may be built up ?
Critical Theory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wishes to keep all dramas on this stage .
VanderKlay suggests this is a foolish dream : “ When you try to bring heaven down to earth , you pull hell up with it.
” Here again , is the crippled Christian code .
The stage is too small ; we are locked into our misery ; everyone dies unfulfilled .
VanderKlay then cites Miraslav Volf , who finds the United States is losing both self-control and consciousness , just as Germany and Europe did in the 1930s and Croatia / Serbia / @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hopes he is wrong .
And to drive home the point , Volf offers what prompted him to write these words : a lecture he gave in a war zone .
Among those listening were people whose homes were pillaged and burned , whose sisters and daughters were raped , whose fathers and brothers had their throats slit .
Here is the cost of the Enlightenment , not in the politically incorrect “ black and white , ” but in the blood-soaked black and red .
By removing Christianity , we lose the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nietzsche ; we avoid the troubling truth that it is right that God judges .
Just when the best of Classical Liberalism and Enlightenment reached its pinnacle in the time known as La Belle Époque , the Western world exploded in 1914 , and it has been dying a death ever since .
Our modern definition for religion has no need of the “ supernatural , ” or , if you prefer , the metaphysical .
Our reason has been divorced from God , tradition , and history ; which also means reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s imperfect nature .
“ We can shape man into our image.
” So say the enlightened supermen of Nietzsche .
How has that worked out for the last 100 years ?
In Critical Theory , is there any chance of atonement ?
Jordan Peterson once asked : can you give us a dollar figure that will atone for America ’ s racial history .
No answer came , because there is no answer .
The dollar figure is infinite .
VanderKlay suggests : VanderKlay lays a burden on the Christian church – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that there ’ s no atonement here .
No justice , no peace ?
How about no atonement , no peace .
If the price to be paid is infinite , there is only one place where atonement will be found .
The church has this message ; it should use it .
Instead of pandering with the same slogans that those who are out to destroy the church are using .
But sure , if you think respect for property rights in this world lies at the end of a path @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sin can never be paid by you , go for it .
I say – and events since the Enlightenment prove this out – you are wrong .
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The Theory
Critical theory is the reflective assessment and critique of society and culture to reveal and challenge power structures. …In sociology and political philosophy, the term Critical Theory describes the Western Marxist philosophy of the Frankfurt School, which was developed in Germany in the 1930s.
Commonly referred to as Cultural Marxists (but only by “conspiracy theorists), although I find Antonio Gramsci to be the more appropriate communist thinker behind these ideas.
To explain, from Gary North:
Gramsci argued, and the Frankfurt School followed his lead, that the way for Marxists to transform the West was through cultural revolution: the idea of cultural relativism. The argument was correct, but the argument was not Marxist. The argument was Hegelian. Hegemony and Revolutio... Adamson, Walter L. Best Price: $38.16 Buy New $24.95 (as of 06:31 UTC - Details)
And from an excerpt of The Keys of this Blood by Malachi Martin:
While firmly committed to global Communism, [Gramsci] knew that that violence would fail to win the West. American workers (proletariat) would never declare war on their middle-class neighbors as long as they shared common Christian values. So the Italian communist — a contemporary of Lenin — wrote an alternative plan for a silent revolution. The main weapons would be deception, manipulation and infiltration. Hiding their Marxist ideology, the new Communist warriors would seek positions of influence in seminaries, government, communities, and the media.
The Practice
Critical Theory Can’t Deliver because it can’t make Voltron from its crippled Christian Code, Paul VanderKlay (video; 1 hour, 45 minutes)
Yes, it’s a long video – this is what VanderKlay does, and this one is a real keeper. This post will also run a bit long, but I believe VanderKlay’s video is one of the best examinations of this current culture and these current protests that I have seen…well, given my worldview.
To offer a bit of clarity to the title, Voltron is an animated television show from the 1980s – I won’t spend time on making the connection in my post; if you are interested, I can only offer the video. The Crippled Christian code can be summarized by Nietzsche, in Twilight of the Idols:
When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one’s feet.
This is what makes for the “crippled Christian code” of today’s social justice warriors: a demand for Christian justice without Christianity. As Rene Girard and Tom Holland each offer, they use Christianity to criticize Christianity. With that, on to several points from the video. The Marx-Engels Reader... Friedrich Engels Best Price: $11.35 Buy New $32.24 (as of 06:31 UTC - Details)
He begins with a blog post that he wrote: Beaten Wives Matter. The play on words is obvious, and the point is simple (no, he is not an advocate of wife beating): which oppressed group gets to be on top? He comes to it later in the video: do any of you remember that June is Pride Month? I didn’t – not that I would ever think of it if it wasn’t put in my face, but that’s the point. Not one peep about it this month, as the oppressed Black Lives are higher on the oppression hierarchy than the oppressed rainbow-flag community.
VanderKlay explains: how does someone who voted for Obama twice (him) also find Jordan Peterson worthwhile? To add to this “confusion,” he grew up in Patterson, New Jersey and his father was pastor of a mixed-race Reformed church. It was in this climate that he was raised.
They practiced what Martin Luther King preached, about judging people not by the color of their skin but the content of their character – supposedly a racist dog-whistle today, but a quite Christian sentiment. They practiced love in the body of Christ, learning to submit to one another and serve each other.
Today’s society is significantly more secular than the society in which VanderKlay grew up. We now have ideologies: crippled religions, as Jordan Peterson describes these. VanderKlay understands the “code” of this critical theory; he knows the source code – Christianity – and this is a bad copy, a crippled religion. It must be, per Nietzsche.
But there is truth in it: we are all racists, sexists, wife-beaters. We are all fallen. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn offered: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart — and through all human hearts.” However, without all of Christianity, the code is defective.
He makes the point that this new code has triggered many of the non-woke new atheist tribe. This has drawn many of these together with conservative Christians! How can that be? He doesn’t say it, but I will: the dividing line falls on Natural Law. He sees the “hungry heart of narcissism” on both sides of the political aisle. And this is so, given how we define our left and right with (D) and (R), but this is one reason why I divide left and right differently. The divide rests on Natural Law. The Communist Manifesto Friedrich Engels Best Price: $3.07 Buy New $2.26 (as of 06:31 UTC - Details)
So, what of these protests? Protests take the form of “No,” with the inferior protesting the superior. In a healthy hierarchy, the superior will sacrifice to the inferior just as the inferior will sacrifice to the superior. But even using those words (inferior, superior) is triggering – all such language must be banished. We have to get rid of all hierarchies.
Can you really do that? VanderKlay has his doubts: “In the name of banning hierarchy, they’ve created the oppression Olympics.” He writes: in their attempt to banish hierarchy they manifest it sinfully. They want diversity and they want to ban inequality, yet these are two sides of the same coin, joined at the hip: to be diverse inherently means you will have inequality.
Diversity must result in superiors and inferiors. There will always be hierarchy, but today it is manifest sinfully. Through a Christian lens, the two are always in a dance: the last shall be first, the first shall be last; Jesus (who is God) made himself the lowest, so that we (the inferior) could be made the highest (well, much higher than otherwise). Yet He also said do not lord it over each other like the Gentiles do: equality. Equality and hierarchy, through a Christian lens, are also always in a dance.
Jesus had the highest status yet did not use that status, instead taking the nature of a servant. He is the picture of the perfect leader, performing the dance of superior and inferior, equality and hierarchy.
This current movement is full of Christian symbolism. The foot washings, for example. What is being symbolized? It is what Jesus did. Jesus washed Peter’s feet. Yet who was the superior and who was the inferior in the Biblical example? This symbol is bastardized today – or those demanding their feet to be washed don’t understand that they are putting themselves in the place of the inferior, to be served by the superior.
What does a man do to woo a woman? Who is the superior and who is the inferior? How much does this really change after marriage? Why do men hold the door open for women? Is it the patriarchy showing who is in charge, or is it to serve – the dance of inferior and superior?
“Men are always taking the superior role?” Said by those who have never been the pursued or pursuer in the dance between male and female. Keys of This Blood: Po... Malachi Martin Best Price: $7.67 Buy New $31.00 (as of 06:31 UTC - Details)
VanderKlay cites C. S. Lewis, from the same sermon I posted recently, The Weight of Glory:
How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us. It is written that we shall “stand before” Him, shall appear, shall be inspected. The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that any of us who really chooses, shall actually survive that examination, shall find approval, shall please God.
VanderKlay summarizes:
We stand in front of an audience of one, and though the world condemn me, He must I follow. Is that dangerous when we’re wrong? You bet it is. It’s also a power that everybody putting signs up so as not to lose status with others…that’s not something they’re fully thinking through.
My take on this: It is exactly here where one can separate true virtue from virtue signaling. No, we cannot know a man’s heart, but we can know his actions. What is being proposed as the antidote for (insert your favorite oppression here)? Is it oppression against the other, or is it love – Christian love, in doing and acting? The dance of the inferior and superior, the dance of equality and diversity? Or is it all just power – the power of tearing others down so I may be built up?
Critical Theory, like all of Enlightenment thinking, wishes to keep all dramas on this stage. VanderKlay suggests this is a foolish dream: “When you try to bring heaven down to earth, you pull hell up with it.” Here again, is the crippled Christian code. The stage is too small; we are locked into our misery; everyone dies unfulfilled.
VanderKlay then cites Miraslav Volf, who finds the United States is losing both self-control and consciousness, just as Germany and Europe did in the 1930s and Croatia / Serbia / Bosnia did in the 1990s. Volf hopes he is wrong.
VanderKlay then offers a long cite from Volf:
One could object that it is not worthy of God to wield the sword. …[yet] if God were not angry at injustice and deception and did not make the final end to violence God would not be worthy of our worship.
And to drive home the point, Volf offers what prompted him to write these words: a lecture he gave in a war zone. Among those listening were people whose homes were pillaged and burned, whose sisters and daughters were raped, whose fathers and brothers had their throats slit.
Soon you would discover that it takes the quiet of a suburban home for the birth of the thesis that human nonviolence corresponds to God’s refusal to judge. In a scorched land, soaked in the blood of the innocent, it will invariably die. And as one watches it die, one will do well to reflect about many other pleasant captivities of the liberal mind.
Here is the cost of the Enlightenment, not in the politically incorrect “black and white,” but in the blood-soaked black and red. By removing Christianity, we lose the right of Christian morality – so says Nietzsche; we avoid the troubling truth that it is right that God judges.
Just when the best of Classical Liberalism and Enlightenment reached its pinnacle in the time known as La Belle Époque, the Western world exploded in 1914, and it has been dying a death ever since.
Our modern definition for religion has no need of the “supernatural,” or, if you prefer, the metaphysical. Our reason has been divorced from God, tradition, and history; which also means reason has been divorced from considering man’s imperfect nature. “We can shape man into our image.” So say the enlightened supermen of Nietzsche. How has that worked out for the last 100 years?
In Critical Theory, is there any chance of atonement? Jordan Peterson once asked: can you give us a dollar figure that will atone for America’s racial history. No answer came, because there is no answer. The dollar figure is infinite. VanderKlay suggests:
Where can you find a sacrifice of infinite value to atone for these sins? The Heidelberg Catechism knows; the book of Hebrews knows. Critical Theory will never know. That means there is no redemption, no atonement, no resolution. This religion cannot bring peace and it never will.
Conclusion
VanderKlay lays a burden on the Christian church – as is justly deserved:
Church leaders need to figure this out and create language rather than repeating worldly boilerplate in a sycophant’s quest for legitimacy from the zeitgeist.
The problem is that there’s no atonement here. No justice, no peace? How about no atonement, no peace. If the price to be paid is infinite, there is only one place where atonement will be found. The church has this message; it should use it. Instead of pandering with the same slogans that those who are out to destroy the church are using.
Epilogue
But sure, if you think respect for property rights in this world lies at the end of a path where the price to be paid for sin can never be paid by you, go for it. I say – and events since the Enlightenment prove this out – you are wrong.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-16--The Resistance Thrives: 8 Successes Against Corona Communism

The resistance to corona communism is thriving .
Though there have been additional hurdles , individual Americans are increasingly returning things to normal , one person at a time .
Some backlash is also coming as people increasingly look to the normally insulated public health community and demand they explain the damage they caused and continue to cause .
What happened in Palm Beach is not as wonderful as how it happened .
On Monday , May 11 , 2020 Palm Beach County became the first county in South Florida to re-open according to the Sun Sentinel , snubbing federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5-1 on May 5 to ask Gov .
Ron DeSantis to lift restrictions designed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus anyway , and he approved .
On Monday , restaurants , salons , and malls flung open their doors , albeit at 25 % percent capacity.
” It took the local Karens eleven days to figure out and that local officials had snubbed federal guidelines and to get that sin into the paper .
Local officials feigned shock upon being confronted with the information that they opened without following federal guidelines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Shane Best Price : $ 5.81 Buy New $ 9.56 The article neglects to mention that Sunday , May 3 , two days before the county board vote , there were 1,200 boats in the water at a single event at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach County , filled with people not social distancing , Craigslist stayed as active as ever , and the so-called # FloridaMorons who never took the lockdown seriously were long past done with it .
The Palm Beach County Board opened just in time to avoid being laughed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looked like nincompoops forcibly shuttering businesses while neighboring Martin County boomed and was open for business , attracting the people of Palm Beach who were ready for normalcy .
The grand takeaway from this : never move to a place run by Karens .
Live somewhere Karen free .
Zero Hedge , the first casualty of Covid censorship , had its Twitter account taken down in late January for tweeting a fascinating article about recent job postings at a Wuhan lab near the epicenter of the corona outbreak , that by June 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the discussion on corona progressed and Internet sleuths dug further into the possible origins of SARS-COV-2 , the more ridiculous Twitter looked for permanently deleting the Zero Hedge account .
They are back !
# ExposeBillGates trended late Saturday afternoon on Twitter , with 120,000 tweets , as Twitter ’ s censors fell asleep at the switch .
The oversight was soon remedied .
June 13 , 2020 represented a global day of action against Bill Gates from social media to documentaries to podcasts to public demonstrations to people tabling in public .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ magnificent as well .
Bill Gates tried to further subjugate the world and accidentally woke people up .
Mass vaccination is suddenly looking a lot harder and the voices against it are growing more organized .
Chicago PD Not Protecting , Guns Hard To Get , So Individuals Protect Themselves & Their Neighbors — With Baseball Bats Chicago ’ s Mayor Lori Lightfoot , who recently cussed out an alderman who complained about her inability to keep the city safe , criticized locals for wanting to keep themselves safe by forming neighborhood watch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kudos to those who refuse to believe the narratives of local pols that they have everything under control .
Some Chicagoans are protecting their property and their neighborhood from looters by openly carrying rifles , as can be seen in this amusing video taken by a hysterical observer who seems bothered to not be able to freely rob a local store .
The video is taken on the southwest corner of south 73rd Place and Stony Island , across from Mosque Maryam , the Nation of Islam headquarters .
For decades , legally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Chicago , unless one was a police officer or politician .
Bravely Reopening — Support These Conferences That Don ’ t Fear Corona Or Karens Though it ’ s not clear how long the hysterical 18-month rolling lockdowns called for in the Neil Ferguson “ research ” will continue , a few conferences have been announced for the months ahead .
Instead of following the conference trend of taking the year off , they are showing leadership .
I , for one , am grateful .
Money 2020 has announced it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October with a “ toned down ” 6,000 participants .
NOW Supplements , Vitam ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 9.92 ( $ 0.04 / Count ) With some states unwilling to promise they will even fully open up by August , the brave organizers of Bit Block Boom vow to have their third conference this August in Dallas , Texas .
When Covid crossed the Pacific , at least half of the toughest-talking members of the smaller government crowd ran for cover begging government for help and demanding everyone else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tells me the AnarchoVegas folks didn ’ t do that .
AnarchoVegas will fearlessly meet in July in Las Vegas .
Show them some love by telling them how rad they are for promoting liberty , especially in this darkest hour when liberty is most needed .
And if you aren ’ t too scared , why not show up as well .
Thank you to the AnarchoVegas team !
VICTORY : Orange County Face Mask Tyrant Resigns After Protests Outside Her Home After instituting corona communism in Orange County , California , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a move that brought untold death and destruction and little benefit , Dr. Nichole Quick took it a step further by ordering face masks .
That was a step too far for the locals .
This unelected bureaucrat had to be put in her place .
They took it to her house , where her three children could hear protestors reflect on their mother ’ s impositions on their own lives .
Marxists in public health like Dr Quick were taught to make the personal political , a deeply immoral act .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought the political stage into her personal life , until she cracked and suddenly resigned on Monday , June 8 , 2020 .
Congratulations Orange County protestors .
The wicked witch is gone , but her awful face mask order which is neither legal nor data-driven remains .
Next up Dr. Clayton Chau , her replacement .
2020 , Orange County repealed the mandatory face mask order .
This was the direct result of public pressure .
Emily Brown , director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public criticism in late May .
“ After polling local health directors across the state at a meeting last month , ” Theresa Anselmo , the executive director of the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials , “ found about 80 % said they or their personal property had been threatened since the pandemic began .
About 80 % also said they ’ d encountered threats to pull funding from their department or other forms of political pressure.
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Dr. Kanzoni Asabigi , who is well-respected in the public health community retired suddenly .
Friday , June 5 , Gaston County North Carolina lifted its state of emergency , Monday , June 8 , Chris Dobbins , the head of North Carolina ’ s Gaston County @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resigned abruptly stating it was for personal reasons .
New Jersey Health Official — Conflict of Interest — FIRED Chris Neuwirth , a top official at the New Jersey Department of Health has been fired from a job that involved planning the state ’ s testing protocols for COVID-19 .
Some speculate it was “ related to a second job Neuwirth held in the private sector — something that was not included on his disclosure form for the state , as required by law.
” One of the top health officials responsible for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County , Dr. Terry Mason , was fired without explanation after more than ten years working for the county .
Renée Coleman-Mitchell was fired from her role as commissioner of the state Department of Public Health and rather than being replaced , her work load was given to a person already running another department .
Two Dozen Other Health Directors — Fired , Retired , or Resigned “ A review by Kaiser Health News and The Associated Press finds at least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned , retired or been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ From North Carolina to California , they have left their posts because of a mix of backlash and stressful , nonstop work , all while dealing with chronic staffing and funding shortages.
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Under the guise of health , with little oversight , and with extensive taxpayer funding the Marxist-dominated field of public health has done great harm to our society .
Arizona never demanded that churches close .
Pastors and church councils just complied out of total ridiculous , uninformed fear .
At least one church ( and likely hundreds of others that are staying quiet ) refused to close even a single Sunday .
American Lutheran Church of Tucson , Arizona is still here !
Thank you to those brave folks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in admiration and their courage has been contagious .
Though it ’ s fun to resist a tyrant , the most wonderful way to resist is to just ignore and live your life .
I invite you to shoot me an email if you have other examples of corona resistance .
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The resistance to corona communism is thriving. Though there have been additional hurdles, individual Americans are increasingly returning things to normal, one person at a time. Some backlash is also coming as people increasingly look to the normally insulated public health community and demand they explain the damage they caused and continue to cause.
Victory in Palm Beach County!
What happened in Palm Beach is not as wonderful as how it happened. On Monday, May 11, 2020 Palm Beach County became the first county in South Florida to re-open according to the Sun Sentinel, snubbing federal guidelines.
“The county commission voted 5-1 on May 5 to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis to lift restrictions designed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus anyway, and he approved. On Monday, restaurants, salons, and malls flung open their doors, albeit at 25% percent capacity.”
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The article neglects to mention that Sunday, May 3, two days before the county board vote, there were 1,200 boats in the water at a single event at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach County, filled with people not social distancing, Craigslist stayed as active as ever, and the so-called #FloridaMorons who never took the lockdown seriously were long past done with it.
The Palm Beach County Board opened just in time to avoid being laughed into utter irrelevancy. The county board looked like nincompoops forcibly shuttering businesses while neighboring Martin County boomed and was open for business, attracting the people of Palm Beach who were ready for normalcy.
The grand takeaway from this: never move to a place run by Karens. Live somewhere Karen free.
Zero Hedge Returns!
Zero Hedge, the first casualty of Covid censorship, had its Twitter account taken down in late January for tweeting a fascinating article about recent job postings at a Wuhan lab near the epicenter of the corona outbreak, that by June 2020 standards is tame. Every day that the discussion on corona progressed and Internet sleuths dug further into the possible origins of SARS-COV-2, the more ridiculous Twitter looked for permanently deleting the Zero Hedge account. They are back!
Expose Bill Gates
#ExposeBillGates trended late Saturday afternoon on Twitter, with 120,000 tweets, as Twitter’s censors fell asleep at the switch. The oversight was soon remedied. June 13, 2020 represented a global day of action against Bill Gates from social media to documentaries to podcasts to public demonstrations to people tabling in public. The meme artistry of the day was magnificent as well. Bill Gates tried to further subjugate the world and accidentally woke people up. Mass vaccination is suddenly looking a lot harder and the voices against it are growing more organized.
Chicago PD Not Protecting, Guns Hard To Get, So Individuals Protect Themselves & Their Neighbors — With Baseball Bats
Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who recently cussed out an alderman who complained about her inability to keep the city safe, criticized locals for wanting to keep themselves safe by forming neighborhood watch groups and open carrying baseball bats. Kudos to those who refuse to believe the narratives of local pols that they have everything under control.
And Guns Too
Some Chicagoans are protecting their property and their neighborhood from looters by openly carrying rifles, as can be seen in this amusing video taken by a hysterical observer who seems bothered to not be able to freely rob a local store. The video is taken on the southwest corner of south 73rd Place and Stony Island, across from Mosque Maryam, the Nation of Islam headquarters. For decades, legally owned firearms were difficult to come by in Chicago, unless one was a police officer or politician.
Bravely Reopening — Support These Conferences That Don’t Fear Corona Or Karens
Though it’s not clear how long the hysterical 18-month rolling lockdowns called for in the Neil Ferguson “research” will continue, a few conferences have been announced for the months ahead. Instead of following the conference trend of taking the year off, they are showing leadership. I, for one, am grateful.
Moderately Brave — Money 2020
Money 2020 has announced it will take place in Las Vegas, in October with a “toned down” 6,000 participants. NOW Supplements, Vitam... Buy New $9.92 ($0.04 / Count) (as of 04:43 UTC - Details)
More Brave — Bit Block Boom
With some states unwilling to promise they will even fully open up by August, the brave organizers of Bit Block Boom vow to have their third conference this August in Dallas, Texas.
Real Brave! — AnarchoVegas
When Covid crossed the Pacific, at least half of the toughest-talking members of the smaller government crowd ran for cover begging government for help and demanding everyone else be locked down by force. Something tells me the AnarchoVegas folks didn’t do that. AnarchoVegas will fearlessly meet in July in Las Vegas. Show them some love by telling them how rad they are for promoting liberty, especially in this darkest hour when liberty is most needed. And if you aren’t too scared, why not show up as well. Thank you to the AnarchoVegas team!
VICTORY: Orange County Face Mask Tyrant Resigns After Protests Outside Her Home
After instituting corona communism in Orange County, California, America’s 6th most populous county, a move that brought untold death and destruction and little benefit, Dr. Nichole Quick took it a step further by ordering face masks. That was a step too far for the locals.
This unelected bureaucrat had to be put in her place. They took it to her house, where her three children could hear protestors reflect on their mother’s impositions on their own lives. Marxists in public health like Dr Quick were taught to make the personal political, a deeply immoral act. Orange County protestors did the opposite and brought the political stage into her personal life, until she cracked and suddenly resigned on Monday, June 8, 2020.
Congratulations Orange County protestors. The wicked witch is gone, but her awful face mask order which is neither legal nor data-driven remains. Next up Dr. Clayton Chau, her replacement.
O.C. Victory #2 — Face Mask Order Rescinded
The afternoon of Thursday, June 11,
2020, Orange County repealed the mandatory face mask order. This was the direct result of public pressure.
Director Rio Grande Health Department — FIRED
Emily Brown, director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado was pushed out by officials in response to public criticism in late May.
“After polling local health directors across the state at a meeting last month,” Theresa Anselmo, the executive director of the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials, “found about 80% said they or their personal property had been threatened since the pandemic began. About 80% also said they’d encountered threats to pull funding from their department or other forms of political pressure.” It’s refreshing to see the awful public health profession begin to receive pushback. BRI Resveratrol - 1200... Buy New $16.99 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
Ohio State Health Director — RESIGNED
Having previously been praised by the Washington Post for her tough corona response, Ohio’s state health director, Amy Acton, who had armed protesters come to her house, resigned Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Detroit’s Senior Public Health Adviser, Dr. Kanzoni Asabigi — RETIRED EARLY
Dr. Kanzoni Asabigi, who is well-respected in the public health community retired suddenly.
North Carolina Health Director of the Year — “RESIGNED”
Friday, June 5, Gaston County North Carolina lifted its state of emergency, Monday, June 8, Chris Dobbins, the head of North Carolina’s Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services, resigned abruptly stating it was for personal reasons.
New Jersey Health Official — Conflict of Interest — FIRED
Chris Neuwirth, a top official at the New Jersey Department of Health has been fired from a job that involved planning the state’s testing protocols for COVID-19. Some speculate it was “related to a second job Neuwirth held in the private sector — something that was not included on his disclosure form for the state, as required by law.”
Cook County, Illinois Public Health Officer — FIRED
One of the top health officials responsible for coordinating the coronavirus response in suburban Cook County, Dr. Terry Mason, was fired without explanation after more than ten years working for the county.
Connecticut Health Commissioner — FIRED
Renée Coleman-Mitchell was fired from her role as commissioner of the state Department of Public Health and rather than being replaced, her work load was given to a person already running another department.
Two Dozen Other Health Directors — Fired, Retired, or Resigned
“A review by Kaiser Health News and The Associated Press finds at least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 13 states.
“From North Carolina to California, they have left their posts because of a mix of backlash and stressful, nonstop work, all while dealing with chronic staffing and funding shortages.” Magnesium: Reversing D... Levy, MD Jd Best Price: $23.53 Buy New $24.58 (as of 02:51 UTC - Details)
As Americans come to recognize that they’ve been duped and that public health is another word for Marxism, it would be wonderful to see more of these troublemakers fired and ideally replaced with no one as their budgets are defunded. (Defund Public Health!) Under the guise of health, with little oversight, and with extensive taxpayer funding the Marxist-dominated field of public health has done great harm to our society.
American Lutheran Church Tucson, AZ — Still Here
Arizona never demanded that churches close. Pastors and church councils just complied out of total ridiculous, uninformed fear. At least one church (and likely hundreds of others that are staying quiet) refused to close even a single Sunday. American Lutheran Church of Tucson, Arizona is still here! Thank you to those brave folks. I’ve watched them from afar in admiration and their courage has been contagious.
The Best Corona Resistance
Though it’s fun to resist a tyrant, the most wonderful way to resist is to just ignore and live your life.
I invite you to shoot me an email if you have other examples of corona resistance.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-17--BLM and Our ‘White Supremacist Society’

BLM and Our ‘White Supremacist Society’

Sometimes there ’ s more to an organization than its name .
People who oppose Antifa are told : “ Antifa is anti-fascist — the word itself is short for ‘ anti-fascist.
’ If you won ’ t support an anti-fascist organization , you must be a fascist.
” So the possibility that there could be more to an organization than just its name is not raised .
Civil Rights : Rhetoric ... Sowell , Thomas Best Price : $ 0.20 Buy New $ 7.98 The same goes for Black Lives Matter .
If you suggest that there might be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not think black lives matter — I mean , duh , those words are right there in the name !
The program associated with BLM extends far beyond concern for police behavior toward blacks — and even that topic is debatable , because their narrative doesn ’ t take differential crime rates into account .
I am expected to believe that the United States , among the least racist places on Earth , is really a “ white supremacist ” society , and that racial disparities in income and other metrics can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is so stupid as to be beyond caricature , but in 2020 everyone is expected to believe it .
Thomas Sowell devoted much of his career to debunking this second-grade idiocy — particularly in his outstanding book Civil Rights : Rhetoric or Reality ?
— but I ’ ve heard some left-libertarians repeat this nonsense as if Sowell had never existed .
I was just reading the other day about the Chinese minority in Malaysia , which has been officially discriminated against for decades , and nearly half of whom have indicated a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is a country where one race dominates another .
White Guilt : How Black ... Steele , Shelby Best Price : $ 13.13 Buy New $ 10.08 Of the 56,576 Malaysians who renounced their citizenship between 2006 and 2016 , 49,864 were Chinese .
Until 2001 , an official government quota system helped keep the Chinese minority out of the university system .
Since then , internal quotas have done the job .
Discrimination against the Chinese minority is officially enshrined in the Malaysian constitution .
Meanwhile , Malaysian politicians have urged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” or at least “ be grateful ” for their lives in Malaysia .
There ’ s no affirmative action for the Chinese minority ; the situation is exactly the reverse .
There ’ s no gigantic legal apparatus that can destroy a firm that has not hired Chinese-Malaysians in proportion to their representation in the population .
That is what racial superiority looks like , and precisely zero people in the United States are advocating anything like such a system .
Moreover , in the United States we are surely dealing with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : being called a white supremacist , far from a badge of honor , gets people fired from their jobs and reviled by everyone .
In this “ white supremacist ” society even the so-called “ conservatives ” cheer the toppling of statues that protesters dislike .
A Dream Deferred : The ... Steele , Shelby Best Price : $ 8.23 Buy New $ 10.08 In this “ white supremacist ” society Japanese-American households were earning just as much as their white counterparts by 1959 — despite having been reviled during World War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Not to mention : it is surely a unique white supremacist society in which nonwhites enjoy special employment advantages , scholarships for which nobody else is eligible , and preferential treatment in academic admissions .
And what does the Borg recommend today ?
More of the same .
The thing is , we ’ ve done all this before , and it isn ’ t getting to the heart of the problem .
Shelby Steele , an academic now at Stanford University ’ s Hoover Institution , once wrote : “ At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where I currently teach , the dropout rate for blacks is 72 percent , despite the presence of several academic support programs , a counseling center with black counselors , an Afro-American studies department , black faculty , administrators , and staff , a general education curriculum that emphasizes ‘ cultural pluralism , ’ an Educational Opportunities Program , a mentor program , a black faculty and staff association , and an administration and faculty that often announce the need to do more for black students.
” More recently , a professor at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school administration — anonymously , of course ( remember , this is a very weird white supremacist society , in which the slightest criticisms of the BLM narrative are likely to get you fired ) — which read , in part : BLITZ : Trump Will Smas ... Horowitz , David Buy New $ 25.19 In your recent departmental emails you mentioned our pledge to diversity , but I am increasingly alarmed by the absence of diversity of opinion on the topic of the recent protests and our community response to them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided , I could not find a single instance of substantial counter-argument or alternative narrative to explain the under-representation of black individuals in academia or their over-representation in the criminal justice system .
The explanation provided in your documentation , to the near exclusion of all others , is univariate : the problems of the black community are caused by whites , or , when whites are not physically present , by the infiltration of white supremacy and white systemic racism into American brains , souls , and institutions… .
I personally don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BLM narrative , and with this barrage of alleged unity being mass-produced by the administration , tenured professoriat , the UC administration , corporate America , and the media , the punishment for dissent is a clear danger at a time of widespread economic vulnerability .
I am certain that if my name were attached to this email , I would lose my job and all future jobs , even though I believe in and can justify every word I type .
The range of allowable opinion , opinion that won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obviously don ’ t describe you but which are meant to destroy you forever , is shrinking before our eyes .
If you consider this something to cheer , and a development that ’ s likely to contribute to greater understanding , then I get your support for BLM .
It is all of a piece .
However , it is quite possible to favor genuine justice for all people without buying into a cartoonish morality play that is altogether divorced from reality .
Yes , I could save myself a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still in that examining chair and let them make me repeat that 2 + 2 = 5 .
But I wouldn ’ t be able to live with myself .
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Sometimes there’s more to an organization than its name.
People who oppose Antifa are told: “Antifa is anti-fascist — the word itself is short for ‘anti-fascist.’ If you won’t support an anti-fascist organization, you must be a fascist.”
So the possibility that there could be more to an organization than just its name is not raised. Civil Rights: Rhetoric... Sowell, Thomas Best Price: $0.20 Buy New $7.98 (as of 03:25 UTC - Details)
The same goes for Black Lives Matter.
If you suggest that there might be problems with this organization, you must not think black lives matter — I mean, duh, those words are right there in the name!
The program associated with BLM extends far beyond concern for police behavior toward blacks — and even that topic is debatable, because their narrative doesn’t take differential crime rates into account.
(Yes, we do have a problem with the police, as my forthcoming eBook shows.)
I am expected to believe that the United States, among the least racist places on Earth, is really a “white supremacist” society, and that racial disparities in income and other metrics can be caused only by “racism.”
This is so stupid as to be beyond caricature, but in 2020 everyone is expected to believe it.
Thomas Sowell devoted much of his career to debunking this second-grade idiocy — particularly in his outstanding book Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? — but I’ve heard some left-libertarians repeat this nonsense as if Sowell had never existed.
I was just reading the other day about the Chinese minority in Malaysia, which has been officially discriminated against for decades, and nearly half of whom have indicated a strong desire to leave the country.
This is a country where one race dominates another. White Guilt: How Black... Steele, Shelby Best Price: $13.13 Buy New $10.08 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
Of the 56,576 Malaysians who renounced their citizenship between 2006 and 2016, 49,864 were Chinese.
Until 2001, an official government quota system helped keep the Chinese minority out of the university system. Since then, internal quotas have done the job.
Discrimination against the Chinese minority is officially enshrined in the Malaysian constitution. Meanwhile, Malaysian politicians have urged the Chinese to “return to China” or at least “be grateful” for their lives in Malaysia.
There’s no affirmative action for the Chinese minority; the situation is exactly the reverse. There’s no gigantic legal apparatus that can destroy a firm that has not hired Chinese-Malaysians in proportion to their representation in the population.
(Meanwhile, the Chinese minority, even as it has dwindled, has managed to dominate the economy despite the discrimination, earning incomes twice as high as the national average.)
That is what racial superiority looks like, and precisely zero people in the United States are advocating anything like such a system.
Moreover, in the United States we are surely dealing with a peculiar “white supremacist” society: being called a white supremacist, far from a badge of honor, gets people fired from their jobs and reviled by everyone.
In this “white supremacist” society even the so-called “conservatives” cheer the toppling of statues that protesters dislike. A Dream Deferred: The ... Steele, Shelby Best Price: $8.23 Buy New $10.08 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
In this “white supremacist” society Japanese-American households were earning just as much as their white counterparts by 1959 — despite having been reviled during World War II — and one-third more by 1969.
Not to mention: it is surely a unique white supremacist society in which nonwhites enjoy special employment advantages, scholarships for which nobody else is eligible, and preferential treatment in academic admissions.
And what does the Borg recommend today?
More of the same.
The thing is, we’ve done all this before, and it isn’t getting to the heart of the problem.
Shelby Steele, an academic now at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, once wrote: “At the university [San Jose State] where I currently teach, the dropout rate for blacks is 72 percent, despite the presence of several academic support programs, a counseling center with black counselors, an Afro-American studies department, black faculty, administrators, and staff, a general education curriculum that emphasizes ‘cultural pluralism,’ an Educational Opportunities Program, a mentor program, a black faculty and staff association, and an administration and faculty that often announce the need to do more for black students.”
More recently, a professor at UC Berkeley released a letter to the school administration — anonymously, of course (remember, this is a very weird white supremacist society, in which the slightest criticisms of the BLM narrative are likely to get you fired) — which read, in part: BLITZ: Trump Will Smas... Horowitz, David Buy New $25.19 (as of 02:44 UTC - Details)
In your recent departmental emails you mentioned our pledge to diversity, but I am increasingly alarmed by the absence of diversity of opinion on the topic of the recent protests and our community response to them. In the extended links and resources you provided, I could not find a single instance of substantial counter-argument or alternative narrative to explain the under-representation of black individuals in academia or their over-representation in the criminal justice system. The explanation provided in your documentation, to the near exclusion of all others, is univariate: the problems of the black community are caused by whites, or, when whites are not physically present, by the infiltration of white supremacy and white systemic racism into American brains, souls, and institutions….
I personally don’t dare speak out against the BLM narrative, and with this barrage of alleged unity being mass-produced by the administration, tenured professoriat, the UC administration, corporate America, and the media, the punishment for dissent is a clear danger at a time of widespread economic vulnerability. I am certain that if my name were attached to this email, I would lose my job and all future jobs, even though I believe in and can justify every word I type.
The range of allowable opinion, opinion that won’t get you demonized and called names that obviously don’t describe you but which are meant to destroy you forever, is shrinking before our eyes. If you consider this something to cheer, and a development that’s likely to contribute to greater understanding, then I get your support for BLM. It is all of a piece.
However, it is quite possible to favor genuine justice for all people without buying into a cartoonish morality play that is altogether divorced from reality.
Yes, I could save myself a lot of grief if I’d just sit still in that examining chair and let them make me repeat that 2 + 2 = 5. But I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.
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Now What?

No decent person can support George Floyd ’ s mistreatment , or the mistreatment of anyone else , at the hands of police officers with the sworn duty to uphold the law .
The Minneapolis authorities moved quickly , and Derek Chauvin was fired from the Minneapolis police department , placed under arrest and charged with second-degree murder and other charges .
The three officers who were with him were also fired and charged two counts of aiding and abetting — one for second-degree murder and one for second-degree manslaughter .
Peaceful protest in any cause is as American as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the wake of George Floyd ’ s murder is as despicable as anything recently seen in our nation .
What makes it worse is the silence and seemly support in many quarters for anarchists who have highjacked the protests to promote their own ends .
These are the white liberals and leftists groups like Antifa who could care less about the major problems that exist in black communities and made worse by the rioting and looting .
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When blacks were asked how they view themselves in the present political climate , most were either “ very confident ” or “ somewhat confident.
” If that survey were run today , I doubt whether we would get anywhere near the same results .
Part of the difference would be from the government ’ s economic shutdown of our nation but most of it would be the result of the recent wanton destruction within black communities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ business owners standing outside their shops to protect them .
There are other scenes of black small-business owners in tears over the destruction of businesses that they ’ ve put their life ’ s savings into .
My question to the white Antifa anarchists , and their fellow black looters , is how does the destruction of black-owned business promote justice for the murder of George Floyd ?
The recent looting and property destruction , as well as the high crime rates in many black neighborhoods , have the effect of a law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During the recent mayhem in black communities , stores of many types were looted and destroyed .
CVS pharmacy has closed 60 stores in 21 states amid looting and protests .
Large stores like Walmart were looted and burned .
Many smaller stores and businesses were looted and burned .
Who will bear the ultimate cost of the rioting ?
If you said black people , you are right .
Black people must bear the expense and inconvenience to go to suburban shopping malls if they are to avoid the higher prices charged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rioting and looting .
Bd2024 Bold Trump Make ... Buy New $ 5.28 Even when there is not the kind of social disorder of recent weeks , lawlessness is the hallmark of many black communities .
Ultimately , the solution to this lawlessness rests with black people .
Given the current political environment , it does not benefit a black or white politician to take those steps necessary to crack down on lawlessness in black communities .
That means black people must become intolerant of criminals who make their lives living hell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law into their own hands .
That brings me to one of the most disturbing aspects of the rioting and looting .
That is the seeming impotence of people whom we elect and pay to enforce the law .
That includes governors , mayors and police chiefs who refuse to use their law enforcement powers to protect citizens and their property from criminals .
Unfortunately , politicians who call for law and order are often viewed negatively .
But that makes little sense .
Poor people are more dependent on law and order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of high crime or social disorder , wealthier people can afford to purchase alarm systems , buy guard dogs , hire guards and , if things get too bad , move to a gated community .
These options are not available to poor people .
Their only protection is an orderly society .
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No decent person can support George Floyd’s mistreatment, or the mistreatment of anyone else, at the hands of police officers with the sworn duty to uphold the law. The Minneapolis authorities moved quickly, and Derek Chauvin was fired from the Minneapolis police department, placed under arrest and charged with second-degree murder and other charges. The three officers who were with him were also fired and charged two counts of aiding and abetting — one for second-degree murder and one for second-degree manslaughter.
Peaceful protest in any cause is as American as apple pie, but what we saw in the wake of George Floyd’s murder is as despicable as anything recently seen in our nation. What makes it worse is the silence and seemly support in many quarters for anarchists who have highjacked the protests to promote their own ends. These are the white liberals and leftists groups like Antifa who could care less about the major problems that exist in black communities and made worse by the rioting and looting.
The Colored Waiting Ro... Malden, Nelson Best Price: $12.56 Buy New $10.49 (as of 05:16 UTC - Details) ”Black Entrepreneurs 2020 Trends: A look at African-American-owned businesses in 2020″ is a survey of black-owned businesses. When blacks were asked how they view themselves in the present political climate, most were either “very confident” or “somewhat confident.” If that survey were run today, I doubt whether we would get anywhere near the same results. Part of the difference would be from the government’s economic shutdown of our nation but most of it would be the result of the recent wanton destruction within black communities. There are videos of legally armed black business owners standing outside their shops to protect them. There are other scenes of black small-business owners in tears over the destruction of businesses that they’ve put their life’s savings into. My question to the white Antifa anarchists, and their fellow black looters, is how does the destruction of black-owned business promote justice for the murder of George Floyd?
The recent looting and property destruction, as well as the high crime rates in many black neighborhoods, have the effect of a law that outlaws economic growth and opportunities. During the recent mayhem in black communities, stores of many types were looted and destroyed. CVS pharmacy has closed 60 stores in 21 states amid looting and protests. Large stores like Walmart were looted and burned. Many smaller stores and businesses were looted and burned. Who will bear the ultimate cost of the rioting? If you said black people, you are right. Black people must bear the expense and inconvenience to go to suburban shopping malls if they are to avoid the higher prices charged by smaller neighborhood stores that have survived the rioting and looting. Bd2024 Bold Trump Make... Buy New $5.28 (as of 05:16 UTC - Details)
Even when there is not the kind of social disorder of recent weeks, lawlessness is the hallmark of many black communities. Ultimately, the solution to this lawlessness rests with black people. Given the current political environment, it does not benefit a black or white politician to take those steps necessary to crack down on lawlessness in black communities. That means black people must become intolerant of criminals who make their lives living hell, even if it means taking the law into their own hands.
That brings me to one of the most disturbing aspects of the rioting and looting. That is the seeming impotence of people whom we elect and pay to enforce the law. That includes governors, mayors and police chiefs who refuse to use their law enforcement powers to protect citizens and their property from criminals. Unfortunately, politicians who call for law and order are often viewed negatively. But that makes little sense. Poor people are more dependent on law and order than anyone else. In the face of high crime or social disorder, wealthier people can afford to purchase alarm systems, buy guard dogs, hire guards and, if things get too bad, move to a gated community. These options are not available to poor people. Their only protection is an orderly society.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-17--The USA Plan: Militarized Control of the Population

The Rockefeller Foundation has presented the “ National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan ” , indicating the “ pragmatic steps to reopen our workplaces and our communities ” .
However , it is not simply a matter of health measures as it appears from the title .
The Plan – that some of the most prestigious universities have contributed to ( Harvard , Yale , Johns Hopkins and others ) – prefigures a real hierarchical and militarized social model .
At the top , the “ Pandemic Testing Board ( PTB ) , akin to the War Production Board that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ .
The Pandemic Testing Board would “ consist of leaders from business , government and academia ” ( government representatives would not in the first row , but finance and economic representatives being listed in order of importance ) .
This Supreme Council would have the power to decide productions and services with an authority similar to that conferred to the President of the United States in wartime by the Defense Production Act .
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The goal is to achieve the ability to Covid-19 test 30 million people a day , which is to be realized within a year .
For each test , “ a fair market reimbursement ( e.g . )
for all Covid-19 assays ” is expected .
Thus , billions of dollars a month of public money will be needed .
The Rockefeller Foundation and its financial partners will help create a network for the provision of credit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suppliers , that is large companies that manufacture drugs and medical equipment .
Donald Trump 2020 Coll ... Buy New $ 37.94 According to the Plan , the “ Pandemic Control Council ” is also authorized to create a “ Pandemic Response Corps ” : a special force ( not surprisingly called “ Corps ” like the Marine Corps ) with a staff of 100 to 300 thousand components .
They would be recruited among Peace Corps and Americorps volunteers ( officially created by the US government to “ help developing countries ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The members of the “ Pandemic Response Corps ” would receive an average gross wage of $ 40,000 per year , a State expenditure of $ 4-12 billion a year is expected for it .
The “ pandemic response body ” would above all have the task of controlling the population with military-like techniques , through digital tracking and identification systems , in work and study places , in residential areas , in public places and when travelling .
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According to the Plan , information on individuals relating to their state of health and their activities would remain confidential “ whenever possible ” .
However , they would all be centralized in a digital platform co-managed by the Federal State and private companies .
According to data provided by the “ Pandemic Control Council ” , it would be decided from time to time which area should be subject to lockdown and for how long .
This , in summary , is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States and beyond .
If it were even partially implemented , there would be further concentration of economic and political power in the hands of an even narrower elite sector to the detriment of a growing majority that would be deprived of fundamental democratic rights .
The operation is carried out in the name of “ Covid-19 control ” , whose mortality rate has so far been less than 0.03 % of the US population according to official data .
In the Rockefeller Foundation Plan the virus is used as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 itself .

The Rockefeller Foundation has presented the “National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan”, indicating the “pragmatic steps to reopen our workplaces and our communities”. However, it is not simply a matter of health measures as it appears from the title.
The Plan – that some of the most prestigious universities have contributed to (Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins and others) – prefigures a real hierarchical and militarized social model.
At the top, the “Pandemic Testing Board (PTB), akin to the War Production Board that the United States created in World War II“. The Pandemic Testing Board would “consist of leaders from business, government and academia” (government representatives would not in the first row, but finance and economic representatives being listed in order of importance).
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The plan calls for 3 million US citizens to be Covid-19 tested weekly, and the number should be raised to 30 million per week within six months. The goal is to achieve the ability to Covid-19 test 30 million people a day, which is to be realized within a year.
For each test, “a fair market reimbursement (e.g. $100 ) for all Covid-19 assays” is expected. Thus, billions of dollars a month of public money will be needed.
The Rockefeller Foundation and its financial partners will help create a network for the provision of credit guarantees and the signing of contracts with suppliers, that is large companies that manufacture drugs and medical equipment.
Donald Trump 2020 Coll... Buy New $37.94 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details) According to the Plan, the “Pandemic Control Council” is also authorized to create a “Pandemic Response Corps”: a special force (not surprisingly called “Corps” like the Marine Corps) with a staff of 100 to 300 thousand components.
They would be recruited among Peace Corps and Americorps volunteers (officially created by the US government to “help developing countries”) and among National Guard military personnel. The members of the “Pandemic Response Corps” would receive an average gross wage of $40,000 per year, a State expenditure of $4-12 billion a year is expected for it.
The “pandemic response body” would above all have the task of controlling the population with military-like techniques, through digital tracking and identification systems, in work and study places, in residential areas, in public places and when travelling. Systems of this type – the Rockefeller Foundation recalls – are made by Apple, Google and Facebook.
2020 Silver American E... Check Amazon for Pricing. According to the Plan, information on individuals relating to their state of health and their activities would remain confidential “whenever possible”. However, they would all be centralized in a digital platform co-managed by the Federal State and private companies. According to data provided by the “Pandemic Control Council”, it would be decided from time to time which area should be subject to lockdown and for how long.
This, in summary, is the plan the Rockefeller Foundation wants to implement in the United States and beyond. If it were even partially implemented, there would be further concentration of economic and political power in the hands of an even narrower elite sector to the detriment of a growing majority that would be deprived of fundamental democratic rights.
The operation is carried out in the name of “Covid-19 control”, whose mortality rate has so far been less than 0.03% of the US population according to official data. In the Rockefeller Foundation Plan the virus is used as a real weapon, more dangerous than Covid-19 itself.
Reprinted with permission from Global Research.


lewrockwell--2020-06-17--Another Day, Another Bogus Report From CDC Seeking To Entice the Public To Continue Wearing Masks

The CDC now says they have proof that wearing facemasks reduced COVID 19 cases in NYC by 66,000 from April 17th to May 9th .
Face masks reduce New York coronavirus cases by over 66,000 , study deems it most effective way to check spread Health experts have been advising people to wear face masks in public to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and now numbers indicate that it works .
A new study shows that wearing a face mask dramatically decreases a person ’ s chances of being infected by the new coronavirus .
Researchers found that using a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 infections by more than 66,000 in New York City from April 17 to May 9 .
There is no way they would know this , and it is as made up as the modeling numbers that CDC put out in March that showed that hundreds of millions would get the disease and millions would die .
That is the study that destroyed the economy and caused governors throughout the country to require us to wear masks , social distance and avoid large groups for the first time in our lives .
Master @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best Price : $ 14.15 Buy New $ 17.78 If they wanted a legitimate story , they would have looked at cases in states without the face mask requirement to see how many cases they had from April 17th to May 9th .
Instead of doing that they just made numbers up and the media , like puppets , repeat the bogus numbers to indoctrinate people into wearing masks .
Here are more made up modeling reports , without scientific facts , that have destroyed the U.S economy and forced much of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gather in small groups for the first time in most of our lives : COVID-19 predicted to infect 81 % of U.S. population , cause 2.2 million deaths in U.S. Fauci : The Bernie Mado ... Ortleb , Charles Buy New $ 5.99 We were told that millions would die , and hundreds of millions would get COVID 19 .
The death projections were over projected by over 1,000 percent and cases by an exponential amount .
So far 6/10ths of a percent of the population has tested positive , including people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths would there have been if idiotic governors like Cuomo hadn ’ t forced nursing homes to take in people , they knew had COVID 19 ?
How many fewer deaths would there be associated with COVID 19 if the CDC didn ’ t politically dictate to medical professionals to count cancer , heart , stroke , lung , diabetes , obesity , kidney and other deaths as COVID 19 if they happened to get COVID ?
As far as I can tell we have never had that mandate with the swine flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths from suicide , drug overdose and other causes would we have if these bogus modeling numbers hadn ’ t been used to destroy the economy ?
The Chronic Fatigue Sy ... Ortleb , Charles Best Price : $ 16.55 Buy New $ 17.95 Can anyone imagine if millions of people with no symptoms went to the Doctor or a clinic and demanded that they be tested for the flu ?
When the medical professionals asked why they wanted to be tested they would say because the media , bureaucrats and politicians were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be killing people .
The insurance companies and doctors would refuse to test but that is what we are doing now to goose the daily numbers to scare the public .
Then the media widely regurgitated a made-up report , with no scientific evidence that said that 200,000 people per day would be testing positive for COVID 19 and 3,000 people per day would be dying because , heaven forbid , people were going back to work and gathering a little bit .
The numbers were overestimated by 900 % on cases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was scared into submission .
The power-hungry governors really cared but facts don ’ t matter .

The CDC now says they have proof that wearing facemasks reduced COVID 19 cases in NYC by 66,000 from April 17th to May 9th.
Face masks reduce New York coronavirus cases by over 66,000, study deems it most effective way to check spread Health experts have been advising people to wear face masks in public to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and now numbers indicate that it works. A new study shows that wearing a face mask dramatically decreases a person’s chances of being infected by the new coronavirus. Researchers found that using a face mask alone reduced the number of Covid-19 infections by more than 66,000 in New York City from April 17 to May 9.
There is no way they would know this, and it is as made up as the modeling numbers that CDC put out in March that showed that hundreds of millions would get the disease and millions would die. That is the study that destroyed the economy and caused governors throughout the country to require us to wear masks, social distance and avoid large groups for the first time in our lives. Master Manipulator: Th... James Ottar Grundvig Best Price: $14.15 Buy New $17.78 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
If they wanted a legitimate story, they would have looked at cases in states without the face mask requirement to see how many cases they had from April 17th to May 9th. Instead of doing that they just made numbers up and the media, like puppets, repeat the bogus numbers to indoctrinate people into wearing masks.
Here are more made up modeling reports, without scientific facts, that have destroyed the U.S economy and forced much of the public to wear facemasks, social distance and gather in small groups for the first time in most of our lives:
Could Coronavirus Kill a Million Americans?
COVID-19 predicted to infect 81% of U.S. population, cause 2.2 million deaths in U.S.
Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details) We were told that millions would die, and hundreds of millions would get COVID 19. The death projections were over projected by over 1,000 percent and cases by an exponential amount. So far 6/10ths of a percent of the population has tested positive, including people with no symptoms.
How many fewer deaths would there have been if idiotic governors like Cuomo hadn’t forced nursing homes to take in people, they knew had COVID 19?
How many fewer deaths would there be associated with COVID 19 if the CDC didn’t politically dictate to medical professionals to count cancer, heart, stroke, lung, diabetes, obesity, kidney and other deaths as COVID 19 if they happened to get COVID? As far as I can tell we have never had that mandate with the swine flu or seasonal flu.
How many fewer deaths from suicide, drug overdose and other causes would we have if these bogus modeling numbers hadn’t been used to destroy the economy?
The Chronic Fatigue Sy... Ortleb, Charles Best Price: $16.55 Buy New $17.95 (as of 05:07 UTC - Details) Can anyone imagine if millions of people with no symptoms went to the Doctor or a clinic and demanded that they be tested for the flu? When the medical professionals asked why they wanted to be tested they would say because the media, bureaucrats and politicians were demanding they be tested because they might be killing people. The insurance companies and doctors would refuse to test but that is what we are doing now to goose the daily numbers to scare the public.
Then the media widely regurgitated a made-up report, with no scientific evidence that said that 200,000 people per day would be testing positive for COVID 19 and 3,000 people per day would be dying because, heaven forbid, people were going back to work and gathering a little bit. The numbers were overestimated by 900% on cases and 200% on deaths but the public was scared into submission. The power-hungry governors really cared but facts don’t matter.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-17--Free States: Radical Decentralization

Free States: Radical Decentralization

It all starts with the IDEA of the germ .
Once people buy the idea and the story , everything follows .
The planners build the story of the germ for a hundred years , so it transmits fear , and then one day they use it to spring the trap .
The truth is , we ’ re far stronger than any germ or any tale about a germ .
Dozing off thinking about the tale and the trap and what it ’ s brought to our door , I had a dream .
Went something like this— Unlock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ M. Best Price : $ 17.99 Buy New $ 19.97 “ South Carolina is happy to report the stunning success of our new treatment law .
As you know , three years ago , we certified a bill allowing ANY healing method to be practiced on consenting adults , for any condition , so long as that method was not overtly destructive .
The result ?
A flood of practitioners and patients moving to our state .
Our economy has nearly tripled in size .
We are awash in new prosperity… ” New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drastic .
Only protesters and rioters will be permitted on streets after 2PM .
We are issuing four color codes .
Green , blue , yellow , and gray .
They tell you when you may appear in public to pick up your food for the month at our government-dispensing canned goods centers .
State income taxes are hereby raised to forty percent of gross earnings .
All churches are permanently closed .
Stop moving to South Carolina .
If you do , you can never come back… ” “ Nevada is announcing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anyone who moves here will automatically be given four thousand dollars in casino chips , and a free hotel room for seven weeks .
Masks and social distancing are forbidden .
Vaccination is entirely voluntary .
Anyone forcing a vaccine on another will be buried up to his neck in the desert , his face smeared with honey… ” Oregon : “ The marijuana state is now entirely collective .
No more private residences .
Everyone must live in a commune of at least 60 persons .
In each commune , the profits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among all members .
No guns are permitted in the state .
To achieve our goal of the cleanest air in the nation , cars are allowed on roads only between the hours of 7-9AM and 4-6PM .
Trucks loaded with weed may move product at all hours .
Come live with us.
” Donald Trump Coin 2020 ... Buy New $ 5.35 Maryland : “ Our state is run by a consortium of mega-corporations and intelligence agencies .
Everyone works for these organizations .
There are no small businesses .
Move here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job after four weeks of training .
Housing included .
Stop fighting the Man .
We are the Man .
Free vaccinations.
” California : “ Have you always yearned to be a Communist ?
Come to Cal .
We ’ ve got Stasi , KGB , real-time satellite surveillance covering every inch of the state , as well as free Snitch Training .
Unlimited immigration from all countries .
We care .
We have zero unemployment .
Everyone works for the government .
Are you wanted for offenses in other states or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : selling off-the-books black market items without paying sales tax is punishable by death.
” Idaho : “ Free market economy .
Make and sell just about anything .
No state taxes .
Gun rights guaranteed .
All property is private .
No welfare .
Our cops only care about two offenses—encroaching on another ’ s freedom , and selling overtly harmful products .
Public education is canceled .
Only home and small community schooling are allowed .
Want to make your own way ?
Idaho is the place for you.
” Illinois @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As the hub for all street drugs distributed throughout the US and Canada , our king is chosen by the Sinaloa Cartel .
Our police forces are gangs .
We have disbanded our court systems .
Personal and business protection is for sale .
If you want to ‘ live the life , ’ move to Illinois .
Free ballet lessons.
” Migi Trump Socks Make ... Buy New $ 7.99 Wyoming : “ It took a long revolution to expel the former state government .
In our free market economy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and water turbines for energy production .
Our sales are soaring .
Through state taxes agreed upon in a recent state referendum , we are financing research into several suppressed methods of energy innovation .
Every citizen must own a gun , and must receive training in how to use it .
Don ’ t move here expecting a free ride .
Career criminals from other states—don ’ t even think about it .
We ’ ll find you and root you out.
” New Jersey : “ Our new state motto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Waste Management.
’ Our highway tolls are the highest in the nation .
We are on permanent lockdown .
If you want to pretend you ’ re important and have no credentials of any kind , move here and join us .
The southern half of the state is being built out as one giant hospital complex , to treat and house those from the northern half .
Free health coverage .
Wear a badge of honor for each medical or psychiatric diagnosis.
” Massachusetts : “ Aside from hospitals and Harvard global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ selling rewrites of history to colleges .
The American Revolution never happened .
John Adams was an ambulance chasing personal injury lawyer .
Thoreau was a petty criminal , fishing without a license .
Plymouth Rock was once a popular form of cocaine trafficked along the east coast… ” Within two generations , New York and California turn into patchwork quilts of sparsely populated farm land and urban hell holes .
A declared woo-woo pandemic in one state is nothing more than a joke in another .
Enforced and fake togetherness dissolves like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wake up , I wondered , is this a good dream or a bad dream ?
A voice said , “ Decentralization of power is good , but you can ’ t control how it works out .
If you could , YOU ’ D be the central power.
” Quantitees Great Ameri ... Buy New $ 14.95 I was standing on a street corner in a city .
In the distance , buildings were burning .
A crowd marched toward me , broadcasting waves of fear .
They stopped moving .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a mask fiddled with a mic stand .
Silence .
“ This is our place , ” he said .
Calm voice .
“ Just remember , it ’ s free.
” He looked over at me .
He lifted his mask for a second , then put it back .
It was Mao Zedong .
Chairman Mao .
He told the quiet crowd , “ I ’ ve got money .
Rockefeller money .
You understand , right ?
We ’ re going to start over .
We ’ ve got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them and keep them safe for a while .
In the new Republic , everything is free .
You work for it , but it ’ s free .
You don ’ t get ahead on your own .
That ’ s over .
You ’ re my troops .
We ’ re burning down the northeastern United States and taking the land.
” “ It ’ s freedom , ” he said .
“ Forget all your old causes .
Forget why you came here .
It doesn ’ t matter anymore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re finally getting justice .
You know what justice is ?
Rice .
Growing rice .
That ’ s all .
Everyone works .
Everyone bends over and works , from the lowliest drug addict to a fat old Congresswoman , to the President , everyone works the soil , and admits their guilt .
Their sins .
After six generations , their descendants can be raised up .
They ’ ll be clean .
No taint left .
That ’ s the new world .
That ’ s what you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privilege.
” Suddenly , I was standing outside my house in the dark night .
There was somebody out there .
I couldn ’ t see who he was .
He spoke .
“ Don ’ t let them take everything away .
You have no idea how many of us there are .
We ’ re not going to let this happen.
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It all starts with the IDEA of the germ. Once people buy the idea and the story, everything follows. The planners build the story of the germ for a hundred years, so it transmits fear, and then one day they use it to spring the trap.
Fake pandemic. Real slavery.
The truth is, we’re far stronger than any germ or any tale about a germ.
Dozing off thinking about the tale and the trap and what it’s brought to our door, I had a dream. Went something like this—
Unlock the Power to Heal Bollinger, Ty M. Best Price: $17.99 Buy New $19.97 (as of 02:58 UTC - Details) “South Carolina is happy to report the stunning success of our new treatment law. As you know, three years ago, we certified a bill allowing ANY healing method to be practiced on consenting adults, for any condition, so long as that method was not overtly destructive. The result? A flood of practitioners and patients moving to our state. Our economy has nearly tripled in size. We are awash in new prosperity…”
New York: “Curfews must be more drastic. Only protesters and rioters will be permitted on streets after 2PM. We are issuing four color codes. Green, blue, yellow, and gray. They tell you when you may appear in public to pick up your food for the month at our government-dispensing canned goods centers. State income taxes are hereby raised to forty percent of gross earnings. All churches are permanently closed. Stop moving to South Carolina. If you do, you can never come back…”
“Nevada is announcing a new form of state money. Anyone who moves here will automatically be given four thousand dollars in casino chips, and a free hotel room for seven weeks. Masks and social distancing are forbidden. Vaccination is entirely voluntary. Anyone forcing a vaccine on another will be buried up to his neck in the desert, his face smeared with honey…”
Oregon: “The marijuana state is now entirely collective. No more private residences. Everyone must live in a commune of at least 60 persons. In each commune, the profits from growing pot will be equally divided among all members. No guns are permitted in the state. To achieve our goal of the cleanest air in the nation, cars are allowed on roads only between the hours of 7-9AM and 4-6PM. Trucks loaded with weed may move product at all hours. Come live with us.” Donald Trump Coin 2020... Buy New $5.35 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
Maryland: “Our state is run by a consortium of mega-corporations and intelligence agencies. Everyone works for these organizations. There are no small businesses. Move here. You’ll be guaranteed a job after four weeks of training. Housing included. Stop fighting the Man. We are the Man. Free vaccinations.”
California: “Have you always yearned to be a Communist? Come to Cal. We’ve got Stasi, KGB, real-time satellite surveillance covering every inch of the state, as well as free Snitch Training. Unlimited immigration from all countries. We care. We have zero unemployment. Everyone works for the government. Are you wanted for offenses in other states or nations? No background checks. Warning: selling off-the-books black market items without paying sales tax is punishable by death.”
Idaho: “Free market economy. Make and sell just about anything. No state taxes. Gun rights guaranteed. All property is private. No welfare. Our cops only care about two offenses—encroaching on another’s freedom, and selling overtly harmful products. Public education is canceled. Only home and small community schooling are allowed. Want to make your own way? Idaho is the place for you.”
Illinois: “We are now a monarchy. As the hub for all street drugs distributed throughout the US and Canada, our king is chosen by the Sinaloa Cartel. Our police forces are gangs. We have disbanded our court systems. Personal and business protection is for sale. If you want to ‘live the life,’ move to Illinois. Free ballet lessons.” Migi Trump Socks Make ... Buy New $7.99 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
Wyoming: “It took a long revolution to expel the former state government. In our free market economy, two prominent industries have emerged—hydrogen-powered car manufacturing/refitting, and water turbines for energy production. Our sales are soaring. Through state taxes agreed upon in a recent state referendum, we are financing research into several suppressed methods of energy innovation. Every citizen must own a gun, and must receive training in how to use it. Don’t move here expecting a free ride. Career criminals from other states—don’t even think about it. We’ll find you and root you out.”
New Jersey: “Our new state motto is ‘Graft, Gossip, and Waste Management.’ Our highway tolls are the highest in the nation. We are on permanent lockdown. If you want to pretend you’re important and have no credentials of any kind, move here and join us. The southern half of the state is being built out as one giant hospital complex, to treat and house those from the northern half. Free health coverage. Wear a badge of honor for each medical or psychiatric diagnosis.”
Massachusetts: “Aside from hospitals and Harvard global money laundering, our largest industry is selling rewrites of history to colleges. The American Revolution never happened. John Adams was an ambulance chasing personal injury lawyer. Thoreau was a petty criminal, fishing without a license. Plymouth Rock was once a popular form of cocaine trafficked along the east coast…”
Within two generations, New York and California turn into patchwork quilts of sparsely populated farm land and urban hell holes.
A declared woo-woo pandemic in one state is nothing more than a joke in another.
Enforced and fake togetherness dissolves like sugar in water.
—As I started to wake up, I wondered, is this a good dream or a bad dream? A voice said, “Decentralization of power is good, but you can’t control how it works out. If you could, YOU’D be the central power.” Quantitees Great Ameri... Buy New $14.95 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
I fell back asleep.
I was standing on a street corner in a city. In the distance, buildings were burning. A crowd marched toward me, broadcasting waves of fear.
They stopped moving. A platform rose up and a speaker in a mask fiddled with a mic stand. Silence.
“This is our place,” he said. Calm voice. “Just remember, it’s free.”
He looked over at me. He lifted his mask for a second, then put it back.
It was Mao Zedong. Chairman Mao. He told the quiet crowd, “I’ve got money. Rockefeller money. You understand, right? We’re going to start over. We’ve got important friends. We’ll use them and keep them safe for a while. In the new Republic, everything is free. You work for it, but it’s free. You don’t get ahead on your own. That’s over. You’re my troops. We’re burning down the northeastern United States and taking the land.”
Silence.
“It’s freedom,” he said. “Forget all your old causes. Forget why you came here. It doesn’t matter anymore. We’re new. We’re finally getting justice. You know what justice is? Rice. Growing rice. That’s all. Everyone works. Everyone bends over and works, from the lowliest drug addict to a fat old Congresswoman, to the President, everyone works the soil, and admits their guilt. Their sins. After six generations, their descendants can be raised up. They’ll be clean. No taint left. That’s the new world. That’s what you’ve been fighting for. No more privilege.”
Suddenly, I was standing outside my house in the dark night.
There was somebody out there. I couldn’t see who he was.
He spoke. “Don’t let them take everything away. You have no idea how many of us there are. We’re not going to let this happen.”
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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