lewrockwell--2020-07-15--A Reflection on the Vendée Uprising

A Reflection on the Vendée Uprising

Address at the dedication of a memorial to the Vendée uprising Lucs-sur-Boulogne , France 25 September 1993 Mr. President of the General Council of the Vendée , Respected Vendéans : Two thirds of a century ago , while still a boy , I read with admiration about the courageous and desperate uprising of the Vendée .
But never could I have even dreamed that in my later years I would have the honor of dedicating a memorial to the heroes and victims of that uprising .
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Indeed , historical events are never fully understood in the heat of their own time , but only at a great distance , after a cooling of passions .
For all too long , we did not want to hear or admit what cried out with the voices of those who perished , or were burned alive : that the peasants of a hard-working region , driven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a revolution supposedly carried out for their sake – that these peasants had risen up against the revolution !
That revolution brings out instincts of primordial barbarism , the sinister forces of envy , greed , and hatred – this even its contemporaries could see all too well .
They paid a terrible enough price for the mass psychosis of the day , when merely moderate behavior , or even the perception of such , already appeared to be a crime .
But the twentieth century has done especially much to tarnish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevailed in the eighteenth century .
As half-centuries and centuries have passed , people have learned from their own misfortunes that revolutions demolish the organic structures of society , disrupt the natural flow of life , destroy the best elements of the population and give free rein to the worst ; that a revolution never brings prosperity to a nation , but benefits only a few shameless opportunists , while to the country as a whole it heralds countless deaths , widespread impoverishment , and , in the gravest cases , a long-lasting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word “ revolution ” ( from the Latin revolvo ) means “ to roll back , ” “ to go back , ” “ to experience anew , ” “ to re-ignite , ” or at best “ to turn over ” – hardly a promising list .
Today , if the attribute “ great ” is ever attached to a revolution , this is done very cautiously , and not infrequently with much bitterness .
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We must be able to improve , patiently , that which we have in any given “ today ” .
It would be vain to hope that revolution can improve human nature , yet your revolution , and especially our Russian Revolution , hoped for this very effect .
The French Revolution unfolded under the banner of a self-contradictory and unrealizable slogan , “ liberty , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life of society , liberty and equality are mutually exclusive , even hostile concepts .
Liberty , by its very nature , undermines social equality , and equality suppresses liberty – for how else could it be attained ?
Fraternity , meanwhile , is of entirely different stock ; in this instance it is merely a catchy addition to the slogan .
True fraternity is achieved by means not social , but spiritual .
Furthermore , the ominous words “ or death !
” were added to the threefold slogan , thereby effectively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wish a “ great revolution ” upon any nation .
Only the arrival of Thermidor prevented the eighteenth-century revolution from destroying France .
But the revolution in Russia was not restrained by any Thermidor as it drove our people on the straight path to a bitter end , to an abyss , to the depths of ruin .
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One might have thought that the experience of the French revolution would have provided enough of a lesson for the rationalist builders of “ the people ’ s happiness ” in Russia .
But no , the events in Russia were grimmer yet , and incomparably more enormous in scale .
Lenin ’ s Communists and International Socialists studiously reenacted on the body of Russia many of the French revolution ’ s cruelest methods – only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systematic level of organizational control than the Jacobins .
We had no Thermidor , but to our spiritual credit we did have our Vendée , in fact more than one .
These were the large peasant uprisings : Tambov ( 1920-21 ) , western Siberia ( 1921 ) .
We know of the following episode : crowds of peasants in handmade shoes , armed with clubs and pitchforks , converged on Tambov , summoned by church bells in the surrounding villages – and were cut down by machine-gun fire .
For eleven months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Communists ’ effort to crush it with armored trucks , armored trains , and airplanes , as well as by taking families of the rebels hostage .
They were even preparing to use poison gas .
The Cossacks , too – from the Ural , the Don , the Kuban , the Terek – met Bolshevism with intransigent resistance that finally drowned in the blood of genocide .
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We all have lived through the twentieth century , a century of terror , the chilling culmination of that Progress about which so many dreamed in the eighteenth century .
And now , I think , more and more citizens of France , with increasing understanding and pride , will remember and value the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Address at the dedication of a memorial to the Vendée uprising
Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France
25 September 1993
Mr. President of the General Council of the Vendée,
Respected Vendéans:
Two thirds of a century ago, while still a boy, I read with admiration about the courageous and desperate uprising of the Vendée. But never could I have even dreamed that in my later years I would have the honor of dedicating a memorial to the heroes and victims of that uprising.
The Gulag Archipelago ... Solzhenitsyn, Aleksand... Best Price: $17.40 Buy New $14.69 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details) Twenty decades have now passed, and throughout that period the Vendée uprising and its bloody suppression have been viewed in ever new ways, in France and elsewhere. Indeed, historical events are never fully understood in the heat of their own time, but only at a great distance, after a cooling of passions. For all too long, we did not want to hear or admit what cried out with the voices of those who perished, or were burned alive: that the peasants of a hard-working region, driven to the extremes of oppression and humiliation by a revolution supposedly carried out for their sake – that these peasants had risen up against the revolution!
That revolution brings out instincts of primordial barbarism, the sinister forces of envy, greed, and hatred – this even its contemporaries could see all too well. They paid a terrible enough price for the mass psychosis of the day, when merely moderate behavior, or even the perception of such, already appeared to be a crime. But the twentieth century has done especially much to tarnish the romantic luster of revolution which still prevailed in the eighteenth century. As half-centuries and centuries have passed, people have learned from their own misfortunes that revolutions demolish the organic structures of society, disrupt the natural flow of life, destroy the best elements of the population and give free rein to the worst; that a revolution never brings prosperity to a nation, but benefits only a few shameless opportunists, while to the country as a whole it heralds countless deaths, widespread impoverishment, and, in the gravest cases, a long-lasting degeneration of the people.
The very word “revolution” (from the Latin revolvo) means “to roll back,” “to go back,” “to experience anew,” “to re-ignite,” or at best “to turn over” – hardly a promising list. Today, if the attribute “great” is ever attached to a revolution, this is done very cautiously, and not infrequently with much bitterness. The Gulag Archipelago ... Solzhenitsyn, Aleksand... Best Price: $16.70 Buy New $13.10 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
It is now better and better understood that the social improvements which we all so passionately desire can be achieved through normal evolutionary development – with immeasurably fewer losses and without all-encompassing decay. We must be able to improve, patiently, that which we have in any given “today”.
It would be vain to hope that revolution can improve human nature, yet your revolution, and especially our Russian Revolution, hoped for this very effect. The French Revolution unfolded under the banner of a self-contradictory and unrealizable slogan, “liberty, equality, fraternity.” But in the life of society, liberty and equality are mutually exclusive, even hostile concepts. Liberty, by its very nature, undermines social equality, and equality suppresses liberty – for how else could it be attained? Fraternity, meanwhile, is of entirely different stock; in this instance it is merely a catchy addition to the slogan. True fraternity is achieved by means not social, but spiritual. Furthermore, the ominous words “or death!” were added to the threefold slogan, thereby effectively destroying its meaning.
I would not wish a “great revolution” upon any nation. Only the arrival of Thermidor prevented the eighteenth-century revolution from destroying France. But the revolution in Russia was not restrained by any Thermidor as it drove our people on the straight path to a bitter end, to an abyss, to the depths of ruin. BY Solzhenitsyn, Aleks... Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I Best Price: $14.85 Buy New $30.70 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
It is a pity that there is no one here today who could speak of the suffering endured in the depths of China, Cambodia, or Vietnam, and could describe the price they had to pay for revolution.
One might have thought that the experience of the French revolution would have provided enough of a lesson for the rationalist builders of “the people’s happiness” in Russia. But no, the events in Russia were grimmer yet, and incomparably more enormous in scale. Lenin’s Communists and International Socialists studiously reenacted on the body of Russia many of the French revolution’s cruelest methods – only they possessed a much greater and more systematic level of organizational control than the Jacobins.
We had no Thermidor, but to our spiritual credit we did have our Vendée, in fact more than one. These were the large peasant uprisings: Tambov (1920-21), western Siberia (1921). We know of the following episode: crowds of peasants in handmade shoes, armed with clubs and pitchforks, converged on Tambov, summoned by church bells in the surrounding villages – and were cut down by machine-gun fire. For eleven months the Tambov uprising held out, despite the Communists’ effort to crush it with armored trucks, armored trains, and airplanes, as well as by taking families of the rebels hostage. They were even preparing to use poison gas. The Cossacks, too – from the Ural, the Don, the Kuban, the Terek – met Bolshevism with intransigent resistance that finally drowned in the blood of genocide. One Day in the Life of... Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Best Price: $1.10 Buy New $2.40 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
And so, in dedicating this memorial to your heroic Vendée, I see double in my mind’s eye – for I can also visualize the memorials which will one day rise in Russia, monuments to our Russian resistance against the onslaught of Communism and its atrocities.
We all have lived through the twentieth century, a century of terror, the chilling culmination of that Progress about which so many dreamed in the eighteenth century. And now, I think, more and more citizens of France, with increasing understanding and pride, will remember and value the resistance and the sacrifice of the Vendée.
– translation by Stephan Solzhenitsyn and Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Originally published on The Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center.


lewrockwell--2020-07-15--Despicable Behavior of Today’s Academicians

The Michigan State University administration pressured professor Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research and innovation because he touted research that found police are not more likely to shoot black Americans .
The study found : “ The race of a police officer did not predict the race of the citizen shot .
In other words , black officers were just as likely to shoot black citizens as white officers were.
” For political reasons , the authors of the study sought its retraction .
The U.S. Department of Education warned UCLA that it may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white professor Lt. Col. W. Ajax Peris for disciplinary action over his use of the n-word while reading to his class Rev .
Martin Luther King Jr. ’ s “ Letter from Birmingham Jail ” that contained the expressions “ when your first name becomes “ n——r , ” your middle name becomes “ boy ” ( however old you are ) .
Referring to white civil rights activists King wrote , “ They have languished in filthy , roach-infested jails , suffering the abuse and brutality of policemen who view them as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Snowfla ... Michael Rectenwald Best Price : $ 10.51 Buy New $ 14.65 Boston University is considering changing the name of its mascot Rhett because of his link to “ Gone with the Wind.
” Almost 4,000 Rutgers University students signed a petition to rename campus buildings Hardenbergh Hall , Frelinghuysen Hall and Milledoler Hall because these men were slave owners .
University of Arkansas students petitioned to remove a statue of J. William Fulbright because he was a segregationist who opposed the Brown v. Board of Education that ruled against school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ideas by the elite is nothing new .
It has a long ugly history .
Galileo Galilei was a 17th-century Italian astronomer , physicist and engineer , sometimes called “ father of modern physics.
” The Catholic Church and other scientists of his day believed that the Earth was the center of the universe .
Galileo offered evidence that the Earth traveled around the sun — heliocentrism .
That made him “ vehemently suspect of heresy ” and was forced to recant and sentenced to formal imprisonment at the pleasure of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrest for the rest of his life .
Much of today ’ s totalitarianism , promotion of hate and not to mention outright stupidity , has its roots on college campuses .
Sources that report on some of the more egregious forms of the abandonment of free inquiry , hate and stupidity at our colleges are : College Reform and College Fix .
Prof. William S. Penn , who was a Distinguished Faculty Award recipient at Michigan State University in 2003 , and a two-time winner of the prestigious Stephen Crane Prize for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This country still is full of closet racists.
” He said : “ Republicans are not a majority in this country anymore .
They are a bunch of dead white people .
Or dying white people.
” Google Archipelago : Th ... Rectenwald , Michael Buy New $ 12.36 The public has recently been treated to the term — white privilege .
Colleges have long held courses and seminars on “ whiteness.
” One college even has a course titled “ Abolition of Whiteness.
” According to some academic intellectuals , whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They earn higher income and reside in better housing , and their children go to better schools and achieve more .
Based on that idea , Asian Americans have more white privilege than white people .
And , on a personal note , my daughter has more white privilege than probably 95 % of white Americans .
Evidence of how stupid college ideas find their way into the public arena can be seen on our daily news .
Don Lemon , a CNN anchorman , said , “ We have to stop demonizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this country is white men , most of them radicalized to the right , and we have to start doing something about them.
” Steven Clifford , former King Broadcasting CEO , said , “ I will be leading a great movement to prohibit straight white males , who I believe supported Donald Trump by about 85 percent , from exercising the franchise ( to vote ) , and I think that will save our democracy.
” As George Orwell said , “ Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ academic intellectuals remained on college campuses and did not infect the rest of society , they might be a source of entertainment — much like a circus .
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The Michigan State University administration pressured professor Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research and innovation because he touted research that found police are not more likely to shoot black Americans. The study found: “The race of a police officer did not predict the race of the citizen shot. In other words, black officers were just as likely to shoot black citizens as white officers were.” For political reasons, the authors of the study sought its retraction.
The U.S. Department of Education warned UCLA that it may impose fines for improperly and abusively targeting white professor Lt. Col. W. Ajax Peris for disciplinary action over his use of the n-word while reading to his class Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that contained the expressions “when your first name becomes “n——r,” your middle name becomes “boy” (however old you are). Referring to white civil rights activists King wrote, “They have languished in filthy, roach-infested jails, suffering the abuse and brutality of policemen who view them as ‘dirty n——r-lovers.'”
Springtime for Snowfla... Michael Rectenwald Best Price: $10.51 Buy New $14.65 (as of 10:49 UTC - Details) Boston University is considering changing the name of its mascot Rhett because of his link to “Gone with the Wind.” Almost 4,000 Rutgers University students signed a petition to rename campus buildings Hardenbergh Hall, Frelinghuysen Hall and Milledoler Hall because these men were slave owners. University of Arkansas students petitioned to remove a statue of J. William Fulbright because he was a segregationist who opposed the Brown v. Board of Education that ruled against school segregation.
The suppression of free speech and ideas by the elite is nothing new. It has a long ugly history. Galileo Galilei was a 17th-century Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes called “father of modern physics.” The Catholic Church and other scientists of his day believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Galileo offered evidence that the Earth traveled around the sun — heliocentrism. That made him “vehemently suspect of heresy” and was forced to recant and sentenced to formal imprisonment at the pleasure of the Inquisition and was later commuted to house arrest for the rest of his life.
Much of today’s totalitarianism, promotion of hate and not to mention outright stupidity, has its roots on college campuses. Sources that report on some of the more egregious forms of the abandonment of free inquiry, hate and stupidity at our colleges are: College Reform and College Fix.
Prof. William S. Penn, who was a Distinguished Faculty Award recipient at Michigan State University in 2003, and a two-time winner of the prestigious Stephen Crane Prize for Fiction, explained to his students, “This country still is full of closet racists.” He said: “Republicans are not a majority in this country anymore. They are a bunch of dead white people. Or dying white people.” Google Archipelago: Th... Rectenwald, Michael Buy New $12.36 (as of 03:58 UTC - Details)
The public has recently been treated to the term — white privilege. Colleges have long held courses and seminars on “whiteness.” One college even has a course titled “Abolition of Whiteness.” According to some academic intellectuals, whites enjoy advantages that nonwhites do not. They earn higher income and reside in better housing, and their children go to better schools and achieve more. Based on that idea, Asian Americans have more white privilege than white people. And, on a personal note, my daughter has more white privilege than probably 95% of white Americans.
Evidence of how stupid college ideas find their way into the public arena can be seen on our daily news. Don Lemon, a CNN anchorman, said, “We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.” Steven Clifford, former King Broadcasting CEO, said, “I will be leading a great movement to prohibit straight white males, who I believe supported Donald Trump by about 85 percent, from exercising the franchise (to vote), and I think that will save our democracy.”
As George Orwell said, “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.” If the stupid ideas of academic intellectuals remained on college campuses and did not infect the rest of society, they might be a source of entertainment — much like a circus.
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Abusing Tradition

In this post , I will pick up some thoughts from a couple of different chapters of Chesterton ’ s book .
In Defense of Sainty : ... Chesterton , G.K. Best Price : $ 10.00 Buy New $ 13.99 It is impossible to reach agreement on what is good and what is evil without some commonly understood and accepted standard , or without some target at which to aim .
This seems so obvious to state , yet it is the fundamental principle that society has ignored .
One can not say “ job well done ” without a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be measured .
Chesterton made this point clearly in an earlier chapter of this book .
At least in those societies that were grounded in Christianity , there was a standard : all men are created in God ’ s image ; love God ; love your neighbor .
We were given an example in Jesus .
This example was further developed by the earliest Christian fathers .
While the target is perfect , suffice it to say man ’ s performance against it – even the Christian man ’ s performance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Did we expect God to shove 2000 years – or even longer if you want to start with the Decalogue – of cultural advancement down our throats in a day ?
We don ’ t get mad at Jesus for not giving us penicillin ; but we get mad at Him for not ending slavery .
Yet , He did , albeit it took 1800 years or so for His teaching to be influential in those regions that followed , more or less , His word .
Slavery continues to exist elsewhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t get mad about that either .
We get mad that Jesus didn ’ t end it 2000 years ago – and only in regions that professed to follow Jesus .
I think about child sacrifice : How could God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac ?
What of child sacrifice elsewhere ?
Apparently , it was found in Aztec culture ( 14th – 16th centuries ) ; Inca culture ( 13th – 16th centuries ) ; the classic period of the Mayan culture ( 3rd – 10th centuries ) ; Carthage ( around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabia ; and , apparently , ongoing even today in parts of Africa .
God stopped Abraham ( sometime in the second millennium BC ) , and yet God is ignored for stopping it and instead is blamed for commanding it .
Anyway , sorry for the diversion .
Returning to my thoughts on Chesterton : not only is it impossible to differentiate good and evil without a standard , it is impossible to identify it without relying on tradition and an agreement that this tradition is not to be messed with willy-nilly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ K. Best Price : $ 5.99 Buy New $ 5.97 So , maybe this wasn ’ t a diversion .
Without the Judeo-Christian tradition ( and here , I find an example where “ Judeo , ” at least as it is understood from the Old Testament , is appropriately included ) , child sacrifice continued for thousands of years elsewhere in the world .
And we know slavery continued – and continues – elsewhere as well .
What will guide that line , move it one way or another ?
If we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost .
Those before us have learned the benefit of removing evil from our lives – not that we can perform perfectly , but that we understand the benefit of the standard .
One lifetime is not enough time to learn these lessons .
Witness the child sacrifice that happens daily today .
Abortion is performed as a child sacrifice to a better life for the mother and father .
Maybe , a thousand years from now , God will be blamed for this as well .
If it wasn ’ t obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – right now , with both the corona and the pretext for the riots – that we live in a fact-free world ?
OK , maybe it actually was possible that greed first appeared in the human condition in 2008 , or that three planes could take down two buildings , or the Japanese bombed us while we were just minding our own business .
Oh yeah , and one bullet ricocheted throughout that car in Dallas .
Orthodoxy Chesterton , G. K. Best Price : $ 2.65 Buy New $ 6.99 But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and everyone will stay home from work and school , and wear masks when they risk being seen in public .
Tell a good story , and one black life will matter more than the dozens or hundreds of others killed every day in ways that are too politically-incorrect to mention .
Isn ’ t this obvious by now ?
Which comes back to my first point .
Without common sense kept in the culture , we are left with mysticism .
Facts ( science / scienticism ) without tradition will not win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad , but well-accepted ) narrative will beat it every time .
Chesterton wrote these words more than 100 years ago , after Nietzsche ’ s infamous proclamation of the death of God , but before the start of the Great War .
Of course , Christianity remains the only coherent ethic in the West ; in fact , it is a bastardized form of the ethic that is used to bash Christianity itself ( go back to the start of this post ; witness the undeserved bashing of God on child sacrifice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ paradoxes ” ?
The Complete Father Br ... G. K. Chesterton Best Price : $ 2.44 Buy New $ 4.99 Try resolving these issues , making sense of these , understanding how to act in the real world based on these paradoxes , in one lifetime , independent of – and even resentful of – any tradition handed down to you .
You can not .
Yet , it need be done if we are to live in a society where good and evil can be understood .
As Chesterton offers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
How much joy of life is destroyed daily by the pride shown in those who are considered exemplars of the modern culture – the culture that despises tradition ?
The pride of news anchors , the pride of entertainers , the pride of athletes , the pride of most politicians and political mouthpieces .
Their message is not one of hope , it is one of hate .
And hate sucks the joy out of life .
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Heretics, Gilbert K. Chesterton (eBook)
In this post, I will pick up some thoughts from a couple of different chapters of Chesterton’s book.
Good and Evil
The difficulty does not arise so much from the mere fact that good and evil are mingled in roughly equal proportions; it arises chiefly from the fact that men always differ about what parts are good and what evil.
In Defense of Sainty: ... Chesterton, G.K. Best Price: $10.00 Buy New $13.99 (as of 04:28 UTC - Details) It is impossible to reach agreement on what is good and what is evil without some commonly understood and accepted standard, or without some target at which to aim. This seems so obvious to state, yet it is the fundamental principle that society has ignored. One cannot say “job well done” without a standard by which “well done” can be measured. Chesterton made this point clearly in an earlier chapter of this book.
At least in those societies that were grounded in Christianity, there was a standard: all men are created in God’s image; love God; love your neighbor. We were given an example in Jesus. This example was further developed by the earliest Christian fathers.
While the target is perfect, suffice it to say man’s performance against it – even the Christian man’s performance against it – was and is not. Did we expect God to shove 2000 years – or even longer if you want to start with the Decalogue – of cultural advancement down our throats in a day?
We don’t get mad at Jesus for not giving us penicillin; but we get mad at Him for not ending slavery. Yet, He did, albeit it took 1800 years or so for His teaching to be influential in those regions that followed, more or less, His word. Slavery continues to exist elsewhere today…but, no – we don’t get mad about that either. We get mad that Jesus didn’t end it 2000 years ago – and only in regions that professed to follow Jesus.
I think about child sacrifice: How could God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? What of child sacrifice elsewhere? Apparently, it was found in Aztec culture (14th – 16th centuries); Inca culture (13th – 16th centuries); the classic period of the Mayan culture (3rd – 10th centuries); Carthage (around the time of Christ); pre-Islamic Arabia; and, apparently, ongoing even today in parts of Africa.
God stopped Abraham (sometime in the second millennium BC), and yet God is ignored for stopping it and instead is blamed for commanding it.
Anyway, sorry for the diversion. Returning to my thoughts on Chesterton: not only is it impossible to differentiate good and evil without a standard, it is impossible to identify it without relying on tradition and an agreement that this tradition is not to be messed with willy-nilly. The Everlasting Man Chesterton, G. K. Best Price: $5.99 Buy New $5.97 (as of 04:50 UTC - Details)
So, maybe this wasn’t a diversion. Without the Judeo-Christian tradition (and here, I find an example where “Judeo,” at least as it is understood from the Old Testament, is appropriately included), child sacrifice continued for thousands of years elsewhere in the world. And we know slavery continued – and continues – elsewhere as well.
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.
What will guide that line, move it one way or another? If we rely only on ourselves, we are lost. Those before us have learned the benefit of removing evil from our lives – not that we can perform perfectly, but that we understand the benefit of the standard. One lifetime is not enough time to learn these lessons.
Witness the child sacrifice that happens daily today. Abortion is performed as a child sacrifice to a better life for the mother and father. Maybe, a thousand years from now, God will be blamed for this as well.
Facts vs. Narrative
A page of statistics, a plan of model dwellings, anything which is rational, is always difficult for the lay mind. But the thing which is irrational any one can understand. That is why religion came so early into the world and spread so far, while science came so late into the world and has not spread at all.
If it wasn’t obvious before, can it be denied today – right now, with both the corona and the pretext for the riots – that we live in a fact-free world? OK, maybe it actually was possible that greed first appeared in the human condition in 2008, or that three planes could take down two buildings, or the Japanese bombed us while we were just minding our own business. Oh yeah, and one bullet ricocheted throughout that car in Dallas. Orthodoxy Chesterton, G. K. Best Price: $2.65 Buy New $6.99 (as of 04:50 UTC - Details)
But today? Tell a good story, and everyone will stay home from work and school, and wear masks when they risk being seen in public. Tell a good story, and one black life will matter more than the dozens or hundreds of others killed every day in ways that are too politically-incorrect to mention.
History unanimously attests the fact that it is only mysticism which stands the smallest chance of being understanded of the people.
Isn’t this obvious by now?
Common sense has to be kept as an esoteric secret in the dark temple of culture.
Which comes back to my first point. Without common sense kept in the culture, we are left with mysticism. Facts (science / scienticism) without tradition will not win the day; a good (or bad, but well-accepted) narrative will beat it every time.
Our Inherited Tradition
The truth is that the tradition of Christianity (which is still the only coherent ethic of Europe) rests on two or three paradoxes or mysteries which can easily be impugned in argument and as easily justified in life.
Chesterton wrote these words more than 100 years ago, after Nietzsche’s infamous proclamation of the death of God, but before the start of the Great War. Of course, Christianity remains the only coherent ethic in the West; in fact, it is a bastardized form of the ethic that is used to bash Christianity itself (go back to the start of this post; witness the undeserved bashing of God on child sacrifice and slavery).
What are these “paradoxes”? The Complete Father Br... G. K. Chesterton Best Price: $2.44 Buy New $4.99 (as of 04:50 UTC - Details)
One of them, for instance, is the paradox of hope or faith—that the more hopeless is the situation the more hopeful must be the man. Another is the paradox of charity or chivalry that the weaker a thing is the more it should be respected, that the more indefensible a thing is the more it should appeal to us for a certain kind of defence.
Try resolving these issues, making sense of these, understanding how to act in the real world based on these paradoxes, in one lifetime, independent of – and even resentful of – any tradition handed down to you. You cannot. Yet, it need be done if we are to live in a society where good and evil can be understood.
Conclusion
Now, one of these very practical and working mysteries in the Christian tradition, and one which the Roman Catholic Church, as I say, has done her best work in singling out, is the conception of the sinfulness of pride.
As Chesterton offers, pride sucks the joy out of life. How much joy of life is destroyed daily by the pride shown in those who are considered exemplars of the modern culture – the culture that despises tradition?
The pride of news anchors, the pride of entertainers, the pride of athletes, the pride of most politicians and political mouthpieces. Their message is not one of hope, it is one of hate.
And hate sucks the joy out of life.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-15--Young White Woman Killed by BLM Thugs Simply Because She Spoke the Truth: ‘All Lives Matter’

Have you heard any of the wall-to-wall coverage of the young white woman who was killed by Black Lives Matter thugs after she dared to challenge them with the truth — that “ All Lives Matter ?
” What do you think about all of the nationwide protests , massive demonstrations , rampant destruction , wanton looting , and violence directed towards police as a result of that murder ?
What are your thoughts about ‘ ALM ’ activists now intimidating and attacking black people , toppling and defacing monuments to Martin Luther King Jr. and painting murals saying , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ street from Barack and Michelle Obama ’ s homes in Washington , D.C. and Martha ’ s Vineyard ?
You don ’ t have an opinion on any of these things , no doubt , because they haven ’ t happened and they aren ’ t going to happen .
And yet , a young white woman was killed by BLM thugs along the canal in Indianapolis , Indiana over the Fourth of July holiday specifically because she told them All Lives Matter .
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An Indianapolis mother was shot and killed along the canal early Sunday , marking the second homicide on the canal in a week .
According to the victim ’ s family , the shooting started over some racially charged language .
The victim , Jessica Doty Whitaker , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She shouldn ’ t have lost her life .
She ’ s got a 3-year-old son she loved dearly , ” said her fiance Jose Ramirez .
According to Ramirez , he and the victim and two other people were hanging out along the canal when someone in their group used a slang version of the N-word .
That led to a confrontation from a nearby group of black males who , you know , never call each other the “ N ” word ( except that they do , and they celebrate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At one point , Fox59 noted , someone in the shooting suspect ’ s group shouted , “ Black Lives Matter , ” prompting a response from Whitaker or someone in her group , “ All Lives Matter.
” ( Related : Marxist BLM terrorists cut down memorial to 9-11 firefighters in New York : This isn ’ t about George Floyd anymore . )

Have you heard any of the wall-to-wall coverage of the young white woman who was killed by Black Lives Matter thugs after she dared to challenge them with the truth — that “All Lives Matter?”
What do you think about all of the nationwide protests, massive demonstrations, rampant destruction, wanton looting, and violence directed towards police as a result of that murder?
What are your thoughts about ‘ALM’ activists now intimidating and attacking black people, toppling and defacing monuments to Martin Luther King Jr. and painting murals saying, “All Lives Matter” across the street from Barack and Michelle Obama’s homes in Washington, D.C. and Martha’s Vineyard?
You don’t have an opinion on any of these things, no doubt, because they haven’t happened and they aren’t going to happen.
And yet, a young white woman was killed by BLM thugs along the canal in Indianapolis, Indiana over the Fourth of July holiday specifically because she told them All Lives Matter. Double Standards: The ... Elder, Larry Best Price: $16.70 Buy New $9.99 (as of 03:48 UTC - Details)
Outside of local media and a few independent news sites, few Americans have heard this heartbreaking story — because it is ‘anti-Mainstream media narrative’ and does not comport with the Democratic Marxism of the ongoing culture war against our founding.
Fox59 reports:
An Indianapolis mother was shot and killed along the canal early Sunday, marking the second homicide on the canal in a week.
According to the victim’s family, the shooting started over some racially charged language.
The victim, Jessica Doty Whitaker, leaves behind a little boy.
“She shouldn’t have lost her life. She’s got a 3-year-old son she loved dearly,” said her fiance Jose Ramirez.
According to Ramirez, he and the victim and two other people were hanging out along the canal when someone in their group used a slang version of the N-word.
That led to a confrontation from a nearby group of black males who, you know, never call each other the “N” word (except that they do, and they celebrate it in rap music as well).
At one point, Fox59 noted, someone in the shooting suspect’s group shouted, “Black Lives Matter,” prompting a response from Whitaker or someone in her group, “All Lives Matter.” (Related: Marxist BLM terrorists cut down memorial to 9-11 firefighters in New York: This isn’t about George Floyd anymore.)
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lewrockwell--2020-07-15--Trump and Fauci, a Marriage Made in the Beelzebub Room of the White House

Welcome to Let ’ s Pretend .
Let ’ s pretend everything is OK and Nice and Polite are going to win the day , and no one is going to have to give up his position in life or his security .
The missiles fired into the heart of the economy will have no lasting effects .
Politicians who can ’ t find their asses with both hands will put things right .
Fascist governors and mayors will soon abdicate their power and never lock down their populations again , no matter what .
It was all just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sun for a few minutes .
There ’ s a reason MY contract tracing led to you , Mr. Trump .
You ’ re the only one left in the menagerie .
You ’ re the only political animal who could offer a shred of a sliver of a slim ray of hope .
To push back the invaders .
Several times you ’ ve said , “ It ’ s no good if the cure is worse than the disease.
” Surely you understand by now , the cure IS the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the middle of the economy was and is the whole point of the invasion , which has been taking place under your nose .
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As a result of your failed marriage to Tony Fauci .
Let ’ s put aside the gloss , Mr. Trump .
You understand the real effects of the lockdowns .
The effects the networks refuse to lead with , on the evening news .
There is the symbolic economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down stock market .
Then there is the real thing—the businesses and lives destroyed .
Nixon and Kissinger .
Bush and Cheney .
Bill and Hillary .
They don ’ t hold a candle to you and Fauci .
You allowed Fauci to become head of the coronavirus task force , and to remain in that position , spreading vast clouds of overblown lies about the “ pandemic ” and the fascist measures needed to stem it .
That ’ s a crime you ’ ll have to live with .
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The governors won ’ t .
The mayors won ’ t .
Believe me , I ’ ve looked high and low to find someone other than you , to whom I could send these dispatches .
Some noble figure in the American landscape with power , who could turn the tide in the economic war against the people .
I don ’ t see one .
You ’ re the default choice .
You sat in the Oval , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absurd computer projections Neil Ferguson authored , and that psychopathic freak , Bill Gates , bankrolled .
You accepted the numbers of deaths Ferguson predicted .
Two million in the US .
You never had your people investigate Ferguson .
In an hour , they would have discovered he had a long track record of abysmal failures .
Failure is his whole story .
Yet , you took those numbers and allowed Fauci to run with them .
Leading the nation into a crushing economic dead-end .
So you see , you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people .
If you ’ re going to be a General now , you ’ ll have to admit that .
You ’ ll have to fire Fauci and stand up straight and reclaim your own soul .
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Well , the US governors and mayors and public health officials are our enemies , and their lockdowns were and are the war .
So send in the Army and liberate those towns and cities .
Forcibly .
Open the American economy all the way .
Permanently .
Tell your opponents , THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE .
Tell them 50 million Americans out of work is intolerable .
You ’ re supposed to be the riverboat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chips on this one , Mr. Trump .
Crack the media delusion that all is well in America , if we just “ stick together , ” which means bowing down to the masks and the distancing and the dehumanizing and the isolating and the tracing and the testing and the vaccinating and the shredding of the economy .
As you know , COVID is one supermax lie .
Nothing worse than a flu season is happening in the world .
Of course , I ’ m out of my mind .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Army to liberate the people , so they could live free ?
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And wait .
For the keeper of the cage to open the door .
So we can go out for a little while .
Until the next time , the next wave , the next crisis—tomorrow .
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Welcome to Let’s Pretend. Let’s pretend everything is OK and Nice and Polite are going to win the day, and no one is going to have to give up his position in life or his security. The missiles fired into the heart of the economy will have no lasting effects. Politicians who can’t find their asses with both hands will put things right. Fascist governors and mayors will soon abdicate their power and never lock down their populations again, no matter what. It was all just a bad dream. A cloud passing over the sun for a few minutes.
There’s a reason MY contract tracing led to you, Mr. Trump.
You’re the only one left in the menagerie. You’re the only political animal who could offer a shred of a sliver of a slim ray of hope. To push back the invaders.
Several times you’ve said, “It’s no good if the cure is worse than the disease.” Surely you understand by now, the cure IS the disease. The H-bomb that went off in the middle of the economy was and is the whole point of the invasion, which has been taking place under your nose. A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO... Holmes, Dr Joel S Buy New $9.95 (as of 04:21 UTC - Details)
With your assistance. As a result of your failed marriage to Tony Fauci.
Let’s put aside the gloss, Mr. Trump. You understand the real effects of the lockdowns. The effects the networks refuse to lead with, on the evening news.
There is the symbolic economy, represented by the careening up and down stock market. Then there is the real thing—the businesses and lives destroyed.
Nixon and Kissinger. Bush and Cheney. Bill and Hillary. They don’t hold a candle to you and Fauci.
You allowed Fauci to become head of the coronavirus task force, and to remain in that position, spreading vast clouds of overblown lies about the “pandemic” and the fascist measures needed to stem it.
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But you can do something about it. The governors won’t. The mayors won’t. Believe me, I’ve looked high and low to find someone other than you, to whom I could send these dispatches. Some noble figure in the American landscape with power, who could turn the tide in the economic war against the people. I don’t see one. You’re the default choice.
You sat in the Oval, when Fauci slithered up to you with the absurd computer projections Neil Ferguson authored, and that psychopathic freak, Bill Gates, bankrolled. You accepted the numbers of deaths Ferguson predicted. Two million in the US. You never had your people investigate Ferguson. In an hour, they would have discovered he had a long track record of abysmal failures. Failure is his whole story. Yet, you took those numbers and allowed Fauci to run with them. Leading the nation into a crushing economic dead-end.
So you see, you’re actually part of the war against the people. If you’re going to be a General now, you’ll have to admit that. You’ll have to fire Fauci and stand up straight and reclaim your own soul.
Awan Minutes To Midnig... Webb, George Buy New $3.99 (as of 03:03 UTC - Details) If hundreds of thousands or millions of Chinese soldiers were encamped in cities and towns across USA right now, smashing the American engines of production, don’t you think you’d be justified in sending in the troops? To liberate the people? Would anyone is his right mind cite Posse Comitatus to try to stop you?
Well, the US governors and mayors and public health officials are our enemies, and their lockdowns were and are the war. So send in the Army and liberate those towns and cities. Forcibly. Open the American economy all the way. Permanently. Tell your opponents, THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE. Tell them 50 million Americans out of work is intolerable.
You’re supposed to be the riverboat gambler. So shove in all your chips on this one, Mr. Trump. Crack the media delusion that all is well in America, if we just “stick together,” which means bowing down to the masks and the distancing and the dehumanizing and the isolating and the tracing and the testing and the vaccinating and the shredding of the economy.
As you know, COVID is one supermax lie. Nothing worse than a flu season is happening in the world.
Of course, I’m out of my mind. I must be. Who could imagine sending in the Army to liberate the people, so they could live free? The Case Against Masks... Heckenlively, Kent Buy New $12.99 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details)
Preposterous.
Better to huddle in fear. And wait. For the keeper of the cage to open the door.
So we can go out for a little while.
Right, Mr. President?
Until the next time, the next wave, the next crisis—tomorrow.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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Muzzling the Public

Here come the sneerers .
Their target this time ?
Anyone who expresses even a tiny amount of scepticism about mandatory mask-wearing in shops .
Within hours , mask sceptics have become the new climate-change deniers .
They ’ re granny-killers .
They ’ re sociopaths .
They ’ re the kind of people who care more for their right to breath all over the fruit and veg at Lidl than they do for the continued existence of people over the age of 75 .
The speed with which mask scepticism has been turned into a foul blasphemy that only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would ever engage in rather confirms that this latest manifestation of the culture wars has very little to do with masks .
It ’ s all about people .
Those people .
It always is .
The Case Against Masks ... Heckenlively , Kent Buy New $ 12.99 Boris Johnson has announced that it will be mandatory to wear masks in shops in England from 24 July .
If you don ’ t one wear one you could be fined £100 by the cops .
We should talk about this , right ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the efficacy of masks and the desirability of empowering the police to take a hundred quid off someone who dares to show his face in public , like a politer public-health version of the morality guards in Afghanistan who would whip women with a stick if they ever committed the crime of unmasking their face in public .
Apparently not .
Apparently you would have to be a Covidiot , a mad libertarian , to want to discuss this latest development .
The right thing to do is vigorously nod your head in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your mask , and muzzle your opinions .
It is remarkable that it is always the people who spent the past year or so telling us that Boris and his crew are fascists who have unquestioningly embraced every Covid-related diktat issued by Boris ’ s government .
Stay in our homes for three months ?
You got it !
Don ’ t engage in sexual relations with people we don ’ t live with ?
Sure thing !
Wear a mask in public ?
Yes sir !
The most fanatical lockdown-lovers tend to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Corbynista circles , in the pages of liberal broadsheets , and of course among public-sector workers who know they ’ ll have a job at the end of all this ( unlike many private-sector workers ) .
So it isn ’ t surprising that these masochistic middle-classes are now fuming against mask sceptics .
‘ Do as you ’ re told !
’ , they ’ re essentially saying .
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Do masks guard against Covid ?
The evidence is unclear .
Why will it become compulsory to wear them now , when Covid levels in England are shrinking rapidly ?
Why could I go to Morrison ’ s without a face mask when hundreds of people were dying from Covid in England every day but I can ’ t do so now , when there are so few Covid cases that we don ’ t have enough people to test the vaccine on ?
Apparently even raising those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Masks might be designed to stifle one ’ s possibly infected spittle ; mask conformism , on the other hand , is designed to muzzle free expression .
Gag yourself .
STFU .
The masks are now at least partly about that .

Here come the sneerers. Their target this time? Anyone who expresses even a tiny amount of scepticism about mandatory mask-wearing in shops. Within hours, mask sceptics have become the new climate-change deniers. They’re granny-killers. They’re sociopaths. They’re the kind of people who care more for their right to breath all over the fruit and veg at Lidl than they do for the continued existence of people over the age of 75. The speed with which mask scepticism has been turned into a foul blasphemy that only thick people who probably voted for Brexit would ever engage in rather confirms that this latest manifestation of the culture wars has very little to do with masks. It’s all about people. Those people. It always is. The Case Against Masks... Heckenlively, Kent Buy New $12.99 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details)
Boris Johnson has announced that it will be mandatory to wear masks in shops in England from 24 July. If you don’t one wear one you could be fined £100 by the cops. We should talk about this, right? We should weigh it up. Discuss the efficacy of masks and the desirability of empowering the police to take a hundred quid off someone who dares to show his face in public, like a politer public-health version of the morality guards in Afghanistan who would whip women with a stick if they ever committed the crime of unmasking their face in public. Apparently not. Apparently you would have to be a Covidiot, a mad libertarian, to want to discuss this latest development. The right thing to do is vigorously nod your head in agreement with the Tory government, don your mask, and muzzle your opinions.
It is remarkable that it is always the people who spent the past year or so telling us that Boris and his crew are fascists who have unquestioningly embraced every Covid-related diktat issued by Boris’s government. Stay in our homes for three months? You got it! Don’t engage in sexual relations with people we don’t live with? Sure thing! Wear a mask in public? Yes sir! The most fanatical lockdown-lovers tend to be found among the millennial left, in Corbynista circles, in the pages of liberal broadsheets, and of course among public-sector workers who know they’ll have a job at the end of all this (unlike many private-sector workers). So it isn’t surprising that these masochistic middle-classes are now fuming against mask sceptics. ‘Do as you’re told!’, they’re essentially saying. The Politics of Obedie... Etienne de la Boetie Best Price: $7.00 Buy New $7.00 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
But there’s a lot to talk about here. There are big questions. Do masks guard against Covid? The evidence is unclear. Why will it become compulsory to wear them now, when Covid levels in England are shrinking rapidly? Why could I go to Morrison’s without a face mask when hundreds of people were dying from Covid in England every day but I can’t do so now, when there are so few Covid cases that we don’t have enough people to test the vaccine on? Apparently even raising those questions makes me a Trumpian lunatic. Masks might be designed to stifle one’s possibly infected spittle; mask conformism, on the other hand, is designed to muzzle free expression. Gag yourself. STFU. The masks are now at least partly about that.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-15--The COVID-19 Curve Has Been Flattened

The COVID-19 Curve Has Been Flattened

Even though the COVID-19 mortality curve has been flattened , mainstream media outlets continue to push doomsday predictions of an impending explosion of deaths .
The New York Times , for example , published articles July 21,2 and July 3,3,4 2020 , basically warning everyone to not get excited about plummeting mortality rates , as the trend could change at any moment .
“ Why Virus Deaths Are Down but May Soon Rise , ” its July 2 headline states .
The article goes on to claim “ coronavirus trends in the United States are pretty dark right now ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meaning positive test results , not hospitalizations or people exhibiting actual symptoms .
The article attributes the steady and relatively rapid drop-off in deaths to improved medical treatment and older people being more cautious , but warns that “ Deaths may be on the verge of rising again , ” because “ middle-aged and younger people are acting as if they ’ re invulnerable ” and have increased their social activities .
The 30-Minute Autoimmu ... Thompson , Connor Buy New $ 17.99 This , however , completely ignores data showing that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age of 45 is “ almost zero , ” and between the ages of 45 and 70 , it ’ s somewhere between 0.05 % and 0.3 % .7,8,9 In other words , the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths , as the risk of death in these age groups is minuscule .
If anything , it seems to show herd immunity is building which , ultimately , will help protect the most vulnerable among us .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Curve ?
The primary justification for the tyrannical governmental interventions of COVID-19 was to slow the spread of the infection so that hospital resources would not be overwhelmed , causing people to die due to lack of medical care .
These interventions were not about stopping the spread or reducing the number of people that would eventually get infected .
It was only intended to slow it down so , eventually , naturally-acquired herd immunity — the best kind — would prevent its spread .
Well guess what ?
They have changed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not hear anything about flattening the curve .
Instead they transitioned the fear-mongering to alarm the public that the number of “ cases ” are increasing .
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All you need is a simple upper respiratory infection and you can legally be classified as a COVID-19 case to artificially inflate the totals .
Fatality Rate No Longer Cause for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were cited by Stanford University ’ s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis — an epidemiologist who has made a name for himself by exposing bad science — in a June 27 , 2020 , interview with Greek Reporter,10,11,12 in which he criticized global lockdown measures , saying they were implemented based on flawed modeling and grossly unreliable data .
When asked whether the curve had indeed been flattened in the U.S. , seeing how no health care system had been completely overwhelmed , Ioannidis answered:14 The fear-mongers also ignore recent Centers for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “ is currently at the epidemic threshold , ” meaning if it slides down just a little more , COVID-19 will no longer meet the CDC ’ s criteria for “ epidemic ” status .
The percentage of doctors ’ visits for influenza-like illness ( ILI ) for all age groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline , as seen in the CDC graph below , published July 3 , 2020.16 The percentage of doctors ’ visits for influenza-like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline , as seen in the CDC graph below , published July 3 , 2020.16 The video above reviews why the rise in COVID-19 “ cases ” is misleading at best , and not a viable measure of a public health threat .
It presents a historical overview of what happened during the 2009 swine flu pandemic , and how it parallels the current COVID-19 pandemic .
EZ Melts C for Immune ... Buy New $ 17.99 ( $ 0.30 / Count ) In summary , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swine flu — led to a dramatic spike in testing , making it seem like a significant threat as many tested positive .
Yet the death toll was insignificant .
We ’ re seeing the same thing happening now .
Two things are driving the numbers of positive tests skyward : The sudden availability of tests , and widespread testing of asymptomatic people .
Put another way .
The sharp increases in “ cases ” are not proof of disease spread but rather the spread of testing .
When you don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can not tally positive cases .
Hence it looked like there were virtually no COVID-19 cases in January 2020 .
The sudden jump in cases in February correlates with the emergence of test kits sent out by the CDC .
Once those test kits were used up , the number of “ cases ” again dried up .
Then , once test kits became readily available again in early April , the number of cases skyrocketed — as you ’ d expect .
But again , this doesn ’ t mean the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was probably in circulation throughout and countless people were already walking around with it , feeling no worse than normal .
The only difference is that test kits became available and massive amounts of people — whether they had symptoms or not — were being tested .
In short , the graphs showing “ cases ” in large part simply illustrate the availability of testing .
Granted , even this is an oversimplification and is not going to be exact , and there ’ s more than one reason for this .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May , the CDC admitted it had combined the results from viral and antibody tests in its national results.17 This provides a really inaccurate picture , since the two tests describe very different things .
The viral test is supposed to identify active infections ( regardless of whether you have symptoms or not ) , whereas the antibody test tells you if you ’ ve been exposed to the virus in the past and fought it off by developing antibodies .
Hence , an antibody test should not be counted as an active @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : GO Packs - G ... Buy New $ 79.99 ( $ 8.46 / Ounce ) Some data18 also suggest positive test results have declined even as testing has increased .
The question is , could this be an indication that people who are being tested for active infection have already fought off the virus and have antibodies ?
Could it be a sign of rising herd immunity ?
Unfortunately , COVID-19 test data has been so mishandled and the way the data is compiled has changed enough times that it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at this point .
The quality and reliability of the tests themselves , both viral and antibody , also appear to be less than stellar .
The CDC has admitted that prior exposure to coronaviruses responsible for the common cold can result in a positive COVID-19 antibody test,19 and during an April White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing , Dr. Birx explained that COVID-19 tests are “ not 100 % sensitive or specific , ” and that when prevalence is low in the community , the false positive rate will be high .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ your population infected , and you have a test that ’ s only 99 % specific , that means that when you find a positive , 50 % of the time will be a real positive and 50 % of the time it won ’ t be , ” Birx said .
In other words , if the prevalence of infection in the community is 1 % , about half of all positive tests will be false positives .
Only as the overall infection rate gets higher does the viral test become increasingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is why some of the data suggest the number of positive tests is actually decreasing even as testing continues to increase ?
What Happened to the Death Toll Reporting ?
As you may recall , early on , the media focused on the death toll and hospitalizations .
We had daily news ticker tapes providing us with the numbers of severe and critical cases , and the number of deaths .
These statistics were used to justify draconian lockdown orders to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed .
Now you hear virtually nothing about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all about the rising number of “ cases , ” meaning infected individuals , which is to be expected when you test a population in which the virus has already infected the majority .
But that doesn ’ t mean it poses a threat , since deaths continue to drop .
It seems many are simply unwilling to accept the good news and allow the population to return to normal living .
Instead , “ rising cases ” — especially among previous low-risk age groups — is now being used to justify continued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at no risk of being overwhelmed since a vast majority of these cases are asymptomatic and need nothing in terms of health care .
In its April 13 , 2020 , issue , the German magazine Blauer Bote20,21 lists a collection of 75 expert opinions about the COVID-19 threat .
Among them is a statement from Gerd Bosbach,22 professor emeritus of statistics , mathematics and empirical economic and social research , and author of the book , “ Lying With Numbers , ” who said ( translated from German to English using TranslationLookup.com23 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Than Suspected Healing With Iodine : Y ... Sircus , Mark Best Price : $ 14.87 Buy New $ 11.89 In related news , several recent studies suggest a majority of the population may already have immunity against COVID-19 , via one mechanism or another .
According to a Swiss study,25,26 SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies are only found in the most severe cases — about 1 in 5 .
That suggests COVID-19 may in fact be five times more prevalent than suspected .
This also means it may be five times less deadly than predicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also found that even though people who had been exposed to COVID-19 had SARS-CoV-2-specific immunoglobulin A ( IgA ) antibodies in their mucosa , there were no virus-specific antibodies in their blood .
IgA is an antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of your mucous membranes , while IgG is the most common antibody that protects against bacterial and viral infections and is found in blood and other bodily fluids .
As explained by the authors:27 Majority of People Appear Resistant to COVID-19 Another study28,29 published in the journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients who had recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 had resistance to SARS-CoV-2 on the T-cell level .
Curiously , 40 % to 60 % of people who had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also had resistance to the virus on the T-cell level .
According to the authors , this suggests there ’ s “ cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘ common cold ’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.
” In other words , if you ’ ve recovered from a common cold caused by a particular coronavirus , your humoral immune system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus rendering you resistant to COVID-19 .
May 14 , 2020 , Science magazine reported30 these Cell findings , drawing parallels to another earlier paper31 by German investigators that had come to a similar conclusion .
That German paper,32 the preprint of which was posted April 22 , 2020 , on Medrxiv , found helper T cells that targeted the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in 15 of 18 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 .
Yet another study,33,34,35 this one by researchers in Singapore , found common colds caused by the betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that the resulting immunity might last as long as 17 years .
The authors suggest that if you ’ ve beat a common cold caused by a OC43 or HKU1 betacoronavirus in the past , you may have a 50/50 chance of having defensive T-cells that can recognize and help defend against SARS-CoV-2 .
81 % of Unexposed Individuals May Be Resistant to SARS-CoV-2 Two additional studies suggesting herd immunity is near were reported36 by Reason , July 1 , 2020 .
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” Similarly , a German study39 concluded : So far , many efforts to curb COVID-19 infection have proven to be ill advised .
Evidence shows the illness spreads mostly indoors,40,41,42 for example , casting doubt on the sanity of closing parks and beaches , especially during the summer .
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Anti-Inflammatory Oxyg ... Mark Sircus Best Price : $ 9.81 Buy New $ 10.09 The total all-cause mortality is not significantly different than in previous years as discussed by my interview with Denis Rancourt .
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Even though the COVID-19 mortality curve has been flattened, mainstream media outlets continue to push doomsday predictions of an impending explosion of deaths. The New York Times, for example, published articles July 21,2 and July 3,3,4 2020, basically warning everyone to not get excited about plummeting mortality rates, as the trend could change at any moment.
“Why Virus Deaths Are Down but May Soon Rise,” its July 2 headline states. The article goes on to claim “coronavirus trends in the United States are pretty dark right now” — based on surging case numbers, meaning positive test results, not hospitalizations or people exhibiting actual symptoms.
The article attributes the steady and relatively rapid drop-off in deaths to improved medical treatment and older people being more cautious, but warns that “Deaths may be on the verge of rising again,” because “middle-aged and younger people are acting as if they’re invulnerable” and have increased their social activities. The 30-Minute Autoimmu... Thompson, Connor Buy New $17.99 (as of 02:51 UTC - Details)
“Their increased social activity has fueled an explosion in cases over the last three weeks, which in turn could lead to a rise in deaths soon,” The New York Times states,5,6 adding:
“With testing now more widespread, it’s possible that the death data will lag the case data by closer to a month. (In a typical fatal case, the death comes three to five weeks after contraction of the virus.) If that’s correct, coronavirus deaths may start rising again any day.”
This, however, completely ignores data showing that the COVID-19 fatality rate for those under the age of 45 is “almost zero,” and between the ages of 45 and 70, it’s somewhere between 0.05% and 0.3%.7,8,9
COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — is currently at the epidemic threshold, meaning if it slides down just a little more, COVID-19 will no longer meet the CDC’s criteria for “epidemic” status.
In other words, the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths, as the risk of death in these age groups is minuscule. If anything, it seems to show herd immunity is building which, ultimately, will help protect the most vulnerable among us.
Why Did They Want to Flatten the Curve?
The primary justification for the tyrannical governmental interventions of COVID-19 was to slow the spread of the infection so that hospital resources would not be overwhelmed, causing people to die due to lack of medical care. These interventions were not about stopping the spread or reducing the number of people that would eventually get infected.
It was only intended to slow it down so, eventually, naturally-acquired herd immunity — the best kind — would prevent its spread. Well guess what? They have changed the narrative. That is why you now do not hear anything about flattening the curve. Instead they transitioned the fear-mongering to alarm the public that the number of “cases” are increasing. Regenerate: Unlocking ... Ji, Sayer Best Price: $31.66 Buy New $20.82 (as of 03:35 UTC - Details)
Bear in mind that you do NOT need any test to be classified as a COVID case. All you need is a simple upper respiratory infection and you can legally be classified as a COVID-19 case to artificially inflate the totals.
Fatality Rate No Longer Cause for Hysteria
The fatality rate data given above were cited by Stanford University’s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis — an epidemiologist who has made a name for himself by exposing bad science — in a June 27, 2020, interview with Greek Reporter,10,11,12 in which he criticized global lockdown measures, saying they were implemented based on flawed modeling and grossly unreliable data.
“0.05% to 1% is a reasonable range for what the data tell us now for the infection fatality rate, with a median of about 0.25%,” Ioannidis told Greek Reporter.13
“The death rate in a given country depends a lot on the age-structure, who are the people infected, and how they are managed. For people younger than 45, the infection fatality rate is almost 0%. For 45 to 70, it is probably about 0.05-0.3%.
For those above 70, it escalates substantially, to 1% or higher for those over 85. For frail, debilitated elderly people with multiple health problems who are infected in nursing homes, it can go up to 25% during major outbreaks in these facilities.”
When asked whether the curve had indeed been flattened in the U.S., seeing how no health care system had been completely overwhelmed, Ioannidis answered:14
“The predictions of most mathematical models in terms of how many beds and how many ICU beds would be required were astronomically wrong. Indeed, the health system was not overrun in any location in the USA, although several hospitals were stressed. Conversely, the health care system was severely damaged in many places because of the measures taken …
Major consequences on the economy, society and mental health have already occurred. I hope they are reversible, and this depends to a large extent on whether we can avoid prolonging the draconian lockdowns and manage to deal with COVID-19 in a smart, precision-risk targeted approach, rather than blindly shutting down everything …
I hope that policymakers look at the big picture of all the potential problems and not only on the very important, but relatively thin slice of evidence that is COVID-19.”
COVID-19 Close to Epidemic Threshold
The fear-mongers also ignore recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statements15 saying the COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “is currently at the epidemic threshold,” meaning if it slides down just a little more, COVID-19 will no longer meet the CDC’s criteria for “epidemic” status.
The percentage of doctors’ visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) for all age groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline, as seen in the CDC graph below, published July 3, 2020.16
The percentage of doctors’ visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) for all age groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline, as seen in the CDC graph below, published July 3, 2020.16
The Truth About Increasing COVID-19 Cases
The video above reviews why the rise in COVID-19 “cases” is misleading at best, and not a viable measure of a public health threat. It presents a historical overview of what happened during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, and how it parallels the current COVID-19 pandemic. EZ Melts C for Immune ... Buy New $17.99 ($0.30 / Count) (as of 09:06 UTC - Details)
In summary, fear of a novel illness — pandemic swine flu — led to a dramatic spike in testing, making it seem like a significant threat as many tested positive. Yet the death toll was insignificant. We’re seeing the same thing happening now. Two things are driving the numbers of positive tests skyward: The sudden availability of tests, and widespread testing of asymptomatic people.
Put another way. The sharp increases in “cases” are not proof of disease spread but rather the spread of testing. When you don’t have a test for the infection, you cannot tally positive cases. Hence it looked like there were virtually no COVID-19 cases in January 2020.
The sudden jump in cases in February correlates with the emergence of test kits sent out by the CDC. Once those test kits were used up, the number of “cases” again dried up. Then, once test kits became readily available again in early April, the number of cases skyrocketed — as you’d expect. But again, this doesn’t mean the disease was spreading like wildfire.
It was probably in circulation throughout and countless people were already walking around with it, feeling no worse than normal. The only difference is that test kits became available and massive amounts of people — whether they had symptoms or not — were being tested.
Increased Testing = Increased ‘Cases’
In short, the graphs showing “cases” in large part simply illustrate the availability of testing. Granted, even this is an oversimplification and is not going to be exact, and there’s more than one reason for this. For example, during the third week of May, the CDC admitted it had combined the results from viral and antibody tests in its national results.17
This provides a really inaccurate picture, since the two tests describe very different things. The viral test is supposed to identify active infections (regardless of whether you have symptoms or not), whereas the antibody test tells you if you’ve been exposed to the virus in the past and fought it off by developing antibodies. Hence, an antibody test should not be counted as an active infection or active “case.” Organifi: GO Packs - G... Buy New $79.99 ($8.46 / Ounce) (as of 02:24 UTC - Details)
Some data18 also suggest positive test results have declined even as testing has increased. The question is, could this be an indication that people who are being tested for active infection have already fought off the virus and have antibodies? Could it be a sign of rising herd immunity?
Unfortunately, COVID-19 test data has been so mishandled and the way the data is compiled has changed enough times that it’s virtually impossible to make sense of it at this point. The quality and reliability of the tests themselves, both viral and antibody, also appear to be less than stellar.
The CDC has admitted that prior exposure to coronaviruses responsible for the common cold can result in a positive COVID-19 antibody test,19 and during an April White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Dr. Birx explained that COVID-19 tests are “not 100% sensitive or specific,” and that when prevalence is low in the community, the false positive rate will be high.
“If you have 1% of your population infected, and you have a test that’s only 99% specific, that means that when you find a positive, 50% of the time will be a real positive and 50% of the time it won’t be,” Birx said. In other words, if the prevalence of infection in the community is 1%, about half of all positive tests will be false positives.
Only as the overall infection rate gets higher does the viral test become increasingly reliable. Who knows, perhaps this is why some of the data suggest the number of positive tests is actually decreasing even as testing continues to increase?
What Happened to the Death Toll Reporting?
As you may recall, early on, the media focused on the death toll and hospitalizations. We had daily news ticker tapes providing us with the numbers of severe and critical cases, and the number of deaths.
These statistics were used to justify draconian lockdown orders to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Now you hear virtually nothing about hospitalizations or deaths.
It’s all about the rising number of “cases,” meaning infected individuals, which is to be expected when you test a population in which the virus has already infected the majority. But that doesn’t mean it poses a threat, since deaths continue to drop.
It seems many are simply unwilling to accept the good news and allow the population to return to normal living. Instead, “rising cases” — especially among previous low-risk age groups — is now being used to justify continued stay-at-home orders, even though hospitals are at no risk of being overwhelmed since a vast majority of these cases are asymptomatic and need nothing in terms of health care.
In its April 13, 2020, issue, the German magazine Blauer Bote20,21 lists a collection of 75 expert opinions about the COVID-19 threat. Among them is a statement from Gerd Bosbach,22 professor emeritus of statistics, mathematics and empirical economic and social research, and author of the book, “Lying With Numbers,” who said (translated from German to English using TranslationLookup.com23):24
“The tripling of the tests resulted in a little more than tripling the number of those who tested positive. This tripling was presented to the citizens as a tripling of the infected …
Far-reaching decisions require secure foundations. This is exactly what has been neglected so far. The repeated equation of the number of positively tested people with the number of infected clouded the view …
The government’s standard of when measures should be weakened is based on an apparent number of infected people, which has nothing to do with reality …
So we have a muddle of terms, which is ultimately explained by the fact that we keep talking about infected people instead of positive people. The high numbers remain in memory, such as the mortality rate of 3.4% stated by the WHO. And that creates fear …
We should ensure that the media do not use the power of images to generate emotions that influence our judgment. If you get pictures of coffins and death departments from Italy or pictures of completely empty shelves, then their effects exceed the facts mentioned.”
Herd Immunity Likely Much Higher Than Suspected
Healing With Iodine: Y... Sircus, Mark Best Price: $14.87 Buy New $11.89 (as of 09:06 UTC - Details) In related news, several recent studies suggest a majority of the population may already have immunity against COVID-19, via one mechanism or another. According to a Swiss study,25,26 SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies are only found in the most severe cases — about 1 in 5. That suggests COVID-19 may in fact be five times more prevalent than suspected. This also means it may be five times less deadly than predicted. According to the authors:
“When symptomatic, COVID-19 can range from a mild flu-like illness in about 81% to a severe and critical disease in about 14% and 5% of affected patients, respectively.”
They also found that even though people who had been exposed to COVID-19 had SARS-CoV-2-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies in their mucosa, there were no virus-specific antibodies in their blood.
IgA is an antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of your mucous membranes, while IgG is the most common antibody that protects against bacterial and viral infections and is found in blood and other bodily fluids. As explained by the authors:27
“As with other coronaviruses, symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 disease causes an acute infection with activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems. The former leads to the release of several pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-6 …
Subsequently, B and T cells become activated, resulting in the production of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, comprising immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin A (IgA), and immunoglobulin G (IgG).
Whereas coronavirus-specific IgM production is transient and leads to isotype switch to IgA and IgG, these latter antibody subtypes can persist for extended periods in the serum and in nasal fluids. Whether SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies correlate with virus control is a matter of intense discussions.”
Majority of People Appear Resistant to COVID-19
Another study28,29 published in the journal Cell found 70% of samples from patients who had recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 had resistance to SARS-CoV-2 on the T-cell level. Curiously, 40% to 60% of people who had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also had resistance to the virus on the T-cell level.
According to the authors, this suggests there’s “cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘common cold’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.” In other words, if you’ve recovered from a common cold caused by a particular coronavirus, your humoral immune system may activate when you encounter SARS-CoV-2, thus rendering you resistant to COVID-19.
May 14, 2020, Science magazine reported30 these Cell findings, drawing parallels to another earlier paper31 by German investigators that had come to a similar conclusion. That German paper,32 the preprint of which was posted April 22, 2020, on Medrxiv, found helper T cells that targeted the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in 15 of 18 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Yet another study,33,34,35 this one by researchers in Singapore, found common colds caused by the betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 might make you more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that the resulting immunity might last as long as 17 years.
The authors suggest that if you’ve beat a common cold caused by a OC43 or HKU1 betacoronavirus in the past, you may have a 50/50 chance of having defensive T-cells that can recognize and help defend against SARS-CoV-2.
81% of Unexposed Individuals May Be Resistant to SARS-CoV-2
Two additional studies suggesting herd immunity is near were reported36 by Reason, July 1, 2020. These include a Swedish study,37,38 which found “SARS-CoV-2 elicits robust memory T cell responses akin to those observed in the context of successful vaccines, suggesting that natural exposure or infection may prevent recurrent episodes of severe COVID-19 also in seronegative individual.” Similarly, a German study39 concluded:
“SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell epitopes enabled detection of post-infectious T-cell immunity, even in seronegative convalescents. Cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes revealed preexisting T-cell responses in 81% of unexposed individuals, and validation of similarity to common cold human coronaviruses provided a functional basis for postulated heterologous immunity in SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Flattening the Curve Was a Fool’s Errand
So far, many efforts to curb COVID-19 infection have proven to be ill advised. Evidence shows the illness spreads mostly indoors,40,41,42 for example, casting doubt on the sanity of closing parks and beaches, especially during the summer. As reported by The Baltimore Sun,43 scientists are now considering using ultraviolet light to eradicate SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air. Step outside, and you get that effect for free. Anti-Inflammatory Oxyg... Mark Sircus Best Price: $9.81 Buy New $10.09 (as of 10:37 UTC - Details)
The total all-cause mortality is not significantly different than in previous years as discussed by my interview with Denis Rancourt. Many other deaths have been shifted to COVID-19, bringing a high spike in deaths, but when you look at the area under the curve for total deaths, it really doesn’t differ from previous years.
This was also echoed by the American Institute for Economic Research.44 Back in April 2020 they referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as “An egregious statistical horror story” that resulted in “a vandalistic lockdown on the economy,” which:
“… would have been an outrage even if the assumptions were not wildly astronomically wrong. Flattening the curve was always a fool’s errand that widened the damage …
The latest figures on overall death rates from all causes show no increase at all. Deaths are lower than in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2015, slightly higher than in 2016. Any upward bias is imparted by population growth.
Now writing a book on the crisis with bestselling author Jay Richards, [statistician William] Briggs concludes: ‘Since pneumonia deaths are up, yet all deaths are down, it must mean people are being recorded as dying from other things at smaller rates than usual.’ Deaths from other causes are simply being ascribed to the coronavirus.
As usual every year, deaths began trending downward in January. It’s an annual pattern. Look it up. Since the lockdown began in mid-March, the politicians cannot claim that their policies had anything to do with the declining death rate.
A global study45 published in Israel by Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and Council on Research and Development, shows that ‘the spread of the coronavirus declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes, and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it.’
In fact, by impeding herd immunity, particularly among students and other non-susceptible young people, the lockdown in the U.S. has prolonged and exacerbated the medical problem. As Briggs concludes, ‘People need to get out into virus-killing sunshine and germicidal air.'”
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