lewrockwell--2020-05-28--Neurosurgeon Explains How Masks ‘Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy’

There are a number of weird facts and pieces of evidence that ’ ve emerged regarding the new coronavirus which are putting into question the measures we have taken , and are taking as a collective .
One major theme during this outbreak seems to be the fact that not everything that we ’ re being told within the mainstream is true .
For example , there have been multiple credible sources explaining how Covid-19 deaths have been inflated .
For example , Dr. Ngozi Ezike , Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health , recently stated that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died of an alternative cause , their death will still be marked as a COVID death .
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced a change to how it tallies coronavirus deaths amid complaints that it inflated numbers .
This has been a common theme throughout the US as well as the World .
A few recent studies have also pointed out that what we are seeing here infection fatality rate wise , is something within the ball park of a seasonal flu .
You can read more about that here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Tanzania ’ s President John Magufuli has dismissed imported coronavirus testing kits as faulty , saying they returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw .
This made no sense at all and suggests foul play .
Testing kits in the recent past have also been found to be contaminated with bacteria or Covid-19 itself .
You can read more about that here .
The Complete Book of F ... Philpott , Lindsey Best Price : $ 10.95 Buy New $ 11.29 Complimenting this type of information comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasizing that governments are using this to push more authoritarian measures on the citizenry that will remain in place just as they did after 9/11 .
As a result of new information , mainstream media has started a massive ridicule campaign of any type of information that opposes or provides another narrative to that of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
We have to ask ourselves , why is this information our there ?
What does it mean ?
And why is there such a tremendous effort to ridicule it ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
When the world ’ s leading scientists and epidemiologists get censored from social media platforms for sharing their research and opinion , yet people like Bill Gates become our health authority , that should immediately set off some red flags and raise questions .
Should people not have the right for themselves to examine information and evidence and determine for themselves what is real and what is not ?
Not only have social distancing and lockdown measures been heavily criticized , so to has the idea of wearing a mask , something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by various health authorities .
Below are a few recent articles on the subject that we ’ ve already published if you ’ re interested : Study Finds That Cloth Masks Can Increase Healthcare Workers Risk of Infection Masks : Are There Benefits or Just a Comfort Prop ?
Let the Facts Speak One of the latest to offer their opinion on the matter is Dr. Russel Blaylock , a retired neurosurgeon , and former clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center .
Below was a piece written @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Technocracy .
The Total Fishing Manu ... Cermele , Joe Best Price : $ 19.47 Buy New $ 18.00 “ By wearing a mask , the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages , enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.
” — Russell Blaylock , MD Researchers found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask , most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing , and 60 % required pain medications for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the headaches , while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative , the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause .
That is , a reduction in blood oxygenation ( hypoxia ) or an elevation in blood C02 ( hypercapnia ) .
It is known that the N95 mask , if worn for hours , can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20 % , which can lead to a loss of consciousness , as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pass out , and to crash his car and sustain injuries .
I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out , hitting their head .
This , of course , can lead to death .
A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81 % developed headaches from wearing a face mask.Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks .
All felt like the headaches affected their work performance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the frail elderly and those with lung diseases , such as COPD , emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis , of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function .
This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery , especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung .
Unmasking the Truth : Studies Show Dehumanizing Masks Weaken You and Don ’ t Protect You The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in immunity .
Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte .
This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 ( HIF-1 ) , which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs .
This sets the stage for contracting any infection , including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver .
In essence , your mask may very well put you at an increased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having a much worse outcome .
Fishing for Dummies Schwipps , Greg Best Price : $ 9.71 Buy New $ 14.06 People with cancer , especially if the cancer has spread , will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen .
Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth , invasion and spread of cancers .
Repeated episodes of hypoxia have been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular ( heart attacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis , especially if worn for several hours .
When a person is infected with a respiratory virus , they will expel some of the virus with each breath .
If they are wearing a mask , especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask , they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses , raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages .
We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early on .
And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number .
It gets even more frightening .
Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain .
In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves ( smell nerves ) , which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation .
By wearing a mask , the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the brain .
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There are a number of weird facts and pieces of evidence that’ve emerged regarding the new coronavirus which are putting into question the measures we have taken, and are taking as a collective. One major theme during this outbreak seems to be the fact that not everything that we’re being told within the mainstream is true. For example, there have been multiple credible sources explaining how Covid-19 deaths have been inflated. For example, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, recently stated that, even if it’s clear one died of an alternative cause, their death will still be marked as a COVID death. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced a change to how it tallies coronavirus deaths amid complaints that it inflated numbers. This has been a common theme throughout the US as well as the World. A few recent studies have also pointed out that what we are seeing here infection fatality rate wise, is something within the ball park of a seasonal flu. You can read more about that here.
Controversy has also surrounded testing kits. Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has dismissed imported coronavirus testing kits as faulty, saying they returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. This made no sense at all and suggests foul play. Testing kits in the recent past have also been found to be contaminated with bacteria or Covid-19 itself. You can read more about that here.
The Complete Book of F... Philpott, Lindsey Best Price: $10.95 Buy New $11.29 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details) Complimenting this type of information comes statements from people like Edward Snowden, emphasizing that governments are using this to push more authoritarian measures on the citizenry that will remain in place just as they did after 9/11.
As a result of new information, mainstream media has started a massive ridicule campaign of any type of information that opposes or provides another narrative to that of the World Health Organization (WHO).
We have to ask ourselves, why is this information our there? What does it mean? And why is there such a tremendous effort to ridicule it? What’s really going on here? When the world’s leading scientists and epidemiologists get censored from social media platforms for sharing their research and opinion, yet people like Bill Gates become our health authority, that should immediately set off some red flags and raise questions.
Should people not have the right for themselves to examine information and evidence and determine for themselves what is real and what is not?
Not only have social distancing and lockdown measures been heavily criticized, so to has the idea of wearing a mask, something that’s being promoted and recommended by various health authorities.
Below are a few recent articles on the subject that we’ve already published if you’re interested:
Study Finds That Cloth Masks Can Increase Healthcare Workers Risk of Infection
Masks: Are There Benefits or Just a Comfort Prop? Let the Facts Speak
One of the latest to offer their opinion on the matter is Dr. Russel Blaylock, a retired neurosurgeon, and former clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Below was a piece written by him that was originally published at Technocracy. The Total Fishing Manu... Cermele, Joe Best Price: $19.47 Buy New $18.00 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
“By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.” — Russell Blaylock, MD Researchers found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death. A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask.Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance. Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung. Unmasking the Truth: Studies Show Dehumanizing Masks Weaken You and Don’t Protect You The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. Fishing for Dummies Schwipps, Greg Best Price: $9.71 Buy New $14.06 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details) People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. Repeated episodes of hypoxia have been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases. There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number. It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.”
Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.


lewrockwell--2020-05-28--A Black Swan With Teeth

A Black Swan With Teeth

For years , I have been warning that during the age of permanent stimulus ( which began in earnest with the Federal Reserve ’ s reaction to the dotcom crash of 2000 ) , each successive economic contraction would have to be met with ever larger , increasingly ineffective , doses of monetary and fiscal stimulus to keep the economy from spiraling into depression .
I have also said that the enormity of the asset price gains over the last 10 years had increased the danger because reflating the bloated stock , real estate , and public and private debt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that could prove lethal for the economy .
But even though I expected that the next financial crisis would be catastrophic , I thought that it would come into the world in the usual way , as a credit crisis triggered by over-leverage .
But the Coronavirus ripped up those stage notes , and instead ushered in a threat that is faster and deeper than I imagined , and I imagined a lot .
It ’ s a perfect storm , a black swan with teeth .
Even in my most pessimistic assessments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many seemingly distant sectors of the economy would simultaneously evaporate , almost overnight , or that government deficits would expand to nearly $ 4 trillion in the first wave of the crisis , or that the Federal Reserve would so suddenly launch its largest-ever experiment in quantitative easing , ( with almost none of the forward guidance they have used to telegraph lesser moves ) , which would expand its balance sheet by more than $ 3 trillion in a matter of just a few months .
Nor did I expect that at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buying plan would include , for the first time , corporate bonds and high yield debt ETFs .
( I thought those expansions would come eventually , not immediately . )
The Real Crash Schiff , Peter D. Best Price : $ 0.10 Buy New $ 3.95 To make matters even worse , the crisis has struck in the midst of a presidential election year , which guarantees that every policy decision has been made through a political prism .
Democrats are seizing on the crisis to paint the Trump Administration as incompetent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves into knots to do so .
( Trump has done himself no favors by using his daily briefings to showcase his inconsistent policy positions , combative political style , and his tenuous grasp of medical concepts . )
So , in contrast to prior national crises that had tended to pull the country together ( think 9/11 ) , this event is tearing us apart .
But there is one thing upon which both sides seem to agree : the need for the Federal government to shower the economy with newly created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim that the virus “ was not their fault , ” and to fully liquefy the financial markets .
The result has been an increase in government spending that dwarfs everything we have ever seen in the past , including the government ’ s response to the 2008 financial crisis .
The $ 3 trillion increase in Federal debt accumulated this spring may just be the beginning .
The major political differences now center on matters of degree , particularly how long the economy should remain closed and how many jobs , businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exchanged for each life that may be saved through extended lockdowns .
This is where it gets ugly .
Most Democrats , claiming that they are solely motivated by a desire to save as many lives as possible , are pushing for extended lockdowns .
But given the economic and scientific idiocy of their proposals ( for instance , the failure to differentiate between relative risk levels across society ) , you can forgive those who conclude that they are at least partially interested in enacting the sorts of radical economic transformations that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in normal circumstances .
Republicans are leaning in the other direction , with many favoring the Swedish approach to the pandemic , which looks to quarantine the most vulnerable ( the elderly and immuno-compromised ) while seeking to build “ herd immunity ” among the majority of healthy citizens .
This idea avoids lockdowns and social distancing ( and tolerates elevated infection rates among the healthy ) in order to suppress future infection waves , and more importantly , to prevent economic catastrophe .
Of course , the Swedish government , knowing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost of its decisions , did a rational cost/benefit analysis on its options .
U.S. governors , who are relying on the Federal government to support the unemployed and to bail out state deficits , have been spared these hard choices .
With costs shifted to the Federal government , states have underplayed economic considerations in their public health plans .
No doubt many states have seized on the crisis as an opportunity to be bailed out of financial problems that predated the current crisis .
From his basement-based presidential campaign , Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety and economic activity are a “ false choice , ” and that any policies that may just prevent “ one more death ” should be implemented , no matter the costs .
Such claims are symptomatic of a politician who prefers cheap posturing to reality .
The insanity of this idea can be seen in California , a state under total control of the Democrats .
Despite a per capita death rate that is less than 30 % of the national average , based on current data from Wolrldometer , the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suicide .
In Los Angeles County , home to more than 10 million people as of 2018 , the County Public Health Director just recommended that lockdown orders stay in place until August .
On May 8 The Mercury News reported that California guidelines now dictate that counties remain closed until there are no COVID deaths , and no more than one new case per 10,000 residents , in the last 2 weeks .
That bar is set so high that it seems designed never to be cleared .
Democrats ’ preferred approach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country for the disease , contact trace the tens of millions who are likely to test positive ( even though that accomplishes nothing ) , lockdown until a vaccine is developed , and pass the costs on to the Federal Government .
They seem to prefer this to a world in which Americans are empowered to make choices regarding their own health risks and economic imperatives .
In so doing , some have equated calls for “ liberty ” with racism and greed .
America ’ s Great ... Best Price : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the government ’ s immediate responses have been laughably inept .
Take the Paycheck Protection Program ( PPP ) , which provides direct payments to workers who have lost jobs due to forced shutdowns .
The problem is that the payments are often significantly higher than the former wages earned by many workers .
That means that even when companies are allowed to open and rehire , many employees may not want to come back to work , at least not until their new unemployment checks run out .
And based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stakes created by the election , there is a high likelihood that the generous payments will be renewed before the program expires in late summer .
( Democrats want to extend the higher payments until January ) .
This is dangerous territory .
As former Libertarian leader Harry Browne once said : Government breaks your leg , and then hands you a crutch and says , “ See , if it weren ’ t for us , you wouldn ’ t be able to walk.
” That is precisely what is happening here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not the world ’ s reserve ( that is every country but the U.S. ) the playbook is radically different .
Down in the cheap seats , politicians are aware that the costs of trying to print your way out of a financial dead-end are likely to be higher than the temporary gain of immediate liquidity injections .
Blatant “ debt monetization , ” whereby a government sells newly-created bonds to its central bank , usually ends in rampant , or even hyper , inflation , which wipes out the savings and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the dollar sits at the center of the global financial system , creating a built-in demand , as most cross-border transactions need dollars to execute .
This advantage allows Washington to consider policy options that would be too risky for other countries .
And so while we can clearly see this new wave of debt forming on the horizon , few fear any real damage when it finally crashes onto shore .
The fact that we have yet to pay a high price for our prior accumulation of debt , in terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gives politicians and Wall Street cheerleaders room to suggest that there is no downside to the “ government pays for everything ” approach .
With this trump card tucked into our sleeve , the United States will now engage in the biggest experiment in money creation the world has ever seen .
The hubris of American monetary exceptionalism may mean that no plan will be devised to steer us out of the dead-end of zero , or negative interest rates , no plan to confront our massive fiscal structural deficits , and no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survive without government life support .
But maybe the experiment in money creation can succeed in getting us through the COVID Depression without causing consumer prices to surge and cutting the legs out under the dollar ?
Maybe everything I have ever learned , or felt , about economics is wrong ?
Maybe money can grow on trees ?
I ’ m betting it can ’ t .
But this crisis will present different math than what we have seen over the last 20 years .
We will be showering the country with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of goods and services is diminishing due to work stoppages , production declines , distribution bottlenecks , and import restrictions .
Even if all restaurant and retail employees were to ignore the incentives and return to work , there is no certainty that customers will follow as fears of contagion will remain long after the economy reopens , and social distancing procedures will reduce the quality of the experience while increasing its cost .
There are also no legal protections currently on the books to shield employers from lawsuits brought by workers or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their premises .
Under these circumstances , wide swaths of business sectors may just cease to be .
In sum , there are many reasons to suspect that a very deep recession , or even a depression , will remain even after the disease subsides .
All this means that the economic rebound may be much softer than expected .
So , we will have more money chasing fewer goods and services .
This is a recipe for stagflation , whereby prices go up even while the economy contracts , creating a horrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the economic pyramid .
Most dangerously , we see this happening now in the food supply , with meat processors and farmers facing difficulties in getting products to market .
If you think social cohesion is breaking down now , wait until people have problems feeding their families .
When Money Dies : The N ... Adam Fergusson Best Price : $ 1.97 Buy New $ 10.08 When you get down to it , this crisis exposes just how deeply the decay of debt has undermined the economy .
The forced shutdowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious blow to a very robust economy , but not likely fatal .
In a healthy economy , individuals , businesses , and even governments , may have had the savings to draw on in case everything went wrong .
Savings could have allowed us to freeze economic activity for a time , and survive to see it restart .
But credit has become so cheap and so freely given in recent decades that the incentive to save has never been lower .
Knowing that credit cards are handed out like lollipops , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With interest rates near zero , small businesses have learned to rely on business lines of credit to pay current bills , and mega-cap corporations borrow to buy back shares , trading long-term stability for a short-term share price appreciation .
In such an environment , any economic interruptions that constrain short-term revenues create an immediate crisis .
Without the life support of savings , everyone immediately calls on the government to ride to the rescue .
The problem is the politicians show up with the economic equivalent of pep pills and leeches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is going .
Debt and monetary expansion look almost certain to increase .
The dollar may eventually buckle under the weight , dragging the bond market down with it .
It ’ s hard to say what the economy will look like once the bill comes due , but investors have plenty of warning .
They should use the current period , where the dollar has yet to fall , to consider holdings that may provide real protection .
The Best of Peter Schiff

For years, I have been warning that during the age of permanent stimulus (which began in earnest with the Federal Reserve’s reaction to the dotcom crash of 2000), each successive economic contraction would have to be met with ever larger, increasingly ineffective, doses of monetary and fiscal stimulus to keep the economy from spiraling into depression. I have also said that the enormity of the asset price gains over the last 10 years had increased the danger because reflating the bloated stock, real estate, and public and private debt markets would bring on doses of stimulus that could prove lethal for the economy. But even though I expected that the next financial crisis would be catastrophic, I thought that it would come into the world in the usual way, as a credit crisis triggered by over-leverage. But the Coronavirus ripped up those stage notes, and instead ushered in a threat that is faster and deeper than I imagined, and I imagined a lot. It’s a perfect storm, a black swan with teeth.
Even in my most pessimistic assessments, I did not expect that so many seemingly distant sectors of the economy would simultaneously evaporate, almost overnight, or that government deficits would expand to nearly $4 trillion in the first wave of the crisis, or that the Federal Reserve would so suddenly launch its largest-ever experiment in quantitative easing, (with almost none of the forward guidance they have used to telegraph lesser moves), which would expand its balance sheet by more than $3 trillion in a matter of just a few months. Nor did I expect that at its outset the Fed’s new buying plan would include, for the first time, corporate bonds and high yield debt ETFs. (I thought those expansions would come eventually, not immediately.) The Real Crash Schiff, Peter D. Best Price: $0.10 Buy New $3.95 (as of 01:15 UTC - Details)
To make matters even worse, the crisis has struck in the midst of a presidential election year, which guarantees that every policy decision has been made through a political prism. Democrats are seizing on the crisis to paint the Trump Administration as incompetent, ineffective and uncaring, often twisting themselves into knots to do so. (Trump has done himself no favors by using his daily briefings to showcase his inconsistent policy positions, combative political style, and his tenuous grasp of medical concepts.) So, in contrast to prior national crises that had tended to pull the country together (think 9/11), this event is tearing us apart.
But there is one thing upon which both sides seem to agree: the need for the Federal government to shower the economy with newly created money, bail out everyone who can claim that the virus “was not their fault,” and to fully liquefy the financial markets. The result has been an increase in government spending that dwarfs everything we have ever seen in the past, including the government’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. The $3 trillion increase in Federal debt accumulated this spring may just be the beginning.
The major political differences now center on matters of degree, particularly how long the economy should remain closed and how many jobs, businesses, and family financial plans should be exchanged for each life that may be saved through extended lockdowns. This is where it gets ugly.
Most Democrats, claiming that they are solely motivated by a desire to save as many lives as possible, are pushing for extended lockdowns. But given the economic and scientific idiocy of their proposals (for instance, the failure to differentiate between relative risk levels across society), you can forgive those who conclude that they are at least partially interested in enacting the sorts of radical economic transformations that would have been impossible to push through in normal circumstances.
Republicans are leaning in the other direction, with many favoring the Swedish approach to the pandemic, which looks to quarantine the most vulnerable (the elderly and immuno-compromised) while seeking to build “herd immunity” among the majority of healthy citizens. This idea avoids lockdowns and social distancing (and tolerates elevated infection rates among the healthy) in order to suppress future infection waves, and more importantly, to prevent economic catastrophe.
Of course, the Swedish government, knowing that it alone would have to bear the cost of its decisions, did a rational cost/benefit analysis on its options. U.S. governors, who are relying on the Federal government to support the unemployed and to bail out state deficits, have been spared these hard choices. With costs shifted to the Federal government, states have underplayed economic considerations in their public health plans. No doubt many states have seized on the crisis as an opportunity to be bailed out of financial problems that predated the current crisis.
From his basement-based presidential campaign, Joe Biden has repeatedly asserted that trade-offs between safety and economic activity are a “false choice,” and that any policies that may just prevent “one more death” should be implemented, no matter the costs. Such claims are symptomatic of a politician who prefers cheap posturing to reality.
The insanity of this idea can be seen in California, a state under total control of the Democrats. Despite a per capita death rate that is less than 30% of the national average, based on current data from Wolrldometer, the state seems to be prepared to commit economic suicide. In Los Angeles County, home to more than 10 million people as of 2018, the County Public Health Director just recommended that lockdown orders stay in place until August. On May 8 The Mercury News reported that California guidelines now dictate that counties remain closed until there are no COVID deaths, and no more than one new case per 10,000 residents, in the last 2 weeks. That bar is set so high that it seems designed never to be cleared.
Democrats’ preferred approach seems to be: Test everyone in the country for the disease, contact trace the tens of millions who are likely to test positive (even though that accomplishes nothing), lockdown until a vaccine is developed, and pass the costs on to the Federal Government. They seem to prefer this to a world in which Americans are empowered to make choices regarding their own health risks and economic imperatives. In so doing, some have equated calls for “liberty” with racism and greed. America’s Great ... Best Price: $14.73 Buy New $14.73 (as of 08:09 UTC - Details)
Some of the government’s immediate responses have been laughably inept. Take the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which provides direct payments to workers who have lost jobs due to forced shutdowns. The problem is that the payments are often significantly higher than the former wages earned by many workers. That means that even when companies are allowed to open and rehire, many employees may not want to come back to work, at least not until their new unemployment checks run out. And based on the current drift in Washington and the stakes created by the election, there is a high likelihood that the generous payments will be renewed before the program expires in late summer. (Democrats want to extend the higher payments until January).
This is dangerous territory. As former Libertarian leader Harry Browne once said: Government breaks your leg, and then hands you a crutch and says, “See, if it weren’t for us, you wouldn’t be able to walk.” That is precisely what is happening here.
For countries that issue currencies that are not the world’s reserve (that is every country but the U.S.) the playbook is radically different. Down in the cheap seats, politicians are aware that the costs of trying to print your way out of a financial dead-end are likely to be higher than the temporary gain of immediate liquidity injections. Blatant “debt monetization,” whereby a government sells newly-created bonds to its central bank, usually ends in rampant, or even hyper, inflation, which wipes out the savings and the economic viability of the nation. But the dollar sits at the center of the global financial system, creating a built-in demand, as most cross-border transactions need dollars to execute. This advantage allows Washington to consider policy options that would be too risky for other countries.
And so while we can clearly see this new wave of debt forming on the horizon, few fear any real damage when it finally crashes onto shore. The fact that we have yet to pay a high price for our prior accumulation of debt, in terms of inflation and high interest rates, gives politicians and Wall Street cheerleaders room to suggest that there is no downside to the “government pays for everything” approach.
With this trump card tucked into our sleeve, the United States will now engage in the biggest experiment in money creation the world has ever seen. The hubris of American monetary exceptionalism may mean that no plan will be devised to steer us out of the dead-end of zero, or negative interest rates, no plan to confront our massive fiscal structural deficits, and no plan to create an economy that can survive without government life support.
But maybe the experiment in money creation can succeed in getting us through the COVID Depression without causing consumer prices to surge and cutting the legs out under the dollar? Maybe everything I have ever learned, or felt, about economics is wrong? Maybe money can grow on trees? I’m betting it can’t.
But this crisis will present different math than what we have seen over the last 20 years. We will be showering the country with money at a time when the supply of goods and services is diminishing due to work stoppages, production declines, distribution bottlenecks, and import restrictions.
Even if all restaurant and retail employees were to ignore the incentives and return to work, there is no certainty that customers will follow as fears of contagion will remain long after the economy reopens, and social distancing procedures will reduce the quality of the experience while increasing its cost. There are also no legal protections currently on the books to shield employers from lawsuits brought by workers or customers who may contract the virus on their premises. Under these circumstances, wide swaths of business sectors may just cease to be. In sum, there are many reasons to suspect that a very deep recession, or even a depression, will remain even after the disease subsides. All this means that the economic rebound may be much softer than expected.
So, we will have more money chasing fewer goods and services. This is a recipe for stagflation, whereby prices go up even while the economy contracts, creating a horrible economic situation for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Most dangerously, we see this happening now in the food supply, with meat processors and farmers facing difficulties in getting products to market. If you think social cohesion is breaking down now, wait until people have problems feeding their families. When Money Dies: The N... Adam Fergusson Best Price: $1.97 Buy New $10.08 (as of 10:10 UTC - Details)
When you get down to it, this crisis exposes just how deeply the decay of debt has undermined the economy. The forced shutdowns and social distancing would have been a serious blow to a very robust economy, but not likely fatal. In a healthy economy, individuals, businesses, and even governments, may have had the savings to draw on in case everything went wrong. Savings could have allowed us to freeze economic activity for a time, and survive to see it restart. But credit has become so cheap and so freely given in recent decades that the incentive to save has never been lower. Knowing that credit cards are handed out like lollipops, consumers have learned to live paycheck-to-paycheck. With interest rates near zero, small businesses have learned to rely on business lines of credit to pay current bills, and mega-cap corporations borrow to buy back shares, trading long-term stability for a short-term share price appreciation. In such an environment, any economic interruptions that constrain short-term revenues create an immediate crisis. Without the life support of savings, everyone immediately calls on the government to ride to the rescue. The problem is the politicians show up with the economic equivalent of pep pills and leeches.
So, we can see where this is going. Debt and monetary expansion look almost certain to increase. The dollar may eventually buckle under the weight, dragging the bond market down with it. It’s hard to say what the economy will look like once the bill comes due, but investors have plenty of warning. They should use the current period, where the dollar has yet to fall, to consider holdings that may provide real protection.
Reprinted from SchiffGold.com.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-28--The Ceaseless Culture War Against Hungary

If you listen to the Western media , you might think that in the weeks following the outbreak of Covid-19 the government of Hungary had transformed itself into a brutal dictatorship .
There was a constant stream of articles claiming that democracy had died in Hungary .
Opinion pieces insisted that the Hungarian government had exploited people ’ s concerns about the pandemic to impose a 1930s-style authoritarian dictatorship .
The Covid pandemic has reinvigorated the Culture Wars in various different ways .
And these alarmist accounts of democratic backsliding in Hungary were a key theme in these Culture Wars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cultural conflict , Hungary was held up as symbolic of an ideology of evil .
Orbu00e1n : Hungary & rsq ... Lendvai , Paul Best Price : $ 19.37 Buy New $ 23.86 In early May , the mistakenly titled US-based advocacy group Freedom House offered up an obituary on Hungarian democracy .
In a report it asserted that , because of the emergency laws it passed in relation to Covid-19 , Hungary should not be considered a democracy anymore .
Given Freedom House ’ s longstanding hostility to the Hungarian government , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem was that this verdict was uncritically repeated in the media .
At times it seemed that almost the entire Western media were ganging up against this supposed new dictatorship .
The Economist responded to Hungary ’ s enactment of a state of emergency by claiming that Viktor Orban , the prime minister , ‘ has in effect become a dictator – in the heart of Europe ’ .
The Guardian declared that the ‘ world must not let Hungary get away with this power grab ’ .
Writing in the EUobserver , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Human Rights Watch , claimed that Hungary was now a dictatorship and therefore the EU had ceased to be a bloc of democratic states .
Orbanland : Why Viktor ... Skytt , Lasse Buy New $ 15.95 Writing in the Daily Telegraph , Ben Kelly ranted that ‘ if the EU can not rein in Hungary ’ s dictator Viktor Orban , it will rot from the inside ’ .
According to the narrative , Hungary ’ s enactment of emergency measures meant that the normal process of parliamentary democracy had disappeared forever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governments that enacted emergency powers in response to the Covid pandemic were not accused of such malevolent intent .
Why was Hungary held to a different standard ?
The answer was devastatingly simple .
‘ Orban can not be trusted ’ , Western observers implied .
It was really another way of saying : ‘ We don ’ t like him .
’

If you listen to the Western media, you might think that in the weeks following the outbreak of Covid-19 the government of Hungary had transformed itself into a brutal dictatorship. There was a constant stream of articles claiming that democracy had died in Hungary. Opinion pieces insisted that the Hungarian government had exploited people’s concerns about the pandemic to impose a 1930s-style authoritarian dictatorship.
The Covid pandemic has reinvigorated the Culture Wars in various different ways. And these alarmist accounts of democratic backsliding in Hungary were a key theme in these Culture Wars. On the anti-sovereigntist wing of the cultural conflict, Hungary was held up as symbolic of an ideology of evil.
Orbu00e1n: Hungary&rsq... Lendvai, Paul Best Price: $19.37 Buy New $23.86 (as of 04:03 UTC - Details) In early May, the mistakenly titled US-based advocacy group Freedom House offered up an obituary on Hungarian democracy. In a report it asserted that, because of the emergency laws it passed in relation to Covid-19, Hungary should not be considered a democracy anymore. Given Freedom House’s longstanding hostility to the Hungarian government, its verdict was hardly surprising. The problem was that this verdict was uncritically repeated in the media. At times it seemed that almost the entire Western media were ganging up against this supposed new dictatorship.
The Economist responded to Hungary’s enactment of a state of emergency by claiming that Viktor Orban, the prime minister, ‘has in effect become a dictator – in the heart of Europe’. The Guardian declared that the ‘world must not let Hungary get away with this power grab’. Writing in the EUobserver, Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, claimed that Hungary was now a dictatorship and therefore the EU had ceased to be a bloc of democratic states. Orbanland: Why Viktor ... Skytt, Lasse Buy New $15.95 (as of 04:03 UTC - Details)
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Ben Kelly ranted that ‘if the EU cannot rein in Hungary’s dictator Viktor Orban, it will rot from the inside’.
According to the narrative, Hungary’s enactment of emergency measures meant that the normal process of parliamentary democracy had disappeared forever. It is worth noting that other governments that enacted emergency powers in response to the Covid pandemic were not accused of such malevolent intent. Why was Hungary held to a different standard? The answer was devastatingly simple. ‘Orban cannot be trusted’, Western observers implied. It was really another way of saying: ‘We don’t like him.’
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lewrockwell--2020-05-28--There Is Still Hope Out There…and We Are Taking Time Out To Re-Group

I want to let you know that we have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) to stop making any statements about our treatment protocols of Vitamins A , C & D , as well as nutritional IV ’ s , iodine , ozone and nebulization to support the immune system with respect to Coronavirus Diseases 2019 ( COVID-19 ) .
According to this letter : “ It is unlawful under the FTC Act , 15 U.S.C Sec .
41 et seq .
to advertise that a product or service can prevent , treat , or cure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reliable scientific evidence , including , when appropriate , well-controlled human clinical studies , substantiating that the claims are true at the time they are made .
For COVID-19 , no such study is currently known to exist for the products or services identified above .
Thus , any Coronavirus-related prevention or treatment claims regarding such products or services are not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence .
You must immediately cease making all such claims.
” Dare to Fly : Simple Le ... McSally , Martha Best Price : $ 21.46 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that I will not be able to blog , post , tweet , email , etc .
for a while .
We have temporarily put all Social Media platforms in ‘ hibernation ’ for the time being .
With that being said , there are a few things I want you to know : – My office , the Center for Holistic Medicine , is NOT closing .
I am still here and so are my colleague We are committed to taking good care of our patients and we are continuing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Feel free to email us at : info @ centerforholisticmedicine.com American Crusade : Our ... Hegseth , Pete Buy New $ 16.80 – Due to the COVID crisis , we have had staff members take a leave of absence in order to quarantine at home .
We are doing our best to answer the phones , but we simply do not have the ability to answer all the calls right now .
For that I apologize .
We are asking for your patience and please know we are doing our best in these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a hold of us or make an appointment , email us at : info @ centerforholisticmedicine.com – I am reading every single email and message your are sending me .
I am touched beyond words .
The uplifting messages mean more than I can say .
I appreciate your kindness and support during these difficult times .
– We will get through this .
Keep in mind , the vast majority—over 99 % of us will survive Cornavirus and move on .
At CHM we are committed to providing the best health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will continue to do just that .
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I want to let you know that we have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop making any statements about our treatment protocols of Vitamins A, C & D, as well as nutritional IV’s, iodine, ozone and nebulization to support the immune system with respect to Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19).
According to this letter:
“It is unlawful under the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C Sec. 41 et seq. to advertise that a product or service can prevent, treat, or cure human disease unless you possess competent and reliable scientific evidence, including, when appropriate, well-controlled human clinical studies, substantiating that the claims are true at the time they are made. For COVID-19, no such study is currently known to exist for the products or services identified above. Thus, any Coronavirus-related prevention or treatment claims regarding such products or services are not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. You must immediately cease making all such claims.” Dare to Fly: Simple Le... McSally, Martha Best Price: $21.46 Buy New $21.89 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details)
What this means is that I will not be able to blog, post, tweet, email, etc. for a while. We have temporarily put all Social Media platforms in ‘hibernation’ for the time being.
With that being said, there are a few things I want you to know:
– My office, the Center for Holistic Medicine, is NOT closing. I am still here and so are my colleague s! We are committed to taking good care of our patients and we are continuing to accept new patients, as well. Feel free to email us at: info@ centerforholisticmedicine.com
American Crusade: Our ... Hegseth, Pete Buy New $16.80 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details) – Due to the COVID crisis, we have had staff members take a leave of absence in order to quarantine at home. We are doing our best to answer the phones, but we simply do not have the ability to answer all the calls right now. For that I apologize. We are asking for your patience and please know we are doing our best in these trying times. If you need to get a hold of us or make an appointment, email us at: [email protected]
– I am reading every single email and message your are sending me. I am touched beyond words. The uplifting messages mean more than I can say. I appreciate your kindness and support during these difficult times.
– We will get through this. Keep in mind, the vast majority—over 99% of us will survive Cornavirus and move on. At CHM we are committed to providing the best health care that we are capable of and we will continue to do just that.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-28--Astaxanthin Helps Alleviate Cytokine Storm

Part of what makes COVID-19 such a dangerous disease in severe cases is because it can trigger a cytokine storm reaction leading to sepsis , organ failure and death .
I ’ ve written a number of articles discussing a variety of natural supplements known to inactivate viruses , quell inflammation and regulate the inflammatory process .
Examples include vitamin C , melatonin and licorice root .
You can find them all on my Coronavirus Resource Page .
Most recently , the paper1 “ COVID-19 : Potential of Microalgae Derived Natural Astaxanthin as Adjunctive Supplement in Alleviating Cytokine Storm , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the research library website SSRN , addresses the use of astaxanthin , a potent antioxidant supplement derived from microalgae .
According to the authors : Vegan Astaxanthin ( 12m ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 24.95 ( $ 0.28 / Count ) The astaxanthin paper cites research showing astaxanthin “ can play major roles in regulating immunity and disease etiology ” thanks to its multifaceted activity .
Not only is it a powerful antioxidant , but it ’ s also an immune booster , anti-inflammatory , neuroprotector , immunomodulator , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antioxidant power , it ’ s thought to be the most potent available .
As noted in the astaxanthin paper:2 EMF*D : 5G , Wi-Fi & Cel ... Dr. Joseph Mercola Buy New $ 22.49 Importantly , as explained in this paper , astaxanthin has a very unique molecular structure that allows it to penetrate the bilayer membrane of cells .
The ability to quench reactive oxygen species ( ROS ) and free radicals in both the inner and outer layers of the cellular membrane allows it to provide superior protection against oxidative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vitamin E and beta-carotene , for example , only work in the inner side of the membrane , and vitamin C only works on the outer side.3 What ’ s more : According to the authors , astaxanthin may be uniquely suited for this task .
Astaxanthin , “ with its proven anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activity backed by multiple preclinical and human trials and with its extraordinary safety profile can be one of the most promising candidates to be tried against COVID-19 , ” they say .
The authors believe astaxanthin may help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The following graph illustrates and summarizes the beneficial effects of astaxanthin and how it can help quench the cytokine storm response responsible for the sepsis , acute lung injury , ARDS and multiorgan disorders often seen in patients with severe COVID-19 disease .
According to the authors : Astaxanthin , One of Nature ’ s Most Powerful Antioxidants Plague : One Scientist & ... Mikovits , Judy Best Price : $ 29.55 Buy New $ 17.99 In short , astaxanthin ticks many important boxes when it comes to ameliorating COVID-19 , including immune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cell-mediated and humoral immune responses , as well as the simultaneous protection against oxidative damage and inflammation .
Aside from being potentially useful against COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses , astaxanthin has also been shown to provide broad-spectrum , systemwide health benefits , protecting against radiation and promoting skin , eye , brain and heart health .
To learn more about this powerful antioxidant , see “ Research on Astaxanthin Demonstrates Significant Whole Body Benefits.
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Part of what makes COVID-19 such a dangerous disease in severe cases is because it can trigger a cytokine storm reaction leading to sepsis, organ failure and death.
I’ve written a number of articles discussing a variety of natural supplements known to inactivate viruses, quell inflammation and regulate the inflammatory process. Examples include vitamin C, melatonin and licorice root. You can find them all on my Coronavirus Resource Page.
Blocking Cytokine Storm Is Crucial
Most recently, the paper1 “COVID-19: Potential of Microalgae Derived Natural Astaxanthin as Adjunctive Supplement in Alleviating Cytokine Storm,” published April 21, 2020, on the research library website SSRN, addresses the use of astaxanthin, a potent antioxidant supplement derived from microalgae. According to the authors: Vegan Astaxanthin (12m... Buy New $24.95 ($0.28 / Count) (as of 11:05 UTC - Details)
“There is rationale, pre-clinical evidences of effectiveness and evidence of safety from long-time use for other indications to justify possible inclusion of natural astaxanthin as adjunctive in combination with primary anti-viral drugs therapy will hugely benefit COVID-19 patients by improving their health and reducing recovery time …
Clinically, natural astaxanthin has shown diverse benefits with excellent safety and reported to block oxidative DNA damage, lowered C-reactive protein (CRP) and other inflammation biomarkers. Previous studies reported that natural astaxanthin exert positive effects in alleviating cytokine storm, acute lung injury, acute respiratory syndrome, etc …
Current understandings based on accumulated evidences suggest that SARS-CoV-2 induces a potential amplified inflammatory response to sequential consequences of ALI [acute lung injury], ARDS [acute respiratory distress syndrome] to a life-threatening dire consequence of potential septic shock with elevated expression of inflammatory related genes along with inevitable secondary infections, rather than increased viral load …
The attenuation of the cytokine storm by targeting key steps in the process may deliver improved outcomes … Shi et al. suggested a two-phase approach for potential treatments of COVID-19 patients: the first immune defense-based protective phase for non-severe COVID-19 cases and the second, inflammation-driven damaging phase for severe COVID-19 patients.
Zhang et al. presented a critical review … stating that blocking the cytokine storm at right time followed by initiation of anti-inflammation therapy is very critical for reducing the rate of fatalities. … A range of antioxidants as supplements will offer a window of quick recovery of patients by reducing post treatment side-effects.”
Rationale for Using Astaxanthin
The astaxanthin paper cites research showing astaxanthin “can play major roles in regulating immunity and disease etiology” thanks to its multifaceted activity. Not only is it a powerful antioxidant, but it’s also an immune booster, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotector, immunomodulator, antibacterial and anti-apoptotic. In terms of antioxidant power, it’s thought to be the most potent available. As noted in the astaxanthin paper:2 EMF*D: 5G, Wi-Fi & Cel... Dr. Joseph Mercola Buy New $22.49 (as of 09:53 UTC - Details)
“The antioxidant activity of astaxanthin is reported to far exceed the existing antioxidants with ROS- scavenging capacity of 6,000 times that of vitamin C, 800 times that of coenzyme Q10, 550 times that of vitamin E, 200 times that of polyphenols, 150 times that of anthocyanins, and 75 times that of α-Lipoic acid.”
Importantly, as explained in this paper, astaxanthin has a very unique molecular structure that allows it to penetrate the bilayer membrane of cells. The ability to quench reactive oxygen species (ROS) and free radicals in both the inner and outer layers of the cellular membrane allows it to provide superior protection against oxidative stress, compared to other antioxidants.
Vitamin E and beta-carotene, for example, only work in the inner side of the membrane, and vitamin C only works on the outer side.3 What’s more:
“The anti-oxidative effect of astaxanthin cooperates with its anti-inflammatory actions by up-regulating anti- oxidative enzymes (e.g. superoxide dismutase) and down-regulating pro-oxidative enzymes (e.g. nitric oxide synthetase).
Astaxanthin is also known to protect pancreatic beta cells by reducing oxidative stress and sugar toxicity, improve the levels adiponectin and HDL, and enhances blood flow and circulation,” the authors state, adding:
“Increasing evidences indicate that dysregulation of cytokines in acute inflammation is the most important step in mediating, amplifying and perpetuating the process of sepsis or ALI …
The excessive release of various pro-inflammatory cytokines mainly including TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, IL-12 and IL-8 rapidly initiate a systemic inflammatory response leading to simulation of adaptive immune response and cytokine storm resulting the acute cellular injury to form sepsis or ALI. Plague of Corruption: ... Mikovits, Judy Buy New $16.51 (as of 02:59 UTC - Details)
These observations along with currently accumulating evidences related to COVID-19, strongly suggest that the inflammatory process involve in association with ARDS related ALI and sepsis.
This warrants that effective anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory treatments must be given strategically to treat COVID-19 patients …
Anti-inflammatory / anti-oxidants candidates to intervene the excessive production of cytokines, including IL6 and TNF-α can be a promising strategy for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 induced ARDS related ALI and sepsis.”
According to the authors, astaxanthin may be uniquely suited for this task. Astaxanthin, “with its proven anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activity backed by multiple preclinical and human trials and with its extraordinary safety profile can be one of the most promising candidates to be tried against COVID-19,” they say.
How Astaxanthin May Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Damage
The authors believe astaxanthin may help minimize the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection by:4
The following graph illustrates and summarizes the beneficial effects of astaxanthin and how it can help quench the cytokine storm response responsible for the sepsis, acute lung injury, ARDS and multiorgan disorders often seen in patients with severe COVID-19 disease. According to the authors:
“Taken together, we speculate that implications of astaxanthin as adjunctive countermeasure in the treatment of COVID-19 may exert dual purpose of both as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound with beneficial outcome of reduce fatality and rapid recovery …”
Astaxanthin, One of Nature’s Most Powerful Antioxidants
Plague: One Scientist&... Mikovits, Judy Best Price: $29.55 Buy New $17.99 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details) In short, astaxanthin ticks many important boxes when it comes to ameliorating COVID-19, including immune response regulation and the enhancement of both cell-mediated and humoral immune responses, as well as the simultaneous protection against oxidative damage and inflammation.
Aside from being potentially useful against COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, astaxanthin has also been shown to provide broad-spectrum, systemwide health benefits, protecting against radiation and promoting skin, eye, brain and heart health. To learn more about this powerful antioxidant, see “Research on Astaxanthin Demonstrates Significant Whole Body Benefits.”
Sources and References
1, 2 SSRN April 21, 2020
3 SSRN April 21, 2020, 4.1. Astaxanthin as anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory compound
4 SSRN April 21, 2020, Pages 7 through 11
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lewrockwell--2020-05-29--The Dollars and Deaths of COVID-19

The Dollars and Deaths of COVID-19

• The U.S. economy has used phony numbers for a long time .
The U.S .
Gross Domestic Product has been falling for some time .
• Cuts in government-funded services , including Social Security and Medicare were already in the works before the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak .
• President Trump offered reduced taxes for U.S. companies doing business overseas as incentive to bring their profits home .
Some $ 465 billion of U.S. dollars were repatriated .
But CEOs of U.S. companies bought back shares from their small stockholders and enriched themselves , double-crossing Trump ’ s plans to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump has control as the federal government has a 3 % stake in these companies via the COVID-19 bailout money .
Now they have to start new ventures and hire Americans .
• “ Medicare For All ” is a rallying cry for social equality .
But not only can ’ t America afford Medicare any longer , hospitals receive higher reimbursement from private insurance than what Medicare pays .
If everything is Medicare , then it will cost the federal government more , not less , to provide healthcare for all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numbers ” reported by news sources may just be normal deaths reported in an average year .
Many people are alleged to have died with but not of COVID-19 coronavirus .
Except for a brief period over the past 5 months , excess deaths have not been reported .
• The politics of an epidemic can not be ignored .
Deaths in States with Democrat Party governors that are still in lockdown have far more reported deaths than States with Republican Party governors that have re-opened .
The Anti-Demographic C ... Blessings , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrival of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has served as cover for a collapsing economy .
I have been saying , based on all the investigation I have done , that the U.S. economy was a false economy to begin with .
U.S .
Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) , the broadest measure of total goods and services , has been in minus territory for some time now but hidden from view because of imputed ( imagined ) GDP growth .
The largest imputation in GDP accounts is owner-occupied housing .
But owner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rent is counted as part of GDP if you own housing .
Those who count up the nation ’ s productivity have resorted to tricks to maintain US GDP growth ( artificially ) .
It was Monty Pelerin , writing a decade ago at www.economicnoise.com , who calculated if 15 % of the GDP is eliminated as nothing but imputed ( imagined ) and then all of the federal government ’ s unfunded future liabilities are added to the general fund according to Generally Accepted Accounting Practices , then government spending is 79 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was on the cusp of having to announce cuts of $ 64 billion ( largely disability cuts ) based on $ 20.5 trillion of future obligations and the Social Security Trust Fund holding a bunch of U.S. Treasury Notes ( IOUs ) plus whatever is collected in the bi-weekly FICA payroll deductions , which is now less ~40 million workers who are unemployed .
The full tax burden now shifts to those who have maintained employment .
Pre-planned Social Security cuts are also in process , that started in 2017 for everyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 7 % for everyone now under age 60 .
The Federal Reserve was essentially giving away free money to the financial classes to produce perpetual economic bubbles ( Wall Street , real estate , etc . )
, and when Generally Accepted Accounting Practices are used and the general fund is merged with Social Security and Medicare budgets , the U.S. was actually collecting $ 3.2 trillion taxes and spending $ 6 trillion ( if you can believe ) .
The U.S. has simply been printing electronic money to make up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ false living standard that will surely decline by 50 % or more .
President Trump was touting low unemployment numbers because he has to… he is cheerleader in chief .
The real unemployment numbers were always ~20 % and are now an astounding 39.6 % according to economist John Williams at Shadowstats.com .
FlimFlam Man : The Trag ... Pelerin , Monty Buy New $ 16.99 To fully comprehend the predicament of these low-income army of workers faces , if these same workers were earning $ 20,000 a year in 2008 when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to inflation of ~6 % ( not the advertised 2 % target inflation quoted by the Federal Reserve Bank ) , these same workers would have to earn $ 56,850 to have the same purchasing power in 2020 .
Of course , this is how we get demands for minimum wage , but pay raises increase the cost of goods beyond affordability .
When minimum wage reform appeared impossible , guaranteed income came into discussion .
It ’ s true , the U.S. is pouring unlimited money into corporate bailouts ( more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , trillions of dollars coming out of nowhere .
So , the U.S. is awash in money .
But mostly for the large corporations , and there is a reason why .
Here is my take on what happened .
While President Trump ’ s predecessor felt American companies should pay their fair share of taxes .
A 35 % tax on overseas profits was crippling American companies in their battle to compete with foreign businesses .
Trump was reportedly able to repatriate $ 465 billion with a tax of 15.5 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for American companies to bring their overseas profits back home , the intent was to get those companies to start new ventures and hire more American workers .
But American business executives chose to use the money to buy back shares of stock from small shareholders and enrich their own wealth as stock prices in their own companies rose .
CEOs of major corporation repurchased $ 3.5 trillion of shares between 2011-2018 .
But doing that with money Trump got them in a discounted tax for bringing U.S. liquid assets home was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back .
Mr. Trump ’ s MAGA plan was foiled .
A Generation of Sociop ... Gibney , Bruce Cannon Best Price : $ 4.19 Buy New $ 13.47 Suddenly we learn nearly 1300 CEOs of major corporations resigned last year .
We don ’ t have to guess why .
It ’ s just the nation ’ s news agencies left us wanting for an answer as to why all these resignations .
Were these CEOs told they would be jailed for the stock buy-backs that double-crossed America ’ s attempts to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now the COVID-19 crisis strikes American business and the federal government offers billions in bailout funds to these companies .
Only this time , the Federal government has taken a 3 % stake in these companies .
President Trump representing the federal government is sitting on their board of directors .
Now , if these companies don ’ t launch new ventures and hire American laborers , their loans are likely going to be yanked .
The federal government is playing hardball with these companies who double-crossed the President ’ s dream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let ’ s see what transpires now .
( Why you don ’ t hear this from the news media speaks mountains . )
Clueless over how much money the federal government has The Courage Habit : How ... Swoboda , Kate Best Price : $ 4.50 Buy New $ 10.19 On May 15 , 2020 , Chelsea Clinton with Georgetown Law Professor Eric A. Friedman , called for massive financial aid to stave off massive starvation throughout the world as a consequence of the global lockdown , with no regard for where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come from .
Obviously , Chelsea Clinton has no clue about the budgetary crisis the U.S. is facing .
Neither do most politicians .
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris ’ platform serves as another example : a $ 6000/year tax credit for workers who earn less than $ 100,000 a year ; a $ 315 billion plan to raise teacher pay ; a $ 100 billion giveaway to increase black homeownership without any regard for tax increases to pay for this .
It was H.L .
Mencken who said : “ If a politician @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
” It was Federal Reserve Bank chairman Alan Greenspan who upon his retirement in 2004 asked politicians when they were going to tell the people the nation can ’ t afford Medicare and Social Security anymore ?
Politicians kept it a secret .
This fact reveals how unrealistic if not totally out of touch with reality ( defined as psychosis ) politicians are who continue to promise “ Medicare for all.
” These politicians have misled many Americans that attainment of such a government giveaway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet Mars .
Medicare For All has become a rallying point for social equality ( or is it mass psychosis ? )
that is indicative of a population that is totally misled .
Few Americans realize private insurance pays almost double Medicare rates for hospital care .
In other words , private insurance bears an extra burden to offset what Medicare doesn ’ t pay and that makes hospitals profitable .
If all hospital bills were paid by Medicare , Medicare-paid hospital bills would have to rise dramatically .
Death numbers blare from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the COVID-19 coronavirus escapade made its entry onto the world stage .
Almost 8000 Americans die every day .
That amounts to almost 3 million deaths in a year .
Are there excess deaths emanating from the COVID-19 epidemic ?
Stock Buybacks : The Tr ... Abbott , Joseph Best Price : $ 21.00 Buy New $ 7.95 This may be difficult to determine because the lockdown took automobiles off the road .
Fewer auto accidents .
But you examine the evidence for yourself ( below ) .
What the chart below shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from all causes and a gold line showing when excess deaths were significantly above what was anticipated .
What we see is briefly in May of 2017 , then in the flu season of 2018 and then again in the current infectious disease season beginning in Nov-Dec. of 2019-2020 , a significant number of excess deaths , somewhere between ten and twenty thousand more than normal per month .
That isn ’ t enough to warrant a worldwide quarantine and lockdown .
If , early-on , health authorities in the U.S. had employed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , walled off the disease and limited it to demographic groups ( nursing home patients , healthcare personnel , African-Americans ) , as was done in South Korea , a complete lockdown with accompanying financial destruction could have been averted .
There continues to be pleas to conduct more testing , but the testing is not being used for its intended purpose .
It is being used to spread fear .
The Economics of Disco ... Paul , Jean-Michel Best Price : $ 30.38 Buy New $ 14.95 An overblown COVID-19 coronavirus plague @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ~100,000 over-reported deaths or 0.0003 % of the ( 3 in 10,000 ) population with an overestimation correction of 99 % for the assumption that people who died of COVID-19 may not have died due to COVID-19 and because of it .
For comparison , the 1918 Spanish flu was estimated to have killed 50 million worldwide but only 675,000 in the U.S. out of a population of 103 million at the time .
That would represent a death rate of 0.0052 ( one half of 1 % or 1 in 2000 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death toll in the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic .
The virus has its own targeted geo-political infection/death rate .
Here is what news commentator and activist Candace Owens recently tweeted : Either politicians who commandeer these epidemics in America intentionally misclassify normal deaths as COVID-19 deaths or they actually take actions that kill , such as mandating the transfer of COVID-19 infected patients to nursing homes , thus exposing a vulnerable nursing home population to this viral killer .
The overcounting has become so absurd that state departments of health have now admitted they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 deaths .
The political blame game is to hold the Executive Branch of government accountable for these deaths .
The lockdowns in these states worsens the financial crisis , again , another game of finger pointing .
Politics can ’ t be removed from any analysis of this viral outbreak in America .

Key Points
The U.S. economy has used phony numbers for a long time. The U.S. Gross Domestic Product has been falling for some time.
Cuts in government-funded services, including Social Security and Medicare were already in the works before the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
President Trump offered reduced taxes for U.S. companies doing business overseas as incentive to bring their profits home. Some $465 billion of U.S. dollars were repatriated. But CEOs of U.S. companies bought back shares from their small stockholders and enriched themselves, double-crossing Trump’s plans to “make America great again.” Now President Trump has control as the federal government has a 3% stake in these companies via the COVID-19 bailout money. Now they have to start new ventures and hire Americans.
“Medicare For All” is a rallying cry for social equality. But not only can’t America afford Medicare any longer, hospitals receive higher reimbursement from private insurance than what Medicare pays. If everything is Medicare, then it will cost the federal government more, not less, to provide healthcare for all.
The COVID-19 coronavirus “death numbers” reported by news sources may just be normal deaths reported in an average year. Many people are alleged to have died with but not of COVID-19 coronavirus. Except for a brief period over the past 5 months, excess deaths have not been reported.
The politics of an epidemic cannot be ignored. Deaths in States with Democrat Party governors that are still in lockdown have far more reported deaths than States with Republican Party governors that have re-opened.
The Anti-Demographic C... Blessings, Joe Buy New $5.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) The timely arrival of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has served as cover for a collapsing economy. I have been saying, based on all the investigation I have done, that the U.S. economy was a false economy to begin with. U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of total goods and services, has been in minus territory for some time now but hidden from view because of imputed (imagined) GDP growth.
The largest imputation in GDP accounts is owner-occupied housing. But owner occupiers do not receive rent. Yet rent is counted as part of GDP if you own housing. Those who count up the nation’s productivity have resorted to tricks to maintain US GDP growth (artificially).
It was Monty Pelerin, writing a decade ago at www.economicnoise.com, who calculated if 15% of the GDP is eliminated as nothing but imputed (imagined) and then all of the federal government’s unfunded future liabilities are added to the general fund according to Generally Accepted Accounting Practices, then government spending is 79% of the economy!
Social Security was on the cusp of having to announce cuts of $64 billion (largely disability cuts) based on $20.5 trillion of future obligations and the Social Security Trust Fund holding a bunch of U.S. Treasury Notes (IOUs) plus whatever is collected in the bi-weekly FICA payroll deductions, which is now less ~40 million workers who are unemployed. The full tax burden now shifts to those who have maintained employment.
Pre-planned Social Security cuts are also in process, that started in 2017 for everyone who will turn 62, with cuts growing to 7% for everyone now under age 60.
The Federal Reserve was essentially giving away free money to the financial classes to produce perpetual economic bubbles (Wall Street, real estate, etc.), and when Generally Accepted Accounting Practices are used and the general fund is merged with Social Security and Medicare budgets, the U.S. was actually collecting $3.2 trillion taxes and spending $6 trillion (if you can believe). The U.S. has simply been printing electronic money to make up the difference.
So, Americans have a false living standard that will surely decline by 50% or more. President Trump was touting low unemployment numbers because he has to… he is cheerleader in chief. The real unemployment numbers were always ~20% and are now an astounding 39.6% according to economist John Williams at Shadowstats.com. FlimFlam Man: The Trag... Pelerin, Monty Buy New $16.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details)
To fully comprehend the predicament of these low-income army of workers faces, if these same workers were earning $20,000 a year in 2008 when the economy collapsed in the housing bubble, due to inflation of ~6% (not the advertised 2% target inflation quoted by the Federal Reserve Bank), these same workers would have to earn $56,850 to have the same purchasing power in 2020. Of course, this is how we get demands for minimum wage, but pay raises increase the cost of goods beyond affordability. When minimum wage reform appeared impossible, guaranteed income came into discussion.
Unlimited money
It’s true, the U.S. is pouring unlimited money into corporate bailouts (more about this below) and public assistance, trillions of dollars coming out of nowhere. So, the U.S. is awash in money. But mostly for the large corporations, and there is a reason why. Here is my take on what happened.
Stock buybacks
While President Trump’s predecessor felt American companies should pay their fair share of taxes. A 35% tax on overseas profits was crippling American companies in their battle to compete with foreign businesses. Trump was reportedly able to repatriate $465 billion with a tax of 15.5%.
When President Trump offered a tax reduction for American companies to bring their overseas profits back home, the intent was to get those companies to start new ventures and hire more American workers.
But American business executives chose to use the money to buy back shares of stock from small shareholders and enrich their own wealth as stock prices in their own companies rose. CEOs of major corporation repurchased $3.5 trillion of shares between 2011-2018. But doing that with money Trump got them in a discounted tax for bringing U.S. liquid assets home was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Mr. Trump’s MAGA plan was foiled. A Generation of Sociop... Gibney, Bruce Cannon Best Price: $4.19 Buy New $13.47 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details)
Suddenly we learn nearly 1300 CEOs of major corporations resigned last year. We don’t have to guess why. It’s just the nation’s news agencies left us wanting for an answer as to why all these resignations.
Were these CEOs told they would be jailed for the stock buy-backs that double-crossed America’s attempts to bring back jobs from overseas? Maybe.
A report at TheStreet.com says:
“This kind of recklessness by executives needs a reckoning. The hammer needs to be brought down hard on executives whose buyback decisions have now placed their companies in need of federal money.”
Federal government moves onto governing boards of companies
Now the COVID-19 crisis strikes American business and the federal government offers billions in bailout funds to these companies. Only this time, the Federal government has taken a 3% stake in these companies. President Trump representing the federal government is sitting on their board of directors. Now, if these companies don’t launch new ventures and hire American laborers, their loans are likely going to be yanked.
The federal government is playing hardball with these companies who double-crossed the President’s dream of “make America great again.” Let’s see what transpires now. (Why you don’t hear this from the news media speaks mountains.)
Clueless over how much money the federal government has
The Courage Habit: How... Swoboda, Kate Best Price: $4.50 Buy New $10.19 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) On May 15, 2020, Chelsea Clinton with Georgetown Law Professor Eric A. Friedman, called for massive financial aid to stave off massive starvation throughout the world as a consequence of the global lockdown, with no regard for where these billions of dollars of aid would come from. Obviously, Chelsea Clinton has no clue about the budgetary crisis the U.S. is facing. Neither do most politicians.
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ platform serves as another example: a $6000/year tax credit for workers who earn less than $100,000 a year; a $315 billion plan to raise teacher pay; a $100 billion giveaway to increase black homeownership without any regard for tax increases to pay for this. It was H.L. Mencken who said: “If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
It was Federal Reserve Bank chairman Alan Greenspan who upon his retirement in 2004 asked politicians when they were going to tell the people the nation can’t afford Medicare and Social Security anymore? Politicians kept it a secret.
This fact reveals how unrealistic if not totally out of touch with reality (defined as psychosis) politicians are who continue to promise “Medicare for all.” These politicians have misled many Americans that attainment of such a government giveaway is a possibility. Maybe on the planet Mars.
Medicare For All has become a rallying point for social equality (or is it mass psychosis?) that is indicative of a population that is totally misled. Few Americans realize private insurance pays almost double Medicare rates for hospital care. In other words, private insurance bears an extra burden to offset what Medicare doesn’t pay and that makes hospitals profitable. If all hospital bills were paid by Medicare, Medicare-paid hospital bills would have to rise dramatically.
Excess deaths
Death numbers blare from every TV set in the world as the COVID-19 coronavirus escapade made its entry onto the world stage. Almost 8000 Americans die every day. That amounts to almost 3 million deaths in a year. Are there excess deaths emanating from the COVID-19 epidemic? Stock Buybacks: The Tr... Abbott, Joseph Best Price: $21.00 Buy New $7.95 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details)
This may be difficult to determine because the lockdown took automobiles off the road. Fewer auto accidents. But you examine the evidence for yourself (below). What the chart below shows is the predicted weekly number of deaths from all causes and a gold line showing when excess deaths were significantly above what was anticipated.
What we see is briefly in May of 2017, then in the flu season of 2018 and then again in the current infectious disease season beginning in Nov-Dec. of 2019-2020, a significant number of excess deaths, somewhere between ten and twenty thousand more than normal per month. That isn’t enough to warrant a worldwide quarantine and lockdown.
If, early-on, health authorities in the U.S. had employed COVID-19 testing to determine is geographical spread, walled off the disease and limited it to demographic groups (nursing home patients, healthcare personnel, African-Americans), as was done in South Korea, a complete lockdown with accompanying financial destruction could have been averted. There continues to be pleas to conduct more testing, but the testing is not being used for its intended purpose. It is being used to spread fear.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
The Economics of Disco... Paul, Jean-Michel Best Price: $30.38 Buy New $14.95 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) An overblown COVID-19 coronavirus plague that has so far resulted in only ~100,000 over-reported deaths or 0.0003% of the (3 in 10,000) population with an overestimation correction of 99% for the assumption that people who died of COVID-19 may not have died due to COVID-19 and because of it.
For comparison, the 1918 Spanish flu was estimated to have killed 50 million worldwide but only 675,000 in the U.S. out of a population of 103 million at the time. That would represent a death rate of 0.0052 (one half of 1% or 1 in 2000).
The politics of a virus
A strange picture emerges of the death toll in the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic. The virus has its own targeted geo-political infection/death rate. Here is what news commentator and activist Candace Owens recently tweeted:
Either politicians who commandeer these epidemics in America intentionally misclassify normal deaths as COVID-19 deaths or they actually take actions that kill, such as mandating the transfer of COVID-19 infected patients to nursing homes, thus exposing a vulnerable nursing home population to this viral killer. The overcounting has become so absurd that state departments of health have now admitted they counted deaths caused by gunshot wounds as COVID-19 deaths. The political blame game is to hold the Executive Branch of government accountable for these deaths. The lockdowns in these states worsens the financial crisis, again, another game of finger pointing. Politics can’t be removed from any analysis of this viral outbreak in America.


lewrockwell--2020-05-29--A Free Speech Alternative to YouTube

A Free Speech Alternative to YouTube

As I discussed in a recent post I wrote for LewRockwell.com , YouTube is increasingly censoring or terminating content creators , and for some of my prior writing where YouTube content was removed , I provided embed codes to an alternative platform that hosted those banned videos .
For instance , in my piece “ Bolton ’ s Blunder ” for some reason the video on YouTube that Organic Prepper Daisy Luther provided , “ Seven Signs of An Empire in Decline ” was removed ; the alternative I found was superior to the original .
In addition , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a video of two physicians challenging the COVID-19 narrative that had a huge amount of views on YouTube that was removed but it has been retained on a competitive platform that is growing yet as of now has only a fraction of the viewership of YouTube ; that platform is BitChute .
The Well of Mimir : The ... Lorenzo , Ms. Yvonne Buy New $ 14.99 While I ’ m sure that since it is based on providing a free speech platform evidently with little restriction and has content that will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ popular , rational , and respected content providers who still have channels on YouTube use Bitchute as a backup platform because of YouTube ’ s totalitarian censorship practices .
Based on my own personal preferences , I follow content that has been banned or censored on YouTube and due to Google ’ s profiling and integration with various governments ( see here and here ) , I now prefer watching content on BitChute .
I ’ ve followed on YouTube the work of Dave Cullen , an Irish Catholic , who covers many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BitChute in the following video that provided to me the astonishing information that essentially BitChute , which is competing with YouTube , actually has only two full-time employees and uses sophisticated blockchain based technology ; the video is entitled “ Bitchute Needs Our Help ” and it was posted on December 2019 to the platform : In addition , he has posted this video “ YouTube ’ s Algorithmic Throttling of Channels ” that goes into technical details of YouTube ’ s nefarious conduct : As a Christian , I hope for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us , to guide and assist us : “ There is neither Jew nor Greek , there is neither slave nor free , there is neither male nor female ; for you are all one in Christ Jesus ; ” if understood and practiced , surely there wouldn ’ t be war waged by one race against another , one sex another , and various divisions .
However , realizing we are living in what perhaps has been accurately described as a post-Christian age , I understand the perspective of the banned YouTube @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dogma promulgated by Social Justice Warriors , Cultural Marxists and the like .
This video , “ Why I Support Free Speech ” discusses from a secular perspective the importance of free speech—by all sides , including the opponents of liberty .
Less controversial channels like The Corbett Report are also on BitChute ; their most recent video is “ Meet Bill Gates ” and I suspect that YouTube might terminate or at least limit viewership of the channel by its algorithmic manipulations .
Cullen posted this video that is exclusive to Bitchute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Emerging Prison Planet ” : This video , “ Shut Up and Obey ” is interesting to me in the early minutes ( since the creator supports the establishment narrative on COVID-19 ) in detailing YouTube ’ s now requiring content providers to perform “ self-censorship ” which is as Orwellian as it sounds when you view the details .
As far as I know , The Ron Paul Liberty Report hasn ’ t been banned by YouTube—yet .
But his recent “ The Corona Virus Hoax ” has been re-posted by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not on YouTube but he ’ s on Bitchute via this link .
This video , “ BANNED BY YOUTUBE : “ Global Persecution of Christians : Disturbing Trends ” is worth viewing , although I haven ’ t researched the accuracy of the report , the “ 2020 World Watch List.
” And this short video , “ Bill Gates is One of the Greatest Philanthropists this World has Ever Seen ” is worth viewing to see one of the brain washed slaves of the oligarchy and shake your head in disbelief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ software designer decades ago , Bill Gates , really have to speak on vaccines and viruses other than his wealth , as if that grants credibility ?
If I recall , his Windows operating system was and is especially vulnerable to malware . )
I hope I ’ ve made my point ; let ’ s not just pay lip service to the hope of free speech and the free market while still mindlessly supporting and visiting YouTube .
As Red Ice noted , suppressing free speech will backfire in time ; YouTube @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forever .
There ’ s a good chance that a channel or video that you support , which has either been “ demonitized ” or removed from YouTube has made the transition to Bitchute .
The Website Easy Counter shows that while nowhere near the popularity of YouTube , Bitchute ’ s page views are growing .
If you are able to support Bitchute with a donation , this link provides more information ( note that PayPal banned BitChute and also the site is not on Patreon , which to me is telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are accepted here on Subcribestar .
However , the best hope , I believe , for liberty and for the free market is to support the site by viewing content creators whom you trust on Bitchute and leave YouTube for what it does best : cat videos , if you must .
Then again , it ’ s possible some dog loving Social Justice Warrior will find an excuse to get YouTube to remove and censor cat videos too for yet another insane , hateful reason .
The Best of Yvonne Lorenzo

As I discussed in a recent post I wrote for LewRockwell.com, YouTube is increasingly censoring or terminating content creators, and for some of my prior writing where YouTube content was removed, I provided embed codes to an alternative platform that hosted those banned videos. For instance, in my piece “Bolton’s Blunder” for some reason the video on YouTube that Organic Prepper Daisy Luther provided, “Seven Signs of An Empire in Decline” was removed; the alternative I found was superior to the original. In addition, I provided an embed code to Lew Rockwell of a video of two physicians challenging the COVID-19 narrative that had a huge amount of views on YouTube that was removed but it has been retained on a competitive platform that is growing yet as of now has only a fraction of the viewership of YouTube; that platform is BitChute.
The Well of Mimir: The... Lorenzo, Ms. Yvonne Buy New $14.99 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details) While I’m sure that since it is based on providing a free speech platform evidently with little restriction and has content that will be viewed as offensive, nevertheless many popular, rational, and respected content providers who still have channels on YouTube use Bitchute as a backup platform because of YouTube’s totalitarian censorship practices. Based on my own personal preferences, I follow content that has been banned or censored on YouTube and due to Google’s profiling and integration with various governments (see here and here), I now prefer watching content on BitChute. I’ve followed on YouTube the work of Dave Cullen, an Irish Catholic, who covers many topics. He discussed the importance of BitChute in the following video that provided to me the astonishing information that essentially BitChute, which is competing with YouTube, actually has only two full-time employees and uses sophisticated blockchain based technology; the video is entitled “Bitchute Needs Our Help” and it was posted on December 2019 to the platform:
In addition, he has posted this video “YouTube’s Algorithmic Throttling of Channels” that goes into technical details of YouTube’s nefarious conduct:
As a Christian, I hope for the words of Saint Paul to echo within us, to guide and assist us: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus;” if understood and practiced, surely there wouldn’t be war waged by one race against another, one sex another, and various divisions. However, realizing we are living in what perhaps has been accurately described as a post-Christian age, I understand the perspective of the banned YouTube channel Red Ice that often criticizes anti-white dogma promulgated by Social Justice Warriors, Cultural Marxists and the like. This video, “Why I Support Free Speech” discusses from a secular perspective the importance of free speech—by all sides, including the opponents of liberty.
Less controversial channels like The Corbett Report are also on BitChute; their most recent video is “Meet Bill Gates” and I suspect that YouTube might terminate or at least limit viewership of the channel by its algorithmic manipulations.
Cullen posted this video that is exclusive to Bitchute and worthy of consideration, “The Emerging Prison Planet”:
This video, “Shut Up and Obey” is interesting to me in the early minutes (since the creator supports the establishment narrative on COVID-19) in detailing YouTube’s now requiring content providers to perform “self-censorship” which is as Orwellian as it sounds when you view the details.
As far as I know, The Ron Paul Liberty Report hasn’t been banned by YouTube—yet. But his recent “The Corona Virus Hoax” has been re-posted by a Bitchute user. And Dr. Mercola is not on YouTube but he’s on Bitchute via this link.
This video, “BANNED BY YOUTUBE: “Global Persecution of Christians: Disturbing Trends” is worth viewing, although I haven’t researched the accuracy of the report, the “2020 World Watch List.”
And this short video, “Bill Gates is One of the Greatest Philanthropists this World has Ever Seen” is worth viewing to see one of the brain washed slaves of the oligarchy and shake your head in disbelief. (What credibility does an alleged software designer decades ago, Bill Gates, really have to speak on vaccines and viruses other than his wealth, as if that grants credibility? If I recall, his Windows operating system was and is especially vulnerable to malware.)
I hope I’ve made my point; let’s not just pay lip service to the hope of free speech and the free market while still mindlessly supporting and visiting YouTube. As Red Ice noted, suppressing free speech will backfire in time; YouTube’s dominance won’t last forever. There’s a good chance that a channel or video that you support, which has either been “demonitized” or removed from YouTube has made the transition to Bitchute. The Website Easy Counter shows that while nowhere near the popularity of YouTube, Bitchute’s page views are growing. If you are able to support Bitchute with a donation, this link provides more information (note that PayPal banned BitChute and also the site is not on Patreon, which to me is telling) and single time credit card donations are accepted here on Subcribestar. However, the best hope, I believe, for liberty and for the free market is to support the site by viewing content creators whom you trust on Bitchute and leave YouTube for what it does best: cat videos, if you must. Then again, it’s possible some dog loving Social Justice Warrior will find an excuse to get YouTube to remove and censor cat videos too for yet another insane, hateful reason.
The Best of Yvonne Lorenzo