Balkans Ahead!

Choryang-dong was instructive , delicious and hospitable , but like visas , passion or time itself , everything winds down .
Thanks to the coronavirus , I felt a bit trapped there , so I ’ ve inched over to Hadžipopovac .
Entering South Korea on February 28th , I thought there was a good chance I wouldn ’ t be able to return to Vietnam for a month or two , but this didn ’ t bother me , for I could just fly to Laos , Cambodia or Thailand , or take a ferry to Japan , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bit , before slinking back to Southeast Asia .
I ended up hanging out in K-poplandia for four months and three weeks , nearly all of it at a Busan guesthouse .
The One Way became my home .
I said to its manager , “ Yo Jayden , you can only check in here .
You can ’ t check out !
I ’ m going to die at the One Way.
” Crown Prince Two Layer ... Buy New $ 38.96 ( $ 0.87 / Ounce ) Though in a rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whores and homeless , Choryang-dong was perfectly safe .
Even with plenty to steal inside it , the guesthouse ’ s door was never locked .
Five minutes away , there was one of the best dumpling joints anywhere , and cheap , too .
There was also a great Uzbek restaurant .
The subway station was around the corner .
There was a communal kitchen in the One Way ’ s basement , but I never used its stove , only the hot water dispenser to fill a large bowl of instant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a plate .
That ’ s my cooking .
Paired with a can of Spam or tuna , I had a balanced meal .
Sometimes I used the microwave to heat up instant rice or rice gruel .
Eating out , though , was economic enough .
In a nearby subway concourse , I could get a hot meal with meat , and a variety of kim chis , of course , for only $ 4 .
For just over $ 7 , I could feast at Mos Burger , a Japanese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I could pig out on an entire fried chicken and drain a beer .
I stayed long enough to get a customer ’ s loyalty card at a café .
Every seventh cup was free .
Giving it to me , the proprietress sometimes exclaimed in English , “ Congratulations !
” What a beautiful lady .
On July 4th , a handful of American soldiers invaded the One Way .
Drunk all night long , they made so much noise , I couldn ’ t sleep , but I never knocked on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guys , can you calm down a bit ?
” I was young once , and America won ’ t enjoy too many more birthdays , I don ’ t think .
At the One Way , foreign guests can exchange labor for room and board .
They clean , vacuum and change sheets .
Though I didn ’ t have to resort to this , many others did .
They were all young people , from all over .
I met Gustavo from Brazil , Sasha from Belarus , and Tracy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the resident old man .
Crown Prince Natural S ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 50.22 ( $ 0.93 / Ounce ) Sasha is a microbiology major in Bruno , the Czech Republic .
She came to Busan to study English at a university , from Korean professors .
Though this sounds rather suspect , Sasha was very happy with her instruction , until the coronavirus struck .
Her English was already pretty good .
Seeing her typing away at the One Way ’ s café late into the night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a writer .
Gustavo came to improve his Korean , which he had learnt in Sao Paolo .
His English was even better than Sasha ’ s .
When a Spanish guest left a copy of Borges ’ Historia Universal de la Infamia , I tried to interest him in the master , but Gustavo wasn ’ t interested .
He was immersed in Harry Potter .
Multilingual , Gustavo manned the One Way ’ s reception desk .
When Tracy returns to the US , she ’ ll buy a van @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country is no longer the same , ” I said to her .
It will only get worse , and perhaps not even safe for someone like Tracy to be cruising around .
A bloody balkanization lurks .
Just before I left , a 40-year-old Korean showed up .
Jung-min had owned a seven-room hostel nearby , but thanks to coronachan , it croaked , forcing him to move into a dorm room at the One Way .
A tireless traveler , Jung-min once took a year and a half to bicycle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exhausted , he stayed for a year .
Nearly each evening , he vegetated at The Gunners , downing pints .
Now , he was waiting for Vietnam to reopen so he could fly to Hanoi .
“ I don ’ t care if I have to be in quarantine for two weeks.
” It ’ s his favorite country .
With no crossable land border , South Korea is a de facto island , and its super-efficient trains and buses make the country feel even smaller .
With its lush fields , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is beautiful enough , but lacks contrasts .
There are no dramatic peaks , as in , say , Japan .
South Korean cities are similarly new .
With bright , colorful signs everywhere , they contain few buildings from even half a century ago .
Sprung , guys like Jung-min go berserk from the exhilarating variety of the larger world .
Crown Prince Natural S ... Buy New $ 38.99 ( $ 1.08 / Ounce ) Busan was comfortable , but it wasn ’ t home , even somewhat , so nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which countries had reopened , so I could get baffled by everything , all over again , from another angle .
At Travel Off Path , there was a helpful article , “ Countries without any Restrictions or Travel Requirements , ” but by July 15th , it could only list Mexico , Maldives , Northern Macedonia , Serbia , Albania , Turkey and Tanzania .
Since three of those were in the Balkans , and Turkey was just a quick hop away , it made most sense to head to that cluster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On my last evening , I got on an unfamiliar bus to go wherever .
Soon enough , we left the bright commercial strips to climb into a poorer neighborhood , with its shabbier houses , darker streets and empty sidewalks .
One by one , everyone got off until it was just me and the driver lumbering , like exhausted refugees , into a rather grim bus depot .
In the dark , I trekked back down to the sweetest city I won ’ t likely see again .
Thank you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got here by train , “ Then I slept a little and woke up in a little town where there was not a minaret , where there was no more trace of Islam than there would be in a Sussex village .
We were , in fact , in Serbia .
We went and stood on the platform and breathed the air , which was now Serbian air .
It is as different from Bosnian air as in Scotland the Lowland air differs from Highland air ; it is drier and , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anybody who does not know that it is one pleasure to fill the lungs up at Yaitse or Loch Etive and another to fill them down at Belgrade or the Lammermuir Hills must be one of those creatures with defective sensoria , who can not tell the difference between one kind of water and another.
” So Serbian air , water , dirt and smell , etc.
, are all different from those of Bosnia , Croatia , Slovenia , Albania , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Kosovo , Srpska and Krajina , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Buy New $ 22.14 ( $ 0.13 / Ounce ) Arriving from South Korea , with a layover in Abu Dhabi , the differences I encountered were much , much more striking , of course , starting from the airport , which was modest .
Of the poorest ten European countries , seven are in Balkans , but who can blame any of them ?
There has been so much turmoil here .
Belgrade has been razed 44 times .
In the 20th century , it was bombed thrice .
In World War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were mass murdered by Croats , an undisputed fact still little known .
From the taxi into town , I was reintroduced to the concrete housing blocks that are typical of the former Eastern Bloc .
Belgrade ’ s few high-rises are left over from the 1970 ’ s , perhaps the worst decade for architecture ever .
Its gorgeous buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been crumbling for decades .
I passed a monstrously huge banner of Serbian soldiers , with the lead one a stern female saluting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This draped the former Yugoslav Defense Ministry .
Bombed by NATO in 1999 , its mauled remains are left as is .
At a nearby park days later , I ’ d chance upon a bronze statue of a small girl holding a rag doll .
Framed by a black marble slab resembling butterfly wings , she stood on a grave-like marker that ’ s partly inscribed , “ DEDICATED TO THE CHILDREN KILLED BY NATO AGGRESSION 1999.
” Most of the world , though , don ’ t see Serbians as victims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as recently evidenced by the Siege of Sarajevo and , even more so , Srebrenica .
During the mid 1990 ’ s , the world turned its back on the massacres of Muslims in Bosnia .
The UN would not call it genocide because that would have demanded military intervention .
Most shamefully , the Muslim world also closed its eyes as up to 160,000 Bosnian Muslims were slaughtered , starved and tortured in Serb-run concentration camps .
At least 10,000 Muslim girls and women were gang raped , some in special rape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high number of victims , but how many were actually slaughtered , as opposed to tortured or starved ?
Surely , Margolis didn ’ t mean they were all starved , tortured then slaughtered ?
It ’ s an oddly ambiguous passage for a seasoned author .
Cento White Clam Sauce ... Buy New $ 28.75 ( $ 0.16 / Ounce ) In any case , Margolis had seen it coming : On December 8th , 2017 , The Saker presented an entirely different take : The Saker ’ s parents fled to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even had a Serbian godmother , so there is a strong emotional attachment here , which The Saker freely admits .
Still , The Saker at his website has rebutted the inflated hooey of Srebrenica with some hard facts .
It ’ s entirely unclear , even approximately , how many were intentionally executed , instead of being killed in battle , whether by Serbs or other Muslims , or who died because of starvation , suicide or illness .
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ’ s star witness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participation in the Srebrenica “ genocide , ” was not a Serb , but a Bosnian Croat , Drazen Erdemovic .
On June 27th , 1996 , the ICTY itself declared Erdemovic mentally impaired , yet , on July 5th , 1996 , it put him on the witness stand anyway .
Even more incredibly , Erdemovic admitted he had fought for all three sides during that conflict , Serbs , Croats and Bosnian Muslims .
Dude couldn ’ t decide whom he was trying to kill or defend .
In exchange for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jailed for just five years , then given a new identity and whisked to a new country , so who knows , he might be living next to you as John Smith .
3 It ’ s just a neighborhood squabble , you might be thinking .
Who cares about Montenegroes ?
I ’ ve got my own black asses to kiss .
I ’ m already kneeling , massa .
As always , though , there are lessons aplenty from the Balkans .
Serbs didn ’ t have a country for five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight , yet neither lost their fierce sense of nationhood , that is , their nationalism .
It ’ s not a debatable concept , but a deeply felt necessity , for how can any population with a unique history , heritage and identity not have its own homeland ?
In the 21st century , such tribal thinking is not just deemed barbaric , but evil , Nazism , in short , except in Israel , of course .
Gas chambers , remember ?
When nations are contorted , tortured or simply enticed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , often violent , is inevitable , and that ’ s exactly what has happened , repeatedly , in the Balkans .
Wholesome pig farmers convulsed against the Ottomans , Austro-Hungarian Empire and Communists , etc .
There is no progress beyond this .
This innate nationalism can only be purged when a population has been thoroughly cowed and/or brainwashed into renouncing itself , but the Serbs , for all for their defeats and humiliations down the centuries , never did .
There ’ s a magnificent lesson there .
Rebecca West , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kossovo the Serbs learned the meaning of defeat , not such defeat as forms a necessary proportion of all effort , for in that they had often been instructed during the course of their history , but of total defeat , annihilation of their corporate will and all their individual wills .
The second battle of Kossovo taught them that one may live on such a low level of existence that even defeat can not be achieved .
The third taught them that even that level is not the lowest , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where there is neither victory nor defeat but abortions which , had they come to birth , would have become such states.
” Repeatedly butchered , suffocated and written off , Serbs have rebirthed themselves , thanks to their nationalism .
4 When the Turks were in Belgrade , they embellished this city with 273 beautiful mosques , so where the hell are they ?
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Only one is left , unfortunately , and the Bajrakli Mosque almost joined all the rest when it was torched in 2004 , in retaliation for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Built in 1575 , it is elegant , intimate and handsomely proportioned , with the only false note the jivey , concrete minaret , clearly a recent replacement .
Inside , I admired its minbar , octagonal wooden tablets etched with calligraphy and , especially , the stone , baroque frame around some verse , a nice East meets West touch .
Light angled in from high windows .
The darkened dome soothed .
It ’ s an active mosque .
Half a dozen suited Muslims milled outside , until they all left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out their mosque had I wanted to , and started World War III .
Outside the gate , there was an old beggar , but she too disappeared , because I had already given her sixty cents .
Leaving the Bajrakli Mosque , I walked by Dukat , a Turkish restaurant , then Zein , a Lebanese one .
The Arabic Zuwar was also nearby .
Though not nearly as cosmopolitan as , say , Busan , contemporary Belgrade is no xenophobic backwater .
Chinese takeouts dot the city , and there ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blok 70 , in New Belgrade .
I ’ m writing this in a bar , Dzidzi Midzi , where American pop music is played nonstop .
On its walls are mostly photos of American icons , such as Hitchcock , Dylan , Hendrix , Buffalo Bill , Jack Nicholson , John Belushi , Dan Aykroyd , Louis Armstrong and Bruce Lee ( who was born in San Francisco , graduated from the University of Washington , married an American and is buried in Seattle ) .
Though imploding , America still mesmerizes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one Serb , Nicolas Tesla , and one Russian , Yuri Gagarin , who ’ s depicted as a generic , faceless astronaut , with a quotation in English , “ I see no god up here… ” This is no touristy brewpub , but a Janko Janković joint in Hadžipopovac , a neighborhood of drab buildings , frankly .
I ’ m paying $ 1.90 for a pint of Staropramen , and a flatbread sandwich with prosciutto and gouda is just $ 2.50 .
Although Vietnam doesn ’ t have an embassy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the University of Belgrade .
Here nine years and working on his second degree , this young man ’ s so in love with Serbia , he ’ s changed his name to Hoan Zlatanovic .
Odder still was the Japanese who fought alongside Serbs and Russians in Bosnia .
A self-declared “ Japanese cheknik , ” he risked his life while forgoing a salary and his monthly cigar .
Oddest , perhaps , is Serbia ’ s yearning to join the European Union , though not NATO , which already includes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Macedonia and Montenegro .
They ’ re all leaning West .
Last to board , they ’ ll get to enjoy some choppy sailing with the big boys .
Bombing Serbia , America gave Russia and China a wakeup call , and forced them towards a new understanding .
Everything changed after 1999 .
Again , this tiny nation played an outsized role in remaking our world .
Balkanizing , Americans can look here for warnings and inspiration .
Five hundred years from now , a Serbian nation will still exist .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Unz Review , 8/1/20 .
The Best of Linh Dinh

1
I’ve moved to a new neighborhood.
Choryang-dong was instructive, delicious and hospitable, but like visas, passion or time itself, everything winds down. Thanks to the coronavirus, I felt a bit trapped there, so I’ve inched over to Hadžipopovac.
Entering South Korea on February 28th, I thought there was a good chance I wouldn’t be able to return to Vietnam for a month or two, but this didn’t bother me, for I could just fly to Laos, Cambodia or Thailand, or take a ferry to Japan, where I could visit friends and roam a bit, before slinking back to Southeast Asia.
I ended up hanging out in K-poplandia for four months and three weeks, nearly all of it at a Busan guesthouse. The One Way became my home. I said to its manager, “Yo Jayden, you can only check in here. You can’t check out! I’m going to die at the One Way.” Crown Prince Two Layer... Buy New $38.96 ($0.87 / Ounce) (as of 05:16 UTC - Details)
Though in a rather seedy part of town, with enough whores and homeless, Choryang-dong was perfectly safe. Even with plenty to steal inside it, the guesthouse’s door was never locked. Five minutes away, there was one of the best dumpling joints anywhere, and cheap, too. There was also a great Uzbek restaurant. The subway station was around the corner.
There was a communal kitchen in the One Way’s basement, but I never used its stove, only the hot water dispenser to fill a large bowl of instant noodles, which I’d cover with a plate. That’s my cooking. Paired with a can of Spam or tuna, I had a balanced meal. Sometimes I used the microwave to heat up instant rice or rice gruel.
Eating out, though, was economic enough. In a nearby subway concourse, I could get a hot meal with meat, and a variety of kim chis, of course, for only $4. For just over $7, I could feast at Mos Burger, a Japanese chain. For under ten bucks, I could pig out on an entire fried chicken and drain a beer.
I stayed long enough to get a customer’s loyalty card at a café. Every seventh cup was free. Giving it to me, the proprietress sometimes exclaimed in English, “Congratulations!” What a beautiful lady.
On July 4th, a handful of American soldiers invaded the One Way. Drunk all night long, they made so much noise, I couldn’t sleep, but I never knocked on their door to say, “Yo guys, can you calm down a bit?” I was young once, and America won’t enjoy too many more birthdays, I don’t think.
At the One Way, foreign guests can exchange labor for room and board. They clean, vacuum and change sheets. Though I didn’t have to resort to this, many others did. They were all young people, from all over. I met Gustavo from Brazil, Sasha from Belarus, and Tracy, a Korean-American from Los Angeles. I was the resident old man. Crown Prince Natural S... Buy New $50.22 ($0.93 / Ounce) (as of 07:25 UTC - Details)
Sasha is a microbiology major in Bruno, the Czech Republic. She came to Busan to study English at a university, from Korean professors. Though this sounds rather suspect, Sasha was very happy with her instruction, until the coronavirus struck. Her English was already pretty good. Seeing her typing away at the One Way’s café late into the night, I initially thought that perhaps Sasha was a writer.
Gustavo came to improve his Korean, which he had learnt in Sao Paolo. His English was even better than Sasha’s. When a Spanish guest left a copy of Borges’ Historia Universal de la Infamia, I tried to interest him in the master, but Gustavo wasn’t interested. He was immersed in Harry Potter. Multilingual, Gustavo manned the One Way’s reception desk.
When Tracy returns to the US, she’ll buy a van and travel the country.
“But the country is no longer the same,” I said to her. It will only get worse, and perhaps not even safe for someone like Tracy to be cruising around. A bloody balkanization lurks.
Just before I left, a 40-year-old Korean showed up. Jung-min had owned a seven-room hostel nearby, but thanks to coronachan, it croaked, forcing him to move into a dorm room at the One Way.
A tireless traveler, Jung-min once took a year and a half to bicycle from Singapore to London, where, exhausted, he stayed for a year. Nearly each evening, he vegetated at The Gunners, downing pints. Now, he was waiting for Vietnam to reopen so he could fly to Hanoi. “I don’t care if I have to be in quarantine for two weeks.” It’s his favorite country.
With no crossable land border, South Korea is a de facto island, and its super-efficient trains and buses make the country feel even smaller. With its lush fields, hills and low mountains, the landscape is beautiful enough, but lacks contrasts. There are no dramatic peaks, as in, say, Japan. South Korean cities are similarly new. With bright, colorful signs everywhere, they contain few buildings from even half a century ago. Sprung, guys like Jung-min go berserk from the exhilarating variety of the larger world. Crown Prince Natural S... Buy New $38.99 ($1.08 / Ounce) (as of 05:16 UTC - Details)
Busan was comfortable, but it wasn’t home, even somewhat, so nearly each day, I checked to see which countries had reopened, so I could get baffled by everything, all over again, from another angle.
At Travel Off Path, there was a helpful article, “Countries without any Restrictions or Travel Requirements,” but by July 15th, it could only list Mexico, Maldives, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Turkey and Tanzania. Since three of those were in the Balkans, and Turkey was just a quick hop away, it made most sense to head to that cluster, so I pulled the trigger.
On my last evening, I got on an unfamiliar bus to go wherever. Soon enough, we left the bright commercial strips to climb into a poorer neighborhood, with its shabbier houses, darker streets and empty sidewalks. One by one, everyone got off until it was just me and the driver lumbering, like exhausted refugees, into a rather grim bus depot. In the dark, I trekked back down to the sweetest city I won’t likely see again. Thank you, Busan!
2
In 1937, Rebecca West got here by train, “Then I slept a little and woke up in a little town where there was not a minaret, where there was no more trace of Islam than there would be in a Sussex village. We were, in fact, in Serbia. We went and stood on the platform and breathed the air, which was now Serbian air. It is as different from Bosnian air as in Scotland the Lowland air differs from Highland air; it is drier and, as they say of pastry, shorter. Anybody who does not know that it is one pleasure to fill the lungs up at Yaitse or Loch Etive and another to fill them down at Belgrade or the Lammermuir Hills must be one of those creatures with defective sensoria, who cannot tell the difference between one kind of water and another.”
So Serbian air, water, dirt and smell, etc., are all different from those of Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Srpska and Krajina, etc. Cento San Marzano Orga... Buy New $22.14 ($0.13 / Ounce) (as of 05:16 UTC - Details)
Arriving from South Korea, with a layover in Abu Dhabi, the differences I encountered were much, much more striking, of course, starting from the airport, which was modest. Of the poorest ten European countries, seven are in Balkans, but who can blame any of them? There has been so much turmoil here.
Belgrade has been razed 44 times. In the 20th century, it was bombed thrice. In World War II, hundreds of thousands of Serbs were mass murdered by Croats, an undisputed fact still little known.
From the taxi into town, I was reintroduced to the concrete housing blocks that are typical of the former Eastern Bloc. Belgrade’s few high-rises are left over from the 1970’s, perhaps the worst decade for architecture ever. Its gorgeous buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been crumbling for decades.
I passed a monstrously huge banner of Serbian soldiers, with the lead one a stern female saluting, with accusation in her eyes. This draped the former Yugoslav Defense Ministry. Bombed by NATO in 1999, its mauled remains are left as is.
At a nearby park days later, I’d chance upon a bronze statue of a small girl holding a rag doll. Framed by a black marble slab resembling butterfly wings, she stood on a grave-like marker that’s partly inscribed, “DEDICATED TO THE CHILDREN KILLED BY NATO AGGRESSION 1999.”
Most of the world, though, don’t see Serbians as victims so much as perpetrators of genocide, as recently evidenced by the Siege of Sarajevo and, even more so, Srebrenica.
On July 13th, 2012, Eric Margolis wrote:
During the mid 1990’s, the world turned its back on the massacres of Muslims in Bosnia. The UN would not call it genocide because that would have demanded military intervention. Most shamefully, the Muslim world also closed its eyes as up to 160,000 Bosnian Muslims were slaughtered, starved and tortured in Serb-run concentration camps. At least 10,000 Muslim girls and women were gang raped, some in special rape camps.
A hundred-and-sixty-thousand is an atrociously high number of victims, but how many were actually slaughtered, as opposed to tortured or starved? Surely, Margolis didn’t mean they were all starved, tortured then slaughtered? It’s an oddly ambiguous passage for a seasoned author. Cento White Clam Sauce... Buy New $28.75 ($0.16 / Ounce) (as of 05:16 UTC - Details)
In any case, Margolis had seen it coming:
In 1988, I wrote warning that Milosevic would create disaster in Bosnia and Kosova, the Albanian-majority region of southern Serbia. I was denounced in Belgrade and declared an enemy of the Serbs. In truth, I had always been an admirer of Serbs as courageous, intelligent people. But the Serbs that Milosevic rallied were the scum of the gutter, criminals, racists, brutal pig farmers, fanatical priests.
On December 8th, 2017, The Saker presented an entirely different take:
Truly, that war had it all, every dirty trick was used against the Serbs: numerous false flags attacks, pseudo-genocides, illegal covert operations to arm terrorists groups, the covert delivery of weapons to officially embargoed entities, deliberate attacks against civilians, the use of illegal weapons, the use of officially “demilitarized zones” to hide (fully armed) entire army corps – you name it: if it is disgusting it was used against the Serbian people. Even deliberate attacks on the otherwise sacrosanct journalistic profession was considered totally normal as long as the journalists were Serbs. As for the Serbs, they were, of course, demonized. Milosevic became the “New Hitler” (along with Saddam Hussein) and those Serbs who took up arms to defend their land and families became genocidal Chetniks.
On January 3rd, 2019, The Saker added:
Brigadier-General Pierre Marie Gallois of the French Army has condemned the NATO destruction of Yugoslavia, and has gone on record stating that the endless stories of Serb atrocities, such as mass rapes and the siege of Sarajevo were fabricated. Gallois also argues that the German elite sought revenge for the fierce Serb resistance during the two world wars, especially with regard to the Serb partisans that held up German divisions that were headed towards Leningrad and Moscow during Operation Barbarossa. While relentlessly demonized, the Serbs were in many ways the greatest victims of the NATO-orchestrated Balkan wars, as hundreds of thousands of Serbs were forcibly expelled from both Croatia and Kosovo while Serbia was turned into a free-fire zone by NATO for over seventy days. Washington took advantage of the conflict to solidify control over its European vassals.
The Saker’s parents fled to Belgrade as Russian refugees, and he even had a Serbian godmother, so there is a strong emotional attachment here, which The Saker freely admits.
Still, The Saker at his website has rebutted the inflated hooey of Srebrenica with some hard facts.
It’s entirely unclear, even approximately, how many were intentionally executed, instead of being killed in battle, whether by Serbs or other Muslims, or who died because of starvation, suicide or illness.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s star witness, and the only one convicted of direct participation in the Srebrenica “genocide,” was not a Serb, but a Bosnian Croat, Drazen Erdemovic.
On June 27th, 1996, the ICTY itself declared Erdemovic mentally impaired, yet, on July 5th, 1996, it put him on the witness stand anyway.
Even more incredibly, Erdemovic admitted he had fought for all three sides during that conflict, Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Dude couldn’t decide whom he was trying to kill or defend.
In exchange for his testimonies against Serbs, Erdemovic was jailed for just five years, then given a new identity and whisked to a new country, so who knows, he might be living next to you as John Smith.
3
It’s just a neighborhood squabble, you might be thinking. Who cares about Montenegroes? I’ve got my own black asses to kiss. I’m already kneeling, massa.
As always, though, there are lessons aplenty from the Balkans.
Serbs didn’t have a country for five centuries, and Croats went stateless for eight, yet neither lost their fierce sense of nationhood, that is, their nationalism. It’s not a debatable concept, but a deeply felt necessity, for how can any population with a unique history, heritage and identity not have its own homeland?
In the 21st century, such tribal thinking is not just deemed barbaric, but evil, Nazism, in short, except in Israel, of course. Gas chambers, remember?
When nations are contorted, tortured or simply enticed into any supranational entity, a correction, often violent, is inevitable, and that’s exactly what has happened, repeatedly, in the Balkans. Wholesome pig farmers convulsed against the Ottomans, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Communists, etc. There is no progress beyond this.
This innate nationalism can only be purged when a population has been thoroughly cowed and/or brainwashed into renouncing itself, but the Serbs, for all for their defeats and humiliations down the centuries, never did. There’s a magnificent lesson there.
Rebecca West, “So in the first battle of Kossovo the Serbs learned the meaning of defeat, not such defeat as forms a necessary proportion of all effort, for in that they had often been instructed during the course of their history, but of total defeat, annihilation of their corporate will and all their individual wills. The second battle of Kossovo taught them that one may live on such a low level of existence that even defeat cannot be achieved. The third taught them that even that level is not the lowest, and that there is a limbo for subject peoples where there is neither victory nor defeat but abortions which, had they come to birth, would have become such states.”
Repeatedly butchered, suffocated and written off, Serbs have rebirthed themselves, thanks to their nationalism.
4
When the Turks were in Belgrade, they embellished this city with 273 beautiful mosques, so where the hell are they?! Only one is left, unfortunately, and the Bajrakli Mosque almost joined all the rest when it was torched in 2004, in retaliation for the burning of Serbian churches in Kosovo.
Built in 1575, it is elegant, intimate and handsomely proportioned, with the only false note the jivey, concrete minaret, clearly a recent replacement. Inside, I admired its minbar, octagonal wooden tablets etched with calligraphy and, especially, the stone, baroque frame around some verse, a nice East meets West touch. Light angled in from high windows. The darkened dome soothed.
It’s an active mosque. Half a dozen suited Muslims milled outside, until they all left, so that I could have cleared out their mosque had I wanted to, and started World War III. Outside the gate, there was an old beggar, but she too disappeared, because I had already given her sixty cents.
Leaving the Bajrakli Mosque, I walked by Dukat, a Turkish restaurant, then Zein, a Lebanese one. The Arabic Zuwar was also nearby. Though not nearly as cosmopolitan as, say, Busan, contemporary Belgrade is no xenophobic backwater. Chinese takeouts dot the city, and there’s even a Chinese shopping center at Blok 70, in New Belgrade.
I’m writing this in a bar, Dzidzi Midzi, where American pop music is played nonstop. On its walls are mostly photos of American icons, such as Hitchcock, Dylan, Hendrix, Buffalo Bill, Jack Nicholson, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Louis Armstrong and Bruce Lee (who was born in San Francisco, graduated from the University of Washington, married an American and is buried in Seattle). Though imploding, America still mesmerizes. Tellingly, there’s just one Serb, Nicolas Tesla, and one Russian, Yuri Gagarin, who’s depicted as a generic, faceless astronaut, with a quotation in English, “I see no god up here…”
This is no touristy brewpub, but a Janko Janković joint in Hadžipopovac, a neighborhood of drab buildings, frankly. I’m paying $1.90 for a pint of Staropramen, and a flatbread sandwich with prosciutto and gouda is just $2.50.
Although Vietnam doesn’t have an embassy here, there’s a Vietnamese at the University of Belgrade. Here nine years and working on his second degree, this young man’s so in love with Serbia, he’s changed his name to Hoan Zlatanovic. Odder still was the Japanese who fought alongside Serbs and Russians in Bosnia. A self-declared “Japanese cheknik,” he risked his life while forgoing a salary and his monthly cigar.
Oddest, perhaps, is Serbia’s yearning to join the European Union, though not NATO, which already includes Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro. They’re all leaning West. Last to board, they’ll get to enjoy some choppy sailing with the big boys.
Bombing Serbia, America gave Russia and China a wakeup call, and forced them towards a new understanding. Everything changed after 1999. Again, this tiny nation played an outsized role in remaking our world.
Balkanizing, Americans can look here for warnings and inspiration. Five hundred years from now, a Serbian nation will still exist.
As published at Smirking Chimp, OpEd News and Unz Review, 8/1/20.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-03--Minneapolis Surrenders to the Criminals

Minneapolis Surrenders to the Criminals

Residents of the Third Precinct area of Minneapolis have been told by their beleaguered police department : “ Be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet , ” the police said in their email , a copy of which was obtained by Alpha News .
The email said citizens should listen to criminals and “ do as they say.
” The message warned that “ some victims have been maced , dragged , assaulted , and some threatened with a gun.
” In essence , residents are being told to “ close one ’ s eyes and think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems .
SABRE RED Pepper Spray ... Buy New $ 8.99 The City of Minneapolis has now lost its most basic responsibility , the preservation of civil order .
The fundamental compact between government and citizens is that in return for paying taxes , government protects us from marauders .
There really is no point having a government if it takes the position that it can not protect its constituents .
The fateful moment in this shameful surrender was when Mayor Jacob Frey ordered his police to vacate the Third Precinct building and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
That triggered the riots that destroyed a large swath of the commercial district along Lake Street , the major east-west artery in South Minneapolis .
Frey now ranks as a historic villain in American history , a man whose name should connote cowardice in the same fashion as Benedict Arnold connotes treason .

Residents of the Third Precinct area of Minneapolis have been told by their beleaguered police department:
“Be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet,” the police said in their email, a copy of which was obtained by Alpha News. The email said citizens should listen to criminals and “do as they say.” The message warned that “some victims have been maced, dragged, assaulted, and some threatened with a gun.”
In essence, residents are being told to “close one’s eyes and think of Black Lives Matter,” it seems.
SABRE RED Pepper Spray... Buy New $8.99 (as of 10:47 UTC - Details) The City of Minneapolis has now lost its most basic responsibility, the preservation of civil order. The fundamental compact between government and citizens is that in return for paying taxes, government protects us from marauders. There really is no point having a government if it takes the position that it cannot protect its constituents.
The fateful moment in this shameful surrender was when Mayor Jacob Frey ordered his police to vacate the Third Precinct building and let the mob loot it and burn it. That triggered the riots that destroyed a large swath of the commercial district along Lake Street, the major east-west artery in South Minneapolis. Frey now ranks as a historic villain in American history, a man whose name should connote cowardice in the same fashion as Benedict Arnold connotes treason.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-03--The Return of Greece

The Return of Greece

ATHENS—This ancient city without tourists reminds me of the Athens I once knew and loved , but for the hideous ’ 60s modern buildings that defaced its beauty like plastic surgery gone wrong .
Walking around the winter royal palace and the national gardens , I point out some old beauties to the wife on Herod Atticus and King George II streets .
The chic addresses are of friends , now mostly gone forever , and I include number 13 Herod Atticus , where over the course of six weeks the greatest classic since The Iliad was written by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( My publisher and dear friend Tom Stacey made close to a billion from it , and built numerous Xanadus the world over , each palace containing ten floors , each floor ten beauties . )
Now I feel like Harry Thaw , the millionaire nut who murdered the most famous architect of the time , Stanford White , correctly suspecting that White was the lover of Madame Thaw , better known as Evelyn Nesbit .
( Our very own Dame Joan Collins played la Nesbit on screen . )
Thaw was let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the doctors ruled he was momentarily bonkers , and when he arrived in Palm Beach , where his mother was waiting for him at the station , he looked around and exclaimed : “ My God , I shot the wrong architect.
” If I ever wish Greeks dead , which is almost never , it is when I see the horrors they put up in place of the classics the 19th-century Germans had erected .
Aside from the Plaka underneath the Acropolis , the palace area I just mentioned , and certain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the city is one long cement block after another stuffed to the gills with humanity .
Athens Greece Shot Glass Buy New $ 8.95 And yet !
The Attic sun and breezes , the Greek way of laughing off disasters and heading for the beach , the pride of the people , make it all worthwhile .
I remember as a child the great hunger of 1942 , when even Mussolini asked Hitler to allow some food to be distributed so millions would not starve , and going with my fräulein to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roll of bread .
Greeks lying on the sidewalk too weak to walk did not beg .
I think of them when large , tough , overweight black as well as white New Yorkers approach me on Park Avenue and ask for change “ to get some food.
” Wandering around the ancient city and seeing the monuments erected to bravery , intelligence , and wisdom , my blood pressure races upward thinking of today ’ s monument desecrators .
Athens should be their dream , their modern petulance satisfied as women , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excluded from citizenship and participation in the democratic process .
Our monuments , however , are sacrosanct , and even the statue of Metaxas , the dictator who faced the Axis forces in 1940 , refused the Italian ultimatum , and counterattacked in Albania , a man hated by the left , stands proud and unblemished near the Hilton .
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ATHENS—This ancient city without tourists reminds me of the Athens I once knew and loved, but for the hideous ’60s modern buildings that defaced its beauty like plastic surgery gone wrong. Walking around the winter royal palace and the national gardens, I point out some old beauties to the wife on Herod Atticus and King George II streets. The chic addresses are of friends, now mostly gone forever, and I include number 13 Herod Atticus, where over the course of six weeks the greatest classic since The Iliad was written by the famous scholar Taki back in 1974. (My publisher and dear friend Tom Stacey made close to a billion from it, and built numerous Xanadus the world over, each palace containing ten floors, each floor ten beauties.)
Now I feel like Harry Thaw, the millionaire nut who murdered the most famous architect of the time, Stanford White, correctly suspecting that White was the lover of Madame Thaw, better known as Evelyn Nesbit. (Our very own Dame Joan Collins played la Nesbit on screen.) Thaw was let out after a couple of years because the doctors ruled he was momentarily bonkers, and when he arrived in Palm Beach, where his mother was waiting for him at the station, he looked around and exclaimed: “My God, I shot the wrong architect.” If I ever wish Greeks dead, which is almost never, it is when I see the horrors they put up in place of the classics the 19th-century Germans had erected. Aside from the Plaka underneath the Acropolis, the palace area I just mentioned, and certain houses in nearby Kolonaki, the rest of the city is one long cement block after another stuffed to the gills with humanity. Athens Greece Shot Glass Buy New $8.95 (as of 05:21 UTC - Details)
And yet! The Attic sun and breezes, the Greek way of laughing off disasters and heading for the beach, the pride of the people, make it all worthwhile. I remember as a child the great hunger of 1942, when even Mussolini asked Hitler to allow some food to be distributed so millions would not starve, and going with my fräulein to an empty bakery and getting a small roll of bread. Greeks lying on the sidewalk too weak to walk did not beg. I think of them when large, tough, overweight black as well as white New Yorkers approach me on Park Avenue and ask for change “to get some food.”
Wandering around the ancient city and seeing the monuments erected to bravery, intelligence, and wisdom, my blood pressure races upward thinking of today’s monument desecrators. Athens should be their dream, their modern petulance satisfied as women, children, slaves, and foreigners were excluded from citizenship and participation in the democratic process. Our monuments, however, are sacrosanct, and even the statue of Metaxas, the dictator who faced the Axis forces in 1940, refused the Italian ultimatum, and counterattacked in Albania, a man hated by the left, stands proud and unblemished near the Hilton.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-03--Martial Law Is Unacceptable, Regardless of the Circumstances

Back in 2014 , hundreds if not thousands of conservatives and liberty movement activists converged on a farm in rural Clark County , Nevada .
The purpose was to protest the incursion of federal government agents onto the property of the Bundy family , who had defied pressure from the Bureau of Land Management to stop allowing their cattle to feed on “ federal land ” in a form of free ranging .
It was a practice that had been going on for decades and one that was required for the Bundy farm to survive , ended abruptly by environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family had been improving on the area with water sources and other measures for generations without interference .
The claim by the BLM and other agencies was that the farmers were destroying wildlife habitat with their cattle , yet the Bundy ’ s land improvements had actually allowed wildlife to THRIVE in areas where animals would find life difficult or impossible otherwise .
The federal government became fixated on the Bundy ’ s , and decided to make an example out of them .
Their defiance of the crackdown on their use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including their cattle impounded , their farm being surrounded and sniper teams placed in the hills nearby .
The liberty movement saw this as the last straw , and so reacted at a grassroots level .
The concern was that Bundy Ranch could become another Waco .
They locked and loaded and went to defend the Bundy ’ s .
Cliven Bundy : American ... Stickler , Michael L Best Price : $ 13.20 Buy New $ 15.43 I completely agreed at the time with the efforts surrounding Bundy Ranch and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal government had overstepped its bounds on multiple occasions when it came to rural farmers in sagebrush country and everyone had finally had enough .
The feds were faced with a group of armed liberty movement members and eventually ran away .
They even gave the Bundy ’ s back the cattle the feds had initially tried to confiscate .
This event showcased the power of the people to repel tyranny when necessary .
The claim that the public is impotent against government force was summarily trounced .
The action was not perfect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a plethora of mistakes , but overall it had achieved its goal .
It sent a message to the establishment that if you try to assert unconstitutional force against the citizenry there is a chance a Bundy Ranch scenario might happen again , and next time it might not simply be a defensive measure .
I mention Bundy Ranch because I want to remind conservatives of their roots .
We are a constitutional movement .
We are a small government movement .
We believe in individual rights , states rights and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limitations placed on the federal government and state governments when they try to violate the Bill of Rights .
If you don ’ t believe in these things , you are not a conservative or a constitutionalist .
No government , whether state or federal , supersedes the boundaries placed upon them by the constitution .
Once they violate those boundaries , they must be put in check by the citizenry , for the constitution is merely an object that represents an ideal .
It can ’ t defend itself .
If a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a failure of the constitution , it is a failure by the public to act .
Sadly , there are “ conservatives ” out there who supported the efforts at Bundy Ranch in 2014 , but are now calling for federal overreach and martial law today .
The very same people who argued vehemently against unconstitutional actions back then are arguing for bending or breaking the rules of the constitution now .
This is something I have been warning about for years… Only by Blood and Suff ... Lavoy Finicum Best Price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The greatest threat to freedom is not the government , extreme leftists or the globalist cabal ; the greatest threat is when freedom fighters foresake their own principles and start rationalizing tyranny because it happens to benefit them in the moment .
If freedom fighters stop fighting for freedom , who remains pick up the mantle ?
No one .
And thus , the globalists and collectivists win the long game .
Right now there are two sides calling for martial law-like restrictions on the public , and both sides think they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large .
They both believe they are morally justified and that totalitarian actions are necessary for “ the greater good ” .
Both sides are wrong .
On one side , we have a group made up primarily of political leftists but also some conservatives who say that the coronavius pandemic creates a scenario in which medical tyranny must be established to protect the public from itself .
Leftists enjoy control in general and the pandemic simply offers an opportunity for them to act out their totalitarian fantasies in real life .
These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at others on the street or in the park or at the beach for not “ social distancing ” properly .
These are the people that inform on their neighbors , or inform on local businesses for not following strict guidelines .
These are the people that get a thrill from forcing other people to conform .
This is not to say that precautions are not warranted , they certainly are .
However , these precautions MUST be up to individuals , not enforced by bureaucracy .
The moment you hand government ultimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions , personal daily activities , freedom of assembly and their ability to participate in the economy , you have given the government ultimate power to destroy our very culture .
No government should be allowed to have that kind of influence .
COVID-19 : Lockdowns on ... Betrus , Michael Buy New $ 16.99 The issue here is one of the greater EVIL , not the greater good .
What is the greater evil ?
To avoid unconstitutional measures , avoid violating individual rights and allow the virus to spread faster than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely throw out the Bill of Rights , individual liberty and economic security in the name of a brand of “ safety ” that is ambiguous and undefined ?
As I write this , the state of New Jersey among others is implementing a draconian response against businesses that defy lockdown orders .
NJ just arrested the owners of a gymnasium in Bellmawr who refused to close down .
Even though they used social distancing measures and applied their own guidelines , the state has decided that citizens are children that must be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own choices .
This sets a dangerous precedence for the whole country .
Understand that small businesses that are not deemed “ essential ” by arbitrary decree from the state are on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse .
Millions of people are having their livelihoods threatened by the lockdowns .
Millions of jobs are at risk .
Is the coronavirus really worth destroying our own economic system ?
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening right now .
The US economy was already suffering from destabilization , and now the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coffin .
If the economy tanks far more people will die from the resulting crisis of poverty , crime and civil unrest than will EVER die from the coronavirus pandemic .
When you look at the big picture , how can anyone justify medical tyranny and martial law measures ?
There is simply no logical explanation for violating the economic and personal freedom of Americans in response to a disease .
If some people die from the virus , so be it .
Its a small price to pay to keep our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand by that argument even if I get sick from the virus .
There are people out there that like constitutional rights and civil liberties “ in theory ” , but in practice they view these rights as inconvenient to their goals .
For these so-called “ conservatives ” , the Bill of Rights is only for peacetime .
When war or domestic conflict rolls around , our rights are suddenly forfeit .
Disobedience and Democ ... Zinn , Howard Best Price : $ 41.44 Buy New $ 18.00 I use this particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t find a better one : Government power is like the “ one ring ” in Lord Of The Rings .
Everyone desperately wants control of it .
The side of evil thirsts for it .
The side of good thinks that if only they had it they could use it for honorable ends ; they think they can use it to defeat evil .
They are wrong .
The “ one ring ” ( government power ) corrupts ALL .
It can not be controlled .
It can not be used for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minds of those who hold it , twisting them into something grotesque .
Good people who exploit the ring end up becoming the very monsters they were trying to defeat , and evil wins .
Right now through the Trump Administration conservatives are being tempted with the “ one ring ” .
We are being tempted with ultimate government power .
The leftist hordes and their actions are egregious .
They act irrationally and foolishly .
Their communist ideology and mindless zealotry is destructive and they openly seek the collapse of western civilization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t matter .
They are nothing more than useful idiots for a greater agenda .
It ’ s interesting that the only solution I see being presented in conservative circles lately is the use of federal power to crush the protests and riots .
Again , this might seem like a reasonable action in the face of so much lawlessness , but if taken too far the implications are horrifying .
Some conservative groups are cheering the deployment of federal agencies to cities like Portland in the name of stopping civil unrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between law enforcement and martial law .
And by martial law , I mean ANY government force that is designed to suppress or break civil protections .
This does not only include a military presence , it can also include federal agencies overstepping their bounds , just as they did at Bundy Ranch .
In Portland and other cities like New York , federal agents and police have been snatching protesters off the street in unmarked vans without identifying themselves .
Essentially , they are black-bagging people .
This is the kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yes , some of these protesters did in fact loot or participate in property damage ; and some of them did absolutely nothing .
This is being done under 40 US Code 1315 which was signed into law by Neo-con president George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks as part of the tidal wave of unconstitutional Patriot Act measures that were railroaded through during mass fear and panic .
Conservatives have been warning for years about the potential for misuse of these laws to violate people ’ s rights .
Will we now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against people we don ’ t like ?
I will say this : If an unmarked van with unidentified armed people tried to grab me off the street , I would do everything in my power to put a bullet in each and every one of them .
And , I would not hold it against any person who did the same , even if they were my ideological opponent .
Some conservatives are calling for much more , including the deployment of the National Guard or a standing military presence .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to serious consequences , and I believe if we allow the federal government to bend the rules now , we set the stage for expansive martial law in the near future .
By extension , labeling looters or rioters as “ terrorists ” also has dangerous implications .
Those of us that were activists during the Obama years know how freely that label is thrown around by government and the media .
We might feel righteous in violating the civil liberties of social justice Marxists because of their insane behavior and the threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country , but , what happens when the roles are reversed ?
During Bundy Ranch , conservatives were also being labeled “ terrorists ” , and who is to say we won ’ t find ourselves in that position again ?
Would defying the pandemic lockdowns also be considered an existential threat to the country ?
There are some questions in all of this that are either not being asked or are being deliberately avoided .
For example : 1 ) Why is it that the Trump Administration has not bothered to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and BLM groups behind the unrest ?
Why does George Soros and his Open Society Foundation get to operate in the US with impunity ?
And what about the Ford Foundation ?
Members of that institution openly admit that they have been funding and organizing the social justice cult for decades .
Shouldn ’ t the men behind the curtain paying for the entire thing be targeted first , instead of going after the useful idiots ?
Perhaps the fact that Trump is surrounded by those very same elites in his cabinet has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If we support martial law measures , WHO are we giving that power to ?
Is it Trump , or the deep state ghouls that advise him daily ?
People like Wilber Ross , a New York Rothschild banking agent , Mike Pompeo , a long time Neo-con warmonger and promoter of mass surveillance , Robert Lightheizer , a member of the globalist Council On Foreign Relations , Steve Mnuchin , former Goldman Sachs banker , Larry Kudlow , former Federal Reserve , etc .
Even if you think Trump has the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same for his cabinet ?
3 ) When the left is “ defeated ” and the riots stop , will martial law simply fade away , or , is it a Pandora ’ s Box that can never be closed again ?
And if it doesn ’ t end , will supporters justify fighting against not just leftists , but also conservatives who will not tolerate it ?
I for one will be among the people that will not tolerate it .
There are other much better solutions than martial law when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For the pandemic , stop trying to dictate public behavior .
If individuals feel they are at risk from the virus , then they can take their own precautions .
The only other option is to continue on the path of shutdowns and an informant society that will destroy this nation in a matter of months .
Foe the leftists , communities that stage an armed presence in the face of protests have ALL escaped riots and property damage .
Sometimes Antifa and BLM decide to not even show up .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or a military presence to get the job done .
We can do it ourselves .
We already have proof that this strategy works .
And , if the lefties want to burn down their own neighborhoods and cities and local governments don ’ t want to stop them , then I say let it happen .
It ’ s sad for the people in these places that had no dog in the fight , but maybe this will teach the locals to speak out against BLM or Antifa instead of remaining silent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hopes that their businesses won ’ t be attacked .
Maybe they should look for better government officials as well .
Finally , it ’ s far past time to go after the elites that fund and engineer such groups .
Remove their influence and I suspect many people will be shocked at how fast all this unrest and chaos suddenly disappears .
Isn ’ t this what people wanted Trump to do from the very beginning ?
And yet , nothing happens to the vampires at the top .
Only cowards demand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so they can feel safe .
The establishment is trying to pit the American people against each other as a means to pave a path to tyranny .
I believe what the elites want more than anything else is to trick conservatives into forsaking their own principles .
If we do , we become hypocrites that can no longer sustain a movement for freedom .
By becoming the monster to fight the monster we hand our enemies victory .
This is unacceptable .

Back in 2014, hundreds if not thousands of conservatives and liberty movement activists converged on a farm in rural Clark County, Nevada. The purpose was to protest the incursion of federal government agents onto the property of the Bundy family, who had defied pressure from the Bureau of Land Management to stop allowing their cattle to feed on “federal land” in a form of free ranging. It was a practice that had been going on for decades and one that was required for the Bundy farm to survive, ended abruptly by environmental laws protecting a tortoise.
The Bundy family had been improving on the area with water sources and other measures for generations without interference. The claim by the BLM and other agencies was that the farmers were destroying wildlife habitat with their cattle, yet the Bundy’s land improvements had actually allowed wildlife to THRIVE in areas where animals would find life difficult or impossible otherwise.
The federal government became fixated on the Bundy’s, and decided to make an example out of them. Their defiance of the crackdown on their use of the land was met with extreme measures, including their cattle impounded, their farm being surrounded and sniper teams placed in the hills nearby. The liberty movement saw this as the last straw, and so reacted at a grassroots level. The concern was that Bundy Ranch could become another Waco. They locked and loaded and went to defend the Bundy’s. Cliven Bundy: American... Stickler, Michael L Best Price: $13.20 Buy New $15.43 (as of 05:22 UTC - Details)
I completely agreed at the time with the efforts surrounding Bundy Ranch and I still agree with them today. The federal government had overstepped its bounds on multiple occasions when it came to rural farmers in sagebrush country and everyone had finally had enough. The feds were faced with a group of armed liberty movement members and eventually ran away. They even gave the Bundy’s back the cattle the feds had initially tried to confiscate. This event showcased the power of the people to repel tyranny when necessary.
The claim that the public is impotent against government force was summarily trounced. The action was not perfect, and there were many internal disputes and a plethora of mistakes, but overall it had achieved its goal. It sent a message to the establishment that if you try to assert unconstitutional force against the citizenry there is a chance a Bundy Ranch scenario might happen again, and next time it might not simply be a defensive measure.
I mention Bundy Ranch because I want to remind conservatives of their roots. We are a constitutional movement. We are a small government movement. We believe in individual rights, states rights and the 10th Amendment, as well as strict limitations placed on the federal government and state governments when they try to violate the Bill of Rights. If you don’t believe in these things, you are not a conservative or a constitutionalist.
No government, whether state or federal, supersedes the boundaries placed upon them by the constitution. Once they violate those boundaries, they must be put in check by the citizenry, for the constitution is merely an object that represents an ideal. It can’t defend itself. If a government undermines constitutional protections, it is not a failure of the constitution, it is a failure by the public to act.
Sadly, there are “conservatives” out there who supported the efforts at Bundy Ranch in 2014, but are now calling for federal overreach and martial law today. The very same people who argued vehemently against unconstitutional actions back then are arguing for bending or breaking the rules of the constitution now. This is something I have been warning about for years… Only by Blood and Suff... Lavoy Finicum Best Price: $10.57 Buy New $9.34 (as of 05:22 UTC - Details)
The greatest threat to freedom is not the government, extreme leftists or the globalist cabal; the greatest threat is when freedom fighters foresake their own principles and start rationalizing tyranny because it happens to benefit them in the moment. If freedom fighters stop fighting for freedom, who remains pick up the mantle? No one. And thus, the globalists and collectivists win the long game.
Right now there are two sides calling for martial law-like restrictions on the public, and both sides think they are doing what is best for society at large. They both believe they are morally justified and that totalitarian actions are necessary for “the greater good”. Both sides are wrong.
The Pandemic Puritans
On one side, we have a group made up primarily of political leftists but also some conservatives who say that the coronavius pandemic creates a scenario in which medical tyranny must be established to protect the public from itself. Leftists enjoy control in general and the pandemic simply offers an opportunity for them to act out their totalitarian fantasies in real life.
These are the people who wag their fingers at others on the street or in the park or at the beach for not “social distancing” properly. These are the people that inform on their neighbors, or inform on local businesses for not following strict guidelines. These are the people that get a thrill from forcing other people to conform.
This is not to say that precautions are not warranted, they certainly are. However, these precautions MUST be up to individuals, not enforced by bureaucracy. The moment you hand government ultimate power to dictate people’s health decisions, personal daily activities, freedom of assembly and their ability to participate in the economy, you have given the government ultimate power to destroy our very culture. No government should be allowed to have that kind of influence. COVID-19: Lockdowns on... Betrus, Michael Buy New $16.99 (as of 03:38 UTC - Details)
The issue here is one of the greater EVIL, not the greater good. What is the greater evil? To avoid unconstitutional measures, avoid violating individual rights and allow the virus to spread faster than it normally would? Or, to completely throw out the Bill of Rights, individual liberty and economic security in the name of a brand of “safety” that is ambiguous and undefined?
As I write this, the state of New Jersey among others is implementing a draconian response against businesses that defy lockdown orders. NJ just arrested the owners of a gymnasium in Bellmawr who refused to close down. Even though they used social distancing measures and applied their own guidelines, the state has decided that citizens are children that must be controlled rather than adults that can make their own choices. This sets a dangerous precedence for the whole country.
Understand that small businesses that are not deemed “essential” by arbitrary decree from the state are on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse. Millions of people are having their livelihoods threatened by the lockdowns. Millions of jobs are at risk. Is the coronavirus really worth destroying our own economic system? Because that is EXACTLY what is happening right now. The US economy was already suffering from destabilization, and now the pandemic response is putting the final nail in the coffin.
If the economy tanks far more people will die from the resulting crisis of poverty, crime and civil unrest than will EVER die from the coronavirus pandemic. When you look at the big picture, how can anyone justify medical tyranny and martial law measures? There is simply no logical explanation for violating the economic and personal freedom of Americans in response to a disease. If some people die from the virus, so be it. Its a small price to pay to keep our freedoms intact. Furthermore, I would stand by that argument even if I get sick from the virus.
Sock Puppet Conservatives
There are people out there that like constitutional rights and civil liberties “in theory”, but in practice they view these rights as inconvenient to their goals. For these so-called “conservatives”, the Bill of Rights is only for peacetime. When war or domestic conflict rolls around, our rights are suddenly forfeit. Disobedience and Democ... Zinn, Howard Best Price: $41.44 Buy New $18.00 (as of 02:47 UTC - Details)
I use this particular metaphor often but I really can’t find a better one:
Government power is like the “one ring” in Lord Of The Rings. Everyone desperately wants control of it. The side of evil thirsts for it. The side of good thinks that if only they had it they could use it for honorable ends; they think they can use it to defeat evil. They are wrong.
The “one ring” (government power) corrupts ALL. It cannot be controlled. It cannot be used for good. Eventually, it warps the minds of those who hold it, twisting them into something grotesque. Good people who exploit the ring end up becoming the very monsters they were trying to defeat, and evil wins.
Right now through the Trump Administration conservatives are being tempted with the “one ring”. We are being tempted with ultimate government power. The leftist hordes and their actions are egregious. They act irrationally and foolishly. Their communist ideology and mindless zealotry is destructive and they openly seek the collapse of western civilization. But in the end this doesn’t matter. They are nothing more than useful idiots for a greater agenda.
It’s interesting that the only solution I see being presented in conservative circles lately is the use of federal power to crush the protests and riots. Again, this might seem like a reasonable action in the face of so much lawlessness, but if taken too far the implications are horrifying.
Some conservative groups are cheering the deployment of federal agencies to cities like Portland in the name of stopping civil unrest, but there is a fine line between law enforcement and martial law. And by martial law, I mean ANY government force that is designed to suppress or break civil protections. This does not only include a military presence, it can also include federal agencies overstepping their bounds, just as they did at Bundy Ranch.
In Portland and other cities like New York, federal agents and police have been snatching protesters off the street in unmarked vans without identifying themselves. Essentially, they are black-bagging people. This is the kind of behavior which real conservatives traditionally despise.
Yes, some of these protesters did in fact loot or participate in property damage; and some of them did absolutely nothing. This is being done under 40 US Code 1315 which was signed into law by Neo-con president George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks as part of the tidal wave of unconstitutional Patriot Act measures that were railroaded through during mass fear and panic.
Conservatives have been warning for years about the potential for misuse of these laws to violate people’s rights. Will we now support them because they are being enforced against people we don’t like? I will say this: If an unmarked van with unidentified armed people tried to grab me off the street, I would do everything in my power to put a bullet in each and every one of them. And, I would not hold it against any person who did the same, even if they were my ideological opponent.
Some conservatives are calling for much more, including the deployment of the National Guard or a standing military presence. The use of such tactics opens the door to serious consequences, and I believe if we allow the federal government to bend the rules now, we set the stage for expansive martial law in the near future. By extension, labeling looters or rioters as “terrorists” also has dangerous implications. Those of us that were activists during the Obama years know how freely that label is thrown around by government and the media.
We might feel righteous in violating the civil liberties of social justice Marxists because of their insane behavior and the threat they pose to the stability of the country, but, what happens when the roles are reversed? During Bundy Ranch, conservatives were also being labeled “terrorists”, and who is to say we won’t find ourselves in that position again? Would defying the pandemic lockdowns also be considered an existential threat to the country?
Uncomfortable Questions
There are some questions in all of this that are either not being asked or are being deliberately avoided. For example:
1) Why is it that the Trump Administration has not bothered to go after the elites and globalists FUNDING Antifa and BLM groups behind the unrest? Why does George Soros and his Open Society Foundation get to operate in the US with impunity? And what about the Ford Foundation? Members of that institution openly admit that they have been funding and organizing the social justice cult for decades. Shouldn’t the men behind the curtain paying for the entire thing be targeted first, instead of going after the useful idiots? Perhaps the fact that Trump is surrounded by those very same elites in his cabinet has something to do with it…
2) If we support martial law measures, WHO are we giving that power to? Is it Trump, or the deep state ghouls that advise him daily? People like Wilber Ross, a New York Rothschild banking agent, Mike Pompeo, a long time Neo-con warmonger and promoter of mass surveillance, Robert Lightheizer, a member of the globalist Council On Foreign Relations, Steve Mnuchin, former Goldman Sachs banker, Larry Kudlow, former Federal Reserve, etc. Even if you think Trump has the best of intentions, can anyone honestly say the same for his cabinet?
3) When the left is “defeated” and the riots stop, will martial law simply fade away, or, is it a Pandora’s Box that can never be closed again? And if it doesn’t end, will supporters justify fighting against not just leftists, but also conservatives who will not tolerate it? I for one will be among the people that will not tolerate it.
Real Solutions
There are other much better solutions than martial law when confronting the leftist riots or the pandemic.
For the pandemic, stop trying to dictate public behavior. If individuals feel they are at risk from the virus, then they can take their own precautions. The only other option is to continue on the path of shutdowns and an informant society that will destroy this nation in a matter of months.
Foe the leftists, communities that stage an armed presence in the face of protests have ALL escaped riots and property damage. Sometimes Antifa and BLM decide to not even show up. We DON’T NEED a federal presence or a military presence to get the job done. We can do it ourselves. We already have proof that this strategy works.
And, if the lefties want to burn down their own neighborhoods and cities and local governments don’t want to stop them, then I say let it happen. It’s sad for the people in these places that had no dog in the fight, but maybe this will teach the locals to speak out against BLM or Antifa instead of remaining silent or virtue signaling their support in the hopes that their businesses won’t be attacked. Maybe they should look for better government officials as well.
Finally, it’s far past time to go after the elites that fund and engineer such groups. Remove their influence and I suspect many people will be shocked at how fast all this unrest and chaos suddenly disappears. Isn’t this what people wanted Trump to do from the very beginning? And yet, nothing happens to the vampires at the top.
Only cowards demand everyone else give up their freedoms just so they can feel safe. The establishment is trying to pit the American people against each other as a means to pave a path to tyranny. I believe what the elites want more than anything else is to trick conservatives into forsaking their own principles. If we do, we become hypocrites that can no longer sustain a movement for freedom. By becoming the monster to fight the monster we hand our enemies victory. This is unacceptable.
Reprinted with permission from Alt-Market.com.


lewrockwell--2020-08-03--Crossing the Rubicon: The UK Slips into a Repressive State

Julius Caesar ’ s crossing the Rubicon River in 49 BC in defiance of Roman law placed him and his army on a direct collision course with Rome , leading to the Civil War which established him as Roman dictator .
It is a well-established metaphor for a point at which there is no going back and at which things will never be the same .
I predicted a few weeks ago that the UK Government would in the near future try to force everyone to wear facemasks in public .
Leave aside the plethora of information that makes it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefit in everyday circumstances , and may in fact be dangerous , the forced wearing of facemasks is a transgression so fundamental and of such significance that it is difficult to adequately express .
It implicitly hands your body over to state control , and renders one of your most basic existential freedoms subject to state interference .
For the first time , the right to exercise a choice of whether you should inhibit your respiratory faculties and hide your face in public is taken out of your hands .
If you doubt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember the public outcry that followed a debate regarding banning the wearing of burkhas and hijabs in the face of Islamic terrorism , and the connotations this had for civil liberties at the time .
Crossing the Rubicon : ... Fezzi , Luca Best Price : $ 14.69 Buy New $ 22.58 Facemask wearing is the visible hallmark of Asian states perceived in the West as repressive and authoritarian .
It is a badge of serfdom , akin to the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible short of tattooing you with a number .
This astonishing about-turn in policy has not happened overnight or without preparation .
It has been preceded by a cleverly-orchestrated media campaign which seeks to bizarrely turn established professional and scientific research on its head , making virologists , infection-control bodies and academics who have published papers for the medical profession into liars and charlatans .
This campaign has included editorials and blogs which talk in disapproving and accusatory tones of “ mask-shirkers ” and “ mask-deniers ” allegedly “ refusing ” to wear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that refusal can not take place without a demand : in other words someone has to give you an instruction to which you reply , “ No , thanks.
” Absent such a demand , you are not refusing anything , merely making a choice .
And until now there has been no such demand .
But those making this choice are now psychopaths and enemies of humanity without a shred of integrity , respect or regard for their fellow human beings .
When I returned from Asia early this year the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not protect you from infection and it is not advised that you wear them .
What is more , face mask wearing was actively discouraged because of limited supplies required for hospital environments , where infection control is king and every precaution makes sense .
Above all the only situation in which it is appropriate to wear a facemask in public is if you are unwell and have a cough , in which case why not stay at home ?
But this piece of simple logic has been covered by the mask-advocates whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may have coronavirus without knowing it , and may infect others with your breath even at unlimited distances so you need to wear a mask.
” This covers all bases despite the evidence for this being at best negligible and at worst manipulated and dishonest .

Julius Caesar’s crossing the Rubicon River in 49 BC in defiance of Roman law placed him and his army on a direct collision course with Rome, leading to the Civil War which established him as Roman dictator. It is a well-established metaphor for a point at which there is no going back and at which things will never be the same.
I predicted a few weeks ago that the UK Government would in the near future try to force everyone to wear facemasks in public. Leave aside the plethora of information that makes it clear face masks are of practically zero benefit in everyday circumstances, and may in fact be dangerous, the forced wearing of facemasks is a transgression so fundamental and of such significance that it is difficult to adequately express.
It implicitly hands your body over to state control, and renders one of your most basic existential freedoms subject to state interference. For the first time, the right to exercise a choice of whether you should inhibit your respiratory faculties and hide your face in public is taken out of your hands. If you doubt the significance of this, try to remember the public outcry that followed a debate regarding banning the wearing of burkhas and hijabs in the face of Islamic terrorism, and the connotations this had for civil liberties at the time. Crossing the Rubicon: ... Fezzi, Luca Best Price: $14.69 Buy New $22.58 (as of 05:23 UTC - Details)
Facemask wearing is the visible hallmark of Asian states perceived in the West as repressive and authoritarian. It is a badge of serfdom, akin to the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. There is no greater invasion of your person possible short of tattooing you with a number.
This astonishing about-turn in policy has not happened overnight or without preparation. It has been preceded by a cleverly-orchestrated media campaign which seeks to bizarrely turn established professional and scientific research on its head, making virologists, infection-control bodies and academics who have published papers for the medical profession into liars and charlatans.
This campaign has included editorials and blogs which talk in disapproving and accusatory tones of “mask-shirkers” and “mask-deniers” allegedly “refusing” to wear face masks. Leave aside the obvious fact that refusal cannot take place without a demand: in other words someone has to give you an instruction to which you reply, “No, thanks.”
Absent such a demand, you are not refusing anything, merely making a choice. And until now there has been no such demand. But those making this choice are now psychopaths and enemies of humanity without a shred of integrity, respect or regard for their fellow human beings. When I returned from Asia early this year the advice was clear: face masks do not protect you from infection and it is not advised that you wear them.
What is more, face mask wearing was actively discouraged because of limited supplies required for hospital environments, where infection control is king and every precaution makes sense. Above all the only situation in which it is appropriate to wear a facemask in public is if you are unwell and have a cough, in which case why not stay at home?
But this piece of simple logic has been covered by the mask-advocates whose logic runs like this: “You may have coronavirus without knowing it, and may infect others with your breath even at unlimited distances so you need to wear a mask.” This covers all bases despite the evidence for this being at best negligible and at worst manipulated and dishonest.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-03--Doctors Are Not Always Right

Doctors Are Not Always Right

Can hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) be a treatment option for Covid-19 , or should it be banned ?
You and I may never know , because Google , Twitter and Facebook are censoring science & information on physicians ’ treatments for the virus .
Earlier this week , the Big Tech giants removed a viral Breitbart video featuring America ’ s Frontline Doctors , who promoted HCQ both as a preventive measure and as a cure for Covid-19 .
According to Facebook , Twitter and YouTube it was spreading “ misinformation on Covid.
” This was deleted from my Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was misinformation on Covid ?
People have the right to listen to any qualified opinions from licenced physicians they want .
There are several doctors and studies that indicate HCQ could either provide a prophylactic benefit or minimize the impact and duration of an infection .
Lancet published a fraudulent study , which had to be retracted , alleging that HCQ – a drug that has been on the market for 65 years – was dangerous and did nothing for Covid-19 .
Two new studies came out this weekquestioning the use of HCQ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; it is clear many more trials and tests are needed , but it ’ s not up to unqualified social media publishers to arbitrarily censor news .
Scientific consensus always changes and evolves , and in science , every authoritative viewpoint matters .
False Positive : A Year ... Dalrymple , Theodore Best Price : $ 10.82 Buy New $ 15.65 Physicians and surgeons often have differing opinions .
No one ’ s opinions are right all of the time !
A free society should be allowed to challenge any theory – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For example , fifteen years ago , I was doubled over in incredible pain for days , and my GP sent me to the nearest London hospital .
An oncologist diagnosed me with cancer and told me if I did not sign in and allow him to operate on me immediately , I would die .
I did check-in to the private hospital after arranging a conference call with several other doctors outside the UK .
All of the doctors agreed that I needed immediate treatment to stabilize my condition , which required @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which I was not keen on ) , so we decided to do further tests .
After the tests , the operation was ruled out by the doctors on my conference call .
After a week of treatment , I was stabilized and moved to another hospital where my doctors told me , “ That oncologist ’ s diagnosis was 100 % wrong .
You were lucky to have ignored his orders and blocked the operation.
” The condition I had was not cancer and did not warrant his “ lifesaving operation.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic ravaged the world , ‘ scientists ’ contradicted themselves day in and day out .
Unfortunately , governments decided to go with the Covid-19 model from London ’ s Imperial College , which is funded by Bill Gates and run by Neil Ferguson .
This model was widely cited by media like the New York Times , and predicted there would be 2.2 million deaths from Covid-19 in the United States alone if the government “ did nothing.
” Ferguson ’ s Imperial College report concluded that entire households should stay in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffered from Covid-19 symptoms .
It turns out that Ferguson ’ s model , which was 100 % wrong , allowed power-hungry politicians to implement some of the most tyrannical , illegal lockdowns in recent history .
These policies have also caused numerous deaths from other medical issues which have gone untreated due to the “ Covid crisis , ” an increase in mental illness , the worst economic depression in history , and “ assistance ” programs that only bailed out bankers and billionaires – AGAIN – while screwing the middle-class hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only wrong on Covid-19 , but it was also wrong on the bird flu and the swine flu .
It turns out that his past-its-sell-by-date model , with 13-year-old code , had more bugs than a Mississippi swamp in August .
Why did the UK government act on Neil Ferguson ’ s fake science when he was so wrong in his prediction that up to 200 million people would die from bird flu in 2005 ( in fact , less than 300 people died ) ?
In 2009 , based on Ferguson ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimated 65,000 would die from swine flu ( but it killed 457 in the UK ) .
Ferguson ’ s track record is shocking , but the fake news media enabled and pushed this garbage to instil fear and panic and to terrorize the masses .
Apparently , governments have used Ferguson ’ s predictions to give themselves extraordinary powers to lock down society at will .
These draconian powers will be hard , if not impossible , to take away .
Are governments preparing for a global financial reset ?
Meanwhile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new Covid-19 cases are near ZERO .
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told reporters in Stockholm on Tuesday , “ The curves are going down and the curves for the seriously ill are beginning to approach zero.
” Across the ocean , top US epidemiologist Dr Anthony Fauci has been a key figure in guiding America ’ s response to the Covid-19 pandemic .
But is Fauci always right ?
Far from it !
Despite that , he hasn ’ t been censored by Twitter , Google or Facebook .
Does Fauci exude an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , particularly since Hollywood made him a star – Brad Pitt even played him on SNL .
Planet Ponzi : How the ... Mitch Feierstein Best Price : $ 20.33 Buy New $ 11.23 In a Feb 29 , 2020 interview , Fauci was asked : “ It ’ s Saturday A.M. People want to go to the malls , movies and maybe the gym as well .
Should we be changing our habits , and if so how ?
” He replied , “ No .
Right now , there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a day-to-day basis .
Right now , the risk is low , but things could change.
” But more recently , Fauci has retrospectively developed a narrative that he only lied to the public in January “ about not wearing masks because there was a shortage.
” So , Fauci now claims he lied because he needed to protect the supplies for healthcare workers during the emergency .
Today , Fauci wants you to believe him when he says everyone should wear masks and even protective eyewear .
No matter what social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyranny here ) and ( Here ) , they have no right whatsoever to censor the views of licensed physicians working on the front lines battling the Covid-19 pandemic – especially when it appears that these mega tech companies are overtly trying to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election .
After Hillary Clinton ’ s stunning loss in 2016 , employees and officers at Google and Facebook have stated that they would not make the same mistakes in the 2020 election that they made in 2016 .
As I have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will stop at nothing to ensure that Trump loses the 2020 presidential election .
It is now clear that Twitter , Facebook , Google/YouTube , and Amazon are all on Team Biden .
The oligarchs of Silicon Valley are censoring and shutting down conservative voices , and it is costing lives .
In congressional testimony this week , Congressman Jim Jordan stated that Google helped Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.That just goes to illustrate how these companies can never be trusted again .
The statements , views and opinions expressed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

Can hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) be a treatment option for Covid-19, or should it be banned? You and I may never know, because Google, Twitter and Facebook are censoring science & information on physicians’ treatments for the virus.
Earlier this week, the Big Tech giants removed a viral Breitbart video featuring America’s Frontline Doctors, who promoted HCQ both as a preventive measure and as a cure for Covid-19. According to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube it was spreading “misinformation on Covid.” This was deleted from my Facebook page. How many physicians determined this was misinformation on Covid? People have the right to listen to any qualified opinions from licenced physicians they want.
There are several doctors and studies that indicate HCQ could either provide a prophylactic benefit or minimize the impact and duration of an infection. Lancet published a fraudulent study, which had to be retracted, alleging that HCQ – a drug that has been on the market for 65 years – was dangerous and did nothing for Covid-19. Two new studies came out this weekquestioning the use of HCQ, but it’s early days; it is clear many more trials and tests are needed, but it’s not up to unqualified social media publishers to arbitrarily censor news. Scientific consensus always changes and evolves, and in science, every authoritative viewpoint matters. False Positive: A Year... Dalrymple, Theodore Best Price: $10.82 Buy New $15.65 (as of 04:35 UTC - Details)
Physicians and surgeons often have differing opinions. No one’s opinions are right all of the time! A free society should be allowed to challenge any theory – that’s how science works. For example, fifteen years ago, I was doubled over in incredible pain for days, and my GP sent me to the nearest London hospital. An oncologist diagnosed me with cancer and told me if I did not sign in and allow him to operate on me immediately, I would die. I did check-in to the private hospital after arranging a conference call with several other doctors outside the UK. All of the doctors agreed that I needed immediate treatment to stabilize my condition, which required my direct admission to that hospital (which I was not keen on), so we decided to do further tests. After the tests, the operation was ruled out by the doctors on my conference call. After a week of treatment, I was stabilized and moved to another hospital where my doctors told me, “That oncologist’s diagnosis was 100% wrong. You were lucky to have ignored his orders and blocked the operation.” The condition I had was not cancer and did not warrant his “lifesaving operation.”.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains – Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020
Ferguson model
In March, when the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world, ‘scientists’ contradicted themselves day in and day out. Unfortunately, governments decided to go with the Covid-19 model from London’s Imperial College, which is funded by Bill Gates and run by Neil Ferguson. This model was widely cited by media like the New York Times, and predicted there would be 2.2 million deaths from Covid-19 in the United States alone if the government “did nothing.”
Ferguson’s Imperial College report concluded that entire households should stay in isolation for 14 days if any member suffered from Covid-19 symptoms. It turns out that Ferguson’s model, which was 100% wrong, allowed power-hungry politicians to implement some of the most tyrannical, illegal lockdowns in recent history. These policies have also caused numerous deaths from other medical issues which have gone untreated due to the “Covid crisis,” an increase in mental illness, the worst economic depression in history, and “assistance” programs that only bailed out bankers and billionaires – AGAIN – while screwing the middle-class hard.
Ferguson’s model was not only wrong on Covid-19, but it was also wrong on the bird flu and the swine flu. It turns out that his past-its-sell-by-date model, with 13-year-old code, had more bugs than a Mississippi swamp in August.
Why did the UK government act on Neil Ferguson’s fake science when he was so wrong in his prediction that up to 200 million people would die from bird flu in 2005 (in fact, less than 300 people died)? In 2009, based on Ferguson’s team advice, the British government estimated 65,000 would die from swine flu (but it killed 457 in the UK). Ferguson’s track record is shocking, but the fake news media enabled and pushed this garbage to instil fear and panic and to terrorize the masses.
Big thread. The man who panicked the world is now running from his doomsday projections. Shut up and quarantine crowd MIA. No need to apologize to those of us who told you not to blindly trust 1 projection. Scrutinize a little more next time before you surrender your freedoms. https://t.co/EopJL2BhNB — Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) March 26, 2020
Apparently, governments have used Ferguson’s predictions to give themselves extraordinary powers to lock down society at will. These draconian powers will be hard, if not impossible, to take away. Are governments preparing for a global financial reset?
Meanwhile, Sweden did nothing, and today its new Covid-19 cases are near ZERO. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told reporters in Stockholm on Tuesday, “The curves are going down and the curves for the seriously ill are beginning to approach zero.”
Should fallacious, fatuitous Fauci be fired?
Across the ocean, top US epidemiologist Dr Anthony Fauci has been a key figure in guiding America’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But is Fauci always right? Far from it! Despite that, he hasn’t been censored by Twitter, Google or Facebook. Does Fauci exude an air of arrogance and hubris? Probably, particularly since Hollywood made him a star – Brad Pitt even played him on SNL. Planet Ponzi: How the ... Mitch Feierstein Best Price: $20.33 Buy New $11.23 (as of 05:23 UTC - Details)
In a Feb 29, 2020 interview, Fauci was asked: “It’s Saturday A.M. People want to go to the malls, movies and maybe the gym as well. Should we be changing our habits, and if so how?” He replied, “No. Right now, there is no need to change anything you are doing on a day-to-day basis. Right now, the risk is low, but things could change.”
But more recently, Fauci has retrospectively developed a narrative that he only lied to the public in January“about not wearing masks because there was a shortage.” So, Fauci now claims he lied because he needed to protect the supplies for healthcare workers during the emergency.
Today, Fauci wants you to believe him when he says everyone should wear masks and even protective eyewear.
No matter what social media oligarchs think (more on tech tyranny here) and (Here), they have no right whatsoever to censor the views of licensed physicians working on the front lines battling the Covid-19 pandemic – especially when it appears that these mega tech companies are overtly trying to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
After Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss in 2016, employees and officers at Google and Facebook have stated that they would not make the same mistakes in the 2020 election that they made in 2016. As I have been saying for several years, Big Tech will stop at nothing to ensure that Trump loses the 2020 presidential election. It is now clear that Twitter, Facebook, Google/YouTube, and Amazon are all on Team Biden.
The oligarchs of Silicon Valley are censoring and shutting down conservative voices, and it is costing lives. In congressional testimony this week, Congressman Jim Jordan stated that Google helped Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.That just goes to illustrate how these companies can never be trusted again.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.