lewrockwell--2020-09-12--The Summer of Love Crime

The Summer of Love Crime

We ’ ve come a long way since 1967 .
A lot of that distance must have been in a reverse gear where music is concerned .
Take a look at the top 100 hits from that year .
People who were born 20 later can name some of them in 2 or 3 bars—and they still play in bars .
Most of the top 100 from 2020 , on the other hand , could serve as cruel and unusual penance for mortal sins .
Whatever kinds of guilt trips the woker-than-thous try to heap on the boomers—their revolution had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the road the upheaval going on now will be hard on ears going by its tunes .
What the history industry will make out of the rest of it—if enlightenment still prevails—is ugly to consider .
It ’ s not just the music that gives you the creeps in the throes of this uprising .
It ’ s mob rhetoric–livid and tired simultaneously–that never knows where to stop .
Particular demands concerning law enforcement excesses can be perfectly reasonable .
Does it really make sense , for example , that policemen accused of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ district attorneys offices they work closely with ?
Even not so skeptical observers tend to question the spotty record of charges and convictions this arrangement turns out .
Does Mayberry really need a tank ?
Is rampant no-knock actually necessary ?
When activists stick to questions like this they are on solid ground .
Although , when it comes to public employees like cops , enlightened enthusiasm for their unions can ’ t be glossed over .
A People ’ s Trage ... Figes , Orlando Best Price : $ 14.20 Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus is narrow and demands are few .
Its when you seriously suggest tearing down a society that ’ s kept roofs overhead , food on tables , water running , toilets flushing , idiocy on the box and AC in the ductwork for hundreds of millions of people over several generations –that our wannabe consciences with molotovs go beyond ridiculous and get scary .
Any social reformer who stands at the drawing board ought to have some idea what has already been on it and why it has been erased .
People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have a hard time making it to print .
That was before literary standards became oppressive .
On August 25th–in the very thick of things—Vicky Osterweil ’ s screed In Defense of Looting came out .
At a time when authors with manuscripts in proofs get canceled for trifles—the public is informed in hardcover that crash , burn and grab of private property is the path to our salvation .
Our betters , at NPR and the Nation , aren ’ t aware that it ’ s not exactly the most novel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea of finite resources never occurs to them–was it growing up in the US that left them with that impression ?
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Where does this author think new supplies will be coming from once the businesses that provided them have been sacked ?
Osterweil seems to believe brimming stockpiles of food , medicine and toilet paper show up inexplicably from horns of plenty in the hinterlands .
The idea that the stuff has to be grown , manufactured , packaged , organized and shipped by people exerting effort is outside her bailiwick .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ until ordered from suppliers by merchants with funds to meet their cost is so much triviata .
“ Insurance covers it ” isn ’ t supposed to be a punchline–it ’ s something we hear from blithering wokesters who have actually been elected to office .
All a conscientious rioter has to do is wait for the next truck .
Looting straight off the trailer does save shelf-stocking wages .
Drivers , another apparently unlimited commodity , get treated to a good social justice pummeling for showing up .
Plywood will soon enwrap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , altruistic antifans will just have to enjoy their Chronic and Kind bud without the craft beer and soyburgers .
That ’ s okay , isn ’ t it alt-rightly fascist to think that far ahead ?
If our loot-loopy reformer thinks the underprivileged are wanting for chow and necessities now give those peacefully protested downtowns another few weeks .
Antifa–unlike the locals–can easily move to happier hunting grounds .
Deep thinkers like Osterweil can ’ t get caught up in the dull details of organizing farm to table distribution .
Neither @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Trage ... Figes , Orlando Best Price : $ 25.38 Buy New $ 19.03 Have we seen any of this before ?
“ You … have before you the very difficult and noble task … of organizing the new economic order in the provinces and of establishing on a firm foundatioLn the power of the Soviets .
In doing this you will be helped … by all workers and peasants … who are coming more and more to see that apart from the Soviet Government there is no escape from famine and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saboteurs are … conspiring against us .
They know that they will be completely ruined … if the people succeed in dividing the national wealth which is now in the exclusive possession of the rich … That is where your function begins .
You must organize and consolidate the Soviet power in the villages .
You will encounter there the village-bourgeoisie–the kulaks-who will hinder your work in every way .
But to fight them will be an easy matter .
The masses will be with you … Make it clear to the peasant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be expropriated in order to bring about a just and equitable distribution of goods … The bourgeoisie are concealing in their coffers the riches which they have plundered , and are saying , “ We shall sit tight for a while.
” We must catch the plunderers and compel them to return the spoils .
Your chief business will be this : do not let the brigands get away with their riches , otherwise we shall perish … Whisperers : Private Li ... Figes , Orlando Best Price : $ 12.91 Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in reply to a question whether or not it was true that the Bolsheviks are looters , said , “ Yes , we loot the looters . '
” No preacher in the most fervid revival tent of the bible-belt ever delivered a sermon that was as faithfully embraced by his congregation .
So , how did this work out for those masses after The October Revolution ?
Early on it was riotous fun—for drunken bands of young men who placed low value on human life and women ’ s rights to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder were commonplace for five years once Lenin and co. took over .
The mansions of the old regime were well stocked with wine cellars , art , furniture and accommodation .
Roving bands doled out social justice with a vengeance .
Soon stately homes , as well as humble abodes , were barren shells littered with feces and often corpses .
The accumulated treasures of family caretakers fell prey to the mob .
Meanwhile , mass murder never seen in the worst days of Ivan the Terrible began a 35 year run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eggs and never got their omelet .
In the meantime less people were farming or giving any thought to the future .
They had the party to do that .
But Bolshevik leadership was too busy re-educating , torturing and liquidating the people that used to keep the larders stocked .
A natural famine didn ’ t help .
Deprivation , on a scale unknown under the Romanovs , wasn ’ t far off .
Nobody was missing meals at the Kremlin while the borscht-belters were tightening down to their spines .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protein source left .
A hungry citizen in a workers paradise can develop a taste for exotic cuisine in a jiffy .
https : //airmail.news/issues/2019-11-2/how-to-serve-man .
Children began disappearing and some adults were momentarily sated .
A nice leg of cossack , a loin of little boy or trunk of tovarich might be available–if you could afford them .
The rich tended to stay buried and undigested–since they were massacred far too early to remain fit fare for the stewpot .
Nope , it was Karl ’ s precious prole that got the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cutlet .
For the ordinary palate–excepting gourmands like Hannibal Lecter and Jeffrey Dahmer–it wasn ’ t a culinary era evoking much nostalgia .
The Less You Know , the ... Satter , David Best Price : $ 5.00 Buy New $ 9.11 “ That oughta ’ learn ya ” Granny would say–but it didn ’ t for long .
Man made and man exaggerated famines were a Soviet specialty .
They were at it again in Ukraine in the 1930s .
https : //nationalpost.com/opinion/i-have-eaten-my-children-talk-too-much-ill-eat-you-too-an-excerpt-from-anne-applebaums-red-famine So-called idealistic Americans–not unlike Natalie Escobar who amicably interviewed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reviewed In Defense of Looting favorably for The Nation–were trekking to the Soviet Union just as the second wave of mass cannibalism was cooking there .
Only the truest believer can keep the faith of a cult going through this ordeal twice in less than 15 years .
We don ’ t know what happened to many US emigres…or if they served the cause on a plate with beets and cabbage ?
This country is far from perfect but the idea it couldn ’ t be far worse is ungratefully short-sighted .
Lossin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testament to the real power of actual mass movements that the media establishment has felt compelled to cover illegal , expensive , and destructive protests with such care.
” “ [ C ] are ” is it ?
And those gushing this commodity are in the “ media establishment ” no less ?
Alternative sources of information have been on the matter of police excesses with steady frequency for more than 20 years .
Sites like PINAC , Reason , The Rutherford Institute , The Free Thought Project , Lew Rockwell , mises.org @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poured coverage on the problem since Clinton .
They never take issues like the proliferation of SWAT , the 1033 program , SCOTUS 4th amendment construction and “ qualified immunity ” off the table .
How often are any of those words featured on front pages or said aloud in broadcast media ?
Despite the the steady consistency of relevant stats , media treated this matter as anomalic distraction until very recently .
Alex Jones , of all people , got its launch from the Waco incident which had no shortage of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Infowars had a section called “ Police State ” for many years .
The unequivocal fact is–that rather than caring–the media is exploiting the present unrest .
The last five paragraphs of Lossin ’ s piece are devoted to blaming it all on the free market–literally from Apple to Mom and Pop–but it ’ s the media establishment plucking heart-strings ever so tenderly .
Setting up shop in the hood is a crime against humanity .
Almost makes you want to toss a brick and mete out a pounding–if you can find a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Destruction can only end up equalling less all around .
Government organization of meal tickets , housing and general needs is guaranteed NOT to be an improvement .
It won ’ t be the rich who get squeezed .
Once WWII ended regular meals , decent housing and reliable infrastructure were a long time coming back in Northern Europe from the English Channel to the Ural mountains .
But it was only the Soviet ’ s subjects that experienced a third incidence of starvation so severe that long pork was on the menu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the country sunk whole hog into the cultural sty of the disco era the theme song for the film “ Mahogany , ” briefly hit number one .
Diana Ross purrs the haunting lyrics “ Do you know where you ’ re going to ” leaving an indelible pang in any sensate brain .
If you were asking the country as a whole in 1975—forty-seven years later the answer is an emphatic NO .
We have plenty to work with and can change course as long as we don ’ t destroy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so much more than Joe Six-Pack insist it is unconscionable to leave vital infrastructure intact .
When the destruction of a productive prosperous class is necessary to raise the dignity and living standards of another the end sum is always the same .
More want , more suffering and more serfs .
Driving the yeomen down to size will further ennoble a fraction of the 1 % …the rest will have nothing to gain and everything to lose .
As melodious years go 1968 beat 1967 .
The Beatles put their word out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ optimistic–otherwise it could really stand some play about now : Aaahhh !
You say you want a revolution Well , you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it ’ s evolution Well , you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don ’ t you know that you can count me out ?
Don ’ t you know it ’ s gon na be All right All right All right You say you got a real solution Well , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well , you know We all doing what we can But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is , brother , you have to wait Don ’ t you know it ’ s gon na be All right All right All right You say you ’ ll change the constitution Well , you know We all want to change your head You tell me it ’ s the institution Well , you know You ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain ’ t gon na make it with anyone anyhow Don ’ t you know it ’ s gon na be All right All right All right All right , all right , all right All right , all right , all right All right , all right The Best of Tim Hartnett

We’ve come a long way since 1967. A lot of that distance must have been in a reverse gear where music is concerned. Take a look at the top 100 hits from that year. People who were born 20 later can name some of them in 2 or 3 bars—and they still play in bars. Most of the top 100 from 2020, on the other hand, could serve as cruel and unusual penance for mortal sins. Whatever kinds of guilt trips the woker-than-thous try to heap on the boomers—their revolution had a hundred catchy theme songs—53 years down the road the upheaval going on now will be hard on ears going by its tunes. What the history industry will make out of the rest of it—if enlightenment still prevails—is ugly to consider.
It’s not just the music that gives you the creeps in the throes of this uprising. It’s mob rhetoric–livid and tired simultaneously–that never knows where to stop.
Particular demands concerning law enforcement excesses can be perfectly reasonable. Does it really make sense, for example, that policemen accused of serious crimes are prosecuted by the same district attorneys offices they work closely with? Even not so skeptical observers tend to question the spotty record of charges and convictions this arrangement turns out. Does Mayberry really need a tank? Is rampant no-knock actually necessary? When activists stick to questions like this they are on solid ground. Although, when it comes to public employees like cops, enlightened enthusiasm for their unions can’t be glossed over. A People’s Trage... Figes, Orlando Best Price: $14.20 Buy New $22.38 (as of 04:38 UTC - Details)
Activism works best when the focus is narrow and demands are few. Its when you seriously suggest tearing down a society that’s kept roofs overhead, food on tables, water running, toilets flushing, idiocy on the box and AC in the ductwork for hundreds of millions of people over several generations –that our wannabe consciences with molotovs go beyond ridiculous and get scary.
Any social reformer who stands at the drawing board ought to have some idea what has already been on it and why it has been erased. People who write books before reading any used to have a hard time making it to print. That was before literary standards became oppressive.
On August 25th–in the very thick of things—Vicky Osterweil’s screed In Defense of Looting came out. At a time when authors with manuscripts in proofs get canceled for trifles—the public is informed in hardcover that crash, burn and grab of private property is the path to our salvation. Our betters, at NPR and the Nation, aren’t aware that it’s not exactly the most novel or worldly philanthropic theory around. The idea of finite resources never occurs to them–was it growing up in the US that left them with that impression?.
Where does this author think new supplies will be coming from once the businesses that provided them have been sacked?
Osterweil seems to believe brimming stockpiles of food, medicine and toilet paper show up inexplicably from horns of plenty in the hinterlands. The idea that the stuff has to be grown, manufactured, packaged, organized and shipped by people exerting effort is outside her bailiwick. That it doesn’t reach consumers until ordered from suppliers by merchants with funds to meet their cost is so much triviata. “Insurance covers it” isn’t supposed to be a punchline–it’s something we hear from blithering wokesters who have actually been elected to office. All a conscientious rioter has to do is wait for the next truck. Looting straight off the trailer does save shelf-stocking wages. Drivers, another apparently unlimited commodity, get treated to a good social justice pummeling for showing up.
Plywood will soon enwrap the market now in cinders. After that, altruistic antifans will just have to enjoy their Chronic and Kind bud without the craft beer and soyburgers. That’s okay, isn’t it alt-rightly fascist to think that far ahead? If our loot-loopy reformer thinks the underprivileged are wanting for chow and necessities now give those peacefully protested downtowns another few weeks. Antifa–unlike the locals–can easily move to happier hunting grounds. Deep thinkers like Osterweil can’t get caught up in the dull details of organizing farm to table distribution. Neither could Marie Antionette. A People’s Trage... Figes, Orlando Best Price: $25.38 Buy New $19.03 (as of 04:38 UTC - Details)
Have we seen any of this before?
Lenin: Loot the Looters
Vladimir Lenin, Advice to Workers and Peasants. 1917
Original Source: Pravda, No. 18, 6 February 1918, p. 3.
“You … have before you the very difficult and noble task … of organizing the new economic order in the provinces and of establishing on a firm foundatioLn the power of the Soviets. In doing this you will be helped … by all workers and peasants … who are coming more and more to see that apart from the Soviet Government there is no escape from famine and death …
The bourgeoisie … and the saboteurs are … conspiring against us. They know that they will be completely ruined … if the people succeed in dividing the national wealth which is now in the exclusive possession of the rich …
That is where your function begins. You must organize and consolidate the Soviet power in the villages. You will encounter there the village-bourgeoisie–the kulaks-who will hinder your work in every way. But to fight them will be an easy matter. The masses will be with you …
Make it clear to the peasant that the kulaks and the bloodsuckers must be expropriated in order to bring about a just and equitable distribution of goods … The bourgeoisie are concealing in their coffers the riches which they have plundered, and are saying, “We shall sit tight for a while.” We must catch the plunderers and compel them to return the spoils.
Your chief business will be this: do not let the brigands get away with their riches, otherwise we shall perish … Whisperers: Private Li... Figes, Orlando Best Price: $12.91 Buy New $27.23 (as of 04:38 UTC - Details)
That Bolshevik was right who in reply to a question whether or not it was true that the Bolsheviks are looters, said, “Yes, we loot the looters.'”
No preacher in the most fervid revival tent of the bible-belt ever delivered a sermon that was as faithfully embraced by his congregation. So, how did this work out for those masses after The October Revolution? Early on it was riotous fun—for drunken bands of young men who placed low value on human life and women’s rights to their own bodies. Assault, rape and murder were commonplace for five years once Lenin and co. took over.
The mansions of the old regime were well stocked with wine cellars, art, furniture and accommodation. Roving bands doled out social justice with a vengeance. Soon stately homes, as well as humble abodes, were barren shells littered with feces and often corpses. The accumulated treasures of family caretakers fell prey to the mob. Meanwhile, mass murder never seen in the worst days of Ivan the Terrible began a 35 year run. They broke millions of dozens of eggs and never got their omelet.
In the meantime less people were farming or giving any thought to the future. They had the party to do that. But Bolshevik leadership was too busy re-educating, torturing and liquidating the people that used to keep the larders stocked. A natural famine didn’t help.
Deprivation, on a scale unknown under the Romanovs, wasn’t far off. Nobody was missing meals at the Kremlin while the borscht-belters were tightening down to their spines. All over the Union comrades were the only protein source left. A hungry citizen in a workers paradise can develop a taste for exotic cuisine in a jiffy. https://airmail.news/issues/2019-11-2/how-to-serve-man.
Children began disappearing and some adults were momentarily sated. A nice leg of cossack, a loin of little boy or trunk of tovarich might be available–if you could afford them. The rich tended to stay buried and undigested–since they were massacred far too early to remain fit fare for the stewpot. Nope, it was Karl’s precious prole that got the meat hook and made up a commie cutlet. For the ordinary palate–excepting gourmands like Hannibal Lecter and Jeffrey Dahmer–it wasn’t a culinary era evoking much nostalgia. The Less You Know, the... Satter, David Best Price: $5.00 Buy New $9.11 (as of 04:38 UTC - Details)
“That oughta’ learn ya” Granny would say–but it didn’t for long. Man made and man exaggerated famines were a Soviet specialty. They were at it again in Ukraine in the 1930s. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/i-have-eaten-my-children-talk-too-much-ill-eat-you-too-an-excerpt-from-anne-applebaums-red-famine
So-called idealistic Americans–not unlike Natalie Escobar who amicably interviewed Osterweil for NPR or R.H. Lossin who reviewed In Defense of Looting favorably for The Nation–were trekking to the Soviet Union just as the second wave of mass cannibalism was cooking there. Only the truest believer can keep the faith of a cult going through this ordeal twice in less than 15 years. We don’t know what happened to many US emigres…or if they served the cause on a plate with beets and cabbage?
This country is far from perfect but the idea it couldn’t be far worse is ungratefully short-sighted. Lossin tells us:
“It is a testament to the real power of actual mass movements that the media establishment has felt compelled to cover illegal, expensive, and destructive protests with such care.”
“[C]are” is it? And those gushing this commodity are in the “media establishment” no less? Alternative sources of information have been on the matter of police excesses with steady frequency for more than 20 years. Sites like PINAC, Reason, The Rutherford Institute, The Free Thought Project, Lew Rockwell, mises.org, The Cato Institute and others have poured coverage on the problem since Clinton. They never take issues like the proliferation of SWAT, the 1033 program, SCOTUS 4th amendment construction and “qualified immunity” off the table. How often are any of those words featured on front pages or said aloud in broadcast media? Despite the the steady consistency of relevant stats, media treated this matter as anomalic distraction until very recently.
Alex Jones, of all people, got its launch from the Waco incident which had no shortage of “POC” victims. Whatever its faults Infowars had a section called “Police State” for many years. The unequivocal fact is–that rather than caring–the media is exploiting the present unrest.
The last five paragraphs of Lossin’s piece are devoted to blaming it all on the free market–literally from Apple to Mom and Pop–but it’s the media establishment plucking heart-strings ever so tenderly. Setting up shop in the hood is a crime against humanity. Almost makes you want to toss a brick and mete out a pounding–if you can find a suitably vulnerable “fascist”–yourself.
Destruction can only end up equalling less all around. Government organization of meal tickets, housing and general needs is guaranteed NOT to be an improvement. It won’t be the rich who get squeezed. Once WWII ended regular meals, decent housing and reliable infrastructure were a long time coming back in Northern Europe from the English Channel to the Ural mountains. But it was only the Soviet’s subjects that experienced a third incidence of starvation so severe that long pork was on the menu again from 1945 through 46.
Just before the country sunk whole hog into the cultural sty of the disco era the theme song for the film “Mahogany,” briefly hit number one. Diana Ross purrs the haunting lyrics “Do you know where you’re going to” leaving an indelible pang in any sensate brain. If you were asking the country as a whole in 1975—forty-seven years later the answer is an emphatic NO. We have plenty to work with and can change course as long as we don’t destroy it. Those who claim to care so much more than Joe Six-Pack insist it is unconscionable to leave vital infrastructure intact. When the destruction of a productive prosperous class is necessary to raise the dignity and living standards of another the end sum is always the same. More want, more suffering and more serfs. Driving the yeomen down to size will further ennoble a fraction of the 1%…the rest will have nothing to gain and everything to lose.
As melodious years go 1968 beat 1967. The Beatles put their word out on insurrection in August–the chorus is unduly optimistic–otherwise it could really stand some play about now:
Aaahhh!
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it’s evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don’t you know that you can count me out?
Don’t you know it’s gonna be
All right
All right
All right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We’d all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We all doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait
Don’t you know it’s gonna be
All right
All right
All right
You say you’ll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it’s the institution
Well, you know
You’d better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow
Don’t you know it’s gonna be
All right
All right
All right
All right, all right, all right
All right, all right, all right
All right, all right
The Best of Tim Hartnett


lewrockwell--2020-09-12--The West Coast Burns, And Leftists Blame Climate Change. But They’re Wrong

The West Coast is aglow but not in a good way .
Instead , fires are raging throughout California , Oregon , and Washington .
The property damage is appalling , and ten people have already died .
Leftists , predictably , have announced that their goddess , Mother Gaia , is again crying out from the horrors of anthropogenic climate change .
The reality is that there ’ s something bigger and more real going on , which is the actual climate .
La Nina is afoot in the northern hemisphere , and she ’ s having some extra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have prevented California from protecting against fires .
Wildfires Simon , Seymour Best Price : $ 3.99 Buy New $ 6.11 The data from the fires is appalling .
In California , at least 2.5 million acres have burned .
In Oregon , 900,000 acres have burned , with one of the worst fires being attributed to arson .
In a nod to the cliché that everything that happens hits women and minorities the hardest , the Washington Post reports that “ [ i ] n a small Oregon town , a wildfire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State , 480,000 acres have burned .
Leftists know what ’ s to blame — it ’ s Anthropogenic Climate Change , which is the nearest thing they have to a religion .
Religions are unfalsifiable because faith ties all events to a deity .
In that vein , climate change is the answer to all weather and climate events .
Whether it ’ s too hot or cold , too still or windy , too wet or dry , it doesn ’ t matter .
The blame always falls on humans and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Therefore , it ’ s unsurprising that one of the high priests of leftism , Barack Obama , would weigh in on the admittedly disturbing orange sky in California .
In his usual pompous way , he announced that humankind is at fault : Others wiser than Obama have pointed out that climate change is not the problem .
Instead , the problem is environmentalism .

The West Coast is aglow but not in a good way. Instead, fires are raging throughout California, Oregon, and Washington. The property damage is appalling, and ten people have already died. Leftists, predictably, have announced that their goddess, Mother Gaia, is again crying out from the horrors of anthropogenic climate change.
The reality is that there’s something bigger and more real going on, which is the actual climate. La Nina is afoot in the northern hemisphere, and she’s having some extra fun in the West because the environmentalists have prevented California from protecting against fires.
Wildfires Simon, Seymour Best Price: $3.99 Buy New $6.11 (as of 04:41 UTC - Details) The data from the fires is appalling. In California, at least 2.5 million acres have burned. In Oregon, 900,000 acres have burned, with one of the worst fires being attributed to arson. In a nod to the cliché that everything that happens hits women and minorities the hardest, the Washington Post reports that “[i]n a small Oregon town, a wildfire devastates a Latino community.” In Washington State, 480,000 acres have burned.
Leftists know what’s to blame — it’s Anthropogenic Climate Change, which is the nearest thing they have to a religion. Religions are unfalsifiable because faith ties all events to a deity. In that vein, climate change is the answer to all weather and climate events. Whether it’s too hot or cold, too still or windy, too wet or dry, it doesn’t matter. The blame always falls on humans and their love affair with fossil fuel.
Therefore, it’s unsurprising that one of the high priests of leftism, Barack Obama, would weigh in on the admittedly disturbing orange sky in California. In his usual pompous way, he announced that humankind is at fault:
The fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples of the very real ways our changing climate is changing our communities. Protecting our planet is on the ballot. Vote like your life depends on it—because it does. pic.twitter.com/gKGegXWxQu — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 10, 2020
Others wiser than Obama have pointed out that climate change is not the problem. Instead, the problem is environmentalism.
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lewrockwell--2020-09-12--The Dirty Dozen Tests of Global Warming Science

Assume for discussion that there has been a change of 1⁰C in the customary global near-surface air temperature , GAST , over the last century .
There have been many assertions that this has produced changes .
The strength of assertions is greater when a mathematical relation between temperature and the alleged change is established .
Here are some relationships to ponder , for the last century or for a significant or available shorter time .
• By how many millimeters does the sea level surface height change ?
• By how many ppm does atmospheric CO₂ change ?
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of terrestrial vegetation , like forests , change ?
• By how much does the pH of the oceans change ?
• By how many sq km does the average area of cloud cover change ?
• What change is there to the accumulated cyclone index , ACE ?
• What is the net change to the globalnumber of – • By how many Watt per square metre does the Top of Atmosphere TOA radiation balance change ?
• By how many tonnes does the weight of ice change – • By how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
• By what number does the number of large bush fires change ?
• By how many tonnes do yields of major food crops change , expressed as tonnes available per person , for example The number of properties claimed to be changed by global warming is now in the several hundreds range .
Many more cases could be added to this list of a dozen assertions .
However , this list contains the main ones discussed by agencies such as NASA and other anti-warming agencies like NGOs .
NASA has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its view of climate change .

Assume for discussion that there has been a change of 1⁰C in the customary global near-surface air temperature, GAST, over the last century. There have been many assertions that this has produced changes. The strength of assertions is greater when a mathematical relation between temperature and the alleged change is established. Here are some relationships to ponder, for the last century or for a significant or available shorter time.
For a 1⁰C change in global temperature –
By how many millimeters does the sea level surface height change? By how many ppm does atmospheric CO₂ change? By how many tonnes does the weight of terrestrial vegetation, like forests, change? By how much does the pH of the oceans change? By how many sq km does the average area of cloud cover change? What change is there to the accumulated cyclone index, ACE? What is the net change to the globalnumber of – A Hitchhikeru2019s Jou... Lehr PhD, Jay Buy New $15.89 (as of 04:41 UTC - Details ) Birds Land animals Marine algae By how many Watt per square metre does the Top of Atmosphere TOA radiation balance change? By how many tonnes does the weight of ice change – Over land Floating on sea Grounded over sea By how much does total precipitable rainfall TPW change? By what number does the number of large bush fires change? By how many tonnes do yields of major food crops change, expressed as tonnes available per person, for example Rice Wheat Beans Barley Maize
The number of properties claimed to be changed by global warming is now in the several hundreds range.
Many more cases could be added to this list of a dozen assertions. However, this list contains the main ones discussed by agencies such as NASA and other anti-warming agencies like NGOs.
NASA has a web page that mentions some effects of its view of climate change.
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lewrockwell--2020-09-12--Covid and Hollywood in the Carnival Called Reality

During the lockdowns , famous screenwriter , Joe Jim Bob Cash , in order to escape recriminations from his kids because he wouldn ’ t wear a mask , hid in the basement of his Beverly Hills mansion and wrote raw notes for a new script : SCENE : Bill and Melinda in a frozen circle of Hell .
Small apartment .
Wheezing heater .
Bill : Maybe we should have released a real virus .
Mel : Don ’ t you remember what David Rockefeller told you ?
They mutate quickly , nobody knows if they ’ ll have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ STORY ABOUT A VIRUS is much better .
We control it .
Bill : Anyway , what are we doing here ?
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What can we sell in this place , and to whom ?
Bill : It ’ s too late to atone for our sins ?
Bill : Sorry , I forgot .
We ’ re immune .
But look out the window .
There ’ s nothing but a sheet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there .
Mel : We ’ ll find somebody and sell something .
“ Same old , same old .
The doctors are trying to get the dosages right .
Uppers , downers , the rumor is he ’ s on a dozen drugs .
For the past five years .
You know , so he can stand up and sound coherent for a few minutes at a time.
” “ Do we want to win this campaign ?
” “ My guess is hell no .
Why are we going with Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to lose to Trump , so rioters can try to burn down a hundred cities .
Hell of a game plan.
” SCENE : Conference room in the White House .
Two Trump campaign advisors .
Honey-Can-Do Rolling S ... Best Price : $ 61.34 Buy New $ 66.67 “ Why isn ’ t the president sending in the FBI or troops to squash the riots ?
” “ He might be playing an angle .
You know , show people the violence on television all the way up to the election and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guess.
” “ Trump blames it on the Democrats.
” “ What other choice does he have ?
He bought the COVID fakery in one fell swoop .
One of the worst moves a president ever made .
Virus my ass.
” SCENE : Bunker a hundred feet below the basement of the New York mayor ’ s mansion .
George Soros , an ex-CIA officer , a Chinese Army colonel .
Ex-CIA : My list of paid operatives , hard cases , is up to 900 .
They know how to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in five minutes .
They ’ re good .
We can ship them anywhere .
Chinese colonel : You need more .
I can supply some Americans .
Soros : Colonel , how long do you think it ’ ll take to impose the Chinese social credit score system together with real time surveillance on all of America ?
Chinese colonel : Five years .
But we need ongoing chaos .
Comet Center with Stoo ... Buy New $ 140.59 SCENE : Conference room , video game company , “ FOR THE LOVE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re way down on sales of all games.
” “ What did you expect ?
People are watching the riots on TV .
Some of them are out in the streets .
They ’ re into the real thing .
We can ’ t beat that.
” “ How about a game where we mix and match virtual with actual riots ?
” “ How do we do that ?
” “ I think our holograms are good enough .
We project them in and among the actual street events .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ soldiers , invaders from outer space , UN troops , monsters.
” “ I ’ m trying to picture how it would work.
” “ Leave that to our tech guys and scripters .
They ’ ll figure it out.
” “ So I want to test this out .
At the top of the news , no anchor , no voiceover .
We just show five full minutes of riot and burning footage , and flash , every nine seconds , a big blinking poster that reads : COVID DEATH , COVID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the script notes to a producer friend .
The reply ; “ Have you gone full-blown whacko ?
” Joe and the producer talk .
KidKraft Bookcase with ... Best Price : $ 73.82 Buy New $ 117.76 Joe : How can I sell this ?
Producer : Two ways .
One , it all takes place in a nut house .
The inmates are pretending to be Bill and Melinda and the other characters .
Or we make a documentary of your severe mental decline during the lockdowns , and use your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the man in the moon is George Washington ?
What the hell ’ s wrong with you ?
Joe : AGAIN—what about the stuff in my notes ?
Suppose— Producer : Suppose superheroes really do fly from building to building and repel missiles .
Come on , Joe .
Put your mind right .
We ’ re in the puerile fantasy business , not the apeshit insane business .
Joe : Put my mind right ?
How ?
Producer : Think about money .
It always works for me .
Joe : I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever need .
Producer : Then think about getting drummed out of the corps .
Never working in Hollywood again .
Going on a blacklist .
Your family is devastated .
Humiliated .
Their friends shun them .
Producer : Of course it does .
Joe : It makes me wonder why I ’ m in this business at all .
Joe : Those notes I sent you—let ’ s say they represent an opinion .
A point of view .
Why can ’ t that point of view see the light of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ join all the other ideas out there ?
Producer : Because , my idiot friend , it attacks what ’ s already been sold .
Get it ?
Nobody wants a few hundred million customers asking for their money back .
Let me talk to your wife .
Joe : She took the kids to Florida .
They ’ re staying with her mother .
She ’ s really pissed off .
Producer : She understands what ’ s what .
She ’ s thinking on a practical level .
Look at it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these new thoughts of yours , you ’ d be a small voice in the wilderness .
What could you possibly accomplish ?
Joe : I like that image .
Voice in the forest .
Producer : Everybody does .
Until they ’ re successful .
Then they wise up .
That ’ s the story arc .
Struggle , success , adjustment .
This is the life we ’ ve chosen .
Joe : Not anymore .
I finally got some sleep the other night , and I had a dream— Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a dream .
I died , and I went to this place .
A giant production studio .
They were making a movie about Earth .
The people down here were all in it , only they didn ’ t know it .
It was about chaos and destruction .
Exactly what we ’ re seeing now .
Producer : Joe , you couldn ’ t sell that piece of crap to a high school drama class .
Joe : The director said to me , “ You have a tiny cameo as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow his conscience.
” He laughed at me .
I got mad .
I tried to summon up some kind of power to destroy the whole studio .
I could feel lightning flowing through my veins .
Then I woke up .
Producer : You may have brain damage .
These plot twists you ’ re giving me are really sophomoric .
You ’ re regressing .
Joe : Then I went back to sleep .
This time I was in a hospital room .
A doctor was bending over you .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explaining the drugs he was prescribing .
Heart drugs .
Thinners .
Statins .
All sorts of medicines .
He said you had the virus and there were complications .
He said they might have to put you on a ventilator .
Joe : Lois and your son came into the room .
It was as if they were on death watch .
They looked grim .
I tried to tell you there was nothing wrong with you and the doctors were crazy .
You wouldn ’ t listen to me .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was trying to fight the bastards , but you were going down the drain .
I saw your obituary in the New York Times .
Film producer dead at 62 .
COVID-19 .
Producer : A movie about a producer who ’ s diagnosed with the virus .
His friend , a writer .
The producer gave the writer his first big break .
The writer goes nuts and imagines all sorts of dire conspiracies…in his demented state , he tries to save his friend , but of course he can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people fight reality with hope in impossible things .
The movie is really about the writer .
It ’ s thin , but we could flesh it out .
Make it for ten million , there ’ s a ten percent chance we might break even .
Joe : Stop it .
I know you were tested .
I know it came back positive .
Producer : What are you talking about ?
Producer : Joe , I haven ’ t talked with Lois in weeks .
She ’ s staying with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lois is at home with you .
She ’ s right there .
Joe : She told me you had a cough and were running a fever .
Don ’ t let the doctors con you .
If you— Joe : It ’ s just a cold .
Maybe flu .
Don ’ t buy their diagnosis .
Producer : I was tested once .
The result was ambiguous .
Joe : I ’ m talking about the second test .
Joe : Done by the doctor you told me about , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bragged about him .
Joe : Sure you do .
Wake up , Phil .
We ’ re not talking about a movie .
Producer : Joe , haven ’ t you learned by now that our lives are out of our hands ?
Joe : What the hell is that supposed to mean ?
Producer : Things happen to us and we have to accept them .
Joe : We don ’ t have to accept anything .
Joe : So if they put you on a train to your grave , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Joe : Are you listening to yourself ?
Producer : Joe , in my work , in my position , a lot of people depend on me .
If I try to go against the tide , what are they going to think ?
I can ’ t let them down .
Joe : You think all those people want you to die ?
Producer : If necessary , yes .
They want me to follow the rules .
They want me to stay in line .
Producer : I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m like everybody else .
Joe : Snap out of it !
Producer : Think of all the actors and directors I know .
Most of the successful ones are under the care of doctors .
They have some sort of condition .
Many of them are connected to medical charities .
Imagine how they ’ d feel if I suddenly challenged my diagnosis .
If I told my doctor to go to hell .
If I refused to take medicine .
If I went around without a mask .
In case you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of the wider medical community .
Joe : You have an autographed picture of Tony Fauci on your wall ?
Producer : As a matter of fact , I met him once .
He may be the only person standing between us and destruction .
And if Joe Biden is elected , we ’ ll have a national plan to fight the pandemic , and Fauci will lead it .
We ’ ll have the closest thing to a medical presidency this country has ever seen .
Joe : Your investments went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Phil ?
I can only assume you ’ re talking this way because you ’ re broke .
It has to be about money .
Producer : I ’ ve had some trouble with my new real estate venture .
That ’ s all .
Joe : It has to be a lot worse than that .
Who ’ s bailing you out ?
Producer : It ’ s business .
The land is just sitting there now .
A group of investors showed up .
They want to buy it and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a godsend .
Joe : I see .
Would your doctor happen to be one of the investors ?
Producer : No .
I mean , he ’ s put a little money into it .
There are two groups .
The minor group is a bunch of actors and a few producers .
The big players are coming in from the outside .
They want a research wing connected to the hospital .
Cutting-edge treatments .
New vaccine approaches .
The Gates Foundation is involved .
For all I know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole project .
But here ’ s the thing , Joe .
I ’ m strapped for cash right now .
I wanted to talk to you about that .
I need funds to tide me over .
Joe : I want to talk to Lois .
Producer : I told you , she ’ s not here .
She ’ s living in Manhattan Beach .
Joe : Why do you keep lying ?
Producer : Because she ’ s gone crazy !
Okay ?
She ’ s flipped !
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t here !
I don ’ t want them talking to her !
She thinks the doctors are going to hurt me .
She ’ s delusional !
I can ’ t afford to rock the boat !
I ’ m on the Hollywood committee to elect Biden .
They ’ re asking a few of us to make public statements supporting the riots .
It ’ s all connected , Joe .
Everything is connected .
The other day , Lois talked to my doctor about hydroxychloroquine .
I thought he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You should have seen his face .
Joe : What does he want you to do ?
Producer : I ’ ve tested positive .
I have symptoms .
He wants me to spend a few days in the hospital .
Then I isolate myself at home .
Joe : Don ’ t go to the hospital .
Producer : I have to .
There ’ s no way out .
Joe : I ’ m your friend , Phil .
You gave me my first break .
I ’ ll give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t go in the hospital .
Producer : Is that advice or an ultimatum , Joe ?
Joe : And if push comes to shove , you and Lois can come here and stay with me .
Producer : I appreciate that .
Now go back to work and give me a superhero script with a few monsters in it .
For after the lockdowns .
Joe : I ’ ve got one .
A team of researchers expose the fake pandemic that has no virus , and they save the world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you and I will be doing off-off-Broadway and begging for nickels .
Joe : There is no off-off .
There ’ s no Broadway .
It ’ s all boarded up .
The money men left New York .
The tax base of the city is shrinking to the size of a raindrop .
Producer : What are you , a financial analyst now ?
Joe : Just following the clues .
Producer : Think Bill Gates .
Give me a fantasy script he would like .
Joe : He ’ s already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He and Melinda are in a frozen circle of Hell .
There ’ s no one else in that place .
They ’ re trying to figure out what they can sell and to whom .
Okay .
Suddenly , Bill gets an idea .
They have thousands of miles of ice surrounding them .
Now they need to cut big blocks and build a bridge up to the Tropics , where they can peddle the ice .
Superman shows up .
He thinks the frozen circle is his Fortress of Solitude .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the war is on .
Two great forces trying to destroy each other .
This is just the opening scene .
Then Batshit and his sidekick , Robin Hood , appear , with Friar Tuck and Little John and Maid Marian .
She ’ s wearing something low-cut from Victoria ’ s Secret .
Joe : There ’ s nothing wrong with you .
You have a cold .
Joe : They ’ ve got you in a box .
Producer : Damn right .
It ’ s part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe : Step out of it .
Breathe .
Take off that stupid mask .
Producer : I ’ m in a delicate situation .
If I make a wrong move , they ’ ll crucify me .
Joe : Don ’ t let them put you on a ventilator .
In New York , just about everybody over 65 who goes on a ventilator dies .
Joe : She ’ s in your corner .
She ’ s looking out for you .
Producer : I want her to see a psychiatrist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away her loyalty like an old dishrag .
Producer : Anyway , Joe , thanks for the money .
I appreciate it .
Got ta go .
Joe : Take care of yourself .
Producer : I almost forgot .
One more thing .
Our wives got together last week for a few minutes .
This contact tracing business ?
Somebody at my doctor ’ s office asked me to list all the people—I mentioned that Lois talked to your wife… Joe : So I could be getting a call to get tested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a snitch .
If I refuse to get tested—I go on a blacklist ?
This is like the 1950s ?
The House Un-American Activities Committee ?
Producer : Don ’ t fool around , Joe .
It ’ s nothing like that .
It ’ s science .
Cooperate .
You don ’ t want to get on the wrong side of this .
Joe : I AM a screenwriter .
I refuse to get tested .
I WAS a screenwriter .
Nice neat formula .
Producer : Stop acting like a child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you .
Joe : How is snitching helping me ?
Producer : They would have come up with your name eventually , on their own .
Joe : Really ?
You ’ re sure about that ?
Producer : I ’ m not sure about anything .
I ’ m flailing .
Trying to keep my head above water .
Bill : You know , we did everything right .
Sold the virus story .
Sold the testing , the tracing , masks , distancing , the lockdowns , the vaccine .
Humans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ premise .
They have to be controlled .
The only way to do that is by stimulus-response .
Find an input that delivers strict obedience .
We carried out our end of the deal very well .
So why are we here ?
Why weren ’ t we rewarded ?
Mel : Simple .
There is no justice .
We make our own .
Bill : Exactly .
So let ’ s get busy cutting blocks of ice .
We have to build a bridge to the tropics .
We ’ ve got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Bill : It ’ s never over .
Every problem has a solution .
That ’ s ALL existence is .
Problems and solutions .
Bill : Everybody else is a crazy human .
We keep the crazies in their cages , forever .
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During the lockdowns, famous screenwriter, Joe Jim Bob Cash, in order to escape recriminations from his kids because he wouldn’t wear a mask, hid in the basement of his Beverly Hills mansion and wrote raw notes for a new script:
SCENE: Bill and Melinda in a frozen circle of Hell. Small apartment. Wheezing heater.
Bill: Maybe we should have released a real virus.
Mel: Don’t you remember what David Rockefeller told you? They mutate quickly, nobody knows if they’ll have any effect at all. Selling THE STORY ABOUT A VIRUS is much better. We control it.
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Mel: I think it’s a challenge, a test. What can we sell in this place, and to whom?
Bill: It’s too late to atone for our sins?
Mel: What sins?
Bill: Sorry, I forgot. We’re immune. But look out the window. There’s nothing but a sheet of ice in all directions. Nobody there.
Mel: We’ll find somebody and sell something.
SCENE: Conference room in a hotel. Two Biden advisors.
“How’s he doing?”
“Same old, same old. The doctors are trying to get the dosages right. Uppers, downers, the rumor is he’s on a dozen drugs. For the past five years. You know, so he can stand up and sound coherent for a few minutes at a time.”
“Do we want to win this campaign?”
“My guess is hell no. Why are we going with Biden? I think we’re supposed to lose to Trump, so rioters can try to burn down a hundred cities. Hell of a game plan.”
“It’s a strategy I haven’t dealt with before.”
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“Why isn’t the president sending in the FBI or troops to squash the riots?”
“He might be playing an angle. You know, show people the violence on television all the way up to the election and win in a landslide. Just a guess.”
“It could work.”
“Worked for Nixon in 1968.”
“What about the economy? It’s a horror story.”
“Trump blames it on the Democrats.”
“That’ll fly?”
“What other choice does he have? He bought the COVID fakery in one fell swoop. One of the worst moves a president ever made. Virus my ass.”
SCENE: Bunker a hundred feet below the basement of the New York mayor’s mansion. George Soros, an ex-CIA officer, a Chinese Army colonel.
Soros: Burn, baby, burn.
Ex-CIA: My list of paid operatives, hard cases, is up to 900. They know how to take a protest up to a crazy riot in five minutes. They’re good. We can ship them anywhere.
Chinese colonel: You need more. I can supply some Americans.
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SCENE: Conference room, video game company, “FOR THE LOVE OF SHOOTING.” Two executives.
“We’re way down on sales of all games.”
“What did you expect? People are watching the riots on TV. Some of them are out in the streets. They’re into the real thing. We can’t beat that.”
“How about a game where we mix and match virtual with actual riots?”
“How do we do that?”
“I think our holograms are good enough. We project them in and among the actual street events. You know, holos of cops, soldiers, invaders from outer space, UN troops, monsters.”
“I’m trying to picture how it would work.”
“Leave that to our tech guys and scripters. They’ll figure it out.”
SCENE: Conference room, CNN headquarters. Two execs.
“So I want to test this out. At the top of the news, no anchor, no voiceover. We just show five full minutes of riot and burning footage, and flash, every nine seconds, a big blinking poster that reads: COVID DEATH, COVID DEATH, COVID DEATH.”
“I like it.”
Joe forwards the script notes to a producer friend. The reply; “Have you gone full-blown whacko?”
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Joe: How can I sell this?
Producer: Two ways. One, it all takes place in a nut house. The inmates are pretending to be Bill and Melinda and the other characters. Or we make a documentary of your severe mental decline during the lockdowns, and use your notes as evidence.
Joe: Suppose my notes reflect the truth?
Producer: Suppose the man in the moon is George Washington? What the hell’s wrong with you?
Joe: AGAIN—what about the stuff in my notes? Suppose—
Producer: Suppose superheroes really do fly from building to building and repel missiles. Come on, Joe. Put your mind right. We’re in the puerile fantasy business, not the apeshit insane business.
Joe: Put my mind right? How?
Producer: Think about money. It always works for me.
Joe: I have all the money I’ll ever need.
Producer: Then think about getting drummed out of the corps. Never working in Hollywood again. Going on a blacklist. Your family is devastated. Humiliated. Their friends shun them.
Joe: Yeah, that rings a bad bell.
Producer: Of course it does.
Joe: It makes me wonder why I’m in this business at all.
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Joe: Those notes I sent you—let’s say they represent an opinion. A point of view. Why can’t that point of view see the light of day? Why can’t it join all the other ideas out there?
Producer: Because, my idiot friend, it attacks what’s already been sold. Get it? Nobody wants a few hundred million customers asking for their money back. Let me talk to your wife.
Joe: She took the kids to Florida. They’re staying with her mother. She’s really pissed off.
Producer: She understands what’s what. She’s thinking on a practical level. Look at it this way. If you went with these new thoughts of yours, you’d be a small voice in the wilderness. What could you possibly accomplish?
Joe: I like that image. Voice in the forest.
Producer: Everybody does. Until they’re successful. Then they wise up. That’s the story arc. Struggle, success, adjustment. This is the life we’ve chosen.
Joe: Not anymore. I finally got some sleep the other night, and I had a dream—
Producer: For God’s sakes, Joe!
Joe: No. Listen. I had a dream. I died, and I went to this place. A giant production studio. They were making a movie about Earth. The people down here were all in it, only they didn’t know it. It was about chaos and destruction. Exactly what we’re seeing now.
Producer: Joe, you couldn’t sell that piece of crap to a high school drama class.
Joe: The director said to me, “You have a tiny cameo as just another idiot who won’t follow his conscience.” He laughed at me. I got mad. I tried to summon up some kind of power to destroy the whole studio. I could feel lightning flowing through my veins. Then I woke up.
Producer: You may have brain damage. These plot twists you’re giving me are really sophomoric. You’re regressing.
Joe: Then I went back to sleep. This time I was in a hospital room. A doctor was bending over you. You were lying in bed. He was explaining the drugs he was prescribing. Heart drugs. Thinners. Statins. All sorts of medicines. He said you had the virus and there were complications. He said they might have to put you on a ventilator.
Producer: That’s not funny, Joe.
Joe: Lois and your son came into the room. It was as if they were on death watch. They looked grim. I tried to tell you there was nothing wrong with you and the doctors were crazy. You wouldn’t listen to me. I started weeping in the dream. I was trying to fight the bastards, but you were going down the drain. I saw your obituary in the New York Times. Film producer dead at 62. COVID-19.
SILENCE.
Producer: A movie about a producer who’s diagnosed with the virus. His friend, a writer. The producer gave the writer his first big break. The writer goes nuts and imagines all sorts of dire conspiracies…in his demented state, he tries to save his friend, but of course he can’t. It has human dimensions. How people fight reality with hope in impossible things. The movie is really about the writer. It’s thin, but we could flesh it out. Make it for ten million, there’s a ten percent chance we might break even.
Joe: Stop it. I know you were tested. I know it came back positive.
Producer: What are you talking about?
Joe: Lois told me.
Producer: Joe, I haven’t talked with Lois in weeks. She’s staying with a friend in Manhattan Beach.
Joe: Lois is at home with you. She’s right there.
Producer: You’re mistaken, Joe.
Joe: She told me you had a cough and were running a fever. Don’t let the doctors con you. If you—
Producer: I can’t listen to this anymore.
Joe: It’s just a cold. Maybe flu. Don’t buy their diagnosis.
Producer: I was tested once. The result was ambiguous.
Joe: I’m talking about the second test.
Producer: What?
Joe: Done by the doctor you told me about, who has connections to the CDC. You bragged about him.
Producer: I don’t recall that.
Joe: Sure you do. Wake up, Phil. We’re not talking about a movie.
Producer: Joe, haven’t you learned by now that our lives are out of our hands?
Joe: What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Producer: Things happen to us and we have to accept them.
Joe: We don’t have to accept anything.
Producer: You’re wrong.
Joe: So if they put you on a train to your grave, you’ll go along with it?
Producer: They’re the experts.
Joe: Are you listening to yourself?
Producer: Joe, in my work, in my position, a lot of people depend on me. If I try to go against the tide, what are they going to think? I can’t let them down.
Joe: You think all those people want you to die?
Producer: If necessary, yes. They want me to follow the rules. They want me to stay in line.
Joe: I see. So you’re a quiet martyr. A “conformist saint.”
Producer: I’m just a regular person. I’m like everybody else.
Joe: Snap out of it!
Producer: Think of all the actors and directors I know. Most of the successful ones are under the care of doctors. They have some sort of condition. Many of them are connected to medical charities. Imagine how they’d feel if I suddenly challenged my diagnosis. If I told my doctor to go to hell. If I refused to take medicine. If I went around without a mask. In case you haven’t noticed, Hollywood is part of the wider medical community.
Joe: You have an autographed picture of Tony Fauci on your wall?
Producer: As a matter of fact, I met him once. He may be the only person standing between us and destruction. And if Joe Biden is elected, we’ll have a national plan to fight the pandemic, and Fauci will lead it. We’ll have the closest thing to a medical presidency this country has ever seen.
Joe: Your investments went belly up, didn’t they, Phil? I can only assume you’re talking this way because you’re broke. It has to be about money.
Producer: I’ve had some trouble with my new real estate venture. That’s all.
Joe: It has to be a lot worse than that. Who’s bailing you out?
Producer: It’s business. The land is just sitting there now. A group of investors showed up. They want to buy it and build a state-of-the-art hospital. It’s a godsend.
Joe: I see. Would your doctor happen to be one of the investors?
Producer: No. I mean, he’s put a little money into it. There are two groups. The minor group is a bunch of actors and a few producers. The big players are coming in from the outside. They want a research wing connected to the hospital. Cutting-edge treatments. New vaccine approaches. The Gates Foundation is involved. For all I know, they might be the moving force behind the whole project. But here’s the thing, Joe. I’m strapped for cash right now. I wanted to talk to you about that. I need funds to tide me over.
Joe: How much?
Producer: A hundred thousand.
Joe: I want to talk to Lois.
Producer: I told you, she’s not here. She’s living in Manhattan Beach.
Joe: Why do you keep lying?
Producer: Because she’s gone crazy! Okay? She’s flipped! I tell all my friends she isn’t here! I don’t want them talking to her! She thinks the doctors are going to hurt me. She’s delusional! I can’t afford to rock the boat! I’m on the Hollywood committee to elect Biden. They’re asking a few of us to make public statements supporting the riots. It’s all connected, Joe. Everything is connected. The other day, Lois talked to my doctor about hydroxychloroquine. I thought he was going to drop me as a patient. You should have seen his face.
Joe: What does he want you to do?
Producer: I’ve tested positive. I have symptoms. He wants me to spend a few days in the hospital. Then I isolate myself at home.
Joe: Don’t go to the hospital.
Producer: I have to. There’s no way out.
Joe: I’m your friend, Phil. You gave me my first break. I’ll give you the money. But don’t go in the hospital.
Producer: Is that advice or an ultimatum, Joe?
Joe: It’s a prayer.
Producer: I’m sorry.
Joe: And if push comes to shove, you and Lois can come here and stay with me.
Producer: I appreciate that. Now go back to work and give me a superhero script with a few monsters in it. For after the lockdowns.
Joe: I’ve got one. A team of researchers expose the fake pandemic that has no virus, and they save the world.
Producer: Yeah, right. Then you and I will be doing off-off-Broadway and begging for nickels.
Joe: There is no off-off. There’s no Broadway. It’s all boarded up. The money men left New York. The tax base of the city is shrinking to the size of a raindrop.
Producer: What are you, a financial analyst now?
Joe: Just following the clues.
Producer: Think Bill Gates. Give me a fantasy script he would like.
Joe: He’s already in the notes I sent you. He and Melinda are in a frozen circle of Hell. There’s no one else in that place. They’re trying to figure out what they can sell and to whom. Okay. Suddenly, Bill gets an idea. They have thousands of miles of ice surrounding them. Now they need to cut big blocks and build a bridge up to the Tropics, where they can peddle the ice. Superman shows up. He thinks the frozen circle is his Fortress of Solitude. Bill impales him with a giant icicle, and the war is on. Two great forces trying to destroy each other. This is just the opening scene. Then Batshit and his sidekick, Robin Hood, appear, with Friar Tuck and Little John and Maid Marian. She’s wearing something low-cut from Victoria’s Secret.
Producer: Okay, Joe, enough.
Joe: There’s nothing wrong with you. You have a cold.
Producer: I have obligations.
Joe: They’ve got you in a box.
Producer: Damn right. It’s part of the cost of doing business. Overhead.
Joe: Step out of it. Breathe. Take off that stupid mask.
Producer: I’m in a delicate situation. If I make a wrong move, they’ll crucify me.
Joe: Don’t let them put you on a ventilator. In New York, just about everybody over 65 who goes on a ventilator dies.
Producer: That’s ridiculous. That’s not true.
Joe: Don’t take the antiviral drugs. They’re toxic.
Producer: You sound like Lois.
Joe: She’s in your corner. She’s looking out for you.
Producer: I want her to see a psychiatrist.
Joe: You’re throwing away her loyalty like an old dishrag.
Producer: I’m sorry.
SILENCE.
Producer: Anyway, Joe, thanks for the money. I appreciate it. Gotta go.
Joe: Take care of yourself.
Producer: I almost forgot. One more thing. Our wives got together last week for a few minutes. This contact tracing business? Somebody at my doctor’s office asked me to list all the people—I mentioned that Lois talked to your wife…
Joe: So I could be getting a call to get tested.
Producer: Yeah. I panicked.
Joe: You’re now a snitch. If I refuse to get tested—I go on a blacklist? This is like the 1950s? The House Un-American Activities Committee?
Producer: Don’t fool around, Joe. It’s nothing like that. It’s science. Cooperate. You don’t want to get on the wrong side of this.
Joe: Meaning it’s political.
Producer: Everything is.
Joe: I AM a screenwriter. I refuse to get tested. I WAS a screenwriter. Nice neat formula.
Producer: Stop acting like a child. I’m trying to help you.
Joe: How is snitching helping me?
Producer: They would have come up with your name eventually, on their own.
Joe: Really? You’re sure about that?
Producer: I’m not sure about anything. I’m flailing. Trying to keep my head above water.
Joe: Don’t bullshit a bullshitter, Phil.
SCENE: Frozen Circle of Hell.
Bill: You know, we did everything right. Sold the virus story. Sold the testing, the tracing, masks, distancing, the lockdowns, the vaccine. Humans are dangerous. That was always our premise. They have to be controlled. The only way to do that is by stimulus-response. Find an input that delivers strict obedience. We carried out our end of the deal very well. So why are we here? Why weren’t we rewarded?
Mel: Simple. There is no justice. We make our own.
Bill: Exactly. So let’s get busy cutting blocks of ice. We have to build a bridge to the tropics. We’ve got product to sell. Lots of product.
Mel: Never give up.
Bill: It’s never over. Every problem has a solution. That’s ALL existence is. Problems and solutions.
Mel: We’re engineers.
Bill: Everybody else is a crazy human. We keep the crazies in their cages, forever.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-09-12--The Most Shamefully Dishonest Campaign in Political History

Did you happen to see , by any chance , the interview Bret Baier did on Fox News with a soy-eater named T.J. Ducklo , who serves as the national press spokesman for the Joe Biden campaign ?
If you didn ’ t , you really missed out , because it was pretty destructive .
And with that , we ’ ll launch into our Five Quick Things , which all fall under the category of evidence that the Biden campaign is the most shameless pack of liars ever unleashed on the American people .
This is by no means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s simply the first five things that came to mind .
We could easily come up with 25 more .
You ’ re welcome to put your own nominations into the comment thread below .
Yesterday ’ s Man : ... Marcetic , Branko Best Price : $ 12.00 Buy New $ 13.46 Seriously .
That ’ s Ducklo ’ s statement in the Baier interview on Wednesday .
He actually said that Biden never opposed it .
Biden said Trump ’ s ban on travel from China , which was more or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when the full scope of COVID-19 began to unfold in late January , was racist .
“ This is no time for Donald Trump ’ s record of hysteria and xenophobia , hysterical xenophobia , and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science , ” he said on the very day Trump announced the ban .
Two months later , when it was obvious the travel ban was the right call and the American people fully recognized just how awful the Chinese communists were in spreading COVID-19 around the globe , Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban .
Now Ducklo is trying to gaslight Bret Baier into the idea Biden was with Trump on the ban all along , while at the same time now spreading the calumny that Trump ’ s COVID-19 response killed close to 200,000 Americans .
It ’ s laughable , but it isn ’ t the most laughable thing Biden has going .
There ’ s a reason why Biden ’ s poll numbers , the ones that aren ’ t the product of grossly fraudulent polls oversampling Democrats like this was the 1964 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Pennsylvania .
That being the fact , Pennsylvanians have grown pretty fond of fracking and the jobs and economic activity that shale gas has produced in the western part of the state , where dying factory towns have sprung back to life over the past decade .
And the tax revenues fracking has generated for the state government have been remarkable .
Liberal Privilege : Joe ... Trump Jr , Donald Buy New $ 9.99 So much so that State Rep .
Rob Matzie , a Democrat , was quoted not long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who wants to ban hydraulic fracturing can not win the state.
” But Joe Biden needed to fleece as many left-wing Dem voters as he could in order to win the nomination over the other loons in the Democrats ’ clown car , so he jumped on board the anti-fracking train .
There ’ s a video out there that Americans for Tax Reform put together convincingly proving that Biden did everything he could to promise the Hard Left he would eliminate hydraulic fracturing .
There are about a dozen different video examples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starts polling like poison in Pennsylvania , and the first place he goes when he leaves his basement after the Democrats ’ convention is Pittsburgh .
And he immediately gets asked about fracking , and just as fervently as he said he would eliminate it if he becomes president he ’ s now swearing he won ’ t .
Yes , Joe , you ’ re a liar .
Either you lied to your own voters by promising them you ’ d end fracking , or you ’ re lying to us now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t .
Either way , no credibility .
This is a quite common theme with Biden ’ s campaign , you know .
3 .
It ’ s really Trump who ’ s pushing those riots in Democrat-run cities , folks .
This one is the biggest whopper of the bunch , and it ’ s likely the one by which Biden ultimately cuts his own throat .
Not only did Biden and his campaign not act to discourage the riots in Portland , Seattle , Minneapolis , New York , Chicago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
It was before she was tapped as the vice-presidential nominee , but Kamala Harris did an interview with Steven Colbert in which she said they would continue and that they should continue .
Fallout : Nuclear Bribe ... Bruner , Seamus Buy New $ 25.20 That obviously didn ’ t discourage Biden from nominating Harris .
Meanwhile , Biden ’ s campaign staffers were donating to a fundraising campaign that raised bail for rioters in those cities .
At the time the public had some sympathy for the Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s death , mostly because people are tired of being dragged through this wringer and they ’ re willing to support just about anything that will make these race riots go away .
But when Black Lives Matter does nothing constructive and continuously teams up with Antifa to burn down blue cities with the active support of the political class that runs them , it ’ s bound to violate Alinsky ’ s Rule No .
7 : “ A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.
” And the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump ’ s campaign smartly adopted a law-and-order message , collecting endorsements from police unions , sheriffs , and other law-enforcement officers around the country .
And now Biden and his team are hilariously trying to claim it ’ s Trump supporters who are turning peaceful protests into riots .
Well , if that ’ s true , if it ’ s a bunch of white dudes in MAGA hats and Hawaiian boogaloo shirts with long guns who are looting and burning commercial establishments and cracking skulls of cops , then why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lightfoot , Muriel Bowser , Ted Wheeler , and the rest of America ’ s Useful Idiot mayors not called in the SWAT teams to put them down ?
Shadowland : From Jeffr ... Thomas Horn Best Price : $ 15.00 Buy New $ 15.11 Amusingly , over the weekend the legislative director for the Speaker of the House in Oregon was arrested in Portland for … rioting .
Neither the Speaker nor his legislative director are registered Republicans , so you ’ ll know .
Nor are they independents .
Absolutely nobody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urban violence , which is why you will search far and wide on CNN in a vain attempt to find any mention of riots anymore .
Not even when Antifa arsonists are busy trying to burn down the whole west coast Australia-style .
But this is Trump ’ s doing .
They ’ ve gone from saying Trump is responsible because his leadership made leftists mad enough to riot to saying it ’ s a bunch of Trumpers out there looting Target .
The contempt for the voters is impressive , is it @ @

Did you happen to see, by any chance, the interview Bret Baier did on Fox News with a soy-eater named T.J. Ducklo, who serves as the national press spokesman for the Joe Biden campaign?
If you didn’t, you really missed out, because it was pretty destructive. And with that, we’ll launch into our Five Quick Things, which all fall under the category of evidence that the Biden campaign is the most shameless pack of liars ever unleashed on the American people.
This is by no means whatsoever an exhaustive list. It’s simply the first five things that came to mind. We could easily come up with 25 more. You’re welcome to put your own nominations into the comment thread below.
1. Joe Biden never opposed the China travel ban.
Yesterday’s Man:... Marcetic, Branko Best Price: $12.00 Buy New $13.46 (as of 03:45 UTC - Details) Seriously. That’s Ducklo’s statement in the Baier interview on Wednesday. He actually said that Biden never opposed it.
Biden said Trump’s ban on travel from China, which was more or less the first thing the president did when the full scope of COVID-19 began to unfold in late January, was racist.
“This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia, hysterical xenophobia, and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science,” he said on the very day Trump announced the ban.
Two months later, when it was obvious the travel ban was the right call and the American people fully recognized just how awful the Chinese communists were in spreading COVID-19 around the globe, Biden quietly jumped on board with the travel ban. Now Ducklo is trying to gaslight Bret Baier into the idea Biden was with Trump on the ban all along, while at the same time now spreading the calumny that Trump’s COVID-19 response killed close to 200,000 Americans.
It’s laughable, but it isn’t the most laughable thing Biden has going.
2. Biden wouldn’t really end fracking. Honest!
There’s a reason why Biden’s poll numbers, the ones that aren’t the product of grossly fraudulent polls oversampling Democrats like this was the 1964 election cycle, have him getting slaughtered in Pennsylvania.
That being the fact, Pennsylvanians have grown pretty fond of fracking and the jobs and economic activity that shale gas has produced in the western part of the state, where dying factory towns have sprung back to life over the past decade.
And the tax revenues fracking has generated for the state government have been remarkable. Liberal Privilege: Joe... Trump Jr, Donald Buy New $9.99 (as of 05:18 UTC - Details)
So much so that State Rep. Rob Matzie, a Democrat, was quoted not long ago as saying, “A candidate who wants to ban hydraulic fracturing cannot win the state.”
But Joe Biden needed to fleece as many left-wing Dem voters as he could in order to win the nomination over the other loons in the Democrats’ clown car, so he jumped on board the anti-fracking train. There’s a video out there that Americans for Tax Reform put together convincingly proving that Biden did everything he could to promise the Hard Left he would eliminate hydraulic fracturing. There are about a dozen different video examples of him saying it.
So he starts polling like poison in Pennsylvania, and the first place he goes when he leaves his basement after the Democrats’ convention is Pittsburgh. And he immediately gets asked about fracking, and just as fervently as he said he would eliminate it if he becomes president he’s now swearing he won’t.
Yes, Joe, you’re a liar. Either you lied to your own voters by promising them you’d end fracking, or you’re lying to us now trying to make us believe you won’t. Either way, no credibility.
This is a quite common theme with Biden’s campaign, you know.
3. It’s really Trump who’s pushing those riots in Democrat-run cities, folks.
This one is the biggest whopper of the bunch, and it’s likely the one by which Biden ultimately cuts his own throat.
Not only did Biden and his campaign not act to discourage the riots in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere, they actively pushed them. It was before she was tapped as the vice-presidential nominee, but Kamala Harris did an interview with Steven Colbert in which she said they would continue and that they should continue. Fallout: Nuclear Bribe... Bruner, Seamus Buy New $25.20 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
That obviously didn’t discourage Biden from nominating Harris.
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign staffers were donating to a fundraising campaign that raised bail for rioters in those cities.
At the time the public had some sympathy for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death, mostly because people are tired of being dragged through this wringer and they’re willing to support just about anything that will make these race riots go away. But when Black Lives Matter does nothing constructive and continuously teams up with Antifa to burn down blue cities with the active support of the political class that runs them, it’s bound to violate Alinsky’s Rule No. 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”
And the polls began showing exactly that. Plus, Trump’s campaign smartly adopted a law-and-order message, collecting endorsements from police unions, sheriffs, and other law-enforcement officers around the country.
And now Biden and his team are hilariously trying to claim it’s Trump supporters who are turning peaceful protests into riots.
Well, if that’s true, if it’s a bunch of white dudes in MAGA hats and Hawaiian boogaloo shirts with long guns who are looting and burning commercial establishments and cracking skulls of cops, then why in the hell haven’t Lori Lightfoot, Muriel Bowser, Ted Wheeler, and the rest of America’s Useful Idiot mayors not called in the SWAT teams to put them down?
Shadowland: From Jeffr... Thomas Horn Best Price: $15.00 Buy New $15.11 (as of 04:26 UTC - Details) Amusingly, over the weekend the legislative director for the Speaker of the House in Oregon was arrested in Portland for … rioting. Neither the Speaker nor his legislative director are registered Republicans, so you’ll know. Nor are they independents.
Absolutely nobody believes Biden’s line on the urban violence, which is why you will search far and wide on CNN in a vain attempt to find any mention of riots anymore. Not even when Antifa arsonists are busy trying to burn down the whole west coast Australia-style.
But this is Trump’s doing. They’ve gone from saying Trump is responsible because his leadership made leftists mad enough to riot to saying it’s a bunch of Trumpers out there looting Target.
The contempt for the voters is impressive, is it not?
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