lewrockwell--2020-02-12--How the CDC Combats Health Freedom Through Front Groups

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to be an independent organization watching out for public health , it has repeatedly demonstrated that it is working on behalf of the drug industry .
Not only does the CDC accept funding from the drug industry,1 which in and of itself may influence its public health recommendations , it also has front groups that lobby for mandatory vaccinations and seek to suppress information about vaccine risks .
One of them is the National Association of County and City Health Officials ( NACCHO ) ,2 an organization whose mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , partner , catalyst and voice for change for local health departments around the nation.
” While its name and mission statement would make you think it ’ s a member-funded organization , it actually operates primarily on government grants , and the CDC is a primary source.3 Seven of 11 funding priorities for NACCHO programs also come from the CDC.4 As revealed by Sott.net , membership dues only amount to about 2 % of the organization ’ s annual revenues.5 For example , in July 2011 , NACCHO issued a policy statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine exemptions for religious , conscientious and philosophical beliefs.6 NACCHO also lobbied heavily for SB1327 in 2013 , an Oregon state bill aimed at eliminating the religious belief vaccine exemption .
In 2015 , the group also lobbied in Oregon for SB442,8 which again sought to eliminate all but medical vaccine exemptions granted by a doctor .
In fact , NACCHO was portrayed as a primary supporter of the bill.9 The organization has also put its weight behind eliminating personal belief vaccine exemptions in other states .
NACCHO policies not only favor mandatory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but also promote the creation of national electronic registries that monitor the vaccination status of all children and adults .
It ’ s worth noting that , in addition to the 69 doses of 16 vaccines on the federally recommended childhood vaccination schedule , the CDC recommends dozens of doses of vaccines for adults between the ages of 19 and 65 , which includes an annual flu shot .
CDC Webinar Instructs Doctors on How to Boost Vaccine Uptake In August 2019 , NACCHO provided a CDC webinar10,11 in which doctors were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ vaccine misinformation ” and deal with vaccine hesitant patients in their practice .
The webinar was based on CDC research with parents and health care professionals , aimed at developing and refining educational messages about vaccines .
As just one example , the CDC found that one of the primary motivations that drive pregnant women to get vaccinated is “ the idea of protecting their babies.
” They also found that the internet is the primary source of vaccine information during pregnancy .
Parents of infants are primarily motivated by messages mentioning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk of not vaccinating on schedule , and comparison of risks and benefits of vaccines .
Messages that focus on the importance of vaccinating your child in order to avoid making others sick did not have a significant motivating impact , according to the CDC .
Based on the CDC ’ s findings , NACCHO urged doctors to “ Make vaccination decisions before pregnancy , during pregnancy or before the 2-month visit , ” as “ once parents start vaccinating at 2 months , there is very little change later to delay or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is primarily funded by the CDC , it seems the CDC is actively undermining vaccine exemptions and civil liberties , including freedom of thought , conscience and religious belief .
This isn ’ t entirely surprising considering the agency itself , as well as many of its individual employees and committee members , profit financially from mandatory vaccination policies and laws .
As reported by Weltchek Mallahan & Weltchek , a Maryland-based law firm specializing in medical malpractice and wrongful death:12 CDC Buys HALF of All Vaccines in the US In the June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Entanglements : The CDC-Guaranteed Vaccine Market , ” the organization Children ’ s Health Defense describes how the CDC is an integral part of the vaccine industry , protecting vaccine profits above public safety .
As noted by Children ’ s Health Defense : Prominent medical trade and pro-mandatory vaccination organizations , such as Every Child By Two ( ECBT ) , the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP ) and the Immunization Action Coalition ( IAC ) , are acting on behalf of the CDC and the vaccine industry as well .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim to be independent , receive funding from both vaccine manufacturers and the CDC .
( Incidentally , the IAC also provides funding to NACCHO.17 ) As noted by Peter Doshi , associate editor of The BMJ , in his 2017 article18 “ The Unofficial Vaccine Educators : Are CDC Funded Non-Profits Sufficiently Independent ?
” the ECBT , AAP and IAC “ in their advocacy for compulsory vaccination … all have in common a goal that pushes beyond official governmental policy and , in the case of influenza vaccines , the evidence.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is anyone actually ensuring CDC funds are not used for lobbying ?
Doshi also points out that the IAC ’ s use of scientific evidence is “ questionable , ” as they stand by their flu vaccination campaign for health care workers even though “ multiple reviews have found insufficient evidence that mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers has benefits for patients.
” “ In broad terms , the CDC and nonprofits share a common goal of increasing vaccination rates , ” Doshi writes .
And since their primary goals include @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of vaccine exemptions , that really should not be , considering the CDC is also responsible for ensuring vaccine safety.19 By focusing on increasing vaccination rates , the agency is unlikely to properly tackle the task of finding out whether all of the vaccines on the childhood and adult vaccination schedules are , in fact , necessary , safe and effective , especially when given in combination .
Yet another front group for the vaccine industry — and the CDC — is Voices for Vaccinedies , which “ advocates for on-time vaccination and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrators are portrayed as two concerned mothers , who founded the blog Moms Who Vax .
In reality , Voices for Vaccines is an “ administrative project ” of the Task Force for Global Health , the third largest charity in the U.S.,20 which has deep financial ties to the CDC and the pharmaceutical industry .
Voices for Vaccines ’ scientific advisory board includes:21,22 • Former CDC immunization director Dr. Alan Hinman , an Emory University professor and program director of the Center for Vaccine Equity at the Task Force for Global Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases , William Schaffner .
In 2018 , Schaffner told CNN the influenza vaccine — which had a measly 36 % effectiveness rate — was “ not perfect , ” but that we should “ give the vaccine credit for softening the blow ” anyway .
• Deborah Wexler , director of the IAC , which is funded by pharmaceutical companies through the CDC Foundation .
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A former member with financial ties to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a professor of vaccinology and the developer of Merck ’ s vaccine program .
In an interview included in the 2007 film “ In Lies We Trust : The CIA Hollywood and Bioterrorism , ” 24 Hilleman admitted Merck was responsible for unleashing the cancer-causing monkey virus SV40 via its polio vaccine .
Hilleman died in 2005 .
In 2014 , the online blog VacTruth also detailed the many connections between Voices for Vaccines , the Task Force for Global Health , Emory University , the CDC , vaccine makers and other pro-vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these connections , and others not included here , point to the existence of a vast , undisclosed yet well-documented pharma-driven network that uses every propaganda tactic in the book to squash freedom of thought and speech about vaccination — all in the name of protecting profits — and the CDC is a key player .
While the CDC has long fostered the perception of independence through the use of disclaimers stating26 it does not accept funding from special interests , in reality , it accepts millions of dollars each year from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC Foundation , which funnels those contributions to the CDC after deducting a fee.27 Several watchdog groups — including the U.S .
Right to Know ( USRTK ) , Public Citizen , Knowledge Ecology International , Liberty Coalition and the Project on Government Oversight — are now petitioning28 the CDC to cease making these false disclaimers.29 According to the petition,30 the CDC accepted $ 79.6 million from drug companies and commercial manufacturers between 2014 and 2018 alone .
As reported by the Lown Institute:31 The petition asks the CDC to stop publishing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all previously published disclaimers from the CDC website and its publications , and to issue corrections , retroactively disclosing the agency ’ s financial relationships with industry .
The CDC in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services portrays itself as a public health watchdog .
It has tremendous credibility within the medical community , and part of this credibility hinges on the idea that it ’ s free of industry bias and conflicts of interest .
Again and again , investigations have shown that funding plays an enormous role in decision-making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Shannon Brownlee , senior vice president for the Lown Institute , government-chartered foundations “ exist at least in part because they allow industries to directly fund and thus control the work of agencies that are either supposed to regulate them , or conduct research that can help or hurt their business.
” 35 When it comes to vaccines , it ’ s quite clear that the CDC is anything but impartial .
It owns vaccine-related patents and employs and defers to “ experts ” who have deep ties to vaccine makers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for mandatory vaccinations , and it receives funds from vaccine makers .
Aside from the groups already mentioned , the CDC also funds state health programs aimed at implementing “ no exceptions ” mandatory vaccination policies and laws , including mandatory HPV vaccination programs.36 This , despite the fact the HPV vaccine is one of the most dangerous and unnecessary vaccines ever made .
There ’ s also no evidence it actually helps prevent cervical cancer .
As noted by Mark Blaxill , Age of Autism ’ s editor-at-large:37 One of the Most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The following video from Barbara Loe Fisher is one of the most powerful videos that I have ever seen .
I am hopeful that watching this video will inspire you to take up the cause and join the fight for vaccine freedom and independence .
There is a cultural war and collusion between many industries and federal regulatory agencies that results in a suppression of the truth about vital important health issues .
If this suppression continues we will gradually and progressively erode our private individual rights that our ancestors fought so hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minutes to watch this video .
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While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to be an independent organization watching out for public health, it has repeatedly demonstrated that it is working on behalf of the drug industry.
Not only does the CDC accept funding from the drug industry,1 which in and of itself may influence its public health recommendations, it also has front groups that lobby for mandatory vaccinations and seek to suppress information about vaccine risks.
CDC Front Group Lobbies for Mandatory Vaccinations
One of them is the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO),2 an organization whose mission is “focused on being a leader, partner, catalyst and voice for change for local health departments around the nation.”
While its name and mission statement would make you think it’s a member-funded organization, it actually operates primarily on government grants, and the CDC is a primary source.3 Seven of 11 funding priorities for NACCHO programs also come from the CDC.4 As revealed by Sott.net, membership dues only amount to about 2% of the organization’s annual revenues.5
For example, in July 2011, NACCHO issued a policy statement urging legislators in all states to remove vaccine exemptions for religious, conscientious and philosophical beliefs.6
NACCHO also lobbied heavily for SB1327 in 2013, an Oregon state bill aimed at eliminating the religious belief vaccine exemption. In 2015, the group also lobbied in Oregon for SB442,8 which again sought to eliminate all but medical vaccine exemptions granted by a doctor. In fact, NACCHO was portrayed as a primary supporter of the bill.9
The organization has also put its weight behind eliminating personal belief vaccine exemptions in other states. NACCHO policies not only favor mandatory use of vaccines from cradle to grave, but also promote the creation of national electronic registries that monitor the vaccination status of all children and adults.
It’s worth noting that, in addition to the 69 doses of 16 vaccines on the federally recommended childhood vaccination schedule, the CDC recommends dozens of doses of vaccines for adults between the ages of 19 and 65, which includes an annual flu shot.
CDC Webinar Instructs Doctors on How to Boost Vaccine Uptake
In August 2019, NACCHO provided a CDC webinar10,11 in which doctors were given strategic guidance on how to combat “vaccine misinformation” and deal with vaccine hesitant patients in their practice.
The webinar was based on CDC research with parents and health care professionals, aimed at developing and refining educational messages about vaccines.
As just one example, the CDC found that one of the primary motivations that drive pregnant women to get vaccinated is “the idea of protecting their babies.” They also found that the internet is the primary source of vaccine information during pregnancy.
Parents of infants are primarily motivated by messages mentioning local occurrences of vaccine-preventable diseases, the risk of not vaccinating on schedule, and comparison of risks and benefits of vaccines. Messages that focus on the importance of vaccinating your child in order to avoid making others sick did not have a significant motivating impact, according to the CDC.
Based on the CDC’s findings, NACCHO urged doctors to “Make vaccination decisions before pregnancy, during pregnancy or before the 2-month visit,” as “once parents start vaccinating at 2 months, there is very little change later to delay or refuse” vaccination.
CDC Profits by Undermining Health Freedom
Seeing how NACCHO is primarily funded by the CDC, it seems the CDC is actively undermining vaccine exemptions and civil liberties, including freedom of thought, conscience and religious belief.
This isn’t entirely surprising considering the agency itself, as well as many of its individual employees and committee members, profit financially from mandatory vaccination policies and laws. As reported by Weltchek Mallahan & Weltchek, a Maryland-based law firm specializing in medical malpractice and wrongful death:12
“The CDC Immunization Safety Office is responsible for investigating the safety and effectiveness of all new vaccinations; once an investigation is considered complete, a recommendation is then made to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) who then determines whether the new vaccine will be added to the current vaccination schedule.
Members of the ACIP committee include physicians such as Dr. Paul Offit … Offit and other CDC members own numerous patents associated with vaccinations and regularly receive funding for their research work from the very same pharmaceutical companies who manufacturer vaccinations which are ultimately sold to the public …
This situation creates an obvious conflict of interest, as members of the ACIP committee benefit financially every time a new vaccination is released to the market.”
CDC Buys HALF of All Vaccines in the US
In the June 2019 article,13 “Close Ties and Financial Entanglements: The CDC-Guaranteed Vaccine Market,” the organization Children’s Health Defense describes how the CDC is an integral part of the vaccine industry, protecting vaccine profits above public safety. As noted by Children’s Health Defense:
“The CDC is a major player in the vaccine marketplace, buying half of all childhood vaccines in the U.S. and then selling them to contracted public health agencies through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program, which pushes free and low-cost vaccines on indigent children.
Over the past three decades, the CDC’s vaccine purchases have increased 15-fold as the average cost of fully vaccinating a child to age 18 rose from $100 to $2192 — while vaccine companies have raked in the profits.
The agency’s involvement with vaccine manufacturers also extends to patents, licensing agreements and collaboration on projects to develop new vaccines. In fact, the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) profit handsomely from their ownership or co-ownership with private sector partners of vaccine-related patents.
An early 2017 analysis of Google Patents results showed that the CDC held 56 patents14 pertaining to various aspects of vaccine development, manufacturing, delivery and adjuvants.
By May 2019, the search terms ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccines’ retrieved 143 results15 in the Google Patents search engine, and a separate legal website displayed 10 screens worth of CDC patents,16 both vaccine- and non-vaccine-related.”
CDC Also Supports Prominent Vaccine Educators
Prominent medical trade and pro-mandatory vaccination organizations, such as Every Child By Two (ECBT), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), are acting on behalf of the CDC and the vaccine industry as well.
All three of these organizations, which claim to be independent, receive funding from both vaccine manufacturers and the CDC. (Incidentally, the IAC also provides funding to NACCHO.17)
As noted by Peter Doshi, associate editor of The BMJ, in his 2017 article18 “The Unofficial Vaccine Educators: Are CDC Funded Non-Profits Sufficiently Independent?” the ECBT, AAP and IAC “in their advocacy for compulsory vaccination … all have in common a goal that pushes beyond official governmental policy and, in the case of influenza vaccines, the evidence.” Doshi continues:
“Officially, the CDC is neutral on vaccine mandates … But the CDC gives money to non-profits that actively work in this void. Presumably, these activities are funded from non-CDC sources, as U.S. federal law prohibits the use of CDC award money for lobbying, a prohibition that ‘includes grassroots lobbying efforts by award recipients …’ according to CDC policy.”
The question is, is anyone actually ensuring CDC funds are not used for lobbying? Doshi also points out that the IAC’s use of scientific evidence is “questionable,” as they stand by their flu vaccination campaign for health care workers even though “multiple reviews have found insufficient evidence that mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers has benefits for patients.”
“In broad terms, the CDC and nonprofits share a common goal of increasing vaccination rates,” Doshi writes. And since their primary goals include advocating for mandatory vaccination laws and elimination of vaccine exemptions, that really should not be, considering the CDC is also responsible for ensuring vaccine safety.19
By focusing on increasing vaccination rates, the agency is unlikely to properly tackle the task of finding out whether all of the vaccines on the childhood and adult vaccination schedules are, in fact, necessary, safe and effective, especially when given in combination.
Voices for Vaccines
Yet another front group for the vaccine industry — and the CDC — is Voices for Vaccinedies, which “advocates for on-time vaccination and the reduction of vaccine-preventable disease.”
Its administrators are portrayed as two concerned mothers, who founded the blog Moms Who Vax. In reality, Voices for Vaccines is an “administrative project” of the Task Force for Global Health, the third largest charity in the U.S.,20 which has deep financial ties to the CDC and the pharmaceutical industry. Voices for Vaccines’ scientific advisory board includes:21,22
Merck vaccine developers and mandatory vaccination proponents Paul Offit and Stanley Plotkin.
Former CDC immunization director Dr. Alan Hinman, an Emory University professor and program director of the Center for Vaccine Equity at the Task Force for Global Health.
Vanderbilt professor and medical director for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, William Schaffner. In 2018, Schaffner told CNN the influenza vaccine — which had a measly 36% effectiveness rate — was “not perfect,” but that we should “give the vaccine credit for softening the blow” anyway.
Deborah Wexler, director of the IAC, which is funded by pharmaceutical companies through the CDC Foundation. 23
A former member with financial ties to the industry was Maurice R. Hilleman, a professor of vaccinology and the developer of Merck’s vaccine program. In an interview included in the 2007 film “In Lies We Trust: The CIA Hollywood and Bioterrorism,”24 Hilleman admitted Merck was responsible for unleashing the cancer-causing monkey virus SV40 via its polio vaccine. Hilleman died in 2005.
In 2014, the online blog VacTruth also detailed the many connections between Voices for Vaccines, the Task Force for Global Health, Emory University, the CDC, vaccine makers and other pro-vaccine organizations and promoters, including Offit.25
All of these connections, and others not included here, point to the existence of a vast, undisclosed yet well-documented pharma-driven network that uses every propaganda tactic in the book to squash freedom of thought and speech about vaccination — all in the name of protecting profits — and the CDC is a key player.
CDC Petitioned to Quit Making False Claims
While the CDC has long fostered the perception of independence through the use of disclaimers stating26 it does not accept funding from special interests, in reality, it accepts millions of dollars each year from commercial interests through its government-chartered foundation, the CDC Foundation, which funnels those contributions to the CDC after deducting a fee.27
Several watchdog groups — including the U.S. Right to Know (USRTK), Public Citizen, Knowledge Ecology International, Liberty Coalition and the Project on Government Oversight — are now petitioning28 the CDC to cease making these false disclaimers.29
According to the petition,30 the CDC accepted $79.6 million from drug companies and commercial manufacturers between 2014 and 2018 alone. As reported by the Lown Institute:31
“Many of these contributions could be seen as conflicts of interest — for example, a $193,000 donation from Roche, the maker of antiviral drug Tamiflu, to fund a CDC flu prevention campaign.
Despite the significant funding the CDC receives from industry via its foundation, few were aware of these conflicts until Jeanne Lenzer called attention to the foundation in The BMJ32 a few years ago.”
In a November 5, 2019, press release, Dr. Michael Carome, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group stated:33
“That the CDC accepts millions from corporations directly impacted by the agency’s public health programs is indefensible. So, the CDC instead has adopted the strategy of repeatedly denying that it accepts such payments.”
The petition asks the CDC to stop publishing the false and misleading disclaimers, remove all previously published disclaimers from the CDC website and its publications, and to issue corrections, retroactively disclosing the agency’s financial relationships with industry.
“By issuing these false disclaimers, CDC is misleading health professionals, consumers and others both in the United States and around the world,” the petition states.34
“This deception undermines CDC’s credibility and integrity. But the damage here is not merely to the CDC itself. CDC is a national and global leader on medical and public health matters. It is crucial for the CDC to lead by example on matters of ethics, and, at a minimum, to faithfully and truthfully disclose its conflicts of interest.”
The CDC in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services portrays itself as a public health watchdog. It has tremendous credibility within the medical community, and part of this credibility hinges on the idea that it’s free of industry bias and conflicts of interest. Again and again, investigations have shown that funding plays an enormous role in decision-making and in research outcomes.
As noted by Shannon Brownlee, senior vice president for the Lown Institute, government-chartered foundations “exist at least in part because they allow industries to directly fund and thus control the work of agencies that are either supposed to regulate them, or conduct research that can help or hurt their business.”35
When it comes to vaccines, it’s quite clear that the CDC is anything but impartial. It owns vaccine-related patents and employs and defers to “experts” who have deep ties to vaccine makers. It funds pro-vaccine front groups that lobby for mandatory vaccinations, and it receives funds from vaccine makers.
Aside from the groups already mentioned, the CDC also funds state health programs aimed at implementing “no exceptions” mandatory vaccination policies and laws, including mandatory HPV vaccination programs.36
This, despite the fact the HPV vaccine is one of the most dangerous and unnecessary vaccines ever made. There’s also no evidence it actually helps prevent cervical cancer. As noted by Mark Blaxill, Age of Autism’s editor-at-large:37
“Gardasil is perhaps the leading example of a new form of unconstrained government self-dealing, in arrangements whereby [HHS] can transfer technology to pharmaceutical partners, [and] simultaneously both approve and protect their partners’ technology licenses while also taking a cut of the profits.”
One of the Most Powerful Videos I’ve Ever Seen
The following video from Barbara Loe Fisher is one of the most powerful videos that I have ever seen. I am hopeful that watching this video will inspire you to take up the cause and join the fight for vaccine freedom and independence.
There is a cultural war and collusion between many industries and federal regulatory agencies that results in a suppression of the truth about vital important health issues. If this suppression continues we will gradually and progressively erode our private individual rights that our ancestors fought so hard to achieve. Please take a few minutes to watch this video.

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Coronavirus Madness

It is now evident that public health authorities in Wuhan , China are afflicted with a severe form of wintertime coronavirus madness .
This previously unidentified mental affliction began slowly and then spread so rapidly that the National Institutes of Health quietly initiated a study on February 10 to determine the cause of this psychological madness that has targeted the medical profession .
( If you have difficulty believing this , click on the links . )
Early findings of the study point to a form of mania that is more likely to strike physicians and healthcare workers who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confined to work in indoor hospital environments 24/7 and therefore have abjectly low sunshine vitamin D blood levels .
Sun deprivation psychosis is known to shrink brain volume .
Those who oversee the so-called coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan exhibit delusionary symptoms , known to be characteristic of this seasonal malady , says a report at PsychCentral .
Recent decisions and announcements made by public health authorities in Wuhan and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere about the coronavirus epidemic can be characterized as various degrees of mental confusion that range from borderline schizophrenia to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with reality ) .
Here are some examples : The head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , a British Health Secretary and a professor in Hong Kong all warn of a “ grave threat for the rest of the world ” that “ could infect up to 60 % of the global population , ” while initially the death rate from this 2019-nCoR virus is lower than the SARS outbreak of 2003 that only resulted in a few thousand laboratory-confirmed infections and a few hundred deaths , mostly among immune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Re ... James Dowd , Diane Staf ... Best Price : $ 2.30 Buy New $ 2.99 The latest data at the time of writing this report shows 45,171 infected worldwide and 1115 deaths , which is only a 2.4 % death rate .
For comparison , SARS infected 8098 cases of infection and 774 deaths ( 9.5 % death rate ) .
But Chinese health authorities obviously began having hallucinations they turned into imagined reality to portray a more deadly coronavirus outbreak by inclusion of patients whose blood tests were positive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among the confirmed cases .
Some infection numbers have now been adjusted downward .
When confronted about the low death rate , health officials concede the “ death rate may be even lower than expected ” ( 1 % ) but this is because of undiagnosed cases .
Of course , in every infectious disease outbreak there are undiagnosed cases .
An epidemic depends on how many blood samples laboratories can process to confirm the viral strain involved .
And one would think the mutated 20190nCoR virus is not the only active virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t , so many people with common cold and flu symptoms in Wuhan and elsewhere around the world are being quarantined before a blood test confirms the 2019-nCoR virus strain .
Any cold or flu symptoms will do .
Drumming up more disease to treat is a good business .
The coronavirus delirium has also jumped to the news media .
Here is a recent report : An elderly Thai woman has defied the ‘ one-in-a-million ’ odds to survive her battle with the deadly coronavirus that has struck down almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly 500 .
( Daily Mail Feb. 5 , 2020 ) But as of Feb. 11 the coronavirus had only infected 43,138 out of 11 million people in Wuhan , or 4/10ths of 1-percent of the populace , with a death rate of 0.0000.92 % ( 1018 deaths ) , which is not even 1 in 100,000 ; numbers a news agency inexplicably called “ somber.
” The coronavirus-infected individuals who are dying are largely immune-compromised smokers , boozers , malnourished seniors , and drug users ( even conventionally prescribed drugs ) ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men which is precisely the exact same percentage of Chinese males smoke tobacco .
Talk about over-kill .
It is this same coronavirus-mania that has caused the US military to assemble 11 quarantine camps around major airports in the US despite there being just 13 reported cases among inbound air travelers since the so-called epidemic began .
Not to make light of any deaths , but this is not the pandemic Spanish flu of 1918 that infected one-third of the world ’ s population and took an estimated ~50 million lives in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ triggered or exacerbated by the use of arsenic in pesticides that contaminated foods and subsequently induced widespread zinc deficiency which in turn predisposes virally infected children and adults to severe pneumonia ; and the first worldwide marketing of aspirin by Bayer , a fever buster that was overused and unwittingly depleted vitamin C that led to lungs filling up with fluid and patients drowned in their own secretions .
Doctors at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington , DC , treated Spanish flu suffers in rooms that received fresh air and natural sunlight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew that sunlight scares away the pandemic demons .
To enflame the viral epidemic , public health authorities have ordered everybody indoors – – quarantining the masses from solar UV radiation that is the natural antidote .
At this time of year the UV-Index in Wuhan is 3-4 on a scale of 1-10 .
Mental illness correlates with weakened immunity in winter when the earth tilts away from the sun in northern latitudes .
Maybe it ’ s time to lock up the overseers rather than the masses .
Winter madness has evolutionary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ works indoors .
While there are a number of published studies do not confirm vitamin D pills protect against flu infection , the true test of sunshine-vitamin D is whether it prevents flu-related deaths – namely pneumonia ( lungs filling up with fluid ) .
Vitamin D normalizes an otherwise over-responsive immune system that can fill the lungs with fluid .
Maintenance of adequate vitamin D blood levels DOES reduce the incidence of pneumonia .
Furthermore , it is apparent more oral vitamin D is needed in winter when storage levels of vitamin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Due to a statistical blunder , now coined “ the big vitamin D mistake , ” the public has been mistakenly advised to take an inordinately low amount of vitamin D ( equivalent to less than 5 minutes of sunshine/skin exposure ) .
One clinic that administers 50,000 units of vitamin D to flu-infected patients reports dramatic and rapid resolution of flu symptoms .
Where is the fleet of World Health Organization vitamin D trucks when we need them ?
Of course , the masses read news reports of the Chinese doctor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who was reported to have died .
But now , suddenly , that doctor is alive and said to be in critical condition .
But the photo released ( below ) shows the doctor wide-eyed and alert with good skin color and holding his I.D .
card .
Another example of the mental derangement caused by this coronavirus is a news report that Chinese government authorities “ will spray disinfect an entire city.
” But viruses are not live like bacteria , therefore they can not be “ killed.
” Viruses are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inside the body and multiply rapidly using the host cell ’ s genetic machinery .
The best way to quell a virus is to halt its replication .
But natural remedies that do that , such as quercetin found naturally in red apple peel and red onions , and resveratrol found in grapes and red wine , go unused .
Better to let the deaths continue and wait for a vaccine .
A vaccine is months away and would not likely prevent infections or deaths among immune compromised individuals who can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus like the one circulating in Wuhan .
So , vaccination among populations such as in Wuhan would only effectively immunize the healthy who can produce a sufficient antibodies and are at least risk to become infected .
A coronavirus vaccine is expected to prevent 1 infection in 16,666 individuals .
Even with a very low rate of severe side effects from a coronavirus vaccine , one analysis predicts widespread vaccination could hospitalize and kill more people than the virus itself .
It ’ s time for reality therapy .
Who will prescribe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the medical profession doesn ’ t even adhere to its own medicine ( most doctors don ’ t get vaccinated ) ?
Prescribing sunshine doesn ’ t cost a dime and the side effects of vitamin D include sanity .

It is now evident that public health authorities in Wuhan, China are afflicted with a severe form of wintertime coronavirus madness. This previously unidentified mental affliction began slowly and then spread so rapidly that the National Institutes of Health quietly initiated a study on February 10 to determine the cause of this psychological madness that has targeted the medical profession. (If you have difficulty believing this, click on the links.)
Early findings of the study point to a form of mania that is more likely to strike physicians and healthcare workers who are wrapped up in hazmat suits or are confined to work in indoor hospital environments 24/7 and therefore have abjectly low sunshine vitamin D blood levels.
Sun deprivation psychosis is known to shrink brain volume. Those who oversee the so-called coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan exhibit delusionary symptoms, known to be characteristic of this seasonal malady, says a report at PsychCentral.
Recent decisions and announcements made by public health authorities in Wuhan and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere about the coronavirus epidemic can be characterized as various degrees of mental confusion that range from borderline schizophrenia to severe psychosis (totally out of touch with reality). Here are some examples:
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), a British Health Secretary and a professor in Hong Kong all warn of a “grave threat for the rest of the world” that “could infect up to 60% of the global population,” while initially the death rate from this 2019-nCoR virus is lower than the SARS outbreak of 2003 that only resulted in a few thousand laboratory-confirmed infections and a few hundred deaths, mostly among immune compromised individuals. The Vitamin D Cure, Re... Stafford, Diane Best Price: $2.05 Buy New $2.99 (as of 11:37 UTC - Details)
The latest data at the time of writing this report shows 45,171 infected worldwide and 1115 deaths, which is only a 2.4% death rate. For comparison, SARS infected 8098 cases of infection and 774 deaths (9.5% death rate).
But Chinese health authorities obviously began having hallucinations they turned into imagined reality to portray a more deadly coronavirus outbreak by inclusion of patients whose blood tests were positive for the virus but had NO symptoms among the confirmed cases. Some infection numbers have now been adjusted downward.
When confronted about the low death rate, health officials concede the “death rate may be even lower than expected” (1%) but this is because of undiagnosed cases. Of course, in every infectious disease outbreak there are undiagnosed cases. An epidemic depends on how many blood samples laboratories can process to confirm the viral strain involved. And one would think the mutated 20190nCoR virus is not the only active virus this flu season in Wuhan. It isn’t, so many people with common cold and flu symptoms in Wuhan and elsewhere around the world are being quarantined before a blood test confirms the 2019-nCoR virus strain. Any cold or flu symptoms will do. Drumming up more disease to treat is a good business.
The coronavirus delirium has also jumped to the news media. Here is a recent report:
An elderly Thai woman has defied the ‘one-in-a-million’ odds
to survive her battle with the deadly coronavirus that has
struck down almost 25,000 people across the world
and killed nearly 500.
(Daily Mail Feb. 5, 2020)
But as of Feb. 11 the coronavirus had only infected 43,138 out of 11 million people in Wuhan, or 4/10ths of 1-percent of the populace, with a death rate of 0.0000.92% (1018 deaths), which is not even 1 in 100,000; numbers a news agency inexplicably called “somber.”
The coronavirus-infected individuals who are dying are largely immune-compromised smokers, boozers, malnourished seniors, and drug users (even conventionally prescribed drugs); 68% of early coronavirus cases were men which is precisely the exact same percentage of Chinese males smoke tobacco.
Talk about over-kill. It is this same coronavirus-mania that has caused the US military to assemble 11 quarantine camps around major airports in the US despite there being just 13 reported cases among inbound air travelers since the so-called epidemic began.
Not to make light of any deaths, but this is not the pandemic Spanish flu of 1918 that infected one-third of the world’s population and took an estimated ~50 million lives in the pre-antibiotic era which actually may have been triggered or exacerbated by the use of arsenic in pesticides that contaminated foods and subsequently induced widespread zinc deficiency which in turn predisposes virally infected children and adults to severe pneumonia; and the first worldwide marketing of aspirin by Bayer, a fever buster that was overused and unwittingly depleted vitamin C that led to lungs filling up with fluid and patients drowned in their own secretions.
Doctors at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, DC, treated Spanish flu suffers in rooms that received fresh air and natural sunlight (see photo above). They knew that sunlight scares away the pandemic demons.
To enflame the viral epidemic, public health authorities have ordered everybody indoors – – quarantining the masses from solar UV radiation that is the natural antidote.
At this time of year the UV-Index in Wuhan is 3-4 on a scale of 1-10. Mental illness correlates with weakened immunity in winter when the earth tilts away from the sun in northern latitudes. Maybe it’s time to lock up the overseers rather than the masses. Winter madness has evolutionary selectivity for the medical profession that largely works indoors.
While there are a number of published studies do not confirm vitamin D pills protect against flu infection, the true test of sunshine-vitamin D is whether it prevents flu-related deaths – namely pneumonia (lungs filling up with fluid). Vitamin D normalizes an otherwise over-responsive immune system that can fill the lungs with fluid. Maintenance of adequate vitamin D blood levels DOES reduce the incidence of pneumonia.
Furthermore, it is apparent more oral vitamin D is needed in winter when storage levels of vitamin D in the liver may be depleted. Due to a statistical blunder, now coined “the big vitamin D mistake,” the public has been mistakenly advised to take an inordinately low amount of vitamin D (equivalent to less than 5 minutes of sunshine/skin exposure). One clinic that administers 50,000 units of vitamin D to flu-infected patients reports dramatic and rapid resolution of flu symptoms. Where is the fleet of World Health Organization vitamin D trucks when we need them?
TOTALLY MYTHICAL OF COURSE
Of course, the masses read news reports of the Chinese doctor who initially sounded the alarm over coronavirus, who was reported to have died. But now, suddenly, that doctor is alive and said to be in critical condition. But the photo released (below) shows the doctor wide-eyed and alert with good skin color and holding his I.D. card.
Another example of the mental derangement caused by this coronavirus is a news report that Chinese government authorities “will spray disinfect an entire city.”
But viruses are not live like bacteria, therefore they cannot be “killed.” Viruses are globs of genetic material that invade cells inside the body and multiply rapidly using the host cell’s genetic machinery. The best way to quell a virus is to halt its replication. But natural remedies that do that, such as quercetin found naturally in red apple peel and red onions, and resveratrol found in grapes and red wine, go unused. Better to let the deaths continue and wait for a vaccine. THE MIRACULOUS RESULTS... Bowles, Jeff T Buy New $3.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details)
A vaccine is months away and would not likely prevent infections or deaths among immune compromised individuals who can’t efficiently make antibodies against an enveloped RNA virus like the one circulating in Wuhan. So, vaccination among populations such as in Wuhan would only effectively immunize the healthy who can produce a sufficient antibodies and are at least risk to become infected.
A coronavirus vaccine is expected to prevent 1 infection in 16,666 individuals. Even with a very low rate of severe side effects from a coronavirus vaccine, one analysis predicts widespread vaccination could hospitalize and kill more people than the virus itself.
It’s time for reality therapy. Who will prescribe it for the medical profession, given that the medical profession doesn’t even adhere to its own medicine (most doctors don’t get vaccinated)? Prescribing sunshine doesn’t cost a dime and the side effects of vitamin D include sanity.


lewrockwell--2020-02-13--A Primer on Domestic Spying

A Primer on Domestic Spying

“ The Framers … conferred , as against the Government , the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights , and the right most valued by civilized men.
” — Justice Louis Brandeis ( 1856-1941 ) While we were all consumed by impeachment , a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress .
It is a renewal of Section 215 of the Patriot Act .
The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15 .
One of those sections is the infamous 215 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capture without a warrant all records of all people in America held by third parties .
Do we really want the federal government to spy without warrants ?
How can Congress , which has sworn to preserve , protect and defend the Constitution , legislate such a blatant violation of it ?
Here is the backstory .
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As Justice Brandeis wrote 140 years afterward , the most comprehensive of those rights was the right to be let alone , which today we call privacy .
To secure that right , the Fourth Amendment was ratified .
The purpose of the Fourth Amendment was to prevent the government from utilizing general warrants and to require judicially authorized search warrants issued under narrow circumstances .
James Madison , who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights , shared the hatred that colonists-turned-Americans had for general warrants .
A general warrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court in London authorizing the bearer of the document , usually a British soldier or intelligence agent , to search wherever he wished and to seize whatever he found .
The applicant for the warrant needed to demonstrate to the court only that the warrant was intended to unearth something that the government wanted .
Because these warrants did not specify the object of the search , there was no limit to them .
Hence Madison ’ s language in the Fourth Amendment preserving privacy but permitting the government to invade it only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of probable cause of crime , and then requiring the warrant to specify in writing the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized .
After 9/11 , in the collective spirit of fear , timidity and subservience to the presidency , and in utter disregard for its members ’ oaths to uphold the Constitution , Congress enacted the Patriot Act .
It permits one federal agent to authorize another federal agent to search and seize whatever the latter wishes to look at and capture so long as it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutions .
Over the years , the definition of “ financial institution ” has been radically expanded by both legislation and presidential executive orders so as to include nearly every conceivable entity that has any records about any person in America — from banks to hospitals to lawyers to merchants to credit card issuers to telecoms and computer service providers and even the post office .
At the same time that the Patriot Act was being expanded , the National Security Agency — America ’ s 60,000-person strong domestic spy apparatus — was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We know from Edward Snowden ’ s revelations — which have never been disputed by the government — that since 2003 , the NSA has captured not only the records of Americans held by third parties but also the records of every keystroke touched by every person in America and every telephone call transmitted over fiber optic cable .
That includes every email , text message and piece of data — even what was deleted .
This warrantless mass surveillance continues today unabated .
Also unabated and equally unlawful and unconstitutional is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as monitors of movement .
Whenever anyone travels with a mobile device in the U.S. , the nearest cell tower picks up signals from the mobile device , even turned off .
The government , which either owns the cell towers or under Section 215 , captures all the data the towers amass , can effectively follow any person with a mobile device in real-time .
How does the government get away with this ?
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The feds have labored mightily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as far from judicial scrutiny as they can .
They rightly fear — they know — that all of this violates the Fourth Amendment .
If their nefarious behavior , which we know they have used on the president of the United States and on the Supreme Court , comes under judicial scrutiny , the feds will argue that the Fourth Amendment only pertains to criminal prosecutions and not to domestic spying ; thus , they can ignore it when they spy .
They have made up this argument out of thin air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the language of the amendment nor a whiff in its history to support that argument .
Has the government lost sight of our birthright ?
It is life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness — not to mention getting into Heaven .
How can we do any of this if the government we have hired to preserve our liberty is surreptitiously destroying it ?
Brandeis ’ language about being let alone was written in 1928 , in a dissent to a Supreme Court opinion that failed to recognize the right to privacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law of the land , but the feds ignore it .
He wrote that there is more to life than owning material goods .
There is the fulfillment of spiritual , intellectual and cultural goals and the achievement of intimate aspirations , none of which are the government ’ s business .
Why do we permit the government to assault our most basic freedoms , under the law or under the table ?
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“The Framers … conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.” — Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941)
While we were all consumed by impeachment, a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress. It is a renewal of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15. One of those sections is the infamous 215, which authorizes the federal government to capture without a warrant all records of all people in America held by third parties.
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After the Constitution was ratified in 1789, it was soon amended to recognize the existence of natural rights and to keep the government from interfering with them. As Justice Brandeis wrote 140 years afterward, the most comprehensive of those rights was the right to be let alone, which today we call privacy.
To secure that right, the Fourth Amendment was ratified. The purpose of the Fourth Amendment was to prevent the government from utilizing general warrants and to require judicially authorized search warrants issued under narrow circumstances. James Madison, who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, shared the hatred that colonists-turned-Americans had for general warrants.
A general warrant was a document issued by a secret court in London authorizing the bearer of the document, usually a British soldier or intelligence agent, to search wherever he wished and to seize whatever he found. The applicant for the warrant needed to demonstrate to the court only that the warrant was intended to unearth something that the government wanted. Because these warrants did not specify the object of the search, there was no limit to them.
Hence Madison’s language in the Fourth Amendment preserving privacy but permitting the government to invade it only upon a showing, under oath, of probable cause of crime, and then requiring the warrant to specify in writing the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized.
After 9/11, in the collective spirit of fear, timidity and subservience to the presidency, and in utter disregard for its members’ oaths to uphold the Constitution, Congress enacted the Patriot Act. It permits one federal agent to authorize another federal agent to search and seize whatever the latter wishes to look at and capture so long as it is in the possession of third-party financial institutions.
Over the years, the definition of “financial institution” has been radically expanded by both legislation and presidential executive orders so as to include nearly every conceivable entity that has any records about any person in America — from banks to hospitals to lawyers to merchants to credit card issuers to telecoms and computer service providers and even the post office.
At the same time that the Patriot Act was being expanded, the National Security Agency — America’s 60,000-person strong domestic spy apparatus — was not even pretending to follow legislation. We know from Edward Snowden’s revelations — which have never been disputed by the government — that since 2003, the NSA has captured not only the records of Americans held by third parties but also the records of every keystroke touched by every person in America and every telephone call transmitted over fiber optic cable. That includes every email, text message and piece of data — even what was deleted. This warrantless mass surveillance continues today unabated.
Also unabated and equally unlawful and unconstitutional is the government’s use of cell towers as monitors of movement. Whenever anyone travels with a mobile device in the U.S., the nearest cell tower picks up signals from the mobile device, even turned off. The government, which either owns the cell towers or under Section 215, captures all the data the towers amass, can effectively follow any person with a mobile device in real-time.
How does the government get away with this?
The feds have labored mightily to keep all of these constitutional violations as far from judicial scrutiny as they can. They rightly fear — they know — that all of this violates the Fourth Amendment. If their nefarious behavior, which we know they have used on the president of the United States and on the Supreme Court, comes under judicial scrutiny, the feds will argue that the Fourth Amendment only pertains to criminal prosecutions and not to domestic spying; thus, they can ignore it when they spy.
They have made up this argument out of thin air. There is neither a hint in the language of the amendment nor a whiff in its history to support that argument.
Has the government lost sight of our birthright? It is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — not to mention getting into Heaven. How can we do any of this if the government we have hired to preserve our liberty is surreptitiously destroying it?
Brandeis’ language about being let alone was written in 1928, in a dissent to a Supreme Court opinion that failed to recognize the right to privacy. Today, his dissent is the law of the land, but the feds ignore it. He wrote that there is more to life than owning material goods. There is the fulfillment of spiritual, intellectual and cultural goals and the achievement of intimate aspirations, none of which are the government’s business.
Why do we permit the government to assault our most basic freedoms, under the law or under the table?
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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lewrockwell--2020-02-13--Are Rising Ocean Levels an Existential Threat?

An important part of the climate change debate is that the thermal heating of the oceans and the increased melting of land-based glacial ice will lead to higher sea levels that will seriously threaten some coastal communities .
Cities such as Miami have been urged to make substantial infrastructure investments in order to help mitigate the future costs of increased ocean flooding .
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) of the United Nations concludes that ocean levels could rise between 2 and 3 feet by 2100 .
A similar report in 2017 from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NOAA ) suggests that the “ global mean sea level ” increase could be as much as 6 to 8 feet by the end of this century .
Al Gore , in his 2006 book “ An Inconvenient Truth , ” famously opined that increased global warming might well produce a 20 foot increase in ocean levels sometime “ in the near future.
” And as the climate continues to warm—from the increased burning of fossil fuels presumably—these forecasts can sound alarming .
Satellite laser altimeter readings since 1993 and older tide gauge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sea levels have risen by roughly .12 inches per year for several decades .
If the rate of increase remains steady , 12 years from now by 2032–when some politicians claim that climate warming could well push the planet beyond the point of no return–ocean levels will have risen approximately 1.25 inches above where they are today .
And eighty years from now , at the turn of the next century , sea levels would be about a foot or so higher than they are at the moment .
Swords Into Plowshares ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Buy New $ 9.27 Admittedly any acceleration in global warming could make all of these numbers higher ( and an abatement of some warming could make these numbers lower ) but even an unlikely doubling of ocean level outcomes by 2100 would still leave sea heights well short of a 2 foot increase .
Whether these projected increases are troubling or not is far from obvious , however .
The general consensus among climatologists is that there is substantial risk that rising ocean levels in the near future will spill over and flood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people along the coast to move further inland .
Wouldn ’ t it be prudent , then , to impose carbon taxes ( to cut emissions ) and implement various coastal regulations in order to mitigate these inevitable property and migration costs ?
The answer to these questions by some economists and climate skeptics is : It all depends .
After all , any substantial increase in sea levels must occur in discrete , fairly small marginal increments ( roughly one/eighth of an inch per year ) over many decades ; this would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to observe , to plan and to adjust .
Investing or regulating now for something that may or may not happen many decades from now can be just as risky as doing nothing .
In addition , it is difficult to argue that the 3 inch increase in ocean levels predicted to occur over the next 24 years will produce calamity when ocean levels have risen nearly that much since 1990 without any radical societal disruption .
The carbon tax issue is even more ambiguous .
First , despite the media reporting , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon dioxide , a relatively minor greenhouse gas ( .042 % by volume ) , contributes significantly to global warming .
Second , absent some world-wide enforceable agreement , carbon taxes in the U.S. would accomplish only some de minimus reduction in total emissions .
If the oceans are rising , carbon taxes in the U.S. are not a politically attractive or even practical short-term solution .
But are the ocean levels even rising ?
Some climate skeptics , such as Niles-Axel Morner , the former head of the Paleogeophysics Department at Stockholm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sea levels certainly have been variable over the last 50 years , there has been no significant upward trend .
Professor Morner holds that laser measurements from satellites have failed adequately to take into account important solar and planetary forces that systematically overstate actual ocean heights .
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” And while Morner ’ s theories have been criticized , his unique observational data appears to support the notion that the risk of any doomsday coastal flooding due to global warming may be overstated .
Morner aside , what if anything , should be done about the alleged threat posed by higher ocean levels ?
One proposal , consistent with a free market approach to the problem , would be to swiftly terminate certain government programs ( below cost insurance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then re-build coastal properties .
Another would be to err on the side of caution and fortify several U.S. nuclear plants which may be especially vulnerable to ocean flooding .
However , the enactment of carbon taxes in the U.S. ( but not in the rest of the world ) or proposals to invest in expensive flood-abatement programs in major coastal cities does not yet seem warranted .
This op-ed was originally published in Vero Beach 32963 .
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An important part of the climate change debate is that the thermal heating of the oceans and the increased melting of land-based glacial ice will lead to higher sea levels that will seriously threaten some coastal communities. Cities such as Miami have been urged to make substantial infrastructure investments in order to help mitigate the future costs of increased ocean flooding.
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations concludes that ocean levels could rise between 2 and 3 feet by 2100. A similar report in 2017 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suggests that the “global mean sea level” increase could be as much as 6 to 8 feet by the end of this century. Al Gore, in his 2006 book “An Inconvenient Truth,” famously opined that increased global warming might well produce a 20 foot increase in ocean levels sometime “in the near future.” And as the climate continues to warm—from the increased burning of fossil fuels presumably—these forecasts can sound alarming.
Satellite laser altimeter readings since 1993 and older tide gauge measurements all appear to confirm that global sea levels have risen by roughly .12 inches per year for several decades. If the rate of increase remains steady, 12 years from now by 2032–when some politicians claim that climate warming could well push the planet beyond the point of no return–ocean levels will have risen approximately 1.25 inches above where they are today. And eighty years from now, at the turn of the next century, sea levels would be about a foot or so higher than they are at the moment. Swords Into Plowshares... Paul, Ron Best Price: $4.00 Buy New $15.99 (as of 11:36 UTC - Details)
Admittedly any acceleration in global warming could make all of these numbers higher (and an abatement of some warming could make these numbers lower) but even an unlikely doubling of ocean level outcomes by 2100 would still leave sea heights well short of a 2 foot increase.
Whether these projected increases are troubling or not is far from obvious, however. The general consensus among climatologists is that there is substantial risk that rising ocean levels in the near future will spill over and flood coastal properties and force substantial migrations of people along the coast to move further inland. Wouldn’t it be prudent, then, to impose carbon taxes (to cut emissions) and implement various coastal regulations in order to mitigate these inevitable property and migration costs?
The answer to these questions by some economists and climate skeptics is: It all depends. After all, any substantial increase in sea levels must occur in discrete, fairly small marginal increments (roughly one/eighth of an inch per year) over many decades; this would give society a reasonable amount of time to observe, to plan and to adjust. Investing or regulating now for something that may or may not happen many decades from now can be just as risky as doing nothing. In addition, it is difficult to argue that the 3 inch increase in ocean levels predicted to occur over the next 24 years will produce calamity when ocean levels have risen nearly that much since 1990 without any radical societal disruption.
The carbon tax issue is even more ambiguous. First, despite the media reporting, there is still serious debate over whether carbon dioxide, a relatively minor greenhouse gas (.042% by volume), contributes significantly to global warming. Second, absent some world-wide enforceable agreement, carbon taxes in the U.S. would accomplish only some de minimus reduction in total emissions. If the oceans are rising, carbon taxes in the U.S. are not a politically attractive or even practical short-term solution.
But are the ocean levels even rising? Some climate skeptics, such as Niles-Axel Morner, the former head of the Paleogeophysics Department at Stockholm University, have long maintained that while sea levels certainly have been variable over the last 50 years, there has been no significant upward trend. Professor Morner holds that laser measurements from satellites have failed adequately to take into account important solar and planetary forces that systematically overstate actual ocean heights. Gun Control and the Se... Laurence M. Vance Buy New $5.95 (as of 11:36 UTC - Details)
Moreover, Morner has published empirical evidence (International Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2017) that concludes– based on his study of sea levels in the Fiji Islands–that there are “no traces of (a) present rise in sea levels; on the contrary, full stability.” And while Morner’s theories have been criticized, his unique observational data appears to support the notion that the risk of any doomsday coastal flooding due to global warming may be overstated.
Morner aside, what if anything, should be done about the alleged threat posed by higher ocean levels? One proposal, consistent with a free market approach to the problem, would be to swiftly terminate certain government programs (below cost insurance) that create perverse incentives to build and then re-build coastal properties. Another would be to err on the side of caution and fortify several U.S. nuclear plants which may be especially vulnerable to ocean flooding. However, the enactment of carbon taxes in the U.S. (but not in the rest of the world) or proposals to invest in expensive flood-abatement programs in major coastal cities does not yet seem warranted.
This op-ed was originally published in Vero Beach 32963.
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lewrockwell--2020-02-13--How To Survive the ‘Deep State’

How To Survive the ‘Deep State’

Almost everyone looks for a political solution to problems .
However , once a Deep State situation has taken over , only a revolution or a dictatorship can turn it around , and probably only in a small country .
Maybe you ’ re thinking you should get behind somebody like Ron Paul ( I didn ’ t say Rand Paul ) , should such a person materialize .
That would be futile .
Here ’ s what would happen in the totally impossible scenario that this person was elected and tried to act like a Lee Kuan Yew or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : First , there would be a “ sit-down ” with the top dogs of the Praetorian agencies and a bunch of Pentagon officers to explain the way things work .
Then , should he survive , he would be impeached by the running dogs of Congress .
Then , should he survive , whipped dog Americans would revolt at the prospect of having their doggy dishes broken .
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Do you expect they ’ ll be more rational as the Greater Depression deepens ?
Maybe you think the police and the military will somehow help .
Forget it…they ’ re part of the problem .
They ’ re here to protect and serve their colleagues first , then their employer ( the State ) , and only then the public .
But the whipped dog likes to parrot : “ Thank you for your service.
” Which is further proof that there ’ s no hope .
So what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this ?
For one thing , don ’ t waste your time and money trying to change the course of history .
Trying to stop the little snowball rolling down the mountainside might have worked many decades ago , but now it ’ s turned into a gigantic avalanche that ’ s going to smash the village at the bottom of the valley .
I suggest you get out of the way .
What , you may ask , would I do if I were dictator of the U.S. and had absolutely no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a seven-part program , for entertainment purposes only : • Allow the collapse of all zombie corporations – banks , brokers , insurers , and government contractors .
The real wealth they supposedly own will still exist .
• Abolish all regulatory agencies .
Although Boobus americanus believes they exist to protect him , and that may have been an intention when they were created , they , at best , serve the industries they regulate .
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration , for instance , kills more Americans every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a typical decade .
The SEC , the Swindlers Encouragement Consortium , lulls the average investor into thinking he ’ s protected .
They , and other agencies , extract scores of billions out of the economy to feed useless mouths in return for throwing sand in the gears of the economy .
• Abolish the Fed…you need a strong currency to encourage saving .
Actually , you don ’ t need a currency at all .
Gold is vastly better as money .
• Cut the size of the military by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In addition to bankrupting the U.S. , the military is now a huge domestic danger , even while it ’ s mainly an instrument for creating enemies abroad .
• Sell essentially all U.S. government assets .
Although some actually have value , they are all a drain on the economy .
For instance , the U.S .
Postal Service loses $ 5 billion a year ; Amtrak loses another billion or so per year .
The Interstate Highway System , airports and the air-traffic-control system , the 650 million acres of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of other assets should all be distributed in shares or sold .
This would liberate an immense amount of dead capital .
The proceeds could be used to partially satisfy some government obligations .
• Eliminate the income tax , as a start , which will be possible if the other six things are done .
The economy would boom .
• Default on the national debt and contingent liabilities .
That ’ s somewhere between $ 23 trillion and $ 200 trillion .
There are at least three reasons for that .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into serfs .
Second is to punish those who have enabled the State by lending it money .
Third is to make it impossible for the State to borrow in the future , at least for a while .
I like this program from a practical point of view , because when a structure is about to collapse , it ’ s much wiser to conduct a controlled demolition than to just let it fall when no one expects it .
But I also like it from a philosophical point of view because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is falling deserves to be pushed .
There are , however , two very important reasons for optimism : science and savings .
Science : Science and technology are the mainsprings of progress , and there are more scientists and engineers alive today than have lived in all previous history put together .
Unfortunately for Western civilization however , most of them are Asians .
Most American PhDs aren ’ t in Rocket Science but Political Science , or maybe Gender Studies .
Nonetheless , the advancement of science offers some reason to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gloom and doom poppycock , but that the future will not only be better than you imagine , but , hopefully , better than you can imagine .
Savings : Things can recover quickly because technology and skills don ’ t vanish overnight .
Everybody but university economists knows that if you want to avoid starving to death , you have to produce more than you consume and save the difference .
The problem is twofold , however .
Most Americans have no savings .
To the contrary , they have lots of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re either consuming someone else ’ s savings or mortgaging your own future .
Worse , science today is capital intensive .
With no capital , you ’ ve got no science .
Worse yet , if the U.S. actually destroys the dollar , it will wipe out the capital of prudent savers and reward society ’ s grasshoppers .
Until they starve .
Of course , as Adam Smith said , there ’ s a lot of ruin in a nation .
It took Rome several centuries to collapse .
And look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of truly criminal mismanagement .
On the other hand , Americans love their military , and this heavily armed version of the post office seems like the only part of the government that works , kind of .
So maybe the U.S. will start something like World War III .
Then , the whole world can see a real-life zombie apocalypse .
Talk about free entertainment… But let ’ s return to the real world .
What should you do ?
And how will this all end ?
From a personal standpoint , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assets outside your native country , because as severe as market risks are , your political risks are much greater .
• I suggest foreign real estate in a country where you ’ re viewed as an investor to be courted , rather than a milk cow .
Or maybe a beef cow .
• Look for depressed speculations .
At the moment , my favorites are resource companies , which are down more than 90 % as a group .
And look to go long on commodities in general .
Soybeans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , copper , and silver are historically undervalued .
• Short bubbles that are about to burst , like bonds in general , and Japanese bonds denominated in yen , in particular .
If you have a collectible car from the ‘ 60s that you hold as a financial asset , hit the bid tomorrow morning .
Same if you have expensive property in London , New York , Sydney , Auckland , Hong Kong , or Shanghai , among other places .
The Second Law to the Rescue From a macro standpoint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The planet has been here for 4.5 billion years and it has a life of its own .
You don ’ t have to do anything to save the world .
Instead , rely on the Second Law of Thermodynamics .
There are very few laws I believe in , but this is one of them .
There are many ways of stating the law , and its corollaries , but this isn ’ t an essay on physics .
In essence , it states that all systems wind down over time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems collapse without constant new inputs of energy .
And that the larger and more complex a system becomes , the more energy it requires .
The Second Law is why nothing lasts forever .
In human affairs , you can say stupidity is a corollary to the Second Law , in that it throws sand in the gears of society and accelerates the tendency of things to collapse .
But stupidity doesn ’ t always mean low intelligence…most of the destructive sociopaths acting as top dogs have very high IQs .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ useful definitions of stupidity .
One definition of stupidity is an inability to predict not just the immediate and direct consequences of an action ( which a typical six-year-old can do ) but also to fail to predict the indirect and delayed consequences .
An even more helpful definition is : Stupidity is an unwitting tendency towards self-destruction .
It ’ s why operations run by bad people always go bad .
And why , since the Deep State is run by bad people – the sociopaths who are actively drawn to it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Second Law not only assures that the Deep State will collapse but , given enough time , that all “ End of the World ” predictions will eventually be right , up to the heat death of the universe itself .
It applies to all things at all levels…including , unfortunately , Western civilization and the idea of America .
As for Western civilization , it ’ s had a fantastic run .
Claims of the politically correct and multiculturalists aside , it ’ s really the only civilization that amounts to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s even riskier calling a top in a civilization than the top of a stock or bond market .
But I ’ d say Western civilization peaked just before World War I .
In the future , it will be a prestige item for Chinese families to have European maids and houseboys .
Deep State Target : How ... George Papadopoulos Best Price : $ 7.85 Buy New $ 9.49 As for America , it was an idea – and a very good one – but it ’ s already vanished , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is just one of 200 other nation-states covering the face of the Earth like a skin disease .
That said , the U.S. peaked in the mid ’ 50s and has gone down decisively since 1971 .
It ’ s living on stored momentum , memories , and borrowed Chinese money .
Let me bring this gloomy Spenglerian view of the world to a close with some happy thoughts .
You want to leave them laughing .
Not everybody went down with the Titanic .
Looking further at the bright side : Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century amounted to winning the cosmic lottery…an accident of birth could have placed us in Guinea or Zimbabwe .
On the other hand , if I wanted to make a fortune in today ’ s world , I ’ d definitely head to Africa .
But just as the Second Law dictates that all good things , like America , must come to an end , so must all bad things , like the Deep State in particular .
That ’ s a cosmic certainty .
We all love the idea of justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what it is , nor like its reality .
Finally , it occurs to me that , while I hope I ’ ve explained why the Second Law will vanquish the Deep State , I ’ ve neglected to explain how whipped dogs can profit from the collapse of Western civilization .
The answer is that they can ’ t .
Fortunately , parasites can only exist as long as their host .
Which is actually a final piece of good news I want to leave you with .
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Almost everyone looks for a political solution to problems. However, once a Deep State situation has taken over, only a revolution or a dictatorship can turn it around, and probably only in a small country.
Maybe you’re thinking you should get behind somebody like Ron Paul (I didn’t say Rand Paul), should such a person materialize. That would be futile.
Here’s what would happen in the totally impossible scenario that this person was elected and tried to act like a Lee Kuan Yew or an Augusto Pinochet against the Deep State:
First, there would be a “sit-down” with the top dogs of the Praetorian agencies and a bunch of Pentagon officers to explain the way things work.
Then, should he survive, he would be impeached by the running dogs of Congress.
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Remember, your fellow Americans not only elected Obama, but re-elected him. Do you expect they’ll be more rational as the Greater Depression deepens? Maybe you think the police and the military will somehow help. Forget it…they’re part of the problem. They’re here to protect and serve their colleagues first, then their employer (the State), and only then the public. But the whipped dog likes to parrot: “Thank you for your service.” Which is further proof that there’s no hope.
So what should you do, based on all this? For one thing, don’t waste your time and money trying to change the course of history. Trying to stop the little snowball rolling down the mountainside might have worked many decades ago, but now it’s turned into a gigantic avalanche that’s going to smash the village at the bottom of the valley. I suggest you get out of the way.
What, you may ask, would I do if I were dictator of the U.S. and had absolutely no regard for my personal safety? Here’s a seven-part program, for entertainment purposes only:
Allow the collapse of all zombie corporations – banks, brokers, insurers, and government contractors. The real wealth they supposedly own will still exist.
Abolish all regulatory agencies. Although Boobus americanus believes they exist to protect him, and that may have been an intention when they were created, they, at best, serve the industries they regulate. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for instance, kills more Americans every year than does the Department of Defense in a typical decade. The SEC, the Swindlers Encouragement Consortium, lulls the average investor into thinking he’s protected. They, and other agencies, extract scores of billions out of the economy to feed useless mouths in return for throwing sand in the gears of the economy.
Abolish the Fed…you need a strong currency to encourage saving. Actually, you don’t need a currency at all. Gold is vastly better as money.
Cut the size of the military by 90% and abolish the Praetorian agencies. In addition to bankrupting the U.S., the military is now a huge domestic danger, even while it’s mainly an instrument for creating enemies abroad.
Sell essentially all U.S. government assets. Although some actually have value, they are all a drain on the economy. For instance, the U.S. Postal Service loses $5 billion a year; Amtrak loses another billion or so per year. The Interstate Highway System, airports and the air-traffic-control system, the 650 million acres of U.S. government land, and many thousands of other assets should all be distributed in shares or sold. This would liberate an immense amount of dead capital. The proceeds could be used to partially satisfy some government obligations.
Eliminate the income tax, as a start, which will be possible if the other six things are done. The economy would boom.
Default on the national debt and contingent liabilities. That’s somewhere between $23 trillion and $200 trillion. There are at least three reasons for that. First is to avoid turning future generations into serfs. Second is to punish those who have enabled the State by lending it money. Third is to make it impossible for the State to borrow in the future, at least for a while.
I like this program from a practical point of view, because when a structure is about to collapse, it’s much wiser to conduct a controlled demolition than to just let it fall when no one expects it.
But I also like it from a philosophical point of view because, as Nietzsche observed, that which is falling deserves to be pushed.
There are, however, two very important reasons for optimism: science and savings.
Science: Science and technology are the mainsprings of progress, and there are more scientists and engineers alive today than have lived in all previous history put together. Unfortunately for Western civilization however, most of them are Asians. Most American PhDs aren’t in Rocket Science but Political Science, or maybe Gender Studies. Nonetheless, the advancement of science offers some reason to believe that not only is all this gloom and doom poppycock, but that the future will not only be better than you imagine, but, hopefully, better than you can imagine.
Savings: Things can recover quickly because technology and skills don’t vanish overnight. Everybody but university economists knows that if you want to avoid starving to death, you have to produce more than you consume and save the difference. The problem is twofold, however. Most Americans have no savings. To the contrary, they have lots of debt. And debt means you’re either consuming someone else’s savings or mortgaging your own future.
Worse, science today is capital intensive. With no capital, you’ve got no science. Worse yet, if the U.S. actually destroys the dollar, it will wipe out the capital of prudent savers and reward society’s grasshoppers. Until they starve.
Of course, as Adam Smith said, there’s a lot of ruin in a nation. It took Rome several centuries to collapse. And look at how quickly China recovered from decades of truly criminal mismanagement.
On the other hand, Americans love their military, and this heavily armed version of the post office seems like the only part of the government that works, kind of. So maybe the U.S. will start something like World War III. Then, the whole world can see a real-life zombie apocalypse. Talk about free entertainment…
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But let’s return to the real world. What should you do? And how will this all end?
From a personal standpoint, you should preserve capital by owning significant assets outside your native country, because as severe as market risks are, your political risks are much greater.
I suggest foreign real estate in a country where you’re viewed as an investor to be courted, rather than a milk cow. Or maybe a beef cow.
Look for depressed speculations. At the moment, my favorites are resource companies, which are down more than 90% as a group. And look to go long on commodities in general. Soybeans, wheat, corn, sugar, coffee, copper, and silver are historically undervalued.
Short bubbles that are about to burst, like bonds in general, and Japanese bonds denominated in yen, in particular. If you have a collectible car from the ‘60s that you hold as a financial asset, hit the bid tomorrow morning. Same if you have expensive property in London, New York, Sydney, Auckland, Hong Kong, or Shanghai, among other places.
The Second Law to the Rescue
From a macro standpoint, don’t worry too much. The planet has been here for 4.5 billion years and it has a life of its own. You don’t have to do anything to save the world. Instead, rely on the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
There are very few laws I believe in, but this is one of them. There are many ways of stating the law, and its corollaries, but this isn’t an essay on physics. In essence, it states that all systems wind down over time. Entropy conquers all. That all systems collapse without constant new inputs of energy. And that the larger and more complex a system becomes, the more energy it requires. The Second Law is why nothing lasts forever.
In human affairs, you can say stupidity is a corollary to the Second Law, in that it throws sand in the gears of society and accelerates the tendency of things to collapse. But stupidity doesn’t always mean low intelligence…most of the destructive sociopaths acting as top dogs have very high IQs. I want to draw your attention to more useful definitions of stupidity.
One definition of stupidity is an inability to predict not just the immediate and direct consequences of an action (which a typical six-year-old can do) but also to fail to predict the indirect and delayed consequences.
An even more helpful definition is: Stupidity is an unwitting tendency towards self-destruction. It’s why operations run by bad people always go bad. And why, since the Deep State is run by bad people – the sociopaths who are actively drawn to it – it will necessarily collapse.
The Second Law not only assures that the Deep State will collapse but, given enough time, that all “End of the World” predictions will eventually be right, up to the heat death of the universe itself. It applies to all things at all levels…including, unfortunately, Western civilization and the idea of America. As for Western civilization, it’s had a fantastic run. Claims of the politically correct and multiculturalists aside, it’s really the only civilization that amounts to a hill of beans.
Now, it’s even riskier calling a top in a civilization than the top of a stock or bond market. But I’d say Western civilization peaked just before World War I. In the future, it will be a prestige item for Chinese families to have European maids and houseboys. Deep State Target: How... Papadopoulos, George Best Price: $4.43 Buy New $8.96 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details)
As for America, it was an idea – and a very good one – but it’s already vanished, replaced by the United States, which is just one of 200 other nation-states covering the face of the Earth like a skin disease. That said, the U.S. peaked in the mid ’50s and has gone down decisively since 1971. It’s living on stored momentum, memories, and borrowed Chinese money.
Let me bring this gloomy Spenglerian view of the world to a close with some happy thoughts. You want to leave them laughing. Not everybody went down with the Titanic.
Looking further at the bright side: Just being born in America in the 20th century amounted to winning the cosmic lottery…an accident of birth could have placed us in Guinea or Zimbabwe. On the other hand, if I wanted to make a fortune in today’s world, I’d definitely head to Africa.
But just as the Second Law dictates that all good things, like America, must come to an end, so must all bad things, like the Deep State in particular. That’s a cosmic certainty. We all love the idea of justice, even if most people neither understand what it is, nor like its reality.
Finally, it occurs to me that, while I hope I’ve explained why the Second Law will vanquish the Deep State, I’ve neglected to explain how whipped dogs can profit from the collapse of Western civilization.
The answer is that they can’t.
Fortunately, parasites can only exist as long as their host. Which is actually a final piece of good news I want to leave you with.
Reprinted with permission from International Man.
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lewrockwell--2020-02-13--Americans Reluctant To Join the EV Train

Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance , headquartered in Irvine , California We ’ re constantly being bombarded with the EV movement , but Americans must have a multitude of subconscious reasons for not buying into one of the major movements to save the world from itself as they are showing their lack of enthusiasm by avoiding the dealerships .
In a recent Los Angeles Times article , citing Edmunds data , The number of battery-electric models available more than doubled from 2018 to 2019 , but EV sales budged in the wrong direction .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the horrific EV sales data shows that only 325,000 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold in the U.S. in 2019 , down from 349,000 in 2018 .
Those dismal numbers represent an embarrassing dismal 2 % of the 17 million vehicles of all types sold in the United States in 2019 .
Are EV carmakers driving off a cliff ?
” California remains the primary buyer of EV ’ s while the rest of America has shown little interest in the incentives and the increasing choices of models .
Amazon.com Gift @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let ’ s look at several of the factors that may be contributing to this lack of enthusiasm , that may be in the subconscious of the prospective EV buyers : Agreed , there would be no fuel costs and no gas taxes to be paid with an EV owner , BUT , and that ’ s a big BUT .
Beware of the “ free ” gift !
Once fossil fuel cars are off the road , the only ones on the roads will be EV ’ s .
You can easily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the EV owners picking up the costs to maintain the highway infrastructures , probably through some form of vehicle mileage tax ( VMT ) , to let the “ users ” pay for the roads .
EV ’ s are hyped as being pollution free .
Well , not necessarily so .
Its true EV ’ s have no tailpipes , but the tailpipes are located at the power plants generating the electricity to charge the cars batteries , and at the refineries that provide all the derivatives from petroleum that make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s .
Range and charging anxieties remain a constant sub thought for that next trip .
To fully charge an EV , even at fast-charging stations , it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 8 hours depending on how much of a charge ( empty to full or topping off ) your vehicle needs .

Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California
We’re constantly being bombarded with the EV movement, but Americans must have a multitude of subconscious reasons for not buying into one of the major movements to save the world from itself as they are showing their lack of enthusiasm by avoiding the dealerships.
In a recent Los Angeles Times article, citing Edmunds data, The number of battery-electric models available more than doubled from 2018 to 2019, but EV sales budged in the wrong direction. In response to the major efforts by manufacturers, the horrific EV sales data shows that only 325,000 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold in the U.S. in 2019, down from 349,000 in 2018.
Those dismal numbers represent an embarrassing dismal 2% of the 17 million vehicles of all types sold in the United States in 2019. Are EV carmakers driving off a cliff?”
California remains the primary buyer of EV’s while the rest of America has shown little interest in the incentives and the increasing choices of models.
Amazon.com Gift Card i... Buy New $10.00 (as of 08:25 UTC - Details) Let’s look at several of the factors that may be contributing to this lack of enthusiasm, that may be in the subconscious of the prospective EV buyers:
Agreed, there would be no fuel costs and no gas taxes to be paid with an EV owner, BUT, and that’s a big BUT. Beware of the “free” gift! Once fossil fuel cars are off the road, the only ones on the roads will be EV’s. You can easily surmise that it’s going to be the EV owners picking up the costs to maintain the highway infrastructures, probably through some form of vehicle mileage tax (VMT), to let the “users” pay for the roads.
EV’s are hyped as being pollution free. Well, not necessarily so. Its true EV’s have no tailpipes, but the tailpipes are located at the power plants generating the electricity to charge the cars batteries, and at the refineries that provide all the derivatives from petroleum that make all the parts of the EV’s.
Range and charging anxieties remain a constant sub thought for that next trip. To fully charge an EV, even at fast-charging stations, it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 8 hours depending on how much of a charge (empty to full or topping off) your vehicle needs.
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