lewrockwell--2020-05-12--The Greatest Civilizationsl Collapse in History

It is not only the greatest it is also the fastest .
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought death , pain and suffering around the world and is causing widespread economic and financial hardship .
The global economy has screeched to a halt as governments enforced “ stay at home ” or “ shutdown ” orders .
This has triggered an economic implosion , with a hundred million of newly unemployed around the world , of which over 30 million are in the United States .
There is no doubt that the world faces a difficult future .
Health officials have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and social storm .
A case has even been made that a medical coup d ’ état is what has happened and it is impacting the personal liberty and financial security and quality of life of everyone .
Will You Be Richer or ... Smith , Charles Hugh Best Price : $ 10.99 Buy New $ 11.55 The really bad news is that we are facing the greatest civilization collapse in history .
A collapse that will more than take our breath away , it will take hundreds of millions of lives away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for this is not a local event .
It is a global catastrophe that few have the stomach to imagine yet we must plan for it the best we can .
You better believe that the richest people in the world are well prepared .
The pandemic is forcing us to change the way we live our lives whether we like it or not .
The medical response of health officials , teaming up with our intelligent , trustworthy , selfless politicians is not only a financial rape but an emotional and spiritual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing new .
How do you think the top one percent owns 60 percent or more of the planet ?
Despite all the pain and destruction some people would like to think this is all happening for the better with reduced levels of pollution high on the list .
However , many think the lockdown approach is a morbid experiment in just how far states can push their people , and the lesson , they can push us around with ease .
The lockdown itself is costing lives .
Certain epidemiologists have said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ base lockdown policies on , but this has not prevented politicians from acting as if everything they say or do is based on solid science .
Colin Todhunter The End of Democracy Buffin de Chosal , Chri ... Best Price : $ 14.25 Buy New $ 13.38 ” The case-fatality ratio for COVID-19 is so low as to make the lockdown response wholly disproportionate .
Yet we are asked to blindly accept government narratives and the policies based on them .
Making an entire country go home and stay home has immense , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ livelihoods .
This itself has created a pervasive sense of panic and crisis and is largely a result of the measures taken against the ‘ pandemic ’ and not of the virus itself , ” writes Colin Todhunter .
1.2 million more of us are to die of TB in the next four years because of the lockdown in effect today .
The global economy has been deliberately put on ice until the virus is contained .
With second and third waves promised , opening up the world on a permanent level seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the world opened tomorrow we are doomed , the walls are caving in around us , the hull has been cut like on the Titanic .
Perhaps in the end we will need a new Moses to plead “ Let My People Go.
” There is no doubt that health officials and political leaders have been understating the tragedy that has befallen the American and world labor forces .
But no matter what we say or think the deed has been done , we have already hit the iceberg and are sinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8th of May said they would reimpose some lockdown measures after seeing a cluster of new coronavirus infections , just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a gradual reopening of the country , AFP reports .
Despite recently reopening businesses amid an impressive decline in new coronavirus case , the South Korean government has issued a nationwide health advisory for bars and nightclubs to close down for 30 more days after health officials tracked 13 new cases to a single person who attended five nightclubs and bars in the country ’ s capital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden and several others may have been an enormous mistake strikes many as heartless blasphemy .
Though it is hard for many to read thoughts about the lockdown that may differ from your own many are making the case for why the worldwide lockdown is not only a mistake but also , possibly , the worst mistake the world has ever made .
Socialism : An Economic ... Ludwig von Mises Best Price : $ 6.00 Buy New $ 1.99 However , “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ wave theory ” in which the economy is reopened for a short time – perhaps a month – and then closed again for another couple of months .
The goal is to cause the spread of the virus in the span of that month and then use the spike in infections and deaths as an excuse to close everything down again .
The public does not seem to be aware of this plan , even though it is openly admitted , ” writes Brandon Smith .
The most important subject of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep populations locked down or free the people to go back to life .
Lockdown madness is a new psychological condition which includes physiological consequences like vitamin D deficiencies from lack of sun exposure .
Vitamin D deficiencies are proving to make coronavirus infections worse .
Lockdown madness also implies exploding levels of domestic violence .
WHO : If lockdowns go on for 6 months , there could be 31 million new domestic violence cases globally .
Findings from a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study from the UK ’ s Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Trust and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vitamin D deficiency may be associated with a higher mortality in Covid-19 patients .
Patrick Henningsen writes , “ As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing ‘ lockdown ’ on their populations , other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat .
You wouldn ’ t know it by listening to western politicians or mainstream media stenographers , there are also non-lockdown countries .
They are led by Sweden , Iceland , Belarus , Japan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to some , their results have been as good or better than the lockdown countries , but without having to endure the socioeconomic chaos we are now witnessing across the world .
For this reason alone , Sweden and others like them , have already won the policy debate , as well as the scientific one too.
” Battlefield America : T ... Whitehead , John W. Best Price : null Buy New $ 9.99 CJ Hopkins writes , “ Disbelieving the official narrative means excommunication from “ normality , ” the loss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and in many cases far worse punishments .
It is the goal of every official narrative to generate a herd mentality , not in order to deceive or dupe the public , but , rather , to confuse and terrorize them to the point where they revert to their primal instincts , and are being driven purely by existential fear , and facts and truth no longer matter .
Once an official narrative reaches this point , it is unassailable by facts and reason .
It no longer needs facts to justify it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existence .
Reason can not penetrate it .
Arguing with its adherents is pointless .
They know it is irrational .
They simply do not care .
We are reaching this point with the coronavirus narrative.
” Hopkins continues , “ The Internet has become an Orwellian chorus of shrieking , sanctimonious voices bullying everyone into conformity with charts , graphs , and desperate guilt-trips , few of which have much connection to reality .
Corporations and governments are censoring dissent .
We ’ re approaching a level of manufactured mass hysteria and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have imagined.
” The New Yorker said , “ We ’ ve been out of synch with the biosphere , wasting our children ’ s hopes for a normal life , burning our ecological capital as if it were disposable income , wrecking our one and only home in ways that soon will be beyond our descendants ’ ability to repair .
Now , all of a sudden , we ’ re acting fast as a civilization .
We ’ re trying , despite many obstacles , to flatten the curve—to avoid mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opposite which is to cause as much death as possible through a forced change in human activity and starvation .
“ COVID-19 will go down as one of the political world ’ s biggest , most shamefully overblown , overhyped , overly and irrationally inflated and outright deceptively flawed responses to a health matter in American history , one that was carried largely on the lips of medical professionals who have no business running a national economy or government , ” writes Cheryl K. Chumley in The Washington Times .
Was It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitalizations in New York state are from people who were staying home and not venturing much outside , a “ shocking ” finding , Gov .
Andrew Cuomo said .
The preliminary data was from 100 New York hospitals involving about 1,000 patients , Cuomo said at his daily briefing .
It shows that 66 % of new admissions were from people who had largely been sheltering at home .
The next highest source of admissions was from nursing homes , 18 % .
“ If you notice , 18 % of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 1 % came from jail or prison , 2 % came from the homeless population , 2 % from other congregate facilities , but 66 % of the people were at home , which is shocking to us , ” Cuomo said .
Demanding the World Never Go Back to Normal Famous movie stars and other diehard liberals are dancing with joy saying , “ The pursuit of consumerism and an obsession with productivity have led us to deny the value of life itself : that of plants , that of animals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of human beings , ” the statement said , according to .
“ Pollution , climate change , and the destruction of our remaining natural zones have brought the world to a breaking point.
” The New Yorker says , “ We know that our accidental alteration of the atmosphere is leading us into a mass-extinction event , and that we need to move fast to dodge it .
Now comes this disease that can kill anyone on the planet.
” No wonder that the entire nation is paralyzed by fear , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the rest of the world not far behind .
Nerve-Racking and Very Unusual ’ : Snow in May Worries Growers The coronavirus pandemic was already making life on the farm unpredictable , and then came an Arctic blast .
This year is promising the shortest growing season ( more food shortages ) in memory as temperatures continue to plunge .
Of course the media is not warning us of this as they are not warning or blaming 5G for any of the strange symptoms that is occurring even in young people .
@ @ @ @ @ @

It is not only the greatest it is also the fastest. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought death, pain and suffering around the world and is causing widespread economic and financial hardship. The global economy has screeched to a halt as governments enforced “stay at home” or “shutdown” orders. This has triggered an economic implosion, with a hundred million of newly unemployed around the world, of which over 30 million are in the United States. There is no doubt that the world faces a difficult future.
The really bad news is that
this is just the beginning.
Michael Snyder
Health officials have created the perfect economic, political, and social storm. A case has even been made that a medical coup d’état is what has happened and it is impacting the personal liberty and financial security and quality of life of everyone.
The greatest wealth transfer in history is being perpetrated
before our very eyes and we’re just watching it happen!
Chris Martenson
Will You Be Richer or ... Smith, Charles Hugh Best Price: $10.99 Buy New $11.55 (as of 05:55 UTC - Details) The really bad news is that we are facing the greatest civilization collapse in history. A collapse that will more than take our breath away, it will take hundreds of millions of lives away. Nothing from the past can compare for this is not a local event. It is a global catastrophe that few have the stomach to imagine yet we must plan for it the best we can. You better believe that the richest people in the world are well prepared.
Virtually overnight our world has turned into a
wasteland of closed towns, deserted streets and a
few people scuttling along with masks and stricken faces.
Gavin Phillips
The pandemic is forcing us to change the way we live our lives whether we like it or not. The medical response of health officials, teaming up with our intelligent, trustworthy, selfless politicians is not only a financial rape but an emotional and spiritual one as well. But this is nothing new. How do you think the top one percent owns 60 percent or more of the planet?
What they needed was an event that would provide cover
for the crash that they created, and lo and behold, the
“lucky” coincidence of the coronavirus outbreak appears.
To be sure, the lockdowns are the final nail in the
economy’s coffin, but it was the Fed that dug the grave.
Brandon Smith
Despite all the pain and destruction some people would like to think this is all happening for the better with reduced levels of pollution high on the list. However, many think the lockdown approach is a morbid experiment in just how far states can push their people, and the lesson, they can push us around with ease.
The lockdown itself is costing lives. Certain epidemiologists have said there is very little sturdy evidence to base lockdown policies on, but this has not prevented politicians from acting as if everything they say or do is based on solid science.
Colin Todhunter The End of Democracy Buffin de Chosal, Chri... Best Price: $14.25 Buy New $13.38 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
”The case-fatality ratio for COVID-19 is so low as to make the lockdown response wholly disproportionate. Yet we are asked to blindly accept government narratives and the policies based on them. Making an entire country go home and stay home has immense, incalculable costs in terms of well-being and livelihoods. This itself has created a pervasive sense of panic and crisis and is largely a result of the measures taken against the ‘pandemic’ and not of the virus itself,” writes Colin Todhunter.
1.2 million more of us are to die of TB in the next
four years because of the lockdown in effect today.
The global economy has been deliberately put on ice until the virus is contained. With second and third waves promised, opening up the world on a permanent level seems a remote dream. However, even if the world opened tomorrow we are doomed, the walls are caving in around us, the hull has been cut like on the Titanic.
Perhaps in the end we will need a new Moses to plead “Let My People Go.” There is no doubt that health officials and political leaders have been understating the tragedy that has befallen the American and world labor forces. But no matter what we say or think the deed has been done, we have already hit the iceberg and are sinking fast.
The Brazilian government is the first country to
announce the possibility of total collapse in
30 days with accompanying social unrest.
Authorities in Germany on the 8th of May said they would reimpose some lockdown measures after seeing a cluster of new coronavirus infections, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a gradual reopening of the country, AFP reports. Despite recently reopening businesses amid an impressive decline in new coronavirus case, the South Korean government has issued a nationwide health advisory for bars and nightclubs to close down for 30 more days after health officials tracked 13 new cases to a single person who attended five nightclubs and bars in the country’s capital city of Seoul.
The United Nations World Food Programme, or the WFP,
states that by the end of the year, more than 260 million
people will face starvation — double last year’s figures.
The idea that the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden and several others may have been an enormous mistake strikes many as heartless blasphemy. Though it is hard for many to read thoughts about the lockdown that may differ from your own many are making the case for why the worldwide lockdown is not only a mistake but also, possibly, the worst mistake the world has ever made. Socialism: An Economic... Ludwig von Mises Best Price: $6.00 Buy New $1.99 (as of 06:20 UTC - Details)
By the end of June, as reality begins to
set in expect to see very real desperation
However, “the plan is to use a kind of “wave theory” in which the economy is reopened for a short time – perhaps a month – and then closed again for another couple of months. The goal is to cause the spread of the virus in the span of that month and then use the spike in infections and deaths as an excuse to close everything down again. The public does not seem to be aware of this plan, even though it is openly admitted,” writes Brandon Smith.
Have you turned into one of those mentally deranged
“lockdown liberation” protestors? We do hear this question.
Worst thing you can be today is a climate denier, be against forcing
vaccines on everyone, or worse, still be a believer in freedom.
The most important subject of the day is to decide, continue to keep populations locked down or free the people to go back to life. Lockdown madness is a new psychological condition which includes physiological consequences like vitamin D deficiencies from lack of sun exposure. Vitamin D deficiencies are proving to make coronavirus infections worse. Lockdown madness also implies exploding levels of domestic violence. WHO: If lockdowns go on for 6 months, there could be 31 million new domestic violence cases globally.
Findings from a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study from the UK’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Trust and the University of East Anglia indicate that a vitamin D deficiency may be associated with a higher mortality in Covid-19 patients.
Patrick Henningsen writes, “As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing ‘lockdown’ on their populations, other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat. You wouldn’t know it by listening to western politicians or mainstream media stenographers, there are also non-lockdown countries. They are led by Sweden, Iceland, Belarus, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Surprisingly to some, their results have been as good or better than the lockdown countries, but without having to endure the socioeconomic chaos we are now witnessing across the world. For this reason alone, Sweden and others like them, have already won the policy debate, as well as the scientific one too.” Battlefield America: T... Whitehead, John W. Buy New $9.99 (as of 12:10 UTC - Details)
It has been sobering to watch how rapidly the
collective can be taken hostage by a group of corrupt
health officials whose reputations sour by the day.
CJ Hopkins writes, “Disbelieving the official narrative means excommunication from “normality,” the loss of friends, income, status, and in many cases far worse punishments. It is the goal of every official narrative to generate a herd mentality, not in order to deceive or dupe the public, but, rather, to confuse and terrorize them to the point where they revert to their primal instincts, and are being driven purely by existential fear, and facts and truth no longer matter. Once an official narrative reaches this point, it is unassailable by facts and reason. It no longer needs facts to justify it. It justifies itself with its own existence. Reason cannot penetrate it. Arguing with its adherents is pointless. They know it is irrational. They simply do not care. We are reaching this point with the coronavirus narrative.”
If global GDP declines by 5%, another 147 million
people could be plunged into extreme poverty, according
to the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Hopkins continues, “The Internet has become an Orwellian chorus of shrieking, sanctimonious voices bullying everyone into conformity with charts, graphs, and desperate guilt-trips, few of which have much connection to reality. Corporations and governments are censoring dissent. We’re approaching a level of manufactured mass hysteria and herd mentality that not even Goebbels could have imagined.”
With unemployment soaring, demand from food
banks is rising fast at the same time
farmers have fewer outlets to sell their crops.
The New Yorker said, “We’ve been out of synch with the biosphere, wasting our children’s hopes for a normal life, burning our ecological capital as if it were disposable income, wrecking our one and only home in ways that soon will be beyond our descendants’ ability to repair. Now, all of a sudden, we’re acting fast as a civilization. We’re trying, despite many obstacles, to flatten the curve—to avoid mass death.” Seems they have already anticipated the opposite which is to cause as much death as possible through a forced change in human activity and starvation.
The media has generated so much confusion and
fear that people are begging for salvation in a syringe.
“COVID-19 will go down as one of the political world’s biggest, most shamefully overblown, overhyped, overly and irrationally inflated and outright deceptively flawed responses to a health matter in American history, one that was carried largely on the lips of medical professionals who have no business running a national economy or government,” writes Cheryl K. Chumley in The Washington Times.
Was It All For Nothing?
Most new Covid-19 hospitalizations in New York state are from people who were staying home and not venturing much outside, a “shocking” finding, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The preliminary data was from 100 New York hospitals involving about 1,000 patients, Cuomo said at his daily briefing.
It shows that 66% of new admissions were from people who had largely been sheltering at home. The next highest source of admissions was from nursing homes, 18%. “If you notice, 18% of the people came from nursing homes, less than 1% came from jail or prison, 2% came from the homeless population, 2% from other congregate facilities, but 66% of the people were at home, which is shocking to us,” Cuomo said.
Demanding the World Never Go Back to Normal
Famous movie stars and other diehard liberals are dancing with joy saying, “The pursuit of consumerism and an obsession with productivity have led us to deny the value of life itself: that of plants, that of animals, and that of a great number of human beings,” the statement said, according to The Daily Wire . “Pollution, climate change, and the destruction of our remaining natural zones have brought the world to a breaking point.”
The New Yorker says, “We know that our accidental alteration of the atmosphere is leading us into a mass-extinction event, and that we need to move fast to dodge it. Now comes this disease that can kill anyone on the planet.” No wonder that the entire nation is paralyzed by fear, and the once great U.S. economy is crashing with the rest of the world not far behind.
The coronavirus doesn’t need to be devastatingly lethal
in order to accomplish the objectives of the globalists.
The Burning Platform
Nerve-Racking and Very Unusual’: Snow in May Worries Growers
The coronavirus pandemic was already making life on the farm unpredictable, and then came an Arctic blast. This year is promising the shortest growing season (more food shortages) in memory as temperatures continue to plunge. Of course the media is not warning us of this as they are not warning or blaming 5G for any of the strange symptoms that is occurring even in young people.
Reprinted with permission from Dr.Sircus.com.
The Best of Dr. Mark Sircus


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lewrockwell--2020-05-13--The Plandemic Facial Mask Issue

The Plandemic Facial Mask Issue

Information for People who Value the Constitutional Right to Freedom of Speech and also Resent Being Told to “ Just Shut Up and Do What You Are Told ” Dr. Russell Blaylock has written a comprehensive fact-filled article on face masks , describing the research showing that the use of masks in many patients can easily : 1 ] cause hypoxia in some patients ; 2 ] cause hypercapnia in those same patients ; 3 ] impair one ’ s immunity ; harmful respiratory viruses ( and bacteria as well – good ones and bad ones ) when exhaling ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bacteria – to be rebreathed again and again instead of being excreted from the body ’ s respiratory system ) ; and Excitotoxins : The Tast ... Russell L. Blaylock Best Price : $ 3.47 Buy New $ 30.45 5 ] increase the concentration of potentially-harmful viruses in the nasal passages which could then increase the likelihood of those viruses entering the brain via the olfactory nerves .
Read the excerpts from the Blaylock article below about mask-wearing and ask yourself : “ why haven ’ t the many scientists , “ bought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bought ” politicians , journalists , etc think about the downsides of requiring , under penalty of law , the wearing of masks by perfectly healthy , uninfected , asymptomatic people – especially those that are living in areas of the country where the risk of coming in contact with a case of COVID-19 is 1 in 10,000 !
And then wonder about what other anti-COVID strategies have been planned by these same full-time professional COVID pandemic cheerleaders : 1 ] “ flattening the curve ” ( thus decreasing the chances for herd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the well-propagandized , theoretical “ second wave ” ) ; 2 ] testing large percentages of the population – even asymptomatic people – with unaffordable , unreliable test kits that are notoriously flawed because of their many false positives and also false negatives ) , thus ensuring that more and more people will be erroneously diagnosed with COVID , when in reality , many of the test-positive cases will be simply due to a recent common cold from a benign coronavirus ; 3 ] doing intrusive , aggressive and costly “ contact tracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a false positive test ; and 4 ] aggressively propagandizing the public in order to increase the demand for the inevitably-flawed , poorly-tested , fast-tracked , highly-profitable vaccine ( profitable , that is , for the patent-holders and the investors of Big Pharma and Medical Technology stock , including those at the CDC , the WHO , GAVI , Bill Gates & Company , etc ) – noting , importantly , that there has never been a vaccine developed for any coronavirus infection in the entire history of past coronavirus mini-epidemics ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blaylock ’ s important article , which was titled “ Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to The Healthy “ By wearing a mask , the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages , enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.
” — Russell Blaylock , MD “ Researchers found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask , most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing , and 60 % required pain medications for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the headaches , while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative , the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause .
That is , a reduction in blood oxygenation ( hypoxia ) or an elevation in blood C02 ( hypercapnia ) .
” It is known that the N95 mask , if worn for hours , can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20 % , which can lead to a loss of consciousness , as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him to pass out , and to crash his car and sustain injuries .
I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out , hitting their head .
This , of course , can lead to death .
“ A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81 % developed headaches from wearing a face mask .
Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks .
All felt like the headaches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases , such as COPD , emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis , of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function .
This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery , especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung .
“ The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels ( hypoxia ) is associated with an impairment in immunity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte .
This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 ( HIF-1 ) , which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs .
This sets the stage for contracting any infection , including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver .
In essence , your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so , having a much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Russell L. Blaylock Best Price : $ 6.77 Buy New $ 52.88 “ People with cancer , especially if the cancer has spread , will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen .
Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth , invasion and spread of cancers .
Repeated episodes of hypoxia have been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular ( heart attacks ) and cerebrovascular ( strokes ) diseases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing these masks on a daily basis , especially if worn for several hours .
When a person is infected with a respiratory virus , they will expel some of the virus with each breath .
If they are wearing a mask , especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask , they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses , raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages .
We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number .
“ It gets even more frightening .
Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain .
In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves ( smell nerves ) , which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation .
By wearing a mask , the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages , enter the olfactory nerves and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blaylock , author of The Blaylock Wellness Report newsletter , is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon , health practitioner , author , and lecturer .
He attended the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurological residency at the Medical University of South Carolina .
For 26 years , practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice .
He recently retired from his neurosurgical duties to devote his full attention to nutritional research .
Dr. Blaylock has authored four books , Excitotoxins : The Taste That Kills , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Your Life , Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients , and his most recent work , Cellular and Molecular Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders .
2 ] Thoughts on the new “ Plandemic ” Documentary that has Raised the Ire of the COVID Profiteers Noted Above And the Sudden Rash of Big Pharma “ Trolls ” that have been Instructed by their Paymasters to get Ahead of the Unwelcome Truths that are Being Revealed about the Origins of the Disastrous Health and Economic Outcomes of the Bill Gates , et al ( Likely ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see what all the “ Plandemic ” documentary furor and official censorship is all about , click here .
And then ask : “ why is the mainstream media cooperating in the banning of this important , well-documented information contained in the film , for it is simply an interview with a respected scientist who is even willing to testify in a public hearing ?
” The powers-that-be behind the banning of “ Plandemic ” and the disparaging and slandering of Dr Judy Mikovitz are obviously afraid of something that will expose them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces , starting with Google and YouTube and the CDC and Big Pharma and the MSM have kicked into high gear before any more of us ‘ Sheeple ” are allowed a chance to view some unwelcome truths that are considered dangerous to the powers-that-be .
Tchere have been any number of pro-over-vaccination trolls that are being well-compensated by Big Pharma/Big Vaccine corporations ( that have ruled the world for awhile now ) by recommending the banning of the documentary .
Examples include any number of similarly-ignorant , shameful lobbyist/troll “ journalists ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Post , the Herald , the Tribune , the Daily News , the Journal , the Chronicle , the Register , the Observer , the Sentinel and virtually every other Big Pharma/Big Vaccine-controlled major media outlet all over America and the world .
I urge readers to watch the Pandemic clip before it has been banned – and then ponder the history of fascist Germany when Josef Goebbels , Hitler ’ s Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment did the same thing to resistant German truth-tellers when failed to conform tot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Best of Gary G. Kohls , MD

Information for People who Value the Constitutional Right to Freedom of Speech and also Resent Being Told to “Just Shut Up and Do What You Are Told”
Dr. Russell Blaylock has written a comprehensive fact-filled article on face masks, describing the research showing that the use of masks in many patients can easily:
1] cause hypoxia in some patients;
2] cause hypercapnia in those same patients;
3] impair one’s immunity; harmful respiratory viruses (and bacteria as well – good ones and bad ones) when exhaling (thus forcing the viruses – and the bacteria – to be rebreathed again and again instead of being excreted from the body’s respiratory system); and Excitotoxins: The Tast... Russell L. Blaylock Best Price: $3.47 Buy New $30.45 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
5] increase the concentration of potentially-harmful viruses in the nasal passages which could then increase the likelihood of those viruses entering the brain via the olfactory nerves.
Read the excerpts from the Blaylock article below about mask-wearing and ask yourself: “why haven’t the many scientists, “bought” CDC and DOH bureaucrats, “bought” politicians, journalists, etc think about the downsides of requiring, under penalty of law, the wearing of masks by perfectly healthy, uninfected, asymptomatic people – especially those that are living in areas of the country where the risk of coming in contact with a case of COVID-19 is 1 in 10,000!
And then wonder about what other anti-COVID strategies have been planned by these same full-time professional COVID pandemic cheerleaders:
1] “flattening the curve” (thus decreasing the chances for herd immunity and also increasing the chances for the well-propagandized, theoretical “second wave”);
2] testing large percentages of the population – even asymptomatic people – with unaffordable, unreliable test kits that are notoriously flawed because of their many false positives and also false negatives), thus ensuring that more and more people will be erroneously diagnosed with COVID, when in reality, many of the test-positive cases will be simply due to a recent common cold from a benign coronavirus;
3] doing intrusive, aggressive and costly “contact tracing” of asymptomatic, uninfected persons that had a false positive test; and
4] aggressively propagandizing the public in order to increase the demand for the inevitably-flawed, poorly-tested, fast-tracked, highly-profitable vaccine (profitable, that is, for the patent-holders and the investors of Big Pharma and Medical Technology stock, including those at the CDC, the WHO, GAVI, Bill Gates & Company, etc) – noting, importantly, that there has never been a vaccine developed for any coronavirus infection in the entire history of past coronavirus mini-epidemics).
Here are some excerpts from Dr Blaylock’s important article, which was titled “Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to The Healthy ”: Dr. Blaylocku2019s Pre... Russell L. Blaylock Best Price: $12.58 Buy New $5.84 (as of 07:15 UTC - Details)
“By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.” — Russell Blaylock, MD
“Researchers found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia).
”It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death.
“A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask. Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance.
“Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung.
“The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. Health and Nutrition S... Russell L. Blaylock Best Price: $6.77 Buy New $52.88 (as of 04:37 UTC - Details)
“People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. Repeated episodes of hypoxia have been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases.
“There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.
“It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.”
Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report newsletter, is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, and lecturer. He attended the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurological residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. For 26 years, practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. He recently retired from his neurosurgical duties to devote his full attention to nutritional research. Dr. Blaylock has authored four books, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life, Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients, and his most recent work, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
2] Thoughts on the new “Plandemic” Documentary that has Raised the Ire of the COVID Profiteers Noted Above
And the Sudden Rash of Big Pharma “Trolls” that have been Instructed by their Paymasters to get Ahead of the Unwelcome Truths that are Being Revealed about the Origins of the Disastrous Health and Economic Outcomes of the Bill Gates, et al (Likely) Orchestrated COVID-19 “Plandemic”
(To see what all the “Plandemic” documentary furor and official censorship is all about, click here.
And then ask: “why is the mainstream media cooperating in the banning of this important, well-documented information contained in the film, for it is simply an interview with a respected scientist who is even willing to testify in a public hearing?”
The powers-that-be behind the banning of “Plandemic” and the disparaging and slandering of Dr Judy Mikovitz are obviously afraid of something that will expose them for planning something evil. Tyrannical corporate forces, starting with Google and YouTube and the CDC and Big Pharma and the MSM have kicked into high gear before any more of us ‘Sheeple” are allowed a chance to view some unwelcome truths that are considered dangerous to the powers-that-be.
Tchere have been any number of pro-over-vaccination trolls that are being well-compensated by Big Pharma/Big Vaccine corporations (that have ruled the world for awhile now) by recommending the banning of the documentary. Examples include any number of similarly-ignorant, shameful lobbyist/troll “journalists” that write for newspapers like the Times, the Post, the Herald, the Tribune, the Daily News, the Journal, the Chronicle, the Register, the Observer, the Sentinel and virtually every other Big Pharma/Big Vaccine-controlled major media outlet all over America and the world.
I urge readers to watch the Pandemic clip before it has been banned – and then ponder the history of fascist Germany when Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment did the same thing to resistant German truth-tellers when failed to conform tot the “approved totalitarian narrative”.
The Best of Gary G. Kohls, MD


lewrockwell--2020-05-13--Will the Grinch Steal Christmas?

Will the Grinch Steal Christmas?

I keep thinking about the ending of “ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
” How this poor guy ’ s evil plan doesn ’ t come off the way he expected it to , all because he doesn ’ t really understand the Whos .
Because all he can see are the material trappings of Christmas , he assumes that that ’ s all everybody else sees too .
But that ’ s not what Christmas means for the Whos , and after he takes away all of their things , they celebrate anyway .
I have long felt that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and others who benefit by having ordinary people afraid of each other and at each others ’ throats , and by an entertainment culture that continually pumps out apocalyptic narratives in which the worst of our human nature rises to the top .
This culture gives us worlds in which people are pitted against each other in a desperate battle for survival and the only way to make it out alive is to lie , cheat , steal , brutalize , kill–and sometimes eat–one ’ s fellow human beings .
It feels to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been manufacturing these narratives , “ training ” us to think of each other as nothing more than competitors for scarce resources , enemies even .
And to live accordingly .
I haven ’ t seen the film “ Contagion ” , but I am told that it is representative of this trend : As soon as there is a big disruption in society , the social fabric immediately tears apart and people begin looting and killing each other .
How the Grinch Stole C ... Dr. Seuss Best Price : $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not what I ’ m seeing around me now .
What I ’ m seeing is people coming together , helping each other , encouraging each other .
Yes , some of the nastier aspects of humanity are surfacing too : The people who report businesses and individuals for violating the draconian orders , and the police officers who unthinkingly obey those orders .
But looking around me , the first seem to be the exception , and even the second is not universal .
Neighbors are helping each other ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the good they may do ) ; and many local sheriffs across the country are recognizing that these lockdowns constitute a violation of fundamental rights , and are refusing to enforce them .
They join thousands of individuals who are choosing to ignore the unconstitutional edicts , to gather together , to worship , to open their businesses and to go to the beach , in defiance of the orders .
I believe that the people who have orchestrated this ( not the virus , but the statist responses to it ) were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , food riots , and violence .
But I ’ m not sure they were prepared for this .
I ’ m not sure they were prepared for a former marine to stand on a truck and speak to a line of police officers in riot gear about their oath to uphold the Constitution , about their own consciences and being able to sleep at night .
I ’ m not sure they were prepared for hundreds of protesters to stand and pray for the stormtroopers who stood between themselves and the California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not sure they were prepared for a hairdresser to risk jail so that she could feed her family–or for so many of those around her to support her in doing so .
I don ’ t think the people who plan to test , track , monitor and force vaccinate all of humanity actually understand humanity all that well .
I think they really believe that we can be controlled through fear and through force .
And to be fair to them , those things have been awfully effective in the past .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going to work this time .
Annabel Pickering and ... Shaffer , Bretigne Buy New $ 14.99 The tools of those who would control all of humanity are very limited .
Fear , propaganda , and force can indeed be powerful .
But they are not what has kept humanity going for thousands of years .
We haven ’ t survived as a species because we are good at brutalizing each other , or at lying and cheating .
We ’ ve survived because of our ability to cooperate , to build @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for mutual benefit .
These are all things a Grinch can ’ t understand .
Are people afraid ?
Yes–but I suspect not as much as our would-be overlords would like us to be .
And more and more , people are recognizing that the thing we really need to fear is an entity that can shut down our entire society at its pleasure .
People are catching on .
And it ’ s just possible that a whole lot of us did in fact learn the right lessons from our history with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I don ’ t think the Grinches who seek to use Covid-19 to achieve their dreams of world domination expected any of that .
And I suspect that–just like in the book–even after the Grinch has taken our stuff , savaged our economies , and done its best to drive us apart from each other with its edicts and its fear-mongering… we ’ re going to get together and sing anyway .
And there will be nothing it can do to stop us .
The Best of Bretigne Shaffer

I keep thinking about the ending of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” How this poor guy’s evil plan doesn’t come off the way he expected it to, all because he doesn’t really understand the Whos. Because all he can see are the material trappings of Christmas, he assumes that that’s all everybody else sees too. But that’s not what Christmas means for the Whos, and after he takes away all of their things, they celebrate anyway.
I have long felt that we are being conditioned, by politicians and others who benefit by having ordinary people afraid of each other and at each others’ throats, and by an entertainment culture that continually pumps out apocalyptic narratives in which the worst of our human nature rises to the top. This culture gives us worlds in which people are pitted against each other in a desperate battle for survival and the only way to make it out alive is to lie, cheat, steal, brutalize, kill–and sometimes eat–one’s fellow human beings.
It feels to me as if someone with an agenda has been manufacturing these narratives, “training” us to think of each other as nothing more than competitors for scarce resources, enemies even. And to live accordingly. I haven’t seen the film “Contagion”, but I am told that it is representative of this trend: As soon as there is a big disruption in society, the social fabric immediately tears apart and people begin looting and killing each other. How the Grinch Stole C... Dr. Seuss Best Price: $1.22 Buy New $3.99 (as of 04:40 UTC - Details)
But that’s not what I’m seeing around me now. What I’m seeing is people coming together, helping each other, encouraging each other. Yes, some of the nastier aspects of humanity are surfacing too: The people who report businesses and individuals for violating the draconian orders, and the police officers who unthinkingly obey those orders. But looking around me, the first seem to be the exception, and even the second is not universal. Neighbors are helping each other; people are sewing masks (for all the good they may do); and many local sheriffs across the country are recognizing that these lockdowns constitute a violation of fundamental rights, and are refusing to enforce them.
They join thousands of individuals who are choosing to ignore the unconstitutional edicts, to gather together, to worship, to open their businesses and to go to the beach, in defiance of the orders.
I believe that the people who have orchestrated this (not the virus, but the statist responses to it) were fully prepared for civil unrest, looting, food riots, and violence. But I’m not sure they were prepared for this.
I’m not sure they were prepared for a former marine to stand on a truck and speak to a line of police officers in riot gear about their oath to uphold the Constitution, about their own consciences and being able to sleep at night. I’m not sure they were prepared for hundreds of protesters to stand and pray for the stormtroopers who stood between themselves and the California State Capitol building. I’m not sure they were prepared for a hairdresser to risk jail so that she could feed her family–or for so many of those around her to support her in doing so.
I don’t think the people who plan to test, track, monitor and force vaccinate all of humanity actually understand humanity all that well. I think they really believe that we can be controlled through fear and through force. And to be fair to them, those things have been awfully effective in the past. But I don’t think they are going to work this time. Annabel Pickering and ... Shaffer, Bretigne Buy New $14.99 (as of 08:50 UTC - Details)
The tools of those who would control all of humanity are very limited. Fear, propaganda, and force can indeed be powerful. But they are not what has kept humanity going for thousands of years. We haven’t survived as a species because we are good at brutalizing each other, or at lying and cheating. We’ve survived because of our ability to cooperate, to build networks of trust, and to trade for mutual benefit. These are all things a Grinch can’t understand.
Are people afraid? Yes–but I suspect not as much as our would-be overlords would like us to be. And more and more, people are recognizing that the thing we really need to fear is an entity that can shut down our entire society at its pleasure. People are catching on. And it’s just possible that a whole lot of us did in fact learn the right lessons from our history with the total state in the Twentieth Century.
I don’t think the Grinches who seek to use Covid-19 to achieve their dreams of world domination expected any of that. And I suspect that–just like in the book–even after the Grinch has taken our stuff, savaged our economies, and done its best to drive us apart from each other with its edicts and its fear-mongering… we’re going to get together and sing anyway. And there will be nothing it can do to stop us.
The Best of Bretigne Shaffer


lewrockwell--2020-05-13--Bill Gates, HR6666, Remdesivir, Deaths in Italy

Each of these subjects deserves its own article .
Bill Gates would require a library of thick volumes .
I don ’ t have the time to write separate pieces , since I ’ m also busy with other research on the fake pandemic .
BILL GATES : Here , from FAIR , the long-standing media-watch group , is a September 4 , 2016 , article , “ This Guardian piece touting Bill Gates ’ education investment brought to you by Bill Gates.
” It adds a layer of explanation about Gates ’ Death Star : “ The Gates Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and often millions to such media organizations as NBCUniversal , Al Jazeera , BBC , Viacom ( CBS ) and Participant Media ( the producer of pro-charter school documentary Waiting for Superman ) .
Both Gates and the Gates Foundation are sizable shareholders in Comcast , which is the primary investor in Buzzfeed and Vox , as well the parent corporation of MSNBC and NBC News—the latter of which teamed up with Gates and other noted education experts like Exxon and University of Phoenix Online for the week-long charter school commercial ‘ Education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Vasquez , Alex Buy New $ 116.49 “ In 2009 , the New York Times reported that the Gates Foundation was partnering with media companies to write and shape stories to ‘ embed ’ messages in primetime dramas : ” “ ’ It [ the Gates Foundation ] is less well known as a behind-the-scenes influencer of public attitudes toward these issues by helping to shape story lines and insert messages into popular entertainment like the television shows ER , Law & Order : SVU and Private Practice .
The foundation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety AND THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES have found their way into these shows.
” [ CAPS are mine ] “ His enormous wealth and the reach of media parent corporations seem to exempt Gates from routine disclosure requirements .
He was offered up as an education expert in the pro-charter Waiting for Superman , without any mention of the fact that he donated at least $ 2 million to the film and had a media partnership with its distributor , Viacom .
He is given softball interviews in Comcast-backed Vox without disclosure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investor .
Because his stake in media companies is laundered enough times , it ’ s assumed not to merit mention.
” “ In the case of the Guardian , Gates effectively owns an entire vertical , so when one of his investments is written up , one doesn ’ t notice the conflict of interest—like a fish doesn ’ t notice water .
Because his influence is everywhere , it appears to be nowhere.
” HR6666 : This aptly numbered bill is moving forward in the US House Energy and Commerce Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reaching , And Contacting Everyone , ” it officially embeds the snitch culture—with benefits for new agents of the State : “ To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19 , and related activities such as contact tracing , through mobile health units and , as necessary , at individuals ’ residences , and for other purposes.
” “ The Secretary of Health and Human Services , acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19 , to trace and monitor the contacts of infected individuals , and to support the quarantine of such contacts… ” HR6666 funds this enterprise to the tune of “ $ 100,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 ; and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal year 2021 and any subsequent fiscal year during which the emergency period continues.
” Why don ’ t they simply advertise : “ Have you always wanted to run around like a little fascist , targeting the unwary , the sheep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dissenters ?
Here ’ s your chance .
The State will pay you to do it .
Who knows ?
Maybe the government will design a uniform for you , embroidered with the logo of a skull or a virus with spikes.
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He wants the antiviral to hit the market yesterday .
At the Alliance for Human Research and Protection ( ahrp.org ) , an article points to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hype Catapults Gilead ’ s Remdesivir ” : “ [ On 4/29 ] , Gilead [ the manufacturer of remdesivir ] issued a press release announcing that it ‘ was aware of positive data emerging from [ a ] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease ( NIAID ) study ’ .
” [ Gilead provided assistance on study design and conduct to NIAID . ]
“ Based on the ‘ positive data ’ from the NIAID study , the Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of remdesivir against COVID-19 on May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who heads the President ’ s Coronavirus Task Force , and heads the NIAID , since 1984 , has a vested interest in remdesivir .
He sponsored the [ NIAID ] clinical trial whose detailed results have not been peer-reviewed .
What ’ s more , [ on May 1 ] HE declared the tenuous results to be ‘ highly significant , ’ and pronounced remdesivir to be the new ‘ standard of care.
’ ” “ Dr .
Fauci made the promotional pronouncement while sitting on a couch in the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release ; without a briefing at a medical meeting or in a scientific journal – as is the norm and practice , to allow scientists and researchers to review the data.
” “ What Dr. Fauci failed to disclose to the public in his promotional pronouncement was that the [ list of ] primary outcomes [ measures for success or failure ] of the [ NAID ] study [ NCT04280705 ] were changed on April 16 , 2020 .
Changes in the Primary Outcome are posted on Clinical Trials.gov.
” “ Changing primary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has commenced is considered dubious and suspicious.
” “ Reuters News reported that highly respected prominent leaders in the medical community — such as Steven Nissen , MD , the chief academic officer at the Cleveland Clinic and Eric Topol , MD , director and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California – were unimpressed by remdesivir ’ s tentative , modest benefit at best.
” “ …the NIAID-Gilead study results have not been published in peer-reviewed literature – nor have details of the findings been disclosed .
However , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal agency that conducted the study , from the White House .
What better free advertisement ?
” So…take this admittedly toxic drug .
Convincing data ?
No need .
Just trust Fauci .
Like other drugs of its type , remdesivir inhibits the machinery of cell-reproduction in the body .
West Nile Virus ( Deadl ... Hecht , Alan Best Price : $ 4.62 Buy New $ 39.99 DEATHS IN ITALY : I have reported on this con in the past .
Italy ’ s own National Institute of Health has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who have died .
Their average age ?
79.5 .
And the overwhelming percentage of these people were already suffering from multiple , long-term , serious health conditions—and had certainly been treated with a number of toxic medical drugs .
Claiming their deaths stemmed from the purported COVID-19 virus would be absurd .
Add to these facts the horrendous air pollution in areas of Northern Italy .
Toxic air can easily explain the lung conditions attributed to the virus .
In recent years , the annual number of flu cases in Italy averages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a simple matter to label some of these people COVID-19 .
I ’ ve also indicated that vaccination campaigns could account for destruction of health in Northern Italy .
I have a few possible clues in that regard .
Colorado Naturopathic Doctor , Michael Murray writes : “ Could a new flu vaccine be partly responsible for the COVID-19 mortality rate in Italy ?
…My colleague , Dr. Alex Vazquez , provided me with a valuable insight .
In September 2019 , Italy rolled out an entirely new type of influenza vaccine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ others .
Most available influenza vaccines are produced in embryonated chicken eggs .
VIQCC , however , is produced from cultured animal cells rather than eggs and has more of a ‘ boost ’ to the immune system as a result .
VIQCC also contains four types of viruses – 2 type A viruses ( H1N1 and H3N2 ) and 2 type B viruses… ” Well-known Italian writer , Br .
Alexis Bugnolo , states : “ Italians are still trying to understand why Bergamo , of all the cities of Italy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ One factor may be that the city was vaccinated en mass not once , but twice , in the 2 months preceding the Coronavirus outbreak in the city.
” In the fall [ 2019 ] , according to records 141,000 doses of vaccine against the winter flu were administered by the local health board .
Of those , 129,000 were Italians over 65 years of age .
Of those , 129,000 , 70 % had grave heart problems.
” “ Then , again , in December , from the 24th through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccination program against Hepatitis-C of 21,331 citizens of Bergamo .
And in the surrounding province , another 12,000 citizens.
” At doctorsinitaly.com : “ In September 2019 was made available for the first time in Italy a ‘ cell-based ’ flu shot , called VIQCC or QIVc , that is produced from cultured animal cells rather than eggs.
” “ VIQCC is a quadrivalent flu vaccine that contains 2 type A viruses ( H1N1 and H3N2 ) and 2 type B viruses .
It is approved for people ages 9 and older.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best Price : $ 24.05 Buy New $ 23.75 ANY vaccines given to people whose immune systems are already weakened—such as the elderly and infirm—are automatically dangerous and life-threatening at a high level .
Two vaccines within the space of a few months , one of which has added new viral material and/or a variety of new cellular and genetic debris—plus the usual toxic chemicals—and you have a potential recipe for disaster .
The Best of Jon Rappoport

Each of these subjects deserves its own article. Bill Gates would require a library of thick volumes. I don’t have the time to write separate pieces, since I’m also busy with other research on the fake pandemic.
So I’ll hit the highlights.
BILL GATES: Here, from FAIR, the long-standing media-watch group, is a September 4, 2016, article, “This Guardian piece touting Bill Gates’ education investment brought to you by Bill Gates.” It adds a layer of explanation about Gates’ Death Star:
“The Gates Foundation gives grants in the hundreds of thousands and often millions to such media organizations as NBCUniversal, Al Jazeera, BBC, Viacom (CBS) and Participant Media (the producer of pro-charter school documentary Waiting for Superman). Both Gates and the Gates Foundation are sizable shareholders in Comcast, which is the primary investor in Buzzfeed and Vox, as well the parent corporation of MSNBC and NBC News—the latter of which teamed up with Gates and other noted education experts like Exxon and University of Phoenix Online for the week-long charter school commercial ‘Education Week’.” Inflammation Mastery 4... Vasquez, Alex Buy New $116.49 (as of 04:41 UTC - Details)
“In 2009, the New York Times reported that the Gates Foundation was partnering with media companies to write and shape stories to ‘embed’ messages in primetime dramas:”
“’It [the Gates Foundation] is less well known as a behind-the-scenes influencer of public attitudes toward these issues by helping to shape story lines and insert messages into popular entertainment like the television shows ER, Law & Order: SVU and Private Practice. The foundation’s messages on HIV prevention, surgical safety AND THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES have found their way into these shows.” [CAPS are mine]
“His enormous wealth and the reach of media parent corporations seem to exempt Gates from routine disclosure requirements. He was offered up as an education expert in the pro-charter Waiting for Superman, without any mention of the fact that he donated at least $2 million to the film and had a media partnership with its distributor, Viacom. He is given softball interviews in Comcast-backed Vox without disclosure that he’s a major Comcast investor. Because his stake in media companies is laundered enough times, it’s assumed not to merit mention.”
“In the case of the Guardian, Gates effectively owns an entire vertical, so when one of his investments is written up, one doesn’t notice the conflict of interest—like a fish doesn’t notice water. Because his influence is everywhere, it appears to be nowhere.”
HR6666: This aptly numbered bill is moving forward in the US House Energy and Commerce Committee. Titled TRACE, “Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone,” it officially embeds the snitch culture—with benefits for new agents of the State:
“To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals’ residences, and for other purposes.”
“The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, to trace and monitor the contacts of infected individuals, and to support the quarantine of such contacts…”
HR6666 funds this enterprise to the tune of “$100,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal year 2021 and any subsequent fiscal year during which the emergency period continues.”
Why don’t they simply advertise: “Have you always wanted to run around like a little fascist, targeting the unwary, the sheep, the outliers, the rebels, the dissenters? Here’s your chance. The State will pay you to do it. Who knows? Maybe the government will design a uniform for you, embroidered with the logo of a skull or a virus with spikes.” Bitten: The Secret His... Newby, Kris Buy New $17.99 (as of 04:41 UTC - Details)
REMDESIVIR: This is the Fauci COVID drug. He wants the antiviral to hit the market yesterday. At the Alliance for Human Research and Protection (ahrp.org), an article points to the fraud:
“Fauci’s Promotional Hype Catapults Gilead’s Remdesivir”: “[On 4/29], Gilead [the manufacturer of remdesivir] issued a press release announcing that it ‘was aware of positive data emerging from [a] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) study’.” [Gilead provided assistance on study design and conduct to NIAID.]
“Based on the ‘positive data’ from the NIAID study, the Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of remdesivir against COVID-19 on May 1.”
“…Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the President’s Coronavirus Task Force, and heads the NIAID, since 1984, has a vested interest in remdesivir. He sponsored the [NIAID] clinical trial whose detailed results have not been peer-reviewed. What’s more, [on May 1] HE declared the tenuous results to be ‘highly significant,’ and pronounced remdesivir to be the new ‘standard of care.’”
“Dr. Fauci made the promotional pronouncement while sitting on a couch in the White House, without providing a detailed news release; without a briefing at a medical meeting or in a scientific journal – as is the norm and practice, to allow scientists and researchers to review the data.”
“What Dr. Fauci failed to disclose to the public in his promotional pronouncement was that the [list of] primary outcomes [measures for success or failure] of the [NAID] study [NCT04280705] were changed on April 16, 2020. Changes in the Primary Outcome are posted on Clinical Trials.gov.”
“Changing primary outcomes [measures] after a study has commenced is considered dubious and suspicious.”
“Reuters News reported that highly respected prominent leaders in the medical community — such as Steven Nissen, MD, the chief academic officer at the Cleveland Clinic and Eric Topol, MD, director and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California – were unimpressed by remdesivir’s tentative, modest benefit at best.”
“…the NIAID-Gilead study results have not been published in peer-reviewed literature – nor have details of the findings been disclosed. However, they were publicly promoted by the head of the federal agency that conducted the study, from the White House. What better free advertisement?”
So…take this admittedly toxic drug. Convincing data? No need. Just trust Fauci. Like other drugs of its type, remdesivir inhibits the machinery of cell-reproduction in the body. West Nile Virus (Deadl... Hecht, Alan Best Price: $4.62 Buy New $39.99 (as of 04:41 UTC - Details)
DEATHS IN ITALY: I have reported on this con in the past. Italy’s own National Institute of Health has been combing through the records of patients who have died. Their average age? 79.5. And the overwhelming percentage of these people were already suffering from multiple, long-term, serious health conditions—and had certainly been treated with a number of toxic medical drugs. Claiming their deaths stemmed from the purported COVID-19 virus would be absurd.
Add to these facts the horrendous air pollution in areas of Northern Italy. Toxic air can easily explain the lung conditions attributed to the virus.
In recent years, the annual number of flu cases in Italy averages roughly five million. It’s a simple matter to label some of these people COVID-19.
I’ve also indicated that vaccination campaigns could account for destruction of health in Northern Italy. I have a few possible clues in that regard.
Colorado Naturopathic Doctor, Michael Murray writes: “Could a new flu vaccine be partly responsible for the COVID-19 mortality rate in Italy?…My colleague, Dr. Alex Vazquez, provided me with a valuable insight. In September 2019, Italy rolled out an entirely new type of influenza vaccine. This vaccine called VIQCC is different than others. Most available influenza vaccines are produced in embryonated chicken eggs. VIQCC, however, is produced from cultured animal cells rather than eggs and has more of a ‘boost’ to the immune system as a result. VIQCC also contains four types of viruses – 2 type A viruses (H1N1 and H3N2) and 2 type B viruses…”
Well-known Italian writer, Br. Alexis Bugnolo, states: “Italians are still trying to understand why Bergamo, of all the cities of Italy, is the epicenter of the Coronavirus epidemic…”
“One factor may be that the city was vaccinated en mass not once, but twice, in the 2 months preceding the Coronavirus outbreak in the city.”
In the fall [2019], according to records 141,000 doses of vaccine against the winter flu were administered by the local health board. Of those, 129,000 were Italians over 65 years of age. Of those, 129,000, 70% had grave heart problems.”
“Then, again, in December, from the 24th through to January, there was a mass vaccination program against Hepatitis-C of 21,331 citizens of Bergamo. And in the surrounding province, another 12,000 citizens.”
At doctorsinitaly.com: “In September 2019 was made available for the first time in Italy a ‘cell-based’ flu shot, called VIQCC or QIVc, that is produced from cultured animal cells rather than eggs.”
“VIQCC is a quadrivalent flu vaccine that contains 2 type A viruses (H1N1 and H3N2) and 2 type B viruses. It is approved for people ages 9 and older.” Antiviral Strategies a... Vasquez, Alex Best Price: $24.05 Buy New $23.75 (as of 11:07 UTC - Details)
ANY vaccines given to people whose immune systems are already weakened—such as the elderly and infirm—are automatically dangerous and life-threatening at a high level. Two vaccines within the space of a few months, one of which has added new viral material and/or a variety of new cellular and genetic debris—plus the usual toxic chemicals—and you have a potential recipe for disaster.
SOURCES:
* https://fair.org/home/this-guardian-piece-touting-bill-gates-education-investment-brought-to-you-by-bill-gates/
* https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2&s=1
* https://ahrp.org/faucis-promotional-hype-catapults-gileads-remdesivir/
* https://doctormurray.com/does-the-flu-shot-increase-covid-19-risk/
* https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/tag/italy/
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-13--Now Is the Time for All Good Parents To Come to the Aid of Their Children

Now that parents with school age children are homeschooling–whether they want to or not—I would like to offer some ideas towards teaching important educational skills at home .
There is so much that parents can accomplish while families are in these unique “ lock down ” situations .
You all are very lucky .
I hope that you understand that .
You may never again have such an opportunity to teach your own children ; to influence your children .
You may never again have these chances to correct mistakes the schools have made ; to fill any gaps that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young mother expressed her pleasure at having this time with her children .
“ I absolutely LOVE my time teaching my children .
This week , we cleaned up their problems with telling time , and with making change.
” Right !
This is a time when you can focus on things that your children are missing in school .
Jim Treleaseu2019s Rea ... Jim Trelease , Cyndi Gi ... Best Price : $ 5.10 Buy New $ 9.19 : Your child may be like thousands of others who are taught to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been taught the rationale and thinking processes behind multiplication .
Such narrow instruction limits the flexibility of the brain for future problem solving .
Here are things that I do when I teach , or remediate , multiplication skills : 1 ) Cut the cover off an empty carton of eggs .
Instantly you have a great tool with which to teach multiplication up through “ twelve-sies ” .
Add a pile of dry beans , or buttons , or whatever small things you have .
A really fun aspect of this type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all ages can be part of learning the concept of multiplication .
Present a problem : 2 x 4 =__ .
Be theatrical as you place 4 beans in one cup ; then 4 beans in another cup .
Ask “ How many times did I put beans in a cup ?
2 times .
How many beans did I put in each cup ?
4 .
So 4 beans in each of 2 cups is how many beans ?
Count them .
8 .
Let ’ s write the problem : 2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ child do as many multiplication problems –thinking and counting the cups and beans– as needed for full comprehension .
Let children use the cups and beans until they no longer need to use the cups and beans .
2 ) After the children understand the concept and logic of multiplication , have them work on memorizing the “ facts ” .
Allow them to use the egg carton if they need it .
3 ) Once a child has worked his or her way to and through 12 x _ ?
_ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chart for reference until all facts have been memorized .
4 ) If a child is finding it difficult to memorize , add singsong or rhythm activities .
You can even have a child move or dance .
Have practice sessions which use all senses to practice the facts : hearing , speech , movement , touch .
When I taught at a de facto segregated school in Alabama , I had the children speak and dance while adding extra stress to each answer : “ 4 x 5 is 20 .
4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noises , utterances , or rhythms .
Common Sense and Cause and Effect : My father used to describe some children and adults as being “ unable to think their way out of a paper bag.
” This would apply to individuals of all ages who have never been taught to think !
1 ) Always be ready to ask questions which will get children thinking about reasons .
These are discussions which can even be done during times like car trips or waits at a doctor ’ s office .
Read Better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor Best Price : $ 14.99 Buy New $ 20.75 Some examples : Why do we use salt and pepper ?
Why do we cut the grass ?
Why does a car have windshield wipers ?
Why do we need traffic signals ?
Why do we put groceries in a sack ?
Why do we measure things ?
Why do nurses wear uniforms ?
Why do children have recess ?
Why do we take vacations ?
Why do streets have names ?
Why don ’ t your fingernails bleed when mom cuts them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ water in a basket ?
Why doesn ’ t a doll need new shoes as often as you do ?
Why can ’ t we pound a pin with a hammer ?
Why don ’ t pajamas have more pockets than blue jeans ?
Why wouldn ’ t you play catch with an egg ?
Why don ’ t we see smoke coming from a chimney in the summertime ?
Why can ’ t we use a calendar that is a year old ?
What will happen in you leave the door open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you wear a pair of pants that are too big ?
What will happen if you plant flower seeds then never water them ?
Phonogram Cards : The W ... Romalda Bishop Spalding Buy New $ 49.95 What will happen if you make lemonade without sugar ?
What will happen if your dog fights with a skunk ?
What will happen if you leave the milk out on the counter all day ?
What will happen if you pick up the wrong lunchbox at school ?
What will happen if all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What will happen if you put a wet glass on a wooden table ?
What will happen if you stay outside all day in the hot sun ?
4 ) Learning to explain something in a sequence is important : Tell me how to get a ball off the roof .
Tell me how to decorate a Christmas tree .
Tell me how to wrap a gift .
Tell me how to clean your room .
Tell me how to get ready for bed .
Tell me how to make a grilled cheese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a word in the dictionary .
Tell me how your day at school is organized .
Tell me how to make a pizza .
Tell me how to save a person from drowning .
All too often adults believe that children automatically develop common sense ; instinctively anticipate what effect follows which action ; understand the meaning behind all the words that we use : understand the use for supposedly simple things .
A junior high student once “ confessed ” that although he saw the word “ bleach ” on jugs in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea why it was used .
Do not assume that your children know simply because you do .
Check knowledge .
One of my school teachers used to write this on the board : “ to ass/u/me ” He explained that “ to assume makes an ass out of you and me.
” : My mother , who taught special education until she was 73 years old , strongly believed that “ The only children who learn to read in today ’ s schools—learn in spite of the teaching and curriculum.
” I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Road to Readin ... North PhD , Mary Elizabeth Best Price : $ 9.99 Buy New $ 17.36 1 ) Unless your child is attending a private school which teaches methodical phonics , which includes both the Simple and the Advanced phonograms for the Code in which English is written , you are probably noticing weakness in the child ’ s reading skills .
Order a set of Phonogram cards from http : //www.spalding.org and help your child get those memorized to automaticity .
The directions are on different colored cards in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phonogram refers to more than one sound , it will be important that the child memorize all of the sounds in the order on the back of the card .
Example : “ ea ” represents three sounds : /ee/ , /short e/ , /long a/ ( ee , e , ay ) Such learning trains the brain to instantly analyze a new word with that spelling .
If the brain sees the word ‘ break ’ it will think through the options like so : “ ‘ breek ’ ( no !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ! )
, ‘ brake ’ .
Oh !
‘ break ’ with long a.
” 2 ) All children ( and new readers of any age ) need to read aloud until they do not need to read aloud any longer .
When we are learning to read , our attempt at finding meaning in a word is usually a 5-step process : See the word “ picnic ” .
Voice the word “ picnic ” ; Hear ourselves saying the word “ picnic ” .
Recognize that we have heard the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do know the word .
Think “ picnic ” then proceed to the next word .
When we read out loud our brains learn to skip the three middle steps : See the word “ picnic.
” Think “ picnic.
” Proceed reading .
3 ) It is more important to teach Spelling than it is to teach Reading .
When children learn to spell the phonograms , they are learning the rules and order in which words are usually put together .
The better they learn that process , the better readers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they will be able to approach a spelling word using logic .
4 ) Read Aloud to Your Children !
Mom also said that , “ The children who are read to become the readers ; the children who are not read to become the non-readers.
” I asked her about the many people I knew who read well but had not been read to as children .
She explained , “ Yes , they may have learned to read BUT do they choose ‘ reading ’ as a way to entertain themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read to develop the ability to create mental pictures of what they hear and become good readers who will become lifelong readers.
” Too right !
For great ideas on what to read to your children at different ages , check out or purchase the book , The Read-Aloud Handbook , by Jim Trelease .
For help in teaching yourselves the phonograms and rules of phonics , you can find it all in my book , Read Better !
For Adults and Teens .
Happy schooling !
You all can do it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bit .
The Best of Linda Schrock Taylor

Now that parents with school age children are homeschooling–whether they want to or not—I would like to offer some ideas towards teaching important educational skills at home. There is so much that parents can accomplish while families are in these unique “lock down” situations.
You all are very lucky. I hope that you understand that. You may never again have such an opportunity to teach your own children; to influence your children. You may never again have these chances to correct mistakes the schools have made; to fill any gaps that schools have left.
Recently, a young mother expressed her pleasure at having this time with her children. “I absolutely LOVE my time teaching my children. This week, we cleaned up their problems with telling time, and with making change.” Right! This is a time when you can focus on things that your children are missing in school. Jim Treleaseu2019s Rea... Jim Trelease, Cyndi Gi... Best Price: $5.10 Buy New $9.19 (as of 10:56 UTC - Details)
Multiplication : Your child may be like thousands of others who are taught to “memorize the multiplication facts” without having been taught the rationale and thinking processes behind multiplication. Such narrow instruction limits the flexibility of the brain for future problem solving. Here are things that I do when I teach, or remediate, multiplication skills:
1) Cut the cover off an empty carton of eggs. Instantly you have a great tool with which to teach multiplication up through “twelve-sies”. Add a pile of dry beans, or buttons, or whatever small things you have. A really fun aspect of this type of teaching is that school children of all ages can be part of learning the concept of multiplication.
Present a problem: 2 x 4 =__. Be theatrical as you place 4 beans in one cup; then 4 beans in another cup. Ask “How many times did I put beans in a cup? 2 times. How many beans did I put in each cup? 4. So 4 beans in each of 2 cups is how many beans? Count them. 8. Let’s write the problem: 2 x 4 = 8. Have each child do as many multiplication problems –thinking and counting the cups and beans– as needed for full comprehension. Let children use the cups and beans until they no longer need to use the cups and beans.
2) After the children understand the concept and logic of multiplication, have them work on memorizing the “facts”. Allow them to use the egg carton if they need it.
3) Once a child has worked his or her way to and through 12 x _?_, have the child make their own multiplication chart for reference until all facts have been memorized.
4) If a child is finding it difficult to memorize, add singsong or rhythm activities. You can even have a child move or dance. Have practice sessions which use all senses to practice the facts: hearing, speech, movement, touch. When I taught at a de facto segregated school in Alabama, I had the children speak and dance while adding extra stress to each answer: “4 x 5 is 20. Uh! 4 x 6 is 24. Oh!” and other similar noises, utterances, or rhythms.
Common Sense and Cause and Effect : My father used to describe some children and adults as being “unable to think their way out of a paper bag.” This would apply to individuals of all ages who have never been taught to think!
1) Always be ready to ask questions which will get children thinking about reasons. These are discussions which can even be done during times like car trips or waits at a doctor’s office. Read Better!: For Adul... Linda Schrock Taylor Best Price: $14.99 Buy New $20.75 (as of 04:20 UTC - Details) Some examples:
Why do we use salt and pepper?
Why do we cut the grass?
Why does a car have windshield wipers?
Why do we need traffic signals?
Why do we put groceries in a sack?
Why do we measure things?
Why do nurses wear uniforms?
Why do children have recess?
Why do we take vacations?
Why do streets have names?
2) Negative questions:
Why don’t your fingernails bleed when mom cuts them?
Why don’t we carry water in a basket?
Why doesn’t a doll need new shoes as often as you do?
Why can’t we pound a pin with a hammer?
Why don’t pajamas have more pockets than blue jeans?
Why wouldn’t you play catch with an egg?
Why don’t we see smoke coming from a chimney in the summertime?
Why can’t we use a calendar that is a year old?
3) Cause and effect; Predicting
What will happen in you leave the door open in the wintertime?
What will happen if you wear a pair of pants that are too big?
What will happen if you plant flower seeds then never water them? Phonogram Cards: The W... Romalda Bishop Spalding Buy New $49.95 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details)
What will happen if you make lemonade without sugar?
What will happen if your dog fights with a skunk?
What will happen if you leave the milk out on the counter all day?
What will happen if you pick up the wrong lunchbox at school?
What will happen if all the water dries up in a river?
What will happen if you put a wet glass on a wooden table?
What will happen if you stay outside all day in the hot sun?
4) Learning to explain something in a sequence is important:
Tell me how to get a ball off the roof.
Tell me how to decorate a Christmas tree.
Tell me how to wrap a gift.
Tell me how to clean your room.
Tell me how to get ready for bed.
Tell me how to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
Tell me how to find a word in the dictionary.
Tell me how your day at school is organized.
Tell me how to make a pizza.
Tell me how to save a person from drowning.
All too often adults believe that children automatically develop common sense; instinctively anticipate what effect follows which action; understand the meaning behind all the words that we use: understand the use for supposedly simple things. A junior high student once “confessed” that although he saw the word “bleach” on jugs in his home, he really had no idea why it was used. Do not assume that your children know simply because you do. Check knowledge. One of my school teachers used to write this on the board: “to ass/u/me” He explained that “to assume makes an ass out of you and me.”
Reading, Writing, Spelling : My mother, who taught special education until she was 73 years old, strongly believed that “The only children who learn to read in today’s schools—learn in spite of the teaching and curriculum.” I have to agree with her. Writing Road to Readin... North PhD, Mary Elizabeth Best Price: $9.99 Buy New $17.36 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details)
1) Unless your child is attending a private school which teaches methodical phonics, which includes both the Simple and the Advanced phonograms for the Code in which English is written, you are probably noticing weakness in the child’s reading skills.
Order a set of Phonogram cards from http://www.spalding.org and help your child get those memorized to automaticity. The directions are on different colored cards in the front of the pack. If a phonogram refers to more than one sound, it will be important that the child memorize all of the sounds in the order on the back of the card. Example: “ea” represents three sounds: /ee/, /short e/, /long a/ (ee, e, ay) Such learning trains the brain to instantly analyze a new word with that spelling. If the brain sees the word ‘break’ it will think through the options like so: “ ‘breek’ (no!), ‘breck’ (no!), ‘brake’. Oh! ‘break’ with long a.”
2) All children (and new readers of any age) need to read aloud until they do not need to read aloud any longer. When we are learning to read, our attempt at finding meaning in a word is usually a 5-step process: See the word “picnic”. Voice the word “picnic”; Hear ourselves saying the word “picnic”. Recognize that we have heard the word “picnic” before and actually do know the word. Think “picnic” then proceed to the next word. When we read out loud our brains learn to skip the three middle steps: See the word “picnic.” Think “picnic.” Proceed reading.
3) It is more important to teach Spelling than it is to teach Reading. When children learn to spell the phonograms, they are learning the rules and order in which words are usually put together. The better they learn that process, the better readers they all will become; the better they will be able to approach a spelling word using logic.
4) Read Aloud to Your Children! Mom also said that, “The children who are read to become the readers; the children who are not read to become the non-readers.” I asked her about the many people I knew who read well but had not been read to as children. She explained, “Yes, they may have learned to read BUT do they choose ‘reading’ as a way to entertain themselves? Not often. Children who are read to develop the ability to create mental pictures of what they hear and become good readers who will become lifelong readers.” Too right!
For great ideas on what to read to your children at different ages, check out or purchase the book, The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease.
For help in teaching yourselves the phonograms and rules of phonics, you can find it all in my book, Read Better! For Adults and Teens.
Happy schooling! You all can do it. Just pause, think, and plan a bit.
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