lewrockwell--2020-12-05--Asymptomatic People Do Not Spread Covid-19

According to media reports , COVID-19 “ cases , ” meaning positive PCR test results , are soaring across the U.S. and around the world , leading to the implementation of measures that in some cases are stricter than what we endured during the initial wave .
However , as detailed in several recent articles , including “ Why COVID-19 Testing Is a Tragic Waste , ” PCR tests are being used incorrectly , resulting in the false appearance of widespread transmission .
In reality , the vast majority of people who end up with a positive test will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Needless to say , if you ’ re not infectious , you pose no health risk to anyone , and being placed under what amounts to house arrest is nothing but cruel and unusual punishment for no reason whatsoever .
Positive Test Rates Have No Bearing on Mortality Rates In The Highwire report above , Del Bigtree breaks down how excessively high test sensitivity leads to falsely elevated “ case ” numbers that in reality tell us nothing about the situation at hand .
As noted by Bigtree , what ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actual death rate .
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” he asks .
The answer , of course , is an increase in deaths .
However , that ’ s not what ’ s happening .
Aside from a small bump at the beginning , when doctors were unsure of the appropriate treatment and some states recklessly and irresponsibly sent infected patients into ill equipped nursing homes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while positive test rates have dramatically risen and fallen in intervals .
In the video , Bigtree features a November 4 , 2020 , tweet1 by White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas showing the number of positive tests ( aka “ cases ” ) in blue and COVID-19 related deaths in red , since the start of the pandemic up until the end of October 2020 .
As you can see , there ’ s no correlation between the positive test rate and subsequent deaths .
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They simply aren ’ t sick .
The PCR test is merely picking up inactive ( noninfectious ) viral particles .
In one study,2 which looked at pregnant women admitted for delivery , 87.9 % of the women who tested positive for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 had no symptoms .
Another study3 looked at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After a cluster of COVID-19 cases was observed there , researchers conducted symptoms assessments and testing among all guests residing at the shelter over a two-day period .
Of 408 people tested , 147 , or 36 % , were positive , yet symptoms were conspicuously absent .
Cough occurred in only 7.5 % of cases , shortness of breath in 1.4 % and fever in 0.7 % .
All symptoms were “ uncommon among COVID-positive individuals , ” the researchers noted .
During a June 8 , 2020 , press briefing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Organization ’ s technical lead for the COVID-19 pandemic , made it very clear that asymptomatic transmission is very rare , meaning an individual who tests positive but does not exhibit symptoms is highly unlikely to transmit live virus to others .
Just one day later , Dr. Mike Ryan , executive director of the WHO ’ s emergencies program , backpedaled Van Kerkhove ’ s statement , saying the remarks were “ misinterpreted.
” 4 Needless to say , when you ’ re trying to justify the implementation of a vast surveillance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to admit a vast majority of people are having their privacy infringed upon for no good reason whatsoever .
Asymptomatic People Pose No Risk to Others Regenerate : Unlocking ... Ji , Sayer Best Price : $ 31.66 Buy New $ 20.82 Most recently , a study5 in Nature Communications assessed the risk posed by asymptomatic people by looking at the data from a mass screening program in Wuhan , China .
The city had been under strict lockdown between January 23 and April 8 , 2020 .
Between May 14 and June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan city over the age of 6 underwent PCR testing .
In all , 92.9 % of the entire city population participated in the testing .
Of these , 9,865,404 had no previous diagnosis of COVID-19 and 34,424 were recovered COVID-19 patients .
In all , there were zero symptomatic cases and only 300 asymptomatic cases detected .
( The overall detection rate was 0.3 per 10,000 . )
Importantly , not a single one of the 1,174 people who had been in close contact with an asymptomatic individual tested positive .
Additionally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history of COVID-19 , 107 individuals ( 0.310 % ) tested positive again , but none were symptomatic .
As noted by the authors:6 Interestingly , when they further tested asymptomatic patients for antibodies , they discovered that 190 of the 300 , or 63.3 % , had actually had a “ hot ” or productive infection resulting in the production of antibodies .
Still , none of their contacts had been infected .
In other words , even though asymptomatics were ( or had been ) carriers of apparently live virus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others .
As noted by the authors , “ there was no evidence of transmission from asymptomatic positive persons to traced close contacts.
” They further added:7 Reinfected Individuals Are Not Infectious Either The same held true for people who tested positive a second time after having recovered from an active infection .
The researchers also pointed out that virus cultures and genetic studies have shown the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 appears to be weakening over time , and that newly infected individuals are more likely to be asymptomatic and have a lower viral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the outbreak .
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It tells us there ’ s no reason to panic simply because the number of positive tests are on the rise .
Remember , the more people you test using a PCR test that is set to an excessive cycle threshold , the more false positives you ’ ll get .
As explained in “ Asymptomatic ‘ Casedemic ’ Is a Perpetuation of Needless Fear , ” by using an excessive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the point that it detects inactive ( noninfectious ) particles is at the heart of this so-called pandemic .
It ’ s what keeps the pandemic narrative going , when in fact it ’ s long since over .
Interestingly , the same day the China study came out , the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance9,10 on mask wearing , claiming asymptomatic people account for more than half of all transmissions .
Where did they get that from ?
The two references listed as support for that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and CDC data that haven ’ t even been published yet.12 It just says it was “ submitted ” for publication sometime in 2020 , therefore , we are unable to provide any source link .
The CDC makes no mention of the China study , which included nearly 10 million individuals .
CNN , which reported the CDC ’ s update , parroting the idea that asymptomatic spread is why it ’ s so important to wear a mask , also made no mention of the landmark study from China .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
It ’ s almost as though the CDC doesn ’ t want us to know we have nothing to fear from healthy people .
Many doctors , scientists and lawyers have now become wise to the fact that it is these flawed tests , and their fraudulent use , that is keeping the fear narrative alive — and they ’ re taking action .
In the video above , Ben Swann talks to Dr. Reiner Fuellmich,13 a consumer protection trial lawyer14 and founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking to expose how fraudulent testing has been and continues to be used to engineer the appearance of a dangerous pandemic when in fact there is none .
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They opted to file a defamation lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg , a former member of the German Congress and the Council @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critic of PCR testing , as it can not be used to diagnose infection .
Social media companies have labeled Wodarg ’ s statements as “ false , ” and by filing a defamation suit , the burden of proof now falls on the fact checkers to prove that they are correct .
In other words , to win , the fact checkers must prove that PCR tests diagnose active infection .
The scientific evidence proves they don ’ t , so this case could turn out to be pivotal in the fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fearmongering alive .
While Fuellmich and his team make no claims about WHY the pandemic is being kept alive using fraudulent science , they are unequivocal in their assertion that it is in fact a fake pandemic and that it has had devastating health and economic consequences around the world .
For the why , we have to turn to the geopolitical scene to see what narratives have rolled out in tandem with the pandemic .
What we find is that leaders across the world are now calling for a “ reset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wake of the destruction brought by the pandemic .
In reality , of course , it is the global response to the pandemic that created the economic devastation , not the virus itself .
Either way , the call to “ build back better ” is being heard around the world , and such plans include the elimination of conventional capitalism , free enterprise and private ownership , replacing them with a technocratic resource-based economic system in which energy and social engineering run the economy rather than pricing mechanisms such as supply and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ invasive health surveillance , and there appear to be plans in place to use biometric surveillance via vaccines , all of which feed into the technocratic system in which this kind of mass surveillance is not only paramount but also foundational .
The reason surveillance is so crucial is because the functioning of this system hinges on artificial intelligence-driven social engineering and manipulation of the masses .
Unless people are locked into what could be described as a digital prison , they won ’ t comply with what ’ s coming .
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Your entire life could easily be upended with the push of a button .
We ’ ve already seen how many people have not only been deplatformed for speaking out against one thing or another this past year , they ’ ve also had their digital payment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability to earn a living .
Imagine if there were nothing but a centralized digital currency system and your accounts got shut down .
How would you live ?
No person in their right mind would agree to this Great Reset plan if they were aware of all the details and its ultimate implications for humanity as a whole .
So , to roll it out , they had to use psychological manipulation , and fear is the most effective tool there is .
As explained by psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health research that focuses on identifying the most effective ways to frighten people into accepting desired public health measures .
By adding confusion and uncertainty to the mix , you can bring an individual from fear to anxiety — a state of confusion in which you can no longer think logically — and in this state , you are more easily manipulated .
The following graphic illustrates the central role of fearmongering for the successful rollout of the Great Reset .
In closing , testing asymptomatic people and isolating people who test positive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a key strategy that keeps the fear level high .
There simply aren ’ t enough hospitalized COVID-19 patients to keep the ruse going , and far too few actually die to make the narrative work .
That ’ s why we hear nothing about those statistics anymore .
Instead , all we hear about are the “ cases ” — the positive tests which have no bearing on mortality rates .
Fear of asymptomatics also drive the narrative that we must all wear face masks everywhere we go , because you don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not know it .
It instills fear of others , as even seemingly healthy people might make you deathly ill .
The featured study from Wuhan demonstrates the fallacy of such fears .
People who test positive but have no symptoms are not infectious and pose no risk to others .
They don ’ t need to wear masks and they don ’ t need to be isolated .
In short , we don ’ t need to fear each other .
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According to media reports, COVID-19 “cases,” meaning positive PCR test results, are soaring across the U.S. and around the world, leading to the implementation of measures that in some cases are stricter than what we endured during the initial wave.
However, as detailed in several recent articles, including “Why COVID-19 Testing Is a Tragic Waste,” PCR tests are being used incorrectly, resulting in the false appearance of widespread transmission.
In reality, the vast majority of people who end up with a positive test will not develop symptoms and aren’t infectious. Needless to say, if you’re not infectious, you pose no health risk to anyone, and being placed under what amounts to house arrest is nothing but cruel and unusual punishment for no reason whatsoever.
Positive Test Rates Have No Bearing on Mortality Rates

In The Highwire report above, Del Bigtree breaks down how excessively high test sensitivity leads to falsely elevated “case” numbers that in reality tell us nothing about the situation at hand. As noted by Bigtree, what’s missing from the COVID-19 conversation is the actual death rate. Anti-Inflammatory Oxyg... Mark Sircus Best Price: $9.81 Buy New $10.09 (as of 10:37 UTC - Details)
“If COVID is a deadly virus, what should we see when cases increase?” he asks. The answer, of course, is an increase in deaths. However, that’s not what’s happening.
Aside from a small bump at the beginning, when doctors were unsure of the appropriate treatment and some states recklessly and irresponsibly sent infected patients into ill equipped nursing homes, the death rate has remained relatively flat while positive test rates have dramatically risen and fallen in intervals.
In the video, Bigtree features a November 4, 2020, tweet1 by White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas showing the number of positive tests (aka “cases”) in blue and COVID-19 related deaths in red, since the start of the pandemic up until the end of October 2020. As you can see, there’s no correlation between the positive test rate and subsequent deaths.
Vast Majority of ‘COVID-19 Patients’ Are Asymptomatic
Healing With Iodine: Y... Sircus, Mark Best Price: $14.87 Buy New $11.89 (as of 09:06 UTC - Details) One of the explanations for why positive test rates and mortality do not go hand in hand is the simple fact that a vast majority of those testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 are asymptomatic. They simply aren’t sick. The PCR test is merely picking up inactive (noninfectious) viral particles.
In one study,2 which looked at pregnant women admitted for delivery, 87.9% of the women who tested positive for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 had no symptoms. Another study3 looked at a large homeless shelter in Boston. After a cluster of COVID-19 cases was observed there, researchers conducted symptoms assessments and testing among all guests residing at the shelter over a two-day period.
Of 408 people tested, 147, or 36%, were positive, yet symptoms were conspicuously absent. Cough occurred in only 7.5% of cases, shortness of breath in 1.4% and fever in 0.7%. All symptoms were “uncommon among COVID-positive individuals,” the researchers noted.
Asymptomatic Transmission Is Very Rare
During a June 8, 2020, press briefing, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for the COVID-19 pandemic, made it very clear that asymptomatic transmission is very rare, meaning an individual who tests positive but does not exhibit symptoms is highly unlikely to transmit live virus to others.
“We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing. They’re following asymptomatic cases, they’re following contacts, and they’re not finding secondary transmission … it’s very rare, and much of that is not published in the literature,” Van Kerkhove said.
Just one day later, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, backpedaled Van Kerkhove’s statement, saying the remarks were “misinterpreted.”4 Needless to say, when you’re trying to justify the implementation of a vast surveillance network, it’s no good to admit a vast majority of people are having their privacy infringed upon for no good reason whatsoever.
Asymptomatic People Pose No Risk to Others
Regenerate: Unlocking ... Ji, Sayer Best Price: $31.66 Buy New $20.82 (as of 03:35 UTC - Details) Most recently, a study5 in Nature Communications assessed the risk posed by asymptomatic people by looking at the data from a mass screening program in Wuhan, China.
The city had been under strict lockdown between January 23 and April 8, 2020. Between May 14 and June 1, 2020, 9,899,828 residents of Wuhan city over the age of 6 underwent PCR testing. In all, 92.9% of the entire city population participated in the testing. Of these, 9,865,404 had no previous diagnosis of COVID-19 and 34,424 were recovered COVID-19 patients.
Not a single one of the 1,174 people who had been in close contact with an asymptomatic individual tested positive.
In all, there were zero symptomatic cases and only 300 asymptomatic cases detected. (The overall detection rate was 0.3 per 10,000.) Importantly, not a single one of the 1,174 people who had been in close contact with an asymptomatic individual tested positive.
Additionally, of the 34,424 participants with a history of COVID-19, 107 individuals (0.310%) tested positive again, but none were symptomatic. As noted by the authors:6
“Virus cultures were negative for all asymptomatic positive and repositive cases, indicating no ‘viable virus’ in positive cases detected in this study … The 300 asymptomatic positive persons aged from 10 to 89 years …
The asymptomatic positive rate was the lowest in children or adolescents aged 17 and below (0.124/10,000), and the highest among the elderly aged 60 years and above (0.442/10,000). The asymptomatic positive rate in females (0.355/10,000) was higher than that in males (0.256/10,000).”
Asymptomatic People Have Low Viral Load
Interestingly, when they further tested asymptomatic patients for antibodies, they discovered that 190 of the 300, or 63.3%, had actually had a “hot” or productive infection resulting in the production of antibodies. Still, none of their contacts had been infected.
In other words, even though asymptomatics were (or had been) carriers of apparently live virus, they still did not transmit it to others. As noted by the authors, “there was no evidence of transmission from asymptomatic positive persons to traced close contacts.” They further added:7
“Compared with symptomatic patients, asymptomatic infected persons generally have low quantity of viral loads and a short duration of viral shedding, which decrease the transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2.
In the present study, virus culture was carried out on samples from asymptomatic positive cases, and found no viable SARS-CoV-2 virus. All close contacts of the asymptomatic positive cases tested negative, indicating that the asymptomatic positive cases detected in this study were unlikely to be infectious.”
Reinfected Individuals Are Not Infectious Either
The same held true for people who tested positive a second time after having recovered from an active infection.
“Results of virus culturing and contract [sic] tracing found no evidence that repositive cases in recovered COVID-19 patients were infectious, which is consistent with evidence from other sources,” the authors said.8
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What does all of this tell us? It tells us there’s no reason to panic simply because the number of positive tests are on the rise. Remember, the more people you test using a PCR test that is set to an excessive cycle threshold, the more false positives you’ll get.
As explained in “Asymptomatic ‘Casedemic’ Is a Perpetuation of Needless Fear,” by using an excessive cycle threshold that amplifies the viral RNA to the point that it detects inactive (noninfectious) particles is at the heart of this so-called pandemic. It’s what keeps the pandemic narrative going, when in fact it’s long since over.
CDC Uses Questionable Sources to Counter China Study
Interestingly, the same day the China study came out, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance9,10 on mask wearing, claiming asymptomatic people account for more than half of all transmissions. Where did they get that from?
The two references listed as support for that claim include a study11 from July 2020, and CDC data that haven’t even been published yet.12 It just says it was “submitted” for publication sometime in 2020, therefore, we are unable to provide any source link. The CDC makes no mention of the China study, which included nearly 10 million individuals.
CNN, which reported the CDC’s update, parroting the idea that asymptomatic spread is why it’s so important to wear a mask, also made no mention of the landmark study from China. Curious, don’t you think? It’s almost as though the CDC doesn’t want us to know we have nothing to fear from healthy people.
German Lawyers Sue Fact Checkers Over Censorship
Many doctors, scientists and lawyers have now become wise to the fact that it is these flawed tests, and their fraudulent use, that is keeping the fear narrative alive — and they’re taking action.
In the video above, Ben Swann talks to Dr. Reiner Fuellmich,13 a consumer protection trial lawyer14 and founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (Außerparlamentarischer Corona Untersuchungsausschuss15),16,17 which is seeking to expose how fraudulent testing has been and continues to be used to engineer the appearance of a dangerous pandemic when in fact there is none. The Obesity Code: Unlo... Dr. Jason Fung Best Price: $6.00 Buy New $7.67 (as of 07:50 UTC - Details)
The committee is now filing the first of many lawsuits to come, this one against so-called fact checkers on social media. They opted to file a defamation lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, a former member of the German Congress and the Council of Europe who has been an outspoken critic of PCR testing, as it cannot be used to diagnose infection.
Social media companies have labeled Wodarg’s statements as “false,” and by filing a defamation suit, the burden of proof now falls on the fact checkers to prove that they are correct. In other words, to win, the fact checkers must prove that PCR tests diagnose active infection. The scientific evidence proves they don’t, so this case could turn out to be pivotal in the fight against the big tech censorship that keeps the fearmongering alive.
COVID-19 Pandemic — The Greatest Psyop in History?
While Fuellmich and his team make no claims about WHY the pandemic is being kept alive using fraudulent science, they are unequivocal in their assertion that it is in fact a fake pandemic and that it has had devastating health and economic consequences around the world.
For the why, we have to turn to the geopolitical scene to see what narratives have rolled out in tandem with the pandemic. What we find is that leaders across the world are now calling for a “reset” of the global economy in the wake of the destruction brought by the pandemic. In reality, of course, it is the global response to the pandemic that created the economic devastation, not the virus itself.
Either way, the call to “build back better” is being heard around the world, and such plans include the elimination of conventional capitalism, free enterprise and private ownership, replacing them with a technocratic resource-based economic system in which energy and social engineering run the economy rather than pricing mechanisms such as supply and demand.
Leaders are also calling for invasive health surveillance, and there appear to be plans in place to use biometric surveillance via vaccines, all of which feed into the technocratic system in which this kind of mass surveillance is not only paramount but also foundational.
The reason surveillance is so crucial is because the functioning of this system hinges on artificial intelligence-driven social engineering and manipulation of the masses. Unless people are locked into what could be described as a digital prison, they won’t comply with what’s coming. How to Cook Everything... Bittman, Mark Best Price: $24.05 Buy New $11.65 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
Hook everyone up to a digital centralized banking system, a digital ID and a social credit score, however, and few will have the fortitude to object or speak out against the unelected rulers. Your entire life could easily be upended with the push of a button.
We’ve already seen how many people have not only been deplatformed for speaking out against one thing or another this past year, they’ve also had their digital payment accounts closed down, effectively destroying their ability to earn a living. Imagine if there were nothing but a centralized digital currency system and your accounts got shut down. How would you live?
Fear Is a Highly Effective Manipulation Tool
No person in their right mind would agree to this Great Reset plan if they were aware of all the details and its ultimate implications for humanity as a whole. So, to roll it out, they had to use psychological manipulation, and fear is the most effective tool there is.
As explained by psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin, there’s an entire school of public health research that focuses on identifying the most effective ways to frighten people into accepting desired public health measures.
By adding confusion and uncertainty to the mix, you can bring an individual from fear to anxiety — a state of confusion in which you can no longer think logically — and in this state, you are more easily manipulated. The following graphic illustrates the central role of fearmongering for the successful rollout of the Great Reset.
In closing, testing asymptomatic people and isolating people who test positive even when they have no symptoms is a key strategy that keeps the fear level high. There simply aren’t enough hospitalized COVID-19 patients to keep the ruse going, and far too few actually die to make the narrative work. That’s why we hear nothing about those statistics anymore.
Instead, all we hear about are the “cases” — the positive tests which have no bearing on mortality rates. Fear of asymptomatics also drive the narrative that we must all wear face masks everywhere we go, because you don’t know who might be infected and not know it. It instills fear of others, as even seemingly healthy people might make you deathly ill.
The featured study from Wuhan demonstrates the fallacy of such fears. People who test positive but have no symptoms are not infectious and pose no risk to others. They don’t need to wear masks and they don’t need to be isolated. In short, we don’t need to fear each other.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-07--Covid-19 Vaccinations: The Big Ifs

Covid-19 Vaccinations: The Big Ifs

A commonly heard presumption is that healthcare workers should be vaccinated first .
But what if…… .
……….the vaccines induce immediate or latent adverse reactions that sideline these first responders and frontline workers ?
It could be a catastrophe .
And if for some reason the vaccines spread COVID-19 rather than quell it ( there is such a thing as vaccine-induced infection ) , what a way to create an out-of-control pandemic .
Some of the vaccines are just weakened ( attenuated ) COVID-19 .
Just what is in the vaccine if COVID-19 hasn ’ t been shown to exist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unreliable it has created pseudoepidemics ?
No one can fathom just how fraudulent this pandemic is .
Everything related to COVID-19 is a false prop .
Regardless of how “ safe ” or effective a vaccine is among healthy Americans , only 12 % of Americans are metabolically healthy .
One study reveals 45 % of American adults have chronic disease and are at increased risk for complications associated with COVID-19 and vaccination .
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These are experimental vaccines , rushed to market .
The immunized are guinea pigs .
The US Code , the Helsinki Agreement and the Nuremburg Code protect citizens from forced vaccination by codifying the right to consent to or refuse vaccination when experimental vaccines like COVID-19 are being employed .
The public won ’ t be informed of these legal protections .
What we have today is coerced consent ( no travel , no job , no money ) .
Are healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they object to vaccination ?
Are frail , mentally impaired residents at nursing homes who can no longer take care of their own affairs , able to understand a vaccination consent form ?
According to a December 1 , 2020 issued recommendation , both healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be “ prioritized ” to receive immunization against COVID-19 , under the presumption healthcare workers and nursing home residents will plead for the vaccine .
But health authorities anticipate 4 out of the first 7 licensed COVID-19 vaccines will fail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 are health-care workers and were assumed to have acquired their infection in the hospital .
Polls indicate 37 % of healthcare workers themselves would be hesitant toward COVID-19 vaccination .
Another study reveals only 27 % of healthcare workers would accept a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available .
What if……… mass vaccination in nursing homes results in deaths among the frail elderly ?
The first time Medicare covered the cost of flu shots in nursing homes in 1993 there was a flu epidemic in care homes that killed thousands .
Residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 6 % of COVID-19 cases but 40 % of the deaths .
This is due to the advanced age and weak immunity of nursing home patients .
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For example , protection against influenza virus strains is only 29 % –46 % in persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with 41 % –58 % in persons 60–74 years of age .
What if…….. vaccination creates a problem called immune enhancement whereby a person is vaccinated against one disease and later is exposed to that same pathogen ( virus or bacterium ) again and develops more severe disease than they would have if not vaccinated .
What if a vaccine produces more cases of COVID-19 than less ?
Don ’ t say that is impossible – – more polio cases are now caused by vaccination than by a wild virus in the community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occurs in large numbers ?
Certain vaccines may produce brain inflammation that result in symptoms of fever , restlessness , anorexia and out-of-control emotions ( acute crying ) .
What if…… .
There are so many severe side effects emanating from vaccination that these cases fill up hospital wards and are mistakenly reported to represent cases of COVID-19 , which is largely diagnosed by symptoms , not a lab test .
Don ’ t think this isn ’ t a problem .
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We are talking about 32,500 deaths .
Americans won ’ t learn of any of this till months later because mortality data takes months to tabulate and verify .
These deaths will be blamed on the virus , not the vaccine or the vaccination process .
Just admit frail elderly Americans to the hospital and the ordeal ( isolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ malnutrition , what is called iatrogenic damage or hospital-induced trauma ) may lead to the premature demise of many .
Why the elderly won ’ t develop antibodies after vaccination The strong line of internal defense against infectious disease in the elderly is comprised of T-cells produced in the thymus gland .
The thymus gland of elderly Americans has shriveled up and no longer efficiently produces T-cells , especially memory T-cells that produce long-lasting immunity .
The trace mineral zinc is required for maintenance of the thymus gland .
Zinc supplementation is generally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a mandate to fortify the diet of nursing home residents with zinc , we have a mandate to vaccinate feeble patients who can ’ t possibly benefit from vaccination .
Instead , we get more ineffective anti-viral drugs Blockbuster ( get-rich ) medicines like remdesivir ( Velkury ) and Tamiflu ( oseltamivir ) are promoted in pandemics .
One report says : “ It is inexplicable that despite the lack of scientifically robust data on efficacy and safety of Tamiflu ( oseltamivir ) , reputed organizations like World Health Organization ( WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prevention ( CDC ) , US FDA not only recommended the drug in question for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza but its stockpiling as well.
” These are the same organizations responsible for protecting you and your family from COVID-19 .
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Big Pharma withheld data showing Tamiflu is a problematic anti-flu drug .
“ There is no good evidence Tamiflu saves lives , ” said an expert reviewer .
But here we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ ivir ” drug – – remdesivir .
The grim part of this is that the U.S. may be preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine house-to-house .
Without a proof of vaccination card , you won ’ t be able to travel , eat at a restaurant , get a job , etc .
I would call that “ coerced consent , ” not “ informed consent.
” US law says Americans have the right to refuse vaccination because these are experimental vaccines .
Mass vaccination of the entire population , for which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is upon us .
Vaccine ID cards are in the making .
Just how long does immunity against COVID-19 last ?
Maybe yearly vaccination will be required .
And what if the virus mutates ?
Then what ?
Expect the cure to be worse than the disease .
The so-called life saving vaccines will be used to quell a viral pandemic that official counts show 281,000 Americans have died from as of the first week of December 2020 , which amounts to 0.00084 % or 8.4 deaths in 10,000 , of which 94 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as COVID-19 , which leaves 16,860 deaths that are probably cases of tuberculosis which is a similar lung disease being re-categorized as COVID-19 , which represents 0.00005 % or 5 in 100,000 deaths .
Out of 66.7 million cases that have been confirmed by the notoriously inaccurate PCR test , among which 42.9 million have recovered on their own without need of a vaccine , or 65 % recover without vaccines .
So , vaccination will not be beneficial to these people .
Many millions more Americans were never tested , experienced symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exceeds the effectiveness of the vaccine , which will only be about 7 % .
It would be better to treat the severely ill rather than over-vaccinate the entire population .
To learn of your rights under the law to refuse vaccination , go to www.covid19consent.com

A commonly heard presumption is that healthcare workers should be vaccinated first. But what if…….
……….the vaccines induce immediate or latent adverse reactions that sideline these first responders and frontline workers? It could be a catastrophe. And if for some reason the vaccines spread COVID-19 rather than quell it (there is such a thing as vaccine-induced infection), what a way to create an out-of-control pandemic. Some of the vaccines are just weakened (attenuated) COVID-19. Just what is in the vaccine if COVID-19 hasn’t been shown to exist and the test for it is so unreliable it has created pseudoepidemics? No one can fathom just how fraudulent this pandemic is. Everything related to COVID-19 is a false prop.
Regardless of how “safe” or effective a vaccine is among healthy Americans, only 12% of Americans are metabolically healthy. One study reveals 45% of American adults have chronic disease and are at increased risk for complications associated with COVID-19 and vaccination.
Fine Artesanal Mexican... Buy New $80.00 (as of 04:09 UTC - Details) Every doctor, nurse and laboratory technician becomes a Trojan horse as they go back home and spread the virus, or whatever else is in the vaccine. These are experimental vaccines, rushed to market. The immunized are guinea pigs.
The US Code, the Helsinki Agreement and the Nuremburg Code protect citizens from forced vaccination by codifying the right to consent to or refuse vaccination when experimental vaccines like COVID-19 are being employed. The public won’t be informed of these legal protections.
What we have today is coerced consent (no travel, no job, no money). Are healthcare workers going to keep their jobs if they object to vaccination?
Are frail, mentally impaired residents at nursing homes who can no longer take care of their own affairs, able to understand a vaccination consent form?
According to a December 1, 2020 issued recommendation, both healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be “prioritized” to receive immunization against COVID-19, under the presumption healthcare workers and nursing home residents will plead for the vaccine. But health authorities anticipate 4 out of the first 7 licensed COVID-19 vaccines will fail.
About 29% of patients with COVID-19 are health-care workers and were assumed to have acquired their infection in the hospital.
Polls indicate 37% of healthcare workers themselves would be hesitant toward COVID-19 vaccination. Another study reveals only 27% of healthcare workers would accept a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.
What if……… mass vaccination in nursing homes results in deaths among the frail elderly? The first time Medicare covered the cost of flu shots in nursing homes in 1993 there was a flu epidemic in care homes that killed thousands.
Residents and staff of long-term care facilities account for 6% of COVID-19 cases but 40% of the deaths. This is due to the advanced age and weak immunity of nursing home patients. ZiiCi Plus Size Grey S... Buy New $35.00 (as of 04:09 UTC - Details)
Healthcare workers and nursing home patients represent about 24 million people.
Because vaccine effectiveness depends on the quality of the immune response, persons with weak immune systems, such as very young infants and elderly persons, are likely to be insufficiently protected even with the best vaccines. For example, protection against influenza virus strains is only 29%–46% in persons aged older than 75 years, compared with 41%–58% in persons 60–74 years of age.
What if…….. vaccination creates a problem called immune enhancement whereby a person is vaccinated against one disease and later is exposed to that same pathogen (virus or bacterium) again and develops more severe disease than they would have if not vaccinated.
What if a vaccine produces more cases of COVID-19 than less? Don’t say that is impossible – – more polio cases are now caused by vaccination than by a wild virus in the community.
What if…….. a post-vaccination inflammatory syndrome occurs in large numbers? Certain vaccines may produce brain inflammation that result in symptoms of fever, restlessness, anorexia and out-of-control emotions (acute crying).
What if……. There are so many severe side effects emanating from vaccination that these cases fill up hospital wards and are mistakenly reported to represent cases of COVID-19, which is largely diagnosed by symptoms, not a lab test.
Don’t think this isn’t a problem. The National Academies of Science produced an 865-page book on the problem of vaccine-induced side effects. Crocheted White Shawl Buy New $25.00 (as of 04:09 UTC - Details)
What if just 1% of 325,000,000 vaccinated Americans experience a severe or lasting side effect, or God forbid, get added to the mortality numbers. We are talking about 3,250,000 deaths. Americans won’t learn of any of this till months later because mortality data takes months to tabulate and verify. These deaths will be blamed on the virus, not the vaccine or the vaccination process.
Just admit frail elderly Americans to the hospital and the ordeal (isolation, antibiotic resistance, medication errors, malnutrition, what is called iatrogenic damage or hospital-induced trauma) may lead to the premature demise of many.
Why the elderly won’t develop antibodies after vaccination
The strong line of internal defense against infectious disease in the elderly is comprised of T-cells produced in the thymus gland. The thymus gland of elderly Americans has shriveled up and no longer efficiently produces T-cells, especially memory T-cells that produce long-lasting immunity.
The trace mineral zinc is required for maintenance of the thymus gland. Zinc supplementation is generally not practiced by American medicine. Instead of a mandate to fortify the diet of nursing home residents with zinc, we have a mandate to vaccinate feeble patients who can’t possibly benefit from vaccination.
Instead, we get more ineffective anti-viral drugs
Blockbuster (get-rich) medicines like remdesivir (Velkury) and Tamiflu (oseltamivir) are promoted in pandemics.
One report says: “It is inexplicable that despite the lack of scientifically robust data on efficacy and safety of Tamiflu (oseltamivir), reputed organizations like World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US FDA not only recommended the drug in question for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza but its stockpiling as well.”
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Remdesivir and oseltamivir are “ivir” anti-viral drugs. Big Pharma withheld data showing Tamiflu is a problematic anti-flu drug. “There is no good evidence Tamiflu saves lives,” said an expert reviewer.
But here we are once again with a re-run of another “ivir” drug – – remdesivir.
The end game: mass vaccination
The grim part of this is that the U.S. may be preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine house-to-house.
Without a proof of vaccination card, you won’t be able to travel, eat at a restaurant, get a job, etc. I would call that “coerced consent,” not “informed consent.”
US law says Americans have the right to refuse vaccination because these are experimental vaccines. Mass vaccination of the entire population, for which government agencies are already practicing for, is upon us. Vaccine ID cards are in the making. Just how long does immunity against COVID-19 last? Maybe yearly vaccination will be required. And what if the virus mutates? Then what?
Expect the cure to be worse than the disease.
The so-called life saving vaccines will be used to quell a viral pandemic that official counts show 281,000 Americans have died from as of the first week of December 2020, which amounts to 0.00084% or 8.4 deaths in 10,000, of which 94% are deaths from other diseases counted as COVID-19, which leaves 16,860 deaths that are probably cases of tuberculosis which is a similar lung disease being re-categorized as COVID-19, which represents 0.00005% or 5 in 100,000 deaths. Out of 66.7 million cases that have been confirmed by the notoriously inaccurate PCR test, among which 42.9 million have recovered on their own without need of a vaccine, or 65% recover without vaccines. So, vaccination will not be beneficial to these people. Many millions more Americans were never tested, experienced symptoms and recovered. The natural recovery rate exceeds the effectiveness of the vaccine, which will only be about 7%. It would be better to treat the severely ill rather than over-vaccinate the entire population.
To learn of your rights under the law to refuse vaccination, go to www.covid19consent.com


lewrockwell--2020-12-07--A Masked Society Is a Slave Society

A Masked Society Is a Slave Society

“ The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity , other than concessions and smiles.
” It is rather obvious that the wearing of a mask at the demand of the state has become the single signifying behavior that exposes the level of obedience to power that is necessary in order for the ruling class to gain total control .
This may seem to be a simplistic analysis , and in many ways it is , but it has served as the most important gauge of the psyche @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been the basis of many despicable policy decisions made by the rulers and their pawns in government .
If the people can be made to obey on command totally ridiculous mandates , orders that are completely illogical on their face , then they can be easily fooled into giving up their freedom .
This is done through fear mongering , even in light of the fact that there is nothing to fear .
It is all illusion , and therefore it is clear that it is simply a staged ploy meant to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that power can be gained and control solidified .
MENS LAPIS LAZULI Ring ... Buy New $ 70.00 Just yesterday , the possible new president , Joe Biden , said he would ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days once elected .
This would serve as a federal expansion of the local mask commands to further gauge the public ’ s obedience level , so as to better understand how far the government could push its agendas .
So far , those agendas have advanced almost unimpeded , and at lightening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue .
With any additional compliance by even more Americans , they would show that they were ripe for even greater and more restrictive tyranny .
This sounds almost like a game .
Biden told the Communist News Network ( CNN ) that “ he believed there would be a “ significant reduction ” in Covid-19 cases if every American wore a face covering.
” This statement is asinine on its face !
He also said he would order masks to be worn in all government buildings .
While there is no apparent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask wearing , the consequences of such action as threatened would certainly encourage the useless governors and all other local politicians to expand enforcement .
This would serve as a recipe for much additional restriction and regulation .
There is no evidence whatsoever that wearing a mask can protect against any viral agent , and even the evil Fauci stated on 60 Minutes last March that : “ There ’ s no reason to be walking around with a mask .
Face masks might make people “ feel a little bit better , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protect people and , instead , bring “ unintended consequences.
” “ When it comes to preventing coronavirus , public health officials have been clear : Healthy people do not need to wear a face mask to protect themselves from COVID-19.
” In reality , wearing masks depletes vital oxygen , impedes breathing , increases intake of expelled carbon dioxide , causes extreme stress , harms the immune system , and increases the risk of sickness and the possibility of viral replication in the body .
In other words , no healthy person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially long term .
Once one has proper and truthful information , it should be abundantly clear that mandated mask wearing is nothing more than a test to determine the weakness and gullibility of the people at large .
But this test , insisted on by government agents , and meant only to judge the compliance level of its citizens , does deadly harm .
This is and has been known by the government advocates of these policies all along .
There is much liability here , and the public should hold these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop tyranny is to reverse the risk by placing it on the perpetrators of this fraud .
Many should be jailed !
Damascus Steel Ring Me ... Buy New $ 149.00 One way to understand what mask wearing is all about , is to just look around .
As I go about my normal business , and travel around the state and country , I see mass acceptance of wearing masks .
At times , I am the only one not sporting some sort of face covering .
Many have on filthy masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks worn below the nose and at times even below the mouth .
Others have a loose bandana , or one of the wide-open face shields .
No one is protected , and in fact is making himself more susceptible to sickness by donning these worthless face diapers .
If any actually thought that a contagious and deadly killer virus was evident , they would never leave their house in the first place for fear of death .
It is as if most are just trying to fit in , to not rock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any conflict .
They do this with the understanding that there is really nothing to fear , but they take orders anyway because they are terrified to be different .
This attitude by the herd is well known to the ruling class , and that is much of the reason that this mask nonsense has been successful .
The next government test to come to gauge compliance will be much more devastating .
This publically accepted mask fiasco has given the powerful ammunition to go to the next step .
That next step @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and virulent vaccine .
The mask wearing has been very harmful in many ways , but the vaccine will be deadly .
Consider that all the terror inflicted by the claimed ruling ‘ elites ’ through their pawns in government has been done in steps over a long period of time .
Once the general population accepts minor restrictions , more demanding restrictions will always follow .
This fake Covid situation began last February in the U.S. with dire predictions .
Once fear was more universal , stronger measures were forthcoming .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a national emergency was declared .
Once this was in place , the state governors began to also declare emergency status , and began to shut down their states .
Next , the demand to close small businesses was nationwide .
Social distancing mandates began , and schools were closed .
As time went by , more demands and restrictions were ordered , and threats of extension of lockdown policies became common .
The ‘ casedemic ’ was then launched in order to create out of thin air another wave of panic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and now the public is ripe for a killer vaccine .
This was all planned for many years , but this “ Great Reset ” is now getting closer to fruition every day .
Once the next mask mandate comes , and acceptance by this pathetic society is evident , the more dangerous plans will be unleashed .
TousiAttar 14k Tri Col ... Buy New $ 949.00 Take off your mask !
Do not put it on again .
Refuse to be a stooge for the state , and reverse this devastating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off their masks , the state will become impotent , and will be forced to back down .
This will happen because it will indicate mass disobedience , and therefore will help nullify all state orders .
Those wearing masks will then be in the minority , while the new non-mask wearers will again be the majority , and then they can still be a part of the herd .
Consider masks the sign of things to come .
Wearing them means extreme tyranny , and taking them off means freedom .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power , whether civil or ecclesiastical , is the doctrine of despotism.
” Here , here , here , here , and here .
The Best of Gary D. Barnett

“The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles.”
~ Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Anne Applebaum (2007). “The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation”, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
It is rather obvious that the wearing of a mask at the demand of the state has become the single signifying behavior that exposes the level of obedience to power that is necessary in order for the ruling class to gain total control. This may seem to be a simplistic analysis, and in many ways it is, but it has served as the most important gauge of the psyche of the average citizen. This gauge has been the basis of many despicable policy decisions made by the rulers and their pawns in government. If the people can be made to obey on command totally ridiculous mandates, orders that are completely illogical on their face, then they can be easily fooled into giving up their freedom. This is done through fear mongering, even in light of the fact that there is nothing to fear. It is all illusion, and therefore it is clear that it is simply a staged ploy meant to gain acquiescence from the masses, so that power can be gained and control solidified.
MENS LAPIS LAZULI Ring... Buy New $70.00 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details) Just yesterday, the possible new president, Joe Biden, said he would ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days once elected. This would serve as a federal expansion of the local mask commands to further gauge the public’s obedience level, so as to better understand how far the government could push its agendas. So far, those agendas have advanced almost unimpeded, and at lightening speed, and this is set to continue. With any additional compliance by even more Americans, they would show that they were ripe for even greater and more restrictive tyranny. This sounds almost like a game. Biden told the Communist News Network (CNN) that “he believed there would be a “significant reduction” in Covid-19 cases if every American wore a face covering.” This statement is asinine on its face! He also said he would order masks to be worn in all government buildings. While there is no apparent legal authority for a president to force mask wearing, the consequences of such action as threatened would certainly encourage the useless governors and all other local politicians to expand enforcement. This would serve as a recipe for much additional restriction and regulation.
There is no evidence whatsoever that wearing a mask can protect against any viral agent, and even the evil Fauci stated on 60 Minutes last March that: “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. Face masks might make people “feel a little bit better,” but they simply don’t protect people and, instead, bring “unintended consequences.” “When it comes to preventing coronavirus, public health officials have been clear: Healthy people do not need to wear a face mask to protect themselves from COVID-19.” In reality, wearing masks depletes vital oxygen, impedes breathing, increases intake of expelled carbon dioxide, causes extreme stress, harms the immune system, and increases the risk of sickness and the possibility of viral replication in the body. In other words, no healthy person should ever be wearing a mask, especially long term.
Once one has proper and truthful information, it should be abundantly clear that mandated mask wearing is nothing more than a test to determine the weakness and gullibility of the people at large. But this test, insisted on by government agents, and meant only to judge the compliance level of its citizens, does deadly harm. This is and has been known by the government advocates of these policies all along. There is much liability here, and the public should hold these criminals to account. One way to stop tyranny is to reverse the risk by placing it on the perpetrators of this fraud. Many should be jailed! Damascus Steel Ring Me... Buy New $149.00 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details)
One way to understand what mask wearing is all about, is to just look around. As I go about my normal business, and travel around the state and country, I see mass acceptance of wearing masks. At times, I am the only one not sporting some sort of face covering. Many have on filthy masks; masks that are very loose, masks worn below the nose and at times even below the mouth. Others have a loose bandana, or one of the wide-open face shields. No one is protected, and in fact is making himself more susceptible to sickness by donning these worthless face diapers. If any actually thought that a contagious and deadly killer virus was evident, they would never leave their house in the first place for fear of death. It is as if most are just trying to fit in, to not rock the boat, and to not have any conflict. They do this with the understanding that there is really nothing to fear, but they take orders anyway because they are terrified to be different. This attitude by the herd is well known to the ruling class, and that is much of the reason that this mask nonsense has been successful.
The next government test to come to gauge compliance will be much more devastating. This publically accepted mask fiasco has given the powerful ammunition to go to the next step. That next step will be the release of a toxic and virulent vaccine. The mask wearing has been very harmful in many ways, but the vaccine will be deadly.
Consider that all the terror inflicted by the claimed ruling ‘elites’ through their pawns in government has been done in steps over a long period of time. Once the general population accepts minor restrictions, more demanding restrictions will always follow. This fake Covid situation began last February in the U.S. with dire predictions. Once fear was more universal, stronger measures were forthcoming. Then a few lockdowns were mandated, and a national emergency was declared. Once this was in place, the state governors began to also declare emergency status, and began to shut down their states. Next, the demand to close small businesses was nationwide. Social distancing mandates began, and schools were closed. As time went by, more demands and restrictions were ordered, and threats of extension of lockdown policies became common. The ‘casedemic’ was then launched in order to create out of thin air another wave of panic. Mandatory mask wearing and testing became rampant, and now the public is ripe for a killer vaccine.
This was all planned for many years, but this “Great Reset” is now getting closer to fruition every day. Once the next mask mandate comes, and acceptance by this pathetic society is evident, the more dangerous plans will be unleashed. TousiAttar 14k Tri Col... Buy New $949.00 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details)
Take off your mask! Do not put it on again. Refuse to be a stooge for the state, and reverse this devastating plot against humanity. When all take off their masks, the state will become impotent, and will be forced to back down. This will happen because it will indicate mass disobedience, and therefore will help nullify all state orders. Those wearing masks will then be in the minority, while the new non-mask wearers will again be the majority, and then they can still be a part of the herd.
Consider masks the sign of things to come. Wearing them means extreme tyranny, and taking them off means freedom. The choice is yours.
“The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism.”
~ Sarah Grimke, Angelina Grimke (2015). “On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters”, p.97, Penguin
Source links:
Here, here, here, here, and here.
The Best of Gary D. Barnett


lewrockwell--2020-12-07--Face Masks: It’s Not Enough To Free Yourself. You Must Be Ready To Shout Down the Lynch Mob

“ Twain wrote : I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home .
Where is that moral man today ?
” I Am That Man .
Are You ?
Show me the lynch mob .
Show me the group of people seething with hate for another human , ready to do away with the most righteous parts of themselves and another in the toxic madness of the mob .
Show me the lynch mob , and I ’ ll be a martyr to them , as I defend the pursued man standing behind me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their families , but I probably won ’ t have to be a martyr , because bullies and cowards alike seek comfort in the mob .
Green Patina Rustic La ... Buy New $ 199.00 Twain writes in Huck Finn about the cowardice of the mob , how it takes more bravery to refuse to be part of the mob than to hide in a lynch mob , and how not one in 10,000 men in a lynch mob have that sort of bravery .
He calls them cowards every one .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; that ’ s what an army is—a mob ; they don ’ t fight with courage that ’ s born in them , but with courage that ’ s borrowed from their mass , and from their officers .
But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness.
” The slightest hint of a steel-spined righteous man and almost every lynch mob backs down , especially in our current era .
The ones that don ’ t , the very few , the ones who Twain calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s for me and my maker to deal with , and goes beyond shouting down a mob .
“ Twain wrote : I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home .
Where is that moral man today ?
” Can You Be That Person Who Shouts Down A Lynch Mob ?
Lynch mobs don ’ t carry nooses in the year 2020 .
The Jussy Smollett hoax and Bubba Wallace hoax show caricatures of thinking people , so do the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of the most awful aspects of American Puritanism : being overly literal and unimaginative .
Such people easily become the lynch mob they claim to fear .
Totalitarians don ’ t issue yellow star mandates in 2020 .
Totalitarians aren ’ t even anti-Semites in 2020 , just as lynch mobs aren ’ t anti-black in 2020 .
These are canards and distractions .
Jumbo Clothespin Bathr ... Buy New $ 19.97 It takes the overly literal to dwell on such topics as nooses and anti-Semitism , only to miss ( or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are working up with such tired canards .
Conveniently , for the totalitarians of 2020 , canards like nooses and anti-Semitism are the perfect distractions to feed to a largely well-meaning populace , genuinely concerned with justice and civil rights .
A righteous man , a brave man , can knock down a mob of 10,000 or more with his courage .
“ Twain wrote : I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home .
Where is that moral man today ?
” How Do You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your boundaries .
You communicate your boundaries .
You defend your boundaries .
You identify your values .
You communicate your values .
You defend your values .
You affirm at this moment , this very moment , to stand up for what ’ s right whenever anyone or anything violates those values in your presence .
You do that and not only will you never again have trouble seeing the lynch mob , you ’ ll have trouble being able to not see the lynch mob .
From your wonderful two-year-old daughter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be able , moment-by-moment to see the lynch mob at work .
Little , potent pieces of the lynch mob and its cowardice are all around and eager to be summoned together in pursuit of a target .
It is not the noose that is evil .
It is not the act of lynching that is evil .
It is not even the existence of a mob that is evil .
No , none of those .
In fact , the death of the tyrants like Mussolini and Ceausescu were wonderful uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ u201cHOT ... Buy New $ 24.95 It is the violation of values that makes the lynch mob so evil .
Say these words aloud .
For yourself and for others .
“ I vow to never again back down from a lynch mob .
I VOW to NEVER AGAIN back down from a lynch mob .
I VOW to NEVER AGAIN BACK DOWN from a LYNCH MOB.
” The brave man has no need to fear a lynch mob ever chasing him .
The brave man is willing to stand up to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of chasing another man into the brave man ’ s presence , a place from which the cowardly mob will certainly be dismissed from in shame .
“ Twain wrote : I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home .
Where is that moral man today ?
” Yesterday I Shouted Down A Lynch Mob .
Will You Vow To Shout Down A Lynch Mob Today ?
I had no stake in the game .
This lynch mob was made of people , who over the course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ libertarian luminary ’ s life a little less free and a little more of a hassle .
That luminary needed a little reinforcing from a disinterested third party and that ’ s what he got .
The lynch mob was not many people in a field yelling mindlessly .
They didn ’ t wear swastikas on their arms or carry nooses .
There were no hoods .
Those are symbols they purport to abhor , yet they so embrace the greatest horrors associated with those symbols as judged by the daily actions they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three at a time by using logic and never once raising my voice .
Then I “ shouted down ” two others individually .
After that , I “ shouted down ” two more .
And when I was all done I wrapped up things with such a nice bow .
There was no shouting , only communicating , educating , and processing .
I spoke in words that they could understand and with insistence that made those words stick .
It took just a few minutes .
Managers , and situations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told my perspective , I asserted myself , and I made sure this mindless lynch mob behavior would never again affect anyone in that place , especially not that libertarian luminary .
What were the details ?
They shouldn ’ t matter .
Opposing the face mask , vaccine mandates , medical utilitarianism , deplatforming those who ask inconvenient questions , censorship , the nighttime raid on your neighbor ’ s house , the imprisonment of political heroes , the closing of churches .
Please Seat Yourself - ... Buy New $ 34.95 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can ’ t steady your footing and take a stand now , on simple topics — like face masks and managers who so arrogantly raise their voices at customers with the most pretentious and outlandish and flimsy lies about their chain ’ s national policy , a policy that you can joyfully be able to help train the local staff about in the most unforgettable of ways — if you can ’ t rise to the occasion in minor moments , you won ’ t be able to do so when you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slope than we are on today .
Freedom is yours if you will just reach out and grasp it .
Not one in ten thousand of these half-a-men , these adult-aged children , will be able to summon an ounce of courage to stop you .
This is a war for our minds .
We are on a battlefield each day when we arise .
The precious moments of sleep , perhaps the only moments that we can relax our minds from the heavy propaganda around us .
That is true provided that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the minutes before bed : Your precious mind is constantly at war and the scene of war .
Our glorious right to keep and bear arms afforded to us not by a document , but by our very existence as humans , is useful to keep us off of a physical battlefield .
The enemy could never win there — not in an open battlefield , nor in urban combat .
He has shifted his work surreptitiously to the mind , where he can win , or , so he thinks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you join me in his demise ?
Will you join me in shouting down the lynch mob ?
Will you join me in making sure your values are never again compromised in your presence ?
“ Face Masks in One Lesson ” is a step-by-step guide on how to sharpen your weapons , stand up for your values , and shout down a lynch mob .
Buy it at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Lulu , and many other places .
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A reader writes:
“Twain wrote: I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home. Where is that moral man today?”
I Am That Man. Are You?
Show me the lynch mob. Show me the group of people seething with hate for another human, ready to do away with the most righteous parts of themselves and another in the toxic madness of the mob.
Show me the lynch mob, and I’ll be a martyr to them, as I defend the pursued man standing behind me and tell them to go home to their families, but I probably won’t have to be a martyr, because bullies and cowards alike seek comfort in the mob. Green Patina Rustic La... Buy New $199.00 (as of 04:14 UTC - Details)
Twain writes in Huck Finn about the cowardice of the mob, how it takes more bravery to refuse to be part of the mob than to hide in a lynch mob, and how not one in 10,000 men in a lynch mob have that sort of bravery.
He calls them cowards every one.
“The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that’s what an army is—a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness.”
The slightest hint of a steel-spined righteous man and almost every lynch mob backs down, especially in our current era. The ones that don’t, the very few, the ones who Twain calls “half-a-man” at best, well that’s for me and my maker to deal with, and goes beyond shouting down a mob.
“Twain wrote: I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home. Where is that moral man today?”
Can You Be That Person Who Shouts Down A Lynch Mob?
Lynch mobs don’t carry nooses in the year 2020. The Jussy Smollett hoax and Bubba Wallace hoax show caricatures of thinking people, so do the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center.
They are heirs to some of the most awful aspects of American Puritanism: being overly literal and unimaginative. Such people easily become the lynch mob they claim to fear.
Totalitarians don’t issue yellow star mandates in 2020. Totalitarians aren’t even anti-Semites in 2020, just as lynch mobs aren’t anti-black in 2020.
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It takes the overly literal to dwell on such topics as nooses and anti-Semitism, only to miss (or pretend to miss) the lynch mob they are working up with such tired canards.
Conveniently, for the totalitarians of 2020, canards like nooses and anti-Semitism are the perfect distractions to feed to a largely well-meaning populace, genuinely concerned with justice and civil rights.
A righteous man, a brave man, can knock down a mob of 10,000 or more with his courage.
“Twain wrote: I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home. Where is that moral man today?”
How Do You Recognize The Lynch Mob?
You identify your boundaries. You communicate your boundaries. You defend your boundaries.
You identify your values. You communicate your values. You defend your values.
You affirm at this moment, this very moment, to stand up for what’s right whenever anyone or anything violates those values in your presence.
You do that and not only will you never again have trouble seeing the lynch mob, you’ll have trouble being able to not see the lynch mob.
From your wonderful two-year-old daughter to your wonderful 80-year-old mother-in-law, you will be able, moment-by-moment to see the lynch mob at work. Little, potent pieces of the lynch mob and its cowardice are all around and eager to be summoned together in pursuit of a target.
It is not the noose that is evil. It is not the act of lynching that is evil. It is not even the existence of a mob that is evil. No, none of those. In fact, the death of the tyrants like Mussolini and Ceausescu were wonderful uses of the lynch mob. Vintage Style u201cHOT... Buy New $24.95 (as of 04:14 UTC - Details)
It is the violation of values that makes the lynch mob so evil.
Vow now.
Say these words aloud. For yourself and for others.
“I vow to never again back down from a lynch mob. I VOW to NEVER AGAIN back down from a lynch mob. I VOW to NEVER AGAIN BACK DOWN from a LYNCH MOB.”
The brave man has no need to fear a lynch mob ever chasing him. The brave man is willing to stand up to the lynch mob that makes the bad decision of chasing another man into the brave man’s presence, a place from which the cowardly mob will certainly be dismissed from in shame.
“Twain wrote: I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home. Where is that moral man today?”
Yesterday I Shouted Down A Lynch Mob. Will You Vow To Shout Down A Lynch Mob Today?
I had no stake in the game. This lynch mob was made of people, who over the course of their existence, have made a libertarian luminary’s life a little less free and a little more of a hassle. That luminary needed a little reinforcing from a disinterested third party and that’s what he got.
The lynch mob was not many people in a field yelling mindlessly. They didn’t wear swastikas on their arms or carry nooses. There were no hoods. Those are symbols they purport to abhor, yet they so embrace the greatest horrors associated with those symbols as judged by the daily actions they take.
I “shouted down” three at a time by using logic and never once raising my voice. Then I “shouted down” two others individually. After that, I “shouted down” two more. And when I was all done I wrapped up things with such a nice bow. There was no shouting, only communicating, educating, and processing.
I spoke in words that they could understand and with insistence that made those words stick. It took just a few minutes. Managers, and situations, and policies, and precedents. I told my perspective, I asserted myself, and I made sure this mindless lynch mob behavior would never again affect anyone in that place, especially not that libertarian luminary.
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These are all the same. If you can’t steady your footing and take a stand now, on simple topics — like face masks and managers who so arrogantly raise their voices at customers with the most pretentious and outlandish and flimsy lies about their chain’s national policy, a policy that you can joyfully be able to help train the local staff about in the most unforgettable of ways — if you can’t rise to the occasion in minor moments, you won’t be able to do so when you find yourself on a far more slippery slope than we are on today.
Freedom is yours if you will just reach out and grasp it. Not one in ten thousand of these half-a-men, these adult-aged children, will be able to summon an ounce of courage to stop you.
This Is A War
This is a war for our minds. We are on a battlefield each day when we arise. The precious moments of sleep, perhaps the only moments that we can relax our minds from the heavy propaganda around us. That is true provided that we feed it with the right thoughts in the minutes before bed:
affirmations,
prayers,
positive intentions,
gratitude,
affirming stories.
Never television or Steven King.
Your precious mind is constantly at war and the scene of war. Our glorious right to keep and bear arms afforded to us not by a document, but by our very existence as humans, is useful to keep us off of a physical battlefield.
The enemy could never win there — not in an open battlefield, nor in urban combat. He has shifted his work surreptitiously to the mind, where he can win, or, so he thinks.
I know he will lose.
Will you join me in his demise?
Will you join me in shouting down the lynch mob?
Will you join me in making sure your values are never again compromised in your presence?
“Face Masks in One Lesson” is a step-by-step guide on how to sharpen your weapons, stand up for your values, and shout down a lynch mob. Buy it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, and many other places.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-07--The Curious Case of Travis Nagdy

The Curious Case of Travis Nagdy

A little before 12:30 a.m. on Monday , November 23 , a young activist named Hamza “ Travis ” Nagdy was shot to death in Louisville .
A number of news reports stated that he had been shot “ in a carjacking.
” His cause célèbre was leading protests in the wake of the decision of a grand jury not to indict the police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while in the course of serving a warrant .
Apparently Nagdy bought into the narrative that was spun around Taylor after her death : She was an EMT , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form who materialized when people were in danger of dying and who saved their lives .
Bungling police , looking for her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend , burst into her apartment and shot her to death as she lay asleep in bed .
But reality differs from the parroted narrative : Taylor was no longer an EMT ; after finishing her training , she was an EMT for only about five months before she quit , her personnel file stating that she was ineligible for rehire .
This usually occurs when someone messes up and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of being fired .
Her EMT license had since expired , and she was actually working as a medical technician for a couple of hospitals .
14K Gold Whiskey Barre ... Buy New $ 249.00 Taylor is also portrayed as an innocent naïf who unwittingly took up with a man she later found out to be a drug dealer , at which time she terminated the relationship .
Not so .
Early in her relationship with Jamarcus Glover , Glover asked her to rent a car and let him use it .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man in it who had been shot eight times ; also found in the car were drugs and Taylor ’ s car rental paperwork .
But Taylor didn ’ t take the hint .
She continued seeing Glover , even bailing him out of jail and handling money for him .
On recorded jail phone conversations with Glover , she alluded to “ the trap , ” drug-dealer lingo for a house from which the drugs are dealt .
It was probably her continuing dalliance with Glover that put her on the LMPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s apartment was not a mistake ; the warrant was for more than one residence , and Taylor ’ s residence and Taylor herself were named in the warrant .
When the police breached the door , Taylor ’ s current boyfriend , Kenneth Walker , not knowing it was the police , fired a “ warning shot , ” which struck one of the officers in the thigh .
The officers returned fire , and Taylor—up on her feet in the hallway with Walker—was fatally struck by the return fire .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor and Walker were both in the hallway , Taylor was hit six times , while Walker was unscathed .
Had Taylor perhaps been utilized as a human shield ?
At any rate , the grand jury correctly determined that the two police officers who shot Taylor had not committed any criminal act by returning fire when they had been fired upon .
( A third officer whose wild shots through a patio door and a window had penetrated into another apartment was appropriately charged with wanton endangerment . )
Had Taylor ditched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she probably would have been in the clear .
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Yet Nagdy—a self-proclaimed uneducated felon—seems to have made it his life ’ s work to keep stirring that pot .
Certain elements of Nagdy ’ s own death raise questions .
In carjackings , a description of the vehicle is usually given so the vehicle can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re still driving around in it .
Yet in all the accounts of Nagdy ’ s death that mention a carjacking , not one single description of a vehicle is ever given .
This is very strange .
Wouldn ’ t witnesses to a carjacking be able to give some kind of description of the vehicle ?
Wouldn ’ t someone who knew Nagdy know what kind of vehicle he drove or whose vehicle he had borrowed ?
Also , wouldn ’ t witnesses be able to give a description of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a description of the carjackers might prove to be an embarrassment to the narrative ?
This tantalizing little mystery has piqued my curiosity , and I eagerly await its resolution .
The Best of George Hollenback

A little before 12:30 a.m. on Monday, November 23, a young activist named Hamza “Travis” Nagdy was shot to death in Louisville. A number of news reports stated that he had been shot “in a carjacking.” His cause célèbre was leading protests in the wake of the decision of a grand jury not to indict the police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while in the course of serving a warrant.
Apparently Nagdy bought into the narrative that was spun around Taylor after her death: She was an EMT, a first responder, an angel in human form who materialized when people were in danger of dying and who saved their lives. Bungling police, looking for her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend, burst into her apartment and shot her to death as she lay asleep in bed.
But reality differs from the parroted narrative: Taylor was no longer an EMT; after finishing her training, she was an EMT for only about five months before she quit, her personnel file stating that she was ineligible for rehire. This usually occurs when someone messes up and is given the option of resigning instead of being fired. Her EMT license had since expired, and she was actually working as a medical technician for a couple of hospitals. 14K Gold Whiskey Barre... Buy New $249.00 (as of 04:15 UTC - Details)
Taylor is also portrayed as an innocent naïf who unwittingly took up with a man she later found out to be a drug dealer, at which time she terminated the relationship. Not so. Early in her relationship with Jamarcus Glover, Glover asked her to rent a car and let him use it. The car was later found with a dead man in it who had been shot eight times; also found in the car were drugs and Taylor’s car rental paperwork. But Taylor didn’t take the hint. She continued seeing Glover, even bailing him out of jail and handling money for him. On recorded jail phone conversations with Glover, she alluded to “the trap,” drug-dealer lingo for a house from which the drugs are dealt. It was probably her continuing dalliance with Glover that put her on the LMPD radar screen.
The raid on Taylor’s apartment was not a mistake; the warrant was for more than one residence, and Taylor’s residence and Taylor herself were named in the warrant. When the police breached the door, Taylor’s current boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, not knowing it was the police, fired a “warning shot,” which struck one of the officers in the thigh. The officers returned fire, and Taylor—up on her feet in the hallway with Walker—was fatally struck by the return fire. It is interesting to note that although Taylor and Walker were both in the hallway, Taylor was hit six times, while Walker was unscathed. Had Taylor perhaps been utilized as a human shield?
At any rate, the grand jury correctly determined that the two police officers who shot Taylor had not committed any criminal act by returning fire when they had been fired upon. (A third officer whose wild shots through a patio door and a window had penetrated into another apartment was appropriately charged with wanton endangerment.) Had Taylor ditched Glover immediately after the dead-man-in-the -rental-car escapade, she probably would have been in the clear. Blood Stone Solid 925 ... Buy New $59.99 (as of 04:15 UTC - Details)
Although Taylor’s death was certainly a tragedy, it was not the egregious miscarriage of justice the pushers of the narrative want it to be. Yet Nagdy—a self-proclaimed uneducated felon—seems to have made it his life’s work to keep stirring that pot.
Certain elements of Nagdy’s own death raise questions. In carjackings, a description of the vehicle is usually given so the vehicle can be spotted and the perpetrators apprehended if they’re still driving around in it. Yet in all the accounts of Nagdy’s death that mention a carjacking, not one single description of a vehicle is ever given. This is very strange. Wouldn’t witnesses to a carjacking be able to give some kind of description of the vehicle? Wouldn’t someone who knew Nagdy know what kind of vehicle he drove or whose vehicle he had borrowed? Also, wouldn’t witnesses be able to give a description of the carjackers? Could it be that a description of the carjackers might prove to be an embarrassment to the narrative? This tantalizing little mystery has piqued my curiosity, and I eagerly await its resolution.
The Best of George Hollenback


lewrockwell--2020-12-07--Longtime Exorcist: Satanism Is Growing in Western Societies

Father François-Marie Dermine , promoter of an annual international course on exorcism in Rome , discusses his recent popular work about the devil , offering keys to discernment on this controversial and sensitive topic .
The “ death ” of the devil in people ’ s minds is accelerating the “ death ” of God in de-Christianized Western societies .
For this reason , Dominican Father François-Marie Dermine decided 20 years ago to recatechize Catholic people through different initiatives .
A Canadian by birth , Father Dermine has been an exorcist for several Italian dioceses since 1994 .
In 2003 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ Course on Exorcism and Prayer of Liberation , ” a weeklong interdisciplinary workshop on exorcism .
This annual event , held in Rome , gathers priests , women religious and lay experts from around the world to focus on Satanic activity and the formal ministry that the Church established to respond to such activity .
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Father Dermine is president of the Italian Catholic association GRIS ( Social-Religious Information Research Group ) and professor of moral theology at the Theological Faculty of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of several books about the ministry of exorcism and the dangers surrounding the obscure and dangerous beliefs and practices of the occult .
His latest work , Ragioniamo sul demonio .
Tra superstizioni , mito e realtà ( “ Let ’ s Reason About the Devil : Between Superstitions , Myths and Reality ” ) , was written in a question-and-answer format and seeks to inform the public — believers and nonbelievers — about the nature and scope of Satanic activity at a time when the devil ’ s very existence is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While discussing the content of his book with the Register , Father Dermine warned the Catholic faithful not to neglect religious education , which is the first bulwark against the advance of the devil and Satanism in society .
Why did you write this book , which addresses a wide audience ?
First of all , I wrote it because there are a lot of prejudices , ignorance and confusions to be addressed .
Indeed , I am an exorcist , and it really hurts me to hear people in general and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the devil in our lives .
I couldn ’ t stand this situation anymore .
It is the fundamental reason why I wrote this book .
Faith deprived of the belief in the existence of the devil is not genuine because the existence of angels is a truth of faith , and the devil is a fallen angel .
I am very clear from this point of view .
Whoever denies the existence of the devil is a heretic .
Obviously , the devil is not at the center of the faith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand the mystery of faith .
Amazon Brand - Goodthr ... Buy New $ 30.00 I sometimes wonder how a priest can remain faithful to his vocation without believing in the devil .
It makes him a kind of social worker , but nothing more .
Why do you think the questions surrounding the devil are so “ snubbed ” by theological circles nowadays ?
We live in a period of great rationalism nowadays .
We try to find an explanation , a demonstration to everything , but as I recall in my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not to be demonstrated — it is to be believed .
Even if there are good reasons to believe it on a rational level , it is not enough .
After Vatican II , the desire to rationalize the faith , especially in regions where Catholicism was very traditional , was sometimes too radical , and we threw the baby out with the bathwater .
Many members of the clergy seem to want to emancipate themselves from concepts that seem too medieval , backward or even superstitious to them , while the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widespread in the rest of society , especially among the youth .
When I go to give lectures in schools , the children listen to me in a religious silence .
It is our duty to explain what the devil is in a way that is neither superstitious nor extravagant .
A controversy erupted within the Church after a Jesuit priest suggested that the devil was nothing more than a symbol of evil .
In your book , you also mention the exegete Alberto Maggi , who denied the existence of demonic possession @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Old Testament .
Why are these statements false ?
Amazon Brand - Goodthr ... Buy New $ 35.00 Because they are simply not faithful to the Holy Scriptures .
It is true that there are fewer references to the devil in the Old Testament , even if he is mentioned from the first pages of the Bible , in the Book of Genesis .
But while approaching the fullness of time , and thus the Revelation of Jesus Christ , the Bible mentions it a lot more .
Jesus himself insists on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could have sided with the Sadducees , who did not believe in the existence of angels as purely spiritual beings ; but , not only did he not do that , he also wanted to reaffirm this reality against which he himself had to fight .
We have no reason to think that the devil is a symbol of evil that exists in the world .
The symbol has the function of manifesting a reality that is not yet visible , concrete or present .
And evil is so omnipresent , unfortunately , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symbol to represent it .
The death of the devil precedes the death of God , as you write in your book : Can the death of the devil in people ’ s minds strengthen the demonic presence and field of action ?
Certainly .
I once heard some people say : “ I have come to the awareness of the existence of God through the awareness of the existence of the devil , because I have seen it.
” This statement has a relative value , but it is true that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missing , one also loses sight of the figure of God itself .
In this sense , the death of the devil can accompany or precede or favor that of God because it makes the concept of God very abstract .
It makes faith arid and intellectualistic and makes us forget that we really need to be saved , helped and protected by the Lord .
We must bear in mind that our faith consists in the effective presence of a loving God , and reasoning is not always the best way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exorcism and theology , we teach the so-called theodicy , which focuses on a rational study of the relationship between God ’ s justice and the presence of evil in the world .
This rational theology is valid , but it is a very different reality from the faith in a concrete and present God who acts in my life each day .

Father François-Marie Dermine, promoter of an annual international course on exorcism in Rome, discusses his recent popular work about the devil, offering keys to discernment on this controversial and sensitive topic.
The “death” of the devil in people’s minds is accelerating the “death” of God in de-Christianized Western societies. For this reason, Dominican Father François-Marie Dermine decided 20 years ago to recatechize Catholic people through different initiatives.
A Canadian by birth, Father Dermine has been an exorcist for several Italian dioceses since 1994. In 2003, he contributed to the creation of the “Course on Exorcism and Prayer of Liberation,” a weeklong interdisciplinary workshop on exorcism. This annual event, held in Rome, gathers priests, women religious and lay experts from around the world to focus on Satanic activity and the formal ministry that the Church established to respond to such activity. Amazon Brand - Goodthr... Check Amazon for Pricing.
Father Dermine is president of the Italian Catholic association GRIS (Social-Religious Information Research Group) and professor of moral theology at the Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna; he is also the author of several books about the ministry of exorcism and the dangers surrounding the obscure and dangerous beliefs and practices of the occult.
His latest work, Ragioniamo sul demonio. Tra superstizioni, mito e realtà (“Let’s Reason About the Devil: Between Superstitions, Myths and Reality”), was written in a question-and-answer format and seeks to inform the public — believers and nonbelievers — about the nature and scope of Satanic activity at a time when the devil’s very existence is being increasingly questioned, even by Catholic leaders.
While discussing the content of his book with the Register, Father Dermine warned the Catholic faithful not to neglect religious education, which is the first bulwark against the advance of the devil and Satanism in society.
Why did you write this book, which addresses a wide audience?
First of all, I wrote it because there are a lot of prejudices, ignorance and confusions to be addressed. Indeed, I am an exorcist, and it really hurts me to hear people in general and priests in particular deny the concrete action of the devil in our lives. I couldn’t stand this situation anymore. It is the fundamental reason why I wrote this book. Faith deprived of the belief in the existence of the devil is not genuine because the existence of angels is a truth of faith, and the devil is a fallen angel. I am very clear from this point of view. Whoever denies the existence of the devil is a heretic. Obviously, the devil is not at the center of the faith, but his figure is indispensable to understand the mystery of faith. Amazon Brand - Goodthr... Buy New $30.00 (as of 04:16 UTC - Details)
I sometimes wonder how a priest can remain faithful to his vocation without believing in the devil. It makes him a kind of social worker, but nothing more.
Why do you think the questions surrounding the devil are so “snubbed” by theological circles nowadays?
We live in a period of great rationalism nowadays. We try to find an explanation, a demonstration to everything, but as I recall in my book, the existence of the devil is not to be demonstrated — it is to be believed. Even if there are good reasons to believe it on a rational level, it is not enough. After Vatican II, the desire to rationalize the faith, especially in regions where Catholicism was very traditional, was sometimes too radical, and we threw the baby out with the bathwater. Many members of the clergy seem to want to emancipate themselves from concepts that seem too medieval, backward or even superstitious to them, while the belief in the devil is still quite widespread in the rest of society, especially among the youth. When I go to give lectures in schools, the children listen to me in a religious silence. It is our duty to explain what the devil is in a way that is neither superstitious nor extravagant.
A controversy erupted within the Church after a Jesuit priest suggested that the devil was nothing more than a symbol of evil. In your book, you also mention the exegete Alberto Maggi, who denied the existence of demonic possession on the basis of the teachings of the Old Testament. Why are these statements false?
Amazon Brand - Goodthr... Buy New $35.00 (as of 04:16 UTC - Details) Because they are simply not faithful to the Holy Scriptures. It is true that there are fewer references to the devil in the Old Testament, even if he is mentioned from the first pages of the Bible, in the Book of Genesis. But while approaching the fullness of time, and thus the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Bible mentions it a lot more. Jesus himself insists on the figure of the devil. He could have sided with the Sadducees, who did not believe in the existence of angels as purely spiritual beings; but, not only did he not do that, he also wanted to reaffirm this reality against which he himself had to fight. We have no reason to think that the devil is a symbol of evil that exists in the world. The symbol has the function of manifesting a reality that is not yet visible, concrete or present. And evil is so omnipresent, unfortunately, that we certainly do not need a symbol to represent it.
The death of the devil precedes the death of God, as you write in your book: Can the death of the devil in people’s minds strengthen the demonic presence and field of action?
Certainly. I once heard some people say: “I have come to the awareness of the existence of God through the awareness of the existence of the devil, because I have seen it.” This statement has a relative value, but it is true that, if the figure of the devil is missing, one also loses sight of the figure of God itself. In this sense, the death of the devil can accompany or precede or favor that of God because it makes the concept of God very abstract. It makes faith arid and intellectualistic and makes us forget that we really need to be saved, helped and protected by the Lord. We must bear in mind that our faith consists in the effective presence of a loving God, and reasoning is not always the best way to reach God. In our course on exorcism and theology, we teach the so-called theodicy, which focuses on a rational study of the relationship between God’s justice and the presence of evil in the world. This rational theology is valid, but it is a very different reality from the faith in a concrete and present God who acts in my life each day.
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