lewrockwell--2020-07-22--Historical Ignorance and Confederate Generals

The Confederacy has been the excuse for some of today ’ s rioting , property destruction and grossly uninformed statements .
Among the latter is the testimony before the House Armed Services Committee by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley in favor of renaming Confederate-named military bases .
He said : “ The Confederacy , the American Civil War , was fought , and it was an act of rebellion .
It was an act of treason , at the time , against the Union , against the Stars and Stripes , against the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about our founding that should be acknowledged .
Let ’ s start at the beginning , namely the American War of Independence ( 1775-1783 ) , a war between Great Britain and its 13 colonies , which declared independence in July 1776 .
The peace agreement that ended the war is known as the Treaty of Paris signed by Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , John Jay and Henry Laurens and by British Commissioner Richard Oswald , on Sept. 3 , 1783 .
Article I of the Treaty held that “ New Hampshire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Providence Plantations , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina and Georgia , to be free sovereign and Independent States.
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Delegates from these states met in Philadelphia in 1787 to form a union .
During the Philadelphia convention , a proposal was made to permit the federal government to suppress a seceding state .
James Madison , the Father of the Constitution , rejected it .
Minutes from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A union of the states containing such an ingredient ( would ) provide for its own destruction .
The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
” MW Polar Herring , Kipp ... Buy New $ 24.84 ( $ 0.39 / Ounce ) During the ratification debates , Virginia ’ s delegates said , “ The powers granted under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression.
” The ratification documents of New York and Rhode Island expressed similar sentiments ; namely , they held the right to dissolve their relationship with the United States .
Ratification of the Constitution was by no means certain .
States feared federal usurpation of their powers .
If there were a provision to suppress a seceding state , the Constitution would never have been ratified .
The ratification votes were close with Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favor by the slimmest of margins .
Rhode Island initially rejected it in a popular referendum and finally voted to ratify — 34 for , 32 against .
Most Americans do not know that the first secessionist movement started in New England .
Many New Englanders were infuriated by President Thomas Jefferson ’ s Louisiana Purchase in 1803 , which they saw as an unconstitutional act .
Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts , who was George Washington ’ s secretary of war and secretary of state , led the movement .
He said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dissolve the union and form a separate government.
” Other prominent Americans such as John Quincy Adams , Elbridge Gerry , Fisher Ames , Josiah Quincy III and Joseph Story shared his call for secession .
While the New England secessionist movement was strong , it failed to garner support at the 1814-15 Hartford Convention .
Rain Soul Supplement P ... Buy New $ 145.80 ( $ 1.22 / Fl Oz ) Even on the eve of the War of 1861 , unionist politicians saw secession as a state ’ s right .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Any attempt to preserve the union between the states of this Confederacy by force would be impractical and destructive of republican liberty.
” New-York Tribune ( Feb. 5 , 1860 ) : “ If tyranny and despotism justified the Revolution of 1776 , then we do not see why it would not justify the secession of Five Millions of Southrons from the Federal Union in 1861.
” The Detroit Free Press ( Feb. 19 , 1861 ) : “ An attempt to subjugate the seceded States , even if successful , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unmitigated in character and appalling in extent.
” The New-York Times ( March 21 , 1861 ) : “ There is a growing sentiment throughout the North in favor of letting the Gulf States go.
” Confederate generals fought for independence from the Union just as George Washington fought for independence from Great Britain .
Those who label Robert E. Lee and other Confederate generals as traitors might also label George Washington a traitor .
Great Britain ’ s King George III and the British parliament would have agreed .
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The Confederacy has been the excuse for some of today’s rioting, property destruction and grossly uninformed statements. Among the latter is the testimony before the House Armed Services Committee by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley in favor of renaming Confederate-named military bases. He said: “The Confederacy, the American Civil War, was fought, and it was an act of rebellion. It was an act of treason, at the time, against the Union, against the Stars and Stripes, against the U.S. Constitution.”
There are a few facts about our founding that should be acknowledged. Let’s start at the beginning, namely the American War of Independence (1775-1783), a war between Great Britain and its 13 colonies, which declared independence in July 1776. The peace agreement that ended the war is known as the Treaty of Paris signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay and Henry Laurens and by British Commissioner Richard Oswald, on Sept. 3, 1783. Article I of the Treaty held that “New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and Independent States.” 1936-1939 Silver 2 Rei... Check Amazon for Pricing.
Delegates from these states met in Philadelphia in 1787 to form a union. During the Philadelphia convention, a proposal was made to permit the federal government to suppress a seceding state. James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, rejected it. Minutes from the debate paraphrased his opinion: “A union of the states containing such an ingredient (would) provide for its own destruction. The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.”
MW Polar Herring, Kipp... Buy New $24.84 ($0.39 / Ounce) (as of 04:23 UTC - Details) During the ratification debates, Virginia’s delegates said, “The powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the people of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression.” The ratification documents of New York and Rhode Island expressed similar sentiments; namely, they held the right to dissolve their relationship with the United States. Ratification of the Constitution was by no means certain. States feared federal usurpation of their powers. If there were a provision to suppress a seceding state, the Constitution would never have been ratified. The ratification votes were close with Virginia, New York and Massachusetts voting in favor by the slimmest of margins. Rhode Island initially rejected it in a popular referendum and finally voted to ratify — 34 for, 32 against.
Most Americans do not know that the first secessionist movement started in New England. Many New Englanders were infuriated by President Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which they saw as an unconstitutional act. Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts, who was George Washington’s secretary of war and secretary of state, led the movement. He said, “The Eastern states must and will dissolve the union and form a separate government.” Other prominent Americans such as John Quincy Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Fisher Ames, Josiah Quincy III and Joseph Story shared his call for secession. While the New England secessionist movement was strong, it failed to garner support at the 1814-15 Hartford Convention. Rain Soul Supplement P... Buy New $145.80 ($1.22 / Fl Oz) (as of 03:56 UTC - Details)
Even on the eve of the War of 1861, unionist politicians saw secession as a state’s right. Rep. Jacob M. Kunkel of Maryland said, “Any attempt to preserve the union between the states of this Confederacy by force would be impractical and destructive of republican liberty.” New-York Tribune (Feb. 5, 1860): “If tyranny and despotism justified the Revolution of 1776, then we do not see why it would not justify the secession of Five Millions of Southrons from the Federal Union in 1861.” The Detroit Free Press (Feb. 19, 1861): “An attempt to subjugate the seceded States, even if successful, could produce nothing but evil — evil unmitigated in character and appalling in extent.” The New-York Times (March 21, 1861): “There is a growing sentiment throughout the North in favor of letting the Gulf States go.”
Confederate generals fought for independence from the Union just as George Washington fought for independence from Great Britain. Those who label Robert E. Lee and other Confederate generals as traitors might also label George Washington a traitor. Great Britain’s King George III and the British parliament would have agreed.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--Dershowitz Con, Florida Covid Hustle

Dershowitz Con, Florida Covid Hustle

This is about what the State is permitted to do to citizens under a State of Emergency .
For example , the Lockdown Emergency which has driven the national economy over a cliff .
The economic ruination Trump refuses to face up to ; refuses to talk directly to the American people about ; refuses to address with a specific plan for recovery .
If a president has any vital function at all , it is to lead in a time of crisis .
As in : THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW , AND @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TO DO ABOUT IT .
Striding down a hallway wearing a black mask for a photo op doesn ’ t cut it .
Standing with corporate hot shots who are ready to go into production of breathing ventilators isn ’ t a recovery plan .
Empowering the military to give COVID vaccinations isn ’ t a recovery plan .
But I digress .
This piece is about Alan Dershowitz , who famously said : “ Let me put it very clearly : you have no constitutional right to endanger the public and spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You have no right not to be vaccinated…And if you refuse to be vaccinated , the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor ’ s office and plunge a needle into your arm.
” SOS Food Labs SOScin1p ... Buy New $ 10.99 If that were true , every declared State of Emergency would be equal .
A president could say , “ My favorite pagan goddess from Spokane came to me in a dream last night and told me to order every citizen to cut off a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection… ” Nothing in the Constitution forbids a court from judging a particular State of Emergency on its merits .
In fact , the Constitution would demand such judgement .
Otherwise , the entire basis of limited federal government would be undermined .
And once you open THAT door and argue a State of Emergency on the merits , evidence about vaccines can be presented .
Are vaccines truly safe and effective ?
Are severe adverse effects rare or widespread ?
What are the unvarnished facts ?
Dershowitz blithely assumes he understands vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s clueless .
He simply thinks vaccinations are a standard public safety measure , on the level of hand-washing .
Would he argue that orders to wear masks during a declared State of Emergency are constitutionally impossible to challenge ?
If non-government experts assert masks are useless ?
The “ merits of the case , ” Mr. Dershowitz .
That is the key .
Suppose a government task force reports that 1 out of every 1.5 Americans is developing cancer during his/her life ?
And then , a moronic president declares a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prophylactic chemotherapy for all citizens ?
That would be mandatory ?
That would be constitutionally ironclad ?
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No one could stand before a judge and argue that the devastating treatment is toxic in the extreme , or that the so-called War on Cancer has been a failure ?
If the COVID-19 vaccine turns out to be based on new DNA technology , meaning every vaccine recipient ’ s genetic makeup would be permanently altered , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of bounds , because the vaccine is coming on board during a State of Emergency ?
Really ?
To use a highly technical legal term , insisting a State of Emergency overrules the protection of life and the meaning of liberty is bullshit .
The blood and sacrifice of centuries , which led to the writing and ratification of the Constitution , were not made so lawyers or judges could undermine its entire spirit by defending States of Emergency , as if they came from higher and wiser heads protecting the Public Good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine would be a protection RACKET , launched by a remorseless pharmaceutical mafia .
Case closed , Mr. Dershowitz .
Meaning the door is wide open to debate the facts and the principles and the truth .
You followed up your famous statement by remarking that you and your family could refuse a COVID vaccine through an act of civil disobedience ; but then you would have to accept the penalty .
I wonder how you ’ d react if that penalty meant your family would be sent to a moldy room in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to serve out your period of isolation ; after which officials would approach you again to take the vaccine .
I think you might reformulate your constitutional opinion about States of Emergency .
You might suddenly see a new legal option .
You might decide that freedom and liberty are incontrovertible .
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When trouble visits your own door , when your public pronouncements come around to bite you , you might find a reason to change your tune .
What is legally obvious on the mountain top is not always obvious in the foothills .
In the foothills , people are eating fruit of the poisonous tree , long ago planted in the middle of the Constitution .
If you were down there , you would be put on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then miraculously spot a new legal angle on States of Emergency .
Breitbart , July 14 : “ A FOX 35 investigation released on Monday discovered an inflation of coronavirus cases by the Florida Department of Health .
The Sunshine State ’ s health authorities misreported the number of persons testing positive for coronavirus in its aggregation and publication of test results from laboratories.
” So…it was a massive coincidence that all 22 labs happened to make the same mistake at the same time .
—On the level of , say , two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left of their designated lanes at two dozen different airports on the same day .
Toss a coin .
Heads , all the tests kits were rigged to read positive for COVID .
Tails , all the labs lied .
In either event , the fake COVID monster is fed .
It needs case numbers .
Desperately .
In order to present a false picture of danger .
Thus , justifying the lockdowns , the masks , the distancing , the economic destruction .
Dear Florida Health Department—you ’ ve done it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ state ’ s most valuable product .
But now I don ’ t know .
You might have jumped to the top of the charts .
If you want to challenge for the national title , or the global gold medal , though , you might have to tap dance even harder .
Italy , as I reported months ago , was heading along a track of fakery at hundreds of miles an hour .
The whole country was on lockdown .
But their National Institute of Health , working to uncover actual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who had died .
Their initial finding : the average age of so-called COVID deaths was 79.5 .
The vast majority of these elderly patients had serious prior medical conditions .
In other words , there was no reason to suspect they died because of a new virus ( which had never been isolated and discovered in the first place ) .
Then the Institute decided there were only three people under the age of 40 in the whole country who could be said to have died as a result of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and discovered in the first place ) .
Of course , since then , the Italian National Institute of Health has gone dark .
Obviously , they ’ ve been censored and choked off .
So , Florida , you have a way to go , if you want to play in the big-time .
It appears the 22 labs in your state are going to play the number-mistake game to account for their fake reports .
“ We meant to say 5 percent positive , but our equipment spit out 99 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out why.
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When 22 labs all chime in with the same basic explanation , they can ’ t sell the story .
I think you , the Florida Public Health Department , are going to have to take the fall .
You say , “ All the labs were correct , but when their numbers reached us , we had a software glitch , and the numbers were scrambled .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the error , everything was coming up a hundred percent .
COVID , meningitis , whooping cough , mumps , measles , leprosy .
Even our paychecks were doubled.
” The only thing is , as far as I can tell , you didn ’ t catch the “ error.
” Neither did the labs .
FOX did .
Oops .
In other words , you never would have reported a problem unless you ’ d been found out .
In the future , whenever a press outlet contacts your PR people with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flacks say , “ We ’ re working on it.
” Doesn ’ t matter what it is .
Give some sort of impression you ’ re aware .
Don ’ t say : WE ’ RE DOING WHAT ?
WE FAILED TO NOTICE WHAT ?
Frankly , you ’ re idiots .
You know how to work part of a con .
You just don ’ t know how to work the most important part : deniability .
I take back what I said earlier .
You ’ re not on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When a company sells suckers homes that , three years later , sink into marsh , that company is already gone .
They ’ re operating under another name ; or at the very least , their sales contracts have ironclad built-in protections in the small print .
You know what your real problem is ?
Basic media relations .
Over the years , you people at the Florida Health Department haven ’ t been feeding FOX good news stories .
You haven ’ t fostered a dependency at FOX .
They don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t mind exposing you .
Big-time public health agencies make sure news networks are fed properly .
That ’ s how the CDC , for example , has survived all these years .
The CDC tells lies that would make this COVID screw-up of yours look like a spilled ice-cream cone at a sweet sixteen party .
The CDC lives on lies .
So they cultivate reporters and editors at all the major news outlets .
They pass reporters tons of stories .
It ’ s a long-term operation .
Therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down a piece about tens of thousands of fake flu test samples without even telling them .
Get it ?
There ’ s an understanding .
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Both sides are basically in the same business , and they know it .
You don ’ t know much of anything .
Where are your heavy pharmaceutical connections ?
They ’ re the number-one advertiser at all significant news networks .
If they ’ d been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early on , they would have fixed it overnight for you .
Before anyone knew about it .
The CDC is a front group for Pharma vaccine companies .
The CDC is a whore and the relationship is perfectly clear .
I assume you people at the Florida Public Health Department want to be a whore , you just don ’ t know how to find a good pimp .
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ONE: ALAN DERSHOWITZ
This is about what the State is permitted to do to citizens under a State of Emergency. For example, the Lockdown Emergency which has driven the national economy over a cliff. The economic ruination Trump refuses to face up to; refuses to talk directly to the American people about; refuses to address with a specific plan for recovery. If a president has any vital function at all, it is to lead in a time of crisis. As in: THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT I’M GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. Striding down a hallway wearing a black mask for a photo op doesn’t cut it. Standing with corporate hot shots who are ready to go into production of breathing ventilators isn’t a recovery plan. Empowering the military to give COVID vaccinations isn’t a recovery plan. But I digress. This piece is about Alan Dershowitz, who famously said:
“Let me put it very clearly: you have no constitutional right to endanger the public and spread the disease, even if you disagree. You have no right not to be vaccinated…And if you refuse to be vaccinated, the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm.” SOS Food Labs SOScin1p... Buy New $10.99 (as of 03:59 UTC - Details)
If that were true, every declared State of Emergency would be equal.
A president could say, “My favorite pagan goddess from Spokane came to me in a dream last night and told me to order every citizen to cut off a pinky finger to avert the danger of infection…”
Nothing in the Constitution forbids a court from judging a particular State of Emergency on its merits. In fact, the Constitution would demand such judgement. Otherwise, the entire basis of limited federal government would be undermined.
And once you open THAT door and argue a State of Emergency on the merits, evidence about vaccines can be presented. Are vaccines truly safe and effective? Are severe adverse effects rare or widespread?
What are the unvarnished facts?
Dershowitz blithely assumes he understands vaccination. He doesn’t. He’s clueless. He simply thinks vaccinations are a standard public safety measure, on the level of hand-washing.
Would he argue that orders to wear masks during a declared State of Emergency are constitutionally impossible to challenge? If non-government experts assert masks are useless?
The “merits of the case,” Mr. Dershowitz. That is the key.
Suppose a government task force reports that 1 out of every 1.5 Americans is developing cancer during his/her life? And then, a moronic president declares a national State of Emergency and orders universal prophylactic chemotherapy for all citizens?
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No court could consider that order on its merits? No one could stand before a judge and argue that the devastating treatment is toxic in the extreme, or that the so-called War on Cancer has been a failure?
If the COVID-19 vaccine turns out to be based on new DNA technology, meaning every vaccine recipient’s genetic makeup would be permanently altered, a legal objection would be ruled out of bounds, because the vaccine is coming on board during a State of Emergency? Really?
To use a highly technical legal term, insisting a State of Emergency overrules the protection of life and the meaning of liberty is bullshit.
The blood and sacrifice of centuries, which led to the writing and ratification of the Constitution, were not made so lawyers or judges could undermine its entire spirit by defending States of Emergency, as if they came from higher and wiser heads protecting the Public Good.
In this case, a mandated vaccine would be a protection RACKET, launched by a remorseless pharmaceutical mafia.
Case closed, Mr. Dershowitz. Meaning the door is wide open to debate the facts and the principles and the truth.
You followed up your famous statement by remarking that you and your family could refuse a COVID vaccine through an act of civil disobedience; but then you would have to accept the penalty.
I wonder how you’d react if that penalty meant your family would be sent to a moldy room in a fleabag hotel in a dangerous neighborhood, to serve out your period of isolation; after which officials would approach you again to take the vaccine.
I think you might reformulate your constitutional opinion about States of Emergency. You might suddenly see a new legal option. You might decide that freedom and liberty are incontrovertible. Lightning X Premium Ri... Buy New $99.99 (as of 03:59 UTC - Details)
You might decide that arguing from past case precedents, when those cases distort the Constitution, is an academic exercise unworthy of an honest lawyer’s time and energy.
You might decide that whatever personal bias actually motivated you to issue your famous statement in the first place was irrelevant.
When trouble visits your own door, when your public pronouncements come around to bite you, you might find a reason to change your tune.
What is legally obvious on the mountain top is not always obvious in the foothills.
In the foothills, people are eating fruit of the poisonous tree, long ago planted in the middle of the Constitution. If you were down there, you would be put on that diet. I think you would then miraculously spot a new legal angle on States of Emergency.
TWO: FLORIDA HUSTLE
Breitbart, July 14: “A FOX 35 investigation released on Monday discovered an inflation of coronavirus cases by the Florida Department of Health. The Sunshine State’s health authorities misreported the number of persons testing positive for coronavirus in its aggregation and publication of test results from laboratories.”
“Twenty-two labs reported 100-percent positivity rates. Two labs reported 91.18-percent positivity rates.”
So…it was a massive coincidence that all 22 labs happened to make the same mistake at the same time.
—On the level of, say, two dozen planes landing five runways to the left of their designated lanes at two dozen different airports on the same day.
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Toss a coin. Heads, all the tests kits were rigged to read positive for COVID. Tails, all the labs lied.
In either event, the fake COVID monster is fed. It needs case numbers. Desperately. In order to present a false picture of danger.
Thus, justifying the lockdowns, the masks, the distancing, the economic destruction.
Dear Florida Health Department—you’ve done it. I thought real estate cons were the state’s most valuable product. But now I don’t know. You might have jumped to the top of the charts.
If you want to challenge for the national title, or the global gold medal, though, you might have to tap dance even harder.
Italy, as I reported months ago, was heading along a track of fakery at hundreds of miles an hour. The whole country was on lockdown.
But their National Institute of Health, working to uncover actual facts, dug into patient records of people who had died.
Their initial finding: the average age of so-called COVID deaths was 79.5. The vast majority of these elderly patients had serious prior medical conditions. In other words, there was no reason to suspect they died because of a new virus (which had never been isolated and discovered in the first place).
Then the Institute decided there were only three people under the age of 40 in the whole country who could be said to have died as a result of the virus (which had never been isolated and discovered in the first place).
Of course, since then, the Italian National Institute of Health has gone dark. Obviously, they’ve been censored and choked off.
So, Florida, you have a way to go, if you want to play in the big-time.
It appears the 22 labs in your state are going to play the number-mistake game to account for their fake reports. “We meant to say 5 percent positive, but our equipment spit out 99 percent. We’re checking to find out why.” LifeStraw Go Water Fil... Best Price: $28.59 Buy New $36.84 (as of 03:59 UTC - Details)
I would advise against that strategy. When 22 labs all chime in with the same basic explanation, they can’t sell the story. I think you, the Florida Public Health Department, are going to have to take the fall. You say, “All the labs were correct, but when their numbers reached us, we had a software glitch, and the numbers were scrambled. For a few days, before we caught the error, everything was coming up a hundred percent. COVID, meningitis, whooping cough, mumps, measles, leprosy. Even our paychecks were doubled.”
The only thing is, as far as I can tell, you didn’t catch the “error.” Neither did the labs. FOX did. Oops. In other words, you never would have reported a problem unless you’d been found out.
In the future, whenever a press outlet contacts your PR people with a damaging finding, have the PR flacks say, “We’re working on it.” Doesn’t matter what it is. Give some sort of impression you’re aware. Don’t say: WE’RE DOING WHAT? WE FAILED TO NOTICE WHAT?
Frankly, you’re idiots. You know how to work part of a con. You just don’t know how to work the most important part: deniability.
I take back what I said earlier. You’re not on the level of Florida real estate hustles. When a company sells suckers homes that, three years later, sink into marsh, that company is already gone. They’re operating under another name; or at the very least, their sales contracts have ironclad built-in protections in the small print.
You know what your real problem is? Basic media relations. Over the years, you people at the Florida Health Department haven’t been feeding FOX good news stories. You haven’t fostered a dependency at FOX. They don’t need you. So they don’t mind exposing you.
Big-time public health agencies make sure news networks are fed properly. That’s how the CDC, for example, has survived all these years. The CDC tells lies that would make this COVID screw-up of yours look like a spilled ice-cream cone at a sweet sixteen party.
The CDC lives on lies. So they cultivate reporters and editors at all the major news outlets. They pass reporters tons of stories. It’s a long-term operation. Therefore, they can tell CBS to shut down a piece about tens of thousands of fake flu test samples without even telling them. Get it? There’s an understanding. Arcturus Packable, Reu... Buy New $19.97 (as of 03:59 UTC - Details)
There’s a culture of mutual respect among thieves. Both sides are basically in the same business, and they know it. You don’t know much of anything.
Where are your heavy pharmaceutical connections? They’re the number-one advertiser at all significant news networks. If they’d been clued in on your little problem, early on, they would have fixed it overnight for you. Before anyone knew about it.
The CDC is a front group for Pharma vaccine companies. The CDC is a whore and the relationship is perfectly clear.
I assume you people at the Florida Public Health Department want to be a whore, you just don’t know how to find a good pimp.
It’s all a matter of education.
Most things are.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--A Nation Falling Apart, Piece by Piece

A Nation Falling Apart, Piece by Piece

First they came for the toilet paper and kitchen towels , then they came for flour and now they are taking your coins .
Yes , the American public sitting out the COVID-19 virus is now having to deal with what is referred as a “ small change shortage.
” caused apparently by hoarding .
Coffee shops and other retail outlets that deal in cash have been hit hard by the shortage , finding themselves unable to make change .
Apparently , people have decided spontaneously and in large numbers that nickels , dimes and quarters , as they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will somehow maintain their worth better than the pieces of paper being printed in Washington .
The government has acted decisively to meet the threat by having the Federal Reserve convene a 22 strong U.S .
Coin Task Force to “ mitigate the effects of low coin inventories caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
” Ironically , of course , the Fed is the source of America ’ s long suffering backed-by-nothing currency .
As several of the major private banks , including JP Morgan and Bank of America , are represented on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of government bureaucrats , one can assume that nothing will happen except possibly a decision to change the design of the coins to eliminate Washington , Jefferson and Lincoln .
Sacagawea can stay on the funny looking dollar coin , which no one has actually seen in years as she represents an approved ethnic minority .
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My wife and I went to a local gun range last week for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoot from my time in the Army and CIA but have not actually fired a weapon since 1978 and my wife learned how to use a handgun about fifteen years ago when we made the decision to have one available in the house “ just in case.
” To be sure , the current situation with deranged radical groups unrestrained by feckless politicians and a complicit media , our decision to re-arm as it were was based on the assumption that we can no longer rely on a demoralized and passive police force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , particularly if there are any racial overtones to who is doing what to whom .
So , we might have to be prepared to defend ourselves .
The first thing we learned was that it was hard to get an appointment with a trainer at a licensed range .
It took us weeks to make an appointment and we only got one when there was a cancellation .
It seems large numbers of ordinary Americans are looking to defend themselves because they , like us , are shocked when they see politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they kneel before thugs .
Meanwhile , the media endorses the process , also throwing in a blanket condemnation of the white race , which suggests that there is nothing good that will come out the other end of what it taking place .
We did our shooting training but the next hurdle was upgrading our weapons .
We had a venerable 9mm automatic and an even older 38 caliber revolver .
Modern handguns have better safety features and their mechanisms work more smoothly for ageing hands .
We were looking for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so-called assault rifle for greater reach if that should become necessary but the man at the sales desk shook his head and said “ No , everything is back ordered for six months or more .
Everyone is buying new weapons .
Give me a deposit and I will call you when something comes available.
” FosPower Emergency Sol ... Buy New $ 39.99 So “ everyone ” is training to shoot and buying new weapons , and it is even being reported that break-ins to steal guns from sporting goods shops are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commodity , which just might mean that the confidence among people that the state will keep them safe is at the vanishing point .
Even the mainstream media has noticed the spike in gun sales , but they predictably use that fact to explain the surge in gun homicides across the country in the past several months .
More weapons , per The Washington Post , means more armed racist white people are out on the streets raising hell , but it ignores the fact that the gun deaths have been overwhelmingly black-on-black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I would also suggest that at least part of the explanation lies elsewhere , in less policing as cops have figured out that they have no one on their side and are best served by doing as little as possible when the shooting starts .
Policemen have , in fact , been on the receiving end of much of the recent violence .
Instead of seeking help from a cop , violent crime victims should call 911 and ask the operator to have Mayor Bill de Blasio send out a social worker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bangers .
The NYPD cops are apparently too busy in any event as they are guardingthe black lives matter paintwork covering Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower .
Another thing one is now having difficulty in buying is alcohol .
People are depressed and are drinking a hell of a lot more than normal , which can , of course , result in impulsive behavior .
I live in Virginia and our state store is constantly running out of everything .
A cashier told me that they are selling 300 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of year .
Last week I went into a large and well-known liquor store in Washington D.C. and bought the last few bottles of our favorite scotch The Famous Grouse .
They had run out and didn ’ t know when they would get more .
My wife and I are anticipating a Famous Grouse crisis and we have discussed setting up a still in the basement .
3 Pack POLICE MAGNUM O ... Buy New $ 19.99 Finally , a family member owns a construction company .
He recently said that business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are building panic rooms , safe havens and even 1960s style fallout shelters in and behind their houses .
But unlike the threat of nuclear war in the sixties , the current fear is that with the wreckers being given a free hand by the authorities , organized home invasions penetrating prosperous neighborhoods can not be that far away .
Most of the construction work is being done as unobtrusively as possible because the clients don ’ t want their neighbors to know how scared they are .
So , there we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a pandemic that the government seems unable to respond to which has produced record unemployment and bankruptcies .
Meanwhile , guns and liquor and even coins are in demand while frightened citizens are building home defenses .
And much of the government at all levels acts like it is either on the side of or afraid of the destroyers .
America certainly has always had flaws but it was once a land of opportunity where people could prosper and enjoy more freedom than nearly anywhere else .
Those days are gone so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news .
Watch a once proud country with a resilient and hard-working people come apart before your very eyes .
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review .
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First they came for the toilet paper and kitchen towels, then they came for flour and now they are taking your coins. Yes, the American public sitting out the COVID-19 virus is now having to deal with what is referred as a “small change shortage.”caused apparently by hoarding. Coffee shops and other retail outlets that deal in cash have been hit hard by the shortage, finding themselves unable to make change. Apparently, people have decided spontaneously and in large numbers that nickels, dimes and quarters, as they have value as being made of metal, will somehow maintain their worth better than the pieces of paper being printed in Washington.
The government has acted decisively to meet the threat by having the Federal Reserve convene a 22 strong U.S. Coin Task Force to “mitigate the effects of low coin inventories caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Ironically, of course, the Fed is the source of America’s long suffering backed-by-nothing currency. As several of the major private banks, including JP Morgan and Bank of America, are represented on the Task Force as well as a swarm of government bureaucrats, one can assume that nothing will happen except possibly a decision to change the design of the coins to eliminate Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. Sacagawea can stay on the funny looking dollar coin, which no one has actually seen in years as she represents an approved ethnic minority.
Jackery Portable Power... Buy New $999.99 (as of 04:50 UTC - Details) There are a lot of indications that the American stratocruiser is about to crash. My wife and I went to a local gun range last week for a refresher course. I knew how to shoot from my time in the Army and CIA but have not actually fired a weapon since 1978 and my wife learned how to use a handgun about fifteen years ago when we made the decision to have one available in the house “just in case.” To be sure, the current situation with deranged radical groups unrestrained by feckless politicians and a complicit media, our decision to re-arm as it were was based on the assumption that we can no longer rely on a demoralized and passive police force to protect either us or our property, particularly if there are any racial overtones to who is doing what to whom. So, we might have to be prepared to defend ourselves.
The first thing we learned was that it was hard to get an appointment with a trainer at a licensed range. It took us weeks to make an appointment and we only got one when there was a cancellation. It seems large numbers of ordinary Americans are looking to defend themselves because they, like us, are shocked when they see politicians ignore looting, beatings and arson even as they kneel before thugs. Meanwhile, the media endorses the process, also throwing in a blanket condemnation of the white race, which suggests that there is nothing good that will come out the other end of what it taking place.
We did our shooting training but the next hurdle was upgrading our weapons. We had a venerable 9mm automatic and an even older 38 caliber revolver. Modern handguns have better safety features and their mechanisms work more smoothly for ageing hands. We were looking for a new 9mm automatic and an AR-15 so-called assault rifle for greater reach if that should become necessary but the man at the sales desk shook his head and said “No, everything is back ordered for six months or more. Everyone is buying new weapons. Give me a deposit and I will call you when something comes available.” FosPower Emergency Sol... Buy New $39.99 (as of 02:53 UTC - Details)
So “everyone” is training to shoot and buying new weapons, and it is even being reported that break-ins to steal guns from sporting goods shops are increasing dramatically. Weapons are a hot commodity, which just might mean that the confidence among people that the state will keep them safe is at the vanishing point. Even the mainstream media has noticed the spike in gun sales, but they predictably use that fact to explain the surge in gun homicides across the country in the past several months. More weapons, per The Washington Post, means more armed racist white people are out on the streets raising hell, but it ignores the fact that the gun deaths have been overwhelmingly black-on-black, as has always been the case.
I would also suggest that at least part of the explanation lies elsewhere, in less policing as cops have figured out that they have no one on their side and are best served by doing as little as possible when the shooting starts. Policemen have, in fact, been on the receiving end of much of the recent violence. Instead of seeking help from a cop, violent crime victims should call 911 and ask the operator to have Mayor Bill de Blasio send out a social worker whenever they get attacked by irate gang bangers. The NYPD cops are apparently too busy in any event as they are guardingthe black lives matter paintwork covering Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower.
Another thing one is now having difficulty in buying is alcohol. People are depressed and are drinking a hell of a lot more than normal, which can, of course, result in impulsive behavior. I live in Virginia and our state store is constantly running out of everything. A cashier told me that they are selling 300% more booze than normal for this time of year. Last week I went into a large and well-known liquor store in Washington D.C. and bought the last few bottles of our favorite scotch The Famous Grouse. They had run out and didn’t know when they would get more. My wife and I are anticipating a Famous Grouse crisis and we have discussed setting up a still in the basement. 3 Pack POLICE MAGNUM O... Buy New $19.99 (as of 02:24 UTC - Details)
Finally, a family member owns a construction company. He recently said that business is unexpectedly booming, in part because people are building panic rooms, safe havens and even 1960s style fallout shelters in and behind their houses. But unlike the threat of nuclear war in the sixties, the current fear is that with the wreckers being given a free hand by the authorities, organized home invasions penetrating prosperous neighborhoods cannot be that far away. Most of the construction work is being done as unobtrusively as possible because the clients don’t want their neighbors to know how scared they are.
So, there we are. The United States is troubled by a pandemic that the government seems unable to respond to which has produced record unemployment and bankruptcies. Meanwhile, guns and liquor and even coins are in demand while frightened citizens are building home defenses. And much of the government at all levels acts like it is either on the side of or afraid of the destroyers. America certainly has always had flaws but it was once a land of opportunity where people could prosper and enjoy more freedom than nearly anywhere else. Those days are gone so just relax and turn on the evening news. Watch a once proud country with a resilient and hard-working people come apart before your very eyes.
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--Hydroxychloroquine Should Be Available Over the Counter

It is time to take the bull by the horns to conquer the Wuhan virus .
Drastic action is necessary , like on December 8 , 1941 after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor .
President Trump should order immediate public access to hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) by making the medication available over-the-counter ( OTC ) .
Liberals have interfered with public access to this medication for COVID-19 through the old-fashioned route of requiring a prescription and then having a pharmacist fill or reject the prescription .
Millions of Americans do not visit physicians , and can not obtain a prescription for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have been exposed to COVID-19 , you can not obtain a prescription for HCQ in most states because regulators prohibit dispensing it without a positive test result , which typically can not be obtained until late in the progression of the disease .
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No one credibly doubts the dozens of studies showing that early use of HCQ , pre-exposure and immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many overcome this dreaded disease .
Americans do not need a prescription to obtain hundreds of medications which once required a prescription .
Nexium , Prevacid , Prilosec , Claritin , Flonase , and Primatene Mist are medications that have been shifted from Rx to OTC in recent years , not because the medical establishment pushed for the change , but because of public demand for it .
No demand is higher at this time than for a medication which helps prevent against COVID .
Yet Americans are not being allowed to access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and instead are being told by FDA and state officials that they can not have it .
Last month the Oregon pharmacy board , for example , blocked HCQ access as follows : “ Prescription orders for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 infection may only be dispensed if written for a patient enrolled in a clinical trial by an authorized investigator.
” They based their ban on an improper statement issued by FDA , which is controlled by opponents of Trump ’ s reelection .
Of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Trump , too .
America : The Farewell ... Hedges , Chris Best Price : $ 7.29 Buy New $ 13.29 Every state board of pharmacy or medicine is controlled by left-leaning government workers who , by and large , despise President Trump and hope he loses in November .
They are accomplishing their dream by choking off public access to HCQ .
In other countries , such as Costa Rica and Honduras , HCQ is being given freely to the public to successfully defeat coronavirus there .
In some countries officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ build up protection against the virus , with great success .
The mortality rate from COVID-19 in the United States is far higher per case , and per million of residents , despite how we have the finest hospital system in the world .
We don ’ t currently have public access to HCQ to protect against the disease , however , and that is what is needed at this time .

It is time to take the bull by the horns to conquer the Wuhan virus. Drastic action is necessary, like on December 8, 1941 after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
President Trump should order immediate public access to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) by making the medication available over-the-counter (OTC). Liberals have interfered with public access to this medication for COVID-19 through the old-fashioned route of requiring a prescription and then having a pharmacist fill or reject the prescription.
Millions of Americans do not visit physicians, and cannot obtain a prescription for HCQ if they did. Even if you have been exposed to COVID-19, you cannot obtain a prescription for HCQ in most states because regulators prohibit dispensing it without a positive test result, which typically cannot be obtained until late in the progression of the disease.
Hanger Diversion Safe ... Best Price: $15.01 Buy New $15.80 (as of 03:09 UTC - Details) No one credibly doubts that HCQ is safe, and safer than many medications currently available OTC. No one credibly doubts the dozens of studies showing that early use of HCQ, pre-exposure and immediately after exposure to COVID, has helped many overcome this dreaded disease.
Americans do not need a prescription to obtain hundreds of medications which once required a prescription. Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, Claritin, Flonase, and Primatene Mist are medications that have been shifted from Rx to OTC in recent years, not because the medical establishment pushed for the change, but because of public demand for it.
No demand is higher at this time than for a medication which helps prevent against COVID. Yet Americans are not being allowed to access the medication which they want and need, and instead are being told by FDA and state officials that they cannot have it.
Last month the Oregon pharmacy board, for example, blocked HCQ access as follows: “Prescription orders for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 infection may only be dispensed if written for a patient enrolled in a clinical trial by an authorized investigator.”
They based their ban on an improper statement issued by FDA, which is controlled by opponents of Trump’s reelection. Of course, many government officials in Oregon are against Trump, too. America: The Farewell ... Hedges, Chris Best Price: $7.29 Buy New $13.29 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
Every state board of pharmacy or medicine is controlled by left-leaning government workers who, by and large, despise President Trump and hope he loses in November. They are accomplishing their dream by choking off public access to HCQ.
In other countries, such as Costa Rica and Honduras, HCQ is being given freely to the public to successfully defeat coronavirus there. In some countries officials are even going door-to-door distributing HCQ to build up protection against the virus, with great success.
The mortality rate from COVID-19 in the United States is far higher per case, and per million of residents, despite how we have the finest hospital system in the world. We don’t currently have public access to HCQ to protect against the disease, however, and that is what is needed at this time.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--Rising Diversity Is Joe Biden’s Worry, Too

So we are told .
Yet , even before America becomes a majority-minority nation , 25 years from now , recent changes in the composition of the country are going to impact both parties in 2020 .
According to Brookings Institution demographer William Frey , between 2010 and 2020 , while America ’ s population grew by 20 million , our white population fell for the first time since the 1790 census .
White Americans fell as a share of the population in all 50 states , in 358 of 364 metropolitan areas , in 3,012 of 3,141 counties .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ population grew by 3 million , our Asian population by 4 million and our Hispanic population by 10 million .
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In presidential elections , Hispanics and Asians vote 70 % Democratic and African Americans vote 90 % .
White folks , who made up 69 % of the U.S. population in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected , have fallen today to 60 % .
For children under 16 , the white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Minority kids are now the majority in California , Nevada , New Mexico , Arizona , Texas , Florida , Georgia , Hawaii , Mississippi and Maryland .
Whites are also the oldest Americans , with a median age of 44 .
For Asian Americans , it is 37 , for Black Americans , it is 35 , and for Latinos , it is 30 .
Bottom line : The pool of Democratic voters is growing inexorably while the largest pool of potential GOP voters is aging , stagnating and shrinking .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ existential crisis .
If demography is destiny , and the party does not either increase its share of the white vote or attract millions more Black , Asian or Hispanic voters , then its national fate and future are sealed .
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All one need do is look to California .
There , Democrats occupy every statewide office and two-thirds of both houses of the legislature .
Both senators are Democrats as are 45 of the 52 members of the U.S. House .
Nor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offers .
As persons of color in America — Asians , Blacks , Hispanics , Native Americans and people of mixed race — grow in number , the Democrats ’ job is a simple one .
Get more people of color registered and voting .
So , today , Democrats are pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship not only for the DACA “ Dreamers ” but also the 11 million to 22 million other immigrants here illegally .
Democrats may be found enlarging the electorate anywhere they can , even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inmates to vote .
If Democrats capture the White House and Senate , the “ Muslim ban ” on immigration is history , and America ’ s doors will be opened anew .
But Joe Biden and his generation of Democrats have their own problem .
Season Skinless and Bo ... Buy New $ 12.99 ( $ 0.50 / Ounce ) Even as people of color make up a growing share of the nation , around 40 % , they are an even larger , and still growing , share of the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Blacks and Hispanics give them , Democrats could not win the White House .
Yet , in this year ’ s primaries , the six top finishers in delegates were Biden , Bernie Sanders , Mike Bloomberg , Elizabeth Warren , Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar .
All are white , as are the two top Democratic leaders in the House , Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer ; the two top Democratic leaders in the Senate , Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin ; and the overwhelming majority of the 47 Democratic senators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prattle on about their glorious “ diversity , ” but a closer look reveals a predominantly white senior officer corps , atop an army of minorities , whose shock troops are the Black Caucus , Black Lives Matter , antifa and The Squad , the latter consisting of four women of color .
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While the statues being torn down in the revolution of the Democratic left are a variety of explorers , conquerors , colonists , missionaries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have one thing in common .
The Democratic left wants to terminate the succession of white folks making the history of the country .
Thus the Democrats ’ problem that comes with Biden ’ s choice of a running mate .
Though demands are being made that minorities , who deliver half of all Democratic votes , be represented on the ticket , Biden is said to be leaning toward a white woman , Elizabeth Warren .
Choosing Warren would make this Democratic ticket like every other one in 220 years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an all-white ticket .
It would pass over half a dozen women of color and put a white woman first in the line of succession to the presidency .
And the 77-year-old Biden is promising to be a transition president .
If Biden overlooks the women of color being considered as running mates and picks a white woman , the rumbling of the coming rebellion of the minorities inside the Democratic Party will be heard loud and clear .
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Is her racial diversity America’s greatest strength?
So we are told. Yet, even before America becomes a majority-minority nation, 25 years from now, recent changes in the composition of the country are going to impact both parties in 2020.
According to Brookings Institution demographer William Frey, between 2010 and 2020, while America’s population grew by 20 million, our white population fell for the first time since the 1790 census.
White Americans fell as a share of the population in all 50 states, in 358 of 364 metropolitan areas, in 3,012 of 3,141 counties. During that same decade, our Black population grew by 3 million, our Asian population by 4 million and our Hispanic population by 10 million. 1 oz. Silver Bullet - ... Buy New $30.00 (as of 04:39 UTC - Details)
What’s the significance of those numbers? In presidential elections, Hispanics and Asians vote 70% Democratic and African Americans vote 90%.
White folks, who made up 69% of the U.S. population in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected, have fallen today to 60%.
For children under 16, the white share has fallen to less than half.
Minority kids are now the majority in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Maryland.
Whites are also the oldest Americans, with a median age of 44. For Asian Americans, it is 37, for Black Americans, it is 35, and for Latinos, it is 30.
Bottom line: The pool of Democratic voters is growing inexorably while the largest pool of potential GOP voters is aging, stagnating and shrinking.
For the GOP, this is an existential crisis. If demography is destiny, and the party does not either increase its share of the white vote or attract millions more Black, Asian or Hispanic voters, then its national fate and future are sealed. 1941 Walking Liberty H... Check Amazon for Pricing.
All one need do is look to California. There, Democrats occupy every statewide office and two-thirds of both houses of the legislature. Both senators are Democrats as are 45 of the 52 members of the U.S. House.
Nor are Democrats unaware of the opportunity demography offers.
As persons of color in America — Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and people of mixed race — grow in number, the Democrats’ job is a simple one.
Get more people of color registered and voting.
So, today, Democrats are pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship not only for the DACA “Dreamers” but also the 11 million to 22 million other immigrants here illegally. Democrats may be found enlarging the electorate anywhere they can, even if it means allowing convicted felons and prison inmates to vote.
If Democrats capture the White House and Senate, the “Muslim ban” on immigration is history, and America’s doors will be opened anew.
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Even as people of color make up a growing share of the nation, around 40%, they are an even larger, and still growing, share of the Democratic base.
Without the huge majorities Asians, Blacks and Hispanics give them, Democrats could not win the White House. Yet, in this year’s primaries, the six top finishers in delegates were Biden, Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.
All are white, as are the two top Democratic leaders in the House, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer; the two top Democratic leaders in the Senate, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin; and the overwhelming majority of the 47 Democratic senators and 24 Democratic governors.
Democrats may prattle on about their glorious “diversity,” but a closer look reveals a predominantly white senior officer corps, atop an army of minorities, whose shock troops are the Black Caucus, Black Lives Matter, antifa and The Squad, the latter consisting of four women of color.
US Presidential Collec... Buy New $18.45 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details) There is something else of interest here.
While the statues being torn down in the revolution of the Democratic left are a variety of explorers, conquerors, colonists, missionaries, Confederates and presidents, all appear to have one thing in common.
All are white men.
The Democratic left wants to terminate the succession of white folks making the history of the country.
Thus the Democrats’ problem that comes with Biden’s choice of a running mate. Though demands are being made that minorities, who deliver half of all Democratic votes, be represented on the ticket, Biden is said to be leaning toward a white woman, Elizabeth Warren.
Choosing Warren would make this Democratic ticket like every other one in 220 years, save for Barack Obama’s — an all-white ticket. It would pass over half a dozen women of color and put a white woman first in the line of succession to the presidency. And the 77-year-old Biden is promising to be a transition president.
If Biden overlooks the women of color being considered as running mates and picks a white woman, the rumbling of the coming rebellion of the minorities inside the Democratic Party will be heard loud and clear.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--A Little Plain Thinking

A Little Plain Thinking

Harsh and fanciful .
A nice description of the “ ethics ” we are having shoved down our throats .
Nothing of love , nothing of understanding the human condition , nothing or man ’ s right – true rights of life and property .
To love one ’ s country .
An interesting phrase .
To understand the phrase , one must understand what is meant by “ love ” and what is meant by “ country.
” Love .
Love is doing ; it is action .
Also , we all know 1 Corinthians 13 , read at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of love .
Just one verse , to not make too long a cite : The Three Apologies of ... Chesterton , G.K. Best Price : $ 18.88 Buy New $ 19.63 The entire tone is like this .
It is really…lovely .
Aspirational .
An ideal at which to aim .
But love is so much more : Hebrews 12 cites these verses from Proverbs , then continues : If you are not disciplined , you are not loved .
Love entails disciplining , rebuking .
Love holds to account .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not “ my country , right or wrong.
” There is no disciplining here , no rebuke .
The word originates from the French : Wild Planet Wild Sardi ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 27.69 ( $ 0.52 / Ounce ) While today it is generally assumed to be synonymous with a political entity ( a state ) , this has not always been true – and is not even true today .
Examples today include : There are others .
“ Country ” holds a much more cultural and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connotation .
Country does not mean government ; it does not mean state .
I may love my country and feel animosity toward the institutions that have formal governance responsibility over it .
Sounds about right .
Putting all of this together , to love one ’ s country involves acting with goodwill ( including holding to account ) toward those with whom you share cultural characteristics and regional ties .
In this case , one can understand the evil in those who do not love country .
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In defense of one ’ s country , war is not invariably sinful .
In defense of one ’ s state ?
Virtually always ; at least given the historic examples we have where “ defense ” really meant “ offense.
” Material wounds in defense of one ’ s country are minor horrors for those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one loves is a much greater horror .
We live in a story , a narrative : “ a fundamental point of view , a philosophy or religion.
” This is what makes a country , and it is this which one can love : embrace , discipline , rebuke , defend to the point of war .
Men are fallen , and will remain fallen .
That is a right view of the human lot .
All fall short of whatever standard of “ good ” a man of integrity can offer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all sin from man – taking on a wrong view of the human lot .
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Yes , He washed Peter ’ s feet ; he also called him Satan .
This was love .
Chesterton concludes this chapter with a thought quite appropriate for today : We are pondering too much about our health right now .
It is perilous .
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…a little plain thinking would teach them how harsh and fanciful are the mass of their own ethics…
Heretics, Gilbert K. Chesterton (eBook)
Harsh and fanciful. A nice description of the “ethics” we are having shoved down our throats. Nothing of love, nothing of understanding the human condition, nothing or man’s right – true rights of life and property.
…how very civilized and very complicated must be the brain of the Tolstoyan who really believes it to be evil to love one’s country and wicked to strike a blow.
To love one’s country. An interesting phrase. To understand the phrase, one must understand what is meant by “love” and what is meant by “country.”
Love. Love is doing; it is action. Also, we all know 1 Corinthians 13, read at many weddings. It offers the feel-good part of love. Just one verse, to not make too long a cite: The Three Apologies of... Chesterton, G.K. Best Price: $18.88 Buy New $19.63 (as of 04:28 UTC - Details)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
The entire tone is like this. It is really…lovely. Aspirational. An ideal at which to aim. But love is so much more:
Proverbs 3: 11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, 12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Hebrews 12 cites these verses from Proverbs, then continues:
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
If you are not disciplined, you are not loved. Love entails disciplining, rebuking. Love holds to account. To love one’s country is not “my country, right or wrong.” There is no disciplining here, no rebuke.
What of country?
A country is a political state, nation, or controlled territory. It is often referred to as the land of an individual’s birth, residence, or citizenship. A country may be an independent sovereign state or part of a larger state….
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mid-13c., “(one’s) native land;” c. 1300, “any geographic area,” sometimes with implications of political organization, from Old French contree, cuntrede “region, district, country,”
While today it is generally assumed to be synonymous with a political entity (a state), this has not always been true – and is not even true today. Examples today include:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands includes four separate countries: Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Crown Dependencies, which are not part of the UK itself, are also sometimes referred to as countries. The Kingdom of Denmark includes three separate countries: Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
There are others. “Country” holds a much more cultural and regional connotation than it does a political connotation. Country does not mean government; it does not mean state. I may love my country and feel animosity toward the institutions that have formal governance responsibility over it. Sounds about right.
Putting all of this together, to love one’s country involves acting with goodwill (including holding to account) toward those with whom you share cultural characteristics and regional ties. In this case, one can understand the evil in those who do not love country.
Returning to Chesterton:
A man approaches, wearing sandals and simple raiment, a raw tomato held firmly in his right hand, and says, “The affections of family and country alike are hindrances to the fuller development of human love;” but the plain thinker will only answer him, with a wonder not untinged with admiration, “What a great deal of trouble you must have taken in order to feel like that.”
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High living will reject the tomato. Plain thinking will equally decisively reject the idea of the invariable sinfulness of war.
I had much trouble with this until I worked through a proper meaning of loving one’s country. In defense of one’s country, war is not invariably sinful. In defense of one’s state? Virtually always; at least given the historic examples we have where “defense” really meant “offense.”
High living will convince us that nothing is more materialistic than to despise a pleasure as purely material. And plain thinking will convince us that nothing is more materialistic than to reserve our horror chiefly for material wounds.
Material wounds in defense of one’s country are minor horrors for those who love their country. Losing that which one loves is a much greater horror.
Conclusion
In this matter, then, as in all the other matters treated in this book, our main conclusion is that it is a fundamental point of view, a philosophy or religion which is needed, and not any change in habit or social routine.
We live in a story, a narrative: “a fundamental point of view, a philosophy or religion.” This is what makes a country, and it is this which one can love: embrace, discipline, rebuke, defend to the point of war.
The things we need most for immediate practical purposes are all abstractions. We need a right view of the human lot, a right view of the human society….
Men are fallen, and will remain fallen. That is a right view of the human lot. All fall short of whatever standard of “good” a man of integrity can offer. The rioters demand that we purge all sin from man – taking on a wrong view of the human lot. IFOLAINA Stemless Wine... Buy New $14.99 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
Jesus demonstrated love. Yes, He washed Peter’s feet; he also called him Satan. This was love.
Epilogue
Chesterton concludes this chapter with a thought quite appropriate for today:
Men take thought and ponder rationalistically, touching remote things—things that only theoretically matter, such as the transit of Venus. But only at their peril can men rationalize about so practical a matter as health.
We are pondering too much about our health right now. It is perilous.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--Andrew Wakefield Releases ‘1986: The Act’

The much-anticipated 1986 : The Act film by Andrew Wakefield has finally been released , revealing the truth about the infamous 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ( NCVIA ) and its detrimental impact on the lives of innocent children .
Now available for online streaming as of July 8 , the film is described as a “ forensic examination ” of the NCVIA , which for nearly 35 years has unjustly shielded the vaccine industry from all liability associated with vaccine-induced injuries and deaths .
Released by 7th Chakra Films , 1986 : The Act dredges up the dirty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way into becoming a protected industry – the only one of its kind – that is never held accountable for the health damage caused by its products .
Many people are unaware that it even exists , for one .
It also remains uncommon knowledge that the NCVIA ’ s implementation is the reason why the government-recommended childhood vaccination schedule has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels .
“ Many are unaware that the number of inoculations required prior to 1986 were less than a third of present day recommendations , or that this increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ autism , ” reports Real Immunity .
Be sure to watch the official trailer for 1986 : The Act below : Share this trailer using this link .
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The much-anticipated 1986: The Act film by Andrew Wakefield has finally been released, revealing the truth about the infamous 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) and its detrimental impact on the lives of innocent children.
Now available for online streaming as of July 8, the film is described as a “forensic examination” of the NCVIA, which for nearly 35 years has unjustly shielded the vaccine industry from all liability associated with vaccine-induced injuries and deaths.
Released by 7th Chakra Films, 1986: The Act dredges up the dirty history of how Big Pharma manipulated its way into becoming a protected industry – the only one of its kind – that is never held accountable for the health damage caused by its products.
Many people are unaware that it even exists, for one. It also remains uncommon knowledge that the NCVIA’s implementation is the reason why the government-recommended childhood vaccination schedule has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels.
“Many are unaware that the number of inoculations required prior to 1986 were less than a third of present day recommendations, or that this increase is correlated with a drastic surge in autism,” reports Real Immunity.
Be sure to watch the official trailer for 1986: The Act below:
Share this trailer using this link.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-22--The ‘Civil War’ Was Not About Slavery

The ‘Civil War’ Was Not About Slavery

Some black Americans have created a black version of the KKK .
They have even adopted similar terminology .
The leader is called “ Grand Master Jay.
” The job of the organization , NFAC , is “ to protect the black community ” from white people .
The KKK ’ s job was to protect the white Southern community , which was under attack by Reconstruction .
The NFAC sees the plight of the American black exactly as the white liberal elites want blacks to see it—oppression and abuse by whites .
This keeps the American people divided and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corrupt elites .
Grand Master Jay wants black people to secede from the US just as the Southern States seceded .
As Abe Lincoln believed , Grand Master Jay believes that blacks and whites can ’ t live together .
A Constitutional Histo ... John Remington Graham Best Price : $ 8.93 Buy New $ 28.91 If the NFAC can not get a piece of the US set aside for blacks as a black country , Grand Master Jay ’ s “ other aim is for an exodus to Africa , to establish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” another of Abe Lincoln ’ s intents for black Americans .
Grand Master Jay echoes many prescient observers , such as George Orwell , when he says : “ When a people are denied knowledge of their culture and history of self , they have nothing to be proud of.
” His statement is one with which many white Americans would agree .
Our history has been taken away from us by falsification by white liberals .
The falsification of American history is institutionalized in the educational system and is ongoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Project .
Falsification is especially the fact in the case of the so-called Civil War .
The name itself is a falsification .
A civil war is when two sides fight for control of the government .
The southern states that seceded did not fight for control of the US government .
They fought because they were invaded .
The northern states fought to prevent secession .
Nothing in historical documents is more clearly established .
Yet the War of Northern Aggression is falsified as a war to free black slaves from southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many assurances to the contrary .
That the War to Save the Union had nothing whatsoever to do with ending slavery is totally clear from everything Lincoln said prior to his presidency and during his presidency .
The evidence is overwhelming .
Consult the War Aims Resolution , Lincoln ’ s letter to Horace Greeley , Lincoln ’ s speedh in debate with Stephen Douglas , Lincoln ’ s First Inaugural Address , the Corwin Amendment , the Emancipation Proclamation .
When in the Course of ... Adams , Charles Best Price : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US Constitution slavery was not a federal issue .
It was a state issue until the 13th Amendment in 1865 .
The issue between the North and South was not slavery .
On the surface the issue was the tariff .
The deeper problem was that the North and South had different cultures .
They were really different nations .
The South was agricultural .
The North was industrial .
The South wanted free trade .
The North wanted protection from British manufactures .
Northern elites wanted the South to subsidize northern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elites also wanted empire .
They did not want a second country competing for the lands west of the Mississippi River .
The northern elites were determined that the South remain part of the United States .
The issue between North and South was whether secession was constitutional—a state ’ s right or an act of treason or rebellion .
The South took the Founding Father ’ s position that the union was a voluntary act that could be repealed by a state .
Lincoln took the position that the union was permanent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was an act of rebellion that could be ended by military force .
The legal/constitutional argument was between the Jeffersonian South and the Hamiltonian Lincoln .
The 10th Amendment gave states the right to secede .
Lincoln countered with the argument that the union implied perpetuity unless destroyed by rebellion .
This is why southerners were called “ rebels.
” Facts the Historians L ... John S. Tilley Best Price : $ 5.00 Buy New $ 4.87 The South wanted their secession to be constitutional in order to deprive the North of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impossible for the Southern states to argue that they were seceding because of the tariff .
The tariff was a federal issue .
The Constitution gave the federal government the right to pass tariffs .
So the real reason the South was leaving the union left the South with no constitutional argument .
On the other hand , slavery was a state ’ s right guaranteed by the Constitution .
This caused the South to seize on the noncompliance of some northern states with the federal law requiring the return of run-away slaves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
This argument then appeared in some of the secession documents of the southern states .
See this and this .
It is clear enough that the Constitution was on the side of the South , but the northern elites valued the empire and centralized power more than they valued the Constitution and states ’ rights .
In an attempt to weaken support in the North for war against southern secession , the South concocted an argument that the refusal of some northern states to return fugitive or run-away slaves , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution , meant that northern states had already violated the union and therefore the South ’ s leaving was not the cause of the breakup of the union .
This argument was strained , because Lincoln gave assurances that he intended to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law .
The claim that the war was fought over slavery has no more basis than this concocted argument by southerners attempting to prevent Lincoln ’ s invasion of the Confederacy .
The honest , truthful , and accurate Lincoln scholar is Thomas J. DiLorenzo .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the southern trait of despising liars .
His just published book , The Problem with Lincoln ( Regnery , 2020 ) will walk you through Lincoln and his war in ten chapters totaling 161 pages and ten appendices totaling 56 pages .
In order to prepare readers for a later review essay of DiLorenzo ’ s book , below I quote from some of the official documents in the appendices .
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Buy New $ 29.99 The War Aims Resolution passed the House on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on July 25 , 1861 .
The two US Representatives and the three US Senators who voted against it were expelled from Congress .
The declaration of war against the Confederate States of America states : “ this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression , nor for any purpse of conquest or subjugation , nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States , but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union.
” Horace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tribune , asked President Lincoln what the purpose of the ongoing war was .
On August 22 , 1862 Lincoln answered : “ My paramount object in this struggle is to save the union and is not either to save or to destroy slavery .
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that .
What I do about slavery , and the colored race , I do because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Union.
” By January 1 , 1863 , General Robert E. Lee had delivered defeat after defeat to a succession of Union generals leading far larger armies than the South could muster .
With the North tiring of war and discouraged by defeats , Lincoln tried to foment a slave rebellion within the Confederacy that would compel Confederate soldiers to leave the army and return to protect their women , children , and homes .
The Emancipation Proclamation ( January 1 , 1863 ) failed to foment a slave uprising .
The proclamation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be warranted by “ military necessity ” and “ as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing ” the southern rebellion .
The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in territories controlled by the Confederacy and , therefore , was meaningless .
No slaves were freed in terrorties controlled by the Union .
Lincoln ’ s own Secretary of State ridiculed the proclamation for freeing slaves in territories we do not control and leaving them in slavery in territories we do control .
In the time between his election and his inaugeration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment—passed by the House and Senate and its ratification by states underway .
The amendment reads : “ No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere , within any State , with the domestic institutions thereof , including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said state.
” The Corwin Amendment was a bribe to the South to stay in the union .
It passed the same day that the tariff that drove the southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln ’ s message to the South was clear : stay in the union , pay the tariff , and slavery is forever protected from federal intervention .
The South left the union because the South was more concerned with the tariff than with slavery .
In his Inaugural Address ( 1861 ) Lincoln states : “ I have no purpose , directly or indirectly , to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists .
I believe I have no lawful right to do so , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln goes on to say that this has forever been his position as many of his similar and never recanted declarations make clear .
Moreover , he adds , those who nominated and elected him see it the same way and placed the sanctity of states ’ rights in the Republican platform .
In debate with Stephen Douglas ( September 18 , 1858 ) , Lincoln stated : “ I am not , nor ever have been , in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes , nor of qualifying them to hold office , nor to intermarry with white people ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality .
And in as much as they can not so live , while they do remain together there must be the position of superior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
” Black Lives Matter Aligns With Lincoln and White Supremacy Against Miscegeny Lincoln ’ s policy was to expel blacks to Africa or to a South American country .
DiLorenzo cites Phillip Magness ’ “ Lincoln and Colonization : ” “ Ulysses S. Grant made a serious push to annex the Dominican Republic , intending in part to create a refuge location for freed slaves.
” If you consider the hard facts of Lincoln ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can see how totally corrupt are so-called “ Lincoln scholars.
” These frauds have invented a false history whose purpose is to serve the ego and moral self-righteousness of white liberals , almost all of whom are Democrats but who worship a Republican president that they concocted .
No such Lincoln exists as the one fabricated by “ Lincoln scholars.
” Consider also that if something as transparent as the so-called “ Civil War ” can be misrepresented in US education for decades , what can not be misrepresented by the elites who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After reviewing DiLorenzo ’ s new book , we will have a look at a newly published monograph by John Remington Graham that presents us with the thesis that the War of Northern Aggression was instigated by powerful banking interests for the purpose of creating a large national debt that would enable bankers to rule by controlling the flow of money and credit .
The bankers understood that war required the fomenting of hatred , and they underwrote the fomenting of hatred of the South by the North .
Graham provides strong circumstantial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that warrants research .
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Some black Americans have created a black version of the KKK. They have even adopted similar terminology. The leader is called “Grand Master Jay.” The job of the organization, NFAC, is “to protect the black community” from white people.
The KKK’s job was to protect the white Southern community, which was under attack by Reconstruction.
The NFAC sees the plight of the American black exactly as the white liberal elites want blacks to see it—oppression and abuse by whites. This keeps the American people divided and power safe in the hands of the corrupt elites.
Grand Master Jay wants black people to secede from the US just as the Southern States seceded. As Abe Lincoln believed, Grand Master Jay believes that blacks and whites can’t live together. A Constitutional Histo... John Remington Graham Best Price: $8.93 Buy New $28.91 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
If the NFAC cannot get a piece of the US set aside for blacks as a black country, Grand Master Jay’s “other aim is for an exodus to Africa, to establish our destiny and build our own nation,” another of Abe Lincoln’s intents for black Americans.
Grand Master Jay echoes many prescient observers, such as George Orwell, when he says: “When a people are denied knowledge of their culture and history of self, they have nothing to be proud of.”
His statement is one with which many white Americans would agree. Our history has been taken away from us by falsification by white liberals. The falsification of American history is institutionalized in the educational system and is ongoing as the New York Times’ 1619 Project.
Falsification is especially the fact in the case of the so-called Civil War. The name itself is a falsification. A civil war is when two sides fight for control of the government. The southern states that seceded did not fight for control of the US government. They fought because they were invaded. The northern states fought to prevent secession. Nothing in historical documents is more clearly established. Yet the War of Northern Aggression is falsified as a war to free black slaves from southern racism, despite Abe Lincoln’s many assurances to the contrary.
That the War to Save the Union had nothing whatsoever to do with ending slavery is totally clear from everything Lincoln said prior to his presidency and during his presidency. The evidence is overwhelming. Consult the War Aims Resolution, Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley, Lincoln’s speedh in debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, the Corwin Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation. When in the Course of ... Adams, Charles Best Price: $4.29 Buy New $19.07 (as of 05:06 UTC - Details)
In the US Constitution slavery was not a federal issue. It was a state issue until the 13th Amendment in 1865. The issue between the North and South was not slavery. On the surface the issue was the tariff. The deeper problem was that the North and South had different cultures. They were really different nations. The South was agricultural. The North was industrial. The South wanted free trade. The North wanted protection from British manufactures. Northern elites wanted the South to subsidize northern industry with higher prices.
The northern elites also wanted empire. They did not want a second country competing for the lands west of the Mississippi River. The northern elites were determined that the South remain part of the United States.
The issue between North and South was whether secession was constitutional—a state’s right or an act of treason or rebellion. The South took the Founding Father’s position that the union was a voluntary act that could be repealed by a state. Lincoln took the position that the union was permanent and any attempt to leave the union was an act of rebellion that could be ended by military force.
The legal/constitutional argument was between the Jeffersonian South and the Hamiltonian Lincoln. The 10th Amendment gave states the right to secede. Lincoln countered with the argument that the union implied perpetuity unless destroyed by rebellion. This is why southerners were called “rebels.” Facts the Historians L... John S. Tilley Best Price: $5.00 Buy New $4.87 (as of 07:05 UTC - Details)
The South wanted their secession to be constitutional in order to deprive the North of a pretext for invasion. This made it impossible for the Southern states to argue that they were seceding because of the tariff. The tariff was a federal issue. The Constitution gave the federal government the right to pass tariffs. So the real reason the South was leaving the union left the South with no constitutional argument. On the other hand, slavery was a state’s right guaranteed by the Constitution. This caused the South to seize on the noncompliance of some northern states with the federal law requiring the return of run-away slaves and make a constitutional issue out of it. This argument then appeared in some of the secession documents of the southern states. See this and this.
It is clear enough that the Constitution was on the side of the South, but the northern elites valued the empire and centralized power more than they valued the Constitution and states’ rights. In an attempt to weaken support in the North for war against southern secession, the South concocted an argument that the refusal of some northern states to return fugitive or run-away slaves, as required by Federal law and the US Constitution, meant that northern states had already violated the union and therefore the South’s leaving was not the cause of the breakup of the union. This argument was strained, because Lincoln gave assurances that he intended to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.
The claim that the war was fought over slavery has no more basis than this concocted argument by southerners attempting to prevent Lincoln’s invasion of the Confederacy.
The honest, truthful, and accurate Lincoln scholar is Thomas J. DiLorenzo. He is a northerner from Pennsylvania who has the southern trait of despising liars. His just published book, The Problem with Lincoln (Regnery, 2020) will walk you through Lincoln and his war in ten chapters totaling 161 pages and ten appendices totaling 56 pages.
In order to prepare readers for a later review essay of DiLorenzo’s book, below I quote from some of the official documents in the appendices. The Problem with Linco... DiLorenzo, Thomas J. Buy New $29.99 (as of 11:50 UTC - Details)
The War Aims Resolution passed the House on July 22, 1861 and the Senate on July 25, 1861. The two US Representatives and the three US Senators who voted against it were expelled from Congress. The declaration of war against the Confederate States of America states: “this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpse of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union.”
Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, asked President Lincoln what the purpose of the ongoing war was. On August 22, 1862 Lincoln answered: “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the union and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union.”
By January 1, 1863, General Robert E. Lee had delivered defeat after defeat to a succession of Union generals leading far larger armies than the South could muster. With the North tiring of war and discouraged by defeats, Lincoln tried to foment a slave rebellion within the Confederacy that would compel Confederate soldiers to leave the army and return to protect their women, children, and homes. The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) failed to foment a slave uprising. The proclamation states that it is an act believed to be warranted by “military necessity” and “as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing” the southern rebellion. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in territories controlled by the Confederacy and, therefore, was meaningless. No slaves were freed in terrorties controlled by the Union. Lincoln’s own Secretary of State ridiculed the proclamation for freeing slaves in territories we do not control and leaving them in slavery in territories we do control.
In the time between his election and his inaugeration, Lincoln got a constitutional amendment—the Corwin Amendment—passed by the House and Senate and its ratification by states underway. The amendment reads: “No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said state.”
The Corwin Amendment was a bribe to the South to stay in the union. It passed the same day that the tariff that drove the southern states out of the union passed. Lincoln’s message to the South was clear: stay in the union, pay the tariff, and slavery is forever protected from federal intervention. The South left the union because the South was more concerned with the tariff than with slavery.
In his Inaugural Address (1861) Lincoln states: “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” Lincoln goes on to say that this has forever been his position as many of his similar and never recanted declarations make clear. Moreover, he adds, those who nominated and elected him see it the same way and placed the sanctity of states’ rights in the Republican platform.
In debate with Stephen Douglas (September 18, 1858), Lincoln stated: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And in as much as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
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Lincoln’s policy was to expel blacks to Africa or to a South American country. DiLorenzo cites Phillip Magness’ “Lincoln and Colonization:” “Ulysses S. Grant made a serious push to annex the Dominican Republic, intending in part to create a refuge location for freed slaves.”
If you consider the hard facts of Lincoln’s own words over the years, you can see how totally corrupt are so-called “Lincoln scholars.” These frauds have invented a false history whose purpose is to serve the ego and moral self-righteousness of white liberals, almost all of whom are Democrats but who worship a Republican president that they concocted. No such Lincoln exists as the one fabricated by “Lincoln scholars.”
Consider also that if something as transparent as the so-called “Civil War” can be misrepresented in US education for decades, what cannot be misrepresented by the elites who rule us by controlling the explanations?
After reviewing DiLorenzo’s new book, we will have a look at a newly published monograph by John Remington Graham that presents us with the thesis that the War of Northern Aggression was instigated by powerful banking interests for the purpose of creating a large national debt that would enable bankers to rule by controlling the flow of money and credit. The bankers understood that war required the fomenting of hatred, and they underwrote the fomenting of hatred of the South by the North. Graham provides strong circumstantial evidence, and it is a thesis that warrants research.
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